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Church bodies arc complaining of nn
overproduction of ministers. Watch
thu calamity howler seize on this as
material for campalRii capital.
The Bartley bondsmen are still spar
ring for wind. If they succeed In the
plan of procrastination the state will
not realize ten cents on the dollar.
Only ninety-one postofllcoH In Porto
IMco. It will take lively rotation in
olllce to keep the I'orto Rlcans satls-
llud who are anxious to a UK the letter *
P. M. to tliclr signatures.
Of course The Bee Is not a newspaper
In the estimate of u concern that prints
IOIIK special cable dispatches from the
Sandwich islands , which are not con-
necU'o by cable with any part of the.
world. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Minnesota , has fallen into line for
General Henderson for speaker and Ne
braska cannot affordlo lag behind.
The state of Iowa , has a rightful claim
upon Nebraska which its representa
tives in congress cannot afford toig
nore. . . .
The Ideh of asking a paper that is
willing to publish Its subscription list ,
with name and address of each sub
scriber , to verify Its circulation through
a guaranty company whose reliability
has to be taken on tick is decidedly
unique. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Iowa funeral directors are demanding
one day to rest. There are very few
people who would not be willing they
should rest all of tlio time , but un
fortunately no way 'has yet been dis
covered of repealing the one Inexorable
Jaw of nature.
General Otis' reply to the question
how many troops * are needed In the
Philippines Indicates that the chance
to get another Nebraska regiment may
be accepted later. If the government
wants lighters the Nebraska boys and
other western troops are Just the kind
it Is looking for.
Governor Murphy Is talking statehood
for Arizona at the TranamlsslBHlppI
congress , The governor evidently has
his eye on a cushioned scat In the
United States senate , but In the pres
ent aspect of the congressional mind
the addition of new stars to the flag Is
not very encouraging.
Why so many conferences held and
to be held to formulate a policy
for the democratic party in 1000 ?
Have the leaders awoke to the
fact that 10 to 1 is dead or are they
afraid the rank and Hie of the party
arc likely to refuse to follow blindly
the present ; leadership to assured de
feat ?
The Board of. Education would bo
more than willing to shift some of its
troubles over tlio High school building
and grounds to the members of the city
council.Tho latter b6dy , 'however ' , 10
likely to find nil 1he amusement it desires -
sires out of 'the ' Sixteentlustrcot viaduct
and thq effort 'to ' make the expense ac
count balance at the cud of the year.
The monthly report of the mint di
rector shows that U,2H,000 standard
American silver dollars were coined
during the month of April , or as many
as were required under the Bland-Alli
son act. Yet the Bllveritos , who were
siitlftilril with the Bland-Allison net as
a liberal conrcsslon to the white metal
producer ? , are , still complaining be
cause the government Is not doing
enough for silver ,
The interesting news is cabled across
the Atlantic- that u now German war
vessel has just been lau.nc.hed at Kiel
in the presence of Kuippror William ,
with the grand duchess of Bndcu per
forming the christening service. The
vital point lu the ceremony ecems ,
however , to have boon overlooked In
the failure of tlio dispatch to state how
the controversy was Bottled , whether
wluo or water should bo used ou the
RTOW. _
CAN STA.XD IT.
Whllo In this free republic publ'c
men , high or lo'w , are Justly anicrmblo
to criticism for public nets , the vicious
attack made by the New York Tribune
upo'n Assistant Secretary of War
Molklojohn Is ijtterly unwarranted and
Indefensible. The malicious Intent of
this diatribe manifests Itself through
every ( sentence. Beginning with the
sneering reference to the assistant sec
retary as "Melklejohn from Nebraska. "
the article shows that Its Inspiration
conies from some erie < who has a per
sonal grievance 1ft avenge rather than a
public wrong to rodrcsit. The fact that
Mr. Melklcjohn hnlls from Nebraska
cannot bo distorted into a reflection
upon his ability or Integrity.
' The groundwork for the assault upon
Mr. Melklejohn Is an order Issued by
the war ofllce over hla name directing
the dismissal of the clerks and sten
ographers employed by tlio late war In
quiry board and the storage ot all tlio
papers , testimony and documents of the
bonrd in the vault's of the War depart
ment. According to the Tribune this
action constitutes proof positive that
the , War department dominated the
board created by the president to In
vestigate Its conduct In the war.
How such a conclusion can be formed
from the mere fact that a few men who
had soft berths under the board have
been taken off the public pay roll and
the assumption that the custody of the
records of the Investigation by the War
department Indicates collusion passes
comprehension. Everybody knows
that the Inquiry board ceased to exist
when It handed Its findings and report
to the president When the board
passed out of existence Its clerks also
ceased to be of use and their discharge
became a duty of the head of the de
partment
Inasmuch as the papers and docu
ments relate entirely to the war olllce
their storage properly belongs'In the
War department vaults. Where else
should they have bceix stored ? Surely
not in the State , the Interior Or the
Agricultural departments , nor in the
general postotlice , nor in the Wlilto
House.
