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STATEMENT OF CltlCULATION.
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, l'orgo H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Hee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that tho actual number tic tull and
(.umpieio copies or Tno Dally. Morning,
Evening ami Sunday Ueo printed during
tho month of September, IDvl, was as fol
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6 11,100
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12 Ii7,8t0
13 40,210
11 4(1,7:10
15 32,100
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19 an.ooo
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22 as.oiio
23 Slf,T7U
24 an.080
25 as.nso
26 as.r.io
27 au.uio
28 as, TOO
2U 2H,ttyO
30 a,870
Tolal. oai,7lo
Less unsold and returned copies.... ia,UlT
Net total sales I10,.'I1I3
Net dally nverngo 30,040
' J . GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
HUtiscrlbed In my presence nnd iworn to
neforo me this 30th day of September. A. D.
IW1. M. D. HUNQATK.
Notary Public.
Lost year's registration iIoch not hold
good this year, ir yoti want to vote
you must register.
Several ccrtlflentoH of nomination for
county commissioner ought to be for
wilo cheap about this time.
Hecauso It Is an off yeur In no kooiI
reason why any citizen should keep his
nftino off the rcKlstrntlon rolls.
The ndnKo, "It never rains but It
pours," Is again Illustrated by tho sup
cession of tires that have struck Omnhn.
Wanted Four public-spirited citizens
with $5,000 nplrco for the auditorium
fund. Liberal reward payable in public
gratitude.
A week has passed with nobody ap
plying to the county board for a blanket
franchise to build nlr-lluo electric rail
roads from Omaha to the suburbs.
An eastern paper suggests that pos
sibly Miss Stone and I'at Crowe havo
eloped. This Is hardly likely, as Tat
Is credited with n faculty of getting
Into rapid communication with ransom
money. -
Admiral Valcaret of the Spanish nnvy
objects to the evident desire In some
quarters of his country to belittle tho
Spanish navy. The navy of that coun
try Is undoubtedly small enough with
out further efforts to decrease It.
If there is anyone remaining" who de
sires to bo heard In tho Schloy inquiry
and who has not been given nn oppor
tunity It behooves him to speak up
quickly. The record Is already volumi
nous enough, however, to satisfy tho
uverago nppotite.
Tho shipping Industry Is feeling the
shortage In tho corn crop more than tho
farmers In the corn belt. The increase
In the price has largely made the farmer
whole, but the consequent decrease tu
ocean tonnage has worked a reduction
In ocean freights.
Bryan hos taken the stump and popo
cratlc papers are forced to haul out the
cipher box In order to describe the
crowds which come 'out to hear him.
The only pity is that the census
enumerator did not take him along on.
the decennial population roundup.
The woman who went over Niagara
falls In a barrel says she did it to at
tract attention and securo a museum
engagement. If every person who suc
ceeds In making a fool of himself se
cures a museum engagement the mar
ket will soon bo overstocked.
The republican state ticket Is unas
sailable and should receive the support
not only of every republican, but of
every citizen lu Nebraska who desires
to record his approval of thu policies
that have made tho country prosperous
elnco the advent of William McKiuley.
Tho Antl-lmperlallst league of Hoston
expresses the hopo that I'resldeut Itooso
volt will not follow In the footsteps of
McKlnloy In regard to the Philippines.
They aro certainly not hanging their
hope on any of tho public utterances
of tho president or any of his acts up
to date.
Iowa democrats hro'accused of forg
ing tho nomination papers of their can
.Mates in ono county. Tho story needs
vcrjflcstion. There Is always a motive
for very net and It Is difficult to con
ceive why onyono should take such
chances to got von n democratic ticket
In Iowa.
If city nionoy deposited In the banks
earns 2 per cent for the taxpayers, why
should county money bo on deposit with
out returning n cent In Interest to the
taxpayers? This Is tho question that
County Treasurer Elsasser has not yet
ren Able to answer to the satisfaction
of' the taxpayer
MIStMUM AttD MAXIMUM TARIFF.
As the meeting of congress ap
proaches a growing interest If! manl
fested In the nuostlons of tariff revision
and reciprocity. Tin? re seems at this
time to be little probability of congress
giving serious consideration to a propo
sltlon for a general revision of the tariff,
or even to what Is known ns the Uab
cock plan, which contemplates the re
moval or reduction of certain duties
The consensus of opinion among repub
lican congressmen Is J lint to undertake
general tariff revision at this time would
greatly disturb business and give
check to prosperity. This view also
largely obtains among republlcifns gen
orally, though there Is no doubt that a
considerable number favor the proposi
tion of Itepresentatlve Habcock.
