THE OMAITA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1004.
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Grain rates are domornllzbd Hnd grain
peculators arc ftt sea.
It the Imperial army of China does not
more to the frontier rapidly tho frontier
tt Chinese Influence, may come to the
army.
Governor Mickey assures his friends
that he Is not Inning any Bleep. But he
'.md better keep one eye open Just as a
matter of precaution.
Now that the South Omaha Tire and
Police Commission can read Its title
clear citizens of the Majflc City will
know where to locate the responsibility.
The offlcl.il announcement that D. E.
Thompson is not a candidate for the
Dietrich ouccesxlon will enable antl
Burllngton politicians to heave a sigh of
relief.
If thero Is any politician of promi
nence in the First district who does not
want to wear Burkett's congressional
, brognns we would .like to have his
While Kussla is calling for volunteers
tt has the eatlsfdctlon of knowing that
none of them will return and run for
office on the strength of his military
record.
Oom Tnul may be forgiven a sardonic
smile when he reads thut Dr. Jameson,
who headed the raid into the Transvaal,
has been called to form a cublnet for
Cape Colony.
Advocates of female suffrage will not
point with pride to the Sho froth case,
wherein It was shown that Colorado
women are past musters of the art of
padding election returns.
That Chicago is recovering from its
theater panic is shown by the fact that
the city council has just granted a per
mit to one house to open wit limit com
plying with the building ordinances.
The United States government an
nounces that It does not want San Do
mingo as a gift and seems to be real
angry with the Morales administration
for apparently trying to force the repub
lic upou us.
By Issuing orders forbidding the sing
ing of songs In imule hulls which will
reflect upon either KuhhIu oi Japan, the
lord chamberlain of Great Hrititln has
delivered the public from much wrath
provoking doggrel.
After an experience which will cost
the state nearly fVK,(Kk), Governor IVa
body has given up the task of driving
the Cripple Creek miners to work and
now advises the mine owners to make
terms with the men.
Turkey expresses sympathy with
Kussla in the present war. The sultan
evidently thinks thut a ItuKsluu irt
free from Ice on tin Pad He will act as
a safety valve and insure his posses
sion of Constant luople.
G,rover Cleveland ultvnys wns optimis
tic. He has. seen fate lead him from
ome bud predicaments, but this thing
of clulining to see reasons for hope of
democratic hikvcsh this full really passes
the border of optimism.
The sergeant-at-ui-ms of the democratic
national couveutloii doc well to provide
for the accommodation of crowds. From
ull appeurauces the performance to lie
irought off will he more auuisiug than a
three-ringed circus with a dozeu clowns.
From the way the lirltUU colonics are
responding to the luvitation to adopt
reciprocal trade urrangemenls it would
seem that Joseph ChamlM-rlHin Is not so
far ahead of the times on his Greater
Itritalu proKltlon. The last to get into
'.ln la British Uulana, which offers a
10 per rent discount from It tariff ou
good from Great Britain and Casad.
TB POLITICAL rtLD.
What is there in the political field
which either party can rely upon for
success? That question Is one to which
all politicians are addressing themselves
today.
So far as the republican party Is con
cerned. It has a record of things ac
complished that It can snfely rely upon
for another campaign. It can point to
the attainment of Its objects In build
ing up the industries and the commerce
of the nation that are beyond precedent.
It can point to the fact that after demo
cratic policy had brought the nation to
bankruptcy the Introduction of repub
lican principles had changed the whole
current of events and given to the na
tion a period of prosperity which even
today it is experiencing. Another fact
is that republican policy gave to this
country an absolutely sound currency,
the effect of which has teen to place the
United Slates first among the nations
of the earth as the representative of
the gold standard nnd therefore the
greatest among the powers that stand
for a policy of nn unquestionable stand
ard of currency between the nations.
All that the republican party has done
in these directions ought to commend it
to the earnest support of the American
people, but these are only a part of Its
great work in building up the rant In
dustrial resources of the nation and aug
menting Its wealth. Whoever will read
the statistics of the last ten years can
not fall to he convinced of the wonder
ful Influence that republican policy has
exercised upon the general welfare of
Hie country.
