Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 1, 1894, Page 4

THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. | tor. VATER, EVERY MORNING. E. 108 —_— - PUBLISHED . .. JERME RIPTION, OF BURSC Daily Bée (without Sunday), One Year Dafly and Sunday, One Year... Rix Montha..... e Three Months iy The A Ratugdn . Weekly e St Om: The Tee Bullding. Fauth Omaha, corner N and Twenty-fourth 8ts. Ainell THufts, tl street. Chicagn OfMice, 317 Chamber nmeres, New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bldg. Washington, 1407 F* str CORME t W. news and edi To the Bditor, LETTE A remittances 1 to The Iee Publishing Drafts, ohecks and po Able to the order of the o THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAN ddres: Omahn be made STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Georgo 11, Tanchuck, wecrotary of The fiee Pub. Yishing company, beini duly sworn, says that (he aetual number of fall and complete coples of The Dally Morning, Evening and » printed during the month of April, follows i 4,080 tnday 1 . 2nuU Lam L2 1 2,380 2 2,708 Less dedu coples . Total sold.... f Dally average not eireulation. . *Sunday. TORGE B, TZECHUCK. 1 subscribed in my pres- Bworn to hefor: ence this 24 ¢ 1894, (8eal,) 311, Notary Publle. One thing Omaha has been effectually cured of Is laying wooden block pavements because they are cheap. The middleman between the State Board of Educational Lands and Funds and the investment of the permanent school fund must go. Mr. Wiley is willing to-unload his electric lght elephant upon the city provided the city agrees to the terms which he may pro- pose. Mr. Wiley was always noted for his generosity. How can a contract not yet concluded for supplying the city with electric lights from tho time of the expiration of the existing contract take effect according to its terms when the latter has already expired? The constitution of Nebraska requires the state to make good all losses that may occur to the permanent school fund. The taxpayers are willing to make good unavoid- able losses, but they draw the line at sup- plylng funds for the benefit of bogus bond brokers. The Burlington statement for April shows an increase in net earnings over those of the same month of last year despite the decrease of gross receipts, There has evi- dently been the most sweeping retrench- ment and wage cutting on the whole Bur- lington system. We cannot explain how Congressman Bryan could have the effrontery to deliver a Memorial day address in the presence of Grover Cleveland and J. Sterling Morton on any other theory than that the breach 18 not yet beyond healing by the application of a satisfactory amount of patronage salve, Lincoln need not crow so hard over the promised removal of the crop report bureau from Omaha to that city. imagine that Secretary Morton has crdezed the change to please his most gracious friend, Mr. Bryan. Secretary Mortsn has no love for Omaha, and never loses an op- portunity to give her the worst of it. = e ‘The growing interest of all classes of American people fn outdpor sports s shown by the way in which every general holiday Is utilized everywhere for purposes of this kind. Sporting events have become one of the customary methods of celebrating these occasions, without reference to the character of the event in honor of which the holiday was established. While there are two sides to the questlon the increase of sporting events Is evidence of their popularity. —_— ‘What does the police commission propose to do with the men who although speciilly detalled to preserve order at the Coliseum on occasion of the recent flag presentation drill and military ball, not only permitted the most disgraceful orgies to be enacted, but also participated in the revelry? The names of policemen who were supposed to ba on duty during this scandalous performance can be easily ascertained, and an explunation demanded. The police commission can not allow such actions to pass unnoticed. The members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners who reviewad the police parade are sald to have axprossed themselves as very favorably impressed by the fine appearance of the men. A goad ap- pearance certainly counts for something in a military body, but fine looks are by no means everything. Of what avail are they when the force I3 rent by discord and in- ternal dissensic.s and its efficiency im- paired by the distrust of the men In one another? Reorganize the police force! Omaha's first parachute accident of the soason has already occurred, and will doubt- less be followed by others with more or less serious results, Last year tho management of the local summer resort was party to an arrangement by which an utterly Inexperi- enced man was enconrazel to make an sconslon In which he lost his life. I chute performers, of course, have to mu their beginning somewhere, and are always taking a_great degree of risk, but there Is no need of employing novices to entertain an Omaha public. The negligence of last summer would not be so easily condoned it repeated this year, One lesson in that line ought to be more than a sufiiciency, No more suitable day than Memorial day could have been chosen for the dedication of the monument to Horace Greeley, because ho as much as almost any other single person made the cause for which the fal'en yeterans fonght successful. It was pecu- Narly fitting then that the memory of Greeley should be recalled and reverenced ~at the very time when a grateful people e was paying homage to the men who gave their lives to save the union under whose blessings the country has thrived and pros- pered. It was also fitting that the Greeley monument should be erected under the auspices of Typographical union No. 6 and dedicated by the newspaper men, who owe #0 much to the great ploneers of journalism, While newspaper men have