Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 22, 1887, Page 4

| v THE DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Eprron. THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, 1, o County of Donglas, | % * (eo. B. Tzschi secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual cireniation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Feb. 18th, 1857, was as follow Date,, Evening Total, Saturday, Feb. 12. £,550 4,400 Sunday, Feb, 11: Morning 5 Monday. F Tuesday, Feb, 15.. ... nesday Feb. 16,757 6 ‘Thursday, Keb, 17,..... 7575 6,550 Friday, Feb. 18, 6,510 Average. 538 RO, B, 'TZ8CAUOK, Subscribed in my presence and sworn to be- fore me this 19th day of FebrlanrLA‘._ 1. 1857, ISEALI Geo. B, Tzschuck, belnfi first duly sworn, deposes and says that he |s secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual av- eraze dally eirculation of the Daily Bee for the month of Fubruary, 1886, was 10,505 copies; for March, 1 11,537 copies; for Agvrll 1895, IB’I copies: for for May, 1898, 15,430 coples; for June, 1886, 12,298 copies; for July, 1856, 12,314 coples; for August, 1856, 12,4 copies:for September, 1896, 13,030 coptes: for October, 1880, 12,989 copies; for November, 1886, 13,48 covles; for December, 1886, 13,237 copies for January, 1887, 16,206 copies. Gro. B, TZscnucK, Subseribed and sworn to before me this Sth day of February A. D, 1887, [SEAL.I N. P, ki, Notary Publie. # Brsvanck and the double-headed eagle of Germany are screaming loudly over the result of the elections. Sixry-three per cent increase over last year is the latest clearings record made by Omaha. There is a world of meaning in the figur WEDNESDAY will usher in Lent. The forty days of penitence are respectfully commended to the consideration of the railroad lobby. Witn diphtheria, scarlet fever and measles prevalent in our city the argu- ments' against unclean back yards ond filthy alleys needs no reinforcement. CoAL is being found in paying quanti- ties all over the state. It is found on the track and in yards, the prevailing price running froni $3 to $13 a ton SPECULATION in Omaha during the past three days has been largely diverted from outside lots to inside Patti concert tick- ets. One costs about as much as the other. Tue need of target practice for the Omabha police force is not apparent when an officer lying on the ground on his s can fatally wound a citizen at a block’s distance. DOUGLAS COUNTY pays one-ninth of all the taxes collected in Nebraska. This is doubtless the reason that the Nebraska legislature is anxious that other countics should override the wishes of her tax- paye IN'the closing b of histerm Senator Van Wyck keeps up his labors for Ne- braska. His eftorts to secure appropria- tions for river improvements between St. Joe and Omaha have becn eminently successful, A BoARD of public works that cannot be used to further the private interests of the contractors does not naturally com- mend itself to the plunder and patronage lobby at Lincoln. But it will be approved by the taxpayers. 2AT deal of opposition is develop- ing to Captain Greely’s promotion. The average army oflicer looks with horror on a jump from a captainey to a briga- dier-generalship—in other arms of the service than his own. Ay all the howl about the new char- ter from the contractor and seavenger brigade the one fact stands out clearly that under its rigid provisions Con Gal- lagher will not be able to draft and accept his own contraets with the city. Tueke are renewed rumors regarding Parnell’s serious illness. The Ber' blegrams several days ago deni 3 authority of the nationalist leaders, that Parnell’s health was in any way seriously aftected or that he was suffering from any fatal disease. THE joint resolution of the senate, passed at the last session, providing for an amendment of the constitution chang- ing the time for the inauguration of the president to the 30th day of April, has been agreea to by the house judiciary committes, and the member having it in charge is authorized to vass it under sus- pension of the rules. It provides that the term of oftice of the president and the second session of the fiftieth congress shall continue until the last Tuesday in April in the year 1889, and that the 30th of April shall thereafter be substituted for the 4th of March as the commence- ment of the official term ot successive presidents, vice presidents and congress of the United States. 1 Ends' ship-railway bull, amended s0 that its provisions are now materially different from the original measure, was vassed by the senate near the close of last weck. Every proposition of a sub- sidy character has been eliminated from it, and it is now simply an act of nationa! incorporation of the Atlantic & Pacifie Ship railway company, with the following limitations—viz.: that the stock shall not exceed $100,000,000, and that when $10,000,000 of it has been sub- seribed for and fully paid up it may be assignable; that no bonds shall ve au- thorized until the paid-in capital amounts o §5,000,000; and that if these conditions are not satistied within two years the charter will expire by limitation. In this form the bill passed the senate by u vote of 46 to 7. This having been omp- lished, the Nicaragua canal bill, cham- pioned by Semator Edmunds, which stauds on the same footing, as it does not usk for anything but a national charter, probably will puss also. The eflorts of both companies, should their bills be come laws, would be divected towards obtaining money through the influence of their charters. It of course remains to be seen what arguments they can bring to bear to induce the investment of capital. Of the two, the Nioaragua canal seems to be the more feasible and practical, but in either case the comp - mies will huve to make & definite showing of what'they can do as a - guarantee for sapital, n New York and the Treasury. A great deal of gnessing is bemg done as to who will succeed Manning as sce- retary of the treasury. The opinion prevalent a week ago that Mr. Fairchild, the assistant secretary, would be the fortunate man, Is now less generally held, for the reason we have hitherto pre- sented, namely, that he cannot bring to the position the political strength desired by the administration and its support- ers, Proved capacity, fidelity and effi- ciency are not all the qualifications re- qured of a cabinet officer in the present oxigency. To be entirely available he must have political power and a follow- ing. 1n this respect the assistant secre- tary is not strong, and he appeurs not to be the sort of man t& make a successful and useful politician of the kind the ad- mimstration will neced during the next year. Hence there 18 said to be no Jonger any doubt that Mr. Fairchild will not be Mr. Manning's successor, REumor has been busy with the names of several other prominent democrats for this position, Mr. Pendleton is believed to been called home either to be given the treasury portfolio or to replace some present member of the cabinet— possibly Bayard—who would be trans- ferred to the treasury. Pend ton is 1n Washington, and a d patch from that city states that he is extremely reticent respecting the object of his return home. The im- pression that he is to go into the treasury has raised the objection to him that his financial views in the past have not been in accord with the present policy of the treasury. This, however, would not be regarded as a fault by a majority of the democrats in congress, who might be drawn into closer intimacy and sympathy with the administration if Pendleton were a member ot 1t. He is, moreover, a very respectable force in democratic pol- itics and a man of undoubted ability, It might prove to be good tacties on the part of Mr. Cleveland to find a place in his official household for Mr. Pendleton. Mr. Carlisle has also been named, but there are several reasons why his ap- pointment is not probable. Primarily, to accept a cabinet office 1 the middle of the administration’s term would be a political blunder which itis presumed the Kentucky statesman is too shrewd to make. It is not apparent that such a po- sition could be of any advantage to him politically. His connection with the ad- ministration might strengthen it with the party. or with the stronger element of the party of which Mr. Carliste is the leader, but the value of this advantage would be somewhat uncertain. The better reasons seem to be against Mr. Carhsle desiring a cabinet position or the president being disposed to give him one. Congressman Scott appears to be no longer thought of, and the suggestion of the names of Mc- Donald and Morrison is not entitled to a moment's consideration. Meanwhile there is said to be a strong vressure from New York, and there are good reasons to beiieye it may not be un- availing, Mr. Cleveland desires and needs to strengthen himself in every pos- sible way in that state. In the game he is compelled to play against Hill he can- not afford to lose one trick. New York is the fighting ground which he must hold or hazard all. Nowhere else is ho confronted by any serious danger, or at least none which he cannot easily over- come if s state remains loyal to him. The present situation there is doubtful, with the tendencies rather unfavorable to the president. They may v ily be rendered more so. T'he retirement of Man- ning from the admmistration will weaken 1t in New York uniess a successor to him is found among the democratic leaders of that state. Mr. Manning cannot be politically so useful at the head of a bank as at the head of the treasury department, and it is not ques- tionable that some of his following who have remained loyal to the administra- tion beeause they could serve him, may find it expedient to transfer their support when he is no longer in a position re- quiring their service. Another leader may be able to make up for such a de- fection, and thus at least hold the forces of the administration numerically intact. Furthermore, the demand of the finaneial and commercial interests of New York that they should be represented in the national treasury by a citizen of that state will not be hightly regarded by the president, “The policy of the adnmnistra- tion thus far as affecting these interests has been wholly prompted and directed from this source, and whether or not Mr, Cleveland desires to change this, which has not been to the general advantage of his administration, he would hardly ven- ture to do so under existing circumstan- ces. These reasons render the appoint- went of a New York man to succeed Manning strongly probable. Such an appointment would assure the domination of Wall street idcas in the treasury during the continuance of the present administration, and 1t is not doubted that the influence of Mr. Man- ning will be exerted to accomplish this, There 18 perhaps nothing serious to be apprehended from such a condition so long as there is a majority in congress not under the influence of these ideas, since the secretary of the treasury has no choice but to obey the will of congress, although he may do so reluctantly and stubbornly, for the purpose of obstruct- ing, if not defeating, that will, as the vresent secretary is alleged to have done, But it is obviously desirable that the head of the financial department of the gov- ernment should not be a man irrevoeably wedded to the opinions of a section or yielding absolute obedience to such opin- ions. Such & man cannot be a broad, wise and safe counsellor in all circum- stances. The great