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11 2N.ISO 2C 2W.510
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Notary Public.
Noxt Friday Is tpglstrutlon tiny.' You
must register or you ennnnt vote.
This Is the time of your when Ne
braska shows the world what a really
linn climate Is like.
Postage; stumps with the Chicago
trademark ought to he Helling nt a dis
count In this vicinity before long.
Between burglars and recreant em
ployes eastern hanks have been having
a hard time of It lately keeping their
cash accounts balanced.
It Is certainly remarkable how the
tontine diamond grafters managed to
gather In such a lucrative harvest among
otherwise Intelligent people.
'When Mr. Robert Smith gets through
with his political tlshlug excursion he
will discover that there are not so many
suckers lu Omaha, as there used to was.
Sir Thomas I.lpton says he will not
marry until ho has lifted the America's
cup. .Sir Thomas Is too good a fellow
to remain single the remainder of his
life.
Iowa expects to have its railroad mile
age increased over 2,000 miles during the
coming year. At that rate It will not
tako many years to give the state a rank
second to nonu In ratio of railroad mile
age to area.
One British, two American and two
Trench war ships arc at the Isthmus of
Panama. Under the circumstances it Is
fair to presume no serious Interference
with foreign commerce Is to bo appro
bended in that quarter.
Remember that registrations of prevl
ous years do not hold good for this
year's election, ltcmembcr, also, that
you must have ,your party attlllations
enrolled if you wnut to participate in
future parly primaries.
Tho Heo warned its readers against
the tontine diamond frauds when the
fad was at Its height. The game is
such a transparent piece of bunco work
that the eoplo who bit in spite of tin
warning havo only themselves to blame
As Incontestable evidence that the Oil I
nese government is again in working
order, 140 rebels hove been executed in
ono province. Apparently tho principal
function of government in China Is the
execution of rebels who create a tils
turbnncc.
All the way from .South Omaha comes
tho announcement to tho popocrntlu or
gan that Richard O'Kecfo Is a busy man
Mr. Dlnsbcar, tho republican candidate
for county commissioner, will undoubt
edly keep Mr. O'Kecfo very busy from
now on until election.
Tho powers are preparing a set of
rules which tho sultan of Turkey Is ex
pected to observe In the management of
tho affairs of his country. Tho sultnu
Is about as dlttlcult to control as a
Texas gusher, and there Is no telling
whore ho will break out next.
And now w uro told tho Commercial
club Intends to persist In Its ton-heavy
organization, Just because to reorganize
now would be an acknowledgment o
the Justice of the criticisms of its do
nothing policy voiced by The Hee. Tho
controlling factors In the Commercial
plub evidently believo it is better to bo
wrong than to admit ever having made a
mistake.
People who travel discover unexpected
things in unexpected places. Dr. genu
tho noted surgeon, has just returned
from a tour around tho world and an:
nounces that tho best and most thor
oughly modern hospitals found any
whore, either at homo or abroad, are In
Japan. Such discoveries aro lust rue
tive, even If they are destructive to our
cLf-complaccncy,
discussing amciucan competition.
Germany continues to be greatly ex
ercised about American competition and
the question of dealing with it Is worry
ing and perplexing that country mote
than any other subject of public con-
Ideratlon. At a meeting of the Indus
trial union the secretary of the organi
zation pointed .out the nnture of the
American danger," noting that while
our exports to tiermany had Increased
the exports from that country to the
Untied States have declined. Last year
we Imported from Germany n little over
$100,000,000 worth of goods and exported
to that country merchandise of the value
of $101,000,000. Thfs large balance In
favor of the United States is well calcu
lated to create alarm and anxiety among
Jcrmau industrial Interests, especially
s these are experiencing a severe de
pression from which an early recovery
ppcars Improbable.
The Idea of a Kuropean customs union
gainst the United States still has sup
porters, although' Its Impracticability
should be obvious to any one fairly well
Informed regarding economic conditions
In Kurope. It was recommended by the
secretary of the Industrial union, who
suggested that If it should prove Im
possible then a common igrccmeut
should be made to treat American goods
differently from those of other countries.
It Is very doubtful if even this could
be accomplished and the agreement
made effective. The union, however,
doptetl a resolution recommending
further consideration of the plan for a
Kuropean customs alliance against this
country. At tho same time It adopted
resolutions in tavor or dropping rrom tno
proposed German tariff the double sys
tem of duties on grain, "In order that
Germany may have new duties for the
securing of advantugcous trade relations
with the United States." This seems to
be looking toward reciprocity and It Is
vldont that the members of the In
dustrial union regard the Imposition of
high duties as a means of securing ad-
antngeous trade relations with the
United States. It Is noteworthy that at
the meeting of the union speeches were
made warning against a tail IT war with
tho United States and pointing out that
this country can get what It Imports
from Germany elsewhere, while Ger
many would be unable to do tin; same.
