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1 12 THE OaiAITA DAILY BEE : Sl'lSTD/VY , SEPTEMBER 5 , 1807 Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY n. noaiATKII , naitor. . i'Uiii.isiiii : ) ivnnv MOIININO or si itsum-noN. Dully Ne ( Without Sunday ) , On Ytur. . . J6 M Uilly IKc nn.l 3un < Jn > . One Vtnr 00 Klx Months * W 'Ihrft Month * M HuntJuy lift One lenr * &J HnmrOay HM , One Venr > ' VWchly llee , One Icnr , 6 OITH'US : Oinnh.v TI.e I'te Hullcllns h'Ulh OtnHlml Hlngcr 1111. . C - nml Zllh St * Council Illiirtd 10 IVtirl .Streit. CtilcdRO Olflces 317 ChiimbT of Commerce. Now \crk Iloonm n. 14 nnd IS Tribune UMc. \\nshineton : COI rourtrcntli Street. All communle-ntlon * relAtlng to ni > * nnl wllto. rUI matter fhoiilil lie niMicweil To Hie Editor. iiusiNKBs i.imHH All Unlni-m It-Item HHI ! i < Tnlttnni > es Miould ba iuMref-0,1 to The lice PubllrhlnR Company , Omaha , Irnll . elieiku exprfM ana postoluce money onlrr * tn be mndc im > al > lo to the order of tlie ciimpini" . _ inn 111:1 : rriu.isniNO COMPANY. STATRMKNT or""cmcuuvnox Blnto of Xcljin-k.i llnua'.ni' Cuiinty , n Wforso It TIKIliurk , ixmlnrj of Ibc llcf 1'uli- Ilitlilni ; conipiti } , lioltti ; iluly orn , tav Hint llic ncti.nl tuinili r iif full ml complete enplm of The J > nlll' .VIi.tiiliiK. ivonltniul ( -Sunday lice printed eluHns the month of AUKUIU , 1137 , was n follow : < u nt-ciiniiii MllO TllllltH < 0 rCIUl II t | iiii-r. Innlnt upon liiiv- Tlic Hoc. If > on riiiuuit Kct n II.on u ( ratii from tin- in inii-nt , plc'iise * report the fu.-l , Hliillnic ( lie ti-nln mill rnllron.l to tinOildilution IH-pnrlmrilt of Tin * lle-c. The lire IN for null * on till trnlnn. INSIST oIIAIM ; TIII : nun. It loolvs us If the oitl/cns or Lincoln contemplati'd building tliolr proposed new audltoiltiiii util of buttons. Would it not bi > fooltor if Ilio loading popocr.ithitii tlit'Ir coiilllctliij ; oxplanti' tion1 ? sot tost'tlior on the cause ol petity. All tlic tiiilvi'isltit's , follt' cs and schools of tlu > eonnliy aio Mjlioiluli'd to icopi'ii by the t'lid of the coming month with the oM'option alone of Coin's Fi nancial School. Never befoio in Its hNtoiy liavc the leasons boon .so blionj ; that pionipt the United States to abide by the advice of "Washington as Its Hist president to avoid all cnlMii llii foiolgn alliances. Sp.uilsh uenspnpeis compl.iin that the I/ / new mlnlitiy has failed to pacify and unite the aiming Spuilsh factions. Tlie .Spiinisli ucuspapets onght not to expect uiltaclesat the hands of human beinj- , . The farmer who should e\clmnse his wheat todaj for sifver at the tatc of one bushel of tthc.il lor every ounce ot silver would be put down by his iielghbois as n piomislni ; candidate for the lunatic nsyinni. XebiasUa middle of-the-ioad - - populists me not Mile but that they were buncoed at their .state convention , liit ) they ought to Know by this time what to cxjieet when they tempt the company of demo- ciats and lenegadu ex-republicans. The base ball season Is moie than t\\o- thhds over , but the base ball liend.s aio us hot afd-r the game us they weie be- Toie the season opened when every club In every leagnn was dead sine It had a cinch on Ihst place and the pennant. With the help of the United Slates itoiutt. . the Tennessee uilhoids aio en gaged In an elloit to drive ticket scalpIng - Ing out of existence by tin contempt lonte. It Is feaied , luwe\ei , that that line has not the making of a popular i.iil- road loute. Husshi | s said to bo contemplating plans for univei.-Jnl and compul.soiy education. The day ought not to be far distant when every child boin Into the \\oild will have a bhtlnlght to a rudimentaiy education and .schooling in the language of its na tive conntty. In the genetal entliuMaum over leturn- Ing piospeilty the people should not overlook the fact that good loads will inaKo the band wagon roll along much more smoothly and \ \ Itli lews expenditure of effort The good roads moxement Hhould be ] > nshed along. Hy decision of the state courts the Idaho anti-gambling laws have been de clined unconstitutional , and the tight ngnlnst public gambling will have to bo fought OUT again In Hint state. I'lo- giesslve Idaho , however , may be lelled on not to put up long with legall/ed gam bling. Tim Western Passenger association and all the. other passenger and tiatllc as sociations aie doing business just as if the supreme court had never declared that the antl tiust law applied to combln- atlons of railroads for the pmposn of contioiling passenger rales and fieight clmitie.s. Nebraska's new game. Inw Is so alr- HKht that It Is said no one can go hunt ing without becoming a law breaker. If this Is so , It will not take long before the law Is honouul mote In the breael than In the obseivancu and joins llu other dead letter legislation on the stat ute books. IU'iort8 | fioni Aikansas au > to the effect thai young and old am abandoning their work to seek fortunes In the e\\ly-dls covered peail beds. They fall to say however , whether the famous ra/.oibacks of that state have awakened to the slg lUHennco of the biblical quotation abou casting potuls before uwluo. DAMIMIOVS The removal of Prof. .1. A. Glllc plo from the snpcrlntcndency of the Stale. Institute for the Deaf and Dumb to make place for a political fmnrlle Is an example of r ptehenslble partisanship. As mi educator of deaf mutes 1'iof. Clllesple has a national lepntatlou en joyed by but few of the ablest men In [ he piofesslon. Under his supenlslon , tlie Institution had nc'iulicd n standing excelled by none In the country. Ills e\'ecutl\e ability Is acknowledged to beef of high older and his peisonal Integilty lin.s not been called In question. 