9 THE OMAHA DAILY UEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1001. The omaha Daily Bee. k. noBj;wA'rn, hditok. I'CULIBHLTJ LVKKY M0HN1NO. TKRM8 OF SL'IIHCIUPTION: Dally lice (without Sunday). One Year.. .) Jally Hoe n nd Sunday, one lear .() IlilMraled Heo, One Year v J JUnday ilee, One Year fWJ atunfa.v Hfr, One Year J.W twentieth Century Farmer, One cm.. l.W dklivhulij iv cahuikh. Bally Hop. wliliout Sunday, pr copy Sc ally Hee, wltlmiit Himliiy, per weck....lJe pally Hpp. Including Sunday. )pr week. .He Sunday Ike, per copy ... J Kvenlng Hee, without Sunday, per week.. too livening Heo, Includ'g Sunday. lf r week. Us Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Ihoilld bo addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICK8. Omaha- The Hpp Uulldlnp. Hoiith Omolm; City Hall Ilulldlng, Twe.v tytlf th and m Streets. Council Muffs: 1') tvnrl Street. Chicago; 1M0 Cnlty IJulldlng. New York; Temple Cojrt. Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street. OOHIIKSI'ONDKNCU. 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Tzschuck, secretary of The Hce Publishing Company, being duly sworn, pays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, ISvenlng and .Sunday llee printed during the month of September, 1W1, was an fol lows: 1 -211,0 tr, i6 ss.rno 2 ti7. l.'to K UK.fllH) i ar.U7 is ut,:tw 4 U7,ir. in js.ouo 8 i!7,im a ua.aso II, inn 21 27,1)70 i 7,7io. ii as.ono f! :tl,77.". 23 i!N,770 8 :in,!iio ;i as,Ho 10 as, i no is as.r.Md It as, I NO :c iss.nio K -7..MIO '.'7 1'N.OIO XJ 111,21 n 21 2H.700 H ir.,7:to yj as.nno is aa.nio so aw,n7o Total i;ti,7io .ts unsold and returned copies.... I,:il7 Net total sales fllll.atlft Net dally average ao.illtl GF.O. H. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before nio this 30th day of September. A. D. 101' M. U. HUNOATI5, Notary Public. Upton should Hud n faster skipper If lie exiieets to win the cup. Mayor Moorcs has reached HufTalo. If lie docs uot lirltiK tin; koy to the city linck with him his errand will have failed. icnerally fish stories are not taken fortously, but It Is different with those our game warden Is telling to the peace Justices these autumn days. Our Woman's Christian Temperance union friends think that Omaha needs n thick coat of moral kalsomlnc., We hope they will come often and brlus their paint brushes with them. This Is rather bite In the season to order streets paved, though 11 Is better Into than never. The contractors, how ever, should be kept on the Jump to complete their work before cold .weather Interferes. llrltlsh yachtsmen are already talk ing about organizing another syndicate to compete for the America's cup. They should at least wait until Sir Thomas Upton's hopes nre decently burled be fore elaborating their plans, The Chinese court announces that It will Mart for Pekln Hunday. As there Is plenty of time to change the royal mind between now and then, however, the royal steward need be In no hurry ordering groceries for the 1'ekln pal aces. The city of tSouth Omaha has been advertising for proposals for a new bond Issue without recolvlng a single bid. When thev bankrupt treasury can borrow no more .South Omaha peoplo will realize that their new charter Is three sizes too large for them. The, rush of hogs to ninrket last sum mer when the producers were fright ened over the corn crop Is telling on tho present. For some time hog re ceipts havn shown n decrease from a similar period last year, but tho Indica tions are for a return to normal con ditions. A call for a democratic ratification meeting asks all the faithful "to make nil effort lo be on hand loaded with en thuslnsm." The average Omaha dem ocrat Mho attends these meetings usually expects to be loaded with some thing else beforo the meet lug adjourns. Clontarf precinct cast three votes for Mercer In 1000 and four votes for Me Klnley. Hut Clontarf precinct, In the Interest of .Mercer, Is to be represented by two members of the county commit tee, while the Sixth ward, which gave Mercer l.fl'J votes, Is represented by thrco members' on the committee. A Wisconsin iniiii proposes to secure power by hitching on behind a cyclone. The. scheme may be all right, but there might be some dllllculty lu having cy clones handy every time It Is desired to turn on the power. If he would only hitch onto the front end when ho located his cyclone he would be as nured of a rattling tlnlsh. While the Heal Ustate exchange Is clamoring for tax reform It should not forget that tho local tax rate is the Joint effort of three separate and ills tlnct public bodies, the city council, the Hoard of Kdiicatlon, the Hoard of County Commissioners. To get practl cal, results It will have to keep