Phis Is a condition which German .states
men should thoughtfully consider. The
United States wotdd not suffer If noth
ing should be imported from Germany.
We could do without even the beet
sugar of that country anil doubtless
within a few years will cease Io Import
Hut Germany must have Our food
tuffs and our cotton, If nothing else,
nd these amount to more than half our
xports to that country.
What the outcome of tho discussion of
he "American danger" will be cannot
aslly be foreseen, but It is not probuble
that the tariff bill will be adopted In
Its present form. It Is not the United
States alone that would bo Injured com
merclttlly by this tariff, but Kuropean
ouutrles also, and these are warning
Germany that she will make a great
mistake if she puts the proposed tariff
Into effect.
HEFOHMERS THAT NEEV HEFOltMlNO,
The able address delivered by Itev,
H. C. Herring on Omaha's need of pub
llc-splrlteil men was reported in brief
by the local press. In Its effort to manu
facluro capital for the democratic
school board ticket, the World-Herald
lays great stress upon tho following
reference, said to have been made by
Mr. Herring to conditions In public
school 'management.
It Is not so very long since our board was
pulled out of the Hlough of Incompetency
and rascality by the efforts ot a few mca
of ono man conspicuously and unless the
citizens of Omaha awake to their duty they
havo no warrant that It will not speedily
be back again In the very slough from which
it was pulled.
This citation Is pronounced by the
World-Herald as a plain, outspoken do
nunelation of the board ns it was and a
strong endorsement of tho board as It Is
'under the present majority control,
which repudiates Interference by tho
machine." That paper also assorts
that Mr. Herring plainly approved tho
present course of the board and sought
to compliment Member 0. S. Hayward,
who was at the head of tho investigat
ing committee that uncovered tho ras
cality of tho old board and forced the
machine element from control of tho
board.
This constant gabble about "tho ma
chine" can deceive nobody familiar with
the makeup of the old board and of the
dominant majority of thu existing board.
Every politician in Omaha knows that
nearly all the self-styled reformers of
tho present board owe their nomlna
Hons and election to the so-called re
publican machine. It Is also a matter
of notoriety that Mr. Hayward and his
associates had the active and vigorous
support of The Hee lu the tight against
bribery and corruption In school man
uKement, while the World-Herald was,
as Is usual lu all such contests, sawlug
wood. It Is a matter of notoriety also
that It would have been utterly Inipossl
ble for Mr. Hayward to have turned a
wheel without tho backing of public
sentiment created by Tho Boo In favor
of business methods In the school board
In tills Instance, as lu mauy others
now brooms sweep clean. While no
body charges the present board with
downright corruption and bribery, It Is
Justly chargeable with rank nepotism
Inexcusable favoritism and reckless ex
travagauce. Instead of doing business
lu the open, as all public bodies are ox
pected to do, the dominant majority car
rles on Its work lu the dark. Tho new
combine operates through committees
meetlug behind closed doors and rati
ties without discussion Its bargains aud
deals under cloak of a secret ballot
Wlillc parading as a business body, th
good board has enormously' Increased
taxation without decreasing tho over
laps and deticlts inherited from tho had
board.
Thu cry of "machine" is simply a sub
terfuge to keep tho dominant majority
lu control anil perpetuate Its extrava
gaut management. This plain preseutn
Hon of facts explains why, In common
with other taxpayers, The Bee favor
another regeneration of the board by tho
election of members who are pledged to
the reforms enunciated In tho republican
platform, which reads as follows:
Resolved, That the secret ballot Is tho
prerogative of ttie sovereign voter, who Is
responsible to his own conscience only, but
Its use by men acting In a representative
capacity, whether In congress, state logls-
atures, city council or school boards, Is
pernicious and subversive of the principle
of responsible government.
Resolved, That the nominees of this con-
entlon arc hereby pledged to the abolition
of the secret ballot In the election of ofll
cers, teachers or employes of the Hoard of
Education, whose election shall, lu every
nstance, be made by an open vote recorded
on the Journals of the school board,
Itesolved, That the nominees of this con-
entlon are hereby pledged to labor ear
nestly for a more economical and efficient
administration of the public school system.
Itesolved, That the nominees of this con-
entlon are pledged to maintain, as far ns
possible, and extend civil service methods
n the government of public schools and In
the employment of teachers.
Resolved, That we expressly discounted
nanco the use by members of tho board of
he Influence of their position to procure
he tppolntmeut or promotion of relatives
an tho salary list of the schools.
Itesolved, That we favor such a distribu
tion of school facilities as will glvo every
hlld In the city of Omaha an opportunity
to enjoy the benefits of public school edu
cation.
THK A UK QUESTION.
