Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 8, 1893, Page 12

12 THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER Iaditor. | PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. S One. Yon Wi 150 » \ 100 JFFICES. Sith tinali cormur N ani Taouty-abeth sireots. | COMTESPONDENCE the Edite made PUHLISHING COMPANY. Tre DALY and SUSDAY BER (3 on salo in Chiengo at the fallown, Palnicr louse Grand P'acific hotel Anditorinn hotel et Northern hot | Fhie Bes in Chiengo. i | | | | soon nt tho Ne- inistration budld- | REE can Braska bu at Ing, Exposition gr SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Nahing company, o ol Tv_swenr that the Ror ) Thur S e | Friday, Septe r 2, | Gronan . Trscint ~— Sworn 1o bofore mi ad Aubserived in hy | Pt s L. Notary Publie. | wiation for 18031, 24,0756 Averago Cie e WORLD'S fair s purchasabl venirs will soon be hedroek prie JIM KYNER'S b while it was heing omlet bas collapsed nursed by Joe Red- man. "Twas over thus AMERICA defends her title to the in- ternational yachting cup in a way of which no American need feel ashamed. For a man who had been counted as belonging to the dead and buried past, Bemis exhibits suvprising | vitality. THE victorions raco of the Vigilant against the Valkyrie is affording the alliterative headline writer one of the opportunities of his lif INTEREST in the yachting contest has for the time supplanted interest in the pugilistic world. Tn the meanwhile as- saults upon the laws against prize fight- ing are only temporarily abated. LAND office consolidation under the present demoeratic administration is purely & question of polities, without consideration of the wishes of the peo- ple, or the necessitics of an efficient land office service. CHICAGO is making big preparations for the celebration of Chicago day to- morrow. And when the crowd is counted up the west will be found to have contributed its share for the occa- sion. The contribution of the west to the success of the great exposition de- | BOrves recognition, the business REPORTS from mercantile agen- cies of decreased etivity and less confidence in the future ought to he given their truo weight by our dilatory senate. The commercial inte of the country are lagging behind on ac- count of the continuod uncertainty r garding the prospects of the repeal bill, sts THERE is nothing to prevent a state legislature from state banking institutions with every desiva- ble protection to depositors and note holders. But the people canmot rely upon the legislature to do so. This, in a word, is the chief argument against the repeal of the bank issucs, surrounding 10 per cent tax on state MR. CALL, the senator from Florida, protests against anything that resem- bles rushing the repeal bill through the sonate. If wasting weeks in dilatory discussion is to be ealled rushing legis- lation, deliborate setion on any measure would probubly requive years, in S na- tor Call’s opinion, to reach the finnl action of that body. e e el MANY of the railroads are being com- pelled to s » that cheap rates to the World's fair are a paying resource. In- creased traflic has vesulted from de- creased fares to such an extent as to more than counterbalance the cut in vates. A few more experiments of this kind will no doubt convinee the railroad managers that they can make a better financial showing by adopting a schedule of Lw passengor rates and trusting to a greatly increased patronage to swell the t tal of receipts, CowL presidents make no con- eessions o the stringency of the times. Their unnual addresses on - the opening of their institutions always wind up with the stereotyped plea for and an increased endowment. 1t will be 8 sad day when the average American eollege finds itself hereft of its oppor- tunities to stow away the income from a few additicnal millions. If we are to evedit Jhe sincerity of all theso appeals now is the proper time to your favorite univer-ity, endow THE apostrophe to the strength of public opinion in the United States which James Bryee inserted in his work on the American commonwealth has been rudely shaken by the events of the last two months, A popular demand for the repeal of the purchusing clanse of the Sherman silver law was indeed strong enough to secure from the presi dent the summoning of congress in extra sassion for that very purpose, but despite the fact that it has become if anything more intense since then, it has not been uhle to remove the obstacles to tho passage of tho bill in the senate. The government of the United States evi- dently affords the means by which the demands of public opinion way be re- Msted by o swall winority, INDISCRIMINATE CHARITY. The approach of winter and the proba- | bility that the will have consider number o subsist v charity Iy larger than usual the suggests that in order to secure hest of people who | will be | results | from cliaritable giving those who seek | assistance be left to the care of the organized for providing relief. A number of these societies in New York City have issned an appeal to the public in which they deprecats all indiscriminate whether in the shape of mone coal or other gifts. They say that such alms, however well and kindly meant, inevitably tend to pauperize the recip- should societies carnestly rolief, food, ients, and they recommend the charit- ably disposed not to give money or ther gifts without knowledge or in vestigation, such relief only tending to encourage beggary and imerense pauy ism. They will accomplish far moro real wood, says tho appeal, and also os- ape froquent imposture by senc ng their gifts to the regular charity and benevolent societios, where each case will be intelligently investigated and regularly and promptiy cared for, This advice is applicable to overy city where there is organized chavity. Thery growing out of our common humanity to help our destitute fellow creatures who are worthy of it, but it i is a also a duty which every one owes to society not to do anything to enconrage the indolent and the unthrifty. The hope of such is in indiseriminate alms- giving. In every eonside nity there arve people of this class who depend upon the good nature and the generosity of those who are able to give, and the only way by which such people may be curcd is to turn them over to an organization that will ascertain whether they are worthy of.assistance. As the persbi to whom application is made for help cannot know whether the appli- cant is worthy or unworthy, and so the latter from much practice or innate viciousness, generally makes the most urgent and plausible appeal, the only safe rule s to treat all alike ana leave them to the care of the organized hlo commu- class, charities. It is a mistaken idea, at any rate in communitics where the means of relief are suflicicnt for those who deserve ef. that rather than send away empty-handed one worthy person it were better that a number of impostors should succeed. Inso far as indiscriminate giv- ing enc ary. and there can be no question that iv does this, it works an injury to the’ deserving indigent. Many charitably-inelined people satisfy their sense of duty when they give to the beggar, though knowing nothing of the merits of the case, and in seven ses out of ten being imposed® on, while if they were to contribute to organized charity what they feel they could spare the worthy poor would be much better cared for and the resources of these societies would rarely be exhausted. From every point of view, indiscriminate charity is to be discouragod. It is pertinent in this connection to suggest to those who contemplate con- tributing to the organized chavities of Omaha that it is not too carly to car their purpose intooffeet. The present de mand on these charities is not extraor- dinarly heavy, but nobody can say how long the pleasant weather will con- tinue, and with the first Blasts of wintor the calls for charitable assistance will be largely increased. Preparation should be made for this demand, and on s0 liberal o seale as to insure prompt re- lief to all worthy applicants. Omaha has not fared so badly as many other cities in the number of people who hay been unable to get sufficient employment during the spring and summer to allow them to lay by something for the winter, but son to apprehend that the number of indigent who must be pro- vided for between now and next spring wiil be much larger than usual. Gener- there is re ous giving by those who ave able to give will therefore be nocessary, and, dy suggested, it is none too early n cnrrying out this humanitarian been two sigmificant de- ances recontly by prominent south- ernmen in regard to the lawlessness in the south evidenced by the inercasin number of lynchings. One of thes was by the chief justice of the state of Georgia, who, inan address before the bar associstion, protested very strongly against the practice of lynching. The other deliverance was by Governor Tillman of South Caroli who said that the question of lynch law is gotting to be a very serious one, and while I thought “'thore are some cases in which it is proper,” he was of the opinion that Hat least some case will como where the evidence will be so insuflicient that pub- lie sentiment will demand s0 severe a punishment for the lynchers that lynch- ings will have to be stopped.” [t is hardly nccessary to say that there have n many such cases in the south, and having occurred only a short time ago in one of the Carolinas, yet so far as known no | serious attempt has been made to appre punish any of the lynche Butat any rate these utterances by southern men who speak with some authority ave interesting as showing that there is an intelligent sentiment in that section which condemns this form of orime, from which it is possible to derive the that in course of time publie sentiment there