Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 4, 1894, Page 4

IR ) "‘hm»OMAgé_ DAILY BEE et Bee, T, Yonr Bee, One Year. OFFICE Duiling. ner N and Twenty-fourth Sts, Streat. amber of Commerce. 14 and 15, Tribune DIAg. W, ha, The o mabn. « Counell Diarrs, 12 Chileago OMce, 117 ) v:)rll. noms 13, ashington, 1407 I' Street, N CORR INDENCE, All eommunications relating 1o news and edi- Aorlal matter #1uld be addreseed: To the BANor. PUIN AN hustness 1.1 1 he made pnyible ts (he THI 1 PUI BTAT! George B, 71wy slsing compuny e actual number of OF The Daily Morning, printed m ary of The Bec Pub- uly eworn, says that full_and complete ening and § nth of Sep! Total wold. £ Dally average net circulat *Sunday. ik GRORGE B, TZSCHUCK Bworn (o hefore me and subseribed in my presence this Jet day of October, 1% (Seal.) V. FEIT, Notary Publie. We rejoice | ened conscience the people concerning political affuirs, and will hold ali publie officers to a rigld re- sponsibility and engage (that means ‘pledge’) that the prosecution and punishment of all who betray oficial trusts shall bo switt, & thorough and unsparing. Nean Phutform, 1836, Pugilist Corbett desery all events the champiouship belt for prowess in . - The cuckoo org: to support Hill for gov nothing but b of e pretende The flow of campaign or on and is not to be stemmed until the November clection returns are counted, Senator Cullom of Illinois must re gard the chances of his re-election to the scnate as extremely favorable when he ean find time to go a-stumping in lowa. Mayor Bemis has again given proof of his unswerving integrity and desirve to protect the interes Xy vetoing the Haseall unton depot Chiengo s In grave doubts whether it will be able to recover from the re- lapse occasioned by the exodus of the . _gambling fraternity in time for the nex ! ..w; ‘eensus. 4 N ‘We may be sure that the Chinese em- peror will not submit to be ousted from his throne without making a strong fight _to keep his place. The days of abdicat- ing emperors are long since passed. It is quite fitting that the latest and trump manifesto of the king bruiser should emanute from The Hub, the acknowledged seat of culture, refine- ment and art in this prog ive coun- y of the alleged republi- ean traveling men's organ cently formed in Lincoln has ture in the office of the secr for nearly four years. The only trav g he does Is during political cam- Fusion keeps vight on gaining ground. Now it is tie two newspipcr clubs of Chi eago that huve fused iu ovder to secure new vigor and added strength under the name of the Press club. Pretty soon we shall hear of fusion between the prohibitionists and the Liquor Deal- ers’ association. The demoeratic candidate for congress in the Fourteenth Illinois district an- * nounces that both Hill and Gorman be- long to the republican party. This is the first the New York republicans know of having two republican candi- ~ dates for governor of that state in the fleld. If this is the case, however, ther can be no donbt that the vepublicans will win. The talk of a Greater New York is being revived with the approach of the election that is to give the voters of th metiopolls an opportunity to express their sentiments on this sn! t. After | better equipped than Wi Natlonal fepub- | | best GOVERNOR M'KINLEY IN NERRASKA, The people of Nebraska will extend a most ¥y and cordial welcome to Gover MeKinley of Ohlo. They will flo this 1 1se he I8 a representative republics an able and fearless ex- ponent the prineiples of his party and a citizen whose elevated character and personal worth commend him the respeet of his cony 1, drre- spective of party MeKinley has atiaine one of the disti the republican party by ne or devions methods, Hix whole public career has been honorable, straightforward and manly, Every duty devolved on Lim by the peopl has been faithfully performed. Every personul obligation political 1o a8 been faithfully observed. ber of congress hie showed 1 of statesmunshiy as Ohio he dend ministrativ 1t is not too mmeh to say thai in the coantry is i MeKintey tor any legislative or executive position in our government. As the advecate of American industries and labor, Governor MeKinley leading if not first place champions of that policy. informed as to every phase and de of the fariff question, his exposition of * and plain and incisive that il to understand it. Ile is a ‘taining speaker, holding an audience to tention by the prac- cal, common sense chavaeter of his address, rather than by flights of elo- quence, which ordinavily mean little. The westward tour of Governor MeKin- ley has been ovitions. The people « will not he hehiind tos in