THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 23. 1904.
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Nebraska soil neods snow to pat It tn'
condition for spring plowing and plant
ing. So let the snow come.
Aa a Board of Equalization the coun
cil aeema to believe In the policy of con
traction rather than expansion.
; Wa are again face to face with the
Iniquitous railroad assessment. Where
Is the Omaha Beal Estate exchange?
As between the Bryan and the Cleve
land wings of the democratic party
Henry Watterson takes to the middle of
the road. '
; General Miles may gain some valua
ble Information Just at the present time
'by reading the life of the late General
.Wlnfleld Scott Hancock.
- The size of the United States 4s never
so strongly Impressed upon one as when
reading of cyclones in the south while
New Tork harbor is frozen oyer.
; ! There is no immediate danger of the
withdrawal of pass privileges for the
members of the city council If they dare
to multiply that railroad assessment by
five,
; Colonel Bryan persists in refusing to
vexpresa a preference among aspirants
for democratic presidential favors. Mr.
Bryan evidently prefers to exercise a
eto power.
The work of the railroad pluggers
about the republican state committee
would Indicate that politically speaking
the railroads In Nebraska were getting
closer together.
The Elkhorn got the national commit
teeman for this state four yeara ago as
Its slice of the pie. It's only fair that
the other railroad should have it this
time tinder the rule of rotation.
If the contest over the district court
clerkship election results In unseating
the incumbent and seating the contest
ant It will be the first successful contest
recorded In this vicinity In recent years.
Senator Tillman declares that he
wants a canal at Panama "If we don't
have to steal It" This is the same Till
man that wanted the negro' vote sup
pressed "If we have to use pitchforks
to do it"
Nebraska baa ninety counties and if
very other county has a favorite son,
the tally sheet of the vote for United
States senator In the republican state
convention will look like a shower of
bouquets out of a great big greenhouse.
The World-Herald wants to be very
facetious about Omaha's coming Nasby
at the expense of The Bee. As a matter
of fact The Bee has not had a political
friend in the office of the postmaster for
twenty years, but it has managed some
bow to survive.
t3
Floor Leader Williams of the demo
cratic minority In congress will have a
bard time convincing Agulnaldo and the
Colombians that the policy of the repub
lican party baa become one of negation.
What la Mr. Williams' Idea of a positive
policy, anyway T
The United States is beginning to re
alise that laws enacted for the govern
ment of a homogeneous country will not
always apply to all parts of the world.
Our shipping laws, as extended to the
Philippines, are Just now forcibly Im
pressing this fact upon the legislators.
If the plans of Superintendent Fowler
are carried out Nebraska will probably
have the largest school district In the
United States.' lie wants to organise
one In Hooker county covering 600
square miles, Walt for the fight over
tbe location of the school bouse la such
' tVH A UKhCAKTlLK MARIS. ,
The? National Board of Trade, as the
representative body of the business In
terests of the country, adopted a resolu
tion In favor of the building up of . a
mercantile merchant marine for the
carrying of American- exports. It was
the unqualified opinion of that organiza
tion that the true policy of the United
States Is to have a merchant marine in
the ocean-carrying trade that la abso
lutely American In every -respect. It
follows the McKtnley proposition that
such a marine should be composed of
ships built In our own ship yards, owned
by our own people, manned by Amer
ican officers and sailors under the Amer
ican flag.
It la distinctly an Americr.n Idea and
we believe has the endorsement of
everyone who has a proper conception
of what this nation, as a great and
growing commercial power, should do
to still further advance Itself in this di
rection. We have developed our Indus
trial strength beyond that of every
other nation. In our manufacturing
production we lead the world, all things
considered. In agricultural production
we have no rival and are not likely to
have for generations to come, If ever.
These conditions give the United States
a power In the world that is almost un
limited, and yet this power may be cir
cumscribed by the lack of adequate
transportation facilities or of those
means of transportation that are essen
tial to enable our merchants and manu
facturers to get their products as soon
as possible to foreign countries.
An Intelligent consideration of these
points, very commonplace in themselves.
must show to everyone the importance
of the question of building up a mer
cantile marine for the ocean-carrying
trade. This is needed not only In the
Interest of our commercial expansion,
but also In order to keep to ourselves
the vast sum which is annually ex
pended by our producers in payment of
freights to foreign ship owners and
which ought to be used at home in the
promotion of our own ship building In
terests and to the benefit of American
labor. .... . .
This question , 'has been' before the
country for many years and there does
not appear to be at present much prom
ise 6f lta settlement, but there Is good
reason to believe that ultimately the
American people will realize the neces
sity of building up a merchant marine
and will unite upon a policy for Its at
tainment
RATIFY THS TREaTT.
