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I AU the great orators whp wUl deliver ef speeches at St Louis next Thurs- day will begin with "One hundred year ago. .Contributors to .the campaign fund of Boomer -Benson should not sign their name to checks that do not bear the union label.' v President Roosevelt has passed into Nebraska," through Nebraska and out of Nebraska and not a word of criticism yet from Colonel' Bryan. .' . Only two days from now until the 4at -of May. Tbe .building contractors 'and,,niec.hanlcs engaged In he building trades should get together. ' General Miles wants the country to Spend several hundred million dollars on public roads, but what a the use? The next generation will do their ellng In balloons. , in spite of the Inclemency of the weather. Omaha made the most favora- ble Impression on President Roosevelt of any city or town h has visited since the opening of his present tour. The Illinois legislative boodle Inveatl- gating committee Is still hunting for boodlers, but we- shall not be surprised if tbe Illinois legislature should appoint another committee to investigate the Investigators. (Jhlni defies the czar, but that will not prevent the czar s secretary or war from inakimf d Jlylng visit to Pek- lng to interview the old dowager, with thb' 'assurance that the czar has only honorable Intentions. The fact tuat-Beuson portraits are being plastered on the windows of va cant rooms in office buildings to create kA U.itrn. ul.... ......... .lnH I 'W'"...,,, V.. V Is .only the old free, ride, brans band methodi of the . boomers In another When Mr. Brnnlutr was assessor in tha. Second ward he watte a recitation as a careful, conscientious, aud .level headed assessor.' When he takes bis position as tax commissioner he.' may depeuded upon to exhibit the same traits. , Mary A. Llvermore, the noted woman suffragist,, is . ready to . cross broad swords, metaphorically speiiking, with rresUjent toosevelt.' by tleclariug her self inybf emphatically against big fain ines. "jirs. j.Wefinore prolxibly was never AlestwitU triplet. j lr 'Ju L.a. . a The jdeatU uf JJoveruor Hlchards of Wyoming promotes another lieutenant irnveriini tii tint .i.1fi,a un.l iiinl.udv..a . . o once more, the lmitortauce of fortlf vlmr KUlwriiatorlal successions with men ca- pable of administering the uffulre of tb ataffrnHltraiiiv ..! ..rH..i..tK. WilUnur Huuter stood up manfully for Omaha and courageously fought for the taxpayer ou the Board of Hevlew and tbe taxpayers of Omaha should rally to- tbe sulwt of Huuter and inake '.'taire. of bis election, as comptrol ler. tHitt. goo4 turn deserves another. rreaideM Koosevelt Is very anxious that the dlffcrpueea betwecu organized labor, and- vrganlzed capital shall be amicably aud peacefully adjusted, and If thet parties. ,u' each side of the con- trovers will onjy meet each other half .way the j)resltb'e iah will be grati ed VOAt, TRUST VtntVALLY AVMI1TKD. Tlif Intrratnte Commerce rommls Dion will toiliiy continue the InvpHtlca tlou Into the anthracite coal itiinlilnn tion aucl It Is 1o be woei-ted that more Intcrpstltm information will bo ob tained. The existence of a.tnmt lias already Ihm-ii virtually admitted. Mr. Huer lu his testimony snld that flie several coal-carry In K roads, of which the Heading la the holding corporation, are operated by voting- trusts. He fur ther stated that about 63 per cent of the mining proierfles of the nnthracite roplon are owned or controlled by the Philadelphia &. Reading Coal company and that about 21 per cent of the coal produced Is owned by the Philadelphia & Reading company a majority of tbe stockholders of the two corporations being tbe same. Thus Is it shown that these corpora tions hare practically a monopoly of the anthracite coal Industry and that they also control the transportation and regulate the price of.coai. It Is mani festly a combination which. If not or ganized precisely In the form of a trust, possesses tbe characteristics of one and seems to clearly fall under the Inhibi tion of the law as a contract, combtna jHon or conspiracy In restraint of trade. As the New York Journal of Commerce remarks, there ore many Intricacies In this business of railroad companies and coa companies admittedly under the control of the same men, rt hough sepa- rate,y organized, of one railroad leased by another for the admitted purpose of control, of the heads' of companies as- sociated as directors of a nomlnnllv In dependent corporation, but the net re- suit la that competition Is suppressed and prevented. . Ab Kitia uuuvDiiuuuuic tail wilu which the public Is particularly con cerned It wants to have broken up this combination which determines how much anthracite shall be mined, over what lines It shall be taken to market and at what price It shall there be .sold. Baer' and those associated with him In this practical monopoly of course contend that there