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Tho mlngo that "what kocs up must
come down" Is apparently reversed with
relation to sugar prices fixed by tho
trust.
American murines havo been landed at
Colon to protect tho railroad property.
It Is a fair presumption that tho rail
road at that point will not be interfered
with.
Tho fence has been erected around tho
fair ground nt St. Louis. By tho time
1903 rolls around tho St. Louis small
boy can bo depended on to have all tho
holes located.
Internal revenue receipts for the year
were $11,000,000 moro than tho es
timates. It Is difficult to tell In advance
how high tho tldo of prosperity will rise
uuder republican rule.
An American, astronomer has discov
ered what ho deems conclusive proof of
tho nebular theory. Yankee, curiosity
will ncvcr be satlslled until it has dis
covered all the secrets of tho universe.
Tho first step In abolishing unneces
sary offices should bo tho abolition of
tho county auditor and his forco of ns
sistantH, whoso work can readily be per-
formed by a clerk or two under tho
couuty clerk.
The wny to consolidate county nnd
city governments Is to consolidate. Wo
cannot .get to this point, however, until
the stnto constitution Is amended so ns
to permit the merging of governmental
departments now duplicating ono niy
other's work.
A Chicago actor has made a bet that
ho can catch a turnip dropped from
tho top of the Masonic temple. A moro
certain anil less dangerous way of se
curing n turnip, wjth no less notoriety,
ould be to. call professionally ou souio
klnd'hcnrtcd farmer. H
It Is certainly refreshing to have Rev.
John Williams pome to tho front with
tho statement that to call Omnha tho
worst city In tho country is n lie. Itcv.
John Williams nnd our late visitor,
Joslah Flynt Wlllard, should get to
gother lu a Joint debate.
The proposal by a party,, of American
capitalists to erect a modem sky-scrap
lug otllco building lu Loudon has started
a great outcry against this innovation.
John Hull should not kick so vigorously
If Brother vlonnthan Is willing to help
him keep up with tho procession.
Tho Commercial club Is a little late
In addressing President Roosevelt on
the subject of lrrlgntlon. Word from
Washington Is to tho effect that the
president's messugo has been completed
and his recommendations on Irrigation
havo doubtless been Incorporated Into It
Governor" Savage would have much
less dlfllculty lu securing good men to
servo ou his proposed Louisiana Pur
chase exposition commission If they
could bo assured thnt an extra session
of tho legislature would provide tho ap
propriattons necessary to creditable par
tlclpatlon by Nebraska.
The; cat may mew and the dog may
,J&nvo his day, but If the pending city
(ordluttnco hs Its way the night will
dtelong to people who desire to sleep
To be effective, however, the prohibition
on dogs from howling at night should
carry ah appropriation for. opiates to
Ipduco cnnluo slumbers,
South Omaha politicians arc a trifle
oyerzealous In their nnxjety to open the
municipal political pot so early In tho
game. With a field full of Incipient
mayors nt this stage of the proceedings
South Omaha's political cemetery may
havo t,o bo enlarged to furnish tho neces
sarr accommodations for dead iMilitlenl
aspirations by tho time tho city cam
palgn begins In earnest
AMKR1CATT DIPLOMACY.
Tho spoech of Secretary Hay regard
ing our diplomacy, nt the annual ban
quet of the New Yprk Chamber of Com
merce, was eminently discreet and ehnr
nqterlstlcally modest. Perhaps Its most
Interestluc statement whs lu re.tect to
the uniform frankness and candor which
havo marked American diplomacy. "We
have generally told squarely what we
wanted,' said the secretary of state,
"and announced early In negotiations
whnt we were willing to give." This
straightforward method of dealing with
foreign nations has been met, so far as
Mr. Hay's own experience goes, by the
representatives of other powers lu the
same spirit of frankness and sincerity.
Doubtless this has not always been the
case. There huve been occasions when
there seemed to be good reasons for
questioning the sincerity and frankness i
of some of the powers with which we
have had diplomatic dealings. Rut un
doubtedly the American exnmplo has
had a good effect In late years upon
foreign governments, to the very great
Improvement of diplomacy In u moral
point of view.
Secretary Hay could not with pro
priety say anything In regard to the
success of our recent diplomacy, but he
pointed out what wo have tried to do.
As a matter of fact thcro has been at
tained pretty much all that was striven
for nnd for this probably no ono Is en
titled to grenter credit than tho present
secretary of state. Tho lato President
McKlnley had implicit confidence In tho
Judgment nnd discretion of Mr. Uay and
It is not to bo doubted til at tho diplo
matic work of tho preceding adminis
tration was principally shaped nnd di
rected by tho secretary of stnto. That
It was able and judicious wo think nil
fair-minded persons will admit No
serious mistakes were, made, no Ameri
can interest was sacrificed and tho tra
ditional policy of tho United States
In respect to our foreign relations the
policy counseled by Georgo Washington
was kept constantly In view nnd faith
fully observed.
