TIIE OlttAHA BAH.Y . r , B&tmiMK 14 , 13H7.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
E. nOSfcWATBIl , Kdltor.
PUJJUSIIKD KVKIlY MOnNINO.
TiniMfl OP SUIJSCnil'TlONl
'D lly lite ( Without Sunday ) , One Year * 0 M
Dully Itvc nnd Sunday , one Year , 8 W
BU ilmth * M
T.iiec Months > I 00
BliitUay lite , One Year < 2 do
Beiunl.-iy lice , On * Year. , . , . . . . 1 W
\V * ly Hoc. One Year U
. Ot'TlCKSt
Oinnh.1 : The Ilto lUilIJtnc ,
iut.1 Omnlin : 8lnE r Ulk. . Cor. N and 21th St .
Council Illurrn : 10 I'cnrl Street.
Cnicnuo omciu 317 Chamber ul Commerce.
J--iv Ynrki lloonm 13 , II uiul 15 Tribune Hide.
AVatlilnutuni 501 rourtcenth Street.
COlimCHI'ONDENCE.
All enmrnunlcalluna rclitlni ; to new * nnd edlto.
rlnl inulti-r rliouid be iiddrtsscJ : To tlia Editor.
iJtJUtftUSS Ljl TTKHS.
All liunlntRS letters nnd rtmltmncos fhould bo
nddrt-tteil to The Itee I'ubllMiln ? Company ,
Umahn. UiulK , chccki , iixtiress nnd poitolllce
miiniordeiK to bo made pnyablc tu the order ot
ttau cuinpotiy.
TUI : IIEU I'unuaut.sa COMPANY.
BTATKMKNT Of CII1CUI.A.TION.
SlMo uf N'pl imxltfi , DiniKln * County , " . :
OpnrRc 11 , Tz chucl < . secretary of Tlip Hois I'nb-
lliMIiifr Company , IHtiK duly nwoin , says ihnt the
nctiml number of full nml cnmidetc copies of The
Daily , MarnlnK , livening nnd Sunday ll o printed
II-'I IIB uiu inuntli of November , 1M7 , wn ns Col-
lmv :
1 20,710 16 21.JR1
2 21.100 17 21277
3 2S.SS ) IS 21,147
4 a. 07 ID , . . . , . ; 21.04S
6 21.177 20 21HS6
C 21,253 21 2li)2.- ) .
7. . . 20. 5 12 21,315
8 21.410 23 22.233
9 , , . . 21.0ID 21 21,503
10 21,207 r 21,335
It , . , 2I.OC3 M 21,183
12 21,321 27 2I.7SS
13 21,421 23 21,018
1 < 0.810 2n 21,401
IS * 21,353 SO 21.313
Tntnl . CI5.021
un-iolil nnd rotttrncd coploa . 10.415
Net tfitnl fnlps .
Net rtnlly average . 21.153
CliO , 11. T55PCHUOIC.
Sworn to 1 > eforo me nnd mitmcrllmt In my
rpfpnce this 1st ilay of December. 1897.
< Scal. ) N. r. FHII. ,
Notary Public.
TIIK 111315 OX TH.V1XS.
All rnllrnuil iicxvMlinyn nrc
UIIlll | Ml YVlIll DKIIIUll llfCH
{ ncciiiiiiniiiliitc every IIIIM-
MPimer who wnnlH < < > rciul n
n WHtiiiii > r. IiixlNt mioii Imv-
liiK Tln Hoc. If you en limit
Kft n Hoc oil n trnln rroiii the
iiiTV iHVciit , iilcanu report
tin : flint , Minting tlic ( rnlii anil
riillronil , to tlie Circulation
IJi-piirtiiicnt of The HOP. The
HIMIH fur Niilo oil till truliiH.
INSIST O.V H.VVIXG THIS I1ETC.
Sonic of thn congressmen refuse to
treat civil service reform with civility.
The time will conic when a sl.v-dny
hlcyolo race will lie rosnnlcil as one of
the barbarities of the past.
It is a Ions way between drinks from
Texas to Omaha , but the delegation
came home with the sober second
thought that all la well that oiitls well.
The Transnilsslssliipl Exposition will
ho what Its name Implies , an exposition
by and for the people of the transniis-
slssippl states.
The residents of Nevada are protesting
to the governor loudly against revival of
the lynching habit in their state. Other
causes have operated to almost depopu
late the state.
Grover Cleveland , with gun In hand ,
wadln Jlm nni Jhin. swamps looking
fSifltrelvS , which is better proof than a
doctor's bulletin of the perfect health of
young Uichard F.
value oC an advertisement that
Is given bonus for 15-cent-a-
away as a a - - -
wcck subscription is not much greater
than the chromo given away to the
buyer of a "twofor" cigar.
If Tom Dennlson would only "come
down" with a handsome Christmas gift
to the Faljcry ho would enjoy just as
much protection from its sleuths as have
the other South Omaha 'tiger ' dens.
Congressman Johnson of North Dakota
would dispose of the sealing problem by
exterminating the seals. That is not a
new idea. Some men have advocated
disposing of the Indian'jn-oblem In like
manner.
The populist candidate for governor of
Colorado last fall has announced that he
Is now a democrat , but that lie has sur
rendered none of his principles. Here is
one man who submits gracefully to the
swallowing act.
"Why not cnll thti amusement section
'
of the exposition' "Oriental Avenue. "
That name would bo suggestive without
imparting the llavor of oriental mistiness
> that attaches to the mete mention of Midway -
way Plulsance.
Florida will be creditably represented
at the exposition. Florida has absorbed
a good many wideawake and piiblle-
Bpirlted Nebraskans and -that accounts
largely for the public spirit she Is ex
hibiting favoring the exposition.
Weyler was wise in not spending hla
money to hire a crowd of clauucrs to
render him an ovation in jTladrld. An
ovation Is a nice thing , but AYoyler will
not soon got another chanceto replenish
Ills purse at the expense of the public.
The salvation army will start a hank
for poor men In Kansas City. The poor
men should make sure that If is not a
poor bank before they deposit tliolr sav
ings there. IlorrowlHR and leml'ng money
Is a business entirely different from sav
ing' ( souls.
