THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1904.
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Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of January, 1904, was as follows:
1 SP.StOO 17 JT8.400
1 80.820 IS SH.T90
I 8T.MO It M.860
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12 2R,20 2S 20,170
IS..... 90.4BO ....... 2,70
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It SO.SIO II 20,20(1
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les unsold and returned copies.,.. O.H47
Ket total sales 8H3.ROK
Net average tales 28,403
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1904. ,M. B. HUNQATK,
, (Seal.) Notary Public.
San Domingo By Jingo!
Tho American mule may now get ready
to tread tbe paths which lead to glory
In Asia.
Republican vie-., residential timber la
beginning to loom up In the political
forest preserves.
In Ban Domingo the Insurgents of yes
terday may be the government of today
and the government of yesterday the In
surgents today.
The, Missouri Jury In the Butler case
evidently desired to help an overworked
ampreme court. , The result would have
been the same. ,
Mr. Folk may decide not to take hla
boom" for governor of Missouri into
the "'Kingdom of Calloway" where Ed
Butler bat Just been acquitted.
Rome announces that it will permit
onje of its squares to be paved with
wooden blocks. Omaha can testify that
wrt of Rome at least will not be eternal
Wtea the taxpayers of Omnha get
ttietr eye-teeth cut they will Join The
Bee In demanding tbe summary lopping
off of costly frills and fads In tbe high
school.
The recent lecture of Ralph Brecken
ridge on "Life Insurance as a Suicide
Stimulant" would Justify the nomen
datura of life insurance solicitors as
suicide promoters.
Stenographers In general and stenog
raphers of Omaha in particular feel
proud that tho new general superin
tendent of the Union Faclflc graduated
from their ranks.
If Lorens comes clear In the postal
fraud trial he will have a high opinion of
hit ability to get Into debt despite all
that may be said upon the subject by
political economists.
If the friends of Lumberman Iddlngs
succeed In nominating him as candidate
for governor he can be depended upon
to provide solid planks for the repub
lican state platform.
It the war situation in Asia is much
Inore desperate than the talk of tbe
aTapanese minister at London tbe war
correspondents cannot sharpen their
pencils any too quickly.
With the Omaha grain rate leveled
Down 30 per cent Nebraska farmers
SMIirht to realise 5 cents more a bushol
ton their grain, always providing that
Ihe elevator men will let them.
Unless Indications fail a number of
Snore or less distinguished Nebraskans
drill be provided free fare to Washing
ton and expense money while there
Hastings sending the largest contingent
The president of Chile is probably
tuvled by the executives of more prom
Inent republics. When the opposition in
the Chilean congress became too noisy
be Immediately exercised bis constitu
fdona! authority and brought the session
to a dose. ,
PUus are being made by the goner
Staff of tbe army for tbe canslng of
tbe Isthmus of Tanama pilor to the
beginning by tbe United States of tbe
proposed canal This will be a blggor
task than Hercules shouldered la at
tempting to cleanse the Augean stables.
The Canadian newspapers evidently
believe la reciprocity and think that as
long as tbe United States charges them
a cent a pound for transmission through
the mails Canada should not transmit
tA merles n papers for one half that
mount They forget, however, that In
taraatlonal postage rates are fixed by
tbe postal union treaty.
TKSTIXO TBI SLUL VMB LA W.
The Nebraska high license law has now
been in effect twenty-two years and dur
ing that period almost every line of the
statute bos been interpreted by the su
preme court. It is now proposed, as we
re Informed, to invoke the power of tbe
courts to prevent the issue of liquor
dealers' licenses to parties who are either
mere agents or employes of breweries
nd distilleries.
It is urged that the law does not con
template the Issue of more than one li
cense to any individual, and be is pre
sumed to be the owner of the resort and
not simply a substitute for the owner.
Whether the validity of a license granted
to a substitute for the real owner can be
tested before the supreme court Is prob
lematic. No license to sell liquor Is
granted for more than one yenr and in
asmuch as the, legal proceedings to in
validate the license would have to be
brought In the lower courts and carried
up from the district court to the supreme
court, the license woufd expire before
final decision Is reached.