manifesting ret for him. Govor position leaders of doubtful ns Enished s ability, no wan tection to ocenpies a mong the Thoronghly none can f most ente series of sk st 02D IS MONKE) tin is the right man in the right the head of the demo eratic i, It takes a man of his ber to play monkey for Tobe Castor and tey to pull the railrond chestnuts out of the tire A move disreputable piece of political sKullduggery has never attempted in this or ny state than the performanees of ¢ and hix monkey It almost suary belief anybody claiming to 1 any st 15 1 politicinn would coun tel Darefaced confiden game, much less make himself a party Euelid M Deen other stor sses ve e suci™ | to it It 1o in b unty in all men that Martin s own ward as dele convention in - a which he had the wge and eor- Martin conceded Deates il anade no elaim eitler before the county or the state convention that he was entitled to represent either the ward he lives in or any other part of the connty. When lie called the state convention to order by virtue of his position as chaivman of the defunct state central committee he performed the last function devolving upon him. In calling thix body te order Martin owledged its legitimacy as the representative body o act for the democr: party. The convention be. came the repository of whatever there was of the democracy of Nebraska. The office chosen to | its deliberations and the new st committee were clected before any dele- gate had left the convention hall. When the convention ratified the ¢l v of . J. Swyth as chairman of the new state central commit by the vote of moré than two-thirds of all the dele; rightfully elected to the convention Dy the assent of the anti-Bryan fac- tlon, Martin was divested of every ithority to represent his cepting as any other democratie What vight has Martin to act as chairman of the democratic state com- mittee? He was not even a delegate to the rump convention made up of thirty-six delegates, who held proxies for twenty-uine other delegates, and at only could cast sixty-five votes of the 56+ that constituted the ular state convention. 1t is notorious known s defeated gute to the o square cont backing of poration that he wa de over out reg te central | | | | | tary of State Al to | his | | war. | tains o poplation of merican | adl | | years ago a t | extensive B | doubitess | eventuate | Britain and France. cannot supplant the regular party or- ganization by the minority of a minority and by outsiders wh ted to any convention. mains to | en whethe 1+ will lend himself to and which Martin has taken the ‘t to perpetrate. No court would > 1o uphold s posture, Secre- f EUROPEAN Wk Just when the attentic Ay Orfent, the CLOUDS [ the world is ke in the forces of whe the victorions island Cmpire of Japan are rapidly mak their way toward the heart of Ching, spreading con sternation in their path, reporis come to divert attention toward England and France, between whom it appenrs a new ditlicnlty has avisen that threatens Thie eause of the trouble is stated to be the hloeks Madagasear by is the 1 stoof the African islawd is situated in the Ind e, n nment is a betwe and 6,000,000, and the gov wilitary despotisin. There has for some Dbeen an enger strug between and English inflnences in the is- land, the advant being rather with the former, and the desive of France to secure absolute control ov the ixland has long been well understood. Bight ty was negotinted De inee and the Ma and it that has not ' strietly obse ligations. At any rate this i the ex cuse given for the action of France in blockading the ports of the island. Whether or not FPrance intends this s o step toward the anne nnot be determined fr . The tone of the | 8 indicates that the no such purpose: But in vent the course of the Irench governiment hoax the British gove ment conld not taking notice of. Not only are hointerests in Mo be protected, but it wonld ol v be a rious sethack to British inferests in that quarter of the world i France shonld succead in making this important island one of ler colonial sessions. The earnest and vigorous in which the British newspnpers discuss the subjeet shows the great con cern that is felt there regard t and tween 19 ernment, seems by m the is s car te Still that a is no diffienlty between Gres The relations he ther the war circle bility ment great wil | tween the two countries may not be of | sive to a the most cordial naty but there are excellent reasons why hoth should de- oid hostilities at this time. A war between these countries would be a4 most serfous matter and could hardly fail to eventually embroil other nations and lead to a gene European con- flict. The best efforts of