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PAKTIKS IjRAVlWi KOU Til M SIJMMF.II
rartli-N ItavhiKtlio city for
tin * Niiinnirr run hilvi- The
Ilee went to them regularly
h.v iiiidf j'liin The lice htixl-
iic-HM olllee In iicr.Hou < ir ! > > '
innll. The nil.lri-.is trill lir
Ml UN often us tlcslrcd.
Mr. Ki-dllolil has rnniiilok'tl thu
oft of tlie limb on which lu > has boon
perched.
Wcyler has not yet tllsuori'ivtl any rea-
non Katlsfactory to liiinsoli : why li
Bhotiltl resl jrn.
To iiso-a liomuly bur expressive jilirnso ,
Rood imviiiK In Oinnhii unilur the latest
la dirt cheap.
TMilTalo Jict'iiis to IKIVI ; mirrcmk'red to
the JnviuliiiK G. A. It. hosts without
oven a show of resistance.
The boy of Tunis may abdicate In
.favor of his son , but his action will havi >
no eft'oct on Qiioe.ii Victoria.
The dearth of rontabh ; houses of mode-
rattj size is a sure straw to the popula
tion movement toward Omaha.
Bringing wheat up to the hundred-cent
'dollar Is a great deal better than briiiR-
ing the dollar down to fifty-cent wheat.
Argentine has reasonable assurances of
an excellent wheat crop. Argentine and
Hie United States should shake hands
over their good fortune.
Slot-machine gambling Is just as dan-
Korous to public morals as the roulette
wheel and faro bank. The law against
keeping gambling devices should be en-
forced.
Klondike seems likely to bo the ex
planation of every case of mysterious
disappearance and every case of family
desertion that comes to light for the
next few months.
County Clerk Itcilflultl says ho voted
for MeKinley last fall , but Is sorry he
did so. A great many good citizens
voted for Hedtield two yearn ago and
Hhey are sorrier they dltl so.
The Grand Army of the Republic
( veterans should not take their annual
encampment south until they are wanted
by the southern people , even if they
Jiover go south with their natlomil
gathering.
A glance at Mexico's 40-cent silver
'dollars confirms the beauties of the
monetary system of the United States , In
( which every dollar of gold , silver or
paper Is freely exchangeable for every
other dollar.
Venezuela , will be olilelally represented
nt the TraiiHHiIsslK.slppI and Interna
tional Exposition. The exposition at
Omaha will have more of an Interna
tional character than any exposition
lieltl since the World's fair.
The banks are making unusual pre
parations to be in readiness with the
money necessary to move the crop that
Is just coming on the market. Their
uuiumnl preparations arc fully Justified
l > y the fact that we havu this year an
unusual crop.
County Clerk Itedlleld Is out with u
'declaration that wo can not have perma
nent prosperity until we have unlimited
free silver coinage. If that Is not
enough to Induce the popocrats to take
lilin Into their foltl ho will subscribe to
the whole Chicago platform.
It Is refreshing to learn from the or
gan over which Uryan once presided as
editor that Bryan still retuhm his
' smllo" and his " "
'genial "magnetic gussa" In
eplto of the havoc which returned pros
perity has played with his pet fallacies.
With a "genial smllo" and a "magnetic
gazo" ho may possibly bo able to recon
cile himself with the general prosperity
however distasteful to Llui it may be.
win , iitKiir nt ; ui.i.ww or vm.icn '
The new Spanish premier Is reported
ns saying that ho dries not npprehpnd
that nnytlilng will happen lo Interfere
with tlu friendly relations of Spain nnd
thp mited States. This Implies Hint
the Spanish government does not expect
nny change of policy on the part of our
government , but that It will maintain
an altitude of strict neutrality nnd nonInterference -
Interference In respect to Cuban nffnlrn.
On the other hand , the statement comes
from \VnshIiiRlon , apparently with au-
thoilty , that the now minister to Spain ,
( tL'iioral Woodford , who will arrive at
Ills post within n week , has bi 'ii In
structed to talk very plainly to the Span
ish government In regard to the wishes
of thin government. U Is said that he
will intimate to Spain that the United
States will Intervene unless the situation
In Cuba speedily Improves. President
Mt'Kinley. It Is asserted , Is ( llsimsi'd to
adopt the course of General Urant In
tendoi'lmr the good Dltltws of Ihe United
Slates to bring about a settlement of the
war.
The announcement by Premier Azeav-
iiiga that the Spanish government 1 sat
isfied with the conduct of General \Vey-
ler and that he will continue In com
mand In Cuba Is not reassuring , \Yoy-
ler's brutal and barbarous policy , to
which he rigidly adheres , has hail very
mneh to tlo with Intensifying Amerieaii
feeling against Spain ami giving force
to the demand for some decisive action
by this Rovernment. The advocates of
an aggiesslvo policy on the part of the
ITnited States have found in the course
of U'eyler their most potent appeal to
popular feeling here. No one can read
of the cruelties perpetrated by Ills au
thority , of which \\oineii and children
as well as men arc the vlcilms. without
a keen sense of lescntment. The time
Is most opportune for withdrawing Woy-
ler and such action by the Spanish gov
ernment would have a quieting etlVct
upon public feellni : here. The approval
of his policy by Mint government and its
decision to continue him in command in
Cuba may be expected to give renewed
vitality to the demand for some sort of
intervention by the United States. Re
cent happenings In Cuba have been of
si nature to greatly strengthen wyinpathy
with the Cuban cause.