The main object of the Slooumb law
was the regulation of the liquor traffic
In such manner as to minimize the evils
thereof. With that end In view the law
expressly prohibits the granting of a
license to ar.y party convicted of viola
ting its provisions during the preceding
year, and this includes parties who have
been convicted of keeping disorderly re
sorts. Experience lias shown that this pro
vision can be violated with Impunity and
does not in effect prevent disorderly re
sorts from being licensed. It is com
paratively easy for the saloon keeper,
who has been convicted of violation of
the low, to procure a license for his bar
tender or some relative wlio is willing to
have his name used and thus circumvent
the pivotal provision of tbe statute that
contemplates that violators of the law
shall not be veudors of malt and spiritu
ous liquors.
The more rational and effective mode
of dealing with tbe liquor traffic is tbe
system In vogue in London, where the
license Is Issued to a designated build
ing and cancelled as a penalty for the
lolatlon of law. Under this system the
license Is a valuable franchise. It does
not matter who runs the house so long
as the place Is kept orderly and decent
and the regulation of the hours of open
ing and closing are observed. As a
natural sequence tbe owner of a licensed
building takes every precaution for him
self as well as for any tenant against
the violation of the law.
This puts the owner and lessee of a
building in which liquor traffic is li
censed on their good behavior, since for
feiture of the license prevents its re
Issue in the same locality for a number
of years, and thus entails a very heavy
loss to the proprietor. If this system
was adopted in Nebraska and licenses to
sell liquor-were granted for buildings
Instead of their occupants and violations
of law "would cdrfy with them the for
felture of the licepse for five years or for
a longer period, the enforcement of the
lavv' would not be found difficult.
A ntCC PORT PROPOSITION.
It Is about twelve years since tbe sug
gestion was first made that tbe govern
ment should establish a free port similar
to that of Hamburg. For a time it at
tracted some attention and a bill was
Introduced In the United States senate
providing for such a port The measure
was never reported from tbe committee
to which It was referred and the matter
dropped out of consideration. It has
been revived, however, and a movement
is now on foot, said to have tbe support
of a number of wealthy New York busi
ness men and manufacturers, to estab
lish a free port at some place on Long
island, Staten Island or the upper part
of Manhattan.
Tbe proposition has taken formal
shape in a bill Introduced by Represent
ative Shober of New York, which an
thorizes "the president of the United
States to establish free depots of manu
facturlng colonies" at the port of New
York or at some other suitable place.
The author of the measure points out
that the plan is to have the president
designate a certain section to be known
as a free port. This area is to be fenced
or walled In so that the customs authori
ties will have full and complete control
over It. Within this area It Is proposed
to construct woolen and cotton mills,
shoe factories and all tbe other estab
lishments for manufacturing articles.
The raw material from foreign countries
wilt be brought to this free port and
entered without duty, always, however.
In accordance with the prevailing tariff
law. Tbe free bides will go to tbe tan
neries and shoe factories and be turned
out in the shape of completed products,
while the stock of woolen and cotton
material will be treated In tbe same
manuer.
It is urged that the establishment of a
free port would do away with the de
lays, annoyances and expenses of the
payment of the custom duties now re
quired, and the long process of recover
ing the in after proving that the goods
were not entered for consumption In this
country. Under the tariff law provision
is made for the refunding of duties on
raw materials whlcb are used In manu
factures and are, in turn, exported from
the country. The idea Is not to tax the
raw material when it is brought to this
country merely for purposes of manufac
ture and not to be consumed here. The
Treasury department Is paying refunds
or drawbacks of this kind every day
But It is a loug process to have these
drawbacks made, Involving a vast
amount of red tape and consuming val
uable time. In some instances the cost
of securing refunds Is as much as 50 per
cent pf the amount of money involved
All this would be done away with by
the establishment of a free port and a
the same time there would be built up a
lot of new industries and eucouragemeut
given to the manufacture of foreign ma
tertals by American methods and by
American workmen.
