TIT 13 OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1900.
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l'ublic
The Iccmiin still bus Ills harvest uhend
ft 111 in.
Nebraska hint no bail political liubila
to swear off on Now Year's day. It
(jult tlits fusion habit last November.
lfor tlie first time In memory Omaha
seems to have dispensed altogether with
its customary biennial charter revision
committees.
The usuul business order Is reversed
In China. The representatives of the
imwors signed the note, but China will
do the paying.
Puzzle In the little controversy be
tween the state auditor and the
guaranty bond companies where does
Palm come -In?
The Cudahy case bus done more to
keep the small lsy Indoors after dark
than all the curfew ordinances which
could be enacted.
Pat Crowe Is one of the most iimncr-
ous jiersons before the public at present.
It Is a poor city which is not certain
the much-wanted man is there.
Trust-Smasher Smyth wants Judicial
olIlcerB prohibited by law from practi
cing politics. He must want to reserve
to hi in self the monopoly of political
sky-rocketing.
Knnsas City may want the depart
ment headquarters of the military
division of the Missouri, but Omaha
serves notice that it Is not prepared to
walvo Its claim.
Tho twentleth-centyry Omaha, will bo
bo far ahead of the present Omaha be
fore tho century Is half reeled off that
old Kather Time himself will have
trouble to Identify It.
Kidnapers smooth enough to put up a
$25,000 Job and carry It through to
successful completion may be relied on
to bo smooth enough to elude detection
and apprehension for a little Jwhlle at
least
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky says
he mid Senator Caff cry are the only
democrats In that body. The senator
should be more careful In his state
ments, as he Is provoking another erup
tion of llryau.
Tho Porto Klean legislature has been
In session almost a month and yet only
forty-live bills have been Introduced.
The Porto Klcans are slow. Just watch
tho Nebraska solous when they get
down to business.
District Attorney (Jardluer of New
York, who was removed from otllee
by (lovernor Koosevelt, gave up his
olllce under protest. That Is perfectly
natural no democrat ever gives up an
ollico any other way.
Speakership candidates are In point
of fact not as numerous this year as
usual In tlie past. Such contests, how
ever, always simmer down to a rivalry
between two or three men by the time
tho speakership caucus Is In sight.
A local yellow Journal that has been
chasing kidnapers In Its dreams, now
lias "the Impeachable evidence of
significant conversation." If It is "Im
peachable evidence" It is just the thing
to furnish tho basis for another pipe
dream.
The school board doesn't seem to care
how big a tax rate It forces upon the
people, evidently with the Idea that the
odium will all bo placed on the council
The school board has Joint rosponslbll
Ity for tho tax levy now and it cannot
unload It upon anyone else.
If a thief steals a horsu or a cow in
Nobraska he can bo punished with a
prison sentence of ten years. If he only
steals a boy over tho ago of 10 It Is
questionable whether any penitentiary
punishment Is provided. In all llkell
hood, too, tho criminal code of Nebraska
presents no more auoniallea thnu those
of other states.
COMMKWUIi CltXCESSIOSS UY ClttXA.
The edict of the Chinese government
opening a now port on tho Yangtse
Klaitg Is Important from n commercial
point of view and also In showing the
disposition of the imperial authorities
to make further concessions in tho In
terest of tho world's trade. The
establishment of tho new port will
throw open to foreign commerce one of
the richest, most fertllo and most
populous sections Of China. From what
Is known of this territory it ,1s agri
culturally and minerally very rich, but
In the latter respect wholly undeveloped,
as tho Chinese have not gone In for
mining there themselves and heretofore
have determinedly opposed anyone else
doing so. Hacked now by tho sovereigu
power, however, the ullen will have a
better chsuce and the Imperial edict
will doubtless bo followed by the In
vestment of foreign capital In and the
development of the country. Itls be
lieved, also, that outside of the valuable
trading rights which the opening of tho
port carries, It will do as much to Insure
the continuance of peace in China as
any one thing that could have been
done. I
Ouo of the conditions In tho protocol
agreed upon by the powers Is that ex
isting commercial arrangements with
China shall be bioadened so as to en
courage trade and facilitate commercial
relations. It Is not doubted that the
powers can obtain any reasonable con
cessions on this head which ,they de
sire. They are already entitled, by
virtue of the treaty between China and
Japan, to the outto liberal privileges
given to thu Japanese and It Is probable
that all of these will bo speclllcally
granted to each of the contracting
powers and that more definite provisions
will bo made for the creation of manu
facturing plants, the building of rail
ways and tinhuniperod movement by
foreign merchants throughout China.
As the readjustment of commercial
relations Is to be a subject of negotia
tion In common, whatever is granted to
one nation by China will be granted to
all. This Is the consummation towards
which thu policy of the United States
has been directed and which It Is be
lieved will yield satisfactory results In
the tluul negotiations.
