0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, KOVEMBEB 30, 1900. The omaha Daily Bee. E, ROSEWATKR, Editor. PUBLISHED ISVKRY10BN1N0. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Ilia (with out Sunday), One Year.JS.OO Dally Beo und Sunday. One Year.. ...... y Illustrated IJos, Ono Year J Hunday rice, Pun year ?1 (Saturday UCi o ,o Year 1- Weekly Uet, vno Vcar offices. Omaha: Tha Bee Building. ... . South Omaha: city Hall Building, Twen-ty-ilfth nmi N Htrects. Council Bluffs: 10 Peart Street. Chicago: 16ti) L'nlty Building. Now ork: Templo Court. Washington: M Fourteenth Street. Bloux city: 611 Park Strict. CORRESPONDENCE. M Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should tic nildre9ed: Omaha Bte, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS, iness letter and remittances fhould be nddrer.aed; The Bee Publishing com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft. expresa or postal order, payable to The Beo Publishing Company. 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Subscribed In my presence and swon. to before me this tlrst da- of Nnwumr, A. E. 1900. M. I). lU'NOATU. (Seal.) Notaiy l'ubllc. Tho battleship Kentucky la hnnlly truo to Uh godmother If It forces tho Turk to tuko water. , The local IJrynn orgnn niny he ex pected soon to chnngo Its nuiuu to "Tho Prize Fighters' Own." The young duko of Manchester had ample reason to observe the American custom of Thanksgiving. That Indian supply depot Is coming. Bo Is Christmas. It is to be hoped the supply depot gets hero first. Popocratlc olllclals are tho only Ne braskans who had any occasion to make any mental reservations In their thanks. Prize fighting" may In some people's eyes be no more brutal than foot ball, but the sentiment of this community is not cultivated up to that point yet The question of charter revision In South Omaha seems to have simmered down to the question of who shall do the revising tho taxpayers, tho taxeat era or tho taxshlrkcrs? As usual Omaha contributes tho bulk of tho program for the annual session of the" Nebraska State Tcachem' asso ciation. When It comes to educntloual matters Omaha Is always to tho front. Has anyone heard anything of Adlnl Stevenson since election? Ills lute friends should at least dig around tho spot where tho landslide overwhelmed him enough to allow air to reach him. Lancaster county has been enumer ated by tho census man out of the law providing for its county government. Tho coming legislature -will be kept busy patching holes made by the census man. Charlie Towno seps n rlft ln tho clouds In a chanco for a ono month's appoint ment as United States senator to nil the vacancy created by tho death of tho lato Senator Davis. There Is balm In Gllead. Mr. Bryan Is deprived of even tho consolation that he secured as largo a popular vote as four years ago. With an Immense Increase in the total voto bo fell almost 200,000 behind his 1800 record. A Buddhist priestess has como to this country to preach her doctrine and so cure converts If she can. It remnlns for America to show that It can treat mis sionaries more gently than tho Chinese havo done. A man whoso chief claim to uotorioty lay In a serious quarrel with Andrew Jackson has just died at his homo In southern Illinois. That ho survived un til this day Is evidence that ho was made of tough material. Mr. Bryan's letter to his homo guards hows that ho is still planted on tho Declaration of Independence us the bulwark of human rights. He seems to verlook the fact that his application for a patent right on the declaration has been rejected. Iowa breathes easier now that tho otltctal canvass shows the proposition to hold a constitutional convention to have been defeated by rrr votes. That constitutional convention threatened to be an elcphaut on tho hands of. our neinhbors lu the Hawkeyo state. Mark Ilauna should not havo been In uch a hurry to declare unequivocally ho could uut bo a candidate for proa I dout four years hence. Ho should havo allowed democratic orgaus to use him as a Bcarecrtnv (i llttlo longer thoy havo little enough to anniso themselves with at present, Tho latest namo Invented to describe a malady which Is akin to smallpox I "The Cuban Itch." Tho doctors may b relied upon to keep pace with tho times in manufacturing uuw mimes for old diseases. No matter what they call It the usual precautions against contagious dlscu60 should bo observed. FllEXCll SYMPATHY WITH UOtCIlS. Tho sympathy with tho Boeni which the French people hnvo manifested since the nrrlvnl of Mr. Kruger In Frnncc wns strongly emphasized In tho unanimous vote of sympnthy with tho former president of tho Transvaal re public by the Chamber of Deputies. It Is to bo Interred from the report that this action was of n distinctly personal nature, but It Is not therefore any the less slgnlOcant of the feeling In France. That appears to bo ununlmously on the side of the Boors nnd .there Is no doubt that the resolution adopted by tho gen eral council of tho Seine, In favor of the French government taking tho Initiative In an endenvor to bring about arbitra tion of the Issues between Great Britain and tho Doers, expressed the general popular wish. Dut the government will not take such a step, knowing that not only would it be futile, but that tho effect probably would be unfavorable to the relations between Oreat Britain and France. M. Doleusse, the French min ister of foreign affairs, Is reported to have Informed .Mr. Krugcr that tho at titude of Franco Is unchanged and that while the government will not discour age any other country from taking the Initiative In Intervention, It will not make the llrst moVe. It would, how