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Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02
rRosrERITY,s MARCH,.
Changed Industrial Conditions in the
United states.


An incident happened day or two ago
which indicates more forcibly than words
can do the approaching return of activity
in engineering construction and in machn-
cry manufacture. The purchasing agent of
en- immense manufacturing establishment
visited one of the large machine tool works
in this city, and asked: "How soon can you
deliver O. -- machne?" The manager re-
Piled I'm three weeks, if we work nights"
"Oh! that won't do" said the purchasing
agent; Il want it Immediately" He was
told that such valuable machines were not
carried in stock, as the loss of interest and
the risk were too great The agent then
said that he would like to walk through the
shops which he did, accompanied by the
manager. Presently he saw a machine OF
the kind he had just inquired about installed
as an integral part of the manufacturing
plant. 1t was securely fixed on it's founda-
tons, and upon it was a piece OF work about
half finished. At the same moment he sped
an empty freight car on the tracks running
through the shcps, and said to the manager:
WHY can't you put that machine in that
car now, aud have 1t delivered at our place
by o'clock tomorrow morning." This was
sumner to the manager; but after a little
further talk in the office the sale was com
pleted. 1t was then quitting time: but the
necessary hands (crane operators and others
were detained, the machine was quickly
stripped OF it's betting, of the retaining bolts
in the foundations and of the work upon
its table. 1t wac then hoisted by the crane
loaded on the car and sent off. When the
mechanic who was employed in superlntend-
ing the work of this machine came to his
post in the morning he was amazed to find
that the big machine had disappeared as
completely as though it had been swallowed
up during the night by an earthquake.
Several other incidents of similar charac-
ter have come to our knowledge, and al
though the aggregate amount of new work
is not yet sufficiently large nor so gener-
ally distributed as to cause all the wheels
OF this great manufacturing center to hum
with active industry, the fact that such in
quiries for Immediate delivery" Gnstead of
no inquiries at all, or else demands for 'low-
est prices') are now being received in sew
eral large shops affords conclusive proof that
the Intending purchasers have received
orders which they are not at the present
moment fully equipped to fill in the required
time
We have stated that the Baldwin Loco
motive Works are regarded by mechanics
here ard elsewhere as kind of trade barom-
eter, indicating in advance of general activ-
ity the approach of a wave of high pressure
of work. These shops are now quite busy.
significant feature of the present state of
affairs, prognosticatng expension of trade
Is the appearance in the daily mail of many
concerns Of inquiries from
entirely new foreign correspondents stating
in effect 1--WE have seen in such-and-such
American technical magazines your advertis-
ment OF - machines, and desire to know
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02

nconstitutionnuty OF the Measure
rolntcd Out.

