THJD : CftC&HA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MARCH 19 , ISWfc
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
* E. IIOSKWATCTl , Kdltor.
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8TATI3MIJNT OP ClUCUbATION.
Stntn of Ncliraska , Donglai county , . !
Ucorge 1) ) . Tzichuck , teirulary of Tlio Of * Pub-
Hilling connmny , doing duly mvoin. rnys that the
actual numd-r of full nnd complet" coplei of Thn
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during the month ot February , 185S , was as rol-
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3 20.M2 17 21,001
4 20,765 IS 21.813
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7. . . 20,105 " 1 . ! ! ! . . 21.3C7
X 21,031 2J 21.421
9 20/IS2 51 21.CJ3
10 20.SW 2) ) 21.923
11 21,123 23 22.141
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13 21,012 07 . 21 , 4S' )
It 20,903 JSI. . .22,332
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Notary 1'ublle.
The DoiiKlns county Jn.ll is Root ! for
Its star boanli'r for a. few mouths longer
nt nil cvunts.
Tin- school fiinil cnn stnnil an increase
In receipts from police court Hues without -
out any strain whatever.
Patronize the morchaiits who adver
tise In The I5ee. They have goods to
Bell and want everybody to know It.
Hefore Ion ? ; no citizen will be safe In
reporting a burglary or holdup to the
police for fear they will arrest him for
robbing himself.
If the exhibitor who willfully delayed
engaging space at the exposition lliids
himself forced to take secondary posi
tion he has only himself to blame.
Push the work of paving and repay
ing. Our streets must not be cut up and
obstructed when the crowd of exposi
tion visitors begins to pour in.
Joe Lad HO , the Klondike discoverer ,
has signed a baking powder indorsement
nnd will now have the pleasure of know
ing that his name will be in all the
newspapers.
Georgia populists have announced
what they think of the program agreed
upon In Washington for merging pop
ulism into the democracy. Tom Wat-
eon heads the ticket.
The city tax assessment should bo an
example for the county tax assessors.
The county assessors certainly cannot
omit any property listed for city taxa
tion and live up to their otllclal oaths
to enforce the tax laws.
Omaha business men who waged a
successful light for the Indian supply
depot will be ready at all times to exert
themselves Just as much to prevent the
military department headquarters slip
ping away to some other city.
Another question some people would
lke [ to have answered : How does the
name of William J. Broatfh come to be
lined up in the popocratlc organ along
side of those sterling popocratlc patriots ,
K. K. Ilowell and Frank T. Hansom ?
Governor Ilolcomb'a reform police com
mission has now another opportunity to
labor in the Interest of reform by revok
ing the liiiuor licenses Issued for the
places that have been operating gambling
rooms in connection wltlr the nuloons.
The first war "substitute" has been
board from. Ho Is a pugilist and he
offers himself as a substitute for Senator
Mason In that prospective light with a
Spanish editor. Tills country has many
pugilists who can be. spared , but only
one Senator Mason.
Gold has not gone Into hiding ns yet ,
shipments to the United States con
tinuing regularly every week. Kveu the
danger of foreign complications deed not
produce 1ho nervousness In tluanclal
circles that was caused by threatened
political dangers at home less than two
years ago.
Instead of capturing the highwaymen
and thugs who are having free reign In
Omaha , our olllclont police have turned
to arresting peaceable citizens who have
taken to carrying llrearms for their own
protection. If the police can't help the
thieves one way they seem bound to dose
so another. '
More wheat Is expected to be sowed
In Nebraska this year than for many
years. This Is not alone because the
high price of wheat has attracted the
attention , ot farmers who have been
growing corn and oats exclusively , but
because it has been demonstrated that
Intelligent fanning geLs best results from
dlvorsltlcd crops.
Speaking of commerce destroyer. * , .It
will be recalled that the American Mer
chant Marine association has long con
tended that the American navigation
laws are the most biicceasful of any for
that purpose. Hut there has been re
cent Improvement In the laws und the
sentiment in favor of still greater Im
provement is growing.
There may bo wars and rumors bf
war , but they will , create little excite
ment in South Dakota until the news
papers settle the question of the merits
of a certain anti-hog cholera bill that
was last In the legislative shutllo last
year. A campaign Is coming on and
the people have a right to Insist on
knowing the truth that they , may vote
Intelligently.
AND IKOKMNITY.
It appears to bo understood nt Wash
ington that should the report of the naval
board emphatically declare that the
Maine was wrecked by the explosion of
a torpedo or submarine mine President
McKlnley will without delay make a
demand upon the. Spanish government
for reparation and Indemnity. It Is ex
pected that such a demand would be
met by a denial of the facts and con
clusions on which It was based and that
Spain would claim that the Investiga
tion by her commission proves the ex
plosion to have been an accident nnd
relieves her of any responsibility for the
disaster. In other words , each govern
ment will adhere to tue report of Its
own Investigators.
