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Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. 13. UOBKWATKIl , Editor. Y MOKNINO. TEHM8 OF SUUSCIUI'TION. TEHM8 Of HUHHCIUPTION. Dally Vuo ( without Sunilav ) , Ono Ycar.J6.00 Dallv Ucn and Sunday , Oiib Year 8.W His Month ! ) . . . , J-W Three Months 2.UO Bundny UPC , Ono Year i 2.00 Saturday lice , One Year i. < 5 Weekly lice , Ono Year & OPt'ICESl Omaha : The IJoe Hulldlng. South Oniahut City Hall building , Twenty-fifth and N utroetn. Council UUifttt : 10 I'earl Street , Chicago ! Stock Exchange Building , New York ! Temple Court. Washington : 801 Fourteenth Street. COKUESPONLIENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed To the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bco Publishing Com pany. Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and postofflco money orders to bo made payable to the order or the company. . . _ . - . THE BEE I'UUMSUINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIIICULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , 88. ! Ocorgo II. 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No one who reads the testimony before the War Investigating commission will accuse Commissary General Eagan of. having any Impediment In his speech. It may not be out of place to remark that It to only since the exposition that anybody In Omaha ever thought street railway stock worth going to law over. .7. Sterling Morton's paper prints In Its current number a learned disquisi tion on "The Hog of the Future. " But It Is the hog of the present that bothers * most of us. Why Is It that the grip and every other similar visitation always seems to llml Its easiest victims among those wlio occupy berths on the public pay roll ? Here is a poser for the medical profession. Compulsory voting Is to be the sub ject of serious debate In the legis lature. A bill 1ms been Introduced to mnke stay-at-homes at election pay a penalty for refusing to discharge their duty ns citizens. If legislative members who persist lu Introducing bills by the wholesale were compelled to Kit and listen to tin ? read ing In e tcuso of all those legal proto plasms It might have a tendency largely to decrease the acreage. With the big yellow Journal howling for expansion the little yellow journals that want to line tip with the popo- cratlc statesmen who have taken the other 8ldo of the question are having a liard time to keep to their cues. Representative Fisher's bill to require all officers having custody of public funds to publish annual statements should beco-Tie a law with an emer gency clause attached. Publicity Is th > most effective means of preventing de falcation. The coroner's Jury investigating the railroad wreck across the river has brought lu a verdict laying all the blame upon the unfortunate engineer who lost his life In the catastrophe. Another Illustration of the adage about dead men telling no tales. No members of the present legislature are to bo thrown over the transom , at any rate not after the committee charged with Investigating the contest has reported favorably on the sitting member , as was doneby the popocrats in the last legislature. An Increase of considerable over one- half In the number of liogs packed at South Omnlia since March 1 as com pared with the previous year Is not 60 bad. A similar Increase In the year to come , with Kansas City holding th < eatno ratio of Increase as In the present season , will laud South Omaha In sec oiul place as a pork-packing town. The British press professes disappoint nit-iit over the lutlnvatlouby Senator Foraker that the president's policy con templates relinquishing the Philippines as soon as the United States can find some suitable disposition for them Great Britain seems overanxious above nil the other European nations for the United States to cut loose from the pol icy so far-pursued of avoiding all foreign entanglements and alliances that would force It Into all the International con troversles that might arise In any quarter tor of the habitable globe. Representative Olmstead has Intro duced a bill providing for the electloi of county commissioners lu Dotigla county by the vote of .the entire county This bill should commend Itself to fa vorable consideration of the legislature The subdivision of the county into com mlsslouer districts was a serious bluu der , and there is even doubt ns to It constitutionality. The commissioner have absolute control of the affairs o the county and the whole county should have a voice In their selection. A 8UISIFWA.XT DKCLAIIATION , Senator Koraker of Ohio Is presumed to liuvo close , If not confidential , rela tions with ( lie administration. As the senior senator from Mr. McKlnley's state ho Is as likely as any 0110 to know the position and views of the president In regard to what should bo the iwllcy of this government toward the Philip pines , llencu the declaration of Sena tor Foraker In the senate on Wednes day will be regarded by the country , as It was by senator * , as highly signifi cant. He Hiilil that our occupation of the Philippines was not to bo perma nent. "I do not understand , " he de clared , "that tiny one desires anything but the ultimate Independence of the people of the Philippines , neither the president nor any one In this chamber. " He said that the president's course was Justified by complications In the Philip pines which could not be spoken of In the