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TM OMAHA BEEt WETHf AT , APML * , 1M6 , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. Es IIOSBWATKK. JSdllor. I'UIILISIIJCU EVERT MORNINU. TUKMS or Daily ll e ( Without Burnlny ) . Ono Year . 18 M Dally ! ! nnJ BunJay. One Year . 9 W Ulx Month . J > Three Monthi . J W Humliy lie * , On * Year . J J B lur < liiy 4Jce. One Year . " Weekly U e. One Year . Otnt.hn : The lies ItulMlmt. . . . . _ . Houth Otrahai Ulnger Ulk. , Cor. N nnd 21th Sis. Council lllurtnl 10 1'earl Street. Ch'cago order : C01 Chamber of Commerce. New Vorks Temple Court. AVnshlneton : Ml Fourteenth Street. COimBSPONUnNCB. All communications relating to nous " * A10 ? } ' * rial matter should bo atldrencdi To the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS. All burlneM letters and remittance ! ! should t * ddreueil to The nee 1'ubllthlns Company. Omaha. Draft * , checks , eiprei * and po lolnc money orden to be made payable to the order cl the company. * TUB nEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Rtntc of Nebraska. DoiiRlin county , M t Oeorse It. TMchurk , m-cretnry of The Il e Pub- llshlnic company , belnir tlttly sworn. nyn that t no Rclual number of full nnd comylcle copies of ri.e Dally , Morning. i\enlnc and Sunday lie1 printed during the month of March , 1898 , was a folio * 17 19 . 22. H2 1 2J.-.10 19 . H.M 4 2I.7M 20 . 22.0V ) f 22,571 21 . " .l" 21.511 ZJ . 22.W3 7 22,278 23 . Zl.INi 22.M" 21 . 22.1 1 * 22,554 2.- , . -a 10.1 10 2222 2U . Z2.477 11 22.2M J7 . 22.111 J2 22..177 . 23,6(1 ( 13 21SIS 29 . .m H 22. 1 M . ZI.70J 13 22,207 Jl . 22.CJ7 "Total" " " ! ! tT. 705,607 Lcis rcturnrd and unrold coplc * ll.M Net totnl Mies fl'i' S i-.J-i1 Net dally nxernee - OKOIIOE 11. T/.SOH17CK. Sworn to before mo nml nub crlboil In my pres ence thl 1st day of April. 1898. N. I' . J'KIU ( Scnl. ) Notary Public. If congreHS lins llnlshuil rcsolutlnR for the time beltiK perhaps It cnu get down to legislating nguln for a while nt least. It looks ns If the opening of the base bnll season wore going to get nlieiul of the opening of the cannon ball season after nil. There was once a legal fiction , "The king can do no wrong. " IJut even this Imaginary axiom was never construed to mean that the governor of n state can do no wrong. Now let the city authorities pass n resolution doctoring that the streets of Omaha are and ought to be kept clean nml make provision for having the In tent of the resolution carried out. Referring to the latest turn In the Cuban Imbroglio , Senor Castclar de clared thnt "Indignation seals my mouth. " Evidently that is not the same brand of Indignation as that on tap in Washington. If one good American Is worth two Spanish soldiers the United States reg ulars , supplemented by the Cuban In- fuirgcnt army , ought to be able to take care of the Spanish laud forces on this eldc of tire Atlantic. The exposition will bring more dis tinguished pebple to Oinalia during 'the ' next si < months than It has entertained In any previous six years of Its hlntory. Omaha must therefore distinguish Itself by playing the host In. the most flttlug manner. More states will 'be ' officially repre sented In the Trausinlsslsslppi Exposi tion at Omaha than had been admitted Into the union at the time of the Gen- 4euulnl Exposition nt Philadelphia. That Is a showing uucqualed except by the Columbian World's fair. The democratic national committee Is trying hard to get rid of Mr. Harrlty , the member for Pennsylvania , but he refuses to be summarily bounced. The way lie holds on to hid otlice ought to bo accepted as sufficient proof that he is a democrat ns he claims to be. California Is calling upon Nebraska's stock of corn to help It over the streai of partial crop failure. Nebraska can readily supply nil the corn California may require ns a permanent thing und let the In t tor devote Itself to other crops for which It Is more specially adapted. * Governor Holcomb accms to forget that the constitution makers wisely provided a lieutenant governor to per form the duties of the executive office fat any time the governor might be come Incapacitated by reason of sick ness , Impeachment or other disability , including Imprisonment for contempt of court The fact that the czar of Russia made an Easter gift of 30,000 rllles and 1,000 , 000 cartridges to the prince of Monte negro ought to be sufficient to convince the sultnn of Turkey that the sickness from wh'.ch ' the Ottoman empire haa long suffered Is a long way from cured. The Kusslan greed for Constantinople has not been effaced. Ono thing the taxpayers will Insist on , and that Is thnt If the Hoard' ' of Ed- Jicatlou embarks hi real estate buying It pay no more for property for the use of the schools thnn would have to be paid by private Individuals who tie- tired to purchase. This city hns seen enough Senegnmblnns extracted from echool site woodpiles. . The yellows , who have been shouting morning , noon and night for war , nn. jiow pretending to lament because the Jinanclal burdens must fall largely upon poor people least able to beai them. But we have never had n war In history that was not paid for by the sweat of labor's brow. The time to think of witr tnxes Imposed on the poor Is while there Is yet a chance to main tain honorable pence. Congress has officially disclaimed nl Intention ou the part of the Uuitei States to exercise sovereignty , Jnrlsdlc or control over Cuba. This Is i STtP-tj declaration against Cuban nn xutloSa riie United States has no moro biusuKfi' | | to annex Hawaii or nnj other remote Inland than It has to annex Culm nnd the' ' , Cuban resolution oujrh to bo the deathknell 'of Hawaiian an uoxutlou by treaty , resolution or other TllK ttATlUtm DECISION. Employing the Inngnnge of the found- rs of this republic In reupcct to the mlted colonies , the representatives of ho American