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    THE OMAHA DAILT BEE : WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 22 , 1897 ,
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prcmico this III dny of hintiinl/cr , UD7.
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All rntlronil ne nl > < iyr urc
* iiiillfil | with i-noiiKh HIM-H
-to iii-i-oiiniioiliit < * eor > IIIIN-
sender Mho waii < to i-eail n
iicnspaprr. IiiHNt upon lun-
liiK Thu liftIt ) MI rilimnt
K ' ( n lifton n train from the
iit-v H ii ont , ] ili-iisi- report
the fact , xtatliiK the train anil
railroad < o the Cli dilation
Department of The Ilee. The
IliiIM for Male on nil traliiM.
INSIST nvvivo TIII : nun.
il Prosperity" is tliu watch
word of the lupnhlliiin pnily.
Cornlmslvlnj , ' bees piomNo to rcpiln
their old tiniopopnliulty In Nebiask.i this
coming vvlntur.
Omaha never does things by halves.
The unpeib illnmlnations In honor or
! Ak-Sai-15eu vvould do cieillt to any city
of half a million people.
The meielmnt who adveillses Is the
nieicluuit M-hose store Is crowded with
people nnd whose goods 1110 not al
lowed to ui.ston his .shelves.
If the popociats ate thsinKfiil to Piovl-
Oeiico for the Incicasiul pi lee of wheat , to
whom aie they thankful for the iccent
teUermeiit of the silver matket ?
The Improvement of the lallway pas-
eenger tr.iln soivlco and the Inciease in
mall facilities will be appieciated by the
pntions of the rulho.ulb tlitit have put
ou new ttalns.
There is .1 dir/zlliiK airay of male fowls
In the poultry depaitment of the Slate
fair , but Unit clumouiatlc game iooter
Booms to have gone astiay after other
and false hluK
The man , woman or child within uill-
road distance of Omahii who dellburatc'ly
throws away a chance to visit the Slate
fair and Ak-Siir-Hen pageants tlnows
nway one of the be.st things life hi Ings
him.
Douglas county populists aie lo
bo the ( list to put their local ticket In the
fluid. If any one Is going to walk Into
the fiihion parlor In this county thlo
year Ihe populists piopose to fmulsh the
parlor.
When the mighty potentate , Ak-Sar-
Ron , calls nt the city hall for the kejw
of the city , ho will tinil them Jiiht as un
tarnished and tiue as they weie when
they weio deliveied to him for the day
a year ago.
llrynn in nmpl.v able now to pny i all-
road fine , the wimo as Is leqnhed of the
common people' , but it Is n gie-at deal
cheaper to woiK the lalhoads for fieo
j > asse.s on the pietended account of a
stockholder In the Omahii AVoild-Heiald.
The Oieeks do not like the conditions
of pt-lico lmpo.sed upon them by the
tii'My .settlement with TttiKey. Hut
then the vanquished seldom get what
they want out of the victors. The dl.--
batlsfactlou could hiue been avoided only
by avoiding the war In the fli.st place ,
Judge Sullivan , the democratic nominee
for supieme Judge , was elected to the
dlattlct bench by u combination between
lite ilemot'iatlc followers and lepubllcaim
\vl\o \ wanted to down liU pojuillht op-
l > onent. Vet Mr , Sullivan appeals to pop.
ullslH to como to his Kiipi > ort , oven If they
have to lose their paity Identity to vote
tor the democratic caudldaUx
JJ.7JOK SVLLtVA H COXMUISION ,
Public men nro not to bo judged by
their profcKslong , hut by their nets.
YVhlli ; the adage that wlso mon chnn c
nnd fools never holds good In politics as
elsewhere , there Is n vast difference be
tween a change brought nbotit by con
scientious comlctlon nnd n ohnnge for
policy's cnke. This nppllcs with hpcclnl
foice to Judge Sullivan , the democratic
candidate for supieme Judge.
In his nwkwaid nttempt to explain
his eleventh-hour convctslon to the fieo
silver cause Judge Sullivan iefer to
the platfoim oMhe Nebraska silver de
mocracy of IS'JO , which ho snys he helped
to draft , as a pi oof of his sincere adher
ence to each and every doctrine nnd
pilnclple enunciated theicln. As n
clincher he declines : "There has never
been and could not be nt any time among
the people of this vicinity the slightest
doubt ot my indent support and approvn
of eveiy plank In the Chicago platform. '
The platfoim which Judge Sulllvai
prides himself in helping to draft , overj
woid of which he says he Indoises , con
tains ( he following deuhnation :
Wo are In favor of the election of United
States senators by the direct vote of the
people.
When was Mr. Sullivan converted U
this principle nnd what has brought
about his complete summersault on this
question ?
In 1SS(1 ( the people of Ne'biaska , undei
the constitutional piovlslon which mi
thoil/.es the popular expression of choice ,
for United States bonntor , by an over
whelming \oto pioclalmed Chinles II
Van Wyck their choice for the United
States senate. Did Mr. Sullivan lespect
the popular will as exptessed thiotigl
the ballot box ? Did he not dellbeiatel.v
Join with inlhoad ( U'inoi'ialsnnd nil ion
republicans In n couspliacy to defe.it
the popular will ? Is not his vote on
lecoul In the join mils of the house of
lepiesentatives of lhS7 , of which he was
n member , for J. Stetling Morton , Cieoigo
L. Miller and other pronounced gold
democrats whose candidacies wore note
ilously In the Inteiesl ot the coipoia-
tlont , ?