It Is not improbable that thn report P.
regarding the Instructions received by
Minister Woodford are well-founded. It
would be no surprises to llml the admin
istration , tendering the good olllcfs of
tlu government to bring about : i settle
ment of the Cnbaiv conlllch Hut In the
highly probable event of such tender
he.ing declined by the Spanish govern
ment , what then ? Undoubtedly there
would be very great pressure on Presi
dent MeKinley to oxercisi' his authority
to accord blilgt > rent rights and even to
recognize Cuban independence. This
pressure would be both political and
commercial and that from the latter
source would very likely have much the
greater weight with tin1 president. lint
we tlo not apprehend that there is any
danger of Mr. McKlnlpy taking any stop
In this matter that would lead to a rup
ture of friendly relations between Spain
and the United States. Ills first and
greatest desire is for the restoration of
prosperity and there will be nothing
done , It is sale to say , that might inter
rupt or interfere with this. Heartily as
the president may sympathize with the
Cuban cause the prosperity of the Amer
ican people Is his first consideration.
Therefore we do not believe that any
radical change of policy in regard to
Cuba Is now contemplated.
JMW TARIFF Ch.lIM UKPUTKT ) .
When the Wilson law wont Into effect
Its supporters confidently predicted that
miller Its operation tliero would bo n
great increase In the exports of manu
factures. Mr. Wilson warned the llrlt-
Ish manufacturers who banqueted him
in Lrf > m1oH < that they would have to look
out for their markets , for the American
manufacturers would soon be In condi
tion to successfully compete for trade
then almost exclusively in the posses
sion of the rSritlsh. It is unnecessary fo
say that this prediction was not realized.
There was , indeed , some increase in the
exports of manufactures , but it was not
to any extent of those articles which
the democratic tariff framers professed
to believe would find larger foreign
markets , while at the same time Amor-
lean manufacturers lost a much greater
proportion of the American market. Still
the low tariff advocates have been exultingly -
ultingly pointing to the Increase In the
exports of manufactures as a vindica
tion of their views.
The value of manufactured goods ex
ported during the last year of the Wil
son law was $ ! ) : t,0)0.000 ( ) greater than
In the last year of the MeKinley law ,
but an examination of the statistics in
the report of the treasury depnrlment
for the llscal year ended .Tune HO shows
that only a very small part If any of
this Increase Is to be ascribed to the
tariff. The truth Is Unit the claim or
assumption that n law tariff promotes
exports of manufactures is utterly re
futed by the facts. There Is not a rea
sonable doubt that had the MeKinley
law been in force during the past throe
years American manufacturers would
have found quite ns much demand for
their goods abroad as they did under
the Wilson law , while they would have
had a very much bolter home market. *
The reception In Russia of the presi
dent of the French republic appears to
ho even more enthusiastic than that ac
corded to the German emperor. The
c/ar , who rules by right of Inheritance ,
Is manifesting the greatest cordiality to
ward the man of humble origin who is
chief magistrate of France by election
of the representatives of the people. The
representative of autocratic power thus
showing the most distinguished consid
eration to the representative of repub
licanism Is a matter of no small Interest ,
regarded simply as significant of the
spirit of the age.
The greeting accorded to President
Fatiro by the people as well as the sov
ereign of Russia emphasizes the fact that
there Is the heartiest friendship and
good will between Franco and Ritasia.
Assurance of this was given when the
czar visited Franco and now the Rus
sians seem ( o desire to make It doubly
sure. Of course It Is assumed that there
la more or letu political meaning iu the
visit of Fa lire to Russia and Ihe eonc
students are qulto competent lo tmag
lnci number of things that will IP
discussed and arranged betwe n czar
and president , but It Is probably a pretty
safe siirmlsp that politics will constitute
a vety limited part of th.-lr conversa
tions and that their meeting will tie-
vi'lop tin new plans or policies iiflVetlng
the relations of the European powers.
Something of tills sort might reasonably
be expected from a Hireling of emper
ors , each having large powers , but tin *
political power of the French president
Is comparatively limited. The fact Is
that M. Faure Is simply returning the
visit of Nicholas to France ami the- occa
sion Is merely one of pleasure. It
ilTortls an opportunity for renewing ex-
iressloiiH of friendship and undoubtedly
there will IIP assurances of u mutual de
sire that the peace of Kurope In main
tained , but there will he nothing more
than this which , however , Is not a matter -
tor of slight Importance.
.1 TKHtlHltK TllllK.tT.
No democrat can afford fo encouniRo any
element wlicae solo motive la to create dis
sension In democ'ntlc ranks. This Is par-
Icularly title of men who aspire to democratic
lomlnatlora. Such men otiRlit to bo partic
ularly anxious for harmony and otiKht not
to c-ncouraRo any element that refuses to aid
n establishing harmony. The man who helps
llosewater to create trouble In democratic
will have to depend upon Hosewater to
e for him the democratic nomination to
which he aspires. World-Hemld.
Tills threat ought to strike terror into
the heart of every democrat who wants
to got. a nomination on the democratic
county ticket tills fall. We doubt , how
ever , whether any considerable nuinbw
of self-respect Ins democrats will allow
themselves tobe bulldozed and
dragooned Into the support of the rotten
jombine that seeks to dominate Its coun
cils anil barter away for spoils principles
for which the party has been battling.
These democrats are not to be frightened
by any bugaboo which the gang of pap-
suckers and pleblters may conjure up.
The rank and tile of Douglas county
democrats are willing even to forego
their I'lmnc.-s of catching pop-crumbs
that fall from the state house table or
any bait that is temptingly held in view.
