Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 10, 1893, Page 4

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FEIL, Notary I for Januar; lectric rail- way mail line in the-country, and it is claimed to be a great success. WHAT about the anti-pass resolutions that were introduced in the early part of the session in the state senate. SENATOR HILL'S first important effort in the senate does not seem to have brought him a great deal of glory. Lrrrie King Alphonso of Spain has an attack of scarletina. The public health inspectors; it would seem, have not properly looked after the sanitary condition of the royal abode. T notion that we ought to annex the Sandwich islands in order to Christian- ize their people would have more fore if we did not have such an abundance of raw material to work on home. THE influence of Tammany in the present congross is strong, but it will be stronger in the next congress. If the Noew York City bosses see anything that they want they will help them- selves. THE warship Atlanta has been re- called from her special mission to Port- au-Prince, and we are not to have a war with Hayti after all. It is the opinion of good judges of the situation that we could have whipped her. IN REMOVING ex-Governor George T. Anthony from the position of railway commissioner the Kansas populists have committed a grave blunder. Governor Anthony was the most efficient railway commissioner west of the Mississippi, and nobody will feel more pleased over his removal than the railway managers. | | 1t simply provides a form of government THE coming warden of the peniten- tiary is liable to be something more than a mere supervisor of convicts and ac- countant between the state and the con- tractor. It is possible if not probable that the investigations into the management of the penitentiary may terminate in the resumption of full control of the peni- tentiary. Inthat case the post of warden will not be a sinecure. It 18 very singular to say the least that the council did not confer with the mayor concerning the extravagant tax levy which it has embodied into an ordi- nance. It has been customary heretofore for councilmen to take the mayor into their confidence before completing the annual levy, and their failure to do so naturally arouses the suspicion that there is some scheme on foot to loot the treasury and raid the taxpayers. AMONG the bills introduced yesterday in the lower house of the legislature is one to exempt from taxation the property of old soldiers to the amount of $1,000. The veterans of the union are doubtl en- titled toall the privileges that can be consistently extended, but the proposi- tion to exempt the property of old soldiers from taxation is manifestlv un- constitutional. Tt is class legislation and does not come within the scope of exemptions contemplated by the framers of the constitution. THE condition of the treasury gold supply, if correctly reported, is likely to cause somo uneasines in financial eircles. It is said that there is now only about $8,000,000 of frece gold in the treasury—that is, gold that can be used for current demands, and this will be largely reduced by the shipments abroad next Saturday. 1t is stated that for last week's shipments the treasury borrowed from the banks. The Euro- pean demand for gold shows no abate- ment and so far as can be judged by the present indications the export move- ment may continue for months. As it is there appears to be danger that the treasury will have exhausted its supply of free gold within a fow weeks, and in that case we might expect the yellow | metal to g0 to a premium, THERE are indications that the man- agers of the whisky trust have less nerve than the manipulators of some other trusts with which the country is burdened. The recent booming of prices upon fictitions reports as to an impend- ing increase of tax and an abnormal de- mand for whisky was accompanied by an extensive unloading of stock by the large holders who were on the inside of the deal, and the assumption is that a whole- some fear of the law was the cause un- derlying this movement. The man- agors seem to have come to the con- clusion thut the operations of trusts are not without risk to the operators. Nothing has yet happened to any of the great trusts to justify apprehension of this kind, but something is going to happen to them one of these days, and those that stand from under before the bolt of pepular wrath falls will be lucky — e o A PROTECTORATE OVER HAWAIL At the urgent request of the pro- visional gover nment of Hawali and with the acquiescence of the representatives of othor foreign governments at Hono- lulu, the United States minister has es- tablished an American prof over the islands, The stars und stripes wave from the stall on the government building, and while the provisional au- thorities continue in control