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THE OMAHA DAILY HEIS : SATURDAY , JITNE 10 , 13)7 ! ,
THE OMAHA DAILY
li , IlOSEWATKIl , Editor.
rUHLlSHED BVBIlY MOMN1NO.
TKttUS Of SUIJSCmiTlON.
n lly 11 * ( Without Sunday ) . On * Year..18 M
Dally Itce auJ Sunday. One Year 800
HI * Months J JJ
Three Month * J J
Bunday lice , One Ytar J fj
Balunlax riee. One Year "
Weekly Ilee. . One Year M
OKFICISI
Omnrm ; Tlie nee Iliilhllne.
Houth Omnlia : Slngtr Illk , Cor. N and N'h Sta.
Council Illiirta : 10 I'cnrl Street.
ClilcoKO onicc : lit Chamlwr of Commerce.
New York : Hooms 13. 14 nnJ 15. Tribune llld .
Wnshlnston : 501 Fourteenth Street.
COIIUKSPONDBNCB
All comrnimlcfltlona relatlnn to new i and fM-
lorlal matter houM I * adilre p < l : To the I > Jltor.
IIUSINCSS I.ETTnilS.
All biiPlncss lctt is and remittances MiouM b
* ddrr cil ti The lle I'ubllnlilnfi Coiiiiany ,
Omnha Drnftn , clierhs , exprcn and postMHce
money orilrr * to be mad * | mable to tlie order
of te , , oompnny.
COMrANT.
BTATKMBNT OH" CIHCUI..ATION.
Btatf ! of Ni-lirnska , DoURlnn County , tit :
Ki H. Txw.iucU. Secretary of The Dee Pub-
IlKhlnit fomtmny , I IIIB < Iuly sworn , unya that tin
nctual number of full nnd complete copies of The
Ually Mnrnlnic , llvenlni ? nnd Sunday Ilee printed
during the month of May , 1807 , won at [ ullowii :
1 . 20.121 17 ' . 50.100
2 . 20.4.V ) j , . 50 1M
8 . MH V . 20.021
4 . l .Wi 20 " ; i ; . sf.o'1 '
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30 . SO.ZW ) j
11 . 20,120 27
12 . 20,19 2g . 29.217
13 . I9.CTS . .
J4 . 20.2.-.9 SO. . . . . 50.520
IS . lfl.034 31. . . . OT.C13
1C . 19.SCJ
Total .021,707
Less drduptlonn lituold nnd re-
turtipil copies
Ti.tnl . tii-l tnlfn . 5.i
fiwnrn to before mn und fubfcrlbed In my
'ttrertncc this 1st day of June , 1S5T.
( M | ) . N. r. FKtlj.
Notary Public.
TIIH nun ox TII.MXS.
All rnllroiiil iieivHlioy * nre
KiilMillcil with cnotujli lleew
lo iieooiniiiiiilute. every i > n -
HiMiuer < vliu wimlM to rcml n
lUiWNimiiur. InxNt | tot linv-
li\K The. lice. If you rntmnt
K > * < lice > > ' * < nil " front " " -
ncirn n lie lit , plenup report
llic fuel , NlutliiK lic trnlii mill
rnllrouil , ti > tinClrciiliilloii
Di-liiirlinriit of The lice. Thu
Jlee IN for mile on nil ( riiliin.
INSIST OX IIAVIX < ; Til 13 DISK.
FAUTIUS LKAVIMi l.01l THIS SU.MMI2K
1'nrllrM IcnvliiK the ully for
the Hiiiniiier elm hnve The
Ilee went to them regularly
hy imtlf ylnir The Ilee litml-
neNs olllee In perMoii or hy
iniill. The nililrcxN will ho
changed n * often IIH tlcalred.
The Hawaiian treaty contains six
nrticlt'S , lint nut n sln lo co unt ivnson
for ! iniu'\itlon. :
Thi ! iirospccts of two more Idi ; fiic-
torli\s at South Omaha are additional
etraws iwiiitiiif ? to the wind.
Tt Is said that corn can be seen to
grow these day's , Lf one Avlll only sit out
in the sun and verify the fact.
The.VorIdlIerald admits the latest
fake 1 which Ml has been detected , lint
pleads that it makes no difference , any
way.
15y putting forth proper effort doubt
less the national convention of heirs of
the late Mr. llaunito can be secured for
Omaha in 1WIS.
Spain is willing to pay the Uulic claim ,
but does not want It insisted upon. The
chances are it will not be insisted upon
after it Is paid.
It IK quite evident the men who peddle
sure-thin } ? Inside tips on eases pending
in the supreme court sometimes { jet
their trolley.s crossed.
Iowa free sliver democrats are sill !
denouncing Grover Cleveland as an
apostate. Tlie ex-president will doubtless
bo tempted to reciprocate tlie compli
ment.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty Is not
a lonjr document , but effects of Its rati
fication would extend through lonj ;
ramlllcatlons of international coinpllca-
tlous.
And still ( hey come ! Hut the more
national conventions we set for Omaha
1 hSS ! ) the more reason why all the
others should accept the Invitation to
come here iluriiifj the exposition year.
Tlie proposi'il establishment at South
Omaha of a factory to make armor plate
packing out of cornstalks Is In line with
a- policy of utlll/.lng home products
.which should be more generally adopted.
Tlie lapse of seventeen months out of
In which undertook
the twenty-four Weyhsr
took to quell the Cuban uprising has
tended to convince that chieftain that
ho outlined a job for himself bigger than
he ivallr.cd at the time.
The state auditor was suppo.-cd to h ive
kept check on the books ami accounts
of the state treasurer during the Hartley
regime. Krom the disclosures made In
court this checking appears to have
rested entirely on supposition.
