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\Vliy el.iosn't the North Oinitliii Ini-
prove-nicnt association tiilte seine stops
toward saving the UlnlT tract for a por-
nmnt'Mt pnrUV The time for action la at
hand.
It looks now as If the ? mill-trust con-
viitlon ! Unit Is to bo held at Chicago on
UKIJMh ( ( f Fe'lM'tmi'.v was gotten tip as
mi auxiliary to Bryan's presidential
boom.
Why waste : il > . tlds time and cnrrpy
KUossliiR at the probable nominees on
the fusion city ticket ? Why not send
down to Colonel Walter Moise and get
the slate ?
Halcor declares that the public
has less eonlldence In detective testi
mony than II has In newspapers and
lawyers. Judge Maker evidently has a
good opinion of lawyers.
Dcwey Is to attend the Mardl Gras
festivities at New Orleans. The people
of that festive burg propose to show
him the warmest time he has experi
enced Blnce leaving Manila.
Senator Allen admits he is' In favor
of the populists and democrats being
politically wedded , but whether he Is in
favor of a polygamous union with the
free silver republicans also Is not staled.
Our amiable popocratic organ Is ells-
Unclly Hllent upon the desertion of the
silver cause by Hon. Joseph Slbley.
When Slbley was out here' a few years
ago , however , It had columns of space
to devote to his eulogies of Bryan.
What a change !
The Chicago Hoard of Trade has
stopped trading in puts ami calls. The
principal dllllculty probably is that
under this method outsiders furnish
fe'w of the victims while by the regular
processes the country lambs are more
easily reached and lleeced.
We hasten to assure the public that
the so-called Texas Itch reported to Oov
ernor I'oynler as having Invaded Ne
braska Is a cattle disease and has noth
ing to do with the Itch for olllce for
which the governor has had to treat so
many patients since his incumbency of
the olllce.
Senator Thurston has repudiated Paul
Vandervoort's Cuban memorial Hospital
scheme , which was used as a decoy for
dupes who were enticed to Invest in the
wildcat Cuban stocks that had no bet
tom. It Is to be regretted that the sen
ator did not stamp out the Imposture at
Its Inception.
Colonel Mryan advises the Kentucky
colonels to pass a law that will prohibit
betting on elections. Colonel Mryan
would have shown a good deal more
sense If he had advised the Kentucky
legislature to pass a law that will pro
hibit' Kentucky tailors from making
pants with two hip pockets.
A network of suburban electric rail
roads centering In Omaha would be the
best possible means of cementing amity
and friendship between this city and
surrounding towns and villages. If the
roads could be operated simply to make
peed expenses they would still be a pay
ing Investment for the business Inter
ests of Omaha.
The paper of the defuncto candidate
for U. S. S. says that he would have
voted for the seating of Senator Quay
If he had been put In position to cast a
vote. If Quay had only known this he
would doubtless have thrown his In-
lluenco In the balance against Senator
Allen , who Is on record as opposed to
roeognlxlng the Quay credentials.
The kindergarten may have come to
stay , hut it should be kept within Urn
Its. A largo proportion of the kinder'
garten attendants In this city is com
prised of children below the school age
who should be kept at home until the }
have reached the legal ago limit and
the strain on the school accommodation ! '
would to that extent bo relieved.
A t'.iiiT ) u'lTitHi'T ,1 t'Hi.it r
UoprpFenl'itlve ST. l.-y f I'onnsy vai la ,
formerly ne of the mist caraeM of
the advocates of free silver. lms >
not only renounced that tlniin.Miil
hereby , but has tut tied his back com
pletely upon the democratic party as
now constituted. Mr. Slbley was a
tower of strength to the 1C. . to 1 nuw
In the last national campaign , but evuiti
having shown the fallacy of the free
silver contention he frankly acknowl
edges that he was mistaken and declines
to continue In a false position. As the
Mryanlte party has nothing else to offer ,
Mr. Slbley drops out of It.
He said In the house of representa
tives on Wednesday : "If the demo
cratic party Is to live It must have a
policy. It must do something besides
carp and faultllntl. If It will a'o ; t a
policy 1 will keep strp with It , but If It
Invite * me to a banquet of carping a.v'l
faultllndlng It will have to excuse me. "
There are a great many other democrats -
crats who feel this way. They realize
that with the exception of the free si\e : ; '
Issue , which a largo majority of the
people have repudiated and which M
very much weaker than In 1SIIU , their
parly has no well-defined policy upon
which It can unite. They see the hope
lessness of another campaign with silver
as an Issue and they know that with
Mryan again the candidate this ques
tion will of necessity have a leading
place. Some of the. e democrats are still
hoping that another leader will be
found one that will represent the true
principles of democracy. There Is said
to be an effort making on the part of
some democratic leaders of the south to
Induce Mryan to withdraw as a candi
date. II Is needless to say that any
such attempt will be fruitless. Mr.
Mryan will remain a candidate , he will
dominate the national convention and
his renominatlon is a foregone conclu
sion.
