THE OMAHA JDAILV UEfc , "WBDNESDAY , QCTQinfiK 20. 18 7. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BER K , HOSUWATun , Keillor. HVKIIY MOUSING. TIIHMS OP SUIMCUirrtON. Dully lice ( Without Sunday ) . One Year. S M Jally Hee nnd Sunday , One Year 8 W Nil Month * IThrfe M mtln . . ' Hundny llrr , On * Year . * J * Hnturelny Hep , One \car . 1 M Vttkly Ike , One Yonr . < * orricisi Otnalm The Ike Uullillng . , , _ . Hewitt Omnlm. Sinner tl k , Cor N and ! llh St Council muffs. 10 1'ciirl ritrect. CliUHRo Oilier. 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York Knomi W. H ami 15 Tribune Hide , \Vniin1fiKton : Ml rourleenlh Sttcct. coiiiusi'ONUiNC'i2. : : All entnimmlcatlon relatliiK to news nnd edlto. rl l mntlcr uliould ! mldremed : To the Keillor All bunlneia letters nnd remittances should be nd.Ircmcll to The Ilee 1'ubllBhlnic Company , Omnha Drafts. cheek * . express and postofflcc jnoncy orderii to be made pa > nble to the order ot the company run iinn I-UIIMBIIINO COMPANY. STATnJIHNT Of CUICUfjATION Blnto tif Nebraska , Douglas County. s . Ocorgc II Triclnick. ccrclnry it The IleePub - llihlni ; Company' , tolng duly tvvurn , mys that the nctunl number of full nnd complete * coplt * of The Dally , MornltiR. HtcnlnK anil sumlny ttce'printed durlni ; the > mmitli of be tile-inter , 1837 , wns as fol low * : Total net nles Ml SH Net tlnlly nveriiKo 19 uu csioiioi : : n , TCHUCK. . Hnorn to liofeiin me and pulirrrlbcd In my pres- rncp this 1ft day of October , IS97. ( Henl ) N. P. KUIU Notary Public. TIM : nine ox TII\I > S. \ll rnllrnnil nr Nl > o > n nri uiitiillcil | 11 llh cniiiiKli HI-CM lo iii'i'omiiioiliitc firrj | inn- trtiKur M ho MiintM lo renil i neiv spnpcr. IiiNlNt upon lutv- Ini * Tlio HIMIf you en nn ( i I isi't tl lire on I nil n from tin- iii'-nH llKi-iil , iilcilNc re-port tin * fin- 1 , Nfiitl u the train anil railroad , to the Cli-uuliitloii Di'liiii-tiuciit of The Ilee. The lire IN tor Male on all traliiN. INSIST ON \VIMJ TUP HHi Prosperity inc'iit'lic's sermons every day f the vvc'i'U. The H'pulilk'au tlc-kot comes first on hu ollli'lnl ballot In Nebraska. Tla > bunk ot' tlio nionibcr of the reform police commission IH not a bud of roses. Fine Avoids butler no parsnips. The AVay lo icstore conlitlencc In the expo sition in by autri , not promises. Thu only honest man In tlru eouit lisivliij ; buncoed tlio mongrel coiivontlon Into iiomliiatluj : Iiiur is trlreaily kiiilhiL ' , his associates on his own ticket. Tlio mauinlt , of Salisbury sayh he has no intention to resign. In tills he IUIH iin < iuestloual > ly jowl precedent in tlie licrslstent refusal of Queen Vlctoihi to abdicate. The otlldal leconl of .lohn W. Mc Donald as sheriff commends him to ic- c'lection. A vote lor .McDonaldill be a vote for a vigorous administration of the hherliTs otllce. In imttliiK the soil in prime condition for another ciop the weather in.in in taking preeuitions to disprove the popo- ciatle assertions llisit onr piesent pio.s- pjilty cannot in nny e\ent bi1 permanent. And nonv one of the candidates for uni- veisity it'fjent on the national demo- cm tic state ticket wants to withdraw. The other candidate may , however , be depended on to .stick if .1. SturlliiK Mor ton's life Is .spaied over election. The people must be Impressed with the fact that to vote at the coming elec tion they must have their names properly registered. This ye.u's election requires nn entirely new legist ration. Last year's registration will not count this year. Frank ICaspar Is advertised by the mongrel oi an as a uoml populist. lint populists disown him and the voters of the Hist commissioner ( Jistilet will not care to make themselves re.sponsible for Injecting him into the county boaid. There Is not a Kalaried public otllclal In the state of Nebraska who draws as inneh as $ . " > ( ) ( ) a month for his services. iYet the exposition managers persist in throwing away every month $ .100 of the people's money on a wor.se than useless appendage. Tammany assumes that a heavy regis tration In New Yoik auburn favorably to its candidates. Thuie Is many a slip , tiowever , and while Tammany appears to liave the pole In the municipal race the people who cast the votes may fool their expectations at the last moment. Of the two contesting candidates for county Judge Judge Haxter Is far uupurlor to his opponent. On the score of ( the best men for judicial places , irrespec tive of polities , Judge Haxter has a clear claim to the support of all who want Judges who can be depended on to hold the scales of Justice even. The local mongiels In their county con vention put up a sign , "No Hermans Need Apply. " That Is one KM Mm why { Treasurer Oeorge Ilelmiod , who has lieeu renomlnated on the republican ticket , will bo re-elected by an over whelming majority. IJvery German In Douglas county should vote , not alone for Mr. llelmrod , but for the entire ie- publican ticket. The governor of the Hank of England Js quoted as saying w 1th reference to the American commissioners : "IJ.xeeptlng AVhat I have. lead In the papers , I luue never heard of these gentlemen. " That la rather haul on the c'omml.s.sloiu'is. Ono of them was vice piesldent of the iL'nlted States for the four ye.us pieced- ing March 4 last. The governor of the Bunk of England should not display his izuoruuco f > o public/ ! . tiovhttxon noLcoMtrH / : \ / .vtT/OiV Governor Holcotnb has been accorded an opportunity to mwvor 1'ranlc Ran som's charge , reiterated by Ocneral Cowln , that he knew Hartley wan a de faulter nl the lime he appioved Ids Ft-O- end term bond as state treasurer. Thr governor's explanation of the manner In which Hartley was allowed to settle with himself on pieces of paper which he called certlllcales of tlepo lt docs not , however , relieve him from Joint respon olblllty for the Hartley shortage. The governor says he regards the law which requites the troasmer to produce the cash as a sham and a farce. Hut U Is the law just the same , and as binding on him as any other law on the statute book. If It wore conceded , which It Is not. that the certlllcates of deposit ex hibited 1)y Haitley were the same as cash , the governor was still derelict In his duty If he did not exact fiom Hart ley a memorandum of the certificates In older that he might verify their genuine ness and asceitaln whether or