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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, FEBRUARY J, 1001. The omaha Daily Bee 12. ROSEWATER, Editor, rimusnHo every morning. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Ueo (wlthtfut Sunday), Ono Ycnr .J6.00 Dally Hro and Sunday, One Year .00 Illustrated live, ono Yenr S.fw Sunday Hoc, Ono Your 2.0 Saturday Hro, Ono Year 1.S0 Twcntloth Century Knrmor, Onn Year... l.nrt Weekly IJcc, Ono Yonr 25 offices. Omaha: Tho Boo lUlldltig. South Omaha: City Jfntl Building, Twen-ty-llfth nnd M Street. Council Bluffs; 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1010 Unity Building. New York; Templo Court. Washington: D01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications rrlntlng to nods and edi torial matter should ho addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. business letters. Business letter and remittances should ho addressed: Tho lleo Publishing Com pany, Omaha. HUM ITT A NCEH, Hemlt hy draft, express or postal order, payablo to The. Hoe Publishing Company, only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not necepled. THE DEE PUBLI8IHNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George II, Trschuck, secretary of Tho Hoc Publishing company, being duly sworn, ays that tho actual number of full nnd complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning, l-.vonlng and Sunday Hen printed during tho month of January, 1001, was ns follows: 1 Stft.ftOO 17 2 11(1, MM 18 iill.ittMl 3 ui,:t:to i9 1:11,1120 4 a,a tn 20 un.Tzu r, sm.-iio 2i iM.or.n c au.Hr.o 22 uti.-uo 7 20,-1 HI 23 'M,tVi 8 2l,:iNl 21 iill.lHO 9 2(1.21(1 25 211, 1 HI 10 2(1, 1 1( 20 211,120 11 2(1,21(1 27 2(I,HIR 12 2(1,12(1 23 2(1, ISO 3! 2(1,7(1(1 29 -12,770 14 2U,"iO 30 2H,HtO 15 2(1,-1.10 31 20,ir0 1(3 2(J,:i20 Total H 10, OH," Less unsold nnd returned copies.... 10,017 Net totnl sales HIKl.OOH Net dally average 20,770 GEO. II. T.SCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to heforo mo this 31st day of January. A. D. ll'Ol. M. IJ. IlL'NGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. Xehrnsua's senatorial deadlock will not resume operations for nuothor tiny. Tho Union Pacific will now be tho transcontinental route In fact ns well ns In name. Ilnssoll Koko sees danger to the coun try In every railroad syndicate In which' he Iiiih no share. Mrs, Nation has not yet made her debut on the lecture platform, but till Indications point that way. That ship subsidy bill might make more rapid progress If it would hitch on to ono of the modern ocean greyhounds. .Tohn Marshall Is another great Amor- lean who had to wait till after his death for a proper appreciation of noteworthy services. Marquis of (Jueensberry rules are Just the proper thing to govern the parlia mentary proceedings In the county board so long ns It has a fusion majority. Mr. firoundhog wants to bo given dis tinctly to understand that he cannot palm oft' any more gold bricks upon the peoplo of this section of the couutry. A deadlock may lie defined ns the sit uation resulting when there are live can didates for each of two senatorshlps, but none of them with enough support to make tho place by himself. City Treasurer Hennlngs Is not going to lot the city forget that he Is running his olllco on a business basis, even If ho has to get out distress warrants for tax collections every week In the year. Hy the absorption of the Southern Pacific by tho Vanderbllt syslem notice has been served on the Nicaragua canal that It will have at least one lnnd com petitor for through transcontinental traliic. Another lynching Is reported from Mississippi, where a negro has been taken from Jail by a mob and hanged. Tho south Is evidently fearful Its record for mob violence may be wrested from It by the north. In tho consolidation of tho Union Fa cltlc and Central l'aclllc roads tho cen tury Is starting out with some l)lg rail way deals. Tho twentieth century promises a transformation of tho trans portation system of tho country. Tho day for the Inauguration of Pros Idcut McKlnloy for his second term Is drawing near, but yet. no signs of trans forming the republic Into an empire. Some of thoso Hryanlto campaign speeches should be brought out of cover ngnln. Somo of' tho popocratlo papers are nndlug fault with President McKlnley's messago of sympathy on tho death of Queen Victoria. These narrow-vlsloned critics would not have a word of com mendation for lilin no inntttr what ho mluht do. It is reported that Millionaire Senator Chirk of Montana has put up a liberal lump of cash for a large bunch of sub ecriptlons to Hryan's pnper with n viuw to Insuring favorable consideration of his Just blossoming public career from tho oracle of his party. The Montana senator must bo quite a politician after nil. The Chicago Olvle Federation is nbout to make a general Inquiry from public men whether they favor on amendment to tho constitution of the United States providing for tho election of United Stntes senators by direct vote of the people. Circulars directed by tho fed oration to the peoplo of Nebraska would receive an almost unanimous atllruiatlvo answer. Tho knockout administered to the Tit lis nmendment by tho Iowa supremo court is operating like an elixir of life In tho resurrection of famishing political booms that had been laid on tho shelf under the Impression that uo election would be held In tho Hawkeyo state this year. Iowa's crop of candidates has never falledso far, and wo may be sure roi'VLAU BLKCT10X OF SKXATOliS. Tho principal lesson the nverngo cit izen drnws from the deadlock Into which tho senatorial contest In Nebraska has resolved Is that