THE OMAHA DAILY Ji.EE: FRTPA'Y, JUNE II, 1901.
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Tub omaiia Daily Bee.
B. ROSLWATER. EDITOR.
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before mo this 31st day of May. A. D. 1901.
. M. B. 1IUNOATE.
Notary Public.
When the courts pile n feu more re
sponsibilities on the city council the
members of tlint body will become
round-shouldered.
If nny pnrt of Nebraska or I own Is
beltij,' slighted by the wciither mnn In
his distribution of moisture now Is the
time to spenk up.
If that new milk trust should clve
hlKiis of getting rninbuiietlous, the gov
ernor mny feel Impelled to call out the
Infantry to put It down.
Disastrous storms have visited many
section of the country, but up to the
present N'ebrasknns have had no spe
clal use for the cyclone cellar.
An Omaha man has been elected lin
perlal deputy potentate at the .Shrlners
convention at Kansas City. If this Is
not Imperialism, what Is it (to be called?
The Hon. I'. Crowe ought nt least to
have developed enough courage by this
time to come In and testify to the verac
Ity and reliability of his old friend Mr
Cnlhihnn.
With the earning capacity of capital
going down and the wages of Inbor go
lug up the plutocrat does not appear to
be getting everything In these prosper
oils times.
Members of the Vlrglnln constltU'
tlonal convention object to being sworn
In. This offers no nsuranee that they
will not swear before they complete
their labors.
i lie cstatiiishment .of n permanent
teachers' list seems to have narrowed
the Held of school board politics, but It
has not reduced the tension among those
.who are still at the mercy of the annual
election of teachers.
The American trap shooters are speed
ily demonstrating to the British thnt
iney Know uoimiig auout tne business
of smashing crockery. This Is not sur
prising, as the British nerve has been
sadly shaken of late.
It Is merely coincidence that the
change In the position of collector of
Internal revenue for Xebrnska and the
abolition of many of the stamp duties
comes nnoiit tne same time. Otherwise
people might want to keep changing col
lectors In order to keep lightening the
tax burdens.
Dispatches from Pekln assert thnt all
is harmony between the various lega-
tions at I'ekln and ever;, thing working
smoothly toward a solution of the prob
lems In hand. From the rate of prog
ress made It Is evident Hint no one is
working overtime, however, In order to
expedite the work.
Members of the Commercial club snv
they went Into court for an Injunction
to keep the lire department out of poll
tics, while Judge Fstelle. In granting
the Injunction, says he does so to put It
back Into politics, where he thinks It
always should have been. What con-
solution do the Commercial club men
take out of this?
There Is u strong element of Justice
lu tho British proposal to make -the
Transvaal mines pay the exnenses of
the wnr lu .South Africa. No doubt but
the mine owners were the moving cause
in provoking the war and will deserve
little sympathy If the tax should
amount to practical contiscatlon of their
property. No set of men In recent years
have been responsible for so much
human misery out of selfish motives for
Ilnnuclal galu.
After nil the fuss and feu titers over
the question of dosing the Buffalo ex
position Sundays, tho case brought In I
the courts has been dropped and the
matter left to the exposition directory
to settle In accordance with public
opinion. If the people who do not think
It proper to keep It open Sunday re
main away, their consciences will not
be lacerated and at tho same time they
will not be Interfering with those whobo
i vluv are more liberal
MEAXS KARLT IXIiEPEXDEX CE.
riio n"ecptfine'e of the IMntt nmctid-
mt'lit by tin1 C iilmii ronfdltutlotinl eon
vetitloti. without nttnchlnc nnythlm to
It, assures the establishment of nn In-
UcpouilfiiL pivornment in i. (inn us soon
ns It I" ptnetlenblo to do so. Tho next
duty of the convention l to provide the
maclilnery for organizing n government
and undoubtedly this will be promptly
done, so thnt the election of a president
and congress mny bo hnd without un
necessary delay. A member of the cab
inet Is quoted as saying tlmt Cuban In
dependence might be a reality by next
autumn nnd there seems to be no rea
son why It should not be.
Our government should do nothing to
delay the coiisuiunintlon. The Cubans
have done all that has been required of
them and now the United States must
fulfill Its promise unhesitatingly and to
the letter. Honor nnd duty demand
this. Whatever our government may
properly do to usslst the Cubans In
forming a stable government should be
done, but no obstacle should be placed
In the way of what Is yet to be done
to bring the new republic Into being.