their peculiar obligations to Greeley, all classes have bene- fited by the works of this great man and should join in honoring his memory, Neither need it' NONINTERFERENCE IN HAWAIL The United States senate yestevlay passed the resolution declaring that this govern- ment ought not to Interfere in any way with the politieal affairs of Hawail. It was supported by men of all parties, and there 3 single vote recorded against the resclution. This action will be approved by the country. However unfortunate the urse of the ropresentative of the United Etates In using the power at his command overthrow was not to enable the revolutionists to the monarchy and take possession of the government, the time has gone by when this country could with any show of justice or propriety interfere in the political affairs of the Hawallan islands. After the rejec- tion by the deposed queen of the friendly offices of this government, looking to her restoration with conditions which a due re- gard for human considerations demanded, we were released from any further re- sponsibility or duty, so long, at least, as the provisional government, with which we held communication, if not giving it a full recognition, was ablo to maintain its hold on power. The president exhausted all his authority when he withdrew the protection to the provisional government implied in raising the American flag over the govern- ment buildings at Honolulu and sought to bring about a peaceful restoration of the former political status, This having falled and the American people being opposed to the use of force, the only proper course was to drop the matter, and this, in effect, is what the administration did. An expres- sion from congress was, however, desirable, it not necessary, and with the adoption by the house of the senate resolution, which may be regarded as assured, the United States government will have washed its hands of the whole Hawaiian business. It 18 a business which, on the whole, has not been creditable to the country, but the les- son may be useful in the future. The latest acvices from Honolulu indicate that the provisional government will be sue- tained by the popular vote, though the right of suffrage fs. confined to a small proportion of the people. Delegates have been chosen to a convention to frame a constitution, and the Intention Is to estab- lish a republican form of government. The probability is, however, that the now ruling oligarchy will shape things so as to per- petvate their power, and in order to do this will 50 restrict the suffrago that few out- side of their adherents will be allowed to enjoy this privilege of citizenship. How long the large number of Japanese and others on the islands, capable of intelli- gently exerclsing the suffrage, would toler- ate such a state of things it is impossible to say, but there is reason to believe that the islands may yet be the scenc of a severe struggle before a permanent govern- ment is established. The resolution adopted by the senate declares that interference in the political affairs of Hawail by any other government will be regarded as an act un- friendly to the United States, which will doubtless be accepted by other governments as an ample adinonition to keep hands off. AN ENGLISH BIMETALLIST'S VIEWS. Right Honorable Henry Chaplin, who was a member of the Salisbury cabinet, has long been promirient among the advocates of bi- metalllsm in England. His interests are identified with the agricultural class, and very generally the farmers of Great Britain are the strength of the bimetallic cause there. The agricultural interest of England has been greatly depressed for years. Wheat raising especially has been unprofitable, owing to the severe competition to which the producers have been subjected, and it i3 sald that most of the temants of wheat land in Great Britain are unabls to 5ay their rents, those who own the land and are in debt cunnot pay thelr interest, wnile every year more and more wheat land is devoted to other crops. The market value of all land has g0 fallen that in many cases it is not worth the mortgages upon it. The agri- cultural class anxiously seck a remedy for this state of affairs, and while some believe that a return to protection would provide the remedy many think it is to be found in the remonetization of silver, or bimetal- lism, and it is probable that there Is an increasing number who hold the latter view. The address of Mr. Chaplin to the confer- ence of the Scottish Members of Husbandry shows that he has full faith in the remedial power of bimetallism, He maintains that the real cause of the low price of wheat is not overproduction, as some assert, but “the demonctization of ‘silver n 1873 and the sub- sequent divergence of the relative values of the metals which enabled the silyer-using countries, like India, to export wheat at the present low price.” He expressed the opinion that if silver continues to fall there is noreason why wheat should not cheapen indefinitely. In this Mr. Chaplin voiced the opinfon of bimetallists generally, those of the Unlted States as well as those of Eng- land, and yet the notion that there is any direct communtcation between the fall in silver and the decline in the price of wheat has been so often shown to be a fal- lacy that it Is astonishing anybody valuing his reputation for intelligence and sound Jjudgment will cling to it. In the last annual statistical abstract of the United States, published under the direction of the secre- tary of the treasury, It is shown that In 1880,the year after the resumption of specle payments, the average export price of our wheat was $1.25 per bushel, while In 1885 it was 86 cents per bushel. According to the report of the director of the mint the price of an ounce of fine silver in 1880 was $1.14% and in 1885 It was $L06%. Thus while at the latter date