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OtorRp It 1 mchurk. fret-\ry of The Do * Pub-
lliililiiK coinpnny , Iwliifc < lul > iiworii , rn > that the
actual numlier of full nntl uomplele.oples of The
Dally MornlnK , i\enlni : ; nml Sumln ) ISoo printed
during the month of Novumlrer. UM , w.u .in fol-
lov > a :
1 3I.CW 15 20ff
: 21,141 17 2DC1G
3 21 4V ! IS : n.420
4 42,2I
B S2 417 so % . : * !
6 27.9:7 21 M III
7 21.224 22 21000
8 si.r.o 23 20672
9 20.110
10 SOV I 25 20 131
11 SI Ml 21 10 ail
12 20.77B 57 S01CI
1 } tO MO 5 < 20015
14 io en 29 20921
15 21,010 CO 20023
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I.TM flodnctlnns for uinolil nnJ returne.l
copies 12.7S2
Totnl net Fnlca riiTM
Net ilnlly axcr.iKe 21 CS5
oioitni : : it TJ'.sr-ut'ric
Huli rrll eil In my presence nn.l pworn to hcfore
me thin I t ilny of JJeceinb-'r , IS'K ! .
N P rnir.
( Seal ) Nolnrj Public
Wo want no Piilvel KIM vice reform In
the public splioolvsltMn of Omnlii. :
Tlio iPKlslntuip can sttlkp oil by nuik-
Ine ; the oil Inspci-llon luvv pffc'C'tlvp.
Mexico H the place vvliprp the pie
posctl ciiiulldacy of Hijau for the IMPS- !
deticy In 1K)0 ! ) Is most f.ivoiably u > -
cplvoil.
A tvvplve1 liuudipil dollar \vanl coiin-
cllinan will lie no bettor than an ol ht
litindiod dollar \vaid councilman. S.ilaiy
Is no object.
Secret in.v of State Olncy is bound to
malto a iccoid if onlj b.v ( > sliiblHliln
the prt-u'ileiit of an annual leport to
congress fioni the State dcpaitiiient.
The DoiiKlns ileleKatlou is hesitating
\vhuther or not to take the. hpcakoishlp
of the lower house of the loglslatuu1
on pounds not of modesty but of ex
pediency.
South Omaha \\"lll receive due i ( 'cog
nition at the liantls of the exposition
dliectoiy at nn e.uly day. Theie Is no
disposition to Ignore the claims of the
magic city.
Speculator In Sandwich Island canebrakes -
brakes and Honolulu coiner lots aie on
the way to this connliy to boom
Hawaiian annexation. Theie'.s mil
lions In It.
The revised chatter .should make It
impossible for mossb.icks and non
resident propel ty o\\neis to pi event the
rcpavhiK of .streets In the business portion
tion of the city.
Wanted Inftnmntloii as to the whore
nboiita of one Omer Madison Kem ,
sometime member of the national
lionso of iepiesenlatl\es fiom the SKth
Nebia-ska coiipessloual dlstiict.
So long IIH the Ho.ud of idiicatlon :
continues to squander tlie school fund
on political leeches and barnacles Its
declinations In fa\or of economy will
lo ) taken for \\hat they me woith.
The piosent chatter may be too
metropolitan for the nl/.e of Omaha's
pocketbook , but jumping to the other
extreme lumuiiilliiK Om.ihu to village
government would In the end be the
most expensive economy.
The conutiyalts \\ith bated bieath
to le.unhether the members of the
senate me all quite satlstledH \ \ the
new sjstem \entilatlii } , ' the seii.tte
chamber \\hlch has been eonstiucted
nt such nie.it co.st to the taxp.iyeis
tlnrlnj , ' the le lslathe Intel mission.
Secietaiy C.iilisle has litKen caie of
both the Omahii and Soutli Omaha fed
eral buildings In his estimates of pub
lic building appiopiiatloiiH. It Is plain
that the secretary hatbor.s no special
111 fueling against Nebiaska because It
Biipplled the head of the late popociatlc
presidential ticket.
The republican paity thiough Its
repiescntatlves In cougies.s Is losing no
time In inaUIng good Its piomlso to en
deavor to hi ing about an Interna
tional monetaiy confeicnce , but no
rational pei.son believes that all the
nations on earth could restoie the pi ice
of blher to l.'J ! ) an ounce.
A systematic elloit sliould bo made
to Induce non-ieshleiit property owners
to talto stock In the exposition. The < o
who have actpilied anil are holding teal
estate unwillingly aie the \oi.v men
who should coiitiibute to an enteipiise
wlilohill ( nhance the value of their
ptopeity and cie.ttu a maiKet lor It.
The letting of the coniiact for the
constiiicllon of the thltty-tour miles of
track connecting the two ialhui.\.s
which will combine to form the dliect
outlet for westein gialn shipments to
the gulf Is cause for heait.congi.itula -
tlous. It begins to look as If the Im
memorial monopoly of ICan&as City
weru at last to be broken.
California Is going light ahead In Its
pippaiatloiiH for participation In the
Tiansmlsslsslppl Imposition. All the
other tian.sinl.sslsslppl ntutes may bo re-
llud on also to fall In line In tine time
and make exhibits of their u'suiuces
Huch as have never befoiu bivn pre-
Hcnted to the public. The exposition Is
to be the uxpusltlon of all the states
west of the Mississippi and none of
them \\lll bo content to lag bi > hlid |
when all the otlioia are ucdUubly
roprcaonted.
70 t ItttK Ill.Vl.til H
The caucus of lepublkan Honatoix
Instnieted the Hteerlng conimlttee to
ln\estlgate as to the likelihood of get
ting the Dlngley bill tlitotigh the Hen-
ate and to devise a means to that end
If possible. This action will bo ai- ]
pioved by all icpublleansn \ \ believe
It to be the duty of the parly lepie-
Hontntlves In congiess to make every
eft'ort to sociuo legislation at this ses
sion for luci/'aslng the 10venues of the
government. It may not bo possible to
pn.ss the Dlngley bill In the senate or
any IOVLMIUO measme based on It , but
tli'il consideration should not deter the
lepubllciins1 fiom making an uainest
endiM\or for such legislation. When
they have doiiu this their lesponslblllty
Is at an end , but Tallin p to do It would
certainly be regarded by the country
as an liievctisable deielletlon of duty.
