Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 12, 1895, Page 4

T VA | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE . ROSEWATER, Editor, LIS MORNI TERMS OF BURECRIPTION, Bully Bee Q¥itout Sanday), One Year. aily Bre and Sunday, Ome Year. o es2g8s3 Thres 3 Omana, The Bas Buildin, Bouth Owiaba, Singer Dk il Tiuffs, 13 Peart & 307 Chamber e 13, 14 and 15, Trd 7 ¥ Street, N, W, CONMESPONDENCE catlons relating to news and odi- ould be nddressed: To the Editor. iiaing, Borial 1iat A1l busin nid: should_be Company. o criers (6 v. Yarof the romy SLISHING COMP California deserves congratulations on the eclebration of the forty-fifth an niversary of its admission to statehood. iould be in Chi good greunds ac- To think that people : cused of stealing water Sueb a chiarge would giv for challenge to mortal eombat in more states than one. It n short presidential means the expenditure of less money in the contest every contributor the campaign fund ought to be unresery- edly in fts r. cam Dr. Parkhurst is on his way home from Europe. ARl the local imitators of Parkhurst in the different cities of the country may now be expected to display renewed activity. Postmaster General Wilson insists that he is quite satistied with the way in which the tariff bill which is known Dby his name is working. PBut Mr. Wil- son Is extrem lonesonie in that class. It is gratifying to note that the Wil low Springs distillery may soon reopen for business. This is one of Omaba’s greatest manufacturing gnterprises, which was closed down through the inserntable operations of the Whisky trust, greatly teo the detriment of the city. We want every idle wheel to begin tvrning. President Cleveland las one place on the bench of the supreme®court to dis- pense among his fellow democrats. The name of the president’s choice is not known, but one thing about him Is posi- tively certain. The new justice of the supreme court will not believe in the free coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. Tet us suggest that residents the line of the fair week parades contribute a great deal to the fmpres- siveness of the oecasion by illnminat- ing thefr premises even in mall wi A few cents expended for Japanese lanterns and candles will make. any house look Dbright and cheery. This much every householder owes to the oc easion. Some people will swallow the most red fakes as to the dechsion of ipreme court in the pe fon cases provided only s the decision in their polico commission com the story avor. The controversy cannot be solved by made to order prognostica- tions of the probable result. Better wait uni’ the decision Is promulgated by the court itself. The council in refusing o pay the police any of the money due them for rned until the supreme court shall have passed on the legakity of the two contesting police commissions re- sembles very much a taxpayer who re- fuses to pay taxes on any of his prop- erty beeause he disputes the validity of one of the sidewalk assessments charged agaiust one of his lots. Up to the present moment the county authorities have not taken a single step toward providing for the ilhunina- tion of the county court house during fair week. Every other building in the vicinity, public and private, will be a blaze of light and glory. The county commissioners onght to enter into the spirit of the event a little, if only to run a row of electrie lamps around one of the cornices of the court house dome. What Mayor Bemis says about the Board of Health is eminently correet, but the condlition is not much worse than at any time since the charter ereated a board. The faree will con- tinue until the legislature abolishes the board and prvides for the employment of a real doctor as city physician, A eouncil committee acting as a sanitary board would cost nothing and de much effective work. The time will seon come when many useless offices must be abolished. — The first decision this year over the contested right of different factions to have their candidates’ names appear on the official ballot with the designation democratic bas been decided in Gage county. It is doubtless merely a fore- runner of a whole series of suits, in which one set of democrats will try to compel the other set to labor under the disadvantage of nominating eandidates by petition. The litigation will prob- ably get into the supreme court before final adjudication and the mass of de- seisions on the Australian ballot law brought near the border of utter con- Lusion , ment from und {know the exact amount. | reach REVENUE FRAUDS. There I8 no question that under the system of ad valorem duties the gov- ernment s defrauded of millions of dollars annually. When the present tariff law was under consideration in congress the republicans urged the tention of specific duties, but unavail- ingly, ad valorem duties being a fen- ture of the tariff reform policy which the democrats would not abandon. The | result predicted by e wepublicans has been realized, the loss to the govern- rvaluations during the wdmittedly been large, course impossible to That it has d into the willions there can be no reasonable doubt. The Philadelphia Record says there is no