Meanwhile the democratic party will
continue to carp and to llnd fault. That
las become Its predominant character-
stic. It refuses to be satisfied even
with the prosperity of the country and
leclares It to be unreal or based upon
superficial conditions , livery act of
the republican administration , however
clearly shown to be In the public in
terest , Is criticised and denounced. Its
policy Is obstruction and reaction. The
; iarty will continue In this lourso so long
is It Is under its present leadership and
this will be until it has again experi
enced an overwhelming defe-.it. Men
like Slbley , with the candor to acknowl
edge past mistakes and to admit the
defeats of their party , will drop away
from It , hoping that defeat will bring
ibout a reorganization which will again
rllve the democracy a claim to respect
ind conlldeuce of the Intelligent voters
of the country. The Pennsylvania rep
resentative has set an example that will
inivu many followers.
ITALY XUT SATISFlEb.
The Italian government has Indicated
that It will not be satisfied with the pay
ment of an indemnity alone to the fam
ilies of Its subjects lynched at Talulah.
La. It wants the perpetrators of th'at
'
crime brought to justice. This is un
questionably a reasonable desire and It
s unfortunate that our government can
not comply with It , but It Is absolutely
powerless to do anything. The author
ity to punish the murderers of the Ital
ians rests solely with the authorities of
Louisiana and they have made and will
make no effort to bring the culprits to
justice. Such being the case the federal
government ran do no more than pay an
Indemnity to the families of the mur
dered men , as was done in the ease ol
the Italians lynched In New Orleans
some years ago. This will be done not
as an acknowledgment of any obligation
or responsibility on Ihe part of the fed
eral government , but entirely as a
friendly act , the government having on
the former occasion clearly staled itt
position In such cases.
It is a position , however , which for
eign governments not unreasonably re
gard with disfavor and which a greai
many Americans think should not In
perpetuated. We enter into trealle.
with foreign powers in which we agrot
that the subjects of such powers resid
Ing here shall have the protection ol
our laws , yet In a case like that at Tu
lulah the federal government Is power
less to punish. President Haril.son am
President McKlnley have urged leglsla
lion to correct this and a bill has bei'i
Introduced In congress to give fedora
courts Jurisdiction where crimed an
committed against aliens such as thai
in Louisiana. There ought to be no so
rlous opposition to such a law and IK
doubt as to its enactment.
rnu in.aun sKiztntnsIO.IA. .
It had been generally supposed thiii
the Issue In regard to the seizures ol
American Hour In and near Dclagoa baj
by Mrltlsh cruisers was settled by the
decision of the Mrltlsh government
which very fully conceded the America !
contention and was said to be entirely
satisfactory to our State department
The United States senate , however , desires
sires more Information In regard to tin
matter than has been made public am
adopted a resolution by Senator Hah
asking the president for all Information
not Incompatible with the public Inlir
est , ivlalliiK to the { seizures and alsi
what steps have been taken for tin
restoration of the property.
There can bo no reasonable objectloi
to congress calling for all the facts li
relation to this very Important matter
although it Is not apparent that congress
gross can do anything In conneclloi
with it in the present stage. As stntei
by Senator Davis , chairman of the for
eign relations committee , the subject
under diplomatic negotiations and iinti
these are concluded It Is to be supposci
that congress would not Interpose. Ii
must bo presumed that the Stale de
partment , which acted promptly upoi
reivlvlng ollicial Information of the sclz
ures , Is still faithfully performing it ;
duty In the matter , though the actloi
of the senate might be contiirued as in
dlcatlng a doubt of this. As the rcou !
tlon. however , was Introduced by a ie
publican senator , no such Inference Is t <
bo drawn from It.
M'eauwhlle Ambassador Clwutc re
ports that ho has been unabln In locate
all of tln < proIsloiis taken and pet-hap *
the actl 11 of the senate will suirco * ! t' ' (
the Mrltlsh government the expediency
of facilitating hU Investigations and
also of taking stops to Indemnify
the owners of the property. In Ihls
respect the resolution of Inquiry ma >
have g od results.
j nil : v.iM-B OF.I JYM.\cmsK.
! When the city of Omaha granted the
1 lust franchise In the Omaha Cias com
pany one of the conditions Imposed was
the payment of a royalty of M penis for
I every thousand feet of gas sold to eon-
I sinners. This concession made by tin *
'
company was a practical recognition of
the principle that a municipal franchise
Is a valuable thing for which the < lty
should receive an equivalent In some
form. It will be borne In mind that th. >
original proposition of the gas c'lnpany
was for a lifly-year franchise without
the paymonl of any royalty and a higher
rale feu * the gas furnished to consumers.
This llfly-year franchise , Involving sev
eral millions , was railroaded through
the council seven years nuo and would
have been rat Hied but for the veto of
the mayor and the Intervention of the
courts.
While Ihe community realized the bene
fits of a reduced rate to consumers and
a reduction from fifty to twenty-live
years In the term of the franchise the
royalty of " cents per thousand was re
garded as a more trifle. The first six
years of experience demonstrate the
advantage gained for the taxpayers by
the Imposition of the royalty on gas. At
the end of the llrst year Ihe loyally ag
gregated a fraction over .fri,0X1. ( In the
year 18 ! ) ! ) it exceeded $11.001) ) . At the
same ratio of progression during the re
maining nineteen years Ihe royalty for
the whole twenty-live years would ag
gregate $ " , " 0,000. This estimate may
prove1 to be extravagant and it may also
fall short unless the expectations of the
men who have confidence In Omaha's
future shall be realized. In any
event the royalty will within the
next ten years approximate if It
does not ejxeced the amount paid by the
city for gas street lighting. Incidental' } *
the figures for the last six years prove
conclusively that the introduction of
I electric light has not materially affected
the gas company. While the consump
tion of gas foi lighting purposes may
have been curtailed Its use for heating
I and cooking has enormously Increased
| by reason of the reduction in the price
under Ihe contract of IS ! ) . ' ! .
