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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1896)
n > rAfTA DATLV vni HAY 11. isno. Tim ONIAIIA JOAIi nosiwATtn : , iwiior. TUIIMS OK BtJIMSCtUPTION. Daily lie * ( Wlllinut Humlny ) One Ycnr . WOT Dully life urn ) Hundny. Ono Yonr . KM HU Monlhn . l M Thrro Months . W HumUy Hoc , Ono Yenr . , . W Hntunlny lire. One Yen r . U M Weekly ll e. Ono Ywir . M OKFirirSi Oinnhit : The llc-p llullillni ? . . Houth Omnliai Hlniicr ink. , Or. N ami JUh 3H. Council IMufM : 10 North Mnln Hlrrct. ChlcnRO OOICP : 317 rimmlior of l > ninmTci > . Kw York ! ltoom 13 , II nml 15. Trlbuno HUB. Wellington : HOT F Street. N. W. . . All cotnmunlcntlnnii ri > lntlni ? In now * nml C'll- Icrinl ninttiT fhnuld ! > nrldrn-nl : To the lidltcr. ' . All LunlnoM letter * ami remittances should lit mMreiMcil to The lice I'ulillthlnic Coinpnny , Oninlin. IJrnftii , cliecl < nml po toinco order * to bo mailo tinrnlile to thf order of the company. TIM ! I1KB I'tniMHIHNO COMPANY. 8TATKMKNT OP C111CUI.AT1ON. Blnte of N'obrnnkn , I Douglas i.Viunty. I ilptirRR II. Twcliuck , secrctnry of The llee 1'uli- HfthliiK company , liflng Uuly sworn , * ny tlmt the nctunl number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally Morning , Hvetilnu nml Sunday Hue printed diirlnjf Iho tnnnth of November , HOT , wn nn fol- town : . . 2I.COO 1C IO.CM . . 21.111 IT ! 0f , | < ! . . 21.SI IS 50.IM 19 20235 C M.IJ7 Q 20.2SG n 27.9J7 ; l 30.111 7 21,225 21.000 S 21.MO 23 2007J n 20,830 21 20.0rl JO 20.9M S3 20.131 31 21,001 M 19.0S4 12 20,770 " 7 20.1C1 33 20.CAO JS 20.015 31 20.COI 3 20.I23 ! > 3 ! 1OIO 2D.023 Totnl.i CC0.3I1 Ism Ucdiictlons for unsclil nml returned copies 1-.7S2 Total net onle . CI7.DW tCel dully nvcrnsf . 21. C UKonni- . TswnitTr-K. Kulisrrlljoil In my preirncn and mvorn to licforo in" this 1st day of December , ISM. N. p. rrcir , , ( Seal. ) Notary I'uhlle. Mr. IVtcr Rlmrlci'.v can no Innscr ax- lit-i-t In enjoy thu soi-Ii'ty of ri-lliK-il pit- It SPOIIIH to be i--is.v i-iiou li to kill MiK-i'o. but to iniiUo Iiltn stay Ulllt'rt Is not the saint ? easy It would sociii that a restaurant keopc-i ran safely and cITcctlvcly draw tlu > color line If lit- docs It In Ills wife's inline. Legislation by stei-rliitf coininlttci'S threatens to become a regular coiintiT- part of government by Injunction. For a flick man , the unspeakable Turk requires it deal of coinbliiini ; against him on Iho part of lOnropean powers. President McKlnlcy's Inaugural mes- HIIW will excite as much and more In- Icrest titan President Cleveland's laf > t olllulal effusion. Another Important , naval movement , lo which , of conr.se. no warllko sltjiiill- ounce attaches , Is the transfer of the North Atlantic squadron to southern waters. If the. Commercial club succeeds In transferring Its beet Kiisar factory from paper to solid brick and mortar Its effort will bo duly appreciated by the com munity. It oiifiht not to bo necessary for any foreign minister representing Pres ident Cleveland to deny a report that lie Is nepitlaliiif , ' n treaty for the annex- lit Ion of Hawaii. A Paris editor charges President Cleveland with having aroused the "sus ceptibilities" of Kurope. if tills 1ms really been done and was done Inten tionally. It ought to be looked Into. If the competition to Introduce bills oxtendini ; recognition and aid to Cuba becomes much moro Intense some of our senators and representatives will lie In danger of being Injured In the crush. What Ilanna said to Keed nnd what Heed said to Ilanna would Interest sev eral people who are trying to construct n political fend on pa JOT between the big man Ciom . .Maine and the big man from Ohio. Tim extra session of congress Is sure. President' ' .MeKlnley cannot have the heart to disappoint so many Washing ton newspaper correspondents who have Ktaked whatever reputation they may have as prophets upon that assertion. No crime committed for years has Htlrrcd the people of St. Louis as the train robbery which has just occurred within a mile of the union station. As yet , however , there has been no prop osition to call In the Omaha detective force. The honor of being expelled from the "Tacksonlan club for following In the footsteps of the only democratic presi dent of the last third of a century Is nn honor which Is highly prized because of Its scarcity on the local political market. The patrons of the Omaha public schools want the schools kept out of politics and free from favoritism. If this object can be achieved by the pro- jiosed civil service rules the people will heartily endorse the board's action In pulling them Into force. When Washington pickpockets get so low down as to hold up unoll'endlng congressmen , they must be past re- diMnpllon. The congressmen In Wash ington have always Imagined that they had a monopoly on holding up men and measures In that bailiwick. The London press Is substantially agreed that while the president's mes sage may not prove satisfactory either to Spain or to the Cuban Insurgents , there Is nothing In It which Is displeas ing to Knglaml. This will relieve anx iety In ninny minds which have feared that Kngland might bu offended at 7omethlng or somebody. The president advises that the states are the proper organizations to take up the war on trusts. The reply of the Nttilo olllcers will doubtless be that the trust recognizes no state lines , that It extend * ) over the whole country and that the power to cope with It Is the national government. And In the meanwhile - while the trusts will bo laughing up their r.t/.SK A state conference of men who bo- llevo "Hint It Is Impossible to restore prosperity In this country or save the masses of the I'nlted States from further nnd greater spoliation and rnln except by n change In the present monetary standard" has been called by a com mittee of self-styled blmelallists. The object of the