THIS OMAHA DAILY Jn'lEy ; [ EDN3iiHDAV , aEIT13ar 1SK to , 14W7.
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Sworn to litfure me nml ul > crlbdl In my
presence this SJ day of Si-plcnilifr. 1S07.
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All riillriinil ncirsliiiyM lire
niiliplleil M-llli fiiniiKli llffH
to iiviMiiiiiniMlntc i-vi-ry IIIIH-
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tin : fuel , Minting llulinln mill
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riillriinil > Uie
Drpnrtim-iit f 'i'lu- ' ' ' ' 'ic '
IIe < - In fur Hiilv on nil Iralnn.
INSIST X II AVI MS Till ? HISI3.
Thnt rt-ronn imlk-o bourtl Is ovitleiitly
wiilttiiK to bu iiisulU'il a lit lie stroiiui' }
lioforo wnkliiK up to tin- fact Hint police
rctrcncliini'iit Is an absolute nucosslty.
Less thnn one week to the Nebraska
State fair at Omaha , the greatest , graini
est anil most Morions cxlilbltlun of Ne
braska products over gotten together for
public inspection.
The unilerKrountl railroad between the
eo-callod Lincoln republican clubs ami tliu
orfjan of the iiopoeratle forces Is not far
cnouKh under srounil to deceive anywld-
awalto republican.
The late fusion convention litine ; the
( silver republican bull above tlio populist
uottaKc lioino , while the deniocratle
rooster climbeil up on top of both of them
nnd snatched the nomination.
There are no immigration restriction
J
laws In tlio realm of Ak-Sar-Uen III.
Kvery one is invited to enter the nates
of ills city next week and slums euually In
the Blorli-H and splendors of bis pageants
and court festivities.
Bryan's friends had t\ law passed by
the late fusion legislature imposing heavy
penalties on railroads for giving trans
portation for political purposes , bnt
Bryan goes right ahead making political
junkets on free railroad passes.
Emperor William and Emperor Francis
Joseph kissed twice at their latest meet
ing. Nothing less than the interchange
of three kisses will now till the bill when
the Russian cxur pays his promised visit
to the president of the French republic
at Paris.
Every one of the three state chairmen
of the three silver parties Is on the state
piiy roll In some capacity. Their disin
terested self saerilice in behalf of
patriotism and pie is equaled only by
their devotion to the railroads and the
oilier corpora U ; monopolies.
The question Is , Will the mayor nnd
council protect state fair visitors from
lielng lleeced by the skin game gam
bling slot machines Just to let the foreign
owners of the mechanism carry off sev
eral thousand dollars that would other-
wlsls Ilnd Its way Into Ihe channels of
legitimate trade ?
AH the alleged hostility of Senator
Fonikor to Senator Ilannn proves to have
been pure popoeratlc fabrication. Mr.
Foraker has enlisted actively for the
whole republican ticket In Ohio , even at
the risk of disappointing his pupocratlo
enemies , who hoped he might tit least
hang back from the light.
The Burlington road boasts that It Is
upending $ ri < )0,000 ) In Improving Its ter
minal facilities at Kansas City. It ought
not , then , object to contributing its share
to a nujv viaduct over .Sixteenth street In
this clly , especially when the chief bene
fit from the viaduct accrues lo the rail ,
roads whose tracks It safeguards.
In every other state where fusion has
taken plaeo this year the plainat the
head of the ticket has been assigned to
the party expected to furnish the most
votes to the combination. It has re
mained for Nebraska populists , repre
senting nearly 80,000 voters , to knuckle
down to an alliance of democrats and ex-
republicans representing not half that
number.
Iowa Is onu of the greatest of the trans-
mlsslsslppl states nnd the people of Iowa
may be depended on to see that their
stale Is creditably represented at the
Trnnsmlsslssippl Exposition. Every
Iowa state convention has declared In
favor of taking advantage of the
opportunities offered by the exposition lo
advertise the state and a legislative ap
propriation for a slate exhibit will be
euro to hnvo the snpixu-t of every tax
payer who contributes to It.
i .v/rr. /
Omaha nnd Nobwsfca aio this year re
ceiving motv substantial advertising
throughout Ihe country thnn any other
city and state In HIP union and tno'.v
than they have received In any previous
live years In their history. The 1m-
ptoved prospects of our people by re.tVon
of abundant crops nnd Increased busi
ness are attracting the attention of east
ern capitalists and eastern home seekers
as never before. In a word. Omaha and
Nebrn kn an ; today held In more favor
able light by the people who can help
to make them great and prosperous than
they have IK-CII at any recent time.
What Is wanted now Is for our people
to take every advantage of this strength
ened faith In Nebraska's material wel
fare anil growing confidence hi its bright
future. Not only should Xobraskans
exert themselves to promote our commer
cial-ami Industrial progress , bnt they
should lend encouragement In every form
to eastern capitalists disposed to Inau
gurate new enterprises or make Invest
ments In this state. Above all things
that Nebraska needs nre capital to
develop Us resources and open up profit
able lines of trade and manufacture that
have hitherto been negli-cled for lack
of available capital and Industrious set
tlers to llll up Its vacant lands and In
crease the annual product of Its soil. Ne
braska ought to have not. less than 1,7)00- )
000 population by the next federal cen
sus and It can have It If the proper effort
Is made.
To throw away the opportunities now
before ns for the upbuilding of city and
state would be tantamount to relinquish
ing the prize after It is practically won.
Having recovered the prestige lost during
the years of drouth , crop failure and
llnancinl depression and more than coun
teracted all the bail reports that were
then spread broadcast about the state ,
Nebiiiskn by the concerted action of
Its elllxens can and should make forward
steps that will enable It to take Ilrst ranic
among the western states for progress
during the deendo.
