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V • jr.-*# » S| 9^ ' ^§§|ff xcr TALK ON M'KJNLEY LAW GAINFNQ GROUND. BalaUcu Wltk On MUtiok irmm th« C*a|N«il*a«l K*t- 1-BewbM Blrt'i Mrm Galata* *• K«w Tariff I.»w Is OrooaiL are some items of fact and sug- « from the New York Tribune deserve attention and studv: •ual remarks often disclose very nectlv the drift of pablte opinion. In elevated car a few days ago a busi­ es man remarked to Jbis Republican uaintance: "This tariff is 901ns to us through the election next fall, I verily believe." Probably he did not then remember, nor his friend, that he Iras one of those who publicly and hotly denounced this new tariff eighteen Aonthe ago as "one which ought to bary the party." In his first rush of misin­ formation and prejudice be thought badly of M»j. Mcl£iule>, bui has since •een something of the workings of the tariff. Next came a Democratic working- •nan, discussing the nomination! with Iris iriend. *'I thought that tariff ques­ tion would elect him, but it didn't, and How I don't believe in nominating a beaten man." Tnis Democrat waa evi­ dently referring to Mr. Cleveland, and fee presently added: "Maybe it tases tariff taxes me anything, or any other . Han I know." On© thing he does know; what he pays for sugar. When the new tariff was completed the Tribune spoke warmly of its wis­ dom, < and called, it the bravest tariff •ver framed, Home thought that re­ mark rather laughable. But it takes not a little courage to do she right thing when it is certain to be misunder- •ioou by friends and iieci about by foes, •nd to excite a storm of prejudice Which nothing bnt years of experience can remove. Men there are by the hundred thousand in this country who believed eighteen months ago that they were going to be obliged to pay a great deal more for their woolen ..flothing, their tin pails and pans, and "•tor nearly everything else. Tiiey have learned that free-trade newspapers and {oliticianB do not always tell the truth, f the new tariff has anywhere added & fent to their burden they cannot detect fit, but they do know twh«- that it .pits made some things cheaper. 7 It was astonishing in the latter part ri|f 1890 how many business men there Tvere, including many engaged in, in­ dustries which owe their existence to protection, who thought that the new tariff "had gone too far," and "would take materials and living more costly," Ind was "not according to the prom- of the party." Allowance must be tade for these men, for they have ived twenty years in an atmosphere of lisrepreeentation and misunderstand- llng, and clamor for "reduction of : 'duties," until they had become to im­ agine that reducing duties would always : Baake things cheaper and was always * good,, but rising duties would always pake things dearer and always bad. When practical experience under the .: JfcKinley bill began to educate them fkeir eyes were opened to such things <j§8 these: immediately after the new duties tent into effect agents of German man-facturers were offering worsted and oollen goods here at exactly the same .. prices as before, the foreign manufac­ turer?, paying the entire increase in - «4uty out of their profits. k, English cutlery was reduced in price, • inahy kinds at once, so that it was of­ fered here at no higher prices than be­ fore toe duties were raised. American Jtaakers sold better goods at the old prices, and seized the market. _ f At retail, tinware, clothing and other v Articles almost innumerable, which frere expected to advance largely, re- fiained at exactly the same price, hen men learned that wholesale prices ftften had little or nothing to do with the prices actually paid by consumers. It takes courage for men who foresee inch things calmly to face personal de­ feat at elections close at hand, because (he change made is the right thing for she country. The men who framed And passed the new tariff staked every­ thing on their faith that the people would learn the truth before long. How fast they have been learning it Senator Aldrich and Gov. McKinley ttan explain, but the votes next fell will , ,-4nswer more fully. Oar RtlatloM with Chin*. The Senate voted 43 to 14 to substitute for the Chinese exclusion bill passed by the House, a provision extending for ten years the provisions of the present law. The Chinese minister had stated that the passage of the House bill would result in China's closing her ports against the United States. Looking at the matter from a com­ mercial standpoint only, it would seem . st first that China would suffer more by lion-intercourse than w© should. Our imports from China in 1891 were |19,320,000; and our exports to Chiua were $8,701,008. But as only $4,800,000 •ft the exports were of our own pro- "flueis, the real balance of trade in China's favor was $14,520,000, and the domestic exports and imports combined were $24,120,000. But China's total trade with the world was, in 1888--the latest full re­ turn at hand--$255,510,540. Her trade with the United States, therefore, was loss than one-tenth of her total trade, sad she would lose very little in sacri­ ficing it. as we should buy her products from other countries. The great bulk of China's foreign trade is with Great Britain and the British colonies. With them it has Jteadily increased, and with us it has iuctuated. But they have cultivated the trade, while we have given it very little attention. Recently, however, our cottons have found there a growing market. They are preferred to the British cottons be­ cause -thev are less "loaded" and more durable. * There is no doubt whatever that with the advance of railroad building, which has just been besrun in China, the inarket for foreign goods will increase for some years, or until China produces her own, as she assuredlv will some day. With this prospect, and with onr in­ creased commerce on the Pacific, we cannot afford to be rude to China. Home protection does not require it. Internal development will tend at once to keep her people at home and to call for more of our goods. It will pro­ tect us better than a more risid exclu­ sion