Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1893, Page 4

DAILY BEE, THEOMAHA fofulebbay Gty AT PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUPSCRIPTION Pee (withont Sundan) Ore Vasr, il Shndag. One Year O, Tie Biee Botlding. Sonth Onalim, comer N and T Counell Rinfra, 1 Chicngo OMee, 3 w Yok, i suinion. mneree. e buiiding 3 an have " oraer - [ ¥, rocrétary of TAE BER Pub PNy, Q068 WOISMNLY WEeAr that he Hor of T DALY BE for the week wits, A8 toT1ows: Actual clre ending December , 150: Snndas. Docember & onday, D Tuenday. D owdn A sbacri of D Average Clreniation Tor November, A OMAMA is bound to keep up with the pace set by other eities even if it has to foster & new epidemic of the grip. e ——— Nomicr the marked contrast in the manners in which the two newly elected judges of the district court have quali fied and assumed the duties of their offices. MINISTER THURS talked about Hawaiian affairs to the of THE BEE than to any pape" since he started west from Washington. Mr. Thurston knows how to reach the pub- lie. more nders T1 HAPPENS, aocidentally we suppose, that in shifting the positions of the em- ployes in the Interior department all the clerks who secured higher salaries are democrats, and all who had their salaries diminished were republicans. A mere coincidence, of course. ProrrLe who may happen to be caught in places where panics are imminent will do well to emula‘e the coolness ex- ercised by M. Dupuy when the Fr Chamber of Deputies was startle the explosion of a bomb on Saturda How 0o you like the ¢ Tue SUNDAY BEE, and do you per any deficiency in the quality or quantity of the news service of this paper within the past sixty days? 1fso, please pointout where or when Tne BEE has fallen be- hind any paper west of Chicago. Wi the end of the vear comes and ‘the figures are cast np at the state house we shall see how much of a there is in the various public funds and how much it will take to plug up cach hole. In the classic language of Harvy Deuel, there are a good many holes in the state skimmer, hole MANIPULATING the promotions and reductions of salarios within the classi- fied list und the civil service law is the next best thing for the spoilsmen to having no classificd list at all. Presi- dent Cleveland's subscription to the doc- trine of civil service reform does not pretend toreach so far below the sur- face as this, TF THE house expects to settle down to a discussion of the tarifl bill before the holiday recess the committee on ways and means will have to hasten its decision upon the disputed points still at issue. It looks as if the intrusion of the president’s advice .has resulted in making matters worse rather than in improving them. RAILROAD tax-shirking tacticsin Kan- sas are tho same as those smployed in every other western state. Refusal to pay and appeals to the TUnited States courts give temporary delays, which ave prolonged by every device known to skilled attorneys. A railroad seldom pays its taxes unless it is compelled to do 80 by distraint. “COME into amy parlo aid the spider to the fly. This is precisely the position which the World-Ilcrald occupies toward druggiste and liguor dealers, who are asked to drop $3.25 into the boygus claim slot and all will be well with them. It is a clean cut case of hold-up and those who submit to the forced contribution are entitled to no sympathy AMERICAN office seckors, it is =aid, cannot understand the difficultics which beset the Italian government in its search for men willing and able to hold cabinet portfolios. King Humbert ought 10 spend a few days in Washington. His arvival would being unexpected re- Tief to the democratic patronage dis- pensers and open up to 1taly the scrvices of innumerable statesmen out of a job. Tag Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce wants the French government to con- vince the United States authorities that wine which costs 10 cents a bottle in France should not be treated as an ar- ticle of luxury by those who are con- structing a new American tarff. But the Bordeaux people seem to forget that by the time the 10-ceant botule of wine arrives upon thé Amercan market its price has been raised so that it rests upon the plane of luxury pure and simple. ReceNtLy Tae Bee priated inter- viows with a number of jobbers, who took exceptions to the practice of the Omaha clearing house in making o charge for collecting checks drawn on sountry banks. A country merchant has been moved to express his views on the subject. He thinks the jobbers are making much ado about nothing aud that they might profitably sweep before their owa doors, At any rate he deals them a few gentlo jolts that may cause needed revision of some of their business wethods. As a medinm for discussion all vital questions THE BEE invites rther ‘expressions of