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THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20v 1691 and their finance in the territory of will settle the so and so THE STAIJ1LITY OF CUKKEXCY. C'Jf real, point of sThe real point grows out of the supposed special cuiet. In 1S02 the policies out In the ITnifd States amounted to VAN LEUVEN'S CONVICTION. Til LATER OLD 21 AN ELOQUENT. St.

Louis Globe-DciTiocrat: In mora than one particular the speech of Sen- ator Morrill must be considered a remarkable achievement. Both In age and'-in length of service in congress he oldest man In the naUonal lie was elected to the house forty years ago, at the same time as Senator Shertian, and hi3 service In that and the bther branch has continued without -interruption to this day. Sherman has' been in public office continually for the same length of but four years of this period he passed in the In -age, however, the difference between these veteran public servants Is great, for while Sherman is in his 72d Vear Morrill is in his Sath. For many years tha distinguished Vermonter has been the Nestor among, American statesmen, and he has much of the courage. do-" quence and wisdom attributed to Ag- amemnon's counselor, the Justin S.

Morrill i3 now about four years older than was the "Old Man the American, John Quincy Adams, we -mean, and not th earlier bearer of the designation, Isocrates, the Athenian when he died, and more than seven years older than Adams was when he delivered the last of -his memorable speeches, those on the right of petition. He Is eleven years older than was the "Great Pacificator. Clay, when pushing through the last of the slavery compromises, that-of 1S50. Thomas H. Benton, when, in 1S54, in the last year; of his long and llltis-trioiis public service, he raised his voice In the house in condemnation of his party's blunder and crime la repealing the Missouri compromise, was 72 years of age, or.

twelve years younger than Morrill is now. -Webster: was when he made his "Seventh of March" speech, the. last off his memorable addresses, and John C. Calhoun, who was about the same age as Webster, com- posed speech for the same occasion. the discussion" of the compromise of 1S50, a few weeks before his death, but Was too weak to deliver it.

and it was read by Senator James M. Mason, cf Virginia. There is nothing in Senator Morrill's speech betraying the advanced age cf its author. His as he described it, was the "marvelous sena-' torial tills and quack panaceas for real or imaginary grievances, and the theme was treated incisively as well as wittily. (There was, throughout the speech, a vigor, concentration and con--secutivenes3 which would be remarkable "even in an orator a dozen years the Vermonter's junior.

lie showed? a' powerful grasp of the situation a. marked readiness in detecting the fallacies of the "financial electors," as he termed them, of the populist school of economics and a Striklnc rtrvs-tH nii SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Terms of Subscription. DAILY AND SUNDAY By mall, one r. tVJ; six months, three months, DAI I (without Sunday) By mail, one year, JS; slxmonths, three 12..

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Clay Evans was elected governor of Tennessee over Peter democrat, by a plurality of only 74S, it, is very believed in the state that the actual plurality cast, although not counted, was from 10,000 to 20,000. In other It Is believed that gross fraud3 were practiced by those who controlled the election machinery and enough republican votes "were thrown out to have Insured the election of the democratic ticket in any ordinary political year. But it was not an ordinary year. Moreover, the republicans were-better organized and managed than ever before. It is positively known that Instructions were sent out after the election to many counties in which the democrats had control to make the returns in a certain manner.

As often heretofore, likewise thelocal managers Fent Inquiries as to how large a democratic majority should be returned, from the several counties, and these Inquiries were answered as usual and the instructions were folio Wjed. It no new thing in It was done In the late election. Nobody in Tennesssee doubts It, and In fact there 13 plenty of proofs. Many democrats privately admit it. The democratic managers calculated that -they had made sure work of it, but they miscalculated.

As before remarked, It was an extraordinary year, thousands of democrats voting for Mr. Evans, and more thousands remaining away from the polls in dissatisfaction with their party's record In national affairs, and also in local At the same time the republicans were alert. They are familiar -with the tactics of the democratic bosses, and' In fome counties where they were sure the grossest frauds would be perpetrated as heretofore they took steps to establish the legal proofs. jThen they were shrewjl enough to hold back the announcement of the vote of many counties in which the republicans are in control. It la to remembered that the east half of Tennessee Is as strongly republican as Iowa.

