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evidently minor
would
Mr. Roberts
be n iiolygamlst than be a congressman.
Tiiero is 110 ovldcnce thai the supply
low In South
is rimuhis
of blue pencils
Africa. _ . _
Where wiiTtlio solioofbuard buy those
guns for tlie cutlets ? 1C there is a raUe-
the taxpayers have the
olt why not let
beuefltV _
all along
Krom the general inoveineut
have evidently
railroad manners
the line the
dently determined that the trnlllc will
now bear higher rates.
The sice of the coal dealers over the
recent cold snap seems destined to be
short-lived. It simply means that the
coal consumer still holds the favor of
the weather man.
Cable 'dispatches f r6ni tlie Ori6nt indi
cate fluit-Agulnaldo Is ready to quitbut
that he can't catch his breath while try-
lug to keep out of General Young's way
long enough to say HO.
The Bee gave the public the lirst news
of the serious illness of Senator Hayward -
ward and also gave the lirst news of his
death. People who want the news know
where to look for It.
The lirst passenger train over tlie Illi
nois Central between Omaha and Chicago
cage Is expected to move on January 1.
This will be an occasion for a second
thanksgiving day for all Omaha people.
Heports arc to the effect that the
losses from water , coming into the
diamond mines at Klmbcrley are § 50,000
u day. No matter what the ultimate
result of the Boer war diamond buyers
are going to pay the piper.
Uallroad men are descanting on the
beauties of the change In basing cattle
rates on 'weight instead of by the car
load , as heretofore. The chief beauties
of.tUe change , are that it enables the
railroads to get. more money out of the
haul.
A little benevolent assimilation and
missionary work might not bo out of
place-In the southern states which per
sist in burning negroes at the stake ,
Lynchlngs uro bad .enough , but such ex
hibitions of barbarity would disgrace
the people of the South Sea Islands.
The report of the slate treasurer
shows the amount of money ho Is
charged with the custody. Hut It
does not show where tills money 1 de
posited : This has been a ciue'stion about
which many Nebraska people have in
the past expressed considerable curi
'
osity.
Tlie doctors of the middle west have
chartered a steamer on which they will
cross thu ocean to the 1'arls exposition.
With so many doctors on board It will
be hard lines for the man who gets sick.
Uy the time they all get through experi
menting with him life will not bo worth
' '
llvlnc. .
lu ruling that married women cannot
hold positions In the 1'ostollice depart
ment the postmaster general Is evi
dently going on the assumption that tlie
husband is obligated to furnish the liv
ing. AH a geiiciiil rule this may bo
probably true , but what about the
women who Iwvo husbands to support
In addition to providing for themsulvcsV
IB It not of ( juewtloiiablo propriety IE j
not of ( loulitCul legality for tlie Koliool I
board to put one of Its own members on
a salary ? Should tin attempt be made
to oust tlio new truant ollk-er bel'oro the
expiration of Ills term he would doubt
less Insist that , he had a contract for n
year , yet the law expressly prohibits
members of thu tichool board from belli } , '
Interested In contracts with that body.
Clearly the action of the school board
to provide * ono of Its members with a
ifl.'JOO berth should be reconsidered and
rescinded In response to the protests of
outrtiged taxpayers. '
IXSl'LAlt ro.MMKMlAL RELATIONS
Thc ( I'ltcfttlon of' commercial relations
between the Tnltrd States and Its In
sular possessions Porto Klco and the
Philippines Is one of the most Impor
tant that congress will have to deter
mine. It concerns large American In
terests Hint will insist upon receiving
consideration anil there is involved In
It tlie future welfare of these Islands.
Trade relations with Cuba are also a
matter of ino.st vital interest to the
people of that Island as well as to
important Industries In this country.
President MeKlnloy favors free trade
with Porto Ulco. ilo points out that
since the cession of that Island It has
been denied the markets It formerly
enjoyed In Spain and In Cuba and that
there have been no compensating bene
fits In the American market.
Consequently the trade of Porto Hlco
has very largely declined and doubtless
under existing conditions will continue
to decline. The president says In his <
message : "The markets of the United
States should bp opened up to her '
products , our plain duty Is to abolish '
all customs tariffs between the United \
States and Porto I Moo and give her
products free access to our markets.1 ' As
to Cuba the president says that "so
long as we exercise control over the
Island the products of Cuba should have
a market In the United States on as
good terms aid ) with as favorable rates
of duty as arc given to the West India
Islands under treaties of reciprocity
which shall be made , " Nothing Is said
In the message In regard to commercial
relations with the Philippines and pr-ib- !
ably there will be no material change
from present conditions In respect to
those Islands. The government has
agreed to observe there the "open door'1
iwlicy , under which this country will
have no advantage in trade over other
countries. It would therefore seem safe
to assume that Philippine products will
be given no special favor Jii this mar
ket , at least until American capital shall
become largely Invested there in pro
duction , a possibility perhaps somewhat
remote.
