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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-07
THAT WE LOVE.
REVIVED POPULARITY OF STE
PHEN FOSTERS MELODIES.
dmircrs Propose to Honor Ills Grave
which Il In u Neglected Part OF "a
%Pittsburg cemetery by Erecting "a
Monument to Ills Genius.
Pitt3burg Letter.

,BER," and MY
Old X @ [ c X =
Home" which were
sung with such eff
feet by the G
delegates at the re-
cent republi c a II
convention, demon
strate the revival
in popularity which
these SONGS are
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-07
IS WANTED BY A DON.
5ALLiE DOW THE FAiREST GIRL
IN NEW MEXICO.
The Attempt Was Rcpuised by "a Fusil-
inde of Buile.s aud Loss of Life A
stirring Romance of the indian Eor-
der

ROM New Mexico
m a tale of love
and blood that Wv
idly recalls the
days Of Old when
physical m | & h t
made right, and
W h e passionate
lovers carried off
fair maidens by
force of arms. Sal
lie Dow, the hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-07

G. A. r. flag placed reverently beneath
the headStonc, together with a huge
bunch OF roses and forget-me-nOts.
The move TO start a national fund
for the erection of a monument over his
grave was started in Pittsburg, and is
extending through Pennsylvania. The
intention is 10 have the fund completed
and the monument placed in one of the
public parks. 1t will be unveiled OH
July 1, 1897, which will be doubly cell
ebrated as Fosters birthday and tue
anniversary of the signing OF tho
Declaration OF Independence.
PERCIVAL PHILLIPS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-07

Whom the gods would destroy,
first make scorchers of. (
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
WANT No MoRE AGITATION.

1t seems clear that the general feel
ing in congress is against any more
agitation regarding cuba. When a few
days ago Senator Call urged immediate
action on q resolution requesting the
president to protest against the eNecu-
ton of Americans taken on board the
steamer Competitor by n Spanish gun
bOat q motion to refer the resolution to
the committee on foreign affairs
promptly prevailed. Two months &
such a resolution would have found
numerous supporters, eager to have 1T
| adopted at once. Another resolution
in favor of according the insurgents
%belligercnt rights was also referred, no
one except its author, Senator Morgan,
manifesting any interest in 1T. 1t is
possible, though hardly probable, that
either of these resolutions will be heard
of again at the present session. This
is not due to any abatement of sympa-
thy with the Cuban insurgents. There
is undoubtedly just as strong a feeling
now in congress in behalf of the men
who are fighting to throw off the OPP
preSSlNe SpaHlSH poN'l aS hiclV h'S
been at any time. But presumably the
general sentiment is that congress has
done its duty in the matter and should
stop there. 1t has no authority to ac-
cord belligercnt rights to the Cubans
or to require the president to do so.
The power to grant such rights belongs
to the executive department of the gov
eminent and congress cannot, with
proper regard for the pr%erogative of q
coordinate branch of the government,
DO more than it has done in giving eX-
preston to the opinion that n state of
public war exists in Cuba, and that the
parties to it should be accorded bellig-
erent rights. 1t is unlikely that it will
attempt to go beyond this.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
DcmOcrncy's TwO-Thirds Rule.
ElnInnnn- IlnnA

Unless the national democratic convention
at Chicago concludes to take the bull by the
horns and repeal the two-thirds rule it is
likely to find itself reduced to impotence.
Whoever may be the nominee Of the con-
%vention, it seems certain now that neither
the sound-money men nor the free silverites
will have a two-thirds majority. 1t is al
most certain that both these antagonistic fac
lions will have more than one-third Of the
delegates, and so each, although impotent to
control affirmatively, will be in a position to
block action by the other.
In the presence of this dilemma, which is
almost sure to arise, the organization of the
convention and the fight over the rules will
be the crucial features of the gathering. In
the preliminary proceedings a majority will
have control of the convention. 1t can elect
the temporary chairman and settle the rules
for its own guidance. The party
which has a majority will strive
to repeal the two-thirds rule, and is repeal
will be opposed by the minority, which will
claim that this repeal can only be ac-
complished by a two-thirds vote. Then the
fur will fly,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
GROWTH IN RAILROAD BUILDING
Symptoms of Greater Activity in Con-
struction Work.

