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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1897)
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All riillroiiil iio vnlin > N nr - ] | > l1 Itllll CIKIIIKll IU-I > In ftpi'miiitiiiilnti * cvory I > I > H- HciifriT Mlio it n it ti lo rend u lnr TinHoc. . If you i-iiniiot K < - ( 11 llct * < nt n Irnlii front the IIPIVH nti'ii ( , plcuHc rei' ' > i'l < Iic fnvl , Miittlnp : tin * tt-iitn nml rnllrnml ( n lluClrculi'.t 1 < > " Dcpni-l ini'iU of Tlio lire * . The HIM : IN for Niilo nil all trains. INSIST OX IIA VIVO Tlin H12i : . Corn Is lln In Nebraska. ic roforni Is not just wluit It prohiiitls lo bn. Ncbrasla lins cnino lo the front IJus ywir , and H will stay HII > IT. have iinjliln to tnkt > back from tliolr statu platform ileclaratlons. Ncbrar.Ua lias not only iTi-ovorpd , but forced abuad , of any mark it evur rcnchctl. The nuo's crop rovfcw answiTs pretty well tin ) ( lUDbtlun wlietliet1 farming In Nebraska payfti. .Tudpo Sullivan's Ips record has not yet boon published by tlu > reform null-monopoly organs. When ( Jovernor lloUoinl"nio : ( > t Accinx Governor Haii.soin there will bp a de mand for pihtols and coffee. If tin1 police foree can stand reduction Why tihould not a little pruning be done in the lire department , too ? The Nebraska farmer has dui ; more out of the soil in the one year 1S')7 ) than the Alaska miner will dig out of Klondike In live year ? . Stop putting nickels Into the slot ma chines. Kvery dollar gambled away puts 150 cents Into the pockets of the slot machine syndicate and takes It out of Omaha. The annual squabble over the right of the Indians to hunt In Idaho and Wy oming Is on , but the general public would much prefer to have the talk of war in definitely postponed. When you Ilnd a pretended icpnbliean ventilating his grievances In thn local popocratle machine organ you may set him down aw.u galvanized renegade who < loen not Intend lo vote the republican ticket and only seeks a pretext for bolt- Thn closer the fall election approaches the more the absurdity of the calamity platform of the Iowa democrats forces Itself on the people. That platform will be preserved In the portfolio of political literature an a gem of hlud-slglited per spicuity. -AVasliliigtou dispatches foreshadow a 6upreme court decision In favor of the rhllroadu In tliu Nebraska maximum freight rate cases. That was a foregone conclusion almost as eon as Judge P.rewer had rendered his peculiar ver sion of the constitution. The only honest man In the court house tries to excuse his drawing two salaries by telling how he began the double sal- nry grabbing when ho was only deputy county clerk. It takes a man with a sensitive conscience like Uedfleld's to draw an Imaginary Hue like that. Comptroller ICckels has relumed to Washington enthusiastic over the condi tions and prospects of the west for con tinued Industrial advancement. Nothing opens the eyes of an observer to the re- nources and capabilities of the weutevn stales so well us a personal visit through them. It Is Just as serious a crlmo In No- lumkti lo bteal a cow as to steal a harso. Men are no longer hung for either of fense , but the discrimination that has BO long existed Jn favor of the hurso has been abolished by legislative enactment , vjliosi ) constitutionality has boon finally uillrmed by the supreme court. Chairman Hansom gets even with the populist handbook makers. The popu- lUt htuulbook charges Hansom with pock- otlim Jf-'iOO of btute money stolen by Kit- gene Moore , HIUIKOIU charges back that the poniillbt governor lo.-U the state ? 1S7- 000 by allowing' Hartley to enter upon a second term , knowing Uiat lie was $ U50- 001) ahort. A And now cornea Frank Hansom , chair man of the free silver republican state committee , nnd in open court charges that .Silas A.lloleomb ns governor of the state of Nebraska deliberately connived In the defalcation of state funds for which ex-Treasurer Joseph S. Hartley has been convicted. This Is n most grave charge to be made against the chief ex ecutive and If piovcd would subject him to Impeachment and summary removal from oillce. The occasion of presenting this Indict ment of the governor Is the suit to re cover the embezzled money from the sureties on Hartley's olllclal bond. As attorney for these bondsmen , Hansom offers to prove through the testimony of ex-Deputy Treasurer Hartlelt lhat before the bond was approved by him Gov ernor llolcomb knew n shortage of ? . ' { "t > , f"00 " existed In- the state treasury. Mr. Hansom furthermore asserts that fraud was peipetratod on the sureties by the gove.mor of the slate of Nebraska which Hhould release them from the ob ligation to make good the state's loss. AVhcther Ibis l a valid defense to the stilt Is Immaterial so far as It affects the relations of Governor llolcomb lo the people of Nebraska. The court may hold lhat Hartley's bondsmen are rclea.sud In whole or In part from liability by the failure of the governor to Inform them of the condition of the treasury , but that would not relieve the governor from the responsibility which devolves upon him under Hie constitution. According to Hansom he Is ready to show that Hartlett was present In a meeting between Governor llolcomb and ex-Stale Treasurei- Hartley , In which the former was given knowledge of the $ : t0- 000 shortage in the otllce. Unless the trial Judge permits the Introduction of lehllmouy on this point we shall remain In the dark as to the- exact amount of Hartley's shortage at the end of his llrst