KKi i7Wu.i.v :
If any doubt existed respect ing repub
lican harmony In Ohio it was dispelled
by the speeches of Senator Kornkor. tov- !
ernor Bn.shnell nnd others at the several
meetings last Saturday which opened the
lepubllcan campaign In the Buckeye
slate. Mr. Fornker and Mr. Hanna
spoke from the same platform and the
former took occasion to deny the stories
which had been set afloat to the ellVct
that lie and Mr. Hanna were not on
friendly terms. The senior Ohio senator
rUse referred In most commendatory
terms to the national administration , de
claring his hearty supinirt of President
McKinley and urging ( he republicans to
stand by the administration. Speaking
of the results of the new tariff the sen
ator said : "Business is everywhere re
viving , the furnaces have again been
lighted , the forges are limning , the fac
tories are running. Wo see clouds of
smoke by day and pillars of lire by night.
Labor has been -again called to re
munerative employment and In the
homes where want and peirery were felt
there Is again the happjness that comes
from industrious labor and the promise
of plenty that follows upon employ
ment. " It. Is such results of republican
tariff legislation that should make thai
party everywhere strong this year , for
they appeal to the intelllgenco and the
interests of all classes. As Spaker Ht-ed
well said , a nation's prosperity is in hav
ing all it people employed and that is
what tills nation will have under the op
eration of a protective tariff. That is a
fact which tlic farmer who wants a betlt r
bonus market ami the man who wants
to work ought to appreciate.
JhlA'K COA.tOW TlOft.
There has been .a marked tendency to
bank consolidation' since the crisis of
IS ! ) : : , but whether this win continue to
manifest itself now that prosperity is re
turning is problematical. The comp
troller of the currency states the mini-
or of national banks in active operation
.Itinuary 1 , IS' ' . ) . ' ! , at : ! , " ! > ! ) and the latest
reports to that olllclai place the number
tit ; t,010. Since 1S ! the capital invested
In national banks lias decreased ijUto.OOO-
000 , but. notwithstanding tin * reduction in
tins number of banks and capital , the de
posits are larger than over before , being
fully $1200,000,000 in excess of the highly
prosperous year of 1S92. It is observed
that a signllicant fact regarding banking
development Is the maintenance of the
old volume of business by a greater con
centration of banking management and
capital. It Is to bo expected that the
return of confidence will conduce to the
establishment of additional banks , but It
is the opinion In well-informed quarters
that the new incorporations will not
much more than keep pace with consoli
dations.
It Is suggested that these developments
In American banking may strengthen the
feeling In congress In favor of | > ernilttliig
the creation of branches by national
banks , a proposition which congress Is
likely to be given an opportunity early
in the next session to consider. Under
existing conditions consolidation can only
take place within the limits of a single
city or town and it Is thought that the
system of consolidation might be ex
tended to neighboring towns if the
smaller banks of those localities wcro
permitted to fuse with the banks of the
larger cities upon condition of becoming
branches of the latter. It Is the opinion
of the advocates of such n system that It
would result In the freer circulation of
capital between communities having It
and having it not and would Bivo the
strength of n central bank to the transactions -
actions of a small community. There
does not appear lo be any valid objec
tion to this plan , though probably these
who are hostile to the national banks
would see in it n scheme to broaden the
scope nnd strengthen the power of the
banks. The proposal to allow national
banks to bo established in small towns ,
with half the capital which the national
banking law now requires , would per
haps encounter less opposition.
The tendency to bank consolidation
shows that the banks have not been mak
ing money to the extent commonly sup
posed. The case of the consolidation of
two of th'e , largest bauka in New York
City w.i. , om In which the qur-sllon of
i-connni.v played a large part and doubt
less this bus been so wherever consollda-
I lions have taken place. It Is probably a
' fact tint more llniu half the national
banks Imveimt made a fair rate of Inter
est on their capital during the last three
or four'years. They have suffered In
i common with every oilier branch of busi
ness from the depression and even now
lln\v are not exiwrienclng generally the
effects of returning prosperity In equal
dt-uree with some other lines of business.
While the demand for money lias mate
rially Increased It Is still cheap nnd Is
likely to continue so for some time , or
until the large supply of Idle capital goes
Into UKO. Indeed , experienced financiers
are of the opinion that former high rates
for money will not be restored , however
great the prosperity of the United States ,
because a very little rise In the price of
money here would bring n largo ilmount
of capital from abroad.
' run
Wo tnko this first occasion to express
our abhorrence of the crimes committed by
the Into defaultlnR state treasurer and state
nmlltnr , which prove their recreancy to re
publican morals nnd their departure from re
publican teachings , nnd wo UTKO their speedy
prosecution and trial , and. If found Kullty ,
their severest punishment. Wo also demand
that Immediate steps bo taken to recover all
public funds that hnvo been wrongfully di
verted from the treasury. Wo condemn the
governor for falling to excrclso his preroga
tive In requiring the treasurer to make nn
exhibit of and account from time to time for
thu public funds In his custody , and by rea
son of this palpable dereliction ot duty he
cannot escape the responsibility for the
treasury defalcations. Republican State
Platform.
This is Iho resolution that was adopted
by the republican state convention as a
part of Its stale platform and is
endorsed by every republican organiza
tion in the state of Nebraska.
This resolution denounces the men who
have looted the state treasury , not merely
as recreant to their olliclal duty , but
as betrayers of the trust reposed In them
by tlie republican party , which they have
dishonored by disgracing themselves.