people have declared and he president hns expressed hid deter- ninntlon to approve the declaration , 'That the people of the Island of Cuba are , nnd of right ought to be , free ml Independent. " It Is the solemn nnd rrevornbte decision of the nation , for vhlch It assumes before the world every espoiiRlblllty and will unflinchingly ncet every danger. It says to Spain hat In the judgment of the American icople th.it government no longer has any right of sovereignty In Cuba and Icmnndfi thnt It rcllqtilsh at once its authority and government In 'the Island nd withdraw Its land anil naval forces. f Spain shall refuse to do this the pros ! ' dent Is authorized to use the whole war > ewer of the United States to drive Spain out of Cuba. That accomplished , he government nnd control of the Island s to be left to Its people. This decision wns reached nfter care- nl deliberation and thorough discus- Ion. Every phase of the momentous ssuc was considered , every opinion ns o the course thnt should be pursued wns given ample opportunity for hearing. There is nothing more to bo said. The onguc of criticism , or cnvil or complaint s silenced. There Is no appeal from the erdlct and the duty of every loyal Vmcrlcnn citizen Is now to give his car es t support to the government nnd to nc- ept ch'eerfully whatever obligations may be Imposed. War Is exacting. It do- nnnds n shnre of every man's earnings , t levies tribute on everything. Its work s that of destruction of the costliest kind. No one can foresee what the Im pending conlllct , which we believe In evitable , will cost In men and money. Jut whatever the price it must be paid nd In the discharge of the obligation nil vlll bear a share. Fortunately the na- lon is in excellent financial conditioner or the conflict. The government will inve no uiuiculty In borrowing all the noney It may call for and the nddl- lonnl taxation for more revenue the icoplo can benr nnd they will bear It- vlthout n murmur. We believe there ins never been a time In our history vhcn popular patriotism was stronger hau It Is today or when the people were note ready to make sacrifices In sup port of the government In a course vhlch It hns determined to be necessary uul justlllnblo. Let ns not be deluded with the Uen hat Spain will not light that her de clared determination to resist American utcrvcntlon In Cuba Is Insincere nnd hat at the last moment she will sur- ender without a struggle her authority and government In Cuba. It is not to ) c doubted that Spain realizes that Cuba s lost. Her statesmen must understand he utter hopelessness of retaining the sland after the action of the United States. But there is more at stake than 3uba. The existence of the monarchy tsclf is in the balance , and while war nay not save thnt It certainly cannot be saved without .war. As we have here tofore said , all conditions and circum stances point to hostilities as inevitable nml it Is probable they will hnvo begun jcfore the end'of the present week. The resolutions passed by congress will , we 'believe ' , bo approved by the Intelligent nnd Impartial judgment of mankind. They proclaim thnt the pur pose of the United States in giving Cuba ndependence nnd pence is n wholly un selfish purpose that It contemplates the exercise of no sovereignty , jurisdiction or control over that" Island. Onr only aim Is to give the Cuban people what wo believe they of right should have and then leave them to govern them selves and work out their own destiny. In justification of this we have laid be- 'ore the world reasons which are deemed to bo ample and conclusive. A. STRAIN Off JUS CONSTITUTION. In the answer mnde by Governor IIol- comb to the mandamus proceedings brought In the supreme court to compel lilm to live up to the law relating to the [ tearing of impeachment charges ngnlnsi lis ! police commission appointees , atten tion Is called to the solemn duty Imposed by the constitution on the governor "to take care thnt the laws be faithfully executed. " Th's naturally suggests 'the ' question , What kind of nn example Jian Governor Holcomb himself set to care that the laws be faithfully executed ? The law provides that the state Irons uror eliall , before his official bond is ap proved , account for all of the public funds In his possession. This account Ing In the contemplation the law Is to * bo actual , not fictitiousby the producr- tlon of the cash or the exhibition of cer tificates of approved state depositories. Yet Governor Holcomb allowed Joseph S. Hartley to settle with himself with a clgnr box full of paper promlscs-to-pny without even mnklng nn Inquiry whether their redeemer llveth. The law requires the governor In vari ous Instances to create nonpartisan boards by the selection of members rep resenting different parties. Instead of living up to the letter and- spirit of the law , Governor Holcomb has In nearly every Instnurc nullified the law and made n farce of nonpartlsanshlp by ap pointing all the members from the party that sails three names while supporting one nnd the name ticket. Under the constitution of Nebraska the flnlary of "the governor Is fixed at ! ? 