ever, under certain conditions, Join In an endeavor to bring about peace and u settlement. There Is no encouragement In this for the Doers, but rather the contrary, for If republican France, which lias Inter ests In .South' Africa, will not take the Initiative In an endeavor to secure peace, certainly no other European power will do so. Tho hope of Mr. Kruger was In France and he has now nowhere clue to look for the usslstaucc ho desires. lie may receive public ova tions In Germany, but the government will pay 110 attention to him. In a word, his visit to ICurope, If Intended to obtain aid for the Boers, Is utterly fruitless and while his future purpose is not disclosed there is no reason to believe that ho can accomplish any thing. French dislike of the British has been freely vented, but there Is poor consolation In thut for the strug gling Boers. ABH YOHK'S AtiTl-VICti C1WSADE. The antl-vlco crusade in Now York City Is being pushed with vigor nnd earnestness and ulready has produced good results, though a great deal of work is yet to be done beforo the cleansing of tho metropolis is as thor ough ns It Is practicable to make It. The Tammany "purity committee" ap pointed by order of Crokcr seems to be acting In good faith, but the citizens' commltteo which is prosecuting nn In vestigation of conditions is chiefly re lied upon to bring ubout the desired re forms. This committee has declined to unite with that of Tummany In carry ing on the investigation nnd It is un doubtedly better thut it should act in dependently, as thereby the commltteo of Tammany will bo Induced to exerclso greater zeal and vigilance. The Cham ber of Commerce has also taken up tho matter and its powerful Influence will bo exerted to advance the crusade. With these forces at work the needed reform should be assured, but In order that when attained It muy be made per manent there must be a change lu the government of the city. The political organization that Is responsible for the existing deplorable conditions cannot be trusted to continue reform If retnlned in power. Tammany lives upon the vice nnd crime of tho metropolis, giving protection for tho trlnuto it receives from the worst elements of society. It did not willingly adopt Its present course, but was forced to it by an lr reslstiblo popular demand for reform. Besides, the municipal election will be held next year and the professed desire for Improved conditions "has this in view. Now York City cannot bo -wholly cleansed of vice and crime, but this movement, If persisted In, will bo of great benetlt to the city and tho good accomplished may endure If the people will drive from power the corrupt po litical organization responsible for tho deplorable state of affairs. COUXSELINU CAUTION. Senator Hale of Maine thinks that If tho republican party will observe caution and conservatism it can retain polltlcnl control for years. In order to secure tho continued support of a ma Jorlty of tho voters ho says that taxation must bo reduced, extravagant expend Itures stopped, appropriations cut down and we must go upon the theory that tho revenues will not hold out at tho present figures. Mr. Hale Is opposed to the policy of holding the Philippines, but believes that the party and the ad ministration can bo trusted to deal wisely with that problem. As to Cuba, he says we must help tho Cubans Just ns fust as possible to set up their own government nnu auow uiem to run with - out restriction their governmental ma chinery. It is Judicious counsel. Already n bill Is being prepared for the reduction of taxation which will havo the earnest support of tho administration. As to expenditures, It is expected that con gress will not Indulge lu any extrava gance, though some necessary addition to expenditures Is possible. Senator Halo Is probably right In saying that the revenues will not hold out at the present figures. They are likely to do so for tho next yenr or two, but sooner or later there Is certain to lie a decreaso and It is wise to prepare for that. We must go on for a tlnio adding to our uaval power, wo must maintain 11 military establishment equal to present demands nud all departments of the public service must be kept at tho pres ent high standard of elllclency. But there must bo no extravagance or waste und wo do not doubt that tills will bo found to bo the general sentiment among republican congressmen and also that of the administration. No one realizes more fully than Presi dent McKinley tho wisdom and duty of cnutlon and conservatism. Ho showed this lu his speech before the Union League club of Philadelphia last week and doubtless will make It still more manifest In his forthcoming annual mes sage. He understands that there was a very largo conservative element that supported tho republican ticket In the presidential election and which Is en titled to some consideration. This ele ment, It may confidently be assumed, will not be Ignored by the administra tion. The republican party has a great responsibility and a great opportunity. If It shall act with wisdom and pru deuct, keeping In view the Interests nnd welfare of the people and faith fully executing tho public will, there Is every reason to believe that It can hold control of the government for years. A UOAltl) Of COSTltVti. It is hinted that Governor Dietrich in his Inaugural message to the legisla ture will recommend the creation of a board of control along similar Hues to that which has been adopted with such good results lu Iowa. The Iowa sys tem lu, pcrhups, not entirely applicable to Nebraska, because of constitutional obstacles In the way, but It Is proposed that some plan be devised by which the idea can be