THE COURIER. m h u but of the Declaration br well. This trust-insistence upon shutting our pos sessions off from the American spirit acd economy is revolting to all persons who believe in equal rights for all, special favors for none. The president's plan of turning the tariff proceeds from Porto Rico back to the island is only a trick. The industries of the island, that will be crushed cannot profit by the expendi ture of the revenue as proposed. The agriculture and manufactures of the island are looking for a market, and they cap't get the nearest natural mar ket, owing to the tariff. They must languish. There will be no trade, hence no tariff revenue. There will be noth ing to devote to education and improve ment of the island, if trade be cut down. And we shall have to appropriate money to save the people of Porto Rico from starvation, when the tariff ruins busi ness in the island so that there will not be enough business to make the tariff productive. The people are beginning to see this. They see that the adminis tration doesn't care what happens to our possesions, so long as the possessions do not hurt the trusts. The people are weary of syndicate rule at Washington. They see that the protected industries regarded the election of 1896 as giving the magnates carte blanche to do any thing they wish. The ship-subsidy snap, numerous Nicaragua snaps, the Gage-treasury snap, the embalmed beef snap a)l these things have convinced the public that the people who put up the money to elect McKinley are using the administration to get back their money at a thousand per cent profit. Prosperity is not fooling the people, either, as much as the president friends may think. High prices are what the silverites wanted in 1896. They have got them. But the best thinking people know that prices are too high, even though the fact be admitted that prices were too low in the years between 93 and '95. Prosperity Has nr 'struck ihe wage-earner nor the salaried man. But the price of things those people need is going up steadily. And the indications for the near future are very cheap wheat. If everything the farmer sells is to be cheap, while everything he buys is dear, as is likely to be the case with the mar ket before the presidential election, there will be such a discontent for the administration to face as the syndicates have not counted upon. And it is not likely that the republican national com mittee will be able to "boost ' wheat, as it did from August to October, in 1896, to convince the farmer of the fallacy of the wheat-silver sympathy." IMMMIMMMHIHIHIIMOOOOOO0M LOUISA L RICKETTS. I MMOMMMMOCI0MMMMMt000 00Mll CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUB3. dent, Mrs. Anna Allen; second vice president, Mrs. W. H. Stowell; secre tary, Mrs. S, W. McGrew; treasurer, Mrs. S. Reed. James Russell Lowell, his life and literary works were discussed and a few minutes were devoted to the topics of the day. Mrs. Jones Do you believe in a per sonal devil ? Jones Well, I've always thought your mother had some mission in life. Town Topics. J. F. HARRIS, No. I, Board of Trade, CHICAGO. 6J9 STO'GKS AND- BONDS. Grain, Provisions. Cotton. Private Wires to New York Gty and Many Cities East and West. MEMBER New York Stock Exchange. Chicago Stock Exchange. Chicago Board of Trade March. The meeting held Tuesday, March 21. Excelsior c. Wilcox. Markham. . Lincoln fa tfa d tment of literature jn 21, Woman's c, English History.. .Stromsburg ' . . ( New Review and Art c, Titian, Tin- be club rooms at Pairbury was a very - i toretto York enjoyable one. Roll call was responded 21. HmWdTeDgesirThe senan? ques- to by quotations from Drummond, fol- I tion. Seward lowed by biography. Tba topic for the 21. Woman's c. The Crusades. North Bend aftarnooQ wa(J In and Aboul Qur Na. . (Fin de Steele c Alcott, Ripley. tional Capital," and consisted of talks I ossoli Seward by a number of ladies who had spent 21. Woman's a. Colonial expansion ...Syracuse tjme . WaBfajngton. jb one , ( Woman s c.. Parliamentary prac- ,. 7 . ' tice Omaha described eome particular place of inter na ( Woman's c. Political and social est the capitol, new library, soldiers' M science.... .Omaha home, art gallery, Mount Vernon, Ar- 26, Woman s c.. Career of Napoleon .Mlnden ' ? " ' 26, Sorosis, Polar navigation Stanton hngton. The time was SO well filled 26, Woman's c. Physical education Lincoln that the original study that bad been 7 I Sorosis. Philosophy of the Ver- planned will be given at another meet- -' dantes Lincoln f . , f , , .. Century c The school system- inB- A TOCal bo'0 closed the program. 'I Unlversitie of the Netherlands. .Lincoln 27, Woman's c, Current topics Omaha 27, Woman's c Ethics and Phllosophy..Omaha Mrs. Frank M. Hall will talk upon 27, Woman's c French conversation Omaha "Paris and Its Environs" on March 30th, 27. "IfSEwEh th?unfi8 sEMS: b' the woman's club of Columbus. I ing the rebellion Albion In the afternoon she will speak to the 27. Current events Lincoln BChool children of Columbus upon the 28, Woman's c. Oratory Omaha . ; 28. Woman's c- Home department....Falrbury congressional library. Mrs. Hall has a 28, Woman's c History Lincoln lantern and her own slides. April 16th 28, Woman's c. Art Omaha Mrs. Hall will speak to the Omaha wo- 26, AVoman's c Current events Lincoln ,- ii, ,, t?,, D.k.. .-j .u IT J Woman's c American artists in men e club uPn RoB& Bonheur and the "" ( Rome The Ghetto .....Lincoln Barbizon school. 30, Woman's c. Current topics Stromsburg 3q I Self-Culture c. Mothers and child ' 1 Ka t St. Paul I have received some very valuable Srpiattsmona. suggestions from state federations con- 30, Woman's c. Music Lincoln cerning the readjustment of the general so, xix. Century c. Painting in Spain. .Seward federation of women's clubs. The Colo- 3i. FiSn SSecSnSTu & federation reports as follows: men as novelists Seward J That the office of state chairman M-WSte. .::.. ?""