There must be no more demunds on the
part of our government nnd It Is pre
sumed will not be. Tho preamble to
the l'latt amendment authorizes the
president to lenve the government and
control of Cuba to Its people so soon as
a government shall have been estab-
Hfhed In the Island under a constitution
cninrncing me American conditions.
our government cannot Justly require
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turn mo i minus are capamo oi iiikiuk
care of themselves nnd thnt they .will
make every necessary provision for
nialntnlnlug pence and order in the
Island. It must be supposed thnt they
understand what measures an; required
for this. There are many Intelligent
men In Cuba. The members of the con
stitutional convention are familiar with
governmental systems. There need be
no apprehension that they will fall to
provide the means for giving stability to
tho government that shall be estab
lished ami assuring the orderly opera
tion of law. To doubt this Is to ques
tion the tltness of the Cubans for telf
government. What our government should nt once
do Is to give the Cubans to under
stand thnt having unconditionally com
piled with our demands they nre ab
solutely free to go on with the work
of organizing an Independent govern
ment, that they will be subjected to
no further restraint or restriction of
nny kind, lliey should lie made to icel
that the American people have contl-
deuee In them and earnestly wish them
success and prosperity. In this way we
shall win the cordlnl friendship of nil
Cubans and strengthen the bond of In
terest between the Island nnd this coun
try. Further Interference, on the other
hand, would intensify the feeling of dis
trust which maily Cubans have toward
us and possibly lend to the undoing of
what has been accomplished.
The triumph of the conservative ele
ment in the Cuban convention Is gratl
tying evidence that the prcvalllng splrlt
in Cuba Is for peace nnd order. There
Is In this the promise of stability for
the new government nnd of steady In
dustrial nnd commercial development
for the island.
niEi'Aitixa run the coxtest.
Both tho manufacturers in the metal
trades anil tho machinists are preparing
for the contest which It Is evidently be
lieved by both will be protracted. .The
convention of manufacturers made an
assessment on Its members of half n
million dollars to bo used In fighting the
mnchluists nnd announced that more
money would be raised If needed. It
wns also decided to leave the. question
of wages entirely In the hands of In,
dividual employers and not to recognize
ini,0r organization. The machinists
are receiving encouragement from other
labor associations and President damp
ers of the Federation of Labor is re
ported ns saying thnt It will extend nil
the nld It can to the machinists.
l'lie attitude of tho members of tho
Metnl Trades association, ns shown In
the notion of their convention, Is ono
of llxcd determination to resist to tho
last the demands of tho machnlsts,
while the latter appear to bo no less
firm in their purpose to yield nothing.
The contest Is not now wholly for n
iilne.lioiir dnv without iinv reduction In
pay. but involves nlso the existence of
the Metal Workers' association. The
manufacturers charge that tho associa
tion broke faith with them In violating
the agreement that there should bo no
strike or lockout until dlffereuces hnd
been submitted to arbitration nnd they
propose to hnve nothing more to do with
the ussocintlon. Failure on the part of
tho mnehlnlsts, therefore, would mean
tho death of their organization nnd this
will intensify the struggle nnd gives tho
mnehlnlsts n stronger claim to tho sym
pathy nnd support of orgnnlzcd labor
thnn they otherwise would have.
itAXKixa onmrru.
The banking business has experienced
remarkable growth in tho past year,
This Is showu In tho reports of national
banks mnde to the comptroller of the
currency of their condltlou on April 21,
the dnto of the last call made on them
The loans and discounts of tho nn-
tlnuul banks nt that time fell but little
short of .?:i,tfMM)OO,O00, which was an
Incteaso of SU 15,000,000 In a year. The
Individual deposits nlso amounted to
nearly SIl.OOO.OOO.ooo, nu Increase In ono
year of S-M.'i.OOO.OOO. Tho aggregate re
sources of the banks Increased 17 per
cent In the year. Doubtless tho business
of tho stnto banks lucrensed to nearly
or quite the same degree. Tho fact that
natloual bank circulation Is less
than tho law would permit shows thnt
much the grcnter part of tho business
done by the hanks Is strictly banking
business In distinction from the clrculn
tlon of notes,
The Now York Journal of Commerce
remarks that It Is but a little way back
to IS'.H) and yet In this short Interval
the loans and discounts have Increased
Ml per cent and tho Individual deposit
hnve very nearly doubled. Most of the
Increase has been mnde within four
years, during which period the loaus
have Inerensed nbout r0 per cent nnd
the Individual deposits more thnn 00
per cent. "If we carry such figures of
expansion through the entire banking
business," says that paper, "state as
well ns national, and then consider tho
vust sums that have recently been In
vested In every sort of manufacturing
enterprise, in shipbuilding. In renewals
and Improvements by railroads, wo
shall be able to realize In some desree
what an unprecedented expansion of
capital there has been in a few years
and what vast amounts of profits are
constantly pouring Into tho money utnr
ket seeking Investment. Herein lies
the Impossibility of uccotnpllshlng nny
general suppression of competition. The
new capital must perforce compete with
the old." Of course the banking business
will continue to grow, but perhaps not
at the rate of tho past year.
ntO.U THE IIVSIXESS STAXDl-OIXT.
J. 1'runk Carpenter, chnlrman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Commercial club,
raid he w.vs delighted with tho decision.
While he did not pretend to know anything
about tho law In the caso he felt that the
court bad dono Justlco to both Rcdell nnd
tho city of Omnha from a business stand
point. World-Hernld.
Mr. Carpenter and hi nssoclntes may
be delighted over the decision rendered
by Judge Kstelle, but from the business
standpoint we fnll to see where tho city
of Omnhn or the property owners have
nny cause for Jubilation.
