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THE OMAHA DAILT BEE : ITKIDAY , SEPTEMBER 34 , 1897.
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INSIST O.HAVIXfJ TI1I3 HKR.
To Sliito Fair Visitors Ik-irln a'l once
laying pluns to come to ( lie exposition
next year.
Only a few more ilay.s to put your
11:11110 on ono oC the county exposition
bond petitions.
The Nebraska , millers do not lack for
grist , either Tor their mills or for their
state convention.
The great Ak-Sar-lteii lias been fa
vored this year with sunshine as well as
and plenty.
T. SlerlliiK Morton would makn a most
usufnl and accomplished regent for the
State university , but
The owners of the automatic gambling
machine * are taking more royalty out
of Omaha than the gate receipts of the
last circus.
Kmncmher that the Slate fair and Ak-
Snivlltin festivities of 181)7 ) are only a
foretaste of the Transmlssisslppi Ijxnosl-
tlon of 1SDS.
llcforo the Luelgert trial comes to an
end the newspaper-reading public will
Uo as sick and tired of It. as the defend-
uiitUn the ea.se.
What Is the reform Stale Hoard of
Transportation waiting for In the telephone -
phone caseV Is It to give somebody
tlmo to hang It up In the federal courts
a ; per agreement ?
Iowa middle-of-the-road populists will
luivo a right to appear by their tleket
oa the olllclal ballot. Fusion may bo a
neat trick , but It cannot force a man
ta.voto for a candidate he does not want.
Yellow fever does not seem to Inter
fere seriously with the ollleoseukers1
demand for the appointment of new
postmasters , land olllce registrars and
other federal olllcers In the fever dis
trict.
The vicious classes , conlldence sharps
and professional crooks are palronl/.lng
Omaha very liberally this year. They
know that they can ply their vocations
without being detected or molested by
the police.
The Nebraska olliclal ballot for 181)7 )
Is sure to have at least seven state tick
ets upon It. Make It a little larger
and each voter may have to have as
sistance In the booth to enable him to
handle It and fold It properly.
And now it Is alleged Unit ex-Super-
Jntondent , nilli > snlti of 'tho Deaf and
Dumb Institute spent more money out
of the fund than he took In. Perhaps
Mr. Glllesple may claim that the short
age , If any , Is on the part of the state.
The nomination of Hon. James M.
Woolworth as candidate of the na
tional democrats for supreme Judge is 11
high compliment which Mr. Woolworth
will appreciate chletly because lie
knows It Is nothing but a compliment.
THOSK ait.t.KXflK ntSCLOSUUKS.
The expert accountant of the $10,000
Inglslatlvo InvestlpiUluR committee linn
tiled In the governor's office an abstract
of the results of his Investigation of the
accounts of ex-Supcrliiiendciit Qlllcsple
of the State Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb. This , report Is paraded In the
World-Herald as containing startling
disclosures Which afford ample Justifica
tion for the , actlon , of Governor Holcomb
In folntlng upon the Institute as Its
head a man who has never had charge
of any public Institution nnd has had no
experience whatever with the care or
Instruction of deaf mutes.
The so-called startling disclosures
which arraign Prof. Glllesple for expending -
pending the Income of the Institution
without authority of the legislature or
the State Hoard of Public Lands and
Hiilldlngs and represent him as leaving
a. shortage of $ 'J,01Vi.lIi are based upon
the assumption that the committee's ex
pert Is absolutely correct and that Prof.
Olllesple cannot explain away the
alleged discrepancies which have been
found In the books. When It Is borne In
mind that the expert accountant of the
committee was last winter on the pay
roll of the state as Speaker Gatlln's
private secretary at ? . ' { a day It Is
manifest that ho Is not in very great
demand as an expert accountant. It
may also transpire , after Prof. Glllesple
has had an opportunity to check up the
report by the books and explain the
disputed Items of expenditure and
circumstances under which they were
made , that the startling disclosures1 will
simmer down to a mere case of negligent
bookkeeping. As a matter of fact it
would not be very startling to find dis
crepancies amounting to ? 1)0 a year in
a period of twenty years of an Institu
tion that disbursed from .fliO.OOO t.o .f.'iO-
000 per annum. It is not pretended
cither that Prof. ( Jlllesple had willfully
doctored the books or failed to record
all the financial transactions which de
volved upon him as superintendent. As
to the iinauthorl/.ed expenditure of funds
derived from products raised or articles
made by the pupils , no allegation of
crookedness Is made , but the super
intendent is charged with a shortage of
money which he expended to meet the
legitimate needs of the Institution.
Conceding that this mode of doing
business was Irregular and should not
have been permitted , who Is to blame ?
First the successive boards of public
lands and buildings and next the suc
cessive governors , including Governor
Holcomb. The constitution makes the
governor the chief executive and vests
him with full power at any time to re
quire tlie head of each state Institution
to furnish "information in writing under
oath upon any subject relating to the
condition , management and expenses of
their respective ollices. " Governor Hol
comb had been chief executive of Ne
braska over two years and a half be
fore Glllesple was displaced. Ho has
had access to all the state institutions
and should have required Prof. Glllcsple
to Include In each annual report the in
come and outgo of the Institution from
all sources. Ills neglect to do so makes
him responsible for such irregularities
as are now complained of.