American sugar , tobacco , rice and
fruit , producers are especially Interested
in this question of Insular commercial
relations and their position respecting
it is shown in the resolutions of the
American Beet Sugar association at its
meeting In this city Tuesday. These
declare that the present tariff duties
are essential not only to the Increase of
the beet sugar Industry , but to Its very
existence , since It cannot compete with
a product raised by coolie and de
based labor if that product is admitted
free or even at a low rate of duty to
the American market. Tills applies
equally to other articles raised in Cuba ,
Porto Ulco and the Philippines which
are also produced In this country. It is
expected that within a few years tlie
production of sugar in Cuba will reach
its former proportions and it will cer
tainly do so if favored by an American
tariff. The tobacco Industry there would
under such circumstances also be greatly
increased. Free trade for Porto Kho
would stimulate the productions of that
island. Some , competition from the
Philippines with American products is
to be looked for in any event , but it will
not be serious so long as existing con
ditions are maintained.
The problem presented Is perplexing.
If a policy le ) adopted having In view
the industrial and commercial develop
ment of. the islands for whose future
welfare we have assumed responsibility
there Is the danger of seriously Injur
ing if not destroying important home in
dustries. If we continue to protect
these industries decadence rather than
recovery may be'the experience of the
Islands that have come into our care ,
perhaps resulting in more or less seri
ous trouble for us. Unquestionably the
lirst duty of the government Is to safe
guard the Interests and promote the
welfare of Its own people. We cannot
afford to sacrifice valuable American in
terests in behalf of people who perhaps
will never contribute anything to na
tional wealth and power , even if they
should not prove to be a burden. Con
gress will find this question of Insular
commercial relations one of the most
dlllicult problems It will be called upon
to deal with.
TIMK TU CALL A HALT.
The taxpayers of Omaha have pa
tiently submitted to the rank Jobbery
and downright robbery perpetrated upon
them through the conscienceless combine -
bine that controls our public schools
until patience has ceased to be a virtue.
The defeat of the braxen hold-ups for
reiiomlnation has emboldened these
grafters In the last hours of their term
to put through several transparent Jobs
that are utterly indefensible.
One of these jobs is the proposed re
newal of the contract for cleaning of
seats and desks In the various schools.
Tills work was formerly done by day
labor under personal supervision of tlie
superintendent of buildings , but for two
or three years It has become a soft snap
for one or two contractors who mani
festly are compelled to divvy with boodle
members who engineered the Job. Wo
are informed that during the last year
the contractor for seat cleaning lias
drawn over $ ( JXH ( ) out of the school
treasury. This work could -have been
done for half that sum , but that does
not seem to concern the combine , which
calls special sessions every oilier day to
carry through the deals that have been
slated for the season.
Onu of the most inexcusable ! grafts
was put through under whip and spur
Monday night In the election of George
II. Hess as truant olllccr at a salary of
ifl.iiOO a year. This position was cre
ated under an net of tlie hist legisla
ture , which .Member lies * log-rolled
through while lie was on the pay roll of
the state as Jfl-ii-tlay clerk of the leg
islative comm'ltteo of which that gallant
patriot , Hugh Myers , was chairman ,
l-'or this reason Mr , UCBS claims priority
of selection ami the board has voted
him tlie sinecure In defiance , of the law
' '
which prohlbt's'lls | awn members from
being Interested lu niiy contract with
tlio board. But -If Mr. IJcss was the
only man In Omaha ( nullified to fill this
new otllcc what excuse is there for pay-
[ Ing him SI.aw for si > rvlre covering illy
! nllie mouths ailil which he could per-
I form without seriously disturbing his
private business ? We make bold to as
sert that there are IfKi men In tbjs com
munity Just as capable "as Hess Avho
would gladly perform the duties of tru
ant otllcer for ? 0 < l n month , counting
only actual time employed.
The same undue haste that has char
acterized the election of Hess Is being
displayed lu regard to the proposed eon-
tract for the olllclal architect. There Is
no need of an olllclal architect any more
than there Is of a school board attorney ,
j whose place was created some years ago
for a political mixer. So long as the
board pursues the policy of Inviting
competition for architectural plans for
new school buildings it can got along
comfortably without an otllclal archi
tect. All It needs Is n llrst-ehiss super
intendent of buildings who can be
trusted with the superintendence , re
construction and maintenance of school
buildings without the aid and consent
of an architect. If the present superin
tendent Is not competent or trustworthy
It is the duty of the board to dispense
with his services and hire a belter man.
In any event the attempts to rush
through jobs , contracts and sinecure ap
pointments during the closing days of
the present board should be thwarted In
the Interest of the taxpayers as well as
the school svstem.
