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TTTR OMATTA DATT.V . BEE : SATUHDAY DEOEMRER 12. 1flfffi. TUB OMAHA DAILY BER E. , Editor. MOIININO. TKItMS Ol * BUIISCIUI'TION. Dnlljr tlo ( Without Rurnlny ) One Your t M I > lly lien mi'l Sumlny , One Year . . . . .JSOO RU Monlhn II 00 Three Month * Z W Humlny IIcc. One Yenr I * W Hfttunlny lice , One Yenr H M Wcoicly lice , Ono Yenr 3 OI'TICKS : Ornntm : The llif ItulMlng. , Boulh Omalm : Hlngcr IJIk , , Cor. N nnJ Still Sis. Council Illurrn : 1G North Mnln Klrcct. Chlrimo OIllcv : 317 rhnmber t Commerce. New York : Itoomi 13 , H nti'l ' 15. Trlbuna Washington : HOT V Street , N. W , COUIIIHPONIINCK. All communication * relnllnu to new * and edi torial matter chouM ) , e n < ldrr > > cil : To the Editor. lltJHINUSS M5TTEUS. All lititlnoM letter * and remittance * nhoiiM In ntlilrencil to The lice I'libllnhlnK Company , Omnlm. Draft * , check * ami poitnlllce order * to bo made t'fivnblo ' to the order of the company. THI : nnn I'um.isiiiNQ COMPANY. HTATIJMKNT OK CIIICUI.ATION. Htnto nt Nrlirn'kn , I Dmmin * County. 1 , 11. TzKCliuck , rccrotnry ot The Ilco Pub- ri tiiany | , lirlnif iliily nworn , paya Hint tlio iK'tunl numiiorof full nnd complete copies of Tlio Iinlly Mornlnir , Kerning nn.l . Humlny lice printed ilurlnu the montli.of November , IbOfl , wim ns fol lows : 21,000 , 16 SO.CCO 21.1H 17 ! ' ) , C | ( ! 2lr , IS 20,420 j ? r.- 19 20,2.12 20 20.2SIJ 27.M7 21 20.411 7 212H 2" 21.000 8 21KO 23 20.072 ! > 20,931 ! 2 | 20.051 10 20.MI 2.- , 20 131 11 21,001 20 19.911 12 , 20,770 27 20.1CI 13 20.1KO 2 ? 20.015 II 29C < U 29 2023 ! ' 15 21,010 JO 20,023 Total * MO,3I2 Ix > na deductions for unsold nnd returned cople.i A 12.7S ! Total net fnlcs CIT.r.GO Net dally average 2I.&S3 cinonoK 11. Tzsnmnc. Ruhpcrlhod In my iirenence ami nworn to before ino Ililn 1st day of December , ISM , N. P. riir. : . ( Real. ) IJotnry Public. RI'KOIAL KBATUKHS. TIIE OMAILV SUNDAY BEE. IIOIJKHT HA UK'S NBW SKIUAL STC-riY. "Till' ] JIUTAI1M2 MANY. " TIIK COLOSSUS OP rOKPOUATIONS. J'HOnilKSS OK TMH C5AS INDUSTRY. SUIISNTII-'IC ASI'KCT OK MKTIJO11S. WOMAN'S DOMAIN. MUSIC AND DltAMA. WITH TUB WIIBBUNa WOULD. KIBU ) OK SPOUTS. KOU TUB LITTLM ONRS. ANTH IIOOM HfMOES. GOSSII' OK SOCIETY. TUB NBWS AND ALL TUB NEWS. Tim OMAILV SUNDAY BEF * HUY IT ! AM. NKNVSOKALKUS ! A lobliy of district court reporters maybe bo one of the unique orimmont.s of the coming legislature. These are the days when a man can not even jrmvs what law Is going to be ' doclnrct'l unconstitutional next. Some of tho.se towns In Culm oiilit ? either to uIiaiiKO their unities or at least adopt abruvialed forms of spelling them. Uncle Sam may be willing to relieve .Spain of her Cuban possessions , but he would not take the Philippines as a present. It Is to b < - hoped that It will soon be known whether Kitswlninious fouled Slmrkey or not , so that thu public can breathe comfortably once more. The Transmlsslsslppl Imposition In- Biires a new union depot for Omaha by 1SOS. That much may be put down as beyond the shadow of a doubt. The mills of the gods may grind slowly , but the Mills of the United States senate can with dllliculty be restrained In his warlike Impetuosity. In view of the unexpected presence In this country of Queen Lilltiokalanl It behooves congress to keep Its cyu on the president and to discountenance all en tangling alliances. The suspicion that this city will fare poorly in the distribution of populist pie will only be partially dispelled by the news that the deputy attorney gen eralship will remain In Omaha. Omaha wants to treat uvery franchlsed corporation which has Invested money In this city fairly and it wants every franchlsed corporation to treat ll patrons , both public and private , fairly. Thanks to CS rover Cleveland and the onward march of civilization , the present annual meeting of the National Civil Service Itefonn league is less of a lodge of sorrow than former gatherings have boon. President Cleveland Is about to stnrt on a warlike expedition against the wild fowl of South Carolina. When ho re turns , with the smell of powder In his nostrils , it will bo well for Spain to beware of him. The danger to the United States from the movements of Messrs , Carneglo and Rockefeller Is not that they will oppose each other In the Iron trade , but that they will form a coalition In the nature of an oppressive trust. It Is safe to predict that the self-styled bimetallism , who are already ostenta tiously preparing for a cruclllxlon of mankind upon a cross of sliver in ltK ) ( ) , will receive Just as much attention from their political opponents as they are en titled to and no more. One of the newly elected state olllcers who has about four salaried positions within Ids gift Is said to have received applications from nearly WK ) pei'mms anxious to serve the public in any capacity. The gceat reform combination has troubles of Its own. The attorney general of Nebraska has given a written opinion to thf effect that the law providing for themibstllutlon of guaranty company bonds for personal bonds Is unconstitutional. A number of county and city olllcers have < itmllU ! > il for olllce by tiling guaranty company bonds , which , If the law i > o unconstitu tional , are worthless and of no binding force. The question Is , What are the lut'Ul authorities going to do about ItV AN TO A'fiir SIV1THS. Hills to grant statehood to Arlzon and New Mexico nre nmoiiR the nn finished business before- congress , tin there appears to bo some doubt \vliotliu there will be any nctlou on them. Tli republican national platform deelnrot In favor of the admission of the re malnlng territories at the parllost prac tlcablo date , "having due regard to th Interests of the people of the terrltorle and of the United States , " and It I urged that this commits the represent ! ! lives of the parly in congress to sup port the bills for the admission of tliost territories , but the question Is whethei It would bo to the Interest of the pee pie of the United States to do so. Wouh It IIP wise to run the risk of IneroasliiK by four the free silver vote In the Unltoi Stales .sonato within the next foiii years and reinforcing the column o probable free silver states to the exleii to six electoral votes ? We venture t ( think that the republicans and soiim nionoy democrats In congress will In united In the opinion that those terri torles can very well remain as they an a few years longer , especially as theli claims to statehood are questionable Arizona , Is really not lilted by popula thin or development to become a statt and while Now Mexico has stilllclent population a considerable- proportion of her people are hardly qualllied for self government. Itseems pretty safe U say that those territories will not bi given statehood by the present eoiigre. and they are not likely to fare any bet ter at the hands of the next congress. A VlUtr NKH70UX I'HlllthKM. Attorney General Churchill has rendered dered an opinion at the request of Oov ernor lltilcomb on the validity of tin law authorizing public olllcers to sub stltuto guaranty company bonds foi personal sureties. The attorney general oral holds that the act under whlcl guaranty bonds have been accepted Is defective and therefore void. In othei words , the attorney general declares his conclusion to be that all olllela ! bonds furnished by such companies do not conform to the requirements of the law If this view Is correct then all olllcers now serving secured by guaranty com pany bonds are without legal bonds. This Is a very serious matter. AVhlK the opinion of the attorney general wa * given for the guidance of the governoi in his action on the bonds of state olllcers. It presents the same question to all county and city authorities who have accepted guaranty bonds since tin enactment of the law by the last legislature. The question is. What Is the status of those olllcers who have qualified upon guaranty company bonds ? What shall be done In the im mediate future with regard to accepting guaranty bonds from olllcers whose terms commence next month ? AV111 It bo safe to accept such bonds before the defects pointed out by the attorney gen eral are cured ? Can the legislature validate the bonds already given ? If not , shall olllcers who have given guaranty bonds be compelled to secure now bonds ? Those questions concern the people of Omaha and Douglas county more perhaps than they do thu people of any other section of the state. While the officers affected should not be put to any needless expense or trouble , the public safely demands adequate security for the safekeeping of "all public funds and the faithful performance of official duty. ItnTTKIt HAXKIXO V It Is generally admitted that In portions of the south and west the banking facilities are inadequate and it is believed that If these wore im proved much of the dissatisfaction In these sections regarding existing financial conditions would disappear. The comptroller of the currency con siders this matter In his report and makes remedial suggestions which will command attention , whether they haw any practical result or not. lie proposes to amend the national banking law so as to allow to be or ganized In places having a population of less than -.000 Inhabitants national banks with a capital stock of not less than $2."i,0f > 0 , or one-half the minimum amount of capital with which a national bank can now be organized. lie would also provide ; that national banks be permitted to establish branches In towns and villages where no national bank Is established and whore the population does not exceed 1,000 , such branch banks to have all the functions of the parent bank except that of Is suing circulating notes. The comptroller urges that such branches would be agencies through which a better trade distribution of currency could and would be made. "The very smallest of agricultural communities , " he says , "oven though deprived of transporta tion facilities , under a branch-bank system could still be given the ad vantages of available capital , lower In terest and lessened cost of exchange , privileges they cannot enjoy when dependent upon the banking methods employed by the village or entirely Isolated storekeepers , " The ( ! 