THE OMAHA DAILY BKEt M()N DAY, MAY 27, 1f)0l.
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STATEMENT OK CtHQULATION.
Statu of Nebraska, Douglus County, us.:
UoorKO Jl, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bco
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening anil Sunday Heo printed during
the month of April, 1901, was us follows:
l scti.ouo 16 sit.uso
i i:i,a7! n, ar.roo
3 iit),r,00 18 U7,8tO
4 at,n:io 10 U7,uoo
6 a,-u zo aT.uio
6 XW.WJM 21 HH.a-iO
7 itIl.iSUO 22 7,oo
8 UO.IIIO .23 1!7,1)30
27,010 24 U7.780
10 'Mi,4UO 2S 147,400
U..... 'M.1HO 26 U7.C4U
12 UU.SUU 27 27.000
tf ii8,00O 28 US.3T5
14 uh.uis 29 a7iao
IS 31!,tl00 30 ttT.tiSO
Total ,807,MiO
Less unsold and returned copies.... 12,201
Net total sales .845.50(1
Net dally avcrago 2S.1S3
GEO. B. TZHCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day ot May, A. D. 1901.
M. 13. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
For tho duel honorable eommend us
to the senntors from South Carolina.
Emperor William should Insist upon
having more reliable Inside tips when
he wnnta to anticipate stock exchange
movements.
Iowa republicans are nlready select
ing delegates to their stHte convention
which Is called to meet tho end of
August. This 1m taking time by the
political forelock.
Governor Savage is on the right track
when ho says the sinecure Jobs paid out
of tho taxpayers' money must go. If
ho sticks to his text he may rest as
sured his own ofllco will bo no sinecure.
Aud now comes the Intimation that
the reported fabulous fortune of e
Senator PoUlgrew is little better than
nn ordinary April fool joke. If so, suen
Jokes aught to be listed as capital of
fenses. Tho national conference on taxation
which htys Just closed Its sessions In
Iluffalo should have been held In
Omaha. Tax reform Is a more crying
need In Omahn than In any other town
in the country that we know of.
The next legislature of South Carolina
will have a chance to emulate the late
Nebraska legislature In selecting two
United States senators to represent the
state at Washington. Sixteen to one,
however, It cannot match the Nebraska
senatorial deadlock.
Omaha capital never falls to dip Into
oil wells or bore Into rocks or venture
upon the slippery floors of the stock
exchange. In most Instances, however,
It would liavo done better to Invest In
Omaha enterprises which promise
slower but surer returns.
Those expelled West Point cadets nre
not so anxious to go to work for a
living after all, but prefer to spend a
few weeks or months Importuning the
War department authorities to take
them back Into the army where pay Is
certain and promotion possible. If
political pull and promises to be good
will turn tho trick they will bo rein
stated. Iowa's supreme court Is to vindicate
Its dignity by citing for contempt oer
tain attorneys so rash as to assert that
country lawyers have no ehiiuco to
win cases before that tribunal. The
losing lawyer must be made to tinder
stand that he cunuot use the court as
the fccapegnat for his failure, no mat
ter upon whom else ho may try to tin
load, the blame. ,
A. Lincoln Judge Intimates that he
inuy call In all the ministers of the .town;
to assist- him in passing upon the ap
plications for divorce made In his court
As the mlulsterstle the knots orlglnnlly,
It may be, only fair .to make them help
untie inem arter they nave become
snnrled. We venture to predict in ad
vance, however, 'that should the experi
ment be tried it will not be repeated
more than two or three times.
Great Hrltuln Is slowly waking up
to the fact that the Inroads of Amerl
can trade is duo to the resourceful
energy of the people of this country
and that It has more to fear from this
direction In the Immediate future than
In the past. The United States has
Ix-en so busy until recently supplying
Its own needs that It has hardly had
tltno to devote to the demands of other
countries, but It is getting n position
to take care not only of Itself but of a
fow little provinces llko Great Hrltaln
Into the bargain.
The Anti-Saloon league at South
Omaha threatens to publish tho names
of all tho persons who have signed
either the bonds or the petitions ou
which the llo,uor licenses have been
granted for that city. Tho Idea Is,
doubtless, to either frighten people off
from 8lgnlug such papers In tho future
or to show up the Insincerity of those
who talk against tho saloon and sign
petitions for It. The experiment may
bo entertaining anil Instructive, but how
It is going to lessen tho evils that grow
out of tho liquor tratltc is difficult to
t-cc, t
a rurvusr vvLoxv.
When the Mormons found themselves
outflanked and outnumbered by the
tidal wave of Gentile Immigration thny
sent out advance agents to Mexico with
it view of founding a state where polyg
amy, that twin telle of barbarism,
would not be disturbed. In due time
the Mexleanb.ed Mormons discovered
that they were no better off In tho lnnd
of the Montezuma than they were In
Unrle Sam's domain.
A similar experiment seems nbout to
le tried by some of the Irreconcilable
populists of Nebraska. Advance agents
to found a populist colony have been
sent to the I'tiget Sound country and
recruits are being drummed up by the
leading organ of populism at Lincoln.
According to tho published, prospectus
tho now populist colony Is destined to
be a veritable pnradlse where every
one eon sit under his own tig tree with
out seeking shelter from rain or plutoc
racy. In that promised land men may
chase silver rainbows by moonlight, and
fabulous wealth will circulate at the
ratio of in to 1 without waiting for the
aid or consent of any tuition, on earth.