Hon Daniel Agncw In the Forum.
There Is no express power In the cons,ltu.
ton TO acquire aud incorporate q foreign ter
rtory aud people ipto The union. Preccdcnts
are cited to Justify tho annexation Of Hawaii.
Precedent does not amend the constitution.
Amendment requires a vote OF two-thirle "
congress and OF threc-fourths Of the states.
Consent OF the senate alone is not enough.
Precedent belongs to the lcges non scriptas;
1t has no force except by usage and consent
and must be precisely In point. There Is no
precedent TO Justify the admission by treaty
OF Hawaii. The purchases of Louisiana,
Florida and Alaska are cited; but these are
not In point. purchase unauthorized by
the constitution can be justified only by an
overruling necessity for the national safety.
To warrant the exercise of a power not
found In the constitution. the necessity must
be clear and Imperative. Without this 1t is
violation Of the oath of office. The life Of
the constitution Is as sacred to the people
as natural life is to the individual
What interest has the mass OF the people
In this treaty? None whatever. Let II be
confirmed and a precedent will be ostab-
lished having no limit to danger Folly may
seize San Domingo, Avarice covet Cuba ana
Greed grasp the islands OF the Caribbean sea
Variant interests will create controversies
and constant struggles, ending in disunion
The union, stretched and disteuded. will fall
to pieces of its own weight and weakness, a
prey to discord and foul ambition. Now look
at some of the consequences in sight:
An ocean state 2,100 miles distant from
our coast and 5000 miles from the seat of
government is liable to mishaps. The telc-
graph may convey news, but no force can
reach 1t In less than fortnight. Land and
naval forces must be kept there for immedi-
ate use.
Incorporation confors citizenship upon
aliens not within the naturalization laws,
comprehending "a 407 Japanese 21,616
Chinese, BLOB Hawaiians S,4S5 half-breeds,
some South Sea islanders besides 1871
Portuguese, 225O Engishmen, 1882 Ger
mans and a few others. 1t will give Hawaii
two senators and a congressman, alien in
character and foreign in interest, to vote on
American measures. 1t will confer a right
to send sugar and other products into our
ports without payment of duties. it will
endangcr the Monroe doctrinr we Carnot
acquire distant ocean lands and yet debal
Europe from American possessions.
We incur constant danger from the natives
seeking to recover their just rights: they
must be kept in subjugation by force of
arms. We should be bound by the existing
treaties of Hawaii with TO. eign nations and
thereby be liable to foreign complications.
This mixed brown, yellow and dusky peo-
Iple, partly pagan cannot be absorbed by as
similation, for they cannot marry with
American whites.
In his inaugural Mr.. Mckinley warned the
people against "a citizenship too ignorant to
understand, or too vicious to appreciate the
great value and beneflcence of our institu-
tions and our laws" At that moment
Hawaii was below his horizon
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02

One of the numerous bills relating to
the currency already prepared for intro
duction in congress provides for the re-
peal of the 10 per cent tax on state bank
issues The Louisville Courier-Journal
says there is Il pretty widespread desire
for the repeal of this tax, or such a
change in the law as will permit state
banks to issue currency. This is undOubt-
edly true at least so far rs the south and
portions of the west are concerned, but
the efforts that have been made in con-
greSs for the repeal of the tax did not
show much sentiment in other sections
favorable to it. 1t is possible that since
the question was last before congress
there has been Il growth of sentiment in
favor of doing away with the tax. but
this does not appear in the suggestions
submitted to the monetary commission,
most of those whose communications to
that body have been given to the public
being opposed to repeal when making
any reference to the matter. There are a
few financial authorities who think the
tax could be safely removed, believing
that under existing conditions the state
banks could be trusted not to abuse the
privilege of issuing currency, but we
have no doubt the great preponderanCe
of financial opinion is against repeating
the tax, the ground of this opposition
being that it would open the way to n
restoration of the ante e-bellum state bank
currency.
When the question was before the
Fifty-third congress the representatives
from the south We're practically unani-
nous in favor of an unconditional repeal
of the 10 per cent tax. They had few
allies among the democratic representa-
lives from other sections, but majority
of these were opposed to removing the
tax without the condition that the state
banks should BE- subject to the supervis-
ion of the federal government so far as
issuing notes and providing for their re-
demption was concerned This diver
Sence of views prevented any action
being taken. Possibly had the southern
representatives been disposed to accept
conditional repeal it would at that time
have been effected, but that would have
been a compromise of their view that the
tax is unjust if not unconstitutional. 1t
is needless to say thHt there is no chance
of the tax being repealed by the present
congress, there being very few repub-
leans who are not favorable to it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02
NV rnEr snRrEp rHErR puRposEl