open session of the senate and ho declared that no one , so far as he was able to learn , Is prepared by force and violence to rake and hold the Islands. There Is reason to believe that these utterances were made with an accu rate knowledge of the attitude of the president , If Indeed they were not prompted from the White House. Sen ator Foraker has the reputation of some times saying things without having given them duo consideration or delib eration , but lu a matter of such serious Importance as that of the policy of this government In relation to the Philip pines it is safe to assume that what he said was by authority and had been carefully considered. It was Intended to allay the fears of those who are op posed to the United States assuming permanent control of the Philippines aud thus to Improve the chances for' the ratification of the peace treaty at this session of the senate. It was designed to reassure the large and growing num ber of our people who can sec nothing but trouble and danger for the United States if It should undertake to retain the Philippines permanently aud who believe It Is our duty to give the people of those Islands the same opportunity for self-government that we arc pledged to give the Cubans. If Senator Foraker has accurately stated the position of the president op position to the ratification of the treaty will largely disappear , while the dan ger , which now seems Imminent , of a crlous conflict with the Filipinos , will jo very greatly reduced , If not entirely "verted. There will be no objection on ho part of the American people to a Control In the Philippines that has for ts purpose to assist the pcoi'Ie there to stabllsh self-government. The Interests > f humanity and clvlll&iUau would Jus- Ify that. Nor can there be any doubt hat the Philippine people wo ild gladly accept such control. Asuuro them , by such pledge as wo have given the Cu bans , that the United States does not u'opose to exercise permanent sever- dgnty over them , but will aid them to onn an independent government , and hero Is every reason to believe that tno Filipinos would loyally co-operate In es tablishing order and tranquillity. They lo not object to our aid and assistance ; hey meet earnestly desire our friend ship ; but they arc prepared , as all Indi cations show , to resist to the last an ffort to subject them to our permanent rule. The declarations of Senator For aker arc reassuring and are likely to u'oducc a good effect. SBNATOn HAWLEY , The republicans of Connecticut will be congratulated by the republicans of the intlre country upon their decision to continue General Joseph R. Iluwley In the United States senate. There was a very vigorous contest for the succession and had either of the other caudidatcs jcen chosen the state would have been ably represented in the senate , but iclther would have quite filled the place of General Hawley. Senator Hawley has a conspicuously lonorablo record In public life. Ho did excellent.service during the civil war , attaining the rauk of brevet major gen eral. He was elected to congress first in 1ST" aud he has represented Connec ticut In the national legislature for twenty-seven years , eighteen of which have been passed Ui the senate. In the latter body he has been a prominent llgure , his senatorial career having been characterized by cfloee attention to duty and a high order of ability. His repub licanism. Is of the most sterling quality aud no one has been a more courageous , consistent and able defender of the principles of his party. General Haw ley Is one of the veterans of the senate , being In his seventy-third year , bqt he Is still rigorous In body aud mind and gives promise of performing senatorial duties for another term as faithfully and capably as ho lias done in the past. In 'all relations General Hawley's record is one of notable distinction , conferring honor not only upon himself , but also upon his state and country. The repub licans of Connecticut have done well lu again showing a just appreciation of his services. THE VASAL , DILL , The Nicaragua canal bill will be taken up In the senate next Tuesday and it Is the announced Intention of the support ers of the measure to push It to a vote as soon as possible. According to trust- Avorthy report thcro Is an overwhelming desire In both houses of congress to pass a bill at this session , but there Is a good deal of disagreement regarding the do tails. It Is possible that differences wll bo reconciled and a measure will be passed , providing for the construction of the canal bythe United States , bu the time is brief within which to reach an agreement. The bill before the senate , known as the Morgan bill , Is understood to have few friends lu the house , chiefly on ac count of the recognition which it gives to the Maritime Canal company. It ap pears to bo the Idea of most of the house supporters of the canal project that that company should bo entirely Ignored , that It has forfeited all claim to consid eration and that If the government un dertakes the construction of the cairn It should be entirely free from any re lations whatever with the Maritime company. Tills Is the most vital mat ter of disagreement and will be the chief obstacle to the passage of a bill at the present session. As a matter of fact the I Maritime Canal company has very lit . tie If any claim to bo considered aud the proK ] > sal thnt it shall be given stock to the value of ? 