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A, campaign for better street pave
ments will be popular.
The price of whisky is going up, but
that will not prevent the whisky from
continuing to go down.
It is to be noted that in all this talk
bout coast to coast railroads the Union
Taclflc always figures 'in the combina
tion. The survivors arc fighting over the
will of General passjoa M. Clny. While
he was alive General Clay did all the
lighting for the family.
The sultan will be glad to have the
(war clouds continue to hover over the
far east It diverts attention from the
troubles In his own back yard.
They believe in starting things early
' over In Illinois. Candidates for gov-
ernor to be voted on a year from next
j November are already lining up.
Omaha made tho largest per cent of
gain in postal receipts for September
of any city in the United States. That
is a pretty good advertisement in Itself.
The Chicago Great Western railroad
uboulil havo the same fair- treatment
from Omaha that has been accorded to
other railrouds that converge in this
city.
Nebraska has not been troubled with
forged pardon papers. It was too easy
to get the genuine pardons during the
term of tho predessessor of our present
governor. - ' " ' ;
The candidates on the republican
county ticket have eutered on a win
ning race. The common enemy appears
to bo thoroughly demoralized and dis
organized. The secretary of( state is very much
perplexed over the interpretation of tho
new election law, but the voters of Ne
braska will not be so greatly perplexed
in hen t,hey come to mark their ballots.
The Lincoln Journal hasn't discovered
yet that Douglas county republicans
have nominated a county ticket nnd
reorganized their comity committee.
The Journal only sees In Omaha polities
Svbat it want to see.
Kx-Coiincllnuin Hawaii's ofQoial report
of his Junket to Baltimore should lo
embalmed and deposited in a casket
With tho souvenir' clianipnguc bottle
from which th cork was drawn at
the expense of the Omaha taxpayers.
The wedding presents showered on
trince Andrew of Greece and his hride
re estimated to lie worth more than a
xiillllou dollars. The best part of it is
that most of the donors are Itcyond the
stage where they will expect to have
the gifts reciprocated.
Business conditions in Omaha are
iM-tter than they have lecn for many
months. Two reasons contribute to this
result: Tho substantial prosperity of
the farmers In our tributary trade terri
tory aud the fortunate escape of our
people from the stock speculation
mania.
'. The democrats are evidently bent on
Using their school board ticket solely to
boost their candidates pn state, Judicial
and county tickets. It behooves the
republicans under the circumstance to
put up a school )oard ticket of their
own that will command the confidence
jf the voters. . -1 X yr
, The State Bankers' association pro
poses to put up a standing reward of
lOtW for the arrest ami conviction of
any one Implicated lu a bank robltery
Jo Nebraska. The association should
.e more sjteclflc aud tell whether the
rewri holds good for looting from the
' iaieiUd aa well at from Uie outnUa,
.tor orrvsizo ma rntsivtfiT.
According to United States Senator
Kenn of New Jersey, who is largely
Identiileri with financial Interests and is
in close touch with Wall street affairs,
there Is no general 'opposition on the
pnrt of such interests to ttho nomina
tion of President Tloosevclt. lie sold
that while It has been declared that
eastern financial Interests Hre opposed
to the re-election of the president, it Is
not true, that Mr. Roosevelt will have
the support of such people and that
New York will support blm loyally.
'"It may bo that certain financial Inter
ests are not pleased with all of the
president's actions,' remarked the New
Jersey senator, "but Wall street finan
ciers and tho others who have been
declared to be opposed to blm realize
that the president is a conservative and
safe man."
There are Indications that this is now
the quite general feeling. Certain jour
nals, well understood to be tinder Wall
street Influence, which a little while
since persistently assailed Mr. Roosevelt
and employed all their ingenuity In
the effort to make It appear that he is
a dangerous man to be at the head of
the government, have altogether ceased
or greatly modified their attacks. With
twenty odd states pledged to the nom
ination of President Roosevelt and the
republican masses being unanimous for
him, it would be surprising if the
financial Interests represented in Wall
street did not see the utter futility of
opposiug him.
