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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1898)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. n. un. Editor. ruuusiiED cvnrtY MOHNINO , TBRMS OK SUnSCIUITIONS I > B ( Wlthont Bundny ) , One Yenr . t 6 Dally lice anil Sunday , One Year . ' Blx Moulin . 0 Three Months . . . * G Humlty IVr , One Yenr. . , , , . ' . . . . < . - . . 20 Saturday lite , one Year . 1 6 Wwkly lite. One Yen < - . > c OFFICES : Omalm ! The Hoc UulMlng. KoutM Omnhn : Singer lllk. . Cor. N and SUli Sta Council HiulTs : 10 1'cnrl Htrett. ChlLOKo Olllcp : 817 Chamber of Commerce. New York ; llooin * 13. 14 nn < ! i : Tribune Uldg Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. COItllKSt'ONDUNCC. Alt communlcnttons relating to news and eillto rial matter ehould be nclJrrtfcd ; To the Editor HUHIMiSrf l.inTKUS. All bu ln 5s Iftten nnd remittance * nhould bi ddreiFGil to The lleo 1'ubllehlni ; Company Omaha. DrnfO , check * , express' and postonici money order * to bo made payable to the order o the comimny. Tin : IIKI : pttuMsitiNQ COMPANY. STATIMINT : or CIUCUI.ATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas Ciuntr- " ! Ui-orKe 11. Tr chuck. se.retary of The Dee rub llfthltiK t'ompnny. belnt ; duly rworn rnyn that tn nctuiil number of full and complete rojiles of Th. . Dally. Mornlnjf , Ktenln ? nnil Hunclny Dee iitlntc , ( luring the month of December , Jb'Jl , wn as fol lov. a : 1 . 21,277 , 17. , 21.10 2 . 21,371 21,51 S . 21 , 4M 4 . 2l.5'i7 2123 H . ZI.M2 21. 21.38 f . ! | , SMI 22. 21,72 21.2 S . 21 , 311 51 21 21 9 . 2l.rrr ; 2" > ( m'rn'B only ) 10.51 ID . 21.500 M 21 W 11 . 21 , US 2 , 21.20 1 ! . 21,021 2 * . . . . , 51.33 13 . 2Z2I7 21 21.0S 3t . 21,313 SO 2I.01 15 . 21,577 SI 21.53 1C . 21 , SCI Total . Cii,87 Ixnn returned nnd unsold copies . 12,32 Xot totnl salei . IMI.Bi Net dally nteraRC . ' . . 21 13 or.oiion n. TzsmrrK. Bwrrn tn lipfoin mo nnd riib'crlbcil In mj prcFcnco this 1st day of January. IMS. ( Seal. ) N. I * . Fl-tU N'otnry 1'iibllc. 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Murp ( linn IOO ( ) onrrler ilollvur ) HiiliHi'rllirrN to Tin * Oinnliit Kvoiilnjj II < M > mill TheOnuilia Mornlnu' lice nr < lint renelieil cither by the Moriilnp fe "Worlil-llirrnlil or ( lie HveiiliiK World- Ilemlil. i II KOCH without .snyliipr ( lint the miiii. tier < if coili-M | of The ICventiiK llee 01 The Mornliur life Kiilil hy ilonlcrs mill juMVMlioy.s execeiln hy n very eonsliler- nlile tinmiinher of Worlil-JIcriilil dnllli-M , inoriiliipr mill evening , weld lj llrnli-r.s a ml iicv shorn. The year ISflS will bo fix oil In Ainori- can history as the Traiismssisrili ! > ni Exposition - position year. Nebraska , has ceased to be a com fortable state for public oilleials who misuse public funds. If the United States absorbs Hawaii what American can consistently protest against absorption of China by European powers ? This is the season of the year when ( lie minimi crop of complimentary resolu tions to retiring public oliicers Is regu larly withered. Why does not the police chief enforce the law that prohibits the sale of liquor for any purpose whatever without a license or penult ? South Dakota is under olnfj the same sort of a litlit for establishing the rail road commission with full authority Hint Iowa went through with a few years ago. P < r .t Had Hie supreme court decision In the EV Hartley case been handed down two months a o there is no doubt that Judge Post would have polled from 5,000 to 10,000 more votes. Grandmother Gregory and Granny Peabody are beginning to see what a pitiful spectacle they are making of themselves by playing tin can for Uobert K. Lee Herdman. Itussia has been placing orders for arms and ammunition with American llrms. When compelled to light Itussia wants to have the best equipment pos sible for the army. Experiments are to be made to teHl the feasibility of growing tobacco and cotton In Washington and Oregon. Since Florida has become a corn growing state the cotton line may as well be moved northward. Even the name "Kreu Silver" Is a hoodoo in the west. An Aspen mine bearing that name has just been nlmn. doneit after tluve years of exploration at an expense of JJUOO.OOO without a cent of returns. If every resident of Omaha does his full share toward providing entertain ment for the thousands of visitors who will be here this year the reputation Omaha will get for hospitality will nmply repay the effort. Providence is In league with the builders of the Transmlsslsslppl Kxposl- tlon. Such favorable weather for out- tloor work was never known In any other January. The exposition tract Is a hive of Industry every tiny. The last democratic vice president of the United States Is to be counsel for a trust , which leads a contemporary to romatlc that this Is "conclusive that ho Is out of polllky. " Does It not rather indicate that he has not changed his occupation ? The only member of Governor Ho ] , comb's reform police commission who has some respect for his olllclal oath Is W. O. llullard. Mr , Hulhml , as a matter of reciprocity , pays for four copies of double-header police commission organ to help its circulation along , but yet he admits In his dissenting opinion Unit ho believes The Hoe to have proved its right to claim the largest city and county circulation , ; MOltAI , Of Tllfi 7M/II7.BV The vr-nllct of the jury In the cast1 oi ex-Tro.isurcr .Toopli S. llnrtloy , cliargoi' ' with the oinbfzzlenient of state funds and the sentence Imposed by Judge linker have been alllrmed l > y the state supreme court. The predictions made In the late campaign by populists anil democrats that the republican supreme court would after the election turn Hartley loose on pome technicality arc thus proved baseless. The majesty ol the law has been vindicated by repub lican Judges on the supreme bench ns well as on the district bench. The fact that Hartley was elected to oillco as u republican has not shielded him from the penalties of his crime nor has there been any disposition to palliate the offense. In