Undoubtedly the chances aie
largely against any tovonuo legislation.
The silver men \\lio bolted the St.
Louis convention and lofn.si-d to enter
the enueus may safely be counted upon
to vote against a revenue bill , al
though they aio piofessedly sllil lu
sympathy with republican tariff pollej
It Is possible that some of the sound
mii"'y tleinociats will stippott a love-
nue measiiie on the lines of tlu Dlngley
bill , but the piobabillly is that all of
them will be found to concur In th >
\lew of President Cleveland that th
piosont taillT law will ultimately sup
ply siitllelent louMiuo If given a fail
oppoitunlty. If this should be tlil > C.I-.P
of com so theie Mould be no hoje of
tovonuo legislation and indeed It seeing
\eiy likely that In any event the oppo
sition will be stiong enoimh to prevent
It. A do/on senatois determined to do
this would be sulllclent.
None the less the lopubllcan senator *
ha\o adopted the pioper com so and
it In to bo hop-d they will exhaust
OUMJ- means at their command to se-
cute the cniisldi > ratlon and passage
of a moasmo that \\III give mine
money to the tieasuty and better pio-
tectlon to our Indiistiie ? . The connlr.v
expects this of them and such loglsla
tlon would not neeessailly InteifeM
with a thoioiigh levlslmi of the taiill
b.v the next tongiess. to be tintleitaken
at an extia session If deemed ad\lsable
by the incoming adinlnlstiatlon.
70 TIIK Urill.lt l.XTIIKStK.
If your toes aio pinched by coins
would yon allow the surgeon to cut off
jour foot ? This is precisely what some
of the chni tor levlslon quacks piopos , .
to do for the lellef of Omaha. The
taxpayets demand rational retiench
ment and moie equitable dlstiibution
of the bullions of taxation. They demand
mand the abolition of sinociiies and
taxeateis who lender no ser\ ice to
the public. They demand better sifo
guatds against icckless expondituie ot
public ftinils and unic.isoitable
exactions by franchlsed coipoia-
tlons who supply the city \\ltli
1'ghtater ' , telephone communication
and other necessary convenone"s !
They demand such changes In the
chaiter as will simplify our municipal
maihinery without Impalilng the
elliclency of the seivice. Hut they do
not demand changes in the name of
letienchment and economy that will
throw the dooisido open to gieatei
abuses than those weaie allllcledith. .
In other \\oids , they do not want to
jump fiom the frjlng pan Into the
tile. It Is pioposed , lor Instance , thai
the new council shall consist of nine
ward conncllmen , who .shall r > -
coho $ l00 ! ! a ye-ir each and devote theli
whole time to the business of the cltj.
The h.i\ing in salailes thus effected
would amount to siiioo ; a year. That
seems veiy desltable , but what kind
of a council \\ould wo got. and would
It be an linpiovonient on what we no\\
have ? Nine waid councllmen would
be tlie cieatntes of nine waul caucuses
packed by political waid heeleiM.
The Increase of SUM ) a jour In salai >
would nut be siulleient liidnconient to
business men ot ability and Integiitj
to enter the cesspool of waul , politic- ,
and tltop out of linslno-s. No man ol
gootl business ability could afloid to
accept the job , e\en If he had the ie-
molest chance of being elected.
Nine Hi * > t class men \\lio de\ote all
their time to tlie city's business could
tiansact the business of the city more
elliclently than It is now done by
elgliteen councllmen , but such men
would not seive tor less than SI.SOD
to 8:2.r : > oo a year and would have to be
elected at latge. Uven then it would
be mm o desiiablo to make twelve or
thiitoon the number i-o as to bieal ; up
the waid iomlnation system , \\hltli has
piuuMili'tl the ( holce of the best candi
dates lor conncllmen-at-Iaige by allow
ing each \\aid delegation in convention
to name Its men. Another seiious ob
jection to the nine \\aid councllmen
scheme Is tlie impetus it would gl\e to
Jobboiy. It now takes ten momhois to
pass an oidlnanco or lesolutlon that ie-
ipilres the expeudllnre of money , and
It takes twehe uite.s to can.\ any such
moasme o\er the mayor's \eto With
nine councllmon It would only take live
to pass an oidlnance and six could
ovetilde the majoi'.s veto. It Is easier1
to ( ouuptly iiilliience the or six men
than ten or twelve. A moie sensible
change would be an inciease of the
council Horn eighteen to twenty-live
nujmbiMs , nine liom tlie wauls and
sixteen elected at huge , and -make
two-thhds necohsaiy to the enactment
of any oidlnance. Instead of i.ilnlng
the salaries Horn $ S ( > 0 to $1,1200 , leilute
llu'iu to stOO : aear. . . It will bo moie
dltllcult * to tamper with seventeen
member * than with ten or twelve. The
proposition to abolish the Hoaid of
1'ubllo Works will meet public ap-
pioval , but we doubt the wisdom ol
hiilHtltutlng the mayor and president
of the council to act as two members of
the boaul. Doth of those otllccrs would
have to pass upon their own acts , one
In a legislative and tno oilier in execu
tive capacity. It Is pioper that ie-
Hponslblllly shall bo concentrated In
the mayor , and for that leason he
should bo no pint of the contracting
power. The propositions fo ( lo
tway with the health olllcer.s ,
abolish sanitary Inspection , build
ing Inspection and boiler In
spection are altogether too sweeping.
