Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 12, 1894, Page 4

B. ROSEWATER, Bditor, JBLISHED EVERY MORNING. _— TERMS OF &UD; Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Yo Dally ¥ee and Sunday, One Year. Bix Months. Il woene Three Montha. Bunday e, Baturiny Hee, Weekly Itee, One “Fenr. One_Year One Year.. OFFICE Omahn. The Bee Build|ng. Bouth Omaha, Corner N and Twenty-fourth Sts Council Tilufls, 12 Jearl Street o hamber nf Commerce. and 15, Tribune Bldg. N W. INDENCE. tons Felating to mews and sl 1d be addressed: To the Fditor LETTERS, All business letters and remittances shoutd be drossed {0 Tho Kee Publishing company. Omaba checks and pos lers o Fof the compiny BEE PUALISHING COMPANY torial maiter w BUSE STATEME George 1. Tachuek, Nshing company, the act Dally M printed during wan a8 follows: ATION. ry of The Bee Pul sworn, says that £ tull and eomplete copies ning, Evening and the month of Sept Al mold. Datly average Sunday. RGE to hefore me and Presence this Ist of October, B. TZSCHUCK. subscribed In my ¥RIL, ibiic We rejolee In the quickened consclence of the people concerning po'itical affairs, and bility and engnge (that means ‘pledge’) that the prosecution and punishment of all who betray officlal trusts shall bo swift, thorough and unspari ationul Rey lean Platform, 1876, Turn Haseall down! The local labor unions are rapidly re turning to their accustomed pre-electi activity. The man who knows all about the war In China is becoming an altogether too nimerous species. In another column will be found a | list of the voting places for today's pri mary election. It is the duty of repub licans to attend the primarie We have too much respect for the in- tegrity and high moral semse of the voters of the First ward to think that Hascall can regain their confidence. The enthusinsm of the people for Me- Kinley along the line of his tour con- tinues unabated. Governor McKinley will have no cause to complain of his reception in the west. Every candidate on a republican ticket in Omaha is vitally interested in having | clean, strong men nominated for the city council. Otherwise the whole r publican ticket will suffer. The anxlety of Alto. ne; General Olney to prosecute the Sugar trust under the | anti-trust legislation of the present con- gress iy only equalled by the serenity with which the trusts view his harmless | fulininations against then. Any public work that is still unfin- ished ought certainly to be pushed as much as possible in order to be com- pleted before the winter puts an end to outdoor work. There ought to be no necessity for holding any of the con- traets alveady let over until next yea Baltimore is slowly recovering from the shock occasioned by the defeat of its chompion base ball team by a com- pany pretending to hail from New York. She hopes to be in condition by the he- gluning of the next season to lead her competitors another merry chase for the pennant. Governor Flower of New York and Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania met at a banquet at Binghamton on Monday. This was an occasion of historie im- - portance, There Is no saying when two democratic governors of the great states of New York and Pennsylvania will ‘meet again. The first step toward municipal re- . form is to rid the city council of dis- “sensionists like Hascall. Turn Hascall down and the work of municipal reform will have mn opportunity to progress; permit him to hold his place in the city council and he will block the efforts of all the municipal leagues organized for dmproved city government. Nearly every day records some real “estate transaction in Omaha, which in- dicates that men who have money to nvest ave planting it in real estate. It I8 & fact that no city in the west offers brighter prospects for future growth, and while values are now at bed rock long-headed Investors are accumulating L property In anticipation of the Lnevit 8 !bh advance in values. a1 The political cauldron may seethe and bubble, the simoon's breath may burn “the erops of the husbandman, and a democratic congress way seek to erush the Industries of the nation, but the | Nebraska Manufacturers and Consumers _Association pursues the even tenor of its Wiy, spreading the doctrine of home » patronage at a ratio of 100 to 1, regard- less of any other nation on earth. 1 The very men who are demanding the ‘election of Majors for the sake of Ne- braska's credit admit that he s dis- honest and concede that Holcomb s personally a man of honor. What kind of politieal logic is it that induces a man 1o belleve that the financial dit of a - state would be ruined by the election of an honest and capable man as governor, and what kind of philosophy is it that permits a man to conclude that the eredit of a commonwealth can be en- hanced or maintained by the election | Bf auv dishonest man to office? I dent the | would find it | it has probab | the | municipal | thusiastic than th | & | army of w | the count CRIMINAL BUILDING OONSTRUCTION, The deplorable disaster in New York | City Wednesday, involving the death of at lenst cight persons, who were nght under the falling