the demand for tho election of United States senators by direct popular vote must grow In strength until It Is answered. If our United States senators nrc to represent the people the more direct their responsibility the more likely are they to relied the popular sentiment upon great public questions, If United States senators were elected by direct popular vote deadlocks would bo Impossible and tho danger of tho state being loft without representation In tho senate entirely removed. The people would express their preference at the ballot box and tho preference thus ex pressed would determine the choice ns soon as tho vote was olllclally can vassed and the certificates of election ssued. No opportunity would exist for anyone to say that ho could not tell what his constituents wanted, because tho peoplo would record tholf wishes without tho Intervention of any legisla tive machinery likely to confuse their voice or nullify their will. Aside from all consideration of need less expense nnd Interruption of legisla tive work, the electlou of United States senators by direct vote will nlono do nway with the pernicious Influences called Into play to bring pressure upon legislators to disregard tho Interests of their constituents. Corpornto power may bo able to exert an Influence to a cer tain degree at the ballot box, but Its Influence Is a hundred-fold more potent In tho legislative halls. The demand for the election of United States senators by direct vote has hith erto been an Insurmountable stumbling block In the senate Itself, where all pro posed constitutional amendments look ing to that end have found their grave yard because of the opposition of mem bers afraid to entrust with tho people tho continuance of their public life. Hut ono effective way exists to over come this obstacle and that lies In the election of men to the United States senate llrmly committed to the principle of popular choice, who cnu be depended upon to exert themselves In favor of the submission of the necessary constitu tional amendment. If the Nebraska legislature heeds this growing sentiment It will see to It that the vacancies In Nebraska's representa tion nro tilled by men whose professional nreers form a guaranty that they will assist In the accomplishment of this much-needed reform. HUKH COXFIUBXCB. However groundless It may seem, the confidence manifested by the Hoers In the ultimate triumph of their cause must commend admiration. If Interest In them in the world nt largo has abated, as appears to bo the case, there has been no decline In their determination to go on with the war and what they have recently been doing Is well calculated to strengthen their confidence and stim ulate their tenacity. According to the statement of tho con sul general of the Orange Free Stntq at Now York, tho present Boor forces number over -'5,000 men and this ap pears probable from their recent opera tions, particularly lu Capo Colony. Thoso who do uot watch closely the course of events In South Africa will be sur prised at Consul tlenernl Pierce's state ment of what has been accomplished wlthlu the last week or two by the Boer forces. The raiding of Cope Colony has been remnrkably successful, greatly In creasing the dltllcultles of the situation for tho British. Capo Colony Is a large part of South Africa, having an men greater than either of the Boer repub lics, nnd there can be no doubt of the wisdom of Ucwet's strategy In Invading the colony. It has added to his forces and has made the task of the British commander much more ditllcult. Mr. Pierce's assertion that the Boers can continue the war Indetlnltely, re gardless of tho number of British troops sent against, them, mny appear too op tlmlstlc, but If they are as numerous and as well armed and supplied as he states, tho continuance of tho wnr for at least another year It has now been going on over fifteen months Is prob able. Such an outlook must be anything but pleasant to British taxpayers, prom Islng as It does a very large Increase of the heavy burden which the South Af rican war has already Imposed. 1WSIXKSS AXD POLITICS. In his nddress to Chicago business men before the close of the lato earn palgn Senator Ilauna declared that busi ness Is politics and politics Is business In other words, American business men are necessarily Interested in politics be cause tho policies of tho government exert a controlling influence upon the business of the couutry. It stands to renson that any radical change In our existing system of llnnnco or any material revision of our tariff and revenue laws affects every banker, merchant nnd manufacturer. Mani festly, therefore, tho business men are vitally concerned in the selection of tho men who shnpo tho policies of tho nn tlon, not only lu executive, but in the lawmnklng branch of tho government, If tho election of presidents Is of grout moment tb the business men, surely tho election of United States senators Is also of vast importance to them, ns well as to other classes of citizens. Vet we have in this community and In this state business men who assert that the electlou of two United States sena tors from Nebraska does not concern them nnd that they have no personal In terest nt stake. It Is usually this class of citizens that refuse to take part In primary elections nnd nomluntmg cou volitions, but always complain loudest nbout tho low standard of politics nnd the bad meu who get Into ofllce. Tho same class of business men mny also be depended on to deploro the lack ot energetic ami efficient attention to their luterests at Washington when any lin portnnt mensuro affecting commercial Interests Is before congress or tho de