OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JANUAtlY 30 , 1807.
Tim OMAIIA DAILY BEE.
E. noscwATnn , n
punusiiED E MORNINCI.
OP sunscniiTioN.
Ballr Dte ( Wllliout Sunday ) , One Year . S M
Dally Ilfo and Sunday , One Year . 8 W
Kit Month * . . . , . . . 4 ( H
Three Months . . . > . 2
Hunday lice , Ono Yfnr. . . . . . . , .i. . . . 2 w
Bnturilnv He * , One Year. . . . . . . . . . 1 K
Weekly Dee , One Year . &
OFFICES :
Omahnl Tha ftce Hullcllng. .
Houlh Om/ilia. Slnser Illk. . Cor , N and " ( th St ,
Council Ilium : 10 I'rnrl Mltet.
Oili-nKo Office : Sir Chamber of Oommfrcc.
New York : Ilnoini J3 , 14 nnd 13 , Tribune Bid * .
toi nth street.
onr. , . ,
All cr.mrminlcallons iclatlng to news ana * si
iorlal matter nliotiM lie nddiomed ! To the Editor.
nuaiNnsH i.tcrrnns . . . ,
All butlnecH letters nnd irmlltanctl Khould be
addressed to The lice Publlahlng Company ,
Omnhn. Drnfw , checks , rxprcn un < l postoltlte
money orders to ba mndo paj-ftblo to the order
of the eoiii | > ii ! ) > ' .
T1IIJ nr.K Pf PMPIItNO COMPANY.
DTATHMRNT OF CiltCUliATlON.
Blnte of Nebraska , I
DctiRlAn County.
aeonca U. TMChu/'k , secretary of Thfl ueo Pub-
llihlnR company , brins1 July sworn , rays thnt the
nctunt nuinbvr of full anJ complete copies of Tlio
Daily Mottling , Uvenlng flirt Sunday ) > cu prlnleil
during the month of Dcnpniber. 1S9G , was RS lol-
lawn :
ii,5 = ; 17 15,707
IS 1IU15
, ioin 19 10.H2
, 20,116 20 , S08.15
JO,116 21 , 1SH
20f,0- 22 1S.MJ
, IS , WO 23 13.01(1 (
21 20.W1
. .4 20,183 25. . 10,102
10 , 20,034 ' " " ' ' " "
II 20,011 27' ! . . ! ! " zblsoo
12 19,970 28 SO.OW
U 20.C70 29 20.008
14 ID.1) ! } 30 , 20,051
13 19,923 31 19,1)2 ) :
1C SO , 30
Totnl 021,900
Ixt < i deductions for untiald nnd returned
copies . . . . , 9.E13
Total ni > t calf i 012.391
Net dally nvernce 15.753
anonan n. T/HCHTCK.
Eiilifcrl1ii"I In my presence and sworn to be
fore me this 21 day of January , 1S37.
Frnl. Notary Public.
> r r-rT rrr- : _ - '
Son.'itor Pubols now tloubtlossvlslics
he did not.
Tlio rnllroncls scoin io bo nftnr the
scalps of Hie scalpers.
Is It not pretty near time for the frer
silver republican members oC Hie state
Bonn to to convene In a caucus of lliolr
own ?
Glmlrinnn Jones' advice lo the demo
crats In the Idaho legislature seems
to huve hud about ns much effect as a
dlppei'ful of water on a duck's back.
o , Is It not , that the iinme of 110
Iloinnn Catholic priest Is appended to
thnt clerical endorsement of the etllcloucy
of our Ineillclent police department ?
A body of thirty-throe Omaha preach
ers jlvlnf ? a clean bill of health to the
master of ceremonies at the famous
Illnlr can-can Is a spectacle lit for the
gods. _ _ _ _ _ _ '
One by one the transmlsslsslppl states
and those nearest to the eastward are
falling Into line with either actual ap
proprlations or promises of financial sup
port for the exposition. -
The legislative sphinx will have to
break its silence before It can be de
termined whether the foot of the ladder
reaching to the next populist guberna
torial nomination rests ou the terra ilrmn
of the house or the senate.
Now that the presenceof Lymnu .7.
GiiKe In McKlnleyVi cabinet is assured
tlie World-Herald will doubtless learn
that the Chicago financier hud been
heard of even before the publication of
"Coin's Financial School. "
Ilcpre.scntatives of the peoples-inde
pendent party renouncing all indepeml
ence In order to become abject subjects
of Kins Caucus must present an edifying
object lesson of the principles of the
great reform party in practice.
Comptroller Eckels says that It is not
KO much lack of financial legislation , tlmt
troubles us as lack of good public and
private credit. Comptroller Eckels' ob
servations on the state of business aiu
generally suggestive and to the point.
The legislature has concluded to let the
railroads use their own discretion , as
heretofore , in the matter of free trans
portation ami the heart of many a
patriot with a fondness for the delights
of travel will beat with a more joyous
It Is plain that the west Is not to be a
stepchild In President McKlnley's olll-
ciul household. The president-elect real
izes that he has been elected to direct
the afl'airs of the whole country and not
of any one section , and he is going to
consider the needs and wishes of every
state In the union.
The people of Michigan who Insist that
Governor-Mayor Plngree bus forfeited
one of his olllcc.s might make more head
way In their efforts to oust him if they
could only agree among themselves
whether the governor has forfeited the
moyoralty or the mayor forfeited the
gubernatorial olllce.
In the Interval there is supposed to'bo a
half million dollars of uninvested money
w I'1I" ' t'10 ' permanent school fund
which the school children of Nebraska
nro entitled to returns of Interest. Is
*
the legislature going to do anything to
have the profit from the use of this pub
lic money accrue to the public ?