Assume'however , that Glllesple has
no defense and all that is charged
against him is proved absolutely true ,
how would that justify Governor Hol
comb In appointing In his place a man
whom he knew to be inexperienced and
incompetent to perform the duties ?
How would It excuse the reckless dis
regard of Hie rights of the unfortunate
and helpless deaf mutes who are the
wards of the state ? Ilow would it ex
culpate the governor in the eyes of the
taxpayers whose money is being
squandered In experiments upon the
pupils in Ihoir deaf and dumb school ?
Nobody questions the right of the gov
ernor to remove Prof. Glllespie if ho
sees lit with or without charges , but no
body who wants the state institutions
conducted as a trust can approve ( he
course pursued by the governor in the
change made in the management of the
deaf and dumb institute. Hlackwashlng
Gillosplo will not whitewash the gov
ernor's appointment of his successor.
FUHKK1A' UONFIDKXUK.
A London correspondent says that
what is Indispensable to the restoration
of the confidence of foreign investors
In American stocks is a practical policy
of currency reform providing for the
cancellation of notes when redeemed
and establishing other safeguards for
the maintenance of public faith. So
long , It Is declared , as nothing Is done
In that direction foreign investors will
continue to apprehend' the renewal of
the Hryanltc agitation and will sell
their American holdings as prices ad
vance. ,
The desire of foreign Investors In
American stocks to realize the large
profits from the recent advance In1 price
Is doubtless a belter explanation of
their unloading than want of confidence ,
yet it is unquestionable that there is
still some distrust abroad of American
Investments , though It Is far loss than
twelve months ago. Why should I his
feeling exist ? So far as our currency
system Is concerned it Is in all essen
tial respects the same as It has been
since the resumption of specie pay
ments and within that period foreign
Investors have manifested the strongest
confidence In American investments.
Having never failed to receive good
money In return for that Invested , why
should foreign Investors now have any
doubt that they will In future receive
such money ? It is absolutely certain
that the soundness of our currency will
bo maintained for at least four years.
The free silver agitation will perhaps
go on , though it Is becoming le.ss
aggressive , but any real danger
from It , so far as Investments
are concerned , Is remote. It ought
not at present to frighten any
body who has capital to Invest. Per
haps n more potent Influence than this
In preventing a restoration of foreign
confidence in American Investments Is
the fact that we have been persistently
discrediting our currency system. When
American financiers and newspapers
continually preach that the currency sys
tem is dangerous and that It must bo
radically chuu ed In the interest of finan
safety nnd of permnnpnt prosperity ,
wo must expect the rest of the world
to fool noino distrust of It. It In pro
posed to practically revolutionize a cur
rency system under which this coun
try had the highest degree of prosperity
It ever knew nnd n commission has
been created to formulate a plan for
doing this. Is it any wonder that for
eign capitalists , who naturally assume
that the American currency reformers
know what they are talking about , art )
cautious In regard to American Invest
ments ? We have no doubt that the
currency reform agitation has had n
decided Influence in retarding the res
toration of foreign confidence , although
the reformers fondly believe the con
trary.
We believe foreign confidence In
American Investments will In time be
fully restored , but if It must wall for
the adoption of a plan of currency re
form Involving the permanent retire
ment of the legal tender notes the res
toration is n long way off. A large ma
jority of the American people are not
In favor of destroying the paper money
which they feel belongs to them and
giving to the bunks a monopoly of this
form of currency. Hut suppose the
tariff reformers should accomplish their
purpose of wiping out the legal tender
notes , that would not stop the Itryaulte
agitation. It would rather Intensify It.
The truth of the matter is that our
currency system is too much subjected
to the assaults of financial doctrinaires
and of demagogues , the effect of which
is to create distrust for which there Is
no substantial ground.
TO VANADA.
The opinion of Attorney General Me-
Keiiua as to the application of the dis
criminating duty in the tarllV law is of
course entirely satisfactory to the
Canadian government , since it safe
guards , at least for the time being , the
great railroad interest which Is very
close to that government. A different
opinion by the attorney general would
have been a heavy blow to the Canadian
Pacific road and might have compelled
the Dominion government to provide the
millions which the corporation now
makes from the bonding privilege given
It by this government , it is said Cana
dian olliclals regard the opinion as evi
dence of friendliness on the part of the
United States toward Canada , which Is
very well if It shall Induce them to cul
tivate a more friendly spirit toward this
country. Americans understand , however -
over , that there was no sentiment In
the matter and that it was because the
attorney general considered tlu > ques
tions submitted to him in a strictly
judicial way that , the opinion is so satis
factory to Canada.