partments. When, for example, the question of increnslug or decreasing the number of United Stntes depositories is under consideration by tho treasury every national bauk oillcer keeps tho wires hot to get tho ear of tho United Stntes senntor. If any chnnge Is pro posed In the location of army headquar ters, the purchase of supplies, the es tablishment of new nnuy posts or dis continuance of old ones, tho business men respectively affected quickly dis cover that there Is somo connection be tween business nnd politics. The same s true as regards the rural mall de livery, pension nnd revenue ofllcers, hank examiners and other federal agents moro or less Intimately linked In with the business world. It Is just because the business men do not nssert themselves nt tho proper time and In tho right place that men have represented them lu tho United States sennte who, when once elected, have considered themselves only as agents of some great corporate Interest, Instead of devoting their talent nnd energy to the whole business community nnd tho state at large. vonro nico is wixa well. The reports representing conditions In Porto Itlco to l)o deplorable arc not sus tained by the statements of Governor Allen lu n letter to Secrctnry of tho Navy L6ng. On the contrary, tho gov ernor states that tho island Is doing ex ceedingly well. Tho nntl-Amerlcan sen timent hns disappeared, the people were never, more contented than now, there nro more employed than ever before and nt better wages, In sections of the Island there is n scarcity of labor and tho crops are abnormally largo oud of excellent quality. Furthermore, tho receipts from both customs nnd Internal revenue arc con stnntly Increasing, all bills are promptly paid and there is a surplus lu the treas ury. There is no destitution or starva tion lu tho Island. Governor Allen Is a thoroughly practical man, whose high character forbids any doubt respecting tho trustworthiness of his statements. These show Porto Itlco to bo in all re spects In better condition than over bo fore. It Is not to bo Inferred, however, that further Improvement may not be effected. Undoubtedly there is still much to bo done lu developing the re sources of tho Islnnd and In providing adequate means for Uie marketing of Its products. It needs railroads and various public Improvements, nil of which It will have In time. .Meanwhile It Is gratify ing to learn from the highest uuthorlty In the island that American administra tion there hns had good results and that the people nro satisfied with It. nVSSIA TIlltBATEXS 11BTAUAT1UX. X commercial breach between the United States and Uussla Is threatened. The cause Is the holding up at Phila delphia of a cargo of Russian beet sugar, which It Is claimed is subject to the countervailing duty provided lu the tar iff for Imported sugar on which a bounty Is paid. It Is reported that the Itusslau government notified Its consul at Phila delphia that If the extra duty Is Im posed on tho cargo of sugar prohibitive tariff measures would be Instituted by that government against Amerlcnn-made goods. There is some question whether the aid given by tho Bussiun government to beet sugar producers amounts techni cally to a bounty. Representatives of the Hussinu government assert that it does not pay bouutles on beet sugar. The government controls the sugar output of tho empire and thereby holds tho price up to Its standard rate. In order to do tills the revenue tax on sugar exported at times of overproduction Is reduced and this tho American hect-sugnr manu facturers assert is to idl practical pur poses a bounty. So Indeed It would seem to be, but as there Is no direct bounty tho secretary of tho treasury may con clude that tho Itusslau plan of reducing the internal revenue tax on exported sugar does not amount to a bounty, though obviously the effect is tho same. Should he decldo that It Is practically a bounty there seems to bo no doubt that ltussia will retaliate as threatened. Apprehension of tlds has caused some commotion nmong manufacturers who are finding a market in ltussia. A New York dispatch says that as the matter now stands it is a most Important nnd fnr-renching struggle between the sugar Interests of tho United Stntes and tho manufacturers and exporters of products for the Russian market. Tho decision of Secretary (Jage Is therefore awaited with uncommon Interest While complaining that he needs moro deputies than tho law allows for the handling of tho business of his ofllce, tho county attorney discovers that tho deputies regularly nllowcd him aro con stantly appearing as counsel in private cases. If these deputies have time to hire out to prlvnte litigants they might, by devoting their entire nttentlon to tho public business, bo nblo to dispose of It without the aid of unauthorized assist ants. The popocrats have great schemes of reform they propose to push beforo tho present legislature because they know they constitute only a minority of the body nnd enn accomplish nothing unless helped out by tho repnbllcuns, Why did they not present tlieso 1m portnnt measures when they had control of the legislature and entire state gov eminent nnd could Jinvo put them through without tho slightest difficulty? Tho renl estate transfer list Is dlsclos lug several largo conveyances of Omahn property, lu preparation for building operations at the opening of tho season, The building trades mny expect a lively session lu this city for the yenr 1001. A visit homo with friends, neighbors nnd constituents never does a legislator auy harm. Homo Influences can coun teract much of the corporate pressure brought to bear at the stato capital. Wiir iim on 13-e-0icner. Louisville