not the bankK by whom they were Issued were solvent. Kor all the governor knows or knew at the time , the certificates may have been Issued by banks already failed. This Is not all. The governor dis creetly dodges the main point at Issue In the controversy. He cannot deny that he had been warned before he assumed olllce tliafr Hartley would turn out a de faulter , and had declared ho would re sign the treasurershlp If forced to make a cash settlement. With that knowledge how can Governor Ilolcomb cscapu le- sponslbllity for allowing Hartley to go through the sham and farce of tinning over , without exhibiting either the casher or Its equivalent ? Assume that the cer tificates which Hartley exhibited when he offered his bond were genuine and Issued by solvent banks , how can Gov ernor Iloleomb evade responsibility for Ids neglect to compel Hartley to make showings from time to time of the state funds In his possession and the banks where they were deposited V The gov ernor not once , but seveial times , as serted that he did not know where the school moneys in Hartley's custody were deposited and that Haitley had declined to lake htm into hi.s confidence. Had the governor exeicised the pic- rogatlve vested in him by the constitu tion ho would either have uncoveied a treasury defalcation moie than two yea is ago or he would have pievcnted the embezzlement for which Haitley lias been convicted and sentenced. In either case the .state would not have lost any thing like > r.iT)00 . ; ( ) and the treasury deficit would never have readied such enormous pioportlons. What the Influences were that detened Governor Holeomb ttom doing ills full duty remains a mysteiy. Haitley al ways pietended that in older to save the credit of the ht.ite he was compelled to leave the money In tottering banks. That excuse will baldly be offered for the governor. The state Is not piesiiined to be the guardian of the banks and its finances are not to bo jeopardl/ed lor the benefit of bankwreckers and warrant shavers. It is not the business of any governor , least of all a letorm populist governor , to show gieater solicitude for the money lenders propped up by htate funds than tor the taxpayers who look to him to pintect them by enfoicing ligld accountability liom all custodians of state funds. KKCHKT.lltr UAGI.'S bVaailSTIOXS. According to repot t , which seems to be trustwoithy , Secretary Gage has decided to submit to congie-s in his annual ic- port the piopositions in icgard to cur- icncy lelorm which he last .summer laid before the banker * of New Yoik and other cities. It Is stated that the secie- tary of the tieasury will suggest to con gress the lefunding of the entile nation il debt Into a new .series of bonds beailng W/i per cent Inteiest and payable princi pal and Intelest in gold ; also an issue of .y.'OO.OOO.OOO in gold bonds for the pm- pose of absorbing or lething legal ten- deis and .silver notes ; further the selling of ifUOO.UOO.CXM ) of gold bonds in Km ope in older to piocme ample gold to pio- teet the reserve and finally the authori sation of national banks to issue notes upon Unlti'd States bonds at par and in addition notes not to ovcced itf per cent of the capital stock of any bank , these national bank notes to be legal tender. There Is reason lor icgardlng this re port as authentic , because It accoids with the general iindeislandlng of the financial views of the secretary of the treasury. So far as the matter of icfiind- ing the public debt at a lower rate of interest is concerned , with the condition that the principal and Intel est fdiall be payable In gold , It would be .sound policy to do this , but it is needless to say Unit such a pioposal , if made , will en counter vigorous opposition. The gov- eininent is now pledged to pay the piin- clpal and Interest of the p'ublle debt in "coin" and the country Is familiar vun the fallmo of the efforts that were made in connection with the loans of the last few years to Induce congress to specific ally declare that they should be made payable In gold. There was a wiving of Interest to be made , amounting to a con siderable sum , If gold payment had been specified , but this congress refused to do. Of course It Is tacitly understood that every bond Issued by the fan-em inent will be paid In gold or Its equiva lent. This Is what has been done and undoubtedly It will continue to be done. Hut H is safe to say that congiess will not authoii/.e a refunding of the public debt with the condition that the princi pal and Intel est shall be payable spe cifically In gold. As to issuing bonds for rething the legal tender notes , It can be confidently predicted that such a lecommendalion would not meet the least consideuitlon In congres-t. No party w 111 assume the responsibility for such a policy , because them Is very little popular support for It. The very great majority of the people do not want the legal tender notes ie- tired at all and they are Irrevocably opposed to Issuing bonds for their retlie- meiit. There will be no le s opposition to Issuing bonds for replenishing the gold icserve , unless circumstances shall arise making such a course Imperative and this does not appear to be ut all Hkeljr. lu regard to allowing national banks to Issiii ? notes to the par value of rutted States bonds deposited to secuie circulation , there Is no sound objection to this , but the failure of the numerous effoits that ha\e been made to secure such authoib.atlon warrants the opinion that any fur'l.t r cndunor In this direc tion will be fut'ln. ' Assuming the : vport leganllng what the secielary of the tieasury will recom mend to congu s to be correct , It Is pietty safe to say that none of the sug gestions referred to will be adopted , while It Is absolutely certain that tome of them will not be. The appointment by the president of n special commissioner to negotiate reelp- tocltj * treaties iindor flip Dlngloy law Is goneially commended , though those who are unfriendly to tlio ln\v In Its entirety of course express the opinion that this notion will have no practical results. This view , however , H of little COIIM- quenco In face of the fact that countries which onteretl protests against Hie tariff act and threatened retaliation are now negotiating or contemplating nogotla- tioiis for recliHoelty agreements. I'lance Is seeking to