As to the threatened loss of nomina
tions , that depends who will control the
convention and who truly represents the J
democracy undi filed by legislative
boodle. From the republican standpoint
the declaration that no man who seeks
an olllee ought to encourage any element
that refuses to aid in establishing har
mony that will bring the lamb and the
lion together with the lamb inside of the
lion , appears to say the least , amusing ,
coming as it does from ti discordant
organ that has done more to divide ,
demoralize and disorganize the democ
racy of this city than all other agencies
combined could possibly have done. The
trouble in the democratic ranks has not
been created by Rosewater , but by the
scheming boodlers and rascals who are
crying wolf to cover their own tracks.
; /oir TO suiwiuss INRJOOAS. / .
The recent decision of Police .Tudge
Oordon declaring that Women have the
same right to patronize saloons that
men have may be technically correct.
The law makes no distinction on account
of sex In the regulation of the liquor
trallic and the ordinances of the city do
not make the patrons of the wine room
guilty of a misdemeanor.
The law does , however , prohibit the
hoopers of saloons from obstructing their
resorts with curtains , screens , or parti
tions , and the violation of this provision
works a. forfeiture of the license to sell
liquor. While a strict enforcement of
this require'nent'of the law has never
been attempted and may not be prac
ticable , the subdivision of saloons into
wine 'rooms for the express purpose of
affording street-walkers and women of
bad repute a place for plying their voca
tion can and should be stopped by the
police authorities.
If the law as It now stands will not
reach violations of decency and good
order , It becomes the duty of the mayor
and council to enact ordinances that will
put an end to this evil. The proper way
to abate the wine-room nuisance is to
compel the keepers of such resorts to remove
move/ all the partitions , screens , curtains
and doors that separate these compart
ments from the barroom. With such
an ? ordinance rigidly enforced there will
bo no wine rooms to raid and no oc
casion to arrest women who want to
smoke cigarettes and .share with men
their right to patronize a barroom.
Tales of want and hardship are al
ready wafting back from the Klondike
regions. Kvery one who has been en
ticed to Alaska In quest of gold had
ample warning of what was in front of
him , and , while actual suffering always
calls for immediate relief , no one who
rushed off to Alaska unprepared for the
conditions with which he knew ho would
have to contend can blame anyone but
himself for misfortune.
The "World-Herald denies that the pri
mary contest of the local democrats Is
ever their choice for candidate for HU-
premo judge , but says in ono column
that It Is a light over an endorsement of
Robert 10. J.cc Herdman , and In
another column that it Is a fight over
Rosewater , The World-Herald ought to
have its own way In this , but It ought
to got together.
Of course It was accident only that
Chlef-'of-Pollce-clect Gallagher took his
olllclal bond to Judge Scott for ap
proval. It Is also accident that Judge
Scott is a candidate for the popocratle
nomination for suprumo judge anil bid
ding for the votes of the Gallagher-
Ilnrdman faction of the silver demo-
crats.
The sugar beets raised In Nebraska
will more than stitllce to keep the two
Nebraska factories In full operation dur
ing the season. Give Nebraska the
factories to work the beet Into suiar
and there will b no ditllculty at any
time In supplying all the sugar beets
needed for raw material.
Should the proposed scheme to disbar
bachelors from holding public otllco of
honor or trust bo popularly endorsed ,
what a bulge the matrimonial market
would show. If the ijualillcatlun of mar-
rlngc were Uia yjilof prerequisite to olllco
holding thu 111.11 rlnionlnl register might
bo expected ? W'tnko wonderful spurts
every llni'.IJiiiif ' , . national administration
changed front one political party to an
other. Hori c golng to Washington to ,
hunt olllci'Allot hungry patriots would ;
Imvo lo gi.ii ( < ! r\ wife hunt. The quo- '
tlon Is. how ) $ ; kind of homes the
wives for Jitllt * only would make.
IMP yl
King Ueorgo-or Oreece did not have to
bn urged tcf fmmcileo his recent war
against llnr/iiir.k ; , but It will take more
than urging to' get him to resume
hostilities , The costly lesson of experi
ence lenrneil by King CiPorgo Is not yet
remote enough for him to have forgot
ten It.
Nebraska gold democrats may put a
ticket of their own In the Held , but
they may rest certain that in printing
the olltclul ballot the populist Rluto
olllcois will see lo It that their claim
to be entitled to the use of the demo
cratic party name Is promptly turned
down.
C imriult i .
ClilrnR" Tribune.
The rise In price of wheat Is another plcco
of luck for the republican party. IHtt then
It Is lucky for the farmers , too. Thus the
farmer and the republican party go aloiiK
hand In hand.
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I'nlttlr * anil Promtrrlly.
Plillmtoliililn Times ( tlctn ) .
.In short , politics and prosperity arc In
separable , and the republicans have the ad-
vnntnKu of revived prosperity that began
noon after the advent of republican power ,
whllo the democrats must theorize against
the stubborn logic of visible facts and Inevlt-
ably fall In the race. The political power
under which prosperity comes to the coun
try Is the political power that will endure
until prosperity t'hall be halted.
riillnilclphla Record.
The middle-of-the-road popullats In Iowa
have refused to continue their alliance with
the democrats of that state , and have nom
inated a complete ticket of their own. There
Is too much Intrinsic worth In a 43-cent dollar
lar for the out-and-outers. They want un
limited paper dollars of full legal tender ,
government employment for everybody , gov
ernment control of all public works ; the
abolition of landlordism , and the Installation
of chaos.