2riOO ppr annum , nnd he Is expressly prohibited from receiving to his own use "any fees , costs , Interests upon public moneys , perquisites , of otlke , or other compensation. " Governor Holcomb however , hns drawn out of the state treasury 1,000 additional compensation in violation of the constitution on tin pretext thnt it Is an appropriation to cover his house rent. A more flagrant t-asu of law violation could not well be Imagined. The refusal of Governor Holcomb to obey the law requiring him to Invcstl gate personally the charges brough ngaln.st his police board appointees Id therefore not his first failure to take care that the laws are faithfully en forced. Ill ; fears that the constltutloi which he la sworn to uphold will no stand the strain If he should recognize the right of the supreme court to com mand him > to perform the duties devoir lug upon him la person Instead of by proxy , re ; to uny the taMt , * trlfe fur * fetched. It may bo a traln on the gov ernor's constitution to carry out the plain provisions of the law creating the Omaha police 'board ' , but the constitution of Nebraska Is In no Immediate danger. A CUBAN RKPUOhlC. With the Independence of Cuba as sured the question an to the capacity of the people to establish and maintain a stable government Is certain to com mand attention. Senator Proctor , In his statement of his observations In Cuba , expressed the opinion that the Cubans are capable of self-government , but the senator's Investigations wcro not among tboso who will have moat to do with framing and putting Into effect a ua\v government. Hedid not mingle with the Insurgents , though ho probably talked with some people who sympathize with them. Other Americana who have resided In Cuba and are familiar with all classes of the people there have ex pressed the opinion that the Insurrec- lonary Cubans are not as a whole fit or popular government and that It Is extremely doubtful whether a really re- mbllcan system could be maintained here. An Independent government In Cuba will assume large responsibilities nnd ts establishment ou a secure and stable msls will require a high order of states- nnnshlp. After three yenrs of desolat- ng wnr the new government will need o address Itself at the outset to the vork of restoring what hns bocu de stroyed nnd giving the people nn op- > ortuulty to recover from the disaster hat has been visited upon 'them. ' Many of the people nre nt present not In n condition to pay taxes for the support of government and probably It will be ound necessary to borrow money with vhlch to place a new government on ts feet. This will be found difficult uilcss the character of the government s such ns to give assurance of stability. Then It will be necessary to attract cup- tal there for Investment nud also to Iraw population for developing the sland , success In which will very greatly depend upon whether the gov ernment is such as to insure proper pro- ectlon to cnpitnl nnd to the rights of ) eople 'Who go there. Establishing an " Independent govern- nent , republican In form , In Cuba , may > rove to be not so simple a matter us many think. The men who are flght- ng for Culm llbre have yet to demon strate whether they fully comprehend what free government means. MEXICAN FIUhNn&IUP. The Mexican government lias taken prompt precautions to prevent any In cursions into the United States from its territory of Spanish sympathizers or Mexican nmrnu'ders. ' Troops will be concentrated on the Texas frontier nnd indoubtedly they will be In sufficient lumbers to make a thorough patrol , so hat our government will hav-j no ren- ion to complain of a lack of vigilance on the part of Mexico. Of course this s a slmplo matter of international duty ind yet the prompt action , of the Mexi can government suggests its strong de sire to show its friendly feeling toward' ' the United States. Undoubtedly we liave the hearty sympathy of a great majority of the Mexican people In the attitude this nation hns taken regard- ug Cuba. The Mexicnnu desire to see Cuba Independent and the people of thai .slarid given an opportunity for self-gov eminent A Cuban republic would prob ably be of iio Inconsiderable benefit to Mexico , but at all events the peoplu of : he latter country earnestly desire to see Spain deprived of thnt Island and no people would welcome that consumma tion more enthusiastically thnn the Mexicans. Hence , so far as moral sup port goes , Mexico Is with the United States and undoubtedly she would be our active ally , If we should need her liep. ! It is easy to understand the sat isfaction felt at Washington with the purpose of the Mexican government to ire vent raids from thnt country into the United States , which are very likely to be attempted as soon as war breaks out DAKOKR TO AMElllCAH ORCHARDS. While the European officials who have directed the exclusion of American fruit have unquestionably exaggerated the facts , substantial evidence has been fur nished by the United States Department of Agriculture that there is eonio foun dation for apprehension. A map just issued by the entomolog leal division of the department indicates that the San Jose scale is scattered over a large part of the United States. Con trary to the popular belief that its rav ages are confined almost wholly to small sections of California , the orchards of the Atlantic and central states are as much affected as those of the far west. The orchards of New Jersey , Delaware , Maryland , the Virginias and Georgia have sufferedgrcatly and those In Ohio , Illinois and Michigan arc seriously threatened. So long ns this state of affairs continues American fruit ship pers must expect to most with obstucles in European and oilier markets. The San Jose scale Is explained as n parasitic Insect brought to California- from Australia , Chill or Hawaii twenty- seven years ago. II breeds with won derful rapidity nnd -destructive to nil udri of fruit trees. It may be. de stroyed by spraying the trees nnd certain birds and Insects feed upon it. But when once firmly established in nn orchard extermination Is almost Impos sible , legislative action has been tnkon In a number of states to provide for rmlstlng the advance of the pest , or to effect destruction where It has appeared. Hut the fight against the San Jose scale nnd similar pests thnt threaten Ameri can orchards must be made not by legls. latlon but by the owners of the orchards and persons Interested In fruit culture. If the action of the German and other foreign governments has served to call attention to the serious danger to the growing American fruit Industry suffi cient to