The statement that the Spanish gov
ernment would Indignantly repel a de
mand for Indemnity based on the re
sponsibility of Spain Is probably some
what exaggerated. That government
would undoubtedly disclaim responsi
bility and assort that it exercised "due
diligence" for the protection of the
Maine , but It is not probable that such
disclaimer would be accompanied by any
manifestation' of Indignation , the effect
of which could only bo to intensify anti-
Spanish feeling In this country. The
question of responsibility , It is hardly
necessary to say , Is a debatable one.
No rational person believes that the
Spanish government or the Spanish au
thorities In Cuba are directly culpable
for the Maine disaster. It would be
preposterous to assume that either Is
In the remotest degree Implicated. But
this may bo admitted without disposing
of the question of responsibility , so far
as relates to a demand for Indemnity.
Our government may urge responsibility
on several grounds. It may claim that
the olllclals nt Havana were not sutll-
cicntly careful to place the Maine In a
safe position In the harbor , that they did
not use duo diligence in piotectlng the
ship at her ; anchorage and that if there
wore torpedoes and mines In the harbor
the olllclals were derelict In not warning
the commander of the Maine of that
fact. It is unquestionably a sound propo
sition that any power that allows a ship
of a friendly nation to enter her harbor
thereby Implicitly declares that It Is
safe to do so , fortified or not ; therefore
If any damage is done a visiting ship
through the neglect or dereliction of the
authorities of the power visited , It seems
clear that &uch power could justly be
held responsible. It is necessary , how
ever , to prove neglect or dereliction and
the dilliculty of doing this in the Maine
case Is obvious.
Assuming , then , that the report of the
American naval board will be of a na
ture to justify the government In claim
ing Spain's responsibility and demanding
reparation and Indemnity , an opportu
nity will be opened for a prolonged dip'- '
lomallc controversy , unless our govern
ment should take the jingo advice of
"pay or light. " In the event of Spain
unquaiiiiedly refusing to consider a de
mand for Indemnity , or Indignantly re
pelling it , as It Is said she would do ,
it Is highly probable that this govern
ment would take forcible .measures. It
might not declare war. but perhaps
would take steps to collect the indemnity
which would bring oiv war. The only
means of avoiding such n situation would
bo In submitting the question of respon
sibility to arbitration , but it Is by no
means certain that either country would
desire this. Indeed there can bo ,110
doubt that there would be a very strong
popular opposition to It in both coun
tries. There Is a great deal depending
upon the report of the naval board of
Inquiry. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SJM'BIl COIN.
There has been reported from the
house committee on coinage , weights
and measures a bill providing for
the coinage of the silver bullion
now In the treasury , purchased un
der the act of 1800 , Into subsidiary coin.
In the report accompanying the bill It Is
stated that there Is now In circulation
about ? 7.ri,000,000 In subsidiary coin , just
about the same amount In circulation
twenty years ago , there having been no
now coinage of subsidiary coin during
that period. It Is urged that in view of
the fact that over 458,000,000 silver
dollars have been coined and less than
00,000,000 arc in circulation It would
bo unwise to coin more silver dollars
and Issue certllleatos against them , thus
Increasing the volume of a kind of cur-
lency which is already a menace to the
credit of the nation. Additional coined
dollars , the report says , are not de
manded and will not bo used as cur
rency. We have already on hand many
times more- than can be forced into cir
culation.
There Is no doubt that It would be u
mistake to coin more silver dollars ,
which are not wanted for circulation and
to add to the volume of silver cortlll-
cates , which while serving very well as
currency may sooner or later prove a
troublesome- element in our currency
system. At the same time It would
seem desirable that the bullion in the
treasury purchased under the Sherman
law should be utilized and there Is per
il a IKS no better way of doing this than
by converting it into subsidiary coin , all
of which would go Into circulation and
In the opinion of the committee would
b < 2 a benefit to trade and business.
ir.lTBfi IVJH'BH DRVKIMPMKNT.
While there Is no immediate prospect
of the exhaustion of the supply of fuel
for the world , there Is great wasteful
ness In Its use , which Is one good reason
for an increasing Interest In the po < nl-
bllltles of hydraulic power ns n partial
substitute for steam. In those parts of
the west where fuel Is costly hydraulic
power has marked advantages. Tills
fact Is going to have more Influence In
the future than In the past In dcteimln-
ing the lines of Industrial growth.
A recently announced project nt San
Francisco Illustrates what Is being done
for water power development. A com
pany has boon formed to convoy the
power now running to waste down the
sides of the Sierra mountains , by means
of electric wires , over the mountains a
distance of 110 miles to San Francisco ,
where It can lx > used with profit for
power , light or heat. Another similar
project contemplates carrying the power
of the Snoqunlmlo falls to the cities of
Seattle nnd Tacoinn. The power of the
Missouri river at Great Falls , Mont. , has
recently been put In chains for Industrial
use and in the development of new fac
tories there. In southern California ,
especially In the counties of Los Angeles
and San Bernardino , water power Is now
freely used with good results. At
Fresno power Is electrically transmitted
a distance of thirty-live miles to the
point where required. A number of
other plants for utilizing -water power
by transmission over elcntrlc wires nro
under construction.