wheat was 39 cents lower than in 1880 the difference in the averago price of silver in the two years was cn'y 8 ceats. Stat'stl s sLov that during the fifteen years from 1879 to 1894 the fall n the price of silver was 41 per cent, while + decline in wheat was 47 per cent. During this period the decline In all commodities was only a little more than 7 per cent. Cotton was higher in the three years from 1888 to 1890 than in 1879, although silver was much lower, Wheat was nearly as high in 1891 and 1892 as in 1879, though sil- ver was 10 to 17 per cent lower, The average of prices of all com- modities was higher in 1888, 1891 and 1893 than in 1879, although silver had declined in 1888 12.5 per cent, in 1891 10.5 per cent, and in 1893 25.4 per cent. Within the last yoar silver has declined 28.2 per cent, wheat 20.8 per cent, cotton 17.6 per cent, wool about 33 per cent. In the face of thee figures what becomes of the theory that_there is any connection between the price of silver and the price cf other com- modities, and particularly of wheat? Its faliscy Is obvious and indisputable. Mr. Chaplin sald that the English bi- metallists propose an International agree- went to revert to the system which pre- valled prior to 1878, and that they will ae- cept any ratio rather than continue as now. Ho thinks that the market price of silver will conform to any fixed international ratlo, and that an agreement once reached everything will :peedily adjust itsclf to the new order. In working for an laterna tional agreement the bimetalllsts of Eng land are much more rational than the sil- ver men of this country, who demaud that the United States shall assume the task alone of rehabilitating silver, It fs proba- bly true, as Mr. Chapin says, that the eause of bimetalllsm s advancing In England, but it does not appear that the progress Is very rapid, The re- cent action of the meeting of the German Panking association In unanimously adopt- Ing a resolution In favor of a gold standard Indicatee that in Germany the cause of bi- metallism s not moving forward as vigor- ously as has been supposed. A SOP TO THE VETERANS. Senator Voorhees has Introduced a bill in the United States senate to Increase to $12a month all pensions Below that amount. It Is stated that there are about 150,000 pen- sloners who now get less than $12. The majority of those get less than $8 a month, and there are 50,000 who get no more than $4 a month, Should the bill of the Indlana senator become law it would very largely increase the pension payments. But it will not become law, and probably Mr. Voorhees does not expect it to. The policy of the present administration 1s to reduce pensions, and it has been shown in debates In the house that the penslon has actually been cutting off $2 a month from pensions which are now rated at $8 and less a month. It has been known for some time that Voorhees professed not to be pleased with the policy of the administration regarding pensions. Early in the session of the present congress it was announced that he intended to make a speech in the senate criticising the course that has been pursued by the administration In this mat- ter, but If he ever entertained such a pur- pose he was probably persuaded not to carry it out. He may yet be heard on his bill, but it so it is hardly to be expected that he will make any attack on the pension bureau. It Is suggested, with how much justice we will not undertake to say, that the Indlana senator {8 actuated in this matter entirely by political considerations. The old soldiers in Indiana constitute a large body of voters, many of whom have afliliated with the democratic party. They have ndicated with great unanimity their dlssatisfaction with the pension policy of this administration, and undoubtedly a large number of those who have been voting with the democracy will be found with the republicans at tize next election. The bill introduced by Sen- ator Voorhees may be designed to placate this dissatisfled element. If so it Is entirely safe to say that it will not have any such effect. The union soldiers of Indiana, in common with those of all the rest of the country, perfectly understand the feeling toward them of the party in control of the executive and legislative departments of the government, and no sop of this Kind will induce them to believe that party has any interest in or sympathy with them. It has for years persistently invelghed against the pension system, fighting the re- publican party at every step in the liberal- izing of the system, and as soon as it ob- tained control of the executive office and of congress it commenced an attack upon the pensfoners. A policy that outraged all sense of fairness and justice was instituted, and it was only modified when the popular denunciation became so Intense that it could not be disregarded. The chief recom- mendation of Mr. Hoke Smith for secretary of the interior was his hostility to the pen- slon system and his presumed ability to curtail the pension roll, and it must be ad- mitted that he entered upon the duty he was expected to perform in a way to justify the confidence reposed In him by the ap- pointing power. It is true that Mr. Cleve- land placed an old soldier at the head of the pension bureau, but not for the reason that he was a friend of the pension system. There has been no legislation thus far by the present congress in the interest of the union veterans and there is not likely to be. There {s no more chance to pass a bill for Increasing pensions below $12 and making that sum the minimum than there is of in- ducing this congress to abandon its proposed tariff policy and permit the restoration of the prosperity that prevailed before the election of the party in power. No old soldier, in Indlana or elsewhere, §Il be deluded into supporting the democratic party by the sop thrown out by