It is quite possible that our northern
neighbors may find that this matter
has not been finally disposed of. It is
to be expected that American interests
which hoped for a different construction
of section liL' of the tariff law will take
stops to get the matter into the courts ,
while it is highly probable that an ef
fort will be made In congress to give
broader scope to the discriminating
duty. We do not think such an effort
would succeed , but it might develop a
much stronger support than now seems
probable.
IMSDON JtANKtiltS
The protest of the bankers of London
against the proposal that the Hank of
Kngland shall keep one-fifth of Its re
serve In silver gives further evidence
of the intense fooling aroused In l.ritisli
financial circles by the statement of the
governor of the bank. More expressions
of a like nature are to be expected and
Hut pressure that will bo brought to
bear adverse to the proposed silver re
serve is pretty certain to cause Hie
abandonment of that plan for "doing
something for silver. " Powerful as the
Hank of lOngland is , it will hardly ven
ture to use its option of keeping a part
of its reserve in silver in the face of an
overwhelming public opposition.
The matter , however , Is really being
given greater importance than it deserves -
servos , for ( he conditions required make
the plan of ti silver reserve practically
Impossible. One of those Is that the
French mint shall be opened to the
free coinage of silver and it is abso
lutely certain that the French govern
ment will not agree to any such condi
tion. Franco lias got quite as much sil
ver as she needs and to Invite a Hood
of the white metal by resuming its
coinage would ultimately and at a no
very remote time bring that country to
thii silver standard. No French states
man , however favorable to bimetallism ,
would accept a proposal that must have
such a result. Hence If the proposed
sliver reserve depends upon the opening
of the French mint. It is entirely safe to
say that no such reserve will be created
by Iho Itaiik of Kngland.
As to the bimelallists they seem able
to see a great deal more In ( ids pro
posal than It really amounts to. The
keeping of say ifJlii.iXX'.OOO of silver In
the reserve of Hie Hank of lOngland
would be doing very little Indeed for
the white melal. It could certainly
have no very marked effect upon ( he
price of silver nnd as to the "moral
effect" that would be produced we Im
agine that it would not amount to a
great deal or last very long. It can be
confidently predicted thai existing mon
etary conditions in Kngland will not
be disturbed.
If tlie state Is bound by contract not
to take tilt ; government , of the Home
for the Friendless out of the hands of
the private association that has had the
privilege of spending a state appropria
tion for successive years , perhaps the
late State Keller comii'.lsslon will claim
a contract right to distribute all the
funds ever voted at any future tlmo to
assist unfortunates stricken by drouth
or grasshopper plague.
For some unknown and unknowable
reason Mr. Hryan seems to , have neg
lected to take his ofliclal reporter with
him on his tour through Iowa. Wo have
failed to read about the enthusiastic
farmer who rode sixty mile * cross-coun
try in a sprlnglcss wagon to catcli a
ulugle rapturous uotc of the ex-candi-
datn'n silver oratory. What has become
of the liysterlcal'old woman who grasped
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Mr. Hryan by , | ) h hands and thanked
God that fdionrn * permitted to see him
before she d ji ! ; What has happened
to the uniuuuifiliand , uunamable prom <
Inent citizen Win'declared that , though
Hryan may iijjojj beciHiie president , lie
will live foruneculn the hearts of thu
people ? Mr. ftryiui should order that
olllclal reporter , to. join him by the elec
tric telegrapli rrfiltn at once.
That ratlflcartlim of the annexation
treaty by thenuuvallan ! senate Is said
to have been iPtfrftulmous affair. Why
should It not lu > Maiilmous ? The treaty
Is what the Viijjyallan , government has
been working for for years , and It would
bo remarkable Inconsistency for any
member of It to gig back when they
hayo gotten more than they ever dared
hoped for.
It is announced that tlie Interview be
tween Minister Woodford and the Span
ish minister of foreign affairs , which
has elicited so much comment , was only
preliminary. lu other words , Mr.
Woodford could have told thu Spanish
government a great ufaiiy more unpleas
ant things , but he did not want towcar
his welcome out In the first Inning.
The republican party Is catching it
from all quarters. It lias been ham
mered by the prohibitionists , kicked by
the Hryan democrats , cuffed by the silver
galvanized republicans , slugged by the
populists and lashed by the national
democrats. Hut. the grand old party can
stand all this abuse serenely lu view of
the dawn of returning prosperity.
The Kansas City Live Stock exchange
promises to take its appeal from the
Foster decision Immediately to the su
preme court. The appeal will doubtless
reach the supreme court early enough ,
but so long us Judgment Is suspended
the exchange may not be expected to
manifest any undue Impatience to get
it out of tlie supreme court.
The king of Greece Is anxious to ) take
his subjects Into his confidence In the
matter of paying the Turkish war in
demnity. He might have been in n less
uncomfortable position if he had taken
some one of cool , sober judgment into
his confidence before commencing the
war.
Tin ; lion- ( lie .Merrier.
liullanniiolls Xcwa.
You cannot terrify the farmers now with
tales about thu .appreciating dollar. They
-rather like the .Idea. .
