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I'AHTIUS MJAVIMi THU SIIMMKIt
I'lirdcrt li-nrliiK < lir clly for
fluKiiinniii * i'n a Imvis The
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mull. Tim iiililri-Mi 111 hi !
l IIH ofli'ii IIN ilunlriMl.
It tal : > s an Anicrlcjin lo coninri'lienil
iho Intlmnto coniii-ptloii liotwceu patriot-
Jsin itiul the
Now watch South Oinaliti overhaul the
city on Iho Kaw and stop Into second
plaei1 as n packlni ; ccnlor.
Which will 1)0 thn next national con
vention to cheese Omaha as a miH'tlni , '
place for ISDS ? All speak nt once ,
Senator Morgan Is enl for Hawaiian
nniio.xatlon. Moriran Is for anything
niiil everything that has a. jln o rlns ;
about It.
In the continued ahsenco of cyclones ,
destrnctivt ! hail storms and extremes of
toinpoiatnro , Omaha still leads as a
minimoiresort. .
Contractors should hear in mind thai
nlthoiih ; the administration arch nti the
exposition uronnds will ho very hijli
their bids on thu construction of It need
not necessarily bo so.
Ttocont successful tests of cocaine
with a view to InrprnvIuK hniran py.siuli'
iiil ht advantaficMtnsly be applied to that
form of defective vision which fails to
ec returning prosperity In the slfiiw of
the times.
liy locating a. mammoth meat packing
plant at South Omaha and tendering a
numlllcent subscription to the exposition
Mr. Armour has made himself decidedly
persona grata to the people of the traim-
mlsslssliipi region.
As 1'rof. Itateman hulls from Maine
perhaps Ilryau might get , rid of him by
turning him over to Arthur Sewall , who ,
as tall of the late popocratlc ticket , wan
oiTonoonsly supposed to carry the state
of Maine In his vest pocket.
The council Is backed by the
unanimous voice of public opinion In
adopting decisive measures against
chronic obstructionists. The city wants
the Improvements for which it has been
waiting for years , and is determined to
liavo thciii.
Naturally the Hawaiian represent.- !
tlves explain .Japan's protest against an
nexation on the ground that Japan
wants to gobble up the Islands for itself.
Hut the Japanese deny the allegation ,
and there Is no good reason why the de
nial .should not be accepted In good faith.
If every one favored with the use of
state money by ex-Treasurer Hartley
Klnuvd In the responsibility for his short
age , thu owners of thu political fencf
might have the privilege of enjoying
oven mom of Hartley's company during
thu next few yunr.s than they did during
thu last few weeks.
The High School cadets should lu > a -
Blstetl In every legitimate way to secure
the gtin.s for which tlu\y have waited tto
long and which have caused so many
grievous disappointments by their
failure to materliill/.e. To make bricks
without straw Is a feat quite commonly
purformcd nowadays and Is an easy ( ask
coiujmii'd with drilling a military com
pany without arms.
Tim liond.smen of a defaulting treas
urer of Lancaster county are out with
a proposition to settle si shorlage of
nearly $50,000 with the payment of ? 15 ,
000. Care should bi > taken that this inn-
nltlcent offer of 110 i-eut.s on the dollai
Hlmll not overwhelm the despoiled tax-
nartnii with Irrepressible gratitude. Tht
average surety on an olllclal bond thinks
thai ho can evade the obligation by at
tacking the bond's validity In thu courti
without trying to discount his chances
of auccwsfully t'cttiu ; out from uudor.
The proposition of Senator Hale to
exclude- from the Hour of the United
States senntu ot-sonators who go thora
ns lobbyists ought to be adopted , though
there IK reason In doubt that it will be ,
It has been the Impression that lobbying
In the senate had become less flagrant
during the last few years than formerly ,
but .Senator Allen's statement allows that
such Is not the oase. The Nebraska sena
tor said there had been more lobbying
of late than there had been for years ,
from which It would worn that this evil
has been fully revived anil the Inference
from Mr. Halo's proposition Is that ex-
senators are thc > chief offenders. It Is
a great reproach lo these persons , but
it will bo a much greater reproach to the
senate If It shall continue lo tolerate this
ilitisn of the privilege It accords to those
who have been members of that body.
It certainly has the power to apply n
remedy If It will and there should be
no hesitation In doing so.
Undoubtedly If public sentiment could
lie expressed on the subject It would lie
'omul largely In favor of .Senator Allen's
tlna of making lobbying a crime and
It may lce ) < > mo necessary to adopt tlilu
Irastlc meansof putting an end lo It.
The professional lobbyist Is everywhere
regarded with contempt. Ills business
Is viewed as disreputable and he Is
shunned by honest and < ielf-respectlng
non , who know that their reputation
will suffer from association with him.
Why not place all who engage In lobby-
ng , whether they be ex-semtlors or not ,
n the same category , therr-by making
the business Infamous , regardless of the
men who prnt'tleo. It. or whether they
lo so casually or make a profession of
it. It Is legitimate for persons having
in Interest in legislation to make their
views and wishes known to members of
congress , and of state legislatures , but.
his can be accomplished without lobby-
ngand generally with better effect. Moat
of our legislative scandals are due to
this pernicious and utterly Indefensible
practice ami no effort should be spared
to suppress It. In this congress ought
to set the example.
