Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1893, Page 4

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CHILIAN claims are to be pressed be- fore the claims commission, now sitting at Washington. The claimants e dently want to get their monoy hefore the passage of the Wilson bill assures a deficit in the national treasar NEBRASKA failed to get the next journeymen barbers' convention, but it secured representation in the list of vice prosidents. Another swing of the pen- dulum will bring the annual barber pole dance to this side of the Missouri. WirH a deficit in tho national treas- ury staring them in the face and an all- powerful caucus threatening them with a complete overthrow of their plans in the rear, the lot of the members of the ways and means -committee is not a happy one THERE is one consolation for repub- licans in this neck o' woods. If the Wil- son bill becomes™ law the office of sur- veyor of customs will not pay for the gas burned or the ink shed in the public service. Sothe unseemly scramble for == i1 office will prove to be of no purpose. THE mayor should by all means veto the resolution to squander $500 on one of the Thomson-Houston company e perts, and it is to be hoped the council will sustain the veto. If the council has $500 to throw away there are a good many places in Omaha wheve it could be spent more profitably. A REOPENING of the Lehigh strike is something to be deplored, more espe- sially at this time when the strikers have not yet recovered from the effects of their previous enforced idleness. Good times can only be restored by the extension of the field of profitabie em- ployment, not by its contraction. ‘WE HEAR a great deal of the misery of the unemployed in Chicago but the same thing is going on in greater or lesser degree all around us. The com- ing winter will test the resources of the charitably inclined as never before. The distribution of chavity funas must be regulated with a view to continued calls for help all through the winter. MACLEOD is setting up the old time- worn defense of overwork. From a man who spent weoks of time paid for by the Boavd of Education in laying wires to promote the political ambitions of indi- vidual members of that board the plea that he did not have time to keep the books required by the rules and regula- tions governing his office is a little far- fotched, to say nothing more. WHATEVER may be the outcome of the Macleod investigation the school board * cannot justify the retention of an $1,800 : building inspector during the next four months, when all the repairing of schooi “houses can be done by the foreman of repairs. The next year will require voll in All supornu- heads should be some decisive pruning of the pay ordenr to make ends meet, figure merari lopped off. and ADVICES from Washington ave to the effect that charges have been proferred against Postmuster Clavkson alloging offensive partisanship and nondelivery of democratic campaign thunder. Major Clarkson's term does not expire until next October and that is a long time to wait. Under all the ecircumstances, however, it is hardly worth while fo the major to pay any attention to tramwped up charges. BUILDING operations at Fort Crook have proceeded during the summer and fall. Itis said that by the middle of next summer the wansfer of teoops may be made and old Fort Omaha disman- tled. 1t is none 100 soon for representa- tives in congress to move for the deldica- tion of the old fort site for the purpose of & military training school, or for an educational institudon with a fully equipped military departwent. WE DESIRE t0 say to the favmers who voted for the Weaver-Cleveland ticket in this state last year that the demo- cratic party is seeking to destroy the protection now enjoyed by the American hen. Eggs will bo put upon the froe list, and when that is dono the Nebraska pullet will be degraded to the lovel of pauper hens of Canada and Europe. They can thank Goad, however, thal the law won't touch the roosters. | question of repealing the 10 per cont tax | | providing for repeal will ba reported to | ing and THE STATE RANK TAX QUESTION. Tho Iatest information regarding the | on state bank issues indicates that a bill the house from the committee on bank- curren: A majority of l,hoj committee, it is stated, aro opposed to ropeal, but ono of them, Representative Johnson of Ohio, is in favor of reporting a measure so that the question can be | presented to the house and there re- | coive thorough discussion, The fact that the president made no reference to this subject in his message and the un- | derstanding that he is not favorable to repeal has had the effect to strengthen the purpose of the opponents of that proposition and to somnewhat weaken the zeal of its supporters, but there