Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 10, 1894, Page 4

4 (1T OMAHA DATLY BEE. ., ROSEWATER, Fditor. PURLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUUSCRIPTION ity Nee (without Bundiy) Ogg Year Iy and Sunday. One Year 81x Month wo Montha Sunday Tiee, One Yer satirdny Hee, Ong Year Weekly Tee, One Yoar OF Omiatin. The Tee M Eouth Omaha, corner Connell Ty, 12 Chiengo OM New York Washing ® 800 10 00 & 00 ) d Taenty-fonrth Atroets. troet or of 6 nd 15, Tribune . th tro mmeree Luliding Al commun Aing 10 newns and Watter show i To e B BUSINESS LETTERS. bustnoa letters and remittances sl wmedl 10 The Bee PUblisig com pany, Omahn. fix, checks and postoMes ordors 10 bo i e order of the comvany THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, George 11, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, being dulgsworn, says that the actual number of full Thd comple copies of The Daily Morning, Fvening and Bunday Iee printed during the month of January, 1894, was as folows 1M 18, 14 His 1 Total for the month.......... Tess reductions for unsoid turned coples, ¥ Total sold Dafly average net ¢ *Sunda culation 178 subscribed in 1804, GEORGE T Sworn to before me an my presence this 6th day of ry (SEAL) N. P, FEIL, Notary I A beer delivery drivers’ war is a novelty in the way of strikes. duty what else It Mr. Cowglll is doing his right Mr. Wiley or anybody seek his removal? It he is not doing his duty, or If he is incompetent, why don't these people produce proofs of his incom- petency or negligence? has to ballot from the appeal way to ter- An appeal to the to arms is the most sensible minate the stubborn, long-drawn-out insur- rection that demanding the at- tention of the Brazilian government to the detriment of important internal affairs. has been Second round of the Lewelling-Lease glove contest: Lease claims a foul. She appeals to the supreme court for a decision and se favor. The fight is negotlations are in early resump- cures a decision in her awarded to but progress looking toward an tion of hostilitic Le The treasury balance has once more risen over the $100,000,000 mark, after tarrying below It since early last spring. But'we must not forget to welgh against this the amount of the new bond issue, for which the money has already been paid in. The real balance is worse than before. It didn't take President Cleveland long to affix his signature to the federal elections repeal bill when once it came within his reach. The president probably expects this favor to the south to secure him several re- ciprocal concessions from the senators and representatives from the southern states. When judges disagree who shall decide? The Colorado and Wyoming judges of the United States court have locked horns with Judge Dundy as to the right of the federal court to fix the wages of men employed by a railroad that is in the hands of a re- ceiver. It now remains for the appellate court to say which s which. > The Natlonal Farmers alliance could not adjourn its session at Topeka without giv- ing Secretary Morton the customary slap in resentment of the uncomplimentary allu- slons to the man “who farms the farmer” made in his Chicago address. The secre- tary would no doubt feel insulted if a ses. slon of the alllance should pass off and no resolution on this subject be ordered sent 10 him. Congressman Hatch wants to impose a heavy tax upon brokers and dealers in op- tions and futures in order to discourage speculation on the various exchanges. Mr, Hatch professes to be a democrat, and to subscribe to the doctrine that no taxation is constitutional unless intended for pur- poses of revenue only. He ought not to ex- pect his bill to be pushed by a democratic congress elected on that platform. 1t is gotting dangerous for public men to remain widowers long. The match makers got hold of ex-President Harrison a few days ago and now they are scheming in be- halt of Chauncey Depew. They insist too on taking the general public into thelr con- fidences, much to the discomfiture of the per- sons involved. WIill the gossips ever learn to leave the wedding announcements to be made by the principals interested in the pro- posed event. Ex-Governor Boyd seems to have turned his back for a time, at least, upon the political fleshpots of his adopted state. He 1s just now directing his attention to the cultivation of coffee down in the southern extremity of Old Mexico. That there is more money in the propogation of the coffee plant than In the business of sprouting can- didates for office must be quite generally admitted even by such horny fisted farmers as J. Sterling Morton. « Under the provisions of the McKinl law the duty on linen goods was slightly ad- vanced early this year. With this additional protection the trade In American made goods has revived in a marked degree, simply be cause our manufacturers derived a trifling advantage over their foreign competitors. But upon tho enactment of the Wilson bill this business will be knocked out, the looms will stop, the mills close down, and the tin bucket brigade will go home and pray for another chango. Every railroad of the west is boset by freight car thieves whose pilfering costs the roads many thousands of dollars, For years railroad managers have sought to stop such robberios with Indifferent success. Thelr attention has been directed to providing means of locating the road or division upon which a theft may have been committed. A road receiving a through car that bas been tampered with must stand the loss in case it cannot be shown that the seal was broken prior to the receipt of the car. The per- plexing problem is to get a seal that cannot be broken and replaced by the thieves in a manner that will defy detection. An Omaha inventor has, in the opinton of