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If Argentine find Chile really want to
light they will linve to drop punlllstlc
tactics und got down to more business
and less talk.
Snnntor Depovv litis Dually been bound
In triplicate marriage ties. A handy
American court could cut the knot In u
single stroke.
Historian Mnclny now says lio Is
willing to let the matter drop. lie ought
to be glad If the goVurniui.it rests con
tout with letting 1 j I in drop.
At $5 a bird Nebraska sportsmen who
persist In shooting game outside of the
season will eventually come to the con
elusion that It Is cheaper to buy direct
on the market.
No one would even guess from the lack
of excitement that the Iowa legislature,
to meet next week, Is to enjoy the priv
ilege of choosing two members of the
American house of lords.
Only l.r(I bankruptcy cases have been
filed In this district for the year just
closing, as against U'J'.t for UMJO. As a
result of continued prosperous condi
tions the rate of business mortality Is
being reduced.
Tho latest cabinet gossip plants the
successor of Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock out In Wyoming. The great
west stands ready to furnish all the
members of the president's advisory
board if the requisition Is made.
' What glorious sport must have been
enjoyed at that beautiful South Omahu
prize light In which one of the coin
bntants was knocked out In the second
round by n deliberate foul. Where is
Dur conscientious county attorney'
Nobody will deny that Omaha needs
a market house except those whose per
sonal Interests are In conllict witli the
proposal. Hut If we are to have a mar
ket house It must be centrally located,
commodious to all requirements and a
creditable structure.
The noted French aeionaul, Santos
Duinont, Intimates that he will tour the
United .States to give airship exhibl
tlons. Kuropenu talent has tried about
every other way to get to the American
pocketbook and, u trip by the air line
ought to prove successful.
A local paper reports that n commit
tee if auditorium promoters has gone to
Kansas City '.'to lino, out -how big
white elephant au auditorium can bo
made to be." iloro Is a chance for tho
auditorium directory to hold another
old-time session on the subject of
"knocking."
Tho fault-finders seem to forget that
If President Itoosevelt wanted a seere
tary of tho treasury whose, every view
agreed with that oV Secretary Onge, be
doubtless would have Insisted upon Mr.
lingo remaining in the position. No
two men with well-developed brain
power ever think precisely alike.
The city comptroller wants the coun
cil to provide for tho printing of the an
nual city reports, If these reports
could be counted on to undo the harm
worked by the fictitious statements of
tho municipal finances that have em
anated from the comptroller's olllee the
expense of printing them might be
money well spent.
ICdltor Hryan Is having trouble de
nying unfounded re-wrta that he Is
about to retire from the tripod of the
Commoner. Mr. Hryan will not take
these fakes as seriously when ho has
had a longer editorial career. Solici
tous political opponents have for years
past retired tho editor of Thu Heo from
tho management of this paper at least
once each year, but ho Is still doing
business at tho old stand.
SCItUOO HO Mil) h'ISAXUES.
Tho Hoard of IMucatlon lias taken ex
ception to the assertion made by Tho
Heo n few days ago that tho most
marked Increase of public expenditure
In Omaha within the past live years has
taken place In connection with the con
duct of the public school system, which
for tho pust year has approximated
$."00,000 exclusive of Interest on tho
school district debt. In a communica
tion prepared by Secretary Ilurgess und
signed by all tho members of the board,
Tho Heo Is asked to make the following
correction:
Tho total expenditures of the school dls
trlct for all purposes during tho calendar
year 1001 were $192,933. 13. This does In
clude the Interest on the school district
debt, which amounted to $16,261.77. It also
Includes $27,505.99 placed In .tho sinking
fund In accordance with law to redeem
1200,000 worth of bonds payable In 190;!.
This amount placed In tho sinking fund
also Includes $11,039.50 which previous
boards failed to place In tbo sinking fund
In accordance with law. This total expeu
dlturo of $492,933.13 also Includes $3,619.23
for tho erection of new school buildings
and tho purchase of school Bites. It also
Includes $5,064.47 for permanent Improve
ments. It also includes an expenditure of
approximately $34,000 for ono month moro
of school than wo had in tho previous cal
endar year.
These llgurcs vouched for by tho bonnl
aro misleading and do not con
tradict tho goneral proposition that the
most marked Increase of public expendi
ture within tho past flvo jears Is to
bo voted In connection with tho conduct
of the public school system. Tho of
llclul report of tho board for tho last
fiscal year ending Juno 'M, 11)01, which
has Just been Issued, embodies the fol
lowing exhibit of general fuud re
sources and expenditures for the past
live years:
GENERAL FUND.
Hc80urccs. Expenditures.
1896- 7 $359,257.73 J361.691.63
1897- S 475,436.21 424,678.03
1S98-3 426,823.67 454,167.91
1899- 0 509,901.40 168,505.11
1900- 1 665,561.30 179,451.68
A glance at these figures will sulllce
to bear out thu position of Tho Hee.
They show that In five years the gen
eral fund expenditures have Increased
$117,157.00. Five years ago the average
dally school attendance was l'J.TU'J as
against 11,815 last year. Tho Increase
In attendance Is therefore less than 17
percent, while tho increaso In current
expenses is 113 per cent
The figures cited by tho bonrd for this
year are decidedly at variance with the
olllclal figures in their report Tho rea
son Is that the secretary has purposely
selected an arbitrary period of compar
ison, which Is different from the fiscal
school year that must bo tho true basis.