These and other equally practical con
slderations In support of Ihe free port
proposition were urged at least a doron
years ago by the editor of Tbe Bee and
we are pleased to note the revival of
the question, which ought to receive the
careful attention of congress. It is an
entirely practicable proposition and if
csrrled Into effect would unquestionably
hare beneficial results.
FA BHICA TWO Alt ISSl t.
For nearly thirty days the Omaha
Bryanlte organ bas kept up an ink pot
bombardment of John D. Rockefeller and
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, and
its cannon ball soup editorials have
been seasoned with prusslc acid and
vitriol, re-enforced by hair-raising car-
toons. There is method In all this mad
ness. Tbe blood-curdling and soul-stlr-
rlng Salvation array editorials are part
of a well-digested political program.
The popocracy of Nebraska are sdly
n want of an Issue for the coming cam
paign, and that issue had to be fabri
cated like tbe Cardiff giant A special
dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean,
bearing all the ear-marks of the Omaha
fakery, announces with due solemnity
that the Rockefeller monument is to be
come one of the issues ln-tbls years' Ne
braska campaign unless the university
regents compel Rockefeller to withdraw
his proposed contribution to the Uni
versity temple and force Cbqncellor An
drews to retire. In case the peremptory
mandamus is not heeded by the regents
or by Chancellor Andrews, the issue is
to be forced upon tbe republican party
at Its coming state convention, and if the
republican convention sees fit to ignore
the Metcock pronunclamento the demo
cratic party is to take it up in Its con
vention and place the republicans in a
position of worshipers of plutocracy
and minions of monopoly.
This is a wonderful piece of strategy,
provided it works out There is a bare
possibility that the people of Nebraska
will not go Into spasms over the Rocke
feller monument and there is also a pos
sibility that no delegate in the repub
lican state convention will make a spec
tacle of himself or confess himself a
monumental Idiot It is even possible
that the sober second thought of Ne
braska democracy, will look upon the
Rockefeller monument racket as a piece
of gimlet-hole politics.
In marked contrast is the very recent
example set by Prof. Harper, president
of the Chicago university, whlcb was
founded by John D. Rockefeller and Is
recognized as the Rockefeller university.
When asked by a member of the faculty
whether he or any otber university
teacher would be permitted to retain bis
position In case be should see fit to dis
cuss Rockefeller's methods of acquiring
wealth, President Harper declared In
substance:
The University of Chicago bas been
laid out on broad lines. 'It believes in
the widest freedom, It guarantees for its
faculty and for Its students tbe widest
latitude of discussion. It will not only
tolerate free speech, but guarantees tbe
free expression of opinion on every pub
lic Issue. Members of the faculty will
enjoy free speech and they may discuss;
Mr. Rockefeller and bis methods with
out the slightest risk of losing their
positions."
Contrast with this the un-American
exhibition of Imperious Intolerance that
permeates the double-shotted utterances
of tbe would-be commander of Ne
braska's democracy!
CHINA' 9 TERRITORIAL UITKQRITY.
The United States was foremost among
tbe powers, when tbe anti-foreign out
break In Cblna took place, in urging that
the territorial Integrity of the Chinese
empire should not be Impaired. It bas
recently been stated that Our govern
ment regarded its .rights In Manchuria
as being wholly commercial and that it
did not question the superiority of Rus
sia's political rights in that portion of
China. A late report from Washington
says tbat on the contrary this govern
ment Intends to insist that Russia shall
adhere to the agreement among tbe
powers whlcb took part In the negotia
tions at Peking in 1900 to preserve tbe
territorial Integrity of China. This re
port, claiming to be with authority,
says: "Tbe position of the United
States with regard to Manchuria is
practically the same as that of Japan.
This government holds that the Russian
government is bound by treaty, as well
as by assurances to tbe United States,
to evacuate the Chinese provinces and
also to adhere to her agreement with
tbe nations whlcb participated in tbe
Peking expedition of 1000 to preserve
China's territorial integrity."