The contribution made by tho McKln
ley administration to the record of
nierlcan diplomacy Is most honorable
to tho country. It gnvo tho United
Stntes a higher position In the realm
of diplomacy than It had ever before
attained. In the Chinese trouble It was
from tho American Department of State
that tho chancelleries of Kuropo re
ceived nnd accepted counsel and sug
gestion. When tho ministers of foreign
powers were groping lu darkness and
unable to agree upon a policy light came
from Washington and a clear and
definite plan was announced by our gov
ernment. It Is well remembered with
what nstonlshment tho old world gov
ernments received this, though they
could not but recognize Its fairness and
wisdom,
The rule of our conduct, Secretary
Hay said, Is the Monroe doctrine nnd
tho golden rule. A strong point In his
spceclf was that lu which ho declared
that the United States will not, because
of Its strength, drive, n hard bargain
with a wenk nation, nor will It be
tompted "to Insult or defy a great power
because It Is strong,Nor even because it
Is friendly." To bo fair and Just to all
nations hns been nnd should continue
to bo tho guiding principle of American
diplomacy.
PROTECTION OVIjAROR.
In considering whnt should bo douo
to Increase our foreign trade due re
gard must be hnd for the interests of
Amcrlcnn labor. Wo cannot nITord to
adopt any policy which would result In
reducing tho price of our labor. Senator
Halo of Maine, who Is not favorable
to reciprocity or to any change In the
tariff, said lu a recent Interview: "I
do not believe In tho reciprocity which
cuts down tho duty upon French and
British West India and Canadian" man
ufneturcs nnd products thnt compete
directly with ours and that nre grown
nnd manufactured by labor half paid,
as compared with our labor. I rccog
nlzo fully tho Immense benefit to Amer
ican labor and American industries
couferrcil 'by tho Dlngley tariff, which
hns, by lu encouragement to our own
labor, enabled us to furnish tho prod
ucts of tho farm, tho tulno ami tho mill
to foreign countries nt such rates as
have already gained for us nearly nil
tho trade of the civilized world that Is
worth having.
Thcro Is no question, of course, thnt
the existing tariff has been of great
benefit to labor. It put to work hun
drcds of thousands of people who were
Idle wheu It wns enacted nnd thus
caused a gcnernl advnnco In the price
of labor. Would such trndo arrange
tncnts as Mr. McKlnloy contemplated
have a tendency to lower the price of
lnbor? Certainly he did not think so,
for no public mnn more earnestly de
sired thnn did tho late president thnt
lnbor should bo adequately protected.
His Idea wns that by Increasing our
foreign trndo thero would be better
assurance of tho continued employment
of lnbor nnd thnt therefore tho price
of it would bo maintained. He snld:
What wo produce beyond out- domestic
consumption must have a vent abroad.
The excess must .bo relieved through a
foreign outlet nnd we should sell every
where we enn and buy wherovcr tho
buying will enlarge our sales and pro
dilutions nnd thereby make u greater
demand for home labor." It was clearly
tho opinion of Mr. McKlnley thnt reel
proclty vould be in tho Interest of
labor.
Reducing or removing, duties, ns pro
posed by Representative Babeoek, Is
however, another mntter. His proposi
tlon Is doubtless In the Interest of tho
consumer, but If duties on tho products
of Iron nnd steel should bo reduced Is
it not very probable that the manu
facturers would make labor pay tho
difference, or part of It? Mr. Bnbcock
says that lu tho class of manufactures
Ills bill touches lnbor does not enter
to such a degreo ns lu other branches of
steel making. Thnt Is true, but It by
uo means follows that labor euiployed
In thoso other branches would not be
affected If tho manufacturers should de
cide to get back from their employes
what was lost through reduced duties.
Perhaps they would not attempt to do
this. Possibly they would bo dcterrcu
by fear of a serlou conflict with labor
which would be disastrous to them.
Such a conflict might easily be preelpl-
aled, Willi the gravest consequence,
Vet the matter Ih one demanding the
most careful consideration.
Adequate protection of American la
bor It of the first Importune. It now
has that protection and It must be
maintained. That It would not be
menaced by such a system of trade ar
rangements ns .fcKlnloy contemplated,
but on the contrary there would be
created n greater demand for home la
bor, thus assuring the maintenance of
wages, It seems to us there enn be no
doubt.
Till: TRACKAGE SQVARRLE.
Tho trackage squabble that has been
on for some time between two of the
principal railroads competing for local
freight business seems to havo reached
an acute stage.
Tho point of contention is over the
right to use Klghth street for switching
purposes. This street Is now occupied
In part by sidetracks belonging to the
Burlington, while the Northwestern sys
tem Is cndenvorlng to secure, tho same
right of way through the 'unoccupied
portion of the street. To the North
western the possession of this privilege
Is thp more Important because It would
open the door for thnt road Into the
wholesale district, from which It has
hitherto been excluded.
So fnr as tho general public Is con
cerned this controversy should be settled
without reference to tho selfish Inter
ests of the rival roads. That part of
Klghth street Is not of grcnt Importance
ns a thoroughfare and Its use for track
age purposes would not seriously Incon
venience tho foot or wngou trntllc that
might resort to It In transit from ono
part of tho city to another.
