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r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , atAROII 12 , 1807. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. nOSEWATEn , Editor. nvsiir MOHNINO. TERMS OF sunscmrrioN. Batty Ute ( Without Bundar ) , One Year K Dally lice nnd Sunday , One Year lili Months < J ThrrA Month * * " fiundny Il > , One Year , Saturday D e. One Year. . V kly I3ee , On 7ear. . OFKICESI Oni.iliS ! The Hce HiilMlng. . , Bouth Omnlmi fllnncr ink. . Cor. K onJ MM > 8W Coimrll Ilium : 10 I'enrl itrect. Dil.-aro OI71PJIT ! Cliambsr of Comm ree. frw York ! nooms U. 14 and IS. Tribune Did * iVo hlngton ; Ml Hih ttrcct. coniicsfONDnxcn. All communications relating lo newi and torlnl r.iatlcr uliould be addrctned : To Ihi Editor I1UBINES3 LKTTKKa. All tiiiplnci * letter nnil rcmlllnn et thouM b ( IJrMieil to Tlie Jlee 1'ubltehlne Conipatiy Omaha. lirafui. checki. cxprets oni pottolllc mercy ordrri lo be made payable to the orrte o ! Ui cotnimny. . . . . . . . . TIII : nn PUTIMKHIMO COMPANT. BTATRMIiNT OK CIRCULATION. Stale of Kebtn'ka , I . Doufilns County , | < Jeore II. Tzucliuck. secretary of Tlie Ilee Pub Ili > hltiR company , belnc duly eworn. say that t.i nctiial number of full nml complete copies or Th fully Mnrnlntf , levelling nnd Htinday Iteo prints during the Inonth of Fcbruaty , 1S37 , wa na fol lowkl 1 13. TM K 15.01 2 10,781 1C 19 , $ : 3 19,101 17 13.SI 4 19.C7S 11 IP. I C 1D.SD3 19 10.fC I ! 13S7 CO 19.89 7 J0.3IO < SI 20.22 8 15.7S7 ' K 10.51 9 19,871 23 19.90 10 20,003 ! l 19.SI 11 1.4.778 21 10,75 12 19.823 ' : r 19,91 13 IP , MO 27 13 , 14 so , 300 : s : o , Total E5rtl l e deductions for unsold nnd relumed cor.lc 8,41 Total net snlos M9.GO Net dnllv average 19,62j ClROlUli : II. T8ZCHUCK. Sworn to before me and nubrcrlhcd In reirnce this J t day of Mulch , 1897. , . N. P. KKIU 'Seal. ) | Notary Public. run HER ox Tit.vixs. AH ml I roil il ncivxliojnro Hllllllclt | trltll fllOIIKll IIOCN ( n ticcoinnimlntc every TTIIIIN to ron < l tl ittMiNimiicr. Insist iiiiii | liav- K- The lice. If > < nt cniinot Kcl n lice tin u ( ruin from din iio n iiKont , pIi-iiMo rt-port ilio fuel , Hinting ( lu > train nml rail roil il , to tinciri of The lire. Tliu IH fur tialc tin nil IrnliiM. INSIST ON lIAVIMi TIIH IU2I3. European diplomats wlio affect to bo waiting for a further ri'ply from Grocct forgot Umt It Is not Greece's next move AVli.it no\v ? Charges of corruptloi oil the part ot the lohhy at Lincoln' ' We thought this was a reform loglsla in re. The westward movement of dead game Bports. unfortunately for the more east crly communities , will only continue few days longer. The man who thinks he Is applying for a federal appointment of which no other olllcescekcr has thought Is hound to be disappointed. J3vtry time Senator Ilanna ventures to call upon President TtfcKlnlcy the place hunters suiter fresh attacks of Insomnia nnd other fearful feelings. Comparatively few New Yorkers , It is nald , will go to Carson next week. A great many "southern" trips , however nro beginning at Gotham just now. Consul General Lee has already db covered that the backing of nn atlminls tratlou which has four years to carry on Its policy Is more vigorous than that of ono In' the hist days of Its existence. Only n few days more and affairs of national and International importance other than the impending prize fight can he once more discussed nt lengtl : without offense to either of the pugilists The Douglas nnd Lancaster Delega tions have both been spared tlie trouble of contributing to the membership of the sifting committees. They cannot therec. fore complain of discrimination between them. If wo nrc not to have a real union < lppot which all roads shall iisu In com- inon , there would scorn to bo no valid v reason why "tho moro the merrier" o should not be adopted as a serviceable motto. Much as any lncrea.se In taxation Is to L 1)0 deprecated , n sppclnl assessment ( HBiiInst property for the removal of nuisances mlRht simplify the task of the pnnltury Inspectors In dotermlnlnK ownershli ) . The hesitation of the powers to open lire upon the Cretan Insurgents Is probably caused by their " .bounding Christianity and not in any way by n fear of thu consequences of employing coerelvo measures. If ex-Treasurer Hartley knows whcro tlio missing state money is and Is able to draw it In gradually , as ho has re peatedly assured the public , is It not strange that he has not turned in any luoro of the funds since Jils shortage , wis made known ? Up to the hour of thirteen o'clock tomorrow - morrow the World-nerald's advice to the A. 1 * . A. to disband Its organization of luul not been taken by Its friends any more serloijsly than It was Intended. 'And If tlio llonmns do not bite better the dose will have to bo repeated. The legislature has expressed Itself on the question of Cretan liberty. It has nlso declared Itself for the Immediate recognition of Cuban independence. If It will only resolute now on , the subject of the Nevada prlzo light It will have established n record to which posterity may point with pride. ! There Is nothing oppressive In the present law dellnlng the requirements of n legal newspaper. On the con- 'tmry , the law Is , If anything , lax In the protection It affords the public for whoso benefit publications of legal no tices are made. The people are en : titled to the widest posslblo publicity In nil matters where public notice of Ju dicial or administrative proceedings are enjoined , nnd the law should be framed with that object iu view , o rnorosKD VIIAXUKS IXSKXATK l.ofore the niljonrnniont of the senate filno dlo on Wodup.sd.iy Senator Hoiir gave notice of two proposed amendments to the rules , which It Is presumed will bo presented at the openlnc of HIP extra session. One of these provides for con fining debate to n