Courier-Journal. A Spanish railway has ordered 520 cars frnm American manufacturers. Spain may have become wlso enough to order also her new navy from America. Spmilah Wnr Pnmlona. ' Springfield Republican. The number ot pensions so far granted on account ot the war with Spain and the greater troubles allowed to grow out of It Is 3,800 and the applications number over SS.000. This is nearly equal to tho number ot applications which bud bca made dur- Senatorial Cambridge Clarion: The senatorial situ ation Is growing moro disgusting every day. Those candidates who aro receiving a few votes, with no prospect of getting any more, should bo pulled off, ns they aro only retarding the progress of business and Interfering with tho election of sen ators. Osmond Republican: Senator Young ot this district Is out In a letter to ono of his constituency who calls him down on tho senatorial question. Tho senator strikes right from tho shoulder and gives as n resson for supporting Rosownler that he Is brnlny nnd frco from railroad domination. To our mind the senator Is doing his best to represent his largo constituency lu a satisfactory manner. Kearney Hub: Tho Lexington Pioneer de clares that thcro can bo no doubt that a large majority of tho republicans of Daw son county favor tho election of Edward Rosewater for tho United Stntes senate. Tho same Is true of Iluffato. Senator Owens of Dawson Is voting for Rosewater. Tho friends of Representative Harris of Iluffalo nro trusting that ho will soon find his bear ings nnd do tho same. North Nebraska Eagle: It Is a duty that every rcpubllcnn In Nebraska owes to tho good and welfare of tho stato to wrlto their momber of tho legislature to voto for Ed ward Rosewater far United States senator. Ho Is a man ot tho people, always far the masses und against the classes. Ho has been outspoken at all times on matters of Importance to tho party and state, and would bo of great benefit to this the great est agricultural stato In tho union. Broken How Rcpubllcnn: Tho Inst fow days tho candidacy ot Edward Roscwntcr has been more nvorablo with tho mem bers ot the legislature for the United Stntes senate. Tuesday his voto reached eighteen. Mr. Rosowatcr is ono of tho candidates whose strength docs not come from corpornto Inllucnce nnd should ho bo tho choice of tho legislature finally thcro is no question but the mnsscs would have In him a substantial and efficient advocate In tho United States senate. Albion Argus (pop.): No man has over dono moro for tho republican party than E. Rosewater and no man In tho party is now receiving moro abuse than he, from republicans nil over tho stato, unless It bo D. E. Thompson. 'TIs true Rosewater has not always supported every "thing" tho parly has had up for ofllce. Somo men havo been too corrupt oven for him to sup port. Porhups this Is why so many ot tho party organs nro now nftor his scalp. For this much good that is in him ho should bo praised rnther than condemned. When It comes to hard work nnd fidelity to the party Roscwnicr hns earned tho scnatorshlp. Ora'nd Island Independent: A largo rail road corporation Is entitled to do a good profltablo business. It hns great Interests nnd rights. These rights should bo respected nnd protectod. Hut these rights ceaso when tho officials ot railroad companies begin to infrlngo upon tho rights ot others. When a great railroad corporation takes tho po sition that no man not under its control, or no man not of its making, can represent the people of tho stato In tho United States senate, It usurps author Ity, tramples upon the rights of others nnd should be met vlth firm resistance. It Is to bo hoped that there aro a eufllclcnt numbor of republican members In the log. Islature with the required firmness to block tho brazen effort now being made. Norfolk News: A lotter from Senator W. W. Young of this district, published in Tuesday's Bee, gives very strong rea sons for hla support.' of E. Rosowatcr for United States senator. Among other things ho snys: "I never was moro conscientious In my life nnd I would be doing violence to my own conscience If I did different than to vote for Mr. Rosowatcr." Laying nsldo all other reasons this Is sufficient. A man who is elected to represent a certain peoplo and who will do his duty conscien tiously should receive tho commendation of all. There nro too many men, ns a usual thing, whoso 'power of distinction botween right nnd wrong Is very flabby and influenced by tho changing sentiments of nn unstable constituency. Such nro fre quently given credit for their lack of will power, while tho man whoso power Is In his strength of eharactor Is frequently condemned nnd maligned. Should Senator Young bow to the wishes of his constitu ents who favor his desertion of Rosowntor they would almost assuredly bo tho first to condemn him nnd pronounce him as un worthy tho position ho fills, and moreover Ing the first two years of tho civil war. And tho end Is not yot very far from It. Another Turn nil Wire. Cleveland Leader. Not satisfied with Its earnings of nearly (8,000,000 last year, tho wlro trust Una decided to ndvnnco tho price of Its products (2 a ton. When a trust wnnts moro profits ft knows how to got them. Tin- I'nn- Ton Ilnplil. New York World. It In n fnr nf fllnnirreenhln slcnlflranco lint nnn nllf nf m-prv flAO nnnnlfl living In his stato is nn Inmate of either a private or public hospital for tho insnnc. no seem 10 do living in a loo cercurai age. A I u Willi Axmirrd. New York Tribune. Must wo wait until the next generation for 1-cont postage, for lower telegraph and telephone charges, for lessoned express rates, for cheapened coal, ice nnd gas, for