denying the appeal for a new trial the supreme court has handed down a masterly opinion- Hint reviews the entire case and dlssecls the specious plea by which the attorneys for Hartley were seeking to reverse the verdict of the trial court. The moral effect of this decision cannot be overestimated. It Is a declaration that In Nebraska public olllcc Is a trust that cannot be willfully betrayed without subjecting the offender , whether high or low , to the severest penalty of the law. It Is especially n warning to custodians of public funds that they cannot with Impunity speculate and gamble with money placed In their olilclal k'ecplng or farm out public moneys under pretense that they arc holding up the public credit. While men cannot be made honest by law , the chastening effect of sure and swift punishment constantly hold In view to men Inclined to dishonest practices will have a salutary restraining tend ency. The political atmosphere which in this state has been so long polluted by unscrupulous and conscienceless spoils men who aspire to oillco solely to enrich themselves af the public expense has been greatly clarllled and the famous declaration of General Grant , "Let no guilty man escape , " has once more been vitalized as a watchword , not only for republicans , but for men of all political creeds. /lll'l/MA THKATl' . The Hawaiian annexation treaty will be taken up in the senate next Monday and It Is expected that its consideration in executive session will be continued from day to day until It is disposed of. The discussion of the tieaty in open ses sion lias been talked of and tills may be proposed , but there lias been no inti mation that this course is likely to he adopted , though the propriety of doing so , under the exceptional circumstance. ? , Is obvious. The people are entitled to the fullest knowledge of the views of those who propose to drift the nation away from Its traditional policy and if the annexationist senators have reasons to offer which they believe to be sound they should be willing to declare them In open senate. There is rea on to hope that the treaty will not be ratified , though It is said that tlie annexationlsts have gained two or three senators since the holiday recess. They are by no means confident , how ever , of securing the two-thirds vote nec essary to ratification. The movements of tlie European powers in China have , it appears , operated in favor of tlie an nexationlsts , it being urged that in the event of tlie Chinese empire being par titioned our interests in that quarter of the world would be worthless unless we possessed Hawaii. This Is on a par with : lie proposition that we ought to take the islands in order to keep them out of the muds of some other country. The prom ise Is that the debate on the treaty will be prolonged , for the opposition to it , iccording to nil report , is prepared to nuke a vigorous fight. TllK AMRHIOAOf ATTITUDE. There Is difference of opinion among prominent statesmen at Washington as o the attitude the United States should issumo In the event of an attempt by European powers to partition China. Some think the moral Influence of this country should be exerted In opposition to any scheme of the nations of Europe to seize Chinese territory ; others think that this government might find it ex pedient to go to the extent of forming a coalition with England or any other rawer In order to maintain our rights in China ; still others urge that the United States should adhere to Its traditional policy and keep free from all entangling alliances. Secretary Sherman expressed the opinion that no European power Is bjnt upon partitioning China , but If that em pire should be partitioned It would not Interest us materially , because the powers would gladly seine the oppor tunity to trade with us. Our commercial Inteiests , said the secretary of state , would not suffer In the least , but quite the contrary. Mr. Dlngley expressed a like opinion , "Wero the powers to parti tion China , " said the chairman of the ways and means committee , "the result would bo no injury to tills country. China would bo developed and our trade with the conquered provinces naturally Increased. " On the other hand , Senator Kryo is of tlie opinion that if the Chlno.-e empire should bo partitioned our Inter ests there would be destroyed. Our trndo with China now amounts to about $1(1,000,000 ( annually and has been steadily growing. There Is no doubt of Its continued growth If the Chinese mar kets shall remain open to the competition of all nations. We should be able , with unrestricted opportunity , to at least double our commerce with China within tlie next decade. Assuming It to be the purpose of Itussia , Germany and Krance to partition the Chinese empire , their object Is to acquire commercial ad vantages. They are seeking the trade of that vast population. It seems , there fore , entirely reasonable to assume that having possessed themselves of the terri tory of China they would do everything possible to discourage commerce with other countries. Commercial expansion Is the Incentive to the movements of European nations In the far east and in the pursuit of tills they will certainly do nothing to promote there tlie growth of American commerce. In this view of the matter , what bhould bo thu attitude of the Utiltud States ? Should we unite with Knglnnd In pro testing against the designs of itustla Germany and Franco , If these be fount to contemplate the partition of China , o should wo keep free from all ontanglluf alliances and tnke the chnncM of loslnj our Chinese trade ? So fnr as moral sup port Is concerned It U already with ICng land , hut It may bo of little value Ought we In any event to go boyom this ? The wise course , undoubtedly , li to adhere strictly to our traditional policy and make no alliances , but we may stll exert all efforts not Inconsistent wltl that policy to preserve our Interests It China. American sentiment Is opposct to the dismemberment of that empire aiu If It shall become plain that this Is tin purpose of the