Thus the democratic managers were trapped. They fixed up the returns so as to pro vide amply for usual 'conditions, but fell a little below the necessities of this election. When they found that they had blundered, they set about to retrieve the error, and some state, and county officers grossly violated, the election law in a preparatory way. But the democratic partyT would not tolerate this. The 4 leading democratic papers, almost unanimously, protested manfully and with emphasis.

The republicans, too, were to raake trouble. The Job became too The bosses at length abandoned it and counted the yotes right which they thought they had" fixed wron g. satisfactorily that it will rr, ike the im practical heada --of 'the-Bourbons swim and the wheels in the heads of 'the buzz like a thousand sawmills and don't you forget it. Some of the wisest statesmen of thls generation are Kitting today on the re- publican Fide of congress at Washing ton, and tliey are wise enough hot" to dip into the financial pie the democrats are making a mess of It and there is no constitutional way. to pre vent it, The next reform movement in England ought to be for radical modification of the customs of the royal court.

Sir John. Thompson died from the effects of observing rigidly the rules of the court he with others remaining standing through a tedious interview with the queen. If there is any reason why an Englishman should try to ape a Pari sian model when in the presence of the queen It is not apparent at this distance. Court formalities and foot ball 'rowdy- Ism must go. It may be that a statesman arises now and.

then as the centuries roll by from whom the people might accept a gen eral currency and. banking; bill "dictated hurriedly to a stenographer," but It Is violating no confidence and Irac turing no propriety to suggest that Sec retary Carlisle is not such" a statesman. That was a neat thing In. Senator Morrill's recent speech wherein he "de fined the word millionaire aa "a much envied epithet of opprobrium.1 Iveo Explains Farther. Aurelia, Dec.

IS. To 'the. Editor: Allow me to make a I' did not. say that the Japanese were the most criminal nation except the French. 1 used the word corrupt.

meaning, criminal. They are not criminal, for they have no laws- against Immorality. Naked Japs walk" the streets. The sexes bathe in public together. The tea gardens filled with and indecent rflgures and pictures are sold everywhere and are to be found even In their temples.

If Japan is ever to be civilized it. will only be when Christianity' does its full work: when these "women are taught "morality and decency, and when it- is wrong for woman to dress In scarlet. On the contrary, the Chinese: are not a grossly Immoral race. Opium; smok ing! Book the morphine; peddled over the counters of drug stores. Vice? Go down Broadway, walk near the jail and Pacific street in San Francisco.

Look at Fourth avenue in Chicago and Its tea patch. We are a pure race compared with some of those who call us vile. Hastily, Tank. Kee. When Missouri Republicans Bausu.

Washington Post: Everybody has heard the story cof the man in the' stage coach who, when all.the rest of.the.pae-; sengers had given the places of their birth, "pulled out his. pistols and ex-? claimed, "I am. from Missourl.lx you ladshM'll hoot!" It. -C. the repub-! Hcan-of St." Loulsr.

has: a new adapta tion of the story. He has habit of; going up to his democratic irlenas In the capitol and" saying, "I am" from Missouri. Now JIe got off his new story, on Representative Dockery yesterday, but- Mr. Dockery couldn't see the joke. The Best Policy tor New York Sunt The best policy for the southerners who" are suffering from S-cc-nt cotton is to bull I large cities, establish and extend the manufacturing Industries, strive for the enlartrement of their trade and commerce, make and use the most improved machinery, develop their mineral resources and diversify their erops.

There'is no probability that cotton, will ever-, rise to its old price, and there Is more than, a probability that it will fall below 5 cents a pound. -The south is full of men of. enterprise. who are less enterprising than they might be. Yankton Harbor.

Yankton Press and Dakotan: South Dakota's legislature will be' asked to grant the general government a river frontage permit for construction of the Yankton Ice harbor. In consid ering this proposition the legislature will not forget that the Yankton ice harbor Is located at Sioux. City, Io. VVants to lie Senator. Harlan Republican: It is said that Editor Crawford, of the Atlantic Telegraph, has a well -defined ambition to succeed Julian Phelps as senator in the Cass-Shelby district.