The Tribune makes much ado over
the alleged refusal of Asblstant Secre
tary Melklejohn to order the printing
of the testimony and documents of the
Inquiry board. This betrays Inex
cusable ignorance. The printing of
these voluminous papers would Involve
an outlay of thousands of dollars. What
right has the War department to have
these volumes printed without an ap
propriation by congress ? And what
would be gained by forestalling con
gress if It could be done legally ? The
sessions of the board were open and
every essential part of the testimony
was published far and wide by the
press. Who would read the books If
they were printed and distributed now ?
Surely the New York Tribune will not
contend that the American people are
clamoring for a rehash of the inter
minable story.
One consolation remains the War
department has had so much unmer
ited abuse heaped upon it that Assist
ant Secretory Melklojolm can stand his
share.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL REPORT.
The abstract given out by the State
department of the report of the Walker
Nicaragua Canal commlbslon Is not of
much value as a guide to public opin
ion. It is merely a statement of the
route which the commission agreed
should be followed lu the construction
of the canal , but the reasons for the
conclusion reached are not given and
until these are known a Judgment as
to the soundness of the commission's
recommendation cannot be formed. It
Is stated that the surveys have in gen
eral revealed better physical condi
tions than were hitherto supposed to
exist , whereby it is possible to greatly
reduce the estimated cost of construc
tion.
In regard to the most Important mat
ter of cost , however , the commission Is
not unanimous. The majority think
that a canal along the route recom
mended can be built for not exceeding
a lititlo over $118,000,000 , while Colonel
Halns estimates that the cost would
exceed $134.,000,000 , au amount slightly
In excess of the estimate of the Lurt-
low commission. The latest estimate
of Colonel Ilnlns Is , however , consid
erably less than that which ho gave
a year ago to a senate committee ,
while Admiral Walker also reduced
the estimate ho then gave , but Prof.
Uaupt has largely Inprqased his esti
mate of a year ago. It is worth while
to note that between the lowest and
the highest estimates submitted to the
senate committee Hast June those re
spectively of Prof. Haupt and Colonel
Ilains the difference was 50,000,000.
lit IB now reduced to $10,000,000 , but
there has evidently been a compromise ,
so that little confidence can bo placed
In the revised figures. Admitting that
the Investigation by the Wallrer commission -
mission was somewhat more careful
and thorough than that of the Lmllow
commission , still the estimate of the lat
ter , In view of the figures of Colonel
Ilnlns , Is entitled to quite as much con-
lldenco as the estimate of the Walker
commission. All the estimates must be
regarded as largely guesswork , but the
weight of expert opinion Is on the side
of the higher llgurcs and there are
competent engineers who believe these
to bo below wnat a canal by the Nica
ragua route would cost.
The report of the Walker commission
js not llnal. There is to be another In
vestigation , authorized by the Inst con
gress , which will include all of the
Isthmian routes suitable for canals ,
The commission to make this investi
gation has not been ofllcliilly an
nounced , but it will consist of seven
members and It Is undonitood will embrace -
brace those of the present commission ,
The new commission Is expected to In
vestigate with especial care the Pan
ama route , where work Is now In ac
tive progress and the promoters ot
which are said to have ample capital
for completing Jho canal. The Panama
route has strong claims to considera
tion from a commercial point of view
and it Is urged that the United States
can obtain all the privileged tif this
route without uuy expenditure , if the
Nicaragua project should bo aban
doned. There has been created within
the past year a considerable sentiment
favorable to the Panama route and the
report of the new commission regard
ing It will be awaited with very gen
eral Interest
HETA1X TITLE.
According to the latest Information
from Washington and l udon lu re
gard to the Alaskan boundary Issue ne
gotiations are still lu progress , but the
prospect , of reaching an understanding
does not appear to have Improved.
From Washington It is reported that
the State department \ not disposed
to question the accuracy of the state
ment made by Premier Laurler of Can
ada In respect to the proposition made
lu the Joint high commission for ar
bitrating the question , but it Is pointed
out that the premier omitted any refer
ence to what has taken place since the
adjournment of the commission , which
shows that our government has made
a very earnest effort to reach a fair un
derstanding , which might have been ac
complished but for the attitude of the
Canadian government. The fact Is
well attested that President McKlnlc >
has been most solldtous for a fair ana
honorable arrangement looking to the
settlement of the boundary question.