European powers wt may , as a nation , properly declare out sentiment. We want no part in anj complications that nury arise in the fai cast. civil , sininui : LAW usiimt : vntn. The statements sent to the senate bj heads of departments In regard to the civil service regulations now In fem will bo to some extent disappointing t < some of tlie friends of the system am may have a tendency to strengthen tin opposition. None of these ollielnls ol ) Jects to the law or to the principle , bill there Is complaint that civil service regu latlons have been injudiciously extended bringing into the classilled service manj employes of the government who shouh not be embraced in It. Tlie most Impor tant statement Is that of Secretary Gage who expresses tlie opinion that a cbnsld era bio number of persons should In taken out of the classified service win were placed in it by the last civil serv ice order of the Cleveland admlnistra lion , which he characterizes as toi sweeping. There is no doubt that Mi- Gage is a sincere friend of the prlnclph of civil service reform and It Is because this Is so that his views and nuggestlom merit careful consideration. Indeed tills can be said of every member of the administration , not one of whom liasauj sympathy with tlie assault of the spoils men on the civil service law. When , therefore , these olllchiis recommend changes and modifications in the regu lations what they say will command serious attention. Meanwhile congress is entertaining the country with a discussion of the subject which will reveal the real aim of the opponents of the civil service law. The discussion in the hou.se has been pretty lively and while there lias been little that points clearly to the outcome it if pretty safe to say that the spoilsmen will not be able to secure all that they seek , but on the contrary that there will be few If any changes made in ( lie law. What President McKinley will do in re gard to the sweeping extension of the classified service inn do by his prede cessor remains to be seen. It is possible that he will be guided by the suggestions of tlie heads of departments and make some modifications , but if o it will bo done because lie clearly sees it to be in the interest of the public service and not by reason of any demands of the opponents of civil service regulations. ' POl'OCltATIC 1'A.muXAUK lllllllKHY. Aii Iowa newspaper advocate of free silver and the silver standard , referring to a suggestion that has been made that Govcinor Pingrec of Michigan might be the candidate of the democratic parly for president the next time , warns him that that nomination has already been pledged to the leader of the lost battle of 3S)0 ! ) , and adds that when lie lias become presi dent , "those who have been active In the bimetallic and anti-monopoly move- incuts , whether in tlie silver republican , the populist or the democratic ranks , will receive recognition and be called UIKHI to aid in the administration of the govoinment. " In other words , the basils of fusion is patronage bribery. An offei like this , contingent upon successful din- ruptlon of the party engaged in restoring the country to its former prosperity , cai. appeal to no truly patriotic citizen. Men whose conduct is Inspired by patriotism rather than sellishuess are not sw ncd by such promises. The patronage- bribe offered to Induce republicans and populists to batray their parties and abandon ( heir principles Is small , but not smaller tiiun those \vho make the offer. Those who accept it are of the kind who will not stop to consider that there Is slim prospect that the op portunity will como to make It good. The agents of the silver bullionalres may make promises without fear of being called upon to fulfill them. It is a part of tlie program in Ohio to injure repub licanism and It will doubtless be tried in every state tills year. In tlie meantime Governor Pingreo will continue to labor for reforms through the repiibllcaif parly , the only party that has ever shown any capacity for government of he nation and the only true reform party In the United States. The recommendation of Governor mack of New York that tlio legislature ippoiut a commission to mquit' > Into ( ho . ondlllon of Hie commerce of New Yoik L'lty , the cause of its decline and the 101111.1 of Its revival and to report con clusions to the legislature * , will not < . ape the attention of persons Intercstr-d n the other loading ports of Hie United States. The cause of this lecllno Is the growing Importance' ) f other ports , especially those on ho Gulf of Mexico and the Pa- L'lllc coast. Tlie growth of common..1 it the minor ports of the United State. * s not looked upon as a misfortune out- ilde of Now York. There Is no valid eason why American commerce should learly ail.bo done through one port and iinny reasons why it should pass hrotiglt the natural channels unimpeded ly artificial restrictions and dlscrlmlna- Ions. The superintendent of public Instruc tion In Now Mexico In his annual re- > ort makes a showing for Hie terrrltory n educational matters that answers iomo of tlic objections of Hie imposition to statehood. Eight years igo statistics showed that (11,11 ( ior cent of the population of the errltory could not speak the English iingunge , and the Illiteracy of the ter. Itory was placed at11.15 per cent. To- dny tin number of these whr > canno speak English'1s i.nt to CXCT * tl ! * > pi'i 'cent ' nnd UiiMtlllUornry has been re dueod to Ul iM cent. The objection h statehood for NW Mexico on the groiint that the pcopl are not sulllclontly edit cated nor fandllrir with American In stltutlons Is , tiietroToro , losing force. The effect of the bungling work done by the * populist' ' Idaho legislature at tin last session aVb ) ) elng felt seriously li that state and lending business men ol tlie state aie considering advisability of urging thnljlfhu legislature bo called together hi special session to pass man > needed laws , "wjlth the supiemo courl holding Hint a Inrgo part of the leglsln tlon of the session Is wholly void nnd that the