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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1903)
14 THE OMAHA DAILY IlEEt SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1903. Tiie Omaha Sunday Per K. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORXINO. TERMS OP" SL'BScKIrTlON. Daily Bee (without Sunday). On Year..! Daily Bee and tiunday, one Ysr IlluMrated Bee, One Yfar Sunday He. One War Saturday Be. One Year Twentieth Century Farmer. One War.. l. DELIVERED BY CAHKUEw. ' Dally B (without Sunday), per iopy..... c Daily Bee (without sundry, er we "'ic Dally Bee (Including Hunoa,). per e R..17C Sunday Bee, per lopy .... .. ....... Evening Bee (without Sunday). t We K o Evening Bee (Including , tunday), Pr week ' iw Complains ol irregularlt.ei In Uf I very should be addressed to City circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha-Th Bee Building. South Omaha city Han iJu.ldlng, Twen-ty-IUth and M Street. Council Blurt; 10 Pearl Btre:t. Chicago ittt Unity nullum New York IZ Park Mow BjI ding Washing ton i-X rourleent.i i.iea.. CORRK8PON UENCK. Communications relating o n w and edl torlai matter ahoUlu ue ajunja: in-n bee. 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TZSCHUCA. Subscribed lh my presence and Sworn tu before me this lm day of May, A. D. iiMJ. M. U. HLiNuAiE, (Seal.) Notary public. The labor problem is certainly not a IocmI Issue. Id the Interval, do not overlook tbe May musical festival la progress In Omaha. It appears that Postmaster General Toyne Is another gentleman who can not be stampeded. If they will confine themselves' to bloodless battles, the big nicdlcal men may light over the merits of bloodless surgery all they please. Worklngmen who are . willing to sub mit their grievances to arbitration are not the kind of worklngfuen who need to be repressed by military force. After the president completes his ex curslon, covering nearly 15,000 miles by rail he ought to be an etpert on good troads by simply drawing on his own ex perlence. In the bout between First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne and Super intendent of Rural Free Delivery Hachen, Mr. Wynne has scored the first knockdown. As was to have been expected, the famous Interview of General Baldwin la nut on to the reporter. That Is what always happens when public men say things that ought not to be published. There are always three parties to n labor dispute that blocks business and menaces public safety-the employer, the employe and the public. The rights of the public are too likely to be Ignored by the other two parties. The re-electlcn of Charles M. Schwab as president Of the Steel trust must be taken to dlsnel all doubts that ll spectacular trip to Europe restored his "health sufficiently to enable him to bear up again under the burden of a $1,000,000 salary, . By the last two strikes the wages of anthracite coal miners have been raised by about 20 cents a ton. When the ton reaches the consumer the wage In crease may be expected to have ac cumulated at rats of expansion sure to be Impressive. One ef Chicago's most successful busi ness men, giving advice to an audience Of youtlia, advised each to he a human steam engine If be wants to be a success In life. He forgot to say that the first requisite of a good stenm en gine Is a perfect working boiler and a plentiful supply of fuel. These little attachments are nu necessary for the bumsn steam engine as for the merely tnechantcal contrivance. Jobs on the teaching Staff of Ne braaka's new normal school are said to be In brisk demand from all sections of the country. Applicants, however, need not become anxious for a little while yet.' The location of the school between competing towns Is first to be determined and then the equipment will have to be provided. When lbs time comes to bitch on to tbe salary list we may be sure there will bo plenty of able patriots right here at home will lng to sacrifice themselves. ce . "Wealth never yet made a great city," declares a thoughtful writer in one of the current weeklies, and never was truth more aptly stated. The people- who constitute Its citizenship are the foundation stones for every great city ths people who toll for their living and who abide In the civic vlr tuea. Wealth corces with a great city and help to develop It by affording necessary resources, but let the msss cf the population disperse and the wealth will be found of little service to 1U possessors. DUB A! CD POLITICAL tThtCS. Thero Is a code of honor In politics which, although an unwritten law, should be as binding upon honorable pol iticians bb Is the military code of honor upon honorable men of arms, fnder the written military code of honor mutiny and desertion In the face of the enemy In the most heinous offense that can be committed by on officer. Vnder the unwritten political code disloyalty In the midst of a campaign by men honored and trusted aa leaders Is equally repre hensible. In political as well as In the military campaigns the members who constitute the rank and file arc subject to less se vere discipline than the regulars on the office holding payroll. The low standard of morals and the debased condition Of Omaha politics must be ascribed to a lamentable lack of political