experts, pro- duced a seal that will bafe the most. in- genlous thief, Its adoption will save the road using It many thousands of dollars annually, | erty A VICTORY FOR TIE EMPLOYES The decision of Judges Hallett and Riner declining to enter thn order roquested by the attorneys for tha Unjon Pacific re- celvers aMrmifig th “aqualized” wage schedule is a decided victory for the Those Judges have taken a post tion diametrically opposite to that of Judge Dundy in this district, who granted the colvers’ petition without so much as notify- ing ho persons most vitally affected that any such move was in contemplation. The result of Judge Dundy's order is to estab- Msh the prima facle evidence of the justice of the “equalized” schedule and to place the burden of proot upon.the employes in case they should conciude to show cause why it should not go into effect on the day set by the court. As to just how far that order goes In enjoining the men from strikipg or taking other measnres to resist the reduc- tion in thejr wages, there seems to be con- siderable division of opinion, Judge Dundy asserting that did not intend to lay a ban any arrangement for simultane- ously quitting the service of the company that did not threaten violence to the prop- of while receivers contend that the proposed amployes, upon the road, the attorneys for actual effect ally bar all by On this point, however, the of Hallett and Riner does not touch. ‘It neither denfes nor affirms the right of a federal cotrt to enjoin the s of a bankrupt raiiroad from stik- ing against a reduction of wages approved the of the grder will be to effect thoughts of resistance except remon- strance to the court decision Judges employ by the court. o of the new decision lies raflway recelvers are [ every thing protecting the Interests of the stockholdes at the cxpenso of those of others It indicates a disposition on the part of the court to chn- sider other intercsts besid:a those of the stockholders and compel the recelvers to show that the proposed orlcr 18 necessary to the economical administration of the road before it Is to be entered. ‘The burden of proof is laid upon “he receivers to show that a change in the wage schedulo is required and not upon the employes to show that the new schedule 15 unreasonable, Some sound advice is thrown out in the opinfon as to the proper course to be pur- sued in the matter in hand. The sugges- in fact not be permit ed their own way in the to that ihe have equally concerned. to to readjugt the wage schedule is to make known to the case and manner with a tion made is that the only way to prmtc‘c(\ employes the urgency of the confer with them in the usual view to arriving at an amicable agreement. This is substantially a recognition of the labor organizations, since the usual method of conducting a con- ference of this kind is with the officers or committee chosen by the employes in their’ organized capacity. They have hitherto been able to arrange wage schedules with- out calling upon the courts or necessitating a resort to strikes and can no doubt do so now. The court manifests a distinct aver- sion to interfere until it becomes clear that no other way exists to settle the difficulties. Should the receivers decide to take the case 1o the cireuit court the employes will have the advantage of having their opponents in the role of appellants. POTEN The potency of the silver element in the democratic «party has again been demon- strated. It was clearly shown in the vote by which the house of representatives adopted the motion to go into committee of the whole to consider the Bland selgniorage bill. Of the democrats in the house when this motion was voted upon only twenty-two were recorded against it, while 106 voted for it. These figures indicate that there has been little change in the democratic atti- tude regarding silver from what it was when the question of repealing the purchas- ing clause of the act of 1890 was before congress and that a majority of the party is now as then favorable to the full re- hablilitation of silver, It will be remem- bered that when the bill to stop the pur~ chases of silver was being voted on in the house it was proposed to strike out repeal and restore the Bland bill for compulsory colnage. On this proposition a clear ma- Jority of the democrats, 113, voted yea, and it was beaten only because the republicans voted almost solidly against it. When the democrats found they could not carry the Bland law a number of them went over to the ranks of the repealers, but it Is evident they @id not altogethier abandon thelr de- votion to silver, Ever since congress met in special session the silver men among the majority party have been casting about for some pan to advance the interests of the wh'ta meial. They thoroughly understand the hopelessness of any proposition to restore silver ic its former position' during the term of the pres- ent administration, even if it wete p rs'ble to pass legislation for this purpcss throngh congress. But they are determined to do whatever may be found practicible for the white metal and if they can aceomp ish no more at present than to secure the coinags of the so-called seignlorage they mway boast that they have not suffered complete defeat. The condition of the treasury is their oppor- tunity and the fact that the secretary of the treasury Is understood not to be unfavorable to the proposed use of the seigniorage giyes them a claim to consideration. Consequently the silver democrats, with their few republi- can and populist allies, are again asserting themselves and effectively, too. The bill which the gilver men in congress are now bullding hopes provides for issuing certificates against the seignior- age, estimated at about $65,000,000, and then proceeding to coln the