"OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDATMAROH 5 , 1808.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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TKHMS Of 8UU8CH11T1ONI
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Daily lice nhil Sunday , One Year 8 W
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Haturday lice. One Year 1 ' ?
Weekly lice , Ono Year w
OKFFICKS :
Omnha ! The llec llulldlnff.
Buuth Oinahi : Hlnger Ulk. , Cor. N nnd 2Un Stt.
Council Illuirn : lu I'earl Street.
Chleiigo Olllce : M2 Chamber of Commerce.
New Yoik : Temple Court ,
WaihliiKtont Wl Fourteenth Street.
COltllKSl'ONUUNCi : .
All communications relating to ncw and edito
rial matter hi/ulU IJB ndareneed : To tno KJIlor.
IIUSINIWS .urrrKHd.
All builneti Ictlcn and remltlnnccs should be
aJJrcz eil to The lies I'ubllshliiK Comt > any ,
Orrmhn. Draft" , theckz , exprer * and | w lolllco
money orderM to be made payable to the order ol
the conu-any.
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MBU llUUU8Ua ! coMtANV.
8TATKMBNT OP CIIlCUkATlON.
State of Nobrnrkn , Douulns county , us. :
Cleorge II. Tzachuck , cecrctary of The IJee Tub-
llshlnu roiuimny , bcln duly sworn , enys that the
aitunl number of full and complete copies of The
Dally. Morning , KxenltiK and Sunday Jlce printed
tlurliiK the month of February , 14ii , was as fol
lows :
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2 2IVI ! ) 1C 21,631
3 ) J Zl.WJ
3C H 21,815
C 20,873 l j 21,51)1
C 2I.U50 -I ZI./JJ
21 2I > 7
8 2I.UII " 2 21,121
! ) 2i , W2 23 21.035
10 2U.SS2 ( S1.92S
11 21,123 25 22,111
12. 21,070 SO 22,227
1 21.012 27 : MV
II 20,901 23 . *
Tutiil . . .
I es3 returned nnd unuulil copies
Net tolnl fate *
Xrt tin lit * \eitico . . . * * * * i wy
aiVoitfii : n. TSWCHUCK.
Sworn to before me nnd subscribed In my
prcenct > thin 1st day of March , IS'JS.
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Notary Public.
Why Hhoultl tlio zeal of the chief of
police to onullcnto pnmliltiu stop filiy of"
tliu niitoniiitlu punblliiK machines ?
Af r a trial of one year no American
who voted for MeKlnlcy rc-Ki-uts that ho
lieljiutl to Klve the vonuliileaii party
control of affairs at Washington.
Tins "view with alarm" clauses In the
populist and impocnitle platforms this
your will have to be almost as short and
ineaiiliiKk'SS as thu "point with pride"
features of tlio same documents.
The Transmlsslsslppl Exposition
Bhoiild have railroad rates equal to
the- best over offered any similar
KatherliiK of people. It should have
tlii'Su rates , moreover , from the day the-
> ; ates open.
The latest German exclusion is that of
American students , who arc to be shut
out of the fierman technical schools.
Tlie dispatches fall to sin to whether the
claim is made that the students are in
fected with microbes.
Perhaps the mall carrier who was held
up almost within hearing distance of the
city hall will head a subscription list
of his follow mall carriers to present
the chief of police with another dlamond-
Rtudded golden star.
Scelnp Is bellevlnjj. Comparison of
The llee with would-be competitors pub
lished in those parts will convince every
fair-minded person that The Boo gives
full value for every cent paid It for
subscription or advertising.
It the outlaw police commissioners
want evidence of police liu'lllclency
they might not inquire In vain of the
cleric of their own hoard , who has Just
reported a house despoiled of its plumb
ing by unmolested marauders.
The Increase of city tax receipts for
the mouth of February Just closed , as
compared with February of 1807 , Js
nearly ? i,000. : ; People able to pay their
taxes promptly cannot he suffering much
from any alleged dearth of money.
Down In Salvador a revolution Is talked
of on account of the low price of silver.
It Is hard to see how silver Is going to
benefit by a revolution , but the
plan is not more unreasonable than some
of the others conjured up by tlio sll-
verltes.
A Kansas wine company last week
shipped a quantity of wine to Lelpslo ,
Germany , an Incident entitled to rank
with that recent shipment of golf sticks
to an English city. After while the
Florida clgarmakers will begin , shipping
realllavanas to Cuba.
It will be noticed that the Loud postal
bill dropped with n thud In the national
liouse of representatives. Wo have no
reason to believe , however , that the en
dorsement of the measure by the exec
utive committee of the Commercial club
Is responsible for Its untimely demise.
The charter applying to the city of
Lincoln still retains the antiquated sys
tem of Impeachment of municipal officers
by vote of the city council. Such a
twhunie Is scarcely better than no powei
of Impeachment , as the recent Impeach
ment iKoceedlngs lu the capital city ef
fectually prove.
During the last ten years more than
510,000,000 worth of public land has
been sold for cash , but thove are Im
mouse tracts of public land that wll
not be utilized proj erly for many year.s
unless some provision Is made for Ir
rlgatlng It for the benefit of actual farm
ers witling to cultivate It.
/fho Union I'aclllc anil ! Kansas Pacific
have been divorced from the govern
inent. The Con t nil Pacific remains as
the link between the bond aided rail
roads ami the national treasury. Tht
sooner the Central Pacific follows li
tlu > wnko of the others through the
process of foreclosure the better will bt
the chastening effect of the divorce.