an eye pn oycry one or tneso taxing authorities A i is til an minors comment on tho, ex treme 'quiet and good order of the re cent clectlous lu that country. Tho troops were only called out lit four or tli-o. nlaecs to nreservo order and tho list of killed and wounded has not been made up. The election may have been quiet compared with a session of tho legislative body of that country, but there li room for Improvement. BANKIXO (lltUWTIt. In the matter of tho Increase of na tional banks aud of bank circulation the currency legislation of last year has been most amply justified. Under this law there have been organized 715 banks, more than two-thirds of them with a capital of less than $50,000, thus conclusively demonstrating how great was the need for legislation authorizing the organization of banks with less capital than was required by the orig inal law. The result Is that many com munities which before did not have banking facilities now possess them. In the southern and western states U22 banks have been organized under the law of March 14, 1000, the greatest demand for additional banking facili ties having come from' these sections. Over $104,000,000 has been added to the ' bank circulation under this law, with great benellt to the country nt large. It Is probable that at the coming session of congress further currency legislation will be proposed with a view to giving greater elasticity to the cur rency. The New York Evening Tost urges that what Is first of all needed Is the repeal of the requirement of bond-deposit security for tho Issue of national bank notes. This Is rendered Inevitable In any case, It remarks, by the payment of tho 'national debt. It may be doubted, howcrer, whether that provision of tho law will bo repealed at present. As a secondary measure the Tost thinks the repeal of the pro visions forbidding branches of national banks Is needed. Wc cannot see what reasonable objection can be made to this. The I'ost regards as the real evil In our system the lack of a credit cur rency, which would be available lo the farmers of the country, and It suggests that If this be remedied the details of supplying that currency will Im speedily worked out. There Is not a great deal needed to make our currency system as nearly perfect as Is attainable and this should be supplied by 'the coming congress. tub conroiiAriox uxixjuum). The strike of the steel workers, It appears, did uo actual Injury to the steel corporation, whatever, incon venience It mny have caused. Accord ing to the Pittsburg correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce at no time was the output of the cor poration reduced moro thnn one-seventh. While the stocks on hand were being reduced, the necessities of the custom ers were growing more Imperative and the chances of maintaining prices were steadily Improving. Tho correspondent expresses the opinion that the corpora tion made enough moro on the 24,000 tons It was dally producing to meet tho loss on the 4,000 tons which It was unable to make. Practically all of this 4,000 tons It will make In the com ing few months, so that on the whole Its loss of business will be very small and the market has been well held up for It. The men engaged In the strike, on the other hand, sustained an actual loss, amounting In the aggregate (o a very considerable sum, which they can not recover and for which they realized no beuellt or advantage whatsoever. The wages they lost Is a permanent loss and In addition to this they ma terially weakened their association and their Inllucnce as n part of organized labor. Thus this conflict between or ganized capital and organized labor offers a lesson which all worklngmen should study. It should suggest to them the folly of engaging lu strikes without having the best and strongest reasons for doing so and then only after every reasonable and honorable effort has been made for a peaceable settlement of differences. A TIWST OttJKur LESHOX. The recent collapse In copper, follow ing the reduction of the dividend paid by the Amalgamated Copper company, furulshes nn object lesson which In vestors in Industrial securities will do jive 1 1 to consider. It was not altogether unexpected. 