We are approaching another national
The time is near at hand 1
campaign
when we will be engaged In a most ear
nest discussion of tho relative merits of
political pollcl8. In the meantime It
will be well to consider, the relative
capacity of tho two parties to administer
the affairs of the government, and In
order to do this it Is necessary to refer
to the policy of the democratic party in
the brief period during which it hnd
possession of the government. In that
period what was the result of demo
cratic administration? It wns industrial
disaster, financial unsrttlement, business
demoralization and an almost unpreee
dented suffering of labor. Will anybody
deny this? It is a fact of history that
is indisputable.
What is the democratic party offering
today? No change in its policy. It says
through its leaders in congress that the
principle of protection to American In
dustries and labor roust be abandoned
and that the country must adopt a
policy that will Inevitably contribute to
the interests and welfare of European
manufacturers and European labor. It
says that we shall do nothing to ex
tend our foreign commerce by building
up a merchant marine Intended for the
expansion of that commerce. It-says,
in the opinion of the democratic leader
In the United States senate, that ' we
should not do any more to build up the
navy of the United -.States, although
events clearly point to: the necessity of
having a larger navy than, we now
have. It declares that the policy of our
government In regard 'to Panama, rec
ognized and approved by all 'the great
nations of the world, is wrong and would
have our government recede from the
position tt has taken in regard to the
Isthmian canal and acknowledge that tt
had committed a great .wrong In taking
the course it did respecting the seces
sion of Panama.
In short, the democratic party so far
as that party can be said to have an
existence stands simply In opposition to
every policy and principle which has
been endorsed by the American people
and there is every reason to expect that
It will be found In tills attitude when
Its representatives meet in St Louis In
July.
At the present time the democratic
party has no specific line of policy, ex
cept opposition to whatever Is repub'
llcan, and It has no candidate for the
presidency upon which it is united. With
hardly an exception there has never
been a time in the history of the demo
cracy when that party was more com
pletely at sea in respect both to prin
clples and a candidate than it is at
present. On the other hand Mr. Cleve
land suggests a course to be pursued,
which Involves adherence to the policies
and principles for which he particularly
stands. On the other band Is Mr. Bryan
representing views wholly antagonistic
to those of the ex-president. How are
these hostile elements of the democracy
to be harmonized? Is It not a foregone
conclusion that they cannot be and that
consequently the St. Louts convention
will be one of the most bitter arenas In
the history of American politics? Mean
while the republican party, with no Issue
or quarrel In Its ranks with Ms candi
date already settled upon and Its plat
form prescribed by Its record can look
to the future with absolute confidence of
Councilman Hnntlngton, chairman of
t tie city finance committee has made a
IM'i-Honul appearance before the Ileal Es
tate exchange, in company with Super
intendent Pearse, to explain and justify
the 14 mill tax levy. Whether thut ex
planation is explained 'to the satisfac
tion of the Keul Kstate exchange bus
not transpired. Hut one thing tUat Mr.
Huntington has not explained throws a
light upon the peculiar methods of
financing thut obtain in the cltx council,
as they do In the school board. Under
the charter, the amount of tax author
ised to be levied for public lighting la
limited to $70,000 a year, and the 14-mlll
levy goes within $5,000 of the limit for
public lighting. Instead of keeping within
the limit the council propose to expend
over $85,000 for lighting tbla year, and
for this purpose It baa damped the
royalty paid by the gas company for
100.1, amounting to $15,406. and the roy
alty paid by the electric light company,
amounting to $1,224. or a total of $21.-
twto, Into the lighting fund. To make
sure that the whole royalty ahoold be
consumed It ha already ordered aa In
crease In the number of electric lights
and gas lamps, and thereby created a
permanent Increase In the cost of pub
lic lighting by more than $2h,i nlove
the charter limit, when by rights it
should have placed the $21,0 royalty
money Into the lighting fund and cut
down the levy correspondingly. This is
only one item among n score that cannot
le explained satisfactorily to any tax
payer,.cxcepting possibly some members
of the Ileal Estate exchange.
jcsTirTino thk man tax lkvt.