The validity of the Douglas countj
funding bonds has Un-u endorsed b\
the supreme court ami the successfu
bidders will have no further excuse fo
not forking over the money. Judging bj
the bids , received for ( he now funding
bonds of the city of Omaha the count }
would have no difficulty In disposing o
its bond Issue on equally good terms
even If the accepted bidders should do
cllno to come to time a most iuiprob
able contingency , bouvrer.
PREPARATION.
The statement from London that the
paulsh government has bought two
miners that are being built by a firm
f British shipbuilders for Drar.ll and
s negotiating for two more that are
nder construction In France for the
outheru republic Is probably well
oundcd. At all events It Is not. Incrctl-
hie , for It has been the understanding
or soinu time that Spain was seeking
o purchase war ships , the difficulty In
ho way of her doing so being the want
f money. It nppcars from the London
Ispatch .that the Spanish government
las been able to secure the money for
mylng war ships , the presumption being
hat It has been furnished by French
apltallsts. It Is also stated that Spain
a endeavoring to secure guns and am-
nunltlon lu Europe.
There Is nothing Improbable or In-
rcdlhlo In these statements. It Is note
o bo doubted that the Spanish govern-
lent Is making preparation for possible
var. It may not seriously expect war ,
lor Is there reason to think that It has
ny Intention of going to war with the
United States , but It realizes the e.xpedl-
ncy of being prepared for what may
tappen ami Itf actively though not dein-
nstratlvely engaged In putting the
naval power of the nation lu readiness.
The United States must not be del-diet
n this regard. This country , too , should
iropart ! for the possible exigency. How
ever peaceful the Intentloss of this gov-
rninontfUie fact must be realized that
hero will bp danger of war until the
Juban question Is settled. We cannot
enow at any time , with absolute cer-
alnty , tlio purpose of Spain. It Is not
lossihlo to foresee and guard against
every circumstance that might provoke
lostlllttes. Ilonco preparation Is die-
ated by every consideration of sound
> olley and national security. Wo are n
itttlon of more than 70,000,000 people
and our resources arc practically uullm-
ted. Spain has hardly more than one-
fourth our population and Is nearly
> ankrupt and with little credit. But
grmt as this disparity Is , If we are not
irepared to fight In the event of war
vo may suffer severely. Spain's prop-
iratlon should make some impression
ipou congress.
AVXILIAIIY FfiKKT.
It Is a fact not generally known that
ho United States government could if
locossary equip Jlrom tlio merchant ma-
lue , In a very short time , an "auxiliary "
loot of considerable proportions. The
four steamships of the American Hue-
lie St. Louis , St. I'aul , Paris and New
York were constructed with reference
o their conversion into war ships and
t is said that not mnro than two weeks
voulil be required to prepare them for
war. There is also a number of steam
ships hi the Atlantic 'coast trade which
can bo readily converted into cruisers.
V retired navy officer Is quoted by a
New York paper as saying that a fair
illowanco of time being given and the
nechanlcal resources of the various
lorts not being overestimated , at least
hlrty-Ilvo ships could bo made ready
u six weeks from the time they were
turned over to the various repair yards.
L'hese vessels would not bo as effective ,
of course , as regular war ships , but they
would bo capable of doing good service
where without them the regular war
ships would have to bo employed. This
auxiliary fleet could bo utilized In pro-
acting our coast commerce and also In
transporting troops. This Is a force In
addition to the navy which Is not
usually considered , but It Is a quite
Important factor and one that undoubt
edly would be found exceedingly valu
able In casoof war. Such steamships
as those of the American line , properly
equipped , ought to make as effective
war ships as any of the unaruiored
cruisers of the navy.
PRKl'ARISd A CURRENCY DILI *
A sub-committee of the house commit
tee on banking nnd currency has been
engaged for two or three weeks In the
preparation of a currency bill , which It
Is understood Is nearly If not quite com
pleted and may be .shortly reported If
thiiro arc no now .developments In our
foreign relations of n threatening nature.
It Is said that the measure proposed by
the sub-committee will mark a long stop
toward a scientific currency system.
Ono feature of it , according to report ,
will be to throw the current redumption
of the greenbacks upon the national
banks , as the safest practical plan of
dealing with the legal tender paper. It
Is also said that In respect to the provi
sions for a banking currency and for
branch banking the plan of the mone
tary commission will probably -he re
ported with some modifications.
It thus appears that the subcommittee
mittee has Ignored the plans of the sec
retary , of thu treasury and of the mone
tary commission so far as relates to the
retirement of the greenbacks and pro
pose that these shall remain a part of
the currency , but that the government
shall bo relieved of the obligation to re
deem them , this" being transferred to
the national banks , which would
thereby bo required to keep a
reserve of gold at least equal
to that which the government
must now maintain and perhaps larger
Possibly such an arrangement wonli
work satisfactorily If the banks wen
willing to assume the responsibility , bn
would they be ? And assuming that
they would , could they always be depended
ponded upon to have on hand a sudlclcn
gold reserve for the current redemptloi
of greenbacks ? Would there not bt.
ihuigr that In a time of panic the banks
would fall to respond to n demand foi
greenback redemption that sliouh
threaten to wipe out their gold reserve'
Of course wo are not aware of tlio safe
guards which It may bo proposed tn
erect against such a possible condition
but there are conceivable conditions
under which the plan , of greenback re
dcmptlon by the banks might prove note
to bo wholly satisfactory. In regard to
the monetary commission's plan for a
banking currency and for branch bank
Ing , It Is In the main sound and It
adoption would undoubtedly result h
extending the national banking systcn
to sections of the country where there I
tv demand for better banking facilities
It Is designed to accomplish this am
tlauru Li every reason to believe it wouli
mve the desired result. It should
liereforc have the support of those sec *
Ions of the country which are asking
or legislation that will glvo them more
urrcncy.