From the standpoint of political econ
omy the lesson taught by the Imposition
of the royalty has been of incalculable
value by affording a basis for calculat
ing the value of a franchise.
Senator Allen wants it distinctly un
derstood that he still believes in fusion
and does not care where the votes come
from that will enable the fusion forces
lo carry out the principles and reforms
for which they are contending. Tills
sounds very plausible , but the fact Is
that the fusion reformers have shown
themselves eve.r ready to throw principles -
, ciples to the dogs when the spoils are In
, sight. That has been the experience
with fusion In Nebraska , as It has In
other stales where it has been tried.
With reference to the school board cor
ruption exposures it may be well for
i the taxpayers to remember that the
| house-cleaning has been undertaken by
republicans and is entirely in the na
ture of a self-purgation so far as the
party Is concerned. Can anybody imagIne -
| Ine a board composed entirely of demo
crats taking any such course , or can
they remember when any democratic or
ganization In this city or stale has ever
assumed the thankless task of punish
ing its own dishonest members ?
The census bureau is calling upon
farmers to have the material for farm
statislics prepared so enumerators can
get It when they commence work. Stale
Labor Commissioner Kent has an elab
orate collection of figures gathered some
time ago to show that farming In Ne
braska did not pay which he might turn
In. Though a little frayed at the edges
and needing some amending , they might
still be Ilxed up lo go In the calamity
column.
There Is a decided difference of opin
ion between Petllgrew , ot al. and the
soldiers who have served in the Philip
pines as to the cause of the trouble over
there. Pottlgrew says it Is the admin
istration , while the men who have been
I the sufferers say It Is men of Petti-
grew's class , coupled with the selfish
ambitions of native politicians. The
doctors who have seen the patient
should be best able to diagnose the case ,
It. Is not dllllcult to see why the pop-
i ullst stati'-house machine stands by tin
Stale Moard of Transportation. They
know the railroad Influence turned the
tide In favor of the fusion ticket last
fall , and reason that while the people
can be fooled about their relations to the
railroads the railroads cannot be fooled
because they keep close lab lo see Unit
Ihe goods promised are delivered ,
The Monetary league , composed of sll'
ver mine owners and boomers , haw
served notice ) on the elemoe-ratlc party
that it will be In session at the s-amc
time and place as the nathnal demo
cratic convention and be > prepared t-i
furnish a ready-made money plank for
the platform. The magnates must have
a suspicion that the democratic widow
might lllrt with someone else > .
At the present rate' the * democrats will
have as large a collection of broken Idol *
to enter the 1000 campaign with us It
' carried In IJi'.Ml. Slbley of Pennsylvania
! is now tumbled from the pedestal. The
j present dllllculty Is that the statue.--
I which have been raised In their place
I have all the appearane-e eif counterfeit
| statesmen and will not pass ctinvnt wltli
the public.
The so-e-allcel silver republicans of
Omaha have decided le ( cast their lot
with the democrats rather than with the
populists by calling their convention to
meet at the same time as the democ-ratlc
' and a nck Inter than the
ciivontlnn. . The silver repub
populist c-
llrnnfl evidently think the democmU
lias the most buttei
side of the bread
on It. '
_ _ _
I TrpiitmiMit < > f Plirrto HUM ) .
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
\Ve have nnnoxc.l . Puerto Hlco Just at
Mllfornla or Alaska
thoroughly aa wo have (
And yet there arc certain FCinsh Interests
which would exclude her products ft on :
! American markets after we 1m ve destroyed
' her former mnrltcts in Spain- That would
It would bo Im
I Indeed be ns unjust as
politic.
Hilly , Pnl : - Mnrr.lt. ' On ,
Minneapolis Tribune.
Now comes Mr. Dryan ami complains that
his public utterances are misquoted In the
I public press. If ho would stop talking sc
' Incessantly porliara "Is remarks might b :
; reported with greater accuracy , but when
a man Is talking all the tlmo ho must nol
blame the newspapers for erring throtigli
sheer fatigue some days.
AVIin Wo M t
St. Louis p.cmblle.
The United States must stand for the
principle tl'at goods consigned to a neutral
In n neutral port , regardless of the chance
that they will eventually reach the enemy ,
cannot bo molesteJ. Great Drllaln has hccn
stopping and searching vessels la Delago.i
bay without reason or Juotlllcatlon and the
United States as a sufferer should tnltc
steps lo stop It.
Aliilul "Kli n HIM.
U tiff nl o Kxuress.
