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I THE OMAHA DAILY H1312 : SATURDAY , JANUARY 20 , 185)8. )
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
K. IlOSrWATiit. IJlltor.
. rtmusiino IVIIIY MOKNINU.
TEHMS OP BUIISCniITION :
Boo ( Without HunJny ) , Ono Ywr . !
Dally Hoe nnj Bumlny. Ono Year . 3
filx Month * . 4
Tlireo Month * . , . 2' '
Hiimlny 1U- * . Ono Yrnr . 2
Hntlirdny Hoc , Omj Vrnr . 1
-\Veclcly Her , Ono Year . '
Omnlin : Tlic Ilr > e Dull'llm ' ; .
South Omntia : Klnijcr Illlf. . Cor. K and 21th SI
I'ounrll muffs : in 1'i-nrt Kitwt.
I'lil'nK" ) Olllcc : W'l rimtnberot Commerce.
Haw York : Terru > l < > Court ,
Washington : Ml rourteenlh Strpct.
.
All rommunlentlons minting to HPTS nml i3llc
rial matter MmuM Im iiJJrenseJ : To tha ICill'.ni
IIUHINUSH I.ITTKHS. :
AH Inulnos * Icltrm nnd remittances rheuM ti
Rldres ( cd to Tli Ilco I'uMlnMnz Compinj
Oinnlin. Draft * , checks , c | > rci nml pomnflr
innnpy order * to be Inn Jo i > ni ble to the order i
the cotnpnny.
_ _ TII u IUB 1-mii.iHiiiNQ COMPANY.
BTATKMINT : OP CIUCULATIOS .
Btntc of Nctirnrka. DoiiRln * County. M.J
Ueorgo ll. T7. cliuck. nt rctnry of The HPC rut
lltlilni ; Comimny. bcliiB duly sworn , rny thnt th
nctunl number of full and complctn coiilos of Th
Dally , Mornlnit , livening and Bundny Itcc titlnto
clurln the monti : of December. V'JT , was a lol
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onoitni : n. TSWHUCMC.
Fwnr.i In brfoir mi1 nml fubpcrlbM In m ;
rrosonro tills 1st day ot January. IS1) ) ? .
( SVal. ) N. P. ri-tt.
Nolnry Public.
The treasury di'lli-it tliroatr-ns to juli
tlic Wilson law and I'mf. Wilson In per
iiiiinriit i-i'llrc'tiii'iit.
Of wars and rumors of wars tlicrc b
nn aliiintlant'i' . Of HIP two tin- minor :
nro preferable.
Hontinionls expressed l > y I'resldi-ii !
Mi'Kliili'y at New York received ad
vanee Indorsement by a majority of tin
Ainerlean voters a year and n ImlC a so. .
K-nalor Lindsay wants It distinctly
understood thiiti be Is not of the resign-
Iiif , ' kind , Irrespi-etlve of tin- pol'lli-il '
complexion of the Kentucky leslslatnre.
The railroads must keep up with tin1
] irocesslon. Kvery railroad cpnti'rlnn In
Omaha oiiKlit to have fast trains arriv
ing anil tlepartiiiK both morning and
Tax Commissioner Sackett says his
ollicc' will be able.'to net along the com
ing year with a smaller appropriation
'than last year. The tax commissioner
should have a medal struck for him.
Two republican 1'nlled Kink's jwnn-
tors from Maryland , one from Xorlh
Carolina and one from Kentucky show
what progress the republican parly is
making in the .conquest . of the old solid
eolith.
All visitors to Omaha are welcome now
and at all times , but Omaha piviplc are
seeing to it that visitors do not leave the
city without gaining reliable nifornnitli n
about the Transmlssisslppi Kxposillon
and Its prospects.
The movement to cibolish the poll tax
in Iowa Is not making the progress that
Its authors hoped I'tw. Somehow there
Is an Impression that the right remedy
for the evils of tax evasion lies in a law
lo make collection of taxes more certain.
People who deny that Hawaiian an
nexation Is a menace to the b. n sugar
Industry In America should read the
clause In the ISJtS sugar beet contract ,
that stipulates for n reduction of prleen
by fit ) ci'tiU a toil'In the event of uimo.xa-
tlon.
Kvory stranger who comes to Omaha
ciiuuld Inspect , the exposition bnlldlngi ;
9 tA grounds , .but so should every per-
oou who lives ill' Omaha. There are
trnn of thousands of peopK * within live
miles of the exposition site who have
never .seen it.
Kvery addition to Omaha's hotel fa
cilities counts , but we should have an
other large llrsI. class hotel to accom
modate the highest class tourists. The
people 'who want the b.'st and are will
ing to pay for it are liable to overtax
the present accommodations.
Tf tli city could only unload some of
the white elephants on Its haijds In the
shape of park tracts 'slet'ii miles from
nowhere , the projects for tin-acquisition
of new Inside parks might be looked on
with favor. Money spent on Inaccessi
ble parks Is virtually money thrown
jiway. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Senator .Tones of Arkansas says he
wants to restore sliver to Its status b.1-
f ( x > IST.'I. Wonder if .lones wouldn't
want also to restore the whole country
In Its population , wealth and Industries
to Its status of 1ST. ! . Perhaps he would
like to turn the calendar back twenty-
live . \vars , too.
The Sixteenth street viaduct has now
lieen reopened for travel and tralllc and
the repavlng of Sixteenth street should
be entered niton as soon as possible. If
the contractor who has ban-leaded him-
tfi'lt' behind an Injunction does not want
the work the work should be re-let and
jiushed through before .Mine 1.