The report of a currency bill , If one
hall bo made , will bo regarded with
ntcrest , although thcro Is barely a pos-
Iblllty of any currency legislation at
he present session of congress. Wean
an sco no reason to expect that n cur-
cncy bill can oven papa the house , bo-
auso of the diversity of views among
ho majority In that body. While the
hances of carrying a bill through the
cnato have lu nowise Improved. It Is
n question , therefore , whether the house
eaders will bo disposed to give any
line to currency consideration. They
ppear anxious to bring the session to
u end as early as possible and a dls-
usslon of the currency question would
ecessarlly bo prolonged. The house
ankliig and currency , committee may
) o doing Its duty in endeavoring to
ramo a currency bill , but there Is no
iromlso that Its labor will have any
iractlcnl result.
PARKS TO T1IK KXl'OMTWN.
Now that the water supply for the
xposltlou Is assured the next Important
> roblem with which Its mana
gers must grapple Is the ( pies-
Ion of special railroad rates ,
t goes without saying that the
gate receipts constitute the principal
ource of income of every public show
ind that they depend largely upon the
est of bringing people to and from the
xposltion 'city. In other words , high
all road rates would be an embargo
ipon popular participation In the exposl-
ion , while low rates would be an almost
rroslstlblo Inducement for people to
ravel from all points of the compass.
It stands to reason that people who
ontomplate visiting the exposition want
o know beforehand what the outlay for
allroad fare will bo. It Is , therefore ,
of the utmost importance that the rates
of railroad fare to the exposition be
Ixed at the earliest possible moment. It
s a matter of history that the World's
Columbian fair was sandbagged during
ho first few months by the refusal of
ho railroads centering In Chicago to
'stnbllsh a low rate passenger tariff , and
ho great exposition rescued from dis-
nal financial failure by the tardy rec
ognition of the fact that the railroads
vero cutting their own throats In de
clining to make concessions that would
iltract travel and traffic. The World's
Columbian fair lusted six mouths , while
he Transmlssisslppl Exposition will be
open only live months. The establish-
iient of a low exposition rate nt the
cry beginning Is therefore a vital
condition to success.
Great bodies proverbially move slowly.
It Is obvious that where nearly all the
railway systems of the country are ex-
> cctcd to co-operate It will take time
. The inlti-
: o arrive at anagreement.
itlvo must bo taken by the railroads en-
orlng Omaha. Their representatives
should not delay bringing the matter be
fore the different passenger associations
so that the exposition management may
vtiow what Inducements in the way'-ot
reduced railroad rates can be offered to
the public. Up to this time it has only
the promise of liberal treatment and
unplo facilities , but these assurances
must be made more definite as soon as
possible. _
POLICE MlSHUbE MUST STOP.
When mall carriers going to their
homes are held up In the streets of
Omaha by masked highwaymen It is
time for citizens to wnkov to the fact
that something must bo done to put an
end to police mlsgovcrnmont. No other
community under like conditions would
show so much forbearance with police
Inefficiency brought about by an imbe
cile nnd rotten police commission and an
utterly inexperienced and Incompetent
police chief. For all this there Is but
one remedy. Unless the supreme court
shall soon declare Governor Holcomb's
police board to be unconstitutional and
illegal redress can conic only from the
governor , who has Inflicted upon this
city a set of commissioners who have
no regard for the law nor their sworn
duty to give the people of the city nnd
strangers who visit it ample police pro
tection.
With the rapid approach of the day
set for opening the gates of the Trans-
mlsslsslppl Exposition the duty of pro
tecting the public becomes imperative.
It would bo an eternal disgrace to
Omaha to expose guests who accept Its
hospitality to tho.raids of organized
bands of thugs , footpads and pickpock
ets by keeping Its police department lu
a notorious stnto of flagrant ineffi
ciency. It is as much Incumbent upon
Omaha to provide effective police pro
tection for all who come within Its lim
its as It Is to protect its own citizens
from contagious disease and their prop
erty from destruction by lire.
If the lire department were as badly
demoralized nnd badly officered as the
police department the town would be In
arms and the business men Individually
and in their various organizations would
also up In their might to depose the
officials responsible for such a .state of
affairs. Protection of business blocks
from llro Is of less importance than the
protection of life and of tlio home. It
is almost Incredible that no public dsm-
onstration has yet been made to put
an end to police misrule from which the
community Is suffering so. grievously.
Prosperity Indicators may be awn In
every direction. The records show that
mortgages to the value of $ ( ,00 ( ) were
released on property In one county of
Idaho during December , nnd It Is os
tlmated that from July 1 last to .lunuarj
1 the amount of the releases was about
C l.r.0,000. By the first of next July the
total will reach a quarter of a million
This Is the report from but one smal
western county , but similar reports
might be obtained from many others.
The governor of Minnesota Is one o
those level-headed men useful In ni
emergency. When the newspaper sen
satlon mongers telegraphed to him nsk
Ing that ho suggest wbat ought to be
done If It should develop that the Maine
was destroyed through Spanish t reach
cry , what ho did , expressed In his owi
nngungc , liftsJ ' 1 > wired back that 1
vat ) not Itfjtho HUgKCstlng business , ns
was hardif li n position to suggest to
ho presldejwJf the United States what
its duties might bo under any such cir
cumstances. " The suggesting business
s left to tlif "follows.
