A DIPLOMATIC CUL DE SAC. Who I the Aiiinlcnn Author of tti lti'tit-lng Hra ('rrrapititlriiri ? We wondrr who is t his reeponRiblo au thor, so far iui this govorninent is coir cernwl, of tlio treaty of nrbitratiou for the settlement of the Dehriiifr sea dispute. Whoever tho author mny be, ho has committed a rolowal blunder. Nothing in the future is more certain than that every otie of the five point submitted to arbitration by tho terms of the treaty would be decided ngainut us. The first four points concern the claim to exclusive jurisdiction over an area, of open ocean considerably larger than the Mediterranean sen, a claim preposterous according to all accepted ideas of inter' national lav.. Does anvlxxlv in his Reuses suppose for an instant that arbi trators named by France, Italy mid Sweden will hold that lichring sen is a closed sea tmbjeet to the exclusive juris diction of the United States? The fifth point is in regard to our pnijuTty right in the seals themselves uud our right to claim the animals wherever in the wa tery waste they mny be found. Does any sane person supjxise for an instant than an international tribunal will de cide for our convenience that the Alaska for seals nre not fera natural And yet unless one or the other of these improb able, nny, impossible decisions is ren dered, the whole negotiation, the treaty and tho arbitration will count for noth ing toward tho main object in view, namely, the protection of tho seals. New York Sun. WlitU TliU Congrri.il Will Save. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, states that in the two sessions of the present con gress tho appropriations will be reduced about $100,000,000. This general statement must le taken on the faith of Mr. Dockery's reputation for accuracy, which is very high. It seems to be certain, however, that nside from the river and harbor bill there will be a saving this year of more than $30, 000,000, and it is expected that at least t J,000,000 will be saved on the river aud harbor bill. The task of saving money after tho legislation of the last congress was very difficult. The permanent appropriations had been increased for the purpose of preventing retrenchment. If the Demo cratic majority succeeds, therefore, in cutting down appropriations in tho first session, outside of the river and harbor bill, by 10,000,000, it is a great triumph bo far as it goes. It is a pity that tho cutting should not go further and that more money should not be saved in the annual logrolling scheme. New York World. Jingo Diplomacy "Comn High." There may bo some question as to tho net results of our ultimatum to Chili, but there is no doubt of the cost of that bit of jingo diplomacy. Indications point to the speedy collapse of the bu reau of American republics, which was started in Washington as an annex to reciprocity. As there is very little reci procity outside of the Pan-American Article, and as that has taken fright early in its career on account of tho domineering tone of the great American republic, the deam of a continental ollverein appears to bo passing away with the winter snows. Philadelphia Record. Colored Voter Kuow Thilr I'rlendf. A call has been issued, with many sig natures, for a conference of representa tive Afro-American Democrats of tho United States in Chicago Juno 21, to in dorse the nominees of the national Democratic convention for president and vice-president and to map out a line of aggressive campaigning. New York Times. Nomination Mean Kiwi Ion. Just at present tho indications are that the great contest in the Chicago convention will be for second place. There are symptoms of an unusual clamor for the privilege of riding be hind. There could bo no letter sign that there is no expectation of anybody being thrown. St. Louis Republic. Will l'lutt Follow Suit? President Harrison has given Mr. Piatt some bones for New York, as ho stood on the Whito House porch, but be never gave him a bono that he did not accompany the act of benovolcnco with u kick. Even dogs resent that sort of treatment. New York Advertiser. A Blight Difference of l,OU0,O0O. The statement that it will take $3,000,. 000 instead of $1 ,000,000 to complete the Porter census is a very modest one, A great many people believe that no amount of money would make that ceu uuh complete. New York World. Tliut Won 1.1 f.lve Her II.vp.tii li.. There is a young lady in Maine who has never laughed, and who is unmoved by tho most comical productions. Why don't they try her with a Republican platform? Louisville Courier-Journal. Ami Matthew Ultra Turkey. It will bo observed that tho president i is still serving choice slices of turkey to r- i,, , r,...., ...l...,,.: i 41. i. i .uii gua(y, i-iiunj n tiuitv, uuu mill lilts other fellows nro getting only tho buz zard. Boston Herald. Ohr. No; of t'oumo Nut. Why this sudden activity of Attorney (Jeneral Miller against tho trusts? Of course it U not related in any way to tho election, next November. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mure Valuable Foil ml Than Lout, The most valuable document that has been lost recently was Mr. Harrison's withdrawal from tho presidential race. New York Commercial Advertiser, UMy' SIui t t-rdom Like P.iruu'g Patriotism The great trouble with the Quay brand ' of martyrdom is that it is non jxtrsona ' a ,v . I l : T 1 1 : . I Washington Post. : Equivalent to un Announcement. Itigalls says ho doesn't want on office! Docs this menu that he is really a candi- '.uti?