0 THE OMAHA. DAILY li"Iv. TlirttSDAV. FHB1U' MIY S , inon.
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Htato of Nebraska , Douglas County. f > . :
George H. Tzsclnu'k. secretary ot The Heo
3'ubllshliiE Compuny , being duly sworn ,
pay that the actual number of full anil
comiilole copies of The Dally , Morning ,
Evening and Sunday Uco , printed uurlnK
the month of January , 1900 , was as follows :
Less unsold and returned copies. , H72
Net total snlcH . 7t loit :
Scc'y nnd Treas.
Subscribed and Rworn before mo this 1st.
ay of February , A. ] f >
) inNGATE ,
Notary Public.
Wir : clniulH httvo I icon so numerous
in Km-opc of lute years tluit , people
over then * would doubtless aiiprceiatc
a few clear days.
Tammany lias concluded to allow
llrynu to speak In New York if he
wants to. Tammany loaders have
learned since ISOU not to take the talk
oC the Nebraska man too seriously.
Juntos Whltcoml ) Ullcy has indulged
the pootle muse over the sad home-coin-
lug oC the body of the lute General
Lawton. No more worthy subject has
ever been presented to poet laureate.
Kdlson , who was reported seriously
ill , is Kelting bettor. lie has several
important inventions up Ills sleeve yet
which he proposes to bequeath to the
public before he makes his until exit.
Chairman Kdmisten will of course
observe strict neutrality while ills
democratic competitor for the supreme
court clerkship is engaged in his strug
gle for political supremacy in Omaha.
Hndyard Kipling lias landed at Capo-
town. If the British do not make better
headway soon , with their rilles , Hud-
yard may be called on to contribute the
ammunition while , they try some of his
poetry on the. offending Itoer.
The wires of South Africa must be
working badly or else reports would
be coming through that the Free Stale
burghers had accepted the invitation
of Lord Huberts to desert the Trans-
vital and tight under the Knglish bun.
nor.
The democratic city primaries will be
hold today and we shall presently
see whether the llordiuan manifesto
pledging the party to the nomination of
clean and reputable candidates fro > -
from corporation control moans any
thing.
Hcpublicans who desire success In the
coming city election should see to it
that , the ticket Is not loaded down witli
conncilnmnio deadweights. The cimv.
actor of the men nominated for the
council may determine the fate of the
whole ticket.
I'oople with suggestions for the Ak-
Sar-Hon festivities of MM ) should not bu
backward about communicating thorn
to the Hoard of ( inventors. The more
suggestions the more certain will the
display of next fall overtop all those
of previous years.
Tito secretaries of the State Hoard
of Transportation have the satisfaction
of knowing that their nmsiorly inae
tlvity during recent years has the en
tire approval of the railroad mumigois
It is always gratifying to know thai
one's employers are Hatistied with tin
service rendered.
It has not yet boon olllclally an
nonnced exactly what ( lie object was 01
the recent raid on the South Omaha slo
machines. As the slot machine pro
prlotors ore said to have ivsumod btisl
ness unmplostcd the presumption inns
'bo ' that the Instigators Of the raid sc ,
what they wanted.
The best way for making sure thu
the arteries of commerce botwooi
Onmhu and South Omaha are kept li
proper repair and passable condition I
by annexation , If the two cities won
under ono municipal government m
iUostion | would exist us to wlu ) was re
sponslbhi for the public Improvement :
on the Inmlcr line between thorn.
The rise In the cost of btti'dlng nu
torial Is playing havoc with all the v.-
rious public buildings for which con
grcssional appropriations have been ho
cured. That means that It will atVoo
more or less the. now west wing of tlti
Ouinlm postullice building , which cotili
It have boon begun months ago bolori
the rise would have given a
lug saving in the outlay.
Mr. l''tvil rlk \ \ Si-ward. wlm \ \ nit
it .sUhtn scrrplnry of state wlim h M
Illustrious father , William II.Sowutd ,
was tit the head of the Sl.mdoimr' - ;
mont , In a published tetter sunuosli
that in connection with the South
African war there Is an Anioriiiui side ,
which Is lite only side our pnornmi'iit
can properly take , asell as a llrltl.-Oi
sldi ! and a Hoer side. The American
side. It N perhaps ncodlo.ss to point out ,
Is ( lr.it of absolute neutrality and Im
partiality so far as the government Is :
concerned , whatever the .tUltudo of the
people.
"I'or tin1 government to tills * sides In
the war would bo a grievous error , " i
says Mr. Seward , yet that Is what some
people are urging It to do , never con- ;
sldorlng and perhaps not caring what
might bo the consequence * of our tak
ing sides sis a nation In the South '
African conflict.Vo have boon so 10-
cotltly at war ourselves that AVO should
have a very lively appreciation of what
neutrality means and an earnest desire
to have It faithfully observed.Vo
found It important and valuable In our
case and we should be the very ln > * t
people disposed to In the smnlli-st de
gree discredit lite principle. Wo i tin-
not Ije sure that at some fill lire time
the rnitod States will not tliid it ex
pedient to invoke neutrality and the
losslblllty of tills should make our
jovcrnuiont careful to do nothing that
night impair our claim to the Impartial
rwitmont of other nations ? should we
leconio involved In a war. As to the
dea that neutrality is colorless. Mr.
