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THE OMAHA DAJLY BEE , E. UOSniVATCil , EJttor nvnnY TT.IIMS or avcscnttTtoxi IHIIy HM ( Wllhoiit Bund.iy ) , On Year. . . . tin Dally Ileo and HunJay , One Xear . 3 Hlx Month * . 4 < / ' Thwn Mnnthn . SM Hundny tin- . One Yfcir . J M Hitunlay U < > e. Ono Yfnr . * ? Weekly Hie , On Year. . . . " * Omatm- The ll o llulMlnff. . . , . _ . South Omnha : Singer Illk. . Cor , N and Jlth St . CiUfiril Jllufru : in Pearl Strci-t. rWnt-o Olllec' yt Chamfer of Commerce. New York- Temple O > urt. Wonhlnston : (01 rourteenth 8tr cl. All communications relating to ne-v and Jlto- rial matter islioulil tw addreMe-1 : To the l.Jl * r. JJLSIXf SS I.IJ'i'i I.nn. All business l tter nnd remittances rhould h * ndilrweil to Ttic iloo PuMlnhlntf Company. Omnlm. Drafts. eli : kfl , exprcis nml pwiorir * money onlfrii to be mi.de Jiajable lo the oru'r or t ' ' _ _ co'nTai'ir : ' nnt : PUIIMSHINO COMPANY. BTATKMKNT OF CtUCULATJON. 8t t * of Neljrncka. DouRlni County , es. : Ueorfe Tz chuelc , cerretnry of The lli > e Pun- llshlnu Company , liclnif duly rwor.v ays tlmt ln nctunt number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. livening ami Sumlay Hoc prlntM < Jurln the month of December , 16S7. was a fol- t 21.ZZ7 17 * -JJJ J 1..17S 18 Zl.&Jl 8 ZI.K.1 19 JJJ J } { * 21.637 50 J } J * . 2iwj 21 ; 21.319 22 2'Ji } 7 tl.VHt 22 Zl" ' 8 21,119 51 , . Zt. l 9 JI.S0.1 23 ( m'rn's only ) 10.G..7 JO 21,2fl9 V H0" ] 1 21,14 < ! r. J SOJ 12 21 CM 2' 2J- * 11 22217 29 21.0M H 2I.J 30 " 'SI * 13 21t77 31 21.UJ 1C 21,254 Total /,872 Ix s returned nnd unsold copies 12.322 Net totnl sale < Cll.f.f.O Net dally a\crnRp 211" nnoncK n. TZsniucK. Fnom to Jjefoie me nnd mbfrrlbeJ In my pretence this l t day of January. IMS. ( Seni. ) N. r. nir. Notary I'ubllc. WIillu flip Princeton Inn remains oppn HIP proildcnl of Princeton lins demon- Rtfiitod that lie Is pretty wood as : i tem perance lecturer. Tims far Senator Teller has not shod any tears In eiitlin.slastlc support of the proposition of Ids "loipient colleague to raise the ratio to UO to 1. The < 1niK store nln mill inlfiht bo a necessary evil In a. prohlliltlon state , but there Is no e.xens. ? for It 111 Nebraska , A\huro the llcensln ; ; system prevails. Sealskins are not barred out when they aiv brought on the backs of their original owners. This guarantees a sup- lily of trained seals for the circus men. I'erhaps a realistic reproduction of the Denver barbecue would be an attractive feature for the exposition if western life Is to be portrayed as she Is lived. At any rate the I'nited States consul In Havana is able to get three meals a day and have some left for the boys in blue who usually dine in the battleship Maine. Popocratic newspapers are not refer ring to the Increasing revenues derived under the Dingley law with the cheer fulness that has illumined their remurk.i about failures , strikes and other calami ties. Senator Alison is right in bis deter mination to have the appiopriatlon bills considered in the senate at the earliest possible date. The business of the Tnited States should take precedence over political medicine-mixing. It doesn't matter much to the people of Omaha what the main charge against the Chicago police is. The main charge against the Omaha police is Incom- petency to cope with the thugs and thieves who are holding an unmolested carnival of burglary and highway rob bery. Kansas republicans are preparing for a determined light against , populisiu in their state , and with the backing of the good crops of last year and the more prosperous times brought about under the republican national administration they ought to have excellent prospects for success. Hrlnglng people to Omaha scorns to be the best plan yet devised for advertising the hcopo of the exposition plan. In addition to being the best It seems to bo the only plan yet devised. World-Herald. Isn't tills rather hard on the World- Herald's chromo extra ? And what about the self-laudatory efforts of the uichltects-ln-chlef ? Chicago has become reconciled to the establishment of a branch Indian supply depot at Omaha , but wants to get even by capturing the main depot away from New YorkAs Hude Snm'n Indian wards are nearly all west of the Mis- sisslppi , there Is no good reason why their base of supplies should bo kept on the Atluntlu seaboard. Through the agency of a government board the poor tenant farmers of Ire- laud have been Induced to make use of the honey bee as n rent-ruUer instead of the squealing pig , and the result Is that some tenants are actually buying the land on which they live. lU'e Keep ing In too often one of the neglected in dustries In many other countries be- Hides Ireland. The Hoard of Education In the dty of New York has Iwn hklng the lead In the matter of sc'iool ' fads. The charge that boys have IKVII taught to How In the public schools Is not denied and the hint that a director of uiusic , who Is paid ifl.WX ) a y > . \ : ; never i-nters a school building , seems to have Mri'ck ' n tender spot. The new mayor of the city , however , goes to extremes wlmi he wnntrt the primary and Intermediate rtchools Improved at the expense of the high schools , They doubtless all need Improvement. California and Colorado are rivals for 11u > leadership In gold production and the tlgure.4 Indicate that last year the younger state passed the oliK'r in th ? riplondld race. Hut nearly ovety other tilate of tlio mountain region produces gold In large qimiilllle.s nnd another decade - ado may witness the development of ritlll other great gold camp * in the un explored mountains of the I'lilted States. In the meantime gold mining Is not the only Industry under development In the mining states , and even when the last vein of