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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-03-27

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-03-27
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core to.dnt of The Muenchener
Ncueate N.rh'ichten ailirms that the Office
vi ra.s au 20 the sultan Of Ilnzibnr is
lar from ing sinccuro Probably, to
guafd again poisoning, Inc unhappy doc
tor Is compelled 10 swallow one half Of the
nocicine prescribed by him for the sick
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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
BLASTS AT THE TRUSTS.

Globe Democrat One of the great needs
of the country at the present time is an
antitrust law that the courts cannot con
strue in favor of the trusts.
Courier-Journal; The manufacturers of
news paper have not yet perfected the trust
they are trying to organize. They had
better go slow. The end of the nail pool
should be warning to these combinations.
Public attention has been called TO them
in some very striking ways during the past
few months, and the presidents message
may be needed by lawmakers.
Indianapolis Times: The trusts, combines,
monopolies and conspiraces for cornering
productions appear to be quite cheerful and
sangune. The announcement is made that
the woodworking machinery makers of the
United States have consolidated. That Is,
they have formed trust to regulate supply
and fix prices at their own figures They
will squeeze all who do not enter the
combine and will mulct purchasers of ma
chinery as they see fit. Some days ago the
window glass manufacturers perfected a
compact organization, and made of ii trust
by means of which they will make American
consumers pay prices to the full limit the
present duty of 100 per cent Will allow them
to impose and then, in addition, they will
be found appealing to McKinleys extra ses-
sion. called for projections sake only, to
advance this 100 per cent prohibitive tarin
tax. so that they may be able to demand
increased prices from consumers. At least
that is about the way it will work.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Davenport Republican: Iowa is credited
nv tbe Pension department with having
37. .79S veterans ON the list, who received
during the past year $5,iOS,SI6. Both Kan
sas and Missouri have more pensioners, ana
necessarily draw more money. The former
runs over S6,OOOOOO, ana the latter over
81 900 600.
Des Moines Leader: The Anaconda Straw
board trust seems to have gotten it's folds
around the Cedar Falls paper mill, and it is
announced that it will be closed in the same
manner as the Waterloo mill was closed.
Iowa is dotted over with silent monuments
TO the trust evil. With its interests small
and scattered, it's factories are the first to be
closed when a trust secures control OF any
industry.
Sioux City Journal: The new curfew fad
Ia not proepering. The attempt to give u
vogue In the large cities has entirely failed.
II Is against the spirit of the age. 1t Is a
distinct relapse toward the practices OF
ancient tyranny. In villages and small towns
II may be possible arbitrarllyy to prohibit
youths from the public streets after . o'clock
at night but 1t Is doubtful II any great good
Is thereby accomplished, or even that such
prohibition can be maintained for more than
comparatively short periods
. Davenport Democrat: The general assem-
bly, Of Iowa at its last session passed law
providing for the trimming OF hedges every
second year, on the theory, 1t is supposed,
that they shade the roads after rams Prof.
Wilson Of the state Agricultural college
says that this law, where 1t Is executed, will
destroy all hope of getting fuel from the will
lows a source that has helped out many a
family. "We love to see trees he says,
"ou the Iowa landscape. The cattle seem to
enjoy them when the cold winds blow late
In the spring and early in the fall and the
birds make homes and raise brcoGS in their
branches" This Is sentiment mixed with
the most practical common sense.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16


Financial circles will be Interested in
the letter of Secretary Carlisle to II
representative of the Boston banks. in
which he practically announces that no
more gold certificates will b. issued
while he remains at the head of the
Treasury department.. 1t had been
previously reported from Washington
that he would probably make this an
nounccmcnt and also recommend in his
annual report the entire abolition of gold
certificates as such. 1t appears that
Secretary Carlisle takes the same ground
in this respect rs Secretary sherman in
his annual report for lSTS-that the GOV
crnmcnt should not recognize differences
in the security and form of It's gold obi
cations. He thinks that the banks should
be satisfied with United States notes.
now that the country has declared for
the gold standard and that the treasury
is able to hold an ample reserve against
such notes.
The reasons given by Secretary Car
Isle for not reSuming the issue of gold
certificates, which will probably be more
fully presented in his annual report.
seem to he sound and conclusive If it
be Il fact, as he states. that the normal
increase of the gold reserve is checked
by the issue of gold certificates. the eX-
pedipncy of stopping their issue entirely
is obvious. If they offer premium for
the exhaustion of the gold reserve. as
appears from the letter of the secretary.
no further or better reason can be
urged for their elimination and congress
ought not to hesitate To act to that end.
1t seems to be the policy of the treas
ury to induce the banks to hold the
United States notes in their reserves
rather than to transform the gold hold
ings of the country into gold certificates
and leave the notes without support and
undoubtedly this is Il judcious policy.
Its effect would be to protect the re-
serve, an object very much to be desired.
though ut present 1t is in no apparent
danger. On the contrary it has been
steadily growing for some time. partly
through the exchange of gold for green
backs, the figures indicating that the
gain in the reserve in this way since
November amounts to about $1SOOO.-
OOO-a notable illustration of the popular
preference for paper money for general
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
EARLY DAY FOR PACIFIC ROADS.
Senate Committee Agrees that the
nIMLLcr Mmst he SnLtlnM 1T Nmcc.

