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THE OMAHA DAILY UEEi SATURDAY, J TINE 8, 1D01.
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If llio Union Pacific absorbs the .Santa
I'o thero will lie absolutely nothing to
provoiit thu octopus from charging till
tlio trnlllu will bear.
Nebraska bun four millions ami a half
Invested In Intcrest-bearing securities
for thu benellt of the permanent school
fund. Very few states can match tills.
And now It transpires that the pur
chase of the site for the auditorium was
rushed in order to compel the people of
Omaha to plank down the money re
quired for the erection of the building.
The colleges and universities arc turn
ing out mniu doctors, more lawyers,
more preachers and more professionals
of every description, but the demand
of this country Is for more mechanics,
farmers and laborers;
Huffalo Bill has ventured Into tho
arena of Journalism. The lat,t number
of tho New York- Independent contains
an article over his signature on "Pro
serving the ("lame." lllson William Is
an acknowledged expert on game and
gamlug.
Tho humane society of New York can
see nothing objectionable In bull ligrits
on Wall street six days a week every
week In the year. Why should the
Omaha humane society object to bull
lighting In South Omaha only six days
In u year?
The .lacksonhin club Is to Join In tho
chorus of denunciation of the Porto
Itican decision of the supremo court.
Howling against what someone else
has donu is democracy's long suit It Is
so much easier I lain doing tilings and
requires less mentul exertion.
Nebraska has no objection to North"
Dakota getting up a frost and a .Juno
snowstorm if it desires, but would bo
pleased to have It retain Its surplus cold.
Tho Ice crop last winter was short and
the prlco Is high, but we can get along
without any fresh cold storage at this
season.
Tho western cattlemen are engaging
in the usual summer pastime of "shoot
ing up" this sheep camps, incidentally
killing sheep and once in a while shoot
ing a herder. The question Is no doubt
11 perplexing one. but It would seem
there wns 11 better way of settling' It
than this.
Tho Into legislature has many sins to
answer for, but none less pardonable
than tho passage of tho act transferring
tho money in tho state sinking fund to
tho general fund. Such tinancloHng
will swell the floating debt of tho state,
which already Is: nearly a million in ex
cess of tho constitutional limit.
When tho llnnnelal maguates who are
mixing up In tho control of about all
tho railroads In tho country complete
their task they hope to eliminate cut
rates and all the ills of sharp competi
tion. 'I ho contracting freight agent Is
likely to keep on In the same old way,
however, as lie has a reputation to main
tain ns well as tho magnates.
When the members of the United
States supremo court hear that the
stntesmen and constitutional lawyers 01
the Peter Cooper club of Omaha dlsn
greo with them a special session of tho
court is liable to bo called that tho do
clslon may bo reversed. Tho nnlv
strange thing about tho matter Is that
the Peter cooper statesmen were not
consulted before the opinion was pro
mulgatcd.
Tho United States government Is hav
Ing trouble securing horses for the cav
airy regiments of tho army. Tho Hrlt
Ish government Is still finding all It
wants In tills country, and a recent
statement of tho war secretary In tho
llotiso of Commous Indicates tho quality
of those secured Is perfectly satlsfac
tory. Tho United States offers more
for tho horses, but Insists upon coiull
tlons which are. uear Impossibility of
fulfillment. A brand might injure a
horse In n beauty show, but he Is able
to enrry his rider Just as far anil Just
us fust as before brautllng.
WHAT IS THU III UltJECTI
Fifteen members of the Cominrrriul
club who profess to bo deeply concerned
over the charges ponding before the
police board have decided to present
themselves in a body before Judge
Kstelle at the hearing of tho petition
for an Injunction to prevent the mayor
and police board from considering or
passing on the charges.
What Is the object of this proposed
demonstration? I)q they, propose to
overawe the court by their presence?
Do these lifteeii men expect to impress
the court that tho whole business com
munity Is Interested In choking off In
vestigation and promoting nnarchy and
discord In thu lire department? Is the
object of their presence to Influence thu
decision of thu Judge on a purely law
question? Who over heard of the Com
mercial club or Its executlvo comuiltteo
adopting such tactics?
Tho proper tiling for members of the
Commercial club nnd anyone Interested
In an elllclent lite service would be to
attend the hearing of the charges before
the police board and Inform themselves
whether the charges are well founded.
If a member of the Commercial club
has an. evidence to controvert tho
charges that have been preferred lot
him present It before tho tribunal that
appointed Chief Itcdell and that is
vested by law with the duty of main
taining discipline In the force from the
chief down. In any event, the Com
mercial club cannot afford to allow It
self to be used as a catspaw for Insur
ance agents who appear to bo more In
terested In suppressing an Investigation
than thov are In the elllclency of tho
tiru department.
rnvciiKSs ix I'ouro mco.
A native Porto It lean, Dr. Hurbosa,
who arrived In tho United States a
few days ago, gives a gratifying ac
count of conditions In the Island. He
says tiie people generally are pleased
with thu change from Spanish to Amer
ican control and gratified at the prog
ress they are making In self-government.