But this resolution goes further. It places
upon the populist governor-n full share
of the responsibility for the treasury de
falcations because of his failure to exer
cise bis sworn duly in requiring the cus
todians of public money to make an ex
hibit of and account for every dollar of
the funds in their possession.
This is the resolution to which onr
fusion friends should give their atten
tion.
.1 niHTlll.lt. SITUATION.
The world will give due weight to the
opinion of Sagtistn , the leader of the
Spanish liberal party , that the situation
is critical for Spain. That statesman Is
not less patriotic than the men In power
and It is not his habit to talk inconsid
erately , lie understands how useless It
Is to attempt to deny or cover up facts
which are of universal knowledge nnd
therefore he speaks plainly and con
scientiously. Ho admits that the Cuban
Insurrection Is gaining ground , that
Spain is accomplishing very little toward
suppressing the revolt In the Philippine
islands and that there is grave danger of
a Carlist uprising that might deluge
Spain with the blood of her own sons.
Adherents of Don Carlos in London have
recently stated that preparations for an
uprising arc steadily going on and that
when the time was felt to be ripe for an
other effort to place Carlos on the Span
ish throne a formidable force would rally
to the standard of the pretender.
Sagasta evidently sees no hope of a bet
ter state of affairs so long as the con
servatives are in power and while It jniiy
be said that he would naturally feel this
way , certainly there are very substantial
reasons for Ills doing o. A liberal gov
ernment might have done no better in
dealing with the situation , .but It could
not have done worse. At least It would
have offered reasonable concessions lethe
the Cubans anil would not have counte
nanced the barbarities that have signal-
ixed.the policy of Weylor in Cuba. But
now a liberal government could probably
do very little to better the situation , so
far as Cuba Is concerned. The in
surgents are not disposed to listen to con
cessions. They are determined to ac
cept nothing short of Independence and
unquestionably the outlook for their doIng -
Ing so has never been so promising as
now.
Sagasta declined to say anything In
regard to the relations between Spain
and the United'States and his reticence
might fairly be regarded as Implying a
doubt whether these relations tire to con
tinue friendly. There does not appear
to bo anything , however , to warrant n
doubt. There nre rumors of possible ac
tion on the part of this government which
might impair the friendly relations between -
tween the two countries , but these should
receive no credence. Wo still confidently
believe that President McKinley will do
nothing that might involve the United
States in serious complications with
Spain.
A proposition for 'the annexation of
Klondike by tivaty ought to be forth
coming before very long. There must
be enough Americans In the Klondike
region by lids time to declare Independ
ence of Great Britain , set up a provi
sional government and open negotiations
with tlio United States for an annexation
treaty. The chief drawback to such a
procedure Is that Klondike has not yet
acquired n vigorous national debt which
It might bring with it as a marriage
portion.
The now superintendent of the State
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb announces -
nounces the three qualifications to bo
exacted from his appointees to the teachIng -
Ing staff , among which a desire for n job
stands most prominent , and teaching ex-
IKJiIenco is wholly omitted. But how can
a superintendent who has had no experi
ence In teaching the deaf be expected to
require Ids subordinates to hnvo had ex
perience ?
During last year's campaign the
Bryiuiltes tried to turn the force of
President McKinley's suggestive remark
about opening the mills before opening
the mints by assorting that mills would
never be opened until the mints wcro first
opened to l"Jjl tree silver ro.nago.
This answer IHis proved to be us devoid
of truth as tliivF&ertjoirflmt tln < prire of
an ounce of lilv * > r and the price of a
bushel of wheat are always the same.
The mills are open ami wheat is up to
nearly twice the price of .silver , while
free coinage Is more remote than ever.
There Is talk of repavlng Capitol ave
nue for only.juu' block of the four that
nre In such wjtt'tejied condition. No such
partial work should < ho permitted by the
city council. Capltiil avenue between
Sixteenth mftlfTwentieth streets Is an
Indelible disgrace lo the city and a stand
ing reproach to the property owners
along the street. The entire stretch
should be Included In a single paving
district anil'tli obstructive property
owners shamed Into signing the requisite
petitions.
Then ; never was any doubt that the
Hawaiian government would hcstitato a
moment to ratify the annexation treaty
without crossing n t or dotting an 1. The
treaty contains nothing to which It could
object and In fnel Is just what It has been
working forever since the monarchy was
overthrown. The ratification by Hawaii ,
however , presents no additional reason
why the United Stales should ratify It.
A daring hold-up occurred inside of a
North Omaha saloon last Sunday , in
which ten men wore ranged up against
the wall at the points of revolvers while
the robbers went through their pockets
At lust accounts , however , the police but'
not made even n feint nt arresting tin
keeper of the resort , who , on the face of
the facts , stands convicted of violating
the Sunday closing law.
Onlcty of tin * nrolliiind. '
Fhllhdclphln l-eilRcr.
So far as the returns have come In , the
brand of harmony thnt prevails In Nebraska
Is regarded by thu rest of the country with
more amusement than admiration.
I'cll.Hlnnx for I'liNtnl Cleric * .
Inillnnaivilla JouinM.
In view ot the largo number of postal
clerks killed in railroad accidents It Is n
question whether the government ought not
to adopt some Just system of providing for
their families by pension or otherwise. Mak
ing provision for the families of men killed
In the line of duty would not be open to the
ordinary objections against creating a civil
pension list.
ICuiMVM tin * Vnlui' of Advertising.
lloston Herald.
Jubilee Llpton , who has made $50,000,000
In the grocery business In twenty years , and
who has just departed from our shores nftcr
a tour of the United States , attributes his
success to printers' Ink , employed In the
advertising columns'of the newspapers. It Is
his opinion that ono- might as well undertake
to run a store In a tunnel ns try to do busl
ness without ni > pealng [ to the public through
the press. This Is the opinion of the world's
most successful business men.
