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T11J3 OMAHA DAJJjV IUvE: IQaSDAY, MAKCII 1. 1903. Tiie omaha Daily Bee 15. HOSKWATKH, Kdltor. IM'IILIBHHD KVKUY MOItNMNO. TKItMB OK Ht'USClUI'TION. Dally life (without Sunday), One Year. .$0.00 Dally Hois imd Hundav, one Year 8.00 lllustratrd Hep, One Year 2.0i) Bunday Bee, Ono Year 2.' Hatunlny Hep. One Year 1.50 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year... l.Oo OI'HCHH. Omaha: Tim Bee Building. Houth Omaha City Hall Building, Twon t) -fifth mill M itrfi'tK Council Bluffs. 10 1'ciirl Htrrct. Chicago: iwo t'nlty Building. New York: Templo Court. Washington: But Fourteenth Street. COBHKSI'ONDENCK. Communications ri:Mlt. to news and pill torlal mattor should he addressed; Omaha Uci, Editorial Department. Bt'SINKHH LKTTKUH. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed: Tho lieu 1'ubllshlng Com liany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Hemlt by draft, express or postal order, Ii)ub1e to The Jlee Publishing Company. 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BuliKcrlhed In my presence, and sworn to before mo thlH 31st day of January, A. D. 1901. M. U. Ht'NUATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. When you Hoi' It Iti tho Oniiiha Kakcry But It down iih a fake. Nebraska's next stato prison building must bo of fireproof construction. Tim sifting committees will soon bo tho legislative autocrats nt Lincoln. For tho llrst time since (Smut, a prosl ili'nt of tlio United State's Is today rc InnuKuratciI for 11 second term. Kvery Brent exposition lias a labor problem to face. Omaha's Industrial exhibit, therefore, already has claims to greatness. Tho railroads would like to have a senatorial light nt every legislative ses sion If they could use It to stave off railroad legislation demauded by the people. Choice of city market stalls tills ycur commauds more than twice tho pre mium of last year. That looks as If the market gardeners saw'good business be fore them. Omaha people will bo glad to welcome the new rolling stock promised by tho street railway company, but tho caution is worth repeating against springing summer cars on a defenseless public ahead of tho summer season. Humcmbcr that Tho Beo Is noU a cheap paper for chcup people. It com mands reasonable prices for subscription and advertising space because It gives patrons their money's worth. South Dakota Is enjoying tho beau ties of 11 capital removal light. Ne braska has not gone through ono of these struggles for thirty years and will not bo likely to go Into competition with South Dakota, nt least for tho present. Tho governor general of Canada will bo ono of the spectators at the Inaugu ration of President McKlnloy and got 1 few tips for the benefit of his own peo ple should they dccjdo to remodel their povernmeut on tho plan of tho United States. The army bill, together with tho Phil ippine amendment, has been slgued by the president and thus made Into law. Hut tho empire predicted by our popo cratlu friends has not yet been pro claimed and the government at Wash Ingtou still lives. It must be admitted that Nebraska would shluu still more noticeably In the Inaugural pvocesslou If Governor Diet rich were supported as tho state's rep resentative by tho presence of two re publican United States senators bearing fresh commissions from tho legislature. AVo fear that the new religion promul gated In Husslii, whoso chief object Is to take Its members Into heaven by the mlclile route, will not become popular on this side of the Atlantic unless some ilud of Insurance policy Is attached to juaranteo arrival at the desired des tluatlou. An Iowa court has granted a restrain ing order on petition of Governor Shaw enjoining the coutlnucd slander and libel of the state's chief executive by a man with a grievance, llecnuso a man hap pens to bo In public life, gives no license for malicious persecution, and this Is where such a court order becomes JustMed. The legislature must not forget the legislative and congressional redlstrlct lug bills. The constitution Imposes tho duty of reapportionment on each legis lative body following a census enumera tion ami the party has pledged It In Its platform. Nebraska should not be com pelled to endure longer a legislative ap portionment made fourteen years ago, The supreme caurt clerkship Is re puted to bo the best paying position under the state of Nebraska, and should the supreme court commission be estab lished a a proposed Its emoluments would bu at least tripled. No wonder thn fustoulsts are lighting to prevent uny "limit being set to the rakeotf ac cessible to tho Incumbent of this olllcc. mt: PAssixa or juhs .v. riiuusTox- At noon today expires the term ot John M. Thurston as United States sen ator from Nebraska and tho sent he oc cupies in the tipper branch of congress becomes vacant. Without disparaging Senator Thurston's acknowledged abil ities. It can be truly said that seldom has it public man been Invested with the high honors confer ted upon him six short years ago with such great promlye before lilin, and seldom has a man with ihcse opportunities proved so lament able a disappointment to his friends and admirers. Six years ago .lobn M. Thurston was a power In Nebraska politics. Ills per sonal popularity was perhaps greater than that of any