' ' * 4' ' " ' t r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , DECEMBER 9 , 1807 ,
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEEX
K , IlOSEWATKn , Editor.
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INSIST 0V II.YVI.VU THU 11RI3.
Arc Ilia otlu't1 tliroe nppointlvn mem
bers of thi ! police board muruly'Jumping
Jacks for Ilonlmnii ?
If tlio early bill lias the beat chnnci *
to become law. tlio Nebraska inemborr
of congress seem ten have gotten right in
Hue as lawmakers.
If you want to know where to malto
your holiday purchases , read tlio adver
tising columns of The llee. The respon
sible nicrcliant advertises.
Not a train held up In this vicinity in
years , although the FaUcry's six danger
ous bandits Intent on trnlnrobblng have
been at large 'for two weeks.
The best way for the school board to
make Its mark in the popular estimation
is to wipe out the Inherited doileit which
It has been Increasing instead of rciluc-
There seems to be a grand rush tto Introduce
troduceHie postal savings bank hill that
will give ( he author the credit of being
the father of the system in the United
States.
Army ollieers may be dcpc-ndcd on not
to Invite reprimand from the present
secretary of war so long as the example
of the Covering case remains fresh In
their memory.
Tlio foreign press appears to be nimble
to conceal its disappointment over the
failure of President MeKinley to frame
his message with an express view to
pleasing the foreign nations.
The public is not Interested In any controversy -
troversy between different sy.i'toms of
ventilation , but it does Insist that what
ever system Is used In the public schools
its operation shall not bo detrimental to
the health of the children In attendance.
The United Stales lias not suffered
perceptibly thus far by the failure of
tho.senate to ratify the Hawaiian treaty
on the spot when transmitted to it and
there Is no Imminent danger of suffering
to ensue from Us rejection altogether.
Bryan lias repudiated the- populist
doctrine oE absolute paper money. The
question is whether the populists when
forced to choose between that doctrine"
and the silver trust champion will be
Influenced by principles or by promises
of spoils.
Tlio council must not allow itself to
get into the habit of suspending tln lire
ordinance for the benefit of favored In
dividuals. We can never build a sub
Btantlal city so long as permission to
erect llrotraps can be had simply for the
asking.
The Judge of tlio superior court In
Chicago holds that the Illinois Central
railroad does not own the land under
lying Lake Michigan along the lake
front In Chicago. Lake Michigan's va
ried experience in the Chicago courts
would make aiv Interesting book.
Governor Atkinson of Georgia , is entitled -
titled to a new rating in the matter of
common sense. lie vetoed the anti-foot
ball bill with a declaration that tlio col
lege and school faculties are the proper
bodies to determine whether the boya
should play foot ball or mumblepeg.
Tlio statement of the state treasurer
of the moneys received for the tempo
rary school fund for distribution in "The
December apportionment Is sadly
lacking In the Item of Interest on state
warrants , about whoso purchase the
treasurer has been trying to make so
much political capital.
Old ) of the good results of the extra
session of congress last summer may
now bo seen In the fact that congress
Is ready to go to work without spend
ing several weeks 'In ' perfecting an or
ganization. The. committees are already
preparing bills and the work of the ses
sion will bo well uudcr wuy before the
holiday vacation. ,
T1ANK KXTKffStOK.
Sccrotary Gage recommends a number
of amendments to the national banking
law , with a view to extending the sys
tem and enlnrging the circulation of
banknotes. The proposed amendments
are dslgned to serve two purposes one
being to provide against contraction of
the currency through the withdrawn ! of
legal tender notes and the other to sup
ply bank facilities and currency to lo
calities now deprived of them. The sec
retary says that the complaint against
the national bank act as it now stands
la not directed toward the method of
bank organization or the absolute safety
guaranteed to the note holder , but to
ward those restrictions It embodies ,
which result In Its fnlluru to accomplish
the full benefit It ought to carry. A
national bank cannot bo organised with
a capital of less than ? 50,000 nnd be
cause of this many communities are de
prived of the aid of banks of issue and
burdened with onerous rates of exchange
anil Interest charges.
Secretary Gage recommends that the
law be amended to permit national
banks to bo organized with a minimum
capital of § 25,000 In any place having
a population of 11,000 Inhabitants or less ,
that the rate of taxation on circulating
notes secured by deposit of bonds be
reduced to one-half of 1 per cent per
annum and that banks now organized or
hereafter organized bu allowed to issue
circulating notes to the par value of
proposed refunding bonds when depos
ited by tliein with the treasurer of the
United States ! lie would restrict the is
sue of national bank notes to the denom-
inalion of § 10 and upward. Mr. Gage'
expresses tlio belief Hint with these
amendments to the law national banks
would give upon a thoroughly safe basis
a desirable credit currency leading ulti
mately to further freedom of issue as
the result of time and experience. "A
careful Investigation of the commercial
conditions of the country at different
periods of the year , " says Secretary
Gage , "shows how essential to those sec
tions depending upon tin * prompt moving
of the staple crops of cotton , wheat and
corn is a banknote Issue which enables
the local.bank to supply Its customers
with the means necessary for such pur
pose within the shortest period of time
and at the lowest cost. " By way of il
lustration the secretary presents lignres
showing the extent to which the crop
producing sections of the country are
now dependent as borrowers of money
upon other sections and says that with
proper banking facilities the necessity of
such borrowing now existing would bo
reduced to a minimum.