metal as rapidly as this can be done by the mints, the coined sllver to be used in replacing the silver. It @ provides for coining as soon as possible sall the silver bullion in the treasury. he proposition may be modifled so as to anthor- the sceretary of the treasury to Issue certificates from time to time in such sums as he may deem oxpedient In order not to disturb confidence in the parity of the cur- rency. This modification is sald have been suggested by Secretary Carlisle, and it 1s understood that it Is the only con sion which Mr, Bland and his adherents are willing to make. But this will not remove the objections to the measure, which con- templates issulng currency against an im- aginary profit to the treasury, and thereby Increasing to the extent of such issue the gold obligations of the government. As has repeatedly pointed what is meant by seignoirage is the apparent profit to the government which results from coin- ing say 60 cents worth of silver into a dol- lar and issuing but obviously this Is not & real profit since it disappears after the first for the govern- ment must recelve the G0-cent dollar in pay- ment of public dues, and not only so, but it 1s obligated by public policy to keep its sil- ver currency as good as gold, or, in other ity. As a matter of fact, there is no profit coming to the gov- ernment fromn Its of silver bullion, but on the contrary the purchase of that bullion has been attended by & heavy loss, upon 1zo to been out, it s such, transaction, words, to maintain the pa hoard THE OMAHA and the outlook fs that tho loss will be still more. It seems hardly possible that Mr. Cleveland would approve of the scheme that i proposed regarding the so-called seign- lorage. PLAYING A BOLD H. » The refusal of Mayor Befnis to depose ¢ Blectriclan Cowgill and appoint in his place a tool of the electric llgh!l% company has beon followed by the intrMuction of an ordinance to abolish the office of city efec- trician and do away with ’lmr(mfl inspec- tion altogether, > This is the most high&andéd plot to sub- Ject this city to the domination of a fran- chised corporation that has ever been con~ octed. Who demands, the abolition of the city electriclan’s office? Surely mot the tax- paggr. . Who has asked for the repeal of the electrical inspection ordinance? Surely not the men whose lives and property are ex- posed to the danger of the deadly wires, Why has there been no step taken to abol- 1sh the office of gas inspector? There s no dhnger to life. or property from -defective tgas piping and we don't save the salary of the inspector hy anything he may leave un- done. But the 'ggs company,.appears to be content, and thelefore no councilman has ventured to economize on gas inspection. What right has any councilman to jeopaf- dize the safety of this city just to please Mr. Wiley or any other man? *Doés anybody belleve that gany council- man would Yote for the n:}‘nl ordinance unless he had a string tied te’him? There is a point where audacity leaps itself, and this point has been reached in the attempt to abolish the city eléc- trician’s office *and electrical inspection. This plot to make electric lighting inspection a farce has been carridd far enough. It it is persisted In we shall be compelled to make some exposures that will startle our citizens and not redound to the credit of the men who are playing catspaw for the electric lighting company. over- Oné of the most serious obstacles in the way of the regulation of rallway commerce by state boards of transportation or railroad comfnissions Is the existence of that for- -midable term, °‘“Interstate riites The wholesalé merchant, manufacturer and ship- per who applies to the state board for re- lief from what he may congider an extor- tionate or unreasonable rate is at once silenced by the plea that the rate he com- plains of belongs to the intesstate classifica- tion and that {herefore they can do nothing for him. This is undoubtedly true; but at the same time it should not prevent the railroad commissioners from making " a reasonable effort to remedy the evil com- plained of. The legislature of Kentucky has wisely made provision for such emer- gencies. It has provided that its railroal commissioners shall examine all through rates from points outside of the state to points inside; and whenever they find that a through rate is excossive, unceasonable, or discriminating, it is made their duty to call the attention of the proper railway officials to the fact and demand a correction of the injustice. It the through rate is not lowered, the law requires the commission to make officlal complaint to the Interstate Commerce commission and the attorney gen- eral is directed to prosecute the case. Such a law In Nebraska would doubtless very materially embarrass the Nebraska railroad commissioners. Senator George of Mississippl was one of the ablest champlons of an anti-option law in the last congress, making perhaps the strongest argument in either body In support of such legislation. Although the law then proposed was defeated, Mr. George seems not to have been disouraged thereby and proposes to make another effort to secure antl-option legislation, his idea being to make dealing in options a crime instead of taxing the business out of existence. It is said that his measure is regarded with favor by a number of senators who were not friendly to the bill before the last congress. In the house Mr. Hatch will also endeavor to have an anti-option bill passed. The rea- sons for legislation of this kind are just as valid now as they were two years ago, and the agricultural interest is believed to be Just as strongly In favor of it now as it ever was, There has been a marked revival of mining industries in Colorado the past six months. The people of that