pride and Integrity rather than to factionalism, which within Itself Is to the party what the waves are to the sea, which cna be kept pure only by ngUatlon. A few ex amples will suffice: In the memorable crtmpnlgn of 1000 federal office holders In Omaha, Includ ing the postmaster, surveyor of cus toms, Missouri river commissioner, deputy United Stutes marshals and dep uties In the revenue ottii-e made a des perate onslaught In conjunction with fl number of city aud county office holders to defeat the republican legislative ticket tiiKin the election of which de pended two republican United States senators. Some of these reprobates had to be placated with campaign funds to support th republican tleket. Others cohabited with the enemy to the end. Two years ago n county Judge seek ing re-rlectlon, In Company with two business men on one of his delegations, who bonst of their business Integrity, gave their words of honor to carry out ft political agreement, which the county Judge attested In writing and then after having reaped the benefit of the deal, deliberately repudiated their pledges aud turned traitor to their associates. Had a lawyer committed a similar vio lation of the legal code, he would have been disbarred front practising In ths courts and ostracized by all reputable attorneys. In the recent municipal campaign, tho same gaug of mercenaries made com mon cause with the corporation poli ticians who bolted the convention with out the slightest cause or excuse. Among the delegates of the republican city con ventloii was the chairman of the re publican county committee. Instead pf marching at the head of the column aud leading the party this man not only deserted to the enemy but connived with bis bolting associates In the des perate effort to defeat the party by nominating a candidate through fusion with the populists and the mal contents of all the parties. In this convention, the only excuse of the bolters was that the fruit of their purchase of a delegate elected by the opposition was denied them by their failure to Induce still another delegate to betray his trust by recording himself against the Instructions of the constit uency which had sent him there. The sacredness of the popular verdict regis tered In the party primaries was as nothing to these corruptionlsts mas queradlng In the name of reform, al though they would doubtless hold up their hands In holy horror If a member of a secret order Conclave should vote In conflict with the resolutions of the lodge he represented. The course pursued by the Young Men's McKlnley club, or rathef its fit tituae toward the republican city ticket In the recent campaign, was breach of the political code that tends to demoralize the party and bring po litical clubs Into contempt and ridicule Under the constitution and by laws of the club no man over 83 was eligible to memltershlp and no one entitled to vote nt its meetings unless payment of his duos kept him In good standing. At It las-; meeting called fcr the purpose of euior8lng the republican city ticket a number of outsiders ranging In age any where from 40 to 00, Invaded the rltib and helped to vote dowu the resolution pledging the club to the support of the regularly nominated party ticket. These men. some of them pretending to re spectability, had no more right to vote as members of the McKlnley club than would a layman to participate In a meeting of a bar association. By this fraud, the club was placed In the post tlon of Impugning Its own party loyalty and Impeaching Its own sincerity and integrity. These are only a few of the striking examples Of degeneracy In Omaha poll tics that have lowered the standard of republicanism In Omaha and tend to keep men of honor and moral stamlno who believe that in politics as In bust iicss n man's word should Ik as good as his bond, from active participation In polittl'H. , ti" 1 1 1 It Is contended by some that the in dust rial combinations have a steadying effect find tep,d to mitigate. If not pre vent, those disastrous reactions which have hitherto succeeded periods of pros perlty. This has not been the exper lence abroad. A prominent Europeu economist, referring to the claim made In this country resecting tbe steady lug Influence of the Industrial combination aud that they serve to regulate and di minish commercial crises, says that re tent experience lu Germany "proves that this whole famous guaranty against crises Is a mere Illusion. The syndicates which In the great outburst of Industrial and commercial activity from 1503 to 1000 exploited tbe country'e resources, who laid & heavy burden on buyers, were a distinctly contributory element In the economic reaction when demand began to slacken." Granting that conditions are some what different here from those in Qer- mauy, may it uot be reasonably appre- bended that whenever the Industrial tirade here shall turn tbe combinations will be found contributing, as the Ger man syndicates did, to the reaction? Especially Is this likely to be the case with such of them as are greatly over capitalised. Tbe combinations may have a steadying effect under condi tions of prosperity, but It Is by no means certain they would retain this quality tinder the pressure of hard times. ' M) KMBAHQO UX OMAHA