IM-fillc'llon thill I'alliMl.
Globe-Democrat.
When Bryan predicted that wheat woiilii
droo to 25 cents a bushel If MeKinley were
elected he perhaps did not think It would go
above $1 Instead , There Is a chance , too , that
it will RO far higher than the dollar line.
The farmers whom be deluded may not be
mad at him for his false prophecy , but it Is
safe to say thiy are sorry they voted for
him. The agricultural regions will be the
enemy's country to Bryan If he ever etarta
out on another political crusade.
Di'ot ips ltnl UN tHcliircil *
, Knns-ps City Star.
Consul Gcne'al Leo , who > Is somewhat of a
jlngolst hlmsolf , reports that nearly four-fifths
of the J50.000 appropriated by congress with
considerable precipitancy some months ago
for the relief of Americans famishing in
Cuba remains' unexpended , and he Is unable
to get any one entitled to tue money to come
forward and claim 'It. ' This fact suggests that
during the debate In congrcas on the resolu-
tlqn to recognize 'Cuban belligerency there
must Have been' a'good deal of exaggeration
with regard lo Ucs'titution on the Island and
that Senator"Morgan's American citizens
starving in one place and languishing In
Suanjsh tastily In qnothcr must- have bean
like Jack FalstalTs "rogues In "buckram. "
, n < r-iO
riOA KluiullUn III Wjoinliiiy.
Chicago Journal of Commprcc.
Wyoming comes to the front this month
with a new development of mineral wealth.
Prof. Nicholson of the University of Ne-
broska has made the discovery that the
country lying along the Big Horn mountains
la not only rich in copper , but that con
siderable gold End silver Is also Indicated.
He Is of the opinion that larger copper de
posits exist at a depth of 200 feet. Another
encouraging find Is that of the Plnney cresk
deposits of real of a remarkably fine char
acter , containing 75 to 79 per cent of carbon ,
or 20 per cent more than any other Wy
oming coal. It seems to bo a leading char
acteristic of western enterprise , to promptly
discount or at least emulate any effort out
side of our near limits , and if some of the
would-bo Klondike adventurers would put
In a little mining practice among the con
stantly developing resources of ' the west ,
they might be Induced to realize the fact
that wealth In great volume lies directly
at our doors.
Can Silver He
New 'York Sun.
It Is a misfortune not to have known Hon.
A. W. Rlcker of Iowa 'City ' , temporary chair
man of the Iowa populist sMtc convention ,
until now , hut once known , ho can never be
forgotten. He Is an uncompromising thinker
and he utters without pity the thoughts that
nrlfle Inj him. He warned the convention not
to deceived by n partisan press which In
sists that prosperity Is returning , Ho fald
that there can bo no prosperity "so long as
capital has It In Its powtr , by combination , to
levy fixed charges upon industry , " and ho
hurled this sentence of mingled defiance and
hope :
"Never again shall wo consent to com
promise with plutocracy , and from the dark
night of the present system of consuming
greed , of aggregated wcaltn , and of cruel In
justice wo will turn to the dawn of a brighter
day , when thu commonwealth of the people
wll prevail. "
No populist Is ordinary , and Mr. Illckor lane
no ordinary populist.
IOWA. 1'HKS.S
Waterloo Courier : At present It looks as
though the republican majority over the
silver democrats In Iowa this fall might
reach 100,000. By election day the people
will probably decide to makeShaw's elec
tion unanimous.
Sioux City Tribune ( dem. ) : Ex-Congress
man R. II. Glllett and ex-Congressman J.
B. Weaver arc drawing audiences now by
the nso of the , democratic name , but It
should not bo f.brgotten for ono moment
that they are not democrats , they are not
even asslstant"flbnfoerats , they are simply
making the dl'mocHits to assist them.
Cedar Ilaphlk' ' Hrlnubllcan ; Cedar Rapids
has received uWtnted pralso and thanks for
the splendid manner' ' In which the convention
was rntertalne/L / jrfwnfl a great surprise to the
delegations that hid so long been accustomed
to the Indltfcnunco of the capital city to bo
treated us guesB/and | liavo every want sup
plied , even liijHiojjjress of the great crouds
that gathered for the convention.
Burlington Iw$4yo { ; } ) $ ; It is said there were
400 old EoldlcrH. < jn- the * convention , and their
enthusiastic efforts for the nomination of
their one-armtftrWrTlrade for lieutenant gov
ernor save the linpreisslon to the onlookeni
that tbero wcrol'ilol' ' lens than a thousand of
thorn there. Tii'e rUfeged experiences of camp
Ufa and the liatiJotluUI project themselves
far beyond tuo wtu period and Inspire the vet-
orana with kjUvJJX.roniombrances | | of each
pther , , ,
Sioux City Journal : U la observable that
ex-Governor Boles , In the speech with which
ho opened ( ha fusion campaign , at Marshall-
town , did not refer to Ills prediction that the
onactmcit of a democratic tariff would
ralso the price of wheat 30 cents a buehel ,
And the ex-governor did well to bo mum
on that subject , Everybody remembers that
the price of wheat went down when a demo
cratic tariff was enacted , but It has ad
vanced 30 cents olnco the ex-governor's
democratic tariff was repealed.
