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THE OMAHA' DAILY BEE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER f)? 1001.
The omaha Daily Bee,
k. hosewatkii, editor.
published every morning,
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THE MEE Pt'BUHHINO COMl'ANY.
STATEMENT "oFCinCULATION.
tfto of Nebraska, Douglos County, m.:
George H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Dee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
eays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Lvenlng and Sunday Heo printed during
the month of August, 1001, was as follows:
1 ub,:i j; 2ft,;i7n
2 xh.vm is un.nun
8 'M,UUt 19 ar.,270
i 2tn,4iio ;o art.nao
6 an.iHo 21... an.Moo
t M.vto ar.,:uo
7 HS.illlO 23 2ft,-!IK
8 iM.Si-IO 24 23,870
8 .....ar.,:ir,(i 25 ttrunu
10 ii.-:iM 26 ....liii.ooo
11 it.-., OKI 27 Sill.niO
12 2.-.,ir.o 2; ar.-'io
13 l'.-llll 29 27,OKI
14 ar,o,-,o so liiuiso
IS 11(1 31 !i7,2S0
16 an.atio ,
Total 7i5.iii:o
Less unsold and returned copies.... 7,H."r
..1
Net total sales i..7KH,O0T.
Net dally average.., , ". I-1
OEOHOE II. T55SCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presenco and Hworn to
foeforo mo this 31st day of August, A. D.
1801. M. II. 1IUNOATE.
Notary Public.
Presidents nro niortnl, but the republic
Is pcronnlnl.
In the hour of distress tho resolution
of Hympntliy knows no lmrty, no creed,
no color.
The popoerntle hubbub nbout the per
sceutlon of Schley by McKlnley hns been
Indefinitely postponed.
South Ilnkotu holds the bonrds for Ha
fitnte fnlr this week nnd It niny be de
pended on to do credit to Itself. .
Manipulators of political horoscopes
nre admonished to possess themselves
In patience until tho atmosphere Is
clearer.
Tho TransiulsslHslppI exposition at
Omaha was fortunate In more ways than
ono when compared vlth the l'nu-Anier-lean
at Ituffalo.
Tho annual salaries of tho county
auditor'! olllce aRKi-oRate $3,850, but the,
actual value of the ofllee to the county
In dollars and cents does not exceed BS
cents.
The United States has of late years
lost more vice presidents In oflleo than
presidents, but the vice presidents have
had the advantage of succumbing to
natural causes.
Newspaper patrons In Iowa and ,Ne
braska who have been In position to
make comparisons cannot fall to noto
tho Incomparable superiority of The Sun
day Hee over all other papers published
this side of QhlcaRo.
Ilecnuso the assassin assumes to him
self full nnd sole responsibility for his
deed Ik no reason why the (juest for co
conspirators should be abated. A man.
(Who would commit unprovoked murder
would not stop at lying.
Last year, when destitution In this
city had reached Its lowest stago and
the winter was milder than any we
Lave experienced In years, $4,000 more
was expended In charities than In 1800.
What became of all this money and
.who'weru the benellclnrles?
Five years ago tho expense Incurred
for taking enre of the court house and
grounds aggregated "?2.8tHJ a year. Dur
Ing the past three years the expense has
averaged nearly if.'.OUO n year for the
same work. Can anybody explain why
more than $'J,(M)0 annually should be
squandered In this way? '
Tho next Uon. ot County Commis
sioners will be republican. The tlrst
act of the new board should be to abol
ish tho olllce of county auditor and do
away with the sinecures nnd super
numeraries, who are absorbing $.'!,8(M)
annually of the money of the taxpay
ers without rendering any appreciable
service.
In 1800 the aggregate amount ex
pended In the relief of tho, poor by the
commissioners of Douglas county was
$U,71i2.:iO. In 1000 the expense In
curred for the relief of tho poor
amounted to $ir,rt!(l.(i0. Can anybody
explain why ROM more was expended
for poor relief last year thnn In tho
preceding year'
Tho efforts of Uecelver Del.oug of tho
East Omaha l.und company to forcu the
Council Hluff Suburban Street Hall
way company to malntulu Its car sei'v
ice In Hast Omaha would perhaps be
commendable were It not for the, sus
picion that Uecelver Del.oug's greatest
anxiety Is to prolong tho receivership
and Indellnltely extend the tlmu within
which n salary shall be paid to the
receiver. ':
In the years of the greatest distress
nd destitution in Omnlm the county
relief to the iior wnt managed success
fully by oily agent. Now when pros
perity Is universal, tins county employs
an agent and two assistants to dls-
pense relief to the poor. What excuse
can bo given for this-dissipation of the
county funds? If there Is money In tho
treasury for the relief of the poor why
not glvo It to the poor Instead of dis
tributing it to the political nlc-bltcrsl
nEl'llESSlOX OF ANA IICH1SM.
The attempted assassination of Presi
dent McKlnley hns revived nnd Inten
sified the feeling that something should
be done for the repression of nnarchlsni
In this country, where there Is no rea
son or excuse for Its existence. Hut It
Is a problem not so easy of solution
as may appear to some at first glance.
Every civilized country has had to
consider the question of dealing with
anarchists nnd In some of them very
drastic measures have been adopted
ugalnst anarchism, yet It has adherents
In most or all of these countries, who
manage In spite of the most careful nnd
assiduous police surveillance to keep
up their societies and to maintain Inter
national communication.
If the drastic measures of European
governments have failed to repress an
archism what can be done under our
republican system for the prevention
of anarchistic organizations, anarchistic
teaching and anarchistic conspiracies?