While they would like free trade
with tho United States they understand
tiiat this is not practicable at present
and will not bo until they can raise
enough money by Internal taxation to
support their own government. What
is known as the Hollander tax law Is
now In operation and while not wholly
satisfactory will perhaps yield sulllcient
to meet the expenses of the government
of the Island. In that case It Is pos
sible that congress will not continue the
existing 15 per cent duty on Imports
from Porto Klco.
The secretary of t ho Island government,
W. II. Hunt, who Is tiow in tills coun
try, says that wages in Porto Klco are
now higher than they ever were be
fore and that thu children iue being
taught more generally In the schools
and arc learning Kugllsh rapidly. Tho
prospects for prosperity aro good and
as rapid progress Is being made as
could reasonably bo expected. Of
course there Is Some discontent, but
there is discontent in our own country
and everywhere. That the Porto Itlcaus
generally aro satlslled with American
control was very distinctly shown In
tho enthusiastic' popular greeting to
(iovernor Allen on his return to the
Island a short time ago.
nit; i'ueswext axij i'Hutectiox.
The conversation between President
MeKlnley and M. Jules Siegfried, the
former French minister of commerce,
who Is now In this country, has caused
the Impression in some quarters that
.Mr. MeKlnley Is less of a protectionist
titan formerly. According to the
Frenchman ho remarked to the presi
dent that ho was aware of his being a
pronounced protectionist, to which Mr.
.MeKlnley replied: "There you aro not
quite correct, for I have within the last
few years greatly modified my views on
tills subject. I was formerly a strong
advocate of protection, but since then
we have advanced a great deal In the
United States and our manufacturers
have gone ahead with gigantic strides,
so that now wo aro In a position to
trade with foreign countries on a
reciprocal basis, with mutual advan
tages to both, exchanging our steel and
other products for the goods which tliey
specially produce,"
This may or may not be an accurate
statement of what the president said.
.Mr. MeKlnley Is not likely and cannot
reasonably be expected to take public
notice of the utterances of M. Sieg
fried. Hepubllcan leaders, however,
who aro familiar with thu views of the
president have expressed doubt that he
made the statement attributed to him.
The Cleveland Leader reports Senator
llanua as saying that he knows Mr.
.MeKlnley Is In favor of protection, that
he is opposed to material modlilcatlous
of the Dlngley law and that If any
coucesslonu are to be made to Furopean
nations In the matter of thu t a rill', they
shall be through reciprocity treaties
providing for mutual concessions. A
member of the cabinet is quoted to thu
same effect.
"If that Is whero thu president
stands," observes the Leader, "and
there can be no doubt t lint his position
has been stated correctly, he has not
changed within thu past ten years. Tho
MeKlnley inw, which was enacted In
1S!0, for the first time gnve force and
effect to tho theory of reciprocity and
reciprocity has been one of the cardinal
principles of republican policy ever
since." Nothing could be more unlikely
than that Mr. MeKlnley Is no longer
a pronounced protectionist, though It Is
conceivable that he may think a modi
fication of the tariff In some directions
practicable ami desirable. Perhaps he
would agree with the view of tho matter
expressed lu tho resolution adopted by
tho National Association of .Manufac
turers, which says: "The object of
tariff legislation should be to furnish
uiicquntu protect Ion to such products
only as require It, without providing for
monopoly abuses. The tariff on goods
of which tho cost of production Is higher
lu the United States than In foreign
countries should bo at least what Is
necessary to compensate domestic In
dustries for tho higher cost of produc
tion." Of ono thing there Is no doubt
11 ad that Is that ITcsldeut MeKlnley 2s
most earnestly In favor of reciprocity.
This he has made perfectly plain both
In what he has said and done nnd It
may be contldontly expected Mint tho
Inlluence of the administration will be
strongly exerted with congress In be
half of reciprocity. It Is the earnest
belief of Mr. .MeKlnley that this policy
Is necessary to the nialutennnco nnd en
largement of our foreign trade and ho Is
supported In tills view by all tho Inter
ests which aro concerned In enlarging
tho volume of our exports.
SI'AtX'S THE AT V I'M VI LEV ES.
Hy the treaty of peace with Spain
the goods of that country aro for a
period of ten years given entrance to
tho Philippines on equal terms with
American goods. The shipping of that
country Is also placed on an equality
with that of the United States as to
the Philippines. It has been urged that
In thu event of tho supreme court ap
plying tho Dellma decision to the archi
pelago congress should at oneu abolish
the commercial privileges granted to
Spain by thu treaty of pence.