Omulm cuuuot uffoid to rutio iade Into
n nierolllaio , nor will the wiping out
of these positions make anyery
marked decrease of our taxes. The
cancer that has been eating out the
vitals of the city Is boodleilsm and Job-
btM-y. We have paid hundreds of thou
sands of dollars In tiUnite to conduct
ors and we have exempted millions of
propel ty fiom taxation by favoiltlsm.
This Is where the shoo pinches the
baldest , and the ehaiter revisers do
not appear to bo anxious to grapple
with those defects In the law that have
been the pi line cause of excessive tax-
bin dens.
Ill tll.XKY'S IlKt'tniT.
The exceptional elieunistaiice of a re-
poit by the M'crotaiy of state being
tiansmlttod to congiess with the mes
sage of the president Is to be accounted
for by the extraordlnaiy Importance of
our Intel national lelatlons. which made
It pecullaily desiiablo that congress
and the connUy should leeelvo fiom
the Depaitment of State such Informa
tion lospeetliig those lolatlons as the
seciolary dc'Miied It advisable to give.
In submitting this lepoit Seeietaiy Ol-
ney has anticipated a probable icquest
from congess ) for the detailed state
ment regaullng the Cub in situation
which he has made , while he has also
shown a pioper appi eclat ion of the
popular Inteiest In this most Important
matter.
Of couisp In all essential tespects the
treatment of the Cuban question In
the piesldent's message and in the le
port of tlie seeietaiy of state Is allko.
The same spit It peivados both and it
is eminently lair and consei\atlve ,
without losing sight of the possibility
that sooner or later the piotectlon of
A HUM lean Interest , so largely Involved ,
may compel this govoinmont to take
decisive action for the settlement of the
conlllct In Cubi. Thus Seeietaiy Ol-
noy say.s that the situation "cannot In-
deilnltely continue without growing
still vvoisp and the time may not hi ?
far distant ! when "tho I'nited States
must seiloiisly considei Its ilglits and
mteiests , as well as Us Intel national
duties. " Tills is not a tin eat , but it
Is plainly a wanting to Spain that . h
must not expect this country to com
placently allow the utter dostinotion of
Its Intel ests in Cuba , vvhldi have : tl-
i e.uly suffered heavily. While declin
ing to io < ogni/.o the Insingouts In an.v
foim , for the sulllclent leason ( ha
they have no goveinment and me no
i political entity , our goveinmont does
not theioby lolinquish its light of In
tMTontlon wliiMi vpr It shall doom tin
isseitlon of th.it light necessary to Its
'ntiMosts and vvolfaio.
Tlio attitude of the pip ent adminls
ttatlon having thus b on made per
fectly clear , the Spanish goveinm nt
i.tiMiot misappichcnd wliat is oxpectoi
of It. If It shall not within a loason
able time demonstrate Its ability t (
suppress tlie instiitecllon or will not
accipt some Just plan for Ininglng tin
mutest to an end , it must be picpaiot
for Intel volition by the I'nltod States
This m i.v not come under the piosent
admlnistiation , whoso teim will oxptu
v\Ithln tlnee months , but theie Is
teason to believe that the succeeding
idminihti.ition will not be less solicit
ous of American Intelosts In Cuba.
That it will caietully observe oveiy in-
ternation.il obligation thoto can be no
doubt , but it Is equally ceitain that It
will laltliftilly guaul tlio lights and in-
toiosts ol ( he Auii'ilc.ii ) people.
An Inteiesting teatnro ot Secietar.v
Olne.v's loporti Is the lefeience to the
lollcy of ( ieimany towaul the United
States. 'I hi > secietary sa.vs ihe exclu
sion of our meats is unjustlliable on
tlie assumed lotinds uiged by CSer
inany and tills is undoubtedly so , the
truth I'Ing that it is In retaliation for
the alnogatlon of the leclptoclty agree
ment witli that country and the Imposi
tion of a dilt'cicntlal duty on sugar.
This democtatlc policy is lespon-iblo
lor the exclusion of our meats and
for oilier me.istuos of the Curinan gov
einment inimical to our tiade witli that
( onntry. It has been a costly pollc.v
and undoubtedly the next admlnhtia-
tion will make an e.uly endeavor to
change It , whether siifcv sfully , so far
as ( itvmitny Is conceined , must be 10-
ganled as somewhat unceitaln , since
tlieie Is avrv stumg and inlluential
element lu that country which would
vigoiously oppose tln > loadmissioii of
A HUM lean meats , in repaid to the re-
Imposition of tonnage dues on Cerman
vf-pis , tlie seeietaiy of slate says tlu-
law was nmndatoiy on the ptesldent ,
so tlrtt this action cannot fa lily bo re-
gaulcd its ictallatoiy.
aor.n roil ( IIIKS.XIIACKS.
If those who uige the rothoniont
of the gieenbacks would give moie con-
sklciatlon lo what has taken place
since ( he presidential election in tlie
exchange of gold lor tlie legal tender
notes they might Had a leason for
changing their opinion. A ( voiding tea
a late tteasuiy .statement there has
Ill-oil : i stead.v gain In the gold leserve ,
while the amount ol ( lie I'lilted States
notes held In the tio.istiry has steadily
declined. This Miows that gteenbacks
have been going out of the tioasuiy
in exchange tor gold , revei.slng the
pioccss tint prevalletl befoie the elec
tion , and the banks have had an ox-
peilenco similar to the tieasnry.
The simple explanation of this Is
that th. ' people pcifur the paper nione.v
for geneial use , when they know It
Is absolutely sound , to coin. Tills is
not a new expeilenco. It Is a familial
fact in cititcncy history and It Is not
pocullai to this country. As to ihe
greenbacks , the people know that the.v
an ? based on go'd and t > o long as that
li.isls Is sivmu they will hold on to
tno paper money winch icpiesonts gold
The maintenance of the existing
monetary utaiidaid Is safe for years
to come. The next thing to be done It ,
to provide the goveinment with suf
llcent iovonue to meet expenditures
With this accomplished all possible
danger of any tiotiblo fiom thu gieon-
liackK will be ivmoved and we shall
hear no moio of them than we did din
ing the thlileen or fourteen yea is aftei
lesinnptlon when their aveiage annual
redemption amounted to less than
$1,000,000. \
Thu when bilng tlie thillllng Inlelll.
uuo that Mr. Dry an bus not icad the
s IKO. ( U'lioral I'aliupr
| lr. leveling linvo not
lin , but a K" i dewrop of
luiiortniit | Htnto tloott *
nu.it ! .i t' . c.'loil . from tlipiu.
