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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03

BY n vote Of 90 20 10 the house OF
relating 10 Cuba which were reported
some days ago from its foreign re.
latioBs committee. with the exception
OF the one plcdging the support of con
gress TO the president In carrying out
the resolutions. An effort to delay ac-
tion found few supporters aud as shown
by the vote the opposition was in an
insignificant minority. The debate did
not disclose so strong a feeling as was
manifested in the senate, but the duty
of our government to recognize the
belligerent rights of the insurgents was
strongly urged.
The house resolutions do not contem-
plate any action on the part of our
government looking TO Cuban independ-
ence, as does the senate resolution, and
undoubtedly the omission will be ap-
proved by the intelligent judgment of
the country. Mr.. Hit, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, expressed
the opinion that this feature of the
senate resolution was unwise. saying
that such n request to Great Britain
or any other country would be accepted
as insolent Interference. The house
exists in Cuba and that the parties to
1t are entitled to belligerent rights:
deplore the destruction of life and
property and express the belief that the
only permanent solution of the problem
would be in the establishment of Il
government by the choice of the people
of Cuba, to which end the good offices
of the government of the United States
should be used; and declare that in view
of the proximity of Cuba and the close
relations between the people of that
island and the United States it is the
opinion of congress that this govern
ment should be prepared to protect
the legitimate interests of Americans
by Intervention, if necessary. These
resolutions are moderate in tone ana
contain no expression that the Spanish
government can reasonably regard as
offensive or essentially unfriendly.
Whether these or the senate resolutions,
or a modification of BOTH will be the
final form of the declaration of con-
gress on this subject, remains to be
seen. There will be conference of
the two houses, which may result in
material change i'm the terms and char
acter of the declaration. Meanwhile
Spanish temper will have a chance to
cool and Mr.. Cleveland to decide
whether or not he will pay any atten-
ton to the action of congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
DOES NOT SEEK A THIRD TERN
Information Said to Como from a Member
Of the Cabinet.
CLEVELAND SAID TO FAVOR J. C. CARLISLE
Interesting nit of Political Gossip
from the National Capital Acct
ing the Democratic prcsi-
dental Succession.

NEW YORK. March "A special to the
Herald from Washington says: A member
of the cabinet who talked with the president
a few days ago makes the following state
ment: President Cleveland would net ac-
cept another nomination for the presidency,
even II It were possible for him to have an
absolute guaranty of his election. You may
assert this as positively and emphatically as
you please"
"Will the president at an early day for
mally make a public announcement Of his
refusal to allow his friends to press him for
another nomination." was asked.
IF il should become necessary to con-
vince the public that he is in no sense can
didate, formal declaration from him may be
forthcoming. / think you will find by de-
velopments in the near future. however. that
come out In an official statement in order
to prove that he is not a candidate, will not
be, and will under no circumstances accept
the nomination"
But how will his attitude be manifested?"
by his earnest support of another candi
date" was the answer.
"Who will this candidate be?"
John G. Carlisle of Kentucky" replied
the informant. There is no doubt about
that. Secretary Olney has been mentioned
as the administrations candidate. There is
nothing in that. Personally and politically
Mr.. Carlisle is the choice of the president
and has been for months
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
Poor Pere Marquette.

Illinois American Protective association has
taken fall out Of Pere Marquette. 1t has
protested against he acceptance of Wscon-
sins statue of that worthy pioneer by the
United States government, and has in
structed its secretary to tell the Illinois c. n
gressmen all about the matter.
The grounds for its protest are that Mar
quette was Jesuit and that the immortal
Lincoln was stricken down by Jesuit. Now
1t must have been the mortal Lincoln that
was stricken down. n The immortal Lincoln
may possibly have been hover.ng over the
very hall in which that American Protective
association mesting was being held and
II lie were. he undoubtedly thought with
Puck, What fools these mortals be-" He
must have been puzzled too, by the Jesuit
ical link that connected his assassination
with the name of the dead priest
Marquette wassa earnest God-fear,ng
man. who strove with all his heart to do
his duty, He hadn't any hard feeling against
the American Pnotective association, and
did nothing to arouse the enmity of that
fierce organizatiOnS II His chief business was
to make Christians put of savages and were
he alive today ha would be amazed to wit
ness an attempt q to, make sayages out of
Christians. .,
Violent denunciations of such a man upon
the pretext furnished can do no harm ex-
cept to the order from which 1t emanates
1t is thus that that order beittles itself and
50 fails to make its influence felt.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03