In regard to this the New York Trib
une points out Mint the treaty privileges
are not at all Interfered with by the
supreme court's decision, for the court
declared that tho uniform Import re
quirement of the constitution becomes
operative only by alllrmatlve action of
congress. There Is therefore no re
straint, argues that paper, upon the
treaty-making power In tho matter of
commercial concessions to foreign coun
tries in these territories, "Indeed,"
says the Tribune, "Justice Hrown In
his opinion discussed this very treaty
question, pointing out how similar con
cessions had been made In thu case of
Louisiana and Florida, ami from that
argued that the ports so opened In the
early days must have been considered
as beyond the operation of thu revenue
provisions of thu constitution nnd that
therefore all ports outside of states
must be beyond It." Perhaps It was a
mistake to grant the commercial priv
ileges to Spain. It was certainly un
necessary, but It was prompted by a
spirit of magnanimity and In no event
Is the grant likely now to be Interfered
with.
oa Tin; eve ur a tidal wave.
There Is a tide In the affairs of cities,
as well as men, which, taken at the
How. leads on to fortune. Unless all
signs fall, Omaha Is on tho eve of an
other tidal wave Mint will, If prudently
directed, result In more substantial
progress Mian lias ever been experienced
by Mils community during any period In
Its history.
With cities, as with men, there Is no
loyal road to greatness. Thu surest
passport to success Is labor. It Is only
Incessant, well-directed and concerted
effort that builds up great cities. No
single enterprise can bu depended 011 to
double our population and our t rattle.
The manufacturers alone cannot do It;
neither can the bankers or tho real es
tate dealers. To make Omaha grow
wo must hnve the active and harmoni
ous co-operation of nil the factors ami
agencies that constitute tho vitalizing
force of a great city. In other words,
commerce alone cannot bo depended
upon to build up a great city. Swapping
Jackknives and loaning money canuot
sustain a very large population.
Tho backbone of Omaha must lie lu
its wageworklng population. Thu great
majority of thu men and the women
who are working for wages In cities
must necessarily be lu tho mills, work
shops and factories. Of the 15,000 men
nnd women who earn a livelihood by
some form of labor in Omaha and South
Omaha fully four-tlfths are employed in
the railroad shops, packing houses,
mills, factories and workshops. It Is
safe to assert that ono of the packing
houses In South Omaha employs more
men and women than all of the Jobbers
lu the city of Omaha. The Omaha
smelting works employs almost as many
wageworkers as arc employed lu all the
department stores.
While we cannot hope to secure the
establishment of Industrial concerns
that give employment to thousands,
Omaha Is In a fair way of multiplying
thu number of these small manufactur
ing establishments, providing our mer
chants will give preference to thu prod
ucts of homo mills and factories.
As a matter of fact Omaha could
double tho number of Its factory wage
workers lu a year if tho Jobbers wero
disposed to give homo manufactures
substantial encouragement.
It Is a matter of notoriety that the
bulk of commodities sold by Omaha Job
bers are bought elsewhere, although a
largo proportion could bu purchased as
cheaply In Omaha.
This lias been one of the greatest Im
pediments to the growth of our manu
facturing ludustrles and of our indus
trial population.
When this unnatural discrimination
against homo Industry gives way to a
proper public spirit, as It surely will lu
thu uear future, Omaha will be ablu to
cope with any rival that now competes
In Us tributary territory.
The lusurance men at their convention
decided to attempt to circumvent the
anti-compact laws of the various states.
Unless the public is greatly in error this
Is no new move on the part of tho Insur
ance companies. If thu Insurance com
panies would make as strenuous 1111 en
deavor to comply with tho Inws as they
do to circumvent them tho public might
look with more favor upon their plea
that the laws were hurtful, and, If really
so, they would be repealed.
Lumber dealers report sales this year
greatly lu excess of last, which was also
a good year. This Is not only true
with local trade, but also with whole
salers whose business Is out In tho
statu. Ncbraskans always want tho
best thelr'resources will afford, and lu
these prosperous times aro putting their
money Into better homes and better
buildings. A few more years llku WOO
anil 1001 and old-Miners will hardly
know tho htate.
Another round of denunciation will
probably bo Indulged In because a pro
fessor In the Kansas Wesloynn unlver
Blty hna bceu let out for teaching what
Is termed "higher criticism" of the
bible. While educational Institutions In
general should certainly be tolerant, the
denunciation Is hardly In place against
colleges of this class. They are organ
ized to teach, In addition to ordinary
educational branches, certain views of
life. The professor who finds himself
out of harmony with these views should
have the good taste to get out and not
wait to be tired.
Tho Northern Pacific has guaranteed
to tho stockholders of tho Ibirllngton
S per cent on the face value of their
stock, and tho Union Paelilc Is said to
have guaranteed the Northern Pacific,
Oreat Northern and Atchison lines an
assured Income equal to 1 per cent on
all their slock Issues, but who will guar
antee good crops and general business
prosperity all along these lines to the
Union Paclllo? Is Providence going Into
partnership with thu community of In
terests combine?
A I.iiiiiiiIiiu; 1'iisnIIiIIK)'.
Philadelphia Press.
It begins to look ns If Kitchener might
regret to report In person before very long.
Itcslrletliiti In Soine States.
Indlntiupull Journal. .