One of the Encouraging business pointers"
of the present time Is the probability that
the railroad construction in 1896 will exceed
that of any year since 1892. 1t could do this,
of course, without reaching high figures, for
railroad building in the past three years re-
fiected very emphatically the torpor in gen.
eral trade. While the construction in 1892,
the year before the panic, was somewhat in
excess of 1000 miles, which in itself was a
rather small aggregate when compared with
that of some preceding years, 1t was only
2 900 miles in 1898, / $50 in 1894, and 800 in
1895.
These figures are taken from the Railway
Ages summary Of the situation, which paper,
after a careful survey of the field, thinks
that the miles OF new track laid in 1896 will
be between 1000 and 5000. The construc-
ticn thus far in 1895 has exceeded that Of the
corresponding period of 1895, and the work
of this character now under way gives prom
ise OF a further Increase over last years ex-
hibit. This is highly encouraging. Nobody
looks to see the IL, 000-mile total of 1887
equaled in the near future, but there is a
strong probability that the upward turn in
construction which has just started will con-
tinue for several years, even though the
progressive increase be slow.
This growth In railroad construction is
more important as a symptom than it Is as
an isolated fact. 1t means that the general,
though not especially marked, business i'm
provement which began to reveal itself four
or five weeks ago promises to be continuous.
There is a return of financial confidence
throughout the country which is already
manifesting i~tsejf+fn every branch of trade.
The change in political tendencies has, OF
course, much to do with this revival of hope
In the business world. Nobody now doubts
that the st. louis convention will declare
clearly and emphatically for the maintenance
Of the gold sta a4aEd, and the Indications are
that the Chicago rrdeliyerance will lean in
the same directiott When business men
and investors Throughout the United States
and Europe see. as they are now beginning to
see. that the dollar in which property and
values OF all Sorts are reckoned in this
country will continue to mean 100 cents in
the worlds money, enterprise will be quick
ened and the wheels of industry will begin
to move with their old-time activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
AGAINST RETIRING GREENBACKs.

AGAINST RETiRfNG GREENBACkS.
The Michigan republicans declare in
their platform that they are opposed to
retiring the g~reenbacks, "the money of
the people, the savior of he union, the
money favored by Lincoln" This is
the first explicit declaration in a state
platform against the proposal to take
the United States legal tender notes
out of the currency and destroy them
and while the ground of opposition
will be regarded as somewhat senti-
mental 1t Is none the less in accord
with the very general popular senti-
ment. The people do have Il reverence
for the greenbackS which is entitled to
consideration, and which no party will
at his time venture to ignore or disre-
gard. But there are practical reasons
why this portion of the currency should
not be permanently retired. 1t is an
obligation of the government that costs
the people nothing, or rather did not
cost them anything until the democratic
party came into power and under its
policy the government has been com
PEELED to borrow gold to maintain the
gold redemption fund. The restoration
of the republican party to power will
remedy this. 1t is absolutely secure,
and to replace it with bank issues
would not furnish a paper currency
so satisfactory to the people. In order
to obtain gold to redeem the greenbacks,
which would have to be lone under ex-
listing conditions, the interest burden
of the government would have to be in
creased from 100000 O to $~12,O0O,000
annually, for which there would be no
compensating advantage. In short,
every practical consideration is against
the retirement of this money of the
people,"
The declaration of the Michigan re-
publicans on this matter unquestion-
ably represents the nearly unanimous
sentiment of republicans everywhere,
and indeed of men of all parties. AS
we have repeatedly pointed out, for
fourteen years after resumption the
legal tender notes caused no trouble to
the national treasury. When the reye-
nues of the government exceeded the eX-
p%enditures there was very little de-
mand for the redemption of greenbacks.
This will be the case again, as soon as
the conditions that prevailed up to 1893
are restored. The republican national
convention should put the party on
record against retiring the greenbacks.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The nominee of the st. Louis conyen'
ton must obtain the nomination by alb
solutely fair methods. There must be
no trickery, no chicanery, no unscrupu,
lous means employed to defeat any can
didate for the nomination or to pro-
mote the interests of any candidate.
The republican party must go before
the country with a standard bearer in
regard to the fairness of whose selec-
ton there can be nc doubt or question
Il candidate who represents the free and
untrameled choice of a majority of the
properly elecmd and rightfully seated
members of the national convention,
The success of the party would be i'm
periled by a candidate whose nomina
ton was obtained by questionable
II cthodS,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
as TO MAsThR COMMISSIONERS.