gold Is worked out they will Hill Imve valuable resources to develop. r THE IIOVSK. lly a vote of ) 1S2 to 132 , the house re jected the Teller resolution. This result was n forcjrono conclusion , but the house republicans are to bo commended for their prompt action In condemning a proposition which reflected , upon the In tegrity , honor nnd good faith of the American people. There was no neces sity , "o Kooil reason , for prolonging dis cussion of this resolution , its sllverlte supporters In the sonata had , all the op portunity they desired to air their views and to have permitted the sllverltes of the house to thrash over the same straw would have been nn Intolerable Inflic tion. The few hours allowed for debate were therefore ample and the decisive majority of ilfty by which the resolu tion was rejected will attc t to the world that there Is no danger of any legisla tion by this congress that might Impair the credit of the government or produce disorder In the llnances of the nation. Mr. Dingley , chairman of the ways nnd means committee , made a strong speech In opening tlie debate , saying among oth r things that u nation's obli gations are measured by Its own wnse of honor and good faith and that the credit and honor of a nation "nre Its title deed to permanence and prosper ity. " lie urged that the Intelligent self ishness of n nation ought to lead It to so scrupulously maintain Its pledges In both hitter and spirit , as to preserve its credit untarnished. Again it has been shown that thp Integrity , the good faith , the honor of this government are secure when the republican party Is In power. rni : iturv ON It It .reported that there Is a movement among manufacturers of leather and shoes , chiefly in New England , to in duce congress to repeal the duty on hides. It Is claimed that the govern ment derhvs little revenue from the duty , wlillo it is a means oC large prollt to monopolists. A Hoston manufacturer who appears to be the promoter of the movement says that while the packers are getting more for hided the cattle raisers get but little extra for their cat tle and on the other hand have to pay more for show. The matter Is one of considerable Importance' to the western cattle raisers. For about twenty-four years the hides of cattle were on the free list and the piesent tariff bill as It came from the committee on ways and means retained them oil the free H t , but some western senators thought hides ought to bo made dutiable. There was very vigorous op position to tills from New England anil also from states along the northern bor der which have large tanning interests. The senate finance committee placed a duty of i0 ! per cent on hides and the difference between the two houses was adjusted in conference by making the duty 15 per cent , with a proviso allow ing ii drawback of the entire duty paid on hides used in tanning leather actu ally exported. The matter was very fully discussed In ( lie senate and It was stated that the cattle raisers of tlm west and the northwest were very anxious to have a duty on hides. They believed that they had been-Injured by free bides and eariK'stly demanded tlmt a duty be placed on them. It is possible , as claimed , that the packers are more benefited by the duty than the raisers of cattle , but we very much doubt whether the latter will bo found generally disposed to have the duty repealed , while the claim that the duty has added materially to the cost of shoes is very questionable. Th ? Jildc duty was Imposed as a concession to the west and northwest and unless the cat tle raisers of these sections are getting no ( benefit from It and are willing to have it removed there Is no probability tlind congress will give serious attention to the movement of th- > leather and shoo mantifactuivrs for repeal of the duty. OMAJTA IS THK PrtOl'Kll FLACK. At the rtfc-slal session of congress last year , wlillo the senators and members of the house from Illinois vero cftaalnR after the local nfflces ana absent from their scats , a bill was slipped through congress making Omaha a depot for Indian ourtillcs. In some respects , as to grain and cattle for the agonclM , this may liavo been a wlso move ment. Out as to tbo vast amount of goods of all Itlnds required for the Indian market Chicago la the natural base of supplies. The pending raeofcuro In congress should bo adopted for the benefit of the Indian service In every \\ay. Chicago Chronicle. The absence of tln > Chicago delegation from their seats and the presence of iMvo .Mercer In his seat may have been largely responsible for the location of the Indian supply depot at Omaha. The Congressional Itocord , however , shows that Illinois was not entirely unrepre sented or indifferent during the debate In the house over the location of the supply depot. The claims of Chicago were fairly and fully discussed , but Omaha was designated as the most suitable place for an Indian supply depot on the very grounds on which the Chicago press now seeks to get the main depot removed from New York to Chi cago. It Is now pointed out with a great deal of force that the cost of transporta tion from the sources of supply to the Indian agencies Is doubled In going to the New York depot and coming back to the west. That Is prcclhely why Omaha was selected as the wo.stern branch for storing and distributing Indian supplies , Omaha Is more CMI- trally located with reference to the prin cipal Indian reservations than any other point and Its facilities for reaching the agencies are better than those of Chicago cage , A a measure of economy , If for no other reason , the supplies for the Indians who are on government ratlonti should bo purchased for delivery at Omaha mid reshlpped from Omaha. All the food products for both man