Can we, with a due regard for the
fundamental principles of our system of
government, go even as far as Euro
pean governments have gone In their
efforts to repress anarchism? These
are questions that uced to bo thought
fully considered, Instead of hastily con
cluding, as many are apt to do when
tho devilish spirit of nnnrchlsm has
shown Itself as at Ituffalo, that any
thing can bo done, no 'matter how In
consistent with the character of our In
stitutions. Granted that the nnnrchlst
Is a public enemy, but so many regard
the socialist and there are political
demagogues who advocate doctrines
hardly less dangerous than the teaching
of anarchism.
Manifestly, however, anarchism can
not be permitted to flourish In this coun
try unrestrained. It Is certainly pos
sible to break up such an organization of
anarchistic conspirators as that at Pa
terson. New Jersey, nnd tho governor
of that state Is to be heartily commended
for his determination to proceed against
this band of conspirators, who boldly
and deflnntly proclaim their purpose
and who are known to be In constant
communication with like organizations
In Europe. If the governor of New
Jersey shall succeed In brenklng up
this association of would-be assassins
hlK'example may be followed wherever
In this country similar organizations
exist.
TUEASUHEltS MUST CUMVhY.
The demnnd of the republican state
convention that the state treasurer and
every county treasurer, every city, town
or village treasurer and every school
district treasurer shall take the taxpay
ers Into his confidence by making public
as often as once n month the amount of
public funds In his custody, the names
of tho banks In which they are deposited
and the amounts on deposit In each
should be complied with without reserve.
The demand Is not frivolous, nor Is It
aimed nt any particular Individual or
banking Institution. It Is Inspired by
consciousness that publicity affords tho
surest safeguard not only against de
falcation nnd embezzlement., but also
against the farming out of public funds
for private gain anil excessive deposits In
banks propped up by such favoritism.
The plank was Inserted In the repub
lican platform and uuanlmously con
curred In by the convention because of
the Irresistible conviction that a lack of
much publicity was largely responsible
for the tremendous losses the taxpayers
of Nebraska have sustained within the
past few years by treasury shortages
and bnnk failures.
So far only one excuse has been
offered for the delay of the state treas
urer In complying with the resolution.
That plea, laboriously presented by the
State Journal, simply amounts to this:
I'M rut. that various treasury experi
ments designed to protect the taxpayers
against the misuse of public moneys
held by statu treasurers have proved
failures.
Second, that It Is unreasonable to ex
pect treasurers to disclose the where
abouts of funds In their custody so long
as their Integrity is guaranteed by ample'
bonds nnd so long as the guaranty com
panies which furnish the bonds and run
the risk are satisfied.
Third, that the guaranty companies
are at the expense of guarding the treas-
'ury and therefore they nlono should be
consulted as to the places where the
money Is deposited.
M'hese pleas are scarcely worth dis
cussing. Tho laws that require treas
urers to keep the Identical funds col
lected In their vaults were repealed
when the stnte depository law went Into
effect. That law has been Ignored and
criminally violated both before and
since Hartley. Had the depository law
limiting public deposits to 10 per cent
of the actual pnld-ln capital of each
bank been observed the taxpayers would
have saved hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
The bonding of treasurers by guaranty
companies differs In no respect from tho
bonding by Individual surqtles. Guar
anty companies, like all Insurance com
panies, hire good lawyers by the year
and are Just as' likely, If not more likely,
to resist collection on their bond In ease
of default tlmu Individual bondsmen.
They nre Just as likely to take advantage
of technicalities, even though their ex
perts nre supposed to make periodic In
spection of the treasurer's accounts.
Custodians of public funds nre ac
countable to the people whose money
they hold and not to the bonding com
panies, which nre paid (or Insuring thu
people against loss. The Interest on
public funds belongs to the people and
not to either the treasurer or his bonds
men. M'he only security the people
have against the farming out uf their
money for private gain Is periodic, pub
licity, and they have a right to Insist
that uvery treasurer keep them fully In
formed coucorulng the funds they hold
In trust.
This Is the position of the republican
party, promulgated through its state
convention nnd from this there can be uo
receding, either before or after the elec
tion. For twenty months County Trensurer
Elsnsser hns kept the taxpayers In pro
found Ignornnco as to the whereabouts
of the county, funds, oad .would doubt
less have continued to maintain silence
In this respect but for the demand of
the republican platform that treasurers
keep the taxpayers Informed concern
lug the disposition of public funds en
trusted to their care.
iioniFiKD ins ritews.
Senator Hoar, by far tho ablest among
those who have opposed the policy of
the administration regarding the Phil
ippines, has modified his views. In an
address a few days ago Mr. Hoar said
that the adoption of the Spanish trenty
made It the constitutional duty of Pres
ident McKlnley to do everything he hns
done since. Including the forcible re
duction of the Philippine people to sub
mission. Therefore "we must, what
ever we may think of the Philippine
question, as brave and patriotic ' men
look to the future rather than waste our
time In Idle regrets for the past."
Senator Honr still thinks Unit the Fil
ipinos should ultimately bo given inde
pendence If they desire It. lie believes
that when they have shown capacity
for self-government, tinder the presi
dent's policy, no power on earth can
hold them In subjection against their
will, nnd he fully approves of the policy
of encouraging that people In civiliza
tion, In education and In all the arts
of peace, "In this matter," said the
senator, "the part of true statesman
ship Is to proceed carefully, without
haste and without rashness, mnklng the
best of the future and not pausing to
lament over the past." That this Is tho
feeling of an overwhelming majority of
the American people is not to be
doubted, A proposition to abandon the
Philippines would now receive the sup
port of a very small fraction of our
people. When the question was first
presented the opposition to holding the
Islnnds was very strong, but It has de
creased to exceedingly small propor
tions, due to the fact that President
McKlnley's policy hns demonstrated that
nothing In the nature of imperialism
was contemplated, but on the contrary
that the purpose was to do everything
possible to Improve the condition of tho
Filipinos and to prepare them for self
government, for which they are not now,
In the opinion of those best qualified to
Judge, lilted.