Assuming this to be a correct state
ment of the position of our government
there' can be no doubt that It is a sound
and justifiable attitude, but what will
insistence upon it amount to in the
event of war? Everybody understands
that it is Russia's purpose to bold on
to Manchuria. She will fight to do this
and If she should be successful in a'
conflict with Japan her grasp upon
Manchuria could not be broken. More
than that she probably would seek to
further extend her power and posses
sions In China. In order to do this Rus
sia would perhaps have little difficulty
In obtaining anything she might ask
from the helpless Chinese government
In such circumstances the United States
would urge In vain tbat tbe territorial
Integrity of China must be preserved,
unless our government was Joined by
the other powers interested, which very
likely It would not be, for the reason
that the European nations are not dis
posed to encourage American Interfer
ence in Asiatic affairs. Russia bas ig
nored the assurances given tbe United
States in regard to the evacuation of
Manchuria. Can there bt any doubt
that It she should be successful in a
war with Japan she would pay no atten
tion to any strictly American demand
respecting her policy In China.
The United States bas a very large
Interest in the far eastern situation. A
war between Russia and Japan would
be regarded here with the keenest con
cer'n and solicitude. But we must keep
out of the trouble and take our chances
in the result. We shall ask that our
rights be respected, that what is ours
by virtue of treaties shall not be de
nied, but beyond this we cannot go
without violating all our traditions and
principles. We may still urge the pres
ervation of China's territorial integrity,
but we can do nothing to secure it.
AROTHtR COLONIZATION BCREMt.
Mr. Leigh Hunt, formerly president
of the Iowa Agricultural college. Is
said to be promoting a scheme to send
negroes from the southern states to
Egypt to be employed In the cultivation
of cotton. He says there are millions of
Idle acres of land along the Nile in tho
Soudan capable of being developed Into
as fertile fields as those now under cul
tivation, but the great obstacle to the
speedy development of the region is the
lack of labor. This Mr. Hunt would
supply by drawing upon the negro pop
ulation of the southern states and he
feels confident that he can Induce some
of them to go. He says If the negroes
are given a chance to settle in the
Soudan they are not asked to experi
ment in government making nor to fol
low the fortunes of an upstart of an
empire, nor to subject themselves to the
villainy of Liberia n and Nicaraguan
methods of government He believes
that it will be possible for the Ameri
can negro to acquire wealth and influ
ence in Egypt and that be would readily
assimilate with the native people, to
tho material improvement and advan
tage of the latter.
Perhaps Mr. Hunt will be able to In-
jduce some negroes In the south to ac
cept his proposition, but he will hardly
find the task so easy as he seems to
think. The negro is extremely fond of
his own country and clings tenaciously
to the soil where he was born and
reared. The race Is not migratory or ad
venturous and is not easily tempted by
promises of improvement in its ma
terial conditions, If this involves going
into distant lands and among strange
people. The southern negroes generally
are pretty well satisfied with what they
have and not many of them would be
lured Into leaving their homes and
friends by picturing to them what they
might accomplish in Egypt. Mr. Hunt
seems to be very sanguine. No amount
of argument be declares, could con
vince him that Industrious, hard-working
negroes would be averse to Improv
ing their condition. It is not improba
ble that be will find it necessary to
modify his opinion after he has gone a
little farther with bis movement
After an exciting debate all but three
members of tbe lower house of congrtisa
voted against the proposition to discon
tinue tbe distribution of "garden sass."
This waa to have been expected. "Gar
den sass" and grandstand speeches
fabricated to order but never spoken
and distributed at Uncle Sam's expense
by mail constitute the capital stock of
the average-congressman.
The precipitate flight of the Japanese
from tbe Russian port of Vladivostok
bas caused consternation, wretchedness
and misery in the homes of the wealthy
Russian families, who are left without
hairdressers, laundresses and maid ser
vants, and consequently are compelled
to do the menial work of the back
kitchen and washee washee bouse.
The effect of the boom In cotton on
the prosperity of the Cotton exchange
cities is manifest in the clearing bouse
exhibit of tbe past week. Houston,
Tex., registered an unprecedented in
crease of 80.0 per cent over the same
week of the preceding year, Memphis
67.1 per cent and New Orleans 103.6 per
cent
Now we begin to understand why the
St. Louis exposition managers want to
borrow $4,500,000 from Uncle Sam by
act of congress. An exhibit of one-one-thousandth
part , of a grain of
radium is to be made at tbe exposition.