Hut reciprocity will make a more ur
gent demand for consideration and will
not be so easily disposed of as In the
last congress. .Since then this olley
has secured supporters In the senate
who will make au earnest light for It
nnd If, as expected, It will also have
the support of the administration, the
opposition may be unable to defeat It at
the coming session. Meanwhile repub
llcan lenders, It Is said, arc giving con
slderable attention to the Idea of mini
mum and maximum tariff rates, to be
Imposed by the executive under certain
i conditions specltled by congress. This
Is tho system of European governments
and Is merely a different form of
reciprocity from tJiat our government
has adopted. It contemplates tariff con
cessions upon goods coming from an
other country that has made certain
concessions to our goods. This propo
sition Is criticised on the ground that It
delegates to tho preddent tho authority
to tlx customs duties, which belongs ex
clusively to congress, but the advocates
of the plan contend that this executive
authority Is exercised in making reci
procity agreements. It is asserted thnt
it Is the same ;piinclple as that In the
MeKlnlcy law, by which the president
could under certain conditions reduce
the duties on certain articles in return
for compensating concessions. It Is not
apparent that (here Is any Important or
materlnl difference. It lsargued that a
minimum nnd maximum tariff makes
an elastic plan of reciprocity and does
not bind this government hard and fast
to terms laid down In a reciprocity
treaty which might prove a hardship
and damaging to ccrtalu American in
terests. We are unable to sec that the pro
posed plan would havo any linportnnt
advantage over that wc have, provided
the scope of tho latter were somcwhnt
enlarged. However, If It can lc showu
Umt n minimum and maximum tariff
would (Hitter promote the enlargement
of our foreign t rude," Unit plan should be
ndopted. The problem of commercial
expansion, of securing markets for our
surplus production, being the most
pressing, whatever will best contribute
to this Is what the country desires ami
It Is of no consequence by what terms
it la described. The fact Is now very
generally recognized that, the United
states can no longer be exclusive, that
we cannot expect to sell without buying
du return and that we must do some
thing to preserve our rorcign trade ami
Increase it. European countries are pro
foundly In earnest In seeking ways to
combat the "Amerlenu danger" and wc
caunot nnorii to uc inuiucreui to cms.
In order to overcome this hostility we
must cultivate closer commercial rela
tions with tho rest of tho world.
CHAMRG RAINBOWS.
The address delivered before the Keal
Estate exchange by Hon. John L. Web
ster presents a very attractive picture of
a future Omaha governed by an execu
tive committee exercising nil the func
tions now performed by two city gov
ernments, two school boards and ono
county government. That plan of con
solidated government Is by no means en
tirely novel, but the obstacles in its way
have never been overcome.
The nearest to this Ideal Is tho govern
ment of the District of Columbia which
includes the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, where tho people have no
voice whatever In any government either
national or local. Thu District of Co
lumbia Is governed by n. board of five
commissioners appointed by the presi
dent and empowered by special acts of
congress to carry on tho wholo govern
ment. Under our state constitution tho mu
nicipal and county governments are cir
cumscribed by the limitations Imposed
by tho organic law and the lawmaking
power of the state. It is not likely that
any radical change lu form of govern
ment can be brought nbout until It is
backed by public sentiment When
changes nre proposed that will affect
vested rights or claimed privileges of
franchlsed corporations, these potential
factors will plant themselves squarely
lu thu wny unless they hnve assurance
thnt they are to control the uow gov
erning board.
When the legislature of 1895 had un
der consideration the llrst step lu thu
direction of tho consolidated govern
ment for Omaha and Douglas county lu
form of constitutional amendments
framed by thu editor of Tho Hee, tho
pressure brought for their defeat was
effective In kllllug the most Important
namely, thu proposition lo authorize
cities to euiict their own charters Inde
pendently of thu legislature. One
amendment, permitting tho merging of
thu government of any city of the met
ropolitan class with thu government of
thu county wholly or In part, was sub
mitted with other amendments, but
tailed because the people jvere not fully
aroused to thu Imperative necessity of
constitutional revision.
Mr. Webster assumes that the desired
reform can be brought about by gen
eral legislation without constitutional
change, but the chances are a thousand
to one that no such legislation can be
secured. Kirst, the divergent luterests
of the various towns and cities and thu
Indisposition of their representatives u
the legislature to veuture on such au ex
periment. In tho next place, our form
of municipal government through may
ors and councils Is so lirmly rooted In
general system of local self-government
that to wipe U out entirely would over-
THE OMAHA DAILY JiEEi SATrilPAY,
turn customs older than the federal con
stltntlon Itself.