.11 n inj of UK. All MM.
New York Herald.
Every day liringa its reports of the
resumption of "work In cotton , woolen
anil paper mltls in all parts of New
Knglaml. The parting up of IOIIR Icllo ma
chinery means employment for many thou
sands of men and Women , the putting Into
active circulation of a great deal of money
and the rcturni'of ' prosperity , .which Is all
the more welcome because It has been so
Ions delayed. flAnd prosperity In New
England means-better times all over the
country.
KprliiKllMtt ( lliun.'llci ) > uljlcan. !
A regular army 'officer , named Major
Wham , has proved by" fcl tistles since 1 ! > 84 ,
when Mr. Cleveland's first term began , that
wheat has almost always been low under
democratic and high under republican ad-
niinHtratlons. It , Is curious that with such
favor from the Almighty the republican- !
are not always In power. No bettu- evi
dence coulil bo had as to God's politics.
But , of coi-rse , he must occasionally chas
ten even those hu loves , which explains le-
publican defeats.
lillf "llrim-y < ; < > lnn ( nork. .
l'lill.iUclililn | Huconl.
Tlie Idle money that has been lying Inert
and dead for any purpose of substantial
business usefulness is now finding Its v.-ay
from the city banks to the country and Into
the hands of commercial borrowers. It will
pay for tile crops nnd for carrying thu crops
and will pass from hand to hand on a con
tinuing mission of facilitation In debt-pay
ing and bringing together buyers and sellers
who never see each other. The demand
for money Is the sure proof that a restora
tion of Its earning power Is at hand.
Sn.-fr.i In \ < > t Hurt.
fhlcsiBo Tribune.
It seems to afford some of the Amerlcan-
hatlni ; London papers a great deal of
pleasure , now and then , to give vent to a
sneer at the United States. The latest ex
hibition of this sort comes from the London
Globe ancnt the Dcrlng sea -blue book. If
It can afford our Kngllsh cousins any
pleasure to feel that they were whipped by
a "fourth-rate power" In Its Infancy ,
America can overlook the Intended Insult In
being called such when It has grown to
manhoo.l and tenfold moro able to take
/ are of its own Interests than It was a
century ago.
riiHKllilllly of n Itow.
Globe-Democrat.
The London report that Spain has mapped
out a plan of campaign In anticipation of a
war with the United States may have Home
truth In It. For a year past many of the
newspapers of Midrld and Havana have been
trying to foment war between the two.coun
tries. Their uttaclu upon the American
minister In Spain , upon the consul general
In Cuba , upon the administration at Wash
ington and upon Ilia United States la general
evidently have this" object In view. War on
this country would 'bo .nilddo for Spain.
Nevertheless , ll Is among the possibilities ,
anil the government In Washington should
keep this In mind.
1'Vilcml TrooiiN III AliiHliil.
Philadelphia Prffa.
The decision of the government to send a
comihiny of Infantry to St. Michaels Is a
wise ono. Alaska has been neglected long
enough. It came in for particularly nhabby
treatment during the Cleveland administra
tion , aa It was tlu4l vu refused whllu Canada
decided to police jthu gold region , although
at that tlmo moro miners wcro working in
United SWtoj tfc/rlttry than in Canadian.
Now , however , thcro can bo no doubt as to
the crisis that exists ; The sending of troops
Is Indlpattvo of lim intelligent grasp of the
situation which Jjfts. been cvlncej by the
administration from the first , and doubtlecd
forecasts a scheme for governing Alaska ,
which should bu the concern of the next
congress. " ' '
HnirlltN of , t.hit Mini.Strike. .
Kanapty | | Star.
On the whole , . ( ho miners ceem to luvo
como out ahead , lu } hu great atrlUu which
la now happily nudpd. Tholr gain Is not
fully represented In'tho increase of wages
they have obtalrieil. It will be a long tlmo
before that balances the losses which they
have suffered by reason of Idleness. Hut
they will bo vastly benefited by the correc
tion of certain abuses which wcro practiced
by thu mine owners , su.ch as short weights ,
fraudulent screens , "pluck-me" stores and
the wretched quarters for which exorbitant
rents were demanded. The strength of the
miners was In the fact that they hod Justice
on their side. They succeeded In convincing
the public that they were the victims of op-
prefslon and greed , and that of Itself gave
them an Impregnable position. They also
fortified their cause by their general obedi
ence to law and their respect ( or peace and
order. It Is believed that they have brought
about a substantial amelioration of their con
dition and the public rejoices in their well-
earned victory. ,
CONCKUMNO II1I.U
Louisville Courier-Journal : Of course Mr.
Bryan don't want to let free silver go. That
1 Is all there la to him. Ho Is Hamlet And
free silver Is the nhost , and , with the ghost
omitted , how could the play go onJ
Chicago tntor Ocean : Mr. Uryiin Is urging
all laborers to demand an Incro.isa of wages.