bill could, and if we cultivate friendly relations we can largely in­ crease bur trade. "Strangling" Mad* Graphic* A short time ago Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York, greatly amused his audi­ ence at a meeting of the Republican Club of Massachusetts, by exhibiting the volumes of the Record of the fifty- first Congress in refutation of the Dem­ ocratic claim that Speaker Reed's rul­ ings "strangled debate." Asa matter f>f fact, said he: "This Congressional Record shows that there was more debate in this •trangled Fifty-first Congress than in any preceding Congress of any kind, and 10 per cent, more debate than in "fay Congress presided over by Speaker - Carlisle. Halt of that debate wag in- > dulgedi n by Democrats. These vol­ umes contain more matter than the En­ cyclopaedia Americana, They contain inany times as much matter as Bancroft's Voluminous history of the United States. xfcey eonfcam ter as all the VmVmitd time that the Fifty~fi»t sitting. They contain mors matter than is to be found inall the printed speech* e» and public written of Washington, Jefferson, Madison. Hamilton. Webster and Gsihooa. They eontaln more printed matter than is to be found is all the works of all the real masters of American literature put together, ora­ tors, historians, political economists, poets, novelists, essayists and scientists combined. The man who can look at these volumes of the Congressional Record and solemnly continue to assert that in the Fifty-first Congress debate was strangled, must possess reasoning fa nil ties which, however interesting from the scientific, are purely valueless from the practical, standpoint." [Laughter.] How »«•'--ill IOTIiii Asa rule political prognostications are worth but little, but the following from so eminent an authority as the Philadel­ phia Press will doubtless attract care­ ful attention: The perturbed rendition of political factions in both parties in New York makes that state a rather mor* than ordinarily interesting feature of the political situation. It is a matter of far more interest to the Democrats than to Republicans, however, since the I democratic cause is hopeless without Xew York, while a Republican Presi­ dent may be elected in spite of Demo­ cratic success there. It id not ijninr#>r«srmfr *~*n f ngures a little. We think it may be fairly assumed that the following-named states, in a presidential year ana on na­ tional issues, will yote #s indicated in the table: control <* political imbeciles f Upon 00 *h*»fT of ssaity and eenseca* their re- icwptMomaJ* explained. F$r days in wtopemim, with a majority of ISO, they Eemitted their quorum to be broken y a horee rae*. As thoenfer the faith- wossnass of inattention to dirty were not "•d enough, they reassembled it force ©«ly to enter upon a carnival of extrav- agaaca." , • • . a • OF THE RZPUBUCAN. Colorado. Idaho Mi..;.... S I l l i n o i s 2 4 Kibujl Maine. -V essacb uMtnu.... Michigan........... Minneaota. Hot tana....._ NebrMfca, Asrada New HanipsQlre North Dakota. Ohio 23 Oregon „ 4 Pennsylvania...--^.. SS Rhode Island 4 6011th Dakota. -- 4 Vermont 4 WaahlDRtoa... ....... 4 WiMnnrin 1* Wyoming................ f rEHOCXATHV Alabama........ - ArkanMc, Delaware...,. ..... Florida lSj'Jeorgl is... 20 • K'jaf v. c £ y n 6'Louisiana lS'KarylRn(l...„„ ToUl ,...214 Mietitxan.. 4 Misau*ippi....._ f Mlaaourl 17 New Jersey. 10 North Carollna.i»„4„. It South Carolina.....™.. 9 Tenneraoe. 12 ll> Under the Michigan lawWToyiditlf ffwr the choice of electors by districts it is very generally conceded that, the Re­ publicans will get 10 of the ©lectors and the Democrats 4. It will require 223 electoral votes to elect, and the foot­ ings of these tables of practically sure Republican and Democratic states shot? that the Republicans will have to get at least 9 electoral votes or the Democrats will have to get 68 out of the following states: Connecticut 6 'We»t Virginia. ( Indiana tS << -- New York 30 Total 78 Virginia. .It If the Democrats lose any one of these states except Connecticut or West Virginia they cannot win; if they lose both the Bmall states named they would fail in the election. On the other hand the vote of Indi­ ana alone would give the Republicans a majority of 7 in the electoral college. Harrison carried Indiana four years ago, and nothing has been offered to show that be cannot carry it again. In fact, Indiana Democrats practically con­ cede that he will again receive the vote of that state if he be renominated. Connecticut cannot be depended upon by the Democrats, and West Virginia is even less reliable, having given Cleve­ land only about 600 majority in 1888. It will be a great surprise1- if it does not go Republican this', year. Virginia is fairly entitled to go in the doubtful column, since on national issues it gave but 1,500 Democratic majority four years ago. It will thus be seen that the Republi­ cans have several chances of electing their presidential candidate without New York, while the Democrats have none. If the Democratsiost New York and carried every other doubtful state, with Massaehussetts and Iowa--whicn they are absurdly booing for--thrown in, they would only Bucceed in producing a tie in the electoral college. The vote oi Indiana alone added to the substantial­ ly sure Republican states will assure Republican success. But with all its complications, much mor© threatening on the Democratic side than on Republican, New York is far more likelv to give its electoral vote to President Harrison than to any Dem­ ocrat now in sight. We believe that state will be contended for in November by a united Republican party, but it is not just to the chances of Republican success, so promising without it. that its importance should be magnified for the single purpose of influencing a nomina­ tion by the national convention. A Rich Sample of Oainocratie leeway. The $47,000,000 river aad harbor bill, recently passed by the House of Repre­ sentatives, is the biggest -bill of th© kind overpassed or ever reported in Con­ gress. It was passed bv a vote of 186 to 65. This bill is a big bonanza for the