'I he depression In Kurope, the declining exports of American cop per and consequent Inevitable accumu lation of American copper stocks, fore shadowed more or less serious disturb ance. In the market, but the collapse was rather more sharp than had. been apprehended. The Amalgamated Cop per company was ffuppoed to be one of the strongest of the Industrial combina tions. It was organized when ,tho cop per trade was exceptionally prosperous and the outlook for Its continued pros perity seemed' most favorable. It was believed to have almost unlimited tlnan- clal resources. According to the United States In vestor, however, the project has lu all Its stnges proved to bo one of the most barefaced schemes on record. "Its very nudaclty," says that Journal, "seemed to make It attractive lu the eyes of a large number of Investors. The ills Ingenuousness of the scheme was clearly apparent nt the start, the char acter of the men who promoted It was well known and there could bo no ques tion of Its utter futility from the purely economic standpoint." Yet the stock sold readily on the representation that the price would ultimately go to 200. As a matter of fact It went, after a short spurt, below par, where It re mained for a long time, but eventually It was worked up to about 120. The company acquired control of many com petlng copper mines and Its eapltallza tlon was made $150,000,000-perhaps at least three times what It legitimately should be. The company, says the Investor, Is the blindest kind of u blind pool; no data havo over been furnished whereby the true condition of the concern could bo tlgured out. Whether or uot the dlvl (lends It has paid were earned uo one outside a small coterie knows. The promoters failed to do what they repre sented they were going "to do In tho way of restricting the output and mnlu talnlug the prlco of copper. And tills project, declares tho Investor, resembles hundreds of others that have been launched lu the last few years. "It Is moro audaclwiis than some and uot so audacious n others. It Is merely one pf couqUcm number of schemed to hoodwink tho public and foist upon them, nt ruinously high valuations, properties which other peoplo no longer care to hold and which they cannot hold except at a loss." The Investor ex presses the opinion that the fate which Is overtaking the copper combination Is Indicative of what will befall the whole Industrial trust structure, resulting In tm appalling and destructive crash. There appears to be good ground for this view In the fact that In ten months of this year the Industrial combinations have paid dividends to the enormous amount of ?'J00,000,000, since It Is hardly possible that all of this was earned. Meanwhile the question grows con stantly more pressing as to what shall be done to regulate the combinations and to protect the public against such projects as that of the Amalgamated Copper company, with their vast over capitalization and their secret way of doing business. This question has be come so urgent and Is of such over shadowing Importance that the coming congress will bo compelled to give It consideration, aud (here Is reason to ex pect that President Koosevelt will have some practical suggestions and recom mendations to make In regard to It. ;vor a mr too uahsh. OMAHA, Oct. 2. To the Kdltor of The Hee: I fully agree with what you say con cerning the disfranchisement of Omaha re publicans by tho action of Saturday's con vention. Hut It seems to mo you are alto gether too harsh In your criticism of the delegates from tho Seventh and Ninth wards whom you chargo with treachery and betrayal of tbolr constituents. You mint know that nil Is fair In war and poli tics. You must know also that It Is com mon for politicians to make trades, to nomi nate their candidates even If they have to sacrifice other Interests for the time. HKVKNTH WARD KEPUUMCAN. All may be fair In war and politics, but there Is a broad Hue of demarcation which no honest or honorable man will ross. It is fair lu war and politics to win out by a ruse or by strntegy, but the soldier who violates his parole Is re garded as no better than a deserter, and an army olllcer who breaks his word of lonor to friend or foe Is forever after despised and held In contempt by his fellow officers. All may be fair In war among savages who tight with poisoned weapons and do not scruple to torture or butcher wounded captives and defenseless women nnd children, but civilized ar mies do not countenance such warfare. They protect the prisoner of war, re spect the sign of truce and refrain from tiring on buildings that display the hos pital ttag. The same rule of conduct obtains In politics when carried on by honorable men. Falsehood, deceit and treachery are not among the legitimate weapons with which political battles can be won without the Inevitable penalty sure to follow In time. Measured by that standard The Bee's rltlclsm of the delegates that repre sented the Seventh and Ninth wards In the recent republican convention Is nbne too harsh. It Is certainly not. too se vere so far as It relates to their lnex- usable betrayal of their constituents whom they voted to disfranchise In all future conventions. It Is extremely mild as