tho 'abolition of "tips" and for less expen sive cab service? All these blessings aro likely to come In time. But when? Mode of Klfi'lluur .Senulnrs. Uostoa Globe. Unquestionably the chief effoct of tho vexatlously prolonged contests in tho legis latures of Nebraska and Delaware over In dividual rivalries has been to Increaso popu lar dissatisfaction with the present condi tions governing tho choice of senators. Thoy will bo settled some tlmo, of courso, oven under tho workings of tho old plan, and, after nil, bo long as n clear majority of tho senato enn bo rnlljcd to tho support of that anachronism what nro the alleged sov ereign people "going to do" about It? Hello nt the (.'uliiiii Wnr. Philadelphia ledger. After a great deal of backing and filling. It now appears that our government Is not to purchase tho Spanish dry dock in Ha vana harbor after all. What will it do now? It the dock Is not to'bo used It constitutes an obstruction to tho harbor. Will our gov ernment notify Spain to reraovo It within a specified tlmo; will It let Spain and Cuba dispute for Its possession; will It claim the structuro as spoil of war though It Is rather lato to do that or what will It do? At present tho dock nppears to bo meta phorically, as Mahomet's coffin was said to bo literally, hung In air. i:perlciu-o ile Tlirory a l-'nll. Now York Tribune. It Is not difficult to remember whon po lltlcal economists of tho Manchester school wero wont to sniff scornfully at tho splen did balance ot trade which this country had In Its favor under a protcctlvo tariff, and to declare that it.really was of llttlo Im portance to a country whether tho balanco was for or against It. At tho present mo ment British Btatesmon and publicists aro seriously concerned over tho matter, and express tho fear that continued adverse balances may mean tho decllno of Vlrltlsh commercial supremacy. It really does mako a difference whose ox Is gored. Potpourri he would bo compelled to chnngo frequently nnd radically on questions ot Importance. Tho man to bo desired In public plnco Is tho man with tho conscience and one o firmly fixed thnt tho power of friendship, offer of place or money cannot influence. Officials may net conscientiously and yet differ In opinion, but, It they do, no per manent harm can befall their constituency. The representative may bo relied on In nil Instances nnd It need not be feared thai he will support n wrong man for n good position. The worst stories ngalnst Rose water have been proven false nnd It Is firmly believed hy a largo number of people that thcro Is not a better man for tho po sition of senator beforo tho legislature today. Fremont Tribune: Tho necessity ot speedy action by tho legislature In thb sonntorlnl matter Is not real, though urged in somo qunrters. It often requires much moro time to do tho right thing thnn to do tho wrong. Had It been possible for the wrong thing to ho dono by permission of tho members it would havo been dono rpeed lly. Delay now Is a reasonablo guarnnty of nn outcome satisfactory to tho great bod) ot republicans throughout tho stato. It Is not likely that tho legislature wilt loave anything undone In tho way of necessary legislation that should bo enacted. Then. Is ns much likelihood ot too much legis lation lb too little, under nny circumstances. Illalr Pilot: In n frank nnd welt writ ten letter Senator Young of Stanton gives some very good reasons why ho Is voting for E, Rosewater. Thero nro none who deny tho statements thnt Young makes. Rosowatcr's ability Is unquestioned and his far-sightedness Is very clearly brought out by Mr. Young In his letter. Hastings Tribune: The Tribune docs not npprovo of tho manner nnd unfair means which havo been pursued by somo of thoso who nro opposed to Mr. Rosowatcr's candi dacy for United States senator. It Is neither honornblo nor Just, nor is It clean politics. Mr. Rosowntor has Just ns good a right to aspire to hucomo n senator ns has any truo American citizen, nnd ho should bo treated with tho Bomo amount of courtesy and fair ness that Is shown other candidates, so long ns ho does not nbuso tho party or his op ponents. Wo ndmiro him for tho open man ner In which ho has conducted his cam paign, und whllo wo hnvo not been n Rose water supporter, yot wo nro deslrlous ot seeing fair play and will Insist on republi cans giving It to Mr. Rosownter, oven though ho ho elected. Tho opposition to Rosewater does not como from tho rank and fllo of tho republicans, hut from tho poli ticians, tho men who nsplro to rulo tho party Is Indebted for tho defeats and scourg ings It has received from tho peoplo in tho past. Rosowntor, whatever his faults, Is a good republican, has ability, nnd If service to tho cause of republicanism counts for anything, is entitled to havo his claims seriously considered. Auburn Ornngcr (pop.): Very naturally tho Granger's symputhy Is with E. Rose water In tho present senatorial contest, though wo never worshiped at tho party shrine. Mr. Rosowntor Is being cursod and denounced by a hordo of individuals who In borrowed terms proclaim him a traitor to his party, but who, if nsked In what tho said treachery consisted, would bo unablo to glvo time, placo or circumstance. They simply havo heard others declare that ho was a traitor to his party. Mr. Rosowatcr cannot recall what ho has said lu tho past, for It was said In black and white to many thousands of readers, nnd wo haven't tho, least Idea thnt ho would chango what ho has said If ho could. That would bo an act of cowardice Indoed If ho should recall what ho hns said simply to modify It bo as to sccuro votes. Mr. R. hns always been ag gressive and In earnest, nnd in