Tho exhibit In tho olllclal report shows
that for tho fiscal year ending Juno U0,
11)01, tho board spent a total of $rU,-
058.0;i, of which amount tho only Item
barged up to, interest is $14,475.71) with
no payments on debt principal, leaving
the exact sum expended for tho schools
exclusive of Interest $400,582.04. It
beems to us, that this is closo enough
to $500,000 to call It half a million, the
difference being $417.80.
Tho essence of the whole contention
is summed up In tho fact that with in
creased revenue from taxation and other
sources aggregating $55,000 for 1000
1001 over and above that of thu pre
ceding year, the outstanding Interest
bearing warrants on July 1 this year
were ouly $ti,-8- less than they were
July 1, 1000, and no part of the bonded
debt paid off.
AS TO.Y.l VaD KXI'ANSIUX.
A number of very respectable persons
In Hoston have signed a remonstrance
agalust the proposed large expenditure
for naval expansion. They would have
tills money u nulled to education, de
claring In their remonstrance "that the
inntnteunnce of tho vast machinery of
war is not only a serious burden upon
thu people, but a positive menace to the
peace of tho world."
In his speech at the launching of t lie
battleship Mlbsourl on Saturday, Sec
retary Long referred to the views ex
pressed by the Hoston oppotieiits of au
Increased navy, remaiklug that while It
Is a taking thing to say that $100,000,
000 could be better spoilt lor education
or charity, yet, on thu other baud, that
sum spent In tho employment of labor
Is the very best purpose to which it
could be put. lio said that if $100,000,
km t shall lie annroiirlated for the navy
by the present congress a small part
will go for the purchase of raw ma
terlal and something for salaries, but
the great bulk of It for labor lit every
part of the union. It Is to be presumed
that most practical people will concur
In the view of the secretary of the navy
that while the government ought lo re
duce taxation wherever It can, on the
other hand It Is shrewd and wise to
run things so as to keep business good
and If as a result tho. government's In
come is large it confers much more ben
etlt by spendlug It ithan it would by
hiding It.
Regarding the idea that a large navy
Is a menace to peace, Secretary Long
readily disposed of it by pointing out
that Great Hrltaln, with Its vast navy,
twice as large as that of any other
power, has had no conillct on sea for
many years and It Is not to bo doubled
that Knglaud's naval power is coudu
clve to the world's peace. He also
pointed out that It was not the Increase
in our navy that Induced the war with
Spain and very likely had our navy
three years ago been as large as. It Is
pow there would have been no war with
Spain and that country would have
come to terms. Secretary Long said
that If there Is to be a navy at all It
should be commensurate with out ex
tended world relations and demands,
"Wo are the richest nation of the world
with a larger Income than any other
If, then, tho size of, our navy should cor
respond to our uatlonal and . Interna
tloual size anil wo have the cash on
hand, it would seem the simplest goo
business sense, tho simplest good bus!
ness caro of our own Interests, to In
crease tho navy."
It Is doubtful 11 tho present congress
will appropriate $100,000,000 for the
navy. There are so many other de
mands for large expenditures that It
may be found necessary to materially
reduce the proposed naval ajiproprla
Hon. Hut there Is no doubt that popu
lar, sentiment Is very strongly In favor
of n gradual Increase of our naval
power. The declaration of President
Itoosevelt that tho work of upbuilding
tho navy must be steadily continued,
that "no one point of our policy, foreign
or domestic, Is moro Important than this
to tho honor and welfare, and above all
to tho peace of our nation In the fu
ture," met with general approval.
Wo should enter Into no rivalry for
jK)wer on the sea, but on tho other hand
wc must not be at tho rear of the other
maritime nations and place ourselves In
a position where we cannot defend nud
protect our rights aiid Interests where
ever they may be liable to attack.
.1 COMMtiXDAllLti C HOICK.
Tho recommendation of (luy It. C.
Head as the choice of the district bar
for tho vacancy on the bench for tills
district to be filled by (Jovernor Savage
on tho retirement of Judge linker com
mends Itself favorably, not ouly to tho
practicing attorneys but to nil classes of
our citizens. Mr. Head is highly re
spected by nil who know him as a mnu
of unblemished reputation and mental
balanco that qualifies him for the ef
ficient Impartial discharge of the Ju
dicial functions. Although Identified
with tho republican party, Mr. Head has
heltl aloof from factional contests and
never obtruded his political views Into
the professlo'nal arena. From among
the candidates for the position no man
could have been chosen who has fewer
personal enemies or whose selection
would have been accepted by his com
petitors with better grace. If Governor
Savage carries out his announced In
tention to ratify the choice of the bar
of the district, we feel sure bis uctlon
will be eminently satisfactory to tho
people that are most directly Interested
u maintaining the high character of
the Judiciary.
ioit'A i.-v National affairs.
The announcement that Secretary Wil
son will remain at the bead of the Agri
cultural department will be gratifying
to all tho Interests with which that de
partment Is concerned. Mr. Wilson's
administration has been highly success
ful and his department stands better
today In public regard than over before.