do this ami It is said that the Gorman government Is considering the expediency of entering into negotia tions , while It Is understood that the State department lias received intima tions from other countries of a desire to take advantage of the reciprocity clauses of the Dlngley law. The appointment of a special commis sioner to look after reciprocity treaties was made , It Is said , in order to relieve treasury olliclals of the labor connected with sv.th neJiotlai'ons' ' , which Is in Itself evidence of the fact that the roelprocity provisions of tlio tariff law rur not being Ignored by other cot.'itiies One of those provision * reciniies that simple agree ments must bo eiiteied Into within two yeais- , but theie is no limit placed upon the negotiation of treaties , \\hlch aie subject to r.itlllcatiou by the senate. The probability is that few trralus will bo negotiated , but there K reason to bo- Heve that a immbi'r of icelproclty agree ments will bo effected within the next two year * . i ( \\hirtlHXIA \ IX fill * C.llUXKT. The piobabilily that Attorney General McKeiiua will succeed Justice 1'ield upon the bench of the supreme oomt of the rnitetl States has raised Hie ep.ios- tlon in California as to whether that slate will continue to be represented in the executive department of the national government. Tin- San iJiauoisco Call say * th.it the republican leadets in Cali fornia understand that President Me- ' oC I- ! ) . ! Kinlc'.v's managerIn the canvass promised , on behalf of their priuoipil , to recognize California in th > distribution of cabinet lav or-- , provided the state .should give its electoral vole to the re publican candidate. "Our people gave their suffrages to McKlnloy , " .says the Call , "in tlio face of a sttoug disposition to vote for principles which appeared to promise the rehabilitation of.liver , largely upon the expectation that the state would receive cabinet recognition and continue to bo represented thiough- ' . " That out President McKinley's term. I paper s.ivs that Califomia republicans ! desire tli.it the claims of that state to a | pi.ico in the cabinet l > j recognized alter the resignation of Auorney General McTCoiina. We decline to believe that republican success iir California la.st year was diu to the promise , if such niorn'.su vu'ie made. Hint tlio state should be given a cabinet position. Wo prefer to think that a majority of the vote-is of Califor- | ma. were prompted by a higher motive than tli.tt of securing repiesentatliur in I lie cabinet. The voters of California chose republican electors because they believed that the policies of the ropubii- I can party were favorable to the indiiN- tries and the > interests generally ol that state. They have alrc'.idv found tills to be the case and we venruro lo say that there are more lepitblic.ins In Califomia now than a year ago. Hut at all events we quite agree with the Call that Call- forni.i ought to continue to b- rep , . > sented in President McKinley's cabinet and \\e have no doubt it will be. A * lire principal state of the Pacllic coast II is uiHlueslionably entitled to this consider ation. Attorney General Smyth Is tiy- Ing to explain a great many tilings , but he has not vvntuiod to explain how he and .loiin .F. Sullivan , Hie democi.itlc nominee lor su preme judge , happen to bo recotdeil in the legislative journal of 1SS7 on op posite sides of nearly evety vital iiue > - tlon. If Smyth was light on the railroad Issue , the penitentiary contract exten sion , the h.rllne land giab , then Sul livan must have been radically vviong , The silence of both Smyth and Sullivan on the lattei's spotted legislative record U almost dealenlng. From the noise being made by notori ous monopoly oigans expressing feigned fear that the government may not gel all that its equity Is worth In the I'nli n Pacific foreclosure sale. It Is plain that Huntlngton and his Smithem Pacific associates aie grasping at the last Mraw to prevent the termination of the receiv ership which they have been doing their utmost to prolong. Huntington would like nothing better than to have the fore closure sale indefinitely postponed to give ills lobby another chance to work their funding bill thioiigh congress. When the populist or.rtois talk about Hartley putting state money In slinky banks they should not forget limt the piesent populist state treasurer laid him self open to the same charge , and that after the Hartley scandal had cul minated. The list of losses .sustained by the taxpayers through the farming out of public funds Is not complete without the sums deposited In the defunct Mer chants' bank of Lincoln under the pres ent state admlnistiatlon. A popoeratlc organ attempts to criti cise Senator Allison for Honing Iowa to assist in the Ohio campaign. There Is nothing in this that fc > not peifectly proper. Ohio is the sent of a campaign waged on national Issues and of national Importance and Is a fair tleld for speak- crs of national reputation. Inasmuch as Iowa , moicoV't1 Is so safely republican that It does novneed the seniccs of Its republican senator , Senator AllNon's critics are .Tlio rting very wide of the mark. The chairman , of the Iowa demociatlc slate committee , is encountering a whole heap of trouble by reason of his entang ling antagonism to organized labor. Hut the popoenrfs always were long on sym pathy for tl.e downtrodden laborer , but short on active assistance when their support might do him some good. The wage enrucri know how to discount democratic piotestatlons of affection. Some people are for the exposition bonds ami some people are against them. Hut thousands who are now outspoken against the bonds would vote for them If the Imported $ r > 00-n-inonh ( autocrat were chopped oft and the management of the exposition reorganized and con ducted on business principles. \ \ nnliiKSlrniKlli of ( ioriiiun. Inillnnnpolls Journnl If Senator florman nf Mar } land wns con fident of victory in the coming election ho would not propose to yield the scepter of political power to his antagonist. I.iiinciitntliiiiN of .le-i'i-nilnli , Ijouliev Ille Courier-Journal If the press correspondents hive nothlns hotter to do than to telegraph that a ca lamity Is predicted by that profcaslon.il ca- lamllyllc' , Jerry Simpson , they might tell us what the goose bone eajs of next year's