Hut this I not all. Can Judge Sulli
van square his piesent professions of
faith in the people with the iccoul on
page LM2 of the ISij" hoiibe Join mil ? That
recoid shows that on January II ! , lhi > 7 ,
the following memoilal was piesented by
Mr. Hoist of Polk county , now a prom
inent populist :
To the Honorable , the Senate and House
of Hepresentallves of the United Stales of
America-
Whereas II Is the sense of this house that
existing circumstances demand the election
of United States senator by the people ;
therefore.
Your memorialists , the house of repre
sentatives of the state of Nebraska , respect
fully petition your honoiablo body to sub
mit an amendment to the constitution of the
United Slaleb providing for the election of
United States senators by a direct vote
of the people.
The vote as lecouled shows that Sul
livan voted for the indefinite postpone
ment of the lesolntion , thu.s Killing tlio
memoilal. TaUing the tecoid made by
Judge Sullivan as a legislator as the
tiue test of his make-up , no other con-
elusion can be reached than that he1 ,
like other political we.Uher vanes , re-
gnids paity plntfoims as mere fly paper
to catch the nnvvaiy and eiednlous and
to be deposited in the ash bucket titter It
has seived Its uio.
ur
The New Yoik lepnbllcan state com
mittee , in its addiess to the voteis of
that Mate , sajs : "With the fact estab
lished that a paity was in powei which
would never toleiate the thought of dis-
jwning the countiy's obligations , which
would maintain at all ha/aids the na
tional ciedit , which would never allow
niythlng stamped as an Ameiican dollar
lar to be of less value than a dollar of
gold , and upon the passage of a new
ptotcctlve taiiff , assuilng to the people
plenty of work , lair wages and a ready
naiket , conlldence was at once resto cd. "
Let It lie admitted that the chief cause
) f redlining piosperlty is good crops
mil nn eiihnged fotelgn demand lor
them , still it is tiue that lestoiation of
Inanclal confidence and Improved in-
lustilal conditions were absolutely es
scntl.il to a ictinn of piosperlty and
these things have come thiough re-
) Ubllcan success and lepubllcan policy.
Those who asciibe the better times en
tirely to ctop conditions Ignoie the lac-t
that Improvement began Immediately
ifter last year's election , months In .id-
ance of air.v knowledge that this coun-
i.v would be called upon to supply a
aige deficiency in the gialn ciops of
I3utope. Within thirty dnys after the
Ictory for hound money and piote-ctlon
heie was a marked levival of Indnstilal
icthity and the number of emplojevs in
he manufacturing establishments of the
country was Increased by tens of thou
sands. At the same time the dlstiust
vhich for months had peiyaded financial
'
elides , piomptlug capital 'to the most e\-
leme conservatism , was dKpelled an.l
juslness men who were before unable
o obtain money found no illllicnlty In
getting it to the lull extent of tlu-lr
ciedit. The financial and business con-
stialnt pieeeding the election was ie-
axed as .soon ah the vletoiy lor hound
noney nnd pioteclloti v\as Known and
ioin that moment the match towaid
nosperlly.begun. With Ililh riop condi-
ions at llome or abioad had nothing
vhatever to do , because they could not
> e foiebcen.
lxiig liefoie anything definite wns
uiown , theiefoie , In legard to n big
vheat dclldcncy In ] 3uiope and a guod
iop heie , we bad Maitt'd on the load
o prospi'ilty. Obviously the causes then
operative weie the lestoiation of finan
cial confidence and the assinanee of n
hiinge of tin Iff policy that would Jn-
liclou-sly jnotect the industries of the
ouiitry and Incieaso the demand for
nbor. The delay In seeming the latter
etauled the advance to piosperlty , hut
till them was piogjess. Had the new
in Iff law gone Into effect two months
MIIIor than It did , as the lepubllcans
ought to have it , the manufactuilng In-
liihtiles would have been moie active
aat Juno than they now are , to the
gu > at gain of liihor and all other inter-
! > tS.
AVe do not undervalue the im-
loitanco of crop conditions a.s a factor
u the restoration of prosperity. Dollar
wheat nml the ndvnnce In the price of
agricultural productfl generally linn been
of Immeasurable benefit to the country.
Hut what we contend Is that reluming
prosperity hero Is not wholly duo to de
ficient crops nbrond , as the sllverltes nnd
free trndets assert , and that If this con
dition did not exist wo should still have
better times than for several years. W"
Insist that the resignation of confidence
In .the stability of n sound currency and
the enactment of n tnilff law that has
given encouragement to our manufactur
ing iudusliles and employment to labor
nre potent causes of returning pros
perity.
HVfKHB THK IILA.MK M10UU ) IIBST.
An open confession Is good for the soul.
The Schuyler Quill , whose editor was
elected to the stnte senate of 1805 as n
populist , has this to say concerning the
new blanket ballot law :
The Cjulll editor swears every time ho
thinks about tho'blanket ballot which will
be In USD this fall. It Is , a shame that people
ple will send to the legislature n lot of
chumps who feel called upon to do some
thing and then the people must suffer for
It afterward. Wo had a fine ballot and
asldo from a little amending our election
laws and provisions vvcro all right. The
last legislature was ono that causes every
populist to blush with shame every time It
Is mentioned. Another- such a legislature
and Rood-byo populist party In Nebraska.