There the farmer may safely rest all
the year around without feeling the
pangs of hunger or thirst; there the
tollers will not be oppressed by the
taskmaster nor pursued by tho tax
gatherer. Heform will be the watch
word In the new colony year In and
year out Instead of'just before election.
There there will be no distinction be
tween olllce-seekern and omee-holders,
because everyone will he on the public
payroll.
No wonder, theii, that the exodus
of populists from Nebraska will he
watched with Intense Interest by the
rank and tile of the discontented In
every part of the world.
KXVKCTS HETALlATlbN.
The general manager In this country
of the North German Lloyd Steamship
company, who recently returned from
an extended visit to Europe, Is of the
opinion that Increasing American com
petition will result In somo scheme of
self-protection on the part of TiTe
European countries a lie u ted. He ad
mitted that there are great dltllcttltles
to be met In forming nil Industrial aud
commercial combination against the
United States, but he said there Js
every reason to believe that euruot
efforts, which may have serious cot-sequences
to the trnde of this country,
will be made. The talk he heard In
Germnny and England convinced him
that commercial and Industrial peace
between this country nntl the European
nations Imperatively calls for certain
concessions on our part tariff conces
sions, of course which, If not made,
"Europe will, as sure as fate, put some
kind of a restraining duty ou American
productions."
Such warning of possible trade re
taliation on the part of European coun
tries whose Industries and commerce
have beeu unfavorably affected by
American competition hnvo been so
numerous within the lust year or two,
aud nothing has happened to support
them, that It Is becoming difficult to
secure for them nuy serious attention
or consideration. We hnvo never be
lieved that there was any real danger
of a European combination or alliance
against American competition In the
markets of Europe and we see no more
reason now than heretofore for appre
hending auythlug of tho kind. As we
have several times pointed out, the
special and peculiar Interests of the
European countries render a combina
tion or alliance between them directed
against American trade utterly Im
practicable. Of course, somo of those
countries, netlug singly, may Impose
discriminating duties . ou American
goods, as was done by Russia by way
of reprisal for the countervailing sugar
ditty, but no alliance for Jhls purpose
can be effected, as some of the wisest
European statesmen have acknowl
edged. Nor Is It probable that ,auy
European country will go so far In dis
criminating against Americuu products
as to provoke retaliation ou the part of
the United States. However anxious
certalu Interests abroad may bo to have
American competition reduced, there
are other interests no less anxious, for
the retention of the American market
and which will strenuously oppose auy
policy which might result In their los
ing this market. The great body of
European consumers must also be taken
Into account In connection with any
proposition to shut off American compe
tition nud thereby -lucrease the cost of
everything to the people, whoso condi
tion would thus be made .far worse than
It Is.
In reference to this the Cleveland
Leader says: "Even If there were no
great and Imperative trade reasons for
lotting American products have a rea
sonably free and fflltv chance lu Eu
ropean markets the notion that the great
powers of Europe could and would
unite to hamper American trntllc with
that continent Is chimerical in the ex
treme. The leading nations of the old
world' can hardly act In harmony for
any purpose whatever aud they surely
will not find It easier to do so ut. the
cost of deranging their business and
Inviting costly retaliation from America
than It has been when no such reasons
existed for avoldlug trouble." Mean
while the question of concessions
through a Judicious application of reel
proclty Is worthy of serious consldera
tlon.
H i TIWIU H7JVG t'UUM CHtXA.
A few days ago It was announced In
the House of Commons that the British
government had decided to witnaraw
Its troops from Chlua at an early day.
Now It is stated that tho Gerroun gov
eminent has come to a llko decision.
The latter fact appears to be regarded
with much satisfaction nt Washington.
It appears that the German declslou
was hastened by reason of tho hostile
attitude of Russia In China, from which
It Is feared serious clashing might re
suit. This Is a phase of tho situation
that was not beforo known to exist, the
general Impression having been that
there wits a good understanding be
tweeu llussln and Germany In regard
to Chlneso affairs" and that the rela
tions between tho force of those
powers lu China were entirely harmonious.
However, It Is not material what the
motive Is that hns Induced Germany
to decide upon withdrawing her troops
from l'ekln, It Is sulllelent thnt she
hns concluded to follow the example
of tho United States In this respect and
It Is probably safe fo assume that she
will put the decision Into effect without
unnecessary delay. The dispatch from
Berlin Intimates that the withdrawal
may not take place until the Indemnity
question Is disposed of, which makes
the time Indefinite, but It Is quite pos
sible that this question will not be al
lowed to stand lu the way. It Is to
be expected that this decision of the
German government will Induce other
powers to take a like course, so that It
Is likely l'ekln will bo free of foreign
troops, except the legation guards,
within a short time. There Is no doubt,
nt all events, that Germany's decision
will have a generally wholesome effect.
SVIWRHAN UAtUWAl) h'ftAXCIUSICS.
Propositions for the establishment of
suburban elertrlc railroads have been
submitted to tho Hoard of County Com
missioners, conditioned upon tho grant
of free right of way over the public
roads. While the popnlor demand for
suburban railroads will Justify the
board In adopting a liberal policy to
ward tho promoters of these enterprises,
It Is of the utmost Importance that the
Interests of the public and especially of
the patrons of these public cnrrlers bo
fully protected.
