Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1807.
Tim OMAIIAPAILY BEE.
E. nOSUWATBIt. Editor.
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( Misused to The Ileo I'ulilUhlnK Company.
Omaha. Dm fen. check * , express and postolllca
money order * to be mode payable to the order
of the comniny. .
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STATIMINT or CIUCUI.ATION.
Klntc of NrhrnKkn DntiRlnx County. * . :
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lldilnK compiny , l > HnR duly nttorn. rty that Ilio
nclimt niiml > i > r of full nml coinplttr c"nlc cf The
Dally Morning , i\pnliiK nnJ Sunilny lli-u prlnlcil
during the month of August , 1837 , wan nn follows ;
1 . 19.1V ) 17 19r,73
7 . 19,419 18. . . . 13,491
3 19 19571
3C SO 19,761
C . i. . 19,410 21 3W )
6 . . . l .r,02 JJ 19.6ZO
7 . . . 19.C33 23 19.52S
g . . . 1D.4CO 21 19.3.V" .
3 . . . . , . W.BIS 2.1 11541
10 . r.t.m M 19,301
11 . I9.M1 27 19.M3
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15. . . . I9M 31 13,445
16. . . . 19.CM
Total . C17.01
returned and unsold copies .
Total n..t wiles . CMI2 ?
Net dally iiver.iB" . ; " , , ' ? i618
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Bnorn In he fore HIP nml niljucrlliwl In my
presence this 2d day of September , jp'.p , ,
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THIS HUM O.N TUAISiS.
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the fnrt , HtntliiK tlic trnlii and
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Hoc In fur salt , on nil trnliiM.
INSIST OX IIVvTv ( ! THIS 1IRIS.
It roninliu'tl for the fuslonlsts to dls
tribute nominations for university
regents on tlio lottery plan.
Pnrlinps tliat resignation of President
Anilrows was rt'iilly nothing font a bid
for a little free advertising after all.
Tlio people's independent party In Ne
braska may have been .Independent once ,
but It Is certainly Independent no longer.
For democratic nominee for sheriff
Edward 10. IIo\\"ell. Motto "Vindication
or Bust. " Kniblem Ace full on knaves.
Edward Bellamy IB reported to be
about to moro west mill locate In Cole
rado. He will then bo in u better posi
tion to look backward.
Omaha 1ms more public street Improve
nicnts under way than at any time in
the last , live years' . This docs not look
as If prosperity were a myth.
As a stalking horse to be thrown asidL
when the game was within gun-shot , the
little giant cervi'd his pnrpopc well
though that must be very cold comfort
for the giant.
It has been some time since the sanu
county and the same town has been
honored with the nominations of the
heads of the two principal opposing
tickets In this state.
Omaha job printing establishments arc
actually refusing orders on account of
unexampled business on hand. If nnj
Hkilled mechanic In the printing trades
slacks for employment' In this city the
fault lies with himself.
If the speeches at the triangular stntt ,
convention at Lincoln are taken as tin
keynotes of their Nebraska campaign
the popocrats In this state may be ex
pected to talk nothing but calamity from
now until election day.
No democratic historian should fall to
record on the eternal tablets of party history -
tory the Illustrious name of the unselfish
patriot who rushed With his telling oratory
tory to the rescue of that noble demo
cratic bird the rooster.
Over 100 licensed slot machine gam-
Wing devices are In operation and sev
eral times that number that are uoi
licensed. Every one of these machines
are running In direct violation of the
Jaw and should he supressed without
further delay.
"When It comes to arrant hypocrisy anc"
di'inagoglu Insincerity the political partj
that denounces corporations hi Its plat
form and then makes such a notorious
corporation pluggcr as Frank Hanson
chairman of Its .state committee should
liavo a prize.
TVhllo the temperature In this vlclnltj
Is still several degrees above the free/
'Ing point , the spread of the strike ink
the Iowa coal mines Is bringing It tin
comfortably near , especially In a yeai
when at the market price com Is too
costly to burn.
The final not of the railroads taking
back the properly which they pretender
to have sold for a bouii fide considera
tion Is tin * best proof that could 1m nsket
to sustain the charges t > o often denier
by them that the now defunct Union
Dupot company wan never anything bin
n blind to cover the transactions of tin.
railroads that went Into It.
I'crhups the reform polk-0 commission
will take another step in the direction of
reform by restoring Detective DIooiu to
the police force. lUoom lias Just as gooi
claims for reinstatement as liaa Slgwart ,
who lias Junt been restored , notwlth-
Htiiudlng his connivance with Itloom by
shielding him and keeping him on the
force after admitting having appro ,
prlatod and .spent money stolen from an-
othpr man which hu ImJ recovered from
the thieves.
JtKTTRn T.HAN
In the general hubbub among gold stan
dard contcmpo.arles over the prlcca of
wheat and sliver It him been altogether over
looked by them that a bushel of wheat Is
worth (2 In Mexico , and yet the Mexican
dollar will Imy just an much ot everything
else as It ever did and will pay just as much
of dcht. Lincoln Post.
The proof of the pudding Is In the oat-
n ? . If a bushel of wheat Is worth ? 2
n Mexico and the ? 2 will buy as much
there as eVcr , why does not our sllverltc
contemporary urge Nebraska farmers to
take their wheat to Mexico nml ex
change It at the rate of $2 a bushel for
Mexican products , which It says can be
bought there nt the old silver prices ?
Why not , for example , buy coffee with
the proceeds of the $ wheat , and bring
It to the I'liltcd States , where It will sell
for 200-eent old dollars ? The cost of
taking Nebraska wheat to Mexico should
bo less than taking it to New York ,
where It fetches only n dollar.
