TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MAttOII 17 , 1807.
Tim OMAHA DAILY
K. nOSRWATKR. EJItor.
runusiiED nvnnr MORNING.
TKHMS OP aunscnimoN.
Hf ( Without Sunday ) , Cna Tear . f > 0
ltr Hf * and Sunday , On Ye r . 8 0
HIX Jtonthi . . , , , . . , . , . , . , . , . . 4 0
Thrro Months . , . . 2 0
Rumlny Iiff. On * Trnr . . .1C
RMurdny IJce , On Year. . . . . . . 1 &
W k1y Vet. On < Yenr . , . . . >
i Omaha ! The Hc DcilMlng.
Bnuth OinnliRi Hlnxer Bile. . Cor. N nnd 24th EU.
1 Council Blunt : ID I > * nrl street
fhlitiKo onitej ill ChnmUec of Commerce.
Now York : Ilnonin II , II and IS. Tribune Dldg.
WftMilncient tOl Mill street.
COmiKSl'ONDHNCB.
All communications rclntlng to new and edi
torial mutter rhould be Hdiliercedi To the Editor.
nusiNnss LUTTKUS.
AH buMnean letters And emlttftnces should b
nddrctred to The Itee rubllitilttff Company.
Omaha. Drnflo. clieckn , xpre nnd po'tolllce
Woti jr order * lo bs msd pajablo to the order
'
rtrnuDitiNO COMPANY.
STATHMKNT OP CinCUIATtON.
Blftle of Ncbrnskn , I ,
Douglas County , |
Oeorgo It. Tascliuck , necrctAty 01 Thn Ile Tub.
llshlnjr company , beln ? duly sworn , snys that th
nctual number of full and complete rople * ft Tlio
Dnlly Mfirnlinr , nvenlng and Bumlny llee printed
during the munth of February , H37 , vrus as follows -
lows :
1 . , . 19.7M 13 . .8U
7. . 15,791 16 . . .19.839
a . ifi.EOJ i ; , . i9s(6 (
4 . , . jft.cri u . I9s
C . 1S.HD 19. , , . I9.8G8
. . . , . :9.M7 : o . woo
7 . 20.310 ! 1 . 20.320
8. . 11.TS7 12 . n.JIS
0 . ; . 19,871 ! J . 19.907
10 . . , . . , > . , , . 20,003 21 . 19.S41
11 . 19.7TS 25 . 19.782
. 19.S2.1 2f . 19.91C
. , . 1J.MO 27 . 19.MS
34 . 20.SOO 28 . M.550
Total . , . CB7.918
l-ftt deductions for untold ami returned
coplei . 8,413
Total net nnlc . . . . . .Jiii.GOS
Not dally average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6K
anonon n. TSZCHUCIC.
Sworn to lieforo me nnd nub > crlbcd In my
presence this 1st day of March. 1M7.
N. v. rnii. ,
| Notary 1'ubllc.
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{ Department of The lice. Tlio
Dec IN fur mile on nil trnlnn.
TXSIST ON HA VINO TIIH I1KK.
Call It St. Carson's day In thn morn
ing.
Next city election comes Tuesday ,
'April 20. Now city ofllclals take oflleo
Monday , Jilay 10.
Worse than Hie 14 , 13 , ir > puzzle how
to squeeze eighteen councllnien Into
nlno councllninnslilps.
The best reports of tlie great pugilistic
combat In Nevada will appear In The
Bee. Head The Bee.
Tlio IcRlslature that has no bribery
Bonsatlon to offer to the public cannot
pretend to be up with the times.
In motliiR out punishment to the be
trayers of public trust the law must
recognize no person , no party and no
creed.
King Caucus wants It distinctly un
derstood that he Is a hfcgor mogul In
the populist realm than In the dominion
of any other political party.
Not until embezzlement Is made odious"1
by the prompt punishment of public
thieves will Uie uiiquulllipil .success of
popular government be vindicated.
It Is in accord wltli the ctenial fltncss
of things for the school board to com
mission Captain Covell , C. S. A. , to sand
bag Colonel Frank Moores , U. S. A.
After all , nine judiciously selectct
councilmi-n are quite as likely as cigh
teen to look with favorable eyes upot
municipal ownership of Mayor Broatch'u
private printing press.
Continued visions of airships , seen bj
devout men and women on their waj
home from church bear unimpeachable ,
witness to the vigor of the preaching to
which they have been listening. * -
Tlio school board must Improvise
some litigation with other local authorl
tics If for no other purpose than to
manufacture- excuse for maintaining
that needless salaried school board at
torney.
The legislature can give the people of
Omaha any charter It may sou fit to Im
pose upon them. It remains to be seen ,
however , whether the legislature can
fill the olllces created by the charter
with men of Its choosing.
When Broatch was mayor of Omaha
the first time his term was lengthened
out by the legislature of 18S9 by the
addition of eight mouths. Now his term
la to bo cut short by nearly eight
mouths. Thus the whirligig of time
ovens things up.
Speaker Heed promise * * to do all In
Ills power to make this congress known
as a business congress. That Is what
the people want. By buckling down to
iwork and going homo an soon ns the
work Is finished congress will achieve n
enviable reputation.
Tlio IIoivell-Haiibom charter makes
tbo city treasurer ex-olllclo traiKiiror of
the school board. But It carefully omits
making the city attorney cx-olllclo at
torney for the school board. Captain
Covell , 0. S. A. , was not to be reformed
out of his sinecure.
rresldent McKlnley now has congress
on his hands , but he 1ms U because he
wants to hnvo the assistance of con
gress in mooting the problems before
him. If ho did not want congress on
Ills hands Just now ho would not have
called thci extra session for the earliest
possible day.