is still a sonsiderable faction among the demo- ts which insists that the recommen- dation of the national platform of the pacty, while not a magdatory declara- tion, should vespected. But this faction, which is almost entirely com- posed of southern representatives, doos not base its demand for tho restoration of state bank currency wholly upon the platform. Prejudice against the na- tional banking system and the old state vights idea has a great deal to do with it, as will undoubtedly be developed whenever this question comes up for discussion in congress. The difficulty that confronts the advo- cates of repeal is to devise some plan that will prevent a state currency from becoming debased and at the same time let it be distinetively and entirely in the control of the states. Numerous schemes have been presented, but as yet none has been formulated that is free from vital objections. The outline of a bill which was presented to the hanking and currency committee last week by a subcommittes embraces, it is pre- sumed, the best features of the various plans that have been offered, but the opinion is ventured that a practical banker would haveno trouble in pointing out several fatal objections to it. One that will be obvious to almost everybody is that it proposes a system so compli- cated that its operation would certainly cause a groat deal of populav dissatisfac- tion. [t provides for two kinds ot notes, one kind to be used exclusively within the states where issued and the other for general civenlation, a penalty being attached to the use of notes outside of a state intended to be circulated only within the state. Such an arrangement would inevitably result in a great deal of confusion and iv is impossible to s what advantage thers wonld be in it to the public. Other featuves of the pro- posed plan. if not absolutely imprac- ticable, would vender its operation clumsy and troublesome. It is probably desirable that this ques- tion shall go before congress and be thoroughly considered and discussed, as only in that way can the public senti- ment of the country be fully expressed. Itis tobe noted that the advocates of the unconditional repeal of the tax are not so numerous as they were and the theory that the government has no power to tux oxcept for the purpose of ising revenne has few supparters. Thepe is havdly a possibility that any measure for repealing the tax on state bank issues can get through congress, because it will haye the solid opposition of the republicans and undoubtedly there are democrats enough opposed to the proposition to defeatitin conjunction with the republicans, But the best way tostop the agitation is to bring the question to a test of strength incongres be BRAZILIAN INSURGENTS FAVOR MON- ARCHY. The most important intelligence of an authoritative chavacter that has come from Brazil since the announcement of the revolution is the state- ment of the American minister at Rio that Admiral da Gama, who re- cently identified himself with the cause of the revolutionists, is in favor of re- storing the government as it was con- stituted before the establishment of the republic. So much was to have been in- ferred from the manifesto of the ad- miral, in which he said *‘that it is only just to ves : by force of arms the gov- ernment overthrown in a moment of national stupefaction and surprise by a military sedition of which the present government is the out- come,” but what followed this expres- sion gave reason for assuming that Gama had not joined the insurgents with the definite purpose of restoring the empire, but was willing to lot the people determine for themselves what form of government they would have. The statement of our minister, how- ever, shows that this new accession to the revolutionary cause 1s distinctly in the interest? of a Brazilian monarchy and it carries with it a significance that cannot be misunderstood. It means not merely thut Admiral Gama and his pevsonal adherents are in favor of the restoration of the old form of govern- ment, but that this is the ‘aim and pur- pose of the revolutionary movement. Gama held himself aloof from the revolt while bitterly hostile to the existing government, as’ his manifesto shows, because the revolutionists had no fixed policy beyond the overthrow of Peixoto. However curnestly he may have desired that result he did not care to help its attainment if it was not to briog about the downfall of the repub- lican form of government. Obyiously the whole governmental system of Bra- #il is obnoxious to Gama and his adher- ents and he wants it destroyed root and branch. Having joined the fn- surgents and accompanied that action by a declaration in favor of restoring the former government must bo ac- cepted as conclusive evidence that he bas been satisfied that such is the design of the revolution- ary movement. 