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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1898)
TJIE O IAITA JAILV Uhlfit ' 1 JlUH.HlJAi > A UJVitt o. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BER K. HOSCWATICn , Kdltor. KVKIIY MOHNINO. TKUMS Of1 BUUSCHUTIOXt HtHjr lice ( Without Sumlar ) , One Yeftr . ISC Dally l ! e nnd Bundajr. One Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 0 Rlx Months . < 0 Three Months . I C Humlny lie * , One Ycnr . 10 Saturday IK-e , One Yenr . . . . . . > 1 > Vcekly lite , Ono Yenr . C OITICKS ! Omalm : The lice Itulldlng. Hout.1 Omnhn : Sinner ink. . Car. N and 21th StJ Council lilurrn ! 10 I'enrl Street. Chicago Olllce : JU chamber of Commerce. Hew York : Iloom 13. II nn.l 15 Tribune Uldi Watlilnclon : Mil Fourteenth Street. COIlltllSl'ONDKNCE. All corr.munlcnlljna relating to news and edlto tlal matter flioulj be uddrcsreil : To the Editor HUtil.NUSS 1.U1TEI18. All I'uolncri Itttcrs nnil rtmltlanues nhould ti tdilrccred tu The Hoe 1'uMluhlriK Company Omalin. Drnfls , checks , uxtirctm anJ poitofflc nionuy orJcm tu bo m.lilr payable to the order o Uio comii.iny. Tim IJEn I'tlUMSHINOl COMPANY. BTATIMINT : : or CIUCIM-ATION. Elotp nt Ncbrnrka , DouKlni C unity , us. : Ui'orKc H. Tzfchuclt , te rctnry of The Hep I'lili HthliiK Company ; | -HK I | duly nvorn , n > thnl th actual number of full nnd complete copies tit Tit Dilly , Mornlnif. Kvcnlmr nml Humlny llec prliitoi ilurlnu the inont.i of Ueccmbcr , U9 ? , was ns 10 ! lows : 1 . 21,227 17 21.1 ! ) 2 . 21.37 * IS 21.r , I 3 . 2MC3 19 24,03 4 . 2l.6-,7 20 2123 6 . 24,532 - 21 21 , W . 21,3'9 22 21.72 7 . 21.H1H 23 21.21 8 . 21,319 ' 21,21 9 . 21.503 Zj'ttn'Vn'B only ) 10.M 19 . . . . 21,20' ) K 21 W 11 . 21,11) 2 , 21.20 12 . 21.02D 2 < 2I.M 13 . 22217 M 21.0S H 21,34 } SO 21.01 IS 21,677 31 21,03 1C Zl.tCI Totnl " ' S.S ; I ms re-turned and unsold copies 12,32 Net totnl imloi Cll.'i ' i Net dally tneroRp 21 13 anoucii : n. TZSC-IIUCK. Pivrrn to befote me nnd subscribed In ml jirrrcncp thin 1st tiny of January , 1S9S. ( ScaU Sol y -ii'Mlc. ' ICI5I2I1 IT TIIH PU11MU TinaKKivalu onrrlrr delivery clr- rulatlon of The ICvciiliiK Jlcc li iloulilo ( lit * HKKri-Kiitr onrrli-r ili-llvorj flrriilaflnii ill tlii > Uvi-nliiit Win-Ill- lli-ralil mill more tliim wlx ( linn urriiti-r tlmii ( lie nimri-wtU' carrlei ili-Ilvi-ry rlroiilntliiii of flip MnrnliiK \Viirlil-llrritIil In Oinnliu and Sontli Omali.-j. Tincnriler delivery plreiilntlon "I Tin. nveiilnir " - renelieM 7.IKJI linnn Htle niilinerlliers thnl nri * not reiu'lied 1 > * tin-1 Kvi-nliiHT Wurld-Henilil nnil 7(11 HiiliHprlliurH dial arc not reiieliud lijho MornliiKVorldIlcrnId. ; . More Iliaii , OOO cnrrli-p delivery HiiliNerlliorN to The Oinnlni KvoiiliiR lice nnil Tlin Omaha Morning lli-e are nol ri'tiflicil rlllivr by < ! IL SIoriiliiK \Vorlil-IIornIil or the K veil luffVorlil - lleral.l. It OCN ivltlioiit naylnpr ( lint Hie iiuin- III-P of ropli'M nf Tli . I'JvciiSiiK lli'C or Tlir Moriiluir lte < - Holil by ilvalcrM anil jieMBliojx c.vcMM-ilH by a very cutiNliler- nble Ibo number of Worlil-Ileralil ilallleN , morning nnil evonltiK , nolil by ilealerN anil iienHlioi N. The voice or the ISltS uulainity howler Is very faint. Anylmdj * vlit ) Interferes with the clll- cleiit-y of tliu lire ( loiKirtinunt will hear ( llRiiKi-ocnblc. Gllpperlon island appears to have many owners , but it is not a prolitable investment for any of them. Evidently members of the school board do not t-are to know how and where they can Increase the school revenue by ? 10,000 a year. It Is to be hoped that the Commercial club and Hoard of Trade will be able to Hirangetheir differences without Invok ing the power of the courts or coming to blows. There are now about llEi Hcnior ( lenient nelling without a license In defiance of law , all because the police commission prefers to incite anarchy rather than to obey the law. "When Hubert 1C. Lee Ilerdman dips Into the police commission snuff box poor old Dr. 1'eabody goes off with a neexu and Grandmother Gregory responds , Kerchew ! Ken-hew ! Kerchew ! ! ! If any nation desires to go 1o war riglit away a certain Chicago wheat liuyer stands ready to furnish the com missary department with breadstulTs at right prices in large iiuantltles. i t It I.- ? not dllllciilt to trace the cause of the anxiety shown by winic of the sil ver senators over the prospective cutting up of the Chinese empire The Uhlnu.su , it will be remembered , continue to UKU silver as a monetary standard. There has been altogether too much tolerance shown by our citizens to the periodic partisan tampering with the lire department. I'ollci ; commission politics must never be allowed to endanger the nafety of life and property In this com munity. The Hepubllcan of Missouri Valley , In. , published the report for the year of business done by the local poslolllce as "a little straw which points out a pros perity bree/.e blowing even In till * dis trict. " Ami the same Kind of straws have been noticed In almost every city and town of the country the last week. The publishers of trashy literature have formed an orgnnl/.ation to m.ilnlaln u lobby In Washington to defeat the pro posed reforms In tliu postal service re luting to second class mail ma'ter. ' If ' the lobbyists can show'that their em ployers deserve a bounty of sevral mil lion dollars a year from the government postal reform will be put off another year or two. ' There appears to have been little foundation for a recent rumor to the effect that an Immense ship building plant was to be erected by the Cramps of rhlladelphlti at Seattle , but the rumor shows that the attention of ship builders lias been called to the growing linpor- t a nee of the shipping Interest of ( lie I'a- clllc coast. The. Alaska gold excitement has produced a great demand for ship yards on the coast and the carrying trade between 1'acllle ports and all parts of. the world Is rapidly growing. The time cannot be far illst.uit when thuro will bu great ship building plants In the buya autl Boundd ol thu i'adtlc count. A.11KK/CMN INVf-.Sr.WKA'Ttf. If the signs are not mlslondlut : tb present year will witness the Investinen In productive enterprises and In the th1 velopment of the material resource * o the country a very large portion of th < now Idle capital In the United Hlntr. with the effect of creating something o n boom. It Is rejiortcd fiom Iloston tha n strong drmnnd for good Investment.