statesmanship will undoubtedly be exerted to avert such a calamity, and there can be little doubt that it will be suecessful, BUGHEARS AND SCARKCROWS, The Majors campaign fake mill manufacturing and civeulating sca crows and bughears to frighten gullible people into the idea that the election of Holeomb is bound to ruin the eredit of the state. To back up their false ix | in Kausas these campaig nd | that Martin was thrust into the rump | by Toburlington the monkey part i pulling road ehestuuts out of the five, - Tl is not a very enviable role for any man with a particle of self-rospect in his make-up. The most preposterous picce of mon- Kkey work s the plea which Martin las filed with the secretary of state in sup- port of his fraudulent eiaims as ehair- man of the democratic state com- mittee. Mnrtin asserts that he and the tribe of Tobias Castor's chestnut puilers in the rump meeting are and of rights ought to be recognized as the scions of trie demno and the straw men they have named as candidates are the Castor ‘to play il- alarws they arve soliciting letters from rn money lenders, trust companies broke threatening to withdraw Nebraska it Holcomb s elected With the exposure of the of facts now prevailing recrow have been effectually exploded. Money thundant and just asx cheap in the banks at Leavenwortl, Lawrenc Topeka and Kausas City, K it in Omaha, Lincoln, Be nont or nuy other town in 2 There is no tro rowing money on the notes of sound mereantile firms or on productive & in Kansas., There is no trouble in get ting mortgage renewals in of Kansas except in the we drouth stricken section, which suffered from crop failure three seasons in s cession. The bughears about ruinin the state’s eredit should not be allowed to befog the real issue, i1 boodlers and d satraps govern Nebraska, or shall we wrest the sta‘s from the clutehes of public plunder by de- feating the man through wl m they are seeking to perpetuate the :sclves in power? Will the state crodit suffer more by electing a clean, capable and honest man for governor than by ele ing a tattooed candidate wihos canuot be defended or condoned? nd from state in bor tern I STATE BANK IS™T7 Senator Vest of Missouri {s one of the ognized leaders of the democ He is a member of the senate never | | oo unblushing im- itered upon military events | 00000 | tion of the | renel) | | cerned in the auestion of @ sflects the feeling n govern- | e bt THE OMAHA DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1894. | gressional elections in November. Noth- | Ing more ean e done for silver during this administratio The veto dent Cleveland of the bl to so-called welgn ige Tully att determination favors to M\l"'l‘ The mo must therefore some other ne of supplying the most « state bank tax country in irreney whi | ot Jeast as (4 the inflationfs the November elections retain « the of representatives constr it as a popular end of the enti tie presented in the national pla the party, and the advocates o peal of the state 1 couraged to more firmly insist | recommendation of the platforn ing this tax be carried ont, | reasons for believing that th under such clrenmstances, pro essful in their But the election of a re Iy earrying wi the entire de v likely te upon system That wonld short time a v I wonld perhap quantity, the ¢ It the dem house denoers 1 of could he ve ive check ng the old hink Iy, or at any rat | peal of the tax on such curr did not eavry with i ample s including governmental — suy inst an inflation of wildea This is one of the question ought not to be entively lost in the pending campaign. Sen does not lose sight of it, knows it to be a part of the de policy yet to e carried out if t Whatever it everybody S0 muxt rde e to the | con its imy wibili of ople In o retu are | 010 system of state bhank issuc by 2 large proportion, rity. of the demoeratic pa The New, York Times now the democrats of that state, n what they may think of the sta to center their strongest effof the fights in the differ D districts. It will be remembe the Philadelphia Ree wh ix the democratic nominee for in Pennsylvania, made imils the democrats in them that the on is how miany pie ®ave out of their to 0 of the vania, rmctical hope of miking a favorable with their state election, although they must ne Y e of One would haidly | thing so unsubstantial as a championslip cotild arouse o thusinsm m«xla triumph in the National I To Ve Silted Before Tukin St. Louls Globe-De _Democratic tulk Hut York is to be taken with a allowance, since experience us a general rule it doesn’ advertisement, me. RhEL Sigos of Improvement. St Paul Globe. No mo; business is to be had than i i sale of postage