The Salt Lake Herald asks "If the
president Is such a staunch sliver man ,
\\liy didn't lie appulnt ? i sliver man to
be director of 1lu mlntV" One reason
Is that the president siibswlbi's to HID
non. > y plank of the St. Louis platform
and rcall/.es 'that ' ho would , not' , be con
sistent In appointing "a sliver man" to
Mich an Important position.1
Tin ) 'work of the Uutl-an of Public
Comfort can } u > materially lightened by
the Intelligent co-op.'ratlon of the people
of Onmlm. There are a thousand and
one ways In which the individual can
contUbuto to Uhe entertainment of the
exposition visitors. In this work no one
Mhould wait for a spi-cial Invitation , but
on the contrary every one should con-
sld.'r himself appointed ua u sub-corn-
iltlco 011 public comfort.
11\K \
President McKlnloy't ) nddrcss at Ihr
banquet of the Manufacturers' associa
tion so clearly dcllned his position In re
gard to the currency that there cnti be
no further doubt ns lo his views. He
( Irmly believes In maintaining the exist
ing monetary standard and in keeping
yvory tlnllar of our currency nt a parity
with gold. He declared thnt "tho money
of the United States Is and must forever
bo unquestioned and unassailable" and
ho made a pointed thrust at the advo
cates of the Teller resolution 111 saying
that "nothing should tempt us nothing
will tempt us to scale down the sacred
debt of th ? nation through a legal tech
nicality. " He declared th.U "whatever
may be the language of the contract , the
Tnlted States will discharge all its obli
gations in the currency recognized as the
Iwst throughout the clvlll/.ed world at the
time of payment. " The sincere friends
of sound money will heartily enilor.se
these utterances and they cannot fall to
have a reassuring effect. They may
not have been necessary to convince the
country that the administration is deter
mined that there shall be no degradation
of our currency during its term of
power , but they are timely In view of
the assault made upon the honor and
credit of the nation In tliu t'niled States
senate by the advocates of free silver.
In regard to currency revision Presl
dent McKlnley has aligned himself with
those who believe that there should be
no abatement of the effort to bring
about reform. lie recognize * the dilll-
cultles , but believes that with a fair and
honest trial progivss can be made. In
declaring that the financial plunk of the
St. Louis platform Is still as command
ing upon republicans as on the day It
was adopted and promulgated , It Is fairly
to be Inferred that Mr. McKlnley still
thinks .It. to be his duty to further en
deavor lo promote international bimetal
lism. This lld.-lity to a party pledge Is
certainly commendable , but we have n : >
doubt that a very Iarg , < majority of re
publicans are entirely satlslled with
what the administration has done in th
respect a.nd feel that there Is no obliga
tion niton It to reiK'w an effort that
would inevitably again tesult In failure.
As to the attitude of the president In r. '
gard to currency reform , there are many
who will question the soiindne.s.s of hs !
ipinlon that continued agitation will d.i
10 harm.
lnt ! the friends of sound money will
leartlly approve the umpialllled deelara-
lens of Mr. McKlnley in favor of main ,
mining the existing standard of value ,
; o that the obligations of th. < govern-
nent and the wage.-i of labor shall both
> e paid In "the dollars accepted as the
) est In every enlightened nation of th.- '
arth. " With the administration fully
oinmltt'- to this policy and having the
L-onlhleiiee not only of the American p- > ole -
) le but of the world In Its sincerity of
nirpo.se. It will matter little what the
sllverites in congress may do. With
lie maintenance of the gold standard se-
lire and the conditions to prosperity
teadily Improving , there is no very serl-
uis danger from the preaching of free
illver , the fallacy of whlcii the inmrov-
ng conditions demonstrate lo all Ink'lli-
gent observers.
Both houses of the Kentucky leglsla-
nre have adopted a resolution asking
Inlted Stall's Senator Lindsay of that
tale to resign. The legislature is domi
nated by free .sllverites and the sole nb-
ctlon to Senator Lindsay Is that he Is
: i sound money man. The sllverites
have no other ground of complaint , for
lie senator Is a man of ability and high
ract'iM1 , but having espoused the
iound money cause and done effective
ivorlc for It In Kentucky and elsewhere ,
lie is denounced by the free sihvr men
us a traitor to his party ami as misrcp-
esenting It In the senate.
Senator Lindsay , whose term will not
( spire until ! ! ) ( ) ! , will of . ourse pay no
attention to UK- demand that he resign ,
t Is to be presumed that Ids devot'on ' to
ho sound money cause Is sulllclently
strong and earnest not to permit him to
surrender his seat in the senate to a
fnv silver man , however little he may
personally care about it. Few men have
shown eijual ability with Senator Lind
say in advocating the cause of sound
money , his speeches on the currcncv
question being among tins most lucid
and convincing contributions lo that
snbj.-ct. It Is to be regretted that he de-
elded to vole for the Teller resolution ,
but this does not Impair his position as
an uncompromising champion of the ex
isting monetary standard. Mr. Lind
say Is needed In the si'imto'and will
undoubtedly stay there.
t'ACTUItlKfi Xi.lll TIIK l\lll.MS.
The resources of the great west can
never be fully utilized until ( lie raw
products of the tl.'ld , ranch and mine are
worked up into llnlshed articles nt or
near the ( mints of supply. The move
ment to patronize home Industries must
be pushed along side of the movement
for the establishment of mills and fac
tories that will consume the output of
the farm. Not only should we , so fai
ns possible , make use of what Is
produced nt home , but we should also
try to produce/ home what we are
sure to need.
In all tlu > towns and cities of the agri
cultural slates nianufacinrlng Is carrk'd
on lo a certain extent. While this mnnii-
fnetnrlng Industry grows in pursuance
of natural laws of K-ade and commerce ,
It is possible to give arllllclnl stimulus
to manufacturing and greatly Increase
Its Impnriane- . ' . Factorl"s will be built
wherever there Is a demand for them
and the demand Is generally manifest
long before the factories are In opera
tion. Tlu > manufacturing that b > conn > : i
: i permanent anil prntltnhle Industry In
an agricultural region must be cither
closely related to agriculture or supply
a local and natural demand for thu
product.
There Is reciprocal advantage In thn
location of factorl.'s of a certain class
near thu farms. The cost of living In a
rich agricultural region may be reduced
to the minimum ami thus manufacturing
will be done with comparative economy.