walls of a new building faultily ¢ mstructed, is the worsi | enlamit of the of this kind since the collapse rd theator, now & year and a half ago. "The awful results of criminal negligence in this case will raise n ¢ for the prompt prosecution of the par- ties imme srned. It I8 re- ported that the owner of the demolishied stricture has alrendy been placed unde while the police are on the alert . but at last accounts not in finding bim, 1f appreliended he will probably be arvaigned for trinl, seeure a continuance rrest for the contrie succeeded and bide s time until public sentiment | blows over, Uunless he is brought up for teial without delay the punish- ment which may be meted out to him after public interest has died out will have but a small part of the salu- tary effect to be desired as an example other builders, The trouble seems to be that the en forcement of the building gulations adopted in onr larger cities operates by fits and starts, Only at periods T disaster as this that bas just in New York do the bullding insist upon a rigid conform ance with the law. At other times they ire 100 apt to overlook defects, confi- they will never be discovered. If the Lexow comimitt should extend inquiry into the workings of th building inspector’s departinent in New York « lave no doubt that it loneycombed with . the bars let down to favorite who make it right with offici In other cities not gone quite so far as but ptions are made in the ‘ement of the regulations either as 1 favors or for political influen The ot this do not realize vesponsibility resting upon them I the present instance, if the fallen building was erected in violation of the law. the responsibility rests much <onie st ocenrred its we or- ruptio cont the ctors ammany this, X als who as | with the architect, the city official who appre who ved the plans and the inspector shduld have seen that {he work was properly performed as upon the contractor and the ow An oft government would wved the innocent lives that we: 1t is believed that Viee President Ste venson has an ambition to be president, ud he may entertain the hope, in view of the poverty of his patry in available idential material, of being the demo- cratic candidate for president two yeirs | I This gives to the utterances of Mr. Stevenson greater interest than they would otherwise possess, for an imps tial estimate of his ability would not place him in the front rank of contem- porary public men. On Wednesday he delivered a speech at Lincoln, 111, and although it had been well advertised there was a small attendance, a fact strongly indicating that the democrats of Hlinois are no more zealous and en- e of other states. gun his specch by ving that at the close of President and’s first term business condi- tions were favorable, the country perous, and the annual revenues largely coss of expenditures, and all this, slared, w the result “of the able i economical policy and methods of President Cleveland and his political assoclates in cabinet and in con, Now it Is to be pre- sumed that eve intelligent man knows that the first administration of Cleveland was conducted under lnws passed Dby republican congresses and that it was In pursuance of these | laws that the conditions described by Mr. Stevenson as isting at the cl that administration were reali: The revenue policy and the financial policy of the country were what the | republican party had created, and the country had been prosperous and pro- aressive under their operation before Mr. Cleveland beeame president. It is ridiculous, therefore, to give his ady istration the credit for results it had nothing whitever to do with producing, Dt in executing the laws as it found them. Much stress Is laid by democrats upon the fact that there was a large surplus in the treasury at the close of the first Cleveland administration. Tt was the plan of that administration to accumulate a surplus for political effect. In order to do this it paid off no more- of the public debt than it was compelled Ly law and circumstances to pay off, althongh it had ample authority to use every dollar of the surplus for this pur- pose. Mr. Stevenson contrasted the condi- tions at the close of the first Cleveland administration with the situation at the end of the Harrison adwinistration, when, he said, business was paraly: the workshops were closed, the great ers in enforced idle- rty and want the common lot, this being “the actual condition while the McKinley law was still in torce and be n arm had been lifted by the demoeratic congress to change the existing law.” But a democratic ness. and pove president and congress had been elected | n a platform which denounced the pro- tective policy as a fraud and robbe and declared it to be unconstitutional The democratic party was pledged to overthrow that policy, and it came into power declaring that the pledges would be deemed. What different result than was realized conld have been ex- pected from such a threat? So warned was it not natural that the industries of should prepare for the blow they were assured would be adminis- tered? The years 1891 and 1892 were