Ho has expanded Its usefulness and
given It a value and practical elllclency
which a few years ago were thought not
to be attainable. The Department of
Agriculture Is no longer au object of
ridicule, but Is recognized as of posi
tive bcuelit to tho interests It looks
after. It Is easy to credit the statement
that the president has a high opinion
of Secretary Wllsou and was most
anxious that ho should remain lu the
cabinet.
With the entrnnco of Governor Shaw
Into the cabinet as secretary of the
treasury Iowa will have a large share
lu national affairs. Speaker Henderson
Is practically master of the house of
representatives and Senator Allison, as
chairman of tho senate' committee on
appropriations, can almost dominate
legislation In that body. The New York
Mall and Express says: "These three
men together Shaw, Allison and Hen
dersonthough from a single state, will
naturally be decisive fuctors in shaping
the financial policies of the country and
with another Iowa man Wilson at the
head of the Agricultural department, the
lnlluence of tho stute In thu two great
Interests of tho nation may well be re
garded by her citizens as a high, tribute
to the men whom she has brought into
public life." So Indeed it is and the
men aro eminent)) worthy of such' a
tribute. Senator Allison is a statesman
who has the highest claim to public
confidence and Speaker Henderson is
one of the strongest men in public life.
Governor Shaw lias shown a high order
of executive ability and there Is no
doubt that as "secretary of the treasury
ho will be found entirely equal to tho
arduous and delicate duties of thu po
sition. All these distinguished Iowans
have attained political honors as the re
ward of marked ability and upright,
honorable political conduct and they can
be depended upon not to digress from
the course they have steadily followed.
They aro the product of that sterling re
publicanism of which Iowa fn-nlshos au
unexcelled exumple.
TiE i'ASSlXO OF JUOOK OOIIDON.
Within another week Sauiuel I. Gor
don will have passed out of olllclal life
as police judge of Omaha and will be
succeeded by I.ouls Herka, who was
elected to the posltlou by a decisive ma
jority at the general election In No
vember. Whllo It has been given out that Judge
Gordon projioses to resist the Installa
tion of his successor,' on the plea that
the late election did not count, he will
be compelled to subside, not only be
cause the law Is against him, but be
cause he had piesented himself as a
candidate and failed to receive a ma
jority of the votes.
The passing of Judge Gordon recalls
the fact that he has been the most ex
pensive otllclnl who has ever occupied
the police court bench. Tlmt fael Is
strikingly illustrated by the enormous
shrinkage lu police court receipts dur
lug his first two terms.
Judge Gordon points with pride to tip
fact that the pollcu court fines and
costs for 1001 exceeded those of every
year since 1891. This Is substantially
true. Hut why and how was that in
crease lu police court tines brought
about? Three years ago, lu 1800, the
aggregate receipts turned Into the city
treasury trom lines ami costs was
$1108.50. In 11)00 the pollco court re
ceipts went up to $:i1(i!i!i, or au average
of $'!0S, pur month, lu 1001 the police
court will turn Into the city treasury
over $5,000, not because of Judge Goi
don's greater efficiency, but becauso of
tho tjcarchligut of publicity which was
turned on to his mode of doing business.
The agitation during the last political
campaign and the Impeachment pro
ceedings Instituted against Judge Gor
don brought about a wholesome reform.
During tho first month of his last
term the receipts of thu pollcu court,
which had averaged from ij'JS to $'M a
month for the two years previous.
Jumped up to $22S per mouth and have
kept on Increasing, reaching as high as
$000 In a single month during the pres
ent year. According to Judge Gordon,
this remarkable Increase In receipts Is
duo to the fact that the people have
more moucy now than they had three
years ago. Ah n matter of fact, the
people who get Into thu police court nrc
not In any better financial condition now
than they wero three years ago or live
years ngo, when tho system of straw
bonds given by shyster lawyers was In
vogue. The Improvement lu the tlunu
clal showing of the police court for the
past year Is due to the fact that tho
practice of accepting straw bonds,
which had become such n scandal, could
no longer be continued with Impunity
and Is also due to the more strict en
forcement of the criminal code and ordi
nances of the city.
This change In the administration of
thu affairs of the pollcu court has pro
duced a marked Increase lu receipts
from police court fines and Incidental
costs that go Into thu school fund. A
still greater improvement may bo confi
dently anticipated when Judge Herka
resumes the position to which ho has
been elected.
The local popocratlc organ Feems to
delight In reiterating the assertion that
lu this city the worst element dictates
In politics. In its definition tho worst
element Is the element that declines to
take It for Its Inspiration and guide. Its
persistent policy lias been to hold up
everything done by the political opposi
tion as debased or corrupt, while up
holding extravagance and Jobbery when
ever perpetrated by Its own political as
sociates. The city government of
Omaha Is portrayed as a hotbed of
mal-iiduilnistratlon, but It has not a
word of criticism to pans on thu reck
less management of county affairs by
democratic ofiiclnls or the still worse
conditions that exist In South Omaha,
where partnership lu the loot leaves no
distinction between democratic and re
publican grafters. What confidence
can a newspaper command whoso rank
partisanship blinds It to all shortcom
ings of Its own iwlltical proteges and
Invents corrupt motives for every act of
political opponents?
