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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1897)
.r . s oafATTA BBE : MOHDATT , DECKMBISB SO , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. It nO3i\VATIJn , Editor. PUILI3ttiD EVEJlTf MOHNINO. TEHMS OP Daily Rce ( Without Sunday ) , On Year IS 09 Dally U e snJ Sundar , One Vir. . JW HU Month * , * W Thre Months 1M Bundnjr Dec. One Yenr J JO Batunl y lice , Ono Year > W \Veekly lite. One Yea- CJ orricisi Omnhfl * Tim llee Ihillillnit. Houta Otnnhni Binder lllk , Cor. N anil ! Hh Sit. un-ll liiuflai 10 l' arl Street ChlcnBO Ofllect 31 ? Chamber of Commerce. New York I lloomn 13. II nml 15 Tribune lllilft WathlnEtoni Wit I'ourtcentli Street. coitui : PONMi.scn Alt communion ! ! ins relatlnR lo ncw and edlto. rial matter diouM lie ndilrcn'Cil : To tlio BJHor. All I'unlnmii letters and remittances rlioulil bo ml > ltc eil to The l"c ! I'ulilliUiIng Company , Omaha. Urnfli , checks , i xire s nnJ i > o tofflCB monty order * to bo mailo pujnble to the onlcr of the compnny. TilC DKH 1'UUL.ISIIINQ COMPANY. tfTAflJMKNr" ClIlcT , NATION. Hln'c . .r . 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All rnllronil IIO MIOK nre nplilloil i\lli oiuniKli Hcc in iii'piitniiinitiitc c ory pn - nenncr vvl.o Mimts to roiul ncwupnpor. Innlit minii lin- liiK TinIleo. . If 5011 cminot Ket it llee on n trnlii rroni the m > tTH nncnti ploune report tlic fnct , ntntlnp : thr train nnil rnllrnnil , to tlio Circulation nppnrttiicnt of Tlie lloo. Th llee lit for mile on nil trnliix. INSIST ov IIVVINO Tin : nnn. Mlssnml has Joined Hit luoeessiou of Transirrlssl.Msipi ) ! sluttN. ICoxt A warnifil-ovcr LiiL'tr'Oit trial cannot lie rnricli of a sonsntlon bruinler. 'NVlicn tlu > saliuy stoti , tlio zeal of Uio average luKlblutho InvostlKator siuldctily wanes. ' Failure of the monthly delicti to come up lo doiiiocM.itlQ hopes Is the only fa'l- ' uro of the ndrrrlrrlstr.itlon. The Trairsmlsslssinpl Imposition is al ready a veiltahle "white city" a ml its whiteness will endure after thu snow is gone. j With Iowa crops valued at $210.000000 for the year 1807 there ought to be 110 ( trouble about Kelting .1 tinv thousand dollars tp.maUe a creditable blrovvluot tire stale at the TrarrsmNsissipiil tioiu Members of tire police commission may promise ( o rarrt licenses contrary to law to saloon men wlro are \v llllrrp : to submit to blackmail , but they cannot guarantee a license to ar\v vendor of liquor \\lillo an appeal from Its decision is pending in the dish let court. Tlio piopos.il to end the controversy 1n Washington state over the name of lit. Hauler or Mt. Tacoina by icnaming 'the peak Mt. Whitman lu horror of the missionary who did so nrncli for the northwest is air excellent one The lofty mountain would serve as a ailing monument ment to the martyred pioneer Omaha property owrrers who have not yet contributed to the exposition fund under pretext that they would not do so before they bad positive assurance llrat there is to bonrr exposition have no difll- culty now lu tseelniT stilklrrg evidences of monumental exposition structures without looking through a telescope. With an appioptlatlon of $111,500 In aililllion to the oilglnal $ . ' 0,000 set aprrt for the United Stales goverrinrerrl expo sition building tire supervising architect of tire treasury will have no dllliculty in carrying out the original plans , Includ ing the \\lngs and ornamental featiucs that will make It a rrrost Imposing stiuctmc. Every dollar experrded for repalis of 10 the Sixteenth sheet viaduct Is money ls-3 thrown to the winds. Such expendltnie can only defer the day when a new fltruclmo must be built. The money heretofore spent on repnlr.s of this bridge would go a long way toward paying In terest on the total cost of a steel arrd Btouo viaduct. The people of this community are Justly celebiated for their charities and for the special agencies at work Irr aid of tire Blck arrd destitute. This being true , there is little doubt that deserving objects of chailty will all receive due consideration during the holidays. Organized charity .stimulates generous persona to glvo of their stores , for It defines the line ot mendicancy and pro tects the giver against Imposture. States that hither lo have hesitated to Join the procession of commonwealths now lining up for the Tiansmlsslbslppl Exp"6'.tloii are beginning to t-eo that thy cannot afford to defer notion longer The full significance of the exposition Is dawning upon their leading men , who realize that their states mu t Buffer In coiuparlhon with othei-s if they fall to make tin exhibit of products rind a showIng - Ing of icsoirrces nt the exposition of 189S. As a state grows older and becomes more populous the per capita cost of maintaining state Institutions lncrea cs. "Tlio cost of supporting our Iowa statv Institutions , " says the Keokul ; Gate City , "has increased 05 pi i\cerrt since ISSi ) . lint In the meantime , as the otllclal rec ords show , there has been arr lnciea.su in AtTandnuco of 7U.8 per tent. So that the expense of maintaining the Institutions has increased only aboub two-thirds as much as the demands made upon them , " MtVff/tH COWPUWWOW. The inanlfoRto of the American Sugar Growers' society ngnln-t Ilatvnltnn an nexation. In which Jt declared Hint to nnne.t thoie Island * would seilously cripple , If not ttttcily ruin , tlio inpldly Increasing1 Industry of sugar beet growIng - | Ing In the United States , ought to coin- mnntl thu attention of the friends of tills Industry In congress The manifesto sajs Unit the Ainuiluan farmer cannot glow beets In competition with Ha waiian sugar plantois , who use coolie labor at ? : ! a month ijud found. It Is fintlicr declaied that Ainctlcan faimeis aie against annexation and certainly UiN Is turn of all who arc engaged in raising sugar beets. The clie.ui coolie labor now employed In sugar production In Hawaii would continue to be employed If the Islands Hhould be annexed to the United States. AccoidliiK to the tecenlepoit of the piesldenl of the Il.nvailan Sugar Plant ers' ahsoelatlon. the average number of labniers employed on sugar phintatlons dm Ing the year cmoicd by the rejort ) was ne.uly U2.000. About I'-.OOO of tlioo \\eie Imiioited under contiact , being chli-lly Clilnesu and Japanese. It la needle-H to say that this. Is both cheap and