In this work ns favorable and rapltl
progress Is being mnde as could be
reasonably expected. Civil government
In the Islnnds Is being gradually ex
tended, competent natives nre given offi
cial positions, educational work Is
steadily advancing. In every way tho
Filipinos are being assured of the be
neficent intentions of the United States
and the testimony Is ample that they
are rapidly learning the substantial ad
vantages and benefits of American
rule.
Tho latest deliverance of Senator
Hoar gives assurance that he will bo
one of the most earnest supporters lu
eougrpss of the administration's Phil
ippine policy,, which will probably be
continued Indefinitely.
Headers of The Hee need hardly be re
minded of the noticeable superiority of
this paper lu the work of providing
prompt, complete nnd accurate Informa
tion about the all-absorbing, subject of
the hour. Not only wns M'he Hoc first
to give Oninha and Nebraska the news
of tho shooting of the president, but at
every stage It has kept far In advance
of all competitors. Tho Hoe's pres
entation of intelligence from Buffalo
nnd the national capital and from
the various points nil over tho world
from which messages have come will
compare with that of the foremost
papers of tho great news centers, while
other papers printed In this vicinity
could not aspire to the same class. M'hat
the public has appreciated M'he Dee's
enterprise and recognizes Its reputation
for promptness nnd reliability has been
amply proved by the extraordinary de
mand for copies of Its successive edi
tions. All M'he Deo hopes for In this
connection Is that It will continue to
merit such patroungo by leading tho
newspaper procession.
Publicity Is, as a rule, tho best remedy
for public abuses. Public officers In
clined to pervert tho authority vested lu
them cannot defy public sentiment
aroused by the searchlight of publicity.
Had all the Innermost transactions of
their offices been open to tho public gaze,
Nebraska would have had no Hartley
and Omaha no llolln. If publicity could
have prevented past embezzlements it
will be the most effective safeguard for
the present nnd the future. No officer hns
any right to complain of tho exercise of
reasonable precaution for the protection
of the public Interest or to regard it as
indicating a lack of confidence III any
particular case.
Harry Deuel enjoys
esteem and confidence of
this community who has
qnalntnnce, but ns county
like the fifth wheel to a
the respect,
everybody lu
made his ac
auditor he is
wagon. This
Deuel himself
exchnngn the
Is more useful
fact Is so patent to Mr.
that he Is anxious to
sinecure for an olllce that
than oruameutnl.
Wcntern (inlliiiitry Arouai'il.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Out In Nebraska a woman tried to com
mit sulcldo and falledi and right afterward
sho received a number of offers of marriage.
This shows how' advertising pays la No
braska. A Wldp I'niplict.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Another prophet has urlson, Ho sava
tho world will como to an end In a thou
sand years. That's tho kind of a prophet
to be. No living man can prove that ho
doesn't know what ho Is talking about.
lift Without.
Washington Post.
Mr. William K. Vanderbllt claims that, In
herited wealth does not bring happlnesi,
Mr. Carnegie contends that It would bo dis
graceful for one to die with any sort of
wealth, and Itussoll Sage continues to grab
It off and soak It away. So what Is the poor
layman to do?
Timely Iiiformntlon.
, Washington Star.
Th battle of Santiago has broken out
again In Spain, Commandant Concao, for
merly captain o( tho Vlscaya, rnl 1 ct a tan
quet at Bilbao that tho politicians were ie
sponsible for Cervera'u defeat. Senor
palvua, mayor ot Bilbao, declared Uut- th?
I
Spanish naval officers were to blame. In
View of the doubt which rxists In American
naval circles as to who was responsible for
Cervera's defeat, theso suggestions from
Spain may be of value.
.Sup 11 1 j- nrcrtn thr Dt-inntitl.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho cry for cheap money has been
answered by a heavy Increase In the volume
of sound "money. There Is no complaint In
any part of tho country because every dollar
In circulation has been kept at par with
gold, and apparently thero Is no longer a
fear that there will not be gold enough to
meet demand.
I'rosnrrlt)' Well ftotitrit.
Cleveland Ixndcr.
Good authorities say that the farmers of
tho west will not feel poor or be compelled
to restrict their purchases materially b
tho shortage of 600,000,000 or 600,000,000
bushels In the corn crop. That Is eloquent
testimony to the progress toward completo
financial Independence and forehandodr.es
which hati been mado In the past few years,
No otic, however sanguine, would liavj
ventured to cherish nny such opinion l.i
1S36 or 1897.
Don't llrcnk l.p t It Ship.
SprlngHeld (Mass.) Hcpubllcan.
Mr. U-iuson should reconsider his lowery
dctrrmlnatlon to break up Independence
for Junk. Hut If ho persists In ending tho
yacht's existence, the program for ths
flnalo might well be changed for tho sake
of a moro dramatic effect. No raoro hu
miliating a fnto for n racing yncht of
Independence's namo and tonnage could be
conceived than tho prosaic dlemantlln?
which Is accomplished In tho marine Junk
yard alongshore. Set tho mainsail, tho
balloon Jib topsail and tho spinnaker, lash
Its wheel and send It In solitary gran
dour to sea, there to find a grave In tho
depths o'er which It had skimmed In eerlo
flight. And send Constitution with It.