the most prosperous In the history of the country, Both our foreign com- merce and our domestic commerce were greatly increased, there was extrao dinary Industrial development, and the labor of the country was well employed. The policy of protection had never re- ceived a more complete and conclusive vindication. But distrust and depression ed, | THE OMATMA DALY BEE: FRIDAY, came with the knowledge that the demo- cratie party was to suceeed to the con- trol of the government pledged to tear | down the defenses which the republican | party had erected for the protection o Ane n o industries and Awmerican | labe But for this there eannot he a reasonable doubt that we shonld have had no panic and that the country | would be as in 1802 before the | astrons mixtake of ¢ 10 powe evenson was in favor AT bill. He believes in free raw materials, Consequently he is with the other democratic leaders in demand- ing that the war upon protection shall go on. “I'rom the hill of vantage we now ocenpy,”’ said Mr. Stevenson, “out eyes ean look ont upon the pathway that leads to commercial emancipation.” Democratie suecess in November will mean a urrence of distrust and de- pression. perhaps more serious than the country has experienced during the past year and a h TURN HANCALL DOIWN The people of Omaha have learned by | bitter exp never to be surprised at anything which Isanc 8. Haseall may do. The fact that the man who for over two years has been posing s an apostl populism, who was clected to his present place in the city conncil on the populist tick was parading the streets begging for votes as the populist candidate for mayor. now hax the brazen audacity to ask the republicans of the First ward to nominate him ax their party eandi- date for the council, merely shows the unserupulons chavacter of the man. The wonder only is that he should be able to fird in the First ward enough so-calel republicans to sign the petition asking that his name be placed on the ballots spublican prin and that the n committee should ac- ople made the dis- cting the democ- of the hotse 11 is by all odds the man who has ever held place in the city council. His en- nee into that hody has always been the forerunner of turmoil, lawlessness and corruption. Not to go further back than his last term, Hascall has been at the bottom, as one of the prime movers, of every job and steal that has appeared in that body. He was one of the in- stigitors of the notorious garbage deal. e was the champion of the fifty-year gas franchise ordinance. He has been the chief fu, - of the Wiley eetric | lighting combine. He has promoted every doubtful claim against the clty He has defied the law and overridden the eharter at every possible opportunity. And to cap the climax of his infamous career, it was Haseall who for months peddled among the other councilmen the paper which he had already signed preferring charges of im- peachment against Mayor Bemis, which, after thorongh investigation by the court, were declared to be absolutely without foundation, if not malicious. To con- tinne such a man in the city couneil would mean to encourage every species of jobbery and corruption and to add a blazing toreh to the smoldering fire brands. The situation in the First wo=1 de- mands the attention of every reputable republic Earlier in the campaign there were four or five men who were actively exerting themselves for the re- publican councilmanic nomination. Not- withstanding that it was his vote which ganized the present council under democratic officers, Hascall has more recently been trading everything at his command for promises of support at the republican primar today. As a result all the original candidates but one have been either cajoled, threatened, bought off or otherwise induced to aban- don the field, so that but two names will appear on the primary ballots, one of them being that of Hascall. The municipal league, which was organized in the interest of better eity govern- ment, finds itself in the predicament of having endorsed for the suffrages of its republican menibers a man who is not even to be voted for, There is only one thing for the intelligent republicans of the First ward to do. Every one of | them should attend the primaries to- today and turn Hasecall down. DISAPPOINTING CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. It is reported from Washington that the condition of the treasury is again becoming, serious. The expected rush of fmported goods under the new tariff is not belng realized, and it is sald that the receipts for Oectober at the present rate will run about $9,000,000 short of expenditures. Meanwhile the rising rate of foreign exchange creates apprehen- slon of further gold exports. At the close of last week the treasuty gold re- serve, in spite of careful nursing, had reached only a little over $59,000,000, and very little gold is going into the treasury for duties. Not only are the receipts from customs light, averaging thus far in the current month less than §500,000 a day, but the income from in- ternal revenune is also small. So far as the latter is concerned the falling off