Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE P -l o b Stk B e B. ROSEWATER, Editor. TR . et B PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dajly Bee (Without Sunday), Ooe Yea Daity Bee and Sunday, One Year £ix Montha.: . Three Month Sundny Dee, One Year. Baturdny Bee, One Year. Weekly Bee, One Yea OFFICES. Omaha, The Bee Building. Houth Omaha, Singer Filk., Corner N and 2ith Sts. Council Biuffa, 12 Pearl Sireet, Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune BIdg. Washington, 1407 ¥ Street, N. ' CORRESPOND! e All communicatfona relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed: ‘o the Editor. BUSINGSS LETTERS. All business letters, and remittances addressed to The Tee Publshing Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoffice ord of the compan SHIN MPANY. ENC STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. George 1. Teschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- 1ishing company, being duly sworn, says th the . Il mipl. of the Dally Morning. Evening and & printed during the month of January, an follows: anday 1895, was 19, ) L %0 1, b 38 LE A2ZASEE GEORGE 1. TZSCHUCK. oribed In my pres. Three more weeks of congress. What has become of the great popular loan? Just wait till the plumbers® bills begin to come in. What's the use of being oll inspector ¥y an't strike oil? The ‘weather man seems to be doing his Dbest to show absolute impartiality i the distribution of his favor: much that we shall be compelled this year to wait a little longer than usual for the first straw- berries of the s That proposed Hawaiian cable may _be a step toward annexation, but it will, if built, be two steps toward a postal telegraph. The Chicago Herald asl Why not annex Newfoundland? . Why not annex the north pole? Because we can't got it just now. United States 5 per cent bonds, that sold originally for nearly 118, are now quoted at 114%. That represents the cost of an undetermined financial policy. The Brooklyn strike now threatens to leave n wake of litigation that will com- pare well with the suits that have grown out of the late Chicago labor troubles. The ex-lieutenant governor drew §08.40 as ‘mileage to and from the pres- ent session. It is doubtless the last money he will draw from the state on mileagé account. So let it go at that. The laborer is worthy of his hire. The worst black eye Nebraska has re- celved during the year is not from the drouth or the blizzard, but through the mountebanks and impostors who are tramping through the country soliciting relief in the name of Nebraska sufferers for thelr own pockets, Our junketing statesmen were lavishly entertained at Beatrice on Saturday. If any of the other state institutions ex- pect to hold their own 1 the matter ‘of appropriations the cities in which they are located will have to do as well by the visiting committeemen or give up the ghost at onc Not long since our double-headed con- temporary appealed to its readers for 10-cent contributions on the ¢hain-three system in the name of charity. We doubt whether any considegble num- Dber of responses have been received, but an anxious public still awaits an announcement of the result of the fake, 1x-Oil Inspector Hilton says that he 18 withholding that $5,000 in order to protect himself against claims for in- demnification which the owners of the gasoline inspected may possibly bring. If so, where is the money? Wouldn't the gasoline owners just as soon trust the state treasury to hold their money as they would Mr. Hilton? “L'he supervising arvchitect of the Treas- ury department promises to let the con- tract for the roof of the new federal bullding at Omaha some time this yea Whe specitications for the interior finish- ings have not yet been completed. But Major Clarkson still has hopes of re- talning the postmastership until the postottice shall have been established An its new quarters. ' The heads of all the departments of the federal government will be heartily glad when the present session of con- gress expives by limitation. They have not had time scarcely to do anything but respond to congressional resolutions asking for information, information which the inquisitive senator or con- gressman could easily collect for him- self, After adjournment they will be relleved of this annoyance at least. Phelps county has already taken pre- Hminary steps to issue seed grain bonds 10 the extent of §50,000. The people of Phelps county ave apparently acting under the impression that the early bird will be the oune to cateh the worm, The uninvested moueys in the permanent school fund do not aggregate over a half million dollars, and so could not pro- vide for more than ten counties issuing Dbonds on the sawme basis as s proposed in Phelps county. When that wmoney Is gone seed grain bouds will be a drug on the market, unsalable except at huge rates of interest. If the State Board of Educational Lands and TFunds is to have no discretion to refuse any bonds that are offered the state will run a great risk of dissipating a part of its school fund, A SENATORIAL FARCE. ‘We print in another column an ac- count of the passage by the United States senate last week, of the bill ap- propriating $4,000,000 for the erection of a n postoffice building in Chicago. The account ig taken from one of the Chicago papers and is probably as ac- curate and as truthful a picture of the legislative proceedings in question as can be had anywhere, It tells how the two senators from Illinois, who had constituted themselves champions of the Chieago postoffice building, waited pa- tiently for an opportunity to ecall up their bill at a time when the