reasonable limit , seas as to enable the senate to act on Ipglsla- tlon when It desires a provision most urgent ! J * demanded In the Interest of legislative business , ns has recently bopn most consplcnonsly and conclu sively demonstrated. The matter Is of such Importance- that there ought to lie a very general nnd earnest expression of public opinion on It between now and tlio meeting of congress next week , In order that npnators may have no dnnbt as to what HIP popular sentiment Is. They should already know that this sentiment Is overwhelmingly against the prevailing rule or practice of permitting unrestricted debate , but It Is dositable that ( hey bo Informed Iu the most Im presslvo way possible that such Is the case and that the people are heartily disgusted with this feature of so-called "senatorial courtesy1 The subject Is not new. We do not know bow long ago It was llrst dis cussed , but for several years past It has received a great deal of attention. In the Fifty-third congress resolutions were Introduced providing that senators In addressing the senate should be con fined to the subject under consideration and that debates should bo restricted. In the Fifty-fourth congress several amendments to the rules of the senate were proposed , one of them being that "all debute shall be relevant and con fined to the subject directly before the senate. " The proposed change had able advocates , but. beyond developing the faet that It gained adherents nothing was accomplished. The advocates of a departure from the ancient practices of the senate may not be successful at the coming session of that body , but there Is reason to expect l " * HIP demand for a change will have a much larger sup port than heretofore and there can bo no do'nbt that a proper expression of public sentiment will bp helpful to It. It Is bad enough that the senate puts no restriction upon the discussion of iiupstlons before It , but It goes farther than this and permits unlimited tall upon subjects absolutely and obvlotisl.v foreign I to the measure or question ap pearlng by the record to be pending. I Is not uncommon for senators , for Hit purpose of delay or obstruction , to make long speeches that have not the leaai bearing upon or relevancy to the sub Jcct before the senate. There Is no at tempt made to require senators to adhere hero to the question. In this way , to gether with the other means' of obstruc tlon am ) delay which the free ami easy rules of the senate permit , a fe\\ senators can defeat tlio will of the ma jority and thwart legislation , howevei important and necessary. This Is not t state of affairs that ought to exist nndei our political system , the vital principle of which is that the majority must rule It Is not consonant with the purpose of a legislative body , nor docs It comport with the true dignity" such a body as the United States senate. On the con trnry , It Is degrading to that body am subjects it to popular reproach. In n very able speech advocating the proposed changes In the rules , ilellvcrei In the senate January 10 , 18)0 ! ) , Senatoi White of California said : "Our rule ? should bo reasonable , in harmony will : the period for which wo legislate anil the civilization of which we partake. . Lot us have ample argument , but not argument lasting long after all have ceased to listen. Let ns protect the minority ' , but permit the majority to assert ' their manifest privilege. " It maybe bo that the tlmo Is not far distant when this view will prevail. . It is stated that the Importers have been hurrying over cargoes of foreign goods , principally wool , In anticipation of an Increase of duties , with the Inten- tlon of taking the goods out of bond as rapidly as possible before the now law is passed , in order to get the bencllt of the existing law. Wool importers are reported to be laying In stocks that will last thorn a year , while large stocks of woolen goods arc said to have como In to bo marketed In the future. As siimlng that a now tariff law will not be passed until late in June , It Is obvious that the government would lose a great deal ] of revenue If these Importations were taken out of bond subject to the present tariff. Chairman Dlngley of the ways and means committee proposes to circumvent the Importers , tlic simple ex pedient being to put a provision In the now tariff bill making the duties openv tlvo from the day of the Introduction of the bill. This will bo n decided innovation - novation , but It will hardly lu contended that It Is not entirely fair and Just. The government Is In need of revenue and Its JlrSt duty Is to Mipply this noed. It cannot fairly bn expected to glvo any consideration to foreign , maiiufacturcrn and to Importers thu effect of which would bo to defeat for a considerable tlmo the chief object of passing a now tariff law. Of course there wljl bo vigorous objection to Mr. Dlngloy's plan HI ami It will bo urged that some Ameri can manufacturers will bo Injured , but the necessities of the government arc t' llrst consideration , t'tl A OJIANOU 1-Vll IlKWRM , III hto speech on tlio appropriations of the Fifty-fourth congress Mr. Cannon , chairman of the house committee on ap propriations , made a statement which should challenge general attention. IIo expressed the opinion that the. appro priations are In excess of the legitimate demands of the public service , but this fact , ho said , "Is the result of conditions iiccrulng out of the rules of the housu iml out of the rules , practices and so- called courtesies of thu senate , together with the irresponsible manner In which : the executive submits to congress esti mates to moot expenditures for the con- luct of the government. " IIo further itated that the record shows that In no nstiintx } during many years past have ho appropriations made by congress npasured up to