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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1897)
TITJB tWtAlTA DAXLT BEEs DECEMBER HO , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BEEX K. ROatiWATCn. Editor. nvnnr MOUNINO. TEtlUB OP BUBSCmiTlON ! Dally Bee { Without Sunday ) , Ona Tear 00 Dally llr and Sunday , On * Year > 8 00 HI * Month * 9J JhrM Month * 00 Bumlnr Bee , One YMr. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 JO Kftturday litt , One Ytar. . . , 1 W .Weekly JJeo. Ona Yar OITICE3J Omaha : The Bee Building. < , . Bouth Omabnl Singer Ulk. . Cor. N and Z4th Sis. Council lilurr * : in ivarl street. ChlcnRO Office : 317 Chamber of Commerce. Now York , Itooms 1J. M and IS Tribune Bide Washington ! Cut Fourteenth Blrcet. All communications relating to news and edito rial matter ihauM be aJJrcuc.l ! To the HJUor. 1IUB1NK8S UBTTKUB. All tiunlnn * lettcra nnil remittance * should bo eddroicd to Tlio Lice Publishing Company , Omaha , Drafts , < heck > , rxpros and postofllce inoncy brdcm to bo made payable to the order of the comi > .iny. JJEB rODUSHlNQ COMPANT. HTATKMENT 01' CIUCOLATIOX. ElAlo or Nctirnakn , UouKlna County , * . : afcorgc B. Tuchnclt , pocrctary of The Bee Pub lishing Oonirnny. being duly snoin , says that the sotual number of full and complcta copies of The Dally , Itornlntr. I'vcnlng and Sunday lice printed < lurlng the month of November , 1 7 , was as fel- 2 1 . . . . 29.71C 21 , 1M it : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : IVlfl S . 2S.U1 4 . . . , , , , 23 , co : Sx. , . 21,177 20 . 21.0F6 . . , . 21.S-.J , 22 21. " I . , , . . 21,444 S3 ' 2.MT3 t. . . . , . . . . . .4. . . . 2in.9 21 11,203 10 . 21,107 J5J 21.S3J II . 21OO SO. . 2I.CS1 12 . . . 21.321 2J 21,752 11 . 21,421 . . 21,018 14 . . . . . . . . : o.sio f } , . 2I.4M is . 21,3:2 SO = 1-313 Total . < 5.021 unsold nnil returned copies . . . 10,41 ! Net tntnl salM . CJI.Ml Net ilnlly nvcraso . 2U5J ono. n. Tv.arinifK Bworn t/ > before me and stibscrlh < l In rny prei > < > nii thla 1st day of December , 1W , ( Seal. ) N. r. rntr. . Notary Public. IT nHFOHK TIIK PU1IMU. Tlio iiKRi-fxnfp rnrrlrr delivery clr- Dttlnllon of The Kvonlni ? Bn > Is ( lonlilc HIP riKKrcRntc i-arrler delivery clrciiludoit of tlic lirrnliiB Worlil- itornlil millinoro ilinii MX ( Iniex Kiratrr Hum I ho nKKreirnfc currier delivery clrciilnllnti lit tlio MornliiR Worlil-IIernlil In Oninlni ami South Oinnltn , Tlie currier delivery circulation of | ( The Kvi'nlnic Bee venclieH 7I'II ) liana f j/ / 11 lie NiilmerllierN Hint tire lint reiicheil ! > > ihe EvenliiK AVtirlil-IIcrnlil mill 7,01(1mliKcrlliri ( - * Unit lire not reiiclicil by the Moml-iK U'orld-llcrnld. More thnn f,00 ( > currier delivery nuliNcrllierN to The Omnliii Kveiilnn Hoe it nil Tlid Oiniihii MornliiK Bee nre not reached , either liy the Morning IVVorld-IIernld or the EveiiliiR World- Ileriild. It fnc without xnylnpr that the miin- 7 > cr of coilt-H | < if Th MvcnliiK Uec or The Morning Bee nnlil l > y il rulers nnd iievfHhoyM cxccedx by n very coitNlder- nblo the iitiinher of V/orlil-lIernlil ( InlllcH , mnriiliiv nnd evening ; , sold by ( lenlcrn nnd Good roads cannot 1m built wltli pnmphlots , nor beet siigiir factories Avith resolutions. Another great strike Is In prospect. Prof. Fall } of Vienna says a great comet will strike the earth two years hence. rK - K The most valuable property William M. Singerly hail when he failed was his .Bounil money democratic newspaper in " " ' ' riillndclphla. . . Our friend , Russia , Is a big nci libor , Jvitij 120,211,114 inhabitants and unlim ited room for growth without annexation of the rest of Asia. The worst that lias been said of Em- PCTOT William Is Kdltor Stead's char- aqterlzatlon of the young monarch as : "tho New York Journal of Europe. " f' ' . * With officials of the Iowa lines in the new directory of the Union Paclllc i , per ; haps they may all see the necessity of a grand union depot In Omaha. Perhaps. What will President Burl do ? Is n query heard all over the city. The conundrum will be solved within thirty days after President Hurt has taken the helm. Even the silver miners are finding that the foreign market for their product Is worth something to them. One steam ship sailing from New York yesterdaj took 1,011,000 ounces of silver to the European , market. The .long distance telephone Is the latest grievance of the railroad passen ger agents. They say people prefer * to talk over the telephone to traveling loin , distances In winter to do bushiest ) . This is not surprising. The YcnoisiiGlim minister htis been ro ' celvetl ut thu court of St. Jninus again I' but the boundary trouble between Grca 1C Urltnlu ami thu plucky South Amurlcai rojiubllc has not , > ' > t been tlually settled Arbitration will do thu rest. A winter In Mexico , with excursions receptions1 and dhmcra , Is a nice thiiif , for an uitcuiirioyeil man and his wife , bn pretty cxpuiiHlvu even under the best o clrcuinatunc.es and the wondi-r Is how i lioor Nebraska lawyer can afford It. Of Colorado's iJ .OOOjOOO worth of ( 'oh mined this year 'a Denver nowsnapi ) estimates thatfS ! , ! > OrtWK ) went to pay th wages of the miners , oC whom thcro ar between l,000 and 10,000. Hut a Biual part of the gold went directly out of th titatc. Hx-Govenior Altgclil of Illinois ha been telling the Callfornlaiw tliat llryui Avas elected president iul that gros frauds were conuiiltted In many stale to defeat him , especially In Illinois. "What was the governor of Illinois doing while thesu frauds were being pi > rpu- trated , nnd why didn't he discover It until long after ho was out of olllceV The citizens of Han Francisco have Just voted for a commission' to icvlse the charter of the city nnd this work will bo entered upon soon. AVhllo tlicro has been a great deal of complaint as to the management of municipal affairs in San Francisco , there liuu been some doubt na to whether revision of the charter Is the right remedy. The majority of ( ho members of tlu commission are men favorable to u plan of revision espe cially advocated by the mayor of ihe city uutl it Is freely charged that the mayor and lils associates are planning to plunge tlio city lute furtuur mdebtd- BftU. OAQK