Oregon populists are llrst in the Held
with a call for a convention to be held In
March. I'ennoycr is now n member of
HID party In that state , hence ( lie neces
sity for a long campaign in which to
inaku excuses for his conduct as gov
ernor and mayor.
a * *
14 * It Is to be hoped the Chinese emperor
will bo more considerate than to require
of LI Hun ; ; Chang that lie hang up Ills
yellow Jacket nml peacock feather as a
result of the repent land seizure by Ger
many oft the Yellow sea. The wwUhor
la cold In Tekln and Li is old and feeble ,
This IB the last -\vluteii Appeals will be
nuidy for nlil anil relief for the gold seek
ers In Alaska unless the gold discoveries
have been greatly exaggerated. Another
year the Klondike country will bo easily
a-euehiHl nml the miners ought to bo rich
enough to provide themselves with food
and clothlin ; .
ATTACK CW VIVtti SEHVICK 8TSTBM.
An attack on. the civil sorvlco law ,
which It was announced before the meet
ing of congress would be made , has been
formally started. A conference of re
publican representatives , nt which sixty ,
or a few more than one-fourth the re
publican members of the house , were
present , appointed a committee to devise
n plan of action for securing n change In
the civil service law. How the law Is
regarded bythese , republican assailants
was shown In the remarks of some'of
them In the house of representatives
last week. Mr. Grosvcnor of Ohio , who
Is the lender of the movement , made one
of his characteristic attacks on the law
and Mr. Urown , another Ohio represent
ative , denoiMiced the law as an abomina
tion. Those gentlemen nnd their asso
ciates In the war on the civil service
system pretend that they do not desire
the repeal of the law , but simply Its ,
modlllcatlon. It is dllllcult to have any
faith In this profession. The tenor of
their tailc warrants the belief that their
aim Is to ultimately accomplish the aboli
tion of the system. As Mr. Johnson of
Indiana , who ably replied to.the assail
ants of the law , said , they do not dare
to attempt the open repeal of the act ,
but seek to attack It covertly nnd Insidi
ously. "They pose , " said Mr. Johnson ,
"as 'real civil service reformers' who
wnnt to prune the excrescences , but I
submit that 'the real aim and purpose ,
when we get to thq bottom facts , is to
destroy the law by piecemeal , If it be
not possible to overthrow it nt one fell
stroke. " Were these enemies of the
civil service system to secure the changes
or modifications in the law they now
ask there can bo no doubt but they
would follow up the'ir success with a dc-
mamll for further'changes and thus step
by step destroy the merit system nnd
restore the spoils system.
There Is very little tranger , however , of
this opposition to civil service reform ac
complishing anything 1C the friends of
that policy do their duty. Among the
sixty republicans who attended the con-
fercncc few exert much influence and it
Is noteworthy that this meeting did not
have the countenance of the republican
leaders in the house. Mr. Heed and
Mr. Dlugley1 were not'In ! attendance and
while the chairmen of a number'of com
mittees were In the mootlnj ? the whole
number present constituted only a small
minority of the republicans in the house.
It is possible that some of those who
stayed away arc Ini sympathy with the
movement , but the probability is that
the conference fully represented the
strength on the republican side of the
house oE the opposition to the civil
service system and in that case Mr.
Grosvt'iior ami his followers have en
tered upon a hopeless crusade. Not
only is there a large majority of their
party representatives against them , in
cluding the leaders , but President McKinley -
Kinley has distinctly declared that he
will uphold anil-extend the. civil service
system.Vlint hope , therefore , can , the
enemies of the system have of 'ac
complishing their -purpose ? They as
sert that public sentiment is with them.
On the contrary intelligent and unpreju
diced public sentiment is overwhelm
ingly against them. Tills is abundantly
evidenced In the position oE the press of
the country. There is no policy more
firmly grounded in the approval of the
people than that of civil service reform.
irei'IiEfi'S RESEKTaiENT.
The resentment shown by General
NA'eylcr at President MelCiuley's arraign
ment of tlie policy of that ofllcer in Cuba ,
which is characterized by Weyler as an
insult to Spain and the Spanish army , Is
doubtless shared by the adherents of the
Canovas government , but itjls not to be
apprehended that Weyler , though he un
doubtedly lias many sympathizers , will
be able to tiring about , yis bo doubtless
desires to do , any hostile popular demon
stration against the United States. That
he is anxious to make himself the leader
of the element la Spain which heartily
hates America there can be no doubt , but
it would appeal' from the failure of the
attempt to get up an ovation for him on
his arrival in Madrid that he Is not likely
to achieve that distinction. That what
ever inllucncc lie may have will bo ex
erted to keep alive anti-American feeling
Is to be expected , for his dislike ; of this
country is intense and bitter , but wo do
not think he Is a very dangerous man.
Ills utter failure in Cuba from a mili
tary point of view ought to discredit him
with the army and the more intelligent
among the Spanish people know what a
costly experiment his policy was.
So far as the American people nre con
cerned they care nothing about what
Weylor ihay say or do. They fully np-
provo the utterances of President Me-
Kinley , which were made upon unques
tionable authority and I in view of the
facts are exceedingly moderate.
WITH THE SEAhS.
Congress appears disposed to deal with
the seal question iiv advance of the re
sult of the pending negotiations having
for their object an International agree
ment for the preservation of the beals
and the restoration of the herd to Its
fonjior proportions. A bill has been re
ported in both the senate and the house
prohibiting the killing of fur seals in the
water.s of the North Pacific ocean by
American citizens and prescribing pen-
altli-s.of line and Imprisonment for vie
lation of the net. This Is the proper
course for oiir government to take and
there ought to bo no opposition to the
proposed legislation. In prohibiting
pelagic sealing by our own people wo
should be consistent with our conten
tion for pntthvg a st'op to the open-sea
slaughter pf the fur seal nnd whether
such action would have any effect , upon
the Dominion government or not it
would at least place this government In
a proper position. It Is htmlly to be ex
pected that any concession1 will bo made
by Canada In this matter because It has
miido the adjustment of this question
contingent upon other mutters , the set
tlement of which , if ever eltc-etfil , Is
remote. It is probably safe to say , there
fore , that the Canadian government will
hold out for pelagic scaling and of course
it will bo sustained in this position by
tin ) Hrltisli government.
