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0 THE OMAHA DA1LT BEE ; SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 18 , ISO ! ) . THE OMAHA DAILY BSE. K. nOSUtt'ATRU. Editor. I'UXIMBItnD E MOIlNINO. OF sunscuir-TioN. Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , Ons Ycar.W.OC Dally lice and Sunday. One Tear . k Hlx Months 'Jhr o Months . 2.J Bundfly Hoc , One Ycnr . f.w Saturday Hoc. One Year . . . ' ? 3 Weekly Uec. One Year . " orricKS. Omaha : Th < > Bco Iiulldlng. South Omaha : City ilall building , Twenty-fifth and N streets Council IJliifls : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago1. Stock l xclmngo IliitldlnR. New York , Temple Court Wnahlncton : Ml rourtcenth Street. Communications relating to news and rdltorlil matter should bo addressed : 1-ui- torlal Department. The Omaha Ueo. ItUStNUSS LirrriMlS. Iluslncss letters nnd remittances should bo addressed to The Ueo Publishing Company - pany , Omnhit. Drafts. checks , express i ami postofllco money orders to be made payable to the order of the comimny. _ , . _ . . . . THi : HUG PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CinCULATION. Slate of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. ! Georire H. Tzschuck , secretary of The Hea . PubllshlnB company ix-inc duly Hvvort. actual number of full nnd says that the ; complete copies of The D.illy , Morning , nvenlnif and Sunday Uee. printed during the month of January , IS'JU , was n fol lows : l a iiH5 ) 17 2 aiaoo : is 3 aiuoi ; : 19 irt,7r.o : 4 aiua : 20 a : ,8i aius5 , 6 ai,7io : 7 ai,7io : 23. s ai.nnu zt. j - ; iitio ( 23. 10 2:1,110 : 2fl 21,7111 u st,770 : 27 21,250 12 2:1,010 23 21,150 13 2:1,710 : 29 21,230 14 21,010 30 2I.20O 15 * . > 31 21.100 ic . . . ais : r .712,185 Tolal . 10.152 Lc unsold and returned copies Net total sales Net d.U , Subscribed and sworn to before me this ! lst day of January , 1S90. ( Seal. ) M. I. PI-UMB. Notary Public. Now Hint Hcrr Ilnffael lias loft Samoa CliU'C Justice Cliambors will piobnbly no longer KO to bi-il with his boots on. Members of the IcgMntme who have btatoaicremlndcil bills in nn embryonic that the foity-ilay limit Is rapidly ap proaching. _ . oC the Torhaps the consuming Hunger the republicans pojiocr.its may account for licans layinso many things on the legislative table for them. The ne.\t Omaha man who wants to will avoid get away with a typewriter police court complications 1C he devotes hlh attention to the operator mtlier than to the machine. Some scientist moio potent even than Schenck must bo at work in the land to entitle Dr. Horace Klutcher and 1'rol' . ( ! . Stanley Hall to inembeiship In the Mothers' congiebs. The Mlhsouii editor -who has had his head pnnclH'd by a leturned captain coveted with glory and. thirHting for gore can hereafter testify to the grave dangers of a largo military establish- ment. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Now that John WantunaUor has pur chased a paper the uiaiked copies that will hereafter adorn the mall of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay ought 1o pay postage enough to make up the postal deficit. Mirisourians must have In contempla tion the abandonment oC "long gteen" nnd the adoption of "store terbacker , " since Its allotney geneial has com menced an action to brnik up the To bacco trust. The only explanation so far made of the hold-up charges against the Insur ance department of the state auditor's xilllco is contained In a connterchaige that the ex-lnsmanee deputy also wrote questionable letters. The local popociatlc organ wants to put the Nebraska volunteer on the same plane with the sugar beet grower In his claim for bounty out of the state treasury. It is doubtful , however , whether the soldier boyn will appreciate the compliment. The old adage that few die and none resigns \ again aptly Illustrated in the 6 < iuabblo nl the Kearney Industrial school. Governor Poynler Is also learn ing by experience that the only way to separate a popociat from a paying public Job in to do it by removal. The cougiessman from the Second Ne braska district and the congressman fjrom the Sixth Nebraska district have had a little tilt on the iloor of the house , but as the contest was ended by the principals shaking hands no gieat damage can have been done. Slate Treasurer Meserve announces publicly that ho rides on railroad passes and does not care who knows It. Slowly , but surely , the popullnt who regaids the frco railroad pass as a bilbo is discov ering that ho has been buncoed by the men who secured his support for ollico on pledges to uphold populist principles. An effort is being made to expel a member of the Louisville city council for trying to BPCUIO $100 from thu local tele phone company. Thu leport does not t tate whether the offense conslmed In attempting to secure * the money or In putting the price of coimcllmanlc intlu- ence at so small a Dguie , The captains of Spanish war ships mete to be called upon to explain why they lost all the naval battles In the late war. A committee to examine the sunken Spanish wrecks could very ifadlly fur nish an explanation , It would tlnd them decorated with the choicest collection of holes that ever adoined a lighting craft. When the old and new members ot the Chicago Naval reserve Indulged In a frco light to settle the question which Hcctlon was the