they are backed by tho power of the United States, whose naval officers and marines have been placed at their dis- posal. A protectorate, it should be understood, s not possession. All thet the American minister has done is simply to provide for maintaining peac and order and to guarantee the security of the provisional government. Web- ster defines a protec to be: “The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latte from invasion and shares in the manag ment of its affairs.” It will thus bescen that a protectorate does not in any scnse imply possession. It may, however, become the first step toward possession, and it is not at al improbable that it will be found to be so in this case. The unqualified "acquies- | cence in the United States protectorate | by the British and German represental s in Hawaii not only testifies to the fact that such an arrangement, was folt to be absolutely necessary, probably by reason of known or suspected plans on the part of the deposed queen and her followers to restore the monarchy, but it also takes the nature of an assurance that it is not proposed by other govern- ments to offer any interference with any course which this country may decide to take regarding the Hawaiian islands. This, it now appears, has come to be well understood. The state- ment made in parliament by a member of the British government, that it was not the intention to send a war vessel to Honolulu, and that nodoubt was felt as to the securvity of British interests under American protection, seems to have been meant to convey to this gov- ernment the assurance that no obstacle would be put in the by Great Britain to whatever the United States pedient to do in the Hawaiian matte So far as Germany is concerncd that vernment has shown com- plete indifference, and is not expected to assume any other attitude. There is nothing in the way of opposition to be apprehended from any other source, so that if the United States should decide to absorb the islands the indications are that it would be permitted to do so with- out any question from other govern- ments. It is appavently the opinion ad that this Huwaiian matter is en tirely an American affair, to be settled in accord with American policy and in- terests. If siich is the case, the deposed queen and her followers will appeal in vain to European governmen It is probable that some definite action by this government will be taken at an early day. The bill introduced in the United States senate by Senator Morgan, proval of the secretary of state, may be the spirit that is being manifested in congress its passage is highly probable. for any foreign country which may be hereafter acquired by the United States and would be merely a forerunner of the acquisition of Hawaii, the question of how those islands should be governed in the event of their annexation having been a somewhat perplexing one. With this disposed of the next move, that of action by congress to annex the islands, might speedily follow. The annexation fever appears to have somewhat abated at Washington, but it is believed that a majority in congress still have it and that it would not be difficult to pass the | necessary legislation for annexing the Hawalian islands. XAN MOB LAW, The remarkable message of Governor Hogg to the legislature of Texas in re- | lation to the recent shocking tragedy at Paris, in that state, is attracting much attention everywhere. It proposes the enactment of laws of the most stringent kind to prevent and punish the crime of lynching. 1In effect it is a confession on the part of the Texan governor that under existing conditions he is unable to »pe with armed lawlessness. A mob xecution,” says Governor Hogg, “is no less than & murder execution. No man or set of men with murder upon their hands are capable of justly enforcing the laws. Asa rule the riffraff, loung- ing, indolent, lawless element of a com- munity inspire and lead the mobs, while the law abiding,” industrions citizen is terrorized by the spectacle.” rem- edy for the defiance of law in this re- spect the governor proposes to make the county where any lynching takes place liable to the family of the victim in heavy damages, and also to make each person or eorporation liable for dams who takes part or aids, by act, word or gesture or in any way abets the mobbing of any person. He appeals to the ¢ lature to “strangthen the laws, supply the means, and if the executive fails to s duties under all circum- stances, let him stand condemned as a criminal himself before the civilized world. The tone of this message indicates that the situation in Texas in respect to exe- cutions by mobs is rvather desperate. That was well known before, but it has not previously appeared that the author- ities of the state had a very keen appre- ciation of the fact. Governor Hogg says that within twelve months