What the people of Omaha want Is
adequate police protection. And they
can never have It so long as the police
force Is ollli'ered ) > y | | , Incompetents
who have been exhibiting their uselessness -
ness as police ottlcers for months past.
Suppose President McKinley does
withdraw all Ids objections to the recog
nition by congress of the belligerency of
Cuba , the house will not Im able to act
without the assent of Speaker Iteed ,
The speaker at last accounts had not
withdrawn his objections.
All the ex-state olllelals charged wllji
embe//.leinent seem to have gene Ink
the mule business , refusing to pleuil
when arraigned In court. They swiii tc
bo laying foundation for application
for admission lo the state Institution
for the deaf and dumb. The taxpayer-
would have been better off had the.\
boon dumb to their appeals for votes a1
the time they eluded them to ollice.
t
It was to be expected that the pro
posed annexation of Uio Hawaiian
Islands would revive the tlomanil for
territorial aggrandizement anil If that
scheme shall bo consummated It Is
morally certain that the advocates of
the acquisition of now territory will be
come aggressive and endeavor to give
this policy a commanding place In the
attention and perhaps I in the party
politics of the country.
How the proposed annexation has
aroused the spirit of aggrandizement Is
Illustrated In the declaration of a west
ern senator who proudly proclaims that
he Is a Jlngolst. "The colonial ] > ollcy of
Great Hritaln. " said this senator , " 1ms
made her the greatest nation on the
earth , and I want to see my own coun
try extend Itself. If I had my way , we
would annex Cuba and buy the Island
of St. Thomas , In the West Indies , and
we would enlarge our domain to the
fullest possible degree. " Hero we have
the aggrandizing spirit frankly set forth.
It would emulate the policy of Kngland.
Having secured Hawaii and Culm and
tlin Danish Islands In the West Indies ,
It would go on absorbing territory wher
ever any was to bo obtained In the
western hemisphere , creating colonies
and dependencies of the United Stales
for which there Is no place in our federal
system and which were never contem
plated or dreamed of by the founders
of the republic. Iiva similar vein a New
Kuglatid senator of the Jingo type said
that "Spain will sooner or later grace
fully retreat from Cuba and then wo
111 have Hawaii on the west and Cuba
n the east , Hanking our shores. " Un-
oubtedly this eastern advocate of ter-
Itorial aggrandizement Is prepared to go
ulte as far as tlie western Jlngolst In
xtcndimj tin- national domain.
There is nothing more dangerous to
he future peace and welfare of the re-
iiibllo than this desire for territorial
ggraiidlzement. It Is utterly hostile to
\merlean principles and policy. If it
iliotild be gratified what would be the
lonsequenccs ? We should have to deal
vlth populations which know little or
othlng of republican institutions and
ivlilch are largely incapable of self-gov-
rnmcnt. NVe should have to be always
irepared to defend tills outlying terri-
ory and this would necessitate an in-
reuse of both our military and naval
lower. The danger of International con-
roversies would be greatly Increased ,
i'here would be : i very large addition
o the cost of government and the greater
> art of tliis would have to bo provided
'or by tlie people of the United States ,
u a word , we should assume grave re-
ponslbillties and heavy burdens which
iVoiild be a source of trouble to the gov-
rument and > ! ' hardship to our people ,
'or which there would be no adequate
oinpeiisatlng benefits or advantages.
The colonial policy of Great Ilrituln Islet
lot one that tills republic can safely
mulatc. Instead of strengthening tills
laflon , as the advocates of territorial
iggramlizemcnt assert , it would rather
> veaken and perhaps ultimately wreck
lie republic.
We need for the present no territory
Hxyond existing boundaries. To govern
hat we have wisely and to develop its
vast resources is n task great enough
o employ fully our highest statesman
ship and to keep active the energy and
'ntorprise of our people , as well as to
'oster and stimulate our pride in and
eve of country.
,1 SUflAll CUMMISSIUX.
The proposal to appoint a commis
sion of experts to investigate the most
mictlcal methods of producing raw
sugar in the United States and also the
> roeess of sugar refining1 ought to be
ulopted. assuming that it would result In
mproving public knowledge in regard
.o tills very important Industry. Un-
piestionably there is need of more exact
nformatlon as to the cost of refining
sugar and no dependence can bp placed
ipon that which ! .s furnished by the
trust. There has 1)oen ) a great deal said
on the subject in congress , some of It
y men who have given the mattei
pretty thorough study , but It has done
very little for general enlightenment ,
wing to the maze of technicalities pre
sented. It would undoubtedly be a
good thing if the facts about the retin-
ng of sugar the amount of raw re-
piired to produce- given quantity ot
rellned , the cost and other important de
tails were ascertained by experts ami
hi Id before the iK'opIe In plain and as
far as possible untechnical language.
Certainly everylwdy engaged in tlie
sugar industry , except possibly those
whose Interest It Is to conceal the facts ,
would find such Information useful ,
whether the general public cared any
thing about It or not , and It might also
bet found "helpful In framing sugar schi-d-
ules. The great Importance to which
the sugar Industry has attained and tla
large place it occupies and will continue
to occupy for years to come in our tariff
system makes it desirable that the pub
He should have the fullest and clearest
Information possible In regard to It
ur ITS II.IVK TiiKL-H.ntrKii
The adjournment of tlie supreme conr
for the term without handing down Its
opinion In tlie Omaha charter case leaves
the new charter in full force ami opera
tlon. What Is more , It is an almost con
elusive Indication that the decision up
holds the validity of the charter law h
all vital points because , were it other
wise , tlie court would hardly postpone
the ruling and thereby keep men out o
olllces to which they are entitled. The
court seems to liave concluded that inus
much as the decision only coniirms the
present municipal otllcers In their posl
lions and nlllims their powers and du
ties , It will not make much difference
whether or not Its promulgation Is de
hiyed a few months. While thi
Is of course mere Inference , I
Is the only Inference that can b
logically drawn from tlie facts , and t
that extent must be gratifying to th
people of Omaha , who are pitictlcallj
unanimous In favor of supporting th
new charter and' the new city otllcer
who have been chosen to administer th
municipal government under it.