Is no violation of law. "It does not evade any laws of the state nor of the United States," asserted Baer. "I shall be glad to have the question tested In any form you may select" It Is ex tremely probable that he will be ac- commodated. What has already been elicited would seem to give ample war- rant for Instituting proceedings against the anthracite combination under the Sherman antl-truit law and it h more than likely this will be done after the interstate Commerce commission shall have concluded Its Investigation. There appears to be very good , reason, also, why the atate of Pennsylvania should take some action, ' since there appears to be a plain violation of Its constitu tlon, which declares that no railroad corporation shall engage In coal mining I1"1 that no coal mining company shall operate a rallror.d more than fifty miles hong, but It Is not to be expected that me autnorities or that state will do anything. It. can be very confidently predicted, . however, that this practical monopoly of a great public necessity win not De permitted to permanently stand.' If It can not be broken up under existing laws theie.wlll be legislation enacted to reach and destroy It. Of all the combinations this Is the most dan trav-lgerous to the public. ' R"SSDRWO roRECAST. A leaamg autnonty in uie iron ana 8teel trade,, connected with one of the largest eastern houBes, glveB a reassur- ln8 forecast of the iron and steel in austry, very generally acceptea as tne barometer of business. He finds espe daily In the prospect of good crops promise of continued activity In the Iron and steel trade. He remarks that the farmers of the country, having paid I off their mortgages, are spending their vast earnings in manufactured articles aud wItu large . crops this year they wm do thi8 Buil more freelv. Then tuere Is the reconstruction of the rail 8V8tems of the countrv. which is matter of necessity and must go on until the various roads cau handle promptly and economically the traffic that la offered. . Other conditions are favorable to this trade. There is one danger, however, to this ftml nI, bu(),npg(f of wh,ch aeco,mt must be tnktuii This 1h laN.r disturbances. It .m .,..k..i.i i.a . - 1V III jriUlHltfl lt? aVfU II lYIllllU It IfW ,1 n.w.tl,n A I. A, uu n ui'l UfTl una unil(n IB BU Ifill US "l'prei.enueo. n is most earnestly to De """ that ,e wl11 P1"0 not to . With an uie conaiuous so ravoraDie to a con tinuance of active business and pros perity, widespread conflicts ' between labor and cupltat would be a misfor tune of the most deplorable kind. There has 1mhu a good deal said recently cal- I culated to excite the pansion and ere- ate bad feeling, such utterances, for example as those. of Tarry. The situa tion calls for the exercise of Intelligent calm' and conservative Judgment and if this be done the danger that threatens will be averted and the American peo ple will continue 'to enjoy a high de- I greo of proRj.erity. vniEKTAL TRADK CUMPSTITIOX, I II,ore " I,ro8e VPT Keen com IM,,tIon for ,he )rl"n,a between the transcoiuinenrai ranroaas. lterer- ring to tne report eu expectation or .Mr, James J. Hill of the Oreat Northern railroad to' secure absolute coutrol of this trade through tbe agency of the big steamshlim he la building, the San Fran- clsco Chronicle remarks that when Hill formed his plans of absorbing the Orl eutal trade and diverting It to bla own railroad system, through the construc- I tlou of a fleet of the largest cargo-car rlers afloat, the situation was very dif ferent from what it is now. Then the pacific Mall and other lines plying lu the Oriental trade had comparatively I small aud slow vessels in their service. - 1 Now the racltlc Mall company has a I fleet of steamships not much Inferior la y.e and cHirjIng lapitilly to the two easels which Hill Is to put on the PrT- lflc and other Urea are Introducing csels of much larger tonnage and greater speed Into the trade than form erly. The Chronicle says Unit Instead of having a walk-over, as he originally ex pected. Hill will be confronted with n much more vigorous competition than he anticipated and that paper thinks that It will probably develop a fierce rate war, In which the transcontinental railroads associated with the respt' ranspaclflc steamship lines will partic ipate. The Interesting suggestion of this Is that those who have given care ful study to the question of Oriental trade are confident that It Is to become of very large proportions and will well repay the efforts and the expenditure that are being made to secure It. It Is quite possible, we think, that they have a somewhat exaggerated Idea respect ing the future of this trade, but there Is no doubt that what is being done to secure It Is based upon sound business principles. If we are to have our share of the Oriental trade It must be sought with a vigor and enterprise at least equal to that of our competitors. PROM