The presi'iuv of factories nlTord.s a home
market for farm products , which In
creases the value of tln > farms , This ,
even without considering the economy
of UIspL miin with middlemen ami tin )
saving of transportation charges. Is suf-
flcl 'lit argument In favor of building up
small factories In every trade center of
the agricultural states. While every
slate cannot become great In manu
facturing , It Is possible to add greatly
to the number of factories In every agri
cultural region whore the people are
loyal to their home Institutions and alive
to their opportunities.
TIIK STATUS AXI > TIIK THUSTS.
It was long ago pointed nut by the mi-
Iirt'ino court of tlio United States Hint
tlio best proti'ctlon of tlio people against
trusts would bo found In state loglsla-
tlon , but the null-trust laws Mint havr
boon enacted by n nuiubi'r of the stntt's
liavo failed to accomplish their pinpo.se ,
tlic nttetnpt to eiifcnrt' them having gen
erally oiicoimtored a Judlflal cheek. 'I'he
experience in this respect has IIPIMI any
thing but encouraging , but It slnmld
not be permitted to prevent further ef
forts by state legislatures to deal with
this form of monopoly , which It Is need
less to say is steadily crowing.
There is a resolution before the Ohio
legislature proposing an Investigation of
( rusts In that .state , < " Itvouhl wen
that the iK'tter course would be to proceed
coed at once to enaet legislation ngalntt
the eoniblnatlons , since an Investlgalior
can hardly develop nnythlng new In re
gard lo the nature and operations of
trusts. The Ohio legislators ran s.'m
UIIK > and expense by simply obtaining
tlie results of the liniulrles regarding
trusts made in New York nnd some othei
states nnd having done this If they wll
lead the judicial decisions Invalidating
the anti-trust laws of some of the state *
tli.-y may be able to formulate nnd en
act legislation that will lie olVeetive.
The time is coming when this mat tot
must command , particularly from Hit
slates , greater attention anil Interest
than It Is receiving at present. Tin
steady growth of monopolistic eomblna
lions , which IITO becoming all the linn
more llrmly Intrenched , presents n situa
tion which will sooner or later have to
be vigorously dealt with and men Will
Iv chosen to legislatures pledged to ag
gressive action against all forms of com
bination in restrain of trade and for tin
control of prices. Congress , as the nil-
pvnu ; > court has pointed out , has but
limited authority nnd in order to crush
the trusts national legislation must be
supplemented with slat. . ' legislation.
There is no more important problem
awaiting solution.
IIKTTI'.n TliMIXAh : FAClhlTWS.
That the reorganization of the I'liion
Paclllc sysk'in and the advent of tin.
Port Arthur line will bring about- tin
much-needed enlargement of Omaha's
railway terminal facilities Is a .foregone .
conclusion. A commodious union pas
senger station would long since have
been erected in Omaha had it not been
for the bankruptcy of the Union Paclllc
which for years kept that road in tin
hands of receivers.
The divorce of the government and
the Union Paclllc now places that road
in position to make working contracts
with connecting lines by which all these
roads can jointly avail themselves of
its bridge and terminal facilities. The
fact that thr Hurllngton road has gone
ahead with the construction of a station
for itself need not and will not prevent
the other lines running cast and south
from making arrangements with the
Union Pneillc for the erection and use of
a union depot commensurate with the
volume of trawl which Is to center in
Omaha. While it is almost certain Unit
the Port Arthur line will enter this city
over the Mast Omaha bridge , there Is no
serious obstacle to its acquisition of
right of way to the site of a depot ac
cessible to thf other roads.
It Is , however , to be regretted that
these inevitable improvements looking
to this enlargement of our terminal fa
cilities have IKMMI delayed so long that
they cannot be available during the ex
position season. To accommodate the
'iiormous passenger trnllic to be handled
this year by the roads converging In
Omaha , temporary accommodations will
have to be provided by the railroads ,
acting either jointly or separately. It
is to be hoped the railway managers are
ullve to the situation and will take
n-ompt steps to meet the demands of the
traveling public.
The olllceholding benellclarles of the
fnslonlst bargain In South Dakota are
laying plans for strengthening the fu
sion lines at all weak points , and there
are many. lint It will not be an easy
task to keep the rank and llle of the
populist jiaTty loyal to the fuslonlst
principle of anything to get the ollices.
In the last number of the Uurallst , ed
ited by II. L. Loucks , the father of pop.
ullsm In South Dakota , the following
pledge Is proposed for .signatures of
populists : "That w. ; > will never , under
any circumstances , at any time , or for
any purpose , lake ( tart In or sanction
fusion with either old party except un
der the name , liaimir and leadership of
( lie populist parly or a new party. We
will e\vn agree lo bolt any convention
that adopts or sanctions fusion , either
directly or indirectly. We will go
further and agree to expel any and
every man who even suggests fusion. "
It Is reasonably certain that populists
who sign this pl.'dge will refuse to be
led to the ( tolls again by the fuslonlst
bosses.
The dockets .of the district court for
Douglas county show a marked Increaw.1
In the number of cases HL'd for hearing.
While many of tin's. ' are doubtless th
outgrowth tf the hard tinn > s , the increase
cannot be fully explained except in the
light of bcti.M- business conditions. It
Is sometimes said that lawyers thrive
on the misfortunes of oth.Ts , but It Is a
fact th.it people often tlml themselves
too poor to go to law. It is when busi
ness is brl.sk and 'Industries ' prosperous
that litigation Is begotten. Crowd.'d
court dockets Indicate Increased pros
perity.
The costly bridge and valuable termi
nal property of the Omaha Uridgo and
Terminal company cannot remain Idle
much longer. They are too tempting to
railroads that want an entrance into
Omaha. With a grand union passenger
station available for all roads that wish
to make use of it , there would be a
grandirush of railroads to came In. And
thnt union station Is only a question t
tlmo.
\Vlifil5 Do You Smokcf
Trlliunc- .