bills passed did not become laws , the situation certainly demands serious attention. Fictitious bookkeeping nnd niinticlorln ? Is a bad thing , whether In private busi ness or In public business. It Is al right for the city to know that It hap money coming to It from delinquent taxes In due time , but to credit the differ ent funds with money not collected nnd draw warrants on those fictitious credits IM dangerous financiering. Tlie luevl table outcome will be an Increased float ing debt and expenditures not war ranted by the actual condition of the treasury. A mass meeting Is to be held In Den ver to prepare for the exhibit at the Ttansmlsstsslppl Exposition. Colorado was unfortunate In not having a state , appropriation as a-nucleus for an expo sition fund , but the people of the state have enjoyed unexampled prosperity the past year and they are taking stops tti see that the Stale is properly represented at tlie great gathering of all the trans- mississlppl stales. The old gamblers' ring Is as much distressed as are tlie members of the police commission over the prospective ousting of the Ilerdmanltes. The prep arations for a wide-open town have tel l > o suspended just when the birds that are to be plucked are coming In sight. Now that the last payment has been made on the Union Pacific debt to the government the services of thu live re ceivers who have held down soft jobs for four years can be tioon dispensed with. llilmiil "liaises" Stfivnrt. Chicago Now * . Senator Stewart says the plot ol the gold syndicate to control the world began with the downfall of Napoleon. If Senator Stew art will look further Into the subject he will find that Dick Bland locates the plot con temporaneous with Uie downfall of Adam. Tlie l.inv of .Nations. l'hllnd lhla | I'ross. LI Hung Chang's 'references ' to the law ol nations would bo more pertinent to the situa tion If Ciilna and Germany wereof the same fighting weight. The application of this law is largely depmflenl on the ability of the party which objectsf-to Its application to do some ugly fighting. As against Germany the law of nations la a weak reed for eltbcr Chlnu or IIaytno , lean on. 'IVIIt-r on HIM Metal. MMneafiblls Journal. Senatpr Teller" thr > ate'hs to Introduce ' a bill In tliojsenate providing for the- payment of United States bonds tn diver. Senator Teller claims to be an honest patriot ; but he pro- pcscs to pay the bonds in a metal which h-is slumped down to f.G or 57 cents aa ounce and which will yield to the bolders of bonds about 14 cents on the dollar. Like other sll- verllngs , the moral sense in Senator Teller seams to evaporate when silver lo under dis cussion. 1'roilnt't of tintlliit. . Philadelphia L-cdKcr. H Is an old joke that the mint is the only .j'aco which c-a-n - ir.ake money without adver tising , but few of the people who pass It every day could suspect that this quiet-look ing building , where tfccre Is never any bustle of business and never any appearance of energy , turned out last year more than $51- 000,000 of money In more than 70,500,000 ceparato pieces. The moral seems to bo that It Is mot always the meat conspicuous business that yields the greatest results. The Kluiiillko ( iralilu-r.M. New York Tribune. So the fellows who went up to the Klondike without provisions or means of getting any are proposing to take what they want by force- from their more prudent neighbors ! That Is exactly what was prophesied in thcso columns montfts ago. It may confidently bo added that the majority of them went up there with the deliberate- Intention of doing that very thing. They counted on stoil'ng enough siifpllea to carry them through , or elae on having the government send supplies to them or bring them home again at public cost. They will probably receive suitable at tention from the Northwest mounted police , who are uncommcinly well fitted to deal with such gentiy. lilnu- ( lie .Sore Spot. Phllailelphli Itcconl , Commissioner of Pensions Evans has evi dently put his finger on the sore spot In his diagnosis of the neat of pension fraud. It is the c-rmy of pension attorneys who have lone the mai-n - part of the work In the pad ding of the pension rolls. Hy dealing with . .10 nensloncrs directly , Instead of at second liand , the government will save money for tBolf and for deserving yenslc-ncrs - who are now preyed upon by go-betweens , If the : cnnnlssloner ol' ' pensions tjlull push the re- 'orms ' ho recommends to successful result ho will deserve the highest credit , and do more than has been accomplished by Dlngloy to put an end to monthly deficits , I A Di-HiuilrliiK Soul. New York Sun. 'Hon. ' Illchard Franklin Pottlgrow , senator 'n congress from South Dakota ind rep- rerontatlvo of the borough of Plubdubla In : he silver parliament. Is no better for his L'hrlstmas goose a.ndhls , New Year's turkey , Ho has been found at Chicago with despair dripping from every pore of his soul. Ho has 10 confidence in , anything except oonio of ils remarkable bills. Ho ' says that , "despite Dun's and Dradstreqt's. 'there Is no revival of Industries , and can 'bo ' none under the ircsent monetar } , coiCilUon,3. | ' T > tiie world 3 a moro black patch to Dakota Dick , lllo It was uho took 'ill jtho spirit out of the Chinese. Ho wcu ( to China and China went tn pieces. \vlHfako , at least tlirco weeks' mrd work at the voice-lift to build up Dakota Dick. - KDotvu (11 ( Sinn II I'rolllM. WuicoHUnilMiiwi. ) Spy. Bishop Potter's' ' insertion that the United States Is 'becoming1 too old for "boom lines , " ' 'that wo arp settling down to the ovol of older countries than ours , whcro iroflts arc not made so rapidly as wo make . 