blackberry crop IIUI on Itoiiciitliiu : IlMi-lf. GlobesDrmocrnt. The sinie sort of n reaction which has oc curred In the stock market In the past two weeks took place in the latter part of 1S78 , the year of gold resumption , and many per sons predicted then , as Uiey do now , that the "boom has burst. " The very same Influ ence which caused the reaction then causes It now \slld speculation. Prices went up too fast at the beginning- the trade revival then , as thej have done In the past few months. Htislncss expansion uaa not checked In the slightest degree , lion oor , by the tem porary diop lii stocks in 1S79 , nor Is it In SutInIn a I'nlnlliiK. Springfield ( Mnss. ) Republican. One of the grossest absurdities on earth Is approaching completion In Palis , In the shape of an oil painting 30 feet high and G"i feet long , representing "the apotheosis of intei- natlonal arbitration , " which , when It la fin ished. Is to bo oficied to the czar. Whut an evtraordlpaiy piece of natlre Is this' Do the artists , or any others perhaps , regard the decision of the powers of Europe \\hlch de grades Greece and sustains the Turlt an ex ample of international arbitration' It would seem that no greater insult could bo Hung In the face of our Christian civilisation than th's ' And how beautiful ! } the Christian na tions dcsenu It1 Ulillf Itrpn'illcntilsni ' Stnnils I'or. New * Yoik un An oxen til Irig Providence has decreed that the icpubllcan party , In the closing jears of the nineteenth century should sl-inJ for the gold standard the 100-cont dollar , the lionest redemption , of public and prhatc obligations , the presetvatlon of existing Institutions against the assaults of the radicals and the annlhllators the niatcrlal piosperlty of all our industrial Interests , the \merlcan Idea in our foreign affairs , and that national policy of expansion y.hlch la to make the second hundred jears of the exlsten-e of this gov ernment as wonderful and inspiring a storj as has been the first For all this the re publican partj stands , up to date , like a rock , and for all this If the republican party Is not responsible , no partj is responsible. While It so stanJs , aid while Its tcsponsi- blllty Is such , the Sun Is with It heart ami soul , In national , state and municipal politics. ItiMTiit Imliixt rlnl clupini-iit. . Knnsis CMty Star. The recoid of the iron Industry in this country Is a good ilH'Gtratlon of the almcst incredible industrial development of lecent jeare Changes in methods of manufacture invoking the expenditure of millions of dollars lars for now plants and the practical aban donment of old fac'orlea and machinery once worth many millions have put It in the power of American maniifactureia to produce lion and steel so cheaply as to tnoinionsly In- crccpo the us.es to which they can be put , and , more than that , the cheapened processes ha\e made It possible for America to ship c.teel rails nnd similar products to England , Ilufala , Japan Indeed , to almost every roun- tiy in the woild In competition with the old world makers of steel. Iho gicat Iron and steel manufacture ! s show their faith In the continued rapid giowth of the Industry b > inves'lng fortunes In new machinery and new lake vessels for obtaining ere and in new plants for the cheaper proluctlon of Iron and steel prod ucts on a huge scale , ao that , great as the giowth of the braincjs has been In the past twelve years , It beenis now to be entering on a new era of unparalleled expansion > OT covrmn-r or corirr. .Illdlifs on tinlifiiih Vi'iOpen lo ItriiNoiinlilirllltlNin. . Alb in > l.iw louin it The decision of the supicmo court of Wis consin In the now famous Kan Claim con- ttmpt case not onlj makes verj interestIng - Ing reading , hut constitutes ono ot the most emphitic vindications of the rights 01' free speech and free ciltlcism which we have Uad fiom the bench In a long time it maj bo well to recall the salient facts of this remarkable case Jud o Hallcj of Han Claire , who was , i candidate for re election lafit spring , objected to certain ed itorials and communications In a local pa per severely anlmadvciting upon his olll- clal conduct and methods. The wiltnr and editor having filed affidavits In contempt piocccdlngs ( Instituted against them by the judge ) alleging the truth of their chaigos of unfalincKs , partiality and incapiclty against Judge Dalloy , ho angrily refused to proceed with the hearing and made an or der adjudging his critics guilty ot con tempt. The offenders were to be com mitted to Jail , 'but ' a. writ of prohibition from the supreme court saved them fiom that punishment The supreme court , In reviewing the case , points out the fact that the criticisms made upon Judge Dalley had no reference ) (6 ( any action of his In con nection wltH the case then pending Whether Juat 'or unjust , they weio general In their nature , and referred to past con duct. The couft says It Is well persuaded that newspjpw comments on cases finallv decided pi lor to tl > r publication cannot bo considered criminal1 contempt , and that they do not obstruct } liQadinlnlstratlon , of justice , however much'tlioy ' < may tend to prejudice the jndgo against whom they are directed While It Is of the Ural Importance that Judges should perform their grave duties un impeded , it Is-Tinally important that the light of citizens and newspapers to criti cise what they deem arbltraty , unworthy and corrupt conduit should be Jealously pre served The tourt sa > s "Truly , it must be a grievous faid , ) , vyclghty necessity which will Justify so arbitrary a proceeding whereby a cantlliUlo for office becomes the accuser , judge -Ami ljury , and may within a few hours summarily punish hla critic by Impiisonment. The result of such doctrine Is that all unfavorable criticism of a slttlnfi judgo's past ofllclal conduct can bo at once stopped by the Judge himself , or , If not stopped , can bo punished by Immediate Im prisonment If there can be any moro effectual way to gag tlio press and subvert freedom of speech wo do not know where to find It. " Thla is a stinging rebuke , but Justly deserved , and one needed to remind arrogant and dictatorial Jurists that they am no more above proper criticism than are any ordinary Individuals , To alightly para phrase the poet "Xo divinity doth hedge about a Judge , " Kast