three men have been hanged in a single county of that state who had committed no crime atall. Upon such facts as this it is pos- sible to found the hope that th ture of Texas will do someth after all, a few lives more or not count for much in that state, and it would not be surprising if the lawmakers to whom the governor has appealed should decide that it is a necessary condition of swift and sure punishment of all guilty men that an innocent man should now and then be put to death. But Texas and several other southern states need civilization and the enforce- ment of present laws more than they need such legislation as Governor Hogg should, inits own interest, find it ex- | which is understood to have the ap- | brought to a vote at any time, and from | | proposes. ‘e prospect of & suit for damages would not In the least deter a Toxan bent on shedding blood. He will | have to be reached in some other way AMERICAN INTERESTS IN PANAMA The reported attitude of the Colom- bian government regarding the relation of French capitalists to the Panama canal and railroad warrants the expec- tation that a check is to be put upon the quarter. The statement is that the Co- lombian government regards the trans- fer of stock from the canal company to the railway vompany asa violation of contract. The United States minister has laid before the Sgite department of Colombia the facts as to the amount of Panama railroad stock held in France, and he takes the position that the trar fer of this stock was in violation of the law, the charter and the treaty. It would scem that the Colombian govern- ment is in sympathy with this view Meanwhile the congressional commit- tee which is investigating the American end of the Panama scandal is getting at some interesting facts the effect of which may soil, some American reputations. One of the objects of this inquiry is to ascertain to what extent the ownership of the Panama railroad by French stock- holders is a violation of the Monroe doctrine, The railroad was con- structed and is managed under a charter obtained from the of New York. A large amount of American capital was invested in it. A large majority of the shaves of the stock is now held in France and the forcign sharcholders manage the rail- read. The question has been raised whether this is in derogation of the rights of the United States on the | isthmus. It is not probable that an as- sumption of this kind could be main- tained, for it would require a much broader application of the celebrated Monroe doctrine than other nations would submit to in order to make it fit this case. The meaning of that doctrine is so plain that no one of ordinary intelligence can mis- It was intended to ..pp]y wholly to efforts of European gov- ernments to interfere in the political affairs of American countries, with a | view to shaping or controlling their des- | tiny. When that doetrine was enunc ated, nearly seventy years ago, there was imminent danger of such interfer- ence on the part ot BEuropean powers, particularly n and Portugal, with the Spanish-American countries, and President Monroe declared that e should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any por- ous to our peac and safet The “system” referred to was po- | litical, and therefore the famous doc- trine cannot haverthe remotest applica- tion to a purely business affair on the Panama isthmus, any more than to any other financial or commercial transac- tion in this hemisphere in which foreign capital controls. It is undoubtedly a fact that the United States has certain rights in Panama, se- | cured by treaty, which it is the duty of this government to protect. It is also doubtless true that the time may come when it will be necessary to the com- mereial interests of this country that it all control the traflic and wransporta tion across Central America by railvoad and canal. But as to this Panama mat- ter we can do nothing more than insist upon our treaty rights. The Monroe doetrine does not apply to the case. THE debate in the ates sen- ate on the bill providing for safety ap- Wednesday and Senator € man took oceasion to make an argument against the measure. His speech was remark- able for its admission that the power of the railroad corporations makes them more than a match for the' government, and that such legislation as proposed would prove futile. He is reported as saying that if congress did assume juris- diction the consequence “would be that rich railroad corporations would employ the best legal talent, not only to swarm around the halls of congress, but to enter them in person, and if the matter were placed in the hands of the government the great corporations would control it and the poor worki man would not be heard in court., The | senator from Mavyland must be pre- sumed to know something about the power of corporations, but even suppos- ing