Southern states and the Southern mem­ bers, strong for the oid fiag and an ap­ propriation, really forced the commit­ tee 'into reporting this tremendous and unprecedented measure. But this is only a small part of the large total of appropriations made by this economical Democratic House, which adopted the Holman economy resolution. It has been affirmed by Democrats that the Republicans were extravagant beyond the power of ordinary speech to describe. The "Billion-dollar Con­ gress was a promising campaign cry for the Democrats. Yet it is a fact that the first session of this Democratic House has provided for larger appropriations than the first session of the "Billion- dollar" Congress. The Democratic House has appropriated so far, in ibis first session, more than half a billion dollars, and the same fate for the sec­ ond session will make the total far in excess of the total appropriated by the "Billion-dollar" Congress. The follow­ ing statement shows the totals appro­ priated at the first session of the last Republican Congress and the totals ap­ propriated oy the first session of the present Democratic Congress: Bf Till ••BILU.ON DOLLAR** CONGRESS. Regular annual appropriations 9361.77O.09S Permanent annual appropriations,... 101,628,468 Total 8463.393,611 BY THE "ECONOMY" CONGRESS. Regular annual appropriation* --88S4.940.800 Permanent annual appropriations.... 121.K63.SS0 Kxtra river and harbors 26. CO), 000 Total 1312,804,680 Up to date the Democratic "Econ­ omy" Congress " has appropriated nearlv $50,000,000 more than the "Billion-dollar" Congress appro­ priated at its first session. And that is not all. There is still to be added 115,000,000 to the pension and sundry civil appropriations. _ The country need not look to Repub­ lican papers lor adverse criticism of this extravagant bill. The better class of Democratic journals have done the sub­ ject justice. Two samples will serve as a fair illustration of honest Democratic criticism: The New York Sun: "That there should be Democrats in this majority who are doing their level best to equal and surpass the billion record of the Billion Congress is almost beyond be­ lief. They are fools and traitors." The World: Are the Democrats of the House of Representatives, mad ? Or - H»W ProtvetloM Ecoaoi Soma three *eeks ago Alfred Dodge, the noted manufacturer and philan­ thropist, made a speech in New York in wmelk be gave the following explana­ tion' of haw he can prosper under pro­ tection, notwithstanding he has in­ creased wages 20 per cent, and reduced working time hut' an hour a day, and notwithstanding his foreign competitors have reduced wages and cut their prices 5 per cent.: He had beea madhtg felt for glass pol­ ishers and selling it for $1.30 per pound, but the McKinley bill so increased the con­ sumption of polished glass in this country, that he felt justified in expending some $50,000 in improved machinery for manu­ facturing sheet felt, ami v j3 t«0w selling the sanie quality at 00 cents per pound, and making more money than when he sold it for IlSOl But these plain business Ifccts are be­ yond the comprehension of the free trade theorist, who affects to be amused, because protectionists claim in one breath that protection benefits the pro­ ducer, and in the next that it benefits the "How can it help the producer," they triurrtMi.*»ni;iy inonirp, UUIBSS N raises prices, and bow can it benefit the consumer if it does, and how can it both raise wages and reduce prices, and if a partial reduction of prices is a good thing, why not have free trad» and brins ths>m down io tfut mar­ kets-of the world?" A man who gets tangled in such "logic aa:thi@can easily get dear by studying such fact# as Mr. Dolge presented, and by renumbering siso that'say gessia! cut in prices at the cost of labor is not an economic advantage ar a national bless­ ing. ^ _____ ssaJS Louisville Courier-Journal (Dam.): The Michigan Democrats are for "Cleveland and victoiy." But where is the Democrat outside of New York who doesn'tiavor that combination? It is getting' the tw& to flock together that makes the difficulty. Indianapolis Sentinel (Dem.): The people want a tariff reform campaign, ana they propose to have it. Cleveland means tariff reform to the exclusion of all other issues. His nomination means a square fight on that issue, with no dodging, as tri T.ming, no evasion. Et- erybody understands that. In 1891, during the three months end­ ing March 31, the exports of tin plates from Great Britain to the United States amounted to 98,909 tons, valued at £1,630,803. In 1892,'under our Republican pro- tection, during the corresponding pe­ riod, the export of tin plates from Great Britain to this country amounted to 04,611 tons, valued at jt'887,501. This decrease of 34,298 tons, valued at £734,242, or $3,602,156.12, was caused by our Republican protection, which is rapidlv building up a great tin plate in­ dustry in the United States. We had no tin plate industry when the McKinley bill became a law on Oc­ tober 1,1890. In the preceding twenty years we had sent $:>07,000,000 OMAHA MBTHOOI8T9 ADJOURNED. HAVE Conalden (k« Vmh To B* Settled £l|kt Inn ••»uw-Polyg»i»y Condemned--A tU tad* of Om Cbarah on Temperance. B«r* Flnlahed Their Wortt. The overshadowing fight of the last iay ot the Omaha conference was the woman question. Rev. Dr. Buckley's speech was.unique. He crowded into Ive minutes* more than another man eould into fifteen minutes. When he finished he was roundly applauded by all. John Field, of Philadelphia, made a telling speech. He said that if the women came into the conference and thereby crowded oat the men, to them would be due the results. Men did not, as a rule, care to meddle in the church business, and the best thing to force them out was for the women to take hold of the government. This would leave nothing for 'the men to do, and the, women and preachers eould run the church to suit thomselves. The other acts of note during the day were as follows: The conference adopted a report condemning polygamy in any nation, and demanding that no one, be he in India. China