disputing the fact that the nues are systematically defrauded un- the ad valorem duties on sugar, the ifest proof of this being in the Iarge differences in the prices of raw past year havin though it s of reve- | sugar in the custom house returns and the ame sugar in the “The German beet that paper, “that Is in London at upward of a pound, and the eane vpward of 3 cents, pass the United States ecustom houses under foreign valuations re- spective 1.7 and 1.9 cents a pound. rom the ¥ when duties were laid on raw sugar this proc of defrand- ing the revenues began, and it has been industriously practiced When raw sugar was free there w motive for undc uing its pric “. But when it be duty of 40 per cent orem its price fmmediately dropped.” The ad valorem system has operated the same way as to other merchandise. It is an incentive and invitation to fraud and the evidence is that it is freely taken advantage of, to the serious loss of the treasury. The Record suggests that the simple ¥ for this mischief is to ehange »ad valorem duty of 40 per cent on s to a specific rate of 2 cents a pound, by which method all that necessary is to weigh the sugar and colleet the dut With this duty the Itecord figures at sugar would have vielded 2,000,000 more revenne in the last fiscal year than was obtained from it, and it urges that a specific duty of 2 cents a pound would not inerease the cost of sugar to American consumers, Iiven a specific duty of 1 cent a pound, prices of 1l markets. quoted conts sugar at through ove to it says, would gi more revenue than was colleeted from sugar in the last fiscal year. There is no dounbt of the expediency of making the duty on sugar speeific, but as to muaking the rate 2 coents a pound, unless it could be most conclu- y demonstrated fhat it would not result in increasing the price to con- sume it is questionable whether the republicans In the next congress will be disposed to do it. The important fact, however, to be considered is that the method of ad valorem duties is es- sentially bad and this is not the least of the fanlts of the democratic taviff aet. Had specific duties been adhered to to the extent they were in the last republican tariff act the treasury de- ficit would net be as large as it is and the eost of collecting the customs would be counsiderably les: The ad orem system requ 1y more offic than are ne ¢ with specific duties, and this may be a reason why the democrats preferred the former, But the great objection to ad valorem duties is that they make it comparatively ¢ to cheat the government out of revenue nd give an undue advantage to fors cign over home manufacturers, DOCTRINE. No political party can justly arro- gate to itself specinl merit for uphold- fng the doctrine enunciated by Iresi- dent Monroe seventy-two years ago in regard to the political relations of Iuro- pean powers to the independent states of this hemisphere and the democratic party will not deceive the people by suming to be the particular cham- pion of this doctrine. As was said by Governor McKinley in his speech at the opening of the Ohio republican campaign on Tuesday, the Monroe doe- s American, and men of all par- re equally earnest in its support and equally determined that it shan be upheld. There is no difference be- tween democrats and republicans on the propesition that no Juropean power shall be allowed to despoil any Amerean country of its territory or interfere with its political affairs or institutions, and both will be found ready, if ever the eimergency shall arise, to join hands in resisting to the ut wmost the effort of any European power or eombination of powers to contravene the plain requirements of the Monroe doctrine, . But intelligent will net be influenced by buncombe appeals to patriotism in connection with this doctrine, nor will they per- mit their attention to be diverted from matters immediately affecting the in- terests and welfare of our people by efforts to give the question of upliold- ing and enforcing this doctrine the imporiance of a public issue. The Monros doetrine is net belng seriously thregtened from any quarter. The ae- tion of the British government in the trouble with : i full aceord with international law. Our government might have pursaed a sim- ilar course with Spain if that govern- ment had not decided to promptly pay the Mora claim, and it would have be:n full justified in doing so. The terri- torial boundary econtroversy between Great Britain and Venezuela, the set- tlement of which by arbitration our government has endeavored to briag abont, may Involve a possible infrac- tion of the Monroe doctrine, but that would depend very mmeh wpon the course of Great Britain after she should have taken forcible measures to retain possession of the territory she cliims. At any rate, It is not a matter that has anything like the importance elaimed for i, se far as (his country is con- cerned, and certainly npot ome upon which any political party can bulid an issuve. Governor McKinley said the time has come when there should be no equivo- cation on this subject. The American men in either party THE OMAHA people must stand up boldly for the application of the