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New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
EVILS WITH GOOD RESULTS.

Meanwhile. observe that the House Of Com
mons to which Mr. Lecky looks back with feel
ing somewhat like regret was characterized by
"the most complete absence Of uniformity
ana symmetry" 1t was marked by great
differences both in the size Of the con-
sttuencies and in the nature Of the quail
dcations" Members were returned In many
places by single VOTE that OF a great
landowner. or by the bought suffrages OF a
group Of freemen. Sometimes the voters were
numerous, and less often almost every man
In a given constituency entitled to vote.
Paley is quoted as saying in his Moral Phil
osopify'' that about one-haf Of the House OF
Commons obtain their seats in that assembly
by the election of the people: the other half,
by purchase or by nomination OF single pro-
prietors Of great estates" Mr.. Lecky enumer
ates among the shocking things in American
politics that certain United States Senators
are said to have bought their seats In some in
direct way. and that large percentage OF Con-
gressmen is open to bribery in one form or
another. But here were Parliamente one after
another In which half the members were mere
placemen who had bought their seats or had
been put into them by the owners and yet IL
was from the very ranks OF these placemen that
the most capable statesmen of the times are
said to have risen. 1T was said, With truth,
remarks Mr. Lecky. that the small boroughs
had introduced. and usually al an early age
into Parliament by far the greater number OF
men OF extraordinary ability who have adorned
It, and also many useful and experienced men,
not quite In the first rank who. from narrow
circumstances. from the turn of their own
characters or from some unpopular religious
belief from the fact that they had spent
much OF their lives in obscure or remote fields
OF public duty. would never have been ac-
ceptabie candidates In a popular Constituency"
It does not follow that the corruption innocuous
In one aee could be safely INDUCED In at another
Anything that.looks like the approval of irregu-
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
A TRIBUTE TO 4 GREAT TEACHER.

unique mode OF celebrating the birthday OF
great teacher has been adopted by the pupils OF Pro-
fessor Knes. OF Heidelberg \ mans published
works usually his monument; and yet they
may embody only part OF what he really con-
tributes to science. lie may continue TO work
through the pens Of his pupils In attestaton OF
the value of the work. both direct and indirect.
that Professor Knies has done In the department.
of political economy. "A handsome volume has just
been issued. 1t contains essays written by repre-
sentative pupils OF the master whose seventy-ffih
birthday It celebrates They are such essays as might
have appeared in any periodical devoted TO eco
nomic subjects but they all pay tribute to DR. Knies
They call attention to problems that he has solved
and TO further work that his teaching has in
spred. A copy OF the work presented to him
on his recent birthday, In March OF the present
year; and his surprise and pleasure attested the
success with which the secret of the preparation OF
the volume had been kept
The work has an international character. Austria
is represented by DR.. v Bohm- Bawerk the I'm
peria Minister OF Finance. and Germany by Baron
v Boenigk of Breslau: Professor Cotheln of Bonn
and Professor Lesser. OF Heidelberg America Is
represented by Professors Seligman and Clark, OF
Columbia University The papers from America
are printed In English. The interest that the work
has for Americans is not entirely due TO the large
number OF students from this country who have
enjoyed the instruction OF Professor Knles The
editor OF the volume. Baron Otto " Boengk, has
contributed a scholarly discussion OF The Chinese
Question In America" Rscountng tae facts con-
corning the mgratlons OF the Chinese to different
parts OF the world. he describes the conditions In
which their presence Is welcome. ard those In
which II becomes unwecome. He gives in detail
the measures taken In America to limit TO pre-
vent further immigration from China. and makes
scholarly study OF the economic effects that the
presence OF a body OF Cinnamon would produce. 1t
is In his view. race question that is mainly ut
issue. rather than q question Of economics
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
IR LECKY'S NEW BOOK.
MR.
AN UNFLATTERING STUDY OF MODERN
POLITICS.
DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY. BY William Ed
ward Hartpole Lecky. Vol |. PIP. xxi, 553. Vol.
H. PIP. Nix col. Longmans. Green & Co.