HAVE TREF SERVED THEIR PURPOSEi
The free silver republican party Ia thing
Of tho past, and az II has outlived Its useful
ness Il should suspend ere It is placed in the
grave. 1t was a proper organization for last
year. and during the presidential campaign
wes Of much good, as republicans who were
hlmetallsts would vote for Bryan under that
name when otherwise they would cling to the
old party name. To begin with the name
free silver republcan-was mlsnomer' a
man could not be a republican and be for
free silver. because republicanism under the
construction Of the national Carty platform
meant a gold standard. The party served It's
purpose and was all right last year. but Is
no longer living reality. The members can
join either the democratic or populIst parties
and still advocate the same ideas,-Schuyler
Quill pop).
Coming from a Bryanite organ, this Is
the most candid confession yet made
that the silver republican organization
was never anything more than a snare
to catch gullibes for the popocratic
ticket. This purpose, we are now told,
it has served and the party advised 10
suspend before 1t dies of dry rot.
But will the handful of silver repub-
leans suspend just to please the pcpu-
lists and democrats who publicly declare
they have no further use for thcmy VIII
they admit that they have been prac-
ticing fraud and that they need change
nothing but their name To become good
populists?
Will the silver republicans voluntarily
give up the privilege that has been ac-
corded them of n full third Of all the
elective and appointive offices controlled
by the fusion combination? VIII they
renounce their right to select the nomi-
nees of the two other silver parties and
step aside from all share In the manage
ment of the combination campaGn and
the distribution of the party fundsf
VIII n duck desert the water or Il hog
refuse to feed on Swill?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

Undertaken Smith of Leavenworth Kan,
at the recent reunion of the Grand Army
veterans. displayed in front of his establish
ment a huge sign, Welcome, Comrades"
The town of Muskegon, Mich, rejoices in
the possession OF an uncommonly liberal
citizen, Mr.. Charles H. Hackley, who has in
all given to it a half million Of dollars for
public purposes.
The sultan Of Turkey is greatly Influenced
in his public policy by Swede, Carl Jerssen
who was a common artisan, employed, before
Abdul Hamid's accession, in the workshops
Of the Yildiz Kiosk.
Hansen, engineer of the excursion train
that was wrecked near Copenhagen last sum
mer, having been held responsible for the
disaster, has been sentenced to four months
imprisonment and to pay a fine OF 44S75
crowns, or $12 O265O.
says: 81 have rOughed it for the past fifteen
years in Siberia, in BoTneo, and in Chinese
Tartary, but | can safely describe my climb
over the Chilkoot pass as the seyerest
physical experience of my life"
The recent statement that there is only
one surviving schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln
has been dsproyed. Mrs. Susie Yeager Of
Rhineville, Ky, now in her Goth year, was
schoolmate OF the great emaucpator at the
first school session he attended.
The old Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia
where the first American flag Is said to have
struction by fire on the night before Thanks
giving day fire breaking out in a nearby
warehouse and doing $4,000 worth OF dam
age.
John Holmes, the brother Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes was almost unheard Of until his
recent severe Illness brought him into public
notice. James Russell Lowell once wrote Of
him as zone of those choice poets who Will
not tarnish their bright fancies by pubica-
ton"
A large hall. named after Paul Revere, has
been dedicated in Boston by the Charitable
Mechanics association. Revere was the
founder and first president of the association,
and the principal address of the dedlcatory
exercises was delivered by Frederick w Lin
coin great-grandson Of the patriot and ex-
mayor of Boston,
Captain Henry Henley, who gave the fed
eral government the first information in re-
gard Ia the Knights Of the Golden Circle and
their secret work in Indiana during the
war. has been living In Bloomington, Ind,
for the last twenty years. Curiousy enough,
the fact did not become known TO his neigh
bors until few days ago,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02
SECRETARY GAGE ON THE DEFICIT.

