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THE GRATIA DAILY BEEt SATURDAY , 8EPT3SMK33R 25 , 1807 ,
OMAHA PAILY
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Wine Monihi . JJJ'
tJuiinuy lice , O.IP Yfnr . 5 < W
HnlilMny H'C. OnYtnr . &
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Siiuiiry ordiT to be innile | i.iynble to the order
of the coiniiHny.
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Dully , Morning , Kvenlne and HunJay IJw prttitert
duilnis the mcnth of August , U9I , wa us follows :
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HKOUai' ! 11. T/.SCHWK.
Sworn to licfore mis nivl siiti'i-rlliril In my
pretence tJili 2il day ot Scptniitier. 97.
( Scnl. ) Nolnry 1'ubllc.
THU OX THAJ.NS.
All rallrimil iirwwlio nre
Hllllllc | | < l It III ! llllllKll IICI-N
to nciMiiiiinuiliiti ! ovrry imn-
KIMIKIT WllO IMMltH til rt'llll n
iicTVNiinttrr. Innlnt upon linv-
liiK The HIM- . If ynii oninuit
tcut n HIM' on n train from the
tin ; fiu-t. HlntliiK- " ' " < rnlii unit
riillroiiil to tinflreiiliilliin
Driinrtiuriit < if Tli lli'c. The
Ili-c Is ri > r Hiilo on nil trnliiN.
INSIST OX IIAVIXf ! THIS IIKK.
Calamity .spcoclit's mill prosporlty
prices wisro uuvor iiioaut to be
.t\Vlns.
kn poltl tloinncrntH have as llttlo
HHsh ) for puiiullstlo doctrines as tlioy
cvor had.
The oftiMior thi > ropiililleati state plat
form Is ivatl thi > moro it npponls to the
favor of the voters of Nebraska.
Calamity preaching will have to bo
postponed In Nebraska until after the
farmers finish athi'rlir in the corn.
Nrttv lot the State fair mannpirs inako
public their llnanelal statement without
the mystery or unnecessary delay that
usually surrounds tills transaction.
The World-Herald has nor. yet told
iwlmtkliulof a memorandum slip brought
It tt ! the defense of the llolln liondsmon
In their hlKh-handed interference with Hi- '
city's -witnesses in the suit on the llolln
lond. )
The way to make prosperity perma
nent is to build up American industries
so Hint American markets will keep up
a. brisk demand for all kinds of products
for American consumption. That Is what
the new tariff : law Is intended to do.
.Tnsl to spare his Itrltlsh friends the
expense of another public. Jubilation
Oem Paul Unifier sends out word that
in his opinion his health is yet fjood for
ji number of years' active net-vice as
president of ( lie .South African republic.
The National Irrigation congress at
Lincoln next week must not lie over
looked. Irrigation Is 11 growing subject
nnd Interest In It Is becoming more and
more widespread as Its successful
ndilevonionts are becoming better
Icnown.
It Is getting pretty late In the season
to begin pioceedlngs for new pavements ,
lull it Is not too late to take advantage
of th ! year's low prices by making the
contracts this season and having the
jwork done as soon as the state of the
iwuuthur permits next spring.
One thing specially noticeable among
the fair week visitors Is the orderly character -
actor of the crowds Hint have thronged
Omaha's streels. The fact that the good
order Hint prevailed was maintained by
this visitors themselves rather than by
any police survelllancHj entitles them to
an extra credit mark. '
Now that the street railway company
IIIIM finally gotten to the point of laying
a new track on upper Karnam street , it
may not be out of place to liupilio when
the unsightly wooden poles are to be re
placed with the ornamental iron posts
that have Ifeen so often promised but
have as often failed to innti'i-lnllxe.
Some American free traders may deny
that Hie tariff ever gave any tangible
results in the way of creating and stimu
lating the tin plato industry In this conn-
try , but the Itrltlsh tin plate manufac
turers whose business has been affccteil
J > y the losh of Hie American market for
their product know belter than to de
lude themselves In that fa.sldon.
Canadians aiv said to regard the de
cision of Attorney ( ieneral .McKennn on
Kectlon liL' of the tariff law as an indi
cation of friendliness on Hie part of the
I nlted Stales to the people of Canada.
That Is very good MI far as It goes.
Now let the Canadian government show
appreciation by reciprocating favors U >
Americans who seek to establish trade
relations with Uu-ir neighbors on the
north. _
It took Ha leglblatlve investigating com-
nilltuo's expert ten weeks to go over the
Imoksand accounts of the State Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb , but lie thinks
that Prof. Glllesplo should check over
ovcry Hem In ten days. In the opinion
of the Investigating committee the time
reipilred to examine and verify the accounts -
counts of a stute institution should de-
pund entirely on the size of Hie appro
priation belilud IU
TIII : novhnxotrs i
Tha republican state convention soitght to
place tlio blimo tor the republican state
< rc.iMircr' tliortngc on Governor Holcomb
anil now the local republican organ socks to
place the blame for Mr. Olllpsplc's delin
quencies tipoti the governor. A very con-
venlcnt method this of shitting blame from
where the blame should bo placed to whcro
the blame dors not belong. World-Herald.
Ill condemning and denouncing the
faithless state treasurer and auditor
whose defalcations hnve scandalized tlio
party the republican state convention
Justly Included in Ita arraignment the
governor to whose gross neglect of duty
a large part of the loss Hint has fallen
upon Nebraska Is due. Governor Ilol-
comb has been in olllco since1 .fnnuary ,
IS ! ) . " , and If ho Is to be credited with
reforms and economies brought about
tinder his administration he cannot
escape the responsibility for any short-
KO , defalcation or Irregularity In the
state house and In state Institutions
since his Incumbency which could have
been prevented by a rigid enforcement
of business methods and an unflinching
performance of duty.