DeiiHicri'l tiir I'rlnulplc.
New vork TTllmnf.
It Is refreshing to lenrn that the national
democrats of Nebraska will follow the lead of
their brethren In Ohio and Kentucky and
continue the war begun a year ago at Indian
apolis on the heresies of the Chicago plat
form. Unlike tlie sdund money democrats of
Pennsylvania , theyiseo in fusion on "local
Issues" only a halt-way step toward nn ulti
mate surrender to 'Uryanlsm ' , and Uryanlsm
Is still too vital and meaning an Issus. In
Nebraska to admit * postponing ( he light
against It until iorrlq more convenient year.
- Ciilllnu for n XtMUrolc. . * "
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Say , boys , 'sposcn you change , the deck ?
That free silver pack scorns to be about
played out. Why not try a wheat Issue ? If
we can raise the value of sixteen , ounces of
silver to that of forty ounces of silver with
out the aid or consent of any other nation
on earth , why can't we lalso the price of
wheat to $2 a bushel without the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth , with
out consulting Uie foreign market quota
tions , nnd without bothering about silver ?
And If we can thus raise the price of wheat ,
why not of corn anil potatoes and CKKS and
everything otee we want raised ? All we
have to do is to set In our stack and make
the raise. "What have we to do with
abroad ? "
TIu MKlitinnre of Poi
New York Sun.
Tlio criminality of the gold standard has
called forth many thunderous testimonies
from many contemporary American philoso
phers of great name ; and not Its shallowest
crime Is this mirage of prosperity , which it
i-3 now hanging befoie the fevered eyes of
the Weavers and the Warners , the Hryans
and the Blamls. Who can tell what must
be the Intellectual struggles of a strenuous
silver thinker like Hon. Adonlram Judson
Warner , for example ? He shades his eyes
from tlio mirage. Ills Parian brow is
ditched with agony. "The country seems
prosperous , " he murmurs. "Tho country Is
prosperous. Hut how can the country be
prosperous while the accursed gold stand
ard Is grinding < he faces of the poor ?
Therefore the country only looks prosperous.
A deception , another crlmo of the goldbugs.
Walt a year or two , brethren. Thank
heaven , I don't despair. Wo shall have ca
lamity to burn yet. " And then the sage
looks In Ihe direction of Mexico and 'STnlles ,
w.hlle over his head a silver buzzard of he
roic size capers nnd 6avorts In the fields of
air.
IVO T 1.1110 I'Oll CIIOAICING.
The Country Oictdim : AloiiK I'retly
, \\V11 , TlinuUYou. .
Detroit 1'reo f'rrss ,
The propensity of the calamity howler to
predict misfortune for this country and lo
emphasize the dark side of life will find little
encouragement by contrasting the present
condition And prospects ot the American people
ple with those of the rest of the world. For
tsuch a comparison Will reveal the fact that
wo are vastly better off today than moat pee
ples. Whllo other countries are threatened
with distress owing to short crops , we Amer
icans have been blessed with ono of thu incut
abundant harvests ID our history. While the
far cast U suffering with famine nnd whllo
the harvest In JrclA\d ! is reported ruined by
unpropltlotw weatlier , wo In America are
chiefly concerneiJ'wlfli the problem ot trans
porting to markotj.the surplus products of
the farm. While 'Hfclng prices will bring
dismay to thosu-parts of thu world which are
under the necessity of buying , the American
fanner , with a rifuary overflowing .with
wheat and cornjl < Ki with complacency upon
the steadily climbing grain markets , The
great laws of supply } and demand nre work
ing In our favor and are bomd > .o bring
renewed prosperity to our country , In splto
of the restrlctlonVFof an unwise tariff-
While Europeangallons arc groaning under
the burden of taxation made necessary bf ;
the malntenanc > < ? MnimenBo standing armlcl
with their costly ' military maneuvers , wj
Americans are g'ettlr/g along very well with
out any army at all worth speaking of <
While plague aM < T { > cstllenco are devastating
certain portions of'tlio world , the health of
the American | itoVl ) < f wns never so good.
Even yellow fever , that former scourge oi
our southern states , has lost Its malignant !
power under our wU > e sanitary retailatlona.
And so , with our abundant cropa and eliea
means of transportation , with a recuperatlvu
power that will soon enable us to more tliaii
recover the ground lost In the late flnancia !
depression , with perfect freedom to work ouil
our own destiny , without fear of Interference
f row the cutsldo world , It U hard tosee. what
tho' American pessimist can find to work )
upon , especially when he compares our con
dition with that o ( the rest of the world. lij
lie would thrive la hU calling he should go
: o Ireluid , where failure pf the croi threat ,
ens famines , or to Cuba , where clv'.l ' war anil
contagion go hand In hand In their awful , '
work ; or to Spain , where bankruptcy is star-
lug a whole nation to the face ; or to Indla
whence come storle * of suffering and deatli
alino t beyond belief. Then let him returrt
to this heaven-favored country and renew
his croaking * If ho can.
ON BUTTER
Secretary of Agriculture Makes Report on
Dniry I'roiluct.
TAKES W LL IN THE LONDON MARKET
rriMiiiii-ry Si-IN nt n Knlrlj
SnlNrtti'lory I'rli-r , 1ml lOn torn
lroilniM Dnrn .Not finite Sea
a SliotrlitK.
