Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1892, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY AUGUST 7 1892 OATES CGIVES HIS OPINION He Prepares a Report on the Homestead Trouble and Gives it to the Press IT IS A VERY INTERESTING DOCUMENT He Finds Little to Condemn in the Action of the Lompany—His Report Rejected by the Congressional Committee of Investigation, WasniNaroy, D, C., Aug. 6.—Mr. Oatoes, ohairman of the subcommittes of the house, which ‘nvestigated the labor troubles at Homestead and the connection of the Pinker- ton detectives therewith, submitted a report 10 the comynittee which was not agreed to. No memvek questioned its correctness, its statoments of facts, or conclusions drawn therelrom, but the ropublican members of the committee would not assent to what he said upon the tariff and a majority of the democratic memuers thought it impolitic to make any report until the entira investiga - tlon was completed, which could rot be done before the second session of congress. There- fore a postponement of the report was made until next wiuter. ‘The report prepared by Mr. Oates having been rejected by the committee, he today Rave it to the public us his individual opinion of the mutters investigated. Synopsis of the Rejected Report. Tho report recites the facts which led up to the strike at Homestead and gives an account of the disastrous ending of the at- tempt to land the Plukertons, The report suys that the Pinkertons who surrenderea were btutally and outrageously treated, principally by women and boys, and Mr, Oates is loath to believe that any of these women are native Americans, Ha says that the indiguities to which they were subjocted were a disgrace to civilization, . Mr. Oates asks whether the Carnegio firm was justified, in good conscience, in pro- posing the reduciion in wazes, *I answer,” he says, “‘that Mr. Frick declined to state the cost of a ton of Bessemer steel billets and the labor cost, The men were paid sat- isfactory wages, but the work much abbre- viates the natural period of life and shoulda be well paia for." He thinks that the company should have some of the benefits of the profits resulting from the use of improved machinery. He condemns the McKinley law forits failure to benefit the Amorican workman and says the promises made to the oporatives have disappointing, Had Mr. Frick stated the bottom facts to the committee thoy would Lave agreed that the proposition to reduce wages was justifiuble, but they took Issue with him in his conclusion that the tariff did not cause a decline in prices. Had Been Kind to Its Employes. Mr. Outes finds further that the conduct of the company toward its employes was kind 10 many respects, It loaned them monoy at low interest to build them homes and never foreclosed mortgages, but in the negotiations the ofticers did not exercise patience, indulg- ence and solicitude, and Mr, Fri accord- ing to the report, who is a business mau of great intellizonce, seems to have been too stern, brusque and somewnat autocratic. Mr. Ouatcs is persuaded tuat had Mr. Frick appealed to the reason of the employes and shown the state of the company’s affairs the reduction might have been made and no troubie have followed. Mr. Oates find tha the Pennsylvania law combines to prevent Mr. EF'rick from employ- fng Pinkerton men as watchmen at Home- stead, but.says thut under the circumstar it hud not done so. He made overtures to 1he Pinkortons before the negotiutions with the men were Interrupted, and did not ap- E"" to the county or state authorities in the rst instance for protection. He asserts that Sheriff McCleary is a very ineficient officer, .but says that had Mr. Frick aided him ana joined in his appeal to the governor, instead of employing Pinkortons, the state would have furnished a sufficient forco to have proteoted the property. Condemns the Workingmen, Mr. Outes condemns as unlawful the acts of the workmen in turning away the sherift and as insulting in hanging in efigy Messrs, Frick and Potter. He says it was™ tho pur- poso of the Amalgamated ussociation to pre- veat the employment of uonunion mon, and hedeclares that no organization has a right 10 enforce its wishes by stronghanded defi- ance of tho law. The men had no legal right 1o resist the comine of the Pinkertons and aro answerable to the Pennsylvania courts, In conclusion Mr. Gates fiuds' that con- gross has no power over the question in- volved. The eaactment of u satisfactory ar- bitration law 15 well-uigh impossible. As to whether congress has the power to regulate or suppress Pinkerton men Mr. Oates says he has no conclusion to express uutil the complotion of the iuvestigation next session, TO CODIFY THE PENSION LAWS, Bpeaker Crisp Appolnts a Committes for That Purpose—Washington Notes. Wasmyaroy, D. C, Aug. 6.—Speaker Crisp today appointed Ropresentatives Pier- son of Ohio, Martin of Indiana, Wilson of Massouri, Flick of Iowa and Waugh of Indi- aun as a subcommittee of the house commit- tee on pensions and invalid pensious 1o cod- Afy the pension laws, The committee will sit during thé recess of congress, Colonel S, A. Whitfieid, wino has been con- mectea with the postofiice since the advent of the present administration as second as- sistant postmaster general, and on the re- tirement of Hon. J. S. Clarkson as first assistant postmaster general, will shortiy tender his resignation to the president, He has been elected vice president and diractor of the United States Postage Stamp Deliv- ery company of Boston, Mass. Colonel W hit- field will take charge of the western business of the company, with beadquarters at Chi- e°go. The businoss of the company consists of coin-operuted apparatus to facilitate the sale and distribution of postage swamps to he public. Very little interost is displayed in ofcial elrcles in Washiugton in regard to the re- port thut Grent Britain bas arranged to es- taplish o coaling station in the harbor of Pago Pago, Sumoa, for the simple reason hat such a course of action is iu strict ac- ord with the terms of a treaty concluded between Great Britain and Sawoa in 1570, and does not lnterfere with or impair the rights or interest of the Uuited States in any respect, Secretary Noble will leave Washington tomorrow for bis summor vacation. Close confinement during the last year has im- paired his bealth to such an extent that com- plote relaxation and a change of air scenes are imperatively demanded, secrotary will spend & week or two at Codar island, and will then make a trip across the eontinent to Washington and Vancovver. ‘Tho Treasury department will tuke prompt measuros for the execution of the provisions of the aci appropristing 2,500,000 for the ‘World's Columbian exposition, and expocts 10 bave the souvenir balf doilars coined, the nd the vellum impressions for diplomas prepared in about six weelks. Selooted the Conference Dolegates. Wasuixaroy, D, C.,, Aug. 6.