term. That there would have been a shortage of many thousands of dollars liad Hartley been forced to make a show ing of the funds hi his custody there is not the remotest doubt. That the gov ernor was forewarned of this fact Is also beyond doubt. The editor of The Hce represented to the governor previous to the acceptance of Hartley's bond that Hartley would turn out a defaulter , and not only once , but several times , urged upon him to compel a full accounting. To lii.s failure to do ? o must be ascribed whatever loss the taxpayers have sus tained during Hartley's second term , which was llolcomb's first term. With out Impugning the personal honesty of Governor riolcomb. bis lack of backbone to hold Hartley to a rigid accouullng has brought upon the state much of the tlnancial embarrassment that has over taken the treasury. I'noi.oxtirM ] mi : sus The reply of the Hritish government to the bimetallic proposals submitted to It by the representatives of the United StateH and France will not be made a.s soon as was expected. It is announced that It may not be forthcoming for some weeks , owing to the fact that no arrange ment has been made for a conference with a. view to securing a more definite uudwblanding as to what the United Stales and France expect. This may be simply a subterfuge , or it may mean that the Hritish cabinet desires to obtain the views of the Indian government before making its answer.- There Is an uncon firmed report that the Indian govern ment has notified the Hritlsh cabinet that It cannot reopen the question of the In dian currency and will not bo a party to the reopening of the mints for the free coinage of silver. It Is quite probable that this statement Is well founded , for there Is no doubt that sncji is the posi tion of Ihe Indian government. It does not desire the reopening of the mints to the free coinage of silver , for the very conclusive reason that no benefit could accrue to India from hiicb a course , but on the contrary that country might suf fer very givat Injury from It. Under existing conditions the currency of India Is having comparative stability. The value of the rupee is maintained , but It could not. be with the free coinage of sil ver resumed , because then it would de cline to Its bullion value. The stability of the .rupee . very largely depends upon the restriction of coinage and a de parture from Ihls policy could not fall to have a most unsettling effect. The In dian government , therefore , would be far more likely to favor the adoption of the gold standard than a return to the free coinage of Mlviir. In further delaying Its reply the Brit ish government prolongs the suspense , but there Is nothing In the circumstance at all encouraging to the cause of Inter national bimetallism. It Is perfectly safe to say that the Hrlllsh governmenl has not the slightest Intention to do any thing for silver. The storm of rciiion- stranre against the proposal of the Hank of to one-fifth of Its Kngland keep - re serves In silver cannot have failed to con- vlnco the ministry that it could do noth ing more unpopular or more certain to operate to Us pollllcal disadvantage than to adopt any.policy which would change existing monetary conditions. The holdIng - Ing by the Hank of Kngland of one-ilfth of Its rescrvo In silver would do very little Indeed for the white metal , but the practically unanimous financial senti ment of Uagland Is Intensely opposed to doing oven that little. It Is manifestly Idle , therefore , to suppose that the Hrit ish government can be persuaded to take any slept * that will antagonize this senti ment , with the certain effect of seriously disturbing and unsettling the financial situation. International bimetallism may be a fu ture possibility , but If so It Is remote. Thorn are as earnest advocates of It In England , France and Germany now as thiM-u has ewr been , but In nil these countries the weight of financial seiitl- niont Is henvlby ngnhmt It and this will prevail. Whatever may be the motive of the Hritish government In delaying a statement of Its position there can be no reasonable doubt as to what that posi tion Is. CANADA'S A'fTlTVDK. The attitude of Canada toward the United States Is distinctly unfriendly and It Is rather surprising to Ilnd that Lord Salisbury nnd Mr. Chnmberlnln are disposed to countenance nnd encourage this. There Is no doubt that Canadian Intliieiice Is wholly responsible for the decision of the Hritish government In reference to the proposed seal eonfer- ence , as It has been for the failure of lhat government , ns set forth by Secretary Sherman , to fulfill Its obligations in con nection with the protection of the seals. That the Hritish government should give all reasonable and proper consideration to the views nnd wishes of the Canadians ns to all matters of controversy with this country Is of course to be expected , but It Is most unwise policy to encourage the spirit of unfriendliness , because that may invite retaliation which would possi bly have serious consequences. Neigh borly good feeling should be cultivated between the United States nnd Canada and all their rein lions should be amicable and marked by absolute fairness and justice , it ought to be obvious to Hrlllsh statesmen that only In this way can peace between Ihe two countries be per petuated , for the American people cannot - not be expected to always calmly tolerate manifestations of hostility by a people greatly Inferior In numbers. VKIW KXTHllS TIIK LIST. Peru has decided to adopt the gold standard as the only solution of Us llnan- clal