sccretaries of the tr ury in the last twenty-live years— Chase, Fessenden, McCulloch, Sherman —were not of this class, and the fact that the outgoing secretary is has constituted the obstacle to an entirely success ful ad- ministration of the treasury for which he alone might have rec d the credit. —_— Butterine Life Insurance, Colonel Sabin, secretary of th ern Mutual Benevolent insurance n- cern, of Beatrice, has had himself care- fully pumped by the Lincoln reporters, and has very reluctantly come to the front to tell what he would like people to believe about the sohdity of the com pany. The modesty with which he pronounces as a tissue of falsehoods everything we have published sbout. his benevolent and charitable enterprise, is in striking contrast to thé adamantine cheek of the average policy sharp. Mr, Sabin launches out with s tirade against Mr. Burrows, and winds up with the com- West- forting assurance that he has no influence whatever. He manages, however, to sandwich in a nicely prepared bill of particulars which goes to show, if it wero true, that & number of the company’s loans are well placed, and that one woman has actually received $2,000 on two policies, which probably called for £12,000 more or less. We are very glad to hear that the Matual Benevalent mort- gages are placed on property double their value, but the trouble with the property that wo have investigated is that either prior loans exist or the signers of the mortgages cannot convey title. The Colby and the Sabin mortgages referred to would not be worth the paper they are written on if Colby and Sabin should re- sist their foreclosure, As to the business of the company we do not dispute that it has been lucrative. So was Dr. Buchanan's diploma mill down in Phil- adelphia and other enterprises gotten up on business vrinciples for ‘‘benevolent” objects. The company and its officers are 1 this instance the chief benefi- ciaries Itis hardly necessary to add that Mr. Burrows is not the subject in which tho policy holders have much interest. Bur- rows may be a very disagreeable busy- body, but the Mutual Benevolent cannot shield itsclf and its agents behind that screen, We still insist that the auditor should overhaul the concern, not only to satisfy himself that they are making pretense of complying with the law by some makeshift, but by searching the records and exposing their past condition and methods, 1If, as it is alleged and believed, this company has inflated its asscts and propped itself on bogus secur- ities and shirked its linbilitics, proper steps should be taken for the protection of the public. 1f there is no law for such procedure then there shouid be a law vassed by the legisluture at this ses- sion to prevent further imposition by the butterine insurance sharks. Advancing Lumber Rates. The first move of the Western Traffic sociation under the inter-state com- merce law has been to advance the lum- ber rate from Chirago to Council Blufls and Omaha from 14to 20 cents a hundred pounds. The reason given for this action is the higher rates prevailing at interior points. Sooner than to reduce the local rates to the Omaha rates the railroads bave advanced the Omaha toll above those charged to local points. The result is a curious one which forms the most pregnant of all arguments for a prompt fixing of maximum rates by the states of Iowa and Nebr a. 1llinois and Missouri have laws fixing a maxi- mum freight rate. In consequence the Southwestern Traflic association has not been able to follow suit and advance the rates to Ks City. Inother words, as the result of prior state regulation, Iili- nois and Missour: are now exempted from an arbitrary advance of rates from which Iowa and Nebraska must suffer until they afford themselves relief by the sume means. The Paving Contractors' Raid. Buring the railroad lobby, the most desperate onslaught on the new charter has been made by the paving contractors’ gang, of whom Hugh Murphy and Con Their d board Gallagher are head and front. point of attack was the propos of public works. They and their insolently demand that the prov the new charter which reorgan board be dropped and the old section with the present system be retained. In this demand they not only enlisted the dissipated crew of reporters at Lincoln, with whom they drank, dined and gam- bled, but also, by some my ious influ- ence, have brought to their aid Mayor Boyd through his famous letter to Colonel Colby. Now we pronose to show the reasons why the paving con- tractors are making this raid upon the charter, and through it upon the taxpay ers and property owners of Omaha. To do this we must recite the his- tory of the present board, which was organized four years ago, with Jumes Creighton as chuir: man. Mr. Cr and as far as zhton was a very eflicient, known, upright ofiicer. He appointed as clerk of the board his son-in-law, Con Gallagher, who is by no means too good for anything. Mr. Galla- gher was then clerk in the Union Pacific headquarters and drew at the same time §35 per month from the city as clerk of the board. In this capacity he be- came very useful to himself, and his present partner, Murphy. He handled all the contractors’ bids, and was very often in a position to give valuable pomn- ters to the inside ring which operated with him, For instance, when Mr. Fox putin a bid for paving Farnam street, When Farnam strecet was graded the enormous contract was let to a firm, of which Gallagher was =& silent partner, while at the same time he was vlerk of the board of public works, In other words, he handled the bids as confidential agent of the board, had an terest in the contract and was in posi- tion to promote his own interest and that of his partners in the acceptance of the work and auditing