Who Is to blame for this ontiage upon
tlie people ? Governor Holeomb In his
message to the legislature of 1SU7 de
claied umimilltied opposition lo 11113
change In the Anstutllan ballot law that
would put a ptemlum on Illlteiacy bj
facilitating wholesale voting with out
ctoss mark. Hut when the fusion legis
lature hont for his approval the verj
bill ho had denounced he allowed It t (
become n law. If any swearing Is to be
done by the Independent voter this fal
he should not bestow his blessings upon
the leglslatuie alone. Hud Goveinen
Holeomb hael the coinage of his convic
tions and vetoed the bill It could not have ,
become the law , Inasmuch as the legis
lature had ndjouined Immediately nltci
Its passage.
TllK ft'lOtK fcXCJMAOB DKUISIUX.
The decision of Judge Poster of the
United States dlstilct con it at Topeka ,
that the Kansas City Live Slock Kx-
e'hange is an Illegal oig.ml/.alion , Point
ing the Sheiman anti-trust law , Is of gen
eial Intelest. If It should be sustained
hi the higher tiibunals to which appeal
will be taken a number of stock nnd
other exchanges throughout the country
will be allected.
While the Kansis City exchange i.s
entirely voluntary in fonn and does not
directly iciiuhe any pel son In the live
stoek commission business to become a
nx-mber , it has a inle prohibiting anj
member tiom dealing with any poison
violating any of the inles or regulations
of the exchange. A commission men chain
attempting to do business at the Kansa- ,
City .stocK yanls without joining th ex
change for which a meinbeishlp tee of
i-.lV'OO must be paid is rcgaidcd as vlo
Kiting tile inles of the exchange anil
is consequently bo.v eotte-d. Thus a
monopoly is created and maintained , foi
no one attempting to do a commission
business in live stock indtTfmUflentiy of
this , oigani/.ition can got any business ,
whatever inducements he may offer foi
the pnie-hise or sale ol .stock.
The conit decl.ned that the ultimate
putposo of the exchange is to contie > l
and monopolize the entile business * oi
bu.v Ing and selling live stock at the Kan
sas City stock jaids and in this it vie
Kited the anti-trust law. This nppoiii
to extend the scope of that act , but it
seems to be eiitnely consistent with the
Intel pi elation ol that act by the supieme
couit ot the United Stales in the Tians
nissouii Kieight association case. There
is no doubt as lo the monopolistic chai-
acter ot the stock exchange and there
no ninny likeit in the country , but the
essential point to lie established Is
whether the business of the member >
of the oigani/ation Is Intel state coin
ner ce. Justice Foster held that it Is , but
his reasoning in this connection is not
ibsolulely com hieing. On goncial prin
ciples , however , the decision is pietly
cot lain to be widely approved.
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Attorney ( Jenetal McKonna's opinion
> rpg.iiding the application ot the 30 per
ent ( lisciiminatlnf duty in section ± ! of
the ( .11 ill law leaves existing condition i
inelmnged. This will bo entiiely sntls-
factoiy to New Dnglarid and the noilh-
west , but .1 gie.it disappointment to th'-
Aineiicaii i.illroad Inteu'sts which hud
loped lor an opinion that might .shut out
he compcution ot Canadian loads.
The atloiney geneial some time ago
gave the opinion that goods imported
nto Canada and liom theie rcilppcd )
to the tallied Slates aie subject to tlu
llseiiinlnating duty. Tinqne.stlons upon
which he has just e'.xpiessed an opinion
weie whcihei goods toming tlnon h a
contiguous loielgn Lountiy In bund ; uc
subject to the discilinlnatlng duty and
whether goods brought in loiolgn ve.s-
sels , other than IhotoiinUi ot uiigm , aie
subject to the duly , in cases wheie llio
I nltetl States has no tieafy with the
country to whie-h the vessel belongs ,
questions the tittornej general an-
In the negative. Thus ten and
ilher foielgn piodntts vvlll continue to
be biought Into the I'nlled Slates over
Canadian i.iltioads and loielgn vessels
will go on bilnglng meichandiso here
liiini any part ot the world , unless con-
giess sh ill amend set'on ' - - so as to
make tint cllscilmlniitlng dut > apply as
those who lid | It inseiied In the law In-
temled It should. It Is piobable that an
attempt vvlll be made to do this , lint it
will be found vei.v cllllleiilt , 11 nol Im
possible' , lo accomplish this , bet an-.u . It
would encounter ( he united opposition of
Now nngland and tlio noilhwost. It Is
piett.v safe to saj , theiefoie , that there
vvlll be no e-ongie'sslonal action In the
matter and that the opinion of the attor
ney geneia ) , which Is of couise appiovod
by the piesldent , will bencceptud as con
clusive.
"It is light and proper , " says the popo-
cuitle Chicago Chionlcle , "that tliu votois
of Iowa should Know the kind and char
acter of man whom the lepuhllcans
have nominated for the e.xnlted oillce of
goveinor , Mr. Shaw's recoid Is heio
given , not In tire spirit of unfriendly
criticism or oxnggcrntlon , but the plali
facts nrc Klveiv for the Information o
voters. " Then the Chronicle ROCS on
"If n man's qualities nro to bo eatlmatet
In this world solely on his ability lo nc
qulro wealth , Mr. Shaw may frjghtly be
regnrded as a "successful" man. Mcas
ured by another standard he Is a soidld
bigoted , unsmiM th jtlc , arrogant monej
changer. In PVltI lie Is n narrow
minded , piejudlt\e } > nnrenso'iilng''parti
snn. " All this of Bourse is In JID spirt
of "unfriendly criticism or c.xaggora
tlon. "
The new rhluftqj police piqtosts thn
under the slot-nflichlue licensing ordl
nance he lins ntililiig else to do but to
glvo police protection trt tin * automatic
skin games , notwithstanding the existence
once of a .state law making the keeping
of gambling devices a punishable onense
If the council should pass nn oidlnaiico
licensing footpads and burglars the same
Illogical logic would compel the police It
see that the criminals were ! not molestec
in their woik of holding up bolntei
pedestrians and robbing people right ant
left. The police can not hide behind anj
ordinance for their failure to enforce the
law.