Whnt Oinnhn wnnts Is to build up nnd
strengthen its commercial Institutions
and Improve Its facilities as n railway
center. Every great city must have Its
warehouse nnd Jobbing district accessi
ble to the railroads through sidetracks
and switching stubs. Tho latest propo
sition of tho Burlington is to erect a now
freight house and otherwise eulnrgo Its
traekngi) facilities in tho Jobbing dis
trict In enso It can secure tho exclusive
use of the street lu dispute for these
purposes.
What tho city authorities and the
property owners lu thnt district will
havo to weigh Is whether the proposed
Improvements of tho Burlington are of
more advantage from tho standpoint of
Omaha's commercial growth than the
opening of the wholesale district to an
other and competing railroad bidding for
local patronage. This Is tho pith of the
problem nnd no amount of conflicting
ordinances, successlvo Injunctions and
counter propositions can obscure it.
AS WAS TO HAVE IIEEN EXPECTED.
As was to have been expected, the
Lincoln Journal rushes to the defense
of State Treasurer Stuefcr nnd his
school fund manipulations just ns It did
to the defense of Bartlcy and the former
stato house Impeachable. But the
journal voices no ono except those who
prefer to go crooked Instead of walking
straight. So far as The Hoc Is con
cerned It Is simply throwing the search
light niton the different bond deals by
which tho stnto school fund hns been
milked. It hns suggested that In view
of the Indisputable records the best
thing Treasurer Stuefcr can do for the
stato and tho party Is to resign. It has
been waiting so fnr in valu for him to
make u lucid statement of his position
before reinforcing that suggestion. In
the Interval It is only natural to find
newspapers like the Lincoln Journal en
ergetically defending and excuslug job
bery and trying to mako Mr. Stuofer
out to be an Innocent victim of political
persecution.
The Real Estate exchange cannot en
gage in any more laudable undertaking
thnn tho movement to bring about a
reduction of tho tnx burdens borne by
the owners of Omaha realty. The un
equal nnd oppressive tnx on real estate
Is the greatest bar to resumed real estate
activity. Real estate prices lu Omnha
would bo Jumping lively today wero It
not for tho reluctance of Investors to
put enpitnl Into prdperty thnt must turn
a largo share of Its Income over to the
tax gatherer, while Investments In
stocks and bonds escape the assessor
altogether.
The great American custom of passing
tho hat nt every opportunity has re
ceived a setback. It being reported thnt
all Admiral Schley's savings had been
dissipated In carrying on his case before
tho court of Inquiry, an admiring friend
proposed to start n subscription for Ills
benefit, but this tho admiral promptly
declined. Generosity Is a good tralfnnd
n desire to help your fellow mnn Is an
other, but it is not always lu good tnRte
to take up a collection. Self-respecting
men who aro able to do' so generally
prefer to help themselves.
Senator Tlllmnn hns broken out again
lu almost the same spot Ho declared
in a recent address nt I.nCrosso that
"Wo will havo white supremacy In the
south If we .have to kill all the negroes."
The houth Is making fair progress nlong
these lines, but, like other men who talk
much, the senator is doing his share of
tho killing with his mouth and by proxy.
The senntor should keep still or get
into the fray where pitchforks are at u
discount nnd shotguns at a premium.
Several Omnha wholesale houses have
found It necessary this fall and summer
to seek larger quarters than those which
have sufficed In years past, and the past
few years have also seen a large lucreaso
in the number of wholesale houses In
the city. It would appear that this
section of tho world was marching right
along In the prosperity procession if the
corn crop Is a llttlo short
Mr. Pearso wants the school hoard to
Invest $-,000 In arms and equipment for
the High school cadets, The War de
partment Intimates that It could bo pre
vntlcd upon to furnish this equipment
If the cadets were under the Instruction
of ,nn assigned army olllcer. The sug
gestlun from the War department how
ever, falN on deaf ears, as the granting
of the application for the assignment or
an army olllcer would cut off the
monthly salary of young Mr. Pearso as
commandant of the cadets.
.Miles Slgfrled, who came to the United
States as an olllclal representative of the
French government to Investigate indus
trial and business conditions, advises
his countrymen' not only to study Ameri
can methods but to make haste to ce
ment a friendship with this country
which will be valuable lu the future, for
he warn- them the present century will
see the United States tho greatest
power, commercially and otherwise, lu
the world. The Frenchman evidently
kept his eyes open while he was over
her1.
President Roosevelt's forthcoming
message Is said to bo long nnd compre
hensive. That means that ho has no
single cure-all to solve all the variegated
problems congress has to meet,
Soma I'nps for Fnllures.
Washington Post.
The Onthmann gun might bo utilized for
firing salutes. Like some other failures wo
might mention, It makes a great deal of
nolle.
Tackling; n Large Job.
St. Louis Republic.
