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complete copies of The Da ly. MortilnK.
Evenlnjr and Sunday Uce. printed during
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15 . 21.110 31 8-1,100
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Subscribed and sworn to bcforo mo this
31st day of January , 1S99.
( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public
Examiner Palm evidently worked on
Hie theory that a fair divide Is no rob
bery. -
H Is now evident Unit 11 of Mr.
1'alm'H cnerslL-H were uot wasted on
little "sulde" couipiuilcf.
The Nebraska boys are holding fast to
the water works and If the Kansas men
Keep the brewery the inhabitants of Ma
nila will not suffer.
_
The llkencsri of . "Judge Scott to Gen-
oml Grant , -vvlik-u our amiable con-
loinponiry pees so vividly , is chiefly
perceptible In tlio points of difference.
The Kansas legislature has Used the
lawful price of a shave at 10 cento , but
It is not known yet what effect the
measure will have on the next crop of
whiskers.
It is too bad the lesson of the Imtehet
nnd cherry tree story about telling
lies should bo so hopelessly lost upon
the men who produce the screeds
printed in the Omaha Kakery.
admonition to his coun
trymen against entniiKllnK alliances
with foreign nations should be remem
bered not only on his birthday anni
versary but on every day of the year.
While It is most gratifying that
Omaha municipal and school bonds al
ways bring a good premium , there is
etill no reason why more of them should
be flouted than Is absolutely necessary.
The personnel of the national demo
cratic advisory committee does not in
dicate that the quality of the advice of
fered will be materially different from
the brand previously tendered and ac
cepted.
The expansion Omaha is most Inter-
< tited In just now is the expansion of
lt wealth and population to the point
that will maintain Its rank among
progressive western cities when de
pleted in the figures of the 10 < )0 ) census.
Some of the dismissed ox-police olli-
clals seem to have become w accus
tomed to drawing witness fees out of
the public treasury that they cannot
wean themselves of the habit , oven
though no longer attached to the police
force.
The bill for the relief ot settlers on the
Otoo Indian reservation generally man
ages to get before congress during the
closing days of the session and geti just
enough consideration to buoy up the
hopes of the settlers. The present ses
sion Is no exception to the rule.
The Commercial club Is moving In the
right direction with Its proposed excur
sions to neighboring towns with a view
to cultivating and cementing commer
cial friendship. Omaha , above all
things , wants to maintain reciprocal re
lations with all the cities and towns In
Nebraska and surrounding states.
The Commercial club is certainly
moving forward. It now promotes a
debate of thu questions Involved In the
problem of Imperialism , whereas only
u few years ago the discussion of a
proposed free grant of a llfty-year gas
franchise was ruled out of order as not
pertinent to the objqcts of the organiza
tion.
It IB a poor town that has not a heel ;
out In 'the legislature for a new state
normal school. IJeforo Nebraska goes
Into the wholesale normal school busi
ness It will want to take an Inventory
of Us educational resources. The tendency -
ency generally Is toward the concentra
tion rather than the scattering of state
Institutions designed for the benellt of
particular classes.
One of the radical changes of the naval
personnel bill la making engineers otll.
cers of the line , while compelling olll-
i-ors of the line to famlllarlxo themselves
with the workings of the engine rooms.
Of course , the chuneo that an engineer
will ever bo called in action to command
a ship Is remote , but It might happen.
The probability of the Hue olllcers hav
ing to assume elmrgo of the engines Is
remote , but might occur In any novero
engagement.
AFTKIl 81WUO IT/CIA' It
After the Tnlfrd Slates shall have
iibjnpiloi ! tht < Filipino * itiifiumliiK
that the policy already entered upon
will be carried out there will coino the
task of reconstruction providing a po
litical and social framework for those
people , of whose nature and wants we
know very little. That thin will be u
most dllllcult and tedious task there
can be no doubt , for we shall
liisvo not one or two races to de.il
with , but a number of races , sumo
of them In a natural state of sav-
{ igory who have never submitted to
niiy rule , others semi-savages and
perhaps not one-tenth of the entire pop-
ulatloi' of the Islands milllcleiitly Intel
ligent to understand the principles we
shall apply to their government , while
most of those wh. ) have this Intelligence
are earnestly hostile to oilr rule.
Affording to the most trustworthy
estimates for there are no accurate sta
tistics of thu 1'hlllppliio population the
Tagals , with whom we are now at war ,
number . ' 1,000,000. These nro the most
Intelligent of the Inhabitants , though
the large majority of them are Held
hands , day Jaborers , servants , agricul
turists and small traders. Next In num
bers are thu Vlsayas , about lr ! > 00,000. ,
who are not very much Inferior to the
Tagals In Intelligence and pursue like
occupations. These races are denomi
nated Catholics , though they do not all
profess that faith. Then come thu
Igorrotus , numbering 500,000 , , who are
pagans and llvu in thu mountainous dis
tricts. Next in numbers * are the Mores ,
about 300,000 , who are Mohammedans.