It Is authoritatively stated that he
urged the American me.nbers of the
commission to make every reasonable
concession and it is said that the pro
posals of this government to the British
government were regarded by the lat
ter as eminently fair nud Just.
If these statements on behalf of our
government are well founded , which
there Is no reason to doubt , the respon
sibility for the existing situation rests
wholly with the Dominion government
whose most remarkable demands It Is
qulto impossible for the United States
to accede to. Our government will re
tain title to all territory that Is Indis
putably American. The Canadian pre
tension to any.such territory Is utterly
preposterous and undoubtedly is so re
garded by the British government. It
Is still to be hoped that the pending
negotiations will result In a good un
derstanding that will Insure flic early
settlement of this irritating issue , but
it will probably depend on Canada and
the position of that country Is not re
assuring.
SETTING A PERNICIOUS EXAMPLE.
There are two sides to every con
troversy. This Is true of the conten
tion between the Union Pacific and the
Bridge Terminal company. The Union
Pacific may have rightful claims
against the terminal company through
contracts that would entitle it to re
cover the right-of-way trackage which
the terminal' company has occupied.
The forcible seizure of tills property in
violation of law Is , however , to be dep
recated , even though the property
should ultimately be adjudicated to the
Union Pacific under process of law.
Corporations are not above law. The
law protects in the full enjoyment of
their property rights , but it does not
exempt them from the penalties that
would be inflicted upon individuals un
der like conditions. The lessee of a lot
may be In debt to the owner for its
rental , but the owner cannot at any
time of the day or night remove a house
or any other property from the prem
ises without due process.
The periodic conflicts between rail
road corporations and palpable viola
tions of property rights not only create
popular prejudice against all corpora
tions , but are also an incentive to an
archism. People who have no property
naturally feel that they have as much
right to take property that does not be
long to them as a corporation has to
seize the property of another corpora
tion or Individual holding adverse pos
session.
A PERTINENT SUGGESTION.
The city council line properly tabled
the resolution directing the Board of
Education to submit to the council its
plans for re-grading the High school
grounds. There is no doubt that under
the law the control of tiie ground Is
vested in the Board of Education.
It would be eminently proper , how
ever , for the Board of Education to con
fer with the council and Board of Pub
lic Works before contemplated changes
In the grade of the High school square
are definitely agreed upon. Inasmuch
us these changes must affect the grade
of the streets surrounding the square
the board should , as a matter of pre
caution If not as a matter of necessity ,
como to a full understanding with the
municipal authorities , who alone are
charged with the responsibility of es
tablishing and changing street grades.
The disastrous effect of Independent
action by the school board may be seen
at several of the school building sites
which were raised or lowered regard
less of the street grades and thus had
either to be walled In at great expense
or are subject to periodic flooding , to
the detriment of the healthaf the teach
ers and pupils.
THE WHEAT PROSPECT.
The time Is at hand for discussing
the wheat prospect and the matter is
one or no little Interest. Last year's
wheat crop was the largest on record
and it Js not expected that this year's
yield will equal it. Indeed those who
give careful attention to this matter ex
press no doubt that the production of
wheat In the United States la 1800
will fall considerably short of the un
precedented yield of 1608 , but it Is a
question whether the deficiency will bo
greater than the excess production of
last year which will be carried over
Into the crop of the present year. The
foreign crop conditions are reported to
be fair , though damage has been done
to n heat in Itusslu , In the Danuhlau
provinces , lu the Argentine and in In
dia. How serious this damage Is , however -
over , cannot now bo determined. Judg
ing from the best available Information
the countries of Europe will generally
have bettor crops this year timn last ,
so that there is not likely to bo a con
tinuance of such activity In the Euro
pean demand for American wheat as
that which has given this country a
commanding position In the markets
during the past two yeais.
In regard to the important question
I of the future price of wheat , It la of
I course not possible now to make a re
liable prediction. If there Is a reduced
crop here and the foreign yield Is not
greatly Increased , the price of wheat
Is not likely to po below the present
figures , but wo con do nothing better
than to conjecture nud there Is no sat
isfaction In this. One thing may be re
garded as assured , \Vhlch Is that there
will be a sufficient wheat supply to
meet the world's demands and the im
mediate prospect Is that bread will not
be materially If at all dearer in price
than it is at present We take it that
the American wheat growers will be
pretty well satisfied If the average
prices of this year shall be maintained
another year.
The Omaha bogus circulation claim
ant asks The Bee why it does not sub
mit its books to inspection by a Peter
Funk concern that pretends to guar
antee circulation of newspapers. This
Is the coolest piece of Impudence that
has been exhibited in these parts by
the Fake Mill. The Bee has for more
than twelve years published sworn cir
culation statements every day In the
year and Its circulation books are open
to Inspection of all Its advertising
patrons. It even goes further than all
that Periodically it prints the names
of its carrier delivery subncrlbcrs and
thus puts Its subscription lists Into the
hands of Its would-be competitors.