Senator Voorhees. SUBURBAN TRAINS. There is no doubt that the running of accommodation trains from towns within 100 miles of Omaha by all the roads that center here would very materially increase local trafiic and eventually help to build up our fobbing trade by bringing Omaha into more Intimate and friendly relation with the people in the region of which she has become the metropolis. Where regular ac- commodation trains cannot be made profit- able to the raiiroads they should by all means get the managers of the rallroads to run ex- cursion trains during the summer season. The question will be asked, who s to nego- tiate for this suburban excursion service and who will undertake to guarantee the necessary number of excursionists to make the train pay its way? It seems to us that the Commercial club through its traffic manager would be the proper party to take charge of this enterprise. ln' fact, the Com- mercial club should make the suburban ex- cursion service one of its functions. That body is composed chiefly of the mercantile clas and has moreover a manager who is thoroughly familiar with their demands and the facllities of the rallroads. Inasmuch as he has been practically relleved from wrest- ling with local ~raliroad managers over freight rates and rebates he ought to be in position at least to render efficient service where he will not be an offensive partisan in the eye of the rallroad manager. That his efforts to secure favorable rates for suburban excursions will be seconded by our leading retall merchants goes without saying. They have for years been anxious to co-operate and make liberal subscriptions for suburban excursions, but they have been balked in thelr efforts by the stubborn opposition at railroad headquarters, We hope that the rallroad managers can be convinced that it Is their interest to fos- ter the local trade of Omaha in the same manner as has been done at other rallroad centers. Last year they had a good excuse for declining, because ail thelr rolling stock was in active and constant requisition for the World's fair. That condition does mnot prevall this year and there is no probability that the overland travel will become so very extensive this season as to monopolize ail their spare locomotives and passenger equip- ment, bureau Senator Every succeeding Memorlal day gives rise to some new notoriety seeker, who at- tompts to have his name glyen prominence by means of an uncalled-for and unwar- ranted attack upon the old unfon soldier and the cause for which he fought and died These outbursts of flame from the dylng embers of civil discord are prompted by the personal grievances of the men who glve utterance to Ahem, of men Who e-nl nelther forgive nor Torget those who helped to stamp secession as_the lost can They are making their last and desperate efforts to inflame the miAfs bt the new generation in the south agAingt the people of the north, and the more_certain thelr failure the more violent their denunciation of everything and everdhody connected with the presorvation of the union, There Is doubtless still a, coysiderablo number of southern men whp remain unreconciled to the triumph of the portmern armles, and who harbor feelings of resentment and re- venge. But they are so unquestionably in the Insignificant mfority that they can glve but a feeble; eccho to these venomous outbreaks on the part of their Memorial day speakers. The upholders of the union have condoned more grievous onslaughts than these, and they will be able to condone these also. The county commlissioners have appolnted half a dozen Inspectors to watch the paving of the country roads and keep the contractors from slighting thelr work and using in- ferfor materials, The next thing the com- missioners sho®ld do is to appoint another set of Inspectors to watch the inspectors and see to it that they do not play into the hands of the coutractors. And then the commis- sloners will have to follow up the last set and inspect the whole outfit personally. Multiplying Plagues. Chicago Inter Ocean, Grover Cleveland, congress, armies, strikes and seventeen-y are a big load for the same year. There s but little chance to do_any vaccination to stop them before the November elections. the Cox rear locus New The senate Is making a full stock of atro- clous culmination and needs all the credit It can get for such a sporadic deviation into the platform as the restoration of wool to the dutiable list would be. Sus- pend the free list. Make the deadheads pay. e A Dangerous Operation. Globe Democrat, Mr. Cleveland told a senator the other day ‘that he wanted to leave the dem cratic party better than he found it. Iivery election shows that the purpose i3 being accomplished. The best way to improve the democracy s by numerical reduction. Mr. Cleveland should remember, however, that when a patient loses more than two- fifths of his selght he is apt to die. hscetghe s The Solicitudo of . Kansas City Star. Mr. Hall's solicitude for the newspaper mzz s presumably not built so much on principles of exact justice as a desire to be on the opposite side, and perhaps to pune- ture a few of the senators who have not been friendly to the scheme for defeating the tariff bill. The appearance of Mr. Hill as the champlon of the press is one of the unkind blows of fate which newspapers cannot always avoid. —_———— Getting Out from Under, Kansas City Times (dem.). The Times is not the champion of Grover Cleveland, but it is a believer in the doc- trines of democracy and deprecates the prostitution of its principles to the selfish purposes of _traitorous senators, whose pecuniary Interests are subsurved by per- petuating McKinleyism. The Wilson bill as it passed the house was so nearly a democratic measure ithat it would have revived business in eyery direction, and the destruction of it was a crime against the