somo cases ho has disregarded party lines nnd brought down on his head tho maledictions of the bosses nnd tho fellows who regard loyalty to party as abovo loyalty to tho Interests of tho stnto and nation. Tho sympathy of tho Granger Is naturally with Mr. Rosowater, for tho editor of tho Orangcr has been In tho snmo boat and has been kicked by party bosses ten times ns hard nnd ten times as often for doing his duty as a nowspnper man and ns an odlclal as ho has for all tho real blunders ho over raado nnd nil the crooked work ho over did. Look tho state over for the republican who bus novor bcon pro nounced untruo to his party, nnd when you hnvo found him ho will bo nothing but a mullcthcad without tho necessary nmount of brains or tho necessary nmount of com mon honesty to mako a good citizen, much less a United States senator. PHUSONAI, AND OTIIEIIWISI3. Two hundred Cubans havo petitioned Gen eral Wood for a revival of cock fighting. Thoy still prefer cock-a-doodlo to "Yankeo Doodle." Tho West Virginia senate has voted to ni.proprlato $5,000 for a statue of ox-Governor I'Icrpout, the first governor of the state, to bo placed In Statuary hall In tho national capltol, Glenn I'. McKlnley, the speaker of tho Idaho houso, Is the youngest momber of that body, being only 22 yenrs old. Ho Is attending the law department of the Unl vctsity of Idaho. Mr. Carnegie's gifts to date foot up over J13.600.000. Probably Mr. Armour gave away fully as much, or more, in proportion to his means, but his munificence, for somo reason, didn't get ns well advertised. Senator Lindsay delights In a newly dls- cotcrcd distinction. Ho laughingly erected somo of his friends the other day with the remark; "A New York paper Bays this morning that I'm tho loudest sneezer in tho senate." - Carl Kisselbacb, a veteran of tho Gcr- man nrmy now living In La Crosse, Wis., has just received from the kulser a solid gold medal In recognition ot his sorvlco during tho Franco-Prussian war. KUsol- bach served four years under old Emperor William. An appraiser selected to value the estato In New York of tho lato Vlco President Hobart has filed a report showing that the personal property of Mr. Hobart In that city at tho tlmo of his death was worth J397.9G3.S8. Tho entire estate Is worth abcut J2.000.000, Including nearly f 107,000 life Insurance. Tho third anniversary numbor of Col lier's Weekly 1b a notnhlo ono, both In literary features and Illustrations. The Weekly Is easily at the head of Illustrated publications and Us success ts a deserved tribute to tho wisdom of tho publishers in keeping It out of the rut and muck of po litical partisanship. Tho demolition of the Weed block In BilfTalo, N. Y., wherein Grovor Cleveland pored over law books nnd laid tho wires for political advancement, Is featured in tho local press. Norman Mack's paper. tho Times, gives tho event n double col umn head nnd submits a fow reminiscent reflections on tho days when Grovor was the warmest boy In tho bunch. Captain Joseph C. Bernler, the French Canadian, who hns announced his Intention of seeking thn North Pole, has recently been' In Europo making preliminary ar rangements. Ho has two plani. In view. Besides thinking of proceeding by the routo undertaken by tho Jeannotte. ho has also considered tho expediency of making Franz Josef Land his base of operations, As yet ho has not decided which of those progrnms to follow. Partial arrangements havo been completed for the construction of n ship which In strength nnd equipment Is expected to be superior to thn English nnd German vessels now building for An tarctic exploration. Il.VlLltOAU SAIMITY APPLIANCES. JfnrUrd IlnirntN of Ilie l.nw Slioirn hy Stilt ln( leu. Philadelphia Record. Tho operation of tho safoty appliance act, which affr long delay became effective on August 1 last, has been rovlowcd nt somo length In the Intcst report of tho Interstate Commerce Commission, with data up to De cember 1, 1900. Records of casualties cover ing n period of but four months hardly form a substantial basis for nny accurate esti mate of tho benefits of the law In preserv ing Ufa and limb, hut the commission pre sents for what they nro worth such figures as arc nvallablo In regard to tho working ot the now logs! togulntlons. The rush nnd high pressure of railroad business unquesttonr.bly Increased 'ho per sonal risk of employes during tho busy months of Inst year. Heavy demands upon railroad cqulpmct.t necessitated tho use of Inferior cars .mil tho employment of many additional men, n large proportion of whom we.ro Inexperienced and henco peculiarly llnblo to nccldcnt. A compilation by tho commission from tho newspaper reports of railway casualties to employes up to December 1 Inst shows that S84 casualties occurred, 255 of which wero fatal. Of tho totnl number It would appear that (518 were elthor purely accidental or re sulted from apparent cnrclessncfs, 229 wero caused by dofectlvo nppllnnces, and In 17 tho causes wero not indicated by tho statements made; 482 occurred in tho yards aud 311 upon the road. Ot theso 90 occurred lu switching and 231 In the operation ot coup ling. It seems qulto clear that thcro Is still room for Improvement In tho handling of trains always and necessarily n hazardous business. The commission's figures tor 1S99 (the latest year for which reports have been re ceived from all railroads) indicate that the now safety appliances havo effected a marked reduction In tho number of men killed and Injured whllo coupling or un coupling cars, which Is, after all, tho real test of efficiency. Thero wero nineteen fewer men killed than In 1 SOS, and a reduc tion of 223 In the number Injured. For tho