opiniom.on this subjeot. STOP THAT TMPOSTURK In his high-handed offort to coerce druggrists and liguor dealors to teibute to the suppert of his paver, M. Hitcheoek has taken a new tack Like the fox in JHsop's fable, who found the grapes above his reach, he tries to ot the eoveted fruit by y terating his former thr e makes the proposition that all applicants shall publish i Tie Daily World-Herald and EVENING BB and let the advertising eharges go into the hands of a stake- holder to be held until the supreme conrt decides the Pinzensham case. If the court sustains the action of the police board in that case he proposes to rake in the pot and then genorously promises 1o make a present of $10 apiece | 10 the contributors, Now, once and for all time, we pro- pose to humor Mr. Hiteheock by meet- ing his points and refuting the ingenious sophistry which he around the questions at 1ssue. Taking as his motto that a lie well sty to will pass for the truth, Hitch- cock starts out with the assection that the as to largest cireulation is betwean The Daily World Hepald and the evening edition of THE DALY B! Theroe is no sueh paper as The Daily World- Herald and there never has been There hias been u paper known as T%e Erening World, which is now styled and headed The Brening World- Hervald. There was formorly a paper known as The Ometha Herald, which now is styled “Morning World-Hevald. There was also the Omaha Sunday Herald, which is now headed the Swnday World-Hevald. No amount of word twisting can make all of theso papers combined pass mus- ter asa medium for legal advertising under any pretense. 1f such a paper as The Daily World-Herald did exist the word daily would be a misnomer unless it included Sunday, and & Sunday publi- cation void under every decision rendered by the courts. Mr. Hitchcock knows this as well as anybody wnd is on record in the case of the World Publishing Company vs. the City of Omahau,in which h serted, through his attorney, that the city council could not legally contract for the city advertising in THE Mo o8 and 1 D because they were separate newspapers, and the court sustained his proposition and granted the injuncti This being the fact, the attempt to procure notices for a dovetail edition, which includes three separate papers, of which one is published on Sunday, is a barefaced piece of jugglery and imposture for which any man should be prosecuted for an attempt to procure money under false pretenses, Suppose, however, the courts should rule that it was proper to combine al editions, would not the combined editions of THE BEE excced by many thousands the combined circulation of the World-Herald? Where would that concern come in as a legal medium under the law in any contingen Hiteheoek's threat to protest is an im- pudent bluff. Ho dares not protest and if he dared do so would be liable to nros- ecution for damages if any resort should veally be closed on his account. The Board of Police Commissioners has publicly declared that if any paper claiming the right to publish appli- cants’ notices under the law refuses to furnish statements of circulation for cach edition separarely its protest will be overruled without ceremony. Mr. Hitcheock's propositions every applicant shall publish notic THE I NG BEE and his split- combine cannot be entertained for a mo- ment. Bach applicant acts for himself and this paper will not lend itself to any decoy scheme that would give counte- nance to the jugglery. The proposition to have an outsider act as stakeholder is equally preposter- ous. THE BEE Publishing company is perfectly vesponsible. 1f any druggist or liquor dealer who shall pay the charge fix by law for his notice fails to secure his license because he pub- lished it in THE EVENING BEE his money will be refunded. Me. Hiteheock is very generous with other people’s money. He is willing to donate $10 to every applicant for license who will pay him $13.25 when he is not entitled to a penny. In the last ten months the World- Hevald has taken $2,150 out of the city treasury for city advertising. This charge was exactly at the same rate that THE BEE exacts for the liquor notic The advertising for which the ty paid the World-Herald $2,150 was inserted only in Tae Morning World- Hereld and not in the triple dovetail mbine. Computed at therate churged by that concern for publishing liquor notices its service to the city wonld be worth less thad 8500. Will Mr, Hitch- cock refund 1,650 to the taxpayers of Omaha? ow, a word about the ecase in the supreme court, with which he is trying to make his imposture plausible. The case of Rosewater vs. Pinzensham is an appeal from the lower court on the question of good faith, and, incidentally, cireulation. The briefs of Mr. Rose- water's attorney have been filed in the supreme court, but Mr. Hitehcock's at- torney