is easily explained. The large amount of spirits withdrawn from bond before the increased tax went into effect cut off receipts for a time from that source, while the business of the country has not improved to an extent to materially | Increase recelpts from other sources of internal revenue. But it is not so easy to explain the light receipts from customs. It seemed to be an en- tirely reasonable expectation before the new tariff act went into effect that im- portations under it at first would be on a very large seale. It was understood that the bonded rehouses were filled with goods awaiting the enactment of the new law to be placed on the market, and it was supposed that foreign manu- facturers were prepared to flood us with their products as soon as they | could avail themselves of the more fa- | vorable conditions of the new law. The only plausible reason that suggests itself this has not been realized is that importers and foreign manufacturers are waiting for a more general recovery of prosperity in the United States, An- osperons now as it was | | wlo only a year ago | been greatly honored by his party other constzyfition mway be that ns prices have glgepdy been reduced to n point whicliilefives searcely any profit for the manfifadpurers it would be un- wise to force more goods npon the mar- | ket with the'¢értain effect of still fur- | ther depressiiig prices. But whatowdk the true explanation | may be the faet ds that the treasury cal- | culations are po¥ being fulfilled and the | sitnation is g rious. It is said | that the gefidrill treasury balance s | Targe enongh {o stand a monthly loss of 000,000 01 $10,000,000 for two or three months to Loile, but if such a loss | should be accompanied by gold exports | | drawn from the treasury by the presen- tation of legal tender notes for redemp- | tion prompt action to protect the publie credit might become necessary. Such a contingency is to be apprehended, and congress at the coming session should take early action in providing a way to safeguard the treasury against the dan- ger of such a possible demand upon its inndequate gold reserve. The secretar of the treasury has authority to make another jssue of Tonds, but he will avoid | doing this as long as possible, and it ought to be practicable to prevent any further increase of the public debt. Democratic revenue legislation has thus far accomplished nothing to the adv tage of either the government people. or the Lovi P. the nomination Hon, Morton's acceptance of for go lor of New York is ¢ stic of the man. It | is temperate and earnest in tone, with noune of the bluster and swagger of the politician, He talks as one who realizes the responsibility he assumes, and he addresses himself to the intelligence of the voters rather than to the spirit of partisanisn. Mr. Morton is not con- sumed with politieal ambition. He has and lie aceepts the leadership in the Empire state fo which he has been ealled not as a stepping stone to something higher, but with the single desive of being able to do something for the benefit of the of his state and in upholding re- n principles. The present indi- rtions seem to assure his ction. The republicans are harmonious and united. realize their opportunity and ap- pear determined to take the fullest ad- vantage of it. The democrats ave di- vided and a considerable element of them will fiot support the regular e didate for governor.. Hill is a shrewd and resourceful politician and he has carefully estimated his ehanc but he is confronted with conditions he has never before had to encounter. If all signg, ave not misleading he will meet his Waterloo in November, e ——— A campaigii committee secnres a great OCTORER 12, 1891, speaker or a number of spedkers for a given rally. . The date fs set and an- nounced. The hall is engaged and must be paid for when the keys are handed over to the committee. The band is secured and demdnds its pay promptly Hanabills are printed announcing the event, extra chairs are rented, and hall decorations are ordered, but :they all cost money. No question is ever raised 4s to the propriety of charging for such service rendered, and everybody knows the recessity for it. The crowd must be attracted and then properly accommo- dated. The only way the public can be reached and apprised of a, political meeting is through the medium of the press. A partisan newspaper can ren- der in one issue a greater serv for a party ticket than can 100 hall owners bandmasters, job printers, and is con- tinnally contributing to the success of its favored ticket. But reputable news- papers subsist upon the sale of adver tising space, which is worth money, every inch of it. Is there any reason in the world why a eampaign committee should not pay for whatever space it hires to properly advertise a political event? If so, what Is it? ! | The republican committee is making a canvass of Omaha to ascertain the drift of sentiment concerning Majors' candi- dacy for governor. At last accounts | the canvassers were getting such senti- | ment good and hard, but it is not rel- ished at headquarters. It is a little bit