Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1893, Page 4

THE OMANA DAILY BER F. ROSEWATER, Editor, PURLI P 1ED EVERY MORN{ MS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Bee (withont Sunday) One Year i Sunday, One Yeat g-fonrth strocts, wn and_ed Edito ittances shonld be iy, Omaha orders 0 b h orderof the com pany Pt o8 JenvIng th ¢ty for (he summer can hase TiE B sont to thelr address by leaving an oxler at biisine PUBLISHING COMPANY OF CIRCULATION. of Tne Tre Pub- iy wwear iat e T ER for the week Wednewdny Frith 1110 Eutun T Gro, . T78CHTUCK ~s | Swom to I \ Uin iy {\r\l { presence this T, 1803, for 24 Average Clrealation phur, As THE supply of money increases in the castern market Omaha bonds find ready takers. This is because Omaha is able to meet all obligations. cer notice how often the 3 al errors in the tax assessment lists resulted in listing property too high, and how seldom in listing property too low? Dip you e EVERYBODY concerned seems to be represented in that eommittee on Union Pacific reorganization cxcept the ship- pers and patrons along the line of the road. Pray, where do they como in? Tur Bee points with pride to its prompt publication of the tariff bill in dotail. No other paper in these parts has given its readers anywhere neav the same amount of information upon this important news topic. TTALY may now reduce the number of its militury forces with the consent of its allies as a last resort to resuscitate its deploted finances. Some of the other European nations might follox Italy's example to advantage. OF coul the demoeratic tariff pill is based on Bryan's platform of 1890. We wonder what the ways and means committee would have done had the, been deprived of the use of that docu- ment as a guide for their deliberations, OrruM prepared for smoking is to come in under the proposed tariff at a duty of % per pound, one-half of the -~ present duty. We presume that this is to bo regarded as a liberal concession to the opium smugglers of the Puget Sound. Tue binding twine manufacturers of Nebraska, who have built up a promis- ing industry ina few years, will view the proposed taviff measure with alarm. The democracy of this state stands pledged to close down all such enter- prises. ‘WueN Brazilian officials have to sup- press newspapers that criticise their actions peopleare justified in cancluding that things are ot progressing so favorably to the existing government as it has taken pains to make the public believe. Tue Macleod invest gation is now fairly under way. Nothing short of a thorough and searching investigation of the facts and an impartial finding based upon the fucts as shown will satisfy the people intercsted in the welfare of tho public schools. THE record of World's fair awards that have been given to Nebraska e hibitors is that is in every way creditable to the people of this state and a matter for congratulation to the individuals whose exhibits have gained them these distinetion: one MORMON missionavies are still ac- tively engaged in the work of proselyting in the south. This must be taken us evi- dence that the Mormon religion has a firm hold on the people apart from all considerations of its now discounte- nanced sanetion of polygamy 1115 ta bo siucerely hoped that Gen- eral Master Workman Sovereign will be able to restore to the Knights of Labor that harmony of purpose and action among ity members and officers which it has so sadly missed sinco the advent of the Powderly machine. “THE president announces that he is working night and day on the prepara- tion of his fortheoming mossage to con- gress. He might have taken a shorter vacation, bogun his work carlier and spared the people this appeal for sym- pathy for an overworked public servant. GERMANY promises to have about as much trouble in revising its taviff as # has been encountored by the democrats who are tinkering with our tariff. In Germany the proposal is t) increase the duties in the hope of securing more revenue, but the usual number of objoc- tions are being oncountered, x- perience is proving that it makes no difference whether the proposed ohangos are in the diveetion of higher or of lower tariff duties, it is almost equally im- possible to satisly all interests affected, TuEe latest vlan of the free silver men to secure another consideration of tne @we Silver question by congress is said to be by means of an amendment to the tariff bill proposing to levy a duty upon for- eign importations, presumably of silvor ballion. This must appear as a com- plete change of position for those silver advocates who have all along claimed that they desired no special favor for the sitver producers, but merely an in- orease in the ocurrency in circulation. tariff on silver can be nothing but a protective tariff, r THE TARIFF AND LABOR that “‘the standard of our laborers life should not be measured by that of any other conntry less favored, and the are