Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1894, Page 4

4 FIIE()A\I:\HA DAILY BEE. 1. ROSEWATER, Bditor £ PUBLISHID EVERY MORNING THR SUBECRIPTION. Daily Bee (without § . One Yeatr... 8.8 00 Daily and Sunday, One Year 1o Bix Months v i Three Months i A fu , 1m aturdny | w Weekly i o Sonth O, i1 Twventy-fourth Bts. t ) Commy o it v O CORRESPONDENCE, tn IUSINESS LETTER g t e sh d be i to Th Fiew Publishing mpany, COMPANY. THE BEE PUBLISHING ETATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 1 ! A i i H it 3 oot nday B, TZ8CHUCK, i in my TEORGH and subseril £ Mareh, 191, I'EIL, Notary Public Sworn o presence t It scems to be rather late in the day to ter when the oyster in its waning fnaugurate an oy end war, season 18 a With in the councll there is always T It always has been so heretofore, and nobody need be surprised at it now. The first woman to run for office in Colo- rado is Miss Carrle Pell, who is a candidate for city clerk of Creede, She 18 said to be running pell mell newly elected chief justice of cd prominence in the name Snodgrass. Pennesseo’s its supreme court atta legal profession What's in a name, anyway? with the Now that Oxford supremacy in the fleld of boat racing Is reasserted, the British public will be free to speculate upon the probable outcome of the next Derby. 1t would be too hard upon the nerves of the people of Brazil to have peace and quiet re- stored to them all at once. This may ex- plain why a slow and gradual abatement of hostilities is preferred by the Brazilian gov- ernment. A few more treaties similar to the Russo- German commercial treaty and the breast of Chancellor Caprivi's coat will have to be en- larged to accommodate the ever increasing number of imperial decorations that are being conferred upon him. The populists at Lexington, Neb., feel aggrieved because their candidate for the postofice has been turned down by the Morton-Castor administration. The popu- lists ought by this time to know what they have to expect from the democratic party. Congressman Bryan' provided for with the under the new Lincoln law partner s to be ace of chief deputy postmaster. Al great men in public life sce that their law partners secure some kind of a soft berth. do It Grover Cleveland can this, why shouldn’t Bryan? ? A Delaware colored man wants all the negroes in the country to unite in support. ing President Cleveland and the democratic party because of his friendship for and de- tonse of the black queen of Hawail. We must infer from this that the president would not have opposed the provisional gov~ ernment had Lilinokalani been blessed with a white skin, The Towa legislature cannot remain much longer in session. This means that the time at the disposal of the republican mem- bers to agree upon a measure in modification of the prohibitory liquor law is limited: The time for trifling is past and the time for work I at hand. The people expect relief by legislation on this subject, and the legis- lature will disappoint them only at its peril. Secretary Carlisle is again asking for more money to defray the expenses of carrying out the provisions of the Chinese registra- tion act. It will cost the government a neat sum for every Chinaman who qualifies under the law, to say nothing of the costs that are charged up to the applicant. But the money will be we]l spent if it pur- chases for us a complete cessation of the anti-Chinese agitation. The spirit of mutual concession upon which Judge Caldwell relied to keop the wage difficulties of the Union Pacific out of court must yet be given free scope in the conference between employes and receivers that 18 now under way. It will be Im- possible for either party to have things just as It wants them. If they cannot come to an agreement among themselves upon all the vital points the court will yet have to interfere and impose its judgment as tho solution, Senator Hill Is reported to have sald, when Questioned concerning the rumor of his en- gagement to be married, that it is purely a private affalr that does not pertain to his capacity as a senator nor concern the public in any way. In refusing to take the news- papers into his confidence in this matter the senator will have the approval of every one Who prefers to avoid notoriety of this kind It is perfectly proper, however, for the public to show some interest in the soclal relations of men in public life, although it should bo%tontent with those that are sub- ject to common observativ... If the senator should determine to marry the fact will be digclosed quite soon enough. Why shouid the base ball assoclation ask the council for the use of & portion of the street adjoining thelr proposed grounds? Aud where will the council derive its power to turn the streets over to the exclusive use of private assoclations? Tho streets of this city are intended for general public uses. ‘The proposition to buy the consent of the abutting owners by an offer to pay for a sidewallk is evidently made on the theory that the street belongs to them. Such Is not the case, however. The property In the streets of every city 18 vesied In the whole com- munity, and can be devoted only to public purposes. We fall to see wherein use as a base hql park constitutes a public purpose. THE GREAT PEACE ARMY. Ing power of the association. If the govern Regularly reenrring dispatehes doscribing | ment takes a portion of the earnings the the progre f the preparations for the | duration of ther debt is prolonged in pro grand march of Massilion Coxey's great | portion peace arr pon Washington, starting on The fact that bullding-loan assoclations fts journey upon Baster day. must be re- | @re corporato bodles does not justify plac celved as assurances that what was at first | Ing them on a plane with corporations, as regarded as a huge