—The presi- @ent, before leaving for Loon lake, seiected five delegates to represent this country in the international monetary couference, buv the 98 ure not announced, Senator Jones of Novada 1s known to be one, and the lList g’mnlbl'v lvoludes H. W. Caunnon of New ork, F'. A. Walkor of Massachusetts, ex- Bevator Hill of Colorado sud Senator usle of Kentucky, That Cuban Luvasion. Wasmixatox, D, O, Aug. 6.—A telegram from the collector of customs at Key West :.a’n‘n- 'l:o bellof that there 1s no founda- lon for the report that sn expedition has started ‘from there to invade 6‘:-::.. - I'he Bpauish consul at Key West thinks the Fumor & blind to cover & movement from some other point, —————— Civilisation tn Afriea. Senator Sherman’s request for the amount of domnstic distilled spirits sent from the United States W countries i Alriea during the oleven months ending May 31, 1891, brought out some interest- ing figures, It appears, from the re- port made, that New York firms sent 100 gallons of aleoho) to Liberin, of a value of 30; 8,710 gallons of alcohol to Egypt, of a value of §1,577; 4,099 gallons of tum to the same pluce, of o value of $1,472; 10,331 gallons of rum to British Africa, of a value of $2,201, ana 244 gal- lons of whisky,at a value of $541. Boston firins dealt largely in rum, and 627,122 gallons were sent to Brivish Africa, of a value of 87 D, DR, GRAVES' CASE. His Attorneys Have Filed Their Brief in Reply to the State's Answer. veR, Colo., Aug, 6.—Tue attorneys of Dr. T. Thatcner Graves, who was convictod of poisoning Mrs. Josephine Barnaby of Providence, R. I, today filed their brief in reply to the state's answer in the case of error, in which Dr. Graves olaims, mnong other things, that Judge Rising, in bis in- structions to the jury, erred in telling them 10 bring in & verdict of guilty if they thought beyond a reasonable doubt that the doctor had committed the erime. The doctor’s lawyers cite many cases to uphold their plea that the judge erred and have covered cvery detail, under the convic- tion that the supreme court will reverse Judge Rising's deoision. g CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Interesting New Documents Respecting His Life and Character. The discovery by the superintendent of the Military Archives of Madrid of documents, probably setting at rest the doubts that formerly existed as to the birthplace of Columbus, must have awakened new intorest in the history of the most renowned discoverer of the past, says the Glasgow Times. It is to be noted, however, that the documents only affirm tradition, for Genoa has always been the admiral’s accredited birthplace, But if the discovery should load to nothing but n more careful in- vestigation of the records of his later history, it will have been of use. The character of Columbus has been greatly misunderstood, and his 600 biographers have in turninvested him with the glory of the religious hero and the contumely of the ill-tempered and crack-brained ndventurer, Animpartial eritic must admit, indeed, that he was somuthing of both, though move of the hero than the adventurer, and that his biographers have erred considerably in what Mr. R. L. Stevenson would call their “‘point of view.” Educated, s it is supposed, in the local schools of Genoa, and for a short period at the University of Pavia, the youthful Columbus must have come in close contact with the scholars of the day. Naturally of religious tempera- ment, the piety of the learned would early impress him, and to this may pos- sibly be attributed the feeling that he had been divinely selected, which re- mained with him until his death. I'here is little donbt that he began his careor as u sailor,at tho age of 14, with the sole object of plunder. The Indies were the constant attraction for the na- tives of Venice and Genon: the Mediterranean and tho Adriatic were filled with treasure ships. In these ¢ cumstances it is not to be wondered that the sea possessed a wonderful fascina- tion for the youth of these towns. This opuldhea was the constant eavy of Spaiu and Portugal, and Columbus was soon attracted to the latter country by the desire of Prince Henry to discover a southern route to the Indies. It was while in Portugal that he began to be- lieve that his mission on earth wus to be the discoverer of a new route to the land of gold—*''the white man’s god.” For ten years he resided in Lisbon, from time to time making short voyages, but for the most part engaged drawing maps to procure himsell a living. Here he married, heve his son Diego was born, and here his wife, who died at an early age, was buried. Toscanello at this time advanced the theory that the earth was round, and Columbus at once entered into corres- pondence with him on the subject and was greatly impressed with the views of the Florentine scientist, both as to the sphericity of the world und the won- ders of tho Asiatic region. Hel hunting wus thena favor and Columbus, in accepting these the- ories, ran no small risk of losing his life. Portugal and France in turn rejected his offers to add to their dependencies by his discoveries, and though his brother found many in England wiiling to give him the nccessary ships to start on his adventures, Spain, after much importuning on the part of the explor- er, forestalled our pwn country. Then foilowed his four eventfui voy- ages with all their varying fortuncs, and his death, when over 70 years of age, in a wretched condition of poverty. The ready consideration of theories, not only dangerous, but so astounding in their character as to throw discredit on those who advanced them, shows him to have been a man of intellectual courago. Humility was another trait of his char- acter, and in all his life it cannot be said that Lie actea in any way but an honest and straigntforward “manner toward his fellow men, It is true, no doubt, that his recogni- tion of slavery somewhat dims his repu- tation. He sold muny Indians as slaves, but it should be remembered that slavery Fruvulled at the time, and it was only on his second voyage, when hard ressed for means to reimburse the Spanish treasury for the immense ox- pense of the expedition that he resorted to the barter in human flesh. Indeed, his friendly relations with the natives show that as a rule he must have treated them in the kindly manner which char- actorized all his actions, Throughout the reverses of his long career, whether received with sneers, lauded us a benefactor of his country, put in chains by crafty fellow-subjects, or