entitled to their tull share of all our advantages;” also that “their compen- | sation, as it may be affected by the oper- ation of the tariff laws, should at all times be ecrupnlously kept in view."” How far has this judicious counsel, given only seven years ago, been regarded by the framers of the new tariff bill? Where is there any evidence to be found in that measure of the least con- sideration having been given to the question of the compensation of American labor or the standard of 1 of the American lab ? The ways and means committee heard remon- strances from the representatives of lavor employed in the manufacturing industries against proposed reductions in dutios, but they received no consider- ation from the democratic members of the committeo. They went forward in their predetermined purpose to cut and slash the tariff from beginning to end in utter disregard of the appeal of labor to have its interests and welfare con- sidered. Previous democratic tarift { bills were framed with some concern for tho compensation of labor employed in the manufacturing industries. ~ This was 50 with the Mills bill, which was deemed to be at that time a radical measure. But the an- thors of the new tariff bill manifestly did noy permit themselves to be disturbed in their work of lopping off and reduc- ing duties by any thought of what the consequences might be to the four or five millions of men, women and ehildren employed in the mills and fagtories of the country. They were actuated by the singlo purpose of striking a blow to the manufacturers, losing sight of the fact that the manufacturer may protect himself at the expense of labor and will not e to do so. The enormous capital invested in industri will not surrender to the forcign competition certain to follow the enactment of such tarill legislation as is now proposed without a most determined struggle to saveitself, and as the cost of labor is the largest factor in all manufactured products the struggle will be fivst ai- vected to the reduction of that cost. Can there be any doubt as to the result? As was shown by the report of the senate committee submitted to that body last year, and which was acqui- esced in by the two demoeratic membors of the committee, Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Harris, there had been for several yoars a gradual average advance in the wages of labor employed in the protected in- dustries, while at the same time many of the products of those industries had fallen in pr Similar testimony was supplied by the reports for last ¥ of the labor commissioners of New York and Massachusetts. The explanation is found.in the fact that the stimulus given to manufacturing enter- prises increasod tho demand for labor, and particularly skilled labor, while en- larged production and more active com- petition operated to lower the price of products to the consumer. The pro- posed taviff logislation contemplates cre- ating a closer competition between the American and foreign manufacturer, and it must be obvious to evervbody of ordinary perception that the inexorablo effect of this would be to reduce the wages of American. labor to something near the European standard. Nor can any one undertake to say where this downward course of wages would halt. In their eagerness to get into the Amer- hesi ican market European manufacturers would cut the labor cost-of their pro- ducts to tho lowest possible point and American manufacturers in order to protect themselves would be compelled to follow them. Tt is impossible to com- pute the extent of the disaster which labor would suffer from such a contest. But the advocates of the democratic tariff policy will perhaps reply that if labor must work for less under that policy what it receives will buy more of what it needs. The American working- man, however, desires and should have something more than will provide his bare necessit He should not be asked or required to lower his standard of living, The aim should rather be to elevate him in the social scale, to en- large his opportunities, to encourage him in industry and thrift, and thus to make him a better and more useful and patriotic citizen. There is the possibility of a great dan- »r if the democratic taviff bill should ome law. It is that it might bring be about a general and bitter conflict be- tween capital and labor, which would not only result in enormous injury to the material interests of the country, but might put our political system to an- other ove test. 1t will not be an easy task to degrade the standard of Amer- ican lubor. THE NAVAL REPOKT. As was expected the report of Secre- tary Herbert takes into consideration the condition of tho national treasury and is extremely moderate in its recom- mendations, He asks congress to authorize the construction of one more battle .ship, making a small appropria- tion to start with instead of providing a lump sum, being well aware that if the