There is nothing mandatory on the
council to order paving when petitions
of propcrtyflynors ; are presented. Streets
n the heart of the city should bo given
> referenee o\et.out-of-the-way ; roadways
hat can waft for Improvement without
obtruding on visitors to the exposition.
Sniull 'KlMflil In' Shunter * ,
Providence. Journal.
It war ahoulJ really come It Is greatly to bo
cared that the men who have not liaJ a bit
ot the tun of shouting would have to do all
ho work of fighting.
Kvll DfiMln 1.1viAfltr Him.
New York Tribune.
The evil that Wcyler did lives after'him In
Cuba. To' his malefic enorglca may be Justly
attributed nine-tenths of all Spain's ombar-
assmcnts In that IsMml , and an equal pro
portion of all the tensity or relations betwccti
Spain ami ttio Ujtltecl States.
\Vliy thr Country lit Safe.
Chicago News ,
Another evidence of the absolute safety uf
his government Is the fact that tn case of
ho sudden , death of President McKlnley any
uae of a dozen Washington newspaper corre-
poiideutfl would take Ills place without the
slightest hesitation. As It Is , the president
a convinced that ho Is a very Inconsequential
figure compir.'d with the averagecorrespond -
nt.
'Chonp ' 'Mom-y In the Went.
lloston Transcript.
CXieap money has struck the southwest and
ho Clinton , Mo. , Republican ItivltcB the
calamity howler to make a noteof the fact
Cwt several counties In that state have re
cently refunded their 5 and 6 per cent bonO.i
at 3'4 und 4 per cent. But the calamity
lowler will not make a note of any such
iccurrences , for 'they do not harmonise with
i Is howl.
Conwr < > HNlonnl Tnllc.
Clilmgo Post.
Speaker Heed has ruled that thereafter
congressmen must speak to 'the subject
mdcr discussion when given the floor. That
voulil seem to be reasonable. When second-
ilass poatofllces arc under consideration
here la no apparent reason for taking1 up
ho time of the house with free sliver. 'Nev
ertheless we rather expect to hear loud cries
of "Czar ! " and "Tyrant ! " followed by tu-
nultuous applause from various parts of the
country.
\i > Coiicfft In Ourx.
N'oiv York Mall nnd Uxiiresa.
There Is something fantastic In the sug
gestion of a concert of iKuropean nations to
nedlato between the United States and
ipaln for the purpose of averting war. Even
f this government were to agree to such
i program , Spain probably wouldn't , Sagasta
laving already announced that she will sub-
nit to no foreign Interference In her own
iffalrs. Hut the ( K'uropcan ' concert business
s played out , . _ any.ho\\ ' , and the nations over
hero have troublpa enough of their own on
hand to engage their undivided attention.
PlllllMltllK-Ilt Of LtHHIISNlllM.
Pnrlnfenold ( Moss. ) llepubllcan.
It Is the Intention of the 'Postofflce depart
ment to hunt-down and punish to the full
Imlt of the lawi the white fiends In Wil-
lamsburg countyrSouth Carolina , who mur-
lered the negro postmaster , Baiter , and his
nfant child , and burned down the postofflce
over their h > ads. Instructions have 'been
; lven to the federal officers In that section
to epare.no Ime. , labor or expense lu pur
suing the cttfyrlft , and those who escape
hanging wllljibe pbnfrbnted with long terms
of lmprlsonrfnt.jj Public sentiment Will
warmly applaud jthePostofllco department
n. pushing a Jftielfcll&s prosecution.
IT"
I.HHt Ypnr'n ( irnUfyliiir Itvcord ot
UliiiliilxlitMl ImlflitiMlnvMn.
Chicago Tribune.
During 1S9G fo.rm mortgages to the nmount
ot $12.033,500 were filed in Nebraska , and
similar mortgages to the amount of $11-
398,000 were released. Evidently the Ne
braska farmers did not reduce their mort-
garo Indebtedness mucU In that year.
But In 1807 the releases amounted to $14-
7C7.000 , while the new mortgages amounted
to $11,814.000. The conditions had changed.
The crops ware better In 1837 then In ISSiJ
and tbere was a greatly Improved demand
for those craps. The farmers got better
prices , paid In gold standard money , and with
that mociey , whlh was as good as that thsy
had borrowed , they were able to clear off
Incumbrancoj and pay floating debts.
Nor has prosperity been , confined to the
farmers. The city people have enjoyed It
also. In 1S9G city mortgaces were filed to
the amount of $4.441.000 and released to the
amount of $0,884,000. For the last six months
of 1897 the figures are : Piled , $1,890,000 ;
released , $4,245,000. The wcrklng people
were able to pay off the mortgages on their
homes becviso they had more employment
aftcre Bryan WHO defeated than they had
before ft was known whether ho would be
elected or defeated.
Nebraska cast Its electoral vote for Bryan.
But If ho bad been elected there would not
have been so good a record of debt-paying
as ttiat which was made last year. For ther
would have been a general panic which
would bavo affected the farmers as well as
the city people. The ability of the latter to
ccoruima the products ofthe former would
have been BO greatly reduced that they
would have found depreciated dollars scarce ,
wtillo , owing to Bryan's defeat , full value
dollars were abundant.
JIIO.1T IXSPKCTIO.V.
DecUlnii of an. Inferior Court Willet
ot Affect the AVork.
Kansas City Stnr.