defrauded by an unscrupulous prince of the profits of his discoveries, he con- tinued & man of un eminently lovable character, kind to his family, his serv- ants, and even his enemies. Americans are to do honor at the Columbian eéxhi- bition to the name of him who, though not the first white man to land on the shores of the new world, was the first to colonize its fertile islunds. Not only America, but the whole world may em- ulate his virtues with advantage; for, even now, justice and mercy, courage und meeknoss do not alwuys ubide to- gether. —— Some Pecullaritios of Birds and Animal ‘*Some animuls exhibit a queer lack of sense,” suys n man who has observed them. “Put a buzzard in a pen about six foet square and open at the top und it is us much n prisoner us though it wore shut up in a box. This is because buzzards always begin their flight by taking a short run, and they either can- not or will not attempt to fly unless they can do s0. Again, take a common bumblebee and {»ut it in a goblet It will remain a prisoner for hours, trying to escape through the sides, without ever thinking of eseapiug from the tep. So also a bat cannov rise from a per- fectly lovel surfuce, Although it is re- markably nimble in its flight when once on the wing and cap fly for many hours at a time without taking the least rest, if rlwed on the floor or on flat ground it is absolutely unable to use its wings. The only lhflw 1t ean do is to shuflle helplessly and painfully along until it reaches some trifling elevation, from which it can throw itself into the air, when at once it is off like a flash, SOUTH AMERICA'S PATRONAGE United States Merohants Losing Business in That Direotion, TESTIMONY OF A NEBRASKA CITIZEN Consul Love Gives His Experience In San Salvador — Why the Natives Prefer Goods Manufactured in This Coun- try—~Washington News Notes, 518 FOURTEENTH STRER WasniNgroy, D, C., Aug. 6. J. W. Love, consul av San Salvador, is here on a furlough and will go to his home in Fremont, Neb,, in a few days. Mr. Love says: ‘‘The American merchants are losing a magnificent trade in the South American countries solely because they do not seek to keepit. We renk third among the people where I am located when wo ought to stand first. 'The people of South America know ‘what the goods of the United States are and want them and would buy them 1if per- mitted to. Means of transportation to the inland cities is primitive and goods are car- rigd on mules or ina two wheeled cartso that it is impossible for them to handle freight that weighs over 150 pounds. The English, Germans and French recoguize this and pack their freight accordingly. They also protect it from the weather and do & dozen little things thit please the natives, while the American ships his goods just as he would from one store to another. Counterfelt American Goods. *“‘We ought to sell all the military supplies, all the cutlery and hardware and all the fabrics that g0 to those countries, and would it agents were sent there. The foremgners have solicitc rs for trade among them all the time, Kuowing the favor in which Amorican goods are held the forzigners have taken ad- vantage of 1it. I have seen revolvers with With the nama of Smith & Wesson, but made in England, sold in San Salvador, and of the common fabrics made in New England, the Indian head brand is counterfeitea in Eug- land and sent there. Enormous quantities of this are sola, for it is a hot climate and cot- ton makes up the eatire apparel. The natives prefer even American beer, aud even this is imitated. I have seen beer made aoroad with the name of Aunheuser turned in the cork and sold for the genuiue St. Louis acticle. Enormous potits could be made by our merchants if they would grasp the opportunity. These people _are good pay and I know of no field that offers botter advantages. The trade :)o!?ngs to us by right and wo should have t WasnivaroN Bureav or Tue Bes, } Grant County Resurveys, Senator Paddock said tonight: ‘‘There secms to bo a misapprehension about these Grant county resurveys. The land office 18 not absolutely blameless in the matter but has ‘used every effort to secure the resurveys asked. 1 brought the subject before Judge Groff nearly Lwo years ago and he tried his vest, under the law, to havo the resurveys made, This was not done aud could not be done because the wri ten consent of all the parties in interest was not obtained. The law requires that all par- ties whose laud migbt be affected by the changes of boundary must sign & consent in writing to the changes which may be made. This petition acts as a waiver of damages against the government. No resur- vey can be had without it. Judge Groff used every effort to get the matter in such shape that the government could act, but failed through no tault of his own or the Rgovernment. I bad considerable corres- ondence myself on the subject with friecds n Grant co.nty who unaerstand the matter thoroughly. I know of no reason now why. if the necessary consents are secured, the resurveys caunot be made. Congross every year appropriates money in bulk for resur- veys which are apportioned oy the commis- sioner of the general land office according te demands. The talk of any money specifi- caily appropriated for Nebraska having boen diverted to Idaho or elsewhere is nousense.’” National Banks Heavily Taxed. Tha profit on national bank issues, owing to the misrepresentations of the democrats and members of the third party, is supposed to be, or to have been enormous; but this is an erroneous bolief, & mere ussumption. Kor instance, in 1875 thera was on deposit with the treasury as sccurity for national bank circulation in bonds " about 361,500,000, worth in currency much more because of the remium, say $425.800,000. On this, the anks, however, could only have, say £325 - 850,000 of circulation, because from the sec- ond item, or value in currency, we subtract premium on bonds, $34,340,000, also 10 per cont_margin on which no circulation issued, £36,150,000; total, $100,490.000: leaving tho £325,310,000. Currency value of interest on bonas 22,164,000. Deduct 1 per cent tax on circulation, $3,253,000; balance inter- est, $10,011,000. Daduct from circulation 5 per cent (act Jume, 1874), required to be deposited for redemption purposes, equal w 816,265,500, leaving ~ only 830,044,500 available for use by the banks, This, loaned at 8 per cent, would give as interest $24.723.50). ~ Aad to this interest received on boads, $19,011,000, and we have a tocal profit of $43,734,560. The interest at 8 per cent on the $125,800,000 re- quired to purchase the bonds would be §34,- 064,000, a difterence in favor of the national bank system of only about 9,670,500, or say 2i¢ per cent, overthe