the full amounts rccom- nondod and , asked for by the admlnis- ration. It will bo a cause of general surprise learn that the executive branch of the government rather than the legis lative branch Is responsible for extrava gance In expenditure , the general under standing being that the responsibility was mainly or altogether with con gress. Hut Mr. Cannon docs not place the whole blame upon th > executive , lie says the senate Is ( o some extent at fault , noting especially Its practice of Incorporating provisions In appropriation bills to pay claims of every kind and character outstanding rtgalnst the gov ernment , many of which have no status other than perfunctory reirorts from committees , mere findings of the court of claims based on ex parte testimony , or recommendations and requests from bureau ofllcers and other oniclals of the government. The statement of Mr. Cannon Is timely. Manifestly there Is" opportunity for reform In the matter of submitting estimates of expenditures to congress and the chairman of the house appro priation committee Is undoubtedly safe in expressing the belief that President McKlnley "will exact of his cabinet counsellors some degree of wholesome effort in the direction of intelligent recommendation of public expenditures , to the end that congress may not have to strive unaided nnd alone toward bringing our public expenditures within the sum of our public revenues. " The present administration Is pledged to economy and It will be found faithful to the pledge. XO aUAHAXTl' HUN1) TKVST. It Is strange that the series of bills drawn for the purpose of authorizing the substitution of guaranty company bonds for personal bonds wherever the law requires thu tiling of bonds as security for the performance of olllclal duty or the execution of legal obligations should encounter legislative opposition on the ground that it Is an innovation , be cause every member of the legislature must know that there Is at present a law on the statute books , placed there by the last legislature , for this very purpose , and that the new bills are de signed simply to remove the doubts that have been raised as to the constitu tionality of that law. Guaranty company bonds are being used in Ne braska both in public and private busi ness. Different guaranty companies may have different ratings ns to relia bility , just as have different fire Insur ance companies and different life in surance companies , but that should urge upon the legislature the necessity of providing proper restrictions on the operation of wild-cat concvnis and am ple protection for the patrons of the companies and the public generally. There is further danger which , while It has not yet manifested itself in the use of guaranty bonds by public officials , ought to receive the attention of our lawmakers. Outside of the Inevitable tendency of bondsmen to appeal to legal technicalities to escape liability , the chief abuse of the- system of personal bonds lies In the pressure brought by the bondsmen upon custodians of "public funds , often amounting to coercion , to have public money farmed out to fiVVor.ed bankers or needy politicians. Should the representatives of.this ; gnar nnty companies , which for the most pa'r'f are foreign corporations , undertake to use .their power as sureties to dictate the disposition of the public funds the abuse would be more dangerous than any now existing. 'The espionage main tained by these companies over men bonded by them tends to give them a hold upon -officials stronger than any possessed by personal sureties. Such a power Is liable to perversion unless re stricted and checked by wholesome leg islation. The legislature must be care ful not to build up in Nebraska a gi gantic guaranty bond trust that will control ' all our public money , state , local and municipal , use state , county and city treasurers as mere pawns , and exert ( more power , both politically and commercially ' , than any possible com bination ' of nil the banking houses In the ' state. There Is no question as to the consti tutional prohibition of any member of the legislature receiving more than $ ? per day for sixty days for his services in connection with that body. Neither Is there any question that this prohibi tion lias been regularly and flagrantly disregarded in the past. The Hco has repeatedly protested against ( lie pay ment of extra per diem claims to mem- burs of legislative visiting committees in violation of the constitution , ami In tills it has not discriminated between I ' republican and populist legislatures. < 11 ! the constitution Is to be observed It should bo observed In all of Its require ments , and the new leaf cannot be turned sooner. When the fifty-year gas franchise was being railroaded through the council the Commercial club declined to express an opinion as to the Job , on the ground that It was not a proper -subject for such an organization to tnko up. Hut thu water works settlement seems to have brought about a reversal of the { ? non-intervention rule. While tills Is not- - ' exactly consistent , It would be propjr enough if the club , as such , gave the subject deliberate and mature considera tion. It looks very much like simp judgment for half a do/.en members of the ' executive committee to speak for the whole Commercial club. Such action naturally arouses the suspicion of some ulterior object. In lining vacancies on the Hoard of Education the board ought to' choose men who will strengthen that body and mprovo Its business capacity rather than the reverse. In recent years there ins been scarcely a man chosen to till a vacancy in. ( lie school board who after ward received the endorsement of the an people by re-election at the polls. There ire plenty of substantial citizens identl- led with the progress of Omaha and In- eiTst l In the welfare of Its