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THE OMAHA DAILY BETS : SUNDAT , TTBBTITJATIY 14 , 1897.
OMAIIA SUNDAY PER
E. nOSEWATEO , Editor.
I'UIILISIIKD EVRnY MOP.NINO.
THUMB OF sunscniPTtoN.
n c ( Without Sunday ) , Cne Year. 8 63
lMly Vtf and Sunday , One Year. . S 00
Kin Months 1 00
Three Month * I W
BundUcc , One Yenr. ! SJ
Paturcfoy Ute , Ons Yenr , I "J
Weekly lice , One Year. . . , cs
OFFICHS :
Oinalin ! The Moo Hullitlng. . . ,
RoUtli Omnlm : Sinner Illk. . CUT , N n4 Nth flts.
Council lllurr ! 10 I'cnrl utreot.
Clilmro Oinn317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York : noomi 13. U nnd 1 $ . TrILuno Did * .
Warhlncton : Ml nth street.
COItltlWI'O.NDHNCE. , , .
All tommunlc.ilon ( rtlntlnic to news ami tui-
lorliit matter rhould I.e nJilrpsne-J ! To the IMItor.
UURINKS3 I.KTTCIIS. . . . .
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il.lrcsfoJ to The Ucc rubllthlng Company ,
Omnlu. tirnflM. cliccltn , CXIUDM nml iionionlco
monpy onler to be nimla payable lo iho ctdcr
of the cninpnny.
THU nr-r : : punuaniNO COMFANT. _
nTATHMUNT OP ClllCUIATlON.
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10.2JI
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OKOrtOR H. TS5SCHUCK.
Htt-nrn to unforc ma nnd subrcrlbod In my
prcjcnco thla 3d day of Fobrunry. U97.
N. i * . r Kll' .
( S al. ) Notary Tiihllc ,
Mr. Mtinppr's Valentino hart apparently
been unavoidably dulayed In the malls.
Doesn't the proposed formation of a
Gunpowder trust savor much of thu na
ture of playliij ; with dynamllu ?
St. Valentino Is no respecter of Iho
Sunday law. He Intrudes upon the
Sabbath without so much as a by-your-
leave.
\\'lth Yale nnd Harvard npaln nt one
In athletic matters , harmony may once
more perch on thu dome of the collegiate
world.
AVhon Australia comes to the United
States to show the Yankee how to play
the name of base ball it is treading on
rather dangerous ground.
And now the hosiery and underwear
manufacturers nro said to have formed a
combine for the purpose of controlling
the knit goods trade. AV111 stockings
go up ? knit.
For a place of Its MM Crete need fear
comparison with neither Cuba nor
Hawaii In the matter of .raising dis
turbances that shako the' whole
civilized world.
Prizefighter Corbett compliments the
governor of Nevada on being a man of
coin-ago. He ought to test thu governor's
courage by asking him to stand up be
fore him for a few rounds.
No state treasurer must be allowed to
Imagine that It Is his duty to distribute
Blah' funds with a view to holding up
tottering banks. No bank can be too
noiind to serve as a depository for pub
lic money.
The cycle show season is now on with
oxhlblts greater , grander and more
beautiful than over , and the city that
diH-s not have a cycle show on hand or In
preparation may as well drop all pre
tensions to being up-to-date.
The latest olllclal estimate of the
population of the- United States Is 71-
2ti,000. ! ; A nation counting that many
Intelligent citi/.ens may be relied on to
compare successfully with the most ad
vanced countries in the world.
One Wilson gives up the presidency
of one college to accept a cabinet posi
tion while another "Wilson gives up n
cabinet , po.sltlon lo accept the presidency
of a college. This Is turn about In the
most literal meaning of the term.
The legislature proposes to Insist lint
nil original packages sold In Nebraska
shall bo full weight. If should not slop
lieru , however. It shnu.il also requite
Hie seals on the corks to bu unbrohrn
nnd the size of ni glass i > > afford full
measure.
So far as Is known no banquets wore
given by the populists In honor of the
mumory of Abraham Lincoln , In spite
of the fact that their late candidate for
the presidency constantly compared
himself to that great Htate.snrni during
thu recent campaign. -
How fortunate that the league mag
nates succeeded In completing the re
vised ball rules In time foil thu IJradley- [
Marlln ball ! How appropriate too ,
that they should have strengthened the
hands of thu umpire and given him
greater authority over the players !
'
A bill pending before the legislature
inwidiM that the salaries of all clerks
and assistants In thu district court
clurk's otllco be $700 a year. The type '
writers who now work In these otllees
at $10 and ? r,0 , a month ought to bu
unanimous In favor of such a raise.
.
It must hnvo hi'i'ii an oxcclli'iit illuncr
that iiroiiipti'd Dr. Kniion to sny thiil
thuiv Is only om nation In the world '
jihlu to finish his work of Arctic ox-
liloratlon nml that Is the Knxllsh. Thu
T'nlti > ( l Slato.s has iloiu > Miiiii'thln In
tint illrui'Uon of Arctic exploration Hsi'lf.
'
If the coming prize Ilghr wore sure lo
eliminate both or even ono of the par )
ticipants from the theatrical Held thuro
might bo a silver lining to the hideous
cloud. Hut the llfjlit is sure to mnko
linth pugilists mom linn In the belief tl
that they were cut out hy natiiro for this
KliiKO nml to tliiinlnte spectihitlvo
imintiKers to vlKloim of bl protlta In
thuin from to\yu to town. c. .