1t also suggests the probability that the insurgents have ra- sceived some sort of encouragement from European sources. The interest which this situation of affairs possessos for the American pes- plo is found in the question as to what this government may or should do in the ovent of its hecoming fully satisfied that the aim of the Brazilian revolu- tionists is t) re-cstablish the empire and that they are receiving Kuropean aid to this end. M. Cleveland said in his an- nual messago that “'thus fa=the position of our government has been that of an attentive but impartial observer of the unfortunate confliet.” Would this con- tinue to be the position in case our gove ernment were convinced that there was serious danger of the overthrow of the | republic in Brazil, or in the event that the government of that country should appeal to the United States for support and assistance on the ground thatthe revolutionists were receiving European aid? Would the Monroe doctrine apply in a case of this kind? These questions are pertineat for public consideration because the situation in Brazil makes it not improbable that our government may in the near future be called upon to decide whether it shall continue to be simply an attentive but impartial ob- server or shall actively interpose to prevent the introduction of European political systems in Brazil and to main- tain republican institutions there. = PENALTIES FOR LY NCHING. When the people of New Orleans come to pay for the fun which they enjoyed two winters ago in lynching a number of Italian citizens who had been acquitted of the charge of killing their chief of po- lice they will be strongly tempted to ask whether they really received the worth of their money. Immedi- after the unfortunate —out- of mob violenct the rel- of seven of the victims began civil actions against the city govornment for damages accruing from its failure to protect the lives of the lynched men. In each case the sum de- manded was $30.000 upon different speci- fications of injury. The verdict in the first suit, rendered after the court had excluded specifications claiming $20,- 000, gives the plaintiff a judgment for 000. namely the fact that the victim was an italian citizen, that he had been acquit- ted by a jury from a criminal charge, that the authorities refused to afford the necessary protection when demanded, ave present in each of the other cases, all of which are to be submitted to the same j It is fair to conclude then that the judgment in each of the seven suits will be the same, making the cost to New Orleans of hec little lynching bee $35,000, not to speak of the expenses incurred in defending the suits. A lynching party may afford valuable amusement to the populace, but fow communities would want to pro- vide victims for the sacvif at the rate of #5000 each. Of course the New Orleans incident cannot be drawn upon to furnish an indisputuble precedent for solving the question of the responsibility of a local government for the faiiure of its officials to perform their duties because of the peculiar cir- cumstances of the case. But such re- sponsibility might easily be established by legislative enactment did it give promise of operating as a successful re- straint upon mob violence. The diffi- culty with legislation of this character would be that it would inflict a pecuni- penalty upon the very persons who in most instances are in no way at fault. We hear a great deal of ‘‘the best people” in the community and “the leading ocitizens” participating in the work of lynching parties, but as a matter of fact the mobs are generally composed of an irresponsible and lawless element, who contribute but little to the support of the public burdens. Judg- ments against local governments have to be paid outof the money raised by taxes and if allowed to those dependent upon the victims of mob violence would constitute a penalty upon the taxpayers alone, while the peopledirectly involved would for the most part go free. The lesson of the New Orleans lynch- ings will no doubt have a good effect for the time, but the possibility of being compelled to pay for the amusement is too remote to deter the average mob from carrying out its lawless purpose. An eflicient police, a prompt administra- tion of justice, amd above all a public opinion resting upon sound morals, are the best preventives of mob violence. THE labor interests of the country will regard with more than ordinary in- terest the proceedings of the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, now in session in Chicago. The convention represents a vast army of organized labor extending throughout the union, and the report of the secre- tary of the federation shows that it is steadily