5,000,000 Is very prop erly objected to as without any Justlllca lion. The company , however , is able to command strong Influence and U Is hardly to be expected that the effort to entirely Ignore It will succeed. AS TO OFFICIAL UUXDS. The present legislature will bo called on to pass upon a proposition which failed lu the legislature two years ago to provide for the payment out of the state treasury of the premium on a guaranty bond for the state treasurer. The proposition may even take a broader scope aud provide also for the payment out of county treasuries of the premium on guaranty bonds for county treasurers. There are certainly as valid reasons for the one ns for the other. Without regard to the question whether under the present law and con stitution the state treasurer can legally give n guaranty bond , It will be dlfll- cult to draw the Hue If the state un dertakes to pay for the bonds of Us public officers. Under the existing sys tem wo require official bonds not only from state treasurers and county treas urers , but from almost all of our public officials and many public employes. Bonds are exacted from officeholders from govcruor down to pollcemcu and while there Is a varying risk to the public dependent upon these offices It Is lust as much of a hardship upon theme : o procure official bonds through the favor of personal friends or by pur chasing a guaranty bond as It is for : rcasurers Into whose custody large sums of public money are entrusted. To bo sure the bond of a policeman la conditioned simply upon his faithful performance of duty , but the condition s practically the same In the case of treasurers holding public office. The line might possibly be drawn be tween public officers charged simply with the satisfactory performance of luties and those entrusted with public property for whoso safe keeping they are to bo held responsible. Still even here the demarcation is extremely hazy. It is well enough to lament the hard ship Imposed upon state and county Tcasurers by the requirements of large jouds to cover a possible shortage , but ; he legislature will do well to look be fore It leaps and to examine carefully the consequences of any new departure before endorsing the propositions on this subject that arc before vlt. One thing is clear , If the taxpayers are to pay for the bonds insuring the integ rity of the state treasurer , they must In lustlce pay for the bonds of all other public officers. People In their zeal to realize on pres ent opportunities often throw away greater ones In the future and even sometimes lead posterity Into bank ruptcy. The Amerlcan'lumbcrman ' Is an example. It Is doubtful whether the in dustry needs protection , eveu from the standpoint of the present , but it Is cer tainly a short-sighted policy which en courages the denuding of the great stretches of forest lands In the north and northwest. At the present rate of deforestation the time Is not far distant \ \ hen this country will be at the mercy of the Canadian lumberman. Cubans appointed to oillce by the American commanders have been noti fied , in response to complaints , that they will not be allowed to use their positions to gratify old grudges. One offending official has been told that he must pre serve order or some one will be ap pointed who can and that the rights ot white and black , Cuban and Spanish , must be alike respected. If industrious in learning these lessons the Cuban of ficials can very materially reduce the time of American occupation of the island. A five years' truce between the sports who make bird killing a pastime and the quail and wild turkey that roam the Nebraska pralri.es Is proposed by legislative act , and the killing of these birds between September , 1800 , and September , 1004 , is to be punished by severe penalties. Representative Fretz evidently forgets that two legislatures will hold sessions between now and 1004 and that part of the business of every legislature is to repeal laws passed by its predecessor. The Commercial club has elected Its new directory for the coming year. This means that It Is preparing for a new campaign for Greater Omaha , to ward which it has contributed so much in tho-past and In which It is bound to be a great factor In the future. There Is work before the Commercial club do maudlng the best efforts of its most active members in the way of pushing various enterprises that give promise of promoting Omaha's substantial growth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Vcrmonters must bo queer people. Senator Edmunds some years ago TO signed his position In the United States senate , where he was one of its most conspicuous figures , and where he could have remained during the rest of his life. Now comes another Vermonter and declines to accept appointment to the vacancy caused , by the death of Senator Morrlll. Despite repeated assertions that ho had his re-election cinched , Senator Stewart of Nevada Is cultivating the members of the sagebrush legislature with an assiduity that savors of a belief that that body may yet prefer someone else to represent Nevada In the upper house of congress. The One Dialect Needed. PhllH-lclphla Times. Thcro arc ono hundred and twenty-two dialects In the Philippines , but Agulnaldo plainly needs to be spoken to la Just plain United States. A 1'lutocrnt In Trouble. New York Sun. Hon. William Morris Stewart hns ceased to blaze with bis serried columns In