The dlllictilty to be apprehended Is
in such extreme demands by some of
the powers as will require the complete
readjustment of the fiscal and economic
systems of the empire. As these
systems have been In operation for
centuries it would be no simple affair
to readjust them and It Is quite probable
that In doing so a groat deal of popular
dissatisfaction would be created. The
process would necessarily have to bo
gradual, for a people like the Chinese
cannot bo at once educated to new
policies. However, a radical change In
tin; methods of taxation mid In the geu
oral economic policy of the empire Is
inevitable, though It may take years to
effect It. China will be opened up to
the world's trade. That Is the llxctl
determination of tho civilized powers
and nothing will be permitted to stand
In the way of Its being carried out. It
would seem that this Is fully realized by
the Chinese government and therefore
there Is ample reason for the opinion,
said to be entertained at "Washington,
that any reasonable commercial conces
sions the powers may ask will be
granted. President McKlnley and See-
retasy Hay are thoroughly alive to the
oniinercliil Interests of the United
States In the Orient and It Is safe to
say that Minister Conger has been In
structed to see that they are properly
cared for.
KKUDKlt UKOISTllATWX UKFOllM.
I'he disclosures of rank registration
and election frauds In South Omaha
brought to public notice by the pending
legislative contests point the urgent
need of changes in the law that .will
make colonization, repeating und
registration stalling more dllllcult If
not Impossible. That this can be ac
complished by surrounding the registra
tion with mote effective checks and safe
guards goes without saying.
The principal defect of our registra
tion law Is that It does not allow sutll-
clent time for thorough checking of the
registration lists. With three days of
registration scattered over three succes
sive weeks, the last day fixed on the
Saturday before election, no opportunity
Is afforded for accurate verification.
The names enrolled during the llrst two
days, to be sure, are available for check-
lug, but they cannot In the time at hand
be compared with the last day's enroll
ment, while the third day's lists usually
have to go without anything further
than a mere critical Inspection. With
the door wide open to such registration
frauds, little wonder that the South
Omaha conspiracy was able to proceed
without detection until after the nils-
chief had been committed.
In Illinois the law requires the clos
ing of the registration books three
veeks before the election for public In
spection of the completed lists. The
names are checked up by the representa
tives of the various political parties and
every person subject to doubt desig
nated as a suspect to whom postal card
notice is sent for appearance before a
board of revision to show cause why
his name shall not be stricken from the
voters' list. If the postal carriers can
not deliver the card to the person ad
dressed, that fact Is taken as conclusive
proof that the name does not belong on
the registration book. Whether the Illi
nois plan is the best to be adopted for
Nebraska remains for the legislature to
determine, but It has suggestive
features sure to bo of value to us.
Another complaint against our present
system Is that a complete new registra
tion of voters Is hud for every general
election. The object held In view In re
quiring persouul appearance before the
registrars each year Is to prevent carry
ing on the rolls the names of persons
who have tiled or removed from the dis
trict and to avoid duplication of names
In more than ono district. While this
purpose Is to a grout degree achieved,
the frequency of registration Is unques
tionably Irritative to ninny of Just those
substantial citizens whose expression
at the polls Is most desired and who
often neglect to exercise the franchise
because of tho troublo entailed. While
voting should not be lnado too easy,
neither should It bo made burdensome.
How far and In what directions the law
calls for modltlcatlou to give relief will
require considerable study and utmost
euro In framing amendments that will
work reform without still greater evils.
A SAT1SFIKI) VEOVLE.
The Inhabitants of the island of
Negros, according to the report, of Gen
eral Smith, military governor, are
highly favorable toward tho United
States. Tho island has had a substan
tially autonomous form of government
during the entire period of American
control and has progressed in marked
and favorable contrast with the other
islands. Hence the people uro most
friendly toward this country and do-
sire that existing conditions should con
tinue. General Smith observes, how
ever, that It will bo lmposslblo to dis
criminate In favor of Negros, In the
scheme of government to be ultimately
udopted, so that complications uro ex
pected not easy of adjustment.
Of coursu whatever plan of govern
ment for the Philippines shall ulti
mately be adopted must be of general
application, but as It will undoubtedly
admit tlie people to as much partici
pation In tho government as they are
capable of there should be no serious
dilliculty in persuading the Inhabitants
of Negros, who have had so satisfactory
an experlenco under American control,
to accept It. Very likely they will bo
reluctant to give up the nearly com
plete self-government they now have,
yet If a Just system Is devised to re
place It, with the assurance that ns
rapidly as practicable native participa
tion In the government will bo extended,
so that they could hope to lultlniately
have almost as large a measure of
self-government ns they now enjoy, It
Is highly probable that they would
offer no serious opposition.
The apprehension expressed by Gen
eral Smith suggests tho gravity of the
problem of framing a scheme of gov
ernment for the Philippines, with Its
heterogeneous population, only n very
small part of which Is capable of par
ticipating in government.
IWYINn AMKlllCAX SKCUMTIK8.