Seward remarks ilntt on the contrary
lie neutrality of a great power in u
var between communities both of
vliom tire its friends is u position that
'oqnires ' constant cure und activity. It
ntalls grave duties and high rcspoiisl-
) llltlos. First of all , it is our duty to
irotect and defend the rights of our
iwn citizens and ships. Our citizens
nttst bo protected from spoliation ,
even when it is done under the olea ot'
"self-defense. Neutrality does not re-
lii I re that a nation shall forego any
luty in respect to its citizens or sur-
cnder any of its international lights ,
nit simply that It shall conduct itself
oward countries at war with pencct
mpartlalily. This was the attitude of
: he nations toward the United States
ti the win- with Spain and we tire
lound by our international obligations
.0 observe a like position in regard to
the South African war.
It would seem that ail intelligent men
mist understand tills and that moni
tors of congress particularly would not
Midoavor to commit the government to
i course distinctly at variance with its
nternutionul obligations and which
night in the future be fruitful ot
trouble for us. The United States Is
one of the great family of nations and
f it expects to ciijoy its rights as such
rights defined by common agreement
it must faithfully perform its Inter
national duties and respect the prin
ciples and pursue the line of conduct
observed by all the great nations in re
spect to countries engaged in war.
UALtOUIt'S STATEMKXT.
The statement of Mr. Balfour , gov
ernment leader in the Iloiisse of Com
mons , that ( "treat Britain had never
considered foodstuffs , as such , contra
band , but that when intended to sup
ply an army in the Hold they are to bo
considered contraband and a pri/.e
onrt would decide the facts connected
with the shipments , Is not altogether
reassuring as to the purpose of the
British government in regard to pro
visions consigned to the 1'ortnguese
port In South Africa. A fair Inference
seems to be that Great Britain claims
the right to assume that foodstuffs are
intended to supply the army of her
enemy and upon that assumption to
turn them over to a prize court for as
certainment of the facts connected
with tlie shipment.
if tills Is tlus position of the British
government and it is permitted to act
uion ) it , it can of course put a stop to
all ( rude in foodstuffs with * l.o terri
lory of I'orttii.'ul in South AC-Jen. be
cause If cargoes of provisions may be
sent to prize courts to 'iotermino
whether or not they tire intended for
the Boors it would bo useless to at
tempt to curry on trade in such articles
in that quarter. Will tills be tolerated -
orated by tins United States or any
country having commercial interests in
the South African territory belonging
to I'ortugalV Will fircat Britain lie
permitted tit Its own pleasure to send
to prize courts shipments of American
foodstuffs to a neutral portV "No
doubt , " says John Bussed Moore , for
merly assistant secretary of state and
professor of international law In Col
umbia university , "provisions bound
either Immediately or only ultimately
to a belligerent country may find ( heir
way to the enemy's army. But this
does not alone stillico to render ( hem
contraband. On such a theory wo
might logically he obliged 10 admit , the
practical inhibition .if Inido In time ol
war with neutral countries which liaiv
pened to border on belligerent terri
tory , and wo might even bo compelled
to witness the starvation of ( he poato-
fitl Inhabitants of the o countries In
order that the cutting oil' of supplies tn
the enemy's army might bo rendered
certain. " This applies to the sttuu'
lion Involved In the llrltlsli position u-
stated by Mr. llall'onr.
Manifestly ir Croat Britain is per.
milted ( .1 o.vorclse her own pleasure In
sending to prize courts ciuvoo.s of ptovi'
slims consigned to neutral Portuguese
territory , she can r.s effectually put n
st .p to trade with thai territory as II
she. wore to blockade Ilelagoa bay. II
practically amounts to this and we can
not think that tin- government wll
submit to having the tntdo rights of lt <
citizens thus Interfered with. Its phi It
duly , it seems to us , is to Innlst that nr
American merchandise , not absolutely
contraband of war or which | s not un
tulstakably destined f.ijtho army ol
lireat Britain's enemy , tOuill bo inter
fcrod with. The I'nlied Slates < un
not. with a propi'i1 ' rcg.nd for its com
mercial rights and Interests now am
in the future , usseut to the cbtublUu
it'iDt ' in' sin li a priit'-tple as ( iri''il Bvll
nIn propoM s. our government should
demand Hint In order ! Justify the sri/
lire of American nierchandNo there
mtiHt bo prlnia fade evidence that It Is
Intended for ( lie Boer army ami that
no assumption not supported by such
evidence will lie tolerated. The posi
tion of the British government would
strike a blow at neutral commerce
which no great commercial nation can
'
permit. .
iivuv ; . /vrn'.u/.vr. : / .
It Is said there Is some complaint on
the part of the opponents of the Salis
bury ministry because the govetnment ,
In relinquishing Kugland's claim under
the Clayt-jii-Bulwor treaty , did not de
mand any equivalent. The suggestion
Is made that Salisbury should have
improved the opportunity to Induce
the rnitod States to show equal friend
liness toward Canada over the Alaskan
boundary dispute. It would have b'.eu
consistent with the general policy of
the British government if It hud asked
for some concession In return for the
abandonment of Its claim to the right
to participate In the control of an Isth
mian canal , but so fatas the Alaskan
boundary is concerned It Is somewhat
doubtful whether 1-ml Salisbury really
sympathizes with the Canadian de
mand. The imperial government of
course would not reject that demand , so
long as there seemed to be any chance
of Canada realizing her desire , but the
provisional arrangement entered into
as tlus result of the negotiations be
tween London and Washington was
not at all pleasing to Canada and was
| indeed something of a rebuke to the
Irritating course of her statesmen.
