Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 5, 1894, Page 4

TAE OMAHA DAILY BEE. £ ROSEWATENR, Iditor PUBLISHED EVERY SMOKNING WERNS OF SULSCRIPTION {thont Surday) One Yoar O vear Tafly Pee ® 800 1 | Bundy g 4000 1 Mot 3 Y s 00 Tiires: Moniha Sanany Buse, Oni Yoir ity 1 . Weekiy De oo Tl 1o N g Cormell RInfrs, 12 Poarl sie Chlengn OMee, 817 Chinber of ¢ New York. rooma 1. 14w 15, T Wakhingion. 513 Forrtoenth stroct COREESPONDENC communientic Ahould Tuve e bl ng wa and ot Addressed: To the Bditor, iy, Omnd © T PribUSI e o) be mAde yMee ordors o order of Uie company, PUBLLISHING COMPANY. e renae nitn, o Jayable to 1 TU BE] STATEMENT OF CIRCOLATION. state of Ak, Cotinty of Dodilan, | 1. Tzachiek, s oo wolemiy tary of Tue BEE Pubs . wwene that ton of for the weuk | Frbruars 1, 1404, wis a3 follows Mondav, Ji \mday Wedtnendny Thyesday. F Friday, Febri Jaiuary praary 1 Sworn to haforn me and gubserid enee this drd day of Febru ) NP Vrir The Philadelphia L ] Mr. McKelghton (pop., Neb.). Such is fame! We should like to know who owns Jofter- Is the title vested in the park aha ? son square. orimlission or in the city of Ou i Ay People will soon begin to question whetheér there have ever been any agreements bo- tween rival raflroad managers which have been completely and conscientionsly ad- hered to. mble for amendments, the proposition for free books got lost in nig ghuffle. This s one Instance where tha spoech makers forgot . to provide for theid ] own raw materfal ‘| During the scra 1f the union depot and market house pro- jects are carriod out every architect and Dbuilder will be kept busy making plans. and estimates for business blocks to be erected by home and foreign investors, — The political prophets who so freely as- serted that the Wilson bill would never pass tho house with the income tax appendage are now as eagerly predicting that the bill cannot pass the senate, anyway. A papal decree forbidding the clergy ta attend bull fights or to give absolution to any dylng matador ought to put a decided damper upon the custom of bull fighting in Spain. It such an order had been fssucd long ago the practice would no doubt have disappeared long ere this. Archie Fisk, of silver fame, will soon achieve a reputation as a silver-tongued ora- tor If he keeps up his tirade of abusive epithets directed to the Colorado senator who sald he had not earned a dollar in his life. The best way to disprove the senator's as- persion is to go to work and earn a dollar at once. A The Douglas County Fair association has e appointed a committee to select a location for Its next exhibition, but nothing was done at the meeting toward making an effort to secure the location of the state fair in Omaha. If Omaha wants the state fair it will soon have to make a vigorous move for it. The harvesting of the ice crop has given employment to a small army, of laboring peo- ple, and the relief afforded; thefeby to the wage workers Ly glving them.a chance to earn their bread is more gratifying to them than any amount of free glf!‘!‘('llu( would have been. The most efficient method of~ relief distribution is employment. The Turkish minister at Washington em- phatically dénies that he was implicated in the grand rush to the State department to protest against a bogus advertising subpoena sent out by an enterprising theatrical man- ager. He says, however, that lw.!njoyu the Joke Immensely. The Turkish ‘minister must be credited with the possession of.an ample supply of good common sense. This district is still without a United States attorney, all owing to the inability of the powers that be to agree upon the man who deserves the office. An ad interim appointmient by the federal judge, who has the authority to do so, might hurry up ‘the yatronage dispensers at Washington. Let a republican draw the salary for a while if the democrats are not yet ready to begin the good work. The ocean steamship companies are copy- fng after the railroad companjes and nego-: tlating for a pooling agreement that will do away with unnecessary competition. The steamship lines have not so secure a monopoly as their frientts-on land, but since the advent of the palatial passenger ship outside competition has almost disappeared. The different monopolies are not slow to take lossons from one another's experiences. i A pretended authority on internationalf law tries to make out that Admiral Bens ham's action in protecting an America merchantman from molestation by the ing surgents in Rio harbor s merely carryings out the mandate of the Monroe dootrines With this that doctrine has absolutely ng' coneotions . Denouncing Interference hy Bus. ropean governments in South American af- fairs does not proclaim a policy of inter ference by the United States. The coming quarto-centennial celebration of the founding of the State university gives promise of being an Important event in the history of that institation. Few it any of the western states have given as much at- tention to higher education as Nebraska; and the celebration will not only emphasize the progress of education in Nebraska, but give the university a higher place in the hearts of the peoplt of the state. There aré doubtless a great many interests in Nebraska that will oppose a recasting of the state constitution. The réforms that seem to be absolutely necessary will inter- fere with a great many plans that ean now be worked out to perfection by corporation interests, and for this reason any and all attompts to glve the people a'constitution suited to the noeds of the state will meet with the petty opposition of the brass collar politiclans. The park commission has passed a reso- lution requesting the fvouncil to direct the., city engineer to do s work in laying out und surveying parks_dud boulevards. While this reminds us of the'man who locked the barn door after his horse had been stolen, it 1s to be hoped that the council will com- ply with the request. There will probably be no new parks to lay out for some years to come, but there will be boulevards pro- Jected and established every year, and the engineer's department