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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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Publishing company, being duly sworn,
sayH that tho actual number of full nnu
completu copies of The Dully, Morning,
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Not total sales 710,030
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beforo mo this 4th duy of March, A. D., 1001.
(Seal.) M. 1J. 11UNGATK,
Notary l'ublic.
Orovur CUsvolimtl now HtimilH nlono iih
tins only living cx-proMldont of the
rnltiMl Stntt'H.
The bunt jmrt of those Fivnt-h duels
Ih tlio fuet that (hey are more hiirink'HH
than tlio American fool hall jau'iie.
The HUjnenie court cnuunlsxlnn hill Ib
tip to the governor. Now watch the
henunble ainoiif; thu lawyerw for .fl.V'00-a-yoar
Jobs,
The annual battle between the wets
and tho drys throughout Nebraska
towns Is npiln heavlnj; In sight as tho
(spring elections approach.
American troops lu China propose to
play an April fool Joke on the Chinese
by pulling out on the Hist of April. It Is
a Joke the" Chinese will appreciate.
Tho studunt riots at tho University of
Moscow simply Indicate that the educa
tional Institutions of Furope are aflllcted
with something worse than hazing.
Ono Nebraska crop that is steadily
growing Is tho list of men who- can
claim tho dlstluction of having been
voted for for United States senator.
Count Uonl do Castellano mlghj re
plenish his exchequer now by coming
over to America and accepting an offer
from some enterprising theatrical man
ager. Those popocratlc legislators have a
whole deck of buncombe resolutions up
tlfoir sleeves and as political prestldlul
tutors they can make them appear and
disappear at any time and place.
After laboring so hard for a supreme
court commission that would increase
tho work, what a shame It would be to
cut oft' the fees of the supremo court
clerk ami reduce him to u salary llko
other public olllcers.
Tho Itrltlsh admiralty will expert
ment with tho submarine torpedo boat
after the lead of the United States. This
Is another confession on the part of
Groat Britain that Its naval supremacy
Is not what It used to be.
He-port has It that Ceorge Gould pro
poses to turn u trick or two lu the Held
of railroad consolidation Jiiht to keep
the prestige In the family. Tho big
events In the railroad world billed for
this yeaV havo not yet all been pulled oil".
Republicans lu the legislature must
remember that tho fuslonlsts have no
objections to piling tho appropriations
Hky high. Their chief hope for political
capital for fusion candidates In the fu
ture lies In allegations of republican
extravagance.
It Is really too bad that the new cup
challenger, which goes by the name o
Shamrock II, could not havo beei
launched ou St. Patrick's day. Helng
late lu launching only foreshadow
being late lu crossing the line when th
great rued takes place.
Former Nebrasknns now residing In
California are exerting themselves to
enlarge their colony by enticing more
Nebrasknns to the coast. Nebraska
people are enjoying a brand of pros
perity at homo that is the most effectual
antidote to such temptations.
As soon as the little troubles lu
South Africa and China are settled,
tome energetic Kuropeun power should
Issue a call for another universal penco
conference to discuss the subject
disarmament while the gunniakers a
shipbuilders are tllllng.dolayed orders
An auditorium seating S.000 Is a pretty
good sized hall, ample to accommodate
Buy attraction that Omaha Is likely to
present, Tho nudUuiium, to be servlcea
ble, should be neither too large nor too
Binall, and tho auditorium projectors
should be careful to aim at tho right
mark. N ,
South Omaha democrats have no in In
nted n full city ticket, ovldeutly with a
purpose, Inasmuch as it had been given
out that no general city election was
to be held uuder tho new charter. Tho
courts will probably bo busy soon pass
lug on applications for court orders to
open tho door to hungry democrats.
THAT VDIACB MUU MAM? 8 XKHT.
Certain members of the Commercial
club, nt the Instigation of democratic
politicians, think they havo discovered
n terrible mare's nest In the bill before
the lcKlslnturo relating to the Hoard of
Klre and Police Commissioners. They
pretend to see lu this bill n great men
ace to tho lire department, when the
truth Is that Its enactment wilt not
change 'In any particular tho present
constitution of the police board or the
status of either 'police or lire depart
ments. First and foremost, the bill Is not a
police commission bill uny more than It
Is a pail: commission bill. The object
of the bill Is to make the city chartei
conform to the decision of the supreme
court In two or three sections which
have been declared unconstitutional be
cause they deprive the city of Its right
to municipal home rule. It simply lops
off the dead park commission and pollceJ
commission branches on the charter tree
mid puts in live sections in plate of
those that have been aunulled.
In the second place, the present bill
s nothing new; It Is Identical with the
corresitoiullng sections of the bill that
was passed by the lust legislature as
part of the charter revision bill. At that
time they were endorsed unnnlniouwij
by every member representing Douglas
county, Including the fuslonlsts, and
would havo been law now except for the
veto of Governor I'oynter. If the bill Is
such it bad bill It Is strange that these
far-seeing members of the Commercial
club did not discover it two years ago.
I'lilrd, the present bill does not on-
large the powers of the mayor over tho
lire and police or oyer the chief of the
lire department one whit beyond the
powers he now possesses. These de
partments are at present excluslvelj
tinder the control and supervision of tho
Hoard of Fire and Police Commission
ers as appointed by the mayor ami
council and the principal change is Jo
protect the members of the board by
making their positions charter olllces
nstcad of merely ordinance olllces.
Fourth, the pretense that the measure
was smuggled lu on "the last day for
the Introduction of bills Is fake, pure
and simple. It was Introduced ten dayti
or two weeks previous to the expira
tion of the term for introducing bills
and has been on the printed tiles for
nearly a month.