that he does not overestimate that power, does he propose that the rights of the people shall be unconditionally surrendered without so much as an effort to maintain them? The idea is repugnant to every honest man’s sense of justice, and inconsistent with the spirit of Ame 1 institutions.: A quiescence in the demands of the col porations would result in the ultimate subversion of all popular rights. If matters have come to such a pass that it is impossible to enact and enforce laws against which corporate power is ar- ad, then it is time to deliver over the government to the corporations and let them run it to suit themselves. YESTERDAY was the day fixed by the committee on rules of the house of rep- vesentatives for considering the bill to repeal the silver purchase act. When the measure was taken up the of repeal made amotion that debate | should be closed today and a vote taken on the bill. This made a test of strength between the supporters and the opp nents of the measure and the latter were victorious. This was to have been ex- pected after the failure to get the required number of signatures to a petition asking the rules com- mittee for an order of cloture, so that the result is not surprising. After the decisive majority in the senate against repeal this action of the house will be conclusive as to this question so far as the present congress is concerned. Fup- ther agitation of it is manifestly hope- less, and it is to be presumed that even Mr, Cleveland will see this to be the case and allow his friends in Washing- ton to drop the subject. Itis a signal defeat for the “president-elect, but he may avenge himself by calling the next congress in extra session as soon afte the inauguration as it can practicably be done, ABOLISH the State Bourd of T.an portation, pass a msmsonable maximum froight law, prafipit the lssue of rails ut dowh all neodless appres priations and distatect the state house of Thiv i#' about all the people of this legislature, road passes, corruption, have a right toex AND now Iin6iv, railroad and wagelous by dircet vote of:'the people. poses to elect her commissioners but it does universal approval; growth of French domination in that | The Chicago following comment upon the proposed; roform: well on the surface, siderations that must not be lost sight Irresponsible candidates vote for them. litical conventions cannot be relied on name the right sort of mon for the minor places at any elec tion involved in this matter is most likely But there are conventions to name good railroad and warchouse commissioners— the governor or the nominating conven- I1linois has not been eursed w railroad board. In discussing be worth while to State Board elected by the people and communitics, corporations.” a positively bad had some weak Equalization generally by agrieultural ¢ is a good deal + officers have not always been » most efficient, never have commissioners appendage but here in Ne- had a board of + railroad commissioner not rendered worth of service to the people so far as man with a touch of pity his heart will be pained at the announ venerable Count nand de Lesseps has been sentenced to five years in prison and to pa; i ived a like sentence, ment that the | tenced to an imprisonment of two ye | and to pay a fine. the operations Panama affairs unquestionable, it of Count de Lesseps, to the world has heen very gi It is a most wretchéd ending of a career that commanded the admiration its anthor to enjoy countrymen, There is a useful lesson in the downfall of this old man whi¢h will be obvious to those who care to | tion of this hemisphere as danger- | . covruption rai the penalty, in somé form or their wrong doing. And Stitl The arf wants to be annexed. Unless bo taken to pr goodness ki vill be' hom'mg for o the United States. Withdrawing the saber and sword from nt a war over 7 ito fire fish from church canons. Hanks of Bourb . in his distribution of the i appears to Jumping on C : s t was L'\'ur more. |||||m| has kept very mlcn! ubuuL pliances on railroads was resumed on | Chiego Tribune, In the event of the annexation of Hawaii the training of the i tives in the i lewes of American citizenship ri necessity and the commissioner of education step in that direc of the l‘l!r(v"\ States ha responsibility of 50 many federal dent Harrison, and ! ified by such appointments to his high appreciation of the value and i ance of the judicial office all of the nominations he - has i it Hurrison has heartiest com- wendation from republicans and democr of wisest judgment; of nize the supreme importance of maintaining s upon the highes I those who recog- » nomination of Judge Howell F, nnessee, to the supreme bench, © Lamar, is the Call things cons confers the fullest measire Justice Lamar, it was cc democrats, but by upon the subje able, that the |H( tended not only by ns whose