Senate Committee Agrees that the
Matter Must he Settled at Once.
WASHINGTON, Dec 15.-The senate COM
mittee on Pacific railways today agreed that
in view of the fact that the mortgages on
both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
are now practically due, it was important to
secure the action of congress at the earliest
practicable date. Senator Morgan was the
only senator present who dssented from this
view, and he said that he did not desire de-
lay. He expressed the opinion, however, that
further testimony should be taken. He was
overruled on this point. The committee de-
cided to ask for day for the Sioux City
bill Immediately after the disposal of the
immigration bill and to make an effort to get
up the Union Pacific and Central Pacific bills
Immediately after the Christmas recess, pro,
viding Senator White of California shall have
arrived In the meantime. The committee
agreed not to press these bills in his alb
senCe.
The secretary of the treasury today an
nounced that sealed proposals for the pur-
chase of $2,7S0 900 first mortgage bonds OF
the Central Pacific, Union Pacific and Kan
sas Pacific railroads, now constituting part
of the sinking fund of the Central Pacific
railroad, will be received at the Treasury de-
partment in the Office of the treasury until II
O'Clock p. m on the 2lst day of December,
1896. The bonds will be sold with all inter
est accrued and unpaid thereon.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16

until we obtain tariff law that viii
give better protection full and permR-
ncnt industrial revival. is hardly poS'l-
bile. with large stocks of foreign
goods in the country and more ordered
American manufacturers are compelled
to pursue Il conservative and cautious
course Another thing to BE-. consid-
cycd Is, that at this season of the year
snmr Industries are necessarily mae
tive. For instance, little can be done
in building and in carrying on public
Improvements in the greater part of the
country.
The promise of Industrial revival and
Il return of prosperity rs the result OF
republican success has been in part
realized. If the party that is soon to
come into power is enabled to carry
ont its policy that promise will be fully
redeemed. PrSsimistic reflections upon
what has taken place are not justified
by the facts and the outlook would be
altogether bright were it not for the
threatened obstruction to republican
policy by those who are responsible
for the unfortunate conditions of the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
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INDUSTRTiL REVIVAL.

In his address to the convention of
the American Federation of Labor. Presi-
dent Gompcrs said that while industry
and commerce have just about emerged
from the panic of lS33-5 the changes or
improvements have been very meaCer.
There has not been that industrial re-
vival looked ana hoped for and which
we had n right to anticipate after the
crisis through which we have passed"
Undoubtedly Il great many people feel
the disappointment implied in this ut
tcrance of the president of the Fedora
ton of Labor. The revival of industrial
and business activity since the presiden-
tial election has not been so great and
so general as they had expected. They
know there has been Improvement, but
it has not assumed the proportions nor
become so widespread as they had
looked for.
DO these people take ii fair and reason
able view of the matter? For three
years the country had been afflicted
with one of the scvcrcst and most dis
astrous panics in its history. Financial
confidence was almost utterly destroyed.
there was widespread Industrial stagna-
ton, a vast army of unemployed labor
enormously reduced the purchasng
power of the people, every branch OF
business was depressed. The credit of
all classes of business men was strained
to the utmost in order to keep afloat
until the people should decide what was
to be the future financial and economic
affairs was at its worst during the polit-
ical campaign. the pail of distrust and
depression being darkest in the week
before the election. As soon as it was
known that the great danger which con
frOnted the country had been averted
there was recovery of confidence and
the work of recupcration began, but
was it reasonable to expect that after 50
long period of debilitating atlliction the
industries and business of the country
would at Il bound be restored to full
health and To normal activity? Such Il
thing would have been unnatural and
unprecedented and those who looked for
it did not intellgently understand or
consider all the facts and conditions of
the situation.
TO say that what has been done in the
direction of industrial and business re-
vival il mcager is not n fair statement.
The truth is that Il great deal has been
accomplished Hundreds of mills and
factories are now in operation that
were idle two months ago and many
are running full time that had been
operating only part time. Numerous
enterprises of various kinds have been
started since the election. 1t Is II con
servativc estimate that more than half
million people are ut work who We're
idle sixty days ago. a large amount of
money has been put into circulation that
had long been locked up. 1t is true that
the industrial revival is not complete
and that there is still Il great deal of
idle labor. but 1t should be remembered
that something more than the triumph
of the sound money cause Is necessary
to full restoration of industrial ac-
t,vity. one source of distrust and de
preston has been removed, but the
democratic tariff is still in force and
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16