The Negritos , or aborigines , number
about ! ! r > ,000 , while the scattered tribes
are estimated to number 1 > ,000,000 ,
largely pagans. Of the non-natives there
are 400,000 Chinese-Mestizos , fix ( ) , ( ) ( )
Spanish-Mestizos , descendants of Span
ish fathers and native mothers , i00,000 !
Chinese , 10,000 Spanish and 5,000 , of
other nationalities.
Such Is the varied and motley and
mongrel mass of humanity barbarous
and semi-barbarous , pagan , Mohamme
dan and Kuddhlst more than half of
which Spain was never able to control ,
which It Is proposed the United States
shall take under Its care nnd educate ,
civilize and it for
prepare self-govern
ment Can anyone doubt that we shall
find this a task , if It be undertaken ,
more dllllcult , more perplexing , more
tedious than any wo have ever been
called upon to perform ? Tho.su people
know nothing of liberty under law.
Such of them as have been for centuries
subjected to Spanish oppression now
demand that they shall be allowed to
govern themselves. Those who would
not submit to Spanish control will not
accept our rule. To attempt to compel
them to do so will mean a prolonged
warfare , costly in life and money and
even after they are subjugated the main
tenance of a strong military power to
keep them In order. How long it will
take to reduce to obedience to our an-
thority and compliance with our methods
the hundreds of thousands of pagans ,
Mohammedans nnd Itiuldhists Jii the
Philippines no man can tell , but It will
require yeaiw , if indeed It be possible
of accomplishment.
Subjugation will not bu easy. That
is apparent. We shall not have accom
plished it when wo have vanquished the
forces of Agnlnaldo and established
order in Luzon. That will bu but "the
prologue to the Imperial act. " Other
millions of the people of the Philippines
must bo subdued , among them those
who have never submitted to any out
side rule. Hut great and dlllicult as will
be the task of subjugation that of re
construction will be equally fio. Whether
it can ever bo successfully accomplished
Is ( i problem for the most serious consid
eration of the American people.
IXCItKA S/A'O Tllfl A11311' .
The question of increasing the regular
army Is of paramount , interest and Im
portance. It should be discussed and
determined entirely with reference to
thu requirements of the situation , it Is
a question not to bo hastily disposed of ,
but. should receive the most careful con
sideration.
Tills question Is now before the United
States senate. The bill for the increase
and reorganization of the regular army
reported to that body from Its military
committee and which is approved by the
administration , provides for a minimum
regular force of 50,000 men and author
izes the president In case of need to
raise It to a maximum of 100,000 men ,
H preserves the present organization and
slightly strengthens the cavalry , nug-
'ments thu artillery and organizes that
arm of the service on a more scientific
basis than at present , gives to the In
fantry the throe-battalion organization
and makes such additions to the stall'
as In thu Judgment of military men are
indispensable. Under IKs provisions entrance -
trance to any branch of the army cannot
be obtained until after the candidate
for a commission has demonstrated his
fitness for It. to the satisfaction of a
competent examining board.
There Is proposed as a substitute for
this measure a bill providing for thu
temporary Increase of the army to
nearly 100,000 men , but Including In
this number . ' { 'i.OOO native auxiliaries
In Cuba , Porto Ilico and the Philip
pines. Itnt it makes no provision for
thu reorganization that Is regarded as
absolutely essential. It does not pro
vide for any additional general olllcers ,
which according to a statement of the
War department are greatly needed In
the administration of affairs In Culm ,
Porto HIco and thu Philippines. It
would leave the army , us now organ
ized , with but three major generals and
six brigadier generals , which allows but
one gijnoral olllcer for each of the mili
tary departments In the United States
and one for commanding general of the
army. There can bo no question that
In this respect the bill of Senator Cock-
roll Is defoctlve. If there is to be nn
Increase In thu sly.u of the army at all
commensurate with what the adminis
tration believes to be u necessity , there
must bo n concurrent Increase In the
staff , No legislation that does not provide -
vide for this will bo adequate or can
have satisfactory results.
The probability Is that n compromise
will finally bo effected , though accordIng -
Ing to report the president Is disposed
to Insist upon thu measure reported
from the senate military committee and
If that shall fall will call nn extra FPSIt
slon of the Fifty-sixth congress. In
regard to public sentiment It Is nn-
doiibtodly true Hint It Is very largely
opposed ti > a permanent lucreaso of thn
regular army. While there Is very lit
tic If any opposition to such an Increase
as will enable the government to re
lease the volunteers from service ns
soon as possible and this the president
Is anxious to do the very general be
lief unquestionably Is that ll Is unneces
sary to make the Increase permanent
and that every necessity of the situa
tion would bo provided for If the regu
lar army should be maintained at Its
war strength for a period of two years.
Nn WIKK anil1 nn.ii.
