Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAny Bes. . ROBEWATER, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOT IME OF SUBSCRIPTION, Satardny Weekly Tee OFFICE e Bullding. nger 1k 12 Pearl Omaha, The I South Omaha Council Bl Chicago Offic New York, I Washington, 1# ‘or. N and 2ith Sts, mmerce. Tribune DIdg. ot, UESPONDEN e relating to news and edi- b the All e torial mi company, TON. Hee P OF chuck, sec CIRCULA rotary of Pub says tha inday 1 , 1804, wa Geo Aishin® compan the nctual numb of the Dafly M printed during th as follow 29,569 2811 Al Yidais Loss deductions for unsold coplen +. o Totan Dally avera A Sworn (o e cribed in my pres "l ptary Public bondsmen of Barrett Scott » who feel better. The among thos are Coroners' juries in Boyd county do not belleve i expressing half opinfons. Casimir-Perior may possibly repent, but repentance will have come too late to avail ar France and the alike in this t living ex-pre United States are | each has only one Honolulu, the New York Sun ought to be happy once more. The outcome of the Barrett Scott em- bezzlement will hardly encou South Dakota’s defaulting treasurer to return and face the musie. It's the same old story. Lincoln wouldn’t have the state fair now if pre- sented on a silver salver. So she says. As usual, the democratic congress pre- fers to leave the question of impeaching Judge Ricks to be determined by their republican successors. ze The duke of Orleans will wait in pa- tience for the next call. Should his services be wanted they will not have to be summoned twic One Charles W. Mosher in his dismal cell at Sioux I'alls can contemplate the Holt county affair with a certain sense of security and an occasional thought of what might have been on that fated night when he was hurried off to the Plattsmouth jail. Ameriean citizens will be protected whether they are in Hawail or in China. That is a duty which the gov. ernment is bound to perform. Men, however, who have forfeited their American citizenship must look to their new sovereign for governmental aid. —_— Chicago only wants $4,000,000 for a new postoffice building, and if the goy- ernment hasn't the money in the treas- ury she would just as soon as not have the secretary borrow it by an issue of bonds. Chicago will solve the financial problem yet if she s only permitted to have her own way. Now that relief boards have been or- ganized in every drouth-stricken county it is the duty of the state relief commission to require weekly reports from each county board as to the amount of supplies received, what dis- position was made thereof, and the ac- tual condition of the sufferers. This in- formation is highly fmportant and should be published to the people at _ large, The annual report of the St. Joseph's Memorial hospital gives the public some idea of the valuable work which that in- stitution is performing. The charlty pa- tients treated during 1894 were almost twice the number of pay patients, the total being 1,259, Although supported chiefly by Catholic patrons, it recog- nizes no religious distinetion in the ad- mission of patients. It is an institution which the people of Omaha ought to ap- preciate, With the transfer switeh law declared unconstitutional and the maximum frelght rate law hung up on a rope of perpetual injunetion, there s little very pressing for the State Board of Trans- portation to do were its members in- clined to do anything at all. The board might as well close its doors and give Its employes a permanent vacation, It would by such proceeding render the taxpayers grateful, at least to the tune of $7,500 a year. The death of Major Paddock will cause the county judge, clerk and treas- urer, as the lawful appointing board, to il the vacancy for the remainder of the term, which expires next November. The appointee must be a bona fide resi- dent of the district heretofore repre- sented by Major Paddock., It s sin- eerely to be hoped that a repetition of unscemly serambles for office under like clrenmstances will not be tolerated, Let the office seek the man, The holders of fraudulently issued bonds and watered stocks of the Union Pacific ave bringing pressure to bear upen congress to pass the funding bill that is to validate thelr claims and saddle the burden of paying interest ou this inflated capitalization upon the neople forever. The people of California and Colorado and other states are pro- testing vigorously, What does the Ne- braska legislature, as representing the people of Nebraska, propose to do? | postal | cent SENATOR ALLISON'S OPPORTUNITY, Senator Allison belleves the best men of both parties showld unite on some plan of re- 1ot for the ‘government finances at onco. He takes the ground that he owes his highest al- leglance to his country. Senator Allison is a first class republican.