The better trick yet would bo to sell
the wheat In New York for an American
dollar , which exchanges there for $2.o ( )
n Mexican money and then go to Mexico
and Invest the Mexican dollars In Mexi
can staples "at the old silver prices , "
to be disposed of in the United States
for good gold dollars. Here Is an eye-
opener for Nebraska free silver farmers
and for that matter for every one else
who Is gullible enough to believe that In
Mexico the decline In the price of silver
has made no change In the purchasing
power of the Mexican dollar because
Mexico enjoys the blessings of free
and unlimited silver coinage , regardless
of other nations.
The fellows who will swallow this
Mexican dollar fake belong to the same
class that last year gulped down the
exploded India wheat , fiction. We wore
then told that an Englishman could go
to India , buy up India wheat with de
preciated silver rupees at gold standard
prices ami then sell the wheat In Liver
pool for gold , thus doubling his money
almost without turning a hand.
Even such a great statesman as the
Infallible Bryan actually tried to palm
oft the India wheat fiction on millions of
unsuspecting and credulous people when
every rational man must have realized
that If an Englishman could get rich by
ludja wheat deals there was nothing to
prevent the Yankee from doing the same
thing , and that ; If It could have been
done the Yankee would have been the
first man on the ground just as he is in
the Klondike gold fields , although they
belong to the British. And .while the
Yankee was casting his anchor to wind
ward , the Parsee merchant , who is re
puted to be sharper than pointed tacks ,
would have headed off both the English
man mid the Yankee In the race to get
rich on wheat bought with 50-ccut silver
and sold for 100-ccnt gold.
Moral So long as there are people In
the world waiting to be fooled , dema
gogues will not be wanting to take ad
vantage of their credulity.
OERMAN IRRITATION.
Popular Irritation In Germany at tno
demonstrations attending the visit of
the French president to Russia and the
manifestations of hostility to Germany
which were features of his reception on
his return to France has been shown in
the comments of the German press , but
there had been lie thought that the gov
ernment would take any notice of any
incident connected with these events.
It appears , however , that the olllcfals ,
including Emporur William himself ,
were not beyond being Irritated and as
a consequence the French government
, -wlll , it is said , bo called upon for ex
planations. ;
According to a Berlin dispatch there
are two matters for which explanation
will be asked. One of these is the letter
of M. Meline , prime minister , In reply
to a message of the Alsace-Lorraine so
ciety congratulating the government on
the alliance with Russia ; the other re
lates to the anti-German demonstrations
on the return of M. Faure. Thus on
the very leels ) of the pledges ofpeace
there Is threatened an issue between
France and Germany that may stir up
both countries and Intensify the popular
feeling of unfriendliness In each toward
the other. In any event , however , there
is no danger of anything more serious
than a diplomatic controversy , in which
we opine Franco would have the better
position lu the impartial opinion of the
world. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I
OltJKOT TO troUDb'OHD.
The statement that the newspapers of
Madrid protest against the mission of
Minister Woodforil and that the effect
has been to cause widespread Irritation
unfriendly to the United iStates , Is per
haps what might have been expected In
view of the fact that American news
papers have announced that the new
minister hail received Instructions to
make representations to the Spanish gov
ernment which could hardly fall to prove
offensive. Reports have gone out from
Washington , professing to bo moro or
less authoritative , that General Wood-
ford was Instructed to talk very plainly
to the Spanish government In respect to
Cuban affairs and to adopt a more tig-
grusslvo course than has been pursued
since the outbreak of the Insurrection In
Cuba , lie was , according to some of the
correspondents , nofc'only to say to Spain
that the United States desires that the
conflict be ended , but that this govern
ment might soon be compelled to Inter
pose for terminating the war and to
press upon Spain the expediency of ac
cepting our aid In bringing about this
tosulr. It was also said that ho waste
to urge upon the immediate attention
of the Spanish government the American
claims for Indemnity , All this was well
calculated to arouse the Indignation oT
the .Spanish press , which too readily
Bavo credence to the statements of
American newspapers , their only source
of information regarding the Instruc
tions to Minister Woodford.
The matter Is not particularly signifi
cant , because the Spanish government ,
will not bo Influenced by these news
paper protests , It Is announced that
Minister Woodford will bo received by
the queen legent on September lil unit
Judging from the expressions of the
prJmo mlnlbter the government does not
anticipate nny change of policy that can
unfavorably affect the relations of the
two countries. Nor la there any good
reason for apprehending such a change ,
There In no doubt that 1'resldent McKln-1
'
Icy would be glad to see the Cuban war'
terminated nnd that he would readily |
use the good olllces of the government |
to that end , hut It Is safe to say that he
has never contemplated any course
which the Spanish government could
reasonably regard as hostile.
N OHDKK.
Now that tliu three-ringed political cir
cus , at which nil of our non-partisan
police commissioner performed as dele
gates , has taken down its tent nnd dis
banded , It may not be Impertinent to
bring the members of the police board
face to face with their Indefensible ac
tion In creating a special position for ex-
Chief Slgwart , with pay equal to that of
captain.
The records of the police board show
that a resolution was.adopted In the
month of July requesting Slgwart's
resignation. The record also shows that
upon the refusal of Slgwart to comply
with the request , a resolution was
adopted directing the mayor and city
attorney 'to formulate nnd present
charges against Chief Slgwart , with a
view to his dismissal from the service.