What wo should strive for Is to bring
about the annexation of South Omaha
to Omaha, the consolidation of their two
school districts nnd the unification o
our county and city assessment and tnx
collection machinery.
AMJTHKll SUGAR COMPETITOR.
Mexico Is rapidly developing a sugar
Industry which promises to attain largo
proportions In a few years. An Amor
lean who Is engaged In tho Industry
there and Is now lu this country buy
lug machinery says thnt suitable lauds
In Mexico, well cultivated, have pro
tliieod as high as eighty tons of sugar
cane per acre, the general production
being from forty to sixty tons. He
states that the conditions for sugar
making lu that country nre perhaps
more favorable than In any other pnrt
of the world. Statistics show that well
selected lauds have produced as high ns
10,000 pounds to the acre, which Is very
much larger than the production In tho
West Indian Islands. Labor Is cheap
and the home product Is well protected.
while splendid sugar lnnds can be had
at prices Insignificant when compare!
with sugar lands lu other parts of the
world.
It may be some yenrs before Mexico
will produce siilllclent sugar to supply
the home demand, but It appears that
the government Is pursuing tho wise
policy of encouraging the Industry and
It Is quite possible that In tho not very
remote future the sugar of Mexico may
compete in tho markets of the world,
Ineluulug that of the United States,
Those now engaged lu the Industry nre
ilndlng It highly profitable and this fact
must attract capital to It and stlmu
late Its development. It may bo worth
while to note that there Is no demand
in Mexico for the adoption of a policy
that would destroy that Industry in the
Interest of other sugnr-produclug couu
tries.
THE COMMISSIONER MUDDLE.
Under a crossfire of district court
mandamuses nnd supreme court .man
(litmuses lu the gerrymandered commis
sioner district, County Clerk Hnvorly
hardly knows whether to stand on his
head or on his heels.
Under Judge linker's order tho clerk-
Is directed to provide for the election of
one commissioner In tho now First ills
trier, made tip of the Fourth, Seventh
and Eighth wards.
Under the supreme court mnndntc he
Is directed to provide for the election
of n commissioner lu the new Second
commissioner district, made up of the
First, Second nnd Third wards.
In view of tho fact that only two
vacancies nre to be tilled In tho Honrd
of County Commissioners at tho coming
election, nnd ono of these Is In the
South Omaha district, only one cnndl
date cun be legnlly elected within" tho
territory covered by the city of Omaha.
The muddle, nrlslng from the county
gerrymander Is emphasized moro par
ticularly by tile liomlnafloris made by
thu party conventions rind committees
under the assumption that the whole
gerrymander Is Invalid. If that view
prevails the voters In tho Third nnd
Eighth wards will have tho privilege of
voting for two commissioners instead of
one, inasmuch as those wards, together
with tho Ninth, make up the old com
missioner district now represented by
Commissioner Connolly.
No appeal having been taken from
Judge Baker's order, that order still
holds good so far as tho county clerk
Is concerned. If he follows the terms
of thnt order the voters of tho Eighth
wnrd will have the privilege of voting
for county commissioner, while under
the order of the supreme court tho
Third ward Is to veto for the commis
sioner assigned to the Second district.
If Clerk Haverly obeys all the court
mandates he will Issue certificates to
threu commissioners Instead of two and
leave the successful candidates to tight
it out after election. Of course no
blame can attach to Clerk Haverly, as
It Is his duty to obey the: orders of the
various courts so far as It lies In his
power. It Is not the duty of the clerk
to unravel the snarl crented by tho con
tentious of partlsau schemers nnd hair
splitting lawyers.
J MERITORIOUS APPOINTMENT.
The appointment of Mr. William D.
Faulke of Indiana as a member of the
Civil Service commission will be heartily
approved by all friends of tho merit
KjMem ami is testiirony to the earnest
desire of the president to promote tho
reform. Mr. Faulke has been ono of
thu most-zealous laborers In tho cause
of civil st-rvlce reform nud has done as
much for Its advancement as perhaps
any other man. He bus been prominent
In thu Civil Service leaguo and Inde
fatigable In Investigating thu adminis
tration of the law. Some of the Investi
gations made uudor his direction have
attracted widespread attention because
of their thoroughness and fearlcssuess.
Those familiar with the record of Mr.
Faulke lu connection with thu merit
system have no doubt ns to the 'position
he will occupy as u member of thu com
mission. Trobnbly no member of the
body entered the service with a more
Intimate knowledge of Its workings or
with a more aggressive disposition. It
Is expected that he will be a rather
strict commissioner and that he will
make no compromises with olllco hold
ers who may be lucllued to take ad
vantage of thu opportunities that have
been employed by those who have
foisted persons Into tho classified service
by other than strictly legitimate means.