We notice that good middle-of-the-road
populist paper , the Schuylor Quill , pro
posing floveial plans of fusion on tin.
Colfax county ticket , In which onlj
populists and demociats seem to flguie
What has become of the so called sllvei
republicans ? Are there none of them li
Colfax county ? Or Is It that they do
not count except as gudgeons when It
comes time to vote ?
Judge Sullivan tiles to explain his hike
wnimness In ( lie silver cause nnd icfiiMi
to enlist In the army Of silver oiators
last year on the giouud that It Is not
pioper lor judges to take the stump
This veislon may gull the gullible , but
the gold demociats with whom Mr. Sul
livan has always tialned can give an
other reason.
Pel haps the county attorney can give
that committee of minlsteis a little more
H.itlsiactlon than the refoini police com
mission on the question of eiifordng the
gambling laws against the owneis nml
opeintois of the automatic gambling
machiuob.
Mexico Is anxious to nnluad some oC Its
an.ue-hlsts nnd assassins upon the Unltctl
Stall" ! . The United Stutus li.ts u pliMitl-
Inl supply of e'vll doc-is at piesent nnd
vveinld much pieter to let Mexico take
c-aiu of its own people ! vvlio comii within
that olas < .
.inii
It will be observed thai the passage ot
a lepubllcan tariff , happened about the
same time thai piospcrity knocked at the
door.
I'roinlHi-H M llliout I't-i-forinuiiuo.
rhlliififlphbi I'ress
General Wejler has cabled his government
that he will h-vj > Cijba pacified in four
months * As nobody lany longer believes
what We > ler sa > s , too "announcement will
not attract scrlotUaitfcnUon.
NOM \Vlml Uj ) HitCoiu'crt. .
ChiuK | < l News
The treaty of ueTS'c'e VhTch has just been
feigned bj eho amt-aroiUu.-a anJ tlie > sultan
assuies protecllpn fpr Qerjnan bondholders
*
anil lnU1 e'S moro h tufetfie bondage of those
Armenians v ho bavo not been slaughteied
We will now close with , a faong by the Euro
pean concert.
Nothing Sin iirlnlii Miiiut It.
1'hllnlclphn 1'icvs
It Is not surprising tint wheat should
advance under a. rcimbllcan or any other
admlnibtiation undei existing foreign con
ditions Neitliei is it oUrprising that facloi-y
doois bl-ould alwajs swing outwaid , spindles
hum and anvils ring during a republican
administration and immediately following a
democratic and calamity-howling era. It's
not at all surprising.
Tim OnMiril Mnrc-h. '
Now lork Tribune
Another tribute to American manufactur
ing superiority la conve-jed in the announce
ment that Japan Is abc > ut to abandon the
Cnglhh sleel rail on Us Imperial railway
and bub tltutc for It the heavier American
i all , known as the Pennsylvania standard.
Japan is a wideawake country , with keen
commciclal Instincts , and Us preference for
Amcilcin manufactures , If sufficiently en-
couiagcd , may do much to change the ex-
loting trade relations in the- far east.
We llnviVloni.i . lo Illim. "
KTHSIH Citj .louinnl
The eastern press Is disposed to criticise
western communities for paying large sums
to hoar Ilryan talk. While 11 Is regarded
as undignified for a presldenllal candidate
to plice himself on a level with big pumpkin
kin- and fat hogs aa a county fair attraction ,
jut Bi > an Is not so much blamed for filling
ids IAIIEO as Iilb audiences are for being
"gulled" out of their cash. The eastern pre-s
docjn't ( mite understand the situation.
Mcney Is so' plentiful with western farmers
now that Ihey can spire $500 lo $700 In a
countj and never miss it. They were so long
without money to spend that tlio spending
of It Is a po Itlvo luxurj. If the } want to
"blow In" a few dollars seeing Dig pumpkins ,
fat swlno and windy orators , why begrudge
( bom the plc'-iHure' Farmers must have
amusement a well as city folk
Iii Ilix-lt ScfimlnlH.
) 'hlulei ! ! > lila Iv der. ,
Whether or not the Indiana was seriously
njurod in the Halifax dry dock , Us ex
perience , following tint of the Columbia at
b'oiuliampton , should bo enough to dctor our
government from ever again atlempting to
dock those big vessels In a foreign country
liKio miy bo no moliCb on the part of
ho foielgn authorities , the disasters iray bo
duo as there Is no n ion to doubt that they
'
weio In the cases under consideration to
clmiMness and unfamlllarlty with the hand-
liiii 01 such extremcl } heavy sh'eis , but till
t creates tm.-plclon and illstniHt , and tlicbo
julekly gene ale an UupleuEant feeling be-
twdcii the nations "llio Indiana's case fur-
ilsnih an adilklonal reason , and a ver }
strong one , why IhK'eOVinti } should have- Its
mvn dry docks , suitdblt' for any umeigcncy ,
and It la hoped coliRiess , at Its coming ses
sion , ma } be Iniluct'd lo take this view of
'
ho mailer. ' '
ur.riuxiM , > i ( > touuox snx.si : .