opinions were though’ dent should not, Iministration, wppoint a ln doso would b This criticism would h: \ ;u\nnu: it the vresident had nomis ted to the supreme citizen less estees competent or pur | gence, and that he will ma Judge Jackson, the Be Muul ay iied hor l‘np\'rllm-ln nephow. You westerners, Kahibol (sndlyi-tFain't iiko 1t useter be, Miss, when we carrlediour guns to functions. The' thanibe o pui in a_sweeping smashing the bric 1 knows how I'nv Sitting on the Style, | ot marry him atall’ 4 50 do’s the man who falls out of o k 1s chaap. If you don't HE TUMBLED, lingorad a mome 0 Stubbed Nis toe as he started to go, SENATOR ALY Sunerior Journal (roj mien in tho populist ranks Plattamouth dournal (dem.): Sudge Allon is a8 sound a man s thero is in the state The personal ambition of two leading domo erats and the interests of the r is are | | 'NO DOUBT OF THE SENTIMENT NOW all that stood in his way to |y elec Denver Nows (pop.): The responss of Ne- braska to the vote in the senate is ' corker It approves senatorinl action by promptiy ting a simon pure free silver populist amount question t. Louis Republic (dem.): The action of | democrats of the Nebr, a legislature ! lay resulted in the defeat of the Pa- lobbyist, Thurston, and the dgo W. V. Allen, the populist 'his is only o fair return for the 'tion of the Kansas populists 1 voting for a democrat, s City Star (ind. dem.): The new L or from Nebraska voas formerly a re- publican. Butas he was driven out of the | party of his choice because it persisted inad- ing politics which ho looked upeh as being wrong and subversive of the public weal, ho will doubtless enroll himself with | the enemies of class legislation and monopoly in the upper house of congress Nebraska City News (dem.): The popu- lists, with the aid of aemocratic votes, have elected the United States senator. he re: sult is not what the News trusted it would be, as we had every reason 1o believe that a | democrat would be selected for the position At least we hoped that a populist more in line with the democrats would be chosen However, the die is cast, the question set tled, and Judge Allen is our next St. Paul Globe (dem.): The long fight in Nebraska over the clectionof a United States senator came to an eud yesterday by the elec tion of Juage William Vincent Allen, th populist candidate. His election was accom plished with democratic assistance. It be- pparent that the clection of the dem. udidate was out of the question and the democrats y defeated Thurs. ton, the republ i J n Pacific candi by voting for the populist ttsmouth Journal (dem.): Judge Allen is universally recognized asaman of high character for ability and rectitude of - char- acter, who enjoys the confidence and respect of menof all partics to an unusual extent He is a populist with democratic antecedo | His election is to the masses of the people of Nebraska a most gratifying outcome of th long struggle, and w! men everywhe renewed hope and courage in their battle against monopoly and the money god Kearney Telegram (dem.): Judge Allen's | former political afiliations are reported as | havingz been democratic, and that he is alive to the reduction of the tariff, favorsa safe and solid currency, and is opposed to_the force bill. If he possesses these qualifica- tions no good democrat can object to his the senatorship. Just where he lation to legislation upon corpora- shment is unknown to the writer, supposition would be that he vors a polcy that would hold them in Beatrice Times (rep.): The Times re joices that the republican members of th legislature kept in the middle of the road throughout the entire senatoriai struggle. “The proposition of the five democrats to vote for Morton or Boyd was received with the n it vichly " deserved, and likewise was every overture made by the independ ents. The republican party stands for principles that are i rtal, and the actfon of its representatives in ing to sac those principles on the 3 fusion will impart to them new life and St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.) : The ele tion of Allen to the senatorship in Ne to succeed Paddock, vepublican, will populists four members in the next se Peffer, Kyle, Stewart and Allen. Stewart | has left the republicans and gone over to the populists, and must be classed with the lt- ter hereafter. If the republicans hold their | own in the states yet to choose senators they will have forty-one votes in the noxt > and the democrats forty-three. The s are, however, that the republicans se at 1 tone move vote, Just which of the other partics will gain this vote is a s involved in some doubt, Norfolk News (rep.): The News cong s Judge Allen on his magnificent v Madison county feels prond of the id he will be met with an ovation when he returns home. He h. mplished what no other man in the state could done —won & seat in