of all at a time when ho Is a candidate for olllce The law pro vides adequate remedies for unjustifiable at tacks upon their character , but- does not permit the summary fining and Imprison ment of critics , even when their criticisms go bejond what may bo deemed proper lim its , provided such animadversions do not clearly tend to obs'ruct ' the administration of justice lu a then pending case. ' f u\ti.r. ! Sioux City Tribune' Mr. D.ina a , , t , abolition ! * ! , republkan , democrat tnd repub lican again but It Is doubtful tf bo PNPr had the confidence of the lenders or followers of any jurty he was In. Ho knew too much , and had too much confidence In his own JuJR- inciil , lie always felt rich when lie felt tint ho was right , mil regardless of the rPM1u to his propert ) he maintained hl own ipin. Ion , Cleveland LeaderTo the uid rharles A. Dana was brlllluit. versatile , alert mm- terftil. Ho swept the earth In thr range of his Interests. Ho carried distinction Into vcrj field of his wonderful ncllvit > Hn. was a very great editor , the greatest. In man > wa > s , living In h'a later jears Ono of the mo t striking and foreeful ligures In the American world Is gone , a id a void lias been made by death which may never be filled. Chicago Inter Ocean : James Gordon HPII- iiett had n genius for news , Horace Oreele > for editorials but Charles A. Dana com bined both. I'ndoubtedlj he was the great est all-around newspaper man this country has over produced. Ills name will not be linked with any great reform , as Mr Oreeley's Is with antt-fllavery , but his soul abhorred the "yellow kid" Journalism which mistakes the fake of a prurient Imagination and a vulgar display of egotism for jotu- nallstlc enterprise. St. Louis Globe-Democrat' Ono of the most striking : changes which have occurred In Journalism since IMna's early da > Is In Us treatment ot great pirtlsan Issues. Nearly all the papers aie republican or democratic , as they were then , but partisanship does hot obtrude Itself Into the news dcpaitmcnts of the great papers of today. It is no longer necessary for a republican or a democrat to take a paper belonging to each partj In order to get both side of political Issues. IA11 the leading papers now present each aide of every great question. Chicago Tribune The removal from the sphere ot human activities of a man like Charles Anderson Dana marks an epoch In the history of the present time , and will be noted wherever the Hngllsh language Is reader or spoken. In the history of the last fifty veairf few men hue occupied so large and so varied a Held , and while ho has , pet haps , been compelled to face far more hostility and criticism In eich of the positions he hus filled than most of his contemporaries , no ono can sa > that he ever exposed himself to the charge of weakness or retired In defeat Chicago RecordI'or many jcars Mr Dun has been one of the distinguished flgmos in the modern profession of journ.al- i m. N'o ono who has entered that field has ever shown greater originality or made a deeper Impression upon the business to which ho hud devoted himself A man of g-cit ci million , a student of men and events , a ripe scholar and a keen cbseiver , Mr Dim had the equipment of a Illeraty man su"h as the world found In Cirljle Indeed , he was a literary man befoie all ; fo" a caioful amljsls of his life aborts that his point ot view was more often that of the student than of the nun of ciffalra Milwaukee Sentinel The st > le of the Sun has been quite unlike that of anj other nows- letier. Though Mr. Dana Insisted that Ibis stjle should be accurate and liked it to be often learned anil allusive , he was porfeetlj successful In keeping these qualities fiom making it slow , indliect 01 t ailing On the contraij , m othet newspaper , so far as wo know , has been mon > successful In siylng sharply and rapldlv what It meant , ami lu rubbing this meaning in For all his love of allusion , and of subtle humor , Mr Dana never left the densest leader In doubt as to the Sun's position He understood yeifectlj the art of unking his meaning bite. St. Paul Globe It was only the knowl edge of the power and the fineness of the man that las beneath the enatlc caprice o.1 the editor that Kept him Intel csting , nnd added to this has been a ctuio'Hj to know v\lut this master of ridicule and invec tive would ha\o to saj I'or his silence was never to be predicted Ho was fear less , and that Is a quality for which mucM mav bo forgiven Hu was always virile an originator a leader. With great qualities and great faults he had passed fiom tin- unique position tnat he filled in the world ot men and letters : and the particular place that ho occupied In American journalism will not easily bo filled. Kansas CHy Journal- Tens of thousands have daily lend the Suns cdltoiial utt > r- jncea , not 'because ' they cmloi scd the views expressed , but for the intellectual plcasutf > of reading the productions of a great ivm- ter of English Ills articles were often vin dictive unfair , vuongly based and against the right , but tbej weie alwaja readable He was a distinct character of the UIIP * , In which ho lived and labored a period covei- ing some of the country's most exciting ex periences and Ills name is Inscparahlj con nected with hlb nation's history There has , m > \ pi"been " an American editor more widely known than rluiks A Dana , and probably thcro never v 111 be one. Hevas at the head of hU clai Chicago Times-Herald It was reserved for tlio close students of the Sun In the | ' newspaper ollices to see the bright and bettei side ot his character. In all things not pertaining to the strife of politics the Si ri reflected the genial humor to'rr.ance and good taste of Its great editor It v\as ono of the first successful newspapers in Amor lea to bo written in clean and whole some Unglteh and edited with affectionate care Ht'trteen political canvasses it ex haled geol nature There was something captivating In Its whimsical treatment of th > faults and follies of the- people , In the burly fun cf Its elevation of odd characters like Abe Slupiky and "I'od Dlsmukc" above their humble surroundings , In the unbroken gajety with which snobs and pilgs ot all sortis weio suppicssed , that has defied Im itation Kor twenty jeara the Sun hat > been the companion of newspaper men in a'l corners