Ii-i , iinlNin Slili-l i nrl.i-il 1 > > < hiDriiiot - -
ittt- > nf lli < - UnipliiSllllr. .
Now ] > urW Wurld
The action of Ihe itufc comrnltlco In ignor-
> ng Ihe Chicago jilaiforni and nominating
Judge Parker was the moat important polll-
cal en ent to the democratic party eluc-e tliu
lefoat of Ilrjan < ; J
'llio first olllelal act ) of the organized
Irmociacy of New York since the preilden-
lal tlcc-lloii was to turn Us buck on the
hlcago plalforni Jl did this not merely
neldt-ntall } and casually , but deliberately
and puiposc-ly It So acted In the face of a
strt'nuuus demand for an Indorsement of the
6 to 1 follv , and In spite of a threat that
ho free silver adheieiits would bolt the
party.s .
\s if to emphasize ( his return of the
organization to a sane and true democratic
lollcy. the committee nominated for chief
udgo ot the court of appeals an upright
udgo and Independent citizen who rejected
he Chicago platform and refused to vote
or Mr Ilryan.
In leading the stale committee to this ]
course Governor Illlilmu shown that , as
Mr. Gladstone said through the World on a
notable occasion , "only common sense 1s
lecessar } " to guide parties and nations
nto paths of 'peace and honor. The ) ex-
senator de-sou * crest crudlt for bis skill
and
ADVAVOIXO PIlOSrUlltTY.
Olobn-DomocrAt : Dullness failures In the
United States have declined to nbout 170 a
neck , agilnotan nvoragoof SCO a vveck In the
September of four preceding years. L st
year's September average \ \ a 300 n iveck ,
Minneapolis Journal : Croakers who try to
discount the return of prosperity by pointing
to the advance In price of many commodities
forget that this advance demonstrates n bet
ter demand for these articles , showing that
the consumer Is boiler able to purclinso many
things which In the past ho has had to deny
himself ,
Kansw City Star- The most grAtlfylng
feature of the present Improvement In bust *
ness Is the plain evidence ot Its pcirnnnency.
Business cannot go on much longer Increas
ing at the present rate , but the gains made
wilt bo maintained , and though them vvlll bo
natural temporary reaction the general ten
dency vvlll bo upward for a long time to
come All rational people recognlro Ihls , and
sensible business men arc shaping their af-
falie with that Idea constantly In mind.
Now York Mall and Hxprcss The value
of our Imports during August was $39 S76.GIO ,
the smallest for any month In eighteen
jcars. Thu exports during August vero val
ued at $70,497,820 , the largest of any August
recorded by the bureau ot statistics and an
Increase over those for August , 1S9G , of $12-
S07.S19. Hero Is a thirty-day score which
broadens the smllo cm the face of the coun
try , and Indicates what the farmer is doing
with his surplus grain.
Philadelphia Record : With the progress
of autumn the last of the markets and trades
to benefit by the renewed prosperity are be
ginning to experience a genuine revival of
business. The Iron trade and the shoo and
leather Industry have both experienced not
able Improvement during the past week The
wheat maikets have been fairly well main
tained dcspito Komo loss In values , and the
wool situation continues as etrong as ever
Cotlon has been at the mercy ot much ficti
tious speculation on futures. The whcit
movement has been lirge on both the Atlantic
and Pacific seaboards. The seaward move
ment of the cereal In Oregon has broken the
record ; but there have been recent Injutious
rains In Ihe Snake river vallc } . The usual
elcgreo ot heat , with widely prevalent drouth
conditions , hue Injured the late planting of
corn The entire corn crop Is now cstlmaled
at 1,175,000,000 bushels
.VIj AM ) OTiinilWI.Si : .
The Ice man still lingers In the lap of the
coal dealer.
The Huropean concert is practically over
except for the party who Is to pay the bills.
For the moment the railroads are monop
olizing the casualty columns , but they will
bo sidetracked presently by foot bill.
A rolling mill in Cleveland , O , haa re
ceived an older for 1000 tons of bar steel
from manufacturers In Ulnulugham , Eug.
Chairman Jones Jones of Arkansas Is ac
cused of addressing the New York democrats
with two tones In his voice , but whether both
were silver tones Is nol recorded
Having pinched Greece for the benefit of
foreign holders ot Turkish securities , the
ambassadors of the powers agree that their
labors represent the loftiest form of Duro-
pean statesmanship.
The sa } Ing thab talk Is cheap calls for re
vision. The Bell telephone people have re
ceived dividends amounting to 10 per cent
ou eight months' buslnesj , and Ihero are
four months to hear from
Governor IMngree of Michigan delivered an
address of welcome Ihe other da } at the an
nual convention of the Concatenalcd Order of
Hoe Hoes , at Delrolt , afler an Intiodtictlon
by tlio , presiding officer , the Crank. Snark of
the Universe.
In his opening address on the eastern alt-
uatlon Pt Hrovvn university on Wednesday ,
Dr. Andrews quoted an unfamiliar saj Ing to
the effect that it takes two Turks to beat a
Greek , two Greeks to beat a Jew , two Jews
to beat an Armenian and two Armenians to
boat the dovil.
By leason of a law passed by the last
legislature of Ohio lnchlng is likely to be
come unpopular In that state. Heirs of
bnched persons are entitled to sue the
count } wherein Ihe 1netting occurs for
$5,000. When taxpayers go down into their
[ ii/ckcts for the ducats , it is not probable
they will bo anxlou , to contract the bill. A
test of the law is about to bo made at
Urbana.