troubles. Thus another country which has long experimented with an Inferior currency , to lt serious loss and disadvantage , has been compelled to adopt the monetary basis of the commer cial world and place Itself in line with the gold standard countries. The deci sion to make this advance was reached after due deliberation and although there was but a bare majority In the Chamber of Deputies favorable to It the fact of such a country as Peru adopting the gold standard is Interesting and in structive. Two years ago Chill adopted the gold otandn.nl . and her prosperity has steadily grown since. That example un doubtedly exerted no little Influence upon Peru and the action of the latter country , it may safely bo predicted , will have an effect upon other South American stales favorable to the gold standard , for all of them are in more or less financial trouble. There are dltllcultles attending transition from an unsound monetary condition lo a sound basis , but no coun try that wants to keep In the race of ma terial progress , to keep abreast with the advance of civilization , will hesllate to make the transition , however great the dilllcultles to be overcome. Within two generations , or since 1810 , the gold standard has made the tour of the world. Its progress has been con temporaneous with the spread of civiliza tion and the development of commerce. That It will continue to advance until It becomes the universal standard there is not a reasonable doubt. The great com mercial nations of the world being firmly wedded to the gold standard it is In evitable that the countries which have not got that standard must In time come to it The newspaper champion of the mon grel counly ticket bemoans the action of the republican county committee In re jecting the defective petition of a con testing Third ward delegation and charges the chairman with lawless dis crimination. The primary election law requires compliance with the regulations established by the county committee. These regulations prescribe as a condi tion to the filing of names a petition signed by at least twenty republican electors of the ward. The rejected pe tition contained only fifteen names of legal republican voters and eleven names of non-residents and minors. Three of the names on the petllion were signed by St. Louis traveling men , who had been In Omaha less than forty-eight hours. The committee therefore could not have acted differently and comply with the law. The South Dakota courts evidently have not much sympathy with men who volun tarily assume liabilities as sureties on olllclal bonds and then try In escape by technicalities from payment when de fault Is made by the principals. The de cision holding that the validity of a bond is not affected by reason of the bonds men undertaking to make good more than the face of the document Is com mon sense. When men sign bonds they agree to make good any shortage up to the sum named ami because they qualify In greater sum constitutes no release. When men understand that a Ixmrt means something and will be enforced In event of forfeiture they will exercise euro not only In alllxing their signatures , but In surveillance of the principal whose surety they have become. One would suppose that physicians In telligent enough to secure license to prac tice would bo Intelligent enough to co operate with public olllclals In their ef forts to prevent the spread of the yellow fever epidemic In the southern states. The health boards whlchhavesupurvlslon of the Infected districts would have un qualified popular support In severe meas ures of discipline upon physicians who know what Is expected of them , but de liberately neglect their duty to give no tice of fever patients and lake steps to quarantine them. When Acting Governor Hansom , chair man of the free silver republican state committee , stood up In open court before Judge Powell and charged Governor Hoi- comb with knowingly and willfully abet ting the defalcation of Hartley he drove the stiletto Into llolcomb's back up to the hilt That was the most unkintlcat cut of all. Judge Sullivan when re-elected to the district bench on n demo-pop fusion ticket showed his appreciation of the favor and his devotion to the cause by giving the only lucrative Job In his court , that of stenographer , to u .rampant gold- bug democrat and eon of a Grover Cleveland - land ofllceholdqr. In return for this ell- verltea are ngkod to confide In Judge Sul livan's professions of loyalty to the white metal and place him by their votes upon the supreme1 court bench. The rallrortly have had nothing to com. plain of In tliejr'trcalmcnt by Hie reform Stale Hoard of Transportation. The three $ -,000a-year secretaries who con stitute the board wore not appointed un til they were stamped approved by the railroad manapoYs , and though they call themselves populist , democrat nnd sliver republican , respectively , they know to whom they o\\'e'their jobs and where to report for orders. The popocrats must either revise their arraignment holding the republican party responsible for the Hartley defalcation or refute the charge which the chairman of one of their three state committees makes , putting the responsibility upon the popocratlc governor. Hilt ( InCnc ( HrcHplN Chicago Tlinos-HcraM. At tlio conclusion of one of William J. Brynn's lectures the other day an old farmer rushed up to him , shook hands enthusiastic ally nnd asltcd : "Have you seen tlio gen eral ? " And the Boy Orator forgot to smllo for the next four hours. llnroiiiclfr of Hotter Itunliicxn. Mlnnenpolla