Gen. A. J. Warner, Chairman of the Hational Committee. M. M. Parker, President of the "Washington Board of Trade, delivered an address of welcome. £udge Isaac B. Morris of Indiana was elected temporary chairman of the con - vention; Lee Crandall of Washington, Henry Jones of Georgia, and E. P. Stark of Ohio were elected Secretaries. Judge Morris spoke at some length upon the general subject of silver. The only proper question lor the United States to agree to consider in an international monetary conference, the speaker thought, was the question of a world's legal ratio. . Addresses were, made by ex-Repre­ sentative Maglnnlss of Montana, Repre­ sentatives Bryan of Nebraska and Bar- tine of Nevada, and Senator Stewart. The latter began by saying that about two hours before the Senate by a ma­ jority of eight had agreed to take up and discuss a plain, simple bill, provid­ ing for the free and unlimited coin­ age of silver. He was cheered, and con­ tinued: And we will press It to a vote. In the fitht to-day we Ion some of oar moldiers. some nf them deserte J, but we will see who are our friends and who are our enemies, aafi Sf we emu w« wiiS send it to iho i'reai- dent. and will compel him to signify to the people of this eountry whether he is in sympathy with the gold trust or whether ho U willing to sign a bill for the emanci­ pation of the whole American people. ml P Kn ••"••"-yu', spent! The Senator opposed the proposed in- Iternafcionai monetary conference. ] A >nr»An»» tho°^ nr«ir>nt nt tho ofntilnn across the ocean to buy tin plate. The tin plate mills already built or projected under the new tariff have a capacity of 243,000,000 pounds a year, which, at the present average import value, means about $7,000,000 annually, or in twenty years which Will Stay in thi^countr^in^jay American wages, develop American mines, and turn iha wheels of Ameri­ can mills. . The price of cotton ties before the passage of the McKinley bill was $1.20 per bundle, and the duty imposed by the bill was 103 per cent. 'In the year 1890 foreign manufacturers had a monopoly on the manufacture of cotton ties. Now about seven-eighths of the ties we use are made in this country, and they sell for a lower price than those England used to furnish. An attempt is to be made to reduce the tariff on this class of manufactures and give the foreign makers a better chance. Anyone can see that this is anything but good poli­ cy for home prosperity. A- litfe Twice MTed. Twice in his experience has John B. Obermeyer, of Chicago, owed 'his Ufa to the practice of carrying papers in his inside pocket. . The' first time was on a battlefield in the war of the re­ bellion. Then the muster roll of his company of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers stopped a musket ball fired at random from the enemy's lines. The second time was on Monday, when a bullet from & 38-calibre revolver, fired only six feet distant, and aimed delib­ erately at his breast, failed to pene­ trate an envelope filled with bank bills and a passbook in his inside breast pocket. After this second event Mr. Obermever, it is said, looked coolly at the would-be-assassin, and called him a coward and invited him t? shoot a sec­ ond time, but the latter stood for a moment irresolute, then, with his hand trembling, laid his revolver on the dtak and surrendered to the police. Kindltfits-woott for Paving. A trial is being made in Paris of a new system of wood paving. It consists of pieces of oak about four inches long, split up similarly to the ordinary fire­ wood, and laid loosely on end in fine sand on a bed of gravel from four inches to four and a half inches in thickneis. A layer of fine sand is then spread over them, and they ire alter­ nately watered and beaten several times. In about fortv-eight hours the humidity has completely penetrated and caused the wood to swell, and it is claimed that the mass becomes thus ab­ solutely compact and homogeneous and capable of supporting the heaviest traffic. A Bamboo Mainspring. A gentleman traveling in Japan broke the mainspring of his watch, which he took to a native village jeweler. The watch was returned apparently in as good going order as ever, and kept good time until the rainy season set in, when it stopped. Being in the city of Tokio at that time, the traveler took the watch to an English workman, who was astonished to find that the cunning Jap had putin a spring made out of bamboo, which, so long as it kept dry, remained elastic, but during wet weather had gathered dampness and lost Its power. -SSoIa on Anarchism. M. Zola, referring to the Anarchist scare, said: "This excitement is much ado about nothing. My verdict is that the Anarchists are few in number; they have no organization, and that the most they can do is to bjow up a few more houses. Then public opinion will sup­ port summary justice dealt in the streets. The lynch law will speedily si­ lence the advocates of Anarcny. I" am not a Socialist militant. I favor evolu­ tion, not revolution. Socialism is noth­ ing akin to Anarchism." , It Is Mo Joke. The joke about pigeon's milk has a foundation in fact. After the incuba- bation of the young baa been complet­ ed the crops of the parent birds become thicker and secrete a sort of curd with which the voung are fed. This deacrip-! tion of nourishment is necessary for them, for if the young pigeons are de­ prived of it during the first week ot tiro after hatching they are sure to die. r t t m m » " V I V U I V O ^ Sunday with Miss Minnie Owen. '»«me ovt, (mm t.fco nilw! ^ _ evening to spend Sunday with thdrrBslon yere Senator Colquitt and Rep-• • • • ' » * V** kAQAflf A DIAMAA T friends in the country. resentatlvos Bartine, Pierce, Llving- T, , „ , stone, and Simpson. Edward S. Brown Messers I ease and Gee spent Sunday Vf Colorado said thi with friends in Nnnda. Miss Mabelle Philip visited with hiendB in the eountry Sunday. The Misses Bertha Troax and Nette Grimes, of Elgin, Sundayed ;with theit friends in Nunda, Miss Grace Mc Ciieve, of Fort Way no, Ihd., is spending a few weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Lucy tne « JWUUI>U IDG conference adjourned sine die. Work of the Conference. The work of the conference has been productive of much good, says an Oma­ ha dispatch. The most important ques­ tions .considered during this sessioh were the report of the Constitutional Committee on the revision or the con­ stitution and discipline. After four days tula ij«Jin.u uuit matter was Indefinitely postponed, and as no commission or committee was appointed before ad­ journment, nothing will be done toward revising th<? laws of the church before the next goneitol conference in 1896. The next important question, which, by the way was Settled, as far as the gen­ eral conference is concerned, was equal representation of lay and ministerial delegates. It now requires a two-thirds vote of the annual conferences to carry into effect the action of this body. While the final action is far off many warm friends of the laymen predict that two-thirds of the annual conferences will not indorse the plan. It is said that the German and African conferences will be against it, together with the weaker conferences, which, being now equally represented, would not be .ben­ efited by it. Vlototy-^or tlie Women. The next important step was the wom­ an question, which, after a hard fight, resulted In a slight victory for the ladies. Dr. Hamilton is the Moses who led the women out of the wilderness of obscurity. •* His resolution requires that in order to constitutionally settle the matter a proposition be referred to the annual conferences whereby the words "who shall be men only* shall follow the words "lay delegates." In order to in­ terpret the words in that manner three- fourths of the annual conferences must so vote, then two-thirds of the next gen­ eral conference must concur in that in­ terpretation. It will thus be seen that the women, who control a majority of the conferences, will win the day in the next general conference, although they will not be able to be seated until eight years hence. Another Important piece of legisla­ tion was the refusal to remove the time limit on the location of preachers. The provisions remain as they were enacted at the last general conference, five years the maximum location. The re­ fusal to increase the number of bishbps or to locate a residence in Europe and Japan were other features of Importance. The powers of the bishops were cur­ tailed In two Instances. The conference is given the power of rejeoiing the ap­ pointment of a judiciary committee which passes on appeals, ?nd the bish­ ops were denied the right to appear be­ fore the book committee to argue in fa­ vor or against an appointment to fill a vacancy. The proposed change in the discipline relating to amusements died, failing to be brought before the confer­ ence, as also did the resolution of Dr. Hanlon asking the church to put itself on record In reference to its position on the controversy between capital and la­ bor. Despite the assertion of the bishops that the church has no place in politics the conference adopted the report of the Committee on Intemperance, which pledged support to all organizations banded together to suppress the liquor truffle. Later on a resolution declaring that the conference did not construe its adoption of the report to bind it to auy political party passed without dissent. The practice of polygamy was de­ nounced in unmistable language, and the Federal Government asked to in­ crease the duty on opium to such an ex­ tent as to prohibit traffic in it. The church put itself on record as favoring the World's Fair and favoring appropriations only on condition that the gates should be closed on Sunday and that no intoxicating liquors should be sold on the grounds. It further appointed a commission to de­ termine the advisability of participating in a general religious exhibit and to en­ gage in one if found practicable. Vnlon of Methodist* North and South. A commission to meet the Methodist Episcopal Church South to negotiate an organic union of the two was appointed. The bishops were given authority to appoint ministers to the pulpits of churches, whose doctrines and laws are the same as the Methodist Episcopal Church. Two Secretaries instead of one of the Church Extension Society that the antagonism of he administration to silver had brought* n a crisis in the affalra of Colorado, enator Colquitt waa in hearty accord ith every effort lor the remonetdzation f silver. He thought there was a ray pt hope in the action of the Senate in' taking up the free-coinage bill. Repre­ sentative Pierce thought the free-coin­ age bill would pass the Senate. If it came to the House from the Senate, and the former body refused to pass it,4here would be administered to the members in November a severe rebuke. Arnong the members of the Committee on Or- ganizatlon of a Bimetallic League 'are Senator Sanders, Montana; Representa­ tive Sweet, Idaho; Representative Till­ man, South Carolina; and F. G. Nfew- lands, Nevada. BLAINE NOT IN IT. iMHtMjr'i fhli Is the Opinion at the Nearest Friends. Washington telegram: There are three view* of the attitude taken by Mr. Blaine with regard to the use of his name as a candidate against President Harrison. One view is that the present agitation is entirely without the approval of the Secretary of Stata, and that he will- cause this to be understood in a way which cannot be mistaken before the convention shall assemble. The second opinion is that Mr. Blaine does not Expect to be nominated, and is not willing to accept tha nomination, but that he is anxious to prevent the re- nomination of the President, and for that reason permit his name to be used, in the hope that the result will: be the disorganization of the Harrison forces, as a consequence of which it will be easier for the opponents of the Presi­ dent to unite upon a third man. The third view is that Mr. Blaine is willing to become a candidate, to accept the nomination, and to make the can­ vass. Each of these views has Its believers. In the absence of some definite state­ ment from Mr. Blaine the public will be compelled to select for itself which one of these