Tim withholding of the decision In th
charier ease , however , threatens to hrln
on a crisis in uu altojjethur different d
rcctlon. While the charter stands as the
aw nntll it Is declared unconstitutional
> y the courts , the fact that Its validity
s attacked In n pending suit leaves a
loud upon the powers conferred on the
Ity authorities to enter contracts and
ncur obligations on the part of the city.
Until their titles are cleared It will be
radically Impossible to sell improve-
lent bonds that have been voted by the
cople or to negotiate the refunding and
eiiewal bonds that will be required to
nko iip the debt maturing In July , An-
ust nnd September. In the face of the
ast approaching exposition year , for
vlilch it Is necessary to repave our
treets and put the city In attractive
onditlon to receive visitors and to do
his In the shortest possible time , the
ituation Is most serious. The threatened
mbarra&smcnt of the city In maintain-
ng its credit and pushing public works
hat are Impeiatlvely. needed , unless
verted , cannot fall to cripple the cxposl-
lon Irreparably.
Under the circumstances , there seems
o be but one course to be pursued. The
See , therefore , In the name of the loyal
Itlzcns of Omaha , without respect to
lolitlcs or party , calls upon Chief Jus-
ice Post lo reconvene tlie supreme court
n special session long enough to make
ubllc the court's decree In tlie charter
ase. We know this Is an extraordinary
roi'cedliig , but extraordinary couill-
lous demand It. Hy responding to lids
ppeal the judges of the supreme court
an earn the lasting gratitude of every-
no who Is Interested In the succt ss of tlie
'ransmississippi Kxposltlon and lias the
velfare and progress of Omaha and Ne-
raska , at heart.
TI1K K
The protest against the annexation of
he Hawaiian Islands to the United
States by ex-tjtieen I.llluokulunl , who Is
ow living In Washington , will probably
lot be given serious consideration by
llher the senate or the president , yet
s must be admitted that some of her
tutoments and claims are not without
orce. It Is unquestionable that tlie
iresent government of Hawaii was es-
abltslied by deliberate usurpation1 and
lint it represents the will of only a
mull minority of the people having the
ight to be heard In regard to their gov-
ninicnt when It was organized. The
lative Hawaliaiis had no part in setting
ip the so-called republic and they were
; epl from exercising the right belonging
o them by the overawing presence of
he force of American marines landed in
inuolulu. ostensibly to protect Ameri
can Interests , but really to support the
lenient engaged In overthrowing the
nonarchy.
Tlie is fails
ox-queen entirely right so
ls her statement of facts is concerned ,
nit this is not likely to have any weight
) intlueiice In view of Hie fact that , the
iresent government lias been main-
allied during a period of more than four
ears ; has been recognized by other
countries and lias established intonm-
ional relations. The deposed queen
vonld have a better case if she had ro-
nainod In her own country , but In any
event the United Stales could do nothing
o restore her to power or to In any
wise discredit the existing government ,
which we have fully recognized.
Ullioukulanl must remain nn ox-queen
mil the sooner she accepts that fact the
totter It will be for her peace of mind.
After accepting and using tlie steno
graphic report of the decision of .fudge
Koysor in tlie recent Associated Press
case , the World-Herald js attempting to
> oat the stenographer out of his pay.
i'he ostensible excuse for refusing to
settle for value received is that the
stenographer , who was also employed to
make a copy for The Boo , declined to
break ills agreement or to yield to the
bulldozing threats of the World-Herald
publisher and his lawyer , who wanted
the exclusive copie.s of tlie decision that
they might garble and distort it at will
without danger of detection. Foiled and
exposed in Its brazen attempt to mis
represent the cogrt's opinion , that paper
is now trying to hold , the stenographer
out of the money lie lias earned and an
nounces that it will liglit ( lie judgment
he has obtained against it to tlie court
of last resort. To a man up a tree. It
looks very much like a , case of forced
loan levied on the stenographer for tlie
benefit of an Impecunious publisher.
The adoption by tlie Heal Estate exchange -
change of the short form of. deeds and
mortgages is a step In the right direc
tion which will commend Itself to all
who have waded through the muss of
legal verbiage which expands the old-
fashioned form , or have waited weeks
for one of those Interminable documents
to be returned from the recorder's ollice.
With their tenure of ollice assured , at
least for several months to come , mem
bers of the Hoard of Kire and Police
Commissioners must ask themselves
whether they can longer delay that
piomised police reorganization and live
up to the letter and spirit of the oatli
of otllce to which each has subscribed.
It requires n two-thirds majority of
thu United Slates senate to ratify a
treaty. As tlie country can easily be
involved in war or laden with a burden
of debt by treaty , the necessity of a
specially large majority for ratification
should lo a safeguard rather than an
obstacle to good government.
The Slonx Indians are asking per
mission to erect a monument over the
fallen bravi-s who fought at Wounded
Knee. Hut Is tills entirely fair ? Gen
eral Colby Is still alive and good for
many years to come. 1/et the Wounded
Knee monument watt a little while
longer.
President McKinley says that Ha
waiian annexation Is no new sifheme.