The directors of the TransmlsslBslppi
Exposition were chosen by the stock
holders on account of their lltm > .s.s to ad
minister the ulTairs of the great under'
taking. The choice of a site Is one of
the most Important matters which they
will have to consider. It was not In
tended that questions like this should be
delegated to Imported experts for final
settlement.
It should not be forgotten that the
attorney general has given an opinion to
tlu ) effect that the law authorizing the
substitution of guaranty company bonds
for personal bonds Is unconstitutional
and void. If the attorney general Is
correct then a great many public olllcers
are serving without having given the
security contemplated by the law. This
is a matter far too Morions to bu Ignored
by the authorities whose duty ) It la to see
that the laws uro enforced. '
' OP T7/R THKASUttr ,
It will hnrdljr bo questioned thnt the
most Important of the cabinet position ?
under the Incoming administration IE
that of secretary of the treasury. II
Is no disparagement of any other ex
ecutive department to say this. Every
body understands that the State depart
ment , at the head of which will bo the
veteran fltatosman , John Sherman , will
Imvo much Important work to do. In
ternational questions of n more or less
dclicato mid dllllcult nature will require
consideration and action and upon their
wise and prudent treatment may depend
the maintenance of peaceful relations
with the world. No one who has an In
telligent appreciation of the scope of
International affairs and who correctly
apprehends the significance of the posi
tion assumed by the United States re
garding its rights nnd responsibilities in
the western hemisphere , can underes
timate tht ! Importance of the ofllce of
secretary of slate , llccognitlon of this
Importance by President-elect McKluley
was attested by his selection for that
ofllce. of the most distinguished of repub
lican statesmen. So with respect to the
War , Navy , Interior , PostoIIlce , Agi ( cul
tural and Judicial departments ; they all
have highly Important work to do , re
quiring for Its proper and elllclent per
formance men at the heads of these sev
eral departments of first rate ability.
Jiut the matters which most directly
and closely relate lo the Interests ami
welfare of the American people are
financial and economic. There must be
instituted a policy lo Increase the reve
nue of the government and to revive
the industries and business of the people.
There Is n demand for some change In
the currency system which will remove
or modify the Inequalities In Its opera
tion now complained of. There Is re
quired a treasury policy which will con
tribute to the upbuilding of financial
confidence and strengthen the credit of
the government It IB the duty of con
gress , of course , to provide for all thin ,
but a secretary of the treasury In whose
judgment congress can have faith will
exert a great deal of Influence In shaping
the economic and financial policy of the
government. Such a man will not
merely pursue a routine course In cany-
Ing out the laws ; he will be an active
force In shaping the laws which he Is to
execute , so long1 ns there shall be a con
gress In political accord with the ad
ministration.
There Is reason to believe that Sir.
I.ymnn J. Gage will be a secretary of
this kind , thnt bringing to the duties
of the office long experience as a prac
tical financier , together with the wisdom
obtained from a careful study of finan
cial and economic questions , he will
have the confidence of congress to an
extent which will assure thorough con
sideration of his views nnd recommenda
tions. That he will have no radical cur-
rcncy reforms to urge may be safely as
sumed , for otherwise he probably would
not have been selected. It has been
suggested that Mr. Gage Is favorable to
the policy of retiring the United State ;
legal tender notes , but this Is improbable
in view of the fact tlmt Major McKinley
Is not in favor of that plan. It is also
said that he is not for bimetallism , na
tional or International. Major McKln
ley Is not unfriendly to Internationa :
bimetallism and it is not likely that he
would select for secretary of the treas
ury a mnn who is. What can positively
be said of Mr. Gage is that he firmly
believes in * the existing monetary stand
ard and there 5s his own assurance that
the administration of the Treasury de
partment will be strictly on business
principles. There is reason to think that
the president-elect has selected the right
man for the head of the financial de
partment of the government.
T1W AKTl-TllUST CIIUSADE.
One by one the states are falling Into
line in the crusade against the trusts.
The successful operation of the Georgia
law agiiinsl the combinations seems to
have inspired a ( juito general Inclina
tion to follow the example and it appears
certain that the present year will witness
the passage of stringent anti-trust laws
lu many states.
The Massachusetts legislature bus before -
fore 11 an anti-tinst law of a decidedly
drastic character. It makes any com
bination or any person or corporation
to fix or legulate the price of any article
if merchamlisij or commodity a con
spiracy to defraud , which shall be pun
ished by a tine of from $500 to ? L ,1)00 ) for
the first offense and so on up to a fine
of $1. > .000. Another bill makes it a
criminal oll'ense for any person or cor
poration to try to Influence the prices of
iirtlcles of merchandise , Imposing pan-
UtloHas high u ti fine of if.1,000 and two
wears' Imprisonment. It also provider
Unit any eorpomtlon which enters Into
i trust forfeits Its charier If under
Massachusetts law and if a foreign cor-
mratloii It can no longer do business in
the state.
General stuto legislation of this kind
L'oiihl not fail to bo effective against the
monopolistic combinations If rigidly enforced -
forced and undoubtedly It Is the only
iuro way of dealing a deathblow to the
trusts. There Is favorable promise that
mch legislation will become general in a
"ow years ,
.1 MUDWUTK DKMAKD.
The manufneturois of the country are
jonorally In favor of moderate tariff
lutles. This Is shown by the action of
he representatives of the National As-
delation of > Manufacturers , who adopted
i resolution decluilng that duties should
K > mndo consistent with adequate pro-
eetion of our manufacturing and ngrl-
ultnrnl Industries and the labor they
miploy , It is true there weio members
if the convention who favored high
lutles , but they constituted a small ml-
lorlty. In thus putting themselves on
ecord as favoring only such duties as
vlll give reasonable protection to Indus-
rlo.i and labor , the manufacturers have
llsarmed criticism and put themselves
n a position to exert an influence upon
ongresa and the country. Their mod-
irate demand will have the effect to slm-
> llfy the ta.sk of framing a new tariff
> lll , while It must convince all but the
adical and uncomproijiltiliig opponents
> f protection that the men who are at the
usad of the great Industrial enterprise * )
of the country are socking only the In
stitution of a policy that will secure the
prosperity of all the people.