state have taken heart, and it is predicted that the output of pre- clous metals will be greater in 1894 than in any previous year. This happy condition, we regret to say, is not shown in the Black Hills, where mine owners have become dis- heartened and many men have been thrown out of employment. It Is_ certain, however, that this state of affairs cannot long pre- vail. There I8 untold wealth hidden in the mountains of South Dakota that must of ne- cessity keep that country in the front rank of ore producing regions of the union. With two great trunk lines tapping its richest de- posits there can be no question of an early return of the old-time prosperity and thrift. It the democratic members of the senate finance committee have already decided upon what changes they intend to propose when they report the Wilson tarift bill back to the senate their decision-not to grant verbal hearings to interested parties will be calcu- lated to prevent a useless waste of valuable time. Every one knows how perfunctory the the ways and means committee hearings were made and that their influence upon the final draft of the tariff measure would be difi- cult to trace. To expect any different re- sults in the senate, where the disposition ot the committee is equally predetermined, is altogether unreasonable, Tariff hearings can find mo legitimate place in a democratic congress bent on arbitrary revision. We hereby extend to our ex-confed. con- temporary expressions of sympathy upon his defeat for the post of head stamp- licker of Lincoln. He is a victim of his own pen. Had he not persisted in writ- Ing and publishing his honest and unvar- nished convictions respecting the conduct and capacity of men near the throne of Grover, he doubtless might have secured the coveted commission. He is altogether too independent to hold office under democratic rule. To Mr. Harley, the appointee, we give assurances of our distinguished considera- tion. He is tho luckiest Roman of them all. The Commercial club is acting promptly in making ready for the irrigation conven- tion which is to be held under its auspices next month. A well digested pro- gram and carefully arranged plans for the entertalament of the out-of-town delegates are the first requisites of a successful meet- ing. The Commercial club Is golng about the work in the right way and deserves to have the hearty to-operation of all our citi- zens, The rallroads perennlally object to legis- lative interference with thelr business in the remotest degree, but they are co, ..utly DAIL ~commentary courting judiclal intgeference In their own behalf. In. both instanges the piinciple is the same. If the ralfrémd mathgers are the only ones who are, ‘ipable. of conducting rallway affairs, as has heen so often urged before legislative committoen; why is, it that they insist upon havifig'fhe courts help them out of the dilemmas jsy which they have been involved by thelr own blunders and misman- agement? Having thus abandoned the high plane of *absolute nonfnterference, the old plea about Kpowing best how to run thelr own business will Kave'to be relegated to oblivion. When a man In publig life with Senator Teller’s oxperlence In financial matters ven- tures to assert opemly ‘that the credit of the United States at the present moment would not suffice to float a farther loan at 3 per cent the time has come for congress to give serlous consideration to the difficul- ties that, are besetting the national treasury. Senator Teller asserts that the recent pur- chase of bonds was a “forced loan" and would not have been successful had not the New York bankers been ‘compelled to subscribd, and adds that “it is morally cer- tain that If another $50,000,000 bond Issue were offered it would be a fatlure.” Were this conviction general it would be a sad upon the management of our finances during the past fow months. Sen- ator Teller, however, is by an infallible oracle upon questions of this kind. Only & short time back he stood up in the senate and wih ‘te in his eyes predict™ dire ruin and desolation for all llm mining states In case that body passed thé Sherman silver purchase repeal act and it should be- come a law. These predictions have not come true and thek: faflure impairs to some extent the authority upon which they were made. The fact that Secretary Carlisle now inclines toward the coinage of the silver seigniorage rather than to another bond issue to tide over the treasury de- fleit shows that Senator Teller's fears are not confined to him alone, It would be hazardous to attepmt .another public loan unless its success were fully assured in ad- vange. no means =iaaoon——— A strong Insurance lobby Is operating be- fore the lowa legislaturo with fair success. A Dill is now under consideration compelling fire insurance companies to adjust and pay losses within thirty days after a fire. It is being strenuously opposed by the insurance people, who see in it a barrier against the practice of starving out policy holders who have suffered loss by fire. A valued policy bill, patterned after the Nebraska' statute, has been smotheréd in committee and will be kept there if the insurance men are per- mitted to have their way. The valued policy law of Nebraska is the special object of at- tack by insurance companies, who have de- creed that it must be repealed at the next session of the legislature. Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout, ls entertaining not a few extra select fashion- able gatherings and private receptions at Chicago. Ho presents original sketches of his experiences in the far west. There is a fresh, wholesome flayor about Jack's writ- ings that have won for him renown in his day and generation. = Old readers of The Bee will remember his Iétters in the early days when the Black Hills were being pigneered and when Jack started upon his literary carcer. There s nothing sensational or ques- tionable about Jack and'his work. He is a gentleman of the genuine western stamp and richly deserves the success he has attained. All the Pacific foads, 'excepting perhaps the Southern Pacific, which was. built by Stanford and Huntington out of Central Pacific earnings, are bankrupt and in the hands of recelvers. The fact is these roads were all exploited by construction rings, | fraudulently stocked and fraudulently bonded, and the roads are now in distress because of the transgressions of their builders and owners. Unfortunately the employes and patrons of these roads are the principal sufferers. The Administration Brightening Up. Chicago T imes. Cuckoo McCreary's resolution censuring ex-Minister Stevens has been duly passed, and our dictator in his new coat of white: wash gleams like'the proverbial and decep- tive sepulcher in consequence. George Knew His Man. New York Recorder. Mr. George Ticknor Curtis reminds us that he predicted a year ago that within two years Mr. Cleveland would be the most unpopular man in the United States, His claim as a true prophet will have to be al- lowed. el A Recelver I Tears. Munneapolis Journal, - One of the recelvers of the Northern Pa- cific burst into tears yesterday while his attorney was extolling his virtues and de- nouncing his accusers. The receiver seems not to have_ realized before what a good fellow he wa e Democratic Yorleks. New York sun. Who can read without wonder of the crazy exultation of the so-called democrats in the house over the passage of a bill that dishonors the democracy, and perhaps con- demns It to disaster for' years? What the country thinks of the Wilson bill was shown in the congress elections in this city last Tuesday. The house gave no heed to the warning, ‘but went on {o pass the Wil- son bill; and so-called democrats disported themselves like madmen. There are plenty of historical parallels for this Infatuation digging its own grave. .= Congress on His Hands. New York ‘I ribune. Mr. Cleveland said some months ago that he would soon have congress ‘“on his hands.” Whether he has or not is a que tion to which there may be two sldes; but what with the active hostility of the two'New York senators and the antagonism, just an- nounced, of the two Maryland ‘senatc there would seem to be a basis of truth for the clalm that he has the senate on hly hands. The country {3 walting anxiously to see how. the fight between presidential prerogative and - senatorial courtesy is golng to come out, — i Wil the Senate Act Promptly? Fhiladelphia | Record. The one thing now td be dreaded by the business interests of the ‘country s the habit of procrastination dn ‘the senate. After twenty-five years of taviff discussion, with all the light on the subject which can be derived from the operatjon of tariff laws in this and other countries, the reports of commissions, the testimony of experts, and recent exhaustive debafes In congress, the senate should be ready to instantly respond to the desire of theicountry by speedy a tion. But no one axpects it. With tarift legislation, as with preceding silver legls- lation, thé senate will be sure to dawdle and play upon the pubtfc anxiety. Ll iledad No More Bullying of Witnesses. Cleveland Leader. Judge Gary of the appellate court in Chi- cago handed down a-decision the other day which strikes at the very root of one of the worst evils in our system of jurispru- dence—the license which lawyers take in browbeating and bullying witnesses undep o The case decided was d up from a lower court In which the plaintiff had secured a verdict for §25,00 against the, West Chlcago Street company. Judge Gary reversed D& ofthe Juky of the lowar court, giving as one of the’principal re dolng so the manner in whicl ant's witnesses had been att plaintiff’s counsel. In the course of his opinion Judge Gary sald: “Witnesses should not be insulted when on the stand, mor should an examination be a contest of skill or nerve between the wit- ness and the lawyer. In this state the courts have 8o little control of the proceed ings before them that really no other way 18 left to enforce decorum toward witnesses and in the addresses to the juries than to &rant new trials for the breaches of It Y BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1894. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, It is Willlam II who, more than the Ger- man poople, will derive advantage from the act of justice which his heart and his intel- lect at last prevalled on him to do. He has but narrowly escaped an frreparable calam- ity, . Had Bismarck died in the retirement to which the caprice of a young ruler had summarily dismissed him, beforo any proof of contrition had been given, or any at- tempt at reparation had been made, the kalser would have found himself condemned to_irremediable obloquy In the eyes of his subjects and at the bar of history. He would have been adjudged guilty of the worst sin_ with which_a sovereign can be taxed, an ingrained incapability of recogniz- ing and rewarding merit. In respect of blindness to desert and of Ingratitude for priccless bonefactions, he would have held an almost unique position. He would have been relegated to a place far lower than that of Henry VIII, for Cardinal Wolsey had done but little for his king or his countr, compared with the favors which he ‘had re ceived. He would have ranked even lower than the Hapsburg master of Wallenstein, for, although Wallenstein had twice rescued the Vienna government, he hgd ultimat conspired against it and met With the fat he deserved. To find a counterpart to the thanklessness of which Bismarck was the victim, one would have to conceive of the house of Savoy