Of cour.se not. Americans In Hawaii
have been scheming to this end ever
since they set foot In the country. Hut
they never got anywhere near tlie con
summation of their scheme before.
It Is to be hoped the efforts of the
Agricultural department to abite : the dis
crimination practiced abroad agulns !
American meats and meat products wll
prpvu at least measurably successful
American me/ii/exports could bo oaslljr
Increased to Sic great benefit of Ameri
can farmers"liart cattle raisers as well
as packers IP'Hie markets of Himuw
wore freely opened to us. Whatever the ( |
government may succeed In accomplish
ing In this direction will be appreciated
by all our agricultural states.
Toiicli Not , f.ook Xol.
St. lxiul llfpuhllc. .
The man wtio onsuiu a llirrmomelcr now
adays Is a toolllh borrower of trouble.
At
iir Ioiiil InilliuiM.
Htjjjjtluls Hcrulillf.
TUcro slioul < j-fiojno ) trouble about RrantliiK
tlio Sioux Indlpfs'l request to he allowed to
erect n iiinnmnbn"Sver { the Rrnves \\nrriors
slnln \Voumreil Knee. Unr-le Sam would
doubtless botflail to sec such houora paid to
the very last ono ot the Sioux.
So nil r In the Semite.
W.istiliiRton Star.
The oftencr the situation la examined the
greater becomes the regret that the senate
subcommittee ever cut its Inexplicable capers
with the DlhKluy bill. The measure had betn
apiitovcd by tlie party at larpe , nnd demo
cratic criticism had not been severe.
rionr I'll the Pnlitn IMielllc Mmlille.
Oilman Tribune. '
It la reported from Hr.sloa that the plans
for rcorRat'laliiK tilt ? Union I'.iclflo railroad
comiutiy hiivo been practically perfected by
the i-corRaulzallbn-conimlttfc on lines that
nro acceptable to the Rovcriinicnf. Only legal
fornvilltlrs arc sold to stand hi Hie way or
the coivummntlon of tin * project und these
will ho disposed of at an early < Mto. If this
sanguine pxroulatlon Is realized the people
Kcnerally will be mightily pleased.
Chutiticx WrniiKlit l Two WIII-M.
OlolH'-IV'inooivt.
"If my lite Is prolonged. " said Jchn Shnr-
maii lu tht > cloeing lines of lih "Ilecollec-
tlons of Forty Years. " "I will do all 1 can to
add to the strength and prosperity of the
Untied States , but nothing to extend Its
limits or to add new dangers by an acquisi
tion of forelfin tcnllory. " The same John
Shprmnn imt Ills signature WeilnMdiy to the
treaty for the annexation of Hawaii. Tlmo
occasionally brings strlkliiR chaiiK s In men's
moods and opinions , and the period covered
by thU change Is short.
1 < jXiiirl | Trinle Heeoril.
I'lilliulfliihlii I'ress.
The May forolen trade statement shows a
sharp falling oft In the vnlue of tmnorls of
mdrchamllpe. the de llno as comparl with
April belnp $22,000,000. Tin metchandiso ex
ports for the month were lirger than urinal
, Mti ! nnout thesart'c as In the previous inonlh.
The n > orcliandlso trade for eleven months ex-
c < -eds all previous nsurea , the tivoAible bal
ance being $2WOflO,000. ! or $20i,0r ; > 0,000 more
than in tlio preceding year. Adding the net
exports of sllvsr , thO to'al ' xccsi of oxiioi-ts
for eleven montr.s is $311,000,033 , lu settle
ment of which manuitlcent sum our foreign
creditors have sort a paltry $48,000,000 In
gold. It h to bo remarked that durlnts
the last month ot this phenomenally favor.ible
tra.'lo ' period wo constantly exported sold to
Uuropo.
Heiititlful 1'iMvi-r of Kvpresslon.
New York Sun.
There is sorW secret Inspiration In popu
lism , whether 'or the mlddle-of-tho-mad or
of the slde-of-ihe-rbad sort , which gives to
the practiser ot. It : n beautiful power of ex
pression. Somr- populists can talk moiv than
others , but all can-talk more than anybody
else. And with .Avlyit. ; energy ! Here , for In
stance , Is an olil ! friend , the Hon. John Wo
den HroldcnMnli ' ° very Rreatest populist.
In Kansas. TlfVrriidrtlp-of-the-road populists
say that he Ifjjuye l them to send him as a
delegate to tlia bonultat national reorganiza
tion rcMVcatlony-whlch is to reorganize the
populist party and everything else next July ,
denotes his want
of confidence In'the stoiy in these moving
terms : ' 5)S ) * 3' , > l
"ft f owcKlfi'i ' devil 10.000 liars , and lie
wouldn't taliGjrXbv. telnuerqcr and John Wil
ls as full pay'ntfent'Vit the obligation , 1 would
Thin Is IgyeJxJjPAUase. but wait until ' .Mr.
Willis aiul-Mr. Steinberger arc heard from.
Depend upon it. in'them , too , there is ex
cellent bompllatlqn. "
I'OI.ITICAI , IW5FT.
Morn than half the delegates to the re
publican state convention In Ohio have been
ihosen , and two-thirds of the number ar ? In
favor of tlio re-elccticn of Senator Hanna.
President McKlnley's mail averages from
1,000 to 1,300 letters a day. beside several
largo sacks of newspapers. This Is the larg
est mail In the history of the presidential
mansion.
'Charles ' Emory Smith , the editor ot tho' '
Philadelphia Press , and Senator Thurston of
Nebraska , will be among tlio speakers at
the republican league convention in Detroit
next month.
