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The address Trill ba changed
' as often mm desired.
According to John N. Baldwin the
Union Pacific bridge Is no thoroughfare.
i
, Good King Ak-Sar-Ben has set a 1.500
mark for bis 100.1 census. Tush It aloof.
Those trade excursions ought to start
the trade wluds toward Oyiaba and
keep them blowing this way.
The city fathers have done Just ns
well by the Eleventh street viaduct as If
Ernest Stuht were a member of the
council.
If ' President Roosevelt wants to re
ceive ambassadors at bis summer resi
dence there Is nothing In tht constitu
tion or the laws to prevent.
What a mistake those robbers made
In Seattle lu carrying off a hotel safe.
Men with nerve like that ought to lone
no tlmo in making their debut on the
Wall Street 8tock exchange.
Up to date several candidates for Ju
dicial nomination before the republican
convention of this district have neglected
to dlHcJoso how much money It has cost
them to be nominated, or sidetracked.
For the present the terminus of the
Urent Western Is at Council Bluffs, but
the t radio managers of that roud are
getting ready for nu extensive package
delivery over the Douglus street bridge.
One of the questions that Is puzzling
aud perplexing the democrats who favor
a nonpartisan Judiciary is whether a
candidate who solicits and accepts n
nomination from a republican conven
tion can be regarded as nonpartisan.
Presldout Burt and Mr. Ilarrlman !re
aid to be at variance on the question
of opeulng up the Union Pacific bridge
to the Chicago Oreat Western. This re
calls tbo political law firm that always
has one member on each side of the
fence so as to make sure of having
frieuds in tbo winning camp.
In its reflections on Nebraska's repre
sentation In the upper branch our ami
able popocratlc contemporary evinces a
disposition to believe that all the bril
liancy and talent of the state's delega
tion to Washington is concentrated lu
the lone democratic member "from the
Second district. Modesty alone pre
vents It from oaylug so In outspoken
EuglUh.
Governor Mickey has appointed n
formidable delegutlon to represent Ve
bruska tit the America!! Mining con
gietts to le held next month at Dead
wood and Lead City. Nebraska has no
mines worth mentioning, but it has
been pretty well plastered over with
mining stocks. If the delegates from
the miulng states will furnish the prac
tical discusalou the Nebraska represen
tatives will be able to expatiate on
floating the paper. ,
In a hotly untested primary the dem
ocrats of Mississippi have endorsed
Senator Money for re-election as his
own successor. This Is the same Sena
tor Money who acquired unenviable
notoriety last year by assaulting a con
ductor on a Wusliiugtou street car, but
a little episode of this kiud only endears
him the more to bis Mississippi constit
uency. Had tie victim of his fury in
Washington only been a black man In
stead of a white man, Senator Money
might have had a unanimous endorse
ment from his party at home. (
a PAmr wtrnnvt ax issvm.
The Interview with Senator tlorman,
to which reference has 'already been
made, has served to emphasize the fact
tli.it the democracy Is at present party
without an Inane. There Is no more as
tute and bagacloiis democrat In the
country than the Maryland senator and
when asked as to Issues for the next
presidential campaign he put aside those
questions upon which his party has been
dwelling for several years and suggested
that the next democratic platform will
be little more than a perfunctory decla
ration in favor of economy and honesty
In the public service and tariff reform.
Asked In regurd to legislation for reg
ulating the trusts, Mr. (iorninn said that
they seem to bo regulating themselves,
that "they all have incorporated within
them the seed of 'death." He had
nothing to sny In regard to so-called Im
perialism, knowing that a majority of
southern democrats are In favor of hold
ing the insular possessions obtained
through the war with Spain. In regard
to financial legislation Mr. Gorman bad
no opinion, simply remarking that "It
Is the place pf the republicans to frame
legislation." In respect to the foreign
pel icy of the government he had nothing
to sii. r, nof did he refer to the conditions
of prosperity at home. The negro prob
lem, ho declared, Is not political, and It
Is easy to understand bis desire aa a
democrat to avoid that question. In
short, this democratic leader, unques
tionably nn aspirant for the presidential
nomination next year and at present the
most prominent among tbe possible
candidates, celebrated above all others
in his party for political shrewdness
and foresight, puts out of consideration
the- chief democratic Issues of the last
presidential campaign, apparently re
garding them as dead and burled, and
suggests tariff reform, economy In pub
lic expenditures and an honest public
service as a democratic platfbrm for
next year's campaign.