and beast can be bought for Iss I money hero than further east and Iho transportation charges are considerably lower from Omaha to the Indian reservations than they are from any of the lake ports. The food supplies constitute by fur the greater volume of the material furnished to the wards of the nation by the gov ernment and the contractors for manu factured articles can Just as readily do- llvor their goods at Omaha for redistri bution as at any other place. At any rate the decision of congress by which Omaha was made u western branch sup ply depot should be carried Int ) effect , J If It Is doomed best to locale Mi main | depot at Chicago Omaha will > nlerpoo no objection , THE ISiSl'B ClK.lttl r DKHMit ) . The battle for the control of the house of representatives of the Kl fly-sixth congress will bo fought on the Issue whether the United .States shall adhere to the gold standard. There Is no longer any chance for compromising or temporizing In respect to this question. International bimetallism. It Is well nigh universally conceded. Is hopeless. The recent action of the India council , In providing for the Issue of currency notM against gold. Is believed to have driven the last nail Into the cotlln of International bimetallism and the dec laration only a few days ago by Lord George Hamilton , secretary of state for India , that during the course of the next twelve months the govern ment might take steps to establish n gold standard , is very likely to bo veri fied , thus bringing under the gold standard the only portion of the Hrltlsh dominions In which that standard has not been established. Hut whether or not India shall soon become a gold standard country , It Is evidently the fixed determination of the government not to reopen the mints of that coun try to silver. As the possibilities of in ternational bimetallism have been con ceded to rest chiefly if not wholly upon the chances of India having to resume thp coinage of silver , the disappearance of those chances has destroyed the su- prt'inc hope on which the cause of inter national bimetallism rested. Tlmt cause , therefore , must be dismissed from fur ther consideration. The recent address of President Me- Klnley In New York plainly and un equivocally committed the administra tion to the maintenance of the existing standard of values and It has been hailed by the sound money press of the country and by all Interests which sup- pott the cause of sound money as an entirely satisfactory declaration In be half of the gold standard. It was a "keynote" which , It can be confidently predicted , .1 very large majority or uic republicans in the house of representa tives will give h-eeil to and in which a very largo majority of republicans and other sound money men in the na tion will see a distinct challenge to the free silver forces. The debate In the senate on the Teller resolution made perfectly clear the fact that the silver- lies intend to Ivcep their cau .o . to the front. All of the champions of free silver proclaim this to be their purpose. They propose to continue their assault upon the public honor and credit , to go on with the light for a policy the suc cess of which would place this country on a. silver basis. These men do not temimilxe ; they boldly avow their policy and their purpose. They offer no com promise and will accept none. They nre for the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the I'nited States , at the ratio of 10 to 1 , regardless of consequences. The friends of sound money , Iho sup porters of the existing standard of values , must be no less courageous and determined in battling for their cause. They must unequivocally declare their policy. There must be no halting , no wavering , in the contest for the main tenance of the monetary standard of the civilized world. The conscience , the integrity , the honor of the American people must be appealed to , as was done by President McKInley when ho said that "tho United States will dis charge all of Its obligations In the cur rency recognized as the best through out the civilized world at the times of payment. " This has always bean the policy and every consideration affect ing the credit of the government and the welfare of th-e people demands that It be maintained. Defeat of the free silver forees In the congressional battle of 1898 will go far toward eliminating the Issue from the national contest of 1900. The conviction Is general among In telligent students of American politics that we have too many elections , or per- laps more properly too frequent elec tions. The fall and spring elections which occur every year In many states require , under modern political methods , that campaigns overlap each other and become practically continuous from one end of the yoario | ( the other. The Im portance of political parties and politi cal machinery Incomes unduly magnified under this system and business interests often suffer by reason of unnecessary political agitation. The In.slnc-'rity of democrats / the matter of election reforms is exposed whenever n proposal to reduce the num ber of elections is approached. Since it Is necessary that elections be held in the even numbered years to fill national of fices , the biennial election system can be adopted only by abolishing the state elections In the odd/ / numbered years. In some states , as in Iowa , where-thls Is now proposed , this would require a change In the time of electing the gov ernor and members of the legislature and objection Is at once entered by the democrats and populists on the ground that the republicans nre alwayo .stronger in years when there Is a national elec tion and they would not have a fair chance for a campaign on purely state Issues , The biennial elections plan Is no