There has been marked activity In
American securities on the London
Stock exchange recently. The corre
spondent of the New York Times istates
that all testimony concurs In repre
sentlng the speculation in American
railroad shares as having renched un
precedented proportions last week. He
says thut this was largely gambling, In
which the solid portion of the Hrltlsh
public took no part, and expressed the
opinion that tho tremendous energy ex
hlblted last week will not lead to the
shipment of shares from New York to
London, but, on the contrary, will
oblige the American market to continue
the importation of nnd payment for
shares sold in London to be delivered,
While there is no doubt thnt the ac
tivity noted was chiefly speculative,
there Is reason to think that there was
considerable buying by the solid por
tion of the Hrltlsh public, for certainly
American securities Just now offer bet
ter inducements than any others for
investment. With the large business
of our railroads the shares of those cor
poratlous were never so desirable as at
present, even at the greatly enhanced
prices as compared with a few years
ugo. It may be that Now York will
continue to Import and pay for rail
road shares sold In London to bo de
llveted, but we are Inclined to think
that this will bo on a reduced scale
and It would not bo at all surprising
If within the next thirty or sixty days
the situation was reversed and New
oik hipped securities t.o London. The
present condition of the Hrltlsh money
market Is not favorable to such a move
incur, but a change from this Is proba
ble after the settlements of the new
year. Meanwhile the American market
Is able to take care of all the securi
ties that may be sent to It from abroad
One of the strongest commendations
of American methods yet brought out
is the review by an Kngllsh correspond
cut of the conditions prevailing In
Pekln. He reports chaos reigning In
all portions of tho city except that
guarded by the American forces, but in
that quarter business Is progressing ns
usual, the only noticeable difference
from normal conditions being that the
portion occupied by our forces has
been cleaned and the noisome smells
have vanished. The administration evl
dently made no mistake either In se
looting the man to coiiuiinlid tho Ainer
lean forces or In the Instructions un
dor which he Is acting.
mission press comment on tlie sen
nlo's action on tho Ilay-Pauncefote
treaty reflects most strongly the his
torlcul leaning of thut country toward
tho United States, tinctured somewhut
by the traditional enmity of lCngland,
Aside from those liiiluonces, however,
tho Russian views are Important as
those of a nation which has no (uteres
In the matter from either a maritime
commercial or political point of view
Changed conditions, according to the
Uusslan view, Justify the action of tho
United States In turning Its back on
the Clayton Hulwer treaty.
Hryon Is reported to bo hopeful that
the people will soon come to his way of
thinking on public questions. Hryan'
hopo would be sublime If It were not
so ridiculous. It Is only a short stt
from one to the other and the late can
dhlate always lands on the rldlculou
side of the line without any apparent
effort.
Telegrams from South Africa declare
that the Hrltlsh are hard after Genera
Dower. In the past being "after'
Do wet has proven mueli more pleiibuut
than catching up with him.
Tin I'Iiik III Culm.
lluffalo Express.
If General Fltzhugh Leo thought he was
striking a popular chord by saying that our
flag was In Cuba to stay, ho probably Is un
deceived by this time. A part of tho Phil
Ipplnes lesson, at least, has been well
learned already. Few oven of tho Im
perialists seo any obstacle to hauling down
our Hag In Cuba.
Trlnl Test of n. Hero.
UIobe-Domocrat.
A West Point freshman testifies that ho
was compelled to eat olRhty-llvo prunes
at one sitting, probably as an emergency
ration. Every West I'olntor Is a hero at
ono period of hit) career.
IlevrlopliiK n Itncr Wsvr.
New York Tribune.
The lloer relnvaolon of Capo Colony
nuuns a certain sympathetic uprising of
the Dutch citizens of the colony, and that
In turn means moro treason trials and In
crease of bad feeling between tho races.
It is an unhappy business all around.
Modern Stoinncti Trials.
Chicago Nows.
Havo you tried tho new "process butter?"
According to tho testimony before tho senate
committee on ngrlculturo tho other day a
cnufacturor of eleomargarina defined
process butter" to bo oleomarnarluo
washed with sulphuric acid" to romovo
rancidity. With "process butter" and
formaldehyde milk" tho American break
fast of chicory and buckwheat cakes, with
glucoso uiaplo syrup, becomes a thing to
make tho stoutest tremble.
Distribution of "Pork."
Philadelphia Ilecord.
What tho seasoned congressman Joyfully
recognizes as "pork" turns up during tho
current Besston of the federal legislature
In tho guise of a stalwart river and harbor
bill which carries an appropriation ot about
$60,000,000. This Is not a record-breaking
llguro, tho maximum having been reached In
1807 with a bill carrying over $72,000,000.
Of the total appropriation about $23,000,000
U designed for now work, while over $37,
000,000 Is designed to provide for contracts
on continuous work already authorized.
Tho requirements of shippers and ship
masters for improved hnrbors and water
ways havo vastly Increased ot lato years,
and public expenditure In this direction has
been on a Bcalo of corresponding magnitude.
IIooiiiIiik ' Ilorwr .Market.
Globo-Dcinocrat.
Tho sales of American uorsos and mulos
abroad havo been grcuter In 1900 than In
any othor year In tho country's history, nnd
tho end ot tho year Is not bringing nny
let-up" In tho movement. England Is re
newing Its heavy purchases on account of
tho revival of tho lighting In South Africa.
That quarter of tho world Is ns much of a
sink" for horses nnd mules theso daj-8 as
India nnd China havo been and aro for gold
nd silver. Tho "mounts" which go Into
South Africa nt present leavo hopo behind.