Who pratfifof Iho ndulteratlon of Amei
Iran goods ? Official figures show thnt of th
4fil,000,000 wjuJTJs ot nianufnetured lobnrc
liroduoccl In/hl-f country last year there wet
261,000,000 potihJs of real tobacco.
mbr-ncniorrnt.
Some of the democratic congressmen wh
were eager Jorwar the other day nro no' '
contending thd't the country Is still
stranger lo prosperity. Their cure fn
calamity Is a bogus dollar and n rccklca
war. 1. .
Thi > I'owJiorn of AliiliMiiin.
l.inisvlllo Courler-Journnl.
"It la very.dimcuH , " sayj Mr. Cleveland
"for mo to iiiidorslatid Senator Morgan'
evidently wrong Impressions In regard t
my position. " Mr. Cleveland la not nlonc
It Is dllllcult for any one to understand Sender
dor Morgan. Indeed , tlio old gcntlcnni
docs not utulcrfltand himself. He slmpl ;
knows lie. knows everything , hut how h
knows It ho docs not understand. He Jus
understntids that Senator Morgan Is a wonder
dor , nnd what ho knows Is true , whethc
It Is or not.
I'romotliiK ( I" ' SHU Imlnitry.
New Yolk Malt alvt Hxprmi.
Ono beneficial effect ot the Dlnglcy tarll
upon the Industries of the United Statcw I
shown hi the silk trade. Its duties havesi
encouraged the home iiMtuiMcturo of sill
that the French makers have dlacovcrci
that they are Iwlng the trade of this coun
try. So now they are going to help us maki
It at home. A prominent Lyons firm an
nounccB Its Intention to atart a allk-wcavhif
plant at Dethlehcni , 1'a. , equlppe ! with Mao
wchtiflctts looms nnd operated by Amorlcii
workmen , This unprecedented departure It
conservative French trade will bo cordlallj
welcomed.
A ( "oiiMllliilliinal UVnliiir.iN.
Mlnnrnpnlls Journal.
Gentlemen lit the house nt Washington
who denied that there IB any prosperity ll
this country because of the gold standard
ought to bo able to explain why so many free
silver organs are giving profuse etiitliticf
showing the great improvement In buddies :
nnd Industrial activity. In the south espe
cially loading silver organs boiist of th
largo number of Industries which have com
Into existence during the last year nnd nr
profitably conducted. Of course , the fact o
great Improvement eannnt bo denied with
out lying , and If congressmen like to wea
that brand they can do so.
i'liiK SOIIH nf llitiioiiinlic.
Now York Sum
Hon. Thomas HracUctt Ilccd "stand *
among the foremost tymits. " So o. ys th <
Cleveland 1'laln Denier. Another agltatei
contemporary cries In choking accet.'ts tha
he las "Ignored and trampled on the con.itl .
tutlon of the country. " Isn't It about tlnw
for the democratic sons ot thunder ant
brotheM of buncombe to propose to nbollsi
this foremost tyrant and trampler ? There
can bo no doubt tliat lie has n habit of bolnj ,
foremost and the number of heavon-fiturcitnr
gonlustii whom he has "Ignored , " as the }
Urugged ) to catch his eye , must amount to
huidrcds. Can't ho bo abolished by means
of a joint resolution ? If not , why not try a
constitutional amendment agalrst him ?
Tlic PII i * I ti KT of ( ionium.
: Itcltlmoi-L' Sun.
The election oC Mr. McComas happily tor
initiates what , tlircatcood , apparently , at one
time , to ba a"serlpu.3 obstruction to the worl
of the session. It clears the way for neces
Lury and useful-legislation. If it does no
eliminate Mr. Gorman from the politics o
the otate and from future political d scut-
son : , it greatly diminished his Importance
mil his Influence. H Is not likely that ho
will ever again 1)0 ) the factor In politics thu I
ic has been'Jor ijjore than , twenty years past
It Is certalnjUliat he will not bD , If the dem-
> crats. adma-ilehgd by repeated defeats , take
ivarnlng andjjcam wisdom from oxperlracc
3r If that "OBw blood" we hear so muct
tbout Is allowed free course In the part }
fclns.
AX ADMIIIAIIl'K APIMU.Vr.1IH.Vr.
I'lie Sclci-.loil of Killtor ItnlirrtM fur
Jllrcclor of tinMint. .
Cleveland leader.
It Is not in Iowa 'alone ' that 'the ' appolnt-
neut of George K. Itcberts , editor of tin
"ort Dolgo .Messenger. OB director of Urn
Jnltcd States mint , will bo roccin/.rd ! as a
ory excellent choice .by . the president. The
llrector of \\\e \ \ mint not only nils a business
lOaltiou or much importance , but ho Is one-
if the statistical authorities of the govern-
nent anil ho Is often and properly consulted
, s an expert in mattecs related to the money
if the nation. For that leason ho must bo
. man of good Judgment , familiar with
nonctary history and statistics , and able to
landlo figures without self-deception or mis-
eadlng others.
Gcorgo E. Holierts Is a man of that Itlnrt.
lo wrote one of the very best popular ex-
losltlona ot the errors 'In ' the silver heresy
i-lilch was published in the early stages of
ho movement that culmlnate.1 In the Hryan
'jmpalgn ' ot 1S9C. His work was so well
ono nnd showed such clearness ot thought
nd accuracy and felicity of expression that
t attracted attention to the young editor
f the Port Dodge Messenger far beyond his
wu county or state. The work was Justly
ommemled by many great papers and party
siders , and it was undoubtedly helpful in
olding the m I'M la west solid for sound
loney. The author proved himself capable
f fill lug the place ho has now .been . given
i a very competent manner.
Ono more Important offlco has been filled
lost fortuna'ely. We congratulate the ad-
ii.-iiriuiun uiiu uuuur JIUULTIS aitue.
"Nll.ilHTIIIXJ .11 ( IUK. "
Sliiirl riirri'Nionili | > iicf > ItcMvci-ii IVn-
Hlou Attorni'.v nml I'nloii Vctrrnn.