'lorn , " Is only the reiteration of a time- lonorrd economic truth. The reduced rates oa government , state and city bonds , the generally - orally diminishing dividends on stocks of various sorts that are not protectedby mo- lopoly , the shrinking prices and profits on incrcbJiidise , the decline of interest rates In savings banks already noticed all these ar-j symptoms of the saino general and Inovlt- able tendency , and of the roult forecast by economists from Adam Smith's time down to the present. What 1s thus lost In rapidity of accumulating wealth should ultimately find some compensation , however , in an In creased stability of business and a compara- tvo Immunity from violent alternation of loom times acid hard times. Hero la a lesson 'or the silver theorists who would assign nest of tlifso phenomena to "tho crime of 1873" for their cause and tlielr origin. ( HOASTIMJ OHIO'S IMOTTI5US. R I'ost ( rcni. ) : Toxlay Govcrno Ilu.ihncil Is reaping : the fruits of his dcsplc able R.mie. Prc.c ts nnd denunciation/ being showered In upon him from over county In thfi stnte. The Rrcut body o Ohio republican * dot cat n traitor , and the are telling Governor Dushnctl that they s regard him. Philadelphia Press ( rep. ) ! Mr. Hanna wa the overwhelming choice of the state con VFtitlon for senator. There was no otht ! candidate. There was then no pretense o opposition. The legislature wna carried tin dcr hU banner. The hostility now evinced I just as much treachery as desertion on th battlefield. The public uprising which Is ccr tain may make the situation so hot oa t carry its own cure. Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : A feature of pe culiar baseness In this fight of a handful o republican mallgnnnts against Scnato Hanna is that some of the lc.nl In spirits among the traitors -aro - openly con Porting with the democrats and virtual ! taking part In democratic caucuses. Kvcr political position which there plotters evei held was given thorn by the republicans The party lifted therm out of tibsctirlty , an the prestige and Influcnco which the part Rave them they are now using to stab th party and to put the democracy In power. Kanivis City Journal ( rep. ) : Cast down , per hops , but not destroyed. Hanna has thos qualities which make a man Invaluable to hi forty and his nation In a great crisis. He 1 still allvo , and will bo , whatever may bo th result of the election for senator la Ohio Ills power will be felt In future as In th IMBt. Let his enemies rejoice , and the mlrl of the wako bo fast and furious. They ca furnish for the funeral the eloquence , th crape and the baked meats. Hut they can not produce the corpse. No man In the ro publlcau parly today Is moro alive tha Marcua A. Hanna of Ohio and the Unite State. ? . Milwaukee Wisconsin ( rct > . ) : Such an ex hlbltlon as that which the factional mlnorlt of the republican party of Ohio Is making a the present moment is a disgrace. The part Is In a majority In the slate and IMS a cind ! date for the United States senate ! who bear the endorsement of the state convention an enjoys the personal confidence of the prcal dent also an Ohio man. Yet party dlsclplln hi Ohb has become sa lax and party loyalt among republicins lias so far lost its magi that a few dltaffeclcd members of the part a beggardly halt dozen may turn the priz of the senatorshlp over to a man accrptab ] to the free silver democrats rather than con cede to the majority of their own party th right to have Its \\ay. Washington Star ( rep. ) : The case of Gov ernor llushnell IB inexplicable from any point of view. The convention which noml imted him for governor nominated Mr. Hanna for senator. Ho had no moro claim to rcpub lean support last year than Mr. Hanna now has. He Is committed to Mr. Hanna both bj reason of the action of the Toledo conven tlon and by big own deliverances during tilt , campaign. His present position , therefore bears every aspect of selfishness nnd bai faith. His talk about being a "receptive can dldato" for senator d'l crodlts his Intelligence as his conduct discredits his character as a party man. Fortune could not play him a trick which would hold him up so complete ! } to Bcorn , and Isolate him among honorable men , than to mnkc him In the circumstances that exist the recipient of the honor whlcl the republicans of Ohio have decided shouh bo bestowed on .Mr. Hanna. ClnclnnatlCommerclal-Tribune ( rep ) : Whei the fellow townsmen of Asa S. Uushncll , the traitor , biased and groaned at him In the ofUce of the chief magistrate of Ohio at Co lunibus yesterday they gave voice to tha sentiment of Indignant resentment , tinged with profound contempt , which fills the breast of every honorable man In his state They spoke not alone for the - re publican party , but for every self-respect Ing citizen of Ohio , for there Is not a demo crat , from John H. McLeiri down , who does not In his heart desplso the abject creature cne-quarter knave , three-quarters fool , wh ( stands before the nation as the most gro tcsque combln-itlon of dunce nnd traitor that the political history of the countr } affords. Benedict Arnold had brains. Aaron Uurr , the loathed Judos of his day , had yet an Intellect that enabled him to conceive ami almost to execute vast pMns of treason on a scale beyond the cunning of the aver age political conspirator. But Bustmell whoso amazing smallness Is a revelatlor even to thc.se wha have known him b 't has t'llten a stand so utterly destructive to the very selfishness which prompts him that It Is strange ho can not hear ris ing above the groans and hisses at his knavery a rising chorus of mocking jecra In recognition of his Inconceivable stupidity. The trickster , the rogue , the betrayer oi his friends Is usually gifted with a certain form of base shrewdness which prevents him from dashing to pieces his own de signs , but the governor of Ohio has proved that his Intellect Is not even up to this low standard. 1'RHSO.V.U , A.\I > OTIII2IIVISI3. . The governor of Idaho , Frank Stenncn- bug , never wears a necktie. Nearly E.OOO sentences have been Inflicted for lese majesto slnco William II came to the throne. 