Mayor Moores efforts to have all de
partments of the city government keep
their estimates Of expenses for 1002
down to thu lowest limit compatible
with ellleient service will meet with tho
hearty approval of taxpaylng citizens.
At thu same time It must be remem
bered that In view of its growing needs
the outlay of the city has been reduced
lu successlve yems until Httlo water re
mains lu the estimates. To make a
visible showlug, of retrenchment county
and school lionrds must also co-operate.
HmootU Job -for on American.
Philadelphia Press.
The Chlneso court has decided to employ
an American adviser at a salary of $15,000
per annum. It Is a clover Idea. If thoro
had been a shroHvd American adviser at tho
court of 1'ekln during tbo last halt dozen
years millions of treaauro and thousands
of square miles of territory would have
been saved to tho Mauchu dynasty.
Flnnncrn of the Philippine.
Iluffnlo Express.
The report of the Philippines commission
on finances makes the gratifying showing
that tbo Islands aro paying their own cx
penses. It should bo remembered, how
ever, that tho coat of supporting tho United
States troops Is not included In this calcu
lation. That Is tho fcaturo which makes
the possession of tho Islands oxpenslvo for
tho United States.
A Safe Advler.
Indianapolis Journal,
It Is hinted that Governor Taft, who is
now on the way home from tho Philippines,
may upon his arrival nt Washington "open
tho eyes of the administration to tho real
situation In tho Philippines." It would bo
etrango If with all Its means of Informa
tion tho administration Is In the dark on
tbo subject, but In Governor Taft It will
havo a wlso and ,safe ndvlser.
A Prophet In Action,
Kansas city Star.
AVhlle Gladstone's prophecy that tho
United States would pass Great Britain In
the world's trade has como true, perhaps
Mr. Stead Is tho only man who believes, or
affects to bcllcvo, that tho time will ever
come when Great Britain will becomo a
part of the United States. Still, prophecy
Is easy, ami eon Mr. Stead, In sptto of
his extremism, has been Interesting on
hoveral occasions. Ilowover, tho only part
of his futurH program that can bo ac
cepted ns plauslblo at this time Is that
which makes Canada a part of the union.
A 11 mil- ClirlMiun Box,
1'hlludclphla. Ledger.
"The war, that for a spaco did fall. now.
trebly thundering, swells tho gule" In
South Africa. British newspapers see In
tho reuewnl of severe fighting at widely
separated points ovldcnce that there Is no
prospect of pcuco In the Immcdlato future
und there enn be no doubt that their con
clusions are correct. At tho samo time. If
wo aro to accept the reports of Lord Kite-honor
as giving all tho news, they being our
only reliable source of information, the
Boers aro lighting with bravo but useless
energy in n lost cause and aro sacrlllclne
themselves for no good result.
The l".t linutc niul tin" Oudny
I'hllndelphla Telegraph.
How far ucttial outlays aro nearly certain
to overrun tho most liberal estimates is
shown by an apparently well-lnformod
writer In tho Odessa Novostl on tho Trans-
Siberian railway. This correspondent gives
an array of facts and figures, which he
claims to be authontlc, proving that the
actual outlay on tho Trans-Slborlan railway
up to one year ago was 130,000.000 roubles
and that before tho lino can bo put In thor
ough working order tho total cost will be
over 1,000,000,000 roubles. This sum
about equal to J515.O00.O00, The original
estimates ofllclally given by tho rnglnf-crs
of the Iluiislan government amounted
to a little more than $180,000,000. Whether
the Odessa paper's estimates are accurate
to a dollar or not, It Is fairly evident thu
the A rat transcontinental railway has cost
tho government of Russia nearly three
times aa much as was expected at tho out
set of tho undertaking.
momiv run nx. i,(iii,i position.
I
Stanton Picket (rep,) : When ex-Senator
Thurston avers Ni-brnska ought to ralso nt
least 1100,000 for'displny purposes nt tho
St. Iotils exposition ho shows how far away
irom tnc pcopio oi .Neurnmn uc reauy is.
The man who subscribes to such fund ox-
pectlng tho next legislature will reimburse
him by nn nppror rlatlon may Just ns well
kiss his money goodby. Tho sentiment of
Nnbrnskans Is against nuy moro appro
priations for show purposes.
Kcnruey Hub (rep.): I'x-Senator Thur
ston Insists that there ought to be 100.000
for n Nebraska exhibit at the St. Louis
exposition. Possibly. It would be verj
nice, cspeclnlly for the gentlemen who
would havo tho spending of it. Thurston Is
confident that tbo Nebraska legislature
would make good this amount were It ad
vanced by private Individuals, but ho doesn't
want to bo too sure of that. Tbo last legis
lature knew Hint tho St. Louis exposition
whs coming on nnd had opportunity to pro
vide for It. Failing to do so there Is no
reason why nn unauthorized expenditure
should be made with tho expectation of re
payment by tho legislature, Tho practlco
that has been stnrted is n had one nnd It
might ns well bo ended now. Thero Is suf
ficient public spirit In Nebraska to provide
for nn adequato exhibit without expense
to tho state If tho matter Is properly pre
sented to tho pcopio of tho state by the
right parties.