1 he change Is thorefoie manifestly Inspired -olely by political motives , as Mr. Gil lesplu Is ii icpubllcan and his successor a ( lemoeiat. Nobody will content ! that Prof. Gil- lesplo has a claim to a life tcmiie. to Ilio position. Nobody denies the gov ernors power to supplant him If In his judgment the Intciests of thu Institution can be piomoted and Its elllciency 1m- pio\ed. ' Tlie go\einor would not be blamable even , If he linil simply made suio bufoic making the change that the new supeilntendent possessed tht > lequl- silo ipialillcntlons to maintain the pies- ent high standing of the Institute , ( loveinor llolcomb seems , however , to hau1 peculiar notions as to purposes for which the state employs a supeiintend- ent of its deaf mute school. Ho seems to Imagine that cxpciicncc In the Held of deaf mute training Is of less moment than ability to Jog roll In a political convention. Accoidlug to the best obtainable In- foimatlon the new superintendent , Mr. Dawes , is a pleasant gentleman holding n Hist class ceitlllcato as a teacher In the common schools. Socially he Is well liked by his acipialiitauecs , but his only known experience In a public In stitution outside of the public schools has been as a sub Instiuctor In the State Institute for the IHIiul. Ills ex periment on the blind was doubtless also affoided as a rewaid for political ac tivity without rogaid to Us effect upon the blind waids of the state , and the fact that Mr. Dawcs' connection with tht ) .school for the blind was cut shoit In a few months would Indicate that that expoilment was not a shining suc cess. cess..The .The question is , What right has the governor to make such experiments for the piomotlon of paitisan ends , knowing as lie must that he thereby doubly ctipples the unfortunates who. arc de pendent upon the state for their caic and education ? It is no excuse to an swer that In his judgment a change was necessary and that no | one in Is'ebiaska is better qunlltled than Mr. Dawes to take the place. The law requites the goveinor to 1111 the position with an ex- pci fenced educator , which means an ed ucator experienced In the btancli of In struction taught in the institution. The law docs not restrict the governor's choice to lesidents of Nebraska. Piof. Olllespio was btought from the Iowa State Deaf Mute school to take chaige of the Nebiaska institute. It is due to the deaf mutes of the state as well as to the taxpajeis who pay for their caie * and education that only expetts bo entrusted with their supei vision. To subject them to polit- cal experimenters is , if anything , moio cpreheuslble than to iilnce the Ihes and ) ropeity of the people of Omaha under he gmudlanship of a chief of police who lever did a daj's police duty in his He. Bxc.ssn-w LA witA No addiess delheied at the leceut neetlng of the Ameiican I5ar asociatlon Utracteil wider attention or elicited gteater commendation than that of Gov einor Gilggs of New Jetsey on lawmak- ng. It was a clear and stiong state- nenl of the excesses and the looseness of legislative bodies in the United States n enacting laws , fortllied by statistics of ho acts passed by recent legislatures In i number of states. Goveinor Gilggs said that the woik of lawmaUing had very geneially in this country ceased to he legaided with that seilous concein which fonneily attached to It. A law- thai is a inle of action peihaps for mil- Ions of people should bo a solemn instiu- nient , made only after the most mature cousldeiatlon. nndhen made it should be stable until the necessity for its ic- peal or change Is undoubted. Instead of this , Ignorant persons fiamo laws In loose or vague or contiadietoiy teims and many of them are passed with scaicely a leading. Laws so enacted aio per- liaps repealed at the next session or re main to encumber the statute books. UN cry state has had expeilence with this soil of lawmaklug. In suggesting remedies for this stale of things , which is becoming worse fiom year to year , Governor Grlggs said among other things that in selecting men as memberjof the state loglslatnies too much legard is paid to political quail- Hcatlons and not enough to leglslatho ability. He urged that there Is a gieat failure on the part of men who are specially qualllled by education and at tainments to do their whole duty to the state by serving In the legislative bodies of the state and city. Ho had observed that the people prefer to choose high- class public : agents when they can get them , "but the scholais and luwyoih best quallllcd to guide nnd lestralu legislation u > ry urrely are willing to give their time to public soi vice In the legislature. On rare occasions they will come forth and serve the state with great zeal and bone- lit , but usually they confine their activity to criticising what less competent men have done. " What is needed , said Gov ernor Gilggs , Is a linger contilbutlon of the time and brains of our abler busi ness men and lawyers , both In plate leg islatures anil in the common councils ol the cities. "Their expert knowledge and consenatlve habits will strike Hie enactIng - Ing clause out of many a useless bill thai otherwise would dilll through on thu Hdo Hint Is more easy to lloal with than to stem. We need moie legislators with moral and legal backbone to stand up against all pioposltions that lack post- live utility. " Of course there Is nothing really new In this , as Goveinor Gilggs admitted yet the subject Is of so great importauci that public , attention can hardly bo too often dhoctcil to It. There la no qucs tlou tliut loose , cureless and often reck loss lawmnklng Is pernicious nnd the remedial ] wwer being In the hands of HIP people they should be educated to a full realization of the proportions of the evil and Its dangers. /irmKUiK/ / Willie piogioss has been made In