Tbat will absorb all the gate receipts.
Everything sold by saloon keepers is
not of an Intoxicating nature, declares
the Nebraska supreme court and the
court might also have added that every
bottle of medicine sold by druggists
does not lack the smell and taste of
brandy or beer.
If Italy keeps up its new rule against
tbe exportation of paintings the men
who provide "old masters" for American
millionaires will be forced to move their
headquarters and we may look for a
revival in Rembrandt.
Paralysta Odds.
Nashville American (dem.)
It Is 16 to 1 that Bryan will not be al
lowed to lead the democ ratio party through
Another slaughter house.
Am Asaerleava Spread.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat.
The St. Louis World's fair will rover as
much ground as the Chicago, Parts and
Buffalo expositions combined. And still one
of the problems Is to find space for all the
features crowding forward for a place.
Preatable neutrality.
Indianapolis News.
Anyone who doubts our neutrality In re
gard to the eastern troubles may be reas
sured by noUng the fact that the Paclflo
Hall steamer Corea, whlcb sailed from
San Francisco recently carried J.500 tons
of flour for Chinese and Japanese ports
and TOO tons of mesa beef for the Russian
army. We can use all sorts of foreign
money In our business.
Post l-o Catchta Oa.
Minneapolis Times.
There Is something amusing as well as a
good deal that Is pitiful In the enthusi
astic manner In which poor "Lo" his
adopted the latest of the white man's
vices divorce. The funny part of It Is,
that the legal and of separations and de
sertions and the ' general mode of pro
cedure In the Indian's method of natural
selection never appeared until the Indians
found out that there were property con
dltlons Involved. Possibly If the courts
made the alimony gag good and strong the
Round River Indiana would settle down
and lift their present slegs on tbe courts.
GREATXESS OF Ol R ( Ol JITHV,
Power and Progress pelt la Ike
World's Politics.
Sat Francisco Chronicle.
The people of the United States have been
greatly surprised at iho influence which
this country has exerted In the world's
politics for the last few years. For more
than a century we have taken very little
interest In the affairs of other nations and
seldom conferred with any Kuropean gov
ernment In regard to the affairs of any
non-American nation. As the result of the.
Spanish war we seem to have been pitch
forked Into the midst of the council of na
tions and we arc astonished at the consid
eration with which we are received and the
Importance attached to such suggestions ss
we make. In the popular mind, this sudden
access of respect and deference Is In great
measure attributed to tho able "diplomacy"
of Secretary Hay. , Doubtless Secretary
Hay Is an able and wise man and has been
eminently successful In the negotiations
which he has directed, but there are rea
sons for the consideration which we receive
which are far more potent than the ability
of any human being.
While we have only 7.S per cent of the
land area of the earth, and only I t of Its
population, our area Is the most productive
In the world and we can raise and maintain
armies as large as can be properly handled
In any theater of war or successfully
directed by the authority of any com
mander. Our capacity for mobilizing a
force Is Indicated by the fact that we pos
sess nearly 40 per cent of the railroad
mileage of the world. Our capacity for
sustaining an army Is shown by the fact
that we ordinarily and regularly produce
of the material for food end munitions of
war to an amount immensely In excess of
any possible demands that war could
make. But. after alt. the greatest is the
financial test, and there Is where we sur
pass r 11 other nations. We have 25 per
cent of the wealth" of the whole world,
more than half the "banking power" that
Is, banking capital and deposits. While we
have only 8.6 per cent of the existing na
tional debts, we possess 23 per cent of the
world's production of' gold and 23 per cent
of Its existing stock of that metal, and
are within the limit of the taxation which
we could endure without serious incon
venience. We do not realise our strength
In these respects because, having a vast
area at our command, we expend our
power within our own country Instead of
upon the more picturesque but less profit
able fields of foreign exploitation. ' And
these are the reasons why, with but a
little more than 1 per cent of the armed
troops of the world, and a navy excelled in
sice by several nations, we are treated with
such respect at the council board of man
kind. FEDERAL PROHIBITION.