better drilled the police Interfered befoie either side had noorcd a knockout and declared the tight , off. It Is n pity tbo authorities could not have kept out long enough to allow a oC this momentous question. nn : wiKsibKxr ? nosro.v . < ? / > /w/r. The speech of 1're ldont McKlnlcy nt the annual banquet of the Home MatKol rlnb of lloston Is characteristic hi llrt candor of statement , Its high Ideals , Its patriotic tone ntut Its evident sincerity. It Is not to be doubted that Mr. MoKIn- ley profoundly believes nil that he said in regard to the icsponslblllty and the duty of the United States respecting the Philippines. Ho Is conscientiously con vinced , unquestionably , that humanity and civilization lequlro of tills govcin- ment the extension of its authority over HIP Islands ceded by Spain and that wo must do tills at whatever fiactlllco to ourcelverf and legaidless of the Wishes of the people of those islands. To him It Is peifectly plain that wo should not 10- cetlp In the least fiom the position we have taken , that we nto bound by a moial obligation to keep the course , to give peace and order to the Philippines and to lead the peoples theie forward to better political , moral and social condi tions. Ho has absolute faith that under American ptotcction and guidance the Filipinos will advance and he looks for- watd to ( lie time when they shall have become a people "icdeemed from savage Indolence and habits , devoted to the arts of peace , In touch with the commerce and trade of all nations , enjoying the blessings of freedom , of civil and icllg- ious llhoi ty , of education and of homos , " who will In fntiiie generatloiw "bless the American lepnbllc because It emanci pated and ledecmed their fatherland , and set them In the pathway of the wet Id's best clvlll/atlon. " All Ameileans who believe In the ho- nellcent Influence of American Institu tions vv 111 agree that If these could he peaceably extended over the Philippines , that If the people of the Islands weie willing to accept them , the icsults which the president eloquently poitrayed would undoubtedly be attained. Hut the Filipinos pines do not desiic our inle and aie re- .slstlng the effort to establish It , They demand the right to create their own po litical system , to make their own Insti tutions and to govein themselves. AVhat is the icply we are making to thlsV That they aie not capable o ? self-gov ernment , that they do not i cully know what they want , that they are savages who must not be left to themselves , lest they fall Into anarchy and become the piey of others. Tlieiefoic we must in the name of humanity , liberty and civi lization use our military power to coerce them and force upon them our inle and policy. Wo must "whip them to death , " as a United States senator declined , It' they will not otherwise accept our an- thoilty. In this the proper course for the foremost republic oC the world , which In declaring its independence pro claimed the doctiine , eternally right , that governments derive their just pow ers from the consent of the governed ? Mr. McKlnloy says that we cannot now ask the consent of the people upon whom wo are attempting to force our rule , that this cannot be done until there Is peace and order. To what purpose , then , has he hent a commission to these people ? In disclaiming Imperial designs Pres ident McKluley said that they are alien to American sentiment , thought and pur pose nnde have no doubt that he him self has no such designs , yet It Is un questionable that the policy which IK be ing pursued Is distinctly Imperialistic in its tendency. Jt Is useless to deny that iiuichi of American thought hi ic- gaid to this matter has undeigone a ladical change since the victory of Devvey and we me constrained to think that the picbident's speech In Hoston will not .diminish the Influence of the Imperialistic Weal. HOT Ul > TU EXPUCTATIOA' . It Is noted that the number of steam ship lines between this country and Gub.i and Porto Hlco has Increased and that on old lines the service has been Improved by the addition of new ves sels , but the expected trade with those Islands Is not yet being icall/.ed. So far as Cuba Is concerned It Is perhaps too soon to look lor any considerable Increase of trade with tlutt island , but Porto Hlco was not devastated by war an Cuba was and it Is distinctly disap pointing to llml that since American oc cupation of the former there has been no considerable Increase of our com merce with It. Recently a New York paper inter view cd a number of .shipping llrms Hi regaid to this West Indian tiade nnd the opinions cxpicssed were not alto gether encouraging. One steamship man remarked that it Is no ifoe telling people that the Islands afford golden opportunities now and another said In icfeienco to Poito Hlco that he saw no great oppoitnnitles on the island now for money making and really nothing lo justlty piedlctlon of a remarkable busl. ness growth. A lot of Amei leans who have gone theio are begging their pas- nigo ; back. It Is also a fact that the annexation of Hawaii has not materi ally If at all Incieascd our trade with that Island , while the Americans -who went there ilooklng for opportunities found nothing. Theie Is no doubt that In time thete will be a large commeice between the United States and Cuba. When that Island shall have been fully