There is no good reason why there
should be any delay in .ratifying the
Panama treaty, since there is no ques
tion that in time this will be done, and
delay can only operate to encourage
Colombia and the French opposition to
the convention to action that may In
crease the difficulties and embarrass
ments of the ' situation. As noted in
yesterday's news n member of the
French chambers, takljig his ;ue from
the resolution Introduced in the United
States senate by Mr.-Morgan, made a
proposition that Colombia should resist
the action of this government, even to
the extent of making war upon the
t'nited States. It does not appear that
thjs Irate Frenchman, who poHsibly has
a pecuniary interest In the matter, Is
supported by any considerable number
of bis colleagues, but It Is quite con
ceivable that the courso being pur
sued by a number of democratic sen
ators may have the effect of stirring
up a feeling in France antagonistic to
the arrangement which this country has
entered Into with Panama which will
embarrass the situation and create a
complication that may prove more or
less troublesome.
There is perhaps no serious danger
that the advice of the French sym
pathizers with Colombia that that re
public " shall declare war against the
United States will be followed, and yet
It Is manifestly not wise to regard such
counsel as wholly Idle and Inconsequen
tial In the present temper of the
Colombians It Is easy to understand that
almost any encouragement would have
the effect to Induce them to go to war
for what they conceive to be their na
tional honor, and from no sodrce would
such encouragement be so potent as
from France, In spite of the fact that
that country has recognized the Inde
pendence of the Republic of Fanama.
The simple way to forestall any hos
tile action is for the senate of the United
States to ratify the treaty with Panama
and thus place our government In sn
unquestionable position to deend au2
maintain the rights secured by that
treaty. Delay in doing this offers an
encouragement to Colombia and to all
who are in sympathy with the attitude
of that country. It is most unfortunate
that there are . In the American senate
men who are willing to play into the
hands of the enemies of the country In
this matter and who do not hesitate to
use every privilege 'they have In the
effort to defeat a project which Is ap
proved by .an overwhelming majority of
the American people and which even
the obstructionists admit Is of great Im
portance to the interests and the welfare
of the country.
Last year the railroad property within
the city of Omaha, exclusive of head,
quarters 'buildings arid machine shops,
waa assessed on a par value basis at
over 128,000,000 by the city Board of
Review and that assessment was ratified
by the city council. This year the same
railroad property, assessed on the mile
age basis fixed by the State Board of
Equalisation and multiplied by five, is to
be assessed for ItWl.MO, while the street
railway system within the city of
Omaha is assessed for city taxation on
a valuation of $5,000,000. But the rail
road tax agents will protest.
The power of the courts has been In
voked by Ernest Stuht to prevent the
mayor and council from entering into a
contract for lighting the suburbs with
Welsbacb gasoline lamps, - While Mr.
Stuht't Interest la suburban lamp light
ing Is not precisely visible, the hand be
hind the screen that drew up the appeal
for the Injunction happens as It were
to be attached to the arm of an attorney
and heavy stockholder of the electric
lighting company.
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Citations have been issued by the
council sitting as a board of equaliza
tion, respectfully Inviting the tax agents
and attorneys of the railroads that con
verge within the city limits of Omaha
to appear In the council chamber to
show cause why the railroad assessment
which -was fixed by the . Board of Re
view at $132,310, exclusive of the Belt
Line, as based upon the assessment of
the State Board of Equalization, should
not be multiplied by five. This action,
we are told, is taken upon the theory
that . the state board fixes the assess
ment of railroads at one-fifth of their
actual value, wbereaa taxable property
In the city of Omaha is assessed for mu
nicipal purposes at Its full value and,
therefore, a multiplication by five of
the amount at Which railroad terminals,
depots and depot grounds In Omaha
have been assessed by the state board
would be equitable and Just
No one who has given the subject the
slightest thought will be able to con
ceive anything more rank than the
$132,310 assessment multiplied by five,
which on a 12-mlll assessment would
yield a tax of $7,938 for the year 1004.
The most conservative estimate places
the true value of the depot grounds.
depots, right-of-way and terminal track
age of the railroads within the city lim
its anywhere from $20,000,000 to $23,-
000,000. Just think of it $20,000,000 or
$25,000,000. worth of railroad property
assessed for $001,650, while an equal
amount of property belonging to private
citizens and private corporations would
be assessed at Its full value, or at the
very utmost 10 to 15 per cent below Its
actnal value.