Joke I8 likely to develop | the term is gonerally understood. There is into a select exhibition of cranks from evel { & mark distinction, and this been rec corner of erankdom Coxey himself, we | ognized by th law-making power, State told, 18 no myth, He consists of flesh and | legislatures have conferred on them privi- blood and has moreover a limited amount | leges and immunities that they might the of worldly goods, which he is ready to de- [ batter conserve the principles of co-opera. vote to the prosecution of his cause. His | tion and home bullding. The encourage cause, as embodied In_his program, Is no | ment thus given was like seed sown in fer- less than this—to gather together all the un- | tile soll. The harvest of fifty years of co employed In the land and to march upon | operative thrift is condensed in the estimate Washington, there to demand of congress | of an authority that building-loan associa rellef for thelr misfortunes. ANl congress | tions have been directly Instrumental in will have to do to bring back prosperity and happiness to every citizen In the country Is to acc and his army by pi formulated What are these measures which the won- nt to con- of Coxi to the demands ssing the measures which he has derful peace army Intends to pre gress? Nothing more than of the wildest {deas for flat germs of greenback numerous In Ohfo seem to have to life and to have and his followers to resuscitation The noney. the craze once come back en in What they now want s the wealth of the cy. Any state, territory ity, town or o incor- tion that wishes improvements refuge in Coxey merely paper county, coin country into me her to under- is munieip; porated organiz take public any to be authorized to deposit with the sceretary of the treasury of the United States non-in- terest-bearing bends not to exceed one-half of the assessed valuation of the Incorporated district issuing it, and to receive in exchange therefor printed treasury notes in denomina- tions from $1 to $20 to the extent of 99 per cent of the face value of the bonds. These non-interest-hearing bonds are to be retired at the rate of 4 per cent each year, but, of course, others may be fssued in their place. Although Coxey will be satisfied with the right to fssue fiat money up to only one-half of the assessed valuation of the country for the present, he cannot be expected to omiso to r King at some later ie to have the limitation extended up to the entire a up t Once start the printing p there is no inherent r be stopped because the asse: the country is not greater. A meeting of Coxey and his followers the other day adopted a resolution reafirming thofr faith In the Omaha platform, but at the same time boldly asserting that they do not intend to remain hermetically scaled up until another national convention assembles, and that as progressive men they have a right to advance on the lines of that pla form, They think their program the logical outcome of the Omaha platform and expect tho populists In congress to rush to their as- sistance. How far they are justified in this belief they will learn as soon as they reach Washington, if they ever reach it. Already officials of different citiés in which they propose to bivouac on the way have declared that the peace army of vagrants and cranks will not be permitted to invade their terri- tory. For such declarations there is little, it any, cause, since it may be safely pre- dicted that the movement will not reach the proportions which its originators have pictured. It is quite possible and probable that a few cranks will or- ganize to “march on Washington” only to peter out long before they reach their desti- nation. Coxey's nrogram for restoring pros- perity is too visionary to demand serious consideration. sed valuation, and, perhaps, times the assessed valuation. s a-going and n why they should ed valuation of soveral assemble and LET HIM EXPLAIN. It s never safe to praise a man until after he fs dead. This maxim has again been verified by the conduct of Councilman Jacobsen. When he was a candidate for re- eloction last fall The Bee upheld him as a model of integrity and fidelity. It pointed to him as one of the few men iIn the old council who had proved them- selves trustworthy. We regret exceed- ingly that we are now compelled to take it all back. Mr. Jacobsen was only playlng a part to secure a re-election. In less than two weeks after the election he threw off the mask and became an ardent follower of Bellwether Hascall. He sup- ported the fifty-year gas franchise job and Hascall's audacious move to override the veto by slamming the door in the mayor's face. He openly joined Wiley's jumping Jacks in the council and has remained in the ranks of the suspects cver since. He could see nothing good in the city electrician, voted against his confirmation and voted for the abolition of the electrician’s office and capped the climax of his perfidy to his con- stituents by voting for the repeal of the ordinance over the mayor's veto in the face of the affidavit of &lr. Cowgill, which exposes Wiley's villainous machinations to control the city electrician and make inspection a farce and a fraud. Now let Mr. Jacobsen explain his tortuous course. The columns of The Bee are open to him as they are to all public offi- clals whose conduct requires explanation. He cannot truthfully charge this paper with being unfriendly to him, or even Intimate that any attempt bas been made by anybody connected with this paper to get him to vote for any measure detrimental to the taxpayers or the general welfare of the city. INCOME TAX ON SAVINGS, The reported action of the senate commit- tee on finance, striking out the clause in the revenue section of the tariff bill which ex- empted bullding-loan assoclations from the operation of the income