Tho decision was sought under false
pretenses, it was chnrged that the
mayor and police commission hud
trumped up charges against Bedell for
the purpose of getting rid of him be
cause he would not allow the depart
ment to be used In politics. As a mut
ter of fuel there has never boon any nt
tempt mnde so far ns we know to get
the tire department Into politics and
there could not have been so long ns
the charter provisions which Bedell's
lawyers have assailed and Judge Ks
telle has declared void remained In
force. The police board is made up of
the mayor, two republicans, ono demo
crat and one populist. The city council Is
made up of seven republicans, one dem
ocrat and one so cnlled sliver republican.
With the power of appointment nnd re
moval vested In the police commission,
the mayor may be overruled by the
votes of three commissioners, ruder
the new construct m of tho charter the
mayor has absolute appointing power
subject only to the concurrence of live
couucllmeu. In other words, the power
of the mayor is not diminished, while
partisanship Is given full play In the
appointment and removul of firemen
and policemen.
Tho sections that Judge Rstelle bus
knocked out. to the delight of Mr. Car
penter nnd his associates of the Com
mercial club, afforded the only safe
guards which firemen nnd policemen
have had heretofore against arbitrary
removal without charges. They re
quired each police commissioner to take
an oath that he would not be actuated
by political motives lu the appolntnfent,
promotion or removal of olllcers. No
such oath Is required from couucllmeu,
who under the decision nre free to dls
miss anyone whenever the mayor sees
lit to lilt the place with n new appoint
inent.
If tho chnrges against Bedell were
really trumped up for political purposes
he certainly would have been In better
position before the people to have chal-
enged Investigation and demanded tin
opportunity to refute them, if they are
not political, but on tho contrary alfect
his conduct toward subordinates and su
perlors, It Is not lu the interest of the
Commercial club to shield him from the
consequences of bis nets. In this con
nectlon a few questions suggest them
selves.
What Is tho object of nil the agitation
over Ueiieu nun tne ponce commission
unless It be to maintain tho etllclency
of the lire department?
How can tho efllclency of tho depart
ment be maintained without discipline
and subordination?
With three-fourths of tho men under
him openly arrayed against him, how
can Bedell get tho henrty and cordial
eo-opcrutlon of tho men in lighting tires?
Do the business Interests of Omaha
demand the sacrifice of the eliiclency of
the department to put money In the
pockets of lawyers and play Into the
hands of popocrntle politicians, who see
in this contention a chance to embarrass
the republican city government nnd
make capital for themselves and their
party?
In a nutshell, Is it In the Interest of
busluess to foment mutiny lu the tiro
department when the city Is exposed
every' moment to possible destruction of
property and loss of life?
City Treasurer llennlngs Is losing no
time in using the money coming In on
current taxes to tako up outstanding In
terest-bearing warrants. The money
lying Idle in the banks to the credit of
the city would bo drawing 'J per cent
Interest, while the warrants nre costing
the city 7 per cout. A quick turn, there
fore, saves to the city a difference which
is represented by 5 per cent on tho war
rants redeemed. This vigilance ou the
pnrt of Treasurer llennlngs prompts the
Inquiry as to whnt the county treasurer
Is doing In the Interest of the taxpayers.
County warrants bear the same rate of
Interest, but county deposits are not
bringing in a cent to the taxpayers for
tho use of their mouey. If tho county
treasury were conducted on the same
businesslike plnn ns the city trensury
it would mean a great many dollars'
saving to the taxpayers.
The striking machinists hnvo a largo
strike fund and other labor organiza
tions aro pledging moral and flnauelal
Mipport. Tho, employers are also nils
lug u fund which runs up into the mil
lions to light the strikers. While all this
waste of millions already created Is go
ing ou, there is the loss of further mil
lions which the labor, If employed,
would create. Public as well as private
rights nre Involved lu such contro
versies, which fact the parties should
bo mudo to understand.
All tho world's heroes do not risk their
lives lu battle. There was never more
heroic act pert'oruied ou the buttleUclU
thnn that of the men who entered the
burning Port Boynl mine to bring out
tho bodlps of their dend comrades. The
chances of coming out nltve wpre far
less than tho soldiers, while the Inspir
ing effect of military enthusiasm and
companionship was entirely wanting.
That the south Is receiving .Its share
of prevailing prosperity, is evidenced by
tho Increase of $1,000 In the sainry oi
the Now Orleans postolllcc. Tho salary
Is based on receipts of the olllco, which
simply reflect business conditions. Un
der such circumstances It appears
strnngo that the south should continue
longer to train with the party of retro
gression nnd distress.
.Mldniiniincr Usui tut Ion.
Boston Transcript.
Thank heaven that wo hnvo progressed
and that our city Is not Ilka Chicago or
New lork.
(Mil 1'iiMirKr Poi-Moltcn.
Indianapolis News.
Europe is finding all manner of faults
with our locomotives, but as yet they have
escaped the chargo of being afflicted with
trichina or tho San Jose ecale.