public school system who ought to be willing to serve on thu Hoard of Education and who would make creditable members. After all this talk on the part of Jrynu and his followers about good gov ernment being the end to which political mrtlcs are but the means , It Is found at hat the Hryanltes of Chicago and other cities are Insisting on Injecting the the free coinage of silver lute thu municipal all campaign. What 10 to 1 free silver ban to < h > vf f > jj good municipal govern ment Is bTyl the perception of the average man. The Hryanltes , however , are after patronage and sjwlls and the so-called great principle of 10 to 1 Is only the pretense to cover up their de signs. * * Jfr In dealln jJth the water works ques- tlon the city must not allow Itself to be used art n. agfegtlon fcgone.v for anybody who has failed to establish his claim In the courts , either can the city af ford to place jtscy In the position of repudiating obligations Just to pull somebofly'rf chestnuts out of the fire. There are fewer people moving mvny from Omaha- and more people moving Into Omaha just now than nt any time In the last three years. The mere promise of the exposition Is accomplish ing this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Itnllnw KrKrcfn < > f tlic Onlii. Philadelphia Times. Rcgreto from democratic sources that the Inauguration lacked Jcffcrsonlan simplicity don't go. As the country was both young nml poor then , JcfTcrson simply cut his knee breeches according to his cloth. They \ ! < < ! it Curl ) lilt. aicbs-Dcinrcrnt. Some of UiojtrnslD claim that they have benefited tin ; people by cutting down prices. This docs not alter tno fact that they run up prices when they got a chance , and are a standing threat to small industries. IN lief Chlc.igo Tlincs-HcTnlJ. A cowboy ' evangelist Is making many converts - verts I'n Omaha and Is stirring up the sin- tiers In a very lively fashion. U Is safe to bet , however , that tliostA who need his serv ices most will manage somehow to escape his rope and branding Iron. Hi'vlvnl of uii ClnHMCH. Loulfvllle Courier-Journal. The Cretan troubles ought lo bring about a revival In the classics.Vhcn ono can not pick up a newspaper without eucountor- Ing n host of bomerlc names , there should bo a coimtltatlbn of text-books as well as an overhaullngjof * ; atlases that may servo to tUrn the youthful mind back from ath letics to the old-fashioned studies that , after all , arc the real essentials of education. IVIHInin In HIM True Rule. St. I'nut Pioneer Press. As a defender of Turkey and a would-be coerclonlst of Greece , William of Germany Appears In a role entirely appropriate to hla ahsolutlonUt antecedents. The right of ty rants to Impose a government on an un willing people Is at stake In Crete. Other wise Germany has no appreciable Interest there ; but that Is sufficient to line up the power of Germany with that of Russia for maintaining the ascendancy of the Turk. And .Still They Come. New York Sun. It Is a difficult but none the loss a grate ful task to salute with reverence each new son ot fame ns he looms above the horizon , tils eubllmo head garlanded with stars. The most recent and far from the least lus trous of these bright appearances Is Hon. Squlnch 'CurdJ/dfiJltentucky. His radiance streams afar. Where la Hez Lung now. the the once admired , beloved , and famoua 'Hez Lung ? Within what grottoes of the "dusk docs the brlghf head of I'ottsey Grubbs Ho hidden ? The' 11 < fnr Squlnch Curd flames over Kentuchjy ( ilfibj.n supreme , star. The koiu Sj4HL-rliisr of ( Amerlonim. New York Herald. The chief dtfllquljty AV'th ' Amerlqans.ls that they , arc almostfatally good riqfurey. Tholr gcod nature goes beyond the point at which it c ( vises to be "a , virtue. It wo Jia'd a streak . _ _ , _ . , , . . . . . . " " ' ' ' ' oiijaa nt/present."wea'd'd o'u'r- ; elvpa to'tho majs ofj people In the cable car as anbw'safdthp jammed Into jlhe tin , and , although a few expletives rattle.round In the air , -\ve ahvijB "rfnd. with a laugh. Wo hang on to the greasy strap , are knocked off our 'oet whllo going'round , the curves or thrown nto the lap of .some fellow passenger , and are apt to regard the \yhplo thing as a " "oke. Jin CoiiijiroiulMC , No Surrender. St. Paul Globe ( ilcrrt. ) ' It Is not the voice of adulation which ranks Grovcr Cleveland with the first of great Americans. Ills are no more the honors of office or the favors that men love. Neither praise nor censure can touch him , save as they penetrate the Joints In the armor ot us all. iBut ho has been the foremost actor In a critical time In the life ot this re public , and he shall have his due. Mistakes 01a lie has made , beyond a doubt , the mistakes a Inevitable 'to a 'man of Inflexible purpose , c of too little finesse , and of too great patience Ism with human weaknesses m and littlenesses to endure the small , concessions which they de ai mand. The hand of Iron was too much In Ictl tl evidence ; the glovd of rasping rawhide is rather than of velvet. Too little of diplomacy isol there too small allowance for the was ; pas- tl elons that sway men and the mixed motives tln that sway the destinies of states. Hut when a this Is said , the worst Is said. And for Ir these very faults the men who bellevo In Irci Grover Cleveland hold up to him applaud ciol ing hands , and lift their hats to the man olIn whp could defy an enemy , but knew not olG how to adjust cither compromise or sur In render. _ InG AMMoi'lnlril i\IUi Xntloinil MlNfortuiic. re Philadelphia Press ( rep. ) reT Far twelve years Mr. Cleveland has been EK the most consplcupus figure on the democratic K horizon and ono of the chief factors In the 01 history of that period. Through throe suc- hidf ccx'slvo elections ho was hla party's candi dfT date l for president. Hla Is the only care In T our annals of