umount thal would be received by an individual on ordinary loan. No account has been taken of loss on ac- count of promium paid on bonds, nor of loss occasioned by refunding our bonds at a lower rage of interest, nor of the severa taxation that bas been imposed on national banks. The truthfuiness of these general statements made from the records of the Treasury de- partment is borne out fully by practice, as the reports of the comptroll :rof the currency for the last two or three years will show. Nearly all of the national banks have for some vears taken out the minimum of oircu- ation required by law, and hundreds and bundreds of them have reduced them to the lowest ebb, as they found the high and fluc- tuating markets have made their losses upon bonds exceed the profits by way of interest coupons, The ‘‘profit aud loss” ledwers of ail national bauks show frequent losses on account of reduoctions in premiums upon bonds, they having gone down something like 10 per cent within the last year or two. More Money in State Banks, Dividends bave not been as large with nationel banks as they were with state banks, The average in the whole country has been 5 per cent by national banks on cap- ital from 1569 to 1875, and only 4 per cent on capital and surplus. The national buuks have been subject to ¢« heavy tax. The states have insisted upon wxiog the shares s personal property, while the government has imposed a tax of ono-half of 1 per cent semi-aunually upon circulation, one-half of 1 per cent on de- posits, and one-nalf of 1 per cent on capital not invested in United States bonds., It would apnear that our national banks from 1864 to 1886 paid 1n taxes to the government $180,000,000, the total tax paid by unational banks to states und the government during that time having — been probably double that amount, or $26(,000,000, And they bave paid to the government in taxes down to ihe present time over $140,- 000,000 I'ne tax on deposits and tho taxes imposed on capital notinvested in United States bonds wero repealed in 1833, for if such had not been the case the profits entire would bave been wived out. The comp- troller of the currency, in his report of 1861, shows that the national bauks paid the gov- ernment 1 taxes in 1801 over $1,216,0)0, and @ total for taxes, cost of Fedemption of notes, bank examiners' fees, cost of plates, etc., over §1,480,000. With United States bonds, 41¢s and 4s, at from par to 8117, the Investor or bauks ouly realized from'2 7-10 10 6 per cent profit. The comptroller of the currency in 1852 computed that the profit on circulation with 4lg per cent bouds on deposit therefore, where Lo rate of interost is 6 per cout, was not over three-fifths of 1 per cent, and where the rute of interest wus above 8 por cent the rofits on circulation were nominal, prac- cally nothing. These things tend to clear up a great deal of the sovhistry indulged in couceralog this feature of our financial policy. Of course the national bank system must come to au end when we have no longer Unitea States bonds to deposit on whioh to secure circulation, unless congress provides another way of securing the govern- ment in its guarantes of redemplion of cir- culsiug notes, sud Lhe question is lable w s to whai em for circulating ium is to take co. The objections 1o the greenback issue direct by the govern- ment are insurmountatie, and the policy of an issuance of silyér jcortificates or notes based on deposits of siver bullion has materially aided to incroase our total circul tion, but even that fhreatens not to be permanent, and the whoto question begins to elicit a greav deal of talk and honest dis- cussiun, S Representative Kilgore's Views, Representative Kilgore of Texas, the bo Kicker of this corrdds, said today: “N body knows what the next session will bring forth, but it seems to me that un increase in our national income .is to be provided some- how. The expenses. won't ve cut down so the recoipts must 'bo forced up or we'll be getting into debt. [f' %6 lower the tariff on some articios wo can make more money than we do now: Perhaps some action may be taken on that line, Persoually I am in favor of taxing salt and sugar and rice. Theso articles aro universally used. The rich maun consumes more rice And sugar than does the poor man, 80 he would pay moretax. The poor man uses more salt than the wealthy, but salt is cheapor than dirt anyway so tho aifference woula not practically be noticeable,” Anxious to Get Home, The exodus of members of congress began this moraing and before night there was not & senate quorum of the members of botn houses left in town. Two or three voters and not more than half a dozen members of the house were at the capitol today. Here and there through the hall of the house a belated member might be seen in his shirt sleoves digging down among the ac- cumnlated papers in his desk, packing up those which he desirea to preserve and get- ting reaay for a complete cessation of con- eressional work until next Decomber. Tho employes have been busy all day sending out books, stationery ana piles of pamphlets and correspondence which have accumulated in the members’ desks. Most of the members who have not been able to leave town vet were busv all day clearing up their business beforo the departments. Daparting mem- bers say that they are going earnestly into political work ana that the campalgn may bo expected to open September 1, Miscellnneons, The Star this evening, speaking of the whereabouts of Washington pecple, says: *Mrs, Paddock has been here lately h the senator at the Portland and hopes to stay until they can go away together for a short poriod of rest and recreation. Senator and Mrs. Manderson ure another of the sena- torial couples who have a good word to say for Washington as a summer resort. I'he latter remained here all summer, as sho al- ways does, until the senator can leave for their vacation trip together.” Fourth class postmusters have been ap- pointed as follows: Wyoming—H. H. Harri- son at Auburn, vice Charles Kingston, re- signed. Iowa—G. L. Johnston at Euteka, vice C. R. Fees, resigned: Mary Thibodo at Harrin, vice J. J. Beady, resigned; J. Lar- son at St. Olaf, vice E. O. Embretson, re- signed. Charles Diehlman of Madison, S. D., is at the Howard. The Nebraska Stata Republican associa- tion will have a meeting Monday night at its hall on Pennsylvania avenue, at which Judgo Crounse will be one of the speakers. G. Clouse will bo one of the other sposkers. P.S. H. —— Short S top Suggestions, Autumn is coming, so close up the summer work. Don’t Jeave machines, tools, etc., scattered wround your prem- ises and exposed to the weather. Huave you got a good drill for fall secding? Allow 1o