The electric motor Is responsible for
reviving Interest hi water power. It has
made possible the use of water power
nt n long distance from its souice nnd in
many ways unknown to the engineers
of past generations. It has recently
boon stated on good authority that there
is not less than 5,000,000 hydraulic horse
power ready to be utilized In the United
States when Industry calls for It. With
such latent energy the future of the
great west cnn not even bo guessed at.
PUESIDKNT AA'D COXCIKESS.
Reference was made In the house of
representatives a few days ago to a
rumor that President McKinley desired
an cnrly adjournment of congress in or
der that he might bo able to settle the
Spanish question without congressional
Interference. Of course there was not
the slightest ground for such a report
and Representative Grosvcnor of Ohio
very pioperly characterized it as ridicu
lous , remarking that "congress could not
adjourn except by a majority vote of Its
members and ho had no doubt that
every member responsible to his con
science and his country would do his
duty as lie saw It in the matter of ad
journment as In everything else. " It Is
needless to say that the rumor had Its
origin In the sensational newspapers.
It Is doubtless a fact that the repub
lican leaders In the house de.slre an early
adjournment and perhaps the president
approves of their efforts to push the
necessary work of congress to comple
tion as soon as prncticabre , but Mr. Mc-
Klnley , unlike his predecessor , Is not
disturbed by the fact that he has "con-
gross on his hands. " He has nothing to
apprehend from that body in the way
of an encroachment upon or an Inter
ference with the prerogative of the ex
ecutive hi regard to international rela
tions. The house of representatives Is
in control of the friends of the admin
istration and the president is assured of
their support. It Is safe > to say , also ,
that ho can rely upon the support of a
majority of the senate. There Is no rea
son , therefore , why ho should desire con
gress out of the way in order that ho
might have n free hand in dealing with
Spain , for that ho already has. If con
gress can got through with its neces
sary business by May or even earlier
the country will be very well satisfied ,
but If tills shall bo accomplished it will
not bo due to any wish or Influence on
the part of President McKinley.
WHAT PRUl'Lb WUULD LIl\.K TO KKOW.
The recent raids on the gambling dons
that have boon running wide openin
Omaha for a mouth past with assurance
of police protection suggest several
things some people would like to know.
Why was Chief of Police Gallagher
as much astounded at the Interruption of
the game as were the gamblers them
selves ?
Why were the chief and the police. In
charge of the police station when the
prisoners were brought In so eager to
help their gambler friends out of the
hole ?
Wliy did the police exact no ball bond
over $100 , and that In felony cases , when
only two weeks previous they had re
quired another sot of gamblers to post
91,000 appearance forfeit for each ?
Why did the police accept one and the
same man ns bondsman for fifty-two
prisoners without requiring him to
Justify in any sum whatever ?
Why was It that none of the gamblers
wore cither searched or locked up when
thatls the regular practice with the most
Inoffensive offender ?
Why was It that the first wagonload of
gamblers were already released before
the last wagouload arrived nt the sta
tion ?
Why was It , finally , that the recognized
newspaper organ of the police board at
tempted to cover up the capture of flfty-
two men taken red-handed , as It were ,
in a notorious gambling resort with a
mere mention covering seven Hues , when
It glve.s the arrest of nn ordinary sus
pect at least n half column ?
Perhaps the organ of the. police boarder
or Its "reliable man" can elucidate.
A LEADER OF JUS HAVE.
The death of Blanche K. Bruce takes
from the colored race a leader of marked
ability , who commanded the confidence
of his people In as largo measure as any
leader they have had. with the possible
exception of Frederick Douglass , that
great champion of the negro race whoso
logic and eloquence won him world-will- *
fame , Mr. Unices was not distinguish "
as Douglass was , as an orator , but he
was n no less earnest and zealous worker
for the upbuilding of his race and his
services In this respect were of great
value. Mr. Bruce was register of the
United States treasury n't the time of his
death and In this and other public of-
lice ho made nn entirely creditable
record. He had the distinction of being
the only colored man who over held a
seat in the United States senate , ho
having served a term In that body from
Mississippi , counting among his warm
friends there Roscoe Conkliug and other
eminent republicans of that time.
The experiment about to bo tried In
Germany for securing accuiacy In the
sworn testimony given In courts will
bear watching. The frequency with
which witnesses excuse their errors In
giving testimony on the ground that an
swers are given In haste nnd orally Is
familiar to all court otllcer.s. Now the
Germans are to try the plan of having
the testimony given without the oath
and afterward , when It Is written out ,
require that it be signed under oath ,
pei mission having been given to make
corrections , and they Iwllovo that in
this way they will bo able to got rella-
blc aworn testimony. The system Is al
together too gbtuborsomc for tho-courts
of the Unitca slates , although something -
thing might nronprly bo done to bring
about n rcfonuifja the matter of testi
mony. [ jt
This year Wisconsin celebrates the
golden jubllc0)0ftho ) [ state with a carni
val at Milwaukee In June. Wisconsin
did not got IQIp the union as a state
until nearly two years after Iowa , which
was the younget territory , formed by
lopping off a pnrt of Wisconsin. The
celebration In rune will bo short but
appropriate and sorvc well to call nttcu-
tlon to the wotu erful advances made by
the state In lift years.
Hnotln * the Wnller.
Washington 1'ost.
