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THE OatAITA
OMAHA DAILY
E. nOBEWATEn. Kdltor.
I'ODUSIIIJD KVKIIT
TUHM9 OF BUBSCHHTION.
JIally I > ( Without Sunday ) , One Yenr. . . . J M
s ) < Uly DM ami Sunday. Ono Y * r . * JO
filx Months
ffhree Monthi . . liJ ,
tun < 1ty Bee , On Year *
Balurday lice , On lear
fWetkly Ucc Oat * * ar
Omiihn : Tli IlM .
Boutli Umnhn : Blnwr IHK. , c.or. N nd Z4th Stt.
CM niro Ottlce : ' 31T Chamber ot Commtrc .
Mew ? ork : Hooms 18. 11 nil 15. Trlbun. Ulds.
Wnnhlnnton- rourteenth Street.
COUHiSl'ONlUNCE
All communication * relating to newn ' ! ? * *
matter shoull be n.l.lr nnl To the Kultor.
All bunlncfii Icttcrn nml renilttnn e ehoul.ln \ >
jHd < lr MCil tf The It. * . I'lilillthlnK Compan , > ,
Onmha DrnfU. cheeks cxprc pd po-.totllc
money onleii to be tnaila im > ablc to Ine order
Of Ih. compn.
I > | JnM < , I11NO COMPANY.
STATfJMHNT HUl'tIt ATlON
Btitrt of Nebni'kn DoiiRliifl County. :
Ocortp II 1V-i Kick Si > errl ry uf The Itfe Pule
Mlchlnif iciiiitmnj lelnK duly sworn , mys that tie
.nctual numl Ti > r full unJ cotnpli-te unites of The
Dally Moral ni' rnlns ami Siimlay llee iirlnlM
( during the munth of Stiiy , 1M7. waa na follows1
I.-- : : : : : . . : Sr.S : : : : : : : : :
4e 4r SOOT * 51 . 2014J
e so.iss 52 . 2)032
7 si'.iu X . VOlOt
7s 20211 21 . I'JSrt ?
9 2V 310 r , . so.r.i
JO
11 20,121) 27 . . . 2'-l" ' <
12 ZOOM 5S . 20Z1T
13 29 . mvr
14 202V ) 30. . . . . . . : otjo
J5 31. . . ; . . 20613
5o
' T24 707
Total ,
l.o deduction * for unsol 1 nnJ
lurni > d copies
lotnl not imlm
N , , , ! , . , - - "
Sworn to before im- mil sulncilbcd In mj
prepuce this 1st iln > of Juno 1W
N P 1I.II'
( Seal > '
Nolnrj Piilillf
run nnn oTHMVS. .
All riillreiieil lu-nnliojH
T lu > reuil n
l\\K The lloe. It oil eiiiinot
Ui-t u llec on u ( ruin from the
IKMVH uui-iil , i > leime iH rt
the fnui , HluiliiK the trnln nml
i iillriiiul , 10 the Circulation
lleiinriiiiriit of Thu HIMThu
lieu IN fur HIII > cm nil tralnx.
o\ : Tim
s I.IJAVIM ; i-on Tin : s
I'nrlli'H IfiiAlnjr tinflty for
tinniniiiiicr i-nii hutThe
] tee went to Ili4iu ri Kiilnrly
? > j iiollfj liim The lire linsl-
iiONM filllf * * * In person or hy
iniitl. Tin * nililroNS Mill lie
cliiuiKril Hi olteil as ileslieil.
Tht'ic must bi > binu > InU'ii-.stiiif ; tales
4u tlu > loilgors of a bi b.ink.
Our city in'oiite will wl-nlly j > ut up
With a little hot wi'.ither now lor the
ol' the fanners' corn ciop.
Ono exclusive irnvvalhin c.ilile con
tract having lapsed IIivvallaii : capitalist <
Will bu fico aK.iin to l.iy paper cables
" "between this country and Hawaii.
Wo nrc still exporting silver. Tills
( Oiiclitto ( .Mil forth si howl of piotest fiom
"ITlioSe'sllveilte's who think 0111 silver
< too good to bC'ivitii'.v . otliur u itloii.
It's the cailj blid lh.it catches the
vvoiiu. It's the limn who pushes out In
bushiest without w.iitltit ; lor coinpiHHoi
to taUo the lead that ai-hluvos hiu-cess.
And still the fiateinal insuianco 01-
ganl/.ations coiitlnue to multiply. It Is
to bo hoped this does not iiu-an an in-
ctcase of the moitallty ot the li.iteinals.
1 I'm tlons of the United Stales anny
die now engaged In iiuiehini ; .igaliiit
* 'tinie , which Is easier If not less
Qmyaidons than matching against tin
cucmy.
The oignn that how-to calamity when
K , jlnislnesH men feel the impulse of im
proved hidustiial conditions simply at
tempts to piehiime on the Ignoianco of
dta icadeis.
No open iiiptuie has occmied latel.v
'lietween Speaker Hood ami Jtcpiesi'iit.i
tivo Simpson of Kansas , pet Imps lie
icauso the weather Is getting too waim
itorffom and Jeiry.
It sometimes pays to mnlce haste slowly
Sin , the matter of btieet pining , imperially
' .TVhon a defective petition of piopeity
owners might invalidate the assessment
Jlovlcrt to dcfiay the expon.se.
.so c.illeel .silver ie'iiiblh'.ins ) pro-
iVahtl they want tine himcMnllNm , but
tthoy scout OVCMI the MiKWHlloii of n
jratto c-oiiesiioiielliiji to the lol.itlve mtir-
( Jcot value's of Kohl uriil silver.