of the bills. It has even been asserted at differ- ent times by one of his present partners that when Gallagher was clerk of the board he would sometimes read off bids different from what they actually were, and thus beat one class of bidders in the interest of their competitors. Such barefaced jobbery and rascality could not happen under the new charter, which expressly prohibits all city officials, councilmen and employes of the city from having any interest direct or indi rectin any contract, work or letting. Since Mr. Creighton retived Gallagher has become partner in the largest con- tractors’ firm in Omaha. During the last year this tirm did §250,000 worth of pay- ing, curbing, guttering, ete., of which, at a low estimate, the profits were 50,000, This work was all awarded by the pres- ent board of public works and done under its so-called supervision. Mr, J. E. House, the chairman of the board, is a man whose integrity nobody will ques- tion, but he has been like potters’ clay in the hunds of Gallagher and his con- tractors, Ve contract awarded to Murphy, Gallagher & Co. this year was drawn b) Con Gullagher himself. Some of these contracts were drawn cunningly so as to allow the contractor profitable extras. The city engineer never saw these con- tracts and bad no ehanve to insert specifications that would prevent im- positton. It is a notorious fact that. Con Gallagher drew up some of his own contracts, had them indorsed by Chairman House within an hour, and rushed through the city council the same night. Under the new charter the engi- neer would become equally responsible with the chairman of the board, and the council could not pass upon them hastily under restrictiont 1mposed, s i8 one reason why Maur- phy, Gallagher and the paving gang opvose the new board of public works, and their greased organ-grinders are making such' assaunlts on the new board. There is another very good rea- son why the new board of public works would not suit the paving gang. For the lnst year, the conteactors have practically dictated the appointment of all n- epectors, and when any inspector dared to raise his voice against bad work or 1n- ferior material he was transforred or laid off. When the contractors have con- trol of the inspoctors, as they can by log- rolling with councilmen, they virtually do just as they please. When the work 18 done it is impossible to detect the 1m- position, and their estimates are allowed. Under the new charter the board of pub- lic works has the entire responsibility for the fitness and faithfulness of inspectors, and the city engincer, as a member of the board, becomes a party to their selec- tion. Now, 1t is matter of record that the ed- itor of the Bre, who was a member of the citizens’ charter committee, was ab- sent from Omaha when the provision re- organizing the board of public works was discussed and adopted by that committee, The contractors, and their allies of the monopoly press, cannot truthfully charge that this part of the charter has been tam- vered with through his personal interfer- ence. The Douglas county delegation has not changed one word of that section, and hence all the howl against them on atterly inexcusable. Peck's Death, Another prominent figure is removed from the pidly thinning ranks of Omaha’s pioneers i the death of Dr. J. P. Peck. Among the earliest of profes- sional arrivals in Omaha, for more than thirty years he has walked among us the Nestor of ng physicians, beloved by a large cirele of friends and respected and esteemed in the community which he saw grow from a straggling village to a powerful city. Dr. Peck’s most marked a professional man was on sense in the diagnosis and treatment of discases which placed expericnee above mere theory. At his best ne had no superior in the application of his knowledge of therapeu- ties. His soothing presence, kindly sym- pathy and genial smile brought hight and comfort to many a sick room. He was essentially the family physician in the best sense of the term and hundreds of home,throughout Nebraska bear grateful witness to his skill and tendern ewhere the BEE has presented an outline of hus life. Tt wasa Jong and a busy one, memory of which will be long held in the hearts of those to whom he ministered in times of trouble and of pain. Ir the contractors and city scayengers are to make our charter Omaha tax pay- ers will save themselves the trouble in the future of securing their ablest law- ¥ and most prominent ecitizens to draft such instruments. The Con Gal- laghers, Fannings and Murphies will be ned as a permunent committee on charter revi PERsoNAL preferences should each and all yield to the public demand in the matter of railway regulation, Any meas- ure which secures the required end will do, Division in the ranks of the friends of anti-monopoly will be fatal to the in- terests which they honestly desire to serve. PresipENT CLEVELAND finds ‘“‘no war- rant in the constitution’’ for several of the measures passed by a democratic congress, But what has the constitution to do with ndemocracy which twenty-five years ago were busy in the attempt to prove it a rope of sand. ta. Mospy s writing his under the title of “Mosby’s The author who will write the Raid.” history of the various raids on the state treasury at Lincoln proposed in a score of bills now under discussion will find a large and interested audience. STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. ason City is promised a tlour mill. Music is taught in the Pawnee public schools, Crete paid freight bills to the amount of $360,000 last year, Fremont 1s promised a $20,000 manu- facturing enterprise, Cedar rapids voted unanimously to put $5,000 in a public school, Frod Meyer, of Fromont, has a grand- father's clock 200 years