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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.t
Oeorge li. Tzschtlck, sccrotury of Tho Hco
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that tho actual number of full and
eompleto copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Ueo printed during
the month of October, 1901, was us follows:
l 211,100 17 us.r.Do
2 !2,0B0 IS 'M,U'M
I ....iii,M! i9 as, no
4 '-'IMKiO 20 UD.IHO
B i!ll,i:!H) 21 :io,ito
8,U20 22 28,BO
7 UU,170 23 IV2.VM
t -'S.HIO 24., ,.UH,77U
as.soo is :io,7io
10 1!M,7I0 :c IKMOO
U '2H,Hr,0 27 'J0.O75
12 iiO.O'-'O 28 :2,M)
is itti.o.ir; 20 ao,7Mo
14 i!M,(i:t() 30 :iii,iio
ic i:n,ii:io 31 :i:i,usu
IS liH.O.-.O
Total U17.:tl
Less unsold and returned copies... n,HR'2
Net total sales 1)07, lt7
Net dally average , a,S74
OEOIIQE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to
beforo mo this 31at day of October. A. D.
1; M. U. IIUNQATE,
(Heal.) Notury Public.
t Tho epidemic .of foot ball fatalities
hns'liut two weeks more to run.
Government secret service men seem
to be alow In gutting In their IIcIch on
those Chicago postngc Btnnii thieves.
If Tnt Crowe wants anything else lie
might -vvrlto u letter to Santa Claus just
to keep In prnctlee.
Tliosc prize lighters show real bravery
In trying to share public attention at
the height of the foot ball season.
Tho magazines of tho cruiser Now
CTork have been condemned not, how
ever, tho magazines that belong to the
hip's library.
Is not tho secretary of the navy nfrald
the west may take offenso If ho does
not include n few prairlo schooners In
his pt-ograru for naval expansion?
Without waiting for Its formal pres
tation, it Is safo to pronounce Presi
dent Roosovelt's messugo an example
of good English composition. That is
,whcro tho president's experlenco as an
author and literary man will stand him
In good stead.
Mary K.' Wllklns, tho authoress of
everal thrilling mystery novels, has In
formed her friends that slio had been
uecretly married. That was ono mys
tery she seems to havo preferred to
havo cleared up without making tho
readers wait for the last chapter.
Congressman Champ Clark Is chafing
and champing again over the czar-liko
powers exercised by tho speaker of tho
house. Tho troub'lo with Clark Is that
from his position ou the democratic side
of tho fence he sees no possible chani'e
of tho speakership coming to Champ.
A' .Central park python is being eulo
gized as a marvel for swallowing n
three-foot alligator. "Yet on tho Very
amo day n now ?400,000,WO anaconda
down in Wall street swallowed three
great railway systems covering half tho
United States. Why marvel nt tho
python? ..
Honey mado ot glucose Is tho latest
revelation uncovered by the food In
spector. Hut why should tho busy bee
expect to be overlooked by Imitators and
adulterators when tho cow, tho hen,, tho
maple tree and other stnndbys of puro
farm products havo had mechanical
competitors for years?
It Is hluted that General Weyler may
be mado temporary premier of Spain.
Should Weyler bo. put lu charge it
.would bo safo to enumerate sevurnl
mistakes ho will not make. Whatever
clso may be said about him, he cannot
he charged with forgetting tho lesson
of bis Cuban experlouce.
Complaint Is mado that some of the
'American canued goods in tho French
army stores, have been found to havo
polled. T'ho- Frenchman should have
known oiioliglr-'uot to ,keep them so
long. If he had found them lu a good
tato of preservation ho would doubt
less havo insisted that they had been
embalmed.
The discovery of auothor Keoley mo
tor has Just been announced. This time
the perpetual motion machine Is tho
product of tho Inventive genius of ltev
Mr. Wallace of Hell Henil, Pa., who
claims that the machine has been run
Ding continuously for three months and
cannot be stopped. Tho reverend gentle
man Is keeplug tho Invention a profound
ecret through fear that his idea may
be stolon. Tho claims of tho Inventor
have aroused tho suspicion that ho is
laboring under a hallucination created
by 'tho superlluous wheels .revolving in
Us own cranium. - -, .
TUKASVIlSll STCKFKtl SHOULD ItCSIO.W
The proper Investment and safe kee
Ing of the stnte school funds havo fur
tilshrd the most serious problem with
which the state hns been wrestling al
most from the day it was admitted Into
the union. '
Nebraska's llrst constitution au
thorized tho loaning of the permanent
school fund on land mortgages and the
scandals arising out of tho misuse of
this power led to the Impeachment of Its
llrst governor and auditor. Inllnted ap
praisements enabled state olllcers to
play Into the hands of corrupt confeder
ates and thousands of dollars were
filched from the patrimony of the
schools by extravagant loans to political
favorites never repaid.