It Is a bad year for yachts named Indo
pendence and Constitution In the Unlttd
Stntm of America. If tho one had been
named Olory and tho othor Destiny, things
might have been different In yachting cir
cles. Holmes had tho rlght'lden when they
talked of breaking up "Old Ironsides":
"Nnll to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbaro sail,
And give her to the god of slorms,
Tho lightning nnd tho gnlo."
nivinnxn disiiuusimik.nts.
Snbntnntlnl Incrrnic Over Krptemlirr
l.nnt Year.
New York Times.
The substantial prosperity of the coun
try is perhaps better Illustrated by tho
satisfactory returns from Investments than
by nny other fact. Spptcmber Is not con
sidered a largo month for cither Interest
or dividend disbursements, but tho pay
ments scheduled for tho present month In
cludn 10,563,3H Interest on railroad bonds,
J12.052.321 dividends on railroad stocks.
20,176,348 dividends on Industrials nnd $2,-'
!M5,47& intorest on miscellaneous bonds.
Thls foots up to tho conslderablo sum of
J I6.627.45S nnd Is about J9.000.000 In excess
of the Interest and dividend disbursements
of the corresponding month of 1900.
The tables abovo summarized ore neces
sarily Incomplete nnd rclnto only to tho
disbursements on account of securities
which nro of speculative Intorest on the
New York Stock exchanges or are known
and recognized here as acccptabla bank
collateral. Tho disbursements on account
of stocks and bonds not known or qOoted
In the market reports would swell the total
by a largo figure, for under prcsont condi
tions tho prosperity Is by no means lim
ited to tho concerns with great capitaliza
tions, upon which -ipubltc attention Is fo
cused by reason ofj.tho magnitude of their
operations. ?omo,., relatively small under
takings aro very profitable nnd ns no one
holding their securities cares to sell them
they aro never heard of In a public way.
Altogether, wo havo had a very satisfactory
summer in a buMnctB sense, nnd only the
corn shortage nnd somo uncertainty about
cotton in parts of the south servo to re
mind us that tho immediate outlook might
bo what tho farmer would describe as "Jlst
a lectio hotter" thtn It is.
CAI.Il'OH.MA PILES A KICK.
The Lnnrt of Snimlittin Attack Cor
recting of V 1 1 it I Ntntlxllm.
San Kranclsco Chronicle.
So much Is claimed fpr the showing
made by tho vital statistics gathered by the
census bureau that a doubt Is naturally cnit
upou their value because of the many ele
ments of uncortalnty entering Into their
compilation, It Is assumed that, because an
npparcnt decrease In tho death rnto Is
shown in tho comparison made between tho
stntlsttcs gathered last year ami thoso col
lated in lS'.iO. improved sanitation and ad
vancement In niedlrnl science havo created
a new health record nnd lengthened human
lifo in this country within a decado in a
perceptible degree. It tho statistics ot both
years under consideration had been col
lected by tho same men under tho snmo
conditions nud methods and the sources of
Information wero absolutely trustworthy In
both Instances, thero would have been bet
ter grounds than exist for accepting tho de
ductions made without question. Hut this
was not the case. New men, methods nnd
conditions have figured In the collection of
tho vital 'statistics of tho nation at every
taking of tho census. Thus, when we nre
assured liy the chief of tho vital statistics
division that tho decrense in tho general
death rate of tho nation Is nearly 10 per
cent nnd that the reduction In the death
rate of 271 registration cities during tho last
drcado haB been equal to 2.4 per 1,000, whllo
thero Is a difference of 4,2 years In thn
avcrngo ago at' death In tho statistics of
1890 ns compared with those of 1900, to tho
advantage of tho latter, wo must nccept
the statement with a mental reservation ns
to Its value.
Thu deductions to be drawn from vital
statistics nro no mora reliable than those
mndo by criminologists and Insanity experts
nnd on which they base their respective
theftrles. Much depends upon uncertain
quantities drawn Into the subject and the
point 01 view occuplrd by the observer. Be
sides, the comparisons aro Invariably mado
with st&tistlcs for absolute correctness
of which no one can vouch. If thn premise
Is, therefore, false or doubtful, tho con
clusion reached cannot be unimpeachable.
It is co with vital statistics.
The record of vital statistics lu cities
where a registration system Is In force Is
not perfect'. Many errors are made In tho
deductions drawn from them. It would be
absolutely unfair, for example, to assume
that tho death rnto In many California
cities was due to locol conditions. This
stnto is a great sanitarium to which tho
sick frira all parts of tho rountry flock in
tho hopes of securing health, l.'nfnrtunatoly
for most of theso Invalids the change Is
made when tho diseases with which they are
afflicted have passod beyond the curative
power of a health-restoring climate. East
ern cities thus escape responsibility for
mortality which properly belongs to them,
nnd California cities aro charged with
deaths for which they nro In no sense re
sponsible. Yet tho vital statistics of tho
census bureau charge California with a
mortality which, If properly credited, would
be, In a liberal measure, distributed among
other states and other countries, reducing
materially our legitimate death rate. When
vital statistics rre thus analyzed, the wholo
carefully constructed fabric of the effects
of Improved sanitation nnd the sudden ad
vancement of nkdical science crumbles Into
rulas, ,
AIIOUT THAI IlllltS Willi TIIACII.
York Times; Since Chancellor Andrews
has drawn tho line between lies nnd white
lies, the Times dtslres to ask him, merely
as n matter of education and not necessarily
for publication. If a man tells you he is for
you nnd In fifteen or twenty minutes is
sticking his gaff Into tho soft nnd unpro
tected parts of your anatomy, Is this a
"white Hp," without any penalty, or is it
Just n plnln old-fnshloncd lie, with n
guaranteed interest "In tho lake that
burneth with flro nnd brimstone," Tell U3
that, Dr. Andrews, If you cnn.