The constable who pieventod a lynch-
ling at the little Ohio town of lliit.ivi.i
ulewnves a special tillnito for his ef
foits'to wipe out the ht.iln ot the hist e.\
hUiUlou ot Ohio mob violence.
Xlu > < < ex-couiicllmon who are maMng
IBuOh despeiate cffoits to cllnih back Into
lolliee over the itiliKs of the new elwiier
lintiy be patilots , but , if h < > , It IH ol the
brand that the public discount * .
"Willie AViilllo Astor conlldes to the
English public his dlsappKival of 1'ioM
dent McKlnley'ts-collide. I'eihap.s the
inesldent If only so disposed might with
out uunlms of conscleiicu n-clpioeate the
compliment.
Thn trial of a base ball
cannon nitiiks a decided liuio
vntlou lu a garniwhen - the only at til-
lory horotofoie. consldeied necessary has
been that can led by the umpire for
self-protection.
The convention of the Millets' Na
tional assoi'Iatlon is said to ivpie.sent
< un average output of ! > 0X)0 ( barn-Is , ,
day. Sttangely no lepoit Is made of
the average daily Input of Kegs the dele-
aiu siipjiosed to tepiesent.
The tlilToronco between the Omaha fire
department ami the. Omaha police du-
ptutinent Is explainable only by the dif
ference between the competency and
elllc'ency of the otllcers at their hends auiV
thu dlsclpllno uiulutalued uuiuiii ; the
11JOU.
invtstox o.v TIB TARIFF
The division among the democrats In
the Konato on the tarllt IA Intcrc.'itlng and
significant. It was understood at * the
opening of the extra session that a few
democrats would suppoU a icpuhllcnn
tailff bill that rocogni/.ed Interests they
lepiescnt. Senator McKnery of Ixiuls-
l.tna and one or two othois nnnounccd
their Intention to do this. Hut It was
not anticipated that so large a number
of democrats would be found support
ing ptotertlve dtithv * as have voted for
such duties dm Ing the present week.
It was a gieat surprise when eight demo
crats recoided their votes In favor of
letalnlug a duty of * 2 a thousand feet
on white pine , but the astonishment was
much gieater , at least among the lailff
leforiucis , when six dt'inoeiatlc senators
gave their snppoit to tin amendment to
the tailfT bill , ottered by Senator Itacoii
of ( Jeorgla , Imposing a duty of 20 pel-
cent ad Mtloiem on law cotton , thus an
tagonl/lng the demociatlc doctrine of
fieo law mateilals , which Mr. Jtncon
declined to be an exploded doctrine.
This ii-nunelaUon of a favotite demo
cratic theoij was most exasperating to
tlii' antl-piotection element , one of them
deflating , "It leaves na nuked without
aigument. "
The duty on cotton was advocated on
the giound that It Is entitled to the
same coitsldeiatlon given to other aurl-
fiilttii.il pioduct.s. The author of th\ \ >
amendment also uiged that the omission
of cotton liom the dutiable list was a
violation of the pilnclple of the demo-
ciatlc platloun that tat 111 taxation
should be so Imposed as to disciInilnate
against no section.Vliy should cot
ton , " said Mr. Union , "be excluded liom
the benefits of a ie\onue dnt > U all
other agileultuial ptoducts weie to have
the beticlUs of such duties ? " Of COIIIM-
nobody scilonsly expetts that the dnl.v
will be of an > mateiial heiielit to tin
cotton plauteis , because the pi ice ol
their cotton will Mill ! be llxed iilnoad
Two-thirds of the lolton ciop Is ex
ported , hence the pi Ice Is made In tin
toicign nnuket. Mi. Hacon stated that
la.st year rVi , ( ) > , ( ) ( ) ( ) pnunds ot cotton
\.ilued at $ t ( )0Xt ) ( ) ( ) ) , weie Imported Into
the United States. This Is liislgnltlcnnt
and If It weie cut holy shut oil , as it will
not be uncle.1 the duty , the cotton plaiit-
eis would not del ho any appiociablo
advantage. Still there can be no doubt
that Intelest will be well witl.slied with
Hie aetlon of the si > ii-ite .
The significance of the course of south
cm demociatlc senatots In disc-aiding
the tiee law matethil docttine and ir
voting tor piotectivo duties is In the
demonstiMtion it , gives of a change ot
sentiment in the south legatillng the
pulley ol piotection. The mote pioguvs
slvo men of that section icallzo tlr't it
c innot be built up and its vast le ouices
developed thiouurh demociatic economic
pollcv. They have teamed something
fiom the experience of the last thiee
years and they want a change. Th' v
n > ay not appiovc all the leatmos of the
lepuhllcan tailfl bill , but they are willIng -
Ing that republican policy shall be ag.ilii
given a tilal , t eellng tint it cannot have
r-esiilts so dls.istioiw as the policy It vvll !
leplace. T ndonbtrdly most if not all of
the democi.its in the senate who have
voted with the leptiblicans thus tar will
give their support to the pending bill
w lien it is put on its passage.
I'lH.irn .s ; .y oino.
Ohio will again be a most Interesting
political bittlegionnd this jear. A guv
eiuor and other state otliceis are to b1
elected and aKo a legislature lh.it wil1
choose a successor to Senator M. A
lltuiim. The senatoilal light lor the legis
latuie , It Is now piomlsed , will com
maud much more attention than the con
test for state otheeis. Mr. ilanna de
slies to lemain In the .senate and so 1.11
as dKclosed lepnblkan HtMitimcnt seems
to be hugely favoiable to him. .lolm U
.Mcl/ean , piopiletor or the Cincinnati I3n
( juhcr and an .udeiit fiee sllvei in in ,
Is a candidate tor a seat In the United
States senate In the event of demociatic
success and lie is .said to be piepaiing to
maKoaigoioiiscaiiipalgn. . With Ilann i
and McLean as the leadeis 6l their ie-
specllve ] ) .iitles In the senatoilal battle
a slmip contest Is assured.