The Philadelphia Xortli American 1
thinks It regrettable that Secretary
Gage did not declare himself unequivo
cally on the revenue question in his
speech at the recent convention of bank
ers. "Under tho existing revenue laws,"
says that pa tier, "the surplus Is steadily
piling up higher and higher. To apply
more than a certain aihouut of It to the
xtluetlon of the national debt is clearly
Impossible. Investors will not part with
their bonds. The only logical course to
adopt Is to reduce the revenues."
This question will be urged upon the
attention of congress at tho coming ses
sion and the Indications are that the
pressure for a further reduction of Inter
nal revenue taxes will be very strong.
11 view of the demands that will be
inadu for new entetprlses, as the Isth
mian canal and a Paclllc cable, together
with appropriations for river and harbor
Improvements and the enlargement of
he navy,, congress may lie unwilling to
educe the revenues, but very sound
easons will have to be given for retaili
ng all the present taxes in order to sat
sly the country. There Is a very gen
eral belief that the revenues can be
safely reduced and tho democrats in con
gress will undoubtedly make tho most
of this. The treasury receipts for the
llrst three months of the current llsciil
i car wore less than for the correspond-
ng period of last year, but they are
still considerably In excess of expendi
tures, so that the surplus continues to
grow.
APPEAEINd TO THE CONSUMER.
The Sugar trust, in Its agitation for
the free admission of Cuban raw sugar,
is appealing to the consumer and en
deavoring to show how great would be
the gain to the users of sugar If tho
luty on the Cuban product wore re
moved. The organ of the rollnlng In
terest makes a computation showing
that on the basis of current consump
tion, which Is placed at -,:tt!0,o85 tons
of which 1,000,000 tons Is ' of domestic
production, the balance paying duty
the people of the United States would
bo saved $SJ,081,000 by the removal of
tho duty
Doubtless some people will be Im
pressed by these large figures, but ad
mitting that to let Cuban sugar lu free
would for a time reduce the price of
sugar, how long would It be before tho
trust, having secured absolute control
of the American market aud destroyed
tho homo industry, would restore the
price of sugar? No one should bo misled
by tho Idea that it Is the purpose of the
trust to bcuetit tip consumers. It is
looking out nil tho time for the promo
tion of its own welfare aud to more
llrmly Intrench Itself in commaud of
the American market. It sees lu the
growth of tho beet sugar Industry a
menace to Its supremacy. If that in
dustry shall continue to develop, us it
certainly will with ndequato protection,
the trust will uot only not bo ablo to
dictate the price of sugar iu the Amor
lean market, but it Is only a question of
time when It will have to go out of bus
luess, or at any rate do business on a
different basis.
The simple fact to be kept In mlntl Is
that the trust Is seeking to destroy the
beet sugar Industry and If It should sue
cecd In dolug that the people would not
be benelltcd. Why, if It be the desire
of tho trust to benctit the people, ddes
It not advocate tho removal of the duty
on roNned ns well as on raw sugar? On
the contrary, It urges that the duty ou
reilned be retained, because that gives
protection to the trust. The more this
matter Is discussed tho clearer it be
comes tliut It Is lu the Interest of the
Amerlcau people to encourage the do
velopment of tho beet Btigar Industry.
.V INGENIOUS VOT E'OATCHKR.
iV new departure lu tho public school
system has beeu projected, which If It
ever materializes Is to be known as the
ninth grade. As sketched by Its god
father, Mr. Robert Smith, the course Is
deslgued to tako the place of tho High
school for that class of pupils Intending
to devoto themselves to mercantile or
manufacturing pursuits. lu other
words, the ninth grudo Is to take tho
place of a commercial college course, In
which mathematics and bookkeeping are
to bo the chief features. Tho estimate
of tho expense for the special Instructors
who aro to teach lu the niuth grade
classes, lu four of the larger school
buildings, Is ifll.ooo per annum, or ?7rj0
a vear for each teacher.
It Is pertinent to nski why has tills
now departuro "been proposed at this
time, almost at the mlddlo of tho term?
Why was It not proposed or suggested
before U10 schools opened? Why was
it held back until two weeks before
election? Does not this ninth grade
scheme Justify tho suspicion that It is a
game of political bunco to decoy teach
ers who are out of a Job and to enlist
their support and that of their friends
for candidates committed to the policies
of the coterie iu the school board that
wants to pcrpettiute the present extrava
gant management? Aro not tho four
places hiuig up as a tempting bait for
forty or perhaps even four times forty
credulous people who imagine that they
aro to be the chosen four'
It strikes us also that the estimate of
?:i,000 for four teachers Is very delusive.
If the ninth grade Is to be of any value
It will require more than four teachers,
and if these teachers are to bo well
equipped for the work they will cer
tainly be worth much more than $750 a
year. In other words, men or women
quallllcd to teach tho branches of In
struction of the ninth grade will com
maud ns good salaries as are now paid
to Inferior talent at the High school.