—Chicago Tribune, Why can’t the men of all parties in congress unite on a plan of relief through the establishment of postal savings banks? There are now about three billions deposited in savings banks and state institutions for savings. Why can't these deposits be placed at the disposal of the government, thus giv- ing the common people, and especially the wage workers, an opportunity to become creditors of the nation instead of leaving the entire debt in the hands of forelgn and American capitalists? Suppose that only one-third of the sav- ings banks deposits were placed in the banks. That would give the government an opportunity to aceumu- late gold for its reserve and to decrease the drain of gold for interest on bonds md redemption of greenbacks. Postal savings certificates bearing 3 per cent interest for one-year time deposits, 214 for six months deposits and 2 per for call deposits would cir- culate everywhere the same as money. The holders of these certificates would be willing to accept paper, silver or old for interest and principal. The bondholder wants gold and gold only. The main object of the $100,000,000 gold reserve in the treasury is to redeem the greenbacks, and the demand for the destruction of the greenbac is in- spired by fear that the trea: will not be able to redeem them in gold. T'his danger ean be avoided by using the cenbacks as a reserve for the postal savings deposits, This plan of reliof has worked very satisfactorily in England and France, where the greater part of the public debt is carried by the middle class and the wage worker. Why will it not work in the United States Why not give it a trial anyhow? Here is a chance for Senator Allison to popularize himself wnd save the country from financial dis- te A NEEDED REFORM. Unless some radical change is intro- duced by the Board of Public Works the prospeets will be good for another exhibition of the annual pulling and hauling of the property owners by rival contractors working in the interest of the particular paving material which each represents. So soon as a paving district is ordered to be paved, and often even before the order, solicitors are sent out to secure signatures to pe- titions expressing a preference for this or that kind of paving. In times past all sorts of chicanery have been re- sorted to in obtaining names. Rebates, commissions and gifts have been offered as inducements for needed signatures. All kinds of misleading representations have been made. Fraudulent signa- tures have appeared on some of these petitions and on others persons have signed for more property than they own. The same names frequently appear on petitions for more.than one material. The results have been bad in two direc- tions. The petitions do not represent the real and untrammeled choice of the property owner. They also give rise to irregularities, upon which payment of the assessment is too often resisted, and, if successfully, with the result of sad- dling the cost on the general public. Much, if not all, of this fraud and confusion can be prevented by more stringent regulations regarding these petitions. Instead of leaving the peti- tion to be prepared and the signatures sollcited by the contractors, the Board of Public Works should take this work upon themselves. Let each property owner in the paving district be fur- nished with a uniform’ blank stating what materials lie open to his choice. Let each prpperty owner sign a sep- arate blank in duplicate or triplicate and in the presence of a witness and file the same at the office of the board within a specified time. If then the owners of a majority of the feet front have expressed preference for one ma- terial their choice will be respected; if not the council will designate the ma- terial, giving due consideration to the wishes of the property owners as shown by their petitions. Bulldozing, bribery and misrepresentation by the contrac- tors’ solicitors will then in a great measure cease. It is not too late to inaugurate a re- form of this kind for the paving of the coming season. The paving contractors have enough to do in their own legiti- mate sphere. They should be relieved at once of the work of circulating peti- tions for the designation of paving ma- terials. THE BANKS TO BLAME, The eastern banks are very largely to blame for the troubles and embarrass- ments of the treasury. Since 1892 these banks Lave censed to pay out gold to fmporters for the payment of customs duties, and thus have diverted the de- mand for gold for export upon the United States treasury. The New York Commercial Bulletin states with regard to the exchange of legal tenders for gold at the subtreasuries that for the thirteen fiscal years 1879 to 1891, in- clusive, the conversions averaged §2,085,000 per annum, In the year end- ing June 30, 1802, the conversions were §0,125,000, which indicates the begin- ning of the drain of gold for shipment abroad. For the succeeding two years and three months (July 1, 1802, to Sep- tember 30, 1804) the conversions aggre- gated §200,500,000. Assuming, says the Commercial Bulletin, the simultane- ous exchanges for purposes other than export to have been $6,000,000, it would follow that within this two and a half years §200,000,000 was withdrawn from the treasur The export of gold duving the sameé period was §205,000,000, showing that since June, 1 the banks have contributed only §5,000,000, or per cent, out of thelr own valuts to the exports, and have withdrawn from the treasury for that purpose $200,000,000. This, says the journal quoted, is a true measure of the extent to which the treasury has been subjected to a wholly new drain upon its gold stock, and equally of the | extent to which the banks have thercby