Tho chief Incentive for framing the
new constitution was to prohibit tho dis
sipation of the school fund through
mortgage loans by limiting its Invest
ment to national, stato and county
bonds. .Since this limitation was
enacted the permanent school fund has
run up Into the millions nnd the problem
of Its safo Investment and care has be
come more grave than ever. The dan
ger of loss from fraudulent mortgages
has been nvcrted, but tho farming out
of tho school moneys and the specula
tive purchase of securities for private
gain lias robbed the fund of hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
When one state treasurer was sen
tenced to twenty years' Imprisonment
for misappropriation of public money
It was suposed that for many years to
come no state treasurer would venturo
to manipulate the state funds lu his cus
tody for personal protlt Tho methods
pursued by State Treasurer Stucfer,
however, lu the purchase of tho Hurt
county refunding bonds again forco to
the front the necessity of furtlicr meas
ures for tho protection of tho state treas
ury, and especially the school fund.
Stato Treasurer Stucfer excused his
refusal to comply with tho demand of
tho republican stato convention for n
monthly exhibit of the nmouuta and
whereabouts of tho public money In his
custody ou the ground that such pub
licity would be an admission that ho
was violating tho law by depositing
school money in banks nnd justified hLs
course by pointing to tho fact that the
surplus In tho school fund was being
rapidly absorbed by the purchaso of
bonds and other securities. The pur
chase of the Hurt county bonds by n
middleman with checks signed by the
treasurer affords proof positive that tho
money was on deposit, ns everybody
know. It also discloses tho more dam
aging fact that the stato treasurer in
collusion with an Irresponsible broker
had caused a loss to the school fund of
at least $3,'J0O.
Tho most charitable construction of
the Hurt count- bond deal Is that Mr.
Stucfer has allowed a personal friend
to uso the school fund for a speculation
out of which ho made $3,200 at tho ex
pense of the stato and without risking
or Investing a dollar of his own. Pub
lic conlldeuco in Treasurer Stucfer had
already been shaken by Ids refusal to
comply with tho demands of the repub
lican state convention. With this addi
tional proof of mismanagement, to uso
u mild term, nothing remains for him to
do but to resign. Ills failure to do so
will impose upon Governor Savage a
duty that cannot bo evaded.
TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMISSION.
Tho chairman of the Interstate Com
merce commission Is authority for the
statement that President Roosevelt will
embody In his inessago to congress
sonio strong suggestions or recommen
dations for tho enlargement of the pow
ers of the commission. It Is known to
be the opinion of the president that tho
general government should havo closer
knowledge and fuller Jurisdiction over
corporations doing an Interstate busi
ness. This Is not only true of the rail
roads und other carriers, but of manu
facturing corporations whoso operations
extcud through several states where
laws may differ as to control and super
vision.
It Is not definitely known, of course,
what will bo tho recommendations of
tho president In regard to widening the
powers of tho Interstato Commerce
commlnslon, but It Is tho Impression
that some of the suggestions made year
after year by tho commission will bo
taken up. Washington advices say it
Is not believed that tho president will
go so far as some advocate and recom
mend that tho commission bo empow
ered to tlx rates, that being really
beyond what tho commission has asked
for. It bus suggested and doubtless
will renew the recommendation that It
bo given the authority to tlx rates in
contested cases, this, however, being
coupled with the further demand that
some provision bo mado under which'
Immediate action can be secured In set-,
tlemcut of rate disputes, so that tho
commission's decision could bo passed
upon without delay. This would glvo
tho commission only partial authority
lu fixing rates nnd it is anticipated that
President Itoosevelt will go that far.
Senator Cullom, chairman of tho sen
ate committee on Interstate commerce,
It Is understood will at the coming ses
sion reintroduce his bill amending tho
interstate commerce law, which was re
ported on adversely by tho committee
at tho last session. This measure con
tained nearly everything asked for by
the commission lu tho way of additional
legislation. It authorized and required
the commission to publish a classifica
tion of freight articles and rules, regu
lations and conditions of freight trans
portation. It provided a heavy lino for
tho neglect or refusal of a carrier to ob
servo and apply such classification, lu
co'itested cases tho commission was
given power to ilx a maximum rate
covering tho entire cost of tho service;
also to tlx both a maximum Vnd u mini
mum rate or ditl'ereutlal In rates when
that may bo necessary to prevent dls
crimination. Tho bill further empow
ered tho commission to determine tho
division between carriers of a joint rate
and tho terms und conditions under
which business shall be Interchanged
when that Is necessary to an cxecutiou
of tho provisions of the act.