has failed to file his brief. And yet Hitehe ck 45 shedding crocodile tears because the cnse is delayed, when he himself is delaying it. He knows, furthermore, that this cuse may be re- munded or dismissed by the supreme court on the same ground on which his lawyer had it decided adversel, the police commission and lower namely that the ap- plicant was Frederica and not Frederick Pinzensham. The decision, therefore, would hinge on the facts, namely that the protest was made against the man when it should have been made against his wife. This is just the kind of jug- glery with which Hitoheock likes to bamboozie and dupe peeple when he finds himself beaten. With this explanation it is 2 be hoped further discussion over the controversy upon liguor licenses will terminate in the papers, spins contest sever that A HING that tends to increase the roductiveness of our western lands is worthy of consideration ut the hands of the citizens of this state. The North Platte irvigation conyention, which vonvenes December 19, is not to { be engineored in the interest of con- | After | THE OMARA any corporation or set of land owners, | but is open to all for & full and free dis- | enssion of the subject of scientific irriga: [ tion and a recital of results attained on | our western border. Tt is concoded that | the vast acea of arid iands cannot be re- | claimed by any other means than irriga- tion, but that end may be accomplished by an extensive system of irrigation, the common benefits of which all settlers | may share. THE BEr hopes the conven: tion will meet the expectation of its promoters. AN AMERICAN FINANCIAL POLICY., All through the rvecent strugele against the repeal of the Sherman silver purchase law the free coinage advocates have repeatedly demanded an American financial policy, assuming it as a matter of course that the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the old ratip of 16 to 1 would be the only measure that would fulfill the ments, What they meant to convey was the idea that the United States should legislate in respect to currency mattors without paying the slightest attention to conditions existing elsewher Pa- triotism requires that the interests of our own count be held above those of all foreign countries and the currency of the United States should, they say, be regulated exclusively to meet the oxigencies of our own trade and com- meree. This demand for an American financial policy seems to persist as the nucleus about which the silver hopes still hang, and it is enunciated anew by the Colorado State Silver leagne, just assembled in Denver to outline a plan for continuing the fight for silver. The ¢onception of a financial yolicy peculiar to our own country and with no connection whatever with the systems adopted by other nations is to many peo- ple a tempting one, but an more mature reflection it is found to rest upon an un- tenable fallacy: Our trade relations are of & twofold character—internal and foreign. We cannot with any degres of convenience have a twofold system of currency corresponding to that trade. Foreign commerce canbe expedited only by the aid of & medium of exchange recognized and accepted abroad as well as at home. Without such a medium it encounters almosy insurmountable diffi- culties as were experienced during the era of devreciated greenbacks, when for- eign balances had to be paid in gold, while paper served as best 1t could the needs of internal traffic. To argue that we require a currency system only for use within our own country 18 entirely unwarranted by the facts in the case. The course of recent years has been a tendency in an almost opposite direction to vhat implied in the ery for an Ameri- can financial policy. The trend has been constantly toward international- ism in matters of trade and esmmerce. Thus we have seen an immense growth of international banking arrangements and an organization of corresponding banks the world over. International monetary conferences, fruitless though they may have been, are evidence of the desivability of such monetary agree- ments. Plans for reconstructing the coinage units of the principul commer- cial nations so that they might be con- verted into terms of one another have only been rajected to lead up to dev for striking an international coin to be used 1 all transactions be- tween different nations. Instead of each country erecting a financial system for its own exclusive benefit, all progressive efforts seem to strive to make those already employed fit into one another and thus promote a mutual trade. Granting for the moment that we should accede to the demand foran American financial policy the free silver men would have no assurance that their plans would be the ones ac- cepted. The free coinage scheme might with equal propriety be called a Mexiean financial policy or an Indian financial policy. An American financial policy regards the interests of America, but the prosperity of one country can- not be built upon the ruins of its neighbors, ces WHAT IS KIGHT AND REASONABLE. When the fifty-year gas franchise or- dinance wassmuggled through the coun- cil THE BEE promptly sounded the alurm and called attention to the objec- tionable and dangerous provisions ef the ordinance. 