Brother Crawford would no doubt make a good senator, but we take for granted that Shelby county will seek recognition In the next senatorial convention. Meet. Glidden Graphic: It Is the two ex tremes that no doubt like the mulct law. The ultra-prohibitionist'-' does not like the bar provision, nor does the radical salobn man. lie would sooner run and not pay any tax.

Out and In. Mitchell We are In formed that the Chicago and Northwestern company, during the fall, has hauled thirty-one carloads of immigrants to the state and thirty cars of emigrants rem borders. Corean Hats and the Drama, St. Boui3 Globe-Democrati In the north ern part of Corea the women wear hats shaped like basket, a yard in diameter and two aril one-half feet high. The drama has bt-en in a moribund condition mere lor several ccituries.

C'n-naway a Candidate. Dcjj Mcii-rs Cartnl: It is stated on good act tlir.t Senator Con a way. cou-itv. will be a candidate the nomination for governor and alee a f.r. ht in earnest.

A IT Council -areli: Thro: some ur.nc:- r.ckwardness the sht Ninth It. -r not yet brou forward any candidate for governor. Ila: "A beaut wom ii nian to ivs r-e has 1 on. Nebraska in 1S33, and 1SC7. together with results a parallel between past and The ofllclal count of the vote on con eressmen in Texas has Just been com pleted.

The democrats lost one con gressman and the returns show that a change of 7G2 votes would have lost them' three more or a chansre of 3.2. votes would have lost them six- more or a majority of the delegation. A daily populist paper at Beatrice, has quit. Back of business is as signed as the cause. That Is the same thing 'that will cause the suspension of the whole party later on.

The Lexow committee found a. police captain in New York city who has no bank account and his wife has no real estate. He was promptly excused from further testimony. The sentiment of the state of, Iowa as expressed through the new'spapera is one of general satisfaction over the outcome of the suit regarding the pay ment of the Iowa National Guard If the people of the state had a. vote on it they jvould say to pay the en listed militiamen and do so promptly.

The Argentine? Republic will next year make a big exhibit at the southern exposition "at Atlanta, Ga, The sown by. the late James G. Blaine In his reciprocity and pan-American, policies Is bearing good fruit. It is significant of the awakening in the) south that movements, for pure elections and Inducing Immigration are' now being coupled. Southerners are learning that climate and soil is not all that goes to make up a state.

Tank Kee, the Americanized Chinaman who is traveling" through Iowa, writes The Journal In defense ot the Chinese and in "derogation of the- Japanese. It may be true that the Japanese have not the personal virtue of the Chinese; but they know how to handle muskets and man warships. BeGrand one of the old time democrats, of central Iowa, Is now ready to desert the sinking ship, and In a letter to the editor of the Iowa City Press a. The mugwump cabinet the unspeaka-; able stupidity ofrflunky Kovsveirs commission the; base upon silver money the constant pandering to Wall street bond gamblers the tariff fiasco the partnership league wttn "national" banks the enormous amount of needless appropriations the augmentation of the national mortgage? the multiplication of juggling junketing jobs the fostering of IaWrfdefying corporations the systematic sacrifice of wes tern and southern industries, to. the grasping greed Of eastern, money sharks.

have done their work upon the demo-; crauc masses, ana their revolt has come. A democratic administration, responsible for such follies and vices, has dragged the party to the verge of dis- solution; and the opeiiingr scenes of the short session now on in Washington al-ready appear so sinister as to seal the fate of the damphool managers, who have so conspicuously -blundered through the last decade, and' by- their ft broken promises exniDitect a promgacy no longer endurable. I. have unselfishly vote! democratic ticket for fifty years Clatferly. unuer proiesij, uui nave cast my last ballot, until a jnore, hopeful party appears, with reliable guarantees to give the people at large an honest.

Impartial and frugal government within the spirit and intent of the constitution. The statement having been circulated that the Inventor of the popular climbing monkey toy i3 a Clinton man, the Clinton Herald corrects the statement and says that it was Invented by a Minnesota' Samuel Carpenter, of Clinton, furnished the money to put It on the market and owns a half interest. This shows tha.t not all the Second district men were engaged In climbing on Judge Hayes the past season. The ofllcal report of the votes in Oklahoma territory has just been made public. The total official vote, of the territory was 4S.C59, divided as follows: Flj-nn, republican, Beaumont, populist, Wlsby, democrat, 12.C3S.