Journal , The facts that the average of liabilities In tlio failures reported for the last quarter of the year Is the lowest In twenty-thrco yearn , and the total or failures Is the lowest slnco 1S92 , arc pretty substantial proof that the dawn of better times Is deepening. pr tlio Kooln. I ulsvlllo Courier-Journal. A visiting populist orator. Congressman 'Howard ' of Aldtama , has boon greatly edlfy- Ir.g his hearers In this state by pointing out the pit which the sllverftci dug for them selves when they got up that elaborate wheat ami silver comparison , last year and which some arc still foolish enough to use this campaign.Vo populists were novcr fools enough to say that , " declare ? Mr. Howard with urbanity and emphasis.Vo let the silver democrats do that , for wo knew better , " Oh , Lord ! Prevention Hi-tter Thn it Cure. Philadelphia Ledger. Prevention Is not only better than euro , but tt Is likely to "be less expensive. It Is estimated that the yellow fever has cost , or will cost , the states affected by It more than $300,000 for quarantine alone ; the loss suffered by the city ot New Orleans by reason of loss of trade Is put at $23.000.000 ; that of Mobile , from the same cause , at $2,500,000 , and those of other affected cities , at least $10,000,000 more. If these amounts had been expended In putting the cities In good sanitary condition , so that they need not fear Infection , they would show much better results , both directly and Indirectly. So Mttlf Left. Chicago Post. Poor Barney Barnatol It has been dis covered that when ho died ho left "only $3,000,000. " While we were looking upon him op little short of a Croesus there was really "only $5,006,000" between , him and starvation. When wo talked about his diamonds mends and reveled In pictures of him In the marvelous smoking. Jacket that became BO familiar we little knew that If ho should loss a few millions' of dollars some day he would bo nothing but a millionaire. Poor Parnoy ! And yet ho was not alone. There have been , several others who have had lo worry along on "only $5,000,000" or loss. The I'rolilem or GettingOut. . Chicago Chronicle. It ! s significant that the news from the Klondike region now consists largely of In structions how to get out of that favored spot rather than how td secure an. entrance thereto. One active gentleman announces that he irade the- trip from the gold fields to the outprsts of civilization In nlno days. As there are several hundred others still in Dawson City who will Infallibly starve to -out too the information death unless they can getout formation Is of value. At any rate , the fact that the excdus'has began will be reassuring to people who view with disgust the pros pect oi their fellow men dying like rats In a tra < > amid the rigors of an arctic .winter. A INipocrutle lloonx-rnilK' . Minneapolis Tribune The popocrats of Iowa have been neatly cornered In an attempt to prejudice the voters cf the state against Mr. Shaw , the republican candidate for governor. They started out to show by Insinuation that he was a usurious money lender , but the re publican committee got ahead of them by printing the facts first , proving beyond question that while he has represented east ern money loaners for years , ho has made an exceptional record , as ho has not fore closed a mortgage out of $2,000,000 which he has handled. It will dawn on some political msnagers some of those days that the era of personal politics has passed and that cam- palgmi must bo fought on the merits of thct respective parties. I'OMTIOAIi 1JU1KT. The campaign In Now York City has reached the straw vote stage. A free silver rally\ with a barbecue auxil iary failed to draw a crowd In Kentucky. William C. Whitney fled from Now York as soon as the tiger announced Van Wyck for mayor. rrho grandson of the late General Benja min V. Butler U a candidate Tor the legis lature In Lowell , 'Mass. Notwithstanding early reports to the contrary the constitutional amendments pro hibiting race track gambling In New Jersey was carried by lr H than 1,000 majority. Connecticut has adopted a constitutional amendment providing that no man shall vote without proving his ability to read the constitution and state statutes In the Eng lish language. Senator Caffery of Louisiana said recently In speaking of the water hyacinths which are such a pest to the people of his state and Florida : "If J don't get rid of those hyacinths the people will never elect me to congress again , " The Now York newspapers nro criticising Candidate Van Wyck because the knicker bockers ho weam when he- rides his wheel are apparently not as now as they might bo. They foigct that Van Wyck cornea of an old Knickerbocker family. The crusade of the Woman'o Hcscuo league against honoring bachelor politicians In Mas achiuicttrf has had a contrary effect. It is a solemn , melancholy fact that two bachelors have by n , nominated for governor of the 'Bay stalls. . | rNo wonder the sacred codfish mingles Its tears with the spurned rescuers. Charley Walsh' , of Iowa and the United States .has been Ijivlted by the Iowa Federa tion of Labor to explain why a newspaper plant in which } io has an Interest will not cmpUy union men.Of course , Charley con siders that an Impertinent question to fire at an unselllsh friend of man. Jt irritates and tend a to distract his Incessant struggle for pie. Grover Cleveland docs not appear disturbed over the gosslp'-about his probable re-entry Into public HfeiUlMio harbors such Inten tion lie hasn't ! token Now Jersey or the country into