probability of opposition should be the slightest. Just as the genate was about to adjourn after a long and tedious discussion of the Hawaiian question Senator Cullom notified the vice president that he had “u little matter” he would like to have considered. There were not a dozen senators in the chamber, much less a quorum. One or two senators ventured to suggest that the bill was of sufficient importance to demand a more deliberate consideration at the hands of that body, but they were quickly cajoled into silence by Senator Palmer, while Viee Pr ent Stevenson as the third sen- ator from Illinols quickly went through the forms of reporting from the senate as in committee of the whole to the sen- ate itself, ordering to a third reading, and perfunctorily declaring the bill passed. A measure involving the e pendit of $4000,000 went through one important stage of legislative en- actment without so much as a word said either for or against it and with- out receiving the votes of more than four or five members of the senate. This senatorial farce is performed much more frequently than is generally supposed. Senators make it a practice when they have bills which they know will be vigorously opposed by two or three of their associates to hold back until a propitious time in the absence of those senators, or even to procure their absence by one means or another, in order to railrond their project through by sharp practice rather than by persuasion and argument. Bills of the utmost importance become law with- out being acted upon by a constitu- tional quorum beeause the few who are present refrain from raising objections in the hopes that their fellow senators will do as much for them some other [it Legislation under such circum- stances is nothing short of mockery But it is more than this. It is a fraund upon the people, who imagine that their representatives in congress are looking after the public interests and digesting every plece of legislation before giving it their consent. While many good bills go through by this senatorial courtes it opens the way to measures of doubt- ful character. It is an abuse for which there is no valid excuse. SYMPTOM: L MENT. The outlook for a marked revival of the iron business is reported to be most favorable. Advices from Pittsburg state that not in many years have such extensive preparations been made to take full advantage of trade not yet in full sight, and it is said that the en- gineering offices are crowded with con- struction work. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press recently gave a glowing account of the erection of new mills at Pittsburg and vicinity, and it is predicted by those who are in a po- sition to know and judge that a great and almost unprecedented revival in the iron business will come within the next twelve months. There is alse a notable revival taking place in.the tin plate industry. New mills are being erected and old ones extended, the manufacture of tin plate promising to realize a very marked development before the close of the present year. There appears to be every assurance that the foothold se- cured by this industry under the foster- ing care of the McKinley tariff will not only be maintained, but that there will be a steady advance, notwithstanding the more favorable conditions given to foreign manufacturers by the present law. Al reports are that the Welsh tin plate manufacturers take a very dis- couraging view of the future and have about made up their minds that they will be forced to see the American mar- ket gradually slip away from them. It having been demonstrated that tin plate can be manufactured here of as good quality as that made in Wales, and by reason of the superior methods of the Amerlean manufacturers, at little if any more cost, there can be no doubt that the Industry has come to stay and will probably within the next few years be one of the most important we have in the amount of capital invested and labor employed. The glass manufactur- ers, also, ave preparing for an extension of business, and expect to materially increase their output this year over that of 1804, The revival of these industries, and especially that of iron, will mean a great deal for the prosperity of the country. It will furnish employment for most of the now idle labor, put capital in mo- tion, and help the transportation intes est. The iron Industry of* the United States is one of the greatest factors in the business of the country, because of its intimate relations with a number of other industries. When that Is active it gives an lmpulse to actlvity in numer- ous directions, These symptoms of im- provement in the industrial situation are therefore in the highest degree gratify- ing and reassuring, They indicate that the country has about reached the end of the long period of depression and distrust and is at the threshold of an- other era of substantial prosperity, so far, at least, as its manufacturing in- dustries are concerned. The free silver democrats in congress ave reported to be preparing an address to the country, in which they take the president’s course in connection with the maiutenance of the gold reserve severely to task and appeal for popu- lar support. With them the only pos- sible solution of the financial difficulties of the government lies in the immediate free coinage of both gold and silver at the old ratio of 16 to 1. As most of these free silver dewocratic congress- men bave been relegated to private life, beginning March 4 next, they ought to have taken the results of the election as indicating where they and their great cure-all stand with the people. Nothing can stop