A meeting of the Alumni association of the Iowa State university is to be held in Des Moines on the call of the president, Mrs. II. Duriey, during the' holiday, week, at which time it is expected that the members of the association will consider plans for the improvement of the university and possibly appoint committees to work in conjunction with the officers of the university. The State University of Iowa is one of the thinjrs in which all the people of the state take pride, and there la no real jealousy of Iowa City, however the contrary may in regard to the institution. The friends of education in: the state can do no better than to rally around the standard of the state uni versity and make it all that similar in stitutions in other states are.

We learn from recent Interviews with close personal friends of the ex-president, as reported in various newspa pers, that President Harrison does not want the nomination for the presidency in 1SDS, but would not refuse it, that he i3 doing well In hl3 law practice and rnlnd-infr his own business. Arrangements have been made for a grand Inaugural ball at Pierre the first wtvU in January. It is proper and right that the people should make merry on tho occasion of opening the new legislature. South Dakota peopl-j can afford to bo cheerful. i-publican r.Jt 1 tht to Itlr i.ut i' the currency question in enn-gr It I-s a de: crtici" r.

1 i i -T-i (', I. tfc Ui.i i ii St. Louis Globe-Democrat: It is related; that when Washington inquired of Hamilton what was to be done with, the large bonded debt incurred by the revolutionary war, the- latter replied: "Bank on it; it is our only available and the best In the world." That; was not the suggestion of a temporary expedient, but the recommendation of a fixed permanent principle -of finance, i Hamilton believed, in other words, 'that the currency of the country, should have the credit of the government behind it to give it stability and uniformity; and we have practical and conclusive demonstration of the fact at the present time that he knew what he was talking about. The notes our national banks circulate at par, not because of the large, capital of those institutions, or any other consideration pertaining to the question of -their solvency, but because the redemption; of such notes dollar for dollar is guaranteed by the government. This form of circulation.

1 3 not redeemable in gold, but in legal tender treasury notes. Nevertheless, it has the same value as gold for all commercial because the treasury, notes are redeemable in. and be-7 cause the people know; that the government holds sufficient Interest 1 bearing bonds as security to make the money good, no matter what may happen to the banks in the ordinary course of business. This feature of the currency problem Is of paramount Interest and importance It will be exceedingly difficult. If not Impossible, to the people that, there can be a.

substantial and currency without some kind of ifederal assurance of redemp--tion. They have become so accustomed to money thus secured, and have found it so advantageous In all respects, that" they will be very slow to favor any change'whlch Involves the loss of this element of safety. Most of the schemes; now under discussion are seriously defective in the way of proposing. to substitute, some other basis stability and some form of. The socalled.

Baltimore plan Is the only one that really recognizes the potency of government credit in the way of. vitalizing and maintaining paper currenv cyr and It does so only in an indirect and contingent sense. There may be good reasons for saying that a perfect ly safe currency system Is possible any federal guarantee, but the majority of the people do not think so, and It to take, account of their views and feelings upon a subject of this kind. They may not know much about I finance as a science, but they have long been familiar with the test order of currency, as well as with the fact that it is made, the best by upholding; credit' of the. government.

and congress cannot afford to adopt any plan that threatens to destroy or weaken thls general confidence in the circulating medium of the country. LIFE INSURANCE AND FRAUD. Men Who Carry Insurance Policies for V. Vast 8utns. Philadelphia Press: The" recent attempts to defraud life Insurance companies have aroused an interest in this' business which s' the Louis Globe-Democrat seeks to satisfy by publishing a list of the names of those who have an insurance-of $30,000 on their lives.

-The list covers the whole country, and It will surprise the uninitiated by the magnitude of the sums carried on the lives of many men and a few women. The amouns up Into the tenth numeral, or the billions. Taking the country through, there are found to be 930 men and women who have an insurance of $100,000 or over on their lives. Pennsylvania leads In this having 196 persons with a life insurance policy of $100,000 or over. Of these favored individuals ninety-six reside in Philadelphia, fifty-three in Pitts burg and the remaining forty-three live elsewhere in the state.