The question of extending banking
facilities lias already received attention
iu congress , a bill having passed the
house of the Fifty-fourth congress pro
viding for the establishment of national
banks with a capital of i2,000 ? in towns
of not more than -1,000 population. It
Is very probable that such a measure
would pass the present house and It
would seem that it should also get
through the senate , although there is
strong hostility in that body to the na
tional banks and it conies from tin-
sections where there is need of better
bank facilities. As to the other sugges
tions of the secretary of the treasury ,
there can be no .sound objectiou to allow
ing the banks to issue notes to the par
value of bonds deposited with the
treasurer of the United States , but the
proposal to reduce the tax on bank cir
culation will not lie popular , though II
may be essential as an inducement to
the enlargement of bank issues.
JYjr A CIJIIKTV FAlli.
The Transmississlppl Exposition is nol
a. county fair or a state fair. Its scope
is .national and International. While
Omaha , Douglas county and Nebraska
are to be Its principal beneficiaries , the
assistance they contribute to the enter
prise does not contemplate or warrant
the localization of the exposition , either
in Its buildings or exhibits. The state
buildings are not to bo devoted to exhi
bition purposes , but are primarily de
signed for headquarters of state delega
tions and the accommodation of visitors
from the .respective states. In the great
exposition's buildings each nation and
state participating will be allotted the
space required for its representation.
To permit Independent county exhibits
in separate buildings would detract from
the general plan of the exposition and
make it simply a big state fair. The
scheme for the erection of a Douglas
counts' building is therefore out of the
question. If Douglas county Is to have
a separate exhibit In its own building ,
why should not also Pottawattatulo
county , across the river , be accorded the
same privilege ? Why not have every
town and county within 200 miles of
Omaha installed by Itself and cover the
whole grounds with cottages and cabins
each under tlio special care and super
vision' of county agents ? Surely nobody
\\Iio advocates tlio Douglas county build
ing would seriously contend for such a
conglomeration.
Manifestly the county building project
Is merely a cloak for helping a few people
ple to jobs at the expense of the public ,
even though to tlio detriment of tlio ex
position. That certainly was not the ob
ject Iu voting the $100,000 of county
bondd.
STII.h DISTRUSTFUL , ,
It appears that the currency recom
mendations of rresident McKlnloy are
disappointing to British financiers and
Investors In American securities. They
do not so much llnd fault with the plan
as with tlio fact that It is made contin
gent upon mil adequate revenue , a con
dition which may bo somewhat remote.
Like our own radical currency reformers
these British llnanclws believe that wo
should retire all the legal tender paper
cniTonfy as a prerequisite to tlio full
restoration of confidence. That being
HO they are assured of a long period In
which to Indulge their distrust.
It Is rather remarkable that foreign
capitalists who profess a want of confi
dence In American securities appear not
to realize tlio significance of the steady
increase In the treasury gold resoivo.
Tlio gold in tlio government vaults la
now greater than at any other tlmo in
tlio past half dozen years and It Is stated
Unit the treasury Is actually embarrased
by the desire of the banks to deposit gold
with U and take out legal tender notes. 1
This shows that American flnnneiers !
linvo no apprehension In regard t > theao
notes , so far ns tlinlr redemption Is con
cerned , and the fact ought to relieve the
minds of European llnaiielers of any
doubt or misgiving regarding the future
of our paper currency. But there has
been so much said hero against this cur
rency that it Is not surprising foreigners
are distrustful. That feeling will disap
pear when we shall have stopped dis
crediting our financial system.
Ul'IXtUX.
The fact that the Spanish liberals arc
satisfied with the position- President
McKinley In regard to Cuba will per
haps operate to intensify jingo senti
ment In tills country. Those people who
would like to Involve the United States
In a conflict with Spain are likely to
now show a disposition to go a step
farther than they have ) heretofore urged
and dcninnd that Cuba , bo recognized
by our government as an Inde-pnmlent
state. The president having most con
clusively shown Unit it Is neither our
duty nor our Interest to accord the Cu
bans belligerency , under existing con
ditions , the jingoes must either abandon
their purpose to aid the Insurgents or
declare for the recognition of Cuban
Independence and it Is to bo expected
they will do the latter. In- that case this
element will be.less dangerous than It
lias been , because there are stronger
reasons against such a course than
against the recognition of belligerency.
Granting tlio Cubans belligerent righto
would have Inconveniences and dangers ,
as the president clearly pointed out , butte
to recognize the Independence of the
Cubans would undoubtedly result tn
making the United States a party to the
war. Spain would at once resent it
and we should be brought Into conflict
with that country. With this under
stood by the American people there can
be no doubt that a very large majority
of the more thoughtful and conservative
would lie opposed to recognizing Cuban
Independence.
There is a jingo element In Spain also
and It Is resentful at what the president
said respecting the policy of the Canovns
government in Cuba. It should have
had the wisdom to have kept silent , be
cause It cannot justify the Cuban policy
under the preceding ministry and it will
not promote good feeling in this country
by assailing the views of the president
In regard to that policy , which are fully
approved by tlio American people. It
ought to be apparent to these Spanish
jingoes that had the policy of Canovas
and Weylor been continued until now
the Intervention of the United States
would have been inevitable.
