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TITE OMAnA PAIIV BEE: WEDNESDAY, JANTJAItY 21. 1003. The omaha Daily Per E. ROSE WATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. i t TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Be (without Hundav), One Year. 14 00 Dally Hen and Sunday, One Year SOU Illustrated Her, One Year S 00 Hundav Heo, Or.e t ear Hi"' 8tu relay Bee, one Vrnr 1W) Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.Ou DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pslly Bee (without Sunday), per copy... 2c Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week. .12c Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week.l.c ly Bee day B Sun ee, per copy. be Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 6c livening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 1 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs In Pearl Street Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New fork 23M Bark Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news, and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Baa, Editorial Department. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 8tate of Nebraska. Douglas County si i : George B. Tsschuck. secretary of The Bea Publishing company, being duly sworn, lays, that the actual number of full and corn plat copies of The Dally. Morning. Even- ln an ind Sunday Bee orlntea auring in lee pi , 1902, month of December, waa as follows: l sa,2NO 17 80,820 I 81,120 t .31f4TO 4 81,000 81,040 81.820 7 88,4)00 1 80,800 80,000 10 8O.0B0 II 80,OO 1 80.9T0 II 80,40 14 2S.8ZO 5 80,810 14 80.U10 U 30,610 19... 20... tl... 22... 23... .80.MNO .80,780 ..28.TOO ..80,000 ,.S0,K80 ..SO.BUO 24. 26 80,200 U 80,830 17 80,870 S8 28.81UJ 2 80,7tH 20 82,820 U 80,870 .902,045 . 10,181 Iess unsold and returned copies.. Net total sale. 4a-f Net average sales to,M OEORQE B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed rn my piesence and sworn to lefore ma tola list day of December, A. D. 102. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal) Notary Public. The Omaha candidate for United States district attorney has given up climbing that plum tree. One thing the cattlemen who oppose the lease bill ought to learn Is to draft their resolutions of protest In fewer words. The republican members of the legis lature should remember that the party Is pledged to give the people revenue revision and tax reform. The TJ. P. church Is to be congratu lated that It has not been afflicted with a lockout, walkout or strike and has no contention about peace work. i The doors of the new Union Taclflc shops work on hinges to swing both ways. Just now there appear to be wore men walking out than walking In. . Omaha has something to be grateful for to the Woman's club. Through the Woman's club we have discovered that Omaha has a truant officer on the school board payroll. The eagerness of the school board at torney to spend the winter at Lincoln lobbying for school legislation seems to hare abated with the abolition of the promised $5-a-day stipend. If this keeps up, the windows and transoms in the Colorado state house will have to be enlarged to accommo date the summary expulsion of mem bers of the legislature. Lieutenant Governor Tillman of South Carolina will resign, lie should have resigned Immediately after his boorish conduct In connection with the visit of President Roosevelt to Charleston. Governor, Pennypacker of Fennsyl vanla In his Inaugural suggests some legislation for the suppression of the sensational yellow Journals. Governor Pennypacker must have gone through a strenuous newspaper campaign. China's predicament which prompts It to say that It la unable to pay the In demnity due to the European powers on a gold basis and to ask' for some kind of relief, might furnish another case for The Hague tribunal to practice on. Colonel William Jennings Rryan will have something to ssy on Shorthorns to the Nebraska cattle culturlsts. He will also have something to say about train Ing dark horses for the presidential ppeed ring. It Is noteworthy that the bills farthest on the road to enactment In the legisla ture are those appropriating the money to pay the legislative salaries and ex iienses. In this the lawmakers are strictly following precedent The bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within ten miles of any military fort or reservation of the United States, which lias been Introduced In the legislature, would If enacted Into law knock a very big hole luto the South Omaha city treasury and make bootlegging the most profitable Industry In that neigh borhood. One of the rules of the police board should be that no one I appointed to the force without the euJoi-Hemeut of the chief of police. It is safe to say that. If such a rule were applied, the force would not contain the deadwood and disreputables who hare tlimU'il Into places solely by the use of a polltl cal pull The fact that the water works owners have not luteno8ed'any objection or ob struction to the passage of the Howell compulsory puichuHe bill would Indicate clearly that the. water ctmnmuy Is well satisfied with the measure. At present prices of Iron the compulsory appraise ment aud purchase Mill give the com pany an the way from fl.twO.OUO to fl.otiO.OOO more for the plant than It would Lave Uivvutorlcd five years ago. BAVK THC TRCSTS CAPITVLA TKDt According to reports from