How much enthusiasm can be aroused
among democrats over those Issues? "It
requires no great power of discern
ment," remarks the Baltimore Ameri
can., "to discover that unless the demo
crats are ready next year to meet the
republicans with something more sub
stantial than Senator Gorman has out
lined it will be lir a bad way Indeed
when it comes to figure on the prospects
for victory." The sort of tariff reform
which the democratic party would give
the country Is not desired by those who
remember Its efforts In this direction
when last the party was in control of
the government. That brought disaster
which it is safe to say millions of demo
crats do not wish to have repeated. Aa
to honesty in. the public service the
people are quite willing to trust the
present administration ' to' secure that,
while there is no reason to look to tbe
democratic party, for economy In public
expenditures. The plain fact is that
the democracy . at this time ts without
an Issue to commend it to popular sup
port and confidence, while the republican
party has well-defined policies and
principles, the wisdom and merit of
which are attested by the moat satis
factory results.
UttCDCD HKFOKM Jit TH COVBT BUI 8.
The campaign of education inaugu
rated by The Bee and prosecuted by the
Real Estate exchange in favor of tax
reform must be continued until public
sentlmeut Is fully aroused to existing
abuses and the necessity for equitable
assessment and rational retrenchment.
Within the past year the searchlight of
publicity has been fixed upon the city
hall and much has been accomplished
in the direction of Impartial assessment
and tax reduction. , The time has now
come for turning the searchlight upon
the court house, where wastefulness and
extravagance, peculations and down
right Jobbery have run riot without let
or hindrance for years.
It cannot be repented too often that
the five commissioners who control nnd
manage tbe affairs of Douglas county
disburse more than half a million 'dol
lars of public funds every year. When,
how and where this enormous expendi
ture Is disbursed Is a matter of conjec
ture for most of the taxpayers. All that
Is known generally is that about $150,000
of.the half million of revenue collected
by taxation is paid over to tbe state
treasurer and $1."W),000 a year is ex
pended on roadways aud bridges, while
the remaining $300,000 are disbursed to
pay court expenses, maintenance of the
county poor farm nnJ county Jail and
the county pay roll. '...?".
Attention has already been called
the reckless methods' that have hereto
fore prevailed In the construction of
bridges and the Improvement of public
roads. Parties who claim to be familiar
with the subject say that not less than
$100,000 has been squandered ou bridge
building and road building within the
past three years, and many thousands
have been pxi;cted by contractors, their
middlemen and accomplices, all because
of fast and loose methods aud lack of
honest and efficient supervision.
Few people outside of the county com
missioners and possibly the county audi
tor and treasurer are nware of the fact
that the nutuler of officers and regular
employes on the pay roll of the county
varies from VM to 130 and their monthly
pay exceeds $10,500. or' $125,000 a year.
While perhnps two-thirds or three
fourths of these officers and employes
are absolutely essentlul for the proper
conduct of the affairs of the county,
fully one-fourth may be considered as
taxeaters, who have leon foisted tqton
the couuty pay roll for either political
reasons or purely personal favoritism.
The only effective protection for these
abuses la publicity. If the county com
missioners were required to publish the
names of each person on the county pay
roll, the amount paid and the service
rendered, at least quarterly, public sen
timent would compel the ttosrd to weed
out all the suiernumerarles aud incom
petents. Periodic comparisons of pay
rolls in the various departments with
the pay rolls In the sama departments
In the boom periods of twelve or fifteen
years sgo, when there wss much grester
activity In every part of the court house,
would also point the wny to rational re
trenchment and greater efficiency.
ritoscccru r coal thust.
It Is again reported that proceedings
against the Anthracite Coal trust, under
the Sherman anti trust law, are con
templated at Washington, it Is stated
that officials representing the Depart
ment of Justice are satisfied, ns the
result of on investigation, that a case
can be made against the combination,
and If such Is the fact there ought to be
no unnecessary delay in Instituting pro
ceedings. Nothing the present adminis
tration could do In regard to the trusts
would give such general public satisfac
tion as would the prosecution of the
arrogant and oppressive anthracite coal
combine, provided it oan be shown to
be amenable to the anti-trust law. As
to this there Is little doubt in the public
mind, but of course the authorities roust
be guided by well-ascertained facts and
these are vesy difficult to get at. The
combination of railroads and operators
is well safeguarded against investiga
tion and if the officials of the Depart
ment of Justice have been able to obtain
sufficient information to Justify them In
believing a case can be made under the
anti trust law they have been particu
larly fortunate.