Without Impugning Mr. Smith's good
Intentions, we fear he underrated the
popular Intelligence when he Introduced
this vote-catehlug proposition.
It Is now dcllnltely settled that the
Chicago Great Western railroad will
enter Omaha next summer by way of
the Knst Omaha bridge, but the Kast
Omaha bridge will not become part of
the Groat Western rnllroad any more
than It became part of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad when Its trains crossed over
the bridge Into Omaha. The Bridge and
Terminal company Is. a Nebraska cor
poration, and that portion of Its bridge
and tracks located lu Nebraska, within
the boundaries of Douglas county,
should be assessed for taxation without
reference to the railroads that make use
of Its tuitfgi! and terminal facilities.
The auditorium building aud grounds
committee has been instructed to ad
vertise the enterprise by planting a big
sign ou the site of the proposed struc
ture announcing that active work will
begin November 18. The money to be
expended for tho big sign would have
been much more effectively used lu the
making of a model of the auditorium, to
be placed on exhibition at one of tho
principal business thoroughfares. So
far as advertising the day of breaking
round is concerned, the newspapers
will reach thousands where the proposed
signboard will reach one.
German tradesmen are again discuss
tug tariff discrimination against the
United States. Tho proposal la not now,
but every time It Is brought up the
people of that country discover they are
more vulnerable lu this respect than
their trade enemy. The United States
is not courting such a war, htit if It
should come the result might bo benetl
clal lu tho long run iu demonstrating
the strength of this country as a liuau
clal aud trade factor lu the world's af
fairs.
An election which did not bring to the
supremo court some litigation over the
form of the otliclal ballot would uot
seem natural. Tho court docs not get
one form of ballot regulated before the
legislature adopts another. There are
people living lu Nebraska who hope to
survive long enough to see a satisfactory
loiin ui Da l lot adopted and an the points
Involved l.n Its makeup decided by tho
supreme eourt, but they may be caught
by premature ucatu.
Russia has tiled a release of Its mort
gage on Manchuria, but those familiar
with tho methods of Russia are of the
opinion tills act is only preliminary to
the execution of a larger mortgage,
which i I bo foreclosed lu due time,
The boar is ns tricky as tho repute of
the heathen Chinee.
M'iu jntth)' AiTnkencd.
Washington Post.
Agulnaldo has been permitted to Inspect
party of wandering congressmen. Ier
haps bo will now havo a little more sym
pathy for us.
Art of Throwliiit Uou(iieta.
St. Louts Republic.
There aro different ways of throwing
bouquets. An Omaha husband has sued for
divorce bocaiiso his wife" threw flower
pots toward his buttonholes.
Whflre the llent I Unlit.
New York World.
America, tho freest nation, has made the
faatost battleship In tho world for Russia,
the most despotic nation. There Is neither
politics nor sentiment in business.
What Snriirlnril thu MputilariU.
aiobo-Dcmocrut.
The Spanish admiral at the battle of
Santiago failed to note any delay in tne
American attack. Ho was surprised only
by life murvelous swiftness of the destruc
tlon of his entire fleet.
I'reta Aiirnt Overworked,
ISultlmorc American.
Pat Crowe Is said to havo made a tour
of tho. world. Mr, Crowe Is becoming so
frequent with his press notices lately as
to arouso the suspicion, that ho Is about
to publish a book of traveln.
An Obedient llrlr Apparent.
Brooklyn Euglo,
The duke of York Is an obedient son. His
father told him to go around tho world,
but nowhere to get off of British territory.
So when ho wasn't on British land he
stayed on a British man-of-war, and thus
carried his territory around with him.
Iliithrd ot llehrllion.
Indlunupolls Journal.
The Island of Samar Is evidently tho
worst piece of territory In tho Philip
pines at the present time. In fact. Spain
never exercised authority over It. Doubt
less tho partial success ot tho first surprise
encouraged a larger number to make the
second, but the severe punishment they re
ceived at Bungajon will tend to causo the
natives to havo a proper respect for Ameri
can nuthorlty. In general the Philippine
situation is approaching a condition of
complete peace a fact that some people
seem to Ignore.
I.ontliiu n Fniulne Fnml.
Chicago Chronicle.
Evidence Is fairly clear that the large
sum of money collected in the United
States for the relief ot famine sufferers In
the district of Shcn See, China, has gone
no further than the pockets of Chinese offi
cials. A part of tho money was handed
over to Chinese officials, who, under a
strong military escort, started for the
famlne-strlcken district, but neither e&
cort nor treasure has been heard from
since. It Is perhaps some slight consola
tion to know, on the authority of the bishop
of Shanghai, that tbrre was really no need
for the contributions and that China has
plenty of money and plenty of grain to
feed the hungry. Nevertheless the proper
authorities might do worse than impress
upon the celestial officials the fact that
tho theft of relief funds is not In accord
with civilized ethics.