The two men earrymg the largest Insurances In the country also reside In Philadelphia, the fortunate men being John Wanamaker, "with policies aggregating $1,500,000," and Hamilton Disston, with policies amounting to $000,000. There are seven-; ty-one men in this city with an Insurance of $100,000 and less than $200,000 on their lives: eleven men with $200,000 and less than 50,000 insurance, and twelve men with $250,000 and less than $500,000 Insurance. Two have insurance ex ceeding the last mentioned sum. New York city has a larger number of persons whose lives are insured for $100,000 or over than Philadelphia, the total being 111, but the total of New York state Is only or thirty less than for Pennsylvania. There Is no man in New York, however, who has an insurance on his life approaching Mr.

Wanamnkefs. Chauncey M. Depew and T. Havemeyer. are the two largest holders of life insurance, ench having $500,000.

In this, respect Milwaukee equals New. York city, the former having two residents who value their lives at $300,000. Chicago has one resident who estimates his life at that figure, and Boston has one more, making six men in the country each of. 'whom hold policies for Massachusetts ranks third among the states where life Insurance policies of $100,00) or over are 'held, there being eighty in that state. Ohio ranks fourth, with fifty- nine such policies: Missouri fifth, with forty-eight, and Michigan sixth, with forty-six.

Colorado equals California In this respect, each state having twenty-five residents insured for 000 or more. Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, probably carries the largest Insurance any man In the pubhc service, his policies amounting to coo. Twenty-five years ago the insurance world was agitated by the case of Col. wight, of who, on his death, was found to have insurance on his life reaching He died suddenly before the second quarterly payment would have become due on the policies, and there were fo- many suspicious circumstances surrounding fbii nffnlr that rr.anv of the in? "fa rice companies refused payment, and be-' pan an investigation, it 13 t.f-iievea by many that he committed tuicide, but the fact has -never been estab-" lished. Some of the policies Ft ill remain unpaid, the -companies f.prhtlng them in th crurt hil others have Inn I 1 i ast two ears have rectrr'I 1 1 nmarkaM? at- to Iri.

1 I.r 1- com panies, ana i nnr.ea scaemes to murder per I ivsly injured or ly i ave teen un- th ii t. O-ie Of i lef 1' i Henry C. W. i i trie! Ja IT- rk city la 1. re- -t ir r.

1 John C. i-, tv the -j -v-; -i I i j. and local interest of the silver mining producers of silver bullion want, a market, and they fancy that free coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1 would help the market, although' It does not have that result In other silver mining countries which mint silver freely. They therefore Instinct ively object to any resystemizatlon of the currency laws, and insist that free coinage "wouW be sufficient. Curiously enough the objections which they lay against Secretary Carlisle's plan are based on sound principles, while their real object violates sound principles.

It is with them a matter of interest or of imaginary interest. Their objection seems really to be against any settlement of the currency question except in their own particular way. A SINGULAR CONTRARIETY. It. Is undoubtedly true that many democratic- congressmen are ready now, not only to accept but energetically to suport, the Carlisle banking and, currency plan who a few years and even a few months ago would have opposed It most vehemently.

Some even accept and support It who for a lifetime have fought any form of national bank currency on constitutional grounds and on fundamental points of public policy. There are in this class democratic congressmen who have never regarded national banks as anything but an evil forced by a vicious political party, and who represent constituencies traditionally opposed to any form of national bank currency. It Is a curious spectacle to see not a few such democrats clamorous in advocating the Carlisle plan. For whatever may be said its' details, and whether its provisions be good: or bad for the security of the money, it actually contemplates the extension of the national bank currency, to be supervised and guarded in many respects by the federal government- "It Is true that It Includes also the excrescence of a. state bank currency, under different conditions and ill advised and unsafe, but nevertheless It does contemplate a far larger sphere responsibility of the national banks inJur currency.