growing, over 200 charters hav- ing been granted to state federatious, central vodies, local and federal labor unions in twenty-eight states for the year ending October 31, 1893. The reports do not state the full membership of the federation, but considerably moro than half a million workingmen are in alle- glance to it, the great majority of them of the more intelligent class. At this time, when labor is 50 largely unemployed— the skilled as well as the uvnskilled—it is natural that the working classes should feel a more than ordinary concern in the deliberations and the recommendations of such u representative body as the con- vention ot the American Federation of Labor, and it is to be hoped that its councils will be directed oy a dispassion- ate desirve to wisely and practically con- serve the interests and welfare of labor, Tar Jacksonian club will celebrate the anniversary of the great battle won by Old Hickory at New Orleans by a banquet. Among the distinguished dyed-in-the-wool democrats who are to dilate upon the glorious uchievements of the warriors and statesmen of the demo- cratie oreed Colonel G. M. Hitchcock will be most conspicuous, With him democracy is inbred from childhood’s happy hours and its traditions are in- terwoven with every fibre of his makeup, Such old democratic stags as Dr. Miller, Andrew J. Poppleton and Andrew J. Hanscom must keep in the rear when the dashing champion of Jackjonian de-: moeracy, who led the van of its de- feated hosts, comes to the front. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has endorsed the proposition to cut down the supply of garden suss which members of con- gress have lavishly distributed among their horny-fisted constituencies. The appropriation of $140,000 will be reduced to $45,000, This is a blow at a very flourishing industry. Members of con- gress have always been lavish in giving away packages of flower seeds, from which our yeomanpy havo ornamented their front yards #ith éanbage heads, squashes ahd dgg fennel. Cut shortof | this national pdlitical fertilizer it will be a sad day for the congrossional friends of the farmer who. hold down | 5,000 seats an®™ ¥ by proxy through | 81,200 clerks, who mail out their gardon | sass complimentaries and undelivered | orations. It is bad enough that the franking privilege has been vestricted 80 that a congressman can no longer | frank his washing home to be laundered, but when on topff shis eomes a stoppage of the annual fres distribution of bean bags and soed odopes things are in- deed coming to a dgsperate pass. The only way congrosfémeh can retailiate now is to close the Department of Agris culture and abolish the ornamental The peculiar elements of this case, supernumeraries, whoso principal func- tion is to supply tuberoses and cut flowers for cabinet officers, M. C.'s, U.S. S.'s and opera bouffe soubrettes. SPECULATION now rife in many quars ters as to the vight of women to vote in federal elections held in Colorado since the adoption of constitutional female suffrage ought not to discomfit the women who hope to make oc unmako presidents with thei¢ votes. The fed- oral constitution fixes the qualifications for congressional electors as the same as those of the electora of the members of the state legislature. [t further al- lows the state legislature to designate the manner in which presidential electors shall be chosen. If they are to be selected at a general election the laws applying to general state elec- tions will of course hold good. Women have been voting in Wyoming atall The in- novation in Colorado must 1ift the bar- riers all at onee, so that the women voters will be able to express their pref- erences for all candidates on the ticket. It remains to be seen, however, how many of them will valuo their privileges sufficiently to exercisa them vegularly. elections for some years past. T are more Nebraska democrats in Washington just-now than at any time sinco the close of the extra session. They are exasperated at the delay in filling the more important places, and are cursing the men who are supposed to be able to secure commissions for them. This explains why some Wash- ington correspondents reiterato and v interject the stutement that Secretary Morton has nothing todo with federal appointments. Tt is quite evident, how. over, that no appointment is made with- out Morton’s approval or in defiance of his objection. ey THE specific charge has been vreferred that Macleod has made vepairs at vari- ous schools, involving hundreds of dol- lars, without authority of the Board of Education and in violation of long estab- lished rules and. usage. Macleod may plead that in his opinion such repairs were needed, and; will seck thereby to justify his course. His opinion in such cases is not compoetent