That is a good deal more than the
Fakery has dared to do , which declined
to exhibit its list to the police board
last winter wht'n ' it sought to secure
the license advertising.
In any other country in the world
such outbreaks of public ieutlment as
have occurred recently In France
would mean a complete political revo
lution. In France , however , these up
heavals come when there appears to be
least of a provocative nature and violent
lent declamation is dissipated like the
force of an unconfined explosive. Violent
lent speech and turbulent demonstra
tions are the safety valve to French
character and only when a weight Is
tied to the valve docs an explosion
occur. / .
Our people are nil familiar with
chalk-nnd-water milk , but compara
tively little is known of the ingredients
of nrtlflclal cream. Food adulteration
In America is rampant. The efforts of
the late United States Senator Algernon
S. Paddock to * chock the tendency were
never properly appreciated , nor Is Sen
ator Mason of Illinois credited with
sincerity in the campaign he is waging
upon Impure food products. Yet there
of legisla
is no more Important subject
tion. . . _
We fear there Is no prospect that any
naval vessel bearing the name "Ne
braska" will be afloat soon. The gov
ernment and the manufacturers of
armor plate are still several hundred
dollars a ton apart on the price to be
paid , and , as the , government has no
facilities for doing the work Itself , con
struction dannot even bo commenced.
The new Spanish minister has ar
rived in Washington and made ar
rangements for his presentation to
President McKlnley. Had his prede
cessor only known how short a time
would be required to finish up the llttlu
disagreement he might have saved the
expense of packing up the furniture.
South Omaha packing houses have
almost doubled their total this year
over last , while the total for the coun
try shows a , decrease. An increase or
230,000 in the number of hogs slaugh
tered means much for the commercial
Interests of the city and the entire
tributary country.
\Vnrm Weiitern Greeting ! .
Wlnnapolls Tribune.
Admiral Schley has 'been ' making a tri
umphal progress out west , and the flrot
thins wo know somebody will bo proposing
to run him for president.
Great StnfT In Any Form.
Boston Transcript.
We shall have to acknowledge the corn
now that Indian mnlzo forms an element In
smokeltss powder and furnishes a very ex
cellent substitute tor rubber.
Prediction Verified.
Indlananolls Journal.
In his flrst Inaugural Abraham Lincoln ,
pleading for the preservation of the union ,
propheelefd that "the mystic chords of mem
ory , stretching from every battlefield and pa
triot grave to every living honrt and hearth
stone all ever this broad land , will yet swell
the chorun rf the union , when again touched ,
As they surely will be by the better angels
of our nature. " The prophecy has come
true.
Some Ilravo Mii nt Home.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Not all the brave men and true are at
the front. The traveling man who was
caught in the rillrcad wreck , at Waterloo ,
la. , Saturday night and fluttered his arm to
too eawed off with a common aw in tlio
hope of savlnp ; his llfo was made of the
genuine stuff ; an ! his fellow-passonger who ,
when dying , requested that his waiting
fiancee in thin clfy should not be shocked by
the sudden news of his death , but should bo
told that he wai filmply detained , was of
the same sort.
Shrinkage of Tnmt Stock * .
Chicago Tribune.
Chicago investors and brokers have suf
fered from a nhrlnkage of J2.000.000 In trust
stocks during tfo last three months. New
York holders of trust paper have probably
lost five times thla eum from the same
cause. The Ices all over the country would
amount to a good many millions , Individ
uals -who have1 had their fingers burned
with trust "cortmon" may regard it as a
hardship , but It In a national blessing. This
shrinkage of Inflated trust values Is the
most healthful feature of the present busl-
new situation. U is the first sign of a
check upon the trust craze.
4 '
A Illxky Hxperlmeiil.
Philadelphia necord.
The proposition to enlist some other of
the savage tribes In the Philippine Islanda
to help fight He Tagals ought not to be
countenanced. It was a costly initial mU-
take to enter Into any arrangement with
the l-'lllplno Insurrectionists and to furnish
them with armi. The mistake should not
be repeated. If the force now at the dls-
poeal of General Otis be insudlclent he
should hdvo a Urger force. It Is too late
to uie any other form tif argument than
military presmir ? until the islands shall be
pacified. After that every effort should be
brought to bear to make the new conditions
such an Improvement upon Spanish rule
that there woiiU be no further desire for
ft change ,
uclions OF THE V/AU.