them from lsening all the let- ters they please, but they must expect for them only the reception accorded productions of discredited statesmen. CALIFORNIA WINES IN FRANCE. In the January issue of the consular reports there is a resume by the Ameri- can consul at Rheims, France, of the report of a committee of French wine experts upon 100 samples of Californin wines brought to Paris from the wine cellars of California. The vine growers of California, according to expert testi- mony, have made rapid progress within a comparatively short time in the art of preparing wine, but however much they have accomplished they have yet a good deal to do, and the opinion is oxpressed that they will never sur- mount certain obstacles engendered by the climate nd some other causes which will likely always prevent them from obtaining fine table wines, 1t is said that as a general rule the ordinary wines, which are most com- monly used, have been declared the best, and some of them have been com- pared favorably with the French best ordinary wines. They do not, however, fmprove with age, but when two years old seem to lose their quality. In the eategory of ordinary wines, according to the report of the consul, the red wines have been found superior to the white wines, by reason of the fact that most of the Iatter made exactly like the red wines, the white grapes used in this case being allowed to fer- ment in bunches. The wines of Dbetter grade, with the grapes grown on the vines im- ported from Burgundy and “the Bor- deaux districts, have been pronounced generally good and not lacking in aroma and clearness, but they do not possess the “bouquet” to be found in the products of the famous wine re- glons of France, and, although the; are at first fragrant, they do not leave a durable taste in the mouth after they have been absorbed. It is conceded by these French experts that the Cali- fornians have their wine cellars ad- mirably fitted up, that their plants are perfectly constructed, and that they have neglected nothing to make their goods attractive and to introduce them. Moreover, they are making progress continuously and the wines of the last two vintages are very superior to those of preceding years. In short, it is confessed that the Californians have accomplished all that energy capital can do to make their wine ing industry a success, but with this commendation ceases. The ordinary California wines, which are the best made, do not improve with age, accord- ing to the French experts, but on the contrary lose their quality when two years old. " This being the case the California product cannot be expected to displace the French brandsy which the world holds in highest esteem. The French wine experts, however, are of the opinion that portions of Cali- fornia may yet produce a wine that will favorably compare with the best French production. To quote from the consular report: “That French wine experts, always so conservative and slow in acknowledging even a resem- blance of foreign-made wines with theirs, should concede that California is making a class of goods which can be compared to some of France's prod- ucts, ought certainly to be a great en- couragement for the vine growers of California to persevere in their so far successful efforts.” made GOLD FROM EUROPE. The negotiation of a bond sale abroad will result in bringing to this country probably $35,000,000 in gold, which ought to have some effect favorable to the restoration of confidence. Accord- ing to London advices there is a strong desire in Paris ynd Berlin to participate in the loan, and undoubtedly the British purchasers will have no difficulty in marketing on the continent whatever proportion of it they may be disposed to part with. It is to be presumed, however, thate there will be no great desire to sell, for the bonds constitute a first class investment at the rate of interest they carry and the long time they have to run, so that the first pur- chasers will be very likely to hold, on to them. It is noteworthy that while the bonds of the government are wanted American securities generally— that. is, those of railronds—continue in disfavor, though there was a little bet- ter feeling regarding them aut the close of last week. It is said to be felt abroad that the higher rate of interest which the government is compelled to pay on the new bonds is a reflection upon its credit, but this is really not the case. What the government is do- ing is buying gold and paying for it in bonds redeemable in coin, and the higher rate of interest is simply de- manded by the sellers of gold to pay them for the risk of having the bonds paid in silver. A gold bond could have readily been disposed of at 3 per cent interest. It is an instructive lesson as to how the financial world discriminates between the two money metals, and ought to have a wholesome influence on the public mind. Those who urge that the ited States should have an inde- pendent financial policy, regardless of the policy of the rest of the world or the great commercial nations, may learn from this incident that a debtor country, as this is, cannot isolate itself from the rest of the world in this re- spect, nor can it dictate terms when it goes into the market as a borrower. The inflow of gold that will result from the latest bond negotiation of the government ought to have, ns already remarked, a good effect, and probably will have. But the dificulty is to know how long the government will be able to keep the gold thus received. It would seem that the supply which comes from abroad will be likely to re- main in the treasury, but it is to be ap- prebended that the domestic bankers may repeat the course they pursued after the last sale of bonds and recoup their reserves of gold by withdrawing it from the treasury. Iu this event it may be necessary in a few months for the government to again replenish its gold supply in the way it is now doing. It need hardly be said that it would find greater difficulty in selling wore bonds for this purpose, even at a higher rate of interet. The protection of the reserve cowdybe effected by making such provisf regarding the payment of customs Wufies in gold as would in- sure the trgasury a stendy gold income, but there is no probability that con- gress will Jo'this, the proposition for this purposg if the administration bill having beemréjected by the house. Ex-0il hwwq.