year 1900 returns from about 70 por cent of tho railroads show an Increase of thirty-two killed and a decreaso ot 1,320 In Injured nearly 25 per cent. Unquestionably tho general employment of automatic couplers nnd airbrakes on trains will tend to render employes less careful when going about their dangerous work, and tor tholr duo protection a high standard ot equipment should bo steadily maintained. To this end the commission recommends tho establishment by congress ot a system of public Inspection and super vision of rolling stock, so that no wear or brcakngo may go unnoticed and unreme died. Tho analogy of such a scrvlco with the life saving corps, tho lighthouse estab lishment and tho steamboat Inspection sorvlco Is pointed out and somo significant comparisons arc presented. During tho last government year, for example, there wero Inspected 9,253 steamboats, whllo thn number ot nccldents was thlrty-thrco and tho total loss ot life 206. In 1899 thcro were 43,062 accidents on tho railroads ot the United States. Of that numbor 37,133 were to employes, Including 2,210 killed. Theso railroads carry moro than n half billion passengers nnd nearly a billion tons of freight annually. The proposed Inspec tion, in the view of tho commlsslou, would largely tend to minimize tho danger to railroad employes and travelers. When all the statistics of railway acci dents shall havo been socurcd for tho cur rent fiscal year a high degrco of effective ness of tho safety appliance law will prob ably bo reflected in the complete figures. Tho railroads aro doing a vastly Increased business without a corresponding Increaso In tho number of men employed, and tho hurry and scurry of land transportation has been a sourco ot public wondor for B( years past. As tho report of tho com mission says, tho chnnges In conditions Blnco 1893, when tho law was enacted, must bo takon Into account. Then tho avcrngo tralnload was 181 tons; now It Is 243V& tons. Small cars and lighter locomotives havo been displaced by a heavier equip ment; tho weight nnd speed of freight trains has been largely Increased, and steel cars capable of carrying fifty tons each havo bcon Introduced. In mixed trains ot heavy and light cars tho draft of rigging and couplers nro subjected to unusual strain, and accidents In conacquenco aro of fre quent occurence. Tho lncreasod risk to tho men coulij scarcely bo avoided under such conditions, and It Is fortunate, Indeed, that tho safety nppllanco law had practically becomo Imbedded in railway practlco be fore tho sudden and unexampled expansion ot domestic traffic began. COXOHLISS AM) TUB PHILIPPINES. Necesaltr for Action Upon n Measure Promoting I'nirf, rhllndclphla Press. Congress has a clear, plnln duty beforo it In tho Philippines which It ought to dls charga without delay by passing tho mens uro Introduced last winter by Senator Spooncr. The measure Is short. It follows prece dent. It gives tho president the power tho present situation demands. It provides that: "All military, civil nnd judicial powers necessary to govern said Islands shall, until otherwlso provided by congress, bo vested in such person and persons nnd shall bo exorcised In such manner' as the presldct of tho United Stntes shall direct for main taining and protecting tho inhabitants ot said Islands In tho frco enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion." A llko measure was passed when Louisi ana was annexed. Florida had similar leg islation. The supromo court never had oc casion to declare either of theso earlier acts unconstitutional. On tho contrary, whllo they never camo directly beforo that tri bunal, Its decisions on the provisional gov ernment of California and on the measures taken hy thn exrcutlvo and congress In the reconstructed stntes nil support tho vlow that a period exists between the closo of tho war power and tho full restoration of civil government In xvhlrh such legislation Is both necessary and constitutional. Last wlntor Senator Spooncr's bill may havo soemed premature. It Is nn longer. Scarcely a day In tho last month has been without Its record of tho surrender of armed forces, of entire communities taking tho oath of allegiance and of a cessation of the predatory hostilities ot tho last six months, Tho report of tho Philippine Civil commission will add to this tendoncy. Its proposal to deal In the spirit of broad mlndod liberality nnd Justice with tho great estates of tho religious orders by purchas ing them nt a fnlr prlco with monoy raised by selling Philippine bonds will still fur ther pacify tho Islands. Cnvtto has re mained In Insurrection not (or Independence but for exactly tho reason which kept Iro land In disorder until tho land question was sottlcd rack rents. I'pnco will como whon power is given to deal with theso and othor questions in the nrchlpelngo by a permanent civil authority. In this settlement not a dollar need bo spent by tho United States. Tho credit and rcsnutres of the Philippines nro ample. Tho bonds of a civil government secured by the public lands and public revenues of the Island can meet every need and furnish all the sum oeednd to provide. with Justice, for every equltablo claim of thn religious orders, Peace will follow the settlement of this question In all tho agricultural portions ot tho Philippines, and the remainder. In habited hy tribes still savagot offers no serious obstncles to orderly administration But thf first Indispensable step Is the pas sago of Senator Spooncr's bill. The repub lican majority In both chnmheri canot afford to neglect this duty The American public has borne tho long delay In thn Philippines with patience, because there was nothing