JOBBtHS. An erroneous Impression has been created among country merchants in the territory tributary to Omaha that Omaha Is completely tied up by the strike and It Jobbers unable to fill orders. This false Impression Is mag nified and taken advantage of by sales men representing competing houses In IvaJ commercial centers. As a matter of fact, the large jobbing concerns of Omaha, including grocery, hardware and Implement houses, and In fact nearly every line that carries heavy goods, has not been affected In the distribution of their wares. Most, If not all, of these jobbing houses have trackage facilities and do not require the re-handllng of merchandise or Its conveyance by team. The only concerns that have been Seriously hampered by the strike have been the Jobbers that supply retail mer chants nnd retailers who are dependent for the city delivery of their goods upon wagohs and local express companies. In other words, the trouble between the transfer companies and their driv ers Is a local matter that has nothing whatever to do with the out-of-town business of our heavy wholesale houses, who have been at all times In condition to supply the demand In the territory Commercially tributary to Omaha. KVROPCAN WAR CLOUDS. Conditions In Europe have a very threatening aspect and while war may not be Imminent the danger of a con flict Is manifestly great. A Berlin dls patch sftys the German government re gards the Situation In Bulgarians very grave, but there Is hope that a collision between Turkey and Bulgaria can be staved off, though In tlew of the fact that troops of the two countries are how facing each other a conflict may come at any moment. In Macedonia there Is a rigorous Insurrection against Turkish rule and to what extent this may be carried cannot be foreseen. The Albanians are also on the war path, but as yet their demonstrations have not been of a very Serious nature. Thus the Balkan states are in a condition of revolutionary ferment which menaces the peace of Europe and may call for stern measures on the part of tbe pow ers for Its suppression. The cause of the outbreak Is tbe oppressive and ex tremely objectionable rule of the Turks, which Is sustained by the powers. Another cloud on the European horl son is In regard to Russian policy In Persia. It Is the desire ot Russia to secure an outlet to the sea In the Per slan gulf and to establish a naval sta tion on tbe gulf. Any movement of this nature will be most vigorously re slsted by Great Britain. In the House of Lords a few days ago the secretary for foreign affairs, Lord Lansdowne, declared that the British government should regard tbe establishment of a naval base or a fortified port In the Persian gul by any other power aa a very grave menacfc to British Interests and should certainly resist it with all the means at Its disposal. He con tended that so far as the Persian gulf was concerned Great Britain held a position different from that of the other powers, both because it was owing to British enterprise and expenditure of life and money that the gulf was now open to the commerce ot! the world and because the protection of the sea route to India necessitated British predoml nance In the gulf. These conditions give a more than or dinary Interest to European affairs at this time. They nrobablr will not in sult In war, but they are putting a strain upon international relations which calls for the exercise of the most sagacious and skillful diplomacy. MtXICO AND 171 OULD UTASVARD. Important results are predicted If tbe effort to establish the gold standard in Mexico shall succeed, for which there appears to be favorable promise. Tbe Mexican minister of finance, who has been in conference with eastern bank ers, has received much encouragemeut and tt Is enld that tbe Mexican govern ment would have no difficulty in secur ing whatever amount ef gold It should deem necessary to maintain parity be tween silver and gold. It is assumed that for this purpose from 125,000,000 to 30.000,000 would be sufficient to pro tect the gold standard. It Is believed that the effect of the adoption by Mexico of the gold standard and Its support by the sliver using coun tries of the far east t would be of almost inconceivable commercial advantage. There is no doubt that it would have a wide-reaching benefit, while as to Mex ico the advantages would le very great. It Is pointed out that the effect upon verlous industries, and especially rail roads, would be of a most salutary char acter. Tha chief drawback to the pros perity of the railroads of Mexico has K'i'ii the currency of that republic and its constantly changing exchange value This hn also Interfered in Mexican commerce and In a great measure has caused the hesitation shown by tbe cap Hal cf the United Btatea with respect to Invest u-ent In mines, manufacturing and acrb-uHure in that republic. It la the rplulon of those who have given In telllgent attention to tbe matter that the standardizing of Mexican currency as promised vould lead to the appreciation of many of the securities representing luMHtneuts lu Mexico, would In a few years prictiraily double railway com iiiuiilcatlon In that country, would de velop Its magnificent agricultural and grazing reiuurces and would make considerable part