sooner mentioned ! Ini Iowa than It Is de- nyunced nn a vile schenu for perpetuat ing the republican party In power. The opposition of democrats to bien nial elections Is a confession of their weakness. If the republican parly Is uniformly stronger whenever national Issues are Involved In an election , It Is because the- republican parly deserves the confidence of the people anil they In stinctively turn tu that party when mat ters of vital Importance are at stake. The republican party does not depend for its llfo and strength on dim indif ference of nn "off year , " nor on specious arguments that may bo advanced In state or local elections. It has nothing to fear when its 'record ' , jn the nation and in the states is subjected to the closest scrutiny and comparison with that of its opponents. The people of South Dakota are Bald to bo in danger of ( mother capital re moval contest. A bill Introduced in the [ legislature last winter looking to re- | niovnl nf the cap'ltnl mot \vlth defeat , but Iho effort < fget f the matter before the people ngntrr will bo made In the next li'gM.ituro , Thp chief objection to the pivsent cMtlthl Is that the people fiom the western pnrt of the state have to go through eji'raska ' and lown to get to tlio state capital , but this objection will nt no distant'day bo removed by the building of a Railroad across HIP state. ' A capital light'lll c a county sat light , Is something every well regulated .state should light shy of , The state of Nevada has been furthe disgraced by the 'refusal ' of the gram jury that Investigated the Uber lynch ing to bring Itf'hny Indictments ngalns the guilty persons. The report of th Jury was nn admission that the names of the lynchers are known , but that I would not bo safe to prosecute them The Investigation lasted several week under direction of the state's attorney who had been Instructed by the governo to Insist upon a thorough Investigation The failure to prosecute the members o the mob is a plain Invitation tothopoopl living In that part of the state to repea the crime whenever occasion arises. Why should the overlap In the pollc fund be funded Into bonded Indebted ness ? The members of the police bean and their bondsmen' ' are personally re sponslble for every obligation iucurrei beyond the limit of the funds provldei by the council. If the police cotntnls sioners were compelled once to pay tin , piper for their wild run of lawlessness and extravagance a repetition of the per formance would not come too often. Congressman Bill Greene says that to refuse to nominate Itrynn as demo cratlc presidential candidate In 1000 would mean the death of the democratic party. Hut Hill professes to be a popu list. Are the populists ready to plaj second pigtail again to the democratic ticket ? On this Hill's opinion mlgh hnvo more weight than his views of Impending destruction of democracy. I' ' " ' Tribune. Oiraha has two negroes with red hair This seems to point to the probability tlm the Midway pertaining to the Transmlssls slppl Exposition will have some now features VrcttttVll .StucUril. Glolic-Domocrnt. The reorganized Union Pacific railroad has a capital stock of $136,000,000 , which Indi cates the value of the 'Pacific ' railroads li which the government Is still Interested. New York Tribune. The British engineers' lockout and strike have como to an eid. with nothing material gained on either .side , and with a loss to both and to the ' nation of from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000. A'sorry showing , Indeed , but ono by no means unique In the history o : labor troubles , , "Werc - ( he I New York Sun. The Hon. Johif Warwick Daniel of Vir ginia has long ; becn , known as an accom plished reciter , dnd ho has seldom been In better reciting form than ho was on Thurs day. " 'In every republic , " said he , with profound solemnity of expression , "there must bo a party-of the people. The democ- lacy Is that party1 In this country. " This Is a Danielle paraphrase of "we are the people. " It must'-be 'very depressing to the molodramatlo Vlrglnlatf 'elocutionist to feel that the people are not In the majority. How does It happen that the people are less numerous than the other people ? JIoiicjl > uiiilnnt 111 tile Wi-Nt. Harper's Weekly. In the KtaW of Nebraska and In the other states of the middle west the loan business , as it was formerly conducted , Is over. Hun dreds of thousands of dollars of eastern money have been sent back since last fall because there was no market for It. Only recently a bank onlclal In central New York received letters of Inquiry from Kan sas asking as to the value of certain In vestments. Some persona In Kansas had money to lend In the cast. It is a fact be yond dispute that western mortgages are being paid off far In advance of maturity. Ono agent of a loan company told mo that from the west alone returns on unmaturcd loans were cnmlng In at his office at the rate ot $50,000 a week faster than ho could put out the money again. He said bo was simply sending back all the eastern money that was coming to him. Ho could not find a market oven for his western money. 