While every foot Of ground within the
city of Omaha and every building is
assessed for anywhere from 85 to 100
per cent of Its actual value, the property
of the railroads assessed on the basis
adopted by the state board and multi
plied by five would only pay taxes on
2 per cent of its actual value. If the
railroad tax agents and attorneys have
the impudence to object to the assess
ment of the railroad property within the
city of Omaha at 2V4 per cent of its ac
tual value while other property is beiug
taxed on from 85 to 100 per cent on Its
actual value, they will only emphasize
the iniquity perpetrated on the taxpay
ers of Nebraska in general, and the tax
payers of Omaha In particular, In the
assessment and taxation of railroads.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones
thinks that Irregularities on Indian
reservations are the result of the agency
system and favors superintendents in
place of agents. The commissioner will
discover in the course of time that sys
t Q)iis do not prod ace -honest, men, ..and
that any reasonable system b'onestly ad-J
ministered la better than bis system of
recommisslonlng dishonest agents as
superintendents, " ,
The National Board of Trade hat
promulgated its Opinions In a lengthy
set of resolutions covering about every
thing in sight on the legislative counter.
A. lot of mutual admiration societies
with high sounding names have a habit
of telling congress what they want done,
but a search even with a microscope
usually falls to disclose their constitu
encies. The tax levy for 1904 is computed to
aggregate $1,100,000, of which lees than
$8,000 will be levied upon the railroads
that converge in Omaha for their df pots,
depot grounds, terminals, right-of-way,
rolling stock and property of every de
scription, except headquarters buildings
and machine shops, and exclusive of the
Belt Line.
Nebraska'. representatives at Wash
ington have to keep on explaining that
the late date for Nebraska's republican
convention is no evidence of hostility to
Roosevelt It would have been far bet
ter to have had an early convention and
to have made all explanations unneces
sary. ( Some Texas democrats are inclined to
lnPt upon endorsing President Roose
velt's Panama policy since Senator
Bailey said he would feijign before vot
ing for the treaty. The average demo
cratic statesman in Texas would vote
for anything rather tl;aa resign.
Getting Seat to the Point.
Haiti more American.
If Colombia attacks Colon the United
States will bring matters to a full atop.
There will be no errors in this style of
punctuation.
Bwamaed the Groaad Floor.
Philadelphia Record.
The United Statea Shipbuilding company
after some unnecessary delays haa gone
Into bankruptcy. But not many poor men
are likely to Buffer by the fall. This is a
bankruptcy of millionaires.
Troable (or the Peerless.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The republicans will have to make their
fight on a Chicago platform during the
next campaign. It will be rather startling
to hear Mr. Bryan denouncing the Chicago
platform as a thing of evil, won't ItT
Saaaldoas t'oolaesa.
Plttsourg Dispatch.
Congress does not manifest much enthu
slaara over the proposition to extend tba
period before the statute of limitations In
terposes for federal officeholders to six
years Instead of three, aa at present. There
are suaplcions that an element In congress
would prefer to have the statute of limita
tions begin to run the day a fur the act
was committed.
The Katseajamaser Kid.
. Springfield Republican.
, Nowne ca be surprised In bearing about
an "oldtlme democrat's" dlugust when he
visited Washington laat week and discov
ered that the liearat candidacy had become
formidable enough to worry many of the
leaders of the democratic party. Ills
chagrin waa profound. The mere fact, ha
said, that such a thing could be possible
made him want to leave the party, never
to return. It made Mm Kick In going the
rounds of the hotels to hear no one talking
about Richard Olney or Oeorge dray, while
every one seemed to1 be discussing the
"yellow peril" embodied both Journsllstlo
Ically and politically in William R. Heart.
It is enough" to make a sensible democrat
Ick very sick.
Shifting the ftardea.
Baltimore American.
It appears from evidence adduced lit the
graft trials that one of the chlefest rources
of evil In the poatofMce system was a ten
dency on the psrt of official to make their
positions too much of a sinecure and de
pend on the cletks for the performance of
many duties that ahould have devolved
upon the chiefs themselves.
Rut fur Weary Trala Mea.
Chicago Post.
It would be difficult to fancy a more de
sirable Innovation for the benefit and com
fort of railway men than the rnathouaos
which the Burlington Is establishing. To
the engineers and firemen away from home
and awAitlng their runs these well-equipped
clubs must be a boon of no small value.
They are a gift from the management to
the men. free In every particular, and they
give rest and recreation Just where, for
the benefit of the company and the safety
of Us travelers, they are most needed. '
James K. Joaes Ills Spiel.
8prlngfleld Republican.
"All democratic cltliens of the United
States who can unite with us in the effort
for a pure and economical constitutional
government are cordially Invited to Join us
In sending delegates to the convention."
That is the gist of the call for the national
convention of his party which James K.