The fact that Joseph S. Hartley was
using state money for private specula
tion was brought to Governor Ilolcomb's
personal notice before Hartley had en
tered upon hl second term. The gov
ernor was repeatedly forewarned at the
very beginning of his term that Hartley
would turn out an embezzler. lie knew
that Hartley had persistently refused to
make known where the state's money
was placed and threatened to resign In
case he was compelled by the governor
to produce the funds In his custody as a
prerequisite to turning over. At that
time it Is doubtful whether Hartley's
shortage exceeded ? 100,000. ITnder the
circumstances , and In view of the state's
loss In the Mosher bank wreck , the gov
ernor's duty was plain. Had he fear
lessly demanded an accounting from
Hartley in January , 1805 , as It was his
right and duty under the constitution ,
the deficit In the state treasury would
have been at least ? 100,000 less than
it is. Had Hartley refused to com
ply with the demand of the gov
ernor , the legislature , which was
then In session , would have taken
action either by refusing to permit
Hartley to qualify for a .second term or
by Instituting impeachment proceedings
that would have resulted In his summary
removal. '
Kor Inexplicable reasons Governor
Ilolcomb failed to do his sworn duty In
the critical hour and allowed Hartley
to continue Ids criminal practices until
the stealing mounted up to over ? , " > 00-
000 and his manipulation of state funds
entailed a loss of equal amount. The
plain , unvarnished truth is that instead
of dealing firmly with Hartley by forcing
a cash settlement at the outset Governor
Ilolcomb permitted himself to be hypno
tized by Hartley and his bank backers
and remained inactive until the treasury
had been completely looted.
Governor Ilolcomb must also share re
sponsibility for whatever Irregularitle.s
or misappropriations of public funds may
have occurred in state institutions under
ids immediate control. This applies to
the State Institution for the Feeble
.Minded at Heatrice , where a shortage
has been reported , as It does also to the
deaf mute school. It is the duty
of the governor to keep fully in
formed about the conduct and finances
of every state institution and lie
has ample power under the constitution
to compel periodic exhibits of every Item
of revenue and expenditure.
Whatever the intentions of Governor
Ilolcomb may have been , his failure to
ineet the emergency when it presented
Justifies the indictment embodied In the
republican platfi nn. >
Till ; HAST AXD 'J'HK H'KXT.
In his address at the banquet given
him in Denver. C miptroller Kckels urged
a continuation of the feeling of mutual
confidence between the east and the we-.t.
lie- said that It wonjd not do for the east
to boast ot its possession of the surplus
capital of the country , or for the west
to point with overwhelming pride to its
stupendous resources and Its wonderful
advancement. "The wealth of the one , "
said Mr. Kekels , "but. continues to
diminish If not employed and that of
the other Is of no avail if not developed.
The advancement of both follows the
same pathway and centers In the same
Intere.sts. " He thought that at a time
when we are entering upon an era of
better things the accumulated capital
and the undeveloped riches of the conn-
try should be brought nearer together
and not driven wJder apart.
TheMS are sentiments which all
sensible and patriotic men must np-
p'rove. They are national In spirit , prac
tical and hound. It is unfortunate that
there should be any rea.son or excuse
for n plea In behalf of mutual confi
dence between the east and the west , but
the fact must be admitted that there
are a largo number of people In the west
who feel positive hostility toward the
east. Tills Is due mainly If not wholly
to the teachings of political demagogues ,
who are still laboring with their tongues
to keep alive this feeling. The wectlonal
appeal that was constantly made by the
popocratlc leaders In the national cam
paign of last year was very effective in
the west. I-'roni the moment Mr. Hryan
announced that he was going into "the
enemy's country" his adherents sedu
lously cultivated the view that the east
Is the enemy of the west , that there are
no mutual interests between the two sec
tions , that the welfare of the west wan
not dependent upon the east. Kastcrn
capitalists were reviled from every popo-
cratlc stump ami western producers were
told In voluminous invective that their
misfortunes were due to the oppression
and exactions of the eastern money
power and that things could never be
butter for tlu-m until that money power
was crushed. Thus hundreds of thou
sands of western voters were Inoculated
with this political virus and notwith
standing the complete demonstration , In
the changed conditions , of the titter
falsity of this , popocratlc teaching , there
are many who still believe it. We do
not think the number Is nearly so large
as a year ago , but it Is yet strong and
It will require more than a year of pros
perity to reduce it to n point where it
will not be an important factor in our
politics.
The advancement of the east and the
west , as Mr. Kckels said , follows the
snine pnthwny and centers In the same
Interests nnd this must always be HIP
case. Kastern capital Is necessary to
western development ami this development -
mont enriches not the east alone , but the
entire nation. 1'osslbly as the west ad
vances and Is enabled to accumulate
capital It will need less and less to rely
upon eastern capital. It has not drawn
upon the east so largely this year as In
former years. Indeed , the time may not
be far distant when there will be enough
of western capital for all the needs of
the west. Hut even In that event there
will still be mutual Interests between the
two sections and thekv will move along
the same pathway In the great work of
Increasing the wealth and power of the
nation. Those who attempt to create
hostility between these sections are pub
lic enemies who can have no countenance
from patriotic men.
