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r.i THE OMAHA DAILT BB33 : TPRIDAV , FBBKTJABY 11 , 1808. OMAHA DAILY BEE n. nosnwATnn. n < iitor. PUBLISHED EVKI1Y MOttNlMQ. THUMB OP SUllSCnilTIONI llee ( Wltliout Sunday ) , Ono Yi > ar . W M IMIIir ll e nnd Sunday , Ono Vcar . 3 M HU Month * . . . . . < Three Month * . J JJ fiundar li-e Ono Ynr . . r i Haturday ll'e. One Year . i . . 1M Weekly Ute. Ono Year. Omaha : The Ile UulMlng. . South Omaha ! Blnn't lilk. . Cor. N and Slln Bit. Council llliiirt ! 10 1'enrl Htrc't. C'hlcflKo omcpj M ! Chamber ot Commerce. New York i Temple Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. COnUKSPONDUNCK. All communications relating to nPT Jini'JV ' , ' ? . ' Hfll maltciBhould be addressed ! To the Editor. HUH1NIW3 LIJTTKnS. ri-mlttunccs rjiould b All liiiKlncsi letttrii nnd - ' nddr < > ca to The llee I'uLlUMne r- Omnha , Ornfls , clieeh" , express nnn . money orders to be made pa > ntlo to tlio the comii'iny. . . .VTV . Tin ; iicB ruuuBiimo COMPANY. ' BTATHMKNT OP CinCtJIATION. Elate of Nebrajiko , Douglnn co" " ' " . . , r , , , , Ocorge II. Tzschuck. .ecretary of Tlio De * J UD Ilshlnir cnmnnny , belnit duly unorn. says "nt in * octual number of full nnd complete fP1 , ' fln\Jj , Dally. Mornlnif. Hvenlnir and Sunrtny lice P'lnfl ilurlns rho month ot January , IMS was ns for 17 . Ji . . . . 20.4M \i \ ; ; ; : ; ; : : : : ; . : . . 20021 4r. . 20.71 * B . 20D 7 . . . . . M MI 1 8 . I1.OTJ 9 . 2I.OS- in . J0.721 11 . 10.571 32 . SU11 1 ! . JOKW 14 . in.C1 < > 1" . 21 , IK 16 . J1.010 Tntn ) ' I.CM returned n'mY unsold copies S'rt total KM daily . Rwnrn to licforo me nnd rulncrllioil prenent-p this 1st day of fcbrunry. 1SOS. ( Seal. ) X. I' , I , u Notary 1'uhllc THIli Nebraska's lirond ncros of pits- turo land ami forage tliure oiiRlit to IIP n cow and dairy boom In the statu this year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If tlioro arc any inoro 1KOS national cnn volitions or congresses lyliiK around loose Omaha will be pleased to gather them In. The Liit'tgi'i-t tilul Is over and the country will be relieved from the dis trusting dally grist of Chicago murder { rial proceedings. Congress has actually seated a con testing member In time to let him par ticipate In the proceedings of the first regular session. Verily , congress does move forward once In a while. If those bout sugar factories promised for Omaha expect to get their work in on next season's sugar beet crop , is it not time to push the projects beyond the plan and specification stage ? What about this unsightly telegraph poles ? Must the- streets of Omaha con tinue to be thus disfigured when the city ought to bo on dress parade for the view of exposition year visitors ? The meeting of the National League of Hepubllcan Clubs at Omaha has been postponed from .Tune until July , but that shQuld not Interfere with or delay the work of reorganizing the re publican clubs of Nebraska. The Kansas Pacific foreclosure see-ma to have right of way for a clear track over all judicial lines , even at the risk of putting other equally Important liti gation , such as the Hartley bond case , behind Its regular time card schedule. For the first time since 1818 It has been found necessary to close the col leges In Austria by Imperial decree to prevent disorder. I5ut the government makes no effort to associate the fact mid the ( Into or to remind tlio people of the fifty-year cycle. The project for n Journey to the North Pole In a submarine boat may bo an Improvement on the balloon journey Kcheme of Andree. Hut almost any pro ject In connection with the North Pole discovery will lie taken up by the people ple , no matter how Impracticable. The art director of the exposition has promulgated rules for the regulation of ( art exhibitors without sq much as men- 'tlonlng ' the famous Ho.ston architectural artist. Another remonstrance may lu > oxpccted as soon as the long dlstanco telephone overcomes the disturbance of the recent sleet storm. General Pando of the Spanish forejs in Cuba evidently takes the matter phil osophically to heart. "Ood help my country , " ho Is reported to have tmlil , "for she cannot help herself. " A IiuruK.il of the .story of the rise and decline c-line of Spain leaves the Impression that the Spaniards have for centuries rolled too much on Providence and not enough on thumsolves. Kor what reason does the chief of .police appear so anxious to have gambling get a start In Omaha , through the automatic gambling machines ? The order of the police board commanding their suppression Is plain enough. Can It bo that the church-going reformer * on the board spread a bombastic resolu tion on their record and privately In structed the police chief to protect the -gamblers In their operations ? Railroads that want to go Into tlio boycott business to dlsclpllno a re fractory member of their number should remember that moro than one .set of players can take n hand In the game. Tlu > public who prftronliw thu railroads Is not likely to look Idly on when a tralllc association attempts to punish nil outside rojid for daring to reduce rate.i and refusing to Join their Illegal com bine. While Germany Is under Imperial rula and the will of the emperor dominates In all national affairs , It Is evident that the agrarian movement in that country has attained proportions that make It formidable. The recent order shutting out American fruit , like the orders re lating to American meat , was clearly n concession to the agrarians , ehowlnjc how shallow Is the pretense of the cm- juror and the court parly that the will of the people Is iiot considered lu Gcr-i many. TtlR DF MMK IKCIDRST. There hnrc been several foreign min isters to the United Slates who l.ecnmc persona non