Councilman Huntington, chairman of
the council finance committee; Mr. John
son, chairman of the school board finance
committee, and C. (5. Pearse. superin
tendent of public schools, have endeav
ored to Justify the enormous tax levy
for 1904 before the Real Estate exchange
with verbal arguments, which they sup
ported with tabulated exhibits. It mar
have lcen eminently proper for the
chairman of the respective finance com
mittees to make these explanations, but
why the superintendent of public In
struction should appear in defense of tho
excessive school tax levy Is incompre
hensible. The duties of the school su
perintendent are to supervise the teach
ers and lay out the course of study for
the various grades. He Is not expected
to manage the finances or to regulate the
disbursement for the public schools.
That function devolves solely upon the
school board.
An analysis of the tabulated exhibits
submitted by the respective chairmen
falls to afford convincing proof that the
14-mlll levy hnd become imperative or
could be justified on any rational ground.
'Hie charter limits the amount of taxes
to be levied in any one year for all pur
poses, including $200,000 sinking fund
and $100,000 water rent, to $1,040,000.
This was based upon the idea that 10
per cent of the amount would remain
delinquent, which would leave ?!:((i,OfiO
for actual expenditure.
The council levied $1,0(1,1.11)1 .0.", ex
clusive of a school tax of $.1.-4,307.01.
Wlrlle it Is presumed that 10 per cent of
this amount will remain delinquent, it Is
confidently asserted that the scavenger
law alone will add $.100,000 to the gen
eral Income and bring up the total. to
over $1,400,000. This Is not including
the royalties from the gas and electric
lighting companies and Incidental re
ceipts from all other sources. Whether
the $100,475 that Is levied by the city
and the $100,000 levied by the school
board for sinking fund and bond redemp
tion will be applied to the purpose of re
ducing the city and school district debt
is problematic, Judging from previous
experience.
In any event, the estimates upon which
the levy was made are far beyond the
charter limitation. For example, the ex
penditures for the fire department for
the coming yenr, exclusive of engine
houses and new apparatus, are estimated
at $154,000, whereas the charter limit la
$125,000. The estimate of the cost of
policing the city Is $125,000, when tho
charter limit Is $115,000, and the esti:
mated general fund expenditures Include
a number of Items that are of question
able validity. The objection to the 14
mlll levy Is not simply because It im
pose an unwarranted burden, but .be
cause It establishes a precedent for the
future that will seriously hamper the
growth of the city.
A federal Judge, twelve Jurymen and
a federal district attorney devoted half
a day to the trial of an Indian who was
charged with giving away two or three
drinks of liquor on or about the Santee
Sioux reservation and the United States
government . has been put to the ex
pense of paying twelve Jurymen and
one deputy United States marshal, who
brought the Indian to Omaha,
mileage and fees while probably
traveling on a pass, and to pay
mileage and witness fees to two or three
Indians, and incidentally an allowance
to the United States attorney for bring
ing about a conviction. If these
periodic arrests were Inspired by an
honest desire to repress intemperance
among the Indians it would be com
mendable, but, as a matter of fact, it is
a scandalous perversion of Justice.
Scores of Indians are brought to Omaha
at every session of the federal court
for no other purpose than to make
mileage for deputy marshals who carry
passes, and fees for the district attor
ney, while the poor' Indians who are
dragged down as principal or witnesses
are debauched worse in Omaha than
they ever could be about the reserva
tion.
The deficit in the school fund on Feb
ruary 1, 1004. was $24,011.21; on Feb
mary 1. 100.1, it was $t'.,200. We are
told, however, that "it Is no more than
fair to say that consideration of this
item is worthless unless taken in con
slderatlon with other figures." The other
figures may be found in the summary
of expenditures for the first seven
months of 1002-3, as compared with the
expenditures for the first seven months
of the present fiscal year. During the
first seven months of the fiscal year
1002-3. the total expenditures amounted
to $2rt7,G4S.44; during the first seven
months of the fiscal year 100.1-4, they
aggregated $.121,056.73, an excess of
$53,408.29 for the present year over last
vear. For this 20 per cent increase no
rational explanation can be made even
by the adroit secretary or smooth super
intendent of the school board.
The emperor of Corea Is taking no
chances. While throwing his country
open to the advance of the Japanese
armies he sent a message to the Rus
stans Inviting them to come and drive
the Japanese out Just what measure
he has In store for getting rid of the
Russians the dispatches do not state.