New York Sun.
The subjoined correspondence between n
nlon veteran and a pension agent has prob-
bly had many parallels during the last
uartop of n century. It Is worth reading ,
II thn Bamo :
WASHINGTON. D. C. , Aug. 24 , 1895.
) ear Sir : I have resigned my position In
ho Treasury department to engage ) In the
irrcecutlon of claims against the government
or services rendered In the late rebellion ,
have been for some time ofllclally cxamln-
ug In the department Just mich claims ns
ou can IIlo , and I nm inclined to think that
could obtain something more for you. I
vlsh you would let mo try , for I know that
ou could not find another attorney possesa-
ni ; my experience In thcso matters , and ,
) csldes , there Is no fee unless fiiicccessful ,
nil then only a small one fixed by law , the
rocoeds being sent direct to you by treaa-
iry chuck. With tills In view I lucloso a
jlank form of claim which I trust you will
etnrn to mo duly executed ; nnd , for excei-
ent reasons , Which I cannot enter Into here ,
would strongly yrgo you to give this matter
our Immediate attention. Yours truly ,
SA.N'TA n.MinAHA , Cnl. ! , Aug. 30 , 1S93.
Ir : I should not reply to your communl-
atlon of the "Jltli Inst. but for your Impu-
nnt Htalotneiit that you might obtain bomo-
ilng moro for 'me. ' Neither you nor any
1.111 of your calling has ever obtained any-
ilng for mil , \\'liat \ Kervlees I may have
lerformod wi-ro moro than paid for when I
as roubtcrrd out. and I trust that you , and
10 refit of thb fj-aternlty who get their llv-
i\K \ by Inciting claims against the govern-
lent , will In future let mo alone and save
lelr postage * . .
WASHINGTON . I ) . C ! . . Sept. 0 , 18S5. Sir :
eferring to your letter of the SOth ult. , re
lying to my circular letter of August 21 ,
olicltlng a military claim , I cannot deny
lysrlf the satisfaction of Informing you that
ours is tha only discourteous reply that I
iavo had to any of the fi.r.OO similar circul
ars sent out. Quito a distinction , Is It
ot ? And yet such men as , ex-
Unltod States senator and ex-governor of
: Major , I'x-mcnibcr of c-on-
ress ; General of Illinois , and Judmo
of Indiana have Intrusted to mo their
claim. ] ,
I am surprised and pained that n mem
ber of the Loyal Legion should so loner him.
self , Certainly , 'tin ram to find such a
surly , boorish action taken by one when sta
tionery , penmanship and language- would
otliernlHu proclaim him an a gentli'iuan.
Yours truly , . . .
TIIT i UKii snvi : coti.vmv.
.V lli'JrrIcil l'rninllnii. (
Iluffrtlo i vminrrolnl.
Mr. tlrynti thinks the I'tillPil States ough !
to Join Mexico In defying the laws of tti-
ply nnd demand and Ignoring the experience
of all nations In the matter of sliver coin
age. The American people- disagreed with
him In 1S9C nnd will discus * the subject
cs.iIn with htm and his populist friends lei
1900 , If they HUe.
( Jo < < > AfrlonYllllnm. .
St. 1'nul I'lnnocr Tress.
It a visit to Mexico hits convinced tha
Nebraska statesman that the United States
would bo Immensely benefited by adopting
the- monetary aystcm of n country where the
mass of the people live In adobe houses ,
what n fund of financial Information ho
might obtain by a trip to central Africa ,
where ivory is legal tender and the he\td
men live in txunboo huts with mud lloors.
I'lilnCnl Sllonri' on n Vital Point.
KntiMS c'lly Journal.
Mr. Ilrynti preserves , as wo have said , n
painful silence us to the real reasons why
factories In Mexico are enabled to fay such
largo dividends , and why cci.iltallsta or every
sort are oiMbled to make unheard of iirollts
in their Investments or enterprises. H Is
because that of all the civilized nations of
thu world Mexico pays her laboring peciilo
the IcaiU wages , and these wages have been
decreasing ns silver went down. The laborers
of Mexico are paid no more today In depre
ciated silver than they were when silver was
at par with gold. Wo iiuott- report made by
Thomas T. Crlttcnden , consul general to
Mexico , a year ago : "Wnges have gone clown
wll'.i sliver. There arc 12,509.000 people In
Mexico , 10,000.000 of peons and 2,500,000 of
the higher grades , the latter rich , Intelligent
and faring Biiintituously every day. Hero the
extremes , the antipodes of the two rlnsuM ,
are seen every day the rich In all their
glory and lln poor so poor the dogs will not
lick their sores. And such Is the case li all
exclusively silver countries. "
l.lvi'N llliiiMi'lf Aivny.
lliutnn AilviTlls-or.
'Mr. Ilryan Is verily persuaded that these
blessings down there are very blessed. Hut
ho Is too honest and too sensible to pretend
thnt free silver In Mexico has made slxtre-n
ounces of silver bullion sell In the open
market for the same as one ounce of gold
' bullion. Ho dees not have either the folly
or the mendacity to claim that $10 In Mc-xl-
o.n sliver are worth In Mexico Just the. same
as $10 In Mexican gold. He docs not deny
that the purchas ng power of Mexican silver
money Is Just exactly 'what the bullion costs
In open market , plus the seigniorage ( or
mint charge. )
In other words , Mr. Ilryan lets go by the
board .the whole foun-iatlon and super
structure , the whole sum and substance , or
tAo fuvorltr- claim of the free silver cd-
\ocates In the campaign of 1SOG that under
free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at Hi to 1 the relative price cf the two
metals would be regulated , not by 'tho lav.-
of demand and supply , operating In the open
market , 4 > nt by the 1-sw ot congress , operat
ing In the mint.
A Ili'lntc'il Admission.
Indljinnpoil.s Journal.