escaped a demand which they had pre- viously met from thelr own supplies of the metal. Besides this, the treasury bas been al- actual THE OMAHA DAILY most entirely deprived of its gold form of revenue. For seventeen out of the twenty-seven months ending the 30th of September last only 8.7 per cent of duties was pald in gold, 96.3 per cent having been paid in paper. Had the normal proportion of gold payments, per cent, been maintained, the treasury would have received during the two years and three months ending Septem- ber 30 last $187,500,000 of gold through the New York custom house, instead of which it received only about $30,000,000. Owing to the attitude of the banks the aggregate movement of gold adverse to the treasury during a period of twenty- seven months was to the extent of $435,- 000,000, The Commercial Bulletin says there is no real obstacle in the way of the banks resuming gold payments as formerly, or at any rate to the extent of pe nt of the duties, and it urges that as the parties In absolute control of the situation it remains for the banks to say whether there shall be continued borrbwing by the government for any other purposes than to meet deflelencios of revenue, and whether the treasury shall be delivered from its gold em- barrassments and confidence in the na- tional finances thereby restored. Tt is hardly to be expected that the banks will voluntarily change their practice in this respect. They seem determined to adhiere to it. The way to reach them is through legislation requiring a percent- age of duties to be paid in gold, as has been proposed in cong MORE DILATORY TAC The supreme court last week made an order postponing indefinitely the suit that d Deen set for trial at the Janu- a term, in which the state ks to recover from ex-State Treasu Hill and his bondsmen the $236,000 of pub- lic money which disappeared at the time of the Capital National bank fail- ure. The ostensible reason for this new delay is the death of John Fitzgerald, whose name s on the bond, and the contention that the estate left by him can not be made a party to the suit until after a permandnt administeator shall have been appointed. As the su- preme court had no information as to the time when this will be done, it set the suit over without naming anoth day for trial. This particular postponement under the present circumstances may be de- manded by law or usage, but the im- pression is certainly gaining ground that the state’s attorneys and the court n and ought to expedite matters to a greater extent then they have. The determination of the court to se original jurisdiction over the , and its promptness in ordering an extraor- dinary jury for that purpose, were and are to be commended. But since then two postponements have been granted The attorneys for the defendants will doubtless continue to make dilatory motions as often as possible, and if they can persuade the court to enter- tain them, they will strain every point to stave off trial forever. The importance to the people of Ne- braska of the suit for the recovery of this money lies in the present critical condition of the state's tinanc The state needs all its resources now, and it Is grievously hampered by its inability to use the funds that are tied up in these proceedings. If Hill and his bondsmen are liable, the state is en- titled to the money at once. If they are not liable, we ought to know it without delay in order that proper action may be taken against the present state treas- urer, or claim entered on behalf of the state for her share of the assets of the failed bank. —_— THE HAWAIIAN ROYALISTS. There is a large element of the peo- ple of the Hawaiian islands still de- voted to the deposed queen, and, as was shown by the recent uprising, there- is a disposition among them to make trouble. There are excellent reasons, however, why any plans they are likely to make looking to a restoration of. the monarchy will come to naught. They have not the intelligence, the means nor the courage to carry a revolt to suc- cess, whatever their resources may be 48 to numbers. In the uprising early in the present month the royalists showed no bravery, but at the first on- set fled to protection and then made no serlous resistance to the attack of the government forces, who manifested all the daring which the circumstances demanded. There was bloodshed and the republic lost one of its most prom- ising citizens in the killing of Charles L. Carter, collector general and one of the commissioners who were sent to Washington' in the interest of annexa- tion, but the rebellious element was speedily vanquished, a considerable number having surrendered to the gov- ernment, While this incident showed that the supporters of the republic will un- doubtedly be able to maintain the .es- tablished government, it at the same time indicated that the friends of the deposed queen dre still in a dissatisfied and mischievous state of mind, and that more or less disturbance may be expected from them periodically for some time to come. They constitute a class likely to be continually hatching plots and conspiracies against the goy- ernment and which must, therefore, be all the time closely watched. Had they courage in proportion to their hatred of the new political