- 1 noted there nnd a llko experience 1 doubtkvs to be found at all the mone ; centers. Not only Is there an nbund ance of capital , but money Is to be hn < more cheaply than ever before. Hate : of Interest are lower In this country especially In the east , than they are li Kin-opt ? nnd It Is said that fully ? ( KOIJO ) , 000 of American money Is at this mo m.etit loaned out abroad , simply hrcauxi It Is more prolitable to.have It there thai here. This Is an anomalous situation which in the nature of things canno long continue. A comparatively nev country like the United States , with vas undeveloped resources , capable of sup porting a population several time : larger _ than it now has , ought to givt prolitable employment at home for al Its capital. Tlic New York Times pertinently asks "Why .should American money go U Uerlln atl' / percent , or to lAmdon nt. per cent , when It might go to Oregot and Washington and earn 8 or 10 pel cent by developing the wealth of thosi almost untouched principalities ? Whj do men put millions into 't per cent bonds when In the south and west thei\ are opportunities for great industrial CMI terprises that would yield thu old-tlnn rewards to oltUllmo courage ant ! ability ? " The Times nnswers by say Ing that life only reason Is want of con- - lldetice ; that while capitalists are a ? eager for large returns as ever , thi'i never had a stronger dislike of loslni ; 100 per cent of principal In trying tc get S per cent interest. rot-Imps this h true , yet we are Inclined to think that the causes of distrust are exaggerated and therefore that It will gradually pas * away. Thu tendency to legislation un friendly to capital , save where the latter is made the Instrument of monopoly \ > not so .strong as It has been and there Is every reason to oxi > ect will still further diminish. Another cause of lack of conlideiicu Is the persistent effort to disci edit thu currency system ; to make it appear that the government paper money , which served well Its purpose during yeard of unparalleled prosperity , Is no longer to be trusted , but must be gotten rid of before there can be perma nent prosperity. This view Is widely prevalent and is being constantly urged upon public attention , and leading , as it has done , to a multiplicity of plans of currency reform , so-called , Inevitably operates to make capital conservative and timid. Hut tills inllucncc must , It would seem , become less potent in face of the fact that the country is rapidly making progress and thus furnishing an adequate answer to those who demand that the currency system shall be ladleally changed. Thu currency re formers , or the more radical of them , are really doing more than all else to keep alive distrust. They ought to know that what they aim at is Impossible < > f attain ment at this time and therefore that the disturbance they make Is necessarily hurtful. There are opportunities In the United States for prolitable Investments. They are in every section of the country ayd especially in the west and south and In due time capital will lind them out and take advantage of them. i : JIHHU UV 'i'UK 1IAA11OET. 'The toastinnstor at the latest Hryan bampict lint it on rather thick when In Introducing the hero of the hour he slopped over in the following fashion : It takes a bravo man nowadaju to Incur the enmity of wealth for the oalto of his convic tions. Wo have with us tonight a man who , when ho takes tils pen In hand , fears neither Coil nor the devil , nor has the ever-ready weapon of the capitalist any terrors for him. Ho do flea the court's Injunction when it would deprive him of an Inalienable right. Ho will print tf ho will be damned for 1U Yes , Indeed ; it required a great deal at courage for a man with an India rub- conscience to change front on the silver Issue. Kxpressed In standard sil ver dollars it taxed the Colorado , Utah nnd Montana bulllonalres a fraction over $ U5,000 in the year JS'.X ! to have this brave man part with a block of worth less newspaper stock to Hilly Hryan and to stand up bravely against the cohorts of wealth through a whole campaign. The bravery of this hero forcibly recalls to mind the congressman portrayed graphically In the play of the "Texas Steer , " when he turned .fiercely upon his visiting constituents to remind them that he had honestly come by Ills election since lie had paid for every vole he got. It was In accord with the eternal tit- ness of things for Governor Holcomb , who was one of thu honored guests , to applaud vociferously the toastmaster'h fulsome eulogy oMhe India rubber hero who had courageously braved the enmity of wealth while Hryan was chief ejitcir and sold the double-barrel jrgnn ui i ? ? . " ) u column Illlcd with political buckshot aimed at the vitals of Governor llol- eotnb. Incidentally we probably do not betray a secret In mentioning the fact that the courageous hero of the H.an banquet h.itl offered to sell not merely two columns a day , but was willing to turn the whole paper over to the republican state central com mittee for a stipulated sum , which the committee delclned to pay because the two columns and assistance secretly ren dered