IS K A.yD PBIIFVRMaSCK. According to the local democratic or gan Edward E. Howell alone of all the candidates for municipal office "at tempts an Intelligent discussion of the problem of municipal ownership and taxation and of the other really Impor tant questions that press for settle ment" Mr. Howell Is a striking exam ple of the biblical adage, "The voice Is the voice of Jacob, but the hand Is the hand of Esau." Candidate Howell talks very intelli gently, no doubt, about municipal own ership, taxation and other issues that vitally concern Omaha taxpayers, but how does the record of Howell as coun cilman and legislator compare with his utterances on the Issues of the hour? As a member of the city council Howell Indulged In grand stand plays for tbe people and the taxpayers, but when ever his vote was needed to carry any scheme favored by the franchised cor poratlons he voted with the corpora tions and against the people. When the fifty-year gas franchise was up before the council Howell stood with the corporation combine that was enjoined In the courts by William S. Poppleton and John L. Kennedy from passing the ordinance over the mayor's veto. By cutting the fifty-year sras franchise In the middle and Imposing a royalty of 5 cents per thousand cubic feet of gas aold In Omaha the city has saved more than a million dollars and the consumers of gas will save an equal amount Last year's royalty on gas sold to private consumers exceeded fH.OOO. If Howell had had his way we would not have had a penny of roy alty and the price of gas would have been from 10 to 20 per cent higher than It Is today. When the Wiley electric lighting con tract was before the city Howell cast his vote with the electric lighting com pany and against the taxpayers, and the same is true with regard to the garbage contract, paving contracts and other measures that were detrimental to the Interests of the taxpayers. Candi date Howell talks beautifully on mu nicipal ownership, while Councilman Howell voted wrong all along the Hue of municipal ownership. But men are Judged by what they do and not by what they say. The measure of Mr. Howell as a pub lic man must be taken by his public record and not by his platform pledges or his platform talk. Mr. Howell al ways has been long on promises and short on performances. His voice is the oily voice of Jacob, but his hand is the hairy paw of Esnu. TORQOT THET HAD A.MaTOR. Knights of Ak-8ar-Ben have expressed soma vexation over stories printed In Lin coin and Chicago papers to the effect that Mayor Moores was suffering heartburn Ings and envy becauae he could not ride In the first carriage with the president. Of course thire was nothing In this. But discussing brought out the singular fact that la making up the list of those to ride In the procession the name of the mayor was left out of tbe first schedule and only put In when It was revised, bo going in the third carriage. For the tlmo tbe knights forgot that Omaha had a mayor. They were out of politics, as in tbe "one-speech-ln-Omaha" ultimatum of the president. World Herald. It Is not very creditable to the Ak-Bar-Bcn committee of arrangements for the reception of the president to have forgotten for a time that umana naa a mayor. Such lapses of memory are un common and unpardonable. They can scarcely be explained away by tbe plea that the knights were out of politics. Quite the contrary. Such displays of gimlet-hole spite belittle the knights and cast au unenviable reflection upon Omaha when published to the outside world. The exhibition of stupid flunkylsm could not harm Mayor Moores politically or otherwise and certainly did not lessen his popularity or bis Influence. We have yet to leanr that the forget- fulness of the knights caused the mayor any heartburnings, but they certainly have created profound and Just indigna tion among the citizens of Omaha who are uot partial to snobocraoy. President Roosevelt did not come to Omaha as a special guest of any club or society, but as the guest of the whole city, aud the chief executives of all the towns and cities are always accorded first place In his receptions. President Roosevelt's Idea on that matter wus ex hibited at Lynn, Mass., only a few months ago, when the snolMicrats of that town shoved aside the mayor be cause he wi a socialist, but were reprimanded severely by the president when he personally Invited the socialist mayor to accompany htm lu his car riage. The partial rectification of tbe forgetfulness on the part of the com- mlllee docs lint In the least condone its conduct. The Soo railroad has notified the iueinlH'1-s of the North Dakota legisla ture to return all their passes, aa under the Kikius law railroad passes to state officials are lllegnl. Inasmuch ns the Klklns law covers the whole I'tiited States It certainly affects the railroads In Nebraska as much as It docs In North Dakota, aud mem1crs of the de