tax, has arousod considerable feeling in the eastern and mid- dle states. Indignation meetings have been held, petitions drafted and forwarded to Washington. The promptitude and energy displayed in the east should be emulated In the west. Ordinarily petitions receive little attention in the upper house of congress. In this case, however, it is evident that many senators possess inadequate knowledge of the Importance of co-operative associations. This deficlency should be supplied and every sen- ator made aware of the growth and benefi- cent results of these Institutions. It has been suggested in some quarters that the action of the finance committee was prompted by a desire to make the income tax as odious ¢s possible and bring about the defeat of the whole measure. Certalnly no better means could be adopted to accom- plish this end. The proposed tax on the earnings of building-loan assoclations reachoes into the pockets of: nearly 2,000,000 share- holders. Kully 90 per cent of that number are wage earners. Thirty per cent of the number are borrowers. The bulk of the membership is of a class who find these.in- stitutions a most effective means of saving. Whether borrower or investor, the object is the same—the acquirement of homes or thelr equivalent in ready money. A tax of 2 per cent reduces the Income of the luvestor that much and adds 2 per cent per annum to the debt of the borrower. The life of mortgage depends on the earn- To class and {mpose earnings Is of the in wage earn- creating more than 500,000 homes. them with ordinary corporations a tax of 2 per on the net inconsistent with the come tax and an imposition on cont purpose ers braska assoclations should emulate the example of eastern assoclations. Western sen- pprised of the injury which proposed measure will inflict if passed actlon by petition and protest will go far toward defeating the tax on co-opera tive thrift, ators should be the Prompt AS 70 WHITENED SEPULCHERS. It the eternal fitness Wheeler to take immunity responsi- ything sald on the floor of the mber call Mayor Bemis a sepulchre, and howl about gam blers and prostitutes. Next Hascall Wheeler is the most virulent and impudent blackguard that has ever occupied a t in the council, not only in the new chambe but in all the old ones. What the mayor's offense? Wheeler says that the mayor tried to in- duce councilmen to stand by the city elec- trician_and against the boodlers who have been trying to him and that the mayor actually went so far as to pledge him- self to do anything he for them if they would support the electrical inspection ordinance as prepared by the electri This was an awful thing for the mayor to do, wasn't it? But since Wheeler has had the sublime cheek to smirch the mayor about political support from gamblers and prostitutes we would ask Mr. Wheeler to tell his constitu- ents how much his share of the profits from insurance on the whitened sepulchers in the burnt district amounts to and how much his share of the profits has been from insuring gambling dens and fixtures as well as houses and furniture in disorderly resorts outside of the burat district. Mr. Wheeler is reputed to be the chief insurer for the notorious Martin, and Martin is notorlously the owner or agent of the was in accord with of things for Councilman advantage of bility for a el whitened his from council and to in has been depose couid cian. most palatial whitened sepulchers in town. Why does Martin prefer Wheeler to every other insurance agent? Surely such a good and pious personage as Wheeler would not want to fatten on the wages of sin! Let Mr. Wheeler explain him- self about whitened sepulchers and gambling hells. When he gets through explaining about his profitable business in the burnt district, lot him explain away his relations to Mr. Wiley and his disinterested anxiety to help to per- petuate the electric lighting monopoly. And when he gets through these pertinent explanations, let him explain what right he has to recelve profits from the contract made by companles for which he is agent of insurance of buildings belonging to the city of Omaha in deflance of the law which prohibits any councilman from being inter- ested elther directly or indirectly in any contract with the city. Reports from some of the larger cities of the cast state that a marked improvement is taking place in the real estate movement, showing that idle capital is availing itself _of the comparatively moderate prices of realty. There has been more activity to the real estate market in New York, Philadel- phia and some other eastern cities within the past few weeks than for a year previous, and this is also true of Chicago and St. Louis. The explanation is that men who have unemployed capital which for months has earned nothing, and who are not dis- posed to take the risk of investment in business or railroad securities. are taking advantage of the bargains in real estate which are to be obtained everywhere, feel- ing that with the return of prosperity (hat is sure to come ultimately this class of in- vestment will give good returns. That this reasoning is sound there can be no doubt.” Realty in localities which have an assured tuture is probably as low now as it is ever likely to be and in overy city whose prog- ress is halted simply by reason of the gen- eral depression and which will again move forward as soon as prosperity returns to the country there are bargains to be had in real estate which it will never again be possible to obtain. Property can be bought fin Omaha now which it is safe.to say will within five years pay 10 or 15 per cent a year on the money invested, and thero is no other form of investment that promises 50 well. It is the testimony of -experience that In a time like this good real estate that can be bought at a