A sulllcient reason , however , for Lord
Salisbury not endeavoring to secure an
equivalent for the British concession
is In the fact that the government Is
most solicitous to maintain and
strengthen friendly relations with the
rnitod States and England really , made
no sacrifice in surrendering its claim
under the Clayton-Bnlwor treaty. The
only concern Ireal ! Britain has in an
isthmian canal is that it shall he neu
tral at .ill times , in war and in peace ,
and this our government agrees to.
Having tltis , Great Britain's interests
will bo as well conserved as If she
participated in the control of the water
way and she will have no responsi
bility in regard to it.
CAUT10X TO CANDIDATES.
Now that we are on the eve of the
primary elections it may lie in order to
call the attention of candidates to the
stringent provisions of the new corrupt
practices law.
Under the law candidates are pro
hibited from furnishing , paying for or
engaging to pay for any entertainment
to any meeting of voters during
the campaign. Tills includes the
canvass before as well as after
the primaries. Candidates are pro
hibited from giving away or treatIng -
Ing to any drinks , cigars or other re
freshments during the campaign. Can
didates are prohibited from contribut
ing , paying out or expending any money
or valuable thing for the purpose of
promoting their own nomination or elec
tion , except for bona tide personal ex
penses or for the purpose of holding and
conducting public meetings , and then
not In excess of a fixed sum determined
on a basis of the vote on the ollice for
which they are running.
Kvory candidate Is required to file in
writing within ten days after the hold
ing of any primary election or conven
tion a sworn statement of the sums of
money or other things of value contrib
uted , disbursed , expended or promised
by him or by any other person by ids
procurement in ids behalf in endeavor
ing to secure his nomination to such
ollico. A similar statement is to bo
made after election by the candidates
nominated.
Failure to comply with these pro
visions lays the candidate liable to a
line not exceeding § 1,000. In addition ,
the law prohibits the issuance of a
commission or certificate of election
until the required statements shall have
been filed , and empowers any citizen to
bring quo warrauto proceedings through
the proper ollicor against any one
elected to ollice who lias violated its
provisions or made false statements
concerning his election expenses. If
the charges are sustained the court
must declare the ollice vacant.
It goes without saying that an ap
pointment to ollico is u valuable thing
and that the promise of an appointment
would lay tins candidate equally liable
to being unseated as u gift of money.
The court proceeding In the case of
Albyn Frank lias brought ono tiling to
light that should lie probed to tins bet
tom. When tin- bill limiting the In
come of clerk of the district court to
$ . " ,000 a year was before the governor
the journals of the honso and senate
wore examined and found to lie com
plete. When the journals wore brought
Into C'liirt they wore mutilated. A
whole page was missing and the record
ol1 the vote on the passage of the bill
In the house was abstracted and a
blank roll call substituted , .Manifestly
there lias been criminal tampering with
the records. It is a mutter of noiorlct.v
that a largo amount of boodle was up
for the dofo-it of the bill. The parties
Interested In defeating the bill wen
equally Interested In the mutilation of
the record. Such a crime should not If
passed by with Indifference. It lie
h- eves the governor and secretary ot
state to run down this attempt to de
stroy Jaw by tampering with olllcial
records and bring the guilty parties l <
ucioiint.
Wo are told that there Is a genera
disposition on the part of the- council ti
lilt the police department with Ilio re
trc-ncliment axo. The fact is , however
that Uin disposition of the city council
is to keep all Hie money It can posslblj
got In Us own hands In order to makt
the various boards and heads of depav :
incuts knuckle down lo it every iiitl.
while for appropriations in of tl.o grti
oral fund. The object of dividing HK
levy Into \arious funds i * to lei cacl
branch of the municipal government
kit' W jll-.t ll'iu luili ll is ill Its ills'l > 'l1
Plio iri'iioinl fund \\iis ni'\i-r intended t
10 a reservoir to lie drawn on for thr
lonolH of the other funds us they bo-
onto exhausted , yol that Is just what
the policy of Hie council has made It.
A network of suburban oleclrlc rail-
ottds centering in Omaha w > uld prove
i great hello ! ! ! to ( he city whether llie
Irst load Is started In Iowa or Noj j
irusku. If we cannot muster up enough ,
"iitorpriso to begin the coimtrtictlun
t Nebraska Hue northwest through
Douglas and Dodge counties , w cora -
a Inly ought to lend encouragement to
ho plan for a line through Iowa "iisl-1
ward of Council Bluffs. Kvor.v city and j
town on both sides of the river within '
ifty miles of Omaha ought to bo 0011- j
looted with this city by electric rail- j
road.
If correctly quoted Colonel Bryan !
wants the democratic national conveit- j
tton hold Juno 0 so that the democratic |
mtlon'ul ticket may bo In the Hold I
ihead.of the republican national ticket.
As the rouomlnutioii of President Mc-
Klnley is beyond question , whether the
lomoerats meet earlier or later will not ]
iffoct the personnel of the republican
candidates. If Hie democrats promul
gate their platform first the ropub-
leans may bo rolled on to moot
squarely any new issues raised.
The railroads have presented till their
arguments on the point whether
charges for live stock should lie by the
pound or by the carload. The method
of arriving at the pioper charge Is not
Ihe real point. H is Hie amount lln >
shipper has to pay which is material.