arouse the horticulturists to n sense of their duty It will not have been without some compensations. With wheat steadily advancing In price consumers of flour will soon be complaining and the Implacable foe of monopolists will revise his song to fit KB Imaginary comer of the breadatuffs la the country by ft few pciwonii. Bat In truth the * PPy of wheat in thla country is still Tftir ely In the hands of those who nusptli It and the grain thai la controlled toV the corner manipu lators Is only a/Ujt } ' / ) { of the total crop. The Into Gonoml Crcgpo was the most conspicuous and" picturesque figure in Venezuelan history ? iio Is the patriot who retired to'lilst vnst estates In the mountains nfteg leading an army to victory , rcslgnlntf dlc.tatorshlp In favor of a regularlyloelccted president. Al though ho deslr ff to end his days In peace , when troubles Again came upon his country hc oBpoiidcd to a call to lead another arpiy of patriots against the rebels. A second time successful In rpstorlng order nnd establishing n linn government , he was a second time placed nt the head of the government While he was a brave warrior he had often expressed a wish to live a life of peace In retirement The men who make Uncle Sam's postage stamps , postal cards nnd stamped envelopes dr ? not In doubt about the return 'of prosperity to this country. During the first quarter of the year there wns Issued stamped paper to the amount of l,2o9S07,438 pieces , valued nt $24,103,508 , nn amount unprecedented in the history of the postnl department. The department olliclnls say that If the rate la kept up the fiscal year will show business in this line double thnt of any previous year. A In ! e lilt. Q lobe-Democrat. General Dlanfto ts in doubt as to where his front Is located. " But bo can rest easy about bis ba&o of supplies , as ho lioa none , and no hope of securing one. Something In a Xnnic. Chlcagj TlmeHcrald. . The nnmo of the dervish loader who wco recently captured by tho.English la Jlahmuil. Wo'vo suspected all along that bis name won the last halt of It. A Mnttrr or SltricMtlntlon. 1'hllailMpMa Times. It's eaclcr to begin a war than to atop It. A fellow who alts on a keg o ( powder and lights it may know where ho etaris from , but his Information us to where he'll land is limited. You UK Mr. UnJlpy n Kiillure. riiltaOclphl.i Ucconl ( ileni. ) . 'Mr. ' Bailey of Texas does not Improve hla reputation as a leader of the minority as the tiays go 'by. He appears to toe as much of a failure In making successful retreat as In leading an attack upon his opponents. Don't Tickle the Aulmul. " - Indianapolis Journal. It la generally believed that those who tickle the heels of a quadruped are never so handsome after the experiment , but that they are richer M wisdom. The self-com placency of Mr. JBallcy may prevent bin profiting by fVlday'tf disfigurement In the Incident with th8 peakor. Cleveland > Plaln Dealer' Tjero Is a great' ' class In geography Just at the present 'trine. ' It consists of the American peopled They are making a ope. culty of the Wcrt Indies and giving atten tion to some otU < 3r localities. Whatever the evils consequent'upon ' the present diffi culties there will 'bo ' .more geographical knowledge In tho'cdiitttry ' than over before. Fortiiiiti Knvur * the llrnve- . PhlhVueliihla Times. One of the exlra&Mlnary 'features of the present war project has beetv the remark able flow of go'M1 to this country.- Since the blowing up of the Maine In Havana har bor on February I6i 'wtiea.war became really imminent , the gold Imports have reached the enormous aucu ot $61,575,000. This , too , In aplte of the government purchases ot ships and war material abroad , which were paid for la gold , " ' Saarur lleet Culture In Illinois. Chlraco Tlmes-HcinM. i Practical steps for the cultivation of sugar beets in Illinois , iuve been taken. The latest movement in this direction Is the of fering of premiums by the State Board of Agriculture for the best rample of fifteen sugar beets raised on a patch of not leea than one-quarter acre , with certain restric tions. The importance of sugar In domestic consumption can be readily realized by the statement that nearly as much sugar aa flour la used by the average family.- Any move ment which look toward the supply of thlo constant and enormous demand by a home grown crop la of the flrst Importance. Fur ther , in parts of this state H Is most de sirable to provide a crop which will renew soils exhausted byi a succession of the tame products Sugar beets combine many ad vantages in their culture , and practical farm ers will find It a proatablo venture to raise an experimental crop within reasonable limits. WEALTH AUAI.NST 1'OVEHTY. Froapcrou * Uncle 8am Tackling fl'oor nntl KfTette Nntioii. P.illndelphla Record ( dem. ) ' Census bulletin'No. . 379 , on "Wealth " issued In 1894 , reveals a wonderful Increase in the wealth of the United States between the censua years 1880 and 1890 , The valua tion of all real and personal property lo 1880 la given at $43,642,000,000 , and In 1890 at $05.037,091,197 , thawing an Increase of $21 - 393,091,197 in a decade. The United States stands at the head of all tiatrcm lo wealth per capita , and at the foot In debt per capita. Between ISCO and 1890 tbo population ot thla country doubled , and tn the same time Its wealth trebled. Michael Mulhall , the famous English statistician , appreciated the signifi cance of these facts when , In 1892 , In bis remarkable book called "Tbo Balance Sheet of the World , " he eald : "It would bu Impossible to nod la history a parrallol to the progress of the United States in the paat ten years. Bv ry day that the sun rises upon the American people It sees the addition ot $2,600,000 to the accumulation of wealth In the republic , which la one-third of the dally accumulation of all mankind out side ot the United States. " In ISM. when the aggregate wealth of the UnlteJ States amounted la $05,037,091,197 , the debt of all kinds was $957,876,000 , and the debt per capita $32.37. The wealth of Great Urltaln at tile same time amounted to $43.