DCS Molnes Leader : The Davenport Dem
ocrat , In regard to Judge Waterman , recalls
the ( act that In 188G lie waa a member of
the committee on resolutions of the repub
lican etato convention of that year and
brought In a minority report opposing pro
hibition. Judge Waterman waa Jeered at
then and hl report waa contemptuously re
jected. It would have been a bold person
who would then have predicted that Judge
Waterman was to bo the nominee of an
other republican convention ( or a high office.
Mxitnt OP rnospuiuTY.
Minneapolis Trlbitno : Another unerring
sign of the return of prosperity lies In the
fact that ilio assets of suspended national
banks , which at the tlmo of their failures
were well nigh valueless , have so far Im
proved as to render pcvsnlblc the payment of
siibotantlnl dividends to tbc creditors. The
big National Hank of Illinois has already
paid 70 per . 'cut of Its claims , under the
careful management of Us receiver. j
Chicago Inter Ocean : In nearly all prod
ucts , whether r.iw nr manufactured , tlmre
Is an upward movement of prices , and this
Is unlmpcHchiibli ) evidence of the confidence
of the country In the approach of better
times. Indeed , H now ! s Idle to predict
the approach of holler times ; better times
liavo conn- , and , apparently , have "come to
ptay , " Iloom tlmca are not hero , and It Is
well they art1 not ; but Improved times ro
hero , and the signs are of still further Im
provement.
Chicago Record : The country and the people
ple are beginning to share the farmer'n ela
tion. The city merchant Is welcoming the
town and country merchants , and the chan
nel * of trade , almcst run dry with the
financial drouth ot the laat few years , aie
once more filling up with the long-delayed
tide of prosperity. Good times , which al
ways travel In company with dollar wheat ,
arc not only coming they are here at last ,
and the air of hopefulness has displaced the
air of stagnation. '
Pioneer Press : It Is authoritatively stated
that 100,000 more persons are employed on
the railroads of the country at the present
tlmo than twelve months ago. Such an In
crease could not have taken place unless
there had been a corresponding Increase In
the activities of the people * who make busi
ness for the railroads. In the amount of
our manufactured exports the figures are
already largely In excess of any former
period ; nnd there Is every Indication that
other statistics will soon show we are a
good notch beyond anything that can bo construct -
struct ! ns "hard times. "
Globe-Democrat : The tact that last week's
bank clearings were 13 per cent In excesa of
these of the samp period of 1S92 , before the
panic took place , and when general business
was fairly active for the season , Is an elo
quent reminder that the long looked for good
tlmca arc here. Nearly every city In the
country showed gains In clearings over 1S3C
at this time. Bank transactions arc ordi
narily a trustworthy trade barometer. Do-
splto the active speculation which Inordi
nately swells the clearing ! ) In some of the
largo cities at the present time , they reflect
the business with reasonable accuracy now.
OVI H.VMKXT | | V I.V
Chicago Inter Ocean : U Is uuneccssiry
to go Into any hair-splitting analysis ot In
junctions. The very lawyers who got them
Issued advised against the service when
the test came. If the strikers or their
sympathizers Interfere with the property
rights or personal liberties of others the
regularly constituted authorities , with such
supplement as the law contemplates In an
emergency , can afford protection without the
Intervention of chancery. As a last resort
the militia can be called out. Courts In
equity were not created for any such pur
pose , nor Is the machinery of that branch
of the Judiciary suited to any uuch con
stabulary purpose.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : Rlthcr the
Judge in such cases undertakes to construct
crimes out of acts which are not tirlmcs
under the law , or ho alms to substitute
contempt proceedings for the due processes
of law. In either case the court of equity
transcends Its prerogatives nnd becomes an
engine for establishing Judge-made law and
Judlchl administration of the law on the
ruins of trial by jury. The acts of men like
Jackson are doing more to bring the dis
contented Into hot antagonism to the estab
lished order of affairs than most other
causes put together. They are doing their
best to force a radical crisis by their blind
zeal to bring lawless powers to the hid of
powerful petitioners , and Impeachment pro
ceedings are evidently not too serious to be
thought of In their cases.
Chicago Record : The attempt of employers
to harass the strikers with injunctions from
the courts In carrying on such a campaign
Is an attempt to use the government In the
interest of ono side as against the other.
The injunction ought not to be brought Into
the matter at all. Its tendency Is to take
the administration of law from the ex
ecutive branch of government , where It be
longs , and lodge It with thb judiciary. If
a striker has committed an offense he should
bo arrested and punished. If there is dan
ger that an offense will bo committed it Is
the duty of the administrators of the law
to be on band to stop the perpetrator and
arrest him on the spot. But to enjoin a
striker who hns committed no offense from
committing offense is to put the brand of
criminality upon him without warrant , and
thus place him at a disadvantage with his
opponent when the government should re
main entirely neutral.
I'EUSO.VYt , AMI OTHERWISE.
Balloon voyagers to the Klondike are firmly
convinced that Andrce stopped to pick etraw-
borrles on the return trip.
Senator Stewart Is reported to have cleaned
up $50,000 during his stay among the Wall
street bulls sound money , too.
The sultan Is distributing prizes and Jefrels
among his faithful soldiers In Thessaly , and
yet carping critics aver that the elck man
Is unable to "get a move on himself. "
Seven wagon loads of pool men and pool
room apparatus comprised a single haul made
by the police of St. Louis last Wednesday.
Yet St. Louis la classed as a slow town.
Ex-Governor Morton of New York volun
tarily had the assessed valuation of his per
sonal property advanced from $30,000 to $ CO-
000 , thus setting an example In rather strik
ing contrast to that of the millionaires who
are making such a great fuss over the In
creased assessments In Westchester county.