WASHIN'OTON , Sept. 14. The nacrctary
of agrlculturo has rocclvcil complete report *
from tile third experimental shipment of hut.
ter to London by his department. This con.
slstcd of a lot of Minnesota creamery bttttet
In fifty-six pound boxes uiul tubs , and n lot
of Massachusetts creamery butter In small
tubs , family packaRcs and fancy prints. Tlio
export was made In June. It cost 2V4 cents A
pound to carry the butler from central Mln.
ncsot.1 to London by the single ton \vlth tlio
best refrigerator accommodations nil tun way
excepting short transfers. The transportation
from western Massachusetts cost ratlior mor
because of the absence of a refrigerator ca >
line to Xow York and the necessity of pay.
This butter was nil placed by the depart
ment necnt In London In tlic hands of retail
dealers. They paid from 15 to 19V4 cents
per pound for It. the same butter buliiK then
worth 1C cents In Now Yotk. The whole
sale price of Danish butter was about " 0
cents In London at that time. U wns re
tailed to consumers at 24 , 25 and 26 cents
per pound , most of it at0 cents. This was
the same as the retail price of the best Unn.
Ish , which leads the London market lor
sailed butter.
The retailers upon lining convinced of UIB
lilfili quality of the stiites butter paid the
same price for It In tubs ns In the favorite
' 'Australian" or cubic box. Six different
dealers took the iMussaclnuietts butter nt a
uniform price of 18'fc cents per pound. It
cost about 18 cents delivered to these Lon.
don dealers. The Massachusetts butter wns
of the best quality , and although some of It
sold to dealers at 1H4 ! cents , the small pack-
agon wcro not liked by the trade. This but.
ter was worth 20 cents for local sale In the
neighborhood where made. Thus , as in
other cases , western creamery butter was
sold nt n fair profit , over 2 cents per pound ,
while the New Kngland creamery butter was
sold in London nt less than it would havo.
brought at home. The London retailer's mar-
Bin for profit GVi to 10 cents , nnd about 7
cents on an average wns too great. The
consumer paid twice as much for the Minnesota
seta butter ns the creamery In that stile rc <
colvoil for -It and of what the butter cost
the consumer the farmer who supplied the
cream got loss than two-liftbs.
SiSTAIXS ; I'OWHlt OK HKMOVAI , .
CIIK Snj-N It IN Incidental to
I'orvcr of Appointment.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. Judge Cox of
the Hupremc court of the District of Colum
bia today dismissed tlio bill of complaint of
John G. Wood , superintendent of malls at
Louisville , praying that Postmaster General
Gary and Assistant Postmaster General
Heath be enjoined from removing him from
olllco. Tile case has been considered in the
mature of a test of the power of removal
and the delivery of the opinion drew to the
court room many public olllclals. Including
members of the Civil Service commission.
Judge Cox's decision was an elaoorato re
view of the law bearing on removals of fed
eral employes. Ho hold at the outset that
It was not wltbln the power of a court of
equity to grant relief in matters of appoint
ment and removal fiom ofllcc. Then taking
up the merits of the case , ho stated that It
was settled law that the power of removal
was nn incident to the power of appointment
nnd that both could be exercised by the head
of a department In reference to subordinate
olllcinls.
Concerning the civil Karvlco law. Judio ; Cox
held that It must not be construed to grant
authority either to the civil service com
mission or to the president to make rules
contrary to the law Itself , or of a legislative
character. Ho quoted with approval the de
cision of JusticeIlruwcr that congress could
not delegate. Its power to legislate to any
administrative body.
The decision sums up as follows : The
simple Inquiry Is whether the rules Invoked
by the complainant , whether the president or
the commission or both be the authors of
them , are such as the civil service law au
thorized to bo established. In my judgment
they are ultra vires and void. I have no
doubt that the president may lay down rules
for the Internal policy of his administration ,
and may repulre his chief executive olllcers ,
dependent upon his pleasure for their terms
of otllce. to conform to them or else to sever
their olllclai relations with him , and In that
sense the rules relied upon by the com
plainant were within his political and execu
tive authority. But the enforcement of such
rules is a matter between iho president and
his cabinet and not a matter for the courts
or one in which the complainant has any
local Interest. All that I moan to state In
this opinion Is that the titles In question were
not such as the civil service law authorizes
and do not derive any elllcacy from that act.
"I know of nothing more Important to the
Interests of the country than the policy
which the civil service legislation was in
tended to Initiate and promote , and It is
perhaps a matter of regret that the act ot
January 1C , 1883 ( the civil service act ) has
not gonu further than It does. Hut It Is my
duty to construe it as it Is. * To sum up , I
conclude that apart from the civil service
act the postmaster general had the au
thority to remove the complainant from
olllco at his. pleasure , that this law makes
no change in this respect except to forbid
removals for refusal to contribute to parti
san objects ; that the jxiwor given to thu
commission nnd the president to establish
rules to carry that nut into effect does not
authorize any rule which shall make a
change In the law In this respect , and , con
sequently , that , even If this court had juris
diction in a case like the present one , tlio
complainant is not entitled to the relief
prayed. "
It Is probable that nn appeal will bo taken
from the decision , ami it Is said 'that ultl-
nately the United Mates supreme court will
ho asked to pass on the question involved ,
II HUTS S0.1IK IIHAXOlIiisT OK THAD11 ! .
.YiMr Tariff StrlUi-H CnUt-ry mill HIIU
ImliiNtricH Hani.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. The effect of
the recent tariff legislation upon German
trade Is set out In a report to the State de
partment from the United States consul at
Harmon. Ho says that wlillo there was a
decrease In exports from that consular
district to the ynltod States during the flrat
three-quarters of the last fiscal year , there
was a marked Increase in the last quarter
Shipments were so large that steamship
tariffs wore raised. The obvious Intention
was to supply the demands of the United
States market before the Dlngloy tariff took
effect. The manufactories of cultery were
working day nnd night , hut by thu end of
August all wcro Idle , thousands of workmen
had lost their employment and It will be
qulto a whlln before the trade recuperates ,
lluslnesa In silk Is likewise depressed , owln %
to the advacced tariff , but ! ei other In
dustries a prosperous trade with the United
States is expocted.