- (500.0)0.000 ( , the debt do $5.695,659,000 , and the 'cbt per capita to $87.79. The wealth of i'ln wa $7,965,000,000 , the debt $1,100,650- 000 .and the debt per capita $71.27. It thus appears that In J8f&tho ( wealth of the United SUtra \\as more fli'iui seven and a half times that of Spain , and Jhe debt nearly $150,000,000 lets. Since that ftmd Spain bos Increased Its debt , owing largely Ha 'the coat ot the cam paign lo Cuba , and It Iii today bankrupt , while the United States Is prosperous. The presIdentTTA hawn an unmistakable desire to act with magnanimity toward this poor and effete nation and at the same time to conserve the Industries of this great country , which vhave. so recently recovered from a period of I prostration , knowing that the victories ot peace are far more durable and valuable thin tnosa of war. Throughout this critical perjlfd. > , the head ot the nation haa exhibited both patriotism and wisdom worthy of his high office , .and has won the applause or the world. Will the American people trust him to guide the ship ot state to a safe haven ? Would It not , In future years , redound to'the credit of our country and contribute to the advancement of civil ization , of Christianity , of all the noblest sentiments of humanity. If It should be re corded that this wealthy and powerful na tion , though having1 cause for war and be lieving Itself capable of crushing a weak and comparatively powerleea people , preferred to stand on higher ground , and to proclaim that the setting sun ot tbo nineteenth century must witness no other warfare than that of strife for industrial supremacy ? No glory attainable by conquest of weak Spain could be comparable with such a victory of intel lect and of a magnanimous spirit over ps- Ion. Ignorance and crime TtHI THHKMMH.D OP WiAH. ott t * > r from Mexico. Kan s City Star. In a war with Spain too United State * will lave nothing to fear from Mexico. The ircnhlcnt of that republic has ordered a ret- ; mcnt of cavalry and infantry to protect certain points on the United States border and to prevent any uprising against this country. Mexico knowi all about the tyranny and cruelty of Spain , and cherishes for It the ntenso hatred which lives In all of the 'ormer ' colonies of that infamous and detest able despotism. No 1'nlltlolnn * In Coninuind. St. Lnuli tlepubllc , Officer the volunteer force with men whose qualifications are those of soldiers. If they are slow to talk , none the worse. Give ua an American army that Is capable of rapid , efficient and brave service from the start. Commissary , transportation , discipline , san itation put everything In the hands of ex. > cutlvo science and vigor. The country will ) o taxed It has no desire to pay money for the emolument of drones , wlndbaga and self- seekers ; or for the promotion of favoritism , lartlstnshlp and contract mongerlng , "War s hell ; " the people would have It as brief and effective aa organization can make it. The American reputation Is to bo tested be- , 'ore the world. Put the national honor In ho hands of men who know how to carry the flag furthest forward. Xi > Ilopp of Spain Yielding. Philadelphia Itrcord. There seems to be a notion abroad that at ho last minute Spain will yield and evacuate Cuba without firing a gun. Let those who cherish thla comforting Idea undeceive them selves. Once upon a time two mighty Euro pean powcrs decided to make joint repre sentations to the United States In order to 'stop the effusion of blood" shed In civil war. Although the result of this Intcrvcn- : lcn. 1 ! successful , would have been to tear : hls union tn twain , the powers In question deemed their proposed action to bo praise worthy and their motives humane ; but Sec retary Seward refused to receive their Joint iiotr. or even to receive their envoys to gether , Instating that they must see him singly and present their communications merely Informally. In order to know how -ho Spaniards would treat a similar demand ixpressed In terms far more harsh than were .he French and English communications It s only necessary to put ourselves in their place. i far Intervening New York Sun. Our reasons for undertaking the task In .ho manner contemplated are these ; If btneen the people of any American md or country and their transatlantic rulers we are generally Indilfforcnt or im partial , we might choodc the simpler way of suppressing Cuban disorder by lending aid to the- established government there , that of Spain. But > we are not Indifferent , or Impartial. We have an Instinctive end traditional leaning to the cause of the strug- ? 'lns Cutanu. While , as a people Implred i > y the rational doctrine of James Monroe , we have never entertained a policy Involv ing the expulsion of foreign governments from this hemisphere , yet we welcome all ctrcuiratanccs which .look to such a change. We should see withdelight. . Cuba deliver ticusclf from Spanish domination. Th ! < 3 attitude of greater sympathy toward all our neighbors , is against more distant people' ' , and' ' tbo guardianship of our domes tic Interests must go hand In hand , and therefore , Spala beVig unable 16 re-establkh the peace In Cuba which Is desirable , we are constrained to tell Spain to go , If need be , nt the muzzle of our guns. Provoked lir the Maine IHiuixtcr. Philadelphia Times. But for the Ices of the Maine , there would have been no extreme measures adopted by congress. The considerate Judgment of every civilized- nation Is that our war vessel was destroyed by Spanish treachery , cad that actual war wes thus Inaugurated by Spain the moment trat our war vessel was blown up with the 'Icea ' of