Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, F ™ E. ROSEWATER, Editor, —_— s PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TF Dally Tes (Wi Daily Bee and Eix Months Three Months Eunday s, One Saturday 1 . Weekly Dee SUBECRIPTION. One ¥ ©Omaha, The e Bouth Omaha, Counc ¢ and 24th Sts, smmorce, ibune Bldg. CORRE: o relnt news and_edi- To the Editor, should b company, | orders compan MPANY checks and_postoffic to the order of th SHING C STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION 1. Taschuck, secrotary of The Te ny, being duly sworn, say v ipletd £vening and S mondh of Nove 16, 1. 18 2. opicn ol WML cuere.ieees Daily average net cireu G W, nd subscribed In my pres- 1504, Sworn to hofore me ence this 30 day of Di I ’ Let us have some report about the ope relief commission kind of a tangible ations of the s The grand { for sloned chi Jury meets next sensational and ge from Judge Scott, weok, Impas- An extr in s session of congress appears That will be an aflliction sal drouth. Perhaps the president now wishes that he had not withheld his supposed share of the patronage of M Senator Vest, uri from Any one might have known that all this talk in the state senate about cut- ting down the number of senate em- *s was nothing but talk. We presume th late impenched state officials is pre- sented to this legislature solely to stave off the statute of limitations a little longer. Extra session talk is likely to con- tinue at least so long as congress re- mains in sesslon and does nothing to alleviate the financial difficulties of the treasury. Coxey Is once more to the front offer- ing to rescue the government by means of his noninterest Dbearing bond scheme, If Coxey had only been elected to congre all friends of labor, even if they have to say it themselves. When they vote the other way it Is only be- case they think the interests of labor and capital ave identical. The legislature might with propriety {nstitute an inquiry-to ascertain what the secretaries of the State Board of Teansportation have done during the past year to earn their $2,000 each. Secretary Morton has returned to Washington, but that postmastership appointment still lags, If the bait is held out much longer the straight democracy may recruit into its ranks the entive membership of the Bryan free silver wing. Our resourceful local contemporary which had the Elbe foundered off The Needles has finally moved the .wreck around to the Isle of Wight. We pre- sume that by the time the vessel raised from the place where it sank this alleged newspaper will see that the hulk first appears to sight in New York harbor. The efforts of treasury officials to effect arrangements by which the next bond issue may be flonted in bulk in the financial centers of Europe do not ex actly confirm the joyous exclamation of the New York Herald that President Cleveland Las committed himself by his recent message to its plan for a populs loan among the people of this country. ‘Washington is the latest state to terminate its protracted senatorial con- test by means of party caucus. There is no danger that the senators from Delaware and Idaho, yet to be elected, will not be republicans. The voting may drag on for a few days or a few weeks longer, but when the cholce is made it will be but to register the de cision of the republican members of these legislatur It will now be in order for the Catho- lic prelates to petition the Nebraska legislature for a memorfal to congress asking that all members of secret 1o- litical societies be deported from the United States in order to remove a menace to the continuance of free gov- eknwent. Aud while the legislature is in the exclusion wemorial business would it not be eminently proper to ask congress to deport the Pagan embassies of China and Japan? The attempt of ex-President Powell of the Board of Education to saddle all the responsibility for the deficit in the gehiool fund upon the city council is not very well supported by the facts, That deficit is or will be §70,000. The city council reduced the levy asked for by the Board of Education by only 3% will or by less than $10,000, On the other hand the school board is now proposing economies by which it hopes to reduce the deficit, but which had they been introduced a year sgo might have forestalled it altogether. When the school board learned what sum was to be at its disposal for the lust year it was its duty to keep ex- penditures within that lmit. It did not do so. It is for this reason that the present board finds itself in an un- fortunate situation, BOUNTY AS A SUGAR RAISER. 