Washington the great combinations will moke no ef fort to prevent anti-trust legislation at the present session of congress. It was stated some days ago that the Morgan Interests had determined not to attempt to block conservative legislation, like that proposed In the bill under consid eration by the house Judiciary commit tee. Their attitude was understood to be that combinations like the United States Steel corporation need not be afraid of any regulations such as are proposed by the administration. Tbey want. It was said, to stand before the country as the promoters of trusts that are not afraid of government supervi sion and regulation. At the same time It was reported that other trust Interests, proposed to make a vigorous effort to prevent anti-trust legislation. It was stated that the Sugar trust and the Standard Oil company especially were opposed to any steps In the direction of publicity and were expected to make this opposition felt In the senate. Later Information Is to the effect that none of the combinations having any In fluence Is now opposing the efforts of the administration to secure anti-trust legislation, on the lines suggested by At torney General Knox. This appears to find confirmation In the changed posi tion of senators. The Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia Press says: "After the purposes of the ad ministration's anti-trust bill had been explained opposition not only dissolved, but actual approval was given. There was no change on the part of the ad ministration; Its position was under stood, that was all. The change took place In the opposition camp. - The ad ministration has not receded an Inch, but these powerful trust magnates have made an about-face and met the ad ministration." If such is the fact there will be little difficulty In securing the legislation which In the Judgment of President Roosevelt Is at present ex pedient It does not go as far and Is not so drastic as some think desirable, but it will be a step forward and In the right direction. It provides a plan which, If sustained by the courts, will enable the public to obtain a knowledge of the real character and the affairs of the combinations which cannot now be had, and also permit the government to exercise over the combinations such measure of supervision and regulation as will protect the public against the abuses and evils now complained of. The trusts have decided wisely If It be a fact that they propose not to attempt to prevent legislation for the regulation of combinations engaged' lnv Interstate and foreign commerce, for although they might be able to defeat legislation at this session, crhlch has only a few more weeks, the question would come up In the next congress probably with a popu lar demand for a far more radical law than is now proposed. National regula tion of the great combinations la certain to come. There Is a popular demand for It which will persist until t Is complied with. The trust magnates may be abie to postpone but they cannot defeat this result . . - . , . j , ... " DiSCRIMWATllta AOAISST AMERICA. The course of certain European coun tries In discriminating against the United States In their tariffs Is to be considered by congress. Senator Lodge has introduced a resolution directing the senate committee on finance to Inquire as to such discrimination and If It be found to exist to report what law should be passed to give preferential duties to countries which do not discriminate against this country. It Is stated that the resolution refers to the discrimina tion of France, Germany and Russia against the United States. It is well that congress should make the proposed Inquiry and determine what may be done to meet discrimina tion by foreign countries detrimental to our commercial Interests. It Is a well known fact, at least to American ex porters, that this Is the policy of sev eral European governments, notably of Germany and Russia, and others are likely to follow their example, unless the United States shall show a determi nation1 to safeguard Its Interests. There Is no threat of retaliation or of tariff war In Senator Lodge's resolution. It merely suggests that the United States should favor, by preferential duties, countries that do not discriminate against ns a perfectly fair and legiti mate method to which no reasonable objection could be made. It would not contravene the "most favored nation" principle and it would not be tariff war. It Is time that congress took notice of the course of foreign . governments In discriminating against American pro ducts and it Is not to be doubted that the resolution proposing this will be very generally approved. THC CHIXKSK IXD&MltlTY. The United States has expressed its willingness to accept payment from China on the basis established when the Indemnity agreement was entered Into. Our government thinks that China should not bear the' loss from the de cline of silver, which would Increase the total iudemulty to' lie-ja Id 25 per cent. The other powers want payment on the preseut gold basis and China has informed them tliut, she is unable to do this, pointing out that the country is lmiHvertshed, of which there a pilars to be abundant evidence, and asking the in I ulsters of the powers to suggest plans for relief. The pcsltlou of our government In this matter is fair snd'v Just '.but it is un likely that it taut convince the other governments of this. The language of the protocol, touching the Indemnity, while somewhat Indefinite, does not Jus tify the present demand of. the powers. but rather gives some merit to the con tention of China that she should not be charged with making good the violent fall In silver which has taken place luce the auiuuut vf tha Indemnity- waa fixed. This was placed at 4.0.0i)n,oxi taels, the value of the tael In American and English money being nlnntt 75 cents. Now the value Is nt least '2't per cent less than It was when the protocol was signed, so that the amount of the In demnity has suddenly expanded to !