people. e WIll the Senater Vindicate Itself., Minneapolls Journal. Buttz, for attempting to bribe senators, can be ‘indlcted and punished under section 5450 of the Revised! Statutes. It Is there set forth that every, person promising, of- fering or glving money or anything of value to any member of either house of congress to influéncé votes, shall be fined three times the amount of money or value of the thing promised, with three years' Imprisonment. This wiil be hard on Buttz, but the senafe should put him through to vindicate its own honpr. T —yrr——— From Slaugliter House to Grave, Loulsvillg, Courier-Journal. The democratic outlook does not brighten as the solar system puts on its summer garb of green and gold. The confusion at Washington is radiative, its dissonance epi- demic. Democrats go ' about bewlildered. Chagrin _among the rank and file of the party, passing from amazement to dismay, has culminated in disgust, deep and uni: versal. A political Soclety which has weathered so many headlands and sur- vived so many adversities, was surely not born to die; but little short of complete reorganization seems adequate to its res- cue from total disruption. P Degradation of Party Principles. Loutsville Courler-Journal. The bill that finally passes will not be the Wilson bill, but the Gorman bill, or the HIill bill, If it be not called the Bill Mc- Kinley, jr. 'As matters are going, and in any event democratic hopes are bafiled, democratic pledges stultifled, democratic prospects blighted. — Better 'another two years of the McKinley tariff pure and simple, and another. appeal to the people upon the old line fair and square, with evarybody forced to toe the mark, than to go over to the enemy or to take to the woods. If we lose, we should at least go down with our flag flying, our honor Intact, whereas victory under present conditions can be purchased only by the degradation of all things great and noble in our na- tional life. Besides, it is not victory, but defeat, that stares us In the fac A Electriclty and Fires, Philadelphia Ledger. The action of the fire underwriters in Hartford, Conn., in establishing a system of inspection of 'the electric wiring of busi- ness blocks in that city should be followed in every city In which electricity has come into use. The inspectors have already found fifty stores and business offices In Hartford with defective wiring, and the buildings have accordingly been con- demned, The increasing number of fires ascribed to electricity demands the exercise of greater care in the use of this_method of furnishing light and power. Boston has had a number of fires within the past years directly traceable to electricity which burned up millions of dollars worth of prop- erty. The fire record in Hartford shows the same result, and doubtless an Investi- gation of wires in other cities would prove the destructive part elestricity, when not properly handled, has played in fires. The burning of Talmage's church in Brook- lyn recently, with valuable property adjoining, was probably caused by the defective insulation of some electric light wires. ——— NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS, Pawnee county farmers appear to be fairly prosperous. One of them living at Steinauer is about to build a brick barn costing about $7,000. A flond at Firth drove a team of colts belonging to Alex Ellis into a barn and then sot fire to the strircture. The animals were consumed with the barn. A keg of beer was, the Instrument with which Frank Pierce of Greeley amputated ono of his fingers.— He dropped the weapon on his hand, although he knew it was loaded, Y Rowe Erlewine, a (Seward young man, tried to pass between a couple of cars by stepping on the bumpers. The doctors hope to save the foot, but the heel is crushed bad enough to give Rowe a paln for some days to come. L Five Indians with a bear tried to buy fire water at Schuyler, and when it wa refused them they; took to lemon extra They bought out, one dealer, and when they left town they were feeling sour as swill, but somewhat hilarious, A man who had burglarized four stores at Washington, Kang (was located at Odell with Taylor's circus and four officers started in to arrest him. He no sooner sighted the officers than he made a break for the brush near the circus grounds. Pay- ing no attention to the cries of halt the pursuers opened fire on him, which was re- turned with a vengeance. Several times the fugitive hid in the brush and when routed out would hold his ground for a few mo- ments while engaged in firing volley after volley at his pursuers, Fully twenty shots bad been fired when ane of the officers came up with the burgiar and at the point of a revolver gffected his capture. He was found to be unhurt, but the pursuing party bad not fared w» well Officer Lashbrook was shot through the leg below the knee, the ball breakiog the bone and making a serious wound, which may necessitate ampu- tation. The burglar's name is Lioyd Hen- derson. He i4 sald to be one of the worst minals out of jail. STRIKING S1IOTS, Denver Republican: The revolt against law and order at Cripple Creek should be suppressed, regardless of cost or conse- quences, olorado cannot afford to acquire a reputation for the toleration of anarchy undor any eireumstances. Washington Post: No state does its duty that does no guarantee to the humblest cltizen the right to sell his labor and to fullll the contract without belng beaten, shot, or otherwise maltreated for the exer clse of that right, It is included In the “Inalienablo right. Cinclunati Commercial: When Colorado sets out to capture the attention of the country she does it effectively. Her gov- ernor 1s brilliantly eccentric, and her strikers have a way of dispensing violence right and left that keeps the reporters busy, Colorado 1s bound to keep its place in the procession of lively