THE OMAHA DAILY J3EI2 : SATURDAY , FBBRTTA'RY 5 , 1898.
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Notary 1'uhllc.
As to President Pole's evidence on tin *
wishes of tlu > unlives of Hawaii , It may
In- safely assumed that In * Is not .111 un
biased witness.
II may l > e well to romeiulior that the
routesled title of Mayor Moores to his
nlllce Is to lie adjudicated , not by the
World-Herald , lint by the snpn-ine court.
Missouri. Iowa. Minnesota Arkansas
next. Let all come and be convinced
that the Transinlsslsslpi ) ! Imposition
will be sei'iyid only to the Columbian
World's fair.
The forthcoming Improved passenger
train service in and out of Omaha
should be speedily followed with Im
proved passenger depot fauilitles , which
sire needed equally as much.
According to the eastern nowspap'TS ,
AVh 'ii It happens out west It Is a blb-
scard , but In N'ow ICn lnnd and tlie east
ern states It Is never anything more
than an old-fashioned snowstorm.
There are cold political days ahead for
the New York senator who voted for
the Teller resolution In the senate , and
weveral others who did the ya'iuT thing
mv li-eeplng thuir overcoats In reptlr.
There Is no danger that any foreign
nation will gobble Hawaii as soon a. *
the I'nUed States declines to annex it.
Th Kunipean and Asiatic nations ave
quite willing to let well enough alone.
If the city Is to spend over i100,000
for police protection during the year
1SOS it certainly Is entitled to more for
its money than It has been getting under
Governor Holcomh's bogus reform board.
Oovernof I'lngree evidently does not
want the railroad support for his future
political aspirations unless It he on the
theory that they will pivfer to help him
up higher In order to get rid of him as
governor.
Perhaps tlie announcement of the can
didacy of Hon. Ilaiinls Taylor for the
democratic nomination for congress In
tlie Mobile district shows the motive for
ids recent sensational articles in regard
to Spain and Cuba.
A London newspaper passes judgment
on a iveent speech of President McKln-
iey by calling it "vagno and noncom
mittal. " If lids Is tlie Impression con
veyed to Londoners the Atlantic cables
must need repairing.
I'opocratle papers are very much ex
orcised over the efforts of. Nebraska re
publicans to reorganl/.c the party with
u view to patting it. In lighting trim for
the battle of 18)8. ! ) That Is ono good
r.cason why the work of reorganization
should go bravely on.
The popoerats not being numerous
enough to make respectable opposition ,
lhi > republicans of Pennsylvania are get
ting ready to choose sides and have a
light among themselves. This Is one
of the disadvantages of living In a .state
whore popocratlc doctrines do not
llourlsh.
The magnitude of the commercial
transactions In the 1'nlicd States is
faintly indicated by tlie record of sales
of government , stale and railroad bonds
In New York < ! Ilvv during .lannary. Tlie
total amount of sales exceeded SDO.OOO-
000 , which Is considerably more than
double the amount ofthe sales lu the
corresponding month last year , it is
plainly evident something has happened
to bring money out of hiding.
It Is 4.11 HJ- enough for Congressman
Stark to Introduce bills for government
buildings In ten towns In his district , lint
ho knows as well as anybody that tli'.v
have not the slightest chance to be
come law. The plain people , no matter
vthat their politics , see through such a
cliunsy piece of political buncombe , and
It Is an Insult to tlulr Intelligence to
presume for a moment that they can hu
worked by mich n transparent trick.
Tim bill pending bpforo the Iowa legis
lature to make ! t possible to < o tahllsli
mamifaiorlcs * of Iliiuors In the state has
been withdrawn lo * lt author to pre
vent It being ruined by amendmunlH.
However , a bill which will malic J ; pos
sible for owners of vineyards In Iowa to
make wine and sell the same -A 111 b < > In
troduced soon and lie pushed to a vote.
There are a number of Huv vineyards
in Iowa , but I hero Is no way at present
by which the owner can legally manu
facture wine from their
i.v ixi'KfnnvtiKs ,
Tlie greatest practicable economy It
public expenditures appears to bo tlu
settled policy of the republican loader *
In the house of representatives. I'rosl
dent McKinley Raid In his nniuial uios
sage that "It Is n commanding duty tc
keep the appropriations within the ro
culpts of the government and thus nvok
11 deficit , " and the republicans of the
house si-cm to bo generally In accon'
with this view. An Illustration of tMs
Is presented In the fortifications bill
which appropriates less than half as
much as last year's bill and less than
one-third of what the estimates of the
War department call for. This meas
ure provides for $ 1,1-11,01'J , whereas the
War department asked for $ l.'t"Sr ) , > 7 ] ,
and when It was under consideration In
the house Thursday all proposals to In
crease the appropriations won ; voted
down. It was urged in advocacy of
larger appropriations that it would re
quire fifteen years to carry out the plans
for coast defenses at the rate of appro
priations In the pending bill , but It was
Insisted that the amount provided for
Is all that the government can afford at
this time and this view was sustained
by the house.
It is said to hr doubtful whether any
river and harbor bill will , bo given con
sideration at tlie present session.- The
committee Is working upon a bill , but it
is understood that Speaker Heed and
( Minimum Dlngloy are strongly opposed
to tlie passage of a measure of this
character. It Is stated that both have
repeatedly Intimated that the country
will not suffer If no appropriations are
made for river and harbor Improve
ments outside of thtw made necessary
by continuing contracts , for which pro
vision has been made lu tlie sundry civil
bill. It Is also reported that word has
gone out fiom the speaker that public
building bills carrying appropriations
cannot receive consideration at the pres
ent session. There are many bills car
rying appropriations for public buildings
now before the house committee on pub
lic buildings ami grounds , a large num
ber of them for western towns and
cities where the government Is renting
for court rooms and postofllcos. There
is consequently among western repre
sentatives a good deal of opposition to
tlie attitude of Speaker Uued. but he in
sists that to allow consideration for any
one of these bllln would open the doors
to all and that the committee shall hold
back reports and await a more favor
able turn in the revenues.