other man In the state, and Ills more Intimate, associates looked confidently forward to him making a most distinguished mark in the highest councils of the nation. Nebraska was then rankitl among the states securely llxed In tho republican column and no one would have ventured to set a one term lhfilt on the usefulness of Its new representative In the United States senate. Ills ardent followers pictured for lit 1 1 1 still higher honors and his name was freijuently mentioned In con nection with the vice presidency, and later even as a possible competitor for the succession to President McKluley. Senator Thurston makes his u.xlt from the senate without even asking his con stituents for a second term. We prefer to believe that Ifad ho had a second term steadfastly In contemplation, his course would have been shaped differently and his concern for the party's success more vigorously manifested. Instead of accepting the duties or leadership, Im posed upon him by Ills position as tho only republican senator from Nebraska alone to be consulted In the selection of federal olllelals, Senator Thurston seemed to shirk this responsibility and to regard tho patronage at his disposal as a perquisite to bo bestowed less In tho Interest of tho party than to favor personal friends. As a result, Nebraska republicans have been aflllcted utider Senator Thurston with some of the most odious appointments to federal otllco from every point of view that could possibly have been made, and the party compelled to struggle with this addi tional load against the odds that made tho state's redemption so heavy a task. What John M. Thurston has accom plished for Nebraska In the United States senate falls so far short of what jie could have accomplished that with his friends he cannot fall to look back with regret at the unaccepted oppor tunities that might have made him In vincible as a party leader and timed his retirement only when he would no longer consent to servo his state In that capacity. TUB IXAUaUHATlUX. The preparations for tho second Inau guration of President McKlnloy promise that in imposing pageantry and elab orate ceremonies tho event will surpass any preceding inauguration, notable as somo of them were in display and bril liant festivities. For more than n month tho inaugural committee labored In dustriously in perfecting tho arrange ments nnd all tho Washington corre spondents ngreo In stating that the spectacular features of tho celebration, as well ns the general arrangements for tho occasion, are on an exceptionally tluo scale. Tho capital of the nation will be decorated more lnvishly nnd artistically than over before, the Illum ination will surpass any previous, effort In that line and In all Its details the event will be quite unparalleled In this couutry. Thero are some who deprecate this as being out of harmony with American Institutions nnd urge that It would bo better to observe the simplicity with which somo of the early presidents were Inducted into ofllce. Hut there is really no good reason why this great nnd wealthy republic should not inau gurate its chief magistrate In a way cor responding with Its place among tho leading nations of tho world. There is not the slightest danger that tho regard of our people for republican Institutions will be In the least degree Impaired by what will take place In Washington City this week. On the contrary tho effect should rather bo to strengthen the pride of the people In their couutry and to stimulate their patriotism. The thou sands from every section of the land who visit the seat of national govern ment on this occasion will be moro strongly Impressed with the greatness of tho republic and thero can be no doubt will have their affection for It lntonsltled. They will return to their homes with their faith in republican in stitutions and In American patriotism fortltled and deepeued. In itself the Induction into otlice of tho president of the United States Is an ex ceedingly simple and entirely demo cratic proceeding. Mr. MoKlnley will take the oath of otllco, administered hy the chief justice of the supremo court, In the presence of the people. There will be no excluslveness about It, nor anything not absolutely consistent with a republican system of government. Having taken the oath he will address the people as to the principles and poli cies which he thinks should prevail, All that follows will be the voluntary act of the people In honor of the llrst eltb.cn of the republic, occupying for a brief llmo by the choice of a majority of his coun trymen the great olllce of chief magis trate. It must be borne in mind that the festivities' associated with the In auguration of a president of the United States are wholly an expression of the popular feeling. They have no olliclal character. President McKluley wjll enter upon his second term today with greater au thority and power than he iossossed four years ago. The record of his llrst term justltlcs conlldeuce that tho larger power which congress has conferred upon him will bo wisely and carefully exercised. The extreme to which the Imagination Is worked for uewspapers constantly In fused with fakes Is seen In the account of the penitentiary tire in a IJucolu paper, which dclares the night was so unusually dark that the tire department could scarcely tind the