The new constitution of Delaware forbids
trial by jury for persons charged with bri
bery. The accused Is In the hands of a com
mission of judges. This is one of a very few
marked attempts to modify or alter the jury
system as at present established.
Next September , for the third tlmo , South
Carolina will elect a United States senator
by a popular party vote. The candidates ap
pear before the people In a joint debate for
several week prior to the election , and the
legislature accepts the general verdict.
Three democrats who are candidates for
senator In Ohio are estimated to bo wortli
jointly $75,000,000. Whllo plutocrats are
frowned upon by the Chicago platform , a
liberal application of usufruct will remove
thcr objection and transform them Into high-
grade patriots.
Kx-Sonator Dubols of Idaho declares that he
wants to "wlpo the republican party off the
face of the earth. " The gentleman turned
down by u combination of democrats and
populists realizes that ho has a big task on
hand , and before beginning the job he will
recuperate his strength in Japan.
There. Is no danger of Tammany being
stricken with ueryp prostration. Among the
popocrats. democrats and cuckoos Invited to
Its Fourth of July blow-out are theHo :
Grovcr Cleveland , L.L.D. : William J. Uryun ,
John i.\l. I'aimcr , David n. Hill , Hoswoll I' .
Flower , .Arthur Sowall , Adlai 13. Stevenson ,
Thomas K Hayard , James 1C. Jones , George
Gray , Joseph C. S. Blackburn , George G.
Vest , Calvin S. Drico , John W. Daniel. Wil
liam C. Whitney , Perry llelmont and Wil
liam F. Sheehan. It all these should como
together and maintain the peace. Tammany
would command a prize as the advance agent
of harmony.
SIIV.STKII I.V\VY13IIS.
.V. DlHereillt lo the I'mfexnloii mill a
l'i-e ; " ii the I'uhlle.
I > f M < lyn I'aslc.
A move In | Jm < rlght direction has been
made by the y' Hdcn of one of the New
York prisons , lu cxcludlnc that clans of so-
called lawyers Known as Ahyetora from the
couiifcl rooms lif ma hoslelry. Ho will per ;
mil none but' ' ' holiest lawyers , who know
their business/to ! have UCCCMG to the pris
oners hereafter , , Whllo thla la a propar
course It would , be , a more proper one If the
shysters could PI jllsbarred altogether. The
clergy frown q | ) ni'lsy vulgarians in the pul
pit , the medial fraternity exclude quackn
from their soclj'.tlM , no man can bo an of-
llcai' in the uriiiy ? r navy wlia is net ( | iiall-
lleil by IOIIK aul arduous drill and fltudy , a
pretender In ouKlivjerlng , In teaching , In the
arts , would bo , ° , dcovertd | and denounced In
no tlmo ; yet Ujf ' V men , hardly one ot whom
has a clean rcrp'rd , are permitted In a ma
jority of our cflMrts to prey on the unfor
tunate. They .are a nolgome , dishonorable
lot , their knowledge of law is meager ; lliey
rely on bluff and arrogance to carry tholr
poinls , and tlioy are after all Iho money
that they can Und lu the clothes or tlio
bank account of a client. Certain of theeo
gentry were not long ago compelled to make
restitution after tlreclng a peison who liai
fallen into their hands , and it would be > for
the Improvement ot their morals It the }
were compnlled to own ID court how mucl
they expected to receive for their allegei
services , that the client might be advised
from the bench , as to what sum It wouli
bo Just to pay. There arq too many lawyers
but that doea not cxciuo dUlionewty in any
of them. There are othur way a of gaining
a living than by practicing law. At l
evculu , Iho claffi known as shynters eboult
cease to be aufflclently large and Influentla
tu couiposo a clam.
AMVTIO.V OP \\v\it. .
I.oulsvlile Courier-Journal ( dem ) : Speak
ing ot Hawaiian annexation , U Is pertinent'
to remark thai If Uncle Sam would attend
to his own business he would Imvc more
business to attend to. |
Chleat < o rhrotilclo ( dom. ) : U Ix n great' '
mistake for the present administration to
lake up and complete tlio blunder of tho' '
Harrison administration. And It Is dlsap- '
pointing In view of what thn president said ,
against the pnssloli for territorial aggran-1
dlzrmcnt in bis Inaugural address. |
Minneapolis Times ( dein. ) : On business !
grounds alone the proposed annexation commends -
mends Itself to every clcnr-headed Amerl- !
can. It would place the Vnlled Slalcs In '
permanent possession of n region whlrh Is '
capable of almost unlimited tr.ule develop
ment and with which the whole future of i
American commerce In the Tactile Is vitally
associated. |
Chicago Times-Herald ( rep. ) : The people' '
of this country will give a hearty wehomti
to the territory of Hawaii , soon , we hope ,
to bo a state of the union. It brings now
wealth and power to us , ami wu In return
extend to It thu blessings of free and stable
government. The heart of every true \nicrl-
cin xvlll btnt with pride nt the thought of
the Hag flying , nut for an hour or a day ,
but forever above Hie white buildings of
honutlftil Honolulu.
St. I.ouls llepublic ( at > m. ) : If we lake
dialant Hawaii , why not near-by Culm ? If
Cuba , why not any other country whcse
people would like to shift ihrlr trmiblrs nnd
responsibilities un our broad backs ? We
have no liUvrc ta that the poevvaslrn of
Hawaii would help us to protect or further.
Jn the contrary. Its acmilsltlon would vastly
ncfcD.ip our responsibilities , ovpenroi * and
langer. ! . Our shore Illie fen- naval dcfenssj
would be nearly doubled. U la ImpoMliilo
o sec compensation for tlie new respon
sibilities we would assume.