I'llOTKCTlDS til'
President Mclvinley recommends
legislation conferring upon the federal '
courts jurisdiction in cases of violence (
against the citizens of foreign countries ;
in the United States where the ultimate !
responsibility of the federal government
may be involved. He refers to tlie lynching - ' .
ing some months ago In Louisiana of j
Italian subjects , which It appears is still
being investigated by the Department
of'Slate , with a view to determining the
citizenship of the victims ami says that
the "recurrence of these distressing
manifestations of blind mob fury ]
directed at dependents or natives of a
foreigncountry suggests that the con
tingency has arisen for action by con
gress in the direction of conferring upon i
the federal courts jurisdiction In this
class of International cases. "
Attention is called to the views of
President Harrison in his annual mos-
j sage of 1S01 , prompted by the lynching
of Italians in New Orleans , which
j brought about a rather serious mis
understanding between Italy and the
United States. The demand of the
j Italian government at that time for Indemnity -
demnity , there being no question that
| the men killed by the mob were Italian
subjects , was met by the statement that
the federal government was not re
sponsible and that the Italian govern
ment must look to the state of
Louisiana for the punishment of those
guilty of the murder and forreparation. *
Thereupon the minister of that govern
ment at Washington was recalled nnd
for a time the friendly relations be
tween the countries was impaired , but
an understanding was effected by which
our government paid an Indemnity. In
the later case the'ro is a a question
whether all five of the Italians lynched
were subjects of Italy and when this
Is determined our government will
doubtless do what It shall deem to be
fair and just in the matter , so far as
indemnity is concerned.
This Is all , however , that the federal
government can do. It is powerless to
punish those who committed the crime.
While promising in its treaty with Italy
the same protection and security to tlie
citizens of that country as arc given to
its own citizens , it has no power to
punish murderers of Italian subjects , so
that really the lives of citizens of for
eign countries domiciled here get no se
curity whatever from the federal gov
ernment. There ought to bo no ques
tion as to the expediency of the legisla
tion recommended by President McKinley -
ley , in support of which he presents
some very cogent reasons.
A Missouri court has held that the
promise of a doputyship by a candidate
for office Is a bribe tendered to a voter
in violation of the corrupt practices act.
To be a bribe the thing offered must be
something of value. Promises of deputy- '
ships may be worth something in Mis
souri , but there are scores of popocratlc
politicians In Omaha who would be
willing to swear that promises are not
worth a cent In this climate.
The monthly reports of the comptroller
showing the cash on hand and deposited
in banks to the credit of tlie city treas
urer would be much more valuable If
they also Included the statements of the
warrants outstanding. The treasury ex
hibit looks well with a neat balance to
Its credit , but It would not look so well
If itwas , set off against the floating In
debtedness drawn against funds pre
maturely exhausted.
There Is no good reason why Nebraska
should not become one of the greatest
beet sugar producing states in thu coun
try nor why Omaha should not be the
center. of the sugar Industry In this sec
tion. _ By keeping everlastingly at it this
much-to-be-deslred result will bo accom
plished. _
l-'orliini' Karorit K 1mm ,
Washington Star.
The sultan of Sulu has his discomforts ,
but no doubt he baa Homo satlefotion .lu
the fact that he does not hall from Utah ,
Tuo ( iiioi ! to IOM- .
Kanaun City Jpurnitl ,
Mr. Heed's halo la on straight. The atjop-
: km of his rulee by the present house , of
which ho Is not a member , settles that point
conclusively. '
Heal Modern Woiidi-r ,
Indlumcmlls Journal.
Consul Jlncrum , at Pretoria , who begs to
be relieved of his office. Is an Ohio man ,
which goes to prove the truth of the adage
; hat "wonders never cease. "
Oonorolf i\iiiiiiilc of I'
New York World.
The opening of the new Victoria bridge at
Montreal calls attention to the amazing prog
ress In thfa Impor.tajit science and art. The
old bridge/ / opened by the prince of Wales In
I860 , was Justly regarded as one of the won
ders of tjio world. It weighed 9,000 tons ,
was sixteen ' feet wide and eighteen feet high ,
and coi't | S,813,000 , The new bridge wclgha
2,200 tons , la sixty-feet wide and forty feet
high and cost J2.QOO,000. The new bridge Is
, nmny timw more cnpnclous nnd more dura
ble , yet weighs loss than one-fourth ns much
nnd cost less than one-fourth the money.
llnivo iimt Knltlirul ScrvntitN.
Globe-Dcmocrnt.
Last year the- American life-Raving service
rescued 4,000 portions nnd snvcd property
worth $6,000,000. $ Xo better record of bravo
and faithful work eon bo found under any
government.
Do I nil Well , for n Y iiiiKMr.
Kansas City Star.
It goes without raying that the United
Slates government Is the best on earth , but
j that docs not mean that It Is perfect. All
'of ' the different department reports at Wash-
1 Ington suggest reforms which merit the
j careful attention of congress. Kor a nation
I that U only n llttlo more than 100 years old
j 1 the United States haa done surprisingly well ,
but there IB still room for Improvement.
cioun "xvoi'ic roit
N ami lpH | > rlM ( if ( lie li'-
linrf nitMil of Aurli'iilture ,
Philadelphia Times.
Our new Department of Agriculture ,
which , when first authorized by congress ,
was regarded by many as likely to prove
moro costly nnd ornamental than useful or
profitable. Is gradually Justifying Ha cre
ation. While the experiments In agriculture
carried on under Its supervision may not
have been of great practical value to the
average American farmer , the Information
It collects and furnishes to the public In Its
monthly bulletins nnd annual reports Is
worth many times the coat of collection
nnd publication.