/wm.tm.r
The president of the Cuban league of
America has Issued an address lu which
he announces that action Is soon to betaken
taken by our government that will result
in giving the Cubans Independence. A
declaration of this kind from such a
source challenges attention. Upon what
authority does Mr. Ethan Allen , the
league's president , summon Its members
to be alert to uphold the president In a
policy Intended to secure Cuban Inde
pendence ? Is there something known
to him that has not been given to the
public ? Nothing that has recently come
from 'Washington would justify the an
nouncement made by Mr. lOthan Allen.
Tlio report that an ultimatum had been
sent to Spain which we discredited on
Its appearance has been denied both
from Washington and Madrid and one
of the most trustworthy of the corre
spondents at the national capital has
stated , upon high authority , that Minister
Woodford's instructions are couched In
the most friendly terms nnd that there
Is every reason to believe they will be
received in the fcame friendly spirit by
the Spanish government. There is neither
bluster nor jingoism , says this corre
spondent , in the attitude of the admin
istration , which Is simply carrying out
the policy assumed by Secretary Olney
last December and for which the Span
ish government has been fully prepared
for nearly twelve months past.
In view of this the announcement by
the president of the Cuban league in
America is probably misleading and if
so Its effect is likely to be mischievous.
Of course the Spanish government pays
no attention to irresponsible utterances
of this kind , but the Spanish public does
pay attention to them and they operate
to intensify popular feeling against the
Tnited States , which is not without effect
upon those In authority. The tendency
of such outgivings is also to embarrass
our own government in its efforts to in
duce Spain to accept the friendly ollices
of the United States in behalf of Cuban
pacification. They can do no good and
are liable to do much harm.
AX KFFKCT OP VUK TARIFF.
One effect already of the new tariff
law Is the bringing of leading industries
tn the United States from England and
elsewhere. The Philadelphia , Ledger
says it Is becoming almost common to
see foreign manufacturing concerns es
tablishing branches in this country and
refers to the report that the leading tail
ors and dressmakers of Europe are
about to open branch establishments in
the United States , in order that they may
continue to supply their profitable Amer
ican customers with clothing which can
no longer be purchased abroad and
brought home duty free.
In the coming here of foreign Indus
tries we are simply having a repetition
of the experience during the first year
or two of the McKinley tariff , but there
Is reason to believe that the present
movement will be on a more extensive
scale. Whether American manufactur
ers will regard this with favor or not is
a question , since the object of the foreign
manufacturers in coming here Is to hold
their American trade , but from the point
of view of the general Interest perhaps
the acquisition of industries from abioad
Is desirable. It brings foreign capital
here , helps forward industrial develop
ment and widens the market for Amer
ican labor conditions that make for a
greater and more permanent prosperity.
The American manufacturer may object
that this Increased competition defeats
the purpose of the tariff , but. the foreign
manufacturer Is not coming hero , wlth
a view to crushing out anybody or to so
increase production as to destroy profits.
Undoubtedly his Idea Is , to get all the
advantages which the American manu
facturer enjoys under the tariff. At all
events It Is a. fact that industries from
abroad are coining here and the move
ment will undoubtedly be watched with
no little Interest by American manufac
turers.
Nebraska popoerats are not sure
whether they ought to rejoice or lament
over the nomination of a straight ticket
by the national democrats. They would
like to have the gold men vote for Judge
Sullivan , who was nominated largely be-
WHIMS of his goldbug associations and
proclivities , but they also want their sll-
verlte followers to believe that Judge
Sullivan's professions of loyally to silver
are above suspicion. Hetween the two It
Is not the easiest thing for them to tell
just how they feel over the national
democratic nomination.
Chairman Jones of the democratic na
tional committee has been In consulta
tion with ex-Governor Altgeld of Illi
nois on the subject of the policy of the
democratic ; organization. As Jones re
cently advised the New York democrats
to steer carefully clear of the silver
qucMlon and Altgeld In his I ibor day
speech announced that the coming issue
was not to be silver hut government
ownership , the consultation may have
more than the .significance of a street
corner caucus.
In the controversy over the removal of
Prof. Glllesple the main Issue is not
whether the governor was Justified In
making a change In the management of
the Institution , but whether he can
Justify the selection of an Inexperienced
and confessedly Incompetent superin
tendent Just because uud only because
he bus been ret jlerlug active political
service to the gijllst machine. Con-
ceding that Hi governor has absolute
control over at in -ijimtltutlonp. bis right
to cripple thcnrc F destroy their useful
ness to pay political debts Is decidedly
questionable. JC \
As all the mrjijiliors of the Jury that
cleared ex-Congressman Hunter of Ken
tucky of the cljatge of bribery In con
nection with the late senatorial contest
In that shite were democrats , Kentucky
republicans ongJit < U ) be satisfied that It
Is a vliidleatloji'brj all the republican
supporters of Ir. Hunter as well as of
Dr. Hunter himself. It gives him a clear
bill for the federal appointment which
President McKinley Is said to contem
plate conferring on him.
To date the reported fatalities from
yellow fever are remarkably small and
evidence first the fact that the epidemic
Is not general even In the fever dish-lets ,
and second that the fever victims are
having the benefit of modern medical
treatment that was not available In
previous visitations that have proved
particularly deadly. Yellow fever is by
no means the serious disease that It
formerly was considered.
Spollti I'MrM | , 1'rlnclitluN I.liter.
dlolio-Deinocint.