Let It be granted that some holders
of real osUitu will bo benellted by the
exposition wherever It Is located. If
this bo true , all sites stand on a prac
tical equality In this respect and the
factor of Individual gain may well be
eliminated from the problem In favor of
considerations which moro nearly all'ei't
the well bolus of Uie exuoaltiou Itself.
rnn roKnrrott OF ORB/JCT.
Thp determination of the powers to
coerce Greece is no longer to bo doubted ,
The .sUtonu'iit made by the French mill'
istcr of foreign1 affairs In the chnmboi
qf deputies shows that the concert ol
the powers Is unimpaired and that none
of the six nations Is disposed to disturb
it. It had seemed posslblu that France
might refuse to participate In coercive
measures , but her IntcrcstB Involved are
slr&ngdr than her sympathy nnd she
will do her part In compelling Orecci1
to abandon the Cretan cansc. It is a
sorry spectacle , this of the six great
Kuropcan powers , controlling by their
governments 082,000,000 human beings
and having 17,000,000 soldiers , standing
over one little nation which Is ready to
stake her all for the cause of liberty ,
but It is perhaps the only course to
avert n war which once started could
hardly fall to ultimately Involve all
Europe. Such n possibility the Euro
pean powers who arc capable of pre
serving peace cannot regard with In
difference , however much they may
sympathise with the desire of Greece
to relieve n kindred people from n haled
rule and enable them to choose their
government. It would manifestly bo
useless for Greece to offer nny rcslBt-
ancc to the united action of the. pow
ers. She can do nothing In Crete with
out their consent ami should she en
courage an outbreak on her frontier ,
of which there Is some danger , It Is
not apparent how she could derive nny
advantage from It. She has won the
admiration of civilized mankind for her
courageous course , which will not , there
Is reason to think , be altogether fruit
less , i
A COfVlXCI ? > a I
A stumbling block to the foes of pro
tection which they avoid , If possible , Is
the remarkable growth of the tin plato
Industry In the United States under the
stimulating effect of moderate protec
tion. When It was first proposed to
put n duty on tin plato there was a
Brent outcry against It and the free
traders in congress denounced the prop
osition In unmeasured terms. They de
clared that such an effort to establish
the Industry In this country would bo
abortive and that to subject the for
eign product to a duty would bo
; reat wrong to the people. In this a
n all other respects the enemies of pro
: ection were wrjong nnd the progress o.
tills Industry supplies one of the moj
convincing Illustrations of the value o
irotection.
Special Agent Ayer of the trensur
Ippurtmunt lias recently given out figures
uros showing the growth of the tin pint
ndustry since 1SSK ) . According to hi
report , within three years after the en
nctment of the McKlnley law there ha
icon established In this country thirty
Ive tin mills , with an annual capacity
of 00,000,000 pounds. Now there aix
seventy-four such mills with an annua
output of 807,000.000 pounds. Sever
years ago little or no tin was madij it
this country , whereas now there 1
nanufacturcd almost hall * of the tlr
consumed In the United States. Ii
S90 the Imports of Welsh tin amountoi
o ( .80,000,000 pounds , while last yea :
hey were but little moro than half tha
imount. Meanwhile the average prlci
of tin plate has declined , so that UK
> eoplo have been benefited.
The Industry will continue to de
velop and It is only si question of
'ew years when all the tin consumed In
he country will bo made here. There
s already Invested in It large capita
nnd It gives employment to a great doa
of labor. It Is a most Important in
lustry if It should remain where It Is ,
Imt It will stendily expand until it if
not only able to supply the homo de
mand , but to enter into competition for
jthor markets.
TI1K CniKV I'tJINT W ATTACK.
The wool schedule will 1m the chle
[ ) olnt of a thick by the opponents of tin
new tariff bill. It restores the duties o
the McKlnley law , which a free trade
: > rgim characterises as barbarous * .
1'ho republicans will be able to present
* oino very cogent nnd convincing nrgu
inonts In support1 of this schedule.
They will bo able to show that the
rate of Increase of American wool nn
lor protection was greater than In any
Jthor nation of the world. In 3SS9 the
.lumber of sheep In the country was
10.000.000 and there was n
steady Increase for six year , ? ,
tntll the number reached 50,000-
)00. ) Tbun there cam is a diu-llne
ind in 1S01 the number was J.'l.OOO.ono.
I'hero was nn Increase -17.000,000 In
1S91 ; , since which time there hils been
i steady decline In the number of sheep ,
vhllo tholi" value has fallen off largely ,
'robably there are no moro sheep now
n the United States than there were
wcnty years ngo and they are not
vorth so much as then. In 1801. before
ho free wool legislation , It was stated
in the authority of the North Pacific
Vool Growers' association that wool
reduction engaged the capital and
itbor of moro ' " ' 1,000,000 farmers
nd about 100,000 wool growers west of
IIP Mississippi river as a special pur-
ult , producing ' . . ' 00,000,000 pounds of
oern wool and employing KOIIIO 50,000
erilsmen. This Industry , so valuable
: > the west , Is not much moro than half
, -liat It was three years ago , owing alto-
other , n.s those engaged In It assert ,
> the adverse legislation of the last
emocratle congress. Under protection
K > average prlco of Amprlrtin wool was
susldorably higher thnn wool of tin-
imo kind and quality In the free trade
inrkotn of the world , whllo sluco wool
as placed on tha free list llio average
rlco bus been mateitally lower than
Imllar wool In the nnirkol.s of the
orld. Importations of wool have been
cry himvy sinew Uio existing tariff
viid Into ofTVet. In JS04 wool was 1m-
orted to the value of a little over ? ii- : ,
X'.OOO , whllo In 1S ! > 5 , with free wool ,
10 value of llio Importations amounted
> nearly ? 3-l,000,000 a generous contrl-
utlon .to foreign wool growers nt the
I'ponso of the American producers.