AKD TIIK HIMKTALLISTS. The warfare on Secretary Gnjro which lias been declared by ccrfaln republican bliuelnlllstfl , bccAiisc of his proposal to commit the country moro thoroiiRhly to the gold fltandard , will probnbly niuounl to nothing very serious. The hope of these persons of getting from the presi dent some avowal thai ho Is not In H.VIU- pathy with the secretary of the treasury , so far as the gold standard Is concerned , Is very certain to bn disappointed. It Is not to bo doubted that Mr. McKlnlcy Is quite ns strongly In favor of maintain ing and strengtheningthe gold standard as Mr. Gage Is and that on this point they are In hearty concurrence. It Is said that It would delight the bl- mctalllsts to learn of the voluntary or In. voluntary retirement of Secretary Gage , but It Is safe to say that this gratifica tion will not bo afforded them. " Some of tliosu republican btmctalllsts have talked of breaking with the ad ministration unless the president Khali explicitly disclaim the policy In regard to the currency advocated by Secretary Gage. Perhaps some of them are seri ously Inclined to do this , but the proba bility is that they will change their minds. Of course they will oppose any proposed legislation on the lines laid down by the secretary of the treasury , or which Is Intended to better fortify the gold standard. This they are expected to tlo. But most of them have too much at stake to withdraw from the repub lican purty or to break with the ad ministration. We do not think , there fore1 , that any considerable number of the republican blmctnlllsts who arc ns- sailing the secretary of the treasury will desert the party just now , though If they should do so the patty .would not seriously suffer. On tlio contrary It light bo to the benefit of the party to et out of Its ranks the men whose lostllily to sound money and to a stand- nl which has been established mote inn sixty years opetates to more or ess distract the councils of the party. The maintenance of the gold standard s as thoroughly republican policy as votcctlon Is and men who call them- elves republicans nnd preach bimetal- ism are as out o place In that political rganlxatlon ns they would be If they alked free trade. The republican plat- orm of 180(5 ( distinctly declared for the old standard and the campaign was onductcd by the party In defense of ! mt standard. Major McKInley left no oubt in the public mind , during that ampalgn , of his complete belief In the rold standard and every sign he has 'Iven since he became pics'.dent ' shows lint lie still believes In that standard , 'hero Is not the least reason to appre- iciid that Mr. McKlnloy will be In- inenced by the outcry or the threats of lie blnietalllsts in the republican party. JVO The view expressed by the chief of ho Cuban junta In this country , that ac- eptance by the Spanish authorities in Cuba of relief from the American poo- ) Ie for the sick and destitute In that sland , Is tantamount to the acceptance of Intervention by the United States to stop the war , is so obviously absurd that one Is surprised it should proceed from an Intelligent man. As the Spanish nlnlstcr at Washington pointed out , the elief measures adopted by this govern- nent and approved by the Spanish gov ernment have not the slightest iclation to intervention. The humane proposal of our government was accepted by Spain In the spirit in which Itas made mil the acceptance involved no conces sion whatever so far as the conflict Is concerned. The whole contention' ' of Dr. Palma Is ridiculous and therefore the suggestion based on It that the United States should at once Intervene to give peace and in dependence to Cuba Is not worthy of serious consideration. If this govern ment were contemplating Intervention , which there is no reason to think It Is , It could llnd no justification for taking such action in the fact that Spain , had accepted the offer of relief and Is co operating In carrying It Into effect Un doubtedly ending the war would put a stop to the distress In Cuba , us Dr. Talma says , but intervention on our part might not end the war so speedily as he evidently thinks and we should have a conflict on our own hands. This government Is In nn entirely wise and proper position toward the Cuban conflict and the fact that It' satisfies neither the Intolerant Spanish jingoes nor the extreme Cuban sympathizers proves this. The personnel of the new Union Pa cific directory revives speculation upon the validity of the bridge contract between - tween that road nnd the two Iowa lines the Milwaukee and the Hock Island covering the use of the bridge nnd of terminal facilities in this city. Tills contract was executed by Charles Francis Adams when he was president of thj Union1 Pacific. When , subse quently , the Gould Interest again dom inated the road , nn attempt was nmdo to Ignore and annul this contract , which was made In keeping with the spirit of the original compact between the I'nlon Paclllc and the city ot Omaha.whose do. nation of lands for depot nnd grounds was made on condition thai all Iowa lines must bo given use of the bridge and terminal facilities upon payment or reasonable rentals. 15ut tlu > courts compelled - polled Mr. Gould's utllclals to live up to the terms of the contract , declining to BOO the force of thu argument that a change of ownership Invalidated ths contract with the Iowa linos. If Hint was an equitable Judgment , then it log ically follows that tins recent elmtigo of ownership cannot operate to alter the status of the case. Tot eminent lawyers are quoted In the belief that this con tract can now bs successfully assailed. Thpro Is little doubt that this ( pica- tlon will force Itself upon tlio attention of the olliclnls of lines in interest before the lapse of many moons. The tradi tions , records as well as contracts be tween the coiporate city of Omaha and the Union Pacific road all bind this city to a strict adherence to n policy favor able to the adinUsIon of all eastern lines to the city and to a share of Its truffle. The fact that high olllclnlrf of custom toads nro numbered among the direc tors of the Union Pncltlc may have an Important bearing on the case , and it may prevent a reopening of the con