The potm most generally published by the
press and quoted by orators lost Memorial
day was Theodore O'Hnra's grand clastic ,
"The Dlvouac of the Dead. " That Immor
tal martial poem Is peculiarly appropriate
to the d y set apart for tribute to the
patriot dead. But It lent creater signifi
cance to the memorial observances last
Tuesday. Few ot the thousands who
honored the soldier dead on that day , or
heard recited the stlrrlnc lines :
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's Inst tattoo !
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave nd fallen few.
On fame's eternal camplnc ground
Their silent tent are spread ,
But Glory guard. ? , with solemn round ,
The bivouac of the dend.
were aware that the author had con
tributed some of his life blood to the cause
of Cuban liberty. The newly made mounds
of soldier dead , freshened by the tears of
the living , represented the triumph of the
principle for whkh O'Harn fought on Cuban
soil. The distinguished Kentucklan fought
In the Mexican and cMt wars. Between
these two struggles O'Hara joined one of the
three filibustering expeditions organized by
General N'arclao Lopez , which sailed from
American ports In 1S49 , 1S30 and 1S51. One
ot these expeditions landed at Cardenas ,
the port and town at which the first Ameri
can officer was killed in the late war.
O'Hara had command of some of the land
ing party and in the charge against the
Spaniards wns severely wounded. These
expeditions were disastrous to most ot < the
participants , that of 1SS1 particularly so.
General Lopez was captured by 4he Span-
lards and gairotcd at Havana September 1
of that year. O'Hara was more fortunate
than most ot his associates. He returned to
the United States , fought through the Uvll
v.ar nnd died of fever June 7 , 1S67. HU
mortal clay was laid to rest on the opot In
the cemetery at Frankfort , Ky. , where he
stood reading his famous poem commem-
otatlng the burial ot Kentucky soMlcra who
perished on the battlefields cf Mexico. The
reinterment la beautifully expressed In the
ninth verse :
Sons of the dork nnd bloody ground ,
Ye must not slumber there ,
where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the needless air.
Your own proud land's heroic soil
Shall be your bitter grave ;
She claims from wur his richest spoil
Th < j n. hes of her brave.
It Is a singular fact that the name of Thco
doro O'Hara docs not appear in so-called
popular encyclopedias and dictionaries. Ycl
It is not difficult to find In them the names ol
men whoie deeds are forgotten , while the
transcendent merit of O'Hara's poem grows
with the passing years. But the neglect or
overflight of blograrUers does not affect pub
lic esteem or dim the luster of his Inspiring
lines. In every national cemetery dedicated
to the soldier dead 'bronze ' tablets contain
ing stanzas from the poem mark the walks ,
and over the main gate at Arlington the
first verso Is Inscribed. Hero they Inspire
and will endure < whlle the republic lives.
PERSONAL AXIJ OTHERWISE.
Senator Butler of North Carolina Is to
enter the law ecbool of the North Carolina
university next month.
This is the season when the only essential
article of clothing in the Philippines Is a
waterproof cartridge belt.
The New York definition of a sacred con
cert now la a vaudeville performance from
which hard drinks are excluded.
The Boston Democrat points out that , de-
splto the increasing heat in the Philippines ,
Agulnaldo still continues to cut a little ice.
Secretary Hollls of the American Pe'ace
commission possesses what may prove a
handy accomplishment. He writes equally
well with both hands.
If rum Is to bo fought with tea , as is
proposed In New York , the tea must bo re-
enforced. Otherwise It will be like fighting
Mausers with bows and arrows.
David nankin , the millionaire farmer ot
Missouri , says that he began life with a
Colt revolver and a dollar bill. "For me , "
he adds , "there ihas always been an eleventh
commandment , Thou shall not ecll corn. ' "
Charres D. Poston , upon whom the terri
tory of Arizona has Just conferred a pension
of $25 $ a month , is known as "Tho Father
of Arizona , " He was the first delegate to
congress from that section. He has been
a world-wide traveler and Is full of stories
of China sea pirates and how he governed
his little kingdom of Tubac.
The organization of so many industrial
combinations is adding materially 'to the
federal revenues under the stamp tax. The
great quantities of new securities issued all
have to be stamped , and it Is stated , by the
Internal revenue collector at New York that
the receipts of his office alone will be in
creased at least $1,000,000 from this Cause.
Tom L. Johnson , the trolley car magnate
of Brooklyn and Cleveland , who was going to
r 'Inqulsh his business enterprises and devote -
vote his millions to the development of the
single tax theory , Is in 'London ' , and credited
with the intention of going Into electric
rapid "transit " for the English metropolis. Ho
will go before Parliament , It is said , with
plans for doing 'things ' on a targe scale.