The American people are not greatly
concerned about Spanish opinion , but
they are deeply concerned in- the matter
of their government observing Its inter
national duty and obligations , "actuated
only by upright and patriotic considera
tions and moved neither by passion uor
selfishness. "
JXDIAX TKltniTUlll' TltOUBLKS.
Tlie conspicuous fict ; In the Indian
problem as it relates to the live civil
ized tribes in the 'Indian ' Territory is
the change which has been effected by
the Indians themselves practically an
nulling all the agreements anil treaties
and depriving the majority of the In
dians of rights and privileges for the
enjoyment of which their tribal govern
ments were ostensibly formed. Presi
dent McKinloy's declaration that this
change is so complete as to "render the
continuance of the system thus inau
gurated practically impossible" is in ac
cord with the decision arrived at by
others who have- carefully investigated
conditions iu the Indian Territory. The
theory that these Cliorokees , Creeks ,
Chickasaws , Choctnws and Semhiules
would bo able to establish and maintain
Independent nations -in the territory
ceded to them , where ownership of the
land iu common would inure to the bene-
llt of all eiiually , and where by the
rigid exclusion of white men the In
dians would be able to work out in their
own way the problem of civilization ,
lias proved illusive. In fact , the whites
have not been kept out , equality has not
been preserved and progress toward
civilization has not been especially
marked.
The relation of the ilmllan nations to
the United States government has al
ways been nn anomaly. The na
tions are theoretically Independent and
not subject to legislative regulation by
congress , but for many years It has been
absolutely necessary for thu protection
of the surrounding states and territories
that the federal government should ex
ercise some direct control over affairs In
the Indian country. As governments
the Indian tribes arc failures. The
fear that If they bo accorded statehood
it would bo an Indian Btato and in like
manner a failure disappears when it is
remembered that there are already In
the territory four or five times as many
whites as Indians. The presence of
these whites , by invitation of the In
dians themselves or at least 113' their
consent , causes the Indians to shrink
from any change from their tribal gov
ernment nnd at the same time make *
certain that there will never bo a state
controlled exclusively by Indians.
The breaking up of tluf anomalous tri
bal governments In the Indian Te-iTltory
Is doubtless a very necessary part of
the. final disposal of the whole Indian
problem , though we can take our time
to solve it gradually without danger.
Tlio Commercial club has finally taken
tlio initiative to cany out The Uco's
suggestion of a Joint committee on con
ventions In co-operation with the other
organizations Interested in the enter
tainment of exposition' year visitors.
This action Is taken none too early , for
there is plenty of work to keep such a
committee busy for-a year to come.
Tlio United States postal authorities
are hard after all gambling and lot
tery schemes and tlio best of it is that
tlio people heartily support them In the
The daughter of Governor Bradley has
at last consented to break the bottle
of champagne over thu bow of the good
battleship just built nt Newport News
and brstowUJi \ the vessel the name
of "the first jliom of the union , " nnd
thus disappearTrom Kentucky another
Mar eloiuralmjKtcis threatening ns thnt
raised by the-Ap.Hgate riots.
Kvcrybotly will agree that a stale fair
during the exposition would be a foolish
venture. ButMhtf contract by which the
fair was locator ! fn. Omaha contemplated
the holding of , nvt exhibitions in this city
and If the IS ! $ fair is omitted it Is no
more than just that It be given In 11)00 )
Instead. ' - '
Ol > | > nltlonl \nitfxiitloit. .
Springfield ( Mass. ) Ucimbllcan.
The oi.posltlntv to the Hawaiian scliemo Is
certainly growlnR , The senators who will
contest It nro formidable in ilobatldB power
nncl will nmko it a hard battle. And many
ropulillcari newspapers nro coming out
ncaltiHt annexation , amoug tliem the Port
land Presa , printed at Speaker Heed's home.
iiKslu' * Order * .
Now York Tribune ,
Russian orders for United Stated goods are
coming from Vladivostok. They have to be
telc-gnayhcd clear across Siberia and Europe ,
then across the Atlantic ucaan , and finally
clear acrcsa this continent to the IVtclflc
ccaat. What an argument la favor of
promptly laying a oablo across the 1'aclflc ,
with Its American end on United States soil ,
too !
A Itoomcrniiis for Kicker * .
Indlannpolls Journal.
There Is good reason to bellovo that the
attack of the two federal Judges tn Oregon
upon the character of Attorney General McKenna -
Kenna , In anticipation of his appointment
to thu supreme bench , will prove something
ot a bnomurnn , .particularly . for the Judges.
Thu trouble grows out ot the fact thnt Judge
McKenna refused to lliolil the court of ap
peals In Portland , Ore. , Instead of la San
Kranclsco.
.V ( ioiicrul lluitlo.
WnslilnctDn Post.
Jonathan p. Dolllver ot Fort Dodge wan
the bright particular star of a coterie of
congressmen at the Hamilton. As a racon
teur the Iowa legislator has few peers In
the house. "I am absolutely without bias
cr prejudlci * on any public question , gentle
men , " he eald , "cod everybody out our way
Is feellug good. " "What is the main Issue
In Iowa. Mr , Dolllver ? " "The main Issue
out there , " continued Mr. DMllvcr , "Is
making a living , and they are getting right
down to business. "
XIMV .lorni'y lu Un %
SprlnfitlcM ( Mass. )
New Jersey Isto have a place In the cabi
net ? This has not happened since the tlmo
of Frcllnghuysen , and would not have hap
pened then but for the accident of Gulteau.