views It will accept. There are circumstances which tend to give color to each one of these theories. • The fact that the nearest friends of the Secretary of State Insist that he stands by his letter of February is a matter of importance in the opinion of those who Insist that Mr. Blaine is not a party to the present agitation and that it does not have his sanction, although he does not consider it necessary notW to state that he was telling the truth in his letter of February. It has not\been\ the habit of Mr. Blaine, his friends\ say,A to come to the rescue of his own [ver­ acity. The chief friends of the Sej?rev tary of State, among whom are Sen&tqr Haie and Representative Dingley of lus own State, declare that the reports thj^t Mr. Blaine consents to the use oi his name are without foundation. J Mr. Blaine's associates in. the Cabinet ue- clare also that he is not a candidate. OPPOSE SUNDAY OPENINO. and Freedmen's Aid and Educational Society 'were elected. The Epworth League was made a constitutional part of the church, and is now the only rec­ ognized society of young people in the church. Its headquarters will bo in Chicago, where the official organ, the Epworth Herald, will be published. The Rocky Mountain and Nebraska Advocates were authorized to become official papers of their patronizing con­ ferences. A message was sent to the President demanding that he refuse to sign the Chinese exclusion act. The message was too late, so the confer­ ence passed a series of resolutions de­ nouncing the law and calling upon Con­ gress to amend it by striking out the addition to the laws of 1882. FREE SILVER MEN IN SESSION. Organisation Effected at Washington-* Senator Stewart Makes an Address. In response to a call issued April 23, 18^2, by the National Silver Committee for a national convention "of all who earnestly favor the immediate restora­ tion of free bimetallic coinage in the United States," about 200 delegates as­ sembled in Concordia Hall, Washing­ ton. D. C., and were called to order bv United Presbyterians Want the Fair Closed the First Day of the Week. | The first regular business session of the United Presbyterian General Assem­ bly was called to order In the Second United Presbyterian Church, Alleghnay, Pa., by Professor W. White, of Xenia, Ohio, Theological Seminary. Nomina­ tions for moderator were called for. The names of. Dr. David McDill, of Xenia, ,Ohio; Dr. J. T. McClure, of Wheeling, W. Va.; and.Dr. Robert Stewart, a mis­ sionary, were placed in nomination. One hundred and twenty-six ballots were cast. A second vote was necessary for a choice, resulting in the election of Rev. Dr. David McDllL After a brief address the moderator announced that the assembly was ready for business. Dr. W, T, Meloy, of Chicago, first secured th^ floor and offered the follow- ing: 1o William A Stone, Washington, D. C.: The general assembly ot the United PrtP byterian Church of North America, now in session at Allegheny, have heard with pleasure the noble poslt'on taken by many of our representative* in the National Con­ gress in opposition to the opening of the gates of the Columbian Exposition on the Lord's day and also In opposition to the sale of intoxicating liquors on the grounds. We express the hope that no appropriation be made for the Fair except on condition that the gates be kept closed on the Sab- , bath and the sale of intoxicating liquors be prohibited. The resolution was adopted, Ind it was decided to send the resolution by tele­ graph to Colonel Stone. The clerk then gave the general sta­ tistics of the church as follows: There are 10 synods and 80 presbyteries, a total of 79'J ministers, 920 congregations, and 169 mission stations. Twenty churches were erected during the year at a cost of $105,500. In membership, there were 10,297 removals (1,618 by death), for various causes. The total membership is 107,018. The contribu­ tions for the year for general purposes were $1,286,288, an average of 13.38 per member. Several appeals and memori­ als were presented, after which the standing committees were announced. Artistic. Her Father--"So you want to marry my daughter? Well, what are your prospects?" The Artist--"Chiefly landscapes." --Exchange. ~ . THE opal was once looked upon as a thunder stone, and although many women now appear to have strong su­ perstitious prejudice against wearing one, it was in bygone days held in the highest estimation, for it was supposed to combine the virtues of several other gems. PIERRE LOTI'S excellences are not confined to literary* work nor naval service, skilled as he is in both. He is a fine pianist, the composer of many melodies, and draws admirably. jPrfaretm* Tl»--w». Probably few ardent nfrilita were 80 gently treated by the rownunc at the time of the French Revelation as was little Mademoiselle de Bon- champs" The Marquise de Bon- champs and her young daughter were confined in prison, and the Marquise supposed that, like her fcllpw-prison- ers, she might be sent to the guillo­ tine any day. - , ^ Numbers of tier companions*m^t thai- terrible fate daily, and still no order came for her. finally she was in- formed that her friends had secured her pardon from the judges. The necessary documents or lettrea de grrwer, which would set her free, did not come, but she waited for- them without anxiety She was startled one day to receive an emphatic warning from a friend that she must make every effort to get her teffrrs de grdct at orice and escape immediately, or she would never leave the prison except for the guillotine. She had no servant, no one to send to the tribunal except her little daughter. She consulted the jailor, 'a kind-hearted man and their warm friend. He offered to send his ser­ vant with ihu cuiiu, auu as "che trib­ unal would be in session two or three ••Ouis loiigci 'xiitti u«y, the chiiu was hurried off, after being told what she was to say. She did not know just what the tribunal was, and was rather afraid of it, but she understood that If she wanted to please her mamma she must deliver her message correctly and distinctly. The child had a tdutiful voice and a sweet little anner of her own, and her mother hoped, not without reason, that they would plead in her fayor. The little maiden approached the judges with much gravity and said, "Citizens, I have come to ask you for mamma's lettrea de grace." The servant gave the Marquise de Bonchamps' name. 