7BB BRITISH TRBB TRjDBtl.
The defenders of the existing British
fiscal ; policy having fully inaugurated
their campaign, Mr. Chamberlain and
his adherents are being'' given some
facts to consider which may prove a
little perplexing to them. It appears
that the former colonial secretary has
made certain statements that are not
supported by statistics. One in par;
ticular relates to the tin industry, which
the champion of fiscal reform declared
had been almost ruined by the Amer
ican tariff. While it was' certainly for
a time very badly Injured, it is pointed
out by a responsible authority that the
industry has entirely . recove red ; from
tho loss of the American market and
that within the past year the Welsh
tin trade had largely Increased. :
Another advocate of the existing pol
icy urged that the statistics do not Jus
tify the Chamberlain claim that British
trade has declined and declared that
the country was stronger financially
than ever, before. Of course this is an
extreme statement, but on the other
hand It is a fact that the fiscal re
formers are drawing a rather darker
picture of, financial and business condi
tions than there is warrant for. There
is no doubt that British manufacturers
have been more prosperous than they
are at present They were so gener
ally during the period that our tariff
act of 1804 was in effect. But they
have also had experience of greater de
pression than during the last few years.
As to England being stronger finan
cially than ever before It may reason
ably be doubted, since she has within
the last three years added hundreds of
millions to her debt without having in
creased her resources.
The campaign grows In activity and
Interest and as the speeches on both
sides show the possible effect of a
change of British policy upon relations
with the United States is receiving no
little consideration.
A CVXEBRVAT1VM VIEW.
There are some who are disposed to
regard the decline in stocks as the cer
tain prelude to" a general reaction from
the prosperity which the country has
experienced for the past five or six
years. They Insist that the turning
point has been reached and that we
must expect a period of severe depres
sion more or less prolonged. lYesldeut
Stlckney of the Chicago Great Wes
tern railroad eutertaius a different opin
ion. He takes a conservative view of
conditions and as an intelligent and
careful observer his opinion is entitled
to great consideration.
In an Interview with a representative
of the New York Tribune Mr. Stlckney
said that he did not believe the slump
In certain speculative stocks has ma
terially affected the industrial situation.
So far as stocks have been bought by
tho purely speculative class there can
!e no serious results. Whatever danger
there may be to the general business of
the country lies in the stock invest
ments of merchants ami manufacturers
who for this purpose have taken money
out of their business, but Mr. Stlckney
thought this had not 'been done to a
very great extent. He pointed out that
another side to the matter is' found In
the fact that "when the pendulum
swings from high to low In the specu
lative list it has the effect to depress
the prices of the substantial invest
ment securities of constructive enter
prises." among which are railroad
Mocks The railroads, which may have
planned exteuslve improvements, re
fuse to sell their securities at low
prices and' must forego some of the
improvements. This affects not ouly
those directly employed on the rail
roads, but those who furnish supplies
of all sorts. Mr., Stlckney said there
will le no material curtailment in this
year's railroad Improvement, but there
may be next year. He added: "There
will be a slight general depression, but
probably not to exceed 4 or, 5 per cent.
We nre just now passing through sucb
a season of depression as came exactly
twenty years ago, which was followed
n year or two later by a steady ad
vance that continued until 180'4."
. This Is the Judgment of a man who
is largely concerned in financial affairs
And who is perhaps as familiar as any
on' with general business conditions.
If it Cannot be said to be wholly op
timistic there is certs In I" no note of
appreheusVo lu It. Mr. Stickney sees
no grave linger la the Immediate fu
ture. Ue"i $ not 'Uuijj tliat'oor la-
dustrles are likely to come to a sudden
hslt and prosperity be given a serious
chock. There may be a slight depres
sion, but no panic or disaster. Why
should there le apprehension when we
have abundant crops, a pood foreign
demand for our products, nn ample sup
ply of money for all legitimate require
ments and our joople as a whole never
better off tlinn now? The fact that
investors in Inflated stocks have suffered
is not a sufficient reason for losing con
fidence when all substantial and legiti
mate Interests are on a sound basis,
as is unquestionably the fact at present.