the Silver Knight Watchman , but ho will con tinue to labor for "the emancipation of the people from the money power. " The i prospects ot emancipation arc slightly dimmed by the doubt whether the people of < Nevada want Mr. Stewart or come other stiver i plutocrat to brard the money power n the senate. One Knot Ill-ought Out. Plttsbun : Times. The war Investigation 1s developing the act that there arc widely varying tastes In ho matter of beef. If It I'nr * , Intiirrlnlliim Clncn. Uosloh Olobe. Speaking of "constitutionality" as touch- ng tbo question of absorbing the Philip pines , a Massachusetts antl-expanslonlst congressman says bluntly that "If the people bollovo the thing to bo unconstltu- tonal , but profitable they will do It every Imo ; but It they get the Idea that It la onetltutlorml , but unprofitable- , they will > o against it. " Such a statement Is a lit- lo. rough , but not altogether wild. Um-Mtloiutlilc Tnnte. Philadelphia. Ledger. It may bo n small matter , but Is It In the > est of taste for the War deportment to name army transports after such men as Irani , Sherman and Sheridan ? These lorocs commanded soldiers , and were not it .tho scrvlco of soldiers to the extent sug- : csted by giving their names to vessels which fetch and carry troops. If any ships nro to bo named after them , they should be some ot the finest fighting ships In the navy. Such first-class names should not bo given second rate honors. Depend * on Locality. jj Chicago Tribune. "Democrat ? " H I"1" "Yes. " "So am I. Shako. We're going to win next year on expansion. Free silver's a dead Issue " Win on expansion ? Free silver dead ? Sir , I am at a loss to know " 'Hal ' You're nn Omaha democrat ! Seam am I. Shake ! I thought at first you vero one of those blamed New York demo- rats. Well , we'll carry the next election , anyhow. The time-honored principles of ho democratic party arc bound to win. Let's go and 'take something. " IiiiperlnlUiu Dropn a I'CR. Chicago Times-Herald. Todav wo arc forced to make our sov ereignty supremely effective In the Philip pines In order that wo may later determlno vhat wo shall do with 'them. ' Wo are thu unwilling trustees of an ungrateful ofilco vhlch wo can neither decline nor Instantly abandon. All our traditions , Intelests and ncllnatlons forbid the thought of anncxa- .ion or permanent occupation. Wo arc not n the business of colonization or territorial aggrandizement. But In the Philippines we stay until we sec our way clear to getting rid of them by transferring our sovereignty .o some power , native or foreign , capable ot ts oxerclso and responsibility. Unanprcclntlre Savage * . Philadelphia Press. The condition of unrest that exists In the Philippines is entirely duo to Ignorance of .ho American policy and people and the agitation ot would-be leaders. Once the > eople come to understand just what the Jnlted States proposes to do , and how the renlgn influence of our civilization Is to make the Island peoples better and happier n every way , there will be a cessation of urmoll and agitation. Until that time , how * ever , It wlll'bo necessary for our military governors in the far east to control the situ , atlon with a firm hand , giving every ono to understand that we will tolerate neither persistent lawlessness nor hysterical up. risings. a Pesthole. Kansas City Star. The report of Colonel Waring , describing : ho condition of Havana aa a nest of pestl- ence , puts an end to reasonable opposition o United States control of Cuba. One of : he chief reasons for American interven- ; lon was to protect the southern suites from rellow lever and cholera , H carried from ' etrlcken Cuban ports or' traveling in the air. Cuba's frightful condition menaced the lives of millions o'f Americana , men , women and children. Unless the United States assumed charge of the Island there was no guaranty that these dangers would } O stamped out. As a measure of self- irotectton the United States military forces ire now occupying Cuba and cleaning the unfortunate cltlce thereof. Not an El Dorado. Senator Vest In North American Review. No intelligent man can be made to believe that our laborers can be Induced to make homes in the tropics amidst a population Ike that of the Philippines and where the wages and comforts ot the temperate zone arc Impossible. Speculators and promoters may go .there for a time , but they will BOOH Ind that the natural resources ot that distant region have been greatly exaggerated. Whlle > mineral deposits are found , they have not Been developed to such an extent as will justify the certainty of profitable returns 'ot the miner , and Spain has granted to an English company exclusive mining rights in Luzon , not to expire for many years. The valleys are fertile , but the largest part of the tillable land is owned by the Catholic church and the priests , making it certain that the United States will be confronted with temporal and ecclesiastical claims of the most serious nature. AN AMERICAN TYPE. Men Who Make Money Not for Money' * Sake. New York Commercial Advertiser. Popular surprise is expressed whenever it Is found that business men in the United States leave estates much smaller than they were supposed to possess. This Is because this type of the American 'business ' man is not understood. He is not actuated by mere desire ofwealth. . He is not seeking the case and luxury -which wealth may en able him 'to ' secure. With