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Clinnrc .lo KleU llncL.
Washington Post.
Tho supremo court Is compelled to tako
considerable back talk. Unllko the base
ball umpire, tt Is unable to fine tho of
fenders nnd order them to tho bench.
If entnek y'n l.ltlle Oponor.
Louisville CourlcpJouriml.
One troublo with the Indiana decision
legalizing tho opening of n Jackpot with a
counterfeit coin 1b that It takes no cognlz-
nuco of tho fact that tho six-shooter with
which tho opener may be called Is not likely
to be a counterfeit.
I'nii'l I. mi" I!..
Buffalo Express.
Tho English syndicate which is building
railroad In Ecuador has placed n rush
order with American firms for material.
This Is a double victory. The Americans
nre rapturing n South American market
and the English arc paying for tt.
Aitinlriitlnii for Otnnlin'K llnnil,
Kansas City Star.
Tho Tenth Infantry band which como
with tho Omaha Shrlners to Kansas City
is on object of especial Intercut and ad
miration. Wherever It plays It attracts
crowds of delighted auditors. Its completo
mastery of classical music satisfies tho
educated oar, and tho brilliancy with which
It performs moro popular numbers awakens
spontaneous enthusiasm. This band was at
San Juan, and Its members havo that un
mistakablo bearing which belongs to tho
army. Its Interesting history and tho rare
excellence of Its music entitles It to all of
tho flattering attention It Is receiving.
.SiiioUIhu Out Tnlmrro Combine.
Now York Tribune.
To judgo from tho now combinations
nmong tobacco companies nnd tho Immense
business dono by existing corporations, the
oncmlcs of the dreamy smoke which toothel
Sir Walter Raleigh while ho was Im
prisoned In tho Tower of Ixindon are not
making great reductions in the hosts of
dooters of tho- alluring wocd. It is tmo
that many states have ndoptcd rigorous
laws against clgarottes. but the quantity
of tobacco consumed In ono form or another
In the I'nlted Rt&tcs docs not seem to bo
falling off. From' tho equator to either polo
tho legion of tho votaries of smoke arc
still countless.
CInninc!it foil ".nn n Halo llnlnrr.
Philadelphia llecord.
Sweeping changes mnde In freight clnssl
flcntlons by; nBsoclated railroad companies
west of tho -Mississippi aro to go Into effect
August 1 next,. and already eastern shippers
aro protesting earnestly ngalnst what
amounts not only to a material Increase lu
rates, but nlfio In largo degree to a dis
crimination ngalnst the seaboard In favor
of central supply points. To Incrcaso
freight rates directly would bo In violation
of tho lnterstnte commerce lnw: hut bv tho
dovlce of freight classification almost any
desired rnte on goods In transit may bo
exacted. Business men havo scarcely felt
ns yet. the sting of this sharp practlco; hut
It will scourgo them ono clay like a whip
of scorpions.
On.VKTHHS 1111,11 AT HY.
I'riinliiii COiiiiiilsiilniirr Ho no ml for
llir Kn mi If. He Huh limit-.
Philadelphia Iedger.
Tho vicious attacks upon tho pension com
missioner which wero so persistently madn
immediately before nnd after the eocond
inauguration of President McKlnley, nnd
which wero later discontinued, hnvo been
resumed with additional vigor nnd rancor.
Again, from different parts of tho country,
tho rapacious pension agents nnd such ene
mies of tho commissioner ns do not think
that tho pension list Bhould bo "a roll of
honor," but rather n record of sordid greed,
aro busily engaged sending to Washington
resolutions nnd declarations condemnatory
of his administration of tho pension bureau. 1
Tho truth Is, as tho country generally
knows, and ns fortunately the president
knows, that tho opposition to Commissioner
Evana Is tho scquenco of the Integrity and
efllclency with which he has discharged the
onerous nnd exacting duties of his office.
Bo has discriminated against nono but the
unworthy claimants for pensions; himself
a bravo soldier of tho war for tho union,
his sympathies oro nil on the side of thoao
who participated with him In that great
contest. Rut with those pretenders who
havo presented no valid claims for pensions
and tho pension nttorneys whoso dishonest
practices ho has condemned he has had
nnd has no sympathy; thcso aro the ene
mies ho has made.
That tho commissioner has not considered
unfavorably tho claims of tho competent
and worthy tho records of his ofTlco prove.
During the cloven months of tho present
fiscal year thero havo been issued 408
pensions for account of sorvlco prior to tho
civil war; for account of the latter thero
havo beeu Issued orlgliml pensions to tho
number of 35,308, and for Increases, rcratlng
nnd accrued pensions tho largo number of
60,680 pensions, or a total of original issues
nnd Increased pensions, 01.077. It is to bo
considered that this great multitude of pen
slonn wero granted during tho last eleven
months and thirty-five years after the last
gun had been fired In tho civil war.