7.V ivy lltnutr.
The announcement that Minister
AYoodford will not leave for Spain un
til the latter part. oC July shows that
the president i.s in no hurry to change
the policy of the government in regard
to Cuban affairs , if Indeed any change
is contemplated. The fact demonstrates
the groundlessness of the reports that
have been sent , out from Washington
recently to the effect that the adminis
tration had decided upon a new eon roe
in regard to Culm which would bo satis
factory to those who desirc > the govern
ment to adopt an aggressive policy. It
lias been said that the new minister
was to be dispatched forthwith to Ma
drid , with instructions 1o press certain
proposals looking to the settlement of
the Cuban conflict upon the Spanish
government , the inference being that
the administration had determined to
force the hand of Spain , even at tha
risk of war.
The delay in the departure of Minister
Wondford disposes of all such reports
and shows that the president is still
carefully considering the Cuban ques
tion. The new minister will occupy the
time before hl.s departure In acquainting
himself as thoroughly as possible with
the situation , a task which would hardly
be necessary If the president had de
cided upon a policy. The business in-
tt-rests of the country will be glad to
know that the president Is in no hurry
In this matter that lie does not intend
to interfere with the progress toward
better business conditions by Inviting
new international complications.
TJIItHATKfiKU ClMl > lWA TltWS.
Tlu-ro is significance In the statement
made In the House of Commons by Mr.
( ' 111-7.011 , parliamentary secretary for the
IH'Itish foreign' ollici ? , in reply to th
question whether Great Itrltnin proposce-
to allow the Hawaiian islands to pas ; :
into the hands of the United States
without protest. Mr. ( ' 1117.011 said thai ,
the government did not feel called upon
to express an opinion relative to th- '
circumstances out of which thu present
situation lu Hawaii had arisen , but that
It would bo the object of her mai\sty's |
government to see that whatever rights ,
according to international law , belong
to Great Britain ar.d I'.rltlsh subjects ,
are fully maintained. " The meaning of
this is that the Itritlsh government dots
not Intend to be a silent spectator of the
absorption of thu Hawaiian islands by
the United States , but will have som -
thln : : to say on- the wubject so far as
Hiltlsh Interests there are conci'rned.
It Is not probable that that government
will make it formal protest against an
nexation , as Japan has done , but there
can bo no doubt that it will lirmly in
sist upon the. fullest recognition of all
rhihU It may have by virluo of inter
national law , as well as ample guaranty
of protection for the Interests of Hritlnb
subjects In the Islands.
Wo do not know what claims the Hrlt-
Ish government can set up under Inter
national law , but It Is obvious from the
statement of Mr. Cur/.on that It has had
this matter under consideration and un
doubtedly will have a well-dellned eniM
when the time conies to act. And If
( livnt Britain may make valid demand- , '
under international law , why may not
also Germany and Portugal , who have
citizens living In the Hawaiian Island *
and having interests thereV It may
safely be assumed that whatever action
thi ) Hritlsh government shall take In this
matter , for the purpose of maintaining
its rights and those of its subjects , will
lie followed by the other governments
Interested. Kven China cannot bo ex
pected to bo indifferent to an arrange
ment which proposes to exclude her people
ple from the Hawaiian Islands and to
prohibit thixo aliendy there from enterIng -
Ing the United States a new exhibition
of Intolerance -and Insult toward the
people of a friendly nation which their
government would be fully justltled in
resenting. The protest of Japan l.i
based partly on the fact that if the Ha
waiian islands are annexed lo the United
State.s thu Japanese In the island * could
not becomu clti/.ens , as they now may of-
Hawaii. China has equally good ground
for protest In thu proposed discrimina
tion against her people ,
It is thus swii that thuru Is the possi
bility of grave complications growing
out of thltj bchuiuu of annexation. Jingo-
Ism may declare that thcie Is no danger ,
that the right of the United States to
annex Hawaii upon any conditions It
may prescribe is unquestionable' , that
there Is nothing In International law
which can Interfere with our acquisi
tion of that territory , regardless of the
rights and Interests of other nations ,
that we can throw to the winds treaties
made by the Hawaiian government
without Incurring any responsibility.
Hut other nations do not take this view
of the matter and all of them In any
degree concerned will undoubtedly de
mand that whatever rights and Interests
they or their subjects have In Hawaii
shall bo recognized and guaranteed pro *
tectlon by the United Slates In the event
of niinexatlon.
OMAHA'S SVHSTAXTIAI , UIHM'TII.
Coming events cast their shadows be
fore. The positive assurance that the
world renowned firm of Armour and
Company will at once begin to build a
great meat packing plant at South
Omaha marks the beginning of a new
era of advancement , not only for the
city of Omaha , but for the great agri
cultural region tributary to this city. It
is the consummation of the long-cher
ished project to make Omaha one of
the greatest centers of the meat packing
Industry In the world.
The promoters of the Omaha stock
yards were from the outset convinced
that the heart of the corn belt would
eventually become the most available
location for marketing , slaughtering and
distributing the millions of cattle , sheep
and hogs annually raised and fed In
the valleys of the Mississippi and the
Missouri. It was also apparent to them
that tile great cattle ranges of the moun
tain states would tlud their most con
venient outlet at the point where thu
supply of meat products was Inexhausti
ble , and at the same time accessible by
the great transportation lines. K.xpcrl-
ence has taught the lesson that the live
stock market tends steadily in the di
rection of the wheat and corn country.