The secretary of agriculture announces
that tlio Inspection ot meats will be con
tinued just as though no adverse decision
had been rendered by Judge Ilogcra. The
secretary of agriculture , the chief of the
bureau of animal industry and the attorney
general appear to bo positive that Judge
Roger's decision Is not sound , end that the
meat Inspection law k > entirely constitutional.
But it Is not through rray disposition , to
Ignore court decisions that the officials will
continue Inspection. They recognize that It
canciot be made compulsory , and that if the
drewed beef men object to It the govern
ment will have to withdraw Its Inspectors.
But the dvessod , beef men and packem are
not likely to objkt. The Inspection has been
a gr-nl benefit fo't'bom. ' for It baa put on their
od"i'ts the stamp of the government as a
r.iisrantee'of _ thfjr purity , and has , In a
largj measure/ overcome the feeling that
used to iirevallrthnt the big pack'ing houses
paid little attention to the healthfuiies ! of
nr.lranld slaughtered and the- soundness of
meat put on the .market.
But tn Inspection which merely depends
on the consent < jf the packers cannot be
as satisfactory as If It were carried on with
the full and unquestioned authority of the
law. and loone. . .methods are much more
likely to creep , into the service In the one
case than In the other. It seems an though
another hcarfnt ; on the question should ho
obtained , and the case in favor of the law bo
placed before ' tile court oa clearly anil
strongly as possible. The decision of Judge
Rogers was Ina'ldoital to a crlmlaal proecu-
tlon , and it was hardly to be expected , under
the crlcumstancea , that the constitutionality
of the law would be defended M thoroughly
as if it had been a direct test case.
It is doubtful whether Judge Rogers gave
n.i much consideration to the a'ubjcct as Its
Importance deserves , for his decision was
contrary to the views of men who are besl
Informed In the matter. A governmenta
function that fs carried on merely through
the sufferance of the parties concerned
without being backed by the full force ol
the law , Is > contrary to the spirit of Ameri
can institutions , besides being lets effective
than It nhoulcl be In accomplishing the pur
poses for which It exists , For thla reasoi
It Li to be hoped that the Agricultural de
partment will endeavor to get the question
before the oourM for another bearing , so tha
the legality of the inspection may be affirmed
or the law changed no as to maKe It con
firm to the constitution.
I OTHER UAXD9 THAW ODRS.
Th legislative deadlock in Austria over
ho degree which made the Ctcch Instead ot
ho German language the official language
t Bohemia will long be remembered for the
lotoua demonstrations which It evoked In
Vienna and other cities , and for the turbu-
ent Bccnea which were enacted In the lower
louflo of the Relchsrath. The prorogation of
hat body was deemed' ' to bo the only means
y which to quiet the excitement that had
teen aroused , and engage In efforts at aomo
ompromlsc. Since the Relchsrath was pro-
ogued thcro bavo been many confcrotvcea
> etween the Austrian and Hungarian minis-
erlrs , while the new Austrian premier and
he lenders of the various parllamcntry di
visions have discussed terras ot settlement ,
out of all of which nothing has yet como.
'hat the RclchEirath cannot bo Indefinitely
irprogued Is evident , and tha only question
s as to the degree of opposition which the
government will meet from the Germans
when that body reassembles. Decides the
question ot language , too , there Is that of the
ompact which binds Austria and Hungary
ogethcr. At Its expiration last year It was
ontlnued provl Icnally for ar.o'.her year , and
Ix months of that period will sosn have
larsed. The Hungarians hold fast to the
msltlon which they flrat took , that the Itolch-
rath must fcialy .settle the matter , and there
s no telling what wild and Insane acts that
Loly will again bo guilty of when It Is ro-
onvencd.
The same monotonous and melancholy tale
of increasing suffering nnd a more desperate
outlook comes day by day from Crete. The
latrccv ? In thu eastern provinces Is most
crlous in the wlnc-growlng districts. Last
ear half the crop was destroyed , and It Is
orcd , that this year's crop will share the
amo fate , through the peasants' Inability
o sulphurize the vines. Formerly the peas
ants obtained supplies of sulphur from Cau-
doa. where they had credit ; but now that Is
nwsslblo , and the peasants , wholly de-
irlved of means , are unable to Import sul-
ihur at all. This implies the loss of move
ban cno year's crop , for , unless the sulphur
s applied In time , the vine dies down and
Iocs not bear again for three or four years.
? ha ! Is the chief reason for the exodus from
ho Ct.ndla districts , and the abandonment
of the land will seriously affect the future
ovenuo of the Islamd. The * admirals might
nltlgnto the evil by opening communication
ictween Candla and the interior. The alleged
easoa for not doing thla Is the largo num-
ier say , 3,000 of troops that would be re
quired , nnd the expense entailed. Were the
same measures adopted as at Canea , or
letitno. where the peasants are allowed to
enter under aecort twice weekly , the sltua-
Ion would bo Improved , and Chrlstlan.3 . and
Mohammedans alike would bo benefited.
t *
The narrow escape which King George ot
Greece had h.s had the effect of creating
nuch sympathy for him throuftiout too
country , and he has been overwhelmed with
ncssages of congratulation from all quarters.
There la no doubt that elnco his accession to
ho throne ho has sought , not only to give
he people of Greece all their constitutional
righto , but also to Improve their condition.