Jones has signed and issued. It Is enough,
and it Is inclusive. In It Is no Intolerance
and no proscription. It cites essentials and
stops. Here Is good sense and the meat of
the hope of harmony. All democrats ought
to be pleased with such a start, and most
of them will be.
Hot Time la the Old Town.
Roewell Field In Chicago Post.
Chicago has lost the democratic conven
tion, but we have not heard that anybody
In Chicago is weeping over the bereave
ment. St. Louis carried the day, and St.
Louis deserved It Our gallant comrades,
according to all signs and wonders, are
getting ready for a hot time, and St. Louis
along about July 6 is the place to give It.
Fort Tuma is a trifle warmer than St.
Louis in the general average, but geo
graphically Fort .Tuma Is out of the ques
tion, and St. Louis la a felicitous compro
mise. We gather from the dispatches that
one of the objections to Chicago waa the
fear that that brilliant young statesman,
Journalist and millionaire, William Ran
dolph Hearst, would pack the galleries
with employes, newsboys, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox and Anna Morgan and sweep the
convention off its feet, and this fear is not
entirely removed when We learn further
that already the Intrepid young candidate
la shipping barrels of red Ink and fonts of
four-Inch type to the convention city. For
It Is written:
Where'er democracy erects a house of
prayer.
Ileum and his boom endow a paper there.
, VALVE OF IMMIGRATION.
Correcting Errors Without Changing
Traditional Policy of Coaatry.
Baltimore American.
In overhauling the immigration laws care
should be exercised o correct those clauses
which experience has taught to be errors,
rather than to change the traditional policy
of the country.,' There Is nothing to con
firm the hypothfkfi that Immigration Is
either a danger or an injury. So far as ex
perience goes. It has always been a benefit,
and statistics corroborate this view. The
vast majority of those who come to Amer
ica to better their condition are Industrious
and energetic or enterprising. It must
occur to everyone that if this were not so
they would not come.
They leave their own country not because
they are obliged to not even the poorest
are compelled to leave but because they
see In this new and wonderfully' prosperous
land opportunities which do not exist in
Europe. When they seise their opportu
nities and work their way up, these people
work others up with them, and they give
value and importance to that which with
out their efforts might have remained
valueless. This does not apply to the
wealthy immigrant only, but to all who
combine with industry and frugality the
gift of quick perception.
The amount which Immigration has con
tributed to the wealth and greatness of this
country cannot be calculated. The country
without It might have been prosperous,
but It would not be today the mightiest
power on the globe. The assumption that
Immigration has changed the spirit, it not
the character, of our Institutions is ri
diculous. There has been no change ex
cept that occurring naturally and almost
inevitably with development- and time.
For a century now Immigrants and their
descendants have been in all places of
mark In politics and industrial pursuits.
They have not only fulfilled their obliga
tions with profit' to the community, but
they have, with remarkable uniformity,
been among the most conservative of
American cltliens.
LOOKS LIKES A SEHIOI S RISK.
Mlxlaac Edaralioa and Politics la
St. Loala.
Chicago Inter Pcean.
The convention of the National Educa
tional association occurs In St Louis
simultaneously with the democratic na
tional convention, and the executive offi
cers of the former, whose headquarters are
In Boston, positively refuse to surrender
any of their rights to the latter.
Their rights consist of choice rooms In
the best hotels and other accommodations
which are naturally sought by the simple
followers of Thomas Jefferson.., The sug
gestion has been made by the party man
agers that the National Educational asso
ciation hold Its convention earlier or later
this year, so as to give the democratic na
tional convention full play during the first
week In July, but. President Prltchett of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
speaking for the national educators, says:
"I do not know of anything that would do
the .democratic national convention more
good than to have the National Educa
tional association meet In St. Louis while
the democrats will be wltbln the sphere of
such healthful Influence."
It Is probably true that the democratic
national convention would be greatly up
lifted by this association, and yet there la
another side to the question: Will the
good influence which the National Educa
tional convention may exercise over the
democratic national convention compensate
In the long run for the evil influence which
the democratlo national convention Is
likely to exercise over the National Educa
tional convention? '
It is Impossible to speak definitely upon
this point at present We shall not be able
to determine the consequences of the con
tact. Indeed, for some time after the con
ventions shall hare met and adjourned,
but. In the meantime, the country at large
will be greatly alarmed lest the democratic
national convention gets the better of the
National Educational convention. AH the
chances will be in favor of the former,
for the reason that In St. Louis there are
few, if any, local forces that make for
good, such as we have tn Chicago, to
.neutralise the Influence that make for bad.
OTiicm I, a 5ns Tins orns.