It may not bo ensy to define what
duties nro consistent with adequate pro
tection to Industries and labor , but everybody -
body can understand that they nro not
such duties as nro provided in the exist
ing tariff law. These , a few schedules
oxcoptcd , have not given adequate pro
tection , while as a revenue measure the
law 1ms been nn utter fnlluro. Still It
has defenders , who insist that it ought
to bn given n further trial , that notwith
standing steadily accumulating treasury
deficits more tlmu two years of ex
periment with this law has not been a
sufllclcnt time In which to demonstrate
whether or not It Is what the country
wants , i
The now tariff bill , which It Is said
upon the authority of the chairman of
the ways nnd menus committee will bo
ready for submission ) when ( ho next con
gress meets In special session In March ,
will undoubtedly bo constructed upon
moderate lines , but It will give needed
protection nnd If It shnll become law
will revive Industries nnd Invite capital
to embark in productive enterprises.
THE PUEAG1IKUS AXD THE 1'OLIOE.
The thirty-three preachers who by
petition to the legislature have ventured
to assure the members of that honorable
hotly that the police department of
Omaha , ns now administered and after
eighteen months' test under severest
conditions , was never "so free from
scandal and reproach of every descrip
tion , so well disciplined , harmonious and
cfllclenr , " may Imagine they can fool
the legislators into that belief and may
oven have been fooled Into that belief
themselves , but they cannot hope to
fool anybody who lives In Omaha and
Is at all conversant with the condition
of the city and the work of the police
since the present police commission law
which the preachers want left un
changed went Into effect.
Nineteen of the preachers who have
volunteered this testimonial have not
been In charge of Omaha pulpits for
the eighteen months past of which they
speak and of ? the others It Is plain tha
many were Induced to subscribe to th
statements in the petition ou feprcsonta
tlons of others and without any per
sonal knowledge of the facts.
The Bee does not hesitate to asser
without fear of successful contradictloi :
that none of the reforms which were
promised In support of the new pollc
commission law two years ago hav
materialized. Instead of reform th <
police department has gone steadily
backward.
Instead of being free from scanda
and reproach It has been ami is the
center of lawlessness and a disgrace lethe
the city of Omaha.
Instead of being well disciplined it is
utterly without discipline , incompetently
officered and constantly attempting to
evade the responsibility for Its own fail
ures by laying the blame upon others.
If the police force Is harmonious it is
the harmony only of incompetents con
soling one another in their helplessness ,
Instead of being cfllclent the police
department was never in recent years
more ineflicient , never more oblivious to
the carnival of unpunished crime belli
hold under its very nose , never so blind
to the defiance of law and morality by
protected favorites.
These are strong charges , but they are
proved by the record of bogus police
reform. The misrepresentation prac
ticed on the preachers makes it incum
bent on The 15ee to uncover that record
in all its hldeonsncss.
jVBWM.Srwl .MUST LKAD.
The Lemars Sentinel says that the people
of Iowa should bo Interested in the Trans-
mlsslFslppl Exposition. This may bo true ,
but there Is time enough to get excited after
the people of Nebraska have shown that they
want It. Sioux City Tribune.
There Is no question that the people
nf Nebraska want the Transmlsslsslppl
exposition in 3S08 , and If the matter of
it liberal appropriation for a state ex
hibit were left to the people It would
le voted almost unanimously and with
out delay.
The legislature , by whom the appro
priation will be made , will doubtless
rolce the sentiment of the people In
[ his matter when It Is brought up for
formal action. At the same time the
"act Is not to be concealed that the
eisurely procedure of the Nebraska
oglslature with respect to the exposi-
ion bill is not calculated to encourage
he other transmlsslsslppl states to
; ome to the front with a generous pro
vision for representation at Omaha.
I'heso ' states are waiting for Nebraska
o announce olllolnlly what it Intends to
lo , and they may be relied upon to fol-
ow In a manner creditable to them
selves and the great west.
The signature of Governor Ilolcomb
) ii an exposition bill passed by the Ne-
iraska legislature would bo worth more
iust now ns an irresistible Inducement
o its neighbors to participate In this
; reat enterprise than nil other nrgu-
iients combined.
The Hoe has always contended thnt
he mayor ought to have a place ex-
ililclo on the polleo board , It has taken
his position- not because of the per-
ionality of the occupant for the time
) eng ! of the mayor's olllce , but because
t believes that the mayor , upon whom
Involves the responsibility for maintain-
ug law and order , and who is practi
cally dictator In time of riot 01' unusual
llsturlmneo , should have power over
ho police corresponding to the rosponsl-
) lllty. The filet that the mayor hap-
ions to bo an elective ollicer does not
nvalldnte these sound arguments.
It Is remarkable how Union Pacific
lock maintains a place on the Stock
Exchange , even at nominal quotations ,
'nst before the funding bill came up
or action of the house , It jumped from
lelweeu 0 and 7 to 0 , but 1ms since fallen
back to 7 , or ft trifle over. 1C the road *
go to foreclosure the stock Is of course
wiped outturn rendered absolutely valueless
loss , and the fact that it is now quoted
at all cnn be ascribed only to pure
BpcculatlonMo ' a contingency so remote
thnt even thb'Wst ' reckless stock gam
bler would-not want to risk much on it
It Is nmtrafnk to have a batch of new
ministerial Importations give expert
testimony > to the success of the present
police dcpiit'tmeiit , "ns now administered
and after 'eighteen months' test mulct
severest coiltMlons , " when a majority of
them have not been In charge of Omaha
congregations ifor eighteen months nnd
a goodly proportion have been' ' In Ne
braska barely long enough to have ac
quired citizenship.