'J'lio Inv-TI < liof Jiiiiriinllnin. Loslle'8 Weekly. An observing journalist recently remarked that the present time IndlcliBd the low- water mark ot Journalism In this country , and especially In New York state ; that nerco rivalries ana outer competition were ruining homo of the best dallies , and that few were as prosperous as they were a short tlmo ago. Another experienced Jour nalist attributes this depression to the ex traordinary competition in the advertising department , growing out of the development of magazine , poster and street car advertis ing. The advertising on the elevated railroads of New York City , It Is caid , lias taken 'from the dally papers more than $1,000,000 worth of patronage - ago a year , and yet there is n serious ques tion whether a railroad charter confers the right to do railway advertising. The char ter Is granted for the public convenience , and la not Intended to bo utilized merely for personal profit. Otherwise- buildings could bo erected on the elevated structure for pur poses of rental , and various other things could ho done which on their fact/ would be manifestly Illegal. If the- newspapers Buffer , It is because they have not boon alert and Insistent In protecting tliuir own rights , Assemblyman Hoffman nan Introduced a bill providing that elevated railroads shall not carry on any business except that specified In the statute under which they are organ ized. If there is any uncertainty as to the right of street car lines to Intrude Into the domain of the ucnapapcr , the law should bo made clear. M3T TUB IIOWl.KUS IIOU'I , . A firoitliifr ItoiiMt 'frinii ( In * S mix 111 in- of ' ' - . 'IJi'iiNiri-Uy. | Chlcagg Journal. These bo evil ddi'ft f r the calamity howler , Ho has not ceased to.dcploro the sad condi tion of things generally , but day by day tbo evidence piles up against him. Not only docs If Increase In mass , but It becomes more and more ccavlnclng In char acter. , i | Perhapa there fo po better ovldenco of the general condlt'fotm of business over wide areas then the condition of freight and passenger - senger traffic fn a great railway system. No sporadic changed can perceptibly affect the merciless figures of tbo railway ac countants. The railway ha tp parry the trade of which Its figures tell. It' Is ono of the roost cer tain registers of prosperity or adversity for \ta \ territory. The llurllngton reid ia In touch with the whole middle nest as far aa Denver. It threads the very country which nas moat sorely stricken by the blonw of adversity. In December , 1897 , Its freight tralllo increased $500,045 , cad for the alx months ended with December 31 Its freight tralllo Increased $1,005,559 , and Ft a poaocager traffic $399,885. Thla 10 buslnoiui. U meano tbo western farmer has been selling lib produce and the eastern manufacturer has been celling his gooda. Yet the Durllagton'o figures are only ono bit In a mass ot similar evidence. It la time to emerge from the gloom' of an unlucky season Into the bright suntihlne of prosperity. The number of doubters la grow. Ing smaller every day. CAiiTntnats. Minneapolis Ttlbuno : The free silver battle U on again , and that Is the principal filgnlflcance of the senate vote. ChlcviRo News , As the Teller nffalr will bo knocked out of fatherly recognition when It roaches the house no do not Imagine that U Is necessary to go Into cccm ! ( > tlon fits over It at this time. Indianapolis Journal : When the so-called higher brnn-h of congress roaches such n dcvth of demoralization as this It Is Indeed tlmo to consider whether the method of electing senators should not bo changed. Detroit Journal : The Teller resolution Is , In the abstract , an empty and meaningless bit of demagogy. Intended only for ueo for polltlal effect , and which can In nowise affect the established txjllcy of the govern ment. When It KOOS before ttio direct rep resentatives In the house , who exercise their power by the choice and selection of the people , the resolution will bo decisively de feated. Philadelphia Times : The passage of the resolution has very little significance In com- rarlson with the uncomoromlslnR attitude of President McKInley , oa declared In hl opeech at the manufacturers' banquet lu New York on Thursday evening. This means itoat the challenge of the free coinage advocates is accepted and that from this time forward the republican attitude upon this question Is to bo a bold- and aggressive one. There will doubtless bo some changes In party alignment In consequence , but there Is atr.plo time for this before the next presidential campaign. Springfield Republican : Only a sentimental forso attaches to the Teller declaration. It changes In not the slightest particular the law and policy of the government as now- recognized and administered. It merely re affirms what congress twenty years ago tad affirmed. It declares that the coin obliga tions of the government are wablo In silver at the government's cptlon , but the executive power will continue to ray In the money pre ferred by the bond nnd note holder as It has boon paying throughout the twenty yearo since the Matthews rosolutlcus gained a place on the public records , Philadelphia Ledger : The champions of thus Infamous resolution , but which La hap pily powerless to Inflict any Injury what ever upon the public credit , Indulged In the usual latitudes In defense of the silver heresies which were so Industriously ex ploited In the last presidential campaign. Senator Stewart , standing for the mining gulches and repudiation , by hla attack upon President McKlnley's speech In New York this week , unconsciously paid a fine tribute to the unassailable patriotism of the presi dent's remarks upon the maintenance of the sold standard , nod to the Influence the president's position will have In preserving the nation's financial honor , Milwaukee Wisconsin : The degradation of MltcheJI and Murphy Is the greater because New York 'n 1S96 gave a virtual majority Of 2r > ( VOnO .IPnln.Q ? tm rPnllnr. ( .nentltf Inm . ttrl Wisconsin 110,000. Murphy and Mitchell concluded that they had better obey the wishes of the free silver leaders and the silver barons of the west rather than the voices of their own people It Is fortunate that these senators gave their votca as they did , as they are coming up for re-election In ' 99 , and the honest peopleof the land will then have a better