Caltforala Protests Against a D-
gerons Experiment Proposed.
San Francisco Call.
An attempt Is on In congress to make the
federal government a participant In the
sumptuary system of the states which af
fect to prohibit the use of liquors. In some
of such states liquors, even wine, beer and
cider, are outlawed; they cease to be prop
erty and are subject to selsure and destruc
tion, leaving the owner without recovery
or remedy.
Up to this time the right of a cltlsen to
have In his own house and for his own use
liquors has been protected by the Interstate
commerce laws. When sent from one state
into another In the original package prop
erty In liquor has been inviolable. A citi
zen of Kansas can buy a case of wine In
California and have It shipped to his home
for use as part of the diet on hla own
table, and the prohibition laws of Kansas
cannot touch It because It is commerce
originating In another state. Now It Is
proposed to stop this. Mr. Hepburn, who
represents a prohibition state In congress.
has Introduced Into the bouse a bill which
provides that when liquor In original pack
age Is consigned from one state Inte an
other as soon as It enters the' state of Its
destination becomes subject to all the laws
of the latter state.
This means that when a case of Pall
fornla wine enters Kansas, consigned to a
cltlsen of that state for his private use. It
ceases to be property. The car or ware
house or the owner's house may be en
tered by force and the wine taken out and
destroyed! The proponents of the bill
cTalm for congress the right to pass It
under that clause in the federal constitu
tlorr which gives to congress the light to
regulate commerce between the states. We
are not aware that the courts have yet
held that under that grant of power con
Cress may destroy commerce between the
states. Wine Is an important article of
commerce produced In California. Has
congress the right to prohibit commerce
therein between California and Kansas,
Iowa, Maine, Texas and South CarollnaT
It Is known that In the prohibition cult
tobacco ranks next to liquor. How long
will It be before that is prohibited by the
same states and the tobacco producing
states will fall under federal prohibition pf
their commerce? When the right of sump
tuary legislation Is once conceded a wide
field is opened for Interference with natural
right.
It Is a dangerous experiment for con
gress to destroy the equal application of
the commercial law of the country by for
bidding commerce between any of the
states In any property that has legal exist
ence and protection at the place of Its
origin.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
One warm day doesn't make spring. Keep
winter clothes on.
There are strong reasons for believing
winter's backbone bas a few knobs left.
The proposed revival of corporeal punish
ment In New Tork City Is causing a spank
Ing breeie In that vicinity.
Now the coal dealers are kicking about
short weight Consumers who have worn
out their shoes In that exercise will enjoy
the spectacle.
The "eternal fitness of things" is not an
empty phrase. There Is Mr. Hugg, an
Indiana lawyer, who makes a specialty of
divorce cases.
By the time Uncle Sam's treasury gets
back that little loan to the St. Louis fair
aerial navigation will have superseded
present modes of travel.
Judge Tuley of Chicago says: "Don't
let your wife thrash you; prove that you're
master of the house." Trying to prove the
claim Is where trouble comes In,
The microbe sharp who started the roar
against unclean money hasn't declared
dividend yet People with the stuff seem
determined to do their own laundering.
Lillian Nordics did not ask for alimony
when separated from an Incumbrance by
divorce. She has an abundance of goldea
notes In stock and doesn't need the money.
Maud Oonne, the Irish Joan of Arc, Is
armed again, not for a fray, but for
wee "broth of a by." It is said Maud's
lullabys are far more soothing than her
oratory.
Another lawyer has been convictsd and
sent to the penitentiary In New Tork.
Black sheep cannot hope to prosper In a
profession devoted to shearing rather than
growing wool.
There was a great shower of flowers en
the grave of Whitaker Wright, prince of
swindling promoters. Wright went to bis
grave without squealing on his lordly part
ners, and thfe joyful lords paid his memory
a fitting tribute. Gratitude eft blooms in
shady quarter.
SF-riLAR SHOTS AT THE PI I. PIT.