Govetnor I'.tislmell will iimlonbtedly be
lenominated by the icptibllcans , that
In Ing lu acLoidame with the unlloim
policy ol the jmity In the Buckeye .state.
Theie is eoiihldeinble discord in the dem
ociatlc nuiks , but the element favoiable
to an unqualified endorsement of tin
Chicago plattoim Is large ) } In the major
ity , so th.it undoubtedly the dcmouatle
candidate lot goveuior will be a lieo
sllvo : man and one who believes In all
the declaiatlons and docilities of th. >
last national phittoim. Tims ( he cam
paign will bt > fought on national Issues ,
with the hliver iineMion dominating ,
which will give peculiar inteiest to the
contest and a gioat deal ol significance
to UKlesult. .
A
The repoii that a plan ot Hawaiian
annexation Is neaily completed at Wash
ington , by which it ! piuposod to ijiv
tile Ihlillld a tetillculal goveilimetit uildii
the piolection of the United Mates , this
govcinmetit assuming the debt of Ha
waii , must he icgaided as of doubilul
authi'iitlclty. It Is not juohable that a
c.iiventlon looking to annexation could
have been canled neaily to continuum
tlou without liavlug been sooner dls
closed , nor Is theie any reason to lli'iiK '
that if the administration weio lavoi
able to annexation it would pioceed se-
cietly to bring it alwmt. It would not
l > o at all chaiacteilstic of I'tv-ldent Me
Klnley , In a matter ol this kind , to
adopt Mill i a I'oursiv The sime i > i.uut
says that Hawaiian annexation Is one
) f the sellled featnre.s of the piesldent'o
fou'Ign policy. This also is ijmstlonable
'Jheio has been no Intimation from Mr.
McKlnloy a.s to wli.it his views me on
this matter , while so lar as Seciottiry
Sheiman Is conceined it Is well under
stood that he has not been hi favor of
tnnexing Hawaii and it has been ic.i.son-
ibly assumed that he and the pieslden ?
weio In accoid.
It Is peifeetly safe to say that if thu
idmlnlstiatlon shall dechlu on any
change of policy In icgaid to Hawaii
the public will bo piomptly taken Into HJ
conlldence. Theie will bu no M > cret
lu coaiuecUoiivUli the foielfn
policy of the government by the presenl
ailmlnlstratlon. A ridiculous statement
was recently sent out from Washington
to the effect that the president contem
plated recognizing the Independence ol
Cuba for the political effect It inlghi
have , particularly in Ohio. This Is ol
the same character as the later report
regarding a scheme of Hawaiian an
nexation. The fact In that the piesldent ,
while not neglecting proper attention to
foreign affairs , Is chlelly conceined with
questions of domestic policy. Ills con
trolling deslie Is to have a revival ol
intlu.stilal activity and a restoration of
prosperity and until this is attained hu
Is not likely to thrust upon the atten
tlon of congress and the country an an
nexation scheme or disturb the pi ogress
toward better times by pi evoking gr.no
International complications.
f ; IIIK ntn'tti.K
Nebraska repudiated republicanism by ma
jorities lunglns from 15,000 to 30,000 *
Hrjan secured the stain's electoral vote bj
13,000 nnu Nebraska declared ORfilnst re-
republicanism by nearly 30,000 World-
lie laid
This is a brarcn falsification of the
flguic.s. Intended to deceive the punllc
Into the belief that republicanism in Ne-
btasKa Is In a hopeless condition While
the fusion spoils-hunting combination
was successful at the last election in
Ni'bia Ua against the republican ticket ,
the statements of the popoctatle otgait
.tie b.v no means borne out by the tacts
'lite highest vote received by anj
Hi.vanlector . In this state last tall was
n.l is ) , as agilnst lO't.OlM tor the hUhes'
McKinley electoi. There weie 111 addi
tion 5,111 votes cast lor elector s nomina
ted b.v the sound money demon .its. tin
two inhibition ( actions and the socialist
labor people. 15tvan's , fusion pluralit.v
was theieloie JUi ! ; > r > , while his majoiltj
was only 7,821.
The vote cast for the re-elect loir ol
( loveinor llolcomb w.is 11(5,115 ( , as
against tl,72.'t ) for his lepubllcan oppo
nent. Theie weie 0,025 votes polled bj
the gubernatorial nominees of othei
puties. Holcomb's pluiallty was 21ill- (
ami his majoiity 15,007 , or neaily twici
that of Bryan.
None of the candidates on the ftisioi
ticket lan as well as the tusion candl
due toi governor. The vote on audltoi
, ; .ivo the fuslonlst 101'Ut and the icpub
llcau 07,1(18 ( , while ! ) , : t52 votes went ti
candidates of other parties. On auditor
theiefoie , the fusion plmatlty was 0si , : ! (
and Instead of a majoiity in its favoi
the imrloilty of the combined opposltioi
was U.oKi
While Nebraska republicans weie ,
beaten In ] Vt ) > by the allied .silveiites
theio is good leason for believing that
with stioug candiehites , pnty haimotn
and active , aggiessive lighting all aloni ,
the line , the odds against the lepubllcai
ticket can be oveicome and the .state
regained to icpuhlicaii control.