Thirty years ago , when , the Ohio valley
was the principal agricultural region of
America , Cincinnati was familiarly
known as 1'orkopolis. The westward
trend of migration and the opening up
of the great west , the raising of wheat
and corn , has transferred the live stock
industry from the Ohio valley beyond
the Mississippi. Cincinnati gave , way
to Chicago as America's 1'orkopolis. As
Cincinnati gave way to Chicago , so
eventually must Chicago divide the Held
wltli Omaha anil Kansas City.
The enlargement of the meat packing
facilities of South Omaha by the estab
lishment of thu new Armour plant
hastens Omaha on to its manifest des
tiny. It not merely places Omaha on a
more equal footing with Chicago and
Kansas City as a competitor for the
cattle trade , but it is sure to result in
the location'of ' factories that will utilize
the by-products of thu packing houses.
Developed to Its full scope it means for
Omaha a score of large and small work
shops and mills that will convert the
raw materials into llnishud products. It
means permanent employment for thou
sands of workingmen and women at
remunerative wages and the consequent
circulation of millions of dollars among
our merchants and shopkeepers. It will
create n demand for more dwellings ,
stores and olllces , and that means a
revival for the building trades , always
a source and accompaniment of pros
perity.
The popocratlc postmaster of Lincoln
Is trying to explain thu reduction of his
salary , based on the business of his
ollice , on the failure of the republican
state committee to purchase all
their postage stamps of him. This
may be some consolation to the
postmaster , but It will hardly wash with
the public. It wa.s only accident that
the republican state headquarter were
fixed at Lincoln , and the postolilce there
had no more claim on Its business than
those In any other jxirt of the state.
On the other hand , Lincoln was the home
of the popocratlc presidential nominee
and wa.s the center from which a lar ; : ' . '
part of his correspondence was handled.
If any one ought to have helped out the
Lincoln postmaster with political postage
it should have been his favored candi
date for president. There are some1
things that are better unexplained.
The declaration of the AVorld-IIorald
that Henry Holln wa.s honest after he
had admitted that ho was a defaulter
can bo understood In the light of thu
debit slip of the owner of the AVorhl-
Ilerald that was found In the city's cash
drawer , indicating where Hie missing
money had gone. The sympathy of thy
World-Herald for ex-Treasurer Hartley
can ho understood In the light of the
loans which the owner of that paper
onjoy.-il by his favor. Hut the World-
Herald has not yet explained what was
the bond between It and the Impeached
stall1 house olllcials which , Induced It. to
excuse and defend the penitentiary
ringslers.
It looks mi If the silver democrats of
Nebraska do not piopiuu lo allow them
selves to bo caught in thu trap which
the populists woiked so succes-ifully Ins !
year. Hy putting their slate ticket In
tin * Held first the populists forced the
democrats to swallow thu fusion bait
whole , with thu result that two phicu'
only went to members of the democratic
fold. This year the democrats are going
to reverse the process If they can , s < i
look out for an early democratic KtaU >
convention. The d > . > mocrats will be for
fusion on condition that they name th- . '
candidates.
Drynn says the people should chan : ; . '
doctors if they want to recover from
their recent ailment. He said that last
year , but his offer of professional serv
ices was emphatically declined at the
November election and a four-year
agreement enleied Into with the head of
the republican school , Neither are tlu >
people ready to accept Hryan's envious
statements or follow his advlco alKJiil
changing doctors when thu one they
have Is making satisfactory progress.
It Is now proposed to exclude fiom the
privileges of tlie lloor of the semi to tlioss
ex-United State.s senators who may bu
Interested In- any claim or bill pending
before congress. If this proposition
should be accepted what would be the
use. of being iujfx-scnator | ? What ad
vantage would the ox-senatorial lobby
ists then have-owr the ordinary , every
day lobbyist ? . , , .Would It ' lllct nn '
greater Injury tn , ioclslate the ex-sona *
tors out of bllsliless than to deprive
them of free. itTOf to the senate while
in session ? din
Xn Oioanlnnfor i : ollri riili
Chicago 1'ost.
There Is no n'c'Wof gctthiR excited over
the insult to thVAihorlcan nnp at Halifax.
Uvcry sensible \Mion \ realizes Hint no single
country lias a mbuopoly of the fools.
fronlilnir AKiiliiNt Vnte.
Cllobc-Pctnocrnt.
In four mills In .Now Hampshire 11,000
people will be kept nt work thUi euinmcr ,
though thty were Idle for several pest sum
mers. A cronfcer will not flail It easy to look
over or under a prosperity Item of ttila size.
AiiicrlcniiNiii In ( InSouth. .
St. l ouln Hrpubllc.
Nowhere In the country Is there a readier
and heartier response to the appeal of true
Amerlcanlam than In the souili , and the
people of the north know It. At this time
a campiilmi of dlatruat and detraction would
merely exclto contempt.
ltiK tnr Ills Salary.