The only point scored by Mr. Tearse
in hit attempted explanation of school
board extravagance was furnished by a
typo error, which charged the board
with ex pending $7,000 for globes, map
and chaxta, vfecn tlu lfurca should
have been $700. But that doe not ex
plain away the 20 per cent Increase of
expenses, aggregating efver $,"3.U00, for
the first seven months of the present
fiscal year, as compared with the first
seven months of the preceding fiscal
year, which was sufficiently extrava
gant. In these fieures there Is no typo
error.
Taxpayers of South Omaha may be
able to persuade themselves lefore long
that two separate municipal machines
for one community are a costly luxury.
Omaha and South Omaha are practically
one town with every Interest in com
mon. Not a solitary sound argument
can be advanced why they should have
two mayors, two treasurers, two sets of
tax collectors, two tax coinniisssloners,
two police commissions and two school
Istards, than there Is for a man and his
wife to run two separate households.
And the Morning After.
Bill Barlow's Budget.
Bliss always Iih Its alloy the bill al
ways follows the cold bottle and hot bird.
Frre of Orntlty.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Little Japan has to fight an influence that
It hBRn't taken into account the forca of
gravity. Runala is pressing toward a
warmer climate by sheer weight.
Exaggeration m Nat ire Art.
Chicago Chronicle.
The American propensity for exaggera
tion has received another Illustration In
the first Imprcwtons of the losses in the
Baltimore tlrr. For several days the nggre
giite was put at ICW.nnn.onn and the Insur
ance t.ign nt nearly ll'in.nno.non. Now, how
ever, the HRgregate hns dwindled to $70,000,
000 and the Insurance to 75 per cent of that
amount. Still if there were another great
fire today tho Kame shrinkage would occur
In the first estimates.
Kicking; on NhtbI Itllls.
Boston Transcript.
We have nlwnjs been In favor of the
steady upbuilding; of our navy, but In the
present Instance we feel that the leal of
the naval committee hns decidedly outrun
Its Judgment. Klghty millions a year Is a
sufficient sum. in ordinary times, to ex
pend on the navy, and If there Is any evi
dence that these are extraordinary times
Justifying an Increase of $15,000,000 at one
leap. It Is not forthcoming. Nor does It
need the gift of prophecy to see that exces
slve appropriations lead to reaction in
which it Is difficult to ohtnln funds for the
most legitimate needs of the service. We
have lived through tho era of naval starva
tion once, and may again If extravagance
provokes popular protest.
Doped Wlnea from Abroad.
Baltimore Sun.
In the report of Prof. Allen of the Na
tional Pure Food, association It Is stated,
as the result of Investigations made in
Kurope, that BO per cent of French wines
and SO per cent of French champagnes
are adulterations or Imitations. Many of
the wines Included In the 60 per cent never
saw a vineyard, the professor states, and
grapes had no part In their composition.
These wines are concocted of new alcohol
dyes and acids injurious to the health.
The result of studies made by official com
missions on the continent and In England
Is to secure pretty general agreement to
tha effect that antiseptics cannot he safely
permitted In' foodstuffs and that artificial
coloring Is generally evidence of fraud.
The line begins . to be drawn against so
phisticated food of all kinds.
COST OF COI.OSIES.
What Germany Has to Show for
Millions Spent.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
On the map the German colonial empire
Is about five times as large as Germany
Itself. This enormous area of more
than 1.000,000 square miles contained, at
the last census, Just 5.125 Germans, Includ
ing women and .children and only 7,788
white people of all nationalities combined.
This handful of whites Is surrounded by a
native population pf something like 14,-
000,000. Moreover, " more than a third of
the adult Germans In this colonial empire
are either civil or military officials or em
ployes and ar paid by the Imperial gov
ernment. Thus, less than two-thirds of all
the Germans located there, expect to be
come permanent settlers and this Is all
there; Is to show, for an expenditure of
$75,000,000. Nor ar the commercial situa
tion and prospect more cheering. In the
year 1902 the total export and Import trade
credited to those colonies amounted to $16,-
037,000, of which only one-third was tran
sacted with the German customs union.