grata by reason of un diplomatic conduct , but none of them pare such gross offense as Scnor da Lome , whose reflections upon President McKlnloy arc insulting to the whole American people and show the ex-min ister to bo a man unworthy of the re spect and confidence of gentlemen. The reported remark of Sngnstn , that Do Lome "bravely" admitted the author ship of the letter , to a remarkable char acterization for a prime minister to ap ply to such a circumstance and ' .t may fairly be regarded as Indicating that the ex-minister Is not likely to lose lu Span ish regard by his scandalous reference to the president of the United States. Surely there Is nothing brave In a con victed criminal confessing his g'ttlt , but doubtless Spaniards generally will agree with Sagasta and will privately extol Do Lome. It Is to be presumed that nothing fur ther will come of the Incident Do Lours being now out of the diplomatic service , so far as he Is concerned there Is noth ing to be done and the prompt action of the Spanish government lu accepting the minister's resignation Is perhaps : i1l that our government can ask. Theclt- cumstauce has given another opportu nity for n display of Spanish hatred of the United States and extraordinary precautions are necessary for the pro tection of the American minister at Madrid. The affair will certainly strengthen anti-Spanish feeling In this country and contribute to ( he sentiment favorable to feonre aggressive , action hi regard to Cuba. MR. IlKKI ) AIM ) .lAA7JX.iriOiV. The nnncxationlsts were quick to ac cept the statement that Speaker Heed had changed his views on the question of annexing Hawaii and would use Ills Influence for the passage of a Joint resolution elution declaring the islands a part ot the United States. It had hem \u-ll un derstood that Mr. Heed was earnestly opposed to the annexation sJicme anil hence the report that he li.ul ch.inged his mind was received with great sat isfaction by the anncxatlonlstrf. They were misled , however , Sneaker Keed having emphatically denounc < > d the story of his change of views as en tirely without foundation. lie is still earnestly opposed to Hawaiian annexa tion and while he ptopeily will pay nothing In regard to iii.3 ot inion of Hit joint resolution plan , as proposed by .Senator Morgan , there is MO reason to doubt that if that resolution goes to iu ! house the influence of the speaker will be exerted against It. Of eotii-se as the- matter stands Mr. Keod can properly say nothing In referea-io to It. He has gone as far as legitimately can Jn branding as false the storv H'.it he hail been converted to a f'iv > rxbo ! view of annexation. But if Die FiMinte should pass the joint reso utlon , which It is likely to do if the treaty fa'is ' of ratifi cation , then Mi. i ; i il wuuld be iu a po- pltlon to act. Meanwhile tlio ppj'pwt for a ratifi cation of the anue.7aio ! > i treaty does nut improve. It ' .s stated that thn.vo who are closest In Imich in the senate with the efforts to secure tiie required two- thirds vote foi ratilloatlou expvc.-s ab- folute conliileuc. that the treaty wilt fall by from four to fiv-e votes. Senator White of Call'-jrn ; : ! , thu leader if iho opposition to ratified1- ) . ] , is s.iid ro } , < , supremely confident of defeating the treaty. In that case the senate may pass the Morgan resolution , which would require only a majority , though It In quite possible that the opposition couM prevent action on the resolution at the present session by protracting debate. The annexation scheme was evidently not helped by the visit to Washington of President Dole. Fan run IIATTLE. There can be no doubt about the Issue in tlie congressional battle for the con trol of the Kifty-slxth congress. That was settled by the action of the .sonata and the house of representatives on the Teller resolution. The free sliver forces are organizing for the contest and the leaders profess the greatest confidence that they will secure control of the next house of rep resentatives. A movement for the fu sion of dfiinoprnlR. nnmtlluts nml sn. called silver republicans In the congres sional and legislative elections of next full , has for some time been In progress. Leading Kllverltes who still claim to bo republicans have been prosecuting a vigorous propaganda among the element In sympathy with them , while leading jwpullsts are rallying their forces. Free sllvor literature is being sent In large volume broadcast. Thus what prom ises to bo a most aggressive campaign on the part of the silver forces Is al ready beguil. The policy marked out Is the same as that heretofore adopted for uniting all the free silver forces upon candidates on state tickets and in legis lative districts. Wherever the demo crats are the strongest ths populist and sliver republican vote will be thrown to the democratic candidate , while In other portions the silver republicans nnc\ democrats will unite upon the pop ulist candidate and the same plan will be followed by the democrats and pop ulists with respect to sliver republican candidates , where such a course will tend to insure their election. The free silver loaders neb only desire to co'ntroi the next house of representatives , bin they are no less anxious to Increase the bllvcr strength In thu senate. The friends of Hound money must therefore prepare for a hard fight and they should lose no time In entering upon it. The republican congressional campaign committee has been organized at Washington and it Is expected thai It will proceed at once with the prelim inary work of the campaign. The sound money newspapers will play a very Important part and generally thej arc doing their duty in educating pub lic sentiment. The declarations of Pres ident McKlnley , that "tho