'When the council slammed the door in the face of the mayor to keep out his veto of the enjoined ordinance an earnest remonstrance was euntered against the proceeding. When the courts were invoked to enjoin what seemed to be a job this paper gave its cordial support to the.citizens who were backing the injunction proceedings. ‘I'ne BEE cannot, therefore, truthfully be charged with partiality to the gas company or indifference to the rights of this city and the interests of its tax- paye ‘While we cheerfully commend every effort in and out of the council to vre- strain the rvapacity of franchised cor- porations we must not demand what can- It is all right and proper for parties who have haa the fifty-year franchise en- joined by court to point out the defects in the revised gas ordinance and demand greater concessions than arve yet pro- posed by the company. But they should not ask what cannot be reasonably ex- pected from the eompany nor what nright, il it were granted, be & seurce of trouble and future litigation. In cutting down the term of the fran- chise from tifty to twenty-tive years we secure a concession whose value cannot at this time be computed. The fuct that the city is to have a royalty of 5 cents on every thousand cubic fect conswmed cannot be lightly passed by, 1t mot merely gives us a revenwe that must grow from year to vear, but establishes a precedent thut a franchise is & privilege which should only be granted by a city for a fair rve- turn, 1t has taken a great deal of pressure 10 induce the gus company to yield one- hall of the time for which they had asked. Toinsist that their rates shall be fixed by the council from time to time would make the frauchise a source of constant irritation and eorruption. The compauy would be compelled to go intopolitics and stay in politics all the time, because it would be constantly sub- ject to being held up by boodlers in roquire- | not bie reasonably expected or enforced, | DAILY BEE: ———— order to prevent reductions. This is precisely what, ¥4 desive to avold. The long-time franchise will leave the com- | pany free from e importunities of sue- cossive city cothefls, A sliding scale, ! based on the quantity of gas eonsumed, is much more desirable than direct regu- lution by the coundil. The scale should | not be excessivg, bt if the profits from the gas business becomo enormous there is nothing ty predent another compan with the necessary capital, from start- ing. \ The provision ¥elating to the pur- chasc of the wdiks'hy the city should be made more spesific and, if possible, the | waterworks purehasing clause should be duplicated The demand that the ordinance should require the company to run its lateral pives to the curb line is not unveason- able, and the conncil should have it in- corporated in the ordinance. As regards the extonsions in the suburbs and on stroets where no grade is established, | there should be some modificutions that | will be tair to the company and the pub- lie. A forfeiture clanse anda provision compelling the company to relinguish all rights and claims should be inserted in the ordinance. The interests of the taxpayers being guarded in these essentinl particulars, the most serious objection will be the soale, but in that regard the rvemedy will be competition from other sources. At present nobody is in sight who offers to do better, and inasmuch as we bar no- body from making a better offer in the future there is no reason why we shovld refuso to enact the revised ordinance if sutrounded with all safoguards that are deemed proper and essential for vthe pro- tection of the ci THE latest unofficial irtelligence fron Hawaii possesses only one feature of in- terest, and that is the: announcement that the supporters of the provisional government will not aillow the restora- tion of the monarchy without a struggle. Nobody has supposed that they would. The men who arve at the head of that government are not lacking in shrewd- ness and saracity, and it is no surprise to learn that they have a considerable military force at their command and u supply of arms and ammuition that will enable them, if the exigency calls for it, to make & vigorous fight for the re- tention of their hold upon power, and perhaps a successful one if they should have only the supporters of tho deposed govornment to fight sagainst. The native Hawaiians are not warriol and the