the woik of educating the negio In Hie south a great deal still remains to bo done In order to In ing this work up to the standard it should attain. In a com munication to nrr eastein paper Hon. T. .1. Morgan , ex-commissioner of edu cation ami now coiresponding secietaiy of the American Haptlst Home Mission society , writes strongly on this subject. He Hiinks ihere Is al present no moie Important question befoie the AHUM lean people than that of the education of the 8 , < X)0,000 ) Afro-Americans lu the south and he makes the statement that not withstanding all that is buiiig done by the slates In public ( .clioolt and by phllaullitoplc and inlsslonniy Institu tions Hie negioes are steadily falling bo- him ! In the matter of oflucntloii , espe cially in the higher education. Mr. Moigan icgauls as full of peill the fact that llieie Is not a single Institu tion of learning of high order any whine In the south to which negioes have ac cess that Is piopeily equipped or suit ably endowed and says : "To allow Ibis mass of Afro-Amoileans to Inciease In numbers and lirtluence without affording to them opportunities of education Is al once a rellectlon on our wisdom , a re- pioach to our geneioslty and a menace to our civilization. " He urges thai every consideration of statesmanship , philan thropy and Christianity calls loudly for the creation among these people of educational facilities bearing at least some slight resemblance to those created for the white race. The destiny of the two races is Inseparably blended. To neglect the black nice is nccessailly to Imperil the white one. Mr. Morgan does uot exaggerate the Importance of Hits matter. The black nice In the south is rapidly increasing in numbers and unless the progress Ijr edu cational facilities keeps pace with this growth it is easy to undeistand that the giavest consequences must ensue. With every jear adding to the mass of ig norance , which must necessarily develop vicious tendencies , the negro population lu the south will glow moie and more Uoublesome and the problem of their political and social relations more and moio perplexing and perilous. The question of tlie uplifting of these people appeals most stiougly to the whites of the south , but ItYias an Intoiost for the whole American people. There Is no better opportunity for a wise and useful oxeiciso of philanthropy tnan in en larging the facilities ( or educating the negroes of the soutn. A MElKUlilG UKXIUS. The advent of ex-Congressman diaries A. Townc upon the political hustings of Nebiaska was heralded in advance as ono of the great events In the political history of the state. The meteoric genius from Duluth was given special piomlnenco at Lincoln as one of the gieat lights of the silver-lined firmament and biought to Omaha by IJiyair arid a n ass bMird. The virulent attacks made at Lincoln > y the lonog.ule republican upon the Kiity to which he was Indebted for the only position of honor ho e\or held have rlready been commented on by this mper as a repetition of the course pur sued by the renegade republicans who went over to tlie enemy In order to beat Grant , even though in their efforts to dose so they supported a candidate who repre sented all the pilnciples they had been lenouncing all their Ih es. In his Omaha speech Tow no sought to justify his slander of republicans and his desertion from their ranks by repeating the well worn excuse offered by every political turncoat that ho had not deserted the urty , but that the party had deserted ilm by abandoning all the pilnciples which made It worthy of the suppoit ol honest men. He challenged the editor of The Bee to cite any declination of the republican party showing 1hat 11 stood in favor of the gold standard anil contrasted the money planks of the Min neapolis platform with that of the St Louis. i i This Is only another illustration of the fable wherein the wolf accused tholaml of riling the water. Money planks in republican platforms have never const ! tuted the only or chief articles of re publican creed. The fundamental prln clples of republicanism are tlie same to lay as they were when Its battle cry was "Kiomont and Freedom. " The monej question has been Incidental and no supei lor to the various Issues for whlcl republican ! * have been contending. It is true that In 1SU2 the platform adopted at Minneapolis endorsed bi metallism upon -an expiess condition pledging the party to maintain the parity of all our money. That was tantamount to pledging the paity to maintain the currency on tlie gold Mainl and basis , because our dollars could nol be of equal puuhaslng power unless each , whether silver or paper , weie kept exchangeable at par lor gold. As a mat ter of fact , gold has been Hie stnndiud and measure of value In the United States ever since the ratio of 15 to I established by Alexander Hamilton was discarded In older to restore gold to cluillation. The St. Louis money plank simply expressed Irr unequivocal winds What the Minneapolis plank , finmed tit the instance of tlie sll\er state delegates , had puiposoly obscured. Thu Minneapolis plat for in pledged the pnily to maintain all existing money on a parity with the best , which every- Imdj knows was gold. The St. Louis platlonn mnkei.s discarded the decepthe veiblage and spoke outilglit for the "ex isting gold standard. " That was honest and courageous and when the Issue was Joined the popular \eidlct was In fauir of the icpnbllcan decimation , while In l.SOli the platform Juggle lost the party Iho battle. Conceding to Mr. Tow no and all his class the right to join the populists and democrats on the Issue of silver , their vicious anil malicious attacks upon every republican principle to which they for merly subscribed give the lie to their