(5.'l,- 000.00O taels and China Is compelled to pay an annual sum In Interest equiva lent to r per cent Instead of 4 per cent. It Is probable that ours Is the only government that will not Insist upon Imposing an additional burden uion China, but If that country Is unable to pay It what then? Will the powers adopt aggressive measures to collect the Indemnity? The matter is one emi nently suitable for arbitration and might very properly be submitted to The Hague tribunal. Tfgr DROP THE MAtK. When the fire and police board sum marily dismissed thirty policemen last fall on the plea that there was not enough money In the treasury to keep them on the pay roll It was generally suspected that this was nothing more nor less than a ruse to weed out men from the police force who were politi cally offensive to the Broatch faction. The law creating the police commis sion expressly prohibits the discharge of any policeman or fireman except for cause and no officer can be discharged for cause without charges being pre ferred and an opportunity given for de fense. To discharge policemen at wholesale for political reasons is mani festly in violation of the law. Each member of the fire and police commis sion Is obliged to take an oath before he enters upon the duties of his office that In the appointment and removal of policemen and firemen he will not allow himself to be governed by politi cal considerations, but will net solely In the Interest of good government and the efficiency of the service. If the commission acted In good faith in discharging the thirty policemen last October, It was in duty bound to rein state theRe men, or as many of them as are actually needed In the service now, when there is sufficient money in the treasury to pay an increased force. But the fact that the board hos Ignored the r.ghta of these men by appointing fif teen new policemen who had no claim upon the city affords striking proof of ita Insincerity and total disregard both of tfceir oaths of office and the plain letter of the law. The indefensible action of the board has placed the discharged policemen in position to prosecute successfully their claim for pay against the city, event ually to be collected either from tho po lice fund or the Judgment fund. What Is even more outrageous than the flagrant violation of the statute In the wholesale discharge of policemen for political reasons and the hiring of new policemen for political purposes Is the fact that a number of these new po licemen have in the past forfeited their right to serve on any police force by conduct unbecoming an officer charged with the preservation of public order and the enforcement of public decency. Some of these men are dissolute characters, others are common drunk ards. The police department is surely not to be a reformatory, but nothing better could have been expected from a commission dominated by Brontchlsm, The supreme court of the United States has held that live stock in transit cannot be taxed, the question coming up In a case from Wyoming. The next question, however, will be as to what constitutes live stock in transit In this instance the animals consisted of sheep driven through the state, consuming six weeks foe the passage. If the sheep had tarried for six months would they still have been exempt as live stock in tran sit? Viewed from a wide enough per spective, all live stock is In transit to the market from the time feeding be gins, but it Is ordinarily subject to tax ouon wnere u nappens to be held. A live stock highway is conceivable with a steady stream of traffic all constantly in transit-, yet witn a proportionate amount constantly within each taxing district, but to contend for complete tax exemption would be absurd. And now we are told that Ambassador Von Holleben was recalled by the Ger man emperor because he has not been sufficiently In touch with the American spirit Nobody would have Imagined this was his shortcoming when he fig ured so prominently In the entertain ment of Prince Henry on his visit to America last year. But then It is easy to get a pretext in diplomacy. President Mitchell asserts that he has every confidence in the membership and Judgment of the men appointed by Pros Went Roosevelt as arbitrators In the controversy between, the coal miners and coal operators, and Insists that he has no fear of the outcome. But If the outcome would only come sooner would be more satisfactory all around. The Marconlgranis between President Roosevelt and King Edward, Inter changing greetings In most compliment ary terms, have been made public. The most successful part of the experiment is that Uiere is no way of verifying the fact that these were the messages ex changed, or If such, that they were sent exclusively by wireless transmission. Germany gives assurance that it ha not increased