A strike which has more significance
than Is apparent upon the surface Is that
of the 7,000 textile workers at Crlmmlt
schau. In Saxony, which has been In prog
ress for six months. It originated in the
refusal vof the employers to grant a ten
hour day Instead of the present eleven
hour day. They contended that In actual
practice the working day waa In reality
only ten and a half, ,or, at most, ten and
three-quarters hours, and that any further
reduction would Impair the efficiency of the
Crlmmltschau Industry In competition.
There have been several attempts at me
diation, notably by Prof. Bnnmerts, who
proposed a working day of ten and a half
hours, to be still further redueed as cir
cumstances permitted. The men, however,
declined to entertain this propo.al unless
their competitors adopted a similar system.
The employers declare that the question of
hours Is an entirely cubordlnnte one, and
that they are really defending themselves
against the terrorism of the social democ
racy. It Is admitted by the leaders of the
strike, and the socialist Jouraais, that they
regard the struggle as a pitched battle be
tween labor and capital, but It also seems
certain that the repressive measures of tho
Saxon authorities have helped to embitter
the struggle. The prohibition of All publlo
Christmas festivities In order to prevent
demonstrations aroused deep resentment
among the strikers. The latter are receiv
ing substantial contributions from socialist
sympathisers.
M
The British authorities are quite liberal
to the people of Ireland respecting the
granting of licenses to sell Intoxicating
liquors. The latest official statistics show
that there are 2S.O00 licensed houses to sup
ply a population of about 4,300,000, or one
liquor shop for about every 170 inhabitants.
Including the women and children, and
nearly two liquor shops for every police
man. The licenses are granted for specific
premises, to which they become attached,
and then are recognised as a salable right
vested In the licensee. Formerly, a little
over half a century ago, when the Irish
population was fully double what It Is now,
only 10,000 liquor shops were licensed. Now
they abound not only In the cities and
towns, but In the smallest villages, and
they are to be found along the most un
frequented country roads. It Is alleged that
Intemperance is Increasing, which Is hardly
to be wondered at, and that nine-tenths of
the crime among the people is the direct
result of the immoderate use of Intoxicat
ing liqUbft The statistics show that the
enormous amount of $65,000,000 was spent In
Ireland during the last fiscal year for
wines, spirits and malt liquors, an amount
equivalent to one-third of the total agri
cultural produce of the country during the
same period. ,
The new licensing act In England, which
was expected to work such wonders, after
a year's trial has proved only partly suc
cessful. It has beerrbeneflclal, however. In
several ways, among others In the extinc
tion of a number of drinking dens, which
came under the denomination of clubs.
Thers has been a substantial Improvement
also, in the condition of children afflicted
with drunken parents, but the much
vaunted "blacklist" scheme, .of which so
much was expected; was an almost total
failure and has been practically abandoned,
at all events in the great cities, where It
was most needed. The photographs of
habitual drunkards were distributed by
the pillte among the saloon keepers, who
wars forbidden, under heavy penalties, to
serve the originals with drink. At first
the plan worked well, but before long tne
photographs accumulated to such an n
i.ni Hot It was evident no bartender could
be expected to remember them Individu
ally." Moreover, the ' old topers easuy
uiiil ih law fiv changing their haunts.
and not a few of ;hem defied the photo
graphs by shaving tneir Dearas wnen mcjr
had any, or wearing somebody else's hair
If they bad none of their. own. The de
ni.inn nf tha Hlrh court that no one could
be blacklisted without a preliminary hear
ing In court has also proved a severe blow
to the system.
nmin anuthwest Africa, where ' there
are now two native Insurrections going on
at widely separated points, is a domain
greater In extent than the Transvaal and
the Orange River colony put together
much larger, in fact, than the German
mnira Yet In It all. at last accounts.
there were but V567 Germans besides the
military force, and all the German oona
m Mt1nra'had been lured Into the coun
try by advance loans from the government
of 4.000 marks each, rxeverineiees, mere
Is the promise In the region of a substan
tial colonial development eventually. The
natives have been troublesome ever since
Germany took the country, a rising of
h,... anma Herero blacks who are now
In revolt having been suppressed In 1898
at considerable cost of blood ana treasure.
.1
The German income tax statistics for the
year 1903 show that the highest income re
turned by a single individual resident of
Berlin amounted to over 2,960,000 marks
(1740,000). The next highest Income waa
over 1615.000 marks ($063,760). The taxes
paid on these Incomes amounted respec
tively to 118.400 marks (1,600) ana 104,gw
marks (!26,150). In Berlin the municipal
taxes, which throughout Prussia are as
sessed on income In accordance with local
necessities, amount to exactly 100 per cent
of the Income tax. The two high Incomes
which have already been given are the
only Incomes in Berlin exceeding Z.000,000
marks ($500,000) a year, but there were thir
teen taxpayers who returned Incomes rang
ing between 1.000,000 and 1,000,000 marks.