New York Post (1ml. ( ) : Hut riurstlons of
eiiRar and revenue are only a mall part of
he Hawaiian difficulty. The sobeilng thing
s tlio great departure from all our traditions
( iidi experience In annexing territory 2,000
nlJiM from ouraliorcs ; In taking In a popu-
at'on of mixed races , at least half of whom.
\oulrt not be allowed , under existing lav\n ,
o come Into our country at all , much Irsj
o acquire cltUen-ihlp. If this violent wrench
away from the past Is lo be teiiaycd. the
country ought ot least to have ample nothv
ind be given time to discuss and yass upon
Kansas City Star ( drm.r ) There Is reason
o fear that the administration favors the
juslness of colonization , and It Is already I
ntlmaled that the annexation of Hawaii
orcbliadiiws Ihe nrquislllun of Cuba by the
lulled stairs. This Is not In harmony with
he Idea that has prevailed In America for
nany years , and while H may excite the en-
l.uslnsm of the people who go In for the
pread eagle business , It is a policy which
a open to most aerlous objections , and
vhlch is believed by persons who have glvc'ti
t sober thought and attention to be fraught
vlth fruitful possibilities fur harm and mis
chief.
St. Taul Globe ( dem. ) : For this we are
: o cast aside the doctr'ncs ' of the fathers ;
'
'or this we are to Invite entangling rela
tions abroad ; for this we are to st.irt upon
a pcJiu4 of colonial
; aggrandizement that re
gards the roi'frtltutlon i , so much waste
japer , if a jingo may bo plcaucd or the of
ficer ot a trust placated. Rvcry lntere.u
of this country was already perfectly
guarded by the relation of the United Stated
: o Hawaii , and would bave been so main
tained Indefinitely. Annexation Is a useless
stop , a mad act , a compliant yielding to the
'orccs lhat are weakening the republic and
leading It to decay.
Ilicoklyn ICngle ( dem. ) : We are about to
ilant our nag where it will bo cordially
welcomed , nor are we assuming obligations
which will bo especially dilllciilt of fulfill
mnt. The annexation of the Islands , how-
ovcr , will not bo altogether without Influence
so far as Cuba Is concerned. It will be sus
ceptible of but onu interpretation In Madrid.
I'ho Spaniards will lake it for granted that
ot what tlio president may rcgaid au being
the right time , decided action will be taken
at Washington with reference to the future
of the ever faithful Isle. The cases are any
thing but parallel , but Spain will not go Into
details ; for her the annexation treaty will
: iave a sinister significance.
St. Louis OIobc-Doniburat ( rep. ) : While
It Is true lhat annexation will Impose re
sponsibilities and bring complications which
many conservative people would be glad to
ECO the country avoid , yet to a certain ex
tent , an already mentioned , these nro farced
upon vs. It ha been a vital principle of
our diplomacy that Hawaii Umuld be either
independent or American , and It lias .teemed
to many ot our statesmen that the. first
named status could not be much longer
maintained. Nor will the complications bo
qultras seriou.s as many person.assume. .
The dominant race In the Ulaneta are the
Americans and Europeans , and these , by
an overwhelming majority , have favored an
nexation for years.
Chicago Tribune ( rep. ) : Hawaii diould
bo annexed because we need It. Us govern I
ment is now American , but it cannot hold
out against foreign iiggtfsslcn without our
help. The way to help it is to hoist Old
Glory as the sovereign flan of the lsland.3. .
They are rich and fertile islands , and their
productivity haa been' developed by Ameri
can enterprise. New Kngl-ind alone has
nearly ? GO.CX ( > ,000 Invested there. Wo can
not afford to lose that productivity or to al
low ila commerce to be absorbed by an
other nation. It has a nplendld harbor ,
which is needed to meet the wauta of our
rapidly growing commerce and as a coaliug
station for our war and commercial marine.
Nine-tenths of the prnjierty Is owned by
Amcileans , and lhat property must not bo
menaced by foreign occupation.
Cleveland Plain Dealer ( dem. ) : Cuba Is at
our doors , Hawaii a lonff way off. H Isfka \
than 100 miles from Key Wcat to tie capital
of Cuba ; from San Francisco to Honolulu is
2-IOQ miles. Our trade with Cuba last year ,
notwithstanding the great falling off on ac
count of the war , .waa $47,548,010 ; with
Hawaii It was 115,729,050 , or not quite one-
third as much as with Cuba. In both cases
the exports from the United States fell far
below the imports Into the United States ,
bolng about one-third In the case of Hawaii
and one-fourth In that of Cuba. Practically
all the exports ot Hawaii are to thu United
States , and nearly all the Imports are from
thla country , Cuba sends us from two-thirda
to three-fourths of its exports and gets about
one-third its imports from tlm United
States. The gain to our producers and manu
facturers would bo far greater by tlie an
nexation of Cuba than by the takingin of
Hawaii.
unv.v runss COMMIXT. :
Cedar KapldR Times ; Jowa Iia taken
world uriiM In butter , fruit and fat stock , i
and now It has beaten tlie east In cooking 1
nnd bread making , and then to think the
prj/c was token in n lloston fashionable
yt'inlnary at that. MlM liilth Klmb.HI of
Clurlnda Is the accomplished young woman
who thus penally honored her slate. Iowa
can wrltp for Doston , It can slug for llosion
and It can bake for lloscoti.
Davenport Democrat : The silver demo
crats of DCS Molucs county , of which Htir-
llnxton IK the capital , have adopted the plan
originated by their Scott county brethren.