full amounc required for building such aship were asked to ba aporopriated at once it would certainly be refused. Indeed, it is very questionable whether congress will be disposed to grant any money for another ship of war, since it is sure to find great difficulty in vrovid- ing for the ordinary expenses of the government. Secretary Horbert is an arnest advocate of the battle ship over all other types of war vessel and it was lavgely through his efforts as chairman of the house naval committee that the four provided for were authorized, He regards battle ships as the backbone of the navy and consequently that the more wo have the better and stronger the navy will be. If there was more money wvailable for this purpose he would doubtless have urged that sovoral more bo eonstructed. He will als) ask for six torpedo boats from this congress and will be fortunate if he gets an ap- propriation for half that number. The sccretary believes that for the vresent, at least, the navy is well pro- vided with vessols of the cruiser type, In the tariff message which Mr. Cleve- | perform all necessa land sent to congross in 1887 he said | cation end of last week and call for which are intended to show our flag and sorvice in time of peace, and that what is noeded in the | immediate future are a fow more high class fighting ships. As Secretary Herbert has always shown a hearty in- terest in the question of building up a navy, and there is every reason to believe that he is still friendly to that polic, his views will be accepted without criti- cism. The United States has advanced in a foew years to a very creditable pos! tion among the naval of the world, and as the American people ha no ambition to occupy the first rank in this respectand there appears to be noth- ing in our international relations likely to eall for alarger naval forco than we possess, thore is no good reason why the country may not safely halt for a time, or at least until the revenues of the government improve, in the work of building up a navy. The importance of having a good navy the American ple are now thoroughly convinced of an there is not much danger of any back- ward step in this regard. The naval position we have reached among the nations will undoubtedly be maintained and in due time we may seek a higher rank, but for the present and perhaps for some years to come it will pe quite enough to hold the place we have at- tained. powbrs peo- NO MORE TAX EXEMPTIONS, Tne BEE'S repeated arraignment in season and out of season of that abuse of our system of tax assossment whereby income-bearing real and personal prop- erty has been exempted from taxation merely because it happens to belong to orders or institutions organized in part for charitable purposes has at last proven fruitful to a limited measure. The ward assessors have listed for taxa- ation the buildings of some of these organizations that have so long suc- coeded in ovading all payments of public dues. But the good results of this work on the part of the assessors are now threatened with destruction by the ap- peals of the officers of those bodies ask- ing that their property be stricken off the list of roal estate subject to taxa- tion. Among tho protests filed with the city council sitting as a board of equal- ization are those from the Odd Fellows and the Masons, requesting the cancel- lation of the as: ments made against their property. These orders admit that their build- ings are let for ordinary business pur- poses, and that they bring into their treasuries handsome incomes from the monthly rentals. Yet because a fow rooms ave used for lodge meetings, and because the revenue of the orders is ex- pended upon objects to a certain extent charitable in their nature, they maintain that the whole property should be en- tirely exempted by the council. On equally plausible grounds any property owner'm rht ask for exemption of pac- ticular pieces of income-beaving prop- erty on the plea that he intended to de- vote the r able objects. nue: therefrom to charit- The fallacy of the argu- ment incorporated in these protests is that if this money were not derived from the rent of the buildings belonging to the orders, the latter would simply have to tho funds by in ing the dues of the membe What is gained to the orders from income-bearing property is gained for the members in either de- creased dues or in greater returns for the same dues. -Remitting the taxation upon such income-bearing property is sunply a gift to the members of the orders to which it belongs at the ex- pense of the property owners who have no guch excuse for evading their taxes. There is no reason why the people should be taxed more than they now are for the benefit of these secret societies. Thera is neither legal nor moral justifi- for granting the exemptions prayed for, If the most recent reports from Wash- ington are to be credited, the outlook for the voluntary registration