Auburn Granger: Chancellor Andrews of
tho Stnte university writes himself down
ns not a very distant relative to those who
plied the rack nnd the thumbscrew In tho
days when a more severe punishment than
social ostracism was In vogue when ho de
clares: "Preachers who preach for salary
alone arc too mean to live, ought to bo
hanged, quartered and burned, nnd then
biographies written by their worst
enemies." And then he declnres that he hns
sympathy for tho preacher who does not bo
llovo all his creed, as thero are few who do
believe all thrlr creed.
I'liiisnxAi, oti:s.
James Mcdarry, tho original of
'Mr,
Dooloy," Is dying In a Chicago hospital.
Mrs. Nation, after looking over Cnnoy Is
land, has tnken a largo contract when she
offers to clenn that Augean stable.
Score one for tho Now York policeman
who descended Into a gas-laden mnnholo
nnd rescued soveral men from death.
President James H. Angcll of thn Uni
versity ot Michigan Is a graduato of Drown
university nnd says that his four years
thero cost him only $600.
Dr. J. II. Hollander, treasurer of Porto
Illco, has rctlgncd that oflleo and will soon
return to his former post, ns professor of
economics nnd finance In Johns Hopkins unl
crsity. Soveral Montnna bnnk bills, 1100 size,
are in circulation without tho autographs
of tho bank nfllclals. Nebrasknns should
watch out for these mnvorlcks when making
change,
Tho old homo of Frnncls Pnrkham, tho
historian, near tho pond nt Jamaica Plnln,
Is now Included lu thu park systom of Hos
ton. Tho spot Is to bo marked by a
memorial.
Hoshi Tnru, tho former Japanese minister
nt Washington, who was nsiosslnatcd a
short tlmo ago, left a library of 100,000
books, worth over $25,000, nmong which Is a
Huddhlst Sultra of moro than 1,000 volumes.
Truxton Henlo, formerly minister to Persia
nnd son-in-law of James d. Hlalnc, has
written to the San Francisco Kxnmlner nug
gcstlng tho Investigation by. representatives
of both capital and labor of profit sharing as
a means of ending labor disputes.
Camlllo Saliit-Sncns, the Krench composer,
hns been mode a knight of the Herman
Order Pour lo Mcrlte for his services to art
through his contributions to muslcnl litera
ture. This recognition of a French nrtlst bv
Germany has given great satisfaction In
Prance.
The state of Kansas will on September 29
hold n notnbln celebration to unveil n
monument commemorating the occasion nnd
tho spot whero Lieutonnnt Zcbulon M. Piko
on September 29, 1R06, nt the Pawnee vil
lage lowered tho Spanish ensign nnd raised
tho United Stntes flag. This historic spot
Is in Kopublic county, Kansas.
An English "Tommy" captured by Gen
eral Dcwet complained of tho food, whlrh
consisted chiefly of mealies. Dewet told
him ho hnd nothing better. "But," said tha
Hoer lender, "I'll capture n convoy in a
few days and then you shall havo better
food." Dowet did capture a convoy nnd tho
complaining "Tommy" received full rations,
according to promise.
Ono of tho nntnblo exhibits at Buffalo
during the week was n man of commonplace
appearance who has played tho rolo of
husband for nt least twelvo women. All
of tbcm are living nnd nane(of them hold
a degree of divorce. Tho Industry and en
terprise of this matrimonial hog ratified
tho authorities to put him under cover nnd
save his placo from enraged better halves.
Skipper Charley Hnrr of the cup de
fender Columbia Is accounted the smoothest
sea Jockey In Now York. Tho World says
of him: "Ho hns n keen noso for a wind
nnd hns often startled rivals by turning
his ship nbout and sailing off tho course,
nppArcntly giving' up tho race. Hut nlno
times out of ton he finds n new brcezo com
ing up In another direction, which wins
him tho race, because ho gets It first. In
brief, Harr is the cleverest, trickiest, wisest
skipper In America today and ho hns rondo
old Columbia win many n time when nn
other man would havo been beaten."
II.CLK SAM AS A CUhTOMnit.
Slum nuncli of Million Piiltl Out for
Port'lK" iinoiln.
Clilcuc-n Tribune,
Much has been said concerning tho splen
did growth of our export trade, nnd nbout
the oxtraordlnnry balances In our favor
since 1893. Dut Undo Sam Is by no means
a bad customer, nnd It Is Interesting to
glnnco nt the official tables setting forth
his purchases and the countries to which
he extends his pntronnge.
Tho Agricultural department Is suspected
of nn "ulterior motive" in publishing tho
statistics of our imports. Secretary Wil
son is fond of dwelling upon tho economic
"Independence" of tho United Stntes nnd
upon tho prospect of n heavy reduction lu
our purchases abroad. Recently ho told
us that ere long wo should bo nhln to dis
pense with foreign sugar, if not nlso with
foreign coffee, ten, etc. Ho forgets that n
nation cannot sell without buying, nnd that
a "saving" in Imports cntnlls a loss In ex
ports, Hut pending our rnmpleto Isolation
nnd "emancipation," tho figures will bu
studied with interest.
It may surprlso mnny to learn that con
siderably moro thnn half of our imports
consist of ngricultnral products. In the
calendar year 1900 theso imports wero
valued at $120,139,286. This represents n
larger nmount than thnt credited to any
year since 1S95. Hero Is tho classification
by continents:
Kurone
$12S,9S7,2C2
&).81fi,ft27
.., 10O,51X,769
82,827.813
31.3li7.3U
10,591,31.-1
South America
Asia
North Amerlcn
Ocenulcn
Africa
Total $120,139,288
Strangely enough, Kuropo wns tho most
important source of our agricultural Im
ports. Ilrazll holds tho first plnco among
the countries supplying us with these prod
ucts, her total for 1900 being $39,287,000, nnd
the United Kingdom stands next to nrnzil
with $32,606,000. Tho Dutch Kast Indies
supplied us with products valued at $27.