and wholly gratu- itous. It is the duty of a standing com- mittee of the board'to determine the question of needed repairs. Certainly Macleod was not.hired to do so. T ACCORDING to the call for the peo- vle’s party state conference, the object of the Hastings meeting is ‘“the re- demption of this state and nation.” This is a pretty big nation. There are plenty of abuses in our state government to be abolished asa means of redemption to engage the efforts of state reformers for a considerable time to come. Batter leave the redemption of the nation until after the state has been rescued. The redeemer of the nation is not expected to emanate from Nebraska just at this moment. THE Union Stock Yards company is still forging ahead. -Last year $150,000 was expended in enlarging and im- proving the yards and now an appro- priation of $100,000 has been made for contemplated extensions next year. It is indeed reussuring to see the rapid strides being made by this enjerprise in the face of hard times and dull business in nearly every line of trade. IT MUST be confessed that the Parisian police did a neat and expeditious job in apprehending the = bombthrower who did so much damage in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday. Their handling of the case would docredit tothe metro- politan police in any eity of the world. Hoke t Favorite, Globe-Demoerat. Secretary Hoke Smith has endeared him- selt Lo the democratic heart by making moro removals in violation of the civil service rules than any other member of the cabinet. p Olney 1 nd the Trusts, Buffalo Expross. Mr. Olney in his annual report finds fault with the Sherman anti-trust law because it doesu’t give him a chance to get at trusts which confine theiroperations wholly within the borders of a state. The Sugar trust, An- thracito Coal trust and Standard Oil trust do not confine thoir operations to any one state. Of course it is a misfortune that the restrictions of the rederal constitution have made it impossible to enact an anti-trust law sufficiently sweening to sitisfy the zealous attorney general. But, in the circumstances, he might keep himsolf in taining by taking o fall or twoout of those trusts which he can get At. 10 A Conhly Strike. Chiengd Pribune, The statistics of loBses by the sixteen woeks coul strike in Etigtland are reported to have been as followsystated in American money: 1o mina owaars, . ironmasters and railroads, $64,250,000; te Consumers (in in- creased prices), $3300.000; to muners and other artisuns, N.den Total loss in mouney mere than $1b! 000. The normal output of 63,000,000 kons, of coal dropped to 0,000,000, and the domestic consumption fell off nearly one-half.; The workers rendered idle numbered 11!&;0.250 which meant that 11,425 persons werg xaduced to a destitute condition, besides the many others who suf- forea, but less sevorely. Truly the labor strike is & costly thigMven to those whoare victors in the struggle, LENIGH iRBITRATION, Philadelphin Record: Some of the poor tollows who went on strike on the um:n | Valley railroad are dombfounded with the barrenness of tho results obtained. They cannot see wherein they have bettered their condition. 1t was a costly experiment. Indianapolis Journa! 11, at_the outset, this dispute could have been referred to the Interstate Commerce commission, clothed with power to enforce its decision, such in- terruptions as that which has just ended on the Lehigh lines would practically come to an end, New York Recorder: One of the happiest events of the week is the ending of the Le- high strike by arbitration. very striko ought to be ended in that way ; better still, if arbitratidn were resorted to at the outget of every labor troable before the striking stag: reached. New York World: State boards of arpi- tration have not always succecded in their perhaps because they were not onstituted, but the ending of such a strike as this one was in a manner thdt gives promiso of permanence isa public service that amply justifies the maintenance of such boards, Philadelphia Tedger: Arbitration wore off the friction between the disputants and brought them into substantial accord. Thus terminates what might have heen a disas- trous industrial war, in which not only the interest of employe and employer would suffer, put the interests of commerce as well. Few strikes or lockouts aro ended so quickly or so satisfactorily. Minneapolis Tribune: The boards of arbi- tration have done a good work ana demon- strate the future possibilities of arpitration means for the settiement of industrial s, But arbitration caunot bring back lost, wages, damaged property, the losses to business and the lives that were lost through the violence and accidents flowing out of the strike. The public sheuld have a lien of some character