Governor Van Sant of Minnesota has an
nounced his determination to fight tho new
railroad combination. This means n lot of
work for his typewriter and very llttlo for
tho courts.
Ilnme Utile Without Arms.
Raltlmoro American.
Cuba Is shortly to enjoy tho sweets or
sours of self-rule. It Is suggested that the
United States disarm the voters Just before
self-rule goes Into effect, becauso thcro Is
moro than one man down thero who la dead
set on ruling all tho others and of not
being ruled himself.
Another Combine In .Sight.
Sprlnglleld Republican.
Among tho latest combinations projectod
Is n $10,000,000 aggregation of thirty-five of
tho largest plaster companies in tho coun
try under tho name of tho United States
Gypsum company. Tho surprising thins
Just now about such an announcement as
this Is that there should remain any moro
Industries in the country to bo organized
Into trusts.
MlKlitr I'rir or 'Em l.pft.
Springfield Republican.
Tho populist party will disappear from
tho United States senate at tho coming
session, an Senators Heltfcld and Dubois of
Idaho will formally Join tho democratic
side and attend the democratic caucus.
Tho wholo senate will then bo divided be
tween democrats and republicans, a con
dition that has not prevailed beforo lu
about ten years.
Th?r JVccrt the Sinner.
Minneapolis Times.
The government has succeeded In getting
about $100,000 of tho stealings of Captain
Carter and an additional $100,000 Is prom
ised. Captain Carter's sharo of tho plunder
amounted, ran stated during tho court
martial,) -ois$722,C2S.02. Of this amount
$000,301.55, was represented by recorded ln
vestmcnts in stocks and bonds in New
York. Captain Carter's lawyers aro making
a bravo fight for bis liberty and tho re
maining $322,528.02.
Uncle Snm'a "Splendid Isolation."
New York World.
The latest French budget showed a de
ficit of $10,000,000.
The latest Gorman budget showed -a de
ficit of $35,000,000.
Tho latest Drltlsh budget showed a deficit
of $266,000,000.
The noxt United States budgot will, It is
expected, show a surplus of $130,000,000.'
Alono among the great nations tho United
States Is paying Its way as it goos and
steadily reducing its funded debt at the
samo time.
Illuh Hope for the Ilnlrlra.
Chicago Chronicle.
The ancient and honorahlo guild of bald
heads will look with scant favor upon the
new theory that tho Roentgen X-ray Is n
specific antldoto for tho absenco of capil
lary adornment. Happily tho discoveries
of science, when reduced to tho practica
bility of a medical or surgical cur'c, aro not
compulsory. ,' Tho Individual who' has posed
for years as an exponent of tho results of
early piety or dalliance with tho students'
midnight lamp Is not to bo stampeded by
an Iconoclastic scientist Into a sacrifice of
his crown of glory.
Waning 1'iincr of the l'nll.
Springfield Republican.
The recent official proclamation, so to
speak, virtually prohibiting army and navy
officers from trying to placo the president
under political pressure In tho filling of
military and naval posts, may mark the
ond of the halcyon days of "pull" In the
army and navy. Penator- Proctor a year
or two ago delivered a notable denunciation
of tho system of political and social In-
trlguo by which eo many officers obtained
coveted positions or promotions. President
Roosevelt nnd Secretary Root aro Just the
men to stamp out that system once and for
all.
.11 n xr. 1 1 n ir the IliirUers.
St. Paul Pioneer Pre?.
The Omaha council Is considering an or
dlnanco Imposing a fine .of $20 on any per
son who after being notified permltu hts
dog to bark to the annoyanco of tho neigh
bors. Offenders must either send their
dogs to the country, kill them or shut them
up. It Is a cuso of put up or shut up, and
Indicates that there are other towns be
sides SI. Paul which has not been progress
ive enough to abolish dogs as well as cat
tie, hogs and other relics of their village
days. The sick, the nervous, the sleepless
and such comparatively useless portions of
the population appear to have a champion
to assert their claims against the owners
of dogs,
rroniotloiiK In the Army.
Portland Oregonlan.
If President Roosevelt adheres to his de
termination to consult tho record!, of the
War department rather than tho wishes of
personal friends of nsplrantn.or promotion
or appointment in the urmy, ho will prove
the strongest man who has occupied the
Whlto House for at least a generation. The
political pull is Inferior In Influence to the
military pull at Washington, and when tho
two combine It It an exceptionally strong
executive who does not yield to the demand
rff the combination, to the detriment of the
military service and tho Injustice to sol
diers who havo fairly won promotion. Thi
records of the War department aro much
more trustworthy for military purposes
than the family record, even though the
latter may furnish the name of a Grant, a
Dlalne or a Harrison.
The World's Thirst
Chicago Record-Herald
The increase In the consumption of spirits
lu Germany, to which reference has been
made In dispatches, has been progressive
through many years. In 1SS1 the consump
tion per head was 1.33 gallons. In 1SS5, !.$.