funct Nebraska legislature will prolv ably have to pay fare In the very near bye anil bye. Omaha Is the proper place for the lo cation of a wool and hide house of the first magnitude. With the greatest sheep market In America, the second greatest hog market and the third largest cattle market at Its door In South Omaha, there Is a superabund ance of raw material even if Omaha did not enjoy a national reputation for political hair-pulling and hlde-tannlng. The street car bosses are booming Benson. The political workers of the gas company are working for Benson and the 'labor leaders hired by the Thomson-Houston ' company are plug ging for Benson. The astute corpora tion managers know that two votes for Benson are equal to one vote for How ell and Howell is the man they are anxious to elect Am Amkwirl Coincidence. Chicago Tribune. The democratic party may not be tha enemy of wealth," but the wealth some how seems to shrivel up whenever the democratic party gets into power, and the coincidence has an awkward look about 11. The Weary and Heavy Laden. , Chicaro Record-Herald. Mr. Baer of the Reading says be Is presi dent of so many companies that he can't remember tbe names of them all. Isn't "Providence in its infinite wisdom" putting a heavier load on poor old Baer than he ought to be called upon to tots around? A Sympathetic: Link. Philadelphia North American. While traveling on skts In Yellowstone, Park the president fell head first In a snow drift. We shall expect to read a sym pathetic and reminiscent editorial In tha next Issue of the Commoner. Mr. Bryan had a similar experience on two occasions. What rrovokci the Seold. Pittsburg Dispatch. Mr. Bryan, in his speech In eulogy of William J. Stone, devoted a small portion to that eulogy and a large amount to knocking Orover Cleveland. Mr. Bryan seems to have Cleveland on the brain. It Is perhaps exasperating for him to con template the man who aa a democratic candidate has been elected to tbe presi dency exactly the same number of times that Bryan himself has been defeated. Granary of the Nation. Charlea M. Harvey In World s Work. The states and territories of the pur chase produced 264,000,000 bushels of wheat In 1900, valued at $152,000,000 more than half of the wheat crop of the whole United States; 1,013,000,000 bushels of corn, or 48 per cent of the country's product; 38 per cent of the country's oats. The wheat, com, oats, ryebarley, cotton, hay and potatoes produced In this region In 1900 brought ITBS.booJooo,' and Its farm animals were valued at' $825,000,000, 38 per cent of those of, the whole country. An Old Phraae Overworked. New York Times. John Burns, M. P., somewhat shocked the "Mother of Parliaments" on Wednes day by applying, to Industrial America the familiar and hackneyed description of the City of Pittsburg at night, "bell, with the lid off." It waa hot an apt application of the phrase which he had picked up In this country, aud he did not Improve mat ters by repeating it and adding, "You may smile, but it la true!," Orators who use the extravagant and lurid phrases of American metaphor should be. gifted with a sense of humor, but that is something most conspicuously lacking In Mr. Burns' mental make-up. Fralt of Overconfldenee. Portland Orernlan. The disaster to the British troops In Somaliland reads like an extract from the chronicle of surprises to British detach ments during the Boer war. The whole military history of Britain In India. In North America, In South Africa, is full of disasters of this sort. Tha British sol dier Is always brave enough in battle, but bla contempt for his enemy has cost him very dear. Braddock'a defeat. Bunker Hill, Packenham's dreadful repulae at New Or leans, tbe Zulu massacre at Isandula, Ma Juba Hill, Magersfontein. are all Illustra tions of the fact that the Brltls'j so.dler has a deal more bulldog than fox In bla composition. DOCTOR'S ADVICE TO CLERGY. "Tho More Theoloay a Minister Haa the More Dyspepsia He Has." Chicago Tribune. The ministers of Pittsburg the other day bad the novel experience of being talked to by Dr. Thomas D. Davis, one of the most noted physicians of the city, upon tha sub ject of what physicians demand from the pulpit. It Is rare that one profession la lectured by another profeaslon upon Its duties and responsibilities. Hence upon this occasion the attendance was unusually large, and repreacnted all denominations. The ministers accepted the doctor's criti cisms good naturedly, and acknowledged that his advice was good. A considerable part of the doctor's ad dress was devoted to criticism of ministers and religious Journals for carelessnesa in recommending medicines not registered and alleged doctors not recognised by the pro fession. As a rule, he thought it safe for the cobbler to stick to bis last, and that ministers should not meddle with matters which belong to doctors. The moat perti nent part of the