Only a part of tho constitution follows
tho ling Id those states which hnva dis
franchised three-quarters of a million
voters.
A irntlflnu Omission.
Uoston Transcript.
General Kred (Irant says the American
soldiers In tho Philippines are "worthy
sons oud equal to their fathers." Wo are
glad that he didn't claim anybody there
was "n bigger man than old Grant."
The SiintlilKO .Ufillll.
Washington Post.
Tho Navy department will precipitate n
touching scene when It presents Admiral
Schley with a Santiago medal bearing the
prftfllo of Admiral Sampson. It will he re
called that Admiral Schley participated In
tho battle and Is entitled to wear one of
the medals,
Vnlue of TeloKrnph Control.
Philadelphia North American.
The Hoers are still picking up Btray
yeomanry In bunches of a few hundred
nnd sending them back to Kitchener with
out their arms. Probably tho Doers aro
doing more serious dntnnge than that, but
they have no presB agents In these days,
and the llrltlsh nre provoklngly reticent.
Snil Time In 1)1' Knlnlm-U.
Chicago Chronicle.
According to Henry Wattcrson, Kentucky
has been revolutionized morally nnd po
litically. He wns asked If ho thought the
nomination of Unvtd U. Hill for president
In 1904 would be popular In Kentucky.
You might as well talk of tho crops In
1920 as of the cnndldate3 In 1904," wns his
reply. Again asked If there wbb any senti
ment In Kentucky for any candidate, ho
answered: "There Is no sentiment In Ken
tucky for anybody or anything." Poor old
Kentucky! Without a sentiment!
PASSI'dllTS AM) I-'II.II'IXOS.
An Old Unentlon In n Xciv l-'urni and
the Precedent.
Philadelphia Press.
The application which has been made to
the American embassy In London by a
citizen of tho Philippine Islands for a pass
port raises questions precisely similar to
those raised In ili pnst by analogous ap
plications. There Is nothing In the present
situation of nur-ovcrnment not within past
precedents which guide the State depart
ment in Its present Issue of credulas or
certificates of rcsldonco and protection.
Indians enjoy tho protection, nro "do
mestic subjects," and under the sover
eigntythough the' supreme court hns de
cided In more than one caso not under the
"Jurisdiction" of tho United States. They
havo been given in the past not passports
but certificates of residence, nlleglance and
nationality. They aro not "citizens," but
"nationals" h diplomatic term wo com
mend to the Now York Sun, which Is look
ing for a word to designate Porto Ulcans.
Like certificates or ccdulns of protection
nnd residence have been given to Cubans,
who are not even "nationals."
A "passport" by our fcderul law can
only bo Issued to "citizens." This Is n
comparatively recent limitation. So Is con
fined the grant of passports to tho Depart
ment of State. Massachusetts enco habitu
ally Issued certificates of residence and na
tionality to Its citizens when going abroad.
Korty years ago a mayor of Philadelphia
Issued such a passport, and Jeremiah b,
Black, then attorney fieneral, decided that
tho mayor was "au "unauthorized person"
as far os this passport wns concerned, In
Asiatic nnd African lands, whore exterrl-
torlallty exists, certificates of American
protection are constantly given to natives,
enjoying a protection by treaty. Habitu
ally In such countries, those enjoying ex
territorial privileges through the presence
of tho flag over their residence, as Maltese
who can olalm English. Algerians who can
claim French nnd certain AbysBlnlans who
can claim Italian protection, are known not
as "citizens" but as "nationals."
Such tho Porto Ulcans are: They In
habit territory "appurtenant" to the United
States. So do the Filipinos. In exactly
what relation the Thlllpplno archipelago
stands to the United States tho supremo
court has yet to decide. If It takes the
extreme ground nnd holds, under the senate
resolution passed when the treaty wns
ratified, that tho Islands wero not "per
manently annexed." It still would bo true
that tho Filipinos, as individuals, were
undor tho protection of the United States.
It the relation of this annexed territory li
held to he closor. they would bo still raoro
clearly under this protection.
A (crtltlcato of this protection, such as
has been given to Indians, would meet
every need of n passport. Those who havo
It would, In tho convenient term of
diplomacy already quoted, be "nationals," a
broader word than "citizen." uy r.ngnsn
Inw any person born on British territory Is
a "citizen," but when Orcnt Britain exer
cised Its exclusive protection over tho
"United States of the Ionian Islands" their
Inhabitants enjoyed ox-tcrrlttirlnllty nnd
tho Jurisdiction of British consular couris
In Turkey nnd olsonhoro less ns "citizens"
than as "nationals," Tho Mnlngassy were
In an analogous posltten until cx-tcrrlto-rlallty
was abolished In Madagascar. ,ln
Tunis cx-tcrrltorlnllty remained nftor
French occupation, but a Tunisian could tin
hesitatingly seek French protection In any
land In which Frenchmen enjoyed It and he
was given It, not at all as a citizen, but as
a quasi "national," under the flag If not the
full sovereignty of France,
The Filipino application raises n question,
therefore, nelthor new to diplomacy nor un
known In our diplomatic experience. "A
free white porson," Atturney General Jere
ralah S. Black said In 1859 and Implied was
the only citizen known to federal law. A
later attornov general added negroes. The
practice of tho State department hos added
Indlnns, not ns citizens, but ns nationally
protected, as "nationals." The Porto means
make another category, tho Cubans an
other nnd tho Filipinos may eventually
stand between Porto Blcans and Cuban?