And yet he denounces the claltn that proi-
perlty 1) coining , and calta It "only a fltlrry
because of short crops la Kuropo. " Hryan
ami hla co-workers evidently hope to drive
Iwck prosperity by encouraging strikes and
koiplng the poor In distress.
Kx-Scnator Ingalls. Interview In Philadel
phia Times : "Ills popularity has apparently
not diminished. Ho Is touring the west as
an attraction at Chautauquas , county fairs
nnd harvest homes , drawing Immense multl-
tudfs ami overshadowing all the other ex
hibits. Ho Is tha most successful tragedian
and acrobat of the century. At the Chan-
tatto.ua , at Carthage , Mo. , his share of the
gate money was over $1,200. At the Allen
county ( Kansas ) fair , his half of the admis
sion at 25 cents was nearly $ SOO. At the
Scdalla fair last Wednesday ho received $500
and largo sums elsewhere. Under such cir
cumstances the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at 16 to 1 loses Its Interest and the
pold standard becomes endurable. "
Now York Sun : Even the slightest anec
dote about a great man has Us value. A
dispatch to the St. Louis Hepuhllc from Ie
Solo , Mo. , shows the train from Karmlngton
"held to enable the pcoplo to hear the great
silver champion ; the stores and shops closed ;
GOO gathered around the rear end and listened
to the Iloy Orator for fifteen minutes. " The
rain drizzles. The orator pours. "An old
lady pushed her way through the crowd , and ,
after shaking Mr. llryan's hand , said : 'I
wasn't satisfied Just to shako his hand , so I
pinched his leg. ' A very old lady this , cen
turies old. Her name Is Allegory. She was
at the Ie Solo station for the purpose of
showing that when Mr. llryan sees General
Prosperity , about which ho used to make so
many facetious Inquiries , at every place
which he visits , ho Is not sure whether ho Is
awake or dreaming , and has to pinch himself
to decide.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Thcro Is moro
method In Mr. llryan's phenomenal activity
than may appear on the surface. Ho knowti
what ho Is about. What ho carried In hU
traveling bag lust year labeled principles has
been replaced bya few weary looking sam
ples called explanations. They consist of plati
tudes and qulrlss. Just enough to redeem tht >
Nobrasl.an's vallso from the charge of utter
uniptlne.'s. 'Mr. llryan understands perfectly
well that a man who can draw n crowd
has a gft ( that can bo turned to account.
A few days nso ho made an. address nt lola ,
Kan. , and his terms were halt the gate
money. After the performance a check was
handed him for $774.48. Even In prosperous
Kansas that remuneration for two hours-
work attracted notice. An lola newspaper
man ventured to ask If that was not pretty
steep-for that kind of a speech , and > Mr.
Bryan's reply to the editor , as the latter
prints It , was : "Any fool can sell a suit
of clothes for a fraction of Its value , but U
takes a genius to soil a suit for several
times Its value. " That Is a very significant ,
remark. It grows upon a person 'the moro
It is studied. It the definition holds Mr.
Uryan Is certainly a genius. Ho sold his
book , which an English reviewer happlfy
described as "pathetically bald , " for a great
< ! eal more than It was worth. Ills Kansas
address from any other man would have
been considered dear at $17. i Hut he Is a
genius at getting out big audiences. Ills
old aspiration for the stage was u prophetic
Impulse. Jlo cani secure $500 for a single
appearance easier than most of the theatrical
stars of the day , and when his nbow ends
nobody knows what has been received as
an equivalent.
iniioci ; : 11011,101) DOWN.
Chicago Record : As the sultan Is not
satisfied with the Indemnity awarded him
and Greece Is displeased with the penalties
inflicted upon her , It must be assumed that
the European concert Is qulta satisfied with
its Job. . I
Springfield Republican : The conclusion of
the : > eace between Greece and Turkey four
months after the close of the six-weeks'
war leaves Greece substantially a vassal
state of federated Europe. A nation that
has iut the exclusive control of Its own
finances cannot be called Independent , and
with r.n International commission collecting
taxps and paying the war indemnity for
some time to come , the fiction that Greece
Is a sovereign power under International
law Is fairly exploded. The world now
awaits the next outbreak of the eastern
question In another quarter.
Philadelphia Ledger : Greece seems to have
learned a lesson from cxperlnce and now
accepts the treaty of peace , with Its onerous
provisions , "with motiMiful resignation. " She
was nut expected to be very Joyful over It , but
It Is well that she ls < psisncd to It , as that
will obvlato further trouble from her belliger
ent disposition. The world In general
sympathized with her at llr t. for her cau'a
wan believed to be Just , and , at any late , .she
was fighting the huted Turk , but when It
was seen that she had mode no prepa atlon
for war , that her conmanders were unable
to command , that her army was a mob nnd
= amo of her chief leaders cowards , while rank
was substituted for competency In high
places , the world conceded that Grooeit de
served her fate and has looked on with
ar--ithy while the great powers qii.rre0 )
over the terms of the surrender , with far less
regard for her Interests than for their own.
It she has learned wisdom file will not go to
war again until she Is ready to fight.