What convenient memories people
hive when they are put upon a witness
stand. A banker always lemembeis te
notify a depositor the moment he ovei
draws his account , but when he is call vd
on to naiiate In coin t the clicuinstame
ol a tiansiictlon Involving over S2MOOI ( ,
h > Is unable to remember the details ol
such an Insignificant Item of Imsir > ss
An ex-state auditor foigets all about
the l.ngest state wairaut ever diiwn
upon the state tieasnry , although it was
Issued tiom his oflice and under Ills dl
lections He isn't even sine whether h
cm identify slgnatuics of other state
olllccis on the stiength of which he has
been diawiug waii.ints to thu extent
of hundieds ol thousands ot dollai.s
Witnesses aie ( jueei1 animals.
The Nebiaska unlfoim bar examina
tion law enacted two jeats ago seem *
to be winking satisfactory ami accom
plisliiug Us object , namely , the raising
< f Hie st indtud ef admission to nnu
tle'i > at the bar of this state. lixiontl
is still made for the graduates of cei
tnin law schools , but theie is no reason
why this special tavoiltlsm should bi >
maintained. The law school that pie-
pnes its tlldcnts to take the regular
bar examination and makes successful
passage of that examination a pie-
roqulslto to its own diploma will be
eloing no moro than its shaie tow aid
elevating the iilane of the legal profes
sion.
Kvoty time an Omaha man shows his
face In any pint of Neln.iska or sm-
loimdlng statc.s he is plied with iiie's-
tlons about the exposition. The people
of the ti.iiismlsslsslppl country aie Intensely -
tensely inteieated in this huge e-ntei-
prise. They expect great benefits fiom
It ami tlie-y are also ready to cooperate
In evoiy way to make II a complete suc
cess.
Invcstois and liomeseokers ought to
taUe < a look at Omaha and the suiiciund-
ing tenltoiy at this MMSOII of the jear.
City and countiy never looked luntei
tlian Ilie } do this spilng , sifter bountiful
lalns that have made the whole plant
woild outdo Itself | u gieenness. A sur
vey of Xelnaska now cannot but leave
a favorable1 impiesslon.
If It be tine , as repotted , that the
piesldent Is e.xpi'ilencing dltllcully in
finding a suitable man tor the .Spanish
mission , It Is to be helped that their
abounding modesty will not pievemt cer
tain local pntiiols , whose thii.st lei
Spanish goie has become chronic , liom
helping the executive out of a serious
dilemma.
The fact that the buiglar who felo
niously eiiteied an Omaha chinch and
tound a whole e-aso full of the pastoi's
old botmoiis took none of themTfwa.v
with him reveals a revctonce forfiacied
things hardly to bu expected under the
clicumstances.
Should ox-Treasuieir llattley bo called
as a witness In the case against ex--
Auditor Mooio ho will doubtless be t-x-
[ tected lo lecipiocato the favor Hiovvn
him by Moore's forgetfnlness on the
witness htand In the case against Hart
ley.
An alleged gold oxpeit says thu Ne-
naska gold fields can bo Hindu to pay.
No doubt about It. Thny can bu made
to pay some one If only the experts who
may be cnllcil lo nn < $ upon their pay
ing qunlltlca cvMr sl * months
I'rcnehltiK nml I'rnrUco.
ImllnnujJolbJ Journal.
Mr Brjan It Jiway from homo re
pealing his Joke aSotrt the failure of the
promised pro erlty-Uie-tmploycs In the Uur.
llngton railway machine shops In his town
are working overtlmV lAlc.iuso of tUo Increase
of business oil that fijstcm
I'lipnlarll- < > /LlJrriirj .SlioclCH.
Wn hjn toii Star
' (
A novelht Is ndvo'rt'lscd as having suITcrce
nervous prostration'IMmcdlatoly after getting
through with her fftosl book The preacnl
demand for literacy sbocks Is niich that It
might bo profitable for the publishers to
KO further and guarantee a similar result
to each purchaser. i > t
Ainnrliiir lininiilriiee.
ChlCRRn Journnl
Iteraimo wo object to returns of 20 , Ift or CO
per cent for the benefit of private monopolies
which the Allen bill would create out ol
property belonging to the public , we are ac
cused of "driving capital away from Chicago
cage " Thp Impudence of the thlnn Is posi
tively astounding , and It Is dinioult for n
pe son of common honesty to understand the
double-complex Immorality of the nun who
maltt ) the accusation
r'rellclllttKKllll1tt Ii
\Vn MiiKton 1'ost
Pleach of thU thing of lnchlng a < < wo
mny , the cifto.n will survive nil denuneln
tlon under o\Ut ng cticiimatnnces Until
legislature1 ! provide penalties whlcii publi"
opln'on accepts us adequate , and until the
courts convince the people that they can be
rellod upon to d's | ense speed ) and unuiliii *
Jtistlcc , communities will continue to pre
lect themselves by punishing , vilh tliplr
own hands , the oni > crime which unspeak
able and unendurable
rillllllctlll VllUllllOH Of Hole * .
Imllnn ipolli Journnl
Ex-Governor Holes of Iowa , who VVHH at the
outset qnlto i flgtno In the Chicago conven-
llon , has written an aitlclo whleu makua
him unp pillar with the Urjanltcs In that
article he advocates a scheme of gold and sil
ver certificates which provides thU the own-
o.s of gold and silver bullion may take cither
metal to the tieasury and receive In ox-
clungo Ihcrefor ceitlllratts to circulate at
the matkct value of the bullion deposited
This Is In the nature of a sound-mono prop
osition , consequently ex-Governor Uoica la
not popular with the 50-ccnl dollar people
In Iowa. _
lluril IJnrmiln ( i > Irl > c.