AND TJIK VNlTKltSlTr ,
Among the remarkable productions
of Nebraska's rcmarknblo legislature
the resolution Introduced by a populist
senator arraigning all the institutions
of higher education In the land for
subservience to "unholy corporate In
terests" and committing the legislature
to a platr to turn the stale university
Into a school for the dissemination of
partisan populist doctrines deserves to
stand In the front rnnk. Under or
dinary circumstances such a conglom
erate mass of mlsfltatomunts and ab
surdities would bo rrgardud as a huge
Joke , but In this Instance the proposi
tion la apparently made In good faith
and in all ( he seriousness born of the
frre coinage crnzo.
Like the old greenb.'ickers the silver-
lies are laboring under the delusion that
the universities and colleges , and more
particularly Hie Instructors of political
economy In them , have been subsidised
by that everlasting bugbear , "the
money power , " that the scientific press
Is closed to the discussion of both sides
of disputed questions and that the only
way to eoti'irtorael ' this bauefuriuflitonce
IM the establlshtt'cut of n state univer
sity "unshackled by selfish Interests. "
The trouble with our populist-friends
Is that these- threatening bogles nro
merely the products of their fcrtllu
Imaginations. While our endowed col
leges and universities owe much to HO
called plutocrats , the benefactors seldoi
have anything to do with thu manage
incut of the Institutions' ' and never wIU
the teachings of particular professors-
Of the large number of fltnte-supportc
universities at least half are In state
whose electoral voles were cast for th
Hrynii ticket and controlled by trustee
or regcnta who supported that tlcke
Yet so far as the character of the li
strtictlou afforded students by thci
Is concerned , Investigation will sho\
that there Is no material difference be
tweeii ono and the other.
What the university stands far Is tli
truth. .It should seek out and tcacl
the truth without regard to the varying
fortunes of political parties and so
far as possible without the bias of per
sonal interest. Its aim should be t
ilevulop the Individuality of the studeii
mil to place him In position to arriv
at conclusions of his own resting 01
solid foundations of sound theory am
undeniable , facts. Wu doubt if there 1
a great Institution of higher ed
ucatlou In the country worth >
of the name where thu contentions 01
both sides of the protection and fret
trade controversy , the filngle tax propa
gamhi , the money question and ncarlj
every other disputed point In economics
history , literature and natural science
are not , a part of the courses of instruc
tlon. There Is uot a college library li
the country where free silver document
or protection speeches or free trade
books , or single tax tracts are excluded
nor is there a college publication that
prints nothing but one-sided contribu
lions.
If wo arc to have our state universitj
turned Into an institution "where the
principles of bimetallism are taught t <
the children and youth of the plah
people , " how long would it be conducted
with that object In view ? How sooi :
would the demandcomu that it take uj
the advocacy of the income tax ? Whei
would free silver give way to flat paper
pure and simple ? Should the universitj
undertake to teach any of the sciences
co-ordinate with political economy ? If
so , should it accept or reject the Dar
winian theory of evolution ? Which of
the numerous theories of the nature of
electricity should be endorsed as olll-
cial ? Which texts of the old Kngllsh
writers should be used ? If university
courses are to be framed on the basis
of political platforms why not have the
Instructors elected each year , so that
they stand on the platforms just as
every other candidate for olllcc ?
If It ever comes to Introducing politics
Into the state university as an active
factor In the determination of its tuach-
lags , the Institution may as well be
abolished forthwith.
FltOM TllR LAKR8 TO THE SKA.
The senate committee on commerce
has recommended an appropriation for
a survey of a deep waterway between
thu great lakes and Atlantic tidewater.
It is provided that the survey shall be
made by three army engineers , who are
also to make an estimate of the/ cost
of such a canal , and it Is contemplated
that the work shall be proceeded with
ii
us rapidly as possible. It Is ! to bu pre
sumed that there will be no very serious
objection raised to the appropriation ,
but In any event It should have1 thu un-
ilivlded support of thu senators and rep
resentatives of the middle western and
northwestern slates , the Importance of
whoso interests In this great project
L-annot bo overestimated.
How great Is the concern of those :
icclions of Ifii- country In an adequate
water outlet between thn lakes and
Atlantic seaboard Is shown In thu
report to the president of thu deep
waterways commission. The great
akes border upon nine states , having
iiu'-llili'd of our total population. Thu
L'ommercu of thu United States on these
akes is enormous and Is steadily grow-
ng from your to year. How rapidly
ihls growth has been Is shown by Iho i
'net that the tonnagu passing through
iho St. Mary's Kails canal Increased
from I,0r ! ! ,1)'l7 ) tons In 1885 to over 17-
MM,0K ) ( ) tons In 18 ( J. In l Sl ) the
.ralllij passing through the Detroit river
rt-iui three times greater than
Iho foreign trade of New York and ox-
eeded by 10,000,000 tons the aggregate
'orelgn trade of all the seaports of thu
i'nltud Stales. This vast Inland com- '
nerco already demands an additional '
Millet to the ocean and this ileiniind
must Inevitably become more urgent'
'roin year to year , unless our material
luvelopment is halted , which Is not to
1)0 thought of. Thu transportation fu
tilities between 1he hikes and the sea
ward are now Inadequate for the ux-
KMllllous movement of products and "
his , with the pxcesslve cost of trnnspor-
alionIs a serious handicap to our ex '
tort trade.