Mr. Knnpp, chairman of the commls
slon, Is reported ns snyltig that such
legislation us proposed lu tho I'tillOm
bill Is needed now even more than
when the bill was framed and doubtless
such Is the case. At all events It Is
unquestionable that lu order to render
the law effective nnd of nny real value
It Is necessary to enlarge and strengthen
the powers of the commission. It is
well understood that every provision of
tho law for the protection of the busi
ness public is now being violated nnd this
condition of affairs the commission Is
powerless to prevent or correct
THE TllAXSCOSTlXKXTAL lUtLHOAD
CUMUINK.
The compact by which the four great
transcontinental railroads, namely,
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, North
ern Pacific, Great Northern, nnd their
tributaries, the Central Pacific nnd Hur
llngton, have been placed under the
control of n single corporation capital
ized at $100,000,000, has been consum
mated by tho community of Interest
magnates. This vast aggregation, oper
ated through tho medium of tho North
ern Securities company, represents more
than 23,000 miles of rallwny capital
ized nt $1,545,-110,000. This gives a
valuation of $00,521 per mile for the rall
wny octopus, In which, ns a matter of
fact, more than two-thirds of the mllo
ago Is comprised of branch lines and
feeders.
Take, for example, the Union Pa
cific system, which is credited with
5,005 miles, and capitalized nt $403,
100,100, or nu average of $73,703 per
mile: Crediting the mnin lino of the
Union Pacific with a mlleago of 1,500
miles, thoro remain 4,005 miles of
brunch lino feeders which could bo
duplicated with all modern equipments
at $30,000 per mile or less. Capitalized
nt $30,000 per mile these branch lines
would represent, In round figures, $120,
000,000, while tho main lino would rep
resent $283,000,000, or an average cap
italization of $181,410 per mile.
Tho Hurllugtou system, with a mileage
of 7,270 miles, Is stocked and bonded
for $250,730,800, or $35,314 per mile.
Crediting the main lino of the Hurling
ton system with a mileage of 1,000
miles, Its brunch lines would nggregnto
a mileage of 5,070 miles. The greater
part of this mlleago being located enst
of the Missouri river, its duplication
could be effected readily for $5,000 per
mllo less than lines west of that river.
Capitalized at $25,000 per mile the ag
gregate value of the branch lines would
bo $141,750,000, and the valuation of
tho main lino would therefore be $111,
080,800, or nu average of $71,800 per
mile.
Tho capitalization of the other lines
in tho combination varies from $40,000
to $100,000 per mile.
Conceding that the operation of these
lines under the community of interests
plan will prevent future rate wars and
effect an enormous saving in operating
expenses and cost of gcnernl super
vision, It still remains problematical
whether theso roads can at all times
and under nil conditions be depended
upon to pay fixed charges and interest
upon this enormous overcapitalization
Without levying an extortionate tribute
upon their patrons. Granting that tho
country west of tho Mississippi has
vast possibilities of development and
possesses almost boundless resources
there must como periods of general de
pression, crop failures, nnd industrial
stagnation that will impair the Income
of the transcontinental lines and make
It lmposslblo for them, to more than
pay fixed charges and operating ex
penses. .
This is precisely the most vulnerable
spot in the entlro makeup of the rail
way octopus. Heforo tho combination
was formed the capitalization of the
roads consisted of less than 50 per cent
of bonded debt on which fixed charges
had, to bo earned lu addition to oper
ating expenses. While dividends might
be passed in hard times upon the stocks
without bankrupting the roads or seri
ously affecting their financial status,
the community of Interest policy has
been to convert a largo proportion of
tho stocks luto bonds not merely at
their .face value, but, as In the Instance
of the Uurllugton, at double their face
value, and on this artificial valuation a
4 per cent semi-annual Interest Is guar
anteed. In other words, an 8 per cent
luconio Is guaranteed to the stock
holders of the Uurllugton on the face
value of their stocks, whether the crops
arc good or bud, in prosperous years
und In punlcky years.
Can such a policy bo sustained for
any, great length of tlmo without a ter
rific revulsion? Thnt question can only
bo solved after tho lapse of years.
TliK llAUCOQH. TAHIFF VUOPOSAL.
Representative Habcock of Wisconsin
Intends to urgo his proposal for reduc
ing certain tariff duties and will have
a now bill for tlds purpose ready to be
introduced when congress assembles.