In the last congress the speaker , the
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee and the chairman of the appro
priations committee were not able to
effect the economy In expenditures
which they deslivd. Tlie latter , Mr.
Cannon , stated at the close of the second
end session that in ills judgment the
appropriations were in excess of the de
mands of tlie public service , this iK'ing
Hie result , he said , of "conditions ac
cruing out of the rules of liio bourse
and out of tlie rules , practices and so-
called courtesies of the senate. " As
these rules and practices still prevail ,
tlie efforts of the house majority leaders
in the present congress may not be en
tirely successful. They will , however ,
be approved by the people , who desire
all practicable economy In governmental
expenditures that will not impair the
ctllciency of the public service. The
revenue of the government is growing
mil with a judicious reduction in ex
penses tlie receipts and expenditures
will shortly balance.
JAl'Aff IS
It appears that the only objection
which the Japanese government had to
tlie annexation of Hawaii by the United
States has been removed through an tin-
lerstanding between that government
md the Executive department of this
government that in tlie event of annexa-
ion the Japanese residents In Hawaii
shall be privileged to become American
citizens. According to the census of
1S(5 ! ) ( there wore 21,000 Japanese in
Hawaii , but the number has somewhat
ncreasv'd since. Nearly all of these are
of the lower class , who were Imported
nto the Islands under contract and are
low performing labor on the sugar plan-
atlons at a few cents a day. Neces
sarily they are an ignorant people.
They are Industrious and docile , but
they are no better fitted to become
\merlcan citizens than are the Chinese
ir the South Sea Islanders In Hawaii.
Ho the American people desire to ex
tend to such a class of people the grout
n-lvlk'gcR of American citizenship to
; 1\ ' ( > them the right to demand the pro-
ectlon of our government wherev--r they
nay go and to place the ballot In their
lands by which at ome time they may
> e enabled to decide a presidential vlec-
ion ? Can there be any doubt that If
such a question were submitted to tlie
> eoplo of the United States they would
inswer In the negative almost iinan-
mously ? There Is no self-respecting
\merican citizen who will not iudlg-
lantly reject the proposal that the
lapaiK'se contract laborers In Hawaii
ball be given civil and political equality
vlth himself. There Is no citizen of the
United States who appreciates the dig-
dty of the American name and the
acrediK'SS of tlie privileges of American
citizenship who will not resent as an
ndlgnlty tlie proposition to bestow these
\pon \ the thousands of Ignorant .lapa-
iese serfs In the Hawaiian islands.
The Japanese government has done
veil In seeking to secure for Its people
n Hawaii the greatest possible consld-
ratlon. No reasonable fault can be
omul with that government on tills
hiwv , and It Is no.small triumph for
lapan that she has been able to secnr < >
rein the executive- branch of the govern-
nent of the I'nlted States an under-
tandlng that if Hawaii is annexed
very subject of Japan In those Island * ,
10 matter what ids condition In life ,
nay become a full-Hedged American
Itlzen. Hut the people of this country
vill condemn the concession , which
night to make powerfully against an-
luxation. It Is "no Justlllcatlon of It
hat Japanese coming to the I'nlted
Stales are to be permitted to
become American citizens , because
such as come hew with that pur
pose in view will do so freely and
not under contract and they will be su
perior In Intelligence and character to
tint Japanese In Hawaii. The better
class of the people of Japan would
make good American citizens , because
they nro capable of understanding 0111
Institutions , but this cannot be said ol
the great majority of the JnjKinese In
Hawaii. They represent the lowest
class of that nationality. It is most remarkable
markablo that men who advocate an
educational test for Europeans whc
come to the United States can favor bestowing -
stowing American citizenship upon tliou
sands of Ignorant Asiatics who have noi
the remotest Idea of our political Instl
tutlons.
TllK n'ATKlt SVl'l'LY
I'or months the management of the
exposition has been wrestling with the
most serious problem that has de
manded Its attention. After expending
mote than $5,000 In an unsuccessful
artesian well experiment and $ ' . ' 0,000 for
a system of water mains and hydrants ,
the managers find themselves unable to
make satisfactory arrangements for se
curing the needed water for fire protec
tion , power and the lagoon. The terms
upon which the water works company
offers to supply the wants of the ex
position contemplate as a conslderatloi
the waiver by the city of the right to
piirchnse the company's plant in 1001
for a period of live years , or up to the
expiration of the time of the city's con
tract for hydrants.
While the mayor and council nre prevented
vented by a temporary restraining ordei
from entering upon negotiations con
templatlng this waiver , there Is nothing
to prevent the full and free dlsctissloi
of the question , with n view to securing
such concessions from the water works
company for the city and the expo
sitlon as will be a fair equivalent for
whatever benefits the company may reai
from the proposed waiver. To tills em
Invitations have been extended to the
Commercial club , the Hoard of Trade
the Central Labor union and Keal Ks
tat-e exchange to send representatives tea
a conference to solve the water problem
for the exposition.
Instead of complying with this request
the executive committee of the Commer
cial club has taken it upon Itself , at tin
Instance of tlie parties interested In tin.