of Mexico an active and profitable mining camp. The possibility of these benefits ap pear to be fully appreciated b.v Trcs dent IMas and bis able finance minister, who Is one of the most progressive men of that republic. They have given the most tareful consideration to the flnon- clal problem, with the result of being convinced that the future welfare of Mtxico depends upon placing her cur rency ou the gold standard. With this accomplished the entire American heml- fcpliert, excepting one or two Inconse quential couutiles, will have abandoned blmetallsm. It seems a safe prediction that ilthln the next ten yenrs at far thest there will not be one silver stan dard country and throughout the com mercial world the white metal will srve no more than a subsidiary pur pose. ARK THt LAWS ADEQUATKt The question whether existing laws are adequate for regulating and con trolling tbe great combinations Is yet to be determined. In the opinion of some who hove given careful study to the rnntter they are not and nothing Short of an amendment to the consti tution of the United States giving en larged authority to congress will en able the government to exercise such supervision and regulation of the com bination)! as Is required In the public interests. If the supreme court shall sustain the decision of the circuit court of appeals In the merger case It would put an end to this particular form or method of railroad consolidation, but It would not necessarily give assur ance that some other scheme for prac tically effettlug the same purpose could not be put Into effect. It is the understanding that even now shrewd nnd able lawyers are devising a plan to be put into operation if the merger decision should be affirmed by the court of last resort. Then there Is doubt flu to the' extent of the applica tion of the merger decision. It was at first thought to have a most far-reach ing effect, leaching to all combinations within the meaning of the anti-trust. law of 18!)0. There has been a change of opinion In this respect nnd It ap pears to be now quite generally be lieved that, the decision does not go 1e yond such a combination as that of the Northern Securities company. Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin, chairman of the house Judiciary com mittee of the last congress, Is one of those who It Is said, does not take any stock In the merger decision, so far as combinations generally are concerned. He does not regard It as establishing any new principles of law and Is quoted as saying: "It forbids men to make contracts in regulation of com merce or In restraint of trade, but In spite of all that what does such a de cision avail In actually restraining or distraining parties from combining their interests. The simple making of such contracts, which are in violation of the constitution and of federal law. need not and will not stand in the way of men who can accomplish their ends In some other way." Mr. Jenkins said that the question we have to face and which is the vital one In solving the trust problem Is how to control the enormous corporation, which Is or ganized under the laws of one state and Is transacting business in other states. "It Is something more than the .mere matter of hauling products from one point to another. To cure the evil we must have a power In the constitution which Is greater than the big corpora tions." This Is a view that Is held by a great many thoughtful men. There Is ' no question that much, can be done under existing laws to regulate and control the great eorablnatlons, but there Is reason to doubt whether the present constitutional power of congress la suf ficient to enable it to adequately deal with the trust problem. In celebrating by a special number the twentieth anniversary of Its publi cation under the present management the New York World can point back with eminent satisfaction to a period of effective activity In the front rank of American Journalism matched by few other newspapers. Since Mr. Pulitzer took hold of It, the World has been a standing contradiction of those who would contend that the great . news paper of today is wielding gradually lees and less influence over public af fairs and yielding Its place as the moulder of popular thought and leader of public affairs. The Important part played by the fearless and enterprising newspaper not only In promoting na tional prosperity but In safeguarding individual rights and protecting free In stitutions Is but faintly realized even by thoughtful people, because we have come to take It as n matter of course that the houest uewspnper should stand forth constantly as the people's cham pion. The history of no American paper more than tho World In its twenty years of new life exemplifies better the true field of Journalistic ef fort In the public arena, without In the least neglecting the news-gathering function, which It has simultaneously develoied Into overshadowing propor tions. Some of the sons of their fathers who were glveu commissions In tbe army during the Spanish-American war are getting Into trouble through lack of moral stamina to withstand the temp tation that came In their way. Other officers lsarlng Illustrious names, on the other hsnd. are making creditable re cords for themselves aud