will put an end to it. I'ew people have any assuranc orrect idea as to the extent to which the erime of lynching is practiced in the south. For soveral yearsa record of lynchings has been kept by the Chicago 7' vibune, and a short time ago that paper stated that there wore 236 persons lynched last year, of whom 200 were lynched in the southern states, and of the latter num- ber 160 were negroes. This year there have been 142 persons lynched, of whow 120 were lynehed in the south, 110 of themn negroes. This is cortainly a ter- rible record, well worthy the attention of the better element of the southern people with a view to checking the growth of this form of crime, nor does the statement of the statistics of lynching convey fully to the mind the horrible character of this practice. As was said not loug since by a southern mere veople. As the record shows, lynch- ings have not been confined to the south and they are to be equally condemned wherever they cecur. but the barbarism of these crimes in the south is without parallel It is an unfortunate fact that there | ave apologists for this of erime in | tently prosecuted. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNRAY. OCTOBER 8, 1893—-SIXTEEN paper, the mere taking of the life of their vietim has ceased to satisfy the men who go with a multitude to commit murder. That has become a tame ceeding. The man, or the boy, in their hands must writhe and bleed and choke in agony now before the avengors will consent to his death and begin the work of mutilation. Some of the more recent lynchings in the south have been of the | most bratal, barbarous and cruel nature a roproach to the country and to civ- ilization. Nothing could ox- preted from the toleration of this form of crime and the immu- nity enjoyed by those who commit them. The natural tendency is to brutalize the pro- else o form the south, some of whom are intelligent men, but the evidence that the men whe arce in power are heginning to realize the gravity of this reign of lynch law is reassuring. [t may be no easy task to bring public opinion up to a cortain standard in this mattc but it is one that should undertaken and presis- be GEORGE BLIS The venomination of 1on V1, Bemis for a second term for the oftice of mayor is amerited compliment toa faith- ful, vigilant and incorruptible executive When Mr. Bemis was placed at the head of the intricate municipal machine two years ago he wascomparatively o novice in the management and supervision of city affairs. He had never been in public life and had to grapple with many difticult problems of administrs But he entared upon the discharge of his dnties and responsibilities with a firm purpo to constantly keep in view the interests of the taxpayers and material develop- ment of Omaha. He has devoted his entire time to the dutics of his oftice and has made a study of the wants of the city in every branch of municipal ernment. He is infinitely better fitted for the efficient discharge of the fune- tions of his office now than he was at the beginning of his term, and will there- fore be much better equipped for the task imposed upon the chief exceutive of this metropolis. While Mayor Bemis has made some mistakes during his present term, he has been a safe, vigilant and trusted general manager of the affairs of the municipal corporations. e has never hesitated to interpose his reto where he believed it to be a barrier to a st or a job, or where an attempt has been ion. rov- made * by contractors or franchised corporations to overreach the city. The fact that he has secured a renomination on the first ballot with- out making an active canvass affords proof of his popularity and the confi- dence reposed in him by taxpaying citizens. The republican party has shown great wisdom in endorsing Mr. Bemis for a ond term. No other candidate would have been as casy to elect. THE PLEA FOR GOOD ROADS, Advocates of good roads seem 1o have bandoned the field of sentiment and to ve brought the project to rest on the more s0lid foundation of individual pe- cuniary benefit. They no longer ask people to invest monzy in improved voadways because they afford a more agreeabld thoroughfare for driving. The aesthetic plew that good roads make a better appearance than bad ones been relegated to the rear. The charitable act of giving remunerative employment to men who are suffering from enforced idleness may be involved, but it is not the argument upon which veliance is placed. Good roads are de- sirable because they are profitabl Bad ads are dear at any price, while good ones give returns upon the outlay at a high rate of interest. This insistence upon the financial ad- vantages of good roads is by no means a new thing., That feature has been prom- inently presented ever since the agita- tion began. But it is now to become the keynote of the plea, and it was made the sole and exclusive argument in the h which Governor