one to fibu¥e your domestic animals. Add all refuse ‘matter to the compost heap. Clean the granary be- fore putting in new grain. How about building a cheap silo?: Assort well and pack neatly for market, and you will establish a good 'replitation. A more thun average hay ¢rép may be expected. Nurse the backward ¢orn crop. Are you making any permanent improvements? Try and exhibit something worthy of a prize at the coming fair. _Most time to select grain for fall seeding. Employ only sober and intelligent farm hands, Koep the surface of the soil clean around the trunks of your.ffuit trees. How- ever busy don’t neglect the garden. Millet should be cus s soon as the seed is in the milk. - Now "seo that your pas- tures are all provided with shade and water August is the best time to kill bushes, briars, thistles, etc. Avoid waste in harvesting. This is a good season for underdruining. Help to make your local fair a creditable exhibition, Keep up the warfure against all evil weeds and voracious insects. Forest fires start easily; be cautious, Close up the harvesting—then for a good vaca- tion and the fairs. —— A Now Ballot Iox. The board of election commissioners of Sun Francisco have awarded a con- tract for 200 ballot boxes at a cost of $11 each. The box is a cylindrical vessel of gavanized iron about two and a half feet in longth and nine inches in diame- ter. At euch end a diamond-shaped window, something less than five inches square and suppliod with heavy plate glass, permits a full view of the intorior, A ond metallic cylinder is incased within the outer one, and by means of a handle on the exterioris fre e o turn in either direction for a short istance. A long, narrow aperture run- ing the entire length of the upper side f the box is designed for the passage of the bllot to the inside. Immediately after the ticket has passed through the slot a slight turn of the outer handle causes o partial revolution of the inner cylinder, thus closing the aperture. The disadvantages of bolts or staples have beon removed by the pres- ence of small holes through both eylinders, and also through one of the end pieces, By means of these an improved style of padlock connects the movable portions of the box when the slot is open, and also when closed, Small iron supports elevate the box slightly from its resting pluce, and by means of a handle at one of the ends the entire arrangement may be easily carried, Pittsburg Chronicle ous Enthusiam present “‘Here,” *And Conservative Estimate?” “On Deck.” “Relorm?” “Present.” **Denounce in Unmeasured Terms?” “Here.” - **‘Nominate on Fivst Ballot?” *Present,” X “Strict Ieonomy ?7 *‘Here,” o Lo *Fidelity to Principles?” *On haud.” [t *‘Viewed with Alyrmg” *‘Here, you bet.” , “Is the Maun Who, Can Carry York present?” L Cries of “Yes” from different parts of the Wigwam, 3g al *'Is the Good Wester man here?” Abouy two dozen' aflirmative replics were heard. , “Favorite Sons?”’ Cries of “‘Here”;from house, “'Dark Horses?” -+ A volley of Neighs from every direc- tion. dissension?” *‘Presont.” ** Stab-in-the-buck " ‘*Right here.” “ Unhesitatingly Conder,” **Presont.” 3 *Jeffersonian Principles,” ‘“‘Here,” “*Nowinate by Acclamation,” *Right here,” . Then the Democratic Convention will proceed to business.” - Three broad patents on electric locomo. tives and eleotric rafiway systems, applica tions for which have been hiled since June 3, 1550, have just been issued to Thowus A. Edison, 5 Spontanc- New all over the [ WASHINGTON 1S WATCHING Shrinsis in the Oapital Oity Have Their Eyes on Omaha. BRYAN 1S REAPING THE WHIRLWIND He Proves the Fallacy of Representing the Nation at the Expense of His ency—About Drinking In Ca Billy McGarraghan's Claim, mixatox, D, C.,, Aug. 6.—[Special to Tir Bue.) —Thousands of eastern Masons are now speeding their way westward to partioipate iu the great triennial conclave of Knights Tomplar which will meet next week in Doaver. Omaha has o poculiar interest in this gathering. Tho ebb of the tide will roll back at the end of seven days upon the Gate City to attend tbe meeting of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and to witness tho spec. tacular procession which is one of the attend- ant features of the gatherings of this powerful orgauization. Three years ago the Mystic Sbrino meoting was held in ‘Washington and the generous hospitality ex- tended by Almas templo is one of the tradi- tions of the order. Omaha will bo looked to to surpass the attentions showered upon visiting shriners by Washington at the last conclave, and there is no doubt expressed hero that she will surpass the expectations entertained of her goncrosity and her ability. Most of the visiting templars are carrying with them theiroriontal paraphoerialia and & genuine Sahara thirst, and if thoy do not find in Umaha & green and moist oasis in which to spread their tents and prayer rugs and graze their camels will foel that they have lived in vain, Memvers of the local temple here tell me that fuliy 2,500 shriners may be expected in Omaha .and that hundreds are going to Denver because of the Omaha meeting on their way bhome. W Mr. Bryan has made & bad failure in his attompt to secure the passago of tho senato bill to reimburse Lincoln for the cost of pav- ing around the federal building. The cheese parors and demagogues with whom Mr. 3ryan has trained during the session jumped on his little bill with both feet and ground it fato the floor. It was no use for Mr. Bryan to assure the house that the bill wus a worthy one. Mr. Holman who has found in Mr. Bryan one of his willing catspaws expressed horror at the “enormous sum' of §11,000 pro- posed to be appropriated; and the whole gang of bogus economy blatherskites fol- lowed in his train, Mr., Bryan has shoutea from the bousetop his theory that local in- terosts must always bo subservient to the aictates of theoretical politics and he only gota dose of his own medicine in this instance. He has ridiculed Nebraska's claims for protection to her sheep growing inaustry, laughed at looal in- terests in the river and harbor bill, ugainst which he cast his vote, although it carried appropriations for several points in his district, and in general has sought to con- vey the impression that tho world was the meat he was after and Nebraska interests too small a speck to excito tho cerebral con- volutions in the lonely orbit of his thought. So when he rose to ask for the passage of a measury carrying a small appropriation, he was promptly sat down It aoesn’t pay to be too fresh even n “The Great Jay Congress.” Reciprocity is the soul of con- gressional trades, and more votes are secured by a reasonable consideration for others’ in- terests thau by a loudly heralded und