At the very outset It should be clearly
understood that a right of way over
the county highways constitutes a val
uable franchise. In granting franchises
of this kind the board should adopt a
policy that keeps in view the following
points:
First, that no proposition for fran
chises be entertained unless submitted
by responsible parties who arc known
to have the means to carry Into execu
tion the construction and operation of
the proposed roads. No proposition that
hns the elements of speculation lu It
should be considered. No franchises
should be given to speculators to sell
for what Investors can be held tip for.
If any mouey Is to be paid for fran
chises the county should get It.
Secoud, that the county should exnet
a royalty or bonus In proportion to the
value of the franchise. The value of a
franchise depends upon tho distance it
covers and the period of time over
which It extends. No perpetual fran
chise should be granted under nny cir
cumstances. Third, thnt every franchise grnnted
be coupled with conditions prescribing
maximum rates to bo charged aud re
quiring n guaranty of reasonable fa
cilities for traffic. It should nlso be
stipulated that tho public shall share
the benefit of cheaper power and uew
processes for trausportatlou.
With these safeguards constantly kept
In view tho commissioners will accom
plish more speedy nud substantial re
sults, which are what the people really
want.
What has become of tho delegation of
heavy property owners which always
presents Itself to register a protest
against the tux rate when the tux levy
ordinance Is before the city council?
Are Its members not nwaro that the tax
rate Is In renllty determined by the as
sessors who list taxable property on
the assessment roll for city and couuty?
The county assessors arc now engaged
at their work, and if they can bo forced
to do their duty by Including realty and
personalty that has hitherto evaded tax
ation and raising the assessments of
great corporations to a level with those
of the small home owner, the nggregate
can be materially Increased and the tax
rate proportionately, lowered. Now Is
the time for the taxpayers to get lu
their work rather than after the mis
chief Is done.
After his tour of Inspection on this side
of the Atlantic, Alfred Harmsworth hns
returned to London convinced that
American newspapers nre ahead of
their British coudus In more ways than
one, but he says he hesltntes to In
troduce American Innovations Into his
papers for fear of giving his renders
someihlng better thau they want or
can appreciate. The American newspaper-reading
public wants the best and
the publishers' chief difficulty Is In
keeping pace with their demands for
Improvements and extensions. Nothing
could mark mote strikingly the differ
ence In characteristics of the two great
Kuglish-speaklug peoples.
If General Botes Is not to be placed in
command of the Department of the Mis
souri, we will have to wait as pa
tiently as we can for someone to be
assigned to that position. Tho Depart
ment of the Missouri has had to suffer
a vacancy of Its hend, on account of the
war In the Philippines, more than any
other department In tho country.
A Dnnneroun Mnu.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tom Johnsou Is a dangerous man. He
wants railroads and other corporations to
pay their share of taxes,
iilvlcr Cirntln.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The freedom with which your respected
Undo Russell Sago gives advlco to pros
pective stock speculators theso days would
Indicate that he has a deal on.
l.nut of tlir Antique.
New York Press.
The last of the Innumerable band ot
young girls who dressed In white to welcome-
Lafayette has Just died again. It Is
announced that this Is really the laBt one.
Porto nipo n Pnrmline.
, Detroit Journal.
Governor Allen of Porto Rico says the
Island Is a heaven where a man may lie In
a hammock, pick bananas with ono hand
and dig sweet potatoes with ono too. This
makes real wicked the conduct of thoso
who have tried to starve on tho Island and,
falling, hnvo gone to Hawaii.
An Amrrlcnn Monarch Anronil,
Philadelphia Record.
Formerly Croker was In tho habit of
leaving bis English home for a brief time
In order to make the Tammany nomina
tions. But It now appears that Instead ot
taking that trouble he wilt make the nom
inations In England. As the ticket Is
pretty large he has summoned some of his
Tammany subordinates to go to England
to receive Instructions as lo the few mat
ters of detail,
.! Tot I M u I'nlr,
Howell Jojrnal.
Lincoln Un't "Intlng fair'' on tho
state fair grounds question. After
securing the permanent locution two
j cars ago with tho specific understanding
thnt tho grounds would not cost the slnto
t cent, a bill was lobbied through the Inst
Irglslnturn carrying nn npproprlatlcn for
the purchatc by the state of a suitable site.
It will be well to cut the string on future
offers emanating from tho capital city.
I'mnliiir of llir Pen.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The' action oT (he New York Hoard of
RrlllrAttnn In rirrifirln tin nliAmlnnmiMil nt
the system nt "lorllmil hnnrlu-rltlnp" In
the schools of (hat city has attracted com
paratively little attention. Tho truth Is
that handwriting has nssumcd a far lower
place In' business pursuits than It occupied
a few years ago. The great bulk of mer
cantile rOrraiinnriilAtltn la nnu fnnHtlM ml
by means of th typewriter, and that ubc-
iui niacnine is steadily pinning its way
lntn thn rnnltno nt ii III hnrafi I n ami nnn'..
paper work as well. There will always be
a demand for neat and legible penmanship
in certain occupations, hut in tho great
mnlnrltv nt ntlra.ilfa ttil nn Inn.nr nvlctta
although as a personal accomplishment,
anart from business uses. It in of course
eminently desirable.
"PHOIIIIIITIO.V' I Till! AIOIV.