In that event It may bo expedient for
the United States to g\ > further than the
prohibition : of pelagic scaling l > y Its own
citizens and apply the < lrasHc policy pro *
posed by Mr. Dlnglcy in the last con
gress of killing all the seal within Its
Jurisdiction nnd disposing of the furs for
the benefit of the public treasury. A bill
making provision for this Is to bo In
troduced In the house nnd favorable ac
tion on It , In ] the event of the Canadian
government refusing to outer Into a sat
isfactory arrangement for putting an
end to Indiscriminate seal killing , is
more than probable. Doubtless senti
mental reasons will be urged against
such a course , but It would bo no more
barbarous than leaving the seal to he
slaughtered by the pelagic hunters , who
make no discrimination ns to sex In
their killing1 , nnd In bringing to n close
an Irritating controvcrsj- would bo In
the interest of peace. Sooner or Inter ,
under existing conditions , the extermina
tion of the seal herd Is Inevitable and If
the reasonable proposals of our govern
ment for 'the ' protection of the seals arc
not accepted it would be good public
policy to wipe out the. cause of con
troversy.
tt'AXTED-A. nilK.lT SUSLMKtt tlOTBIi
Now that the magnitude of the exposi
tion Is beginning to dawn upon this com
munity the most serious problem that
confronts It is to make provision for
ample hotel accommodations. It Is ad
mitted by all who arc conversant with
existing conditions that this Is the weak
est point. In Omaha's exposition project.
There will doubtless be a sulllclent num
ber of ordinary hotels to accommodate
all the people of moderate pretensions ,
but there Is a lamentable want of hotel
facilities for the entertainment of guests
that arc willing to pay for elegant
quarters and accommodations that are
to be found in all large cities. For this
class of visitors Omaha must improvise
one or more hotels built on the seaside
and mountain summer resort plan. Such
structures can be built on very short
notice and yet afford luxurious appoint
ments during the exposition season. A
hotel building covering a whole square ,
constructed upon the same order as , the
exposition buildings and containing 1'JOO
rooms , 150 of which may be provided
with baths , can be erected for from . < < 0-
000 to $75,000. At $1.50 a day on the
average for each room and not counting
the income from restaurants , barber
shops , news and cigar stands and other
salesrooms oiii the ground lloor , the reve
nues'would ' repay the cost of the build-
lug and leave a balance of from § 00,000
to $75,000 to the investors.
Assuming that such a hotel building
was donated outright at the close of the
exposition to the owners of the ground
to pay for its occupancy , the enterprise
would still be a paying investment. As
sume that the structure were abandoned
Viw hotel purposes , Its conversion into
onie or more assembly , halls or into an
armory would still enable the owner to
make it yield sufficient revenue to pay
taxes and Interest at 5 per cent upon
the value of the ground.
This estimate is by no means chimer
ical , nor is the time for carrying it into
effect too short It will be .remembered .
that George Francis Train built the
Cozzens hotel within sixty days , when
the facilities for rapid construction were
not half as good as they are now. It
will also be remembered that the Cozzens
house was' equal "to the best of hotels In
its day except in the character of the
material of which it was built. In these
days of machine-made woodwork , orna
mental staff , glazed tiling , porcelain
bath tubs , electric lamps , it need
not take more than ninety days to im
provise a hotel of colossal proportions
with conveniences and appointments
that will satisfy the wants of the most
fastidious tourist.
Who will undertake tills enterprise ?
There certainly should be sufllcicnt pub
lic spirit among local capitalists to
venture upoiv an investment that cannot
fall to yield handsome returns in a very
few months. In so doing they will not
decrease the revenue of existing hotels.
On the contrary the failure to Improvise
one or more of these mammoth hotels
will keep hundreds , If not thousands , of
tourists and visitors away-from Omaha
who would otherwise attend the exposi
tion.
TUB JNTKltNATlOtiAb HALAACK.
The mouth oP November was a record
breaker In the value of exports from the
United States , it being estimated by
treasury ollicials that the aggregate ex
ceeds ! $100,000,000 , making a large addi
tion to the International balance In favor
of this country. During the first four
months of the current fiscal year the bal
ance in favor oC the United States
amounted to $ K > 1,000,000 and at this
time it Is In the neighborhood of $200-
000,000. Exports continue on a liberal
scale and largely In excess of Imports , so
that the foreign trndo balance not only
goes on growing In our favor , but this
appears likely to be the condition , for u
year to come.
Under such circumstances the question
naturally suggests Itself why there is
not'a ' large inflow of gold from Europe.
With a heavy and growing balance of
trade It would seem that there ought to
be a steady stream of gold pouring into
the United States from European coun
tries that hard bought our commodities.
Why there Is not is explained by the fact
that money to the amount of many mil
lions of dollars one financial Journal
states the amount to be not less than
$40,000,000 duo from Europe Is allowed
to remain there because there is no > use
for It here and the interest rate abroad Is
higher. Thus It was recently stated that
some $1'J,000,000 of bills of exchange
were being hold back in New York us
temporary investments instead of being
sent to Europe in the usual course of
realization , while $8,000,000 duo In mer-
cantlltiiiccounfs by Iterlln and 1/ondon to
New York houses Is kept open at interest ,
partly as an accommodation to Ilrltlsh
and German bankers and partly because
the difference between Interest nt New
York and nt the European centers yields
n profit to Now York on these virtual
loans.
This Is an extraordinary situation and
Is peculiarly interesting ns an illustra
tion of our present financial resources.
Of course sooner or later tin outflow of
gold from Europe to the United States
Is inevitable and then the question of
what to do with our great supply of
moner will beconto more prcplexlng than
It now Is.