Mr. Habcock does not think that what
ho proposes would necessarily open up
the tariff question nnd Indeed ho is not
In favor of general tariff revision. All
ho suggests Is "that where the duties
uro so high as to bo prohibitive, or at
least unnecessarily high, forming
thereby a bulwark behind which tho
combinations exact exorbitant prices In
our markets, such duties should bo re
duced." He hus been giving very thor
ough study to the questiou and an
nounces that he will Have a great deal
of data to present to congress, particu
larly relating to the cost of producing
Irou and steel.
Tho present Indications arc that the
Habcock measure will not receive con
slderatlon in congress. Such leading
republicans In the house as Payne of
New York, who will coutlnue as chair
man of the ways and means committee,
Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Grosveuor
of Ohio are opposed to nny action re
garding tho tariff. They Insist that
there Is no good reason for making nny
chnnges lu the tariff at this time and
thut to attempt to do so would cause a
serious busiuess disturbance. There Is
no doubt, however, that the Habcock
proposal will havo a very btrong popu
lar support and this may bo mani
fested to an extent and with an earnest-
liess that may compel tho republicanj
leoders In congress to nt least give It
consideration. Mr. Unbcock will un
doubtedly be able to conclusively
demonstrato what he asserts, that the
combinations under existing conditions
exact exorbitant prices In our markets
nnd when tlds shall be made clear to
the public there Is pretty certain to be a
very strong popular support of the re
duction In duties proposed by the Wis
consin congressman. Not the least Im
portant consideration In connection with
this matter is tho possible effect of a
reduction of duties on Iron nnd steel
products upon the price of labor. Would
not the manufacturers, If compelled to
lower their prices In the homo market,
endcuvor to offset this by reducing
wages? This Is a question which Is
certnlnly worthy of attention, though ns
yet It appears to havo received very
little.
Mr. Habcock Is also on the popular
side lu favoring revenue reduction. Ho
thinks the war revenue taxes should
bo cut down from $10,000,000 to $50,
000,000 and It seems practleublo to do
this without harm to the national treas
ury, In which tho surplus Is now piling
up nt the rate of nearly $2,000,000 a
week. Mr. Habcock regards tho cut
ting down of tho war taxes as a matter
of party honor und certainly tho repub
lican party will not strengthen Its claim
to popular confidence if it shall refuse
to reduce the excessive revenue and re
lievo tho public of unnecessary taxation.
DEM A ND t'OH. DEI'All TM EXTS.
Tho demand of the commercial Inter
ests for n department of commerce and
Industry, tho head of which shall bo
a member of the cabinet, will If com
plied with, ns uppeara probable, stimu
late other Interests to tirge tho crentlon
of departments with representation In
tho cnblnet. Alrendy tho labor organ
izations arc demanding that there be
a department of lnbor and that n sec
retary of labor havo a seat among the
advisers of tho president. Tho mining
Interest, nt Its last congress, adopted
a resolution cnlllug upon congress to
create a department of mining.
Referring to these demands tho Now
York Journal of Commerce says: "A
very largo class lu the community con
sists of the school teachers and almost
nothing Is more essential to the well
being of tho nation than tho work they
are doing, and It cannot bo long before
they will be demanding that there bo
a department of education and that n
secretary of education be added to tho
cabinet. At this rate tho capacity of
tho cabinet room in the White House
will soon be outgrown and the presi
dent will have to meet his cabinet In
the eust room." This Is not tho less
suggestive because a humorous view of
tho matter.
Perhaps there nro strouger ronsons In
support of tho demand for a depart
ment of commcrco und Industry than
can bo urged lu behalf of a depart
ment of labor, a department of mining,
or a department of education, but It is
a fact that no entirely conclusive ar
gument litis yet been presented In sup
port of tho proposed department of com
merce nnd Industry. It hns not been
shown that there Is n real und pressing
necessity for such a depnrtmeut How
ever, the probability is very strong thnt
congress will crente It, tho Interests
favoring It being very Influential at
Washington.
The degeneracy of Americans Is a
source of serious alurm to former Sec
retary J. Sterling Morton, who In his
characteristic, cuustlc'wny polntu to the
Increase In Institutions for tho idiotic
and feeblo minded as proof positive thut
Idiocy is gaining ground rapidly. Speak
ing of our own state, Mr. Mortou says:
Nebraska, as soon as admitted to the
union, began bidding for Uio propagation
of fools. Tho asylum, for silly children,
at Ueatrlco was llborally endowed. The
state, Instead ot Instituting laws to pro
vent marriages which might produco de
generates, really offered a bounty for im
becility. It encouraged tho Infant industry
ot raising fools In Nebraska by preparing
and tendering a free homo for them and
saying, la effect: "Make Ill-mated mar
riages, give tho commonwealth idiots and
It will gladly care for them; It yearns for
mental and moral imbcllcs, for physical
and Intellectual degenerates!"