professions. When a silver oiator like Towuo tults about hU devotion to the irlnclples ofr > rahnni Lincoln nnd ac- uses the lepHliAcnn party of plnylng raltor to the nation and flag he only nukes himself "contemptible. Who Is Tow lie. anyway ? , lie was only three U'ars old whefr flie rebellion broke out nnd cerlalnly _ cnnnol claim to any utrlotlo effort to sn\e Hie union either n conlllel of nrnr or In tlie struggle for institutional equality dm lug the trying econstiuctlon peilod. His only opixn- unity lo rontlpr'conspleuous u-rvlce to the country \ui4luilng the single term which he semnl In the l-'lfty-fmnth congress - i gross , cou'iliig Wo years , beginning' ' Maich 4 , lfcl.tH ) In his Ihst congres sional race h5 was pitted against two andldates , one a democrat and the other i populist. If it was his honest con- ictlon in 1SOI that populism and Hatlsm Hid democracy and fiee trade were wiong , what changes have they under gone thai make them rlglil In his < > ycs low ? The fact Hurt he was turned lown last year by a republican who was nol a silver orator when lie had the luce patty fusion noinlnatlmi , with sheri 01 ops , low pi Ices and general business depression to back his sophistries woufil ndlcnto Hint like all other Juopliets , ho s not appreciated where he Is best viiown. Like other political comets , 1hls mete- iilc genius may exhibit bis silvery tall mil flighten the Ignorant Into the belief that the destruction of the woild Is at rand , but when he passes out of sight nto limitless space , not even a poor In dian will give the uppailtlon serious consideration. 7/IK KAVY. All maritime nations are Incieasing their navies. Hundreds of millions of lollais will be expended dm Ing the next few years in augmenting the naval power of Gieat Biltain , France , Ger many , Ilusshr , Japan and other coun tries. The question whether the United States shall go on Increasing its navy is obviously Important. We publish elsewhere in this Issue nn rtrllclo by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Iloose- velt In fa\or of naval enlargement and in Hie cm rent number of the Forum ox-Scciotnry of the Navy Ilerbeit argues forcefully for an Jiifreaso of the navy. Mr. Ileibert says that if we should know that we were always to bo at peace with all the naval powei.s of the world It would be quite easy to .say bow large our navy should be. In that case wo should want only such cruising ; ves sels and gunboats as would be needed to look after our Interests In countries where re\olutlons are frequent and local laws and the , Bights of forelgneis are not alwavs regarded. But we cannot with existing"Conditions so circumscribe our naval resourtfcs. Our extended seacoast - coast , our vast coastwise commerce , the seaports that areexposed to the attack of nn eircrny/neoil better protection than they now have. "What would become of our foreign carrying tnule and our vast coastwisefnVlIlc , " asks Mr. Herbert , "if an enemy' should commission a lot of swift vessels to hover along our coasts from | ndhhus to Galveston. or from San Diego fo Puget soundV" The seaport cities'nre for the most part In no better condition to bo defended against attacks by water than they wcie during the civil war and the harbor de fenses of that day wore not equal to the ships and guns then brought against them , which were Infinitely Inferior to those of today. Having moie property on shore assail able from the water than any other na tion , having moio commerce afloat and assailable by navies than any other na tion and , excepting Great Britain , hav ing moie merchant1 ships afloat , includ ing those on the gicnt lakes , than the live gieatest naval poweis oC the woild combined , Mr. Herbert says it seems to follow that our navy should be fur ther increased , unless the opponents of such increase can establish the single proposition that wo aie never to have any moie wars with naval poweis. The whole argument against an Inciease of the navy must rest upon the Impossi bility of war. Mr. JTeibert points out that this is not a safe position -"that rlo human prescience can foretell the cir cumstances or the ( quarters fiom which wars may come" and that "we should be able to command our peace and pro tect our rights at all times. " Mr. Her bert suggests that it would not bo too much to add six moio battleships to our Atlantic fleet and half as ninny to the Pacific , while seventy-live torpedo boats would not bo an undue addition' to this class of vessels. The construction of these might be extended over H\e years. Whether the navy shall be further In creased will depend very much upon the course of tlie government revenues. So long ns these are dellclent Hie opposi tion to naval Increase will have a potent argument and therefore- is question able whether congress will make any cousldeiablo iippiopilatious for addi tional war vessels dining the next two or three years , unless , indeed , something should nilse making it imperatively nec essary to do so. There Is little danger of this if we flu not Invite foreign com plications by departing from the tta- dltional policy of the nation. When the prtpocints ndmlt , ns they are now foieed to dothat , the pi ice of wheat Is goveined by the supply and demand and not by the amount ] of sll\er coin In circulation , ( lloy 'H ' Inne to admit that the prlco of sil\r does not regulate the price of ally J > 1hcr commodity and that demonetisation yf silver had no moie to do with the drop In the price of miuhlne- made wines'ijiijii ' the man In the moon , Should Hit ) czar lotuin President Fnuio's \ Islt ; by' ' becoming the guest of HID Fieneli piesldent at Pails this tall , theie will bu no way of containing Hie txubei.inco of the Pnilslan populace. The people of Pails aie nothing