Ilnrhor 'lin ' | > rovciiirnii ,
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. The secretary
of war has appointed a board of engineers to
lirocccd at once to Savannah , Ga. , to Investi
gate certain reports that have come to the
War department to the effect that the work
upon the rlvor and harbor Improvements on
Savannah river and Cumberland sound under
the charge of Captain Oberlln M. Carter of
! lha engineer carps hun not bcoa' dotio In ac
cordance with the project of the department.
It Is expressly stated at the War depart-
jnant that them U no statement of Irregu
larity In thn acts of Captain Carter , but
merely a clmrge nt departure from the au
thorized plans of the department.
Dally Tri'iiMiir ) ' Stud-incut.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasuiy shows :
Available cash balances , 21G,712,20G ; gold
renorve. $110,1 5,915.
ADVA.MMM ) rilOM'KUITV.
Now Yorlt Commercial Advertiser- Son
nnr ! ( ' .trier * ' Montana , n stanch advocate o
drop sllvrr stated to n I'ommorclal Adver
tiser reporter the other day that the "wave of
prosperity" had reached his state , mention-
H\K \ lurtlcularlr lumber , coal , ores nod wool
n industries thnt were experiencing "better
tlmrV1 and he unhesitatingly ascribed much
of this movement to the Dlnsley tariff. Nor
Is It the prlres of commodities nlone whlcl
have Increased. Wages show a tendency
and In some Industries have already ndJ
vanc il.
Philadelphia Tress : The Iron trade Is
making gradual nnd stthst.intlHl Improve
ment. In the lust month there has been R
material ndvanco In prices , the production
has Increased at the rate of 20.000 tons per
week , and stocks of Iron have fallen about
65,000 tons. Tim Indication Is thnt the pres
ent consumption of pig Iron is at the rnto
of more thnn 10.000,000 tons pir nninun.
Iron makers hnvo every reason to expect
n further ndvanco In prices In the near
future and the prospect of nn active nnd rc-
mnneratlvo business next year.
lloston 1'oxt : The wave of prosperity has
reached the cotton iivanufncturlng industry ,
ninl It Is rdlfcted In Iho print 'market ' In
the price of cloth and In the stock market
In the price of shares. The best assur
ance , moreover , Is found In Iho fact that
the republican tariff does not meddle with
the cotton Industry. Thnt mischievous en
actment stops Eliort of cotton , the attempt
to lay n tariff tax on some of its malerliil
having fortunately been thwarted. Anil
Now Knglatid Industry , left 1o the energy
of Now England enterprise , can fneo the
world.
.Samuel ( tampers : In my Judgment , the
outlook for the fall nnd winter Is fairer thnn
It has been for some time , and 1 look for
ward to an early revival of Industry dur
ing the coming year. It seems to mo proper
to say tint there is no political significance
to these changed conditions , or even to th *
revival which I fool will come. Politics or
political parties have as llttlo to do with It
as the poles nre apart. 11 is entirely due to
natural conditions ; the old has been worn
out ; the new must replace It , and the wngc-
e-arnefs have dntcrmlni'd to become larger
sharers In the product of their labor.
Philadelphia llccord : Leading dry goods
.merchants of New York R.iy that there lint ,
boon nothlnn like the present boom In that
Hue since 1S92. and that the year bids fair
to break all records In the amount of sales
.Exuberant as such expressions might ordi
narily seem , they cannot bo deemed exlrava-
Aant in view of the fact that reports of New
York trades unions show an Increase since
onu year ago of 34 per cent In the number of
mien at work , and a similar Increase among'
men In like position throughout , the country
would exceed 310,000. while every week adds
many establishments to the active list.
There need bo no question as to the stability
of a prosperity based upon the agricultural
resources of the country and a steadily In i
creasing employment of Its labor.
IOWA AXIJ THU 13\1 > OSITIO\ .
Davenport Democrat : During the months
of June , July , August , September and Oc
tober next year the Transmlsslsslppl ani
International Rxposltion will be held In
Omaha. Since the Columbtrn fair In Chicago
In 183S no great exposition has been held so
near Iowa as that of the Omaha event of the
coming summer. Viewed broadly It is al
most an Iowa Institution , and' Iowa Is In a.
position to reap most Important benefits If
advantage Is taken of the opportunity. '
Chicago Tribune : The Iowa Transmksls-
slppl and Internatlcoal Exposition commis
sion which has charge ot the exhibit to bq
jnado by that state at the exposition to be ,
held at Omaha next summer has just Issued ,
n stirring appeal to the people of Iowa not ,
only to advertise their agricultural wealth ,
but also to show the possibilities of develop
ing a great manufacturing state. The leg
islature has appropriated only $10,000 for the.
Iowa exhibit , but the commissioners call
upon the farmers and stockmen to raise $50-
000 more as a matter of state interest ns
well as state pride. At the Philadelphia ,
Centennial exposition Iowa took the gold
* nedal for farm and dairy products , nnd Its
splendid exhibit at the Chicago World's fair
will bo remembered. Its people ought to re
turn a favorable and enthusiastic answer to
the appeal of their commissioners , raise the
required sum of money and come to the front
at Omaha.
PI3IISOXAI. AX11 OTIIHHAVISK.