In ISftS, l.'.M). Concurrently with this there
has been an Increase In the consumption of
beer also. The number of gallons per head,
which was 19.S In 1S83, had risen to 23.5 lu
1895. (lei many Is not, however, n great
wlne-drlnklng country and with tho In
creased consumption of beer and spirits
thero has been a falling off In tho consump
tion of wine.
For tho following countries the total
amount of liquor drank each year Is esti
mated n millions of gallons thus:
Wine.
. 15
. 5W
, IVI
. V,
. 13-1
. 20
Reer, Hplrll.
l.llin S!)
19 71
1,2:1(1 !!)
!M ir.
.176 !7
'tilled Kingdom
'ranee
lermnny
lussla
Austrlu
'lilted Htutrs...
Reduced to alcohol, the consumption of
hoso same countries Is: United Kingdom,
3,000,000 gnllons; Krance, 143,000,000; Ger
many, llt.000,000; Austria, "8.000,000; United
States, 78,000,000. Franco leads by virtue
of Its Immense consumption of wlno nnd It
leads also In the amount of consumption per
head, a computation which othorwlso ills-
rt'.MO STATE POLITICS.
Columbus Telegram (dcm.): If tho dem
ocratic ntnte committee was behind tho Is-
sunnco of thnt liquor dealers' circular In
favor of Judge Hollenbeck, then Indeed the
coromltteo was in very poor business. A
great majority of the voters of Nebraska
nre opposed to prohibition, but In tho
strength of their manhood they object to
nppcarlng In the rolu of second-fiddlers to
this Omaha association which has -hereto'
fore been supposed to hold within tho hol
low of Its hand tho destiny of nil candidates
for office In Nebraska. Wo do not believe
Judgt Hollenbeck could havo been elected
under nny clrcumstnnces, but wo do bcllcvo
that circular cost him many votes. Tho
German voters of Nebraska aro not such
fools ns they aro pictured by tho whisky
nssoclatlon, They ennnot be driven like
cattle. When any man In Nobraskn claims
to carry the "Dutch" vote of this stato In
his vest pocket, that man Is both n falsifier
and n fool.
Kearney Democrat; It does not require
a very deep mathomntlclan to arrive at the
conclusion that tho decent element In poli
tics has been awnkened to a realization of
tho situation throughout tho country. Tho
two most Important demonstrations In this
direction nt tho recent election wero In
New York and in Nebraska. Nebrnska was
nlono standing upon tho dishonest ground
of dishonest fusion at tho command and
under tho leadership of Mr. Rryan, and nt
lust tho decent pcoplo In politics through-
cuutho stntc has affixed Its stump of dis
approval upon tho Rryan fusion nnd cast
It out from among them. Tho Nebraska
election will havo tho greatest effect on
national politics. Whllo tho election hero
was of no special Importance In itself, Mr.
Rryan mudo It so by entering tho contest
nnd going out In tho stnto on the stump
with his characteristic revival orntlonn, de
termined to re.vlvo his fallen prestlgo by
returning tho stato to Rryanlsm. Tho ro
sult Is now only too well known, not only
to us, but tp Mr. Rryan. Whllo visiting
other counties Mr. Rryan visited Ruffalo
county and tho result was thnt Judge Sedg
wick wont out of his county with 224 ma
jority. Tho saino rosult was attained In
Custer county, Kearnoy county, Polk
county, Adams county and dozens of others
which ho visited on his tour of fusion In
spection. Whllo Mr. Aryan's political ca
reer may not bo finished, It is surely badly
clouded with great uncertainty. Since his
ndheslon with poplsm, socialism, freo sll
vcrlsm and other dogmas In 1S9G his po
litical shadow has been growing conspicu
ously less. His second battlo left fewer
dead and wounded on the field of action
than his first, nnd now his third struggle
has laid him low. His every step and ac
tion has been n weakening effort, and In
the same degreo thnt his Isms havo de
creased true democracy has brightened and
increased.
FEnSONAI. XOTI59.
John Piorson of Swedcsboro, N. J., who
was elected to tho stnto senate In 1861 on
tho samo ticket with Lincoln, was 96 years
old on the 16th Inst. '
General Funston has completely recovered
from tho operation performed on hlra about
a month ago for appendicitis and drives
daily on tho tuneta at Manila.
Dr. Richard J. Catling recently entered
upon his eighty-fourth year. For his birth
day thoughts ho might have had tho pleas
ant calculation that tho famous gun of his
invention has killed about 250,000 men since
1863.
Miss Mary Wlllard, a niece of Frances E.
Wlllard, will lift tho first spadeful of earth
for the now American church about to bo
built In Hcrlln, tho cornorstono of which
will bo laid on Thanksgiving day by Am
bassador White.
Railroad officials at Salt take City, Utah,
say that not less than 40,000 tourists visited
that city during tho nvo months ending
October 31 last, and they estlmato that at
least $400,000 was spent thero by them
during, their stay.
John Riley, an engineer on the Pittsburg
division of the Pennsylvania railroad, has
received a check for $500 and a gold watch,
valued at $1,000, from officers of tho com
pany for signal bravery In stopping a run
away train Inst spring.