Petitions are being circulated by In
terested parties addressed to the judges
of the district court requesting them to
restore the old system of appointing
master commissioners in foreclosure
proceedings at the instance of the
PLAINTIFFS attorneys in each case. This
system prevailed up to the present year
and is chargeable with many of the
worst abuses that crept into the real
estate mortgage litigation in our courts.
Under it the mortgages were prac-
tically given complete control Of the
machinery of the foreclosure sales, ap-
praisements were made by men iden-
tilted with the creditor, the property
advertised for sale in readerless sheets,
knocked down to the plaintiff or his
representative, and the owner buried
beneath a deficiency judgment from
which he could not hope TO extricate
himself during the remainder of his
natural life.
1t was to remedy these abuses so far
as possible that the new rule was in
troduced by which the sheriff has been
appointed master commissioner in all
foreclosure suits unless actual prejudice
or personal interest could be shown.
With the sheriff az master commits
sioner, the fees must be charged pre-
cisely as fixed by statute and accounted
for to the county commissioners as
part of the revenue of the office. AS
n public officer, the sheriff can be held
strictly to account and a supervision
exercised oven his transactions that
will prevent collision with either APP
pralsers or attorneys. Further than
this, the surplus fees, instead of being
pocketed by court attaches, are turned
into the county treasury and placed to
the credit of the taxpayers.
The judges of the district court have
all been practitioners at the bar, and
they are all familiar with the demon
alizing effects of the practice that for,
merly prevailed, No system could have
been much worse. If the present rule
Of regularly appointing the sheriff
master commissioner in foreclosure
proceedings is even the slightest i'm
proyement, II ought TO be retained, and
If the old abuses begin again to crop
out, stringent measures should be at
once adopted TO put an end TO them.
The foreclosure process is hard enough
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Cameron of Pennsylvania and BoieS
of Iowa is the ticket which is predicted
as the outcome OF the free silver con
vention called for July % at st. Louis
the object of uniting all the free silver
advocates under II banner. There are
more free silver populists than of any
other one party, What incentive would
the populists have to support n ticket
composed of Cameron and Boies?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The telephone people announce that
within n few days the people of Omaha
will be given the privilege of tele-
phoning to people in Kansas City.
Scientifically, this is a most interest
ing bit of intelligence, although people
are expecting great things at the hands
of electrical wizards. The announce
ment, however, would create a genuine
sensation in commercial circles IL 1t
could be coupled with the promise of
rates which would enable our people
to communicate by telephone at lower
prices than are demanded by the tele-
graph companies. The long-distance
telephone will never create he reyolu-
ton bespoken for it until its promoters
can reduce prevailing tolls, and this
cannot be lone so long as existing
compacts with the great telegraph lines
remain.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
Political Comic Opera.

From the present indications Tillman will
not be able to get up an 1860 bolt in the
democratic 1896 convention. Tillman's side
is likely to be o~utnumbered farther than the
Breckenridge faction was IN the Charleston
gathering, ana it will not be SO courageous
or cohesive. There is a very strong prob
ability, moreover, that there will be a fire in
Tillman's rear, The South Carolina Of 1896
is not so hospitable to the political ~iniquity
of the day as that state in 1860 was. That
threatened demonstration when Tillman puts
on his hat and coat and bids farewell to the
Chicago convention promises to be a spec
tacle of the comic opera order.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The tariff policy of the democratic
party has had II result not fully
anticipated by the people of Council
Bluffs and Lincoln. 1t has SO largely
reduced the customs revenues at the
ports in those cities that the secre-
tary of the treasury contemplates clos.
ing the customs houses there. Omaha
has successfully withstood the ordeal
of diminishing receipts and is still doing
business enough to warrant the continu-
ance of the customs office here, in spite
of he diseouraging tariff laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