laying the foundations for promotion and future usefulness. In a word, the success of an officer in the American army, more perhaps than In the army of any other nation, depends cot on his father, but on himself. If he has the elements that make for character, for loyalty, for fidelity end for integrity he will get along and go up higher, but If he lacks these elements nd amount of political pull or family prestige will save him from stagnation If not disgrace. Gold Wsald St Stop Ttaeaa. Chicago Inter Ocean. The discovery of gold In Main should teach us once more that the east was only partly explored by the people of that sec tion iho have been In such a great hurry to come weat. rerlloaaly Bear Treauioa. Chlcaaro Tribune. The Hon. Charley Towna thinks the dem ocrats "made a great mistake In ISM In putting; a prescription for a disease Into a atatement of it." Further than that the country refused to believe that the dem ocratic doctors knew what ailed It. He Was th Real Tklagr. Baltimore American. Now another doubter has thrown reflec tions upon the existence of Adam. Tet there Is the strongest kind Of circumstan tial evidence that Adam existed and was a real man. As soon as he got into trouble he blamed It all on the woman. Paaile foe Saellbladers. Chicago News. Mr. Roosevelt, in a characteristic maxim has laid down the rule that promises mad on the stump should be kept just as much aa any othpr promises. The president should now show bow the campaign ora tor Is to observe this rule and remain In the business. Compliments Unltlply. New Tork Tribune. How acceptable a tribute to the prosper ity achieved under the Stars and Stripes Is the sending of committees and delegations of experts from Great Brltan and tho conti nent to study the conditions of the wonder ful development of Industries In this re public! A hearty welcome to them all. This country has nothing to conceal. It It always willing to show Its friends from any and every part of the world what It has done and Is doing. Greeting; Joyful News. Cincinnati Enquirer. William Jennings Bryan IS In favor of good roads." Glad to hear It. It Would he unfortunate if a man who had been the nominee of two parties for the presidency was opposed to that Which everybody else is In favor of. Good roads are features of advancing civilization. They are sure to come In sections where the land Is rich and the people prosperous. They are a part of the general development, and have been ever since the Applan Way was con structed In Rome even longer. Foretell Coal Helps. Philadelphia Record. During the eight months ended In Febru ary the imports of bituminous coal amounted to 2,491.812 tons, or more than double the Importations for the correspond ing period of the preceding fiscal year. The rebate of duty on coal was made by con gress In January and In February the im portation of bituminous coal amounted to 5S9.721 tons, against 152.923 tons In February, 1902. Most of this Ihcreased lmDortatlon waa from Nova Scotia. It Is not much compared with the domestic supply, but re bate of the tax on coal has afforded some substantial relief to consumers In New England. Last Re fa a-e of Criminals. Philadelphia Record. The last refuge of convicted criminals Is in the higher courts. .The supreme court In Missouri has thrown Its sheltering arms about, some of the worst boodlers whoa misdoing haa been lately exposed. No mur derer ' goes to tha gallows and no petty plunderer to the penitentiary nowadays If he have money enough to take an appeal from the verdict of a Jury to the courts or the pardon boards. These Instrumentalities, that are created to correct error, to insure justice and, upon occasion, rb temper It with mercy, are too often converted Into oonvenient barriers against the due ad ministration of the law. Flags at Catholic Fanerala. Ban Antonio (Tex.) Express. MonBtgnor Folconlo, the apostollo dele gate, left San Antonio Wednesday after noon for Los Angeles, Cal. While In this city Monstgnor Folconlo settled tha much vexed question respecting the use of na tional flags In the Cathollo church In the burial ceremony. The question has arisen in this city in the past over the regulation of the Q rand Army of the Republic and confederate veterans respecting ths draping ot the casket of a comrade in the flag. Th-j Interpretation given this regulation by church authorities has been that It waa part of a religious ceremony, nnd as such it could not be Introduced into the church. The apostolic delegate has ruled that not only may the Mag go Into the church, but into the Catholic cemetery s well, r.1 that after the priest has officiated aecorl ing to the Roman ritual," the civil organi sation may take charge and conclude Its ceremonies over the grave. GETTING TOGETHER. Welfare of lbor and Capital De pends on Peaceful Settlements. Chicago Inter Ocean. "I became a member of this organisa tion." said Senator Hanna at the meeting held to form a local branch of ths National Clvle Federation, "because It represents principles In which I believe. When men with differences have met on a common ground, in a spirit of fairness, a peaceful settlement has been the result." "More strikes and more trouble,'' aald John Mitchell, "have reiulted through the failure of