Senator Jones of Arkansas Is for keeping
quiet about silver In Nov.- York , but when
ho speaks In his own state the horizon , still
palpitates with his eloquent tributes to the
old ratio.
A Home Thrust.
Indlannpdlls Journal.
The authorities of the City of Mexico nro
setting the United States nn example of how
to deal with lynchcrs nnd with blllclals who
fall In their duty. All things considered ,
perhaps wo had better slop alluding to Mexico
ice ns a half-clvillzcd country.
The ItoMiiciiiMllitlll.v of Spain.
Kansas City Star.
The pollto attltndo of the United States
In its dealings with Spain will not bo aban
doned unless the latter country commits the
blunder of assuming that civility Implies a
lack ot purpose and the absence ot courage
In the enforcement of just demands.
IlltllllR tllf IIOK OlIlCI- .
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Nebraska politician Is now touring the
west as a star attraction at Chautauqiias ,
county fairs and the like , nnd at one place
lately his share of the receipts for nilmla-
Blon was $1,200 , nt another $800 and at an
other $300. Mr. Ingalls pronounces Mr. Hrynn
tlio "most successful ncrobat nnd tragedian
of the century. " Gnto receipts bear out the
ex-senator's characterization.
Itoiulsiurii nnd I > i'fniilliTN.
HufTalo Kxprcfs.
The state of Nebraska Is trying to find
out whether It la possible- recover $100,000-
000 ftom the bondsmen of a defaulting
treasurer. This brings up the old problem
of the real value of a crooked politician's
bond. When a ring Is In control of a state
house It 13 a comparatively easy matter to
fix up bonds so they will be worth no more
than the Integrity of the official they are
supposed to guarantee. This seems to have
been done In Ne"ura ka. The defaulter's
trouble seems to have been that ho was
too liberal about .bradlnt ; weak banks with
state funds , as ma'ny a state treasurer In
other states has J-been without getting
caught at it. Hfwould seem that the state
should stand -better chance of getting
back Its money frolu fliese banks than from
the bondsmen. * ? - . ' *
Uvcrliiirilcnnl irlth MnilcMy.
New ; . York Sun.
lion. William /Jennings Ilryan was In
troduced to an aurtlenfo' the other day "by
Mr. A. B. Orchard , a Christian minister
who made a reputation last year as a sliver
exhorter. " Mr. Orchard produced some
compliments which "brought a rosy blush
to the cheek ot the Uoy Orator. " who was
described as "the living herald ot the com
mon people , " and "the living exponent of
JefTersonlan democracy and Llncolnlan re
publicanism. " The living herald and living
exponent ot nryanlsiu , after having illumi
nated his cheek with the rosy blush herein
before mentioned , "modestly disclaimed the
pinnacle erected for him by the chairman. "
To what purpose was this excessive show of
pudency ? A living herald and exponent
ought not to bo made to stagger by a salvo
of compliments. Hesldes , did not the proud
consciousness of this orator tell him that
the chairman had erred , if ot , all , by under
statement ?
COXTIvUl'T OK COURT.
.Si-nthliiK Itrluilcc of tlu > Tyranny
l'iall < M-il ly n Political .Iinl c.
Chicago Chionlclc.
A very wholesome decision on the sub
ject of newspaper contempt of court has
bet-it rendered by tlio supreme court of Wln-
consln. Tlio decision was written by 'Asso
ciate Justice Wlnslow and had the unani
mous concurrence of the full bench.
At the late judicial election In the E.IU
Clalro circuit of Wisconsin Judge Bailey ,
then serving his first term , was a candl-
date for re-election. Ho was first elected
six years ugo as a democrat , though he
had previously been identified with the green-
hackers. The recent campaign was one of
considerable excitement and hitter news
paper attacks were made on Judge Bailey , as
well as on hs ! republican opponent.
In the course of the campaign ! > . A. Doo-
llttle , an I3au Claire lawyer , wrote an article
severely assailing Judge Bailey's personal
and judicial character. It was printed bi
ll. C. Ashbangh , the publisher of a local
paper. Judge iBiiley caused the arrest of
both the writer and publisher of the of
fensive article on a charge of contempt of
court. Ho tried them , found them guilty and
sentenced them to pay small lines and to
short terms of Imprisonment. They sought
the Interposition of the supreme court and
this Is the case that Is decided.
The law ot Wisconsin , unlike that of Illi
nois , defines what aside from disobedience
to judicial writs or refusal of a witness to
testify shall corutlttite contempt of court.
Among acts of contempt the publication of
a { also or grossly Inaccurate report of court
proceedings Is described. But It has been
hold In previous cases that editorial com
ments on Judicial proceedings or on the char
acter of the judge , liouovcr false and llbelous ,
do not constitute contempt of court 'If they
do not purport to bo a report or copy of
judicial proceedings. On thcso grounds thu
defendants in the Kan Claire prosecution
would bo entitled by precedent to an ac
quittal.