roads. In point of fact, the night was clear as crystal, with stars brlirhtly shining and brilliant moon almost to fullness. The yellow Journal fakirs, however, have no dlill cully In covering up the sun, moon. and stars at will, to suit the exigencies of the occasion. AU 'KAWr-ir.SB I'hAS WASTED. Hy the burning of the penitentiary the Nebraska legislature Is confronted with, the problem of providing new ipiarlers for tin safekeeping of the state's pris oners, The proposition will doubtless be made to rebuild the destroyed struc ture at the present location and to per petuate the present system of dealing with the convicts. The Hce believes the legislature should take up this question from the broadest standpoint and that careful considera tion of all conditions will demand the removal of the penitentiary to some ether point. The present location is not lilted for Its purpose, but, on the contrary, has cost, the state hundreds of thousands of dollars. Absolutely without proper water supply, It has been exposed to couilagratlon every day of the year. The character of the soli In the neigh borhood prevents the employment of convict labor outside of the workshops, where It competes with the work of skilled mechanics and artisans who must support themselves. To center the state's educational and peual Insti tutions In the same city is also bad policy, and Lincoln Itself would be a gainer by far by the removal of the prison, leaving It free to build up Its mnguttlccnt educational interests. In llxlug upon a new location for the penitentiary the legislature should ask whether U is not advisable to build two new Institutions Instead of one, one of them a reforma tory for the reformation of llrst of fenders, and another for tho punishment of the professional criminal. Modern penology draws a wide lino of distinc tion between those two classes and pre scribes entirely different methods of treatment In an agricultural state like Nebraska the reformatory should be located ou'n state farm, where tho Inmates could be taught some useful occupation nnd at tho same time raise provisions for themselves and the inmates of other state Institutions. Tho suggestion of Governor Dietrich for experimental sugar beet culture Should be part of the program. It Is well in line with this Idea, how ever, that professional criminals who have been sentenced to hard labor should have the' sentence made good by the state authorities. A stato prison located In close conjunction with ono ot the stone qunrrles found In several Nebraska counties would give an outlet for this feature of the prison work, nnd the stone quarried by convicts could bo used lu constructing and enlarging the buildings, as needed from time to time. Nebraska would only bo following the practice of other enlightened states In separating the hardened criminal from those who can still bo made useful citizens and thus meet more fully the duty It owes to prisoners and to Its own people. To adopt a plan at this time looking solely to the cheapest so lution of the penitentiary problem will bo found later to bo penny-wise and pound foolish. FitA-XClUSlCS IS I'lULiri'ISES. While It was desirable that some re strictions be placed upon the granting of franchises lu tho Phlljpplnes, it Is apprehended that the provision mndo by congress lu regard to this will bo un fortunate In a political way as well as Industrially nud commercially. This provision limlta tho operation of fran chises to one year after the establish ment of a permanent civil government juid It Is feared that this will en courage the Filipinos to an uujustlll able hope of ultimate Independence, while It Is likely to prevent the invest ment of capital to develop Philippine resources, thereby keeping the natives unemployed and retarding the work of paclllcatlou. This Is said to be the view of tlnauclal and business Interests at Manila. President McKluley Is understood to have been very much averse to this pro vision, both for political ami commer cial reasons, and had the army appro priation bill, to which It was an amend ment,' been passed sootier he probably would have vetoed It. The bill has been signed, however, and the possible con sequences of tho franchise provision cannot now be avoided. We do not think that the political effect upon the Filipinos will be at all serious, but there Is very good reason for the appre hension regarding the Industrial and commercial result. Capital will hesi tate to Invest In the Philippines under the restriction which this provision Im poses and there can be no question that this will be a great drawback to the work of paclllcatlou. It Is well to erect barriers against tho exploitation of the Islands, but a policy that shuts out capi tal and enterprise Is manifestly unwise. The Improved lluanclal condition of the farmers Is rellected In the Increased sales this spring of fnrm Implements. Indications are that farmers are pre paring not only to provide themselves with better Implements with which to work, but that an increased' acreage will be planted to crops. The soil Is In prime condition and every Indication points to a prosperous season. Kvery business man lu the country, both great and small, rejoices In the signs of In creasing prosperity of the farmer, for it means more business for all. New York is considering a proposition