address was Its advice. Dr. Davis would have the ministers chop and qaw wood at home, ride horseback, and play go'f as often aa they ran, and take their suaimer recreation lo the mountains, "Such e.tercise," be said, "will take tbe stiffness out of your winter aermona as It takea the starch out of your summer shirt It Is Dr. Davis' opinion that "the more the ology a minister haa tbe more dyspepsia be haa." Nearly all eminent theologians have been eminent dyspeptics, while hearty, ro bust ministers. Ilka Beecher and Phillips Brooks, have cared but little for theology. There can be no doubt our ministers, aa a rule, take too little .physical exercise. To be successful under eilstlng conditions minister must work hard mentally. There never was a time when he had to work harder. This makra it all the more lm peratlve that he should have good phyalcal exorcise, that he may have "the sound mind la the sound body." Now that the Pittsburg physician haa given the clergy- men advice from his point of view, some well equipped minister should be lnfltsd to do similar work for the doctors. THR FirTKETII AKMHKT. Waa It MlstaVef Vlerra of Henry D. Katnhronk, In a letter to the New York Pun Henry 1). Estatirook, formerly of Omaha, dls cuasra the negro problem In the south and drnlea the assertion that the fifteenth amendment was a mistake. He aays: "There are probably few rrpublii ans, 'bla -k' or illy white,' who do not sympathize with the people of the south problem of self government under conditions peculiar to themselves. Rut this sympathy Is not aa poignant as It otherwise would be If the remedy were not so simple, and capable of j being so readily applied without violence to human rights or constitutional guaran tees. "The problem, as put by a certain element of the aouth. is, how to eliminate the negro vote? Thus stated. It enllxts neither my sympathy nor tolerance. To the negro, as such, ought not to be denied a voice In a government of which, by virtue of numbers and usefulness, he Is so con spicuous a part. The Fifteenth Amend ment was not a mistake. I am Christian enough to believe that It was divinely ordained. Repeat that amendment and you blot from O'r flag a star of hope, and leave millions of people orphaned of country and worse than slaves, for they would have neither the ballot for defence nor the protection of an owner's self interest In his property. "Political discrimination on aocount of the color of the skin, eyes or hair a mere matter of complexion Involves no principle. Such personal difference may determine us In our matrimonial choice and social affiliations, but In a country like ours, dedicated to personal liberty and self government, tbe denial of political rights must be based on Just and fundamental distinctions. The status of the Indian Is based on racial differences. Like some wild animal, he can neither be trained nor educated. Do like reasons apply to the negro? "I listened eagerly, but not approvingly, to the recent address of Mr. Tillman at the Press Club banquet. As near as I could gather, be has a patronizing affection for the "nigger" as a aubordinate and servant, but hates him with a holy hatred aa a polit ical equal and fellow cltiteo. He even Intimated that tbe best of black men waa inferior to the worst of white men. Vn fortunately, the only negro whom he called by name was Booker Washington. In stantly the mind accepted this challenge to a comparison: Benjamin Tillman Booker Washington. "Sober of speech, tolerant of prejudice, thrilllngly eloquent in the earnestness of a noble purpose and a high resolve, Booker Washington today ranks among the great est of the great, and history will not depose him. Vulger, violent, vociferous, sputter ing venom in a frenzy of words, Benjamin Tillman, the Cyclops of unreasoning preju dice, is, in sad reality, the "one-eyed mon arch of the blind." Grover Cleveland, like President Roosevelt, evidently thinks It an honor to alt at table with Booker Washing ton; would he esteem It a privilege to break bread with Mr. Tillman? "But, while Mr. Tillman may be an ex ponent of southern prejudice, he Is not an exponent of southern reason. This fact Is demonstrated by the debates in the late constitutional conventions of such states as Louisiana, Tennessee, etc., overthe 'grand father' clause. .The best element of the south would eliminate the negro vote be cause, practically, all the negroes are Ig norant, shiftless and lrresponalble. Obvi ously tha purpose of such an attempt would be, not to disfranchise the negro, but to eliminate tha unworthy, and to such an at tempt, in the south or In the north, I say, amen, and amen! "The franchise In this country Is too cheap. It Is a pearl too frequently cast before swine. In a government where edu cation means so much and costs nothing the man who values his manhood ao llttlo that he will not learn to read the ballot he Intenda to cast ought