Meanwhile the price of coat is being
advanced by the combination and while
the conditions are not likely to be quite
as bad the coming winter as they were
last winter, it is not promised that they
will be very much better. Squeezing
the public by the trust will continue,
with more or less hardship to a great
many people.
TBS CIVIC rtDKRATJOB.
Senator Ilanna, who is chairman of
the Civic Federation, has firm faith in
that organization as an agency for bring
ing about better relations between capi
tal and labor. In a recent address he
said that the federation does not act as
a board of arbitration, its purpose being
to make it possible to get the employer
and employed together to adjust their
troubles. A failure to accomplish this,
he stated, had been rare and tbe federa
tion ltod been instrumental in settling
nearly a hundred strikes in two years,
the only failure of any Importance being
in the anthracite strike. To this must
now be added the strike of the textile
workers, they having declined to accept
the proffered intervention of the federa
tion for a settlement of the controversy
with tbe manufacturers.
The statement of Senator Hnnna
shows that the Civic Federation has
made a record of usefulness that was
not generally expected when it was
organized and which certainly Justifies
Its continuance. Its efforts thus far
have been made under conditions more
unfavorable to success than are likely
in the future, if present indications are
not misleading: These point to greater
conservatism and moderation on the
part of both capital and labor in respect
to differences that may arise. There
hare been valuable lessons learned on
both sides within the past year or two
and there Is every reason to believe
that these will not be lost. The costly
conflicts have taught omployers and em
ployed alike the wisdom and expedi
ency of seeking a fair and equitable way
of settling their differences and avoid
ing strikes and lockouts, and for this
the Civic Federation is likely to find
more opportunities for the exercise of
its good offices in the interest of In
dustrial peace. The organization has
done well and has a good claim to
public support and encouragement.
Acting Attorney General Norrls Brown
has struck a rich lead In ruling that all
foreign corporations must incorporate
under the laws of this state and pay
into the state treasury such fees as are
prescribed by law for the privilege of
transacting business in Nebraska. It is
estimated that the corporation registra
tion fees under this ruling would within
a short time wipe out the entire state
debt, which at this time exceeds $2,000,
000. It goes without saying that tbe
foreign corporations affected by this rul
ing will pool Issues and 'make a des
perate fight against ,itttt t,he courts.
There are, however, many precedents Jn
favor of the ruling in various states,
notably in New Jersey and Delaware,
where the foreign corporation fees run
Into the millions, and if tbe courts sus
tain Acting Attorney General Brown !n
bis view lie will put the tallest feather
tvhjs cap that any public man has ever
had Sebright to wear in this vicinity.
Colonel Bryan's protest against the
pronunclamento o? the, reunited popu
lists shows what kiud of thanks the
populists have to expect for coming to
the rescue of the democrats when the
latter were almost extinct as a party in
the western states. Had there been no
fusion In Nebraska the democratic vote
in 180U and tbe yeurs Immediately suc
ceeding would have been so ridiculously
small as to put the selection of a presi
dential candidate from this state com
pletely out of question. Of the 11(1,000
votes polled by Mr. Bryan in Nebraska
not over 40,000 were contributed by the
democrats, yet he Intimates that tbe
populists are the debtors in the alliance.
When the populists go it alone, as they
say they will, the paucity of the demo
cratic following will be uncovered.
Colonel Bryan has a right to protest.
The effect of the charter amendment
enacted by the late delegation from
Ikuglas that requires the city to pay
for all the bonds given by city officials
will presently manifest Itself. Under
the provision of the charter every meiu
her of the con noil who votes an overlap
or an illegal transfer of city money
from one fund to another is liable on
his bond. In other words, be makes the
Guaranty Bond company liable to the
city for whatever loss tbe city may sus
tain by his Illegal action, but Inasmuch
as the city has to pay his tond and the
bond company has assumed the liability
at the expense of the city, the council
man Is not likely to feel very much
alarmed over any action that would
comiel a forfeiture of his loiid. It Is
the other fellow who will have to do
the floor walking.
A touching tale Is told of the tears
shed by former Llentena nt Governor
Lee of Missouri when cross-questioned
before the grand Jury as to the various
legislative, liootllo deals In which ho fig
ured so prominently. Is It not a trifle
late for a flood of tears that should have
started at the time of the bribe distribu
ting lobby began Its work and the dis
grace of exposure anticipated before en
tering upon his career of corruption?