The advocates of free wool said it
ould Stimulate sheep husbandry in this
nintry. It has had the opposite of-
'ct. ' They also contended that It would
is a great boa it to American woolen
innnfaetun-rs , enabling them to sue- '
issfully compete with European manu-
icturora In the world's markets. Every
body knows Hint it hns had no such
result. In thp report of the National
Association of Wool Manufacturers last
year It was said : "The American mills
have partaken of none of the prosperity
which has blessed Bradford nnd Batley ,
England. In some lines of manufac
ture they have been fairly busy ; but In
others , nnd notably In the cloth manu
facture , which employs the looms of
the great bulk of our mills , the year
ha/j been one of scvprest trial ; omo of
these mills have not been In operation ,
others have run only portions of their
machinery , the most have been obliged
to market their production- prices
which render it hardly worth wliilo to
manufacture , If not nt nctual loss. " The
situation was worse In 1800 than In
the preceding year. With duties on
woolen goods largely reduced the Amer
ican manufacturer was not able to re
tain his former share of the homo mar
ket , to sny nothing of competing In for
eign markets. Perhaps It is true that
there has been some benefit to the con
sumer , but this has not been so material
as to offset the disastrous effects of free
wool upon the wool-growing Interest
and tiie great injury to the woolen man
ufacturing Industry by the stimulant to
foreign competition which the present
\nrlir law gave.
But a vigorous fight on the wool sched
ule ) of the new tariff bill Js certain to
be made and It ) may result Inn modifi
cation of rates. The conflict between
the manufacturers and the wool grow
ers , If continued , will be likely to bring
this about
WHY T11K OHAltTKlt IIMS HUSIIKD.
Why was the now charter railroaded
through the house under whip nnd spu
and why was the governor roused on
of bed to sign It at his homo ? Was 1
done to save Omaha from the grasp o :
the water works monopoly ? Not by
any moans. Anybody who knows
IIowcll and Ransom would know tha
they were not concerned about the wate
woiks franchise or the pending suttlo
incut of its disputed claims. If tha
had been the real object there wotihi
have been ample time for the governor
to sign the bill In the state house Tues
day morning , since the council could
not act upon the mayor's veto untl
Tuesday nlghfc
The real object of this extraordinary
proceeding is manifest upon cxamlna
tion of the provisions of the new char
ter. Originally the IIowcll charter pro
vhlort for an election on the first Tues
day In April , lSt)7 ) , but the fear that
the bill could not pass with the emer
gency clause led Its fminors to change
this feature. Instead of fixing the date
of the election the amended bill pro
vides that the election shall take place
on the sixth Tuesday after the net goes
Into effect and that the candidates then
elected shall assume oflleo on the third
Monday succeeding their election.
By rushing the bill through the Jiouso
without amendment and procuring the
governor's signature before midnight
Monday the election' ' Is brought on a
ivholo week sooner than It would have
boca had the governor delayed signing
the bill until the. next morning. Ad-
ranclng the election one week wlllj en
ible the newly elected city officials t
.login drawing salaries one week sooner.
I'he water works bugbear was u good
bnough Morgan for the charter Jugglers
who expect to walk out of the legisla
tive chamber Into the city hall with a
three years' term guaranteed and a
large batch of patronage to ladle out.
This Is the real milk In the charter
. ocoanut filtered through the water
ivorks settlement basin. But taking a
liorse to water docs not always make
lilm drink.
.uv.t KGV/I-
John n. Welinor declared In the Cham
ber of Commerce that the water works
ivero forfeited to the city of Omaha
ivhen the American Water Works com-
[ inny , which owned the plant and held
: ho franchise , was wound up by foie-
ilosuro of the mortgage saddled upon it
iy his client , Venner. Taking his cue
riom Webster's declaration that "the
vator works arc ours , " Mayor Broatch
ulvoi-nk'3 tliuir forcible seizure with-
M'.t tiottbllng ourselves to raise the
nonoy for tln-Ir purchase. Had such
allc been Indulged in by socialists or
inarchlsls the law-abiding people of the
lommunity would have been shocked.
Joining as It does from a moimfeback
nayor , frantic with an insane ambition
o bo continued In oliice and playing for
otes and inspired as It Is by the attorney
bv the men who wrecked the American
Valor Works company by colossal Infla-
lon of Its stocks and bonds , the Inflam-
nntory talk will pass for what it Is'
vorth.
The people of Omaha have not yet
orgotten thn pernicious influence of
Vehster on Broatch when Webster was
lly attorney nmrBroatch was mayor ,
f wo remember correctly It was Web-
tor's opinion on which Uio mayor
ortllled himself when thu very last
iglit of bin first mayoralty term hi-
pproved a resolution directing Jho city
ttorney to confess judgment on the
l. ,000 gas claim which the present city
Itorney , Mr. Council , pronounced a
\vlndlo \ of tbo first water. Although
aiding the olllco of city attorney Si
lobster was at that tlmo as now attor-
cy also for one or moro franchlsed
irporntlons closely allli-d to the gas
juipnny. That fact was known to
routeh then , as Is now the fact , that
'ebster today speaks for clients who tl
i' trying to use the city of Omaha as
collection agency for claims against
10 water company which have proved
ncollocllhlo In the courts.