SECRETARY GAGE ON THE DEFICIT
The secretary of the treasury has an
nounced that his estimated deficit for the
current fiscal year, which ends June 80,
1898, will not exceed $25,O00,000. The
excess of expenditures over receipts in
the first five months of the year has av-
eraged about $9,000,000 a MONTH so that
Secretary Gage must expect very large
increase in impOrtations during the last
an estimate of the deficit at the close of
the year. But the secretary is Il careful
and conservative man, who studies the
situation in n practical, business way,
therefore his Judgment will be accepted
with II great deal of confidence.
While nothing Is more uncertain than
revenue estimates, a very considerable
increase i'll the receipts of the govern
ment from customs, beginning with the
new year, is assured. There has been
steady monthly increase of revenue
from this source since the present law
went into effect the receipts for Noyem-
Der exceeding those for August by about
revenue has not quite met the eXpecta-
ton of the supporters of the law, but in
view of the heavy importations before
1t went into effect there is little reason
for complaint 1t is n noteworthy fact
that the receipts from the present tariff
in the first four months of its operation
were larger by several millions of dollars
than those for the first four months of
the Wilson law, although while the lat
ter was pending importatiOns We're held
back for the lower duties. The increase
of customs receipts under the present
tariff has occurred with no revenue of
any consequence from sugar, wool and
many other reyenue-producing articles
with which the American market had
been filed to overlooking. 1t is the opin-
ion of treasury officials that the revenue
from sugar alone, after the stock now
! in the country Is used up, will reach
S5OOOOOO per month, while that from
| other sources must increase sufficiently
to add not far from that amount monthly
to the receipts. The importations of
sugar will begin early in the new year
| and an increase in other lines of impor-
tations is confidently TO be looked for
early In the coming year. There ap-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02


As an innovation In the noble art of ce-
menting International friendships. Ambassa-
dor Hays great Thanksgiving day speech in
London demands the warmest commentator.
For years ambassadors and ministers plenl-
potentary have been struggling to add to the
gayety OF nations by touching invocations
to the goddess of peace. French ambassa-
doris, metaphorically speaking have hugged
Russian ministers to their bCsoms German
diplomats with uncton have assured envoys
Of Austria how joyous was it to them 10
meet thus gOriOusly the heart-loye-of-th
respectiye-fa fatherlands to celebrate. Ambas-
sador Hay will nelther indulge In platltude
nor will he get lachrymose, In his fiery
address he talked little of international re-
lations, but, as the dispatches say "he paid
an eloquent tribute to the unknown artist
who in the early days of New England first
brought to perfection the pumpkin pie"
There is tact, there is independence of spirit
their is friendly instruction to the dinner
guests In this kind Of speech. No one can
feel Offended at Mr. Hays praise OF pie
All must be interested. If not charmed. In
the future, It is hoped, a long line of am
blssadOrs talking on state occasions 10 for
elgn dignitaries will follow Mr.. Hays ex-
ample and let their fancy sparkle brightly
on the themes OF mince meat, hasty puddngs
and saeratus biscuit.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02


To those who know little or nothing OF the
resources Of diplomacy, and who can judge
only by reading and inference, it seems
impossible that the long expected general
European war can be much longer averted.
To them the difficulties in the way of the
maintenance of peace and the complications
which forbode war are increasing with
frightful rapldity. AS fast as one threaten
ing trouble is apparently averted another
and perhaps two take its place The out
look at the present moment is anything but
Iesssuring. The Turkish question is by no
means safely settled, and when added to this
are Emperors Williams bullying utterance
with respect to Norway, Germany's high
handed seizure Of Kiao Chau, ard the fric-
tion between England and Frame over the
Niger region, it will be seen that the average
observer of what is going on has at least
some basis for wonder how the great states
men will be able much longer to stave off
the general European war which has SO long
been expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02
rn1r rHE tNLrNcrIoN MEANS.