a president beaten for reelection 111 tion but recalled to the executive chair after do an Interval of private life , The whole cir I'J ! cumstances surrounding bis sudden eleva cr tion and his fluctuating career have been al tit together exceptional. They have stamped Pi him as a vigorous and unlquo personality and Pim have led his devotees to an extravagant m Idolatry of his powers. These friendly esti tobe mates have boen'as greatly exaggerated as be the crltlclsma have been overdrawn and un tli just. Ill * turgid and ponderous platltudM ar have been regarded In fcomu quarters aa th models of philosophy ; his obstinacy has th been treated as hprolc ; hi * doubtful essence thTi has been held up au the fountain of the Tim highest political morality. A dispassionate m review ( will recopn o his strong attributes , In 'but It will notpapo , ) him Intellectually on InTi the plane with oungreat presidents , and It will associate with < hU last administration a In porlol of national tnlsfortuntt more directly th : attributable to _ ndmlnUtratlvo policy and thhe management thjuj-lniy other In our history , . . 'tinI' ' " * ( in-ill SiM't'il fill ( III * AVlller. Ti I'lilladeqihfylNorth American. ' 78 U takeo the y'n'lle/1 / Statss boat builders to fih construct shirty tfl t will go through the gr water at a apc < vequal ) | to that of a railroad bj train. This feat , JUthcrto unheard of , 1ms to Juat been ncconjjj ' 'liel ( by the now govern 111 ment torpedo boat No. C. which , In her run M from Newport luffffew York , under natural th pressure , with heavy seas forcing a slow ev down and head winds all the way down the heW coast , covered the distance of ICO miles In W ! six and one-liilflllOiira , or at the rate of th twenty-live mlle/fyiiour. | [ | ) Doeo the average bywl citizen realize w 'Utlil3 , means ? If ho doca wl not , let him consider that twenty-.Ivo miles kc hour Is the averagi speed mada by local nc trains on the railroads running out of this kl ( city. Then let htm plqturc to himself the I't possibility of cutting- through the water at tote the same rate of epecJ , and he will under to stand the full Importance of thin torpedo Etl boat's achievement. Hut this ID not all. Un or. . der proper conditions No. C could undoubt ad edly , ro her commander claims , attain a sus ofby tained npeed of thirty-two miles an hour. by What this means can be appreciated from ofmi the statement that the average speed of ex > mi press trains between Philadelphia and Now Inl York Is only between thirty and thirty-five miles an hour , Here , then , we have a steam , boat plowing- through ths water with safety 1 a t'peed almost equal to that ordinarily no attained on ( he rail. The achievement Is afit truly marvelous arid ono of the wonders of fat age. And It Is In the United States that In tlila baa been accomplished. la I SOT ALTflCETIIER PLEASING Orcspo Tcels Slighted in the Olnoy-Vanncc- fete Negotiations , TOUCHES THE PRIDE OF VENEZUELANS President of ( lie .Soiillieni Itciinlillo Seniln Arbitration Treaty In Con * KroHK A < lvlo Us nnce li > - llln Country WASHING TON , March 11. The text of tlio message to the Venezuelan concrcfs ot President Crespo , which has Just reached this country , shows that thu subject ot thu boundary controversy was treated at great length , aa bcflttotl Its importance. Kor ono thing , It was made clear that Vcnczucia linew officially nothing of the arrangements made between Secretary Olncy and Sir Julian Paunccfoto for the eubnrlsslon ot the boundary question to arbitration until tlio \vtio)3 ) matter had been closed up. It ts evi dent that the Venezuelan president did not Ilka this method ot arranging the affairs of his country without consultation with' him , for his message shows that ho was not al together disposed to accept the arrangement. However , In deference to the kindly Interest shown by the United States In this matter , ho endorsed the treaty and pressed It upon the attention of the Venezuelan congress to the exclusion of all other business. Hero Is what Crespo ) ms to say upon the subject In his message , after a brief ex planation I of the clrcuniDtanccs leading up to ths ! Olney-Pauncefoto agreemsnt : "At this Juncture of .affairs the government was In formed that on the 12th ot November there , hod . been signed In Washington by his ex cellency , Mr. Olney , secretary ot state of the United Stntcfl , and Mr. Julian Pauncofotc , ambassador of her Jlrltnnnlc majesty In Washington , a protocol with the essential baoes j for a trsaty between Venezuela and Great ; Britain , which by means of arbitra tion would put an end to the old dispute be tween j the two nations. The bases wcro then submitted by the'"Washington government for the consideration of this government by mcana of a letter from his excellency , Mr. Cleveland , In which ho manifested the noble dculre to see accepted a compact which , In his opinion , was just and advantageous. "Tho responsibilities of those who are en trusted with the administration of public affalro by the suffrage of the people Increase and become graver when the preservation of Interests closely linked with the national life Is the subject to be dealt with. There Is In the breast of the chief magistrate who has the good of the republic at heart a struggle between the Ideas of the moment and those born of a concern for the future. To study well the former and the latter U to weigh the advantages and risks of the one and the other without silencing the dictates of con science and reason. Such arc the duties , truly arduous , of the ruler during whose term of office has chanced to fall the settle ment of an affair which , llko that of the Guanaboa under question , has been growing graver a struggle without a truce and of lamentable Incidents to the party weak In material defenses. "Tho reccurso to