'Ex-Jndgo ' John P. Dillon Is confined to his homo at Far Hills , N. J. , with a broken leg , duo to a fall on Christmas eve. Miss Virginia Montgomery of New Orleans Is the designer of the confederate monument to bo erected at San Antonio , Tex. Address your letters to the various divi sions of Greater Now York Just as before. The postofllcea have not consolidated. The Norwegian residents of San Francisco ire making preparations for an elaboiato reception to bo given to Dr. Nausen on ills coming visit to that city. The law's delays are Illustrated by the fact that a case has finally been dismissed In the St. Louis courts because everyone who was over connected with It Is dead. In 1870 the duke of Galllera began to spend thousnndH of dollars a year collecting rare stamps. Today his collection Is believed to 10 the finest In the world and Is valued at ? 1,200,000. The rumor that a British admiral had fired on a Husalan vessel in Chinese waters sug- gcsta that , nowadays , the report of a shot may bo heard round the world before the gun goes off. The National association in charge of the foil n Brown stntuo Is being urged to place It within the limits of Chicago and to have It nado by Edmonla Lewis , the colored sculp tor , now living In Home , Ilov. D. Anderson , a negro preacher In Georgia , lias created a sensation by a de- ° enso of lynching , which ho contends Is Eometlmca justifiable. Some persons of his jwn color have threatened to try It on him , Halleck , the poet , In deference to an old voman passenger who entered the Mine stage each , threw away a line cigar which he bid list lighted and which wan Ills last. The old rvorcan produced a plpo and wretched tobacco nd puffed away for flftec-n - miles. The nochcster committee has cent out cci nppca ! for funda for Hio erection of the $10- )00 ) statue to Frederick Douglafs In their city. The state gives $ ; t,000. The con- emplated o.atue Is to bo of bronze , eight feet ilgh , on a pedestal nine feet In height. Hugenu Field once told Mrs. Humphrey Vard that ho slept in the hollow of a tree In Missouri and lived on wild fish and fruits \.icn Barnum took charge of him and edu- j\tcil him. Mrs. Ward afterward told some l lends that Field was a typical American. Countes-i'Vllma Hugonnay , the only woman iliyslcl-in in Budapest , recently made an ap- illcatlon for admission to the medical so ciety of the Hungarian capital After a stormy session the society refu.ad > her i\p- \ illcatlon. The countess-doator Intends to rc- icw her application next year and expects o have it granted. White Plains , N. V. , enjoys the distinction > f having three millionaire deputy sheriffs. 'hey are Percy Payne Louis of Tarrytown , jeorgo II. Murray of Larchmcot and Fred rick Remington of Now Hochelle. They took n active Interest In the last campaign and vcro earnest sufvortcrs of the present her iff , .Mulloy. In recognition of their ser-- ces ho named them au deputies. MLss fCvailno } jVcnda Leeds Is a ealfa- 'lrl at the perfume counter of a largo store n St. Louis. She is one of the direct heirs > f the Ball estate In Philadelphia , which IB , alucd it gSO.000.000. MUs Leeds Is a | . ! tji' > o a pretty , attractive young woman , -ttuv % lead is too sensible to be turned by thol irospect of securing a fortune. Her t'reat ; ' cousin of George 'reat-Krandmothcr was a Vcablogton. U IJ.VHM.\IS OP-CAI'ITAU upttHorrntN" Tnuolicil lir tliiril Tlnir * . lloston Trnni.rlpt. The total of January disbursements , rep- rcaentlnR payments of Interest nnd dividend * on securities of public Interest reaches the largest HEKrogite In five ye.irn , nnd with ene exception only , the largest on record. Ten years ago the railway nnd other corporations of the country , securities of which are traded In on stock exchanges or which other wise have u public market , disbursed a total of J54,000,000 In January , representing semi annual Interest and quarterly dividends. This year the payments aggregate $79 000,000. The highest point was len'ncd In 1S93 , Just be fore the panic of that year , when the total reached $80,000,000 , dropping thence to $69- 000,000 In January , 1S95 , under the Influences of the general depression. There has been a steady gain since , ns the revival of business , practice of great economy by the railroads and successful reorganization of n number permitted better return to security-holders on capital invested , The effect of reduced dividends ettll is ap parent , however , for the total dividend pay ments this month are slightly less than In January last year , although the amount of stock on which dividends are paid Is some $73,000,000 greater. That Is , more capital Is returning dividends , though percentage of re turn Is diminished. Thh Is In harmony with the times , the whole tendency of which Is towards smaller yield on securities. It is a fitrlking fact that the effects of panic , de pression nnd loss of confidence have worn away so fnr as to bring this year's semiannual nual payments up to within a million of the hlghnst recorded totnl , and when wo look further , another gratifying comparison is presented. In the year 1893 , when total dis bursements of January reached their highest total , dividend payments aggregated $20,000- 000 ; this month they nro $24,000,000. H Is the boudholdera who have suffered after all. While panic and depression ruled stockholders had to see dividends reduced or passed altogether , but they arc first to share In the benefits of revived prosperity. Ono of the most striking developments of the last few years of unscttlcmccit 1ms been the de crease In interest rates on mortgage bonds , the exceeding case of money , permitting re funding of high rate bonds on n largo scale at radically lower rates. Thus wo nnd $5.000,000 less paM In Interest this month than In January , 1893 , while dividends are $4.000,000 greater. Nearly $100.000,000 moro bonds pay Interest this month than In January last year , but only $ l,07fi,000 moro Intorsst Is paid ; as to stocks , $73,000,000 more pay than in January , 1S97 , with a total paid $240,000 less , clearly showing the tendency toward lower rates of return , but participation of radically moro capital In the disbursements. This Is the principal showing of the semi annual payments ; more capital Is sharing In the profitable results of operation , with cor responding reduction In percentage of return