stamps. record | States postage agent tells t three w q of th WO Wi the and ued by the burea —_— 10 SOLILOQUY REVISED, New That's the qui Whether | bird in the bush Or hang on to what I To run, to win—pi Aye, there's the rub For'in that storm of votes wi low! - Mabye a fav'ring wind to viet'ry Perchance an avalincae to bury And if the latte w A long farewell (o dreams of gre: Whereas now There's alw That I ma Later, if 1 ner, To run, it's temptin'; But then, to lose, No, sitee, Bou got s 4 chance et there Nominated? Who? Me Great Scott! Gee whiz! Will I take it? Would a duck swim Come on now with vour old fogy Where's my speech? Gimme my hat Now, altogether! Hooray ot to allow any advoeates e plan is to vepeal the nk tax will be en- rts to have this any for th because who 1t congressional his state, question before them they will be able to Here are indications that the demc given tickets in the make the eampwign to keep up appear- suppose that any- base ball as Baltiore's unexpected s deal of as proved that rtain indication of the Increase u of printing and | better to go a-gunning for a 10 lose! by Presi- coin the ested his further of to and look g it give the olume of & satisfy, rmand of ocrats in ntrol of will orsement us tform of of the that the m regard- here are ¥ would, bably be spublican th it the tie » operate seheme ate re- | feguy rvi s t money. 18 which sight of ntor Vest he smocritic hat part s relative is con- mnd eur portance. | money | be consistent POLITICAL POTPOURRL Meiklejohn has Just opened headquarters at Norfolk, and he proposes to make s Congressman his campaign fram now on warim d Nance ¢ or the luglsla- the one that ties have ture. The nimble wins fn politics s fu business, Although Jim Whitehead was congress {wo vears ago he is sthl on earth and next weck he will take the stump for Daugherty and circulate down through the Blkhorn valley. He is a strong man on the stump, and his (rail will be marked. Q. H. Cutting of Kearney, the Sixth district republican committee. fs of 1 triet in Daugherty. It's a h Cutting and Daugh s gotting there with both ! Is many miles in the res A cipher cablegram |s said to has within the past few days which reads London, Sept.” 28, 1894 tor, care of B, & M.: Just heard of demo- cratic state convention Martiu retrieve disast r Holdrege will be authorized to demand your three-eye peacock feathers and yellow coats at once. Tom Majors and his editorial apologizers are still telling how Walt § on him as private secretary populists. Porhaps it is the pops who are still keeping Secly at work In ‘Tattooed Tom's interest. and it is undoubtedly the ame wicked people who are furnishing the with which Walt is paying his ecam- baign expenses Plattsmouth Journal: There are those who profess o believe that Bditor Rosewater's opposition to Majors is an advantage to the Singular to say, howeve continually abusing ‘The nd say all manner of evil against him. if they are fricne they ought to encourage Rosey as possible, but they don’t. The think people know they are not sincare trouble with Majors’ record is that water didn’t commit the forgeries that Reed’s committee found in those congres- slonal documents. Wisner Chronicle: We would like to sug- gest 10 some of the abject, sniveling, slavish, brass-collared republican newspapers of the state that they cease attempting to give character 1o men who ‘have non Lop trying to defend a candidate whose record cannot be defended or excused by publican. Your readers know that you are falsifying the records and the testimony. pe as wel) n of fonal nvass of Matt ver, but arrived translated, R alenlable n to the woas ad- if not a rty. nee for upon 0 matter te ticket, rts upon | sred that | e editor governor e appeal telling 1 tickets up all showing ming | cossarily much en- in New | up to the n the in- he United hington 10 stamps public de- last week u gales may ‘s harb one, atness. Mortons! | of the commiltee, | court Quit eating crow and swearing it is quail or toast, when everybody knows what the is where it roosted, who capured who cooked it. Be a man, tell the t experience the bliss of being rres. nothing like it George H. Thomas, the democratic congress in the Third district written a letier to the chairman of the tral committee of he district accept the nomination. No reason Is given for the action by Mr. Thomas, but Chair- n Devries explains the matter as follow “In_justice to Mr._Thomas it will be that he has delayed sending his in compliance with the request who had hoped for the fulfillment of the promises made by promi- nent members of the populist party to se- cure the withdrawal of Devine and the selec tion of