upon both employes and employers, insuring it that its interests shall not be thus jeopardized and its fran- ch abused, New York Times: We admit that the labor leader is apt to be a nuisance, and is, in many cases, an unmitigated nuisance. But what did the Lehigh railvond gain by refusing to recognize men in its own omploy or reprosentatives of other men in its employ when it finally came to terms with men who woere net i its employ at all? - What it lost is plain enough. It lost all the time that the strike was in progress and the injury to its business brought about by a temporary par- alysis of its operations, with the mauifold oxpenses and inconveniences oceasioned by the suspension. ———— PEOPLE AND THINGS. Seven of the ten new members FrencheCabinet are newspaper men. ast year about 35,000,000 packs of playing cards were manufactured and sold in this country. We are, indeed, n game nation. After this month the Columbian stamps will be on sale at only one postofice in each of the state, and two years later they will ve re- tired altogethe; An old Roman pottery containing four ovens full of jurs has been discovered at § ) Tne information is painfully de- hout the condition of the jugs. residents of the City of Mexico have established theiv claims as_dgscendants of Montezuma, and will hereafter be paida an- nua! pensions by the Mexican government. The late Alfred W. Shield, of Richmond, Va., has left his farm, with all its stock, im- provements, ete., to his two colored servants, and stocks and bonds valued at £18,000 to the University of Virginia. Rufus Williams, whose funeral occurred in Rhdde Island a few days ago, was a direct descendant of the apostie of literature, Roger Williams, and five generations of his family attended it. He was 95 years old at his death! Word comes from England that the hopes held out in some quarters about Mr. Ruskin resumiung his literary labors have no founda- tion. Although in good health, Mr. Ruskin entirely unequal to any mental effort, and is allowed to converse only on subjects which do not agitate his mind. Millionaire H. O. Armour has purchased a wract of land near Tarrytown, N. Y., upon which he will erect a paiatial summer man- | sion. In proximity to. Mr. Armour's pur- chuse are the homesof' John D. Rockefeller, ‘Walter Webb and W. H. Low and the prop- erty of Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard and ohn R. Rockefeller. The youngest child of a. revolutionary soldier is supposed to be ex-Judge Jeremiah Smith, an instructor in the Harvard law school. He is 56 years old. His father was Judge Jeremiah Smith of New Hampshire, who was one of the most prominent figures in the eurly history of that state, and who entered the revolutionary army at the age of 17. *His son was born when he was 78 years old. The present Judge Smith has been a member of the New Hampshire su- preme court, but resigned on account of ill health in 1874, The castle and park of Monte Cristo are advertised for sale at a judiciary auction in the Palais de Justice of Par The castle was buiit by the elder Aiexander Dumas, in the village of Port Marly, along the road to St. Germain, and named after his famous novel. There is in the park a miniature Chateau d'If, in the middle of a little pona, and recalling to mind the Maditerranean prison in which lived Edmond Dantes, the hero of the novel, who became Comte de Monte Cristo. The lezal advertisement states that the whole domain will be offered at auction, upon a first bid of &30,000. B Does Lynching P Minneapolis Trivune. The dependent relatives of the Italians who were lynched in New Orleans have been awurded judgments in the United States cir- cuit court against the city for #5,000 in each caso. The precedent 18 a good one. Com- munities that indulge in lynch law snoula be compelled to pay for their grisly sport. L NEBEASKA AND NEBRASKANS. Wilson Hoxie, a pioneer of Holt county and a leading Odd Fellow, is dead. A Plattsmouth dancing. club is to givea charity ball on the evening of December 29. Editor Tom Sedgwick of the York Times has been forced to take a vacation, The erip. Holt county will be represefited by at least six delegates in the state irrization convention. The O'Neill schools, which were closed because of scarlev fever, will not reopen until January 2. ‘'he third annual fair of the Plattsmouth turnverein will be held held December 23, 24 and 25, and il will be opened with a ball. Beatrice is to have a new factory employ- ing ubout forty persons ~the Florenco Pump aud Lumbor company. It was formerly located at Florence, Ala. Roy Codding, the York young man who went to Africa as u missionary, 1s reported 10 have been stricken with the black fever, His friends arve anxiously awaiting news of his condition. While Ray Calkins of Fairmont was out hunting he placed the muzzle of his gun on his foor. Only one toe was shot entirvely away, but another only hung by a shred of flesh. ‘T'he doctor hopes to save the rest, A little piece of poetry in the Liberty Journal resulted in a “scrap” between th aeditor and the postmaster. As a conse- quenee the newspaper nan paid $ and costs for he privilege of throwing the Nusby out of his oftice. . John H. Dundas, editor of the Auburn Granger, has been called beforo the bar of justice on the charge of contwmbt of court. He had taken oceasion to “roast” courts,in general und certain features of the district court of his own county in particular. Highest of all in Leavening Po?wer.