can just as well do this work us not. THE SILVER SEIGAORAGE. It is announced that W the sil- ver question will again ust upon the attention of congross by thespill proposing tho coinage of the selghiotage, Which has been, favorably reported. The purpose of this measure {8 to authorize the immedinte tificatos against tho sélgniorage, amornting to abotit $56,000,008, and to re quire the coinage of the silver bullion in the troasury as rapldly as possible. The Iden is that in this way the threatened treasury deficit can be taken care of, while at the same time silver will bo given a recognition. Mr. Bland, the author of the hill, Is quoted a3 saying that thers is no doubt as to its pussage. Ie thinks that the feeling is far different now from that which prevailed at the time of tho repeal of the silver purchase clause of the act of 1800, and that his bill will,get many votes that were given at that thne for repeal. The consideration of this memre will, of course, involve a general Qiscussion of the silver question, but it will not be prolonged. The plun 18 to get a vote on the bill by Wednesduy, and it is not sur- priging to learn that the advocates of the jseasure expeet that it will pass the house. The plan of using the silver seigniorage o provide against the treasury deficit may em plausible to a great many. people, but a4 @ matter of fact it is simply a trick of the free silver men to advance the cause they By selgniorage is meant the profit to the government results from colning 60 cents worth of silver into a dollar and issu- ing it as such. The idea that this is a real profit, however, disappears after the first. transaetion, for the government is bound to recefve the 60-cent dollar in payment of publie dues, and, not only so, but it fs obli- gated by public policy to keep its silver cur- rency as good as gold, or in other words, to use the technical language applicable to the case, Lo maintain the parity between the two metals, The proposition to issue certificates against this 1profit of the government in its purchases of silver obviously amounts to nothing more or less than a pro- posal ‘to creato %o much flat currency and thereby to increase the demand upon the gold resources of the government to maintain the parity of the currency. If the proposed ‘bill of Mr. Bland should be adopted thera would at once be added to the paper monéy of the country redeemable in gold a sum of $56,000,000, and this would necessarily increase the strain upon the abils Ity of the treasury to maintain resumption and iptensify the diMcultics under which that ~ department is mnow laboring. The policy of the government is: to majntain all forms ot the currency at a parity, and every dddition to tha cuprency of paper augments the difficul- ties of ‘the treasury, as was eclearly pointal out inthe last report of thie secretary. From’ this polnt of view tlierc can be no benefit to the treasury from the proposition contained in the “Bland bill. On the con- trary, the effect of such legislation could hardly fail to be embarrassing to the treas- ury and injurious to the public credit. It secems hardly probable that such a propesi- tion can pass elther branch of congross. insne of ce apparent, which CONGRESSIONAL RENIGNATIONS. 1t is quite possible that the attempt of Congressman Sibley of Penusylvania to with- draw his resignation from the hands of the governor may raise the question in congress whetlier he has any legal authority to do’ so. It will be readily remembered that Mr. Sibley's attitude upon the Wilson tar- Iff bill has been displeasing to a number of his democratic constituents who think that every democratic congressman ought to sup- port each party measure. Upon this point he had a right to disagree with them, but the constant prodding received at the hands of democratic papers in his dis- trict so mettled him that he finally sent in his resignation to Governor Paftison. Mr. Sibley had only to announce lis prospective retirement to learn how popular his attitude upon the tariff question was with his friends. Letters began to pour in upon him request- ing him to reconaider his decision, the gov- nor added his own personal appeal and Mr. Sibley at last ylelded to their importunities and asked the governor to return him his letter of resignation. The question now arises whether a con- gressman has any power over his resigna- tion once let it get beyond his own hands. So far as the constitution is concerned, it says nmot ome word about resignations of congressierr and it has even been doubted whether congressmen can constitutionally resign. In Great - Britain there 1is no such thing as a member of the House of Commofis retiring by this method and the ‘British constitution was the one held ip mind by the . framers of our federal goyernment. As a matter of fact, however, custom has permitted. congressmen to résign, the usmal practice being to send the resignation to the governor of the state from which lie hias been elected, and at the same time to notify the speaker of the houge, There is nothing either in statutory or constitutional law which authorizes a gov- ernor to either accept or refuse such resig- nation, but hdre again the practice has been to accept it as a matter of course. . Since, then, the whole matter is one of customary preseription and not of law, the Question whether a resignation may be with- drawn before it Las taken effect will, It raised, have to be decided by congress on its own merits, There has been at least one precedent somewhat in point and that was decided against the existénce of the power in question. During the Forty-first congress Jucob S. Galloday, a member from Kentucky, went through the usual forms of resigning, owing to certain charges that had been made against him and which he considered as reflecting upon his honor. The governor telegraphed back that he would not accept the resignation hecanse he thought Mr. Galloday should remain in the house to vindicate himself. A few days later a fellow member, arising to a question of privilege, explained the status of Mr. Qalloday's resignation, and