The administration apparently places little
confidence In the promise of the sultan t'i
rcstoro the property of American missions
destroyed during the Armenian troubles , tot
it has Instructed Minister Straus to make n
positive demand for the prompt payment ol
$1 10,000 to cover all the ICMCS sustained b.v
the citizens of thls'country , including flO.OOC
for the murder of Frank Lenz , the Plttuburp
bicycler. The question at Issue In this cast
ID whether the government Is prepared til
use force If the demand Is not complied
with.
VltMV ofnvitl 1'i-lr.c * .
Chicago News.
Attorney General Griggs declares that the
navy Is not entitled to prlzo money foi
sunken ships and that the only rewards-
paid to olllcers and sailors of the victorious
American llccts should be for nalps captured
In a Hound and healthy condition. The at
torney general's opinion. If accepted , will
teach the rash and profligate Jackles econ
omy and caution. In the future , Instead ol
deliberately tearing a hostile ship to ploces
and Kcndlug It to the bottom of the eca
they will carefully harness It with cables ,
tie burlaps over the breakable machinery
put A "Hands off" sign upon the bow and
lead It to a place of safety.
Wnr .Sdnuilati-N Kiiilii'iiU < > ii.
Sprlngliold Ucpubllcun.
It Is reported from Qucenstown that steer
age bookings for the United States are un-
preccdentedly large , and 50 per cent abov (
the normal. Most of the applicants for passage -
ago are young men who arc supposed to be
members of the militia reserves and an
seeking to escape the possibility of bcint
called into service for South Africa. The
war Is , of course , extremely unpopulai
among the masses ot Ireland , and the prom
ise that the British government may have
to resort to conscription will doubtless
start n largo emigration movement to thU
country. Imperialism seems to bo about tc
deliver a finishing blow to that fair Island
Shipowner * llruil.v for u Sum ) .
Phllade-lphla. Record.
Mr. Thomas Clyde says that the Clyde
Steamship , company wIl ( put two ships , te
' '
cost Jl.OOO.OOO rander' contract aa soon at
the subsidy bill-shall have been passed. II
Is to be aninvestment In ships with th <
view of getting ) the-money - out of the- - treas
ury of the United States. The effect of th <
offer of a subsidy sop to the American own
ers of foreign-built ships is seen In th (
declaration o the president ot the Mun-
son Steamship line that his company "wll
place at least 100,000 tons of shipping thai
Is now under foreign Hags under the Ameri
can flag , " and he "has no doubt that othci
lines would do the same. " There can be IK
question of It. An easier way of gettltif
something for nothing would be hard t (
Imagine.
SOMI3 I.OXDO.V SWAGGER.
HrltUli Scoffer * In 1SJI8 nml Tlicli
1 I'rt'Huiit Tom1.
'
Washlncton Post.
Well-Informed people will not have for
gotten that during our brief campaign ol
18&S the London newspapers , especially the
Times the so-callod Thunderer were
mighty free with disparaging comments ot
our government , Its conduct ot affairs , Its
giasp of the situation , etc. Wo recall quite
vividly the air of superiority with whlcl
these military critics deplorexl Amcrlcar
shortcomings and the all too eager alacrlts
ot their commiseration with us in our mlu-
fortunes. Whether they were enlisted it :
the home-made conspiracy to malign the
War department and blacken the characlei
of Secretary Alger , or were merely exploitIng -
Ing the fatuity and conceit which have madt
Great Britain so admired and beloved
throughout the world , we do not pretend te
know. Nor , ineleol , is the question one
of great Importance. The fact remains , and
current events seem to Invlto attention tc
it.
It will bo remembered , no doubt , that lr
April , 1898 , the United States had an armj
of exactly 25,000 men. It will bo admitted
wo think , that between April and July ol
that year wo raised , armed and equipped
275,000 men , landed expeditions In Cuba and
Puerto Hlco and changed the map of twc
hemispheires. By the first of August It was
over. Wo lost 2,000 men from all causes ,
acquired territory five times as exle-nslve
ris the Oranqo and Transvaal republics pul
te/Fether , and resumed our ordinary , evury-
duv avocations without the smallest parade
or braggadocio , excepting Iho loud noise of r
handful of newspaper heroei : who are nol
worth mentioning licro. Wo encountered
no checks , sustained no reverses and , bcsl
of all , disgrace * ! ourselves by mi vulgai
boasts and ostentation. The London pa
pers , especially the Times , which has foi
It ? American correspondent nn expatriated
Yankee riugwump , Indulged themselves In
nil sorts of malicious comment and beefj
raillery , but our War department wenl
straight along upon Its way and wlthlr
flvo months closcvl an Incident of Infinite ! }
more importance than that In which Kng-
land Is now thus far disastrously en
tangled.
It occurs to UN that If some one , with
iM'ge leUuro and u taste for punrturlnr
humbuga. should care tn contrast the 1m-
rudont Bwagg'or of the London newspapers
during the summer of UBS with their ab
ject , almost maudlin calcrwaullng now , he
would have a rich and lush and fallow fleh
to work In. For our part , wo have no taste
for such employment , The spectacle 01
these simple , honest , gallant Kngllsh gen-
I tlemcn sacrificed to the sordid wickedness
j of the UhodeM-Chainberlaln compact of pi-
i nicy and the Imbecile leadership of con
ceited braggarts dlstrcEses us as doe-ply at
It can the victims and the mourners of th (
liagcdy at homo. Wo could easily lampoor
the swaggering Ignorance of Ilnllor and Cat
atrrand others of whom the Boers have
) made humiliating exhibitions. Their stuplr
j boasts of eating Chrhtmas dinners In Pre
toria ; their still moro stupid dlsparagemen
of tho. boorish and benighted Dutch this
Bbeuld furnish Inexhaustible material foi
merriment. We let It pass , however. W <
do not forget , of course. On the contrary
we remember.