states. Chicago Herald: Any coerclon by moral or physical force to compel a man to quit work Is slavery of the same degree, One man has the same right to work on terms sottled between him and his employer that another man has to refuse to work because he and the employer cannot agrec upon terms, The striker who compels another man to strike with him enforces an odious and Inhuman system of slavery. St. Loufs Republic: Every day the coal strike continues the employment of great numbers of men in factorles becomes more precarious. Dull times have driven many manufacturers to run on as short time as they can without risking the depreciation of plants in absolute idleness. If lack of fuel forces fdlencss or very short time dur- ing June they will be ready to shut down in July for two months. The usual summer slackening and overhauling will begin early and end late. St. Paul Globe: It is proposed that the pending difficulties between the coal miners and their employes be submitted to the governors of the several mining states for adjustment. The plan would be a good one it tho public could be assured that political considerations would be ignored. It is to be fearcd, however, that the governors are more prone to be politicians than business men, and that the decision arrived at by them would be dictated more by a desire to liold or gain votes than by a sincere solic- itude for the general welfare. Kansas City Star: It has been proposed by the business men of Pittsburg that a board of arbitration, composed of the gov- ernors of the leading coal producing states, be formed for the purpose of bringing to a close the widespread strike which prevails among the miners. Four governors have assented fo the plan, and it is expected that others will co-operate. It is hoped that this movement may contribute to the solu- tion of a problem which is becoming very serious, and which, it is fully apparent, will not be satisfactorily settled by force. Chicago Record: First of ‘all, ruinous competition between rivals must stop. Mine owners and other large employers of labor must demand and receive for their products and merchandise cnough to enable them to treat their employes like human beings, and such price the consumer ought to be willing to pay. Second, employers should so curb their greed for gain as to recognize the in- herent right of their employes to fair com- persation for their services. These rem- edies cannot be brought about or applied by legal enactments. They must come in re- sponse to a higher law than that of man’s creation. The inhumanity of man to man must be supplanted by an admission of the truth that there is a common brotherhood in man, and this must not be merely a sentiment, but an active, dominant prin- ciple of every day life. PEOPLE AND THINGS, Goorgia’s new semator favors every po- litical fad in sight, including an appropri- ation for Atlanta. Wealers and wheelers should not diverge from the cardinal principle—keep in the middle of the road. Decision on the question, “Does money talk?” is reserved until the senate acts on the sugar schedule. Judicial orders requiring milkmen to toe the chalk line are not excessively onerous. It is the usual line of duty. One of those strange freaks of nature is the paucity of water in prohibition states and a deluge in open door states. Senator Hill's enthusiastic defense of nefvspaper correspondents utterly failed to plug the blowholes of party organs. Kentucky horsemen are the most per- sistent and consistent advocates of an in- creased circulation of stable money. Cash_contributions and an_abundance of grub proves ruinous to discipline in General Kelly's Wealers. A shortage of chuck in- spires obedience, Corporal James Tanner, ex-commissioner of pensions, has almost entirely recovered from the effect of a fourth amputation per- formed recently In Brooklyn. Prof. Glibchin, the eminent sociological virtuoso, while urging economy in all di- rections, wisely draws the line at bathing suits. More economy in that line he re- gards as visible extravagance. The manner in which Editor Watterson is pumping double-leaded cannister into sen- atorial traitors indicates that the star-eyed goddess has reached the parade ground be- tween the slaughter house and the grave. A new substitute ‘for butter and oleo- margarine has been patented, and the in- ventor s confident it will drive both com- petitors from the fleld. The task s a large one. Much of the present commodity Is strong enough to resist and repel all as- saults, The patriotic Coal trust, organized to pre- vent unseasonable deviations in the price of anthracite, announces a 25 cents advance. The benevolent barons will undoubtedly contribute means to prolong the miners' strike. “You scratch my back and I'll scratch your's.” It is expected that Dr. Edward Nettleship will receive 2,000 guineas ($10,000) for his operation on Mr. Gladstone's eye. More- over, he s almost certain to become the fashionable physician of London, and it is not unlikely that he will be made a baronet. Dr. Nettleship is about 53 years old. The city council of Chicago has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of cigarettes containing oplum, morphine, glycerine, jlm- son weed, belladonna or sugar. The pro- jected reform is not a popuar one because the aldermen are not required to smoke all samples submitted for Investigation. They are talking in Boston about a clergy- man who, at a recent dinner, drank a quart of champagne under the impression that it was apollinaris and good for his digestion. Fortunately the cleric had provided him- self with a hatband bullt on the Goodyear plan and no serious discomfort was experi- enced in that quarter. Robert Winthrop, who is in his 86th year, has had a personal acquaintance with every president of the United States except Wash- ington and Jefferson. He fs the oldest