If the rate per hundred was fixed so
It would not work an advance over the
amount formerly charged for ti fairly
loaded car the shippers would not lie
complaining.
Senator Pelligrow lias allowed two
or three days to go by without Intro
ducing ti resolution Inquiring Into the
conduct of affairs In the Philippines.
Possibly he discovered the public was
getting altogether too clear an Insight
into the real condition of affairs and
the conduct of the administration. The
inquisitive senator should bo more
careful to ascertain what his witnesses
will testify to before he puts them on
the stand.
With a session of the legislature mid
the trial of cases growing out of tins
celebrated Baker-Howard feud both on
its hands : it the same time , London ,
K.V. . is having all kinds of amusements
at present. If life in the mountains
becomes monotonous the residents can
easily got up a little diversion fully
as lively as the attractions of the
capital city.
More Ac-tioii , LUHN Tntli.
Baltimore American.
What the people In Porto Ulco want from
congress Is less talk and more definite action.
A .hungry man must be pardoned for being
impatient.
1'rciiclilii mid Practice.
Indlanab'olis Journal.
Ono of the trusts which galls the south
is the monopoly fo 'packing cotton in round
bales , and Senator Jones , chairman of the
Bryan national committee , .Is accused by
democrats in the south of being a stock
holder in the company.
"I'njnst mid Cowardly. "
Cleveland deader ( rep. )
To withhold from the people of Porto Uico
the right , to sell their products iu the
United States without tariff restriction will
he unjust and cowardly. If those people
are not to bo accorded the benefits of being
classed as Americans the island might better
be returned to Spain.
Why Ki-ntiiukliiiiH ICicU.
Detroit Journal.
London , Ky. , has no saloon within Its
borders , and if the legislators who assemble
thcro are searched for and deprived of liquid
arcimmiltion , as well as for and of other
concealed weapons , the state may yet have
the quietest gathering of the legislature
that it has seen for years.
XIIVBNlinrt of Men.
Philadelphia Kccord.
The now federal navy , under the stress ot
new duties , needs moro ofllcei-s and men ,
and In default of provision by congress for
an increased force It will bo necessary , ac
cording to the chief of the Navy depart
ment , to close some of the important shorn
stations In order to obtain officers for sea
duty. The nation's purecstrlngs are never
drawn moro tightly than during the period
Just preceding a presidential election. Sec
retary Long must 'Wait ' with thpi rest.
Two ( J rail CM of I'olKlt-n ,
Indianapolis Press.
And now HOIJIO of the boodle witnesses
against Senator Clark have been recalled by
the defense , to testify against themselves
that their original evidence waa perjury as
the result of bribery by Clark's political
enemies. Such testimony Is , of course ,
valuelcpH to both sldea , being wholly free
from the suspicion of truth , however much
of It might bo true. An between Montana
and Kentucky political methods the devil
would scarcely have any choice , but the
avorngo citizen would probably prefer the
latter.
Kniluriitloit lo llniviill ,
Now York Tribune.
Moro than -0,000 Japanese Immigrants ar-
rlvod at Hawaii last year , the ( low continu
ing umibated , with the prospect of a still
larger influx for the twelvemonth to come.
There Is no fault to bo found \vltn thla Incre
ment to our provincial population , except
that it Is , pcrhapo. too generous. The Jap-
iincsei nro good workers , peaceful , orderly ,
tl-rlfty , and wo are on the best of tornw with
thoni in their own country and elsewhere.
But In view of the advancing tidal wave of
them threatening to submerge the Islands ,
which are ot rnther limited area all told , it
seems dcHlrablo that a definite plan of gov
ernment and administration should be pro
vided for them without delay or the Intor-
pceHlon cf unnecessary congressional ob
stacles.
Tluil llrKKUKi- ( ( inri > ln.
Philadelphia Tlmpa.
The firm ofllcer to receive nnd succcsjfuiiy
execute a war assignment in iho recent ,
controversy with Spain was Lieutenant
Colonel Andrew S. Rowan. Ho carried that
"Meisago to Oarcla , " which \van of vital
Iivpcrtanco to the Invading American com
mander. Klbcrt-Hubbard , who so graphically
liar , told the slory of this brave achievement
and deduced Itn obvious Isisson. UIIK shown
higher appreciation for thu officer and the
ir.au than anybody else in tlu > fulled States.
J , Is "up lo" congress in votr u mt'dul to
iliiwnu , and lo testify In tangible uhapu the
appreciation ot a sratcful people. The Tirnos
wi'nu to BCO this done , not only UH a tribute !
In bravery , but ns a slight recognition of ef
ficient Borvlce , rendered in j line of duty
that demanded the best of any man.
SHOTS \T IIOMII VM ) 11IMTOV
iPdlannpoll * News ( lenernl ll'illor ' 14
* nld to bo ndvnticliiR. Toward the Uoers or
away from them ?
Philadelphia Tlmea : Al any ratu ono
can scarcely say of England's war policy ,
"If bents the Dutch ! "
Milwaukee Sentinel : The highest possi
ble tribute * to the efficiency of the Hi-High j
news censor In South Africa la the publlcu- ,
Uoti ns news of lotiors wrlllcn by war cor-
rot.pondentti six weeks ago.