NnmnilnK l'n the flrmilU at the Aboli
tion of the Cnntrcn.
"New 'Yfirk Times.
From time to time wc have printed au
thentic reports from various military posts
In the Unltod States which have rcvenled
a general falling off In tho moral condi
tion and discipline of the- troops stationed
at theso posts since, by nn act of con
gress, absolute "prohibition" has been
made to prevail at the army clubs of the
prlvato soldier. Within a week we have
learned that the list of deserters nt Kort
Sheridan threatens. In tho opinion of the
officers, to become "longer than nny In the
history of iho fort." On tho evening of
May 19 "twenty-ono men were reported
under arrest In quarters and tho guard
house on charge's arising from violations of
army regulations, caused by Intoxication."
From Fort Snclllng, we hove reports of In
dividual degradation on the part of prom
ising soldiers, which must bo painful for
every believer In our army to hear, while
nn officer of the fort has declared that
"never in tho history of the Eighth regi
ment have the officers bad so much trouble
with Intoxicated soldiers as since the army
canteen was abolished." Theso nnd other
reports which wo have published In the
last few weeks speak for themselves. Wo
hae yet to lea-n of a single military post
where the moal condition nnd tho dis
cipline St tho jnen stationed there have
not conspicuously deteriorated since tho
sale of the light liquors under tho auspices
of the government was abolished.
Wo are not surprised at tho result.
While the prohibitory measure was still
pending It was proved by the testimony
of men who know the private soldier and
love him, In the roost categorical and nh
solute manner possible, that tho abolition
of tho army canteen would tend toward
degrading the American soldier and by de
grading him to render him n pitiable object
In time of peace and to diminish his ef
ficiency In time of war. The matter has
now assumed so serious nn aspect that, un
less -we ae greatly mistaken In tho candor
and sincerity ot many of the advocates of
prohibition, certain legislators who advo
cated the perrilrlous measure and certain
of their Ignorant and Ill-advised coacbers
In morality should now bo ready to re
consider their theory In the light of Indis
putable fact. AH honor to those of them
who will take the Initiative. It Is for them
to attempt to undo the harm aud wrong
they have done.
And should any of them feel at this mo
ment' that tho time has come to retract, we
would call their attention to a few matters
of which hitherto they could not have suffi
ciently considered. The conduct of men In
a practical Institution like the army should
have nothing to do with religious teaching
or with the possible Inculcation of morals
under tio sanctions ot religion. It is not
at all necessary to underrate the beneficial
influence that religious discipline may havo
upon certain individual soldiers when ap
plied directly to them, In order to point
out that the history of the world has shown
that no discipline of this nature can bo
efficaciously applied to nn array as a body,
and that all regulations having their origin
In the idea of religious discipline, tend
toward the demoralization and disruption
ot the army upon which they are forced.
The same lesson Is learned from political
Institutions. The prohibitionists as a po
litical party, after rising to a certain prom
inence, havo rapidly declined as a political
force.
The canteen should be regarded solely
&s a matter of army regulation. It Is so
regarded by European governments. In
European eyes it would bo Just ns absurd
to havo legislators directly regulato the
personal conduct ot the nrmy ns It would
be to have them Invent a new treatise on
skirmishing or guard-mounting and forco
it upon tho army by a majority vote. Un
fortunately, In this country the national
legislature, Influenced by bands of ignorant
and fanatical reformers, have usurped the
natural prerogative of the War department
and have Inflicted a measure of discipline
upon the army as n whole which, in spite
of Its sublime purpose, actually tends to
degrade nnd debaso the American soldier
and thereby weakens tho fighting and pro
tecting force of the country.
IMSn.SOXAI ,OTKS.
Weston Howland, who died the other day
In Fnlrbaven, Mass,, Is said to have been
the first man to discover a successful
method ot refining petroleum.
Hoke Smith, secretary of the Interior
during President Cleveland's second term,
baa just been chosen tor tho second time a
member of the Atlanta school hoard,
Now York's already populous colony of
millionaires Is to bo Increased by tho ad
dition ot Jumps J, Hill, who haw leased a
splendid apartment In tho Uclkcnhayn, on
Fifth avenue.
George O. Smith of Washington, who Is
tho geologist detailed by tbo government
to make a survey of the United States
Canadian boundary, )s n native of Skow
began, Me., and a graduate of Colby col
lege, '93.
Since the decision of tho Ohio supreme
court holding counties liable for damages
for lynching, tho discovery has been made
that the fellows who managed tho lynching
do not pay taxes.
General SakharolT, the Russian com
mander of the new Mnnchurlan army corps,
Is a brother of the chief of tho Russian gen
eral staff, and himself commanded the
frontier corpB. General Gerngroas, hitherto
commanding tho protectlvo forco In Man
churia, has been appointed his assistant.
A monument Is to be placed In St. Paul's
cathedral, London, to tho memory of the
late Sir Arthur Pulllvan. It Is nlso pro
posed to endow a scholarship, to be called
the Arthur Sullivan scholarship, at tho
Royal Academy of Music, and to erect a
statue to the composer on the Thames em
bankment. According to Arnold White, an English
critic, the Inhabitants ot tho Drltlih Isles
are degenerating physically. He bases his
conclusions on tho results of recruiting for
the Doer war. In the Manchester district
alone 8,000 out of 11,000 men who offered
themselves for military service were certi
fied Unfit to endure t loldler'i llf.