The governor-elect of Iowa , who hag
been a momueqio.C < f evcral Methodist con
ferences , where jie has always advocated
the admission At women to equal rights
with the men , hns/lilntcd that he will ap
point n man asfi.bite , librarian to succeed
a long line of Avomen. The women of
Iowa protest nihilist this summary dis
missal of nil1 'tlfought ' of continuing
women in the iipsjjlon nnd say the gov
ernor-elect Is reversing himself. Women
are librarians in- ninny of the libraries of
the country nndrnrfc usually satisfactory ,
but Mr. Shaw rVatisies that the manage
ment oC fi great library requires execu
tive ability and familiarity with business
methods more than literary qualities ,
nnd It was doubtless this that Inspired
bis remark.
Will the police commission ever
awaken to Its sworn duty to give Omaha
efllclent police protection ? There never
was a time since wo have had a police
commission that the police was so badly
demoralized , incompetent , Jrrevelant and
Immaterial as It is at this time. There
Is no competent direction' , no discipline
nnd no disposition to protect the com
munity from the lawless clement. This
lias no reference to the enforcement of
the Slocumb law , but to the unchecked
raids by footpads , pickpockets , burglars
and common thieves , who naturally
gravitate into towns thab do not expose
them to the annoyance of pollco Inter
ference and the risk of criminal prosecu
tion.
The mayor is the chief executive ofllcer
of the city and in the ofllcial discharge
of his duty every olllcer of the city is
In duty bound to obey his orders. To
tills the chief of police can be no excep
tion. There can bo no two heads to a
city government , and while the police
commission has a right to establish and
enforce rules for the government of the
police , the mayor unquestionably lias
the right to direct ) the chief of police to
carry out any order he may deem
necessary for the proper enforcement of
the law. Any other Interpretation of
the powers and duties of the chief ex
ecutive of the city must lead to disorder
and anarchy.
.The declaration1 of a London newspa
per that the president's message has
"disappointed everybody. In the attempt
to give universal satisfaction" is of itself
proof that the message had many , good
qualities. Any message prepared by sin
American president that utterly fails in
pleasing the London newspapers must be *
worth something to the American people.
A I'roMi-m .Solved Itxi-lf.
Philadelphia llccord.
Ex-President Harrison has been hunting In
tuo Adlrondaoks and ex-President Cleveland
Is offto the South Atlantic coast to bag
ducks. The question : "What shall wo do
with our ex-prcsldciita ? " is answering it
self.
uiu iiiiiut.-H in * itoii.
Globo-Democrat.
Mr. Bryan has moro than < loublod the face
value of his mcney by crossing the Mexican
boundary and turning It Into Mexican cur
rency. But It must make him sad to think
that his Inflated tx > H cannot bo worked off
on any of Hlo fellow-iountrymen.
cil < ! * of llctti-r TlnioR.
Indianapolis Journal.
Railway earnings 'wore larger last month
than in Movembcr , 1S92 , when things were
supposed to bo at the top-notch of prosper
ity. And rates are somewhat lower on the
average than they were five years ago. That
looks as though prosperity had really come
back.
for Trouble.
Globe-Democrat.
Trouble between Spain and the United
States over the Cuban question Is not likely
to corao this winter. In fact , it may never
come. There are Indications , however , that
If It should take place tomorrow the United
States would not bo entirely unprepared.
The work of getting war ships In readiness
for all eventualities has been prosecuted
with considerable vigor of late , and the con
centration of vessels In southern waters Is
going on. All this Is pleasing to the country.
Preparation for war is an admirable way of
averting it.
AilvnIIP 1 K Prosperity.
Kansas City Star.
The fact that there have been substantial
advances In prices of securities this week ,
with a good deal of bull speculation on Wall
streat , and that increasing activity In nearly
all great manufacturing Industries , espe
cially Irca and steel , is reported , shows that
men In close touch with largo Industrial
and financial affairs do not expect the pres
ent session of congress to have a disturbing
Influence on business. It Is an unpleasant
fact that for several years past n session of
cccigress has been dreaded by business men.
The present session teems to be an excep
tion , and 1C It maintains its present promise
of giving no shock ° to 'business Interests a
good many sins of omission will be over
looked iby the public.
Toiiiiipriim'i * In1 CoiiRroMH.
Sprlnuflelil Republican.
Something surprising has happened. All
"malt and nlchohollc beverages" have been
withdrawn from the bill of faro of the res
taurant of the United States senate , and
hereafter only coffee , lea nnd milk will bo
sold there. The senators are not depriving
themselves absolutely of liquid refreshment ,
however , since the new rule does not forbid
the drinking of wines and beers In the com
mittee rooms which arc famous for their
private "spreads. " Yet a concession has
been miido In making the resturant dry , and
such a concession as few had. anticipated.
It proves that even -the rules of the United
States sennto can bo changed. There Is
hope for the previous question now that wine
and beer have been outlawed ,
The raiiiuiia Ciiiiul.
Minneapolis Journal ,
It is repwlf'd by the United States consul
at Panama that Rngland Istrying to get
control of the Panama canal , which Is one-
third flnUhed. > imla rt&nch concern proposes
to finish it In seven years. Now and costly
machinery has been purchased and the work
can -compltitcd for $150,000,000 , It Is
estimated. There has been expended , here
tofore , J27C.OOO.OOO , largely by 'tho ' Do
Lesseps conVblnatliyj , , Pur government should
keep an cyo on that canal. If England buys
out itho French eompUny , wo can draw the
Cliyton-llulwer 'tre-ty. upon her , which for
bids cither England or the Unllod States < o
construct and operiwan 'In'tcrocoanle ' canal
except Jointly , T'io Dryish government holds
that the Claj'ton-'JUulwer ' ' treaty Is still in
force. '
IJImirlnu Siioftoril Vlmllriitoil.
New York Tribune ,
The news is heartily welcome that a satis
factory explanation of the shortage in the
accounta of Mr , SpotTorJ , formerly librarian
of congress , 'has been found. The proof has
como unexpectedly , and Is essentially com
plete. In the process of establishing the
congressional library In ll new quarters a
considerable sum In cash and checks and an
astonishing accumulation of unpaid postal
orders have been brought to light which Mr.