Referring to the report of the- minority
of the house vonimlttee on thu merchant
marine against thu ship-bounty bill , In
which it Is proposed to admit foreign-
built ships free , the New York Sun nays
that this would reverse a policy which
1ms subsisted almost from the founda
tion of the government and Is embodied
In registry lawn still on the statute
book. It quotes approvingly thu opin
ion of the commissioner of navigation
that thu time Is not many years distant
when wo shall build ships of Iron or
steel bettor and more cheaply than they
can bo built anywhere In the world and
says : "The free ship proposition , then ,
Is out of the question. Instead of being
a movement of progress It would be one
of retrograde. AN'lmtcver other policy
may commend Itself to congress , It de
serves no consideration. The law of
May 10 , 1S)2 ! ) , admitting foreign-built
ships on the construction of a llku
amount of tonnage here , has been of
benellt and an extension of It Is one fea
ture of the Paynu-Ilanua bill. Hut In
no case should any free whip bill , In the
full sense of that term , bo passed.
There Is of course no danger of any
such legislation In the present or the
succeeding congress , but a strong proba
bility that some such law as Is now pro-
iwsed will bo passed later. The
Indications are that the fillip-bounty bill
will not receive any consideration from
this con grow. As to free ships , it may
be doubted whether a democratic con
gress and administration would venture
upon such .a reversal of a policy that
has been adhered to more than a cen
tury , during the greater part of which ,
down to the time of the civil war , the
democratic party was in control of the
government. The policy of free ships ,
which would build up foreign at the
expense of the American ship-building
Industry , will never be adopted , it is
safe to say , by any political party.
Tilt ! SA31K OLD 1SUXCO CA31K.
It takes a newspaper like the World-
Herald to got on both sides of a ques
tion. Its antics with reference to the
bill for a proposed state subsidy to the
First Nebraska volunteers is the latest
illustration. Just compare these two
excerpts :
World-Herald News Columnv.
There were republicans who voted for the
bill and there were republicans who voted
against It. There were democrats and pop
ulists who voted against , as well as popu
lists and democrats who vet fd for It. . *
The division as to politics as to the vote
In the louse on this bill was this way :
Democrats , populists and silver republican
voting for the bill , 31 ; republicans voting
for the 1)111 , 30 ; democrats and populists
voting against the bill , 14 ; republicans voting
ing ( against the bill , 20. If there Is any
lesson In this division , It can be drawn at
the leisure of the reader.
World-Herald Editorial Columns.
Nebraska's republican house ot repre
sentatives has killed the bill providing for
an appropriation for Nebraska's volunteer
soldiers. The responsibility for the death
of this popular nnd meritorious measure
rests upon the republican party. * * *
At this time the men responsible for the
defeat of this appropriation do not perhaps
realize the extent of their responsibility.
* The World-Herald does not deslro
at this time to criticise too severely the ac
tion of the republican house. * * Ne
braska's republican house of representatives
has defeated the proposed appropriation for
Nebraska's volunteer soldiers.
This is about as smooth a bunco game
of "heads 1 win and tails you lose" arf
has boon attempted upon a gulllhlo
public.
ICvory bill before the legislature
should be considered solely on Its own
(
merits Irrespective of the appeals of
the popocratic organ for the supporters
of the defeated soldier subsidy bill to
wreak vengeance upon the sugui
bounty claimants. If the state o\vos
any one money it should pay It If it
is not an honest debt It should not pay.
That question is for the legislature to
look into and decide. In connection
with the attack of the local popocratic
sheet on the sugar bounty claimants
it may bo worth recalling that in his
inaugural message the present popu
list governor recommended the pay
ment of tins bounty neeruod. at least
so far as the claims are still held by '
the sugar beet growers. j
England's troubles In the Soudan art ! c
not over by any moans. The khalifa has
gathered up unothur army and Is ad
vancing toward Khartoum. Thu war in
( hi ! Soudan will ultimately bo settled V
just * as all others between civilization
and barbarism have boon. Klthor civi
lization will retreat or thu barbarians
will bo exterminated. The blessings of
civilization are great , but they are lee
oftijn appreciated only at the point of the
bayonet. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The KngllHh papers that are just now
worrying themselves over what Lord
Itcrosford may do In the direction of the
open door while in this country should
try not to lose too much sloop over the
mutter , for It will probably be wmio
time yet before wo enter Into a dellnlto
alliance against France and Itussla In
the Orient.
"One hundred apeace" from ono com
pany 1s a fair token of esteem and ap
preciation and If repeated often enough '
Hhonld keep the average titnto auditor
fairly well mipplled with clothing , I'atH ' ,
neckties and other little Items of wear
ing appiirel.