offered a resolu- tion allowing him to withdraw from the louse the notice which he had given, and to participate in the proceedings of that bpdy. On a point of order, Speaker Blaine ruled against the matter as one of personal privilege, declared Mr. Galloday no longer a member of the hbuse and refused to put the resolution to a vote. The Sibley case differs from this in several waterlal particulars, the chief being that he had.not yet motified the speaker nor had the f@signation gono into effect by its owh etrm& Should Mr. Sibley's right to vote as a fember of the house be challenged an interesting discussion on the points of coustitutional law involved must ensue and a precedent will be set that will be valuable to congressmen who may In the futurq be tmpelled to resign on the spur of the moment and to regret their action after- ward, Rumors about an Intended visit to America by Emperor Willlam of Germany are again becoming rife. It will be remembered that there was considerable talk about such a prospective transatlantic journey just pri vious to the opening of the World's Colum- blan exposition at Chicago last spring, but the report on that occasion proved to be wholly one of imagination. What gves a certaln plausibility to all these rumors is the fact that the German emperor is known t have quite a penchant for ‘travel and Traveled about in different countries more than any other European ruler. So remarks ble has been the popular impression caused by his successive journeys that he has ac quired the title of the traveling emperor. Moreover, he has more than once expressed his degife to sce America and to supplement his knowledge of this country by personal vations. To be sure there are many forcos operating to keep him from going so far from the Iimits of his government and from subjecting himself to the incon- veniences which must attach to him as a guest in a country unaccustomed to the en- tertalnment of royal personages, But yet nothing would surprise us should Emperor William suddenly decide upon making us a visit, obse THE CONSULAR SERVICE AND POLITICS, At the recont meeting of the National Board of Trade a resolution was adopted asking congress to take action with a view to divorcing the consular service from poli- ties. This idea has been frequently ad- vanced, but it has never seemed to meet with much favor,and it is not to be expected that it will receive any serious attention from the present administration or congress. Indeed, there is every reason to befleve that it will get none at all. This adminis- tration had an excellent opportu- nity, “ft it had been disposed to apply ¢ivil service reform principles to the consular service, to make a record in this direction, but it Aid not avail itself of the chance. On the contrary, it pursued a policy with respect to this service that will long be memorable as in utter disregard of reform principles, It seems to have been a part of the arrangement under which Judge Gres- ham accepted the office of secrotary of state that he would have nothing to do with the distribution of consular appointments. In this matter he did not want to perform the work of a partisan and to assume the cares and responsibilities incident to such a duty. In order to relieve him of this task a spoils democrat was appointed to take charge of these appointments and the country Is familiar with the course he pursued. A sweeping removal of consuls known to be republicans was inaugurated and their places filled by democrats, with little regard for their qualifications. The test was that of political services rendered rather than capability. Mr. Cleveland has sald sonie commendable things regarding the necessity of reform in the consular service and In his first admin- istration, when he gave a great deal of per- sonal attention to appointments in this serv- fce, he furnished reason to believe in the sin- cerity of his utterances. But there is noth- ing in the course of his present administra- tion regarding this service which warrants such faith. On the contrary, there Is reason to believe that he has yielded to the demand that the consular establishment shall be used as far as possible for rewarding politi- clans who are unable to obtain any consideration from home con- stituencies or who have personal reasons for desiring to live for a time abroad. Upon no other hypothesis can his apparent acquies- cence in the course pursued by Mr. Quiney, as assistant secretary of state, be explained —a course, it I pertinent to remark, which has been unqualifiedly condemned by the civil service reformers, many of whom were among the most ardent supporters of Mr. Cleveland in the last presidential campaign. The proposition that the consular serv- ice of the country ought to be governed by strict business principles is absolutely sound and until this idea is fully realized the service can never be as useful and efficient as it ought to bo. Al of the com- mercial nations of Europe act upon this principle and their experience endorses its wisdom. Positions In the consular serv- ice of Great Britain, France and Germany are life positions, with chances of advance- ment. This tenure is not affected by po- litical changes. The United States cannot attain the best results from this service until it shall have adopted a like policy. We do not believe that the lvnrket house project will have to be abandoned because we cannot issue the $200,000 bonds this spring. We contracted for the city hall building, although we had no right to issue all the bonds in one year. We can cer- talnly fssue $40,000 or $50,000 in market house bonds this spring without crippling or abandoning any other public improve- ment. The basis for Mr. Connell's rul- ing on the bonded debt is the assessment for last year. A new assessment will be begun in April and must be completed in June. If that assessment is halt way equitable it will increase the valuation at least $2,000,- 000. That assures us the right to Issue $200,000 more bonds this year. But we do not have to issue all the market house bonds this year. The contractors will gladly