Fremont Tribune (rep.): Kx-Senator John
M. Thurston has been Interviewed nnd given
expression to tho belief tlmt Nebraska
should bo well represented at tho St. Louis
oxposttlon nnd that about $100,000 would
be a satisfactory sum to appropriate. Ho
Is confident that should such au amount
bo raised by private subscription tho legis
lature would reimburse tho rubscrlbcrs. It
may bo his forecast of what tho legislature
would do Is correct. Certain It In Nebraska
has been dealing liberally with expositions.
Money has been rcpentedly appropriated
for tho purposo nnd thero seems to bo no
end to tho demnnd. After St. Iiuls thero
will bo others equally urgent. But mean
while tho public debt will continue to grow
and tho taxes will bo raised. Kx-Scnator
Thurston Is ono of tho government com
missioners for the fair nnd naturally has a
great pride In Nebraska, tho state of his
triumphs and former residence, taking a
prominent place at the fair. But wo bo
llevo tho state has Imposed on It a greater
obligation to reduce its debt beforo It in
dulges In nny moro exposition luxuries.
PI'HSOXAli NOTKH.
Tho government Is going to send twenty
stenographers to tho Philippines, nnd yet
Its ofllccrs thero complain that they aro
shorthanded now.
Tho price of scats In tho Now York Slock
exchango has risen from $39,600 to $S0.O0O
In threo years. That kind of furniture
isn't sold on tho Installment plnn.
Two Irish member of tho Parliament
havo been arrested for ndvlslng tennnts
not to pay rent. There's nothing alarming
In that. They may put them in prison, but
they can't Bhut them up.
That enso of soma big mills In Massa
chusetts sharing tho annual profits with
their employes Is tho right way for labor
and capital to got together. What they got
together they shared together.
Maclay of caitiff momory has had a Judg
ment entered agalust him In Now York for
tho prlco of sovcral cases of beer furnished
to him. Tlolng tho empty can on a fellow
kicked out of a Job Is the crudest cut of all.
The Injured feelings of Now York's senior
senator nre beyond repair. To call a ven
erable statesman of 72 a ragtlmo poet Is
subvorslvo of dignity and provokes tho
jeers of tho unthinking. Suo, Thomas, Sue.
Hero Is ono trust for which a good word
must bo said. Tho Central Trust company
of Now York not only gave Its president
$50,000 as a Christmas gift, but gnvo every
cmployo a sum equal to 50 per cent of his
annual salary.
J. II. Sharp, tho noted painter of Indlnn
heads, has sold his entire collection to Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst, who will send them to
the Unlvorslty of California In furtherance
of tho chair of Indian research, which shu
has founded there.
Mr. Allison's thirty consecutlvo years in
the sennto will expire, on March 4. 1903.
Ho Is 73 years of ago and Is as young as ho
was twenty years ago. Senator Morgan,
who Is 78 yonrs old, and Senator Hoar, who
Is 7C, did not enter tho sonato until 1877.
Till IIATTI.12 WITH HILL.
Kantcrn View of Allnucnnta'-i FlKlit
fur Ilnllrunil Competition.
Daltimoro American.
Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, iB acting
In such a wny as to forco tho conviction
that he means to stand firm In tbo position
he has taken, nnd to fight tho Northern
Securities railroad deal to tho vory last
ditch. Ho has had no easy task to got other
governors of states In tho northwest to Join
in tho movement, but thoso In Montana and
North Dakota havo como to his aid, and
bofore they get through should bo nblo
to mako It very warm for Hill, Morgau
nnd tho balance of tho capitalists who
brought about tho denl and forced under
ono control thousands upon thousands of
miles of railroads through ono of tho most
Important sections of tho country. Thcso
governors, with their nttornoy generals ns
advisers, will moot at Helena on December
30 and thero determine upon tho most prac
ticable plant of preventing tho merger of
these" great railway systems a merger that
would mean tho death of all competition
and tho completn mnstcry by ono mnn of
tho entire railroad business of tho great
northwest.
Tho other day Hill enmo out In public
with a long statement in defense of him
self and tho deal. For n mnu who here
tofore has been as dumb as an oystor,
his chango of policy can be taken ns n
confession that ho realizes that tho fight
against him is no child's hattlo with tin
soldiers and wooden forts. It Is tho aim
of Hill In this ntntcmont to mako tho public
believe that nil holding securities In nny of
tho roads In tho deal will profit by the
niorger, Bnd that tho pcopio at largo will
gain unusual ndvautnges from the greater
system under ono management. It would bo
a very easy matter for Hill to carry such
arguments still furtbor, and prove that
nil holders of railroad securities in tho
country and tho whole peoplo of tho United
States would be benefited If nil the lines
were under one control, with James J. Hill
as president of the big combine. That would
simply bo tho trust argument nppllcd to tho
wholo land instead of to only one big sec
tion of It.
Hill's detnlled story of tho Ins nnd outs
of tho denl which ended In the Northern
Securities merger was very interesting ns
showing how tho roads were bulldcd up,
how tho government was imposed upon and
how tho original' Investors wero left to
whlstlo for their money. The story of tho
construction of thcso great lines docs not
mako a creditable chapter of American his
tory, and tho scandals connected with them
havo not yet faded from memory. It Is
useless, therefore, for Mr. Hill to step for
ward now and poso us a great railroad phil
anthropist onn who is devoting his tlmo
and his money to tho good of others; who
Is, In truth, persecuted by governors who
aro throwing obstacles In tho way of the
accomplishment of his noblo nlms and pur
poses. Tho fight la on now, and, with de
termined men on both sides, should provo
very interesting, and even exciting, beforo
jMt la over.