repudiating the creator of Italy, Cavour, or of the American people, in 1789, rejecting Washington at the ballot box. It may prove impossible to repair the losses’ which Germany has suffered during the years in which the wisdom of her great- est son has been discarded. But the young emperor has saved himself from a reproach which he could never have outlived and which must have descended, like a blight, upon his children’s children. It is obvious that, if Frenchmen are con- vinced that a campaign of revenge against Germany s hopeless, they must seek some other employment for their colossal mili- tary resources. In a country where the will of the people is' directly reflected. in legislation, as it is in France, the stupend- ous ‘burdens fmposed by a huge standing army are borne only upon condition that the utility of such an instrument shall be demon- strated. Let it once bo understood that Russia will not permit Germany and France to fight, and all the French statesmen will adopt the view of the late Jules Ferry, that the rehabilitation of French prestige must be sought in another quarter, to wit, by a trial of strength with England, the ancient enen There s no doubt that a war with England would be intensely popular in France, and, if assurances were given from St. Pefersburg that it would be a single- handed contest, Frenchmen would go into it with a will. . There is not the slightest likelihood that Italy would co-operate with Sngland, if the czar interposed his veto at Berlin. = As for pretexts, there are three of them: the Siamese, the Egyptian, and the New Foundland questions, any one of which might furnish France with a casus belll It will be observed that every one of these three controversies has been left in a state of suspension, France firmly adhering to her claims, but refraining for the moment from pressing them. With regard to any of these questions, she has only to insist on the full measure of what she deems her rights, and an outbreak of war is unavold- able, e =~ With the adoption of the Russo-German treaty, of which there is now littte doubt in spite of agrarian opposition in thp German Reichstag, France would be the only im- portant country of Europe out of the com- mercial concert; and its fsolation, if con- tinued, would seriously affect the economical as well as political interests of the French republic. The cable reports that the rela- tions of France and Russia, which a little while ago appeared to be so intimate, are be- coming strained by tarift differences. Should France persist to her present purpose to in- crease the duties on grain, Russia threatens not merely not to renew the commercial treaty, but to adopt measures of reprisal. It would be a remarkable turn of events, but by no means improbable, i considera- tions of commercial interest should dissolve the political relations of France and Russia and draw the latter power toward Germany. Such a' change of the situation would un- questionable make for European peace. De- prived of the alliance with Russia, France would be obliged to indefinitely postpone her revenge upon Germany, as well as her am- bitlous projects in other directions. Peace hath her victories no less than war; and this commercial treaty between Germany and Russia marks a vast change in Burope since Napoleon issued his Berlin and Milan de- crees. P Alexander III seems determined to live up to his sobriquet of “the Moujik Czar.” He has just aflixed his signature to a pro- ject of law now being elaborated by the council of the empire, which is destined to render inalienable the landed allotments of the peasants. The object of this measure is, of course, to prevent the seizure of the land for debt by the money lenders, whom he regards as the principal cause of the present distress and agricultural depression in his dominions. For the peasants, when once deprived of their land, lose every in- terest in the welfare of their “‘Mir,” or com- munity, and drift away to the towns and cities in search of work, where they help 1o swell ‘the ranks of the unemployed, who constitute a permanent source of embar- rassment to the authorities. This law, des- tined to supplement one previously enacted | which rendered unseizable the agricultural implements of the peasant and small farmer, is at best only a provisional measure in be- half of the moujik, and may eventually prove more disadvantageous than beneficial, For while the inalienability of the land will prevent its being forfeited for debt, it will practically limit each family, no matter how numerous it may become in course of time, to its present holding. It is therefore inevitable that inasmuch as even under present circumstances the allotments barely suffice for the maintenance of their holders, a few years hence, when the family has augmented in size, the land will no longer yield adequate returns for the sustenance of its owners. . From the moment that Bismarck and his emperor were reconciled, it became evident that the party at the Berlin court favorable to a renewal of the traditional friendship between Germany and Russia would be powerfully strengthened, and we now see that the czar, on his part, is disposed to welcome and even stimulate such a change of feeling. He could give no more cogent proof of such a disposition than by insisting on the admisston of German manufactures into Russia on extremely easy terms, not- withstanding the protests of the Russian manufacturers, who will be undersold. It tho overture embodied in this treaty is accepted—and this is likely to take place, now that William, II. has disclosed its full significanco—a decided check will ba given to the current of influences which, since the reception of the French fleet at Cronstadt, hus been tending to alienate the czar from Germany and to