call Is said to be continued agitation for the free and unlimited coin age of silver at the ratio of 1(1 ( to 1 , re gardless of the action of any other na tion. To tills end another educational campaign Is to be Immediately Instituted for the propagation of the false financial doctrines which were rejected by an overwhelming majority of the people of the I'ldled States at the recent presi dential election. This movement portends no good to the people of Nebraska. While ( ! ov- crnor Ilolcomb and Senator Allen are both endeavoring to disabuse the inlndu and allay the prejudices of Investors and capitalists by assurances that Ne braska has no disposition to repudiate honest debts or to violate contract ob ligations , this new. untimely and useless renewal of free silver agitation can tend only to Intensify distrust In this state and retard Its Industrial development which requires the assistance of foreign capital. If Nebraska Is to be further disturbed and torn up by political con tention the friends of sound money may as well meet the Issue and resume the campaign of education which will open the eyes of the deluded masses to the folly and wickedness of the whole scluine of spurious bimetallism which Is as different from the double standard of the fathers of the republic as is a coach-and-fonr from a tlog cart. The esseitlal feature of the double standard Is that the metal value of every coin shall be equal to Its money value. The ratio Is always piesumed to repre sent the relative commercial value of the money metals and not an arbitrary price at variance with the commodity value. The attempt to place sixteen ounces of sliver on an equality with one ounce of gold , when one ounce of gold buys In the markets of the world thirty ounces of silver , Is no better than a scheme to cut every gold coin In two and force people to accept < > ach half In payment of the amount represented by the whole. II is a downright swindle under the guise of restoring the double standard. On this point the latest contribution from the Incisive pen of Henry I.iibou- ehere. editor of the London Truth , hits the mill squarely on the head. "On what did the presidential election turn In AmericaV" asks Mr. Labouchere. "Mr. ISryan proposed tin- free coinage of sliver and a ratio of 1 to 1 between sliver and gold. The Im mediate effect would have been that every one would have been relieved of one-half of Ids liabilities and the liabil ity of the Hulled States to the lend ing powers of Knropo would have been reduced by that amount. After such an experience of the mode of meeting lia bilities It is evident either that no-one would lend an American anything , or if he did It would only be at an Inter est lo cover the risk of another reduc tion In the amount of his loan. Ameri cans are not fools. They soon per ceived that Mr. llryan's scheme would prove ruinous to the progress of their country. Not only were Ilnanclcrs against It , but the workers. The lat ter failed to realize what bi'iiellt It would bo to them to be paid even double wages If everything that they had to purchase cost double. At most , this would have placed them In Hie position that they are now. P.ut they had u shrewd suspicion that whilst the buying power of the dollar would be reduced by.onehalf . , the Increase of wage would not keep pice : with this halving of the dollar. .Mr. Itryan , therefore , was defeated by a large ma jority. " Continuing In this strain , Mr. Labou chere says : "There an ; men amongst us who honestly and conscientiously believe that * bimetallism would be an advantage to us. This may appear sur prising , but everywhere anil In every age there have been persons who lose their heads over some theory and then are unable to perceive Its practical folly. In the middle ages there were many chemists who passed their lives trying to transmute silver Into gold , and there is much similarity between those chemists and the bimetallists of our day. 'Increase the world's coin , ' they say , 'and you will Increase Its wealth. ' This Is almost as absurd as it would be to suppose that the climate of this planet would be bettered wen- there more barometers. The wealth of n country has nothing to do with the volume of Its currency , because cur rency Is nothing more than a measure of value for everything else. .Nothing , Indeed , Is more remarkable than Hie very small amount of currency that sulllees for the world's requirement * : . * * * The blmetu lists won't ! have us believe that trade depression , fall In value of land , absence of employment among artisans , ngrarlanlsm in Ire- hind , squalor , suffering anil misery everywhere will cease If only we will adopt their nostrum. If so , tin- world can be converted into a paradise by very simple Jugglery and It Is a won der this has not alieady been done. " lOxpcrience and sound reason , however - over , do not count for anything with .the men who are seeking lo revive the agitation which has proved so dis astrous. Mo < t of them are politicians whose only hop * ! ; to fr.se tlu-mselven Into olllce at il < c IN ] ) . > nst' of the state's prosperity. This class has nothing to lose anil everyilnng to gain. UKHM.IX .11'l'ltlillKXlilOX. U Is said that Herman manufacturers are apprehensive that the change from n democratic to a republican adminis tration will cause them "many an c.vll hour , " by which Is meant , of course , that they will not continue to enjoy their present advantages In the Amer ican market. I'ndonhtodly they are not alone among European nmnnfnc- Hirers In entertaining this feeling nnd It Is well founded' If thu next admlnls- nation shall be able to socnre a tariff law In accord with republican policy. If It be possi ble to effect it there will bu a change In our llscul uytiteui Umt will k'lvo bet ter protection to our Industries nnd labor nml be less favorable to the In dustry and labor of our commercial