paclilod , which as'now Indicated should he Boon accomplished , and the conditions are hueh that capital will feel safe In mak ing investments in the island , Cuba can hardly fall to experience rapid devel opment. The Island Is capable of sup porting three or four times the present population , u largo and feitlle portion of It Is not now under cultivation , It has latge mlncinl rcsomccu and In Hue time capital will undoubtedly How in thete In gicat volume for Investment In all sorts of Improvements.Vhen this takes place our commerce \\jth the Island will begin to gio\v \ and tills coun try will of couiso get the bulk of the tiade , which In the course of the next leu yeais may be expected to attain > ery large ptoportlons. Unt us to Poito Hlco and Hawaii theio does not appear to be any very good icasoii to anticipate tiny very great Indreaso in our com merce with either island , except , perhaps - haps , In Imports. As to the Ph'.llppines , It is still urged by the expansionists that possession of those Islands by the United States will ghe us a greatly enlatged trade theie. but how this Is to be obtained > \ltu the open dour policy , under which the United States will ha\e no advantage OUT commercial competitors for the market of the Hands , we are quite tin- able to we. It Is assumed that produc tion In the Philippines will bo enor mously Incieased tinder American domi nation and possibly It viould be , but It is not shown how this would materially benefit thu United States , which Is not In pressing need of Philippine piodnets In exchange for those of the United StntcH. The commercial phase of ex pansion Is as yet not very promising. ,1 MICAIJI I'HESWKA'T. The .sjunmons Issued for n meeting to. day of the two hou o < > of the French leg- Mature In joint session for the purpose of electing a new president to succeed to ( lie vacancy cieated by the death of Ptesldeiit Fanre draws attention again to the differences that distinguish Hie choice of u piosldent In France from that of a piesldent In the United States. The Fteneh legislature possesses nut only legislative but electoral poweis and is theiefoio thu body from which the ex ecutive derives his authority. Under the Flench constitution the dec lion of a piesldent Is vested In a joint session of Hie enate and deputies under the presidency of the president of the senate. To constitute nn election a ma lorlty of the whole legal number of mom. hers Is requisite. While the constitution makes no further provision as to the pro- ceduio within the electoral college it ias dctcimlned It Jargely for Itt-elf. The pieccdents established aie no debate and Immediate transmission ot' Hie lesult of in election to the newly elected presl- lent by the ministers of his predecessor. While the legislature usually meets at I'arls , when sitting as an electoral col lege , It holds Its sessions nt Veisallles. In Its choice of a president It Is unre stricted so tar as the constitution Is con cerned , with the exception that all mcm- jcrs of the former royal families of France aie disqualified for the position. Ordhmiiiy Hie teim of .1 French prcsl- lent Is seven years , yet few presidents of the republic have served the full crm. In case of a vacancy the e\ecu- Ive power during the Interregnum pend- ng the choice of the electoral college Is vested In the council of ministers who lappen to be In olllce. Their power , lowever , extends , only to convening the senate and deputies and maintaining the government temporarily. The election of a French president Is tlieicfoie oven further removed fiom the ) opular choice than the election of a piesideut of the United States by the Vmerican electoral college. The French > resident is practically dependent upon the legislature instead of being Inde- > endcnt of It as In this country. In fact ; he .Fiench constitution guards against he presidency claiming any rosponslbll- ty to the people , the Intention being to cieate an executive substantially irre sponsible , leaving the responsible gov ernment to Ills ministry , which changes iccording to the varying political com- ilcxlon of the majority In the house of lepntles. The infrequent use of this lellcatc machinery will , therefore , In vest today'8'oloction of a president of Fiance almost with nn air of novelty , even though it was last exercised only four years ago. I'OJXTS A'OT 1O UK In discussing proposed measutes to raise revenue by taxing Insurance com- lanies , the substantial points of differ ence between life and fire companies are oo apt to be overlooked. As the only ncome of an Insurance company Is that lerlved from Its policy holders , the question piescntcd by every insurance bill is whether it impo-.es burdens on the companies or on their pations. The answer io not necessailly thu same for all Insurance concerns. While Hie companies arc compelled to charge uni form lates to all policy holders in the same class whether they live In No- miska or Now England , lire companies an usually iccoup themselves at once by raising their rates on Nebraska bnsl- icss without in any way affecting their justness in other states. Incteased rates for file risks may be expected to pioduco two effects. In the Irst place , It would i educe the total of lie insurance policies taken out on Ne- naska risks on the same principle that in enhanced price ror any article les sens the