tention. However this may be , no loyal cltlr.cn of Omaha can countenance any effort to close the Union Pacific bridge against all comers willing to pay a rea sonable price for the privilege of enterIng - Ing Omaha. A UllAA'DSTANV MASQVKttADB. The olllclal organ of the fire and police commission declares that Thomas Don- nlfson Is permitted to run a policy shop In this city by the connivance of the authorities whose sworn ditty It Is to suppress gambling. Tills Is a very se rious charge , which tlio police commis sion and tlio chief of police cannot af ford to Ignore. If It Is true there has been gross neglect of duty on tbo part oC the police authorities. If partiality has been- shown to Tom Doanlson the citizens of Omaha have a right to de mand the reason why. And while the chief of police Is making tlio Inquiry Into the truth or falsity of this charge his attention should also bo directed to nil the other shops and dens where gambling Is still tolerated lu Omaha. The policy shop Is no hotter nor worse thnn the lottery ticket shops , the crap shooting dens and other resorts In which people are duped Into trying their luck against n mire thing. The only thing that Is Incomprehensible or at least mys tifying Is that the man who claims to have strings upon Police Commissioner Herdman and his associates has not been able to snuff out Dcnnlson If ho really Is In earnest about suppressing gambling. The oiily rational inference ,1s that his howl about Dennlson Is a grandstand masquerade or a play for a concession , as they call It In exposition parlance. If tlio outcry against the pol icy of allowing policy shops to run nt large was sincere there ought to bo no dllllculty in inducing the refoiin police board to stamp out the gambling evil. TIIK lH ; , lTKK-A'Eir I'OKK. The most Important -political event , to the American people , that will signalize the opening of the new year , will bo the Inauguration of the new government of Creator New York. The second city of the world , covering an area of over 317 square miles , containing a popula tion estimated at 350.000 : ! and having an assessed valuation of real estate and personal property amounting to nearly ? : t,000,000,000 , will pass Into tlio control of a political organization that wns badly discredited only three years ago , after an exposure of corrupt practices which shocked the country. For the next four years at least Tammany , with Hit-hard Croker ns Its leader , will rule the great municipality and tloal out to Its adherents the enormous patronage at Its command. The entire nation Is interested in the question , What character of government will Tammany give tlie new and greater metropolis ? Will it bo n clean , honest , progressive government , free from scan dals of jobbery and corruption , or will there be a restoration if the old meth ods and practices which made that or ganization infamous ? The mayor-elect , Tudgo Van Wyck , has said that lip pro poses to give the city nn administration in the Interest of the taxpayers , that ho intends to promote good government and do all that can bo done to advance the city's welfare. But the mayor-elect Is unhicd In an executive capacity , lie Is not nn experienced politician , be ex erted litllo positive influence upon the campaign which resulted in his election and ho owes his position to Croker. As most distinctly the political creation of the masterful Tammany boss , Judge Van Wyck Is bound by every considera tion of gratitude as well ns concern for the organization that accepted him at the bidding of Croker , to pursue the course that leader may direct. There Is no reason to doubt that he will do this. this.What What , then , may , be expected of Croker ? Judged , by his record , very little for the cause of good government and clean administration. But it Is said that Mr. Croker has profited by the lesson of 1804 and that he Is ambiIf-u.s to make a reputation as n municipal statesman. Shortly after the election he was reported to have said : "We arc going to make New York City the most attractive , the most prosperous nnd the most satisfactory to live In of nuy of the great cities of the world. AVe arc- going to do this honestly and we are going to set a very high standard for every olllccholder who Is appointed by the administration. " If this policy shall bo steadfastly pursued Mr. Croker will receive the commendation of the country and may even become a very potent force In national politics , which he is said to aspire to. But most people will doubt whether a man long used to the political methods which Croker has employed can abandon them altogether and raise himself and IIK ! following to a plane of political action wholly free from jobbery and corruption. It is some thing to bo hoped for , but not to bo con fidently expected. At all events , Tammany will bo In control of Greater Now York for the next four years and It Is certain during that period to exert n very considerable Influence upon national democratic poll- tics. What direction this Influence will take It would now hi > unsafe to predict , but ( hero arc obvious reasons why It Is not likely to bo favorable to the Chicago cage platform and candidate. The Tam many loaders fully understand that they could not have won the municipal elec tion on that platform and It will bo weaker next year and three years hence than it was In November , not only In New York but In most of the country. The Kmpire state will have a great deal to say In the next democratic national convention and Tammany will have inui'h to do with shaping Us utterance. Meanwhile the conn * ? of the Croker ad ministration will be carefully watched by all who take an Interest In political n ( Tahs. The recommendations made by the state examiner of county treasurers commend themselves to the favoiahlo consideration of county hoattU anil should by all means 1)0 adopted. In vlow of tlie complications that have nrlson In nearly every hihtanco where treasurers who are elected io fiiii'ocad themselves aio found to have been de faulters after they had vacated their office , It becomes of vital Iniportniico to know to what fjcnt the defalcation ante-dates the snqond term. It nearly nlwayfl happpiiH , Ihat the sureties on treasurers' lioiuts ( ( tiring the first term nre only In part fuirptlcs on his bond for the second term , hlul In the effort to re cover from tlio Ittiiftancn It becomes dif ficult to ascertain tjie exact amount for which each set of bondsmen is responsi ble. A settleiuij'rtt ' m full at the end of each term would ] go , far to obviate such complications , although oven then the bondsmen should' ( lot be released , be cause a systematic , doctoring ot' the lee- ords might cover up frauds that could only bo discovered Muring the lap e of ' years and long'Inf. tor the delinquent treasurer has been superseded ln < olllcc. The prospective Increase of the license fund during Iho exposition year should not deter the Board of Kductitlon from Inaugurating a policy of economy and retrenchment. Supernumeraries and po litical tnxeators should bo lopped off nml the surplus , If any , should be de voted to the payment of outstanding warrants and erection ot now school houses. The patrons of tlio schools arc not Interested keeping on the school board pay roll an attorney whoso duties shJtild be performed by the city law de partment without extra pay. They have no Interest In keeping on the pay roll any other sinecure who holds his do- nothing Job because he Is a good caucus packer or convention manipulator. The demand of the hour Is for more school buildings to accommodate the largely Increased school enrollment. Secretary Wilson wns recently re ported as saying Ihat the eastern and southern portions of tlie slate of Iowa lie considers the most prosperous agri cultural country In the world. Tlie esti mate Is just nnd flattering , but this does not mean that the western and northern portions of Iowa , and the ad jacent portions of Nebraska and other states are not also prosperous. As an agricultural region the western slope of Iowa and the eastern part of Nebraska arc full of possibilities unrivaled In any other part of the union , but these possi bilities' are a.s yet but partially de veloped. Tlio future has great things In store for the Missouri valley. * What is the llfth ace ? Is the question propounded to The Bee by the hold-up sheet. As defined In plain language , the llfth ace , without which the gamblers cannot run wide open houses in Omaha , Is the dally press. It Is an open secret that the gamblers wlll have no dllllculty In controlling the police commission organ , but thoiu coAies the rub their arms are too Hhoyt , v hen they reach out for The Bee. fe'l' ! YellHi AVc Clieaj. ' . Cliiong'rf Post. A solitary $5 bill t's. ald to have been the result ot the president's call for contribu tions for starving' Cubans. ( But It must not bo forgotten that a great many people feel that they are doing their full share for Cuba when they call upon Uncle Sam to declare war upon Spain. It Isso easy to yell. Troliiliiir for' tlic I'reHltleiiey. Indlanftpalllt Journal. It Is hinted "that " * President Andrews of Brown university U training for the demo cratic nomination .foe president. That la a queer thing for a college president to do , but President Andrews's ad\ocacy of the free coin-ago of silver , free trade and his tour eulogizing Lee nnd-Stonewall Jackson and depreciating General'Grant go to sustain tlio vague intimation. : " \Vcdilliii-r ScrcnnilcM. Chlcafjo Chronicle. David Hocper , the youag Iowa qualcer who cudgeled heartily a gang of rural hoodlums who were giving him a charivari on his wed ding night. Is entitled to public thanks. The charivari bucollcally known as "shlvaree" Is a manifestation of rustic wit that stands In need oC discouragement , and Mr. Hooper's hickory club did Its -full duty : Of course a shotgun would have beeci preferable , but per haps a shotgun was not at hand. Mexico FlmlH Illm Out. City ot Mexico Telegram. The man , Mr. Bryan , rather dl&iroolated the expectant audience. Perhcps the people were keyed up too much , and expected too much. Or It may be that Mr. Bryan was not on his hobby , the exploded silver bubble. At all events , whllo his voice was musical and pleasing and his > moduatlons ! and gestures easy and graceful aa ot a finished orator , he was not eloquent and only once or twice really succeeded In rousing the audience. AVluil , floor Ailiiltrrntcil ? Milwaukee Wisconsin. It Is to bo hoped that the reent tendency toward deterbratlon of tCie quality of the most widely used description ot malt liquors , due to the use of Inferior Ingredients cad to haste In getting the brow from the vat Into the stomach of the consumer , may bo toeedlly checked , either by the enactment of pure beer laws or by the self-interest of the brewera. If It Is not checked there Is euro to be a falling off In tlio use of beer and It may bo that stronger drink will take Its place. The .Spoil * "I'lmli. " i Mlnnonpolls Journal. The spoilsmen can't make the president l > udgo an Inch. Their efforts to overthrow the nerlt system are only arousing the country against their machinations. They do not reflect public sentiment , which Is commlttzd fully to the system. It devolves upon the congressmen who call the syatom a "hum bug" tci prove that the public service Is not bettered and that the merit system Is not muh morf economical than the Qpotls sys tem. I'.c nroof of Us value In tlieao respects is clear and Irrefutable. -ciMi > * H iiiir nitcii. Mew York Sun. Tlio splendid project of John W. Leedy , governor of Kanoaa , , for a 1,700-mllo Irriga tion canal from tlio'-Mlllt river In Montana to tlio Red river ln"Tcxas has already been mentioned with duo sympathy and reverence by the Sun , The estimated ccst of $365,000- 000 , or $300,000,000'lif caao of leap year , Is absolutely a trlile. ni'doveninr Lncdy Is goIng - Ing to tell the Nebraska Irrigation conven tion. The governor'hlnlself doesn't mean to pay a cent. Ho boUpyfa that the nectasary millions "could bo easlfy obtained from the multimillionaires by Imposing on Income tax on the rich. " CouliTlhere be a simpler way of raising money ? Thij , project would bo a llttlo more symmetrical , however , If the mul timillionaires were irfaflo to dig the ditch as well aa to pay for 'It. . Tlio Ilife-fit Trtixt. rhllailelphla Iteconl. A Milk trial has 'tfeen1 ' organUcd under the facile lauB of . .Now dersoy , with