Portland Orcgonlan : lloers are snld to be
fond of holding prayer meetlngu In their j
rnir.ps. Their dependence upon powder Is , i
liowevor , made known whenever there Is an '
opportunity lo deliver a few shols at the ,
soldiers clad In kb.ikl.
Phllndelphla North Amc-rleiin : The Hocrs
have naiotiiidcvl the world with their courage
and military skill. Hut courngo nnd skill
cannot work miracles , and It would be a
mlraolo If England , with her enormoim
army , did not eventually crush the Uoers.
Chicago Post : General Joubcrt Is a
humorist of no mean pretensions. Ho com
plains that the Kni-llsl ) countermanded nn
order to attack his iroops without notifying
him , and thereby deprived him of n whole
night's sleep. Talk about the cruelties of
war !
San FranclBCo Chronicle : The Egyptian
soldiers had no objection to fighting Sou
danese dervishes , for they could mow them
down in the open desert by the thousand
without much risk to themselves ; but when
England proposes lo transfer them to South
Africa to fight Hours Intrenched on kopjes
they threaten to mutiny. The quality of an
enemy makes a big difference. j
Philadelphia Press : Some Idea of ono of j
the reasons why thu Hrltlsh campaign In '
Natal has been such a failure Is given by '
the report that when the Herman military j
attache arrived at Huller's camp recently
ho had a better map ot the region than Iho
British staff. This would seem incroJIblo
were It not that In Huller'a own confession
ho admits that he did not know the size or
the angle or the acclivity of Splonkop , and
it Is painfully evident that Ignorance as to
the topography of Splonhop was not the
only unfortunate feature of Ills advance
across the Tugela. This lack ot knowledge
as to Ihe country the enemy Is operating In
Is not confined to N'atnl nor to General Ilul-
ler's staff. General French at Hensburg ,
General Gatacro at Sterkstrotn and General
Molhuen on the Moddor have evinced the
same Ignorance ot the lay of the land to the
contusion of their several campaigns and
the lessening of Urltlsh prestige. It Is all
very strange and curious , und yet a fact that
will not down.
pKitso.v.u , poi.vriius.
Lord Roberts does not comply with the
Urltlsh army regulation which directs the
shaving of the chin , nnd Is credited with
saying hard things about it. "I do not
light with my chin , " he said.
Nikola Teala has written the New York
Sun denying the reports that weak lungs
drove him to Colorado. He says he went
there merely to carry on experiments im
possible In his New York laboratory.
If J. C.V. . Heckham makes good his claim
to thu governorship of Kentucky ho will
doubtless bo the youngest state executive In
this country. He was 30 years old a few days
before the November election nnd thus Just
eligible under the Kentucky constitution.
Secretary Tymms of the l eBecrs Diamond
company , which employs 1,300 whites and
11,000 blacks , tcllo the Now York Journal
that the war In South Africa has ruined the
diamond trade for a long time to come.
Some of the London diamond dealers arc-
selling out and going into other business.
The Delaware , Lackawanna & Western
railroad is going to put private club cars on
its suburban trains running out of New
York , In which its patrons , ivho have been
complaining about the recent order against
playing poker on their way home , may piny
what they please.
Archie Sloss , the notorious /cformed burg
lar , who died In London last week , was
burled with unusual pomp ay the Salvation
Army. There were aoveral bands of music
in the funeral procession and the coffin was
covered with floral offerings sent by other
ox-convicts. Crowds of people watched the
proceedings.
When the Invernesshire militia was mobil
ized at Aldcrshot last week , over 1.000
strong , and its members exhorted to volun
teer for the South African war , there was
no response , and at last ono man stepped
from the ranks and addressed the otncers ,
saying that his comrades wculd go to war
If they were promised a share in the Trans
vaal gold mines when the country | s con
quered.
Newspaper correspondents at the national
capital .have . noticed that a great change has
come over Senator Tlllman in his methods
of public speaking. It was Invariably hi < 3
habit heretofore to speak extemporaneously ,
without notes , but now he has his speeches
prepared and distributes proofs of them be
fore ho reads them. It is only when he
gets away from bin printed copy In the
fervor of his address that hn is like the
Tillman who ueed to rattle the dead boneo
in the. senate.
TIII2ATAA'IJ CAXAI , .
Indianapolis Press : The fact that the
administration asked for the abrogation of
this treaty is notice to the world of the
Intention of the American government to
have not n neutral canal , but ono directly
under American control.
Kansas City Star : The signing ot the
treaty between the United States and Great
Britain , called the Hay-Pauncofoto treaty ,
and amendatory of the old Clayton-IIulwrr
treaty , clears away what has been counted
ns an obstruction in the ' \vay of the Nicara
gua canal.
( Chicago PostVo : are now free to
negotiate with Nifaroguo and Cohta Illca ,
free to acqulro the needful territorial priv
ileges , free to expend 1110,000,000 ( at least )
on the enterprise , free to guard the canal
and enforce the rights of all the nations
who shall use It for Industrial or warlike
purposes ! nut IB this freedom worth much
to us ? Are the advantaged to bo reason
ably anticipated at all likely to compensate
un for the obligations we are to Incur and
the riska to which wo shall expose our
selves ? The question is Bfirlous and mn-
menlouH , but mature reflection may well
suggest that tha bargain In altogether too
one-sided. England hau given up nothing
substantial , whllo wo have signed away a
prerogative of Inlinlto Importance and value.