Mr. Bryan says he found , further , that
"the premium cu gold has acted as a wall
to keep out foreign competition and at the
same time has given a substantial bounty
upon exports. " Tihls Is nt least a tacit ad
mission that free sliver In the United States
would drive out gold and cause It to com
mand n premium. Mr. Ilryan has never ad
mitted this before. Ho and his followers
have claimed tlrat they were true bimetallists -
lists , nnd thnt thuru was no reason why gold
should not continue on f'-lcndly .terms with
silver at Hi to 1 , and to circulate side by sMc
with it. Now , however , inadvertently , per
haps. Mr. illryan admits that the free coin
age of silver in Mexico at the ratio ot 10V6
to 1 doea drive gold out of circulation , nnd
of course it would do so lu the United
States nt tlio worse iMtlo of 1C to 1. H.s
assertion that the premium on gold In
.Mexico "ccts as a wall to keep out foreign
competition and at the sumo time gives a
substantial bounty upon exports" will ex
cite a smile among business men who tvro
old enough to remember monetary condi
tions that prevailed during the w. r. when
gold sometimes commanded a premium cf
? 1.50. Perhaps if Mr. 'Ilryan ' had pursued
his investigations lie might have found that
brigandage In Mexico has been very bcuu-
flclal by shutting out foreign capital.
poi.rntT.vr ,
Now York City government pays $41.1,000 a
yc-iir for office room.
The city ot Brooklyn which wedded Father
Knickerbocker under protest Is now anxious
for a divorce.
Tall number two , bettor known ns Tom
Watson , thinks the governorship ot Georgia
la Just his size.
Mr. Dick Oroker occasionally reveals his
liorso sense. Addressing the lean and
hungry tigers he bald : "If wo don't behave -
have we're gone. "
H Is quite c\ldent that Tammany Is on
-top In New York City. A proposition Is
pending In the coucicll to change theiiamn
of Rutherford Place to Hogan's Alley.
Jutit at the time the Kentucky legislature
adopted the request for his resignation ,
Senator Lindsay discovered that his vote for
tlie Teller resolution would bo good policy.
Tlio populist leaders of Missouri have
notified thi ) deniociats that they must re-
t-elvo a fair share of the offices aa com
pensation for fusion. The pops are woiry of
windy promises.
Slnco Mr. Croker Joined the democratic
club in New York it has Initiated 778 new
members , of whom nearly all paid $125 for
admission. The membership will bo raised
to . ' 1,000 , acid u treauury balance of $100,000
is expected before the end of itho month.
Tncs only mill of any consequence In the
country that has suspended operations In-
loflnitely U the divorce mill of the Delaware
egl.flature. An amendment to tha constltu-
lon took the power to giant : divorce awuy
roni the legislature and vested It In the
ourts. depriving the lawmakers of much
) rolitnblo business.
There are 300 farmers' clubs In Michigan ,
vlth a total membership of 20,000 , nnd they
are being urged to look sharply after the
icmlnutlons for Uio state legislature ut the
icxt cloctlosi , and to see that they go to
ncn wbii will care for thu farmers' Interests ,
t Is proposed to Imvu a club in every town
ship.
ship.Tho
The Chicago Times-Herald persists In nd-
Ireaslng fullfaco lines to certclu local poll-
U'lUiiH , inquiring , "Where did they get It ? "
t Intimates that they have accumulated
ortunos by ways that nro dark but profitable.
Vompt answer should bo given. I'opular bo-
Icf Is 'that Chicago politicians are la the
msliuiis solely for their health and that
R'lieC ought no : to bo assailed with n loaded
nterrogatlon.
The Into George N. Wilcox of Bradford
county , Pennsylvania. left each of
li.i grandsons $1.000 on condition
hat they support thu dcmocratlo
larty during life. Falling , the money
vas to go to itho democratic national coin-
nltioe , Ono thousand dollars was left teach
ach of his granddaughters , providing they
narrlod loyal dbinocrar.s , As the democratic !
inrty in Pennsylvania has gone out of c > x-
utenco the conditions are void.
It is given out In dispatches that Marcus
> aly , the silver king of Montana , lips grown
veary of promoting the political fortunes cf
thers. Ho started Senator Carter up the
olttlcal ladder Just to pull down W. A.
Jlark of Ilutto and Ilko reason. ? elevated
. -Mautlo \o the senate' . 'Mr. ' Daly's suc-
c9 In behalf of others convince' } him that
teat lu the national ronato u the proper
Uo of his reuuid , tml It U Eal 1 he lias ( If-
Muil to v ic--t I'd I.eo MuMlf. As a general
ulo what Daly says gets In Montana.
has more beneficially
influenced the health
and comfort of the
people than the Royal
Baking Powder
oTiinn i.A.vns TTIorus ,
That the Krenrh republic has been
Ing through a stormy period must bo ad
mitted , one , ton. which In earlier days
might have Imperiled Us political Institu
tions , So far , however , the government ,
Whatever m-iy bo the opinion as to the
course which It adopted over the Dreyfus
affair. Is showing that It lias in It the ele
ments of strength. The speeches which have
been made by M. Mollno. the premier , In the
Clitmbcr of Deputies have been firm ant
judicious in tone nnd on Monday last thai
body voted confidence In the ministry by n
majority of 243. Hut. with all this , the
intl-Srmltlp spirit Is spreading , riot nnd
pillage have prevailed In Algiers , and It Is
doubtful even If the government was ! o
yield to public clamor and pressure and
grant another tr.al to the condemned officer
that the turbulence of the last week would
cease. A great deal depends now upon the
irnnncr In which the trial of M. 7 h will
beconducted. . Undoubtedly his open letter
to President Ruire , In which ho declared
that not only was Dreyfus innocent , but that
Kstcrhazy was guilty , has male n strong
Impression upon the minds of many I'rench-
men. The sweeping charges , too , which ho
has iiwdc against high military authorities
are uttrrtM with such boldness that the
government Is compelled to lake cognizance
of them. If ho should .be . tried openly , If all
the points which he lays so much emphasis
upon should be dealt with , there would be
less danger of further trouble. Hut If old
tactics are to bo pursued as they were In
the I'sterhazy trial , the mystery tint Is
agitating thu public mind Is not likely lo be
any nearer a solution ,
* *
It Is a curious commentary on the nm-
bltlous plans of the German ctriirror for
extending his naval iwvcr that the very
inadttit fleet which he seat out under his
brofjor. I'rkico Henry , should have been
the tlrst to demonstrate the practical fall-
tire of the Great Haltlc ship catul. The
cost of this canal was .IB.OOO.UOO marks , or
cbout $11,030,000. arid it was mcont to have
a minimum depth of nine meters , or 20.07
feet. As a matter oC r.ict. with eonsMn !