-Exclmi.ge.. ,.. - , ?. ) MILLS A3 SENATOR. A Denerred Trlliuto tn ftio MM ingnlnhetl Texan. Mr. Mills was sworn as a senator on his sixtieth birthdnv. His elevation to this dignity is simply tho due recognition and reward of long and most admiroble service. He has been called by his Rtate to bo its retire sentativo because his state has recog nized him as its fittest man for tho high function. Ho has not descended to any of tho arts of solicitation. Ho has not left his place to electioneer. lie has made no bargains, concealed no opinions una lunnipu intra no caucuses. His election is gratifying in that it indicates the existence of a higher ele ment in politics, a sentiment which re wards courage and manly devotion to principle. It contradicts the assump tion which nas latterly lxr-n prevalent. that advancement in jKiliticnl life must be won in unworthy wnys and sought ns a personal achievement. Mr. Mills is a man of unusual ability and unusual industry. Tho history of 111s career nns iK'en a history of hard work for those ends to which his con victions pointed as best for the country and most in accord with tho true prin ciples of Democratic government. Tho fact that a great stato has iimireeiated his endeavors and has rewarded them with the highest confidenco n state can repose in nny individual is a gratifvimr proof of the survival of principle in our IKjiuical lire. Sew York World. Nomo Mound, Hilary Krime. The formation of tho Sugar trust ad monishes congress of tho duty of putting refined sugar 011 the free list, and thus protecting American consumers from the combination. Under tho duty of a half cent a pound very little refilled su gar is imported; but this is not becauco of the duty, but because of tho fact that with free raw material American refiners are able to compete with Europeans in both the homo and foreign markets. During the last year exports of refined sngnr amounted in value to upward of $0,000,000. This is not so large an ex portation compared with that of a few years ago, before tho trust was organized aud when there was a drawback of 00 per cent, of tho duty. But tho exporta tion is sufficient to show that with free raw sugar tho refiners have no need of any protective duty. American con sumers, however, have need of protec tion against them. Philadelphia Record. That Itelectublc Sugar Homily. A statement prepared by the commis sioner of internal revenue in regard to sugar bounty shows that claims for bounty, nmonnting to $0,014,054, havo been received, and that 0SJ3 claimR, amounting to ijd.O'.'.j.OiJO, have been paid. 1 no payments were as follows: On cane sugar, ,71.5,747; on beet sugar, 1213,400, aud on sorghum, $30,800. Tho bounty on cane sugar was distributed as follows: Louisiana, $3,580,017; Texas, $13t',C37; Florida, $3,304. The beet sugar bounty was distributed as follows: Nebraska. $53,074; California, $139,534; Utah, $31, 808. The Itcautlea of Protection. There nre eleven nail mills in Massa chusetts. Nine of them are idle; the remaining two are run without profit and must reduce wages or stop. The duties of $0.72 per ton on scrap and of seventy-five cents per ton on coal rob these works of all chance of profit and send their discharged employees to swell tho ranLs of the unemployed, who find themselves tho victims of a policy estab lished ostensibly for their benefit. Ex change. Ait lOilifylng hpeitucle. It is an instructive circumstance for the consideration of a political philoso pher, that the statesmen who are loudest in accusing tho Democrats at Albany of having got a member of tho legislature more than they are entitled to, are those who were themselves engaged only a few years ago in A successful attempt to steal the presidency of the United States. New York Sun. Tbey Will (Jet lloth The interminable revenue collectors of the Republican nartvean orpniiiz all tho tariff debating clubs they please. mere is a Turin aebating club already organized in this country, of which the interminable revenue collectors will re ceive both tho hot end of the debate and the butt end of tho club. No initiation fees, no dues. St. Louis Republic. No Opera Hon (To KtatemuatiKhlu Wanleil. The United States would secure for itself a much moro dignified attitude before the world by removing Machia- volli as tho national standard bearer of diplomacy and by opening the windows of the state department long enough to let that ridiculous opera boufte atmos phere blow out. Washington Post. Porter untl the Public Agree, Commissioner Porter uaya ho will heartily welcome an investigation of his census bureau. In this instance tho commissioner U in perfect accord with tho public. Let tho investigation pro ceed, in tho interest of perfect hurmony. Now York Advertiser. A Chilli of NeeeimUy. A bad fact about ex-Speaker Reed's quorum scheme is that it was never dis covered until the Republicans wanted to pass a force bill and plunder the treasury. Louisville Courier-Journal. lie llu Alreudy Ituu Once. Secretary lilaino takes a long walk every morning by tho advice of his phy sician, and they say he makes a very brisk pedestrian. Still ho declines to run. Bosti Herald. Alfred the (ileal l lien the Kiiiull. It hari just been discovered that Pres ident Harrison is a descendant of Alfred tho Great, but then it is a very long descent. St. Lohia Pout-Dispatch. It Work Only One Way. ' The Chinese minister has written to iSecretary lihiiue that "reciprocity works two ways." Not under this administra tion. Philadelphia Record. i AMES' UPHILL