They never corao out alive. The exigencies
f warfaro In that country kill tho
quadrupeds vory quickly., Tho mortality
among horses on tho Hrltlsh sldo In tho
Uocr war has been many tloic3 greater than
It has been among the men, lorgo ns this
has been.
iKiioreil Iex" ot HUlory.
Sprlngtleld (Mass.) Republican.
In his essay on Oliver Cromwell Governor
Iloosevelt points out that excessive severity
by a victorious party toward a prostrate
foo nover hastens tho etd of 'hostilities,
but rather prolongs tho ynr. Cromwell's
harshness toward tho Irish In his Infamous
Drogheda and Woxford canpalgn furnishes
tho governor an excellent Illustration of his
point. After all his massacres Cromwell
saw tho Irish wnr drag tn for two years
more. Tho lesson seemj to bo hard to
cam. notwithstanding that history Is full
of demonstrations of trJ Inexpediency of
harsh methods tn attempted conquest.
There can bo no 'doubt that one reason for
the groat revival of tho lloer resistance In
South Africa toflayds the exasperation and
rage of the Dutch over British hrutnllty In
'pacifying" the two republics.
ClltlllCll MUSIC.
New finl Striking I'Iiiincn of Thin Old
lloiif of Conlrntlnn.
Philadelphia Press.
Church choirs and singers have been a
bono of contention In tho church militant
ever slnco music became a part of dlvlno
worship. This li truo of both great
branches of Christendom Roman Catholic
nnd Protestant. Recently attempts have
been mndo In the Roman Catholic church
to abolish operatic features In mass music.
So far ns Protestant Christianity Is con
cerned, there Is scarcely a congregation
that has not, nt some time or othor, ex
perienced trial and tribulntton In tho mat
ter of Us choir service or Instrumental
music.
Tho United Presbyterian denomination
has In recent years been rocked from cen
ter to circumference by tho "organlstB" and
tho "anti-organists," tho former being
thoso who destre to Introduce tho organ
ns n part of tho musical service, tho latter
being their opponents. Within tho past
two weeks a lending Methodist congrega
tlon In this city has been almost root In
twain as a result of what Is alleged to be
tho shcrtcomlngs of its choir. Rude and
un-Chrlstlan epithets havo shocked prayer
and class meeting attendants, and the
troublo was only ended by the withdrawal
from church fellowship of certain proml
ncnt members.
And now corao two members of the Meth
odist Episcopal yearly conference of Balti
more to add tho capstone to this discord
Theso gentlomen nro named respectively
Rev. Mr. Sumwalt and Rev. Mr. Jones
Speaking allltcrativoly, they aro Iconoclasts
charged with the mission of destroying
modern music In tho Methodist church
Doth reverend gentlemen, armed with n
fervor that must mnlto tho hymn-wrltlng
Wesley nnd tho sweet singer, Dr. Watts,
shudder In their grave clothes, attacked
choirs, quartets nnd soloists mercilessly,
and, as many well balanced persons will
agree, iutcmpcrntely,
While thero may bo Justification for some
of tho charges brought against tho musical
service of all Protestant churches, yet
thero Is no pardonablo oxcuso for n clergy
man discussing a phase of religious worship
as a "free lunch demonstration" or "vocal
acrobatics" or "musical handsprings,"
torras which Rev, Mr. Sumwalt used In his
paper on church music, In which ho ro1
ferrcd to lovers of this phase of worship
as "musical maniacs," n class of people
whoso "Insanity" ho hoped would never
succeed In distorting tho worship of general
Methodism.
After reading extracts from these papers
tho conclusion la forced upon every right
thinking man or woman, Chhristlan or non
Christian, that In tho uso of such expres
sions In a friendly discussion of a phas
of religious worship tho two men roferrct'
tn were attempting the sensational to the
pacrlnco ot nonso and the dignity of tho
cloth. Mt'slo Is worship. The rasping
meters to which are set the worldly niolo
dies and march music of tho street nnd
opera by tho Salvation Army command
oven tho respect of tho careless and
irreverent, and much more so should tho
music worship of tho Christian church
command tho respect, if not tho approval
of ministers of tho gospel,
If tho roverend gentlemen of tho Halt!
moro conference have been correctly
quoted on this subject, they have done
greater injury to themselves than to the
cause which they espouse. Changes
church music will como whenever they are
needed and In duo process of time. They
will como as tho result ot calm, deliberate,
conscientious and Christmas ronsldcra
tlon of the subject, and not ns the result
ot attacks from the pulpit, couched In th
language of the sensationalist, If not the
txpresslono of a street fakir.
A CONSISTENT COURSE
Ncllgh Advocate.
One of the reasons advanced for
opposing Kd ward ltosewater's
candidacy for senator Is the fact
that his paper, The Heo, has In
years gone by bolted some of the
party nominations. If thut Is the
only objection we would consider
It In favor and not a detriment
to the editor of The Heo. The
Hoe has never bolted the ticket
where tho nominees were worthy
the support of honest men. We
believe that Mr. Hosowater took
the only course consistently open
for him and that subsequent
events have verified his Judgment.