Democrats who at the inauguration of the national bank system; and all through the third of a century since passed have denounced it as little less than the sum of all political villainies, now suddenly swallow the Carlisle plan and commend and champion it. It Is one of the most, singular contrarieties of American politics. The Council Bluffs Glot hotly controverts the causes assigned by Congressman Hayes for democratic defeat In the Second Iowa congressional dis trict. lie laid the blame chiefly on President Cleveland. The Globe undertakes to refute each alleged shortcoming of the president and winds up.

with this declaration: 'If Mr. Hayes will look at the way federal patronage was but' in Iowa, he will perhaps have light thrown on the causes which contributed- to democratic defeat in this state." Of course. Chicago Is making a fight against railroad rates which it claims to be unfair as to Its Interests. But how about the multitudinous rates and arrangements which are unfairly In favor of Chicago? traveler in China relates, that he was once telling a distinguished Chinese scholar about theOjglectrlc telegraph. "Olr, yes," said heV.

"We' had that in China hundreds of -years ago In fact it was first Invented and established in thi3 country but we abandoned its use because we found it was not worth having after all." Ottumwa has won the suit for the disposal of the Ballingall property and lt3 newspapers are in a boastful mood. This is the way the Courier compares the leading Iowa cities: Des Moines is nearly four times as larpre as Ottumwa, but it is not much of a newspaper town. It only has four daily papers, as against five in Ottumwa, while poor little Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Keokuk, luscatlne and Clinton have to get along the best they can "with two dailies each. liven boo'ninsr, hustllnar Sioux City only has three, rich and conservative old Dubuque, people, can only count an equal number. JLt is possible that Samuel Gompers deserved the unceremonious turning down he got at Denver, but we do not recall anything In the life of John Mc-Bride to warrant the honor bestowed on him.

The prevailing style in shopping suits is crumpled. The Dubuque Telegraph takes the first occasion to silence some of its democratic contemporaries who would like to begin a fight on Senator Allison before he Is, nominated for president. It says: "It is said that there i3 objection -to Senator Allison's presidential aspirations because the gentleman is a corporation attorney. Allison was a corporation attorney many years ago, but It 13 news that he is one now. If he Is in the habit of practicing la the courts, the newspapers have not learned or have systematically suppressed mention of it." Iowa's governor wants to quit be cause the $3,000 salary is too small.

Mabima has two governors on or.a of O. Mr. Bland has at last become inter ested in this currency reform business. lie 13 prcparif, tubstilut tl. n-ti 1 i art of v.hLh i.

th One of IIj Attorney Denounces the Met hods of the Prosecution; Minneapolis Tribune: John Day Smith, one of the counsel for the defendant In the celebrated Van.Leuven pension fraud case, said last evening concerning an interview-with, his colleague, W. published in the Tribune yesterday, and of the conviction of his client: "With respect to your inquiry as to what I think of the Interview with Mr. Brwin I have this to.say:, Mr. Erwln is probably mistaken as to some of the unimportant details In this case, or has been incorrectly reported by your correspondent. I most heartily agree with him in the statement that these prosecutions have been outrageous from the beginning.

Mr. VanLeuven was convicted- weeks ago. The atmosphere around Dubuque has been completely inrectea oy the poison Induced by the government system of! Investigation and prosecution. Private and sacred tights have been invaded, and It has been considered a great joke to Invade a man's private office, steal his private papers and use them against him in. a criminal prosecution.

I presume there have been some technical violations of law. It would be strange If there had not with the 'great amount of business which has been transacted. It should be remembered, however, that Van Leuvcn had thousands of claims "upon the files of his office and had five clerks in his employment. These clerks have been seduced from tneir loyalty to him by bribes from the government in the way of employment, promises and actually given, He has been perse- cutea ana driven from pillar to post by these modern hawkshaws until his own brother-in-law was advised that he had better not call and see him, as there might; be some complications arise Which, would make It unpleasant for him. And yet Judge Shjras decided substantially every legal point in our favor.

The government made a motion to consolidate indictments of similar flensesi We opposed the motion, and it was denied, i Then the government took the position that (the defense was. entitled to only three peremptory challenges. Our position was that the offense was a felony, and- under the United State laws we were entitled to The court sustained our position. There were two counts in the first Indictment tried. We made a motion that the government should be compelled to elect which count of the indictment it would proceed to trial upon.