500.000. Tho leading items of tho agricul
tural Import trade are as follows:
Sugar Iim.ran.a71
Coffeo 52,467,81;!
jiHirn nun tminn r,,u.n,liitS
Silks 45,329,70)
Wools 0,,92
Vcgetablo fibers 31,3.11.750
r 1 11 1 1 n nun uum J'J.YCI.o'lJ
fea
10,W,S,lll)
Tobacco
13.297,223
7,421,49.-,
6,320,711
5,970,l
46.727.2-2
Wines
Vegetable oils
Cocoa
Oth.T , "
Tho annexation of Porto Rico
and tho
Philippines will In tlmo materially affect
this situation, whllo the Incorporation of
Cuba would wipe out tho sugar .bill. Hut
apart from sugar nnd tobacco, thero Is
llttlo In the list to nrouso thn Jealousy or
tho dissatisfaction of tho American
farmer nnd his ardent chnmplon, Secre
tary Wilson. Mnny of tho things we lm-
Import aro not produced hero at all.
Ml SV.MPATIIY nut DRFAl'LTHnS.
Auburn Post (rep,). Th( republican stato
convention oted. 998 to 165, In favor of
moral sentiment. The fuslonlsts will not
be able to got much campaign consolation
out of that vote.
Syracuso Journnl (rep,): Hartley has
resumed his old duties in tho penitentiary
green house and another chunk of political
thumlor Is exploded, greatly to tbo dctri
meat of tho demo-pop campaigners.
Alllnnco Times (rep.): It's terribly dis
appointing to tho pops that Hartley was
sent back to tho pen by tho ropuuncans
It deprives them of nil Jhelr campaign
thundor, nud they don't know what in tnun-
dcr to do for thunder.
Wood Itlvcr Interest (rep.): "It was so
sudden" about expresses the situation lu
reference to tho return of Joe Hartley to
his work of caring for tho green houso at
tho stntn nenltentlnrv nftor the meeting of
the republican stnto convention.
Emerson Entcrprlso (rep.): Tho fusion
editors of the stnte, who hnvo been filling
up spaco with yards of editorial condemn
ing Governor Savage and tho republtcnn
party for pardoning Hartley, aro now mum
If they could havo foreseen tho action ot
tho republican state convention these fu
sion editors would doubtless havo been ou
tho other side of the question.
Broken How Republican: Governor Sav
ago'B prompt nutlon lu returning J. 8
Hnrtlcy without waiting for tbo expiration
of tho parole, on tho request of the repub
lican convention, proved both wisdom and
loyalty to tho party ho represents. It
also proves thnt tho Insinuations of thn op
position that tho governor wns Influenced
by a monetary consideration Is not true.
Kenrney Hub (rep.): Headers of tho
World-Herald havo been curious to know-
how it would toko tho sudden turn in tho
fortunes of Josoph Unrtloy, following the
holding of tho recent republican stato con
ventlon. Every ono know that It would
hnvo rcmc crocodile tears to shed and it
has finally shed them, after watting throo
days to got Its grief In proper trim. It
chnrges tho convention with being sinccro
nnd hypocritical. And, by tho way, It hns
been observed In other localities that tho
fusion politicians nro not nny batter
pleased thnn tho World-Hernld.
Tokomnh Herald (rep.): Tho nction of
tho republican stato convention on Hart
ley's parolo Is satisfactory to nearly nil re
publicans. Tho motivo or Integrity of thn
governor wns not questioned. No ono
doubted but whnt tho governor sought to
servo the state's best Interest by turning
Into tho stato trensury a pargo portion of
tho money lost to tho stato by Hartley's
defalcation. The convention doubted tho
expediency of mnklng a flnnnclal com
promlso with criminals nnd favored tho lm
mcdlato return of Hartley to tho peniten
tiary. Tho governor cheerfully compiled
with the almost unanimous expression.
Hluo Springs Sentinel (rep.): If somo of
thoso fellows who nro so confounded sure
that it was a pleco of tho basest lnfnmy to
return Joo Hartley to the penitentiary
could only get It Into their crnnlums that
not one lota of tho obligations nssumed by
tho nccoptnnco of this parolo had been com
piled with, they perhaps would como to tho
conclusion thnt tho stato convention did
tho right thing In demanding tho recall ot
tho parole. Hartley's lnsolenco In making
tho statements ho did when ho breathed free
nlr nnd his treatment of the committoo of
the 1S97 session of tho leglslnturc, when
tho trouble cropped out. nre sufficient in
themselves to condemn him.
Arcadia Chnmplon (rep.): In the con
troversy nt tho republican stato convention
over tho Hartley parolo we bcllovo that tho
party representatives did Just what they
should havo dono. They camo direct from
tho great mass of voting peoplo, know tho
feelings of n vast majority of them and
knew th-it their nction would bo wntched
by the opposition to try and And somo ono
llttlo thing In their deliberations which
thoy could point out nnd nccuso tho repub
lican party with being in lenguo with de
faulters. Thoy must slink nwny without
having their hope realized. Even n sllcnco
In regard to It would havo been construed
Into nn endorsement of tho policy.