the United States sena through his great ability and magnetic ver. nator Allen is undoubtedly the ididate the independents have put, forth in this contest, and his clection senator is in truth a verification of the id that “the office should scek the m: s the nomination came to him unsol but after becoming the choice of his party for the position he worked honestly and with Lis usual vigor for the position. Oakland Independent (ind.): In the jud ment of the writer it would be hard to finc better man to represent the > of N braska and the interests of her people in the national congress than Judge Allen. Heis quict and unassuming, but dignified and firm. As a presiding ofticer and p: mentar- ian he has few equi s upon the bench he commands the respect and adm 1on of both lawyers and litigunts; while the “common people,” for whom he ever has a good word and a ant smile, almos i Our short acquaintang g favorable pression of hi ability and wor i we trust time and experience will Iml make us ashamed of. In_News (rep.): The successor to on Sidney Paddock in the senate of the United States has been o an. But he w s a republican. In fact m Vincent Allen ha qualities of republicanism—a man_ who h once been a republican cannot be altogether wrong—and matters are not as bad as they might be. Mr. All yindependent in ame;; but he is not acked brain calam- ity howler. He is an independent; but he does not subseribe to all of the populist vagaries. The News does not believe Mr. Allen will be 1n favor of making a raid on the United States treasury and distributing £ bills to cvery member of the independent party; or that he will advocate the | of money by the government on depo: abbages and watermelons. On the trary the News is of the opinion that the man who will succeed Algernon Sidney Pad dock is a man of more than_ordinary intelli an honest en deavor to discharge his duties, Chicy er Ocean: The long senatorial agony in Ne is over ut last. The dem. ocrats all went over to the populist side, and thus reinforced the populists clected their nominee, Judge Allen, by a good round vote. The ballot stood, A Paddock, 5); W. V. All This result was foreshadowed by the special in the Inter Oc | yesterday This was the logical | outcome of the situation, The dem ! oerats wanted the republicans to go | rto them and help elect J. Sterling Morton, or some such dyed-in-the-wool bour bon, and the republicans, on the other hand, to get the democrats™o help them clect Thurston, but neither would have been | Justific pting such overtures, and it is o matter of congratulation that | the republicans stood by their guns faith fully, While the election of a populist was the logic of the situatio we ha aid, it woul ave been a stake for the republicans to have taken the responsibility | of such result. The state is naturally repub. lican, and will swing back into line when the present cyclone has passed by. Th democrats have nothing to lose. They can afford to lower their colors and run up an other flag. The senator-elect has | s good vecord and promises to be 4 conservati He is 47 years of age, was born in Ohio, lived ‘s a Jad in his early teens in lowa, enlisted at the age of 15, carrying a musket for three years. He is a lawyer of good standing, and stands high in Grand Army cireles. Ho will proba bly be with the democrats on the tariff and with the free silverites on the money ques- tion, but he will hardly be a wild-cat . Gire Army En t. There is 1 to bea strong sentiment, among Grand Army men_in favor of holding the next annual encampment in Omaha The matter will com At the encampment t Fremont next w h he frienas of | the movement will do all they can to have the anuual encampment at Omaha. The veteran posts in Omaha are taking active measures Lo bring about such a result, 12 cloction of Judge Allen as Unitod States senator from sbraska, is the tion of one of the begt Cleveland was quito t in his tion that the silver issue is ‘the a4, END OF THE SILVER FIGHT | Domocrats of the House Refuse to Assist Olovoland's Polioy. ¥ Majority of the Full House, but n Majority of the Democratio Mom- bers Rovolted Against Grover's Dictation. Wasurxatox Runrav or Tk Ber, ) 818 Forwrn WasHixatoN, D, G, Feb, 9. § Special couriers Don M. Dickinson and Henry Villand sat enthroned in the room of theiways and means committee this morning, tating to demoeratic members of the house the edict of President-clect Cleveland on the silver quostion. The spocial couriers were dethroned and the president-elect another slap i the face from a ma jority of the democratic members of the house before the day grow old. By a vote of 153 to 142 the house todny refused to give an opportunity for Vo upon the Andrew bill repealing the silver purchasing act. In other words, the Cleye land democrats in the house have been routed again, as they wero in the senate and