McClellan and Porter
New Yu
Nothing could Indlcnlc more strikingly
the obllterntlon of memorlea of the civil
war, and Incidentally tbr rlfp of n new gen
eration whose knowledge of that terrible
conflict has been obtained from histories
only, than the cnsual manner of tho news
papers In commenting on the death of Gen
eral Fitz-John Porter.
The long trial of Porter by n court-martial
at Washington, which assembled In the
last month of 1862, was a proceeding which
provoked Intense feeling throughout tho
union at the time, and brought to a head
the bitter controversy over McClellan info
which violent political animosities had al
ready entered. In truth, McClellan was In
volved In no way In the case, but as Porter
had been one of his most trusted and fa
vored generals that officer suffered In pub
lic estimation as a suspected partisan of
his old general, who had rendered unwill
ing service under Pope: whoso charges
against Porter were undoubtedly duo
largely to such distrust.
McClellan, the first commander of the
Army of tho Potomac, had endeared himself
Rreatly to his soldiers, whoso affection
clung to him with peculiar tenacity In
spito of his defeats and manifest short
comings as a general In the field. Ho was
not only tholr first leader, under whom the
nrmy had been organized, but bo hud also
engaging qualities of character and dlspo
tlon which attracted to him the nffectlon
of thoso with whom he camo In contnet,
whether officers or men, soldiers or civil
ians. In the esteem of a great part of the
rank and file ho was a veritable Napoleon.
So deep wns the personal devotion of his
troops to him thnt It threatened posslblo
danger to tho union cause; nnd when finally
ho was relieved of his command and or
dered to Trenton to rcmnln In practical re
tirement both In the army nnd outside of It
thero was angry and long-continued resent
ment. Tho controversy over him divided
the public Into bitterly hostile camps. It
raged In prlvato conversations, estranged
friends and exasperated enmities. The sub
ject could not be Introduced Into nny circle
without provoking a war of words between
McClellan and antl-McClollan men.
For this reason the democratic party,
with a fatuity not extraordinary In Its his
tory, nomlnnted McClellan for president In
1864, and while the war was still raging It
put him on a platform of disgraceful sur
tender so Infamous for a soldier that ho
felt compelled to undertako to relievo him
self of Its odium by saying In his letter of
acceptance: "I could not look In the fnee
of my gallant comrades of the army and
navy who have survived so many hloody
battles and tell them that their labors and
tho sacrifice of so many of our slain nnd
wounded brethren hnd been In vain: that
we had abandoned that union for which wc
had so often perilled our lives."
It was the most anxious campaign for
president In the history of the republic,
nnd Lincoln himself was full of painful ap
prehensions as to the result. "This morn
ing," ho wrote on August 23, 1864, In a
private memorandum, six days before tho
meeting at Chicago ot the democratic con
vention which nominated McClellan ou tho
first and only ballot, "It seems exceedingly
probable that this administration will not
LI KB IX THE PIIILll'PIXKS.
Men nnd Brentu KtchfU hy ArtlMn on
the Spot.
A short-range view of Agulnaldo
.through the bars of his prison at Manila
has wrought a marked change of opinion In
tho capital of the islands. Local papers
delicately declare ho Is not as black as
they havo painted him, and as his opportun
ities for mischief sink his greatness rlsoi
In proportion. Tho New American of Ma
nila, commenting on the peace proclamation
of tho lato Insurgent chief, says: "It Is
not so much what he says, but the way he
nn vb it that commands a certain sort of
admiration. In assuming exactly the oppo-
slto ot his previous attitude. Agumamo is
regardful of his own dignity.
"In submitting to tho Inevitable, In bow
ing to tho will of the people, he would
have It appear that ho Is n creature of
circumstances, Existing conditions havo
caused him to change front. Rut he faces
tho situation fairly. In acknowledging and
accepting the sovereignty of tho United
States throughout the entire archipelago
without any reservation whatsoever, he has
deprived the so-called Irreconcilable of
their principal excuse for continuing to
wage a wicked and utcless war.
"All of Agulnaldo's influence Is now ex
erted In the behalf of peace. And wo
hnvA n rlzht to hone that much good may
come of his address to the Filipino people."
The ministerial roar against tho native
pastime of cockflghtlng did not Influence the
authorities of Manila. The sport will con
tinue, but under restrictions that will turn
the revenue It yields Into one pocket. A
Mrs. Lara, widow of the murdered police
captain of Manila, Is given exclusive cock
pit privileges In Manila, said to be worth
$10,000 a year. Captain Lara was one of
the first natives to espouse tho American
cause and his zeal In that behalf Is pre
sumed to be the direct cause of hlB death.
The vnluablo privilege granted his widow
Is In tho nature of a reward for his faithful
services. The New American says tho
cockpits "will bo ope sixty-five days In
tho year. Any appearance of a cocking
main outside ,the licensed pit will be pun
ished severely by fine nnd ImprUonment.
In this way tho authorities bsllevc that they
can cator to the deilreB of tho common
people to Indulgo In the sport and at the
same time prevent them from indulging to
excess and endangering the development of
tho Island Industries by their neglect of
their dally duties.
"Tho cockpit has been closed ever since
American occupation and many attempts
have been made to have It thrown open
again to tho public without success. Ah a
result the Filipinos who love their national
sport were obliged to go to Cavtte and
Santa Ana or tnko chances In the outskirts
of the city. Tho natives enjoy cockflght
lng abovo all other sport and It Is found
Impossible to prevent them from Indulging.