If not excitable , and their effoil lo outdo the attentions paid President Fame in St. Pctoishuig would be sure to mouse them to the topmost pitch. The authorities at Washington expect no trouble over the disputed boundary of the Klondike gold llclds , The unsettled point In contio\ersy Is simply the deter- initiation of a geographical line nlicudy agreed upon. As long as the only accessl- bio route to thu Klondike region lies through American possessions and cltl- rous of Canada and Gient Britain must use this route In common with cltlrcns of the United States , there Is no Imminent danger of any one being shut out of the tenltory on account of nationality. The civil service commlslon warns ap plicants for otllce under the civil list nol to put any faith In poisons who offer to sell for a price Information calculated to insure them passing the examinations. Should the civil seivlee examinations evei degeneiiite to the stage where suc cessful examination nuiks can be bought for money , the entile sjstem would have to be discarded. Fotinnately , there Is no reason to believe that there Is any Imml- iinnt danger of such abu c. Placing the helpless inmates of tlie State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb under the charge of a man who knows nothing about them , and has had no ex perience whatever with the care or In struction of deaf and dumb people Is al most tlie same as lobbing these poor people ple of the education to give them which the taxpa\ers have paid. Yet this is what Governor llolcomb has done In older to provide a lucrative Job for a political fnvo.i He. I'mperor William's speech at Cobloutz shows that the prencnt German empeior lias about the same Ideas of the divine right of monaichs and responsibility tea a higher power only as was held by his loyal ancestors back in the middle ages. Should ho try to apply his theories of God-given power to a few practical af fairs of government , he would doubtless mil against the same sungs that made those doctilnes so unpopular of joie. Information comes all the way from Washington that the federal supreme court is catching up with the woik on Its docket. This Is r of resiling news , es pecially to the people of Nebraska who have been watting uenily three jours for the court to hand down Its ruling on the validity of the Nebraska max imum fi eight rate law , as well as In other Important cases of public Interest that have long been hanging lire , i The Sober Scc-oml TlioiiKlit. Globe Democrat. Hating celebrated their alliance with IlUbsia , trio French will now try to decipher \\uat It means. One Croji Xiialil > Short. Detroit 1'rco Press. In looking the Held carefully o\cr It wilt bo dlsco\ered that the calamity crop Is the only one that Is notably short Ail O | > i > ortiinl ( > for Pine \Vorlc. Chicago neconl ntiropo Is short of all kinds of catahlo crops this year , and It would' ' seem to bo an exceptional opportunity for the great Amftl- can crop propaganda to get In Us tine work. A UoItUuiK"Crime. . " Kansas City Journal The cold-blooded purpose of the goldbug press to exaggerate the present prosperity Is ohouti In a current statement regarding the Nebraska crops. The value of these crops Is gl\en by a number of goldbug organs as ? 100OUO,000. As a matter of fact It is only $98.500,000. American Skill IiiMidliiK Camilla. Detroit I'rco Press. The great bridge at Montreal , 7,000 feet In length , built to accommodate two rall- reid tracks , two trolley lines and i\\o foot paths , Is to be erected by American con tractors and made of American materials Canada has a way of knowing a good thing7 when she sees It. The IMoililer anil ( he UilHlier. New York Herald. Men who expect to get rich In twenty minutes aad who have a chronic habit of grabbing e\erythlng within reach are no benent to any community. The fellow who sticks to h'a work and proposes to keep at It for the nevt twenty jears , saving "here a little and there a little , " is likely to bo well off by and by , and he will not bo ashamed to show his record. He Is the Ideal American citizen. The I.ntp Mm. John HroT . Philadelphia Press. Her death closes more than a life and a career. It ends a etage and rounds a period In the history of our theater. .Mourned by all who heard of her , and there are none of which ono or the other Is not true , Mre John Drew was ono of the few In any profession whoso service to It was as great as any fame who won , and who. won none but the fnnio who dct > cr\ed , and who dcsci\cd all that fa mo could give. Kiiroiic One VtiHt Armed On mil. Sin TranclK'-o Examiner. History ehows no parallel to the present European situation. There are six great na tions armed to the teeth , and each one watching the slightest move made by the others. None of them wants war , but all are ready. They are bosom friends , but one and all suspect treachery. Hence the system of vows and protests and nicely balanced at- tcmttona. It Is a grim satire on civilization that millions of armed men are thought necessary to keep the peace , and that war Is only to be averted when everybody Is afraid of hla neighbor. THIAI. IIV .TUIIV. A CoiiNtltuHonnl Itleht Vlulntcil 1 > y InJimi-tlollN. Chicago Chronicle. Abuse of the writ of Injunction by courts that should bo exceedingly clmry In Ita em ployment leads Inevitably to the undermining of fundamentals of civil liberty that luvo been strenuously fought for and ought to be maintained at any cost. Thus It IMS been inco'poratcd into the con stitution of the United States that in all criminal prosecutions the accused phall enjoy the right to a speedy nnd public trial by an Impartial jury of the state and district w herein Iho crime shall have been committed , which district Hliall have been previously n em taJnpil