V declaration of war against Turkey was
eally forced from dim by ( lie action ot cor-
aln so-called patriotic societies , and the bo-
lef that was Impressed upon him by the
naval and military authorities that the coun-
ry was prepared for war. There are some
> eoplo who are Inclined to go even further ,
ind to say , and mayhap with some show of
canon , that ho had received promises of
'orelgn support and was afterward left to
jear the brunt alone. That he has ac-
: epted tlio proposition of ttio powers for in-
ernatlonal financial control of the revenues ,
.o provide- for the war loan , has angered
some of his subjects. And yet , when It la
emcmbered that a vast amount of corrup-
.loti had existed In the management of the
latlonal finances , and that the burden of
axatlon was becoming onerous , ho should
) o given credit for agreeing to a plan which
will guarantee a right administration ot the
rational finances and help the condition of
the people.
* * *
-
The' agrarian -discontent In Hungary was
he subject of-animated nnd'bitter discus
sion during the recent debate on the bud
get In the 'Hungarian 'Rlechstag. ' There
seems to be no doubt that the chief cause
of the agitation among the small 'farmers
and the agricultural laborers U the rapid
nnd steady growth of large estates , with
ho consequent reduction of a proud and
ndependent peasantry , filled with the land-
uinger 'of their class , to a condition ot
nsecurlty and dcpendenco which h.-u been
urther aggravated by the agricultural dls-
ress of reecnt years , Indeed , one ot the
representatives of the landed Interest , who
alscd the spectre of a general revolt of
the peasantry as a pretext for a still more
energetic action on the part of the authori
ties , Including restrictions on the liberty
of the press in tbo disaffected districts ,
'rankly ' acknowledged the root of the evil
to bo in the condition ot the lower classes
of the agricultural population. Ho even
recommended palliative measures In those
parts where the poverty of the smaller
lolderswas driving 'them into the Socialist
camp. The debate clearly indicated that
n spite of the persistent efforts to repre
sent the whole agrarian movement
as the work of a handful ot
orelgn agitators , the condition of the
country's population during the pres
ent transition of Hungary from being a
purely agricultural state < to ono with a con-
ilderable and growing Industry Is a 'burn- '
Ing question , whose gravity Is bound to In
crease. The Intervention In the debate of
the Catholic People's party , the 'Hungarian
counterpart of the Austrian anti-Semites ,
s regarded as very significant , hls group ,
following the same tactics by which the
Austrian masses have been arrayed against
: ho Jews , threw the entire responsibility on
thu capitalists and 'the ' Liberal system ot
government ,
*
Although the flotation of the Chinese loan
s nominally a private enterprise undertaken
lolntly by an English and a Gcennan bank ,
the conditions make it practically much more
thf.n that , China , In addition to throwing
} pcn all her rlvcra and canals to navigation
iiy foreigners ( a concession ot more value
: han would have been tbo opening of a dozen
lew ports ) , has consented to submit the col
lection ot her Internal revenues , or llkln
taxes , to the supervision of the agents ot
the bondholders. In the nature of thlngo
.hcao agents will bo as mucii representatives
ot the nationalities ot the contracting Ixmku
38 Lord Oromer , the financial adviser of the
khedive , IB the representative of Great
Britain. The Mandarins have practically
placed themselves under an Anglo-German
condominium. The display of "fiyim ; squad
rons" by Great Britain and the threat of
blows with a "mailed fiat" by Germany
seem to have resulted la an entente cordlaio
between those recently antagonistic powers.
* * *
The rumor Is again revived , upon what lo
declared bo good authority , tuat negotia
tions are now In progresa between Russia
and Turkey for tno purpose of permitting
an Ironclad belonging to the Black sea fleet
to pass from the Black sea through the
Bosphorous In order to get to the far east to
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ROVAI. i Km < l POWCtR CO. , NEW VOKK.
join the Ruultn fleet there. At tbo present
time the Volunteer fleet cruisers r * * freely
throuRh , and own gunboats go through after
uotlncitlon has been glVcn * t Constanti
nople ; but , If pormlaalwi ghall bo given for
an Ironclad to pa * * , Rumla , unlcu aho en
counters unlooked-for Interference on the
fort ot ( ho other powers concerned , will
have established an Important precedent , and
made substantial progress toward the aboil-
tier ot a restriction afjalost which she boa
been fretting for a Rood many years.
I'l.VANOKS OF TUB UOVICUYMUNT.
Lnvr Proven n : Orowlnir Her *
PIUIP I'nidiiocr.
St. LouU Globe-Democrat.
For the flrat llnio In several years the
month of February shows an excess of gov
ernmental receipts over expenditures. In
February , 1804 , the expenditures wero. In
round figures , $4f > 00,000 over the receipts.
The excels on the same side ot the account
for the same month was 3,000,000 In 189r. ,
$700,000 in 1896 nnd $1,400,000 In 1S97. In
February , 1S98 , the government's Income ex
ceeded Its outgo to the extent ot nearly
$2,000,000. Nobody will need to bo told
that thla is a highly encouraging exhibit.
( expenditures are large , but receipts nro
going beyond them. Doth customs and In
ternal taxes are on the Increase. The Ding-
Icy act is meeting the expectations ot Its
framcrs. The revenue capabilities of tariff
bills are usually uncertain. So many fac
tors which cannot bo accurately gauged
In advance enter Into the calculation that
predictions for receipts need a wide mar
gin for error. In the case ot the present
act , however , the forecasts were reasonably
correct.