As to the practicability of a ship )
-anal from the great lukua to Uie At-
Inntlc , wo bcllovo it is not questioned.
Tlioro nro several feasible routes nnd
there ought to be no very great dllll
culty In determining which Is the most
desirable , reference being lind to the
dllllcultlos to bo overcome nnd the cost.
The project Is one of great magnitude
ixud would involve a very heavy ex
penditure , but tlilH would bo many
times repaid by the mU-antngcs ob
tallied. The need of this waterway
being admitted nnd no one can doubt
It who will give the matter Intelligent
nnd unprejudiced consideration the
preliminary work of survey should be
entered upon with the least possible
delay.
UNLIMITED DtJUATK IK THE S US ATE.
Under the rules of the United States
scimto there Is no limit to debate nnd
the privilege of endless talk thus en
joyed by senators has been freely taken
advantage of a.t the present session. He-
furring to this recently , Senator Aldrluh
remarked that he did not see how It
could go on much longer , lie said tliu
senate Is now .such a large body that
the business of the country cannot be
transacted without some method of clos
ing debate. He did-not know Just how
this could be done , but thought it would
probably have to bo done by the provid
ing olllcer putting through a now rule
l y simply compelling n vote to be taken.
Ho expressed the opinion that n ma
jority of the senate Is In favor of some
method of cloning debate and thought
the time must arrive very soon when
such n course will have to be taken.
It Is to be apprehended that this tie-
slrablo change will not be effected until
senators reall7/e more fully than they
now do their rcaponslbllity to the pee
ple. The matter has been much dis
cussed. In the Fifty-tillril congress Sena
tor Hill of New York made an effort
to have the niles changed so as to limit
debate and at the llrst session of the
present congress Senator White of Cali
fornia renewed the effort , making
vigorous speech in support of the proj
osltlon. He urged that the preson
rules were adapted to the times whei
made , but were not adapted to tlu > pres
out time. Instead of their antiqultj
making them sacred , It made them nb
soluti'ly ridiculous as a code _ for th
transaction of business. He urged thn
there should be ample argument , bu
not argument lasting long after nil hat
ceased to listen. The minority shoult
be protected , but the majority tilin
be permitted to assert their manifes
privilege.
Of coin-so there will be nothing doni
to put n limit upon dcbalo In the scnati
at tht present session , but when men o
the principal political parties agree tha
something ought to be done that n
change is absolutely necessary to flu
transaction of business there Is war
rant for the hope that reform in this
matter is at least possible In the not re
mote future.
THE PRESIDENTIAL TEItM.
No question presented to the conven
tlon which framed the constitution o
the United States was more perplexing
than that relating to the national ex
ccutive. As to almost everything elsi
there was some precedent for guidance
but when the constitution makers canu
to the discussion of a national executive
precedents failed thorn. It was pracll
cally a Held of original Investigation. A
great variety and diversity of views
were developed. The llrst plan sub
mltted to the convention from the conr
mltteo of the whole proposed that tin
i
presidential term should be seven yearn
i
ind that the president should be in
eligible for a second election. After
I
several days of discussion , during whic
the convention voted lo change the '
provisions of this plan both a.s to lengll tI
ti I
of term and iiiellglblllly , it was adopted i
as llrst presented and In that form It
appeared In the original draft of the f
constitution reported to the convention. '
Subsequently the convention rcforivd
I
such parts of the constitution as had
postponed and such parts of re-
I
ns had not been ncted upon to a
committee of one from each state and
that committee reported the provision of
thu constitution regarding the national
executive Kiib.slantlally as finally >
adopled.
Mirny times since It has been proposed
i
to amend the constitution so as to ex
tend thu presidential term nnd to
establish the principle of Inoliglblllty for
second term. This has been advocated
by some of thu most distinguished
statesmen of the country. It Is again . '
being H wed. llesolutlons have been In
troduced In both branches of congress
providing for an amendment to the con- '
dilution making the presidential term >
fix years and that the president shall
not bu eligible for re-election. A few
lnys ago the house committee on
ludlelary heard an argument by Hop- i
' - Treloar of Missouri , the ,
itithoi1 of the joint resolution offered in m
HID bouse , In support of the proposljt
Jon. On January 11 Sunn tor Proctor
f Vermont addressed the senate on
ho resolution introduced by him In ( hat
iody. The arguments of both these
idvocates of u change were along the
amo line. Senator Proctor urged that
longer presidential term and In-
llglbillty for re-election are more In
iccord with the Ideas and purposes of
he. framers of thu constitution than Is
ho present system as It has developed
n practical results. Ho said the pro-
msed chaugo Is not radical or revolu-
lonary , but Is In the line of true con-
iiMTiitlsm It Is a change of the letter to
ireservo the spirit of ( he constitution. i
'Ito-ellglblily ! , " said Senator Proctor ,
'hi wrong In theory and vicious In
tract Ice , for It results In the use of the
wtronago of his ollk-o b.y the presl-
lent for the promotion of his chances of
o-electlon , or else subjects him lo the
mputatloii of such use. " lie pointed
nit that the change would more
lioronghly divorce the legislative and
"cccutlve- branches of the government ,
in end most strongly desired by Ihe
( institutional convention , and that the
uislness Interests of the country would
o saved from such frequent tils-
uruauces uiid the time and expense
Incident to campaigns proportionately
reduced.