old, Nothing less than 100,000 inhabitants in five years will satisfy Lincoln. Ord threatens toput a squad of fifty militia men in the field. Ah, thei Canada! Plattsmouth iz reviving with the spring thuw, real estate prices are stiffening and new railroads are skirmishing in the suburbs. Kearney boasts that she will have “the largest opera house in the state’’ before the close of the scason. The town's am- bition is Limited to the earth, The Fullerton Journal issued a double number last week, setting forth, in sim- ple colors, the growth and prospects of Nanoo. oauntye It ib & sploadld advers tisement for the country und a creditable enterprise. : Andy Jackson will run in opp to Brigham Young on the resurrectionist ticket next year. The cotton hale hero was found chewing the nails off his coflin recently, and will be broughv at the ap- pointed time. ‘The item going the rounds of the state press that Omaha’s city hall will cost $50,000 is one-fourth truth. ‘I'he cost of the foundation contracted for is $4%,000, and the estimated cost of the building complete 15 §190,000. J. M. Nichol, yardmaster of the Flk horn Valley road at Norfolk, and James Deavy, operating a switch engine, arbi- trated a dispute with sulphurated words, lanterns, coupling pins and hammers. The crown sheel of Deavy's juw was cracked by a hammer, and Nichol's na- sal flues were stove in, The arbitrators asked leave to sit again after the doctors are through with the repairs, The prosperity of Nebraska the present year will exceed all expectations. = Prop- erty values are advancing steadily in every town in the state, and substantial booms are scattered broade The marvelous growth of Omaha has given neighboring towus a boost of considera- blo’urca 4nd the effect is shown in vari ition ous industrial schemes of loca! and gen- eral benefit. The jealous feeling toward THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 l the metropolis which has existed in sev- eral towns is now confined to a fow small hearted individuals, and the state as a whole tramvles petty spite under foot. The narrow chested must give way to the broad shouldered and. big hearted men who are guiding the state on the highway of progress. Towa ltems, Towa inventors corralled patents issued last year Rabbits are peeling all the apple trees in the Deeatur county orchards. Manilla, Crawford county, but a few weeks old, has a population of 400. The boom has struck Sioux City estate transfers last Saturday to £150,000. Deos Moines proposes to compel the roads running into that city to gate their crossings. There are 128 national banks in Iown, and they have a combined capital of $10,205,000, The Cedar Falls library contains 2,580 volumes. The total receipts of the year were §858.67, the expenditures $647.09. The balance on hand is §211.58, An expert in coal mining agrees to find coal in paying quantities inside the cor- porate limits of Leon, provided he is guaranteed the sum of $3,000. In case of failure he will incur all expenses. Engineer Simpson, of the Burlingt Cedar Rapids n“z Northern road, star out of Burlington last Monday with a new locomotive and had a lively ran. He first Killed a steer, ran into a freight train and then killed a horse. At Washburn, one night last week, a young man in a fit of somnambulism arose trom his bed, dressed himselt and h 425 of tho Real mouvnted built fire in the stove. When the comfortably warm he prepared shy hmselt. He made the lather, strapped his razor, and after conting his face well with lather began to tonsure. His nerve, however, did not appear steady and before he hud made much headway the razor was gliding down the beard to the roots. Three gashes were made in his face before he was aroused from his soninambulistic condition. Prophet Foster, of Burlington, fur- nishes genume Specimens of March weather in advance. He prediets a stormy and tornado month, with slight intermis- sions for rest and recuperation. Small tornadoes are on the list for the 1st and 2d. Owners of unsheltered stock in Colorado, Nebraska, western Kansas, In- dian territory and northern Texas a likely to sustain heavy losses from this storm from the 1st to 3d as the probabili- ties largely favor a “blizzard” in tho former two states and a “‘norther” in the others. The second storm wave will be due on the 91st meridian March 9, and will be intensitied by the earth’s nearest approach to the sun’s magnetic vole on the 10th and by the moon passing over the earth's equator on the same day. An- other storm is looked for on the 11th. The fifth storm will strike the country on or about the 25th, and the last storm for the month will cross the Mississippt on the 81st. Further on the pml)hel Bays: he sive raws last of March and first week m April will damage farming lands in various ways, vrincipally by washing the land and the growing small grain. Whatever can be done to prevent damage from these sources will Py to be looked after. After the storm of April 4 will be the time for farm work. The weather will be warm and fine and oats and spring wheat sowed about that tiwe will have many chances of success.” Dakota The Rapid City School of Mines was formally opened last Thursday, The Iron Hill smelter when completed will compete for Black Hills ore with the Omaha reduction works. There are 120,985 head of cattle in the two counties of Butte and Lawrence, representing a value of $5,500,000. Over a dozen brick business buildings, to be erected this year, have already been planned and contracted for at Canton, Mike Haley, now at Bismarck, offers to fight any man in the territory for the sum of $100 or hall receipts. Mike ev dently has not forgotten how to use his mouth, Fears are experienced at Pierre that with an carly breaking of the river north