Its naval budget because of the Venezuelan blockade. Its navy appropriations have been constantly In creased from yeur to year of late so it would not be necessary to use the block ade as an excuse for deniu tiding more funda for warships. The new senator from Colorado Is to be committed in advance (r a t-oustUu tional amendment permitting the klt-c tlon of United States senators by direc vote of the pc-wyle. V may bo sure hat If the people had a direct voice the resent muddle in Colorado would never have been precipitated. Some Ohio people are proclaiming a atnral phenomenon In the form of a rainbow seen In a cloudless sky. We pre sume these nre the ssme people who saw lighted airships wafted through the atmosphere a yenr or two ago. Rack to the Family Emblem. Chicago Record-Herald. Lft the members of the Tillman family ereafter stick to their pitchforks. Overdoing; the Fanny Beninese. Philadelphia Press. The newspaper jokes about the Hon. Reed Smoot's wives are Just too funny for any thing, and they are all the more laugh able because this Is k Mormon who baa but one wife. A Cheek to Export Trade. Cleveland. Leader. Meanwhile there la Increasing danger of serious check to the general export trade f American manufacturers owing to the bnormal price of fuel for heat and power. That Is a dark feature of the coal crisis. Works Both Ways. Baltimore American. The railroad companies are maktng-the defensive plea that tha present advance in freight rates ia merely- the restoration of tha old charges. Likewise can tha man who gets out of prison and starts In for another career of crime plead that he is merely returning to his old way of living. "Bow We Docks Swim. Boaton Transcript The governor of New Jersey said In his message that a nation like ours "cannot be In danger from corporations, however powerful, organized under and amenable to its own laws." and yesterday Prealdent Havemeyer of the Sugar trust told his stockholders that a message like that de served the highest commendation. Levy on the Jada-e. Chicago News. A court has ruled that a woman who wears a trailing skirt while on her shop ping tours cannot eollect damages If It catches on some projecting surface and la torn, t would be interesting to see the court's wife reverse- that decision the Brat time she meets with such a disaster and proceeds to attach the Judicial salary for another skirt POETRT AND SOAP. Conrts Undertake-sua Adjustment of Mlz-l'p of the Mate. New York Mall and Express. Judges Wallace, Coxe, Townsend and La- combe of the United States circuit court of appeals In this city have proved them selves to be men of nice sensitiveness as to literary concerns. Ordinarily the pro ceedings of the United States court do not involve many things of romantic Interest, nor of those which turn upon matters of tha imagination. The ordinary police Judge has more of the stuff of romance in the cases before him in one day than the United States courts have in half a year. Nevertheless, some matters which touch upon the affairs of the muses do come be fore these courts, disguised In commercial garb. The Judges named above, for In stance, have Just rendered Judgment on the question whether the "Brushwood" edition of Kipling's works Tsftitltled to copyright protection by virtue of its having printed on the title pagfe a)n elephant's head, In closed in a circle, which the author claims as his private trademark. And the court denies the claim that it is so entitled, and denies it on this ground: "''' It is offensive to the esthetic and poetlo taste to place such poems as the "Reces sional' and -'The Last ..Chanty ia the same category with pills and soap, to be dealt' with as so much merchandise." The sensitiveness pf the court to this consideration of esthetic propriety has the practical effect to deny to the author a full degree of protection from reproduction of some of the works. He might wish, there fore, that his Judges were a trifle less deli cate in their feelings that, for Instance, through a certain rough-and-ready dispo sition to class poetry with pills and sonnets with soap, tbey stood ready to treat his proposition as a purely commercial one. That they are unable to do so Is an indi cation that there is vastly more sentiment at large in this intensely practical corner of the world than Mr. Kipling himself Is likely to suppose. The point on which this decision is ren dered at least debars Mr. Kipling from set ting the Judges down In any "cussing of the court" that he, as a disappointed liti gant, is privileged to engage is, as "Goths and shameless Huns." WHAT ARB WB COMING TOT Tbrilllna Contest for a Jackpot of , Anthrartt. Chicago Inter Ocean. In the good old placer days In the can yons and gulches of the Sierras and the Rockies, bearded men were wont to gather aror.nd a convenient or stump and play their level best for the "pile" ,ln the center Mineral poker waa popular then, and : sometimes the disguised "shark" from the city found It profitable, as the "pile" fre quently represented everything that had been "panned" by the entire camp for a month. Sometimes, again, he did not find it quite so profitable. This happened when he was unfortunaate enough to be caught palming" an ace or "ringing In" a "cold deck." Little did these argonauts dream, away back in the 60s, as they "anted" with dust, and opened the jackpot with nuggets, that the members of a Chicago West Side social