Chicago Tribune: No better evidence of
ho gentle and forgiving disposition of
Pope Plus X. need l brought forward than
the fact that he blessed a friend's fountain
pen the other day.
Chicago Record-Hersld: A mini wns r-
rested and fined at flics, N. Y.. a (-
days sgo for snoring In church. With the
nek of fire escapes cn our cbtirriics nm
the arrests for snoring, how chu mi n be
expected to keep on assuming the 1,-rrlMe
risks th.it attending church Involvis?
rittsbuig Plspatch: A 1'hllmloh.h a
clergyman recently enlivened tlin merlins;
of an association for the nlrl of self-sup
porting women by expressing his regret
that "women has ver entered the rnc for
making money," because It "submerges
her finer natute." His auditors patiently
abstained from ssklng him whether
woman's finer nature would be prevented
from being submerged if she should nturve
to death.
Springfield Republican: The Methodist
clergyman snd nearly 100 members of that
denomination were among the victims of
the Iroquois theater disaster, and this Is
a fact which painfully Illustrates to the
governing power of the church how slightly
are Its rules regarding this form of amuse
ment Observed. The subject will come up
for renewed consideration at the confer
ence of Methodists to be held In April at
Los Angeles, Cal.
Indians polls Journal: Some time ago a
choir In Canada went on strike because
the minister requested the members not
to chew gum. Now a New Jersey choir has
made trouble because a curtain was hung
which concealed them from the congre
gation. And who can blame them? What
young woman would Join a choir where
she could not be seen In her new hat snd
silk waist? Who wants to Join the choir
Invisible while still on earth? If the church
wants a choir In star chamber, why don't
It get a phonograph and be done with It?
CORPORATE PUBLICITY.
Policy Designed to Promote Honest
Industrial Development.
Baltimore American.
There will be general approval of the po
sition taken by Judge Peter S. Grosscup
of the United States circuit court of Chi
cago on the proper national policy to be
pursued In dealing with great corporate
organisations, especially with those com
binations of Immense capital which par
take of the nature of trusts. The main
object of all legislation In this direction,
as Judge Grosscup said In his Springfield
address, should not be general and pro
miscuous publicity. It would not be good
business sense, neither would It be fair,
he Insisted, to compulsorlly hang up every
Incorporate business, great and small,
where every mlschiefmaker could hawk It
and every competitor copy It. The main
object to be aimed at Is repeoplelzlng the
Industries of the country, and this can
only be accomplished by a policy under
which a corporation dishonestly conceived
cannot be organised at all, and a corpora
tion dishonestly administered will pass at
once, before the evil Is Irremediable, Into
the hands of the courts or some depart
ment of the government The great aim,
the transcendent aim. Judge Grosscup
said. In conclusion, should be to make tbls
a proprietorship widely diversified among
the people the persistence In subr-tance,
though different in form, of that wide
spread popular ownership upon which, as
one of the chief cornerstones, our repub
lican Institutions were founded, and with
out which no republlo can remain secure.
. In view of the alarming and even dis
astrous revelations which have recently
been made regarding the financial man
agement of some of the greatest corpora
tions ever organised In this or any other
country the words of Judge Irosscup are
peculiarly timely. In some of these recent
Instances the whole management of mil
lions upon millions of capital and the fate
of property once of the highest value, was
placed In the bands of one man or of a
small group of men ever ready to do bis
bidding. In secret, but at the dictation of
the one In central, the capital was In
creased to a fabulous figure without any
life if in your bye burner
Clean ay hard coal, fine for cooking
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A CROWN OF
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If you contemplate a trip to Southern
California, with its lovely seaside
resorts, and orange groves,
beautiful gardens, and quaint old
Missions, the war to reach these
magical scenes without suffering any
of the inconveniences of Winter travel
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Oarllllaela Is thm best Median grrade coal sU la this Mar
ket. We alsa sell Reek Sarlaars, Sbertdaa, laerakee, Wal
Stat Black, eta,
Ju.1lfic.it Inn from cither rst profits or fu
j ii-1 1 1 it i ion i ri'lll enner pnm I'loinj. rr iu-
tnre V"lh!lille. Thl new cardial, though'
i.irgiiy nctlllous in character, was muniiJ
uiiitrd in mii-li a wy ss to turn In tm
iretiK. fortune to all the directory, tint
to wrei k ti c legitimate Investment of
llioso who hud become minor sloekhold-
in.- i"iii-nii. in.- Bi-; i .iiiit i-y
Wliltnkrr rilit with Ills swindling min
ing companies n London was little worre
th:tn tliat done by these American wreck
ir. and the man who committed sulfide
to avoid penal servitude came very closi
to the truth when he si Id that he stood
In the Annie class ns the American pro
moters whom lie named.