-—Latest U. S. Gov't Report, fezezezo) Re Baking Powder ABSOIUTELY PURE o R o I —————————————————— u . R THE RLAINE MONUMENT, Boston Herald: Speaking of the failurs of the Blaine monument movemont down in Maine, there is a popular impression that a monument to lim can wait for a long while yer without his being forgotten Minneapolis Tribune: Maine's failure to raise a fund for a statue of James G. Blaino is @ repronch to the state verging on dis grace. Has the stato whose favorite s was the favorito son of the nation no mc than 8115 worth of love and reverence for his memory? Philadelphia Recorda: Tho attempt to raise among the peoplo of Maine a fund of £10,000 or §0,000 to defray the cost of a monument in memory of the late James G. Blaine has proven a signal failure. Thus far only the pitiable total of 8115 has been contributed. “‘Are we 8o soon forgotten when we are gone!™ Globe-Democrat: 1Tt is not to the credit of those who wero the friends and neighbors of Mr. Blaine while he lived that it has been found dificult to make oven a decent start for a fund to erect a monument to his mem- ory. Of all the men of his time Mr. Blaine soemed most likely to be afectionately re- membered after his death by those who vzere intimately associated with him in life. Ono per cent of the money willingly ad- vanced in the cause of Mr. Biaine in 1576, in 1880 and 1884 would pay for a magnificent monument, Minneapolis Times: The wost supremne memorial monument mockoery that has ever como the public notice is the collapse of the movement to erect James G. Blaioe of Augusta, Mo, an, who in his lifetime was so magnetic as to be sur- rounded by idolators, one might suppose would, after life's fitful f , have such legion of friends that there would bo strife for the privilege of contributing to the fund. ‘1he pretentious memorial associntion which was formed to take subscriptions has just submitted a report showing that at tho e of six months of effort the sum of §115 has been subscribed. Tarned Over Their Stook. Toreka, Dec. 11.-—Johnson Brothers, deal- ers in dry zoods, today turned over the stock %0 Delos L. Snyder, agent, who is supposed to represent leading creditors whose names are withheld. This concern failed for $14.- 000 July 1892, and afterwards reorganized. The stock is now valued at about one-half, or §5,000. —_——— MILD CACKL. Lowell Courler: 1t who has let life go to the corpulent person Alst Artist Now York Sun: fuces alone thut 1 paint O, youdo Interiors, then Rochoster Post: ithstanding the pro- visions of the tariff hill the sugar men will e along somehow if they only have enough sand. Clicago 1 : “Why did Rollor lose all liis money? ou see his wifo suve him diaond” searfpin on his hirthday, and he's b a0 ey ing o 1ve up to it Trath: “low absurd to talk of whisky as touching the spot. ' mplivs that whisky possesses tho senso of touch.” I, why shoutdyt I have just swallowed' three n 8 Brooklyn Ts your son con tos N ough-—Splendidly: ho has had his ear chewed off, his nose broken and three ribs cracked so far this Chicago Tribunc: “If Theodore musician,” said Bunks, “why 15 1t th sver saw lim play i cornet, for ins o doesn’t have to," suid R always find some subs to toot.” Life: “What uro your hopes for the future?! asked tho solemn mn. avo none just now,” replied the youtli. “Tomorrow is niy Dest'girl’s birthdayand 1 am worrying about the present.’ Washington Star: “Why do you take your laundry ton Clinaman?” asked the wan who has projudices. vors “Beciuso ho doesw’t wear my kind of shirts.” Philadelphia Record: Dusty Rhoads (the tramp)—Dis here tncome tax 1s not'in more dun a burden to de general publick. Atter while de 1 be taxin’ us f T Weary Wragglos—Yes, do class to support de workin game, an’ U dead on. SURE TO ARRIVE. Washington star, Ole Santy is a comin’, yoh kin wager all you've got. Xy people; us leisure dat's de e hins er gif’ dat's mighty fine, fur you, ez like ez not; s 3 His reindeor is a prancin’ underncat de north- ern stu An’ ef de snow gits melted he kin take de cuble kyurs. e DEMONSTRATION, Washington News, ow doth the Southron farmer Pick oranges from the trees, And pack tho top purt of his box In Inyers just like these. 