STRUGGLE. lie l orcifn That Itiittut I,-,, Not Wlmlotn, nominate I lie lt"iiilllcan Party. Ex-Govenior Ames. f 1 iar,, propopca to demonstrate to tho Repul ncaii pany or ins stato that it is not in favor of tho McKililcV furiflP net Tl.n state committeo has refused to permit inui 10 go to the national conventions as delegate at largo because ho is "not Bound on tho tariil question." Mr. Ames i:i certainly not to lie classed ns a freetrader, except, of course, fur campaign purposes. Deing a manufac turer or iron shovels ana other imple ment.; ho wants fivn nro. nlMumirh l,r u willing to pay "umplo" but not "pro- nioitive duties on pig iron, For a long time Mr. Amos rum 1 won ntiirtt'ttw 41m benefit of ft protective duty on his prod ucts, a unty fnitliciently largo to enable mm to pay uunes on all his raw ma terials and to i-ell his shovels to foreign ers for less than ho charged tho high raxed people of his nativo laud. For some reason Mi. Ames has de cided that he wants the cost r.f nr,1.,,.. tion decreased, and that therefore ho ought to have free ore. In this he is at agreement with the hundred or moro ironmasters of Massachusetts who jm titioncd congrms for this small favor when the McKinley bill was pending. Mr. Ames now urotiosps to in Into (1... state convention as a candidal for tho placo which tho state committeo has denied him. He says that ho intends to "ascertain how large a proportion of tho delegates ngree" with his tariff views. He thinks that the Republican party will liecomo verv small if it m.nm.r,.,-.. drive from it every one who "dx k not believo in every lino of the McKinley inn. ' Tho people deinotiKtrntr.il tlmf. Mr Ames is right in respect to tho i-ojniliir-ity of the McKinley act at tho last con trressional elections, when th P licans found themselves in a minority of l.iioo.ooo. I3ut he is wrong if bethinks that he can mitke imv iinTinuimi u 41.., Republican lenders. He happens just now to be in the wise minority of manu facturers, but he occupies a hostile niii. tude toward the party organization, fur lie represents in a small way the outcry raised airainst the tariff liv dm Iht.h1 and dissatisfied consumer. The Repub lican leaders Know that this sort of dis integration of the protected interests must bo checked at its outset. If wis dom should once prevail among pro tected manufacturers nnH th .iriff vn. dicate should go to pieces their occupa tion would bo gone, for their political existence depends upon the bounty fed manufacturers, whoso abundant contri butions to enmpaign funds arc as the breath of life to Republican uosti-itu New York World. A Governor In Ward Politic. A commentary on the character of tho mnii they havo now for governor of Con necticut may be found in the fact that he went into a Republican caucus in Hartford tho other niirht and noniiiiiLteil a candidate for mayor who had been op- poeea as uunt tor tho place by the lead ing Republican paper of that city, aud who was defeated when the vote was taken by a majority of more thau two to one. The spectaclo of a governor Icadinc a faction in a partisan rnin'iia for any purpose is hardly in accordance witn aew England ideas of the dignity of that office. Boston Herald. The Ielrloii Will He Reversed. The question raised by the so called reciprocity proclamation is whether con gress may confer upon the president a legislative power and discretion which ho does not derive directly from the con stitution. Tho supreme court has never held that congress can thus enlarge tho president's tiower as a ruler. The court has upheld tho reciprocity provision by squarely denying tho indisputable fact that such a power is thereby conferred. The fact remains all the same, and some day tho supreme court will reverse its decision. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Robbing Peter to Pay Taut. According to the gleeful organs the McKinley law has turned Old World workiugmen out to starve. We must be sending them flonr and grain to avert the dreadful calamity. It would seem quite as well for all concerned if theso workingmen were able to buy our farm ers' grain. The policy of starving one's customers is not a large and wiso one Toledo Bee. And Why Not? Commissioner Raum denies every thing and expresses disapproval of tho maimer of the investigation. The halter begins to draw, and it may not be long until Mr. Raum may be expressing an ad verse opinion of the law which author izes an investigation at all. New York Advertiser. Tho People Utile, After All. Tom Reed's decisions have lieen af firmed by the United States supremo court, but fortunately the case stands reniandell to the jieoplo for a rehearing. St. Louis Republic. I'.IMiim' Intercut Demand It. Secretary Elkins' interest in the seal monopoly demands that Mr. Harrison should stand firm in everything pertain ing to tho Behring seals. Louisville Courier-Journal. Or In Any Other Direction. To nil Republican presidential dark horses: Whoa! There is no fodder in tho direction in which you nre heading. Chicago Tribune. Tlie I I rut ( iiiiipuluil SonK. 81iu' lniHtUn fur Ibu campulun, hUu' fulllu lulo line; An when Hie huh ulu't bl.iiiln you'll Kuehcr rise uud shine; With kU-cvcm rolled up, lmlr Btreauilu, liur cluliiiH he'b KoiiiK lu prove; tthi'u fc'oln Klliiinierln, kIuuuiIu, old Cieort'lu'n on tlm innvtfl Oh don't j on hour t ho trumpet? It's bluu lu noon uud hi lo. An btunipn nro ut u prcuiium throughout old Ouorijla Hi ale! 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