Following hard upon the outrage com
mitted uK | > n the merchants of Macon ,
Ga. , by nn Ohio regiment comes the report -
port that a Minnesota command lias
with dllllculty been prevented from
lynching a negro for somt trivial offense
, at Augusta. From whatever cause this
lawlessness may have Its origin It comorf
with more than ordinarily bad grace
when perpetrated by citizens of states
that t have bitterly protested against
similar offenses committed by southern
people. j
The tlmo Is ripe for the consolida
tion of Omaha and South Omaha and
the people of both cities are ready for
union , lint so long as the law pre
vents the submission of an annexation
proposition except with the consent of
the olllce-holdlng class , who aru natu
rally and unalterably opposed to It , the
people will uot have nn opportunity to
register their will.
The cruiser Detroit has taken the
naval spanking board and departed for
Nicaragua , which has been holding up
government messages. Thu smaller
Iwmts of the navy seem to be kept per
petually busy chasing around after thesu
second-rate revolutions which seldom
amount to nn much as a real lively scrim
mage In a foot ball game.
I'll ' til COIIRTCNH ,
Philadelphia Tlnus.
So far as the Filipino question represents
the white man's burden the president la
evidently disposed to put it on congress.
TnkOK a Hack Stnt.
lmHnmiK | > ls ! Journal.
It is cause for surprise and cliagrln to the
Drlttsh to learn that English railroad mana
gers arc purchasing locomotives In the
United States. A few years ago the Urlt-
Ish makers were confident they had the
business for all time.
Fnvorn Tliiinkfully Itrrolvi'd.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Central Pacific Is about to pay the
government all that it owes on account of
those little advances made nearly thirty
years ago. The government was never In
l > etter condition financially than now , but
there are a great many drains upon the
treasury at present , and every llttlo helps.
Single Stamp Taxi
Philadelphia Record.
When a debt Is settled by giving promises
to pay , the government must also be settled
with as witness the stamp tax of $ 11,702.51
on the Central Pacific notes Issued In payment -
ment of the railroad company's Indebted-
ucss to the United States. Never again , In
all probability , will the Internal Revenue
buicau collect such a tax on promissory
notes In a single transaction.
Miiwlu that COIIICN
Cincinnati Enquirer.
There Is a class much affected by the
question as to who Is going 'to ' haul down
the stars and stripes at Manila. This ts
the sentimental feature of the business. The
heavy hand of .taxation has not fallen with
all the force 'that ' Is In store for the pee
ple. There Is practical trouble ahead. IJe
fore wo allow our enthusiasm to run away
with us , let us remember that the fiddler
Is to pay , and that he Is a high-priced musi
cian.
Tlirciol" a Kind.
Minneapolis Tribune.
General Otis , the army hero of Manila ,
Is I : In his ( list year. He Is not a West
Pointer , but entered the army from civil
life. It Is rather singular that the three
generals who have been given most promi
nent commands since thu outbreak of the
11S
Spanish war Miles , Shatter and Otis are
not graduates of the military academy. In
the navy It Is just the" reverse. All the men
who have achieved distinction In that branch
of the service nrd graduates of thu naval
academy.
liiKtlcilclil of
Phlludelohla. Record.
Under ttio provisions of the bill to estab-
llsh a national military park at the battlefield -
field of Vicksburg , which passed in the
house and senate and now awaits the ex-
ecutlvo signature , about 1,200 acres of terri
tory , Including * ho confederate fortifications ,
the national cemetery and the federal lines ,
will be acquired by the United States and
brought under the control and supervision
of tlireo commissioners , to bo selected from
the forces which took part In the siege and
defense of Vicksburg in 1863. The locality
Is to be made- memorial battlefield In the
soutli as Gettysburg Is In the north , and in
duo time It will be marked at every point
of Interest with appropriate monuments
and tablets. Twenty-five of the states were
represented by troops In the military oper
ations before Vlcksburg1 under Grant and
Pembortou ; and these widely scattered com
monwealths will heartily unite In commemo-
rntlifg the deeds of valor there achieved.
CONDITION'S iv < ; in.\ ; .
K Ni'tMlN of the iHlaml Coiinlcil
vlth .Several "Don'tH. "
A correspondent of Leslie's Weekly , who
Is sketching existing conditions In Cuba for
that paper , gives eeveral cold facts calcu
lated to discourage Tjoomcrs. "Tho opening
of Cuba , " ho writes , "Is not like the openIng -
Ing of Oklahoma , where the llrst man to
'drive a stake has a claim' on a portion of '
land. Cuba's acres may 'bo cheaply ac
quired from the present Impoverished own
ers , but nevertheless each aero must bo paid
for. A summing up of the chances for
Americans In Cuba shown that the oppor
tunities are of four clashes :
"Employment for labor.
"Investments toy capitalists in municipal
and public improvements.
"Agricultural opportunities for small
farmers.
"Tho establishment of winter homes and
resorts for the leisure classes ,
"As a winter resort Cuba offom oppor
tunities for making money In hotels nnd
boarding houses. Before the war thou
sands of tourists visited Cuba where only
hundreds , went to California nnd Mexico.