conditions they would be formidable, but as it s the governwent 18 probably not in any serious danger from them. The ex- \Istence of this hostile and disturbing element in the something of a menace ests thel and it s there- fore expedient that the ted States should keep a war vessel at Honolulu for the protection of American interests that may be jeopardized. The president has been subjected to a good deal of eriticism for not baving kept a naval v el i those waters, but Lis cou scems to have been in harmony with the wuiform policy of the government. So long as the Hawailan government appeared to be thoroughly established and eapable of maintaining itself and protecting all the interests in the islands there 5 no valid reason nment stationing a vessel of at Honolulu, Indeed, had this n done it might very properly have been arded as implying a want of confideuce in the stabllity and self-sus islands, however, is to all inter- for | taining power- of the republic. The president did not hesitate, however, to dispatch a war ship to Honolulu as soon as he was apprised of the situation there, and the Philadelphia will arrive at the capl of Hawail this week, her commander carrying instructions to co- operate with Minister Willis in what- ever course the latter may deem neces- sary for the protection of the lives and property of American cltizens, Doubt- less until there is reasonable assurance that all danger to our interests has passed a war vessel will be stationed in Hawalian_waters. The republic of Hawali Laving been recognized Dby gmost of the leading powers, includfug the United States, is to be treated just as any other « ized government is treated. In pur- suing this course toward it President Cleveland has acted judiciously and properly, o that there is no justification of the adverse criticism to which he has been subjected. This has come largely, it not altogether, from those who favored the unamerican policy of an- nexation and will not forgtve the pres ent administration for ving rejected it. ———— NOW FRANCE PROFES AL ARM. A few days ago announcement was made that the Hamburg authorities had ordered the exclusion of American cattle sent there from Ingland, the same pretext being offered for this ac- tion as in the case of cattle exported directly from the United States to Ger- man markets. This last movement hos- tile to American cattle discredits the English inspection, than which there is no more thorough and careful inspec tion anywhere in Turope. The Ger- man government is not involved in the movement being local to Ham- , but it will doubtless extend to other markets and thus practically be- come a national matter, Influenced by this, to which it was all the more ready to yield by reason of agrarian agitation, the French gov- ernment now professes to be alarmed at the alleged discovery of pleuro-pneu- monia in American eattle imported into Great Britain and Belgium, and the sanitary officers have been directed to exercise redoubled vigilance to prevent the contagion entering France. It is to no purpose that our Agricultural de- partment has stated in the most un- qualified terms that there has been no pleuro-pneumonia among American eat- tle for sev years. No assurance going out from this country, official or otherwise, regarding care and thor 1gh- ness of inspection and vigilance in guarding against the development of disease has any effect abroad. In their evident detefthinhtion to shut out our cattle and meats, either for the pur- pose of retalfatigh or to satisfy the de- mand of domestic cattle raisers, a deaf ear is |m-ucli tp all our representa- tions. It is perfectly safe to say that the direction. of..the French minister of agricultue. te. the sanitary officers will soon be followed by an order ex- cluding Amefienh cattle from France, It would not have been politic to es- tablish an embargo at once, but there can be no doubt_ the understanding is that an order 6{ exclusion is to fol- low. Py Meanwhile the- cattle raising interest of the United States is anxiously await- ing some manifestation of a disposition on the part of congress to apply a remedy to the situation. There is no pleuro-pneumonia or any other form of disease afflicting American cattle, according to the testimony of the Agri- cultural department. This trouble be- gun with Germany, following the pro- test of that country against the differen- tial sugar duty. It is believed that if that duty, whichisof no value to the government, were removed, the mar- kets of Germany would reopen to our cattle and that others would follow. There is no valid reason for retaining this duty, and the welfare of a most important interest will be greatly in- jured if it is retained, with the danger that the policy of retalintion—for this is manifestly the meaning of it—will be extended to other American products, Those who oppose the removal of this | duty are simply playing into the hands of the agrarian element abroad, which in every country is demanding greater protection against the competition of American products. The indifference shown by congress in this matter is not easy to understand in view of the fact that the evident cause of th trouble, the one-tenth of a cent differ- ential duty on sugar, is of comparatively little