Baltimore American : England would bo
more than willing for the United States lo
waste untold millions ! of dollans upon thl * ?
Impracticable Hchrmr. If It were built uho
would be nblo with her Immense navy to
command It , just ns eho hue done at the
Suez , and she Is always willing to have
her chcHtnutH pulled out of the fire. Hut
British. Hclglan , German nnd Krcnch engi
neers know vny well that no canal stiltab.'o
I to the nccdet of commerce can be constructcd
j over the Nicaragua route by any system of
i engineering known to the profctalon. En-
j trance and exit are both insuperable obsta-
| clcB , for the removal of which not a single
j migpeution hac yet been made which ulll
ocmmand tbo attention of a flrst-rlaFs en
gineer. Tito winds and wavr < a and fists
can bo controlled for a certain dUtan e ,
i
i but not v.'hcn they extend mile * out to uca.
! A rEoipart coating $10,000,600 would diBnp-
! pe-ar in n month , and fundbanka would pop
I up In the ihar.ncl dug out for rouiiun < w' .
j No navigation company , after ono such ex-
I reriencc , vsould apuln rlxl : its vet&elB. It
I would at , touti thluk of acndlug them to the
| itard.
IX IIUCS 01' ( II II W Ml.
\ > iiriripnnd ( nt of the t'hlmRo Hecord ,
writing from lmu # . A town In the Interior
of Luzon , lunched briefly on two phases of
American government in the Philippines ,
Iho solution of which Is fraught with many
dllllcultlcs. One is the race haired engen
dered by the war ; the other , preventing the
Kpolls system obtaining a foothold In the
government of the islands. "It Is expensive
for the natives to show friendliness to uV
says the writer. "A few days ago the
bi other of the presldetite of ibis town went
out to look utter his rlco fields near by , but
within reach of the Insurgents ; ho was cap
tured and after n few ot their ofllcers hail
gone through the formality of trying him
ns u spy , lie was shot. Thcro Is no truth
whatever In the accusation made ngatnst him
of being a spy , and this murder linn stirred
up terribly the people In the town , every
wan of them seeing himself In the same
predicament. Delay hi bringing the war tea
a close Is rendering the situation for the
natives moro difficult every day. Those
who would be friendly darp not say so , for
we do not protect them unless they come
within our lines , which are so restricted on
this aldo as to give them llttln or no oppor
tunity to earn a livelihood. And then our
policy has tfcen PO far to say to these out
lying towns 'go nhcnd and form your local
governments.1 have given them abso
lutely no assistance , but have Imposed rc-
8trleU.lons everywhere restrictions \\hlch
were demanded by the Htato of war , but
which should have been offset by appropria
tions for local expenses.
" \Ve have been In this town six months
and the local prcsldonto nud aldermen have
never been paid n cent for their work. It Is
not A biunll matter for them , us their time
Is almost entirely taken up In regulating and
expediting business nnd alfalrs ot the town ,
and they have acted with the greatest
patience In situations ot extreme dilllculty ,
meeting , a It has seemed lo me , no en
couragement beyond proclamations which
usually come along with more restrlc'.lons.
I like to believe that our government will
Ultimately do the right thing by these people
ple , but it Is very embarrassing when the
well educated and Intelligent among them
ask mo what form of government they nro
to have. 1 cannot tell them ; nobody ran
guess , and most of all we sue In the papers
articles on 'Ihe patronage' that Is to h ?
divisible bore. God forbid that our govern
ment should ever be guilty of another carpetbag
pet-bag outrage , such as was perpetrated In
the south after the civil war. Wo have made
mich claims of enlightened and higher civili
zation , of working In the cause of humanity
and of rescuing Spain's colonies from op
pression ; let us hope nnd try so far as we
are abto to live up to these announcements
and may wo enter Into the next century hav
ing Inaugurated the period of honesty aivl
Justice iu the history of these islands , rather
than to blot our national record with the
crime of greed disguised under false pre
tenses ot morality.
"This crime IH not Impossible by any
means. A few dishonest olllclals , appointed
because of political Influence , could do more
harm here than the entire nation could re-
dresfl In a generation. I read "a long-article
recently from one ot our papers on 'thi !
patronage of the Philippines. ' Think what
that means ! We know In our hearts , what
ever parly we may belong to , nnd whatever
name we may call It , that It means 'the
spoils of office In the Philippines. ' We know
that no administration in our history yet
has been strong enough to defy party and
live , and we of the army are already having
it rubbc.5 into us moat disagreeably that the
millennium has not arrived. The new regi
ments of volunteers are arriving , and ns wo
are thrown with them , the senior officers ara
by law given command. As a result , ofllcers
o the regular regiments who have seen
twenty or more years' service arc placc.l
under youngsters many years their Junltirs
In age ; and..those juniors are cither ap
pointed from civil life , or , with very fsw ex
ceptions , because they could wield influence
with the administration , and get appoint
ments far above their rank In the regular
service. This is not valn'theory. I can point
out many of the Held ofllcers of the new
regiments who were not with their regi
ments In Cuba , who have for years persis
tently sought detached duty awny from
their regiments and who , because of In
fluence at Washington , have conic over hsre
now as field ofllcers , when the hard lighting
is probably over. This does not seem liltc
the reign of Justice and honesty that our
national claims prophesied , and you can
hardly find a captain of regulars of , say ,
twenty-five years' service , who will assc-nt
to the honesty of a policy that makes his
second lieutenant , Just appointed last month ,
a major over his head. liut ot course that
is another story. "
co.vriioi , OK THI ; SHXATH.
lnilii-iilloiiM tltnl H Will II rum I M llh
iinHi'iHiMifmiN Tin i nor .