to remove the famous prison at Sing Slug from its present place on account of Its unsanitary site. When the Ne braska legislature n.xes on a location for rebuilding the state's burned peni tentiary It should Insist on a site that Is at least not uuhealthful and at tho same time affords a water supply ado junto to all purposes. School board members are unneces sarily alarmed when they picture stag uatlou for tho schools If tbo taxing power Is jigaln centered lu the city council. The council exercised this power during the entire history of our schools, with the exception of the last twu years, and the schools went steadily forward. They )ill continue 'to main tain their position, no matter who Im poses the taxes, because the people will Insist on It. They "All l.iiiik AIIUo. lloiloti Herald. In chopping off tllote brads In China It will bo lieccusary to Identify the hiaiN as they roll into the , banket. The C'hlntfc uro no thrifty that It In ray onniiKh to hire a HUbitltutu for a block for a few taels. l'ennllj fur K III 1111 pi n K. Iluffalo K.xprco. Life Imprisonment Is none too great rt punishment far ItldtupliiK ft (hllrt for ran isom, Inasmuch aa tbo presumption must ho thnt tho kidnaper Intehda to murder tho child It tho ransom li not paid. Tho sennle lifts done well in pasnlni? a bill whlrh fixes that penalty for kldnapInK In this state. Ul-UPI-Ml 'I'll II tt OllJ.ftl. Ban Franclnco Call. A fear has been expressed by the repro ccntatlvcs of tho power In China that General 'fumr, the Oriental butcher, wilt reftiso to obey an ordsr he has received to commit suicide. Theso representatives must havo reached tho conclusion tlmt (lonp.rnl Tun possesses, In conjunction with his offensive attributes, a large fund of commonscr.se. A I'rolilfin lu lllvlnlou. Philadelphia I.edgor. Socrntnry Hay's proposal that China shall pay a lump sun of J200.000.00O Indemnity to Hi" allien and lot them divide It umon them seems proper enough, so far as China Is concerned; but what a complicated situa tion will ,arlse when the powers concerned roruo to divide up the rconoy. They will tie fortunate It they succeed In doing so with out a war ameng themselves. IndliiiiiiM InnlniintliiK Ornft. Chicago Newst Indiana wants tho government to pay $130,000 ilamaiie for John Morgan's raid Into that state during the civil war. If the bill Is allowed Ohio and othor states will also fllo claims of a similar character. And how about Pennsylvania and Loo's great In vasion? On tho whole, Indiana would do well to charge up tho $130,000 to Its patri otism uccount and congratulate Itself on having got oft so cheaply, Culin'n l)i llnlt AHItmlr. Philadelphia North American. Cuba's nnswer to tho demand of the United States for coaling stations In her principal ports Is that she v.ill not mako a compact with any foreign power which would Impair her Independence or permit any power to obtain for military, naval or any other purpose lodgment or right over any portion of her territory. That Is plain enough to bo understood oven by a senats subcommittee on ropudlate! obligations. AVhnt aro wo going to do about It? Slnnii, Tax ltrllef. Kansas City Journal. So fr as the general public Is concerned tho war tax will no longer bo burdensome. It has never been orieroufl to tho extent of Imposing any serious hardship. Tho aver ugo citizen probably will not experience any particular sense of relief from the opera tions of this bill. However, ths govern raont was collecting moro rcvenuo than It needed and a lopping off was In order. In making tho dscreasb congress has very prgperly lifted the tax from the useful privileges and articles which previously were not taxed nmf left It mainly upon tho things which are Vpgarded as luxuries. IVnter In li- Htvrl Combine. Philadelphia .Ilecord. Thero Is estimated to bo not less than $400,000,000 of water la the proposed $1,100, 000,000 capitalization of tho great steel combination. This Is the feature of the stupendous lluanclal trat sactlon which In looked upon with tho gravest concern. There Is no doubt that tho economies In cost of transportation, raw material, pro duction and management will result la n vast saving; but paying dividends on water must sensibly diminish the advantage which consumers havo a right to expect, nnd at tho same llmo Increase tho chances of suc cessful counter-combination. I.SOLi:.CU OK A TIUIST. lop Combine Kii (n llullilor.,- the. Stnlc .if .Mil I lie. Baltimore American. That most iniquitous, shameless and brutal of all trusts tho American Ico com pany baB recently tried its methods of bull dozing upon tho stato of Maine., nnd In its rolo of bully presents Just as repulslvo a plcturo ns it does when it assumes tho role of robber and oppressor of tho poor. It first mado an effort to secure from Maine a cor poration charter for Its company, with Its millions upon millions of watered stock. Such a charter could not be granted under the laws of Maine and so tho demr.nd of the trust was refused. Then tho trust deter mined that In somo way Maine must bo pun ched, and decided that the best way to do this was to let tho Kennebec lco crop alone, and thus withdraw from the Btato ono of Its most Important Industries. An officer of tho trust has the boldness to mako this explanation of the affair: "Tho falluro of tho Maine people to en