The sanitary Improvements In the larger
cities have encouraged Americans to resume
their pleasure trips to Cuba , and It Is es
timated that fully 30,000 people , In search
of rest or pleasure , will have found their
way to Cuba before the beginning of Lent.
When prcper sanitation has been estab
lished , and when tha prejudice resulting
from the reports of returning sick soldiers
hns been overcome , Cuba Is sure to become $
the American Riviera.
"If you have consumption or any pulmon
ary disease avoid Cuba , for to one thus
afflicted the atmosphere will provo fatal.
The island Is. Indeed , n winter resort for
the strong rather than a health resort for
the weak.
"To sum up Cuba needs today the manu
factured articles of the east , the foodstuffs
of the west , thu lumber cf the south. U
needs brawn , but It moat needs brain , offerIng -
Ing better chances for the educated than
for the Ignorant. It offers splendid oppor
tunities for those who understand the rais
ing of horses , mules , cattle , pigs nnd sheep ;
to those skilled In forestry and the lumber
trade ; to email farmers versed in the culture
of fruit and vegetable products ; to capitalists
who will put money In sugar and tobacco
plantations ; to skilled labor generally ; to
experienced engineers who can bo of value
In solving the thousand and ono problems
ot public Improvements ; to hotel men and
boarding house .keepers ; to miners ; to young
men and young women who can fill positions
In the cities. The conditions are a little
money , education and energy , a knowledge
of the Spanish language or an ability to
acquire it quickly , a great deal of general
information before starting and only one'ti
self to support , meaning that If you are
married ruba Is not the place , at present ,
In which to try to better your fortunes. "
11 > Tiin noi.nt i * .
Auburn Post ( rep. ) : The popn nro clean
ing house Just now nt Lincoln. The auditor
and his deputy nro having n llttlo family
quarrel , hut don't render a decision In thn
matter lee hastily. Uemomber that Mr. Cor
nell Is auditor and that Samuel Llchfy was
deputy anil that for over two years Mr.
Llchty know all that Wna going on in the
olllco nnd ho never sold a word nbout It
till after ho was fired. Mr. Llchty further
says , In his letter , that ho took things In
his own hands contrary to the Instructions
ot his superior ofllcor and ran them to suit
himself while the auditor was absent dur
ing the campaign. Such actions would not
bo honorable in a republican although It
may bo in a populist.
Wood River Interests ( rep. ) : A great old
row has broken out In the state auditor's
office , Ono Llchty , chief clerk of the In-
suranro department , has been bounced by
Auditor Cornell nnd the last few days Llchty
hns I been telling n'botit the rottenness of the
olllco In robbing Insurance companies and
other flagrant violations of the law. If one-
halt the charges made by Llchty provo tnw ,
and the proof seems to bo abundant , Cor
nell and some of his ofllee force are bookoJ
to walk the plank. The legislature and
Governor 1'oynter have taken the matter up
In earnest and the prcspects are good for
unearthing some hugti steals. The air down
at Lincoln must be tainted , judging by the
way In which the fcervants of the people
go astray in that city.
lllalr Pilot ( rep. ) : Since charges have
been preferred against State Auditor Cor
nell , nnd ot such a grave nature an to de
mand nn Investigation by the governor and
by the legislature , It will bo In keeping with
the usual course adopted by the Hlalr Re
publican to brand 'Mr. ' Cornell a criminal In
proportion to the magnitude of the crlmo
charged. The Pilot , as In local affairs , will
await the decision of the Investigating com
mittee before saying more than that Cornell
is charged with gross Irregularities In the
conduct of the Insurance department of his
olllco. When the committee appointed to In
vestigate shall have made its report the
Pilot will bo pleased to announce the find
ings to Its readers with such comment as
the 'case seems to deserve.
Tccumsch Chieftain ( rep. ) : Very serious
charges were preferred against Stnto
Auditor Cornell the first of this week by
Samuel Llchty , cx-chlcf clerk 'of the In
surance department. The charges are so
grave In their nature that Governor Poynter
has ' , in a special message to the legislature ,
asked , for a full Investigation to the end that
Cornell's actions may bo thoroughly
scrutinized. The charges nro open and
specific. Unless the auditor can clear him
self from them ho will undoubtedly bo Im
peached and ultimately removed from office.
In conformity with the governor's request
both houses of the legislature have up-
pointed committees of Investigation , with
full power to take evidence , call for all
papers bearing on the case and administer
oaths. The findings are awaited with great
Interest. The affair has created considera
ble excitement In political circles. Auditor
Cornell's actions have long been viewed
with suspicion , notwithstanding his loud
claims of Immaculate honesty , and now , If
he Is unjustly censured , he will bo afforded
an opportunity to silence all criticism.
Schuyler Sun ( rep. ) : The Omaha Bee has
exposed a. game of robbery , being carried
on In the Insurance department of State
Auditor Cornell's ofllce , which is fully as
bad as the defalcations of Bartley and
Moore. The law gives the auditor the right
to appoint a man to examine the books and
records of insurance companies which do
business In this state. For this work the
examiner Is allowed ? 3 a day , and actual
expenses. One O. W. Palm was appointed.