demand for it. This tendency , lowover , could not operate In full foice > ecauso llro policies must bo can led In nany instances as the condition of othci ) bligations by which merchants discount heir bills or loans aie negotiated on real nopoity. Secondly , hlghur rates would nultiply the Incentive to Insurers to iroctiie policies through agencies outsldo if Nebraska not subject to our laws , bus transfeiilng the whole business to other states. * The need of care In legislating on In surance matters Is theiefore plain , Whatever special fees or taxes aio pre scribed should he so arranged that they cannot be arbitrarily shifted fiom the companies to the policy holders , who are ilready snlllclcntly taxeil In this state vlthout additional loads tn carry. Hup- m/.nrd hlt-or-mlss legislation may be died on to woik more Injury than good ijmii Nebraska policy holder without my adequate compensatory benellts hi ho way of now Income for the state reasury. A.s Hie closing days of congress ap- n-oach nearer the danger becomes ; reatur that no legislation may he ussed for Hawaii and Alaska. Kills for ) oth purposes aio before the IIOUM- , but o many measuiefl of the greatest Im- wtaneo remain to he acted upon and lie tlmo Is so limited that the chances or legislation In this direction are be- oming peeler every day. That this Is mfortunate Is attested by the fact , that n Hinuili the Chinese labor question ml many others of equal importance are In a chaotic condition , whl'o our leglect of Alaska will leave niattorB heie little better. It Is not to bo under- teed from this that anaichy will pie- ail In Alaska from such failure , for he American's genius for legulutlon and order Is such that he will maintain the essential principles of justice wherever 10 may bo placed , even without wilt- en codes for his guidance. Hut at invent mining and other property rights aio o dim and shadowy In that couutiy as to be u prolific source of trouble , preventing that devclopmon which would otherwise natuially fol low. That we owe the o territories in Intelligent and Just icgulotlon of thel affairs goes without saying. South Omaha ofllceholdci-H , prc en and prospective , me ald to be moving against any piopocal to eliminate Hit spoils by consolidating Omaha and Soutl Omaha Into one municipal corporation Those who luue a personal luteiest li continuing the pioMMit o\pensl\e systen may be depended on to pul up a llvelj opposition to oveiy plan for lolrcnch muni and economy. The gieat body o people who are not only concerned h having Omaha maintain its iclallve po sltlon among other progto'-sl\c cities , bu also pay the tuxes lo inn both govein ments , will have to assert themselves I they want thu public inteicsts subvened The payment of $1,711 ! out of the ol < > tiensury to the ex-police olllcets who secured reinstatement after dlsinlfsii by order of the court icpiesutits a neat nest egg for Hie hold-up lawyers win Instigated and managed this laid upoi the taxpayets. The agicement with the attoinojs Is said to have been the pay ment of 10 per cent of the proceeds as their fees. Of course neither the ox- policemen nor the lawyers did anything to cam this money , which Is a palpable lobbery of the people , but as long as the courts can be used for such pur- [ oses the taxpayers may expect to stiffei periodically In the same manner. The man who sa\\ed off thu limb on which he was sitting In the county couit house is out again in public print , this time trying to stick plus into his foimer benefactor and employer , the present city tax commissioner , by accusing him of favoritism in fixing the assessments of property In thu city tax list. Thu city assessment is not all that could be deslied , but the source of this attack will discredit It with Intelligent people. The mayor of Macon , cu. ! , Is a ilrrn bellc\er in the educational Inlluenco ol the newspaper , and Is demonstiatlng his faith by taking up a collection for the purpose of furnishing a fiee paper to every icsidcnt of the city not al ready a subscriber. In this laudable woik it Is unnecessary , of course , to say that he has the enthusiastic sup- p -rl of every paper In Macou. Popocratlc opposition to tuists Is con fined to those which do not affect them. The voting tiust formed by the til- partite amalgamation of tuo paitios and a name behind which is no organi zation is ceitilled as all light. Like nil other combinations this voting trust Is heralded as being for the benellt of the public , but there aie some who have doubts on that point. The school board can certainly get along comfortably upon its revenues tuip- plemcnted with the a-niill school levy. The wny to do it , however , is by setting Its face firmly ngainst'l'ads and foibles and keeping the expenses in each de partment dowiPtS'rbo ' actual necessities of an efliclent school system econom ically administered. Some OitpurtimltlcN Left. Chicago News. The JIcEnery resolution , ibnrrlnR the Filipinos pines from citizenship , has been passed by the United States senate. This deprives Agulnaldo of the opportunity to make him self eligible for n fourth-class postmaster- ship , but the laundry business will remain open to him. IiNfllM | > ill < lllK lilt IJllUllllCII. New York Tribune. Governor Hooaevclt Is a great disappoint ment to his enemies. He Is neither going back wi Ills pledges nor