In the light of past experience and
Hli the full knowledge of the impou-
ire that has been practiced upon HID tl
joplo of Onnlia by lawyois retained
ir parties i-ochliig to force the water
nrks ouco more Into the hands of n
celvcr , it in almost incomprehensible la
w nny considerable number of rppu-
iblo business men can bo bamboozled
ito lending aid or mipport to these
homes In which the city has nothing to
Uu. Every well-informed American
Hnm known that private- property can-
at bo taken by the city or nny one
so without first paying for it , and that
unlclpal ownership is Impracticable
util wo have the menus to pay for the
ant , Three to four millions of ( lei ti
rs would have to bo borrowed for that
irpose , uud the meu from whom we
" CI I'l
would liaxo-to got the money nro UK
very men whom Webster and Broatcli
denounctiH(4lNbw ( York sharks. "
Wlicn tho-rlty engineer waa charged
with demanding n $100-n-monlh job foi
Solon Jj. AylJoy from the water work *
company no publicly denied that ho bad
ever even spoken nbout such a mnttcr to
nny ono. 'J'bp , sworn testimony taken by
the counclf substantiated the charge.
When Mayor Brbatch was asked 1C ho
had notYhl'ttho ttay that ho signed th
now olocfrlc" lighting contract , pledget
himself tfi Tippt-ovo the water work
ordinance 'liywhich Its contract was to
bo extcndpd-for ten years In consldern
lion of 150 free fire hydrants , Jio had the
audacity to sny ho hnd never made nny
such pledge. If the council should In
vcstlgnto this denial It would find bj
the Indisputable testimony of sovora
witnesses that Mayor Broatch did make
this pledge.
The now charter sets a rigid limit to
the amount to bo raised by taxation foi
each of Uio city funds with the excep
tion of the school fund. The school tax
may , so far as the charter Is concerned ,
equal or oven double all the other taxes
combined. This little loophole for sky
rocketing the tax rate is Intentionally
left to fit Into Brother-in-law Ransom's
bill to compel the council to Impose
whatever school levy the school board
may make requisition for. The Boo
always did maintain that that salaried
school board attorney was an expensive
luxury for tbo taxpayers.
Now York is now complaining that the
freight differentials established by the
Joint Trafllc association discriminate
against It and In favor of other sea
board cities. Tlie power to fix freight
differentials Is unquestionably ono
wbdso arbitrary exercise makes the
railroads so potent for good or evil , and
It Is rightfully subject to review by the
Interstate Commerce commission. And
when the commission gets through
straightening things out In the cast
thcro are plenty of instances of dis
crimination In the west to keep it busy
for a little while.
Senator Allen politely declines to lend
his support to the Torrey bankruptcy
bill In spite of the resolutions of the
fusion legislature requesting him to do
so. Senator Allen evidently docs not
subscribe to the floctrine that ho Is a
mere ambassador to Washington bound
to execute tlie orders of the legislature ,
his own jullgmciit to the contrary not
withstanding i-Jln n word , Senator Allen
repudiatesthewhole states rights idea.
The Orog"bn Short Line is now a railroad
(
road entirely separate nnd distinct from
: ho Union Pacific. The time Is sure to
: ome , howc'yer.jWhen the different links
) f that greafc transcontinental railway
system aro' bouful to be joined together
igain under a 4"S'o ' management. 'The
e-uniflcationof the Union Pacific is thereat
; roat workj-fojr' he railway king of .the
'uture.
, n
Dion' , IA.11 Together.
' /P'lilln'a lpila ! 'Times.1 '
News Items tell us the cafclnc' h
; tliH < ! tt'to > w6rk. phot's' good'NcwTc-li the
vliolo" country/ pitch In and ' follow their
ixamplo. . ! . . . ' . .j. '
KVpprt Opinion. i
Clilcaso Chronicle.
If Sirs. Cora Weed of Iowa , yllo wlshea t
) o a consul , is as handsome as her pictur
nakcs her out to be she should bp person
; rata anywhere1.
Xo Moil mention IVceilcil.
Chicago Tribune.
%
"Transmlsslsslppt" is a long word , ovci
or an exposition. Can't the Omaha peopl
hortca the name a-little or put In a hyphei
or a resting place ?
The Story In tlm Title.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The tltlo of the new tariff bill is "An
ct to provide revenue for the governmen
nd to protect the industries of the Uufte
Itates. " That tells the whole story.
' A Colorado Hint.
Denver Times.
The supreme court of Missouri has held
hat women are eligible to any omce in th
tate from which they are not debarred by
tatute. This is an easy way out of a veri
ncasy difficulty. It saves election ccsta
nmpolgns. schlims , in families and encour
uemcnt of drinking.
An UiiMntlxllcil Tlili-Nt.
Clilcaso , Times-Herald.
Advices from Constantinople say that the
man Is chafing under the Inaction of the
uropean powers. No wonder ; ho has been
jmpelfed to let up on the Armenia )
utcherfes until ha gets the Crete crisis
Et his hands , and his cutthroata can hardly
a restrained from pulling off another buucl
! massacres In the meantime.
CiiiTonlH of Trmlc.
G lobo-Pcmocra t.