THiNk THET STRJCk 1 MARES NEST
The popocratic fishing excursion con
ductcd under prctcnsc of contest for
seats in the legislature has struck u
great mares nest. The man who acted
as treasurer for the Mckinley legion
has testified that he paid out some
$4,000 for national campaign expenses.
The orders ON which the money was
paid out were produced, and they show
absolutely nothing that could be con-
strupd into an attempt to corrupt voters
or TO promote any fraud in the polling
Of the vote or the counting of the bal
lots. \ large portion of this fund was
expended for campaign publications, can
yassnrs. hail rent ticket printing, tclc-
graph and telephone service, music, pa
radios and men employed by the day in
polling the city and securing informal
;lon as 10 doubtful voters.
All those items Of legitimate cam
raign expenditure arc however pa
lwdcd 10y the Hryanitc organ as dam
aging disclosur.s.' Whnrun are they
damaging? what has there been shown
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democrats for the council or during his
candidacy. There were no bogus tickets
printed. The sample ballots distributed
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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
WElLER'S STiTElJEN Mt

The anxiety of the Spaniards TO eX-
culpate themselves frcm the charge of
having drawn Maceo to his death by n
plot ana basely countenanced his asSaS-
s'ratiOn is strikingly shown in the signed
statement of General Weyler The COM
mander of the Spanish forces in Cuba,
however, hardly makes out Il convincing
case and he would perhaps have done
better TO have kept silent about the
event. He certainly does not help his
case by citing the testimony of Dr. Ter
tucha. who there is every reason to be-
lieve was traitor to Maceo Weyler
takes occasion in his communication to
cXtol himself at the expense of the dead
Cuban leader but the world will not
think better of him for what he says of
his Shrewdness and sagacity.
The fact is it will require stronger tcs-
timony than that of General Weyler and
the traitOrouS Zertucha to convince any
but Spaniards ana their sympathisers
that Antonio Maceo was not betrayed to
his death. That the SpaniardS are en-
tirely capable of such thing will not
he seriously questioned and the only
suggestion that seems to warrant n
doubt in the matter is that Maceo, being
perfectly familiar with Spanish charac-
ter, should have allowed himself to be
betrayed and entrapped ms he is said to
have been.
1t is very safe to say that General
Weyler's statement will have little effect
upon public opinion in the United States,
unless it shall be supported by other
testimony more entitled to confidence.
1t is presumed that the acting American
consul ut Havana will make an investi-
CATION and in due time report to the
president the facts regarding the killing
of Maceo. In that ease the country will
learn the truth respecting an event
which has challenged the attention and
interest of the civilized world and has
increased the number of Sympathisers
with the cause of Cuban liberty.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
A COSTLY INSTITUTION.
Senatorial Lnyishncss ApprOximntes u
Million Year.
lie limos