New ork Tribune
Iho peace negotiators have begun their
sessions at Constantinople with as difficult
and tangled a task before them as Ins been
spread before any similar congress In a generation -
oration If the Oiand Turk bad been soundly
whipped the convocation would have eom-
paiatlvelj plain sailing , but with hla anny
victorious iverjwhue he promises to be an
obstinate customer to deal with and to In-
teipo3o In the discussion all sorts of Inad
missible conditions While the negotiations
aio avowedly for peace , tlicro Is as > et no
certainty tl'iit they will couth in and make It
permanent.
A Sinuiil 'li-iin SiM-eoli.
Knn ° n < ) Cltfatnr
One of the greatest tnrlll speeches on record
vvai the following delivered by William Pitt
In the Iltltlsh House of Peers "My lords and
gentlemen To levy a dtiect tax of 7 per
cent Is a dangerous experiment In a free
country and may incite revolt ; but tht.ro Is a
method by which you can tax the last rag
Liom the back ntwt tht last bit from the
mouth without causing a inuimnr against
Mgh taxes , and that Is to tax a great many
aiticlcs of dally use and necessity so Indi
rectly that the people will pay them and not
1-now it , their grumbling then will be of harO
times , but they will' ' not Know that the hard
times aio caused by taxation. "
Home 1'ililtStruck liy Wheel * .
Chltaiio Cli'ronlclc.
Many Urea of trade have complained ol
"in effect of the bicycle craze , but one did no'
expect to hear that wheeling had aflepteO
the maUng of furniture. Yqt that is vvhal
Is asserted by the manufacturers o Gjand
Ilaplls They say that so extensive has the
passion for "wl eellng become that It has ac
tually undermined the pride which the hends
of fa'iilhes fcunerly took In the Interior fur
nishings of tholi homtb Instead of furnish
ing their bouses with articles of taste at
moderate 01 even great cost and constantly
adding to or replacing the goods , they now
put the money into wheels This Is no guesn
at the cause of the falling off In the furniture
trade , but has been determined by actual In
vtstlgatlon If this Is ically so a reaction in
the bicycle fever may bo looked for.
Spurn ( InCalmiiHv I'esl.
rhll.ulelpliU Times diem )
Lot the calamity howler bo sent to the
rear. He Is not the pessimist but the pest
of the comn'trlty , and he should bo shunned
as the pnemj of every class and section ot
the land Hela the foe of peace , of plenty
and of prosperity , and his greatest delight
would bo to see the piesent misfortunes of
the country multiplied and sorrow widened
111 every channel of Industry and trade.
Theio Is much to hope for In the present
business condition. Lot good citizens of
eveij political faith stand shoulder to shoul
der , and by manfully pointing out the perils
which beset them and strengthening each
other , aid the varied Interests of the coun
try in the advancement to which we are en
titled b ) out unexampled resources aud the
bnundlcbs et ogles that would give thrift
even in a less favored land. Don't magnify
calamity. _
A Daniel Come tit JinlKiiicMii.
I.oulsillli' CourlciJournnl
Governor Dan \V. Jones of Arkansas has
taken a perfectly reasonable and logical posi
tion In refi sing to approve delegates to the
International gold mining convention to b-j
holil in Denver next month. He Bays very
properly
"I intend to Ignore the convention alto
gether , and shall decline to appoint dele
gates to It. It docs not spell out right.
Tht ic Is no silver in It , and I am opposed
to anything uf this kind tliitt seems inimical
to the lutcicHs of bimetallism , "
B'llly for Governor Jones Ho goes to the
loot of the matter at o-ice. Ho Is not as ono
might surmise. Indignant because of an ap
parent discrimination against the renowned
silver mines of Arkansas and of the Staked
Plains of Texas , vvheic the silver sentiment
rages fiercely , but ho recognizes a great
truth to which the Colorndosns and other
piofcsscd friends of the white metal bavo
willfully shut their eyes The way to get
rid of gold and bring about the Hryan and
Jonc-u sort of bimetallism Is to quit digging
It out of the ground , quit minting It nt any
ratio , unJ quit issuing It except for tooth
plugging
M-oviiii > snviii : iii
, y > -
Detroit Free Press , ? The news from Chicago
cage might make the republicans feel differ
ent If they were not ( fitting a southern pro
tectionist detnocrat"fbr'overy western ellver
icpubllcan that they loso.
Detroit Jouiual * * * C lrarley Tow no opened
the silver conference In Chicago yesterday
with that far-fetchtntt trombone voice of his
He spoKe to about70,000 , ,000 people , all of
whom , except the provisional committee and
about 100 others , were not present.
Indianapolis Jouroald The silver repub
lican party may entice , democrats into their
camp , but tbo republican element In It will
ho very small TJui'sfre ' of the sliver revolt
at the St. Louis urtwwtion last year Indi
cated the weeklies ? of the movement ,
.Minneapolis TImfsi That silver conven
tion at Chicago sen'ed at least one good pur
pose It afforded Charley Tow no an oppor
tunity to air that resonant volco of his a
vole * that haa been packed In camphor aud
moth balls ever slnco last November ,
New York Times The populists have all
the couiage and the candor of the fillver
party They have the honesty to fight under
their own flag and their own name The
sliver republicans and silver democrats make
unauthorized and dishonest uuo of the old
party names. They parade In stolen clothes.
Chicago Tribune1 A new party lias been
born. It ia Called "Tho Silver Republican
Party. " It has a cieed the free coinage ot
silver at the ratio of 1G to l ( , a ratio which
eft this world tvvtnty.Uve years ago. It
las an "organization" In the chapo of a
national committee. Hut the new party haa
members , it lias a big head , but a small
body.