A remarkable feature of the operation of
the ninglcy law la that It has -been steadily
growing in revenue productiveness from the
beginning. The average dally receipts , tak
ing a month at a time , were greater In
September than in August , In October than
In September , and In every other month
than In Us predecessor. They were ? G29,794 In
August , 1SU7 , the first entire month In which
the law was In operation. They were well
up 'toward the $1,000,000 mark In January ,
1S9S , being ? 934GSI. They crossed the
$1,000,000 line In ( February , 1S98 , when they
wore ? 1,020,447. At the present rate of
dally Income the government's receipts In
the next twelve months will exceed the ex
penditures If war docs not occur. It should
be remembered , too , that oven If war M
averted the war preparations will be likely
to run the disbursements of the government
up to a higher figure than has been
touched In the last thirty years. Receipts ,
however , will probably go beyond the pres
ent mark.
Another extremely favorable feature of the
government's nuances la the Increase In the
gold reserve. Tlio net gold ki the treasury
at the beginning of the present fiscal year , on
July 1 , 1S97 , wa < 5 about $140,000,000. There
has been a steady Increase ever since , and
now It Is In excess of $167.000,000. Moreover ,
there Is a gold How toward this country from
Kuropo at prcaont. $2,000.000 HOW being on
the way. The extent of the treasury gold
hoard has been rather embarrassing to the
govprnmcf.it and It 1ms been forcing this coin
recently on some of Its creditors in order to
keep t ie stock down , but the fund continues
lo grow , ncvertbe'css. This Is a llttlo differ
ent sort of an embarrassment from that
which the government was under from 1893
to 1897 , and It will probably Increase instead
of diminish if war docs not take place.
Even If war comcn the government will have
no dllllculty In keeping too gold rcscc-ve up
to a safe figure. . Not since 1S90 have the
government's finances , on the whole , been
In such a natlsfactory condition as they arc
In at this moment.
I'OMTIGAI. U It I FT.
Like his extinguished namesake , Mr. Cor-
bett of Oregon got It In the solar plexus.
Chicago Is on the threshold of Ha annual
campaign for "honest aldermen. " The re
sults usually equal the efforts to fumigate
Culcago river.
It Is announced officially that the special
scsolon of the Illinois legislatures cost the
taxpayers $13SS90. Where the benefits come
in is not stated.
Dick Crokcr notifies the democrats In the
New York legislature that 'the party must
redeem Iti pledgcn to cuppress trusts , except
the political trust which Dick manages.
There are only two democrats on Joint
ballot , one In each house , In the Nevada
legislature. Bryan polled 81 per cent of the
vote of the Sagebrush state in 1896 and Mc-
Klnloy and Hobart 19 per cent.
A drastic antl-clgarctto bill has been
rushed through the Kentucky legislature. It
provides a heavy penalty against any ono
who Etiall manufacture , sell , lean , barter ,
glvo away or uae clgaccttes or cigarette ma
terial.
Ohio and Now Jersey are now better rep
resented In the executive department of the
union than It Is usual for two states to bo ,
though not undeservedly so , Ohio and New
Jersey pcoplo feel themselves Justified In
thinking.
The supreme court of Ohio has affirmed
the constitutionality of the Garflold l.v\
limiting the amount of money which candi
dates for public office may spend to secure
their election. One effect of the law Js
shown in the growtb of convenient memories.
The election of 1898 In New York will be
essentially a "state election , " for governor ,
lieutenant governor , state officers , and mem
bers of botli.houses In Albany. There will
be no municipal officers voted for within Now
York City , but several Judicial officers will
be elected in the territory Included In it.
Hannls Taylor , former minister to Spain ,
Is a candidate for the democratic nomination
to congress lu the First Alabama district. It
la now represented by Hen , George Washing ,
ton Taylor of Demopolls and Includes six
counties In tbo southwestern portion of the
state , flvo ot Idem on the Mobile river. It
la ovorwheltnkigly democratic.
Republican gains In Schoharlo county , New
York , the rook ribbed democratic Schohavle ,
the only ono of the sixty counties of the
Empire state which Dryan carried In 1890 , .
are one of the surprises of this year's spring
elections. Schoharie county elected super
visors on February 15 arid In many of the
townships the gains made by the republicans
were considerable.
Preparations are already under way for
taking the ciatienal crivua of 1900 , and , n.s
has been tbo custom heretofore , the place ot
superintendent of the census is a coveted ono
among statisticians and statesmen. The
superintendent ot the census of 18SO wan
General Walker of Connecticut. The super
intendent of. the census ot 1890 was Robert
P. Porter , then of New York , but now of
Cleveland. A candidate for superintendent
of the censu.i . of 1900 la S. N. 1) . North of
Uoaton , formerly ot Albany ,
OVKItUOND.
Uldlciitona KxnKirrrntlnnii lAbont lit *
Wrnlth of Ihfc II r if I on ,
IjoulBtlllo CoiirlrfJoumnt ,
Mr. Edward J. Ltrernash , a newspaper
n'Aii and financial agent who spent laat
dimmer and fall In IMwson City , la telling
the Canadians that the opportunities afforded
by the Klondike have bceu ridiculously ex
aggerated. Says ho :
"Tho output nnd probable wealth of the
Klondike have been greatly exaggerated , It
Is afo to nay thit up to the .beginning ot
summer work last year all the Klomllk *
and Indian mining divisions had not yielded
moro than $2.500,000. I have devoted much
11 mo to probing for the figures of the out
put ot the various claims and have to lcnv
a considerable margin for possibly hidden
gold sacks to bring the total to that mark.