htm wealth Is a means to Important ends. He seeks oppor tunities to exercise his energies. He alms at power to enable him to accomplish re sults. Wealth would be a burden to him If ho were compelled to sit down and do nothing. For this reason this typo of business man expends much of his Income as he goes along. Ho entertains , courts the friend ship and confidence of other owners of capital , and perhaps goes Into politics. He has an open mind for every new scheme or enterprise that promises substantial re sults , and If fresh fields of activity are not to be found at home be searches for them abroad. Ho goes Into railroad or other Industrial ventures In countries yet to bo developed. He eeeks to extend to new re gions and to open new lines ot communica tion with them. He Is a pioneer of modern civilization. Naturally with such a temper ament ho often takes risks. He Is an opti mist with profound falltb In the future , and , of course , some of his ventures fall. This means lose to him. Occasionally all of his ventures prove to be- failures , and then his fortune is entirely swept away. Still , the world at large Is the gainer. His failures may point the way to safer ventures. This type of business man Is a product of American conditions. He has learned here to have confidence In himself and not to bo daunted by obstacles. Ho knows that there Is an element of chance In all sorts of bus iness projects and that nothing la to be gained If nothing Is ventured. Accordingly he Is prepared to embark In projects which to many persons .would seem reckless. It Is a type worth encouraging , for It Is upon * business courage and push of this kind that hope ot extending American trade I abroad rests. Men of this type often leave legacies which the size of their undivided i estates faintly measure. j 1 Kn.VVTOIt IIOAfl'fl WAIIXIXU. St. Louis OIobc-Democrnt : Senator Hoar's Hppcch on expansion Is not thnt of A man who Is keeping step with the progress of the country. It Is ultra conservative , and sum mons up a host of evils that have no exist- cnccc. AH tlio expansion of former years drew forth , a few such Imaginary pictures of national degeneracy and ruin. Yet the nation maintains and Improves Its position In every respect. Each successive- expansion of the past has boon a great success , Chicago Tribune : Senator Hoar has a "fixed Idea" that the retention of the Philip pines will bo "Immoral and wicked. " He- llevlng that , ho endeavors to argue that their retention will be unconstitutional , and will bo In violation of the tenets ot the Declara tion of Independence tenets which were ap pealed to by the confederates when they at tempted to eel up a government of their own. The senator's constitutional arguments are weak. They are nn echo of those advanced by the federalists who objected to the pur- cliaso ot Louisiana and the whlgs who op posed the Mexican war and the retention ot the fruits of that war , Chicago Record : The tenor of Senator Hoar's address shows that bo Is dealing not so much with the question of tcchnlc.il constitutionality of the action contemplated , but that ho Is Invoking the spirit and prin ciples of the constitution and the Declara tion of Independence as a reason for oppos ing the extension of sovereignty over an alien people against their will. Senator Hoar's argument Is given additional -weight by the fact that at this very time the lead ers of the Filipinos are protesting against annexation and arc threatening by force of arms to resist the extension of American authority over the Island of Panay , from which the Spaniards were driven by the natives. Detroit Free Press : Senator Hoar's ap prehensions of the dangers lurking in Im perialism must bo deep to Impel him to thus rise In his place In the senate and vigor ously oppose a policy pursued by a repub lican president. ' His solemn warnings are those of a patriot who puts country before party. They ought to carry weight with all senators who are capable of like patriotism , tils asseveration that a democracy cannot rule over vassal states or subject peoples without bringing ruin upon Its own consti tution deserves to bo pondered by his col leagues. His declaration that the constitu tion docs not authorize any agent of the pcoplo to exercise sovereignty , "unlimited and uncontrolled , " ought to bo thoroughly considered by the senators. Chicago Chronicle : Wo are , say the Im perialists , going to govern the Filipinos for their own good. The slaveholders , as Senator Hoar points out , advanced the very same plea. And the slaveholders defended their action with some plausibility. They showed that they fed , clothed and sheltered their slaves provided them -with medical attendance and attended to their religious welfare. What -are the imperialists going to do for the Filipinos ? First , they are going to shoot such of them ns resist en- ilavcment and , having 'brought ' the rest into submission , they are going to establish bayonet rule throughout the Islands and administer those Islands not for the benefit of the natives , but for the "extension of American commerce. " If the natives can make a living , well and good. If not , It Is none of our affair. Our obligation does not extend so far as that of the old slave holder. We furnish the Filipinos -with civilization , enlightenment and Krag-Jor- gensen bullets In unlimited quantities and there our duty ends. The natives can "hus tle" lor the rest. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE ] . Andrew Carnegie Is growing rapidly bald. His hair bos always been fine , but what now remains of It Is growing scantier day by day. Toronto is coming on. There were more marriages and births end fewer deaths there In 1898 than in 1897 , and the people also voted to run their street cars on Sunday. The late Dr. Campbell Black ot Glasgow , eminent as a physician and a clinical lec turer , -was fond of saying that "medicine Is no more an exact science than millinery. " Isidore Llssner , member for Cairns In the Queensland Parliament , Is only four feet and six Inches tall. Patrick O'Brien , mem ber of the British House of Commons , is four feet three Inches tall. William U. Cox , secretary of the senate , Is said to , bo one of the swiftest writers of "long hand" lu the country. Although bo has never tried his speed , it Is nearly equal to that of the aveage shorthand writer. If there baa been any question that Sena tor Hoar Is Indignant "clear through , " It is dispelled by his retort on Senator Plait's ( of Connecticut ) constitutional argument for Imperialism that "tho constitution of the senator from Connecticut Is as unlike the real constitution as a wooden nutmeg Is un like a real one. " According to a special dispatch to the New York Times , Colonel Gouraud , In 'London , Is appealing to Americans there to help the Englishmen who fought In our ranks during the late war and returned destitute. Many of these -were soldiers of experience In the British army , and some of them spent all their savings and even pawned their clothes In their efforts to get to the front. HOW TO END THE TROUBLE. Need of a Definite Declaration by Con- jtren * on the 1'hlllpnlne Question. Buffalo Express. What Is needed Is an immediate and em phatic acsurance by the only body which boa authority to give It the United States congress that our purpose In the Philip pines Is , to establish there a free and inde pendent nation modeled after our own. The whole congress should give this assur ance , not merely the senate , and It can bo done independently of the fate of the treaty. Suppose congress should adopt a joint resolution reading somewhat like this : Whereas , Responsibility for the future government of the Philippine islands has , , by the fortune of war , fallen to the United States ; and , Whereas , Current reports Indicate that a portion of the Inhabitants of those Islands , comprising at present the dominating ele ments , distrust our purposes toward them and are threatening to resist our authority by force of arms ; and , Whereas , It Is a fundamental principle of our people that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed ; therefore , be It Resolved , That the congress of the United States declares Its Intention toward the Philippine Islands to be the same as toward Cuba ; that it Is the hope and de sire of this congress that an independent republican form of government , chosen by the people to bo governed , shall be estab lished as soon as may be In those Islands , and that when such a government Is estab lished on a sufficiently sound basis to be able to give reasonable guarantees of the maintenance of order and civilization and can secure the recognition of the leading nations of the world and can give the United States such recompense as may be just for Its financial expenditures In be half of the Islands , the military forces of the United States shall be withdrawn. That -would be the proclamation of a policy , definite , just and worthy of the one great nation which represents republican principles. If Agulnaldo and his followers continued to resist us after receiving such a promise , the guilt of blood would not , at least , bo on our heads. If war came then , Americans could enter upon It with clear consciences , feeling that they had done all In their power to avoid It and that they -were fighting to maintain civilization , not to establish empire. Of ANOTIinU COMHl. Impfrlnlliilln AfTreMon for HIP I'll- lilno | * TiirtUMl < ti llntf. HprltiRllctd ( Mnnsi ) Itcpubllrnn. The extraordinary chnnsa that has come over the Imperialist press concerning the Filipinos should not bo lost upon the Ameri can people. A few months ngo , In the first agonies ot the great debate , the expansion argument ot the Imperialists followed mainly the line of moral obligation , duty and Im munity. T.hoso "down-trodden Filipinos , " those "poor victims of medlaeval'opprcsslon , " intuit not bo "handed back to cruel Spain. " "Tho Filipinos must bo free" became the watchword of the Imperialist side. As one Washington newspaper , read by Mr. McKln- Icy every morning , declared : "The oppor tunity Is at hand for the extension In n wise aud lasting manner ot the trtio principles of Americanism to millions of sufferers from the oppression of uncnllghtctimcnt and mis- government. " But Agulnaldo is no longer a patriot , a Malay Washington , leading his people out of bandage. The Filipinos have suddenly as sumed n different character. The New York Sun calls them "rebels" nnd demands their extermination In case they dare to challenge the authority of the United States. The Chicago Times-Herald brands them as "mure guerrillas who have thrown the country Into a turmoil. " The New York Times still refers to them as Insurgents , but with quota tion marks like this "insurgents. " The Providence Journal bawls out. "Agulnaldo himself Is