fail shamcfuIly In the discharge OF
their duties Nirdngh vcnality. iudiffcr.
cncc or Ignorance, 10 dispel ignorance
among csc.iinportant and influential
officers aud 70 Furnish keen, competent
critics OF their actions would amply
justify the establishment of the pro
posed chair in nihny institutions. Tn
fortunately i is, a notorious fact that
a dollar in the hands of a municipal
government as rule, has no greater
purchasing power than a half dollar
in the hands, Of private citizen. And
we submit to this with what grace we
can. because we do not know what
other communities have done and what
reforms and economies are possible
for us"
These are certainly caustc truths,
which only emphasize the necessity for
radical changes in our methods of
government and the inn
portance of constant vigilance on the
part of the taxpayers and citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
THE PRESIDENTIAL FIELD.

Globe-Democrat (rep): The logical candi-
,, date for the democrats this year is the man
who is least responsible for its conduct since
March 4, 1898.
indianapolis Journal (rep): The name of
Whitney is still receiving profound demon
strations of respect in the south. They will
hear OF no other democratic candidate in that
section.
Kansas City Journal (rep): The Manier-
son boom, although only few days old can
already compare favorably with the Spsoner
bocm and is moving at a rate which promises
that by convention time 1t will be able TO
| measure strength with the Cullom boom
itself.
st. Louis Republic (dem): Nebraska will
have contesting delegations to the Chicago
convention. Between the two-column edtO-
rails of Congressman Bryan and the daily
epistles from Secretary Morton, the demo-
cratic party in Nebraska is being ground to
pieces.
Des Moines Capital rep): Governor Boes
has illustrated the possession of rare good
sense in declining to be democratic candi-
date for president He knows well enough
that every man in America knows that the
next president is to be a republican. All the
governors talk about the money Of the con-
stltDtion and the wrong done TO silver is so
much idle stuff. G 1vernor Boes knows that
no more silver could be introduced into the
American currency system without going
quickly to a silver basis and he knows such
a thing as that would demoralize not only
the currency system, but everything pertain
ing to business. There is more silver in use
in our currency than ever before, and it is
transacting quite as much business as it
would IL silver should go 10 its actual value,
New York World (dem); Olney is not a
democrat. Democracy is hostile to all man
ner cf conspiraces against the people. Olney
was the hired agent of such consDiracies until
he become attorney general, and in that high
office he continued to serve them, not only
by refusing to enforce the law against them
but by putting into his annual report an Of
ical declaration that in his judgment con-
gress had no authority to enact any law for
the restraint of plutocratic greed, The next
mocra ic card date for II o pres de cy should
be democrat. man in sympathy with the
people and sharer in their aspirations. Mr.
Olney IL compound of plutocrat and lingo.
wholly unfit to represent democratic desires
or to conduct public affairs with that intel
lectual and moral calm which alone promises
a continuance of honorable peace and wide
spread prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