regards the lelegatlon of the Seventh ward In view of the deliberate violation of their word of honor pledged by their authorized steering committee In the Interest of fudge Vlnsonhaler and lu his presence. They did uot make these pledges under coercion, but proposed their own terms and made their agreements on their voluntary word of honor. Although It has been represented lu iiilllatlou of the offense that the agree ment made by them was conditional. the truth Is that no other condition was proposed or Imposed than the renoml nation of Judge Vlnsonhaler by accla mation. With deceit on their Hps and treachery In their hearts, and never In tending to carry out In good faith their own proposals, these men did not have even the decency to serve notice on the parties whom they had conlldenced that they repudiated the compact. Can any criticism too harsh be passed on such reprehensible conduct? County Treasurer Elsasser has pub lished another monthly exhibit of the whereabouts of the county funds, coupled with this declaration: "I de sire to reiterate that I do not innko this statement In compliance with tho demand of the republican state plat form. I realize, however, that there exists a general sentiment In favor of the custodians of public fuuds taking the people Into their confidence." If Mr. Klsasser was not forced or coaxed Into taking the public into his confi dence by the demand of the republican state convention, why did he hold back twenty months before he made response to the general sentiment? Why does he not admit candidly and frankly that ho never would have done It had It not been for the call for publicity contained In the republican platform? The American Sugar Hellnlng com pauy has made a cut of over 1 cent a pound In retined sugar, effective only In the section of country which pro duces beet sugar. The west Is greatly Interested In the success of tho beet sugar Industry and If the big comblna tlon Is bent upon crushing out a bust ness which promises so much for this section It Is likely to hear something from It through tho medium of eon gress. There Is considerable glass In the Sugar trust roof. The Salt trust proposes to reach out and get control of the producing ca paclty of the world. If It should sue cced an excellent opportunity will be afforded to observe whether other couu tries have any more effective method of dealing with such combinations than has been devised In this country, for It Is certalu that uo company will bo al lowed to monopolize a necessity of life without au effort to check It. West Omaha, which gave McKlnley 101 votes and Mercer 100 votes nt the last election, will hereafter have ton delegates lu tho county convention. jwhllo the Fourth .ward, .which gave McKlnley 1,531 votes and Mercer 1.402 votes, will be represented by ten dele gates. This Is not tho rankest feature of the new Mercer machine. West Oinnha. with less than 200 republicans, now has four members of the county committee, while the Fourth ward, with eight times as ninny republicans, has only three members of the com mittee. The total vote cast for Congressman Mercer lu Douglas county last year was 13.S10, of which 10.MW was given hltn In the city of Omaha, nnd 1,272 In the country precincts. Hut In the Interest of Mercer the 1,272 republicans In the country are represented by twenty- eight members of the county committee while the 10,MW republicans In Omnha havo twenty-seven members of the county committee. The atrocities committed by Filipinos upon the members of the Ninth In fantry. If proven true, put the guilty men beyond the pale of the law. Our soldiers have treated the natives who huve been captured with arms in their hands lu a most lenient manner, but men who commit such crimes have no reason to expect to be considered pris oners of war when taken. If tho Unlou Pacific bridge Is not sub ect to assessment and taxation by local authorities, then neither Is the East Omaha bridge nor tho Omaha & Coun cil Muffs bridge. If these great proper ties can successfully evade their Just share of local tax burdens, other tax payers will have to pay for them. Hut they will not do It without a vigorous protest. A Cruel Alternative. Washington Stan The Department of Agrlculturo has de cided that certain cereals can bo grown with marked success In Alaska. It Is a great deal to nek a man who haa started out for millions In gold to settle down to farming. l.lKlit III DnrU 1'lnren, Chlvatto Journal. Tho eccentric methods of tho copper trust plainly demonstrate the need of somo' legis lation that will compel corporations to mako their operations public and to limit the nmouut of their stock to tho actual value of their rlants. I'liiilnliliiK the