hv law. ami to bo Informed of the natuto and cause of the accusation , to be confronted with the vvltnecAes against him , to have compulsory process for obtaining wlt- iH'sseH In his favor and to have the assistance of counsel for Ills defense. So atremious are we In the maintenance of the Idea that no arbitral > autocratic authority Ahall be ex ercised to doom men to Imprisonment and line that It : further enacted that In suits at common law wheie the value In con troversy shall exceed J20 the right of trial by Jury shall bo preserved and no fact tried bv a jury shall bo otherwise ro-examlned by a jury In any court of the United Ktatoj than according to the rules of the common law. Abusing tlie writ of Injunction , the com Is Imvu gone far afield They have practically aBdumed the light In a civil proceeding to lhauo an Injunction against the po&ilblc per petuation of a criminal act and than have tried alleged criminals , not by a Jury , but liava autocratically condemned them to pun ishment of both line and Imprisonment The sacred right of tilal by jury falls when a chancellor practically assuming criminal jurisdiction decides the question of guilt 01 Innocence w Ithout reference to a jury ami thinly dlsKtiUei hU proceeding on the allega tion that ho U punishing , not a crime under any criminal cede , but contempt of his trliM rial That ho proccei'fl according to law intuit be admitted when the hlgtuet tribunal In the land salt ) that the proceeding ls right , but iilKher than anv tribunal In the land Is tie ! right of the people to InaUt ui.jon those funda mentals of civil liberty for which their fore fathers fought. If judrfCH Insist upon arrogat ing powcru to tlieuisel\e3 never ( .ontemplated hy chancery the latuualclng power , at the behest of the people , must Insist that they uliall be curbed by statute and then , If they shall continue tuolr u urpatlon , Impeached and dismissed In dlscrace. < uciivit SHOTS AT THU WI.IMT. Mlntirnpolls JournalA St. Taul proncher pravcd "lllpw all the service * , except the fiddling. " Some Hudllng Is pretty bad , and nd doubt the exception wan justified Minneapolis Times. Vlras luroko up n revlvftl moetltiK In xs ? tern Krntnck ) lust week Now the irtfnl paraqraphcrs of , the country will turu with ono accord ti > that tcrlptnrfll passage which bcRlne "Tho v\lcl > ed lice. " etc Speaking ot the new electllr contribution box Invented 'n ' Connecticut , of course which works automatically when the min ister touches n button lu the pulpit , the New York Obsciver ver ) truthfullv < n > s " \Vhllo perhaps under the new sjstcm tl\r pew holder cannot prctt-ml that ho dues not BCO HID bov , on the other hand , under the old method there was something In the ex pectant attitude of a live deacon at the ot ! er end of the handle of the contribution bov which often proved provocxtlve of filtto. " IndlatiapolU Journal A member of the Duukard church In I'cimisilvanla was "dls- fellowshlpcd" for not compiling with certain rpcituiits made by the church and brought milt against the elder , claiming damnges for "lot ot his spiritual life. " The ca o was tried before a justice of the peace who i endured a Judgment In favor of the plain tiff , and the defendant's iivraotinl property Is uo\v advertised for wile to meet the judg ment A spiritual life worth enl > JtOU can not be considered a very gront loss , but It would be Interesting to know it the aggrieved brother feels that It will bo restored to him with the pavment ot the monc > . Indianapolis NCVVK No reader ot the secu lar prc-ffi can have failed to note the great attmtlon nou pild to things religious News of the churches and their dolng Is welcome In now.ipapcr olllces , and It would not be welcome unless there were a demand for It on the pait ot the getirtal public Many papers print sermons Indeed there arc bureaus mill syndicate which furnish seimons to the papers. The thttrcn serv ices nre fully reported , arid conventions ot church people alwnjs e\clto great' Intncsl All thla cems to Indicate that there l a much closer connection between the IUe of the churih and the life of the world than thcro war twenty-five or thirty vcais ago JT.HSDN vi. VM > o'unn\\ : . If it takts nlnetj jrars to pull down the record of a pacing mile from thicc to two minute- * , how long will It take to clip olt auotlinr n inutu ? The legion of Spinlsh butchpii In Cuba known ns the "Heralds of Death" H com manded by a "folne ould" cutthroat bearing the fragrant Castllllan name of O'lt > an Thcio Is a dhllnct air of chperful ex pectancy visible about the hospitals of the1 country. A season of prosperity Is approich- Ing arm-ln-nrm with the foot ball season. n\-I'rchldenl Gu/man Dlanco of Yene/uela is said to be the richest man In the world , owning 0,000,000 stmaic milts of luml , 2flOO- 000 vlitual clnvcs and cnjo > lng nn annual In-ome of $37,000,000. Sergeant Hgan of the Boston police force h b been admitted to the bar. He entered the Boston university law school tn 1S91 and wna graduated cum laude last > ear. A few weeks later he passed the examinations for the Suffolk county bar with honor. He has been on the police force fifteen jean. He uny bom in Boston In 1S5S. Representative John Neary of Natigatuck , a radical silvcritc of Connecticut , lias kicked over the party traces and smashed the dash board. He s < i\s. "Ihi.slnoss Is booming In the Nnugatuck valley. Prosperity Is hero to fjtn > . All our manufactories arc running full time , night and day. I think the re publican paity will remain In control for twenty jcars Silver Is dead bejond resur rection. The question can never lie revived. " Marriageable spinsters who contemplate going to the Klondike with hope of catching on can secure a few valuable pointers by having