Detroit Free 1'icss ,
The supreme executive board of the Social
Democracy of America having been duly or
ganized , .Mr. Delvi remarked : "I do not know
whether this great question can be settled
peaceably. Krom the bottom of my heart 1
hope It can. " If Jlr. Uebs and his four as
sociates think of marching on tliu United
Stales they chould have the decency to al
low sufllclcnt time for Iho women and chil
dren to leave the country.
The ( 'unfrili-riili- ! < Miiilon.
Chlcngo Inter Ocean.
The confederate vtterana made a great day
of their reunion at Nashville. The followers
of Jackson and Johnson and Leo are ca en
thusiastic admirers of their great warriors
ss when they marched and fought for thu
"lost , cause. " They were great soldlcra and
the men who followed them were hard fight
ers the union veterans bear willing tc.nl-
inony ; but the war daja nro over and Old
dlory will find In all the years to como the
blue and thu gray shoulder to shoulder mid
ready for defense. In that Is the beauty of It
all.
_ _ _ _
Tno ( irnit Ci > urln I ) liter.
MlnncniHilU Journal.
Tlio supreme court of Germany has decided
that trusts and combines are perfectly legal
on the ground that It Is not for thu public
Interest that pricca should remain too low
la Industrial lines , and , therefore , a com-
blno to prevent luiiioua competition Is a mat.
tor of self-prcaervation and for the good of
the people , who would Buffer if the Industries
are ruined by competition and over-produc
tion. That Is a novel decision , and just the
reverse of what ttie. ouprcme court of the
United States has decided on thu same sub
ject. .
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How Dili Hawaii
KnnsaH City Star.
Mr. Krntat William llccket of the House
of Commons conservative , of course has
JusC found out that Queen Ltlinukalanl has
Leon depcaed , as he says , by a small body
ot Americans , and wants to Unow If her
majesty's government Ill's heard of It , and
wants to know , : further , whether her
majesty s govesiiment will allow this mwt
Important coaling station to pars into the
hands of the United States without a protest.
Her majesty's government Is not accustomed
to allow coaling stations or anything else to
pars Into any hands but Its own , but maybe
bo Induced to make an exception in the pres
ent Inntance rather than Invite trpublo with
the United States.
I , OKOKHS.
liiNtruc'ilve SlntlNlc'M | of MtiaI > urNhlii
nnil ll''Hourc'i's.
New Ypik Sim.
There are 7,350OCO members of fraternal
and benevolent orders lu the United Slates ,
and when It is considered that at the last
presidential election , afttr a campaign of
great vigor and .Intensity , the total vote
cast In all the states -of the count- ? ; ' was
1-1,000,000 , it Is to bo seen that thc-so or
ders , admission to which Is usually limited
to citizens and is practically restricted to
thuso In good health and capable under the
law of entering Into contracts , constitute u
very Important portion of the population of
the country.
' There nro now nearly 1,000,000 Frec-
ma.ions in the United Statea , more than
800,000 Odd Fellows , and mlly 500.000 mem
bers of Ihat extensive organization , the
Knights of 1'ytlilas. The development of fra
ternal organizations has been greatly stimu
lated of fate by the extension of a system
of "sick benefits" or weekly payments to
Indigent members during illness and by the
application of all Improvements In life In
surance. In this wiy the Insurance business
of tliciae societies his been vastly Increased ,
and the payment of endowments and guar
antees made prompt and certain , which was
not always the rule with some companies
In the early stages of the development of life
Insurance.
Still another reason for the Increase of
Iheio orders Is the fact that , profiting bj
the experience of other times , their leaders
have sedulously kept iliom "out of politics , "
and away from conlllelci arising from politics
or religion. They have been run on a
strictly business principle , with the general
aim of enabling thrifty members to be of
financial sorvlco lo each olher. The Ancient
Order of Foresters , for Instance , which two
years ago celebrated the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of Its establishment , had
a fmi.1 of ? 2S,000,000 , and the Ancient Order
of United Workmen , which has a member
ship In excess nC 350,000 , dlsbuiie > l last year
moi'o than $7,000,00 without curtailment of
its credit.