Iluntliigton and his coips of South-
oin Paellle railroad lobbyists mo
promptly 041 hand to aid congress In
Its dellboultiii s on the Paclllc lallroad
debt funding bill. The passage of the
funding bill iut < ans millions In the pock
ets of the Jlvitlngton ciovvd and no
pains will bo spaiod to coital the prl/o.
In the Intelval the people out of whom
the moiioi would lie wrung must look
to the few Independent and conscien
tious lepu-seiitatlves to stand up In de
fense of their lights.
Appointments to places In the public
schools at the pleasnie of the boaul
are not In line with tine civil soivlce
refoim. The plotismo of the boaul
simply means that teachers and othoi
employes aio to be subjected to the
Individual capilco , paillsaii bias or 10-
llglons prejudice of menibeis of the
.school boaul.
Senator DuboU has loslguod his
place as seeiol.uy of the icpiibllean
senate caucus and also that ol seeie
taiy of the senate tepublloan "steer
ing committee. " The senator has all
he can do to steer his political life
boat over tlie Idaho popociatlc shoals
that thieaten to engnll him in political
oblivion.
The Paellle lallroad funding bill will
be given the light of way by Speaker
Kood within a few da.vs and with
compaiatlvely smooth sailing Its p.ns-
age thiough tlie house Is a foivgoue
conclusion , but when the bill COIIUM
up In the senate It will encounter a
gust of wind that may piove fatal.
Ptlson lo-form Is to be one of the
llrst piohloms with which Captain Tan
ner , the incoming governor of Illinois ,
has pledged himself to giapplc after
he Is Inducted into ollico. The con
vict labor question is to bo among the
vital Issues betoie the Illinois as well
as before the Nebiaska leglslatine.
A INilltlcitl Itc
. New York Ilcrnld
The prohibition vote in the recent prcsl-
tlpntltl clcrtlon v\ns oitlj half as larRO as
hi 1S92 It ecptna tliat the prohibitionists
also took the gold cure.
\loiilli 1\nrrliirs ,
Clilinito Times IlernM
Piobibly nind-tcntha of tlio bloodthlmty
patriots who Inn et on plunging this countrj
Into a v\ar with Spain wculil mnko their
vhc.s get up to linil out \\lictlicr a burglnt
\\as In the house or not.
"Coltl IVn" n ( Mil- Old Slum ! .
AVoFhlngton Star.
The nuestlon ns to vlietherlnp v\lll be
nerved In thr white homo thirhiK the rom-
IIIK administration Is not accompanied by
any doubts that the senate restaurant will
be doing business at the old .stand.
One \il\nnli i < ' of Cold.
Indlinapolls Journal.
There Is np lUugcr that any person will
counterfeit the cold coins or thr United
States with coin of prlvnic manufacture
containing more gold than tlie genuine ones
That la one advantage gold hns ovci silver
Tin * ArKrniNitn
( ilrpc-Dcmrcrnt.
"I predict. " says Senator Jones of Arl.an-
ins , "that in 1S9S an overwhelmingly free
illvor congress wilt bo elected " Ihonovhc
bpt on the senator's predictions dining tlie
lito campaign may bo glad to use thla tip
to get even. _
Attncl.lntr tt" ' hiiurnr Trust.
Philadelphia llocnrd
A tili ; sugar refinery Is to be built In Ilrcok-
1 > n , to bo run In opposition to the Fngn
M tut. When enough teflneilea hliall have
jeen conati noted so that the Hurt can no
'oilier ' afford to nstrlct prolnctloa li > p\ir-
auJilns them the monatrous nnd Illecial com-
olnatlon tna > go ttio v\ay or the Who X.ill
inst , and people who liiy sugir and bu >
nails may then get oft with the raj ment of
me ta\ instead of two
Tin * Nation's Sloi-k of Ciolil.
Knnsis Cllj Star
The treasury htat raent for December 1
shows a total of SCS..OOO.OOO of gold In the
'oantry on that date Tint Is altncat $100-
)00 ) 000 more thzn the country possessed hi
ISin , and It is only $2J.OOO,000 liss than the
naxlmum sum over hold , v.hlch v\as in 1SSS
in view of the fact that the United Ptttca
has passed thiounh a reiloA of live jeara of
Jebt-pajlng to foielgn creditor , tlio present
holdings of gold crrtalnly indicate that the
mntry's currcntj la on a goo.l deal moro
suUitantial basis llian most people suppcsc.
It < 'iTiiltln r Tor ( lie NIHJ.
1'hlladplphla I.rdKir
It Is estimated that about 1,000 men v III
'iave ' to be added to the navj In the next two
years in order lo furiilih erewa for the no\\
vessels that will be icailj foi tcrvlco in th.U
lime. Thc-so must li ) > provide J by congress.
s.3 the limited number allowed by law haa
iccn almost tilled , and the mar.nlng of the
P irltan will exhaust t'io available forcrn
The licst plan to provide men for the navj
vouhl bo by nn clistle provision of li-x ,
\.hereby men could be recruited as peeded ,
without requiring fresh legialtlon every
tl no a new ship to Hunched or the force ,
'iom any raiwc , becomes toj small. It takes
tlmo to dilll even able seamen for the work
of the navy , a id exigencies somt'tlmeb nrUo
n wlilch time la not to be had. If we arc to
jecoino a navtl nation \ . o iiu.ut ho picpared
'or all contingencies , and ability to equip a
fleet at short notice U one of these The
sudden afsemhllng of England's famous n > -
Rnuadion last winter waa an object
which our nation should take to heart.