Flower upon the subjeet of good roads before the farmers of Orleans county, New York. The governor spaved no pains to make hLis position emphatie, I venturs to say,” said he, “there is not a county in this state which, if it would bond itself for $1,000,- 000 and invest the money in the scien- tific construction of highways, would not in five years have increasod the val- uation of its real estate twice the amount of the investment. But that would be only a small part of the gmn, The geeater part wonld be in the saving of wagon transportation—a saving in v, hicles, asaving in horses, a saving in time, & saving in labor, a saving in visks, a saving in markets,” Good roads ave like every other in- vestment in improved facilities for transportation. They are to be viewed from the standpoint of financial r turns. If they have proven to be profitable in other countries and in this country wherever introduced, as has been demonstrated time and time agaio, the farmer should be among the first to advocato their more extended applica- tion. And if, a Flower in- timates, the next great step in moechan- ical progross is to be the “‘perfection of automatic vehicies, which will Go away with beasts of burden altogethers,” but Governor which will require as their forerunner | kind that vindicate:the wisdom of or, the general provalonce of smooth hard roads, it will soon become apparent that good roadways, like steam railways, are to be a necessity of the age which can- not be dispensed with. THE celebration of the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the opening of Cornell uni- versity is significant of the comparative youth of many of our leading educa- tional institutions. While there are numerous eolleges that have a longer past behind them than Cornell those | that have made as rapid strides toward | popular tavor and enlarged fields of work are few indeed, and those which have a better prospect for the futur still fewer. Higher education in the United States, as, it is now understood, is a creation of less than a quarter of a | century. It is &'fint ereatiod of the pr vately endowed universities of the east and the the west, endowed and i sense of rivalry between these twoclasses of institutions and petween the individ- uals of each class that the progress has been so rked, o Cornell represents an institution began by private enterprise, but with intimate‘relations to the government of New York. It isa type | by itself. [ts success in the brief quar- ter century of its existence points to some of the advantages of that system of management. Starting out upon its second quarter century with increased resources and under its now president, Dr. Schurman, it promises a long con: tinued career of edneational state univorsities of | is probably due to a ma state | usefulness. TAXING UNIIED STATES LEGACIES The old question of the extent of state | sovereignty under our felleral system is | arising once more in the eastern this time in connection with the adminis- courts, tration of an inheritance tax law. Gen- e Callum, whose will was pro- bated in the state of New York, left, among his other be- quests, the sum of 30,000 to the gov- ernment of the United States for me- morial hall to be built at West Point. The bequest, after having been reduced o $175,000 by the that the estate was not as large as originally an- ticipated, was assessed for $8,755 under the New York state 1a® imposing a fax upon transfors of property by will, The United States, of course, ed the | payment of this tax on the ground that had thewr au- thority in attempting to tax property of the federal government. But the surro- gate’s court did not appreciate the con- | tention of the counsel for the United States and saw no objection to the col- lection of the tax. In deciding it holds the sovercignty of the state of New York higher than that of the fed- | eral government and it makes the latte subject to the former in matters of tas ation. It is doubtful that the decision will be sustained upon appeal. It was long ago held by Chiet Justice Marshall in the famous ease of McCulloch against Mary- iand that the instrumentalitics of the federal government are not subject to state taxation. The power to tax is the power to destroy, and if the state can take $8,755 of the legacy left to the United States it may legally ke it all. The absurdity of giving a state authority to levy & tax upon the prop- erty of the federal ' government becomes more apparent when we try to imagine the proceedings that would ensue should the United Stdtes refuse to liguidate the ciaim. The state of New York would be absolutely vowerless to collect the tax. The Ugited States is non- suable without -its own consent and it would be foolish:to consent to a diminu- tion of its own legacy. Should a s court persist in giving judgment to the state there would still be no way of en- forcing the decree. If an exception is to be made to the rule of excmption from taxation of United States property in the case of theinheritance tax, the is no reason for the further maintenance discovery resis the assessors exceeded of the rule in respect to other modes of taxation. It is simply a revival of the old s.ate sovereignty eontroversy and all the procedents and prac posed to the assumption any such power of federal government. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES, THE BEE was the pioneer in counsel- ing Nebraskans to patronizo home in- dustrios and it heartily welcomes every evidence of the value of this advice to the manufacturing interests of the state. Perhaps the most important vesuit from | the agitation of this policy is the better | oppoortunity which our home manufac- turers will b after be riven to furnish the supplies for the public institutions of the state. Until now these have been almost wholly furnished by outside man- | ufacturers, and 1t goes without saying that the state has not always received the value of its money. It is undoubt- edly a fact that the manufacturers else- where who have sceured contracts have -arvely carvied them out in good faith Devices well known to the trade have enabled them in many cases to foist on the state articles of an inferior quality, are op- by a state of taxation over the for which they of course recoived the price of botter goods, he home manufacturer has hitherto had little chance in the competition for this business, This will not be the case o manufacturers of Ne- ka now have an organization that is heir inte and sts principle of patronizing home indus- trics. The Manufacturers and Con- sumers association has done no better work than in bringing to the attention of the State Board of Purchase and Sup- plies the fact that the supplies for the state institutions could be obtained from Nebraska manufaciurers atus low prices and of as good quality as those to be had from outsic mannfacturers, No diffi- culty was found insatisfying the board that such is the ease, und as the mem- bers of the board recognize the wisdom of patronizing home industries, all i ng equal, th assuranco future the bids of Nebraska man- rs will recoive mo that i ufaetur tion than heretoforg, will be that the large amount of money which has annually bien seat out of the | state will be puid toour own people and | will play a considergble part in building up homo industeies. | It is results of this s considera- | The result of this | n- ization. It will not be out of place in this con- neetion to again urge upon the people of Nebraska the duty and expedicney, as # matter of common interest, of patron- izing home industries. Whate is produced by the capital and labor of our own people ought to bo given prefer- ence, the conditions of price and quality being satisfactory. This is a sound principle from every point of view, and | able to agai and there will be ciple in their tradin no diffieulty in inducing capital to come here and cmbark in manufacturing SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS One of the prospective changos in pub- hool methods throughout the conn- lie sc try relates to stated examinations value of which in work has come a debatable question in educationai circles. Examinations were dropped in the Utica schools last year and the sys- tem has also been abolished in Cleve land, where the pupil's title to promotion will rest upon the quality of the daily recitations throughout the term. A movement has inaugurated in Philadelphia the abolish ment of stated oxaminations, the support of the press of that cit well as of many parvents. 1t is urged against the system that the mechanical drudgery of the examinations, in many instances conducted under conditions that savor much of cruelty, never did and never can give an aceurate knowl- edge of the worth of the pupil. The pe- culiar constitution of the child, says one advocate of abandoning the system, has muech to do with succ aminatiou day. A nervous, timid, shrinking child cannot bo expected to make a good dis- play of learning on such a crucial ocea- school be- looking to and has as S8 0N ex: casion. No allowance is made for this personal factor. Morcover, the burdon of the old-fashioned system is great for teachers to carry. It is the most irk- some function they perform. The advoecates of doing away with stated examinations insist that the daily recitation work and Yhe term averago the only proper tests of the pupi acquirements, because he is then work. ing under more normal conditions than on oxamination day, “whose importance has been dinned in his «oars and whose terrors have become magnified by weeks of trembling preparation.” *The perni- clous system of crowding study for ox amination,” says one of the opponents of that plan, *“rendered all the more ob- noxious when the child has lost many school sossions by reason of illnes absence