comparatively low price Is the safest of investments and In the end the most profitable. It has been years since the chances for securing bargains In realtyy have heen plentiful than at present in all cities of the country, more Springfleld, Mass., has just closed a con- tract with a local electric lighting com- pany by which the latter is to furnish nominal 1,200-candle power arc lights, burn- ing all of every night, upon a five-year agree- ment, at the pric of $75 per lamp per annum. This is on & basis of about $100 for nominal 2,000-candle power lights. It s not supposed that the Springfield company 15 doing business for its health merely, but it expects to reap a profit from Its contract. It had been supplying the lamps at $83, but found that it was able to make the reduc- tion noted In consideration of having its contract renewed. It Is Interesting to re- member that the report of our city engineer Just submitted to the council shows that power can be generated in Omaha as cheaply, It not more cheaply, than in Boston and other New England cities. In Springfield coal costs $4 per ton, while It is to be had In Omaha at still cheaper rates. This in- formation ‘s ventured for the benefit of some of our city solons, who seem to fear that electric lights cannot be supplied at the §112 recently bid without a loss fo the contract- ing company. It also glves some intimation of the profits which the present contractors are drawing from the city treasury, Governor Walte of Colorado his Arbor day proclamation. is out with He fluds con- solation in exercising this power without being crossed by either political opponents or the courts. Y BEE: MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1891 THE OMAHA DAIL E DR MILLER'S NEW JOR. Tekamah Bubnian: The appointment of Dr. George L. jen.of Omaha for surveyor of customs Isg@ godd one. So long as a democrat mus 2 the office the Burtonlan I8 glad that DWEMiller got It North Bead Republican: Dr. Miller Is a fine gentleman, a scholar, and above all a man who s honest in his politics. He fs, it Is true, a stocrat by every tie of na ture and training, but h ) honest about it that one cafinfft help admiring him Minden Gazetty: There will be very few men in Nebraskd, no matter of what politi cal faith, who wiil not endorse the appoint- ment of Dr. Mil as collector of the port at Omaha. Tha dootor 18 a_democrat, hide bound and un’-)n, but Nobraska has no morae loyal citia or one who has ‘“stood up for Nebraska” harder than Dr. Miller. Monroe Mirror: The appointment of Dr Miller to the position of surveyor of customs at Omaha by President Cleveland was one of the most foolish moves ever made in_the Iine of patronage dispensing. Dr. Miller Is a democrat of demperats, fitted for and entitled to any gift’ in the power of the party to bestow. To him an office of honor, and " one where talent is required, would doubtless be acceptable, but to offer the gentleman a position which could well be filled by any man of ordinary intelligence, and that, too, when the good doctor does not need it from a financlal standpoint, is supreme folly. Democrats of Nebraska have nothing to thank. the president for in re gard to this appointment, and out of respect to himself the doctor should decline it. Blair Pilot: Dr, Miller stands high in social and political circles and has long posed as an a tle reformer on variou theoretic lines. In. the ght of the past year's record, his acceptance of office under Cleveland is but another Instance of “how have the mighty fallen.” The good doctor's political club, the Samosets, has already “resoluted’’ a sc: 1 about ‘‘this unsolicite honor,” when the truth is Miller was pull- ing hard for a place on the interstate com- mission, which he could not get, and to help him fall on a soft place Grover gives him the customs. office, thus avolding a nasty fight and modifying the refusal to glve Miller what he wanted. Except ons faction of the state democracy, the general public will conclude that Dr. Miller drops sev 1 stitches in his dignity by accepting a makeshift place under Cleveland. - AT LIBEL CA Sheriff Bennett of Doug- TH Wahoo Bra: Ex Ias county sued The Omaha Bee for libel but from the testimony it would seem that he has made a slight mistake. It is a good thing, sometimes, to know when you're licked. Fremont Herald: We'll wager that Sherif Beanett of Omaha would give a con siderable sum if he ladn't commenced that libel suit inst Bditor Rosewater. The latter, inste ad of apologizing, as he was un- der all rules of politeness bound to do, set to prove all the s charge: and proved ‘em, with dozens of new ones just as bad and worse. The Bee's suggestion that the county Jjafl under Bennett and Mosher's supervision ought to have been “moved to Ninth street” was certainly a wise one. it might be in order for Colonel Frank Ire- land and Dundy’s grand jury to take an- other whack at it and ascertain whether they can scc a hole through a ladder with- out” crawling through it. Table Rock Argus: The criminal libel case of ex-Sheriff Bennett of Douglas county against B. Rosewater of The Dee is occupy- ing the attentiop of the courts at Omaha, and if some of the things sworn to by some of the witnesses.are true the man who could libel the condition ‘bf things at the jail would have to possess the imagination of a Verne and the descriptive power of a Hugo. Women were on_the stand who swore they went to the fail for Immoral purposes; pris- oners who stoods ik with the jail authorities swore that they left their cells to join a party of fallen ‘women and jail officers to spend the night in“debauchery; evidence was introduced to prove’that a criminal operation had been performed upon a female prisoner, in which the jail matron was implicated. In fact, the condition of affairs at the jail under