aliens in the islands who are in sympathy with the queen would proba- bly take no part in any effort that might be made. to replace her on the throne. Left entirely to the aid of her own people, therefore, it is altogether probable that should Liliuokalani at- tempt to regain the throne by force she would fail. Thus far she has shown no disposition to do -this, her hope and expectation being that the government of the United States will take such action in her behalf as will result in giving her back the power wrested from her, * Accepting asauthori- tative a report of an interview with Mr. Bayard, our ambassador to England, the deposed queen will be disappointed if she is hoping for the exercise of force on the part of this governmentin her be- half. Mr. Bayard is quoted as saying that President Cleveland's policy is one of noninterference and that he had no intention of entering the islands and de- posing the government. If this correctly represents the position of the president, and Mr. Bayard is not the man to talk without accurate knowledge, there is .small probability of the menarchy ever boing restored in Hawaii and the friends of the provisional government may dis- miss their fears and stop their bluster. A LOCAL coal dealer addresses a let- ter to THE BEE taking issue with the statements made that the coal dealers of Omaha are charging exorbitant prices for soft coal from the mines of Towa, Missouri and Kansas, He uccuses THE BEE of nusvepresenting the facts and of quoting absurd figures. But he does not give the prices paid at the mines by himself and other dealers in this city, nor does he give the railroad bills for its transportation. When he does this our readers will have more faith in the defense he makes. THE BEE'S disclosures of the bogus oil inspection in the state ave mecting widespread approval throughout Ne- braska. Itis tho farmers and the res! dents of the smaller towns and villages who are obliged to consume oil for lighiting and heating purposes. They are entitled to have what they pay for. A stato law aims to protect consumers of oil from injurious and dangerous mixturves. A strict enforcement of the present law is the least that is demanded until better legislation can be obtained. OLD exports are beginning once more, while the national treasury has not yet vecovered even to a moderate degree trom the fearful drain of last spring and summer. The gold that | came back from Turope stopped in the bank reserves witheut reaching the treasury at all.’ The indications are against any very large exportution at this time, but even @*small call for gold at the treasury’fmist complicate the financia; situation; . AN EASTERN paper is circulating what is said to bv private letter writ- ten by &ome oOnl ving in Nebraska, which purports to por.ray in glowing colors the advantages which this stute offers 1o peaple jwho wish to farm eut destitute childremy, The writer ventures the information not long ago a con- signment of childreh *to be brought up” room for a marked ‘]n{ homeless children in its public n- was recoived h tho place where he re- FROvIA QNN TRivoN sidos, was advertised inthe loeal paper, and, although the weathor was wb- | t0 do with the death of the bankruptey bill favorable, the domana for the chile | Governor Waite has taken the siiver bit v e | 0 B8 taeth, and thrown the checkrein over dren was groator than the supply. The Perhaps tho prospect of '8 had something v hed ner in e com stitutions, MRr. CHARI S WaTrs, who claims | ot . " thkt The . By A Lk AT s e charming creamy tints of the Omala that THi: BEw has done-him great in- | jibrary building ave irrosistibly attractive justice in thearticle entitled “Maligning | Fven the power houso i disposed to fiietund Omaha,” has written a scurri insult- | occastonally presses its soot shen the wind N . 4 is fuvorable. ing and nl.»!am‘m.n-‘\ letter which he Governor Hoj asks us to printin order that he may set | decessor, ex-Governor Col one the Lone himself right before tho public.. If M. | Star state's United States sonators, Coke ; \ ill make n hot fight and pos Watts had any senso of propriety and | govornor u vonst, oo e confined himseif toa refutaticn of the A pathetic feature of democratic harmony charges wo made against him as a | i8 the consistent and continuous wail -of the maligner we should have published his AT hes, N ot or s haeay soreed. But his gall is bigger than his | ill smother the Howell, head. He not cnly indulges in libel but Our own Chauncey interviewed | makos thrents o8 jolence, A | and found hinias chipper ake l‘””l‘“h of personal violence. A | HL [T Ak cip mran of that calibre is, if anything, move | jnal story from incey despicable than the professional tramps | tion after the interview who make a living as prohibition agi- tators and donot scruple to