a confidential chat with their mar ried sisters. Take , for a sample , that enemy of domestic bliss , cold feet. Consider how they raise the deuce In a moderate winter climate Around the arctic circle cold feet are chronic , and no amount of gold dust or nuggets attached to a husband will com pensate for the living touch of the claujni ) foot. A poultice of Ice is n Joy by com parison. You can flro the ice. Hrlgadler-Gcneial Sir Dlndon Dlood , whose namu liiu ; been mentioned frequently of late In connection with the troubles In India. Is a son of W. 13. Blood of county Clare. Ire land , and a grandson , on the maternat side of Sir Auckland Colvln , formerly lieutenant- governor of the Northwest piovlnces and Oudh , and now chairman of the Burmali State Hallua > s company. Sir lilmlon received Ills commlslbon In the Ho\al Engineers In I860 , and took part in the Zulu and Afghan wars and In the Egyptian campaign. He Is a K. C. B for hl = > part in thu Cbltial cam paign. A smooth crook saw an elegant business opportunity In Gucland and worked It profitably. Baggage checks are unknown , travelers being obliged to hunt thcli luggage - gage In the vans The crook traveled fre quently , and at every stopping place made off with the best grip In sight. Fifty grips were found in his loom. It Is probable the discovery of the theft will lead to the adoption of the American baggage check. With American checks and American \cstl- buled corridors and sleepers English rail way equipment will bo comfortable and up- to-date prcsentlj. Cleveland and Buffalo are having their annual diversion over the sbo of their respective populations. The Cleveland Leader gloats over the 1897 Buffalo directory , which shows. It savs , that Buffalo may now ccaso to make and pretensions to equality with Cleveland. The directory of the latter city shows 128,000 names , while that of Its rival gives but 112,000. On this basis the Leader figures out a population of 3'0,000 ! for Buffalo and 362,000 for Cleveland. Buffalo refrains fiom smashing the figures because her own figure is too handsome , healthy and gay to entertain a thought of Jealousy. n \vv runss Wateiloo Courier : With Governor Boles wlthdiawn from the platform and Klnnc about to withdraw from the ticket , the demo crats will soon have nothing left but a few of Fred White's bow Is. Iowa State Press : A now form of swindle has just come to light from the rural dU- trlcts. A party of tramps , who represent themselves as linemen In the cmplo ) of t > omc telephone company , cat and leep at the ex pense of the farnieis along the route , leaving them as pay whit they claim to be orders on thu compan ) , a > lng that an agent will be along In a few Uaja to take them up , but the QL-ent never comes They have woiked their canio successfully in dltTcicnt parts of Do Witt county. Diiliuquo Times- What dues the pwocratlr ticket rcnrrrient' Absolutely nothing but In- con ilstencles. Hero 11 Is. White , single taxer , populist and frcehllver ; I'lummei , pie lilbltlonlHt and ex-chahinan of the piohlhltlon part } of Winncbago county , Klnne , opposed to free Allvrr at 1C to 1 , but a Mippottci of candidate Brjmi , Uhlnclurl , lepublkan and populUt Tills la the part } which the pop- octatlc loaders say \a \ the genuine democratic ! > jit ) and that duuociats who reftuo to come under IU bannei aio unuortlij the name. Baxter New Kr.i Tlie number of covered wugoiiH traveling1 about thu countij at prr - cnl Li astonlrblng. It almost looks un though wo are ( omlng to bo a cnuntiy of nomads The pialrlu hchooner Is no longu an emblem of Immigration , for nut even a small per cert of the wagon tiuvelcm are i\nv. \ families Hciklng now homes They sec'in tii bo gyp- blo. ) horac tradei.i , side dhows , abandoned men and women , puldltra and faun laborcis locking for work and a great variety of other people , who t.eeni to be living alinkvis and noofcm lives , without any other apparent re- fcouico than to live off the eountr } they pa > through Where they LOIIIU fiom and where the } are going U equally uncertain Sioux City Tlnifh What could bo more preposterous than Krcil White quoting Thomas Jefferson on the coinage question' Well , really , ho did not quote J ffcr > iou , but lather alluded to him In a general way as authority for the Bryanlto party Hut Jef ferson was dead against the Bryanlto coin age theory Jefferuon Id that thu coinage ratio , If tliero was to bo free coinage of both mvtala , nnwt coincide with thu ratio of their maikct value. He did not countenance , but directly oppoucd , the Oat theory which as- Bume-s that a coinage * ratio , arbitrarily fixed in < ll J regard of thu nuiket ratio , will conti ol the latter Thomau JelTerKOii. If he were liv ing toda > , would be a leader of the gold deuooracy or of tbe republican party. t > NOVATION. r tnllU < r llrRnlnlliini for Transient Xnll. I'lillmtHplilH I.t-Occr. The latest order of the I'ostcfnco depart ment , that mall addrewd to transient visi tors nt any town , who leave befow It ar rives , hnll bo tnt after thpin whenever povlble , will be appiprUtrd by ft gical nnmSor of ppi-pon" ) whcwo business or pl.