1t must be that the sugar planters of Louisiana look upon congress, the admin- istration and the people of the United States gererally as a pack of stupld fools. They irsist upon the payment of the bounty of 2 cents & pound on the crop of 1804 because the crop was planted and cultivated under the McKinley law, but was harvested under the present law. What these planters say 18 100 absurd to be considered. What Is the Qifference in expense of raising sugar under the McKinley law and the Wilson bill? What has the law to do with the productive power of the sofl of Louisiana, anyhow? Did not Loulsiana sugar planters plant, cultl- vate and harvest sugar before McKinley was born, and would not the crop of 1894 have been raised had there been no McKinley law? Are not preparations now going on for a crop in 18957 And finally, is not the 2 cents a pound bounty just like finding that much money—money that was stolen from a whole lot of people?—World-Herald, When Abraham Lincoln was asked hig views on the tariff he replied that he did not know ve much about the theories of protection and free trade, but this much he did know: If an | American buy a bar of steel for $20 in England the American has the steel and England has the $20; if he buy it in America the American has the steel and America has the $20, Suppose we I the bar of steel a barrel of sugar, and apply to the sub Ject the same logic. What would be best for Ame If we buy the rel of sugar in Europe, America will ce the sugar and Europe the money; it we produce the sugar in this coun- America has the sugar and keeps the money at home. Now, the people of the United States would be stupid fools if they failed to give preference to their lome producer of sugar over the foreign sugar maker. But unless the Louisiana planter can compete with the foreign sugar exporter he must abandon the business of sugar rais- ing. The sugar industry of Germany, Audtria, France and Belgium has been bullt up by bounties and by tax re- bates to manufacturers. American planters in Louisiana were therefore at a disadavantage in competition that had to be overcome either by a duty on imported sugar L bounty to the American su For more than twenty Americ 3 years the L was stimu- lated and supported by an import dut on sugar. The McKinley act placed sugar on the free list, and in lieu of the protective duties gave a bounty of 2 cents a pound for all sugar pro- duced in this count from cane or sugar beets. That act stipulated that the boun ghould continue for four- teen years. It was in the nature of a contract between the government and the sugar producers which the country was in all honor bound to maintain. But when the government fell into the hands of American industry-wreck and repudiationists who had a mania for tax reform the Dbounty was re- pealed and the duty was not restored. What has been the result? An ad- s just issued on behalf of the Louisiana sugar planters and manu- facturers by leading business men of New Orleans, who are all democrats, ds as follows: Our sugar business is paralyzed and all value taken out of sugar property by reason of the desperate condition to which planters have been reduced this year. After planting and cultivating a crop and incurring debts for sugar machinery and supplies under a promise of 2 cents protecticn per pound for 1894, the sugar grower is marketing his crop with practically no protection, and unable to realize from its sale within $8,000,000 of what he has expended on it to bring it to market. Nearly $20,000,000 furnished by New Orleans and other cities had been expended on the crop of 1894, up to the time of the tariff repeal in August. Government licenses had been applied for and granted by the United States in July and August, and this loss of $8,000,000 has been sustalned by rely- ing in good faith on the bounty promise held out by the government. It has been implored to right the wrong by giving a com- pecsatory bounty which, while it will not save from all loss, will nerve the planter to float his Industry under changed conditions. The loss falls primarily upon the planter, and will ruin him, but as he falls to pay, the loss will spread to all merchants and bank- ers who have credited him, and upon dealers in other states who have sent thelr material and merchandise to Loulsiana. The bounty, it allowed, will flow through the hands of the planter, discharging largely his debts, and ultimately reach citizens of nearly every state in the union. In the face of these facts who would be the robber and who would be bhis vietim? What do honest men think of any Dbusiness firm that repudiates its own obligations, and what kind of a government is it that would cripple and e an impor- tant industry by withdrawing and withholding from it the support which it had solemnly pledged itself to give for its maintenance? The fact that the Louisiana planters are making preparations for 1895 should have no bearing upon the issue. The farmers of North Dakota are making prepara- tions for planting wheat, although the market price is below the cost of pro- duction, They either have to make these preparations in the hope of higher prices or emigrate. But the free trade