It is noteworthy that all the great
rogues and sleek rascals think of their
ruined reputations and the sufferings of
their families after the Irreparable mis
chief has been done, If they would
think of these things first they would
keep out of trouble.
The Filipinos do not take kindly to
the new coins minted by Uncle Sam, es
pecially for the accommodation of busi
ness in the Orient. People who become
accustomed to one kind of money are
usually loath to accept a substitute that
they do not understand and which they
fear may turn out to be a fraud prac
ticed upon them. When the Filipinos
convince themselves that the new coins
are Just as good as the old ones they
will, like the white men, take all they
can get.
T .
Faaaed It lp.
Philadelphia North American.
King Edward may have meant all ha said
to Ireland, for he didn't go near where the
Blarney stone la.
Working; Both Ways.
8t. Louts Globe-Democrat.
With sweating on one hand and squeezing
on the other. Wall street will soon ba the
dryest place on the country. -
A Wifely Dot).
Milwaukee Sentinel.
It la hoped that the new Mra. Fltzslm
mona will not fall In her wifely duty when
the time comes to admonish Robert to paste
him In the slats.
The Real Wealth Producer.
Minneapolis Times.
Last year the farms In the United States
earned I5.2CO.C0O.00O, and t40),000,000 of this
amount was paid out to farm laborers.
There is no need for us to go up In the air
even If a few Wall street concerns go to
the wall. "The man with the hoe" Is still
on the earth.
vAarltatlon la a Gambling Shop.
Indianapolis Journal.
The time when buslners conditions
throughout the country had a controlling
Influence on the stock market seems to
have passe?. Wall street has degenerated
Into a gambling shop whose operations the
rest of the country may view with little
other Interest than that ot curiosity.
Currency Expansion.
Springfield Republican. .
The more-money agitators are facing the
fact that the amount In circulation In
creased by nearly $G,00O,0O0 during July, and
by Itfl.ai&il during tbe year ending with
July. This is a rate of currency expansion
about doubla what would have been effected
had the mints been opened to the free and
unlimited coinage of sliver at the rate of
16 to 1. It has been a period of money In
flation far exceeding any since the civil
war.
Speed the Parting; Goeat.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The two divisions of the populists are now
aoppoaed to be united, and their first act
Is to resolve that experience has "demon
strated the futility of any attempt to se
cure the enactment of our truth, either
through the republican or democratio par
ties." wherefore the time haa arrived when
the "united people's party should declare
Itself emphatically opposed to any affilia
tion with either of theae rnrtlrs." The
skies are tightening for the democratic
party when it has so far got back to Its
old moorings that a populist tweedledee no
longer recognizes a democrat as tweedle
dum.
CONTEMPT OF COIRT.
Mlaaoarlans Show Precious Little Re
spect for Their Supreme Bench.
Minneapolis Journal.
There haa been mult talk of the dangeVs
of government by Injunction, but if the
courts take to following the example ot
the Missouri supreme court there will be
more danger of government through al
leged contempt of court. (
The facta In the case, briefly told, are as
follows: Reuben U. Oglesby of Warrens
burg, Mo., sued the Missouri Pacific Rail
way company for damages. He won a
verdict at the first trial, and the supreme
court affirmed it, six Judge to one. Three
times the railway company's motion for a
new hearing was granted, and three times
the verdict was reaffirmed. Finally, after
the composition of the bench had changed,
the railway company got another hearing,
and this time a reversal of Judgment and
an order for a new trial. Agila Oglesby
won; again the case went to the supreme
court, and this time that court reversed
Judgment and refused a new trial.
In commenting on this remarkable allow
ing, the editor of the Warrensburg Standard-Herald
declared that the railway com
pany had packed the court and aald,
among other things, that the victory of
the railway was complete and the corrup
tion of the supreme court thorough. "The
corporatlona." he said, "have long owned
the legislature; now they own the supreme
court, and the cltlaen who applies to either
for Justice against the corporation guts
nothing."
This is strong language, but none too
strong, If the court really be corrupt. It
lays Its author open to Indictment for crimi
nal libel. If the supreme court really felt
that It was aggrieve! and unjustly as
persed. It should have aought vindication
through a trial. Dut, Instead of that. It
fined the editor 1500 for contempt of court
in having done something "to beat down
the respect of the people fm the court."