a flood will” be used on the Missouri river battoms, owing to the large amount of snow and thick 1ce. In 1876 there were only three priests and a few Catholics in F)A\kum, Now there are 1 bishop, 1 vicar general, 80 i %5 churolios, 62 ohapcls, 4 noada: mies, 22 parochial schools, 28 students for priesthood and over 50,000 Catholics. e T PERSONS, Augustus Littlejohn, a celebrated orator forly years ago,Lias become a pauper at Kala- mazoo, Mich, Johin C. Calhioun, grandson of the great South Carolinian, has the second largest cot- ton field in the United States. William Perzel, husband of Marie Prescott, has commenced proceedings for divorce on the ground of infidelity, ‘The late Mrs, Henry Wood never received acenton about a million copies of “East Lynne” sold In tais country,» Senator-elect Reagan 18 now living with his third wife and intrusts to her supervi- sion his not very profitable Texas farm. The Marquis de Neuville is lavishly spend- ing money to entertain Americans at his London house. Le delights In clam bakes. After the adjournment of congress the Rev. W. H. Milburn, chaplin of the house, will 1ill the pulpit of the Trinty Methodist Episcopal church. Chicago, while the pastor, Dr, Alabaster, seeks rest and renewed health, New York Graphic: Miss Grace Howarad, daughter of ““Joe” Howard, is going to Da- kota next month to spent two or three years in instructing the Indians, Miss Howard is an exceedingly talented woman, with a somewhat strong mind. There is said to ex- ist a strong friendship between the lady and Miss Cleveland. PROMINE e The Preacher in the Left Field. St Paul Globe, Itis an affair like Boston paying $10,000 for the release of a crack player in the Chicazo ball nine that confirms every poorly paid clergyman *in the country In the belief that this life is but a fleeting show. eveland, sun. He has the big head. It is a queer disease, When a man has it he may be able to manage his own personal business successfully, but he never can efliciently, disinterestedly and faithfully administer the affairs that have been intrusted to him by a political party. He cannot be a good azent or representative. ‘That's what’s the matter with Cleveland, New York e -— Keen Eyes Are Needed St. Louis lepublican Very naturally the attempt of New York surgeons to transplant the eye of a rabbit into the head of & western newspaper man was a dismal failure, Rabbit eyes may do pretty well for a New York journalist, but out in the breezy west nothing less than the quick and comprehensive eye of the hawk or the eagle is considered good enough for newspaper headlights, The Best Protection. Philadelphia Times, The western states are rapidly adopting high license, and where the liguor interests have been potential enough to defeat it pro- hibition has come with lawlessness and de- moralization rather than the suppression of the liquor traflic. A square high-license law will be the best mutual protection to dealers and to society, and all suould unite to br-e it enacted. the West, PRINCE AND PARLIAMENTS. The ''Man of Blood and Iron" Will Have Imperial Victorye POLITICAL PEACE PROSPECTS. Greut Party Strife in Gormany—Plat. forms of the Conteatants—The Army is the Great Theme —War Possible. VIENNA, Feb. 7.—~[Correspondence of the Bre.]—The international situation 1s in no way affected by the refusal of the reichstag to vote Prince von Bismarck's bill, and the oconsequeut dissolution of the German parliament. In point of fact, the reichstag did accept tho principle on which the bl was based; it gave the 41,000 additional warriors who, Marshal von Moltke insists, are a sine qua non to na- afety, butit aflirmed its right to examino whether, at the end of three years, this annual increase of the military contingent is still necessary. On the otter hand, the chancellor, who believes that to fix any limit at all to what he con- siders to be strictly the imperial preroga- tive, isa concession; he considers that he has made a maximum of conccssion in fixing seven years as the term, and that to accept a shorter period would be followed by efforts to bring the matter of military appropriation before parliament annually, as is the case in all countries where parliamentary action is not merely a fiction, Prince von Bismarck would not agree to the pronosed compromise because, to quote his own words: “He will not consent that the German army shoued become parlinmentary instead of being imperial.” The question to be decided in_Germany by the vote of the peovle on February 21, 1s political and not nulitary, and is the conflict between the prerogatives and privileges of the emperor and the privileges and preroga- tives of the parliament; it is nothing more, and whether the majority returnced be imperial or parliamentary, the chances of war or of poace will be neither creased nor lessened. GERMAN ELECTIONS Still, as the elections are made upon the platform of the septennate, the govern- ment and its supporters, viz., the con- servatives and the so-called national lib- s, work strongly the patriotic chord, gnm%' to their candidacies’that charac- ter of patriotism, designedly exaggera- ted, which more than any question of home politics insures the support of the masses. The electoral strugele began at once; within ten days after the dissolu- tion tho whole country was deluged with manifestos and appeals, and each party took up its position, canva diligently and prepared for that idical date, when the chancellor’s enemies hope to crush the “Man of Blood and Iron,” for- gotting that Prince von Bismarck has al- ways governed in spite of parhament: has al obtained a bill of inden and nity for every act, though done .in opposition to previously expri parliamentary will. By the (erman constitution ~ the lists of all