degiaded labor , but It is piefcued by the planters. Tlio president of the nsMU'lntlon stated that seventeen plan- tatlons piefeued Japanese to any other labor , while slv wanted all Chinese. Other * profened botli together , while only two plantations expressed a preference - once for llawallans only. The explana tion Is to lie found In the fact th.it moie Avoilc'enn bo got from the Asiatics than fiom the natives and at less cost. They submit to conditions of practical slavery , which the llawallans cannot be .sub jected to. \Vith aniiovntlon the system of ini- porting lontract labor into the Islands would of course he done away with , but the laboieis who are there would remain - main and they would continue to be employed by the planters In preference to otheis who might go there ftom the United States , because of their cheap ness and their readiness to submit to almost any conditions which employers illicit find It expedient to Impose. Certainly no one who desiies the de velopment of tlio sug.ir industry In the I lilted States can believe It to be good policy to perpetuate the competition of the cheap coolie labor of Hawaii In the piodnction of sugar. The Hawaiian planters under > ' 'ly the advantage they would gain from annexation. It would greatly increase the \alire of their properties and give them a perpetual fiee maiUet in the United Stales for their product And this [ they would get at the expense of American laimers en gaged in the pioductlon of Migai beets. This country has started upon the policy of building up the sugar industry bt > that we shall In time pioducc all the sugar our people consume. Theie Is no doubt that this can be accomplished un der a judicious system of pioiectlou to the Industry which will encourage Anieiican farmers to engage In it. Ha waiian nnnoMitlon is adver.se to this policy and would unquestionably indict a serious blow lo the sugar Industry of the United States. MISSIUK H'O//C JA' CHINA. The animal icpoit of the American Board of Foreign Missions makes a giat- ifiing showing In regard to the mission work hi Ohlna. This is somewhat Mir- pilslng. in view of the seiious obstacles eiicountPied by the mlssionaiies In China a few yea is ago. It will be lemembeicd that In one province mission houses were destroyed by mobs and missionaries and converts wore murdered by the people , aird although the injiiiy done to Amer ican mission work was less than to that can led on by those trom other countries , the outbreak of paganism for a time seri ously crippled all missionary woik. Now we aio informed that In at least one dis trict of China there has been in the last two years an expansion of Held and growth In chinches , schools and hospital work unparalleled In the history of mis sion work hi that part of the woild. It may not be generally Known that theio have been some marked changes in methods of mission work In China lif re cent years. One innovation Is to main tain what might be called club houses for the educated and cultured Chinese in order that tlio ileh and Influential people ple may be icached. The Chinese people follow leaders icadily , and some of the bright mlsslonailos have seen that ( lie best way to reach the common people Is to reach their natural leaders. More at tention Is being given to the study of the Chinese religions and Chinese philosophy and missionaries are thus enabled to got neaier to the people. AH a result of this policy orre rnlsslonmy iccently ro- poitcd that In Hunan , a province which has long stoutly resisted the advances of the foreign teachers , the opposition has lately ceased , and three state olllclals have Issued proclamations calling on tin people to respect the lights and privi leges of the mlssionaiies. IMinntes of the population of China have run as high as lOO.OOO.OOO , so that the Held for mission woik Is practically unlimited. The success of the American missionaries in China will open the waj for freer commeiclal relations with tin people of the Intel lor provinces , and , If tlin A HUM Ifin tradesmen are as energetic and persistent In their tieiuch for new tields as the missionaries , a gieat tiadi will some day bo can led on with tin. Chinese people. Intelligent missionary woik IN of benefit to the missionary na lions as well IIH to the heathen. rOIt I'AN.lMMtHMN T/MDB , Despite the effoits of the Imean ! of American Republics trade between tin United States Mini the various America ! republics In thu intoinational union h.is increased but little since the time ol holding thu Panamurlcan congress , hu It Is certain that thu merchants am manufactiucrs of the western liend sphere are now much more familiar will with other than they ever were before The work that has been donu Is not yet bearing fruit , hut the Inmost time wll suiely come. In transmitting a copy o thu Hist commeicial directory of the American lepubiics to President Me Klnley the dlieclor-lrr-clilef of the bn reau called attention to the fact'that UK appropihition for carrying err this worl is small compared > vlth thu sums spen by some other uutloiia for similar work For Inttnncp , Great Britain , through the National Hoaid of Trade ! * carrying on In the American republics practically the same woik that devolves upon this buie.iu , and the annual appropriation by the Hrltlsh 1'aillanunt for this blanch of Its work exceed * S32oUOO per annum , while the appropriation for ibis work bj congie s amounts to only ! ? : w- OCK ) per annum. 15ut even with this meager suppott of the buicau an ex cellent beginning has been made and theie Is no reason to doubt that in Una- the trade between ( lie republics of North and South America will become of great Importance. 