a mercenary who could probably bo bought off by the United Stated as easily as ho was by Spain. " Yet a short time ago It was In ncuto distress Irat this same Agul naldo should bo "handed back" to Spain , The New Orleans Picayune also adds to the present Imperialist chorus by paying : "It would be beneath the dignity of the United States to waste tlmo parleying with a mongrel set such as the Filipinos. They should bo at once ordered to ourrender Hello nnd abandon their so-called government , and , falling to promptly comply , they should bo coerced. Paltering with them would merely glvo them a false Idea of their Im portance nnd make the task of subduing them later on moro difficult. " It will bo observed that In place of "poor , down-trodden Filipinos , " sufferers from op pression" nnd similar heartrending phases , you now read of "rebels , " mere guerrillas , " mercenaries , " a "mongrel set" and a "Malay crew. " This remarkable change of feeling toward the Filipinos is the more surprising when you come to think It over. What have they done to us ? Nothing up to last Fri day , when an American general eel out to expel them from a city over which the United States then had no lawful jurisdic tion. On the other hand , remember what they have done for the United States ; yes , from the Imperialist standpoint. These same Filipinos became Admiral Dowey's most ef fective supporters Immediately after the naval battle In Manila bay. They quickly overran Cavlto province and , before the ar rival of General Merrill's expedlllon , they laid siege to Manila city and prevented Inland communication by the Spanish gar rison. These Filipinos rose up against Spanish authority In Luzon and Panay ; and It was > by their efforts that the presi dent of the United States was able to In sist with any show of reason in the nego tiations at Paris that Spain's control of the Philippines was practically at an end. These Imperialist papers In America now have the cheek to claim that Uowoy and Merrltt did It nil , but the fact Is that It the Filipinos had remained , loyal to Spain the situation would have been very ma terially changed In a military sense , and absolutely so In a moral sense. Manila would not have fallen so easily to General Merrltt had the siege not been previously maintained by the Insurgents ; and It Is cer tain that the administration would have been bereft entirely of moral excuse for forcing Spain to relinquish her sovereignty In the archipelago had it not been for the native Insurrection and demand for free dom. dom.The The American humanitarians who insist ed that Spain should bo compelled to aban don the Philippines ought by this tlmo to realize the character of the crowd they ore training with. Their motives were un doubtedly good and pure In desiring to ele vate civilization in the far cast and to save the Filipinos from Spanish misrule. But they have been blind from the outset to the fact that they have been moving in company with as unscrupulous a gang of land pirates as any country has ever con tained. FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. Achievement * of the Past Mail In Long UlHtnncc RunnlnK. Philadelphia Press , January 8. Last Monday evening a train left New York City carrying the malls for a swift run across the continent to San Francisco. The purpose was to see If the tlmo consumed In carrying the malls between these two cities could not bo reduced. The distance Is 3.347 miles and tbo best time made before this year was four days and a half. If the effort succeeded a new tlmo schedule would be established for transcontlneptal malls. But If it failed the old schedule would be maintained for a few years longer , or until Invention and energy had devised some way to cut off a good percentage of the hours consumed. That it would bo accomplished now or In the near future was certain , how ever. It was done on the first trial and nearly an hour remained over. The train left New York city at 9:15 : p. m. Monday , and arrived In Chicago the next evening at 8:24 : p. m. , having consumed twenty-three hours and nine minutes In running 958 miles. It left Chicago at 9:24 : p. m. Tuesday , and reached Omaha the next day at 7:47 : a. m. , having run C02 miles in ten hours , twenty- three minutes. The next run from Omaha to Choyennc , DIG miles , was made In four teen hours , twenty-five minutes ; from Chey enne to Ogdcn , B15 miles , occupied four teen hours , fifty minutes ; and the last lap from Ogdcn to San Francisco , 857 miles , was made In thirty hours and fifty- five minutes , or a total running time of ninety-three hours , forty-two minutes. But there was a delay of fifty-six minutes In Chicago , of forty-three minutes In Omaha and of five minutes In Cheyenne , a total delay of ono hour and forty minutes , which makes the railroad tlmo between the two cities ninety-five hours and twenty-six minutes , or thirty-four minutes less than four days. The difference In tlmo between New York and San Francisco Is about three hours and thirteen minutes , which added to the schedule tlmo makes the actual time In which the 3,347 miles were covered ninety- eight hours and thirty-nine minutes. Such an achievement Is a landmark In railroad speed and long distance running. There Is no other country In the world where such a trial can bo made and there will not bo until the great railroad across Siberia Is finished and It ts possible to ride on an unbroken