Tc'find New Jersey again in the ca'blnct '
must go ( back to Hobcsou In Graivt's time ,
and ithcn wo should have , to pass back over
forty years for the next previous Instance ,
when Jackson made Mahlon Dlckcrson secretary -
rotary of thr > navy. Three out of the four Jer
sey men appointed to the cabinet in the 110
years of the consti-tutlon liavq held the posi
of secretary of the navy.
The llnoxo < ! ot Tliore.
Kcw York.Sun.
The missing bottle of Kentucky -whisky
which figurcil In the great battleship case la
accounted for In ai tinomclal communication
from Sccrotary Herbert to Miss Harriet Baln-
brldge Hlchard.son. Mr. Herbert wrote :
"Please accept my thanka for -the bottle
of forty-flve-ycar-old whisky , which canio
safely to hand and of which President Clove ,
land shall taste when I glvo my cabinet
dinner. " .
Miss UlcharJpon did not got the ship , .but
It seems clear nowi that the Cleveland ad
ministration got 'the ' whisky.
Hllslur.xfi Do Vflo pin oil t.
Uuffalo Cxnren.
During the four months which have passed
since definite elfinsof revival began to bo
observed many Industries have cither started
anew or added , to , their productive power.
Wages in numerous Instances have been
raised. During last week over 25 ODD em.
ployes ot industrial establishments received
an Increase. The reports as totrade arc
to the effect that business Is comparatively
better in the west than in the east , anil that
the south , dcsplto the depressing Influence
of low-priced cotton , Is enjoying considerable
activity. The nr-ual Indices of conditions ,
s-uch as 'bankclearings and railroad receipts ,
are encouraging. The total of clearings for
November \v.is not quite so large as were
the amounts for September and October , but.
as it surpassed the record of any preceding
November in the history of the country , cx-
' cin In 1SD2 , and as tho.tango of prices is
lower than It was in that year , It Is fair
to Infer that the
volume ? of business now
being done Is as large as in that year of
great prosperity.
I'KHSOX.VI. uVXIl OTIIKIIWISK.
The fact that there are no snakes In Hawaii
Is being referred to to provo that the Ha-
wallans are very temperate.
"Ladles arc requested to remove their hats
as far aspossible , " was Inscribed on the
cards of admission to a recent entertainment
In the suburbs ot Boston.
Judge Cyrus Heron , whose father was ex-
Governor Altgcld's tutor , -has moved from
Kansas to Chicago , and It Is said that ho
and Altgeld will form a partnership early
nt-xt year.
The calling of Governor Grlggs to the cato-
fnet has suddenly shown the Jersey people
what a beautiful slate had been fixed up for
tholr state without their knowing anything
about It.
MOSOB P. Handy and .Mark Hanna , both of
whom have Iboon III , are recovering. 0.1 r.
Handy Is in Washington and will remain
there till his report OB the American exhib
its for the Paris exposition shall .bo pub
lished.
Mother iMcKlnleywas born In 1S09 at New
Lisbon , O. ; s'ao was married In 1S29 ; her
son William was born near Nlles , 0. , Janu
ary 29 , 18-13 , and her husband died In ' 1S92 ,
more than sixty-three years after his wed
ding day.
Governor Desna of Kentucky , more than
halt a century ago had a wild son , who was
convicted of murder. Tlio governor pardoned
mm aim no uitappcareu. 'Jtanit gou Is now
ono of tlio most eloquent preachers In tlio
Han-all-in Islands.
Dr. J. F. Alexander , president of the Gear-
gia Hoard of Health , has suggested that ne
groes who refuse tobo vaccinated' ' shall not
bo hired. Ho believes that such a course
would soon stamp out smallpox from among
the colored people.
Chess players often dlo of brain disease ,
nnd tha latest example is Derthold Kngllach ,
the Austrian champion , who waa famous for
his proficiency. Slnco 1879 , when he tlrst
became wldnlyJjiown , ho had engaged In
frequent contests \ylt4i masters JH the art.
Eighteen of his poor relations recently
droppul la on a tiporgio man and said that
their visit would list all winter , whereupon
ho went out and' gut drqnk. The Judge , be
fore whom lie jvis haulc-d , let him go on tlio
BrouD-J that it wds'enough to drive a man to
drink , ' 1 ;
Hon. W. F. Draper , United States ambassador -
bassador to Italy- writes to Postmaster
Thomas of Host/in , concerning the treatment
of diplomatic 'representatives .n Homo as
follows : "Wo lunte , as the scripture says ,
'High places In , , the synagogues , and prlncl-
r-al scats at feasts. "
The French afcaderayi Is to welcome a now
Immortal In Andre Thenrlet. This latest
literary star -to - ba , Include in the galaxy of
the famous "fprty" tuiq-.been styled as "ono
of the .gentlest spirits that survived the
of Toiniiiitlc-lsm. "
bankruptcy Tliourlet ex
cels as a novelist descriptions ot country
nocks and corners , "of pollto rusticity that
knows nothing of the delving- labors of
Koln's 'La Tcrre' ( the eoll ) , ' "
The -San Francisco Chronicle thinks the
fact that nugar manufacturers are eager to
buy good beet land , or filling In that , to
work such land on shares , is a certain in
dication that there is profit In Jicet culture.