New York Sun.
The present United States senate is com
posed ot fifty straight republicans , five tll-
vcr republicans , twenty-six democrats and
flvo populists. ' , and there uro four vacancies
owing to the failure of the legislatures in
fovr states to elect United States aenators.
The total membership of the senate Is ninety
and until some new state Is admitted Into
Iho union , a prospect now remote In view
of Iho fact that thers remain practically
only three territories , Now Mexico , Okla
homa und Arizona in the southwestern
group , forty-live volea will bo Hiifllclent to
control the operallonh of Ihe senate , as of
the live silver republican senators , three
Kyle of Smith Dakota and Stewart and
Jones o' Nevada are In accord with the re
publican party on all questions apart from
the silver coinage. The terms of thirty
genalors , seventeen republicans , eleven
democrats , one silver republican and one
populist , will expire coincidental/ ! with the
beginning " ' ' " 0 term of the next president ,
and from present indications Iho silver re
publican will be succeeded by a straight-
out republican in South Dakota , Iho popu
list will bo succeeded by a straight-out
democrat in North Carolina , and the re
publicans will lose two senators in Colorado
and Montana , and will gain ono in Delaware ,
the effect of which would bo to make the
m-xt senate stand fifty republicans , twenty-
eight democrats , four populists and four
silver republicans , Irrespective of the va
cancies In Pennsylvania , California , Dela
ware and Utah.
Pennsylvania is n staunchly republican
state' California Is usually republican ; Dela
ware and Utah are doubtful , but with both
of the latter democratic nnd all existing va
cancies filled , the republicans would have a
membership of fifty-two In the senate dur
ing the first two yearn of the next republi
can administration , as against thirty demo
crats , four populists and four silver re
publicans. On March I. 1003 , the terms of
thirty senators will expire , sixteen republl-
COIIB , eight democrats , three populists and
three silver republicans. In Iowa. New
Hampshire. North Dakota. Pennsylvania.
Connecticut , Vermont , Oregon mid Wis
consin the re-election of republicans I"
practically aiaured. In Georgia , ArKansus.
Louisiana , South Carolina. Florida. Ala
hama nnd Missouri thu re-election of demo-
cials Is most probable , whllo two of thn
ellvor republican-Kyle of South Dakota
and Jones of Nevada , or their successors
aie likely to be in the republican column
now nnd the democrats arc likely to make
gains In Maryland , Kentucky , North Cfiro-
liiui and perhaps California. If the porni-
Ilstfl re-tdect their three members and silver
republicans retain Teller , their leader , In of
fice , u seems probable , this would IJB thu
division of the tcimte meeting on March i.
1U03 : Ucpubllcans , forty-six ; democrats ,
thirty-three ; Hilv-r republicans , four : popu-
I | IH , four ; and New York , Ohio. Illinois.
Indiana and Wisconsin uncerUln. All five
of thfdc mutes are Important , and any fore-
ot their probable action In the election
of senators three yearn home oi -l <
nftei-trd bv t/io tunny i-onMnReiii-ics tn beef
of nuii'li present account. Without rnuntini :
nny of the. e stales , houever. the lopubl ;
cans would hnve forly-slx members , a rlear
majority until l)0f ! ) > , the year succeeding th.-
next presidential elecllon , so that repulili
can control tor the next five yenrs In the
senate Is about ns thoroughly secure ns nnj -
thing may lie In American polities.
IMKTiiAiiiino. .
I'olltlcnl Itrtnti-rn .MuM Ito i\ctiulril :
from IMiltlniilnc Olllrr * .
. riovelnnd Leader ( ren.i
The conclusions of the Philippine eom
mission are likely to be approved In tin-
main by a majority of Uio American peo- '
pie who hnvo studied the quosllon of what
lo do with the captured archipelago.
lit the IIrat plaeo the commission ngreo
th.it the FlllpliuiR are not lit for Independ
ence at present , because they have no na
tional existence , being simply n number of
tribes without , unity of purpose. Again ,
they pay that Inasmuch ns the t'nltr'i '
States has assumed sovereignty over the-
Islands It will bo held responsible by n'l '
other nations tor the government ot the
archipelago , ll must , therefore , remain In
control of affairs and cannot establish a
protectorate which would , whllo holding
this nation responsible , give the natives
fiee roln In the matter of government and
the collection nnd disbursement of revenues.
Still further. UR < commission hold that the
fulled Slates cannot withdraw from the
Islands. The commission recommend a ter
ritorial form of government for the archipelago
pelage , the chief olllcers of which are lo
bo nppolnlCKl by the president , giving the
natives unlimited home rule In the go\-
ormucnt of municipalities and practical self-
govcrnmeul lit the administration of tin-
affairs of the provinces. A rigid npptlrntln :
of the merit system In the public service or
the Islands Is recommended.