For the year 1904 the cost of theso colonies
to the Imperial government Is estimated at
$5,730,000. Thus the colonial empire not
only falls to pay dividends, but costs more
than It turns In.
The Immediate result of tha war In the
German African possessions la certain to
be twofold. It will discourage immigra
tion for some years to come and add
large Item to the enormous expense al
ready Incurred by the imperial government
on account of Its expansion policy. Clearly
tha Investment Is a hopelessly bad one.
and It Is no wonder that Germany's eyes
are turned to China as a more promising
field.
rKniONAI. RiOTES.
Sir Henry Irving's Ire over Chicago's new
and stringent rules for theaters arouses the
suspicion that Blr Henry has played "Bhy-
ock" too often.
Miss Ida Tarbell carried off the honors as
chief speaker of the evening at tho dinner
of the Chicago Society of New York In
honor of Lincoln.
The World's fair is to have a searchlight
of about &,2jO,O0O candle power. Consider
ing "how far a little candle throws Its
beams" this ought to be sen all over the
country.
Careful examination of tha dally press re
sults In the following list of spellings: Che.
mulpo, Chempulo, Chepmupho, Chelumpho,
Chulmepo, Chumplo, Chumulpho and the
end Is not yet. .
'Woody Creat," 1 the home for crippled
children, maintained by Miss Helen M.
Gould near her mansion at Irvlngston-on-the-Hudson,
will be reopened soon greatly
enlarged and Improved.
It Is estimated that tha weather bureau
costs the people t cents per head per annum,
yet the bureau furnishes some brands of
weather that would not sell at half tha
sum on a bargain counter.
Three or four member of the federal
hous4 of representatives are fond of
munching the old-fashioned stick candy
so popular among small children. Con
greesman Grosvenor of Ohio keeps a box of
these dainties In a corner of his desk, get
ting his supplies from Colonel French, tha
file clerk.
When Fred 8torm was chairman of the
republican committee In Queens county.
New York, be fussed a great deal about
many things and called on Senator Piatt
frequently with little disputes to aettle and
a lot of other minor details. One day the
senator was In his office at tt Broadway.
Storm's card was brought In. "Heaven!"
said Senator Flat, "thai soaa Basra i
war tfcaa a feUaaaraV
ROISD A BO IT J.KW YORK.
RlaalM oa tho rirmt of Mfe la the
Metropolis.
The largest class of professional grafters
In New York City are the fortune tellers.
Their number Is legion. TJiough their
methods and Incantations are as varied as
a blooming midway, hope nnd. ambition In
linked arms moves along the common
groove that leads to the nimble dollar. Why
should these fakirs ply their game unmo
lested while your professional sport dare
not shuffle the deck or back a favorite
horse? The question was passed up to
Police Commissioner McAdoo, and It looked
good to him. A move against them Is
projected. A list of the witches and
oracles who are Imposing upon the public
has been handed to the police commissioner
and hn will assign two plain clothes men
to the wo-k of driving them from their
present abides. t'nder the law thry are
classed as disorderly persons. It Is said
there are In New York City not fewer than
300 fortune tellers who have developed sev
eral degrees of imposition.
When the Artor house Is finished. In a
few months, It will employ 1.4f0 servant to
look after Its possible 3,100 gucetti. In
point of slse the new hotel Is another rival
of the Waldorf. The proprietor. W. R. D.
Stokes-, Is a mtiltl-mlllloruiiro and probs-bly
tho only man In the) world of very great
wealth who directly manages a hotel. Mr.
Boldt of the Waldorf Is a rich man, but
his personal fortune does not compare with
that of Mr. Stokes. The amount of labor
Involved In the supervision of suoh an es
tablishment as the Anaonla Is simply
enormous. The average tenant In the
building knows little about It and the gen
eral public knows a great deal lesa. Mr.
Btokea Is tho most enthusiastic house
keeper In New York. He audits all the
bills, knows tho personnel of his working
staff, keeps posted on market prices and
plans all the Improvements.