Abroad they will enjoy the protection, tho
Identification nnd the good nfilcos of the
United Stntes. not ns "citizens," but as
"nationals," At homo they will be citizens
of nn arrhlnclago "appurtenant" to the
United States.
OTItF.lt I, AMIS THAN (H IIS.
Jnpnncso governments havo for years
shutltid between Ito nnd Yamagnta nnd
under each of theso veterans the Chrysan
themum emp n hns been nsured of n vigor
ous rule, The more direct Interest In the
new cabinet Is that n new figure appears at
Its head, that of Viscount Knt9tirn, who has
got together 11 part of the cabinet which
went out with Ito n few weeks ngo nnd has
added to it some new names. Tho last
Yamagnta ministry was succeeded by Ito
la September of 1900, and the ministry
which has now been supplanted wns tho
fifth and the shortest which had Ito nt Its
head. Thn task of the now premier will bo
rendered heavy by tho discordant condition
of tho finances, by tho unf.imlllnrlty of the
peoplo with party government, which has
Just been Introduced, nnd by tho growing
hostility between the democratic elements
In tho lower Japanese houso nnd the noble
men In tho Houso of Peers, Pnrllament
nnd constitutional rule has not shown the
expected stability In tho empire. Thero
have been forty ministries since 186S and
tho new ono Is the eighth since 1SS9.
Although Spnln now supplies other Kti
ropean countries with n large part of tho
raw matorlals for their Iron, steel and cop
per Industries, tho tlnm seems to bo ap
proaching when she will work up her own
materials. Tho value of tho products of
such industries lu Spain In 1S99 exhibited
an lncreaso of nearly $1,900,000, ns com
pared with tho preceding year. It Is said
that tho extended uso of olectrlelty Is caus
ing the Introduction of many manufactures
Into districts hitherto deserted. Thero are
now over 15Q miles of electric tramways
nnd most of the small towns nnd villages,
dependent until lately on n few oil lamps,
nro now lighted with electricity. Tho mul
tiplication of factories nnd of opportuni
ties for practising skilled labor In rural
localities is tending to encourage tho agri
cultural population to take more Interest
In education. There Is, In line, reason to
bcllevo that In the course of n few dec
ades It will bo proved that Spnln has
gained more than sho lost by the dismem
berment of the Inst remnants of her trans
atlantic and r.icinc colonial empire.
The Paris correspondent of tho London
Times says that the true reason of the
French excitement over tho presence of the
German emperor and the Husslan minister
to Berlin ut tho military feust given nt
Metz In honor of the czar's birthday Is tho
fact that tho celebration occurred at Metz.
Nothing, ho says, is moro deeply rooted In
tho minds of tho French mnsseB than the
conviction that tho treaty of alliance with
Russia contains among Itn provisions somo
ngreement relating to the recovery of Al-saco-Lorralne,
although there Is abundant
evidence thnt there la no nlltislon to this
subject In tho document. Count Slu
rnvleff, indeed, In his famous circular pre
liminary to The Hague conference, ex
pressly declared that Kussta had no wish
for any alteration In tho existing map of
Europe. The presence of Count von der
Ostcn-Sacken, tho Husslan minister nt Ber
lin, at the Metz dinner Is held to be proof
positive that Russia has no Iden of Interfer
ing to disturb tho German occupation of
the conquered provinces, and this has been
n shock to French susceptibilities, ulthough
there necr was any valid reason for en
tertaining a contrary opinion. No soft
speeches of tho kaiser, however compli
mentary to France, can dlsgulso the fact
that he has succeeded lu getting a public,
If only tacit, acquiescence of the repre
sentative of the czar In Germany's right to
possession.
Tho destiny of tho new Russian loan
which is being Moated through AIM. Roths
child of Paris Is the source of considera
ble speculation In continental diplomatic
circles, whero It Is recalled that an re
cently as last February M. Wltte, the Rus
sian minister of finance, refused to accept
a loan of nearly 150,000,000 francs offered
on most advantageous terms, nnd that later ,
ho declared to a French Interviewer: "I
need no loan and will accept none.
I authorize you to stnto over ngnln as
emphatically ns you know how that I have
no intention whatcvor of borrowing."
Somo of tho Paris papers sco a connec
tion between the lean and the recent visit
of tho French foreign mlnlbtcr, M. Del
casse, to St. Petersburg, particularly ns tho
loan Is floated through n French banking
house. The Russian press, however, re
gards the loan nB nn augmentation of the
flnnuclnl strength of the government, not
iicicssary but convenient, ns offering se
curity for foreign enterprises In Russia.