After the charges had been duly pre
pared and ready for presentation to the
board , Chief Slgwart reached the con
clusion that It would be the part Of wis
dom not to risk a trial sure to bring
disgrace upon him nnd upon the depart
ment , and handed in an unconditional
resignation. That resignation was ac
cepted , to take effect September 1 , nnd
further proceedings In connection with
the impending charges dropped. In
order to make Slgwart's compulsory re
tirement more bearable , the board voted
him a twenty-day leave of absence with
full pay as chief.
This act In Itself was utterly unwar
ranted and indefensible. If the charges
against Sigwart were well founded , he
was unfit to remain a day In the police
service In nny capacity and the bonus
offered and paid out of the city treasury
for his resignation was an net of self-
stultiflention. The excuse offered by the
police commissioners at the time was that
prompt reorganization , of the police was
imperative , and these concessions to
Slgwart would expedite the purging of
the admitted rottenness Ju the depart
ment.
I low , In the face of these records , can
any member of the board justify his
Vote to create a special position with
pay of captain for an ofllccr who had
scandalized the service and should have
been dismissed in disgrace ? Nothing
bettor was to have been expected from
a man of the stripe and associations o
Leo Ilerdman. Hut how can Dr. Peabody -
body and Judge. Gregory , who are
church members , and have been sup
posed to represent the law-abiding , re
spectable elements of the community
stand up before decent ineii after voting
to restore Sigwart in the face of the
exposures of horrible vice , immorality
and crime that enjoyed protection uudei
his chlefship ? What reform Is to be
looked for from a board that places a
premium upon negligence , disobedience
of orders , collusion with dishonest subor
dinates anil deliberate winking at al
sorts of lawlessness ?
Another thing the police board should
explain , is why it Is necessary now to
carry upon the pay roll three captains ,
two chiefs of detectives and live ser
geants , when the police fund Is ex
hausted , and there Is absolutely no need
of an Incrcase'd number of do-notblug
otlicors. Is not this increase a confession
that the board has elected as chief a man
who is to be simply political boss , while
others are employed to perform the
police duties for which he is paid ?
A PRACTICAL J.KSSON.
There is a very practical lesson In the
recent statement of the condition of the
national banks throughout the country
which should be studied by those who
persist In asserting that there Is not
enough money In the country for the re
quirements of legitimate business. This
statement shows that according to the
last reports received by the comptrollei
of the treasury from the national banks
deposits had Increased , since the previous
reports In May last , as follows : Pacific
coast states , $11,100,000 ; western states ,
ifrX)0,000 : ! ) ; middle western states
$ ( . ,500,000 ; eastern states , $24,100-
000 ; New England states , $0,200,000.
Hero lb an aggregate Increase In tlio de
posits of national banks in the sections
of the country named , during a
period of about three months , of
over $ -15,000,000" and It Is a slg-
nltlcant fact that the Increase of
the western banks was relatively as
largo as that of the eastern banks. Of
course this does not represent all the
money deposited during this period , n
considerable amount having1 gone Into
private ami savings banks. Perhaps
$ ( > 0,000KK ( ) would not bo an extravagant
estimate of the Increase In deposits In
all banks of tlio geographical divisions
above specified during the last fem
month : ) . Not only do these figures re
fute the assertion that them Is an Inade
quate supply of money , but they also give
the best possible assurance of returning
confidence nnd prosperity.
It Is an interesting fact la the financial
situation that the west Is calling upon
the east for less money than usual at
this season of the year. It Is said that
Now York bankers have been waiting
rather eagerly for the usual call from
the west , but as yet they have not beard
it. Three months ago they wore antici
pating a hardening of the Interest rate
cm money by the middle of August , but
tlio expectation has not been realized ,
They have been astonished to find thai
Instead of a depletion of reserves there
has been n gain , an unprecedented ex
perience , It is said , at this time of year.
All sorts of explanations are given for
this , but the common belief is that the
.simplest one Is the best and that Is thai
the farmers and the bankers In the rum'
districts nnd that they have currency
enough to start their crops toward Uie
seaboard without going to the fluunclu !
centers , ns they have always-done In the
past. AH to the west , It appears to have
money enough for the present. Probably
it will bo necessary to draw largely
from the east ! after awhile and tliero Js
an abundant supply of money there to
meet i w1intcvei"lfcmninl may be made for
moving : the cjppf or for other legitimate
business requirements.
In view of tliosb conditions the ground-
lossnesM nnd hilly of the assertion that
hero Is not d'Wulclent ' supply of money
*
with which fo carry on the legitimate
mslncss of thd'cjuntry become obvious.
And there has never been n time when
noney was cliea'jW than now , not alone
n this country but In the financial con-
: er of the world.
It Is simply remarkable what the itch
for otllce will do. Several men who not
threemonths / , ago were applicants for
ippolntmout Hinder Mayor Moores nnd
were vouched for by their friends as
staunch republicans are found taking
[ imminent part In the so-called silver re-
[ nibllean councils and denouncing the
republican party. It Js now plain that
Mayor Moores made no mistake when
ho turned them down. Repu'illcanlsm
for otllce only Is not the kind of repub
licanism that Is deserving of reward.
Sioux City newspapers are opposing
the proposed opening of a cattle trail
across the Rosebud reservation under
the mistaken idea that shutting out
South Dakota from a direct route to
South Omaha , and compelling South Da
kota cattle shippers to pay unnecessary
tribute to the railroads , will prove bone-
llclal to Sioux City. The proposed cat
tle trail would help , Sloux City as much
as any other market , but thorallroads _
will not have It that way.