'The judges chat­ ted with the child a little, and said that they would give her the b'frr? de grave if she would sing them her pret­ tiest song. She wanted to please the judges, and she thought her prettiest song was a very animated one which she had always heard greatly applauded. So she sang it with all the gface and enthusiasm of her fresh little voice. The burden of it was Long live, long live the king. Destruction to the r»public. The judges listened in dismay. If this was heroism, they should have to send her to the guillotine. But the child was too young for that. Asshe sang on with the greatest cheerful­ ness, they saw that there were no ideas of politics in her little head. So when she had finished they smiled. One of them said something that she did not understand about the "unpatriotic education of children of fanatical royalists." They gave her the lettres de grace, wished her good- by. and sent her back happy and tri- umpbant to her mother.-^-Youth's Companion. Vj, How'a Tl»«r Ceo&plexloa. ^, f " Now is the time to go in vigorous training for your complexion, girls. Nothing like a pretty skin, you know. The man with real sense won't think of a girl unless she has a good skin Loosen your corsets a bit and strike out for the country in your walks. Take the cars to near the West Side drive, then foot it up the drive with the sullen, mist laden water to your left, and scrubljy hillocks, and flejds, and squatter cofthges and premature "palaces" to your right. Go away up to Mount Tom. Ask any youugstei you meet where Mount Tom is, and he will grin and tell you, adding that it ain't no more than a hill; and so it isn t, but what of that? Get up its scraggy side and take a rest. You can feel quite wild and far away, and that's very good for your complexion this time of the year. A week in decorui Central Park won't do you half the good. Cut down on your food. Eat lots of water-cress and lettuce and **sich. Brown bread and water-cr6ss make a fine luncheon, with, a glass of good milk to wash it down. Brown bread and sour apples are good, too, only omit the milk. Eat lots.- You are sure to after the walK. in fact, if you are not too proud, you might have a "heel" of bread and an apple in your pocket, and you might eat it right there on Mount Tom. . You will be just so much ahead, you know. If your neck and arms are a hit top scraggy, make a point of getting milk into yourself as often as possible. You can drink a whole glassful to start .your breakfast, and it will hardly interfere with your appetite. If, however, you arink it and wait ten minutes or so before eating you won't want to eat lElINO" SOBER OR STARTLING, _ PpLLY RECOftDEO, ' AacA^warrti Weaftter If* aau Farmer* f»U«MMtrag*4t Collision Neir firernvlUo. Bsita^tf of, am fa*aj*eer"» r f*nt "Tir irn r '• i TTianjis# Dead Dancing mt tier Own Party.* ' A llritlsii Defeat. Further details have reached Eng land, by way of Sierra Leone, of the disaster which recently befell the British expedition to Tambi. The object of it was to punish a chief named Karimoo, who fired on the frontier police last year and wounded a superintendent. The expedition­ ary forces consisted of 150 men of the frontier police, and a hundred la­ borers employed as carriers, Tall un­ der the command of Maj. McDonald Moore, with Majs. Brown and Ddyie and Capt. Johns as subordinate lead­ ers. Karimoo had already proved himself an awkward customer, hav­ ing dolled the police, closed the roads, ancl refused to allow caravans to pass through his territory. Tambi is a strongly stockaded and well-fortified place, and was defended by 1,000 warriors. Maj. Moore's assault was repulsed after nearly four hotirs' fight- isig after one officer had been killed and all the others an«) a number of privates wounded. The disaster seem* to have been due In part to overconiideuce of Maj. Moore, who refused the offer of 700 warriors made to him by friendly chiefs, lie preferred to rely on the frontier police, who.are good fighters inc.ivkitiallv, but almost totally up- disciplined. • ' Wlijr «!• \Xmpt. Joit?--"What makes you look so blue? * * Smith--My only brother is gping to marry Miss White "I'don't wonder you feel bad about your brother marrying that henrtlesi f.irt." - "Oh, It Isn't thut; 1 want to marry her myself." ' a# n >*V -•M - mmmd •i : Fw^wi Farauiit Hear. ,/%(,y AT Effingham a dipsomania sanit arlum* lias been started. , The company has been organized with a capital of $30,000. THREE BOYS, ALL UNDER TWELVE YEART OF AGE, W'EFRE ARREST'AI AT THE WINDSOR ~ *1 THEATER, CHICAGO, AND $180 OF $220 WHICH , THEY HAD STOLEN WAS FOUND UPON THEM. AT THREE O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY MORNING. / *• 11 MRS. JOHN R. GORDON, OF CHICAGO, ' ' DROPPED DEAD WHILE DANCING" WITH HER SON, AT A PARTY GIVEN IN HONOR OF HER ' LIST BIRTHDAY. \" THR STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES IS IN- T £ VESTIGATING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CEN- * $ tral Insane Hospital. Friends and Beia- * J| tlves of a patient named Mendenhail, Of .JK. :• ^ Peoria, who had been confined in the is- *C ** stltutiun, alleged that he has been the victim of gross cruelties. A DINASTRORS railroad collision oc­ curred five miles west of GreenvlH* early Saturday morning, in which Ex­ press Messenger E. Fii.n, of Decatur, lost his life, and Bent Sharp, of St. Louis.Was snrlnnslv nm) nrnh«M»- Injured. Expressman C. H. Barr, En­ gineer H. Wittlely and Engineer Leroy T. Foote were also injured badly and several others, trainmen, were slightly hurt.. The cause OL the accident IS S*ID to be the negligence or oversight of Commodore Smith, a Vandalia line pilot 60 a; Jacksonville Southern engine. Smith, had orders to run regardless of No. 11 to Siuithboro, and it is alleged that he forgot the "Diamond