Wo belleT < EflhIs | question were sub
mitted to thff popular judgment there
would be fouml an overwhelming senti
ment lit fnVlr of extending the presi
dential term nnd making the president
Ineligible re-election. . The business
Interests of tjltpountry , It Is safe to sny ,
would be practically unanimous for such
a change. Our'quadrennial elections , It
Is admitted on nil hands , arc more or
less dnmaglifg ( o business , because un
certainty na'/io' ' ' lie result Is.necessarily
unsettling njjil depressing. As to the
principle of > lmllglblllty for a second
icrm , it has'been shown during the past
twenty years' llint the majority of the
people favor It. There has been no
second-term president since Grant. It
Is the duty of congress to give the people
an opportunity to pass upon this ques
tion and it Is to bu hoped the Klfty-llfth
congress will do so.
WOMEN irafcB WOltKEItS.
Some Interesting data Is presented In
the new report of the federal labor
bureau on the working women In the
United Stales relating to the reasons as
signed by employers for preferring
women to men for the positions they
occupy. The reasons enumerated In
clude that women arc better adapted
for the work , more reliable , more easily
controlled , more rapid , more. Indus
trious , less apt to strike , learn more
quickly and so on. At the same time
employers who do not believe the num
ber of working women is likely to In
crease materially give ns their reasons
for that opinion that women even when
butter adapted and cheaper are often
unreliable , that they are Inadequate In
physical strength and that the work for
which- they are suitable Is being more
and more done by machinery.
The Idea that woman Is longer barred
from the Industrial field by sex preju
dice or lack of political cnfranchise-
ment-nowhere obtrudes. Where large
numbers of women are employed in fac
tories they are hired solely for their
competency , just as men are hired , while
where there Is special work the choice
of a woman frequently , if not usually ,
depends upon the personal characteris
tics of the applicant. No one hesitates
to employ a woman If he Is convinced
her work will be more valuable than
that of competing applicants and many
extraordinary women occupy positions
which If vacated would doubtless go to
u male successor. The person , male or
female , who can and does make him
self or herself valuable as an employe
is the one who holds the job in this
work-a-day world.
THU CVA'SUbAlt SEIIVWE.
In the course'of ' tha debate In the
house of representatives on the dlplo-
matlc and consular bill reference was
made to the regUhUious which have been
put in force In connection with the ap
pointment of. consuls. This was not
done until more than half the consular
positions had liei'il filled with democrats
and republicans are ( julle naturally in
dignant at what they regard as a plan
to keep thesu'ideuioerats in-the service ,
under the pretense of applying civil
'
service reform. , Keputilicaiis who" par
ticipated in the debate expressed the
opinion that the order promulgated by
thu president was simply an order and
could bu rescinded or modified at any
time , from which It Is to bo Inferred that
the Incoming administration will be
urged to disregard the order.
It is not known what view Major
McKinley takes of the matter or how it
is regarded by Senator Sherman , but It
Is safe to assume that both the presi
dent-elect and the secretary of state to
bo are .not unfavorable to extending
civil service regulations to the consular
service. This is not really done by
°
President Cleveland's order , which does
not provide for an examination of ap
plicants for consulships by the civil
service commission. Therefore the rewinding -
winding of this order could not fairly
be regarded as an act hostile to civil ;
lorvice reform. The fact is that many of
the consuls appointed under the present i :
iidinliilstnition have proved to he In-
wipable and such men will not be al :
lowed to continue in the service , regard
less of the existing order. Undoubtedly
he next .administration will make an
b
earnest effort to elevate the standard Hi
ml Improve the elllclency of the consu . .cl
ar service and this will necessitate nu ;
merous removals.
al
15-it having secured the desired Im-
iroveinent U Is to be expected that the
idmliilstratlon will favor placing the
'ennuis under civil service regulations ,
ilnce only In that way can the consular
tervieo be brought to that standard of
'Illcleiicywhich marks the service of M
lher countries. What Is needed Is a
ixed mode of admission and promotion ,
vlth permanence of tenure and sulllclent y <
T )
loniponsatJon to attract to the service at
first-rale class of men. It Is esteemed tu
n other countries a highly honorable
lurvlco and If It is thought less of hero
Is because It has been made largely n th
c1'
ofugo for politicians. There are some
ixcellent men / eireseiitlng | ( he United
States In consular , positions , but there of [
ofl
ire others , as-the'present secretary of fr
tate has pointed' , out , who reflect no frpc
redlt on the country and give no equlv- [
ilunt for the money they are paid. ha
If Senator Hill'believes what ho be
In his inngU/.luo article on the J | "
utiire of the jji > uiocratlc party and thhn
here l.s no apiiaueiit run son why ho hn
lioiild not believe' ' it It is dltlicult to
omprchcnd why he should persist In of !
ailing himself a democrat and clinging ofho
) thu shipwrecked craft. InVl i
Vl !
The fusion senators from Douglas
ounty plainly do not care to have John Se
ofl'coat as their associate at Lincoln , Inml i
ml
lad they wanted him to be senator foi
hey would have tried to have him
Icctcd last November Instead of trad- th'
ig him off for their own advantage. non
nn
" *
When a man like 1/ord Chief Justice
says there is not now and never ha 1
ras a Jimt cause for a , quarrel between
lie United States ami Great Britain we III
my know that .iero will always bo r
owurful luturcsU ou both aides of thu Oci
Atlantic to maintain anil strengthen
friendly relations and harmony between
the two countries.