Last year the total was well within $ lr 00.-
000. The winter work for the season 189T-
93 will not yield moro than $ C,000,000 , I
estimate , considering the district claim by
claim , In the light of what has been done
and the number of men employed , The
lergest figures estimated by any person In
the Klondike , whoso knowledge and caro.
fulness entltlo his estimate to considera
tion , arc $10,000,000. as follows : IJLiianza
creek. $4.000,000 ; Kl Dorado creek. $4,000-
000 ; Hunker creek , $500.000 ; small crooks
and side-hill claims , $500,000 ; Dear. Do
minion , Stephen and other creeks , $1,000,000.
It ta well to remember that Mr. Llvurnash
Is ono of a committee of three from the
Klondike to Ottawa to urge the Dominion
government to be more liberal In Its treat
ment of the miners. Naturally ho would
bo disposed to minify the wealth of the
deposits. Still , what ho says gow to cor-
rebate the reports of reliable newspaper
correspondents and experts who have jiall
considerable attention to the Klondike. Uin
says that , taken as a whole , It docs not
compare with placer regions of California
and Australia. 'He ' adds that moro than
one-half the men wlitl went to the Klondike
laat year are now poorer off than ever be
fore.
It has been so long since the discovery
of any great placer deposits wherein the
poorest miner might take out a fortune with
pick and pan that wo are prone to exag
gerate the discoveries around 'Daw.ion ' City.
What Is the llttlo yield of $1,500,000 laat
year compared to the fabulous wealth of
Aider Gulch , ' .Montana , discovered In 1SC3 ,
which has turned out over $100,000,000 ? It
Is 'true that the gulch showed the rlchoU
placer deposits ) In the world , hut there were
numberless similar finds In California , Colorado -
rado and Montana. Thou the Crlpplo Creek
district now turning out $1,000.000 a month
U a very recent discovery. It Is probable
that placer miners can still do as well la
the west as In the Klondike , and certainly
there would bo far less hardship and danger
to life.
iMKHUY .MOODS.
Philadelphia Record : When a plrl 1ins
hooked n fellow It la natural for him to fed
like a llsh out of water.
Chicago -Record : , "Look here. Jackson ,
what about that J10 you borrowed of mu and
promised to return In ten days ? "
"Why , that's all right ; , ril renew
promise. "
Vienna Frcmdenblatt : German Professor
( In bis lecture on water ) And then , gentle
men , do not forget , If we bad no water wo
could never learn to awlm and how many
people would bo drowned !
Roston Transcript : Good oul Why will
you carry ,011 , as you do ? Why aren't you
moro careful about the preservation of your
reputation ?
Llttlcmlnd Don't want to preserve it. If
I could only net rid of It altogether I'd bo
a mlg-.ity sight better oft than I am.
Chicago Tribune : "Will I have to bo
Identified when I come hero next time ? "
Inquired Mr. Jagway.
"No , sir , " replied the bank cashier. "Not
unless you swear off In the meantime. I
should know that nose again among-
million. " i
Punch : Invalld-Oh , doctor , I'm afralil
I'm pretty well at death's door !
Doctor Don't you worry , my dear sir
we'll pull you through.
Philadelphia North American : "Them
are some men who would rattier fight than
eat. "
"If you lived ot our boarding house you
would have to llffht to cat. "
Detroit Free Press : "You're an hour lade
this morning- . " sternly said the head of the
llrm to the new olllce boy.
"Don't throw n lit , now , " retorted younu
America. "I Uin como an hour earlier to-
inorrer mornln' an' make even , can't I ? " i
Chicago Post : "I hope you asked tha
count to make himself perfectly at" hoint
with us while visiting In this country. " .
"No. "
"No ! Why not ? "
"It wasn't necessary. "
THE EARTH TREMBLED.
Cleveland Leader ,
leaves have their time to fall ,
And so have men ;
Leaves fall oft In the fall ,
Hut men fall when
The rain comes down in freezing1 drops
And glazes o'er
The hard stone steps that , ono by one.
Lead from the door.
This morning I rushed from the house
To catch a car ;
I do not know Just bow I fell ,
Nor Just how far.
Leaves have their time to fall ,
And HO have men ;
I'll have to dictate till my arm
Gets well again.
IA LITKR.VIIY
Atlanta Constitution.
Unto the man with books ho said
( The man lila list unwinding ) :
Tliey'ro beautiful-ln blue nnd red ;
I like the text and blndlnp ;
I'd like to have a set of this.
And that delights mo greatly ;
This man my favorite author Is
I've missed him sorely lately ! "
The bookman smiled and blessed his star *
Ills nerves unstrung unsteady ,
To think tbo literary bara
Had been let down already !
"And here's a princely customer , "
Ho thought. "Wo but to tell him
To name the books ho doth prefer.
And straightway- shall sell him ! "
"But. " quoth tbo customer , "whllo I
Like books where'er I spy thorn ,
Invariably I pass them by
I never never buy them ! "
And whllo the dust of that high dome
The agent shook , and sorrowed ,
The other follow liled him liotne
To read the books he'd borrowed !
"The Truth is
Always the Strongest Argument. "
The plain truth is all we want you to accept ,
But we would be glad if you would come here to
prove it. When we say that the clothing that we
make is better than some other kinds , especially
better than the so-called "cheap" kinds , it is be-
cause that is the truth when we say that our
prices are not higher than those often asked for
greatly inferior goods , it is because that is the
truth , Our store is all "tore up" extensive re
pairs and alterations keep us in a whirl of noise and excitement.
But we are still doing business and are ready to wait upon all
with our usual method "honesty. " Our children's department
is beginning to put on its spring attire and we can show you
many pretty things for the coming season. All our waists ,
blouses and neckwear are here and quite a number of dainty
suits. We invite your inspection.
BROWNING KING ( &