nearly 300 American sailors. It la this conviction and the aenae of Justice that Id deep-seated and universal , not only among the American , people but among the people of every civilized nation , that Is toil ay demanding war with Spain , a(4 ) ( our 'national congress' only reflects the ' supreme 'sovereign authority of the great republic of the world. Spain must now surrender Cuba" without conditions &ad withdraw her troops and efface her flag from the Island which she has oppressed for centuries , or she murct accept a war that can end only In the less of all her western provinces , and moat likely tn the overthrow of her crown. The RexpoiiNlbllltjr. Xcw York Tribune. Let there be no Illusions as to the meaning of Intervention In Cuba. It is not to avenge the Maine. That could doubtless be done in a single battle. It la not merely to expel the Spaniards from the western hemisphere , In which their whole history has been so discreditable. That could be done with llt- tlo difficulty. It 1:1 not merely to carry re lief to a few surviving reconcentradcs. That would be a comparatively trifling task. No , but after there things are done will come the real task , the great responsibility. It Is that to whlrb this nation and Its govern ment must now look forward with a serious ness bcfltting the subject. Fop the moment when intervention passes from proposal to action the United States will be morally responsible for the govern ment of Cuba. That Is the supreme consid eration of the whole case. In no clrctim stance would it be a light responsibility to o&sumo. There are more than a million people in Cuba , after all the hundreds of thousands destroyed by Weyler's extermlna tlon policy. They are aliens to us In race and culture. They are turbulent and paa- elonate. They are Ignorant of ven the rudiments of self-government. For many yeara they have been in a state of chronic revolt against the only government they have had. And now this country propcoea to 'take ' them In hand , reduce them to order and stand sponsor to the world for their perma nent good behavior. It does that , and must do it , if It Intervenes at all , because without out- such assumption of responsibility inter vention would be a blunder and a crime. It Is not a responsibility to be lightly or thoughtlessly assumed. Neither Is H ona to be shirked. OTHERWISE : . A tax on bank checks will revlvo the popularity of the old stocking an a deposi tory. tory.California California crop * have been damaged , by hot winds , and southern crops by cold onra It seems to > be an 111 wind cither way. They have already reached the stage of naming bablea after Consul General Lee , the flrst announcement comlag from .Ten- ne.'eee. Northern soldiers would hear their south ern comrades' yell la Cuba with different emotions from those aroused in the eouth In the early sixties. ' Of late Colcnei Fred Grant haa come to lock wonderfully like hla late father. He smokes a great deal , too , and handles hie cigar exactly aa the general used to do. Senator Perkins of California , Is the only practical sailor to congress. He was for a long time the master of a New England ship and U now at the bead of a firm of ehip owners. Congressman Jamea R. Campbell of Illi nois , who has resigned his sat in congress to raise a regiment , waj one of the "famous 103" who voted General Palmer into the oenate In 1891. "Many a shaft at random Brat , flnJa mark the archer llttla meant , " a when Con gressman Bartlett fired a volume of Con- grtsslonal Record * at Congressman Brumm , and hit the eon of Field Marshal Murat Halatead. The pronounced democracy of Sir Charles Dllko 1s a source of grief to Queen Victoria , who waa a close friend of the baronet's father. "How often , " said her majesty , not long KO , "have I held that boy on my lap and stroked hla hair with affection ! " And then , she added , with a smile , "dear , me ! I muat have rubbed it the. wrong way I" James R. * v.eene' narae frequently crops up In Wall street of late In connection , -with stock manipulation and deals. Keene came from California teach the 'New York speculators how > to speculate , and bis wealtt disappeared after a skyrocket career , tout he again rose to the surface and baa man aged to Uy > there. It used to 'be ' told of him In the early days that tie once asked celebrated aoloUt to sing "the sextet from Irticla. " CUKA WOUMI mitOKLY PAM * Ilorv SB nl h Itnle Mar Rv Olnponcd ot In Short Order. St. Ijouls rJlohe-Democrat. Three points In Consul General Lee's testi mony before the senate foreign relations commltteo have an Immediate practical Im portance. The Insurgents in arms , he tayi , number about 32,000 men. Out of the 98,000 Spanish troops , which ho estimate * are In : ub , only fw.OOO , he believes , are available 'or ' active service. The rainy ocaeon , ho told ho committee , begins around the middle or ho latter part of June. Hero ts Information ot direct consequence to the United States. 3n thcso three points the country haa been anxious to get light from somebody who could give it Impartially and accurately. General Lee , It will bo understood on alt lands , is the beat authority In the United States on the general question ot the condi tions In Cuba at thla moment. What bo ays on these three points will command the earnest and Immediate attention of the gov ernment and the people. A prompt and energetic attack on Cuba would put the island into United States lands with very little loss ot life to us. The nsurgents are about two-thirds of the num- jur of the Spanish troops which are outside ot the hospitals. The Insurgents are well armed , General Lee tells , and the records of ho last three years show that , man for man , .hey are far better fighter * than the Span- sit soldiers. General Lee , like all the others who have been in Cuba recently , nays the Spanish troeps are poorly