big' confidence. Cleveland was born In New Jersey , and If ho wants to represent his native utate In the United States senate , and Now Jersey sanctions his wlshra , the north end of the national capital la not likely to t > ag to a dangerous extent. Bx-CongrcEsman John II. Caldwcll of Louisville , a Ilryanito from nryanvlllo , hat repudiated the Chicago platform. In a let ter to the Courier-Journal Mr. Caldwcll fully states his position. He matntnlns that ho Is still practically a silver man , but as serts that the silver luue ia dead , Mr. Caldwell says : "I now believe that the gold standard will becomes -universal before the close of the century : -believe now as much as I ever Old In the wisdom of bimetallism , but recognize that unless some great un foreseen upheaval occurs Tree sliver coin age In thU country 1s not a question of prac tical politics and will u < ot be the Isaue o ! 1900. " Wimt the tlnea nl * l Crona or lh Antelope Stnto Promise. T. TV. niAcktmrn In N w York Indft'tnicnt. Nebraska ha Just harvested < 0,000,000 bushels of rare wheat. Her coru crop li esllwaloJ at 300,000,000 buhol . Every thing that grown on our fertile neil haa been prolific In the extreme. SuR.ir boeti and chicory , the special crops , have almost been forgotten In the Immcnso results achieved by the cereals. The rains have fallen in season , and Irrigation bonds are at a decided discount. The rnngcs were never before so rich with grasses , and hny In the meadow has been phenomenally heavy. Everything Is coming our w y , to use the breezy western phrase expressing commercial prosperity ; and our farmers arc not simply Independent , they are opulent. Hundreds of farms have this year yloldcd moru In exchangeable products than would pay for the lands , U Is no exaggeration to say that Nebraska's wheat crop ulouo Is sufficient to pay off every farm mortgage In the state , and the other crops and stock ready to bo marketed nro fully equal to the payment ot the entire Indcbtodncas of all the people , Including municipal bonds and annual taxes , Nebraska astonishes herself uvcry few years -by lifting her people out of dnht with a single year's crop yield , Under normal conditions the slate Is exceptionally fertile and extravagantly productive. , nnd normal conditions are merely seasonable weather with seasonable moisture. The year just passed has restored the reputation which crop failures and low prices had sadly Im paired. The eastern loan company , which registered a solemn pledge never again to risk money on Nebraska mortgages , flnds Its securities nml Its foreclosed tracts ot land lifted In a slnglo season from doubt and un certainty to the gilt-edge class always In demand by investors. The era of poverty and the period ot liqui dation' produced populism. The cause ot distress Is no more ; but the child of distress has grown to maturity , and the wall which announced Its entry Into existence has not ceased vibrating. The railroads cannot sup ply cars enough to haul away the produce , and the banks are sadly put to for funds to meet the demands of exchange ; but the peripatetic calamity howler has not ceased from troubling , tho' the "common people" are at rest. The gold standard and the robber tariff are yet the best of bogy-men , and the surprise of the returning , present prosperity hai not yet discouraged the dema gogue or torn away the hideous mask of repudlatlcn. Rvcn the level-headed populist governor of the state hurls anathemas at "the conditions which have ground out the life of the agriculturist , " and stock fientl- ments , which facts hive discounted and frui tion has made ridiculous , are read Into party platforms and speeches of populist politicians But the end Is near. Nothing Is so dis couraging to the modcrni political theorist with , u cheap dollar as the facts which the past nlno months have developed and the Immediate present has brought Into bolhg. By the opening of spring , nature and com mon sense will be on sppaklng terms , and happiness scid commerce will bo in their "honeymoon. " When these conditions pre vail , native honesty and native Intelligence will again asseert themselves. The state will be redeemed , and money will mo longer hide Its head for fear of communism nnd confiscation. Nebraska Is all right right In head , in heart and In pocket ; and timorous Investors will recover courage and seek again the securities which misfortune pronounced unsafe. ni3nuiATixo STOCK YAHDS. The Heccut DeclNlon Upholding the ICllllDIIM I.tHV. Knrnas City Star. The declslra will doubtless render Judge Foster the object of severe censure by per sons who are directly Interested In the stock yards company and by those who think Its position In the case Is right. They will bo inclined to charge that the court was Influenced by populist sentiment against cor porations , rather than by the sole question as to what Is Just and equitable. ' But such persons are the very ones who have been most vehement In deploring the complaints against the courts because of recent decisions In favor of corporations. They have strongly Insisted that the path of safety la In maintaining respect for the Judiciary. It is their turn now to show the obedience to this power which they have advocated. They have no more reason for objecting to Judge Foster's decision on the grounds that ho was Influenced by popular clamor against corporations than the radical labor leaders and politicians have to denounce courts on account of their alleged disposition to stand by the corporations and to Ignore what cer tain , classes