an authorIzed - Ized capital of $15.000,000 , ( rid with heal- quarters In Jersey City , Tha object of this boacvolent monster a set " "forth by Its projectors Is to piy the farmer more for his milk and charge the consumer Iras > foi It. It will aUo exercliA ! a , nanltary supervi sion over all the sources of supply. The trust will save the money to eoablo It to ef fect these beneficial changes In the milk business by the economies which It will be able to ' .bring . about through concentration of the business ot collection and distribution , This plan of operation reads smoothly and nicely In the prologue , but If It oliall cue- cccd the farmer- will lnvo to accept trust prices for bla milk and the coniumcr will have to pay trust prices. This Is an ar rangement which pinches at both cads. The limit to the pinch , la measured by the greed ot the pincher , KXl'KIUKXCR AS A Tn.iCHRlU Prnoilonl "Kreo Silver" I.CHHOIV nml ( lip OtllCIMlKS ChlMKO Tribune. Ono community la tha popullstlc state of Ko i as appears to have "got Ita full' * ot frco silver at any rato. The etory as told by a Kansas Cky paper Is both Instructive < tnd amusing , and to well worth being repeated. ( According to the Kansos City Jotitaal , a leading miller and uhrat buyer at ll'ys City , In Ellis county , named Yost , having g/t Into a quarrel with > : he locnl bankers began the Importation ot silver dollars from the national treasury at Washington , which ho rttld out In the tnumictlon ot hU business. At flr.U his policy of paying out silver for hU purchases was very popular , as the com munity Including largo proportion of Hus- slm farmers was deeply Infected with tbo frco silver cnuo cud bad been zealous Blip- porters of William J , iDrjon a year ago. u\u the local bank refused to exchange gold or greenbacks for Iho white mt-'al the latter soon became a dru ? . For two months Hays City and a good ah.iro of Bills county had a practical Illustration ot silver monometal lism , gold and paper disappearing as It were by mngla to glvo place tothe leas desirable currency. The situation IB described by < the Kansas Clty paper as follows : It frequently hopponcd that ono manvoulil market as much as 2,000 bushels In ono day , receiving every cent of his pay In silver. Ono could stand co the- street comers and see dozciu of men with racks full of stiver over thtlr shoulders going from store to store cs they bought goods or paid their bills. Some times these Backs contained as much as sovcnty-nvo poundu. The monpy drawers In < the stores would not bcgta to hold the white metal. The town was deluged with It and curses deep and long could be heard on every side. Men who wished to buy a draft ( o pay off < i mortgage found that they could not do It with silver dollars , though this condition was soon chcagctl by the local baokJilch made every effort to relieve tlm white metal congestion. " The effect of this object lesson upon ono of Iho Russian farmers who had received a very considerable burden of the white metal Is Illustrated In a conversation with a promi nent citizen of Hays City named Shaffer. Having plasd his treasure In the bottom of his wagon , In charge of his wife , approachIng - Ing the citizen In question ho Is reported to have addressed him ns follows : "Meester Staffer , I vlt'h you vould dell mo soniedlngs. Last fall vo voted for vreo sliver and godt 'beat ' , und jet vo hav vrco silver now , don't It already ? " The unexpected success In securing "free silver" after the defeat of a year ago docs not seem to have produced any particular en- thuslasm cither on the part of thla subject or the community. Of the practical lesson taught by this ex ample of a free silver currency the Journal says : "It was proof positive not only that gold would not stay In circulation alongside of silver dollars standing on their own merits , but als6 that gold would not stay In circula tion alongside ot silver dollars redeemable In gold when the silver had been forced Into circulation beyond the ordinary demands of trade. 'Hen. ' J. H. Reeder of Hays City saya that ho knows of one case at least where paper and gold went to a premium , as ho saw a farmer pay $10 to have $ SOO In silver changed Into the moro convenient money. Incidentally It Is related that a vote on the sliver question In Ellis county at this time would give the gold standard a rousing ma jority. " COXCKUXIVGGHEE.V1JACICS. . of IKin nil it iVotrH nn Ex clusive Function of Rnvormnuiit. New York Sun. The one great argument of the opponents of government paper currency Is that the Issue of demand notes to servo as money Is banking. Consequently , thee cry Is : "Tho government must go out ot the banking business ! " The fact Is disregarded that In the older civilized countries no banks , other than a few that are government agencies , are permitted to Issue circulating notes , and that their Issue Is not an essential part of the business of banking. The usurpation , by our American banks , of the government function of supplying the people with a circulating medium has been permitted for so many years that It has , In the eyes of bank officers , become not only a vested privilege , but a vested monopoly. At the same time , the champions of the banks against the government completely overlook a case of. the performance , by the government , of real tanking functions on a coleGsal scale. The banks In th's ' city com plain or Interference with their privileges by the trust companies and at various balik conventions the competition of express com panies In making remittances of money from ono point to another has been denounced as unfair , but against the enormous transactions ot the pcstofflco In selling. In the form of money orders , what are equivalent to bank checks and drafts , not a word has yet been uttered. The money order department of the post- office handles , 1n the course of a year , J400- 000,000 , and In eo doing It Issues and redeems 33,000,000 pieces of paper. Not only does It transmit money for the purchase of goods , the payment of debts and the making of gifts , but travelers resort to Its agency to provide themselves with funds ! at the various stages of their Journeys , in preference to using bank drafts and letters