candidates must be drawn up one full month before the election day, fixed by government; in this 1nstance it is Febru- ary 21, and, as the settling of disputed clcetions must be made one fortnight after the first ballot, there 1s no time_to be I the German electoral campsign will be terminated on March 8. The situation of parties is cl defined; it may be interesting to know their programmes, the defensive and offensive resources of eaeh, their several advan- tages and disadvantages, and these 1 propose to exhibit summarily. THE ONE GREAT THEME, ‘The conservatives and national liberals, who formed the governmental minority in the last reichstag, are only divided on insignificant questions of etiquette, but vote in unison on all questions of genuine importance; they did aggregate 160 in all previous to the dissolution, and expect to be considerably rein- forced, especially counting upon the fluence upon the population of the em- peror’s message, which will appear on the cve of the elections. Their discip- line is admirable; wherever practicable, only one candidate is presented in any _and whenever two candidacies intained and the first ballot has idual distric are not given a decisive result, the indi least numerously supported retires, at the second ballot, in fayor of his rival colleague. In all their appeals to the constitueneices, both these parties eschew the mention cconomical and social questions; th one theme is the army ole gu of national safety, of German umty, of European peace; the army, which s of national developiment, the * um' (sic) of mdependence, and which must be strengthened at a n Fatherland is beset with perils on every side—perils that will exist for years to come, ete. Down with the triennate, that measuro voted by a heteroclite majority, only united for purposes of obstruction; the triennate will make of the army a mero electorul platform at overy general olection, cte., ete., and then, of cour: Marshal von Moltke's prediction: *‘The triennate means cer- tain war!” In the septennate alone can Fatherland find salvation! The septen- nate only can ensure the future of the army, and consequently the preserva of peace! CHANCES OF TI Such is the sub: 1 servative and national-liberal discourse but, charm they ever so wisely, it i doubtful that the champions of the gov- ernment can rally to their platform enough votes to obtain the fort seats which, in addition to the orig 160 seals necessary to the constitu- tion of a compact majority. At the pre ceding elections severul of their cu dates were returned, thanks to the votes of the center, whi ave them its sup- port, fearing the success of some socia st or liberal-radical candidate d us this support will now be withheld, the defection of the Catholies will be a seri- ous element of failu In the last legs- lature the centor - disposed of cighty votes, and against it was directed the government's assurance, in the la that Prussia’s negotiations with the can were about fo terminate sati torily. a 1n'the Center's addresss to the eclee tors, its electoral committee parvied this blow very cleverly. Kuowing that its partisans were influenced exclusively by principle of an incometax. ¥he pro gramme is the most complote and the most interesting of all that have been v and will certainly be backod many socialists and Hberals sthe Conservative-National coalitiony, but there is little Liberal probability that the Catholic party can do more than hold its own; it cannot ex peet to increase the number of its repre. ntatives in parliament. RMAN / MONOPS, Tha position of the liberals is eritical, it 18 especially among the liberal eloctors that the military question assumes the groatest importance, and few of these understand its bearing correctly. Tho septennatoe is the form under which the mass of the public 18 accustomed to view and discuss the military budget; it is convinced that Germany is, as Prince von Bismarck pretends, on the eve of and it is indignant that the deputies should have refused means of defense. The lin eral manifesto then attempts to enlighten the public on this point, insisting specially upon the triennate a8 the mo-t eflicient measure by which to keep con trol of the national expenditure. Wil the public take in these strong explana tions? Here again doubt 18 ad missible; the strong points of the liberal programme are, like that of the center; the abolition of monopo lies and tho institution of an income tax, 80 that the twenty-eight millions necessary for the support of the addi tional contingent of 41,000 men shall bo paid from the pockets of persons possos- sing an imcome excecding 6000 marks, The socialists who form the fifth polit ical group in Germany are of less import ance than the others, and risk less by defeat. They are nanght for tho septen- nate nor for the triennate, but expert to gain ground from the divisions of the center and the liberals, who will vote against all government candidate: even for the most ultra socialist date, if by so doing they can defe: soptennate bill in the next legislature. ‘The socialists work herd and though, in consequence of the “petty state of siege” which prevents any of their public meet- ings in the capital, they are torced to operate clandestinoly; their propaganda is nctive, and theif appenls are freely distributed eyerywhere; their last factum of a particu incendiary character, headed: ‘A New Year'ssalute to the Berlin workingmen!” and ended with the phrase: ‘“‘Long live the Interna- tional Democratic and Revolutionary So. cialism.” To avoid difliculties for tho publishers of this document, the most violent one ever iss by the seet, it was printed at Zurich; but although every precaution had been taken to re- move individual responsibility, the po- lice has made