Our Commercial club friends would do
well to avoid allowing themselves to
be used as catspaws for designing
schemers who haVc something back of
them they dare not disclose.
EVIIOI'KAS ISFLVUXCE IX VUliA.
Reports from Havana Indicate that
European lnlluence Is being actively ex
ercised in an effort to dissuade the Cu
bans from accepting the terms proposed
by the United States with reference to
the future relations between their gov
ernment and ours. Tho Washington
orrespondent of the Philadelphia Press
says that tho movement Is supported by
certain olllclal representatives of for
eign countries. If It shall be found that
lwtniitliil 'irmond for this re
port It will very greatly strengthen sen
timent In this country lu favor of tho
American conditions.
s one Indication of Kuropean In
terest lu Cuba's future status, attention
Is culled to the 'memorial addressed to
tho Itrltlsh government by tho Chamber
of Commerce of Birmingham. This setn
forth that the once conulderablu trade
of that city with Porto Hlco has been
practically closed by the Introduction of
a tMtlll' In favor of tho United States
and says: "A similarly dlsostroun re
sult Is now threatened In regard to the
more Important and extensive British
trade with Cuba, the loss of which
would assuredly, inlllct a serious lluan
clal Injury upon merchants, manufac
turers and the shipping community of
Great Britain." Tho memorial goes ou
to say that it appears to be the Intention
of the United States to completely con
trol the foreign relations of Cuba and
the opinion Is expressed that "an Amer
ican protectorate would probably result
In the Imposition of a tariff protective
of American Interests and generally bos
tlio to Kuropean trade."
This is certainly slguttlcuut anil gives
an aspect of strong probability to the
statement that Kuropean iutluence is at
work lu Cuba against tho conditions
which our government bus proposed re
spectlng future relations. If the manu
facturers and merchants of ltlrnilng
ham are so deeply Interested In this
matter as to appeal to tho Itrltlsh gov
ernment it Is certainly not unreasonable
to assume that they may have taken
measures to Influence the Cubans In op
position to the Amerlcuu terms. If this
could be established beyond iiuestlou
there Is no doubt that the effect would
be to inuko tho sentiment lu this coun
try in favor of the conditions submitted
by tho United States practically unan
imous and strengthen determination to
Insist on them.
ran nutoiAX roixr or n
The speech of Lord Salisbury a few
days ago at tho banquet of the Associ
ated Chambers of Commerce of the
United 'Kingdom, took a more cheerful
view of British' trade conditions than
has recently been expressed by other
Kngllsh statesmen, notably Lord Roso
bery. Ho confined his attention princi
pally to Germany, making no direct rc-f-erenco
to tho United States, and t rented
somewhat lightly the "specter" of Gor
man rivalry, lie was disposed to at
tribute the note of discouragement, at
the Idea that thu British were not so
completely masters as they once were,
to the "natural pessimism which at
tends as a nemesis on all great success."
Tho utterances of Knglnnd's prime
minister have attracted far more atten
tion lu Germany than lu the United
States and the comment ou It of some
of the Germau newspapers Is Interest
ing. One of them points out how the
British persistently disregarded Ameri
can energy and push, as well as Ameri
can methods until their trade begun to
suffer, and now they are talking of
studying the business methods of this
country and of Germany and as far as
practicable applying them to their
trade. Tho Invasion of markets long n
British monopoly, by Auferlean und
German manufactures, made the British
thoughtful, remarks a German paper,
but it Is possible that this thoughtful
tiess has come too late to enable the
British manufacturers to recover lost
ground. This Is evidently the German
view, for the National Zeltung of Ber
lin expresses conlldence that Germany
and America can maintain the lend
tluy have acquired.
Germany will assuredly make a de
termined effort to hold what she has
won and to Increase It and there scents
good reason to think she will succeed,
If she does not make sonic very grave
mistake lu her llscnl policy that will
militate against her foreign trade. That
Is the danger that confronts her. The
government Is now considering the ques
tion of raising the duties on Imported
grain and already there is the threat
of Russian reprisals If the grain duties
are Increased. This would be a serious
matter for Germany, whose exports to
ltussln are large, and there Is every
piospoct of their Increasing under fa
vorable circumstances. As to the United
States', there Is no apparent reason why
It should not retain what It has of for
eigu trade and add to It. Certainly the
conditions today are more favorable
than oor before for enlarging our os
ports of manufactures.
The German-opinion, It Is not to be
doubted, Is correct. Great Britain may,
by Increased exertion, hold what It has
gullied, but It cannot recover what has
been lost and maintain Its relative posi
tion In the productive Industry and the
commerce of tho world. This, Is real
ized by British manufacturers and mer
chants, though statesmen like Salisbury
may be unable to see It.
MVXICll'AL HOMH HV1.E.
It Is to be hoped tho legislature will
subifiit along with the other constitu
tional amendments proposed that giving
the larger cities of tho state a complete
power of homo rule In their municipal
affairs.
The bill as Introduced Is modeled on
the provision to bo found In the constitu
tion of Missouri under which the cities
of i?t. Louis and Kansas City have been
enabled to frame their own city charters,
relieving the legislature of the loss of
time and Interruption of Its business by
charter tinkering expeditions.
In St. Louis and Kansas City the city
charter is framed by a columlttee of
representative citizens and then sub
mitted to u vote of the people for ratifi
cation. In this way each community Is
accorded a charter made to tit Its pe
culiar conditions, without taking into
consideration the possibility of sonic
other city growing Into Its class and In
heriting a ready-made charter. Changes
lu the charter are likewise made In the
same manner, leaving It to the citizens
Interested to say how often charter re
vision Is desired.