representatives of labor and capi tal to get together than from any other cause. When they can put their legs under the same table, look each other In the eyes, and discuss their differences In a spirit of mutual confidence and fairness then the day of strikes and lockout is at an end." Whatever the defects ot the methods adopted, there can be no douUt of the value and necessity of the principle thus advo cated aud Indorsed by two such conspicu ous exponents of capital and labor. It is absolutely nocesaary for labor and capital to get together for the safety and the wel fare of both. Taking the long view that looks forward to ultimate results, we all see that the interests of labor and capital run parallel. But taking tha short view, which regards only the immediate division of Industrial profits their interests, we often find them ar.tugonlHtlc. These antagonistic Interests can. however( be reconciled. If labor and capital will but get together and agree to work together for the ultimate results seen by tha long view. They must get together and effect aome sort of working agreement. For In ths long run euch and all of us Americans rich or poor, employer or employe, capi talist or laborer must go up or down to gether. No man can work wholly for him self alone. No man ran prosper by him self alone. Prosperity or adversity. In the long run, must be the Inheritance of all of us together. Tlmreiore any movement, no matter how faulty In details of execution, whose prin ciple is the getting together of capital and labor to reconcile their antagonistic Inter- eats of the dsy for the sake of their parallel Interests of the fuiure. is good. Capital sad labor mutt get together, and the nation Is to be congratulated upon tha fact that they are trying to get together. SECILAR. SHOTS AT TUB PILPIT. Chicago Record-Herald: There Is a min ister in Jdlddletown, N. T.. who claims that he lives comfortably on 112 a month. AS would like to know where he buys his coal and meat. Pittsburg Chronicle: Our Lutheran presi dent listened yesterday to a sermon preached by a Presbyterian minister In a Methodist church. If this Isn't religious harmony, what IsT New York World: Three Chicago minis ters arbitrated a stockyards strike, charged ll.CCO each and got 114.40 apiece. The com pensation represented the SO-cents-an-hour terms vhlch they awarded to the strikers. From which It appears that peacemakers are to be blessed at arbitration rates and with a touch ot Irony. Philadelphia Record: The supreme court has sustained the decision ot ths late Judre Arnold, who refused the application for a charter by the First Church of Christian Scientists In Philadelphia. Judge Arnold held that, though a religious body, the practice of the art of healing In the manner set forth by Mrs. Eddy was Injurious to the community and opposed to the policy nt the lkw In Innsylvanla. The supreme court affirms this ruling as a sufficient ground for the refusal of a charter. No denial of the right of worship Is Involved; sanction Is refused to the system of healing with which ths worshiping appears to be Inextricably Intermixed. Washington Post: The fact is that mis sionary work as It Is prosecuted today cannot easily be Justified. There Is S cer tain Impertinence In Americans, for exam ple, going to Germany or Mexico or Chltm or Japan or any other country having sn established religion of Its own, fixed Insti tutions, customs and ideas, for the purpose of persuading the people to reject creeds and repudiate convictions which have been handed down to them by their ancestors and In the practice of which they have found content and pence. Of course It Is perfectly clear to us that they are steeped In Ignorance while we dwell in the full light of truth, but we must remember th:t they think differently and that they have as much right to their opinions as we have. Springfield Republican: The Interview between the pope and King Edward VII In Rome was of no special consequence In Itself. They may have talked about tho weather, or, What Is equally harmless, tho peace of the world. In a larger Significance, however, the Interview was worthy to he called historic. When last did a king of Protestant England Visit Rome and make a friendly call on the pontiff at the Vatican? More than anything that King Edward VII has yet done, this net shows how destitute of meaning he holds those harsh passages of his coronation oath which reflect upon the religious Talth of his Roman Cathollo subjects. Indeed, It may be thnt the visit was designed to have this effect. If so, the call at the Vatican was shrewdly con ceived. The king's next trip to Catholic Ireland may prove how keen a strok It was In the field of politics and government. PERSONAL AM) OTHERWISE. The Strap Hangers' league is growing In Pittsburg as rapidly as the famous order of Buffaloes. The chief requirement is pledge to hang together or separately. The impression Is growing In New York city that the saloon business Is a money maker. Barely 2 per cent of the saloons were closed by the law doubling the license fee. ' If a, long pull and a strong pull Is all that Is needed to settle ths strike, let the warring elements turn to ths dentists with tha ' confidence masterful experience in apt res. The Illinois