crank will asl “Why don’t you vote a bounty to the wheat raiser?” Our answer I8, because we raise more wheat in America than we can possi- bly consume and do not expect to send a dollar to Europe for wheat in a thou- sand years. If all the sugar we use was produced in Amerlea there would be 1o object in a bounty. It would be almost a crime, on the ofher band, to destroy the sugar cane industry in Louisiana and build up the sugar in- dustry of foreign countries, when by a few years' bounty or duty on im- ports we could stimulate sugar making in America so that we would produce every pound that we consume and keep more than §120,000,000 which we now send abroad eve year In active cir- culation in our own country, besides affording paying employment to thou- sands of farmers: and laboring men who would otherwise be compelled to compete with other farmers and work- ingmen for ewmployment in production that is already overdone. Four years ago the nightmare of every democratic statesman from Car- lisle to Bryan was the surplus in the national treasury. The erime of tax- ing people beyoud the actual necessl- ties of running the government was the text for all the free trade speeches. Now we have no such trouble on our hands. We have had a great reduc- tion of federal taxes and we have in- augurated the policy of borrowing to pay current penses, The night- mare now Is where to ralse the wind that will keep us afloat for the next twelve months, STATUS 0 ? MAXIMUM RATE (€ The maximum freight rate law en- acted by the legislature of two years ago is for the time peing in a state of suspended animation pending an ap- peal on behalf of the state to the United States cireuit court of appeals from the order of the United States circeuit court enjoining its enforcement. There is an almost univer demand among the people of Nebraska that this case be prosecuted on the part of the state if necessary to the supreme court of the United States. In order that this demand may be complied with and all due ste be made to se- cure the decision of the appellate courts, it becomes incumbent upon the present legislature to give the atus of the ease immediate consideration, Unless the legislature makes the nec- essary appropriation to pay the legiti- mate expenses of defending the origi- nal suit and prosecuting the appeal the case of the state will be put in serfous jeopardy. It is not the place of The Bee to pass upon the bills that have been presented for legal services and court expenses in connection with the maximum rate litigation, especially when members of the legislature can easily consult with lawyers hble to give them expert opinion. What makes the question more than a mere matter of making reimbursement for moneys expended is the fact that legis- lative Inaction must mean the aban- donment of the appeal, and the rail- roads are as ready to win their case in this way as in any other. On the other hand we that if the attorne are assured s in charge of the state's interests are’ proper sup- ported they will be able to expedite proceedings greatly to_the public ad- vantage, It is possible to secure a hearing on the appeal before the cir- cuit court of appeals at the term of court commencing May next. An ad- verse decision could then be appealed in time to veach the docket of the su- preme court at its October term, when it would doubtless be advanced for hearing, and a decision rendered not later than *a year hence. Should the hearing in the cireuit court of appea be thrown over to a subsequent term a second appeal could not possibly be brought to the supreme ecourt in time for its next term ud the final decision would probably be delayed another yea It rests therefore within the power of the legislature to expedite or delay the appeal of the maximum rate case. The responsibility is one that cannot be evaded. It should be promptly met, and it will be if the party pledges of relief to the people from burdensome railway rates really mean anything. THE STATEHOOD BILLS. It is said to be the opinion of demo- cratic senators that the bills for admit- ting New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma to statehood cannot be passed at this session, and therefore they are disposed to allow very little time for their consideration. It would seem that there ought to be no diffi- culty and no loss of time in putting these measures through if the party in power desired them to pass at this ses- sion. In all essential respects these bills are similar to the acts that have preceded them for admitting territories to statehood. They do not require to be discussed at length, because all the facts regarding the territories are well known and no serious opposition to admitting them has been manifested on the ground that they are not fit for statehood. It might be plausibly urged that the least populous of them is hardly entitled to statehood, but this has