HITS oi ".VASIIIMJTON urn.
lltelihiK" of Men mid I'tent nt the
rtntlotiiil 'n pi to I.
Tho closing of the White Houso to vis
itors nud tho practical suspension of ex
ecutive business during Christmas week
gives President Itoosevelt nn opportunity
to put himself In proper physical condi
tion for tho ordeal of the customary New
Yenr's reception. A correspondent of tho
Chicago Tribune says next Wednesday "will
bo tho real test of tho president's power of
endtirnnce. for, according to present Indi
cations, tho crowd of peoplo that will form
In lino outside of tho White House In n
praiseworthy endeavor to pn their re
spects to the chief magistrate, will exceed
anything ever beforo known, anil that is
saying a great deal.
"New Year's day nt tho White Howe un
der ordinary circumstances means n surg
ing, enger, curious crowd of vast propor
tions. It means that after tho two hours
during which distinguished oltlclal guests
are received, according to the strict olllclal
rule of precedence, nnd when tho doors nre
opened to the public nt large, the ptaln,
everyday Amerlrnn citizens who attempt
to tnkn advantage of tho gcnernl Invltntlon
nre numberless.
"Tho absorbing Interest In tho personal
ity of the present chief magistrate is so
great it will bo necessary next Wednesday
to expand tho rules a Httlo or disappoint n
vast throng of people. It Is probable that
Mr, Itoosevelt will let down the bars some
what, ns ho Is physically so strong no
crowd, however great, can tiro him out."
Congressman Sereno II. Tnyne, ns the
chairman of tho wnys nnd menns commit
too. Is perhnps tho biggest member of the
houso with the exception of Speaker Hen
derson. Mr. Pnyno Is largo physically ns
well ns congrcsslonnlty nnd ho has n voice
which, when given full swing, fills repre
sentatives' hall nnd penetrates Into the
corridors of tho cnpltol.' Tim day that Mr.
Payne opened tho debnto on the Philippines
tariff hill his voice was exceptionally ro
bust and ho cut loose, orntorlcnlly spenklng,
for nil ho wns worth. About tho tlmo ho
was In tho most Impassioned part of his ad
dress Senator Hoar, who is Interested In
Philippine legislation, walked over from thu
sennto to listen to tho remarks of tho house
leaders on the tariff hill. Ho met Mr.
I'nyno's volco when about half way through
tho capltol.
"What aro they doing Inside?" asked tho
senator In his low, even volco of tho po
liceman who was guarding tho door of tho
bouse.
"Chairman Payno Is discussing tho Phll
lpplno tariff bill," answered tho oftlcor as
ho touched his cap to tho senator.
"Yes, yes," responded tho vennrnblo Mr.
Hoar; "hut what is ho doing nil that shout
ing about?"
Nowadays, or, rather, nowanlghts, says
tho Washington Post, Senator Worron
sleeps lu a brass bedstead, Thoro was n
time, though, when tho senator's bed was n
plno box tilled with liny.
That was many yearn ago, when tho
senator was n boy In Massachusetts, liv
ing In an old-fashioned, unpnlntcd farm
house. Tho kitchen flreplnco wns so largo
that It took a horso to haul In tho back
log, which was almost half n trco. Thero
wero no stoves then, only n lnrgo crane
with a pot hanging upon tho hooks, whllo
in tho cornor stood tho loom. Tho attic
was tho bedroom of tho futuro senator
and his brother. It waB n cold room, with
crevices through which tho snow drifted,
nnd tho boys came to tho conclusion thnt
they would find something warmer than
the mattress on tho floor. They took a
lnrgo firebox, filled It with hay. got InBldo,
pulled tho covor of tho box over them, und
slept liko tops.
"In thoso days," said Senator Wnrron,
"Iiused to get up nt 3 o'clock In tho morn
ing nnd feed tho cows, clean tho barn,
split wood, get my breakfast, nnd then walk
thrco miles to school."
Whllo somo friends wero wnlting in Hear
Admiral Schley's rooms on tho evening tho
report of tho court of Inquiry wns raadot
public, tho rear admiral, who was tho least
concerned of tho party, told somo sea
yarns.
"After I camo homo from tho Orccly
relief oxpodltlon," said tho admiral, "I
was talking about tho trip to nn Episcopal
minister who was visiting our houso. 1
had been telling of somo of tho wonderful
things wo saw in tho Polar sea and I men
tioned tho fact that It was tho 21st day
of Juno when we rescued Grccly. Tho
minister repented tho dato and then said;
'That Is qulto remarkable, I was today
reading tho psnlter in tho church prayer
book for tho 2lBt day of Juno, In which it
says that men who go down to tho sea In
ships behold wonderful thtngs.'