Expansion of the Navy
Springfield (Mai
Mr. Long's naval estimates for tho next
fiscal year are rather staggering, viewed
from any standpoint. They do not Includa
any recommendations for tho Increase of
the ships of the navy over those already
authorized, yet tho amount of money he
calls for Is almost 100,000,000, In exact
figures, $08,010,984, which Is 20,9S6,G9 In
excess of thfl sum appropriated for thu
navy during tho present fiscal year.
Americans are grown so accustomed to
thinking in hundreds of millions that the
mero statement of tho now naval estimates
will malto no Impression unless compar
isons are made with the naval budgets ot
the leading naval powers ot the world. The
result of tho comparisons Is most Interest
ing. Mr. Long asks tor more money by far
than any other nation In tho world has ap
propriated for tho present year, except
(Jrcat Britain, The following table of for
eign naval budgets for tho current fiscal
year Is taken from a United States govern
ment publication, "Notes on Naval Prog
ress," published last summer by Ihe bu
reau ot naval intelligence:
Total Naval
tludcot.
(Ireat Britain
IMO.WS.tvW
Ci,244,tS
W.OO.-.27
6,82:',t:u
2.i,ion,6y.'i
18,R5;,fi.W
France
Russia
Germany
Itnlv
Japan
It appears that our naval rank, according
to nuval budgets, is already higher than
that of France, Ilussla and Germany, since
tho naval appropriation for tho current fis
cal year is about J7S.000.000. Mr. Long's
estimates for next year, however, would
not only place us In nnval expenditure far
above those powers, but within about $50,-
000,000 of Great Britain, which leads tho
list.
Ten years ago our total naval appropria
tion was $13,523,000. This year It Is six
times as much: next year, It the proposed
budget Is adopted, it will bo nearly eight
times as much.
IOWA ASKHSSMK.vr l'OH 11M11.
Tnx Heliciliilen Compared with Those
of AdJnlnlfiK Stntes.
Dcs Molnrs Register.
Tho final count shows that tho total nt
all the property nsscsscd for tnxntlon In
Iowa this year aggregates $558,608,260,
against n total of $3aa,7fi3,75! last year. Tho
assessment of this year Is tho highest slues
1893. whefi tho total was $559,650,824. Tho
highest assessment of the stnta was In 1893,
following tho great prosperity of 1892, when
the total was $566,529,971. Tho Increase this
year over 1900 Is $18,754,510, and continued
general prosperity will probably mako next
year's assessment the highest on record.
In thin connection It Is Interesting to note
that the asscifmcnt ot Illinois was nlxo an
nounced last week and that tho total ot that
stuto Is $890,605,283, or llttlo moro than
once nnd a halt tho total assessment ot
Iowa, and that, too, when tho now census
shows that Illinois had 4,821,550 and Iowa
2,231,853 lnhubttuntn In 1900. Illinois has
moro than twlco tho number of tho Inhabit
ants of Iowa nnd tho acroago of Illinois Is
much larger thqn that of Iowa. Chicago
alono has nenrly as ninny Inhabitants nnd
as much wealth ns all Iowa; nnd Illinois
has nbout 2,000 miles moro railroad than
Iowa, Theso facts show that Iowa Is as
sessed at a higher percentage of real value
than Illinois. The assessment of 1901
makes tho taxable wealth of Iowa $2,234,
033,076, which Is four times the asscusmcnt
on tho 23 per cent bnsis. This year's as
sessment also showB that' Iown will have
nearly dnuhlo tho present surplus cash In
its treasury next year at this time, if next
winter's legislature Is as economical as It
should be. Iowa In tho leading stale nnd
11 has tho model stato government of the
world'.
I'KltSOMAl, .OTI0S.
M. Paul Blouct, who Is better known as
"Max O'Bcll," has become a member of
the editorial staff of Figaro, Paris.
Tho top record of the Pan-American expo
sition vns,on Inst Saturday Buffalo dav
when the attendance mounted to 162,652
nnd standing room was at a premium.
The czar of Ilussla seems to bo a costlv
visitor when ho goes on n state mission.
His trip to Franco will cost the govern
ment of that country nearly 3,000,000 francs.
"Love makes memory eternal" has been
selected as the motto of the Society ot the
United Daughters of tho Confederacy, In
session at Stnunton, Va., and laurel ns tho
emblematic flower for Virginia.
Tho cup presented by the Chicago Ath
letic association to Sir Thomas Llpton Is
of sterling sliver, two nnd one-halt feet
high and weighing sixteen pounds. Tho
figures carved on It arc sailors, ships and
sea serscnts.
President Roosevelt has quickly distin
guished his administration bv an act su
perbly picturesque, unconventional and,
Bomo say, shocking, Bays the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican. Ho has bad a negro
to dinner In tho White House.