not been done. It would seem. therefore, that nothing more is neces- sary than to set a time for voting on these measures and all of them could be disposed of in an hour or two. fact is, however, that the party in control of congress is not at all anxious to confer statehood upon these territories at this time, for the reason that they fear it would mean the cer- tain transfer of the control of the ate in the next cong to the repub- licans. All of these terrvitories went republican at the last election and there is every reason to expect that the dom- inant political sentiment in them will continue to be republican for some time to come. If they were granted statehood by this congress they would be represented in the senate of the next congress, adding, there can be no doubt, six to the republican member- ship of that body, thus placing the legislative branch of the government under republican control. Without this it is possible that a union of democrats and populists may control the senate in the I fourth congress. his is why democratic senators say the state- hood bills cannot pass at this session, They do not want them passed and the probability is they will not be given further consideration, in which event New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma must remain in the territorial condition a year longer, as the penalty for having approved the policy and principles of the republican party. ——— NO BAK 10 RE The charter for metropolitau cities, section 168, provides that the compensa- tion and salary of all officers and agents of the city which arve not fixed by charter shall be fixed and determined by ordinance and shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which such officer or agent shall be appointed, This provision is construed by City Attorney Connell to apply to all place holders under the city governme in- cluding inspectors of paving, plumbing, meat and milk, deputies and clerks whose appointments are confirmed by the council, whether made by the mayor, the Board of Public Works, the Board of Health, comptroller, engineer, treasurer, clerk or any other oflicer. If this opinion of sweeping prohibition is sound law there would be very little chance for municipal retrenchment. sen- There is, however, room for difference of opinion on that score. The wayor and | council certainly are in position to re- trench, as yell as they have been In position Qo% ey the pay roll. It seems a great strefch of the imagination that a deputy or even a clerk is such an officer or afdu(@) as the charter contem- plates. These employes have no fixed term of office, neither has an inspector of paving or sewers—or garbage, for that matter. They are all subject to discharge when there is no work for them to pfrform. In any event the mayor and_goyncil can by ordinance abolish alll iswperfluous appointments and all employments that are overpaid, and they ¢an Jby ordinance re-create the appoingments or employments nt pleasure wifsin a day, a month or six months following the abolition of the sinecures or discharge of overpaid deputies and clerks, excepting only where such deputyships have been cr ated by charter. When the council repealed the ordi- nance creating the office of city elec- triclan City Attorney Connell did not consider the abolition of the office ille- gal, and as a sequence Blectrician Cow- glll was deposed without recourse for his pay for the full term. The same results would follow if the ordinances creating cer- tain useless appointments and ordi- nances authorizing the employment of overpald deputics and clerks were re- pealed. There would be no trouble whatever of getting the men who now occupy these places to aceept re-em- ployment at current wage S0 much on that score. And now how about the increase of salaries or incomes in the face of the provision of the charter that forbids a greater compensation, directly or indirectly, than is provided by the charter and ordinances? How about the allow- ances of horse hire to meat inspectors and other employes? Why should a man who draws $100 n month salary also be allowed to draw enough addi- tional pay to purchase a horse and buggy every twelve months? If these men were in private employment they would cheerfully pay for their own horse hire if they were only sure of keeping their places. Why shouldn’t the mayor and council interpose in behalf of the taxpayers and put a stop to these abuses and ex- cosses? If they ean not make it retro- active they certainly can make it pros- pective by repealing existing ordinances that countenance these impositions. There must be a way found somewhere to limit the disbursements of the city and keep them within the bounds of the vevenues. Where there is a will there is o WAy, The disgracefyl fi in the house of representatives between Congress men Breckinvidge of IKentucl and Heard of Missouri brings the former again into