Says tho Novoo Vremya: "Even tho 'pro
ductive' use to which tho loan will bo put
will not be without Its effect on foreign
capltnllsts, many of whom nro directly In
terested In Russian Industrial onterprlseo."
Tho Exchange Gazetto of St. Petersburg
regards tho loan as evidence "of tho sta
blllty of Russian credit on the foreign
money market and of the estimation In
which M. Wltto Is held by foreign finan
ciers," and It adds that the loan Is for the
purposo of covering advances to private
railway companies In order to prevent any
delay In the work of construction.
Advices from Belgrade arc that Servians
In general havo taken It for granted that
there will bo no heir to the throne and nre
consequently divided In opinion ns to tho
future political status of their country.
Thb situation has brought to light that tho
radical majority, which ha3 drawn much of
Its inspiration from French politics and
which recently forced King Alexander to
proclaim a moro liberal constitution than
hitherto In force, has been gradually Im
bibing republican Ideas, which rrqulro only
tho absence of a direct heir to tho throno
to bring them Into prominence It may
bo recalled that only eight years ngo tho
nttempt was mndo hy certain radical load
ers to substltuto a republic for tho mon
archy. This conspiracy contributed to
bring nbout the Insurrection nt Zalchar,
tho suppression of which cost heavily In
lives and treasure. Today tho radical party
has particularly espoused tho cnuso of tho
pendants, who demand low tnxes nnd a re
duction of military burdens, for they de
clare that they onco defeated tho Turks
with n militia nnd cannot sco why a moro
mllltla should not now moot tho require
ments of the country. Agitation In favor
of republican methods. If not openly mndo
for n republic Itself, Is said to bo spread
Ing nil over Servla.
Jlorr Yiinlire I'erllx.
Chicago News.
Again the "American peril" looms up In
Englnnd, though In n new form. Following
tho Incursion of Mr. Morgan, who proceeded
to tnke possession of such commercial en
terprises ns pleased Ills cultlvnted taste, th
peril has ruappenred In thn shape of Wll
llnm C. Whitney, who has carried off the
prize In tho English Derby. From running
conventions to running races Is no great
leap for a man of Mr. Whitney's versatility
and hn Is by no means the only versatile
man In Amerlrnn politics. A still graver
menace nppears, for Inntanre, fn tho nc
tlvlty of Mr. Croker, whoso woll known
modesty nnd shrinking disposition will not
prevent him from calling for race prize
In lots of n dozen or morn It lib happens
to want them,
John ("liliiiininii Marred.
Philadelphia ledger.
That part of the constitution whlc'i pre
scribes freo trade throughout the "'Jnltod
Slntcs docs not apply to Porto Rl -o, but
that part of the United States law which
excludes Chlncso does. So n slrcnuous
effort Is being made to keep Chl'icso out
of Porto Rico, iBn't It lucky w decided
POLITICAL lilt I FT.
Chief .lustlco Fuller Is tho victim of a
small boom for the democratic nomination
In 1904, PIntfortu: "Tho constitution fol
lows tho flag,"
The bolons of Pennsylvania hnve passed
a hill making It unlawful for women to
rush the growler. Thnt Is one of the
Innllen.xblo rights of man.
The present constitution of the stnto of
New Jersey, adopted In 1S14, hns remained
unchanged for fifty years nnd remains prac
tically the same as when first adopted.
A member of tho Pennsylvania legis
lature, In n lucid peroration, pronounced It
the most distinguished body of asses In
the country." Not nn car wngged a con-
trndlctlon.
John McDufilo has been for twenty-five
years the clerk of committees for tho city
of CnmbrfUge, Mass. His services are to
be recognized now'hy a trip to Europe, for
which the mayor will grant leave of ab
sence and tho public will subscribe tl.tiOO.
Slnco New Jersey became republican Its
material Interests have tieon prospering
greatly. Of twenty-one counties In the
state nineteen Increased their population In
1900 compared with 1M0. Hunterdon, one
of tho two counties which fell off, was
carried hy Bryan lu 1900.
Thero Is no election for governor of Malno
thin year, but In preparation for next year's
election four candidates for tho repub
lican nomination havo nlrendy appeared:
Joseph H. Manley of Augusta, Wnldo Pet
tenglll of Humford Kails, II, M. Fernald of
Portlnnd nnd William T. Cobb of Rockland.
Senator Chauncey Dopew was In Chlcngn
last Wednesday and told a Record-Herald
mnn thnt ho was In favor of n third term
for President MeKlnley. He Is quoted ns
saying: "President MeKlnley has no op
position, no enemies and scarcely any
critics. Why not elect him for n third
term?"
Fifty thousand persons derive their liveli
hood from the City of Now York ns em
ployes of tho municipal government or of
the four counties which make up tho
greater city. The nvcrago salary Is $1,000
a year and tho city's pay roll la therefore
$50,000,000 n year, a tidy Item to bo met
from taxation.