If the court Is what the editor says It It
and In view of the rottennes that has pre
vailed In Missouri It may easily te he
couldn't beat down respect for It fast
enough for the public good. If it was not,
the editor's conviction of libel woul I have
restored the respect of the people for the
court. But to use an arbitrary and prob
ably unconstitutional power to fine the edi
tor without trial, by way of vindicating It
self, will powerfully contribute "to beat
down respect for the court." It emel
to have had that effect In the editor's hots
for the people there had enough e iiiflleiK'e
In him to raise the money and pay his flne
within an hour after the act of Judicial
despotism had been committed.
POLITICAL. DRIFT.
, .
Since Jan. 1. isrl, the state of New
Jersey has tVken In II, 170,000 as filing fees
for chartering corporations.
Philadelphia republicans tiave nominated
Von Moackslsker for Judge of the court of
common pleas. The quaker city moves.
Colonel Wattcrson declares that Dryan's
attacks an Cleveland are dtlly. The
colonel wants a monopoly of the large
target.
"You'll have to show me." la a more
effective dictum In Hungary than In Mis
souri. A boodler there actually produced
his 11,000.
Big Bill Devery Is out for reform and a
place on the payroll of New Tork City.
Bill doesn't care much for reform, but he
needs the money.
Three prominent democratic politicians of
Missouri are headed for the penitentiary.
But the state supreme court Is doing busi
ness at the old stand.
A ' Missouri paper says, "boodle will be
the controlling issue," In next fall's cam
paign. Boodle haa been in control there
for some time. Mlasourlans hate to let
go a good thing.
The income of the state of Pennsylvania
Is far in excess of expenditures and there
ia i cah balance of mors trmt $12,,000
In the state treasury. Tne lata muttling
legislature adjourned too soon.
The New Tork Bun finds that Congress
man Baker ot Brooklyn, who Indignantly
returned a proffered railroad pam, haa
drawn a salary aa auditor of municipal ac
counts since his name was placed on the
congressional payroll. Thus perishes an
other victim ot variegated scruples.
Ex-President drover Cleveland la sn
nounced to address the Commercial club
of Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 13. His sub
ject has not yet been made known. The
Invitation was extended In behalf of the
club by ex Controller James M. Eckels, now
president of the Commercial National Bank
of Chicago. The club is not a political
organisation.
Apropos of Mr. Cockran's return to Amer
ica it appears that shortly after he landed
last week a friend remarked. "Bourke.
they have found a successor for you at
the Wigwam In Charles Towns. They had
to get someone when you drifted away."
"Good speaker, Towne," replied Cockran.
"Just tha man. But please revise your
explanatlona. I did not drift away from
Tammany. 'Twaa Tammany that drifted
away from me."
Bixty-five members of the, next t'nlted
States senate are lawyers, one is a civil
engineer, two are doctors and the others
ankers, miners, business men and politi
cians. The average age ta 66. Senator
Pettus of Alabama, the oldest Is 82, and
Senator Bailey of Texas, the youngest, is
40. Twenty-flve members fought in the
civil war. Of college graduates thorp are
fifty-five. Seven members of the senate
were born in other countries. '
The city of St. Louis claims the distinction
ot being the only large city In the country
which has a separate and distinct political
organization apart from any county. New
York City Includes five counties. Phila
delphia Is in Philadelphia county, Chicago
In Cook, Pittsburg In Allegheny, Boston
In Suffolk, Cleveland In Cuyahoga, Louis
ville In Jefferson, Buffalo in Erie, Detroit
In Wayne, Indianapolis In Marlon, Cincin
nati In Franklin, Omaha In Douglas and
Kansas City In Jackson. The boundaries
of Baltimore city and county differ, but
St. Louis Is a city of Itself.
TRUSTS ' IX OAJiGEH NOW.
Industrial Combines Hearing? tha
Rocks of Reorganisation.
Baltimore American.
. The evidences all point to the probability
of a season of reorganizations among the
big Industrial corporations' similar to -an
experience through which many of tha rail
roads paaaed not very long ago. With
many of the Industrials, or trusts, as they
are popularly called, reorganisation Is In
evitable. Already many of them are near
ing the rocks of difficulty, snd nothing will
save them but a process of Jettisoning by
which they will get rid of the handicaps
which have bothered them..
Such a sequel is the result not of busi
ness conditions, but of the Inherent weak
ness of the trusts themselves. The coun
try's prosperity has been flourishing
enough.. Prosperity has enjoyed such ex
uberance that these Industrials should have
developed a vigorous corporate strength.
The potentialities for success have been
within the trusts themselves, but those
potentialities have been neutralized by
flagrantly bad business methods on the part
of the various corporation managements.