consequence for the purpose of either revenue or protection, Omaha has secured the state fair for a lerm of five years. The bid upon which the relocation was effected stipu- lates that Omaha must provide the nec- essary suitable buildings for the pur- poses of a state fair. On this point The Bee has a simple suggestion to make, Let the state board issue proposals for bids from architects, giving a general outline of the character, cost and ex- tent of buildings demanded. Keep in mind the theme of ‘World's fair archi- teets and notify the bidders that their designs must be the embodiment of up- date ideas ih exposition architecture, The cld, barnlike structures should be consigned to the dead past. The state fair grounds at Qmaha can be embel lished by architeeture that will be the chief attraction to visitors if modern ideas are givéh o little vent by those who have the construction of buildings in charge When bids for county printing are from a third to a half again as much as ¢ were last year there must be some- thing radically wrong. Prices in gen- eral are certalilly no higher than they were a year uge and priuting is no ex- ception to the rale, Under such cireum- stances the county commissioners could not well do otherwise than require new bids, Congressman Mc question whether taxes will be pla by the present congress upon any article not now taxed, or whether they will be inereased on article ixed will depend upon Seer lisle's view s to the probable the existin, axes. The seeretary, howey has sev eral times expressed doubts as to the sutficlency of the revenue provided by the new Iaw, His resort to the bond market to make up the deficiency in the BEE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1895. treasury is more forcible an argument than anything he could say. The trou- ble is that Mr. Carlisl advice is not likely to be accepted and acted upon whatever it may be. Mr. McMillan is too sanguine of his ability to get his fel- low democrats to act with him, Glants Buckle To. Globe-Demoorat. One of the signs of the times has ap- peared in the Connecticut legislature, A fight 18 on hand between the steam and the trolle Iroads as to the right to parallel existing roads. The t now threatening to reach from York to prominent”points in N Bngland gener- ally, Omaha and the Fair, Kanss City Times, Omaha has got the Nebrasi Now that city has a whole se: before it in ‘the double effort irst class exhibition and at the same time ent the enterpris> from showing a It Is no easy matter to make both stacular and financial suce of a falr, as a great many towns have out. e fair. on's work to give a — - The Guilty Fear a Froo I'ress. Washin £ The discredited government of Newfound land made a serlous but unsuccessful effor to bring about the nd legal punish- ment of two newsp s who.had by sending forth to the world a truthful por- trayal of the condition of the colony. ‘This attempt at repression and suppression is entirely in line with the practice common among” guilty people who are belng criti- sed. - Wherever there Is a. t public urbance th are many people who desire to carry on their work in the dark and these haté the newspapers in an und fined way and are personal in their disiike of the newspap: resentatives. Kvery big strike develops such situations and they are common in military campaigns, ———— Who Will Guard th Minneapolis Tribune, Dakota they are proposing to get a steel chest with a time lock on it, and require all the state money to be locked up In it, Instead of being depodited In the banks.' The counties are to be authorized each to buy a steel safe and lock up its funds in the same way. It is not to be wondered at that the people of South Dakota feel a little savage toward banks; but it would be bad public policy to hoar the state and county funds instead of Kee Ing them in circulation. All that is nec sary to make the public funds safe quate security for deposits examination. © It would be per to hire L expert to overhaul the books occasion- Ally than to lock up the funds in steel boxes. _And then who knows but that such accomplished thieves as Treasurer Taylor would steal boxes and all? Snfos? In South Senator Thurste Chicago Tribune, If Mr. Thurston is unable to see that a startling change in financial condition must result from the action he favors he m 80 blind as to be unfit to oec the senate of the United St once would drop to a silyer basis, the dol lar unit of which would be worth less than 50 cents of our present money. One startling result would be the loss of more than half the $1,600,00,00 of bank de- posits, some 40 per cent of which stand lo the credit of individual tollers. Not only would there be a loss of nearly $1,000,- Q0,000 to the workers by this shrinkage in their savings, but a terrible additional loss due to the fact that this $1,600,000,000 of bank deposits constitutes the working fund by “the aid “of which the industrial and commercial activities of the country dreprept up. It the price of labor were doubled to correspond with the deceased purchasing power of the dollar the cost of material would be doubled similarly and the money available for the use of em- plovers would buy only half as much ma- terial and pay for cnly half as much labor as before. . The