0 0 (DFSD S 0NEO SO0 The northern farmer wotteth not And buyeth the fragrant fare, Bul whon ho delveth deoper down Hao toureth at his hair. OSEIDENOBE 0 S 0l O SN0 TS 0 Then doth the northe Seuarch orchurds ¢ d nail his apple by On mellow fruit so 0 0 0 0 0 0 farmer ry whero, rel top aro. 5 0 o The Southron farmer wotteth not And huyeth the apples fair, And this i5 what his anxious guze Discloseth down | (Of 0 Se20 ko WD) EVERY IDEA WILL COUNT Forthooming Law on Currency Will Boa Well-Digested Affair. CO3B'S VIEWS ON THE STATE BANK TAX Carreney Committes So that Every Ma Bl Evenly Divided ‘s Suggestions Will Have me Showing 1n the Finnl Resnlt May Mo Severai Reports. Wasnivaroy, Dec. 11 ~Representative S, W. Cobb of Missouri, s democratic member of the banking and currency committee, is in favor of the repoal of thoe 10 per cent tax on state bank issues, but is not in favor of havs ing the statute revealed unconditionally So close does the committee stand on this question that the vote of each member is considerable of a fact ‘There are six ro- | pudlican members of commwitteo and Witk them are two Chairman Springer ana Representative Sperry, who are agafnst reporting any bill, and Repre sentative Johnson of Ohio will vote to report the bill, but will oppose 1t on-the flooe of the house. This burely gives the rvepealers a majority in the committee, and auny one of this majority can dictate terms. Mr. Cobb has some suggestions which he will insist upon before he consents to vote in favor of nny bill which the majority may formulate. These include safeeunrds which he thinks will prevent a return to wildeas money the demor M “Ib will make little difference in Missouri," ssourl hut Little Concorned, said Mr. Cobb, ‘becauso we have a constitu- tional provision aguinst state banks and 1 presume noue would be startoa until after this provision has been amended. There is no telling when it will be ameaded. As a domoerat [ am in favor of the repeal of the 10 per Las it is a principle of de- moc ttho government has no powsr 10 use the taxing power for any othor pur Dose exeept to raise revenue, and it would be a good thing if we were to stick close to the idea that taxes should not be laid upon any- thing to build up or tear down any business or industry. But in repealing the 10 per | cent tax on bank circulation it is the duty of congress to see that the curren not | allowed to become debased. that every note must be protected and the noteholders pros tected whether the paper isissued in Mise souri or New York. In tne light of past ex- poriences it is believed that most states would sco to it themsel that stato bank issues wer secured and the noteholders but 1t possible that in the Dakotas, in Nevada, and in Wyoming and n some other states whero the desire for more money and cheap money has taken such a hold on the peovle there would be state bank issues of all kinds and the country flooded with bad currency, which would 11 tie repeal lly there would be great many institutions issuing monoy, arted under present incorporation laws of the states, and the count with wildeat money befor latures could act. 1t is pl v would be flooded e the state legis- in to me that in ‘nment must will insure tho that would be some such steps stability of the currency issued in eonscquence.” [ rences in the Com the wide diffor- existed in the commite on this very subject of federal sup ion instead of by states, so many mem- bers claiming that the national government ttee, Mr, Cobb commented on ence of opinion th: te ! nad no right whatever to_interfere, while others holding the same view yorwlll- stretch slightly to repe ax and at the me time peotest the currenc Mr. Cobb thought it not improbable that thera might be two or three reports from the com- mittee and that if possible « bill would be reported back without recommendation and minority teports presenting the different views of the members at the same time. There are several members of the commit- tee who are willing to send almost any kind of a report into the house, trusting to sufticient support t awend the' bill to make the repeal unconditional upon a final vote. Aunother phase of the matter as discussed by Mr. Cobb is the hat 1s supposed to be ready in the department showing the ildcat banks in former years. s of tho com- mitteo da not rmation sent in. Others claim that ir the question of repeal is to be considered this information should be furnished to the house. 1t is feared by some that the veport is heavily loaded, as it was prepared by Assistant Rogister IHenry H. Smith, a republican, who was journal clerk of the house under Sfeaker Reed. 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