fabricato impudent falschoods tq sustain them- selves in mendicancy:. y -+ the cliffs, conclusion which le wishes to convey is | It ts ostimatod $00 foderal plums will that “bere in the west is cortainly the | distributed within forty days. Line up place to find homes for the waifs of your | ”‘:_:""‘ “";""“‘;‘ Sl witk 0 Nuture sappliod Colorade with an big eastern cities.” Nebraska has ample | aneo of rifid canons. Kansas f increase in popula- | the most vociforous smooth bore tion, bhut wehardly be o that it isans- | Y .’1 ml. D. Rockefeller's two daugtiters will § y e Wl foh the | inherit §5,000,000 each. The sum will com. fous to be deluged with waifs whichthe | ;ypq 'y prévey Totty tarelgn Wtie, with effoto | people of the east do not care to sap- | trimmings port. 1If any resident families want to | Reports from Washington indicate an ng up childron, very well. Dut | early movement in the distibution of fed | . cral plums in Nebraska. Tho ofticacy of bofoue relying upon & demand greater | (‘nstorofl s on trinl than the supply eastorn philanthropists | “'he harmony of the dominant party will do woll to investigate the outlook | congress is suli to. bo as deiishifully N0 ETORAtND Thalv Elrarons: o | turesque as v vomen's Columbian before unl; mlm,,‘fluu ('hm;r\ upon & | miggion of happy memors state already caving for its proper share | [t was shouted uot long aga that opposi | tian to bond companies originated 1n insur- | amce circlos. What a marvelous pullthe Persuasive gentry exercises in the Postofice | aepartment! ous WanLs to succocd his pres pe Lo, sar-old n orig provokes somo anxiety’ Captain Isaac Bassett hins just comploted his sixty-second year of contimuous service in the employ of the United States scnato He began as a page, appointed on the recommendation of Damiel Webster, and toduy his face is as rosy, his whito huit is as ' luxuriant and his step is as _elastic s 1t hus Globe-Demacrat., been at any ume during the twerty When Cleveland spouks of *‘the manfates | years. of the people” on tho tariff question heig- | * ¢ R Groa vores the fuct that the mandating of 1893 | yonoral of Cor was considerably different from that of 1892, | i San Franc - 1885 10 become United States consul ge _Get Togothor. to Jupan. His reputation i the Orient is i Kansa City Journal, snia to have been established by the fact President Cleveland says the United States | that an epidemic of cholera which was rag- “are.” Attorney General Olney says the | fug in Japan about the time of his ndvent Junited States “is.” Yet administration or- | there at once aisappeared. gans pretend that theve is harmony in the | My Hughitt Haliiday. a Caivo, TiL., wirl, | cabinet. educated at Va cker, has been elected president of the Woman's Art Club of Sculptors and Painters in Paris. Since she went to Paris sho has been thrice honored by the art authorities thore, twice by special mention and once with a bronze medal for work done. She has been in Paris only a year and is still ve uug. John W. Mackay. the California million- aire, lives the live of a recluse in New York and practices the rerimon of an athlote. [n the morning be takes nearly half an hour' exercise with the dumb bells and Indian clubs, then takes acold bath, and eats chops and toast and drinks a cupof tea. His luncheon is a very light one, and he invari- aoly waiks five or Six miles in the afternoon. He' dines quietly and abstemiously, and aom @os 10 the theater or the op No one has ever yet boen able to get him to ex- press his opinion about the society predilec- tions of his wife and stepluughiter. His own life seems to be entirly apart from them. Porhaps He Faied 1o Hear It. sy honse, the new was formerly He left S g i Not to His Liking. Indianapolis Jowrnal. Attorney General Olney takes occasion, in his report, to say that he does not approve of the Sherman anti-trust act. The at- torney general is one of the ablest cornora- tiou lawyexs in the center of corporations. ety The 1 r Capor. Chicago Times. Congress has demanded of the president all the papers in the Hawaiian case. Prob- ably he will accede to the demand. 1f wise he certainly will. But there is u quibbling plea of public cmergency which will em- power him. if e so desires, to withhold all information. In either ovent a debate will be precivitated and loyal democratic leaders in house and senate should see to ic that the arty is rehieved, as faras may be, from the odium of the administration's polic; et En Sociatism, Springfisld Bepublican. 