were all that the managers needed from that courageous publisher. AV'fKH I'KAtilOA .I The coinmlssioiier of pensions appears to-be determined to place such restric tions upon pension attorneys as will de prive them of tin * almost unlimited op portunities they have 'iijoycd in the prosecution of their hMncss ami thus lief ] ) thosi' who have a claim to a pension , while at the same time operating to prevent - vent fraud , i Thi > commissioner mh x-aU\i legislation excluding ptlvuto attorneys from practice In pension cases and pro viding that all legal advice and assist' mice shall ho given applicants for pen * slona by attorneys tle-slmmled by the pension olllcu , who shall be compensated for tholr serviced lu members of the I board of modlenl examiners are im\ compeiis.it . Commissioner Kvanrf d < es not coniU-iui nil pension atto.ueys. some of whom ar above suspicion , but lie says then ; are i .great many attorneys who literally sto | nt nothing to secure n pension and h declares the system to be all wrong , i view that everybody except the at torneys will doubtless concur In. Tin commissioner slates 'that In the p.is thirteen years OKJ.ritto.noo IIIH been pah out to pension attorney- " , all of this MIII having been taken from the poor pen sloner. What the commissioner want ; Is direct dealing between the govern meiit and the pensioners and lie point : out very clearly and conclusively tin advantages this would have for both In the ilrst place the liability to fraud would be reduced to a minimum nnd II the second place the pfiislon > > r wouli get better protection than now. Of cour > e the effort of Conimlssloiie : Kviins to secure reform In tills re-'pec him arousr-d the hostility of thu pensloi attorneys and It is to be expected tint all the Influence they can command wll bo brought to bear on congress to pre vent the proposed legislation , lint then can be no doubt that public1 scntlmcn Is with tile commissioner , whose pttrposi Is to .subserve at once the Interests 01 the government nnd the welfare of tin pensioners. Ceitalnly all of the hittui ought to be enlisted on the side of tin commissioner , while everybody who de sires that the liability to frauds shall bi reduced will support him. The ret-out mendatlons of Commissioner Kvans having In view the improvement of tin pension system , are all commendable nut ought to receive the early and fnvorabh consideration of congress. The defect ? In thu sy.stem must bu remedied am the abuses stopped. VM.WITY UV TIIK rill.ltlK CUMM1SS1UN It was to have been expected that tin police commission organ would hi thrown into a spasm over the proceed ings that have been instituted to ousl the present lire and police commission , It might also have been expected thai thu move , which has created suili con slernatlon in theIlerdman gang , would lie denounced as an atrocious conspiracy concocted by the editor of The Hee hi order to secure a reversal of the finding- : of Hie license board. Such might even be thu inference drawn by those whr. are not famiflar with the contention. Af a matter of. fact the proceedings were Instituted by the..same attorneys that were engaged in the contest against the piesent commission on behalf of ex- Police Commissioner Hlrkhanser , whose course was certainly not instigated by The Hee 'or its editor. The contention before the supreme court lit the Hlrkliauser case was iden tical with that presented before Judge Scott , namely , that the right ol local self-government Is inherent In every municipality and cannot be wre.sted from it by delegating the pow ers which belong to ollicials elected by the municipality to the state's executive. It is furthermore pointed out that the provisions of the charter relative to the police commission are unconstitutional because they embody class legislation In excluding from membership on the po lice commission insurance agents , to bacco dealers and others whose voca tions are lawful. In declining1 to grant the prayer of Hirkliauser to be rein stated In ids position of police commis sioner the supreme court did not pass upon the questions at issue because the successful contention of Hirklmuser'.s at torneys would have left him out in the cold anyway. Manifestly if the act was unconstitutional , or if the right of local government is conceded , Hiikhauser could not obtain legal title to the olllce because the law under which lie held ollice had been repealed by the legisla ture and tlie new law would be adjudged i dead letter. The cry of anarchy comes with bad grace from the organ which In collusion with the police board lias done more to create anarchy and disorder In Omaha than any other agency. So far ns The Heo Is concerned , It makes no difference whatever what de cision the court shall reach concerning the validity of the law under which the Ilerdman commission was appointed. The rights oC the publishers of The Hue will be adjudicated by the courts and tlie llnding will be enforced , whoever the police commissioners may bu. Tilt ; SKNATK ItUIit.S. Senator Mason of Illinois Is preparing to attack the ancient rules of the senate. He has a resolution before the commit tee on rules which provide-s for limiting lebate and lie proposes to insist that the- rules commltteu act promptly on the resolution and report It to the senate. Mr. Mahon is of tlie opinion that If the natter Is taken up promptly a majority can be secured In favor of some plan to Imit discussion and prevent talkative senators from defeating measures by talking them to death. The Illlonls senator Is engaged In a nixst , laudable work , hut It Is to hi * feared he will have the same experience that others have had who sought to HO- L'Uro what he proposes. If , however , lie shall succeed , Ids fame will bo lixed for ill time. There Is no doubt Unit lie has ill of