Spofford had forgotten all about. It la be
lieved that the full amount of the apparent
shortage will bo accounted for in this way.
and that It will bo practicable to return to the
venerable librarian the entire amount which
ho paid to the government In liquidation of a
liability which ho could not explain. This
discovery coincides perfectly with the famil
iar understanding of tits disposition and
methods.
HANDS OFF HAWAII.
Kcnuotm Why < IP United < Statex Sltonlil
I < cnvc IlirInlnnil Alone.
Philadelphia Times.
With the meeting of. congress thla week
the prospect of annexing Hawaii will bo
agitated very earnestly. Its supporters say
It la all decided , that It will only bo .t mat
ter of form giving legality < o something al
ready accomplished.
It may bo so , ibut wo have some doubts.
Whether Hawaii Is annexed or not , the
great wrong will not 'bo accomplished with
out the country being thoroughly Informed
ns to the stop and its consequence * . n
will bo opposed In congress nml out of It by
the right-thluking men of the country Irrc.
spoctlvo of party , oml by a great majority
of the press. The lesson that the colonial
troubles of England In Africa nro teaching ,
4ho irritation in Europe about pertly ques
tions of distant and utilniport.tnt 'boundary
marks , itho spectacle of tlio hogs trying to
got all four feet Into -the trough , will not bo
without their weight , but there are ques
tions of right and wrong moro Important
than these of deconcr or policy questions
of national morality and honor , ot principle
and the rights of the oppressed.
In 1S94 the scnato unanimously adopted
a resolution. > tlint "Hawaii had a right * o
establish and maintain its own fovm of
government , the United States not to Inter-
fcrp therewith , other nations not to inter
vene. " That was iru line with the doctrine
of Webster and , all our great statesmen.
The same year , on February 7 , the house
of representatives adopted a similar but even
stronger resolution. Why should there - bon
n 'tihango ' of .front ? The Islands are nafo ;
their freedom from foreign control is guar
anteed 'by ' us , wo have their .trade . as wo
always have had , because It Is'to their great
advantage ) annexed wo would need to defend
them at ) great cost , And1 they require no defense -
fenso now. Besides what was right ana
congress declared to too right in 1894 is
right TIOW. Wo have nothing -to do with
organizing the 'affairs of Hawaii. They are
her own 'business. ' Jf the people want n
monarchy lot them have It ; It a republic ,
they Unow how to form and maintain lt\
but wo have no right to steal a country under
a philanthropic mask , nor < o consummate
an annexation upon a pretext that covers a.
"Job , " and especially have we no right to
do It without the consent of the people of
that country.
The case of Alaska Is In no way parallel.
It was ceded 'to the United States by a na
tion having tlie power to < lo sobut quite
Independently of that , Alaska had a mere
handful of Indians neither qualified to con
sent nor reject , otid Senator Morgan Is
bosldo the question when ho uses It as a
Justification of the Hawaii project.
The strategic argument for annexation lins
been used with many variations. To seiu
coal 2,000 miles across the sea and then scm
war ships there to get it in order to defciu
San Francisco and the Orogco coast is
strategy that must appear Incomprehensible
to the average mind. It Is said , too , that the
islands lie in the path of commerce between
the Pacific coast and Japan and China. As
a matter of fact they arc 1,000 miles south of
the line -of direct sailing.
The pending treaty proposes that the United
Slates shall assume the debt of $4,000,000 con
tracted by the Dole oligarchy , and pay It.
After that , in order to make the alleged
strategic position defensible only by an al
most Impossible combination of circumstances
can It become valuable $5,000.010 or $ ' ,000,000
moro will be needed. And that will be only
the beginning In a vain effort which will
profit no one and benefit not at all the people
ot Hawaii.
It is further urged that England la making
a new Gibraltar at Esquimau , and that we
need a balance to her developing strength on
the northwest ccast. It may bo so , but let It
be on our own coast. Lot It bo a Gibraltar
that defends and protects something. There
are strategic positions at the mouth ot the
Columbia. la the waters of Port Townsend
and Seattle , and the port of San Francisco !
has possibilities for an laeal defense. If ,
then , a naval and military stronghold Is
needed on the Pacific lot it be where the ]
people of this country will profit by It , where
it may servo to defend our own people and
property , and not the Interests oP a race alien
in qpirlt and 'Character to our own. We have
ono color problem unsolved. We do not seem
to assimilate the black people who are our
fellow citizens , nor the red men who are not ,
and it is more than certain that wo will also
fail wl'th these children of the- Islands of the
eca who can coly repay our Intimacy with
the leprosy that is their racial heritage.
oim COAST p.vruor , .
Due lIllg ; < Mio ( > KviTelxcil In Prevenrt-
IIIK : FIIIbUHtorliiK.
New York Sun.
If Spain has had any hope of making an
Alabama case for damages out of the escape
of a few unlawful expeditions from our shores
to Cuba it ought to bo dispelled by Secretary
Gage's report.
Only half a dozen small vessels , ho says ,
have successfully landed such expeditions , al
though there were 13,585 American vessels
"of a description and locality available for
filibustering purposes , " and fewer than fifty
have had any share 1 such expeditions , al
though the rewards offered for success were
so high and the distance to be run was so
small.
That these expeditions were so few Is duo
very largely to the vigor and vigilance of our
sovernment. For out of sixty alleged ex
peditions , counting both the rare successes
and the numerous failures. Spain has broken
up only four , while our revenue cutters have
captured seven vessels aad 115 men , broken
up two expeditions , and held thirteen sus
pected vessels under watch. In the last
thirty months wo have had elsht revenue
cutters , with aggregate crows of 317 men ,
cruising an aggregate of 75.7GS mlloa , occupy
ing what would bo 129 months for a single
vessel , patrollng the coast primarily for the
execution of our neutrality laws and prac
tically In Spain's Interests.