rivals. Yet there Is no reason why the innnnfneturoift of Germany or any other Knropean country should bo unduly apprehensive. It Is not contemplated to close the American market to them. The republican party docs not. propose to erect a tariff wall that would shut out the products of other lands. It .simply means to require those products to pay more for entering this greatest of the world's markets and there are sound and legitimate reasons for doing this. Very likely the demand for them will be somewhat reduced , but that will hcncllt our own Industries , while we shall probably still get more revenue than we now do. CJermany has done business with the I'nlted Stales under a protective tariff and she will continue to do so. but It may be a somewhat less prolltable business than for the past two years. MUST coMi'i.Y irm ; Tin : r/.tir. The law requires all applicants for license to sell Intoxicating liquors to publish a notice thereof In the paper having the largest circulation In the county. In Douglas county that paper is The Omaha Kvenlng llee. The repe tition of the Jugglery by which two separate newspapers , known as the Mvenlng World-Herald and Morning World-Herald are sought to be com bined under the lletltlo'ns name of tin- Dally World-Herald Is a deception and a fraud upon Its face. No such news paper Is published as the Dally World- Herald. That Is conclusively estab lished by the fact , that the bids for this year's city advertising submitted to the council by the World Publishing company were separate and at different rates for the Morning World-Herald and the lOvenlng World-Herald , and the contract was awarded one of these papers as the lowest bidder. Neither of these papers has as large a circulation in Douglas county as The Omaha liven ing lice , and publication of liquor li cense applications In the combined .Morning World-Herald and Kvenlng World-Herald is not compliance with the law as Interpreted by the courts. nun * ! : rin : I.AU : While acknowledging the wholesome1 effects of the Interstate commerce law ami saying that these have amply justi fied its enactment. Prcsldi-nt Cleveland still thinks the law needs revision and amendment In order to more effectually reach tin1 evils It was intended lo cor rect , rnqiiestionnb'y this is the cas < and th" necessary revision and amend ment should be made as soon as pos sible , in accordance with the recom mendations of the commission to lu > submitted to r'ongres.-v. There would seem to be no good reason why this cannot be done at the present session , If congress shall give such weight to the suggestions of Hie commission as they ought to carry. We not long ago referred to two very importantquestIOUFI upon which legis lation is urgently demanded. .One of thesu- relates to the power of the COMI- ndsslon to pro.Tribirates. . The com mission has upsumod authority to do this only In cases where complaints have been made of unreasonable charges. In such cas requiring the taUroads to conform to the rates made by the commission. A supreme court decision ha.'i bc--n construed as im plying ( hat tli-1 commission has only the negative power to declare a given rate unreasonable and not positive power to declare what It should be. A case Involving 'this question is now pending in Hie supremi' court and If the decision ithonld be adverse to the commission congivss should confer upon it power to prescribi1 rates after full hearing of complaints of nnrenson- ab'e ' charges. Another matter of no less Important- relates to the discrimination in trans portation charges in favor of imported goods on thiuitgh shipments from for eign ports to Interior points In the Unite 1 Slates. The commUslon htul rulc'l against such discrimination , but th : > su pi'enie cunrl decided three of its mem bers dissenting that this rule was not Justified by the language of Hie inter- > --ite commerce act. It was held that the efforts of the commission to deprive tit- ! Inland consumers of HK > advantarvs of through inic.s and thus to give an ad vantage to the traders and manufac turers of the large seabimrJ fit lea seems to create the veiy mischief which It was one of this objects of ill act to remedy. In a dissenting opinion Justice llnrlan said that "If such discrimination ugutarit American goods by American railways , acting with foreign companies , is coll- slstont with the act of congress , then the title of the act should have been lo regulate commerce for the bi-nollt of foreign manufacturers and dealers , to the Injury of American Industiies. " The commission will point out In it < report that the effect of tariff duties nt the tn > aboard - board Is thus negatived while leaving them In full force , with addl'Ional freight chaiges. In the interior and will urge that the discrimination In favor of import rntis ojii-ns the door for defeat ing the will of congress In llxlng prot.'d- i\e duties. It Is perfectly obvious that the supreme court decision In thin matter pttlit It In the power of the ralhoads to place domestic Industries at the merc.v of foreign mannfactuier.s , ' As the president said , the policy em bodied In the Interstate commerce act has a permanent place In our legisla tion. If opposition lo It has not wholly died out It Is not at all formidable. Hut the law Is admittedly defective In im portant respects and It Is IIIDHI desir able that these faults and defects hi- piomptly removed. Sear-Faced Charley , the Modnc brave , after having assisted In the massacre at the Lava Metis ami escaped the gallows on which his nwoclates were executed , lia.s just died , presumably In his hi-d , of consumption. It has taken nearly a quarter of a century to make a "good Ind'an" ' of him. St. Louis need not feel so bad about the recent railroad hold-up within her city limits. Omaha has suffered from a similar aliment for years. The prln- clpul dlfferuuce It ) tlmt hi St. Luuls the