money of the Pnlted States Is and must forever be unquestioned and unassailable" and that "whatever may be the language of the contract , thu United States will dis charge all Its "obligations Inthe currency recognized as Uie best money througU- r.r out the civilized world at the time o payment , " furnish a keynote for tin cause of sound money that appeals t < the conscience , the honesty and UK honor of the American people , while UK fallacy of free silver theories as dem onstratcd by returning prosperity ap peals to the common &cuse of the pee pie. pie.There There are sound money men who arc apprehensive. They fear a sllvcrltc victory In the congressional contest Those lack faith In the intelligence and Integrity of the people. We do not be Hove that the free sliver sentiment Is growing , as the sllvcrltes assert. II may have grown in spots , but we thlnfc there Is good reason to believe that In the whole country It has lost ground , However , It is still formidable and the friends of sound money must confront It aggressively and vigorously. KKCKSSITI' DF A DIRhC- 20OEXKIIA.L. . When the exposition association was organized there was no absolute cer tainty that an exposition would be held In 1SOS. Chicago had boon compelled to postpoue the celebration of the an niversary of the discovery of America from 1892 to 1893 and Nashville baa to delay the Tennessee centennial cele bration for one year. In view of this experience and the adverse conditions which had to be overcome In securing the participation of states without legls- tlve appropriations , It was perfectly natural for many of the most enthusi astic supporters of the Transmississlppl Exposition to have misgivings as to the possibility of completing the buildings and preparatory arrangements in time to open the gates on the first day of June , as originally advertised. This ap prehension existed even up to last July. It may be candidly admitted now that the progress made within the last seven months in the construction of the build ings could only have been possible by reason of the exceedingly favorabl weather conditions which have ennbloi contractors to continue their work with out interruption. In providing the framework for th management of the exposition the pea slblllty of postponement was taken hit consideration. While every great ex position over held has had n dlrocto general In control of its active opera tions , it was thought unnecessary to em ploy a high-priced , general manager un til after the exposition was assured fo the year 1898. It Is the consensus o opinion among tiiose who undorstam the wants of an exposition that the selection of a director general siiouk have been made more than three month ago. Action on tills matter was urget at the November meeting of the board o directors , but In deference to some mem bers of the executive committee who are opposed to tills plan for reasons bes known to themselves the board by reso lution recommended the creation of tilt position of general superintendent , to be filled by the executive committee 01 nomination by the manager of the De partment of Grounds nnd Buildings. Up to this time this resolution has re malned a dead letter. No nomiimtloi has been made and the constantly In creasing work of construction , purchase of power plants , electrical installation sewerage and water supply Is beliif , carried on by a dox-sn different employes each entirely Independent of the othci and with no one to direct tliem. The time has arrived when tills chaotic state of affairs should be reduced to order and system. It is a physical 1m possibility for a business man whose time Is largely taken up with his owi n ( Tali's to give efficient supervision to the vast ami varied operations inci- dental.to the building of the exposition Tills is not the only reason why a di recting head is needed for the exposi tion whose time and mind are to bo given exclusively to it. The reception and placing of exhibits , the supervision of the concessionaires , the guarding ot the grounds , the lire and police pro tection and other important details that cannot bo enumerated constitute nn im perative demand for a general manager clothed with ample power to act promptly , subject to such limitations an the executive committee may Impose. The apprehension that a director gen. oral or general manager would supplans the executive committee Is groundless. The general manager of a railroad do < ? s not supplant the board of directors or- the president and yet no well regulated railroad system can be operated with out a general manager. That the Trano. ml&sisslppi Exposition has managed to get along so far without a director gen eral affords no argument against the creation of this position. A gre.lt many mistakes would unquestionably have been avoided nnd a great deal of money saved and confusion stopped had there been a head of the operating depart ment months ago. The right man would have earned a good salary ten tiriu'.s over. At this stage ho can still save the exposition thousands of dollars , but , even if his salary were an additional expense , the position has become a mili tary necessity that can no longer bo bafoly put off. There Is no doubt , Judged by nil her mora recent stale papers , that good Queen Victoria desires more than any thing else that the closing years of her long and prosperous reign shall be peaceful years for the monarchy over which she has reigned and nominally ruled. Great Britain has hud many small wars during her reign , but few that have not been beneficial to people in other lands or prosecuted In 'the In terest of civilization. The desire of the British monarch to avoid conflict with other nations is in striking contrast to the apparent willingness of her