"I could not resist tho temptation to
say, after begging tho minister's pardon;
'Yes, It la qulto remarkable thnt tho psalm
you refer to fits that dato so appropriately,
and men who go down to tho sea In schoon
ers also seo things that aro qulto ns noar
h as Sherman described war to bo.' "
Tho assassination of President Lincoln
Is recalled by a claim which has been pre
sented to congress by Jacob Ulttcrsback of
Washington. Tho claimant served during
tho civil war ns a member of Corapnny H,
Ono Hundred nnd Twenty-seventh Pennsyl
vania volunteers, wns stago carpenter nt
Ford's theater, on Tenth street, tho night
of tho natlonnl tragedy. As Booth, the as
sassin, lenped from tho box and wos running
toward tho exit leading to tho rcur alley
Hlttcrsbach claims ho seized tbo fleeing
man by tho throat and tried to stop hlni.
Booth, however, threw him off nnd con.
tinned his (light, pursued by Hlttersbach.
nittersbnch's claim Is for the loss of his
kit of c-aroenter'R (ooIb and personal prop
erty, which disappeared from tha theater
during tho excitement following tho as
sassination of President Lincoln. Ho was
promptly arrested as a government witness
nnd Incarcerated for thirty dayB In tho old
capltol prison. It was whllo ho was under
arrest, ho says, that his property was stolen
from behind tho stngo at Ford's theater.
During tho trial of Mrs. Surratt and tho
others, which followed, Hlttcrsbach was
guarded back and forth from tho prison
to tho court by two soldiers with loaded
muskests nnd fixed bayonets. His claim has
been presented to tho houso of representa
tives by Representative Grosvcnor of Ohio.
Alexander McDowell, clerk of the houso
of representatives, Is a banker and capital
ist, but ho used to bo n poor compositor on
an Oil City weekly. Mr. McDowell Ib fond
of telling how ho laid the foundation of
his fortune He was working nt his caso
one day In tho Oil City printing office when
ho noticed tho Pittsburg steamboat tlo tin
nt tho wharf. Tho Idea caught him to drop
his stick and go to tho larger city. Acting
ou tho Impulso of tho moment, ho took tho
boat for Pittsburg. On arriving thero al
most tho first person ho met was a ped
dler with a large stock of gold-plated ring
and lava Jewelry. McDowell was persuaded
to buy a supply of thcso worthless trinkets
Finding that he could not dispose of them
In Pittsburg, he returned to Oil City, whero
tho big oil boom was on. In a very Bhort
tlmo ho had disposed of tho rings and Jow
elry at fabulous prices. Ills not prntlti
from tho undertaking aggregated $500 and
this was tho foundation of his present for
tune, which Is largo enough to mako It un
necessary for him to draw a salary from
tho government, but ho likes tbo excitement
ot bis podltlon.
titiiniMi iiii' ((ivi;ttMiit's i,oin.
Norfolk News (rep)- It Is reported thnt
armed guards surrounded the site ot the
Louisiana Purchase exposition nt St. Louis,
nn the nrrlvnl of Governor S.ivnge, to pre
vent Its rcmonl to Lincoln.
Callaway Courier (rep.): If there Is nny
truth in tho story of The Omnha Wnrld
Hcrnld to the effect thnt Governor Savng-j
Is organizing his olllclal family to outer
Into n bout with Kdltor Hosowuter of The
Bee, there is fun uhend for Ncbrnskans.
There Is nothing that "Ilosey" enjoys moro
than n good scrap, nud ho generally man
age to laud on nil fours, like n tossed
cat. Let tho show begin.
Fullertoti Post (dem.) If lto?cwalor
don't go ntter Governor Savage good and
strong, ho will surely bo set down, as u
quitter, t'p to this time, no ono has over
dnred to step out nnd invite tho erratic)
editor to do his worst, nud It ho should
nccept tho Invitation of tho governor nnd
iuscrt his teeth in his enrenss, you can
snfely bet that ho will muko Savage sorry
that ho is nllve. Say what you will, hut
The 'Omah i Heo never shirks n respon
sibility, niul thero is a heavy ono resting
on its shoulders nt the present time. When
the thing opens look out for fur.
Syrncuso Journal (rep.): It Is being
bruited nbout thnt n war of extermination
Is soon to bo wngeil against the editor of Tho
Omaha Heo by Governor Savngo nnd his
friends. This sheet Is unablo to say how
Into tho foregoing tuny bo, nud hope It Is
false. Kdward Hosowatcr, whllo not with
out faults, tins fought many a bard hattlo
for tho republican party, nnd Governor
Savngo Is nlso a mnn of whom tho republican
party has reason to bo proud. Both nro
determined men and a. political battle be
tween them nnd their friends would mean
defeat for republicanism In Nebraska.
shah as iir.Aii or tiii: thiiasiihv.
Philadelphia Times: Governor Shnw Is
among the number of public men who lout
efficient aid to the establishment of our
national Unanclnl affairs on a sound money
basis,
Provldenco (It. I.) Journnl: Governor
Shaw will bo ono of tho few secretaries of
tho treasury who have como from across
the) Mississippi, nnd his elovntlou to the
very exalted nnd responsible; plnco so long
filled by Mr. Gaga will perhaps recall that
when the latter accepted tho honor no llltlo
fault wns found in the cast becauso ho wns
a "westerner."
St. Louis Kcpubllo: Iowa's nmpln repre
sentation In natlonnl affairs, mi illustrated
by tho presence of two Iowans In tho
cabinet, another ns tho sennto lender of
tho republican mnjorlty imd a fourth ns
speaker of tho houso, Is nn additional Indi
cation of tho (-rowing Influenco of the great
mlddlo west. This Influonco Is felt In both
parties. Tho mlddlo west Is coming surely
Into possession of thnt political power nnd
authority to which it Is entitled ns tho
richest nnd most forceful section of tho
country.