It is doubtful If the people of any coun
try have been more shamelessly victimized
by crooked business methods than have the
people of the United States during the
past Ave years. A remarkable era of cor
poration consolidations started in about
1838 for the ostensible or pretended purpose
of preserving certain Industries from a
slow, crushing death under the weight of
competition. The Idea and advantages of
consolidation were thoroughly exploited,
with the view of leading tha public to buy
securities. Just so soon as the public's ap
petite was whetted the promoters and syn
dicate underwriters atarted In on their
campaign of unmitigated robbery. ,
A study of the list of the various trusts,
or Industrial corporatlona, will show that
nearly all of those which have been or
ganized since 1898 have been managed with
no end In view except to permit the pro
moters and underwriters to get out with a
profit. Everything has been done to bolster
up temporarily the apparent financial con
dition of tha corporations, tha idea being
to deceive the public long enough to permit
promoters and underwriters to unload their
securities. Dividends have been paid out
when not earned, nothing haa been ex
pended toward properly maintaining or
extending tha plants; and no effort haa
been made to establish a surplus us a
proper buttress on which to lean during
less prosperous times. The promoters and
their allied underwriters have run the en
terprises to their full limit, and they have
paid out every dollar they could gather in
order to delude the public Into thinking
that a bonanza was being offered. In that
way ttiey have sold out their securities at
high figures. The consequence Is, there is
hardly an Industrial in a sufficiently strong
flnancftl condition to. endure the strain of
less prosperous times.
Pensions for Minors.
Philadelphia Press-
Pension Commissioner Ware may ba right
In a legal sense In reversing the ruling of
hla predecessor In regard to the adjudica
tion of clalma for pensions for minor chll
dren, but former Commissioner Evans made
out what appeared to be a very clear case
on the other side. The point Is that clalma
are now made for back pensions for chll
dren of deceased soldiers until they reached
tha age of 16, though the "children" are
now men and women well advanced In Ufa,
and not In need. Commissioner Evana ruled
that app Rations In such cases must have
been filed, before the children passed the
age of It years, when such pensions ceased
by law. and that the act of 1871 limited the
time for filing such claims to July 1, If 8).
Any child for whom an application was not
filed at that time did not need a pension.
It waa not contemplated by congress to pay
out large sums In pension money on sc.
count of "children" twenty years and more
after they become of age. But it is a fine
thing for claim agents to get commissions
on large sums collected in that way at thla
lata data
OTHER LA.VDS THA OtRS.
Desultory fighting continues In Mace
donia between rebel bands and Turkish
troops, but there Is no sign that a formi
dable revolt Is poxnlble. Europe haa re
fused to Interfere, and Turkish military
power haa been far too great for tha
Macedonians and the volunteers who have
comedo aid them from Bulgaria, to with
stand. The reault of the efforts which
have been made to break down the rule
of the sultan Is simply worse conditions
for Macedonia than those which existed'
before. The country Is more torn and
Impoverished by armed bands. Many of
Its people have been killed or wounded.
and others have been sent to Asia Minor to
suffer In Turkish prisons. Promises of re
form In the administration of the govern
ment may or may not be of any value.
For the present the changes rauxed by tha
rising against Turkish, rule have been evil
In most respects. Some time this state of
things must end. A part of Europe which
Is naturally rich and productive cannot
always be blighted by bad government.
It Is contrary to the spirit of the age. and
opposed to the whole force of advancing
civilization. But when tha Ottoman em
pire Is to end, as a European power, no
one ventures to predict. Me Anwhlie M ice
donia suffers and calls In vain for help.
.
The schema which has been elaborated
by Russian bureaucrats for Improving tha
condition of the Worklngman conveys a
vivid Idea of what that condition is at
present. As approved by the Imperial
council, the measure contains nine clauses,
according to which employera may allow
their men providing the chief factory in
spector of the district has no objection
to elect "elders" to represent them In con
ferences, with either their masters or the
civil authorities, on the subject of con
tracts, etc. All workmen are to be di
vided, into groups, each of which Is to have
Its own elder. If a number of these groups
are Interested in the same qututlon, their
elders may meet for consultation, but the
groups themselves are on no account tp
be permitted to assemble together. At
first glance It would appear that the Im
perial council were engaged In the creation
of a particularly vicious species of walk
ing delegate, but Inasmuch as they re
serve the right to remove at will any
elder who does not suit them, it seems
more likely that .they meditate the instal
lation of a body of police spies as labor's
trusted representatives. It la an Ingenious
little plan, and may aucceed, but It would
not deceive any worklngman outside
Russia.