If an example were wanted to Illus
trate the demands made upon legislative
time for charter making It can be found
In the present legislature, lu which there
are probably In the neighborhood of a
score of bills on tho tiles of tho two
houses purporting to amend various sec
tions of tho Omaha charter alone, to say
nothing of the numerous bills relating
to the city governments of the smaller
municipalities of the state. Many of
these are really Important to their re
spective localities to cure technical de
fects In the existing statutes, but It Is
Impossible for the legislators to give
them the necessary attention. If only to
relieve themselves of this burden, the
legislature should relegate the charter
making power to tho people of tho cities
that Jiavc attained the requisite popula
tion. The principle of municipal home rule
Is too well established to require argu
ment In Its support. In fact the repub
licans are committed by their last state
platform to this principle as far as it
may bo practically applied, and at all
events the people should be permitted
to endorse It nud give It vitality by the
submission of the proposed constitu
tional amendment.
The death of K. A. McUlure In this
city last week takes away one of the
plor.eer newspaper men of Omaha. Mr.
McCluro was one of the first proprietors
of the old Omaha Republican, beln as
sociated with Colonel 15. U. Webster,
the editor of that paper, which was part
and pa reel of the early history of tho
community. A printer by trade, Mr.
McCluro had charge of tlio practical
and business side of the venture, which
prospered more in his hands than with
his successors. The newspaper history
of Omaha could not bo written omitting
Mr. McCluro from its pages.
Omaha is interested in a .great deal
of legislation pending beforo tho law
makers at Lincoln which should not be
neglected In the home stretch of tho ses
sion. Tho legislature meets only once
in two yeais, and two years Is a long
tlmo to wait to have crying evils
corrected.
Tho osteopaths scored a victory lu tho
state senate over thu combined medical
fraternity, but the profession will be
accorded a second round In tho lower
house of the legislature. It looks as If
it were a question which shall bo com
pellet! to take the other's medicine.
Nebraska orators seem to bo en
countering hard luck lu the Intercol
legiate debating contests this year. It
seems to bo tho same luck that followed
Nebraska's orator In the late presidential
election.' But we can all live In hopes,
I.ohniiii nf u (irrut Life,
Indianapolis Journal.
The great Icsboii of Henjumln Harrison's
life Ib that tho highest success comes from
devotion to duty and following an enllght
oncd conscience.
(rout Waslr of I.oiul.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Four hundred Michigan farmers wasted
1,000 cartridges In capturing threo burglars.
Yet we often scoff ut the bad marksmanship
of the British army.
.No Aiirnl to Furor,
New York Times.
The moment force ts appealed to In con
nection with any phase of tho Chinese ques
tion ns between the powers, no human
foresight can see tho end. Infinite com
plications arising out of conflicting Inter
cats, and evon passions, must arise. In
these tbo United States cannot become cit
tangled. Nor Is there tho slightest pros
pect of such peril so long ns tho policy of
our government Is dictated by tho sound
principles adopted and enforced by the
present administration.
So .Money to Hum.
Washington Star.
Mr. Carnpirln hn mum mnnnv than he
really knows what to do with. Hut he can
be depended on not to set a bad example to
the youth of tho country by standing ou tho
corner and llehtlnn clears with hundred-
dollar bills.
1'cner Ti-jInk tin Whins.
Kansas City Star.
Tho white wings of peace nro rapidly ex
panding. Twenty thousand Ilocanos havo
taken tho oath of allcglnnco to tho United
States. Ilotha has begun to treat with
Kitchener and now the llakcr-Howard feud
In Kentucky has been declared off.
.Merely ('iinclilnu Hir XntUr.
Iudlunapolls News.
I'orhaps all Russia asks of Manchuria Is n
fow coaling stations, a military post or
two and a supervision of all her financial
affairs. This arrangoment would bo nil
right, for it Is but following tho policy
adopted by tho United States toward Cuba.
Where Home Itnlo Olitnlim.
Minneapolis Times.
There Is at leust ono place where tho
consent of tho governed has practical ap
plication, it is tho Island of Molokal,
Hawaii's leper colony, whose Inhabitants
have bocn notified that they will bo per
mitted to ruri their own affairs Just ns
they please. No ambitious carpet-bagger
Is looking for the Job of bossing that
select nud exclusive colony.
DiiIiik Uooit wllli Millions.
Minneapolis Times.
Mr. Carucglo's expressed determination to
o as much good as possible with his great
ucomo is being carried out In good faith,
lardly a day tiussm tlmt hn does not nukn
somo town happy with a library at a cost
of $25,000 to $75,000 and these gifts, added
to his great Otlllnv In llbrnrl nn. sp.hnnln anil
relief funds at Pittsburg and the cities
wucrc the carneglo mills aro situated, bring
tho aggregate of his benefactions up to nn
enormous figure. Mr. Carneglo's millions
nro doing much good In tho world; long
may ho live to disburse them.
Coxt of World Power.
Unltlmore Sun.
The'ost of being n world power Is Illus
trated in tho now naval estimates of tho
United Kingdom for 1001-02 of $154,377,500
on top of army estimates of $439,575,000.