of the Chinese residents in the United States under the extension of the exclusion law passod during the extra session of con- gress is by no means so promising as it was immediately after that act received the president’s signature. Scarcely more than 13,000 out of about 100,000 Chinese in the country registered under the law as originally passed. Unless they detevmine to comply with the law at an carly date the government will find itself on May 3 with as many de- linquents under the new law as there were at the expiration of the time for registration set by the previous law. On the other hand, the blame for the delayis not to bo thrown upon the sinoulders of the Chinese alone, Word was sent from California only a few days ago that guite a number of appiications for rogistration had been recoived by federal officials there, but had to be re- fused because’ they had not then re- ed the expected instructions fronr Treasury department. These in- the structions made their appearance at the the regis- tration not only of those who were in default before the new law was enacted, but also those who had registered under the old law. This may bs demanded by the letter of the extension act, but it is certainly a need- less hardship imposed upon just those who have been most anxious to do all that is required of them, The treasury officials moreover announced that the government would hardly be ready to carry outthe new instructions before December 10. In other wopds, the de- lay of the Treasury department has taken away more than a month from the six months that were allowed the Chi- nese to complete their registration. Strange as it may seom, the govern- ment has not, up to this day, had any suthoritative information as to the dis- position of the Chinese to obey the law. The extension uct was passed on the theory that more time was. desired to rectify the mistake committed by those who relied upon securing the overthrow of the previous exclusion law as violat- ing the federal constitution. The Chinese minister gave the secretary of state to understand that the proposed extensin of time would be viewed as an act of friendiiness to the Chinese gov- ernment, but he gave no assurance of its acceptance by the Chinese residents in the United States. If, as seems quite THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: possible, the Mattdr refuse to register now as before,”*cBhgress will have to grapple with the: wholo question once again when ghe deportation penalty com- meneces to run {f ‘May next. In that case the only eflent of the oxtension law will be to have postponed the dilemma for six months, S —— 'OMPTROLLER HEPBURN in an in- terview asserts thaf the occasion for the refusal of the New York cleaving house to use silver cortifibates in tho scttle- ment of the daily balances has disap- peared and that the time is here for the banks belonging te, that association to treat all the currency issued by author- ity of the United States government alike and as of equal value for all pur- poses whatsoever, he clearing house atone time passed a resolution depriving the members of using silvor cartificates in payments to the clearing house. Whilo that resolution was rescinded when congress forbade national baaks to con- tinue in any association refusing to ac- cept such certificatos, yet by mutual understanding none of the banks havo ever ventured to use them in hquidating clearing house balances. This action was at one time sought to be justified by the protended fear that the silver certificates might fall below their face value incase the silver dollars which they rvepresented should depreciate. This foar, moro groundless now than ever, gives the continuance of the clear- ing house policy the appearance of an attempt to diseredit one portion of our civculating medium. There is certainly no longer any call for such an awtitude onthe part of any financial institution. Now that the council has given the garbage contractor the required notice to enter upon the work to which he has bound himself, the Board of Health should not be behindhand in promul- gating the regulations that are to gov- orn garbage collections under the new contract and in designating the stations to which the garbage is to be hauled. The contractor should not be allowed to point to any delay ov neglect on the part of any city official as an excuse for not promptly carrying out his agree- ment to the lette work of the Young tian association in Nebraska ing results for the mem- of that enterprising organization. THE veport of tl; Men’s Ch A TINCOLN physician charged with manslanghter is allowed to roam at liberty with only $300 bail. Justice takes queer turns down at Lincoln. Vindle ing the Superb, Denver News. neral Hancock's famous epigram con- cerning tho tariff lives long after t “The tariff is indoed a local question, and gr will endorse the Hancock theory before Christmas. ——— Cheer Up. Chiteagd