unenviable publicity. It would seem from their explanations that they were about equaliy culpable in the use of ingulting epithets, but it was the Kentupkian who broke the peace, and his exhibition of furious anger will not improve his standing in public opinion. It would seem that the experience he has had during the past year would have had a chasten- ing effect GPon’ him, and, indeed, he has endeavored to make-it appear that such was the case, but most people-will conclude from this last episode that the professed change was merely pretense. The fact seems to be that beneath a smooth and alluring exterior Breckin- ridge carries o generous share of the savagery of human nature. He will retive to private life at the end of his present term, it is to be hoped to re- n in obscurity. As a public man he has rendered no valuable service to the country, while in his private career he has violated almost every law of moral- ity. The people are still walting for the startling disclosures which the prosecut- Ing attorneys promised for the prelim- inary hearing of the men arrested for complicity in the Barrett Scott murder. The four men already apprehended could not possibly have executed the whole plot by themselves. It has been claimed, and very reasonably, too, that there must have been no less than a dozen men concerned In the abduction. The preliminary trial, however, stopped short with the four men in custod, 1f the authorities have the evidence which they have all along asserted was in thelr possession to bring the crime directly to the door of every person who had a hand in it they ought not to leave the guilty parties much longer at large. Either one of two things must be true, the prosecution has exaggerated the im- portance of the material in its hands or it is very slow In making use of its in- formation, Keforming His Own, be-Democrat. 1t will be observed that Mr. Wilson's fforts as a tariff reformer are now being rected to the amendment of the law which bears his name, and which is materlally re- ducing our forelgn trade. Blaine leads to the suppos nirers think his works a , as well as by far th LAY The Charters Aro Nufe, Dehver N It I8 not impossible t some Brooklyn car companies may lose their charters as a result of the sirike. In the end they may find that it would have been far cheaper to have been just to thelr men. - agh und to Spare. Kansak City St A movement hus been foundland looking t memo- one, W, of the started in New- 0 2 10 annexation to the United States, This may be a good thing for the Newfopndlanders, who are in hard financial lines, buf this country has about ail the poor that it can convenlently care for. e Employm o West. m..tn. Iphla Inquirer. he tenor of the dispatches purporting to describe the donditions of employment 1 the west encourages the hope that the im- provement will ‘continue. It 15 evidently the belief that the country last year reached the lowest €bb to which even democratic stupidity could reduce it, and that hereafter the rise will perhaps b v, con- ihe 1l P P8 be slow, but still con EBRUARY 2, 1895. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. BEET SUGAR HAS TREBLED France s face to face today with the alternative of producing a party strong enough to govern without ylelding a jot to anarchists, socialists or red republicans, or of allowing the irreconcilables a free hand. It is needless to recount by what stages of petty schism, dynastio Intrigue and vulgar, mercenary self-secking French political par- ties have beon reduced to their present state of impotence. That patriotism and states- manehip have gone out of them as wholly as courage, disinterestedness and sincerity scems as plain as that a noisy, truculent and vio- lent minority is about to control the gov- ernment of France. The penalty of entrust- ing all that is worth saving against destruc- tive attack to the custody of men imbued with the lowest conception of political re- spongibility has been swift and serious enough to arouse a people less rent by faction to make a supreme effort to preserve the in- tegrity of the republic. That It will avail much In the arena of superheated passions, in the midst of which French cabinets rise and fall, and where the shricking ejaculations of Paris are wont to drown the voice of the people of France, may well be doubted. P The license of the French political press in Paris today appears to exceed all precedent. Consulat Report that Puts Foreign Countries Into the Shade, AMERICAN PRODUCTION GROWING FAST Enormons Natural Advantages Country Over Germany—F petition Belng pidly Ko the Head—lIntoresting in This ropean Com= ked on Figares, WASHINGTON, Feb, 1.