un- dertake to wait for part of their pay a few months, At the very worst they would have to hold their claims untl the charter can be amended next winter, Of course the chairman of the jndiclary committee will say that nothing can be done this year. But the mayor and council are expected to do something this year, even if they do nothing more than procure plans and have the foundations laid. The time for doing nothing has gone by. The more the Capital National bank swindle at Lincoln {8 probed the more rot- ten it becomes. It seems almost incredible that one man could perpetrate so many ex- tensive pieces of rascality without exciting the slightest suspicion in the minds of the men who were closely associated with him in the management of the bank. None of the directors seem to have been aware of the bank's condition and they cheerfully at- tached thelr names to the cooked up reports sent out quarterly by the man who was de- liberately taking everything in sight. The guileless simplicity of the directors of the Capital National bank at Lincoln 1is one of the worst features of the collapse of that institution. Had the directors performed their duty to themselves the bank could never have been farmed so industriously for the sole benefit of its president. The utter collapse of this institution serves to empha- size the responsibility of bank directorship. Every man.who serves as a director ac- epts a trust.. His good name stands as a guarantee to the bank's solvency, sound con- dition and proper management. If the di- roctor falls to assure himself that the bank's condition Is not as it Is reported he falls far short of his duty to the business inter- ests of his community. London papers dgn't like to be beat by any “imported American Journallsm,” and so have been quite prompt to demy that there is any foundation of truth to the report that Gladstone intended to retire from official life in the very near future. But the publisher of the story insists that his source of in- formation is reliable. It It turns out to be true that the plans for Mr. Gladstone's re- tirement have already been laid the stock of imported American journalism ought to mount several notches in the London quo- tations. There are still a few things which London newspapers might learn in America. Ono solld page of the last number 'of Harper's Weekly is devoted to *“The Failure of the Democratic Party. The high priest of mugwumpery declares that “the people are growing weary of the democratic party. They are out of patience with it be- cause of its inefficiency, its cowardice, its since bis advent to tho imperlal throno has f:1qck of principle and conslstency, its lu- becllity.” His concluding comment is even more caustic and gbnunciatory. “The sen- siys the migwilmp oracle, “is the living exponent of the vices of the demo- ocratie party. Its democratic majority stands in the way of itd[dwh protessed political principles and is hostilp, to the welfare of the country. So long as the democratie party remains under the control of the dem- ocratic senators fron the south and the Nuw York machine, so long will it fall to accom- plish any good in the country.” Horace Greeley never saldi-angthing more caustic about the democratis: party during the flerce strife that preceded tho secossion era and the opening of the blogdy,chasm between the north and the south. The only Inference that can be drawn from this is that the mugwumps and demoerats have parted com- pany now and forever. Nebraska has every reason for self-con- gratulation over the admirable manner in which her state and private banks weath- ered last year's financial storm. During the year ten banks snccumbed to the general depression which swept over the entire country, Of these ten banks but two col- lapsed completely, and these two, as may be imagined, were doing business contrary to the banking laws of the state. However careless the state officigls who compose the several boards may have been in respect to other matters, it is but fair to say that the affairs of the State Banking department have been managed with cireumspection and safety. Under its management no banking scanduls have been unearthed and the fail- ures, with the two exceptions, seem to have been the result of natural causes. An Omaha correspondent gifted with a prolific imagination has made the discovery that the great struggle of the campaign of 1894 will center around the candidacy of John €. Allen, sccretary of state, Attorney General George “H. Hast- ings and A. R. Humphrey, com- missioner of public lands and buildings. These men were impeached by the legisla- ture last year and will this year ask for a vindication at the hands of the people as third term candidates for the offices they now hold. This is very interesting, but not at all probable. Republicans of Nebraska will have enough to do this fall to fight the combined forces of poptilsts and democrats under the leadership of Bryan without load- ing up with candidates who want to be vin- dicated. The action of the house in voting to re- move the beet sugar bounty Is already hav- ing some effect, although the Wilson bill has not yet come before the senate for consideration. Insurance companies, an- ticipating the complete ruin of the beet sugar industry, have begun to call in their policies on the factories located in Ne- braska, declining to take the risks involved. Such action on the part of an insurance company is scarcely justified by the circum- stances as they exist today and only piles up the burdens upon the beet sugar manufac- turers, who ‘are thid' deprived of protection against fire losses for which they are anxious to pay. The Wilson bill strikes down the beet sugar industry without even the slightest encouragement to its continu- ance, 0 It Is quite natural that the park commis- sioners should object to any measure that would tend to diminigh,the amount of land at their disposal for park purposes. We must remember, however, that all property owned by the public is intended for public uses. The question really resolves itself into this, whether the public will