grand son , ruling In Germany , to increase the Influence of his empire , oven at'tho cost of war with other equally powerful na tions. "There are times , " sagely asserts our amiable contemporary , "when men arc to b-e excused for carrying a pistol. " Wo think so , too. We think that the times are rJght hero in Omaha when the city Is overrun with thugs , thieves and footpads plying their vocations with Impunity under the very eyes of a rud derless police force and when no man can walk around the block nt nigh without foaringjiijfoldup at every coi nor. When the police authorities fal to giro the protection for which th taxpayers are ityjlflg. It devolves upoi the citizen to protect himself. A hlgti wayman shot dajjv.n. In his tracks ma ; produce the result .the police have showi themselves pownrlesa to accomplish. Marked variation * In the quality o the democracy on tap this year may b observed wlthonjj going far. Over li Davenport the gold democrats and th free sliver democrats have held a lov < feast and will .work together In th campaign for the principles on whlcl they do not agree at all , while In De Molnes. lu the same plate , the Jncksoi Club has passed resolutions declarlnj that "there Is no longer any middli ground"nnd that "we condemn nnt oppose anything which can be con strucd ns an Invitation to gold bugs U Join our forces until they have abau doned their mistaken , ycllow-tlnget ideas. " The engineers' strike In England war a costly affair for the English laboi unions as well as the employers. Aftci all the money was spent the strlkt ended In practical failure for the cn > glneors. The Injury to trade unionism is moro serious even than the loss ol wages and cost of supporting the strik ers , for trade unions may be of ines timable value aside from their useful ness In securing fair wages. The Kng- Isli laboring men will now doubtless look to political activity for help and push social and industrial questions to : ho front iu English politics. Iluncutulic. Philadelphia Hccord. Tlia most rantankorous advocates of war n congress arc at the earnc time the most rabid opponents ot expenditure for purposes [ of defense. It Is suspected that the war 'speeches ' and the speeches against war ap- proprlatlons arc both buncombe perform ances. Jlniilv i > n Tlint. Milwaukee Sentinel. Mr. Bryan's fidelity to the ratio which waa warranted God-given In 1896 must not lead anybody to despair. If ho should be rc- nomlnated In 1900 , and If the platform should say nothing about 1C to 1 , ho would not let a pious opinion about the ratio keep him from accepting thu nomination. He Is not built that way. Hvoil ami > Aiimention. rhtl.idelphla Hccord. Speaker Hoed Is a very Important part o the government of the United States. He I In the 'habit ot using his ofllclal position t give Uia utmost effectiveness to his persona views as to questlcas ot federal admlnlstra tlon. It will rejoica the opponents ot Ha waltan annexation to know that ho has no cnangcd Ills mindius to the desirability of dc featlng the annQjftUlon treaty. It the senat shall not ratifytho. . treaty , annexation by joint resolution .will be made much mor difficult because ot the speaker's opposition Southern JSiii rrinncy In Cotton. Cleveland /,1'latn / , Dealer ( silver. ) Figures complied' by , the Textile World ar significant as she vIaK how rapidly the cotto industry of the south is growing. In 189 Now England put-only 35,840 spindles in ne\ cotton mills aiKl-vicMetl only 31,240 to be old cotton mllla nvhilc th& south built mill with 250,780 pliillca ( , < ind added ICO,091 spin dies to old. mills. ; Tbo supremacy of th south In the cottcu Industry aver New Eng land , because of th.o , , former's superior natura advantages , Is now , p. fact. It Is a sui/cemacy which seems likely to result seriously to No\ England and of which the present strike i largely a consequence. , Terry lleliiiiint'H IUUi > Say. \ IJrooldyn HiRlo ( dem. ) Perry Delmont has written to Democratic Leader Donnelly of the statq assembly to show that Senator Murphy's vote for the Teller resolution In 1898 Is no woreo than was Congressman McKinley's vote for the Stanley Matthews resolution in 1878. May be so and may bo not. But Mr. McKlnle ; appears to have grown since 1878 and Mr Murphy is apparently where Mr. McKlnley was twenty years ago. New York state has grown , too , and Senator Murphy , also but apparently , backward. Mr. Belmont proves himself to be an opportune historiographer ot republican financial Inconsistencies , bui ho docs Ttlr. Murphy llttlo good. CaiiNe for Coitiontini-nt. Clilcaffo Ohronlrle. rAs accounts of polar expeditions constitute pleasant reading during the dog days , the published reports of the torrid weather In Australia should bo perused with intprcal during the prevalence of the cold wave , Wo nro undoubtedly better off than our friends in the antipodes. Lot the mercury fall as low as it will and1 wo can still man age to keep warm. But what solace is there for the- Australians , baking under a tem perature of ICO In the shodo ? In this lati tude wo can scarcely conceive of humun bolngj enduring such lir-at. Water bolls at 212 , and hero wu have people not only managing , - aging to exist , 'but piesumably paying some attention to business In u temperature only 51 degrees ibolow that mark. The spectacle is cacuia.ieu | 10 inspire ) us iviui coiupnimeni. Our own climate may not be Ideal , but we can enjoy the old and somewhat selfish con solation "that other people are a good deal worse off. Charley WaimrH 1'erll. New York Sun. The democrats , populists and silver re publicans of North Dakota have determined ; o make a "monster demonstration" for the purpose of warming the temperature ot their uitluuilcum and of