'One of the best results of the Pan- nmciican imnement thus far aclde\cd Is the Incirase of Interest shown by the business men of the American republics In tills general trade movement. Some of our South and Central American neighbors aie showing the nggiesshe spirit on any and e\ery occasion. They have already made certain that several of these lepubllcs will have national ex hlblU at the Transmlsslsslppl imposi tion next year , and these national ex hibits will bi > one of the- most InterestIng - Ing and valuable featnies of the exposi tion. tion.The The fact that Mexico , Venezuela. Bo livia , Costa Kica. Hawaii and other American republics nre to be repre sented at the exposition as nations and that merchants from these aud many other American republics will be heie with exhibits shows a lively apprecia tion of the value of the exposition as an opportunity for onlaiglng I'anamer- i lean ti ade. Thei e w 111 lie buyers as well as sellers fiom these American republics nt tire exposition , and the Infoumition they gather here about the tnuismlMsIs- slppi region w 111 be taken home by them and he carefully considered. The benefit ought to be reciprocal , and will be If the people of the transmlsslsslppl re gion make as good use of the oppor tunity as their nelghbois In other Amer ican lepubllcs. AITKA1.H TO VVHTAl , Sl'lIUT. Omaha must conti Unite at least ? 200 , 000 inoic tow aid c.nrylng out the great * t"t errter prise that has ever been under taken by Its citizens. We ruler of course to tire exposition , which Is destined to excel evoij similar project , barring the World's fair , and promises to exceed h Is substantial hcnelits the most sanguine > xpeetntions of Its projectors. There Is u ) le.rsori whatever why the sum te lulled to carry the exposition project to completion should not be lalsed either > y downright donations or subscriptions o HIP exposltiorr stock. In the mlds of the greatest business depression tht city has ever known publlc-splrltet citizens of Omaha raised over 100,000 vitliin u few months toward purchasing he site and electing thu buildings fo he Nebraska State fair. Compaied will he Tiansmisslsslpl Exposition , which I lot merely national , but International he State fair was a mure .side tent show. The advertising Omaha has already te- cohcd through the exposltiorr would nore than repay every dollar subscribed up to date. In fact millions of dolhus expended Bunder culinary methods could rot have b'ought the world-wide udveitls * ing Riven to the exposition city. The most Invaluable advertisement Omaha is to receive will come with the op"ii'Hg ' of the exposition gates , when the country and the world at large beholds what ban been accomplished and girrsps ho scope and magnitude of the resources rrrd possibilities exposed to view In tangible form Irr the magnificent build ings Hint are gradually approaching completion. It has been a source of chagrin to the inanageis of the. exposition that some of the men that own millions oC dollars worth of property irr Omaha whose value has already been enhanced by the ex position have sulked In their tents and declined to contiibutc a dollar towanl what Is ackpowledgod on all hands to be a most laudablu and pioml.sing under taking. These people and the concerns that have subscribed hundieds of dollars whole they should by rights have given thousands can. If they only will , make up the amount leqnhed to carry out the oilglnal plans and meet tlio demands made upon the exposition by the ex tension and enlargement of the impiove- rnents devolving upon the exposition as sociation. The liberal treatment which is being accorded to the exposition by the United States gov eminent Is duo to the fact that the heads of departments as well as congress begin to reall/.e that the Trirns- misslsslppl Exposition will be another milestone on the national highway of progress and civilization. This alone should stimulate every man concerned Irr Omaha's future to contiUnite his full slum * toward making the exposition in eveiy lespect up to the high standard of excellence that has been set for It and Is expected of It. James A. Garllehl made a speech In the house of representatives err Hawaii Api 11 0 , 187(1 ( , in which hu made plain Ids opposition to any movement looking tow-.ud ihu annexation of the Islands Ho was speaking In favor of a com mercial tienty wjtir Hawaii. "I do not approve of the Hawaiian tieaty for com- mcrc'al reciprocity , " lie Mild , "because It looks In the dliectlon of seeming pos session of tho-e Islands. I wish to state distinctly that , except in the noith I make an exception theie I IrrrU we have seen the last of pin annexations ; and In this remark I include the whole group of West India Islands and the whole of the Mexican turiltory contigu ous to the United States , lloth these islands and Mexico are Inhabited by people ple of the Latin races strangely de- geneiiited by their mixture with native races a population occupying a terri tory that natmally enfeebles man ; a population and a teirltory that I ear nest ] } hope may never bu made an In tegral part of the United States. I can not moie stiongly state my view of that subject than by saving that If the Island of Cuba wen ) offeied to us with the con sent of all the powers of the world , arrd $100,000,000 In gold were iiffeied as a bonus for Its acceptance , I would .un hesitatingly vote to decline the offer , " An orgnnlzitlon known as the Miners' National Hiiiean of 'Information ' , with headipmiteis In Denver , will send a spe cial car loaded with ore and mineral specimens from thu Colorado mines hrough the srnfra of the east to ndvcr- Ise the iiiinlif&tftoonrces of'the Centcn. ilnl rtate. N.qw lbnf , the people of the country nre morn than over Interested n mines and InlnVng this project Is espe cially timely. Wo .stieani of Klondike u-gonauts which has already stalled , asses some ot\ \ the itchest undeveloped ulnlng legion p the woild , and with roper advertising many of the gold seekers can be i tjuced to foiego the per- Ions 1101 tliwant Jo'nney and seek their fortunes in Colorado and other states of he west. ; The Arneilcnn IVilciatlon of Labor assed a resolution , doslgned primarily is an answer to ccitaln utatcnii'iris nade by Hooker T. Washington , to thu effect that all labor without icgaid to color Is welcome to the lanks of the fed eration. This Is but n realllrmatlon of the position taken by the fedeiatlon In the past. The southern del. eate ? ilnd I haul to live up to till ? principle , wheie : he feeling against the negoi's Is strong , lint an effort to diaw a color line In labor organizations would be fatal to them. Once more we aie assured that the German ) goveinmont Is on the point of entering upon u geneial program of tarlll' retaliation against all lountiics Im posing dutlus that bear heavllj upon the German exporters. Germany , by iciison of Its limited area mid the conip.tr ttlxe newness of Its manufacturing Industries. Is not In the best position for beginning a trade war against the u'st of the world , and Germany can hope for very llttlu sympathy In ji'rer Uniopcan na tions. \ IMIKIlllll. . Philadelphia Press. Central Nunez says that Wcjlcr was the wolf while Hlanco Is the fo < c of Spain. Nbw , who's the moidcoy ? A Million llnlliif Countrj. Globe-Democrat. Our forolRii exports for 1897 will strengthen the claim that this Is a billion-dollar country. The total for cloven months Is $174.000,000. 