Congress seems very reluctant to lose
Its grip ou the Pnclllc railroads debt
settlement job after having become ac
customed to Its company by over ten
years of Intimate acquaintance. ,
Ilai-inoii'H Cri-illt Murk.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It will bo a great honor to Attorney Qen-
oral Harmon If ho Is nblo to make n anal
wind-up of the annoying business relating to
the Union Pacific railroad. A fair com
promise and the question removed from the
courts Is bettor for nil the parties In Interest ,
and for the public at largo.
The Arliliriiiloit Fever.
St , Iouls ncpubllc.
The good effect of the arbitration treaty
Is seen In the revival ot the negotiations
with Franco for a treaty on similar lines ,
but golijK further In Its safeguards against
war. The signed and sealed compact ibe-
twoen England and the United States will
bo to all Iho world a lamp lighting the way
of peace.
llolonmlt'n Poll Tux IMnn.
New York Mull nnJ Kxpress.
Governor Holcomb ot Nebraska has urged
the legislature to impose a poll tax upon
voters , with a provision that It shall bo re
mitted to citizens who vote and collected
only from those -who fall to do so. The Idea
Is original arul appears to be fdundod upon
justice. Itir.tcad of making the franchise
oxpenalvo to those who exercise It , the real
Intoi-L'st of the commonwealth might bo
served by Imposing a penalty upon citizens
who neglect their duty on election day.
The Tariff lllll ami the Senate.
Globe-Democrat.
There Is a fair prospect now that the re
publicans will bo able to get their tariff
bill through the senate. 1'rltchard , who has
been re-elected In North Carolina , leans
toward free silver , but he Is a straight-out
republican on the tariff question. Some of
the senators from the Ilocky mountain re
gion are also expected to vote for the tariff
bill without asking for any favors for silver
In return. The Teller malcontents nnd trre-
concllables will hardly number more than
four or five at the utmost. Thus they will
not bo very powerful for obstructive pur
poses.
AiiicrleiiiiN > 12viielleil from Germany.
1'lilladelphla Ledger.
Probably there Is no occasion to get ex
cited over the reported expulsion of Ameri
cans from Germany. The action seems to
bo directed 'against German-Americans only
and to be 'taken In pursuance of German
laws which 'forbid ' a subject of the emperor
to acquire American citizenship In order to
enjoy a rcsl'dcnce' ' In his native land without
being subject to Its laws. There has been
a great deal'tot this sort of thing- , not only
la Germany. but in other countries , and our
own governtnbnt't'unlfonnly ' refuses to bo u
party to It. 'Genuine Americans will be pro
tected In foreign countries to the full extent
of its power- but these pseudo-AniPjicans ,
who wish to enjoy the/ benefits of beta coun
tries without'Juctlrrlng ' obligations to either ,
arc ! very properly left to take care ot them
selves : It is g'dlt enough for them that they
'
have a refu'ga in their adopted country when
expelled froni their own.
The Power of the PrcMM.
llcvlew or Reviews.
A statistician has learned that the annua
aggregate of the circulation of the papers
of the world Is estimated to be 12,000,000,000
copies. To grasp the idea of this magnitude
wo may state that It would cover no fewer
than 10,450 square miles of surface ; that !
Is printed on 781,220 tons of paper , and , fur
ther , that if the number (12,000,000,000) rep
resented , Instead of copies , seconds , it , would
take over 333 years for them to elapse. In
llou of this arrangement we might press and
pile them vertically upward to gradually
reach our highest mountains. Topping all
these , and even the highest Alps , the pile
would reach the magnitude of 4DO , or , In
round numbers , COO nvilps. Calculating that
the average mnn spends five minutes reading
his paper In the day ( this Is a very low esti
mate ) , wo find that the people of the world
altogether annually occupy tlmo equivalent
to 100,000 years reading the papers.
Jt nnd Corn Slntex.
ImllanapollH Journal.
Iowa still leads as a corn-producer , the
2rop of 1SOG being estimated at 321,710,541
liushels. Nebraska Is second , ivlth 298.599,038
bushels. The next In order of production
n-a : Illinois , 284,672,761 bushels ; Kansas ,
147.784,001 bushels ; Mlceourl , 17C,7C8C49
mshnls ; Indiana , 133,408,205 bushels ; Ohio.
:23.fi91,957 : bushels ; Kentucky , 80,932,348
jushels. Thus Indiana stands sixth in the
1st , Minnesota leads In wheat , with 10,199-
IG1 bushels , bin California Is a cloto sec-
ind , with 45,097,195 bushels ; Kansas is third ,
vith . ,0,791.152 bushels ; North Dakota next ,
vith 29,848,501 bushels , closely followed by
lllnoh , with 2G , 98,14C bushels. South Da-
iota Is among the larger producers , with
7,583,450 bushels. Indiana reports 20 , I7-
40. Indiana has not Iiad so small a wheat
TOP since 1S70. In 1891 the Indiana crop
\-as \ 52,807,000 bushels , which Is 0,300,000 in
xcoss of tlio crop of the leading state this
'ear. Ono-slxth of tha total crot > of ISilu ,
vMch was 427.084,347 bushels , was raised by
errltories wlich wore not slates ten years
A \J3iv Gunuia.vcv PIA\ .
.v-fJovrriior MolcM of Town ProJcetN it
Financial Cnrc-AII.
Chicago Chronicle.
Ex-Governor Doles Is out with another
Inanclal plan. It Is his notion that the
ountry Is perishing for want of a good
nonctary system which will glvo us twice
s much money of "final redemption" and
hat It Is Ills mission to meet the want.
The notion Is a mistaken one , Thl ?
ountry woulrt eon have an abundant supply
f money of filial redemption If only a
irholo lot of flip stuff which ought to be
inally redcemM were taken lu and extln-
ulahcd , Thoinoile of getting enough money
f "final redemntlbn" la exceedingly simple.