The Kansas farmers are perforating Mr.
Bryan's calamity talks by sending money
and supplies to Cuba.
I'olo'it Pencvful . \ ntiriince > .
New York Tribune.
Srnor Polo tie Ilernabe says ho la eatlifled
this country < ! OXM not want war , and he la
euro Spain does not want war ; In which ho
la doubtless right. Then there certainly
should be no war.
An , Iiniireiiitlve Object I
New York Tribune ,
The war ship Oregon Is starting on the
long trip around Capo Horn , In order to get
from ono part of the United States coast to
another. It Is an Impressive object-lesson
In favor of the prompt construction of an
Isthmian canal under United States con
trol.
A SiiiicrllnonN Mnr.r.lo.
St. Louis Republic.
The order of Secretary Long to the mem
bers of the Naval Board of Inquiry to give
out no hint of their findings seems to be an
act of supererogation. When American naval
olllcers talk about their official affairs we
may expect the Egyptian sphinxes to startle
the world with an anvil chorus.
\ntloiiiil l''orl > iMiriuicc.
ll.iltlmoro Sun.
When the Irritations Incident to the situa
tion , Its protracted uncertainty and the con
stant occurrence of events which create ex
citement are taken into consideration , It
must bo confessed that the people and the
government of this country have shown
great dignity nnd forbearance. The people
have and do trust the government. And they
can afford to await the result of Its Investi
gations and deliberations , confident that the
honor and welfare of the country will bo
safe in Its hands.
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Chicago TImes-lIernU.
If William J. Bryan still has his face , turned
toward 1900 ho should take steps forth
with to abolish the Nebraska bureau of In
dustrial statistics. For what shall It prollt
a calamity waller to go up and down In the
land preaching of Industrial depression If the
official statisticians of his own slate show
broadcast the glad tidings of returning pros
perity ? According to a statement Jut't ' Issued
by the Nebraska state bureau , covering the
last six months of 1897 , there were G.C73
farm mortgages filed In Nebraska , aggregat
ing $5,570,733 of indebtedness , and during the
same period 8,23 } farm mortgagee were re
leased , representing a total debt cancellation
of $7,557,392. Tliero were also 2,252 city
mortgages filed , representing $1,800,830 , and
3,9l9 ! city mortgages released , representing
? 4,245.918. The gold standard Is still In full
effect and the Nebraska farmers actually are
paying their debts and getting rich under
It. Something should be done about this at
once.
All
The sliver Tepjlbil ana 'of Arkansas think
they are strong epoti h to be felt In the corn-
Ing campaign. Itjs admitted that they talk
loud enough to be 1 earS :
A Topcka pa pi * } asserts that Captain
Slgsbeo'of the 'Maine would bo blackballed
if he .tried to break. Into the populist camp
In Kansas. iHo toes1'not talk-enough.
It Is a peculiar fact that 'Representative '
Knowles of South 'Dakota , ' who was born ID
< Malne , Is the only native of the Pine Tree
state to come to congress as a populist.
Seattle , which went for silver by 1.000
majority In 1S9C , elected a republican this
week agairet the fusion ot three parties. As
a death warrant fusion Is 'a shining success.
New York's biennial sessions project , If
adopted by the present legislature and rati
fied by next year's and sanctioned by the
voters In November , 1899 , would not go Into
effect until January 1 , 1000.
Governor 'Bob ' Taylor of Tennessee an
nounces that he will retire from polities at
the clceo of his term as governor. The divine
harmonies were seriously wrenched when
Robert laid down his fiddle -to take up tbe
cares of office.
The Ohio senate has passed a bill au
thorizing the appointment of women as no
taries public , and a bill to prohibit the con
solidation of gas companies with electric
llht companies , except with the permis
sion of the municipal authorities.
The annual meeting of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science will
bo held In Philadelphia , April 11-12. This
promises to be a gathering of an unusually
largo number ot specialists In this field , and
the members of the academy may , there
fore , expect a meeting of considerable In
terest and value.
David .Bennett Hill Is not the political
corpse bis enemies Imagine , nor Is It safe
to put him down as an unimportant factor
In the coming campaign In New York state.
The ex-senator made a great hit recently
by vigorously attacking the press gag bill
pending In the legislature , contributing
materially to Its abandonment. Now the
praises of David are being sung In tbo
press of the state' while ho weeps over the
fate of his pet muzzle.
Dr. Swallow , who polled 120,000 votes for
state treasurer last year , has entered the
field as an Independent candidate for gov
ernor of Pennrylvanla. But ono Swallow
will satisfy Keystoncrs. John Wanamaker
Is also an aspirant. Quay republicans will
have a candidate and tbe sound money and
silver factions of the democracy will put
tickets In the field. And tbo campaign Is
young yet. Five tickets insure a warm con
test next fall.
The Rhode Island legislature has taken
a recess from March 4 to April 7. the day
after this year's state election. The legis
lature has voted < o submit to the voters a
proposition to expend $800,000 on tbo new
capital. The new 'Providence ' capital , for
which an expense of $800,000 Is provided ,
will actually , it appears , cost $1,600,000 , but
it is thought judicious to submit 'to the
coralJeratlon of the voters the smaller
amount and supplement it afterward with
appropriations , on the theory , which has llt-
t3 ! s.pport outside of politics , that it is
wli'o to take twi'blten ' of a cherry.