Innocent. Indlnnnpolts Journal. That the father and brothers of Czolgosz havo been discharged from their employ ments because of tho crime of the son and brother, which they deplore, Is humiliat ing ovidenco of tho unruacionabloucss of many people. Thcro Is every reason to be- Hove that If cither of these three, rela tives of tho assassin had the least Inti mation of the Intention of the uon nnd brother to take tho llfo of tho president they would have given prompt warning. Itrapri't for l.nvt- the Itemedr. Indianapolis News. Vo have in this country many people nono of whom are Americans In tho tech nical sense who think that liberty con sists wholly In doing what one likes, and who are In constant Intollectunl rebellion against all authority. It Is of the highest lmportanco Uiuf tho citizens of a free coun try should understand that absolute and unquestioning obedlcnco to the law be cause It Is the law Is tho first quality of ntelllgent and patriotic citizenship. There Is indeed no way to cscapo from It. for the law when violated avenges Itself some times In tho most tcrrlblo fashion. The I'renlitenllnl llelt. Springfield Republican. With the exception of Andrew Johnson, every president since 1856 has come from the short group of states which follow from New York to Illinois, Inclusive. These five states Now York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois run In a lino sldn In side. Now York has furnished Arthur. Cloveland and Hooscvelt; Pennsylvania. Huchauan; Ohio. Hayes, Darflcld nnd Mc Klnley; Indiana, Harrison, and Illinois. Lincoln and Grant. It may now be falrlv called tho presidential belt, nnd it seems almost hopeless for anyone who lives out side of It to become president of tho United States. i:niToitiAi. i.ooi'.s. Washington 8tar: Perhaps It may be Just as well to withhold our Judgment until Admiral Schley's witnesses are heard. Minneapolis Times: Tho records show that It Is a good deal mora dangerous to bo conueeted with the Schley court of In quiry than It was to bo present at the bat tle of Santiago. Really, the fatality con nected with that court Is becoming appal ling. Chicago News: Having exnerlcnced such 111 luck with the messages which ft tried to havo delivored by naval officers during tho Spanish war, tho Navy department henceforth, whon It has matters of Impor tance to communicate, should ring up a messenger boy. Philadelphia North American: Although most of tho department's witnesses have manifested n desire to discredit tho cour age and judgment of Schley, they have suc ceeded mainly In revealing their own negli gence, nnd In somo rases deliberate dis obedience of orders. Tho most Important Information was withheld from tho com mander of tho squadron by tho scout cap tains nr completely and consistently as If there had been a conspiracy of subordinates to cmborrass him by concealing tho where abouts of the Spanish fleet. Portland Oregonlan: Tho army is Bald to go on Its belly, tho navy an Its bunkers. Tho one is helpless whon cut off for any length of tlmo from Its base of supplies, tho other In worso than helpless either for nffenBlvo or defenslvo nctton when caught without a sufficient supply of coal. To prevent this posslblo calamity seems to havo been tho purpose of Admiral Schley when In chargo of the flying Bquadron dur ing the last days of May, 1S9S. With this end In view ho (at the present stage of the inquiry) Bccms to have tiBed his own Judg ment and disobeyed orders. Perhaps ho was Justified. In his course. Tho results nt the time wero accepted as convincing proof of his assumption. Tho whole country Is waiting anxiously for his sldo of tho story. Indianapolis News: Tho sesslous of tho board of Inquiry aro brlnglug out testimony that Is not calculated to Increase tho re spect of tho publlo for our naval oflicors. Tho country has freely Indulged in tho delusion that they are calm, precise, uc curate aud as steady as a clock, especially In times of actual hostilities, but officers corao upon tho btanrt ami dispute tho log3, tho official charts aud differ In their estl mates of distances, state of tho sea and weather and other conditions In a way that is hard to explain or understand. For Instance, Rear Admiral Hlgglnsnu, Com mander Harper and Captain McCalla testify that Admiral Schley maintained a blockade at Santiago, at about two miles from shoro whllo other officers, Including Admiral Evans, state positively that Schley hold his fleet nt about seven miles from shore In tho daytlmn und even farther away at .nljht, Wbat Is the average nun to think t ! KEEP IT BEFORE How the Republican Voters of Omaha Have Been Disfranchised by the New County Machine. i Delegates in Kutio to Votes for Next County Republican McKlnley, Convention. Votes. IMIM MW 0Q9 . I i i in . n . , i Mil. I III Ml II M m m I II I Omaha 11, ISO DO 1 to 1VM South Omaliii 1,7!):? IS 1 to !)