H Is well known that wo raise cotton ,
wheat , corn , oats , various fruits nnd moat
products to supply the deficiencies of the
rest of the world , but It Is not so well known
that wo Import $200,000,000 $ worth annually
of the agricultural and forest products of
othci ; countries. The annual report of the
Department of Agriculture for the present
year presents this fact In clear and unmis
takable figures , and the mere statement In
dicates that there Is still n vast profitable
nnd unoccupied field waiting for the Ameri
can farmer. The hulk of these Imported
products , which Include coffee , sugar. India
rubber and a dozen varieties of fruit are
chiefly grown In tropical countries. With
our recent acquisitions In thr West Indies
Philippines and the Sandwich Islands wo
are prepared to engage In the production ol
nil these articles and the $200,000,000 prize
Is certainly worth striving for.
As a prerequisite to success In this line
the American people should cultivate a lit-
these reports too carefully for their own
tie more pride and faith in American prod
ucts. We are Importing and using very In
ferior American wine , which Is exported
first to bo furnished -with a foreign label ,
when we could get a much better article
at home If we were willing to be known as
consumers of home-made wines. There Is
little doubt that wo can produce figs , dates ,
prunes and other fruits which we now
largely Import. Oranges of the best we al
ready grow In Florida and California , and
with our new West India acquisitions all our
tropical fruits can easily be of the home
grown varieties. And why should we not
be able to supply our own wnnta in the
shape of coffee and tea. nnd the sugar to
sweeten both within a very few years ?
The fault of the American farmer to date
has been his inclination to confine himself
to the cultivation of a few staple crops ,
with which he often overstocks the market.
There should be greater diversity In his
farming , and the .reports of the Department
of Agriculture point out very definitely the
field in which this diversity can be profitably
exercised. American farmers cannot study
prosperity.
REFORMS IX'TIIE ' AHMV STAFF.
C.lft/ , < ! ' ' IlVCOlllllHMKlatlOIlM
, of. Hjicrclary Itool.
Philadelphia Press.
Secretary Jlcot in his annual report has
presented the" best scheme for the reform of
the army staff and command which has been
laid before congress In a generation. With
tact and reserve , without harsh criticism ,
dealing only In reform .and not in condemna
tion of existing shortcomings , Secretary Root
proposes to create here the same system of
education , appointment and promotion for
staff positions which the experience of Ger
many , France and all other European coun
tries has shown to be wise.
"The real object of having an army , " says
Secretary Root sententious- ! to prepare
for war. The present army staff system by
Its appointment and selection does not pre
pare for war. " Secretary Root proposes a
new one which will. Staff appointments to
day are for life. They are made without
special previous training , without selection
by any competitive process and without the
approval and examination of candidates by
military experts- . The result Is men like
Eagaa and blunders such as disgraced the
conduct of the last war.
Secretary Root proposes stan ! appointments
for five years Instead of for life , an army
college where a special staff training shall
bo added to the education gained at West
Point or elsewhere , and selections for etaft
posts by boards of officers. In addition , the
secretary proposes that , In future , all army
promotions shall be part by seniority aid
port by merit. He urges , In short , that the
practice of making promotions In a certain
proportion by merit , which every one wees
and admits Is necessary for efficiency and
success In war , sliul ) be maintained also In
peace , for the same reason. Our present
plan promotes only for seniority In peace.
The result Is that we begin our wars with
men too old or too weak to be efficient In the
higher posts , that new men have to be put
up In these posts and that toward the end
of the war , after the Putnams , Hulls , Mc
Dowells and others are out of the way , there
s n chance for the younger Greenes , Jack-
sons , Sherldons , Lawtons und the like.
If Secretary Hoot's reforms are adopted
nnd there Is everything to bo said In their
'avor and nothing against them the com
mand of the army and HH staff will buth bo
reformed and an efficient army will exist j
In pearo Instead of one which has to bo
nade efficient by court-martialing the
Pagans after war has revealed them.
Every other country has a staff college
whore the general art of war IH taught.
The United States has none. In West Point
It has a sound school for olllccrs , though Its
curriculum admits of Improvement. It has
a strong artillery school and a fair school
for ca.valry and ( nfantry. Its army engineers
'
neers advance In 'civil , but not In military
engineering , though something Is done nt
Wlllctt's Point for the engineers still too
young to think that an army engineer knuv/s
all knowledge. ' A staff college this country
lm not. England Ima no trained stuff.
This is the reason Its army Is floundering
In South Africa.
Secretary Root's new army college would
really bo a staff college. Still moro , he pro
poses to recognize work done at the other
army schools as entitling men to staff an-
polntmept and promotion. Personal favor
itism , family and social Influence , which
have done the staff tenfold more harm than
political patronage , though the latter ls
talked about tenfold as much by the news
papers , Mr. Root cuts up by the roots with
bis special army beards fur staff appoint
ment and promotion. Lastly , the staff
bureaucracy Is'broken up by temporary staff
appointments such as General Miles and
every' other general commanding the army ,
B Urged for thirty years. |
Moat War Department annual reports are i
mere summaries of the bureau chiefs , the
secretary becoming a sort of megaphone for
staff cranks. Secretary Root Instead has
mapped a lucid , logical , practical reform
which congrcsg ought without delay to
enact Into law , providing liberally for the
Increated ccet.
iS OF IH'U WAH.