opportunity to bury them. When Mitchell agreed to support Bryan for the presidency ho affirmed to hla friends In this city , by all that Is holy and eternal , that that support would not change hla views on the free coinage ques tion. But the vote In the senate shows that ho has surrendered. Kansas City Star : But the most absurd feature of the whole affair was the fact that the senate should waste time upon It , when everybody well knows that the resolution will either be shelved In the house or passed In such form as to make it entirely with out significance ; and even It it should go through the house without change the presi dent could , with perfect consistency , slgm It , and accompany the act with a message declaring that It Is merely a declaration ia favor of the present policy of the govern ment , which Is to pjy out silver , gold and paper without c'iscrlralnatlon , and to main tain uniformity of value for all forms of national currency. The vote on the resolu tion showed plainly that there are a geol many timid , wabbling members In the ocn- ate , who are afraid to take a bold otand on the question , or who are uncertain. In theJr owa minds , as to Just where they stand. AXD OTIIUItWISIS. The new stars already discovered this year number 427. This is not a theatrical note. Both Russia and England tender China a loan , yet Chtaa would be happier If they would let her alone. Mayor Van Wyck says he was raised on a bottle. Ho probably doesn't object to ono even now , if It Is cold enough. The Philadelphia clergymen who went cri i Parkhurstlan tour of observation seem to lava .found . things about as bad In the halls of fashion as In the haunts of vice. When surgeons remove the stomach from a patient and the patient dleo It does not prove that the operation Is a failure. The surgeons have the stomach to prove It a suc cess. cess.Mr. Mr. 'Funkhouser ' of ( Maryland complains that an attempt was rr.ado to bribe him In correction with the recent senatorial elec tion. But Mr. Funkhouser cannot make such a narno famous If ho tries. Congressman Lacey of Iowa recently re ceived a letter from ia constituent asking 'or all the obituaries about congressmen .hat are published , and adding : "I do so love to read about dead congressmen. " George Beck , who hcs retired from the nnmmnn ominnll nf T ) ptrntf Una nno nf the greatest reformers that city ever had and gained fame by stopping msay political steals. Ho was at one time president of the ouncll. A British officer who was showing an American girl the points of interest at Woolwich Arsenal pointed to some guns and said : " \\'o took them from your forefathers at Bunker Hill. " "That may be , " replied ho Yankee maid , "but I guess wo kept tbo bill and have It yet. " Don Jaime , heir to the Carllst claims to ho throne of Spain , attended Beaumont collcgo and ono day a gentleman saw a > lg boy kicking him vigorously. Upon ask- ng what Don Jalmo had done , the boy re- ) lled : "Nothing , sir ; but you see ho may be clng of 'Spain ' some day and then I could ay I had kicked a king. " Congressman Belknap of Chicago Is a nember of a club organized In the White IOUSQ stable when General Grant was presi ent. liclknap was ono of the cabinet boys hen , his father being secretary of war. esso Grant was president of the club and ho members were generally sons of cabinet dicers , army and navy officers , and proml- tent men In Washington. U Is not necessary to go away from home or specimens of refined' ' cruelty , A few da > a go a consistent opponent of prosperity un- er th& gold standard waa Induced to ac- ept an advance of rent for some property , ad every dollar In the pllo was worth. Its ace value. By careful nursing ho will robably survive the cruel thrust at hU ' .aanclal faith. Colonel Samuel Gushing , who was ap- lolntcd commissary general of subsistence n the retirement of General Bell , U R native I Khode Island , and was graduated from Vest Point In 1860. He served creditably hrotighout the war nnd was brovettod mao - o- ; in 1865 for meritorious and faithful ervicos. Ho reached his present grade of olonel In 1S97 , and will not bo retired for go before November , 1903. Munkacsy's great picture , "Ecce Homo , " ow on view In London , la In a great meixs- ro the cuuso of the Incurable mental dls- aso from which ho now suffers. Ho broke mm under the- strain of the work. Ills ffo lately told a friend that tbo great painter forgot everything clso In his detilre o finish the picture and make It worthy of its fame. Ho neglected tbo simplest and the lost imperative rules of health. Ho hade o regular meals. He almost lived In tbo tudlo and rarely had a breath of fresh air DM you ever * fosfo doughnuts ntatio witfo Royaff Baking Powder 7 TUB rilR5UniSXTS JiPI-Ti II. St. t/Milt aiotx-bcmoenit Honc-sl monoj- men of all parties fhe president's flnatrcUl utterance * In his Now York speech. This , of course , w g expected. Tbo president's stand pe.nes ! cvcrybodr ut homo and Abroad who has any regard -for the financial honesty and stability of the United States. They will adv.inco the country's credit and prcstlgo all over the worU. Cnnnut Hecrllir < m-n < New Yorle Run. While the MeKlnlcy administration directs the government , the gold standard cannot bo overthrown. The president Is Immov able. In Its defense ; lie. would put It beyond 'the hope of Its en em Ira to attack success fully. 