their state. Hon. Wil liam Jennings Tirjan of Nebraska and Hon. Charles Algernon Towno of Minnesota have jeen Invited to furnish the lieat. It Is our duty to warn the North Dakotans that Mr. Towne Is peculiarly Impressionable. He fell out of Ills chair In the house of rcprcscnta- Ives the other day when the Hon. Charles Sunnier Hartman of Bozemnn was making a molten silver speech. Hot silver oratory always fills Mr , Towno with uncontrollable agitation. If It , Is , deemed safe to let him stay on the platform while Mr. Bryan pours ilmself out , ho1 niuat bo securely strapped o his chair and''tio ' ' ( chair must bo riveted o the floor , it' IJnrtman made Mr. Towno umblo upon the Door , Bryan will make him ump through jhe roof. I'nrlc. Philadelphia Ledger. At first glaneo tfoo proposition to add 3,000 square rulltv * tP tlB | Yellowstone National > ark looks llko a gigantic grab at the public ands ; but examination justifies U. Little , if any , of the land proposed for annexation Is of value for setl ( n > ent , us It Is mcatly rough and mountainous ; and , as a matter of fact , ho greater part of It la already set apart s foie&t reservations , so that nothing will bo oat , to settlers , but something gained to the fltic-n , by attaching It to the park , Kurthcr- nore , this land Is the natural habitat of the vlld animals wliosa preservation Is ono of ha moat Important ( unctions of the Yollow- tonn park , and putting It under the control f the park management will preserve t'.ieso nl ma Is from the hunters who arc now klll- nr. them off. Still another important con- lileratlon Is the magnificence of the public deasuTo resort which will thus be preserved o | K)3erlty ( , and which will bo far more ilghly appreciated a century hence than It R now , When Falnnount park was acquired y the city of Philadelphia a great many icople thought It [ was a foolish proceeding nd a great waste of money , but the people vould not listen to a proposition to tell it aw for ten tlmm what. It cost , and It la t-rtaln to grow more valuable to them as line rolls on. It will be 4he same way with bo Yellowstone National park , and the pres- nt opporti titty to make it both grand and acful should not ba tiegloctod. SOL1IJ SHiXS OK CnlniitKJreonc'd .LrtiHcnlnMon * Con- trnUMl vrllli the I'ncl * . St LouW aiobc-Uemocr t. No matter what subject la brought up In the house of late the democratic nnd popullsl members ( It any distinction Is iiec'r/isnry ] manage to bring Into the discussion the old party standby , calamity , "Gentlemen may cry prosperity , prosperity , " nald a Nebraska representative , "but there Is no prosperity " A republican member replied that "others howl calamity , " and the laugh that followed showed that prosperity hail the beet of Id People may cry prosperity , but the democrat and the populist hope for bettor things , nnd Join hands to destroy confidence. Looking the country over , there Is just ono spot where a serious business derangement exists , nnd that Is among the Now England cotton mills , This development In the enemy's country la In the nature of a popocrntlc windfall. Mr. Bryan has arranged to visit Now England shortly to add his calamity wall to that of George Fred Williams. These noble brothers In pessimism will remind the strikers that "wo told you so , " and assure thrnr again , and moro emphatically than over , that noth ing will go right uutll they accept n 44 cent dollar for wages , and draw out their llttlo remnants In the savings banks on the same magical basis. If a man has any desire to eco evidences ot prosperity , which Is equivalent to saying If ho is not a. popocrat , ho can find them by scores. Take , for instance , the latest an nual llvo stock report , based upon county returns , and Issued by the Orange Judd Farmer. "Wo nro again upon the up grade , " It begins , regardless of the fact that to some people these ore the saddest words of tongue or pen. The shrinkage In the valiio of llvo stock that began In 1893 was arrested and reversed in 1807. The gain reported Is 7 per cent. The total value of all classes of farm animals on January 1 , 1898 , was esti mated at $2,037,012,000 , against the estimate ono year before , compiled from the same sources , of $1,885,959,000. An Increase In ono year of $150.053,000 Is quite a fair-sired prosperity item. For the first tlmo In flvo years there Is recorded an Increase In both the numbers and the prices of farm ani mals. Even horses , In spite of the threatened lorselcss ago. have picked up from an aver age of $33.G3 to $35.90 ; milch cows , from 133.14 to $2C.12 ; oittle , from $18.47 to $10.72 ; sheep , from $1.95 to $2.51 , and hogs from il.13 to $4.2S. In ono Item , and one only , can the calamity man find consolation. Iur- ng the year the prtco of mules went off a ractlon over 1 per cent. This will serve the calamity purpose. "Look at our mules , " vlll exclaim the popoarnt , "and the perlsh- ng values of our farm animals. Who can deny. In the face of the decline In the value ot a mule last year from $40.21 to $39.60 , 'hat the gold standard la throttling the iirmers ? " In vain will some ono seek to omlnd him that horses , cows , cattle and logs have advanced , and that a sheep sells or $2.51 Instead of $1,91 , a bound of 28 per : ent. 