" \Vo have notoilmany Instances of late , "
adds the Chronicle , "where inon with sugar
mill schemes have made contingent bids for
Ian4 upon which to raise tlio product. The
moat recent oisc In point 'Is reported from
I os Angeloi. where 8,101 acres wcro pur
chased by ( ho Ulxby Investment compwiy ,
builders of the IosAlamltos t > ugar refinery.
Tlin company paid Jtl .Hl for the properly
uni expects to make -ID highly profitable In
coii'ii-ctiou with a eugar will "
TIIH rilKSUMSXT'S MKSSACJH.
CMvIl Service.
Chicago Timcn-HeralJ.
The keenest npollsman will bo unable to
detect any wavering noteor dissembling
phrase In the president's utterances on this
question , For these who are fnmlllar with
the president's well known record oh this
subject and his Inflexible attitude toward the
politicians who have sought to dismantle the
law there was no need of these assurances
of his continued fidelity to Its spirit and
purpose. The president not only stands by
the promises of his party In Its national
platform , but reaffirms with candor and con
sistency the declarations contained In his let
ter accepting the nomination ( or the presi
dency.
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Minneapolis Tribune.
President MeKinley In his messngo to con-
grcrs does not dcvoto so much space to the
discussion ot the currency question as was
generally anticipated. Ho disposes of the
whole matter , so far as his own rccomnipndn-
lions are concerned , In a tow brief para
graphs. The sum and substance of his ad-
vlco Is that the gold rrecrvo bo protected by
making the greenbacks , after they have been
once redeemed In gold , rclssuablo only for
gold. "Tho government , " says the president ,
"without any fixed gold revenue Is pledged
to maintain gold redemption" nnd when the
pinch comes , under the present system , this
can only be done by the sale of bonds. Hln
simple device would obvlato the nccesolty
for any further sale of bonds for such a
purpose ,
CoiicornlnuCulm. .
St. I.oul9 Glolx--r > einocrJt.
In relation to Cuba the utterance Is con
servative arsd ( based on a doslro for peace
consistent with honor. Tlio recognition of
belligerency at present the president would
consider unwise nnd therefore Inadvisable.
Under existing circumstances Intervention on
humanitarian grounds would bo premature ,
bf cause , as the president views the case , "It
Is honestly duo to iJipaln and to our friendly
relations with Spain that she should bo given
a reasonable chanoo to realize her expecta
tions and to provo the assorted cfllcacy ol the
new order of things to which she Is irrevo
cably committed. " The possibility of Inter
vention hereafter is referred to. but it should
bo "without fault on our part. " An oppor
tunity to test autonomy Is justly claimed by
Spain , ho Insists , ns a country with which
our relations are friendly.
Not Afi-nlil of ( Jold.
i Kansas City Star.
President MeKinley , In his message , dis
plays none of the timid politician' fear ot
the word gold. Ho uses the most emphatic
language In discussing the subject ot tlio
currency , nnd leaves not a shadow ot doubt
as to the determination of the present ad
ministration to maintain the gold standard
and to avoid any action by the Treasury de
partment which will In the least degree im
pair faith in the stability of the currency.
The message Is much stronger in this re
spect than a good many radical currency
reformers expected. In advocating a safer
and easier method to obtain gold for the re
demption ot the greenbacks , and to make the
demand notes of the government less of a
mcnaro to confidence In financial circles ,
tlio president very shrewdly calls attention
to the fact thnt the settled pollcyof the gov
ernment , elnco the close ot tlio war. has
been to pay Its debts In gold , and that the
treatment of the greenbacks that is now ad
vocated Is merely a continuation of that
policy.
< Tin * TiirllT Ijinr. '
Chicago Trllmno.
The president has very little to say concerning -
corning the tariff law. dlo states that "Its
full effect has not yet been realized , " but
thnt "what has already 'been ' accomplished
assures ns of Its timeliness and wisdom. "
Further time will be required "to test its
full value. " The pecyle , "satisfied with Its
operation and results thus far , are In no
mind to withhold1 from. It a fair trial. " So
far as the protective -features ot the law nro
concerned this statement Is unquestionably
true.I3ut many Intelligent persons arc
not satisfied with U ns a revenue producer ,
and would like exceedingly to see it amended
in such a way as to produce $00,000,000
more revenue during the next fiscal year.
That much motvey can be obtained by doub
ling the beer tax nnd putting moderate du
ties on tea and coffee. That would not affect
the protective 'features ' of the law. It was
hoped that the president might suggest the
propriety of further revenue legislation , but
ho has not dcno so.
SlMlll * TIlIllp-M Olllllteil. ;
.St. I uls Itepuimc.
If the message Is to be rated as marking
an epoch In the discussion of money prob-
lema , wo must observe what the president
has not said. Ho docs mot honor silver with
u friendly word , beyond1 a coldly perfunctory
reference to the- futile efforts ot the bi
metallic commission appolDtcd by him last
spring.
Interpreting this silence , it Is to bo In
ferred that the president and his party have
decided to abandon even , the pretcnso of
interest In bimetallism ; to accept the gold
standard as a permanent Institution and
gradually reconstruct the currency system
on a basii ? of bank notes as the bulk of
money i-a. use , the government acting chlelly
in the capacity of guardian of the gold
standard.