POPULIST fGAa.RJtr,
Populism in Nebraska was n revolt
of the producers against corporate ag
gression nnd extortion, with currency
Inflation through free silver and sub-
treasury certificates as an incidental
Issue. The Omaha platform was not
merely a declaration of independence,
but a decree of divorce from the old
parties, which were pronounced as
degenerate and degraded by tho domina
tion of plutocracy. Populism was,
therefore, a political creed whose doc
trines were radically st variance with
the articles of faith professed by either
the republicans or the democrats.
The alliance of Nebraska populists
with Bryanite democracy was primarily
inspired by an effort to wrench the state
from corporate control and bring about
reforms In state government The
lamentable failure of the fusion reform
forces to fulfill their plitlges naturally
caused intense disappointment among
the masses and the producers who had
placed faith in the professions of popu
list leaders and was followed by a re
bound that lost the state to fusion three
years ago and at every election held
since 1900.
The embattled Nebraska farmers who
fought for principle refused to fight any
longer for mere spoils of office. The
degeneracy of populism has nowhere
been so marked as it has in Omaha
and Douglas county. Last spring the
populists nominated for mayor a can
didate whose main support came from
railroads and public utility corpora
tions, a man who was not known to have
ever had anything in common with any
of the doctrines or principles advocated
by populists. This fall the populists of
Douglas county have put up a patched
quilt ticket picked indiscriminately
from among the candidates nominated
by the republicans and democrats.
This is not merely a severe commentary
on degenerate populism, but It is a dis
graceful misuse of the populist label.
To the initiated it is a plain case of
holdup by a stuall coterie of political
grafters who accept contributions from
the candidates for the pretended de
livery of the populist vote, which has
dwindled down to a mere corporal's
guard. Reputable populists can only
hang their beads in shame over the
degeneracy of the party in the metropo
lis, of Nebraska. . .
The complaint of one of our con
tributors that the State university ad
junct devoted to the inspection of high
schools is being used to stimulate u
profitable rakeoff in the guise of a
teachers 'employment bureau, should be
thoroughly Investigated by the univer
sity authorities, and, if well founded,
should be promptly remedied. After
being educated at the expense of the
state and equipped to engage In the
work of. Instruction, university grad
uates should not be subjected to a shake
down in the name of the university It
self, Quite the contrary. It devolves
upon the university to assist its grad
uates to secure employment and thus to
spread the influence of the parent in
stitution through our whole public
school system. At all events the charge
should either be substantiated or re
futed. . r
The . proposed ordinance to . banish
street cart punhers, fruit vendors and
peddlers from the public thoroughfares
of Omaha is not responsive to popular
sentiment but to a narrow-minded view
of retailers who hope thereby to repress
the comiHstltion of the Independent
vendor of fruits and trinkets. From the
humanitarian standpoint the ordinance
is cruel because it will deprive poor
men who have no other means for earn
ing an honest livelihood of the oppor
tunity of supporting themselves and
thelr families. From the metropolitan
point of . view it smacks of petty
provincialism. No American city of any
pretension is without street fakirs, fruit
vendors and peddlers. A city without
bustle and noise Is a graveyard.
The South Omahu police commission
proposes to enlarge tho jail accommo
dations of the Magic city. This is very
commendable, but where does the com
mission get any authority for the en
largement or reconstruction of the Jail?
The functions and duties of the com
mission are limited by the charter to
the government and discipline of the
fire and police departments in other
words, to the appointment discipline or
discharge of the officers and members
of the fire and police departments and
to the granting of liquor licenses to
saloons and drug stores. But the com
mission has no more power to build or
repair Jails than it has to build market
houses, work houses or city balls.
In cutting down their employes', lists
it would seem that the different rail
roads that are retrenching are getting
ahead of tho game. So far uo reduction
of railroad tra c Is in sight, but if men
are to be arbitrarily thrown out of em
ployment the demand for product for
consumption will U correspondingly re
duced and the traffic naturally dimin
ished. Every contraction of employment
starts an endless chain which works
back to the employers.