The understanding la that he accepts
tho olllce only' upon condition that he
shall bo fully supported lu maintaining
It at tho highest degree of .cttlciency
and loyalty to tho law and tho rules
and there Is no reason to doubt that ho
Mill have the earnest support of tho administration.
The fnklrs are not all dead yet, al
though the yellow Journals havo had
their wings badly singed within the past
sixty days. Thu Omaha fakir who feeds
tho Lincoln Journal with t-cnsatlons has
made the discovery that the editor of
The Bee Is seriously, ulurmcd over the
i
prospective candidacy of Mayor Kclly'i
South Omnha nttorney for the governor
ship of Nebraska and that to wave o
this blark cloud lu the political sky h
appeared at the republican rally. Thl
piece of tiews, fabricated lu the Worh
Herald olllce, aftei' being sent to Liu
coin Is brought bnck home ami rt
vnmped as gospel truth under the Jour
nal trademark. This last stupid fnke I
about as truthful as the Idiotic report
circulated lu the same paper to tho ef
fect that the editor of The Bee wa
about to leavu the city In order to kee
out of the teach of the grand Jury.
The annual report of the Nebrnsk
building and loan associations show
that home building Is on (he Increase
as n result of good times. No other
Institution so largely rollouts the pros
purity or lack of It among the laboring
classes an the building ami loan nsso
clntlons, and the fact that they are
prosperous, and enlarging their capita
and membership Is proof that all classe
are securing their share of the Improved
conditions. ,
Those who have Investigated most
thoroughly present conditions on thu
tango are most optimistic over the pros
pects of the coming winter. Au uuusuul
amount of hay has been put up and the
open range Is lu the best condition Cf
years. A shortage of feed on the rnngu
which would necessitate the shipping of
cattlu to thu com belt would Interfere
with thu Industry at this time, but hap
plly is not to be upprehcuded.
Tho southerners who aro making so
much fuss about the president enter
tabling Hooker T. Washington at dinner
should remember that while colored
people are not allowed to ride In thu
same cms as white people in that sec
tlon no "Jlmcrow" cars aro hitched to
thu gospel train.
Now or Never.
Now York Sun.
If Tammany cannot bo beaten on tho
present showing future efforts to that end
must necessarily wear tho color of tho
rldlculouB.
CoiiHrcsnlniinl Seed Inn Time.
Indianapolis Journal.
Over 35,000,000 packages of garden seeds
aro to be distributed this year by congress
men, but, although thero are so many, tho
demand will bo brisk and thoso who want
some must get their names In early. Tho
seeds cost nothing and unkind pcoplo say
they aro worth about that much.
Talked Tno Much.
Minneapolis Journal.
From tho standpoint of tho Ilrltlsh War
offlco tho fault with Ocncnd Huller was not
that ho was beaten nnd advised tho sur
render or Ladysmlth, but that ho publicly
admitted that such wero tho facts. After
tho War offlco had given him tho unde
served promotion to the command of tho
First army corps it should hnvo stood pat,
speech or no speech. U ltnew when It
promoted him all that tho honest old blun
derer subsequently admitted.
IntpenillitK' Cotton Fnmlnr.
FlAia'olphla Ledger.
An ImnondTiB cotton famlno In Llvcrnnol
Is reportcd.IMa-kirmltted now that neither
India nor Ept.SnorJ-bothi can -''replace
American. jetton In tho markets of the
world, but it Is Ijy no, means certain that
tho situation reported, though of temporary
advantago to tho American producers, Is of
permanent valuo to them. It Is likely to
encourago tho southern plnntera to raise
cotton almost, exclusively, a policy which
has been to their detriment many times lu
tho past.
A Trnvey Upon Kqnalltr.
New York World.
Ono hundred nnd twonty-flve years have
passed since Jefferson wroto our declara
tion of Independence proclaiming that "all
men aro created equal." One hundred and
twenty-four times since then our Fourth of
July orators havo poured forth their
copious eloquence, In pralso of that equality.
Yet an American named Washington, ono
of the most learned, most eloquent, most
brilliant men of the day tho president of a
college la asked to dinner by President
Roosevelt.. And because tho pigment of his
skin Is sorao shades darker than that of
others a largo part of the United States Is
convulsed with shame, and rage.
rnosTS for office shkkkiis. s
President Ilnnnr-vrlt Fi-imtiih on (he
Deuinnil for it Chnnire.
Now York Times.
It Is reported from Washington that the
pressure on the president In connection
with the offices Is nearly as great as It ho
were tho successor of ono of opposing poli
tics, and It would consume a largo part of
his time and strength did he choose to
surrender them to It.