Injunction .suit , to Instruct the exposi
tion managers by resolution to make a
peremptory demand for water and fol
low It up with a light lu the courts
In view of the fact that the club has on
former occasions , notably In tlie light
franchise , refused
against tlie llfty-year gas
fused oven to express an opinion , on
the ground that it was not a subject
within the province of the organization
tlds action is , to say the least , oxtraor-
ilinary.
Why should the executive committee
of tlie Commercial club take action on
i matter of such vital concern with
out listening llrst to both sides of the
proposition ? Why should it refuse to
solid representatives to the conference
that has been called ? It is one thing to
talk about drastic measures to bring tlie
water works company to time , but an-
tther to turn the water on for the cx-
msitiou before the gates open four
months hence and insure a supply ado-
plate for all its wants. If the parties
who have instituted the proceedings
that tie tlie hands of tlie council and who
seem to hold strings on. the executive
committee of the club know how to gel
tlio needed water , why do they not tell
us how it can be gotten In time through
ourt process and volunteer their services
free of charge ?
The exposition Is always willing to re-
cojvo aid from any quarter , but it lias
lltlieultios enough to contend with
without embroiling Itself in a conten
tion that offers no assurance of relief.
What Is wanted is water , and not law
suits. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A free silver newspaper declares that
'all that could reasonably be expected
of the Teller resolution was to put the
Misses on record , and It discharged that
Inty with remarkable fidelity. " lut
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the'Tellor resolution did more than this ,
for It placed the United States govern-
nont on record and gave notice to the
whole world of the fixed determination
of the republic to preserve the quality
of Its circulating medium. What was
eally expected of the resolution was an
jpportunity for going all over the last
residential campaign in a prolonged de-
tate that might be circulated as cam-
lalgn literature by way of tlie Congres
sional Hecord.
It Is very singular that the so-called
uystery of the origin of the Transmls-
slsslppl Exposition should only now bo
Uncovered after the lapse of more than
two years since the project was inau
gurated. Nobody In these parts outside
if the Kakery and its circle of satellites
bought ( hero was any mystery about
it. More singular still Is the fact that
the men now credited with its concep
tion did not know they were Its orig
inators until Informed PO by parties
whoso reputation for veracity and in
tegrity Is more clouded than is tlie so-
called mystery.
If tlie school board intends to retrench
the sooner it Is done the better. To
waste thousands of dollars on fads and
foibles and then come in with an
eleventh-hour plea Unit the schools will
have to be closed early for lack of funds
to pay expenses will hardly fool many
people. In the schools there are neces
sities , comforts and luxuries just as In
any household and in economizing the
luxuries should he lopped off first.
Think of the man who abhors pros
perity resorting to Injunction to help his
business , tiovcrnmcnt by Injunction Is
odious enough to the average popocral ,
but invoking injunction to push pros
perity along Is an offensi against the
Chicago platform that will require atone
ment of the most severe kind. Pros
perity by injunction that caps the
climax.
Primary election reform has become
more than u fad among legislators , and
morn than u dozen bills providing fur
legal control of party prlmarioj have
bivn Introduced Into the New York leg-
Islatuiv. The American political > .vs-
teiii Is undergoing steady and sure
change anil nearly every step Is tin ad
vance.
The projecting street signs erected in
violation of ordinance should go. Speak
ing af signs and sign boards , there b
no reason why u merchant should put
up n hideous awitecro\v lo attract bttsl-
1 ness. If n fdah Is to bo bung It might
just as well jg&fm artistic production
of nent nppoarailce that pleases the eye
nnd harmonizes with surroundings. The
right to place sign boards for advertis
ing purposes sTiJ ild not bo allowed to
degenerate Into license to dlsllgure the
city nml outrage the public taste.
rinlvnnlxIrtR- Fnrec.
Chicago J'lmca-Herald.
"Tlio Curse rtJold" Is described us n
free silver mol&ilrfiiha. It will bo remem
bered that "Tho Cross of Oold. " which hod
n short run In 1S90vns a roaring fareo.
i Kvtrrinii < A of Wentlicr.
Chlcnfto Trtbune.
A whiff from 1'londlko would ( bo welcome ,
If properly dlrtrlbuted Australia , wlie-re
the thcrmoaietcr has been vlbrntlriK between
110 degrees and 102 degrees In the sbado
within the last few weeks.
Drll ti f .11 in .loncfi ,
New York Sun.
According to lion , Jim Jones of Arkansas
the sliver men are prepared to march "with
locked shields until the day of doom. " The
Hon. Jim Jones \a \ ready for a long cam/-
palgn with unlimited bulletins , and ho
doesn't care n copper how ninny shields
are locked , so long ns ho la allowed to keep
wide open.
Wnnln Open 1'orM.
JJoston HcrntJ ,
, Aibram S. Hewitt doesn't wear his trou-
eers legs turned up when It rains In l/3n-
don , but ho doca not hesitate to cay that
thcro hasn't 'been a more magnificent dec
laration given la the world { or a long time
than England's proclamation that she will
never sec the avenues of commerce In China
closed to any part of the world ; that she
will never let those now open to the world
be shut , not alone to herself , but to any
other natlra. and that for freedom of trade ,
not for herself only , but for alt mankind , she
Is ready to light. There Is no imlnsaylng the
fact that this sort of talk doe ? sound rather
refreshing , not to say robust.
Slmllmv llriMitliliiKN of War.
PhllndPlp la TliriM.