'I hcu V. until 1'inciHi'lKii. . ChlcnBO Ileconl The rlRht nnil reasonable \\ay to settle this Cuban controversy is to moblll/e General Woylet and Hannls Taylor against each other In sonio distant Island and let them fight tea a decision. HlO 1't'llllKJ \ \ IllllllVllIf. . HoMon Irinscrlpt A. Philadelphia capitalist who presented that city \\lth a residence and art gallery valued at $1,000,000 Is being severely crit icised because Ills generous act was followed by ait admission that he Is a candidate for governor. Philadelphia people evidently have not harmonized fliMr business Ideas \vlth the Indirect system of bribery. MlNkliiif | < l S > n I'hlln.lpplili ( llullettn It Is reported that James D Gentry , the murderer of MAdge Yorke , consigned by mis taken clemency "tothe " eastern penitentiary for life , has nit only recovered a vigorous degree of health but has become the center of admiring attentions at that Institution. Ills cell Is made a sort of IMecea by theat rical people \ Isltlng1 iMs city , and the mem ory of his atrocious' crime Is already grow ing fulnt. Thus we make heroes of our vil lains. K tin- ( Hull * . Cincinnati Tribune. Buffalo , like many another olace. Is no strangar to the kind of prosperity \\tilch ex hibits Itself In lucrco ed wages. IxisL October - tober tjio emopjcs of the Bu.ffafotrFurj\ace comraiy ; received an advance of 5 per ccot , zed now It Is stited that a further Increase of the same amount will be made on January 1. It Is well to note that the Increases which are being recorded are the rule and that the reduction which has been found neces sary In the case of the Tall River colton operatives H the exception. Tltf llt'ancst of Combine * . Imllnnnpolls Jouintl. sit-down club has been organized to Clovelanl , O. It Is composed of moi pledged not to glvo up their coats in street cars to any woman under ony clrcumstauces. These men are not so ungallant and Impolite CM they may seem , their purpose being to secure the finil benefit of women ss well as men by compelling the street car ccmpar.ies pro vide enough cars to accommodate all passen gers with seats. It is not piibable , however , that the organization will flourish , 'American ' men being too Inherently courteous to be ableto carry on such an undertaking for any length of time. The desired reform will have to bo accomplished In some other way. Hotv the MrrK IMiui WoiKs. llnltlmoie Bun The civil service commission reports to the senate that In the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1S97 , 21,103 persons passed their ex aminations , and of this host 3,305 received appointments , or about one In eight In the preceding year about one In four of those who c-asiscd received offices , and In 189J about toe In every three. Competition IE Increasing. Between July 1 , ISOO and Juno 30. 1890 as many as 212,051 stood examlna- : lens , 125,713 paraed and 31,538 got offlcca n the departments and bureaus at Wash- in ; ton there are 14,872 places authorized by aw and 13,731 p'aces subject to competitive examinations There ore In these o'acos 3,802 who entered the service under the civil Eervlco law ajid 9,772 who entered ot'jor- wlsc. MMV run. rivr MOMV. -Sll\iT nnil the Sauroil Hullo iKnorcil Philadelphia Tlmcn ( dem ) , The free coinage of diver on the basis of 16 to I has been practically abandoned bj the democratic organlzallcn throughout the country. It wu lhrottlc < l aid suppressed In New York , where the Democrats won both clly anil state ; It wan diplomatically evaded In Maryland under the levdcrablp of Gor man , and but for the anti-Gorman feud In the ranUir of Ihp party vvou.d have boon suc cessful. It was a promlnett feature of the democratic ; policy ii MiKachruetts and Ohio , vshere the Democrats were uliipped out of their boots The rnou't ' significant Indication we have had of the purpc a pf the democratic leaders to abandon Jhefree , silver heresy Is In the resolutions unanimously adopted by the dem ocratic caucus > jf congressmen a feu dajs ago Of the 125 < | ! pmocratlc members of the house over 100 were present , acd the parly policy edoptcd conrihfaded the practically unanimous support of the mcrnbera The caucus djjt trail ! tied upon the line o' polc ! > the rartflil > Uld pursue In the pres ent congress , and the democratic faith Is summed up In fouc resolution. The first declares ngalnsflC ) Ufforta , dlrtct or Indirect , to retire the greenbacks ind treasury note * , the second decjarfl * ( gainst extending the privileges or recucfng the taxes of our rational backs\ti-sthird \ : demands belligerent rights for the Cubtei Iwurgentii , and the fourth favors a just 'bankrupt law There is crotpno , } M > rd In this new demo cratic platform adopted by the representa tive ! ] of Iho Htarei la congrerd In favor of free silver. Ir/AccuV'not / a word H uttered about fcllver as a circulating medium ; and the fact tnnt special emphasis Is given 'In doniociutlo licatlll'y to the retirement of greenbacks or treasury notes obviously means that intUril of undertaking to carry ID-cent silver dollars as a feature of democratic faith , flat mtacy without Intrinsic value win lover will be the next financial policy the dourrlry must confront. Tbo slump of the doraocratlc leaders from free silver to flat ine-ney U entirely logical , as the bottom has entirely fallen out of tbo silver heresy since wheat has advanced to a dollar In gold and the silver dollar reduced In value to 40 cents. Tpo Tree ullveritw * eom to have conro lo realize Hio ( ally ot making a silver dollar really vvorlh 40 cents and mak ing It Cat incncy for CO cents ; and the ) log ically ccncludo that If 40 cents north of sil ver can bo made a ( lit dollar a piece of paper luuetl by the government that costs little or nothing van Just as well bo made flat nicmay and forced upon the people. Trco silver la almplr bantura flat money theory , nit those who tiavfr ailvocalixl It make them- nolvos only the