There are five Harvard men in the United
States senate at present and two graduates
of Yale.
In a recent magazine article John Morley
says: There are probably not six English
men over so whose lives need to be written
or should be written"
Tesla denies that he has succeeded in
photographing the human brain through the
skull, but he hopes soon to perfect a method
of passing solids through solids.
monument to Pasteur is to be erected
in Paris by international subscriptions A
committee recently appointed to have charge
of the matter has sent out circular appeal
ing for funds
Senator Wolcott. whose alleged service in
the army during the late rebellion has been
questioned was a member of the One Hun
dred and Fiftieth Ohio volunteers. At the
age of 16 years he volunteered for 100 days
in response to the presidents call in 1864.
Count Leo Tolstoi is vigorous hater of
England. He says the English and the
Zulus should be herded together as the two
most brutal nations of the EARTH His chief
regret. he declares, is that he cannot spare
the time to write a book about the English
people.
Objector Holman's Indiana farm did not
possess the attractions for him that he sup
posed When his congressional term ended
he announced that he would return to it
and end his days in peace. AS a matter of
iaCl, Ho"eNei, ne nus peeH III washington
almost constantly ever since congress ad-
iourned.
More people knew the late Ex-Governor
Robinson of Massachusetts, as Lizzie Borden's
counsel than as a brilliant chief executive
Of the Old Bay state. The trial established
his fame as a criminal lawyer, and he was
besought afterward to defend murderers, but
he refused all such offers He believed en-
tirely in the innocence of Miss Borden and
frequently said So
Coils p. Huntington. the Pacific railway
millionaire, is rs years old, but very rugged
and vigorous He is a man of ponderous
physique. His back and shoulders are broad
enough for two ordinary men and his head
is large in proportion. The fringe of hair
about his head is white and silk cap hides
the badness at the top. Mr.. Huntington is
native of Connecticut. but for hall CEN
tury he has been interested in California and
the Ear west.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
PRESERVING WITHOUT ICE.
SteriIized Air ns n Substitute for lee
RefriEerptOrs.

Chicago Tribune.
1t is reported contracts have been made for
the use of sterilized air in the Transports
ton of meats, fruits, etc, and 1t is ex-
pected this will obviate the need for the
employment of ice in the shipment of perish
able food products. The new process will
be operated on a line of fruit steamers ply
ing from New Orleans to ether ports, and it
Ia also intended to use il in the trade be-
tween Australia and the British Isles II
warranted by the success attained in the
other trials.
Theoretically the idea is good one.
Its practical value must be determined by
comparative cost as well as by actual eff
cheney The process of decomposition in
meats is akin to fermentation and results
from the multiplication of minute germs.
These are contributed by the atmosphere,
which is charged with microscopic entities
working for the disintegraton of organic
substances. The breaking up Of the more
complex organic compounds into simpler ones
largely depends upon temperature and
the presence of sufficient moisture. The
first has been kept down by artificial re-
frigeration to point below the inferior
limit of the range of temperature within
which decomposition usually occurs.
The sailing of meats has long been in use
for checking the process of decomposition
Recently the air has been excluded by a
coating of material impervious to it. Borax
is the latest of these appliances and is claimed
to be the best being not only effective in
excluding the air. but having only a me-
chanical action and being easily removed
Large quantities of meats coated with borax
have been shipped from the United States to
Europe in the last few years, and the ma
teriai has the advantage of cheapness The
sterilized air process by which the unwel-
come germs are to be excluded from the air
surrounding the food products, will have to
compete with this mode of preservation.
Perhaps it will be found superior for some
kinds of food and may be relatively cheap
for use in some countries where borax is dear.
The value of the new process. however will de-
pend upon the completeness with which un-
sterilized air is kept out of the vessels, as
a small portion of it is sufficient to vitiate
the contents
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
HER COSTUME.
THE SAD CASE OF MIR. MOORE.

Lewiston (Me) Journal
L know youth with the curious name OF
Noah DamSite Moore; -.. ..
And he wants it changed the very worst
way, for that name has fretted him sore.
His parents years before,
Nice folks by the name of Moore,
Had lived by a river ere he was born,
They were poor, but honest, and woke one
morn
To find that an opulent syndicate
All right and title to have and to hold
This farm for dam site, and so they sold.
The haul was so big that this worthy pair
Lived high on the interest with lots to spare.
And so 1t was natural, quite,
When the son and heir and the light
name
Like trademark of that site
To commemorate
That real estate
Bought up the dam-ste's right.
Now 1t CHANGED to be that the family tree
of the worthy Mister Moore.
Perpetuated unfiaggingly the honest name
It wouldn't do to break
The chain for the simple sake
OF phrase style of euphony,
And so with blind faulty
OF thoughtless ma and doting dad
They didn't see how awfuly bad
That triple aggregate of name
Was going to sound in the trump OF fame.
They died, thank heaven, before their SOD
Grew up to curse the job they'd done
But still his heart is sore.
And If junior Noah.
Another heir. Is born to share
The cash that's laid in store,
He'll not regret
The name he'll get
For his dad has had a chance, you bet,
To Noah Damsite Moore!
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
By pRESIOENT or CONGRESS-.