?.?.?North Bend of correspondence shall be continued; si, Woman's c., Child study Lincoln that said chairman shall be a member 31. Woman's c French Lincoln of a club directly federated with the G. ...Weeplne-Water P-W. C. and that she shall be elected i History and Art c Rudolph of by her state federation.and be, ex officio, "'I TTBariKnletAlrseward a member of its executive board. II. That presidents of state feder- officers of N. F. w. c 1899 & 1900. atioDS only eha11 be vice presidents of Pres., Mrs. Anna L. Apperson. Tecumseh. the general federation. v. P., Mrs. Ida w. Blair, Wayne. III. That the meetings of the G. P. Cor. Sec, Mrs. Virginia D.Amup, Tecumseh. W. C. be triennial instead of biennial. Rec Sec, Miss Mary Hill, York. lv Tbat the number of general Treas., Mrs. H. F. Doane, Crete. . .. . n . Librarian, Mrs. G.M.Lambertson. Lincoln, officers of the G. P. W. C. remain un Auditor, Mrs. E. J. Halner, Aurora. changed; that they be elected for a term of three years, and that the president Tuesday evening, March 13th, the shall not be a candidate for re election. Stromsburg woman's club held a child- V. That national organizations shall ren's meeting at the residence of Mr. not be eligible to membership in the G. and Mrs. D. D. Little. Potted plants P. W. C. in profusion were tastefully arranged VI. That we thoroughly approve of and the parlors prettily decorated in the ten cents per capita tax. the club colon green and white. The Nil. That we do not favor a reorgan guests and members were entertained ization of the general federation which with a Eugene Field program by the shall deprive clubs of their individual little folks, consisting of poetical selec- representation in that body, but we tions from his works, songs and music, recommend that the clubs having a A luncheon was served in several membership of one hundred or over be courses, the entertainment closing with represented by the president and one extemporaneous speeches by the gentle- delegate, and clubs having a member men, in which hearty words of appreci- ship under said number shall be repre ation were expressed. This is but the sen ted by the president alone. State first of a series of gatherings planned by federations of more than fifty clubo the club for the benefit of the Bocial de- shall be represented by four delegates; partment. under that number by two delegates. The regents of the state university of Illinois decided last week to establish a department of domestic science, which shall be a department of the college of agriculture, and will be formally opened at the beginning of the university year next September. The book reception given recently by the Pairbury club brought in between sixty and seventy books, some of them valuable ones and all of them good works for a library. The Mental Culture club of Auburn met with Mrs. McGrew Thursday after noon, March 8th. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres ident, Mrs. J. C. Bonsfield; vice presi- The action taken by the Georgia state federation will be of special interest to club women. At the November conven tion the subject of reorganization was referred to their executive board, which has sent the following advisory plan for readjustment to the reorganization com mittee: "Whereas, The general federation is a fraternity for the promotion of self culture, social service and universal progress, for the interchange of views and the intercommunication of different sections; "Whereas, The laity of an association organized for culture, service and pro gress can never become too numerous; "That to-reduce the representation the federation and contract its future power; "That the larger the biennials, the greater the inspiration. "Whereas, The general federation is not a commercial corporation, instituted for peisonal and selfish ends, in which the largest stockholders control the greatest number of votes: "Whereas, It is not a political body, therefore representation should not be measured by taxation; "Whereas, It is not intened for state or sectional domination, therefore rep resentation should be equal; "Whereas, For all these reasons the ideal relption of members to the feder ation lies in the willingness of each wo man to contribute her share (ten cents a year) to the support of this great body without desiring to pool a number of these small payments for purposes of political dominance; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the Georgia federation suggests: "Article I. a. That the general feder ation shall consist solely of individual clubs. "b. The state federation shall exist as a state organization, to enlarge and de velop such work as may seem most needed for the welfare of each state. "c. The state president and her gen eral federation committee shad control and strive to augment all general feder ation interests within the boundary of the state. "d. This federation committee shall be the medium of communication be tween the state and general federations, and this committee shall report regular ly to the state executive board. The chairman of this committee shall be ex officio state delegate to the biennial. "e. The committee of correspondence shall cease to exist, and its work: shall be performed by federation committees of state federations. "f. The number of general officers shall remain unchanged. "g. A per capita tax of ten cents shall be levied annually from each member of every federated club. "h. Each club shall have equal repre sentation at the biennial. "i. Each club shall send to the bien nial, its president and as many delegates as may be decided upon hereafter. The Connecticut federation reported to the reorganization committee as fol lows: 1. The Connecticut State Federation of Women's Clubs is in favor of a reor ganization of the General Federation of Women's Clubs which shall give each club its representation in that body through its state federation only. 2. The federation believes in trien nial meetings of the general federation . 3. The federation proposes that each state shall be entitled to one delegate for every one hundred members or frac tion of one hundred which exceeds one half. 4. The federation proposes that each state shall pay into the treasury of the general federation 83.00 for every one hundred members of the 6tate federation or fraction of one hundred which ex ceeds one-half. 5. The federation is not in favor of allowing national societies to join the state federations through their local so cieties and chapters. G. The federation believes tbat each state should appoint its delegates and collect its dues as it sees fit. From reports sent to the reorganiz ation committee, the impression is growing that the small clubs should not be cut off from direct connection with the fountain head of inspiration. To respond to the very just criticism tbat the executive body is too large, the sug- gestion is made that the presidents of would restrict the present usefulness of state federation only shall be vice presi- y