Mr. Holes dnd'1 others who are racking
heir brains to find ways of providing loada
f money by Jtct of congrei-a would Kayo
liolr brains and ' thelr reputations If they
i-ould dismiss 'onco for all the delusion of
conomlo Ignoranto that a country can by
OCUS-POCU.I KV > t and keep more than lia
istrlbutlvo share of the world's supply of
loney of "final redemption , "
This thing c'aniiot bo done In any other
ray than by ( closing all the outlets , and
ho outlets cannot bo claued. If they could
> o the conseqUenceci would 1 > o nxtromely in-
urloua commercially anil Industrially. Spain
rled the experiment with some success when
hs was receiving largo quantities of the
roclous metals , from tbo mow world. The
oeult was that she- retrograded ! rapidly as a
lanufacturlne and commercial country , If
he had not been bedovlled by the Holes no-
Ion about money she might have stood
bout where Great Hrltnln standa with re-
poet to the world's commerce. But eeo
lioro she fitamla In fact !
The new Holes jilan Is not worth discuss-
ng. It Is & 3 complicated and foggy that no-
ojy can understand It nnd. no two persons ,
ven In this country , can bo Induced to sup-
ort It , lilmwlf Included. The" whole thing
) based on the delusion above mentioned
nit the grotesque' notion that the best money
vcr lieard of would bo paper , that the paper
rould bo good because redeemable on de-
lantl In coin , but that It would 'bo ' so much
Biter than the coin In which It was redeem-
blo that It would never bo presented for
edcrotlon.
Tim MCAIlAdl'A CAN' A I. .
Minneapolis Journal : Tlio new Central
American republic hna protested Senator
Morgan'fl Nlcaragtmn ditch , Nicaragua Is
now only a etato In the republic , A now
power has arisen that knowrt not Moses.
Detroit Frco Press ! H Is no doubt of
tremendous commercial Importance- this
country that the Nicaragua ship canal become -
como an accomplished fart ; but ( surely the
government has had sufficient experience
with transportation schemes aided with pub
lic funds , and a plcntltudo of recent revela
tions concerning the funding of railroads
not to vote away $170,000.000 until there Is
the fullest guarantee of the feasibility and
exact ccflt of the project.
Philadelphia Inquirer : The canal would beef
of incalculable value. FYom a government
standpoint we should bo able to protect our
coast lines from invasion , and thus
strengthen our navy materially. The long
trip around Cape Horn would bo avoided.
Wo should have a short cut to China , which
would develop trade from that quarter. Tlio
western coast of South America would bo
opened to us. Tlio canal would bo used
largely by vcrscls flying foreign flags , and It
Is very easy to understand that the canal
would be placed upon a paying basis before
many years , but even If It did cost the gov
ernment a tow millions , that ID neither here
nor there. H is the high privilege ot the
government , to develop great enterprises for
the general goo9r and there Is no greater
duty before congress today In a commercial
way than the passage of this Nicaragua canal
THAT 13XPAXS1VK SMI MS.
Iluffalo Kxprcss : The chapter by Mrs.
Dryan on her husband's mouth and how she
met him , and the pome by Mrs. Wllcox
insure at least a part of tlio book against
this deadly lack of consequence and In
terest.
Minneapolis Tribune ; Mrs. Bryan testifies ,
In her biography of her husband , that what
flmt attracted her attention to him was his
expansive smile. This , however , has been
greatly modified of late years , and especially
slnco the last election.
Brooklyn Kaglo : Probably the mart Inter
esting part of the book Is written by Mrs ,
Bryan , wherein she recounts her first moot
ing with the boy orator nnd criticises his
too much mouth his physical mouth not his
habit of using It. His mouth was so large
that people said ho was whispering In his
own ear , but ho had lea ? check then than
ho has now , so that the division between
mouth nnd ear was less firmly Indicated.
Chicago Post : Mrs. Bryan says that "no
ono has seen the real breadth of that smile
who < lld not see It In the early days , " cro
Mr. Bryan's checks checked "Its onward
march. " With wifely loyalty Mrs. Bryan
eta nips as a campaign lib the story of a
heartless observer that Mr. Bryan "could
whisper In his own oar. " She pronounces
this a "cruel exaggeration" with an em
phasis that should warn the "heartless ob
server" to preserve his distance from the
wife whoso "expansive and expressive smllo"
has been so "cruelly slandered. " Wo wait
Impatiently for inoro fly-leaves from the
memoirs of our own Marie Bashklrtseft and
her llttlo Willie.
Milwaukee Sentinel : "I noted particu
larly , " says Mrs. Bryan with pleasing candor ,
"his hair and his smllo. The former black
In color , flno In quality and parted distress
ingly straight , the latter expansive and ex
pressive. In later years this smllo has been
the subject of considerable comment , but
the well-rounded checks of Mr. Bryan now
check Its onward march , and no one has seen
the real breadth ot the smllo who did not
t'eo ' It In the early days. " 0 easily discour
aged smile ! Too quick despalrcr , wherefore
wilt thou stop ? Thou hast now a broader
field to roam In than In those early days
when Mrs. Bryan first beheld thee start oar-
wards , and when the crescent cheek had not
yet checked thy onward march , and yet thou
paueest. "Upon ono occasion , " says Mrs.
Bryan , "a heartless observer was heard to
remark , 'That man can whisper In his own
ear , ' but this was a cruel exaggeration. "
A brave , persevering smile , undismayed by
such an obstacle as Mr. Bryan's cheeks ,
would strlvo to realize this high Ideal.
PERSONAL AM ) OTHERWISE.
The St. Louis Board of Health has fol
lowed the example of New York and placed
consumption In the list of contagious dis
eases.
It Is now seriously proposed to annex all
of Cook county to Chicago and thereby add
about 300,000 to the population of the city.