lub would, in the early years of the next century, be playing progressive euchre for so base a mineral as coal. And yet time has worked even so great a change as this. The members of the Lincoln club, whose excited, feverish faces might have been seen bending over the cards last Thursday night, as right and left bowers were dealt to them, were not all bearded. Some of them were only mustached. Again, the cheeks of many of them were covered only with bluehes. But all bore the Indescribable expression which Is to be found only at Saratoga or Monte Carlo during the height pf the gaming season. They were playing for a heavy atake a ton or aninracite. There have been periods In this country whn the gambling fever haa seemed to reach Its absolute climax periods when It seemed as though excess at the gaming table had gone to ita uttermost limit when men staked steamboats, cotton plantations, railroads, upon the turn of a card. We have wondered If anything eould exceed the recklessness that culminated la Black Friday. We have been amaxed by the desperate chances men and women have taken In the boom days of Kansas City and Omaha. But these become Insignificant by the side of the game played over on the West Side last Thursday night a game, tco, in which fair women as well as -brave men took part for a ton of anthracite. Well may the man who thinks aober thoughts concerning the future of his eountry ask: "What ara we coming to? Will this puffed-up. stiff-necked generation gamble neat fov Uudiiog woodr - -' BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched On the Spot. Hon. James D. Richardson of Tennessee, democratic minority leader, announces hla intention to retire from connress and de vote his time entirely to the duties of the high office In Magonary which he holds. Mr. Richardson Is the highest Masonic official in this country and ranks with King Ed ward of England among the Masons of the world. He holds tho oftlce for so ninny years held by the late General Albert Pike. The members of the order, and espe cially of the council which directs Its af fairs, have for some time been anxious to have Major Richardson devote bis eutlre time to the Masonic office. Ho now re ceives a sa'ary from the order of $5,000 per year. If he goes out of public life and de votes himself entirely to Masonry, he will be paid a salary of $10,000 a year and all traveling expenses, and, in addition, will be given a handsome residence In Wash ington. This Is located In front of the famous statue of General Pike, erected by the Masonic fraternity. The East room of the White Housn Is again open for the Inspection of the local public and visitors to Washington, and the grounds of the mansion are also free to the passage of pedestrians. The continuance of alterations to the White House has caused these privileges to be withheld since last June. Visitors to tho White House now enter by the east terrace, opposite the treasury. They are permitted to Inspect the East room, which Is reached by the basement corridor and the new staircase. Exit is by the same route. No other part of the mansion Is open to public view. No one la admitted at the north door of the mansion except the personal friends of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt. The north front Is to be the private entrance of the president's family, and a strict presldental ukase has been promulgated that all sight seers must enter through the east, or pub lie, entrance. Prealdent Roosevelt sees a great deal of humor in the feuds among the different members of the state delegations. The other day an applicant for an appointment called at the White House to press his claims for a Job. He detailed to the presi dent his various qualifications for the place and ended by saying that he had the In dorsement of both Senator Hanna and Sen ator Foraker of Ohio. . It la well known in Washington that not much love la wasted between these two statesmen. The presi dent saw the fun in the situation. ' "I am delighted to hear that," he said to the place-hunter. "Now go and get Sen ators Beverldge and Fairbanks to agroe on your . appointment and you can have the place." The applicant left the White House sor rowfully, because it is accepted In Washing ton that it Is Impossible to get Fairbanks and Beverldge to agree on the weather, much less on the parceling out of a job. Among the visitors to Secretary Hay last week was Brigadier General Andrew Burt, V. 8. A., retired, known throughout the west as "ColonI Andy Burt," says the New York News. Preferring an active career to one of clerical duties in the department, he haa always chosen and secured posts upon the frontier. Colonel Burt tells on himself a story that Is illustrative both of his democratic na ture and of his respect for army discipline. An ardent rooter for base ball and a fairly good player himself, he had always taken the highest Interest in the games between the Twenty-fourth Infantry (his regiment) and others. It waa a negro reg iment, but that made no difference. A critical, game waa called, and he, al though colonel of the' regiment,' volunteered to fill a vacancy at shortstop. He was ac cepted, and he assured the boys that all considerations pf rank were to be dropped during the game. His side was at the bat and the colonel was at first playing off for second when the negro ebacher on the side yelled: "Run, you how-legged son of a mule. Wliy