This man deliberately "held up" several of
ttio companies which ho examined for fees
amounting to many times what the law al
lowed. This practice came to the attention
of the auditor's deputy , Sam Lichty , who
vigorously protested against the nefarious
practice and for his deslro to do right was
discharged by the auditor. Llchty has con
sequently exposed the unlawful work and
Governor Poynter has called upon the legis
lature 'to ' investigate the matter , which will
bo done.
St. Paul Flionograph ( pop. ) : The Omaha
Dee brings charges against State Auditor
Cornell which , If true , should Immediately
remove that gentleman from office. The ac
cusation Is , briefly , that the auditor has al
lowed "snide" Insurance companies to do bus
iness by extorting from them a large fee for
examination and certificate , nnd further that
ho has failed , like his predecessor , to collect
the fees owing by non-resident Insurance
companies. The Bco has its Information
from Sam Llchty , the Insurance deputy
lately discharged by Cornell , nnd for that
reason It should probably be taken with a
few grains of allowance. Hut nt any rate
these charges are of such a grave nature
that the auditor's affairs should bo Investi
gated nt once , and It found true , Mr. Cor \
nell should promptly bo removed from office.
\\o did not put men In the state olltces to
follow the beaten pathway of the republican
corruptlonlsts.
In the opinion of the Left , Loubet is nil
right. °
Senator Morrlll was the only member of
'the present senate who wrote with n quill cj
pen.
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A New York paper assorts that the prcsl- )
dent has decided views on the army bill , t
adding : "Ho stands firm for the Hull t
measure. "
If the reports of some of the French
papera are true President Loubet , while din
ing , wearo his'napkin tucked into his collar ,
just as tliongli ho were a native of Chicago.
U was a Now York -magistrate who ob
served in open court that when a man has
got enough of the world it Is all right for
him to put an end to his existence , adding
that that Is what he Intends to do.
Although Mark Hanmi Is portrayed ns l ]
haughty and unapproachable , he is always S'
possessed of a cool and even temper , and
has more callers than any man In the sen to
ate , except , possibly , Senator Mason.
The way things get turned around Is Illus
trated by the necessity rif explaining that
the monument being erected to the memory n
of Nancy Hunks In Indiana Is In honor of
the mother of President Lincoln , and not of
the horse that was named after her.
U is said that Spain intends to spend tlio
$20 ; < foO,000 It will receive for the Philip h
pines In buying n new navy. For such a g
sum H can get six cruisers , better than' ' A
It lost when Corvera mot Schl-ey , with a bi
few torpedo boats thrown In. Indeed the i tl
three now battleships It has already ordered - | I >
dered are of the latest and most approved . 7
patterns.
It Is not generally known that Speaker
Reed onca served In the navy. After grad
uating with honors at Dowdoln ho tried his
hnnd at law , but in a ibort time secured
appointment as assistant paymaster In the
navy. During a great part of the civil waV
ho served on the Sybil , which patrolled the
Tennessee , Cumberland and Mississippi rlv-
crs. Tdo service was uneventful and In 1&65 ' 1 >
Mr. Ri'tHl returned to the practice of law In cal :
Portland. ' V
HIM : I.IMIS ,
When Ihc trust Reim Is as Wilck In the
Now Jerspy atmosphere ai the nutuniu
In tlio vale of V.illombrosa It would ,
of course , bo imrenaonnbl * to expect an
cntcrprlBlng town like Ylnclnml to provo
Inrmuno nnd rspa < po contamination. It has
not. Vlncland , connlMIng largely of gla s
plant * that planted so tletftly the rash of
credulous capitalists that It has never been
able to sprout a dividend , does not possess
nn abundance of those slntiws which even
the benevolent trust would feel hopeful of
cxp.imllng Into gigantic enterprise with
billions in tlmni. Hut In the unfortunate
absence of more substantial assets that en-
tcrprlslng village has n surplus of brains ,
and for lack of some enemy more worthy of
Its Atlng the insidious trust germ attacked
these with zeal that would have done honor
to n better cause. The re.sult was the for
mation of a doctor's trust , having for IU
object the detection of every raswil whoso
estate was Insufficient to satisfy the dam-
ages after the funeral , nnd , Incidentally ,
the regulation of the output of pills to those
who could pay according to a scale commensurate -
mensurato with the financial needs of the
profession.