Post. Tt will cheer everybody, we are sure, to 'n that the treasury balance has recently reased nearly £1,000,000. There wasa general fear some weeks ago that we had lost our balanée. P — Realizing tho Mistake, Glibe-1) mocrat, The fact is being brought home to the democrats in'a very forcible tvay that a party makes a great mistake when it chooses a man for president who is not in sympathy with its general doctrines and proclivities. Eettlen oot i Eflicacy o! the Magchine. Philadelphia Keeord, Lobengula, king of the Matabeles, fugitive. His dark-skinned soldiers were brave and loyal; but they could not stand up against the machine guus in the hands of their enemies, The machine eun has mado the conquest of savage tribes a mere matter of calculating, mechanical, ferocious brutal- ity. . e The Tariil as & Tax Washington Post. There is no tax so easily borne, so impar- tially distributed, so cquable in all respects, as the customs duties levied on imports for striotly revenue purposes. Eliminate from the tariff whatever really onerous or op- pressive features 1t may contain, in the na- ture of improper favoritism to special indus- tries, and we have the nearest thing possible 1o a model tax. 3 —— Bage Advice, Chicago Record, Don't let yourself be affrighted by the pessimists. Perhaps youw're not on the ton wave of prosperity just now. What does that mean but that there's a brighter future ahead? [1's a first rate time to wear your cheeriest smile; give as much help to others s you can; hope for the best, and—hustle, Let no man eat his Thanksgiving dinner with a frown on his face. Devour your turkey contentedly. Or, if you can't’ get turkey, take what you can get and think of the turkey you'll have some other time, — The Industrisl Kebound. Philadslphia Times, As tho slump ingo hard times, prostrated industries and financial distress was not vhe result of a few wecks only, so the rebound toa healthier condition of affairs will be gradual and slow. But the robound is tak- ing place, T'hings are brightening up. There is & cneery and crisp atmosphere in the world of comme and trades and industries are beginning to feel that the hour of danger is passed and that they may begin to launch out into action and progress. Slowiy, but surely; the good times are coming and vhe calamity howlers cannot keep them back. —————— Blount as i lnvestgator, privgficld, (Mass) Iepubliean A rereading of Blount'sreport in the com- plete form in which it will go to congress confirms the conviction that he hes been an exceptionally autious, painstaking, thorough and impartial investigator. His leters to Secrotary GGresham are practically “colorless statemonts of his discoveries, and of the happeniongs from day to day, in which the assertions und drgnents of annexation- ists and royalists ave *fully set forth, He lets the representatives of the provisional government speak £ themselves, puts their separate stateménts ' together, contrasts them with the accommts'given by rovalists of what happened at the time of the revolution, draws further information from the nrohives of our legation and dedyets his conclusions from a comparison ang (analysis of all. No wonder the defenders-0f the Stovens policy fose their temper and descend to personal abuse and assaults on his_impartiality—it s 80 muen easier to dg Wi§ than to controvert his conclusions, Russia's Sogur Exports. St. PETERSBURG, NOV.'25. —At a conference of the Russian sugar wanufacturers held at Kief it was decided: 1o export 4,000,000 poods between now #nd the month of March. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893, People who met the actre rEOP D IHINGS, Ye that have thanks to give, prepare w give thom now. George Gould shows great ‘ag! sprinter in dodging the tax assessor. It isn't the longest petition, but the bigest pull tnat obsquatulates the federal pie. Anothor coal trust is announced. As here- tofore, consumers will pay spot cash or go without, The shaky condition of several Burovean thrones promises a paying market for Uncle Sam's royal restorativ Hard winter prophecies based on the loft hind foot of u rabbit and the curve of a pig's tail have been called in for revision. If the congressmen turned down by Cleve- land should reciprocate on the tariff, “my party” would be in a hopeless minority. A dog fight in a Quaker theater in tho heart of Philadelphia illustrates the dizzy effect of foat ball on a solemuly innocent ommunity. The modern Buffalo, bo, Spartan motler rosides in In bidding farewoll to her darling bound for collogo, sho exclaimed her a touchdown or a shutter The appointment of Washington Hosia until recently a ropublican, as postmaster at Chicago, is rogarded as cvidence of Cleve- land's desire to keep the postal service up to the republican standard. A full-length portrait of the late Carolino Scott Harrison, wife of the ex-president, is beiug painted to the order of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to be hung in the executive mansion, Washington. Mr. Morton says the soed burcau “‘offers opulent opportunities for the exerciso of the most pronounced patornalism.” 