in blazes don't you run?" The colonel ran and brought In a score, but when he reached the batter's bench he was blazing with wrath. "You impudent scoundrel; I'll have you In the guardhouse!" Then he remembered the circumstances under which he had entered the game. He added: "If you ever again address the colonel of your regiment in such a manner." A mMitlA.ared man and woman tried to get In the front gate at the White House recently. The big policeman stopped them. "You can't go In," he" aald. "Why not?" asked the man. "It's the White House, ain't it?' "Yes," said the policeman, "but the gates are shut Just now. You see, they haven't finished the repairs yet They're paint ing now and you might get some paint on your clothes." " "Huh!" sniffed the woman. "I suppose the president's afraid of damage suits." Mr, William J. Sapp, who owns a fine wheat farm in Nebraska, and who has many friends In Washington, where he spends his winters, borrowed tho ear of a Post reporter. "Every farmer In Nebraska," said Mr. Sapp, "ought to have money and fully 93 per cent of them have. The prosperity our people are now enjoying breaks all records, nm trr anmn storms that came at an in opportune time, the wheat growers would have raised more grain than has ever been known in the history of our state. r.uniiii Cannon visited Pittsburg recently and on his return to Washington said to Representative Daliell of that city: "John, I believe all anybody can aay about smoke in your town. It's so bad that I've written a new version of Mary and her little lamb. Only one verse Is really com- pleted. It runs this way: Marv had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; It followed her to Ilttsburg And now look at the dum thing. Well. said Daliell. "I had intended running over home in a day or so, but if k amnka la aii bad as vour Doetry. Joe. I guess I'll postpone my visit for a short time." At one or two receptions recently Wash ington's diplomatic aet underwent severe shock on witnessing the gorgeous display of Jewels to which other guests were treated by Countess Casalnl, niece of th Russian ambassador. The countess, a lovely girl of 19, wore a load of emeralds and diamonds on her neck such aa never had been seen in Washington before. In addition ahe had an enormous tiara almost barbaric In its weight and richness. An other foreigner whose sartorial splendor approached the parish was Baroness von Hengelmuller, wife of the Austrian am- baasador. Pre-ntatnre Calculation for 11MM. Philadelphia Record. Calculations have been made as to the next presidential election on the assump tion that. the contest will be on much the same party lines as the last campaign nder the eame leaders. This, of course, would be very convenient for the politi cians. Bu a great deal of water Will run under the bridge in the next eighteen months, and with it are likely to come great changes in the relations of parties and In the political atotliuents 01 the Ajuerlc.au people. rt ni.io t oMiiot or coal mixes. Has Congress the Power T Washington 8tar (rep.). If the Judiciary committee finds that the government has no power whatever In the premises, the suggested action will na turally be set aside. Rut if, on tho other hand, there is power, then whatever fol lows should be prompt and sweeping. So unusual an emergency measure should be given Its maximum effect Immediately, if at all, and It would be a waste of activity If the remedy were applied Just as winter wanes into spring. Plain Waralnsr. Chicago News (lnd.). Petting aside the question of the pro priety of the measure or of Its possible efficacy If put Into effect, what do the cor porations which control the nation's coal supply think of the results of their meth ods? Will or will not the oppressive cor porations of the country heed the plain warnings that their tactica are making sen timent In favor of socialistic methods and plans for the nationalization of industry faster than all the socialist propagandists in existencs? Are Rpnbllcana Rattled t Philadelphia Record (dem.). The degree to which the republicans In congress are "rattled" betrays Itself In the resolution of Representative Jenkins, chairman of the judiciary committee, In regard to the coal mines of Pennsylvania. On the proposition of this republican op portunist for congress to take possession of these mines the people of Pennsylvania would be apt to have something to say as to the rights of tha state, especially as to Its right of eminent domain. Congress man Jenkins quite outdoes the populists in his doctrines of state socialism, or the democrats of New York in their resolu tion for the governmental ownership of tha anthracite mines. Taking? Property Cornea IHajhw Baltimore Transcript (rep.). Mr. Jenkins speaks of government own ership by exercise of the right of eminent domain as one of the "prompt" ways of obtaining coal. It would be Interesting to have Mr. Jenkins favor us with his defini tion of "prompt." Even If congress were of one mind as to government ownership, the process of oarrylng the idea Into execution must be most elaborate and time-consum ing in legislative craftsmanship, to say nothing of the constitutional cbjecttons and obstacles such as "state rights," for Instance. Nor is taking a thing by eminent domain the same thing as confiscating It. Taking by right of eminent domain comes high, financially. The public have never yet been compelled to pay