They resisted the motion, but it was granted by the court. Every challenge for cause that we made, with one exception, was sustained by the court. But the case had been tried by the newspapers and decided before we went to Dubuque, Some time ago, upon our application. the -judge made an order compelling the prosecution to file for our inspection with the clerk of the United States district court at Dubuque whatever papers or documents they proposed to use on the trlaL Before we had access to, them. on.

the same day were they were given to an. evenlngr paper of this cit; by these special examiners' and published by that paper, and a great number of extra copies were gratuitously distributed by Interested parties through the various districts of northern Iowa. "On the caseLtrled; the Jury stood eight to four for conviction, and after five ballots a verdict of 'guilty as charged was "agreed The case moved ry the government was one that the defense knew nothing about, and it was like turning a man Into a. dark room and telling him to defend himself. There was not a in.

Dubuque, with possibly one exception, that would report; the proceedings fairly. But I presume the dignity of the government has been vindicated. "There is one thing, however, that is enough to keep in" mind and that is. that whereas formerly it was regarded almost as a crime for a claimant to ask to see the certificate of his examination, yet now by law of congress either the claimant o'Y his attorney may see the certificate after it has been filed and examine if at his leisure. I do not believe in the system which has been pursued by the government.

I sliould not believe it if I had no connection with the case as one of the counsel. Shiras." said Mr. Smith In the terminating interview, "was one of the nblest and fairest Judges I ever tried a case before." Kanline Too Iay in Xcbra'ka. Omaha Bee: Banking, is altogether too easy in Nebraska, and that accounts for many of the bank failures within the past few years. Anybody that can command a capital of $500 and has credit to buy a bank F-afe can incorporate or go into the banking business on hl3 own li ok.1 One of the state banks in a Nebraska village has just notified the banking board that it has gone Into voluntary liquidation.

The capital stock was $3,000, and deposits amounted to between CSjt and $1,010. and yet this is charged up to --Nebraska as a bank failure, the Fame as if it had a paid up capital of and deposits amounting to i Is the Politician. Plainvlew News: exchange says the coming session of the Nebraska legislature will be made up cf men representing varied occupations. The senate comprises: Lawyers bankers farmers contractors 2. c-ilt estate agents 2, physician.

1. The bouse stands: Lawyers 12, bankers 5, farmers 12, contractors 1, real estate a items 6, editors 3, physicians 2. merchants' 9, superintendent of creamery 1, liveryman 1, printer 1, politician 1. The VVakefield Leader wants to know who the politician is. No Japanese McClellans.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Tho anese have not borrowed all their r. ern ideas from the It apparent, fc-r instance, that eral are not rr in the rlr.clr.:--, lleClillxiis forti.led advr.r.rn 'n gf rive r- tr- try -active -in V. cou a "I ever irer4t3 to ti a I the town; is little ill ry re be- -3 effectiveness in exposing them and noiomg them up to the public derision. Very few men In the nation's whole history furnished as efficient and acceptable service as Justin S.

Morrill renders and fewer still cf these were capable of such an achievement as the composition and delivery of a speech like that which the Vermont statesman has Just delivered, 7 If. a New York Recorder: If Texas were a ciruclar lake and France a circular Island In It, it would be out of sight of the shore all the way round. If the Dead, sea alone lose3 1,03,00 tons of water per day by-evaporation in midsummer, the entire ocean In one year would oh, anyone can figure that out, If In a battle 700 bullets are fired for every man wounded, and 4.200 for every man killed, how many battles did it take to chase the Chinese out of Corea? IT a toad can live in a tlrck of petri--fled wood a few centuries without food, how long could he surv ive a course of afternoon teas? If Prince Bismarck's cro-s will cover a space twenty-one feet long and "several" Inches wide, how much fatter would he need to be to wear em all at once? If European troops on ordinary roads -march to the mile, how long will It take quite a number of wile sleeved women to get out of a cable car? Nellie Grant nt thm CapitaL Washington correspondence: Nelli' -Grant Sartorls seems to be making a con quest of poms of the callant confederals officers who fought hi-r father. Gen. Grant, tho hardest.