utilized without strain ing the constitution. So far us the tnxpaylug public Is con cerned a board of control would bo welcomed us a distinct step In the di rection of reform lu the administration and management of our state Institu tions. Tho board would havo super vision of tho administrative staff of these Institutions and work a consolida tion of tho supply and commissary de partments, with undoubted saving of expense and Improvement In the serv ice. By such consolidation the con tracts for tho vurious state institutions, Instead of being split up Into small lots as now, would bo combined and awarded to tho lowest bidder, who could afford to put prices down to bedrock on such a large undertaking. The ability of tho state to exact strict compliance with the terms of all con tracts would also bo strengthened be cause all supplies would be more readily subjected to exact tests und expert Inspection. If Nebraska wants to take ndvantngc of tho experience of other states It will llnd un Instructive lesson in Iowa's State Board of Control. Tho Interstate Commerce commission has rendered a decision which will bo a severe shock to railroad stock manip ulators. It has decided that In fixing rates, stock In railways Issued without consideration, ns Is the case in most foreclosure reorganization plans, Is not entitled to any consideration as against the rights of the public to reasonable charges. Tho enforcement of such de cisions ns this would soon squeeze the wuter out of most corporation stocks nnd do awny with ono of tho greatest evils of modern public corporations, If tho foreign press wnnts to see Just how much President McKluley and tho administration is affected by their fill- mlnntlons against the policy of the United States la dealing with tho Chinese situation it should recall the result of the wonderful assaults made by tho popocratlc papers in this coun try during tho past campaign. Every development In China has shown the position of tho United States to be tho correct ono and somo day Europe will thank this country for preventing u great blunder In tho Orient. Tho city authorities are exercising their power to require tho removal of condemned Bhacks which endanger sur rounding property In tho business cen ter of tho city. No one has any right to keep tinder boxes on his premises llablo at any time to go up in smoke, or tumble-down buildings menacing tho lives of Inmates, simply because they can bo rented. ' Iowa criminal statistics show a steady decrease in crime thero during the past four years. This Is doubtless tho In cvlthblo result of better times. When work Is scarce many not naturally criminal are driven by desperation to commit crimes which they would not think of If they had legitimate methods of relieving their necessities. Chance to Retaliate. Detroit Journal. Abdul Hamtd might retaliate- by demand lng tho right to establish a consulate at Ltmon, Colo., or at somo other point where lynchlngs are frequent happeulngs. Another Sinn of l'mnperlty. Philadelphia Times. Sltco it is calculated by tho end of this year tho American hen will havo con trlbuted 13,000,000,000 eggs to national pros perlty, moy her sun never set Is only an expression of proper regard. Another Shuttered Idol. Indianapolis Press. Colonel Jnck Clilnn can no longer pose as tho beau Ideal of chivalry. A Tennessee hnlln hna nnllf.,1 him rinwn fnr wnnt nf Eral- Jttnlry ln allowing her to mount her horse 1 unassisted while ho stood Idly by A Blunted Outrun". Baltimore Amorlcan. Tho British are alarmed over tho sue cesses of American manufacturers In Africa Dut, then, it cannot bo said that tho Brit lsh themselves are going Hbout tho right way to secure the business and good will of that section. Very I'nccrtnlii CoiiMt lltitlnn, ' Raltimoro American. It ought to hasten tho crar's conva leiceuco to find out how popular he Is. Rut It shows, too, how undesirable Is the stato of n nation which has no constitution to depend on but tho uncertain one of a doll cato ruler. Somo TltliiUH Worth ICiumvIiik, Chicago News. Lord WoUeloy Is said to bo quitting tho post of comniander-ln-chlet of thu Rrltlsh at my because ho will no longer euduro tho blnma for tho hlundera In tho African cam palcn. If Wolseloy tells all he knows on this subject it would make an Interesting volume. nut-nil Tmt of the Ilnlliinil, Philadelphia Press. Tho proposed test for tho Holland sub marine boat of a trip to Cuba nnd sutso quently a transatlantic voyage In tbo roughest month of tho year should, If sue ccssful, set at rest tho last lingering doubt as to its value and utility. There Is no doubt that the Holland boat marks the bo ginning of a new era ln offensive and dc tensive sea power. This fact was rocog nlted months beforo naval Inspection offl- cltls reluctantly conceded It. ShnrlnK 1'roflta rvltli Workmen. Newi York Tribune. Tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail road has generously decided to sharo a part r tne proceeds of Its Increased prosperity Uh its engineers and firemen and is raising wages and reducing hours of work. This Is a praiseworthy policy and it sets an admirable example for Imitation on the part of other flourishing corporations which are taking ln largo profits. orpituus i'iiom the hamcs. rotcM AKnlnnt DciiIiik Cllllnn n Humor for Promotion, St. Paul Pioneer Press. No proposition to shut anv ilonr nf nn. portunlty against capablo and deserving cltlrens, In favor of n limited few, Is likely to find any favor with tho people, or, It Is to bo hoped, with congress. Of this order Is Adjutant Oonoral Corbln's recommenda tion to congress for tho repeal or modlllca- ion or tne army regulations perm tt uk tho promotion