Yet so rapneious aro tho hordes of pen
sion claimants that they and their sup
porters are bitterly assailing tho commis
sioner nnd resolutely demanding his re
moval from tho place which ho had filled
as well as tho laws of congress permit him
to do, Tho pressuro which has been brought
to bear upon President McKlnley to re
movo this faithful public servant has boon
persistent, extraordinarily foreoful, deter
mined nnd unscrupulous. Rut thus far the
president has fnnnfully, wtoely and Justly
refused to yield to tho forbidding Influences
which havo been so aggressively employed
to romovo nn honest and efficient chief,
who has, with remarkable courage and
fidelity, safeguarded public interests and
good public policy. Bis removal Is sought
In order that n commissioner of a wholly
different sort shall be put In his place, and
the looting of tho treasury by claim agents
and tho makers of Invalid claims made easy.
President MeKlnloy has deserved the
thanks of the country, and especially of
tho honorable, patriotic soldlerH of our wars
who wish tho pension list to be a roll of
honor, for his refuenl to surrender to sor
did clamor hv consenting to removo Com
ralssloner RvanB from hi' present post ot
usefulaess. . j
Filling Up
Brooklyn
Those good people who nre bewailing tho
degeneracy of tho times ami tho domlnanco
of wealth nnd the magnifying of tho cities
at the expense of tho country would better
stop their pessimistic meditations and turn
their faces toward the west, where some
thing worth thluklng of Is happening. Tho
demand Is coming from tho great wheat
farms and from tho builders of railroads
Into tho new country for not less than
S0.000 men to work on tho railroads and
to harvest tho wheat crop. This Is a
transient demand, however, nnd should not
be confused with the demand of tho west
ern acres for settlers. Tho railroad com
panies havo discovered within n few
months that many people were getting tired
of Ufa In the cities nnd were longing for
the simpler conditions In tho couutry. The
prosperity of tho railroads depends on tho
population of tho country through which
they pass, nnd tho managers of tho big
companies have been encouraging a migra
tion from tho city to tho farms. In n
remarkably short space of tlmo the Oreat
Northern and tho Northwestern Railroad
companies have carried 20.000 people from
St. Paul nnd Minneapolis lo tho wheat and
cattle raising district of tho northwest.
Thcso people hnve taken up land nnd aro
now mjklng homes for themselves. Tho
sons nre Joining with tho fathers in the
work and aro laying the foundations of a
new era in the great undeveloped regions.
Aud when thcso settlers hao broken up
their land and have enlarged their holdings
they will bo seeking for men to assist them
In gntherlng their crops Just as tho older
farmers in the older states nro now seek
ing help. And tho demand will be met.
Tho ne'w migration means much to this
country both economically and politically.
Tiiuti) Ti:itM t.vi.ic in siit:n.
Chicago Record-Bcrnld (rep.): Dy n few
strokes of his pen Mr. McKlnley has exor
cised tho specter of a thlid term for tit
least ten years. Reforo It can bo revived
wo mny havo lengthened tho single term to
six years nnd mnde tho occupant of tho
White Houho Ineligible to succeed himself.
Chicago Tribune (rep.): President Mc-
Klnley docs not wish for moro than tho j
Alnlt itnnon nt r(tn tehlnh 1 Y tlOOCit rt Pfl VA '
i' ifr.it. jtuio y uiuvv 'hiii.ii iui p..
to Washington, Jefferson nnd Grant. Thanks
to his promptness In saying so somo other
overzenlouR men may havo lieen saved from
keeping company with Messrs. Dcpow nnd
Oroavcnor.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press: If It had been a
mnttcr of personal mortification to himself
nlono In compromising his position n pat
riotic statesman he would probably have
said nothing, but It hurt hl administra
tion, nnd It was becauso questions of tho
gravest importance aro now before tho ad
ministration and tho country tho Just con
sideration of which by the people nnd con
gress "should not bo prejudiced by oven tho
suspicion of tho thought of n third term"
that ho felt compelled to tako formal no
tice of this third term nonsense. In doing
,o ho has administered n sharp rebuko to
the officious obsequiousness of somo of his
fool friends.
Indlannpolls Journal (rep.): Rut whllo
the well wishers of the president aro
pleased that ho has so wisely laid tho thlrd
torm ghost to rest, his statement Is nn
unlooked-for disappointment to his ene
mies. Already tho ultra democratic press
was making nn lssuo of 8 third term as
tho certain evidence of tho Imperialistic
ambition of tho president. The llttlo ora
tors over tho country who bavo nlready
sot themselves to tho preparation of
speeches on tho rapid march of Imperialism,
ns shown In tho president's deslro for a
third term, must deeply mourn their shnt- j
tered hopes, their Indignant epithets and
rounded periods.
Kansas City Journal (rep.): Tho presi
dent's announcement Is not tho result of
fenr that ho could not bo successful In
another rnee. It Is qulto posslblo that ho
might havo been elected ngaln, notwith
standing tho unpopularity of the third term
idea, although from a purely political
standpoint It would havo been unwise to
tako the risk. Tho president's motives
were of n loftier and moro ndmirable kind
nnd they will bo credited nccordlngly. This
nctlon Innures that President McKlnley will
go Into history with a record unmarred
either by defeat or success in reaching
oul for more official lionors than nny
American citizen should havo.