1f employes of these powerful quasi-public corporations are mot to be allowed to strengthen their position in relation to the employer by combination they will simply be g driven to an appeal to the state, and an ap- K peal here means closer state supervision of | the ) the ronds and state operation finally. The | y ratlroads and other powerful semi-public corporations which are engaged at so much cost in driving out organized labor us in it- self an intolerable thing ave helping along the state socialistic movement as no other force is. - STOCK DE ", What They Did at Their Saturday's Meet- ing at Kansas City. sas Ciry, Dec. 30.—The final session of fonal Live Stock exchange was held rday. The question of responsibility of commission men when stock is sold under a mortgage came up in the shape of a resolu- tion by W. J. Broderick of St. Louis. The resolution instructed the executive commit- tee to appeal the first case of this kmd in which there is £,000 or more involved to the supreme court of the United States. The regulations governing the relations of e chanzes cngaged the attention of the con- vention most of the session. Two resolu- tions were offered to incrense the nower the national exchange, but defeated ufter spirited contests. he couvention has adopted the resolu- tion calling for an ante mortem inspection of hogs at the scales, instead of at the packing houses. The regulation is made by the gov- ernment A telegram from J.H. Campbell of Kort Worth, Tex., asking for admission for Fort Wouth'into the National exchange, was re- ceived last uight, but no action was taken on the matter 1t was_agreed that the next convention shall'be hield in St. Louis next year, the executive committee to fix the date. The couvention then adjourned. R A U Too Mach Responsibility. New York Sun. The personal note sounds as usual through- out the message, swelling in the lust para- graph to an impressive acknowledgemont of the president’s “intense feeling of - bility.” not only for his own share in tha management of the nation's affairs, but also - The lowa Senntorship. Philadelphia nquirer. The people af lowa have ulways held that they should be ailowed to elect their own senitor in theirown w y should. There is not one of the' canmdates for the oftice who would not matke a creditable resentative. But while this ma ceded asa fact which no onec fully dispute, it is equally true that Mr. Allison is now one of the ablest men in tho seuate, and that it would be a great mistake k¢ him outof that body. He has brains, and great tact. It would be years before any man elected to succeed him could hope to take the part in affairs which he now takes by right of seniority alone. Next to Sherman he is the best financier, and his Imowledge of foreign nffairs is thorough and wide. ¢ I Pablic Franchises Private Snaps. St. Paul Pionesr Press, e Chicago authorities have notified the gas and electric they will not be permitted to do any work hereafter thav fuvolves the disturbance of o pavement or sidewalk. They were told some time ago that the damage done by them to city pavements was at least £600,000, but naturally they have not offered 1o make it good. Now they are to beshut out alt gether; which can, of course, be only a ten tainin | has thrown down the e for the doings of the cougress. porary expedient for forcing @ compromis And 8o the stupid people of all our cities go on their stupid way, paying out big sums of or costly pavenients, allowing them t be ripped up and ruined at pleasure by corporations using some portion of the streets in their business and then crying for Qumages that they cannot recover. L Is it ? Cinelnnati Commereial. L 4711 BROWNING, KING The largest makers and sellors of fine elothes o THE KANSAS TR NP, Kansas City Journal: Whatever literary or other criticism may say of Governor Lows elling's utterandes, his provest agaiost laws imposed idleness and destizution toing treated as a erimo does him honoi Chicago Post: This s the most cpisode in the line of opera police regulation since the creation of “Tha Pivates of Penzan it ernor Lew olling tries to enforce his order - whose cons stitutionnlity is not above suspicion and Whose unreusonablensss is beneath contempy 10 10t of the policeman in Kansas will ot be & happy entor- houffe one Kansas City Times: So M. bars 1o Lowelling the tramps. I1e has fuvited them to make Kansas their headquarters to foal when they set foot upon her blood-stained soil that they aro wt And, if mot exactly encouraging them 10 share his own excellent bad and voand, the goveruer has at st instrocted the police canmissionors of the iatger towns Hot to fnterfore whon thay choose to utilize ihe aforesnid proporty o ratlroad com: pnies or of any ity the stite of Kansas, the of - BLASIS FROM RAN'S HORY Thero is no sharper $word tian that in the hand of truth U's wife was what well preserved woman Wh Stoh a s A rose cubbag might be called & good they will “tops. 1 by its fragrance makes a K little When you want a friend don't o man whose children are afraid of him More mountains would be moved if there were move people arith a grain of mustard seea faith o read a bad book is as good & way you can take to let the devil know that woulld like to bo botter acquainted lim you with - - Quiek Action Desdra Washon tan Star "The sooner thut congrass ean intelligontly make up its mind what kind of a revenun law it wishes 10 enact the better for the country as a whole. Our industries can ndupt thomselvos, with meidental hardshi here and there, to wny tarifl which consery- ative American leeislutors are likely to adopt. Cevtainty s what 1s demundod. 