Our congressional Jingoes arc purely
rhetorical. They breathe out threatetihiKS
and slaughter In long roeeches made to tickle
the f\irs of their constituents , but as to going
to war or voting money to prepare- for wav
they will do nothing of the sort. For ex
ample , the War department asked for $13,000-
000 for coast fortifications. The house com
mittee on appropriations has recommended
cnly $4.000,000. The department asked for
$3,000,000 for gun nnd mortar batteries to
grotect the coast. It got $1,000,000. It
wanted at least U < i rounds of powder and
shot or shell for jch gun and mort.ir In
position , by the end of the fiscal year and It
got thrco rounds. The lioueo doesn't prociceo
to tpond money for fortifications , gnus , am-
mumltlon , soldiers , sailors or slilrja. It la only
the volcta of Its members that are for war.
They do not expect war.
A Notiihlr Trliiiuiili.
lltjston Transcript.
In reality the vote of the house Is the
greatest triumph for sound money wen In
cither branch of congress In the struggle Vriat
has lasted for twenty years. Twenty years
ago the house , bj ; a tote ol ISC to 73 , passed
the silver dollar''bill over 1'reslJent Hayes'
veto. In two decades public sentiment has
become so intelligent that the specious do-
luslons which haq weight even with men of
the best Intentions In 187S were rejected with
dlsdalti by tlie house. Theic Is another cam
paign of cducattdh' before us , anol'jer bitter
struggle , but on both the republican party
will enter with solid ranks and with n pur
pose the moro de | Tmlned , In consequence of
this verdict. It jxvitl meet Its old-time op
ponents and they-win have nothing'but their
old-tlmo arguments , jweakccird by previous
"
popular repudiation" .thorn. The republican
party will draw ilo lit great accession , for
the friends of souhi ) money have nowhere
else to go. " ' j " -
H\V ( IIIHTHIIV IS .U.\XttI.lv .
Kitttinn 'Siilixtitiitt-il fur Pnuta iy „
.Sllv < > r-l > lit'pil > Confcr'ri-Mxmnn.
New T < irlt Kvcnlns J'ost
In the debate In the house Monday Mr.
Unua of Kentucky 1 reported at saying
lhat "ai : the author of the crlmo of 1S73 the
hottest place In hadus would tin nerved
for the present secretary stale. " roor
Mr. Sherman has ninny sins to nnawcr for ,
l > ut the "crlmrt of 1873" Is not one of them.
Mr. Sliernuin was not the author of the
pet demonetising silver. Fan from It. The
author of the bill wa.i the late John Jay
Knox , as he hlmeelf avowed. He had tie
assistance of the late Dr. Llnderman. So
far ns congress was concerned , the chief
sponsor of the bill was Mr. Hooper of
Massachusetts. Mr. Sherman voltnl against
the iblll on Its first passage through the
wenate , and Mr. Stewart of Nevada voted
for It. U Mr. Sherman1 hud been the author
of It , ho must have been an unnatural father
to abandon It so BOOH after Its birth. It Is
Uuo that he voted for It on Its nccond
passage , but EO did every other senator. It
passed nem con , Mr. Stownrt being present
at the time. Mr. Khea of Kentucky was
probably not aware of thco facto when
ho talked about the hottest pac ! ( > In hades.
The good ( book saya that -1ho Ulco that burn-
eth Is reserved for "all Ilnrs.Vc recom
mend Mr. Hhea. to too warned In time.
THIS I'Al'HIl TIITST.
A HIIKO CiiniMnnlloii "ii < - < ' ( loiu.prliiu
for ii I.lrkliiK. "
riillailclphla Times.
'TJio ' Paper trust \a \ now an accomplished
fact. A combination of leading paper mills
of the country has resulted In a corporation
capitalized at 15,000,000 , and already cnv-
> raclng : sixteen -mills , with an aggregate
capacity of 1,387 tons per day , with five
moro certain to ib added , with a capacity
of 150 tons per day. With . 0. Mills at
the head of this corporation Ita financial
resources may bo well understood ,
While Mr. Mills , the leading man In the
Paper trust , hw : announced that ho docs
not expect iho combination to Increase the
cost of proper materially. It Is not pretended
that the combination lias been made for
any other reason than to control the out-
itit and prtco of printing paper In the
: uarket. Many such trusts have HUceoeded
nnd are succeeding tojay , Imt a trust that
las to buck against the united Interests of
; ho newspapers of the country will be
' 'Icctloncerlng for a llckln' " whenever It
mdortakcs to llx an extortionate prlco for
> apor.
Some years ago the paper manufacturer1
of this country matlo a llko combination , and
at once put up 'tho price of paper about
2 cents a pound , , The consumption of paper
was then not fiuarter what It Is today
and the prlco affected newspapers to n
nuch less degree , ( hin ( It would affect thorn
low. The Times then printed a single
sheet nt 2 cents per copy , with a limited
circulation ; today It prlnta twelve pages
lU'Uud of four at'ho \ low prlco of 1 cent
wr copy , and has , hundreds of thousands
> f readers for tlio ( scores of thousands It
ia < l then. The lucrpaso of 1 cent a pound
n the prlco of paper now would Increase
ho cost of paper UfjpJ by the Tlmos nearly
; 50,000 a year. , ,
The greed of tVfl paper trust made some
cars ago toeedllydestroyed , the combination.
The Lodger and .the- Times of this city and
iromlocnt newnpaiwrs of other eltlca at oncii
r.ado a contingent contract to tiave their pa-
er supplied from flrrmany. They found that
hey could obtain Itns cheaply an they could
lurchaso It from , ill u truat and they decided
o buy foreign tiaper In preference to iwl > -
nlBslon to organized extortion. It was this
novemcnt of the trust that laid the founda-
lon for Brother Slugerly's misfortunes ,
lather than submit to the orpresalvo ox-
artlons ofthe refer truat hr plunged Into
a pc'.wr mill that has given Win a net leas ,
n operating and In deprecated values , of
icarly or quite (1,000,000. The defiant action
f leading publishers spcndlly broke the trust ,
as It will break again whenever it attempts
u lay en oxtortlonato hand upon the neivj-
irners of the United States.