are pleased to call the rights ot the common people. As a matter of fact , the rights of the com mon people and the rights of corporations are perfectly safe In the han.'s of the courts of this country. Judges are human and therefore liable to error , and there are many curious judicial rulings , just as there are numerous and conspicuous examples of mis guided political leaders honestly advocating theories which are inimical to the public welfare. But it Is true , nevertheless , that the great majority of court decisions are confirmed by time , however objectionable they may tie to some persons when they are made. Whatever the particular opinion of Individ uals respecting public questions may be , a wholesome respect for the courts Is gen erally recognized as. the strongest safeguard of the rights of all the people , and It Is qulto as Important for the officials of cor porations as for the masses ot the people to do all In their power to maintain this sentiment. VOUH-OOHVFilUKIl KICIIT. Philadelphia , Tlmos ( dem. ) : It now seems settled that there will be a scrub race for the election of mayor and other municipal officials of Greater Now York. Confusion wora confounded prevails throughout both lartlcs , and K -Impossible at this stagu of ho contest to estimate with any degree of accuracy the outcome of the Inttle. Kansas Olty Star ( lud. ) : The chance of the election of Henry George to the ofllco of mayor of Creator Now York Is less forbidden , han other possibilities Incident Lo the com- ng election In that city the election of Crokor's JackJn-tho-box , Van Wyck , the Tammany candidate , for example. Mr. Jeorgo may have some theories that do nc't nwt the approval of conservative men- , but 10 lu Bcrupuloualy lioncst , entirely capable and Blncularly Independent , and the hclec- | .Ion of such a manas the first elilcf naglstrato of the now city would guarantee clean government at least. All the estimates | iut Mr. Oeorgo among the leading candidates r and It , Is Infinitely butter that ho should bo | hero than that hla Tammany rival bhoiild ) o In Ihe lead , * Baltimore Sun ( dem. ) : Hack of Seth Low Is the best sentiment of all the txir- ouglis of Greater Now York. Domoirntu , re- lUblli-ans , Independents , in fact , men of all shades of political convictions have com- lined to overthrow the domination of Boss Platt and the spollshunllng Tammany or- ; aiiUatlon , In Ihe four-cornered light that will bo waged Seth Low's candidacy will ap- loal anost powei fully to those who bellisve n non-partisan municipal government In ; the Interests of all the people. Of course , | .Mr. Platt and the Tammany leaders nwy be able lo "get together" and to compare -the lefeat of Mr. Low , but the plans of the jasbcs of both parties have failed before , and the machine politicians may liavo a gioat surprise awaiting them In the Novem- jer election. Chicago Post ( rep. ) ! Mr. Low represents the progressive modern vlf w of municipal government. He dora not believe In the Ictlon of responsibility of a local admlnls- ratlon to a national party. Ho stands for 'direct and continuous responsibility of offi cials to the people themselves. " In other words , ho holds that local officials have lothlng to do , as mich , with questions of mtlonal government , and that education , franchises , etreet cleaning , police ami fire irotectlon , etc. , have nothing to do with sliver , tariff , Cuba , Hawaii and the Mon roe doctrine , This is the proper position and If Mr. Low should win. his victory would greatly advance the cause of good government and homo rule for munlclpall- les. Whether his chances are very bright a -different question and one whlth can not now be answered with any rational as surance. OTII12H LANDS THAN OU11S. There Are no signs that the kfclscr Intondi to accept the defeat ot hid lost n.ivnl bill as flnM nor oven that nnothor parliamentary rejection would cnuso him to abate his efforts to inako Germany strong At sea. A IIAVA ! measure has now been prvued | calling for an appropriation ot 410,000,000 marka to bo distributed over seven years and to piy for the construction ot ten battleships nnd AS many smaller vessels. It Is Riven out by the iMlilnct that If these proposals are de feated the Reichstag will be dissolved ami new elections ordered , In which the n.ivrtl plans of the emperor will bo made the prin cipal Issue. The belief prevails In olllelal circles that the country would vole nyo. The program as It stands ls not an ambitious OHO and Is not calculated to arouse the criti cism which the earlier declaration that Ger many ought to prepare to dispute thn marl- time right of way with England so quickly evoked. Twenty vessels In coveu years do not Imply anything extraordinary. Tins Mtio Is leH than three ships per annum , a smaller number than the United States has been In the lubll of providing. During th.it period ttnqlaml may easily add 100 ships to her gigantic war marine. Lust year the au thorized inoriMse wes thirty-five. i\s for France , twenty vessels are not unlikely to bo provided for In the estimates of < tlu < next t \vel\eiiionlli. Kveii Japan's naval progress far exceeds the numerical prognm of Ger many as laid Jown In what may be called the Imperial ultimatum. * Progress Is being made toward n federal union of the Australian colonies. A conven tion was , Itwill bo remembered , held at Adelaide In February last , nt which a fed eral constitution was drafted. That docu ment was thru submitted to the various colonial legislatures for review and criticism. To Hint work much