That Increase of nearly ? 4,000,000 in the
ans of the New York ba'nlca In the week
ist ended Is an elotinont indication of grow-
iff busluwa confidence. Enterprise is be-
nning to quicken all over the country ,
ills are resuming work , the stock and bond
arkets are firmer , and tbo better tlmeu for
hich everybody has been looking for four
jars appear to be In night.
Mnilem nnd Anrlrnt Snntiucrx.
Chicago 'Chronicle.
The recent publication of a subscription
lok sold at $1,000 and $2,600 a copy nnd deal-
g with the worldtf upper ten of nobility
calls a ( Isfcnnflon'of a Itoman book can-
isser In the dayi of the empire : "Tho
onr-uhlte Mtfiirltanlan steed * , with the
uvlns nanksjdthd pointed oars , the crim-
a nostrlla , are'rehiod up. From the chariot
scsndod the master , who , giving his llow-
g toga an exlrd graceful fold , entered a
use on the JVIa" ' Aurella. Presently n
ythlan slavc-ronoweJ his lord , bearing In
} sturdy arirVa ; proclous fasslculus , fully
ustrated , upltQ'date , and superbly bound
Persian cloth. , OR was a Pliny In sixteen
lutncs , a suifccrtytlon book. Such were
e methods of/Jtho canvasser In the palmy
ys of KomeJj fin this atylo should the
idem book oJNBtjoJw bo hawked about.
tlu > ( i reeks ,
New York Tribune ,
Lord liyron found In Greece "Tho sun ,
0 soil , but noVh9 ( slave tha same ; " but men
d conditions hfyejphanged' there since his
ne. The Greek Jfi no longer the "craving ,
Duelling tlavo1'vliom the bard found
Hiking about tlfo * cene of Thermopylae ,
t Is rather like ono of the 203 who madu
at pass a place of deathly memories. There
not a patriot from Aloes la to the Cytbercan
es who would not apparently brace up and
lit all ( he Continental powers slnglc-
nded If need were , reviving tha traditions
valor -which belong to the heroic age of
1 country. Rven her dispersed sons as
r off as the MlisUslppI and the mining
ntera of the Hoclty mountains feel the
rill of patriotism animating tlitln bosoms.
d are ready to take ship for homo and
en&ct the courageous exploits of Theseus
d Herculej , It U no longer to bo tald of
3 land that " TU Greece , but living
ecco no more. " * It Is very much allv ,
leed , with a determined assertion of vital-
which the gruat powera find a trlQo In-
bordlnate , but which public opinion evory-
lero greets with uytupatby and ardor ,
SI'BAKKU. ItKKD.
Indianapolis Journal : The rcnomlnatlon ol
Speaker need by Acclamation and the re-
fu.ial of the republican representative cau
cus , by a large msjorUs- appoint a com
mittee to change the rules ot Iho hoitso with
a view to greater liberality Indicates that
the good stuso of members prevailed and
that the majority bcllevo In ths safeguards
which the ptwent rules afford.
Washington Stars There Is cause for con
gratulation in the fact that aa the two
offices , the presidency and the spcakcrshlp ,
are ot m.ch transcendent weight In our
scheme of government they should be filled
at so critical a tlmo In , affairs by two men
who undcrttand and esteem cnch other , find
who therefore may bo expected to work to
gether harmoniously for Uio general welfare.
To bo three times speaker of the house Is
Indeed a great honor , and to deserve the
honor adds to the felicities of Uio occasion.
Globe-Democrat : The spcakershlp la the
second offlco under the government In
dignity and power , and that post navrr had
an abler or worthier Incumbent than the
man who today will t > o chosen to it for the
third time. Clay , Wlutbrop , nialno ,
Carlisle and other nifn who have held tha
otTlco have been among Uie greatest states
men ot their day , nnd Thomas D. llcod In the
peer ot tlibm nil. He lias given the sp sk-
ershlp a loftier rank and greater potency
than It hitherto possessed , and has Imparted
to It a n aw attractiveness for statesmen of
commanding ability and Influence ,
Philadelphia Press : Mr. Reed Is so great
a debater that no ono who nilmlrca superb
parliamentary fcncu rnn fall to mln him
fiom tha floor and to regret ( sometimes that
he Is not thcro to Illuminate discussion
with the lightning ot hla wit and to relieve
dreariness with the bolts of his logic. Hut
ho U GO much moro powerful and useful as
speaker that men consent to be deprived ot
the Joy of his debate for the advantage of
his captainship. With the transformation
which has been gradually going on , the
speaker has come to exorcise almost un
limited power. Ho not only holds the rclni
over the houseIn the pathway It takes , but
ho docs very much to decide what pathway
It shall follow. Ho Is utmost ns great a
power In legislation as the president Is In
administration. Through his commlttws and
his autocracy under the rules , through eyes
that see only what he wants to sec and
cars that hear only what ho wanta to hear ,
ho Is well nigh absolute. For this work Mr.
need has supreme ganjus. His overtowerlng
Intellectual force Is united with overtower
lng will and determination. Ho Is a born
ruler of men. What Is still better , his
power has been exercised with the con
scientious purpose to serve the public In
terests.
IOWA IMIKSM COMMENT.
Rock Itaplds Review : Therp Is an evident
desire on the part of Sioux City to reform.
A woman was elected to the school board of
the city Monday and a minister was appointed
receiver of uno of the defunct banks , all In
ono day.