Kansas City Star (ind.); It was Grosve
nor, rather than Dcpow, who caused tho
peoplo to feel that thero might bo some
thing behind tho tnlk of a third term
moro thnn a pollto deslro to flatter the
president. If the object of thcso supcr
sorvlceable friends of Mr. McKlnley was to
put forth "feelers," It was wholly success
ful. It has been proven, beyond a doubt,
that there Is no sentiment anywhero In
tha country In favor of n third term. Tho
president's conclusive dismissal of tho
1 question will meet with tho approval of his
party, and If Dr. Depou- and Mr. Grosvcnor
I aro made to npponr foolish nnd prematura
they will havo to sottlo thut with tho
president If he had nny Inkling of what
they Intended to no.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.): Whllo Mr.
McKlnley's declaration with regard to tho
third term talk Is calculated to relieve him
of nnnoyanco nnd cmbarrnssmont, ho was
ery Inconsiderate as to a c.ort.iln few gen
tlemen. These particular ones' for whom
Mr. MeKlnloy has manifested bo llttlo con
sideration aro tho agitated "nntls" who
havo heretofore felt It tholr duty to speak
of his as "tho emporor." Tako Charley
Towne, for Instance although Charley,
come to think of It, Is no longer In politics,
but In oil. Tako Mr. Bryan. How can ha
expect to be regarded seriously when ho
speaks of "tho emperor" to peoplo who
bavo Just read tho president's declaration?
This Is certain to bo exceedingly embar
rassing to thcso nnxlous gentlemen, nnd wo
must admit that tho president has been
vcy Inconsiderate of them.
rnilhONAI. XOTH.H.
Wall street handled a check for $18,000,000
on Saturday, hut it merely transferred tho
document from ono pockot to another.
Speaking of the law's delays, the return
In 'ho Mollncux caso recently filed In tho
court, of appeals contains 3,405 printed
pagrs.
E'.gcne Field's first poem or the original
draft of It was recently discovered in
iho possession of Edgar White, a court
BtenJgrapher of Mncon, Mo., who was a
stud'nt with Field at tho Mobllo Stato unl
vorsty. Tho tltlo Is "Rucephalus, a Tall,"
and tbo dato 1S71.
Th honorary degrco of doctor of lawB has
been tendered by the University of Dublin
to Iltnnls Taylor of Mohlle. formerly United
Stntei minister to Spain and nuthor of tho
"Orlcin and Growth of tho English Consti
tution' and of 'international Public Law,"
and b has been requested to bo prcsant In
tho el'y of Dublin, Ireland, In ordor to re
ceive t In person on June 27.
The first shirtwaist man appeared on tho
street of New York last Monday, and his
makeup wat. pronounced "rcnl cute." Tho
waist was mado of pink moussellno do sole,
false front, accordion pleated nnd largo
slcovet Thero wore neither cuffs nor stays.
In addition, ho worn n high linen collar,
with a largo flowing tie, low patunt leather
oxford' gray trousers and & Mrnjr bat rhlch
looked I'ke ne of thcs cocoauue cake
that ii.Jtb.ex usud to mike.
the West
Eagle.
For tho
last twenty years we havo been
developing our manufactures, nnd the peo
pla havo been rrot-dlng Imo tho factory
townb or Into tho great centers of distribu
tion. The profit In farming In the east
has disappeared because the comparatively
sterllo ground here could not compete with
tho wheat fields nnd cattle rnnges of the
west, nnd tho western agricultural Indus
tries would hnve developed moro rapidly If
tho manufacturing Industries of both tho
west nnd tho east hnd not been absorbing
so much attention. Tho time has now come
when our factories nro supplying not only
our homo mnrkets, but the markets of the
world as well, nnd the consumers In other
countries nro coming hero for bread with
such Insistent demands that farming Is bo
coming attractive to peoplo who havo lived
lu towns because they thought that they
could not succeed In the country. The
changing of trade conditions Is causing n
shifting of population, and tho vacant
spaces of tho west nro filling up.
It Is eauler to decide on the economic
significance of the new movement th.in on
Its political effect. No ono knows what
views the new farmers will hold when they
own their land nnd nre shipping their
crops to India or to China, or to bo con
sumed In Chicago or In New York. Their
views will suffer a change, because their
knowledge will ho eulnrged. Rut whether
a new form of populism will be dovoloped
In the transition stago or whether tho
farmers will hark back to the old-fashioned
democracy or will attach themselves to tho
republicanism which In thcso days Is much
nearer tho democracy of tho beginning of
tho century than to tho republicanism of
Fremont and Lincoln, remains to bo seen.
1,1 I'll IN
'I'll 13 I'lllL.II'I'I.VnS.
1 1 It ilfx'li 1 11 u
II err unci There In the
Arplilpeluuo.