The recent Visit of Klna? Alfonso to Car-
thagena and his exchange of courtesies
with the commanders of various foreign
squadrons have given rise to all sorts of
wild rumors and speculations In Spain. A
StrUfffflft liem (A Via Immln.n, Ka.wah h
advocates of a progressive policy, includ
ing tne strengthening of the fleet and the
army, and the more prudent supporters of
a policy of retrenchment and reorganiza
tion, witn regard to Spain's natural posi
tion, Senor Moret delivered a. slcrnlflrant
address the other day. He said that In
case of a struggle between the great pow
ers In the Merlterraneen everything will
hang on tha fate of Gibraltar, and that
fate will depend, owlna- ta the rnnn anA
conditions of modern artlllerv. unon the
surrounding land defenses. . Moreover, Spain
win not De aoit to avoid danger on the plea
that she Is a neutral power. It is high
time, ha declared, that the whole Spanish
people should know that the question of
Gibraltar will ba tha a-ravest nf all m..
oonsiaerea tne - question, foseseen all the
consequences, and Dreoared all tha nwe.
sary measures, whereas Spaniards are
asieep on tne Drink of a precipice. It was
a mistake, however, to suppose that Spain
waa weak and resourcelesa. Her a-eoarSDh-
ical position was her strength as well aa
nor weakness, and would enable her to
make moat advantageous alliances.
Kerr Moller. the Prussian minister of
commerce, has been npeaking at Osnabruck
about the present position of German arti
sans. Ha warned bis audience, which was
composed mainly of worklngmen, against
undue pessimism. Although, he said, arti
sans had lost much by the growth of fac
tories and Industrialism, yet Germany
might be proud of her Industry, which had
enabled her to successfully meet foreign
competition, and especially that of America
and England. The artisan must endeavor
to make up for lost ground by co-operation
and by availing himself of modern techni
cal progress. The minister went on to say
that the German nation was the most hated
of all abroad, because it had worked Itself
up to Its present height by Its own aid.
This the country owed to the Hohenzol
lems, who were the best servants of the
state, and excelled In faithfulness, assidu
ity and piety. They were much misunder
stood by those who criticised them at
home. Foreign nations, however, envied
Germany for possessing princes like them.
It is worth noting that, according to im
perial statistics Just published, the deposits
in German savings banks last year
amounted to no lesa than nine thousand
million marks, or about $2,006,000,000. with
out counting the duchy of Brunswick,
which failed to furnish the necessary sta
tistics.
The crushing of Finland continues. Gen
eral Bobtikoff, the Russian ruler of that
unhappy country, la exercising his extraor
dlnary powers with much severity. A fa
mfllar item of news Is now the announce
ment of further expulsions or Imprison
ment of some of Finland's best citizens.
Ir. addition to tltls exile system, the procecs
of dismissing Judges and other officers and
tiachers goes steadily on, a recent victim
being Dr. Magnus Roaendal. teacher of re
ligion in the Academy of Uleaborg, who '
The Broken Lines
of suits tlint' we Lave been offering
for some days, an? about "all in," but
still there are many good ones to be
bad, providing your nize is among
them. Blue serges at $r.1)0 and $7.."0,
that sold for $10.00 and $12.r0. These
are all large sizes, at $10.00, 12.r0 '
and 15.00. We cam tdiow you suits
that sold from $13.00 to 2S.OO. These
are bargains. Not tho "read'' abuut
kind, but the "real thing." They are
to be seen in our windows.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS.
groWning- K"2- - (2
R. S. Wilcox. Manairsr.
was apparently dismissed for no other rea
son than that he would not teach tha an
fremncy of the Russian church over the
national church of Finland. While the
Finns at homo are thus bclns treated, those
of them who have come to the t'nlted
States are restrained from rrvlnttlng lhlr
native land for feur that upon landing they
would be arretted and sent to Siberia, or,
If they were protected by the Amiioat
government from such fate, that the rela
tives and friends whom they visited, would
be thus mndo objects of Russian wra'.h.