special," a Chicago train, was a regularly scheduled train,, and was between him and Green­ ville. He la distracted over his negli­ gence. At A coroner's inquest over Finn the jury returned a verdiet saying that, while Smith was responsible, under all the existing circumstances, he was not guilty of criminal negligence. THE season has been very discourag­ ing LIJT TLI£; • v! ILLINOIS. Iho cold, unseasonable weather has delayed farming the continuous rains have not only re­ tarded plowing and planting but have induced such a rank growth of the wheat as to greatly reduce the prospect for an average yield per acre. Even with favorable conditions until the harvest, much of the rank growth of the wheat will lodge and return but a small average of inferior grain. The meadows show a luxuriant growth, but the hay will be coarse and of Inferior quality. The soaked condition of the land has made it impossible to pasture stock to good ad­ vantage. The fruit bloom, which gave promise of more than, an average crop has been followed by cold, rainy weather, which in the ppinion of horticulturists has largely reduced the prospects. Far­ mers are generally discouraged about corn planting and find but little time between showers for plowing and seed­ ing. The late ADVANCE in the price O! corn is having a marked effect in stimu­ lating farmers to.plant the usual area and with ten days of favorable weathet at least SO per C$nt. of the corn area of 1891 will be planted. Th«» farmer who has tiled land will plant and gather as large a crop as in 1891. • It Is feared the apple crop in Southern Illinois this yeas will be a failure. John S. Tanner, whe has 2,000 bearing trees on his farm, said that an examination of them showed but few apples. Most of the germs were * withered, yellow and ready to fall off. He attributes this condition to the cold, . ^ rainy weather, Mr. Tanner and othet » men made a thorough examination and . . found the same conditions existing „ ^ T throughout the entire apple belt of Illi- V nois. Peaches, pears and Cherries ap- pear to be uninjured. - '« Gov. FIFE» has issued an official ^5. proclamation, setting forth thedestitu- ' tion and suffering which prevail among the people of the Hooded districts along i ^ the Mississippi and the Illinois Rivers, and inviting contributions in their be- 4 half; Personal observation has con- » vinced the, Governor that organized , , \I| effort on the part of the citizens of the Y . State is necessary for the relief of tile * ' W ^ needy and the afflicted. Thousands of ' men, women and children have oeen ' ' driven from their homes and are NO* I] dependent upon others for food, cloth- _ | ing and shelter. They are mostly agri- ' culturists. and thev must be fe; until they can raise another crop and F; b e c o m e o n c e m o r e s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g . T h « » • ' < % burden of providing for them is toe •- ^ great to be borhe alone by their IMME- "7 -F ̂ diate and more FORTUNATE NEIGHBORS. IS.. ? ^ view of such a situation, the Governoi has done right in appealing to the people of the whole State to come to the Z- i?! relief of the sufferers. This rich AND *•T, ? populous commonwealth is abundantly able to care for all its distressed citi- I z e n s , a n d i t i s o n l y n e c e s s a r y t o c a l l F J . attention to the Governor's request tc insure for it a prompt, hearty, and gen- -KYISFLIL erous response. .The voice of humanity -W in distress will never fall upon unheed- , ^5 ¥ ing ears when it is addressed to th« " F people of Illinois. Contributions ol - "--J! 4 money, food, and clothing will be alike ^ acceptable. The Governor suggests that "/ all moneys contributed be sent to Ed- ^ ward S. "VYilson, State Treasurer, at ' Springfield, and food and clothing to ^5* I Dr. William A. Haskell, Presidentof F ^ the Btate Board of Health, at Alton. I ', 4 *„ NEITHER of the State conventions hai •"Xvr.yf! filed- certificates of nomination, and IN " ? V the event of the death of a chairman oi ' < secretary the convention proceedings •> ?; might have to be gone over again. - /. AFTER a week of steady labor a! -• great expense the breaks in the Chleagc • • and Alton and the Big Four railroac tracks through the American bottoms at /I # Alton were mended, and the evening trains ran directly through, to St. Louis. * The river is falling steadily thougt P ^V ^ , 3 slowly, and the outlook is ANCONRAGING 'E -S- ,<P The Missouri is pouring it3 waters *' through a narrow channel into the Mis- * VS j sisslppi ten miles above Alton, and it if S "'» feared that the river will, if not stopped, r permanently turn its course in thai - ' direction. , « As THE accommodation on the Illinois '1^,^ Central. pulled into Shaboneir, E. L. 1 ^ Miller, A well-known citizen of that » „ S§|R place, stopped in front of the train AND -T' ?' was ground into a shapeless mass. If {. U \ is thought to be a case of suicide. ^ 4, . AT Alton Michael McCarthy anu ED** ward Creigan are in jail on the self- " ^ , confessed charge of bavin,' assaulted and nearly murdered Minnie Diekersoo, 5 , a young and highly respected colored : i| girl. It is possible that the victim may J $ RF die, and public indignation runs high. ' There is no danger of liiob violence, but 4R% the prisoners will be vigorously deall with by the law. THOMAS WIDEBMAN, one of a trio oi wealthy Mascoutah bachelor brothers / ^ ' « who lived together for many years upon ' ^ a farm, died Sunday of cancer, aged JTI -^:J. years. John, an older brother, died last F ^ January, and James, the oldest of the trio, is tie only one left. The estate is >;jf t valued at $500,000. 1 * "J. THE American Southdown Breeders' , ̂ •>; Association met at Springfield in annual ^ * session Wednesday, an I appropriated * $250 to be awarded in premiums at the * World's Fair, and $100 cash to be given '}• at the New York State Fair. J. H. Potts, 4 • , ^ U of Jacksonville, was elected President; ^ S. E. Prather, of Springfield. Secretary; ' •,; and the Hon. D„ ». Smith, of Sprlag» ^ ..J field, Treasurer. ' ||L .< •T'Sfosls _ ill * '4 ' '^1 „ \ } * m IN* -