the Fifty-second congress in both branches | bids defiance to the effort of the incoming ad ministration to influence legislation by prom ised patronage. Not only a majority of the full ho ened in the sen wiajority of its members revolted against the | dictation of Mr. Cleveland A roll call showed 107 democrats ag: Mr. Cleve- ill and 102 on his side. t it in pa amentary language, the decisive vote in the house today was upon the ordering of the provious question upon ot of the rules committee (meaning ¢ Crisp, who may cease to bo speaker, mem means committee, and Catchin Mississippi, who has never sucee in being a leader of the house) in favor of setting aside today and tomorrow for the discussion of the silver re- peal bill, Refused to Be Maenceds A threatened panic in Wall street with ro- ports of which every wire leading into Wash ington was b d, the well known atti tude of President-elect Cleveland and the personal presence nson and Mr. lard, not to speak of the almost frantic appeals of the next secretary of the treasur Mr. Carlisle, all failed to prevent this re Outeast by a senate the new administra- tion has been disowned by its own house Leading ~ demoerats of ‘the house voted | against Mr. Cleveland's policy of | throwing upon the present administra tion the responsibility of the sil question. Among these democrats Blount of Georgia, who hopes to t ter general under the next administratic Hotman of Indiana and Sayres of Texas, who hopes to sueceed Holman as chairman of the appropriations committ Culberson of J rman of the ml|h ary committee of 'Tennessee, of ways and 15 committec o member of the rules committee; Mr. O'Ferrell of Virginia, chair- man of the committee on elections, and who hopes to be the next governor of his state, and a number of other democrats whose long n the house ced them among iting bitter in. 1 3 opened by Mr. Bacon of N ‘ork, chair man of the committee on bauking and cur rency, who made a strong if not ineffective for the Cleveland progrs He atened cloture rule and - pi the ncial condition of the country as on the s of disaster. The silver men were led by Mr. Bland of Missouri, who, in a long speech, prophesied that Mr. Cleveland' present conduct would disrupt the deme tic party, and taunted democratic leaders h having rol T question to wring r mpaign and having made the tariff the main issue, but with having abandoncd the tariff Issue after the election and taken up silve n of Nebraska made n conven- alliance speech, devoted prin. “gold bugs and plutocrats,” and flutter of approval. Reed made the specch of the day on the i | He said he hoped the day would come when the financial policy of the government would cease to be a par e, But while mainted a party issue he regretted that the democratic side of the house occupied both des of the question. He wanted to see the Sherman act repealed for the moral effect the repeal would have in lessening the fear of financial distress, but he knew that vho action of the house in pussing the repeal would have no effect upon the senate. So overwhelming was the defeat of the Cleveland democrs joined with Mr. Bland and his free silver associates in voting for a motion to recommit the rule set- ting aside today and tomorrow for the ¢ cussion of the repeal bill and so the silver fight in the house came to an inglorious end, Great Engine of War. At the navy yard in Washington there will' be begun this week the construction of the most remarkable h gun yet made, An appropriation of 50,000 for its construc- tion has been granted by congress, and the government has contracted with the in ventor, General H. P. Hurst, for the pur- chase of all rights to manufacture and use it in the United States, paying for it § ot om0, TNl 000, General .||\!|‘|Ih R "nwln) of Connect fout Invontod fn connection with the gun o roject thlo which autatripe il othors, And_ to has asstned it froe of cost, Lo ¢ ment, 'l 1 i8 to use what is the Hurst velaforced or mult ridge, fring about three times as much pow der as s burnt in other g of equal dimensions "he relnforced chargo first burns a third of the powder, and ust as the protectile is leaving the arm’ the remaining charge is oxploded, which gunr antees safoty, fns the minimum rocol and sccures the ereatest pssible veloeity It has a volocity for the projectile of 9,500 feot per seeond, while the govornment's guns pives the same projectile but 4,150 feet por socond. 1t penetratos twenty.one inehes of steel, while the governiment's guns have but sixtoen inches of penoteation. 