If the newspaper trust shall be content with
ho economies which may bo Inaugurated by
no general direction of the leading mills of
ho country and not attemot to advance the
irlco of paper beyond a reononnhle profit un-
Icr the bci > t management , the trust will bo
Ikoly to stand. Wfaenovw It shall transcend
hose lines It must date Its decay aud bo
pceJIly overthrown ,
OTHIvItj IAMS THAN Ol US.
Hussion Insistence upon Prince George of
Greo-co for governor of Crete would seem
Inexplicable wcro It not that Ilusslnn diplo
macy Is nothing U not tortuous , llunsla
was foremost In opposing the union of Greece
and Crete and loud nnd persistent In de
manding the withdrawal of Greek troops
from Crete during the recent conflict. AH
during that struggle she appeared bent upon
destroying Greek Influence in lhat Island ,
nil so Intent 'was ' she upon this object that
Hiiaslan Intrigue Is suspected of being the
secret Inspiration of the singular lack of
aggressiveness on the part of the Greek
nnvy from the beginning the close of the
war. Hussln certainly had It In her power
to restrain Turkey In that conflict , for the
same debt to llussla which It Is believed
will now compel Turkey to acquiesce In the
selection of Prlnco George s governor of
Crete was then In existence and could have
been as readily employed to bring the
"crowned assassin" of YllJlz Kiosk to terms
as now. Russia , however , for purposes of
her own , preferred to see Greece beaten and
humiliated , and yet today she stands chief
sponsor for n Greek prince for governor of a
Turkish Island which was the cause of the
Into struggle.
*
The almost Insurmountable difficulties In
the way of anything llko a reconciliation be
tween the Czechs and the Germans In Aus
tria arc well Illustrated In the recent
spreehrs In the Diet at Prague of two such
distinguished members of the Young Czech
party as Dr. IHcrold and Dr. Engel and these
of the Pan-Germanic loader , Herr Wolf ,
who Is , for the moment nt least , the most
prominent of the German representatives.
Dr. Herold , speaking nt Prague , declared
that up to the present all Austrian govern
ments have been far too lenient with the
Germnnln Irredenta agitation. Ills colleague.
Dr. Kngel. nrgued that It was the duty of
the Young Czechs to oppose the chauvinism
of the Pan-Germanic party , which , he said ,
was hostile to the state and the dynasty ,
and endeavored to promote Its ends by ex
citing confusion In public affairs. Hoth
speakers threw the hlamo for the failure of
the negotiations for n compromise on the
Germans. Dr. Herold announced -that should
the government aJopt a standpoint of which
the Czechs could not approve- , they would
themselves make n counter-declaration. Ho
expected that the Immediate future In Ho-
hernia would bo greatly agitated. Hcrr
Wolf declared at Trautcnau , where ho de
livered three speeches In two days , that the
Germans would bo satisfied with nothing
short of victory In the Diet. There must bo
no question of economic Interes-ts until the
language ordinances had 'been withdrawn.
The statthaltcr , Count Coudonhove , 'must
share the fate of the ex-premier , Count
Uadcnl.
The Italian minister of foreign affairs ,
Marquis Vlscontl Vcnostc , has followed the
example of llaron von Beulow , the Ger
man minister of foreign affairs , In asserting
positively that no one having any connection
whatever with the Italian government has
ever had direct or Indirect relations with
ex-Captnln Dreyfus , Imprisoned by Franco
for life for selling French army secrets.
The conduct of Germany and Italy In driv
ing M. Mcllno's ministry Into a corner In
this way Is really very Inconsiderate. If
this thing keeps on the truth will become
known , and surely this would bo an awful
calamity , If wo may judge from Trance's
mighty effort to have the facts suppressed.
As yet wo have no denial from Hussla ,
however , that she bought French army se
crets. Uut the Impression Is that , so far
ns ex-Captain Dreyfus Is concerned , she
could also enter a general denial. No one
believes that Dreyfus Is guilty. It Is the
general belief that French army secrets
worn sold and suspicion points , strongly to
Hus. la as the purchaser. But Dreyfus was
not the negotiator. The French govern
ment knows this , as It known that Russia
was the purchaser ; but to reopen the case
might lead to the public discovery of tliu
real culprit and the distressing disclosure
that Friend Russia has been playing double.
This Is the real secret of the Dreyfus per
secution , and It must be painful to the
'rlends of Franco to observe her slsler na-
: lens taking- such action as must Inevitably
cad to the discovery of this secret In all
.Is horrible proportions.
The tribes of the KeJ valley , In Bc-
uchlstan , who have risen In rebellion
lomlnally against the khan of Khelat , but
really against the Indian government
invo a surlous grievance. Their slaves
lave escaped In largo numbers to the coast
of Mekram , a province under the Jurlsdlc-
lon of the sultan of 'Muscat. ' This poten-
ate is bound by treaty with Great Britain
o suppress slavery In his dominions , and
ho fugitives from the KeJ valley thus be
come free men the moment they reach the
sultan's realm ; nnd now. when the Be-
uchco tribesmen enter Gwadur , In Mek
ram ( which Is their chief market town ) ,
they are jeered at by their former slaves.