The traditions ot Yale university have
been smashed by the election of Prof. Hod-
ley as president of that Institution. He Is
under 43 years old for one thing. Then he
Is not a clergyman , which had hitherto
been regarded as an IroncTad qualification
in a presidency of Yale. In addition to all
that , he Is not a professor of Greek , Latin ,
philosophy or any of the no-called "culture"
branches of education , but of political sci
ence the science ot government in its broad
sense.
For some weeks there has been almost a
total absence of reports of wealthy farmers
captured in their homes by robbers and re
lieved of their valuables , but now comes a
report from Blnghamton , N. Y. , of such a
case , in which the thieves got $2,000 In cafch
and $25,000 $ In securities. If men will keep
such sums about them , instead of depositing
them in bank , they must expect that the
knowledge of their boarding will become
public , after which a visit by burglars is
almost inevitable.
WIUTINR WAR HISTORY.
A TimU Properly HelonnlUB lo Un-
Mnnr.l Civilian * .
"New " York Evening : Post.
There may be a slight touch of earcasm In
Rear Admiral Schley's remarks about per
sonal narratives ot war experiences , but
there is sound sense In thorn also. "I have
not written anything , " ho says , "about my
part In the war , and have declined all re
quests for contribution ! ) . I do not believe
that these who make history or assist In
making history should write It. Their field
of vision is necessarily limited , and they"
view it quite differently from one who
might obliquely see the entire situation. "
The chief and usually Insurmountable ob
stacle to the writing of history by these
who have a oh arc in making it lies In the
natural disposition of man to magnify the
Importance of his own labors , Wo had an
amusing Illustration of thin a few months
ago , when our late minister at Madrid re
vealed In a published speech what he de
clared to 'be ' state secrets of the war. No
sooner were theuo published than the au
thorities at Washington declared them to be
erroneous In every Important particular. In
stead of being history from the lips of a
man who had a hand In making It , his
statements were declared to be quite the
contrary. No one can read the tedlouily
elongated personal narratives of the late
war and not become convinced that when
the true history of that struggle cornea to
be written , by some man who had no part
in it , a great mass of material will be thrust
aside aa unimportant if not trivial. What
ever other value It may have , much of the
personal contribution to literature cannot
properly be regarded ae history ,
nnvisnn civil * smtvirn LIST.
Boston Transcript ( rep. ) ' It Is a sop to
Cerberus ; a small son to be sure , am
Cerberus Is very hungry. The way to kit
spolllsrn is not to throw It mall cps ; I
Is to give K nothUag whatever.
! Hilladelrvblft Record ( dem. ) : Preslden
McKlnley , who In his capacity ft * legisla
tor" helped to carry forward the project o
civil service reform , ha * been prevailed upon
in his executive capacity to help undo his
own work In answer to the demand ot the
spoilsmen. He has been very badly advised
Indianapolis News ( Ind. ) : We repea
that , on the wholt , the president hits dotao
well , We imagine that the spoilsmen who
were looking for a ripping up of the TV hole
classified service and were confidently ex
pecting a reversion to the good old days
of feudal mlsgovcrnment will be bitterly
disappointed. x
Courier-Journal ( dem.)1 ) The preslden' '
has finally taken the plunge and removet
from the protKllcta of the civil service laws
4,000 offices for his partisans. There are
! few , if any. sincere civil service reformers
, nmong practical politicians after they
| themselves get offices In which they can
I make capital of subordinate offices.
New York Times ( dem. ) : H Is a bat
situation , and especially It Is bad with re
gard to the duty Mr. McKlnley hat to per
form In our new possessions. The service
there must bo of the highest type. Every
place in U must bo treated aa A trust. U
Is an ill emc'n ' to abolish -trusteeship a * to
4,000 , places and treat them as the patronage
of politics.
Washington Star ( rep. ) : It Is claimed on
behalf of the changes that many cf them
result from disclosures affecting the workIng -
Ing qualities of the civil nervlce rules. Yet
It 1s evident that the chief motive for the
wide scope ot the order was a desire to
compromise with the political Influences
which hud been challenged by President
Cleveland's move.
Chicago Post ( rep. ) t One thing is cer
tain , however. The order was not Is
sued without prolonged and anxious study
of the situation , end the president has been
too firm , consistent and determined a sup
porter of the merit system to warrant
sweeping condemnation of his step. It an
error has Tjeen committed the civil service
commission will fairly and candidly point
it out.
Detroit Free Press ( dem. ) : Against his
better Judgment , we believe , and against bis
conscience , be has yielded to the impor
tunities of the spoilsmen at the very mo
ment when the exigencies of the public
budlncss are calling for the enforcement of
the merit system as never before in our
history. At the critical juncture when a
new colonial bureau is to bo organized for
the government of troublesome dependen
cies -Mr. McKlnley has aimed a crippling
blow at civil service reform !