The question whether to the DreSi-
dent or to congress belongs the au-
thority to accord belligerent rights con-
stituted most interesting feature of
the discussion of the Cuban resolution
in the senate and very strong argu-
ment was made on both sides of the
question. That 1t is matter of very
considerable Importance is obvious,
since, as was pointed out by Senator
Morgan, if congress should declare in
favor of according belligerent rights
to the Cuban insurgents and the presi-
dent, conceiving such action to be only
advisory and not mandatory, should
withhold the declaration or should not
predicate any executive act upon it,
1t would leave the government of the
United States in position to be Sc
verely criticised by our people and by
the other powers Of the world.
Senator Morgan, who is regarded as
one of the ablest constitutional law
yers in congress, cOntended that con
gress has authority to accord belliger-
ent rights without any Intervention
of the president, basing his argument
on that provision of the constitution
which gives exclusively to congress
the power to declare war. This view
of the Alabama senator was cOncurred
in by Senator Allen. who declared his
opinion to be that the power of recog-
nizing the independence of Cuba, or
the independence Of any other people,
is one which, under our form of govern
ment, resides in congress and not In
the chief executive. On the other
hand, Senator White made an elabor-
ate argument in support of the propo-
sition that the granting of belligerent
rights or the recognition of independ-
ence were acts which only the chief
executive has authority to perform,
and this view was concurred in by
Senator Gray and others. 1t was urged
that the right OF granting recognition
is an executive right because, in the
first place, there is nothing i'm the CON
stitutlon making 1t the business of
congress, and in the second place be-
cause this right has always been ex-
ercised by the executive, and its exer-
else approved by congress. Another
argument for this contention was the
fact that the official information on
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
AN IRREpREssIBLE CONFLICT.


The advent of spring and the ap-
proach of the municipal elections has
very naturally revived the irreprcssiblc
conflict between the taxpayers and the
taXeaters. In Philadelphia the agony
of the spring house cleaning is already
over and the outcome is by no means
what was hoped for by the men who
arrayed themselves against the ma
chine. In Chicago the fight has been
on for several weeks and various sug-
gestionS and schemes for municpal
fumigatiOn are being discussed by the
public and the press.
Mayor Swift ascribes the deplorable
state of affairs which prevails in Chi
cagO to the neglect of the distinguished
citizens to take an active part in city
politics and especially their failure to
attend the primary elections. Ii is
rather strange, however, that a practi-
cal politician like Mr.. Swift should
have made the suggestion that the rem
edy for this lack OF civic pride lies in
the establishment of professorshps of
municipal government with n view to
special instruction in the political econ
omy of city government in all of our
colleges and universities. On the pro-
priety of carrying out this suggestion
the heads of the leading American col
leges and universities have recently
given expression to their individual
views. While the consensus of opinion
a nIn tnr ic odu go,
separating the study of municipal gov
ernment from the general course of in
struction in political science, their con-
clusions embody also some novel as
well as pertinent points.
President Henry Wade Rogers of
Northwestern university strikes out
from the shoulder at existing abuses
in the following language: "The uni
yersities and the press of this country
should be united in an earnest endeavor
to arouse in educated men Il keener
appreciation of the responsibilities of
citizenship. 1t is a reproach and
misfortune that in this country the
men whose character and educa ton fiji
them for the discharge of public duties
shirk the responsibility, and that we
too often send men to the common
council of our cities and to our state
legislatures who ought instead be sent
to our state penitentiaries. AS re-
suit the public is robbed and plundered
and scoundrels so unwhipped of JUS
tice."
President lanes H. Smart of Pardue
university, while conceding the neces-
sity of popularizing the problems of
sewerage, draining, street cleaning,
water supply, light, fuel, smoke, pave
ment, street railways, telegraph, tele-
phones and fire protection. truthfully
charges the responsibility for existing
defects to the mayors, common coun-
ellis, chiefs of police and heads of de-
partments, who. he says, Frequently
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