THIS Tlsst.lJ mil ( itl.l ( ) .
star Prosldent Kruger Is
of an orator , but In addresslns
hl constituents he sUudlously refrains- from
offering any hard-luck arguments.
Baltimore American ; H seem * like the
sarcasm ot destiny that Knglaml , at the time
of her need , should look to an Irishman to
j cxtrlcatp her from danger nml disgrace.
i Washington POM : In easeOmn Paul
Kruger mufsea up our diplomatic affairs by
refusing to receive Consul Hay , It Is not at
nil likely that he will get ono of our lusty-
I lunged Boer sympathizers In his place.
i Cleveland Leader : The farther the British
( government goes with Its task of crushing
the Uocrs for the sake of advancing the
I schemes of African speculators the worse
the undertaking looks ns n hticlncsa venture.
Chicago Times-Herald : Kruger has Jus-t
Ifsued an address to the Boers , Informing
them that Providence- on their side. Ho
reminds them , Incidentally , however , that It
will bo necessary fc-r them to fight for all
they are worth , just the same.
San I-'ranclsco Call : The racecourse at
Pretoria has at last hot Its International In
terest. Prisoners crowded In so fast that nn
addition had to he made lo the town for
their accommodation. There was a touch ot
turdotilc humor In naming the streets nfti-r
the- towns the British want to capture.
Chicago Tribune : Uurope has not ceased
to sympathize with the Boers against Great
Britain , but since Unglnnd's protest against
I the Kronen cartoons of Iho queen there has
j been n tendency to exprew the general feel-
I Ing In grim , but less llbclotm Jokes. Thus
j Mr. Chaiuborlalu Is represented as sending
his servant to the. ' Mower dealer for orchids.
"Tell him I have no moresayw " the dealer.
j "I have used them all up In making funeral
i wreaths. "
Minneapolis Tribune : The Boers seem to
have made a good Impression upon one ot
their captives , an olllcer of the Hnyal Irish
KuslltetH , who writes from Pretoria to his
father at home an follows : "All you read
In Kngland about the Boers Is absolutely un-
truu ; they nro most kind In looking after
their -wounded , and anything they've got
they will give * you If you ask them , even If
they de-prlvc themselves. " So it would seem
that the Boers are as tender In peace as
they are terrible In war.
Philadelphia Times : Uncle Paul Krugor's
preparation for 30,000 moro English prison-
cm In Pretoria affords the English no
amusement whatever , and the funny papers ,
Instead of being funny about It , nro angry.
There wa a tlmo when such a preparation
would have caused even the London Times
and the Saturday Review to become humor
ous , but things have happened since then ,
and it is quite In order for the British pub
lic to hope that the preparation Is com
plete enough to insure the prisoners all
possible care and comforts.
ri3HM\Ai < poi.vriaits.
Mr. Croker's broken leg , It is noted , does
not incapacitate him for riding In the band
v.ogon.
That Los Angeles man who Is going to
raise the Maine by means of liquid air seems
to beliuvo In the virtues of expanding gas.
Map makers who have just recovered from
the-Jiard labor necessary as the result of the
changes wrought by the Spanish war will
now try to look pleasantly toward Africa.
Ono of the Montana witnesses In the Clark
bribery case defines a lie as follows : "I
consider a He a mlsstatement to one- who
has a right to know the truth not to ono
who has no right to know It. "
An amateur theatrical performance was
recently given In ono of the northern piner
ies of Wisconsin , and over the aperture to
the box olllce was posted this notlco :
"Standln room only. Settin room all took. "
A Chicago alderman has Introduced an
ordinance offering a bounty of $200 for
every highwayman or housebreaker killed
by a policeman or a citizen. Of course
scalps will bo received as evidence of kill
ing.
Representative Roberts of Massachusetts ,
known in the house nowadays as "tho other
Roberts , " has the credit of having intro
duced moro bills and amendments to the
constitution than any other member of the
house. He Is the author of two amend
ments and of fifty-four bills , covering a
largo variety of subjects.
At the dinner of the Albany society in
New York on Wednesday Captain Slgsbeo
of Maine fame responded to the toast , "Tho
Navy" and said : "No matter what di
rection development may take , you will
find the navy ready to meet It. It was a
good navy before the war , In the war and
will bo a good navy always. "
Fashionable society In Oak Park , a suburb
o ! Chicago , Is stirred up over an attack In
a local paper on the dances of a prominent
and wealthy social organization. The paper
says the waltz and two-step arc performed
In such a way at the young people's assem
blies at the club house that all the church
bells In the neighborhood should ring out an
alarm of fire , and that the method the
dancers use in holding on to each other Is
clearly the Invention of the foot ball crank.
HALT 'I'llI } I'HNSIO.V SIIAIIKS.