In Issuing Ihelr call for a county conven
tion , they have based the representation of
delrgatcs on Ihe vole received by Judge
Ilabb for governor. In all lowa _ Des Mollies
and Scott are the only two' counties In
which the silver democrats have refused to
mention tlie name of Hryan In their conven
tion rails. This Is prolmbly a way tlie sil
ver democrats have of recognizing tlie fact
that the democratic vote of Iowa has brcn
n great deal larger than It will bo this year.
Des Molnes Leader : After being nn active
candidate for Ihe governorship for some
lime , nftcr calling his friends Inlo confer
ence , nfter making nn effort through tliem
lo ni'dirt ! Instruct ton * from the 1'olk county
convention , .Indue Spurrier has discovered
that Iho constitution of the tilatti makes
him Ineligible to the governorship. The
conslllutlon provides lhat a district judge ,
during his term , shall not bo elected to
Any other ollice eyeepl that of judge ot the
supreme court. The belated discovery of
tlie constllutlnnnl Inhibition has produced a
good innny laughs at the judge's expense.
It is considered remarkable , being one of
tlie depositories of the law and supposedly
learned ns In Us provisions , lhat he did not
know ho was Ineligible.
TOIill Ol'T OP COUNT.
"The distinguished counsel who argued this
cnsa before us hnve , I think , drawn three
red herrlnga across Iho path of the court
In the hope ttiat we should bo drawn off
thu scfnt , " says Iloweli , L. J , , In L. H. , 21
Ch. 1)1 v. . 121. *
An English Judge sentencing a prisoner Is
credited by the "Iaw Notes" of London with
this : "Are you aware that for these repeated
breaches of the law It Is In my power to sen
tence you lo a term of penal servitude far
exceeding your natural life ? and , what Is
more , I feel very much inclined to do It. "
Ho doubtless knew the maxim , "Houl judlcls
cot .impllare jurlsdlctlonem. "
"If thu exceptionable conduct of either
widows or widowers when they become anx
ious to marry li to be regarded as delusion ,
our lunatic asylum might have to be very
much enlarged , " said Ihe court many ye\irs
ago lu a Tennessee case. Hut the com I ad-
mlU that "much of her conduct on the sub
ject of courtship and beaux , such ns showing
the love letters of one suitor to another and
boasting about her conquests and the like ,
w\is in very bad taste. "
V. . Hubbard. now an Insurance man In
Chicago , used to piactice law in Ktwh
county , Kansas. A man came In from Hush
county the other day and stopped at the
Saratoga hotel. Sitting with a friend nt
the window of tlie lobby and looking out
at the throng In Dearborn street , ho saw
Ilnldiard pass ; and at once plunged into a
story , according to the Chicago I'cst.
"Hubbard , ' said the Kausas man , "was
tlie author of a new syutcm uf practice down
lu my stole. Wo u ed lo have In Hush
county a probate judge named lielfleld. He
w.'s as iionei-t an old fanner as ever har-
nesittd a horte. but he didn't know any
thing about law. A probate Judge In Knu-
saa didn't need to know much law. Hero
lately tlie exception has spread to the dis
trict bench. Hut the papers are saying
enough about Unit. liellield had caught
Borne law phrases and lo him they were the
beginning and tlie end of law. He know
a man'tt houra was hla lastle ; that no onu
could take advantage of his own wrong
and that the writ of habeas corpus could not
be. denied.
"Well , sir , when a justice of Ihe peace
would commit a man to jail Hubbard used
lo get him out. I will tell you how. In
Hush county the district court held but two
sessions u year. There wasn't business
enough to warrant more frequent sessions.
Tlio law provided that lu vacation time the
writ of habeas corpus could be iMUed In
the probate court , which was always sit
ting. Ami Hubbard would go to that
blessed old Judge Helfleld , swear out a writ
and the probate Judge would discharge the
prisoner.
"What did he care for the argument of
counsel , Hubbard had read with great 1m-
pressiveneiv ! that the wi it could not be de
nied and tills court would bo the last to
deny It. You couldn't hold n prlooner In
Jail In vacation time , not In Hush county.
"Well , one time the trick came home to
roost. There had been a fraudulent sale of
some personal property. A young man in
Hush county had been summoned to appear
before a Justice of the ixace ? nnd answer
some Interrogations. Hid father down in
Wichita was answering the same list of
i questions and the boy didn't know what the
old man was saying. So he refused to make
answer. And Hubbard hud the justice com
mit him to jail for contempt.
"Then the prlboner hired half a dozen
lawyets , and they pulled that old probate
Judge out of bed und took him twenty miles
from home to pats on a habeas corpus case.
Tlie old fellow met Hubbard at the hotel
and wanted to know what the law wns.
" 'You never mind about that. ' said Hub-
bard. 'Here are a couple of bottles of beer.
You go to bed , and I'll tell you all about thu
law tomorrow. '
"So next day when they brought In the
young man who wouldn't commit himself
and endanger his fallier. Hubbard showed
that all other cases , where prisoners had
been discharged , were righlly decided , but
that those prisoners had been put In jail by
wicked men who didn't know the first prin
ciples of the law. This young man , by refus
ing to answer an honorable Justice of the
peace , had put himself in Jail , and the famous
rule did not apply. If the prisoner would
purge himself of conlempt and answer the
questions , then ho might bo released. Hut
IKI was not a lit Eubj-rct to Invoke the great
writ , fiinco ho 'came not with clean bauds
into court. '
"That settled It. Old Judge HellicM had
heard something about tlioco 'clean hands , '
and ho had the mine respect for Uiem ho al
ways had for a thing he recognized as law.