1t would be for the bevefit of American trade and manufactu wed collectively, if it were impossible hanee tariff logislution fora fixea and long poriod after its ennct- ment. 1t 1 De better that the part of the republic's population which feels itselt agerievod by such legistution should for a fixed time bear its ills, than that the whoie wdustrial republic should be constantly dis: ur nd injurod by changes, or (he rose pect of changes - TOANTED TRIELES, The profans wman always es acursory view of the othor side e lar that son born wit joon in by mouth seldon mikes a s Brooklyn Lite: 1is 1 ind most difienlt wi Footlights Try’ 1old my frie sre on the st to the y sixty seconds? Danks—Nothing; L aninte of it A~ Us girls ity o~ What i th Tdon't know yet, hut pout it after Fni iniiiated. tting up i Il el mira Gazette: ILis well enough 1o have your know at your fingers” ends, bat When you want 16 pitss an examination it is better to put iton the of your cuils, Kate Field's Wash n: Clara—Aren't you ed to Juck unclin—No. You see, T wanted to bo different in something from all you other girls il never marry When ne Ono Towa blec Upate, 1 w mian, He'd alw Vi chickens' heads off myself.” me to cut the LSOV ABLE. Iudianapolis Jowrnal. He sits nmong the multitudo With dutl and listiess o Excitement that the othe He plainly dossu’t share The “hog-skin® flies ubout the field With many a playful prank But it never stirs the blood of this Old buse ball crauk. ————— THE SLY OLD DUG. Tom Masson in Puck. You call me fickle, de Becnuso I seem 10 s n every pretty fuce a charm That broathés of love to mo. =~ 1 ammnot fickle, dear, Because my heart seems stirred By other pretty girls. Oh, no! Yitklo 16 not the word 111 should show you, dear, How much I love you when 1 dooking at another's tace, You'd weary of me then. 1t you knew too much, dea: Your love for me might pall; T um not fickle, dear— I'm foxy—that is all, Earth 1t has been publicly stated by a well known gontleman of Cloveland, and widely pub- lished, that the pulp mills, a luvge and pow- erful industrial organization in the state of New York, are owned by W. C. Whitney, Colonel Lamont and other leadmg demo- cratic capitalists, the others inclading Presi- dent Cleveland, These wood pulp mills manufacture the uaterial which enters invo the production of most of the printing paper used in the United States. In this connec- tion it is noticed that the Wilson tariff bill provides a duty of 10 per cent on wood pulp. But this is not all, nor is it the most signiti- cant or suggestive feature, The duty on sulphuric acid and other chemicals used in the manufacture of wood pulp has been lurgely reduced and some of the articles placed on the free list. We refrain at this time from further comment, bat seriously ask, is this 50! i VO 1 T v e The Doomed Bond Promoter, Chicago Post, McDonald, the president of the Guarantee Investment company, trembled and looked dismayed when Judge Grosscup sentenced him to eleven months in Juil. He had preyed upon the community, robbed poor men of tens of thousands and laid plans whereby he might rob them of hundreds of thousands. When confronted with just such punishment % our equitable laws prescribe for stealin an overcoat he was horrified. What! Sen a thief, who takes with gloved hands, to the companionship of that North Side nest! In- credible ! 1t is well tor McDonald and swindlers like him that the common laws for the protection of the community cannot be enforced agaiust them. 7They swim only in reach of the fringe of the net, else it would have been 110 monthsin the penitentiary, nstead of eleven months in_tne county Jail, that sent the color from McDounald's face. - R o T o L o o ] See our Useful Highest of all in Leavening Powet.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report, Rl Boki Powder Send the money and we'll pay ihe cxprews. ABSOLUTELY PURE Your mon6y’s Worth of YR oy Busk., Christmas Presen ts. SANTA CLAUS ON'TOR. Smoking Jackets—Bath Robes—Dressing Gowns-—Bath Slippers. Very latest designs in neckwear, such as English long scarfs—Flowing end 4-in-hand—Wids apron Tecks— Dress kid gloves—Fleece-lined gloves—Plush and seal caps. Handkerchiefs—8Silk initialed—White linen for embroidery— High colored novelties, fancy and plain borders, etg. BROWNING, KING & CO., YT