Sioux City Journal : The faculty of tlio
medical department of Drake university has
lett-milncd upon excluding women from the
medical classes hereafter. Thcro has been
rouble In the classes heretofore on account
of the presence of the women , and in order
o keep peace in the family they will bo ex
cluded.
DCS Molnes Leader : Club llfo In Iowa Is
being tested , as It were. In a crucible of fire.
And It Is not the meaning or benefit of clubs
hat Is made a subject of debate , neither
s It any qtieitlon on nit. literature , phlloso-
> hy or sociology that Is puzzling the br.iln
ot club members. The all-absorbing topics
are who will be the next president of the
club , and who will bo called to prculde over
ho state federation ?
Sioux City Tribune : Two women have
made application for foreign appointments
under this administration , Miss Marilla
ticker of New Hampshire , who specifies that
ho would like to bs appointed minister to
ho republic of Colombia , nnd ilra. Cora
Vecd of Muscatlne. la. , who wants a good
onsulshlp. Miss Rlcker was formerly a law
lartner of Ilelva A. Lockwood In Washing-
on. Mrs. Weed got into the press of the
ountry by the fiver of a telegraph ellipsis
s "Miss" Weed. She Is a rich nnd attrac-
Ivo ividowand has maintained her 'attrac-
Ions , including her riches , with her wldow-
oed for some twenty years. Dut eho bc-
amo a widow very young. If Secretary
herman were not so old Mrs' . Weed's
hances would be better.
I'EHSO.VAIi AM ) OTHERWISE.
Frederick Solomon , who died the other day
In Salt Lake City at the nge of 71 years ,
, vas a native of Germany , served through the
: lvll war and v > an made surveyor general
it Utah by President Grant.
According to a London cablegram the
jrlglnal manuscript of Keats' "Endymlon"
las just been sold for $3.475 , which Is with-
> ut doubt much moro than Keats ever re-
: clvcd for his entire poetical works.
'
Colonel John S. Mosby , the confederate
savalry leader , is a tall , well-preserved man ,
vlth smooth-shaven face , and a pair of peue-
.ratinf , ' dark eyes. Ho has been resident
if the Paclllc coast for some time , and Is
low well advanced In years.
It IB supposed by some that the trousers
mil petticoat of the modern Greek soldier
ire Asiatic , borrowed from the Turks , but
his is not necessarily true. Ureeches , or
alhcr pantaloons , something very llko the
nodciu Greek , were worn in Franco twenty
onturles ago. x
A Brooklyn preacher of the Congregational
lersuuslon proposes to have a round or two
irltli St. Patrick today and prove that he
faa not an Iriohman. The task Is an easy
ne. As a revival of ancient history it ought
o bo as diverting aa Dr. Abbott's remlnls-
enco of Jonah and the whale.
It Is generally understood In Canada that
our mayors of Canadian cities will bo
nighled by Queen Victoria at the celobra-
Ion of the sixtieth annlvenury of her coro-
ation next June. They are Simon N , Par-
nt of Quebec , R. Wilson-Smith of Montreal ,
tobert J. Fleming of Toronto and Edward
.lexander Colqulioun of Hamilton. n
o
AX ni'IUUMIC OP STATUTES.fi
lucollc LvKlHliiU < > itof , Vnrluun IlriiiitlN
mill II u ex. a
Chlcaico Clironlole. "
The millennium will not como any sooner
trough the efforts of the bucolic legislator
1th their patent , blown-lu-the-bottlo statu-
> ry medicines for every moral 111 that affects
Jo human family. The old world has a
ablt of Jogging along nt a tolerably oven
ace , and as the sum of human cnllghtcn-
icnt Increases there , is n growing tendency
i well regulated communities to rank corn-
ion BCIWO higher than statutory law. The
Igher the civilization the lees need Is there
> harass Individuals and communities
ith petty restrictions that have their birth
i a mistaken notion that every ono will go
rout , ' unless regulated by statute.
The prevailing epidemic of statute-making
the various state legislatures has reached
i acute stage and will doubtless be pro-1 Jv
ictlva of lR/Ulng harm. Not that there U
uch fear of any curtailment of personal
tierty. but ths real danger llos In weighing
iwn the statute books with dead letter laws
id thuj creating contempt for all law.
10 Kansas legislator who proposes to en-
rce the ten commandments by lavIs not
ore grotesque or Ignorant than the legte- di
tor in the eamo stats who proposes that
i woman , within the borders of the common-
aalth shall wear corsets without paying a
uvy flue. An Indiana legislator has drafted
bill levying a tax on thn wearing of
arJs , presumably in the interest of bar-
re. It would be useless to mention a score
other ebullitions of Idiocy emanating
im a class of crack-brain reformers whom
i Inscrutable Providence has permitted to
icquerado for a brief time as legislators.
Give thes. gentlemen rope enough and
ey will revive the Ccnnectlcut blue laws ,
Ith uumero'is Improvements In the Hue. of
eater stringency. Wo shall be told by
ituto what to eat , drink and wear , when to th
Ise and. retire and how to regulate our
mllles. The purlUn who was lined for
islng his kite on Sunday ) has always been M !
subject for kindly commiseration. It the fa
ituto maker * are not held In chick the fawi
esent generation will begin to consider
E puritan eraj a pattern of liberality. Wo
'iv ' hava curfew laws for children In many or he
mmunltle ? , and It Is only a ftep to a bl
ternal statute or two for thu guardlaiuulp blm
their elders after nightfall. m
When the millennium does como thciv fa
11 be fin end of atatutemalclng , but t > 3- aa
r that tlmo there Kill need to be a whole- ,
la exodui of would-bo reformer * to the w <
ea of Araby tbe blest , th
Not how cheap
but how good can
a shoe be made
after It's made we
can fix the price
low enough. Our
ladies' 20th Cen
tury shoe is the
most desirable shoe
made in browner
or red Russia calf
or tanned kid
fashionable toes
$4.00. * ! ? * 2
TIIU CALAMITY HOWL.