Tlio house of Dr. Siemens , the Berlin elec-
rlclan , is known throughout Germany as
'tho Wonder of Wansee " It Is filled from
root to collar/vith electricity. The dining
room , kitchen'and wine cellar are all con-
lecled bj means of a miulalure eleclrlc rail
way. In order to convey things from ono
room to another the article required has only
o bo placed on a lltllo car , a bullon pressed ,
aud the car Is almost Instantly where it
ought to be.
Cx-Senator Hansom of North Carolina ,
who , until recenll } , was minister to Mexico ,
s ulwis the pink ot courtesy , but there has
rot been in this day and generation a more
expert dodger of the interviewer than Gen
eral naiitom. His Inquiries after the health
ot the reporter and ills words of welcome are
coidial aud redundant , but when It comes to
eliciting a tingle opinion or comment from
the veteran tar heel statesman there has not
} et been found the newspaper man who could
compass that feat.
Tin : iMtici : OF cou.v.
CniiilHiini of tliu VlnrUcI anil Hi , .
I'i < > SHTN of aniHaiiic ,
K ins is Clt } .Star
People who have been looking for the
) rlco of corn to go to a higher level , fol-
otting the great advance In the wheat mar-
cot , were disappointed by the eliop of sev-
lui cents that occurred last week. Corn in
Chicago Is now selling only a few cents above
list extreme low prices on record. It seems
anomalous to see corn selling for less than
0 cents a bushel while wheat is worth nearly
dollar. A vigorous hpcculatlve movement
et In a few weeks ago , which carried prices
ip about 6 cents a bushel , but It so Imp
elled that this wave swept Into the mar-
tot just at a time of extraordinarily largo
ecelpts In Chicago , whicn piled up such
noi mous stocks of corn at that center Uut
nany buyers got discouraged and sold out ,
pulling the prlco down again.
There la no satisfactory way of account-
UK for thlii big movement of corn to mar-
iOt. It is more than twlco as largo as the
novemenl at this time last year , whereas
there are good reasons why It should bo
much smaller now than then. The crop
Iilb } ear Is not as largo as thai of last year ,
here are fewer farmers who are forced to
ell by Iholr financial neceEsllles There Is
o much more pi oil t In wheat and In Ihe
lock nou than at that time that the farmer
light naturally bo expected to lio'il the
heapcr product , corn , and supply bin needs
iy selling tliose commodities which yield
iliu greater prollt. Il Is true that many big
or n producers have nothing but corn to sell.
Hit there are BO many thousands of furm-
'i who raise both wheat and corn , and who
eed much of their own corn lo live stock ,
hat the higher prices of wheat and live
lock ought to have a pronounced effect In
coping corn off the markel
It ulll probably lum out that the recent
treat receipts of corn wcro due to special
empoiary causes , and that before long there
vllt be such a falling oft In receipts as to
ial i the sentiment In favor of higher prices
ioro effective than It has been In the past
lonth The moro prosperous times all over
Ire counlr } , the remunerative prices for
llicr staple ) farm products and llio dlnpro-
) orUou between llio prlco of wheat uml the
irlce of corn certain ! ) ought Id add a good
cal to the value of corn before long , re-
ardless of Ihe supply In Die country
It Is rather remarkable that the foreigners
re not buying great < iuanllllcH of cheap
\mcrlcan corn. Their feeding crops are
smaller than usual and Iho high prlco of
wheat should result In the UBO of an In
creased quantity of coarser grains as a sub-
stltulo for wheat -More than that , Argen
tine * has Hhlpped no corn to Hurope In the
past three weeks , whereas In the same time
last year that country's exports amounted
to over G,000,000 bushels. Hut Kurope Is not
taking extraordinary quantities of corn No
satisfactory reason for this can bo given It
Is reasonable to expect that before long the
corn exports vvlll greatly Increase , If the
European crops of alt Idmla are as small as
they are represented to be
All things considered , there Is a substan
tial basis for the belief that the prlco of
corn will advance materially before many
monllia , and Ihus add greatly to the pros
perity which the farmer Is tujoylue.
FAITH IN GENERAL WOODFORD
Ex-MinJstor Taylor Says the Now Minister
Ci\n Bo Trusted ,
WILL PROVE EQtAL ) TO ANY OCCASION
Mr , Ta ) lor Decline * to DlnctivH the
IlitprIcrt < it HI * Sm-t-t-NMir
tilth the SiniiUh l'iir-
clltii 'llnlntcr.
LONDON' , Sept 21 Ilannls Tajlor , the
former United States minister to Spain , ar
rived hero last o\cnltig and culled t tlio
United States embassy today. In an Inter
view Mr. Taylor said : "Tho grave negotia
tions pending between the United Slates nnd
Spiln as to the war In Cuba nro now en
tirely In the hands of General \Voodford , who
has had fruitful experience both In pence
and war and will bo equal to the occasion ,
whatever It inn ) bo. "
Mr Ta > lor was questioned In regard to the
accuracy of llio statements contained In the
dispatch from San Sclnstlan to the Temps
of Paris , purporting to glvo the- substance of
the Interview which took place on SumHy
last between Gonor.il Stewart L Woodford ,
the United Slates minister to Spain , nnd the
Unite of Totuan , the Spanish minister of for
eign affairs , In which Oencral Woodford Is
said to have Insisted courteously but llrmlj
upon the nece-slty of terminating the vvir
in Cuba , and to line doclued that If It Is
not teimlnated by the end of October , the
United SUtes will foot Justified In Inking
measures to tie-cut o the Independence of Cuba
In reply , the former minister said :
"My lips arc scaled until nftcr my arrival
at Washington "
While Mi. Ta > lor refused to discuss the
matter , his manner tended to confirm the
stoiy told by the correspondent of the Tails
Temps.