more consistent by dropping silver and mtklng flH money of paper. Its \ very evident that the free colnoRe of silver will not agnln be espoused us fin nrtlclo of democratic fa lib , but Uic next Issue thnt la certain to come for the judgment of the American people will bo naked flat money. The ndvocutes of cheap money see the folly of spending 40 ceo In to Issue a dollar when they our Issue A dollar practically without cost , .and everything now points 1o the demo crats of the house taking measures In the present congress leading ui > to the Issue of naked flat money In 1900. It Is something gained to ha\o the free silver liercsy con fessed as dead by Its leading advocates , and the Intelligence ; and Integrity of the people can bo confidently rolled upon to meet the Issue of flit money that means undisguised repudiation \\VA1I. . rnltlrni Ire Mili > il SprliiRllcM ( Miss ) Itcpubllcnn. No ono has jet shown lion Hawaii ought to bo governed after Its admission to Iho United States. Tills Is a quest Ion that cin- lot bo relegated to pcwlcrlty , as Mr Thur- lon and oilier nnncxatlonlsts bavo tomporar. ly disposed ot the point ot possible latchood ; rather must It be eor.iMile.rccl ml ecttl l within n short time without pea- erlty's assls'tanccVarious suggestions have > cen made , as that Hawaii should become a county of California , Ui.it It should become an unorganized territory like- Alaska , or n crrltory with an organized legislative local ; ovornment like Now Mexico , that It. should , e governed like the District ot Columbia , > y a eommltslon appointed bj the president , hat It should bo placed under a governor A 1th dictatorial powers , and flnttllj , that It honld bo admitted ns a etatc , as Is proposed ij the bill of Representative Spaldlng of Michigan , now on the calendar ot the house. Under circumstances of so much doubt and lack of unanimity nrnong the nnnexn- .lonlsts themselves , wo may profitably rc view , first of all , the development of our territorial policy during the national exist ence. The result will help to guide ono to conclusions .is to the adaptability ot our sjstein to tbo case In hand. The ordinance of 1787 was the origin of territorial ad ministration In the United States. This historic legislation provided for lire organ isation of the territory ceded to the general government by certain ot tbo original thir teen states , v\hlch extended from I'cnns- ! vanla to the M'eslsilppl river and from the Ohio river to the great lakes , and from which have grown the states of Ohio , Indiana , Illi nois , Michigan and Wisconsin. The ordi nance guaranteed to the Inhabitants ot the territory civil and i ellglous liberty and also prohibited therein tbo Institution of slnveij ; It provided for Internal administration through a governor , a general court of three judges , and a legislative council consisting of the governor and judges nlttlng together Hut the ordinance also provided for the es tablishment of a general assembly and rep resentation In congress by a territorial dele gate ns soon as the tcnltoij should have 5,000 malu Inhabitants of voting age lhls provision was hardly lees Impoitaut to tbo growth ot free Institutions than the prohi bition ot slaverj , because It contemplated complete local autonomy In all the territories of tbo United States. It embodies , moreover , one of America's grandest contributions to the civil polity of the world that ot homo rulo. rulo.When When Louisiana was purchased from Prance In 1803 the territory vvas if or a > car governed as a pure despotism , all powers , executive , legislative and judicial , being cen tered In Governor Clalborne , whi > was ap pointed by the president. This forms the precedent tor the New York Sun's recent suggestion that Hawaii , for a time at least be placed under dictatorial rule Congress In 1804 , howe\er , created a territory out ot the region near the gulf and gave It a gov ernment on the model provided by the fam ous ordinance so thnt within a very short tlmo Louisiana had a governor , a supreme court ot three judges , a council of five mem- b rs and a house of representatives elected by the people The remaining territory ot the Louisiana purchase was gradually di vided up into organized territories , or po tential states , as the years passed , on the < same general plan , although the sla\cr > pro hibition of the ordinance of 17S7 was not , of course , applied to new territories con- rede-d to be within the southern sphere of Influence. Florida , which was bought from Spain In 1821 , was organized , like Louisiana , with sla\ery allow ed In the territory , and so were all the states south of the Ohio Except Tex-as and 'California ' , which were respec tively annexed and admitted us full fledged states , all the other states created from the Louisiana purchase and from the Mexican conquest Iwve passed through the same de velopment as originally proscribed bj the ordinance ot 17S7 , gave Insofar as the slavery Issue caused local modification. Today wo have several territories In dif ferent stages of development , Arizona , Now Mexico and Oklahoma are regularly organ ized territories , the Indian territory and Alaska are unorganized , while the District of Columbia , because of its peculiar rela tion to- the national capltol , must always remain In its present condition ot political Impotence. 'Alaska , however , Is about to sUp forward , and , In addition to its present governor , judges and commissioners. , which were given It In 1884 , It now demands Its own civil code , Instead ot Oregon's , under which it has been governed , while as popula tion Incrcubes the territory probably will become before long as fully organized at > Alizona or New Mexico And there will bo llttlo opposition to this advanc" If , as nov\ seems sure , the population of Alaska shall be derived mainly from the United States and English speaking countries. It Is with these precedents In our history that the Irfawalian prooiem. arises , now shall It 'be ' governed In case of annexation ? The suggestion that It be ruled as Governor Cldlboruo ruled In Louisiana the year after Its pui chase seems too foolish for consldera tlon. That was a pure despotism , and , more over. It lasted only until cong-ess could catch up with Jefferson , who bad hastily bough Louisiana on his own responsibility , and pro vide a suitable representative government fo the si'ttled part of the vast territory The kind of government provided for the Dlstrlc of Columbia would be almost as objectionable because It iwould be alm-st as despotic as a one-man power. The district gets along very well because congress meets within Its boundaries and serves IndlrcUly as a local legislature , whHo the government is flxed there through the permanent residence of tie president. But Hawaii would have three commissioners only , G 000 miles from Wash ington , and these cornmlssionois would In p-acHco exerclso a much rncro arbitrary power than < lo the commissioners of the Dls- trltt of Columbia. To talk of Imposing despotic or arbitrary government upon 'Hawaii ' Is preposterous In all respects Hawaii has had a limited parlia mentary government for yes > rs , both under the mcnarchy and the republic , and arc wo , the "freest nation on earth , " to cast that people back undo.