In order to protect the legal rights of
The Omaha Evening Bee as the paper
having the largest circulation in Douglas
county and under the law entitled to
the advertising of notices of liquor IL
ccnsc applications, the publishers of The
Bee have been forced to apply to the
district court for an injunction prohibit
ing the members of the police board
and their employees from violating the
law. This injunction has been granted
and all persons intending to apply for
liquor licenses or druggists permits will
do well to take notice of its scope and
import This injunction means:
First. That The Omaha Evening Bee
is the paper having the largest circula-
ton in Douglas county and is ready to
prove the fact either in court or before
any unprejudiced person or persons.
Second That to procure Il liquor IL
cense or druggists permit notice of the
application must be published for two
weeks in the paper having the largest
circulation in the county.
Third. That no resolution of any po-
lice board designating any paper other
than The Omaha Evening Bee as the
paper entitled under the law to pub
lish liquor license notices is legal or Of
any effect.
Fourth. That every liquor dealer or
druggist who publishes his notice of ap-
plication in any paper other than The
Omaha Evening Bee does so ut his own
risk.
Fifth. That the publishers of The
Omaha Evening Bee will assert their
rights under the law and protect them
by every legal remedy at their COM
mand.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02

Some Of the Iowa republican news
papers are attempting to belittle the
Transmississippl Exposition and ulti-
mately prevent the state of Iowa from
being represented among the states
there, apparently on the ground that the
democratic newspapers and politicians
of Iowa in the last campaign said mean
things about republican management of
state affairs. The political campaign is n
matter of history and need not be fought
over again. But the proposal to spite the
state Of Iowa in retaliation for fancicd
insults by campaign mud singers might
lead some people to imagine there was
some groundwork for the false charges.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02
THE HUsNING BEE.

Grace Duffy Bayland in Chicago Journal.
In grandma's room. one rainy day
Sweet Madge and Ethel, Blanche and Ma
Talked of the waltz and redowa
In laughing chatter, all.
And grandma listened, sitting straight
In high backed chair. beside The CRATE.
Her checks abloom with roses late,
AS tley Sosslped of the ball.
And in her eyes of faded blue
The smold'rlng fire famed up anew
As she heard their voices bright.
Then back her thoughts across the space
To reach a memry hallcwed place
All aSlow with candlelight!
She sees a barn with rafters bare,
High, bronze-hued pyramids, and there
a lad with silky, yellow hair,
Like the ripe and tasseled corn,
She sees a double waving line
OF lads and lassies, brave and fine.
Move back and forth in lively time
To the fiddle and the horn.
Her heart takes up the music's beat.
She hears the trample of their feet,
AZ now they part and now they meet.
With n curtSy, Staid and low,
Dark eyes look straight into aor own,
AS two and two advance alone,
a youth and maid; she hears tone,
And her checks begin to glow.
The dance is done, the tasks begin,
The lantern light is pale and dim.
She gives a sidelOng glance at him,
As he, bashful, fingers near
The rustllng husks away they strip,
A laugh and song on each young lip.
And something else?-she gives the slip
He has found the scarlet ear!
The lights grow pale, the music dies,
Before her dim and faded eyes
The vision of her girlhood flies,
AS the day melts into dusk.
The girls steal out and leave her there,
In her od-fashioned, hishback chair;
But, smiling still, she huns the air
OF the ancient money Musk"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-02


However exaggerated the first reports Of
conflict between French and English troops
in the Hinterland region may have been, It
is certain that a great deal OF jealousy and
i'll feeling prevail as a consequence of the
dispute over rights" in this African ter
ritory. 1t will be fortunate for both coun-
tries peace of mind if a succession OF armed
conflicts docs not occur in the land in dispute
That the trouble in Africa will ever be so
serious as to bring about war between the
urion jack and the tricOlor is improbable
War under present conditions is much too
costly an undertaking for either Great
Britain or France to enter upon If it can be
avoided with honor. Still at is the un-
expected which happens" ard the sooner
some definite plan of peaceably settling the
territorial rights" in question is agreed
upon the better. AS a matter of fact. Of
course, this whole business of opening up
Africa is a grab game, with Germany, France
and the long paved and grasping lion of
England as rivals The only consolation is
that, however it comes out, sayagery loses.