Mrs. 15. J. Kield , wife of the justice of the
ouprume court , and Mrs. George Hearst of
Washington have done excellent work lit
raising money for a life size statue of Wash
ington , which Is to be presented to Franco
in 1900. Up to the present time about $22,000
1ms been collected. The total cost Is to bo
$33,000. The statue will bo of bronze. It
will bo modeled by Mr. French.
President Krugor of the Transvaal has
so far departed from his usual simplicity In
matters of the kind as to order from London
n state carriage which , it Is said , will cost
him no less than $3,500. The arms of the
South African republic will bo painted upon
the panels of tbo doors ; silver eagles , the
national emblem , will pose with spread wings
upon the silver lamps and upon the four
corners of the upper part of the carriage ,
and the Interior will be lined with light
blue satin.
Mrs. Caroline Wcstcott Romney , a Chicago
woman , ; s about to start for the Klondike
region to establish a newspaper there. She
expects to reach the gold fields before winter -
tor sets In , and Is confident of the success
of her enterprise. She will take with her a
small hand prcoa and an outfit containing
all that is required In the publication of a
small newspaper. Mm. Romney published
a newspaper in Lcadville , Colo. , for nearly
a year when the excitement there wns at
lie height. She Is therefore not without
experience In this line.
Dr. Clark Gapcn , formerly of Omaha , ap-
paara to be cutting qulto a dash In Chicago
cage , E. 'Berry Wall , the prince of dudco ,
never shone with greater glory or filled
the multitude with more astonishment than
tlie ex-Nebraska medic. Just Imagine the
doctor strutting along the boulevards In
garmcMttj hitherto the exclusive privilege of
the fair sex. Evidently the doctor has act
a lively pace and consequently gathered up
some of the boulevard igumbo. so much so
that the Chicago Inter Ocean editorially urges
him to < ? ot a good example by "clearing
hs ( skirts. " He might yank bin suspenders
a notch.
Some unknown concoctor of mixed booze
has thrown Milwaukee Into a nt of Indigna
tion by pronouncing It tiuperlor to anything
yet devised for the stomach's sake. The
liquid is of Celestial origin , and Is war
ranted to produce the delightful sensations ,
Including the cranium expansion , which
coma from "hitting the pipe. " A elp of the
stuff generates soothing "electric flashes
through the wind pipe and down the body
and limbs. " and one's "being Is permeated
with a faint , evanescent suggestion of the
breath of a living rose with the dew on It , "
Perhaps the unconscious victim wandered
Into a conservatory and slept It off. But
why Milwaukee should wax indignant Is not
apparent. Surely , loyalty to local Instltu-
tlona does not warrant an outburst against
liquid suggestive of roses. If the writer had
suggested the robust fragrance of cheet ,
Milwaukee1 * wrath would nave some Justifi
cation.
THU THAXSMISSISRIITI KXJ'OStTtO.N.
Cnllfiirttln 1'rnmliic * n Krnlt Ilxhlhlt
Hint Will llrnl the Worlilt
California 1'nilt 0rower.
The proposed" Tran mlsl. slppl Exposition
to bo held In Omaha , opening on Juno 1 ,
next year , IH the flr.it great exhibition for
thp c.xpreis purpose of showing the rosourcfs
of the greater wr t , U wilt continue In
existence during six month ! ) . Jt will not
only be distinctively the exposition of the
states and territories west of the Mississippi
river , but by virtue of an act of congress
It will bo an International exposition as
well , under the patronage of the federal gov
ernment. Thn slto for the exhibition build
ings Is said to bo an Ideal one and the
financial problems have all been polved. It
promises to bo a popular and pronounced
success.
During the last session of the California
legislature a bill was Introduced appropri
ating moneys for n state display at Omaha ,
but it failed of becoming a law. California ,
nnd Its products nnd resources should bu
repriYji'iilcd there , and It now becomes the
duly of the various counties of the state to
uomblno forces and capital which will make
a comprehensive display possible. This
should bo done at onco. There Is no tlmo
to bo lost.
Some ono has written this toast : "The
Trat ml4lf > slppl and International Exposi
tion It celebrates no centennial , but signal
izes the present rather than the past ; It
stands to mark the last years of a century
teeming with achievements , none of which
were of greater Import to mankind than the
opening and development of the great west ,
the transmlfslsslppl , Its prairies the granary
of America , lie mountains the El Dorado of
the world ! "
What will California do ?
A\\M\ATIO\ HAWAII.
Srrlitti * OhJcclliiiiN AKiilusI the I'rn-
ItiiNiMl .MriiMtivi' .
Hon. Cnr1 Huhurz In IInitv > r'n "VVooUly.
The shrill cry which recently ictoundt'd
over thu land , that unless the American Hag
bo raised In Il.iuall at once the Japanese
would swoop down nnd take the Islands ,
and that therefore theio was not n moment
to lost1 , has somewhat subsided. Indeed , It
Is hard to tee how that cry could be kept
up In Ihe face of the repeated and author
itative declarations of the Japanese govern
ment that nothing could bo further from
thulr minds than such an Intention. The
Japanejo minister in Mexico guts even so
far as to say that if Hawaii were presented
to Japan as a gift , with the consent of
everybody. Japin would not take It. Nor
are such utterances on the part of Japanese
statesmen at all surprising. Japan has In
troduced herself In the family of civilized
nations as a new power by a brilliant feat.