courngo this Important Industry has driven thousands of dollars out of tho stale that otherwise would r.omo from other states to our workmen. It is estimated that over $500,000 was paid our workmen for labor and our farmers and traders for supplies furnished vessels carrying lco In tho post year, besides nearly $100,000 to our boats for towing tho Ice vessels. Tho coal dealers say that they havo been ablo to get a low into of freight on coal because the vessels could get Ico bock to a coal port: but If there Is no return freight, they will bo obliged to pay moro freight on coal, which will force them to raise tho price of that ar ticle." Hero Is an open attempt on tho part of a (rust to brlug n sovcrolgn state to terms and to compel It to do something which Its laws do not permit, arid which the laws of no stnto In tho union should permit. It Is tho act of a pirate nnd Illustrate to what lengths this shameless corporation dares to go when It finds legal obstacles placed In Its' path. The working pcoplo of the Kennobeo tho men who depended for their livelihood upon the Ico harvest are to bo mado to suffer because- Maine re fuses to comply with the trust's demands. A more outrageous and reprehensible abusn of power cannot bo found. When tho warm weather comes the public may expect to hpor that, owing to the failure of the Kennebec Ico crop, the prlco of that necessary nrtlclo will be higher than usual. Tho truat Is bold, but It Is doubtful whether It will again daro tn defy public opinion, as It did pi New York a year ago. Its prosecution by the state's o flic era taught It a salu tary lesion, though, unfortunately, that prosecution was not carried out to as suc cessful a termination as the public hoped. Men who nrn engaged In such a nefarious business as this trust was then carrying on In Now York deserve condign punish ment. A halt Has called for a time, prices wore reduced, and tho exposure, which In volved even tho mayor of Now York, made many of the holders of the watered stock anxious to unload at any price, The Maine Incident proves, however, that the trust needs another, lesson, nnd It Is the hope of the public, that tho Pine Treo'stale will find H In ltBpowpr to teach the trust that lesson In a way that It can never fortet. MTATH Pltli! O.N HTTK POLITIC. Wehoo New Kra (pop.) One of the strong est arguments against an action being taken in tho near future on the question of fu sion Is the fact that the majority of voters in the fusion ranks have not as yet mmle up tiieir minds how they stand upon the ques tion. Heaver City Tribune (rep.): Nebraska should have a board of control for the management of all state Institutions. lowu has such a board and Its success Is so evident that the people of that state would not return to the old plan under any cir cumstances. Howells Journal (dem.): It Is highly Im portant that tho present legislature should provide somo nislstauco for the supreme bench. Thnt court Is said to bo fully flvo yep.rs behind with Its work. Suluclcnt as sistance should be provided to clean up tho docket In the least possible time, and to keep up with the work In the future. Fremont Herald (dem.): They have started Hie story tit Washlugton that Sen ator Allen expects to secure n placo under Senator Thurston's bill providing for n new circuit or n court of appeals, to be com poted of four Judges, and that this nccounts for his change of front on the Orutit bill re lating to the manufacture of oleomargarine and for hli having evaded voting on the Cu ban amendment They needn't worry nboul Senator Allen, he will light on his feci In a good responsible position of serving the people beforo many moons nfter h's term fn'ds, because he Is wllljng to serve when called to thu front. Way no Republican: Following the prece dent set by Speaker Scars bills havo been Introduced by othor members for tho re imbursement of different towns throughout the state, for nionoy expended lu tho proper care of contagious diseases. Tho prin ciple of nil these bills Is absolutely wrong and Is a tendency toward placing the bur dens of municipalities on tho state. If tho stnte becomes tho paymaster for money expended for this or llko purposes tho doors arc thrown wide open for raids on tho treasury for purposes not properly chargcablo to tho stoto nnd wo hopo In tho interest of good government tho legis lature will refuse to puss any of Hicbo or hills of Ilka purpose. St. Paul Republican: Among tho multi tude of curntlvo bills now before the legis lature is ono drafted by a special com mittee nppolntcd by tho speaker of tho bouse, which proposes to rectify somo of the evils existing In tho present form of election ballot. Changes of this sort aro getting to bo pretty much of a chestnut, but tho proposed Bill Includes some really meritorious features, while the form'of hal lot provided for la not so radically dif ferent from that of tho present as to mako It objectionable. In fact, nbout tho only Important change Is nn arrange ment whereby a straight ticket can bo voted by making a cross In a largo circle at tho top of the ballot. Tho frequent al terations since tho Australian system was adopted In this stato havo had tho effect of almost hopelessly confusing tho voter of ordinary Intelligence nnd tlio present ballot Is llttlo hotter; If any, than tho first one. If