doing Impracticable things. Ho Is making excellent appoint ments , securing to the state good govein- meiit. nnd strengthening himself and his party. Ho Is playing the best and highest kind of politics by not playing politics at all. An Initiation < i > Coriorn. Hrookljn Uiglc. They aie going to persecute and prose cute Admiral Cervcia. This Is one of the few Spaniards who secured the liking of the American people by his courage and his humanity. If he Is cashiered In Spain , for what ho could not help , perhaps wo can llnd some bert ot an odd Job for him over here. Wo are constantly making places for worse. ' ' The I'lH-o Tluit L"rliili | N. Philadelphia Record. No wonder some of the representall\es In congiess who look a little beyond their noses are beginning to feel apprehension of the weight of the load they are piling on the hack of the taxpayer. A footing of the appropriations of congiess alieady prac tically agreed upon shows a total of over $ fiOb,000,000. This le.ues out of coiiBldeia- tlon the Nicaragua canal bill , the shipping subsidy bill , Cuban claims , Pacific cable and other treasury-bleeding schemes which would call for between $200,000,000 and $300- 000,000 of eventual expenditures. It la pro posed to spend $2 for every $1 of the federal revenue. The richest nation could not travel far nt that financial gait without beIng - Ing overtaken by disaster. MUM ! ol litOti'PuorUril. . Chicago Post H Is a pleasure to BCD that the United States army takes the right view of In dustry. Unrestilcted Industry la most In jurious If permitted , things will ho done In five minutes to which ten or fifteen might ho Just as well devoted. Therefore It Is well that the sentence of a Seventh cavalry trooper 'who was tried by court- martial should ( bo net aside on the ground that the members of the court worked avortlmo , actually considering the cose ifter 3 o'clock In the afternoon without Urst securing the consent of the War de partment. Otis at Manila wants to look iut that ho doesn't let his men fight except luring recognlzcrd union hours or the first : hlng ho knows Agulnaldo will nu ! a protest and ho will ha\o tp begin all over igaln. So mo IliirilfimnriT Homr. Philadelphia Times Has our own treatment of a native popula tion at homo been of a kind to cncourago us In the belief that wo will cffcctUely do much for the hybrids In the Philippines , that wo can aid them except as wo have Uded the Indians where wo had the oppor- .unlty at home ? Tor every Indian that has lieon cltlllzed by all the methods employed by education , by grants of land and by ntermlngllng of blood the rifle has rcmotcd ten from that Held of effort , and there are reasons to bellino that this proportion l § too small , What , then , Is the white man's burden ? Let him not forget It U Ills own and that It Is heavy , and while ho bears It to the Orient let him also remember on to IN hose shoulders ho has shifted It wheu the negro sla > e end the Indian was the other Icllow. HIM : IIMS A story comes from San PrnncNco of an Ion a man Hint marks the Klondike as pos sessing wonders equal lo any experienced by Slnbad the Sailor or the narrator as only second In his line to Daron Munclmutcn or Colonel Tom Ochlltrec. H appears that mete than n year aio this Iowa Jnon , firming himself with etcrn resolutions and a bounti ful grubstake , after exploring the wilds of Seattle , set hln facn toward the land ot the diminishing sun In quest of the golden llecro that at that tlmo was sup posed to bo so plentiful In the Klondike that the Chllcoot bojs plnsed marbles with pure nuggets. Ot the wandorlncs of the ad venturer tbo historian Is silent until he or- rj\cs with his friends ono flue afternoon besldo a rnjjhl stream bejond the While Horao rapids , where they stopped for rest and refreshments. In dipping up the water ho discovered that It contained millions of grains of n jcllow substance , which upon n closer examination proved to bo pure gold Hero was wealth compared lo which the golden sands of the old Pnctolus wcro as the gaudy sheen of a stage diamond to thu luminous sheen of the Kohlnoor and It Is unnecessary to say that this iigonnutlc expedition set stakes nnd piopared to stay with It. Hailing utensils were called Into requisition nnd while BOIIIO hollod the water down the others , nml among them Jason , dragged the bottom for nuggets. As the dajs went by n stiffness seized upon his limbs which In his enthusiasm he failed to heed , until waking ono morning ho found himself unahla lo walk or move Appar ently ho was rapidly entering that state petrcfactlon which the saffron Sunday pa pers occasionally discover some gentleman who lived In aboriginal dajs to have been aflllclcd with , nnd this Induces his com panion * to hlro sorno Indians to sled him back to Skagway. rinnlty anlvlng at San Francisco , eminent physicians were called In consultation , who , as doctors will some times do , thought some , talked more and finally disagreed , each ono holding that only a donKey could prescribe the treatment recommended by any of the others Finally , ! iowmcr , ono old physician decided to try- Turkish baths on the slrange case , nnd thu living pctilficd man was placed In the hot air chair. After a tlmo the perspiration began to flow and with alevv to analysis It was saved. Gradually the use of his limbs returned to our Jason