A IUUN on ( ho I'eiiNlon CoiiiiiilNnloiicr
l'r ( > nil < - < l by I'piiHliinAttnrnt'jN. .
Phlladol-ihla Times.
Mr. Curtis , congressman from Kansas ,
has Introduced a resolution for the appoint
ment of a special committee to investigate
Pension Commissioner Evans' administra
tion of the pension department. This Is
another of the many forum In which the
pension sharks insidiously pave the way to
break down the barriers which now obstruct
the robbery of the treasury by pension
frauds * .
When It Is considered that there nro hills
now pending before congress which , If
enacted , would Increase our pensions to over
$500,000,000 a year , the country will under
stand the magnitude of Hie movement that
Is made , almost wholly by pension sharks ,
lo open the doors for the granting of pen
sions to tho.io who have never merited them.
The pension sharks have cost thin country
hundreds of millions of dollars by forcing
i the enactment of laws which the true sol-
| dlcrs did not want , and which congrcsH did
. not approve when they were enacted. It was
elono tinder pressnire , organized by Iho pcn-
I slon sharks and the mercenary soldiers who
were rarely , If ever , In battle.
! The Grand Army cf the Republic recently
I Investigated Pension Commissioner Evans1
, administration and It was done under the
'
inspiration of men who wished to servo the
pension sharks and the many pension claim
ants who never could hevomo pensioners
under any honest law. That Investigation ,
organized for the purpose * of condemning
the pension commission"- the faithful
Administration of his department was com
pelled to acquit him as li nest In the per
formance of his duty , ami now for con-
| grcss to have n special Investigation would
] bo a declaration to the country that there
l are reasons for doubting the compotene-y
| or integrity of Pension Commissioner Evans'
administration.
Pension Commissioner Evans nerved gal
lantly In the army himself and settled In
the south after the war , where ho won his
position llrst by a successful business caierr
and next by a highly creditable political
career In congress and In other positions
of national trust. , Ho has been generous In
his construction of our pension laws for the
benefit of pension claimants , but ho has
not permitted the pension sharks to rob the
treasury , chiefly for their own benefit , no
matter how plausible have bee-n their ef
forts. The president heartily KUttulns Pen
sion Commissioner Evans and the country
will as heartily approve lil honest nnd
faithful administration of our pcuaion laws.
Let the pension sharks go to the rear.
I ft IIDI.S : or CM it wit. .
1 Reports from Washington the Lnwton
fund Ins been closed with a total of $00.000 ,
which wi'.l be turned over to Mr * . Lawlon
on her arrival from Manila. The original
pillpojk' ot the projectots of the fund waste
to ralso a sum sufficient to cancel the- mort
gage on the < Luwtnn home at Redlantls , Pal. ,
, amounting lo J'.ilOO. That sum has hern
subscribed twclvei ( Imps eiver. Not only If
the mortgage taken care cf , but a handsome
surplus remains for the widow nnd children.
Xo fund proposed In recent yearn has met
with such prompt nnd liberal response. It
'
Is n deserves ! trlbulo to the life * nnd char
acter of a model American loldler , and a
credit to the American people.
1 Scrgcsint .tphn Howe Peyton , a gospe-l mis-
1 sloimry and distributor of tracls , who inrtile
n trip to Manila last summer , U now turning
hl observations into coin by way of the
lewturo platform. Peyton Is the man who
turned loose a lot of rank criticisms of the
American paldlcrs he saw In Manila , dn-
| nouncing them as drunkards nnd looters.
Subsequently , when the home critics threw
; a few harpoons Into his hide , lie retracted
' nnd made an abject npology. Now ho In
sists on mixing Providence with our affairs
.In the Orient and gets his facts nnd con-
cluslomt hopelessly tangled. In n lecture nt
! Detroit the other day he said : "I bollevo It
was Providence that put It li tllo hands til
i our government to tnko ihcsc Tslands. The
I Great Omniscient One cast Into 6ur lap these
) gems of the Orient for n holy purpose. "
j Very neatly said , but Brother Peyton spoils
! the halo thrown over Dewey'w guns by la
menting the poor character of the tools cm-
ployed bjr Providence. "In the ranks ot the
nrmy , " ho said , "there ; Is a large proportion
of disreputables. The good and the ! bad arc
mixed up together. And It takes a mighty
Htrong Christian character to resist the te-r-
rlblo temptations that abound. 1 cannot tell
you of the cloud of evil which hovers around
an army , especially If that army Is remove-d
from the Influence ot home and friends. The
1 camp followers Include another army ol
Japanese , Chinese and Malay men and
women who nro vampires , every one ol
them. "
The recent eulcldo of Lieutenant Coloue :
Brereton of the Twenty-third Infantry lr
Luzon Is attrlbulcd by Manila papers l <
melancholia , superinduced by the monotony
of camp life at Sail Jnclnto , where ho was
stationed. His case Is a type of mans
developed In the Philippines. Mental ele-
Blruction seems as frpquunt almost ns nnj
other kind of accident due to hard service
in a tropical climate. Recently fourtcer
men from various regiments In the regul.u
service were sent from Snn Francisco te
the government sanitarium at Wnshlngtor
to have their wits restored. All had losl
their minds as the result of campaigning
in the Philippines.