There were thirty-three whose incomes
ranged between 600.000 and 1.000,000 marks,
and 621 who had Incomes between 100,000 and
600,000 marks. ' The number of persona taxed
upon Incomes above 1,000 marks was 63,899,
and 378,484 taxpayers had Incomes below
1,000 marks.
Owing to the enormous transport difficul
ties the progress of the British expedition
In Thibet is slow. Nevertheless, It has now
reached unexplored country which no living
European has traveled over, and is en
camped In an ancient stone fortress' at
Tanu. The obstacles with which the force
of Colonel Younghusband fs meeting ex
plains the Isolation of the Thibetans from
the great world whose advance guard Is
now Invading their hitherto hermetically
sealed country. Bounded on the north and
northwest by a continuous belt of desert
from 600 to 1.000 miles wide, and on the
southwest and south by well-nigh Impas
sable mountains, Thibet has been thus far
protected in its seclusion. But for these
formidable natural barriers, the great
lama and Lhassa, his capital, would have
long ceased to be Invested with their air
of mystery.
Show Dew a er Shat l'a..
' Cincinnati Enquirer '(dem.)
It Is the opinion of the Philadelphia
Record that "nothing but the proverbial
tendency of the democrats to throw away
their victory at decisive crises by some co
lossal blunder can save the republican
party from the defeat that awaits it with
president Roosevelt for its candidate and
Fanamalam for Its platform." Would the
Record kindly give a few speclflcatlonsf
Who would be the "colossal blunder" for
the democrats, to nomlnatet Several dis
tinguished men have been In that classifi
cation lately. Who Is the man who; ran
beat "Teddy V And bow are the demo
crats to conceal their plans and "rope" the
republicans Into nominating "Teddy f
CEOKBE FRAS1IS THAI.
Chicago Chronicle; Taken all In all, he
waa one of the most striking figures Jn
American life In the second half of tho last
rentury. lie made the narrowest rscnpe
ever recorded from being a great man.
Though T4 when he died, he Fept his men
ial alertness to the last and along with It
the freakish Individuality that alwnya hnm
pered and deranged his mental movement.
Indianapolis News: The story of his Ufa
Is like that of none other In history, per
haps. The things he projected (m.tny of
which have since come to pass) were more
remarkable than the things he did. but the
latter were remarkable enough Since he
foreswore intercourse with man some years
ago he has been silent sometimes literally.
For years ho lived at the Mills hotel In
N,ew Tork.
Indlapolls Journal: With "Citizen"
George Francla Train -dlea one of th most
extraordinary personalities of modern
times. After a life of ceaseless, nervous
activities Ifi strangely diverse lines, having
inaen prominent part In critical points of
the history of his own country and of
France, this traveler, writer, lecturer snd
financier dies, "constructively" insane and
undoubtedly arrived at the limit of . eccen
tricity. His connection with the Credit
Moblllet, his record-making trips around
the world, the fact that he was the prime
mover In the founding of the Paris Com
mune of 1871 any one of them and other
Incidents In his eventful life would suffice
to make him an Interesting character.
Perhaps he would have been one of the
greatest men of his age had there not been
"a screw loose somewhere."
Detroit Free Press: If ever the great
creative powar made two men In one,
George Francis Train could be relied upon
as conclusive evidence of the fact. He
could soar from the depths of silliness to
lofty hlghts of thought and action. He
COUld Write With Crofonnd vlnrinm nnnn
economic problems and knock It over like
a row or blocks with foolish dicta or absard
theories. He told of his actual achieve
ments and then weakened unnrerUtlnn tw
claiming a psychic force which enabled
nin to overcome ail obstacles. He Juggled
with millions, yet advocated tha ilmnint
living. He built hotels and put noses on
Domes, ran ror president and Improved
carriage steps, confused sreat men In noun.
ell and would put aside all else to chatter
with little children. He was a giant and
a dwarf, a wise man and a fool, and In the
world of crankdom there was no other
crank worthy to touch the hem of his gar
ment. POLITICAL DRIFT.
The democrat who falls to give one of
"He's-all-rlght" yells when Bryan speaks
Is ripe for the padded cell.
President Baer of the Hard Coal trust
"throws a fit" when anyone mentions the
name of Theodore Roosevelt In his hearing.
Indiana's state debt has been reduced to
$1,600,000. When the democrats were In the
saddle In IS94 the debt amounted to $7,400,
000. Beginning with 1777 there have been
seventy-seven speakers of the assembly of
the state of New Tork, thirty-seven gov
ernors and forty lieutenant governors.