Thero Is. Indeed, n curious Impartiality
a the Interest an olllce excltea In the mind
of average Americans. A large number
of them would pursue nnd accept It with
little regard to tho political sourco from
which It was to be obtained. In the case
of President Itoosevelt, as can readily be
Been, there can be no consideration of ap
pointments on the ground of any change
for political reasons whatever. It Is simply
that another man Is In the president's
office, whom It may be possible to reach by
other Influences, or through tho agency of
other personal or party friends. Thero Is
always a certain number of displacements
and advancements going on, the number Is
greatly exaggerated In the minds of the
aspirants, and the pressure they scok to
bring 16 bear Is measured rather by the
strength of their own desires than by any
calculation of the chances.
Mr. Roosevelt has met this pressure In
the most scnslblo fashion, He declines ab
solutely to make any changes unless It can
he shown that they aro required by the
good of the service. If changes are needed
ho Insists on being satisfied that men pro
posed to him for appointment are fit In
character and ability to discharge the
lutlos of the place. If the place Is prop
erly ono that may preferably be given to a
republican, he accepts the one having the
best claims In his personal character and
n that of his backers. This policy, steadily
adhered to, clearly reduces the pressure on
tho president and aids powerfully In main
taining the. standard of public service and
the dignity of the presidential office. There
Is one class of offices as to which Mr.
Roosevelt Is particularly firm and from
connection with which he excludes all con
siderations, either political or personal, and
regards eolely tho strictest standard of pro
fessional claim; theso are the appointments
to the army, 'n his present large held he
e guided by precisely the same rules that
ho followed when, as governor, ho was
asked for advlco aa to promotions and ap
pointments In the volunteer nrmy from
among the state troops. There can he no
ndestlon of the entire soundness of this line
of conduct, nor, among those who under-
tand the requirement of the service, can
there bn any question of Its absolute neces
sity if the army U to be equal to Its task.
OCTOBER 20, 1901.
OTII.Itt I..IMH THAN OL'ltS,
At a meeting recently of somo'of tho
leading Dorlln merchants a resolution was
ndopted vigorously condemning the now
Ocrman tariff bill and In Particular tho
Inclusion lu It of minimum duties for
grain. An Interesting featuro In tho tariff
controversy of lato has been tho quarrel
between the agrarian and the Industrial
advocates of an Increase In tho protective
dutiro. Tho societies -and tho newspapers
representing the agricultural classes have
demanded even higher minimum duties on
grain than those contained In tho new
tariff bill. Tor this they hnvo been roundlv
taken .to task by the Industrialists, who
warn them that by asking for more they
run me risk of losing much. Tho news
tapers which represent tho manufacturing
Interests now Intimate very plainly that,
though they desire to duo tho interests of
agriculture protected by higher duties than
those at present lu force, they object to
any concession of tho agrarians which
would Imperil the conclusion of commcr
clat interests. The Central Union of Oer
man Industrialists has even condemned tho
inclusion In tho tariff hill of minimum dti
tics on grain. Tho ngrarlon press ha
replied by violent denunciation of tho
"selfishness" nnd tbo "trenchery" of thcli
quondam allies. Of courso theso blckor
Ings between tho two wings of tho nrotee,
tlonlst pnrty havo excited tho liveliest
feelings of satisfaction omong tho oppo
nents of the bill.
Tho French nationalists, through tho
nnanciai papers with nationalistic pro
clivities, havo begun n new cnmnnlirn
against tho government, which they hopo
will havo great Influcnco In tho general
elections which tako place next April. It
la charged that tho Wnldeck-Houssenu min
istry has been overextrnvngant In every
ucparimcni nnd not only this, hut that It
has squandered money on pageants In
tended to nugment Its popularity. Among
theso Is mcntlftned tho recent visit of tho
czar nnd tho dinner in Paris given to tho
mayors of the communes a year aeo. Oreat
stress la laid on tho deficit In the budget,
wnicn ror tno first nlno months In 1891
nmounts to $12,000,000 and which for tho
cntlro year Is likely to exceed $20,000,000.
Speculators nro mado to declare In the
nationalist press that thero Is absolutely
no business being transacted on tho Hourse,
wmio irnuosmon say that they havo never.
not oven during tho Dreyfus excitement,
been so pushed to find money with which
to pay t.iclr rents. It Is true, hownver.
that tho $8,800,000 which tho Dank of
Franco had on Its books at tho hoclnnlni?
of tho year, representing tradesmen's ac
counts, now shows a diminution of over
$5,000,000.