tho legislature -will only mako up Its mind what It wants and then leavo tho form unchanged for a few years until tho voters becomo familiar with It most of tho objections on account of Its In tricacies will gradually bo silenced. St. Paul Phonograph (pop.): Wo seo In tho World-Herald that Mr. Whitmore, the republican representative from Hamilton county, has repeated his charge that ex Treasurer Meserve baB pocketed tbo In terest on the uninvested permanent school money. This is not surprising, In view of the fact that his former challengo remained unheeded. Hut It la Indeed nntnnnillm- thnf Ilepresentatlve Taylor of Custer, a populist member, did In tho same debate stand up and dcclaro tho belief that tho charge Is true, and that Meserve "had a right to do so." When a populist has fallen so low argument Is simply waste. But to all pop ulists who yet havo n decent regard for the basic principles of populism wo havo this word: Tho fair narao of tho party and Its traditions demand thai this matter oo investigated and tho blame, If frio charge is true, bo properly located. If tho charge Is untrue, it Is duo Mr. Mcservo and tho party responsible for htm that It be clearly refuted, so as to leave no cloud. If true, It Is right and prpper that the party should openly confess its fault. If the charge Is nllowed to stand In Its present condition, with virtually an official sanction on tho floor of tho houso, tho party will havo this v'emcsls to face In future campaigns, and particularly severe would the penalty be come If a moral revival should happen to strike tho pcoplo of Nebraska. It. Is tho plain duty of tho populist members of tho legislature to Introduce at once a resolu tion providing for a thorough lnvsstlgatlon of the charge hy n competent commission, a majority of whoso members aro selected from tho opposite political party. I'i:itSOAL XOTKS. Again we aro reminded of Benjamin F. Butler's rage ndvlce, "Better go a thou sand miles to see a man than wrlto him a letter." Though best known ns a novelist, tho lato Mourlre Thompson had been success ful as a civil engineer, "lawyer, poet and editor. That champion of her sex, Ida Hasted Harper, says tho women of Kansas bavo demolished ono ancient slander that wo- 'mau can't hit tho objects she alms at. Curiously enough thero dlod nt Bollulrc, W. Va on tho lato Washington's blrthdav anniversary a Mrs. Marthu Washington, who was tho widow of a George Washing ton. The whirligig of politics has fresh Illus tration In theclcctlou of ex-8onator John H. Mitchell ns senator from Oregon against the same man over whom ho won his first honors In 1S73. In discussing tho coming coronation of Kdward VII, Laboucherp'B Truth says tho now king ot Great Britain Is the most ex perienced man ot tho world that over as cended a throne. Accordlug to President O. Stanley Hall of Clark university, tho mala thing iu bring ing up a boy la "to have a care, not so much for the activity of tho child or his school training, but for thn food ho cats." If Senator Cockrell of Missouri lives to cnmpleto his fifth term In the sennto bo will havo equaled Benton In length of serv ice. Ills present term ends in 190!i, mak ing a continuous senatorial service of thirty years. l'rof. Itolieiian, thu Berlin electrical ex pert, who Is studying iho applicability of electric troutlon to tho Translberlan rail road, states that within ten years ono will bo nbln to travel 'round tho world In twenty-two days, Mrs. Nation Is not thu first of tho hatchet tribe. Not by a Jugful. In Bockport, Ma'm.. In 1R50, a band of ;!00 women, armed with hatchets, demolished thirteen saloons. But tho crusade was short-lived, owing to tho fact that the husbands or parents of tho crusaders wero obliged to foot liberal bills for damages. Tho bills touched a tender spot. If ,thero Is something moro substantial than sentiment In tho saying, "All the world loves a lover," Omaha should weuvo a rhaplcl of bays for tho gallant husband who followed his wlfo to the loathsome pesthouse and faithfully ministered to her wants through a siege of contagious dis ease, He was not Immune to the pesti lence, but the gods smiled approvingly and made him bo. His conduct shows tho ago of chlvUry la not a hacknumber and gives practical force to the lines The hi a vent are the tundnrest, The loving ate tho daring. S AMI'.SOVS (OI.OS.VIi iuti:K. New York World Admlrnl Sampson Is a conspicuous example of the disadvantage of n lark of social advantages la curly life Washington Star: Admltnl Sampson will hardly go down so far ns to Insist that In order to he eligible to promotion n gunner ought to know how to dance nnd play the ptano. Minneapolis Journal. Admiral Sampson says he did not give lo Iho press the (lim ner Morgan letter. It Is safe to bet your llf on that. It Is the kind of thing thnt will not bear publicity. Cleveland Plain Dealer: It appears that Admiral Sampson's unfortunate olliclal iota munlcatlon leaked out of the uavy depart ment In some unknown manner. Thnt was bad, of course, but It was still worse to furnish any such leaky material. Bo ton (Bote: Admiral Sampson's humblo origin Is lu no fensr to his discredit. On the contrary, he deserves all tho more credit for having risen above hit: youth ful disadvantages. It U not creditable to him, however. In the eyes of most pcoplo, that