Regarding the general feeling In Spain ,
Mr. Tayloi said , "I must In justice siy
that I have never iccelved any personal dis
courtesy from any one , but for the last
jear my residence was guarded by soldiers "
Mr. Taylor will pay a visit to I'rof 1'rco-
man at Oxford , and will complete his bonk
on "Tho Origin and Growth of the nngllsh
Constitution , " and will sail for homo on
October 2.
llt'HItV ' I'HOX ISIO.XS TO A I. VSICA.
lj\ti rt to 1'iiNh Thrre Mor > Mcainer.i
I | > tin * VnKiiii.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 21. Secretary Alger
spent some time jesteiday in conference
with President \Vearo and Mlthiel Uudah ) of
tlio Alaska Transportation and Trading com
pany at his olllco In the War department.
They announced their Intention to make
every effort to gel as much of the supplies
at St. Michaels up the Yukon as possible
and expected tint three more steamers can
bo run up before the river closes entirely to
navigation So IT no tcp = have bean taken
to Insure the carriage of supplies after that
event by way of the mountain passes , such
as f'lillkoot , but U Is llkelj that this maltor
will now enlist the attention of the com-
panj's olllccrs
Mr Wcare reported that the steamer Ilmn-
boldt will bo icady lo sail from Sealtle for
St. Michaels no\t Thursday , t > o Secretary
\lger called a consultation of Ilia bureau
olllcers of the War doparlnient to hasten the
preparations for the equipment of the troops
who aie to go forward to Alaska on that
vessel. Mr. Wearo said that the transpor
tation company had for the accommoilallon
of this force suitable quarters which would
servo for a temporary homo , and the largo
supply of food stores al SI Michaels would
provision them. It was arranged with him
that the company's agent at St. Michaels
should accept the vouchers of Lieutenant
Colonel Randall , the ofllcor who will com
mand the troops , so that the soldiers may bo
paid regularly. The men are- already on
their way to Seattle.
ouciuiurjr Ml ei "ua uuuu auucipaieil
In his scheme for suppljlng trans
portation over the Yukon by KJe.nn
snow slrds. Today ho received a tele
gram from E. B Hartley , secretary of the
Klondike Tiansportatlon and Commercial
company of St Louis , stating that his company -
pany hai * alread } contracted for several of
the locomotives , and trains will bo running
over the Yukon river In December.
MO\IV roil Mititow nvur.n uovii.
llnllriiiul OfrliHi - I'UNM to Luke
Dennett to He Ilcmlj lij Mnj.
SEATTLE , Wash , Sept. 21. New York and
Seattle men have subscribed Hie capital neces
sary to build n. narrow gauge railway from
Skagway over the Whlto pass to Lake Uen-
nett. In the syndicate are ex-United Slales
Senator W. C. Squlro of this city , Senator
J. P. Jones of Nevada and James A. Mc-
Naught , formerly general couusel of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
The preliminary survey was made by P ,
C. rarnliam , a mining engineer of San Fran
cisco lie relurned from Sltagwaj n short
time ago , went to New York , his report was
accepted and the money subscribed. The
material for construction has already been pur
chased and as soon as it arrives hero Mr.
Ilarnham wll go noilh with It and begin
work. Right of way has been secured from
Die government and filed with the iecretary
of the Interior.
II Is the intention to bill passengers and
freight through from Seattle to Lake Ilen-
nett. River boats will bo built hero and
sent to the lake for use
It is expected to have the road ready for
operation by May 1.
I'.i-KrlM on a I'leiiHiiriTrip. .
COLORADO SPRINGS , Sept. 21. James II
Eckels , comptroller of the currency , arrived
hero Sunday on a pleasure trip Today ha
goes to Cripple Creek to Inspect fomo of
the big mines of the district , returning hero
In time for dinner at the El Paso club , given
by the hankers of the city. Mr. Eckels Is
not talkative as regards his trip through the
wet , but says he Is simply on a. pleasure
trip and will not discuss the financial situa
tion. Ho will bo In Denver Wednesday.
Titn
Innn'it I'nrt In rroilttotlvn Kxhlhlt
of thp IniiMrliilVc l.
ln\tnt > ort lltpuhllcnn
The TrAnsmlsilFalppI exposition , In BO tar
as the state of Iowa It especially concerned ,
ia rocoMiiR riicourAgcmunt Tlio appeal of
the commission to the people of the atftta
bus been generously treated by the press.
Kvon the weekl ) papers , which do not h v
largo spueo to dcvolo lo one subject , 1m a
been very generous In publlahlntt the appeal
entire. Some of the strongest ondorsemonU
have come from democratic papers Ilia
commission Is , of course , n nonputls.ui body ,
but the Republican takes plcisuro In ac
knowledging the courtesy of the democratic
editors Thp olllor of the Davenport Umno-
chit is among these Ills endorsement w g
Bit OUR and cordial Of the loul papers the
Catholic Mts < engcr aiso lends its Inltucncc
The exposition as a whole Is progressing
bcjond what the Iowa commission c\ieeted |
when It was flr t organised. The recent appointment -
pointment b ) Prejld ni McKlnley of a mem
ber of the exposition bturd , who will net
as Its ptosldcnt , : an official recognition
thtt can but be n great Impetus to general
interest Colonel J It Ilrlgham , assUtnnt
secretary of agriculture , who will represent
the president and cabinet , as president ot
( ho board , Is n man oinlnenlb qualified for
such a poslilon , not only b > iblllt > mid tact ,
but by a special preparation In lines which
lender him conversant with transmU Uslppl
affairs.