Secretary Gage puts itho case In a out-
shell when Sio declares tha.t , "If the Spanish
patrol of 2,200 miles , of Cuban const had
frustrated one-1 alf the number of expedi
tions which wcro frustrated by the United
States authorities along a coast line of 5,740
miles , not ono man or one cartridge would
have bosn illicitly landed in Cuba from the
United States , " And yet Spain complains
that wo have not done enough ,
It must bo observed that Secretary Gage Is
reporting only on the work of the revenue
cutters , belonging to .tho Treasury depart
ment. But the Navy department das been
co-operating all along with its -war vessels ,
still larger and relatively ccotller to main
tain. At the present time , for example , itho
cruisers Detroit am ) Montgomery and -tlio
gunbcat Vesuvius are engaged in this pitrol
work.
The heavy cost at which these vessels
have been maintained during the last two
and a half years Is obvious. The duo
dillgeno which is all that international law
requires of ua has been exercised.
I
IIUVAX AXI ) IIKVA.VISM.
Kansas City Star : Mr. Bryan's pretensions
to the presidency can no longer be regarded
In the light of a Joke , if ho has really bagged
fcrty ducks down in Texas.
DKrolt Free Press : 1Mr. 'Bryan's ' trip to
President-niaz'B republic will at least cnablo
hlm-to ireallzo the fulfillment of his propliecy
that ho would live to BOO the free coinage of
silver In force ,
Chicago Post : Loaded down with $1,090 In
Mexican money , 'which ho received in ex
change for $500 in American money , W. J.
Bryan has crossed 'Uio ' line Into Mexico , and
it has been , suggested that If ho Is as earnest
In his devotion to silver as lie would have
us believe ho now has a chance to stick to
it. In other words , ho need not come iback.
However , this euggcstlon comes from the
disgruntled few. Most of us wouldn't ioso
Bryan for the world. Ho may ho occasionally
tiresome , but ho la also frequently enter
taining ,
Now York Sun : The Hon. William Jen
nings Bryan "delivered-his famous lecture on
'bimetallism" at Guthrlo the other afternoon
"to an audience which filled less than two-
thirds of the house and which was composed
largely of republicans , illundrods of populists
and farmers wlio had como to town to hoar
Bryan went homo "mad1 whea Informed of CO
cents admission. " Probably these same pop-
ullsts and fanners would t'hoerfully pay a
dollar to ueo a poor Btrolllrs theatrical com
pany. Yet they were Jiot willing to pay half
a dollar tor the privilege of luarlug the lead.
InK Juvenile in the thrilling melodrama ol
"The Crime of 1873 , " evidently there Is not
so much craving for excitement in Oklahoma
ns some of the performances of IU legisla
ture have Beom&d to indicate ,
AI1VKHTISIXO 11V I.1WYKUS.
Mml < in 'Which Tlicr"Jlny Oo With-
ont Hutiturlinr " 1'rofom.lonnl Kthlrn. "
New York Law Notes.
Wo do not wish to bo utidcrstoeit as ills-
ftpprovlng oC nil advertising by lawyers.
Whatever may have- been the former opinion
concerning professional ethics in this rela
tion , the practice of Inserting IcgM cards In
newspapers and periodicals is now too well
established to bo Impeached as unprofes
sional , The names of some of our forcmocl
legal firms may be found printed where It is
: ustom ry to Insert lawyers' .advertisements.
The difference between this sort of public
solicitation of business and that commented
in ftbovo is too obvious to dwell upon. It
Is simply the cllfforr-nco between the qtinck ,
the shyster , the pettifogger and the self-
respecting lawyer who realizes that his pro
fession is one of illgtilty. A lawyer may
very well and with entire propriety advertise
that ho is n tpcclallst In vatc-nt or admiralty
law. There .ire branches of the law with
which most practitioners have no technical
acquaintance , nml the public can decently bo
directed to those who have. So there seems
to bo nothing wrong with a lawyer's card
which announces that corporation law or col
lections will receive special attention. Com
mon use 1ms accustomed us to such adver
tising , anilfo see nothing reprehensible In
It. On the other hand c lawyer who adver
tises soliciting "accident" or "damnRo" suits
scorns tq bo speculating on the misfortunes
of the public , for every one knows that ho
desires to take such < ases on a contingent
fee. Such lawyers are prolnbly the 0110,3 wlio
provoke public ridicule and contempt by send
ing their runners to the bcJflldo ot lnjurcd
personal the nowsptocfs know them as "am
bulance-chasers. " Beyond these , ovcti , are
the divorce "specialists , " the me-mbers ot a
great profession who feed and fatten by en
couraging the disruption of homes. But we
luwo already paid our reapects to them.
HISE Or T1II3 AUVI3UT1S12M13.VV.
Involution- - tlii3Iniiiicr nml Mrthml
or PrmiHitlnir Trmlr.
St. Ixnils dlobc-Dcmocrnt.
Tiicro was a tlmo when the advertising
columns of the newspaper presented n mo-
notctious appearance from day to day. They
wcro written In a formal style and condensed
to a few outlines. All that is changed , A
look now through the advertising matter of
a llvo newspaper Is Interesting and to many
even fascinating. But an examination of 't
Is far moro than n pastime. It Is full of vain ,
able business points and opportunities out
brings clearly to mind Cowpcr'a thought o
"a map of busy life , its fluctuations and Its
vast concerns , " With an increase of vital
ity In advertising has como the writing o
advertisements as a profession. The aim Is
not to be literary , though a RMd advertise
niont has claims In that direction. Fl-ishlnt ,
an Idea clearly Into the mind Is the purpose
In the most lucid words and the mcst tnklni ,
form the expert writer ot aclvcrtlsemen
seeks to Impress the reader with what I :
offered and the best reasons why It sliouh
be purchased. First catch the eye , then the
attention , then the Judgment , and the objeo
is attained.
In this way a glance over the advertising
pages has ocme to be like a walk through a
street of great bazaars , with show window
full of ticketed po-ails on every hand ; 01
like a great clearance house on the iutelll
gence olllce plan , where the reader at his
ease may select what he want. ? or offer
what somebody else -will want. There Is no
noise , no crowding , no waste of tlmo , no
Importunity that cannot be dismissed with
out a word. Another excellent feature of a
llvo advertisement Is its verity. It costs
money and means -business. It U no
printed for the fun of the thing. Then it is
presented in honest rivalry and must stani
the test in columns that are open to al
the respectable elements of trade on equa
terms. In the course ot time the publl
becomes acquainted with the methods o
each advertiser and qulcltly acquires an apt
ness In selection. The name of the steady
advertiser at length becomes a household
word.