When the party organs Insist that
the price of their support shall bo
that honest men shall be nomi
nated, then wo will havo clean
men to fill tho olllces nnd will
make populism unnecessary. The
rise of populism was made pos
sible by the corrupt ring that
ruled tho republican party, and
the only fault to be found with
the stand made by The Heo was
the fact that It did not begin soon
enough to save the itnte from the
Infliction of ten years of fusion
rule.
1'KIlSONAli NOT1CS.
Oencral Harrison Gray Otts Is again en
gaged in conducting his L03 Angeles news
paper and Bays that, so far as prefcrenco Is
concerned, ho would not leavo thut for any
othor kind of work.
Tho powerful attraction of tho prlzo ring
Is easily understood. Hero is "Terry" Mc
Govern, for example, who Is reported to
have mndo $112,000 during tho Inst year by
132 minuted ot nctual work In tho ring,
Rov. Sam Small's year In Cuba has not
mado him nn ndmiror of tho Cubnns. "Any
thirty schoolboys In Now York," ho says,
"could make u better constitution In thirty
minutes than theso Cubans could innko In
thirty months."
Thero lives In Paducah, Ky., n blind me
chanic who can and docs placo laths ns
evenly and drive the nails as truly as any
workman gifted with sight. Ho puts up hla
own scaffolds und does as much work in a
day ns any mau in his trade.
Robert Dick Douglas, a grandson of the
lato Senator Stephon Arnold Douglas of Illi
nois, has boon appointed by Governor Rus
sell to tho ofllco of attorney general of North
Carolina. Ho Is but 2i years of ago nnd Is
said to bo tho youngest attorney general tho
state has over had.
Hannibal E. Hamlin ot Ellsworth, Me.,
will In all probability bo tho next president
of tho Maine senate. Ho Is nctlng attorney
of the firm of which Senator Halo Is senior
member, was Judgo advocate undrr Gov
ernor Powers and Is n son of tho lato Vlco
resident Hamlin.
Tho death of Colonel John S. Williams of
Lafayette, Ind., leaves only two men living
ho wero on tho democratic ticket In In
diana when Thomas A. Hendricks was
looted governor after tho memorable cam
paign of 1S72. Tho survivors are Judge
John C. Robinson and John II. Stoll.
Tho lato Prof. Thomas Davidson of
Scotland was a master of many languages,
nd onco, In an interview with tho pope,
the conversation having been carried on In
several tongues, tho latter remarked, "You
must bo an Italian." "Ego sum Scotus" (I
nm a Scotchman), replied Dr. Davidson.
John Kcndrlck Bangs lives at Yonkcrs,
N Y., his homo lelng a handsome villa oa
North Broadway, surrounded by a garden.
His library commands a glorious view ot
tho palisades nnd n long reach of tho shln-
ln Hudson. Horo bo does his editorial
work nnd writes about ghosts nnd boating
on tho Styx.
.U a recent meeting of tho Lafayotto
Manorial commission in Washington, nt
thj ofllco of Comptroller Dawes, It appeared
fnm tho report of tho secretary of tho
corimlsslon that a considerable surplus over
thd amount already expended and tho 11a
bllles to bo Incurred for tho final com-
plelon of tho monument would bo held by
thclcommlsslon. Tho amount of funds In
slgiet, counting tho premium on tho unsold
Lnttyotto dollars, nppioxlmates $30,00J,
whin, by a small nddlttou, would cnablo
the commission to erect in Washington a
rcrtca ot tho monument In nil Its details.
HOUTIIKIt.V HKPIinsUXTATIOX.
Wjy It Should Il Ilimed on the Undo
' of Vole CiiNt.
Chicago Times-Herald,
"iero are now three schemes for tho ro-
ap.f rttonment ot representatives in con
groti on tho basis of tho last census before
thcliouHo. Tho first, roported by tho ma
jor of tho commlttco, provides for a body
contstlng ot 357 members, tho same as at
preint; the socond, by tho minority, favors
an
crease of membership to 386, and tho
thirl
by Representative Crumpnckcr, Is
cally tho same as that reported by tho
prat
mln
ity, with tho Important variation thut
it
luces tho representation of thoso
sout
rn states which huvo disfranchised
the nproes.
ThlTlmes-Horald believes that tho tlmo
has (ino when congress should tako official
notlclof tho Infraction ot tho constitution
by tn three southorn states mentioned In
Mr. wunpacker's report. Tho mandato of
tho flrtecuth nmendraont on this subject
Is clci. It says:
"Noltato shall mako or enforco nny law
whlchjhall ubrldgo tho privileges or Im
muhltl of citizens of the United Stntes.
"RorVsentatives shall bo apportioned
nmonglie several states according to their
rcspicio numbers, counting tho whole
numbelif persons In each state, excluding
Indlamiiot taxed. But when tho right to
vote nlauy election for tho cholco of
oloctorfor president nnd vlco president of
tho Untd States, representatives In con
gress, executlvo nnd Judicial o Ulcers of
a statot tho members of thu leglslnturo
thereof i denied to nny of tho malo In
habltnn of such state, being 21 years of
ago nm dtlzens of tho United States, or
in any iy nbrtdged, except for pnrticlpa-
tlon in
bclllon or other crime, the basis
of reprn
ntutlon therein shnll bo reduced
In tho
toportlon which tho number of
such ma
citizens shall benr to tho whole
malo citizens 21 years of ago In
number
such stn1
Let usiow by a short cotnparntlvo table
how tho ght of voting Is abridged In tho
states mitloned by Representative Cruni
packer: FlIR SOUTHERN STATES.
l'J.