Moreover , a British official has recently
been appointed nalb of KeJ , who not
merely Imposes taxes , but Insists upon col
lecting them. Beluchistan has not been dis
turbed by revolt for many years ; but Sir
Robert Sandeman , who know how to manage -
ago the Belucheos , Is dead. The tribes
men have heard of the successes of the
Afridls , and they have become possessed of
largo numbers of Brummagem rifles.
* * *
The latest Information from Kassaa ! secmo
to confirm the earlier reports that the mahdl
has abandoned all Idea of making any stand
against the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian
forces until they como Into the neighbor
hood of Omdurman , which Is Just south of
Khartoum. It appears that ho has had a
vision which assurco him that the whole
army of the Invaders will bo destroyed ut
that pMce. Deserters and prisoners state
that the dervishes have oven withdrawn
from the otrongly fortified position which
they held at the Shabluka piss , by the Slxtn
Cataract , and that they now hold no pan on
thu Nllo cither above or below Khartoum.
However thlo may be , It Is said to fco cer
tain that to the cast of the Nllo the only
posts tlio mahdlsts still occupy are these
from which they have so long menaced Kas-
sala , and that even at these puts Inolgnlll-
cant bodies of mon alone remain.
* *
The striking engineers In Great Britain
quit work In a body , but they .iro going back
Individually and by no means simultaneously.
When the works reopened , on Monday , about
25 per cent of thorn were taken on. The
rest will be employed gradually , as ordero
como In nnd business LJ resumed. Their
long strike bis driven EO much buslaec.3 out
of the country that It will bo a long time
before the works regain their former stand
ing. If they over do , and meanwhllu a cer
tain prcportlon of their former employes
must remain Idle. Wtat makoa It mori ;
regrcttablo Is that this proportion will bo
composed mainly of the aged crid Infirm , for
theoa are the caes fliire 'to bo uelccted out
In the otrlfo of competition.
'I'riiuliloiiM TliiK-N fur Strnilillrrx.
Detroit Tree 1'rcss ,
Senator Murphy of Now York Is likely to
bo disciplined by his constituency through
the agency of the ntate assembly In the same
uncomplimentary way that the Kentucky
legislature recnntly took to express UK In
dignation at 'Senator Lindsay , The latter
statesman voted contrary to the financial
views of lilu free silver constituency and was
requested by the legislature or hii state to
resign. The former toted for the Teller reso
lution and ciow un attempt " 111 bo made by
the Indigneat sound monuy men In the N'ow
York legislature to p > ua a resolution d < < mindIng -
Ing the resignation of Tammany's repre
sentative In the United States senate. Truly ,
the way of the politician hi thcsu bewildering
days Is strewn with thorns.
ROYAL
Baking Powder
Is the greatest of
modern - time helps
to perfect cooking.
nv THU AVUST.
Thn Trnr 5liriilllpnHoe of HIP Trillin *
Iloston Trnn.wrlpt ,
In It possible lor the wild and untame.
west to produce n exposition which shii
bo , In any proper sense , on artistic rucccs *
Such wns the Inquiry In 1892. It was nil
mltte.l great country , with mcasurelcsa
po.vtlbllltlrfl In a commercial way. prcgnan
with untold wonders ot the ImlusUhl eort
a veritable eighth wonder , before whlcl
the hanging pardcns of llftbylon and the
Colossi of Ithodcaverc cis naught , If you
considered the practical phases ot llle
nmt ! > Hut what of the arts ? Those who
vlsltrd Vienna In 1S7S. and 1'avls In 1SS3
h-id much mlflRtvlng. Vienna nnd l\irls. o
nil the cities In the world , ercmcd Bpoclallj
fitted for the work of preparing n World's
Fair. You could reach your h-ind out over
cither city and In one night gather together
a m.ipnlflcent display ot those things whirl
form the chief feature- every such oxhlbl
tlort. 1'slntlng , statuary , bijouterie , brlc-n
brnc these arc the real attractions. Am
these nro the sort of which the west was
distinctly destitute. Great cornfields , eplen
did orchards , limitless cattle ranges , were
nil magnificent In their way , but -is n con
trlbutlon to nn nrtlstio world's fair , they
meant little or nothing.
It was not surprising , therefore , tha
there should bo an abundant ( irophccy o
evil before the Columbian exposition. Whai
moro natuMl than to say that , out of tlio
necessities of the case , It must bo olmpl )
an enlarged county .fair , where the princi
pal attractions would be the pumpkin and
the bumpkin ? Yet we all know how the
soothsayers were covered with ctinfusloa
how from tills Intensely practical , corn-
wising , Itimber-proJuclng , pork-packing am'
cattle-shipping community , there c.inio an
astounding display of the be.st typo of flu
do slcclo culture. Naught was expected of
N'ar.areth , yet hero was brought to fruition
the nrtUitic labor of the world for all the
centuries.
A distinguished Kngllsh novelist , travel
ing In America , expressed great surprise
over one phase of our natloiMl life. "With
us , " said ho , "London Is the center , not
nlono In commerce , hut In all thlng.s. . It Is
the literary center , It is the art renter. It
is the center of all phases of the higher llfo
of the Ilrltlah cmplri > . Hut hero It Is not
so. There Is no center In America. You
are as like to find great erudition ki u
small western vlll-igo where , least of all ,
you would look for It , as In Iloston or Now
York. I myself was amazed to find Hagol
and Kant lying oa n drawing room table
In a frontier town , away beyond the Mlo-
sourl river. Such Is the outcome of this
strtcige , cosmopolitan people. "
Surprising , how over , as the Chicago
World'i fair proved to be , It was , neverthe
less , In a certain sense , a disappointment.