, Chicago Tribune : The Indemnity will be a
serloif ? burden to Greece , which la almost a
non-productive country and barely raises
enough to feed Its own people. Its revenues
will have to bo administered with skill and
the most rigid economy to meet the Interest ,
let alone the principal , of Its obligations , old
and uow. As It must be a ward of the
powers for a long time to come and will
have no use for either army or navy It would
be a wise stroke of economy for the govern
ment to disband Us army and is-avo that ex
pense and sell its war vessels , which are
modern and well armed , and would bring a
handsome sum. Iy ! largely reducing Its civil
list , 'Which ' will not be needed on any such
scale as of late years , a great saving could
also bo effected. All this would ho In the
nature of a sad humiliation to Greece , but it
was JuU such a humiliation as this which U
risked when It madly and In tha face of re
peated warnings plunged Into war with a
country ten times as Htrong as Itself.
AX IIO.NOH.MIM ; KSTA
Tlinl Ifft ! > > tin * Iiiiti.Mnluc Cn-Nliniii
Illlll tillI.t'NhOII It Tt-IK-llCH ,
St. Ixiills Itupulillc.
There Is an honorable distinction In the
fact that the estate of the late Walter Q.
Gresham , now finally settled and closed ,
amounted to but the small total of $18 G02.
This distinguished American belonged to
that older and better typo of Americans
In public life who prized the dignity and
honor of faithful public service above the
opportunities for dubious methods of money
making attaching thereto during the past
twenty years or more. To servo the people
of thla country ho gave up a career In the
law which. If followed , would have made
him a wealthy man. lie was for many years
a distinguished figure In the political history
of the United States , a member of two pres
idential cabinets and moro Ib'jii once a prom
inent candidate for thu presidential nomina
tion before successive republican convent ! us.
His ability and his fidelity to thu people's
Interests were never doubted.
The amount of his estate represents sav
ings that are surpassed In aggregate by thosu
of many frugal and Industrious clerks In
this country. And yet It stood for all that
a man equally frugal and Industrious had
been able to accumulate In a life of notable
public service. A hlgh-mlndod patriotism
which led him In his latter years to rlt > u
above party devotion to the public good also
caused him to lose party Inlluenco through
the hostility of partisans who could see
nothing In his Eclf-ubnegatlon but thu act
of a renegade. He died poor and , to a cer
tain extent , discredited.
And yet Greshnin'a Ufa was anything but
a failure. Ho left behind him a good name ,
a long record of meritorious achievement ,
an example of fearlessness la leaving u
party which had already abandoned the peo-
1'ie , and an Illustration of Americanism In the
best tienao of that good word , which are ample
Justification for the pride of nil who were
bis friends during Ma lifetime. It taken a
true and brave man to refuse to bo a parti
san when partisanship means personal suc
cess In politics and to remain poor when op
portunities for wealth are plentiful by what
others of one's fellows regard ai entirely
legitimate means of acquirement , ,
. . i
AMI PnRB Sl'REOH.
A T-rrnntilcnl .Inilce Turned Dawn l > 7
n llltrhrr Court.
Chlcoto rest.
We would ( \arnestly command the de
cision of the supreme court of Wl.iconiln
In the Kau CUIrc contempt case to those
who have raised the hue and cry that the
Judiciary In engaged in a systematic assault
upon freedom of speech and criticism. If
thcro has been a moro emphatic and vigorous
vindication of these fundamental right * In
any recent public utterance It tus somehow
escaped us.
Careful readers arc familiar with the f cts
of this remarkable case. Judge llallcy of
Eau Claire , who was a candidate tor re
election last spring , objected to certain edi
torials and communications In u loc.il paper
severely animadverting upon his official con
duct and methods. The writer and editor
having filed affidavits In contempt proceed
ings ( Instituted agalim thum by the Judge )
alleging the truth of their charges of unfair
ness , partiality And Incapacity ngalnit Judge
Ha Iloy , bo angrily refused to proceed with
the hearing and made an order adjudging
his critics guilty of contempt. The offenders
were to bo committed to Jail , but a writ of
prohibition from the supreme court saved
them from that punishment.
The opinion Just handed down reviews ! he
points Involved In this sensational case. The
court points out that the criticisms to which
Judge Ilalley so strenuously objected were
not parsed upon any action In connection
with . case pending ut the time. The criti
cisms , whether Just or unjust , were general
In ttit'lr nature and referred to past con
duct. "Wo are well persuaded , " says the
court , "that newspaper comments on cases
finally decided prior to the publication can
not lie considered criminal contempt. " They
certainly do not obstruct the administration
of Justice , however strongly they may tend
to prejudice the public against the Judge
against whum they are directed. It Is of the
first Importance that Judges should perform
their grave duties unimpeded , but It Is
equally Important that the right of citizens
to criticise what Ihcy deem arbitrary , un
worthy and corrupt conduct should bo Jeal
ously preserveJ. As ihe court says :
"Truly , It must be a grievous and weighty
necessity which will Justify so arbitrary a
proceeding whereby a candidate for otllce
becomes the accuser , Judge and Jury , and
may within a few hours summarily punUh
his critic by Imprisonment. The result of
such doctrine Is that all unfavorable criti
cism of a sitting Judge's past olllclal conduct
can bo at once stopped by the Judge himself ,
or , If not stopped , can be punished by Imme
diate Imprisonment. If there can be any
imiro effectual way to gag the press and
subvert freedom of speech wo do not know
where to find It. "
Judges , like other citizens , have the pro
tection of libel laws against attacks upon
their character. They are not nbovo propar
criticism and the power to punish for con
tempt cannot bo u < sed to silence and suppress
unfavorable opinion. No divinity doth hedge
about u Judge , as the court concludes : cer
tainly not when he Is a candidate for ofllce.