Sometimes It is said that a large part of
the feminine world on opening a newspaper
read the marriages and deaths and then
turn -to the fresh advertisements. It would
bo nearer the fact to say that a woman
who is the head ot a family reads the im-
lortant news and then settles down to study
the advertisements that touch her round of
duties , Such a course Is perfectly natural
and businesslike. Men look over advertise
ments for the same reason , though In the
Ine ofOielr own daily transactions. The
: a-w of choice is at work in both cases. All
mankind love a bargain .and all deslro to
keep up with fho spirit of the times. So
ho utilities and the attractiveness of ad
vertising grow from year to year. The
specially trained writer ana the artist com
bine to render it more pleasing and effective
and all possible typographical ingenuities
are employed to the same end. Advertise
ments are brightened , also , by the value of
newspaper space. There- may liavo been a
tlmo when Uie eye of the reader avoided
: ho advertising columns , but that is past.
Tihls is an era of enterprise In news and
no less of successful progress In adver
tising.
PEHSO.VAI , AXI ) OTHERWISE.
Mr. nuskln has wrlttem some sixty-four
looks , and his publisher pays him $20,000
a ycur.
An eminent French physician- claims to
iavo discovered the microbes of baldness.
Most people have supposed that baldness was
engendered by sitting too close to the foot-
Ights.
Some people are hard to satisfy. A New
York woman went to a hospital to seek rc-
lof from thn morphine habit. As soon ns
she was cured eho ended her llfo by taking
strychnine ,
Ilus'sell Sago denies the report that ho Is
to retire from Wall street. "Why ? " lie said ,
aghast at the rumor. "I have added largely
to my holdings this fall. " All of Mr. Sage's
early associates In business are either deader
or bankrupt.
A story-is told of the late Baron Hlrsch
.hat convoys a valuable lesson. After writ-
ng a message announcing tlio gift of a
'ortuno ' to a school the great millionaire went
over the telegram carefully a second tlmo ,
condensing It so as to save a franc ,
The $9,000,000 voted to deepen the canals
of Now York state Is about exhausted and
many miles of the ditches remain untouched.
Managers of the gigantic Job modestly insln.
uato that $5,000,000 will be needed to make
them navigable. Moanwhllo the contractors
are navigating easy streot.
In 1893 the admirers of the great Spanish
> oet , Jose Xorllla y Moral , placed upon Ins
lead a crown of solid gold. The poet was
'orced by lack of money to pawn this crown ,
ind as the legal period of its redemption
ian expired It Is now offered at auction.
Ilia admirers will purchase It by BUbscrlp-
tion.
tion.Mr.
Mr. Nansen , the Arctic explorer , Is quite
exacting and exorbitant In his terms. For
a lecture In Washington he demanded a
) ontis of $1,000 cash In advance , that nil
ils expenses and the expenses of tits lee *
uro should bo paid , acid that ho uhould
liavo CO per cent of the remainder of the
proceeds , if there were any.
St , Louis Is not patriotic. Over 17,000
enameled signs have been Imported to bo
placed on street corners In that city. They
wore Imported because they wore a few cenlH
cheaper than the American article. There
Is one thing that Is very sure , and that Is
that the money spent for these signs will not
again circulate In SI. Louts.
In a list of questions prepared some tlmo
ago 1 > y Assistant Secretary Vanderllp , and
mulled to ail tlio employes of the Treasury
department , was this : "Please explain fully
how you came Into the civil service. " Ono
of the watchman , an old German , wlio gave
his residence In ono of the southern counties
of Indiana , wrote -the following reply , but
with strictly -phonetic spelling : "I walked
eight rallcB to , the county neat of
county , and then rode by the cars on the
Baltimore & Ohio. "
Lieutenant Wlnslow of the navy has se
lected ills wlfo to crack the bottle over the
prow of the battleship Kearsarge , which late
to be launched at Newport News on the
rarao day that the unfortunate Kentucky is
to slide into the water , Some tlmo ago Sec
retary Long asked Lieutenant \Ylnslow , an
the lien ot the gallant clllcer who cxiunandei :
ths original Kcareargo in her light with tlio
Alabama to name gomo female llncul de
scendant of the old o Ulcer. Lieutenant Win *
Blow replied that there Is no living female
descendant of Rear Admiral Wlnalow and
that ho would , therefore , name for the honor
the wife ot the admlrul'a eldest sou.
OPPOSITION' TO ANNEXATION.
ChlcftRo Chronicle : Ono ovll corrects An
other. The disappointed Hawaiian annoxn-
tlonlsts In congress will revenge themselves
by welting the Cuban Jingoes over tlia
sconce.
Philadelphia Ilecord : After n criMiit of
noses the- promoters of Hawaiian annexation
have deemed It unsafe to pitKh the coiuMJ-
ratlon ot the treaty upon the Immediate
onslderatlon of the senate. They cannel
mister the requisite two-thirds vote. This
s a compliment to the Rcnate.
Springfield Republican : The hopes ot the
tawallan ntvicxatlonlnts now rest entirely
ipon thn passage ot some such mo urc us
i Joint resolution modeled after that provlil-
ng for the mincxatlon ot To-sis , but not
specifying that HA wall should como In us
a state. Can it pass ? The moro closely the
slUut-lon Is stml'lcd , the less the pnv tbltlty
appears. Texas wis forced In under the whip
ind spur by tie slave power , \\hUJi felt in
desperate wed of more territory In which
tlio peculiar IrutUutlco ot the south mlrlt
cxp.itnl , The forces behind Hawaiian an
nexation cannot begin to have the energy and
IcgKediiess of purpose which characterized
the slavocmcy In the- case of Texas.