the sound argument on his side. rhi > code that permits unrestricted do- mti- and under which a senator may In- lui't Into discussion wholly Irrelevant natter , Is ab.solutely Indefensible. It ilnces the senate at thu mercy of a nil- mrlty , enabling u few senators to de feat the will of the majority simply by ndlcs-i talk. It Is a rule tlu > operation > f which Is essentially unrepubllcan. The house puts a limit on debate and here is no sound reason why tlie t > anatc should not also provide for limiting de- mte. Hut the mutter has received ex- iiiustlve dlscncslon and without veiy iiiH'h effect , though perhap-i a few semi- ors may have been converted to the mbllc's view. Senator Mason should ecelve all possible encouragement In his crusade and he may feel assured that he i > eople tire with him. The micccss of manufacturing In the south l.s attracting attention in tlie went is well as in tlu exclusive mauufactur- ng regions of thu east. "Are thu south- > rn states to bo permitted to surpass own and the status of thu northwest In tlie.ulity nidi value of thtlimaun f.uturid prodT . ' " n.-l.s the Kcokul ( Jate City. VJtriwnuhl seem so , uules our westeiiii < c-onilnoli wealths rous ! tht'iuselve.s fo \\w \ necessity of ItupYov | Ini ; their n Jflf-etml opportunities. AlI the condltloojf are favorable for manu I I fnetnrlng In * lpwa , and they must b . ( ailed Into sc yfcc If tlie state Is to tend the highest attainable measure of pros perity. " ' ' The dlsapptlirifiicc' of tile tribal court : In the Imllati , ' , territory matks anotlu step In the Work * of changing the stain , of affairs in f/ie / live clvlli/.cd nations s < that the anomiily of Independent nation : within an Independent and soverelgi nation will not be so conspicuous. Tin federal courts will hereafter have juris diction in the tei-rlto.-y nnd criminals It the vouthwcstprn states will no longei make headquarters among the Indian : In the hope of escaping punishment foi their misdeeds. It Is a step In the rlgh direction and will result in removing tin most objectionable feature of the hide pendent nationality maintained by tin tribes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Collections for the relief of tbo Cu bans are being taken up In many cities of tlie union antl the sums thus sccuret are forwarded to the olllcers-of the Hut1 Cross society to bo used lu alleviatlii ) . suffering in the Island tHrtt hn.s been si nearly ruined by war. American sym pathy for the suffering Cubans Is no peculiar to the people of any state or sec lion. More money for the cause lias been given In o'ne city of Montana thai : In any city of Florida. South Dakota dairymen are going tf send an exhibit of butler to the nationa meeting of the dairymen In Topeka a.m confidently expect to carry off the prl/.e Western butter is now equal to the besl in the world and the display of butfei and cheese al the Trnnsiuisslsslppl lOx position will demonstrate , as it has nevei before been , demonstrated , that the west era limit of prolitable dairying coin cides with tlie Pacific coast line. A presidential election Is In progress in ( lie Transvaal and it is needless tc remind tlie world that tlie ultlanders art' ' still debarred from taking part in the election. President Kriiger and his as sociates are still directing thu affairs of tlie republic , while Cecil Ithndos and his co-conspirators are trying to live down the reputation they gained through the Jauilesou raid. lit ( lie Family. t'iilliiflclplila Times. That Mexlcsu. gnnboat Democrata should not > have run ilbwti'our Hag. It's bid enough to remember another Democrat now lu Mexico ice wanted to lowft'the standard. WlnitVc -I'ay for Kri-lKlit. MlnncAjiolla Tribune. The freight 'chafges ' paid every year by the people of the 'United ' States to foreign shlpa amount "to " $300,000.000. Thla and the money we needlessly pay put for foreign sugar keep us fron | getting- rich as fast as wo naturally ougl ) ) . to. Old Hill' , n vil HIM "CrliuoH. " ' Journal. Senator StawarUof Nevada Is 1-avlng n hard time. With the Rothschilds attempting to enslave him , wjth the rest of the human race , and Nevada's solitary congressmen after his seat In the senate , life Is hardly worth the troutle of brushing the alkali out of hla whiskers. Why AV < - Should lie Thankful. I'lillndp'ptila. Prtiis. The recently orpanized Glucose trust has ( , cnL out a circular to all millers 5 < nd bakera , advertising an adulterant by which the cost of a barrel of flour can be reduced 10 per cent. Thh adulterant Is In a form of cornstarch - starch , whlc'i , though not poisonous , Is lu- nutiltlous , so tbU the people QTO only robbed , they arc not also murdered. Let us bo thankful for this degree of clemency. Sam us a Colil New York Tribune. In spite of Iho Hand and the new mines In , Australia , the United States Is still the greatest gold-oroducer of all countries. It s likely to remain so , too , after the Klondike intl otter Yukon regions ere exploited and 'worked for all they are worth. " It waa fifty years ago this month , by the way , that sold was discovered In California. Not many Jlscovcrles in this century have more power- iiilly affected the current of human affair. ! than that. I.aiiii > nlatl < n of a "Wary. . " New York Sun. Hon. William Jennings Hryan Is now hap pily engaged In giving his Impressions of Mexico , and no doubt they will bo found amiable , Mr. Bryan lo an exceedingly 1m- piesslonable young man , but his heart re mains true to silver wherever he reams. St:1 : ! ! , a new subject for a lecture must ho pleasant to him and to his hearers. There are moments la almost every day when the ordinary mind forgets the sublime doctrine of sixteen to one. I'rohlatr ( InI'CIIMOII | Hull. Philadelphia I.cilgcr. According to General Gobln , commander In