I'HHSOX.Vl , AXIJ OTlll2lt\VIS13.
The estate of the late Judge Gresham
amounts to only $1SC02.
The fuss made about the Vanderbllt-
Marlborough heir Is a tribute to the al
mighty dollar.
Judge Lynch Issued the warrant on which
Martin , the Hazloton sheriff , was arrested.
Ho doesn't belong to the dangerous tribe ,
however ,
A practical Joker carried his Joke too far
In Wheeling , W. Va. , and his mirth was
suddenly and Irreparably checked by a bul
let. His funeral was largely attended.
The tenderlolnors of Gotham are agitated
because a theatrical kicker from Paris cov
ers her ears with her hair. Evidently they
haven't enough hair to cover their own.
Korce of habit Is strong even unto death.
Two-thirds of Now York's suicides last yisir
ohoso the acid Instead of the water route
to the other shore.
Prof. Hillloit , a scientist of British Colum
bia , who has been living for some time In
Indian villages In the Interior , now clalnm
to have discovered positive proof that the
Pacific coast Indians are of Malay-Polynesian
origin.
The most notable political IESUO In New
York Just now Is that of Dwe Hill from
U'olferl'sHoost. . Since the sacred ratio was
kicked under the table the ex-senator has
pre-empted a corner of the democratic reser
vation. What is more , he speaks the
language of the tribe.
Ono of thu historical buildings of which
Owego , N. Y. , Is proud is thu drug store In
which Thomas C. Platt started his career.
Hu started In politics as a political glee club
singer and the Imck room of his drug utoro
soon became the county headquarters of his
party.
U is said that moro than half the reign
ing monarchs of Europe are troubled with de
fective eyesight. Among those who wear
slas.-cs In private ore Queen Victoria , the
king of Denmark , the czar , the queen re
gents of Spain and Holland , nearly every
member of the house of Hapsburg and the
prince of Wales. i
The London Globe Insinuates that the
United States is a fourth-rate power , that
Uncle Sam Is troubled with a swell head
and that It ought to be reduced. Perhaps.
Hut II will taku a first-claps power to do It.
Doubtless , with Its melancholy experience
In that linn , England would be tickled to see
the other fellow undertake the Job.
There are thirty-seven pcoplo In Ohio who
Imagine they are heirs to the remains of the
srcat Comstock lode In Nevada , because of
their relationship to the man after whom It
was named. Tradition and history has It
that Coir-stock did not discover the lode and
lover drove a pick Into It. 'He ' wecurod an
interest In the original claim by binding the
llscoverers and sold It for $1,000. Ileforu
and after the find Com tock was noted to.-
the loads ho carried In his person , and In
said to have "crossed the divide" with an
extraordinary load In Montana.
"Consul General Uclilda , " says the Boston
Transcript , "has received a letter from Count
Jkuma , prime minister of Japan , asking him
to send an artificial leg. Mr. Uclilda gave n
Icaler an order for a leg to cost $100 , and
it will be shipped to Japan. Count Okuma
est ono of his legs in 1S90. A Japanese
\umtlc , 11 n n els I Karuschlma , threw a dyna-
mlto bomb Into the building of the foreign
nlllco where Count Okuma was at work.
The Japanese ofliclal was badly Injured and
lost his right leg. That Is how hu came to
4lvu an order to the Japanese consul general
for a now leg of thu latest American pat-
torn. "
IOWA.
mvenport Democrat : Mr. Hryan unld In
his lcs Molnra speech yesterday that Iho
rise In wheat over the price year ago
does ; not 'benefit the man whrt has no . heat !
to sell , Vcrr true , but Mr. Brr n has boon
telling us that the farmers wore the op
pressed classes , that they - . ore not getting
enough for their crops to pay for working
and harvesting them. What Is true ot
wheat Is also true of corn and all other
crops ,
NONY * York Sun : Hon. Fred E. Whlto. th
democratic candidate for governor ot lovra ,
was frank enough at the beginning of tilt
campaign to admit that the silver dollar
might como to bo worth 10 cents , and hi *
frankness has won for him n certain sym
pathy , which ho needs as his canvass goes
on. Ho was nominated thrco months ago ,
and the platform of the convention which
nominated him asserts that the Iowa farm
ers are marketing their products "at lest
prices than ever before. " The Iowa farm
ers are thu best Judges of the truth and
value of that assertion. The Iowa demo
crats bet on calamity and they hiva lost.