of them who have ha the 1. r.u cf nice liner her ars enthusiastic over the nefs of her manner kindly way ihev hav 1 friemlship of tit Jeflerson Davis t. t- and rracloas- 5 the frank sni a chived. Th r.t for ilrs. i'i a sof place rs who In the hearts of A iha iTiV." anI Is at.

tt-i raarns- niniUy of Grant inherited by r. yrr; path tic intercourse v-ita raattox is u.xu: in th 5 in htx utherr. peo; le. WHAT THE, WITS A Ha Detroit Trfo At the session Cf the school for r.on-corra.a s.or.ed ofSeen cf one of the companies stationed at Fort Wayne, the iou was asked tcipwui -i i i- sirmiegf Oive me an Instance of it." Aftr studying for a ncrnc-nt cr two th- recant gave the rer iy: "Nv'hen in ar.d you are of amnnnli'iin i the my to know it, it keep rhjfht on to New I ceptancc) Uevp jcj i so much as you r-? tho c-Isved anyone She tthour.htfully-N:.: the Tit V.Hb: I boy, the bta to rrr.me a bit i tra this week, hut I r--- "What f-T?" I the "For I wijt creair.in' about me work all las' Brooklyn Life: Jcnes How your hu; nd ret rIdht -with your 5 ra ver th-re is sliirhtest cf tro; talk-about the i New York Mr. fread-ino Not a few jreat mn have ln par to csts.

Mrs. In't that Our mm Jchnr.v -will be r. rr- soma 'i've often caught hr to (Iras' tails, ard yej tifnr worry. Courier: wTi-i wif "i a J-." a I ar.r.Iif That f- II-vw 3 to it a There g-oes a' a le't your Ln hour trylrff. THEIR REAL, OBJECTION.

The attitude oY the press, republican and democratic, in the silver producing states 'toward Secretary Carlisle's currency and; bank plan is very suggestive. They almost unanimously oppose it, and it is worth' remembering that some of the strongest statements of the incongruities, the infirmities and the evils of Secretary" Carlisle's; plan have been made in the press of the silver mining states. The Denver Republican, for example, goes on to say: However, even it it were possible to permit the banks to contract and expand the money of the country at pleasure, tha prheroe submitted by Mr. Carlisle would prove to be utterly dansrerous and vicious la practice. He would permit any existing bank, whether national, state or private, or any aggregation of Individuals that might be- prepared to -start a new ank, to procure circulating notes equal i to 75 per cent, of Its unimpaired capital the deposit of 0 per cent, of the amount of its proposed circulation in legal tender notes with the treasury depart ment.

National banks adopting: that plan would be compelled to pay an annual tax of one-half of 1 per cent, for expense of supervision, and one-half of 1 per cent, additional for a safety fund until that fund amounted to 5 per when further taxation for that purpose cease, while state banks or private banks would not be compelled io pay any tax either for expense or supervision, orno provide a safety fund for the redemption cf their The Baltimore plan would require the government to pruarantee the redemption at par of nil bank notes issued under it, but the Carlisle p'an would not provide for any poverru guarantee cf that character, and hence bank note3 issued under it would be open to the suspicion that theyvrniht ko to a discount iters of panic and general depression. i fact alone would be fatal to the scheme because the public would not be willing to take chances with bank notes which micrht turn worthless on its hands, and as the proposed currency would not he legal tender, nobody could be compelled to take it under any Mr. Carlisle claims that his system would work automatically, and that the country always be supplied with just as much money as it misht need by the Vankf. but this is a mere surmise, which la not born out by the teaching of ex-; tu nee, Wil Sent of ery hlij 1 i ht f-w-rinj fir tvie purp-" of iabir i niitir.r. w.i th' I enh i to loan to lY.f at any rate of lnter- they could and this mieht work tmour-h ivhilr- conlnlfnoe- in th'ir ahil-i 2 to i nuto nt it li I i- i i LinJ th'T r.l rs t' i I (' I it 3 "i fi I i 1 -il ti i- t' i i rf ti r.

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