Governor Jeff Davis and Justice Carroll
D. Wood of the supreme court of Arkansas
presented a spectacle In a police court,
charged wjth assault They -were fined
$10 and costs each.
The column of republican pluralities tn
Ohio, which has escaped a break since 1SS9,
stands as follows: In 1890, 10.970: 1891, 21,611;
1892, 1,072; 1893, 80.995; 1894, 137.037; 1895, 92.
622; 1896, 61,649; 1897, 28,165; 189S. 61.139; 1899,
49.CC3; 1900. 69,036; 1901, 67,607; 1902, 90,466, and
1903, 113,812.
The,, democratlo state committee ,of In-.
dlana bas endorsed Thomas Taggart for
chairman of the democratic national com
mittee. . Taggart will be 48 on November
17. He has been mayor of Indianapolis,
auditor of Marlon county and ohalrman of
the democratlo state committee, and has a
noble bank account
The democratic candidate for secretary
of state for Massachusetts last November
was a confederate soldier. He lived In Vir
ginia when the civil war broke out, fought
four years for the stars and bars, then
moved to Springfield, Mass., and has be
come a prosperous business man. He was
beaten along with the entire democratlo
state ticket. '
The legislature of Virginia, which ad
journed sine die on the 12th Inst, began Its
sessions In December, 1901, and Its term
was continued by the new state constitu
tion until now. On Wednesday the new
legislature began Its session, and Its term
will last two years. The last legislature
sat in all 866 days, and. locally. It is called
"the Long Parliament"
A NEBRASKA FOLK, TALE.
How the Festive Blllyaroat Got a Sore
Head Batting Stone Wall.
New York Sun.
An Energetalo Young Goat was Inter
ested In the problems of Impact, Resistance
and Rebound. Planting himself firmly In
front of a Stone Wall, he bleated cheerily:
"I will butt that Wall down."
At the end of that butting the Wall was
standing; but the Butter had a- Bore Head.
The Energetic Young Goat fed on Silver
berry for four years. He was still devoted
to the problems of Impact, Resistance and
Rebound. "By the Horns of the Silver
Moon," he swore, "I will butt that Stone
Wall down." At the end of that Butting
the Wall was healthy and the Butter had
a Sore Head.
The Energetic Young Goat ' browsed
through Eleven Counties and had Inter
views with Blgbugs and Blgtoadslnthe
puddle. He went back to his native Teth
ering place. The neighbors said: "This
Goat has learned Sense by this time, we
don't, think."
One Morning Mr. Fox saw Mr. Goat whet
ting his Hprna and gnawing a File. "Ah,
still studying .Impact, Mr. GoatT I'm a
little surprised to find that you are still
resolved to be a Wallflower. Tee," hee!"
For Mr. Fox was bilious and enjoyed the
misfortunes of his friends.
"Mr. Fox," said Mr. Goat sternly, "You
are an Opportunist. I am an I'lttmatlst.
I may not butt down that Wall, but I de
serve to."
So Mr. Goat kept on chewing Sllverberry,
gnawing Files and sharpening his Horns.
For he was a believer In the L'Ulixate and
the Ultimatum.
Ay
Stopsfallinghair. Makes hair grow. Restores
color. Cures dandruff. Could you ask any
thing more? And it's sop economical, too.
A little of it goes a great ways. Ask any, of
your neighbors or friends about it. Sold all
11
for sixty years.
over tne world
1.0 a bottle. AUenicsUle.
' IIERR'S TO THE YELLOW Kin. 1
Democratic Whoa for tha Hasfp?
Hooligans ef the Party.
Chicago Chronicle dem.)
Can a democratic nomination for the
presidency In the United BtaUw be "rushed"
like a play In foot ball? Can it be "rushed"
by A lot of mercenaries In the service of an
upstart with millions of Inherited money
to squander?
These questions have some force at this
time, when men are asking another and
even a graver question: Can the presi
dency of the United Statea be bought?
Yellow Journalism and yellow politics ap
peared In this country simultaneously. The
first act of Mr. Bryan's continuous per
formance In the wrst was synchronous with
th Initial bow of the yellow kid at the
east.
It Is a significant fact that whereas Mr.
Bryan's employment when he first gained
ceienrlty was as a lecturer and attorney
for tha bonanaa mine owners, he now la to
be found on the pay roll of the, yellow kid.