legislature raised from $3, 000 to $10,000 the limit of liability for death. Why tha corporations permitted tha "raise" to go through Is one of the mysteries of current politics. Owing to the strike ot laundry, workers Chicago Is airing some of its linen in St. Louis. The opportunity to put a little starch on Its ancient rival is enjoyed hugely by St. Louis. Rome dyspeptic official attached to the pay roll In Washington ascribes t prevalence of suicide to eating strawberriesT Pass tha cream, please, and let the man with the scythe do his worst. A Judge In Indian Territory soaked an Irate subscriber tor $40 for indulging In a sulphurpus conversation of four minutes over the telephone. A conversation valued at $10 a minute must be pretty "hot stuff." The lea Combine down east Justifies a boost In price on the ground that coal has advanced. , The relation of coal to ice is not visible, but the humor of the connect ing link must be apparent to those who foot the bills. Several of the governors who went to the St. Louis dedication complain of lack of attention on the part ot the authorities. It was Indeed a great shock to their dignity to discover how they shrunk when away from home. President Francis avers that the Louisi ana Purchase show is "the biggest ever" by about 480,000 cubic feet. Reports from the ground and vicinity Indicate that the bills handed to visitors were equally mag nificent in dimensions. A recent dispatch explaining a certain matrimonial alliance at Pittsburg had this "bent pin" attached: "The freedom with which ciphers are thrown about by print ers is typical of the age." For ciphers read slugs and let It go at that. The age of chivalry is not entirely lost. Remnants of It linger to brighten our prosaic existence. "This la whisky, I be lieve," said Cardinal Gibbon during the St. Louis club reception -as a glass con taining the dark brown taste was hund"d to him. "If I am right," he continued. "Is there an experienced gentleman hero who will relieve me of It T" Instantly a score of hands reached out for the booze and the cardinal waa saved. AMKHICAKS IX THE LEAD. Favorable Showlnar for the tolled States In Foreign Reports. Philadelphia Tress. The Mosely commlaslcn, which came to (hit country from England to Inspect Amer ican Industrial establishments, Is still arousing some Interest at home by the re ports the members have nude. There was considerable difference between tbem. but la the main they agree that American workers are better off than those la Eng land. It would be utterly useless to dispute that fact. The many thousands of Brit ishers now In this country and the addi tional thousands who come every year de monstrate that fact beyocd dispute. Would they come here If they did not better them solvest If they discovered thst they bad made a mistake they would soon return borne. But on tbe contrary they send money borne to help (heir relatives to reach tbe United States. That is true of about all countries la Europe, though It Is a practice that has varied conalderably, the south of Europe having come promi nently to the front In that respect In re cent years. In their final report the members ot the coromlssUon pay a tribute to American em ployers for tbelr "eagerness to obtain the latest Improvements In machinery." Ths workmen heartily co-operate In that work, as tbe machinery la not used to rut down wages. "This Is very different from tha ordinary , state ot affairs In England," the report states, without explanation. x Tbr blame la England Is probably mora with tba workmen than with tbe employers. America workmea srs said to care aaors for higher pay thaa for snorter hours, which Is creditable to them. But thoy are not careless of obtaining both adrsntagts. Tho reports differ as to the cost of liv ing In this country, though the men a( agree that "the American is, after all V duel Ions have been made, much better than the English workman." How mvr1 better off causes a difference of oplnloa. The representative of the llthograpbl J printers says 80 per cent better off, while the representative of ths leather working trade says that In his line of buslneet there la not much difference. That ths standard of living Is higher In America ail prominent workers In England who did not, and probably do not now, contemplate com ing to the Cnlted States to live. It bears out our protective tariff policy vary well indeed, for without that aid this country could never have reached the proud posi tion It now holds In comparison with Other nations. UKSEItVEU TKIBITE. Effect of a Free Press American Life. Associate Justice David J. Urewer Of the United States supreme court pays a strong tribute to the free press of America In theW twentieth snnli-erfiurv rlfllnn nf tha New If York World. He writes: First, the effect the press has had on the recent advance In American life has been in realizing the constitutional purpose "to form a more perfect union." Forty years ago a bitter civil war prevailed. North and south were enemies. Now sectional ani mosities are disappearing; patriotism is be coming universal. The north eulogises Lee; the south Venerates Lincoln. New York respects Hryan. South Carolina hon ors Senator Hoar. We are becoming truly one people. What has brought this