well adyertised display of political self-righteous- ness, When the record comes to be made up of Mr. Bryan’s congressional servicoto his constitueats 1t will be one pitifully barren of results, and which, if 1 am not greatle mistaken, will not commend him to the hard headed voters of the l‘;lrsl district. Congressional 1nvistigating committees are not always interesting, but tho ono which nas just concluded its labor of at- tempting to discover a cougressman’s idea of what constitutes drunkonness attracted more than usual attention. Mr. Watson’s chargo that drunken cobgressmen had reeled through the aisies during tho prosent session stirred up the indigoation of the house to a most unwonted degree, and par- ticularly aroused the ire of tho southern members, who ara- the most porsistent patrons of the cold tea counter. It was re- freshing to listen to Colonel Oates declare that as long as a man wasn’t “dog drunk” he didu’t consider him intoxicated; to near George Wiso of Virginia expross horror at such a charge being made by aunyono about anybody: 1o see the disgust in the faco of Amos Cummings as he denounced the charge as falso aud malicious, and in general to witness the alacrity with which overy wit- ness “crossed bis heart” and expressed sur- prise that such an iutimation should have been whispered about a hightoned and hoo- orable body like the house of representatives. The *jag committee,” as It is called, of course found the charges totally un founded. Buv even the committee could not quite de- cowve itself on the general proposition that the spectacic of an intoxicated congressman in the ordinary, everyday, unvarnished and unembellished sense of the word is not such a rare bird as some people would have us be- lieve. Pension nights puts them on not in- frequent exhibition. The night of the great contest over tte silver bill produced several. Night sessions are always provocative of tip- pling and tippling men.~ *“Re:ling and maua- lin drunkards’ ave of course different affairs, but the man who attempts to deny that ho has ever soen congressmen affected by liquor on the floor of the house must oither have an elastic conscionce or be as blind as Chap- lain Milburn. . Aud yet it would be most unfairnot to state what is the truth, that year by year the number of drinking men in both branches of congress is steadily decreasing, and that ach succeeding congress marks an improve- ment upon its predecessor. In “the good old days,” 80 often referved to by the venerable barnacles eround the capitol, a drunken con- gressman scarcely excited attention unless his condition ied him into a quarrel which had to be settled under the code. Now a congressman under the influence of stimu- lants becomes at once the object uf criticism and comment. The charge follows bim home and must be met on the stump, and often through the local press, and society in gen- eral takes a hand in his contest for re- election, That is, in some sections. 1 know, however, a congressman from u southern state who occasionaily falls from grace, and who adopted a novel plea of demurrers to meet the charge. Ho was charged aaring the course of his canvass with be- ing & hard drinker in Washington and with baving on several occasions di graced bimseif in public, My feillow ci zens,” he said, *‘twelve years ugo vou electod me to the respousible position of “county at- torney of this county. I drank then and you kuew it. Two years later you elevated ~mo to the bench of this dis'rict. 1 bad not then joined any temperance socioty. Four years #go, with my habits unchanged, you honored me with vour suffragos for congressman. You know me, you know my virtues, vou are perbaps not biind to my failings, My dear fellow citizens, I dismiss this charge by gi ing you one little thought to take home with you—Washington is a d—d poor place to re- form in.”” He was rB-l‘:h:clum 1 was sorry 1o read the president's veto of the McGarraghan claim bill, I know poor Billy Mc(Garraghan well, and a more honest, persistentand fair-minded old Irishman nover lived. He has fought for justice for thirty years, and just @s the chalice scemed raised to his lips at was dashed to the floor. btill Mr, Harrison was entirely right, 'I'ne bill was drawn up in such form as to ward off opposi- tion from the miniug company which years 8go jumped McGarraghan's ciaim snd has neld it since, The government was made the scapegost for all the sins of the New ldria com]iun{ and by the terms of the bill was 1o pay all damages. Proesident Harrlson while declining to pass upon the merits of the claim refused to permit the government o be placed in the position of footing all the bills, while the property held by the corpos- ation was In terms confirmed 101t by the acy of congress. The compauy which has for thirt) -five years robbed Mcliarraghan was to go unwhipped of justice, while the clalmant was 10 reimburse bimself from the treasury, That was the billiy brief, and the reasons given for the veto wore sound and will command popular approval. W.E A, — NEW SOUTH WALKS' EXHIBIT. Premier Dibbs Thinks the Fair Directors Tave Heen Unfalr. New York, Aug. 6.—Sir Georwe Dibbs, the premier of New South Wales, arrived here today, and he does not feel kindly toward the management of the World's fair. Ac- cordingly the exhibit of New South Wales, which is about the only Euglish colony that intends to exhibit, promises to be a fallure, and this is what he say “Noew South Wales was almost the only colony that intended to oxhibit. Our exhibi- tlon will now be ore-fourth of what it would have been if the Chicago managers had dealt with us ns we had boen promised. They sent an agent, by what authority I do not know, who promised overything we might desire in the way of epace and accom- modutions. Afterwe bad commiited ourselves and spent about 100,000, they told us that tho agent was acting without authority and that we could not have space at all adequate to our wants. The result will be that it will practically ruiu our exhibit. Our ex hibit Will be largely in raw waterials, ‘The trou- blo fs that they are like Amorican raw ma- terials ana will make no particular showing soparated. *‘We wanted to make our oxhibit en bloc. To classify it will only be to weaken it. We wanted a collective exhivit, but the fair ar- rangements do not allow of focussing, and without that 1 cannot seo what advantage there is in the colony’s exhibitine. 1f our woods have to be in one place, our gold in auother, our silver and wools scattered about among various buildings, the advantage to us of such a dispiay becomes very doubtful. *'I am sure that if we had learned av first what we have since learned, wo would not havo exhibited at all. The trouble is we have gono too far to back out now. As it is, our exhibit will be a failure to alarge extent. 