as high for coal aa they would he called upon to pay under Mr. Jenkins' program, the objections to which are economic and political. For Government TJaea Only. Washington Poet (ind.). Mr. Jenkins should have known that the government cannot condemn and acquire private property for any other than gov ernmental uses. It can no more take and work the coal mines and transportation facilities than it could seize and operate the furnaces, mills factories, farms and stores for the accommodation of the people, In the second place, so able a lawyer as the Judiciary chairman Is assumed to be should have known that even If his scheme were constitutionally feasible. Its consum mation could be deferred for years by liti gation. If a man whose house were on fire should decide that the best way to extinguish the flames would be to contract for the construction of a fire engine, his idea would, not be more egregloualy . ab surd as an emergency proposition than the Jenkins remedy for the coal shortage. SENDING CHILDREN WEST. Nebraska Society Said to Be Over haaty la Ita Prevents. New York Tribune. A surprising report came from Omaha re cently to the effect that the Nebraska Children's Home society was preparing a bill which would he submitted to the legis lature of that state with the purpose of checking the distribution of orphans and other children from the east upon the farms of that flourishing commonwealth. The strange assertion was made public that New York associations were In the habit of placing young boys and girls In house holds of any sort and gave little attention to these helpless wards In after years. The suggestion was added that the little men and women might be Ill-treated and might become charges upon local authori ties. . It has been the general belief that boys and girls who were taken westward - by benevolent organizations In Manhattan were watched over kindly and carefully, and It will require convincing evidence In Ne braska and elsewhere to dispel that belief. The Children's Aid Society of New York has found homes for many children In families hundreds of miles away from this overcrowded metropolis. The officers of that Institution are positive In saying that their work in Nebraska, as In other states, has been done with fidelity and discretion. They give assurances that a Judicious In spection is made of every home in ' which a child is laced and that they. get recom mendations from the best men In a com munity for each applicant to whose charge a boy or girl is committed. Two visits are paid in the first year to the homes which receive the children and in each successive year at least one visit follows until the youths are able to look out for themselves. Whenever there is complaint on the part of the people, or the children are not happy, the visiting agent makes a change, and if. as seldom happens, the children are found to be unfit for faintly life In the west they are brought bark to New York. The system and the metheda of this society are pains taking and thorough and it does not allow' Its wsrds to beeonje public charges. It has been of almost inestimable benefit to hosts of the unfortunates. Moreover, there ' ara other useful and efficient associations In the east which have been sending parties of children be yond the Mississippi. Is It not probable that the Nebraska society may be over hasty In Its protests and criticisms? ; Favors Declined Iby a Senator. Boston Transcript. The action of Senator Boverldge of , In diana In ' returning to the company 600 shares of copper stork sent him as a com pliment is not a sudden splurge of virtue for campaign purpos.es only, but Is consist ent with the young statesman's Invariable rule of conduct. He accepts no railroad partes, telegraph franks or other "compli mentary" gifts. In other words, he Is sen sitive as to his responsibilities In office. His case Is rare enough to make It worth noticing Where Esperlenee Cannts. 'Brooklyn Eagle, Women who make speeches or books on the duties or privileges or rights or wrongs of husbands and wives, or on the way rhll dren should be treated, will be Judged by their records v. 1th their own children or in their own domestic relations. The rule will operate with hardship in several con temporary and conspicuous cases, but It will be salutary to the public interest, eve If not agreeable to Individual susceptlbll- lUea. pF.RSOtAI. IVOTUS. P. T. Leonard, the oldeat active p'n) tographer In the United States, has Jus died In Racine, Wis. Governor Murphy of New Jersey says "Trusts are a good thliiR." Yes. They pa; New Jersey 14.000,000 a year In foes. President Cassatt of th Tennsylvanli railroad Is Just 64 years old and ho counti en thirteen years more of active work.. It looks as though be might livo to bo. 100. Quite the funniest thing In )!?. Is tha unconscious humorist, Mrs. Mury Hake Eddy pitted against that unconscious re former and severe moralist, Mark Twain. That was a fine point made by the Mas sachusetts Judge who decided that the ni;tl who got drunk every Saturday win not nt habitual drunkard, but a methodical drunk ard. P. Martini's design for the Admiral dt Ternay monument to be erected on th shore of Newport harbor at the actual point of landing of the French troops, has beet accepted. Oovernor Crane of Massachusetts Inst year granted pardons to twenty-five pris oners In penal institutions of tho etatn most of them because of ill