'But ' people not Inoculated wlUi nlamltyillibc glad of the assurance In this eport on farm animals that the Increase in > oth numbers and' ' prices "must be taken as Indicative ot -permanent change tor the better. " OK I..VW i\clinlliiK- uropenn IiniulKrniitn nml Chicago Chronicle. It Is a fact not explicable upon any pi- tlonal principle that most of those who ardently support the LoJgo bill for the re striction of Immigration from Europe to the United States are shouting themselves hoarse for the annexation of territory Injiablted by masses of people who , to say the least , ure no bettor fitted for American citizenship than those Europeans who have the misfortune to bo Illiterate. Europeans are coming among us at a rate rarely exceeding 500.000 a year. Probably not moro than ono in every ten of those de siring to emigrate to our shores Is Illiterate. The Illiterate one Is surrounded by those from his own land , whose influence Is exerted to lift him up. He Is also surrounded by powerful American Influences from 'the day ot his landing. Ho must , In most cases , learn our language , and that Is as good an Education as learning to read. He Is brought Into direct contact with our Institutions. Ho is glad to send his children to our schools. If he does not do that his children asso ciate with American children and become Americans In sympithy and habits of thought. Yet peoplp of the Lodge school would ex clude as dangerous the European who can not road or write , no matter how sober , In dustrious , law-abiding and honest 3io may be. And at the same time these pocplo are enthusiastically In fuvor of annexing over 100,000 people Inhabiting islands more than .2,000 miles away , most of whom are native Kanakas and Mongolians and Portuguese , who neither know nor cure -much about our political Institutions and who would have ' no bettor means of qualifying themselves' f or the kJischargo of the duties of American citizenship after annexation that they havq had hitherto. This annexation of Ignomnco and orientalism has no terrors for the Lodges. And the same people sco nothing dangerous In the annexation of Cuba. They are not saying much about the annexation of that Island now , beccuso that would disclose their purpose prematurely. They must first Im pose on the pecplo with their cry ot "Cuba llbro" and do the grabbing later. But now and then ono of their number leta the necret slip and leaves no room for doubt that an nexation lies at the bottom of all this agita tion and lying about Cuba. The Lodges see nothing objectionable In an nexing 1,500,000 or moro In a lump. They would go to war to make American citizens of that many people , mostly Ignorant , moro than half negroes , many of whom were born lu Africa , and the remainder turbulent Fwnlards and descendants of Spaniards , with whom liberty means license. This miscellaneous pcpulatloo , vastly less desirable than Immigrants from Europe , oven the most Illiterate , would not bccomo Amerl canlzod In a century. Immigrants from Ouropo come to our Institutions and civiliza tion and learn thorn. We would have to carry both to Cuba and Ha\yall and that wo would not and could not do. There Is In finitely moro mischief In Cuba than In 100 years of the worst kind of European immi gration , But our Lodges would out up the > ars against inert ) Illiteracy from Europe ami go to war to annex the turbulent , half savage riffraff of CuLa. IPEILSOXAh lAMl OT1II2ILWI.SU. A modern philosopher says Icicro are pco il o who declare that they hate a thief , but who will borrow umbrellas and hooka and never return them. Editor nulo of the Knoxvllle , Tenn. Journal draws a pension from the United States government , a salary from the city as mayor and a salary ns editor. Sv.ans , shirts , canaries and trousers were among the personal effects Sir Kobert Peel's creditors auctioned off at Drayton Manor , and ho whole lot brought only a llttlo over $500 , A bill Is before the Maryland legislature prohlbftlng ttio catching of dlamondback ter- apln between April 1 and November 1 , and If any ono destroys the eggs It will cost him not less thau $300 $ a dozen. At an auction sale of the effects of a deceased woman in London the other day a safe was purchased by n man named Bonder. Behind ono ot the compartments Mr. Ponder found securities to the value of $52,000. Such n discovery would cause nest men to ponder aa to the expediency of making H known , Governor Atklnscci of Georgia , being de nounced by religious papers for having wlt- noweil. a Mexican bull fight on Sunday , an- wers : "As Sunday la the only day on vhlcli 'bull ' fighting can bo witnessed In ho City of Mexico , and as the purpose of ny visit was to glean all I could of Mexl- an customo , I did cot stand back on con- catlonality , " Royal Baking Powder is the greatest health saver of the century. 'ADVUIITISIXU ' TUTS KXPOSITIO * Itorr ( tin Work of DIP 1'nlillolty lie linHmt-nt IN llcwnriloil Abroml. St. Jo fph Tlm * . It ono man moro than another deserve prolso for the great TraniimlRsIjtslppI Expo kltlon that man la Mr. Edward Koiowatc of The Omah/v / Beo. Mr. nose-water has hoc a boomer for the entcrp-lno from the star Ho linn given almost hki entire tlmo am plcndld mind to further the work. Ho ha traveled thousands of miles ; he has np poared before committees , secretaries , ROV ernors , legislators and all sorts nnd condl tlona of people , urging , pleading and ar Ruing. Ho has labored for appropriations worked for displays nml has left nothln undone that could In anyway add to the ox position. Not only all this : Ho has glvci column after column dnlly ot his great paper The Uco , to boom the Institution. Am still this Is not nil. Many leaders In Omah have done good work , but none are mor deserving of praise thnn Is Mr. Rosewater who has used pen , voice , press and purse ficely for the success of the fair. No won dor The Hoe Is a great newspaper. It has n great editor great In many ways. MKXIOAX < ! ( ) IU 11U.MIS. .Volatile OliJrot IOM < < OII In Vlnnncc a Sllvp .Slniiiluril Country. fThlpn rf rt * ritYtr > B 1l t > n1.1 There Is an object lesson for students of currency reform in the negotiations now being conducted by the republic of Mexico for