'inaillnn Imnklii" HVstnin U cited , in evidence of the benellclal re sults of the branch plan. There are thirty-eight banks In the Dominion , with no restriction as to branch banks. One bank has fifty branches , another thirty , anil so on. This secures competitive banking facilities In every village of Canada , with unlimited funds at very low rates of Interest everywhere. It gives rise to competition for custom and It provides elasticity , the note Issue expanding ami contracting according to the demands of business. The Canadian system has been strongly commended l > y able financiers and It Is certainly true that It has worked admirably since its cieatlon , there having been but eight failures In the last sixteen years. There are two classes , however , who will oppose the proposition to permit national banks to establish branches. Ono class are the o who arc hostile to the. national banks and desire to have them abolished ; the other class are those who will see In the success of such a imposition the assured end of all chance o secure the free and unlimited coinage of ullvei ut the existing leuul ratio , These classes can bo safely depemled upon to antagonize any plan for en larged banking facilities through Increas. Ing the privileges of the national banks. Especially In the south the popular hos tility to these Institutions Is very gen eral and pronounced , the demand of that section being for a state bank currency , but there Is no little antagonism to na tional banks In portions of the west also , though the motive Is not the same as In the south. In the former It Is duo to the sentiment that all currency should bo provided by the general government , while In the latter It sptlngs from the state rights theory , which still has a hold there. None the loss , the suggestions of the comptroller referred to merit thoughtful consideration by all who are Interested In the question of better bunking facili ties In the sections whore they are mani festly needed. The action of the attorney general In advising the flato auditor to draw the sal.iry warrants for district court stenog raphers at the old rate of $1,000 pr year rather than at the rate of jjl.riot ) pot * year fixed by the law recently declared un constitutional by the supreme court will force the legislature to enact a new law covering this whole subject. Without going Into the disputed quest Ion of the amount of the salary , it is plain that the charges for transcripts have been quite heavy enough , whereas under the new ruling they are to be doubled. Litigants have a hard enough row to hoe now without having the wtenographers' fees twice what they have been. The charges fixed In the old law now resur rected were based on Iho slow and laborious method of transcrllilnu bv hand. The use of the typewriter has made ( his work not only easier and quicker , but also cheaper , and there is no reason why the litigant who pays the cost should not have some of the benefit of these Improvements. nsttusu I'turri'.t nux S There Is nnquostlnnab'y more protec tion sentiment in ICnglaud than was represented at the conference held In London on Thursday. There has been a growing feeling among the agricul tural class for several years that free trade is not a good policy for the I'.rlt- Ish farmer and this class has been per sistently urging upon Parliament th necessity of a di'pnrturo from that pol icy In order to relieve agriculture from tl > " depressing foreign competition to which It Is subjected. ItooenMy the pro tection sentiment , has found favor with some manufacturers and with workingmen - men employed In the manufacturing In dustries , prlnoliHi'lv ' due to the growing Invasion of the Kngllsh market by the manufactures of Germany. As shown by the address of Mr. Lowther at Iho London conference , however , the chief opposition to the Kngllsh fiscal system comes from the agricultural element and the fact that U.uOO.O'.iO acres of land have , as staled by the speaker , bt'on driven out of cereal production In Kngland as a consequence of the free trade policy Is certainly an impressive argument in favor of a change. Lord Salisbury some time ago made an observation to the effect that the principles of Cobden wore not being \lnditated by the prevailing conditions but none the less there Is no chance that in the present generation , at least Knghuid will abandon those principles. A very largo majority of Englishmen are firmly wedded to Iho belief that free trade is the only true and sound policy and citing the example of tin United States and I'rance under pro tection makes no Impression on them. Even Englishmen who come bore and are compelled to see the great benefit ! this country has derived from the pro tective policy the marvelous progress ami development that have boon achieved under the operation of that policy as n rule cling to the free trade theory. Still U is quite possible that the protection sentiment will make prog ress In England and perhaps there could be no more favorable time than the present to cultivate It. It appears from what Mr. Lowther said that only England and Turkey follow the teach ings of Cobden and such a fact ought to have some persuasive force with Englishmen , .since it shows that the dvlllKed world rejects their national economic policy. Attorney General Harmon In his re port endorses the statement of Special Counsel Jlr.'idloy ' that there Is grave doubt as to the ability of the govern ment to preserve much longer the present situation of the Pacific rail roads unchanged. So far as the pub lic Is concerned there Is no desire that Ihc situation remain unchanged. The sooner the Union Pacific receivership Is made unnecessary and the road's management priced on a pormam-n.t foundation the better. If congress lees not act the other creditors cannot ! > u expected to hold off Indefinitely. Hy all means let us have the matter settled one way or the other without needless delay. Kansas populists must be credited with fertile political genius If the latching of schemes to raise campaign funds can bo attributed to political genius. The latest Is a registry of ill candidates for appointive state olll- ces with the Incidental accompaniment ) f a registry fee which Is to go Into lie party coffers. Pretty soon they will assess ( lie outgoing republicans mil refuse to let them give up their olis until the assessments are paid. When the ICansas populists omit to urn u political penny It will be squally sailing for prairie schooners. Do your Christmas shopping early and ivotd the rush. And when you start ut on your shopping tour remember hat the merchants who advertise In 'he Hoc are the merchants with whom oil can deal and rely upon getting best ; ooils anil honest prices. Chairman Jones of the popocratlc na- lonal committee Is quoted as saying In i letter that the feeling throughout the ountry In unanimously In favor of con- Inning the tight for bimetallism. When Jones talk.