Among the Jewish orders of the United
States there has been a large Increase both
In number and membership , and this was
chown at the convention of the Free Sons , or
the Free Sons of Israel , as they arc moro
technically called , at the Auditorium in Chi
cago. This Jtwlsh benevolent order , estab-
In 1S41 , holds a convention each flflli
year for the election of officers , and , as ap
pears from the report of the grand master ,
Mr. llArbuigrr , the order lias now 102 lodges ,
distributed throughout thOBu states In which
thu JoiU.-di-Amerlcan population Is large , and
it has disbursed In all the sum c ! $0,000,000
and has now n ournlua fund of ? 1 000,000 In
addition. As a guarantee for honest admin
istration of BO vast a fund it la suggested
lioruafter Ibcir-cuntodlans "shall be required
tr > furnldh bends of Indemnity for tlio faith
ful discharge of Ihtlr duty by BOIIIO duly In
corporated and responsible surety company , "
tn bo selected by Iho executive committee ,
and the cost of such bond to bo defrayed by
the order. It appears that , iilnco tlio last
convention of the li"rcc Sons , two of Ita actlvo
members liavo bc ; ii ulcclcd lo Judicial posls
of Importance , cue of the executive committee ,
Philip Stein , t'elng now n judge of the BU-
purlor court In Chicago , and another member
of the executive jfpiiijnltlco , Joseph IS. New-
burger , having beefl elected In 1S95 a Judge
of the court of general seesllons lu thl I
cl'.y. The corchidliuC paragraph of the ad
dress read In Chicago on Tuesday wa a
quotation , of porliuio .lo Iho occasion of. Iho
convention , from an address delivered by
fiforgo Washington lo a Jewish congregation
in Nowport. II. I , , , In .1730 :
"May the children At thoolock of Abraham
who dwell In this Jaml continue lo merit and
rnjoy thu gond win of Iho other Inhabitants ,
while every one shall Bit In safety undo/ his
own vine and fig Ifee/ond there shall bo none
to make him afraid.1
Thesa patriotic' words are applicable to
Hebrew fraternal ; orders generally In the
L'nited Stairs , UO which the Free Sons Is
ono. Juno Is thu. . month for such conven
tions generally , and a preference appears to
bo given In holding them In western cities ,
on account of their superior railroad con
nection , It Is to be supposed , for at no tlmo
Is Iho city of New York more agreeable lo
vlsltorfi than in summer tlmo ,
t'huiieifor n Illur
DIILUTH , Juno 25. The Rockefeller syn-
dlcatu , which holds a Iciuo of the lake
Superior group of mines owned by Welling
ton It. Hurt , ' Kzra. llust and others. IUIH
been served with u formal notlcu that U la
not complying with thu terms of the con
tract , Inasmuch us It Is making no effort
to mal ; the mines profitable. It wernrt
llockefellcr asked the owners for a reduction
In royalties. They agreed to do so If ha
would cut the rule on ore on hla railroad.
He refused , and shut down the mine , Tim
properties are worth J2OOQQ < JO. and the law
suit wiilcU la Imminent will be a bit ; one.
IOWA'S KUSIOX TICICr.T.
Chicago Journal ( rep. ) ; Th * Iowa com-
ilnatlon of democrats , silver republicans and
lopultsts didn't receive much fncourftgrincnt
nst fall , but It sounds A warlike note now.
Is platform Is a leoson In vigorous do-
innclntlon and a warning to politicians to
be less profuse In their promltrs.
Ottumwft Courier ( rep. ) : Judging from his
remarks before the convention , Mr. WHUo
must bo n very absent-minded man. Other
wise ho must have remembered that not
nnny months npo the si-ntlmpntn which he
now voices were paused upon by the voters
) f this district. The decision was rendered
in no ambiguous lerms. Surely Mr. White
las not entirely forgotten Us Import.
Chicago Tlmcs-Horald ( rcp.J : As a
vigorous pounder of the calamity tom-tom
nandldnto White Is probably without an equal
In the western country. Neither Mr. Ilryan
nor Mr. Debs U such a master of the art of
excoriating the prosperous or l.impoonlnt ; the
frugal. For those- who , by dint of much In
dustry , frugality mid deprivation , have suc
ceeded hi accumulating a goodly portion of
this world's pioOs to provide against the
iliy of want or misfortune , Mr. White has a
piofound contempt that tlnds expression In
much choice contumely.
Chicago Post ( rep. ) : Fred H. White , the
successful nominee , Is described as A "fiery
orator" and "Intense thinker. " A Maniple of ]
his oratory was enjoyed by the national
democratic convention last ye.ir. Ho may
not bp over-rich In Ideas , but his rxuber.inco j
and spread-eagleism and emotionalism nro i
|
moro potent with those who love "Intense"
thinking. Wcro their thinking somewhat less | ! i
Intense Ihey could not fall to perceive that I 1
the people are weary of Ihe free coinage
agitation and that they have tacitly resolved .
to give the victorious p.irty and policy a fair
trial.
Sioux City Tribune ( dem. ) : Wlilto never '
broke with the Cleveland administration
until It failed In appoint him pension agent
at DCS Mollies. That failure of his ambition i
changed his nature npparently , as well as his j ;
political course. Men who had helped him j
until that contest , but who committed themselves - ! J
selves to other candidates then , ho treated
with furious harshness , and ho has not for
given them yet. This shows his lack of ex
perience in the world of politico at le.ist
testifies to the intensity of his nature and
Urn loneliness ot his life- . Ills antecedents are
Just such ns to produce a fit candidate for a
campaign ot frenzy.
Iowa City Republican ( rep. ) : One year ago
we decided by almost 70,000 plurality that i I
lowr.'s national politics should be protective
tarliT and sound money. Do the free sliver : !
fiislcnlsls think those principles to bo Ic&n | i
beholden to the people of Iowa than they , |
xu-ro a year ago ? Hast anything happened j
In the meantime to render them less worthy i
Ihan Ihpyvere ? We believe not. Wl'.h j
business dally improving , with the prices I
for the products of agriculture steadily ad- .
vnclng , with the national treasury Hrm and I
the pledges of the republican party sue- j
ccssively receiving fulfillment wti bellevo
that the voter. ' of Iowa will but repeat In n I I
more pronounced tone the history ot the last
campaign.