There is no doubt where the Indiana
republicans stand on the silver Ques-
ton. The money plank of their plat
form cannot be misunderstood or mis-
construed. 1t is %squarcly opposed to
"the free and unlimited and independ-
cnt coinage of silver at Il ratio of 16
to L." That ought to be plain enough
for the most perverse free silverite to
comprehend. Indiana republicans want
no debased silver monometallism in
theirs.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The difficulties attending the equali2a-
ton of tay assessments are by no
means confined to Omaha. The prob
lem now before the Council Bluffs
Board of Equalization is how to reach
boarded money and securities held by
the rich men Of that city. The asses
sors on this side of the river are labor
ing with Il similar proposition, as many
others before them have done. The
measure ~ofdsucccss attained by them
will be shown by their returns next
month.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
THE BEST NEWSPAPER.
THE CAMPAIGN BUTTON.
Washington Post.

Washington Post. ~
Though gay is the blossom that sways on
the b5ugh,
AS the wind coy'y sweeps DER the plain,
More brilliant by far are the buttons just
now
That shine in the summer campaign.
And they come by the bushel, the peck or
the quart, \
Each brand being shown as the best.
The candidates glad to supply the best
sort
And the voter will please do the rest.
But, just as the bud which once promised
so well
Fades away ere It's season is past.
Some of these must be torn from the public
lapel
And into oblivion be cast,
And the crowds may be gay, and the brass
bands may play,
But a sadness will stir in your breast
AS you think of the pathos at some future
day
or the button that never was pressed.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

And now the democrats of Maryland
are said to be anxious that Senator
German should consent to head theil
delegation to the Chicago convention
Yet it was less than Il year ago thai
the announcement was heralded broad
cast that Senator German could not
be elected a delegate to a democratic
county convention from his own pre-,
rinct.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
Silver ~ Bnr to Investment.

ITTTuIVTFTTTH ~
There is a tremendous glut of money in
England seeking investment. The trouble in
South Africa, the crop failures and over
trading in Australia and the unsatisfactory
state OF affairs In Egypt and Turkey have
operated to circumscribe speculation. There
is every inducement to heavy investments In
the United States except the threat Of free
silver coinage. II the English could feel as
sured that they would get gold back for the
gold they sen1 hither there is no doubt. as
Mr.. Cramp says, that English money would
come this way by boatloads.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Louis railway has given rise TO numer-
Gus predictions as to the upshot of the
deal. One day it is reported the Balti-
more & Ohio is seeking entry to Omaha
while the next day we are told the
Santa Fe is heading this way. There
Is not the slightest doubt that both
roads would profit by n connection with
this throbbing metropolis and will be
welcomed by u people when they get
here.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The increase in Omnha's bank clear
lngs for the week just closed is 29.6 pei
cent over those for the corresponding
week of last year. Omaha leads all
the commercial centers in point of per.
centage of increase except st. Paul and
Minneapolis, where unusual conditions
seem to have existed. The clearings
barometer OF Omaha trade continues to
be most encouraging.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

1t is plain that President Cleveland
has made up his mind that he will not
be his own successor in the white house.
His order extending the civil service
list to include nearly every appointive
Office in sight ought to be conclusive
on this point,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

We regret to be compelled to an
nounce that up to the hour of going
to press Coin Harvey had not made
good those two 800 offers which have
been fairly won by The Bee. We fear
Harvey's promises to pay are no more
to be relied upon thar his statements
In support of free silver.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

PhiladeIplIa inquirer,
There Is a town in England which is at
present enjoying uneXampled prosperity. 1t
is named Bradford, and in one year its eX-
ports of coatings to this country have jumped
from 81, 200. 900 to 81, 500, coo, while in the
same period the exports Of stuff goods"
have increased in value from s., 200, 900 to
SIS, 400, 900. In 1895 the entire Bradford trade
with the United States increased from IS, 200
900 to S2S, 900 900. This is what democratic
philanthropy has accomplished.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
Nondescript Deficit Makers.