Ohio papers cay that Former Governor
Asa Bushuell entertains no further political
ambition, Tho conclusion Is derived from
a sign recently posted In his law office,
which reads: "This Is uo courting salon
or millinery shop. Cut out tho goo-goo
eyes nnd attend strictly to your desk duties
or prepare to meet tho executioner."
Tho voters of Connecticut nre to havo an
opportunity of recording their views on n
question of constitutional amendment,
though hcrctoforo tho Connecticut legisla
ture has shown itself tenacious In the
preservation Intact of tho present primitive
stnto constitution. Tho stnto senate by
unnnlmous voto has passed tho constitu
tional amendment for plurality elections of
state officers nnd by n voto of 1G to 1 tho
amendment for a sennto of not less than
twenty-four members nor more than thirty
six, based on population. These amend
ments passed both houses nnd will go to
the people for ratification or rejection.
ritivn,i:c.i:s ok ii.vwYHits.
CruitN-Kxninlnntlnn Cnrrleil to Slinmr-
fnl KitrrnirM.
Chicago Chronicle.
In a criminal case on trial a doctor was
questioned ns to causes of death. After
enumeration of many causes, direct nnd In
direct, the presiding Judge asked: "Did
you ever hear of death by cross-examination?"
The question was reasonablo and timely.
Under our lax practlco codo lawyers on
both sides rf cases aro permitted to trot
over tho physical Immaterial world In quest
of real or lllustonary Information, which
often has no concelvablo bearing on tho
issue.
In lauds where n moro thorough educa
tion for law Is icqulrcd as preliminary to
admission to tho bar such vagabonding Is
unknown. Causes nro prcpnred with pre
cision outside tho Judicial precincts. They
nro presented with scientific simplicity and
lucidity to Judge or Jury or both. Irrele
vant Interrogatories would call upon the
guilty lawyer a judicial rebuko which
would cost him his clients.
American llcenso maintains n seriously
low standard In tho legal profession. Little
general or specific education Is demanded
beforo admission to tho bar. Onco In, there
Is no bulwark against iinDrofesslouallsro
which escapes ponal statutes. A lawyer
may violate ethics habitually, but, If un-
cnught, he goes on to tho end. In cnuscs
on trlnl he may Insult, browbeat, bully,
ralumnlatu witnesses without effectual pro
test before tho avcrngo Judge,
Many of tho cross-examination questions
aro malignant In their purpose to obscure
or pervert truth. Mnny nro Insidiously de
signed to fill Jurors' minds with prejudlco
against a litigant In order to defraud him.
Irrelevancy In cross-examination Is toler
ated by judges to tho degroo of barbarity.
If a question bo not honestly relevant
to tho pending lssuo why should It bo nl
lowed? If not Intelligible to tho Judgo how
can ho expect It to ho to tho Jury? The
purpose of such questions Is dishonest. It
is a reflection upon tho character of tho
Judgo to allow them.
It Is not enough that opposing counsel
should "save" nn objection for uso on ap
peal. Tho worst feature of dishonest cross
examination is that It compels litigants
to seek In higher courts tho rights to
which they aro entitled In tho trial court.
This abuse Is flagrant In tho courts of this
country. Death by cross-oxnininatlnn Is not
often recorded In tho coroner's office. But
robbery of property, violation of constitu
tional rights through dishonest cross
examination occur dally In tho courts.
Imagination
nnd a pretty big Htretch of it when you
think that only a custom tailor can put
Iho right sort of a suit on you.
Conptant offorts to improve every
detail fetch our clothing to the top
notch of perfection.
Como here with the tailor's price in
your mind and we'll give you a pleas
ing surprise in our $10, 15, $20 and
$25 suits.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
Browning, Kin g& Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
iiatii.i: AMI tiu: HAII.ntl.lll.
I'ntnlltlr of (lir l.ntlrr Kvorfil In Ono
t'riir Thine of the Knriiti-r.
Harper's Weekly.
If 7,12,1 men were killed nnd 44,620 we 0
wounded In battle even tho most Mtald
newspaper would he pardoned for using
sensational headlines. A thrill ot Jiotror
would vlbrnte civilized peoples, itrayera
would be uttered In all churches for tho
dead and tympnthetlr frellng for relatives
and" wounded would bo universal. ,
Such n calamity, however, hnppens every
year, nlmost without comment, But for
tho official report of tho Interstate Com
merco commission, annually rendered to
congress, tho world would bo llttlo the
wiser for It nnd unconcerned nbout ft. Tho
figures glcn nbove form the brief official
announcement of the number killed nnd In
jured by railways of tho United States for
tho yenr ending June .10, 1RS9. Tho statis
tic Is officially softened by n ratio stute
ment Hint only one person wns killed or
Injured for n certain number of million
mlirs accomplished hy trains. Tho public
Is further reassured to tho effect that only
239 pnssengers were killed nnd only 3,342
wero Injured, which gives over 60,000,000
miles traveled for one killed nnd over
4,500,000 miles traveled for ono Injured. Wo
nro told that 4,6741 persons killed worn
really trespassers, ns wore ato 6,353 of tho
Injured. They got In front of tho trains
when thoy ought to hnvo had business else
where. Somo of them werq only trumps,
stealing rldei, thus ridding communities
of their maintenance nnd pilfering nnd sad
dling tho burial expenses on tho railway
corporations,
careful examination of tho official re
port falls to rovenl nny other phllanthroplo
t r reassuring features, On the coBtrary,
n glnnce nt a table In tho report shons
that during tho period from September
30, 1SSS, to the samo date, 1S99, the nwful
slaughter of rnllwnys amounted to 78,413
killed and 415,707 injured a population,
grcnter than tho city of Now Orleans.