WHY NOT A millCAV MICAIlf
TinIiilttMl SI at CM Ciinlil | < > lit Supply- '
IIIKUN Ottn llfinniiilH.
Inillnn pOlls Journal
PieEcnt conditlana arc vei > favoiablo for
the development of tlio beet sugar Industry
n the United , States If congress could lie
Induced to take , uold of the subject in a non-
pirtisan and staleamanliku spiritVo are
ho greatest suRsi > tliig people in the world
nnd tlio Uitted States ought to bo one of the
greatest nugar-pnxJilclng cotinti lea Statistics
show that the consumption of augur In thla
onntry Inci eased from twcntfour pounds
per capita In 1SC7 to sixty-live lotinda In 1S91
rhld great Inn e-aao 'In consumption In doubl
es s dne In largo nirasuto to the wldo uau of
ratined goods and tlie freer use of biigar for
Icmestlc puipc pi ( Some ot it goes Into cof-
eo. the annual consumption of which In the-
'nllcd States ncruatcd from five pounds
jcf capita In JSi7to { eight pounds In 1SU3
erhapa. also , Oil' Increased eoiuumptlon of
lugar la paitly Jlue to tlie grov ing uio of
v-and } which Is tutt a particularly cncourag-
IIR sign Whitcser the caueeii w are the
ejreatent sugar lAtliig people lu the world
nnd by fnr the greatest part ofvlmt we consume -
sumo la Imported Wo pny othrr countries
fully $100.000,000 n > rnr for ettRixr , every
pound of which ought to bo produced In
the t'alte * ! ' 'tales , and , under ft Jttillclotm
policy of onroiintRcniont for the Industry ,
could he Nearly every country in Kurope
pays n bounty on the donuntlc production of
sugar , and under the ntlmitlUA of thin policy
Ucriiiiiny and Franco have reached a point
whcro they not enl ) produce all the sugir
they cotiflunu- . bat nro large exporters of It.
As a result of thl ! ) policy beet sugar is driv
ing cane sugar to the vvnil , and inihvs pre
ventive lueosurea nro taken , will supplant It
altogether Tliero la auniclcnt land In the
southern states suited to the pioductlon of
sugar cane to supply the entire domestic
matket and there Is alio an extonslvo bell
of cotintrj suited to the growth of sugir
beets Careful cxi rlmontei HIO\V ! that BO far
as temperature alone Is concerned the
sugar beet attains Itn greatest perfection In
a 70110 or vnryliiK wlilih throiifih the center
ot which pathos the Iwthermnl HUP of 70
decrees for the months of Juno. July nnd
Aumist This Isothermal line for Hie Unltoil
State's boglmi nt the City of New York am !
pasypg up the Ilmlton rtvor to Albany ;
thence , turning wo-tward , It runs thtouKh
Sjracuso nml pniN.cs In n pauthvvcslerly
direction , touching thc shore of Lakettrle
ncnr Sandusky , 0. turning then In n noith-
wenlerly direction , tl passes Into Michigan
and reaches Its highest point In th.it Plato
near Lawlng , then , pisslni ; In a. southwest
crly illiectlon , It enl r- > tills stale near South
Ik-mi anil | nt' < cs throiiKh MIchlBnn I'llv ,
tton. In n northwcslerl > course , continues
tiroiiRh tlio cities of Chlr.iRo and Mndlmn.
roachliiK Iho highest point near St Paul ,
Hience weatwaid , through Nclnaaka South
Dakota , Colorado and New Mexico t'o Cnll-
foinla As MI B.I r beets can bo urown euc-
ce > 8tfnll > for a distance of 100 miles on eioh
side of this Uiotliormnl line It Is evident Hint
the boot "tignr area In the Unltc-d Stitw Is
far more extensive than the cano augar nrea
There can bo no doubt Hint n moderate
bounty on beet supar would In n few yens
develop a Rrcat nnd prolltible industry Thai
ban been the recnilt In Oerninn } . Kraiico and
Anslrln-HiuiKirj , nnd would dotiblless be
here While the MrKlnlej law was In opera
tion which allowed a boutit } on nugar
pioduced In the United States the production
of cane siiRnr lncri'ii"od fiom SG7.752.106
pounds In 1S9J to Otl.lBC.92J pounds In 1S9I.
and that of beet eiiRnr from 12,004,838 pounds
In IS'U to 15 101 290 In 1SU ! The bounty w.u
lepcaled In 1S31 , and duilni ; the last two
> ears thio American piiRar Industry Ins made
no appreciable progress , while wo continue-
pay at len t $100,000,000 a jeal for fcrclBll
lugar , much of It proditeed In Germany under
tlio bounty s > ttcm The war In Cuba has
great 1 > rulnrcd our supplj of cano inignr
from that source and made us moro depend
ent than ever on European countries foi beet
t.iRnr The conditions are not only favorable
but Inviting for the uiloftlon ot a pollcj
which will jMvo a new Impetus to the manu
facture of ougar In the United State" and ln >
the foundation of a great and profitable In
dustry All Hint Is needed Is moro loiltln-
tlon , but. uniortunalul } , that Is not
obtainable.
TIII : HI iiiinn Titr.sT.
Ho % Hit * Ciiiiililiiiillnii 1'i-ollts bj Imv-
HrrtilcliiK' .