I
I Several fragments of decayed civilization
I bearing an American brnnd. I * ' wrratllnf
with the kind Spain grafted on Manila an < !
vicinity. Newspapers fr m the Philippic
capital report great activity among horse
thieves , bicycle thieves and counterfeiters.
The first class of Industrious citizens ap
pear to know a Rood l.or. p when they sec
one , and evince marko'l tnlent In sequester
ing the animal. They Jo not fear such retri
bution ns ndcrned thu lenp trees of the
west In former times. Bicycle thieves arc
graded ns petty crooks , but the men who arc
shoving the queer nro getting n warm run
for their money. A Manila paper senten-
tlously observes that "when civilization Is
hurriedly packed for shipment , some of the
cans spoil In transit. "
The departure from San Francisco last
Saturday of the Forty-ninth Infantry ( col
ored ) was a picturesque and pathetic event.
The San Francisco Call reports that "all the
belles of colored society wore down to the
wharf to see the soldiers away. There was
conslderablo delay In getting the men aboard
the transport , nnd during the delay the
band ployed n cakcwalk. Immediately every
eoldler within hearing began to fidget ; then
( their feet began to shnllle and In a few
minutes a couple of hundred of them were
dancing awny for dear life. H was the best
cakewalk ever seen In San Frnncsico nnd
the officers of the transport service and the
men on the Warren watched the perform
ance with the keenest interest. The men
used their guns as walking sticks nnd their
flic man as a partner nnd gave an exhibition
that would crowd the Mechanics' pavilion
every night for a month. The soldiers had
only Just finished a flvc-mllo tramp In heavy
marching order , but every one of them was
ready to dance as soon as the band began to
play. Even when marching up the gang
way aboard the transport they kept up the
dance and only etoppod with the music. "
The pathos of the parting was rudely spoiled
by a gutter band , which came upon the
scene merrily piping , "Ah Uoan' Call' Ef
Yo' Nevah Com' IJack. "
Joke foundries nnd paragraphers ought , In
justice to a maligned profession , give the
messengers a real and turn their attention
to that which has achieved a record rivalIng -
Ing the snail. Constitutional aversion to
haste has reached its highest development
In that portion of Uncle Sam's transport
service paid by the day. A sample of the
lot Is the transport Pennsylvania , now In
the Philippines. Recounting a recent journey
from Manila to Jola ( pronounced Ole ) a
correspondent of the New York Sun says :
"In the order for the journey of the
transport an absence from Manila of ten
days was contemplated. Dut the Pennsyl
vania wan built in the daya when fifty or
sixty pounds was n liberal working allow
ance of eteam. She -was intended to carry
all the freight there was at one trip , si
that she could take her time nbout It am
not hurry back for the rest. Now when shi
is under charter to the government foi
something like $800 a day , the foresight o
her builders becomes a matter of amaze
ment. And a voyage In the transport Is ;
matter of weeks Instead of days.
"The captain of the ship Is a red-facei
fat man , from England originally , aptlj
named Broouiheod , but It Isn't so thick tha
It can't see that every day of delay mean :
an additional ? SOO in the pockets of the
owners. In command of the recruits ot
the southward voyage was another red-facei
fat man , from Tennessee , by circumstance J
major , by law a gentleman , and by nature
one of the kindliest souls that ever lived
The accident of birth named him James , but
that did not hide him. He lived to be one
of the few great ones chosen by fate to
read their own obituary notices In the news
papers and to send home to their admiring
friends marked copies of the glowing eulo
gies. , ; ; The accident of early. , association
named him Cupid , probably because the dis
cerning young men who surrounded'him in
the military academy at West Point saw
that It must have been he , In one of his
anterior incarnations , who served as model
when Raphael painted the cherubs and the
Slstine Madonna , just as In his ulterior in
carnation he certainly will be a cherub and
sport about In white wings. Ho worked
with might and main and spared neither
himself nor his one suit of khaki to get the
men In his charge off the ship , and then
when the recruits from Cebu were to go on
board he personally Inspected all their
papers to see that all were right , thereby
attesting the accuracy of the printed forms ,
many of which he compared , and winning
forever the heart of the skipper , by causing
a delay of two days. "
"The Americans have changed things very
much in Jolo , but in no particular more
than in the relations of those Inside the
walls to those outside them. Now the
Mores come up to the outposts with as
many arms as they like , and the old block
house that stands just outside the main
south gate is recognized by natives and for
eigners alike as a market , where the Mores
congregate In large numbers every day to
sell whatever arms they can to the Ameri
cans. Some of their weapons uro very
curious and the Americans have bought a
great many of them for souvenirs of the
place. As a consequence the price has
gone away up.as in fact every price has
wherever the Americans have touched these
Islands. AVbenever a steamer drfips an
chor In Jolo bay the word goes out among
the Mores very quickly and immediately
they flock to the market with all eortw of
wares. The Pennsylvania came to anchor
a little after 3 o'clock on an afternoon when
ono of the brothers of the sultan had come
over with some companions from Malbun ,
where the sultan llv < , to have a conference
with General Hates. They rode straight
over the hills from the south side of the
island to the north , and when the confer
ence was finished they rode straight back
again. On their homeward wny they upreai
the news that a new American ship was It
port , and the next morning there were DION
renders of arms at the market than could
get inside the old blockhouse. "
IMKSTAIi S13IIVICI5 AIll/SIJS. /
Globe-Democrat : Postmaster General
Smith points out an abuse of second-class
mall privileges which costs the government
a loss of at least 120,000,000 a year , Congresg
can do the people a great service by cor-
1 reeling this lavish waste of money.