derive greater benefits from a certain piece of land if used as a building site than,if used solely as a public square. The Juere fact that the land in question has been used as a park should not in itself preverit the-people from devot- ing it to more advantageous purposes. The people of Nebraska are just begin- ing to understand the real extent of the delay that will be necessary before the maximum rate cases are taken up by the federal courts. Unless the court takes up the cases at Lincoln they will not be reached until the next regular term in Omaha. And the March term at Hastings must intervene before the Omaha term is called. Nearly a year will have elapsed before the cases are taken up at all and it s fair to presume that several more years can be consumed before the matter reaches a final determination. The Imagery of Hope. Boston Globe. The man who says that the expiration of the telephone receiver patent will make any immediate difference In rates is simply talking through his hat. e The First Fruits. New Yok S A democratic plurality of 8835 in the Fourteenth district has been changed to a republican plurality of 984, and a demo- cratic plurality of 11560 in the Fifteenth district has been rediiced to 4,687, This is the judgment of democratic New York upon the “cowardly and insensate pollcy of the leaders without lgadership at Washington. These are the first fruits of the-Wilson bil. rs the Winds, Liecord. Providence Tem Phitadelphia So far the winter of 1893-94 has been at- tempered to the negessities of the poor rather than to the profits of the coal com- panies. It is one of the merciful dispensa- tions of Providence that:seasons of en- forced idleness and business distress are usually seasons of low pr for the neces- saries of life. Food, fuel, clothing and shel- ter may be had for a tithe of the mone: which they cost when trade is brisk, worl plenty and all the productive forces of in- dustry profitably engage:d. e Pointing a Moral. Chicazo Post The moral would seem obvious—that the Fourteenth New York _district, _which wanted tariff reform in the fall of 1802, does not want it this winter. But a still more obvious conclusion is that one Richard Croker, esq., a former bartender and volun- teer fiteman of New York City, wished to present his compliments to his friend and Commensal, Mr. Grover Cleveland. The bearing of this remark lies in the applica- tion on it of the fact that Colonel Willlam L. Brown is one of Mr. Cle and's oldest friends and fondest admirers. A Jughandle Policy, Pmiladelphia 1.edger. We have no great faith in the doctrine of reciprocity as between the United Sta with s0 much that §g has to give, and Can ada, with so little to give in return, but the fredst_reciprocity would evidently be a great deal more wdvantagdous to this country than the policy of the Wilson bill, which proposes to confer ‘material benefits upon the Dominfon without wroviding or asking for anything in the form of an equivalent. The gain would all'be Canada's, the loss ours. So far as the Dominion Is concerned, the United States could establish, without serious detriment te,ids trade, a thorough embargo, but such an embargo would be ruinous to the tradd’ of ‘our nelghbor. This is not desirable, yet:neither is it desirable that we should’ congen vommerelal advan- tages upon the Cangdians at the sacrific of the interests of bur own countrymen. i ——— Starving_ the Kickers, Chicago Record. Ever since Mr. Cleveland took his place as president congressmen have besleged him with demands for appointments in their districts. The president, however, realized that to give congressmen whai they desired would ‘at once make them in- dependent of him, and that thereafter they would disregard his wishes in all matters of legislation, The postoffices were used by the president to keep gongress in line upon the silver question, afid !the repeal of the purchasing clause was dye in part to the 'Iupe of some congressmen that as soon as the matter was settled in accordance with the wishes of the president the distribu- tion of places among the faithful would begin, But no been settled than the questions hove in sight. Therefore the postoffice appointments wWere again with- held pending the good behavior of the con- gresémen upon these questions. sooner had the sflver question tariff and revenue TOWA AND HER SISTER STATES. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ta., Feb. 4.—To the Bdl- tor of The Bee: No state in the unfon was more blessed by nature than Towa. Bounded on the east and west by two of the mightiest rivers that flow; crossed from nor#hwest to southeast by the shallow but never failing Des Moines; with streams that never go dry flowing in every direction across the fertile prairies in between the well wooded hills; with inexhaustible stores of coal, lime and other bullding stones and many mineral resources hardly yet developed, the growth of the Hawkeye state, wonder- ful as it has been, 18 hardly a matter for comment, The only wonder that might be excited on refloction 18 that the growth of owa has not been more vigorous, and that, instead of Naving two, the state has not three or more mil- ilons of happy, prosperons citizens. But Towa has not grown at the rate that might reasonably be expected of a commonwe having the natural advantages 1t poss Crop failure was never experienced by the farmers who tickle the deep black loam of the hottoms or the sandy clay of the uplands, and gathered the bounty of nature's respond- ent smile in heaps of yellow corn and bins filled with golden graip. Fat stock feed on the luscious grasses of the valleys, and east, west, north and south the mantlo of peace and plenty is over the land. All that at tracts population is there, but the population 18 not _come. In 1880, according to the United States census of that year, Towa had a population of 1,624,620, Nebraska had 318,271, In' 1885 d grown to 1,753,980, and Nebraska to 740,6456. In these five years lowa In- creased in population 12! i0, or a fraction less than § per cent; Nebraska's increase was 422,374, or 103.58 per cent; the