Some ISvIiIoncc SlumliiK How Slmllin
It Is.
Fhllndclplila Times.
Every period ot depression ID business 1
seized upon by demagogues and agitators
to crcato popular discontent by painting
things blacker than they nro. The truth 1
not learned until the hard times bavo passci
and the actual statistics covering the period
of depression have been collected and pub
llshcd. ,
The recent business depression was \vorkei
for all it was worth by these profosslona
agitators , and It all they sold and wrote
could hnvo been accepted as true , the suffer
Ing nnd want of the country would have np
palled everybody. The facts In the case
are beginning to catch up with these over
drawn statements and phew that the country
Increased In wealth and comfort , on the
whole , all the time ,
The Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics ot
Labor has Just published a quarterly bulletin
showing the condition of the savings banks
of the state during the last llvo years. Be
ginning October 31 , 1S90 , with total assets
of $372,476,565 , they rose to $390.5C3,9CG In
ISD1 , to $115,895,159 In 1892 , to ? 424G79.335 In
IS93 , to $142,391,207 In 1S91 and to $460,426,722
In 1S95. In every year there was nn Increase ,
which applied not only to the total assets
but to the number of open accounts as well ,
this number rising from 1,083.817 In 1S90 to
1,302,479 In 1895. Put lu another way , the
state had 4S4 open accounts to every 1,000
3f population In 1S90 nnd 520 to every 1000 In
1895.
It cannot bo said that these figures Indi
cate the prosperity of the well-to-do In
stead ot the working classes , as the nvcr-
ige deposit was only slightly above $300
jnd the number of depositors was so largo
that It jnust have Included the great body
if wage-earners In the state. Neither can
It be truthfully said that Massachusetts
was more prosperous during this period
: li.in other sections , because its manufactur
ing industries are Us main reliance , and
: hese shared with the manufacturing Inter-
; sts of all sections In the general depres
sion.
If equally trustworthy statistics of the
Inanclal condition of other states during
- available It would doubt-
.his period -were ,
ess be shown that while there were many
: ases of Individual harunhlp , there ttas a ,
; encral advance In wealth and prosperity
ill along the line. It was slower than In
ionic boom periods , but there was a forward
novement everywhere. Kven In Kansas , the
and of flat money and -congressional
iranks , the mortgage Indebtedness was
teadlly reduced during the entire period ,
'he leeson of these figures Is that the country
loesn't go to the dogs oven In the -worst of
Imes , and that It is not worth while to pay
nuch attention to calamity howlers at any
line.
IALAXCC IS O\ THIS IlIGIIT SIDE.
rclu-unry Statement of ExpnrtH nml
ImiiortH.
NEW YORK , March 16. The monthly
tatoment of the exports and Imports of
lerchandlce , gold nnd silver , from and Into
iie United States during February last , 1s-
ued by the Bureau of Statistics , shows as
jllows : Merchandise exported , $79,773,398 ;
icrchannUo imported , $59,193,808 ( of which
early $33,000,000 was free of duty ) . Gold exerted -
orted , $336,697 ; gold Imported , $544,700 ; sil-
cr exported , $4,660,362 ; silver Imported ,
r62,912. As compared with February , 189fi ,
its'statement shows an increase of about
J 070 000 In the value ot merchandise exerted -
orted and a decrease of over $3,250,000 In
10 amount imported. For the eight months
nded February 28 there was a gain of over
132,000,000 In the amount ot merchandise ex-
ortcd and a dicreaso of nearly $119,000,000
i the amount Imported. The gold exports
iirlng February were $1,847,000 less than a
sar ago , and the imports about $11,000,000
iss than February , 1896. The silver exports
ere about $700,000 less than February , 1890 ,
id the Imports $700,000 less than February ,
i96.
1'owilcr fJonijmnit'N Compromise.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 16. The powder
ar is over. An agreement has been effected
Jtwecrt the Atlantic and Pacific coast com
mies and the latter will sign their agreo-
ont today If the program ! bo carried out.
liero Is a dual agreement. Ono covers the
: utral belt , and Is between the manufactur-
s of powder In the oaet and those in Call
rnla. This territory covers Now Mexico ,
dorado , Montana , Utah nnd Wyoming. II
open to both parties , who have agreed to
Ivanca prices from 1 cent to 1' cents on
ith black powder and higher explosives ,
icro can bd no underselling , as each lias
e right , through auditors , to examine the
her'H books and examine the accounts.
TICKLISH TIPS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Then you
m't believe in the Ananias story ? "
"Not since I mot those Key West corre-
ondents. "
Detroit Free Press : "What do the coal
en do In thn liot wcattier. papa ? "
"It tiiki'3 them nil summer to figure up
olr profits , my son. "
PucSt : "Uncle James , what Is a pe -
tnlst ? "
'Oh ! he's any sort of an old thing that
3U' t enjoy ) IH Ice cream today because
i's afraid ho won't hnvo any tomorrow. "
Ufo : Bellboy Four hundred and four
yn the steam pipes have burst In his
om.