Taking Its Inspiration from pet/plo accus
lo great things , It was , perhaps , to
bo expected that the eirterprlso would ca-
sumo colossal proportions. To the casual
looker-on , who visited the White City , there
wna an "embarrassment of riches. " The
magnificent specimens of landscape gardenIng -
Ing , the dream of beauty embodied in the
Co.urt of Honor , the perfect examples of
Grecian architecture as seen in the build
ings , the shady nooks of the weeded island ,
the electric fountains , with the prismatic
searchlight resting and melting In ever-
changing hues on statue and pinnacle , 'these
nnd a thousand other beauties held
the cyo nnd stuplflcd the mind with won
derment. Ono felt bewildered nt the mag-
nificcnco of the feast spread before him ,
nnd when nt last poor , tired nature de
manded her needful rest , and ho was forced ,
through sheer exhaustion , to le-.ivo the
grounds , It wns with the dlssalisllcd con
viction that n complete and comprehensive
view was Impossible. It would have occu
pied the full six months > to have gained
nn adequate knowledge of this grandest of
exhibitions.
Not so with Omaha ; her people have
wisely decided that her exposition shall , ns
Its r.amo signifies , bo chiefly American , and
moro especially representative of the trnns-
mlsslsslppi states. Whllo Chicago abounded
In exhibits demonstrating the wealth and
cultivation of other nations , Omaha will
show the unlimited resources of our own.
Foreigners will learn that their Idea of
the empire that constitutes the great west
Is a mistaken one. That the buffalo docs
not roam over Its fcrtilo prairies , and that
the Indian Is no longer n source of terror.
That in fact "Tho West , " In the frontier
ponso thai' the term Is Implied , no longer
exists. That If you ask llo locality lu New
York , they will direct you to Chicago at
Chicago , they will point to Omaha from
Omaha , you will be told 'to go to Denver ;
hero the Dcnvorltes will Indignantly point
to Salt Lake City , and when at last you have
reached the coast , you will find In San Fran
cisco as cosmopolitan a city as any eastern
port.
Ninety years ago. when Louisiana was
purchased , her boundaries extendol to the
Pacific ocean. The land west of the Missis
sippi river was designated onthe map as
"The Great American Desert. " " .Tho Kansas
nnd Nebraska Handbook" of 1S37 anil IS5S ,
by Nathan Parker , spoils Kansas with a
"z , " and designates Hrltlsh America as the
northern boundary of Nebraska. What
wonders have been accomplished Jn these
forty years ! They have seen the desert
blossom as 'the rose , the population of a
few thousand swell Into an earnest people
ple who number millions ; the ru3o Imple
ments of .farming1 glvo way to the most per
fect machinery In the world , and poverty
nnd ignorance replaced by wealth and
knowledge. What more fitting , then , that
after a successful half-century , the pcoplo
of the west give an exposition demonstrating
that when commerce leads the way , art ,
culture , true social progress , follow ?
I'OMTICAI. IHIIKT.
The nearest slate election Is that In Rhode
Island , which will take t > lace April G. State
olllecra and a legislature will bo chosen.
Now York awemblymcn 'havo no great
trouble In .boating . the constitutional pro
vision prohibiting free passes. They buy
their tickets , secure receipts for the money
and draw on 'tho corporations.
Senator Mascn of Illinois prefers the
democratic atmosphere of the house of
representatives to the haughty surroundings
of the senate and Is often noon talking with
the members of the lower body.
Senator Hill IB BO quiet nowadays that
Now York pollltclans nre tempted to fol
low the oxnmplo of the mother who said :
"Jano , go look In the nursery and sec what
your nlster IB doing , and tell her to stop. "
Alabama elects a governor this year nnd
EO do Georgia , Arkanras , California , C-1-
crado , Connecticut , Idiho , Kanms , Mains ,
M'.ssachusetLs , Michigan , Minnesota , No-
bruska , Nevada , Now York , New Jersey ,
North CarolUu , Oregon , PennisylvanU , HlioJ
Island , South Carolina , South Dukotn , Ton-
tiesseo , Texas , Vermont , Wyoming anJ Win-
conslu.
The reform republicans of 1'ennsytvnnlt
xrho arc organizing to take A fall out ot
Senator Quay admit thnt they hav-p under
taken n hnrd Job. Quay's grip on Pennsyl
vania Is snld to ibo equal to n I'rokor Inch
Down In Kansas City n candid enndldato
for the nomination for mayor announces
that ho Is "a friend of the people. " "I eat
A corporation every morning , " ho exclaimed.
Then , coming down to n whisper , ho ndJeJ ,
"I need the salary. "
Senator Oeorgo Turner of Washington be
gan hlA political career twenty years ago
lu Alabama , and at thnt time Ueneral
Walker , who wns the first secretary of war
to the confederate cUtes , said thnt Turner
wns the mort brilliant young lawyer In the
state.
The St. Paul Globe , which recently
changed hands , has teen taken to task for
presuming to represent democracy and at
the same limp advocate sound money. Th
position Is certainly a trying out' and In
sures n wayback seat among the partr
benches. /
"Tho Tilg four" Is nn expression not In
frequently heard of certain Influential house
miMvibero on the republican sldo. Jiift as
often there aT many people asking who "tho
bit ; four" are. Hero Is the list : Thomas
11. Heed of Maine , Nelson Dlngley of Maine ,
n.wld U. Henderson ot Iowa anJ John l al-
zell of Pennsylvania.