Population, Total Vot.
North CoIIna 1.S01.992 232,511
Mlsslsslpl 1,651.372 fiu.l t
Louisiana 1,381,027 r,7,!l
South Collnu 1,310,312 50.812
Total 0,lti),303 470,300
rat NORTHERN STATES.
New Jery l,KS3,rt 401.050
Minnesota 1,751,3115 .11i,311
California 1,4S5,063 2.7G
Maryland l.lM.flia 2M,t03
Total l,310,0t 1,276,028
Words onot add to tho force of thoso
figures, "by call for tho adoption of tho
prlnclplo tho Crumpackcr bill without
lncroaslngho membership of tho present
house of rroscutatlves.
i.u i: ix thu iMiiurri.MSs.
KtchltiR of Condition nn They Ap
pear to Men on (he Spot.
Lieutenant Colonel James Parker, ono of
the officers stationed In southern Luzon,
supervises u district routnlulng tO.000 nu.
lives. In n letter to tho Outlook ho tells
of tho native ambition to lenrn tho English
luucuaco and their appreciation of Ameri
can liberty. "These people," ho writes,
"aro most ambitious for education. Thoy
aro also desirous of u knowledgo of Eng
lish, or 'Americano,' as they call It. They
hnvo tho most wonderful Ideas concerning
tho United States; their imaginations nro
inflamed with stories of our wealth, our
energy, our power and tho prowess of our
soldiers here; tho liberty of our govern
ment confirms them In theso Ideas. Tho
great dream of the average Filipino Is to
see America.
"It Is our great superiority that brings
secretly n groat delight to tho Filipino
when allowed to call himself an Americano,
and makes him so anxious to learn our
latguagc, adopt our customs, buy our goods,
wear our clothing. In ono of tho schools
I havo established horo tho children, taught
two hours dally by a soldier, orally (for I
havo no books), have learned lu six weeks
over 500 English words, and ran even sus
tain n short conversation, their accent
being clear and distinct.
"Tho boys aro all our friends. They play
with tho soldiers nnd talk to them. There
is no uso for Spanish hero any longer. Only
thoso who received an unusual education
can talk nnd read Spanish. Tho children
should bo taught from English school books,
nnd well taught. A knowledge of 'Ameri
cano' will mako them quickly Americans.
"Things nro gradually progressing hero.
Wo hnvo mayors and police, lu nil tho towns
of tho provtneo, nnd schools. I detail a
soldier to teach English In ench school,
nnd tho children nro making great progress.
On account of tho confusion ot dialects,
Blcol, Vlsayan, Ilnlan and Tngal, tho text
books havo alwnys boon Spanish. I trust
that tho commission will not nllow this
system to bo perpetuated. I proposo that
In tho schools of this district tho children
shall learn geography, history nnd arith
metic In English, ns they desire to do.
Tho dilliculty Is textbooks, if I only could
get a lot of Illustrated American primers!
It Is n glorious opportunity. By teaching
these children to rend English, In five years
thero will bo n now generation coming
to tho front thnt will rend American news
papers, appreciate American manufactures,
hnvo now wants, bo civilized, Knowing tho
uses of things, thuy will wnnt them. They
will no longer bo content with a hut with
out furnlturo nnd a pound of rlco n day.
They will want money to buy tho things
they need, nnd will bo willing to work for
It. It Is labor thnt will make theso Islands
enormously productive. I wish I had tho
primers!"
A member of the Sixteenth Infantry, stn
tloncd with a small detachment In tho
mountains of northeastern Luzon, writes
thnt tho region Is full of deer, wild caribou
nnd wild hogs, nnd thnt frosh mcnt Is served
to the troops every day. In three months
tho detachment of seventeen men has been
supplied with thlrty-sovcn deer, elovon
caribou nnd seventeen wild hogs. Deer arc
nlways In sight from the camp. On thu
other sldo of n river two miles nway Is a
village, of 10,000 savages, nlmost naked and
armed with bows and nrrows, spears nnd
bnttlo nxea. Thoy nro not unfriendly with
Amcrlcnns, but nro required to Iteop on
their own sldo of tho river.
Tho old but ever new story of the heroism
of humble Ilfo lies behind tho monument
erected by his shipmates to tho memory of
Daniel Donoghue, n sailor who lost his Ilfo
last August by Jumping into tho sen while
crossing Manila bay, to save n sailor who
had fallen overboard. Tho memorial has
been placed In tho American ccmotcry nt
Pasay, Manila. The gravestono Is Inscribed
ns follows: "In memory of Daniel Dono
ghuo, seaman, U. S, S. Now Orleans, born
In Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A., August !,
1875, drowned In Manila Bay, P. I., AugitRt
5, 1900, In attempting to Bavo tho Ilfo of n
shipmate. Erected by his shipmates."