Monroe doctrine, so that the republics of Central and South America shall be made to feel that thiey have a friend in the United States able and willing to proteet them froi uro- pean oppre European power be given to nnderstand that no | Intermeddling violation of the Monroe doctrine will be tolerated. All Ameri- cans, r rdless of their political views or party affiliation, will acquiesce In this. But it is one thing to firmly in- sist that this policy, so vital to the su- premacy of the power and influence of the United States in this hemisphere, shall be respected, and quite another to make it the subject of an appeal to the popular passions and prejudice, cultivating a feeling of hostility toward European nations. The indieations arve that there will be a great deal said on this subject in next year's campaign, but neither p: can fairly elaim su- periority of votion to the Monroe doctrine. de R MISRULE, The friends of the Citizens' Reform movement conld have done nothing more effective in the promotion of their ¢ than is being done for them every by the oathibound Junta that domi our city council and Board of Bduca- tion. The dismi; Dr. Marble from the y of our public schools for no good reason whatever except that he refused to prostitute his office to sectarian politics opened the s of our citizens to the menace of government by star chamber. The de- liberate refusal of the majority of the council to vote the appropriations to pay the salaries of the police foree em- phasizes the fact that we are governed by politieal desperadoes who have no regard for their official oaths or official liovor. What right has the council to with- hold from policemen the pay they have earned? The only pretense under which this action has been songht to be de- fended s that the eouncil proposes to withhold pay from policemen until after the supreme court shall have o upon the claims of the rival police com- missfone If this were true why has the council singled out the policemen and paid off the firemen? Every po- leeman and every fireman from chief down lolds his appointment from the same board and is now acting under the same authority. If councilmen who refuse to vote the pay of policemen were honest and sincere, why did they vote the pay of the firemen’? No matter which commission may be decided legal by the supreme court, there can be ne disputing the right of v policeman on the foree to his pay for the time he has served. Sup- pose the supreme court should not hand down its d fon until next winter, would the council keep up the policy of starvation? Is this policy net belng pursued by order of the A. . A, star chamber to force policemen to desert their posts of duty and open the way for Broatch and Vandervoort to organize another poliee force before the validity of their afms to office has e adjudicated? Or are we to infer that the starvation policy is intended as a prod to bring the supreme court to time? That certainly wonld be a most novel procedure on the. part of a city council. Is this star tion policy a shrewd scheme to help the warrant shavers and money sharks to buy in the assignments of polic men’s warrants at big discount? Surely the chairman of the finance committee of the council cannot be in such small business. The eombine’ ship inflicted by the council starvation policy strikes other people besides policemen and their fami- lies. It strikes (he grocer, the butcher, the baker and the merchant, as well a the landlords whose houses they occupy. Why should all these people be pun- ished to help out a gang of political schemers who want to convert the po- lice force of Omaha into a political ma- chine? The fact that for several days noth- ing has been heard from the bond syn- dicate, while gold has been steadily going out of the treasury and the re- serve has fallen Dbelow the $100,000,- 000 mark, naturally suggests the in- uiry whether the syndicate has aban- doned its task of keeping the treasury gold reserve good. Its contrnet to do this runs to the end of the present month and the fidelity with which it has hitherto observed it hardly permits a doubt that it intends to adhere to the contraet to the end. The fact, also, that there is no intimation of appre- hension on the part of the treaswry officialy is to be regarded as somewhat reassuring. Undoubtedly the syndicate has found the task somewhat harder than it anticipated, but as it has been called upon to supply only about $12,- 000,000 of+gold to maintain the reserve its resources cannot be exhausted. It is possible there fs some difficulty in getting gold, though it is net apparent why there should be. It will be very surprising if the syndicate now fails to earry out its agreement and the effect of its doing so might be serious. Will ¢ n Kennard explain to the citizens of the Fourth ward, whom he upposed to represent, why he supports the revolutionary attempt to E e the police by refusing to report their salary appropriation ordinance for the month of August? Mr. Kennard has been in the main fearless and fair in the discharge of his dutie: Why should he now spoil his record by play- ing into the hands of thie dervish con- tingent? Does he