arbitration offered Itself , and. although by no means In the manner w Ished for by Venezuela , was more consonant than any other with the desires manifested. The government deemed It proper to Insert In the treaty a provision that Venezuela should have a voice In the nam ing of the arbitral tribunal. As soon as this change was proposed Its ae- Teptance was procured. The action of the United Stairs had produced a result , the after effects of which were , from a moral point of view , Indispensably subject to the effective and powerful prestlgo of said na- Mon. The plan of settlement was presented for the consideration of Venezuela with no proposition for co-operatlvo participation , contrary to the sovereignty and Independence of the republic ; further , as the United States had conducted the Jieso.latlons ( accord ing.to Ihelr judgment alone , the definite acceptance of the basis will always Involve a sort of friendly responsibility which will bo In every cose a guarantee of future harmony be tween the two nations represented by the arbitral tribunal. It Is eminently just to recognize the fact that the great republic has strenuously endeavored to conduct this matter In the most favorable way and the result obtained represents an effort of In telligence and good will worthy of pralso and thanks from us who are so Intimately acquainted with the conditions of this most complicated question. " \V1IBX GUKUIC 9II3I2TS TUIIK. b Some of tlic KlL-inelltN tct lie Consid ered in ISvcnt of War. New York Sun. The Turkish army looks moro formidable on paper than it Is In reality ; sixty battalions and : so many batteries and squadrons of cavalry ; sound very well In description , but It a doubtful If any ono of the battalions musters over COO men , and few can show oven as many as that. The material of the artil lery may bo good as well as the gunners , but the region In which hostilities would begin not favorable to the movement of artillery other than mountain batteries , or of cavalry , the latter being the Turk's weak point. The report that a considerable Greek force Is to assemble ! at Trlkltula In northwest Thessaly , indicates an Intention to block the TurklsU communications between Macedonia and Kpinis by the Mctzovo Pass , which could bo of effected by the mountain levies supported by Greek regulars. Cut off from the main army Macedonia the Turkish forces In the west would bo In a perilous position , for the Givcks of Kplnts , who certainly will have received arms along the coast , would rise , The : Teaks , the Albanian Mussulmans of Eplrus , long ago offered their allegiance to King George on condition of his acknowledging - edging their local autonomy and allowing m : himself to bo crowned king of Eplrus. No beet loubt that understanding holds good still. ot The ] Tosks are Greek-speaking people and be under their chief , the famous All of Tcpa- el lolcn , the pasha of Jannlna , prepared the way , Pi > y their re-volt against the sultan at the jnd of the last century , for the Greek revolu i tion that followed at the beginning of the to present. ai The Turkish administration has been no ore favorable to the Mussulman Toalca than tli the Christian Greeks , and the sympathy tli liDtwoon the Turk and Tosk Is wsakencd by be the fact that largo numbers of the latter ov > ire Qcktashll , or followers of Hadji Boktash , sa the founder of a kind of Mohammedan Free- saTl [ Jilnkers , They are a quick , Intelligent people , otwl though uneducated , and do not , as do the wl Furks , allow their religion to override their tn iiatcrlal Interests ; In principle they are moro of harmony with the Greek than with the Stl Furk. Is Whatever happens , the Tury will bo tn ng a toeing battle. A complete victory over na ho Greeks would not assure the sultan's lold over any of his territory In Kuropo .vest of Adrlanoplo , Mukhtar Pasha , tlio commander of the rurkUh army In Armenia In the war of 1877- , now Turkish commissioner In Egypt , ihrowdly counselled the sultan after the con- iress of Hcrlln. to prepare to quit Europe Lt calling on all the Moslems left In Europe de migrate to Asia. In response to the com- nand : thousands of pecsants and well-to-do klussulman famllleo left everything behind no hem and moved over to Asia , only to find ho ivory promise made them on the sultan's ho lehalf Illusory. Thousands died of disease , of vant and starvation , and many eurvlvora of Ifbo IIODO who had left Thessaly on Its occupation bo the Greeks returned to their homes , fig vlilch the Grjck government had wisely Im ccpt open to them. These Mussulmans are low among the most loyal subjects of the foi Ing and wUh to remain uch. Mukhtar tei osha'a advlco was , however , applied only pe the territories mode Independent or ceded fa' Greece and to the Ralkan and Dannblnn ar tatisj. Mukhtar Mmsolf was wilt Into lion * ce irable exile to Cairo for his unpalatable lai idvlce. The territory still under ths banner tic lalam will bo held by force- until taken I forco. But much depends on the couroo ho Bulgaria and Bervla and of those who Ja nuat necessarily be exercising a controlling HO- nfluencs over them. Otl ( a Colonel Pej'louol Deiul. on IIAPDONKIEU ) , N. J. , March 11. The an- tbi louncemcnt telegraphed froai Philadelphia bo night that Colonel Jecso Veyton , "tho tic athor of centennials , " was dead , at his home ne this place , was premature. Colonel Peyton lylag.at dcath'i door , but he U still alive , ori IIUSIM3SS. Indlnnnpllls Journal : "Tho alow and grad * uM Improverttnt observed for gomo time has contl'iurd dining1 the last week and without material 'change , " says Dun's & Co.'g Weekly Ho\le-v of Trade. That la what the country needs. A slow and gradual Improvement , continuing and extending , IK the best founda tion ( or permaccnt prosperity , Globt-Democrat : The fact that everybody