total growth of 'Nebraska in individuals being cqual to 32 per cent of lowa's total grown but 157,916, while Nebraska's increase Towa a population of 1,911,896, and Nebraska 910, In_these five years Towa had grown but 157,910, while Nebraska’s incroa During the second half of the decade Towa's increase in population was but 9 per cent of the population of 1885. In this second semi-decade Nebraska's total: pop- ulation fincreased 20.33 per cent, and_the individual addition to the total was 50.16 per cent of that of the five years from 1880 to 1885, Nebraska's actual growth in ulation in these five years fs equal to 138. per cent of Jowa's actual growth during tho same time. The increase in ratio of devel- opment {8 ®o apparent that the most patriotic Nebraskan or pessimistic Towan will hardly undertake to account for it on the scere of Nebraska's more attractive natural adyantages. Something else must be looked to for the reason. On all sides of Towa this state of affairs is noted. In 1880 Illinois had a population of 8,077,871 and in 1890 had attained 3,826,351, a gain of 748,480 in the ten years; Missourf in 1880 had 2,168,380 and in 1890 had 2,679,184, a gain of 510,804, and Minnesota in 1880 had 780,773, in 1885 1,117,798 and in 1890 had grown to 1,301,826, gaining 337,025 in the first half of the decade and 184,028 in the second half, or 521,063 in the ten vears. Grouping these figares for sloser comparison they present the following table: GAIN IN POPULATION IN T FROM 1880 TO 18%0. N YEARS Towa .. Hlinois Minnesot Missouri ... Nebraska ... Any citizen of Towa must, on contempla- tion of these figures, ask himself why these facts are true. Nebraska’s great in- crense might be. ascribed to the rush for government land, as might Minnesota’s. But Tlinois was well populated before lowa was opened to settlement, and so was Missouri. The growth of these two states cannot be as- cribed to the influx of seekers for free homes. It must come home to the Iowa man that there is something wrong with his state, or it would not be thus ayoided by home seek- ers. The man who has his money invested there feels this, for he is losing the ‘‘un- earned increment” that comes with in- creased population. After canvassing the situation carefully, comparing the natural and artificial advantages of all the states, there is but cne logical conclusion. Iowa's trouble lies in the statute book. The people there have tried an expensive experiment in sumptuary legislation and have paid for it a price beyond calculation. Puritanical blue laws should no longer be permitted to retard the development of the fairest portion of the empire of the central west, Lot the present legislature admit what s apparent to all, that prohibition s a failure, and then, with only the modifications necessary to adapt it to the state, pass either the Harper law of Illinois, the Slocumb law of Nebraska or the high license law of Minnesota. If this is done, another census will tell a different story and patriotic Hawkeyes will not be ashamed to look at the figures. It may be done without surrendering one jot or tittle of the good that has come from the existing prohibitory law in any community where good has been ac- complished, and without giving the saloon a foothold when it is not wanted. The fallacy of Conger shutting the eyes to facts as they exist must be patent even to the prohibitionists. There is an opportunity for bringing more relief to the state by the present legislature for the state than has been accomplished in years by its prede- cessors by simply wiping off the books every vestige of prohibition and substituting there- for a high license law_ that has been tried and proven of service in states that are grow- ing faster than Iowa is, but not faster than Towa should. HAWKEYE. — NOW WATCH THIE SENATE. Chicago Post: The senate may be relled upon to hammer the bill into more present- able shape, by striking out the income tax clause and substituting some less objection- able method for raising necessary revenues. Minneapolis Tribune: It will take months and successive struggles on every schedule, with the closest majorities possible, to pass any kind of a tariff or revenue measure through the senate. What then passes the senate will come up again before the house for another prolonged struggle ‘there. Fin- ally, it will require a joint conference be- tween the two hopses to settle the internal difficulties in democratic ranks and produce a measure which the party can pass through both houses. If the country gets a tarift bill before Juno 30, the end of the fiscal year, before the revenue deficiency reaches $70,000,000 and before another bond lssue has been called, it will be decidedly and surprisingly fortunate. Chicago Times: It will take forty-three votes to carry the Wilson bill through the senate, supposing all senators to be present and voting. There are forty-four demo- cratic senators and three populists. The latter may reasonably be expected to vote for the Wilson bill, with the income tax added to it, and their votes will more than offset any probable democratic def tion. That there will be some Votes cast against the measure by democratic senators is highly probable, but it is probable too that some republican votes may be cast in its favor. There will be long and stilted de- bate In the senate, but the chances are that the measure will become a law substan- tially as it now stands. Chicago Inter Ocean: The bill now goes to the senate. Its passage in that body is by no means assured. The total democratic strength is forty-three; republican, thirty- elght; populist, three; vacancies, four. It is believed that both of the senators from Louisiana, also from New York, will vote squarely against the bill. Of course every republican will. It s not improbable that some democratic senators who would dislike to vote against the bill may be absent on the roll call, preferring to have the bill lio over until after the next fall election before being made a law. In that event it Is rea- sonably sure that the bill would never be- come a law. But it s not