DEMoCRAcY AMP IlBERTy BY william !sg Ed Ed
ward Hartpole Lecky. Vol / PIP XXI OBJ VOL
II. PIP. XIX. col. Longmans. Green d co.
Those who are familiar with the style of
those two great works. "A History of European
Morals" and "A History of Rationalism." will
hardly concede equal literary merit to MIR.
Lecky's latest book. He has in the present case
been mastered by his learning. But he shows
before the purpose to deal with
every detail OF his theme in its proper place.
The wilderness of modern literature and opin-
ion is. however. a different field for work than
the comparatively scanty and well-ordered rem
nant Of medieval material. In a literary sense
Mr. Lecky Is at his best in the earlier chapters,
on the familiar ground of the eighteenth century.
Perhaps he would admit this himself for in his
preface he offers an indirect apology for him
self and others who have spent the best part of
their lives in the study of a vanished past He
thinks that the lessons Of the past are not with
out application to the present. and he implies
that the man who neglects those lessons is not
always the best fitted to speak upon the
burning and absorbing questions Of national,
social and individual life as IL is Besides.
when he was at work on his elaborate history of
England in the eighteenth century he was in
sight OF many things more modern The
methods of reasoning and investigation which
are required in the study of the past may be OF
use in living affairs. Mr.. Lecky would have
gone on to tell how the occasional discussion of
present topics by men who were only lookers-on
at the game of politics might be extremely valu-
able owing to a judgment Independent Of party
affiliations. But while the book was in the
printers hands. the author fell into those of a
university constituency and was returned TO
Parliament He hardly call himself even
yet q practical politician. but ne cannot write
from his seat in the House of Commons as If he
were still in seclusion with the Muse of History.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

a truth and a wholesome truth for tha' HIS
Guided man TO understand. Equally true was
tho assurance contained in the next paragraph
"so soon as the Supreme Power ceases 10 ru'e
arbitrarily. SO soon as It firmly resolves 10 ac-
cede 10 the demands OF the peoples coisoie"0'
and consciousness you may, without rear us
charge the spies that disgrace the adnihis'''
,ion. send your guards back to their parracN'
and burn the scaffolds that are demorai'~''s
the people" The Car had not the courage "
accept this latter assurance, and 70 ACT upoi
IT, But he did believe the former anu '"''
belief made his life a curse to MN anu "'o'
him In fear and terror to an un''''ie's
Exactly the same assurances might "'
,in,e he offered 10 Nicholas H. and ne wouid 90
well IL he regarded them in manner eHac'''
the reverse of that OF his father ,
This letter TO the Car was. after ALL niue
more than an amplifcation Of the ADDRESS "iaue
by the Liberals Of Moscow to Count LOFTS "e"
koff. and that fact suggests the interest '"a.
resides in Volkhovsky's account OF the Lioe' =.
party and its aims That party is, py the "o'''
at large but little understood. There 10
notion that in Russia there are Viah'S anu
revolut,onists and no one between them. Tnat
ia n great mistake There is considerao'e
Liberal marty. comprising members Of the edu-
peaceful reform Of the Government upon c'n
stitutIonal lines As far back as lS6J TINS party
made a respectful repr -sontation TO the |%a'
IN favor Of certain reforms but was harsh'y
rohuffed and rebuked therefor. Nevertneless' II
has steadily grown In numbers and inhuehce'
II exists in all classes. even among hish Vi"
cias Of the Empire. and is a force that must
no reckoned with seriously 1t does not approve
Of violence and has little sympathy with the
Socialists or Nihilists proper. such as Stepniak
was Nevertheless. as we have seen. the aims
Of the two are substantially the same Inc
Liberals demand representative government Oh
the basis of universal suffrage. freedom OF
religious belief inde pendence OF the courts Oh
Justice freedom of the press freedom OF meeting
and OF association. and inviolaDility OF the III
divldual and OF his rights as man. Mouera'e
enough those demands are, ono would say YET
thev 90 every bit as far the demands or the
Nihilists themselves.
The fact e. Nihism and Liberalism IN Nus
sia are forces working by different means TOT
the same end and that end IS one that III 'n's
country IL approved by the most conserva''N.
Republicanism Upon the violent deeus Vi
Nih,Iisrn. we must look with horror ana ue
testation Yet It will be unjust not TO take i'i'o
account the awful provocation OF them. we
,rust at any rate diferentlate widely and radl-
cauv between tie Nihst and the Anarchist
Their methods may sometimes seem the sarne'
Their aims are as far asIrder as the poies'
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
INNER VIEWS OF NIHILISM.
sTEPN1AK's WORDS TO HIS COMRADES.