VM >
Di-nonneliut Cornoriitloiin While AP-
ecptliiH Their ruvoi-N.
Tr > \ ( N Y ) l'r"s
The Omaha Ike publishes a fac-slmllo of
the letter In which William J Urjin made
application for n free railroad pass from Sac
ramento , Cal , lo Porllciml , Oie Hrjan lnd
Iirevlously iraveled from Ogden to Sact.i-
menio on a fiee pass Uivan defends his
application b > sa > ! i g that ho asked for the
pass on the ground of h's connection with
the Omaha World-Heiald As Hijan's posi
tion as an edltoi of the World-Hoi aid's staff
expired last jear , ho claims the free trans-
porlatlon by vlrlue of owning a few shams
of slock In lhal paper , and on the pipci's
advertising contiaet Tlio bus i ess manager
of the Woild-llerald savs that It has no ad-
vorthlng contract with the Southern Pacific
road and has not been prlnllng any of lhaS
rtnd's advertising matter
This Is the man who although ho traveled
to the Chicago convention on free paMis , In
sisted with a great nourish on paving the
faro oi himself and wife on the return trip ,
and who , during his presidential canvass ,
called evcrjbodj's attention to the faet that
ho was paying his way mid to Ills contention
that no one was entitled lo spcchl pilvllegca
from Ihe railroads. Now as a capitalist , a
stockholder , he aak * favors of a railroad com
pany.
If Ilrjan had not been receiving re
cently a large Income from his book and from
the lectures In which ho lias denounced cor
porations and their favors , his olTenae would
i ot be so rank Or If ho had asked for tlio
half-faro usually allowed to children no one
would have objected Uut It looks as It ho
had been cruclfjlng opposition to coiponto
privilege on a cross of personal prollt The
mly loophole for escape left Hrjan Is to pit-id
that he was spoiling the Egyptians by malt
ing them expend motive power in cirrjlng
him long distances without rcceiv i g any re <
turn for the tervlce
roivrnm.t IMT.
Chicago News IllocK Have jolt kn > wn
Doollttlc long ? Jones Never , always short.
Washington Star "Nine limes outer ten , "
said Uncle Ebon , " < i gemnian advises younK
men to choose homo ytithuh Imslne-s dan
whut ho got Into lie tnkeIt foh granted
Oat It tcok a hcTp mo' dan common sinnht-
ncss to succeed like ho did. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Women , " slid the
youngest boarder , "aro the true conserva
tives "
"You arc right for once , " fold the Cheerful
Idiot. "Nearly evury vvonun I know Is at
least font yeais behind her ago "
Chicago Record"She saved the whole
Mmlly from drowning once. "
"Indeed1 She must be an Amnron "
"Oh , no ; she simply dressed i-o slowly that
the/ all missed the boat. "
Chicago Post"Is It proper to address
an alderman as 'Honorable ? ' "
"It Isn't a question of propriety but of
conscience If you have no scruples against
lying you may use the word in such a con
nection. "
Delrolt Journal : "Your majesty , " sug-
gesled Ihe grand vizier , "might allaln the
desired end by setting jour majesty's
Christian and Moslem subjects against each
oilier. "
The sultan shuddered visibly.
"No" ho answered In a hollow voice.
"With my luck I shouldn't think of playing
the raccfl. "
ONE THING Slin COULDN'T DO.
Cliirlnnall Commercial Tribune
She climbs upon a street car and
She takes a smoker's seat ;
The men all frown and look askance.
And likewise scrape their foil.
But quick from out her pocketbook
A clgaretlo she snalches ,
And asks , "Please , may I have a llghl ?
"I er I can'l scratch mutches. "
AUTUMN \ SSIIHMiS. .
"Washington Ktar.
Oh , keep looking foiwaid to times that
will smile ;
To hours when tlio carlh will bo gay ;
When Jewels will sparkle ; when mirth will
beguile
A country serene as May.
Think not of the present , nor grieve o'er
your fate.
The promise behold of a glorious dale !
So turn to your calendar1 gclly and wait
Till after electicii day.
There'll bo nothing to do then but sll downt
and wish ,
And Ihlngs will come straight your way.
The handsomest garment , the danthvit dish
Will bo ready for all , they say.
We'll heed not the present. We ctnnot go
wrong.
Each candidate slnga us the same dulcet
scng.
Cheer up , all yo voters ; It will nol bo long
Till aftei election day !
"Will find quite a holiday i
in our store aheuily tliohoimou
of fcHtlvo occasions Is upon us
an.l men who would he vvoll
diossod for a ( food deal loss than
the inoi chant tailor char oti ia
vvlno if ho comes to us Wo nil-
vlso you that our Kail Ovorecwts
and Suits for old inon jouiiff
men nnd childion for stout
mon and ulim men for boys in loiif ? trousers and bhavoi-H in
short pants nro all here nnd aie as line in textnio and us finely
made as it is possibles for tlioin to ho nt the pi-icon , and the
prices are from the lowest to the highest. y\l ) tuu welcome at
our htoro , especially mothers and binnll children our Bceund
iloor linn nil conveniences for tlmir comfort and you nro invit
ed to make yourself thoroughly ut homo licio ,
9. W. Cor. 15th ami Douglua Sts.