Niw Yoik 'VViirld
Tlie 1 per edit dividend declared this -week
by the Rubber trust Is ou preferred stock
alone , nnd action on the common stock will
not bo taken until the meeting set fet
Januaiv 15
It Is salu that the- trust lias "a working
capital of $12.000.000 outside of the cost ot
Its eighteen plants" which [ 3 a pollto way
of saying that its object as a conspiracy Is
to exlort dividends from the public on a coi
ner of the American market which It values
nt $12.000.000 , nnd which will doubtless bo
worth inoto than that If It can secure the
lepeal or continued nullification , of the anti
trust law
The annt.a ! report shows that since the
orgnil/atlon of the trust four years ago It
lias paid Its regular dividends on preferred
stocl : , "chaigcd oft $1,250,000 for depreci
ation , " nnd had left a surplus of $110,000 ,
with surplus earnings on Investment of
$1 0.1,000
Th\so figures Indicate tint tlie privilege
of liwlessnS5 nt present cnjoed b ) the
trust Is worth the $12,000,000 it Is blocked
for But lawlecsnesa has not jet become-
v < stcd light In thla eountiy , nor v/lll the
Imva of the United States be null 111 cd for-
cv er.
<
1O\VY Pities CtMMIKVi1. -
Burlinglon Hawheje : Mr. Holes Is , of
ccuise , quite right In Intimating that the
sliver quntlun Is dead. Hut he Is quite
wrong when he believes that n "national
nirrciicy , " under which title ho cvldentlj
understands the greenback ctiricnc ) , Is tlie
Ivjuo of Hie future That also ib a thing
of the past , and It la n proof of Mr Holes'
falling political eyesight that he is not able
to nto it.
Davenport Republican : Iowa needs n
nunnfactuiing In ; ; , but It i by no means
ceitain that the same legislature which
refused to pias such a law last winter
should b nsked to do so during the extra
session Governor Dnke is opposed to any
legislation coming up except tlio code revl-
bion , wlilch b certainly voluminous enough
of Itself , and It Is not infrequently the beat
pait of wisdom to make liasto slowly. To
\.alt for the election of another legislature ,
elected upon that very ls.suo among others
would be a much better plan than to at
tempt to bulldoze the nun who voted against
It Into changing their mtiiils If , however ,
whe > tlie legislature meets so many of the
formerly hide-bound prohibitionists have
chi-ngid their views ns to make the passage
of such n law desirable to n largo majority ,
then , of course , the bill will be hi ought up
In splto of all opposition.
TIM : KOI j. rues.
Chicago Clnonlcle Mr Fltraimmons is n
pi l.-o fighter by Injunction.
Washington I'cat Sailor Sim key ia still
in bed explaining how he licked ritzslm-
mons
St Louis Republic : Sharkey got every
thing in hia fight with the Kangaroo Uio
licking and the puiso , too
Chicago Tribune- The use of the Aus
tralian sjstcm did not aavo Lexicographer
rit/jslniniona fiom being accounted out
Chicago I'caf It took six San Francteco
ploalcl.ins to decldo uiut was the matter
v.ith Sharkey , when every ono else lu the
countiy knew tint It was merely that I"ltj-
slmmons hit him Now and then there-
seem lo bo drawbacks lo being a physician.
New York Sun Wo bellevo that , In dajs
gone by James Coibctt could have whipped
Robert ntzalmtnons. Hut , nlnco the sule-
quent advance of time and the Sharkey com
bat in Sin KinuclEco , In wlilch , speaking
colloquial ! ) . Mr Sharkey was not , wo are
equally confident that Mr Coibctt will never
venture professionally into Mt. Kltzsimmons'
compaii ) .
Avri-s II.OON i.iujtu : iN snssiov.
Mimy I'riiinlniMit VVorl.crx in the
'IViuiiiTjiiicr riinsc Prc-Ni-iM.
WASHINGTON. Hec 8 Tlio annual con
vention of the American Antl-Saloan leigue
liegan this mcrnlng. the bes-sion being held
lu the Calvary Hsptlst rehool hojse Promi
nent pcrrat8 : from all parts of tlio country
ara prfeeut and the meeting promises to Leone
ono of the moat Interesting In aid of Ilia
tempetanco cause over held In HID ciplUl
It ) Ono hundred and fcventeon d--leGUod
nro In attend nice Of I hew slxleon ate
iiallon.il , clgl't date and nlnety-tlireo rcpre-
kenthiK eparato or Jiil/itloiik Among the
moio prominent workers In the temperance
Liuro present ar Illrnn I'rlco Rev I , . II.
Wilson , James L Ilwlnu. Rev. A J. Knctt ,
Rc-v Howard Uuoiel ! and Mrs Amilo vv'lttc-
iii ) er
PERFECTIOM MODE.R/VTION / IN
SIX BOLTERS WERE ABShST
Dubois , Pottigrow , Mautlo , Onnnon , Squire ,
Teller Not nt Onticus.
DECLINE TO MEET WITH REPUBLICANS
Sliver Sfimtiirx AVltn llolti-il A
lf > 'n .Niiiiiliiittliin nt M. l.outt
Itctiiiiln Out In the fold
from Clioli'i1.
WASIUNOTON. 15cc. S The most notice-
nblo feature of the republican Retiate
caucus which tsscmblcd today , as seen from
the outside , was the absence of tlio men
who had bolted the nomination of McKln-
loy bocatiae ot the gold standard platform
These who were nlncnt were Senators Oil-
bols , Pettlgrew , Mantle , Cannon , Squire nnd
Teller All these except Tolle'r were In HIP
city nnd could have attended If the ) hid
been so dlrposed. Indeed , eomo of them
were In their committee rooms In the capitol -
tel whllo the caucus was In progress Th.it
their absence was Intentional was clearly
shown by the following letter , which Senator
Unbolt ) sent to the caucus and which was
read soon nfter the meeting was called to
order b ) Senator Sherman.
tl S SKNATi : . WASHINGTON , n. C-
To I loii John Slid man. rimlrnmii Cum us
of Ripiilillran Senntctrt. , Washington , D ( . " . .
blr 1 hcicbv re-spiclfully resign mv posi
tion tm sootetarv of Ihe o.iucus of upubll-
CMII soimtois 1 ulio ri lKii mv position ns
u mcmliep mid seorelur ) of lopuhllcau
advhoiy or " .suoilng" vommlttee of the
semite Veiy trtil ) ) ours ,
ritui > T nunois.