pretend that he is promoting the interest of republicanism by such a course? Has he forgotten the rebuke that was administer to the councilmen who under the leader- ship of Hascall, fhe raseal, tried to starve out the police in 18877 is To say that the election of a man librarian of the Omaha public library voices the sentiment of the comnuunity is no disparagement of the capacity of women for that position. While the members of the library beard were unanimous in endorsing the work done by the former libravian, Miss Allan, but one of them ventured to vote for a woman ad her successor and that only on the informal ballot. The directors koow the existing conditions at the DAILY library better than most other people, Under diffeyent' cirenmstances they might have looked with equal favor upon the women applieants as upon the men applicnnts, but taking the situ- atfon into carefal consideration no one will contend: that they have made a4 mistake In making a man thelr choice. The report that General Campos, commanding the Spanish forces in Cuba, has determined that he will ac- cept no terms from the Insurgents ex- cept unconditional surrender, does not accord with a previous statement, un- derstood to have been given out on Spanish authority, that Campos was digposed to offer most favorable condi- tions in order to bring the contest to a close. If the later report is correct it indicates that the Spanish commander has made up his mind to do some hard fizhting and that he realizes he will have it As to the insurgents, they are evidently not looking for terms and are as determined to fight to the Ditter end as arve the Spaniards. t ¥ they appear to have been headw nd they ave certainly showing a persistence and - courage against I odds that gives them a strong claim to admiration. Had they one-fourth the resources of Spain there ean be no doubt they wonld be in full possession of Cuba within ninety days. Cavlisle is said to be un- whether or not he shall ely into the Kentucky cam- paign. The trouble is fhat the se tary would not know just whom to sup- port in the pending Kentucky contest. The candidates on the deic tic side are such pronounced free silver men that a representative of the administra- tion like Mr. rlisle could not con- sistently support them. On the other hand he cannot work for the repub- lican eandidates who alone stand squarely on the sound money platform. In the dilemma Seerctary Carlisle may find wisdom in pursuing the same policy pursued by him with referen: to the Nebnr: democrats—namely, dis- cover such pressing public business that e cannot get away from Washington. to do. Seerd determined enter acti Ienvy Frahm, an insane patient at the county hospital, twice escaped and found his way to the city, where he might have done great injur; himself and to others. He exhibited bodily bruisea as evidence of maltreat- ment at the hospital. While this of course is not conclusive proof that the overseers are guilty of Dbrutal treat- ment, it is a case calling for official i vestigation at the hands of the commis sioners. 1t is also pertinent to inquire why it is possible for a raving maniae to readily escape the officers at the hospital. It is evidence of very loose management to say the least. —_— The Defender hais been declared the winner of both the races so far run with the Valkyrie. This gives a new aspect to the remaining contests. The interest in the deciding races is in- creasing every day and should the De- fender keep thé cup at home the joy of the multitude will be unrestrained. Lincoln and South Om gamblers are not content with being let alone, but insist upon saying just who shall 1 not run games of any kind in these towns. It used to be so in Omaha, but Chief White has taken the conceit out of certain would-be bosses in that line. Enthustasm, be-Democrat, The Towa republicans are manifesting a de- gree of enthusiasm this year which indicates that they pronose to put their state back at the head of the list for big majorities in favor of clean and honest government. Truth in Chunks. Stoux City Tribune, A party of eastern capltalists made a tour of Nebraska, and on their refurn home their special car was decorated with banners bear- ing the following inscription: We are from the east. We have seen Nebraska. She can feed the world. e A Colorndo Epitaph. Denver News. Cleveland is said to be careworn and over- worked. There are almost £5,000,000 people In this country suffering from the first afic- tion and 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 from lack of work. Cleveland will be permitted to re- tire under the injunction, “Let the dead and the beautiful rest,” next ycar. - Resulis of Demoeratic H ¢ Indianapolis Journal. It is fair to assume that the docks which were begun under the Harrison administra- tion for our large cruisers were not completed by the Cleveland administration because it was determined to carry out no policy or work which its predecessors had begun. Con- sequently, the Indiana has been sent to Nova Scotia to be docked. el 3 Not Much to Be Froud Of. Kansas City Star. A speaker at a banguet to Spanish officers in Havana sald that Spain had sent 80,000 