During the war with Spain men sent te
camp In the Unitcil States were found mop
ing and despondent to the verge of Insanity
The surgeons said that It was merely homesickness -
sickness that brought on this stiito of af
fairs. The same medical olllcers say now
that neatalgla prevails to n considerable ex
tent among the soldiers who arc 10,00 (
miles from homo and who can scarci'b
realize the distance which Intervenes be
tween themselves and their friends. Ar ,
emotional youth shut up in the IsIandB on
the coast of China is apt , say the doctors ,
to brood BO deeply over his state that his
mental balance is disturbed.
Homcslcknera alone docs not cause all the
cases of insanity , however. Heat apoplexy
the men nrowithin a few degrees of the
equator sends many a man unaccustomed
to ( such a cllmato Into Insanity. Hen )
apoplexy Is frequently fatal , and even 11
the patient recovers for a tlmo mental dis
order Is one of the sequences very liable
to become permanent. The change from
all former habits of life Is so great that it
Is not surprising to alienists that men lose
their equipoise under the conditions over
there.
Bad food , fruits and native products lo
which they are not accustomed , exposure to
tho. elements In a wild rage , Insufficient
clothing when clothing Is ncedeel , the great
distance from home , the constant worry
and excitement of guerrilla warfare all con
tribute to make the soldier's life in Luzon
no happy one.
STATUS 01HAWAII. .
PrntcNt AunliiHt KrccUns : tlic
Into n TerrKorr.
San Francisco Call.
A bill Is before congress to erect a ter
ritory In Hawaii. Under our system of
government , and by unbroken precedent ,
when the territorial status Is reached the
further ndvnuco to statehood Is made possi
ble. Only California and Texas of the states
admitted into the union were exempted
from n territorial novitiate.
The modern school of expansionists holds ,
backed by some Judicial decisions , that the
constitution docs not apply to territories
and that they may bo ruled by congress
as It. chooses , suspending the bill of rights
and all the constitutional guarantees
within them , if it so elect ,
The first Issue presented is , Do the Amer
ican people want Hawaii as a territory and
therefore a prospective stale ? The revo
lution occurred seven years ago. Since
then there has surely been uninterrupted
access to the Islands for all Americans
who chose to go and preferred to stay , The
In test , official statement of the prruent pop
ulation gives returns of the nationalities
in Hawaii :
.TapanoFo coolies 40/00
C'hlncso coolies 21,00) )
Hawaiian ) ) X.4TO
Hawaiian part castes
Portuguese 15,10 , )
Americans : i , < > " 0
British 2,200
Herman I.IIM
French and Norwegian 47 !
All others 1,055
Total 121,2111 ,
U Is safe to assume that if the Islands :
were suited to Americans they would be
there. The foundation of the population
of the United Stateg Is our American laborIng -
Ing people. No American state can bo
built and perpetuated without them. As
the Call warned the annexallonlstsj , Amer
ican labor cannot live and work in Ha
waii. If there Is to bo commercial pros
perity HUTU Its foundation is fixed by the
cllmato and its Asiatic coollo labor. It
will bo BOOH that already (51,000 ( coolle are
domesticated there. More than ewer before
In the history of the country. 01 * the 3,000
Americans , none are laborers. The * exceed-
In ; ; prosperity existing there during the
last year lias Its bole can HO in the prexluc-
llvo power of Cl.OOO servile Asiatic coollo
liit'orers. ' The next largest elfins Is the
Portuguese , themselves resistant to the cll-
matt > lo a Jess degree than Iho coolliM , and
most of them there on contract , | | ko thu
coeilles. Thu British and Omnium are there
on business' , picking such crumbs as fall
from the. tables of the 3,000 Americans.
We submit that there Is not the material
for an American state , nor for an Amur-
lean territory.
Like the former prtnporlty of Haytl and
Jamaica , thai of Hawaii Is based on servile
liibor. It Is that form of Involuntary servi
tude which Is forbidden by the constitution
of the United States. When It cease * the
prosperity of Hawaii enascs , llko that of
Jamaica and Haytl. Ila economic history
and fate will bo that of all tropical pos-
nreslons held by temperate zone nutl ni ,
for never any where have they produced a
elEiilficant commercial surplus e-xrcpt by
foice l and servile labor. Wo advise thei
representatives of California to consider
the'sit things well when thuy act upon the *
status of Hawaii. The organic act creat
ing them a territory should bo American.
It can be no only by Immediately banishing
I all coolie labor nnd permanently rxcluellns
It nnd .by making n labor contract n felony.
It will bo less trouble to recognize this
now than to duffer for refusal later on. \
The Call has wnrneil the people from the
beginning. Our warning to the annexationIsts -
Ists in Hawaii wns not lacking. Coolielixbol
Whs the- contract goow that laid their golden
epRsv. Their hope wns to Influence thin
government to ore-ct In the l.ilando nn
tsn-Anicrlcnn American Jurisdiction. To
provo this let some ono offer a coolie ex
cluding amendment to Iho territorial bill
nnd the Hawaiian opposition will ellscloso
the direction of HIP Iradc wind In the Is
lands.
IX A MGIITKU VIJI.V ,
Chicago News : Qiiadds Pvo written o
poem.