Philadelphia Ilocord: Tho mala objection
of Governor Shaw to accepting tho offlco
of socretnry of tho treasury was In its
salary of $S,000 n year. Nearly If not
qulto tho wholo of this would go for houso
rent, to say nothing of tho other henvy
expenditures for entortalnmonts, etc., ro
qulrcd by tho position. It is not strango
that Governor Shnw should havo hesitated.
What is remnrkabla Is tho fnct that tho
snlary of it cablucnt officer In Washington
should bo $8,'000 nnd tho salary ot a com
missioner In Manila $15,000.
Sprlngflold (Mnss.) Republican: Town
will como pretty near to being "tho wholo
thing" at Wnshlngtoa If Governor Shnw
goes into tho cabinet. Tho state will then
havo two cabinet places, tho speakership
of tho houso and a lending plnco In tho
sennto through Mr. Allison, riot to speak
of tho wordful Dolllver. Iowa members of
tho houso also hold threo or four of tho
moro Important commltteo chairmanships.
Tho 8tnto Is exceptional among western
commonwealths In choosing strong men for
congress nnd keeping them there, and
hence Its promlnonco In tho national gov
ernment. Washington Star: Governor Shaw hns
held no national office, but ho comes from
that field of successful operations which
hns given so many men of fine capacity
and uotnbly several very successful secre
taries of tho treasury to tho country.
Daniel Manning was an Albany bank presi
dent. Charles S. Falrchlld camo to the
Treasury department from a small town In
tho Interior of New York state. CharlcB
Foster was an Ohio merchant. Mr. Oago
was a bnnkcr without political experience
of nny kind. All of thcso men mnatcrod
tho treasury duties without difficulty, nnd
wo may nil bo sure, thut Governor Shaw
will also. Ho has been conspicuously suc
cessful In both business nnd politics, and
among his friends nud ndvlscrs nro somo
ot tho strongest men in our national life
llllIGUT AM) IIHKK.V.
Chicago Tribune: "Speaking of prosperity
straws," chuckled Jngwny, ns lio applied
tho suction to his mint Julep, "how's this
ono?"
Philadelphia. Prcssi "I think 1 own you a
call," said Mrs. Nopuy.
"Ilenlly?" replied tho doctor's wife, cut
tingly. "Ouly this morning my huslmml
wan remarking that your husband owes
him half a dozen visits "
Brooklyn Kaglo: I lend of Foreign Mis
sionary Jhircnu Whero would you prefer
to locate us u missionary?
Young Missionary Well. If possible,
where tho natives nrn vegetarians.
Philadelphia Ilocord: "Say," said tlm
man with the sallow complexion, "you have
plum pudding' spoiled wrong on your bill
of faro." t
"How's thnt?" nsked tho proprietor of the
lunch house.
"Well, it's heavy enough to bo spoiled
'plumb.' "
Washington Stnr: "Do you think thnt
money Is getting thu upper hand of poll
tlCH7,r
"No," said .Senator Sorghum. "T Ann t
think It Is getting tho uppur hand. I think
that people aro merely beginning; to realize
what an Important part It pluys.J'
Yonkers Rtntesrnnn: Crlmsnnbonk Mv
wife- hnd her pocketbook stolen thrco times
within n fortnight whllo shopping.
sriut V.i (In, it (nil mnl
"Yes: and, strange to sny, tho thieves
goi ino mime euun nine.
;ui i hit mum- i-un ,,,,it.
"Thnl Im odd. How much illil tbnv not'
"Nothing."
Philadelphia Catholic Htnndnrd: Mri.
Tiff You may sneer nt us women ns much
an you plense; call us hypocrites, if you
will, but at nny rato wo never use religion
as n clonk.
Mr, Tiff Of cnurso not. Religion Isn'i
fashionublo enough.
C'lovelnnd Plnln Denier: "Tho Blggle
wumpH nro going to glvo a grand coming
out tinrty for Maud on tho 'st'-enth.
"Mercy, I thought Maud coma out threo
years ago"'
"Yes, sho did. Hut Blgglowump hits
made a great deal morn i-luco then nnd
they have chnnged their set."
TIMI'VS JIO.M'Ml'NT.
Old Yonr, thy power on, earth Is flown,
Thy nrrows sped, thy bow unbent,
And find hath turned thee Into stono
On Tlmo's memorial monument.
Ah on Mount Sinai's cloudy height"
God wrote Ills law upon tho Htnne
So now. Ills law, on 'heo Ho writes.
"The futuro roups what hns been sown."
No might of ours can change thy tares,
To golden grain nmonir our sheaves
Thy spring piny blossom out with prayers,
But autumn earners withered leaves,
New Year, look back upon tho Old, .
And, eru thou mount thy royul ihrnnn,
Among the sheaves the turcn behold
And seo thou sow not of thlno own.
A little whll thy power Tlmo owns.
Ho wIho, tiro yet that power Is spent;
Mould thou God's stono umonr Tlmo's
stones
To glorify the monument.
ClIAltLJiS UOULD BEUDB.