Tho new shipbuilding program calls for
thirty-three new vcbsoIs, of which threo are
to bo battleships nnd six armored cruisers
as Inrgo and clllclent ns battleships. Somo
3,750 men nro added to tho navy, bringing
Its effective personnel up to 107,800. As
tho army now contains 450,000 men in the
field In addition to tho natlvo troops In
India and elsewhere, the actual fighting
force of tho empire Is now considerably
over 500,000 men. All this costs, of course,
nnd the appropriations for tho fiscal year
will amount to nearly $1,000,000,000. If
pensions wcro paid to British veterans ao
we pay ours, tho outgo would bo much
over $1,000,000,000.
PreMilent llmlley'N Aliirin,
New York World.
President Hndle'y of Yale Is a frank,
courageous young men, vnluablo and prom
ising. Hut ho Is, in some of his Intellectual
perceptions, bohlnd the times.
In nn ago of mighty combinations nnd
concentrations, made possible and appar
ently necessary by tho development of ma
chinery and Invention on tho ono hnnd and
of brains on the oilier, ho is talking ns it
tho world could sttll bo managed upon thu
principles that apply only to the efforts of
the Individual working almost unaided
cither by machines, or by his follow man.
President Hiulley iiliouhl reconstruct his
economic ideas In order that ho may make
moro cffectlvo bis nppenls to tho moral
sense of tho people, Mint is now In part
dazed by the stupendous new conditions
nnd In part blinded by enormous prosperity.
Mennwhll6 tho republic Is quite safe.
Thero Is not half tho likelihood that we
"shall havo an emperor nt WnsliliiRton
within twcnty-flvo yenrs" Hint there Is of
seeing a president in England or In Ocr-
mnny within that time.
PimSO.VM, POINTKHS.
Hccauso his wife attempted to ruin ills
digestion with heavy pancakes a Now Jer
sey man tried to choko her with her own
weapons.
A passeugi'r, who nte garlic on n Scran
ton, l'a., street car, was thrown out by tho
conductor and landed on his face. Tho con
ductor was discharged.
Tlio newest Prusslnn census shows that
Emperor Wllllnm's landed property In
cludes clghty-threo separnto estutes, aggre
gating nbout 121,800 acres.
Iceland Is said to bo tho ono really
happy land. Everyono of Its 72,000 Inhabi
tants Is tho descendant of somo king or
other, so that all aro In tho swim, or,
rather, cutting ice.
Major A. C. Howard, who died In South
Africa tho other day, was ono of the first
men In America to handle n Ontllug gun In
actual service, This was during tho Hell
rebellion In Canudn.
A story Is recalled illustrating HIb
mnrck's disregard of mero titles. On find
ing that William II had made him duke of
Lnuenburg ho smiled nnd paid: "A capital
name to travel with Incognito."
HlrdB of n feather nro flocking to John
It. Hockcfoller's country plnce, Forest
Hills, near Cleveland. Thoy aro nil crows
and tho servants rnnnot shodt them fast
enough to mako any Impression on tho un
welcome visitors.
On tho 30th of next month Vlco Presi
dent Jlocsevolt will deliver nn address be
fore tho Homo Market club of P.oston, which
on that dato will glvo Its annual dunce. It
Is Intended that sovcral other prominent
men will also speak.
In n recent decision a New York Judge
suggested to street railway companies that
juries would bo less hostile In dnmnge suits
If so many of their patrons (Including pos
sible Jurors) were not compelled to hnng on
to straps nnd havo tholr pot corns bruised.
Tho only American Indian in the United
States navy Is Chapman Schenandoah, an
Oneida 29. years old, who Is on tho cruiser
Atlnnta. Ho served through tho war with
Spain on the Snn Francisco nnd tho New
York. The dusky sailor, who Is n favorite
among his shipmates, Is a graduate of
Hampton Institute.
An eccoutrlc Itullan destroyed Turkish
securities to tho valuo of $200,000 in order
to prevent any survivor from enjoying his
money. This rolloves the Turkish govern
ment of a considerable Interest-bearing ob
ligation, nnd makes tho Miltan's case an
other proof that a man docs not huvc to be
good In order to 'bo lucky.
A bit of General Harrison's eloquence,
delivered nt tho bar meeting lu Indlan
apolts In memory of John M, U"Uer..ls re
called as appllcnble to his own demise.
Referring to the lingering character of Mr.
Hutler's laBt Illness, General 'Harrison Bold:
"Ho had nmple tlmo to arrange the 'drnpor
les of his spirit before entering tho pros
onco of the Great King."
Another gunner who may bo In lino for
promotion to tho rank of ensign ts Joseph
A. Mitchell of the cruiser Newark, who hns
returned from China. During tho alone or
Pokln he worked tbo gun known ns "Hetsy,
tho International gun," which was resur
rected from a Chinese Junk Bhop, was
mounted on an Austrian carriage and Italian
wheels, flred Russian cartridges and Chinese
balls (molded In the ground by n HrltlBb
smith) and was manipulated by an Ameri
can gunner.
SHOUT TALKS TO Till! LKtll.NtiATUUi:,
Tckamah Herald; Tho defeat of the bill
by tho senate to provide two moro normal
schools will bo approved. Tho state's pres
ent financial condition would not Justify the
Increased expenditure propossd by the
measure.
a rand Island Independent: In tho In
vestigation of "hold up" practice, n former
"reform" member of the legislature was al
leged to havo claimed that ho could buy
votes for from $5 to $10. On examination
ho denied tho statement, lie admitted only
that be had always enjoyed railroad passes
oven when his party made great clnlms but
a mighty poor record on that Issue.