1 do not think the colonv will ever exhibit agamn. My vote ana influence shall always be against it, at least, Of course we did not expect to rival America aud other old coun- tries, As I have said our exhibit would have been chiefly in raw materials, but 1t would kave had an element of novelty that would have made it iuteresting to oven Americans. As it s, it will be a miserable failure. “You may put it down, the feoling is vory bitter throughout [ngland. They have an idea that the fair is not being managed with the usual intelligence that American’ bring 10 bear on such big enterprisos. “‘Our most 1nteresting exhibit will probably be in wool, merino wools. There has beon a great deal of talk as to whether they should boadmitted duty free. Well, we dou’t care whether they are or not. You have got to bave our fine class wool to mix |with your coarse wools. It makes no difference whetker you get them direct or go to Lonaon for them. It is a wonder to me that the in- telligence of the people of America cannot seo that. ‘‘Heretoforo Americans havo had it all their own way in our markets. But we are ¥oing to take a leaf out of your books. We will manufacture our own Wooden nutmegs heroafter. We have discovered that when a country roaches a certain size, it must manu- facture, grow and produce for itself, 'l leave tonight for Montreal, then go to Ottawa, The Canadian government is making an effort for a_more extended trade between Canada and the colonies.” When asked whoether he would visit Chicago, Sir George announced very em- phatically that he would not. At thé cou- clusion of his mission in Canada, Sir George will leave for Sidney. sailing from Sun Fran- cisco on the ISth instant. e “LOOK PLEASANT. PLEASE.” How n Frenchman Says It Good Results, The knack which the French photo- graphers, and especially those of Pavis, possess in relieving their sitters of a constrained and distressed iook while sitting for their portraits has long been the envy and perplexity of photograph- ers of other nations, snys Youth’s Com- panion. An American photographer, on a recent yisit to Puris, took pains to study the means by which this very de- sirable result was reached. . He reports that it all liesin a very simple device,which well illustrates the nature of the I'renchman, ‘When a lady, forinstance, is sitting to a photographer for a portrait, the operator does not in u perfunctory man- ner coldly request her to *Look’ pleas- ant now, ma'am.” He sa to her, in the most natural and graceful manner in the world: “It’s quite unnecessar; to look pleasant; she ¢ otherwise.” The lady of course acknowledges the compliment with her most gracious and highbred smile. “Click!” goes the camera, and the picture is obtained, re- vealing the sitter at her high wator mark, as it were. and Obtalns to ask madame uld not look S 15 Mistake. Detroit Free P He knocked at the kitchen door timidly and asked for something to eat. *You can have it if you'll saw some wood for ma,” said the Indy. “1shall only be too happy,” he re- sponded, *‘but I must usk that you give me something to eat firsy, for I am weak from hunger,” She had her doubts about a bargain of that kind, but took him in and sct him down before a large slice of lelt-over steals. Ho attacked it at once with knife and fork, but after a few minutes laid down his implements of war. **You will excuse me, I hopo,” he said rising. “*What’s the matter?” ske inquired in surprise, “I made a slight n take,” he replied as he wiped the yerspiration from his brow with his sleeve. ‘I thought I needed to eat the stenk to give me ength to saw the wood, but I find I to saw the wood to give me angth to eat the steak, and if you will be kind enough to show me the wood pile I will—" But she didn’t wait for him to con- clude his peroration; she swooped down on him, and as he went out the gate he breathed a sigh of thankfulness that he bad escaped 8o easily A Seasido Froak, Mr. Dennett, of Cape Ilizabeth, Me., who supplies the cottagers with milk, eggs and garden truck, has a rig that attracts n good deal of uttention, [t consists of u 2-yeur-old bull with a ring in his nose, bearing a crooked yoke on bis neck, harnessed to a flat-bottomed cart, which will float in the water, The animal is driven by Mr, Dennett like a horse. Reins of rope are attached to the ring in the bull’s nose; they pass up over the horns through rings attached to th With this queer team Mr. Dennett makes the trip 1o the beach two or three times a week, fording the Sper- wink river at high tide, e bull swims the river like a dog and the cart floats like a boat, and will sustain the weight of Mr, Dennett and his load of produce safely. When Mr, Dennett and his unigue team are seen approsching, the cottagers throng the banks of the river in order to see him make the passage. ——— Marriuge Licensel The following marriage liconses were is- sued by Judge Eller yosterday ; Nawmo and uddress. Omana i {agh. Councll Biluifs. ) J Edward Kimmell, Omahi 1 Georgla I. Bates, Omaha. . § Henry Ohristonsen, Omabu. i Murie Lursen, Omuhi. 3 Joseph HoMman, Omiaha. . 1 Anos Jnaha, § David Coln, Omahia. 1 Beckle Ureeu, Vmabi SETTLED WITHOUT A STRIK® Telegraphers and Union Paoifis Offisials Oome to a Friendly Oompromise. CONCESSIONS MADE BY BOTH SIDES Each Telegranh Oporator In pany's Employ Recelves an Increase in Salary—How the Adjustment Was Brought About. the Come The Union Pacific telegraphars will not strike. A sausfactory compromise was reached at 5:30 yosterday, and the threate oned trouble was happily averted. When the grievance committes firat called on Assistant Genoral Managor Dickinson it submitted a schodulo that raisod the wages of nearly everv operator in the service in sums ranging from & to §20 a month. Mr. Dickinson rofused to conoeds any general advance and the comwmittee moderated fts domands to a raise of & all around. Mr. Dickinsou could not grant even thatadvance, but he offered to take up oach indiviaual grievance and consider 1t on its own morits, and tho committeo tacitly assonted to tha proposition, 3 T'here no serious difloulty in agreeing on rules governing hours of wari and over- time, and matters raa along smoothly until the question of minimum wages was reached. The committee demanded that 0 per month be made the lowest rate for the entire sys- tem. Mr. Dickinson offered to raise the minimum on several non-paving brauches in Nobraska and Kausas to $45 and to make $50 the scalo for all the balance of tho system. On that rock the contending parties split, und thocommities left Mr, Dickinson's offico after Thursday afternoon’s conlerence and issued tbe