—European econo- mists are alarmed at the prospect that the United States, the greatest sugar country in the world and always relied upon to absorb the surplus European product, will at no dis- tant date produce all of its own sugar Frank Mason, United States consul gencral at Frankfort, Germany, has submitted to' the ate department a speclal report on Ameri- can competition in sugar production which s full of interesting statistics on the subject A correspondent of a London newspaper de- | AMONE other things he shows that the crop of beet root sugar last by clares that the invectives of M. Rochefort are | © tamo compared with those of some of his dis- [ 760,000 tons the product of the preceding ciples. These latter, he says, “no longer take | Year. The production of cane sugar has the trouble to be witty. They heap up such | doubled in the past twenty years, while that epithets as ‘thieves, cutthroats and bandits,’ | Of beet sugar has trebled. Careful examina- with no other object apparently than to push [ tIons of the possibilities of beet sugar produc- insult to the piich of paroxysm. The men | tion in the United States have been made by ond institutions thus atiacked are disarmed | European correspondents who show that cer- or there are no purely repressive laws, anc ATHHG £ SIEMIL AR08 Such ‘matiers were brought into the courts in | tAIn districts, notably Calitornia and Ne most cases they would have to be tried before | braska and other —western and = southern 1 Jury. Now, as the jury is composed of | states, enjoy decided natural advantages over veaceful citizens who fulllll their mission from | !l the beet producing countries of Rurope. a sense of duty, but without enthusiasm, who | Four elements enter into the competition, are deluged by menacing letters, who have | climate, cost and fertility of land, cost of their private interests, thelr families and their | labor and the effective economy of the m persons to protect, and who cannot be asked | chinery and methods of cultivation and sugar daily to be herolc, the chances are that the | manufacture. In all but one—cost of labor— chief result of an honest man's calling the | the United States has the advantage. An matter into court is a useless scandal, the | English correspondent shows that wherea loss of the case, and the risk of insult from |beet growing in Germany, notwithstanding his opponent’s counsel. Thus the tone of the | the cheapness of labor, costs on an average Journals becomes more and more extravagant | $50 per aci in California, in spite of with thelr immunity, and public men are | high wages, the net cost does not exceed obliged to bow their heads and let themselves | $17.50 per acre, a difference of $32.80 per be slandered and dishonored without an at- | acre in favor of the Pacific coast. Land is tempt to check a state of things which has | also cheaper and the California farmer works nowhere any parallel or precedent.” a rich virgin soil whilo his German rival is restricted to old wornout lands which must . A revolution in Bulgaria has always been | be sustained by the constant use of fertiliz These facts have, as Mr. Mason among the possibilitics of the day since the 3 05 v aironk G g awakened apprehension among Kurope two overthrows of her first prince, Alexander | goonomists and sugar producers and have von Battenberg, and {he advent of his suc- | greatly depressed the movement in England cessor, Prince Ferdinand. But it would be | to American beets instead of wheat. more than strange if such a revolution were brought about by the concerted efforts of those two arch enemies, Stambuloff and Zan- Kkoff. The latter was persecuted by the former and returned from his exile only after the fall_of Premier Stambuloff. On the other hand, Zankoff advocates a pro-Russian pol- fcy, while Stambuloff, during the eight years he was in power, was an enemy of Russia The Bulgarian people did not like this pol remembering that they owed their autonomy and independence, in 1873, to the soldiers of the czar, Prince Ferdinand was the one who suffered the most from that condition of affairs. Ho could not win the sympathies of his subjects, because of the anti-Muscovite policy forced upon him by his prime minister, and he could not, of course, get Russia to recognize him as a sovereign, thereby allow- ing the other powers to do the same. Stam- buloff, who, though a Russian, used his pre- miership in Bulgaria against his native coun- try, may be prepared for one more treason, this time against Prince Ferdinand. He was rather ignominiously deprived of his portfolio, and was even accused of murder, and he must hate the sovereign.who declines to protect him. Zankoff cannot like, either, the prince, who has reverted somewhat to his former antl-Russlan policy, having seen that the friendly advances made to him on the occa- sion of the late czar’s death did not reestab- lish immediately the cordial relations exist- ing between Bulgaria and Russia during the first months of Battenberg’s reign. But Zan- Kofft s an honest patriot, who would hardly ask the assistance of Stambuloff, whenever ho should