Kearney Hub: Tho state senate put the
normal school bill, providing for two ad
ditional normal schools, to sleep by nn
emphatic and dcclslvo majority. It muy
not bo generally known, yet It Is said to
be a fact, that there has been more log
rolling In connection with these normal
appropriations than with any measure be
foro the legislature lu a numbor of years,
tho pertinacity of tho promoters of the
scheme becoming really obnoxious.
Schuyler Sun: Tho legislators should
exercise care and uso plenty of good horse
senso in again changing tbo ballot. As this
pnper has beforo suggested why not
have a commltteo composed of several mem
bers from each political party. Havo this
ccmmlttco get together and prepare and
agrco upon tho form for a ballot which
shall be best for all the people. Then It It
is considered a fair chaugo let tho legisla
ture puss u bill nud wo shall have a ballot
to stay with us tor somo time.
Wayno Republican : If tho state of Ne
braska goes Into tho business of paying
claims of different towns nnd counties for
tho enro of persons having contagious
diseases, It will simply open tho doors of
tho stato treasury and Invito nil kinds of
peoplo to help themselves to tho funds. Lot
tho municipalities or tho counties bear
their own burdens nnd there will bo much
more heroic measures adopted than It tho
state is to beconio paymaster. Protect tho
stato treasury from the raids of the ovllly
Incllned, tho thoughtless and tho reckless.
Hnstlngs Tribune Thero nro bills Intro
duced in the Nebraska legislature provid
ing for n state commission to bo ap
pointed by tho governor, under ccrtnln limi
tations, to tho Pnnnmerlcan exposition
and to the St. Louis World's fair, nnd these
bills enrry nn appropriation for salaries.
Ten thousand dollars was set asldo to de
fray tho expenses of a stato exhibit nt
Iiuffnlo and St. Louis. So for ns tho ap
ptoprlatlon or a stato exhibit nt Uuffalo
Is concerned that Is ns It should be, for
New York stnte made an appropriation and
put up a building In Omaha that did much
good for tho Transinlsslsslppl exposition,
but Nebraska Is not uuder nny obligations
to Missouri, as tho legislature of that Btnto
amphatlcally declined to appropriate money
for a building nt the Transmlssisnlppl ex
position. Thorcforo our Missouri friends
ennnnt f6cl offended In the least If No
braska should retaliate.
Superior Journal: Shall tho penitentiary
be relocated at Lincoln? This Is a question
that Is now up to the legislature to decide.
It shouldn't take tho members of that body
ten minutes to dlsposo of It. Hy no menus,
should Lincoln have It. State capitals aro
always crying for more, more, more. Lin
coln never docs n thing to help herself, she
always manages to mako the stato foot tho
bills of her Improvements. Governor Diet
rich's proposition to move the penitentiary
to tho region of Hastings or somo other
centrally located city, buy n few sections of
land nnd put tho convicts to work in sugar
beet fields Is a splendid Bchcme. The stale
would then bo ablo to partlnlly or wholly
support her penal Institution without com
petition with uny lino of buslnefls, for tho
sugar factory at Grand Island can consume
nil tho beets raised In tho wholo west end
of tho stato and thoso raised at such u
penitentiary, too.
Beatrice Express: Tho lioupe commltteo
chosen to Investigate tho celebrutod "hold
up bills," which attracted somo attention
hi tho legislature a couple of weeks ago, has
handed In Its report, which Is not ns strong
as might bo desired. Tho members of tho
commltteo concluded from tho evidenco that
the hills Introduced by Mr. Thoinssen woro
pure enough hold-ups, and many moro of
tho sumo character wero prepared nnd
kept ready for action, hut It was Impossible
to discover that anybody had benefited po
ciininrly from the bills, so tho commltteo
couldn't do moro than report, and condemn
tho grafters In general terms. Even this
mild report may do somo good, by showing
the manipulators of hold-up hills that tholr
methods nro known, hut It Is a pity that
something drastic cannot bo done to mako
life a burden to tho authors of tho bills
and dlstourngo any wlro pullers who may
lmo ambitious to mako corporations stand
and deliver, using tho legislature ns a
weapon. Tho commltteo gives tho names
of somo of the hold-up experts, nnd It Is
reasonably safe 10 say that thoso gentlemen
will find their occupation gono in a per
manent fashion at Lincoln.
Hlnlr Pilot: Tho finance, ways and means
committees of both branches of tho legis
lature should get out tholr pruning knives
and proceed to paro down tho onormous
cstlnintcb made by the heads of tho various
btato Institutions. With a penltnntlary in
ruins, necessitating an outlay of at lea3t
$160,000, with n legacy of deficiencies from
the latu fuhion administration approximat
ing moro than $100,000, with interest bear
ing warrants outstanding to the amount
of moro than $1,500,000 nnd with estimated
cxpoiiBcs for tho impending blennlum ex
ceeding nvallablo resources by moro than
$100,000, this Is no tlmo to talk of nn lu-
creaso In Balarloa, tho oponlng of now
sources of exponso or the appropriation of
a slnf?lo dollar not absolutely necessary.
According to the report submitted by Chair
man Arcnds of the finance, ways and racaiiB
commltteo of tbo senato, tho aggregnte
receipts from all sources for the next two
years will bo $2,622,333.70. Tho samo report
sots out appropriations aggregating $2,
038,175, or provides for expenditures ex
ceeding tho amount nvallablo by $115,821.21,
This means. If tho pruning knife Is not
applied, that tho state's Interest bearing
Indebtedness Is to bo Increased through tho
lssuanco of warrants tJ tho extent of $415,
821.21. Under such, condition thero Is
but ono thing to do nnd that U "cut no
cording to tho cloth." Thero nro many
opportunities afforded for retrenchment
without In tho least impairing tho public
service. Tho appropriation for tho stnto
university carries with It an IncreaBo of
about $93,000 over two years ago desplto
the fact that ths amount appropriated two
years ago was so great ns to Invito the
chargo of wanton oxtravaganco. So, too, n
reduction Bhould be mndo'ln the appropria
tion for tho Peru normal, for It Is ovldent
that conditions neither Justify an Increase
In current expenses nor nn outlay of $75,
000 for additional school facilities. Ne
braska should manifest n liberal spirit
In dealing with her publlo educational In
stitutions, but fear of ' being prodignl should
deter nobody from sounding tho alarm
against reckless ralda on tho tax payers.