SHINS OP mrrrna TIMKS.
St. Lout * OlobO'tlemocrat : There nrc Indi
cations that t'.ie pcaslmlat hns had bin day
and that the patriot Is coming to tbc front.
"Faith and courage lead to conquest and vie-
tory , " B ld Secretary Gage nt the meeting
of commercial Uubs In Cincinnati ten or
twelve days ago , and the conditions which
Justify both arc at hand.
Loulavlllc Courier-Journal UeglnnlnR
with the 1st ot May there has been a nlpady
It slow Improvement In nearly all lines of
bu'lneos pronounce * ! In omp and more or
less felt In all , and It Is gathering force and
momentum with every pa slng wiek This
Is the general testimony of these who are
In a pesltlon to fret Iho Imaltuss pulse uf
the country. Of course. It doc not mean
that busliic a la booming or that nil llnri
of business or all Individuals fed It equally
hut that there It ) A steady and piogresslvc
Improvement In thp general situation.
New York Mall and Impress : Tbo tlinp
has oonle when the carp and cavil at the
slowness with which prosperity la returning
to thla country , after the depression ot the
last thico yt-ais , has lack of truth added to
that miaii malice which can rejoice lu mh
fortune Pie pnlty Is eomlng and the slow
ness of Ita appioath only means Hi sureties *
and lt slahll'ty Thoic. are signs on every
hand that Pre'ldrnt McKlnley was rUht
when be said that the country I" going not
backward but foiward , and that the utcady
lianda and heaits of the Ameilcan pe-oplc
are strengthened and encouraged by the Im-
mrdlate piospect of a revival of wholesome
and profitable activity In nil branches of
I ihor. tiado and btmliucs
Philadelphia Tlnus In spite of thp ralam-
llv liovvltiH the business of this couutiy I *
slowly hut sleadlly Improving The volume
of busllief.s today Is us large as It WJB In
1M)2 , though vry much less In ptollt and tlu >
diffusl i'i of money ainongnt the pioplo Is
evidenced bv the Increase In ilrcuUuluu of
moro than $100000000 during the Ijit sl\
months , but we v1 suaor from the vvanl of
cnnfldcnc" , nnd cnnlldcmt1 nlonu can put us
on the highway of prosperity Those who
seek to multiply ml fotuius | aim their
heavlist blows at blHlnesi conlldi inc. he
cause they we'll know that it Is ilie ntaKcst
point In the bulvark ot nrtlonal prospirltv
They fce-ek to multiply calamity by vastly c\-
agqeiatlng It Instcail of huplilng nil c.ln s < s
and conditions with the faith In tlu-mselvrs
nnd in each other that 1 neoessny to ustoie
70,000000 people to compuativc oomfoit.
itojton Post While the Improvement on
the whole has been steady nnd giadual In
the last two days the buying fevei lus
reached pic-portions nc.iir ( the ilmiactcr of
an old time "boom" than am thing that has
bcrn cApiilppcul l > y the nnikets In months
The underlying foices that ate at vvoik and
have combined to In Ing the stock markets
up to their present condition uio the pro
nounced dunitinl lot the biitet clasb of Amer
Iran securities by Kuroptan buye-s a ilein tnd
that more than oftsela tlie III eCTiets of llih !
gold o\ports , the report that a pompiomUc
has bieu airanged rccaullng the susai
sJiednte In thn- new tailff bill and tin pie
Ii.etti of ai eaily passage of this nicjniiie
the oxcellrnt rullioad ipturns parthulatly
of the great giam ejiiletof the wiit such
as the St Paul thefhleago nuilln-iten A.
( JuiiiPV nnd tin-Chicago No-thwesleiu ,
tl/o / mcournging tiadeuports fiom the \\tft
n dl above all the iltteloplni ; ftdm of roiili
dune tint is lapldly if lehing all seclliyiis of
tbp country Conditions like th t liuaii
ably form the foui-ddtlons of a IniMi iis it
vlval which the block nnrUet is non evl
dently engaged in discount Ing to some ex
tent.
Tim u.Mruu si'\Tih
Varied mill Nci'fvsni > S TA | CMPur -
forinvtl in l < 'li-l < l nnd ( .iitriNdii.
Kansas City btai
It has become the fashion with cer aln
newspapers and a brge number of flump
ciatons of the demagogue typp to decry the
character and usefulness of the armv of the
United State , ? Such a course can only be
attributed to gross ignoiance ot the fitibjec
01 a desire to Inflame the mlmk of the
people against the established older of
things for the purpose of cieating politic il
capital fet parties or individual' A.a mat
ter of fact , the United States lies the fin-\st
and most useful army of Its . ize In the woild ,
and fiuchi la thu opinion of the mllltaiy au
thorities of Uuropa as well as those of this
country.