In attempting to cstlmuto tho lnse in.
fllctcd upon French nnd Relglan Investors
by the Russian crisis that becan a connlo
of years ago, lasted through l'JOO ond hni
not entirely subsided, tho Kconomlsto
Francals estimates tho shrlnkngo on Rus
sian Industrial securities at 60 per cent
In two yenrs, or an aggregnto of $100,000.-
000. This comnutntlon does nni innii,,i
Russian government or railway bonds.
French enplt.it has boon Incrcaslne of Intn
ho fast that a recent writer cstlmntns the
amount of French monoy In London. In
cluding consols, nt $100,000,000. nnd so
much French capital has been going Into
(lormnny lately that at tho time of the
nutomobllo raco to ncrlln ono of tho French
comic papers published u cartoon renro
Renting ono of (ho comnotlt
n farewell to his friends In Paris with the
explanation that ho was hurrying to Rcrlln
to Invest Ills funds. Hut a loss of $400,-
uuu.oou must bo keenly felt In France, csno
dally In n .year when moro .money than
usual must he sent out, of the country for
the purchnsc of wheat, helglnn Investments
in Russian Industrial securities aro esti
mated at $160,000,000, nnd they havo suffered
no less than French Investments: 60 ncr
cent of this amount would ho $96,000,000, a
heavy loss to fall upon so small a country
as Relglum. Vienna dispatches say that
Austrian business Is seriously affected bv
tho commercial crisis In Gcmany.
Tho new sultan of Morocco, onco moro
exemplifying tho old ndngo about now
brooms, seems Inclined to put nn end to
somo of tho most flagrant ahuscs In his
country. Not only has ho expressed his
determination to mitigate tho abominations
of the Moorish prisons In which hundreds
of starving wretches, guilty and Innocent,
nro enntned together In open ynrds, amid
filth unuttcrnblc and to order n dally dls-
rinution of food to tho prisoners, hitherto
wholly dependent upon charity, but he has
abolished tho restrictions formerly In force
against the Interport trade of the coast
towns of Morocco nnd established what
practically amounts to free trade In their
place. Though not llkoly to have any largo
effect upon European Interests, It will
benefit tho nntlvo population, especially In
north Morocco, to a very great extent. Up
to tho present time tho shipment of wheat
from tho rich grain-growing districts of
southern Morocco to tho less fertile north
was practically prohibited. Tho Moorish
government has never concerned Itsolf
much with tho welfare of Its subjects, nnd
dlscorncd nothing nnomnlous In what at
BO cents n "mud" at Casablanca (Darel
Hcdla) and $2.50 nt Tangier, not sixteen
hours' steaming apart. In good years the
south could find no market for Its wheat,
wnich literally rotted In underground
granaries, whllo In Tnnglor nnd Tetuan
tarvntlon prices existed. Occasionally the
representatives of tho govornmont shipped
a cargo, not with any Idea of relieving dls-
ress or lowering tho price, hut simply
as a profitable speculation.
Mr. Cotton, chief Ilrltlsh commissioner
of AsBam, has raised a hornot's nest nbout
his eara by his attempt to Institute re
forms In the coolie contract system of tho
enplanters, which appears to differ verv
little from actual Blavery. From the first
his efforts to protect tho oppressed coolies
were angrily resented by the planting com
munity. Their hostility was brought to
a head last March by a speech which he
dollvered In tbo viceroy's legislative coun-
II In support of a bill slightly Increasing
the statutory minimum wages of the mis
erable coolies, The necessity for the meas
ure was acknowledged by tho government
of India, 'but owing to the fierceness of
tho opposition which It evoked from the
mployore, Its operation was postponed for
wo years. Mr. Cotton fearlessly exposed
the evils of tbo system by which coolies
from other provinces aro recruited and
old Into tho bondago of the teaplanters
f Assam, and ho has been attacked ever
Ince by the latter In public nnd prlvato
with tho bitterest animosity. In hi hat-
st report on labor Immigration ho ascribes
the riots which have been common lately on
the tea estates to the manner In which
tho coolies havo been beaten. Moreover
he declares that the magistrates In Assam
habitually Inflict the severest penalties In
all cases of complaints against coolies,
but pay llttlo or no attention to charees
f Injustice committed by the planters upon
their laborers. Ho refers also to In-
tances In which coolie women have been
brutally flogged.
African llloml Nn llnr,
Chicago Chronicle.
It Is high time that tho American people.
hould make It known to tho world that
they will not socially ostracize or In any
way attempt to suppress a genuine man
merely herauso ho has moro or less African
blood In his veins. We aro about the only
hlto people on the footstool who have ndt
already made that fact known
Makes the finest flavored, most delicious foot?