1t will throw an immense projectile with aceuracy frowm four toen toen miles, Ordnarco officors it the most wonderful invention of and talk freely of it, now that all rights are owned by the government and no individual uterest is involved South Dakota AfMirs. Senator Pottigew today introduced a bill to ratify the agreement botween the Rose bud and Lower Brule Iudisns in South Dy kota, which, if passed, will have the offect of making the Brules a part of the Rosebud agency Henator Kyle of South Dakota_is fighbing the confirmation of Mr. Forsha, recently appointed receiver of the Rapid City land office. orsha is an old soldier, but Ky says there is no ed of contirmation, every federal oftice holder in South Dakota will be swept out of oftic thirty days after Cleveland is inaugurated and demo crats appomted in their places. He ad Iknowledges that he has not_yet recoive Cleveland's promise to this effect, but ex pects to see the wishes of the democrats ca out Senator Pottigrew was before the senato committee on appropriations today lookin after items in the bill which particularly pertain to South Dakota and the west. 1 secured the promise that his several re quests will bo granted. The most important was in striking out a provision which prac tically repealed the land which so many land titles we provision was put in at the r of on Buttes, formerly of North Caroling, now of North Dakota, and the express intention as to upset the title of the site of Falls, wherein Buttes was an attorney. has been trying to smirch everybody who assistea in passing the law of 1801, saying it was put through at the request of Presideni Hill of the Great Northern road for the express purpose of getting possesssion of the Great Falls town site. I'he provision in the bill has been stricken out. Mr. tigrew was also promise increase for surveys and an appropriatio Sioux Falls “building with a provision that it should be made_fireproof, that the number of land offices should not be dimin ished and the adoption of the Fort Randall military bil as a part of the apprbpriation bill Tiring the Committes The members of the committee investigat ing the whisky trust are becoming visibly weary of their task and it would be no sur prise if they summarily dropped the subjec Revenue Agent Dewar gave some additio testimony today as to the indictment of 1 0f the trust and the discove apartments of quantities of the explo Juid which was to_be used in dosf vival distilleries. When the me nded Chairman Bynum said: “Lam b ning o think that this investigation is mistake, We are getting httle new evi ud T do not intend to let the investi ion d long. I will probably wind it up by next Wednesday, certainly by the end of next week.” Miscellaned Assistant Secretary Chandler afirmed the decision of the wommissioner in the timber culture case of James V. Way against Emma M. Garrett, from Chadron, ng Way's contest, He also afirmed sion in the homy o of Walter Bueilin s a slacran, from Aberdeen, 3. D. Senator Mander: as had placed upon the deficienc, priation bill an amend ment to p: nry T, Clarke of Nebraska for rent of Bellevue » at Omahi 0, being the rent of the range for the 600 per y ') an amend- ment to tt 3 i ation bill a measure appropriating for the im- provemerit of Vellowstouo' Natioual park, together with the unexp ppropriut Iready made, to be expended under the dir f the sec ret of war for the repair, mainte nance, relocation and completion’ of roads and bridges. It provides further that ,000 of this approy tion shall be ex- pended for the construction of a road from the upper geiser basim to a point on Snako viver, where it crosses tiie southern bound- ¢ of the park, and that $12,500 be expended the laying out and surveying of a wagon road from the point on the Snake south to J ake, and that 15,000 bo vended for laying out and opening a wagon voud from Jackson lake in asoutheasterly direction to a point on W ver, near the mouth of the 1tio du Noir creek, and connect- ing with the present Fremont county road, which runs from that point southeastward to Fort Washukie. P.S. . Tom Reed's Rule: Chicago News. Time has vindicated ex-Speaker Reed and proved the nccessity of his rules. Some of his fiercest opponents now admit th right. * * * The conversion of ) and nis agues to Mr. Reed's theory that the majority must be allow transact business is late but none the Weleomo. 1t gives ground for hope that the 1 congress will do less talking and more ROWNING,KINB‘E@&@E & ca Largest Manufacturers anl Rotallo:n of Clothing la tus Worll > |chestnut. but hat that is warranted not Underwear shares in the general reduction. BROWNING, Store open overy evening till 6.3% Saturday 1110 Everybody Else Can See More than a dozen reasons why they should call at our store and find out if we are do- ing the surprising things they hear of. The time is getting short and when the workmen get possession the snap- piest of snap sales will be over. The hats will get the worst of it as we'll have to tear out all that part of the building. For $1.50 you can get a splendid good style stiff hat. No old a genuine properly made to rust nor look dingy. KING & CO., §. W. Cor. 16th and Douglas St