drilled and gen erally inefficient. They are mostly boys who lave no heart In their work. Tbo privates lave been without pay for eight or nine months , and the officers for about four months. Better material for soldiers than that which Spain has In Cuba would , under such adverse circumstances , lose all otomach for flzhtlnz. The American public thought : he rainy ceason tn Cuba set In early in May , but General Lee , an experienced ob server , puts the tlate ot Its commencement six or seven weeks later than that time. All thlD demorstratra thu the United States , by a quick and vigorous move , could tun the Spaniards out of Cuba before thu elements became hoi'tllc. "Yellow fever will scon become an ally of the Spaniards In Cuba In a fight agalnat the Yankees , " exclaimed a Madrid paper recently. If the United States acto with promptness and spirit , however , the fighting will be over before yellow fever appears. The 32,000 Insurgents are ac climated. Furnished by the United Stated with all the arms'and ammunition tiny would need , these 32,000 veterans would bo almout a match single-handed for the 55- 000 effective Spaniards. But these GS.nriO Spaniards are scattered through the principal seaports and In the larger towns of the Interior. They could not consolidate except by moving to Havana by eca , and the sea outside ot Cuba's principal ports will be tn control of the Americana within twenty-four hours- after the declaration of war. The In- tiurgents , operating on Interior lines , can quickly converge and control all the rall- uuyo and hlghwajs of the Island , and < un keep the SpanUh troops separated. Driven out of their defenses at the seaports by the American fleets , as they would bo quickly , the Spaniards outside of Havana would soon fall Into the insurgents' hands. Then the Insurgent forces , with the 20,000 or 30,000 American troops which could be landed near Havana , could make quick work ot all the Spaniards who would bo left at that point. Two months are still leie before the rainy season sets in. If the government acts with promptness and energy tbo work can all bo finished and Cuba be in American hands be fore that time comes. WAll'S UWKOT OX UUS1M3SS. Globe-Democrat : A million dollars worth of new steel freight cars has been ordered by one of tbo large railway llcca. Confidence In coming prosperity Is not shaken by the prospect of a necessary war. Chicago Chronicle : The clearing hoyse re turns continue to chow gains over the cor responding tlmo last year , but the percentage of gain Is dccreaslug and the gains are not quite so well diffused aa they were a few weeks ago. Comparing with the same time last year the phenomenal gain of 50 per cent for the whole country end over 30 per cent outside of New York the third week In March fell last week to 13.3 per cent for tbo whole country and 11.3 per cent outside 61 New York. The cities , reporting \csaca \ have Increased In the meantime from flvo to eleven , out of about eighty. Kansas City Star : The. . supreme confi dence of the American people that ido Im pending v.ar with Spain will bo of short duration and , lo any event , will not seri ously Interfere with business , 1s chown by. the continued activity of trade and Industry In nearly all lines. There bos been a slight halt In trade and enterprise , because banks , to moderate degree , ace restricting loans and strengthening their cash resources , but thla movement has merely had the effect of restoring normal Interest rates. It has not made monev difficult to get , except by com parison with the extreme ease of the money market fpr more than a year past. Philadelphia Press : The foreign trade for March la probably the most remarkable ex hibit of the moat remarkable yenr In the commercial history of thla country. The ex cess of merchandise Imports was $51,310,000 , an Incrtoso of $40,000,000 over the same month In 1897. The largest gold Imports in March , which has created such disturbance and anxiety In leading European money mar kets , were $20,000,000 Uai than the exc o of merchandise exports , which means an In- crcaso of Europe's debt to this" country of that amount on the face of the visible Items of the foreign trade. For the fiscal year to date , nine months , the figures are so large ea to Influence every money market and every budget of the world. The exceao of merchan dise exports was $470,961.000 , end the actual favorable balance of trade was $440,100,000 , or enough money to pay for a Spanish war or tv.-o. Philadelphia Times : Trade reports show a largo volume of legitimate business at this eoawn and generally healthy conditions that uoualiy would point to a prosperous year. They also indicate , however , what must be expected , that operations looking to the fu ture have been chocked by the war scare , and that a continuance of the present uncer tainty will have a depressing effect on trade. This la inevitable , although the loss to the country la not much considered by those who devote themselves to agitation. Aa a matter of fact , such a war as we have any reason to anticipate will Involve no serious interruption of business , except aa regards our seagoing commerce and even If It should bo prolonged , the country would readily ac commodate tuelf to the resulting conditions. It la the excitement and uncertainty that cost , and it would bo money In pocket If people would only leave off reading bulletins and go about their buelnete. 