NIHTIISM AS 1T is. Being Stepniak's Pamphlets
Translated BY f. l. Noynich, ana li,i1ais reS Win
an introduction by Or. r. Spence Watson svo
Pp xi l22. London T. Fisher Cnwin.
The death OF Stepnak and the beginning OF
new reign in Russia invest thie book with timely
interest For the chief part it consists OF step
niak's intimate, almost confidential, utterances
TO his fellow Nhilists discussing the questions OF
reform and revolution in Russia with franKhess
and lucidlty not always to be found in writings
primarily intended for the outer world. step
MAX was morally and intellectually the foremost
Nihilst Of his time. We may therefore reckon
this book an authoritative exposition OF Nihii-
ism as IL is
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

The words We have quoted were uttered by
Stepniak in 1891. Then came the awful famine
which amply fulfilled his prediction at the begin
ming OF It, that 1t would destroy hundred times
more lives and cause a hundred times more suffer
ing than the most sangunary revolution lie
reckoned It blow from which the autocracy
could not recover He justly laid the chief blame
for II upon the Government and called upon the
people TO take advantage OF the occasion. 10 bring
moral pressure to bear upon the Government for
the granting OF reforms that would make a repe-
tltion OF the catastrophe impossible. To this APP
peal there was no response. But Stepniak. with
the buoyant optimism which distinguished him
from go many other Russian leaders Of thought
believed that even without such a demonstration
the ia mine would greatly hasten the day Of politi-
cal and social redemption. Nor can say he
was wrong in THE The autocracy seems to have
recovered from the blow and to be secure
as ever. Yet the practical BANKRUPTCY OF all the
land-holding nobility of Russia. which was Inn
measurpb bly, aggravated by the famine, Is most
ominous fact. which indicates danger at any time
OF a crisis that will shake the foundation OF the
Throne Whatever brave appearances may be
maintained, the tyranny OF Nicholas II Is not ns
secure as was that Of Alexander III. nor was that
OF Alexander III secure as that OF Alexander
H. The mills Of God are grinding grst, even In
darkest Russia
In considering foreign influences and aid. Step
MAX fully recognized that who would be free
themselves must strike the blow" The Russian
question:" he said must be solved on Russian
soil by Russian efforts. That is as 1t must and
il should be- Every nation worthy Of Liberty
must win her for itself" Nevertheless, aid from
abroad would b. valuable and was TO be vel
coined. The Russian question is moreover, In one
important sense international one. 1t Is the
existence OF Russian autocracy. more than any
thing else. that imposes mitarsm upon Europe
Abolish 1t. and the half-autocracy OF Berlin will
vanish. Russia Is the foe against which Europe
stands in arms. Yet II Is foe which Europe her.
self maintains. Russian autocracy could not ex-
ist year without the support OF other nations
II Is dependent upon them for money and for the
moral support" which 1t commands by corrupt
ing and subsidizng considerable section OF the
press. We all know Eow many literary agents
OF the Car have been maintained In London and
Paris. and how a Russophll-that is a Caro-
phil-English editor. on visiting St Petersburg
was received and entertained at the Winter Pal
ace with fairly royal honors.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
III

An interesting chapter is devoted to the text
OF the famous letter Of the Revolutionary Com
mittee to Alexander III on his coronation
Never were the evils OF Czarism and the pur-
poses OF Nihilism set forth more frankly and
more convincingly. Perhaps 1t was a brutal
thing to say to the son of Alexander ii that
"Czaricide In Russia Is popular" But 1t was
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