connect him more or less closely with France. Should the old cor- dial relations of the Romanoffs and tho Ho- henzollerns be presently resumed, France will not venture to provoke a contest with Germany on the assumption that, in any circumstances, she can rely on Russia's co- operation. It by no means follows that tho czar, however glad he might be to place himself again upon a footing of good will toward the German so° pign, would toler- ate an aggresive movement of Germany against France. That would be obviously counter to the Interests of the Russlan em- - Divided ¢ Sprino-ld (Vass.) Republican, The standpoint makes all the difference jn the world, in politics as in anything els The passage of the tix thr the house has set the deme again_rejolcing, while York Sun into an hysterical co The failure of the house committ report favorably on the repeal of the tax on state bank circulation puts the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution Into the dump worthern organs accept the situation’ with apt Since the house refused to put a duty on sugar and repealed the bounty, the New Orleans newspapers are cock sure that this 18 not a democratic congress, while the country at large (s well pleaséd to be re lieved of a needless burden. It is plain enough that the income tax I8 a great card in the south, and will be worth a good ny votes Lo the democrats in the coming ¢ elections. WOOT, MEN ANXIOP'S, o Made Little ate Finance Con WASHINGTON, 9. The who are still about the capitol in fa have not by any means given up the fight, not- withstanding the fact they have recelved very little uragement at the hands ot tho senate committee. They are organizing their forces against the froe wool schedule and have some hope of being able to secure a change in the bill after it Is reported to the senate if not before, They have Yound the populist members of the senato much more inciined to favor théem than they were at first led to believe woull bo the case and are of the opinfon that if they can got some support from fhe democrats they can force at least a slight change in their in terests Many & will not whatev cussing “I_don't wool men, enc nators of kree to provide * for wool. Senafor the situation this morning, said see how we can do it. We have talked 8o much for free wool, and wool 18 8o fmportant an ftem ot cost in clothing that it would be Incon- sistent for us to change the bl at this stage.” He did not bellevo the omis- slon of a duty on wool would have the effect of losing any votes on the bill TARIFEF BILY the party toction - democra any pr ‘aulkner, Senate Committes on Intends to Do with 1t WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Members of the house who have been active in tarift legislatic finiteness the plrpose of Senator Voorhees and the senate committee on finance on the Wilson bill They say that Mr. Voorhees intends to re port the bill back to the scnate on next Thuriday. The few days Intervening will of course give no time for roconstructing the bill, nor s there any purpose on the part of Mr. Voorhees to accomplish any such recon- struction. On the contrary, he has stated positively that the bill will reach the senate in substantially the same form as passed by the house. There will be the exception, how- r, that sigar, fron and coal will ck on the dutiable list. Othe will be comparatively immaterfal. The pur- Jpose of Mr. Voorhees, as thus made known to friends of the bill, puts an end to the re- port that a plan was on foot to construct an entirely new bill most have learned with d C ELAND 1 Sentence of the uted 1 WASHINGTON, O the | Feb., 9.--The president has commuted the sentence of S. K. Ken- nedy, convicted of falsifying the records of the Omaha National bauk, to two years and six months, Pottigrew's Ta il Amendments. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Senator Petti- grew of South Dakota says he is going to test the senate upon one feature of the tarift bill, which he believes will carry. He in- tends first to move for a duty on wool, and if this Is not carried he will offer an amend- ment placing all woolens and manufactures of woolens on tho free list. He thinks the latter proposition will carry, because it will probably receive the support of all the northwestern men in the republican party as well as all the populists and many demo- crats. The South Dakota senator said ho would like to secure protection for wool, barley, flax and some other agricultural products of his state, but he does not an- ticipate that the amendments he proposes to offer will receive any consideration. Called on the Great Fathor, WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Chlef Ignacio of the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado is in the city with his interpreter. He has called at the bureau of Indian affairs and discussed reservation matters with Commissioner Browning and Assistant Commissioner Arm- strong. The object of his trip is to appear before the house committee on Indian affairs and argue the question of the removal of his tribe from the present quarters to a new reservation In Utah, as provided for in a treaty made between the Indians and the commission appointed for the purpose five or six years ago. Another Pension Ruling. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Assistant Secre- tary Reynolds has rendered a decision holding that in clalms for pensions as a dependent father under section 1 of the dependent and disability act of June 27, 1890, where it ap- pears that at the time of filing his applica- tion the claimant is shown not to be in meed of support, but, on the contrary, is enabled by his manual labor to earn more than is neces- sary for an adequate support, he s not pen- sionable under the provisions of the first sec- tion of that act. g Testimony in the Hawailan Affair. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The last of the testimony on the Hawalian investigation will be prinfed today and the full report of the testimony will be laid before the committee on forelgn relations. It is not believed that there will be any haste on the part of the committee to make a report, largely because the senators constituting the committee are likely to be engaged on other subjects. Furthermore, they may not wish to bring in the report until the tariff question shall be disposed of in the senate, = —3 | TO FIND THE NEWS, WHERE mparison Between Papers Printed Yoster diny by The Bee and Would-Ue Rivals, The dafly comparison between tho amount of reading matter, exclusive of commercial news and advertisements, printod In The Beo, - World-Herald and Lincoln Journal, gives the following figures for yesterday: Morning Iee, long, wide columns 2 Morning W.-FL, short, narrow columiss. . 28 Lincoln Journal, short, narrow columns. 30 Tivening e, 1y vening W columns. 29 for the I Fremont Le der old saying that odious™ “will not hold in regard to farmers’ inatitutes, for It Is there wher comy ns are made to be of great ben- efit. [ county in the state should hold n farmers’ institute, because they are prof- itable and instructive, as well as I o source of introducing farmers to each other, nd I8 a_means of creating a friendly feel Ing Among nelghbors, At the recent meet- ingg Valley there was not a farmer in Ao it wae e vt ol ue benefitted by the lectures that were given in an intelligent manner. They were prac- tical lessons by practical men. THe discus sions that followed each lecture were good bringing out many facts that_can only b quired by experience. The Valley r horhood has taken great interest in th provoment of stock, and the farmers have utilized much of the bottom lands that were at one time considersd only waste land. The Platte and Rlkhorn hottoms ¢ a_magnificent future before them, and by discussion and exchange of opinions tha Drog Wil be made more rapidly, for in the discussions many of the ways em- ploved to improve farms are brought out There can be no doubt hut the state should held in the state, for the benefit it is not are men of large experience. This year there are but fow institutes being held (about 8ix), when there ought to be 100 0 in the state, for the benefit it {8 not ¥ to the experienced farmer, but for th penefit it is to new ors inexpert snced men who take up farming within our borders. Many W comers fail in th profession of farming for want of exy ence, when an_institute instruction ever year’ would help them” to succeed. Many n belleve that all 4 man has to do i3 to buy a farm and plow the land and sow the s¢ and Nebraska sofl will the bal- nee. This has been so in the older coun- ties and is the same in the new counties now, but we must hold institutes, and edu- e our people that there is such a thing s professional farming, e i FLASHES OF FUN. An_ honest friend of man. . The mparisons are Blmira Gazette oftert the noblest enemy 18 Yonkers Gazette: You are always sure to find foot notes in a shoe dealer's adver- tisement . son Globe: Ask A man how to define and he will tell how others are him. Atch! injustice treating ew Orleans Pleayune: The out “the letter that never been solved, It was never sent. mystery came” hay Milwaukee Journal bad luck to set a mi tal Inventory of his fr There is nothing like about making a men- nds, Boston Journal: “How do you know sh is plain-looking? You haven't seen her “I wrote to her in praise of her intelle ality and she didn’t get miffed.” - Philadelphia ften over h ord: “People don't dia , do they 7" inquired the 7 only once,” re- And there was an Wickwirk— you are reading? Mr. Mad Bride.” Mrs. = Wick- the matter? Wasn't her Indianapolis Jou t stor The wire wa veil on straight nal: Mrs. Malden—This llalong, that you Miss Rebecca? Do Chicago Tribune 18 so unexpected, M must give me time! Elderly Lover—Time, you think there Is any to s Washington Star: “Is it proper to wear gloves when you attend a box party?’ asked the young man who proposes to do society. “Certainly,” replied his “8ix ounces is the proper weight.” Boston ' Transcript: Western Mald—They tell me there are ever so many more women than men in Massachusetts. The chances for getting a husband in your state must be rather slim. Bay State irl—Yes, but then the paucity of men makes the search after a hushand exceedingly interesting. A LONG I [ Judge. When Aunt Jemima came to town In all her Sunday clothes, Upon a fence she saw an ad. Of rubber garden hose. *“That's just the thing for me,” she cried, “A pair or two I'll get; For when'T weed my posy bed My ankles get 8o wet. WHAT, WHEN, WHO, ETC. friend WANT. Chicasn Tribuns. Pray, what did T. Buchanan Read? At 'what did B. A. P What volumes did Elizur And where did E. P. Roe Is Thomas Hardy nowadays? Is Rider Haggard pale? Is Minot Savage? Oscar Wilde And Edward Everett Hale? Was Lautence ‘Sterne? Was Hermang Grimm? Was Edward Young, John Gay? Jonathan Swift and old John Bright? And why was Thomas Gray? Was Francis Bacon lean in streaks? John Sucking vealy? Pray, Was Hogg much given to the Are Lamb's Tales told today _— THE BOY’S MOTHER Will be interested to know that we have just received a large invoice of Spring Patterns in boys’ Star Shirt Waists, and now while the styles are so complete wouldn't it be well to select ong or more? Among the new styles are the Star Waists with a regular collar like the men wear. ing caps for boys and girls. pants suits from $2.50 up. Another new line of yacht™ Boys' short The reduc- tion in price all over the store is immense, but is particularly noticeable in Men'’s Suits. BROWNING, S. W. Cor, KING & CO. 18th and Douglas.