-i about bimetallism ho moaim HI to 1 five1'JflfVlir [ ; coinage , and therefore fore- the singly sliver standard of Mexico ice , China ullU'i.tnpan. Jones ought to read the elec o ; } ? , returns and wake up to the fact time llryan and silver were bra ton by n ° j'Jiiulur ) majority tin- precedenled Iju riicent years. The WoridIlorald Is up to Its old tricks of decop'tlpn , brag ami bluff to Intimidate applicants for liquor licenses Into contrllniilng $10 apiece to that hold-up coiiii-'riu The law requires liquor license" npfillcatlon notices to be published In tin ) paper having the larg est circulation lir the county and The Omaha Even'jiig ' Hoe Is that paper. Druggists and saloon keepers who act upon the false statements of the World- Herald do so at their risk. If it Is true that an olllclal bond under the laws of Nebraska Is not worth the paper it Is written on. then the law ought to be strengthened or the require ment of bonds abolished. Hut It Is not stilctly true. If you don't believe It just ask a few of your friends to go on a bond for you. What has Sowall been doing since the election ? The Maine end of the split tail ticket will be several laps behind hl-i Georgia associate unless he soon speaks out so Unit everybody can hear him. Lot Sewall tell whether or not he Is enlisted for thei campaign of JR)0. ! ) Profound Sllotii'i * . I'hllnilclnliln Times. If llioro Is nny state in the union that doesn't want a cabinet position lot It dwlaro Itself at once. llurt'.ly Knoiiivli lo Klrctrh. Chlcnio Times-Herald. Undo Horacp Holoa pave that "tlie > silver In 1000 will lie n broader Issue. " Then It will have to bu mighty thin. A Itrvlvnl of . ) lin .luiiivs. lilobe-Democrat. | General Wolseley , of England , says the Russian empire Is destined to be overthrown by an Invasion of Chinese armlo3. In the matter of predictions Wolseley Is apparently the IJrltlsh Senator Jones , Tlnic fur it I'nil' Trlil. ImUnnaic ; 1U .Journal. Whatever Important changes are to bo made In Ihc tariff or currency should be made as soon as possible ! n order that they may have a fair trial nnd be vindicated be fore another [ .residential election. Till * KortiiiifH iif I'rcsIilciilN. Ijoulsxllle Couiler-Journnl. A p'.lver ' contpmporjry , In order to nnhc a point aEMiii1' I'ro.'Idcnt Cleveland , ccn- nuits the fortune It says ho pisscspos with "tho po r and ragged farm" to which An drew Jac ! srn retlroJ. Wo will wsor an 1SD7 tandem ( Rlrl thrown in ) asilnsl a Jug of buttermilk that , Mr. Cleveland's Now Jcr- ney home can.'t hold a ciuJi'1 to the Hermitage. Tie ! IlermltaRO Is am ! was v nr macnlflccnt o utli- or'n mani'on ! < : y.-orthy to bo the refd- donco of any eta'tpunpn In the world , and the 2,000 acres of TRimassc-o bliiCRracs In which It sat then made an ostite tit for n duke. IJcsldej , there J'.avet bsen ether rich presi dents , and whoa ( iivjrju Wao'.iltiKton rctlrcJ to Mcuut Yemen ( uhlch Isn't to bn compared to the Hermitage ) ho , was the wealthiest gcn- tloman of hla < J.7r. The ICliH'lIon Total * . UHll > cmccrat. The l.iteot estimate of the plurality of the McKtnloy Hootori over the Bryan aid ScwaM cle-torn.i'U'lth nearly nil the statm official , diid theinthura wtlnmted , b 770.21- . The Hr/an aiid.l\\'ct4ouclcctoni received a total of 152,37.1) Mld > Irlhesc- arc credited Co Uryan the plurality of .MfKlnley over all Bryan tblccta Is fi23SG7. Tlila , with the J'ulmer vile of 125.037 , gives a sound money plurality of 7IS.OO-1. Ac Dryan never recog nized thu Wn'son tlu'.tct , and as It w.in detrimental to Ma cundlilacy. It should be kept distinct In the final official table. It . -cprrnroita the vote of pspi'llstsvlio rofta : ! > d to fuse with democrats. The vote of r.io country , so fnr cs reported , was McKlnloy 7.122,724 , Uryan nnd Sewall C,34fi.4 < ! 2 , Dry in .iml Watson 132,375. Palmer and Duckntr 12. = ioi7 : , Levering 123-l.s : , , Matchctt 16,010. 'lontley fl.Con. a total of 13.S07.7SI. Thl < In cludes the worcanV vote of 120.000 In Cole rado. Utah and Wyoming , of which Uryan received 100,000 and McKlnlpy 20,000. 