‘r Hilton pretends that the money collected as fees for the in- spection of gasoline which he Is un- lawfully wifhfiolding from the state treasury really belongs to the parties by whom it was paid to him. The oil companies wore evidently not aware un- til apprised by Mr. Hilton that they had this money on deposit with him to their credit. In fact, they have long ago reimbursed themselves for every cent that they have laid out for inspec- tion, The gasoline upon which 10 cents a barrel was collected has all been sold to Nebraska consumers and the extra 10 cents, if not more, too, has been added to the selling price. If there is to be any refunding of the gasoline in- spection fees it ought to go, not to the oil companies, but to the people who bought and paid for the gasoline. Senator Smith seems to think there is great urgency for the appointment by the senate of a standing committee of investigation to look after municipal af- fairs in Omaha. If there veally are grounds for such complaint why do not Senator Smith and his advisers take their afMidavits and formal complaints before the grand jury now sitting? The fact of the matter is that the alleged testimony which Senator Simith has in his possession was trumped up solely to induce the legislature to pass the Churchill-Russell police commission bill. Should that bill become law the police and fire departments would at once be plunged into partisan politics, in which event the enforcement of law would be utterly impossible. We know quite a number of worthy citizens who would like very much to ave Secretary Carlisle figure out a comfortable surplus in their finances as the result of recurring deficits. The act of the Colorado legiclature making it an offense to fly foreign colors in that state would shut foreign shipping out of its harbors if it had any. It is not necessary to be an {mbecile in order to be a patriot. Profits of Dofent. Buffalo Express. The next proposition cf the Paclfic railroad speculators will be to buy out the govern- ment's clatmio 1t is said that §75,000000 will be offered for,it., That s considerably bet- ter than-the Reilly tunding biil, and proves, at least, that It pdld to defeat that measure. B il Spurnlhg the Common Herd. Chicago Times, Magnate Pullmdn is upon a pedestal of egotism which lifts him among his superior beings of the’ human race, and that he should be confronted by an ‘ordinary. bailiff reading to him. the vulgar demands of a mere court o ystice s an exhibition of audacity that’ Ay be described even as populism: Sl e Reception of Deposed Royalty. New,York Tribune. If in the evant.of ex-Queen Lilioukalani's deportation she should conclude to take up her residence in {his country, common po- liteness would ot permit her'great and good friend at Washington to do less than wel- come her with all the psmp and ceremony due to ‘a royal:visitor. The coming of the deposed dusky. monarch would give Mr. Cleveland a roomy opportunity to show that his hospitality is all wool and a yard wide. ——— The Core of the ntroversy. New York Tribune. Justice Gaynor, speaking as a private clti- zén, puts his finger upon an important point in the Brooklyn rallroad controversy when he attributes the trouble to the companies’ oppression of their employes in order to pay dividends on an_ excessive {ssus of bonds. The steps taken by the Breoklyn City com- pany In creating a vast paper capitaiization are described in his letter to the State Board of Arbitration. Of course, ‘all these things were done within the strict letter of the law, but Judge Gaynor declares that “to say a thing is done according to law, or that there is no law _forbidding it, dges not always relieve it from moral odfum.” e e Raising th tle Embargo. Denver Republican. b The national house of representatives has passed_the bill to remove the differential sugar duty, and it is possible that the senate will concur. Presuming that the bill will become & law, it will then remaln to be seen whether G rmany will - move 1 8 proh bition upon the importation of American cattle and beef. It is not probable that the restric- tion ‘will be removed at once, for that would look too much like a confession that it was adopted s a retaliatory measure. That that was the motive which prompted its adoption hardly admits of doubt, but under the circumstances it may be sevéral menths before our export cattle trade is relieved from the burden. It all serves to show what a lot'of blunderers the democrats are. There would have been none of this trouble if they had let the sugar schedule of the McKinley law stand. - The Outflow of Goid. Philadelphin Times. During the twelve years following the re- sumption of specie “payments up to_the assage of the Sherman act, or from 1870 to F60 inclusive, the demands ‘for the redemp: tion of United States notes in gold amounted to only 328,345,440, and of this 11,456,630 was in the first year, when business was adjust- ing itself to the new order. The Sherman act brought an immediate change. In the year 1591, the very year the MeKiniey tariff. went into effect, “no less than $9,108,667 of United States notes were redeemed in gold by the treasury and rels- sued, This was & larger sum than in any year since 1870. Only $686,870 of this sum was In the treasury notes of 18%. The silver scheme had discredited the grecnbacks and the drain of gold had begun. "The next year, 1892 the notes redeemed amounted_to §36,200,500; In 1893 the figures rose to $16,556, The Sherman act was repealed, but it was too late, and in 1894 the gold payments reached $141,741,003. The drain s still going on. 