1f profanity is substitutea for paternalism, the country will chicerfully adopt the sevtiment. Mary Anderson Navarro and her husband at'present in_Geneva. Some Loutsyillo s thero have s charming as tion of content- a written homo that she is* ever and the personific: ment." Mr. Clarence King, the woll known goolo- gist, who was committed to Bloomingda asylum, New York, October 81, on account of his partial lunacy, is said to be improv- ing ragidly and will probably be out in a week 0t two, “Mrs. Lease's glory,” says the Wichita Eagle, “is in her irridescent zigzag, her gyrated scintillization, rather than 1 her unbifurcated habiliments. 1t is tho dazzle of her unexpected skyward scoot and the dead thud of the subsequent backward flop that at once fascinate and paralyze her dovotees." W. K. Vanderbils, who has just started with a party of friends for a ten months cruise in the yacht Alva, plays poker every day, but as he is worth $100,000,000 he can arford it. He always plays for small stakes, but he could play a game at 1,000 timit ali day through without making any apprecia- ble addition to or diminution in his bank ac- count, At a luncheon given to Gevernor McKin- ley at the Murray Hill hotel, New York, on Mondzy, Rev. Dr. H. A. Brann, the well known Roman Catholic clergyman of that city, related a good aneciote of the late Arcibishop Hughes, Dr. Hughes—we quote from the report of the Now York Times— was once visited by a crank in his Mulberry E sidence. It was at night, and tho crank entered the bed room and, waking Dr. Hughes from a sound sleep, drew a dagger and threatened to kill him, With wonder- ful presence of mind, the prelate cried out: “Are you an Irishman?’ I am,” replied the crank. “Then go out,” said Dr. Hughes, tand get a blackthorn stick and kill me with that. No Irishman ever yet killed a man with a dagger; only [talians use that weapon.” ‘‘The crank put up his knife and went out for the blackthorn,” said Dr. Brann, “and the prelate’s hife was saved.” — FATHER OF THE HOUSE, Indianapolis Journal: He was not a great man, but he was reliable, ana he was kept in congress because his constituents have recognized the value of a faithful and sound man. If he had devoted himself to ofice brokerage he would have been laid off years ago. Globe-Democrat: Pennsylvania has had three “fathers the hor ’ in suc ion, These were William D. Kelley, who died fouror five years ag whose des Charles O'Neiil, whose decoase just taken place. Washington Post: Mr. O'Neitl was olected and from that time missed but one term, 187178, With the completion of the ut congress he would have been thirty 3 in harness, and no_better evidence of the contidence roposed in him by nis friends is nceded than is found in the repeated honors which they bestowed upon Lim. Philadelphia Times: Thedeath of Charles O'Neill brings o an abrupt end a cong sional carcer that at least in length of yer was extraordinary. There have been very few instances in the history of the country where one man has continuously represented the same counstituency as long as Mr. O'Neill has represented the Second district of Pennsylvania. St. Paul Globe: The death of Congress- man O'Neill, “the father of the house,” is much to be regretted. He has represented his district continuously since 15880 and dur- ing all that time w. siduous in his care for the interests of his constituents. He was the third Penpsylvanian who in sus » sion enjoyed the distinction of having served the longest term in congress. Chicago Herald: The death of Cong man O'Neill of Pennsylvania, occurred Saturday av his home in Ph; phia, transfers the title of “father of the house,” which he had borne since the death of Samuel J. Randall, to Congressman Hol- man of Inajana. Up to the time of Mr, O'Neill’s death he and Mr. Holman had served as members of congress for the sume number of terms, but Mr. O'Neill's s e had been coutinuous for a longer period than that of Mr. Holman, - ———, SPICED DRE ING. Buffalo Cour streteh, The turkey Is on the home Philadelp that the ¢ does not turkey a 11 itself mako the ne bird, Thunksglving Rochester Demc will try to bo us ul and eratoful i pos- siblo on Thunksgiving day, despite the fuc that congress is to asseumble the following w Wo hope everybody Washington Star: "It the burdens of this life,” wrote the editor of the Blimviile Banner in a recent issue, “if triends would send us in more Thanksziving turkeys and fewer Thanksglving stories.” ould greatly lizhten Mr. T. Urkey Gobbler glving uy I hoar 50 much Dotroit Tribun What is this Than about? # Mr. 0. 1} Anticleer—Why, 1t's & great day of foasting and l‘\!