nnd nt the end of several hours ho had entirely recovered. The perspiration was then reduced and was found to have yielded Just $242.18 In gold. That Is piobably the richest gold field In nil the Klondike , but strange to say the historian Is silent as to the fate of the companions left on the shores of that far-away Pactollan stream. The Hastings Tribune , in discussing the general prosperity now prevailing In Adams county , takes the position that most of the farm Indebtedness has been cleared up nnd says : The only reason that some of the popu- Ists In Adams county don't pay off their nortgagcs Is because they arc afraid they won't ha\e anything to howl about In the icxt i/rcsldentlal campaign. That h certainly heroic devotion to the 'lost cause , " tout It Is to bo doubted that even If the mortgages were released gratuitously that the calamity howler would quit the evil of hts ways. To paraphrase ho nursery rhyme calamity howler how loth eng because It Is his nature so to do. The flourishing town of Uradshaw has , among other prosperous nnd progressive in stitutions a debating society that la helping io train the young idea how to shoot and n that way Is undoubtedly helping to make history. It has , In the course of Us eventful career , decided that Intemperance Is a greater evil 'than ' war nnd vleo versa that the pen Is mightier than the sword also both -ways , and several other burnlnt questions of Jho day. In the report of Us last meeting the Republican of that place gives the following. The question before the debating society ast Friday night waa ably debated. The question was In substance , tint man en- eyed more pleasure In married life tlmn In a bachelor life. Three charmlnr young vomen were chosen as fudges , and the ques- lon was decided In favor of the amrmathe If that was not n cabc of a packed Jury .hen It would be hard to find one. There Is little doubt but that these charming young women would bo competent to pass a corroc judgment on the pen and sword Issue as would any three Judges In the state , bu when It comes to the question at Issifo it is impossible not to feel that the arguments of the negative were , perhaps , not welghec strictly according to their merits. The so ciety Is to meet every Trlday night during .ho winter nnd no doubt great benefit's wli : ie derived from It , but so long as the Judges stand us constituted at the last meeting It will bo useless for the defeated orators to move for a now trial with the hope of any different results. WHY IlISTUUSTi UMSTS. The .Siolln SjNtrni Vpi > liil to Colonial < iorrmiiciit. . Detiolt Journal ( rep. ) Whltclnvv Held said nt the Marquette club lanquct that hesitation to conflim the treaty with Si > aln was duo to distrust In our o\\u > eoplc , distrust in the methods of admlnls- ratlon vvo may employ In the government of distant possessions. This Is true , and confirmation of the tre.ity has not wholly removed that "distrust. " The thoughtful cltl- en awaits with anxiety the first nominations rein civil llfo that may be made by this ad- nlnlstration or Its successor or the hitter's uccosBor to represent us In the Philippines , There is now before the senate for con- Irmatlon or rejection n judge nominated for ho federal bench whoso record , proven bo- ere the judiciary committee , IB so rank that ils party associates have found It ImpoHslhlo o recommend the appointment. Hut the ar gument Is giuvcly advanced In secret ses- lon that it Is Impossible that his character should bo so bad since ho has petitions signed by hundreds of worthy men of both mrtlcs. Now the question is , Are wo going o select men for the government of the 'hlllpplncs In the same spirit that this judge was put forth the spirit of carelessly signed > ctltlons , without Invcstlgnllon or consclcn- IOUH withholding of approval whore ap- iroval may Beat an unworthy servant' Andre ro wo going to treat the Philippines better ban vvo treat ourselves9 To como to the oint , would Whltelnw Held refuse Ills'sig nature to a good party man logardless , or artly rcgnrdlecs , of his qualifications fern n Important post in I'orto Itlco ? The foun- allnn tor the distrust ho "mentions is there- ore not far to Book , nor Is it to bo wondered t that It exists. We have yet to piovu our oed Intpntlonti with respect to government , ot military , la our new cqlonles Nor can o turn to neglected Alaska a a sample to io approved. Wu can , In short , bring In- nlte discredit on ourselves and Infinite mls- ry on subject colonies by the application f tbo methods of partisan politics to their ovcrnmcnt The question Is , How are w o avoid that abuse' Mr. Held did not tell s , and wo can only wait to tee the new cod planted and judge of the tree by Itu rults. O'llli : ! ! I\M1H TM01 IIS. Within the last hundred yenrs or oo the British people have learned some \alunblc lessons In the art of governing colonies , the most Important of which Is to let them alone when the colonists think they arc able to govern themselves. Whether the Australian federation shall now or In the near future dissolve all political relation' with Great llrltnln , the Inhabitants ol Australia will remain attached to the mother country liv strong ties of Interest and blood. The heavily Indebted colonies will be long dependant on Great llrltnln for financial and Industrial aid. The Hrltlsh will con tinue