of the flower of her army to Cuba and was pre- paring to send 25000 more. The largest estimates place the number of the rebels at not over 15,000. The “flower of the Spani: army” must be of the “little faded flowe variety, mot to be doing any better than it has o far in subjugating such a feeble ad- versary. i « S Henry Watterson's Welcome, Louisville' Courler-Tournal, Welcome, gallants, ‘all! The war ls over. The terms whick' Grant gave to Lee, which Sherman gave to Johnston—confirmed by those later constitutional amendments which stand as an everlasting treaty of peace between the north and the south—have been fully justified by the experience of every northern soldie ve been fully vindicated by the obsery. ance of every sout4rn soldier. With simple faith, each joins in this day’s festival, asking of the other only that his heart be warm. Up with the ensign’of the rvpublict Down with him who woukd, lower ft— “Though hell stood at the door.” - ndsight. Clalmants Multiplying. Chicage’ Chronicle. The success of the Mora claimants seems to have also let loose a nu.aber of Cubans who are alleged to have be:n naturalized in the United States and returned to Cuba, where they had plantations and other prop erty. In one or the other of the various guerrila insurrections in the island their property was damaged or destroyed. They are now urging the United States to make enormous clalms on Spain for thelr come pensatio It is very seldom that a government can be called upom in justice to take up the quarrel of one of its cltizens in a foreign country. Adventurers who become residents in a forelgn country, especlally if it is in a disturbed condition, must take their chances under its laws. If they interfere in public flairs they do so at their peril. If they suffer from the turbulence of the people there is no reason why the United States should Interfere. They take thelr own risks and must abide the cousequences of their own acts. BER: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1805, FATE OF A HAPLESS PEOPLE Uo.ntlition of the Armenian Ohristians is Indeed Pitiable, HAMPERED IN DISTRIBUTING RELIEF Huddled Together in Filthy Hovels, Witheut Food or Clothing, They Make Herole Effiorts to Recover from Turkish Cruelty, WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.--The pitfable condition of the survivors of the Armenian riots and the efforts of the Turkish offictals to delay the work of relief are described in a communication just received here from an American gentleman now at the scene of t massacre. The letter is dated August 1 and after referring to the distribu tion of relief funds which has been entrusted to Americon missionaries, says In part: The missicnaries are now here, but the opposition of the Turkish government is so great that they can make but little progress. The people are completely prostrated. Two villages, samples of the thirty-two that were destroyed, are now marked by crumbling walls, the roofs so completely destroyed by the incendlary soldiers that not a chip re- maing to show they ever had roofs. The most of the survivors of the massacre were attered about among the villages of the surrounding region ard supported by those searcely better off than themselves. Two months ago most of the survivors were in- duced to return to their old homes, sow their fields with a kind of millet that matures in a few weeks, and seek to establish them- selves before winter. Many have only a few boughs to cover a corner of thelr former homes, and furnishings are bare, a little hay to sleep on, with possibly some filithy rags to throw over them, in place of abundant carpets. Hardly a chill has more than a remnant of a tatterad shirt to cover him, and many of the adults are not many degrees better off, od is very scanty, working tools are lacking. In short, they are utterly prostrate and must bs put on their own feet by support of those who are better off by sup- plying them with everything needed until the upward journey toward prosperity Is begun. There are more than 5,000 people to be thus cared for. England has already sent £1,000 and the Armenians themselves have rajsed two or three times this amoant, but it will be only sufficlent to do the work on the very imperfect scals mapped out. Still, with such prospects of reform and protec- tion, they will go at the great task before them with cheerfulness nd hope. But these conditions do not yet obtain nor do we know that they 3 The English ambassador obtained a promise that all assistance should be afforded in the distribution of the Bnglish funds and th American missionaries were requested to me and superintend, but the three weeks they have spent on the ground have seen al- most nothing accomplished, because the gov- crnment has thrown obstacle after obstacle in the way. The first estimate of the slain were ey gerated, as no one could get into the region and the survivors were scattered in different directions. Probably not more than 4,000 veally fell at the time, the others died of want, but the tales of beastly lust and fiendish outrage that come to our ears excoed all we had dreamed of and can never be allowed to soil the page of the clean historian. Sassoun Bustame ot Be Exceuted. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1L—A diplomatic representative of one of the Central Americin vepublics says that the repubHc of Salvador will probably not execu'e Bustamente, ‘Who was surrendered by the Nicaraguan govern- ment after being taken from an Americin steamer. He has no doubt that Bustamento will bs imprisoned for crimes with which he is charged, but in view of the position taken by the United States In the extrad tion cases of the Hzeta followers it Is probable that Salvador will not procesd to extreme measures. It is claimed that the Ezeta f lowing who are wanted by Salvador are charged with crimes other than revolution, such as murder, arson and rape, and that it is upon'these charges they will rely when Bustamente is tried. Will Listen to General Mande WASHINGTON, Secretary Car- lisle has received Senator Manderson's appeal from the action of Comptroller Bowler in sending the Oxnard sugar bounty case (o the court of claims, and has notified the senator that he would hear arguments on behalf of the appellant on Friday, September 20. Tt is not known whether represeniatives of the Louisiana planters will be heard at that time, though it is t#@ught they will desire a hearing. ———— HER MARRIAGE WAS A FAILURE, Mrw. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the Authoress, Lenves Her Husband. CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—A Washington sp-c'al to the Dafly News says: Mrs. Frances Hodg- son Burnett, author of “Little Lord Fauntle- roy,” who has drawn so many pretty por- traits of the happy side of domestic life, has at last to admit that marriage has bes a failure in her own case and hereafter will live apart from her husband. Mrs. Burpeit is now in London, but her husband Is in Washington and admits that a mutuel separation has been agreed upon on account of incompatibility of temper. In anticipation of Mrs. Burnett's homecoming he has abandoned the elegant family home on Massachusetts avenue and taken his per- sonal effects elsewhere. e Atlanta Expecting a Great Crowd, ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 11.—The opening day of the Cotton States and International exposition, September 13, promises to be a tremendous success. Atlanta is alredy filled with strangers. Governors of half a dozen states will be present; there will be an {mposing military parade and addresses made by distinguished gentlemen. The opening oration will be delivered by Judge Emery Speer of Georgla. Business houses will be closed from 1 o'clock until 4 o'clock and the whole city will go to the park. At night the attractions will be the electric fountaln and a_magnificent pyrotechnic dis- play on the lake. Saturday, the 21st, wilt be blue and gray day, and it is expected 100,000 people will enter.the gates that day. Thousands of veterans from both armies will attend. Poles Suspicious CLEVELAND, Sept. 11.—At the conven- tion of the National Polish alliance today to report of the finance committze led up to a heated discussion. The report showed that about $30,000 was in the tressury—§ 000 in cash and the remainder mostly consist ing of mortgages on Chicago real estate. A committee of three was appointed fo in- vestigate the Chicago securitics and de- termive whether they were first class in- vestments. The Chicago delegates held that this committee should, in order to work intelligently, be composed of Chicago men. After a lengthy debate it was decided that the committee should stand without a Chicago representative. . AL Will Expel the Bartenders. ST. LOULS, Sept. 11.—Steps are being taken by the grand lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen of Missouri, to expel every saloon keeper and bartender who has be- come a member of the order since 1880. Dur- ing that year both the supreme lodg: and the grand lodge of Missouri decided to bar all persons engaged in the saloon business from membership. L SR Cherokee Lewislature Meetn. TAHLEQUAH, I T. Sept. 11.—Pursuant to a call lssued by ths chief, the Cherokee legislature met in session this morning The object of the special session is to dis- pose of the improvements made by the in- truders of the nation, who were recently ejected by order of the Interior department It is believed that their work will be con- cluded today. of the Securlty. e Killed While Trylng to Save Her Dog. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11.