Miss Margaret Rrown, a young negro
woman, has been appointed a teacher lu
public school No. 13, Jorsoy City, and the
parents of the pupils, described as being
among the fashionable and wealthy people
of the town, are making a strong protest.
Mr. Adolphus Uuscfi, chairman of the St.
Louis World's Fair committee on foreign
relations, who has Juat returned from a six
montns' absence in Kuropo, uociares mat
tho St. Louis exposition will have to b4
postponed for not less thau a year, as for
eign exhibitors will not bo nblo to proparo
their exhibits within tho proscribed time.
Governor Durbln of Indiana Is reported as
saying that he will not reply to the letter of
Oovernor ncckham of Kentucky relative to
his refusal to extradite ex-Governor Taylor.
"The incident, so far as I am concerned,"
Governor Durbln is quoted as saying, "Is
closed forever. As far ns the letter of Gov
ernor Reckham is concerned, tho moro peo
ple who read it tho better satisfied I
will be."-
Cnrrlo' Notion tho other evening lectured
to largo nudlenco in Marietta, 0 under
tho direction of H. J. Conrath, a saloon
keeper, and Joo Druner, a pugilist. In an
swer to criticisms on her appearanco under
such maungoment Mrs. Nntlon said: "Nei
ther the Woman's Christian Temperance
union nor tho churches would bring me
hero, but these men dhr; and I am grateful
to thera"
Mark Twain, In his famous article,
"Christian Science and the Rook of Mrs.
Eddy," writes that when a practitioner of
tVit cult sent In her bill for services to
him he ald: "'Nothing exists but mlnd'7"
" 'Nothing,' she answered. 'All else Is
substaiiceless, all else Is Imaginary.' I gave
her an Imnglnary check, and now she Is
suing ma for substantial dollars. It look
Inconsistent."
arranges the table considerably, the number
of gallons per head of pure alcohol being'
Kranre, 3.80; Helgtum, 3,10; Switzerland,
2.60; Germany, 2.20, Italy, 2.10; Spain, 1S6.
Switzerland, Italy and Spain nre, tike
Prance, great wlue-drlnklng countries,
which explains their appearance In this
last list.
The tendency everywhere Is toward an
Increase of consumption. In separate tables
on beer for the years 1SS5 and 1895 a con
siderable addition per capita Is noted for
each country named. Consumption of
spirits decreased some In Russia, Scandi
navia, Holland and 'tho United States, but
Increased elsewherei In the caso of both
beer and spirits the total consumption per
head was Increased and there was at
the same time an Increase In tho total con
sumption of wine, although several coun
tries did not keep up their rate.
Tho greatest of beer-drlnktng countries
Is llctelum. when the consumntlou In 1895
was 42.2 gallons per head. Great Rrltaln
comes second with 29.C gallons and Ger
many third with 23.5. Evidently beer has
not been banished from the Fatherland yet,
in splto of the demand for spirits, but If It
must pay $714,000,000 every year for In
toxlcatlng liquors beer Is a decidedly safer
Investment than spirits.
ON TO Clf Alll.HSTOJf.
Sooth Cnrnltnn Tonn Abont to Pnll
Oft an Exposition.
The second exposition of the new cen
tury and the seventh held in th United
States within ten years will open its gates
at Charleston, S. C, on Sunday, December
1. Its official tltlo Is "Tho South Carolina
Intorstato and West Indian Exposition," but
for general uses it will bo known as tho
Ivory city Ivory being tho prevalent color
tono of the buildings. Tho opening on
Sunday will bo nn Informal one, partaking
largely of a religious character, and at
noon on tho following dny President Roose
velt Bcated nt his desk In tho Whlto
Houso, will press an electrla button, which
will sot tho machinery In motion nnd start
n battery of siren whistles in action.
The city has already assumed tho exposi
tion garb. A largo section of tho Pan
American Midway has arrived and moro of
tho fakir element Is on the way. Many
of tho exhibits nt Ruffnlo aro being In
stalled nnd thousands of men aro employed
putting things In shape for tho opening day.
Tho exposition Is n pretentious affair In
number of bulldlugs and ground area. It Is
locntod on tho Ashley river, about two nnd
a half miles from tho business center, and
cmbroccs 160 acres. The principal build
ings are tho Cotton, Commerce, Agricul
tural, Minerals and Forestry, Administra
tion, Auditorium, Woman's Art, Negro and
Transportation and Machinery. These
buildings nre grouped around n court
1,200 feet long and over 900 feet wide, with
sunken gardens In the center 700 feet long
nnd 450 feet wide. In speaking of this
feature, tho Court of Palaces, the pros
pectus of tho exposition says:
"It contains 1,650,000 square feet, as com
pared with 480,000 feet at tho Trans
mlsslsslppl exposition, 720,000 squaro feet
at Paris, 503,000 squaro feet at Chicago,
1,530,000 square feet' at Ruffalo."