definite to bo dono but to sup press resistance to law. The president's message points out a definite duty, whoso prompt discharge Mill give tho islands peaco nnd order. If this duty Is delayed or neglected public condemnation will follow. iiitnnzv i.ixns. Detroit Journal: The farmers of New Knghind havo become so prosperous In the st few years, it Is snld. that they ac tually buy their growing boys clothing thnt fits when It Is now. don't llko this sailor suit, but mamma ,!.irv-r, ,ni- l'Ur 11, l.'r, 1 1, . . . . , ,li-ii ui imiwirr, my son, is n orrss reform crank. There, don't cry, sho makes Puck: Juke- (tlmldly)-t wish 1 knoweil what yi ou wculd do if 1 should stenl a. kiss, MIsh Linda. Miss Linda (coyly)-'T wouldn't tako no grout whllo to tlnd out. Jake. Wiudilngton Star; "If ho lives ho wilt some day bo known from one end of tho country to tho other." "Why do yon say that"" "Ho can mnko moro kinds of a fool of himself, nlwuys with nn nlr of sttbllmo egotism, thnn uny other man I ever knew." RnM.Af t-lltn Tn,i.n.il, 1?tl.A11 I. .. you so llttlo attention ns you sny I don't seo why you want to marry him. uiiuiii. ui'iiiuau 1 tun I gel mm 10 pro Iosa to me. Cleveland Plain Denier: "A Pennsyl vania. Junk dealer sold his wife to tho ash man for 50 cents." 'Woll.say, If she's that sort of a wlfo I II bet tho nshninn will bo around In a few days nsking puy for carting her away." Plttsburrr Chronicle: "John," snld the I'rliiter's wife, "I wish you'd speak to Bridget. it'M awful tho way she's been breaking dishes lately." "See her, Bridget." snld John, a mo ment Inter. "'1 hero's been too ninny dishes pled hero lately. You'll havo to do better or 1 11 give your enso to somebody else." Chicago Times Herald: "Doctor," sho fiskod, "do you rcully bcllcvo there Is ft hell whcio people nre rousted forever?" ...7,f M.cro '"n't," tho good man replied, "tho fellow who soils a short ton of coal to a. poor widow is going to get oft n, good dcul easier than ho deserves." Washington Star: "A mnn ought to try to mako as ninny friends as posslblo In this life," remurked tho gentle philosopher. "Of course," answered the cold-blooded confldenco man. "If you don't gut friendly with peoplo how nre you going to gut nenr enough to get their money away from them?" Chicago Tribune: "You don't care to havo tho trousers modo In tho oxtreme of fashion, 1 suppose?" nnld tho tailor who wiih taking his measure. "Yes, nlr, I do!" Bharply responded Archi bald, "1 know I'm bow-legged hh woll ns you do, but I don't euro to bo reminded of It. i on go nhend nnd mako thoso trousers ns tight In tho legs as anybody else's, sir. I'll as3umo all tho responsibility!" (iliNESIS OK AX INDIAN ItlSlNti. J. J. Montaguo In tho Oregonlan. In tho land of Oklahoma, In tho country whero tho red man Klgiircs chlelly In tho census, And draws down a monthly pension From tho great nnd good white father Which cunbles him to follow Tho congenial occupation Called lu English wa-wa lonnng, Dwelt a solitary Indian, Dwelt and smoked and thought and pon dered O'er tho wrongs that his great people From tlm white man's hands had suffered, O'er tho terrible provision Which decrees thnt firewater Shall not form tho leading feature Of tho noblo red man's diet. Long ho mused, and as the evils Which had thus boon henped upon him, And his fathers and his brothers, Hiinklcd In his unwashed bosom, Ho becamb surcharged with nnger, Burning, righteous Indlgnntlon, And ho plnniicd nn awfui vengeance, Planned to go upon tho warpath ' And exterminate tho whlto man l-'rom tho country that his father Had possessed so many nges, Undisturbed In tholr possession-' t Of tho right to scalp and butcher Ono another when (hoy chose to. Ho ho cnlled his children to him, Saying: "Hear me, O my children. Komo day, when I'm feeling better, I shall don a savage mako-up, Take my tried and trusty rifle, That tho Indian Agent gavo me, And Bhall go upon the wnrpatli To remove tho whlto oppressor Krom tho very faco of nuture." Then his children, nil departed. And In talk with other children Of thnlr llttlo Indian village, Raid tholr great and warlike father Soon would go upon tho warpath; And theso children told their pnrehts And tholr parents told thnlr grocer, And tho crocer told tho butcher, Who In turn tho facts related To a stray war correspondent, Who, pursuing Toddy Roosevelt, Lost his way. nnd thus had wandered Into distant Oklnhnma. Not a moment did ho tarry. But forthwith hit up tho wires With nn Indian outbreak rumor, And tho story In tho morning, With n great scaro head, was "featured," With somo heightening additions That were written In tho ofllce. Soon tho news spread o'er tho country That tho warlllto Creeks were rising, And tho Wur department promptly Ordered o-.it three strong detachments Of the soldier.? quartered near there, Quickly arming reinforcements, Heady nt a moment's notlco To dopnrt for Oklahoma. When tho troops wero nil assembled, And Invaded Oklahoma, Not a solitary Indian With his wnr paint on was near there. Long thny walled, every minute Fearing that tho lurking snvago Would bo swooping down upon them, But when three long days wcrj over They began to search tho country Kor the many bands of warriors Which tho press dlspntches told them Wero In nrms In Oklahoma. After many days of searching Thoy discovered that tho grocer Had been talking to tho butchor, Who had told a correspondent Of the tcrrlblo uprising , That was soon to waato tho country. And thoy swlfty trncod tho rumor To tho solltory Indian, Whoso great thirst for firewater Had aroused him to the statement . That ho'd lead nn Insurrection. 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