Nebraska Newspapers

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lice nnil Tlin Omaha Morning lli-e are
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It OCN ivltlioiit naylnpr ( lint Hie iiuin-
III-P of ropli'M nf Tli . I'JvciiSiiK lli'C or
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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.
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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.