of credit. Great aa the volume of the ibuslness Is , It Is still growing , and Postmaster General Gary pro poses to double- the coming year , by add ing a thousand a month to the money order offices already In operation. . . If the government Is to go out of the bankIng - Ing business It must begin by abolishing the postofflco money order department. Then , on the same principle , It should go out of the express busjness nnd cease to carry merchan dise In the malls. Next , It should stop coinIng - Ing metal , running Its own printing office , and doing Its own engraving and printing. Finally , It should cease maintaining Its navy } ards , docks and all other national estab lishments , the operations of which Interfere with the profits of private1 enterprise. It 1s time that the ) talk about the govern ments .gplng out of the "banking bushiest ) " should end. It. Is Illogical and absurd. MIU COA3II' * niKIIS A HAT. Wherefore tli Shipbuilder 1/ttcr n > J'rciillnrVnll. . Chicago New . Mr. Onamp , whoso mlglity ships sail the ocean blue , has ibeou tearing the mask from hypocrisy and chowlng up the hideous thing as It Is. To a large and respectable ibody of banqueters the other evening fllr. Cramp Im parted the Information that Aracrclan news papers and newspaper men get all their Ideas about problems In this country from Eng land ; that they final see what England did on foreign matters , and war matters , and financial ma'ttcrs ' , mid a whole lot of other matters , and write accordingly. In short , American newspapers and newspaper men were apers of Kngllsh thought. 'Mr. ' Cramp , while ndt authorized to make this startling .revelation , has certainly Jilt the nail on the head. Ulad ihe not been so secretive l.e could have said that American newspapers and newspaper men are owned and employed by the illrltlsh government ; that their mlsslrn la to Ittcultutu prn-HrlUt'h notions In American he-ads and finally turn the whole United States over to Victoria or her successor. Mr , Cramp , however , Is an American from Cramp's fhlpyards , and there U Jiero all true patriots are born. 'Ho ' has been build ing war shlpa for Uncle Ham so long -'bit there Is not on all the 'high ' seas a more for midable craft than he. Like the old double- enders .built during the war for rlvor war- fnro , 'Mr , Cramp can so forward or back ward , and sometimes sideward , like the pro verbial oiab. As he- has a monopoly of building war ships , -Mr. Cramp does not , however , lhavo to go anywhere except to the treasury department for his ahcklep. 5And Mr. Cramp has made sovcral profitable trips thitherward. Still the patriotism In the Cramp 'breast ' Is not dulled. Itwould In times of peace uro- pare for the war that ho constantly noes from the smokestacks of his shipyards. It vvos from this vantage point ho discovered the collusion between American newspapers and newspaper men and the Urltlsh. This Crimp patriotism a keen-eyed bird and It cm scent war a million mllea off. Inci dentally , It can see a few moro contracts for ships with a subsidy on the alia for excess In speed. 'Hence ' Ulr. Cramp welcomes war , not that he lovca it Jew but those contracts more. PRItSOXAT * AX1J NoboJy ever suspect * an officeholder ot havlnff resigned Just bccauio he wan tired ot his Job. So far as observed , Seattle M * not ncRlectod K * opportunities to profit by the Klondike excitement. Mm * . iAdolln Patlt hna arranged to sing In April In several clllea M Sweden , Her f o for each evening's concert will bo $2,775. Her. Sam Jones , the evangelist , claims that ho Is still a boy , and on Chrlctmas hi * vlted 125 young men between 18 and 26 years oC ago to dno ! with him In Cnrtcrnvlllo , O'U ' At i reception given to Anthony Hope al Indianapolis the other day one ot the women Introduced snld to him ! "You arc not halt as good looking as I thought * > ou would bo. 1 though. ' , you had white hair. " General llllot , head ot 'the French army , declared In the ( Number of Deputies the other day that as head of thp nrmy and m IrU soul and conscience , ho believed that the Judgment of the countrcartlal which sen tenced DrryfuD was well given and that Dreytus was guilty. I'x-1'resldent Harrison surprised the mem bers of the Salvation Army In Indianapolis the otner day by walking Into ono of rholr peer barracks and presenting the man In charge with a liberal gift for their Christmas entertainment. He was alccio and scorned much Intcrci/.od In the work In 'the ' slums. Emperor William does not take the China question so seriously hut \\li.it he mn h.ivo his little Joke about It. Itecratly when 7ount Zlt'jy , the Hungarian cxvlcvcr , visited litni , ho told him he- had better hurry up and go to China , as If ho delayed when ho ; ot there ho might find I'rlnco Henry had become emperor. Mayor Strong of NPW York will be the guest of honor at a banquet In the \Vnhlurf- Astorla on thn last night of the old yrar , nr.ien his administration will end. All the leads of departments nnd the members of the various boards of which the mayor Is a mem ber cx-officlo will bo present. During tlio ovenlnn the mayor will bo presented with a oving cup. Marriages advised from splrltlnnd through tolrltuallstlc mediums don't hold In Illinois , according to the supreme court ot that state. Mrs. Mcrrlck ot Qulncy , a widow possessed of $100,000 , attended the seances of the notorious Ver-i Ava , or OJella Dlss do Har , some years ago , anil at one of them the deceased hus band of Mrs. Mcrrlck was made to appear and advise her to marry ( Maries Orchordscn , nn artist of Chicago- and business manoger lor DIfs do Kar. She as nlsa advised to inake a will In favor or Orchardson after the marriage , and the spirit's alleged counsel w July followed , .Mrs. Merrlck being SO years old. She soon afterward died nnd Orchardson : ook the prctierty accoullng to will. Ho lias now been ousted from pssscsslon lu favor of the relatives of the dead wsman on the ground that the marriage and property were secured by fraud. COl.OSS VICROOKS. . of < ln > loaii SivliidlLlion - the * .Inli WIIM Done. I Imltannpolls No s. The colossal character of the E. S. Dean swindle Is made clearer with every fresh con tribution to the story. Vulgar adventurers without