Wo apprehend that conditions of de
generacy are not so appalling as Mr.
Morton would have us believe. There uro
doubtless ninny foolish marriages, but
tho chances are that they will contribute
moro grist to tho dlvorco mills than
Idiotic Inmates for state asylums.
The best estimate places the number
of voters disfranchised by Maryland's
new election law at 42,000, of which
12,000 are white democrats, 0,000 white
republicans aiid 30,000 negroes. Not a
word of protest or denunciation, how
over, has been heard from the great
democrats In theso parts who havo been
so loudly proclaiming the right of tho
Filipino to self-government. Their
eagerness to extend the guaranties of
our constitution to all tho Inhabitants of
ouv island possessions seems to have
blunted their perception of constitution
violating at short range, when the pro
hibition against disfranchisement ou ac
count of color Is Ignored to re-establish
democratic control of border stutes.
Nebruska has been highly honored.
On Mouday evening of tho fourteenth
of October, at the Philippine Islands,
tho consul general of his imperial
majesty, tho emperor of China, gave u
dlnuer In the city of Manila to our Have
and several other congressional globe
trotters. The Cliluese menu card, be
ginning with rut-tall soup und ending
with blrd's-uest a la crcole, Is of itself
a souvenir that can bo handed down
as n precious keepsnke for several gen
erations. Chicago's franclilscd corporations have
invoked tho federal courts to protect
them In their tux exemptions of which
they were about to bo deprived by the
recent tax decision of the Illinois su
premo court. If there Is auy way to
hold off the tax-gatherer, the corporation
lawyers may be depended on to find it.
Kllli-aey of n NimhI I'rrsuniler.
Iiostnu Transcript.
Now that Pranrn linH utipreeded In mnV
In Tutkay coma la tfpij liy 1"t. r tifni
ready for n naval display It Is reasonable
to presumo that a similar threatened ex
hibition on our part might Induce the liul-
garlans to glvo us back that precious Stone,
.Inrrlnu Hip .lultlliiiit.
Philadelphia Ledger
Tho Canadian northwest received 1S.000
Immigrants from tho ("tilted States last
year and Is Jubilant. Now, how many did
tho United States receive from Canada?
(irrnt Cut In Snlnrr,
Chicago ltecord-llerald.
Poor Schwab. It has leaked out that he
gets only $223,000 a year for being presi
dent of tho Steel trust. The neighbors
must wonder how his wife can alTord to
havo so many new things.
KliiK I'orti'n liitlnciire.
Minneapolis Tribune,
llutchera solcmly nsseverato that the
high price ot steaks nnd roasts Is not duo
to tho operation of nny meat trust, but
to tho scarcity and high price of corn
and feed. This Is a very forcible Illus
tration of how Intimately the production
of corn Is bound up with other Industries.
Old Truth Iteviiinpeil.
lioston Globe.
"Wo realize, that America now leads
the van In Industrial progress," says M.
Uouquct, head of tho technical Instruction
department, In tho French ministry of
commerce. "Sho 1b far ahead of England,
Germany and ourselves lu organization and
methods of work. Wo knew that before.
Wlmt (lie Trouble I.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tho Industrial commission has been try
ing to find out what Is the matter with
eastern farmers. The principal troublo with
them seems to bo that they are not up-to-date.
Tho west has outgrown tho Idea that
anybody Is good enough to be a farmer nnd
that any way Is good enough to run a farm.
Clinrum of Anticipation.
Ht. 1'aul Pioneer-Press.
And theso aro tho days when tho rich
brown of the roasted turkey, with a dash
of crimson cranberry, looms up In tho near
foreground, whllo an atmoBphcro ot hot
nilncq plo breathes life and hope into the
small boy In tho background; nnd on
tho horizon Rteams tho porous delcctablo
buckwheat cake, smothered In tho golden
rays of maplo syrup.
UlVOItCEMENT AM) It KM Alt III AG 13,
AluiRft of thr I.mr by the Svrnpplnir nl
AVIvcn nnd llunbatuU.
Philadelphia Hecord.
As remarked by Bishop Doano In his ar
ticle on "Hemarrlage After Divorce,"
printed In th'o Hecord, Impressions hard to
correct aro often created by tho manner of
"putting things." I11b way of stating the
points of tho divorce question certainly has
tho merit of dissipating some of tho ob
scurities in which tho discussion thereof1 is
involved. When Interested parties demand
from tho church a recognition of tho right
and legality of dlvorco they really mean
that tho church ought to sanction tho re
marriage of divorced persons.