Slerk Charge him for a Russian batli ,
Chicago Tribune. "Poor soul ! " oxclalmcd
o sympathetic housekeeper. "What ov rove
eve you to this -way of making n living ? "
Tinu'H a long story , mum. " .replied
iff old Knutt , reaching : for another aough-
it. "un' I cun't talk on an empty stum-
clc. "
Detroit News : "I hear that your nelgh-
r Plnchpcnnle has tuberculosis. "
'I dunne what thorn lie. but I'll bet fho
in't Kot two ef onu'll do. "
hlcaijo Record ! "Thore l. t ono thing I've
tlced about babies who are named after
? nt men. "
'What Is that ? "
'They usually punlrth their parents for It
len they are grown , "
Iloveland I.rnderi Algy I always said
it Qeorgo Ollderfl waa crazy , and now bo's
wed that I V/OH right ,
'reddy How's that ?
'ley Why. you know he married Horatio
llyun'u only ( laughter , but In m > lto of Hint
: t lie Is holding on to his old job and
rklng for a living.
ndlannpolls Journal ; "J5r you see , BOV-
ior/ ' bald the young man , aa tenderly aa
could , "you aeo. father , you nro Just 11
of an old fojry.1
I suppose I am , " admitted the old gentle-
n. "It la a uort of family falling. My
her was the sama way when I wan your
' "clnnatl Enquirer : "I sent a dollar last
ok. " said the Good Thing , "In answer to
it advertisement offering a method ot
snvlntr ono-hnlf my gas bills. "
"And "
you got
"A printed slip directing mo to paste there
In n ecr.ip book. " ,
TUB WANDERING BUCKEYE.
Chicago Tribune.
"I'tt Rwli-.o back t' Canton ,
lilt nln't no use t' linger !
I t'oUKht 1'U pull some olllco down
Ez enny'8 sun | > rnjj finger ,
liut I llml a million uddnh * .
rooh deluded lluekcyo bruddahfi ,
An * I's BWlno hack ez soon cz 1 kin 1
Kills e tic dough. "
Ii ! HUUKCIIKS.
John Hay.
I don't go much on religion ,
I never nln't hnd no show ;
But 1'vo Kot n mlddlln' tight grip , sir ,
On the handful ot things 1 know.
I don't pan out on the prophets
And free will , nnd tlmt sort of thing
Uut I b'llovo In God nml tlio UIIRCIB
liver senco ono night hist spring.
I cnmo Into town with oomo turnips ,
And my little Gnbo cume nlong
No foilr-ye.ar-olil in the countiy
Could bent him for pretty and strong.
Peart nml chipper and enssy.
Always ready to swear and fight
And I'd limit him to chnw terlmckcr
Jest to keep hla milk teeth white.
Tha BIIOW como down like a blanket
As I passed by TapgcrfH stoto ;
I went In for n Jug of molasses
And left the team nt the door.
They scared at sotncthtiifr nnd started
I hca.li ] ono little siiualt ,
And licll-to-spllt over the pralrlo
Went , team , Llttlo Breeches and all.
Ilell-to-spllt over the prnlrlol
I was almost froze with skcer ;
But wo rousted up some torches
And sarched for "em for nnd near.
At last wo struck bosses nlid wagon.
Snowed under a soft white mound ,
Upset , dead beat , but of little Gubo
No hide nor hair waa found.
And hero nil hope soured on mo I
OC my fellow critters' aid
I jest Hopped down on my marrow bones ,
Crotch-deep In the BIIOW , nnd prayed.
By this tlie torches wag played out ,
And mo nnd Isiul Parr
Went olt for some wood to n sheepfold |
That lie said was somowhar thar.
Wo found It at last , nnd a little shed
Where they shut up the Inmba at night ,
We looked in nnd seen them huddled thar ,
So warm nnd sleepy and whlto ;
Vnd thar sot Little Breeches and chirped ,
As peart as over you see ,
'I want a chaw of terbackcr ,
And that's what's the matter with mo. "
low dlil ho get thnr ? Angels !
Ho could never have walked in that
storm ;
They just scooped down nnd toted him i
To wlmr It was snfo nnd warm.
A.ml I think tlmt saving a little child
And bringing htm to his own
s a denied sight better business
Than loafing round the Throne.
What Do You
Want ?
A SPRING COAT ? THAT IS TIII3
JUBSTION. IP YOU DO , TIIKUE IS
CO OTHER PLACE TO GO FOH IT.
JO FINER STOCK IN THE CITY
'IIAN OURS , AND THERE NEVER
VAS A FINER LINE THAN WE
IADE FOR THIS SEASON. WE
IAVE NEVER SOUGHT TO CHEAP.
IN THE GARMENTS OF OUR MAN-
IFACTURE FOR THE SAKE OF
IOMPETING WITH THE SHODDY
TUFF THAT IS OFFERED IN SOME
LACES FOR PERHAPS A HALF OF
I'HAT A REALLY GOOD GARMENT
v
3 WORTH. i
WE CONSIDER QUALITY OF THE
IRST IMPORTANCE , AND WE PUT
HAT INTO EVERY GARMENT WW
[ AKE , AND THEN SELL IT AT THE
OWEST POSSIBLE PRICE.
DON'T PUT OFF MAKING YOUR
ELECTION D E 0 A U S E THE
'EATHER IS '
BAD-IT'S NOT GOING
0 TIE THIS WAY LONG. REMEM-
Ell THE I ROVERB OF THE EARLYi
IUD , AND COMK IN SOON. ,
° V BROWNING
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\OOi KING & GO , ,
8. W. Cor. 15th and
Douglas Sts.