| Not much is heard of the Venezuelan
boundary commission. but it is prose-
cutting its very important task, in the
result of which are grave possibilities,
with due diligence and making progress.
The original documents. maps and
records which the government of Vene
zuea is to supply have been forwarded
and are expected to be in the hands
of the commission this week. The
British documents will also be forth
coming and it is expected that Great
! Britain will eventually appoint counsel
to appear before the commission. as
Venezuela has done, to watch proceed
ings. The British government having
already in effect recognized the com
mission, though without committing it
self to be in any way bound by tho re-
suit of the investigation, could very
properly and judiciously go a step fur
ther in being represented before the
commission, simply with a view to be-
ing assured that the British case was
fully and fairly presented and CON
sidered. or course the conclusion
reached by the commission will not be
binding upon either party to the con-
troversy. The investigation is intended
only for the information of the gov
ernment of the United States as u
basis of future action. But it is mani
festly desirable that both Great Britain
and Venezuela be represented before
the commission, as that body suggested,
and npnointmpnt of cOunSpl nv thp
British government would make
favorable impression. 1t is pretty safe
to predict that the finding of this com
mission will lead to speedy settle
ment of the controversy.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03
IN THE HANDS or THEIR FRIENDS.

Crete Herald: J. N. Van Duyn Is talked
n for the office n state auditor, but is not.
we believe, an ayowed candidate The office
pays $1,000 a year. HIS name 10 the only
one mentioned for state office from Saline.
Humboldt standard: c. Il. Casey Of Paw
nee City is bcing favorably mentioned over
the state as a desirable candidate for state
treasurer. We have seen nothing from MIR.
Casey to indicate his desire to have his name
brought before the convention, but should
he enter tho race he may be assured Of a
united and ardent support from oil who
know him. II may also be confidently stated
that IL Mr. Casey permits his name to be
taken before the convention Pawnee will have
no other candidate
Candy Pioneer: G.. A. McCloud OF York
has been mentioned as candidate for the
nomination for state auditor on the repub-
lcan ticket. Mr.. McCloud is at present con-
nected with the auditors office. beng en-
gagged In examining the books of county
treasurers In the South Platte country. lie
is an expert with books. an aggressive re-
publican. socially a fine fellow, has held
responsible positions which have given him
broad and solid ideas of business. and tho
republicans Of Nebraska could make no bot
ter selection.
Wahoo Wasp: 1t may be that Saunders
county will have a candidate for state treas
urer The name Of Louis Helmer Of VAL
paraiso Is being mentioned In connection
with this office, and IL he should go after the
nomination In dead earnest he will make
it lively for other aspirants Mr.. Helmer
is an old resident of Nebraska, and lived In
Lancaster county for twenty-seven years be-
fore moving to Valparaiso. He has been
lifelong republican, and was county treasurer
of Lancaster at one time. He has a large
acquaintance throughout the state and his
friends are urging him quite strongly to be
a candidate. MIR. Helmer is good, con-
servative business man. and would make q
ailhful nnblic servant
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-03

which the government must proceed
in any case where its foreign relations
are concerned, Is In the sole possession
of the executive. that being Inevitable
under the diplomatic powers vested In
the executive by the constitution.
This Is new question. the power
Of the president in respect to the dec
laration of bclligercncy between two
foreign powers having never undergone
conclusive judicial investigation, nor
has there been any decided expression
of opinion upon it by congress. 1t
must be admitted that the weight Of
argument. as well as usage and prccc-
dent is with those who contend for
the executive right and assuming that
this view will prevail. as probably 1t
will. the question as TO how Mr.. Clcvc-
land regards the question of according
belligerent rights to the Cuban insur
gents becomes matter of supreme
interest. 1t has been reported that he
does not think the insurgents have
established u sufficient claim TO such
recognition. and this is said to be also
the opinion of Secretary Olney. If that
he the case the action of congress will
amount to nothing more than an eN-
preston of sympathy with the Cuban
patriotism extension of moral sup
port merely, without any practical eff
cacy. 1t is by no means Improbable
that recognition of the Cubans as
bellgerents is still remote.