Remember that nobody will be al
lowed to vote at the coming election on
the 5th day of November unless he ap
pears personally before the registrars
to tare' bis name enrolled. Last year's
4
registration will not serve the purpose.
The first day of registration will occur
next Thursday, October 15.
Mala- to the Cload.
Baltimore American
The boundary line of Alaska would not
be considered so vitally Important were It
not for the aolden lining the territory is
known to possess.
Let Others I hew the Ra.
Washington Post.
With the conclusion of tlis Chines trade
treaty. Uncle Sam Is In a position to play
the role of the busy merchant and let
Russia and Japan do the fighting over the
ground lease.
Aeate Attack ( Cramps.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If that $.10,000,000 of securities, representing
an actual value of $10,000,000, had been prop
erly "digested" by a confiding public cer
tain promoters would have been spared this
acute attack of cramps.
Two Dancers to Be Avoided.
Porlland Oregon Ian.
In steering clear of cruelty In labor great
care should be taken lhat they are not
drawn through the scduclve channel of
idleness Into the maelstrom of crlmality.
Because It Is Inhuman, and from the long
view uneconomical, to force or to allow
children to work ten or thirteen hours a
day it by no means follows that Idleness
Is tho proper estate of childhood. Any vil
lage, rural community or the suburbs of
any city might as well bo tho haunt of
bears as of half-grown. Idle boys in vaca
tion time, abroad for what they, with per
verted meaning of the word, terra "fun."
More Troahle for Bryan.
8t. Paul Pioneer Press.
The provisions In the will of Philo B.
Bennett of New Haven, by which William
J. Bryun Is made administrator of an es
tate worth $253,000 and Is made the dis
tributing agent of $10,000 to be divided
among twenty-five colleges, and of $10,000
more to be given to aid needy students, will
probably afford that gentleman tho biggest
perplexities of Ms life. Think of the.
thousands of eager, horny hands which will
be thrust forward from among the 6.000.000
pops who voted for him at two presidential
elections, and every ono of whom will deem
he should have a share in that $10,000 for his
boy.
An Immortal Pension 1.1st.
( New Tork World.
The sun never sets on the pension rolls
of the United States. Those lists girdle
the earth and extend from Australia In
the south to Norway In the north. They
cover every period of our national history.
On them are widows of the Revolution,
widows and survivors of the Spanish war
and widows and survivors of the wars be
tween. To no name which belongs of
right on these rolls does the republic be
grudge a place. When the records show
that widows of the Revolution have been
pensioned who were born thirty-seven
years after that war closed, the nation
may be excused for dropping Into a period
of meditation. When General John C.
Black announces the opening of a cam
paign which will result In pensions con
tinuing in 1986 or lster for dvil war wid
ows as yet unborn, meditation hardly
does Justice to the situation.
John 'Sherman.
Senator Vest In Saturday Evening Post.
Mr. Sherman cared nothing for the
tosthetio and sentimental. Music, poetry.
painting, sculpture and the beauties of
nature had no charms for him. lie
regarded everything from the practical and
material btandpolnt.' and when looking at
the falls of Niagara would have thought
more of utilizing the water power than of
tho majestic rush of the maddened river.
Ho was handicapped by no vices and his
self -control was perfect. When he ad
dressed the senate ' both sides of the
chamber gave Mm the closest attention.
because his Fpeeehes were always logical
and full of Information. He never spoke
to the galleries, but to the senate, and
what he said was pertinent to the subject
under consideration. In one respect he dif
fered from the Immense majority of v his
colleagues by never noticing the Attacks
of his enemies, no matter how severe or
unjust they might be. I heard him
declare on one occasion that the public man
who permitted himself to be placed on' the
defensive was lost. He did not pretend to
have been consistent, and treated with
contempt all assaults upon his record.
. I'SBIASHIXO FRAUD.
How lilgrh Class Promoters Fleece the
roaadtnsr Pabllc.
New Tork Evening Post.