Tliis government lias already begun to
proceed along the lines laid down by Judge
ISrnssciip. It should continue not only frr
he sHke of honest Industrial development
r.iid for the proppei'ty of the country, but
for Hie protection of those legitimate In
ventors who stand ready to become stock
holders In corporate enterprises, provided
they can have a fair sniarantee that the
corporation will not be wrecked and looted
by unprincipled men.
HOMKSTIC PI.KA9AXTRIES.
"Why are you smiling so. broadlv
Henry? - whs Just thinking of the good
times I hud." "When, Henrv, dear?" Be.
fore we were married, of course." Cleve
land iiain Pealer
"Do you think he is really In love with
you?v afked Maud.
"I don't know." answered Mamie. "He
f?.y" if!9 ,r,:.J.M", ,M" '"iters don't sound a
bit silly." Washington Star.
"When I say good-bye to you this even
ing," said Mr. Plowman, "do you think It
would be proper for me to place one rev
erent kiss upon your fair hand"
"Well." she replied. coiuetttshly, "I
would consider It decidedly out of place "
Philadelphia Press.
"That's a pretty noisy passenger you've
... t,i, timninru nm llinil V1IU WHS
smoking on the front platform. "Is he
crasy or only drunk?"
jvemier one, said the motorman. "He's
Jiist got a flat wheel In his head." Chicago
Tribune.
Calmirnla nudged her s'.eeplng spouse.
"Julius," she whispered, "1 suspect there
Is a man in the house!"
'Nonsense." he answered; "Caesar's wife
should - be above suspicion."
Pulling the tedciothes over his head
Julius feigned a heavy slumber. New York
Sun.
'When dues a girl reach the marriage
able age?"
"When her father's purso hs reached the
marriageable slie." Somrrville Journal.
iiow nin you enjoy me piav last night?" j
"I was a good deal disappointed. The -X
fireproof paint on the scenery looked Jusr
like any ordinary paint, and I don't believe
the new steel curtain Is as heavy hv Iftno
pounds as It has been advertised." Chicago
Tribune
THE COf5 TRY fAC-HOOt, HOCSE.
Touth's Companion.
The little country school house you
Rememlier it; of course you do!
Within the angle snugly set.
Where two long yellow highway met,
And saplings planted here and there
About the yard, and boxed with care
As If to typify, !n turn,
The youngsters caught and caged, to learn.
Around the rolling pastures spread.
With woodland patches garlanded.
From which the breezes gladly bore
Sly Invitations to the door.
Across the sills the bees' soft hum
Was mingled with the muttered sum.
And from their covert In the vale
In plaintive pleading piped the quail.
With basket snd with pall equipped.
Clear eyed, tan cheeked and brry lipped.
Athwart the pastures, down the road.
They trudged to learning's poor abode;
The pink sunbonnet, broad brimmed straw;
The bare brown feet that know no law
Of fashion's last; the bundled forms
That laughed aloud at cold and storms.
What tales the scarred desks mlp-ht relate
Of triumphs gained with book arid slate!
What lore the clapboard loose possess
Of feats at noontime and recess!
And doomed how oft the panes to see,
Racjt up the road, and o'er the lea.
Haste boy and girl, new worlds to find.
The little school house left behind.
Oh, little country school! Tn vain
May critics hold you In disdain.
The greatest lessons that you taught
Were not by chalk and pencil wrought.
As oped your door on fields and sky.
So, likewise Just as wide and high.
You opened to the eyes of youth
The principles of love and truth.
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