Tho purpose of tho exposition Is to pro
mote commercial rotations with tho sevonty
West Indian Islands. The exports from th
United States for the year ending June 3.
1900, to theso Islands wero greater than
those to tho fifteen republics of South nnd
Central America combined, greater than
thoso to China, Japan and Aslatto Russia
combined, and greater than thoso to Russia,
Austria-Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Norwny
and Sweden. Turkey, Greece nnd Switzer
land combined.
Ono of tho main features of the exhibi
tion will bo n textllo building, In which
an object lesson will bo glvon of the devel
opment of cotton manufactures In tho
south tn tho last twenty years. Groat In
terest will also center In the oxhlbits from
Cuba, Porto Rico, tho Philippines, Mexico
nnd tho South and Central American re
publics. It Is probable that tho energetic and public-spirited
men who planned this great ex
position havo experienced much the same
difficulties ab thoso which beset and con
front all exposition builders Indeed, all
pioneers In any field. It is enough to say
that, with all tho courage, patience, hope
and faith of genuine pioneers, they have
hold -to thulr purpose and brought the en
terprise to a point perhaps never before at
tained In so short a period of tlmo in the
history of exposition building. Hardly
eighteen mouths havo passed slnco the ex
position was first planned. Rarely a year
has elapsed slnco tho departments wero
fully organized.
The prosldcnt of tho exposition company
Is Captain F. W. Wegener. Tho director
general Is Colonel John II. Averlll. The
directors, nlno in number) ono of whom is
from Columbia, S. C, and ono from Haiti
more, Md., aro men of means and Influence,
Tho manager of tho negro department Is
Rooker T. Washington, tho principal and
founder of the Industrial school at Tuske
gec, Ala.
DAM.UHN THAT 1IAV15 PASSED.
I'o un 1 1 mil Vnnlaura from the Upper
House of Congress,
Hnltlmore Amerloan.
It Is a good sign of progress to bear that
tho next senate will contain no populist.
Whoso in that body who onco had fanciful
theories nbout government have, it Is said,
seen the error of their ways, nnd have re
turned to the ranks of tho old parties which
thoy left because of tguorance, plquo and
disappointment. When one roflects how
much foolish ideas of government, Impos
sible of realization, especially in regard to
financial matters, have cost tho people of
the United States, every good citizen Is
heartily glud that populism and everything
connected with it has practically been swept
uwhy.
Men used to argue lu congress and on the
stump about what greenbacklsm would do
for the. country; then came populism, with
Its nonsensical theories, which appealed for
a tlrau especially to tho rural voters, be
causo the speakers professed to provo that
the federal govornnicnt could make every
body wealthy at homo and punish every for
eign nation that didn't agreo with tbo popu
lists. Tho plan to havo tho government
buy tho products of farmers and hold the
grain and cotton, etc., In big warehouses
until the foreigners should bo compelled to
buy it at any price the populists thought
high enough, sounded well when the farm
ers listened to the speakers; hut, fortu
nately for the country, tho majority of the
people were suspicious, and the thing failed.
Then camo the free sliver agitation,
which, In 1800, came near plunging the
country Into the most disastrous financial
trouble ever known. Foreigners looked on
and saw tho Lusiness of the richest country
on earth paralyzed while a lot of harum
scarum orators were going all over the land
professing to. bo able to prove that a SO
cent dollar was worth as much as one of 100
cents. As wealthy ns this country Is, and
as progrcsslvo ns the American people re,
tho damage dono by the free sliver agitation
has nover bcon mado up, because money
withdrawn, on account of a scare, from pro
ductive operations Is a lots to the capital of
the world, for the reason that the oppor
tunity for Its Investment cannot ts again
availed of, as It might hsvs been had tho
scare not come,
For months, even years, there wero strong
advocates of free silver In the senate. Pop
ullstlc theories of various kinds were sol
emnly advoc.itod there, nnd all for party
and person! .ends, The true definition of
statesman daes-not Include tho narrowness.
Ignorance aud prejudice of a mnn who U
Incapable of regarding n public question
from any except n porsonal nnd partisan
point of lew. Such men do not represent
the great body of thinking and working peo
ple In a lftnd'guch ns this, The country Is
sincerely glad that most of these agitators
nnd Inrompotcnts have dloappeared from
public life, nnd thnt tho few who nre left
have realized thnt they hnd much to learn.
HAIMIOAI) STOCK IXFI.ATIOM.
-I
A in (i ii ii I nt riHItlnn (.'npltnl Pot Into
the 3lorRnleiJ llonila.
Springfield (linns,) Republican.