!) Country 1,;U17 70 1 to 15) Total 14.;nt 178 1 to 80 .Mom hers Hatlo to Votes for County Republican .McKlnley. Committee. Votes. Oinnha 11,180 J7 I to 414 South Omnhn 0 1 to 2!)8 Country 1,;W7 -2S 1 to 18 Total U.iUO (II lto'2;l5 Delegates Members Votes for in County McKlnley. Convention. Committee, Omnha 11,180 1)T) 07 So. O muli a nnd Country .'I, I (() ilV Total 14. H10 T78 01 How long will submit tamely to I! WAriiix4Tox ;ossii. ffecne mill liiclileiitH OliNPi-vril nt tlio Xntlnnnl Cnpltnl. Ilellevers In signs, shadows, spooks and similar phenomena aro again trying to fathom tho curious shadowgraphs visible at certain times on clear days on the pillars of the portico of tho White House. To tho average mind untainted by supersti tion, these shadowgraphs aro nothing more than the shadows eaBt by the projecting decorations of tho pillar capH nnd coping. To sign renders nnd believers they are the reflection of good or evil. The shadow graphs nt tho present time, ns sketched by the Now York Herald, differ from those observed last spring, tho chango being due to the changed course of tho sun. These hadows aro fitful things, capricious ns tho winds, vnrlablo ns the clouds, and may never bo depended upon to arrive on a schedule. So tho curious havo to wait with what patience they can bring to bear. When one of these rcallzo that an "Im portant" shndoW Is taking shape, ho Is quick to rommunlcato his discovery to tho others, who eagerly flock nround the par ticular pillar honored by tho mystic visitor. President Roosevelt, Secretary Hay, a man holding an outstretched revolver, a portion of a winged figure and n dove with spreading wings these nre the queer slgnt and portents which dally tnkn shape on tho east portico of the rambling old building fronting Pennsylvania avenue. I.eos than six months ago tho cold and polished sur face of tho stone reflected other faces anil other forms. It was In May of this year that attention was called to tho puzllng portraits silhouetted against tho stately columns. At that lime tho profile of Presi dent McKlnley was the most noticeable of tho shadowgraphs. The clear cut fea tures, sharp. Incisive, mnstcrful, wero faith- fully reproduced In mnrblc. Whenever tho pillar bearing the outline of President Koosevrlt'a faco Is fruitful there Is sure to bo a large and enthusiastic crowd In attendance. These see in the profile nothing to warrant fear of HI for tune to come. Hnther do tno majority oi tho shadow hunters lean to tho view that tho sign Is one of good portent to tho rap Idly ndvanclng young ninu from Now York. It would ho hard to Imagine a moro clearly outlined suggestion of tho president than 1b thrown by tho sun nnd the cornice In part nership. There used to be a man who did business In the hotels along Pennsylvania avenue, a dark, nervous, quick-witted, rapid lingered genius who would tnko a pair of scissors and n sheet of black paper and cut out your silhouette about ns fast as you could cut tho pages of n book, by which ho rolled up quite a competency, because he was In his particular and rather odd lino a thorough artist. Ho novor did any thing In this connection that could throw. Into the shado tho silhouette of President Hooscvelt as lined up against tho 'Whlto House pillar. Hardly a distinguishing out ward characteristic of tho president is lack ing. Thoro Is tho famous raoustacho, tho well defined nose, tho mouth slightly "ajar," and, of course, tho celebrated Hough Hlder's hat. As If to carry the Illusion still further, there depends from tho shoul der of tho figure what might very well pass for tho stock of a gun. The outline of Secretary Hay's face, seen first at one hour, then at another, but never twlco at tho same hour, is almost equally excellent ns a likeness. Even thoso un familiar with Mr. Hay, from actual sight of tho secretary, aro Invariably nblo to recognize tho silhouetted figure from tho frequency with which tho fentures of the Stato department's head hav6 appeared In the newspapers. An amusing oddity Is "tho hand holding a pistol " This is not qulto so successful a reproduction as aro somo of tho others, nnd requires a Httlo aid from a responsive imagination beforo it can bo properly cata logued In tho list of Whlto House pillar wonders. Tho hand U not so distinct as It might be, but thoro can bo no doubt as to the weapon which extends diagonally down across the column. Another of tho newcomers In Hhadiwland Is tho winged figure, or, rather, it is a sub stantial portion of a winged flgiiro. Wero the pillars of the Whlto House portico