from tha ranks of meritorious non-comnilssloncd officers, nnd of nny en listed men, physically nnd othcrwlso quali fied, under thirty years of ago, who shall successfully compcto nt certain prescribed examinations for commissions. General Corbln's complaint Is that theso provisions unjustly curtail tho othcrwlso excluslvo privileges of West Point graduates, espo- lally as tho enlisted man may pass the examinations and receive n commission fter two years' scrvlco In tho army, whllo tho West Pointer has to study for four years beforo he Is eligible for a commls- Ion. nut tho men who enter tho array ns privates, nnd then succeed, by dint of dtll genco, ln passing tho examinations, havo BUally spent a good deal of time previously at schools which In a measure havo sup plied a good part of tho training bestowed at West Point. As to military drill, tho en listed man probably gets ns much or moro of It In two years ns does the West Pointer ln four. Furthermore, the number of appointments to West Point nvallablo In nny cngrcs- tonal district is so small that, without tho pportunltles offered under tho regulations now existing, It would continually happen that young men with a special aptitude for a military career would ho shut out from any opening. Not a few such, feeling It In their bones" that they could win com missions, have entered tho army and suc ceeded. Among these have been somo who ftcrward developed into brilliant com- m'anders. So the gencrnl sentiment will be found to demand rathor an enlorgcment of tho onnortunltlcs of tho enlisted man tnan any such curtailment ns General Corhlu suggests. This officer has certnlnly done llttlo to strengthen his already diminished popularity by a proposition so wnony re pugnant to tho genius of our Institutions. GROWTH OV TUB COUNTRY. AKKr-K"to Incrmse of Inhnhltniit ttrrntent of Any uremic. St. JjouIs Globe-Democrat. Ti.M lu mm imneet of tho country's growth in tho last ten years which is apt to be overlooked. Tho percentage of ln- n.oosn wna nnl n frMl OR In HI1V DTCVlOUB decade and nobody really expected it would be, but tha aggregate increase 01 mnaii itants was larger than it ever was before. A little less than 21 per cent was tho pro portionate gain in tho ten years, which was smallor even Uian ln tho decade from 1860 to 1870, when tho natural increase as woll as tho growth by immigration was cut down by the civil war. In that decado tho percentage of gain was only 22, although provlous to that time tho relative Increase was always nbovo JO. per cent In the decade. In tho last ten' years there havo been 13,672,070 added ttK tho population of tho United States, wich, is a larger expauiun in inhnhiinntn than was ever previously made in ten years. From 1880 to 1890 tho ln6rcase was 12,466,467, ana it was t.i,it,u In tha Irn vpnrn ondine with 18S0. In the decado closing with 1870 tho losses of life occasioned by tho war and tne dropping in the rata of Immigration which tho war caused brought down the absolute increase in inhabitants to 7,115,050, as compared with 3,251,445 ln the ton years ending with 1860. In tracing all the decades from that time backward to tho beginning of tho country a gradual decline is notca, inougii h ncrrnntriKo of Increase, of course, dur ing all those decades was high. Tho census ngurcB wblcn nave just Deen given to. the public, therefore, make very gratifying reading. Tho aggregate of 76,- 295,220 of population for tho wiioie country In 1900 is somewhat larger than conserva tive persons had been looking for, though tho vlslfcnarles had been putting tne loiai ,vnn.i thn RO.000.000 mark. The absolute gain in the increment of the population is encouraging. Probably tlio percentage 01 In thn deeade which uas now De- gun will be somewhat lower than It has been In tho last ten years. it may go down to 20 por cent. The figures repro ..ntinir thn nhsoluto Increase, however, are Ukoly to bo 14,000,000 or upward. A steady, k.ui,v crrntvth in nnmuation ior mo couu- iicni.tt, n " n wtinln will m-obably contlnuo to nn indefinite period ln the future. The out look for the united States, in a pnysicni ns well a a moral Bonse, continues to be very bright. GltKAT IXVXOW OK GOI.O. 'ellovr Troonare I'onrlnsc Into the Unite Hopper of Uncle Sam. st. I-ouls aiobo-Democrnt. nntwnnn January 1. 1900. and the end of October over 20,000,000 ln gold camo from Alaska and tho northwestern part of Canada to tho assay ofncea in this country, ana an of it, or nearly all of it, went to tho treas- nf thia Riim ntioui xin.uuu.vvu ciuuu from the Klondike and us vicinity, a uiuo hnn 13 000. 0(10 camo from tne (Japo Nomo district, and tho other $1,000,000 was obtained ln other parts of Alaska, In sec tions of Canada outside 01 tne rwonaiao region and In tho states of Washington, Orogon and Idaho. Of course, this J20, 000,000 of gold was Independent altogether f thn lurtrn sums which flowed to this country from Europe and Australia in obodlenco to trade laws. Thu nyhlhlt niitu Cano Nome far Celow Klondike In gold production, but tho flguros aa here given do not cover tho wholo of the output ln tho former locality, it is !stlmated that the entire amount. 