enforced by other causes, is the dubious road to advancement forced upon the little victim. Memorized sons for the oceasion are forgotten al- most as soon as learned. The mind as well as the body is dwarfed and stunted by the oid-fogy method.” This is put- ting the case strongly, but probably fow who are familiar with the system of stated examinations will question its general accuracy Of course there is something to be said on the othor side, but tho weight of argument seems to be decidedly with the advocates of abolishing the fashioned method. At any rate there can be no doubt that if the question were submitted for decision to the par- ents of the pupils they would be found everywhere practically unanimous in favor of doing away with stated exami- nations. or los- INTRODUCING @ fifteenth amendment 1o the repeal bill way of hastening a vote on the original pending is a novel proposition. e Life 1s Worth St Louis Lepublic, And why cannot a strong eurrent of dem- ocratic air be forced through the murkiness and miasma of Washington? - The Kernel of Humor, Kansas City 1 While just as good as gold, and much more aluable than some other securities, it is quite proper to surmise that *The Wizard" was merely interviewing his hat when he proposed the wheat dollar SRRy S Froe Sliver's Measy Miuneapolis Tribue, The great silver monometallic Bey ving. nes. re. “onvention dvertised in ev most liberally way. ¥ possible —_— of Tune. Minneapolis Tribune The democrats of Ohio and Towa are not vsinging the old songs” this campaign They ot rhyming “Grover” with Selov carrying transpar- encies promising £1.25w by 1115 a condition, not u the fronts them, for wheat that now con- Whither Are We Drifting? Ninneapotis Journal, If the majority can't rule, what is the use of having a majority? The mystery is how the senate in the past has ever been able to pass anything. [t certainly never will be Against a vicious mi like the silverites, the senate couldn't pass o contribution box - sentiniy Out of Date, Washinton Star. If momory serves aright it was a certain el orator, by name Demosthenes, who was once asked the three essentinls of suc- cessful oratory. *Iirst, action.” said the Atheniun; “second, action; thivd, action.” Al of which goes to prove that Demosthe- nes' style is out of dateaccording to the ideas of silver orators in the senate - A Kanwus Precedent, Springfield (Mass.) ltepublican. “They have an eigh-hour law for employes of cities and towns in Kansas, and Ju Reed of one of the higher courts has pr uounced it violation of both the state federal constitutions. Tt restrains the indi s libertw of action, he holds. This tion would make as swongly against & ten-hour law. If sound, Massachusetts is in woful contempt of the constitution. 2 ~ Annexation unid New St Globe-Demnorat, even Tho compromise that is being vroposed on the territorial adudssion question is en titled to some consideration. ‘This proposi tion is to annex Utah to Nevada and to unite Arizona to New Mexico, and to admit them as one state. Under this arcangement Ne vada would have about 250,000 instead of 40,000 us now, and the New Moxico-Arizon combination would have 220000 If the territories are to be admitted to statebood in the next ten years they will have to come in under some such conditions as these e S FAOM BRAMN'S HOKN, BLAN Don't think o cause is not good because somebody ridicules it The wicked man hates vice in everybody but nimself Good looks, to be permanent, on the inside. The olde of time s must be; we become the more the wheels em to have been oiled The man who sets out to be a reforme will never get to rest s minute The man who expects to outrun a lie had er not start with lame feet The man who lives to help other people it genorally regarded by our people would prove a wonderful stimulus the industrial progross and prosperity of the stat This is made manifest in the good that has been accomplished from s partial obs ciple. vance of this prin- Let it be once an established fact will soon have other people living to help him An archangel would break down under what somie people expect of a pastor's wife There is often as much venom in the point of & peu as there is i the big end of a club, Drive thg of irch and sowe sliw support, devil's friouds all out preachers would PAGES, ola- | | g " S Sl | | that all Nebraskans recognize this prin- | | of the chances for breaking the the | | of a cloture rale in | Ruarded, nnd safeguards against hasty logis | | | | | at St. Louis is playing to a beggarly array of | empty benches. The attendance aceurately represents the free sitver sentiment in - this untry for the “demonstration” hus been | wisely used | | | the | have & | | | scnators who are in favorof the free coinage | to the r | does, the use of silver with a limit | must know that in very many ca SENATOR MANDERSON'S Pray. | e i Senator Manderson recently Charles Addressed