A Manila dispatch to the New York Sun
says "the native lumbermen of Manila will
petition the Philippine commission for leg
islation making compulsory the use of Phil
ippine lumber In Insular Improvements In
preference to thnt imported from Borneo
nnd tho United States. Tho lumbermen
nrf.lu, that such action would give cm-
ploymont to numerous natives who nro now
out of work nnd bring tho Insurrection to
nn end, besides giving encouragement to
native Industries."
At lenst ono American compuny, with
CongroEsmnn Hull of Iowa at Its head, Is
nlready in tho lumber field, with sawmills
nnd other necessary equipment to supply
tho local market with native timber. Tho
area of commercial timber Is not definitely
known. Superficial examination by Amer
icans glvo tho Impression that vast forosts
of valuable hardwood exist on tho Islands.
This Is not homo out by the testimony of
a moro experienced observer. In his work
on tho "Inhabitants of the Philippines," re
cently published, Frederick H. Suwyer says
tho foroslal vnluo of tho Islands Is grossly
exaggerated. According to this observant
writer, who spent fifteen years on the
iHlnndu, the forests of Luzon, during Span
ish domination, supplied enormous quanti
ties of the finest timber for building
hoiikes, churches, convents, bridges, war
ships, lighters nnd canoes. No care was
ever taken, however, to replant, and tho
result Is that nt tho present day long logs
of tho most dcstrnblo kinds of timber aro
not obtainable In Luzon except In tbo most
distant nnd least nccesHiblo parts of that
island. Only In tho fcver-strlckon lslajtd
of Mlndoro nnd In certain sections of Tala
wan and Mindanao aro largo and valuable
trocs to bo met with In considerable qunn-
I titles. It Is further to 'bo noted that In
I tno Philippines valuable trees do not grow
together In clusters as they do in tho for
ests of California and Oregon. Tho number
of logs derivable from any given district
would ho o small thnt n trnmway would
be unprofitable. As for exporting tbo tim
bers of tho Philippines to tho Unltod
States or elsewhere thero Is no need to do
that, Inasmuch ns tho demnnd for timber
In Manila nnd other towns Is greater than
the supply. On tho other hand, Oregon or
Norwny pine Is usoless for building pur
poses In the nrchlpelngo, Inasmuch ns It Is
dovourcd within a year or two by tho whlto
ant. It seems that. In spite of warnings,
tho United States mllitnry authorities
hnvo constructed b tables and storehouses
of Ihls timber. So far ns Mr. Sawyor could
learn thero Is no true teak wood In tho
Philippines, neither Is truo ebony found In
the forests. Tho nearest approach to ebony
Is a very handsome nnd henvy wood called
camngon. Tho most useful timber In tho
Island Is molavc, which Is proof against tho
whlto ant and almost Imperishable.
Frederick W. Eddy, correspondent of tho
Now York Times, nccorapnnled tho Toft
commission in Its tour of Inspection of tho
Iplauds. Writing nbout the island of Min
danao, ho says: "In Mindanao tho Moros
tnlk llttlo but behavo decently. There nre
said to bo two sultans, so separated ter
ritorially that neither cares what the other
does. Ono of them claims to bo a de
scendant of tho prophet. When the Span
lards became curious In regard to the
occupancy of the region bordering Lake
Lanao, whoro thero Is said to bo a settle
ment of 2.10,000 Moros, tho Investigation
either absorbed them for permanent ac
count or thoy carried tholr Information
with them to another world. Tho native",
permitted nn American officer to visit tho
outskirts of their settlement thero a few
months ago. He says that some of them
sharpened their knives for him, but they
finally let him go with a friendly caution
against further trespass. The reason for
this leniency was that, although no treaty
embraces tho two people, as In tho Sulu
group, the chlofs havo heard from officers
that tho United Statos has no religious
policy to furthor, and as at Jolo, thoy have
construed that assurance to mean that
Americans aro not Christians, a belief In
which tho army has dono nothing to die
abuse thorn. Honco they intend to be
friendly enough If tho Americans will only
lot them nlono.
"Resides tho Moros, there aro tribes) all
along tho mountain ridge that divides tho
Island Into north and south divisions whose
numbers no ono enn estimate, and whose
relations with each other aro most vaguely
understood. Tho chief reason for sup
posing that they nro In soma way relatod
Is that all who havo como In contact with
thn peoplo all along tho skirt of shore
land that forclgnors know, believe In a
hoodoo bird. If they hear the bird's cry
on coming out In tho morning, they go
Indoors again and stay three days, Tribes
living miles apart seem nffected also by
that bird, although tho tlmn of seclusion
on Its account varies, ono tribe finding
three hours long enough to overcome the
spell. Thero is n tribe of Mnlanaos over
In tho interior, soran of whoio morabors
tako to treo life. They build houses of
bamboo nnd matting about forty feet from
tho ground, laying the foundation on
spreading branches. Approach Is by Ud
der. When everybody gets In, the ladder
Is pulled up nftcr the family, and those
who would give them any attention later,
social or otherwise, must climb for that
privilege, No relation has ever been sug
gested between this tribe nnd the Zunls
and other Indians along the Mexican bor
der, whoso doorways are In their kecond
glories and Inaccessible except by ladder,
although similar methods of domestic ee
rluslon are farored by both.