1OXVA IMIW.S3 CO.M3I13.Vr. Des Motnca Capital : Iowa Is all right ; jl'.o has some warrants afloat , but they were all Issued for a goo : ! purpose. Iowa institutions arc noted for their economy instead of their extravagance. Iowa Is all right. Sioux City Times : Judging from the re ports of official corruption In DCS Mollies she people of that city are not In the right kind of n house to porniit thorn to Indulge In Indiscriminate Etono-throwiiijj at ether cities of Iowa. Cedar Ilaplds He-publican : If the good gentlemen who compose the Iowa legislature will give us a goo'l codo. Insure- the utato building , > nd pass the manufacturing law , they will ir > alp the best record of the year and of the decade. Slcux City Jcurnal : The Iowa llnuor law , imperfect and Krotecquo es seme of Its fea- tuies are , has one.preat ; advantage. It does not thrust tljc whisky question into local ule-stlgns. This Is n great relief. It Is a Krrat relief from the previous state-wide prohibitory Isw , because that virtually thrust the ( ] ue .lon of license Into nil se lections of locil olllccrB. The question was , In fc-rm , whether the law should bo enforced - forced , or rather , whether an exasperating but generally futile- effort should be made to enforce It. The present llenuo law operates as a great relief from these tur moils and costly futilities In local politics. THIS CU1\ : St. Paul Pioneer Prr s : While the prcsl- duit has been elow mid hesitating In meet ing the appropriate requirements of the situation In Cuba , as wt'j , t.i say Iho least , anticipated In the concurrent resolutions adopted by congress some ten months ago , tbero Is a set of hnt-hcadn In that body who want lo go a gooil deal farther than Is war ranted by the facts. The recognition of the belligerent r hl.s of th Cubans Is an far iKt tlila cnnntrv ran nrnnorlv or iirildEiitlv go In the preocai aspect of the contest. Philadelphia Times : The tlmo has como ' .vlicii common KSIISU nhould como to the aid of humanityI'an ) end this terrible- and fruitless war that' ' Is- waged In Cuba. There Is no prospect of Spain over Inducing the Insurgents to atfrfemlcr. It la Idle to talk about It. The Oubaii pcoplo will never again accept any trms from Spain , be cause her faith llhs been violated over and over again ; but vltl\Jndcpendcnce achieved , and the obllgatlpnar of the new republic guaranteed by tills government with the power to maintain law and order and to enforce the fulfilment of contracts , It would bo the best poailblo solution of the Cuban problem. PresliU'tot , Cleveland has opened thu way , and If , npnln IH wisehhe will heed the admonition and accept the friendly counsels of tlila"gTVcrnmcnt. Washington Post : It Is absurd to sup- pe > so that the president nnd the secretary of state arc speaking without Information , and the mccsago shows clearly enough that the administration U not , and hax not been , Influenced In lit ) action by any preju- llco In favor of Spain and against the Cubans. Wo arc bound to accept thcne statement/ ) authentic and to agrc-a to the proposition that to "recognize" a Cuban 'overnmpnt would be to glvo unbalance to i mere creature of tbo Imagination. It Is evident from the president utterances that the struggle In Cuba Is rapidly approachIng - Ing a Rtago at which Its termination will jecomo Imperative , but It In equally evl- lent that the true way of terminating It lees not llo through such exppdlentn as arc proposed by Mcusrs , Call and Wood- nan. A STOItV OP 'Ntcrn .Hi < l < < iiu < \Vlltiout 1'ni-nllol In tinIllnliiry lit Civilisation. St. I wl Cllolie-DcmoeriU. The report of the secretary of the In terior RhouB that fllnco the passage of the homratend law there have been nearly 103- 000,000 acres of public land entered by act- tiers , and over 335,000,000 acres have been acquired under other laws. That Is to say , the area of settlement and cultivation had been enlarged within the lifetime of the present population of the country to the ex tent -1HS.OOOOOO acres. These figures tell n story that Is without a parallel In the his tory of civilization , and one that can hardly be comprehended without the aid of the Imagination. They are equivalent to an Increase creaseof 3,111,250 farms of ICO acres each , or twice that number of the- average nlze of such estates In the- localities where mosl of the entries and purchases have been made. This means n corresponding multi plication of the homes of the people , with all of the attendant gains of comfort and happi ness. Never brfore in a like period since tbo beginning of time h33 so much been ne/ / compllslipd In the way of material develop ment nnd the extension of the mrans ntid opportunities of prosperity. The record In cludes , of course , not merely a great widen ing of the domain of agriculture , but the forming of new stntco , the construction of railroads , the building of churches nnd school bouses , nnd Iho general advancement of the Interests of humanity. Tlure arc yet about 000,000,000 acrca of public lands , nut Including Indian nnd mili tary reservations , estimated at Sil.9GO.OOD acres , nnd the district of Alaska , but the limit of this residue Is considered worthless for civilization. It may bo said , therefore , that the end of tlila process of development has practically been reached. There la .no longer nny frontier with tempting possibili ties for hoinc-seokoTs. The old aong , "Uncle Pain Is rich enough to glvo is : nil a farm , " had censrd lo bo true , so far as vacant terri tory Is concerned. There- still a west , but It Is now only n geographical expression nnd iloca not signify what It formerly did to people- anxious to briter their condition tlnough the toll nnd privation of pioneer life. In the course of events the remaining Indian icnervntlons will be opened to settlement , un doubtedly , and there Is reason to expect that the lai e stretches of arid lands will ultl- . . .i * . . * . . . . , , u , , , . , , ii- iiiiuiiiiuy some eysioin ot Irrigation , but the general fact at present Is that comparatively lltllr- chance Is left for securing homes from the government. It will , ; iovur bo pofallilo to duplicate the