Illahop Doano holds that since the church
has no power to grant divorces, It ought
not to be asked to deal with them In tho
way of any remarriage whatever. Whllo
compelled to acknowledge that a dlvorco
granted by a competent civil authority re
lieves tho parties from tho obligation of
the civil contract into which they had en
tered, and leaves them freo for anything
tho law allows them to do, still tho church
has tho right to remand such people
to tho civil magistracy to securo their re
marriage. It Is proper, furthermore, for
tho church to decide whether persons who
marry a second tlmo while their former
partner in matrimony aro still living
should bo precluded from tho sacraments,
for, although a remarrlago permitted by tho
laws ot tho stato cannot bo regarded as a
crime, It may, nevertheless, bo sinful and
abhorrent to tho teachings of tho gospel.
So much for tho churchman's view of tho
question. Bishop IJoano, however, goes
further and throws light on tho sociological
aspect ot the subject. Ills arguments,
though tersely stated, are cogent 1 and
thought-compelling. Tho abuse of tho law
to facilitate tho swapping of wives or hus
bands strikes at tho very root ot our social
fabric. Whether tho absolute denial by the
state of tho prlvllego of dlvorco would re
sult In worso evil Is a proposition concern
ing which there is room for honest doubt
nnd difference of opinion. There can bo no
doubt, however, that socially beneficent
work Is being done by tho clorgymon and
lawyers who aro engaged In the develop
ment of a right and strong public opinion
on this subject and that It is high tlmo that
the scandalous facility of divorcement for
tho purposo of remarriage should be ended.
CIIINKSH IN TUG IMIIMl'I'IXKS.
Danger of the Miiniioli Overwhelm
ing the Native.
San Francisco Chronicle.
A dispatch from Manila announces that
"under tho now law Chlncso aro pouring
Into Manila and quickly getting Into the
provinces. During tho last two weeks 3,000
Chlncso havo como In." Unfortunately, wo
do not know what tho "now law" Is. It will
bo published in duo time by tho War de
partment and bo available, but Its pro
visions havo not been telegraphod, and,
therefore, cannot be discussed. Under the
Spanish laws they wero restricted. Tho
first Philippine commission took a great
deal of testimony on the Chlncso question
and It Is somewhat conflicting. Laws seem
to havo bcon changed, but It appears that
thcro was a substantial head tax, or what
amounted to a head tax, which prevonted
their coming in large numbers. Whllo tho
testimony was conflicting as to the ad
visability of admitting them, It was uni
form in ono respect. All the Filipinos
wanted them excluded and all who de
sired to exploit tho county desired that
they be freely admitted. Tbey do there
what they do hero como without their
families, and remit ovory dollar which they
acqulro to China. But they do more. They
Intermarry with tho Filipino women and
produco a race of mestizos, who possess
all tho bad qualities ot both parents aud
vpry fow of tho good ones.
If tho Chlncso aro allowed freo access Into
tho Philippines they will exterminate the
Filipinos, There can be no doubt ot that
whatever. They wlll crowd them out of
every occupation and out of tho .world.
Thoy will monopolize) tho labor and the
retail trade. The Filipinos dread them nnd
bate them. Thcro Is no doubt that they
aro moro effective Instruments for "de
veloping tho country." For that reason the
exploiters want them as they want them
here. Tho Chinese Injure us, but they can
not destroy us. Tho Filipinos they will
not only Injure, but' exterminate. With the
freo admission of tho Chinese wo must
abandon all hopo of raising tho standard
of civilization of tho native. In contact
with tho Chinese ho will go down In the
social scalo and finally disappear from the
earth. It Is against this that the Filipinos
protest. Wo havo tho reputation in tho
archipelago of having exterminated tho
races which once possessed this continent.
The robel leaders havo constantly hold this
terror beforo their people. By free ad
mission of the Chinese wc Justify tho worst
prophecies which our enemies have made.
Our rich men will doubtless add to their
riches by that course. American exploiter!
are already on tho ground. Do tho Amer
ican people wish to take the responsibility
of holding theso peoplo down by military
force whllo Chinese coolies choke the life
nnl.f..ni
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Boston Transcript: Father Crowley, the
excommunicated Chicago priest, will havo
to worry along with low masses for tho
present.
Washington Post: Thero are a great
rrany well-meaning citizens who don't
much relish tho Idea or having polities'
thrust at them from tho pulpit.
Chicago Tribune: A clergyman In Ccr
mautown, Pa., preached the samo sermon
last Sunday that ho preached at tho begin
ning of his ministry, fifty years ago. It is
apparent that tho theology ofthta good
brother has mado no retrograde movement
In tho last half century.