But she became aware nt once that she
was not strong enough to keep all the
fruits of her victory ever China against the
pretensions of other powers , mid that to
maintain herself In possession of those of
them thut wcro left to her slu > would have
to husband her resources with circumspec
tion. HIT financial means are comparatively
small , and her naval and military arma
ments out of proportion ccstly. It would be
extremely unwise for her , under such
circumstances , to scatter her forces In ad
venturous enterprises that might Involve h i
In dangerous entanglements and collisions.
Abstinence from any attempt at conqnost'
that might disturb the peace of the Pacific
and arouse I ho jealousy of other poweis is
therefore her natural policy.
But that , even If Japan does not intend to
take the Hawaiian Islands , she has the Im
pudence of uttering a word of protest
against our taking them , should. In the
opinion of our jingoes , be promptly roMontcd.
"What ! " they exclaim , "Japan proUwt
against anything we consider it our right
to do ! Now , whether It be otherwise bene
ficial to us or not , the honor of the Ameri
can flag demands that we should do It at
once. If merely to show that we will not be
bullied by any other power. " Is not this
naughty talk ? To bo sure , when we propose -
pose to do a thing which wo consider
light and honorable and advantageous , the
mere protest of another power may not de
ter us from doing it. But when we propose
to do a thing of which It Is still doubtful
whether It be right , and honorable , and ad
vantageous , should we then. In spite of such
doubt , consider ourselves In honor bound to
do It , just because another power protests ?
Would not this bo childish ? Will not our
honor as well as our Interests be best pro
tected if we think and feel and talk and
conduct ourselves as people that are of ma
ture age ? If wo do so we shall find that
the question whether the annexation of
Hawaii is right and proper and advantageous
to us should , after all , be considered the
main question , and that thu attempt to
stampede the American people from a sober
consideration of It into an Irrevocable step
of Incalculable consequence by rabid cries
about foreign Impudence Is reckless dema
gogy.
As to that main question , the chief paint
of the Japanese protest should be well kept
In mind. It Is that In the scheme of an-
rcxatlon the treaty rights of the Japanese
living in Hawaii are not properly respected.
And here , again , the most important ques
tion as to whether we should annex Hawaii ,
Is not what those treaty rights of the Japa
nese are and how they might be secured ,
but It Is , how those Japanese happened to
come there. They did not Invade Hawaii as
conquerors , nor as adventurers , nor as or
dinary Immigrants. They came there at the
Instance of the Hawaiian government , as
laborers whoso help was very much needed.
The principal product of Hawaii reports aay
fourteen-flftcenths of the whole Is sugar.
When planting began on a large scale , the
labor problem became * very pressing one.
Native labor was insufficient. Various ex
periments In Importing field-hands resulted
In failure. A large number of Portuguese
were Imported , and also some hundreds of
Germans and Norwegians. When these got
the first experience of the work they were
put to In that "meat beautiful of nil cli
mates , " they were so exasperated that the
agent who had brought them there had to
run for his life. Then the experiments of
Inducing white men to do the principal pro
ductive work In that country ceased , and re
course was had to Asiatics. It was a mat
ter of necessity. A large number of Chinese
came , who It Is nccdliss to Inquire for what
reason the other inhabitants of Hawaii dis
liked , although they proved excellent field
hand * . Tlun the Hawaiian government un
der King Kalakaua entered Into a later con
vention and a treaty of amity and commerce
with Japan , under which , In the couroo of
years , about 40,000 Japanese were Imported ,
25,000 of whom are still there.
It Is not Intruded to dlacnra hero the terms
of that treaty , and how they wcro kept or
violated. The significant fact stands for'h
that the treaty was the outcome of the neces
sity to Invite or Import Asiatics to do the
p-lnclpal labor of the country , because under
the existing climatic Influences white men
wcro utterly raablo to do It. Hero , then , we
have to do with a country whrao laboring
force that Is , the bulk of whose popiilatlun
consists and will necessarily always conHlst ,
of people not belonging to the white race.
Of late a project has been broached to orfian-
Izo on a largo sealo the emigration of negroca
from our southern stales lo Hawaii. The
chief promoter of thUscher.Te advocates It on
the ground that white men cannot work on
the cann , rlcu or coffee fields of .Hawaii , wlil'o '
the climate would bo congenial to the blacks ,
nnd that a transfer of a large part Of our
colored population would bs beneficial to both
countries. Behind this , no doubt , li thu
thought that n substitution of American ne
groes for Japanese and Chinese laborers In
Hawaii would make the annexation nf the
Islands Ie > is objectionable to the American
people. Whether such a migration In inoas
can be carried out , and whether tlie some
what Improvident negro would prove as satisfactory -
factory a laborer to the planters In Hawaii
ea the Industrious and thrifty Japanese and
Chinese , may be questioned. Uiut even If the
substitution were successfully effected , the
essential fact would tlll remain the Mine ;
that Hawaii Is a country whose laboring
force , that Is , the bulk of whoso population
will not bo of the white race ,
Such a country with such a population will ,
If wo annex Hawaii , become an active part
of our political eyEtcm. It will In the
coureo of time Inevitably be admitted a. ) a
etato of the union , on an equal footing with
the other states. The United Statta will
have to guarantee to H a republican form
of government. Through IU frenatorn and
representative * ) and. Its electoral vote It will ,
such au Itit exercise power In governing
all of us , Is this dMrable ? U may he
eald that wo have already In uome of our
southern states similar conditions , and that
we manage to get along with them. Thla
1 to a limited extent true , Uut ) how ? In
the southern states tliero waa always , elnco
their settlement , at leant a utrong Block of
white people , most of what we call Anglo-
Saxon blood. And what baa been the ro-
For a long period the colored labor
ing population -nun kept In otiivrry , Slav
ery caused a bloody civil wnr , In connequenco
of which U was nbollahed. But that did not
end the trcnbla. The trouble only imMimrd
a new form. U Is predicts to describe how
there In In inmo ot the ( southern Uten , on
the r rt of the white * , a constant utriiKRlo
for mnetcry , carried on under the plea of
ncccrsslty , by moons which III roinporl with
the principles ot democratic government.