only a trlflo larger and offering broader surfaco, It is safo to assumo that tho flguro In Its entirety would bo shown. However, with tho limited spare nt command, tho winged ono conies out surprisingly "well. ,I)y far tho prottlest shadow of tho col lection Is that of the little dovo with the outstretched wings. This well favored bird rests near tho top of tho column, Its flying apparatus apparently in readiness for Im mediate flight. lintiFormiiirr Tnxiitlon, Philadelphia North American. One of the fundamental rules of taxation Is that no moro money should bo raised than is necessary to carry on tho govern ment. To violate this rule Is to oppress tho people. We all want tho government honestly and economically ndmlnUtcred, and all want to bo as lightly burdened with taxes as powslblo. Therefore, thoso who favor keeping up tho taxes nnd reducing tho surplus by extravagant appropriations are simply advocating a policy of taxing the people unnecessarily. REPUBLICANS. Omaha republicans such rank injustice? imcotijctixc if iit.ic orrici.w.s. Ample I'liiipr lor (lint Purpone Vc(eil In CuiiurrK. Chicago Tribune, The nsHnssluntloii of President McKlnley has called renewed attention to the neglect of tho criminal code of tho I'tiltcd States to authorise the federal courts to punish assaults upon government ofllclnls. There nre somo special provisions for punishing resistance to vovcnuo am! customs oflicors, hut, ns a rule, nny violence shown to nn oincer of the United States is left to be tried by tho laws of tho state In which tho. crime happens to be committed No dis tinction Is madi) between the killing of a president nnd the murder of a prlvnto citi zen, nnd If tlui attempt at assassination falls tho perpetrator escapes with n light punishment. Public olllclals nro exposed to special dangers In tho execution of their duties. It is obvious that they should hnvo some special protection. President McKln ley was shot solely becnuso ho was presi dent. A crime of this kind should be pun ished soverely under a federal statute, whether tho attempt at murder succeeds or not. Fortunately It Is not necessary to amend tho constitution or euact a law of treason In order to give adequate, protection to presidents, )co presidents, cabinet officers, federal Judgea or other national officials. Congress already has ample power to pro tect bueli persons. "The question was de cided by tho Vnltcd States supreme court lu tho controversy growing out of tho ns snult upon Justice Field in 1SS9. It had be come the duty of that Jurist, while sitting with tho Judges of tho United States district court of California, to decide a case ad versely to David S. Terry and his wlfo nnd to punish them for contempt of court. At that time Terry announced his Inten tion of killing the Justice at the first oppor tunity. When Justice Field returned to California ' tho next year ho was accom panied by a deputy marshal, Mr. Nngle, and when Terry suddenly appeared In u public restaurant nnd began a murderous assault upon tho Justice, ho was shot nnd killed In the net by Naglo. la tho legal contro versy which followed it appeared donbtful whether Nuglo could ho protected by the t'nlted States government for having saved the life of the Justice. Tho supreme court, however, finally dltchargcd him on n writ of habeas corpus,' holding that tho govern ment, by Implied rights of self-protection, has" authority to do anything nccos sary to protect ti public official In tho dis charge of his duties. On tho hftBls of this decision It seems to bo clear thut rongrcss has power to enact laws for tho better protection of tho president and other public servants from tho peculiar dungcrs surrounding them. With thrco presidents dead by nssusstnn tinn and with a group of criminals in ex istence whose. "treed Includes tho killing of rulers becauso thoy are rulers. It is time tbnt tho United States criminal cude were amended in this Important respect. Nul lu III Gins. Buffalo Express, The Htlnpnat Inn thnt tht nnmr. of the rhlllpplnq nrrhlpelago bo chnnged to tho McKlnley islands, and that tho sepnrato Islands bo rcchrlstoucd after prominent Americans who havo had a part in their conques't aud government, does not deserve Rerlnim consideration. President McKlntoV desorves n better monumont to his memory than to havn his name borno by a con quered Asiatic colony M-Ntbeuu. All irarrtrU. KCr Checks filing of the hair; I keeps the scalp clean. I Always Restores Color to I Gray Hair. f IT.UNOXAI. MlTI'.S. With 3i0 church organs to his credit. Mr. Carneglo can discount John I'lilllp Soui as a mulo producer. Frederhk J. V. Skiff, dlrcctor-ln-chlft of the Field Columbian museum In Chicago, has been appointed director