HO IIIHKt TOR) ltlltlXTf
Lack of Official Ylallance Wrecks an
Old-F.stabllshed Rank.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
More than sixty years ago at Doyles
town, Ta., the Doylcstown bank was es
tablished by a number of old-time capi
talists, among them being, Lears, Blnhops,
Brocks, Worthlngtons and Harts, with
Joslah Hart for cJtshler. All were of the
old-time variety of man and capitalist,
and the bnnk grew and prospered exceed
ingly, making money for the stockholders,
and at all times enjoying the fullest con
fidence of the community. But, In the
course of time, the old-fashioned, black
stocked directors died, and a younger gen
eration came into possession and to power
and new-fashioned methoda with them.
The bank reorganized under the national
banking law, and continued to possess the
confidence of the community. The stock
had a market value of 8300 per shore and
paid dividends of IS per cent.
A few days ago the bank collapsed, and
the failure was complete. Speculation on
the part of the officials of the bank did It,
and the directors and the officials are quar
reling over the responsibility. The direc
tors state that everything was left to the,
executive officers, snd the cashier vows
that ha believed the bank to be solvent
up to he close of business hours on the day
preceding the closing ot Its doora by tha
bank examiner.
Do directors direct? It is Inevitable that
not less than three of the directors regu
larly swore to tha statements required
by the national banking law when called
upon by the comptroller of the currency,
and the cashier likewise swore to them.
It is shown that the president and the
cashier were engaged In heavy specula
tions, doubtlesa believing In big returns,
but where were the directors, and what
right had they to take the word of the
executive officers of the bank and omit
verifying them? It is 4he old story of
over-confidence, and of treating the per
emptory provisions of the law as merely
ornamental at best, with ruin to depos
itors and to confiding stockholders as the
consequence. There Is but one safe rule
the directors of bunks and fiduciary Insti
tutions ought to follow the Missouri rule,
and demand to be shown.
LAIG11I.U HEMAHK.9.
Mr. Wiggles What did your wife say
When you gave her that wrap?
Journal WaKles h rapture r Somervllla
Tommy Pa, what does this paper mean
when it speaks of a widow being "In sec
ond mourning?"
, l!B-:It generally means, my son, that ahe
Is looking for a second Philadelphia Press.
"When you makes fun n' what vnn Hnun1
understan'." said Uncle Eben, "you wants
to stop a minute an' guess whether you Is
showln' yoh smahlnesa or yoh ig nance."
Washington Star.
"It ta not generally known that there
were money lenders among the Indiana,"
remarked the professor.
"But were there?" asked the student.
"Certainly; there were the Pawnees, you
knuw."--Letrott Free Press.
In the agonies of dyspepsia the trust
magnate rolled from side to side on his
couch.
Undigested securities?" whispered a
sympathizing friend.
VNo," responded the doctor. "Insecure
digestion." Chicago Tribune.
"Pa. what's a grain of truth V
"It is generally the thing that keeps all
the women in the neighborhood saying:
'Well, I declare! 'I never would have
thought It:' 'You don't say." 'I never did
believe she was as Innocent aa aha tried
to make out!' and 'I feel ao sorry for her
children !' "Chicago Record-IIeruld.
G. Washington was encamped at Valley
Forge.
"The Forge is all right," said the faithful
soldiers, "lut where is the blacksmith?"
"Don't you know," exclaimed the irate
general, "that he is under the npreadlng
chestnut tree?"
Perceiving that they had a sagacious
lender, they resumed hammering the Brit
ish. New York Sun.
The man with a long gray beard looks
wise, but sometimes he doesn't know
enough to cut Mif t-holled eggs without
getting It all yellow. Somervllle Journal.
WIIK,M A MAN II AS HADK HIS ril.K.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It's a queer old world we live In,
A worid of wondrous ways.
Denouncing vice and giving
Sweet virtue lavish praise! ,
We scorn the ragged sinner.
But greet him with a smile
When he flashes Jewels at us
And shows that he's made his "pile."
It's a quner old world we live In,
A world of strange conceits.
With praise for him who's honest.
And blame for him who cheats.
, We spurn the common trickster.
But turn In friendly style
To meet the well-dressed sharper
Who has managed to make nls "pile."
It's a queer o'd world we live in, '
A world whone alms are high.
Exalting art and letting
The starving artist die! ,
We scorn the humble huckster,
But meet him. after while.
With loud and Joyful areettngs
When we know he's made his "pile.
It's a queer old world we live In.
A world that praises worth.
And gives ltsjiighesr honora
To the fool of ' nohlH" birth!
Denlorlng the (rreed for money.
That we call Ignoble, ylle. ,
We envv tho rich, each miplng
He may manage to make his "pile."