Tho Washington correspondent of tho
New York Evening Post touches on tho
dnrker sldo of the Philippine picture, ns
follows: "Your correspondent has Just re
ceived a letter from nn old friend who Is
In tho public sorvlco In the Philippines and
has been thero slnco tho American occupa
tion. Ho writes thnt military conditions
are very dark and thnt tho army officers In
personnl conversation acknowledge this.
Agulnnldo's government, ho declares, is
holding nwny over two-thirds of tho coun
try, maintaining courts, collecting rovenuo
nnd managing telegraph linos. Tho Mo
hammedan regions nro pacified nnd under
American control. Manila and tho gar
risoned towns nro subdued and will remain
so as long as the bluo-coated soldier patrols
tho streets. But tho skirmishing parties
run In very closo to tho city In somo of
thotr raids. American methods of subjuga
tion, ho Insists, are not dissimilar to thoso
omployed by tho Spanish In Cuba and the
hnnglng nnd shooting of Filipinos nro
carried on with considerable freedom. It
seems to bo tho American policy to regard
all Filipinos In arms as bandits, but to ox
poet the Filipinos to regard their captives
as soldiers. In fact, tho Filipinos hnvo not
dared to pursuo tho samo methods with
their prisoners that our soldiers have
adopted, because they fear lest. If they
should violate the rules of civilized warfare
by putting captives to death, American
public sentiment would bo so nroused
ognlnst thom as to call for their extermina
tion. This word 'extermination,' by tho
way, Is, in the opinion of the writer of tho
letter, the only solution ot tho Phlllpplno
problem consistent with ndhercnee to the
present program. Tho natives never will
glvo up tho fight, so Intense Is their hatred
of tho Americans, whom they do not dis
tinguish from tho Spnnlards,"
OR 15 AT YKAIl FOR THAI) 13,
Ilreoril-llrrnhlnir Kxhlhlt of American
I'rosprrlty.
St. Louis Olobc-Democrnt.
Tho last year of tho century will broak
all records la tho extent of Amorlca'j trade
with the outsldo world. Tho present indi
cations nro that tho country's exports for
tho calendar year 1000 will bo In the
neighborhood of $1,470,000,000 nnd tho Im
ports $825,000,000, Theso flhiirrs nro based
on tho actual returns for tho year up lo tho
end of November and estimates of tho
trade movement of tho present month. This
points to a favorable balnnco of $645,000,000
In tho country's foreign trado in tho prceopt
calendar year, which is about $25,000,000
ahead of the big record made in tho cal
endar year ISOO.
In tho beginning of tho nation tho bal
nnco In tho foreign trado was nlways on
tho other aide. Imports for years ex
ceeded exports. The country exported Its
raw materials nnd imported tho samo ar
ticles tranbiuuted Into finished products.
No manufacturing ot any account was dono
In the Unltod States until tho war of 1812
cut tho country off from tho rest of tho
world and compelled it to mako most ot the
finished articles which It consumed. Thnt
war, In fact, In turning tho thoughts of
the country to the neccsnlty of manufactur
ing a largo share of tho things which It
used, conforrod a benefit on tho American
people immeasurably In excess of nil tho
losses of property which tho conflict brought.
Undor tho wise Bystem of protection to
domestic Industries first established by
tho whlgs and later on extended by the re
publicans, the United States Is onablcd at
tho present tlmo to make ovorytblng which
It n cod a except a comparatively small
quantity ot things of which tbo outside
world, for one reason or another, has bettor
facilities than this country possesses. Tho
growth of tho country In tho matter of sup
plying Its own needs nnd la providing for
tho needs of tho rest of the world hns been
wonderful lu tho punt quarter of a cen
tury. While the Imports hau largely do
cllnod icr capita, tho exports havo In
creased to a degree of which nobody
dreamed twenty or thirty yearn ago. Tho
oxports of tho United Stntes In lyOO wilt
bo double thoso for 1SSS, trlplo thoso for 1S72
nnd cuadruulo thoso for 1S69. Tho country
Is getting moro and moro self-supporting
ovcry rear. In tho extent of Its manufac
tures It has long been ahead of England,
which stands second union g tho countrle.4
of tho world, nnd which led until Amerlcn
went to tho front. Tho expansion of tho
United States In tho extent to which It sup
plies Us on n wnnts In merchandise nnd hn.i
mado conquests In tho markets of tho rc3t
of tho countries is n magnificent tribute to
tho wisdom of republican policy.
a iios.i.v.A von iiAMirrs.
JniMlpqnnte AclirnnUn I.ntvn nn n Pro
moter of Kliliiiiiilnu Iiiilimtr,
Dotrolt Freo Prcsi.
Nobrnska has been ta tho union for a
third nf n rmitiirv nml hml n Inrrltnrlnl
government for thirteen years prior to Its
ndmlsBlon. It was lu tho storm center when
mo .Missouri compromise was a paramount
Ihsuo nnd Joined tho sisterhood on tho samo
terms ns did Kansas. It went through tho
criminal experlenco of a frontier state, has
produced somo very distinguished states
men, and ono of Its sons wns twice honored
us a presidential candidate. Under such
conditions It would bo cxpoctod that Its
laws wero fully equal to the protection of
Its people nnd tho punishment of alt crim
inal offenders.