Stanton Picket (rep.): Now that the
republican stnte convention hns spoken in
no uncertnln tones nnd Hartley has beon
sent buck to tho penitentiary, tho fusion
press lu plainly dissatisfied. They wanted
him released, pardoned by n republican
governor, not becnuso they believed It to
bo right, but because they saw in It politi
cal cnpltnl for the coming campaign. His
parolo gavo them a chance to exclaim. "Wo
told you so." Now they aro censuring
Governor Snvngo for what they allege to
be his lack of faith with Ilnrtley In re
turning him to tho penitentiary beforo tho
term of his parolo had expired. It Is im
possible to plcaso somo people, moro par
tlcularly one's political enemies.
Aurora Republican: Tho Nebraska re
publicans, In their stnto convention nt Lin
coin, seem to hnvo broken nil recent pnrty
records for energy nnd, harmony. At ono
brief sitting they adopted a platform
nominated candidates for thrco minor stnto
offices and disposed with skill nnd firmness
of a troublesome incident in local politics
which threatened to provo a sourco of
weakness In tho approaching campaign. A
republican stato treasurer, whoso embezzle
ments had discredited nn earlier republican
administration, wns released on parolo not
long ago by Governor Snvago, and tho con
vention, though not assailing the governor's
motives In granting clomency, strongly pro
tested against nny condonation of tho treas
urer's offenso nnd asked for an immediate
recall of the tlckct-of-Ieavo given him
This ono
delegates
altogether
feeling.
cnuso of friction removed, tho
accomplished their work with
gratifying celerity nnd good
Central City Nonpareil (rep.): Tho ro
publican stato convention, in dcmnndlng
the Immodlnto return of Joseph Bartloy to
tho penitentiary, followed tho sentiments of
tho rank nnd flln of tho party In tha state
It Is no discredit to Governor Savaga that
ho bowed to tho will of tho people by Im
mediately returning Bartloy to his cell.
Tho governor mndo the mistake of think
ing tho peoplo of Nebraska wore worrying
over tho loss of tho monoy Involved In the
Bnrtloy embezzlement nnd that tho recovery
of tho money would condono tho crlrao with
tho Nebraska taxpayers. No so. The
peoplo of Nebrnska demand tho punishment
of Joseph Hartley, because bo Is a criminal
and not because ho Is keeping them out ot
their money. Tho latter is only a sec
ondary consideration. Ho has betrayed
tho trust of tho peoplo nnd must suffer for
It. If ho returned overy cent of tho
monoy it wntdd not remove thn crime. We
hnvo no patloncowlth thu maudllu sympathy
that Is being expressed by certain promi
nent newspapers and pplltlclnns for Bart
loy. Let tho criminal expiate his crime
to tho full extent of tho law. A criminal
Is no less n criminal becauso ho steals the
respectable sum of a quarter of a million.
Holdrego Citizen (rep.): Tho republican
stato convention Inst week not only nomi
nated a statu ticket, but It nlso took hold
of tho Bartloy parole matter In a vigorous
manner. It requested In nn emphatic
manner thnt Hartley bn returned to tho
penitentiary at onco nnd the governor com
plied with tho request with all posslbld
haste, Tho convention did not question
th(j motive of thn governor In granting tho
parolo, but tt had misgivings ns to his
judgment in tho matter. Tho majority of
tho republicans folt that nothing should be
dono that would In any way he constiued
places. Tho convention took tho hlch
as taraalolas .with corruption la hlghj
moral position thnt tho liberty of tho.'
who havo been guilty of bctrnjinr; public
trusts should not be given for the restltu
Hon ot part or nil of the embezzled money
Republicans felt th'it ntornl effect of whnt
might bo called condoning crime in hind
places nnd grnntlug privileges thnt aro not
given to thoso who havo been smaller of
fcuders would havo a bad moral effect.
It will bo remembered that Hartley wna
legally lonvlcted of cmbozzllng a Intgd
nmount of public money nnd turulug It into
his own private pockots. Tho papers that
for tho last few weeks havo boon trying to
mako peoplo bcllovo that republicans fa
vored embezzlers nnd thoio KUllty of ras
cality nro again shown up In tho light of
trying to dectivo tho peoplo for political
effect. Tho promptness with which Gov
ernor Snvngo complied with tho request ot
tho convention showed that ho did not Con
sider himself tho wholo stnte of Nebraska
nnd would obey tho demnnds of tho pcopln.
Wnyno Republican: The nction of tho
republlcnn party of Nebraska. In conven
tion nssombled, lu passing tho resolution
censuring, or, rather, condemning tho ex
tension of executive clemency to Joseph
Hnrtlcy or other offenders of his elnos wns
commcndnblo nnd demonsi rates that No
braska republicanism means something en
tlrely different thnn what has been charged
to It. Governor Savage, lu his Immcdiat i
responso to the sentiment of thn party cf
tho stnte, ns expressed by the reprctnti
tlves in convention, did much toward d.--polling
the bad opinion thnt was fast gain
ing ground on him. In his rcternin
Unrtloy to tho pcntlcntlnry ho complied
with tho commando of his pnrty In a way
that wilt commend him to nil parties ns
ono rendy nnd willing to bo governed by
the wisdom of his party, regardless of hit
own Ideas. Tho republican party has dono
wbnt Is seldom dono by n party in conven
tion. Tho rulo is thnt conventions ot tin
party In power commend nnd eudqrsn lh
nets of Its oftlcers. nr. nt most, rntuuln si
lent If tho administration hns been tpo re
miss in its duties. HeroMs nn oxumplo of
a pnrty with sufllclent mornl and point at
courago to go on rocord ns being lu appor
tion to certain nets of the olllclals whom
It was Instrumental In giving thu .reins ot
control. There cnn bo no doubt ns to how
such nction will bo received by tho people
of Nobrnskn. They lovo n mnn or n part
that possesses sound moral rourntro ..ml
will not be ready nt tho behest of r.tnt.u-r
demagogues to turn their backs nn n jiariv
that demonstrntcs by Us actions thnt it i-,
not under tho control or guidance of th.
corrupt or those not having tho best in
terests of law nnd order in view.