of the United States IT.IISOX vi , VMJ o rnruu isn. \ Texas man went crazy and Imagined lilmbolf a great political leader It Is a not uncommon phenomenon One of the sticet railway companies of Washington has completed continuous rails on one of Its lines by welding 2,000 joints Theie have been 19'i suicides In New York and llrookbn since the beginning of the sear , of whom 32S weio men and 105 women. Iliclurd Crrhor's shipment of horse" to England Is supposed to Indicate his Intention to return home when the Nun York iiMjor- ulty interlude' is finished The two parties about whom the Ilerlng sea discussion is raging , namely , the seals and the weaters of HraUkhiH , are not showing the slightest Interest In tin * proceedings A foul water supply has caused forty ( ibos of Uphold fever in the Iio > s' Indus trial echool at Uancaster. O. , anil the num ber Is likely to be greater unless a now Miirco of water Is provided for speedily " the wind lhat " 111 blows prollts nobody The regular line of steamers plying be tween Spain and Havana has received | H- 000000 for trrnsportlng soldiers and war material and has JuM declared a dividend of $22 40 upon every Ehare of $100. W. S ( illhPrt announces to an I'dlnbuigh Interviewt'l that ho will write no moro pla > K Ho sajn ho Is disheartened by the erroneous point of view from which criticism Is writ ten , adding "I.ondou critics attack an author as if he were a scoundrel of the wordt t > po and I do not feel disposed to put m > n'lf forward as a coiltslij for these gentlemen " A monument to the late Hugonc Kleld Is to lw ) erected on the campus of the Missouri State university by the teachers and school rhlldicn of Hie state. A fart of the neces- tary fund has been raise 1 and an effort to complete U w 111 bo made on November 4 next bj commemorative exeicides , to be knonn as "Field day , " In the public schools of Mlhsourl. Mr. Field was a natho of Mis souri. The mayor of Chicago eajs John \ Ixigin's hornu show cannot run a blind pig , or , as it Is known In 400 language , a "buffet , " ue-ause the Coliseum is In the prohibition district Carter's son Is absolute He sa > s "It makes no dllYeicnce whether they bear hyphenated and throe-ply names , or whether they have none at all. If the law is vlolate-d the offeudei will bo culled to account " The. death of ex-Senator Charles W Jones of Plorii'a recalls the pitiful st ry of his latter years Durlns'his gcuond BinatjrUI term he became infatuated with a > uung woman of Detroit , whcso family were obliged to send her to Kurcce to escape his attentions Ho neglected hla dutlen and was finally pro nounced Innane During the last few years he l > ad been au luraatu of a retreat for the losacc. IIHYVV.1 imilOM'.ST lien I MotUc llrlilnil lic I'roc SlUrr ( oliuiKc I'roiuiBiinilii i\iuiNfil. Joiciili XtiMIII In ChlmKO Ttllnmp , A year RO last .May William J Dryan , 16 to 1 sliver advocate. And IMnard Hose- water , editor of the Omaha Doe , debated tluv silver question before an Omaha au dience. A glfttwe at the report of that debate - bate , which recently came Into our hands , Indicates the adranco which his boon made In the discussion of free coinage' by Its op ponents during the last seventeen mont'.is. Mi Hoscwater made- what was for Hint day. when the olTects of free coltvige and the mo tives of Its advocates were not BS clearly perceived as they are now , a lucid and able .argument. HP would m Ko a much stronger one now If the debate wore to bo hold over again between the simp disputants Mr Kryan stands , however , today sub stantially whore ho did In i.Mnj , 1WJ The language bo then used lit advocating free coinage of silver IR much Iho same that he uses now , with the exception thai ho hinted much morn olo.rrly than at any time since then at the Injurious consequences to tlio vast part of the community of changing < lre existing Kold to thn monometallic silver standard , and allowing the dollar coined under that standard , which would bo worth about fiu cents In gold value , to bo used tclronctlvelj In the pavmcnt of ilebtn con tracted under tlu gold stamlatd when each current dollar was vvoith 100 cents li gold A vcar and a lulf ago Hry.in was lint n e'.andld.ato for the presidency and he was loss guarded In his utterance's on onre Im portant points than he has been since July , 18 % , after lie received the democratic nnd populist nominations for president. Hut , on the whole , the sophisms nt l fil- l.acles IIP borio\vod from General A .1 War ner of Ohio and "Coin" Harvey ot Virginia are u ed bj him now nnchuigcd. Ilryan asserted at Omaha , as bo has done slnco scot es of times at other pi ices , that "tho American people did not In 1S73 know ingly. undoistandltiKly and Intention ally strike silver down and lave gold as the only metal which could II ml nccosa to tie minis " If that be granted , still thov rati fied knqwlngls In 1S9 by nearly million majority flirt which was doh' unknowing ! } In 1S71 , .and declared tlroin ehes pteiscd with the consequences of the "crime" of Hut year. For In 18711. the year of specie resumption tlio bullion value ot the 37l > 4 grains of metal In a sllvci dollar was about 90 cents In any market. Hence If free silver roln.igp had not been suspended In 1S73 this countrv would have lesumcd In free silver dollate at a dls- ooiint of 10 to 12 per cent , and thereafter those dollatb would have dcptochtod as com- pired with gold motiev 2 to ! per cent a ieat down to the picbint llmond the gicat salaij and wage working musses 10 000,000 of them in lh7S and Ifi.OOn 000 to 17.000 000 In 1M)7- ) would have been paid eich joir In monev hteadllj dcpior-lallng In value , exchange or busing worth , amounting In Iho aggregate to H'vetal bundled millions ot dol- laib a sear ot loth on theli pav. Llrsan , of com so seeb this must have boon the natuinl effect unices he Is utterly desti tute of the perceptlvo and tellectlve facultv Set ho still pei'ists In depleting that the coun'ry ' did not resume In 1S71 cm the free silvet Htandaid and expel all Its gold inonej At Omiha Mr Hi 5 an give his definition of an "hoiiost dollar" That definition , whloli he 1mb repeated often since then. Is as fol lows Mv iindorst indint ? of an honest dollar Is .1 doll.ii whose pill chasing power would lie the simo jestircliy , todiy nnd foievot Thi test of bonostv of a