a man who would have been accepta ble to both parties, and in this way to make it pussible to advance the cause of the com mon people by sending a representative ftc congress who could be depended upon to voie for the interests of the people of the west.” This makes the issue in the district squarely between Meiklejohn and Devine, and the money question will be the one on whici the campaign will be fought il g THR RIGHT TO STRIKE. nomi- has declining to Chicago Record: It is hardly possible t regard Justice Harlan's decision as anything other than a victory for the principles which deolares every man’s right to life, I'berty and the pursuit of happiness. Denver News: This is a fair and just rul of action. Conspiracy in the case be construed as referring to acts of violence intimidation and wrong.” No man can asl for a more equitable defivition of th right of railway employes. St. Paul Globe The decislon is evidene: that the hysterics of the incident are over and that judges can consider and editors comment on and people discuss the strike and its incidests without being, on the o hand, rated as owned by the corporations, o on the other, as anarchists. Chicago Tin The decision of the United States court of appeals overthrowing the in- junction in the Northern Pacific case by which Judge Jenkins sought to reduce the American workingmen to the condition of | slaves and to break down forever the power for good of trade unions is a swe-pin3 vie- tory for wage workers. Chicago Herald he sum of the matter is that railroad employes or any other ingmen cannot 1 ned by an om quitting work or from enc to persuade others to quit work wher whensoever they may choose H must not use force or intimidation either in causing men 10 quit werk or in preventing others from taking their places when they do quit Minneapolis Tribune: clares th Harlan n of nat Judge t it would be an invas de al | liberty to compel a man to work or rema in the service,of another. One placed in such restraint is in a con involuntary servitude, The receivers had the right to make a new schedule and offer it to the men with the alternative of accepting it or quitting their service, and the mes had the right to refuse or accept—or to qu it they were not willing to work for less wages. Kansas City Times: The decision of Judge Harlan ought to be saticfactory to both sides of the controversy. Workingmen are entitled to justice, but they are not Hcensed to indulge in violence. It those who have such grievances as lead to strikes will pur- sue the line laid down by the court in this case there will be no danger of government erference with their purpose. recent railroad strike the government didn't ho interfere to compel men to work. It osly restrained them from Interfering with the rights and liberties of other men and destroy- ing property that didn’t belong to them, | should be aecompanied b defoated for | | Heking. obe Cas- | Unless you and B. | | tle_emphasis on | sterk well | | that the hand that | intelleck wif trash litteratoor,” said Uncle “‘can only | fillin'est.” on of | During the | PROPLE AND THINGS, Mr. HIll is beginning to realize that shouts Ing does nbt eount at the ballot box It was pocallarly fitting that the nomina- tion of Mr. Drum of Tacoma for congress a brass band. The precise date of Cloveland's fret speech in support of Hill will not fixed until the present supply of bait is exhausted. The country would readily forget the blow- Nole preltminaries it they would result in one or more of the pugs getting a good It pugilistic spellbinders e longer it is not unlikely will dub them “the plumed prize ring." holding-up of a gives rise 10 the anced policemen cannot Ives of old habit Notwithstanding t(he dise microbes lu paper money, 1 eds the supply. People risk a plague of microbes of the root A Mr. Dam has been engaged to the libretto for Sullivan's new opera his name will give future criticlsm an expressive plquancy, without trenching on the domain of profanity “The Ko-Ku-Min-No'-To-Mo" Is t} of the official organ of the Japanese istrati Except in the number o bles, due to translation, it does no from the Cleveland administration Ko-ku. It the spirlt of the mighty multitudes that greet the distinguished son of Ohio whistles through the Pine Tree state, it will | serve to emphasize Tom Reed’s opiniou of the “omniverous west.” The west wraps | itselt around everything that comes its way. And all things cometh so. Colonel John A. Cockerill has retired from the editorship of the New York Morning Adverdiser and Commercial Advertiser, and | is succeeded by J. Foster Coates. No reason are given for the change, but 1t is probable the colonel's