With the new Astor and the Imperial
Annex open for business, there will bo five
hotels in New York which havb a market
basket quite ns big, If not bigger, than the
Waldorf. The Ansonla Is already giving
the Waldorf a close raco for the first place
In this matter. A single detail will Indi
cate the size of the orders. Seventy-five
barrels of potatoes are used dally. An
ordinary day's order from this hotel will
Include soventy-flve short loins of beef and
mutton, fifty ribs of beef and.. mutton.
eighty pairs of chicken broilers, sixty pairs
of chickens for roasting, largo hamper of
game, according to the season; fifty turkeys
and twenty ducks, twenty barrels of cab
bage and cauliflower, eighty bunches of
celery, twelve crates of tomatoes, six bar
rels of apples, twenty-five boxes of oranges.
ten boxes of grapes, seven bunches of
bananas.
"The enormous volume of "female help
wanted' ads In New York newspapers
should not be mistaken for a great and
genuine demand for this kind of labor,"
write the correspondent of the Pittsburg
Dispatch. "Of course, there ia a constant
demand for women workers In legitimate
linen, but it is a fact that many unscrup
ulous men seek this medium for becoming
acquainted with unsophisticated girls. The
'personal' columns are rightly regarded
with suspicion by most young women, but
they fall In readily enough when an at
tractive advertisement appears In the reg
ular 'want' column. The execrable crea
tures who seek the acquaintance of young
women for no good purpose have lately dis
covered this fact. They advertise for
cashiers, bookkeepers, stenographers, de
partment store detectives and all manner of
things, sometime adding 'no previous ex
perience required.' When the Innocent vic
tim replies In good faith she usually has a
personal call from the advertiser, who sizes
up the situation from his own standpoint.
Complaints have" recently been numerous,
but It Is next to Impossible for the news
paper to verify the character and purposes
of their advertisers. Theso human vam
pires, who prey upon the needy young
women out of employment, are a species by
themselves."
It Is estimated that there are between
15,000 and 20,000 boys who sell newspapers
In the street of New York. Hundred of
these have no home In the city. They
have run away from parent In other cities,
or their parent are dead, or frequently
these boy of the street are the children of
Irresponsible or criminal men and women.
So the night newsboy when his work Is
done goes to some lodging house on or near
the Bowery not far from Newspaper Row
and gets a bed for a dime or 16 cent. And
he sleeps In ths lodging house "until after
noon. Then he goes out into the streets
again, taking a bite at one of the many
cheap restaurants which newsboy fre
quent; and pretty soon hi hoarse and
resonant "fog-horn" voice Is telling again
the startling tale of a day in the world.
To the strain of music they could not
hear 400 dancer belonging to the Deaf
Mutes' club of Brooklyn, tripped the light
fantastic In Llederkranz hall, Brooklyn,
one evening last week with a much enjoy
ment as their more favored brethren who
depend on hearing the music of the dance
rather than feel It vibration.
The occasion was the second annual mas
querade and ball of the club, which I made
up exclusively of deaf mutes. Of course
there were many present who were both
able to hear and to talk audibly. Just how
the unfortunate onea were able to dance
was a puzzle to many, until one of the club
member explained by writing that the
mute could reel the vlbrvtlons of the
music with the same sense of Ireennesa that
a good musician could detect a wrong note
In a bar of music. ,
The greater part of the gathering was
noticeably quiet, ao far aa a demonstration
goea, and whatever flirting went on It waa
not audible. Aa the different dance were
called off by the leader of the orchestra
the floor manager would gather the mutes
about him and explain In the sign lan-
guarge what the dance would be, and the
deaf onea would at once begin to feel for
the vibrations, and these observed, the rest
waa eaay. The affair was, as It was In
tended It should be, a quiet, Instead of a
howling, aucceaj.
The Real Danger la New York.
Leslie's Weekly.
Danger to the success of the republican
party In New York atate will not come
from the nomination of Theodore Roose
velt, but rather from hi defeat, at the ap
proachlng national convention. If he can
not carry his own state, who can? In our
Judgment, no one else. It Is therefore, so
far a New York Is concerned, Roosevelt
or nothing!
Did It ever occur to the noisy little crowd
which Is spending Its time In a vain effort
to create dissatisfaction with Roosevelt's
administration, that If he should b de
feated at Chicago the blame would belong
to the tremendous corporate and financial
Interests centering In Wall street? And
ths people would know where to put It.