chief of < ho Grand Army of the Republic , ' ill that the Grand Army askn Is that thaje who wcro disabled In. service , either by wounds or dB3i3cshall ! rccplvo pensions ! " So much the- country Li entirely willing to give. It only demands that the leeches who are clinging to the treac-ury shall bo plucked away and the frauds punished. Genera ! Gobln says he Inlands to fin3 out the achni c-'rvdltlon of the pension bualsesa , and it would Beem tr.nt no tetter means of doing so could be found than exist In hi * own command. If the members of the Grand Army do not know who are ontltlod to pen- lon.s as disabled veterans , \vlio uhould ? Thr pukllcatlrn of the pension roils would enable every camp to detect the frauds within Its jreclnt-ts , and If the members would do holr duty tor/an ] the country and tholr owu organization , the rolls would aooii bo purged of all unworthy ninves. A SOJUHV Jil'KCTACI.H. of Ihi-'Ainc-rli-an Flnsr < IH an Aiili-rli-r B I'lni * f Hlrllim-i-N. Chirml-ilc. " ' "I nm sorry , . ' ' 'says nn officer of the Amor- can line atcamshlri St. Louis , "that the mat ter should becbpio "public. It wna simply the act of a lot oj drunken llunltlcs. " Tli IK act of ad-called Munition was the Imrn- iK of an Amcdtiui flag by llrltlsli stewarda who wcro carousing upon Christmas day at a dinner of their number. Whllo the celo- iratlon waa .in full feather ana of them Ightcd a matpH and hold it to tha American lag. Another Btild , "Hum It , " and the staru and utrlpea wore- . reduce ; ! to ashrn. Appeals aiq imdo to Americana that they ought to glve.tloir | support to this line be cause it Is a Venture of American capital upon the high 'fraa , a venture of which them ira not many examples. IIou- happens It. lowovor , that whllo Americans are aiked to support an enterprise of thin kind Americana aio not put In full charge of the vcsjel ? How Is it that there are atcwarda in the em- iloy of the American line that are so con- eiiiptuoua of tholr employers and of the : ountry to which they belong tl.at they will ittcmpt such an cutrago as has been do- icrltcd ? How would It do for the American r/ntTB of the American line to employ \merlcans u'.illo appealing for strictly Amor- can mipport on tlie ground of their Amor. caiiUm ? The flag U not thus Insulted upcn other Inca , though they owe no alluglanco to \merlea. The line would do well to dlamlss towards wlo ara sd contemptuous of the ountry that furnishes them with bread end JUtter , rut : \ .iiiairv.11:11 : i : > u vn. Homo Olixorvatlonx on 1lir l.aiuriitr tlmiK of a Clri-lo. I'Mlnilrtpliln I'rcui. Illihop Potter tins crowned a long KUCCCJ slon of pc-iRlinlci utterances by dcclarln that the country siw flood tide from 1S73 I 1893. Ho Is not the only man who looks bac on the most active- years of his own life ( those which mark the ummlt utago of In man activity. M ny men , an they pass C begin to see signs of dcoay In the social fat rlc. Thla fact tfocs not prove that they ai wrong. H only raises a challenge ns to tl personal equation of the observer. It Illshc Potter had spoken as ho does now forty } ai ago when he had Just rome of SRC lie woul have had a inoro ample Jnsttatatlca. I December , 1S57 , the land was nmllton by devastating panic begun by a rotten life It suranco failure such as has never bcc equaled slnco rnd which forced state supci vlf > lon. Under the stress of r-inlc lliero wv such wholesale dlrrcgard of obligations . * has not been seen slnco , and the want In ov cities lu the winter has not betn eqnalei The entire fabric cf our commercial and mor otnry system st-emcd to have dropped t pieces and the londa of the government wer begging. The monstrous iniquity of slavery ovci shadowed the land nnd ruled halt our tcrr tory. The Protestant KnUcopil church , I which Dr. Potter Is himself today consplci otis and useful , could not be induced to cor dcnui the rvll , to denounce Its iniquities o like the primitive church at inoro than an singe and In more than ccie century , to us the power of the church to attack this nlion ( liable wrong. The moral seno ; of the Ian lay dead , nisliops and clergy were one an all dumb dogs that dared not bark at a lilt ! cotis wickedness by the side of which th worst evils of today are trlllcs. Kree Ai/eccli on this subject In New Yor find IMilIadclphla. was prohibited. That clt Itself had for iniyor In , Kernamlo Wood min elected by organized rnlllana and re peatcra , New York Is bad enough today , bu In the New York of 1857 there were street , where IID man could venture In safety unlcs ho belrnged to the criminal classes. Th < federal postmaster was a defaulter nnd fo three jenrs hla dcfak-aitlon was concealed , a Washington , a pitch of collusive fraud no slnco maifhtd. The wealth of no Inconsldcr able share of Hlsltop Potter's flock te L3S2c at several removes of Inheritance on rail road and street car clnrtors which were cpmly and shamelessly purchnsed at Now York and Albany. No corruption , no fraiu and no abuse exists today hut worse cxlatei then , and , added to It nil , both nation am' church wcro opn partners , defenders am apologists of human slavery. If any inan had stood then , In December 1S57. ten months after the Inauguration o : Huchonan , and had said : "Slavery Is near Its end. H will die self- slain. These- streets where men uro mobbcil for attacking It In live years will echo to the steady tread of thousands ready to die tc suppress It. The democratic party , which foi thirty years hna had unquestioned power , will not elect another president fur nlgli thirty years. This wretched , dishonest , dan gerous system of state- currency will be swept away and succeeded by a federal currency ol equal value the country over , raised and steadily maintained at a gold ( Standard. In thirty years the United States , which