The bitter cry of Wall street for some
months pat has been that "confidence"
was being undermined by some wicked
man, ot men. Many Nathan-like voices
have reproachfully said to President Roose
velt, "Thou art the man!" The moment, it
has been asserted, that the government
brought tho Northern Securities suit, capi
tal took fright, the erstwhile simple
hearted and confiding investor received a
"chill," the crops took to doing badly, and
the great captains of Industry such as the
builders of yachts and automobiles for
stock brokers and promoters began to set
their houses In order. It was a beautiful
theory so clear, so closely knit In logic,
so comforting after its melancholy fashion.
Wo fear, however, that a rival explanation
Is likely to come Into vogue after the reve
lations in the United States shipbuilding
suit, by means of which the screen was
thrown down and the public waa premltted
to see promoting as sh Is really promoted.
Confidence would have to be a peculiarly
hardy growth not to be shaken by the
scandalous spectacle.
The testimony of Mr. Dresser disclosed a
shocking state of affairs. It showed how
character had been wrecked as well aa
values. Seldom can there have been uncov
ered a more vulgar conspiracy to pluck or
shear the Investing public goose or Iamb.
The vendors of "salted" mines are entitled
to hold up their heads, compared with the
discovered tricksters. Their moral fraud
was most unblushing. To b both pur
chaser and seller, to have a pool within a
pool, and an agreement behind an agree
ment, and at the aame moment that a lying
prospectus was Issued to the public, to
fleece the investor even before he Invested
that la the kind of thing In which suppos
edly honest men were engaged. What the
law will say about their transactions we
must wait to see. It is certalu that under
such a .company's act as England has, the
whole proceeding would have been set aside
by the courts, and the promoters compelled
to disgorge their concealed profits.
On the moral aspect of the matter, how
ever1. eVery intelligent man Is competent to
pronounce Judgment. His verdict will be
that the methods practiced were no more
reputable than those of the common
sharper. Nearly every element of Indecent
cheating appears to have been present,
while the attempt to hoodwink and bleed
the public could not havo been more un
blushing. But what we ask is. How is all
this going to affect the small Investor the
country over? Is his confidence to be re
stored by the publication of such schemes
to rob hlmT Is be likely to come trooping
back to Wall street, and he.lp lift a sasglng
marker, when be sr tba snares laid to
catch his feet? As deatroyers of confidence
It appears to us certain that those who
have moat lamented Its. detUUcUoa out
strip aU possible rivals.
DOINGS n Til K ARM V,
Matters of Moment Cileaae from the
Army ana ory Register.
The annual report of tho surgeon genersl
of the army la one of the most compre
henshe ss well as one of the most Inter
esting which has ever emanated from that
office. Ueneral O'Reilly's medical history
of the army for the year treats In detail
every matter which has come tinder the
purview of his officers. One thing to which
General O'Reilly calls attention is the fact
that yellow fever docs not now exist on
United States territory. No case originated
In Cuba for about two years, notwith
standing that Cuba during this time has
had a larger nonimmune population than
ever before, and that occasional cases have
been brought to Its shores from Infected
Mexlcsn and South American ports. No
better testimony than this could be had of
the results ot tho great medical and sani
tary authorities In Cuba, nnd the. officers
who had part In that great reformation can
look with much satisfaction upon the fact
that their work waa not In vain and that
its good effects still endure upon the Island.
Some of the strongest testimony that has
yet been adduced concerning tho Ill-effects
which have resulted from the abolishment
of the canteen at army posts Is that part
of the Burgeon general's report which treats
of alcoholism In the army. General
O'Relly says that while the admission rate
for alcoholism represents only so much of
the total Intemperance of the army as
comes under the professional observation of
medical officers, nevertheless, when taken
for a long term of years, and for many
thousands of men. It Is a very fair Index
of the drinking habits of the troops. From
the reports of the surgeon general of the
lost twenty years it Is found that alcohol
ism Is not nearly so great an evil aa It was
prior to the establishment of the post ex
change, allowing the sale of beer and light
wines to the soldiers. After the post ex
changes were permitted to dispense beer
and light wines the admission rate for al
coholism showed a marked decrease, and
after February, 1901, when such sales were
prohibited In post exchanges, the admis
sion rate decidedly Increased. The report
further says: "It is Impossible not to at
tribute a large part of the steadily Increas
ing venereal dlseasea of the army to tho
loss of the canteen, where the soldier. If he
so desired, could get his beer throughout
the month and was not subjected to tho
temptations to Intemperance attendant
upon the expenditure of a full month's pay
at the low resorts Infesting the outskirts of
our military reservations." .