C dar Haplda Republican ( rep. ) : Fred
White sounded the battle cry of the nopo-
cra'.lc forces In bis calamity speech when ho
thundered Into tha cars of Iho assembled
flalists that "the condlllons throughout our
country nro not only not satisfactory , but
deplorable ; not only deplorable , but actually I
alarming , and are becoming more alarming
with each succeeding day. " Evidently wo j I
are to have a repetition of the calamity howl.
ing of the last campaign perhaps In a more
Intensified form. Such men ns White ,
Weaver and "Calamity" Weller arc going ID
make another endeavor to make people be-
Hove thai Ihey are getting nearer and nearer
the noor house , that buslneoa Is paralyzed ,
thu country going to the dogs and that the
only salvation is to put In olHco men of Iho
Weaver and Weller stripe xvhoso only
recommendation is nn ability to howl and a
belief In the free coinage of silver.
Davenport Democrat ( dem. ) : Personally
Fred White , who has been nominated for gov
ernor by the sllverbacks of tbo state , It not
an objectionable man. That Is to say , be
wag a soldier who fought long and hard for
his country , and ho has a private character
without reproach. 'Hut ' these qualities did '
not Imvo any weight among the triple convention -
vention delegates who made him their can-
dliMlc. Ho Is an uncompromising sllvcrltu ,
ono who shows no favor to those who do not
accept bis peculiar notions. Mr. White
stands for some Ideas of Ills own , but inrstly
for Ihoso of Jlm-Weaverlsm and V/alt-
Rullerlsm. He could not do much as gov
ernor , even If elected , to carry out his crazy
financial views , but he could make Iowa
notorious as Colorado was under the ad
ministration of Walle. He Is for revolu
tionizing the currency ; for miking bad
matters worse in every way. He is con
servative In nothing ; radical In everything.
His advisers would bo those who have
secured his nomination.
TlU.ITICAl , IHMI'T.
Ono elcc'.lve rfllce , that of chlf Judge of Iho
court of appeals , is to be filled in New York
at tlio state election Mils year.
Three offices only are to be filled by p pular
election on the Greater New York ticket thU
year a mayor , < \ comptroller , < ind a pesldent
"
"of the-municipal council.
The Massachusetts legislature has passed a
law that henceforward all school and tene
ment houses and hotels shall be built of In
combustible material throughout.
Successive waves of heat and cold liavo
bad no perceptible effect on the legislatures
of Texas and Pennsylvania. Until are dlil-
scntly Increasing treasury dcllclts.
Fred White , the fusion candidate for gov
ernor of Iowa , is a farmer who has earned
a competence by the swell of his brow. At
the present tlmo the perspiration Is confined
to his Ja\\- .
The debt of New Hampshire Is noxv $1CC,7-
707.45 , having been reduced $ li3,973.fl2 ! last
yc.r The state's revenue last year xvns
$098,205.48 and It cost only J53G.291 to run
the stale through the year.
A sample of legislative rcgulallon of small
affairs la Iho law passed In Connecticut at
the last session of the general n&sembly for
bidding Iho use of any Ink In Iho making
of public records nol approved by Ibo secre
tary ot state.
The new commlfeloner of Indian aft lira Is a
Welshman , tha Jlureau of Indian Affairs Is
a department of the secretary of Ihe Inter
ior's ofllco , and Mr. Jones , Prculilcnt Mc-
ICInley'a appointee , halls from Wisconsin ,
where there are many Welshmen. When
appointed he was a member of the Wisconsin
legislature from Iowa county. Uy tbo fed-
i
oral census'of ISDO there were moro
men returned as resident In Wisconsin than
In any ot the states weal of the 'Allegheny '
mountain ? with the exception , ot course , of
Ohio , for there Is no ttilp In political life In
the Untied States to which , It would Appear ,
Ohio Is not ou c.xccptlou.
Mayor Sylvcotcr Pennoycr of Portland I *
credited In Oregon with an Intense desire to
bo govcinor ot the state once more , his plan
bolnc to mass all tha tree silver republicans
and democrats In his Intrrcsl. The election
Is a year off
John II. Lynch , the negro political lr ! errf
Mississippi , Intends moving lo l.onljlatia ,
where he thinks there Is a botte-r chance of
BIICCCSI In politics than In. Ills own state.
Ijynch laa been lu conijmv , was a speaker
of the hoiMO of representatives of Mhuls.
slppl , chairman of the rational republican
convention in 1SSS and fourth auditor ot the
treasury under President Harrison.
OUT 01. ' THU OllOIX.VHY.
The flalo palms of Kgypt produce SOO.OCO
tons of trull annually.
The San Francisco board of heallli lias or
dered iho rarpct.boatng ! establishments out
of the clly.
The laigest mass of pure rock K.ill In Iho
xvorld lies under thp province of Gallcla ,
Hungary. It 1 knoxvn to bo BOO miles long ,
twenty broad and 250 fret In thickness.
A Dockland , Me. , winimn comes to the front
with a wash bolter which flic has used Rtc.id-
lly since 1S57 , mid a baking tin which linn
been In constant use for txxo years longer.
There I * .1 negin man woiklug In Dublin.
Ga. . who says hu Is one of forty children
by one mother. He say hla mother was
married four times , and gave birth to tweiily.
scv ti boys nnil thirteen girls in North Carolina
lina , anil Is yet living.