Oalllnger of Nejr 'Hampshire ' , the only
United Ijtatea scnatot ot Canadian birth , be
gan life as a prlftt'er ! He afterward studied
medicine and 'became1 ' practicing physician ,
being now the only'senator entitled to write
M. D. after hla' naVie. About twenty-five
years ago ho took tojiolltlea , slipping quietly
along from member of the lower house In
the state legislature , through the state senate
and the presidency thereof Into the national
house of representatives , .finally . reaching the
United States senate. Ho has also been
chairman of the' ' republican state committee
and chairman of'his1 state delegation In the
national convention. .
They do things" differently In China In
dealing with public defaulters. A recent
member of the P.ekln Gazette , for 3,000 years
the organ of the , Chinese government , pub
lishes an edict by the emperor concerning
Plcn Yuns.chun , ex-magistrate of the
Kuangsl province. Plcn hypothecated to his
own use a largo sum of public taxes , and
when called upon to reimburse the govern
ment he gave tbe emissary largo wads of
contempt Instead of cash. Whereupon the
emperor smote his typewriter with this re
sult : "Wo hereby command that the said
cx-maglstrato be cashiered and arrested and
placed In prison until lie refunds the whole
ot his Indebtedness to the government. Wo
further command the governor of Yunnan ,
the native province ot the accused , to In
vestigate and confiscate any properties that
may stand in the accused offlclalVi name In
his native qnd other towns In Yunnan. Let
not the provincial treasury suffer through
the dishonesty ot the officials. "
Globe-Democrat ! A business pointer of
great significance Is the steadiness la prices
ot commodities. Of the 108 staple articles
comprised In iBradttreet'a list , fifty-five , or
moro tl.an one-half , advanced In prlco In
February , and only fifteen declined. The
rest remained unchanged. That la , ninety-
three out of the 108 either Increased or
held their own In that month. This Is a
good exhibit. It shows that there Is a ! gen
eral confidence In the business outlook and
an active demand. Production. Is heavy ,
but the conditions1 are BO favorable that
prices are well maintained. The financial
prospects In the country at largo were sel
dom brighter than they are at this moment.
New York Mall and Express : The pro
duction of pig Iron , which la really one ot
the basic Industries of the country , shows
eomo remarkable and gratifying conditions.
The output for the first ) week In March was
234,430 tons , as against 223,338 tons for the
corresponding week In February , and when
to .this . exhibit la added the fact that ac
cumulated stocks are being rapidly absorbed
by the consumptive demand the healthy con
dition of the general trade In iron and
eteel Is pccn at a glance. The present out
put of both Iron and steel is the largest In
the history of the country , and the fact that
the whole production Is passing through a
legitimate market and Into great construc
tive projects proves that business Interests
at largo are making substantial progress
along the lines of enduring prosperity.
Philadelphia Record : Treasury returns of
the foreign trade of the United States last
month showed an Increase ot $15,500,000 In
the value of domestic exports and a decrease
of over $8,000,000 In merchandise Imports
as compared with the totals for the cor
responding month last year. Exports ag
gregated In value ? 93.312C74 , and Imports
amounted to $33,032,117. The export trade
figures broke the February record for any
recent year ; but Imports were the smallest
for that month since 1894. Business pros
perity MOB not yet reached the stage that
will permit American consumers to Ignore
tariff exactions by a nominal indulgence In
foreign merchandise ; but our agricultural
abundance , which Is coincident with de
ficiency abroad , maintains the record-break
ing proportions of our foreign sales of mer
chandise. The custom housp figures throw
light on "the " gold movement. Europe Is
heavily In debt to the United States , nnd.
having reduced her resources of returnable
securities , Is compelled t meet her obliga
tions In gold.
-\0 ia.Vt'A.tiM.ALLIANCES. .
New York Sun : England's sympathies
therefore Inevitably must bo with us In a
war. Of couiso she may have alao a hope o :
our standing by her In the far cast. That
hope Is fallacious , so far as alliance Is concerned -
cerned , not only because we can take care
of Spain without assistance , but because om
traditional policy against entangling alli
ances still holdn good. And that Is true even
although our Interests In China are , llko
England's , In favor of not having existing
trade concessions hampered by special dis
criminations exlorted from the Pckln gov-
ornmccit by any European power.
Philadelphia Ledger : The- profound wis
dom with' which some of the English papers
comment on the affairs of this country Is
only equalled , wo suspect , by the lucubra
tions of certain papers In thte country on
current events In England. For Instance ,
her < la tbo Sheffield Telegraph , cue of the
leadkig papers outside ot the metropolis
gravely arguing that our present prepara
tions for war are probably not directed
against Spain entirely , but are also In
tended to enable us to take part In an al
liance with England and Japan with re
gard to China. The wish Is father to the
thought , however. The United States lias
made io provision for anything except na
tional defense , nnd not even the frankly
expressed wish of tbo prince of Wales will
induce us to form an alliance of the' kind
proposed.