Of tho forty-nine enlisted men recently
examined at Fort Leavenworth for ap
pointment as second lieutenant In the army.
thirty-four have been found qualified and
will shortly receive their commissions as
second lieutenants. Most, If not all of
thorn, will be assigned to the Infantry.
There are now 124 vacancies In the line of
the army eighteen in the cavalry, nine
teen in the artillery and eighty-seven In
the Infantry. If all of the thirty-four new
lieutenants are assigned to the Infantry
this will leave fifty-three vacancies in that
arm. There probably will be several more
appointments from the candidates recently
examined at Fort Leavenworth, as the
cases of some of them are still under ad
visement There are at present sixteen va
cancies In tho ordnance department and two
In the signal corps, whloh are subject to de
tail from the line, and twenty-five vacancies
in the medical department, all in the grade
of first lieutenant.
The revision by the getVral staff of the
army regulations Is progressing satisfac
torily. The regulations are being thor
oughly gone over and all amendments
which have been made since the publication
of the edition of 1895 and the appendix of
1901 will be embodied. In order to avoid the
necessity of such frequent changes aa have
been made - In the past some parts will
be eliminated and other parts will bo so
worded aa not to require change hereafter.
Heretofore, when a new rank was created
or the designation of an old rank or po
sition changed the wording of all para
graphs of the regulations referring thereto
had to be altered to correspond. This will
not be necessary in the new edition of the
regulations.
Columbus Barracks. Ohio, were offered
for sale at auction last week, but no bid
was received which amounted to the ap
praised value of $?90,000. As the law pro
vided that the property should not be sold
unless equal or above the appraised value
be obtained the property was withdrawn
from sale. Under the terms of the law a
new post In Ohio was to be established
out of the proceeds of the sale of Columbus
Barracks, but as the old post can not be
sold for less than appraised value the mat
ter will have to wait the further action of
congress.
PERSOXAt, NOTES.
Charles A. Towne threatens to continue
an octopus buster. A big Texas trust of
which he was the head has just gone up
in smoke.
Chicago Is to get rid of the Ferris wheel
at last. It Is being taken down, to be sot
up again on the St. Louis exposition
grounds. The new company Is capitalized
at $125,000.
Ex-Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith Is announced to make two speeches
for the republicans In Iowa before the state
election In November. He will also address
the Northeastern Iowa Teachers' associa
tion at Its meeting in Mason City, Octo
ber 18.
A recent letter from Abyssinia describes
King Menellk as a man about 60 years of
age. dark In complexion, his face marked
with smallpox and his chin covered with a
slight gray beard. He has a keen, thought
ful face, brilliant dark eyes and through an
interpreter converses Intelligently with his
guests.
Sir Francis Plunkett, now British ambas
sador at Vienna, who will probably succeed
the late Sir Michael Herbert as ambassador
to the 'United States, Is married to an
American woman, the daughter of C. W.
Morgan of Philadelphia. Sir Francis Is CS
years old and has been In the diplomatic
service of his country over forty years.
Chief Justice Lore of Delaware, who has
taken such a decided stand against lynch
ing. Is opposed to capital punishment. "I
would not take life for the commission of
crime," be says, "but would put the crim
inal under such restraint aa would protect
the people and give him the full measure of
his day to work out such penitence and
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HOW WOILD IT AFFKCT VSt
Thasea of tho Proposed Protective
Policy of C;rea Britain.
New Tork World (Ind. dem.).