today can sell neither public nor private bonds , will own half the railroads and half the telegraphs of the world ; It will produce hall the earth's grain , a third of Its coal , two- fifths obits Iron and two-thirds of Its cotton , and Its bonds , public and private , federal , state and municipal , will match any In credit the world over. And this vast wealth will exist In a land without a slave. In which nn legal disability will bo Impeded on color icforms won by pouring out blood and treas ure like water at the hands of a people whom all the world today thinks Is cursed with material greed and believes to bo sunk In a slough of moral despond , " If Bishop Potter had made this speech at 22 , full of triumphant conlldcnce lu thu he roic possibilities of the nation , he would have liccn deemed little less than lunatic. Yet hu would have been right. If today , with ovlls lew deadly abroad , he despairs of the re public. Is It not easily possible that he 1 > wrong ? Evils there are , but what Is there to ehow that the nation Is not today inhabi ted by a pcoplo with a keener moral sense than the generation which accepted slavery and apologized for It ? Official defalcations are less numerous and largo In this decade than from 1S50 to 1SCO. The ballot box was then more shamelessly stuffed and was protected by less efficient laws. Our cities were more dangerous and disorderly. There were more scandals over government operations. Nothing toSay np- loachcs the po4to11ce ! , Indian olllco , cut > tom muse and war office frauds of Buchanan's administration. Our public structure has Im proved. The margin of Illicit profits , of com- nissions.and of secret contracts nnd rotates a today greater In our big corporations than n government contracts. The rotting peril , of which IHshop Potter and earnest and sincere men llko him say Ittlo , Is not In our political life , of which 10 says much , but In the private and secret management of our great corporations , on which the church Ja silent , and by whoso ) cnollcarlcs ! It U supported. The entire net- vork of rebates , of special favora , of sub sidiary corporations , of favored operating nnd construction companies constitutes a vast fabric of personal dishonesty , which loth thd world of business and banking and of churchmanshlp and morals accepts with out protest. These abuses of wealth will destroy quicker" than the abuses of politics. TUB Git HAT UVyli-r Ilcaelii-H for tlie Hull Held by Aiiirrlcmi I'liKM. Clilcnr" News , The announcement that General Weylor tas delled tne government cf Spain will be 10 surprise to those persons who have vatched the general's course carefully and lave studied his characteristics with dls- rlmlnatlun. Such persons have long predicted that Veylor would Inevitably capture the universal record as a dofler. It will bo re- nemberoJ that for many months the general leld his fortified position in Havana and cflcdthi - world to put him out. On landing n 'Spain his first act was to defy the United 'tales , specifically and with great ferocity. As soon an the Spanish government adopted i course which die.1 net meet with the gen- ral's approval , It became a foregone con- luslon tha't ' he would defy It all and overally , Arad ho hen. HP has dolled th'j 'ovcrnmcnt to prosecute him , or to abstain rotn prosecuting him. 'He ilfls doflcd the rcmler and -all his relations , the queen cgont and all hop ancestors and posterity , he king and all his hobby homes , and a > t last ccountd ho had mobilized his entire force i' typewriters and was looking for something IBO to dofy. U U said by those who have < bcen privileged o witness the apcctaclo that General Weylor n the full stress and fury of Issuing a de- anco constitutes one of the moat awo-lnsplr- ng sights of Which the Imagination can oncclve. Ajax * celebrated defiance of the ghtning was a tame and tlovollko pcrform- nco In comparison , whllo 'Mr. Corbott defy- ig Kltzslimnons la 'but as the lisping prattle t a harmless babe. Scientist * tell us that General AVeyior's rdlnary defiance U of 10,000 volts and that o is fully capable of achiovlui ; twice that orco. Tbo Royal Is tlio highest cjrndo baking powder known. Artual tests show it floesono- tbird further than cny other brand. AbsolutePura ! 'noyi BUKIHO rowecR co. , NEW YORK. THOASOV l.V OHIO. Minneapolis Tribune ( rep , ) * The spoctftdo of llttlo Ma > or McKlsson of Cleveland. 0. , rattling Around In rt senatorial scut once oc cupied by a Shcrmsn and a Tlumrun would provoke anew the hilarity of the effete mon archies of the old world over the ludicrous possibilities in A republican form of govern ment. Philadelphia Press ( rep. ) : Governor Itush- nc'l of Ohio has momentarily checked the tension of partisan feeling at Columbus by coming down to the footlights and announc ing In a loud voice that If Mark llnnn.i Is elected ho will grasp him by the hand nnd congratulate him as the representative of the greatest stnto In the union I All of which Is very kind In Rovernor 'Dushncll. ' ns every body will admit. Minneapolis Journal ( rep. ) : Hanna showed loss tnftlr.il Bklll at Columbus yesterday than ho has been credited wlth. The demo crats and Diishncll republicans organized both houses of the legislature ag.ilnst Ilantm and the prospect for his elertlon Is rather gloomy. Hiishnell's desperate selfishness goes so far as to lock arms with the McLean group. The factional spirit can go no farther In alienation from the republican party than that. Chicago TImeaJlIcrald ( rep. ) : Whatever the outcome of the Ohio fight may be. Governor Ilushnell has managed to secure for himself about as Ignominious n position ns was ever held by a public man In this country. Mr. jiushncll talks about his appointment of Mr. Hanna as senator for the nnc.xplred term as If ho haJ offered a voluntary