result necessarily would be such a paralysis of the labor market as to put “prosperity at a discount” far heavier than any it is fancied by Mr, Thurston to be subject to because of what he calls “the demonetization of silver,’ though he must know that silver and the paper lssued against it constitute the great bulk of the currency in the hands of the people of the United State: at it —_—— BRYAN AND HIS BILLS, Brooklyn Eagle: The Omaha World- Herald, edited by Congressman Bryan, Is opposed to the payment of the debt of the government, because the people would have to be taxed to raise the necessary money, and it calls taxation for this purpose rob- bery. It is financial instruction of this kind that is responsible for the wild notlons of the western statesmen. Indianapolls Journal: The remarkable Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, who will soon be out of public life, has presented a bill which sends a man to the penitentiary for five years who presents greenbacks or treas- ury notes to the treasury for gold re- demption when it s done for the purpose of embarrassing the government. How does Mr. Bryan propose to prove that one man calls for the gold with such a design? Is the all-cloquent a mind reader? Louisville Courler-Journal: That is a re- markable bill by young Mr. Bryan of Ne- braska, providing for five years' imprison ment of any person presenting to the treas. ury greenbacks of treasury notes and de- manding thelr redemption in gold or silver for the purpose of embarrassing the gov- ernment, Injuring its credit, or compelling or securing an issue of bonds. As the notes of the United States are redeemable on pre- sentation, and as thero is no way of fathom- Ing a man's motives in presenting them for redemption, it would be interesting to know how young Mr. Bryan would proceed to con- vict a man for asking that the government pay its debts. Young Mr. Bryan ought to quit playing at “financlering” and go out and play snow ball e PEOPLE AND THINGS. Even the mercury has its ups and downs. The example of Casimir-Perler does not strike discredited democrats as one worthy of imitation, Willlam L. Elkins of Philadelphia offers a prize of $5,000 for the best picture painted by an American artist, Governor Hogg of Texas ls about to plunge from the frying pan Into the fire, He fs golng to start a daily paper. A remarkable revival is on among the newspapers of Maine, Four of them have fresh, juicy libel suits on their persons. Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt proposes to put his wife off with $250,000 a year for life. This 1s shockingly mean. It is less than $700 a day. Tho democratic majority in Texas Is golng down as rapldly as the state deficit Is going up. The latter has reached the million mark, The fact shoud be noticed that retiring democratic congressmen are not declining tenders of federal ple. Nor is any federal ple being tendered. It is unjust to accuse Secretary Carlisle of being an enemy of silver. He has placed silver carbuncles on a set of English style harness costing $225. It costs money to defend the America's cup. A syndicate of New Yorkers are pass- ing the hat for $200,000, the estimated cost of a yacht for the next race, The man who went forth without an over- coat to enjoy the balmy breezes of Sunday ovening will express his florid sentiments in hoarse whispers for a few days. Three-fourths of the councllmen of Phila- delphla have been re-nominated for re- election, They put through a trolley fran- chise at a cost of only $325,000 to the com- pany, and naturally feel they are entitled to a reward for their patriotic services. Edgewood, the old home of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, on the outskirts of Wash- ington, was sold at auction under a deed of trust today to the Washington Loan and Trust company for $44,000, which represents the amount of the incumbrance and costs. Recollections of the Iron Hall swindle are revived by the sentence of a cashier of a Philadelphia branch to imprisonment for one year. When the collapse came the cashier had In his possession $1,000 belonging to the branch which he bypnotized in the ensuing confusion. Out of 1,910 New York policemen before the examining committee 1,620 failed to pass. Of these 1,270 did not come up to the physi- cal requirements, 120 were deficlent In ath- letics, and 130 were below the mental standard, But it should be remembered the finest has not entirely recovered from the wounds inflicted by the Lexow probe. Physical beauty scored a great triumph over luck in the election of Senator Cullom in Illinols, Mr. Cullom is easily the hand- somest man in the Sucker state. He has sparkling eyes of heavenly blue, a polished marble brow, wavy whiskers of moderate length and a mouth curved like Cupid's bow. No wonder Bllly Mason's hair curled when Le came in contact with the winner of the 1llinols senatorship. PRESIDENT FAURE. Chlcago Herald: President dress on accepting election turgidity and cant, ward and reassuring. St. Louls Republic new president just the man Tocord has not familiar_to the w favor: Not having had avery past, he is not likely to be of hostile shafts as was M Chicago Record: Until the temper of the French people can be ascertained it will be