Bennett's regime, If the witnesses swore truly, Was a falr competitor of brothels in ““Hells Half Acre’” of the city, and Mr. Rosewater will recelve credit from purity-loving citizens for his exposure of the facts. . Fremont Leader: We have watched with interest the testimony in the case of Ben- nett vs Rosewater, wherein the latter is charged with a criminal libel of the former while acting as sheriff of Douglas county. The testimony clearly shows that the Doug- las county jail was a disgrace to the county and stato. There is proof tending to show that beer was not only freely furnished to prisoners, but that lewd women were permitted to visit the jail and recefve their company. Bennett and his wife must have known of these things. Under such cir- cumstances it was the duty of a fearless Journalist to tell the truth and expose such an existing state of affairs. The sheriff is a public officer and the jail a public in- stitution, supported by the taxpayers, and the sherift was a candidate for re-election. A journalist that would wink at sueh a state of affairs at such a time would be unworthy the confidence of the public. The Bee, however, did speak out, calling atten- tion to the facts, in no spirit of acrimony, s0 far as we could seé, and the testimony of witnesses shows good and sufficient reasons for the statements. Every law- abiding citizen, not only of Douglas county, but of the entire state, is indebted to The Bee for its fearless course in this matter. The prosecution, however, has degenerated into a contemptible persecution. ‘Whooping Up the Prairies, Now York Sun. Tt doesn’t appear that Hon. William Jen- nings Bryan of Nebraska has yet accom- plished the object of his pilgrimage to the flutfiest folds of the west, the fusion of emocrats and populists, but he has r 1 s0 many tokens of th preciation of him felt © must be a happy man this day. has _been signalized by three of northern lights, twelve fire s, one de- serving earthquake, s1X waterspouts, a cy- clone, an ordinary hurricane, a blizzard, seven overflow meetings of the Platte river and two artesian wells sone wrong. Can any other man show as diversified a record of three weeks of fruitful and vociferous service? el Stacking the Card Detrolt Fre Press. Tt will be noted that in the provision for a tax on playing cards it Is stipulated that a pack shall not consist of more than fift four cards. This looks suspicious. Allow ing for the “joker,” there still remains the sibility of an extra ace or other desirs which is liable to find its way up som 5 sleeve and lead to a whole lot of trouble when it comes to determining the ownership of a “jack pot.” This item of the bill should bu revised and made more specific before there is a possibility of its becoming a law. | 1| h ol S McKinley Might Shout for 1t, Washjpgton Star. The change of coniplexion which the Wil- son bill 15 gradually but surely underg may be expected to'bring new talent t support. Ind It the maintained there ismo re why Major McKinley the front and orate major's past carcer not_sf behalf. D o The guarante in 18 sufficient that he would be superior to any considera- its tions of onal jealously” which the mere p title 1of the act to be super- seded might suggest. Bimetatlism, Cinclangtl Lommerclal, many Is forgiyg to the front on t silver question, and the commission chosc to Investigate' the “matter propose to g ahead, irrespective of the action or nonac- tion of England. j @he latter will be sure to drag behind under the false impression that it is the commercial world, and there- fore clothed with the full authority to dic tate the standard of values. Now is the time for the United States to proceed, not wildly, but wisely,.in the direction of bi- metallism. s LR High Coal Bills | d Weather, Denver Times. The Omaha Be which has evidently not fathomed the sclence modern govern- ment, opiplains because the coal bills of the Nebraska state institutions are as la in mild weather as in cold weather. Th Bee ought to know that the n nagers of state institutions control the weather. cannot phasis. Fibune. able and manly rs ago. He s the battle this fall than he was two years ago. He Is entitled to the opportunity, He will poll every re publican vote in the district—emphasis on the word republican. With ¥ MoCook a clean, two Andrews m fight for congressman is better able to wa, VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. McCook Tribune: Governor ®erves a renomination as prihily as any man who has ever sat upon Nebraska's gubernatorial chair. If he desires it, there is no good reason wo know of why he should not be renominated practically by a unani mous volce. Wakefield Tepublics This may be a republican year” all right, but in Nobraska it will not be a year for machine politiclans of any party More than ever before candi- dates will be voted for on their merits, and not becausa they belong to this or that party. It stands republicans in hand to seloct thelr very best timber for the state ticket this year. David City Press: Mr. Rosowater is ac- cused of laying the ropes for A. E. Cady to be nomir for governor and John Davies Crounse de for attors general on the republican ticket. If Mr. Rosewater should succeed in nominating two such men--possessed of ability, integrity and backbone—it would add immensely to his credit. They are partisans, with all the word implies, but they are men of high honor. - LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE. The Bee has made arran publication of a series of arti ements for the es under the above title by the most distinguished statesmen and thinkers of the day. The topies to be discussed are the great civic and political problems of the time. Five of these articies have already been fssued, the writers being Edward Everett Hale, Cardinal Gibbons, General O. O. Howard, Theodore Roosevelt and President Andrews of Brown university, The eight following will appear in the order named: Machines and Machine Poli Hon. Michael D. Harter, mem- of congress from Ohfo. Mr. Harter s eperfencod and practical politician, and views on the subject indicated are of interest at this time. He shows Al machinery is a ne but “bosses” and “‘boss” politics. an ¢ his special that politi he denounces March 25 “The Reme Dy William Preston dent of Tulane university, L President Johnson is a representative south- ern man—a man of broad sympathies and progressive views. He deplores the preva lence of mob law, and traces out its causes and effects in an interesting and impressive dy for Mob Law in_the South Johns way. This paper will attract wide atten tion at this time. April 1. ““The Good Roads Problem.”