living ex-speaker of the national house of representatives, tho oldest surviving Massa- chusctts senator, and it is seventy-three yeurs since he was a schoolboy at Boston's celebrated Latin school. Cyrus Armi, grandson of Governor Arml of New Mexico, has discovered evidence which he thinks will make him a successful clalmant for part of the famous Hyde es- tate in England. The evidence is in the form of an old English family bible, found In the possession of a former nurse, which shows his descent to be from REiizabeth Hyde, who was married to his greatgrand- father at St. Andrew's church in Holborn, London, on May 10, 1812, o L L THE CHICAGO PLATFORM. Washington Star, I was once a joyous platform; in Chicago I was made; The people laughed and hollered and the bands all came and played, My planks were foined 50 neally carpenters declared "Twas a case of clear perfection, and they'd lick the man who dared Insinuate that I was anything but staunch and good And now there ain't enough of me for cam- palgn kindling wood. that the Where are now those vocal efforts and those sentiments sublim: Those tunes played gladly mostly out of time? Gone into deep oblivion; shelf. Dear, patriotic speeches, you're back num- bers, like myself. They sald they made me strong enough (o cope with any fate, And yet I proved as fraglle as a chunk of armor plate; To patriotic fires I'd give some splinters, 1t could, But now there ain't enough of me for cam- palgn kindling wood. out of keys and laid high upon the BRYAN AND THE POPULISTS MoKeighan Delivers a Buloginm on the Great Nobraska Decliner, HE HAS NOT YET GONE OVER ALTOGETHER It the Trdependonts Cannot et One of Thelr Own Faith to the United States nnte They Should Take William, WASHINGTON BURBAU OF THE DE 1407 ¥ street, N. W WASHINGTON, May 31 “Although on excellent terms with Mr. Bryan,” says Congressman McKelghan, I have never spoken to him on the subject of the senatorship. 1 would like to state, in justico to Mr. Bryan and the populists, that he has never suggested to me that he would Join the populist party in order to become a candidate for semator. I have been at- tached to Mr. Bryan for his manly support of principles, and within the last twelve days I have had a long interview with him, in which I urged him to join us, for the rea- son that ho belicves In the free coinage of silver at the tio of 16 to 1, without wait- ing until England gets ready. For the fur- ther also, that he advocates the issue of all paper money by the government, that it all be made legal tender and that no one should be allowed to contract against ft. In all these things he and many other democrats are in full accord with my views and with the views of the popullsts, Know- Ing these facts, I sought Mr. Bryan and urged him to join that party that was united in the support of these propositions. So far as the senatorial contest in M braska is concerned, I have no interest of a personal nature. And so far as Mr. Bryan is concerned, I would feel that if popu- lists could not select a man of their own party and should select Mr. Bryan the stato would be represented wisely and well. If Mr. Bryan had any intentions of joining th populists I think he would have made them known to me. For the past six years we have been close friends, personally and po- litleally, and it may be that those who are reporting him as having joined the populists have other motives than fucninshing th facts. The populist party would welcome Mr. Bryan with open arms. We cannot have too many such manly men." REPUBLICANS WIL NOT COMIZ WEST. Ex-Speaker Reed has written Senator Marderson a letter stating that {nasmuch as it will be impossible for him to attend the meeting of the Republican league in Denver he will be unable to comply with the request to visit Hastings, Neb. Mr. Reed expressed the hope that the invits tion may hold good until some time when he may be able to visit Hastings. Congrossman Dolliver of lowa 1s unable to keep his engagement to speak before the Republican State league of Nebraska. When he agreed to come to Nebraska on that oc- casion he expected that the congressonal convention for his district in lowa would be held about the same date, but he has since learned that while the Nebraska meet- ing will occuf on the 12th of June the con- gressional convention for the Tenth district of Towa will not be held until the middle of July. Mr. Dolliver says it would be im- possible for him to make two trips to the neglect of public and private business, and he also says that “the high grade of states- menship which the democratic managers of the house have manifested in the discovery of an ancient law which deprives a member of his salary when he f{s absent upon a patriotic mission makes it impossible for a poor congressman to do anything for his covrtry except occupy his seat in the house of representatives from day to day and de- cline to accept any Invitation for profit or pleasure of any character.” POSTMASTER FOR DES MOINES. National Committeeman Richardson of Towa arrived here tonight and will im- mediately Intorest himself in the appoint- ment_of a new postmaster for the city of Des Moines. The settlement of the pension agency has greatly relieved him and al- though his original selection was not rati- fled, and he was obliged to consent to the appointment of the man who was sclected by Senator-clect Gear, Mr. Richardson takes the matter with as good grace as possible and hopes to be able to control the appoint- ment of the postmaster for Des Moines. The Manderson bill, imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture of oleomar- garine, is now being considered by the house committee on agriculture, as well as by the senate committee. That is to say that, while the Manderson bill is not formally before the house, it is well understood by Chalrman Hatch of the house