Long ago. when Mr.. Kiplins was mo- 80 little
India than anywhere else. ana 'he W. nd clever
enough about his work. he had f'ie''' ~ IN, liz
hand AT parodias. He knew no" !" norce hs
OF some ese's verse. wheh' lo' N ,wn: and
was ndlsposed to cultivate the lilt Oh ' item Of
there are rhymes OF his. like those !" -.lvion"
a chorus out OF Swinburne's Atldh'a ~ =, ,hngs
which are among the best ana Eios' " - have
he has done Recently he wouiu app xhsn
returned 10 this kind OF metricai tti''"e' ,,e, hs
Kipling Club at Yale invited him ~ rsc,,y,y
resnondad IN some measures which reeah G." ~ .Iss
Tho s,rain ~ Tha,keray's Policeman ~ .,.yc,s
amusing worse II ia much better thah '''e :, ,ss
noem which Mr.. Kiplng offered not lohs as ~ers
nuhlic Ru, how refreshing II would De !, ~ ~s,.vc,s
~ ssa TIM, oil rho verse that he writes OF 'ie AZ
oar, or ~. K,n,pp Club Sort is kept risids n,ch
nrIr, uhu. soms Of the true ringing poetry
be has known how TO write takes us p'"''
Appleton & Co. will soon puos' ~, hc A use
F. Schuyler Matthews when VIII p'oo rrs,t work
f,,l substitute for Professor Sarse"' .. cannot
ON the Silva OF North America 10 those W." 90 little
possess the latter monumental WORK i ,,dersr
book. making handy companion for ',' .rsmuiss
through woods and fields. Will De eah'u
Trees and Their Leaves
The Uaroers Will bring out imneda'e. RS
of s,afiaI interest 10 pscatoral entnusas's .nt"
The Ouananiche and Its Cahao'a. ,.h. ar fr6en
by Mr. r 7. D. Chambers. The ouananicne hss
water salmon 10 q Sreat fish. ana MI
made ar slahnrasA hnnk IN ns n"""
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

The Forthcoming volume in the trahs,a''o" W y,
Eie,zsches works published oy 'he ~ :. hook
he the notorious Thus SpaKe .,s ..a,ss Il.
"e vic al and none" as the author himself states y.
~, t.,, 10 called notorious because no amount =.
anious pufrery can give Nieizsche GOWN
tams There is Nietzsche wave passing over ~, -.
circles just now. but 1t is bound 10 speH' ~
self soon
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

Bret Hartes new story Is called The Indlscretlon
OF Elsbeth." and turns upon curious episode. TIE
hero OF the romance is an American and he BE-
comes enamoured OF German princess. Ths Is
nauslble enough until II is learned that the princess
annears to the lover In the guise OF daiymAd.
The tale will appear Immediately in an American
periodical.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

When the late Mr.. Shilleto puoisned MS edi'i0n
., "rhe Anatomy OF Melancholy" 1t seemed as u
,.t,. ,,r.her would he done about that curious
r-od,c,,on IN many years but Mr.. Adds Wright Is
s,oaved in tracing all OF Burton's references ana
illusions and in verifying quotations for new ea.'
49, pur,on has not been perfectly coiated ye'
and Mr. Wright, whose Shakespearian iaoots s.~' s"
oua-i3ed him for great editorial tasks mas
self 70 work with will upon the various s''',' =, -.
The date OF publication for THIS he" 'u'''O'
,s not yet announced
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The people of the East are dis
satisfied and are turning toward
the Northwest as the land of
promise. This is especially true
in manufacturing cities and Sec
lions where the policy of the
present administration has closed
many factories. compelled many
more to run on short time so that
a man cannot work enough days
in a week to support his family.
A passenger west the other day
said times were very hard for la
boring people in the East and
they must look elsewhere for
means of earning a livelihood.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29
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The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29
School Column.
Agnes Raw was indisposed du