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
CltOAKI.M; Allot T ritOWK.
Washington Star: When Pat Crowo con
templates tho nerve of tho llulaarlan
brigands ho Immediately finds himself In n
humble and surrendering frnmo of mind.
Chicago News: It will bo noted with
plensuro that tho negotiations with the
Illustrious Mr. I'at Crowe aro still going
on with tho utmost friendliness on both
sides. Replying to tho Omaha nolle do.
pnrtment's favor of recent date Mr. Crowo
now begs to nssuro tho department thnt ho
deems It Inadvisable to give himself up
unless ho can be assured thnt his bond will
not exceed $500. Tho settlement of this
point, ho believes, will advance negotiations
materially. After that nil Mr. Crowo can
bo expected to requlro is that tho officials
of Omaha promise to wnlvc tho matter of n
trial and agreo to let him go frco without
prosecution. With that formality arranged
it may be confidently expected that Mr.
Crowo will bo willing to meet tho nollco
ana tnscusB tho enso with them In Its
various benringH. Considering tho mutual
forbearance nnd courtesy which has marked
tho negotiations on both sides, tho meeting
mignt oven ho mado tho occasion of a
banquet with the exchango of concratu
latory toasts.
uetrolt Journal: Mr. Patrick Crowe's
corrcspondcnco with Chief of I'ollco Dona
hue of Omnha Is almost bb exciting as the
I-ovo Letters of an Ungllahwoman." Mr,
Crowo's letters do not brentho torrid passion
and volcanic sentiment, but tho factB aro
scorchlngly sardonic. Mr. Crowe, It seems.
IB secreted within twenty-flvo miles of the
city a very ensy radius It would seem
hut ho securely defies the efforts of tho
pollco to catch him except on Ills own
terms and ho scatters clues with reckless
profusion. Tho Nohrnskn pollco are. no
dotlbt, ordinarily acuto nnd might smell out,
anything above ground, but, unfortunately.
in thnt country thero are tho cvclono cel
lars, to jbe- reckoned with. Mr. Crowo Is
probably In nn artfully" disguised cellar of
this sort, not far away from a rural de
livery post box. Naturally the police hesl
toto to accede to Mr. Crowo on terms of
$fi00 ball, for a $S0O bond would bo no oh
stnelo to Patrick If ho saw tho oaso olng
against him. Tho spectacle of Pat Crowo
defying tho pollco of tho United Statca Is
nt least as amusing ns tho Impunltv of tho
Ilulgarlan brigands who "stole Miss Stone.
POLITICAL IlltlFT.
Roston' registration this year Is 108.
210, nn Incrcaso of 2,000 over last year.
Krnstus C. Knight, republican candldato
for mayor of Buffalo, Is nald to bo n mem
ber of every Bccrot society In town. It Is
expected ho will havo votes to burn,
Thero will ho lequlred this year 1,2X0,000
bnllotH In Now York City for tho municipal
election, exclusive of tho constitutional
nmendment ballot and those needed ns
samples.
Tammany's candidnto for mayor Is a
Bhrowd campaigner. Before exhibiting
himself on tbo EnBt Bldo ho cut off his
,sldo whiskers, a modernized vcrslom of
"Galwnys."
Beth Low was twice acnndldntc for mayor
of the city of Brooklyn nnd was elected on
both occasions. Edward M. Shepard was
onco a candidate for mayor of Brooklyn and
was defeated.
Congressman Cannon politely declines to
enter tho senatorial contest In Illinois.
"What's tho use?" he InnulreB. "What'B
the use of spending $50,000 of your own
money or of the money of the organiza
tion nnd then havo nothing to hov for It?"
Very little is heard of the political bat
tle raging In Pennsylvania between tho
Quay-Ashbrldgo combination and the
fusion forces. Yet tho strife In New
York compares with that of the Kev
stono state as n Nebraska zephyr to,a Kan
sas cyclone.
Tho democrats have nominated Amadeo
Cloutler, a French Canadian by birth, of
Lawrence, for the Massachusetts state
senate. Mr. Joslah Qtilncy predicts his
election and If the prediction proves true
ho will be the first of his race to serve In
that honorable body.
There's a hot campaign on at Mount Ver
non, N; Y. Society women aro In It up to
their chins. The democratic aspirant, Ed
win M, Flske, seems to havo the hpst of It.
He Is conducting n campaign tour In nn
"No ClothitiR Fits Like Ours ,
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Leading
Chefs &
Pastry
Cooks use
Royal
Baking
Powder
Absolutely Pore
automobile run by Ml Elizabeth Ooodwln.