- despotic forms ? Are wo , who are now demanding of Spain that she grant hc-mo rule to Cul/a , ready to deny homo rule to Hawaii ? It Is nn Insult to American mnnl'ood to say that we. who first cave hcmo rule to the world and have care fully , consistently nurtured the principle forever over a century of national existence , should no.v repudiate It tor the sake of these Islands 2 000 miles from our shores. A great prin ciple of government Is worth more than even a coaling station , If no are true lo our most precious prin ciples wo must concede local Belt-government to Hawaii vvlth representative Institutions Wo must follow the lines of the ordinance of 1787 , unless wo would lurn our backs upon the most glorious achievement of our civil- Izallon. Hut wo cannot place Hawaii In the way of becoming a atatc , because , accord ing to Ihnse who seek absolution with ns , her people are not nt for self-government Wo have already quoted Chief Justice Judrt on this point , and W. N. Armstrong of Honolulu lulu says ; "It must 1)9 distinctly understood tbat , be sides ruling themselves , t'.lo white. ! must create a form or government through which they can rule nallves , Chinese , Japanese and Portuguese , In older to prevent being "snowed under. " Trat la , we need two distinct forms of government made uo into one form ; one for ourselves acid one for aliens , who out number u . " That la to say , the American plan formu lated In ths famous ordinance U not suited to Hawaii , neither In 1U Initial nor com pleted stages. To succegafully govern Ha waii wo must cist aside American Ideas of freedom , universal suffrage , demwsratlc equal ity local homo rule and Indoors methods which are hateful to American traditions and Amerlcen Institutions Arc wo ready to do It for ths s-iko of a new naval uaso In the heart of tlio Pacific ? IknES $ AM ) MXt'OSITlO.Y. Schuyler Suns Dj- nil moans let us have n teachers' congress < it the Trannmlsslsslppl Kxix > * ltlon next year , . Wo bellovo every Colfox county teacher would nlgn ft plodfjc to attend. Nlobrara Tribune1 Last Sunday's Ileo con tained nn official lilnltojc view of the Trnusmlsslsslppl ami International Exposition lo the form of a liandsotno supplement lo tint paper. The Ileo U i tlrelo'i worker In > ehalf ot Iho trrojl fair to bo held Jrorn June o November , 1S9S. Ileatrlce Democrat : People vho looked ipon the TransmlMlisMppI Kxpce.tlon a nroro oiiltlon ot the slntc fair nro beginning o learn thnt the great show will bo second illy to the World's fair nt Chicago. It will imloubtenly bo the greatest show of Its , kind ever pulled off In any section ot this great land of expositions Hastings Tribune Omiha will Imvo her rands full next year In looking nfler delo- mtn to iMtlonat conventions alone She has ust secured the lUty-fourlh national con- venllcn for nexl year. Hut vvliou the pco- , lo ot Ihe Oato City undertake an enteiorUo I hey Rcncrally acquit I'remseUca In a most redltablc manner. . ncnkclnrin Tribune * SuntM > 's Ornah.v ) CP edition crntnlned a full page sle < ; l eni i travliiK of n hlrdseyo vlow ot the Trnnsmls-1 IsslppI and Intoruntlon.il Exposition Grounds mid bullillikgs n they will nppear' ' it Omihi beforeJUUP next. Kor enterprise 'he Ileo l nlwavs at the front ami uari ally Is found piittltiK Its wlngH forward for ho Interests of Nebraska , too. Dloomlngton Hclio The supervisors of this orrnty could very profitably appropriate nough money to iwuro a cince at the Omaha exposition to exhibit the products and reJ ources of Franklin county. The results night not bo discovered at once , but In the Utmu It would probably cause a laige num- icr of pcoplo from the eastern si/rtes to vend their way In our dlrectlctr when loak- ng for homes or a place to Invest their urplus cash. Aurow Sun : H Is proposed Ural there shall bo a building upon Iho IransmlMlsslppI grounds , built by the boys and ghls of the vest. Mrs. Ponl , president of this bureau of education , appoints a palronc s In each own In the state to solicit funds from the school children , with which to build this structure Mrs L W Shumaci has been ap- Klntcd cotroncss for Aurora , and after the lolliIajH will push the rr.Uter In the public spools of lhls county U Is a laudable en terprise , end we hope- Hamilton countj hovs and girls will at least take one 5-ccnt share and help nnko the venture n success. Pnpllllon Times No true Nebraskan can ' .ill to sre whore his duty lies In ii-tcTCtieo o the great Transmlsslvilppl I'\yosltlon 3omo ot us may have entertained doubts ml the beginning as to the picnricty ot In augurating such an enterprise at this time or at any future period but hero It Is , close -pon us The time for doubting Is In the mckRround , and the tlmo for work cud heart-v co-ot oration with the management of the great undertaking Is ficre Every Nebraskan ; an help or harm the project Every Ne- jraskau will , by his demeanor toward the work help or hurt It The Times has never necn an advocate of such enterprises , but wo lave. alwajB been loyal to our state , find to day that loyalty prompts us to forget for the moment that we do not bellevo Itr ex positions on general prlnc'oles , and to begin this hour doing everything In our power to lel , > make successful this greatest exposition over launched In all Hie transmlssss't ! ' > pl country. We must not leave the work alone to Omaha. It la not an Omaha enterprise oow , but ono In which every