'The endless 1 chain is still carrying the gold out of the treasury and coming back for more. And narrow partisans will not help to stop it. R Unjust Discrimination. Sloux City Journal. The Chicago, Milwauk:e & St. Paul road has agreed at last to make the fast mail train somewhat (aster bztween Chicago and Minneapolls., But the (rain’is %till held at Chicago till 3 o'clock In the morning. It might just as well leave Chje at 1 o'clock, as the Minneapolis Joi snfil shows, except that It is held back two Hours 50 ‘as to be a part of the special’ private carrler service of {hree or four Chicago companies which pub- sh morning papexs. 4 The slow Tast mail train from New York arrives at 11:64,in the evening. Iis mail could easily be trgnsferred by 1 o'clock in the morning, If tHe purpose ‘was to serve the public, a But_the so-called fast mail train from New York could just as easily be made to arrive in Chicago several hours earlier. It is held back, too. It ought to start out of New York just as soon after the business day, which closes at 4 o'clock in the after- noon, as the busingsa moil can be collected and put_on boayd train. But it is not. The 'result 1s that the New York mail train arrives in Chicago several hours after it ought to get there, and then It is wrong- Tty el SeVeral houra lir Chicago. “The whole thing is wrong. It 18 prostitu- tion of the public service. It is the same as if ‘congress should appropriate a large sum to pay the special tralns to carry the lssues of ‘a few Chicago morning daily newspa- pers. It is even far worse than that, be- Causie in that event the regular apportion- ment of the funds of the Postoffice depart- ment could be used for genuine fast mail trains out of New York and Chicaxo actu- ally to expedite business correspond:nce. Let the fast mall trains be fast mall trains, Lgt those who wani to transmit letters and newspapers post them in time to get on board the trains, That is thelr aftair, The public wants fast mail when it pays for it 1f the publishers of Chicago morning dafly pewspapers want trains al 3 o'clock in the morning to carry their issues, why there are no rivers to cross; let them pay for them, just the same as any other pri- vate person has to do, YOICR OF TRE STATE PRESS. Oentral City Nonparell: Frank Hilton, late chiet ofl Inspector, Is reported $5,000 short. He should keep away from Holt county. Fremont Herald: We admire Rev. Mr. Ludden for the economy ha shows in holding supplies until he can secure a favorable rate from the railroads, but we feel sorry for the unfortunates who ara starving and freezing during his well meaning but misguided ef- forts, Blair Pilot: From the fact that after several days of oppressive silence on tho subject, Mr. Crounse's paper, the Omaha double- ender, has printed fome facts about the Hilton emborzlement of state funds, it may be that Mr. Crounse has cut loose from Hilton and will permit the latter to sink or swim without his further assistance. Fremont Herald: One-third of the stu- dents at the State university live in Lincoln and Lancaster county, and it is no wonder the Lancaster delegation I8 an crease the university tax. In that way Ne- braska pays for educating a lot of boys and girls_ who could not pass an examination in the Fremont grammar grade. It is not the mission of the university to do the work of the public schools. Hastings Democrat: About the nerviest plece of business that we have seen In years is the bill introduced to pay attorney fees and oxpenses for the impeached ex-state offi- clals. These men were practically convicted, but a lenlent court permitted them to serve their respective offices the balance of the term. They ask for $10,000. The boys are not modest! There are lots of rascals in Nebraska, but these gentlemen outdo any- thing yet reported. We expect soon to hear of Bank Wrecker Mosher suing tho state for false Imprisonment. Madison Reporter: More than 100 cars of provisicns, coal and clothing accumulated at Lincoln in the hands of the rel"sf commission appointed by the legislature before the suf- ferers could get a mouthful. Several cars of potatoes, onions and other perishable food remained on the tracks week after week and froze 80 as to be useless. To cap the climax, the B, & M. railroad waited until all this stuff accumulated, and just as the imbe- cilo commissioners got ready to ship it to sufferers at the free rates that road had offered, Manager Holdredge announced that he would charge full rates and gave as hs reason that he had already extended the fres rate as long as the road could afford. Great stroke of business on the part of Holdredgo to get all the stuff to Linceln free on other roads and the B. & M. get full rates for ipping 1t out. Fremont Leader: In the impeachment ceedings two years ago It was shown that gan, Mosher's agent, was allowed to draw out of the state treasury nearly $33,000 on the cell house contract, and the work he per- formed