But what Is strictly germane to this nrttcln
Is the fnct that during those, yenrs thn
number of railway employe killed In tho
United States was 25,990 nnd tho number
Injured was 322,146.
JUST Kdll Kl'.V.
Puck: "The old dnys of hnnd-to-hnjid
lighting, when men had 1111 equal chance,
nro over.
"Yes, Indeed! War Is growing less nnd
Iosh sportsmanlike."
.IMl.l."",,p.,nlllrt Record: "Say. pop!" said
"Mile, "Is 'genf short of 'gentlemen?"
ck, m; boy." replied the old mnn; "a
gent Is far- short of a gentleman."
Ohio Stato Journal: Colonel Bragg I'v
fought and bled for my country, sir: I've
Alex Smart Yes, but did you over help
your wife hang- pictures?
Detroit Journal: Russia seems not to lm
nblo to get It through Its bend that It Is
contrary to the rules of rlvlllzcd warfnro
to grab, or. rather; benevolently nsslmlUto
In tho breakaways.
Detroit Free Press: Kltty-But lie Is such
nn Indigestible man,
Jnne Indigestible?
Kitty Yes; ho always disagrees with me.
Judge: Parko You are having your houso
fixed over, nreti't you?
Lane No! I'm merely paying nbout $2,0cV)
for the pleasure of huvlng my wife toll iim
how llttlo 1 know about home decoration.
Chicago Tribune: Woman of the House
Yotivo been hero hnlf a dozen times nnd
got nothing. You ought to have learned
something by this tlmo. "What do you keep
on comlnc for?
TufTpld Knutt (with Impressive dlgnltv) -I
nln t no common tramp, ma'nm. I'm
around studyin' conditions.
Detroit Kreo Press: Lawyer Do you know
anything nbout this man's prlvnto life?
Witness No. sir.
''But haven't you been associated with
film In business?"
"Not in tho way you mean. I wns ono of
tho directors In tho bnnk of which ho was
teller.
Philadelphia Dress: "That's Gliders. He's
made his pile."
"Yes, nnd thero wns a time when ho hail
to depend on my brother Jack to bring up
his children." '
"Nonsense! When did that happen?"
"Often. Tho kids used to run In prettv
frequent to their fnther's office, which was
In tho bulldln' whero Jnck wns elovator
SALUTATION.
Anna C. Leo In Uoston Transcript.
J-'ellow-travelcr, on tho road,
Tolling on with heavy load,
Turn nnd look, for by your side
.IniirrieyH ono who cannot hldo
Kindred feeling, warm and true
See, I rench my hand to you.
Take It, friend, whoe'er you be,
Como nnd walk awhllo with me.
Hero's my hnnd to you, nnd you,
I-nlr of mien or dusky hue,
Dwarfed In body or lu mind.
Slow of thought, nlert or blind,
Tall of 8tnture, strone or weak,
Hero am I, tho friend you seek;
Hear mo call whoro'or you be.
Comrade, walk uwhllo with mo.
All aro part of ono great plan,
Tashloncd when tho world began;
Homo may sow while others reap,
Somo may laugh while others wrop,
homo may rldo tho topmost wave,
homo havo sorrow to tho grave;
Koch one of tho human race,
High or low, must till his place.
Shall we then slnco this Is trim
Draw a lino 'twlxt mo nnd you?
Shnll wo not nsMstnncn lend,
Kindliness nnd comfort send
To tho ono who drags tho load
Traveling with us on tho road?
From tho solf-samo God aro we,
"Wlso or simple, bond or free.
Hnvo you been misunderstood,
Hlnnied for harm, whllo doing good,
Have you suffered, sinned and wept.
Keeping watch whllo others slept,
And when tempted, did you fall?
Hero Is Ono who knows It all;
Comrade, let us start anow,
Mny I como and wnlk with you?
It mny nhancn as on wo go,
When tho clouds of evening glow,
Unto us may Ono draw near,
Bringing words of hopu and cheer,
And Ills presence, wo hnvo rend,
"Will bo known In breaking bread,
And IIo may with us nbldn
In that blessed evenlng-tldo.
not to annex any part of China,
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