democratic tendencies did not gibe with the radical republican policics of the Advertisers, Mrs. Winona Washburne Taylor has been | nominated for the legislature by the popu- lists of Sheridan, Wyo. She fs described | as “a bright, winsome, intelligent young woman,” the daughter of a Colorado pioneer. Of course her election is conceded. Mr. Taylor cordially supports h ndidacy and wiil see to it that 1o abduction Majors will Iurk in her vicinily or draw her vouchers during the session. We are indebted to Captain A. G of Valentine, Neb.. for a copy of the “Cir- cus,” a ‘humoristisch en satyrick,” pub. lighed at Amsterdam. Mr. Shaw s one of | the pushers of Pawnee Bill's Wild West show, which is camped in that vicinity. The show Is evidently a wonder, for the Circus waxes enthusiastic in a column descrip- tion, saying, among other (hings wordt een schermutseling gehouden en eenige doaden valen. De illusie is zoo0 | dat een rilling door de touschouwers vaart; kinderin sidderen en klemmen zich an moeders arm vast,” etc. We congratu late Captain Shaw and Pawnee Bill on thei- triumphs_abroad. and hope the country will prove sufficiently congenial to anchor their show there permanently. SRR~ R THE MIRTH PROVOKERS. ton News: The erous, but ho [% quite emy fits much ast. | the utinue some e Knights of street susplc car in fonthat readily Now the divest ery of deadly demand for it are willing to for a sufficiency write A it Shaw to mean man i not willing to give his Chicago Record: Mr. Funniman (fac tiously)—1If T should give you a dollar, what would you say? His Friend—I'd say T was dreaming. Somerville Journal: It is a pathetic fact rocks the cradle can't throw a rock and hit anything in sight. Philadelphia must be for a lost her voice. when she does Record: She—How fearful it great singer to know she has e—Tt's much more torturing t know it. Washington Star: f you loads up yoh Eben, “how's right kind foh de bod you gwinter hah room foh de ‘00d foh de min' am like food De mos’ onsubstantial kin' am N w O1leans Picayun, ver smiles ponsi »d fellows from joining The preacher who for keeping many is ehur napolis Journal m politics.” He told me inties of a pub! it wasn't it 5 f was a sure thing on defe: tired Boreton -Just toke | old man. and loo Busy Editor Somerville Journal this alonz, will you, over at your leisure. t's that? New' nnin Pross ustache is be- sree Jself into notice, Henr: said the voung lady to her lover. “Yes, plied. With a blush, “and if it continues do 85 1 suppose you will be calling it down." aklyn “No!" she useless: An before his eyes ' e postal which she had found in his coat pecket the night before, DT ¥ ’ £ vinal andidate he pleaded. saiid, . worse than Now doth the esger ¢ mbrace h's i 1ow-man And ask him how his children And please hi I he can. RBut oh! A cha His felloe And 1 w short months me 1o pi an has voted \ BO tu grass, | turing compuny of Louistan | that the acts asked for in th | that | part of th | reviewable | struing | construction so given and | writ | agents, | even more, | President Cleveland. | do. | eral | submit ing to many millions SUGAR PLANTERS ANSWERED Why the Bounty on Homo Froduct Will" Not Bo Paid, INSPECTION OF THE PRODUCT USELESS | Secretary Carlislo Replies to the Petition in the Supreme Court, in Which & Weit of Mundamus is Requested by Southern Pro WASHINGTON and Internal Oct. 3. —Seer Carlisia Revenue Commissioner Miller have, by Assistant Attorney General Whits ney, filed in the supreme court of the Dise trict of Columbia their auswer to the appiis cation of the Miles Planting and Manufacs for a writ of mandamus to compel t pondents to res sume and coutinue t) I inspection of cano sugar production \e respondents aver there is no law of the United States authorizing the performance of the acts asked for; that there {5 no appropriation from which ‘he expen such Inspection can be paid, and that there is no United States law authorizing the payment of any. bounty to the petitioner, and, therefore, an | Inspection of sugar manufacturing would be a useless expense It is further contended petition are ex- not ministerial in charactel respondents are charged as r official duty with the construcs tion of the re acts of congress, and that the constructions given by them fi¢ not by any court upon application for a writ of mandamus; that the secretary of the treasury s also charged, as part of his oficial duty, with the responsibility of cons the appropriation ncts of congress and so disposing of the moneys appropriated that the government of the United (ates may be properly carried on, and that the ihe monetary are him are mot ree upon application for ecutive and