01 row which has como down from tho Cape Nomo ocallty In 1900 1b about $5,000,000. This Is ',.r linlnw thn nrniluctlon of the Klondiko region, but some of tbo authorities in the northwest are saying that this Is a fair showing for Capo Nome for its first year. A drouth at ono end of tho season and a froshot at tho other end are Eald to havo reduced tho production which would otner wlso havo been obtaiued. Then, too, tho nnxni-tnintv nn to title embarrassed tho miners in that region and still further cut down the output. It would bo decidedly pleasing to tho United States to have its Capo Nomo dis trict prove to be more proline than tho Canadian Klondike, but tho general public Is not so snngulno on, this point as it was a year ago, JUBt after tho first reports ot ths finds came to this country, nnd beforo tho rush of tho early part of 1000 set in, Somo of tho prospectors say that tho pro duction ot Capo Nomo in its second year, 1901, is likely to come very near to that of the Canadian territory. Thoy aro pre dicting a brighter future for our Alaska ro glon than thero Is lu store for the country around Dawson. Tho sc-M deposits aro moro v.idoly distributed In the American territory of Alaska than they are In the Klondiko locality, so tho oxperts say. At any rate, tho $7,200,000 which Seward paid for Alaska has proven to be, for many reasons, a profitable Investment. Nebraska North Piatt It is the excoptlou and not the rule that tho legislature of any state has beforo It tho task of choosing two Unllcd states senators, and the all-absorbing qucstlou now Is, who will bo solected to occupy thoso two most honorable and Important positions In tho gift of tho legislature of a stnto. Tho rule, in measure, has been established that ono seuator for Nebraska should como from tho routh and tho other from tho North Platte country, nnd this is apparently a fair disposition of the honors though when a senator is mado ho is not created for a part of tho state, but to en hanco tho IntercsU of tho whole- common wealth. As tho tlmo approaches for tho legislature to meet, many candidates from loth tho North and South Platto country havo shlod their castors Into tho ring and by overy honorable means aio tr)ing U further their own Interests to Bccure tho oovoted prize. It goes without saying thero Is one man who nsp!ro3 to bo Bcnotor that is better known, Is spoken of oftcnor and Is being watched closer than nny other who seek this Important place. The reasons nro obvious. For thirty years ho has been beforo tho people of Nebraska In n public capacity and through his Indomltablo will, his novcr-fnillng energy, his acknowledged ability, ho hns built up ono of tho finest business enterprises ln the state, nnd has becomo ono of tho best known men ln tho nation. Ho has been a fearless champion of right, but a courageous foo of tho wrong doer, whether In tho ordinary walks of life, In the high places of tho stato or nation. Aa well ln politics as In other respects thoso who havo sought t'urough trickery to put Into operation schomos to enhanco their own Interests, but to tho damago of tho state, havo found this man one who never for a moment considered tho cost, but who, with all the energy of his Btronu- COM'llOI, OK KOIU3ST 11HSEUVES Juillclnl ltiillnic Throwing Down the Ilurn to Sheep kiock. Han Frunclsco Call. Thn inw nf .inn,, no. 1S9S. authorizing the secretary ot tho Interior to make regula tions for tho protection of forest reserva tion, him hi-nn declared unconstitutional by United States Judge Wellborn. Tho decision assumes that tho act constitutes a delegation by congress of its legislative powers to an administrative omccr, wuicu thnt hnitv linn not authority to do. Tho decision seems to bo perfectly sound, al though as a saving measure the United States district attornoy intends to appeal. . .. . r . 1 In ha unless mere is somo umi j.uiuv rinMfilnn nn wh leh to hane nn appeal it will In all probability be sustained. The case at bar was mat. 01 a Bneepmuu arrested for violating tho regulations of the Interior department for tho protection 01 tho forest reserves. If tho decision Is not reversed on appeal tho only protection aoninut intrimlnn unon tho forest reserves by Bheepmen or any ono else whoso pres ence Is undesirable or uangcrous on mora will bo an invocation of tho law ot trespass. It would bo an unprecedented proceeding, for tho public domain hns been looked upon by cattlemen and shecpherdcrs bb common property and its uso as such has been tolerated by tho government wttnoui inter ference. Few. If any, of tho largo cattle rnmraa In TTinnV nf Mm WCStCm fitatCB and territories would be occupied, as thoy are, with the herds of private owners 11 iat Un, nf trnannuv wnrn invoked and enforced by the government. To stop tho trespass of the sheepmen on the torcsi resorvei will, therefore, require something moro effective than the .trespass law. We havo arrived at a stago in mo msiory nf nut nntnrn 1 woodlands when thoso re served as national parks for the perpetua tion of the timber they contain and the safety of the watersheds which they protect must bo preserved at all hazards from all forms of depredation. If tho lumberman and tho woodchoppcr are to bo kept from felling the large growth of trees in mese reserves for commercial purposes then tho Bheepownor's flock must bo prevented from destroying the younger growth on fntiirn renewal of the forosts deponds. Wo owe that much to posterity. to Bay the least. If Judgo weiiDorn s ao clsion lets down tho bars so that the flocks cau bo driven into tho forest reserves to pasture nt tho pleasure of their owners it behooves congress to put them up again ln a way that they will stay up. This is evidently a duty which cannot be put oft. There ought to bo enough wisdom in con gress to enable It to frame a law which will protect these reservations perfectly and permanently from invasion by any one likely to impair them, and preserve them forever as a legacy to future generations, and such a law ought to bo passed at the coming session without fall. GOOIl HKICJJS LIVB AKTKR. A Tribute to the Generosity of m. Weatcrn Mllllonnlre. Montana Record. Thero aro tow men In tbls world who