expected. in any event, that a vote will be reached in the senate for two or three months at the earliest. Ploneer Press: The bill would probably have been defeated in the house if the democrats opposed to it had not felt certain it would be killed in the senate, and the same feeling accounts for Its recelving a much larger voto than its friends expected. Chicago Record: As the bill now stands it does not provide sufficient revenue for the | overnment, does not conform with the dem- atic idea of a tarift for revenue, and, contrary to every rule and tradition of democracy, establishes an income tax, ene of the most hateful df all forms of taxa- | tion to the American. The bill should be stripped of this harmful feature. It should be made a revenue measure mainly by a tax 'om sugar. Its protective qualities should be such as to prevent the destruc tion of any established industry, while bene fits are afforded both the manufacturer and A W iy the laborer by aids to cheaper productionm. PUNCHING THE PRUDES. Kate Fleld Pours Out Her Wrath on the odern “Women o Norwich. Dispatches from Washington announce that the senato quadro-contenninl comniittes decided to recommend to the secrotary of the treasury the rejection of 8t. Gaudens' World's falr medal unless it be changed to conform to the committee's flea of propristy. The action of the committee provoked the wrath of Miss Kate Ifleld, which she vents in the following lvely style in the last num- ber of, Washington It fsn't enough that through the insanity of natfonal legislation wo are on the verge of bankruptey, it {sn’t enough that our Solons present an unparalleled speciacle of incom- petency in matters of business, Not con- tent with the general muddle, the quad centennfal committee of the senate made us the laughing stock of the world. When the women of Norwlch, Conn., argse in mighty madness and demanded full suits of clothes for the plaster of classic statues, a smile of sarcasm girdled the earth and they were forgiven. They ineant well, but they didn't know. The scent of the Puritan hung round them still, poor things. It was to be expected that human beings, taught to despise their own bodies, should cap the climax by being ashamed of them and see in physical porfection not the noblest and most beautiful work of but an inspiratoin of the devil Those women of Norwich glven when they stayed at h prurient prudery fnvades breaks out among a & tience gives way to inc Ever since this review was born I asked for a national art commission, the country might be spared the disgrace expense of abominable paintings, and public buildings.Were there such a con mission American artists in general would not now be gnashing their toeth. 1t 1s a fine story. WIith great good sense the secretary of the treasury employed an eminent American sculptor to design the medal for prize winners at the World's fair. Realizing the importance of the commis- sion, Mr. St. Gaudens expended much time and all of his ability on a model, which, on presentation, was accopted. The director of the mint, as I understand it, subfnitted this design to the committee of aWards, of which Mr. John Boyd Thatcher is chdfrman. In the absence of a national art commission this was the best thing to do, for what our offi- cials don’t know abwt art would fill the new library of congros All ‘went well until a senator byheld with his own eyes an alleged fac simile of the de- sign, circulated by a New Hampshire firm as an advertisement. It appears that a citizen of that state presented himself last stummer to the director of the mint, introduced by a senator. He wanted to sce the model of the World's fair medal at the Philadelphia mint Thinking this citizen was a World's fair ex- hibitor, Mr. Preston gave him a note to the director of that mint, where he saw the model and caried oft enough in his mind’s eye to set going an advertisement that has led to an immortal scandal. What this American citizen thinks of himself for steal- ing and villifying the brains of an art- ist paid for by the. United States, and ~ what his masters think of themselves for receiving stolon goods, I can’t conceive. Conscience, however, is not rampant among thetves, and now that Mr. St. Gaudens has brought a suit against them, we will have a chance to learn whether our laws protect brains better than bofore we hauled down the black flag on the high seas of literature. One glimpse of the stolen advertisement filldA certain members of the quadro-centen- nial committee with a desire to inspect the original design. Forthwith Mr. Preston was summoned to appear at the capitol with the plaster cast that peacefully reposes in the Treasury building. “It was an outrage. “It was a_disgrace”~not the stolen adver- tisement, but the artist’s conception. *Mr. St. Gaudens should be fined.” Such were the comments of legislators who ordered the sec- retary to stop work on what was an offense to decency. Work stopped. If St. Gaudens refuses to change his design, it will be re- Jected and some awful substitute will be sup- plied by the mint. I have seen what shocks my friends'of the senate. T am shocked, not at the design, but at them. On one side of the medal is a well clad Columbus thanking God for dis- covering land. On the other side stands a nude male figure, supposed to typify Amer- ica in all the virility of youth. Not unlike the Apollo Belvedere in pose and freedom, it would excite no more criticlsm among educated men and women, That it has created a hubbub at the capitol, puts the critics on the same plane as the old women of Norwich, As an art lover and a World's falr meddl- ist I protest against this grotesque per- formance of a few men armed with a little brief authority. The World's fair medal is not for a day, but for all time. It is not awarded to babes and sucklings, nor to the old women of Norwich, nor to their counter- parts in the senate. It is awarded to men and women who have won reward by their brains, and who want that medal to repre- sent the genius of an American artist, and not the commonplace drivel of an artisan. If the St. Gaudens design be