Is expecting good tlmos to como early is oiit > re.ison why they arc going to como. This feeling denotes a restoration of confidence , which Is an essential preliminary to a busi ness re\lval. The people democrats and populists equally with the republicans nro showing a hopefulness over the Industrial situation which they have not exhibited forever over four yours past. It Is clear that an era of business activity nnd prosperity U near at hand. Chicago Times-Herald : Evidences of tha return of prosperity are everywhere apparent. The gold reserve Is now greater than It has been slnco November 18 , 1890 , having for the first tlmo since that date passed the $100,000,000 mark , . The amount of money In circulation U gieater than It has nvcr boon In Ihe history o the United States , nnd more national bunk note * are In circulation than have been at any tlmo since 18SS. All of thcso lire signs that forttll : with absolute certainty the return ot prosperity Buffalo Express : The Industrial oltuatlon continues to grow gradually better. Cotton mills probably arc doing the least well of any of the main llnrs ot production. The demand docs not Improve noticeably , whllo print cloths ar n little lower. The Immenio stocks which had accumulated are dill too great to allow much buoyancy to the market. The revival of wnolsn manufacturing Is In contrast with the alow Improvcnipnt In cot tons. Boots and shoes arc being rent out In largo quantity. Some additional orders for steel rails have been placed and the mills are busily at work. Tim COMIXfi TAIIIKP. Chicago Teat : The next tariff will not ho framed In the Interest ot monopolies and trusts. It will aim to protect the Industries that are not trust-ridden and the standard of living and wages that no trust could maintain In an overcrowded labor market , IHit It will also Insure abundant revenue to the treasury , and to this point the attention of those who see In the frco list an effective cure for the trust ovll cannot bo directed too often nor too forcibly. Kansas City Star : 'The extra session of congrcsi promises to glvo the country on example of the possibilities of expediting legislation which will be unparalleled In the history ot the United States government. The new tariff bill will be read for Introduc tion In the houep ns soon as It la organized , and Speaker Heed has that body so well In hand that the bill almost certainly will be put through without a moment of un necessary delay. The forces in the senate In favor of speedy action are so strong that It Is probable that , for ouco , dilatory motions and long speeches made deliberately to ex tend the session will be avoided and the bill brought to a vote promptly. Hodton Advertiser : The Dlnglpy bill Is not yet reported to the house of representatives , and the sugar duties may be slightly dif ferent from those announced. It may betaken taken for granted , however , that the an nouncement Is approximately correct , with such a Mgh duty on raw sugar and such n small additional duty on refined sugar , the proposed schedule will prejudicial to the Interests of the Sugar trust. That Is self- apparent. At the same time , If the beet sugar Industry developed . In this country aa a consequence , the change will probably prove popular. In any event , some needed revenue will be secured , and that Is ono of the most essential points at present. Philadelphia Times : It Is well known that ' any tariff'bill passed by the now congress will Impose a tax upon wool and the specu lators are already In the field ordering Im- manee quantities of wool Imported to have It hero and hold it uutll the Increased duties go Into effect. They want to buy wool whlln It Is free , store It , and when the new tariff goes Into operation with high * tariff taxes they will then compel the consumers to pay the increased price. All such provisions In the " tariff bill must be dictated by speculative Interests and wo are .glad t'o bear that Mr. llngloy , who Is responsibly charged with the now bill , means to cut oft this 'systematic robbery under color of law. It Is now an nounced that Chairman Dlnglvvjylll halt this unwarranted oppression of coflftn by re quiring that all Imported gooifcln bond at E the tlmo the tariff bill shall bo passed must pay the tariff dutle-s Imposed by the new V measure. This Is entirely Just. It Is just ID the government. It Is just to consumers nnd It Is no more than even-handed justice to dealers. l'KHSO\AI , AND OTIIISIIAVIMB. The Now York subtreasury Is short ot $1,000 bills. A llko state of affairs exists In many Individual treasuries. There is a suspicion current In knowing circles that Chauncey M. Depew has con cluded to stick to his present job. A speck of war looms up In Northern Africa. The sultan of Morocco has engaged man to play the bagpipes at court. The father of Senator Gorman , Peter Gor man of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal com pany , used to play cards with Daniel Web ster , and the latter , when secretary of state , had Arthur , a boy of 13 , appointed a page In the senate. "Trifles oft lead to OUCCCPS" Is a saying verified In the case of a member of the Sago family. Being pinched for a little of the wherewith a few weeks ago ho applied to tils uncle , Rufsell Sage , the multl-mllllonalro New York , for a loan of $50. Ho got It , but was obliged to glvo a mortgage on his homestead as security. Now the borrower has an offer of $50 a week for ten wceka T From a museum manager. The New York legislature Is not troubled with a surplus of modesty In demanding railroad paracs. A claimo In the new state institution forbidding the ut < o of parses by ncmbors obliged them to have the paste- A joards , good for two , made out In the name II their clerks. Consequently , when a mem IITl ber took the rest euro In the metropolis or Tl jlsewhero