money , or character , or reputation ; with no credentials ; with no ono to vouch for their honesty or good faith , pretend to bo dealing In stocks at New York and iri grain nt Chicago ; they circulate "llteratuic , " offering Impossible returns on money "en trusted" to them for "Investment ; " start "fako" financial papers , In which their methods and prospects are anonymously and lylngly lauded ; establish agencies In all parts of the country cod the gulls do the ret' . Into the hands of these utterly unknown rn - cals people supposed to be sensible and hand- headed make eager haste to place their money. In a few months the swindlers hft\o taken in millions. They make no "Invest ments ; " they purchase no stocks or grain for spcclulatlon ; they form no "pools. " For a tlmo they encourage their victims by send ing back to them a part ot their own money as Imaginary profits , thus Inciting them to fresh "Investments. " When they have gone on as long as they think they can "work" the "Innocent , " sudden disaster Is reported to the victims to have overtaken their "oper ations ; " the "Innocent Investors" have the experience. The Dean operators appear to have conducted the Swindle in so open a manner that there Is hope that they may be punished. Dut no ono can have much sym pathy with their victims. If you put your hand In a flame you must expect to be burned. It you trust your money to nn un known man , who promises you Impossible returns turns , you ought to expect to bo swindled. And yet In spite of these repeated expe riences any stiver "smooth" rascal like the late P. A. tMacdonald can come Into town , open offices , repeat the simo sort of stories and people will throng to him with their money. AIIMV OP THE EJll'I.OYED. ProMiierlty Evidenced In Opportunities for ' \Vni-Ic. Minneapolis Journal. It was reported by the heads of the Now York labor unions , not long ago , that there had not been a period In many years when labor Is BO well employed , the number of un employed , willing to work , In that city , being ccily 2 or 3 per cent of the whole. The re cent report of the Pennsylvania labor stat istician showed that tfto factories and mills of the state were nearly all In motion , and offering large opportunities for labor. The coal miners' strike , distressing while It lasted , had terminated favorably for labor. The secretary of the Minnesota Federation of Labor Is In possession of reports from the labor unions , showing that SS per cent of the men belonging to the unions are at work. The fact Is the Earno statements come from Iho whole country , the exception being thn New England cotton mills. At Fall Illver , where the 10 per cent cut In wages made In 1894 'was ' restored In 1895 , ( trices 'javc slumped and profits have shrunk or ovaiporated and the wages of 28,000 operatives are reduced about 10 per cent. The mill owners , like / tfltnt * Viitolrtnvd mon wtinn tfinlt * nrr\flt uVirlnlf reduce expenses. They might have accom plished a more satisfactory arrangement by working half tlmo iwUll the great surplus of cotton Roods was exhausted. They prefer to reduce wagco of men and ofllclals. With thlfl exception , labor throughout t'.io country , by the mst trustworthy testimony , Is gener ally well employed and the coming year gives promise of larger laboi' oroortunltlca , stimu lated by the Inevitable rush to the Alaskan gold fioldn and the trade In mining outfits a < nd the establishment of now lines of trans portation , The Cronlnjr ( Sold lte erve. Globe Democrat. The crossing of the $160,000,000 line by the gold reserve In Ita upward movement , which la the highest point touched nlnco Beptonv ber , 1830 , la a financial event or great Impor tance. Bver since the overthrow of Ilryai , nearly fourteen months ago , Wioro lias been a steady Incrtaso In the treasury gold , ex cept during the two or thrco months In the latter part of the spring and the early part of the summer when gold exportation wan under way , Financial confidence lias been completely restored. All that ! needed now to make the treasury situation Ideally good Is an abundant revenue , nnd the constant gain In governmental Income over staco July shows that that condition can not bo far off. Britain' * DeelliilnKT Imluxtrlrx. Minneapolis Journal , The British ambassador at Berlin makca A discouraging report as to the competition of Oermcn manufacturers ivlth British manu facturers. For the first nine- months of 1S97 British cxportH decreased nearly $21,000,000 , whllo German exports In the name period Increased $17,000,000 , and In the lain thrco years German export trade bia > acreased by $77,000,000. Germany's cotton geode tudo Is Increasing , while Grout Britain's Is decreas ing. In wool and woolen goods Germany's exports are increasing and Great Britain's are diminishing. This Is one of the Incidents which la Increasing British hostility toward Gerimny. iHir'M Xrrtf Tunic. W tmlntter llevicw. On the eve of Mr , Gladstone's departure for Franco , when omlnowi reports were In circulation os to the state of his health , a frleniJ asked the veteran statesman If his continuous reading tad hi * literary wtudlfft might not have zomo undesirable effect m his nerves. "Hy dear sir , " replied Mr , Gladstone with an air of seriousness , "can you Imagine what would be the condition of my nerves If I were compelled to do notb- tag ! " 8TA.I/bUY AND JUS * * * * f Now York Mutt < incl Express : Smtillcy lie o dlgRUStlnfl alien and H Is verhflpa ridicul ous to take offonro ixt anytbtaK bo mny rajr , nut 1(10 ( AiiiMcliy ot the man In run MIR A Now HiiRland dinner the occ.i lnn for n Milgar nnd offensive itUplar ot hotrod for his own country Is positively InmilUnR. Per twutely there are tow Smatlcyand DnyArdi , They represent nobody but UicmsolvM , nn * even IJugland know that their tiUcwncc * volco only the mawkish ocntlnitnt of ix llt < l * binjful of American nioba who nro contempt * Iblonllko In numbers and Influence. All that the Urooklju episode urovrs Is that 'Sqtilni Smnlley la a trlflo mere violently opposed to his tiatlvo land than every , nnd > * i t ( Mr. Kayard will have to hurry up If ho wants to keep pare with hl great rUnl , hlMRo I'oat : air. Sn illcy' nttltiulc nml