This Northern Securities company affair
certainly marks a giant stride in -allroad
consolidation, It may not, most prnbabty
will not, stop nt ownership of Great North
ern and Northern Pacific. Its present cap
ital of $f00,000,000. can be Increased to any
extent under tho Now Jersey charter. It
may go on to takn up tho ownership of St
Paul, Northwest. Chicago Great Western
and even Union raclflc which would bring
under single control nearly 50,000 miles of
transportation lino with a capital of somo
$2,000,000,000, stocks and bonds. It may not
even stop tbere. Hut considered as it
stands It represents a most notoworlny ag
gregation of mtlroad capital and interests
something that seuld havo been of start
ling magnitude In days before Mr. Morgan
had accustomed the country to $1,400,000,000
oggregntlons of capital under n tingle con
trol. In nil of these monopoly enterprises there
Is much Inflation of capital much capltnl
Izlng of monopoly expectations; and th
present caso constitutes no excoptlon to
the rule. Tho stocks of the two northern
roads will bo taken up by tho new company
on terms as follows:
,,, Old Stock. New Stock.
Of. Northern....$l?6,Oii0,OOOatl8O $l25,Oft),0
No. rnclfic 155.000,000 nt 115 178,2,0 0
Totals ..$2S0,O0O,O0 KM, 260,0(0
Rut the market vlow of .values In these
cases beforo combination wa considered
nnd the anticipated earning power of en
larged monopoly hnd been taken into ac
count was somothlng quite different Going
back of tho movement Instituted list spring
for quoted values, wo would have somo
such result ns this; supposing ownership
was tnken over by the new company on tho
market basis;
. Old stock. New stock.
Gt. Northern $l25.nno.O00 at 170 $:i2,WK.Ono
Nor. raclftc com. SO.OO1.00O nt 70 M.000,000
Nor. I'aclflo pref. 75,000,000 nt W t,000,00rt
Totals ..i.v'n... $280,000,000 '$32S,GOO,0O
Thus nn Inflation substantially equal to
tho difference between $328,500,000 and
$403,000,000 Is Involved in tho present con
solidation and back of It is an Inflation of
Rurllngion of about n proportionate ex
tent Contrasted with the United States Steel
corporation and other industrials this Is n
very mild Inflation, Indeed; "but the chief
characteristic of the consolidation of the
day Is here-'nn effort to capitalize In en
during form tho best earning results of the
best times In business, with such additions
ns consolidation may be expected to bring.
As long as tho groat prosperity of the
country continues these Inflated ventures
will have no trouble, but their .ability t
live up t,o their extravagant commitments
In lean times Is qulto another matter.
MOHT AMI BRIGHT.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "James J. Jeffrie la
n bird," said nn enthuslistlo partisan.
"Yes, n J bird," added lio other chap.
8omorvlllo Journal: Rinks-When you get
angry, do you always stop tt count ion?
Winks Lord, no'.jl should i. counting
halt tho time.
Chicago Tribune: "Cold, proud, flekle
girl! Iist week you smiled your svtetest
ut mo. Now yo'J seem to bn trying U. look
me down!"
"Recnusc, sir, I hnve looked you up."
Cleveland rinln Dealer: "I see that a
member of New York's Millionaires' club
wns detected lu the act of cheating at
cards."
"How sad that seems. And how true it
is that the rich havo their temptations
well as the poor."
Troy Times: Citizen Madam, why do you
Gerslst In punching mo with your urn
rclla7 Madam I want to mako you look around
so I can thank you for giving mo your
seat. Now, sir, don't go oft and say that
women haven't nny manners".
Chicago Post: "f don't see why they cnlj
Philadelphia hIow."
"Why not?" , ,
"took nt tbo way the politicians make
thn money fly. Why, in one Wny Philadel
phia Beta the pace.
Washington Star: "Lady," snld Meander
ing Mike, "havo yoj any coffee or mince
plo or "
"Haven't you been hero twice heforeT"
"Lady, 1 have. I'm too good n Judge o
cookln' to lot such performances as yours
go without nn encore."
Catholic Standard: "I hope," said the
drummer, "you wero quite satisfied wkh
mv report for tho past -month."
"Weil," replied tho head of the firm,
"there was ono part of It that really ex
ceeded our expectations."
"AtwI -cvlint wih that?"
"Your cxpenso bill."
Philadelphia Press: Htubbs I do wish we
could do something to Introduce our meritorious-
paintings to publta notice.
Hcrlbbs Well, let's .take adjoining studies
and give n hop."
Somervlllo Journal: Helle Did you ever
fnlnt dead nwny? .
Nell Yes. My father gave me a $20 gold-
piece once.
TIIK WKDIlIXn MARCH.
Margaret K. Sangster In Everywhere.
Soflly. softly, stir tho chorus,
Louder let the organ peal.
Tenderly along thtv aisles i.
Let the golden muslo steal.
Hush, she comes, tho radiant bride,
Swell tho glorious tones with pride,
Hee, her veil about her floats,
Thrill tho gentle minor notes.
Every heart Is hers this day; l
Flowers before her feet are east,
Stepping on her maiden way,
Stopping from her sheltered past
May tlio years before her be
Full of bliss and loyalty;
May ho whom she takes. this hour
Guard her with his manhood's power.
Heaven bless this' fairest maid;
Lift your voices myriad-blent,
Organ by u master played.
Tell of peace nnd long content.
May theso wedded hearts be leal,
(loo himself their union seal,
And His presenco evermore
Dwell within tholr happy door.
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