strange, however, that the committee sees fit to ignore the balance of the | state ticket in feeling the pulse of Omaba voters. Is the whole energy of the machine to be put forth in saving Majors’ scalp to the utter disregard of claims of the balance of the ticket? It looks that way. The Western Art association has got- ten together a collection of pietures and art obje '1s, all of them owned by Omaha people, that does credit to the city and that deserves appreclative recognition from the public. The exhibition now open Is representative of the best taste of local art lovers. It gives visitors a colornble idea of the treasures that are to be found in’ the homes of Omaha residents and, can not fail to stimulate the artistic sénses of all who view the collection, Massachusetts ' democrats embodied a plank in thelt; platform demanding {1 election of United States senators by direct yote of th¢ people. Popular elec- more popular.; Attend the prigaaries and turn the cals down. '/ — HUL agigl, (o Sonato Bullalp Express. It I8 sald HUL'wil resign his seat in the senate because’he dbes not want to give the Appear e of holding It as a reserve in the expectation of defeat., Flower, however, is expected to neglect to accept the nomina- tion till he sees how election goes. Hill !s more particular about holding two offices now then he was in 1891, 8- | Davidson POLITICAL POTPOURRL, Church Howe Is dviding his time between his race horses and politics, The Nemaha county statesman s of the opinion that there 18 not much difference in the two ocoupa- tions this fall, for it is his belief that the gubernatorial ‘running is & ‘“horse race,” Wwith Tattooed Tom heavily handicapped at tho start and compietely distanced befote he has turned into the stretch In spite of his belief, Mr. Howe, after getting his horses in shape for the races at Nebraska City, will pull his coat, hie him- sbIt to the western part of the and put in & few good old licks for his long time | triend. It now develops that W. H. Munger of Frémont was offefed tho democratio nomina- tion for congress fn the Third district after Mr. Thomas had refused to stand. Mr. Munger aid not see it that way, and then Judgo Hensley was lajd on the altar, It is assorted that Munger fs holding back in the hope that things will turn in such a shape that two years from now he can capture the plum and stand some show of an election, ‘While all these things have been trans- piring fn the democratic camp, Mr. Meiklo- john has opened his canvass. A pieture of the congressman has been hung up in his headquarters at folk, encircled with the starry flag, and now the campaign can be considered in full blast Grand Tsland Independent: The railroad gangs of Lincoln and Omaha are making much ado about the “credit of the state” and are exerting every effort to make the people beliave that by the election of Holcomb and the defeat of the Burlinglon pet, eastern money would withdraw and loans wiil be difficult and scarce. The railroad managers to whom the “‘credit of the state’ is a most holy thing, started the ery, and as an evidence of how many lines the raliroad managers have in the fish pond, it need only to be mentioned that ey have even forced a number of bu ness men of Omaha to come out with the scarecrow in an attempt to frighten citizens into voting for a man with an unclean record. If the “credit of the state’ is to be main- tained, can a man conscientiously vote for a tool who has slown himself to be most pliant to the demands of a corporation which is day after day virtually robbing its people? Can a man conscientiously vote for one whose record as a legislator is reflected oniy in the passage of a bill to permit counties and townships to repudiate their debts? Can a voter cast his ballot for a man who has been recommended by a congressional committee to the criminal courts? Can a citizen ex- press his choice for a man whose prospects for election are to be enhanced by the coer- cion, through threats of the sheriff and fore- clostire, of American citizens to vote for him, in order that his political backers may con- tinue to rob the state through abnormally high railroad rates. Great credit that would be! But the intelligent people of this state will not allow themselves to be hoodwinked in that manner. Tecumseh Journal: During the past few days we have heard men falking against the election of Holcomb because it might injure the credit of the state, when these same men do not own a d r's worth of property or pay a cent of taxes in Nebraska. Close in- vestigation in one or two instances shows that these parties are supporting Majors for governor, not to save the credit of the state, but to secure a railroad pass. Fremont Herald: It Is no longer a question as to who will be elected governor, but sim- ply as to how deep the corrupt political trick- ster Majors will be planted. e A Matter of Interest. Philadelphia Timos. Recent events indicate that what the organs allege is the wolf al the doop s really the calamity howier in wolf's cloth- ing. e g The Year of Great Bubes. Boston Globe, Now that Dr. Holmes is dead, Gladstone is the