fundlns Its external bonded debt amounting In round numbers to $100,000,000. Both the principal and Interest ot thla debt are pajablo In gold. Whllo Mexico ha/j been aad Is upon a silver haels so far ns the Intelnal affairs of the ropubl'o ' nro concerned , President Diaz has alwajn rec ognized gold ns the International monctnry standard , and to her dealing with other na tions Mexico has nlwnja been n gold stand ard country. Slio has been compelled to pay the high rate ot 0 per cent Interest on this debt solely because the limited development of her resources nt the tlmo ot IrmiO'dld not warrant n loner. Since then , however , American capital and ontcrpriso have brought about such progress In Mexico that It Is now proposed to discharge the exter nal bonded debt , which expires in July , by a new Issue of gold bonds bearing but 4 or 414 per cent Interest. On one Issue of brcids during the last term of President Cleveland the United States Is paying 5 per cent Interest. How Is It th.it Mexico , ulth an area of 707,003 square mile , } and a population of twelve and n half millions , can txcino ! loans at 4 or 4M- per cent , while the railed States , \\lth an nrea of 3,501,000 square mllca and a population of 05,000,000 , Is compelled to pay n higher rate ? Simply because Mexico pledges the payment of principal and Interest In gold , and the United States discredited Itself by refusing to issue other than coin beads. Not the people of the United States do this , but n slander majority In the United States senate , which seeks to demean and depreciate the currency of the country. It would tiavc bcpn possible for the United States to have secured a 3 per cent loan on recent bond Issues If the presi dent had been authcclzcd to Issue cold bonds Instead of being forced to exercise his pre rogative In the Issuance of coin bonds. Nor did the assault on the government's credit cud with the rejection of President Cleveland's proposition. The value of the bonds Issued under his administration , nud In fact under all former administrations , 1ms bcon attacked by resolutions declaring them payable In silver , a commodity which no\\ has only half Us former commercial value. The people are already raying dearly In dollars and cents for the refusal of the senate to recognize the culy honest monetary stand ard , and they are now to be subjected to the humiliation of seeing the country's credit lowered beneath that of the little republic of Mexico. Fortunately there Is an honest administra tion and one branch of congress to stay further dlsaitcr and a patriotic electorate pledged to repair the damage already done. ixsui/rixc THE mxvD. Under tin- Clonk of J flVrsou. ' New Yoik Sun. Senator Marlon Butler of North Carolina , in a speech la the senate on Thursday last , made a ludicrous attempt to expound the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferooi from a populist potat of view. "I rloe testate state , " said he , "that there has been noth ing perverted , distorted and twlte4 so badly during the last ono hundred > ears In this country ns what Is known as Jeffersonlan democracy. " Of all 'the perversions and distortions ot Jeftersonlfim since Its Institution , the most offensive Is that enunciated bv Senator But ler in the speech wherein ho undertook to declare Its fundamental principles. "I be lieve , " he said , "In the democracy of Jef ferson nnd Jackson. For thla reason I am now a populist. The platform of the pee ple's party stands for the democracy ot Jefferson nnd the republicanism of Lincoln. " As well call day night as declare populism to bo Jeffersonlstn. The fundamental Idea ot the populist platform is a vast central ized government , which U the very rovereo of the Jeffersoniau theory of what the re public , to llvo and bo perpetuated , should be. In his writings Jefferson again and nga'cr declared that If the government Is over destroyed It will bo first by "concolldatlon" and the necessary consequence of consolida tion "corruption" corruption oa so vast a scale that the world has never seen a parallel to It. "What , " ho asked , "has de stroyed the liberties and rights of man In every government which has ever existed under the sun ? The concentrating of nil poncra Into ono body , no matter whether of the autocrats of Russia or ot the aristocrats of the Venetian senate. " This "concentrating of all powers" In the hands of the federal authority nt Washing ton , so emphatically denounced nnd repro bated by Jefferson , ls the cardinal Idea of populism. It otrctchos out Its band to clutch the control of the railroads , the telegraph lines , the Insurance interests ; In a word , the whole Industrial system of the coun try. No government ever attempted so co lossal an usurpation , end , could It bo ac complished , the worst tyranny that over ex isted at any period of the world's history would bo , In comparison with such a sys tem , light and unoppreaslvo. Senator Butler doubtless thinks that ho Is , ao ho declares himself to bo , "a demo crat of the Jeffersonlan stripe , " but ho In not. His speech proves that ho has not the faintest Idea of the Jeffersonlan philosophy of government. 