on the Investment. The Industry of manu facturing stocks and bomta. so nourishing but a few ycarc since , Is a lost art , happily ; the wlrlt of HIP times Is strong for the payment to Investors of some return on existing capital and the experiences of the last half dozen years tiavo made capital content with ma terially smaller retuin on Investments In securities than ever before. a iMitu'iiiST on * < iuoi. The SlKiilllcjiiiff of Ilu > Surplus Money III ItllllliS. Louisville Courier-Journal. Secretary Gage Is not ut all disposed to bo a pessimist , and ho IB always able to give a good rcaasn for the faith die has In' ' better times.In the following extract from the In terview with him. which was published ycs- leiday he takes a position with reference to the present congestion of capital which Is FO at variance with ' .he general oplnlcn that It deceives attention and study : "Somo neonle are. I believe , disposed to bo pessimistic because great sums of money accumulate In our banks. They urge this as a slgti of national business unhcalthfulness ; meichants and manufacturers , 'ihey ' say. Kick confidence , are unwilling to asimme normal responsibilities , an ! thus the country's gen eral trade has shrinkage threatening It. This Is a superficial view. After yoirs that have been practically panic times , exceptional ele ments enter into the business situation. iAnd the uanaialloled volume of Idle money in the Lanka signifies. I think , something very dlf- fetent fiom what the pessimists harp upon. Mo.-o largely than yet can be appreciated these gieat totals of bank deposits reflect tlie liquidation of western Indebtedness. "What the western people have accom plished durlcig tfco year pait us payers of debtii will , when wo can come lullji'-o ' com prehend it , seem fjlrly to be a chapter from the days of romance. The god prices for this year's crops went not to middlemen and speculators ; $1 wheat came while wneat was yet on the farm , und for the flrst Mmci In. many a harvest the market's profits were the farmers' own. What the western farmer did , what ho Is still doing , accounts far be } r id what yet Is understood for the mcney which piles up in our banks. That money lurgely is the crop money of 1S97 ; and -It has done magnificent service In the ex tinguishment of liens upon homesteads In every state , In every cSmmunlty of our great wc-5t And Is this unhealthful ? Is there any reason for repining In It ? Mr. Gage is right , because the congestion of monsy cornea immediately after the panic and no ! after ui period of prosperity , when umplu employment Li found for capital. When business baa been good and enterprises nourishing , a stagnation of mcciey argues a loss of confidence In securities and commer cial undertakings. It Is a grave symptom. Hut when a na' Ion or u community has been ntrugglkig along with 'Insufficient means for jcnis end then finds Its difficulties relieved , ts debts paid and. a surplus left over , what moro natural than that this surplus should bo allowed to Ho Idle for a breathing spell jii-tll theic la opportunity for Its safe and profltublo Investment ? -When such a time comes business will bo greatly stimulated and will be much better then at present , but that there should bo a watting atago should occasion no uneaslnc-ss , least of all alarm. People are too Impatient. It was prom- sed In the last presidential campaign that ho upholding of a sound monetary standard would restore confidence and rovlvo business. The first effect was felt Immediately ; the last could not be perceived until six months had elapsed , though the chief reason It was so slow In manifesting Itself was because of the arlft agitation. When this was over , rail- oad earnings began to swell and bank clear- ngs to mount upward by millions of dollars veokly. The railroads were not alone baili ng crops , but also good.s , and streams of de- > ositB began to How Into the banks. The olumo of trade was Immensely increased , nit still nobody cared to speculate unduly ipon the promises of the future. The recol- ectlon of 189r was too fresh In mind. Dual- u 3 had been forced down to a rash basis , and it was advisable to let It rest there for awhile. The new year will witness a continuation of the Improvement begun In the latter half f 1897 , unless now and unforeseen conditions rise. The present situation Is ono to Inspire very hope. The accumulation of money In ho brat of all nlgns that the nation la flnan- lally recuperating. Mr. Ongo has called ut- entlon to It with admirable clearness and ommon sense. l-t I , lit SINKS' ) 01 TI.OOIC. The Xriv > rnr l < iiintnoti rrlUi Hifl llnjn of I'mniHTlly. I'lillnKlphlaR. ! . r A brightening busneon outlook is reported from > many portions of the country th t 15.98 promises to bo a notably prosperous yenr. The encouraging prospect Is not re ported from a few localities , but It seems to bo widespread nnd Includes many representa tive centers of commercial ictlvltr. One of the salient features of the business rltuntlou Is the fact tint the transportation llnta are show Ing n recovery from the depressing con ditions which during the past ten years re- suited In the creation of miny receiverships. The revival of the business of the carrying compinlcs \ Indicative of the- renewal of trnJo generally. The IMIlway Age * Is author ity for the statement that the Hat of now railway receiverships In 1897 was surpris ingly small as compared with the record of any of the five preceding ytais. The gross earnings of 124 mil roads for the yenr fhow w Increase over thoao of 1S9G of $28,000,000 , the Increase occurring during tlu > last elx months of the year. The .net earn ings make a better exhibit. The net earning * of IIS rt'Uls for the ten mouths ending on November 1 , 1S97 , revealed on Increase of more than 11 per cent over the same period In 1S9C. The more hopeful situation of thin great Interest may bo accepted as n trade barometer foresLadowlng- better conditions for our manufacture * } , agriculture and com merce. From the Chicago Clearing Houec , rcpre- rontlng 