never to cast it. Let the south Impose any condition to tbe right of suffrage it may choose to adopt education, or property, or both and If the result Is the disfranchisement of ninety nine one-hundredths of the negro popula tion, no republican will object. If, Inci dentally, it eliminates the Ignorant, tbe shiftless, and the Irresponsible among tho whites, so much the better for the south and the country. But so long as certain elements of the south cling to the hallu elation that the worst of white men Is better than the best of black men, so long will the south suffer, and deserve to suffer; for it Is a false conceit; a wicked conceit, an obsolete conceit, and freedom In Its march will not turn backward. When Booker Washington, Grover Cleve land and other good and great men con spire to make the negro an educated, self- respecting, self-supporting gentleman; they likewise conslre agslnst the credo of such men aa Benjamin Tillman." PERSONAL XOTES. Col. George Anderson, at one time In charge of the Yellowstone Park reservatlou. has been appointed the new commandant at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. A Missouri Judge has decided that Jurors must not eat peanuta while on duty In the Jury box, and ao Missouri Jurors will have to return to their time honored practice of eating tobacco. The duchess of Marlborough has the de cidedly unusual fortune to be tbe proud possessor of a living father and mother and at the same time a living stepfather and stepmother. When General Ludlngton retired from the quartermaster's department several days ago be received, from tbe officers who served under him, a beautiful gold and silver loving cup. The king of Denmark, who celebrated hia 85th birthday a few days ago, cornea of a singularly long-lived family. He waa one of ten children, of whom three atlll live. The average age of tbe ten Is Tl years. Wolf Von Schlerbrand, formerly a news paper man of Chicago, but now residing in New York, Is the only American press cor respondent who ever interviewed Bismarck and he accomplished the feat four times. An English countess, who was married to "Prince Athrobold Stuart de Modena," is shocked to learn that his real name la William Brown, gtill, matters might have been worse. Ha might have been John Doe. J. P. Morgan aaya he will willingly give $500 to anyone who smaahea a camera con talntng a anapshot of him. Tbere'a I chance for some of the successful photo graphera to dispose of their second-baud outfits. Secretary Shaw's one comment, when somebody asked him the other day how he liked hia portrait as painted by Chratran, waa: "At any rate, he baa pictured me for posterity with my bands In my own Dockets." Tba Pennsylvania State Capitol Building commission baa already received $400,000 and expects to eipend this year $1,250,000 additional In the erection of the new capttol at Hariisburg. Tbe total appropriation Is $4,000,000. Milton M. Plsber, whose death Id tha town of Medway, Mass., at tha great age of 91 is chronicled, claimed, and probably with truth, te be the oldest living man who bad identified himself with the Garrison move , ment for tne abolition of slavery. GOOD WORK AT III f)M. Heal:a of the f nareatloaj to Const a r the Irish laid Hill. New Tork Tribune. A good day's work was done at Dublin yesterday (Friday). It was good work for Ireland. It was equally good work for England. It was also good work for peaca and good will and for civilization and progress the worlj around. Perhaps we should say specifically that It waa good work for the t'olted States. Such, Indeed, It was. from at least three special points of vlewj That of the numerous Americans of Irish birth who desire to sea prosperity restored to their mother country; that of those who desire to see the fraternal re lations between America and Great Britain freed forever from the Irritation of Irish agitation against England, and that of tha Innumerable multitudes who are weary of the seemingly Interminable wrangling over the "Irish question" and who long for re spite from It. There may be here or else where, those who regard the action of the great Irish League convention with dis favor and disapproval, and who wlah that body had repudiated the land bill now pend ing at Westminster. If so, for the credit of humanity. It is to be hoped they are few and Impotent. Thoae of them who were In the rotunda of the Dublin Mansion House yesterday know what tha representa tives of the Irish people think of them, and the knowledge cannot give them Joy. The dominant figure of the conventloa was John Redmond. He already merited the distinction, and he again showed how worthy be It to be the leader of the Irish people. He had been foremost la pre paring the new "Plan of Campaign" which forms the basis of Mr. Wyndham's bill. He had been foremost In advocating Its claims upon respectful and aympathetlo consideration. He waa foremost