—By Hon James Beaver, ex-governor of Pennsy vania. Governor Beaver has been a promi- nent figure in the “good roads” movement from the beginning, and no man is better qualified than he to write upon this subject The article is replete with timely and valu able “points” on the problem of how to make good roads and how to keep them. April he Future of International Arbitration.” Coudert. ~ Mr. Cou- By Hon. Frederic R. New York Bar asso- rt is president of the ciation and one of the leading jurists of the day. He rendered distinguished service for this country a year or 50 ago as a member of the Bering Sea Arbitration tribunal in Paris, and no one is better qualified to speak on the subject indicated here than he. April 15, “The Scholar in Politics."—By Prof. David Swing of Chicago. This article is in the most brilliant and caustic style of the famous preacher, orator and writer of Chi- o—the man who was adjudged a “her- tic" some years ago in an ccclesiastical court, but who is generally acknowledged to be one of the keenest and most original %) April thinkers of the present day. “The State and the Criminal."—By Fred- erick Wines, chief department criminal sta- tistics, eleventh census. Mr. Wines is the highest authority in this country on the sub- ject of crime and criminals. He has made ihe subject a life study and writes with force and,authority. He has been secretary of the National Prison associatin and a leader in prison reform for many years. His paper presents a striking array of facts on one of the most serious problems of the time. ril 29, Development of the South.”—By Hon. Patrick Walsh, cditor of the Augusta Chron- icle, Augusta, Ga. Mr. Patrick Walsh is in every sense a southern man and a frue rep- resentative of the south. He is a man of liberal spirit and progressive {leas. He has made a special study of southern resources and industrial possibilities, and speaks on this subject with eloguence, force and bril- liancy. A great amount of interesting and aluable information on the south, as it is today, is given in this article. The facts set forth will be a revelation to many north- rn readers. May 6. “ifho American Citizen Abroad.”—By Charles Emory Smith, late United States minister to Russia. This country has never had a representative at the sourt of St. Potersburg more able, skillful and snccessful than Charles Bmory Smith. In this article he gives much interesting and veinable in- formation on the rights, duties ani privileges of American citizens in other lands. As a veteran journalist himself Mr. Smith under- stands the art of putting things in a fresh and attractive way for newspaper readers generally. May 13. B HERE AND THERE. Even the weather has taken on some of the prevailing republican gayety. The adoption of electricity as @ motor on the Erie canal Is a shock to the antique mule. The wise presidential place his delicate boom warehouse. Governor Waite is to be congratulated on the possession of a halting motion in the upper story. The conversion of Senator Blackburn will have a tendency to restore the equilibrium of Kentucky morals. One of the builders of the original Wilson bill displayed forethought in omitting bi- chloride of lime from the list of dutiable article: Ex-Senator Ingalls denies the report that he contemplates joining the ministry. He is content with his position as a statesman out of a job. If his newspaper counterfeits are true to aspirant will now in a cold storage life Massillon Coxey is suffering from a com- prehensive vacuum in the region of the bread-basket. For president in 1896: Jaw Silicon Coxey; for vice president, C. Upanatem Browne. Platform: “We'll all be happy yet, you bet." A veteran attached to the coroner's office in Philadelphia recently recefved a letter from a man offering for sale a set of false teeth found on Gettysburg battleground. With regard to his somewhat complicated accounts, John Y. McKane says he is ‘“‘not much at figures.”” It does not appear that he is favorably Impressed with the figures on his spring suit. Senator Coke of Texas has decided to re- tire from public life at the close of his term, March 4, 1895, when he will have completed eighteen years of service. The only reason he assigns is a desire to return to private life, believing that he has been sufficiently honored by the people of Texas. Ofcial confirmation is now had of that absurd fake, the blarney stone, exhibited in the Aberdeen Irish village at the World's fair. The Chicago collector of customs r ports to the Treasury department that stone was a slice of Chicago pave smuggled into a box which contair ported goods, and thus secured a c of fmportation. The fake was the smallest of the Midway collection, and reflects little credit on the titled Aberdeen who set up the ‘village." the ent PESSIMISTIC. Ho A little hile A flower, a cl But high aboy 1 could but feast my eyes. Another day this flower 1 spy, My wish to have It grows; I climb in fear a story high, And find a fragrant rose. The flower viewed thus narrowly, Doth more than ever pleasc; I stretch my hand forth cagerly, Ity slender stem to seize. When, lo. this seeming tender Soon proves that it is armed, And plerces with a cruel sting His hand whom it had charmed thing then, and all things fair, bt to mock desire? And has this life we fondly No warmth—but only fir cax SUGAR SCANDAL IS GROWING Senators Boing More and More Olouded in the Fog of the Trust. JOBBERS GETTING INSIDE TIPS STOCK oves Made by the € ittee Known In Now York Before They Are In Wash- o ington — Somo of the Deals of Saturday. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE DEB, 513 Fourteenth Street, WASHINGTON, March 18, That the Sugar trust Is controlling action upon the sugar schedule of the Wilson tariff bill there can be no doubt whatever. Short- Iy after the market closed yesterday a tele- gram was recelved here from New York stating that “somothing s about to take place In sugar; the trust is arranging for a lift.”" Other dispatches related how men bers of the trust had been in and had advised the fricnds as thing about to oceur.” When the senate finance committee closed its work yesterday afternoon it was stated that its action upon refined sugar announced some days ago had been “revised and made more clear,” An examination of the bill shows that the duty on refined sugar ha onferenc to “'s ne- been almost doubled from the figures fixed recently, made an eighth of a cent per pound upon even the lower grades, and the committee has agreed to make the repeal t all commercial treaties with countries producing sugar certain. This i3 even more than the Sugar trust demanded. It is more in realit than it gets at presen The most remarkable feature of it all is that what the trust was yesterday preparing for and was wired here from Mow York could not be learned in Washin: ton, so closely was it sealed up in the finaaes com- room and confided i trist repre- itives. It is stated that tho Sugar and hisky trusts have pooled issnes and are dividing expenses, and that their Jowhies are interchangeable, each working for the other's interests. It looks as though the trust scandals had only begun BOOMING ADLAL Before the close of the present session of congress there will be organized a thorough Adlai Stevenson boom for the presidency The vice president's schooner s to be launched on the presidential sea in a way which it s believed will win. Strange, but the Illinols democrats are not enginecring this boom. It is to be managed by south- erners. General Stevenson has condueted himselt during tha silver discussions in such a way as to win the democratic be- lievers in a free silver poiicy, while Presi- dent Cleveland has driven the silverites away from him. Adai Stevenson is not in any sense the presidential candidate of Grover Cleveland or any of his followers. The policies of the two men run at right angles Most of the Illinois democrats in congr are cuckoos, and for that reason they are not working the Stevenson boom. The ar- rangement Is to have the vice president star the country during the coming congressional campaign. He will especially look after the south and talk silver. He will attempt to defeat the populist scheme for capturing that section and keep the south solid. In return he is to be given a solid southern delegation in the convention of 1896. The vice presi- dent will speak also in Ohio, Indiana, Ne- braska, Iowa and the far northwest. It Is the intention to give him a special train, a number of assistant speakers, and early In the campalgn turn the company out upon a regular “barn storming” four, which is to land the presidential nomination two years hence, This is one of the reasons why cer- tain democratic senators are anxious to have the tariff bill soon passed. CONCERNING CARNEGIE'S CONTRACT. In the house the other day Mr. Meikle- john of Nebraska offered a resolution bear- ing upon the statements published to the effect that the recent fining of the Carnegic steel works for supplying the government with defective armor plates was the result of a conspiracy. The resolution was pre- ceded by preambles reciting that untested and defective armor plates were reported to have been substituted for perfect and tested plates at the Carnegie works and de- livered to the government as perfect plate that it was reported that this matter had been the subject of conferences between the president and sccretray of the navy and representatives of the Carnegie company, resulting in a fine something like $150,000. The resolution asked the secretary of the navy to furnish the houso with all informa- tion in his possession bearing upon the sub- ject, together with a statement of the plates Turnished and tests made and the action of the department. The object Is to ascertain whether or not a democratic administration is persecuting a_republican manufacturing company, and, if not, whether the fining of the company upon a just presentation of the case was the result of a conspiracy within the Carnegie steel works. It has been clalmed that defective plates were put into the ships armored by the Caruegie com- pany by resentful workmen who were di missed from the works during the Home- stead strike in 1892, and Mr. Meiklejohn wants to ascertain.whether or not this is true, and, if not true, whether this admini: tration is trying to punish a manufactu company for its politics, as the first Cle mitteo en until ho could discover w ther it intention of the goverment to lay the whola matter before the country, and there are some pretty strong Indications conveyed in his language that there are disclosures sir rounding the compromise which involve 1) Carnegle company, whose superin said to have ordered an employe of the ¢ pany to destroy his pass books, supposed 1 contaln