Having a largo surplus of trouble with the
present population appears to whet the city's
appotlto for more.
Daniel O'Callahan of Exeter , N. H. , a man
of fourscore years and little worldly wisdom ,
hid a wad of $500 In greenbacks In his hog
pen. The porkers scented the greenbacks
rooted them up and devoured them. Dan has
applied for a guardian.
It sounded rather odd when Henry M. Tel
ler was being re-elected United States senator
by the Colorado legislature to hear the pre
siding officer In Joint session address the
members as "ladles and gentlemen of the
eleventh general assembly. "
Eight women of Spokane have Incorporate ! '
a. mining company and are actively printing
M abundance of stock , gold-fringed am
typographically embroidered , as ovldeuco of
their ability to keep pace with mlno promoters
meters of the opposite sex.
Otto Von Gumbert , a noted musical di
rector , who died in Milwaukee a few days
ago , arranged for a first class funeral seven
years ago by agreeing to pay an undertaker
25 cents a week for life. Both parties to the
contract fulfilled It lo the letter.
The now mayor of Atlanta Is Imbued with
the strange notion that political promises
should bo strictly observed. Retrenchment
Is his watchword , and ho has already abolished
ished offices and cut salaries mifflclently to
effect an annual aavlng of $00,000. Whereat
the taxpayers rejoice exceedingly and chuckle
wor the groans of spoilsmen.
An old rail fence that Lincoln is said to
liavo built Is pointed out to credulous
strangers on the premises of a Marlon county
'Ky. ' . ) distillery. Lincoln's father and the
'atlicr of Jcffc-roon Davis were neighbors
n that region , and are said to have fought
ildo by aide In a llttlo brush with Indians
icar where the town of Springfield , Ky. ,
low standa. .
IOWA IMIKSS COMMENT.
Sioux City Journal : Under the Iowa con-
itltutlon a legislature has Its full powers
vhon convened In extra session. When It
; ets together it is all there. It has nil Its
lowers. Jt 1s not confined to any par-
Icular subject , except as It confines Itself.
Duburiiio Telegraph : Inasmuch as the
owa legislature has decided against the
ntroductlon of any now business not ger-
iiane to the revision of the code unless with
ho consent of three-fourths of the members
if cither house , the 'prospects for the pas-
iago of a manufacturing bill at the present
icsslon are not promising.
Carroll Herald : Governor Drake In his
nirsage to the leclslaturo In special session
ouches the matter of Insuring state property
it a most practical way. Ho says that the
itate should buy Insurance for Ha property ,
ir hot aside a certain sum for the purpose ,
o that when an institution was damaged by
It'o or elemental casualties there could be
oiiio fund on which to draw. At present
he etato carries its own Insurance , hut when
iropcrty is destroyed , as was the case with
he feeble-minded Institution at Qlenwood ,
hero Is no way to meet the contingency ,
"ho state has been fortunate in this partlcu-
ar , still no one- knows when an Institution
nay be wiped uut. The governor's ugges-
lon Is a good one ,
Dei Molnes Slants Anzelger : It will be a
Tiovous disappointment to the people of
owa If the general assembly now In ace-
Ion at tills city does not glvo them a man-
ifacturlng law , There is too much at stake
o put it off to another session. In these
tinging times It behooves us to save every-
where possible. Ten millions of dollar * , at the
least calculation , are sent out of Iowa everj
jroar for beer nnd Hanoi * . One-half of thle
could certainly bo retained here were the
right to manufacture them bestowed , and
that , too , In the face that It In not only
consumed but permitted to bo Bold hero by
law. Wo talk of the hog cholera and the los
to the farmers of Iowa of $5,000,000thereby ,
Here Is a chance to make up that loss by
opening up a homo markc-t for corn and bar
ley at all Increased price of from 5 to 10 cent *
per bushel.
THAVKIiIMl MK.VS DEMANDS.
The lorm Movement for liilcreliniiRC"
nl > lc MHoiiKP lliiukn.
ChlcnBo Tribune.
Tlio traveling men of Iowa arc making a
determined fight to compel railroads to sell
mileage bolts for 1,000miles or more at n
rate of faro < not to exceed 2 cents a mile ,
the books to be Interchangeable on all ( ho
roads lu the state. Under the present system
the roads soil the nillcnne books for 2'-j
cents a mile , ( he % cent per mile being re
turned ns a robnto to the purchaser when the
book has been used up. Although tlio fare
ultimately Io thita only 3 cents a mile , the
railroads conotatitly enjoy the use of this
excess charge , which , according to ono es
timate amounts to about $500,000. This en
forced loan fiom the traveling men , for
which no Interest Is paid , would cost the
roads about $30,000 a year If they should bo
compelled to make It up from some other
source , so that their bitter hostility to the
project Is more easily understood.
The demand for Interchangeable mileage
books Is objected to chiefly because the
roads fear they would more easily fall Into
the hands of scalpers , as It would bo moro
difficult under this system to keep track of
Iho Identity of the original purchasers. The
roads , moreover , In considering the subject ,
have found a change of this character would
bo awkward and troublerome , nnd bo a
source of nnnoyanco to the managements ,
even if there were no other serious objec
tions to It.But those considerations are
trivial and ought not to weigh with the Iowa
legislature , which la to decide the fate ot
the proposal In that state. The bill now
before that body containing the two changes
desired by the traveling men should become
a law. The bills with similar provisions
pending In the legislatures ot the other
states of the middle west Illinois , Michi
gan , Missouri , and Kansas should also bo
paused , and their clmne-cs of success will bo
materially enhanced If the Iowa solons do
their duty.
All practical obstacles to the proposition
are outweighed by the success it has
achieved with the railroads running east
from Chicago. They yielded to the de
mands of the traveling men n.fnw months
ago In both these particulars , and are reap
ing a natuial return from the greater con
venience and encouragement thus extended
to their largest patrons.