road ngt nts hold up the roads while with us the ro l iold up the cltl/.ens. (1iirMnnil ( lorn-roslly. rhlcnK" Tribune. Mr. Cleveland n | > penrs to be thnroiiRhly nwnro tlmt A new ndmlnlstrntlun will lie-in next March , nml ho Is careful not to nttvinpt to deprive lil. < i successor of nny parlous re sponsibilities. _ _ t'n ilex I rnlil i1 'IVrrltnry. Miiron ( On. ) Tf-lrcrnnh. DC the Cuban cntifo just or unjust , the Botittcrn ponplo will not relish the annexa tion Idea , fflip race question , a It ptnuds. In grave I'nouKh. The ninny Interests nf tills country are fanlllcUiiK enough with out nddhiR to thu contentions. Tn in n I tit on N Hl'HnKflpld ' nepuM'cnn. There was tumultuous cheering when Secretary ChnrlcsVarrcn , son of thu col- lertor of the port of Doston , said In his re port at the dinner of the Massachusetts reform club In Uoston recently , that "Presi dent Clovclnml Is one of the few presidents who will go out of olllce with n tremendous popular voteof confidence. " That was a neat way of putting the case. Spnln llfl vt-i > ii Two Klrfn. ( Ilubo-Hemnrrnt. Spain Is no longer ( dilo to glvo undivided attention to Cuba. Tlvp Philippine Islands. which pho has owned for more than 300 years ? , are commercially of great Importance , and the cities' are larger tliiiti thoiv of Cuba. The total population execeds1,000.000. . As the Insurgents on the Philippines have been making rapid headway. It will bo seen that Ppam Is between two fires. It would not bu unwlro If thu Madrid authorities should rail In the friendly otllrcs of the United States to arrange for the Cubans to purchase their Independence. AlniNlof ( lie I'liNlnl Service. IH'ltdU Kri-0 I-it-iK. The free mall carried for congress nnd the department olilces , etc. , last year amounted to 91,180,180 pounds. The country Is not so far from the recent campaign but that It can appreciate the flagrant misuse of the franklin ; prlvllegu to promote per sonal mid party ends. The burdening of the malls with campaign literature , public documents , seeds , etc. . Is n growing abuse of thu postal service and : i source of Increas ing waato that calls for correction quite as lmperatl\ely as the misinterpretation of thu laws relating to second-class matter. of .tlnrliH's. Indianapolis .lonrnnl. < Vn estimate made nt the Navy depart ment shows that with thu ships now In sorvlce or undergoing repairs the navy will require 15,000 men. If the nation goes on cddlng to Its battleships nt the rate of the past live years , the navy will soon con tain moro men than thu regular army. Kach battleship now requires from -100 to 500 sailors. Secretary Herbert In his re port nsks for 1.0J1 additional sailors , but this number would be only enough to equip the Iowa and the two new gu-.iboats. More ninrhipH are needed also. Hattleclilps of the class of thu Indiana carry sixty marines nnd two marine officers. Convict liuTntr In lllliml * . KniiFiis City f.tnr. ( lovernor-elcct Tanner of Illinois proposes to asc ! the state legislature to completely alollah the cxnvlct labor system as It cut I its In Illinois r.nd to set the prlaineni nf the. state at work on tcolvo which will not lirlns them Into active competition with the pro ductive Industries of the country. The plan U a good one. There Is not work. In Indus tries already developed , to lccp : Iho honrfll laboring mm of the country employed , ami the labor of qomMcts ought not to bu utilized In such a wuy. as "to displace that of fre ? men. There/arc a r.ood many public enter prises upon -which convicts could bo act at work without-taking bread out of the mouthe of waye oarmrs. and that la thu way prison labor should bo utilized. I I.culiM In tilt * .Stuirenie Conrl. "WaFTihiKlcn Toft. On several , occasions In the pant the deci sions of the supreme court have been an ticipated. At IciiJt two days before it wi < . ofilrlally primuljip.ted the court's ruling In the Income tux case was published In Chicago cage , and In the telephone and graphophonc OOM , nlio , there were rumnri which af fected llto stoi'lc market. Nov.- comes : - . stock tnnrltrt icport from New York on Fri day declaring that Laclrdu Oas dropppi : four or 11 vu pclnts In consequence of a change of sentiment will , reference to the forthcom ing decision of the supreme court of the United States. It occurs to us to ausgrs : that stories of tills kind , affecting the most ntigiiEt judicial tribunal In thta part of the world , do not make plccsant reading for thoughtful and patriotic citizens. Tommy \ViIsonN Wrarliu-SN. Now Volt Sun. The populist statesman who obtained twenty-one doctoral vrtca. or thereabouts , for vice president of the Unltud States , thus exp 'fsr.cs Ills ocnt'ments ' concc-mlng th' pjj u. list statesman who ran thu campaign : "Too mech Hutlor hurts us In the ncso : Too much Untie.- limbers us in the icglona i/f our filth. Too much Ilutlur gives us In- \\luntarlly , the Inclination to look with longing ryes In thu direction of the moun tains of Ilopsldam. "Too mu.-h Utitler makes us feel that we must have a reat and have It qulok. and that somebody must fan us and talk sooth ingly to us.hllo wu endeavor lo collect our thoughts nnd pet some repose. "Vrs , slrroc1 ! And then Tom ndiM * " \Vo do nut siy : this In any spirit of hos tility to Mr. r.utler. " That Is qulto evident. The spirit which pervades the editorial pspo of Iho I'eoplo's 1'wty I'npor clnco Hon. Thomas 13.Vason ! re-turned to the active management of that rorlrdlcil , is o o rf affectionate sratltulc toward Sr-n4ior Uutler , Mr. Uryan of Nebraska - braska , and everybody concerned In the IJopullst campaign. I'OMTIGMI. llltlKT. Hupresentatlvo Heatner of I oulslana says that "there nro very few men In congress from the totithiio honchtly bcllevo In the theory of frco coinage of Ulvcr , and the majority of their constituents do not bellcvo in i.Jui tneory. A political classification of the representa tives-elect la t'c ; Klfty-flflh congress. Ju"H mndo uuofllcially by Cleric McDawell. lias wilted as follows : Straight republicans , 01 ; straight domccralr121 ; fuclonlstd , I& ; popu- i } Hits. 12 ; i-llvcrttci , .1. ! A New York lobbyist names Ilest , who j j acknowledged linylng pnM $3 OCO It an In- i dnc'.rlnus member < lf H.o ttnto assembly for j j l.