scheme of bc.neflccnco and progivaa that hns enabled 'so many Industrious and deserving citizens to become land-owners. The situation has been oormancntly changed nnd a new oiu han dawned , with different conditions and tcnd- . We may well give serious thought to the mportanco of the work of development that Is thus brought to a stop by the exhaustion of material , s to speak. It Implies a great deal more then a wonderful Increase of Individual welfare. The effects which It bos produced are not confiiic.1 to the classes or localities Immediately concerned. It hai brought radical changes to pass for the wnolo country and fnr all elements nnd In terests. In a sense , It has compelled a re adjustment of business methods nnd appli ances from the Atlaullc to the Pacific nnd oven beyond the oceans to some extent. its abundant products constitute n potential factor In the markets of the entire world , Iho Inllucnce of Ita energy and Us cnlcrprlse is fell everywhere In financial and commer cial operatloj-s. - .Moreover , It has Invaded the politics of the country , raising new Is sues and Introducing now sources of in spiration ; and it has not failed at the same tlmo to make a decided Impression upon tbo social nfi'nlr.s of the nation. It stands for a great empire that has been evolved out of the grass nnd silenro of the public lands sluco Iho close of Iho civil war. No other force of equal strength and significance Has ever been nJdeil to our facilities o ; achievement. It Is to bo regarded wllh prldo and oxullatlon by Ihe people of nil sections and all parties , and surely In the future It will bo worth sllll more to uo than It hns been in the past. MI'MUIPAI , OWMSHSIIIP. The I'ndi < < > city MIIIUIKCIIICIH f Frmi- t'htHt'tl ( 'oi- | > f > rtitlmi-i. fit. 1'nul 1'loncer l'rciv . The path to city ownership of street rall- rondf , gas workfi , electric light plants and telephone lines lies through the application of the principles of civil service reform to all branches of civic administration. So long ID city affairs are made the foot ball of pirtloin organizations , whoso primary ob jects are entirely foreign to the matters In volved In municipal government nnd , so long as the nines ? of candidates for city offices is determined , not by experience or skill In tbo affiiro confided to those ofllcers. but by their ability to pronounce certain party shibboleths and rally the "boj.s" to tlio polls , to long will the better judgment of the community bo against city ownership. Thnt judgment opposes the bringing of mere politicians ) In- otcad of well elected exports Into control of matters so Intimately connected with the popular comfort nnd prosperity nnd Involving such wide opportunities for the establishment of "boss" or "ring" domination. Hut when , under a properly constructed charter , this' ' danger Is done away with ; when uuch a charter provides net only for the complete - plote severance of municipal elections from ' the Influence- nntlonil politics , but for ! the filling of all subordinate administrative ofllcoj by men whose fltnena oball have ben < ascertained by a proper examination baforo- band ; when the test of merit shall bo the 1 only ono applied in the appointment of sjiy city employe , from the chief cf a department ' to tlio lowest c'.crk , and wnen fixity of tenure end tlio certainty of promotion for efficient ccrvlea shall make municipal employment attractive to the most cntorprlslns nnd am bitious cltlzono then will conservative opinion be reversed and municipal onncr- tOiip of monopallos become a desideratum everywhere. The failure of various experiments In municipal ownership under the old order of things , and arguments against the extension of such owneWilp based upon nn assumed continuance of thnt order , lore nil llielr force In tlio prcfonce of practical demonstra tions of the ability of tlio reformed civil service incthodo to cope with the demon of corruption and to successfully and profitably manngo nil municipal affairs , the various "monopolies" Included. Glasgow nlono , where the Idea of city ownert'blp has been cnrrlc-d to tire extreme limit , eo Ibat this famous burgh lias been compared lo an Im- a mentv municipal "department store , " affords a oulllclent answer to all objections that can bo raised. Olafgow'B example would seem to show that the farther the Idea of city owncrohlp of monopolies \ carried the greater the advantage to the people. Mnco by each successive step In that direction the burden of taxation hns been diminished nnd - popular comfort promoted , until now the re turns from the various monopolies pay all the expenses of the * city government , the city Is entirely out of debt , nnd nt the ( nine time popular comfort nnd enjoyment has been promoted to nn extent known In few other towns , through the reduction of I'lreet ' car fares , the extension of parks" " nnd boulevards , the erection of hospitals nnd Imih housvs , the establishment of employment bureaus , tlw provision of public concerts nnd the like. Where such refills follow , arguments ngnlnst municipal ownors'hlp ' , under like clrcnm- stnncev , are vain Indeed. Hut we say "under llko circumstances. " Not all nt oneo did Cllagow step lo such a position. Thnt city , llko others , had Us experience In other methods of administra tion , of elective nnd appointive sjstoms and "rings. " Human nature la very much the same In Scotland ns In America ; nnd that the canny Scot la sometimes capable of cor ruption and dishonesty