Hut tli's ' Is merely technical. Justice
\Vlnslo\v liases hla decision on broader
grounds. Ho holds'tlmt for a judge to pun
ish for contempt a newspaper which criti
cises him and his decisions Is an Invasion of
personal liberty , of the right of free speech
and of tli freedom < of the press. In expressIng -
Ing the Judgment of ( he court ho naysVo :
are well persuaded that newspaper comment *
on cases ( Inallyi ducldijd prior to publication
cannot he considered criminal contempt. "
As to the Injustlcp and opprcesloa In
volved when a Judtjq ) vlui Is a candidate for
re-election or for aiy ( pther oflloo Bssnmcri < o
use against Ills opponents thn power to pun
ish for contempt ot fourt Justice Wlnalow
eays ; ,
"Truly it must bp grievous and weighty
necessity which will justify so arbitrary a
proceeding whereby a candidate for otllco
becomes the accuser , ' Judge and Jury , and
may within a few'bourn summarily punish
his critic by Imprisonment. The result of
such doctrine Is that all unfavorable criticism
of a sitting judge's past ofllclal conduct
can bo at once stopped , can be punished , by
Immediate Imprisonment. If there can bo
any more effectual way to gag the press and
subvert freedom of speech we do not know
where to find 1U Under such a rule the
merits of a sitting judge may bo rehearsed ,
but ns to his demerits there must be pro
found silence. In our opinion no such divin
ity 'doth hedge about' a Judge certainly
not when ho la a candidate for public office. "
In a recent case In Cleveland the Judge
ot a local court attempted to hold for con
tempt a newspaper writer who had criticised
his judicial acts , A higher court set aside
the proceedings and discharged thu writer
from the judgment for contempt. The
grounds for this decision were substantially
the same as those In the Wisconsin cast,1.
TIIADI : UXCHAMP..S ; HIT ,
Buffalo Rxprnvt : This atnoclatton. It will
be remembered , has controlled for A long
time the sale ot live stock In Kansas City.
Th.it It Is of the nature ot n trust teems certain -
tain and Its forced dissolution is In line with
the movement against combinations In re
straint of trade. A strict view ot the di
vision of powers between the national gov
ernment and the state , however , would
Bcem to give thin case to a Kansas court ,
ntid It Is possible that this position will betaken
taken by the supreme court It the case Is
appealed.
Chicago Poet : As Interpreted tn the great
Trnnsmlssonrl case by the supreme cour >
the anti-trust law applies to nil combina
tions InwMiy wny controlling Interstate com
merce with the view to limit and restrict
competition. The reasonableness of the re
striction is no test , under that decision , con
gress having deliberately placed under the
ban all efforts to Interfere with the fullest
nnd freest competition. The view taken by
Judge Foster is therefore not at all surpris
ing , ( hough It has not been made plain that
the exchange ns now operated Is really an
obstruction to legitimate dealing.
Kansas City Times : It need not neces
sarily result from n confirmation of Judge
Foster's decision by the supreme court that
the Live Stock exchange of Kansas City ,
or ot any other city , will bo destroyed and ,
with it , the Immense volume of profitable
business which It transacts. With n reformation
mation of methods , so ns to remove from
Its manner of | conducting operations the ob
jection that Is Involved In nn Interference
with the natural law of supply and demand
and a crushing out of competition , the cx-
changp may go on expounding Us transac
tions according to the liberal and fair policy
of llve-and-lot-llvc , multiplying Us customers
nnd piling up Its profits.
Chicago Tribune : By non-lntcrcourso or
boycotting methods a combination has been
'built ' up which practically monoplllzcs the
live stock business at the Kansas City Stock
yards. Is that combination one "In restraint
of trade ? " Judge Kcatcr thinks It Is. The
exchange has rules which prescribe mlnl-
num commissions , which forbid the sending
of telegrams to farmers giving them In
formation ns to the state of the market ex7
cept under certain conditions , and which
deny to members the right to buy live
stock from , or sell it to any persona other
then members and stock owners. Judge Fos-
ler holds that these rules nre in restraint of
trade and that the exchange must not en
force them. Doubtless the exchange will
appeal from this decision , but In view of
the principles laid down by the majority of
the supreme court In the case of the Trans-
mlssourl Fright association , nothing Is likely
to be gained by appealing. Therefore , If
there are other live stock exchanges whose
rules are In restraint of Interstate com
merce they ought to prepare to repeal those
rules.
rOMTICAI. nit I FT.
The estimated expenses of the city of
Philadelphia for the ensuing year Is $39.-
UO.Mi , an Increase ot 50 per cent over
the current year. The officeholders insist
on a llttlo prosperity in thclr'n.
The republicans of Virginia have , after
much delay , determined to make a light for
the maintenance of the integrity of their
party organization In that state , where the
republican vote waj 135,000 at last year's
election.
Senator Murphy of New York Is one of
the most active and vociferous advocates of
suence on tne silver question. The sena
tor's term expires In 1S99 , and next year's
campaign will determine the succession.
Hence his anxiety to smooth the troubled
waters of democracy this fall.
There Is no state election In Illinois this
year , the terms of the treasurer and super
intendent of public IiutrucHon not expiring
until January , 1899 , and those of the governor
and other state olllcials continuing until
January , 1901 ; but In Morgan county , the
capital seat of which is Jacksonville , and
which adjoins Springfield , Governor Tanner
has Issued a call for a special elwiUon for
county judge on November 2 to elect a suc
cessor to Richard Yatcs , resigned.
There Is a rumor that the Illinois State
Hoard of Kquallzatlon intends increasing the
75 per cent valuations in Cook county. The
Illinois Board of Equalization consists of
twenty-one members ; Cook county , which In
cludes the city of Chicago , has only six mem
bers upon it , a. minority quite helpless ,
though representing so large a share of the
wealth and population of the state. I a.'t
year the valuation in Cook county was $232-
000,000 , which Is about one-third of the as
sessed value of all the property In the state.
The proposed addition will bring up the as
sessed valuation ot Cook county to $3S8 000 -
000.