Among the few mills that are not shar
ing in the reviving McIClnley prosperity
are the divorce mills of South Dakota ,
which complain of loss of business trace
able to the Interference of obstreperous
Now York judges. It Is feared that
nothing short of the free and unlimited
coinage of slhor .t 10 to 1 will restore
the free and unllmlten coinage of made-
to-order South Dakota divorces.
Inasmuch .is the prtwnt city admin
Istratlon did noc tnl ; < - control of the mu
nicipal government until four mouths of
the fiscal year had elapsed and fount ]
less than half the city funds unex
pended , It is hardly fair to charge It
with the responsibility for threatened
deficits , but rather credit should be
given that the deficits arc not larger.
The last time Omaha tried to issue
bonds there were only two or three bid
ders , simply for the reason that no
moneyed men wanted to make any in
vestments until confidence was restored
by the defeat of the free coinage re-
pudiationists. Today the prospect Is
that the city will bo deluged with bids
for its proposed now bond Issues.
From the speech of the popocratlc at
torney general 'as ' chairman of the demo
crtitlc state contention , one would iui
aglno that Instead of being one of foui
attorneys cng.iged In prosecuting the case
against Hartley , he had been sole prosecutor
cuter , judge , jury and bailiff.
Dr. .Tekyll-Teabody has not yet explained
plained why , If Gallagher was1 the best
man among the applicants for chief of
police , ho voted for almost all the
other candidates before coming out foi
what he says he knew was the bes
man all the time.
, A Double WIimtnK-
New Yoik World.
Fortune has favored the American farmer
for the last ten. months. His wheat has
gonB up to a dollar and has been kept from
going down to 40 cents.
A l'c > | locriitlc Idea. |
New York JInll and Express.
One plank In the platform of the Iowa
popullms demands "a sufficient amount ol
sound and flexible circulating medium whenever -
over and wherever needed. " Doubtless thla
means that when a man runs out of money
he should be able to step right into the United
States treasury and stuff his pockets.
IiicrcaxliiK Hum of Factory Wheels.
HulTnlo Express.
It is Impossible to follow all the instances
of the resumption of work by mills In va
rious parts of the country just now. New
England in particular appears to be wel
favored by the wave of prosperity. From
four Important manufacturing centers , In
cluding Lowell. Mass. , and Providence , II
r. , comes reports of the opening of factories
which had been shut down for longer or
shorter periods. There Is a pleasing mo
notony about such news which Is welcome
to all but the professional pessimists.
"Where Ill-form in Needed.
Chicago Tribune.
There Is a demand In our legislative bodies
for men who have the Independence ani
courage to resist the blandishments and in
timidation of capital on the one hand and of
numbers led by unscrupulous demagogues in
the honorable name of labor on the ether.
There Is welthor safety for the state nor the
mass of Its citizens .the poor as well as the
rich , the- capitalist as well as the laborJnj
man which does not look to placing re
straints upon corporate rapacity and vielfiah
greed In whatever form they may present
themsolvcs , by means ot Just and equal laws ,
foarlemly and Impartially administered.
Merit .SniicTNiMlliiK1 Spoil * .
New York Jouinal of Commerce ,
Of course such a change will destroy al
interest In politics for the men who now con
stitute the "machines" and devote all their
energieo to what they call politics , bu
what is really merely getting places for
thomselvea and their dependents , or securing
"pulls" with the legislature for purposei
easily Inferred .but rarely disclosed , and
never voluntarily. That Is very much the
best part of the work of reform. The re
formed system gives a better set of public
cmployeu , but that Is ot llttlo account ; If 1
gavea worse sot It would still bo of great
value if It would paralyze the activity o
ninety-nine me ; ) put of every 100 in eacl
political party who constitute the regular
organization , which organization Is not li
any proper sense a political party or Its ad
ministrative ) staff , but merely a conspiracy
to secure salaries and fees and other things
from tbo public.
val Announced.
New York Journal ( ullver. )
Heal prosperlj"Jias ) at last struck New
York. The laboring man knows all aboul
It , for ho has already begun to reap hs !
harvret. Ther te employment now for
nearly all , and , though wages have not'been
Increased , pay envelopes are fatter , because
artlsann work six days a week Instead ol
half time , as many did six months ago II
Is estimated by labor EtatUtlclani , men who
keep track of the labar demand as eli > s ly
aa Wall atreet watches the market , that not
over C per cent of the working class la now
in Idleness. Six months ago 'between 35 and
40 per cent of the toliera were out lot work
and lu the dead of winter probably every
other men who depended on his muscle to
earn his livelihood was without steady em
ployment. There were then nearly 100,000
depeaden' on friends or charity , or drawing
their dlttle savings to got bread for them-
Helves and .heir families. Today lees than
10,000 In the Greater New York are out of
work and some of these are of the shiftless
clautrti , who would not work under any cir
cumstances.
\riiHAsic.\'s nitninu.Mi.
Minneapolis Journal : There are Kre.it vads
of silver harmony In Nebraska , the letno-
popuUtllver ! republican party having de
cided on fusion. Never does a pcrajn argue
BO desperately aa when the facts nro "ngln
him. "
Ilurllngton Hawkcye : The silver fetich has
o t Its charm and its ecare and its clmin-
ilon , who posed as nn enemy of corpofHtlons ,
iaa been found guilty ot accepting their
'avors. Truly , there has been a great change
m the Influences that impelled the voters of
Nebraska last year and wo look for a marked
change In the balloting this year. We reason
from cause to effect , and so reasoning , we
conclude that a great political battle Is to
bo fought in Nebraska In which sound money
and common scn o will prevail. To make the
victory complete It is desirable that the Job
lot of political Biierrlllas who Joined forces
at Lincoln shall have a regular rhll Sheridan
matinee and bo "whipped out of their boots. "
Globe-Democrat ! We nre told that In their
canvass this year the Nebraska pops arc
going to make the campaign of their lives.