Portland Orcgonlon: A tempest Is brow
ing In tho orthodox teapot in this city. Tho
mighty question as to whether a Unlvcr
sallst minister a man of Godly Ufa and
earnest endeavor In Christian work shall
be admitted to membership In tho Minis
tcrlal association has set tho vessel to
sizzling. Whllo doctrlno Is held to bo above
good works and creed Is advanced above
tho simplicity of Christian endeavor, theso
tempests will occasionally gather, break
and disappear.
Boston Herald: Who wouldn't belong to
young Mr. Itockefeller's Blblo Class club.
with all Its luxuries and privileges! Fancy
religion nnd luxury combined In n Forty-
fifth street house, with only ono stipula
tion, that whisky bottlo and pack of cards
shall not bo seen on the premises. My, my,
but won't poor young men In Now York bo
thankful to Join and sign tho pledge, when
they can bo housed and fed In mllllonalro
style for $3 and J4 per week? I think I shall
becomo a Baptist and go to Now York.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Tho Second
Ileformcd Prosbyterlan r.hurch of Boston,
which has expelled a member because ho
took the oath to uphold tho constitution
of tho, United States, ought to move to
somo part of tho world where thli "Im
moral docujnent," as the pastor calls the
constitution, would not apply. "Wo re
fuse ta,, accept tho constitution," says the
reverend gentlemen, "and cannot swear al
legiance'-, lb If." To. accept all the protec
tion and benefits" of -tho constitution (Includ
ing exemption of taxation of church prop
erty under laws "not" forbidden by the con
stitution), and yet to reject the constitu
tion, la not a policy to command respect.
Kansas City Journal: A Kansas City
(Kan.) minister has adopted an interesting
motbod ot eliminating a church debt. He
has Incorporated his church Just as any
business cnterprleo would bo incorporated
and has placed shares of stock upon tho
market at tho rato ot 10 cents each. In
order to stimulate Interest In the salo ot
this stock ho has secured a number of do
nations which will bo given aa prizes to
the children who sell tho sell tun largest
number of shares. Tho llttlo ones havo be
come Intensely Interested nnd nro working
hard for the prizes. Whllo this is not tho
highest incentivo which could bo offered In
connection with tho attainment of such an
object, It Is thoroughly legitimate and per
haps tho most practical which could bo de
vised. 1T.HSONAL, AND OTIIUIIWISE.
Tho president of the now biscuit combine
bears the appropriate name of Grubb.
Tho new railroad combination lends a
flavor of realism to "tho dreams of
avarice."
It la admitted, by his friends thnt tho
Addling mayor ot Sdn Francisco can draw
the long bow with cxqulslto skill.
It Is Intimated by Chicago papers that
shareholders In tho World's fair havo a
dividend coming. For eight years thoy
have had nothing but kicks to lean on.
Governor Jeff Davis ot Arkansas might
profitably study the advice ot Attorney
Hayncr, "Never get Into a controversy
with a newspaper unless you havo a nowa
papor of your own."
Mayor Ames ot Minneapolis tendered a
pollco captaincy to Colo Younger, ono of
tho notorious family of bandits, but Younger
declined tho Job. Therein he showed mora
horse sense than tho mayor.
How tho mighty have fallen I Locomotlvo
999, tho wonder of tho World's fair aud tho
fastest In Us day, is now hauling a milk
train on tho Now York Central. Locomo
tives, llko human beings, pay tho penalty of
tho fast pace,
A southern warrior who gavo his bride-to-bo
a largo mitten almost at the altar has
been favored with another mitten by tho
War department. Kvory hcart-wholo girl
will applaud tho department In doclarlng
Jilting to bo "conduct unbecoming an offi
cer and a gentlomiyi," and In cancelling tho
Jitter's commission. Kvcn the boys may
Join In rooting for Itoot.
"Dark Days"
Many "dark days" from kidney ills.
Backache, headache, nervous, tired, N
Urinary troubles makes you gloomy.
The aches of kidney ills depress, discourage;
No rest at night.
Hard to "keep up and, doing."
Doati's Kidney Pills
Brighten every household -where they're known,
Bring relief to aching backs,
Bring cure to sick kidneys,
Omaha people testify to this.
Mr. 13. 0. alenn, school tcachor of No. G2J North 20th street, Baysi
"I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store, cor
ner of 15th and Douglas utrcots, for my wife. She suffered terribly
from attacks of kidney complaints for years. At tho tlmo her back
was aching severely and although who used many preparations said
to ho suro cures for kidnoy complaint, tho benefits received from
Donn'a Kldn'ey Pills wero so pronounced that wo havo no hesitation
in Indorsing tho representations mado for them."