If the republican party Im both houses
of congress approves the Indirect , but ap
parently teal , acceptance of a permanent
gold standard by the president , the future
party alignment of voters ca the money
question will quickly be made clear.
I-'liiiiiic-lnl ItoforiiiH.
St. Puul Pioneer 1'iesa.
If the president does not strike the highest
note of financial ttatcsmaiislilp In his specific
recommendations la regard to the currency
question , ho plants himself firmly on gen
eral propositions which murk a distinct ad
vance toward a practical reform of our
monetary system. Ho lays bare with un
sparing hand the evils and dangers involved
Im the solemn pledge of the govem-mont to
maintain , at par with gold demand obliga
tions In the form of greenbacks , treasury
noteo and silver certificates and coin amount
ing to $900,000,000 , while the only means by
which tlio government caa certainly get gold
Is by borrowing It , for the revenues ot the
government are payable In every and any
kind of currency. And although he ahrlnks
from the logical conclusion that tlio best
way to get rid of thcso evils and dangers
Is to get rid ot the various forms of gov
ernment currency which cause them , and
goes no farther then to recommend such
measures an will enable the government , In
any exigency , to mal-ntaln - the parity of
thcso obligations , yet this In far In advance
of the lalssez falro , happy-go-lucky policy
which has prevailed for twenty years in the
administration of our top-heavy fabric of
miscellaneous currency.
TIIHMOTJIKItS OIi' I'H
I.tiolvliip ; Ilncktviml Over < Iiu MVCH of
KHIIIOIIH Anii'rltjnuVoiuni. .
I'hllndelnlila. 1'retu.
The dying mother In Ohio adds ono nioro
to the long line of American women who
have eeen the boy they nurtured become the
chief executive * of a great peoplo. As prtfl-
iilcnts average DC , tlio odds are against u
mother aurvlvlmg to see the inauguration ot
her son more than- hart a century after she
brought a IDIII child Into the world. Where
tlio hard conditions of frontier life en
vironed the boyhood of a president aa
they did of Jackson , who became president
at C2 ; Johnson , whoec accwsioa- was at 07 ;
or oven Lincoln , who became president llva
years below the average age the mother
line not had the Joy of seeing her son jireo
ideat. Of ttic-fto ono , Jackson's mother ,
] ? llzabcUi IIutchlcBon. owed her death to
the revolutionary hardships , which she
taught her f.ca to face with the courage that
gave him his first wound , whose txar ho
carried through life and which brought him
to the door of death ,
The happy fortune- - which giaccd the
life of a nun equal to all fortunes and
superior to all- hazards , thu mother ot the
first president , Mary Hall , bade good-bye to
her son an he rode to his Inauguration. No
ocone in our history or in his has more af
fected tlio national Imagination. Stern , vlg- '
orous , with many of the limitations of her
day , narrow , uneducated , hard working , fillIng -
Ing the dutkii of both parents , a woman of
few books , but those urged on her son ,
training ami teaching by the maxims of a
great Ungilsh chief Justice , whoso law was
embodied moral ( ionee , uho created the pop
ular type and set the accepted ntandard by
which the mothers of prealdcuta have elnco
been Judged , A more heroic figure or
grwtcr. with all her later faulta , our hlo-
tory does not present th t > this elondcr
wonwn of Kntlo birth and frontier environ
ment In a Virgin ! * clearing. In untold- hard
ship and the n-teenco - of nil that makes for
civilization , patiently tending > nd tran -
mlttlnR the memory and knowledge of the * * )
great principles ot religion , of law , of mor
als and of behavior on which rests the
greatfless of our race. Nocstal' ' who tended
the fire on which hung Ihoeofety of Homo
guarded a purer flame or a nobler.
Presidents' mothers there have been
whcso c\uly days were these of security ,
honors and advancing cose. Sued wus Mary
Armlateeil , the mother of Tyler , of a Vir
ginia family whoso representative fell the
foremost figure In Plckctt's chaiRc. his valor
fliulhis brlgndn's today A deathless national
heritage1. The wife ot a JudRo , bom In easy
circumstances , slio felt poverty vis little as
Jnnei Knot , the mother of Polk , or Mary
Klfleld , Iho mother ot John Adams. Her hus
band , Samuel \\danis \ , "controlled tlio login-
laturo" In behalf of ono of the- moat corrupt
currency schemes over launched , beRliinliiR
an experience slrco familiar In American
legislation. When her son , the future pres
ident , married Abigail Smith , a fanner's
d-iugiitcr , the mother ot another president ,
John Qnlncy Adams , the neighborhood waste
to srnndallzcd at this union between a godly
family and the son ot the notorious promoter
of the "silver scheme , " with Its trail ot SIM-
Melon and final ruin , that Mistress Abigail's
father preached to his flock a heated ecrmon
on the need of Chrlsttin charity , from the
text , "For John came neither eating nor
drinking wine , an I ye say ho hath a devil. "
TJio mother of one president and the wife of
another did credit through life to the stock
from which shn sprang and made up for the
dullest diary ever penned , - whichher - hus
band wrote , by letter , which will bo read
whllo our presidents aru remembered.