_‘»:ll'lll‘, SV ain't wo o i “Yes, up to our nocks Washington Star: “Your mujesty,” suid the attendunt at the Hawalian court, “what shill we huve for our Thunksgiving dinner? Lot me seo—suppose you catch the next steamer that comes and bring u bundle of United States nowspapers with you, can have o good old-fashioned ron For years the “festal board"” has “groaned' In‘stories that were told About Thunksgiviog's wany joys With plots both new and 01, And yot of things that help to mar Th plensures of a feust A table, shiky ou 1ts pl By no weans ranks a 80 lot us hope that diners guy This yoar with thauks may spesk Of good new tables, warranted To stand without s squeak Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S, Gov't Report. Roval Baking | Powder musical notes upon loving ears m the cou [ The largest makers lothes on GIVEN A PLACE IN THE ABBEY England's Mansolenm of Famo Reccives an Addition to Its Records, RUSSELL LOWELL HONORED IN ENGLAND spoech by Thomas ¥, velling of the Memorial Tablets to Amerlon's Poet, Statesman, Scholar and Patriot. Hayard at the U Toxnoy, Nov. 28-—7lio memorial tablet orected to the memory of the late Jam Russell (Lowell in the old chapter house of A minster abbey his English admirers was unveiled today | with impressive coremonies Among those present was the United States ambassador, Hon. Thomas I. Bayard, who during the courseof his remarks sad “I hold myself happy, indoed, to have been permitted, in thecchapter house of Westminster abbey and before an assem blage so distinguished and impressive, to be present when for the second iime the name of an American is inscribed in this double sanctuary of religion and renown, contain ing already the bust of Longfellow id where now are unveiled the windows and tablet to the memory of James Russell Lowell, his brother poet, both from their kindred from beyond the sea. “The forms of theso two gifted sons of America have boen clasped to the bosom of the land that gave them birth, and their ashes rest in peace at home; but tho’ proof of their just fame b wafted to ana fro across the falling in cle s beo Atlauti tries whose people speak the samo tonzuo as Longfellow and Lowell. Heco in the abbey their names aro blended in goodly fellow- ship, worthy companions of that band sung by Wordsworth who gave us nobler lives and cares.” Blood is Thicker Than Water. Aftersaying that he would not attempt the portraiture of Lowell, Mr. Bayard con- tinued: “Ivisa fine, strong saying that ‘blood is thicker than water,’ and ¢ proves how the ties of common ol ancestry are stronger thau written treaties; and how inborn symvathies of race in tho end can silenco internationul discords and jealousies. Mr. Bayard then referred to the pleasure he folt at the fact that Lowell and himselt spoke in this very chamber upon the occa- sions of the Stanley and Coleridge unyeilings and that b 1indeed that this mark of honor to h man was crected %0 soon, adding * ch of delay so 'he rey often just cannot be made here. for heéve o vrothorhiood of letters has hastened with graceful, loving appreciation to to buried merit its just memorial. It was his great . and honorable purpose to bring _ tho people of Great Britain and the United State better comprehension of each other, to ve- place suspicion by confidence, and ignorant animosity by friendly appreciation. He liked tocall himselfa manof letters, and truly was a mastor of the English tongue, and made his skill and knowledge an_agency to inzerpret the better feclings of both branches of the race which shares its glovies in com- mon. “In American homes throughout the broad lana over which theensign of their country waves, a sense of grateful pride will be felt into a when they learn that the name and fame of | their fellow countryman, the poot, scholar, statesman and patriot, has received hands of Britonsthis high tribute of respect in their most venerable temple of national religion, honor and renown. ive my love to England ¢ message of Lowell s friond, Judge Hughes, and in theso memorial windows nud tablet may we not read the reply of England in general to James Russell Lowell and the nation he so faithfully represented at the court of St James.” ‘Eribute of Westmlnster's I In his remarks the dean of Westminster said Mr. Lowell, from the first duy he visited Cngland, has endeared himself 1o an cve ning civele of friends. James Russell worthy to he counted amone the t literary men of this country— Spencer, Milton, Dryden, Shakes andother' pocts who had ‘died in 2 In the presence of the ador. Mr. Bayard, ho might point to the fitness of the place in which The memorial 10 Mr. Lowell been erected There was 1o spot in the United Kingdom or in_the wholc with it in histor The dean cone not think ther better fitted to commemorate one who not only a representative of the Ameri in general,’ in aletter wid Lowell greate ) republic. but so great an ornament to the language and lterature which common heritage of all who spoke Lt Hon. Joscph Chamberlain, when the United States ambassador