have given away as much money as has Marcus Daly aud been as modeBt in tho giving. Hla charities aro in proportion to his business undertakings, and ln the aggregate amount to a very largo sum. It Ib a raattor ot record that no damago suit hns ever been started against any of Uio numerous enterprises ln which ho waa Intore-sted, which is undoubtedly due to his liberality lu dealing with his em ployes. Probably tho moat comprehensive ordor ho over gave In the matter of charity was ln 1891. Ilecauso of tho disagreement bo tweon tha Anaconda company nnd tho Montana Union railway over tho frolght rates for hauling the ore from Butto to Anaconda the mines and smelter shut down and thousands ot breadwinners wero thrnivn nut of emnlovment ln both Butto nnd Anaconda. Mr. Daly realized that the mines would bo closed for somo montns and tho shutdown would entail much suf fering unless Bomothlng was dono. lie told his lieutenants to 600 that the de serving' poor of llutto and Anaconda wero kopt supplied with necessary provisions, fuel and medical nttondanco. Tho order was not limited to tho families of the meu in thu omploy or his company, uut applied to all upon whom tho closing of tho mines might work a hardship, His charitable expenditures during this porlod totaled sovoral hundred thousaud dollars. In Anaconda this order still stands. It has always been tho policy of Mr. Daly to provldo for the families of minors killed in his properties, and scattered about Butto are half a hundred or more homes built by Mr. Daly and given to tho widows of men whoso lives were lost In the Anaronda mines. This hns Invari ably been his custom. A beautiful homo was completed In llutte only a few days ago at a cost of $5,600. When Mr. Daly nrrivnil In thnt eltv from Now York ln October it was proBcntod hy htm to tho widow of a miner wno. inno montns ago, lost his life through an accident which nrnnrrnl In thn St. Ijiwronco mlno one of tho Anaconda properties, and this is only one of many familiar glfta that havo been mndo slnco tho company camo Into existence. Standing high among their follows nro half a dozen or more young profeslonal men of llutto, who In tho years past workod in and around the Anaconda nilniH. rnmn under Mr. Dalv's nersonnl ob servatlon and who were sent away to be educated at nn oxpons. Senatorship o Telegraph. ous character, exposed their schemes ana fought to a finish thoso who were trying to benefit thonisolvos nt tho cxponso of tho people Many aro tho foemcn who havo gone down under tho mighty blows struck by him lu defence of tho people's rights nnd many aro tho tricksters who havo bit tho dust from blows struck by this man s trenchant pen. It Is but natural that a man of this char acter, ln the long pjrlol of his publlu carcor, should luako numerous and bitter enemies; It is, also, human nnturo that when such a man comes baforo the people, honorably nsklng for preferment at their hands, ho should meet with tho most strenuous op position from thoso who think they havo old scores to wipe out. It Is posslblo that Bomo of thoso who havo been elected to tho loglolnturo will go thero with no higher motive- than to get even with nn old foo. Thts Is not the spirit which should actuate any ono placod In n position of honor and trust by tho people. It Is not tbo spirit which Bhould bo exhibited in selecting ono who will, In tho common order of events, for' six years occupy n high placo ln tho deliberations of thoso who can by their actions guide tho nntlonal ship of stato through tho placid waters of prosperity or head her straight for the rocks of disaster tho breakers of dlspalr. Old nnlmosltteo should be, and wo bellevo will be, laid uslde, aud thoso having the momentous question In hand will with duo deliberation act for tho best Interest of their constitu ents. They will select men known for their business capacity, their ability, their sterling honesty, their political Influence, their rank In tho deliberations of tho party with which they nfnilato, In -a word they will select men who can do tho most aud tho best for tho Btate and tho nation and when they do, ono of them will be Hon. Edward Hosewater of Omaha. MAXIJtS IX POINT. Quaint SiiKnefitlonn Tendered to Peo ple of I'nrto lllro. Portland Oregonlan. Tho old maxim, "Find out men's want and need and meet thorn there," is pecu liarly applicable to our dealings ln a com mercial sense with our new peoples, tho Porto Hleans and Filipinos, as well as to tho much wider rango ot peoples whoso markets wo nro striving to enter with our wares as becomes an energetic, enor mously productive manufacturing nation. It Is nppllcablo indeed to all reform effort at home and missionary offort abroad. Its practical application would provont much wnsto of effort nnd money and prevent many mistakes which raako sincere reform offort ludicrous in tho eyes of thoso to whom it is applied. Zealous Americans, anxious to bring thoso old-new people to their way of thinking and living, may pro vent wnsto of time, energy and money by hearkening to Kipling's advlco to England, "Not to hustle tho East." Tho viewpoint of Orientals Is cssontlally different from that of tho peoplo of tho western world. It Is not deslrablo that It should bo otherwise, oven if it wero possible. "Circumstances alter cases." So wroto tho schoolmaster of a former generation In our copybooks with a quill pen of his own manufacture. The schoolmastor and the quill pen have passed away, but tho truth contained in tho words which pupils wero required to copy many times with painstaking caro remains nnd appeals ln a thousand ways to thoso whoso memories as woll as whoso copybooks wero stamped with them. An