decide to attempt to overthrow the present regime at Sofia. e Tthe movement to unite Newfoundland with the Dominion of Canada gains strength in the province,+ but s not regarded with so much favor in Canada. The question Is raised whether Canada would not pay too Qearly for the new acquisition, and a good many Canadians seem to be answering that question in the affirmative, In taking New- foundland, Canada must take the debt of that colony, which is about $18,000,000, and would more’ than offset the income which Canada would receive from the colony for many years to come. Newfoundland would also expect something in the way of an addipional sub- sidy in return for the surrender of a part of its autonomy. Canada has been liberal with subsidies to the colonies it; has annexed, and much of the dominion indebtedness has been Incurred in that way. About all Canada would galn by the union would be free ad- mission to Newfoundland markets, such as they are, and a somewhat larger share than at present of Newfoundland trade, and $18,- 000,000 to $20,000,000 is a pretty large price to pay for these gains. Tho French shore dispute is another serious objection to unfon. Canada fs not now directly involved in this dispute, but would be were Newfoundland one of its provinces. It is urged, therefore, that the admission of Newfoundland to the dominion be at least postponed until the British government shall have settled this dispute with France. year exceeded THIS GENERATION'S SHARE, Figures Showing the War Debt Pald in the Last Thirty Yoars. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Figures are proverblally correct, but an exception to the rule is found in the report presented to the house by Representative Coombes of New York.. It is an epitomized statement of the expenses devolving upon the government be- cause of the war and the proportion of them vaid during the thirty years since 1865, as well as the other expenditures of the govern- ment during the same period. Tho showing is given in support of the contention made by the president in his special message that this generation has already paid more than its share of tho government debt. The table follows: aring debt in for redempt Bonds and inte ing debt issued in fic raflron 679,188,130 and and redemptions 119,819,85 Pald_in pensions. 7 . 1,721,834,463 about Amount p count of war debt...... 30, <Other expenses paid in same pericd: War department, for sup- port of army, improve- ment of rivers and har- bors, payment of war ‘claims and fortifica- tions . 2,672, 481,470 New department for sup- port of nav ing of & new nav. To the Indian: Expenses ol ‘minlstration Adding war e above Grand total, o NEBRASKA CURRENCY PLANS. Rocky Mountain News: Manderson's bill won't do. Nothing can guit both gold bugs and silver men. If Mr. Manderson will try setting fire to water he will see how that kind of scheme works, Philadelphia Record: Senator Allen of Ne- braska has hit upon a plan to protect the gold resorve, which in brief is that the secre- tary shall bo empowered to mect runs on the treasury with silver. Betwcen the ancient Greeks bearing gifts and the modern popu- lists offering a_free silver rampart for the defense of gold *the analogy is sufficiently obvious to suggest the word: *‘Beware.” Buffalo Express: Senator Manderson yes- terday added his proposition to the long list of currency measures. It does not purport to reprasent his views of what should be done, but Is simply the suggoestion of & com- promise. 1f the silver men were willing to accept it, it might b an improvement on the present conditions, but there are fow good polnts to it. One proposition, however, which might reasonably be embodied in the administration bill is that import duties from countries having the gold standard be payable in gold, and from countries having the silver standard be payable in either gold or silver at the option of the fmporter. The purposo of this I8 to encourage trade with Asia. It scems like a fair proposition so long as the country tinue its efforts at malintaining a CACKLI srd: When It comes ta charging batteries, the old soldier fsn't in it With the young electrician IMICS, Demorest Magazine: Fannie—Why do peos the namne of n't Know his outskirts. Waoshington 8tar: “Ds man dat's, cons stantly slingin’ mud at his neighbohs,” sald Uncle' Iiben, “doan’ nebbah put no ashes on his siippéry sidewalk.” Toston Globe arn back," pleaded the maiden, Tim in thy filght, and make me young again, just for tonight,” “Cer= tadnly ined "Tim:, affably. “About how far must T turn back?”’ “Nome of your business.” trolt Tribune: The 1 fmpatiently fat woman tossed living skele- d in rum all sighed. o poor in a loud, nyersas murmurad, 3 pe-arm band pla brilliant selection, which drowned ¢ tion irnal: in a Taiot one Indianapolls panies m marked the particular, “The bad o in telephone way," I no ‘one in particular ul no ol they number o business and he contin: , 1 thous the nected with the HAWAIIAN Washing She never gives pink te: pastime rather thin: doesn’t hold small dinners and invite the neighbors in; She gives no balls,"but all her friends are learning to exprot Her invitations to e select. as were, rec when one ivers con- UNCTIONS, she finds that she olts, unique and quite A RESTAURANT E New York Truth, n't you forgotten something?* Asked the waiter soft and calm, When he felt the cold sensation Of no silver in his palm. HING. ‘m a little hard of hearing,” Said the old and weary man As {nto his heavy ulster Quick to clamber he began. “Haven't you forgotten somelhing?" Both his face and neck were red m the effort—and the othes “Pardon, what was that you sald?” “Yes, oh y the patron softly Murmured as he looked around Over damask covered tables, With a pensive alr profound. “I knew T had forgotten something," for it he made a clutch— “mis my brand new silk umbrella, Thank you, thank you, very much!" U AT S i ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispeis colds, head- aches and fevers and. cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste undpw ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, propared only from the most healthynm{ agreeable substances, its many excellont qualities commend it to all and Nave made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. ~ Do not accept any substitute, CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP €O0. SAN FRANGISCO, OAL. LOVISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.¥. e Peter the Great was accustomed to impose severe penalties upon those of his subjects who declined to shave the enormous beards or to cut the long hair that until then had been fashionable in Russia. Emperor William, who much resembles this Russian monarch in his leanings toward a despotism which he in- tends to be beneficent, appears to take a diametrically opposite view with regard to the hirsute adornments of the people over whom he rules, for a German student of the Uni- versity of Berlin has just been punished by the imperial authorities by a flne of twenty marks—the alternative being seven days' im- prisonment—for having had his head shaved. The student protested that he had decided o disponse with his hair in order to facilitate the working of his brain. But the magis- trates declined to consider this plea, declared that 0 grave a deviation from a usual cus- tom was calculated to disturb public pea warned the barber who had done the shav- ing against a repetition of the offence, and prohibited the unfortunate student from ap- pearing on any public thoroughfare unless he provided himself with a wig, or until his hair had grown. e A political crisis is imminent at Stock- holm. The conservative cabinet of M. B troem has just issued a decree increasing by 130 per cent the import dues on foreign bread- stuffs, This, however, in no way satisfies the demands of Its supporters throughout the country, who insist on an increase of 00 per cent, thereby placing a prohibitive Iff upon importation of corn from abroad. The sentiment throughout the country Is distinctly in favor of an ultra-protectionist policy, and as the cabinet has failed to give satisfaction to the party that brought it into power, its days are regarded as num red. This must be considered as a sub- ject of regret as far ag the relations of Sweden with Norway arb concerned. For the present administration Las all along shown a considerable amount of conciliation and of diplomacy in its dealings with the sister kingdom, whereas the ultra-conserva- tives who will now be brought into office may be relled upon to inaugurate a far more aggressive and intolerant attitude Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, S, Gov't Report RoYal P ABSOLUTELY PURE - Overcoal for forty dollars as Baking Powder QMNING. iy, <Sheunnie CLOTHIERS Your Money's Worth or Your Moncy Back, A Ground Hog Case— It’s ground hog day, Feb. 2—and that sausage—re= minds us of the Ground Hog case we have on Overcoats " | —been selling Overcoats to beat all since Christmas—sold twenty-six the other day—sold eleven of one kind yesterday—that $15 Beaver kind—to be sure it's marked down —expect to mark down this season of the year—big mark down, too— Ground Hog case—have to do it— but then, Everybody that cares a rap for ap- pearances — and goodness -- buys them of us—Ground Hog case——has to do it—nowhere else—We do sell Overcoats for filve—for seven-fifty — for ten dollars—all too—but then, they're not a mark- er to the fifteen dollar beaver —Fact is, we always have and 'most likely always will sell good dressers their Overcoats—it's us or the tailor—Ground Hog case—and whoever heard of a tailor making as flne a beaver we sell the Overcoats— marked down, ours for fifteen? BROWNING, KING & CO., Reliable Clothiers, 8. W Cor. 15th and Douglas,