Impossible to foresee the possible coftects of the election. What is most now is that a definite the presidential contest France. It was more presidency should be filled than that the | man elected should be exactly the right man | to fill it | Louisville Courler-Journal The president of France Is described in of the dispatches as a man ‘“‘without angles,”” an exceedingly smooth polit clan, never disagrees with anybody It he can help it; an individual Whose colors are not pronounced, but fast Porhaps this Is the sort of ofl that the troubled waters of the French republic need, but it s not the stuft of which great statesmen are made. Chicago Tribune: The republic, however, Is unquestionably moving In that direction. Meanwhile it s a testimonial to its perma nence that amid the plottings of socialis and royalists, the downfall of a ministry and the resignation of a president, the great | mass cf the French people remain quiet and | the republic maintains itself under forms of law without appr of disturbance or resistance from any qu. New York World: The calelum light of public inspection has been turned on the new president of the French republic to the | full, and the worst that can be said against | 1 him is that he is untricd—an unknown quan- tity. But no really strong man has coms to the front in French politics since the days of Gambetta, and the history of the United | States has more than one illustration of a presidential mediocrity giving the country a successful administration, THE LAU Philadelphia Inquirer: Mi: marriage a failure? Old Bac are any suggestions about it. Faure's sd- is free from It is simple, straightfor M of France, for the made 1d, Felix Faure, the may prove to be emergency, but his | his name and fame ol made t pleuous butt Casimir-Perier. | | important just and early decision of | 18 a good thing for | important that the new | ( one rec who tor bhe the arr the on for “tte: The good man in who turned the other cheek th, West Union Ga Indian territor, died a violent d Philadelphia. Record: “Prithe youth,” quoth the good merchant, the away with this bili and strive to collect a goodly portion.” “**Tis dun,” murmured the youth as he hied. New York Recorder: “Sonay, If a man in- vests nothing in stocks and g 000, how large a percentage is that?’ venteen- e powe “Why, how tha ain't a zample in percentd at all, It's pull.” fair Chicago Inter-Qce Dr. Pellet Iding up a_good his wife | s she practice, too?" she fixes up 'a lot of indigestible stuff and invites in all the rich people of the place. Atlanta Constitutios o fire in the stovi ditor—None! But th around this ‘morning make it hot for me, La Figaro: Lad growing so fat that I am beginning quite alarmed about it. T have ju: “Two hundred and forty pounc “Two hundred and forty pounds? where did you get weighed “On the butcher's s . “Oh, then calm yours ctly "half.” riber—What? weather :ditor coming who said he would | all to her husband)—T am to feel discov- ! And And Philadelphia Record: Sentimental Miss— Aren’t vou fond of shooting stars? Practical Young Man—Never shot any; but I've seen lots at the theater I would like to get a bead on. e Chicago Tribune: “You'd better go away. We've got the measles here,” sald the oman at the kitchen door. ““Madam,” replied the tramp. seating him- self on the step with great delib-ration, “the only disease I am afraid of is appendicitis. 1 shall be obliged to you, madam,” he added, with dignity, “not to'give me any cherry ple.” e A WOMAN. to Somerville Journal. She wore a_high hat to the play. And what did the man behind say? Well, not what he ought, If he'd sald what he thought— But he didn’t. He just went away. the the From the slow moving car, without fear, She got off with her face to the rear— All who saw her revolve Made a solemn resolve Not to go and do like her this year, She made a small bet with a man On a_most satisfactory plan. No matter which way It went, he had to pay, 8o now she has got a new fan, no my She never had learned how to cook, But she studied recipes from a book— Her first lemon ple Delighted the eye, But the crust of it cut like caoutchouc. the on She §0L to the theater late, For er pa and her ma had to walt, While she stood at the glass For an_hour, alas! To see if her hat'was on straight, But we love her in spite of all this, For she sweetens our dull lives with bliss, She is tender and true, When troubles pursue, And our woes vanish all at her kiss, lowing letter from the Treasury d Sir Tth in: McCreary, | Neb., eturn to this country of Chin | China | _With regard to the admission of Chinese women that th claiming to. be chants o collvct that they chants. L mitted to join their fathe > children requir: mitted o the collcefor at the port of first lonship of the applic Respectfully Dave sulted in the pas $100,000 other bill tho the reimburse celver This only awaits before it shall become a law. o four other Sfoux Indians from the agency were at the capitol with securing ims. | building and Pickler at his home tomorro w dered decisions on the decisions of the commissioner in South Da- Kota Frank sion affirmed and Cushing's intact; Kato sion stand intact Brintnall lain Watertown Parant allowed stead entry. Monroe T. Boston was today commissioned postmaster at Verango, and Milton E. Shats at Ashford, Neb. ! You weigh ex-| ¢, Carlisle Says “WASHINGTON, Jan, meeting of the house appropriations commit- WASHINGTON, court of the United States today ordered that Eugene V. jail in Illinois be admitted to ball in the sum cause is to be held ,on March 25. HOW CHINESE MAY RETURN ]Ar.siulnnl Treasurer Wike Ropeats the Decision Heretoforo Made Publio, There is this In his } WIVES AND CHILDR:N MAY BE LANDED Families of Merchants Domicilod 1n This Country Can Come In Froo from fRo- strictions— Question Was Ralsed ¥ & Hastings Case. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BER, 1407 F Stroet, N, W WASHINGTON, Jan, Mercer has recefved the fol- rtmont: 1ge the dated the a let- ssrs. Smith & of Hastings, mation concerning the persons to visit cssman 1 have the honc of your with addressed to acknowl communieation, which was to you by M nttorneys-at-law sting info! elpt requ lding here, and who may dey and children 1 have to Inform you department has held that wor the wives of Chinese me domiciled in the United States may permitted to land, upon submission to of customs at the port of first Tence sufficient to satisfy him the lawrful wives of w ival of are hildren of Chinese hants are per- ses whel s a8 to o Is sub- re of such tender parental care, when eviden ival which satisfies him as to the s for admis 8. WIK cting Sec ail efforts today re- age of a bill appropriating for a publia building at South a. He also aided in the passage of bills in order that the South Omaha might be reached before the close of legislature toda, enator Allen today called up and secured passage of a bill setting aside $200 to Michael Scanlon of North Platte the loss of a like sum through the re- of the land office at North Platte. bill has passed the house, and now the signature of the president yours, Mercer's hief Bean, Chief Feather-in-His-Ear and Yankton today to confer Pickler with a view of to adjust their land shown through the dinner with Mr. Congressman legislation They were will ta of the interior ollowing today ren- ppeals from he secretary John H. Selig et al against Chamberlain district, decl- entry is to stand Porter et al against mberlain district, de and Cushing's entry allowed ames F'. Waters and Elmer E. inst Lucy C. Curtis, Chamber- decision afirmed and Curtis Bdward Parant, ex parte, decision reversed and malke additional home- cases: Cushing, (o Ch Marzello Cushing, affirmed district, wed to enter; district, to ANNOT FORCE GOLD OR SILVER. tho Holler of Certificates Must Havo the RIght to Choose. 21.—An important was held today in which Secretary Car- lisle took part at the request of Chairman Sayres. tion of a policy by which the secretary hopes The conference was over the adop- put in circulation an increased volume of silver cirtificates of small denominations in place of treasury notes. decided to strike from the sundry civil bill a stipulation that for several years has been added to treasury notes to replace those received at The committes the item providing for printing treasury. Secretary Carlisle stated that it was his desire to get more silver certificates of small denominations into the hands of the people, but explained that other securities occupied fleld and crowded them out. Once Rep- resentative Sibley of Pennsylvania asked the secretary what objection there would be to a system of redeeming notes In gold and silver at the option of the secretary of the treasury instead of the holder. “If the policy the beginning of resumption,” answered the secretary, “it would have been beautiful and had been inaugurated at trouble would have arisen from It. But predecessors have followed the policy of redeeming in gold or silver at the option of holders of paper, and any secretary who tried to change this policy and force sllver a man who wanted gold, or vice versa, particularly at such a critical period as we have been passing through, would have pre- cipitated disastrous results Debs Admitted to Bail. Jan, 21.—The supreme Debs and his associates in of $2,000 each. The hearing to show WNINC./y, Q‘%:mm cl.ormtg'"q Your Money’s Worth or Your Money B Cleaning Up. Now we've begun to cut—cut so everlasting deep that none can withstand us. We've cut some of the men’s suits down to $5, some to $7.50; some $256 and $30 suits cut down to $18. Overcoats and ulsters have been cut like that, too—A whole lot of black clay wor- sted pants, the $6 and $7 kind, cut to $3.75, Three shades of Fedora hats cut down to $1.50—Boy’s shirt waists, Wilson Bro's, a lot of broken lots ranging in value from $1.00 to $1,75, are coats for $6 that were $13.50. only 75e. Boy's over- Boy's 2-piece suits for $3 that were $4, Boy's $6 junior reefer suits are $3,50 and $4. Boy’s knee pants, all wool, 50¢. Then there's that big underwear sale, to which we have added two of the biggest bargains you ever hsard of—two cale- brated qualities in the American hosiery underwear — staple as sugar—nobody ever cut the price before—but you get the $5 grade for $3.50 a suit now, or $1.75 a single garment—the $4 grade, fine ribbed {form fitting is now $1.50 a garment or $3 a suit, Come early and get the best thing you ever got in your life, BROWNING, KING & CO., Reliable Clothiers, 8. W Cor. 15th and Douglas,