A cock pit, well regulated, In Manila would
prove a more wholesome method of dealing
with tho question nnd would bring a large
sum Into the city treasury.
"It Is hinted that certain well known
men about town nre ' Interested In this
monopoly granted Mrs, Lara and that she
will really receive the short end of the
proposition, though on paper sho looks llko
tho wholo of It."
Recently a Chinese contractor shorten!
tho breath of several American hullders In
Manila hy securing tho Job of building
commissary barracks In Manila, doing the
Job In loss time and for less money than
nny other builder would undertake the Job,
Tho barracks consist of six buildings,
thlrty-flvo feet wldo by 250 foct.long. soven
smaller buildings for officers' quarters and
six lavntorles and bathroom buildings. The
woodwork or framing, which li built en
tirely of bamboo, was constructed by Chi
nese carpenters, and the thatching was
done by the native Filipinos. The Chlness
eontractqr engaged to put up these build
ings for $32,000 In thirty days. The morn
ing after signing the contract ho bad BOO
laborers at work, and the whole barrack!
were ready for occupation In twenty-thres
working day.
The owners of the Manila A Dagupan
railroad, the only railroad In Luzon, has
handed the government a bill for damagd
rk Sun.
bo elected." Hut victories of Sherman In
the Atlanta campaign and ot Sheridan In
the Shenandoah succeeded, and McClellan
came out of the election tho worst defeated
candidate In our history, getting only twenty-ono
electoral votes to Lincoln's 212,
That broke tho back of tho McClellan
superstition, for such It was. It proved
that loud as had been the partisanship
which kept It alive Its real depth and Its
extent hail been grossly exaggernted both
by Lincoln nnd the democrats. When, more
than twenty years later, and a year after
McCIellnn's death, Mr. Prlmo published
"McClellan's Own Story." .with extracts
from his private correspondence, tho de
struction was made complete. It was tho
work of a devoted friend, but It Injudi
ciously revealed weakness of character In
Its hero Inconsistent with great generalship
nnd thus did an 111 service to his reputa
tion. McClellan' campaigns havn never
yet received the thorough military exami
nation, analysis aud criticism their Im
portance to our history and to military art
nnd science demands, though tho late 'Gen
eral Mlchle of West Point Is understood to
hava left the manuscript of such a study,
for which ho had n distinguished fitness
recognized by nil milltnry men, thnt handle
them with severity nnd brushes away many
Illusions regarding them nnd McClellnn him
self which persisted nt the time.
Thn McClellan episode of adulation and
superstitious veneration Is over. Thnt
the controversy Is closed nnd forgotten,
save by grny-halrcd survivors who took an
active and heated part In It, has never been
demonstrated so completely as now In the
comments upon the death of Fltz-John Por
ter, an abler man and a better general,
who should go down to lasting fame for
his achievement nt the battle of Malvern
Hill alone. On that historic field, when
MrClellan, apparently, had given up thu
day as hopeless nnd retired to a gunboat on
the James river, Porter gathered nn urmy
seemingly demoralized In a seven days' re
treat nnd made dispositions so masterly
that there resulted n victory which saved
the union, for It Is not too much to say that
defeat then would have meant ruin.
The wildncsi of tho McClellan contro
versy, we may add, was Illustrated by the
hot and pctslstent denial by his civilian
champions of even tho Indisputable fact
that McClellan. on July 1, 1S62. the day of
the battle of Malvern Hill, went aboard the
gunboat Galena. When asked as to tho
matter by the committee on tho conduct of
the war, McClellan replied, strangely
enough: "I do not remember; It Is pos
sible I may have been," In a dairy of the
surgeon of tho Galena, however, It Is re
corded, under that date, that McClellan
came aboard at 9 In the morning, that at
10 o'clock tho vessel moved down the rlvor
with tho general, "who, being considerably
fatigued, has gone Into the cabin tor a
little sleep," In tho afternoon ho went
ashore In response to a mcsrage calling for
his Immcdlnto presence. General Hooker
testified before the same commlttco that If
the battle had been followed up "Richmond
mond would have been ours beyond a
doubt." Instead, McClellan's order was for
retreat to Harrison's Landing to which,
testified Hooker farther, "we retreated like
a parcel of sheep, and a fow shots would
have panic-stricken tho whole command."
and services amounting to 12,384,047.84,
Mexican money.
Resides this snug bill, the company has
sent to Washington a clnlm for the 8 per
cent dividend on Its capital guaranteed by
tho Spanish government. According to tho
terms of tho concession granted the rail
road company tho Spanish government guar
anteed tho railroad an 8 per cent dividend,
and when It fell short the government mado
It good. During the years that the Insur
rection wns on and tho military occupied tho
road no dividends were possible. The road
claims that tho American government has
undertaken the obligations of the Spanish
government and will expect the payment of
tho dividends.
A Chicago boy, writing from Hucarre,
Ilocos Norto, P. I., says:
"Wo arc stationed In a pretty town, situ
nted about flvo miles Inland from the Chi
nese sea. The place boasts of having a pop
ulation of 13,700 inhabitants nnd is governed
by a municipal council composed ot n 'pros
Idente' and twenty-one 'cabczas,' under tho
Jurisdiction of tbo military authorities.