was worth from $8,000 to $12.000. He afterward paid $6,000 to Hopkins, and still has in his posssession from $12,000 to $15,000, on which presumably the state is paying from 6 to 7 per cent interest. We desire to call the attention cf tho new attor- ney general, and ask that he institute a suit immediately to recover the money with the intercst thereon. It is also his duty to institute an action for the recovery of the $500 drawn by the Board of Public Lands and Bulldings for a junketing trip of which there was no authority or shadow of law for suck a trip. Also $200 paid to Hopkins and Howe for a trip to Pittsburg. In this timo of great money stringency in the state the burdens of taxation should be lightened as much as possible. The Leader insists that the money in question which must amount to §19,000 or §20,000, be recovered and paid into the state treasury. Kearnsy Hub: The report of Luther P. Ludden, manager of the state relief com- mission, to the legislature gives an itemized statement of supplies forwarded to different counties, and defends the comission from the many charges that have been made against it. Buffalo is one of two countles cited to show that complaints were unfounded, but it is not explained that nearly all of the sup- plies shipped to this county were moved after the most tremendous pressure had been brought to bear. The report of the house Investigating commission appears simultane- ously, and while not drawn in language of strong censure is nevertheless a_varification of mearly all that has been alleged as to the shortcomings and incompetency of the commission, In some side remarks Mr. Ludden admits that suplies were held back while the commission was baing reorganized by the leglslature. But there was no excuse for this. Less red tape, less dignity, less procrastination, and a common sense policy of getting supplies to the front was demanded by the exigencies of the situation, and there is still no visible or tangible evidence why Ludden should not be supplanted at once by a man of brains and business. Campfire: Commander Church Howe is certainly entitled to the gratitude of every old comrade in Nebraska for the interest he has taken the past year in their behalf. He has visited over half the countles of the state and counseled with the comrades and spoken at over 100 gatherings of old' soldlers, in fact, the greater part of his time has been given to the Grand Army of the Republic. As a result hardly a single post has been dropped from the rolls. Three months ago hd organized a Bureaw of Rellef to aid the destitute comrades and their fam- flles in the western countles. The records show the shipment of some 400 tons of coal and more than 200 shipments of provisions and clothing. Commander Howe has con- tributed personally more than $500 to assist the weak posts and destitute comrades; he has also arranged for the collection of seed grain in the east and thereby enable our western comrades to try once more to raise a crop. Commander Howe has certainly made a model commander. From various parts of the state comes the demand, re- clect him, that he may execute his plans for relief. Our relief work this year Is of much more importance to the needy comrades and their families than the election of some other comrade to commander. Another year and we trust tHe circumstance now confront- ing us will be changed and we will risk noth- ing by returning to our usual custom. QUIZZING TOM REFRD. pr Chicago Herald (dem): Thomas B. Reed may be slightly incoherrent on the financial situation, but it is plain enough that some- body has hit his presidential crazy bone pretty hard. Oourler-Journal (dem): The Hon, Thomas B. Reed's efforts at practical statesmanship are at least brightening up these bleak winter days for Hon., Benjamin Harrison and Hon. Willlam McKinley. Chicago Record (Ind): As a leader of re- publicans Mr. Reed evidently recognizes all this, for the meagure proposed by him to tide over present difficulties avowedly was trimmed so as not to arouse opposition from the advocates of fres silver. Perhaps this may be taken to indicate that Mr. Reed's policy in the next congress will be one of concession to free sllver men. St. Paul Pioneer Press (rep): Reed's com- promise proposition was voted down yester- day—109 to 187—as It deserved to be. For it was plainly a political maneuver In the inter- est of his presidential ambition. It was pal- tering in a double sens> with a solution in which the country demands, above all, a bold and decided stand on the part of its leaders, As one of those leaders Reed had no right to place his party in a false posi- tion, whatever he may do on his personal aceount, New York World (dem): The World sin- cerely deplores the collupse of Mr, Thomas B. Reed's courage. His “nerve” has always been of a character to atone for a good deal of wrong-headedness and high-handedness. The World has recognized and admired it It 18 a grief, therefore, to see him introducing a substitute financial bill manifestly for no other purpose than that of escaping the necessity of taking ground for or against an issue of gold bonds for the redemption of treasury note ——— Sensationsl Space Fillers. Kansas City Star, A sensational correspondent of a New York paper, who has been detailed to find out the suffering in the west, wriles as follows: “Unless you wish to do for your sins, stay east! Life in the west is _one dreadful routins of hardships and privation, without any comp:nsation, unless 1t'De the blue sky and endicss stretch of level land.” Tt is true that there is at c tain times of the year and in certain plac a degree of hardship, but