Washington Post : Were this natlcn to en
ter Into an alliance with 'Great Britain and
Japan or with Croat Britain alcne , a great
standing army would be one of the first de
mands ot the new situation , and that met
alone would suffice to condemn It. The 4dca
that tbo mere existence of such an arrange
ment would be a guarantee of peace Is not
consistent with facts. Nor Is there auy
reason to believe that we shall need allies
In order to gain and hold our rights in the
markets of the world. That a possibility
or , if you prefer It. o probability of war
with Spain should Induce this republic to
abandon the foreign policy under which It
has had more than a century of progress and
prosperity unmatched In the ulstory of na
tions , Is to the last degree absurd. If the
United States could neb calmly face all ttie
facts of the present situation and do. with
out old from any quarter , all that may be
necessary to maintain peace with honor or
prosecute unavoidable war to a certain and
honorable victory If this country could not
do all that. It would not be worth much to
nn ally , and no great power would desire Us
alliance.
POPOCIIIACV IX THE SADDLE.
The Stnr-Kycil Goililcnft AVccim Over
Kciitnuky'N Sliniiu- .
Louisville Courier-Journal ( clem. )
The general assembly of Kentucky which
adjourned yesterday adjourned forever. For
while the term for which It was elected will
not expire until nearly two years yet , It can
reconvene only at the call of the governor ;
and the governor being a Kentucklan , with
som # concern for the interest of his state ,
and , republican though ho Is , being a far
better democrat than the majority of the
men In this assembly , whoso acts It has been
Incumbent on him to review , would prove
atrociously and Impossibly recreant to his
trust If ho should voluntarily cummon again
to the stage this vicious body , of deformed
democrats and degenerate Americans.
It is not with the extravagance of speech
that such a provocation might naturally
cause , but calmly , deliberately , with a full
knowledge ! of .the ) legislature's record , and a
critical survey thereof , that the Courier-
Journal , realizing what it says In all Its
significance , declares that for violence to tlie
very vitality of Americanism ; for abandon
ment of every principle of democracy ; for
contempt of even the semblance of liberty ;
for the abolition ot every Individual and
social right upon which' republicanism Is
based ; for flagrant scorn of even the form
of fair play , and even the shadow of de
cency ; for absolute and open desertion of
public duties and abject and malevolent
prostitution of partisan plunder ; for arro
gant usurpation , In the name of spoils , of
the sacred functions of representative gov
ernment and their distortion to oligarchic
despotism for oil these things the record of
this legislature is not only unparalleled , but
unapproachcd. It Is unapproached in all the
dreams of the federalism of Hamilton's day.
It Is unapproachcd 'In al the tendencies of
torylim and whlglsm. It Is unapproacheJ In
all the orgies of carpct-bagtsm , militarism ,
returnlng-boardlsm , Urownlowlsm , < recon-
structtonlsm , Lodgclsm , In the state and
national annals of this country. The mad
dest usurpations ot state government in the
south over the rights of the disfranchised
whites , the mo-U dmperato efforts of the
republicans In congress to build a party
dynasty upon the suffrage of the newly
emancipated blacks , the wildest riots of the
fanatical freaks of Kansas and South
Carolina , never approached the record of this
Kentucky legislature In Us plunge from
dcmocrary to despotism.
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third further tha.i any other brand ,
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OTH1-.R I/ANDS Til A * OUItS.
The total ot tbe British naval appropria
tions fnr the year reach the sum ot $118- $
890,000 , being the largest amount over ex
pended for this purpose In any former year ,
tbe nearest approximation to 4t having oc
curred In 1314 , when England was at wat
with the United State * and engaged In the
European alliance for the overthrow ot Na
poleon Bonaparte , the naval expenditures fat
that year reaching $117,620.00.0. The British
nrmy budget for the year reaches a trifle
above $120,000,000 , making the total expendi
tures for military and naval purposed In a
year of peace $240.000,000. What they would
be In a year of war cannot even bo guessed.
With nil this expenditure the British navj
Isn't big enough yet , provision having been
recently made for luo building of three new
battleships , four armored cruisers and four
sloops of war. U requires a great deal of
expensive preparation for war to keep the
European nations at peace with each other
these days.
News from the antipodes is meager , but
significant , The lure announcement cornea
that the federal convention at Melbourne has
adopted the proposal for a federal capital on
federal territory. Evidently , then , It has
made much progress since It met for Its
final session , on January 20 last , and must
now have the scheme of union nearly ready
for submission to ttie popular vote. The
election will bo held some tlmo tills month
or early next month. In colonies voting for
ratification parliamentary resolutions In
favor of union will then lie passed , and
sent to the Imperial government In London
for final approval. Some months , perhaps
a year , mu t therefore elapse before Aus
tralian federation Is consummated , but that
it will be consummated there Is good reason
to expect. Dstalls of the Hcheme , as formu
lated by the present convention , nro not yet
at hand Ui any considerable fullness , The
fallciit fact la , however , revealed that thfe
plan of union will resemble that of the
United States miud moro closely than ttiat of
the Dominion of Canada , The Item quoted
above concerning the capital Is one Indica
tion thereof. Another Is the provision for
equal representation of all colonIw In the
federal scnato. A third Is that all powers
not expressly granted to the federal govern
ment ore to bo reserved to the colonies or ]
to the people. Whether the parallel will bo
crowned with the name "United States of )
Australia" docs not yet appear , but It will
not bo surprising If such shall bo Ifie case.