The bolters had all received Invitations ,
which were sent them ns If the ) had never
left Hie part ) , but they had decided not to
attend. They had found it Impossible to
communicate with Senator Teller , who has
not jet reached the city , but all expressed
confidence that If hero ho would not have.
gone Into the confeienco. If the bolting
sllvcrltcs wore conspicuous by their ab
sence , tlio silver men who remained within
the party were , ns n rule , exceptionally
prompt In their attendance Senator Car-
tiT. who. whllo ho refused lo accept the
Dingley tariff bill and ) ct lefused to walk
out of the St. Louis convention , was the
second man to outer the caucus chamber
nnd ho wns followed closcl ) by Messrs Wol-
cott , Mitchell , Shoup. HantUiroiigh. Cameron ,
Piltchard , Perkins and Clark , who hereto
fore have alwas voted for silver when the
question was before the senate
There wore no long speeches In the caucus
and ver ) few spechcs of any character. Sen
ator Dubois' resignation was re
ceived without n word of comment "Wo
just closed up the rankw and marched
on , " said ono of the participants , In referring
to the Incident after the clo c < of the meetIng -
Ing Senator Ledge moved the election of
Semtor Wilton \\ashlngton In Ills stead
as Mcrotary , whllo Senator Shoup was placed
on the bteorlng committee In the plaoo va-
ciled by his colleague Thlu commilteo
was nlyj enlarged by the addition of the
uamo of Senator llanpbrough of North Da-
kola.
The Dlngley tariff hill wns referred to
the steering committee , with Instructions
to Investigate ns to the likelihood of getting
the bill through , and to devise a means to
that end If possible. It was the prevailing
opinion that the best policy demanded the
pissagc of the bill , It possible to encompass
It , but the opinion nccmcd to bo quite an
general thit this result was not within the
range of possibility The entire question
was referred to the committee with very
liberal powers.
Senator Gear brought up the Pacific rail
road question , ns did Senator Lodge the
Immigration bill. The Pacific reid bill was
icferred to the steering committee , but after
Mr Lodge had explained the status of the
Immigration bill , the- caucus desired to
stand by that as a puty measure and to
press for Ita eaily consideration. The cau
cus also decided for an International agree
ment on silver by agreeing to the following
resolution Introduced by Senator Wolcott-
Unsolved That n spec ! il committee of
five members of this < -iuieiis bo appointed
to lec'ommend some plan vs hereby legisla
tion ma ) be had In this session of congrisK
looking to an international conference with
the leading commercl il nations of the world
for the promotion of bimetallism
The action of the caucus In referring the
Uln ley tariff bill to the steering committee
and the eiiiumstances updcr which this ac
tion was taken are accepted in the Honato
ns ptnctlcally the end of the agitation In
the Interest ! of the measure The debate In
the caucus developed that there was wide
differences as to the advisability of at
tempting to pass the bill , even among the
republicans nnd the opinion was expressed
b ) some who were on tlio Inside that fully
one-third of the republican senators , not
Including the silver bolters , were antagonls-
tlo to the bll.
\\TI-THUST I.A\V i. % siii'itnvii : uiiintT
TraiiHiiilHHiiurl IVd M ANsnolnllon
I'll siIK HrliiMT Vl'KlK'il.
WASHINGTON , Dec 8 The supreme
court tnd.i ) began the hearing of argumcnlo
In the case of the United States against the
Traiismlssourl rrelght association , Involv
ing the anti-trust law The milt originated
In the circuit court of the district of Kan
sas and wa < , Instituted by the government
for Hie purpose of enjoining the further
execution of the pooling agieemont between
eighteen railcads ! constituting the truiiMnls-
soml association on Hie ground that the
pool was In violation of the anti-trust law
of 1S30. The circuit court dlbiiilsed tlio hill
and the decision wed sustained by the elr-
eult court of appeals ( i r the Klghth cir
cuit The government then appealed to tlie
Btipieme couit Attorney General Harmon
opened the argument for hla depirtment
IIo made a strong appeal for a construction
of the law which would prohibit pooling
by all competing Hues , which ho claimed
wax the Intuition of the statue with uupoct
to lallroads.
( "Itj I.ols Nut ( i ) ! ! < > Honii-HlriuliMl.
WASHINGTON. Dec 8 The secictnry of
the interior liss decide 1 Hint the amend
ment to section ! ) 2,289 and 2.2DO of the Ra-
vl'jeil Statutes does not mithorbo the home
stead entry of linds Included within the
limits of nn incorporated to.vn U Is held that
sound public policy would not allow ouch
ncquial'lon of lands so situated and thereby
likely to largely enhance In value.
iiM > oTitiiuwisn.
Vermont proudly claims that there VVM
much less drunkenness In her IrghttaMnp
during the CMOII ! just ended than u tta1
M. De ( lorlnchc , the loader ot the pro r
Jccted Height ! notith polo expedition , Is now
In Copenhagen Inking advice ot the nclen
title authorities there.
llrnry 13 Abbey li quoted nn having
* nld flhortl ) before his death that "people ,
who went to Huropo In flcarch of rultird
nbbes could find ono In America that w is
as utterly ruined as the woi t wreck In IJu
rope. "
The New York board of aldermen lins
voted to give n franchise to a fuel gnn rom-
piny to lay COO miles of mains In that city
The company guarantees to mtppt ) fuel gn
to households nt 10 cents per 1,000 cubic
feet , and to manufacturers at enl ) 25 cent *
Quito In contrast with the mateilnllotla
temper of the ago was that remark onro
made b ) 1'rof Agasslz , when offcicd n
higher salary If ho would remove to another
position than the ono ho was so laboriously
and faithfully filling "I cannot afford to
waste my time miking money ! "
John P Koeney , mijor-elect of AVobnrn
Mn i , and probably the > oimgest tn.iora \
the nation , for ho Is only 21. gained hu
education after ho had learned to support
himself as a leather finisher. Ho wan
gtadilitcd from the Hoston Unlvctslt } l < nvv
school , and wns admitted to the bar when
only two weekt past his majorlt ) .