ho should be unwilling to give to others every opportunity to tlse ns ho has done. Chicago News: And now Bear Admlrnl Crownlnshleld suspects (lunner Morgan of Inning glvui the Sampfon letter to tho newspapers and threatens him with court n'.artlal. lot (limner Morgan stand tn his 'guns. He has nlready knocked out llamp run, and If Admlrnl Crownlnshleld tries the court-martial ho slso may wish he had left Morgan alone. Boston Transcript. As for "social post tlon being a condition prerequisite to commission, that Is n doctrine against which our history nnd our nature cry out What was the social position of lieneral Sheridan's parents, and who cared at Win chester? What muttered It that FarraguCs father wns a Spanish Immigrant nt Mobile bay? Fnrragut, tho horn sea knight, was there. "Tho tools to thoso who can use them," snld Napoleon, who still has tho last word on this Interesting subject. New York Press: Admiral Sampson's bitterest enemy nnd of enemies ho has mnny could not havo conceived a weapon which would havo damaged him so severely In tho estimation ot a people whoso govern ment, laws and customs aro founded on tho reverse of that expressed opinion as those words from his own lips. Nor In any other way could Admiral Sampson havo Injured tho service In which bis career has formed so honorable a part, for ho has played Into the hands of tho most relentless foes ot nn adequate American navy tho foes whose rallying cry has been that to build up the navy was only a gulso to foster n privileged aristocracy. In n country whoso constitution opens tho highest olliclal door to all her "equal" sons. Springfield (Mass.) llepubllcan; "A co lossal break" is the kindest comment that can bo passed upoi Hear Admiral Sampson's nil too famous letter. His past career only makes tho pity of it tho greater. Tho ex cellence of his record ns nn officer will not Berve to gain him mercy from the pubf Be In this undemocratic attitude that Is evident already. Ills snobbish stand be conies moro Inexplicable and more unpleas ant to contcmplato In the light of his own origin. Born of poor parents bis father was a day laborer, and ho himself was forced to aid, tramping frequently from ono farm houso to another In Wayne county, New York, in splitting and piling wood anil In similar homely tasks It Is those of tho very environment from which ho Is sprung that he would now deny the chance of ad vancement, not on tho ground of Insufficient training, but merely bcc.'.uic of lack of bu clal polish. WHY .OT STOP THIS K.VPHXSKt 'iililli'Hlloii (if Wiir Arelilvrn Carried o l!elr 1,1 tn 1 1 m. Hprlugllcld (Mass.) Republican. Tho vast historical series of "Becords of tho Union and Confederate Armies, War of tho Bcbolllon," has only to recelvo lis gen eral Index to bo, completed. And General Alnsworth, chief of the record nnd pension office, urgently recommends that thero shall be n final edition, largo enough to cover all probablo demands for the future, so that the 1D0 tons of stereotype plntes may be broken up and returned to use, tho other tons of lithographic stones for maps, and plans be cleaned and utilized, and the con tinuing burden of tho publication by small editions at tho Instance of every successive congrqss shall be finally relieved. It Is a reasonable request, and if all the repre sentatives and senators ot this present con gress arc provided for In this final Issue, so that they can gratify their constituencies Including such public libraries nnd news paper offices as havo need of them (or think they have) ono would say that It might readily be acceded to. It Is a fact that these 127 volumes, costing two and thrco-quartor million dollars, constitute an examplo of Immense oxtravaganco not In tho remits obtained for the money, for It is probablo that it could not havo been dono much moro cheaply but In tho need of doing tho thing at all. The exhaustive publication of archives Is never necessary, and If It bo of n certain convenience to historical students nnd pub licists, theso would bo served by a less repe titious publication, a large part of theso volumes being taken up with dispatches, letters, accounts of various sorts, going over Iho samo ground on mnttprs which grow lesM and less Importnnt as tho years go on. To the soldiers of thn civil war there would seem to be a great Interest lr tho multitudinous details of cnmpalgns, of marches, of battles nnd of skirmishes. But as a matter of fact, few of theso soldiers havo shown Interest In this tremendous series of volumes. In Kuropc nn well ns In this country, military men nnd students of military operations admlro tho store of special Information; yet It Is to bo doubted that tho wars of Napoleon, for Instance, loso anything of moment In tho matter of accuracy, ns food for historians, becauso there Is no such publication In relation to them. Theso 127 or 128 volumes tnko up u vast deal of room on thn shelves, and In newspaper offices they arc prnctlcally never used, whllo few public libraries can fall to find them embarrassing lumber. In somo such libraries they must remain, for refer ence; but from others they will be In the futuro dismissed tn attics nnd finally gotten rid of, becauso enough concerning tho war Is attainable In lesser space. If the nnmo sort of thing shall bo done for the llttlo war with Spain, and