cxnmplo in point was furnished by a Now England Society ror tno prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently. Fired with laudable zeal to en lighten the Porto Hleans ln tho humani ties, this society sent a largo number of circulars to them calling attention to cer tain things that should bo avoided as need lessly cruel. Among these was cited tho practico of putting a frosty bit In tho mouths of horses tho careful warming of the bit being advised. This was clearly a work of supererogation, since few of tho people had ever seen frost. Relatively llt tlo Is known of the wants and needs of tneso people nd to go ln ndvnnce of accu rate knowledgo In our Impatience to mako them conform to our estimates of Ilfo Is not only futile, but foollah. PIIOKITS OK TWO MONOPOLIES. Illvnlry of nn American nnd Ilrltlnli lOlttlllllC. Ivoulsvlllo Courier-Journal. Much comment has been madn nnn ti,n remarkable appreciation in vainno nt stand ard Oil shares, which have risen from $530 per $100 share ln Juno to over $700 at pres ent. Tho Standard OH company makes no ijuuiiu oiiuciuvui 01 us pronts, but they must be largo when tho GO nnr rnnt ,1lifl- donds paid this year nro considered. Such pronts seem fabulous, but aro explained by ma laci mat it uas a virtual monopoly of tho oil trade, which enables It to fix Its profits at any figure Its management dooms proper. Tho J. & P. Coatcs eomnnnv l n nrinh trust that is obout the equal of tho Staud- ara uu. it uas a capitalization of $10,000, 000 in 0 per cent preferred shares, $10,000, 000 ln ii per cent debentures and $15,000, 00Q of ordinary shares, on which 40 per cent was paid in dividends In 1899 and 60 per cent for tho year ended Juno 30 last. Theso ordinary shares, or common stock, as we say here, havo a par valuo of 10 and a market value of 85. Standard Oil enr. tlflcatcs are thus still a good way behind the Coates common stock In appreciation, though the dividends paid this vnnr .r about tho same. The Coates company has steadily increased its earnings from 540 -000 In 1894 to 2,425,000 In 1900. Its divi dends ln tho same space of tlmo havo been advanced from 8 per cent to no anri it. serve has Increased from 200,000 to 1,750,. uuu. it win bo hard for Rockefoller to heat tbls. It will bo noticed that thesn twn mnnnn. olles, whoso rccordB havo probably never boon equalled, deal ln the commnnnnt nnri most useful commodities. PEnSOXAL POIXTEIIS. The latest case of combine Is tho cake walkers' truBt in New York. Weather indications are that the foot ball will socn bo superseded by tho snow ball. Writing of tho rencnt burning of a negro In Colorado tho sheriff of Lincoln county says, plausibly, "politics cuts no Ice in this affair." Tho private secretary of the late Marcus Daly has telegraphed to Montana, In re sponse to inquiries, that no Information will bo given to the publlo concerning Mr. Daly's will or estate. Governor Candler rejoices in his Thanks giving proclamation that Goorgla Is not as other states aro. "Hers," ho says compla cently, "Is the purest Americanism to bo found on tho continent." Tom L. Johnson, tho well known Ohio stnglo tnxer and capitalist, Is a most charltablo man, but has nil unconquerablu aversion to professional beggars and Bays that during his rocent trip abroad ho never becamo quite accustomed to the European stylo of "tipping." John Hums, the English labor leader, col ebrated his forty-second birthday on No vember 13. Mr. Hums, wl;o has been In Parliament since 1892, Is an engineer by profession, and his early struggles were of tho hnrdest kind. In the House of Com mons he onco said that he Bhould know something about laundries (tho subject un der discussion), for his mother was a wash erwoman. flttiuoL's coxnrrioxs ix ciiixa. niKiceit nf White Klephnnta nn thj Hani! f the Allien. Haltlmoro Atmrlcan. Tho United States novcr aetod with more wisdom than when It withdrew tho bulk of Its troops from China. Tho parliaments of two European powers wero engaged yester day In an nnlmatcd debate over this Chinese muddle, nnd tho French mlnlstor had the frankness to admit that not only had it cost France a great deal of money, but it was likely to cost much moro beforo any satisfactory settlement could bo reached. In tho German Parliament thero wns bitter opposition manifested to tho policy of th government, and tho chancellor found It necessary to bid for sympathy by reviving tho tragic death of the German minister In tho streets of Pckln. Either of theso gov orumcntR tuny bo defeated at any moment by this Chinese Imbroglio. The people, both In Germany and Krnnce. nro unablo to pcrcolvo how any prestige or gnln Is likely to result from tho present situation, The French mlMatcr said China was too poor to pay any Indemnity, nnd yot tho allied powers aro represented ns de manding $600,000,000. If 110 Indemnity can bo paid, tho only nltornatlvo Is to tnko It out In torrltory, nnd this will be certain to prnclpltato a general war, the horrors of which cannot bo lmnglnod. it Is useless to gonerallzo about tho Chinese puzzle. Tim nctual situation must bo faced, mid it Is ns uninviting ns nny that has ever confronted civilization. Thero nro 400,000,000 of tho Chlneco, nnd to suhduo them so ns to make tho country safo for commerce and travel would rcqulro many years and nn Immense expenditure of men aud money. It thoy would fight llko other races It would not bo so difficult, hut they have an aggravating habit of breaking out only lu spots where thero nro no troops to opprso them. They quiet down nnd disappear In front of tho foreign soldiers, nnd pop up suddenly nt somo other point which Is un guarded. Thoy can contlnuo this sort of thing Indefinitely. It was thought tint Huesln had conquered Manchuria. Recent reports lndlcato that tho Chtneso rcuo up In tho rear of tho Russian troops, and Russia may havo all of Its work to do over again. Nor will tho plea of trade hold nny longer as a Justification for prolonging tho Chinese, muddle. It Is conceded that tho Chlneso trado Is practically dead, and a con tinuation of the warfaro against thu Chlneo Is not the way to revive it. Tho alllC3 have an elephant on their hands, nnd they may bo as anxious beforo long to let go ns was tho man who held on to the bear's tall. LAUGHING OAS. ril.l t...1 . "Tl... ..n .l.n'l n.lmlt the valuo of tho historical novel?" 