"Alde SXvui MraSa actl Horcs, with
whom thn troops havo llttlo concern txcept
to see that they keep quiet nud whom tho
commissioners do not meet nt all, tho hi
nt a n problem present fenturcs that cii'iti
tho attention, Tho t'hlueso overflow is
making Its Impress on thtso southern
Islands. Thcso steady plodders find sc't
plnces ns If by Instinct, and tnko root in
thorn nnd prosper. There nro probaluy
many of them who never saw China. Singa
pore Is tho chief port from which they hall.
Hero, ns nt thnt port, they show what tho
Chinese may become when rid of tho op
preiislvo environment of their own country.
They keep tho shops, they own tho land,
they try to cducnto tholr children nnd they
are peaceable, thrifty and progressive.
There is no Chinese who docs not fly tho
American flag In thcso parts and hurrah
for It. They loft tho harbor welconto to tho
Moros nt Jolo, becnUKo tho authorities so
preferred It, but they built an nrclt nt thn
entranco to the pier, with drngoiiB nui
eagles painted nit over tho top nnd nn In
scription nt tho crossplcco assuring tho
commission that the Chinese community
bado It welcome nnd would do what It
could for Its entertainment. There wiro
embroideries nnd painted silks ns well us
gay bunting In tho decorations, making the
exhibition altogether tho best of ItH kind
thnt tho trip had brought forth Rroa 1
bands of red, tho Chinese festal color al
ternated with American designs in ll.ii.
and fctrenmcrs along the shop fronts, nud
when tho commission went ashore the
Chinese stood erect boforo their doors,
wearing their best frocks and with thevf
queues down, a sign of nlnccro respect. "
ciiAFi- or thi: .nmtHY.MAKniis.
Detroit Journal: "Ho used to b called a
bad lot, but now he's rich I supposo U'b
different."
"Yes, tho rlso in real citato mndo n now
man of him."
Puck: "You'd see n good many things In
tho east th.it would astonish yon
"I supposo so. Somo of 'em como west'"
Ronton Transcript: Barnes What drend
ful weather wo havo had this spring' It a
perfectly awful.
Shedd But there's ono good thing nbout
It. Tho women haven't hud a chimuo to bo
gin houscclenulug.
Brooklyn Life: Loutso (In surprise) - You
don't menu to say Oracc Pretty married iv
mllllonlure old enough to bo her fnthcr?
Good gracious! Why did alio do such a
thing?
Murlol Why, she couldn't catch ono old
enough to bo her grandfather.
Baltimore World: "Dat's do Job I'm
lookln' for," observed Wenry Wntkins, us
ho read In tho paper: "Wnntoil. elderly
man to cat nnd sleep on tho premises. "
Washington Stnr: "It 'penrs," snld Undo
Kben, "like lonm men wilt turn plnln,
hones' people down an' take up wlf confi
dence men Jcs' foh do nako o do excite
ment." Phllndelphla Pres.: "Ah!" ho slghe 1
sotilfully, ns ho leaned above her, "would
1 were a. glovo upon that hnnd."
"Ridiculous," replied tin- girl. wearll.
"You could never be anything hut n. muff "
Dotrolt Freo Press: "I got quick nrtlnn
on inv cnrdcii Koeds." said Cumtrn. "They
came up next day."
"How no you account mr bucii rapiu Ger
mination?" asked Cnwker.
"My next door neighbors' hens did It
with tholr llttlo scrntehcrs."
Brooklyn Unglo: Inly of the House' if
you nro such n skillful typewriter an you
say you nre. how Is it thnt you cannot llnd
employment?
Perambulating Peto (mournfully! -Well,
you see, lady, my nnme'it Mr. J.-ssii D.irlln',
an' nil tho men nro afraid to hire mo fr
fear of gettln' Into troublo wid tholr wief
or Bweethonrts.
.him; i mi, hum.
Fling to Atlantic breozes
Tho banner of tho brave,
In rnys of rising sunshine
The flag of freedom wave.
Bathed In tho blood of pntrl"t
Its whlto and crimson bill'--Are
sncred nnd unsullied. Ilk.
Its flvo nnd forty stars.
Each stnr a state's nllentnme
To country nnd to God,
Each bar directing, plainly.
To paths our fathers trod.
"Whero our broad rivers hasten
To Join tho sobbing sen,
tat calm winds waft tho ensign
Of peace nnd liberty.
And, whom our nitghty mountains
Reach up to kiss tho sky.
Thero mny, unstained nnd feiirlcss,
Our country's colors lly.
Whoro stmtch our fertile pralrlen,
Whero rsts thn shmlo of troes,
Whoro gleam our million hearth-tiros
Of high and low degrees,
And where our distant Islands
Rlso from old ocoau' breast.
As dusky hands iinrurl it
With unaccustomed zest.
Thero may our flag float froely,
And soo tho setting sun
Sink In tho broad Pncltlc,
When this proud day Is dono.
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