4ho colossal transactions of the \\cst and northwest , pomes the cheerful Intel , llgcnce that the clearings for the past year show a handsome gnln over those of 189G. The rising tide of western prosperity waa noticed In the beginning of August ln't , and the December clcarcnces were greatly In ad. vnnce of that of any month since December , 1S92. The trade done during the hut year at tha Union Stock yards In that city Is aug- gCRtlvo of the Improved and Improv'ng food- buying capacity of our people. Prices nat urally Increased la sympathy with the rise in the price of cereals , but there was \\n on- couraglng gain In the demand for llvo stock. The gnln in carlouds of stock wae l.COO over the record for 1S9G. The stock handled In 1S97 made a close approach to that handled In 1S92. In Now England general business has con spicuously Improved according to the state- mcnt of the Boston clearing house. The Dos- ton bank clearings for December show an In. crease of more than 12 per cent over Decem ber , 189 * . The bank clearings In Daltlmoro nro still moro encouraging , allowing an In crease of moio than $70,000,000 over IS'Jfl , and $23,000,000 In excess of the clearings of 1S9X an exceptionally prosperous business year in that city. It Is announced that 1S9S prom ises to bo the most prosperous juar the south has had for many } cars. The marked ex pansion of the cotton and woolen manufac tures In thla portion of the country will contribute greatly to Its development. In St. Louis the bank clearings for 1S97 broke the yearly record. The heavy balance of trade In our favor Is resultant upon the dimensions of our export trade , unprecedented In our commercial his tory. Much of this enormously Increased expert - port trade has been caused by abort crop * abroad. The foreign demand for American breadstuff's has Inured to the advantage of our western farmers , who have been ena bled to cancel n largo amount of niortgago Indebtedness , and to Increase their ability to buy commodities of all sorts. The Increase In available capital In the hands of thu fanning population of the west must bo ro- fleeted Hooner or later In many Industries nnd enterprises. The Ilnanclnl rehabilitation of the west , the progressive Improvement of the transportation business , thu derided In- crcasa of bank clearings arc substantial and significantly hopeful factors of the business situation without reference to the possibili ties of the now tarllf an a revenue producer , or to changes which may bo intioduced lit our financial system. 111 MM ; Chicago News : "I never have n bit of trouble writing- the figures of the new year. " "How do you niiimiKo It ? " "I never date my letters. " Indianapolis Journal : "I wonder why , " said the Cornfcil Philosopher , "when a fel low romps up to you und Fuy. 'Why , I thought you were sick' ho always does no In a tone that Implies your good health Is an insult to him. " Vonkera Statesman : Uacon Now I know nlint political economy menus. ISqbcrt Well ? "I've just been rendlnpr a sworn statement of the nmount of money n prohibitionist sipent who recently ran for olllcu. " Philadelphia American : Ho ( after beins rejected ) I shall never marry now. She -Foolish mini , why not ? Ho ( viciously ) If you i\on't have mo.lio will ? Detroit Free Press : "Slippy Is the Kmart- cst lawyer I ever Know. "O , yes ; be had that $10,000 suit of yours. Did ho get the money ? " "Kvery cent of It. " i Chicago Tribune : Hey ( from the compos ing room ) Where's the dramatic editor ? Delated Hepbrter He's none home. What do you want ? Doy Want to know whether ho meant to Hay "the play Is full of erudition" cr "tho play IH full of crudities. " We can't tell from bis manuscript. Philadelphia Bulletin : "Tho Jury will never agree. You needn't expect It. " "Why not ? I'm sun * the ease Is very one sided. " "That may be. but my brother-in-law li on the jury , and IIO'H too disagreeable for anything. " Indianapolis Journal : Watts Tliorj it no Hiich thing as telling the iiuallty of whisky by the taste thesp day. ' , Is there ? r-mhforth No. The only test is the feel , "Tho feel ? " "I'es. And you have lo wait until next morning1 for that. " Washington Star : "Hemamber. " said the excited man , "money talko. I'll bet 7J cents that I'm right. Money talus ! " And tlio man with n Hlinggy Mile hat nnd n chronic expression of disgust edged away from the crowd with tlio remark : "Yen. and H'H just like some , people. The smaller , It Is the moro noise It tries to imike. " "WIIIHUSiI CAM 13 KIIOM. " ' B. 13. Klfor In Clevelnnil I > nilpr. I llko to bear men Hlng the pralso Of lands that gave them birth ; ( Man'.s native place Hhonlil , always bo The dcurcat upot on earth ; There never virus a , hero who Did not look back through tears And tender memorloH upon The scenes of early years , i Hut you and I too often meet i Men who profcst-i to Und All things less tjilpmlld here , than were The. thlnjiH they left behind ; Their native lnnds , had better laws And better men , they cay , And oft they ninku u wonder why They over cnmo away ! I llko to limr men sing the pralso Of lands that gave thorn birthj Man's native jilncn Hhotilcl over ! > u The dearept spot on earth ; Hut whun a follow hin ; to Heck Ills bread Homo other where , Lot him transplant a llttlu or IIl.i love of country llicio ! This is what I a prominent physician says : "Ij have given my own children thei benefit of very careful study in the matter of absolute cleanli ness in bottle feeding. I have studied the so-called - easily- cleaned nursing bottles , and I long ago came to the conclusion that a Tittle Pearline would ren der ordinary nursing bottles the safest utensils of them all. I firmly believe that children properly fed and cleanly fed will avoid the majority of the difficulties which they encounter during the first two years of , life , I believe that if every feeding bottle was washed with ; SJ9earline , many innocent lives would be saved. " JjrSurely , this is a matter to interest every mother. Nothing fi6 thoroughly cleanses as Pearline. eto