time was given. The legislatures had no power to alter the con- Etltutlon but merely to suggest amend ments ; and they did the latter with n ven- gn.ince. Scarcely a clause was passed 1111- crltlclsed , nnd on scarcely ono imggestcd ehatiRis did any two legislatures ngrec. Finally the little bit ot constitution and the monstrous mass ot comment , criticism and advice w.ero submitted to the convention again , when It rcasscmled at Sydney n few weeks ago. Had the convention been com pelled to accept all or nny of the legislative suRg'jatlons , the whole scheme would have failed. For the action ot the legislatures was almost Invariably against federation. Uut the convention had n free hand ; It was governed by a spirit of reasonable comprom ise , and the result of its deliberations bids fair to bo a decided step toward federation. The proceedings at the Flemish congress held a little while ago at Amlrnardo provo the growing determination ot the Flemish part of the Belgian oopulatlon to secure the full legal lehabllltatlon of their language. The congress , which was marked by fervent enthusiasm , was divided Into three suctions , of which the llrst nets devoted tea consider ation of the best way ot Insuring the teaching of the Flemish tongue In nil educational es tablishments. One reslutlon passed was to the effect that It Is desirable- that the higher Instruction given In the University of Ghent should be gradually made to adopt an es-scn- tlally Flemish character. The nccoml section , presided over by an Antwerp deputy , M. Houvelmcins. dealt with the Ucvrlcndt-Uoro- mans law , whl-ili an orator doclaroj to be a question of life or death for the Flemish race. Concerning the question or the- employ ment ot Flemish in the army , a resolution was adciitcd declaring that all Belg'.in . offle-crs should bo obliged to piss an cxaminttlon In that language. The Abbo Daens u-gued that the enforced use of Flemish In the army offered nwnv dlfllcultlos , and asked whether the reslmcnts should be classified as Flemish and Walloon. He thought the onlv solution of the difficulty was to tearh both languages to nil the rising generation. M. Cnremans agreed to the , latter proposition , but Insisted that priority must bo given to Flemish over French In all the schools. As regarded ths division of army corps Into French and Flem ish , he declared that such an arrangement had been provided for long ago. * * * It Is said to tie well known at Madrid , ns well as at Home , that the death of the pres ent pontiff will constitute the signal of the long-deferred outbreak ot a Carllst Insurrec tion , which will provo the final blow to the tenure ot the Spanish throne by the descend ants of King Ferdinand and of his Neapolitan consort , the late Queen Christine. Carloa does not dae to move until the pope dies. For he has been threatened with cxeommunl- catlon If ho does , and he knows full well that It would be hcoeless for him to attempt to accomplish anything In Spain with the ban ot the church resting upon him. But this menace will disappear with the pope's death , and It Is suggested that within thli-t > tlavs of the demise of his holiness , Don Car los. accompanied by his eon , Dan Jaime ; his brother , Don Alphnnso ; Lord Ahhburnham. the Co mite du Malllc , and all Ms other friends would make his appearance at so-ne point south of the Pyrennces and raise the stand ard ot the Carllst cause , to which a largo number of the now deeply disgusted and angered conservative , generals nnd Btatermcn may be expected to join without dolay. 4-k * Dr. Lang , the vice president of the Hun garian Chamber of Deputies , delivered nn Important speech to his constituents the other day , In the course of which he dis- ctisscds the consequences to Hungary of a constitutional deadlock In Austria. Ho snld that many opponents of the federal pact of 18(17 ( argued that in such a case Ihe con- stllutlotial union with Austria would col lapse , and even come friends of the Augslelch feared that It would bo affected to the prej udice ot Hungary. Them could be nn ques tion , be thought , that the possibility of a disturbance of thn constitutional machinery In Austria would bo a serious event , the morn especially as the act of union of the year 1SR7 repeatedly declared ono of the flrst essentials of tbo arrangement to be the exIstence - Istenco ot a constitutional regime In the Austrian half of the monarchy. It would ho premature nt the present moment when nil hopes of the maintenance of that system was not abandoned , to consider that con tingency In detail. Ho wns of opinion , how ever. lhat an eventual crisis In Austria would Increase rather than diminish the Impor tance of Hungary In the dual system , It was unqtiratlonabic that n suspension of the Austrian constitution would weaken the monarchy abroad , but this evil would chiefly Affect the country In which It originated , whllo U would cnhnnco the value of th regular working ot the constitution In Him- Kftry. In thnt cnso the prcsttgt Mid power of the monarchy would dcpond , It not exclu sively , nt Ic-Ast lu the main , upon progres sive nnd constitutional Hungary. In rocog- nlzltig thU Incidental Advantage , however , he dlit not forget that enrli n condition ol nffulrft lu Attetrlaould diminish the Kuro- pe n Importance ot both states , Czar Nicholas , before leaving St. Peters burg for Darmstadt , where he Is now atny- tng with hl consort on n visit to his brother- in-law , the prnnd duke of Hesse , gn\ > orders for the drafting of n decree which ho ex- prossen hl Intention a ( signing Immediately on hts return to Russia , nml which provides for the Introduction of compulsory education , free of cost , for nil clarees of the population. This move on his part in encountering an Immouso amount of opposition , especially In government circles , where It Is nrgued that the principal Kourco nnd cnuso of nihilism Is the o\ereduentlou of the lower classes ot the population , for whom no occupation In Keeping with their Intellectual attdlnmentd can bo provided or found , nil it who nro therefore so dissatisfied with their lot that thulr dlncontent takes the form of anarchy ntid nihilism , IMTIIUI > I.