Few people are aware of the fact that
the senate of the United States Is one OF
the most expensive legislative bodies in the
world. They know that each senator has
salary OF $1,000 year. which Is certainly
not eXtrayagant; but this stipulated and un-
reasonable compensation constitutes only a
part OF the aggregate cost of that body. The
expense apart from the salary is $4.SS3 per
member, which is to say that. with the
salary included. each senator costs the Coun-
try 9S93 per year. In Great Britain and
Germany the same class of officials not only
get no salaries, but have to pay all their in
Cidental expenses out of their own pockets;
and in France, a member of the Chamber
OF Deputies gets only 81 800
1t can hardly be claimed that our sena-
tors earn more than men performing like
services in other countries, or that they
have an exceptional value for ornamental
purchases. They receive $4,000 apiece for the
work that they do, aud there Is no room for
complaint about that; but in order to get
the work done an expenditure of nearly as
Cybitant sum to pay for things which the
senator's seem to consider necessary in the
processes OF legislation.
There is no desire that men in the public
service shall work for nothing or deprive
themselves of ordinary comforts and CON
yenlences. but when a salary of $1,000 a
year is paid ittls idlmcult to understand
why there should be nearly a doubling of
expense in that relation. These expenditures
are constantly Increasing In the senate
That is to say tle senators are constantly
making themselves a more costly luxury
without any corresponding gain to the coun-
try in the way of improved service or other
wise.
There would seem to be need for retrench-
ment ard reform In this matter. The sena-
tors should contrive to get along without
some of the things for which the people arc
now paying beyond the amount of the regu-
lar salaries. They have an opportunity
to practice the economy which they are SO
fond OF preaching by cutting down theh
own expenses. The average cost OF a repre-
sentative is only 1899 In excess OF the sal,
airy, and the people cannot be made to be-
lieve that a senator needs or is entitled ia
81, ,SS3 In addition to his salary.
To be sure the position is one OF great
dignity and responsibility but 1t Is not one
that justiiCs extravaganza in the use OF
public money The taxpayers have a right
to protest when it takes almost as much L
pay the incidental expenses of the senators
rs 1t takes to pay their salaries, and 1t IL
time that steps were taken to bring about g
proper reduction. The sum OF more than
$3.50 900 is too large for the country to throw
away every year upon the eXtrayagant
habits and luxurious tastes Of a body which
for the most part, ia more ornamental thar
useful.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
TOMOR w.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader
Come, Betsy, lets be cheerful, 'taint no
use to set md fret:
l know the crops look ragged, but they may
turn out well yet;
Your rhcumats' IL hurtin' nd my back il
stiff md sore,
But let's hope it's somcthin' better that to-
morrow has I'm store
You know that when the light comes II is
darkest just before.
"Of course I'm not PIE din that the car
what we have had
Was as deep as this one is but some of
them was purity bad,
Nd tOmorrOw-thcre's no tclln'-wC may
hear from John by then
Nd tind that he's recovered nd gone back
to work again."
The weeping mother murmured something
like low Amen"
The morrow came. and with It came n let
tcr-not the one
That they longed for and had prayed for,
yet it told them of their SON
The father wiped his glasses and read, and
then reread-
For the words were staring at hin-he
was dcad-their Johnewas dead!
well, mother he is comm" thus the old
man spoke at last:
"The sickness that was on Inns gone, the
danger point is past
Nd he's comm home tomorrow-comin'
here fer to stay
She hurried to the Kitchen and old Jasper
heard her say:
XIII n chicken, he'll be hungry after tray-
elm all day"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
THE DEATH or MNCEo.

81 Louis Republic; The blood OF MaceN
cries out to all the world Tor revenge anu
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con,r,tssi1n ~ tbcss sovarss but tbr latest
rprnrts show thot Norco's assassination was
,tt,rdpl vim featIlrcs of rfamy which
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Chicago TimIs-Herald: As one sthulos
the circumstances of the death OF the rcIo-
| lutionary leader, rs published by the span
iards, and takes into account all the con
tradCtiOns In the various reports, the inn
! preston grows rrcsstibly that Maceo did
| not perish in battle, but was miserably
! assassiuated through the most treachcrous
| plo; that ever disgraced the warfare of a
civilized nation.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Beaten in what
| mon caii hcnorablo warfare. Weyler started
| a stil hunt with silver for n Judas in
| the nairiot camp and found one in the
| pcrsorol nhysicinn of the general whom
| Spanish arms could not conguer. In the
| case that has come down TO MS from the
| doys when tho cross was made sacred the
| nrico maid tho traitor was only thirty pieces
! of silvor but in This modern instance Il
| is said to have been 20 GOO pieccs
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NoI as epahlards, out us ueacherous loo
| DerS ana assasSlhs'
| Chicago Post: 1t seems inconceivable
| that man with his familiarity with Span
| sh methods who has had a price upon his
| head for years and who has traversed the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, wEpNEs DECEMBER

giving of testimony under oath There
is but oncswte. IN which the charges
can bc fullk I.fohcd to the bottom, and
that is threhH The city council. That
body has fflt3uthurity to compel the
attendance Aof@ witnesses and punish
refusal to testify under oath. 1t is
also the only body that can deal with
the official Iwhosc conduct has been
called i'm question. In fact the council
is not onlyNm only tribunal that has
the power TO make this inquiry, but
1t Is In duty bound to make it, what
ever may be done by the citizens' COM
miItNN. 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-16
LETT TILE CnrACLL 1Cr.

The charge has been publicly made
in the presence of the mayor and city
council that City Engineer Howell had
importuned the general manager of the
Water Works company to use his in
fluence with that corporation TO have
Solon l.. Wiley placed upon its pay
roll rs Il condition to recognition by
the city of It's franchise rights and in
order TO expedite the proposed eXten-
sion of the time within which the city
would have the right to buy the works.
In response to the demand for an in
vestigation n citizens committee has
been appointed to establish its truth
or fnlsty. If false, Mr.. Howell is
entitled TO vindication. If true, he
is unfit to continue in the position which
he now holds.
There is, however, one difficulty
in the way of such an investi-
cation by this committee rs would
enable it to bring in report that
would be accepted as final. A citizens
committee has no right to compel the
attendance of witnesses or enforce the