the rangements &0 made by viewable by any court a writ of mandamus Oral arguments on of mandamus next Thursday the will application for a be heard by the court G THE FORCE, General Land Office Bocoming a Small Affair, WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—The fraud dlvision of the general land office has become a very small aflair compared to its importance of & | few years ago. This year thero is appropriated but $60,000 for the maintenance of special while a few years ago the appropria- tions amoun to §200,000 and 0,000, and ow there are but twenty special agents in the fleld and twelve of them will be dismissed in November, while a few years ago there were armies of them in the western states. There was a general revulsion against the methods of special agents owing to the trouble growing out of rigid rules enforced by General Sparks in the first administration of 1t made itself felt in” congress, when representatives of public land states insisted that the people should be an- noyed as little as possible by these special agents and cut down the appropriations for th Then there were laws passed curing many of the errors developed by the special agents and curtalling the work they had to The Land department still insists, how- ever, that there Is yet great necessity for these agents, and Commisioner —Lamareux suys that with the force he has he eanuot protect the public lands. At present the agents are looking after swamp lands, tmber depredations and fraudulent entries. Owing to their limited force they are ordored fromx place to place frequently and few are allowod to remaln on continuous work or in any one place for a great length of time. OPPOSE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP, General Wade Hampton Thinks it Imprace teal In n Free Country, WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-~General Wade Hampton, commissioner of rallroads, was at | his desk today for the first time in several weeks, having just returned from an exe tended trip over the government roads which come under his supervision. The gens says he encountered in California a t deal of clamor for not only government control of the Unfon and Central Pacifie, but of all roads. Both of these propositions are opposed by the commissioner, who will his report to the secretary of the interior November 14 “In the first place,” lie said, “bonds on these roads are not due until 1898, and tha government cannot foreclose until that time. If the government should foreclose, it have ing only the second mortgage, it would be compelled to pay the first mortgage, amount= A government such raitroads. In_aatos atic governments it is possible, but not in this. The demand for the foreclosure of the Pacific roads does not come from the best informed people of the Pacific coast, although it has got to be a very populaf movement in the west [ s ours cannot operate Tncome Tax Ofcer \ppointed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—W. H. Pugh of Ohlo, late commissioner of customs, whose position was abolished by the last congress, was today appointed superintendent of the income tax department of 1%e internal reves S WORTH OR YOUR MO Things Change. A o'er the world they wandered round in- [ A 4 the people declave themselves in favor of the project the details of the econ- | legitimate nominees of the democratic * solidation will bave to be worked ont in | party. Martin asserts that by endorsing enabling legislation. Greater New | the eandidate of another party and is still some little distance off Topting the platform formulated by — Bryan the regular state convention has If persistent Iying will clear the spots | disbanded t purty and left to the oft Tom Majors he will be an angel of | rump the duty of placing candidates in part ventions new the Brownies found. The cars are run by 'lectric wires and horses draw pneumatic tires, as like the wind they onward speed, D® finance committee and was one of the subcommittee which formulated the present tari® law. In opening the democratic campaign in Missouri a fow days ago Senator st declaved I opposition to that feature of the na tio: banking system which permits & By Authority of Congress. U. S. Gov't York EHE® o ® purity and goodness by the time the campaign s over. Despite the fact that the charges against him ave sus- talned by public records: that thes records have been exhibited in publie meetings and his supporters have been publicly challenged to examine these records, the Burlington railroad journal . &t Lincoln persists in its assertions that these charges have no basis whatever They go even further and seek to mis ~ lead people by misquoting