citizen , not only of Nebraska , but of every transmlssls slppl state , may , and should feel Interested The Times knows there are thousands of Nebraskans who have held views similar lo our own In reference to the exposition. Some of them may censure our present enthusiasm In behalf of the enterprise , but wo feel that the great number of ttiem need only a little encouragement to nrako them shake off the shackles of lethargy and enlist today for the war a war which can only end when we of the great west shall have wh'ppcd the scales of prejudice from the cje1' of our brethren of the transalleghcny country , and shall liavo compelled them , by force of the grandeur and the glory of our Transmlssls slppl Exposition , to forego their ancient be lief that the sun ot civilization sets just a llttlo beyond the wcbtcrn foothills of the Alleghenlcd. iAMI oTiinuwtsn. The sale of a Kentucky horse for ? f0,000 ! indicates that the horseless age Is not to receive a unanimous welcome. New York would canonlre the man who would give It rapid transit , but It would fight him all the time he was doing It. That huge floating dock which cost Spain a bagful ot money and was sh'npod ' to Cuba Is now resting 041 the bottom of the sea out side Havana. A man named Whiskers llvln ? In New Jersey wants to change his name The mat ter should bo submitted for decision to the goats of Weehouken. There ore more of Greater New York's pop ulation underground than on the surface In other words , there are 4,000,000 l i the ceme teries and 3,000,000 alive , but heading In that direction. The progressive highwayman Is now ab-oad In Kansas City and the citizen who EOCS forth In fine raiment In the morning Is liable to return In the evening wrapped In a horse blanket. A Boston Lank has had $100,000 cm de posits for over twenty years , the owners of vvMclr have not been seen or heard from during tint time. What a fortunate con dition It Is to forget about money ! Vlssourl Is trumpeting her glories In for lanus uy means 01 u muiu in gi.uu KI/V aud limitless lung power Just now ho Is braying In Lcndon , and the native at a re spectful distance ejaculates , " 'Ear 'Ira' ' " Down In Missouri sonio sports being unable to tell whether It was a deer or on elk settled the question by leading the animal to a well The anliral drank watei with a relish. a < rd the supporters of elk theory capitulated Concerning that stray boltle of forly-flvo year-old whisky which the Kentucky owner wants back the New York Sun remarks that "any man who expects lhe lale administra tion to return a bottle of whisky Is a Tool. " A Chicago book dealer who was given a good order by telephone for rare books plac ° cl the books In a convenient placa for the PX- poctcd customer. Hu called during the night , but neglected to leave the prlco lu place ol the books. Parmer Dan Precinaei of Gage county Is hiving another revival In. the nowrrxiocrs as tlio first homesteader of the country The accompanying pictures glvo the lirnrcsslon that he Is a jolly kid of 30. Hut Dan has years to bum abovo. that flguro. A fellow named Wlnslow , who nought to rldo a fractious gcut In Kansas City four years ago , Mllod apparently to grasp the Jollity of the occasion. Ho grasped a rope In stead of a plank and contracted a feeling of goneness that made htm sick He Is feeling better now , having juet secured a verdict foi $10,000 aga'mst the Order of the Maccabees , The report that Mrs. Hetty Green Is look ing for a niiin with brains and character to marry her daughter mturally created con sternation In newspapar circles. Where there Is such an abundance of the right material for Miss Green the problem ol choosing would bo more perplexing that the ceremony , JOV.H OP VI } KIHTOII. Mayo ( Kla. ) , Free Press : Mr. W. 13. How- man has our everlasting thanks for a great big mow of gnat big turnips. Chlploy ( I''la. ' ) , IJiiterprlao : Wo have our steve up now , and If uome one will bring iu a load of plno knots wo will have a flro Morchead ( Ky ) , Advocate : The editor would like to have a young lady who can set typo without trying to run tlio editor This Is a snap for sonio'qulot girl who Isn't afraid of homespun eocku and homo-grown vvhUkors. Indiana County ( Pa. ) , Messenger A big turkey , having a consciousness of the fitness of things , strayoJ into our yard u day night. The owner can have It on application Hut If ho doesn't call before tonight wo will cat It Instead of the mackerel wo Intended to elt down to. Harliburg ( Mo. ) , Enterprise : The editor of this paper and his cstlnutbla wlf hoarded the passenger train Tliurmlay morning for Nevada , where they will spend several daya vUTtlng friends , The editor will abe spend a few days at Eldorado Springs to restore bis falling health , as he has been suffering here of late with dyspepsia , caused by over indulgence In roait nlioat , which was nerved * t ft buuquui given lu , this tovvu recently. vuton OP Tina AKHHASKA I-OKSS. Hentrlcc Democrat * The footpsils otOnmh * have got the police pretty well frightened off the streets , nut It doesn't < ftko much to frighten a metropolitan pollcc-mm. Springfield ( Monitor : The South Omaha Stock Yards compnciy has made n big cut In the prlco of feed and Hio cry that has bc-cn Kolng up from shippers all over the country will probably ccuo oow. Stanton Picket : The. fnct , ttiat Prank Hil ton tunica' populist snnio time ago A > ould not restrain Nebraska's brillKuit attorney gen eral from bringing cr Initial procir lings against Iilm Just as soon as Smyth unr vets hlnidelf from Hu > Hartley tangle into vvhlcli his Ignorance * of law has placed him In fact , U should have boon done long ago , be fore the Hartley trial was begun ruuher delay Is on Injustice to the state aa will s to Hartley , who n.lght al o have poppc.l had ho been given ccie-hilt tbo tlmo ami InducinncnU cxinuloil to Hilton. IMpllllon Times The * nrroKint S nth Omaha Stock Yards company got down off I's high hoiso .and voluntarily reduced 1 s ex orbitant ( harRca to patrons of the- comp tr > . We l ill cAftvt Jo see Uio corporation K'VI ' r into thy hands of u receiver within a wccU Why ? llecMiiso the otnchla are on record , declaring that ila < company could not p.iy cxperiKn If lac legislature should cut down Its charges , and of course when an Institu tion can't rxi : , rxpctiscs a recelvir Is sure to