ultimatum fixing on 6 o’clock last night as the hour for a genoral strike if its demands were not acceded to before thay tour, Compromised Amicably. On the advice of President Clark Mr, Dickinson referred tho matter to the execu= tivo committee of the board of directors whose headquarters are 11 Boston. That body yesterday roferred it back to Mr. Claric and he wrned it over to Mr. Dickinson, with the ndvico to make a peaceable scttlement. The latter sent for the commitice about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and as the re. sult of u short conference an amicable com- promise was reached. Instead of taking up each operator’s grioyv- ance as an individual case Mr. Dickinson agreed that ali telegraphers heretofore re- coiving salaries trom £ to §)0 shall have an advance of $2.50 per month, begloning with tho 1st of August. The committeo on its part acceded to the company’s proposition on minimum wagoes, §5 for tho nonpaying branches in Nobraska and Kansas and 0 for the rest of the Union Pacific system, Both parties to the contest express them- selves as satisfied with tho settiement. The operators et an advance of $2.50 for the majority of thoir number and a raise of £ to 8§15 for about a hundred telegraphers who were receiving less than $0 & month, They will also have a sot of rules governiug promotions, regulating thoir hours of laborand grautiug them pay for over time. The ofticials expect to hesr less complaining in the future, and Mr. Dickin- son will escapoe the irksomwe duiv of investi- gating every wdividual grievance. He say that the ofticers of the company bear the telegraphers no ill will, and be counts on tha Union Pacific having a service of the highest excetlence. Summary of the Situation, A gentleman who had become fumiliay with the situation through confersnces with the rai.way oficials mudo this explanation vesterday : *The point atissue is a comparatively small one. Of the 585 telegraphiers on the Union Pacitic systém 114 receive salaries less than §60 0 month. The grievavce committee de- mends that $30 suall bo the minimum on al| divisious. The ofticials are wiiling to grant that on all the system except several branches in Nebraska and Kansas, which ara being vperated at o considerable 10ss, These lines are the Kansas Central, the Lincoln & Colorado, the Omaha & Republican - Valley and the line tror Leavenworth to Lawrence. On these there are two operators ot £30 a month and a number at 83, The compauny offers to make the maximum on these #i5. The difference between the two propositions is estimoted by Chiof Ram- soy at §2,000 to §3,000, ana by the railroad officiuls at £3.000 to $4,000. The tolegraphers think the company should not stick on such a small amount as that, but the officials reply that they have already agreed to other changes which will increase the operating expenses in the neighborhood of £50,000. The oficials deprecate any sonsutional talk that will have a tendency to create bitterness, But they regard tho insistence of the com- mittee on this one pointas very unressona- ble. The Santa I'e is the strongest com- petitor of the Union Pacitic in Kansas and on California busin and yey it has in jorce a schedule agreod to by the tele- grapbers which is considerably lower thun the wages voluntarily paid by the Union Pacifc. On the Santa l'e the average rate of operators proper is only £4.40 a month, while on the Union Pacific it 15 $1.70. On the Santa Fe the largest ciass utany one rate is the $45 men, who number 121. On the Unton Pacific the #0 men aro the inost numerous, there being 121 of them, The tolegraphers have uccopted $45 as the mini- mum on the Santa Ie, but insist on §50 on the Union Pacitic. X Telog 1ghly Organi “The telegraphers of the Union Pacific are 80 thoroughly organized that virtually all of them ave mombers of the order. A strike at this time would bo more 1nconvenient than ordinarily because of the heavy passenger business on account of the Denver conclave, there bewng fifty special trains for that trafic, but the service could be handled by a train schedule. The groatest dificulty would be in handling freight, particulacly the fast wains with froit and tea from the coast. The superintendent of tele- graph, has received applications for positions 10 anticipation of a strike, but it would take some time to fill all the places and and the business of the road would suffer.” Feellng in Western Unlon Clrotes, ors Thore Some of the Western Union operators were agitated yesterday by a fear that thoy might beordered to do the work of the railroall in the event of a strike. While Superintendent Dickey would not deny thutths Western Union might render some assistauce if called on, he said no man under him wonld bo re- quired to do such work ngainst his will and he did not belieye the Union Pacific would even ask it. It is the policy of his company to keep out of the affairsof the rallway telegruphers. The only time it has become involved in one of thesc strikes was at 1] Paso, when the Southera Pacifio operators wero out, The Western Union has a cou- tract with most of the railroads to forward thoir messages to points off their own line, and it1s under a penalty to carry out the contract, A Southern Pacific ofiicial sent a messago to some polnt on unother system and the Western Union oporators at il Paso refused to repsut 1t from that office, Superintendent Dickey gave them the op- tion of forwarding the message, as It was under contract to do, or throwing up their positions. The operators quit, and others were ordered from Denver to take thelr places, while men from Omaba were sent to fill tho vacancies at Danver. The Western Union, Mr, Dickey explains, was merely maintaining its own service, and the El Paso incident, he says, was the nearost his company has come to belng involved in s strike of railroad tetegraphors. When asked what offect the threatened strike would have on Western Union business Mr. Dickey said it would close @ great many offices temporarily. The Western Union has independent offices at about one-tenth of the Union Pacific stations, and at the othiors the rallway operators ha of these, like Columb important towns, but a great many places. not sending a dozen cominereisl wes- sages & week. Quite s number of the Union Pacitic points can be reached by way of other railroads, but there are long stretches of the former road that would boout oif from the rest of the world, Betwoeen Kearney and Cheyenne for example, there is but one polnt that can be reached by wnother nllwl&. nd there is cone from Cheyenne to Ogden, Most of these isolated poiiits aro so unlmpor- tant, however, that the disturbavce mm?:u tothe Western Union would be eompares uvely withug.