The heirs of Jacob S. Rogers, the Now
Jersey locomotlvo builder, havo effected a.
compromlse on tho conditions of tho will,
by which tho benevolent Intentions ot the
testutor will be carried out practically
Intact. Tho heirs accepted $250,000 of tho
amount bequeathed to tho Metropolitan mu
seum of New York, leaving thnt Institution
$4,760,000.
All precedent was upset tho other day
nt Wilmington, Del., when O. S. Capelle,
Alfred Cawthorp, William Lawton, A. L.
Johnson nnd Charles W. Pussoy, commis
sioners appointed by tho court to condemn
tho beds of certain streets for city pur
poses, decided to return $39 which each
had received for his services. They said
that was too much for tho work nnd asked
that thoy be allowed $6 a piece.
Never In American turf history havo
racing affairs been In stronger hands than
now. It Is announced that James B. Hog
gin will return to tho turf In stronger
force than ever before. Prominent among
racing sportsmen Just now are such meu
as William C. Whitney, James R. Kcono,
Porry Belmont, Clarence Mnckay, W. K.
Vandcrbllt and others of great wealth,
their united fortunes footing up over $250,
000,000. Ocorge W. Carleton, the Now York pub
lisher who died recently, opened a book
store on Broadway nearly half a centurv
ago and it became the literary rendezvous
of tho tlmo. He published "Artemus
Ward's" first book nnd also tho hooks
of Bret Harto and other leading novelists.
The city councils of Philadelphia have
voted t6 permit the Liberty Bell to be taken
to Charleston, S. C, for exhibition at tho
exposition there. .As the Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia buildings on the show
grounds aro not likely to be completed be
fore the latter part of December, tho bell
probably will not so until after the Christ
mas holidays.
Ilriirc I" tho llrsm.
Baltimore American.
The charge ot cownrdlce nnd ot undue ex
citement In battlo will never hold against
the man who could Rtop to order Christian
burial for the sailor shot down at his side
and to recognlzo duty braely dono by re
spect for the body thnt had held an humble
hero's soul. Only a brave mnn and a true
man would stop at such a moment to pay
such tribute.
s.) Hepubllcan.
Nor has tho United States todsy a r-
so large ns cither Franco or Ilussla. lr.
tons displacement of battleships, cruisers
and torpdo craft Franco has 781,06., Ilus
sla 5-2,516 and tho United 8tates Mli.tOt.
Yet our government this year spends 415,
000,000 more money on the naval estab
lishment than France, which Is the second
naval power In tho world. And for next
year our estimates leap up '36,000,000 hi
excess ot what France spends this year.
Great Britain's nnval tonnage Is estimated
nt 1,7jC,855 and the present appropriation
corresponding to It Is Jll9,7:5.C20. Our
naval tonnage Is less than one-third of
England's, yet our present appropriation h
over half ot England's. For the next fls
col year Mr. Long proposes an appropria
tion two-thirds os lorge ns England's .
this year, and that. too. without recom
mending the construction ot a single n"v
warship.
Tho necessity for nil this Increaso In ex
penditures does not arise, apparently, In the
dependencies. All tho Hems In tho now es
timates for Porto lllco, Ouam, Tululla and
tho Philippines amount to less than $.",000
000. There nre- no Items Included for naval
stations In Cuba. The great bulk of the
Increased expenditure called for Is on ac
count of tho naval establishment at home.
It Is not 6ur purpose, to declaim against
a navy, nor is It our Intention to dispute
the need of n great navy, It tho United
Stntes Is bent on an Imperial career. You
cannot maintain nn lmperlum in the far cast
and at tho samo time maintain a fence
around South America to keep out rival
European empire hulldcrs. without sea
power. But it Is entirely germano to point
out that wo seem to bo getting our sea
power at a cost altogether In cxcors of tho
cost nt which Europeans get theirs. Our
naval establishment Is not only growing
very expensive: It Is growing unreasonably
expensive In comparison with those of other
nations.
WASHINGTON OOSSII.
EtcliliiKS f Moil nnd Hvrnt t the
Xntlonnl Cnpltnl.
Tho papers In the caso of Lieutenant
Rlchnrd H. Townlcy ot Nebraska, convicted
by a naval court-martial of participation In
the commissary frnuds at Manila, hnvc
reached Washington. Tho scntenco of tho
nifvnl court-mnrllnl was dismissal from tho
service. A letter to tho New York Evening
Post states that tho scntenco has been ap
proved by tho secretary of tho navy and tho
csbo passed up to tho president for final ac
tion. "Tho papers In tho case," says tho
Post correspondent, "havo been returned to
tho Navy department without any action by
the president, who desires to wait until tho
caso of formor Captain James C. Read of
tho army, who was tho principal In tho nl
Icgcd peculations, has been finally disposed
of by tho Wnr department nuthorltlin. Tho
friends of Lieutenant Townley am still con
vinced that he will oventunlly bo exonerated
from all charge of guilt."