-II.'Ing ' an Ice o'.ittlng hill , Is blosscil with a | cinvoalont mcmoryi When quc Moneil as to Iho nsir.n of tli n9-3inblyman , ho declared hu cuuld not rccr.UJt. _ ' The tioli'ctlo : ) oF a sound money man for fi'ialrman of Iho Cook county democrat ! : club la rcf-nr'iNdB nn omen of harmony i Emong tlio party factious In Chicago. Hut j I Ju ' ' . about t c ilmu the ollvo branch wiy toadurcil ariiie unknown patriot "clas'iol Into rlbbont" on Jill portrait of Cleveland , v. loh frlurr.c I tl.r club walls. I'ttltlons are | j circulation In Kentucky aiklng for tl.iA'pardon < ; f "llinoal" Disk Tali * , who , whlj ) trYio.ircr of the state for twenty-two yea ? . ' . rotibcJ the commonwealth uf $ ? M,000. "Honrtt" Uli-k ( lew to some unknown clmfto ! enjoy the fruits of lil labor : ' . Ho hn cot bt-fii nppriuendud , but evidently long to rttinn lionio and hi.1 friends tcuk Immunity from prosecution. There la every probability of considerable ' - , ! " caloric being lei looau by do 110- cralu In ( YiltMtsn on SI. Jaekwn'ti duy. Found money men will tonta the hero of New Orlunns and call upon Ms slindo tn wltnu > tlulr loyu ty Mid dovotlan. Thu > liver b anch will also cclebratu and proclaim their loyally to thu principle * of Aiidy. It U uxpoctod thu rival banquetct'rs will bo at stifllclunt distance to prevent a collision when the corlio fly. Colonel Hobcrt M. Douglas. tSo eldest ton of Iho lain Stcphun A. Douglaf , U ono of the republican candidates In North Carolina lina who weru nuccoHifiil at the recent iilcc- tlon. He 1.33 been elected lo a judgcdhlp of the matu court , nnd will take olllco on January 1. Colonel Douglas Is a vlBoroiu iipubllcan and uau one of the carllont a wall ao ono of the moat rarnou : and consist ent udvocatDu of ( to election of Major Me- Klnlcy to ihu prculdoucy- ni\iiM : ! WITH TIM : TitrsTs. St. Louis Republic : Let rongrew , In ad dition to making laws to prevent the opera tion of trustfl within the scope of federal authority , adopt tlio rule tlmt every article handled by a trust or combination shall be placed on the free list and the corner-stone of monopoly will bo knocked out. If the republicans are slncero In their profession of a desire to smash the trusts , here Is an opening. St. Louis Olotie-Dcmocrat : The tariff helps some of the trusts , hurts others , and on Btlll others ll has no material effect one way or the other. To the question of Iho trusts the republicans will give serious attention when they take tlio rolns of government. Hut the.M will go about the work In a prac tical way. and not denounce them vaguely and Indiscriminately after the fashion ol the ranters and demagogues of the llry.inlto coalition. In the meantime the most In iquitous and audacious of all the "com bines" which the United States has known , the sliver trust. Is smashed for a few ycara and perhaps for all time. Cincinnati Knqtilrcr : The president's dl - Nortntlon on trusts and monopolies Is ab surd and ridiculous. He Is the darling product of the trust , lie Is ono of their chief assets. They have been made bolder by his companionship. If he has pleaded for fieo coai against the wishes of the coal trust. It was to favor his friends who owned coal fields In Nova Scotia. Hut the gold trust has been the apple of his eye. lie has been able to srem virtuous by opposing the trusts to which be w s hostile , while showering bounties on those in which he fell an Inter est. He has been one of those described hi Hiidlbraft , who "Atoim for sins they Imvo n mind to Hy damning those they're not Inclined to. " C ( I. ( > MI. .lonv it. KIII.O\V.H. : Chicago Chronicle : New York loses a faithful nnd valuable son In Colonel John It. Kellowd. Not tin ) least of Colonel Kellows' services was the work bu performed this year In the Interest of sound democracy. New York Sun : John II. Fellows , who died yesterday , was a true and a manly soul. Ilia abilities wcro remarkable , his courage was llrm and sure , nnd his faithfulness to the duty tl-al he now before him know no waver ing. Ills public life was mainly passed In this city nnd his death Is a public less. To his memory peace and honor ! Detroit Free 1'rras : Thu democratic party 1ms lost one of Its most eloquent and faith ful supporters In the death of Colonel John U. Fellows of Now York , who was a eon- c'lcuo--s figure In the battle for sound money only a few weeks ago. His activity In the campaign aggravated a chronic ailment and he returned from hli tour of the west to die. A dlstlngulslicd professional and public career thus closed with an carnral and patriotic effort which his countrymen will ( -member. Courier-Journal : Ills unselfish notion In taking In bis hamta his political life and volunteirlnp hU splendid nervlces in defence cf principle nnd country. In defiance of hli , party "machine- was one of the finest c.\- rmplea of patriotism the late remarkable "ampalnii develcijol. Ho won the love , as .veil .vj tin ml'iilmtlon , of our people by the bravo and telling fight he made , and . .iadu. covi > now know , while thu clutch of iStntli wis upon him. He dies In the hour of truly clorloia triumph "O grave , where Is thy victory ? " TIIH lll-ril\ATl.