At All Drua Stores. 50 cent. l ostcr-MUburuCo,. UulTulo. N. Y
Tel. 250.
BURLINGTON STATION,
lOthand Mason Sts. Tel. 128.
ni.AS'rs l'lio.M n.M's lumx.
The church Is not a clearing bouao tot
credulity.
Caro drives to prayed and prayer drlvct
away care.
Tho church that flourishes Itself la often
far from flourishing.
Tho trifling man always disregards the
trifling essentials ot life.
Tho best way to help others Is to help
ourselves to, bo our best.
If (lod puts you to a hard school It Is he
causo Ho has great work for you.
Men cannot seo tho good when tho mists
of passion aro on tho windows of tho soul.
Tho soundness of n man's preaching does
not depend on tho amount of sound ho
makes.
Tho troublo 1th short-sighted peoplo M
that they expect cveryono to weur their
glasses.
Tho church will never satisfy tho world's
needs so long as it is satisfactory to tha
world's pride.
Thero aro too many who feel they would
'bo safo If they could only mako sure of
dying on a Sunday.
DO.MKSTIU lM.UAMAVrniKS.
fiomervlllo Journal: He I lovo you more
than words can trill
fJho (shyly) Woll thero nro other ways.
Yonkors Statesman: Mr. Hntti 1 think,
my deur, I havo tit last found the key to
success.
Mrs. Botts Woll, Just iih llko ns not
you'.ll not bo nblo to find tho keyhole.
Baltlmoro American: John 1 so unrea
sonable," said Mrs. Muchwcdd, "Wln
would you bcllevo It? IIo talked Just droml
fully bccauHo I wanted to glvo n little pnrty
In celebration of tho llftli uunlvcrsary of
my llrst divorce."
Detroit 'Fteo Press: Sidney I can always
mnko my wife keep n sccrut.
ltodnoy How do you tnntingo that?
Sidney I start out by telling her that I
know she can't keep it.
Philadelphia Press: Toss I saw hor In
her' new dress today nnd sho seemed really
happy. Isn't It retnarkablo?
Joss How remarkable?
Teas That somo peonlo can seem haonv.
no matter how they look.
Chlcngo Rocord-Hcrald: "Tho reason h
Is so Irritable Is becauso lio Is teethlno-
explained the fond mother.
inoecu:" renmrKeu. air. ohiiiatch, wish
ing to nppcar learned. "And when will it
bo hairing?"
Yonkera Statesman: Yeast Did vnnr bar
ber tell you any halr-rntslng stories?
crimsonueaK Yes, no tout mo that tonlo
he sold mo would mako my hair grow.
Clovelahil Plain Dealer: lie YnnM tmvor
talk as Insultingly to tho mnld us you do to
me.
Him Of courso I wouldn't. Maids nrn
dlttlcult to replace.
fTIilrnirrt Tnnf ."Whn f L-nna lllnl.
so late tonight?
"Why, ho was to mako a purchaso for
his wlfo nnd ho forgot It, nnd lie naturallv
ilnesn't want to cnt linnin
until sho U
asleep."
TIIl-3 I'AST.
Denver News.
A thousand dreams to enrth have comu and
gone,
A thpusalul forms, by fear or fnncv drawn,
Llko shapes of night havo faded from th
duwn.
A thousund creeds have held their sway
on earth.
Unto ii thousand myths havo glvun birth,
That now uro food for wonder, scorn or
mirth.
A thousand gods havo reigned their little
day,
And crumbled. They wcro fashioned out
of clay.
Llko worn-out toys they now nro cast
away.
A thousand cnntlcH nt tho human luluil
Aro wrecks with which tho counts of Tin in
aro lined,
Tho rubbish of tho ages left behind.
A thousand eystcm.s of a thousund schools,
Tho theories of Naturo's hidden rules,
Now seem to us tho dreams of ldlufools.
A thouHiiud lofty sentiments expressed, '
To thnso who heard them seeming ot tht
best,
Aro now forgotten of a themo for Jest.
A thousand books on memory havo laid
claim.
A thousand authors through them sought
for fame:
To us thcro Bcarco. rcinulns a slnglo lmino.
Tho winnower of tho ages threshes o'er
Tho harvest of a generation' loro;
Ono grain is gathered from tho threshing
tloor.
Tli o, rent as empty chnff, aside Is cast.
Oblivious rufusn, gathering thick and fast,
Chokes all tho gates and highways of tho
Past.
Religions, dreams, and empires nil havo
gone,
Llko shupes of night that vanish from tha
dawn,
Whllo through the ages earth went roll
ing on.