numerous arrests of so- cialists leaders among them being tho Dantzig candidate to the reichstag, Herr Jochen. SWARMS OF ETHER-BUYERS, The government spares no effort to keep up the agitation produced by the specches of Generals von Moltke and von Schelleadort; everywhere attention is called to pretended French mulitary preparations mm_view of a spring cam- paign against Germa and to accent- uate the note of the organ of the finance minister, the Political News, signals the presence of ‘‘swarms of French agents endeavoring to buy up all the sulphuric ether in Germany for the manutacture of the new explosive material melinite. No one could have supposed that this recent myention of a French officer would have been first used as an electoral agent m Germany Naturally, the chancellor has not re- mained mactive, and as k any direct part in the campaign, he has aired hi tensively in the landtag, that Prussian _assembly which is reputed to be the most somnolent institution of the kind on the globe. Prince von Bis- marck gave his explanation of the situa- tion; on the question of the monopolies he was ambiguous, and on that of tax- ation he would pronnse nothing. But in re the constitutional laws, he was more explicit, and stated clearly that should an opposition majority be returned,he would neither dissolve the reichstag anew, nor seck to modify the constitution, he would simply interpret it as he pleased—ad usum delphini, and if that interpretation were not in accordance with either tra- dition or opinions of jurisconsnlts, so much the worse; is not Prince von Bis- marck the “Man of Iron” before whom every other will must yield? IHis words leave no doubt as to his intentions: *‘In the next_reichstag, the emperor himself will establish the proper peace footing of the army.”’ On the religious question, Prince von Bismarck was remarkably categories He disclaimed the pate y of the Kul- turkampf and the so-called’ laws of Muy, which were invented when he was not prime minister; but he a pted all the responsibilities'of their execution, and, Cif it w not for the re nce of the center, which is not approved by the Roman curia, all diflicultics with” the vatican would now be settled. Ihe pope 18 & man of peace, who does nof sunction attacks upon established governments, and when the clectors learn this, as they shall learn it, they will not support tho alliance of Catholicity with socialism.” DBABILITY OF WAR, the religions question, 1t only referred to the military question by declaring that, from the point of view of national con- trol, the triennate is the proper form for litary budge But, on the oth it laid special stress upon the situa- of the Catholic church in Ger| insisting that the “Kultarkampf" i abolished, and that the struggle for th liberty and autonomy of the chureh i not at an end. The laws of May have not been abrogated. and theso laws place the clergy in absolute subject! to the state and paralyse its uction. It is u mis take to believe that the interest of the chureh areor can be independent of pol ities. In the matter of social questions, the Catholic parts insists upon the pro- tection which it has always given to the working classes, and to its consistent ac- tion in promoting thewr {egitimate pi- rations. [t prononnees strongly aguinst monopolics -of any kind, and -demands an equitable repartition of © future charges, that is tesay, it will support’ the Should this statement be borne ont by facts to say, if the sion of the ceclesiastical laws be submitted to ndtag this week, as is announced, the situation of the center becomes extremely critical, and it is to its detriment that a government majority will be elected, 1 repeat, the result, whatever it may be, will not either increase or diminish the probabilities of war. Every citizen of Berlin and of Vienna believes war to be certain and imminent, and opens his morning's newspaper with the conviction that "he will read in it a declaration of war. The North American Guzette announces the “mobilization” of the Red Cross so- ciety, the Poste gives daily extracts of General Boulanger's proposed bill; some other journal relates the conversation of M. Paul Deroulede with one of the ed- itors of the anti-German Novoie Vremia, but all these are more electoral maneu- yres, and 8o was the article of the Dail News, which struck every continenta stock exchange with such a panic. Stitl, that article was not entirely unfounded; the cabinets of London and Paris, and the press of Germany can safely deny that any comminatory note was addressed ance, for no note was addressed (o h gove nt, but it is positive- Iy certain that a “‘friendly’’ observation was made orally to--some one, to the ef- foet that Germany felt uneasy at the const: preparations mad; y neighbo whom she desived to re main on pleasant terms, and, should the be continued, she would be obliged to usl for explunati Only this and nothing wd yet this is suflicient, with tho g tension of men’s minds to show that there may be troublous times at hand. War is not probable, but it is most pos- sible. Cannovi. Tevis. - The Spoils System James Thomson . The puzzling 50u¥ of party next appeare u dark cabals and nightly juntoss met; And now they whispered close, now shrug wing reared T mportant shoulder then New bty their twinkling eyo st No sooner Lucifer recalls affairs, Than forth they various rush 1o wmighty fret; as if 1o get were inward When, lo! busicd up Lo power, and crowned their cares, In comes another set, and kicketh thewm down stairs, - President Cleveland, in his antograph note to the seeretury of the navy on the Sunday the latt nt was born, after congratulating I think the first public pri 1 babe was made by my minster to-day, when he yodd for the president and all dese to hiny »