i Indianapolis Journal : Postmaster General
Smith has , In a more forcible manner than
his predecessors , called attention to the
abuses practiced under the provision of the
postal laws relative to cee-nd-class matter.
He speaks of these abuttal a "enormous
wrongs , " by which the revenues of the coun
try are robbed of $20,000.000. It Is "a eheer ,
wanton waste , " ho declares. More than thut ,
the vast volume of second-class matter IcadB
down the postal cars , delays the pro-npt
delivery of matter which pays and stands In
the way of reforms In the postal srrvlce
which would benefit the whole people.
Philadelphia Press : The government paid
but $12,314C19 moro than It received in
postage last year for the transpor alien
alone of the Illegitimate matter ma'l'd at
1 cent n pound , when It should have paid S
centa a pound. For whose benefit wait that
$12,341,619 extracted from tha people last
year , ? For the publishers of dime novels
nnd paper-covered books , advertising cir
culars and so on , who have under the looao
laws of congress secured the entrance In the
malls of such matter as periodicals nent to
actual subscribers. Particular attention lJ
called to what Postmaster GPiicral Smith
'
Bays on that point. Once the people under
stand the magnitude of this tax Imposed on
them for ( ho benefit cf a few je'e- ? , Its cou.
ttnucd existence will be impooalblo.
MtSTKIl SI'UVKHII.
Philadelphia Lodger ( rep. ) : Speaker Hen-
doison , besides HIP many attractive qiml-
' Itlcs which have made his great popularity ,
U credited with earnest convictions nnd
much courage. He will ured It all In the
present session. Stories arc afloat to the
effect that the lobbies whlrh Speaker Reed's
Inllurnco held In check effectually are get
ting rrady for active- business ; and now that
the republicans have control of both hoimes
the advocates of crude , unwise and extrav
agant monnures will btalego consrcfw In mif-
, tlclcnt ferro to test the courage nnd strength
i of the upcaker nnd the conservative clement
' In the parly.
; Minneapolis Tlhies ( Ind. ) : Wo tic-llnvo
General Homlrrnon has toiwInii'sM of fiber ,
ftolldlty of convictions nnd patriotism f
! jiurporo. It U not to his dlncrc-dlt that ho
| can bo suave on occasion nnd prrfuru cour-
i tray to brusquencfs RH a human emollient.
! When It Is nccoi ary for him to ntniid linn.
' though supporlcis urge rect'taluti , we lio-
llovo the new openkor will nhow that lie Is
of the blnod of llrucp nnd of I ) < mi1iiH ; nnd
of Kiiox. It Is the hopa of ovury K' " " >
American that when tha I line CDIIICH for
General Henderson to put tiMldc llio n vil ) ho
i Will have earned the fUnudlt "Well done ,
i good nnd faithful servant ! "
j Philadelphia Times ( ilctn. ) : Genrral Hen
derson la one of the very few men Hlnro Urn
days of Clay who WBB called tn hl.M tire I elec
tion ns sneaker of the house by the upon-
taneous action of his party. There were
half a score of able nnd experienced men
ambitious to succeed Speaker Reed , hilt this
drift of public sentiment became so strong
In fnvor of General Henderson that all ot
his competitors voluntarily retired , and many
months before the meeting of congress ho
! was accorded the speaker's chair by general
I consent. Here Is Indeed a rare tribute to
I General Henderson , and eminently deserves -
, serves It. lie was a gallant soldier In the
i civil war and returned to his home maimed
| for life , but his great Intellectual power , his
Indomitable energy nud hl admirable per-
eoniil attributes won for htm not only the
confidence and affection of the people of his
district , but econ gained for him in public
lifo the sincere respect of the country.
FIOHTIDOWX IX AFRICA.
Detroit Journal : Hut even the nntl-
Boers concede now that General Methuen
should have waited till January 1 , 1901 , be
fore announcing that ho had fought the
bloodiest battle of the century.
Chicago News : The British have already
lost in killed and wounded about 3COO men.
The Boer looses are probably a few hun
dred less. And the argument has only
begun , -\vhlle \ the British have not yet
reached the enemy's frontier. Judging from
the skill , courage and stubbornness shown
by the Boers the war may easily last a year ,
3 ruin the burghers , cost England the grcat-
JI est expenditure of men and money which
2 " jehe hcs had to bear for almost a century nnd
\ lose the uitlanders more than they can re
gain In twenty years of Industry.