And lu < remanded the prisoner and ruled the
writ could not Issue. And , by George ! that
young man stayed In Jail four months , until
thu next session of tlu district court , before
I ho could got out again. That's Hubbard'a '
1 criminal code of Kansas. "
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Whatever clso may be ald about the
Salisbury administration , there Is no doubt
llmt It has managed to augment consider
ably the loyalty and the good will of Urn
colonies lownrd Iho mother country. Can
ada , besides offering to ( Ireat Hritaln ex
ceptional advantages by her new tariff ,
has recently pass l n vote In her Senate
lit favor of steps bring tdkrn lo bring about
closer pollllcal relations vitlh Kngbind. and
demanding that the Dominion government
should take thp Initiative In the matter.
At the same tlmo the Capo Parliament bus
passed an almost unanimous resolution for
thn arrangement of a contribution bv the
( . 'ape Colony to Kimland's expenses In con
nection with the naval defense of the em
pire ; and besides this the Afrikander-bund ,
which H composed In the main of Moors
under llrlllsh rule , has lately made public
emphatic expression of the loyalty of Its
members to thp Kngllsh crown. In fact ,
tfrnm every portion of the vast colonial em
pire of Queen Victoria come lu > al tokens
of Kood will and of a desire for rlo er tloi
with the mother country tokens whtrh can
not fall lo astonish those who a few years
ago expressed ! > o positively Ihe oplnlnn that
everything In Kngland's empire ! > c\oiii1 thn
sea tended toward separation nnd Independ
ence.
*
When tlie vessels of the different naval
powers .ire assembled to take part In tlie \
queen's jubilee It will t > p prKilldc to ob
tain n fairly clear Idea of the vnlue of the
various types of war ships and tlie progress
that has been made In comparatively few
years. It Is only about thirty-seven venrs
since ( he first armor plates were made for
an English Ironclad , nnd H was In isrtt
lhat the Iron war ship Warrior was luillt
Take tin1 old "wooilen wall" ship Oram-
pus of tlie Ill-Utah navy , which was s ld
the other day , as n denioiiHlratlnii of Iho
growth of naval science : When she was
launched , in ITS ) , she was named the Tt4"-
mcndous , a vcfflol of l.fiSO tons , whieli cost
abotfl SIL'n a Ion ; while , on Ihe other hand ,
tint Salamander , a gunboat recently Hnish < M.
cost about $21 : ! a ton. And Ihe progress
of development of war weapons on HIP sea
shows no abatement , either In masslveness
of hulls , line proportions , graceful lines or
number. It would seem thai each imtlon
Is straining Itself to keep pace wllh Iho
other.H. A well known Uerm.iu authority in
n recent Issue of tlio Marino Kundsclmti
lias llgtired out a careful estimate of the
lighting values of the various Heels , placing
them In this order : Kngland , France , Itus-
xla , United Slatew , normany , Italy. Japan.
'I'he value In units ( number of vessels ) Is
given thus : Knglnnd , 1,001 ; France , 4 fi ;
llussla , 2SO ; United States , l r. ; Japan , IS'J ;
Italy , 1S9 ; normally , 179 ; Spain , 101 ; Aim-
trla , 01.
Although the kingdom of the N'cthortandi
was evolved out of the Dutch rsptibllr- and
one should , therefore , have expected to flnd
Its political Institutions ot Ihe utmost possible
liberality , yet Holland wns among the last
of Kuropean countries ti ( adopt the principle
of manhood suffrage. The general parlia
mentary elections which took place In Hol
land recently were the llrst held under the
now law , enacted a > oar ago , whereby thn
right to vote was * extended practically lo
every innn of full age , exclusive only of crim
inals , palmers and Incorrigible Idlers. Cer
tainly very few Inhabitants of Holland worthy
of tlio franchise would be unable to qualify
ns voters under a law which extends that
prlvllpgo to every male 25 years or more ot
ago who ellher pays a lax eif at leant 10 cents
tier year to the state , or who pays n certain
' liniiso reiit varying according to locality , or
who owns a boat of not less than twenty-
four cubic meters capacity , or who has been
In steidy employment under one employer
for a year preceding the ejection , The cam
paign J it clcsed has brpn excec'lln-jly vig
orous , the- program of the voters h.ivln In
cluded compulsory st tti'-nssUted Insnnin. ot
worklngmcn. the enlargement of educational
opportunities , the improvement of the legal
status of women , and other radical proporaH ,
To what ox'ent Iho simv-going Diili-hmen
hav > yMdcd to the modern ridlral xplrl1 la
a question which the result of the cli 'lions
will show.
* * *
Owing to unnx)32ted preparation ! ) for 1m-
mediate hostilities that arc being nxido on a
huge scale at Onidunnan by the madlil , who
has alrcidy assembled no less than 20,000
camels ut t'ut spot , pieparatory lo an attack
upon Ilia Anglo-EgyptUm forces , the llr tsh |
government has resolved upon an Immediate
advance up the Nile , and all Kngllsh olflccrj
of the Kgyptlan army , ns wrl' i- o " \a \
Kngllsh regiments stationed in Kgypt , liars
A happy
is worth all he costs ,
and nothing adds more to his
happiness than the kind of
clothes he likes. Boys know
better than their mothers
sometimes what pleases them ,
and we consult the boy's taste
in cutting his garments.
Our clothes for small
boys and bigger boys are as
nobby as can be and as much
like a man's as the styles will
allow.
For little fellows we
have a beautiful assortment of
fancy Junior suits and sailor
rigs , the washable suits being
in an especially attractive va
riety.
Our stock is very com
plete and the prices are very
attractive for goods of the
best class.
Wash suits in many
styles at $1.25 to $5.00. Wash
pants 250 , 350 and 500 , Boy'a
2-piece suit from $2,50 up
sizes 4 to 15 years.
BROWNING ,
KINO & GO ,
8. W. Cor.
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