80AI.PKH9. nt the 'Action of ( tip Clrf ConnHI of Omnhn * Clilcnuo Chronicle. The city council of Omaha ha passed aa ordinance regulating the business of broken In scalped railway tickets. The new rule line no stringent that the brokers eay It la pro hibitive on thu traffic. It appears to provide for such an inspection of scalping transao tlons that alt tickets sold by brokers may b traced to the original purchasers nnd the cost of scalped tickets may bo discovered. This action by the Oman * city council wai taken in view of the refusal of the railroad companies to grant reduced rate for fares to the Transmlsslsslppl Kxposltlon unlcns moae- ures should be adopted to protect the traffic from the depredations ot ticket scalpers. The World's fair > ear In Chicago was the ticket scalpers' harvest home. Htallzlng that the scalpers would get the main profit out of cut tickets , the railroads for a long tlmo refused to make arrangements for re duced fares. At length they surrendered to the popular demand. But the scalpers made far more out of It than cither the rallroadi or visitors to the World's fair. The Omaha municipal authorities are at- temptln : to protect the railroads from the scalpers by establishing stringent police reg- illations In the local traffic In cut tickets. They are trying to freeze the brokers out of business. The city ordinance regulating the traSc In scalped tickets will bo resisted In the courts. But there Is no doubt that hon est methods In the purchase and sale of prrrner tickets on the rall ua will bo Judicially sustained. Sooner cr later this re sult nlll be reached and the long struggle foetneon honesty and dishonesty In the traf fic of lallway panscngor transportation will cotno to an end. .MIIITHKUI/ > ( ) ' ! K OF WAII. Waa'.ilnpton Star : "Hit often hnppns. " snlil UncleKben. . 'Mat er man'll HtiiiU In wit Jo Intention o' beln' n peacemaker nn' wind up by simply compllcatln' do light. " Detroit Free Press : "Yes , I Joined the mllltla today. " "Good Kracloint What for ? " "Well , I'd rather tote a musket any day than run a lawn mower. " Chicago Record : "Dorothy goes aa a nuiso If we hnvc war. " "What experience ha she had ? " "Her three brothers are foot ball rua'.i- ers. " Philadelphia Nor'.h American : "Somo quutr poetry has sprung out of this Cuban affair. " "Yes. Isn't It marvelous how war haa been staved oft so long ? " IndJanapolts Journal : "Wnr , " said th oracular boarder , "always makes provisions hlKher" "That , > l-8atd the Cheerful Idiot , "U owing to the scarcity of plmvs. " "I don't sec why. " "They are beaten back Into swords , see ? " Detroit Free ProasMy : wife U down on Spain , I tell you. " "Dos she want you to go to > war ? " "No ; but she has turned Christopher Columbus' portrait to the wall. " Chicago Peat : "Pa , what's this Cuban J- armistice ? " 1 "The Cuban armistice ? Well. It's like this , my boy. I'm ivtl'llntr. to have peace , hut your ma persists In lighting. That's e Cuban armistice. " CONFIDENCE. Somervlllo Journal. "Oh , Chnrlle , are you trolni ? to BO To fight trie. Spaniards fierce ? Shall cruel Spanish bayonets This manly bosom pierce ? " "Ort , no. Marie. I'm Rolng out. With a repeating sun , To mow Ions ranks of Spaniards down. And watch the others run. " And how long , Charlie , will It be IJefore you will return ? You know how , while you are away , My heart for you will yearn ? " "I really cannot say , Marie What ! Tears upon your c'nccks ? Oh. nonsense , child ! The papers say The war won't last two weeks ! " TUB < XVII , TO THIi COL.OIIS. New York , Moll nnd Kipres * . "Aro you ready , O Virginia , Alabama , Tennesseti ? Peopl ; of the Southland , answer ! For the land hath need of thee. " "Hfrel" 'from ' Sandy Rio Grande. Where the Texan horsemen ride , "Here ! " the hunters of Kentucky Hall from Chattsrawha's side , Every teller In the1 cotton , Every rugped mountaineer. Velvet-voiced and iron-handed. Lifts his head to answer , "Hero ! " "Somo remain who charged -with PIckstt , Some survive who followed Lee. ; They ehall lead ther ( wns to buttlo For the flag If need itluro be. " "Aro you ready , California , Arizona. Idaho ? Come , on. come , unto the colors , ' Heard yo not the bugle- blow ? " Falls a hush In San Francisco In thj busy hives of trade ; In the vineyards of Sonoma Fall the pruninsr knife and spade ; In the mliHH of Colorado Pick nnd drill are flung nsldo Idly In Seattle's harbor Swing the merchants to the tldo And a million migthy volcra Throb responsive llko a drum Rolling' from the rough Slsrrns , "You have called us , and wo'come. . " O'er Missouri sounds thfi challence O'er the great lakes and the plain ; "Aro you ready , Minnesota ? Are you ready. Men of Maine ? " From the woods ot Ontonagoti , From the farms of Illinois , From the Uonv * of 'Massachusetts ' : "We ere ready , man and boy. " Axmcn frte , of ArdroscoRsln , Clerks Tviho trudge the. cities' paves , Gloucester men Uiho drag- their plunder From the sullen , hungry waves. Big-boned Swede and large-limbed Otf man , Celt and Saxon swell the call , And the Adirondack echo : "We are ready , one and all. " Truce 'to ' feud and peace to faction , All 'forgot ' Js party real Whim the war ships clear for action , When the blue battalions wheel , Europe boasta hfir standing armies Serfs who b'lndly flglit My trade ; We have savn million soldier * And a HOU ! guides every bladN Laborers with arm and mattock , Laborers with brnln and pen. Railroad ( prince nnd railroad brakeman iBuIld our line of flshtlng men. Fins of righteous iwars ! cloaci mustered Gleam thebayontits. . row on row , "When thy stars are sternly clustered With their daggers toward the foe. "The loss which is unknown , is no loss.Ptiblins Sywts. What do you care , then , what name is in your hat so long as the hat is all right ? No one knows whether it is a $3 or a $5 Hat and why should you if the shape is what you want ? Our hats have just as responsible a stamp as any others , in the trade mark of Browning , King & Q ) . , and we have all the popular shapes of the leading and most fashionable hatters and the hats are as well made as any. The real and about the only difference is in the prices at which we sell them. $1.00 , $1.50 , $2,00 , $2,50 , $3.00 , $3.50 , soft or stiff , black or colors. uouglmm at % ) 4