dollni It In Its iniioin- luir power , and i dollci tint Uses In put- rh islng pnwci Is as lionest as a dollar vvhUh falK In puic'h ising1 power Were there such a dollar the consequences would be curious. There would bo in linmo- bllitv of pi Ices which does not exist even In China where o many things have remained unchanged fet doyoiis of centuries It is not claimed by the advocates of the gold btandaid tint that standard Is absolutely stable as compared with the market value of all things They admit that nothing which is human can have perfect stabllltv , because supply and demand ( K them K\on Dryan In his less tricks and dishonest moments admits that and detlues that the most that can be done Is "to tike that ssstom ( or standard of mones ) which makes the nearest approach to absolute stability" Then what ssstom cf mones" complies as \\oll or better with thit lequlromont than tln > gold standard now almost universally adopted bj thp nations of the world ? As nieosutcd bs human labor , which Is the true test of valups , the purchasing power of gold dcpieriatc'S some from decade to decade , on the average about 2 per cent a jear as found bv investigation That is to say labor has received an increase in wages ofibout 2 per cent a sear In gold for the Ust fifts years Hut while this is the simple truth , as shown In the careful congressional Investiga tion re'cntls pa to the rewards of labor Mr Hi.xan found It convenient at the debate ami ovei since to completely Unore and con- real from his audiences this highly Intioi- tant fact. As > measured bs- commodities gild has scomlngls apireclatrd In value A gold dollat will bus much more of some articles now than It did twenty or forty o i\ty years ago It will purchase a trifle more1 of Rome tli'ngs and less of others. It bujs less of hand-made things than It did In IS" . " , or 1800 or 1S40 or 18 iO , lipcausc on those things in vention and automatic machlnerj have not reduced the amount of labor needed to make theni In 1812. before Rrvan thought of l > 3lng ele vated to the presidency on the free oolnage Isme ho admitted that one man oould now do In Homo things by means of automatic machinery as much as ten could do half a rentiii } befoie , and that astonishing Im provements In machlnpiy and the meehani- r.al arts had reduced pi ices of products Htyan could tell the truth Ilvo years hgo , hut his memory fal'o him now most shockingly Hut ivhllo the American gold standard has not been absolutely stable for all things , the monometallic silver stand ird would have bc'en vastls ICFS stable In Mas' , ISflfi fUo puichnslng power of a fioci coinage dollar would have been only 7 > i cents , having lost 47 per cent since 1871 all over the world I ) . san In his debate with Ilosowator de clares that "a dollai which depreciated In pnrc'hnalni ! power Is a dlbhonost clo'lar. ' " Thus , out of his own mouth the silver s'andard Is condemned , for It has dnpro elated moio than one-half Hlncn 1874 and would , therefore , bo a dishonest dollar If put Into fioo coinage use Hut the worst feature of IJryan's free cnln- ago sehome Is malting H retroactive , HO that debts contracted on a gold standard may be paid In depreciated silver Htandaid dollars worth but 40 cento. That in a feature of his free colmgo scheme which Hryan , after his nomination for president , has never ven tured to explain or Justify Ho simply shuts his eyes and oars and talks about other thing. When debating with Mr noscw iter In Omaha May 1X'ii ) , bo was much less timid He .said In that dlsoiiMslon- AVe must endnio fin gold stand ird with nn inproilatlnu doll ir , or we- must return to bimetallism ( that Is to go to a cboi | sil ver standard , whloli the Untied Stairs never bud ) and b. nr vliatever temporary injury Unit brings In order to reach a moro M rlilo hisls This question , mv friends , will bo dlsi'UHspd a long wbllf without an absolute ujricenu'iit | ) HIIK ! reached because upon this ciucHtlon peopli- differ In their InteroslH \Vbon people differ In their Interests they will differ In opinion. The "temporary injury" referred to hero Is tu ! > ioBBCb which will be Inflicted on creditors by tire payment of gold standard debts In depreciated free silver standard dollars. woith but 53 centrt when Htyan made Ibis declai'atloii , und worth but 40 cents on the dollar now Tlio "differing Interests" were these of the millions of orcdllors who had sold property and loaned gold standard dollars lars and wanted to be paid back In gold standard money. This Is a plain statement of the swindling bide of Hrjan'a free coinage scheme but Mr Uoscwatcr did not " catch on" and expose Ills opponent's rascally ( iroject then and there Since that day Mr Kohewater's gold "Hee" has stung Ilrsan'b silver bug on that specific point of objection to bis free coinage scheme. but It has never been able as far as wo have seen , to Induce Ilryjn to defend the retro active feature nor yet lo repudiate It. Hut "The Hee" ehouicl continue to busily BtliiK 1 1m every shining hour till he docs one thins or the other on that all Important point In his party creed and platform , i * A II In lire. NIJW YO11K , Oct. 19 A Hpcclnl dispatch from .Madrid sayn there Is much dlHcusnloii .it tire SpanlHb capital on the nubjpot i > f the alliance between Spain and J'octugil , which IB reporti > i | to be In proceHH of neiro- tlatiun Ttio I'onucucM ) mlnlstur of niirlru , who Is now In Madrid , haa exprevHVd tlio belief that such uri alliance may bo uc- uompli hecl at any moment , A niviDKn not si : . Homer Holm' I.mt Shut nl thr Sari-ril Hullo. Chicago Tlmc ItfrciM. The statement of cx-Oovcrnor Holes that "the Chicago platform has had Us clay In court before the tnbunal ot list rosnrt has moved sundry ard divers members of tire democratic national committee to protest and lo deny rhat the governor Is competent ' 0 decide the question , and above a I la speak for Iho democratic parts The } ruin him out of the party md assort that ho never was souiul on that platform .and con sequent ! } his opinions .arc entitled to no weight. As a matter of fact bis opinions are not those of a party man but of a clo o poiti- cil observer , and bis Judgment Is ,1 I the better for that reason The national rom- mlltoomon In giving their views are Inter ested In niRlnta'ntni ' ; their party orgatil- ton and wsh to make