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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, FEBRUARY J, 1001.
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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,
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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.
In his lodgo they sought to find him,
But he wasn't therein looting,
And they llnnlly discovered
That ho'd speedily depnrted
For tho very tallest tlmbor
On the coming of the soldiers.
Thus tho wnr In Oklahoma
Was begun and fought nnd ended.
It Hangw On
We arc talking about your
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passes oiTbefore another comes.
But it's the same old cough all
the time. And it's the same
old story, too. There is first
the cold, then the cough, then
pneumonia or consumption,
with the long sickness and life
trembling in the balance.
Ayer's
Cherry
Pectoral
loosens the grasp of your cough.
The congestion of the throat
and lungs is removed ; all in
flammation is subdued; the
parts arc put perfectly at rest,
and the cough drops away.
Threesliest :5c, 50c, i.oo, All drug.
Kists. J, C. Avr.K Co., Lowell, M.
all lost time will be muUo up,
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