# * *
There Is no sign of Improvement In the
Agrarian situation lei Hungary. On the con
trary , today's cable dispatches tell of an
aur.ed conflict on Sunday , In wfilch two peao-
ants were killed and forty wounded. One
great source of the popular discontent Is tbo
attempt of the land owners to keep down ,
wages by legislation. One of the con
sequences Is that agricultural laborers now
refuse to enter Into any contracts whatever
for the harvest nnd the subsequent thresh'ug
before the end of Juno , while they demand
greatly Improved terms , with the discon
tinuance of certain work which they wcro
formerly obliged to do gratis. This atti
tude places the employers In a difficult posi
tion , and they accordingly announce that
they must make arrangements with laborers
from abroad. Were this threat to be carried
Into effect It would almost certa'nly lead to
frc.3h trouble. According to otllclal reports ,
the Agrarian -socialist propaganda has lat
terly been making great progress , and the
refusal of the laborers to enter Into harvest
contracts Is attributed to this agency. The
movement Is ascribed to Buda Pest agitators
rrid not to any distress among the popula
tion. The Hungarian government , acting on
this supposition , Is maklm ; a series of domi
ciliary visits to the headquarters ot mcuy
trade unions nnd societies la Buda Pest , all
of which are apparently suspected of social
istic sympathies. No fewer than sixty-nix of
thcss searches were made the other day with
the object of dt'covor'ng whether the unions
had collected money for socialistic purposes.
So far as the confiscation of the time's Is con
cerned , the day's labor was fruitless , with
ono exception. The police seized 2,000 florlni ,
said to be the entire fund of the Composi
tors' u.nlon. . A protest against the action of
the police will bo made by several ot the
societies.
The reported advance of dervishes south
along the Nile to within a few miles of the
Anglo-Egyptlrn camp at Berber is not par
ticularly ominous. As will be remembered ,
England for two years has been gradually
hemming in the dervish army In a way that
means but one thing , the complete rout of
the Soudanese forces. In a few weeks the
desert railway will be completed to Berber
and there will bo sia all-rail and river route
to Cairo. This in Itfielf will prove fatal to
all the enemy's hopes , Well equipped , In
splendid condition so far as esprit de corps
goes , the Anglo-Egyptian troops under Gen
eral Kitchener after n two years' campaign
are now waiting for the favorable moment
to pounce on Khartoum. And after Khar
toum falls then the highway of the Nile to
British Uganda will bo opened. That
skirmishes along the front are likely to
occur Is. of course , to be expected , but the
latent advices from the frcnt are that no
serious vnovomcnt Is to be made until all
Is ready fet the crushing blow. It Is this
steady , relentless advance that has discon
certed the dervishes and forecasts victory
for the English.
The Swedish nnd Norwegian commltteco
on the union ot Scandinavia have just sub
mitted their report to the Parliament. The
Swedish committee recommends a common
foreign minister ho may bo a Swede or a
Norwegian , but must not be a member of
Parliament and must reside at Stockholm.
For the council of state It 1 proposed that
ton shall be Swedes and two Norwegians.
The diplomatic representatives are to bo
common to both countries nnd the foreign
minister Impeachable before the supreme
court of the united kingdoms. A minority
of the committee recommends a separate
foreign minister and separata diplomatic and
consular representatives.
Korea has announced that It will dismiss
the Russians In its fiscal and military
services. Prom what quarter comes her In
dependence of Russian dictation ? Lately
the Russians demanded the dismissal ot the
Englishman In charge of the customs ecrvlco
and England supported Us representative.
The Russian designed to bo his successor
was provided with different appointment In
the flicat Bervlcc. Ho and the Russian all-
tary Instructor ! were not treated by tk
Koreans with a proper degree of deference ,
or It suited the purposes of Russia to tnaka
such a complaint , and the little and helpleit
"Hermit Kingdom , " the foot ball between
China and Japan , whose monarch was 10
elated nt escape from confinement In th
residence of the Russian minister that ha
promptly assumed the title of emperor ,
coolly Informs the Ruetlan government that
It does not intend to make the lot of the
Russian officials pleasantcr than It has been ,
but on the contrary Is about to dlsmlsrt all
of them. Japan may bo able to explain thli ,
and perhaps England can , and It might takt
both of them to make the matter clear ,
D1.1SOI.VKU IMIIT.XKIISHIP.
ARrlciiKtirnl Product * Lrnvn Silver
llopclrniilr Im < ho Hour.
Chicago Tlmcvllcrnhl.
The Imaginary partnership between silver
and wheat cannot be trotted out next fall
to eajolo the agriculturists with the notion
that the government can Increase the price
of their products by legislating moro value
Into silver. An a matter ot fact , silver and
wheat parted company before the election
of 1S9G.