\ : ! IIAVAItl ) . Denver NOWH : Ambassador Dayard must bo credited with a belated ctrcak of com mon cert'fl. He has reJuMd a. proffered gift ao a recognition of his service to bath Eng land and the United Status. R'llf.ilo Hx : rc-'is : It Is a raru pleasure to bo able to commend Thomas I'rancla Ilnyard , so let It ho rucordo.I that his senco of pro- i rlotyv ; , to-i keen to allow him to accept the gift which a I < ondsii newspaper pro- pcssd to beutow upon him. Washlngtwi l'os > t : Mr. Bayard seems to f > .il that It would be useless to ask congress to consent to his receiving a present such no his English admlrero might care to be- slow. There la a lurking ir.inplclnn that Mr. Biyard is about right In this surmlfe. MluucapslU Tribune : MlnU-ter Bayard hap illfpliyol a c.i ; m of good fan's In declining the "tip" offered him by the London Tele graph , but It is evident thai he only de- c'i- ! ! to do to rfter his countrymen had ex- ! re ' 50 1 their dln iiil at the perform nice. Philadelphia Hecord : Ambassador Bayard has declined the proposed Christmas gift by popular subscription set on foot by his English admirers. It Is doubtful whether this action on Mr. Bayard's part will give more pain to his enemies or pleasure to his f. lends. Philadelphia Inquirer : Although Mr. llay- rrd tas declined to accept the gift frcm the nrgllsh ptoplo thai was cuggcMcd by Sir L-Jx. in Arnold , the latter hg sot samu free by hi.i succujilon. and Is doubi- icji mllsllcil. AdvcrthOng pays better tiun | M > ctry dooi. Cellar Kapids Republican : Mr. Bayard baa luucU a letter announcing that he cannot a.'copt the Chrl&imns present Iho London Telegraph proposc-d lo secure for him , but ho is sail to feel wry sere over the matter. Probably lite soreness is duo to the fact that in nvo day.j the subscriptions only amounted to $115. while the gifl was to have cost a thousand tin rs thai sum. Chicago IVwt : .Mr. Bayard has written a ponderous homily on the necessity In n re publican form of government of tbu strict and delicate obedience to such principles cs those expressed above , BO lhat not even the smell of emoko can lurl , In thu folds of oificlal gaiir.cnts. Perhaps we ought to be llunkful th.it reduction broughl our ambas sador to realize this , since the proposal of the Lorrton newspaper inusl have been maiii ; upcn the supposition Hi at bu was a silly , vain old man. I > : : HSO.\AI. AMI oruniuvisi : . President Diaz may be the George Wash ington of Mexico , but he Is a lltllo nloiv abuut issuing his farewell address. Among t'.ic thousands of photographn brought back by Nauscn is one of an at- taciiiic ! ; ptlar lirar. of which the explorer took three tmaisshota with bis camera befort ho ehot him with Ills gun. Judre 0. 0. Fouler of the United Statc district court. In Kyiisas , hz.i announced that ! -o will endow a noddy for the prevention of crucify to animals , whose special mission It shall be to protect horsuu. Grovcr Cleveland will. If he lives until ino iin or .Marco , nave 0.110 distinction mat no other president has enjoyed , ll'c will be the only occupant of the white house thai has cvur rldicn ! to the capltol with two dhfercnt successors. Miss Phoebe Hood Is an Indian maiden , the daughter cf a i'awnco chief , and ban become a trained nurse. So has Miss Lily Wind of Canada , who U of the Ottawa tribe , end Miss Kate Urcenod of the Wyandotlca. These young Indian glrla look Ihe eour.ic In Philadelphia , nml aru considered good nurses. Dr. Hills P. Oborholzer , for anveral years n member o ? Hie cilltorl.il staff of the Phila delphia KvcnlnK Telegraph , the author of several workn on political science nnd u lecturer on International qiuatioru In Ihe University of Pennsylvania , hca been elected iy tie ! csmmltteo c-n puUlkallan to thu ulltorMilp of die Manufacturer , of Phila delphia. Judge J. I. C. Ilaro of Philadelphia , wlio.io resignation was sent to nnvonior Ilastlnga last v.Bck , retlrc.'i from thu bench after a ' ontinuous servl"o of forty yoarM. Though r.ow an old Man. his prcaenl action lj not romjitcd by falling nlrcnglh and consequent Incapacity to do ony moro work , hut , to ilio Philadelphia Ledger gracefully aajw , "by a ilcelro to contribute to legal llti-raturo the ; lci ! fruits of Ills study end olacrvatlon. " Boston U about to ingago In un enter prise such a-i every largo city should iindar- take thai cf putting ii ; > a largo building similar to thu MaJlB n Square uardon in Now Vorlt. Tlio cdlllco will bu known BH Fenway gardin , Its location being at the cornel' of Doyl&ton Bluet and the Fenway. TUo Hpaco which will hi occupied will l > o lomo 100,000 feet , and , r.sldo from the cent of the land , the entcrprUo will cial nearly Jl.GOO.OOi ) . A commitloo of representative Irishmen lifts been appointed to SUHKOU the proper way In which to obourvu the centenary of the death ol Kdmuml Burke. Unu of the iUKgcHtlons made h that In connection with the t'ulL-bralloii ; i couio of lectures on Burke should bo delivered early next ufirlng by Mr. I/ecky , M. P. It In practically certain that Dublin , which wan llurlto'fi nutlvo city , will not ullmv the occcaloa to pass without a (11- ( ct'lehratloo LOOK TO THE NEXT CAMPAIGN Qoltl Democrats Propose to Keep Up With Whtto Metal Moti. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SESSION nl liHllnnniHilln for tin * I'nr- C of I'liiniiluKVnrU lie Done Hi-fore 11100 ( NlMU-lt AlMMIIIll. INDIANAPOLIS , Dec. 10. The executive committee of the nutlonal demoer.itlc party got together late this afternoon. The east ern and southern members did not arrive until noon. Among those who were here for the first session wcro : W. It. Haldemnti of Louisville. George M. Davis of Louis ville , John P. Hopkins of Chicago cage , C. V. Holman of Maine , T. 11. Clark of Alabama , who represents J. M. Fnulkncr , ( ho member of the committee from tlmt elate ; Ocorne Foster Peabody of New Ynrk , F. M. M. Ciitcheon of St. Paul. Mr. Spellman of Xew Orleans and Wllllnm P. Oiven of Pennsylvania , who came as the rep resentative of John S. Bullltt. the member of Hie committee from that state. L. C. KratitliolT of St. Louis was unable to get here and al bis request John H. Wilson of this city represented him In the