Agnes Ray was indisposed dur
ing the first of the week, but is
now attending school.
Nellie Sutherland gave a taffy
pull on Tuesday evening, to u few
of her intimate friends.
Since the snow has almost dis
appeared, playing marbles is the
order of the day. among the boys.
Among the various decorations
in the high school room were a
statue, an oil-painting and steel
engraving of Washington, the G.
A. R. flag, town flag and Judge
Campbell's war flag.
All the rooms celebrated the
anniversary of Washington's
birthday on the afternoon of the
21st. The different programs
were rendered as published in the
last issue of the Press The
rooms were deliberately decorat-
ed, with flags, bunting, pictures
and evcrgrcens. Among the
many visitors we noticed the fol-
lowing: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Cur
rie, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris, Mes
danes Ayers, Clemmer, Sco6eld,
Leonberger and Hagerman, Miss
Jessie Lewis, Otto Dosskcy, John
Lewis and Fir. Dionne.
On the evening of the 21st,
Wallace Paddock was given a
pleasant surprise party by his
friends and schoolmates. Differ
ent kinds of amuscments were in
dulged in. The following young
ladies and gentlemen who were
present report a splendid time:
Mamie Deffebach, Fay Pearl,
May Hayes, Jessie Merry, Bessie
Pelton, Mabel Folsom, Nellie
Sutherland, Alice Campbell, Bes-
sic Golf, Guy Dickinson, Guy
Pearl, Sam Pelton, Arthur Dur
rent, Walter Pelton, Harry Kline
felter, Clyde Campbell, Willie
Herring, Ed. Stone, Ralph Shaw,
Johnnie Currie, Fulton Burnett,
Gordon Dodd, Robert Neil.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

We have the past week received
a dozen catalogues from firms in
Chicago and the Twin Cities So
liciting grocery, clothing and fur
nishing trade. The place for such
foreign advertisements is the
waste basket; but Dickinson mer-
chants need to let people know
what they have to sell if they
would keep trade at home.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The removal by Gen. Booth of
his son, Ballington Booth, from
command of the Salvation Army
in America is quite likely to
cause not only family troubles
but a rupture between the Eng
lish and American armies.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The biennial conference of the
supreme lodge of Knights of
Pythias will not meet in Mime
apolis owing to the failure to get
desired railroad rates. Cleveland
has been selected instead.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The republican party, now be-
ginning its forty-frst year, has
just reached the prime of life. 1t
has done great things-freed,
citizenized and enfranchised the
negro, built up American manu-
features, preserved credit abroad
and confidence at home-and it
will continue to do great things
for its principles are right.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The increase in cultivated land
in 1896 in North Dakota. was &c.,
Ola acres while the wheat acreage
decreased 1890 acres. This
shows that the people are diver
Styling. The increase in the pro-
duction of dairy products, live
stock, wool, poultry and eggs is
very gratifying.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29
ANTELOPE NOTES.

Miss Martha Harnden is attending
school in Bismarck.
MI. Undcrhill was up to Dickin.
son in the interest of immigration on
Thursday.
The snow has disappeared rapidly
and the creeks r able to be up and
out.
Del. Miller and bride Of Sailor
Springs. ILL.,, are expected at Ante
lope March l, where they will make
their future home.
Mr.. Harnden contemplates NOV.
ing to his Knife river ranch in the
spring and Mr.. LOOMS will likely
take charge of his farm; if SD, he will
move to Antelope.
Our school board has had four coal
houses built, one at each school
house.
A surprise party and dance was
held at c. w. Livingstun's III
| Wednesday night, it being the ami
versary of Mrs. Livingston's birth.
A. w. Link went up to Gladsto. 9
on Thursday, where he will teach IA
four months term of school.
Morten Bonney entrapped a bean
tiful snow owl last Monday.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The liquor cases at Jamestown
were dismissed because of an error
in the action. The court holds
that criminal action must be
brought in such cases and that an
equity proceeding may also be
brought to abate what the law
terms a nuisance.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

Is not Mckinley the candidate
of the people, and is not the ac-
ton of Plat, Quay, ct al, as straw
candidates, an attempt to form a
combination to defeat the will of
the people7 1t looks so.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

and write, amid comfort and
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The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

The highest authorities on Arc
tic exploration, both in this coun-
try and in Europe, are very skepti-
cal about the truth of the dispatch
announcing DR.. Nansen's great &C
complishment in locating the
North Pole.
The Dickinson press., 1896-02-29

SENATORS Carter and Mantle,
of Montana, claim loyalty to the
republican party and yet they de-
block the passage of a
tariff measure because it does not
carry with it a free silver rider.