In ths first place the oincera are seleeted
by a syotem o competition from every con
gressional d'strlct When these young men
enter Wer < t Point they aie piesumably nrnily
perfect from a phy&ical point of view , and
have won the light to entrr by mo t ilgid
mental examinations , accompanied by cet-
tlficateis of good moral character They are
given a practical education in all the oidi-
nary branches ot learning and others of a
more technical charactei The constantly
iccuning examinations Insure proficiency as
the course Is proceeded with After gradu
ation they are assigned , as a rule , , to some
of the frontier paste , wheie they secure
practical experience In the field nece'saiy to
the making of a good soldier There are
cads and ishlrks in every business , but HIP
chances are that , by the time an officer In
the United States army has become a firfat
lieutenant , ho is a couiteous gentleman ,
well vcreed In hlo chosen profession , not
without some experience In hardship and
fully competent to give and obey orders in
an emeigcnoy , no matter how trying the cir
cumstances may be
Almost equal care Is now exercised in the
choice of enlisted men. Tblb Is sl.own by
the fact that only about 10 per cent of tliosa
who apply for enlistment are accepted. After
enllhtment they are schooled and drilled In
the varloiib deoortnients and duties of a
soldier's life until they reach the standard
ot the army as a whole , which Is voiy high
Llfo at the army posts Is no soft snap. Prom
early morning until night guard duty , stable
duty , ill 111 , exerclfeo and the general work
at tha post goes on with the cai constantly
uleit for the bugle call which may mean a
suddenly conceived march on an emergency
duty extending for an Indefinite period
In the officers' quarters the school of In-
Dtiuctlon Is constantly In evidence. Prac
tice inarches are devised , foreign wars closely
followed in detail , new weapons and ammu
nition Invenlcd , dlscuEbcd and tested , nnd
the command kept fully up to date , both
mentally and physically. Men of a scientific
turn of mind are afforded opportunities to
overclso their talents and the icsults are to
bo found In an Improved equipment , many
features of which have benn adopted by for
eign countries. In return for this the army
olllcers receive no moro pay than a skillful
elerk aud the private soldier no moro than
a day laborer ,
The service performed by this army Is
varied and necessary. The Indian rcscrva-
Children's Department.
Special Prices for Saturday
On our Misses' and Children's DRESS SHOES
Our child's dark tan cloth top , patent leather tips and 1 > J K
lace slay , sizes 8 to 11 , Saturday A. x
Our child's dark wine , cloth top to match , slipper 1 tj E
11 A.f u
foxed , sizes 8 to , Saturday
All our misses' ox bloods , Russia calf , razor toe , O f\\
sizes 1U to 2 , Saturday & . \J\J
Our misses' dark tan , cloth'top , patent leather tin and O f\\
lace stay , sizes 11 * to 2 , SA I'URDAY ONLY.UU
Our misses' dark wine , cloth top to match , slipper rff \
fo\ed , LOW HEEU SATURDAY ONLY .UU
16th and Douglas Streets ,
tlons from Hrltlsh America to Mexico an
patioled nnd kept In peaicful'condition The
Uio Grnmlo border Is effi'Ptlvcly policed
the vntlous Inland nnd coast , fortifications
nro nmiined , Instructors arc furnished all
tollrges and state orgnlil/ntlons of mllltli
and the mllltaiy arm ot this government Is
mutably n presented nt every cnpllal ixbroid
by army officers They aio used n mem
bers of all mnnnei of national nnd Intel-
national commissions , thus taldng tbo place ,
at no additional expense ot high-priced
pillttcnl favorites Last , but not least , the
United States army constitutes a perfect
s'u-lctou orgniiizallon which could effectively
officer nnd drill a million men at short
notice should the nation become Involved In
wni.
wni.This nimy cosls moio In pioportlon to
numbers than uny Uuiopeau army , for mani
fest reasons. The American people clothe
and feed their servants well and few tnx-
paveis would have it otherwise. I'hst cost
H always the gieatest Item In any plant ,
anl the military expcndltuie of the United
States lepresents the first cost of a mllltniy
plant. The size of the army could be
doubled or even quadrupled at a small per-
centagu of the piesent outlay , as It would
simply mini ! the bare equipment and ration
ing of additional men It Is safe to sav ,
however , that the people of this country
\ ould refuse to pave money by feeding and
o'othiiig ' tl'clr aimy in the same manner as
the aiinles ot inroparo clothed and fed
The American i lea Is to pay well nnd re
quire good service In leturn nnd It has been
found to bring tbo best results ) In the end
The aimy has been the foot ball of the
politicians In every congress , and , while
scandals and abuses occasionally come to
Unlit thev me few nnd far between ton-
sldoiln , ? the niimbei of men and the vast In
terests Involved It Is only in contie'ctiot.
with the \orv highest places , which , by an
01101 In our system have been forced Into
the political spoils list thai there is evci
seilous reason for eilticlsm and the cause
foi this is found In the very fact that here
mllltaiy procedure is abandoned.
vr.M ) oTitnuwisi : .
The indications are tlat , In the coming
Now York campaign , harmony will bo servec :
up In seel Ions
The members of the Old South Hlstorlcil
ocict > of Boston will make a pilgrimage
to the home of Whittle * on June 2G
A St Louis woman bad a guardian ap
pointed for her husband on proving that he
spent all of his pension monej $30 evcij
month for patent medicines
Hev Kugeule St John of Kansas , a fc-
malu clergyman and advocate of woman suf
frage , is going to Curope to study the prob
lem ot municipal government.
Alexander Mcllroy , who died the other daj
at h\s \ home In Philadelphia , was a clelc-
Kitc to the national vvMg convention tint
nominated General W Illlam Henry Ilai-
The Papyrus club of Hoston has given
$1 000 to the Llcston public llbiaiy In mem
01 y of the late John llojlo O Itellly , the
income to be used In bujlng books for the
library.
The vv ill ot Mrs Sarah Withers of Uloom-
ington , I n el . bequeill's $40,000 to foemd a
Ilbraiy In NIcholibvllle , Ky. , where she wan
bom Some jeais ago she established the
Withers Ill > raiy in nioomlngton.
Mr. Bilce of Chicago still holds tint he
can tutn metals into gold , but ho Is so pa-
tilotlc that ho would rather sell his secret
to the government than disturb the treas
ury by doing the transmutation himself.
It Is charged In Chicago papers that $1,000 , .