There Is only ono way to sol tie this
foot ball Fiunlllc ) In the legislature. Lot
the opposing members be organized Into
foot ball elevens ami have It out with
ono another on the lime marked grid
iron. A foot ball tournament would be
nu Innovation In legislature procedure
In which Nebraska fuslonlsts might be
proud to lead. '
Considerable pains are being taken to
provide the best railway facilities
afforded on American railroads for car
rying the president-elect , from Canton
to Washington. The preparations ,
however , for carrying the ex-president
from Washington to Princeton are not
claiming one-half the attention In rail
way circles.
European consumers nru reported to
1)3 ) specially delighted wllh the American
applet ) that have been sent across the
yator this year. Our European friends
might ; learn thati all the American food
products are of a very superior quality
If thuy would only discard tholr preju
dice nnd give American goods a fall-
trial. |
The Hoot of Hie Kvll.
Minneapolis Times.
Tha election of too many "yellow docs"
U "what's tbo matter" with politics In Hits
country.
a
A llotiuTliriiHt. .
Somcrvlllc Journal.
Soruotlmca h , baby gets to bo almost 'tbrcc '
months old before lier father realizes that
there are other tilings in the world to talk
about ,
_
" \Vlmt Fool * Tin-Hi ; Morlulx lie. "
GlobeDemocrat. .
Ill splto of .m ncqunliitanco of several
hundred years with Hrltlsh characteristics ,
the French ere still Insisting that England
faliall ttvacuato Kgypt without delay. In
the meantime Egypt Is becoming but a dot
In England's African claims.
The Ciilinii ClinriiclcrlNtlc.
Chlcngo Tribune. I
An obsrrvnjit correspondent writes that
a Cuban Is tratacil by long years ot experi
ence "not to believe anything ho sees or
'hoars. ' " Tills practically nccomits for the
Cuban's reluctance to give nny ono else rea
sonable ground for believing anything seen
or heard In Cuba.
. SnrrlllfVN for I.llxTty.
Neir York Hull niul Express.
Five more women , wives of Cibin : patriots ,
have been cast Into jail In Havana. Thus ,
with the disruption of homeq , the massacre
of little boys and girls , ui.d the burning
of hospitals , the standards of Spain are
steadily advancing. SpanlsU chivalry Is
nflcld again , and overwhelms everything but
Its enemies in arms.
IMnmn'-.SI rlrUon VuHurun.
Cleveland 1'lnln Dealer.
Even the birds of prey are dying of the
plagtio 1 In the city of Hombay. Could any
thing 1 more graphically Illustrate the strange
difference ( between the customs ot the Orien
tal 1 and western countries ? Birds fit prey
j in a crowded city ! They arc the vultures
that roost and mest on those 'hideous ' "towers
ot silence" amid the Hindoo dead.
Ilinv Dotvn or Scoot. .
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Kannas City Star.
It Is an unlucky day for the cannlbal-ln-
chicf of Asliantee , or the king of Benin , or
the Ahkoond of Swat , or the emir of Nupc
when a British board of trade or cham
ber of commerce or commercial club ap
pears in his neighborhood. It means trouble -
blo with the peaceable organization , an In
vasion by the army of the mercantile li
brary association or whatever Its name may
be , and the subjugation of the smoke-colored
potentate and the final annexation of bis
dominions to the British empire. Great
Britain has been trying the "company" plan
since 1G23 , and It works well for Great H
Britain.
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A I.ofly i\aiiiilc- | . ?
riillailelplila Ledger.
Bourke Cockran's blunt statement that
he neither expects nor Would accept a
place under the McKinley administration is
a reminder of the noble stand he took In Iho
campaign and definition of U. He did not
forsake his democracy In working for the
republican cause. He fought for principle
and not for party , and , now that the bat
tle has been fought and won , ho will not
;
even seem to abandon his principles by :
taking ofllce under the victorious party.
What an example to the men who dragged :
the "old party away from Its historic basis
only to have It overwhelmed In an alliance
with populism.
Sli-nily Iniiirovcini'ii t In
New York Stall anil Express.
Business Improvement continues in many
industries and In nearly al sections. The
otton factories and woolen mills of New \
England arc Increasing their working forces ;
great steel mill Is tobe constructed in al
JIrmlngnam , Ala , , aa speedily as possible ;
ho WcBtlnghouso Electric couipaify of
'Ktslnirg has received orders for ? 500.000 '
vorth of new work within the last ten days ,
indthe builders of locomotives and rall-
vay cars are receiving the largest contracts
hey have had in several years. There Is no .
loom In buslncas , but there Is undeniably '
iteady , solid and constantly Increasing
ihango for the better. The Improvement Is
eneral In Its scope , and there' is every
oaeon to bcllevo that it will bo substantial
ind long-continued. In
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POLITICAL IMIIKT. Ctr
tr
The state senate of Delaware consists of Isal
ilno members only. al
Thrco women hold the balance of power In j tlPi
ho Colorado house of representatives. Pi
to
Legal proceedings have been Instituted In
Hclilgan to compel Governor 1'lngreo to
iiat .Mayor Pingree of Detroit. IKWl
Only five governors will be elecfcd this WlH \
car , Uhode Island leading off In April. ( HII
ho other elections In November will con- IIha
tltii'o ' a political straw without much dls- $1
urbance of business. $1m i
There are l.COO persons In various grades of m
srvlce on the pay roll of the New York fo
ustom house , with salaries aggregating more th
lan ? 2 , 250,000 In a year. The number of
lerks ' and Inspectors oxcueds 400 of each.