line from St. Petersburg In Europe to Vladlvostock on the Pacific ocean coast of Asia. Before the latter railroad Is flnlehcd , probably , another reduction in time between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will be made and malls will be sent from New York to San Francisco In three days and a half. It elves a faint Idea of tht > extent and greatness of this country to know that In performing this feat the train bad traversed eleven states , had been lifted up ono mile and a half above the sea level and then dropped back again , and that the mall facilities It offered had accommo dated a population of 50,000,000 people. Dur ing the run engines were changed twelve times and seven different crews of railway mall clerks handled the malls. Time will not only bo saved between Now York and San Francisco , but hilt day will be saved between San Francisco and Australia by this new schedule. This great run across the North Amer ican continent , equaling nroro limn one- eighth of the circumference of the earth nt the equator and made In less than four" days , shows how space and tlmo are anni hilated In Uiceo last years of the century. If the simo speed couM bo tnalntolucd around the world the distance would ha accompllthed In less than thirty-two days and the trip of Jules Vcrno would bo moro than cut lit two. With steamers on ths Pacific ocean making the s mo I Imo as thn Atlantic steamers now timko San Frnn- clsco and the 1'hlllpplno Islands would bo separated by about eleven days and a jour ney from Philadelphia to Manila would oc cupy about fifteen d ys. Flvo years moro will lop off ono day of this tlmo at least and early In the twentieth century two wrcks will bo considered a reasonable tlm to travel between Porto Hleo and Luzon , the two most widely separated points In the United States. What further Incrensa lu speed electricity may have In store must bo left for the Inventors to toll , but that thcro will bo an Increase all past history tells. TIIOltCIlTS THAT TICKLE. Yonkcrs Statesman : Annn They say I have my mother's mouth ntul nose. Hannah Well , your mother won lucky to get rid of 'cm. Koxbury Clnzcttc : Poppln When I was ) In Now York I Rtopprd at the- bent hotel. Hudley llather costly , wasn't It ? Poppln No ; I only stopped to admire It , Somcrvlllo Journal : A salary Is some thing more than $15 a week. Anything less than that Is wages. ' JudRo : "Professor , " said n graduate , try- Intr to lie- pathetic at imrllnir , "I nm In debted to you for all I know. " "Pray do not mention such a trifle , " was the reply. Indianapolis Journal : "Our duty to hu manity , " said the Cornfcd Philosopher , "de mands that we should administer iho af fairs of tbo weak nnd oppressed , and our duty to our.aelves demands that we should get dam good pay for the Job. " Chicago Record : "Conversation ts only the art of talking back. " "Not much ; conversation Is the art of getting somebody to listen to you. " Detroit Free Press : "There It nothing' moro uncertain than a horoo race , " PX- clntmed the man with a tendency to talk loud. And the melancholy friend responded , "You never worked In a weather bureau , did you ? " Chicago Tribune : Uncip Sllnp , Just In from Upcrcck , Jumped out ot the way of the car fender nnd shook his brawny fist at the crlptnnn , "If you jab that blnino < l hayrako agin my lalgs , " ho exclaimed , "I'll lick yo ! " Detroit Journal : "Go to the Ant , thou Sluggard I" commanded the Proverb. Accordingly the Sluggard went to th Ant. "Go to the devil ! " exclaimed the Ant. "Talk about red tape ! " xlghcil the Slug gard , belnt ? quite without the courage to go and see to whom next to go. f \ Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Wot's that book you'vo sot there , Weary ? " "That's ' . ' " the 'Art of Dlnlnc Well. "Say , that's a. rum sort o' book fer a gen'lcman In your position , Weary. " "Oh , I chin no. A feller can ndmtro art without beln' a artist , Llmpy. " HAITI * DAYS. Phlladctohla Times. When I went to school with Molly I would carry Molly's books. And then I'd carry Molly across three llttlo brooks , And dally at the stepping-stones would I demand mv fee , And then well , I'd klsu Molly , and Molly , sho'd kiss me. Since then I've talked with women a hun dred times more fair , With gleaming hands nnd necks and cells * of wild bedizened hair ; I've not to tell tales out of school lenrnt much and much have seen Slnco Molly was a girl of twelve and I just past fifteen ; But the best tlmo was the tlmo when I knew notning of the Code And barefoot Molly trudged along the. dusty country road. \ And the days of days for me were thosa when 'cross the woodland brooks I would go to school with Molly and would carry Molly's books. Pants Are Down. Now is the time to pant it's panting sea son and we can pant you right. We can do it for $1.50 , for $2 , for $2.50 , for $3 and for $3.50. This includes a big range of pants , many regular lines , all our odd pants and all pants left from suits. There are some splen did bargains. You can save from 50c to $2.00 on every pair of pants you buy. Our display in our windows will show you what they are , and the materials are of cassimeres , che viots , clays and wors ted ? , and a pair of these pants either at $1.50 or $3,50 will make an old coat and vest look like new. We are also having a special sale of Boys' Knee Pants on the second floor at reduced prices. prices.Sale Sale now on. v \