000 was spent to put through the Illinois
legislature the gas company consolidation
and street railway bills. No complaints of
hard times have been heard from the mem
bers
S.-crctary of War Alge-r has a valuable
watch of which he Is very proud. Having
dropped it recently Into a basin of vvatci ,
by accident , ho Bent H to a first-class
jewelc-r to 1me It fixed , and when It was
returned there was a bill for $10.
The old town of Salem , Iiid. , enjo > s a
distinction which Is probnbl > not possessed
by any other town of nearly Its slzo In the
United States. Although situated only forty
miles north of the Ohio river and having
a population of 2,500 , there la not a colored
resident of either sex In the place
Elijah Lovejoy , who was shot by a mob
In Alton , III. , after many rain attempts to
establish an anti-slavery paper In 1837 , and
In whoso behalf Wendell Phillips made his
first great tpeech , will noon have a monument
ment erceted to his memory In the city
In which ho died The Illinois legislature
voted $25,000 for the purpose , and the citi
zen ; ) of Alton have raised $5,000 more.
Ono of the. unusual provisions of the
Kalnes law requires that excise cuseis In
New York county he tried In the court of
special sessions without a Jury. The pro
vision applied to no other county in the
state. Judge Andrews of the Bupremo court
has decided In a test case that It is un
constitutional to deprive a prisoner of a Jury
tilal Hence , this feature of the law Is
broken down.
The absolutely pure
BAKING POWDER.
ROYAL the most celebrated of all
the baking powders in the world cel
ebrated for its great
leavening strength and
purity. It makes your
cakes , biscuit , bread ,
etc. , healthful , it assures
you against alum and all
forms of adulteration
that go with the cheap
brands , .
Mwern eo. , NKW fen * .
I.VMIS > i\i\\ \ 01 us.
Irish prisoners In Hrltlsh Jails , convicted
of "treason-felony , " nru not to receive the
usual aimuaty on Iho occasion of the- queens
Jubilee Aa explained by Mr rlalfour the
government does not regard these nun an
political prlsonciK , a class In whew behmf
all natlotiB aio ntcustcmied to exercise clem
ency on occusloiH of mllonnl reJolchiR T < y
aie considered to he not merfl > politi il
oTendei ( ! , but tialtors , henuse the ) hive
been lonvlrteel e > f nttemptlni ; to tike fiom
the queen t portion ot hei domltiloiA In
this view of their case It Is probiblj unaided
as a HlRnal favor to them that theInvo
been merely linpilsoned , Instead of Ixlns
hanged or shot , hut tills vlev\ means the
radical dlfterence between UniJIsli and Irish
opinion on the subjcet The KiiKli'li look
upon Ireland as a put of the ciueenn do-
nilnloiifl not IIUIG ] > .innexed , but abso bed ,
the same as Scotland and Wales , vvhcieas
the Irish iiRird It na in Independent coun-
Irj , temporurllj toneinercd. but still atruR-
KlIiiK to bo free. Whichever vli-w may bo
Intrlnsleallj roirect , Mr lUlfoui's statement
shows that the one which Is HUppoited by
iniffht will prevail for the present , and ,
thercfene. the patriot prisoners will remain
In durance
*
The ( llsm'B al of the Austrian Uclchsiath
by Ijinperor Prancls Joseph because the tu
mult , often IcadltiK to free flRhts brlvvrcn the
poljglot factions In the Clumber , had in uio
the orderlj conduct of public business Impoa-
blblc , Invites comparison between the condi
tion of nfTnlrs In the Translclthnn and ClB-
lelthin divisions of the dual monarch ) llun-
garj is making rapid process tow aid the
welding of her people Into a homogeneous
n.ition The Croatian1 ? , the Iloiiincnlani of
TiansvlvanK , the Little Uu tlans of llutli-
cnli nt. well as the largo Rermnn element
In and near Hudapcst are being assimilated ,
and me In a tali vvaj of becoming out-and-
out Mnirs The Magar language- the
only olllcicll ) ree'ogni ed tciiKue In Hungar ) ;
and notwithstanding some opposition hero
and there it Is gaining an ascendency
throughout the kingdom The Germans of the
western part of the dual monarchy have met
with a flat failure In the Gcimnnlzation of
their division of thu empire. The opportu
nism of successive Austrian ministers lias
dilven them to make concessions to the -var-
rlng races under their regime ; but Instead
of being conciliated , the Czechs , Poles and
the other tribes have become the moie clam
orous Tor lingual and political independence.
By endeavoring to please all the racial fac
tions the Austrian government has pleased
none and has forfeited the national solidity
ot the empire Into the bargain.
* * *
It booms pretty clear that the povvera ,
when thej have settled the Issues between
Greece and Turkey , will find a senicely
less dlfllcult or complicated task awaiting
them In Cieto. The question of the govern
orship will bo ono of the first problems
BOB
To our patrons we
wish to announce that
on July 1 , ' 97 , we take
inventory , and at that
time it's greatly to our
interest to have our
stock as low as possi
ble. We have had an
exceedingly large
spring trade in spite of
the cold weather and
we wish to thank you
one and all for your
patronage , and we feel
sure you appreciated
the extra good values
we have given you.
We have no hard luck
story to bore you with ,
only want to say , that
from now till July 1st ,
we shall have a var
iety of bargains to offer
you , and , meantime
these odds and ends in
men's and children's
suits that we would
like to sell when lines
of goods are broken
some sizesmissing and
sometimes when garments -
ments don't go off as
they are expected to
we find as every
other trustworthy
house finds that it pays
to cut off the profit to
sell them quickly.
For the remaining days of
this month , therefore , yon
may flnel jiint what you want
at u very low prico.
8. W. Cor.
18th und
Douxle * Qt