Fusion fraud and extravagance contributed
in no small degrcn to republican success
In Nebraska last fall and this protest can
only go unheeded by republicans at tho
cost of forfeiture or tno nowiy inherited es
tato.
A Prolltnlile In vext inent,
Springfield Itepubllcnn.
So far as terms go, the British could well
afford financially to rebuild overy burned
fnrmhouso and restock every devested farm
In tho two Hoer states, rather than con
tinue the war another month. If they can
secure a general surrender by such con
cesMons they will show a shrowd, If bo-
lated, eyo for business.
HITS ! WANIMMITON MI'K.
Scene unil Incident Sketoheil nt the
.Nnllonnl C'iuiKiiI.
Tbe wlfo of a certain senator In Wash
ington Is going nbout these days doing
what fow women would think of doing
Sho Is telling a story on herself. Not long
ago, rclntcs tho Washington Post, a woman
of fashion gave a very elaborate luncheon
and the senator's wife was present, As she
seated herself and drew off her gloves alio
noticed that bcsldo her sat a stout nnd
elderly person, obviously wenlthy, obviously
dicssed by a provincial modlsto after n cut'
paper pattern, and Just ns obviously unused
to tho ways of pollto society. Sbo seemed
not to know anyone present. Indeed, she
presently turned to the senator's wife and
confessed It.
"I guess yours Is the only face hero I
know, except Emily's there" Indicating
tho hostess. "She's my niece. Hut 1 knew
you tho mlnuto I ect eyes on you. 1 says to
myself, 'There's Mrs. Senator Ulauk,' and
I know It."
"Perhaps you've seen me somewhere bo
fore," said the senator's wife, graciously.
"I think you aro from my husband's state,
aro you not?"
"Yes, I am," admitted tho stranger, "but
I nln't ever seen you befpre."
"My plcturo In tho magazines, tlieu?"
said the senator's wife, who hns appeared
lu tho public prints frequently of late.
"That's It," answered tho other, eagerly.
"Thnt's Just how I como to know you us
soon au 1 saw you, l'o been seeing you
In tho backs of magazines for months, and,
say, I want to ask you, confidential like,
Is that soap you advertise really as good
ns It's represented to bo?"
Vlco President Roosevelt as warmly
congratulated on Saturday after tho Hunt
adjournment of tho sennte, upon tho
progress ho mndo during tho flvo days In
mastering tho Intricate proceedings of the
body over which ho has beou chosen to
preside. Ills pathway has not been strewn
with roses, reports tbo Chicago Record
correspondent, and ho has recently been
tho cause of several nmuslng scenes. Ono
occurred on Saturday. Senatorial etiquette
prescribes that tho member who introduces
n resolution calling for tho appointment of
a committee by tbe chulr shall bo chosen to
servo upon It. Mr. Hoar presented such a
resolution Saturday, but It wus not until
after Mr. Allison nnd Mr. Aldrlch had been
named nnd declined that Mr. Roosevelt
reached him.
Senator Heltfeld of Idaho tells n good
story Illustrating Mr. Roosovclt's trials and
tribulations as presiding officer. Oa In
auguration day nftcr tho vice president hnd
taken the oath of office and tho sennte had
been organized, nil' In the chamber pro
ceeded to tho stand where the president
was inducted Into office and delivered his
address. Tho Inclement weather drove Mr.
Heltfeld back Into tho cnpltol for shelter
and he aimlessly wandered Into tho sennte
chamber. Thero sat Mr. Roosevelt alone.
Ho occupied tho presiding officer's chnlr,
and, In reply to an Inquiry, stated that he
had returned upon being Informed that the
senato had not adjourned, but had tem
porarily suspended proceedings to attend
tho Inaugural exercises. "I came to his re
lief," said Mr. Heltfeld, In relating tho In
cident, "by formally moving that tho sen
ate adjourn. Colonel Roosevelt stated tho
question, announced it carried nnd declared
tho senato adjourned. He then vacated the
chair."
Inauguration day for tho first time lu nt
least twenty-fivo years. If not In his life,
Uncle Joo Cannou of Illinois woro a silk
lint and a frock coat. Uncle Joo has no
reputation nt nil ns a well dressed man.
UM'nlly wearing an ordinary business suit;
with n slouch bat, which hns mndo him
more or less a mnrked figure.
Tho Hecond inauguration of President Mo
Klnley is entirely responsible for the re
markable chungo In tho nttlre of Mr. Can
non. Ho was appointed on tho committee
to escort tho president from tho White
House to tho capltol, nnd of course It wns
entirely out of the question for nny member
of tho commltteo, especially on so Import
ant an occasion, to transgress the rules
laid down by custom. After pondering over
this important question Undo Joo rcluct-
nntly nrrlved at tho conclusion that thero
was nothing to do but look up u first-class
tailor nnd order n conventional frock coat.
Ho likewise visited one of the leading hat
ters and purchased n silk tlio of the proper
block.