to buy agricultural products from the colonists , and to seek In the vast unde veloped regions of Australia no\v oppor- lunllles ot cnlorprlso nnd Investment. With the Urltlsh people these nro the main con siderations , nml It Is n matter of minor concern whether or not a governor general shall still bo sent there as n merely nom inal representative of the crown. * * Ono lins only to compare a map of Cen tral Asla of thirty years ago with the latcsl Russian military chart to bo astonished at the vast changes wrought In striving for the mastery of the cast. There Is no longer any pretense of concealment of Kussla s designs to cxcrdoo n predominating In- llucnco over Chlua nnd to appropriate the largest share of the vast empire that la toppling to Its fall , Whllo llussla has been steadily developing her power In China the Russian outposts In Central Asia have been pushed forward uutll they nro within hear ing of the drum beats of Hrltlsh garrisons In liulli. To the silent advance of Russia In China Great Britain lospomls by crying for nn "open door" to trade In the east. So for as China Is concerned , ho , v ever , the door will not bo kept open by Idle tin cats against Hussion military power Russia's vast policy of territorial aggrandizement , which makes necessary a constant Increase of military strength , seems utterly Incom patible with the Czar's phllanthioplc prop osition that the nations shall diminish their warlike expenditures In preparing for universal ' versal peace. But when the peace congress shall meet nt The Hague nc\t May It will bo Incumbent on the representatives of the czar to convince the world that there Is no Incompatibility between his proposition nnd Russia's continuous preparations for wat and conquest. The task will bo a dif ficult one. If It Is true that nn arrangement has been reached between Franco and England with regard to the claims of the latter tea a commercial out lot In the Hahr-el-Gnzcl district on the AVhlto Nile , the source ot a very dangerous and Irritating controversy between the two countries has been removed in a manner which docs credit and should afford satisfaction to them both. Hngland has a moral and a legal right bylrtuo of conquest and of her Egyptian protectorate to exercise an exclusive jurisdiction over the watershed and basin of the Nile , nnd the firm stand she took upon the question of rabhoda had both equity and policy to commend it. Hut Franco also has some rights In the premises. The extension and development ot her African possessions are Worn east to west. She possesses Important territories upon both coasts , nnd she can reasonably seek n line of uninterrupted communication between them. Such a line must unavoidably bisect the Hrltlsh sphere of Influence which stretches from north to south from Cairo to the capo , so that a collision between the two contrary move ments of expansion could only be avoided by a mutually amicable arrangement. t * AVHh the advent of spring and the open ing of the passes In the Balkans It Is con fidently expected that there will be trouble In Macedonia between the Turks and the Christians , nnd If an uprising does occur the powers will bo unable to prevent Bul garia being drawn Into the fight. The Bul garian troops are to a largo extent officered and recruited among the Macedonian refu gees who for years have been pouring over the border and making Sofia their head quarters. Prince Ferdinand has been more than cordial to these refugees , and besides allowing the revolutionary committee to or ganize nnd conduct its campaign In Bul garian cities has appointed many of their chief men to places of tiust and emolument in his own government. The fact is that Prince Ferdinand wishes to annex Mace donia nnd seeks an outlet for Bulgarian products on the Mediterranean. If the ter ritory from Sofia to Salonlca wore under Bulgarian control It would not bo long be fore a railroad tapped the immense grain fields which now have no port of shipment nearer than the Black Sea. Turkey's sul tan Is fully aware of the ambitions of his one-time vassal , and for months the troops which served so effectively In Greece have been heavily garrisoned and the Albanians have been turned loose In the interior , where their excesses have been driving ever more nnd moio of the inhabitant from their homes. Of all the powers of rjurope Great Britain Is most Interested In the military preparn lions of Russia , and , naturally enough , thr British people are rather skeptical concern Ing the good Intentions of the Russian nuio- : rat In the plan of disarmament. For years the Hrltlsh en\eminent ha ni the silent but reblstlets march of Ku * l.i to : he conquest of the east One prlnco of Central tral Asia after another hits s-ui-cumNsl to Russian arms or diploma , until llokh.ir.i Khiva , KhoKind nnd Morv have luvn nb. 101 bed in the RuBsInn Hmplro without one affective step on the part of Great Britain to tiller the course of ovouts Boundary com missions bicked by armies of C'ost..ickn an "scientific expeditions" in which there was no bclenrn and an abundance of artillery liave added ninny a stilp of land In Centra \sla to Russian territory and It is apparently > nl > n qm'btlun of n lltllu time uhun Af- ; lumlHlan will become a part of the czar's lomlnloiib. murr. Senator Quay clings Involuntarily to his hlrtc'cn deficit. The senate