take it the year around and there |8 more hunger, suffer- rivation in the tenement’ district the thousands of uare miles of these “endiess stretches.” If anybody wishes to “stay east” it is his privilege to do s0, but perhaps it is well enough to reflect that a few adobe houses on & bleak prairie represent “life in the west” about as accurately as a back attic room in & Mulberry Hend tenement illus- trates life in the east. nance CHICAGO POSTOFFIOR IN THE SENATE. The story of the passage of the Chlcago postoffice bill tonight is as remarkable as It 18 brief, writes Willlam E. Curtis in the Chicago Record of Thursday last. At 6:30 o'clock the semate was almost empty and a motion to adjourn had been made. Mr. Cul- lom had been waiting for this moment. He roso hurriedly with & bil in his hand “Just & moment,” he safd. “I have a small matter here that will not take a minute and 1 want to dispose of it befora adjourn- ment.” No particular attention was paid to the re- quest, as the few senators present had started for the cloak rooms. There was no objection to the request and the vice president directed the clerk to read the bill. “A bill to provide for a public building for tho city of Chicago, etc,” read the clerk. He was procesding with the text of the measure when Senator Butler (8. C), who had lingered at his desk, seemed suddenly to arouse to the importance of Mr. Cullom's “little matter.” “Why, Mr. President,” sald Mr. Butler, tising to Interpose an objection. But at this point Senator Palmer, who was stationed on plcket duty on the democratic side, was at Butler's elbow. He hurriedly explained that the measure was all right and had received Secretary Carlisle’s approval. Then he arnestly engaged Butler's attention on a Hawalian point in which the South Carolinfan is deoply Interested. While.Mr. Palmer thus held Butler at bay Mr. Cullom had the clerk quickly proceed with the text of the bill. When it was completed the vice president, who evidently desired to expedite the measure by all falr means, had it reported from the mittee of the whole to the full senate, then the title was read a first and second time, and at last the bill was put on its final passage. But here Senator Harris of Tennes- see began to show evidences of curlosity and impatience. “Seems to me this is rather an important bill," said he. Beforo elther of the Iliinols senators could answer Senator Blanchard of Louisiana a loyal friend of Chicago came to the rescue “The bill is all right,” said he. “The senat committeo on public buildings and grounds has carefully examined it. The secretary of the treasury has expressly approved It. It would be a great misfortune to have objection raised now.” Mz, Harris relapsed into silence, and the vice president, seeing no further objection, put the question on the passage of the bill. Thero was a loud “‘aye” from Mr. Cullom and Mr. Palmer, supplemented by some random votes. Thero were no negative votes. M:. Cullom drew a long breath of relief and Mr. Palmer echoed It as the two ex- changed significant glances. “I move to reconsider and to lay on the table,” said Mr. Cullom, in order to have all the parliamentary formalities which clinch a voto beyond any possibility of doubt. Then he asked for a cowmittee of conference be- tween the two houses, and the vice president announced as the committee Senators Vest of Missouri, Blanchard of Loufsiana and Morrill of Vermont, the first two being democrats and the last a_republican. Encouraged by Mr. Cullom's success, Mr. White of Californfa and several other sen- ators came forward with their “little bill But they were summarily cut off by Mr. Harrls, who by this time had fuly waked up to the importance of the bill Just passed. “There are very few senators here,” said Mr. Harris, as he glanced about at the eight or ten present. Then he caused a laugh by adding: “‘We are not full enough to do busi- nes: No more business was done, and the senate soon adjourned. As Mr. Cullom_went home he ran across Mr. Hill of New York on the Pennsylvania avenue cars. “Say, Cullom,” said Hill, “that's the first timo T ever saw $4,000,000 go inside of a minute.” I T PEOPLE AND THINGS. Governor McKinley does not want to suc- ceed Senator Brice. He Is looking higher. The spinal column of the winter is not a bone. It is a north pole with icebergs for knots. If it be true that the road to a man's heart s through his stomach, it is reasonably certain the chefs of the various state institu- tions will now do their prettiest. ngressman Lafe Pence, the Ingalls of Colorado, and one of the numerous left, is sald to have made his peace With the powers that rule and will presently enter the serv- ice of the corporations and move east. A “pure steel brick” paving firm which charges $5 per square yard bhas seriously offended an alderman by assessing his prop- erty abutting a newly paved street. The margin_in the deal is ample to overcome the statesman’s scruples, \The New York Herald is determined to encourage American genius in the story tell- ing line, and hangs up a purse aggregating $16,000 for the best the country can produce. The first prize is $10,000, the second $3,000, the third $2,000, and $1,000 for an epic poem. A Chicago Tribune man expressed his sympathy for an afilicted friend who strug- gled in vain to cough up his liver and was rewarded with a card bearing this strange dovice: “I'm taking the advice of every blamed fool that comes along with a remedy. What's yours?" The newspapers of the country owe an apology to W. W. Astor for having criticised that gentleman’s alleged extravagance in decorating his wife's grave. The criticlsm