They are not likely to Indulge In an c.irly
convention again ,
nurllngton Hnwkcye : It Is given out that
ox-Governor Doles cannot keep his promlso
to make a vigorous canvass for the demo
cratic state ticket because bis health docs
not permit. Hut there Is a strong suspicion
abroad In the land that the cause ot his
sudden sllenco and disappearance from the
stump Is the fact that ho has been called
In by the popocratlc managers because ho
has seen the light and had begun to preach
that free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10
to 1 Is no longer desirable- possible. The
pnpocrats could not stand such open ropmlla.
tlon of their most cherished principle , anil
an Uncle Horace could not bo inllucnced to
change his views nor moderate hln expres
sions , lie became a menace to popocratla
success , little ot It an there was hi prospect ,
and had to be called In.
Sioux City Journal : Kathcr Nugent of
DCS Mollies Is n redhot Dryanlto , and hn I *
excitable when , hu gets to talking sixteen
to onulsm , as he did the other day nt a big-
meeting nt DCS Mnlncs nt which llryan him.
self presided. The good hut emotional
father wanted the light for 1C to 1 silver to
go on without truce or compromise , and ho
wound up his speech thus : "Wo should
say , like llamllcar to Hannibal , 'we will
never make peace with Home. ' " Hut ho
ought to know that that was the most foolish
thing that Hnmllcar over said. The spirit
In which llamllcar admonished Hannibal re.
suited In the overthrow of the Carthaginian
power and In the utter destruction ot
Carthagi ) . It wiped out thc > family ot
llamllcar nnd even of the nation to whffch
he belonged. Implacable hatred , rovunge ,
excitement these are not the coidltlons upon
which economic questions can bo cither
wisely or safely suttlod. Father Nugnnt's
peroration doubtless stirred tip the populists
and popullstlc democrats to whom ho was
speaking , but ho would have done better to
have spoken with moderation ,
I'oi.vncn , itiM.\iiics.
Philadelphia Record : Honx Jigson has a
hat to match his smoking Jacket. Joax
What Is It a stovepipe ?
Chicago News : Sweet Sixteen I wonder
If my face will change , too , when I am your
age ?
Thirty-six Undoubtedly , dear , and you
ought to be thankful for the loss of a portion
of your cheek.
Yonkcrs Statesman : She I don't look at
all like myself today. Ho U would bo a
good time to have your picture taken.
Chicago Tribune : Brooks Many a poor
follow at D.iwson City will have nothing to
live on this winter but eighteen karats.
Rivers Well , ho can get along on that
while he's waiting for something better to
turnip , can't he ?
Puck : "Then you huven't made very much
noney , " asked the friend , who hadn't seen
ilm for fifteen years. "No. " replied the phll-
isonhcr ; "not a great deal ; but I get three
square meals a day , and 1 have my wheel. "
Indianapolis Journal : "I will venture to
bet , " said the Ilarrel , "that wo have about
is many friends as fall to the lot of Inani
mate objects. "
"Just keep your hoops on , " said the Jug.
"Wo rank right along with the hated pluto
crat. They only love us for what they can
get out of us. "
Detroit Free Press : Oklahoma Hello I
think pap's agoln' tcr favor ye , Hill , over all
the other fellers. I've been a talkln' to him
about ye , an' ho never said nothln' , but I
know ho likes yo.
Squatter Hill How d'yer know , Nanco ?
Oklahoma Hello I told him ye was comln *
'round tcrnlght , and hu loaded up his gua
with squirrel shot Instead ov buck.
THE GLOAMING.
Cleveland Lrndfr.
"Let us walk In the gloaming.
Sweet maiden , " ho cried ,
And then they went roaming
Along , side by side ,
And the gloaming gloamnd on ,
. As they strolled o'er the lea ,
And the lovers were pcnslvo ,
As lovers will bo.
And as they were roaming
The lover essayed
To sing "In the gloaming "
Then halted the maid : <
"Let the gloaming gleam on ,
If It wants to , " said she , '
"Hut I'll run If you dare , sir ,
To sing It to mo ! "
TIIK iMi'iuuns.vr j irv.
Iloston Globe.
Just a glint of golden hiilr ,
Just a wnvo of perfume rare ,
And he sprung to meet her there ,
On the stair.
And hn caught her unaware ,
She protected : "Don't you dnro ! "
Hut he kissed her , fair nnd square ,
And ho left her bhisbliig there ,
On thu stair.
With demure , tinrufllpd nlr.
As she Hiink Into a ch'.ilr ,
And the girls worn clustered there
in the clure
Nothing wnrnoil her , "Have n carol"
Someone , smiling , cried , "Look therel
Thiit'H tbc 'pin V HIW : Jack wear.
It Is tangled In her hulr ,
I dfchini ! "
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