'nh vn It tinu rim th, illnlent nnvnl nl.t of the country." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "They ought to trv thn Chlncsn cure for swelled head on that conceited Hlngleburn." "What's tho cnincso cure7" "Tho uxl" Phllmlplnhln. Press: "Verv well." ex claimed Dr. Quick, after his quarrel with the jmucrtaKer. "i n muKe you sorry ior "What nro you going to do?" retorted tho undertaker. "Retire from practice? nntrnlt Pron Press: "How do votl roiratd your new congressman, Mr. Mlggs? Do you think he's lit for tho olllce?" "ICS, sireoi lie b hi imru iui 11. at, f Ao.,n n l'n lintlnVn It tfna n. Chicago boy that had spent comiderab o time around n stable, who referred to hla parenta us a "spanking pair." Tn.llnnnnnlla TrnsM! WnirV WatklnS Thoy Is nuttln llko keepln' your mouf shut to git tno ronuiiiiion in wish iiimu. Hungry Hlgglns S'poso somebody was offerln' you booze an' Ice cream? Cleveland Plain Dealer: "What did you think of tho now play?" .... "Hnrry to say, 1 slept inrougii 11. - 'Then you don't know whether It wa clenn or not 7" .... "Well, I know it was soaporino. Washington Star: "Mike." said Plodding Pnt "dn von t'lnk It does 11 man mucli good to go t'rno college?" "Not mucn, renneu meuntiennK jiu. 'T tuant t'rnn n nnlli?n nnpn. nn' nil I Iftlt was two dlctlonerles nn' a suit of font bull clothes. De swag wasn't wort' do risk." Chtmcn Tribune: "Doubtloss." said ths intellectual gticst at Mrs. Oaswell's recjp tlon. "yon think, with Agasslz " itr ...I..,.. . . . T n.mnTnn " IV. claimed the hostess, with a bright, viva cious smile. 1 inmit wuii 111 iiunui TMilln.lnlnhln Press: "Hollo! What's the matter with your head?" inquired tho llrst bunco-steerer. "Oh!" replied tho other, "a farmer I mot today Just tapped mo on tho nut with his carpetbag." ...... "Must nave been a pretty hard carpst bag." 'Well, you see It had n. gold brick In It that I had sold him yesterday." COWUOYS VICTIMIZED. James Barton Adams ln Denver Post. Wo had all made the guess by tha cut ot nis ureps an 1110 icnacnoot style mat ho Hlunir. An' tho way that he npun toney languaga mat run buck an grease rrom 1110 p ini of his toniruc. That ho was a red-hotter from over tho water a Juke or a markls. or wuss Than that in his rank, an' we thought w couiu uaiiK on a navin sume run wuii the cuss. He talked with a drawl till his words seomod to fall reluctunt from outen his mouth, An' the babyish stare in his eyes you would swear showed a bruin that was stunted bv drouth. An' the boys o' tlio range nil regarded tne Htrango son o cuss mat naa como thero to board Fur hla health aa a snob, nn' we put tip a job that'd lower Uie pride o' my lord. He remarked he could ride anything that noro hldo; ho had rid with tho 'oundtf, don't ye know; And wo told him we thought we'd be able to trot out a hoss that wa'n't fashioned for show Ono o' kittenish vlewsthnt'd serve to amuBo ot his highness, If he wns In clined Fur to try It a whirl, nn' he smiled llko a girl, an' would rldo it if we didn't mind, An' ho went further vet with nn offer to but all tho boodle that wo could perduco That ho'd rldo anythbig we'd a notion to bring till ho toned it down tamo aa a goose. An' In manner quite rash our available cash was flashed fur to back up our views That we'd And him a chunk of a quick uctlon bronk that'd buck him plum outen his shoes) We'd a mnro ln tho herd that was reckoned a bird. Jest a bundlo o' glt-up-an'-glt, Half devil, half hoss, which the sumo Is a cross that's productive o' meanness an' grit: Sho had downed every rider that dared got astrldo her, an' had crippled a dozen or ho Of the fellows who'd said that tho hops wasn't bred that could give 'em the wust of a go; So wo snddlnd ol" Satan, thn tenderfoot waltln' with a grin on his Innerccnt fiicti, An' we got him astraddle an' sot ln tho saddle nn' seed everything1 was In place. An' we bid him good-byo with a wink p' tin- eye at each other, an' anxiously stood Holdln' on to the head o' thn bronk till ho said wo might let 'or go, If wo would. If the heavenB hnd fell all around that corral and drowned u In cloud from tno I kfn'tell you, by gad, that wo wouldn't a had any bigger a bunch o' surprise, Fur he sot In his seat In the saddle ns neat an if lollln' around In a chair. An' thnt bronco n thumpln the earth and a Jumpln' In spasms right up In the air: Mt a cigarette right In tho heitt p' tho fight an' grinned at tho nnlmal'H Jumps. Ub guys Htandln' there with a paralyzed stsro like a bunch of half-ldlot chumps. An' I'm te!lln you, boss, that he stayed with that hoss until ho got It as meek An'UHrld It around on the hoof-bnttered ground tin' a glvin' us fellers tho laugh! F.vnry devilish bloko In tlio gang had gone broke n backin' his honest belief That tho bronco we'd picked that naa never been licked 'd Buro bring tho Btranger to grlf. An' wo hollered nn' swore till oar lungs wns plum Bore when we learned that the schemln' young hound Was Bronco Bill Hnyder, the champion rider, a huntln1 a nap which he found.