the following lotter to the editor | of the New York Press | WAsHINGTON, Oct. 2 —You desire my views | | dlock chances for Brietly the the senate, and of the nature of &’ compromise are these Fact | and There is no chance for the passage the scnate. The condi- | that has obtained since 1808 will con tinue, and the senate of the United States will continue to be a iporative body, where the rights of a minority will be tion tation maintained | Fact 2-\With the virile, vigorous opposi tion to the unconditional ropeal of the pur- chasing use of the act of 180 by the b silver. a vote upon house bill No. 1 cannot e had by consent, or foreod by any process | known to the S Or pre fents of the s nate. Peesonally [ would not vote for any dilatory motion. or do anything to prevent a vote that should show the wish of a major. ity of the senate upon this important question. There are many others in the senate who would not lend themselves to anything that approaches “filibustering,” but thore s an active minority, earncst and honest, who belicve that areadful disaster would result from wnconditional repeal—a disaster not only deoply affecting their own section, but ruinous to the coun try atlarge. These gontlemen aro ready to 0 to any extreme of personal discomfort or abusoe to do what they consider their full duty to their constituents and the country They ud will provent n vote, fecling assured thata vote would show a majority in favor of vepeal. Believing, as 1do, that there shoula bo use of both gold and silver as the basis of our currency, | have hopud that a compro mise of this question might bo ached., 1 am ready to voto for the repeal of the ‘pur- | cuiasing clanse of tho Sherman act, but - he fore doing so desire to_vote for w suie bi metallic proposition. 1t is evident that the only chane aresult at nary session is by way of a game of give and take must be played, and there is no reason why, upon a finpucial question like this, there should not be an adjustment of views, A compromise inv rinciples would, 1 b jority of cong this extraordi ompromise. The Iving tho fellowing wove, commend 1tselt s, and giving as it of both time and amount, and the fortifying of our silver with an increased gold reserve, would be safe while bimetallism attains the growth it is bound to reach in foreign lands, espes cially in Enziand. The substantial clements of this compromise ar First—The repeal of the purchusing clause of the act of July, 180 Sceond—The purchase by th at its market value, for three 000,000 or 2,500,000 of si the coinage of such coin. Third—The coinage of the seigniorare now in the treasury, amounting o ahout §i,- 000000, as subsidiary coin. Fourth—I'he retirement of all notes under £ in amount, Fitth—The discretionary power in the secrotary of the treasury to 1ssuo bonds to maintain the equality of ull dollars to the extent of 200,000,000, govornment, yeurs, of 2 Lver each month, and ilver und its issue as e NO PUBLIC BEQUESTS, Life, ina receni editorial, defends the memory of the late Frederick L. Ames against newspaper criticism, growing out of the fact that Mr. Ames left no provision in his will for public bequests: A good deal of fault is found by some of the Boston papers with the late Froderic L. Ames. because he loft no public bequest: “The Boston Herald findg cause for decp re- grotin the fact that a Man so rich, so able and so much respected as Mr. Ames “should show 8o little interest iu the com munity that had helped him to become what he was, asnot to give it the least consider- ation when he came to dispose of his fortune, It fairly doubtful whether th wely misplaced little criticism of the use that ald’s regret is not was ver Mr. Ames made cf his moncy while he lived. He unted one of the most freely and al men of his day. It has even boeen the was the most generous giver in proportion to his means in New England. Itis true that he handed down his fortune 1o his children, but he handed down his own sentiments and s own ex ample along with it. Mr. Ames' income in s own hands did o vast deal of good. Are his crities prepared to say that in his chil- s' hands its beneficent uses will not con- Unless there are grounds for such a ion, it seems something of an im. o make it It1s a thin omimnonest unes change hands 1 that is not 1eft to public uses a pub. s and to forget that the same onportu- nities for benevolence and usefulness that the testators had are open o their heirs Money does not ¢ Lo carn_interest when it passes from father to son, neither does the interest necessarily cease to be Any one who has watched the t fortunes, split up by will, | 3 8 o lurger vroportion of the total income is spout for benevolent uses after the distribution than before, oceurrenc to on- the course of g1 Life’ has no disposition to disconra men from malking larse public beq eat good is constantly being done by wealth so bestowed. Mr. Ames might very