Charles II. J. Taylor , formerly mlnlcter to
I.Merln , has Inaugurated n new movement t > y
which IIP hope ? to Join the ncgroM of the
country In one iwirty. the Afro-American
party. Mr. Taylor was .born n slave and
lias the distinction of being the only m-gro
lawyer over admitted to the bar of lu !
suprnnm court of the I'nltcd Stairs.
Major Asa Bird Gardiner , the district at
torney of New York , Is on the retired list of
the nrmy and receives a ralary as such of
$1,875 a year. Ills .lnry ns district attorney
Is $12.000 nddltlonal. Colonel Theophllus K.
Kcdenboiitfi , who was a ] pointed superintend
ent of the Uurcau ot Klpctlotu on Thursday ,
Is n retired officer of HIP nrmy. nt a salary
of ? 2.fi25 a year , In addition to his salary
from the city of JG.OOO n year.
A r.ither mournful account Is given by the
Harlem ( N. Y. ) Local Htnortor of I'.ie recent
sale at auction nf the spoils and chattels be
longing to the Sllverlto Sttiyvcccnt club of
hat locality. Furniture , carpets , pictures nnd
irlc-a-brnc ; everything wont but the oil paintIngs -
Ings of HIhard Croker. ex-Mayor Gilroy nnd
ex-Polleo Justice William II. llurke. These
were withdrawn at the last moment , but the
crayon of ex-Senator David II. Hill went
indcr the hammer a'nd brought $ .1.
"Marso Jim , " salil Nathan , nn old
Qporg-Ia darky , the cth < r day to n man
prominent In politics , "Is you gwlnc In dls
yoio race for governor ? " "Haven't thought
about It. " "Well , of yor docs run an' Mlt > >
elected , will you glvo HIP n Job ? " "Cer-
alnly I would remember you , Nathan.
What would you like ? " "Well , mill , -I'd dc
iko tea black bnolsi roun' do capital. " "Aud
what would you expect for thnt service ? "
Well , suh , ho replied , "I should pay $4 a
lay would bo rrnsonable. Das what do
uthcr legislators get. "
, M.MIIAIIHTII. ; < .
Clileapro llcoonl.
"Whom first WP lovu we seldom wcil. "
The renpnn , if you please ,
Is Cupid lias n level lirnd.
And must hnvi- bread ami cheese.
Dctnlt Jnurnil.
The lips thnt touch liquor shall never
touch mine ! "
The bnivc girl cried , cried she ,
N'ow , unless n mnn were Bhcols In 'the wind ,
HL would never kiss 'her , would he ?
\Vnshlnstnn Stnr
Xo\v men of every city smile ,
Though wintry stklrs grow glummer ,
Vnd Phout with plep , "Just wnlt nnd s
Our base bil : ! club next summer ! "
Chicago News.
Of nil the Joys Ihnl fale cnu fix.
This makes the heart elnte ;
To hear Iho bell nl Imlf-p.ist Fix
And not gel up UH clghl.
Inillnnnpolls Journal.
When she hrr tiny fool sols down ,
Oppo.-ier.H llru * . 'to their suipriso
It 1ms Immovability
In Inverse ratio to Its size.
Wiihlilnnton Star.
showing 'how ' things ought to be
Takes some men scarce a dny ,
It takes the human nice nil ngo
To make 'em go that way.
Petrill Journil.
"Married six months ? Wull , presumably.
You've now comp down lo otirtli iifialn. "
"Oh , that wo could hnvo stopped nt tlie
earth ,
Coming down , " Ihe sighed , with u look of
pain.
Cleveland
He kissed her on the ruby lips ,
She nearly Him ! n lit ;
For they , you HI > O , were man nnd wife ,
And .she wasn't used to It.
niioi.ocui : .
Alfred Pcrclval Oravea In tic : Sketch.
"Will you wnlk with mo the day , Itoso
O'Unherty.
To TrllllK H.mks nwny , liosoen DIiu ?
To a ribbon you arc ready.
And thu sun Is shlnln1 stendy ;
Will you walk wllb mo the dny , Hose
nroo ? "
"I'll no walk with you the dny , Air. Cns-
Kldy , , _
Not the longi nor the lltlle way , 'Mnslcr 3
John. |
The sun Is fthlnln' Htondy ,
And for TrIIIUi Hanks I'mrendy. / .
Sense I'm wiilkln * there the iliy : with
Couslrj Con1 ,
"What's your rnlson ? Who was he Hint
on a pleasure liont ,
When he'd wired 'Domestic duty kce"4- nio
here. '
I caught out oxchiinfiln' kisses
With some llf.iit : young Miss or Mrs.
Through Con's telescope from off or Dcrry
pier ? "
" 'Twns myself between tlio pullliuf Juno'a
jKiddle-boxcs ,
I con I'CHS It , clalmln' kisses with a will
Fiom no foolish , forward Htningrr ,
lint , Biifo out of H'ormy dnngur ,
l'rom my sister oft the liner at Alovlllc , "
"Will you wnlk with TOO the day , Itoso
O'Uoherty ?
Theru , jewel , 'tis lee sere you're Inkln *
on. "
"I could boar It If you'd blame mo
Hut with klndncKH-Ho ti slirimo met
Yes ! I'll walk I'll walk forever with you
John. "
If so , we've got some sailor suits we'd like to have him try
on. Serges and tweeds , in navy blue and Scotch mixtures with
wide , deep collars. Handsomely trimmed with flat and soutache
braid , A black silk four-in-hand goes with the serges. The
are an unusually attractive suit for a boy from 3 to JO yearsand
how does the price suit you , $4 , $5 and $6.
S. W. Cor. 15th uud Dougluu