For a whole month this benign Institution
worked entirely to the satisfaction of llic
strongest patient holders , but then a strnugo
thing happened. Notwithstanding the well
known fact of the more than 'brotherly ' love
every i.hyslclnn cherishes for all others of
the same profession , the gangrene of
jealousy Invaded the ranks of the minority
patient holders and llkn a worm In the bud
preyed upon the damask of their cheeks
until conscience born of a light purse
would no longer permit the.ni to .hold . their
peace. Then they -arose and spoke elo
quently of the moral and other ruins that
the octopus das encompassed , ami with a
mighty oath they swore Hint no more
should the deliberations of the unholy thing
be weighted down by their presence. Hut
to make matters worse several would-be
patients w.hoso . tax receipts \vero found to
bo unsatisfactory also arose and , repairing
to the ncurpHt ' .attorney , sought balm for
the hurt that 'blacklisted ' honor feels by
decorating the court dockets with enough
damage suits against the refractory phy-
slclons to bankrupt the town If collected.
Consternation prevails in the camp of Ks-
culapius and the chief priests of the lancet
and the scribes of the prescription held a
meeting In the inner temple of the high
priest , who was also the promoter , at which'
the dangerous possibilities of the trust germ
to their profession were discussed with
bated breath. At Its conclusion It was an
nounced that the pulse of the octopus had
ceased to .beat , nnd then tearfully they
withdrew , but so also did not the plain
tiffs In the damage suits , and the world will
iwatoh the outcome .with unore than ordl-
nary Interest.
The Hastings Record says that Adams
county was never BO rich In bright prospects
as it Is at this time. Out on the farm it is
discovered that the severe winter has done
little Injury to grain or stock owing to the
fact ; that the farmers planted the one care
fully and took care ot the other. From this
fitl
the Record concludes very correctly that the
provident farmer like the merchant or other
business man makes his own fortune nnd
congratulates the farmers ot Adams county
over the fact that they have learned this
lesson. j (
A tombstone Is supposed to bo a very
solemn thing , but as a matter ot fact some
very queer , if not ludicrous , sentiments are
sometimes found engraved upon them. Over
.
in Iowa there is said to be one with the
following touching sentiment on It : "Here
lies Paul Howard , who was a faithful hus
band , baldheaded , the father of nine chil
dren and always had money out at Inter
est. " Quite as bad , If not worse , the epi
taph on a stone In a Pennsylvania cemetery :
"Hero lies Hannah Jane Moore , who had
badlsh legs and a badlsh cough , but her
two badlsh legs carried her off. " Equally
as expressive but with n touch of economy
ns well as sentiment In It was the Inscription
placed on the marble lieadstono of a child
that died at Duck Shoals In North Carolina
near the home of the Into Bill Nye , but of
course the humorist had nothing to do with
it :
"Hero lies our little baby ;
Ho neither cries nor hollers ;
Ho lived Just forty days
And cost us thirty dollars. "
An Incident of more 'than ordinary signifi
cance occurred In New York during the
recent storm. The cars operated by com
pressed air motors were not delayed a mo
ment and seem to experience no Incon
venience whatever from the effects of the
severe cold , while every one In the city
propelled by electricity was laid up nnd
prlvcd use-less for days. If , from this , It
is proved that compressed air power Is not
retarded or interfered with by severe cold
\\o have In It a most dangerous rival to
electricity , other things equal. There are
scientists of conservative Judgment and
great ability who unhesitatingly declare
that electricity docs not offer a single ad
vantage as a motive power over compressed
air , while the latter has many advantages O
to recommend It to public favor as a sub
stitute for the former. Among these ad A
vantages is the ono said to have been
verified In New York , and If their other
claims are as well founded the electric car
may eventually make way for that propelled
by compressed air , just as the horse had
to give place to the cable and the cable to
the ] trolley.
TUN PIIKSIIIHNT'S SriCKCII ,
Detroit Journal : Wo hove accomplished
for the Filipinos what they never would have
accomplished for themselves their Indepcnd.
enco of Spain. Now wo must teach them ,
oven though it bo In the cruel school of war ,
that wo are their friends ; that wo mean to
do them Rood instead of evil. When that Is
done wo shall teach them to govern them
selves ' and then quit their islands.
Brooklyn Eagle : The president's tribute
the congress , meaning any congress of
the American nation , Is by no means the
least attractive nnd patriotic part of his
speech. And when wo have a president and
congress working In harmony , both on-
deavorlng to tlio extent of their capacity to
reflect the sentiment of the nation , It Is not
probable that wo will go far astray ,
Buffalo Express : Wo do not know just
how republican Institutions can bet I be
given to the Philippines , but OB wo are
Americans , wo should consider it beyond de
bate that republican Institutions are best and
that wo can have no other mission In the
Philippines than to establish them there.