In a Maine town thenis a Custard Pie
association. It ori lno4ud In n ph cntlng
match between txvo farmcra nearly a Renera-
lion ago. Slnco that time It 1m held an
annual frutlval. wllli cuntnnl plo as the plcco
de res'fltniH'i1. Thto "unrivalled delicacy , " as
the benighted natives call It , U xvasOud down
xvlth elder.
U Is said that the hottest mines in the
world are thorv of Iho famous Comstock
lode. On the loxver levels the heal Is so
great that tlu > men cannot work over ten ur
fifteen mlnuti's at u time. Uvcry known
means of mitigating the heat has been tried
In vain. Jcc melts before It roaches Iho
bottom of thb shafts.
A farmer's taxes In Turkey are clnonlflcd
thus : Flst : One-tenth of all crops and
frulln. Second Four per cent of Ihe renling
value of house and lamK Third Five per
cent on everytransfcr. Fourth An nmiu'U '
cattle lax of 32 pence on every sheep and 21
ppneo on every goat. The taxcti are rlgor-
ouflly collected
Jaryna Joryprnkownn , an IS-ycar-old
phoplietess nf llukoxx-lnn , has como to grief.
She declared thai she died and was burled
four years ago , that eho xvcnt to lieuven and
was sent back by ( ? od to redeem mankind.
Crowds of peasant * fciloxved her from town
lo town In splto of Iho rcmnnstnurcg of the
prlealg , till ilio police arrested the prophet
ess , as she had n cilinlnnl record for potty
larceny.
In 1871 , at a celebration held In Xcw York
In honor of Prof. Moroo , the original Instru
ment Invented by him \vas exhibited , con
nected at that moment by xvlro with every
out of tbo 10,000 Instruments then In use In
tlio country. At a signal a message from the
Inventor was sent vibrating throughout the
United States and xvas read nt the same
tlmo In ox-ery city from Nexx- York to Noxv
Orleans and San Francisco.
MIIIIO.VS It IOC Al.MOD.
Evlilonrii of HclniiiIiiKCoiillilenie
nnil Prosperity ,
CIUCOKO Tlmcs-IIfinlJ.
I'e-oplo xvho arc looking out for the nd-
vance xvnve of prosperity mujt wpi'a bo alert
or It xvlll sxvcep by them before they are
aware , for It haa already made Its appear
ance In quar'ew the meet sensitive of all to
Immediate Itnpreralons.
Whether our recovery from the long de
pression of Iho last fexv yearn Is to be alm-
ilar to thai of 187H-70 may nol be easily
fi retold , but the first symptoms look like It.
Tlio return to specie payment January 1 ,
1S79 , and the advance In Blocks thai then
began , xvere the llrst evidences ot returning
prosperity that followed the panic of 1S7u.
Today xve xvltnrsrf a elm'liar spectacle , and a = > -
Miranco seems doubly MIIC Ihat history Is
about to repeat lUelf. The almost uninter
rupted advance- stocks for the past live
weeks Is too market ! lo be other than the
strongest evidence of returning confidence xve
hax-e yet had.
The folioxvliiK table exhibit. ' ) the prices of
eight of the t'tocks , speculative and Invest
ment , that are favorites in Wall t-trcct :
May 17. June 22.
Chicago. Hurlington & Qnlncy. 72'A ' S21/ ,
St. I'anl 728 7t ! = 5
Northwestern HKl'/ ' . 11IV.
"
] Jocc ! Island 02 71 !
Louls-vlHo & Nashville III H ! %
Kradlni ? 17-)4 2191
I.r.ltB Shore Ifi2 173
Western Union 7G % 83
Hero are net advances ranging from ! to
13 per cent , Increasing enormously the value
of these securities , and thus adding lo the
wealth of Iho holders. These examples are
taken at random , for the xvholo Hat has been
advanced In a similar way.
Nor Is this rise tlio result ot manipulation ,
xvblch occasionally raises or depresses the
price of stock In Wall street , for the evidences
are all the other way. Take Iho shares of the
North xveetern or Iho Lake Shore roads.
These are Investment stocks , which nro
bought to keep , Ono has advanced 11 per
cent and the other 13 , t-hoxvlng that people
xvho have money are noxx- Investing It.
Ilurllngton , which Is also a favorite Invest
ment Ntock , lias gained 10 per cent , and
Hock Island , which I.s moro speculative ,
nearly the same.
It Is a noteworthy fact also that this rlso
has not been led , as often Is the case , from
London. It Is purely our own , and all that
London has done so far has beun to respond
to the ndvanco on this side. It shows Hint
our posplo are the first to feel that con
fidence which Is the beginning and tbo
foundation of true prosperity. Another
thing that Is to bo noted is that the advance
has made its greatest and most substantial
progress since Secretary Gago's Cincinnati
speech. Ills mere- statement that the
xvork of monetary reform would go forward
xvas a golden Inspiration , and has added un
told millions to the value of every securily
lu Iho country.
Lot no person blind hltrflslf lo Iho evidences
that surround him. Prosperity Is already
hero.
P0WPER
wg sfre/gf/
. . , . .
( Bulletin. IS.Ajj'l Dejj > p. 3J > 9. )
OTIir.lt I.A.MKS THAN Ot U.S.