Sparer Indeed ! What's the matter with
you love or Indigestion ?
Philadelphia Press : Jack rid the leC-
lure you gnve your wife on economy make
nnv ImprpMlon on her ?
Tom \W11 , yes ; flie-'s economical wltli
her pmlle.M now.
News : "I stiupoco you are n lie-
llcver In harmony , " wiltl Uio Kitrriilotm
barber.
"Sometime * I nm nnd sometimes 1 nm
I not. " replied the. local rullticlnn ,
"How Is that ? " quelled the knight of the
lather lirunh ,
" Veil , tnko n > ur business for exnmplo. "
nnsweml the1. 1. p. "I fall lo sco Just why
you urn ! your razor should pull together. "
Hurprr's Bazar : "As I understand It , "
says Mrs. (1 117.7.11111 , "by thewlrelesH trie-
Ki-np'h system the meYwmges go right through
the air we breathe- . "
"Yes , ulint If cor root , " assailed Jtr. Gaz-
Zllln.
"Then n person who has just Hied a mes-
: \KO In the telpRi-i\p'h ' ollleo may swallow
Ms own words on his- way home- . "
Plain Dealer : A western ron-
In writing a novel without a
wnmitti In It.
Thut must be- about us wildly exciting n.i
Hitroglster of a Mills hotel.
Washington Star : "Many a man , " snlil
t'nele' Klit'll , "gltn reputation o' belli
wise nn' solemn simply because ho ulii'
smaht oiiiuiKli to know when It's tlmo to
laush. "
Boston Transcript : Maxim How did
Tweeter be-havi : under lire ? Old he shrink 1
GatlliiK No , I don't know . * . - < he- shrank ;
but he evidently tried to mnko himself id
small an ho could.
Chlcano Post : "Have- you ever seen Jlir-
gorson's wonderful collection of nntlquo
curiosities ? "
"Yop. I met him and his five daughte-ra
at the theater only a few evenings ago. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Clara , your palms
are nil doad. but you still keep the Jar-
dlnlort's In the > \vlmlov. "
"Of course. Charles ; 1 want those new
neighbors to think that we have * had
palms , or are going to have palms. "
Detroit Journal : The conventional Abyss
yawned between them.
"Why must thin be ! " complained the
Lovers In much ntiKUlsh.
"Well , I guesH If you'd been doing thn
act as long as 1 have , you'd yawn , toot"
retorted the Abyss tartly.
Love Is certainly nn old , old story.
Tribune- : The teacher had sent
Johnny home with a note to the1 effect that
he was Idle , did not know his lessons ami
had disturbed the school by whispering and
other inlFcondm-t.
"My son , " said his father , reaching behlnel
the looking glass for a small rawhide ,
"come with me to the woodshed. We will
lead the strenuous life for about live
mlnutea. "
Washington Stnr : "The audience was a
trlflo severe In Its comments on the essay
your wife rejiel. "
"Yes , " answered Mr. Jleekton , "but the
audience hasn't any the best of It. It 'ml
feel pretty small nnd discouraged If It only
knew what Henrietta snys about the peopla
who criticised her. "
THE MTTM3 COUNTRY PAPHU.
Baltimore American.
It's just a llt'Ulo ' paper tt isn't up to date ;
H hasn't any supplement or colored fashIon -
Ion pinto.
It'comos out everyFriday , unlosa Iho forma
are plod ;
The outstrip Is ihomo printed , with 'boiler '
plate Inside.
It hasn't any cable direct from olel Bom
bay ,
But in sayst'hiat ' "Colonel Brasglns Is In
our midst today. "
It < loc u't Hccm to worry about affairs of
st.ate ,
'But It . ( alls itihat "Joseph Hawkins lias
painted Ms front Bates. "
It never mewllons Ivruger or Joseph Cham
berlain ,
But says that "Thompson's grocery hafl a
new window n-ane , "
Aiv.1 that "tine .Mission. Workers will clve a
festival ,
And there'll bo a temperance lecture In
William Hooner'w hall. "
It tells about the measles that Jimmy Han-
klnu had ,
Ani.l say ® tihali Israel Johnson "lias t > ecom
a .happy dud. "
It fnys that "cicler-maklnff Is shortly to
commence , "
And- cite * the fact that Ira Todd is l > uld- !
ins a new fence.
It mentions Dowey's coming In ono brief
pnragrnph ,
And saya that "Charlie Trimble has sold a.
yearling calf. "
And everytihliiff ithtit happens wltliln iliat
little town
The man who runs tlio puper lm plainly
jotted down.
Some pevjplo make fun of it , but , honestly ,
I llko
To learn that "work Is booming- upon tlio
Jlmtown pike. "
It's JUBt a llit'le ! ' > paper It hasn't much to
say-
But n- , long as U Is printed I hope It
comes my wny.
with a variety of trousers ,
has resources , A combi
nation to meet many occa
sions without repeating the
same general appearance.
"We have made long strides
toward perfection in our
trousers. "
And NOW , for a nom
inal outlay , you can carry
last year's coat and vest
into good society. Many
lines and styles to choose
from that are greatly re
duced in price , on account
of being broken late or odd
ones left from suits.
The prices range from
$2.00 to $8,50.
I