thn war In tho Philippines, tho results will evidently bo moro voluminous In proportion, for we are more wordy In this generation than woro our fathers, and an Indication of what may coinn Is afforded In tho statement that this year's ropnrt of tho sccrotary of war, now In the printer's hands, will consist of thirteen hugo volumes. Imaglno that pad ded out us the "Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" Is, and think what ad ditional objurgation would bn duo to tho advocates of such a scheme! Ab for further ddltlnns of thn "Becords." thero certainly hhould bn none. Ocncral Alnsworth's ml vlco ought tn bo heeded. ( ittsiiiMi tiii; Kinvu'Kus. A IIIkIhiiI View of OiiiiiIiii'm I'rli-lirii led Cime, Cleveland Leader. Society Is clearly winning Its fight against tho villains who hnvo Hied lo extort money from agonized parents by seizing tholr children and holding them for ransom, Tho success of tho Cudahy kidnapers In got. ting $25,000 from the rich Omaha packer has not led to further erluiea of llko na ture. Neither havo tho threats mado against tho Cudahy family ns a means ot stopping the sparch for tho scoundrels who committed tho outrage been carried Into effect. On the other hand there Is good reason to believe that the work of the detectives has been Mgorous nnd persistent nnd thn fear of betrayal for the sake bf tho great renards offi red fur the nrrest of the Kid napers has tin'ii so constant nnd demoral izing, that the desperadoes havo been cowed and worried almost beyond endurance. They are In fear of attnek nt nil tlmes,vatiit they must bo In a miserable stnte of anxiety. Ii Is difficult to perceive how the)' could possibly get any satisfaction from thu money extorted, nnd the police In Omaha believe that an offer to return $20,000 If the detpciUis are called tiff Is genuine. It Is probably only n question of tlmo when the chance to make a snug fortune by de livering the kidnapers to the authorities will be too strong n temptation to someone having know lodge of their movements. They will bo brought to Justice sooner or later. Meanwhile several of the -states are tak ing measures lo mako tho crlmu of kidnap ing more dangerpus ami punish It morn sullnbly. It Is likely to sharo with pre meditated murder the distinction of en tailing the death penalty. In aomo parts of the country, nnd In others the crlmo will bo very severely dealt with In nil cases of conviction, Tho general feeling toward kidnapers Is one ot extreme detestation, nnd they cannot look un where for mercy. It Is well that such condltl6ns exist, partly as th remit, of nne bold nnd suc cessful Job of child-stealing- Wickedness has contrived few forms of villainy r.o ntro clous mid so deserving of sevcro punish men I. TKUIllIll.i: XV A 11 ON IIOIISKS. Wlmlrvnlr Dpnlrticllun nt the AnlmnN In tlir liner XVnr. Cleveland leader. One of tho Middcst features of tho tcrrlblo war In South Africa, to those humano per sons who cannot seo without pain tho suf ferings of lower animals, Is the great de struction of horses which has ull along marked tho struggle between tho British nnd Boeri. Tho war has been so largely fought by mounted men nnd h.s been waged under bucIi climatic and other physical conditions that tho Iosb of horses haB bcon especially great. Tho British government has purchased for army use In Africa moro than 1S5.000 horses. They have been bought in many parts of tho world. Over 21,000 havo been obtained In tho United States. Man)' thou sands were procured In South America. Australia furnished others and more thin hnlt havo been purchased lu tho British Isles. Tho mortality among theso horses ha been enormous, Grent numbers havo died on tho ships carrying them to Africa, be cause of tho long lack of exercise, tho plunging and rolling of vessels In storms nnd tho oxtremo changes In climate. Those, that havo landed In good condition hivo been worked to the utmost limit of en durance, becniibo the British army bus been almost always without horses enough for Its needs. Thero has been a continual cry for moro mounted troops. Tho excessive work demanded of tho horses, together with change of cllmato and food, and tho usual havoc wrought In war, has caused wholesale destruction. Tens of thousands of fine nnlmals havo perished miserably under tho most rruol circum stances. They havo died of hunger and exhaustion, of slow sickness nnd wounds re ceived when no mun wero available to put them out ot their miser)- Hard as tho war has been on tho soldiers engaged, It hns been far worso for tho horses, which could not mitigate tholr sufferings in any way, but wero ilopondont wholly upon tho earn of harassed and overworked soldiers, under difficult conditions. When peaco comes In South Africa lovers ot horses, ns well as friends ot humanity, can well bo thankful. Mi:S TO A I.AWill. i. levoiiiiiu j-iuiii jjuaiur; iiini 1111 can combination Is expected to open up business nil- rtrun, "i wonuer wnat ictnu ot opener tney use" Detroit Journal: "All tho while tho cashier was burning- tho caudlo nt both ends!" "And Keeping It dark: W ell, I declaro! ' Chicago Tribune: "Hut. cnlonol. are von not afraid to murrv her? Itemeinbpr. shn has hud three husuundu, niul they nil com mitted suicide." "Begad, sir. that's what ntlrncted mo! 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