hs was tagged by his clerk. The TlL lnn reflected somewhat on their liberty ind dignity , and they resented it by passing S bill requiring all railroads In the state transport free members of tha legislature YlFl ind ; all state ofllcers. Fl The Philadelphia Public Ledger raises a FlU .Imcly protest against the nefarious opera- Ions of the tree prUnor , whoso annual ar- U lorcal butchery la now In ( nil headway all ver the country. Armed with chisel and law , It Is his delight to mutilate the trees , 'lie graceful elm , the tender maple and ithcr shade trees are chopped and lopped 151O vlthout mercy until the natural habit of the O reo Is utterly changed and Its waving cronn verdure made to rcsomblo a cabbage head A tuck on the top of a pole. Thu pruning habit ' utterly vicious. It Is very seldom that a reo needs It They should ba left to grow as w mturo Intended thorn to grow. wHI HIn TIIK K.VHiUTS OF I.AIIOH. n 01 at ( InUri'ny of 11 firi-at 1,11 Iior 01Al Oruriml/iitlon. Al Chlcaeo Chrc/nlcln. AlW IxUo official reports of the Knights of -abor show a reduced condition of the or- AV ler. The membership Is comparatively A3 mall and Its resources are low. Official statements ahow that -Iho order low .has about 41,000 members , Instead of half-million in cm I ) or a which It had In dajs when It waathe great embodiment the labor movements of the country , IK the. financial statement of the order Is to Interpreted according to the face of the Tl Igures , as In other business or financial TlTl nLtltutlons , the order Is also bankrupt. It appears that the receipts of the order I'O the term of fifteen months ending Sep- o : ember 1 , 1S9C , wcro $33,700 , while the ex- enaes were { 39,000 , In addition to this un- cc avorable showing It appears that the eal- rlea of the officers are unpaid , The re- IN elpta are Insufllclent to defray the rcgu- FI expense * of maintaining tha organlza- lon. lon.Tho The unpaid salary Hat la said to Include / ( sums of | 2,200 due Master Workman vM ames It. Sovereign , { 1,700 duo /tha general M < ocretary , some back salary amounts duo her ofllclals , and other liabilities. This la condition of bankruptcy In. which the fllcero and agents of the organization are woret sufferers , It ls evident that , unllko officers of many other bankrupt Instttu- IOIIB , they have not feathered their own ieite whllo robbing the public. Thlf la a vastly different condition of the rflw ot the Knights of Labor from that In which It w s when MftHIn Iron * , a St. Louis officer of the orgAnlzntlon , precipi tated the great strike on the nouthwcatcrn railroads and held them up for weeks , to the serious Interruption of both pnaienRcr nnd freight traffic. Things have changed ttlth the KnlRhta of Labor as well as In other respects. Organization * of labor conducted on con- ftcrvatlvo plans produce the best results for both employers nml employe * . Under the leadership of Tcrrcnco V. I'owderly the r Knights ot Labor were nn Influence for good In the Inbor movements of the tlmo. Under the management of hlo weak and Incom petent successor , Mr. Sovereign , the order has dwindled Into Insignificance as regards numbers and Into bankruptcy as regards Its finances. Nothing else IR as much needed In. the administration of the affairs of a great labor order as a level head , sound Judgment anil unselfish purpose. MKVl'Al. HKIIS < ltKS. Chicago Jlccord. "Our cashier's defalca tion was ft great BUrprlso to us , " " \Vliy > ? " "H0 wrote such a beautiful vertical hnnd. " Detroit Journnl : "Of course It's nlco to bo u prlnco'a wife , but a. Icft-linndcd mnr- rlapo ! Only think of limit" "Some folks nro morally ambldcxtrou * , you know. " Chicago Post : "Yes. " ho said thought fully , "it Is true Unit I niu wedded lo my nrl. but " Ho paused ntul shook his head rcfirot- fully. " I must ndmlt that I have been greatly disappointed In the matter of her dowry. " Cleveland Vlaln Dealer ! "Yes , I'm n. child of nature. She breathes thiough me , aim controls my very being. When 1 spenlc It Is with her voice. You couldn't lot mo have J2 until tomorrow , i-ould you7" ' Hcnvcna , tills must bo the touch of nature of which the poet sings I" Indianapolis Journal : "This.1 remarked Flcnbltten Hill , as the committee stood him on the barrel nml adjusted the noose , "this IB n case where , no matter how much t may Imvo differed with you gents before , I now Hud myself In a cunt. " Then they took him down and burned him. 1 Philadelphia llccord : Tongliow ( relating his adventures ) I wns bound to a Htnku nnd the cannllmly pierced mo with spears until the blood Hew , which they drank greedily. J WlgAvaK That's the first tlmo I ever know of your l > elng < stuck for the drinks. Chicago Tribune : "Nngsus , " asked lioriiH , "have you rend my latest effort 'Fables In Verso ? ' " "I have. " replied Naggus , "and let mo toll you , " he added , ithipplug him encour agingly on the back , "there's lots moro truth than poetry In 111' ' New York World : Inquiring 'Tourist ( In Oklahoma ) I suppose that lth the coming1 of eastern people the manners and customs of this region are gradually growluj ; moro llko those of older nnd moro couservatlvo communities ? Alkali Ike Yes : f Instance , It hns nlrnndy got so that It hain't no longer considered good form to propose to a widow at her husband's funeral no matter liow pretty uho Is. . AS USUAU . Chlcngo Tribune. Meanwhile the waiting1 , eagw lln , Of patriots wo scan , Anil note that for each office There ! ; > some Ohio man. Hut 1C with keener vision wo Uook clown the line again Wo'll see for every olllco There are ten Ohio men. IMTV AXD I'HACTICIS. Stnry P. llutts in New York Sun. "God pity us ! " In pleading tones we ny , Remembering our sins day nftor day. "HojMisy 'tis to fall ! So rough tho.path ! 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