What would be the effect of a British
protective policy upon tho trade of the
United States with that country? This Is
the question of practical Interest to our
people In the revolutionary proposals of
Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour.
Mr. Chamberlain most explicitly excluded,
In his Glasgow speech, all raw materials
of manufacture. Our enormous cotton ex
ports will not be touched. He would put
a duty of 5 per cent ad valorem nn our
meat nnd dairy exports, of two shillings
(50 cents) per quarter on our wheat, and of
10 per cent at valorem on our manufactured
goods. These are all very small duties
compared with our own tariff rates on
British exports to this country, which, as
a British blue book states, averages 73 per
cent ad valorem. The proposed grain and
food duties are so small that their effect
as a stimulus on the grain and food pro
ducing power of Canada and Australia
would necessarily be mann years In mak
ing itself felt, and no Immediate or sudden
reduction of the British demand for our
wheat, and meat could possibly occur.
As to our manufactured exports to mar
kets under the British flag, that Is another
story. A 10 per cent duty on the $100,000,000
worth a year of manufactures we sell to
Britain, and duties favoring British manu
factures In her Colonies, to which wo send
another $100,000,000 annually, would bear
some fruit. Mr Chamberlain thinks It
would lead to a reciprocity treaty moder
ating our present Dlngley duties on some
British products. So that what he Is really
aiming at is, the World anticipated
last June, to give British manufactures a
lift In the world's markets, and especially
In the United States. The interest of this
country in such a policy will be In pro
portion as It affects our enormous exports
to Great Britain. Protection turned against
us by our best customer abroad may take
on a different complexion.
J 1ST BEFORE! THE WAR.
Long; Reviews Services of Assistant
Secretary of tho 'ary Roosevelt.
John D. Long, former secretary of the
navy, comments In a frank and unreserved
manner on the services of Theodore Roose
velt as assistant secretary of the navy
prior to the war with Spain. In the cur
rent Issue of the Outlook Mr. Long writes
as follows:
"Mr. Roosevelt was an1 Interesting per
sonality aa assistant secretary of the navy,
as, indeed, he is in any capacity. There
were several candidates for the place which
President McKlnley allowed me to fill. In
May, 1897. on the retirement of Mr. McAdoo,
an excellent official under the previous ad
ministration, who had consented to hold
over till that lime, I selected Mr. Roose
velt, who had had, and. Indeed, has had
to this day, a hearty Interest In the navy.
"His activity waa characteristic. He was
sealous In the work of putting the navy In
condition for the apprehended struggle. His
ardor sometimes went faster than the
president or the department appreciated.
Just before the war he, as well as some
naval officers, was anxious to send a
squadron across the ocean to sink the ships
sr.d torpedo boat destroyers of the Spanish
fleet, while we were yet at peace with
Spain. .
"Ho worked 'ndefatlgably, frequently In
corporating his views In memoranda, which
he would place every morning on my desk.
Most of his suggestions, however, so far as
applicable, had already been adopted by
the, various bureaus, the chiefs of which
were straining every nerve and leaving
nothing undone.
"When I suggested to him that some
future historian, reading his memoranda
If they were put on record, would get tho
Impression that the bureaus were ineffi
cient, he accepted the suggestion vith the
generous good nature which is so marked
In him. Indeed, nothing could be pleas
anter than our relations.
"He was heart and soul in his work.
His typewriters had no rest. He, too,
lacks the rare knack of brevity. He wns
especially stimulating to the younger of
ficers, who gathered about him and made
his office as busy as a hive. He was es
pecially helpful In the purchasing of ships
and In every line where he could push on
the work of preparation fcr war,
"Almost as soon, however, as It was de
clared, he resigned the assistant secretary
ship of 11)9 navy to accept the lieutenant
colonelcy of the rough rider regiment In
the army. Together with many of Ms
friends. I urged him strenuously to remain
In tho navy, arguing that he would there
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make a signal roimliitlon inl Hint to uo
Into the army would be only t. lishl
mosquitoes on the Florida, euiul or fret
in camp at Chlckuinauaa.