New York Sun : The latest reports of the
armament of the circle of forts defending
Pretoria la that they are mounted with
twenty-four and twenty-slx-centlmeter guns
besides a number ot guns of smaller caliber
and quick-firing. The supply of projectiles
and expletives Is said to bo ample for a
prolonged siege , and the small arm ammuni
tion that -vfaa laid in before the war began
amounted to 36,000,000 cartridges. In con
nection with this provision a curious story
is told. About two years ago the Trans
vaal government caused Inquiries to be made
as to the consumption of rifle ammunition by
the German army during the Franco-German
war , and being informed that the total quan
tity was 18,000,000 It was Immediately de
cided to lay in double that quantity.
St. Ijouls Republic : Both sides in the
British-Doer war are entitled -to whatever
oolaco the reflection brings that the blcodleat
battle of the nineteenth century will not be
fought during Us declining years. It Is cer
tain that this distinction will not fall to the
lot of the battle of Modder river , whatever
the Iocs of life. It will not even be the
bloodiest battle the British fought during the
present century. The nineteenth century
yields to none in the sanguinary character
Of its conflicts. To be the bloodiest of the
nineteenth century a battle must discount
Waterloo in 1815 , when the Duke of Welling
ton alone lost 1,756 killed. Its losses must
bo moro severe than at any battle of the
American civil war than , for Instance , Get
tysburg , where the federal dead numbered
3,070 and the confederate 4,000 ; or than
Spottsylvania , where 3,288 federals were
killed and 19,278 wounded , as against 3,342
confederates killed and 20,187 wounded ; or
than Chlckamauga , where the federal and
confederate dead numbered respectively 1,614
and 6,000.
I'KHSO.VAIU OTIIHIMVISR.
Joseph Chamberlain's monocle Is not a
fad , but a necessity with him. He has
worn one since boyhood.
Slnco he has abandoned free silver nnd
) ought an automobile people will have to
stop calling him "Joe" SIbley.
Subscriptions to that New York arch have
> ecome distressingly slow since they changed
Is name from "Dewey" to "Naval. "
A fertilizer trust la one of the late' t
combinations. This Is organized with a epe-
clal view to squeezing the southern cotton-
raisers who are large yearly purchasers of
uano and phosphates.
Doubtless there are plenty of men In this
-ountry who arc willing , to go to South
Africa and filibuster for the Doers , but the
great difficulty In their way Is the ex-
icnso and trouble of getting there.
Besides being soldier and author Colone'
iaden-Powcll Is a flrat-rate artist. Ho at
one time studied In Paris under Goromo
iiul , though most of his work Is lu black
and white , he has a goad knowledge of
color.
The loyalty of boarding houeo keepers at
Washington adjusts itself to every emer
gency. One of the class replying to a con
gressman's Inquiry as to her politics naively
replied : "Wo are always with the admin
istration. "
Judge W. C. Caldwell of the supreme
court of Tennessee and ono of the best-
known jurists of that wectlon of the country ,
has refused the presidency of the Cumber
land university nt Lebanon , Tenn. , but will
probably lecture on law lu that Insll.utlon.
If the/ citizens of Paterson , N. J. , act
promptly upon their preaent Idea of erect
ing a monument to the late Vice President
Hobitrt they will bo making a commendable
departure from the wual custom In such
. canes , which Is to wait half a century or
! more.
Scnslcknesu Is given as the cause of death
of Judfc'o John R. Putnam of too appellate
division nf the New York wipromo court ,
who died on a fiteamshlp Just outside of
Hong Ifons- The Judge was on his way to
1 Manila to visit bis son , a soldier In our
i army. "
1 The trustees of the Watklnson library of
reference , Hartford , Conn , , have decided to
purchase the American Indian library ofhe \
late Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull. Thl Is
the greatest collection of Us kind In exist
ence , and Includes many exceedingly rare
volumes.
I Mrs. Joy , wife of Representative Joy of
Mleuoiirl , who organized a crusade agilnut
, the seating of Roberta , received from the
| petition she aunt out no unfavorable -
( ewers except one , which came from Mrs.
Minor , wlfo of the member from Wlacons n.
I who returned the paper Indorsed : "The
peopleof the Eighth district of Wisconsin ,
'
v/ho elected my husband to ( ongrcsi , have
every confidence la him and BO have I. "
pirn Tittvr nr.riMo.\ .
Chicago Post : NrthlnR In thl decision
nffeda the new form of c-inib'nallon , Ihg
actual consolidation of Independent eorpora-
tlonit tinder ono management.
Ulobc-Dcniorrat : In the e.pliilon of the
supreme court the Addyston company con
tract In the cnse tested Is a restra'nt ' of free
commerce between the states and therefore
void. ThU decision affected ( he Industrial
lint In Wall street yesterday and is sn lm
porlanl development I" the question of
trusts. It will bo noticed that the Sherman"
law In broader In application than lias bcrtt
nuppcced. Them are legal methods of deal *
Ing with truMs. The poorest way to pro-
cee.l Is to turn them over to drmnsoRues.