It Is Impossible to help fiilmlrlng the ac
tivity that England ls howttig In her
"sphere" In Africa. For HID past txvo yours
Lieutenant Viiiulelcur lias been making ex
ploring expeditions In thp region ot the
Upper Nile. In Uganda and other regions
not hitherto visited by white men. Ho
recently summarized the results of Ms Inborn
In a paper which was read at meeting
of Iho Hoyol Uuographlc.il soclcly , and whlla
his vlsll to certain place * had undoubtedly
a military object In vlpxv , although he wan
reticent on that point , yet the Infcnnatlon
xxhleh ho gave as to Ihe various peopled
whom hi' met and the character of the conn
try over which he traveled Is of the most
Interesting nature. The vast and mysterious
Nile la likely soon lo be robbed of Hie glamor
Ihal liRs so long BUI rounded It , and what
xvcrc- once dreamed of as "deserts vast and
antros xvlld" hnve rrflolved themselves into
fertile plains. The xvbolo nf Northern linyoro ,
toward HIP Nile , was surveyed by the ex
pedition. and the valleys xvoro found to bo
fertile , producing Immense cnuuHHIos of In
dian corn , bananas , tnnnrcn , raslor oil and
other products. The people are peaceful and
llvo In Independent communities , and they
have nettled duxvn to agriculture and road-
making. It sound str.tnge lo be told thai lu
HIP regions lu question the minimum tern-
pcraluie- the coolcsl month Is 49 degrees , N
and thai the lilRheRl reglsleied tcmprratur *
x\aa eighty-nine degrees. Industry Is becoming -
coming more common In Uganda , the propls
are doing u certain amount ot xvork , anJ
ninny of them have been taught lo read and
write. Other districts that were vlalled wera
also found to have n climate xvell suited to
xxlilti- men , there Is an abundance of grasi
for rattle , for the mcvt part the soli Is very
fc-rtllp and timber Is lo be had In great
plenty. The railway Ihat Ij to be built
from the fie.iroast to Lake Victoria will open
upn vast region of trade , and It Is llkrly that
there xvlll soon be nn Inllux of settlers.
* *
From Athens comes the slalcmenl thai arls
ot brigandage have become numerous In
Thcssaly , deserters using the ilflo supplied
by the government to capture persons able
lo pay for their release. . Several rich
merchants xvlio fled lo HIP mountains to
escape the Turkish army have been seized
by the Greek robbers .ind slilpped of their
belongings. A handsome mini Is demanded
In addition for their ransom , so that the
unfortunates begin to think their country
friends lltlli better than the Turks. Tha
whole of tircccr lias been much demoralized
by the .war. . There Is lalk at Athens nf modi
fying the stiucluro of the gox eminent to
secure moro rfllclenl administration but tin
politicians p'.efer the piesent scheme ot uni
versal sufTrarr. The lerms of peacear
being slowly evolved nt Cnnalnnllnople. the
sultan holding out for a big Indemnity and
one of the poxvers for International control
of Greek finances.
* *
The nexx- agreement Just reached hetwen
Great dlrltaln and China b tbo result ot
Iho convention made by China xvlth Franc *
In ISfl.- , when , In breach of a previous frcaty
with England , China alienated to Francotha
eastern part of Kiang Hum ; , consisting of
tbo state of Muang and txvo Important vil
lages. liy the nexv treaty Great Hrltaln engages -
gages to recognize as belonging to China a
largo tr.icl to the south ot the Namwan
river , but In the whole of llils area China Is
not lo exercise any Jurisdiction or authority
whatever. Tlio adinlnlntratlen and control
xvlll bo entirely conducted by the Ilrltlsh
government , who will hold It on a perpetual
leaco fi-om China. In addition China cedea
to Unglaml thu Shan state of Kokang , the
area of which , some -iOO siiu.iro miles , Is not
le.--o than Hint of IMuang U. liy nrt-cl ! K of
the old convention , goods carried between.
Ilurma and China were only permitted to
cross the frontier at Manxvync and Sansl ,
Now any other routes between llnrm.-x and
China fouinl to bo lu the interests ot trade
are lo bo opened. The Chinese government
also agrees to consider the construction of
railways In Yunnan , to bo connected with
Durmeso lines. There nro other provisions
for tlio appointment of Ilrltlsh consuls at
different points and the establishment of
Hrltlsli traders xvlth privileges Identical with
these of the treaty ports.
* *
Some hope thai liussla may bo Intending
lo reform her calendar Is held out In the
announcement that the lliilgarlan ministry
Is about to prcfiB n bill for such a reform.
\
t3 can i
The thing to do is not
to get over heated
Even a spring suit
seems heavy as the
dog days approach
Get a skeleton coater
or one of those new
crash suits that are so
cool and stylish at
present.
We also have some
very "dressy" light
weight serge and
cheviot suits if you
don't like the crash
besides an assortment
of odd pants in all the
cool fabrics for sum
mer wear light wool ,
linen crash etc.
duck , , , .
The right sizes and
the right styles are
here and at the right
price. It isn't - worthwhile
while to go shopping
to save a few cents
when you know that
whatever you get here
is right or your money
back ,
Straw Hats go with
the suits.
BROWNING ,
KINO & GO.
8. W. Cor.
18th and