"How rlRht ho wna in his p:-ogti'iH hint
how wrong we were lu ours, tin- result
has shown. He took tho stralclit course to
fame, to tho governorship of New Ye' k
and to tho presidency of tho United 8l;tcs.
"His room In the Navy department, nftor
his decision to enter the nrmy, which
preceded for some time his resignation ;n
assistant secretary, was nn Interenlli'i:
scene. It bubbled over with rnlhuslasin
snd was filled with bright young fellows
from all over the country -eolloRe rnuI
uatos and old associates from the western
ranches, all caRer to serve with loiv-vclt.
The rough rider uniform wot ro t-vilcu".
i It climbed the stepa of tho Navy IVuirt
(m?nts; It filled lis corridors; nnti. onl
i forms, nil sorts of military traps mul .,
Of papers filled the n!t:int
room, and It wns the very Inspimtlun of
young manhood."
TAUT TltlH.liS.
What a difference It m.-ikcs whether v)M1
say of a man' speech it Is hreexy or witidv.
Soniorvlllo Journal.
Church Tell me Whh yon rut, and I'if
tell you what you are. v
Gotham-Well. I eat hissli at Mlxum's
reetnnrant.
"Then you're a fool." Yonkers States
man. ., .
First Statesman You have, sir, absolute
confidence, then. In the people?
Second Statesman I have. sir. I have
made all my money out ot .them Town
Topics.
'He's about the poorest actor t ever saw,'
said the first manager, "a regular ham."
"Perhaps he ll got over his faults In
time, suggested the other.
"Not much! He's a ham that can't be
cured." I'hlladelphia Press.
Lady of the House But whv don't you co
to work? You look well and strong.
Supplicant Lady. I'd like to work, hut the
union won't let me. I'm a burglar bv pro
fession, lady, and I was blacklisted for
working after hours. Boston Transcript.
"But, airs, how are we to prove that
wrong Is right?"
"Why. by s. naval demonstration, of
course.' replied the puissant and progres
sive monarch. Detroit Free Press.
"What is your Idea of experience?" asked
the very young man.
''K"P?r,,n-c. replied the sago from Fc
vllle, "Is the result of wanting everything
you can t get and getting everything you
don't want.1' Chicago News.
"This commercial struggle is terrible,"
said the man who takes everything he
reads seriously.
"Whufs the trouble?"
"The patent food people are trvlng t
make evcrvhody so healthy that there, will
be no one left for the pateot medicine reo
ple to cure." Washington Star.
THE WEST.
S. W. Gillllan !n Baltimore American.
What know ye, who dwell at our eastern
most verge.
Where on the Atlantic soma pygmy states
merge.
Of lands lying westward, a limitless stretch
Where .tagged horizons the mountain peaks
etch
In purpla and silver what know vou. I say.
Who live on the edge of tho dawning of
day.
Of westerly countries unplllaged of pelf
Know you that the West Is a world In It
self? "West" wkst does it mean when you think
of the word?
With mirth unprovoked you have probably
heard
Tho country that lies on this stdo of the
stream
That good old Do' Soto discerned In a
droam
You've heard people speak of the land that
lies there .
As "Wesf'-Oh, you ignorant ono, have a
care!
Were East blotted out. It could live on
alone
This West with a sea, earth and sky nil
us awn.
Somewhere In the unending reaches
Beyond where the Father of Waters glides
by.
The West has beginning (of end there Is
none)
And onward It swings with the sweep of
the sun.
Its valleys unmeasured, its mountains un
. named.
Its rivers unfettered, its forests tintsme.l.
Its deserts untroil save by pixy or elf
The West Is a wholo wondrous world In
itself.
Some time when the gods havo been b"I
to you, tuke
Some coin from your hoard and a pilgrim
age inako
Out Into tho land that your fancy )';n
drawn
As something 'twould make a g'od, roon.v
back luwn.
Itlde day utter day aye, nnd niiilit after
nlsht
Where unexplored wonderworidi surfeit tho
sight
Then hide your old notions 'way back on
a shelf . ,
And own that tho West is a world In
itself.
We are for men
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