—Pretty little Emma Schoening, 12 years old, died at the city hospital today from the result of a pistol shot fired by Ed Foley, about her own age. She was trylng to save the Iife of a pet dog when received the pistol bullet in her stomach. The mother s heartbroken over the death of her daughter, | of tho state are u TWO OF A KIND, Minneapolls Tribune eratic organization o Nebraska for sound money and fndorsed the admin- Istration. The demoeratic convocation which protounced for free siiver awhlle ago turns out to have been a sort of guerilla combina- tion. Democratic harmony on the money question lsn't signally In evidenco this year. Des Molnes Leoder: There is little chance for the democrats to carry Nebraska thls year. United thero are not encugh demos ts in the etate to command the offices So It 18 a good year, now that the thing Dhas been forced to a Alrest fssio and there is no way to bring abow' harmony, for the parlisans of both the Omaha and Lincola couventions to get out and work for their respective candidates, Lot the eovntry ses Mow the democratic party 18 dlvited on this question of 16 to 1 eilver and the contrary. Mr. Dryan has told us that the democrats nimously for froa sliver; the Lincoln convention safd {n effect that Mr. Bryan had been taiking through his hat Tet ug s which is right. Let nelthor side claim to ba the regular organization, and appeal for support on that ground, but take a plebiscite of Nebraska democrats on the 16 to 1 question. It will b= inetructive to the rest of the coy this s done it will probably be fg hid around In the haymows and country stores of N braska, there are many thousands of demo- crats who by no means espouse the Bryan view. JSS - S— CAPTIVE INSURANCE Presently eminent finan- it is riskier to pre- THI CROOK. St. Panl Globe: ciers will conclude that tend that you have killed yourself in order to get insurance money than it is to actually kil some one else. Chicago Inter Ocean: It seems that Dr. Fraker was a_man who stood well in the communit He had charge of a health re- sort near Kansas Clty 1sior Springs, and was a bright and shini <ht in the Sunday school. It is for the best Interests of soclety that all such men should be exposed and punished Kansas City Star: The f that swindlers of insu companies only injure some wealthy corporation is highly erroneous. As the insurance business is now conducted the cost of insurance is base the ratio of losses both in fraternal or assess- ment, and I old line companies, 5o that any loss to the funds of an insurance company results ultimately in loss to the policy holders in increased assessm or a loss of divi- dends which should bave been cradited to the policy holder. Aside from the general duty to punish and prevent crime, the public can- not afford to wink at Insurauce swindlers. Globe-Democrat: This is only another form of saying that the way of the transgres- sor is hard. The affairs of the world are so adjusted that evil-deers are placed at a dis- advantage, not merely by the ordinary agencies of justice, but also by the general conditions of life, and by their own natural traits and qualities. There is nothing more certain than the fact that it is easier in every espect for a man to pursue an honest and e than tc follow the path of Tha philosophy of civilization is fn favor of those who do wrong. It as the cynice and skeptics are ting, that vice thrives and virtue fails without regard to the matter of con- trolling social and moral influences. The question is something more than simply one of accidental circumstances. There are pro visions in the fixed order of things by which justice is conserved and promoted, and wick- edness is put in the way of defeating itself. This is the lesson of the case of Dr. Fraker, as of the many similar ones that have oc- curred. neral impression crime. entirely is not (rue, fond of a Now the haughty ice man is getting in his farewell lic Interested fnsucancs men agree that the crooked Fraker should drop his first “r."" Beer is going up in Chicago, but there is no reduction in the quantity going down. Owing the the manipulations of the trust the price of leather has an upper tendency. Buftalo wants the national republican con- vention, and is sald to have raised a purse of $300,000 to lubricate the movement. The disappearance of a Boston cashier whose accounts were straight convinces the townspeople that the fellow is hopelessly daft. Mr. Watterson's coming departure for fol cign shores is timed to escape the melanchol procession from the slaughter house to the open grave. While New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago are talking about flags on overy school house, the big four fail to provide ac- commaodations for all children of school age. Cyclone Davis, who frequently agitated the dofenscless atmosphere in this section, has bean condemned by fellow patriols in Texas for advocating fusion with silver democrats. The real name of the owner of Valkyrie is Sir Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quinn, and he is a sprig of the “ould Dart” with royal leanings. The earl should throw a few sec- tions of his name at his sails and let the Sandy Hook breezes go to. Truth rambles in paths that fietion would hesitate to tread. A 13-year-old girl of Butte, Mont,, ran across a 600 pownd bear near town, hunted the frightened animal to her home several miles away, and called her brother to kill it, which he did. Some officlous admirers of Hon. Thomas Brennan, one of Chicago’s eminent citizens, sought to obtatn a papal decoration for him as @ tribute to his worth. Mr. Brennan ob- jected. “I want no higher title,’ he said, “than the title of American citizen. If rightly worn it is the highest distinction any man can bear.” “To pin a ribbon to his breast,” comments the Chicago Tribune, “would be like putting a wreath of artificlal flowers on Plymouth Rock.