"Tho 'presldente' acts In the capacity of a
mayor, and receives a salary of $12.30 a
month. Notwithstanding the fact that lie
receives such small compensation, ho has
more authority than a man filling a similar
position In the United States. Ho sched
ules the prices for which all articles nre to
bo sold by the nntlves who como under his
Jurisdiction, thus avoiding competition by
the cutting of prices, and also extortion.
He also arts ns a mnglstrntc, trying all
persons who commit petty offenses, and
should any controversy arlso between the
natives he Is Invariably appealed to, and
when he gives a decision the natives ac
cept It as final.
"The 'cabezas,' or headmen, receive no
compensation whatever. They net ns dele
gates of the 'presldente' for their respective
wards nnd aro held responsible for tho con
duct of the people, as well ns tho sanitary
condition ot their wards. The positions of
presldente' and 'cabeza' aro elective offi
ces, and aro held for a period of one year.
From what I can understand, the majority
of tho present Incumbents aro composed of
ex-Insurgents, who laid down their arms
shortly after President McKlnloy's amnesty
was proclaimed throughout tho Islands. It
seoniB strange that, although tbo penplo
claim to be In favor of peaceable govern
ment under tho United Stntes, they In
variably give nn ex-Insurgent precedence
over all others,"
Vebrnakn tlui Garden Spot.
Hastings Tribune.
Nebraska Is certainly fast becoming
the garden spot of tbe unlverao. Tho
flower, tho trees nnd tho birds nro
moro plentiful and moro beautiful
than they ever were beforo, while the
fields of waving grain speak loudly of pros
perity and tho farmer, llko tho merchant,
wears a smile of satisfaction, peace and
contentment. And well might the Ne
braskan feel glad amid such surroundings.
Who would not, with the crop prospects
as promising and bright as tboy are? Take
the statistics ot Nebraska for last year and
they show a surplus production of cattlo,
hogs and tbelr products to thn amount ot
$117,021,751, whlla tho surplus of poultry,
c3rs nnd butter amounted to $7,458,479,
This explains that smile of contentment
and why Nebraska Is tho garden spot of
tbe universe.
Will Cnturale lllo Pnnrf
LouUvillo Courier-Journal.
The chances for Mr. Carnogle to die rich
are growing smaller by degrees and beau
tifully. Even a fortune of $200,000,000 Is
bound to dwindle rapidly when Its owner
gives It away In blocks of $5,000,000 and
,$10,000,000 at a time, to say nothing of
tho frequent smaller donations running up
from $25,000 to $600,000. The habit of giv
ing, llko others, grows by Indulgence and
tho more Mr, Carnegie gives tho more en
thusiastic n giver ho seems to be. At tho
rate ho is now proceeding It will require
only two or three years for htm to dlsposo
of tho bulk of his enormous wealth. He Is
taking a bond of fortune In this matter, for
what Is given tway always stands to thn
crodlt ot tbo giver's spiritual bank account.
ItAMMlM MIOTS AT Itlll'OHM.
Sprlugflcld Monitor (dem): Tho attorney
general Is about to bring proceedings
against cx-Pecrotary of State Porfer for
holding Out fees belonging to the stnte. If
Porter Is guilty he should be pushed to fho
limit. It Is Just such nets as these on tho
pnrt of state officer that gives nny party
to which they belong n black eye.
Arcadia Champion (rep.); The state has
mndo n formal demand of ex-Secretary of
Stnto W. F. Porter for the IPC3.j!0 fees re.
talned by him nnd which he,' like Moore,
fnlled to turn over. We understand that
suit will bo brought against him. The re
form hosts nre strangely silent on the sub
ject and wo do not know whether this Is
In the line of reform or not. If some Wil
liam J. would only throw some light on
the subject.
Kearney Hub (rep,); Some friends of ex
Secretary of State Porter make the rather
surprising defense that ho cannot be com
pelled to make restitution of tho fees Ille
gally retained, coupled with the nssertlon
thnt the action for recovery Instituted by
tho present attorney genornl Is prompted
by political motives. This Is certainly a
narrow view to tnke of the matter and It
should not cut any figure with any official
who has taken nn oath to perform the
duties of his oluce.
Crete Vldctte (rep.): E-Sccrotary of
Stnto Porter was onu of the loudest roform
shouters In the Rtato house. Ho wns con
stantly yelling fraud and pointing tho
linger of scorn nt other men's shortcom
ings to such nn extent that the public eyo
wns diverted from his own Immaculate,
personage. He is now to be sued, In tho
name of the stnte, by tho attorney genornl
for tho recovery of fees to tho amount ot
$923.80 which ho retnlned coutrnry to a
plain constitutional provision.
Hastings Trlbuno (rep.): Ex-Secretary
of State W. F. Porter Is In hotter water
than he anticipated, ns ho Is to be sued In
tho name of tho stato of Nebraska for the
recovery of $923, 8fi which ho retnlned con
trary to the constitutional provision pro
hibiting stato officers from retaining public
fees. This money which Porter Is to bo
sued for came Into his possession by him
being a member of the marks and brands
committee. Mr. Porter claims the marks
nnd brnnds act says ho was entitled to 20
per cent of tho fees collected and ho put
that much Into his own pocket. This was
contrnry to the constitution nnd Mr. Portrr
must hnvo been nwaro of tho fact when
he pinched the 20 per cent. Even many of
his close fusion friends say this and cannot
understand why Porter would do bucIi a
thing. This Is eaally accounted for: Porter
I ono of those fellows who goes Into poli
tics and office for all thero Is In It, and
while holding down office If thero was any
doubt whether certain money belonged to
himself or the state he gavo himself the
benefit of the doubt.