sole survivor of that remarkable group _of men who were born in the year 1808. Besides the two names above men- tioned, it included " Lincoln, Darwin and Tennyson. Surely fate never dealt out to the world such & supply of genluses in any other single year. (PR LTty A Great Truth Out Ransas City Star. Anderson of Wisconsin, ex- nmark, has quit the demo- use of his disgust over the treachery of democratic senators who flag- rantly violated party principles. If every- body who felt the same way should des the democratic party, there would not be left of it to form a d. Rasmus ¥ minister to I cratic party bec enough respectable relic. e A Wonderful Campaign, Globe Democra During the king days of last week, Governor M addressed forty audi- ences in five different states, and traveled 2,450 miles. On one day, he ‘made thirteen speeches In fourteen hours. Few men have ever performed such a feat of campaign- ing; and It s proper to add that few men have ever drawn as large audiences as those which everywhere greeted him. A biecredint ey Nearing Fulfillment. Springfeld Republican. It was one David B. Hill, senator from the great state of New York, who solemnly warned his fellow democrats in the senate and the country that if they passed the pending tariff bill with the fncome tax in it, the result would be that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut would becomé permanently republican states. How does that prediction strike David 15 Hill, demo- cratic candidate for governor of New York? . The Mogwamp Hold New York Sun. it extraordinary circum- mercial depression, the mug- wump faction, with the power of the na- tional administration in their hands, can, by Joining with the republicans, beat the demo- crats. What the admini trat'on i tends to do 18 the problem It enjoys over the situation the same de- cisive superiority that is enjoyed by a man with a pistol in his hands, who has reached his victim’s head. N The Hospitality of Couacil Slufts. Cineinnatl Commercial General Hickenlooper has returned from Council Bluffs, la., where he was attendant upon the reunion of the Army of the Ter nessee. He pronounced it the most suc ful gathering of the army in its hi one of his reasons being thal the st of Towa had so many troops in that army forty-two regiments of infantry, five o cavalry and upward of ten of artill The meeting will be in this city next fall, The general speaks in lauding terms of Council Bluffs and the free hospitalily of 35,000 citizens. ey New Recelver for the Conkling-Jarvis Co, NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—In the United S ates circult court today Joseph C. Willetts was appointed receiver of the Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage company in place of Samuel H Jarvis, resigned. The removal of both Jar- vis-and Conklin as receivers was asked for on behalf of a number of stockholde a few months ago on the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth ' Garnett, of Bristol, England, Judge Lacombe refused to remove them, but he intimated that as Jarvis was also a mem- ber of the organization company, he should resign either from the commitiée or from the receivership, Mr, Jarvis chose the latter course. Under the p stances of com —— Poury Looked After His Wite. AUSTIN, Minn, Oct. 11.—James W, David- son, of the Peary expedition, has arrived tion of senators is getting more and | here and for the first time has consented to talk of the charges that the men had insufficient food and fuel, and were other- wise maltreate by Lieutenant Peary. declares that the mistake was in taking a woman Into the Arctic region at all and after that had been done Peary did for his wife just what any other man would have done under the same circum- stances. They had well warmed quarters by themselves with a separate table, while the men had insufficient food and scant fuel. This, Davidson says, was inevitable and the men of the party would have done anything in the Worlg for Mrs. Peary. He considers they were lucky to get back at all and as the thing Is over the less said about it the bett Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. 8, Gov't Report RoYal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE PENNSYLVANIA'S WAR GOVERNOR. — C'hloago Inter Ocens The passing away of such a man is an event to be solemnly récognized by the nglioh. His place in the memory of the people will be beside that of Morton and Brough, of Andrets and Yates Brogklyn, Bagle: He had a character as rugged as Lincoln's and a heart and courage not unlike Jackson's, Pennsylvania and the nation have lost in him g true son and cher- leh in his name and fabie a precious posses- slon. Washington Pogt overnor Curtin's life throughout was n evefy respect useful and honorable, He dignified all thé publio posi- tions that he held, represented his people worthily {p dongress, And in private as well | as public Félations, set them a good and hon- | est exampl Philadelphia Record: Warm hearted, fm- pulsive, eloquent of speech, quick twitted, happy in all his social relations, and beloved of bis kin and famlly, he lived and died. He