Nothing short of this will give them any-
chance to win. Hrj-an , Teller , Tlllm.in , AH-
geld , Weaver and other chiefs of the silver
party are , It Is said , to stump the state.
The Bryanltes know that If their lender's
state forsakes them , their career as a party
is ended , and they will make a desperate
attempt to hold their own. The chances ,
as they sec , are overwhelmingly against
them , hast year their lead In Nebraska
was only 13,000. while the many millions
ot dollaiu of extra money which are going
Into that sinte's farmers' pockets this year
on account of the increased wheat and corn
product and the higher prices will tttni
thousands of votes to the republicans , It
the republicans take Intelligent advantage
of their opportunities they will carry Ne
braska by a rousing majority.
Chicago Post : In the silver republicans'
platform free coinage and nn income tax are
made ot co-en.ua ! prominence. The following
characteristic piece of sophistry Is added :
"Wo recognize In the bountiful crops of
thla country and the entire failure of the
crops In competing countries a special ad-
vantaco to our neonlo by ralslne the prices
of farm products , but we deplore famine In
other lands and want a prosperity that docs
not depend upon the advcrplty of the bal
ance of the world. " The inten
tion is to Insinuate that the gold-
standard adherents rejoice in "famine In
other lands" and would cheerfully base their
prosperity on the adversity of the "balnndo
( sic ! ) ot the world , " This Is ns gratuitous
as it Is absurd. The gold men simply draw
the Inevitable moral from dollar wheat that
not flatlsm In currency , but suppjy and de
mand regulate the price of commodities.
They rejoice In the collapse ot sllvorlsm ,
not la the foreign scarcity.
THIS IIOU.VO1VG OP 11AHIMTY.
New York Sun : Hon. William P. Harrlty
of Pennsylvania not vindicated , but
driven out by the Pennsylvania democrats.
The buoyoncv of Mr. Harrlty Is great , but
his political opinions at present seem to be
uncommonly smooth 'and without sallcncy.
Too smooth for the democratic brethren. A
choking sound conies from Harmony.
Chicago Record : The Incident Is chiefly
significant as showing the persistence of the
cleavage In the party and the hopelessness
of any Immediate union of the gold and sil
ver wings into a single harmonious organiza
tion. The silver democrats evidently Intend
to maintain absolute control over the regu
lar party organization ; according to pres
ent Indications , therefore , the gold demo
crats can hope to exercise influence in poli
tics only In so far as they shall be success
ful In building up a separate organization of
their own.
Indianapolis Journal : The action of the
democratic committee of Pennsylvania In ex
pelling W. F. Harrlty from the national
committee because ho declined to take part
In the Bryan campaign Is an amazing piece
of political folly. It shows that the leadeis
of the Bryan faction in Pennsylvania ore
Incapable of learning or forgetting anything
and are determined to court a defeat In 1900
more crushing than that of 1896. In so far
aa the-action shows a. belief that the obso
lete Issue of free silver at 1C to 1 can be
kept alive , It is an exhibition of political
Idiocy.
Kansas City Star : The Pennsylvania
democratic state convention had neither the
legal nor moral right to depose William F.
Harrlty from his seat in the national com
mittee of that party , but It did so yester
day , nevertheless and as Chlmmie Fadden
would say : "W'ot t'ell ? " There was a good
( fcat of a scrimmage over the matter , a free
fight took place on the stage during the pro
ceedings and police regulations were bub-
stltuted for the customary code of par
liamentary rules , but what of that ? The
handful of citizens , comparatively speaking ,
which comprise the present democratic
party In that state , have had their annual
shindy and will now be content until the
tlmo comes to vote. , when some will make
the best bargain possible with Quay , others
will do business under the rose with David
Martin , and the candidates , about the only
peisons who take the matter seriously , will
bo burled beneath an avalanche of adverse
ballot ! ) to the depth of anywhere from 250,000
to 500,000 majority.
I'OLITICAI , nitlPT.
If It wns right for politicians to spurn rail
road passes last year , Is It right for polltlc-
ians to demand them now ?
Democratic papers of Philadelphia urged
the popocrallc state convention to fire at the
enemy. The convention promptly fired nt
its own household.
Ex-United States Senator Ingalls of "Kan
sas announces that he is not a c&idldatc for
congress or for the state senate , or any other
office.Mr. . Ingalls ought to know.
William C. "Whitney serves notice on the
Tammanyltes that If they trlllo with silver In
platform or ticket , a sound money democratic
ticket will be placed In the field 'in Greater
Now York.
The president of the municipal council of
the enlarged New York Is to receive for his
services the sum of $5,000 a year for the term
to which ho will bo elected four years , the
same as the mayor.
The St. Louis Republic says thrre were
15,000 visitors besides the delegates at the
contluous performance at Lincoln last Wed
nesday and Thursday. The Now York World
puti the number at 6,000. Drelbund reporters
ought to get together.
The sllvurito nominee for clerk of tlio Ken
tucky court of appeals having declined to
meet tlio sound money candidate in Joint de
bate , the latter announces that ho will debate
with any representative free sliver man whom
the party 'management may select. The
challenge has not been accepted.