M'.llll.VSlv.V POLITICAL COMMBNT.
Rcatrlce Democrat: An eastern paper
commenting upon tho fact that the pop
stato committee of Nebraska Is hopelessly
In debt regards this as a "sign ot disin
tegration." The diagnosis Is Incorrect. It
Is simply n sign that the pops do not pro
pose to spend their money on a dead horse
when they aro liable to need It next fall
In promoting reforms.
Sprlugfleld Monitor (dom.): The poli
ticians havo already begun figuring on elec
tion tills fall nnd nre trotting out their fa
vorite candidates. Theso political boosters
should bo set down on good nnd hard. They
are everlastingly trying nnd very often do
foist a lot of old chronic ofncoHeekers on
tho party who have either held ofllce all
their live or tried to and expect tho peo
ple to swallow them without wincing at
tho dose. Tho thing has become too old
and tho people won't stand for ft any
longer. Trot out new men. Thero aro
plenty of them aud good oneH, too.
Kearney Democrat: Hilly Bryan made a
speech nt Nevada, Mo., last week In which
he said that the reorganizes of tho demo
cratic purty wero bent on "wrecking tho
pnrty from within by shouting harmony."
If nnybody can do a better Job at wrecking
tho party than Wily has done In four yenrj
wo would like to see tho color of his
whiskers. Tho "wrecking of tho party
from within" began when Wlly's strikers
at Lincoln attempted to forcibly throw
such lifelong democrats ns linn. A. J.
Sawyer out of the houso becatlso he chal
lenged the right of pop and republican
rounders nnd thugs of that city to como
Into a democratic caucus nnd control Its
actions at the Instance of the national
playmate of Altgcld and Tillman. Tho same
manner of methods havo boon adopted by
Hllly's strikers overywhero and every dem
ocrat In Ruffalo county Is fully cognizant
to what extent Rllly's wheelhorses at
Kearney havo "wrecked tho party from
within" nnd behind closed doors by making
Illegal and unlawful nominations and se
lecting themselves delegates to county,
district and state conventions. If anybody
can Improve upon Billy's plan of wrecking
trot him out and let tho democrats take a
look at him.
WIIITTM3I) TO A POIVI".
Cleveland Plain Denier: "False! faho'-'
shrieked the hero of the latest dramatiza
tion in fnlKPtto toner.
"Do you say that to my face? screamed
the heroine. ...
"I say It to your very teeth! roared tho
hero.
Chicago Rerord-Herald: "My wife can t
stny but n week down nt her mothers.
"Homesick?" , ,
"No; but her younger sisters admired our
baby so much they nearly washed It to
pieces."
Philadelphia Press: "It s a .boy," he
heard the nume sny, and tnmicflhitely he
Hnllled forth lo tell till his friends. When
he returned Inter he whs permitted to
gaze upon hi offspring.
"Why. O'hlpsh me!" ho rxclolmcd, ' I
dldn' know It wuzli tvvinsli."
Washington Stnr: "Confucius nuts ii
groat denl of wisdom Into condensed form,''
said thn student.
"Yes," nnsvveretl the person who has no
roverrncc whntevvr "I tnkn It thnt If he
hnd only studied nlalect a llltlo h might
hnvo been tbo Josh Hillings of tho orient
Philadelphia Time: "I'll lmve In limve
your service, sir," snid the conchmni) to
the trust inHgnato.
"I'm sorry to hear tlint, John. hy?,
"Everv time I drive you out, fir. I hear
people say: 'There goen thu scoundrel.
and I don't know which of us thy mem
Cloveliind Plain Denier: "I see thnt an
Indiana court ha decided that n paasenger
traveling on a pn enn recover damages
for Injuries due to the cnrclossnrcs of the
train employes,"
"Yes, but how do you got the pass?
Detroit Free Press: "Yes, nlr." nxclnlmed
Codling, "my friend Slmpfon I h man of
unlmnefichnble veracity."
"Whnt makes you sny that?
"Well, I've known him twenty year, and
never once. In nil that time, winter or sum,
mer. did he exaggerate his thermometer
record,"
Somorvlllo Journal: Mr. Wnyto-Does
your husband ever have the nlghtmnre?
Mrs, Hrowne Wt II. he sometime tart
to hnvo one, but for n good, many year
now I have been In tho hahlf of taking h
hatpin to bed with mo. so thut l.can gen
erally woke him up before ho gets well to
going.
OUTCLASSUD.
Somervillo Journal.
I loved a mnlden nnd proposed,
And she nt nnco said "e. M
Wo married snnn, nnd settled down
To lifelong happiness.
At least that wns the way I thought
That It was t;ofng to bo,
But pretty noon I hnd my doubts,
For we did not ngrre.
Hho choso to rule and no did I.
We could not both b first.
Ono of us wn compelled to yield
And that U not tho worst.
Htr will, I found, outrlvnlled mine,
A termagant wn hc.
I thought t lint I'd mnrrled her,
Not much! Sho married met