yester day In leading the convention to remember Its tremendous responsibility and to ex ercise It aright. He did not exaggerate the Importance of the occasion. Nobody could have done that. It waa not Celtic exuberance of rhetoric, but fact aa cold and simple aa a more phlegmatic Saxon might have uttered,- when he said that each man must remember that the whole future of his country and the welfare of his chlldrea and that of unborn generations might de pend upon the convention's decision. It la no secret that the British government soma time ago decided that If this convention declared against the land bill It would aot press that measure to enactment, but would let tho weary old conflict between landlord and tenant drag Its turbulent and some times tragic length along, while If the con vention declared for the bill It would press It to enactment aa promptly as pos sible, with whatever amendments might seem desirable. Well, the convention made Its temper and Its disposition unmistakably known. Mr. Redmond's measured and solemn words were greeted with earnest and all but uni versal approval. The more emotional aad sentimental Mr. O'Brien added his tribute to the pending measure aa "the biggest thing English statesmanship has ever done" for Ireland, - and as foretokening "the greatest resurrection of hope. Jay and hap piness that haa visited this country In a thousand years," and he waa cheered for It to the echo. Even Mr. Davit t, the most Irreconcilable of the Irreconctlables, de clared himself willing to abide by the de cision of the convention. What that de cision will be is no longer a matter of doubt. The last word of it haa yet to be spoken. But the first word was spoken yesterday with an emphasis that must ring true and masterful to the end. A motion made by the home rule member of Parlia ment to reject tbe bill aa unworthy of sup port was greeted with hisses and bawls of derision, and was voted down by a majority described as a hundred to one. So the convention, probably the most truly rep resentative convention of tha Irish Na tional league ever held, practically de clared Itself overwhelmingly In favor of Mr. Wyndham's land bill, subject to such amendments aa the Irish members at West minster might think desirable and might secure. It was, we repeat, a good and a great day's work, and we trust it may be ao followed up aa to make its beneficent effects concrete and enduring. RI SSIA IX M ACHl RIA. Continental Report Shoald Be Takea with Considerable Salt. Washington Post. Naturally we feel the deepest Interest in Russia's alleged demands upon China. If these demands supposing that Russia has made them Involve an Infringement of our rights or an Invasion of our privileges in Manchuria whatever they may be this government may be expected to take the very firmest stand against them. The United States la committed to the open door. But we should really wait for a more explicit and Authoritative definition of thoae demands before giving full rein to our ex citement. We have learned through long experience to put a heavy discount upon European press dispatches containing statements as to Russian plots, conspiracies ana stratagems in general, not luug ago, we wept over a massacre of atudenta In St. Petersburg by the ctar's bloodthirsty Cos sacka and. a few months later, saw a pub lished declaration by General George B. Williams sf Washington, who waa visiting tne Kussian capital at tne time, ana wno witnessed the entire performance, to the ef fect that there had been no riot, no mas sacre, no Cossacks nothing but the arrest of two loafers who wera found smoking cigarettes In one of the churches. Since then we have been leary of press dispatches about Russia unless we knew that they were not edited In London. It ia quite possible, of course, that Russia contemplates the control, directly or In directly, but none the less effectively, of all the territory through which lta great Transslberlan railway runs. We cannot conceive an Imbecility ao astounding as Its abandonment of that Immeasurable work. England fought three years for infinitely less In South Africa, and la still fighting In Somaliland, with the usual results of disaster, for something which even her min isters cannot explain to Parliament. Ger many haa made itself ridiculous In the Venesuelan affair without visible provoca tion, and Italy, not so very long ago, In voked a frightful tragedy In Africa upon warrant not discernible by the naked eye. Such are the ways of the "great civilized powers" and far be It from us to challenge thera. In the caae of Russia, we prefer to wait for a full and authentic statement of the facta in the case. That seems to be the part of wisdom. Waltham Watches The busy man's friend. 