of Kansas paesod a bill giving ho light of eminent domain to Irrigation ompanies. The estimated expenses ot the city of 'hlladolphla for the year 1S09 are $31,409,000 , ho chief Item ofvhlch is for education , he police expense * being $3,100,000 nnd the ire department $1,000,000. After March 4 Now York will have thrco evident members In the United States fen- to Dopow , I'lott and Clark of Montana , onntor Clark's palatial homo In Now York ( | ly is ready for occupancy. A Missouri statesman has Introduced In liu legislature n bill requiring saloon kcop- IH lo establish and maintain a homo for icbilatcs , Ho is a wise law rnakur who lakes provision for the "rainy day. " Tom L. Johnson , the wealthy btreet car iiagnato of Cleveland , 0 , and New York , , lie helped to manage ( ho campaign of U-nry Gtoigo for mayor of New York , has cclarcd In a public speech < bat ho has wlth- rnwn from all his business cnturprlDCH , lias tsposcd of every conflicting Interest and of very duty that would leitcrfcro with the do- Makes the food more delicious and wholesome R0 l BAKIKO PODH ) CO , NEW YORK. \otlon ot his lime his entire energy , his for tune--In fait , his life to the advancement of the single tax Idea This WRS said day be fore yesterday , and < h ( > profound sensation It U expected to create Is In course of prepa ration. The youngest member of the next con gress will bo Martin H Olyiin. editor of the Albany Tlmcs-fnlon , who Is 26 years old nnd sprung from the same soil In the tnnn of Klndcrliook , X Y , which produced Mar tin Van Burrn and Samuel J. Tllden. After March 4 the following Males , here tofore strongly democratic , will bo repro- senled In Washington by two republican United Slates senators oacli West Vir ginia , Maryland nnd New Jersey. Ken tucky and Delaware have each ono repub lican senator. The formal Initiation of Senator-elect Depew Into Washington llfo last Saturday- was the warmest thing he went against In forty years. Tour hundred members of offi cialdom were at the "Imnqtiot" nnd ovcry one stood up and took his modlclnc. No scats were provided to rest the loads. Speechmnkcrfl wcro guyed Into silence ; oveu Chauiicey was not permitted to expose hU stories. The proposed amendments lo the consti tution of Notth Carolina provide that all persons claiming the right to vote shall bo able to read and write any part ot the consti tution in the Kngllsh language. That dis franchises all 'illiterates. Then It provides that nil males who on January 1 , 1S67ero entitled to vote , and their descendants , shall bo exempt from the reading nnd w riling qualification. And that lets In all Illiterate whites. Tht Alabama legislature has provided for the submission to the voters of that atato of n proposition for the holding of a con- Htltiitlonnl convention Intended radically to niter the present system ofotlng by the establishment of an educational qualification such ns now exists In South Carolina , Louisiana and Mississippi. The suffrage In Alabama Is now practically free , one year's residence In the state , three months In the county nnd thirty days In the Voting pre cinct being required only. TAUT AMI THITMAC. Ilrooklvii Life : "Tlmt olalrvoyaiit said she would ihow me. some ghosts ot thu "Wfll-wlmt ot If" I told her I had come theie nml plunked down good money to llnd out whether I had a ghost of u future. " Somcrvlllo Journal : A good donl of the poetiy describing tbo luxurious delight of an open ) lire. Is written bv versifiers whenever never snt up to anything more poctlo than a btvam radiator or nn air-tight stove. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Yes , ho had It bad. AVcnt round arguing that there was no such thing as disease , and sneerln' nt "Whrfl's ' " ho doln' now ? "Tho last I seen , of him he was drlvln' a hearse. " Indianapolis Journal : "Do you believe there can bo Kne without confidence ? " 'I know thera can. A couple of follows vvorkivl my wife for J50 by repicsonlliiK themselves to be detectives on the hunt for me , but willing to compromise. " Chicago Tilbuno : Irene Isn't It ridiculous In run lilllluluk to wear llioso short skirts to make people Ihlnk she's still a miss in her teen" , when she's 35 , if nhe's a day > Jlnud I < lon't know. I think she shows peed judgment When Hho walks out no body looks at her face. Chicago Post : "No , sir' " 113 exclaimed proudly , "there Isn't u dishonest drop or blood in my veins " "Is that so ? " returned the other "Well , why don't you try to get an engagement In a < llmo museum ? " "As what ? " "As n bloodlehs man. I never heard of PlttsburK Chronicle : "I don't think that Russia has any diplomatic representatives In the South American republics , " said Sqtllldlff tb JIcSwilllBCIi. "Don't you ? " "No , I don't , or else the revolutionists down there haven't had tlmo to read the czar's little essay on peace. " MOVT wonnv A HIT. Dsnver Post. If your pi ins should fall and your scheme * KO vvronff , Don't you worry a bit , l"oco every car ? with delimit song , Don't jou vvoriy a bit Don't list to the whisperings of despair , Hut have Ihe courage In do and dare. And you'll distance I'll In gellingIherc Don't you worry a bit. If you spring a pop nnd the girl says no , Don't you worry a bit. Just laugh and say you bad reckoned so , Don't vou vvoiry n bit. 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