It now remains for congrero to provide
some form of government. The president
has done his duly , and he will continue
to do It until ho him been relieved by eon
grcss of further responsibility. One thing
Is certain , the Philippines are not to be
given up , nnd whether the holding of them
la to prove beneficial to the nation will
depend upon the- action of congress. The
thing always to he borne In mind IK that
these new possessions are not to be rr >
gr.rdeil as a Hold for political plunder , and
half the work of government will liavo
been accomplished when It Is announced that
the merit systcmi Is to rule In nil appoint
ments , and that politicians need not apply
for the jobs to he given out.
Cleveland iPlnln Dealer : "Then he Isn't
n real count ? "
you , no ! They call him 'count'
beeauso ho was once a referee at a prize
light. "
C'lilcago Tribune : "Colonel , how did you
ever got Into the habit of bctrlnulng eveiy
sentence with itn oaln ? "
" 'By nosh , 1 don' I ! '
Washington Star : "Sometimes , " mild
Uuclo E'ben ' , "when you .tries to keep > oh
temper wld an urguln' man , ha 'marines
you' * puttln' on superior jilis un' giln mad
der dan ever. "
Somcrvlllo Journal : An i-vpi-ileneed olllre
boy is no good ur.i'.ess he got all hli : i x-
perlence In one place.
Chlengo Post ; "Ho whom I marry , " said
the heroine , "must bo u real , practical
man. "
Thereupon the sentimental property man
slglml heavily.
Hrooklyn Life : The Hostess I want you
to meet Mr. Cawkor. So In tores tint , you
know. He believes In nothing.
The Uu"jo ! One What enthusiasm !
Indianapolis Press : "The new pie IrnM "
I said the youngest boaider. "promis-c. < to be
a peiich. "
"Just > ou wait until tho' populists net
after It. Then it will ljc > custeil hiird , " ( . . .I i
the Cheerful Idlnt. , . . . . ,
Indlnnnipolis Journal : "In vine vorllns , "
said the man with the dictionary l.ictln edu-
VHllOll.
"That Is the reason , " said the other man ,
"why a drink Is culled an eye-opener. "
Detroit Free Press : "Wonder how Unit
Man with the HOP' prize happened to go
to ChlcMcso ? "
" 1 only know of olu ; reason. "
'
" that' "
"WlmfH ?
"I didn't compete. "
Detroit Free Press : "Flatterers are our
enemies. "
"Oil , I don't know ; llattery makes us
feel good while It lastH. "
Cleveland Plain Ocnlrr : "What do you
expect to make of your boy ? "
"Don't hnew , I'm SUM Hi- talks too
much for n Aueccssrnl politician and not
enough for a pugilist. "
Phll.vli'nlilii ' Ilei'ord : Muggins Topno.ot
sings wl'll i Kvi'at ilenl of ii.xiU'eMSlou.
llugglns should Miy so. I once bonnl
him slut : ' Hocked in the Cradle of the
Deep. " am ! It positively miido mo t-lclc.
fhleiiuo News : Hlwgs llow a physician
must suffer ivhen ( oiivlm'ed Ihnt Ills
diagnosis of a CU.MD Is wronjj !
Dlse-i Yes ; he would rather 'jellcve he l.-t
right und let I lie patient suffer.
After KIlilliiL .
'lllnols Slate Journal.
"What Is that noiHi ! nwny olT there ? '
Siitd Files on imrndi\
"That's Joiilv'tt's Uoui > a-rir.lir ! ! psiilnn- . '
The color corseim' * ald.
" \Vhut makes 'em wing 'cm with MU h
vim'/ "
Snld Fllf'S on 'innido.
"You'll soon find out , you bloomln' lil'ike , '
The rolor t-ur ear' Mid
"For they've. routed Tommy Atkins
Ami they've runted him off the lop. :
Ami they've fanned his hicir with bullrtj- .
And they've fulily mitdti him hr.i. ;
If you'll listen for a moment
You can hear their rllli-s : m : > .
For they're ohafln' Tommy Atl-.lliH hi iiu
morning ; . "
Mi : I.A/.V M
Sonicrvllle Journal.
Let other ImrdH IwniiK the linrp III i > r.ilsi
Of the man who loves to toll ,
Who IB always nt work at | liilf-i > .ist four ,
Anil who burns the mldnlubt oil.
I tlnlcln my lute to laud Iho good FOIIHJ
Of Die thoroughly \ny.y \ inun ,
Who never will work unlrK8 himust. .
And who loafH whenever ho can.
lie watches tlio ntniKslen of other innn
With u calm , superior mnllo ,
For as IOIIK an th"y work , Jic kriws lit , ' c.in
rent ,
And sinoko his pipe nic.nnvlillc.
For heaven takes c-uro of the lazy iinec ,
And no It will always be ;
And why should ho worry , and litiftle. a 'I '
JIUSll ,
Whllo ho gotn a good living freo' , '
Oh. thu only triio philosophy
IB that of the lazy man.
Who never will w irk ui.'Iess ' he ii. | . . " '
And' who loafs whenever ho quit ,
lie has no rctu.on to lay up wealth :
Ho has no nerd to save ;
For others will cure- for him all thruu- ,
life ,
And others will dli ; Ma srnvo.
The advance sale ol
Children's Kilt Suits ,
Sailor Suits and Rus
sian Blouse Suits in
wash goods
Tomorrow 'A111 be your lait opporiuu ! ' y
thin scm&n to make a selection from thn
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fabrics ever thmvn Iu Omuha. Tbcso n
L'vac ; duplicates of the advance- samples > '
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bouses.