When Uncle Joo appeared at tho capltol
his friends wcro amazed and wondered
what great chango liHd como over his con
victions und how tho Itllnoiunn had brought
himself up to tho point whero ho would Iny
asldo his favorite top piece. Ha woro his
new nnd stylish garments with as much
cuso and graco ns If ho had been uccuu
tomed to wearing them every day. It can
not bo denied that they Improved materially
tbe appeuronco of the stutesmnn from Dan
ville Hets wero freely offered that Mr.
Cannon will lay them aside before ho leaves
town und wear his more comfortable cloth
ing. Whut Is called tho president's private
fund, known In law us tho emergency fund,
stands nominally to tho credit of the secre
tary or state, says tho Saturday Evening
Post. Hut Mr. McKlnley Is really the secre
tary of statu and ho draws on this appro
priation Just when nnd bow he pleases.
Tho manner or Its expenditure Is always
secret nnd nobody knows what Ib done with
the money. Even congress has no right to
inqulro nnd has never done so, tho Idoa
being that thoro uro certain matters,
especially such as relatu to diplomatic
negotiations, which may uot properly bo
placed bororo tho public that Is to say,
without Injury to rhe public weal. This
fund varies in amount, but or lata yenrs
It has been somewhere between $00,000 and
$100,000 per nnuura.
Tno memoranda relating to the expendi
ture of the prlvato fund aro kept In a safe
nt. tho Department of State. Nobody, savo
a few privileged officials, has oven seen
them, but, If they could bo published, they
would th r ok a picturesque light upon the
InBldo workings of tho government, particu
larly in regard to Its relations with foreign
powers. If anything turns up which makes
It expedient to obtain certain Information
abroad In a quiet way, a draft Is mado upon
the fund by n vouchor which tho president
himself Blgns nnd sends over to tho secre
tary of state, this voucher being equivalent
to a check on the treasury. Tbo negotiation
of tho preliminaries of a trenty, such as
Hint for tho purchaso of tho Danish po
Hesslons In tho West Indies, may make
another call upon this personal credit of
tho executive, which Is likewise drawn upon
to pay for entertnlninent, whon a royal or
olllclal visitor from foreign parts comes to
Washington.
Hut when It comes to an arrangement
ouch as that contemplated for tho pur
chase of tho Danish possessions, the agree
ment of tho administration to buy Is merely
tentative, tho consummation ot the deal de
fending upon tho approval ot congress nnd
tlio ratification by tho senate of a treaty
confirming tho bargain.
A TIIUIFTV AVOUM).
Ill 1 1 1 on m llonrdeil by Uejionltom In
ShvIiik lliinkn,
Now York World,
While the governments ot the world are
certainly growing moro extravagant, es
peclnlly in their annual outlay tor war and
war preparations, It seems fairly probable
that for tho mass of the peoplo In all civ
ilised countries this Is tho thriftiest ago
the world has over seen.
In tho suvlngs banks of all countries
whre such Institutions exist tho aggro
gate deposits amount to the almost Incon
ceivable total ot seven billions nt dollars.
Think 'of one million, mutlply that million
by one hundred, and you have ono hundred
millions. Now multiply that sovenly times
and you havo tho unthinkable soven bu
llous, Of this grand total lu tho world's "Insldo
pocket" the savings bank depositors of the
United Stales own over one-third. Of thn
remaining two-thirds tho depositors, lit
Hrltlsh savings banks hold $916,000,000,
those of Franco $S25,000,00O, thoso cf Prussia
$1, 2.15,000,000 nnd thoso or Austria-Hungary
$630,000,000. Rolntlvely to tholr numbers,
therefore, tho Prussian peoplo havo tho
largest savings bank depoalts. And whllo
apparently tho savings ot the Hrltlsh nnd
French nro comparatively much less than
thoso of tho American depositors, somo al
lowance must bo ihade tor the fact that
snvlngs bnnk books hero nro not, as In
Europe, held exclusively by wage-earners.
A.MUuicAV r..-i'iii:sii)i:.i.
ltefliniiflllilim, of (l.e Chief Misli
trnle Tell hi Shortened Life.
Knnsn.i City Star. ,
The death of Henjamlu Harrison leaves
only one ox-presldcnt living. The country
uia left. In a similar situation lu 1886 by
tho death ot .Mr. Arthur, when Hayes was
the only living ex-presldcnt. On his death,
in 1S93, Mr. Harrison occupied that unique
position until tho retirement of Mr. Clcvr
land in 1897.
Tho question of somo national provision
for ex-prestdents has been brought up from
time to tlmo, hut thero nro usually fow
of them to care for. At tho opening of
tbo civil war thero were five, but that is
tho highest number In the history ot tho
government. Wnshlngton lived only two
yenrs ntter retiring trom the presidential
office. John Adnms becniuc tho only living
ex-presldent In 1801. Jefferson Joined blm
In 1809, Mndlson In 1S17 nnd Mourou in
1825. Thero wero four living ex-presidents
during tho first four months of John Qulncy
Adnms' administration. Then John Qulncy
Adnms, and JufTorson died ou tho same day,
July 4, 1825, leaving only Mndlson nnd Mon
roe. Their denths wero tho first amou
ox-presldents for moro than u quarter of
a century.