rejected or tampered with it will be an unhappy day for the prudes of thé senate. If Mr. St. Gaudens consents to changé it, 1 for one want the original design, many casts of which have already been made. As all but ,000 of these medals go to foreign countries, it is unnec- essary to add that 17,000 exhibitors will 0- las custs could be for- ne; when their the capitol and atorfal contingent pa- tion. have that nd statuary ! | | | | | BROWNING, KING The largest maxers and $sllora of tine elothes on Barth make the same demand as 1, and there is no reason to belleve that all of the Ameriea modalista Wil not be of the same way thinking. Is It not time that this government saved ftself from such burlesques on morality by establishing a national ary commission niade up of experts who do not mistake pruriency for virtue? Honl solt qui mal y pen: PEOULE AND THINGS, Darn the hose. Lot us have a resolution, prohibiting the hose going on bust fn the burnt district Congress 'very properly rofused to put down diambnds when most people are “put- ting them p."” Seulptor 8t Gaude wero of the plald varlety bdnate artists, A statue of 1 aty hero, 1s to square of Char Bx-Governor Campbell is a strange financial fty that governors. He is bankrupt, The halevon and vociferous times of 3 vember, 1892, are harrowing memory those who huager for the fruits of victory. Minister Smythe ruptured diplomatic uss in advistag Hippolite, but e can not be a cused of hiding his Hoadlight under bushel, Governor MeKinley was nominated for the presidency on a high protection platform trader, Frank Hurd, at a banquet in Chicago. “Plutogogy” 18 the latest addition to our political voeabulary. A Mississippi congross- man defineg a plutc e as one who “‘ap- peals to the people who buy the mob. Benham’s crack shot in the Rio harbor not weot the approval of English crit- hat is about the only act of the ad- miugiration lovked upon with displeasure across the pond. broeehes of ctiguette too loud for the the revolution- in the public aul Ravere, be erected stown, Masa, victim of the follows Ohfo to o origin of man receives ing demonstration in a New motikey of the another strik- York town. A n variely got drunk at Mimira and n demolished the bar be fore he was run in. After many days of cogitation and delib- erafion a World's fair visitor successfully reciprocated Chicago’s hospitality. He caged a gcore of English sparrows and sold them to ‘the natives as Irish nightingales at $7 each. sbmator Cockrell between his duty of Missourl is agitated to his brother-in-law, an applicant for office, and his loyalty to senator- fal traditions. In other words his vote for Peckham will give him a mortgage on the meal tub. The argument of an enthusiastic advocate of the income tax Is that entorprising rus- tlers will take advantage of it to raise their credit by reporting large incomes. This opens a new field for the flim flam and gold brick artists. The administra which has a pri with the pap tanks fon organ at Kansas City, te pipe line connecting Washington, threatens to march on the ser i smite the recal- citrants unless Peckham is confirmed. Since the rejection of Harrison the Kaw organ has ejected copious showers of agitated ink. Louls L. Ullman, the blind lawyer of Buffalo, N. Y., has been made a United States commissioner. He is 31 years old and was made blind by an attack of searlet fever when e was b years of age. He was edu- cated at the Institute for the Blind in Ba- tavia and the Perkins institute in South Boston, Mass., and at the law school in Buf- falo. ——— SOME TRUTHS IN MERRY MASK. Plain Dealer: In the free soup the onion covers a multitude of sins of omission. Boston Courler: A poor man's trousers seldom draw tight over the region of his pocketbook. . Jlmira Gazette: From the way some men offer prayers it is difficult to tell whether they are ministers or auctioneers. Afchison Globe: ry man who doesn't know anything about” farming longs to move onto a farm and get rich’ while tak- ing it easy. Buffalo Courier: “Dinks has put the water tem of heating into his house. Won't he 1 it rather expensive?"' guess not; he has his wife to keep him in hot water; you know." Indianapolis Journal: Mrs, Watts—I saw in the paper the other day that It Is impos- sible for a man to kick with full force when there is nothing to kick at. Mrs. Potts—I'll bet no wrote that. married woman Chicago Tribune: Teacher—What do you know of Nero? pEupti—He flddiea while Rowie was burn- ng. 8o it is sald, It is also narrated of him that he was very near-sighted.” “Yes'm. He couldn’t see, but he sawed.” Washington Star: “It's hard luck,” sald the waiter, “but T guess we'll have to stand the expense of a new steak." What do you mean?” "The dime museum strong man was just here and he kept at 1t till he succeeded in cutting a hole in it. Chicago Record: Mrs. quit thumping on that tin pan. I've got @ frightful headache. Johnny—If I quit you'll hear sister Nell upstairs playing on the piano. Mrs. Nervus—Go on thumping, Johnny. DISCONTENT. Atlanta Constituticn ‘hen the world s bright we say: here will be a rainy day." When it rains we think it wrong; Doesn’t rain a whole week long: Curious people anyway Ain't werth half a rainy day! A Ao Il w TS Anhn Seass i {0 O Y w AT AT AS-ATAm AT A AT A: An i Anne W $12.00 time. =B I 'S T e e it 1y as ever. & Will by the express if you send the money for $20 worth or more T ‘Your money’s worth or your money bask. LOUE me 2 1 The other man Does all the work-- All T have to do is to carry up the brick.” Same 7 way at B. K. &Co."s—all you have to dois to bring in the money and wedotherest. Forinstance, bring in $8.50 and see if you can’t get a suit—sure thing every The suits we are selling now for $16.50 were formerly $20. You can buy a $6 pair of trousers for $4.50—or a $3 pair for $2.25. Those who have patronized us in the past know these to be more than ordinary bargains and well worthy of ‘your inspection, No matter how low the price, the quality is just as good BROWNING, KING & CO., | S. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, N = o 3 T S S LRt e e