There will bo a hot time In old New York
this fall. Candidates and parties arc
multiplying like mosquitoes In a Jersey
swamp. largely because there will be some-
thlnii llkeJ $70,000,000 a year to be disbursed
by the managers of the consolidated city.
The Independent Citizens' i-nlon has already
nominated Seth Low for mayor. The re
publicans and Tammany Hall will Imve
regular candidates. Hesldes , there will be
the silver democrats , the gold democrats ,
the Gleaseri democrats and I'urroy demo
crats , populists , laborites , prohibitionists
and socialists. Most of the city conventions
will 'be held during1 the coming week.
The Montana text book commission se
lected Barnes' history for use In the state.
Then semebody discovered that it was
"heretical" on silver , heretical meaning , In
Montana , that the history took thu same
view of silver that somewhat more than
7,000,000 voters took last November. Such a
discovery naturally caused o terrible turmoil
In Montana and drove the text honk com
mission into hiding till It was discovered
that the offending paragraphs weren't In
the history after all. Now the dove of peace
has settled over the verdure-clad hillsides of
lovely Butte and rests on the perfumed stacks
of Anaconda and on the tropical vale of
the 1'rlckly Pear.
From all reliable sources It appears that
the much advertised IC-to-l camp meeting
in Springfield , O. . was a conspicuous failure.
The Cincinnati Knqulrer keeps up the sem
blance of a largo attendance and great en
thusiasm , hut the facts gathered by other
correspondents show that it was a failure
that will damage the IC-to-l fad , T ( i cents
admission was asked In order to meet the
expenses , but thn collections for admissions
are not half the expenses thus far. The
correspondent of the Plttsburg Dispatch
writes that "a wonderful change has been
made locally In politics by the failure of the
silver camp meeting , " and that "local demo
crats are outspoken In declaring that there
was only one way to account for the ollm
attendance , and that Is that the silver Issue
Is dead. "
A.Ml ' 1112 SAVI3H.
I'oimiTalM t'rurcil In Hi-liirii tn llu-
Triii * ni'iiuuM'alliI'dhl. .
I-wlBvlllo C'ourlpr-Jnurnul ,
As a democrat , wo appeal to democrats
to come out from the body of death which
envelops them In the camp of Brynnlsm anil
to march with us upon the broad open high
way of democracy. As a democrat , wo ap
peal to democrats once again to mnnmoii
to mind nnd heart the courage of conviction
and to stand as of old a wall of cnnservatlvo
democracy against ( ho follies and passions
of those extreme and unsound men who
wear tlio mask of democracy only the better
to servo the purpose of fanaticism and sejf.
\\'o have no unkind thought or bitter word
for any true democrat.Vo would not reproach
preach any of those of our old frlenda and
comrades who have been honestly misled.
Wo have no gibbets to build , no guillotines
to ply ; hut In place of these we would erect
In the midst of the temple of democracy an
altar whcro all democrats may worship In
peace and love.Vo appeal to thu reason
of our fellow-democrats , and at a time when
thi.ro Is nothing at stake to place any man
beyond the reach of reason wo aek them
to stop and reflect upon the real aspects of
the situation and the true meaning of the
issue ; WD entreat them not to lot the demon
of halo comu between them and truth ;
wo beseech them not to IL'len to the harangues
of these whoso whole
rangues stock-in-trade
Is thu exfoliation of themselves ut the ex-
pen so of all others. There in yet a magic
In the name of democracy. Thuro Is yet a
saving grace In the spirit of democracy. Let
us not abandon thu tplrlt and the grace to
follow after the glow-worm of populism , the
fetish of frco sllverlum. Let us como back
to the Old Homestead and stand by the
faith of the father * . Let us unite , and win
victories , not dlvldu and lose them ; bearing
In mind that wo can unlto only on truth ,
net on falsehood and error.
OT1IKU IAMS THAN OMIS.
The treaty of pence bct rcu Turkey nnit
Ore ten IIAR been signed And the orncuallon
ot Thpsialy by the Turk * will follow a
oner. The terms agreed upon nro not whn
either country desired. They represent n
compromise forced upon the victorious sul
tan by the great ponprn o * Kuropo , am
arcoco accepted the conditions because noth
ing else could bo done. The lot of the llttlo
kingdom Is bad enough , at best. There Is n
crushing money indemnity to pay , and the
province of Thcssnly , which used to bo one
ot the richest nnd best of the kingdom , has
been so blighted by war and Turkish occu
pation tlmt Its tax-paying power Is vtrlunllj
destroyed. Mminwhtlr , the frontier has
been eo changed that Ureeeo Is open to inva
sion by the Turks nnd baa no adequate line
of defense. The prestige of the Helloncs has
suffered greatly throughout southeastern
Knrope nnd the ruling dynasty has lost
much of the fnvor It formerly enjoyed
among the Oreek people. Thorn Is more un
rest nnd less pride and confidence In the
future of Greece to stimulate the endeavors
ot the Greeks. Altogether. the ' pennlty
which poor llttlo Greece hnn to pay for her
rashness In trying to free Crete nnd beat
the line ot Turkish rule n4ltU ( < farther back
on the continent of Kurope Is very heavy.
If It were the. result of unequal war nlono
the cnso would not be BO bad. but It Is the
direct effect of the timidity , selfishness nnd
Inertia of the great tint I mi a which would not
permit an uprising of the Balkan stales , or
do anything themselves to bring Asiatic mis-
ruin la Kuropo to an end.