The spirit of the president's words Implied
that oven If he did not actually put It Into
language ,
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : The
sweep of the address In as placid and re
sistless as the flow of the Gulf stream ,
warming the cold waters of discontent , and
flecked with signs of promise of that happy
tlmo "when that group of Islands , under
the Impulse of the year just past , shall have
become the gems and glories of those tropi
seas , " The prince of opportunists la
William McKlnloy , the poet of the inevl-
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
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ROYAL &UINO l > O D ft CO. htw VORK.
table. What IA Is rlRht. thr thing that Imt
been ] done was the- only thins possible ; It
l altogether creditable nnd rlRhlwus , nnd
we are the puppets of It. Lot u rise to our
opportunity even If It bo the unpleasant
and most regrettable duty of killing brown
men in rebellion ngnlnut our new authority
nnd acquit ourselves like men.
lloston ( Hobo : Whatever limy be said re
garding the Indeflnltonoiis of Mr. McKlnloy'i
views on certain Issues In the past , there U
no mistaking his position on the Philippine
question. Ho believes In "holding" the
I sin mis for the present anil the Immediate
future nt least , and behind his references
to , his faith In the fidelity of congress to Its
new duties there Is man I test a feeling ot
eonflileneo that the nation's legislators will
sustain his action anil his purpose.
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Philadelphia Times : Lord Charles will
mi t succeed In entangling us In the general
foreign , policy of Kngland , nor In frightening
us Into building a great navy that ho may
use , , art an example to Induce nn Increased
ono at homo.
Philadelphia Kccord : As n matter ot fact ,
no alliance la needed to pcrscrvo the free
dom of trade In the coast cities of China nnd
In the valleys of the Hoangho , tlio YniiRtBo-
klang nnd the West river. Nor docs HussU
deslro to close even Ttillciiwnn to foreign
comtncrro , thus depriving Its great trans
continental railway across Asia of profitable
trafllo ; and ns to the other ports It would
be too feeble to enforce any hostile policy
against any one of the powers named. With
respect to northern China the British
government would bo well content that
llussla should bo occupied In n conquest
which would Indefinitely draw its strength
away from India. Japan is Jealously In
terested only In the Integrity of Korea , nnd
cares nothing for the blc.iU plains of
Mongolia and the Mnnchurlnn highlands.
The four powers named have thus no In
terest In common itufllrlcnlly Important to
draw them Into an alliance.
Chicago Post : Lord lleiesford contends
that Russia and Franco want territory and
not trade alone , and that ultimately they
must declare for the exclusive-privilege
policy. ' Count Casslnl , Husslnn ambassador
at Washington , repudiates this imputation.
He says that France Is as commercial u
nation as England or ( lonnnny , and that
Russia's aspirations and ambitions are
chiefly industrial. The Siberian road , ho
claims , Is a commercial , not a strategic , Idea ,
It Is , therefore , unjust anil inexpedient to
exclude France nnd Russia from any Inter
national understanding with regard to China ,
supposing such an understanding to bo at nil
necessary. It may bo said that It Is natural
for the Russian ambassador to take such a
view of Lord Ucresford's propaganda , and
this Is true. Uut the important considera
tion Is that exactly the same view is taken
by every practical statesman In Kuropo nnd
the United States. It is not deemed wise or
advantageous to agitate the Chinese question
Just now and give offense to Russia and
France. The future will bo left to take care
ot Itself.
TAUT
Chicago Record : "What makes Dickie's
cough so bad this morning. "
"It Is nearly tlmo for him to start to
school. "
Philadelphia North American : Caller la
the exchange editor in ?
The Editor I am he.
Caller Well , 1 want to exchange this ,
summer suit for a winter overcoat.
Somorvllle Journal : Kvery man has n net
phrnso that ho u-e.s a great deal. With
some men It Is : "Thank you , I don't care
If I do ! "
Indianapolis Journal : "Oh , yes ! " eald
Eve In recounting to the neighbor the
Garden of Kden lire. "We only escaped
with the clothes wo had on , "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Curious picture
this , Isn't It ? Exterior of railway car that
Is to run 150 miles'ftu'liblir' . ' * "
"Exterior , eh ? Well , I think that's the
view of It that would suit me best ! "
Detroit Free Press : "Have you an agree-
nblo boardlnir house ? "
"YeH , we have ; every mornlnj ? wo liavo
a cake walk. "
"Cake walk ? What's that ? "
"Why , the llrst man at the table gets
the hot ones. "
Washington Star : "Yes , " said the in
ventor , with great enthusiasm , "my next
work is going to bo a great succcsa. I've
had my portrait In a. number of papers ,
and column after column of biography. "
"But how about the Invention ? " '
"Oh. 1 haven't had time to Invent that
yet. I'll get around to 11 by and by. "
Cnnde B. Fallen. In Collier's Weekly.
We Rnvo a , solema pledge and. called on
Heaven
To hear ; our arms , wo swore , were Free
dom's own ,
To freedom cons crate nnd lier nlonc ;
Our valor sprung from her chaste. Iwsom ,
given
To Freedom's cause forever ; and her levin
Wo forged upon the footsteps of her
throne :
Her sword unclasping' from her glittering
zone
Within our hands she placed , and blessed
us shriven.
solemn mockery of her holy trust !
Our troth forsot nnd Inked our noble zeal ,
Our brittle honor shattered In the dust :
rlotouH people drunk with conquest's lust
In bacchanalian rout wo onward reel ,
And 'gainst her turn her own ensanguined
steel.
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