Some ono asked Vice President Stevcnbon '
scontly If ho was not glad to be relieved
the cares ami responsibilities of his high
Illco. lie recalled the tale of an old colored
lend of IIH ! , back in Illinois Bomewhere ,
eriiaps In Egypt , III. This friend had been
inverted and ho was ashed If he was not . . .
appy about It. Ho bald : "Well , not darned
appy ; Just happy. " ( ll ,
On the 4th of March , when. . McKlnloy has
con Inaugurated , ho will find but six mem-
ors of the house of representatives of the
Ifty-llfth congress who were members of u , (
10 house In the Forty-fourth congress when -u
began Us congressional career. They Clt
ro Hpeakei Heed of Jlulne , Cannon and rc (
of Illinois , Danforth of Ohio. Harmer
Pennsylvania and Ketcham of New YorK.
When Senator Harris was last In Nashville Jnl
fell In with a young itdto ; legislator who
the course of conversation asked the aged i
lEltor : "Is Senator Brlce a smart man ? " till
r. Harris looked pityingly at the < iueriat an
id answered : "Youns man. ten years ago llu
L-nator Brlee wa a country school teacher tin
a small Ohio town ; today ho U a multl- lea
llllonalre. I connldcr you u blank , blanked 1
tol. " kll
Attention Is called In Chicago to the fact 1:11i :
tat Illinois has never yet had a native i
jvcrnor and that Texas has had but ono , wn
ho present governor of New York Is a or
itlve of Maine. His predecessor was a be !
itlvo of Vermont , but all thu other gov-
nors of New York for many years have
sen natives of the state , with the exception
Governor DIx , who was a natlva of Nuw frc
umpshlre Governor Cornell and Governor 001
111vcro bora In adjacent counties , not very do
from the birthplace of Itouben E. Fenton.
oratlo Stj'iuour was born iu Ououdaga
tunty.
SIJCULAIl SHOTS AT THU I'ULIMT.
Ploneor I'rcss ! It It Is true that 3nm
Jonci gets $2,000 for his month's preaching
In Boston U must bo admitted that Uinl
business Is looking tip since Elijah's time.
If wo remember rightly the Intter only Rot
hlsi board and clothes ami was dependent for
the former on Hiu ravens.
Iloiton Globe : Ono New York clergyman
H.tld In his sermon Sunday that 'the biblical
story of Jon.ili and the whaln Is literally true ,
and another New York clergyman ald In
his sermon that It Is a romantic parable.
So far as they are concerned , tliwcfore , H
seems to be about a tand-ofr.
St. Louis Ilcpubllc : How Preacher Tal *
mage must have been aching for the lay
privilege of. Indulging In an occasional "cuss
word" when ho denounced the author of a
sensational story concerning himself as a
"heroic , hoinbplu-rli and planetary liar" and
icallzcd , after all , tha Inherent colorlctsnoss
of even such a phrase compared with sin's
comforting vocabulAry under llko provoca
tion , I
Philadelphia IlcrorJ : The Now York
preacher who In his Sunday ccrmon divided
mankind 'Into the masses and the asses
doubtlpfc.i got off a bon mot , at least In liU
own opinion ; but he ncds to bo reminded
that not even the most r.elnlno specimens of
the latter class need fear to measure cars
with sonic of the sensationalists who delight
to make the pulpit reverberate with their
braylngs.
Buffalo Express ! A Chicago preacher ,
Ilov. Or , II. At Torroy , has a vrry poor opin
ion of 'tho ministers ot his city. Ho re
marked at a meeting an Saturday : "If
every church member In this city who is
sullty of 'the ' slu of Ananias were visited
with Ananias' punlshmonit there wouldn't
bo preacher * enough In Chicago to conduct
the funeral sorrlces. " Of course. In this
as well as every other line Chicago must
be a lltllo ahead of the procession ,
Chicago Tribune : The pastor of a church
at Itockford , III. , U under obligations to a
lusty organ for tha successful termination ot
his Sunday service according to the estab
lished ivrogram. Ho had been treating bis
congregation to somn advanced Ideas on re
ligious questions and bad just completed his
discourse when a woman visitor arese and
otartcd to take him to task for his lack of
orthodoxy. She spoke In a loud tone of voice ,
It appears , and was rapidly assuming a
somewhat Imperious tone , to the evident
embarrassment of the preacher , when the
organ came to his relltif and her discom
fiture. The first notes were soft and per
suasive , but she easily rose nbovo them.
Then they swelled out Into greater volume.
She shouted bravely In an effort to drown
out the rival noise , but she was overmatched
and was forced to surrender. The obvious
moral ot the Incident Is that when a woman
wants to take forcible possession of a church
congregation she must first bo assured that
the church has no organ ,
TII13 KIMSCOI'AL SAIXT.
Chicago Tribune : The high church section
'if the Episcopal church has dona many tblng3
In recent years to cause surprise and to offend
Iho great eonsenntlvo element. This plac
ing on the pinnacle of sainthood a king lit-M
by the world as a tyrant would doub'.less
raise a tumult of protestation and objection
from the low churchmen were It not In the
light of these days so thoroughly amusing an
action.
New York Independent : The ceremony of
the blessing of a portrait of Charles I of Bng-
land , the king who was beheaded for per
sistent treason to his country and Us laws ,
was performed last Saturday evening in an
Episcopal church In Philadelphia , and two
bishops were found foolish enough to lake
part In this Imitation a practice which has
grown up among the silliest of English Balnt-
makors. We are glad that no Penn
sylvania bishop could be found to take part
In the ceremony , and that bishops had to
bo Imported from Delaware and Iowa for the
service.