mpAthlca are well known , Ho Is Iho rfRU- lar Umrrlcttu representative ot the Londcit Times nod derives nil his Income from that source. Tor yours ho IMS been persistently upholding the KngllHi side of n.uettcia con nected with our own government and I * recognized j o more rnpld tory than M Rm- crally met iu RiiRland. To lovlto such a mm to speak at nil American dinner , nml then wctidor that ho proclaims his Unsllsh sentiments , Is , in oun opinion , the hplght of stupidity. Wo may question .Mr. Smalley's taste under exUtlng condltlcns , but wo are not In the least astonished at Ills attitude , and wo nro dlt-poscd to Jeer the promoters of tdo dinner for allowing themselves to be put In this nwkwnrd hole. As for Mr. Smalley , ho comrs out ot the nfMlr with Iho com- mcntatlcu of his employer * rod with , possi bly , the aAsuranco of n eitco Chrlrtmns pres ent , and lie docs not etire the proverbial tinker's dam what the New ICogland poclcly or the American press elys about him , If only they will sny cmonnh to advertise him. Wo congratulate Mr. Smaller ou his uncx. pooled opportunity. 'run I'u.xsto.N t.isr. NVw York Sun : The publication of the [ tension lists will bo an not of justice to all who have a pension and deserve It , and to nil present or future deserving applicant ! ! * The veterans demand It for their own lionor. The country demands It as a means ot checking the \\iwto of public money. Indianapolis Joun.ul : It appears that a woman who was once thp wife of a regular army officer who died years ago without n pension hna married twice Hlnce Iho death of her first husb.uid , but as the wife of the third Is drawing a pension which has al ready yielded her ovcv$3,000 , Cases like this afford the opponents of a liberal system of pollsters ready vvcaponH for an attack. Chicago Post : H nvLl ! sratlfy .ill honest Americans who 1 > clieve that the pension roll ought to bo a roll of 'honor ' to know that Commissioner Evans ot the pension bureau sjmpathlzcn with tl.o reasonable demand for tha publication ot the complete pension list , OHlcHls have not generally looked with spe cial favor upon tills move , but Mr. Kv.ius appears to reccBiil/o th.it there la notlilnR Improper and unfair nlbout It. That there are frauds In connection with the pension system "two all know , " says the commis sioner , but what we dn not know Is the ex tent and degree to wlilch negligence and the pernicious activity of pension agents have vitiated the lists. The publication of a full list , showliiK each pensioner his address , disability .inJ the amount of his -pension would serve a double purpose. It would un earth the frauds , and would protect those rightfully drawing nupport from the nation against iumllla'tlng ' suspicion and classifies tlon with Impostors. CUU1CUI.VU CHAFF. Detroit Free. 'Press : "Do you believe that honesty Is the best policy , Hodden ? " "Mo = t assuredly. 1 make nil my money out of my honest customers. " Chicago Tribune : Upguanlson You nnd your family spent the summer on your fruit farm tnls year , did you ? What did you Atom One case of strawberries and six cases of malaria. Cleveland Plain Dealer "That man bears the marks of Rpnlua. "He docs ? How ilo you know ? " "He was once the valet ot a great ac tor. " Iiullnnnipolls Journal : "Remember , younff innn , " paid the Cornfed Philosopher to the second younncHt neophyte , "that honesty Is the best policy , nnd don't forget to adept It as the rule of. your Ilfo as soon as you nro rlt'Ji enough , to afford ! It. " Philadelphia North American : "I often marvel , " said PcmiliiRton , the author , "ut these critics , who In nn hour's time blast a work over wLilch we authors have spent n. year. " "Vca , " replied C-uwstlck , who had rt ail PpunhiRton's latest , "when a mlnuto would sulllco thc'iii to say all that Is neces sary. " Cleveland lender : Miss Coldwater Is It possible that you Uellevo In the use. of splr- ltu < Hii liquors for medicinal purpoBc-s ? Thp Naughty 5Ian No ; whoever told you that wronged me. I don't bellovc la - wasting ing liquor on i > eoplo IAIO ! are too sick to appreciate H. ( Chicago Trlbuno : "William , " said Bacon ono day , "I am short. Lend mo nn X. " "O , wisest , ettc. , of mankind , " replied Shakapenre , "I will lend theo Just 1. Thou can t add. a cipher and make a 10 out of It. " "I will ! " muttered the other , vengcfullv , as he turned away , " "nnd I will afterwards put that cipher In your works , old man ! " Washington Star : "Well , well ! " cx- cltlmed Jlrs. Corntossol. "I nln't ° ccn anything - thing about that bljf Chliieco wall before In sovcral years , " "Where do yo sen anything about It now ? " Inquired her husband , looking over her shoulder. "JllKht thcro In that column headed ! 'Tbf Partition of China. " . JIOTHIiil : C100SB HRVISED. ClcvPlaml 1'laln Ucolcr. Little. John Bull i Has lost his pull , And doesn't know -where to find It ; The Russian bear Seems not to care , And the Kaiser doesn't mind It. TIIK FAITHFUL COUPLIJ. Mra. it. A , Kldilcr In. Now York Ledger. . I "You nru Btlll a youth to mo , Johiu ( You are still my bonny beau ; , The same as when wo plighted troth ' Full ( Ifty years ago ! I ( The itnmo ns when our weddlnfr bolls llann out so glad nnd Bay. " And here th ( food wife breathed a sign. And shook her locks of nicy. "It seometh Htranso to me , John , Who married you for nye , Who hold thu ring you RHVO mo as The apple of my oyc. To FPO the youngsters ne er content To give their hearts and hands , AH wo did In the good old times , Without Iho ncrlp and lands ! "I didn't brlrui you much , Jolm , And you .had little more ; Hut wo had health In plaro of wealth * And plenteous love In store- . And through the Joy nnd Htilfe , dear , We enda ono did our part ; And now we've ) ono another still , As wo had at Urn mart "Tho times liavo Badly changed , John , Slnco you and I wore young : The marrlafjn tlo I lightly held Ami many a heart IH wrung. And yet yoti'ro younrr to me , John , And still my bonny beau : i The same as when wo plighted troth. Kull llfty ycara ng-ol" ba noynl Is the highest ( jrado baking powder Unown. Actual tastashow It goesone- thd ) further than aay otlirr brand. Absolutely Pure 'nor i. HKina rowDt * co. , hew vonx.