"Whlto I may bo slightly prejudiced by
being a westerner," Bald Mr. Albert Fawell
of Lincoln, Neb., to a Wnshlngton Post re
porter, "yet I cannot help noticing tho
dlltcrcnco between tho aervlco of tho rail
roads horo nnd In my country. Several
years ngo, when modern equipment was a
now thing, tho west had to bo contented to
rcmnln about two yonrs behind the east.
Now, however, It In different. In only ono
respect do tho roads of the cast compare
to tho roadn of tho west. That Is In the
matter of roadbeds. Tho tracks here, art a
general rule, rldo a little smoother than
thoHO In tho west, but that Is only because
they aro oldor. In the east you have no frco
chair cars, with which every train running
west from Chlrngo Is supplied, AVlth tho
exception of ono or two lines your diners
aro operated by tho Tullman company on
tho American plan, making It necessary to
pay $1 whenever you want anything to cat.
Practlcnlly nil the western roads now run
their own diners nnd on tho Europenn plnn.
I havo recently ridden on most of tho east
ern roads, and so far as the quality of the
cars Is concerned they aro no better than
thoBo of tho western roads."
The career of Miss Isabcllo Hagner, secre
tary to Mrs. Roosevelt, reveals a new op
portunity for young women who desire nn
occupation. A few years ago Miss Hagner
made her debut. Sho was the daughter of u
prosporous physician, and lived in a beau
tiful house on Rhode Island avenue. Sho
Interested herself In society for tho love of
It. After tho death of her father financial
reverses came, and sho was thrown on her
own resources. Society was what she know
most about, and so she made it her busi
ness. Sho first became secretary to Mrs,
Hay, wife of tho secretary of state. Later
she was employed by other cabinet ladles,
Including Mrs. Root and Mrs. Gage, and by
senators' wives. Now most of her tlmo Is
given to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Few persons need a secretary more.
Countless appeals nre made to tho wife of
any president. Persons who seek to secure
somo favor from him think how powerful an
ally In their efforts she might be, without
realizing how impossible it would become to
transact public business In that way. For
example, women who desire for their hus
bands appointments to office, to save tho
family from want, or desire for a son a
cndotshlp nt West Point, or the pardon of a
nephew, often try to secure tho Intercession
of the president's wife. These requests aro
usually mado by mall, but personal appeals
aro not unknown. Moreover, tho Influence
of the president's wlfo in behalf of experi
mental charities, young musicians and new
books, Is constantly sought. In Its be
stowal tho greatest discretion Is necessary.
A Washington letter to tho Chicago
Chronicle says the members of President
Roosevelt's cabinet "are enjoying a new
and novel experience. Under McKlnley,
when 'assembled at tho White Houso on
Tuosdays and Fridays or other occasions to
advise tho president about matters of stato,
tho members of the cabinet, to use the lan
guago of ono of their number, did all the
talking. President McKlnley llstonod. Un
der PreslJont Roosevelt, however, they have
become listeners. Tho president docs all
of the talking. His mind appears to bo
teeming with subjects which ho discusses
from the moment the cabinet meeting Is
assombled until It Is adjourned. Once In a
whlld he appeals to a member for Informa
tion about tho workings of his department
and when ho has received that ho resumes
his own dlscuhslon. Tho cabinet officers do
not know what to make of tho change. It Is
causing them a great deal of concern, not
because they cure about talking themselves,
but because the now reglmo differs so rad
ically from thnt to which ihey becamo ac
customed under the lato president.
"Several members of tho cabinet do not
like the changed condition of affairs and
havo said so without reserve to personal
frionds In Washington. President Roosevelt
Is Impulsive, energetic, tireless. He plunges
Into matters of business that concern him
self and his administration with a direct
ness that has never been equaled by any
previous president. He knows what ho
wants and has no hesitancy about attempt
ing to get It. On tho other hand, tho late
president was ulways suave, diplomatic and
even enigmatical. Illu policy was to permit
his cabinet to believe that It Van the gov
ernment, although, as events proved on
many occasions, things were not always as
they seemed. Mr. McKlnley had a habit
of doing things hi his own nay, even though
that way differed radically from the meth
ods of most other men.
Prices of evciythlng are teaching sky
semper altitudes In Washington. The cap
ital city Is rich In anticipations. Every man
who has a house to rent, every princess who
has services as queen of tho kitchen to dl
foso ot and ecr.v tnvcrnkcepcr bcllrvrs
congress will be here until late next sum
mer. Therefore, rnclt and every oik has
raised tne prlco of things that ale for talc.
They are nil happy.
The mortals who arc without Joy In their
souls ar those who are trying to make a
living In wnjn other than those; already
specified. In anticipation uf the good sca-
son tho rent nf houses has goao up from 10
to 50 per cent.