sacrifice In this matter. It is a fact that if he had not mndo the appointment his i > ollticnl career would have been closed 'there ' and then. Globe Democrat ( rep. ) : The democrats of Ohio wcro defeated last fall on both the state and legislative tickets. Nevertheless they were In great glee yesterday. Nine re publicans acted with the democrats to or ganize the house In the Interest of the nine , nnd by absenting himself from the senate ono republican 'member threw the organiza tion of that body Into the hands of the demo- erats. This Is a strange day's work for ton men who obtained their election ns repub- KUIB. 11 uiii meir uonsiuucnts will do about the matter remains * o be seen. Cincinnati Commercial Trlbunu ( rep. ) : It Is n fine and beautiful spectacle which the loyal , Intrepid nnd victorious republicans of Ohio are called upon to vlow this morning. After a desperate struggle In the late po litical campaign ithey defeated the democ racy and free silver , won the legislature and the governorship , and made It possible for Ohio to bo represented by two re-publican senators at Washington Now , what are the fruits of "that " hard-won victory ? The repub licans of Ohio 'behold the governor of 'the state , who was elected by their votes , a solf-admltted renegade. They behold .Mr. Hushncll , who was made what he Is by their cffotts and their favor , nml who pretended during 4lio campaign to be loyal to the party's v. Mon the senatorial question , now engaged In a desperate effort to defeat his party's expressed desire. They behold him consorting with the enemies of the repub lican party , giving them his aid and encour agement , putting fonth his iitnnst efforts to rob the party which did him undeserved honor , and trying to bring misfortune and disaster upon It. H Is the opinion of nlnety- ulno and three-fourths per cent of the re publicans of Ohio that Governor Ilushnell has disgraced his state- , disgraced the republican party of Ohio , disgraced his high office and disgraced himself. I'KIISOXAI. AM ) OTlinitVISK. . There seems to bo a disposition to have tom-tom playing In thu European concert. People who watch the marked-down sales can save enough money to buy next season's Christmas presents. J. Waldero Kirk , who Is Mid to bo the best dressed man in New York , has just added an expensive divorce suit to a friend's- wardrobe. Rven prosperity has its drawbacks. Kan sas tax collectors nro getting Into trouble because they decline to let the farmers pay their taxes for several years ahead. . One of the latest nets of the ameer of Afghanistan was to order that funeral ex penses be cut down , because of n verso of the Koran which condemns prodigals to the lower world. James G. Illalne , jr. . Is once more a news paper man , having just been enrolled on the staff of the .New York Tribune. It. is eald that Editor Whltelaw Held has issued orders that "Jimmy" be treated kindly. A woman In Hope , Knox county , Mo. , still wears n common wire hairpin which she has worn for forty years. She must be married. A single woman would never have admitted that she had been wearing hairpins that length of time. Governor John II. Rogers of Washington , In a recent address In Tacoma , summed up wlMit liio termed his faith thus : "Llfo la a struggle ; a school : a test of fitness. No struggle , no school ; no school , no fitness ; cio fitness , no future. " Mr. Joseph Jefferson said In 'Milwaukee the other day that ho still makes his acting tours of the country 'because ' ho has never yet got beyond the necessity of earning his living , llo also confessed that never until recently did ono Incongruity In "Ulp Van WInklo" occur to him with any force , this being the fact that 'Illp ' Van WInkle is the only person In the play who ape-alts English with a slightly broken Dutch accent. The other characters content themselves with or dinary English. Among a number of writers who In re cent years have riming Into vroniineneo burdened with unpronounceable names , the author of "Quo Vadls" seems to bo the great est sufferer. Some have pronounced It In ono way , others in quite another , whllo the great majority have despaired of getting any pronunciation nt nil out of that queer combination of consonants. Sen-kay-vlch , however , is the correct pronunciation of the name , or at least Is the ono which the nov elist himrclf profcra. A touching Incident that recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem , "Tho Old Man Dreams , " occunid a short time ago in Con necticut. - Whiting Miner , a man of 00 , had lived to bury his wlfo and all his children , and of late years had lived with his daughter- III-IAW at Kails Village. O.IB night ho r.iad a remarkably vivid dream , In which ho be lieved lilmfielf once tnuro young and surrounded - rounded by all thu family whom ho had lovo.l and lost , So vivid waa the vision that the old man waa bitterly disappointed on awaking to find himself old and separated from thuso hu loved. Hu told his daughter-in-law that the rccitrast was to great that ho could not endure It , In the afternoon ho wont quietly to his own room and In hcco of finding thu happi ness of which ho had dreamed took his own life. Tin : omn.NTAi. IHAII. Minneapolis Journal1 John UtiMcll says "China Is the glacier unions n.itlorn. ' " If so , the glacier Is getting melted quite rapidly along Its edge * . There will be noth ing left of U If the power * continue" to om- brapo It. Pioneer Press : The apprehension with which the emperor of China regards the np- proachlns ec-Hpso of the sun would seem to the ( UipiMlonato obser\er to ho almost in.