There are seventy-five republicans and thir
ty-two democrats in the present Maryland
legislature. State senators will bo elected in
Maryland to the number of fourteen thin
year. The term of Aurthur P. Gorman expireB
on the 1th ot March , 1899 , and upon some of
the legislators to be chosen this year and
upon more of those to bo elected next year
will depend his re-election or the politics of
hUi successor.
National democrats have an organization in
over 200 of the cltlea and towns of Massachu
setts , the Boston Transcript ( rep. ) , aays , and
tliev claim as thorough an organization as
that of the old-line democrats of former days.
They propose to hold caucuses In all the
largo cities and towns of the etato and to nom
inate delegates to a Htatu convention , which
will bo held In Boston , Gamaliel Bradford
and C. S , Homlln are among those men
tioned for ttie nomination for governor.
Mayor McKlsson of Cleveland , whlio pre
siding at a board meeting recently , was sur
prised by an old gentleman , who walked Into
the room , and laying a largo bunch of tiger
lilies on the mayor's dok , said : "Thaie
llowcrs are from Mrs. Crawford , who lives on
Harknc s avenue. She In 7 < T year * old and
has lived lu Cleveland for half a century ,
lu the opinion of this lady .your honor IH
the beat mayor this city ever had. She takes
this means to express her appreciation on
a small scale. "
The Natchez ( Mlffl. ) Democrat ( detn. ) ,
which supported Bryan reluctantly on the
score of regularity , says ; "Free sliver Is mp-
Idly fading out as an issue for the democracy
to fight over and epllt over and contend for.
In the west the rlso In the price of wheat ,
which was supposed to go hand In hand with
sliver bullion , has knocked the falacloua and
pernicious theory In the head to a very great
extent , and if a good cotton crop is made in
the south , with prices for the crop as remu
nerative as tlicy are now promising to be
during the coming season , wo verily bullevu
that free sliver in Ita two strougent strong
holds will be killed entirely e ono of the
Irsucs before the nation. "
OTHF.ll I\MS TIIAX OV11S.
The vecent conflict In the Austrian
Relcliarath appears no\v to have been only
the beginning of a ctruggle between the dif
fering rucfs of the dual empire that may
yet ehaVo the foundation of the central gov
ernment. The political ftltuntlon Is serious ,
[ ami whca the llctchsrath juticmblcs In the
i autumn the battle la likely to be renewed (
with greater vigor. U Is significant , too , that I I
1 the Poles and the Cac.chsvho . have hitherto ,
! been dlotnlltod , are coining together , and that j i
| the Czechs , who have nil alontt looked to ;
Russia , while the Poles deteste-d her , now ]
admit that thvy had nothing fronl her In the |
' past and need not expect anything In the
I future. As these two races combined ran
control Parliament , when It meets again In-
lorretlng events may bo looked for. The
Germans nro not likely to surrender without
a struggle. They 1110 keen wilted and ic-
sourccful , and , besides thin , they have the
sympathy of the wMagyars ac > ngalnst the
Poles and C7echs. Hungary , too , may prove
to bo u disturbing factor. It waa generally
understood that the negotiations for a re
newal of the ten years' agreement between
Hungary and Austria were completed two
months ago , but suddenly and without ex
planation they ; were broken off , and nothing
IIOH slnro been done looking to their adjust
ment , Kmperor Francis Joseph has all along
shown exceptional tact In dealing with racial
antmoaltUs , but matters have now assumed
such a phase that It will be difficult for him
to again placate the warring factions lu an
empire which has been described as a thing
ot shreds and patches.
For more 'than sixty years Spain has been
kept In a constant ferment arising out of the
claim of Carlos of Bourbon nnd his succes
sors to the throne. The first Dun Carlos WUH
thu second son of Charles IV of Spain and
the brother of Ferdinand VII , who bile *
ccedcd Charles IV. When Ferdinand died ,
in 1833 , the Salic law was abrogated and his
daughter , Isabella , was made his successor ,
but Don Carlos claimed the throne. The
Cortes i ejected the claim and civil war en
sued , the Jinnies of ly.ibolla were victorious
and the claimant lied to France. At his
death his son took up thu light and It has
been still maintained by hli son's nephew ,
who In 1S73 headed a formidable Insurrection
In person. It spread through the Basque
provinces and lasted for three years before
It was criiflhed. Then Don Cm lea fled to Lon
don , where he has ever slmco remained , tak
ing advantage of every crisis or disturbance
In Spain to plan a fresh attempt for the re
covery of the thronn to which he claims ho
is entitled. The plan of campaign ot the
Carllsta is one ot education and of expecta
tion. They have a club , or a Junta , In al-
man every towa In the north of Spain and
In many In the south. They Imve numerous
nowapaj.er organs similarly dlFtvlbutcd. Out
side of Spain , especially in Kngland , they
have many auxiliary organizations. But
these are not , contrary to common fancy ,
scolding to foment an Insurrection. They are
all opportunists. The scheme is to organize
all avowed followers of Don Carlos and to
enroll with them as many converts na can
be made to criticise the existing government
and point out its faults to the people , and
to proclaim at every opportunity how much
better a government KUK ! Carlos VII .would
give. Having done all that , wait and see
what \\lll happen , and be prepared for it ,
whatever It may be.