Tho prices asked for flats ate practically
prohibitive for. anyone who .has a due re
gard for the proper relation between In
como and outgo.
Tho town Is flat-ornay. Dozens of mon
ster structures of thnt character hao been
built during tho summer, So many have
been put up that the natural 'conclusion
would bo that prices would be lower than
they were a year ago. Such a. conclusion I1
wrong. On the contrary, they nre much
higher. Thn average price Is $10 per room
for n month, which is higher than in any
city in the country, New York not ex
cepted. Thn anthraclto trust having boosted coal
to $7 a ton, even before fuel Is needed, It
Is qulto easy to understand why so many
pcoplo nro trying to glvo nn Imitation of
establishing a home In n Ant,
IN UAIIKjEST AKltlCA.
Horror of I'rlonn I'ens .Maintained
tli- MrltUli,
New York World.
Tho character ot the South African prison
pens where Kitchener's "rcconcentrndos"
are kept Is strikingly revealed by a com
parison of their September death record
with the normal rato of a great city like
New York, London or Chicago, which may
bo placed at twenty;
City death rate for 103,418 persons per
month
"Ileconcentrado" death record. Sep
tember City death rato for 109.41S persons one
vear
"itcconcentnido" deaths on year,
September rats
Annual dentil rato lu prison camps....
1st
2,111
1,18
2C
Tho rural death rate should be less than
twenty, but even ns compared with cities
tho Boer women and children aro dying off
moro than thirteen times ns fast as they
should. Nor docs this tell tho wholo talo
of horrors, for of tho total September
death list ot 2,411, 1,964 were children, al
though theso had already been frightfully
reduced by tho deaths ot .the last six
months.
As excusn for this appalling condition tho
British apologists of the wnr charge tho
Boer women with "Ignornncn of sanitary
laws." This ignornucc, it it exists, did not
prevent tnem from living In health In their
now ruined and desolated homes upon tho
voldt and raising there thn studlcst race of
warrior sons of tho century.
FI.ASHKH or FUN.
Pi ml fit in. A li f t run 'I loll ivlial tlm
future hns In store for umI
nor iiURWina v en, 0011 r worry, ueari
Whatever It Is you'll get It at a bargain.
Chicago Tribune: "Your langvltcli," Mid
tho mystified foreigner, "ccs so hard to 1111
norstnn'. Vcn a man owes you money you
say to him ho must pay up by putting :o
cash down."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "If von woke tin
suddenly In tho night nnd found yourself
in urn (ion or a mnn-oiuiug uger, wnni
would you do?"
ti promise myneir'tOMimt.' nnnKing.
Sotuervllln Journal: Mrs. Tnnmkvns
Wlm 1 dlil tlin lawyer nav whon von had
got through explaining your cns to him?
.Mr. j ompayns no nsseii mo now mucn 1
wns worth.
Obln Hlntn .Tonrunl: Foreigner In Amer
ican politics I understand the office seeks
tno man.
American That a all wrong! A repre
sentative American wouldn't havo an oiTIco
that sought him.
WnNhlnatnn Stnr: "Sooner or later."
said Unclo Khcn, "dn man da I thinks he's
ton Rinaiit to on looien urir n nrotnr to
whah doy's hoss racln'J an' dal's his
finish."
Philadelphia Record: Again Sherlock wan
equal to the emergency. "Don't t.ll ma
that you nro married," ho hissed; "I seo
that you nro only engaged."
"now uo you Kiiowr iniicren. xno young
man.
"Bccauso every cigar you offered m from
your vest pocket had been broken. If you
were married It would not hava been thf
case."
A MATItlMONIAf, PSAI.M.
Spoknno Outburst.
Tell mo not In Idle jlngln
Mnrrlagn Is an empty dream,
For the girl is dead that's single.
And things aro not as they. seem.
1,1 fo Is real, life Is earnest,
SI agio blessedness a fib;
"Man thou art: to mnn returneth,"
HutH not been spoken of the rib.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
la our destined end or way.
But to not that each tomorrow
Finds us nearer mnrrlagc day.
I.lfo Is short and, youth is fleeting.
Aud our hcnrtN, though light and cny,
Still llkn pleasant dreams nrn heating
Wedding marches all the way.
In thn world's hroad field of battle,
III tho blvouao nf life,
Bn not like dumb driven cnttle,
He a herolno and a wife.
Lives of mnrrlcd folks remind us
Wo can make our lives us well,
And departing, leave behind us
Such examples as shall "tell;
Sueli examples Hint another,
Wasting life In Idlo sport.
A forlorn unmarried brother,
Seeing, shall tnko heart and Court.
Let us then bo up nnd doing.
With a heart 011 triumph set.
Still contriving, still pursuing
And each ono a husband get.
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