20 years of ago, handsome, of course, and
an accomplished nutomoblllst. If Cndi
dato l;isko is a bachelor it Is easy to ueo
his finish.
Tho Philadelphia Press charges that
Justice Potter of tho supreme court, who Is
n candldato for re-election, was In consulta
tion over the long distance telephone with
Oovrrnor Stono during tho deliberations of
the court on the constitutionality of tho
ripper hill, which It sustained.
It Is only eight year until Tammany will
bo nblo to celebrate tho hundredth anni
versary of tho first exhibition of its niot
pronounced specialty. It was In ISOfl that
William Mooney, Tammany's founder,
commendpd himself to futuro generations
of tho tribe by stealing $5,000 from tho New
York City poorhouse.
Robert J. Lowry, chief of Blaft for tho
democratic governor of Georgia and rresl.
dent of tho Lowry Natlonnl bank of Atlanta.
nnnouncea tnat ho hs become a repub
lican. He declares his belief In repub
lican nntlonal policies and adds that "w hltes
of tho better class" aro now Joining tho
republican party In tho south.
POINTED IIBM.UIKS.
Puck: Client-Hut litigation Isn't nlwnya
ft mlstako!
foral)o'thfA,W0V', fr n l,nr,'i.rrefl,le,,,ly
Chlrngn Trllnino: "Why." asked his wife,
do you ypcak of It ns a 'campaign of edu
cation? "Herniiie," replied Senator Lotsmun, with
n. melancholy sort of grin, "I.hnrt such a
lot of looters to pay."
Detroit Frre Press:, "I ueo by tho United
States flph commlHBloticrs' report that
apongoB urn getting senrre." snld Trlvvet.
"I hadn't noticed It." replied 'Dicer. "I
had to glvo a dollnr apiece do a couple or
cm this morning."
Brooklyn Eugle: Vornlllye There must
be big money In repairing automobiles!
HrlnkerhofT Think so?
Vermilyo Well, ny plumber- has gon
Into It.
Boston Post: .f t know - of ,no rarer de-
llcht than to llrltlk' Ill'tllU .rrinimlnln air'"
exclaimed the Colorado tourist, ecstatically.
iew iinnri mptou , ur jynisKy tney poll
down tew th Broken Bow 'Raluno 'par
entis'," replied tho Htnirc -driven
. Washington Star; "Young man." said
tho FPrlous liernnn. "don't vnd ri-nllro ha
the lnvo of money. ia, tho rQQt nfnll evil?"
"Well." answered tho spendthrift, "you
don't see mo hanging" onto money as If I
loved It, do you?"
Phlladelnhln. Pref Thn 'ninnrter
Colonel, 1 would llko to ank what you think
Tho Colonel My dear sir. I can only tell
vou what L have tolrt all tho other renort-
ern. that I think ho had nn absolute and
undoubted right .toldo It, If ho wanted to,
but
And ho Bhruggcd his shoulders.
wiikn n,nv wmthn a i.ktthh.
N. Douglas In Womnn'H Homn Com
panion. When bnby wrIU-H ti letter lo her daddy
fnr nwnv
Tho occasion's moBt Important, for sho haH
mo mucn to say.
She sits up to tbo i able, as grown-up folks
nil do,
And then a pile of pnper nil nround her w
musi Mirew.
With grnndma'B golden spectacles safely
nerched unon her nose
Sho dips her pen, Into tho Ink, then straight
to work sno goes.
And tho onslaught llcrcc thnt follows would
fill yon with dismay
When bnby writes a letter to her daddy
far a wny.
"Hnbv sendH her love to daddy and hopes
that ho 1h well"
Ih tho sentence bnby first Indites her
methods I must tell
For the sweet and simple message .that ex
presses bnby's lovo
Is a dot and dash nnd big ink-splaih below
hiuI Just nbove.
Sho perforates the paper with many tiny
And plays a tattoo on her chair with sun
dry llttlo kicks.
And all tho floor Is scattered o'er with frag
ments of the fray, , . . , . ,
To tell us baby's writing to her daddy
far nwny.
The letter Is a long one, for scores of
sheets nro used,
And pvery ono beurs witness to tho way It s
been unused. ....
A page for every wnrd sho tukes, Bho qulto
Ignores the lines,
Whllo each ono us It's written to oblivion
she consigns;
Then proudly fnr an envelope Miss Baby
now will call,
And sho fills It full of paper, with no writ
ing on at nil, . ..
The iidiiress Is so Illegible, I much regrot
to say. , , ...
It's doubtful If 'twill pver reach dear daddy
far nwsy.
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