'But ' whatever plan for that purpose may most commend Itself In the end , an frblo politician and practical public man like McKInley may bo expected to permit no entanglement or obscuration or alteration ot the main Issue , the preservation of the gold standard , until direct assault upon It has ceased , and It Is practically out ot danger. \o Cheating I'erniltltMl. riilcafru Tribune , The free sliver senators call for cheap. dishonest dollars In order tint the creditors of private Individuals and corporations may bo cheated as well as those ot the govern ment. The ansncr of the president to t lie In Is : "Xor will we evert consent that the wages of labor or Its frugal savings shall bo scaled down by permitting payment In dol- lats of less value than the dollars accepted a * the best In every enlightened nation ot 'tho ' earth. " That is the pledge the president gave be fore ho was elected. HQ came out victor 4n the contest because of thai-pledge. Ho pro poses that the executive branch ot the gov ernment shall 'be ' true to It. That Is his latest message to the men who supported him In 1S9C. Timely Aistirancet. Detroit Tree 1'rcss. These are welcome words from the ivresl- dent , and , coming- the present time , when Insidious attacks on the nation's honor are so common , most timely. After the significant language of Mr. McKnley ( at the N'enYork banquet there ought no ledger to be sus picions that the executive 1s still tinctured with free sllvcrhm. After his Interpretation of the victory of 1800 by which the nation placed him In power on the Isslin that "tho United States government wculd not permit a doubt to exist anywhere concerning the stability and Integrity of Its currency , " the Wolcotts end Tellers and Chandlers can ftardly claim thai the president Is In secret sympathy with their peculiar financial views. iH Word * . I'lillmlclphla HecorJ. President McKlnley'a earnest declaration for sound money for the beat money of tlio civilized world as made In New York laat evening will surprise none 'but ' those who have been credulous enough to believe the recent claims of the flatlsts that the presi dent was Inclined 'to ' experimentation with the double standard. Yet the speech , while In line with his previous utterances , is perhaps the most Important that the presi dent has yet made , since It emphasizes as never before the fact 'that currency reform Is the urgent national duty. Such a de liverance may be without perceptible effect at this time on the sllverltes In the senate , but. generally speaking. Its effect at home and abroad will bo tonic and salutary. And If It be true that ho serves his party best who serves his country. It can be confidently nfflrmed that the president has done Ills party the largest service In Ills power by courageously leading It toward the solid ground of a sound currency and an unvary ing standard of value. An IiiNiilratloii. lioston Transcript. The republican party b s now the greatest opportunity in its recent career to prove Itself the conservator oft the nation. It will not , we are confident , shrink from Its re sponsibilities nor Ignore its opportunity. Iho president's words will bo to It fresh inspiration to meet the issue boldly if such inspiration Is needed. , The president has demonstrated Tils right to bo deemed not alone the leader of a. party , but the guIJo of a people. I'litrlofLe nnd IliKli-Mlinleil. Indianapolis Journal. At the present tlmo these earnest and ulgh-mtadcJ expressions of the president will give confidence to all those people who believe in broad statesmanship and have pcaltlve convictions In regard to the duty of government. C'oni-'eauontly , many thousands of thoughtful men who do not agree with the president on a number ot points will respond with alacrity to his patriotic , high- minded , and courageous expressions. They will not call themselves icpubllcana , but faith In the leading expressions of Mr. Mc KInley will cause them to come to the sup port of the measures and the line of ac tion he now advocates. Lender of HIM I * < irty. Philadelphia Times. ' Those who have been deluding themselves with the notion that the president and his secretary of the treasury were at variance upon the currency Iffiiio will have mo fur ther excuse for their mistake. Dy his utter ance ho has made himself the leader of his party , and of all who believe in a &afe and honcot currency. In the demand that the promise of the St. LouLs platform stall bo glvca the vitality of public law. If the republicans 1m congress are as out spoken and courageous a.3 . the president , they will not allow the friends of free coinage - ago to force the currency Issue. They will force It themselves , and bo glad of the opportunity to do so. .StrennHienN Confidence , New York World. In speaking for honest money the presi dent rose to the occasion. There n no lack of e-andor or of courage la his declara tions In 'favor of the beat maney and the highest honor in discharging the natlon'a obligations. In dealing with currency reform , however , the president Is moro emphatic thsci ex plicit. Ho demands reform. Ho inslsta that Ills party la "bound In good conscience to undertake" a reform , even though it is ob viously Impossible to do anything In the present congress. But ho omits to define his reform to tell whit la the matter with our currency , or to nay how ho would Improve It. Ho Is perhaps not to bl-irno for this. It Is doubtful If ho known. It Is certain that his party la divided upon U bjA bridgeless ch ni , In plto ot this , honcvor , the preUent > SDceth wM liavo a good effect upon the public credit and will strengthen confidence In the business world. Strmtillcrn ItclinUeil , Detroit Journal. In addressing himself to the currency the president spoke seriously. Hla acknowledged intent was to rebuke- the unauthorized declarations of a prominent free silver advocate who had presumed to represent or echo the views held by the president. That rebuke Is so clear , direct and palpable- that the unrest caused by Senator NVolcott's assurance must bo quieted. The president Is In full accord with his secretary of the treasury In fact , the set-rotary Is only the mouthpiece of his rhlnf. This startling Information \\III astound the free sliver men , who have been con gratulating themselves that the preoldert Is spineless atul lacks the moral courage to meet the rcpney question firmly and squarely for a flghpto n finish. The silver men had jollied themselves Into the complacent con clusion that the administration would re main supine and nerveless while they again marshaled their hosts for a free slher victory. They have deceived thomtelvr * again and there will bo lamentations In tnolr wigwams and tcpeos. 