New York Tribune : If those who took
part in this ceremony or who sympathized
with It were obseuro men In the church It
would call for no comment ; but they were
not. The preacher was Bishop Perry of
Iowa , who was attended by his chaplain ,
Father NIclioI , prior of the Order of the
White Hose. Bishop Colcman of Delaware
was also present , wearing a cloth-of-gold
capo and attended by Ills chaplain. Bishop
Seymour of Springfield , III , , who could not
ho present , sent a formal blessing. So also
did Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee , Bishop
McLaren of Chicago , Whitehead of Pitts-
burg , Scarborough of New Jersey , Starkcy
of Newark and Williams of Connecticut ,
sent letters of sympathetic regret. Dr. Dix ,
rector of Trinity church , In this city , and
other clergymen also sent letters of regret.
Dr. Dix saying that ho was in "cordial sym
pathy J with the occasion. " These are rep
resentative men in the Episcopal church ,
and their approval of tills curious ceremony
gives the public the right to regard It as
marking one of the tendencies of thought
In that church. Even "The Churchman , "
ever cautious , gives a sympathetic report
Df the service , calling It "Interesting1 and
lieautlful. " Is the Episcopal church really
oing to approve of King Charles and what
io stood for. thus ceasing to bo American
In Its sympathies ? Or Is this apotheosis of
ho unfortunate king the
merely ill-consld-
jreij act ot a few dreamers ?
A , J'Ol-'LTICK FOH TUB PRI.VCB.
Chicago Chronicle : The ilccreo divorcing
Prince Chlmay probable granted him the
irlvllege of resuming his maiden name.
Philadelphia Times : In thcBo cases of
\merlran girls marrying foreign noblemen ,
heir banding over the nllpulnted cash Is not
ill. There's generally the devil to pay also.
IJrooklyn Eagle : What It Is to marry an
Vmerlean wlfo. If you nro a titled foreigner !
'rlnco Chlmoy , whoso Detroit wife ran off
vlth a gipsy , lias secured a divorce , and for
ils wounded honor his wlfo Is to pay to him
15,000 n year , besides costs of the suit. What
glorious object Is a prince ! What would
i'o think of an American who would llvo on
ho money of a divorced woman In that
ashlon ?
Chicago Journal : The American heiresses
vho marry foreign noblemen have been
aught a severe lesson by the tribunal In
iolglum , which recently gave the Prlnco
'htmay n decree of divorce from his eccen-
rlco American wife. The divorced prince
not only freed , but granted $15,000 a year
illmony. There Is nn element of Justlco In
bis , and n few such decisions may either
irevont such marriages or compel the brides '
lead moral lives.
St Paul Pioneer Press : The true Inward- 01 '
ess of the average International marriage , 01P.
liei-o titlej and great fortunes are Involved , P.
painfully exposed In the case of n recent
Ivorce altraad , In which the degenerate Inni- 01
ainl of a degenerate wlfo was granted 01Al
115,000 nllnouy per year by the courts , it Al
not Imposslblo that an American man
light mary an heiress for the sake of her AlTl
Tl
irtunc , but wo doubt If there Is a man In
10 United Stales who would accept an In-
Jino from lilct divorced wlfo.
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'III- : I'KOI'1,10 Ad'AI.NST THIS THII.STH.
UMllllM Of IllVI'HllKllllOII COII-
ilnrli-il In JViMV York.
Js'i'iv York Ucruld.
All thn representatives ot the Sugar trust , ]
icludlng the president , the vice president
lid the treasurer , examined by the I.exow Y (
ivestlgatlng committee have been unwllllnt ; ,
raslvo witnesses. They have tried to keep W
ack Important facts and figures with wtlch
is fair to assume they are familiar by ]
10 ccmmon refuge of reluctant witnessed ,
Don't remember , " and when confronted with PI
tutlonn from their own testimony In a
cent Investigation nought to parry the ques- IM
OIIB and gave cvanlvo replies. It was only
hen evasion wa Impossible that pertinent SI' '
formation Bought was reluctantly given In
imaging admissions. The very reluctance AI
the part of thftno witnesses to toll all
ley know nnd the difficulty with which I
ly damaging admlEHlons were drawn fi-om
loin give both significance and force to Nl
lelr testimony as a whole. This testimony
aves no doubt In the popular mind that NI
Klrst The Sugar trust wea organized to
off competitors In the trade , and did 81 ;
thorn off.
Second -The consolidation utock wan
atcrcd enormously beyond the actual capital
value of properly the capitalization now
sing $75,000,001) ) , whllu ( bo actual valuation
not supposed to exceed $20,000,000.
Third The profits of the trust have been
lormous , amounting lor the three years
oin isyi-9l to between $20,000,000 and $25-
10,000 , and enabling thy payment ot cllvi-
Jiuls from 10 to IS pur cunt on the grossly
atorod stock , 'boildea the accumulation of
vaat jiurpluu.