But how far this is from bolng truo ap
pears In tho Cudahy caso. Apologists for
Its legislators cannot even say that they
never thought of kidnaping In this en
lightened age, and particularly In tholr own
StntO. for thev did think nf II nii.l nmuil
a law which is ridiculously nbortlve. It
oniy provides punishment for kidnapers
who Intend to tako tholr victim out of tho
fitnte. There is not n statutory provision
under which tlm hnv niml
could bo punished for extorting money from
win inwier or lor conspiring thus to rob
him. Tho eolo pcnulty that enn bo visited
UPOn tho bnndlts. nri'nrdln? In nn),1LI,..,l
nuthorlty, Is for tho false imprisonment of
iuoir enpuvo, aim mat onenso is only a
misdemeanor under tho Inws of Ncbrnakn.
There Is certainly an Ideal field for carry
ing on tho kidnaping Industry. It would
not ho ut nil surprising to see tho skilled
Italian operators In this line Hocking to
tho Stnto of lirn.nl nl.itiMinu nml
ntmosphcro, ns a modern Eldorado, a land
whero tho extorting of runsmii la made
easy, nnd thero Is no punishment to lit tho
crime. Even Colonel Bryan himself might
bo kldnnned. chained until hla
him out of pawn, and If tho perpetrators ot
mo outrage wero caught thoy would bo
given only tho samo mitilahmnnt nu If ihntf
had been drunk nnd disorderly. Wo know
a governor who, if holding tho samo posi
tion In NcbrnBkn, would havo had a special
crtslon of tho legislature grinding before
mis time. .Menntimo other states will do
well to look tn tlinlr Inun. fnr thn h
nro that an epidemic of kldnnplng will havo
ns run in oinoront parts of tho country.
l'OMSIIEII TO A POIXT.
-"""'. . inn. niMUT wiui iei-
low's Jokes nre," said tho man ut tho nhow.
ir.-, nam uiu nmiiiim.T, imiuogci i en uy,
'but consider bow fresh ho la himself."
Chicago Trlbuno: First Club Member
But how uro wo colnir to irnt tlm nlmilumi
up thoso four Utghts of stairs?
.Second Club Member I think wo'ro to
meet this evening nnd talk It up.
Wsudiliicton Star: "I hb n. ert mlmlmr
ob do troof," said I'nclo Eben. "Hut some
times dar li ono ting better dan tollln" do
iroor, uir oat s Kceptti' yo- moutli shot."
Indianapolis Press; "Whnt deduction enn
you draw from tho fact that single men
nro moro dissipated than married men?"
asked tho Sweet Young Thing.
"It shows that tho greater part of
humnnlty Is governed by terror only," nn
nyerel tho Savugo Bachelor.
V ushlngton Star: "Thero nro too many
rich men In politics! exclaimed tho man
with emphatic Ideas.
"Well,'' answered Senator Sorghum,
"that Isn't thn fault of un regulnr
politicians. Wo havo done all we could to
make 'em spend their monoy."
Philadelphia Press: "Ah! my denr. I
can't last mueh longer," gasped tho dying
Mr. lCIoie. "Hut, oh! Ifa sweot to think
that oven nfter death I'll bo near you nnd
watch over you."
"If that Is no," replied tho prospectlvo
rich young widow, 'Tin ufrnld my ox
travuganco will pain you fearfully, then."
Detroit Freo Press: "Didn't I tell you to
let well enough alone?" said tho doctor to
tho convalescent who had dlsobuycd und
was HiifTerlng a relapse.
"Yes, doctor," whined tho patient, "but I
wasn't well enough."
Clovoland Plain Denier: "Say, colonel,
the papers nro moklng a great hullabaloo
over tho death of that boy who whh hazed
so roughly here a whlla ngo. What will wo
do nbout It?"
"Oh, call him a coward nnd consider tho
Incident closed."
WHIM? UK WAITI5I1.
Chicago Record,
Tho clook upon tho inantol Btnnds,
It ticks, and so I know It's going,
Hut, ns to speed, Its gilded hands
Don't mako a very rapid showing.
My lady's maid, nn ago ago,
Said she would bo down In a second.
I d give a trlflo Just to know
Exactly how her tlmo Is reckoned I
Tho thing Is pretty of its kind;
Two chubby loves support Its dial.
Ono love, a Btrong ono though, 1 find,
Supports mo la this present trlnl.
Terhaps by her fair hand 'tis wound
I wonder this, the while I linger
My lady can that too I've found
Wind mo around her little finger.
She knows It, too; I'll bet a'dlmo
Her purpose Is to koop mo guessing;
It seems I'm only marking time
Whetfus I thought I wa progressing,
Tlmo! That Is why this clock Is net
To mind us of tho moments Heeling;
Hut time completely I forget
From tho sweet moment of our meeting.
Tick, tick, tho tiny pendulum,
Click, click, her bootheels, oak nnd
leather,
Thump, thump, my heart! I knew sho'd
threo now keeping tlmo togother.
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