It is a short-sighted policy for the wester ,
roads to resist requests that are rcasonabl
The travcUiiB men are the greatest custom
crs of the roads ; their wholesale cus
tomers , In fact. They not only supply
largo passenger traffic , but all their bustnes
activity Is directly In the Interest of threads
roads , for nearly every order obtained b ;
the traveling man means Just so much uiori
freight to be handled by the railroad , Th
railroads should keep In mind that ev
concession within reason made to these pa-
Irons , either In cheapening the faro or male
Ing travel moro convenient , will result 1
keeping men on the road longer and In bring
ing moro men as customers of the railroads
The manufacturers will Increase the num
her of their traveling employes or the length
of their trips as fast as the expense come :
down , and that Is the obvious fact that th
railroads appear to too overlooking. Th' '
traveling men appear to bo concentrating
their efforts In Iowa at the present time
Their cause Is eminently Just and shoult
prevail.
THE NEW SENATORS.
MciiiberN-Elcct of tlie Next Scnntc
VneiiiieicM a ml Complications.
ffcw York Sun.
The exact political status of the senat (
will not bo known until the final adjust
ment of the difficulties which exist In Ken
tucky and Delaware , and until all the vacan
cies are filled. There arc deadlocks In sevcra
of the states. From present appearances , In
stead of two , or at most three , groups of
members , the .next senate will have five ,
namely , the republicans , the free silver dem
ocrats , the populists , the honest money demo
crats and the sliver republicans. In twelve
states senators were chosen on Tuesday
last. In six of these the present Incum
bents were re-elected , as follows : Orvlllo
H. Platt , republican , In Connecticut ; George
G. Vest , democrat , In Missouri ; J. II. Gal-
linger , republican In New Hampshire ; James
1C. Jones , democrat , la Arkansas ; Henry M ,
Teller , silver populist , In Colorado , and
Henry 0. Hanabrough , republican , In North
Dakota.
In New York David B. Hill , the democratic
leader until the wave of populism struck
ind engulfed the democracy , has been sue
jeeded by Thomas C. Platt , the recognized
iml undisputed leader of the republicans ,
In Indianapolis Charles W. Fairbanks , who
was the temporary chairman of the repub
llcan national convention which met In St
bouls on June 1C and nominated McKinley
ind Hobart , has been elected to succeed
Daniel Wj Voorheos. In Pennsylvania Boles
Penrose , an organization republican , living
in the city of Philadelphia , which has no
md a representative in the United States
senate for many years , was chosen by the
opubllcans , by an overwhelming majority at
ISarrlsburg , to succeed Don Cameron. In
Illinois William E. Mason , a native Now
forker , born In the southern tier , from which
Ikowlso Senator-elect Platt and Senator Tel-
or liall , was chosen with unexpected una-
limlty to succeed John M. Palmer , thocandl-
late of the national democracy for the pres-
doucy. Mr. Mason lives In the city of Chicago
cage ; thus In Illinois , as also In Indiana and
'cnn.sylvanla. on Tuesday , the disposition of
ho dominant party to look to the largo
Itlcs for senator candidates , Instead of to
ho minor towns , is noticeable. Senator
'aimer is a resident ot Springfield , Senator
lamcron of Harrlsburg , and Senator Voor-
iccs of Tcrro Haute. In North Carolina
eter Prltchard , a silver republican , has been
c-elcctcd , and In Kansas the remarkable
Vllllam Alfred Peffer , who had no previous
xpcrlenco In congress when elected to the
enato by the populists In 1891 , has been
turned town" In favor of another populist
rom the Sunflower state , namely , William
i. Harris , who was elected congressman in
892 by the democrats and populists In oppo-
Itlon to the republican candidate. Peffer ,
lie present senator , and Harris , who suc-
eeda him , have each a war record. Peffer
'as on the union aldo in the Eighty-third
IllnoLi infantry ; Harris was on the
onfederato side In the Army of North Vlr-
inla. Poffer is a lawyer by profession ; Har-
Is , who succeeds him , Is a civil engineer ,
offer has had nothing to do with the Union
aulflo railroad except to denounce that car-
oration ; Harris aided Inthe construction
t the Kai.sas division no an engineer. I'cf-
; r Is ton years older than his eucceraor
nd Is said to know very much less. Both
ro ardent and unconditional sllverltca , and
10 political divisions In the senate are noc
Itcr'.nl In any respect by the substitution of
no for ( ho other.
From Delaware there are three claimants
> r the scat of senator. Colonel Du Pont , a
ipubllcan , and Hlclmrd II , Kcnnoy , a domo-
atio allverlto whoso election Is declared Ir-
jgular by a part of the rer/uhllcans at Dover ,
lillo other republican members declare that
icro is no vacancy In the delegation from
clawaro. Colonel Du Pont , heretofore
ectcd , being entitled to the seat , Kentucky
is but ono nouator , William Lindsay , and
io post of his former colleague , Senator
lackburn , remains vacant , the division of
IB two political parties In this former demo-
atle stronghold 1 elng now very close , and ,
uder the 'biennial ' system , there being no
gislaturo in cession In Frankfort this win-
ir , unless convoked by the republican gov-
nor , Bradley. It is said that Bradley hlm-
ilf has senatorial aspirations. Tlio date
cod for the next session of the Kentucky
gislaturo Is Jamjary 3 , 1893 ,
I
Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U , S. Gov't Report.
ju tf / IT& , i .
PURE
OTHKIl IANI > M THAN OtIHS ,
King Obdah , the West African potentate
who hag beer Indulging In the pastime of
butchering several Kncllslinicn and some
200 nntlvo ctnrlcr * , M In a fair way to rue
the day Ills savage senseof humor took
that particular form , Great Britain may
have her feults , but permitting English citi
zens , and especially English citizens who
are English soldiers nnd English officials ,
lo bo slaughtered In cold blood without rais
ing an avcuglng hand doca not constlttito
ono of them. She will sacrifice a hundred
English lives In vindicating the rights of
n single one of her subjects who has been tin.