Philadelphia Ledger ( rep. ) : The friends
of good government may not be disposed
to review the discretion of the executive In
excepting from the provisions of the civil
service law such positions as private secre
taries or confidential clerks , special agents
charged with confidential duties and the
actual heads of important bureaus , but the
list of exemptions contains more than 3,000
places which are exempted , apparently for
no other reason than a willingness on the
part of President McKlnley to yield tn the
clamor of the patronage mongers.
Kansas City Star ( Ind. ) : Many people will
agree that private secretaries and confi
dential clerks Uiould perhaps be selected
freely from the country at large by the
men they arc to serve , but there is no ex
cuse for placing the offices of deputy revenue
collectors , and many others Included In this
sweeping order , at the mercy of the spoils
distributers. The republican party may
gain by this more In the effectiveness of its
machinery , but the administration has placed
Itself on recprd thereby as unfriendly to the
cause of good government , and as not sin
cere in Its advocacy of the merit eyatem.
Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : The with
drawal for special reasons of 4,000 out of
65,000 appointments Included within the
classified service cannot be construed Into
an abandonment of the civil service prin
ciple , and the president deserves to be sus
tained In the matter until it Is shown that
he has made a mistake , and even In that
case criticism should not extend beyond the
especial appointments in which experience
demonstrates that the service has retro
graded ,
AMERICAN GOODS ABROAD.
Arrival of Yankee Gooila at nn Eiig-
IInil Electric Rnlltray Shop.
London Chronicle.
The Shephord's-bush depot of the Great
Central railway , where the engine shops and
car sheds have just been completed , bear
wltnete to the presence of American labor.
They are filled with hugo packing cases ,
containing the machinery for the engines ,
and other cases , stamped "Manufactured in
the United States of America. "
Six of the engines are now on the stocks
being ; fitted together. Some thirty mora
are needed for the first working of the line
and no doubt an addition on that number
will be wanted soon after the system Is In
working order. Every week brings fresh
cases of machinery from the states. None
of the cars have arrived yet , but the first
batch Is expected within a few days , il
lustrations of the care show them to be
unique In this country. The carriages are
* o rounded at the top that they fit into the
tunnel to within six Inches of the plates.
If tlio windows opened fortunately they
don't there would not be room for a man
to put Jils fist out without scraping his
knuckles on the sides of the tunnel. A
train will consist of nine carriages. Each
carriage Is made on the open system , with
out compartments , and affords forty-eight
Eeatn. For the most part the seats are ar
ranged longitudinally , divided like the eeats
of a first-class compartment. Each car
riage , however , contains two semi-compart
ments in the center , capable ot holding
olght people , with seats arranged like those
of a dining car.
In the work of fitting up the engines and
the electrical plant several American work
men are engage ? ! at Shopherd's-buah , They
are chiefly occupied In the work of directing
and superintending , the ulmple fitting
work being given to EnglUh engineers ,
Some twenty American workmen hold posl-
tlons of trust on the works. The whole of
the extensive electrical plant , also from the
states , , Is being laid under American super-
vision.
NEW SCHEMES OP TAXATION ,
it nil New York Seek to
Equalize tlio Iliirilrn.
Baltimorw American.
Unless the well-laid plans go AstCAy ,
their sister states will owe Now York nud
Michigan many thanks for demonstrating
new ways of realizing the ends contemp
lated by the theory of taxation. Aa has
been previously elated in these columns ,
the correct theory on this moot important
economical question teaches that the burden
of taxation should be borne equally , accordIng -
Ing to wealth. That this Is seldom the con
dition in actual practice is too well known.
The poor man owning a little homo Is
taxed heavily , while the rich , whose wealth
is represented by easily concealable stocks
and bonds , got off with very much less than
their equitable share. The same is true of
the great corporations , which have a pecu
liar facility for escaping tire heavy hand
of the tax assessor , Both New York end
Michigan have taken positive steps to cor
rect this condition.
The press of the nation has been almost
unanimous in praising the artlon of the Now
York legislature as equitable and right.
The plan embodied | n the Ford hill for the
taxation of franchises upon ihe same basis
as real estate appealed to the masses of ,
the people as eminently Just , The law will ,
doubtless , bo attacked la the courts , but II
it la Upheld , and dcclnrMl to be constitu
tional , It will work a great revolution Jn
New York's method of taxation. It will relieve
lievo the poor cf much of their present
burden , and it it 111 be an exumpld that other
states will hasten to follow.