possibly have left public bequests if he had died less unexpectedly. Butit is far more just to judze a man by what he does vith moncy | whilo he has it, than by the disposition that ho directs 1o be mado of it, aftor he shall have had to it go. 1f Mr. Ames had left all his fortune to children whose training has made them it to ad minister it, ho has shown much more consideration f the community than if, a8 rich wen have done before him, he left millions to public and the had rest togrethor with a bad example, toa neglected tamily of worthless sons, BECULAR SHOTS w1 Kansas Ciwy Journal 1ho congross THE PULPIT, of religions scouted the idea that a man can be A Christian with a _dozen or more w Many members kunew by personal oxpori how h itis tobo a Christian with one wife v on only Minneapolis “I'eibuane: The tronble with tho people the worlt's parliament of religions s that they take Alexander Russcil. Mohamuwed Webh too seriously His methods show him to be a sceker aftor notoriety for the sake of the business it may bring him, - Ho should be shown tho door or treated with d-natured ind rence and not permitted to disturd the se nity of S0 respectable a gathering, Washiugion Star: Rov. Mr. Talmago has offered a reward of #100 16 any infidel whe has read the bible through tw ive, i so far, notwithstanding the tinancial stringer there has boen no indication of a rush to cure the cash ney, o Mr. ‘Lalmare makes a condi tion that he must have the timony of some one who has nthe infidel read the bible ali through twice. Ho does not expect to have any one elaim’ the row for he siays he does not believe the is an infidel now alive who has read the bible through even once. Minneapolis Times: The preacher who yoked a white girl to a negro the other duy Rives as his excuse that he know that if ho did not marey the conple some ono else would. Mareying was his business, so he protectod his foo by mony. The mors onabar with the morality of th performing the ce lity of his excuso is about oxcuse of the gawbler who pleacs that he beat a fool out of his money because he could soo that he was a fool, aud if ho didu't get the money somebody else would, Gambling bemg his business” he protected his feo just us tho preacher OCTORER HAZK, Galveston News rently unless you Wish o hrealk up the e len Fails Republican o bald-headed man can tell us all abo PR Yonkers Statesman Even the man who iy considered “a tr P s sometimes “turned down 1 o Joarnal: “Did you cver go to Bins, the tailor?™ “Yes, Got Two suits Trom him One dross suit. - One law sult. Very expensive man." Cleveland Plain Dealer: Mrs. Praner—Have YO got nequalnted in the church yotz Mra, Pr Yos, indeed! Talready belong to one of she oldest factions in it Boston Courler: A littlo Roxbury girl says SH'S not goin to bean old niiid, for, siys sho “When little grown-up b fues to usk arcied 11 be so y L won't wais i stades to himg ULl just slido down stors, Star: “ldleness,” sald Uncla min talkative, Socms laik s furernan ter do nuflin® and nuflin® sttt uously.” Chicag Record: The lorSurely, don’t msan that you want this coat mode y agreat hump of wadding in the back you'll Iook 1ke a hunehbi The Costomer—TTush! 'iva member of Younz Man's Bieycle society and I'm a ea date for the presidency of it ¥ AND HIS JACKET. Washington Star Out in the woodshed siro and son Communed with woe when the day was d I toach you'* Mhat you ire still too young to smoko. ST warm your Jacket til you sea A cause why such things must not he." “But,” er Iad, “this w Brings dire combustion very near. s forbi d no smoking jack -~ A MINT FKON UARIS. Sce smoking 1 ney vow now Ewropean Edition New York Herald, sz A PALL TTAT Hatof a me velvet, with whito ostr feather above the drapery on the right ha ide, narrow strings of velvet, sny th Why, the ndi- one ‘twas the sire who spoke— ich wnd Largost Manufacturd of Clothing tn BROWNING, KINE co ses anl Rtallors bo Worl L. What are they? week. “What are they?" of a reefer suit can you se all right and come in all course we have others tha our usual good, substantial every suit we sell. We he reefer overcoats that it wi 566, match any suit. Boys’ caj ties, waists, probably the You can also get leatl this western country, will department hat department they will If the gentlemen will vi That's what a good many people have wanted to know lately, judging by the num- and ! A | ber of ladies boys who have been up in our children's | department this they ask. “Whal kind Il for $2.50?" They are the leading styles. Of t will cost you more, but | quality is apparent in wve a magnifieent line ot Il do your heart good to her or cloth leggings to »s and hats, collars, neck- greatest assortment in always be found in this it our men's not only find as good a line as in town, but we can save them dollars, BROWNING, Btore open every evenling till 6.1, Baturday vl 10, KING & CO., |8, W, Cor. 151 and Doagla; Sts.