'Tht Perfected AmericM Waich." n Illustrated book ; of interesting information about tuatches, will be sent . free upon rtqxiest. American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. Fif y Years (he Standard MM Awardad Clghtst Honors World's Fair Klghts. tasts U.S. Gov't Chamlsta allOa MAXIMO) POWDIS OO. OHIOAOO EMPLOYERS AS BOYCOTTERS. Straaaje Spectacle Presented by Omaha's Business Men's CI no Chicago Post. Several days ago the newspapers pu ub- llshed an Interesting dispatch from Omaha giving sn account of a newly formed asso ciation of employers. It was supposed that the action of these business men was the first definite result of Mr. Parry's prop aganda and of tha rather ambiguous re solution adopted at the New Orleans con vention of manufacturers. The object of the Omaha organisation. It waa stated, was not to fight unionism or legitimate com bination for the assertion of legal rights, but to resist boycotting. Improper coercion and other abuses of the trade union move ment. Such counter-organisation for purely defensive purposes Is now generally ad mitted to be neoessary and proper. But a fresh news item from Omaha in regard to this Business Men's Association causes perplexity and amassment. It seems that a proprietor of a certain restaurant re- , cently unionized his establishment andj signed the wage scale presented to him by the organized waiters. There la no allega tion that coercion was employed In thin case, and certainly the proprietor of tho restaurant had a perfect right to enter Into a voluntary agreement with the wait ers' union. Yet he has been Informed by representa tives of the Business Men's association thnt his supply of groceries and provisions will be shut off unless he reconsiders his action and repudiates hia contract with the union! Does the association realize what this threat means? It means boycotting. Worae, It means' the use of the boycott ns a method of procuring repudiation of a contract I So the association organized to resist boycotting adopts at the start tho very practice which it condemns as il legal and wrongful! And It seeks to tea-h labor reapect for contract obligations by advising and forcing a business man to re pudiate a contract! What principles does this remarkable as sociation follow, or think It follows T In what respect Is It better than the worst trade union? It is apparent that the Omaha association has nothing to teach the labor unions. It has much to learn, how ever, regarding the first principles of logic and morality. It had better disband pend ing: the acquisition of this -elementary knowledge. - " SMILING REMARKjS. Frederick A penny for your thoughts, Flora. Flora I was thinking of a $15 hat. De troit Free Press. Stella Cholly and Mable are not on speak ing terms any more. Bella Why, I thought they were engaged. Stella So they are. They Just alt for hours and hold each other's bands. New York Sun. "Mrs. Jones seems to be heartbroken over her husband's death." "Yes, even her hair has turned black again.' Brooklyn Life. Owlmnole Squallop told me yesterday he was suffering from a gathering In his head. Bfilnt It oughtn't to cause him any suf fering. He haa plenty of room there. lif- cago.irioune. Sllfklna Is there any truth In the rennrt that Blank's wife suffers from kJtpt num. e Tlmklna No, I guess not I understand It Is the shopkeepers who suffer. Chicago News. Farmer Barnes Yea; poor Josh Medders wus run over by an auto, but he seems happy. Farmer Hedges Does the doctor say he can recover? Farmer Barnes No; but the lawyer does! Puck. Mr. Ferguson (with an air of being bored) Haven't you talked long enough, about your trouble with the neighbors' chlckena, Laura? Think about that Kansas man that yawned the other day and dislo cated his Jaw. Mrs. Ferguson If he yawned while hia wife was talking to him it served him right! Chicago Tribune. THE YELLOW VIOLET. William Cullen Bryant. When beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue birds' warble know, The yellow violet s modest bell Peeps from the last year's leaves below. Ere russet fields their green resume. Sweet flower, I love, In forest bare. To meet thee, when thy faint perfume Alone la In the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of spring First plant thee In the watery mold. And I have seen thee blosaomlng Beside the snow bank's edges cold. Thy psrent sun, who bade thee view Pale skies, and chilling moisture alp, Has pathed thee 'n his own bright hue. And streaked w'lh Jet thy glowing lip. Yet alight thy form, and low thy sirtt. And earthward bent thy gentle eye, , Unapt the rasslni vl w to meet. When loftier fit. wera are flaunting high. Oft, In the sunlexs April day. Thy early smile has staid my wslk; But midst the gorgeous blooms of May I passed thee on thy humble stalk. So they, who climb to wealth, forget The friends In darker fortunes trld, I copied them but I regret That I should ape the ways of pride. And when again the genial hour Awakes the painted tribes of light, I'll not o'erlooK the modest flower That made tha woods of April bright. ( )