grew out of a report that Astor had given a florist an order to place a blanket of flowers on Mrs. Astor's grave every day for a year, and that the order entalled an expense of $40,000. The New York Sun pronounces the report a cruel and premeditated lie, made up by a New York florist and by him sent to the newspaper offices. It there is no law in New York to reach and punish the ine ventor of that malicious lie, the chiefs of the newspapers mposed upon should not rest until & means is found, The Ameer of Afghanistan fIs to pam through the United States this year on hif way to Bngland, This eprig of Orlental royalty Is reputed to b a great tiger hunter, henoo it behooves the mayors of oltied through which he will pass to guard the tame animal, If they would avert a repet tion of the experience of the late King Kalauakua. Hon, T. C. Platt s in a position sympathize with the man who has a congres on his hands. The former has a_legislature on his hands, or thinks he has. But it does not respond with excessive alacrity when he touches the button. Six of his senatorial majority, holding the balance of power, have Jumped ‘the traces, and that soulful ‘‘ha mony" which hitherto filled the forests of Tioga, with melody is succoeded by dismal dirg: Life imprisonment in Belglum is a doom infinitely worse than death. The character of the punishment s related in connection with the sentence of Madam Jonioux, cons victed of poisoning three of her family. It is stated that the cell in which the murder= ess {s to be placed Is so situated that not a ray of light can ever penetrate it. And after she enters that horrible dungeon she will never see a human belng or hear the volos of one. Her food will be pushed through a narrow slit in the cell and reading matter denied her. A few months of such life must bring either insanity or death, - s in Four States. Chicago Post. A statement of the crop failures of 1804 has been issued by the Agricultural depart- ment of the United States, Some of the figures en are stunning in their propor- tions, and show that the losses of the drouth-stricken region are almost incredibie in amount. In 188 the corn crop of Ne- braska amounted to 157,200,000 bushels. 1In 1804 the total yield in that state amounted to only 13, 000, a loss of 113,345,000 bushels, Tast year's crop was less than' 9 per cent f an aver ting the value )t the dec bushel, the 1oss in my to the' tre- mendous s : South Dakota’s dropped from 11,00) 1,490,000 bushels in 1561 to Crop ey would m of $ o same cereal Dbushels n 1503 to Towa usually pro- from 250,000,000 to §6),000,0%0 bushels of gorn. Last yéar it only yielded 81,3000 bushels.” lowa’s meney foss from the fail- ure of this crop was not less than $0,000,000. Kansas' usunl crop of corn amotmts to 140« 000,000 bushels. Last year that state onl produced 41,700,000 bushels, a loss of well nigh 100,001,000 bushels. Tt 'is estimated that the total 16ss in money from the failure of the corn crop in the states named was not less than $200,000,000. LAUG Philadelphia Rec enthusiastically —d paradise is not gent. The preacher who ibes the beauties of necessarlly an advance York Sun: Smith—The real estate market must always be active, 1 should think. Brown—Why, s0? Smith--There are g0 many fellows nowadays who want the earth. Truth: He—If T am to get ahead in the world, T must take a partner. _She—You might take a silent partner. He—I don't see how I could, when I—I want you. s: 0ld Boarder—What sKing me to loan you New Detroit Free Pre: do you mean, sir, by money? 1 don’t know you, sir. New Boarder—That's why I ask you. Washington Star: “Sayin’ de right thing at de right time,” said Uncle Eben, “am er great gif’. But not sayin' anything at de right time am mos” ez good an” er heap mo* reli’ble.” Albany Argus: A medical authority sug- gests that those who kiss should first sponge their lips with diluted carbolic acid. But where 15 the girl that would be willing to_be caught, with a bottle of carholic acld 1n her pocket? Buffalo Courfer: Visitor (in the far west)— 1 suppose out here, as back east, justice ve- casionally comes high? Vigilante Bill—Yer dead right, there, partner. Ain't a telegraph pole in the whole durned country less'n twenty feet. Atlanta Constitution: Don't growl because the sun s hid, and the weather's out of tune: don’t sigh and bawl, for you'll have all the sun you want next'June! Life; “Men are such Inconsistent crea- tures,” sighed Mrs. Witterby, “It was only the other day they were enthusiastic about smashing the machine at the polls, and now I see that they are going to vote by ma~ chinery. What won't they do next? IT FIT THE CRIME, Chicago Tribune. Little Miss Kickles, She ate some mixed pickles, In the pantry where nobody spied her. And the very same day, It s painful to say, They occasioned much angulsh Inside her, ST LR LI1L’S APPEAL T0 GROVER, New York Sun, Grover, dear Grover, please come to my ald, I'm locked up in Honolu-lu; MX subjects are raising the deuce of a row, nd I've no one to hel ? me but you. My throne now is gone, I'm out of a job, And, Grover, I really feel 111; 8o fit out a war ship, and come right away. To rescue your own little Lil. Oh, come, please come, Come Grover and rescue your Lil{ « Grover, dear Grover, say why did you take That 'war ship away from my bay? Your love I'm afraid has grown awlully cold, Since Paramount Blount went away. Oh, what will they do to your dusky young ueen ‘When they try her for consplracee; Get a move on that ship, or you never will see Your own Liliyokalanee, Oh, come, please come, I'm wretched as wretched can.be! 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