t get It Wo shall nnvv expect tho'cruvs - i papers which nro under the thumb of < ( IP I corporallon io tell us tint this redue'ICM Is | duo to competition Perhaps so , but wo beg j the brethren to remember lint not a cent ot reduction was made by the Kan.'as Cl'y ' S > Loulo or other stock yaids compnnln until J after the Nebraska and Karsns leglslaluus lad passed regulating bills 1M2VS | ( > > VITOllMJIS. i\li-nt : of 'I heir ( irl | > on I National 'I riMixtirt , New Yotk Times. rasteiud upon the body of nearly a mil lion men and WOIIHU dinwlng pension from the treopury theio Is leech ot tremendous appetite. It druvv out of 11 pensionen durlint the last llir.U jwr more thin half ! a million dolhus in fcts for obtaining new- pensions mid Increases of old ones It u a most Ingenious and Insatiable eie-Urn" It Is about as little necessary now In the puialon scrvlco of the Kovnrninont ns the leech Is In mcdlolno And It Is soirrej ! less repulslvo to contemplate than the s imy blood-sucker of the old-fashioned prat tloner. Consider now thc-so par.nltia have s upel the pensioners of thu coiintiy BH"O ! t'o covcrnmeut began , to pension Hi solllT * of the war of the lebelllou It Is esti'intei ! that there has KOIIP Into the jiorlie's of pon. I slon attorneys , sltuo 1SG . not Ires than JT5- 000,000 of fees raid through the Pmslnii | bureau Flumes that me presented bv nur Washington correspondent , und unqursll u nbly trustwoithy llRiircs are quoted to sh w what the penalon attorneys have tnUeu from ho pensioners during the years since lSnO The leport is as follows : UI-"WU'I 1 3 XiJ lSr.I , 1 t-'J , , ) 'o > Milx.'l ' ' " ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' 1S9T . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . ! ! ! fi'M MM'j In seven years $10110 I'JIID Commissioner Evans would bo Rial wo ere assured , If the congress would nbnlinh these nttornovs. who have been fattening upon the pensioners. They are a power in tbo land , lion ever. Tholr numbers nro not small. The Pciibion bureau , It seems , roe g- rvlzcs ns entitled to practice upon the * ol- dlors not less thin -10000 persons Thcro are 7,000 recognized firms In this business of Increasing the pensions which morjbody Is hoping will ono dny begin to decrease and continue to decrcas ? . Detroit Tree Press : CVI.iy -wonder why some men grumlile nbout ovcrjthing- Mulfro To show the keenness of their peiceptions , oC course. Tmllinnpolls Journnl : "She looks to mo HKo a woman who v\otild in rko a. good wife. "She Is Ji-st that kind ofiAoman All the girls wbo have mirrleil her o\-hn bamls have found them cNcellently trilncd. " Clnclnmtl Coniniprolnl : "Smltlieis < 1J | Jinntv well liming rho Hist jnit of the tern- ixnncp plav at the chinch iiat night , but lie tiollPtl it all Inter" "Got i"j > and went out between the third and fou.ih arts .is usiiil. " Puck : "How lAfltild .vou ( Icflrre aintrlot ? " "I llould Biy a pitrlot li .1 man who taKes an interest In bis county's welfare , oven tlio morning after hNpirly his been snowed under. " Stnr " ' ' * : 'Tain' illns iputlln on style il it counts , " said Undo Kbeu 'Poo- pie vvoulln' think bit ' ' ' ) a mo' o' Suity C'lnim 1C he vvoiopitent Ica'her shoes un' h ived twice a day" Cleveland Plain Peilor1 "Why does Todg- ors' typewriter g-iii uhvajs sit by an open iwlmlow ' ' ' "Uecanse Todjroru cm't stand a drift. " niovnlng KingCO'H Monthly Jenkins I wonder how It fcippous that Mlis ICIdd Is1 always out when I callJoncb Oh1 Jubt her luck , 1 KUCSH. Detroit Journal"Ah , " excl ilmrd Urn met incholv Dane , complacently , "whit la- dcol , would bo the p'.iy without mo' ' ' Old in in Hnmlet cesturcd fretfully "It wouldn't have a ghoal of a ahovv vvlih- out mo. " he lotorlcd. Hut that i.vhlch Irrltatoil the prince pulh'- ulnly i.vas lo have Ophelia RlJJBlo that way. PostHo lind just emereed fiom a drv Roods store and looked vuv so' inn "I happened to pass through tin hosi ry dppartnient , " ho mil , "and It's a Kile hot that woman and not Hunt i Cl.ius H K"-joii- Hlblo for the length " Then ho Klghoil , mil they rpcognl/cd him at once us the father of several girls Indianapolis Journal "What Is the toison that ncticss canceled her onRiiifcmi n ' " "Shn bus just in nlo n feaiful dliniviv , and blames the staie man IKI i for H Hem inathemiillclaii who Is a frlruil of In i look measurement ! ) nnd dlcoerf d that rln pine nhcro nhu FlnndH Is at leiHt rlKhluin lnc uJ from the center of the HI.IKO " 111:11 \sivna. . ' Bomcnlllo Jounnl IIo l sitting , where ho llkcH to tl > , on the sofa by her Hide , With Ills dexter arm around her , for he avlll not bo denied , And IIO'H ple.idlriK mont pcrHlslonlly Hi it sho'll liecomo his bride , "Chrlstm IH Is comlnn noon , " ho suys , "Let ut be mm led tlitn ! You know you've jiroinlHul lo bo mine , but never t.\ould nay when. Glvo mo yoiircelf , and iniiko of me the hap piest of men ! " A fiil7/loal | oxpies 'ntr then across her tvAiot faoo drifts And Kiuollv whe aiiBworti , nn her eyes to hu Hire llftH , "They nay a ilrl ; ought not to give a man expeiiblvo AT TWO MEALS , 4oini- lloii" Alioul Kooil to IJHI'll ' 1 MlO - II 1)11 } . row people understand the real fact * about tlio Corral Onffco tlmt IH no widely i mod : mvv-n-iln > a f-'o > ; iio wlio made n trial of I'ostum In ltn curly oxlBtcncu ucro disap pointed at tlio tlavor upon trial preparntloa anil ubamlonctli II , Inrt those vvlm Iiurnol tliu Eccrct of Its preparation for lliu table illa- covcroJ that most ilulltluim tievoraKO wan tlio result of a continuous boiling 1C or 2V minutes nfler boiling commences The fcod value In I'oatum Is extraordi nary and Its continuous nsoKill develop sturdy and healthy atlulls or children whom heretofore a condition of Bcnil-lnvalldluni may have existed , caused liy Iho dully < niK- Klnj ; of coffee , omo are inoro suscopllblo to the effect of coffee on Iho heart , Btoinach and nerven than others liut few exist who will nol find a sturdy and healthy Kroulh toward absolute and perfect health liy the rmo of I'oatum Peed Coffie and entire wheat bread or wheat c r oals for at least twojif Uic meals each day A tent U ir-o surest und most satlnfactory method of obtaining the facts for each Indl- \ldual. Those who have not l 'en Buccesuful la making Rood 1'oitum will find the new c'J- roctlons on packaeo will inaurc perfect work In preparation.