finishod speaking, expressed his th Mr. Bay- ard for his pi cnce upon this occasion and for his generous appreciation of the core- mony. Mr. Chamberlain added: *Such me show that the union be- 1gs as the; by the subscriptions of | ~cre { which iv has cau | e tween the two countiies has already been accomplished. We have a common pride and almost a common ownership in this il trions American, and Mr. Bayard is woll qualified to appreciate his illustrious coun- tryman.” Tnsoription on the Tablet. The inscription upon the tablet is as fol. lows Thig tablet is placed here fn memory of Jamed Russell Lowell, United States minister ourt of St. Janies from 1880 to 1885, by nglish frionds. h had boon chosen for d the long line of illustrious men whose monuments had been raised thore. and who had passed tho perch of English literaturo from Chaucer to Tenny: son, would unanimously senize in Lowell a congenial disciple 0 mvas scarcely one among these great men who had boen morc obviously marked oat by mind and character for tho ealling of a man of letters or who had devoted hinself with more un. flagging zeal than James Russoll Loweil. Ha would speak of Lowell asa friend as long as he was proud of anything The memorial had been placed here ex clusively by Englishmen. ‘The committen here recoived kind offers from Ameriea, but had not nccepte to show the me #ift of Englishmen them, because thoy wished rial was the spontancous - - CoLOR NATION 4L D CONVENTION, Tts M, Ing at Cin L Wishop 1o Address, CiNciNATI, Noo Bishop N. M Turner of Atlanta called to order tho na. tional colored convention, which met pur suant to his call, issued Soptember 1. Tha list of delegates reachod over 500 and mora are yet to come. W, L Councill ot Joints. ville, Ala., was made temporery chaivn with J. H. Willis of Michigan us sceretary, The permanent orgamization was cffceted without friction. Bishop Turner was elected first vice presidont Hon. C. H. J. Taylor of Kansas City, Kan., recently appointed United States minister to Bolivia, made an address, taking strong round against all mob law m genoral. His remedy was the enactment of a special statute for the speedy trial of all rapists, fixing the puuishment at death. He also wanted 0 compel the county in which a man was lynehed to pay his heirs 210,000 “Tonight” Bishop Turner delivered an ad- dress carefully prepared and Tull of deep feeling. He deplored the apoarent taint upon the race and declired that if oven half that was ¢ 'd against the colored men of the United States is true colored men themselves stiould be banded together and anize for the correction of the evil by the adical measures. ‘The bishop's rem- edy is impartinl African emigration. He favors calling on this nation for 8 portion of the $40.000,000,000 which the country owes the colored vace for daily labor, say $500,- 000,000, cuable them to begin African emigr tion, e WORDS FROM TILLMAN, South Carolina’s Governor Tri At Cotning Phra Cnarreston, S, C., Nov, 28, —~The general embly met at noov today and the third annual message of Governor Tillman was read. The most important features of it were the governor's remarks on the quostion of railroad taxes and receivershiy nd tho dispensary law. The supreme court had de- d the lower court had no jurisdiction where the sum of taxes in disputé in any ono county was less than £2,000. "'ho report contains such phrases as *Tho Underhand and illegal injustice and in- Linsolence,” cuce,” and liko cx- sions in_ref. o thie action of the 4l courts. “The unholy mayriage be- 1 the dignity of the federal court and these unholy corporations™ (referring to tho s)_ must, the governor says, bo an- nulled and the owners of the bonds made to understand that there is a point beyond which the patience of the state wili not per- s His Hand | mit them to go. Regarding the dispe the gover- nor presses wonder that it has thus far stood the test of the tempest of litigation dicted Bunk Offle New York, Nov. 23.—District Attorney Nicholl's oftice was busy this morning. The st indicted ofticers of the Madison Square banik had been summoned to rencw their bonds for appearance at their trial. In each case the amount of bail had been increased, . Nicholl having decided that President vshould be compelied to furnish a bond 25,000, while each of the other indicted ve bonds in the sum of $10,000. THANKSGIVING. Somerville Journal, an, without w doubt, will atl il out Thelr mortul fran Around the gay and festive how, With many kinds of dainties stored, e all shall so Ourselves, and ext, and eat, and eat, Znd eut, and eat, wnd oat, dnd eat, And eat. und out Of course, we know it isn't wise For any one to gormandi Tn such u wiry. But we shall do it, just the same— And then we'tl go and see the gamo Thanksgiving duy. fine VING W P S THANKSGL DON'T HF THANKFUL MANY FAVORS, BROWNING, Bend the money and we'll pay the express. 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