will leep in ap hondred grave, and his mem- ory will be affectionately treasured by a grateful people, whomn bé faithfully served in their timé of great trouble, Chicago Past: Mg was the very backbone | of union and loyal sentiment in Pennsylva- | nis in the great crisis at the outset of the war when rebel vidtories were unsettling the Judgment of '\ouke\uvgs at the north. He was one of the truly great men whose firm- | ness and sagality in the gubernatorial office | kept the loyal states in line and in front from 860 to 1865, Chicago Herald: The late Governor An- drew G. Curtin of Pennsylvania belonged to a peculiar class of American statesmen. They | were the founders and bullders of the states | which constitute the union. They were use- ful men rather than brilliant men. Great practical common sense, great Integrity, great industry, a great sense of public duty, were thelr distinguishing characteristics. Boston Qlobe: Perhaps the late Governor Curtin was more intimately assoclated with President Lincoln than was any other of the great war governors. It was through his in- tercession that Pennsyivania, just before the south precipitated the conflict, passed an act appropriating $500,000 for the better organ- izatlon of the state militia. Th's gained Lincoln's confidence—a confidence which Goy- ernor Curtin subsequently never lost Chicago Record: If in the crowded fore- ground of figures prominent in the history of the war Governor Curtin has not been kept prominent, it Is not because the country forgets the many services of his busy life. His case is but another instance of the fact, which is growing in the popular mind, that the civil war brought out many men of strong charac- ter_and ability, some of whom will not be | truly estimated until years have elapsed and the true history of the rebellion comes to be written. O T S TO 4 SMIL Puck: Clergyman (during the Do you take this woman to be Politician (absently)—I authoriz my name. wife? the use of Texas Siftings: The age of a tree can he estimated by counting its rings, but it isn't 80 With a woman. Tndianapolis Journal: Manager dickens makes you so late. The Ossified Man—De tire of me blcycle busted. ‘What the Washington Star: “Doan git too many irons in de fiah,” sald Uncle Eben, “Onless yoh han'le 'em mighty kyahful, one of "em's gwinter bu'n you, Somerville Jour ference with th siclan _whether guesser. It makes a great dif- | ss of the young phy- or not he is a first-rate Harper's Bazar: Dude Sportsman—Any- thing to shoot here? Countryman—Hain t ben nuthin’ il you arrived. 1'll git me gun. Philadelphia Times: Assertions that a man i3 wandering in his mind now take the form of saying that he's rambling along the boulevard. Atchison Globe: As scon as his engage- ment s announced the average young man begins to observe that there are other girls besides his betrothed who are pretty. Chicago Record: The Judge of Election— Pardon me, madam, what is all this writing covering the outside of your ballot? The Falr Voter: Oh, that's the postscript. There wasn't room on the other side. NSATION., K Press, man's kind friend, coMP New ¥ Dame Nature, e Her riches has outpoured; The harvest's home and there's no end To good things on the board. ‘What care we If the nights are chill And colder ones are nigh, When we can daily have our fill Of luscious pumpkin ple? == OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Henry O'Meara In Boston G Genlus of dual flame by Nature lit, With twin-born lights of poesy and wit, Whose penciled beams in threads of thought intwine, And clear through fourscore years of velling shine, The gentury's old—a decade sole remains— ur auto n fancy’s youth still reign The virile Vit ray s betrays, Share long the glow of lines that shall not die, Their sparkle’s living reflex in your eye— Chastened ag dlamond fac t-, ken and pu-e, Fashioned alike to glisten and endur Your vital lamp in iridescence burnin Changing consummate tints with turning— Ever with incandescent gleam illuming, | Kindling men's souls, yet ne'er itself con- suming. very | Press of St. | support | out of a job. | P. G PEOPLE AND THINGS. The favorite diet of the Glants of Ne York Is Oriole on toast. Me. Tom Reed's boom is in no immediaf} danger of being talked to death Whitelaw Reid {s reported seriously Ml with lung trouble, for which he is now secks ing rellef in the Adirondacks. Among the current recipes s oné tellin, “How to remove tattoo marks.” It is 18 t 11t would not phase the Nemaha article The _emperor of Russia is said to be the only European monarch whose life is not insured. Ho Is now regarded as an extrs hazardous risk. “How shall we face the people?’ Mr Cleveland asked on a memorable occasion Judging by his eloquent silence, the question remains uhanswered The Ohinese occasionally vary thelr rice rations with phils given by the empress as 4 reward for bravery, Meanwhile the Japs are having a surfeit of pudding. Seventeen out of twenty-one Pennsylvanie soldiers who drank water from a certaln well on the Gettysburg battlefleld have since been attacked by typhold fever, and some of them have died. B. P. Hutchinson, the Chicago speculgtor, has retired from the retail clgar business, “0ld Hutch,” as he Is known to fame, too sensitive to enjoy a business that is sure to end In smoke. Ex-Senator Ingalls favors the election of United States senators by the people, If the movement should beoome popular, legislative lite in Kansas would be flat, stale and de- cldedly unprofitable, The home Industry movement root in unexpected quatters. Paul shows an inclination. to a beer vat for office, provided the vat switches to the home product In order to prevent an undue strain on delicate lungs it Is suggested to those most concerned that bleaching board howlers are Thelr services may be had for a moderate amount of calamity lubricant. The cuckoos of New York, lke the rem- nant of the flock in Ncbraska, pervaded with a solemn sense of their irresponsibility, bolted the regular ticket. They are remark- ably enthusiustic for reform and a few more offices. Hon. Tom Johinson, the millionaire con- gressman from Cleveland, O., Is a firm be- Hover in campaign novelties. He has rigged up a circus tent and glves nightly exhibi- tions of hiz ability in riting democracy and Henry Georgism In one ring. The account of the debut of Johann Most as an actor in New York intimates that the performance was an agonizing afair. No wonder. In one part of {t Most was obliged to go through the motlons of drinking beer without the genuine article Prince Rospoli, mayor of Rome, is a be- liever i republicanism. He owns lands in Florida, raises cranberries in New Jersey bogs and married, after being widowed a second time, Miss Josephine Mary Beers Cur- (s of Boston, his present wifa. Jim Root, the Bludsos of the Minnespta conflagration, Is titrning his fame foto for- tune. -~ A New York theatricg] anager signed him for $500 a week 1b play the hero's part n “The Ride for Life,” which Is drawing crowded houses in New York. Away down south, in the sunny fand of Hoke Smith and Paul Dismuke, the hatives comprehend the democratic situation in Ne- braska. The Atlanta Constitution analyzes the immaculates at long range, and reaches the conclusion that they are political “bush- whackers."" Colonel John A. Cockerill, who recently re- tired from the editorship of the New York Advertiser, has abandoned the walks of newspaperdom for a time at least. He has accepted the presidendy of a kaolln com- pany, which owns in Florida a large bank of white clay, from which fine china and porcelains are made. ‘Women will persist at this season in “pute ting up” frult when they could buy pre- serves of a better quality at a lower price. But the canning orhze I8 ineradicable from the feminine breast. The daughter of a New York millionaire tried to pickle peaches last week. 8he is dead now. The brandy on the stove caught fire and spilled oh her. Daniel Lockwood, nominated by the New York democrats for lieutenant governor, is the man who presented Grover Cleveland's name for the nomination for sherlff of Erie county in 1870; he named him again for the mayoralty of Buffalo in 1881; he presented Mr. Cleveland's name at the state convention in 1882, and finally named him for the pres- idency. Senator Plumb, shortly before his death, made the prediction that the time was not far distant when every acre of corn land iy the United States would be worth $100. While the wheat growing area of the world Is as wide as the circult of the giobe, the cfrn belt is clearly defined by certain conditions of sofl_and’ climate, which bring it within a fixed limit. There is a lively race on between the two leading parties of Philadeiphia to corral the purchasable vote. As a rule the voter does not get the cash, but Its equivalent—a tax recelpt, which must be produced on voting and which costs 50 cents. On Saiurday last the republican and democratic committees c| tax recelpts, representing more than half the vote cast at the city election last February. il A Bridge and Car Bullders Asslgn. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1L.—The Phelps Manufacturing company, iron founders and bridge and cable car builders, assigned to J. Margelson today for the benefit of their creditors. Neither the assets nor the liabilities are stated. The company had been financially embarrassed for some tin 18 taking The Ploneer RTH OR YOUR v‘ly The nicely proportioned long eut frock, or cut-a-away ocoats are very be- coming to most people. The ex« less than the old There are three from. tremely long sort don’t look well on many men. We have both kinds because what fashion decrees we produce. It is our beliel, however, that good sense is always good form. It isn’t every one who can follow all the * foibles ot fashion, but every one can wear the latest style suit, for our factories place them before the wearers at the same price or style job lots can be had. This week we show 600 new style suits, like the above picture, also in sacks and double-breasted. grades, at $15, $18 and $20, and there are 22 different cloths and colors to select Latest things in neckwear. Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothiers, S, W, Cor. 15th and Douglas,