health. Sevct died after their release. General Osterhaus, who waa a major gen eral of volunteers during the rebellion, now lives in Bonn, Germany, where he ia reported to be "well and happy In his Slsl year." He was very populiu- with a largs number of soldiers who served under him. Colonel John O. F. Blake, formerly aa officer of the United States army, but bettet known as the valiant commander of th Irish brigade of the Boer army. Is ia Boston, and In a lecture the other evenlnt he declared that General Culler was Great Britain's star officer. Tradition was badly shattered in Okla homa the other day when Governor T. B. Ferguson appeared on the street. In Guthrie wearing a tall black hat. The headgear had ,been presented to the governor by members of his staff and he therefore felt called upon to wear It, but territorial pio neers shake their heads when they think of the Innovation. It Is generally conceded that if the next Montana legislature shall be republican "Tom" Carter will be chosen United States senator. "He's the slickest mnn In all our state,' says a Montana visitor; "has them all beat a mile. Why, Tom Carter could go to the Infernal regions and hold a prayer meeting without an objection from any of the permanent residents." Grateful for Secretary Hay's efforts on behalf of persecuted Jews In Romnnia, Rev. Marcus H. Dubov, a rabbi of Evansvllle, Ind., wrote blm a touching letter of thanks, using the Hebrew tongue. He was some what surprised to receive from Mr. liny an autograph letter In the same lnnfruago. Very few persons, even among the secre tary's intimates, -cere aware that be was a Hebrew scholar of distinction. LAUGHING GAS. "I understand that In Russia they disin fect their money every now and then. Seems to me that would be a good Idea for thin country." "Oh, I dunno. I never noticed that money here wns alarmingly contagious." Brook lyn Eagle. "I suppose, said the scoffer, "you can call up any spirit I want to talk to?" "Perhaps," replied the businesslike me dium, pocketing tho proffered roln; '-bat wouldn t you rather call noma spirit down, young man?" Chicago Tribune. "You gave me to understand he waa a corporation lawyer. Not at all. I aald you weren't llkelv to find him In hie ottlce because he spent all his time looking after a big corpora tion. In other words, he doesn't do any thing but eat. drink and cot fat." Phila delphia Press. Mrs. GIkct Coal Is wonderfully orecloua nowadays. Mrs. Hobne Tea, indeed: we have our loads dumped at the front steps, no the wnole neignoornooa can sea them. Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Flicker Johnny, Margaret says) you swear like a pirate. Johnny Flicker I suppose she must menn dad. Rather tough on him to call him a pirate, ain't It, ma? Boston Transcript. "Some men," aald Uncle Eben, "glvoa deirse'fs credit foh habbln' patience, when in reality dey Is merely enjoylu' a loaf." Washington Star. "What are they arresting the man for?" "They caught him Belling coal In short measure strawberry boxes." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Have you ever written anything," aald his cynical friend, "to make the world hap pier or better?" "Rather," quoth the Insurance agent who sometime dabbled in verse. "I have writ ten HW,wO worth of life Inatirance within the last year." Chicago Tribune. "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME." 3. P. Campbell In Cincinnati Commercial- Tribune. The aun was sinking fast behind the San tiago hills, warm glow lit the field where strife had been; But the tropic wind that day, , . Aa it stole across the bay, Dispelled the thought of happiness within; And the vulturea In the air Hovered o'er the field so drear. O'er the field where on that morn a strifo had been. For the ground waa strewn with soldiery, And the anguish In their eyes As they moved their pain-racked bodies on the ground ' Told the story of the fray, and their hom h so far away. But many their last resting place had found; ' When far across the plain. They heard a sweet refrain, And they ittopped their groans and listened to the sound. Underneath a Cuban palm, where the lin gering sunlight played. Lay the alnger, pale and wan, upon the clay; But his tearstalned eyes were bright with a strangely gentle light. As he sang aloud the oft repeated lay; And his voice, thouxh weak, wui claar, Though he knew the end was near. And hla "Old Kentucky Home" fur away, "Weep no more, my lady;" hts voice ww troiiKr now, In hla mind he saw a face that he held dear; X face he'd learned to love, that had lony since gone above. And he ausel us if to wipe (Wy a tear; But a friend waa close beside him, Who cures, d his fevered brow, And whispered worde-of comfort in his car. "Weep no more, my lady, Oh we-p no more today; For I'll sIiik one song tor my old Kentucky home, For my old Kentucky home, far away." Yea, his tender song was ended, and his )( i was ended, too. And his lifeii-ns body lay upon the swaril; But before his bitter dentil. With pathetic, dln breath. He wiui heard to faintly mutter, "Take tn toward The hills of old Kentucky, near the spot 1 always loved Near rhe home with fondest love that I re gard. ' Nature's Danger Signals TDo you eves blur at tim. s? !' ihi y hurt efl-r ri-.nlis? Ar.. tlu i.- fr. . i i'l iiif.iii-aclii-s? Ar tho muscles ni .ui..i ll.o : drawing wrinkle and trow l-.t J. C. 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