Thcro 1s n chronic raeo conillcl , breaking out
In old or now Hhapoa every day , and nobody
can tell what the final consequences will be.
What Is said hero la not Inspired by rac
prejudice ; but wo have to recognize fncti
which nobody can deny.
All UH-WU conditions ot dltllcolty appear In
Hawaii In a far mure dangerous proportion ,
Il climate Is troplral. Its population of
( Icrnianlc blood Is liifllnlteslinally small ; " ' 0
political asccndcnoy of It dcpendn on force ;
Us while people me preponderantly
Porlugtioso of low order. Its principal labor
cannot puss-lbly bo done except by people
suited to tropical climate that Is , not by
whiles. Government on a truly democratic
basis Is therefore out of the question If
the outward form of a republic be pre
served. It can be only an oligarchy far
more pronounced nnd exclusive than any In
our southern stairs was , Ix-cause Ilio proportion
tion of white people will bo ninaller. There
will be necessarily , the complete ? ! attainable
subjection of the laboring population to a
small minority , and race conrllcts without
ond. This la not the worst of It. No'hlni ;
can bo moro oorlaln than that , wluii this
ropuhllr has onoo cut loose from lie c < tv
sorvatlvo tiaditional policy , and started on
thu oourto ot adventurous aggrandizement
there will bu many more tropical rr-nqws H
of n similar kind.
In the favci of nil tlila. Is It not tlmo that
pitrlottc Anirrlemis should soberly .i U t'loui-
iclvcs whether the race problems we already
have on hand aie not enough for ti ' Slion'd '
wo rcolclessly multiply and aggravate them
without necessity ?
liril.'l' KOIC I'TV. '
Chicago Hocord : "line's n MI rv < " ' n
tramp who beKWd n clean shirt mi I then
went nwny and itlllefl himself. "
" \Vd' , 1 suppose the collar MIio M- >
nock. "
Indianapolis Journal : Gorlle 1'njm , what
does "rwnlelirnnt mean ? "
Papu-It moans UlclttiiK backward
tii'i'llo That'll what 1 thought , but tin 5 ail
made fun of mo at school todnv wlu-i I
wrote on the bl.iekbonrd ; "The prlttm d"tx a
easily mamujod her lung train by : i uuieoful
rooalcltrant motion. "
WaphliiKton Star : "Where was thr prince
wnundod' . " ' linked the Irlcnd of on ol tKo
seconds In a political duul.
"Wlieio was ho wounded ? " ivp-i' ! > d 'ho
second , absently , as ho lo iked i. | > fn > m a
mass of manuscript. "If 1 am not ni's- '
taken , It wa * about the ncplnnlni : i f the
laH paragraph In the second column. "
Now York Pro's' : " 1511 you. " aU.l . tbo
chief ol tlie O.irbagc Inlands , "lake n p'-.i-
togrnph of tnat now captive that > ounit
word was a perfect pudding ? "
"I did , sire. " repli ied the royal photog
rapher.
Whore Is the proof ? "
"Your majesty. " returned the mlni-ii , "the
proof of the pudding Is In the oniiny "
Ho courteously extended a menu w' < * a
tbn head chef had at that monant st uic
off.
TIIK KOWBUY ' .MHTHOD.
1'lillndrlphla N'o'th Amcilcan.
( Ho ! )
Yon'zp de only berry In do box for mo :
E * a "eon-hcr you kin set me pure r r 1 fc.
Yiin'zc do only julcv peach what'"on ! tree ;
You'ze ilo real t'inu , an' IaniH I ycr Per
me wife.
( She. )
You're not do only pebble on Oo lieaeli ;
15ty is other scorchers every bit i , warm.
You'rn not do only juloy fruit In reach ;
As n oluimpoen you're distinctly out o'
form.
A SHOUT Ul.'T.
\Yuf-ilniton ] Ptnr.
There Is no oiisy patb to fame.
The hero grim and gray ,
Who In the battle pained a name ,
Is happy to display
A sliiKl' ' modal. 'Tin enough
To tell In language proud
That ho Is made of better stuff
Than the admiring crowd.
Tbnt in the theory. ] 5ut In fact
The young man of today
Applause nnd tributes may exact
Nor yield for such delay.
When medals he is fiiin to seek
Ho shuns the plans of yore
A "century run" ho make ? each
And wins them by thu score.
Know the value of appear
ances. The poorer they are
the more they have to con
sider how they dress , and
the haider it is for them to
dress as they would like.
No one need pay more
than $15 for a suit of
thoroughly well made clothes
of good materials. The finer
cloths cost more of courseand
one may indulge himself in
luxurious trimmings , if he
likes , for a third less than the
custom tailor charges for sim
ilarly good materials and work
manship.
But even our lowest priced
suits are as correct in cut and
fit as the best , if not quite so
expensively finished , and no
one can make a good suit for
less than we can. Cheaper
suits than ours are inferior in
every way.
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