and expensive ) di-odglng. It 'bis ' been found Im
possible to kcei. ) a depth of more than eight
meters , or 23.7fl feet. H was duo to this
that the DeuUohla'iid ' , PrinceHenry's llag-
eh'y , was grounded frequently In passing
tlr.nugli t'iio canal. This was the more hu
miliating because. In order to lighten the
draught of the vessel UH much as was In
any way possible , very little coal was put
In the shly , which was obliged to take Its
regular supply < U Southampton. Hut , ridicu
lous as is such u flosco at the otart , It must
be remembered that tlio emperor Is almo.it
completely Independent of public ci. > lnlou ;
that he can and will proceed on his course
quite regardless of what may ho tliouh'U of
such an Incident , and that his power of cor
recting blunders Is by no meais small.
* * *
While public attention Is at present being
largely directed to eastern Asia , what ap
pears to bo moro than a speck of trouble
Itaj developed in Norway ami Sweden. Kor
years thu relation , } between theao two coun
tries have bocn cf a strained character. The
popular belief In Norway is that the foreign
uffaim of the two kingdoms are too much
monopolized by Sweden , and there has
prison in Norway a powerful party which
alms to upset the throne and cotnbllsh a
republic. It Is now felt that unless some
compromise can be reached the Institutions
of Norway and Sweden are in Jeopardy.
The German emperor Is also looked upon as
a fac-tor In existing complications , ami It Is
believed lhat if Norway was to reject a
coalition system of ru'o ' in Scandinavia
William II would quickly Interfere and
bring about a state of subjection. On the
other hand , the Influence- Hussla In ex
isting complications IB something which
should not bo forgotten. For many yearn
that power has had her eyes fixed on Nor
land , the Swedish province adjoining Fin
land. It Is practically defenseless , and
knowing this and the humiliation thnt was
Imposed upon them by Itiissla In ISOS-tSOO ,
Sweden Is now reorganizing the army , con
structing forts and building war ships. The
czar , It Is said , has promised hts support
to Norway , and will help to make her In
dependent in return for the cession of Kin-
land , 'the extreme northern province. In
which is thn open port of Ilnmerfest , thus
extending the frontiers of Lapland west
ward to the sea.
The difficulty may again bo tided over aa
It has already been , but there Is a strong
possibility of serious trouble , and Ilussla
would sldo with the ono of the combatants
who would properly reward her. The people -
plo of both Norway nnd Sweden have a
bright record. Gustavus kept Hussla nt bay ,
and the Swedish defense of Finland against
llusotan aggression i-3 something that will
always have a place In the world's history.
H would bo Letter for Norway nnd Sweden
to bowftre of the Greeks bearing gifts.
* * *
The report of the massacre of the Mar-
chand expedition which started from Sen- .
cgal , West Africa , to take- possession of some
part of the Upper .Nilo valley ahead of
England , has been confirmed. Native men
and women were Impressed Into the service
of the expedition , and their treatment must
have been of a very cruel character , ac
cording to tlio admissions of ono of the
members of the expedition. They were
simply beast ? of Lurdcn , and all along the
route villages were flrc'd and food carried
away for the support of the travelers. It
Is not charged that the French government
was directly responsible for the expedition ,
although It would , en other nations do , have
availed itself of any advantages that might
follow. There have been many barbarities
committed In Africa in the name of civi
lization ami progress , anil it is scarcely in
bo wondered at that tlio natives occasion
ally Indulge in revenge for the cruelties In-
Illctud upon them.
* * *
In Huropo prejudice against horseflesh as
food diminishes year by year , and In France
and other continental countries great at
tention is given to the fattening of worn-
out horses for the market. Kuropoan societies
for tha prevention of cruelty to animals are
Interesting themselves In the subject , and
arc offering Inducements to farmers to
utlllito their spare horses for food. The
substance is said to bo as nourishing nnd
palatable as beef , and in some respects
authorities oC the cu'.slnn give It the prefer
ence. Kvery year there Is moro or lees of a
junto in regard to the short supply of beef ,
and in the countries which have become
accustomed to Its use horseflesh comes In as
a substitute , In Franco the prlco of boot
Is fr in M to 40 cents a pound , wJillo horse
1 meat may be had from f to 8 cents. The
pot-au-fc > vi. disused In thousands of FroncJi
I homra on account of the high price of beef ,
h.n. through the cheapness of the latter
meat , assume. ) Its former lni | > ort.inco In the
domestic economy of that peopleIn this
era of mechanical propulsion nn Increasing
number of horses are thrown out of busi
ness , nnd their utilization ns food , if It can
not tie said to open n new career to them ,
brings their existing one * to a useful close.
ArcordlnR to current statistics It will not
bo nviny years before the world's supply of
beef will fall short of Its requirements , and
If relief Is not found In utilizing the horsn
as a substitute it Is dllllrull to ronjortuni
where It is to be looked for. short of n
general adoption of the practice of vrgo-
tar.nnlsm , which has always been thu diet
of the subject , and never , so far , the rtillna
of progressive enccs.