It appear thai ttie Chicago pMtform Is still n living foroo but ex-Governor lloloa speaks from a inurh higher vantage ground as one who desires to rehabilitate a defeated pirty and brliiR It to the support ot an Issue which he be'- Moves Is still vital Ho occupies the true position ot n loader Ho acknowledges the lost field , but would rally his legions to another battle nnd A new Issue. These commltteomon themselves are not clear or at least are riot a unit on what Is left ot the Chicago platform Some of thorn stoutly maintain the 111 to \ Idea but McOraw of West Virginia thinks that "gov ernment by InJunntlDii" Is the most vltil Issue left , whllo John J. Mellaltnti of Mm tana believes that the platform "will not bn reaffirmed as an entirety , ' and sass I hope to sco all popu.litlc notions left with tlio populists them olvoB The pta form , with less popultetlc nonsense would have been accepted by the people at the last election" Holding such views , It seems strange to see n man like. Mellatton In that crow d. Mr Holes Is right , and , like Mr Caldwell ot Kentucks' , knows a political corpse when ho sees it. Con ecuontls | It Is time for the obsequies The prop'o ' agree with him ami will join In the funeral observances In No vember crest , and Ibis tlmo bury It so drop that oven the lesurrcctlonlsts will not dlsi turb It. io\v v iinss : Sioux City Journali0ovenior Holes Is not offlcl.il government coroner jet ho lias seveial times hold an Inquest on tint Chicago platform and his verdict has bcoti the simo every time. Cedar Kaplds Republican I'nclo II. . rim reiterates his stitomont that the Chicago platform Ins had Its d.iv In court before the tribunal of last resort t'nele Ilor.aeo and tlio Chicago platform ought to got to gether and hold a consolation mooting Hurllngton Hawltcse lion Join * \ Kan- son ex-member of congress from this st ito and ex minister to Ausli.i | lias been ap pointed a special agent of the Depart nn it of State to negotiate loclptooltj arrange ments under the Dingles tariff This Is a first-class selection one that needed no UIR ing Mr Kassoiii's rnatute experience a" .a diplomat , his recognl/t'd spci lal qualitli a tloiiK fm that line of work , pntUularly sig null/e his appointment as emlnnitls wlsu and full of hopeful prt mlsc of siuicssfnl re sults Des Molt.es Capital The new election law as nmon led by tlio now code provide" " tint the polls In country cllstilets shall bo op < n from S o'clock In the morning ui.tll < i In the evening , and In the cities from 7 a m iinlil ( i p m. Under the old law the polls opcm-d at S a m and It was optional with Iho Judges of the election to close them at my time from f to S o'clock p m provided , however , that thos make an announc-emcnt of the hour tl'oy would close This cliangn will facilitate matters In the counting of votes ami give worklngmen a better oppor tunity to vote , which they can do on their waste work .MIST I'OII I'MJY. Cblcnpo Post' "She pays Blio hni re in lined Mnglo from choice" "That's right. I wouldn't undori ik < ' to siy whoso t-holce It WHS , but tlio bin id. goner.rl .statement Is unque-stlou ibis * It no" Detroit rice. Pre i "Wliv Ins mill , genre up' " Mio a-ltP ( | us she took In tile el ly a supplj t the door "Wo lime1 1ml ' o llttlo rain inndntn , that the pastilles lire1 all dried up " "Vus , and .so are the wells" I'll k Clerk I wouldn't like lo cut 111 ! ilereif 1 ie" ju it f r one vanl , in icliiii 111 that IMI'I e miigb to trim nnsth i g" Shopper Oh. I didn't want 't ' fir tri m'ntr , but It's so rile" to have a pi oo c f 1 < about the bouse ns .in heirloom , you knov\ ' Chicago I st The negro vv is inn Iiu ; when lieMubbcd his toe.allfcl ibml t M loot tlumiKli the air and stinok bin h id on n cMirlHtono "Hint voiiis ° lf ? " SOIIIP one n kml "llu't imliMMr1" lie c'r'pil ' Indlminnll } "I itrkon I mas' bioko nnh big toe" Cincinnati Hnquiror 1 * nv ( lontlmrntn'h ' ) Tioro Is no more nv iirnful M > unil thai llm ory of Ibo whlppnorvvIM In the Bloimlnu IjHshfonl Did you over hear the Hound ot the- wind blovvlniv aoiews the mouth of an empty ju § . ' " Chlcapo News : Mr Iluiklev llc-ri' .s a newfpaper Item that fay < ? people'i b idi have bt > en known to grow , even after the s were .13 years of ige I wonder If tliit s 10 ' Mrs Bnrkloy Well , nflor thai oxpeil'tun ' of vonr1' nt the rlub banquet I i"t w K I in surprised that you can havemy < l mbt about It. rie'voland Plain Dealer' plir was the d iiigbtor of it strr > c't ral way iniiernnte'n I the good-looking1 young mini It id jint Ids d her A mnmc'iit later IIP ImKol In In i e > vn with i iliinmnlntril pxpt i s fen "Cent vou piS' th it birk' " ho murmiiiiil Tlio love v jlrl tossi cl bur bead "I lie 11 vn" "homl "that vou favor lower fans' ' " 'Yes' | m n liii'tiinth fiihnlttoel , "I ilo " "Then" she1 sild IniiiKhtlls' "vou nooil oxpeof no triM < - fe'is cm this ss'stoin " Ariel t'io yelling in in knc > A that tbu magna'eti Intel won another round , THR uNrr.Ti iitrD : Mt'.si : Iiptreilt Joiirn il And s-liriulil the iinlancb Ay la > , Omit , percianco , to come- , Sli ill tme'SS' ori'll to bo , lu Hinder ntlnn , glum' And H'loulel wo have , lntiiiel of tl e e , A Might of Indian summer , Still may poesy , nt that , Ue altogether plummci7 INSI'lllTIOV 'VVasliliiBtem Htnr Slnj ? bos' to this wonderful era WP < " ; NVhi'ii life Is ax i.iphl IIH iiiild e in lie Tire ! HUH BePms to rlne > with a clatter and I ) II1L' , And you'ro not understood If you do not tiso HIIIK' | ; . Votrr olel-f iKlilonci ] ways lo the winds y m may llinir , The plir.iso of the present Is "Any od ! thirifc' . " Woulel you scale to the heights tint cirn h icroel to fame- Whit lelcl will you choose in B'euiliifj v li-unu ? Are pictures , or inrrHlc , or letter * your elroirn ? Do not waste your gooel tlm in H lei in a theme' . The clew Is before you , 30 gr.iBp it and cling Tlie're > ' ! i no better topic tlr in "Any Old Tlilmr. " Hut do not forget ewbon yoii'vo choKen j-nur way , That misfortune nvvalts you If clsivvlic'rn you striy. That whatever your rnlpslon , your llfet will go we'll , If irr this thing alone you can cl ilrn In excel. So , who shall bo deaf to the song1 that hopn , Whim llfo is BO lavish wllh "Any OM Thlnt-s. " \VIII2N PAIL f TRY LKAVINO Ol-F COFFHIJ. It may solve the problem. H Try POSmU CBKEAL ! j FOOD COFFHK.