It Is a mistake to ltr.uglno that our pres
idents' mother ! " have all como from Uio
ranks of poverty , Eleven , or half , have been
In easy circumstances and had a competence ! ,
but all without exception were godly anil
devout women , No American has ever bc-
como president without the memory of the
prayers ho lisped nt his mother's knee , am' '
inoro than ono Ins recorded their Influence
Hachary Taylor's mother was - thewife of .1
colonel In our llovolutlonary army nnd
Plerco's mother was the wife of a contl-
nen'.al officer of no largo fortune , a farmer
but comfortably off. W. II. Harrison's
mother was the wife of one of the most dis
tinguished men of his day , and his grandson
licr.jamln Hnrrlron , had as his mother a
woman long familiar with public life
Among those ot narrow means were th
mothers ot Arthur , Malvlni Stone , and o
Cleveland , Anne Nival , who were both minis
tors' wives , though neither lived to see he
son president. Tacmas Jefferson's mother
Jane Randolph , Inherited the wealth of her
family , end her son Iwt It. Frances Taylor
the mother ot James'Madison ' , came of a fain
lly of means , -and her brother was Kaclnr.\
Taylor's grandfather. Hayes' mother hai
ample means , Nor was Grant's mother
Jane Simpson , without her share by klndrec
ot connection with a family whoso deeds arc
known.
In our own day the two presidents' moth
ers who have most moved the public love
and admiration hnvo been IClizn Uallou , the
mother of Garflcld , and the mother ol
William MeKinley. The popular Imagination
was touched by the spectacle of tlio Bon ol
the former taking his oath of office on his
mother's bible , his mother at his side , aa the
nation's heart Is today moved by the pres
ence of the president at his mother's bedside ,
Doth these women are of the antique type
full of godliness , of heroic faith , of unswerv
ing determination , of high aim and thai
broad and elevated outlook on the principles
ot life and the affairs of men which dis
tinguished the mother of Washington.
Intheso days when women seem to be
educated for everything but the duties ol
motherhood and trained to every asplratioi
and ambition but those which lead to thi
birth and nurture of their own children , li
Is well to remember that the presidents o ;
the United States have visibly owed fai
moro to their mothers than to their father !
more than half wcro early left fatherless
Tlio greatest of them wcro less heroic fig
ures , those who know botli have bellevei !
and testified , than tlio mothers who bore
them. Not a president but has left some-
whcro on record his own testimony to the
Influence and training of n Christian mother.
It Is well that a nation should stand with
bared head , as it docs today , at the deathbed
of a president' mother. It , Is more that
these sound traditions of. faith , of personal
religion and of glad self-sacrifice which have
ennobled the mothers of our presidents
should remain tlio heritage of the daughters
of America , among whom nro today walking
the mothers of our presidents for half a
century to come.
CLYXC13I.12I ) ICAXS.VS JIOHTfi.Vr.I2S.
Louisville Osurler-Journal : The Kansas
farmers will exhibit at the Omaha Trans-
mls.slsslppl Exposition a carload of canceled
mortgages. Kansas , whether In calamity
howl or prosperity paean , never does things
by halves.
Globe-Democrat : Kansas proposes to send
a car loadof canceled mortgages to be ex
hibited at the Omaha exposition next sum
mer. Tlio documents meantime will bo
gathered In- the 105 counties of the state.
Any western commonwealth can build a
conn palace , but Kansas will be the first to
ma up In honor of prosperity a st-'iely
monument of pald-off souvenir I. O. U.'s ,
Philadelphia Record : Kansas , which lately
pent carlcails of Jack rabbits tothe poor of
the cast , will send a oirload of canceled
mortgages to the Transmisslsslppl and Inter
national Exposition-t-o - bo held in Omaha tn
Juno next. That will bo a proclamation of
prosperity which should silence calam'ltists
at homo nnd provo very Interesting to capi
talists abroad. Klcndlkes ore well enough
for itho argonauts ; but what moro could
ordinary mortals ask than a land flowing with
Jack mbbits nnd dead mortgages ?
Chicago Tribune : A unique Illustration
of Kansas prosperity Is projected as a part
of the exhibit which that state will make
at the Trar.amlsslsslppl Exposition to beheld
held at Omaha next enmmer. This Is to
take tlio form of a collection , of canceled
mortgages from the "Sunflower state. " The
plan contemplates the gathering up through
the registers of deeds of the 105 counties
of the state of all -the mortgages that may
> o paid oft by farmers In the next six
nctilru , the whole to bo collected M. Toptka
ind thcnco shipped to Omaha tor dignity
n the KnriBAfl ucctlon ot the exposition. It
s estimated that the number ex > collected
will lie ftufnclctint to flll & freight car Such
an. exhibit would furnish oao ot the- most
effective nnd unique advertisements of the
return of prosperity to Kansas farmers Ihixt
could bo presented to the public.