about T Knowlrige of each other. We may hate those we know; we never love those we do not know. Tho press, which tells us each morning what all do nnd say, helps us to know eoch other. New York knows New Orleans and San Krnnclscn as well as It does Brooklyn. Without the press, even with the telegraph and the postofflce, what strangers we should be. Knowing ech other, we find how much alike we are- s are ?s. S into J' as hill cntirfl - some defects, but mnny excellencies by bringing the American people I more intimate acquaintance the press been making a more pprfect union. Second, In grappling with social condl tlons and questions. Disease, Ignorance, crime, poverty, have always existed. We used to accept them as Inevitable, end thank Ood we escaped. Now We deny fate and strive to remove or Improve. The ha tlon Is wrestling with these problems. It agree upon. The American workman Isf more sober, gambles less and spends mgr in luxuries. "1 Altogether the report Is very favorable! to tbe I'nlted States, though made by is in ine tnroes nna sweni or struggle. Tne-m w press Informs of nnd Inspires every effort Each laborer knows he is not workings alone, and Is given the encouragement andl strength of co-operntlon. Only through 1 such Is there possibility of success In the solution of these problems. Third in h , , lm n IV.. public opinion, thnt court mightier than any organized tribunal, at whose bar are Judged all men. events and purposes. Hefe the press does mighty work. It collects ths universal opinion, announces Its conclusions and whirls them against all for gloom or glory. These facts speak most for the up lift of the nation, and In each ths press has been one. If not the great, factor. May It continue Its work, promoting national unity, hastening the solution of the great social problems, and bringing nil matters before the court of public opinion, a, cOurt of Increasing wisdom and power. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "Did you get homo before the storm broke last night? asked the first clubman. "Naturally," replied the other, "the storm never breaks until 1 get home." Chicago Tribune, v it ?on Beet Oh! I could marry 'most any irl hwlah. K' wltt-kou've got that rather twisted. -nSjl you wish you could marry mott v . 1 S-f TferaAvhai tifotifert in? li-L-l'hllHdelphla Ledger. AVbat did Cella have her hat Cia-eioe Well, she had everything on It but 4 bunch of young onions. Detroit Free Pre 88. bawson Does he still love his WifeT L'awson Well, he still wears the ties she buys for him. Somervllla Journal. "Oeorge, don't forget to mall this letter. What can I do to prevent your carrying It around with you for a week or more7'r "Mall It yourself, my dear." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Clarence (cautiously) Would er If II were to ask you to marry me er wound you oe sure to say nes7 Clarisso (also cautiously) Well, If I were to say "yes" er would you be sura to ask me to er marry you? Tess Actually married. Is shet When was she married? Jess On the thirteenth. T ess The thirteenth? Isn't that Unlucky? Jess How could it be unlucky? She's really married. Philadelphia Proaa. "Are you Interested in these captains J( Industry of whom we read so much?" 1 "I don't know," responded Senator Soc ghum, reflectively, "that 1 am aa much In terested in the captains as I um in the pay masters." Washington Blur. RESIGNATION', Henry W. Longfellow. There Is no flock, however watch'd and tended, , , Al But one dead lamb Is there! There la no fireside, howsoe'er defended. But has one vacant chair! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourning for the dead; The heart of Kuchel, lor her children cry ing. Will not be comforted! Ix-t us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Atfsuuiu the ditrk disguise. We see but dimly through: the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What Beein to us but sad. funeral tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There Is no Death! What seems so la transl- tlon; This lite of mortal breath Is but u suburb of the llfn elysmn Whose portal we call Death. She la rot dend the rJilld of our affection Hut gone Into that School Wheie slie no longer needs our poor pro tection, , And Christ himself doth rule. In thut great cloister's stillness and seclu sion. , , . By guardian nngels led. Bate from temptutlon, sifs Irom pollution. She W. whom we cull dead. Day after day we think what she Is doing In those bright realms of air; Year after year, her tender steps pursuing. Behold her grown more fair. Thus do we walk with her. and keep un broken k i.,...,i whlrh Nature iflven. Thinking that, our remembrance, though unspoken. May iK.icii her where she lives. Not as a child shall we again behold her; r or wnen wun mii , . . In our embraces we aualn enfold her, She will not be a child; But a fair maiden. In her Father's mansion ClOtliecl WHO lPIlini Bia'-v, And I'cuutlful with all the soul's expansion Hhall we behold her face. And though, at times, Impetuous with amo tlon And anirulMh long suppress d. The swelling heart heaves, moaning the ocean. That cannot be at rest, We will ba patient, and assuage tha fsellnf We may not wholly stay; Bv silence sanctifying, not concealing, Tbe grief that must have way.