-asut" kprps them thp on move U Is do- slqtird principally for the benpfU ot com- merchl travelers and theatrical compAnlcii t o clashes whwe addresses are constantly { hanging , but along known loutes. so that postmasters nifty h.ivo the requisite dar * for forwarding tlieh mnll at once It will bo of "ervlcp , nonet or , to many olhern and tspeclall } to tourists , a claca of travelers whoso movements are apt to fo plthcr pr- ratlc 01 not definitely Known lo their cor- rpspondenlB In any ease , It will lie a very simple ninltci for the traveller to Icivo hl next address nt the ppatotllpo ho U quilting , or for the correspondent tn mark his letter. "If not at , plca e > forward to - " In this collection the Ocimrtmcnt's circular con tains an admlinble bit of advice which post masters sho.ild fix In tliclr memories U Is lemlndpr that their most Important duty Is the delivery of HIP mall and that when dlHcietlon li Rlvru them It IH to bo used to facilitate muli deliver } and "avoid falluips which iisult In disappointment to the public and dhcu-dlt to the postal serv ice. " If the work l conducted on this prin ciple It is prott ) Mire to bo satisfactory. i > oMisTio Detroit Jouinnl- Alls ToinpntThcv nny Hint Mrs. Stnggim Ins driven her husband to dilnU JIi Tonspol Now , that Is the fort of ft wlfu to have , Chlc.tRo Iloroid. "Hefoic a ninn Is 30 befalls falls In lovu with uvci } piett } gltl ho look * lit " "Vc ? " "And aftei he IR SO IIP inlU In live with oveiy jiretlv gill who looks nt him" Now York Jotniml "PonfidPiitiiillv , " said the fumllv frlttid , "tell mi1 , does jour liU9- bnnil po st".s good Judgment" " "Well , " he twill , "I am his wife" Cleveland Lender : "O'd ' Hiinllnh-Wcll. I KUCS ? Unit young Dal > sli > } ' ileln mined to mnrry our Lib , in spite of evet } tiling Mm HurJIng Wh } iloou tliluk so , Jere miah ? Old IHnlliiK Why , } ou know Bhe sung to him anil plineil tbe piano , night before lust , uiul hero he la aguln Detroit 1'ipe Press She When n man la In love , doc-H ho I'ver make mental reserva tion In regai d to his adored one- ? llo No , when n man Is mill } lu love , he Inun'l any mentality. Phil idelplilu Iieroid : Nell I don't sun- ] ) o ithe ( , lrl who innulod .Tnclt Ilnjiplddo will ever have nuotliei Idle moment ns long as she lives . Hello Why , deal ? Nell- She FIIS bho mnirlcd him to uform him Indianapolis Journal : "Young man , " sild the pldeilv RcntlPinun , in n choklns voice , "she Is the enl } daughter I have" "Ye , " acknowledged the } oung man , "that Is one teuton 1 thought I would Ilko to niitnj hei. " Chtpnpo Iti > roid. "M.irtled men nio com ing lionii' now , U-llliiK } iuni about big llsh " "Yes , and the .voung men toll I'lKKei } arns about the Kills who fell In love vv It I ) , them. " "And the Kills tell whoppers about the men who fell In love with tin MI " "Wh.it do the mauled women have to tell' ' "They tell uvcijliodv how awfully dirty theh houses got while they vvuc .vway. " Dctinlt News The man who chouses oft his mind Hy ciucl f.ito is stilt undone : Tor never , never does he find , By any chance , u better one. Chicago Ilcconl. When woman gels to bo.istlnc That shu knows Just when to spcalc. You m iy set It down as cett.ilu Tint's exactly where she's weak. UGH SUGGESTION. Denver Tost. I told her I could never bpealc the words I Tain would speak ; That every timu I tried It on my courag * ppiung : i leak ; That when I gazed Into her orbs , blue na the sk } above , My coward lips refund to voice the story of my love. She gtt7ed nt me with sympathy In her cx- inesslve eves , And once pr twice her bosom heaved with quite emphatic sighs ; Then , with n nice1 , becoming blu'h , and in n tendei tone. She said : "Perhaps jou'd better call rnr up b } telephone. " nociou "Thev say that In bis pi line , Ere the pinning Knife of time Put him down ; Not n bottfi man WHS found Hy the crlci on his lound , Through the town " Dear old .nitocnt , your name Still to precedence han claim , And -we shun The later poet'H themes ; Tor yom song more gruclouH seems Gentlest one. What , though his alms lie wise , No neaiiifw we finml e In hiH powers ; No tcndctnPKH IH plain , So sensitive of pain , That Is oius Scorning all pedniitlo wlilmw , And the atrogaiue which dims Honest Ces , Your hcnit KIPW great and loal KOI youi mlnslon was to heal , Nut With genial wit , akin To memories tlml had been \Mi\K \ ngn ; The jocund thought > ou stirred Hut never by a woid Wakened woe When lust we mvv your face ShapK } ' brewed , } et with the grace Of old ugp , Wo thought of many a grief You were wont by counsel brief To nssunge , And lioastod 'twould be vc irH Kre death claimed } on , tho' with fear * Had lo rope ; 'Twns jon who ( aught us how Death nlionlil find us at tlie prow Of our hope. Singer of a Hvveel Hpilng time , I'out of u } entpr'H prime , Wilt n miiilii Shall we hi'.ir Hiich kindly voice. Sli.ill winnko hiith hamiv choke Among ninn C'ATHKIUNi : HUSH. ONE OF TWO WAYS , Tl o Madder wan created for ona purpose , namely , a rrtpptnclo for Ilio urine , nnd an duel ) It id not liable ; tn miy rot in nf fllHoas * except liy ono of two wajs Ilio llrst way Is fioni Inipsifpct action of the lilduoyH Th occondsny Ix from careless local treatment of other illncuscti , CIIII3K CAllSIi Uulicaltliy uilncfroni unlioal'ljy Iddnoj.i la tlio chlpf cuusu of hladikr troubles Ho tli \\oral ) , Ilko ( Iio hladdir , uau created for oils puipoHD , and If not doctoied too much in not llatda \\tukiitus or dlHtaeo , except In rnre tusca It lu ultuatoO back of and \erj cloas to the bladdci , tlicic-foru any pain , dl ia o or liiLonxtnlc'ii u munlfeiittd In tlie kldnoys , back , bladder or nilnnry iiaoNigc U often , by inlBtalif , attrlbutiid to foinulo uealmcws or womb trouble of tom Hurt The error la c a lly madu and muy bo us cj lly avoided To IIml out Loructly , vet join urine abide for twcntj-four lioura , a tiedlment ur Mettllng IndlcuU'B kidney in bladdci trouble. Tb mild and extraordinary elTeU of Dr. Kllm r'4 Snamp-Koot , tlie great kidney and bladder remedy U HOOII realized. If you need medicine > ou should have the best. At ill ugKtatH , lUty cents and ono dollar. You may have a aamplo bottle and pamphlet , both tent free by mall. Montlou The Ouialu Sunday llee and oeud your address to Ur , Kilmer & Co , Dtngliauipton , N V. Tb proprletor of UiU paper guarantee me of tliU offer.