* Mr. Taylor of South Dakota s selfish In kicking against being quartered on the state for auother five years. Ho would prefor omo other climate, whero his taking talents would have more play. Hut the state ine slsted on his company, and he will probably consent to romaln, In order to galn about twenty minutes® time for ity express trains the Great Western rallway of Eugland recently pald $500,000 for a liotel on the line at Swindon Junction, Dy an old agreement all tralng wore required to stop there for refreshments, and the hotel koepers refused to raltnquish the priviloge. A young man has been Jilled 'n Drooklym for kissing girls “at tho corner of Bond and Fulton strects.” Ho sald he “condn’t help he was prempily declared insane. who has stood casually at the eorner streets in the City of Churches and has watched that thorouglfare of loveliness will eas'ly understard tho young man's peculiar temptation. Cripple Orcek resents the reflections pro- voked by tho recent bull fight. Tho eitizens il not organize the shuw. It was projected by speculators desiring to ralsa the wind, and tho Oreeks showed their disapproval by staying at So mys the Rocky Mountain News explans Is satise factory and Cripple Creck cult once more perchos on the surrounding crags and boet- ing cl Hardly less interesting as a war rollg than the battlefields surrounding Chattanooga will be the famous locomotive “Old General at the Chickamavga dedication next week. This famous relic moved out of Atlanta on the morning of April 12, 1862 was by the daring A tidors fitty miles beyond. The purpose of the union raiders was to burn the bridges leading to Chatta- nooga. In this they failed because pursuit was too hot, and after a wild ride through the enemy’s country they were obliged to abandon (he engine and fake to the woods. Seven of the ralders, {ncluding Andrew captured and executed. “Old General been on the retired Mst since the war. - TEN FOR FUN. to has Atlanta Constitution you belleve jU's true, John, that a person partakes to a considerablo extent of the na- tire of the creatures he ents? Mr. Billus— No. T've been cating fish all my life and I can't swim a stroke. Life: “Our landlady says she likes to see her boarders have good appetites. -~ “Well, I'm not surprised. naturally cruel.” Mrs, Billus-Don's S>me women are Chicago Tribun kind of you, clgars mysel. too che Mr 1 the sever. Mr. Billus—It's very Maria, but I'd rather buy my Sevén for 10 cents s rather know that's cheap, but T might be one good one in the Indianapolis Jou anything when yi “Not when man, late the other got asleep ot up about 6 o'clock to practice on the piano.” hington Star: “The true journalist,” said the observing man, “takes an artistic pride in makivg a long story short, I sup- where you suppose ew York reporter. he real a wrong," re. “We get paid t is to make a short St. Louls Republic: Mrs. Billups—Jedediah, what in the world have you done to that child to make him =07 Mr. Billups—Hain't done a_ thing to him, I fixed him up toy locomotive, and now he's kickin' be 19¢ he can’t have my false teeth for a cowcatcher, Blevins—T am delfghted to see you! But what a stormy night for a call! Dostick (hanging up his dripping coat) 1 know it is bad; but it s an ideal night for finding pecple at home, New York World Doctor—T felt some =light deficacy at first in telling you that it was triplet Mrs. Muchblest—That fs nothing to the delicacy I shall feel in teliing it to the nurse who 18" coming tomorrow., New York Truth: Harper's Bazar: “It was a dreadful mo- ment.” sald the dentist, was bathing quictly when the At cavernous jaws the shark opened be e me.” oVhat did you do?” asked one of the la- “I'tcok my forceps out of the pocket of my bathing suit and pulled his teeth before he had a chance to seize me. It was the quicke est and neatest work I ever did." A WARNING, Judge, Ladies who fain would titles wed And to high station mount, The woman’s voting should object, They know they never can expset To get an honest count. 1T Wo! J. R. Parke in Detroit Free Press She questioned him close, but no secret dis- closed As they in the gloaming together, Jut his past life, for the damsel proposed, With vare wisdom, to ascertain whethor He had habits or failts which in subsequent ears Might cccasion her worry cr sorrow; But George he was sick, and allayed all her And doubts for the coming tomorrow. “Now, Gearge, do you gamble?" tion came low And distinct, that he might understand; No, Ethel, T don't; but I ought to Just now, For I'm holding a beautiful hand." "Twas a_triumph of genius, it can’t be dee The ques- § r.«ln'ly m;uunsod: $he quietly gathered her sleeves to one sid And wilted away on his breast, 2 refreshingly cool in for $15. this kind of weather. If you're looking for a cool place, just get inside our screen doors and see how we've knocked out the summer time. people who sweat are the they're so “all-fired” busy placing the early fall goods in shape and selling them, too —Have you scen our specialty that we've started at $8.50—you never saw it equaled Snaps don't last forever, even in Browning,King & Co S. W. Cor, 15th and Douglas Sts, It's our store—the only salesmen—