*
An understanding Is said to exist between
Russia , Franco , Austria and Germany with
a view to future events In the Levant , nnd
mogotlntlons nre said to .bo In progress with
Italy In order to Induce her to Join the
league , which is supposed to have been ar-
rnnged for the apportionment among Its
members of the fragments of the Ottoman
empire In the eventual division , and which
evidently looks without displeasure upon the
prolongation of the present situation , ns it
leaves nn opening for startling complica
tions , H IH also alleged that Germany's
unconcern over the Frnnco-Ilusslan alliance
Is duo to the perfection of this rumorei !
quadrilateral agreement. The story Is prob
ably merely a new version of the rumors
concerning an anti-British combination o
the continental powers ; and it does > not
agree with the facts In several Important
particulars. The unsettled situation In the
near cast Is due. to the baflllng diplomacy
of the sultan , who Is prolonging the simo
In split ! of the powers and not lo please
them , and Kaiser Wllhelm continues to dis
play great concern over the Franco-Russian
sodality by ostentatiously rattling the do
bones of the Drelbund.
* * *
There Is no true representative govern
ment In India. The governor gencral-ln-
council is supreme , under u-spoiislblllty to
the Kngllsh cabinet olllcer , thu secretary ol
state for India , and Parliament. There are
only six councilors for administrative pur
poses though the viceroy may add for leg
islation n dozen more to his council. Under
them are lieutenant governors for the great
presidencies , commissioners for provinces
residents for tributary native states , deputy
commissioners or collectors for districts , and
no on down. The responsibility In this sys
tem turns upon the chief of the district
that Is , upon the deputy commissioner or
collector. He Is n collector only In the
sense of being a fiscal agent to receive anil
transmit revenues. In practice he Is the
source of paternal government , having very
largo discretion. The Calcutta council may
overrule him ; hut. In fact. It seldom does
an lonp ; ns his district Is quiet and prosper
ous. This official is expected to understand
Indian agriculture , native customs and man
ners , economics and everything pertaining
to the welfare of his subjects. So well have
these otllclals performed their work that
only a famine or a pliigun leads to discon
tent or fanatical outbreaks except in the
Upper Indus valleys.
* * *
An International incident of considerable
importance will probably grow out of the
new Belgian law which requires foreigners
resident in that country to serve in the
civic guard. The exemption of foreigners
from military .survlco in the country wherein
they may be temporarily residing Is well
recognized as a principle of international
law. A comparatively largo number of
Americans Is included In the foreign colony
of art students at Brussels , and the enforce
ment of the new law would doubtless evoke
from the unwilling conscripts apcals for pro
tection directed to this government. The
Belgian authorities assert that thn civic
guard IR not n military force , hut since the
guard would legally become nn auxiliary
force of the Belgian army in case ot war ,
and could be .called upon for garrison duty
In time of peril , this assertion must be re
garded as n mere subterfuge.
4 *
Emperor William of Germany has again
challenged the resentment of n largo num
ber of Ills subjects , if the t < pen bo true
that ho has squandered in personal cxtrava-
ganca what has been known as the Guelph
fund , amounting to over $15,000,000. This
fund represented the private fortune of the
blind king of Hanover , whleh was seized by
Bismarck In 18CC , at the lime of the unlllca-
tlon of the German states , because Hanover's
king refused to bow before the emperor of
Germany. The Interest of the fund was used
by Bismarck while lie remained In pow.-r.
for stntu purposes , such as subsidizing the
pros , utc. The understanding , when tin
fund was first seized , was that It would be
returned to the family of Hanover when the
legality of thu annexation ot Hanover by
Prussia was recognized. Bismarck never
touched the principal , but on onu pretext or
another ho always put off the transfer of th
fortune to Its rightful owners. If Wlllbm
has now dlss'pated ' It thu friendly relations
between tlio crowned heads of Kuropo will
siot bo greatly enhanced , for the family of
Hanover , of which'tl-o duku of ruinherl.nrl
Is the head , IB a branch of thn royal hoii-'e
"
f-f England , whence comcn thu "name of
Giiflph , as affixed to the fund. The duke ,
who Is the son and heir of Hanover's lite
king , married thu youngest daughter of the
k'lng and queen of Denmark , and Is a brother-
in-law of the dowager czarina , of the king
of Greece and the prlncers of Wales.
* * *
The silver jubilee , of King Oscar's corona
tion has awakened the old Brrnndotle-Na-
poloon controversy. The French admirers of
the great emperor still insist on libeling the
memory of Bcrnadotte ( afterward Charles
XIV of Sweden ) as that ot n traitor. Not
only do some historians nccuso him of
treachery to Napoleon , but they declare that
hu would also have betrayed the allies , and
have made himself an emperor after thu
Napoleonic model. But It Is also well lo ir-
inrnibcr that Bcrnadntto had been minister
of war while Bonaparte was In Kgypt , and
served splendidly us a marshal despltu his
rivalry with thu "Llttlo Corslcan. " Iln was
madu prliicu of Pnnte Corvo for his brilliant
feat at Aubterlltz , and hn only ru2igned and
washed Ills hands of Napoleon wlicn that
passionate ruler quarreled with him over the
battle ot Wasrum. AH for his work with the
allies It wns Bcrnadotte's soldiers that de
cided tlio battle of Leipzig.
Koyul makes the load pure ,
v hulesomu and delicious.
Absolutely euro
DOVAl BAKINO K3 * B CO. , ( W YORK.