It Is not dinicult to account for the unrest
prevailing In the agricultural districts of
Hungary , if the condition of tlio Inhabitants
was da.crlbcd truthfully at the recent con-
grcsj of Hungarian agricultural laborers at
Hudnpest. The assort Ion wan made , and
not contradicted , that the prlnclp.il food of
thu farm hand consists of bread and ouloiiH ,
and that his nverago dally wngo for thu
greater part of the year Is 1C cents In somci
districts , and 12 cents lu others , while It
occasionally falls aa low as 10 c-enta , or
oven 8 cunts. During the harvest It rlsra to
33 cents , and at times to10 cents per clay.
It Is obvious that such conditions afford
agitators a wldo field for activity. The re
ports submitted to the congress l y the local
committees represent the harvest strike of
lr.st summer as invariably successful , having
led to a general and considerable * Increase
of wages nnd to the abolition of the lifted !
to twenty days' forced service which the
laborers were formerly obliged to render
without payment. It was further claimed
that the small peasant proprietors , who hail
previously refused to Ihten to the socialist
agitators , now eagerly Joined the movement.
As usual nt social democratic gatherings lu
the dual monarchy , the congress was at
tended by delegates from districts Inhabited
by nationalities which nro supposed to re
gard each other us natural enemies. On tliM
occasion the HOO delegates from 250 dis
tricts included Germans , Slovaks , and Ser
vians : , as well an Magyars from the Alfold
plain , The number of districts represented
was greater by a third than it was lanf
year.
1'OIVI'MI ) IMKAS.VPH1HS. .
CMcMgo > Tribune : "I notice , " said Hiookn ,
ns the two piuiaeil In front of n erorkeiy
stove nnd Inspected the show window , "that
chilli has been 'llred' on apuln. "
"And perhiips , " ivsi > oiided Illvers , "thnt la
what made the ciueen-Hwaro. "
Washington Star : "Hxperlenco Is er
mighty jrod lonelier , " said Uncle Kbi'ii.
"Hut Homotlmes or mini makes do inHI-ik'i
o' trying ter learn mo' kwons clan he'll
ovvui hab u chance to recite. "
Clilcnpo Hoc'ord : "Doesn't laabel use n
good deal of taco powder1/ "
"Face Powder ? She onsJit ta belong lethe
the plasterers' union. "
Indianapolis ) Journal : Professor of Folk
Lore No , incniialils are never classed with
ordinary fairies. What put that Idea In
your head ?
Fauotlous Student Fairy Ulls , sir.
lioston Transcript : Promoter Von
icedn't l > o a bit afraid ; the company Is per
fectly safe , !
Tne I.H-iinb-0 ! I've no doubt about thu
ompany being svifo enoni.li. I was think-
ng" about thu safety of my money.
Chicago Tribune : "Von enjoy conohlnt ; .
lo yon ? 1 never could .seeneru HIP fun
eomcs In , One looks HO like a darned fool ,
.sitting up on a throe-story cone.h nml cavorting
vorting- over the highway to the tooting of
a horn , "
"I know 11 , but It Isn't every darned fool
that can nfford It. "
Plttsburg Chronicle : Foreman C'an't
set another UIK > In the paper.
Night IS-lltor Wi'll. kill Hryan , cut Mo.-
Klnlcy In half , and make a stick of t.ic
sultan.
And tills pnrt of butchery goes on In
newspaper ollices all over the country
every nlsht.
Chicago Itccord : "Why do you filnlc
that Jli'a. Folium's ) jnrlor Is artistic , J.ic-K" "
"U'eli , there wasn't a chair In It thnt a
man would dare to sIL clown on , "
C.ilcngo Tribune : "How do you know It
Is all over between fioorive and Clara ? "
"I know It Is if she's a girl of spirit. Ho
took her to a restaurant last evening f > r a
lunclieon , and after It was over he let a
\ > \K \ colored waiter tuck her sleeves in for
her wlien she put on her fur jiickut. "
.V I.ITTlSX ! ( < ! OF IIIM'K.
liny Karrcll Oroene In linston Trnnn-rlpt.
I've battled throtiKh adversity when slu > ' 3
were blno an' bright
To win of llcklo Fortune but n feat ier In
the light ,
An' I've never felt a Hurry nor the small , at
mite distressed ,
Till Sol hud sunk to slumber In the cradle
of the west.
It always seemed that even , with Us dark
ness an' Its dew ,
nroiiff.it forth a host of pigmies , an' these
little troubles grew
rill , like Gulliver , they bound me , nn' w'ien
hope bad nearly frone ,
[ felt a ptaco come Kte.alln' thioiigh the
gateway of the dawn.
I'vo lain awake so troubled , an' a-t wisln'
through the night ,
/\-hopln' / I'd bo guided In the paths o' truth
and rliriit ,
rV-wrrstllir with my conscience over somo-
thln' 1 had clone ,
3r else a-plniuiln' duties with the rlsin' o
tlio sun ;
An rvi > conjured up mo sorrows iii.n n
( cecmeil were mire to fall
Upon mo an' to wrap me In a sort o' Kombrci
pall :
Hut the Ills have always vanished whe-n HID
inornlun cried. Begone !
An' it dream o' peace e-uine Htoalhi' through
the gateway ot the dawn.
An' so r say to sinners , an' to saints who
Htrlvii as well ,
The : u-en that eiimo upon you when the
shades o' sorrow fell
Will vanish with the vision of n soul-en-
lightened clny ,
An' floil will wlpo the teardrops from your
swollen eyes away.
The host of little worries that litMet you
thrniifrh th * > night
H'lall ' stccil In stealth an' , banished , shall
be frownln' In the ( light ,
An' the rest will be the sweeter for tinIlln
you've uiiderKOiiu
Whbii that luly PMCP ponies st'"illu'
through tlio gateway of the dawn.
Noticed two of our windows on Fifteenth
street if not do so its worth your while
provided you are interested in neckties We have taken
our winter assortment ( in all shapes ) and made two choices-
first choice 35c second choice 25c ,
Either choice worth double.
9. W. Cor. 15th and Dotiglus Stfe