Wnusn Gazette (rep.): Tho Omnh.i
World-Hernld Is in n fit over the nction of
tho republican stnto convention nnd j
shedding crocodllo tears ns big ns goo n
eggs over the sad pllsht of ex-Trcnsuror
Hartley. With long harangues nbout thu
broken up home, tho weeping wife and til.--hon&red
children this great popocrntlo
dally is trying to play upon the feelings
of tho public nnd stir up n sentiment
against tho action of tho state convention.
Whllo thcio wns no doubt n large number of
delegates In thnt convention who folt tho
keenest sympntny with tho ruined family.
It can bo said to their honor that thoy. did
not let .enttmcnt got tho better of reason,
but insisted thnt Justice take Its course.
No logical reason can bo ndvnnced why
tho man wholo stole half a million should
bo pardoned whllo thousands of others wno
got away with a paltry hundred Serve thu
full ponnlty of tbo law. It is safo to con
cludo that It Is not pity for tho Hartley
family that causes tho World-llcrnld to
wall but tho fact that tho very pegs on
which tho opposition hnd hoped to build a
victory this In ll havo been removed. It is
nlwnys a good plan to find out whnt tho
enemy wnnts you to do, nnd then do tho
very opposite. Tho violent nttneks of tho
action of tho ronvcntlnu in the Hartley
mnttcr nro tho best compliment that could
bo coveted. It is another testimony to thu
fact thnt the republican party haa taken a
stand for Justlco and right and straight
ened Itb hold upon tho hearls of thu -people.
I.AlKilll.MJ LI.MlJiT
Detroit Free Press: "We r vrr remem
ber thu faces uf thoso 'We love most
dearly.'-
"That's so. To save me I enn't tell wbnt
11 hundred-dollur bill looks like."
Boston Transcript: Me Darling, you nro
the only girl 1 over loved.
She Nonsense! You'.ve nrobnblv told thnt
snmo thing to scoren of other Klrls.
He Alas, nnd you nre Just like tin
others; you don't bcllovo me nny moro
than they did.
llrooklyn Life: "A problem novel? What's
the problem?"
"There uro several, but tho ono thnt nr.
resls the attention of the thoughtful reader
Is 'How lu tho world did tho autluir (iver
manage to got u publisher?' "
Baltimore American: First Simile fori lm
banks of the I3tyx) Who was thnt 'Dun
looking snlrlt who got im mid wiKni
away when I begun telling of tho trouble
1 got Into 011 the earth by marrying llvo
wives nt ouco7
Second Shade Oh, thnt wns Solomon.
...... ....... ..,.,, ijl.,
price," said tho snd citizen.
"Don't VOIl hnlfpi'n n wnnl nt it
swered Senator Sorghum. "I know savornl
men mat nave iicun walling for tholr nrloo
im 11 j-riir or mi; tuiu nicy 11 Keep on wait
ing If I have my sny."
Philadelphia Press: "Professor." nM
Miss Glddny, "you'vo made n study (if
human nntiiro. Now. nt what mm wnni.i
you say the average man of Intelligence Is
most likely to marry?"
"Dotngal" promptly ropllod Prof. Old-
Indl.iminolls News: "Shn sued l.l.n
breach of promise." '
urn sno winv ,
"In (i wny. After cnrofullv Innldm.
the defendant tho Jurv nuiirdmi ho? ,.
cent postage stamp. '
MAUI) ON THU LINKS.
T. A. D. In Catholic Standard.
Maud MulUr on a summer's day
i-nrca rortn upon 1110 nnKs to piny.
She wns ns fnlr ns fnlr could bo
And Hoped to catch tho gallery.
The gallery was there In fprro.
i-;acn member nciug n jiidge, ot c.ourso.
And every JudRO In nil thnt Mvnrm
Mado comments on each player's form.
All of which thrilled Mnudlo through an 1
through,
Her form wns so fine; sho knew It, too.
80 when sho sought the teelng-grccn
Hho boro nerscrr quite use. u queen.
Alns! her "form" was not tho kind
Thn various Judges hnd In mind. '
Sho looked "real cute" whn.n teeing off,
Hilt mnrs not everywiuiff in kuii,
Melodiously warbling: "Forol" '
Her driver high aloft she boro.
And then for nil that sho wns worth
Hho swung It downward to the earth.
Great clouds of earth to heavenward' flew,
nun (I biiiiii-u hi t unvur rinni in two!
Tho ball untouched, another stick
wno grnnoeu ami tried a second lick.
Acaln In vnlnl nnd then, rirnai
Hho busted every stick sho hud.
The naddeot words of tqnguo or pun.
Tho poet snys, nro "Might havo beon."
But hn wns wrong, Tho saddest qulto
Aro thoso wo dnro not speak or write.
Maud being n Indy know sho ought
Not brentho the vivid words r, thought
Thus as Bho stood In sorry plight
Form stepped a youth, a gaiiaut vuku,
Quoth he: "I Judge tho thing to do
Is Just to let mo swear for you,"
'Most noble Judge, prny do," quoth si.e,
And so he did qulto merrily.
Somo months thereafter thoy v.-nro wod.
Ho d won rn r lovo because, rtno saiu;
I never mot. I must confess.
a. mua .with so inucb. tbouuhtfulncaa,"