1 A Mimni.in ) PINAXCIKH. IJs-tlnvcrnor llolr1 I.nirwt Deliver. nnon nn the .Money lltimtlon. St. Pnul Ulobo ( dem. ) Once Governor Doles Is ( till trying to be on all flhlP.I ot the financial Qtiosttcci. Ho nnn a free nllvcrlte , with nil that the word Implies , ndcn the moon was In the proper quarter. Slnco tlio disastrous experience of 1SOC hi has eomo out In a Icrtcr In which ho ex pressed the eminently sane opinion that then - t . , was no particular divinity about the ratio ol ' ' 10 to 1 , The subject appears to have nn Irresistible - resistible fascination for him ; tec , unable to let well enough alone , ho delivered yesterday an add'rcs.1 on ho financial nucitlon that ha > no moro liwil or tall than an orange. As near as we can make out , from the de liverances of this muddled financier ot tlio Iowa prairies , ho Is In f.avor principally ol having the government store bulllctr and Lssuo warehouse receipts against It ns the source of ft nation's currency. Ho would maintain all forms of money rion- outstand ing , nltrrply because they are In existence and , , Horace likes -to avoid trouble. Ho would , 'j have the government rcirialn n bank of Issue , 11 fixing the purely arbitrary limit of 25 per cent n.i a safe reserve np.rlnsl Us note issues. Then ho would accept and store both metals In unlimited quantities , Issuing paper re ceipts against them at the price on the day ot delivery , redeemable at the optlco of the government In olKrer metal nt the original valuation. This U the great Iowa schema of finance. wo nro sorry tnnt Mr. rioics ISKCS so ruucu trouble to prove himself a" tack number , be cause there 1mo been evidence * that ho would bo In the right If ho dcrrcd to. Why the nation should stop at receiving solil nnd silver and putting out warehouse receipts against them , and not Include the Immensely nrcro valuable commodities , wheat , corn , cot ton , liny and other products of the soil , ho does not explain. The reason Is that ho U less concerned about n rational view of the money question than ho Is about catering to both sldos of the flranel.il controversy and opening a way to glory for Boles of Iowa. His scheme Is Illogical , unpractical and will jo received with cither sllcnco or contempt In both the gold nnd the silver camps. i.Aitr.nixc Puck : Ho ( theatrically ) You have re- 'used me ! Tomorrow 1 go to seek my fortune lu the Klondike. She < Mny 1 h.ivu the refusal of you when you return ? Imllnunpolls Journal : Tommy I'.iw. what s oratory ? Mr. Finn Oratory Is a gift of words , Us chief use belnt ; that of an aid to tire innu vlio docs not know what he U talking about. Detroit Free Press : "What ! n sangulno lHpotltlon , tlnclo Christopher ? " "Sangulno disposition ? Well , It's your mother , Bobby thinking she can pound a > lcture-rrall Into the wall with u baiuiuu. " Somervlllo. Journal : Watch the expcrl- iiued poker plnyer , anil you will never ce n hectic HiiHli on his chock when a bob- nil Hush has just been dealt to him. Brooklyn Life : Pruyn Have you heard lint horrlblo story about old Stlffe bolus burled alive ? Dr. JJolus ( hastily ) Hurled alive ? Ininos- slblei Why , ho was one of my patients ! Washington Star. "luxury , " said Uncle Ktien , "la cr mighty variations affair. Kt you'a down -scuf it's leo cream , an' ef you'a on ilo Klondike It's quinine. " Cleveland Plain Denier : "No , children , you must bc very careful to never sit ou the small of your backs. " "What you ( aoln1 lo tlo , teacher , when you strike an icy slldu that you didn't know was there ? " Boston Trnnscrlpt : Mistress Your nnnro s Majflnnls , you say. But what Is your 1st name ? Maid-Mem ? Mistress What la your first name ? Alary. Bridget " Mnld It's me second name ye'd bo after , 'lint la Mary. I was a Musinnls before I us a Mnry , don't ye molnd ? Detroit Journal : "Unsay those words ! " cried Penelope , with tliisliliiK eyes. But Absalom Snlggs had not forgotten his rnrltpn training. "I would not crawfish on Sunday , " " ho protested , his whole -moral nature In re volt. ' v As for the girl , Ihls robust virtue dazzled her. Chicago Post : "Woman. " she Eiild , oracrr- l.u-ly , "should have nil the privileges that man has. She Is showing1 her ability to di all that he can da In tin.- business world. " "Yes , " | io admitted , "she Is rapidly bring- Inpr herself down to his level. " The moro she thought of this remark the stronger becnme her determination to keep out of all surtruge movements. THE PElllG'ltUIS ' OF Til 12 UOMjAIIS. Sam Walter Foss In New York Sun. r/10011 / one-dollar bills ono day Within a good man's wallet lay. i Aird ho resolved ( no peed was ho ) J To trace each dollar's pedigree ; And not to spend a single bill T.hat bore n stain of wrong or III. So llko a sleuth he followed back Each dollar bill upon Its track. 1 II. Bill Number One he found was made In a dishonest jockey trade ; And Two a grocer made of late By overcharge anil underweight ; And Three > naa made through watered milk And Four by selling1 And Number Five a sweater mmlo Through starving- women underpaid ; And' ' Six \wis mode. In dens of ahame , And Seven In a gambling game ; And Number Klght ho found to bo The -prlco of wretched perjury ; And Nine was from , a robber's clan , Tent stolen from at murdered man. 1 III. i Our good nvnn 'would not spend- again This money dark with many a stain , And BO lie yielded up his breath And with hla money starved to death. Ten good1 one-dollnr bills that day Within thut dead man's witllot lay , They'd never found a man. oh rno ! Who'd used them half aa 111 an ho , In thess days of hustling activity when everyone is rushing about looking for the best of everything , we don't like to disappoint them so fall in line and push. We are going to push our fifty cent line of Neckwear. Everything ( except black ) and you can't afford to everlook this bet. Our entire line of right up-to- date fifty cent neckwear none reserved bows , strings , tecks , 4- in-hands and puffs will be sold for 25 CENTS. This is a true bargain , for you are all familiar with the excel lence of our ties and the sterling values we have always given you none better they are the choice of the best known manu facturers not a poor pattern among them they are on display in our 15th street windows so come at once and take first pick S. W. Cor. J0tfc and Douglas