The same oiny b ald of the * xperimtnt
being tnad * In Michigan tilth a graduated
Income tax law. The taxation ot Itacomti
by the national government hu been de
clared unconstitutional In that U U direct
tax , cxprtMly forbidden to b levied. States
have , homerer , the right to lery a direct
tax , and Michigan hiu vailed Itself of
that power to p si a Uw providing for th
taxation ot Income * ot both Individuals and
corporations chartered Ya the state. Th
most serious objection to the Michigan law
is Its discriminating feature , incomes ot lets
than $1,000 per annum being exempted from
taxation. ThU woud | probably afford
ground for Attscklne * ht con lUutlon lltr
of the law , on the claim that it wu cla
legislation. While the New York law re
garding franchises swVa to tax A rich clasj
that has hitherto escaped taxation , the
Mlchlgab l w exempts the poorer class.
that ha hitherto borne the heavier bur-
den. To be efficacious these UKI should
be void of discrimination hould contem
plate only those methods and < nds that
arc eminently Just and right nd they
should be administered with absolute Im
partiality.
Doth of these schemes are directly In
line with the more enlightened economic
sentlmctat , and at this time , when the
city and state are crying tor Increased
revenue , thty furnish topics that should
not be overlooked by local students of
municipal affairs. It may be that before
long we will be compelled to call these
now mcthodn into use here at home.
Should that time como It would be well
it Maryland was able to act in the premises
within the pale of the law and to A posi
tively certain end.
SV.MMKH SMILES.
Detroit Journal : If a man owned tin
earth he would perhaps be more or leu
annoyed by people finding It cheaper to die
than to pay rent.
Denver Post : Destplto the low prices of
all manner of wearing apparel this year , ft
will be observed by a study of our publ'o
thoroughfares when th ? bikers are out that
bloyclo skirts come higher than ever.
Detroit Free Press : "See the Instructive
value of little things ; the last atraw broke
the camel's back. "
"Ye * : why didn't somftoody keep It to
tickle the elenhant with ? "
Chlentfo Record : "lKib l , your new hot Is
absurd ; It looks Just like a huge flower
bed. "
"Well , you needn't get no excited. Edcar ;
yon don't have to set up before daylight
nnd pull wseds out of It. "
Cleveland Plain 'Dealer ' : "Youn r Ham
merhead seems to be on his knees to every
woman he meits. "
"Ye * , he has his trousers creased by con
tract. "
Chicago Tribune : Forelener Are all z
roads around ihere like UPS ?
Illinois Farmer ( one of the unprofrresslve
sort ) \CB , sir , pretty much. Some of 'em's
better nnd some of 'im's a little worse.
Foreigner Carambn !
Illinois Farmer O , yes , you can ramble all
you want to , 1 reckon.
r > ? lroJ.t Journal : When finally the rich
uncle died the poor nephew , being heir to
everything , lost his head.
He became a spendthrift , actually paying
taxes on nil hla property.
"The fool nnd his money soon part ! " peo-
plj exclaimed , ominously.
Indianapolis Journal : "Lawn mowfrr.o are
so high-priced " complained the suburbanite
"I wish I could think of a peed substitute.1
A fw children to plaj on the ! awn will
make one entirely " -
unnecessary , supc-eated
the thourhtful neighbor.
Chicago Record : ' "Did you hear what
Reginald gave Lucretla for a graduation
present ?
"What was It ? "
a
Washington Star : "Never mind , " gala
Agulnaldo ; "Napoleon met his Waterloo "
, ? ? ' \nswcni ? y16 " 'P'nP ' ' leader : "ha
met It. He wasn't cha. ed up and down sev
eral mountain rangres by it , as I have been. "
AGUINALDO.
Baltimore American.
Agulnaldo , on a summer's day ,
Raked the meadows sweet with hay.
That Is , raked them as he ran ,
Pursued by the American.
Of course , the Job was Incomplete ,
Because he raked them with his feet.
Ho pauFed for breath beneath a tree :
"Oh ! but I'm tired out ! " quoth he.
"Two hundred miles , eo I Infer
From my o'crworked cyclometer.
"Two hundred miles since sun-un ( reel
These spurts will be the death of meV
"And records ! at the rate I've run
I've broken every doggone onel
"Can't even rest my bones a sncl !
I say with Sherman , 'War Is hell1 !
, iiJ s"icss " > because down there
must have camp ftooln or a chair
"Or some old-rashloned kinds of f-eats -
Where one may loaf beween the heats.
Hark ! there's another Funston shriek !
I suess I'd 'better ' snook a sneak.
'Of all sad words of toncue or pen.
aenln3" ? are thcse > < J m "cootln *
NECK
3 for $1
Something wrong with
our neckwear buyer.
He says "Friday and
Saturday. any 50c
iccktie in the store
will be sold for 35c or
3 for $1. "
Nothing reserved.
Puffs , tecks , 4-in-
land , clubs , bows , etc. "
2 DAYS ONLY ,
so improve this chance.
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