committee and by other members of that committee, and they have informally discussed it in advance of its passage Dy the senate. Martin Fox has been appointed postmaster at Nashville, Jackson county, Ia., vice A. I. Scheib, removed, Representative Pickler has recelved a pe- tition from over 500 citizens of Highmore, S. D, asking that Hyde county be trans- terred from the Huron land district to the Plerre land district. President James Hoeffer of the Creighton university of Omaha has written Senator Manderson requesting that a military offi- cer be detailed for duty at the university. Inasmueh as accommodated Doane college was recently with a military under the new law, it is not likely that any detall can be secured at the present timo. Howover, when the secretary of w returns to the city, Senator Manderson wil make an effort (o secure favorable considers ation of the request Sonator Allen sxpressed considerable plenss Instructor uro this afternoon at the success which ats tended his effurt to have all manufactured Tumber put on the free list in the pending bill, enator Manderson today presented & largely signed petition from the citizens of Otoe county protesting against the tax om Incomes of building and loan assoclations. AIN TALK 10 BISSELL Printers' Committeo Address Some Porils nent Remarks to the Postmaster Genernl. WASHINGTON, May 31—A. L. Randall, chairman of the International Typographical unfon committee on government ownership of the telegraph, has written a lelter to Postmaster General Bissell, accusing him of never having read the postal telegraph bill, on which he recently reported adversely to Chairman Wise of the house committee on commerce, Mr. Randall says Mr. Bissell evi dently took it for granted that the bill res ferred to him was the Wanamaker bill of the Iifty-first congress. He then calls at- tontion to government ownership of tele- graphs in othor countries, and asks: ‘“‘Are not the people of this country as of conducting a government tel those of the Furopean natlons followed upWith this threat: “The Interna- tional Typographical union has inaugurated this movement. It will do its utmost to des feat any man found working and voting against the great reform, regardloss of party affiliations. We have had several hearings, but at the present writing we are awaro | we have been ‘sidetracked’ 1f we do not get back on the main track soon we will know by whose authority we are being held back. It may be a scheme to hold us on this siding until after the November e tion, but that will soon put us on the main ¢ who our friends are. We | line, 50 we can s will at once commence the campaign in the districts of members of the committee who are responsible for our delay and will use { all honorable means to compass their de feat this fall, no matter which party they belong to.” Presid ations. WASHIN May The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters—-Nicholas C. Stanton, West Liberty, Ia; Frank [. Fritcher, Nashua, Ta.; Joseph M. Swigart, Maquoketa, In.; George W. Boyd, New Whatcom, Wash. Treasury—Maurice Rorhrelmer, Olio, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of 1yahoga, Ohio. Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, May 31.—The senate In executive session today confirmed the fol- lowing nomination: Postmaster: Colorado— John C. Rose, at Cripple Creek. ——— FLOATING GAYETY, Puck: “Going to see the diva in ‘Cavals lerin fonight?" “You don't mean to say that they're bringing this tank business into Italian opera : “Miss Adamant,” murmured the )({l‘llllllllu why are you 8o hard-hearted? vour heart is as hard as a diamond. Yes,” sighed the malden, suggestively, and’ diamond cuts diamond.” Indianapolls Journal: ~ Conductor—Here, that halt dollar 18 counterfolt. You can't | pass that on this train. Passenger—I just | thought I would try it.” We don't seem to be passing anything clse. Atchison Globe: Ivery summer about this time we long to see a circus man, with his lies and elephants. ings: Sampson brought down the nouse, But nohody called for an encore. Arkansaw Travi Doctor—Madam, vour husband had\ - par Wife—Oh, doctor, 1'm delighted! T W afraid it was measles, and they are so common, you know 1 A spelling ma‘ch in Somer mal; e b i thiflling oud exciting Wales must be a time. ra: Uncle mighty polits Joshua—The & Chicago Rec et L1 city people have Maria. : His Wife—How s0? Uncle Joshua—Just let a (‘mu;h;r of ltel- lers have my watch that they offered (o go and get regulated free gratis. They're to bring it back to me at the hotel. Detroit Free Pres Iy muscle,” sall the prize fighter, “Is as hard as armor plate. I am a regular man-of-war. That armor plate notion s not a bad one,’ sald the man at a safe distance, “considering the blowhole that 1s in your face."” Chicago Tribune: “Did you speak t2 me, sir?’ safd the passenger on the seat in 'front, turning stifily to stare at the passenger who had leaned forward to ras ark that it looked like rain. ‘“No, sir.' Teplied the other pleasantly. “I spoke to a gentleman I thought you resembled. I see I was mistake! FIRST OF THE SEASON. ‘ Chicago Journal While those who cross the ocean fear The iceberg's awful power, That sinks a frail and helpless ship In some unguarded hour, The more unfortunate are those Who stay upon the land, And meet the ice bills awful shock— | hat's harder far to stand, | b St f i gant suits that sold “—sale begins Friday-—No class suits such as we onl, by our guarantee that m back, or satisfaction, if y your money's worth. Browning, |l SPECIAL SALE of suits for $10—all wool, ele- See the show window— everything in the window—except the policemen’s presents—is $10 Sale begins Friday, mind, S, W. Corner 15th and Douglas. Al at $12.50 to $18 and $20 fake—but genuine, first- y can make, accompanied eans you get your money ou don't get more than King & Co., SOGNPE