* *
Matters arc in trim for a very pretty bit
of strategy , with the conquest of India as
the objective point. If Czar Nicholas wishes
and the English papers are apprehensive
that he doca. They susnect that , despite
his assurances of good faith , the ameer
of Afghanistan Is back of the tribesmen in
their rebellious Incursion into British ter
ritory , and that back of the ameer stands
the czar , with the sultan as a sldo partner ,
weak in physical force , perhaps , but terribly
strong In Influence as the commander of
the faithful. Let him summon Victoria's
Mohammedan subjects , estimated at 50,000-
000 , most of them In India , to revolt against
her government ; let the czar inarch his
troops through Afghanistan , which will not
oppose him , and through the Khyber pass ,
which the Afrldls have cleared , and Britan
nia's hold on her most cherished possession
would become very precarious indeed.
* * *
A partial abolition ot the Siberian exile
system has been decided upon by the czar ,
It being contemplated to ciect large central
prisons In Russia proper for the reception
of prisoners. The law. It is said , will go
Into effect a year hence. There can bo no
doubt of the necessity of thu reform. The
colonization of Siberia would bo seriously
impeded if that vast possession of the czar
.should continue to be the dumping ground
for the vicious and the criminal classes of
European Russia. The proposed change Is
tlio corollary to the establishment of law
courts and a high court of appeals in Siberia
and the general remodeling of the Institu
tions of Hint dominion after a modern pat
tern. It is likely , however , that political
suspects will continue to bo sent into the
Siberian cxllo and become the "salt" of the
colonlea.
*
Fresh proof that the Franco-Russian al
liance Is a fixed fact will bo afforded the
discerning spectator ot the European field
by the intelligence that the czar will return
President iFauro's visit to St. Petersburg
toward the end of autumn. Such manifesta
tions of accord between these two powers
should provo a guaranty of general peace.
It remains to bo rcen , however , In what
light the new coalition will bo regarded by
the Tripllce. That mutual distrust will spring
up between the rival partnerships may be ex
pected. But not even the powers ot Europe
can resist the trend toward syndication
which has become a characteristic of the
ago ; and It would be entirely too soon to
anticipate that the results In thla Instance
may. bo inauspicious , however much of n
EUakenp there may bo among the outside
powers.
* * *
The Afridls are a turbulent tribe , number
ing 27,000 fighting men and Inhabiting the
mountains between Powhat and Poshawur ,
both of which places are on the border between
India and Afghanistan and equidistant from
the Khyber pass some forty miles. Tiiey are
not In any sense subjects of Great Britain.
Nominally they owe allegiance to the ameer
of Afghanistan , but practically , they obey no
lav/ but their own. They are robbers first and
soldiers afterwards. Already they are quar
reling over the division of the booty that lias
been secured , While there IB trouble and dis
content among the natives in Bombay and
other parts of the Indian empire owing to
the sufferings resulting from plague and fam
ine , there is no good reason for anticipating a
repetition of the mutiny of ' 57.
* *
Th& Transvaal [ 3 ono of the few countries
with pretensions to consideration as clvlllzertt
powers that debar Jews from all participation
in the legislative and municipal government.
Moreover , they are dlsqua'lfled ' from tilling
any public olllco to which a salary la attached ,
wlille their schools are the only ones which
recolvo no HiiU'Uy from the state. It Is
largely duo to this that the efforts of tlio Boer
tecrotary of state. Dr. Lcyds , to secure sup
port at Paris and Berlin against tli Britlnh
government have met with such signal
failure , the immensely powerful inlluonco of
the Rothschilds and of thu other great JouUh
financiers who control the- money markets of
Europe being exercised against the Transvaal.
H , 's asserted alike in London aa In Paris that
ono of the chief objects of the hurried return
of Dr. Loyds to the Transvaal is to accuro
legislation removing ail the disabilities under
which the Jews now labor In tlio Boer re
public.
Amerlenn llorxc llrei-dcfM.
IloMon Globe ,
The European u mil en create the blggeat
horse market in the world , There Is no
good reason why this country should not he
the leading source of supply for thu cavalry
of Europe , but it is not.
Recently the French government sent over
an army officer to learn as to what extent
this country could bo drawn upon for French
cavalry and artillery tiorsci. His report wan
most favorable.
Though tardily , the secretary of agri
culture is moving to Increase the American
horse traiUi by sending out an expert to
study thu European market and advertise
our uuperlor advantages for horse breed
ing
Why should a trade that Is properly ours
go to Argentina and other South American
atateiT
SOCIALISTIC TnMH.\CIKS.
Mr. "WooHTordi'n Allruitllnn * Ilrforo
tlio Itur Aivnrlittlnn ,
ChlcflKO Inter Oconn.
Mr. Woohvorth , who wns the last year' *
president of the National Bar association , In
n paper read at Its recent annual meeting ,
deplored the drift of popular sentiment
toward socialism , Instanced ninny acts of
congress and of state legislature ) * that , In
his opinion , nre ot socialistic Intent , and ,
somewhat despairingly , concluded that ho
knew no bolter method of. checking what ho
considers to be a dangerous tendency than
by education of the people by the lawyers.
We dissent from each nnd all of the In
ferences of the distinguished gentlcnvin ,
though \vo admit the soundness ot most of
his allegations. Mr , Woohvorth Is what la
known m n corporation lawyer , and his com
plaints chiefly are against those acts ot leg
islatures and ot trader unions that aio in
limitation of the powers of corporal Ions ;
these he defines na "socialistic , " and ho Is
specially Insistent on the "socialistic" ton-
dcncy of trades imloro. We r.ro Inclined to
belluvo that the learned gentleman Is tight.