data covering the allexed subst) tion of defective and untested armor plat HAWAIL 1S A DEAD TOPIC 1t 1s very seldom that one hears 11 mentioned at the capitol now. It wa three or four months ago that the w 1 upon every ono's tongue, and it wa principal tople of conversation by men parties, The subject was worn threa before it was finaily disposed of, and m congress grow weary of it. It s understood that the condit Hawail will remain undisturbed, so f our government is concorned. Presilong Cleveland and Secretary Grosham o satisfied with what they attempted, and half-hearted endorsement of their ¢ 8; but under t edingly fortu given them by congre cumstances they were exc to escape a severe reprimand. Had it been for the cuckoo rekime and th oppressive influences brought by t fstration upon the democratic partisan is no doubt that congress would have re manded instead of endorsed the adn tration. While Minister Willis will send in his reports upon the condit IHonolulu, the administration does not template any further steps toward the r toration of the deposed queen or ence with the provisional Private letters received from He cate that the work of preparing ments for the establishment of a r in the Sandwich fslands goes steadil ward, and that before wheat harvest in country an election will have been held there for the adoption of a constitution WHEN WILL THE TARIFF PASS? Again manufacturers throughout the ¢ try are pouring letters and telegram congressmen_inquiring when the Wilson t I bill will be finally acted upon. This probably the most dificult question pr pounded respecting the procsedings of this o Your correspondent has made diligent Inquiry among the republican leaders in the semate and of democra members of the senate finance committ and he is frank to confess that the question cannot be answered Chairman Voorhees continues about “rushing” the tariff bill into law. Hu is giving almost daily statements to the effect that the bill will be passed within o many weeks. His object I8 to fmpress th int vorn ulu i the doc to tall country with the idea that he is using superhuman efforts to dispose of the meas- ure, 50 as to throw the blame for exhaust ive debate or any delay upon the minority. But Chairman Voorhe in point of fact, does not believe the Wilson tarift bill will be out of the way before the middle of next summer. When the bill was passed by the house he statement was made in these dispatehes that it would not be finally acted upon till the dog days. When, six weck ago, members of the finance committee, who then had charge of the measure, said they would report it a month ago your cor- respondent revised his prediction and stated that it might be finally acted upon by the 1st of June. If it is absolutely necessary to make a prediction at this time, it is that the Wilson tariff bill will not be out of the way before the latter part of August. PERRY 8. HEATH. Siftings: It does not require a legal eg cation to go into the son-in-law business, It lsw't surprising that Plain_ Deale ckers are pop-ulists some of the Georgia c A man does not neces- Lowell Courier: ground when he uses a sarily take high little' blufr. n Philadelphla Record: Thg messenzer hor follows a calling, but the bell boy comes ta the front. % \ Yonkers Statesman: Mrs. Crimsonbenk— If T should ask you to cut some wood what would you do? Tramp—I think I would cut. “You shouldn’t ba rd on_the poets” said the sentimental man, “You know' they learn in suffering what they teach in song. es,” replied the souiless citizen; “and 50 do the public.” ‘Washington Sta w, what dtanapolls Journal: Tommy—F Indianapolis Jourr -PAW, what is the difference batween a jou newspaper man? e Ml Well, the chews tobacco and the ¢ man smokeg “newspap: Journalis| FORCE OF HABIT. Washington Star, Once in the wild and hounding west Te flung a lasso with the best. And he whooped with glee as’the rope he threw, For his joy was vast as the vaulted blue. But his lot is changed, for he settled When he married, and lived in a hou: town, O ST s T But he whoops as of yore with a voice Im- mense As the clothes line he strings to the back- ard fenc ROWNING, K 5 . The largest nikkers o clothes on ¢ it Your money’s worth or your moncy hae's llors of arth, If it rains On Easter Sunday they say it will rain for seven SARELEINRY \ N o and we the paie of the satisfled. Ten dollars will suceeeding Sundays -— but, never felt so we hope it won't rain, for it will seri- -4~ ously interfere with the sale of our new spring suits—a grand display of which we are now showing. We never had a flner collection, confident of pleasing everybody as now, for the styles are so varied, and yet within height of fashion, that all can be buy one of those newly- fashioned suits, while an investment of a little more will give you the finest in are full of Easter necktesg— this, our opening spring display. Our windows all specially designed for the land. Like everything we show, their quality cannot be questioned, while the actual price is so low that they will be fast as our salesmen can hand them out. taken as It will be a great pleasure to us to show these new goods even if youdo not eare to purchase just now. BROWNING, KING & CO., Willuiy (e expressif you send themcrey farrowathormore LS W. Cor.13th and Douglas Sts, land administration pursued the John Roach Ship company until it was compelled to RO into the sheriff’'s hands and the owner and founder was driven to his grave. e It Is sald that the retary of the navy, when advised ot the Maikleohn rosolution, was considerably annoyed over it, and ex- hibited keen evidence of dissatistactin N has been stated from Pittshurg that the attorney for the informers has beon delay- ing publication of all the facts in the caxe ! % ! | § } L - - e w—— - . i ¢ i | ' 1 1 \\ {