If there was nnv doubt about the fallacy
of this "partnership" before election , however -
over , Nature has demolished It so effectively
since that event that the meat unscrupulou *
demagogue would not dare Jo drag It forth
for campaign purposes at this time. Not
withstanding the claim of the Rryaultcn that
the prices of commodities could not bo In-
j creased except by free and unlimited coinage -
ago of silver , the records of the bureau of
, statistics show a steady advance In nearly
I all farm products alnco 1SOC. This has been
I coincident with a gradual decline In the
prlco of silver , which was 69.2 cents an
ounce on the day of Mr. Bryan's nomination ,
and on Wednesday of last week was 54,3
cents In the Now York market.
The free sllverltes have claimed that the
upward trend uf the prlco of wheat Is duo to
tlio European shortage. This Is true. But
It Is observed that the prices of mrats , provisions -
visions , dairy products , pork and wool have
also advanced. While silver declined ifrom
63.2 cents to GI.3 cents per ounce , wheat nd-
vanccd from 63.5 cents a bushel to $1.065 ;
moss pork advanced from $7.75 per barrel
to $10.75 per barrel , and wool from 17 cents
per pound to 28 cents.
Nature has kicked to death the theory that
prices of commodities fall with the prlco of
silver.
Ilocorcl.
The wild wind blows my Julia fair ;
It blowa her gown , her hat , her luilr.
Hut when 'tis tlmo for blowing pelf.
I have that feat .to . do myself.
Detroit Jouinal.
O tragic muse , do not depart.
As thou Most threat ! Still throw
Arroas my life , to brighten It ,
Tlio shadow of fomo other's woo.
WnslilnKton Stir.
I belong- the mllltla
And ; cli. twhut grief Is mine ,
lou see , I intuit to quit 'em ,
Hut I do not dare resign.
'
riillndelpliln Ilullctln.
Ho loved a pretty dairy maid ,
Ami often used to eay ,
She wns the brl hest star of all
Upon the. milky -way.
. Journal.
Attain It comes , the Jocund spring ,
When man forlorn must roam ;
The kind or clothes
AVe need are those .
Which wo have left at home.-
News.
Don't worry , pilgrim ; what's , the usof"
iTou'll only live to rue It ;
If 'tis n Job that nuiHt be done
Lot folks around' ' you do It.
Washington Star. ,
"All men nre free ! " His boast serene-
'And ' haughty , none denied.
It would have shocked them had they seen
Ills humble ami obedient mien
Whene'er his baby cried. |
Detroit Journal. '
Oh , night wind , steal thou through the case
ineiH
Where my slumbering darling Is -
Kiss her then go and give her father
A touch' of rheumatlz.
lleeorJ.
Oh , should some power that glftlo glo u
To see cursel's as Ithcrs sec us ,
'Twould do no good , for , splti * of blame ,
We'd cliuso our follies Just the aamo.
T11U SHU1 OIi' 1812.
Philadelphia lloeoril.
She was no armored cruiser of twice sis
thousand tons' ,
With the thirty foot of metal that make
your modern guns ;
She didn't have a free-board of thirty foot
In clear.
And she didn't need a million repairing fund
each year.
She had no rackln' engines to ramp an'
stamp nnd strain ,
To work her steel-clad turrets nnd break
her hull In twain ;
She did not have electric lights the battle-
lantern'.s glare
Was all the light the 'tween ducks had an *
God's own good fresh air.
She had no paplng air-Humes to throw ua
down our breath ,
An' wo didn't batten hatches to smother
men to death ;
She didn't need live hundred smiths two
hundred men would' ' do-
In the old-time Yankee frigate for an old-
time Yankee crew.
An' a llghtlnRi Yankee captain , with his old-
tlmo Yankee clotlie.s ,
A cursln' Yankee sallora with his old-tlmo
Yankee oatns.
She was built of Yankee timber and manned
by Yankee men ,
An * fought by Yankee sailors Lord send
their llko again !
With the wind abaft the quarter and th
wed foam llyln' free ,
An' every tack und sheet housed 'taut an *
l-raccs eased to lee ,
You could hear the deep-sea thunder from
the knight-heads where U broke ,
AH she trailed her leo guns' under In a blind-
In' whirl o' Binoko.
She didn't run at twenty knots she wasn't
built to run
An' wo didn't need a half a watch to
handle every gun.
Our cr.ptaln didn't fight his ship from a
little pen o' steel ;
lie fought her from his quarter-deck , with
two hands at the wheel ,
An' wo fought In Yankee fashion , half-
naked stripped to board
An' when they hauled their red rag down
we praised the Yankee Lord ;
Wa foupht like Yankee sallora , an' we'll
do It , too , again.
You've changed the ahlps an' methods , but
you can't change Yankee men !
Top
Coat
We'd like to say something about
our spring overcoats which hasn't been
said before We've told you they are
made as good as we know how Y
We've told you the fabrics are the best we could find
we've told you the prices are less than the tailors.
And the fit just so is there need to say more unless ws
state the price-JO,00 , $12.50 , $15,00 , $18 00 , $20.00 and $25.
Fit , quality and style the very best.
Warranted In every respect ftJL
Every ono our own tnuko