But , let us ask him , what are corpotatlons ,
it not coclnilstlc ? Soclnltam la not more or
lexs than the riiibstltutlon of eo-opprntlvu for
Individualistic effort , nnd Ilia corporations
arc exemplars ot industrial socialism. The
trades unions , ton , are miclallMlc , Inasmuch
ns they aim to accompll.ih by cn-apurntlon
ot largo bodies of wagc-e rnens that which
the single wage-earner or the wagc-eirneia
In ismall gioups cannot do. Jn.u ai > great
corporations seek to accomplish by cooperation
tion of large numbers of investors tlml v.hlch
no single "apHnll.sl rnuld do. So that we ud-
mlt Mr. Woolworths allegation of noclallstlo
tendency , but deny hU Inference that It
universally or mainly is n dniujTotM ten
dency.
Yet we are far from denying that there are
dangers In the socialistic using the words
as equivalent to the co-operative policies
that nou prevail. But by the same token ,
there are danger * In unrestricted individual
ism. Individualism is tlio primitive mode of
life ; socialism , or co-npcratlvlsm , IH a some
what now development. So that early legis
lation went almost cxlslvely to dcHnlng the
limits of the powei ui the Individual ; it pro- .
hlbltcd him fioni doing that which would InJure -
Juro another Individual , and It described his
duty to tlio state. What Ins been done for
Individualism must bo done for eo-opcratlv-
ISM , or socialism ; the great corporation must
bo limited In Its power , as the Individual has
been ; it must bo taught that It Is the ereaturo
not the creator , of society ; it must bo taught
to render to the people the things th.it uro
the people's , and to the ststo the things Hint
nro the state's. This Is juat as true of such
corporations or co-operntlons as trades un
ions as of great railways or trading or manu
facturing companies. We admit that Mr.
Woohvorth Is right when he says that legis
lation regulative of corporate power has
boon very frequent of late ; but wo dissent
from his conclusion that this Is nn evil sign.
We aver that new legislation Is a necessity
of new conditions. The socialistic forces ot
coiporatloiu , trusts , labor leagues , etc. , are
now , and ofttlmcs have been used recklessly ;
now legislation for definition and limitation
of the rights of these now powers has been ,
and for some tlmo to come will bo necessary.
Nor do we believe that the people need to
be , or that they will be , "educated by law
yers" as to their own rights and as to the
rights of the socialistic bodies of which wo
have spoken. The country colleges that are
educating farmers , where once they educated
lawyers , will play a great part in the long
campaign of education upon which wo are
entering , and so will the high schools , and
so will the press , which , maugcr its yellow-
dog element. Is in the greater part at once
liberal and conservative , at once Individualis
tic and socialistic.
JI.\CilIMi U11YMHS.
" \VnshlnBton Stnr.
No moro they're talking politics ;
On equal rights they're mute.
They're now explaining nil the tricks
They have in cunning1 fruit.
Town Topics.
"I've found out nt lust what sllenco Isl"
A poetesa once sang ;
And then she talked with emphasis >
Until the welkin rang.
Ciilcntjo lleconl.
Note the mnn who plays the organ ,
He's a creature full of guile ,
For ho always Htops tlio music
When wc'ro half way down the aisle.
Tmllannpolls Journal.
Ho howled for hnrmony so loud ,
And raised s-o illro n rout ,
Thnt to obtain the thing they vowed
They'd have to put him out.
Chicago Journal. |
"Take the goods the gods provide thce , " this
la wisdom's deepest lore.
But , while taking , don't neglect to keep on
hollering for more.
Detroit Journal.
I'd lire thee , plump stenographer
I'd lire thco quicker than the telllne
were tliou but poor In all rcapeeti
As thou art at writing nnd at spelling.
Puelc.
'TIs the last rose of summer ,
Ah , signal ofwoe ;
For the llorlsts' dear blossoms
Much cash wo must blow.
C HUCll'K.
" \VusMiiKlon Htar.
When you feel your lingerH tingling with a
literary xhivcr.
And you long to taste the pleasures of re
nown ;
When you wish to utler thoughts and s < t
this BhiKSlsh world a-iiulver ,
And electrify the country and the town ,
Do not think to win your way by gathering
stories of erudition ,
Nor by weaving plots that picture human
Tale ;
You'll discover In condition , you're re-
purded with Hiisiilfjon
As a prating , posing pedant , out ot date.
But on the other hnnd , you'll meet with a
BucccgH surprising
By looking to your personal career.
A political nretcniA ! may servo us llrst-rat
advertising ,
And divorces are effective , though they'ro
dear.
Don't attempt to dole out wisdom like a
prophet or a cadi ;
It you do your cherished work U sure to
fall.
But it8Ka Hlnnte a lady , or do anything
thut's Bhudy ,
And whatever you may write will have a
wile.
Clevplanil Lender ,
She took n fnigllo Honor from a hunch
iiKuliwt her breiiHt
Sweet little maiden that Him was !
Its i > ( Ualu for u moment ill her ripe , red
lips were pressed
D.ilnty llttlo maiden Hint ho WIIH !
Then aho luidu TOO Hwect " ( Sooii-dny , "
Thiow the wonted hud away ,
And I watched It where It lay
Pretty llttlu maiden that tmu was !
I knelt besldo the llower where It laid upon ,
the lloor
Tender little maiden that Hlio waxl
I fondly pressed It to my lips , an nho had
done bufore
Darling little maiden that Hlio was !
And then , turning suddenly ,
At tint corner I could f.eo
Her slyly watching mo
Cunning little maiden that Hho wan !
Royal tnaUcs the food pure ,
u bolciomo and delicious.
Absolutely Pure
AOVAI BAxma rowDtH co. , HIM YORK.