INtW 1OrK sun.
The United States Is like a man staring in
the face Of bankruptcy and forced to skimp
the repairs and desenses Of his house be-
cause he cannot make money enough to keep
himself alive.2tAll this because a pack of
nondescript inanciers got possession of the
democratic party and made a deficit tariff to
crafty their personal whims
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

1t is not easy to see why any con-
gresham should oppose the bill which
provides that Fort Omaha shall be
handed over to the state of Nebraska
for a military training school. The
conditions are all favorable to the gov
eminent. The state must maintain
the property in good repair, while the
secretary of war may at any tiIhe in
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The park commission should be kept
up to the highest standard by combining
It's membership to representative bust
ness men, whose standing among the
citizens of Omaha is unquestioned.
The park board is no place for ward
notifies.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

We now have proof, in the admissions of
the nail manufacturers themselves, that the
Nail trust, or pool, while compelling all buy
ers of nails in this country to pay 1855 per
key for wire nails and $3.50 per keg for cut
nails in carload lots at the mills, sells nails
to buyers in Germany and other foreign
countries for 81 less per key.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Officers and privates stationed at
Fort Robinson may again drink from
the old cantecn without fear of inter-
ference from the state officers. They
will therefore no longer have any eX-
cuse to demand the abandonment of
the post.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Great Britain Is going after the dis
puted Venezuelan territory by the blue
book route. If necessary to accomplish
the purpose it will issue a series of
blue books as numerous and volumi-
nous as our WI governments War of
the Rebellion Record publications.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Next time Il raiding expedition is Or
ganized by British subjects in South
Africa care will be taken to make the
objective point some country other thar
the Transyaal republic. There is no
schoolmaster so effective as experience.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

in itself, without being made harder for
the unfortunate debtor by the intrusion
of outsiders who want to thrive off of
his misfortune.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The man who wrote the resolution by
which the Indiana republican conven-
ton endorsed the candidacy of Major
Mckinley evidently thought he was
making the nominating speech for the
Ohio man before the st. Louis gather
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Nobody has heard John L. Webster
say he would decline second place on
the national ticket whether Mckinley
has first place or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

1t may be well to remember that
Douglas county Is not likely to have
more than n place on the republican
state ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

1t would not be war down in Cuba
IT the newspaper correspondents were
not made to suffer both a-coming and
a-going.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

by the government. Should the bill
be defeated the fort will, us a result,
go into decay through neglect and
abandonment. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
NEBRASKA AT ST. LOUIS:

Al interest just now centers upon the
great political gathering that Is to take
place In st. Louis next month-The men
who are to represent Nebraska repub-
Leans have all been c~hosen-They conn
prise an interesting group, about whose
personality the public Is anxious to bs
informed-That Information will be given
in The Sunday Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

Mayor Broatch's very latest is "my
city hall"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
NArCIN ALTON

VACCINAT1ON AND IT'S DISCOVERY
May II will be the Tooth anniversary of
the discovery of vaccination and various
medical societies are making prepara-
the discoverer and of the revolution he
has wrought in medical science.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
THE COMING GENERATION:

Brave Stephen an incident of the
forest fires of Michigan, related for the
entertainment and instruction of youth
full readers-Playrooms for the children
-Prattle of the youugsterS-Brlght bits
for big and little people.
IN WOMAN'S DOMAIN:
Crisp, cool fabrics that are to be worn
in attractive color combination for early
June-ENperienccs of people who answer
newspaper personals-Women telegraph
ers for the republican national conven-
ton at st. Louis-Latest in floral de-
signs-Kate Chase Sprague In her old
home-Breegy fashion gossip-Nsws notes
about well known women.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

The wife of his bosom had bought for him
Just the loveliest made-up tie;
And he only escaped from wearing the thint
BY many a made-up lie.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
nR1G1ANL nE THE PARTY ROSS.

This Ia not an article in defense or
justification of the American political
"boss''-It accepts him as an American
his genesis and the sources of his power
1t might be called an authentic account.
since the facts and Information con-
tanned in 1t were supplied by a well
known political boss" the former chair
mar OF a national committee.