John Qulncy Adams made tbo third living
ex-presldent trom 1829 to 1831, when Monroe
died. Flvo years Inter occurred tho death
ot Mndlson, and Adams was tho solo sur
vivor ot tho otllco until Jackson's retire
ment In 1837. Van Huron Joined them lu
1841 nnd Tyler In 1S45. Tho denth of Jack
son tho samo year reduced tho number to
three. Van Uuren nnd Tyler remained
tho only two cx-prcstdents after Adnms'
death in 184S, nnd again from Polk's death
tho next year until the retlrcmont of Fill
more In 1833, Pierce became tbe fourth
of tho group In 1857 and Ituchnnnn the fifth
In 1861. Then enmo tho death ot Tyler nnd
Van Hurcn In 1S62 and ot Uuchannn
six years later. Johnson Joined
Plerco and Fillmore In 1869, but(Picrca
died tho same year, anil tlio death of Fill
more In 1874 lprt Johnson tho solo surviving
ex-presldcnt. This was tho first tlmo thero
had been only one living former occupant of
the presidential chair for thirty-seven
years.
On tho death of Johnson In 1875 the coun
try, tor the first tlmo since tho death ot
Washington, was without an ex-presldcnt.
Grnnt retired In 1877, Hayes Joined him tour
yenrs later and Arthur In 1885. Grant lived
o'nly a few weeks after tho retirement of
Arthur, who himself survived ooly a year.
The responsibilities or tho presidency make
the Btraln on tho chler tnnglstrnto very
great. It is not surprising that ot tho men
who have held tho office during tho last
forty years only ono has attained the age
of 70.
i-oi.i.siir.n to . roivr.
rhllndrlnhlu. Record: Nell-Mis. New-
rich wants to Impress everybody with her
wraith.
He o Yes. slio never rats ess than a u-
cent stnmp on her letters.
Wnshlnctou Htar: "Somo folks." ald
Umio Eben. "prides dnrsel'f on belli' foro
slghud so much dat dey iiln got no re
sneck fob duties dat entiles any nenr-der
dim day after toniorrer."
Detroit Journal: "Con game, eh? That Is
flinrt for conlldeiico game, I presume."
",Nn, con gnmo is so-cnnea ironi .;onnrcii
cut, whero It originated In Puritan times."
Chlrneo Tribune: "Well, inndam," said
tbo doctor, liUHtllng In, "how Is our patient
this morning?"
"HIh mind seems to ho nerfootlv clear tills
morning, doctor," replied tho tired wntcher.
Ho refuses to toucn any or tno meoieines.
Pnek: I'neln Geehaw ffrnm Hay Corners.
nt grnnd opera) What's thnt man got over
thero?
city Nephow wny. tnsi is tno score.
(Soehnw (tirlclitentliir nil) Tho
Rcoro? Well, by gum! I wish you'd nslt
him who's abend.
Philadelphia Press: "T wonder why they
cull tho hotel bellboy 'Buttons,' " said tho
Inquisitive traveler.
"rroimoiy, re piien ma imeiirmr, ii"
becauso bo's off when you need him most.
Tiwllimnnnllu llf'R! "Here." Said tllO
Observant Hoarder, "Is an urtlclo asking
If modern wnrsmps nro siitmo.
"I should think," replied the CrosH-Lved
itrni-,i,ir. "ilmi if thov nro not stable they
are nut fit to curry horso murines."
Philadelphia Times: "Why aro sailors
often called old sen dogs?"
"From their natural association with
barks."
Somervlllo Journal: Hicks Is Waggles
n good singer? ...
Wicks Well, ho started In to Mng nnn
day when I was out driving with him last
summer nnd tho horse ran uwny,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that Em
peror William has been having his features
fuundcred."
"What do you mean bv that?'
"I mean that ho hud Ills face Ironed."
Detroit' Journal: "And youhavo actually
bought a genealogy?" I exclaimed.
The man hung bis head.
"I know It Is foolish of mo!" ho fai.
tered. "Hut what nm I to do? Were I to
lenso n genealogy, folks would nt onco say
I wns too poor to buy!"
No true Amcrlenn, of course, rould en
duro to be thought without moms.
1,1 FIVK SI3ASONS.
Murlnti L. Ward In Hoston Trnnscrlpt.
Youth Is thn time for Joy; to wake at
WltlMireast untroubled by a Hlngln core,
Whcnco springs a lovely bird, 'of promlsa
From rwhnso bright petals comes a per
fumo rare
Hope's fadeless (lower, which of God's lovo
was born.
It Is tlio time of Innocence nnd truth:
Of blecscd trust which never knows a
fenr,
Of little troubles which soon disappear,
Of pleasures which Incrcnsn with every
year: ...
Llfo's bllthoKomo hours are found in uaj
nf youth.
Mnnhood brings zeal for work; tho health
nnu HircnRwi ,
Hy which, like Mldns. he turns nil to
Or 1lnilH In Learning's haunts a wealth
Of 'treasures which nro neither bought
nor sold, , , , t
Hut which ho hopes to mako his own nt
. length.
His tnsk It Is'to bold the 1V,r'1;,p,,n.w,! ,,
To build thn ships which cut the hll-
To 'goldo 'with' steady hand tho Impatient
Or nfrnl'sh from hlR ever-nctlvn brain
Tlio book the pupil scans with earnest
brow.
Aro Is thn time for rest; the twilight hour,
Which brlnns with It the calm of per
fect peace: . ,
When from life's cares at length thero
romcs release,
Ami tired hands havo a well-earned tur-
Of duYl'es which wero now beyond their
power.
Tho tlmo to ill earn; to watch tho waning
Oro'w'ralnt and fainter as tho eve drawn
To "mI1 'thn stars born In tho darkening
shy ;
Knowing that night wl'l bring tho hom
on high-
Tho blessed home, beyond our mortal
sight.
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