Indianapolis Journal : The derision of the
supreme caurt In the Addyston pipe casa
appearn to bo ono of the meet Important
Hint the tribunal has made in sotuo tint ? ,
| nlnr-o it necms to s" a long way toward
disposing of the "trust" an a political Issue.
In the case In question several corporations
In dlfToient Btntes , manufacturlns water ami
Kan pipes , entered Into a combination by
which the territory which they would nnttl-
rally supply wim divided so that each com
pany would have the cxclnMvn sale of all
thn plpt' ' In the district assigned to It at
prlciM agreed upon from time to time. Thl.1
< : omblnatlnn Is OH near a trust ns can bo
found In this country , since the purpose of
thii combination l to control the supply ,
muki' I he price and prevent competition.
The Hiipreme court him declared that Mien a
combination In In violation of the clause of
the Koimlltutlon for the regulation of Intcr-
Htnto commerce , slnco It restricts and re
strains rommcrco between the states.
Chicago Rerord : The most Important ques
tion presented was ns to whether the con
tract WBH In restraint of Interstate trade.
Of the six concerns party to the combination
two were In Tennessee , two In Alabama , ono
In Kentucky and ono In Ohio. As the terri
tory covered by the trust included thirty-six
states the effect ot the agreement was to
restrain all the companies In eome cases and
part of them lu other * from making con
tracts for the sale of pipe to be delivered
across state lines. This is a restriction
on interstate commerce nnd IB mibject to con
trol by congress. In distinguishing the Ad
dyston casn from the sugar trust case , which
Involved merely the consolidation of plants.
It is pointed out that the supreme court held
In the latter case that the monopoly effected
was not within the federal anti-trust law
because the contract or agreement related to
the manufacture of refined sugar and not to
Us sale throughout the country. Manufac
ture preceded commerce , and although the
manufacture under a monopoly might , and
doubtless would. Indirectly affect both In
ternal and interstate commerce , it was not
within the power of congress to regulate
manufacture within a state on that ground.
TAUT THIFMSS.
Indianapolis Journal : "A Boston man
says he would rather be .Aculnaldo than
McKlnlcy. "
"Well , he evidently has more confidence.
in his legs than In his head. "
Chicago Post : "la she a woman of much
strength of character ? "
"Strength of character ? Well , rather !
Why , she has money enough to dress In thn
very latest fashion and she doesn't do It. "
Ohio State Journil : Indignant Young
'Man ' Walter , your coat sleeve dipped into
this woman's soup.
Obliging "Walter Don't mention It. sir ; It
will wash out. What kind of fish , please ?
Somervllla Journal : Many a woman who
Is generally regarded athe salt of th
earth has a son who Is generally regarded
as too fresh.
Detroit Free Press : "ily watch won't
run , " said Glddlnire , as he laid his tlme-
plere on the Jeweler's table.
"I'll soon bring : It to time , " replied the
watchmaker , cheerily.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Say , I never
heurd 'two ' men hold such exactly opposite
views on the .same jiolut. .Who uro they ? ' '
"Profo'slonal 'medical expert . " 1 - . " , ' "
Washington Star : "I am afraid you donM
appreciate popularity at Its full value. "
"I ouiht to be able to , " rejoined Senator
Sorshum. "I have paid for enough of it. "
Detroit Journal : It Is no wonder the
humorist feels bitterly toward the. cooklnR
.schools , when these have all but eliminated
the woman who thinks snonge cake Is
made of sponge * .
Chicago Times-Herald : "Sny , old man , I
want to take yo1 around some- evening nnd
introduce you to n mighty clever Klrl. "
"Exciiso me. I hnvo to do brain work nil
tiny und prefer when evening comes to elvo
my faculties a rci.t. "
TO A M.\iAZIXB ( COVI3II C5IHL.
Wallace D. Vincent in Llfo.
I'll not gainsay your beauty , for indeed
you're wondrous fair ,
But tell mo , oh. I pray you , how you ever
fix your hair ?
It sweeps In wnvy billows up and down and
'round the page ,
It winds you nnd it binds you In on inky ,
silken cage.
And , while you nre about It , lovely typo
of perfect grace.
Explain the way you manage to secure
your gown in place ;
H'H made of airy nothings nnd it liardly
seems to touch ,
And If you'll send a pattern I will thank
yon very much.
I hopn you won't 'be angry , but another
thlntr I'd know
A quei'tlon that perplexes me ns seasons
como nnd uo
What do you call the flowers you Invariably
wear
Those little thlncs like cabbages that nestlu
in your hair ?
"Not Looks
Alone. "
. .
If you haven't time to
come in notice our
show windows ; you'll
see some especially
handsome overcoats
and suits for men and
a beautiful array oi
4
boys' and children's
clothing they look
finedon't they ? We
don't care how they
LOOK for WE know
how fine they ARE ,
and we are not afraid
to have you examine
them and ask the price.
Between $ JO and $25
somewhere you'll
find just what you
want if you are look
ing for a good suit or.
overcoat.
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