SltCTIO.N ! ! U. I
Tribune : It Is untortunitc tlmt
the Attorney genrrnl could not see his wny
clenr to construing the language of th law
In such A way a * to dhcrt to American ioa > ls
the freight which they ore entitled to. It Is
( ill the more unfortunate that to feels be can.
not do so. slnro for jears Catwdi has had
A discriminating duty as regards loa , linpimc. !
for the purpose of giving trade to the C.IIKV-
dlan Pnelfle.
Globe-Democrat : The Attorney eonetat'i
Interpretation ot this section will , on tin
whole , give satisfaction to the country , in
tin' scope which some pernons desired to
give ( hit provision It would undoubtedly pro
voke retaliation nnd do the country more
harm than iood. The provision apprirn to
have been unnoticed by most of those who
voted for or against , the bill. It did not got
the consideration which Its Importance de
manded.
Pioneer Press : H will be nollce.t with
Interest that in one of the strongest pnlots
ot his arguments he sustains the oVlnlon
of Attorney General rhtlds that when a
law Is enacted relating generally to n sub
ject covered by a previous stntute. It can
not be taken lo repeal the prior statute
whrci there .lie no express words of re
peal , unlr j there Is an Irremediable con-
Illct between the two.
St. Paul Globe : It IH something to find
tlmt Rcctlun so inteipreted ns to leave It
effective for those purposes of protection
that were foremost In the mind of eongrt's *
without permitting It to lie n hlmlianee and
a charge upon the notion. The decision will
set nt rest much agitation , nnd Is wcleotno
both In Its practical bearing on nffnlrs nnd
In its defeat of one of the most notorious
Instances In our history of nn attempt to
chnngi ) cusunn and law by fraud.
Chicago Record : Attorney General Me-
Kenna seems lo have been about as much
In Ihe dark ns to the meaning of the now
famous sectlrn " 22" of Ihe tarift law ni
tlio e who enacted It Into legislation Hli
belated decision , hnt Its provisions do not
apply to direct Importations through Cinada
will be very pleasing to New I'ngland mer
chants and will relieve the Treisury do-
parlmei. of tmic'i Irou'ilr-son-e litigation and
at the same time remove Ktoundii for serious
protest nnd perhaps retaliation by Great
ihltaln and other countries affected. No\r
Kngland sustains pleasant and prnflta-Me re
lations with Canadian railroads. which
would have been seriously disturbed had At
torney General McKenna brought In a differ
ent lindlng , nnd as the chief protest came
from that quarter , everything , presumably ,
will quiet down now that the law has bonn
pronounced Inoperative as respects its moat
fid tons provision.
.MIHTII l\
Detroit Journal.
The homeliest grub will often mnko
The loveliest butterfly , they say. '
Why , I know a pretty girl who eats
Of pork and beans three times n day ,
Chlrncu Tribune.
Discouraged cyclist , unto thco
Tlio consolation's given
To know that there will never be
A sprinkling cart In heaven.
Detroit Krce Trees.
While wise women framn ndvlees
How each girl may catch n man.
Silly women nil get husbands ,
And without a shred of plan.
Inill.'itinpotlM Jonninl.
She learned to cook In order that
Ills love she might not lose ;
They say the hasn't cooked n thing ,
Kxcept , perhaps , her goose.
WnMilnntim Ptnr.
Cried he. "I'll kiss your tears away ! "
And , If wo may believe her ,
That wicked , wlleful , wanton witch
Was glad she had hay fever.
Clilcnt ! " Tribune.
If I had forty wives I might
Consent that one should learn
To took , for then , ns you may see ,
I'd have no wives to burn ,
noli nit Journal.
And when-sho went nnd married ,
This girl of whom we sing ,
She did a very foolish
( Albeit rich old ) thing.
nrooklyn Ufo.
I draw her closer ; In her eyes I see
Shadows of dreams and tender thoughts of
me.
Her lips are raised to mine ; and I , alas !
I draw her closer with my opera glass. .
Denver Tost.
She pacc'd her chamber lloor , a maiden fair
Upon her face a look of anxious care , i
Anon she sighed aye , even groaned , as
though
Her heaving breast wns rent with pangs of
woe !
Her hands were o'er her solar plexus pressed
As paced she back nnd forth In wild unrest.
And from her vocal works these words wuro
borne :
"I'll never eat another y'ear ot corn ! "
TllliVHISTIIM ! II ( V.
Nixon Waterman In I. . A.V. . ItiilMln.
When Uio curtnhm of rilght , 'tween tlio darlc
nnil Hit- light ,
Drop down nt the Bet of the sun ,
And tliu tellers wlio roam , to the loved ones
come hoinii ,
As tliuy pass by my window ! a ono
Whoso coming I mark , for the song of Uio
lark
As It joyously soars In the sky
Is no dearer to me than the notes glad and
free
Of the boy who ROCS whistling by.
If n sense of unreal sottloi over my breast
Anil my spirit Is clouded with care.
It all ( lies uway If ho happens to stray
T.ist my window n-wlilKtllng an nlr.
And 1 nuvcr shall know how much gladncwi
I ewe
To this joy of the oar and the eye ,
lint I'm sure I'm In dcbl for much pleaaurt
I gel
To this boy who goes wattling by.
And this music of his , how much better It li
Than lo burden his U. ' " with a frown ,
Kor the teller who wings to Ills purposes
brings
A hujin Ills endeavor to crown.
And whenever I hear his glad notes full
and clear ,
1 Hiiy to myself I will try
TJ mal < e oil of lifn with n Joy lo IIP rlfo ,
Lilio tint boy who goes whlaUng by.
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