The > late flcnrr.il Hlva Pnlaelo. the Me\I
cm minister to Spain , had moro than the
tisml vcrsatllltj of the Casllllnn stitcs-
ntcn He wns not only a law > or and editor
as we'll as a soldier , for every distinguished
Mcxle.in has tolluvvrd those three profes
sions but ho wan also a poet and the
olllelal historian ot the war at the Inter
ventlon
IJllhtt Ilnirltt's name has been revived In
Connecticut by a paper read before tlio
Stito Historical society Ilnrrltt Ins been
dead seventeen > eai.s and Is piactlcall } for
gotten \ ouat tor of a century ago there
was h.irdly nn Issue of a periodical that did
not contain some reference to "tho learned
lllarksmlth. " When Ilurrltl wns 30 jcam
old It was said that ho could lead fifty
languages
A curious and novel cxpci Intent has been
tried In llcrlln A number of pi eminent
nillst.s wcie leqnested to send to an exhibi
tion a picture cmbodjlng their Idc.1 of the
personnllt ) of Christ Among them were
limit , K.unpf , M.irx. Oabrlel , Max , Skiu-
blni , Stuck , Thoma , Uhdo and Zimmerman
The Savior was represented nt halt lengths ,
detached ficm the surroundings ordinarily
In Btich plolurcfl , with merely a Innttacnpo
or cloipl effect for background. H.ich
pilnter also sent explanatory notes with
his work , stating why he hail represenlcd
the sacred figure In Hint piitlculnr way.
I.AIICIIIM : CAS.
Llfn : "Uncle Julius , what Is npprccla-
'Appreclnllon ? Well II Is a queer old
thing something like malaria ; people alw.ijd
get It away ftoin home. "
Cincinnati Tribune : "I want a Job In thla
"
museum
"On what giounds ? " T'
" 1 am tin- only close acquaintance of Me-
Klnloy who luvn't been mentioned for Ills
eablnol. "
Indianapolis Journal"Wo Imvc met Hie
enemy. " shouted the Spanish caplnln , "and
they are houis behind us "
Detroit Krce Press "I see Hint v ou arc
your own vvashei woman. " sild Mis Spltoly ,
mho wns loading her poodle pist the place.
"yen. " retorted Mrs Simply , "but thank
goodness , I'm not reduced to i > Mliignuiso -
glrl for .v dog "
Now York Sun : "I read of n imn , " said
Mrs Hllklns In .1 faraway tone , "who when
ever ho H > rnt any money on himself , gave
his wife an equal amount for hcrsilf
"Whew , " sild Mr. llklns ! ! , In an eminently
iipnrli ) tone , "that fellow must ha' been
awfully rich. "
Washington Star : "Do dog dat keeps
snappln' an' praneln1 an' prlekln' up hh
yean , " said Uncle llbon , "gits do repytatloii
ob belli' povv'ful kiiouln' . Hut lilt am da
one dat ur.ips down on tie * tug tin * takes
t'lngs ( .is ) vvlfout c illln' 'tcnllon tor hlsso'l
il.it h.il ) do real gumption "
Chic igo Ilccord : "Unclo George , what la n
djpiipptli' ' "
"A dyspeptic Is n delicate pel "on who hns
to have pi el il dishes ,111 piled for him and
then wlilils la ami oats some of uvet ) thing
ulso on the table. "
Now York Truth Tom Hairy I don't see
any st lisp In git Is kissing o.ioh other. Now ,
you hntu tin- gill Jon Just Icl'sed
Prudonoo You bet 1 do , but Just spo how
the freckles show vvhcru I kissed the pow
der oft'
Cincinnati I'nqulrer : "Isn't this delight
ful ? " bald she
"It Is , " said he , from the ro.ir of the
tandom. "Why should we not go Hitougli
life Ibis vviv ' "
" " "
"On wind"
The vvhc Is rolled on. but the conversi-
tlon lawil four 01 live blocrfH behind , panU
Ing heavily
A NiW PUNCTUATION 1IARIC
lloston Transcript.
Said who had edited _ . ' -
Squlbbs , long _ .y \
A litimoious niaa/lue ; , \
As mill ) MSH. bo turned , '
Ono penny bit to glean
There's fame and fortune walling for
The man who'll Introduce f
A puiictuatloii i-.irk to add (
To those wu havu 111 use. '
'T would sivo us care and worry . .
And labor full one-half , lifer
If humoilsts i HUM have n mark >
To show ua vvlu n to laugh. - '
Stnr.
It's curious , what n slsht o' good a llttlo
thing will ilo ,
How ) c Kin htop the fiercest stoim when
It IK Mils let blow.
An' i ikv tlio sting fron vvlnit commenced
lor i inkle when 'twill Mioko ;
Ity keepln * Htlll an' trc.itln' It cz If It vvus
.1 JoUo.
Yu'll Had diet \o kin fill a place with
Hinlli s Instead n' tcni.s.
An * keep the .sunshine gleamln' thiough
the Hhadous of the jeai.i
li ) Jes laugliln' .
Polks sometliiKs falls tor note the possibil
ities that Hu
In the way ) oi mouth Is ciuvln' nn' thi >
twinkle In jcr i > yo :
It ain't HO much VN hut's "tld thct luirtH ez
vvlnit ) o thinks lien hid ;
It ain't t.o much the doln' ( > ? the way a
thing Is did
An' many n home's1 kep' happy an' con
tented , d ly b ) dav ,
An' III < o/ not , a kingdom hcz been res
cued from tl < < ty
Iy ) Jus laughln' .
Y WB
Those & 1.OQ , $1 SO , $1.70 Shirt Walste
fo
Be sure you see them they
are great bargains.
A/so these .Boys' Undershirts
.
K- -
An early call will secure the
best selection.
S. W. Cor , 15th and Dotijjlas