Fourth Tflo trunt produces 80 pur cent of
the rcflncil sugar coniumed In the United
States ami thereby virtually controls th *
output nnd priceof the cntlro consumption ,
And actually monopolize * the trade cast of
the Missouri river ,
Finn That the sugar barons not only
have the power to kill nff competition nnd
maintain their monopoly , but also A de
termination to use Hint power. Is shown by
tholr embarking In the cofi'eo busl'iws with
the obvious purpose of driving A fires t oof-
fco concern out of the * ugar business , In -V
which It has ventured In competition with
the trust. If , ns Mr. Ilnvemeycr IntlMed ,
this move wns simply n matter of bitslnciR
and not of retaliation , then the public need
not bo surprised If ( bo "business" Is pushed
until the Sugar trntt my a I lows up the coffee
trade anil thus extends Its glftantle monopoly
to two prlino neccssarict of life.
DO.MUKTIU IDYI.S.
Detroit Tree 1'ross : "Ilm Mr. Do Hrokcn
proposed to you yet , Hr.itrlceV"
"No ; but ho bun ft lau'ycr looking Into
pupa's lln.inclnl affairs. "
Imllnn.ipolls Journal : "George describes
the girl ho Is engaged to ns u perfect
vision. "
"Vcs. And his sl.iler says she Is a sight. "
New York Tribune : "So you nro going to
nmrry thn mnn you lovn ? "
"No ; I'm going lo marry the mnn I'm en
gaged to. "
Ynlo Iterorit : " 1-wonder why Ml..i Kl-
ilerly rommlttert Blilrldo ? "
"Uon't you kmnv Hint there mill not b
another lenp year for eight yearn ? "
Detroit Jolirunl : "How rnir.a J.irk lllg-
gttiH to brenlc bis engagement with Miss
Tblrlyamltb ? "
"Ho snld too could not marry n girl with
such n past ns ihcrs. "
"Oood gracious ! What "
"Ob , there was too much of It. "
Tloston Transcript : Mrs. M.inn ( meotlnff
Ini ; former servant ) All , Mary. I mipposo
you nro getting better wages nt your now
[ ) lnee ? \
Mnry No. in.i'am. I'ntl iworklng tor noth-
ng now. I'm iiinrricd.
Cleveland Lender. Plnr.i Tos. there Isn't
nny doubt In my mind t > wt George 1'owler
s blindly In love with you.
Wlnnln n > Hlslilng-\Vhy ) ?
Cliirn Ho told mo yestordny Ihnt he didn't
think you looked a bit over 30.
Now York llornhl : He I suppose your
mother hns become reconciled 10 mo , now
thnt she rinsi iwlthdruwn her objection to
our marriage ?
She I'm not so sure nbout that. T he.ird
her say she waa dying to be your mothcr-ln-
law.
AGHERD WITH HIM.
linston Courier.
"I wish , " ho said , with flaming eyes nnd
mock heroic tnlen ,
When reading of the gallant knights that
former dayn had seen.
"That I'd boon of Hint sturdy stock that
fort'i to fight did go
In the mailed ranks of chivalry some cen
turies ago. "
She yawned and glanced nt the. mantel
clock that tireless ticked away
The aftcr-nildntgbt minutes that proclaimed
a now-born day.
Then answered him In tone of voice half
nonchalant , half sail ,
"I'm sure I wish you hml. young man , I'm
sure I wish you had. "
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.MY VAI.I3XTIXK.
Written for The Dec.
I sent to my lover a letter ,
A letter lender and true ;
Tied up with a knot of brlghl ribbon ,
A lionnlo bright ribbon of blue ;
It was Cupid who took him my letter ,
The merry , mischievous elf.
Hi always does errands for lovers ,
'TIs the way ho amuses himself.
I said In my letter "Dear Harry ,
I've loved you for many a day.
And If you would ask mo to marry , -4 j
I surely would not say you nay ;
Oh. don't think me bold or presuming' ,
Hut I thought I'd Just drop you u Una ,
And tell you how fondly I love you ,
My darling , my own valentine. "
Now , Cupid , the sly llttlo follow.
Standing quietly by with his bow ,
Told Harry who sent him the letter ,
( I did not Intend ho should know , )
And one of bis bright , shining arrows
With Its delicate , love-tipped dart ,
He shot with an aim so unerring ,
That Harry was hit In the heart. |
I sent to my sweetheart a letter ,
A letter so tender and true.
Tied up with a knot of bright ribbon ,
A bonnlc bright ribbon of blue ;
And we will be married next Wednesday ,
That Is. If the weather Is fine ,
And Harry for aye nnd forever ,
Will bo my own valentine.
MAUY CLINTON.
Wlsncr , Neb.
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'HAT MIGHT PL13ASE ANY MAN
11 BOY. M3T OUH DI3LIVKUY DK-
AHTMENT PLAY THE PART OI ) '
UPID'S MKSS13NGI3U FOH YOU
ND SI3ND YOUKSELF A VALEN
IN H.
THE SEASON FOR SPUING SUITS
ND LIGHT WEIGT OVERCOATS IS
PPROAOIIING , AND WE ARE PRE-
ARING FOR IT.
HUT WE HOPE NEVER TO MIS3
OU AT ANY .SEASON , NO MATTER
'HAT YOUR NEED MAY UK ,
IT IS OUR FIRST THOUGHT TO
LEASE YOU 15Y ALWAYS IJI3INQ
REPARED , AND OUR NEXT TO
HE THAT YOU ARE NEVER DIS.
PPOINTED. | I
HOW AUOUT A HAT ? DO YOU
EED ONE ? WE HAVE ALL TUB -i
I-3\V \ CREATIONS FOR THE SPRING
i
JASON FROM , $1.50 TO ? 1.00. | „
8. W , Cor.
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