Baltimore Sun ; Ai car lead of canceled
nortRaget- ' would bo a very striking cvlditico
of the Improvement of financial conditions
n Knnsaa and would doubtlrca be ono ot $ &
the moil tatcrcfltliiR exhibits at the Omaha
exposition. Hut Hew William J Hryan a
Ives within visiting dlst.inco of Omaha. * ml
to force him to look nti such convtncIrR cvl- r , '
donees of the Kanras furmenv 'ability to
pay their debts would amount to down-
M cruelty. Mr. IlryinVi political thcorlea
rest upon the assumption that western debt
ors arc hopelessly Insolvent nnJ cnreiot got
rid of the Incumbrances upon their farms
until the dls-petvmtlon of flO-cent silver dollars
lars Is Iwugurated , The facts dcmon. .lrato
lhat Mr. llrjan's contention Is unsouod. lu
less thar. ' a jcar from the time In which .V
ho was predicting an appalling calamity K i
free silver coinage was rejected the- farmers
of Kanaae wore- getting a dolMr a bushel ' , '
for their wheat and clearlrj ; off mortgages i
with an alacrity which mndo the Chicago ' ' ,
con.ventlcm'8 declarations appear In the light * V.
of Idle mockery.
ciii-iui-'iii - : ) CHAT.
ChlciiRo Post : "Honc-stV" IIP exclaimed ,
HonestY Well , rather. Me not only ? wouldn't
ptonl Horn tin Indlvidunl , but he actually re.
v
fu&cil IT steal from the Kovcriuurnt once
when ho had thiopportunity. . "
Yonkers Statesman : lllll Ynlo Thnt nm > * f
Williams never lo-u his heml In n , fool ball B
game yet , did IIB ?
Jim Uorni'll No. 1 think not , Ho'n lost an
oar , part ot his nose , clisht twtli ; lull 1 < 1
not romembcr ever hearing of him losing his
lieiul ,
Chtcano Trlliune : "What Is thnt honr.'x- ,
rasping nolso In UK-PC ? " Inquired the iMtidl-
dntovntttnT $ In the nntc-room for Initiation ,
his chwk pnlltiR somwvhnt.
"It'B the newly elected otlleprs of tlio loilRo
fllliiK their bonds , " Iho outside guard sol
emnly assured him.
Somcrvlllu .Tournnl : When n man starts In
by gaylng ; "I've Rot a inlBhty funny Mory
to tell you , " yon make up your mind In-
Btlctlvely that you won't laugh.
Cleveland 1'laln Dpnler : "Did you enjoy
tlio opera ? "
"No , IMS preatly disappointed In It. "
"What wns the trouble ? "
"Why , wo got tlieio so Into thnt I mlscd
n lot of gossip the other people In the box
had been discussing. "
Chicago lU-oord : Snubme favors con-
frrrodj they tipur us to self-lnsppc-tlon ,
Tlip UKlk-Ht man alhv sil ays thinks he U
entitled to n pretty wife.
Providence doesn't take nny Interest lu a S
woman who stiinds on n rockliig-clrair to
light the gas.
Mnn vns made to mourn ; If It wasn't coin *
pulsory he wouldn't do It.
COXCBNTUAT15D ATTRITION ,
Clevdniiil I'lnln Donlor.
I pat bptr.voon two lovely elrla ,
Yet neither one I saw ,
I watched the sta e with wtendy Raze ,
That never hmu- - flaw ,
For both these lovely girls had dlnnd
On onions strong : and raw.
UP IX OMI
Dcmer Post.
Things ain't like they used to bo.
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Ain't so full ot deviltry.
Up In old Cticyenno ,
No more powder In the air.
Coroner not needed there ;
Pistols given way to prayer , -
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Satan had a loadln * pull ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Chrlstlnns scarce s chicken wool ,
Up In old Cheyenne , .
Morals torn up by the roots ,
Argument the sort that shoots ,
Used to bury lots o" boots ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Quickest man to pull his gun ,
Up in old Cheyenne ,
Lived to help along1 the 'fun.
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Mighty little sassln' back
In n gnmo 'bout who played jack
Allus brought a pistol crack ,
Up In old Clieycnnc ,
Old pianos- out o" tune ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
'Nuff to make the devil swoon ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Started nil the dancln' crow
Jumplii' whoop-to-dooden-doo.
I.rord ! but how the leather Hew !
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Gnmblers thicker tlinn the flics ,
Up In old CiioycMiiic ,
Sltln a man before Ills eyes ,
Up | n old Cfieyenne ,
AVlth Kins Karo take n fall ,
Shako tlio bones or roll the ball.
All the same , you'd lose your aJI ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Bettor people drifted In ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Said they guessed th-ey'd - rouzzlo sin.
Up In old Choyonm ; ,
Ketch a , feller anywhere i
Doln' things not on the square , i |
3ang him uj > an' let film ulr ,
Up in old Cheyenne ,
! * * I
Things Is sort o' different now ,
Up In old Cneyemii. ' ,
Never see a sinful brow ,
Up In old Cneyunnc.
I'eoplo llvln' in accord , ,
Strlvln' fur the last reward ,
Tryln' fur tcr serve the Lord ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Churches now on evoryi hand ,
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Public Hchooli to beat the band ,
Up In old Cneye-nno ,
( Men nre kings ) In bruin an' might ,
Wlmimon hnmlfiomv , good an' bright.
Girls ? Gel whizz ! they're out of night.
Up In old Cheyenne ,
Talk nbaut the dny of old ,
Up In old doyenne ,
'Fore the devil loosed bin hold ,
Up In ol I Cheyenne ,
They'll admit -with - elouded brow
'Twntm't heaven , anyhow ,
Hut , " they'll say. "Took ut us now ! "
Up In old Cheyenne ,
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