-UOH THK HTIMI * . IiuUniupolls JournalExGovernor Hole * of town will make no moro speeches In the campaign. He Insists that 1C to 1 ns nn Issue is a failure. WJilln Mr. Bryan has been telling thnt the 1C to 1 sentiment is spreading , c.\-0ovi'rnor Ilolis hns declared that It Is dying out. ; Davemort Democrat : Word points from Waterloo that CJo\crnnr Bolts will not bo hoard from again this camnalgii. Ho la evidently disgusted with fuslonlam. Hut ho h.is spoken and ( lie ono speech thnt ho made will be .heard over and over again. If the campaign \\ero b.isod on stnto issues , as It ougnt to bo , Governor Boles \sottlil bent nt the front , lie would do his part In as suring n tlemoerntlc victory. It ia re gretted by every democrat that the ttst him been made on an Issue altogether foreign. Globe-Dc-mocMt : The fact thnt ux-Oov- ernor Boles of Iowa refuses to mump that state any longer for the Ilryanito ticket will dlsrotirago that party , but It will not sur prise Intelligent persona. Holes abandoned free silver several months ago , nnd most of the other Chicago platform adherents are dolns the snmo thing now , but Helen ! moving In n < lirfcrcnt direction from the others. Ho apparently thinks there Is too mu'li flallsm and dishonesty In sllverlsm , whllo other Hryanlto chieftains think there Is not enough. Thus while ho is moving to ward the sound money side they are drop ping to grcenbacklsm. Men like Boles hnv no place In the Drynnlte party of today. ChlcnKO Hcconl. Many m n could mend their fortunes In sv jllTy , seems to me , Ifjnpy saved the tlino they squander KIckliiK at pi-o.-peilty. I'hllmlolplila Hcconl. There's always a Bonn somewhere , my dear. F : musle lives nye on the wine ; And where there's u sons how exeeedliiuly QUOIT ! There's a girl who believe * ; she can a\ne- \ Inillnunpcills Journal. 'Of course the oillcosefUs the man , And I am he , " they hoard him say. "The tioublo Is th.it each who can Persist In KOttinir In thu way. " IMillnilplphln Noith American. At mldnlKliti , on his downy couch , The Ttuk now dreams through wakeful liouiu Of hC'.M he deftly sold sold hilcks To Kurope'H vain and pompous powers. Chicago News. Whpn the poet uliiRS , In nn eaay How , Of the ( food , sl.id days of the loiur ago , Ills sons , of course , means the cheerful sum It will lirliiR lu the Rood , Kind dnys to come. AVa'-liliiBton Star. The spirit of mortal should never ho proud. Yet t e bland exultation that crecpn Through hit hosom ho ciatinot conceal from the crowd When ho doffs hln old Straw hnt for ttceps. Detroit Journal. "Tho price of happiness Is mine , " S.iys she , and \vlio may doubt her ? Since she Is dressed in style , so has She not the price about her ? IJenvcr Tost. Mary had a little- Iamb With which she used to play And with that little .sheep sho'd gam- Dul on the green nil day. Uut Mary as a chum appears Not with that sheejslot now ; 'T bus grown to rumhood , nnd Hhvs fear The buttness of Us brow. AT A COU'HOY DA.YCI3. i Denver Post. Git yo1 little sanelic-na i-endy ; Trot 'em out upon thu lloor Line up there , you cus-es ! Stcadyl Lively now ! One couple moro. Shorty , shed that ol' sombrero ! Ilruncho , douse Hint cigarette ! Stop yer ciiscln1. CnHlmero , 'Fore the ladles ! Now , nil sell S'luto yer ladles ; all together ! Ladles opposite the tnnie ; Jilt the lumber with yer leather ! Unlnnce all , an' H\VIIK | yer dame ! Hunch the helfora In the middle ! Circle BtitKH , and do-se-do Pay attention to the fiddle ! Swing hcr'round an' off you go ! Flrt four forward ! Hnek to places ! Second foller ! Shnllle luck ! Now you've iot It down to cases ! SwIiiB 'em till their trotters cruckl Gents all rlKht it heel an' toiiln ! Swing'em ; klra 'em If you kin ! On to next , nn' keep a gain' Till yo' hit yer parda agin ! Genln to center ; Indies 'round 'cm , Form a basket ; balance all ! Whirl yer unla lo whurcs yo1 found 'eml Promenade iiioiind the ball ! Ualance to yer pardu , an' trot 'em 'Hound the circle double quick ! Grub an' kHs ' ' ' 'em while you've got 'eml Hold 'cm to It If they kick ! Ladles' left band to vcr sonnies ! Alainun ! Grand right an' left ! Balance all an' mvlng yor honles Pick 'oin up < m' feel their heft ! Promenade like skeery cattle ! Italanco all , an1 swing yer mveetfl ! Shake yer spun * an" innko 'em rattle ! Keno ! Promenade to seats. Drufis are used in imitation qf POSTUM Cereal Food Coffee to give it a bitter or coffee taste. * M In the desperate attempts of coun terfeiters to take the public money , they resort to ingredients that are hnrmhil to the human stomach. It took over a year of experimenting . m ing to learn how to prepare pure Ce fii ' ' * reals to f'ive them a coffee flavor and yet preberve their absolute purity and food value. No other Cereal Coffee with a distinct ' - Coffee flavor is pure and harmless. X'tf-S d : All fjoniiliui packages of Podtuin have rod uould and the wordy , "It uiakoB red blood , " thurcuu.