It Is charitable to suppose that the shoot
ing sheriff ot Luzerne county , Pennsylvania ,
didn't know he was loaded.
Wearing tight shoes wns the primary cause
of the death of a man in a St. Louis hos
pital. Pinched feet produced lockjaw.
The attendance at the Minnesota state fair
was 83,000 , and the receipts $14,000. As n
sample of prosperity it surpassed the record
for the last five years.
U li painfully evident thnt General Wcy-
er's typewriter is out of whack , else those
Iuban victories would have been converted
nto Spanish triumphs.
Certain emotional circles received a severe
shock when It was announced the other day
hat Paderowskl had his hair cut. It Is
'eared his reckless beharlor will seriously
mpalr his usefulness as a passion extractor.
Pocahontas Is the only county scat In Iowa
without railroad connection , nnd Its cries
echo In the wilderness for relief. Here Is a
splendid opportunity for the descendants of
an historic character to demonstrate their
gratitude.
The new lew limiting the value of for-
olKti-madu personal effects .that may be
> rought in free of duty at $100 caught some
) lg fish the other clay. Something like $12-
000 was collected of passengers on the big
ocean liners on one day Inst week.
A syndicate has made a proposition to
ho city of Philadelphia to take the gas
vorks off Its hands , expend $10,000000 in
epalrs. Improvements and extensions In re-
urn for the lease , and turn the works bnck
o the city at the end of thirty yea re.
Recently when Ada Itchan was playing In
'As You Like It" at Stratford , England ,
Mrs. Navarro ( Mary Anderson ) occupied n
) ox. Ten years ago , before slio was mar
ried , Mrs. Navarro had appeared as llosa-
liul on the same stage. Shu was enthusi
astic over the performance and Invited Mr.
) uly and nil the company to a little Informal
mal dinner she had arranged expressly for
hem. Mrs. Navarro still has her lovely
osobud complexion and looks nllm and glrl-
sb.
ItlVAIj 1IKKK rltIlCiiI. ! :
u I.lvi-ly Competitor for
( lir Uiillcil S tu If * .
Chlcagit rout.
Cattle shippers in the west will have to
10 alert If they are to avoid being crowded
out of ono of the most profitable markets
or their product. The annual exports of
cattle to Great llrltaln , according to latest
returns , amount to 400,000 head or there
abouts , Until within the last five or fix
years American cattle raisers had this market
practically to themselves , but now a formld-
able rival has appeared and Is getting such
a footing that It will require all the energy
and enterprise for which Americans are notel
for our cattle shippers to maintain their foot
ing and dispose of their surplus supplies of
llvo stock
Argentine has quietly , hut surely , been
working the- market over there In Its own
Interests , and with so much success as to
bo able to bid defiance to the cattlemen of
the United Slates. In the last three months
It has sold more than 100,000 head In the
market * of Great llritaln. In June alano it
disposed of there 44,670 head of eattlo and
9.950 head of sheep , or considerable more
than went from the United States In the
name month. In 1890 the whole number
of eattlo wilt from Argentine to Great
Drltaln was loss thnn 700 head , so that the
mammcth tradu now done lias been worked
up In the short space of seven years.
The cattlemen of the South American re
public have a number of great advantiKes
over those of the United Statin. Tlio cost
of raising oattlo there In ntut to nothing ,
and , if distance be taken Into account , they
have much lower freight mien. The dUUanca
from Argentine to Liverpool is nearly double
what It is from any of the Atlantic seaports
in this country , and yet the freight from the
former la but (3. while from hero It Is IZ.
The secret of Argentine's success la the
sort article it is able to supply at a com
paratively low price. Arguntlnci cattle uell
at 4Ki ponce per pound In Liverpool , ay
atcalnst 5H pence for United States animals.
Without the Drltluh market for our surplus
beef supplies the price here must Inevitably
decline , and our live stock Industry Buffer a
very severe blow.
SI.U ( illTKIl OK Tilt : Ml Milt ! * .
Chicago llecord : AUhaugh the bUini for
tills deplorable affair may rent * olcly upon
the shoulders of the Irenibllrg xn.l nervous
sheriff , the effects of the tr.igedy inns' bo
disastrously demoralising nnd widespread ,
both In stirring up hitter sentiment nnd In
weakening respect for hum.ui life. It l the
duty of the Authorities In PrnniOlv.tnln to
bend cvory effort to secure a spi-edj * Invrsll-
gatlon nnd edrquatc punlnnmcnt for tlm n
who may have broken the law while jirr-
tending to uphold It. No other > vny of re
storing confidence In t'.io law will sulllci ! .
Chicago Inter Ocean : There Is too itiucl
talk nbottt the foreign origin of the dcp.il
Their nativity Is a mutter of no consoquenrn
If they have been slain unlawfully punls.V
tnent will bo met oil out to the o who slo\
them In manner and form exactly coincident
with the procedure against the slayer * ol
native Anifrlcans. If the dead were part ol
a riotous ninli , nnd if they met their death
Ui conflict with oftlcr-tii of the pfaco which
they , nftcr fair warning , were resolved to
break , they hnvo come to an untimely end
by reason of their own wrong-doing , in manner -
nor nnil form as < i like number or natlvo
Americans would have done under llko cir
cumstances. The questions of race nnd origin
are not Involved.
Now York Journal : Such proceeding as
this leaves no room for dlscu slon. Whether
the butchery was the icault of callous In
humanity or of that blind , unreasoning timid.
Ity which Home of the sultan's apologists
say is the Into explanation of the Armenian
massacre * , It Is equally disgraceful to A
country whoso administration of the law
ought to be llrm , cool and humane , superior
allko to mnlernicnco nnd to panic terror.