- nocetosary , considering what the gentlemaa has in plain sight to worry about. Pl'.lladclphl.i Prcw : Senator Teller enter- ta'ns ll-.o Idea that the American eiglo l about to poke Its heid under Its wing wlill * the Clilnrsp Imbroglio Is In progress K Senator Teller 1-us n piece of smoked glaBi handy IIP will dlieovrr thp good grij bird sailing In the sun with watchful rj uwvcp. Ing everything In sight from Madrid .to . Man. churla. Philadelphia Itrcord : While the kaiser lisa soil forth his brother to proclaim "the gospel of his mnjfsty-s satiriined persrn. " thp ( . 'Ill ness emperor ha * decided to humble himself In order that the calamity which ho be lieves to * threatening his people may bo averted. In view of the portentous colncl- dc-nco of nn eellreo of ( lip sun. nnd the first day of the twenty-fourth year of his reign , on Jsciunry 22 next , hl-i Imperial majesty ol China will not give his brethren of the Im perial clan their usual New Year's day ban. quet ; the- members of hla court will bp required - quired to n.'semble , attired In sober gar ments , in the Inner palace before the oltar set up to heaven ami pray for forbearance and1 mercy to the country , and' the emperor will bo content to receive only a elmplo obelsincp from his courtiers , Instead of re quiring them to grovel In the dirt. Such un heard-of magnanimity should produce the de sired cffoct upon the heavenly powciv ! Hla Imperial majesty of China seems to take himself quite as seriously as does lib brother nmpnror of Germany , md tire bombastic self. BlorlfldUlon of both has not" been equaled since file days when Pharaoh exacted divine , honors to himself or the mnd Itoiunii Caesar , i CMllgula , proclaimed his horoo a pro-consul. | ' 1'UltSK 'I IIOUCIIT.S. Chicago Ilccord : "Thoso new neighbors seem to be Ki'eiU borrowers. " "Itorrowers ? " Ono night when they gnvo a dinner they borrowed our family al bum. " IndlnnupollB Joutiml : "You say , " mid the clly editor , "tlmt he walked forth Horn the Brim walls of the prJaoii u free mini , " "Yen , Hlr , " aiihwetod the icpoitor. "Well , he didn't , Ills wlfo wits with him. " Chlcapo Tribune : Tobacconist What Is It , nmdam ? YOIIIII ; Wife ( with n dry sob ) I want to return this beef cigar * I got for u holi day present for Herbert. He looked at them this morning and said hu had awoin off ! " New York Press : it lacer Pete What's Hill the Ilute buying that thousand del lars' worth of BiiulT for ? Yukon I.ukc-.llls pile. Is shy J.SO.CXX ) and hs wanls to jct some of the dust oft his I'urlc : First Tien Wlmt are those young bantams lighting about ? Second lien Oh ! they uro disputing about the question , Which -Is the mother of tbo chicks thp hen tlmt lays the egg or Uio Incubator ? Washington Stnr : "And you think that " 43 you have the courage to undertake this < les- perato mlfttlon ? " Inquired the insurgent gi-n- "f think I IIRIVP , sir , " .said the young American , mode-ally , "I once sdejit four ulghls In succesilon In n folding bed. " He Koi the Jo . Atlanta Constitution : "Undo Jim. are vou going to baiifj up your Cbrlslmas stock ing ? " "I ord , bos-si dey nln't been n stockln' In my frimbly Hence freedom. De lies' 1 kin do Is ter nail np a guuuner snc'x ; en you knows tight > wlmr ter find It ! " Richmond Dispatch : Adclbert I cawn't say that I'm feelingnnchuwnl this eve ; I've ( jot n beastly cold In my head , don't- ycrknow ? Ger.ildlne Never mind , Addy. Don't grumble. Even If It Is only a cold , It's something ; Detiolt Prep Press ; "Is your town boom ing out there In the minim ; district. Slicks ? " "I should sny so. It's more wonderful than mnirle. I pitched my tent In a 'hole In the ground ono evening and when I waked ui > I was In the cellar of u union depot. " Washlnpton Star ; "Sometimes , " said Uncle Kben , "yoh runs crest or mnn dat keeps pre.'ichln' unielllshnesa ter ov'boily else , simply In de hope o'leavln" mo' room fuw bis own plgBlsbne.ss. " SomorvlllP Journal : "Another evidence of Imrd times , " said the mnn when his feet slipped on a bit of Ice and ho silt down llko a plledrlver on the frozen ground , Chicago Tribune : Mrs. Gnswell con templated with pride the family monument ment that bad been erected In the ceme tery. It overtopped nil others by many feet nnd contained In deeply groven letters the name of every member of the Gnswell family , with blank space for future moilu- ary stntlstlcB. "Tlmnk goodness ! " she oxclnlmed , "There's one column the society editors can't keep my niinio out of ! " Til I.I.S ( IK THU SMOICIQM2S3. JIlnnc.apollB .Tom-nil. Pity the troubles of those poor young inon , Who. just to pIc.iHO Borne girls that they ml ere , On New Year's day solemn promise made That , In Ihu future , they.would smoke no more. With trembling hnmls that yearn to grasp ugtiln Tln > glassy meerschaum or the frngrant brlnr. They nit nt night , u tutnd ot misanthropes , And wonder how 'twould seem to bu n liar. Adown the street they hasten oftentimes To nhoro the gum machines thulr com ing wait. I And drop their nickels , tear the wrappers off , And furiously the pepsin masticate. TIs nil In vain ! No antidote Is It , Kor that fcnsatlon that iib.str.icts their thought And miikes thorn wretched nnd Incnpihla Of doing anything the wny they ought. Hut not for long will they 1m troubled thus ; Their "resolutions" they will soon have brokn ; And onc-o ngnln , ns In the year gene liy , At morn and noon nnd night they'll smoke , smoke , Hinoko , WE'RE TODAY Accumulation of odd hats this season's pro duct all sizes in some blocks all blocks in some sixes may be just what you want and a chance to get it , if you come early We are making extensive alterations in our Hat department , and want the space occupied by these odd hats and to get it have placed some very low figures on our Fedora and Derby hats si , $1.25 , $1,50 , $2 , $2.50 and ' . $3 will be the prices now. Some of these were more than double. Browning , King & Co. , S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.