of exhibits for tho St. Louis World's fair. A movement has been started by tho teachers In the public schools of Philadel phia to erect a monument to tho memory of Lewis Klklu, who bequeathed nearly $3,000,000 as a pension fund for Indigent teachers, J. McNeil Whistler, tho artist. Is most particular about tho ccnico at his table. Ills dishes nre nil of silver aud tho nan kins, etc., nro all of the finest damask, marked In ono corner with his crest, tho famous butterfly. Tho Lincoln farm la Hodgenvlllc,- Ky., whero Abraham Lincoln was bora, Is wanted by Ur. It. C. Miller, president of tho St. Luko society of Chicago, who wishes to buy It for tho society. Tho farm is owned by David Orenr of this city. Chauucey M. Depew is now director or trustee In more corporations than any other man In this country. Ho Is a director la 8eoiity-Hlx different companies, furty-nltm of which nio railroad companies. Ho Is president of six companies nnd chairman of the board of six or seven other com unnlcs. Anton Dwirnk has been accordrd a rare distinction by tho emperor of Austria. Ho Is tho first musical composer who has been mado a member of tho Austrlnn house of lords. Dvorak was born lu n suburb of Prague In ISO. Ho was tho son of nn inn keeper nnd evinced his musical genius nt nn early ngo and received hla training In tho government schools. His "Slnbat Mater" secured his Kuropean reputation. Tho soldier who beenmo a brlgudler gen eral thronih President ltoocvolt'n first ofilclnl net, General James M. Hell, began his military career an a volunteer in the civil war. Ho went Into tho Santiago cam paign ns colonel of the Klghth cavalry. General Chaffoo's old regiment, nnd was soverely wounded at Ounnlmas. tin battle of tho campaign. After a long Illness ho followed his regiment to the Philippines, whero he saw additional service. I.KillT AMI I.IVKI.V. Kllegende Itlnetter: "You nro not seri ously 111; you simply require rest." "Hut, doctor, look nt tny tongue." "That also requires rest." Ohio State Journal: Mr. Mo.qulto we'll have to movo south pretty soon. Mr. Mosquito Dear tne, I must fly 'round und run a few moro IiIIIh before wo leave. Philadelphia Record Tommy Paw, wlint Is broken HiikIIbIiY Paw Ilroket) Kngllsh. my boy, is what the Shamrock betters will bo after the ran Washington Star; "My friend," mild Senator Sorghum, "never offer u man nione In politics." "Ihivn you followed that rule?" "Certainly. I always wait until ho brings up the proposition himself. It Is sufcr." Chicago Tribune: "Paim. bere'H nn ex pression I never heard before: 'That's tho wood with tho bnrk on.' What does It meiin?" "I Hiipposo It means nny word that's written In tho ship's log." Philadelphia Press: Hrlggs I suppose, now that you've got buck from your vai.i tlon you will take a long rest." flrlggs That's the worst of It. t spent ho much money tbnt I've got to work harder than ever. Somervlllo Journal: Aristocrat: I under stand that your grandfather tnajlo horse shoes. Plebeian Yes, he made porno for your grandfather onco and tho bill Isn't re ceipted yet. Pittsburg Chronicle: Now. thn' 5erpent, In the form of n book publisher, tempted Uve bpenklug In this manner: "I'll pay you SO per cent royally on thofo old lovo IctteiH of Adam's." What womnn could resist, especially ns the fall shades in fig leaves had Just ar rived ? Chliago Tribune: Jack-Cousin Nellie, this Is your seventeenth birthday. I'm en titled lo my seventeen kisses. Pretty Cousin You foolish boy. will you never let up on that kissing hnblt of yours? Jneli-Ccrt. I'll quit when you'ro CO, Nell. ocionr.it ii.w.n. Mrs. rClleu P. Allcrton, Push back tho curtains and fling wide the door, Shut not away the light nor th sweet nlr, Let ehequerel sunbeams piny upon lh lloor, And nn my head low-bowed, and on my hnlr. Would I could sing lu words of melody ' Tho hazy sweetness of this wondrous tlmo! Low would I pitch my voice; tho song should be A soft, low chant, set to a dreamy rhyme, No loud, high notes for tender days, llki these, No trumpet tones, no swelling words o( pride, Ucnenth theso skies, so like dim summei seas, Whero linzy ships of cloud nt nnchor ride, At peaco aro earth nnd sky, whero sottlj fall Tho brown leaves at iny feot. A hoi; palm Il.-HtH lu a benediction over nil. Oh, silent peaco! Oh, days of silent, calm. And passion, llko tho winds, lies hushed nn( nt 111 ; A I brong of gcntlo thoughts, sweet, c,alu nnd pure, Knock nt my door and lightly cross th sill Would Ibut their feet might sUy. thel1 lelgn endure! Hut storms will come The haze upon Hit bills Will yield to blinding gusts of sleet uno And foiMhls pence that nil my being fills. Tho tides of batilo ehall surge to und fro J. C AVBR CO., L.wll, Um.