When a Ilritlsh garrison llrcd upon a riotous
mob In sclf-drfrtue , killing two men and
wounding n few others , our ancestors were
thrilled with Indignation nt the atrocity of
the "Ilostau Matvacri1. " What would they
have said If the Hrlttsh troops had slaugh
tered twenty-two unarmed turn tin the public
highway ami wounded llfty more ?
Olilcago Chronicle : "W ( > nn and tl-cy
shot us whllo we were running , " Is the way
0110 of the wounded mlnci-a puts the man-
sacre at Lnttlmer. That ho spoke the truth
Is shown by the position In which most of
the mon wi-ro shot. \ pros * dispatch says :
"It Is undisputed that many of the vloliinm
were shot through the 'i.u'k ' while tiering
ftxim the guns of the deputies. " This gives
the lie to the story of the sheriff who or
dered the butchery. If Iho miner * hart been
In n truculent mood there would hnvo l-ocn
a hand-to-hand light between them nnd his
di-pullcs , and It is likely that some of itm
latter would have boon killed. Hut ihi-ro
was nothing of the kind. Only ono deputy
was wounded , and he was accidentally shot
by a conrpanlon. The mare the matter Is In
vestigated the more It will become apparent
that the bloodshed wns not at nil neces
sary.
Chlcigo Times-Herald : Mnrtln'H ex
planation Is moat extraordinary. "I tell
you I have b ' > 'i parleying wl'h '
the strikers for four days and It did
no good. They wore gradually getting the
host of the situation , nnd I think in twenty-
four hours more things would hnvo been
worse. " Truly a line creature to u-lmlnls-
tcr the law. Ho "thought things would b
worse , " "therefore " ho decreed a dog's death
to twenty-one human beings and Inllnltn
torture to over 100 others. Hoar in mlnil
Miat neither he nor his men had been sub
jected to assault ; that the strikers wcro
unarmed ; that they were on < he public high
way ; that they wore pelted 'with ' deadly mis
siles while seeking refuge In flltfht. Could
anything bu more crazy or criminal than
this act ; anything more brainless than the
excuse ?
V PUT.
Chicago Ttccord : "How well Miss Fltr-
Hobba carries her nge ! "
"Carry It ? Shu doesn't carry it ; she runi
away from it. "
Indlannpolls Journal : "You know -what
hatred llrown his ; for n crowd ? "
"Yes , indeed ; wlmt ot It ? "
"His wife presented him with triplets
yesterday. "
Chicago Tribune : "I notice , " complained
Mr. Drlgh to the bartender , as bo dropped
In for nls seventeenth drink of beer for the
dny. "thnt the higher the mercury cllmb
the lower tlio line of demarcation between
licer nnd froth fulls In these glasses ol
yours. " ,
Somcrvlllo Journal : Considering what
marvelous optlcnl facilities nature has given
to the lly. Isn't it remnrkuble that bu ciin't
see that hu Isn't wanted ?
Cincinnati Enquirer * Undaunted , the pris
oner looked through the bars and laughed.
Still , It might have been observed that
there was something grating about his
cachlnnatlon.
Washington Stnr : "Is It true thnt Gen
eral Wcyler's nrmy Is crippled by deser
tions ? "
"Yes. I understand Unit three ot his typewriters -
writers have eloped. "
Detroit Journal : "There Is a familiar air
about those 'peoplo ' who have moved Into
the next lint. "
"I daresay. I believe the air In the housa
s changed only once In six months. "
"Llfa is a greater mystery thnn ever , sine *
he green cucumber and the sclentlllc vcnl-
latintj apparatus.
Chicago Post : "Why so thoughtful ? "
isked the bride.
"Well , " replied the groom , "I've just been
hlnkltiir how I worried for two years for
car I wouldn't get you. "
"And "
now ?
"Why , now , when I think It all over I
can't help myself for being such a fool an
o -worry , "
I
"I'm going to retire , " explained the politi
cian liluml ;
"I may as well give nil the people wnrn-
Ing.
Put If for mo by any chance there conies a
new uVinnnd
I'll Kt'l up bright and early In the morn-
Ing. "
.tlAUl ) .MIM.KII.
W .1. T/unptnn In Now Ynik Sun.
Maud Miller In thn summer's hont ,
Halted the meadow thick with wheat.
The Judge rode slowly down the lane ,
Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane ,
"With wheat nt a dollar per , " ail ! he ,
This mnld Is about the size for me.
Then ho smiled nt her nnd she blushed nt
111 in ,
And over the meadow fence ho cllm ,
"Will you marry mo sweet maid , " ho said ,
And she told him yo , and then they wed ,
Alas for mnlilrn , alns for Judge ,
Kor old designer and wheatlleld drudge.
Lord pity thorn both and pity tin all ,
Kor Alaud didn't own the wheat nt all.
And the Judge remarked when liu learned
I bo I'heat :
"Don't talk to me about dollar wheat ! "
IT IS EASY TO TELL
People who fall to look after tholr health
are like the carpenter who neglects to
sharpen lil toils. People are not apt to get
anxious about their health soon enough.
If you arc "not tjulto well" or "half sl > : k"
have you over thought tliat your kidneys
may bo the cause of your slcknens ?
It is easy to toll by letting asldo your
urine for twenty-four hour * ; a seJImont or
settling indicates an unhealthy condition of
the kidneys. When urine stains linen It . '
twldonce of kidney trouble. Too frequent du.
slro to urinate , scanty fiupnly , pain or dull
ache In the back is also convincing proof that
tlio kldiiuvs and bladder are out of order.
There U satlsfactlonln knowing that the
great remedy Dr. Kilmer' * Swamp-Hoot , ful
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