ImWanapolls News : The United States is
at peace , and , in spite ot hrated political
wrangles and Uio ott-repcatcd prediction that
\vo arc point ? to "Wo denmltton bow-wows , "
wo are astonKihlnff the world with our prog
ress In commerce , in manufacture , to
art , in literature. Our best eiwrglea have
bcon Bpont ou our country , we have livid no
coloulcs to foster , no foreign ( ntangloiumta
to hinder us , nt country , alien to our con-
Ihitnt , to. defend. Why should wo depart
from the policy ot our fathers ? The volco
of the dead , whose blood sanctlflc.1 this
soil , warna us to be humble , fto bo content
with our glorious licrltURo. Shall wo , for the
sake of a leprous colony , nrgcJ thereto by
commercial greed , disregard the warning ?
Shall wo leave forever the nml to which
the foiind-crs ot this nation pointed us and
enter upon the crooked , troublous path
alotiy which inmiarchles and republics alike
have mot humiliation a d destruction ?
Philadelphia Ledger : Before cor.grcss met
we were- told that two-thirds of the sonatom
wcro ready to vote for the Hawaiian ticaty
and for n bill providing tor nrnexallon. On
WciJr'eeday it was announced th.it Gorman
and 1'ittus had joined -vntioxaUonlsts and
then , according to their own eovnt , ( hey were
six short of a two-thirds vote. The opp * .
r.rnts of cpmexatlon desire an open d ! cua-
slco of the question , being cvflilent that If
the debate ahall hemade - public the measure
will'be killed thiough the1 Influence of popu
lar op'r.iion. They are probably right In
thk , for It Is quite certain that the nmioxa-
tlc-a'ii'is have no hor.est ground to stand upon ,
The argument Is all against the annexation of
dL'Oot islands , peopled , by aliens , who are
not r-ven In racial sympathy with Americans.
No advantages oin accrueto the United
States that arc- not obtainable without annex
ation ; but there are many dlsadv , .ta . cs. It
would cost as much td protect Hawaii as to
gucrd the entire coast line of theVnltcd
States. The Islards would become a favor
ite field tor setting up pocket statcp , and
there would bo the greatest dllllrulty In
framing general laws , particularly tariff ads
fitted to the needs ot both this country and
Hawaii.
HI1MM.KS OK .11111T1I.
Chicago llecovd : To announce Hint you
don't cure -what you get nt Christmas Ute
to admit that you are growing1 old.
Petrolt Free Press : "How did her father
strike , you .TVhen you c.illod on him ? "
"Fi"t ! with his left and then with an
umbrella. "
Yonkers Statesman : She Did you see
that bird of paradl.'o on 'Mrs. ' Styles' hat at
the theater lust night ? He That wasn't
what the fellow who sat behind her called
It.
Washington Star : - "Sometimes , " said
Undo Kbeu , "clar wouldn't be so much ob-
jpptlon to u mini hnlihin' his own opinion
pf ho didn't persist in Roln' nroun' an' tryln *
tor gib obrybody clso u clear tltlo to It , "
Detroit Journal : "Dynamite , " remarked
thn observer of men and things , " | H Inilepd
powerful. It la even able to cope , 11:1011 ,
Hubstnntlnlly equal trrms , with the Idiot
who thm.vs It out by the. stove. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Ah , " snlil tlio mid
dle-aged , prosperous merchant , "I would I
wcro a boy again ! "
"Yes , " ho continued , thoughtfully rubbing
his chin , "I would I were a boy atroln , If
It were only long enough to lick that 'H-
tie vlllnln who soaked mo i.vlth that 111 tin
wad oC wet paper ns I came Into the yurd. "
Now York Press : "Thl.s. " observed the
Egyptologist , "Is the remains of Thotmcs
II. who fought In the great war about
Thebes. "
"Yes , " murmured the mummy , "and didn't
I wet done up. tlioutrh ! "
He wearily resigned himself to tlio un
wrapping process.
Harlem Life : "We've got to economize , "
said Jlr. Gnrgoylcv to- Ills wife.
"Very well , dear , " replied the good
woman cheerfully. "You shave youst-U
and I'll cut your hair. "
Detroit Free Press : "It's all off , dar
ling , " groaned the disconsolate lover.
"No ? Dlil papa refuse hla consent ? "
"Practically. Ho said that I might hnv
you when I hnd earned anil saved Jl.OjO.
He's a monster , Anile. "
Wrthlnnlon Stnr : "I suppose you hnva
devoted much time to studying your coun
try's needs ? "
"I have , " assented Senator Sorghum ,
"What , in your opinion , la the principal
ono ? "
And without a moment's hesitation tlia
senator replied : I
"Me. "
I i T11IC 'l'KI < Kill'.V3I. '
Nixon Waterman.
I hate them yellow telegrams , they fill mo
with n dread
That Bomepln' nwful'H happened , nnd I nl-
lors ask , "Who's dead ?
And J ketch myself all trembly llko and
holdln' of my breath , ,
Fcr I never tjot but two o' them nnd both
concernln' death.
The first ono told mo of my son I'd sent
away to Hchool , , ,
'Bout liow my boy was drowned In n tnrnal
Hwlmmln' pool ; . , ,
Remember rcad'n It as well ns thoutrli
twiiH jest today , ,
Down yonder In the mcddcr with men
a-cuttln' liay.
The next wns 'bout my daughter who hud
movfd nwny out west ,
And WBH eomln1 homo for ChristmaH lit the
old paternal nest ; ,
How while the trnlnvn runnln' at a
rule
mlle-a-mlnuto
A broken rail or somepln' else had sent her
to her fate.
And Hlnno that time I never see n telegram
but I . . .
Kin norl o' Hhct my uyeH an' see ft , funeral
# oln' by. , , ,
They nevtr was no IIOWH so bad hut what
It made It worno
To Bond It In a telegram ; it'H sadder than a
hearse.
And so , my friends , if you to mo a sorrow
You put it In a Jotter nnd Jest let it llnd Its
' '
' ' will dom
Aiu own linndwrltln'-that
m i good to neo
But don't you never dare to uend no tcle-
trum to mo ,
ho lloyal Is tlio hlgticit ( jrudu buUnj powder
known. Actu/il tuUn thow It ( joeione-
ttilrd further tliun any oilier brand.
Absolute/ ) Pure
'fiovJ.L BAKINa fOwBU CO. , NCW Y9DK.