records that * are within everybody's reach, 8 — 14 SBecretary Morton is only commencing “to bhave a proper sense of the _ pertance of his presence at Washington. It transpives that thege is no provision of law for an acting head of the De- partment of Agriculture during the ab- “sence of both secretary and assistant secretary. The emergency now threat- ens, and there is a possibility that some of the work of important divisions may be interrupted because there is no _one to approve their action. If Secre- tary Morton were in the United State all this diticulty woulrd be easily ob- viated. He is the key to the sitnation After such an experience he ought not to venture out of calling distance from Washington again until the defect In the law shall bave been remedied. b im- | nomination that are nted the heresies of the third part comes the ridiculous 't of Martin's monkey busi The head and front of the rump ticket is Pete Sturdevant, the ouly democrat ever elected to state office in Ne with Here of the favmers' alli and he was afterward nomi- nated by the democrats and elected under very nearly the same conditions of political upleaval tuat e in Ne- braska at this time. Two rs ago Martin himself sent out ¢l and letters asking democrats to support the populist electors nominated on quilt platform. But consistency is not one of the jewels that ornament Mar- tin's shirt front. The only merit Mar- tin’s performances with the rump ticket have is sublime audacity. The attempt to palm off the rump ticket as the regu- lar democratic nominees 18 such a palpable frand that very few would have dared to father it. The delegates that took part in the rump convention have no shadow to a title to any claim as representing their party. They had a right to bolt the conven- tion and place a ticket in the tield, just a8 mny other group of citizens, demo- crats or republicans, may do, but tuey « ist ¥ men | | mational banks to deposit United States | bonds in the treasury and re ) per | cent of their face value in not and [-said: “The legislation which taxed out | of existence the ¢ tion of state Lanks is a gross perversion of the tax- ing power and should be sepealed.” In | this the Missouri senator represents the ¢ | preponderating sentiment of his par ax shown in the plank of its last na- tional platform recommending the re- peal of the 10 per cent tax, and the u wous demand of the southern democeracy. The failure 1o repeal the tax on state | bank issues at the last session of the Fifty-first congress was not because of any lack of effort on the part of d crats who believe as Mr. Vest does. These made o v earnest effort to se- ure the unconditional repeal of the tax, but there were democrats who would not agree to repeal except upon the con- | dition that the issue of currency by state banks should be subject to some supervision by the general government, and these with the republicans wi strong enough to defeat unconditional vepeal. That question, howeve not finally disposed of. It will again e pressed for couslderation at the next session, and the vesult may depend very greatly upon the outcome of the con- @& i b aldgivesits] 1 ST OO Baking Powder Tests. ROYAL, Absolutely Pure, The OTHER POWDERS TESTED are reported to con« tain both lime and sulphuric acid, and to be of the follow= ing strengths respectively, N The report of the analyses of Baking Powders, made by the U. 5. Government (Chemical Division, Ag'l p't), shows the Royal superior to all other powders, aveningstrengthand thestrengthof each of the other cream of tartar powders tested as follows : LEAVENING GA: At lig — Tercent. Cubicin.peros.y 13.00 . 160.6 [ 12.58 1501 ( nag 133.6 10,26 123.2 | 953 4. 9.29 U6 ( 8.03 06.5 7.28 87.4 ‘These tests, made in the Gov't Laboratory, by impartial and unprejudiced official chemists, furnish the highect evidence that the * Royal ” is the best baking powder. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL BT., NEW-YORK. nor heed. From records old tell the people about those coats that are worth—well look. That's all we ask.” tracks that like the kite are shaped. that now are just the thing are made alone by Browning King—— The ad. man had got this far when the manager said, “Let up on that stuff and never had their equal in the house for style and makeup and the prices are the lowest ever known in the history of the clothing trade, $12.50, $15.00 and $18,00 there are suits and over- to the former records are seconds seraped on And clothes suits and overcoats. We For $10,00, . tell 'em to come and Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothiers, 8. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas. \