'An Opportune \ildreKN. Phllnilplphl. % Ledger. President McKlnlcy's address at the mooting of the manufacturers was so timely , sagacious and courageous that It cannot fall to encourage enterprise , strengthen financial confidence and Increase the rising tide of prosperity. N'o public address from so distinguished an authority could have been more opportune , no call to duty moro providently made. The chief magistrate of the people spoke at a tlmo when many of their senatorial repre sentatives were contending In the national legislature to Impair or destroy the honor and the credit of the nation , by adopting a resolution of repudiation and the debase ment of the country's money. Ho spoke at a time when the most malign political forces were ocllvo In persistent efforts to croito and maintain a dominating sentiment In favor of repudiating more than one-half the sum of the government's pecuniary ob ligations , and when only the faithful few were resolutely opposing them ; at a time when many of the legislative servants , the political leadens ft the public , were showing timidity and Indifference with regard to .questions of the first nnd greatest concern to the entire country. The time and the place were well chosen by the president to make his explicit , dec'alvo deliverance In favor ot the strictest observance ot national obligations , of honest , safe money ; of the determination to safeguard Iho country' * honor , credit and prosperity. TH1TI3 'PVKK-OFKS. nrtrolt Journal : Landlord I oall your nt- tr-ntlou particularly to the bath-room In this 1lnt. I'rospppth-o Tenant It looks Just like nil the other. , merely the picture- nn nlcove pointed on the Avail of the bedroom. Liiullord All , but tills one ! Oone 5n water colois. _ , Cleveland Plain Dpnler ; "Do you take nir In your ten , dearest ? " Not when you nre urounil , sweetest. " Truth ; Throe different wnltera at a hotel iiMked n prim , prc-ripo little professor at dinner If lie would Imve soup. A llttlo mi- noytM ] , he said to the lust waiter who asked the question : "Is It compulsory ? " "No , sir , " said the waiter. "I think It's mock turtle. " Philadelphia North American : "I am maWnp my son pay particular attention lo oratory and language at school. " "Ah ! Hope to makp an orator of him ? " "Yes , or a prize fighter. " Indianapolis Journal : First Horseman T toll you , that horse of mine is a wonder for endurance. He's a stayer. Second Horseman Yes , I've noticed how he sticks to his post ! Detroit Free Press : "I have n doctor's certificate .here fiat I cannot ulng tonight , " snld the nrlma donna. "What ? " roared the manager. "I'll give you a certificate that you never could sing- . " Chicago Post : "What we need In foot ball , " said the at.hlet ? , "Is more gcntleman- llneHS more courtesy. And I don't mind paying- that , so far as I am concerned , I Intend to have It , even If I have to lick the tar out of every man who gets In my way. " Indianapolis Journal : "My grandfather , " aalil the shoe cleik boarder , "onee knew an old m.in who Insisted that the plnosts c.ime and milked his cows every night. " "Sort of inilkln' specters , eh ? " commented the Cheerful Idiot. Detroit Journal : "He's a puppy ! " "hissed " her father. But the benutlful girl only wrung1 her Imndg the more. "Oh , why. then , " she cried , in anguish , "the fatal fascination ho liaa for me ? " "Heavens ! " gasped the parent , aside , palIng - Ing , for Uio bulk of Ills wealth hud been ac cumulated In the manufacture of sausage. Would blood tell on him ? PRESIDENT DOLE. -\\'nRlilnBt m Star. Pray pinion tlio assumption Of folk who jwuisc to scan A mortal who seems different From ordinary man. For none before was over seen ICxciiBo us while wo stare \Vho seemed HO eager to rcslg-a A presidential chair. THK JMAIvHOTUVI3I < I&T. Wntcrbury Globe. Ho 'wachet and bachelt , ' Ho schugelt and Eauohelt. With m my a hccJi and u hotch. IIo fciirtit and raklt His memory and tcraplt A srory ho said was "braid Scotch. " He rowled and ho sowled , In a style ould and boiild , With , i lot of boKorrah and wall ; IIo bejaljliered nnd Biibueiod And paper ho Klubbercd , When ho wrote his miscalled Irish tnlo. He hum'd and bppiim'd , IIo sAvow'd , ami swnn'd and vum'd , And liegoihotl about IU-OWH and the bnni ) Ho chaiAgd and he hawed As liln poor ] > eli lie pawed , Wlillo writing a fake yankco yarn. Ho 'nm'd nnd ho AH he 'ammerecl and His II'H nnd 1'n in the strife , Between "nlf nnd 'a'f ' coster And , unabridged Webster In a novel of English life , This question of keeping the small boys in trousers. No fabric has been found yet that will with stand the violence of a healthy boy. We come as near as possible to making trousers'that WILL WEAR they are made of the best obtainable materials and are put together - gether strongly and honestly and when it comes to price there is even more to be said in favor of them We have a great vari ety in fancy patterns , checks , stripes , etc. , all sizes 4 to 16 years , at 50c , 75c , $ J.OO , $1.25 and up to $2,00 ( warranted all wool ) one pair of which will out wear two of the ordinary kind that most stores sell , 9 , W. Cor. 15th and Douglus StA.