Americans know from the story of the distressing bank fail ures In Gln&gow some years ngo. There , ns must be tinonse everywhere , the first otcp townrd nuiiili liil | : ownership of monopolies wn * reform in municipal ndmlnlslrntlon. That accomplished the people were ready for tile next , nnd one fraiu'lilse nfter another wns recalled from private ownership nnd its gnlns diverted to the city treasury. Klrat , a revised , modernized city charter. No\t , a thorough application of reformed civil service methods to all departments. Initially , the recalling , one by one. so fnr as possible , of franchises granted to private corporations utilizing municipal opportuni ties for Individual gain. These are thentcps toward such a goal ns Olnsgow , Illrmlng- bam , Manchester nnd other Kngllsh cities show to be nttnlnnhlc by any clly under a system of home rule a goal won there by Iheso steps and by a slcndfnst adherence to the spirit of thnt admirable motto , "Lot Glasgow KlourlMh. " < ; ti.\.ss TiUisr eoxsi'lUATons. Ail Oi-Kiiiil/.tillini DcleriiilniMl lo Dety All rnniprllllnn. ClikML'o Trllnmo. The window glass manufacturers boldly announce that they have completed the or ganization of their tniE't nnd "nro now de termined to defy nil competition. " This Is frank , to the point , nnd superlatively auda cious. It convcya only ono meaning , nnd wns meant to convey only one meaning , that nny man who dares lo fell window glara In opposition to the trust will bo crushed. The report adds lo tills general warning some dolnlls of how It Is to bo made effective , as follows : "Ono of the first things decided on In the articles wns the taU'lngof nn enormous trust fund for the purpoi < o of fighting any minor factory that shall attempt to manufacture gla ! < s nnd soil It without consulting the trust. This fund Is to be rnlsed by taking fi per cent of nil sales , which means If tlio truot factories dispose ot $20.000,000 worth of glass the first year the reserve fund will amount to $1,000,000. It Is likely to be over this rather than under It. " This trust fund or war reserve la tlio usual resource of impudent monopolies. It hns a definite purpose. If n glass manu facturer tries to sell his product nt n price below thnt charged by the trust , beennpo ho can make n rcni-onnblo profit at thnt smaller price , the "war reserve" of the trust Is promptly drawn on to equip nn cs- Inbllsbment In Iho . territory covered by this presumptuous manufacturer , nnd the output Is sold nt nny price , however low , thnt wilt compnss the ruin of the manu facturer or drive him In eolf-defcnsx ) to come Into the trust. H 1ms sometimes hap pened Ihat a war of this character bos made heavy inroads on the trust's war treasury. Hut the restoration i ? prompt and ample. The trust price Is raised ssllghtly nnd the consumers are robbed to replenish the fund. The Glass trust manufacturers. .It appears , filled of absolute unanimity since the east ern nnd western associations retain their separate organizations , but they will work In such complete harmony that the con sumer will feel nil tbo trust effects. An executive committee composed of rcpre- Denlallvcs of the two associations will fix the prices to bo charged Jobbers , so that thcro will bo no suggeitlon of competition. The committee. It Is furthermore asserted , "will have plenary powers In fixing prlceo and enforcing penalties against factories that vlolato Ibo trutit regulations' . " Having fixed things so snugly within the trusl , Iho managers feel Justified in declar ing brazenly that with their "war reserve" they "can control the entire- output of the United Stales nnd bo oblo lo contribute largely ' for any legislation thnt may be do- sjircd ' In the Interest of the trusl. " Or , to speak ' moro plainly , they nre In a iwsltlcn to throttle any would-be rival , 1o defy the piiblia nnd tbo law , nnd buy nny legislation in ' their Interests that happen ! ] to bo for sale. ' sale.Tills Tills open threal lo competition. Implying a ' derision of the law which It openly violates lates ' wllhout suggestion to secrecy , Is an exhibition of bravado which almost excltet admiration. If sonic giant uliouUl station himself at the corner of Stale and Madison slreets and declare ho would rob everybody who tried to pass him the self-assurance could not bo moro complete. But the trust will not stop here , as It plainly Intimates. It expects to use KOIIIO of this Irust fund to obtain legislation , nnd Ihat means mon tariff. The tariff now on plain window glass Imported Is from 3IV6 to 89 per cent ad valorem , but agents of this trust will be In Washington soon , if they are not there now , urging a little higher tariff , a little moro protection iu order to keep up or Increase - crease the wages of their employes because of the ruinous competillon from abroad. Hut the window glass trust has shown its hand fully , and It Is possible for every congressman nnd every other person to know now and always that this trust seeks only to kill competition at homo so thnt It may charge consumers any price it pleases for glass. Neither the wages of employes nor fear of foreign competition worries this glass trust. It announces flatly that It In tends lo conlrol Iho window glass oulput of the United States , that It will crush'nny man who opposes , and that It has plenty ot money with which to buy n "lltllo moro larlff" In order safely lo raise Iho prices llttlo or considerably higher. The absolutely pure I ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel It I ebrated for its great leavening strength and t purity. It makes your cakes , biscuit , bread , etc. , healthful , it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. OTIIKH I.AMS THAIS' Ol US. The French government 1ms undertaken to naaln advance aRRreimlvely toward the , perennial eastern question , and hna made o mess of It In two directions. She hna dis covered that she U moro tlio tool than the ally of mirNlfl. nnd Hint the latter , by per- milling her to perpetrate additional follies , has further alienated her from the balance of ICtiropo nnd Increased her dependence upon the friendship of tbo czar , who ndmlres her big navy nnd appreciates ills need of n part nership In western Btiropo which cannot bo severed by cither ( Trent Ilrllnln or Oormany. Hussla has allowed Franco to bo humiliated In Kgypi for this reason , and becnuso she la not unwilling to be n silent party to Bug- land's hold on Kgypt If , by this course , she can add to her ehnncro of remaining solo arbiter of Turkey's future. HtiMln has re fused to endorse the Turkish financial scheme because It would mean practically the aban donment of nn enviable position which Kit- rope realizes , oven If It will not acknowledge. French capitalists may hold millions of Turkish bet ds , and by controlling the sill- Inn Jturola again fastens her hold upon tbo heartslrlncs of Krnureas well as Insuring herself niMlnst Ihe probabilities of defeat for her scheme of exclusive control of the Illack sea nnd free exit Into the Mediter ranean through the Dardanelles. Franco Is playing nt diplomacy , nnd her only reward Is the Increased alienation of Btiropo , nnd ft rebuke from her only ally. A Japanese statistician , Mr. Snlto Kokuftl , is authority for the statement thnt milt-idea have been steadily on the Increase In hla native country during the past ten yearn. H appears from the tabulated statement of .Mr. Kokufu that nmong women those under the ngo of 25 years nnd the unmarried nre peculiarly susceptible to the suicidal mania --n phenomenon which has nlao been ob served by statisticians In this nnd In Buro- pcan eounlrlrs , nnd which has been ascribed by observers who cannot be etMpected of cynicism to the fnct thnt these emotional victims of the suicidal Impulse "hail nothing else to do. " At any rate , women In the statu of matrimony seem to be too much occupied , even If It bo only with Iho cares of family life , to entertain the Idea of Kelt-slaughter. About one-half of the suicides In Japan have been found to bo persons of unsound mind. Among men not limane the meat frequent cause of suicide Is financial trouble. The suicides of men hnve been found to bo moat numerous nt the period when accounts are. supposed to bo closed nnd liabilities met. Enlightenment In Japan has evidently In creased the stress of competillon , and this hns been accompanied by the nntiotinll/.itlon nmong Iho Japanese of the common "dis ease of civilization. " For n few months no news has como to us from the Island of Crete , nnd the general Impiesslon baa been growing that the re forms promised by the sultan were being carried out , or , nt least , Dial his oflklnlti were procrastinating In an Inoffensive way. Hut now a journal from Athens brings tbo report that the Cretan Revolutionary assembly lias met in Vamos , and hns ad dressed a protest to the foreign consuls In Crete , who In n way were to have the np- pearance of seeing that the reforms were carried out. calling their attention to the Fact of the non-fulllllment of the promisee. Of course , the consuls can only represent the state of nffalra to their respective gov ernments ; but to the Turks this protest ims the significance of an ultimatum , fur It ends In Iheao wordsVe : demand that the reforms bo Immediately applied. Wo leslro no excuse ; noun will be accepted. Unless a favorable nnd consistent answer be nt once made , we shnll be obliged to secure by force our ncqulred rights. " After nil , It may take the abused degenerates of the I'cloponnesla , who appeal to us mod erns only through tbo glorious past of ilcllas , lo do what Ihe rcsl of Iho civilized world has failed to do force n promise 'rom the Turk nnd make him live up to It by force of arms. * * * The news which It Is reported that Husln I'nsha , Turkish ambassador to Hussla , has telegraphed to the porte , Informing the sultan of the existence of a complete understanding derstanding- between Kussia and Great Brit ain In regard to the enforcement of reforms In Turkey , will undoubtedly prove ns sur prising to the other world ns It has proved to Abdul Hnmld , who Is eald to be greatly excited over the announcement. If It bo true , It undoubtedly presages some real re forms throughout the Turkish empire. Coupled with the dispatch , which conies from Constantinople , Is the statement that call a , conference of ambassadors Imme- key , who Is now en route to the porte , will call a * conference of ambassndore imme diately upon his arrival tbero. when a dis cussion of financial nnd other reforms Iu 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 clothing of our manufacture and for reasonableness of our prices. This is true of the Children's as well as the Men's Overcoats and Su'ts , and true too of everything in our Furnishings department. If any purchase is not whol ly satisfactory , let us know , promptly and it shall bo made right or your money will be refunded without a word. S.V. . Cor. 15tli nnd Douglas Sti