Justly wiongcd. It Is not surprising to learn ,
therefore that British " "
, a "punitive" expedi
tion Is already on 1(8 ( way to the capital of
King Obdah. London dispatches state that
the outcome of the expedition will probably
be the annexation of the whole of Obhah's
dominions to the British possessions In West
Africa. This Is the sort ot "land grabbing"
that the entire civilized world will applaud ,
Ohdah has no rights which any humane or
enlightened nation Is bound to respect. Ho
Is a cannibal , Jlo Is n wholesale murderer.
Ho delights In ciuelty. Ho revels dally In
human sacrifices. Ho is a promoter of
slavery. Ho keeps faith with no one , not
oven with those who minister to his bestial
pleasures. Such n fiend should bo wined off
tlio carlh. Benin , the country over which
ho rules , la rich In natural resources. It
should be rescued from navagery and brought
within the palo of civilizing Influences. The
expedition against Obdah does honor to
Great Britain ,
* *
In order to understand the Ministerial
crisis that has taken place at Belgrade it
must bo explained that the Novakovltch Ad
ministration no longer commanded a ma
jority In the legislature , nnd In Its blind
and abject devotion to Russia had Imperiled
the relations of Scrvla with Austria. The
result of Its policy had been to close Aus
tria's markets to the agricultural produce
and live stock trade of Scrvla , which con
stitutes tlio staple and , In fact , \\ull nigh
tlio solo produce of the kingdom. Both
King Alexander and his people have re
cently been led by considerations of an eco
nomic character to throw In their lot with
Austria. The national sentiment Is now
distinctly pliIlo-Austrlan , nnd , this being
the case , the continuance In power of the
Novakovltch cabinet was nn Impossibility.
The now ministry , presided over by M.
Slmitch , Is nominally a coalition adminis
tration , but has been summoned by the
king to assume office with tlio avowed ob
ject of ameliorating tlie relations between
Belgrade and Vienna , nt the expense of Hus-
slan Interests In Scrvla. The new elections
for the legislature are about to begin , and
the king , over since his recent visit to
Vienna and Home , has been determined
( hat they should bo directed by a pro-Aus
trian rather than a iiro-Ilusslan cabinet.
Meanwhile , Austrian markets have been
more been opened up to Servian produce ,
and prosperity Is beginning to rex Jvo lu tbo
dominions of the young king.
The general election which is to bo pres
ently held In Austria will bo regarded with
unusual Interest , not only in botli parta of
the Dual Realm , but throughout the whola
world , as possibly marking a crisis In tha
affairs of the empire. It . will ba
the first held In Austria by universal
suffrage. That fact alone invests It with
unique Importance. But that Is not all. Tha
present constitution and alignment of parties
make It not Improbable that It will cause
some revolutionary changes In governmental
policy , In both domestic and foreign affairs.
Indeed , the attitude of the- government It
self Is oat of expectancy of such a result.
For the prime minister , Count Badenl , la
now playing thn part oC an extreme oppor
tunist. He proclaims no policy on which
to "go to the country. " Ha will let the
election go us It may , and shape- his future -
turo course according to the result , and
bo governed by the will of whatever party or
coalition may control the now Relchsrath.
That Is a novel attitude for a prime min
ister to assumei. It would bo Impossible , or
suicidal , In a country Ilko Great Britain ,
where there ils government by party , ana
the ministry Is responsible to and Indeed
the creature of Parliament. But under the
Austrian system It la by no means Illogical
and at the present Juncture , In view of
Count Badcnl's course during the last yearn
uy no means surprising. < v
* * *
There seems to TJO a general Impression
that tlio appointment of Count Muravloff 04
Russian minister of foreign affairs will nol
bo regarded with much favor In Berlin , la
consequence of ihls supposed anti-Gorman
prejudices , but It la pointed out that , as a
Uny Gentleman
WHO HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY OH
IERCIIANT TAILORS UNDER THE IM-
RESSION THAT HE COULDN'T BE WELli
iRESSED OTHERWISE OUGHT TO MAKI3
[ P HIS MIND NOW TO DISCOVER HIS
[ ISTAKE. WE THINK THE CLOTHINa
m OFFER IS JUST ABOUT AS WELIJ
fADE AND AS STYLISH AS ANY TAILOB
AN OFFER , AND OUR PRICES AIIH
BOUT ONE HALF LESS , AND WH
UARANTEE FIT AS WELL AS QUALITY.
JUST AT PRESENT WE WANT TO IN-
ITE ATTENTION TO OUR EXTRA PANT3
EPARTMENT. THERE WE HAVE MANX
AIRS THAT ARE LEFT FROM WINTEIi
UITS ONE OR TWO OF A KIND-BE-
IDIJ3 MANY CHOICE PATTERNS OB *
HECK AND STRIPED WORSTEDS AND
A.SSIMERES THAT GO WELL WITH ANY ,
CYLE COAT AND WILL HELP TO PATCH
UT THE WINTER SUIT UNTIL SPRING.
IIEY DON'T COST MUCH , EITHER. J2.00.
I.GO , | 3 , ? 3.75 , | 5,00 , { 0.00 , $7,00 ALL EX-
BPTIONAL VALUES AS EVERY PAIIt
AS BEEN REDUCED IN PRICE. > i
OUR OBJECT IN DOING THIS 13 TO
AKE ROOM FOR THE IMMENSE BPRINQ
SSORTAIENT THAT WILL SOON AR.
IVE , i
SPECIAL A SWEEPING SALE OF STAU
: IIRT WAISTS MONDAY , FEBRUARYS
IT. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR PARTIO *
LARS. i
8. W , Cor ,
15th niia .
Douglas 6t