committee meeting" It Is the llrst mec-tlng of the mem bers of the committee since the eli-rtlim and there were naturally a g od many congratula tions back ami forth. W. D. Bynum. Iho chairman of the national committee , was heartily congratulated on all f > UH . The representatives of the party say they are tn favor of maintaining the organization. It Is probablu thai Bynum will bo retained as the head and will be authorized to push tut ; ivuni in LUC ui > ; uiii aiitjii. Mr. Bynum said today that ho was not cer tain thai he would accept the trust If It should be offered him. He polnta out that Iho work will lake all of one man'e time If It Is done properly and declares be would not care to remain at the head of the move ment unless hu Is authorized to bu aggres sive. Ho believes , and bis vlew aru ap parently endorsed by moat of the members of the committee , that the party should be strengthened In every state In the union and that special effort should be put forth with the view of becoming a great national parly In IltOO. MA.IOIl M-KI.M.IJY TAKI i A WALK. lU-ci-lvi-s n llt > iii < > Mt In ICri-p I'nllllr.H Onl of Atirli-iilliirnl Di-pnrlMiml. CANTON. O. . Dec. 10. Major MeKlnley , accompanied by Captain Lafayette Mc\Yll- liams of Chicago , took a short outing afoot ilii.H morning , walking over the principal streets of the city. The major paused fre quently to sl'aku hands with acqualntancco nnd friends. Ho returned to thu house , where ho was soon after called upon by a committee of college presidents and olllcors. They are here as members of a committee representing the.agrlcultural departments of various colleges and to present a resolution from the c-xceutlvc committee. The mem bers aru Chairman Henry Goodall of Amherst , Mass. , president of the Amherst Agricultural college ; Captain Alexis T. Cope of Colum bus and L. B. King of Newark , O. , of the Ohio State university , and President George \ \ * . Atherton of Bullcfonl. Pa. , of Iho Penn sylvania Agricultural college. The gentlu- inen were escorted by thu major to his private olllce for consultation. President ( ioodall , as chairman of thu committee , jireoi-nted the following : "Itoiolved. That a committee of four be uppolnted by the execullvo committee , of whom Urn chairman of Ihu uxccullvo com mittee shall be one , to wait upon President elect MeKlnley and prroenl to him the Im portance of such an organization and ad ministration of thu De-partmenl of Agricul ture as will glvu unity and permanence to all Its scientific work and keep that work from political Inlluonco. " The resolution was passed by the repre sentatives of the National Association of Agricultural Colleges al Boston at thu time of thu general meeting there two weeks ago. President George W. Falrchlld of Kansas , Picsldent J. K. Stublu of the University of Nevada and President James Smart of thu Purdue ( Inil. ) college were expected to bu present , but did not arrive In the city. IMIIAXA MMIKT-AI.I.IC l.CAKIJi : . Mrmlirr-N In I'm or of llolslei'lnn Up tlu > I.nsl riiiiNr. INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 10. The Indiana Bimetallic league met this afternoon at the uranii notei in answer to a call scnl out by State President Allen W. Clark. Thu committee consists of a delegate from each congressional district. State Chairman Mnr- lin of Ihe democratic committee was present. In calling the meeting to order President Clark said the object was In no sense a meel- Ing of thu survivors lo indulge In reminis cences of a disastrous defeat. Instead , It was for the purpose of earnestly , conscien tiously and Intelligently considering the restoration of bimetallism. A letter was read from Chairman James K. Jonus of thu democratic national committee , in which lie saiil ll sei itivil lhat thu feeling through out the nal'on ' Is unanimously In favor ot continuing the light for bimetallism. Chair man Joint ) said that he agreed with thu committee that Ill's ' was to be n campaign of cdtnatlon. To do Ibis , as a complete and compact organl/allon , wo must go forward without noise and without bluster. Letters were read from prominent silver men from this and otlit-r states. Among Iho letters was one from George Brt-niun. president of tlio Chicago Ilimeiallle union. The tciior of the letters and speeches was tlmt there should be no compromise or agree ment with thu gold standard adhorcntn. W. J. Bryan will bo abkod to make three ipeeches In the stale at Iho proper lime. The question of how clubs should ln > nialn- l.ilncJ was considered , nnd It was said that : nonpy would be raised to carry on the work liy fiuhscripllon , the same as during Iho campaign. Tun y.cnloiiM f | . 1'rw Silver. SPHINGFIKLD. Mo. . Dec. 10. John C. Nowblll , register of ilio Springfield land office , lias been requested to send In ! IM | re-signaiion to inu secretary or the Interior or undergo charges of neglect of duty. Land Olllcu Int-puclor Andrews has given 'Mm Ihn alternative of resigning or having the laltur send in n report that will mean removal. Mr. Nuwblll wan appointed by Provident Cleve land In .March , 18)1. ! ) Hu la paid to Imvo neglected bin work to furlher Iho silver cause. _ \ < -\v U'liy ( n : | < . CiniiiiiilKii I'limlK. TOPI3KA , Kan. , Due. 10.Tliu populK stale commlllcu has a brok In which Ihe names of candidates for appointive olllcen under the In coming administration are roKletcrod. A feu of $1 h churned for entering Ihe name of un applicant In the book. TJio governor-elect l Informed from lime lo limn of thu names oa Hie llr'l. Thu money tbus lalvud will go toAard Ihu payment of ? SOO in campaign blllu which the committee ttlll owes. HrlKliiiiii fur n Pliier. SPHINGFIULD. Mass. , Dec. 10. The Mafl- eiachueelts State grange lias adoplnd u reso lution favoring Colonel J. H. Brlglmm of Ohio for secretary of agriculture and a tele gram wan srnt to Prculdent-i'lect MeKlnley