No doubt the sen Ice which he Is expected
to render embraces such support as he
may be able to give to the yellow kid's
somewhat grotesque ambition to be presi
dent In the long )M of salaried men who with
tha assistance of subsidised labor unions
and newspapers are doing a great deal to
create the Impression that there Is a genu
ine popular movement In favor or the yel
low kid there are ex-candldates. ex-offlce-holders,ex-commltteemen
and ex-newspaper
men Innumerable. Every one of them, from
the ex-candldate for the presidency to the
humblest ex-reporter, Is "delivering the
goods," as they would say-sometimes green
goods and sometimes gold bricks, but the
goods nevertheless end la regularly draw
ing his appointed stipend.
Can a nomination by even a disinte
grated democratic party be "rushed" in
this manner by the Happy Hooligans?
We do not believe it.
In the first place, there ' are serious
doubts as to the actual existence of such
a character as the yellow kid. All have
seen his portrait thanks to his modesty
and generosity but who ever saw the kid
himself? It would be exceedingly em
barrassing to nominate a brilliant saffron
hued character for the presidency and
then make the discovery that there Is ho
such person.
In the second plnce, admitting that there
Is a yellow kid, what assurance haa any
one that If he should be nominated and
elected he could be found on Inauguration
day, or any other day, for that matter?
Who ever knew of his keeping an slfT
polntment? When, for once, did the man
of brass bands, torchlight processions,
noise, bluster, cannons,, red paint and war
whoops face the muslo himself?
We do not believe that such a character
can "rush" the domocratia nomination,
even with Mr. Bryan's high-priced assist
ance. We do not believe that such a char
acter can buy the presidency, no matter
how much money he may have at his dis
posal. The democratlo party Is in a bad way no
doubt such a candidacy as this proves it
but there Is . reason to believe that It
sounded the lowest depths of spectacular
Ism and folly when It hit upon Mr. Bryan.
The declining leadership of the yellow
kid's western agent and promoter Is abso
lutely nontransferable.
MIRTHFIL REMARKS.
The Doctor Speaking of ruling passions,
Is there anything stronger than egotism?
The Professor Yes; I think "stuck on
himself Is a little more forcible. Chicago
Tribune.
"Of courso," said the man, "we are very
vulnerable in this matter."
"What shall we do about 4 ?""'
"Why. If we holler loud enoush at Soma
one else our own position may escape no
tice. Chicago Post
Robinson Crusoe bad Just named his man
Friday.
"It was the only one left," he explained.
"The cook takes the other six days out."
Herein we see how the burdens of -civilisation
still weighed upon his spirit New
York Sun.
"I'm a lightning calculator," said the ap
plicant for the bookkeeping position.
'Then you'll not do here," replied the
proprietor of the powder works: "you'd
blow up Uie institution." Philadelphia
Press.
Mr. Ph'oxy I was going to ask to try
this little trick. Multiply the years of
your age by three, subtract twenty-one
from the total and what's the answer.
Miss Kute You should be able to guess
the answer at once.
Mr. Phoxy Yes? What Is it?
Miss Kute None of your, business,
Philadelphia Press.
He Do you know, dear, I was Just up
stairs looking at the baby, and I believe
she has got your hair.
She (springing up) Good gracious! I
thought I had put that switch out of the
child's reach! Yonkers Statesman.
"What's a howling dervish,' Oeorge?
"Why, he's a a dervish who howls."
"And why does he howl, Oeorge?" '
"Why, I suppose it's because he's a
dervish." .
"And why Is he a dervish, George, Jesf ?"
"I I guess It's because he howls. There,
run along, dear, and let me get a look at
the markets. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What a queer looking fireplace!"
. "V. lta an tAA MnnArl. r. Mn. t.
j- ...... w.v J . 1 1 1 1 1 1 lllRIf
sn t another one like It in the country.
ook at It closer. It's made of paper
Par
won ( it taxe nre ana burn up?"
"Burn up? Old boy, that fireplace Is
made of certificates of steel stock. Chicago
Tribune. "
THE BACHELOR'S AMAZEMENT.
Somervllle Journal.
Why don't the girls propose, papa?
Its leap year now, you know.
And yet the lovely maidens seem
Phenomenally slow.
I'm waiting, willing to be wooed.
Yes anxious, heavens knows.
And yet the do not come, papa
Why don't the girls propose?
Why don't the girls propose, papa?
I'm handsome, witty, smart.
And yet no winsome creatures kneel
To beg my hund and heart.
Why should they hexltate, paps.
Their passion to disclose?
I would not scorn their proffered lave-
Why don't the girls propose?
Why don't the girls propose, paps?
Why ahould they be so shy?
Eight years I've waited for this chance.
And now they pass me by.
Why don't they see how warm my heart
Within ray bosom glows?
In short, for heaven s sake, papa.
Why don't the girls propose? -
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' my gray hair and stopped it from falling
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