oxpriAslng the with of ihu etale grange in thu mailer. \Viilllni'N I 'ntc hllll I iiei-rliiln. I'llANKFOUT. Ky. . Dec. 10 , When llio rotirl of appeals laal Thureday alllrmcd tlio lower court's decision al Nowjiort , Ky. . In scntonclng Seoti Jackson lo bo hanged , It was expei led lhal the final decision In Alonr.o Walllng't ) case would bo announced today. A large * crowd was In wnltlni ; , but the court did not hand down thu ducl.ilon am ) will not do .no till next Saturday. Itiiriu-il ) > > ' u I'm I I'll- I "Ire. GUTHIUK , Okl. . Den. 10 , Tlio two chil dren of William Blods'ne , living near Susakwa. Semlnulu nation , wcro Inirni'd to death by a pralrlo II ro whllo Mr. and Mm. Blcdxoo wcro away from home. Tint children , a hey and girl , urfCd 12 mill II yearn , took rofugu In the cellar when thu Humus aur- roundi-d Uu-lr home. Tlio IIOUHO luuk lire and biiruud , with the cklldruu KMVA PIIHSM rOMS Sioux City Tlmen ! Ux-Oovornor Ilolot' ' sugcosllon of a national currency "Imped o" , gold and silver alike" IMVM the Imprrs- slon that IIP doesn't know Hint silver and gold are not alike and never can bo made alike. D-ivcnprrl Hepubllcan : There seems to b a general opinion In fnvor of n manurac- luring law. Tliu only question Is whether II will bo n possibility to pare It at the coming extra nosslon. A thing which Is worth ilolni at all Is worth doing well , and there uholllO bo no attempt to pass a mnnuf.icturliii ; la\i . unli'fs the friends of mimifaclura arc ready ; } * ' to conrcntraio their forces nnd make rtn eiturt that \\lll win. Sioux City Journal : Thcro are two prin cipal changes In the Iowa Ilijuor hw which oiiKlit to have been made at Iho last roE'i ' * lar sesilon of the legislature , and which , not having been made then , ought to be m idfl at the flrrt pw-alble moment. One of tl'est ' chaiiKO Is repeal of the clause which ro aulresi a 05 per ccnl majority petition III coiintloH of a certaJn population , where.is only a majority petition Is required In noun- ties having a larger population. The dis crimination Is unjust and unrcviMiinlile , nnd ought never tn have been made. The couu- llcs discriminated ntalnst Imvo a vlt'lit to complain. They have not only a right to bo heard , but to secure relief. They only nsk fair play. Then there should bu pro vision for the legal manufacture of alcohol slnco It ty leg.il to sell the same. The Iowa law la anomalous In both lliew res > poei. > . The people of Io a are not going to permit tin-no rnomnllrs long to romatn on tlio statutebook. . As mater of fact , they could have born lung since wiped out It theiu had been bettor managemeiil. KI.ASIIKS < ! ' I'l'.V. Chicago ISecnrd : "Vocalists have Iwf , mnrki-d porilllullllc.i. " " \Vhit : < ire Wiey ? " . , "Those who can Hlng Imvo to bo coi\or : > losing , nml these who can'l sing have to bo coaxed to stop. " Puck : Prohibitionist U you didn't drink you might l > c worth 13,000. Arid Atkins I know , boss : but wet good would J3.000 do ino If 1 illilu'1 drink ? I'hlladelphlix Herord : "Lawyers am hill ; * l < honograph . " says HrotlierVatUlns. . "Kt lakes money lo inako 'cm talk. ' Chicago 'I'rlbunc : "leo is nn awfully ruinous tlilnj ? , " sighed Cliolly. "InMiit.r whole towns are liaiilirupled bv leigor : < . nnd In sumim-r the young men are I > .inhtui > - teil by Ice-cream " Detroit Trlbuuo : "Old you not know. " tbu t-oiirt , "tbnl such M poor copy of n , genuine bill would surely bu ilelerteir. ' " The rountprfelter IOPHPI ! bin half li.u-lc from bU bltii'-voluod lirow. " 1 votiiiht. " bo haughtily answered , "an nrtlstlc rather than n llnanclal sueccst * . " Ti Washington Star : "Say , " Maid Wie gentlp- iiinn wllb the peagrnen whNkurs , " 1 stru.-k soinelhlng pretty hot on ono Of thu ilown- lown bill boanlM. " "Whal was It ? " asked the gontlonmn iwlth DIP bald wig. "A match. " Detroit I'TPO Press : " \Vlint do you mean by MhovliiK HIP like that ? " askcil the irate pas- senirer of HIP street ear conductor. "Because 1 believe that when you sec a good thing you Mlionlil push 11 along. " Chicago Triliunn : "Veil , " groaned Hip Van Winkle , as IIP awoke , fell of bis lontf prav lipitril , looked at his runty nun Jiint i ll.ipldatcil cloiliei , .siritgglcil painfully lo lil-i feet , and gnzed bewlldcn-il nt the valley far below him , "vot a high old time. 1 inusl hn/ hail lasd night ! " IN riJI'UVS COUUT. Now York Truth. "He wlio hesitates Is lost. " Thus the ancient saying ran. Waliderl..g far or tempest tosseil. Men have learned II to their cosl Ever slnco Ihu world began. In Iho Courl of Cupid , though. He II llghl of moon or mm , Tu ! the future weal or woe. While Plr 1'luinu Is bcmllng low. Shu who he-sltatuH Is won. I TYI3II KATir.S SI I OK. William I tyoil Kale's shoo ; she paused .a lylllo space , Ami Hlii-wpil In ino yo trimnt nylkcn Ince , I.yftliiB a llotuipp of llowerhiK lirocailp. Anil lawnlo skirts , whcro fragrant odours played. "Wilt tyo my shoe ? " she nttkcil , and paused apace. I ilyil not Icnow lio\v pcrylous a ilaco Was al her foci , of ilnngpr saw no Iracp , When , kiippllni ; 'noiilli Ilio lyailca's clieti- lu-roil sliailp , I tyed Knto's shoe. YP. lymn I took was surpllo no dlsfjrapo , Alllio' Kale sayd no. with a Hushing faro ; Ami yi-t , aliiw , tho' lyttk- delayed , I lyi-d my hoarl within Iho knot I imulc. Whon. can-lPiw all of lovo'a Mlyo Interlace. 1 tyed Kale'H shoe. It's That is an essential truth re garding our advertising. We mean to always be within bounds and are ready to stand by every claim we make for the superiority of the clothing1 of our manufacture and for reasonableness of our prices. This is true of the Children's as well as the Men's Overcoats and Strts , and true too of everything in our Furnishings department. If any purchase is not whol ly satisfactory , let us Unow promptly and it shall b made right or your money will ) ; a refunded without a word. 8(9 (