The strongest friends that the president
has, and tbs greatest number of them, ars
to be found among ths thoughtful masses.
many of them sufferers from the recent
flnanrlal debauch to tbs stock market, and
all of them ready to resent a Wall street
assault upon ths administration of Roose
elt. If ths president Is defeated at Chi
cago the pcopt who do act bellsvs la Wall
street, sad who beJUi tn It leas today thaa
rrer before, will tarn and rend any caorfV
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MARCH AI,0ZO IIAV.
Cincinnati Knqulrer: If there bo one
trait which above all others characterized
him, It was broad-minded, generous, kindly
sagacity.
Kansas City Times: It Is no reflection
on tho memory of Mr. llaiinn, but rather a
distinct tribute to his attractive Individual
ity, to say that he was ablo to do, without
popular censure, things which a different
sort of a men would not have been permlt-
el to do without strenuous protest.
Pt. Louia Globe Democrat: He was
personally one of the most lovable and
popular of men. To the end of his days
he constantly brnHdened to moet tho new
duties and responsibilities as they presented
themselves, Aa a statesman, a party
director and a political counselor Marcus
A. Hanna made a deep Impress on the
history of his country during his public
service.
Chicago Chronicle: In him everyone will
recognize a striking type of American
citizenship. That Is, ho waa a man who
without early advantages and solely by
virtue of his own' resource achieved great
business success and princely wealth; who,
unspoiled by prosperity, made his rlchea
tell In a vast usefulness In national affairs,
and who In spite of success and prosperity
retained through life a democratic simpli
city of character and an unfailing sym
pathy with the poor.
Detroit Free Press: Mr. Hanna waa
more like Zacharluh Chandler, perhaps,
than like any of his other predecessors In
public life. Ths two men singularly
resembled each other in their blunt com
mon sense, their fearlessness, their
devotion to duty, their masterful grasp of
detail and their broadners of vision. Their
Instincts, their tastes and their method
were singularly alike, and they hold even
their faults In common. Both were rugged
sons of the west, either by adoption or
birth, who performed monumental services
In great political crises, and earned alike
the respect of friend and foe.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: When ths life
of Senator Hanna is written it will stand
as an example for temperance. Integrity,
honesty, industry, capability and In
domitable courage. Few men have ever
lived in such a large circle in social, busi
ness and political life so temperato and
clean as Mark Hanna. What he won wa by
work. He never stooped to conquer. He
was not a great student. He was In no
sense a literary man, he was endowed
with Indefinite hard sense. Life to him was
practical, he was no Idealist. There were
few more strenuous lives than that of
Mark Hanna. He never knew the word
fail, and difficulties were stepping stones
to victory, they were the orders for mors
resources, for more work, for a mora In
tense battle.
OPIMO9 OK STATE PRESS.
Norfolk Press: The republican state con
vention cannot afford to name a weak
ticket. It must put Its best men forward
in order to" win.
Fremont Herald-Leader: Up to date we
have neA-er heard of union labor killing
men and women by compelling them to
work In sweat shops or murdering inno
cent children by working them thirteen
hours a day tn coal breakers and cotton
mills. That sort of thing has been left for
the "trustees of providence" and ths pure
and holy and "captains of industry" to do.
Beatrice Express: It la strange that at
this crisis the nihilists of Ruada have not
been heard from. Can It be that they have
too much patriotism to take advantage of
their government when it is In trouble? Is
It possible that these barbarians of the east
have more humanity and civilization than
the free silver democrats of America, who
Jumped on the' administration during the
progress of the Spanish-American war?
Friend Telegraph: Members of congress
who after their election seem to have
greatly Ignored the veteran should not for
moment forget that the old soldier is to
day holding the balance of power In the
Fourth congressional district of Nebraska;
that while they do not appear to be so
numerous, yet there Is hurdly a man of
them who hasn't from one to a half dozen
sons who are voters and who with their
fathers are touching elbows as completely
ss one comrade Is supporting another.
Members of congrees who are and havs
been Ignoring the old soldier may possibly
awaken to the fact that something has
dropped and dropped very hard, too.
Sterling Record: Iowa legislation will be
taking a step in the right direction If they
consider seriously the law recently Intro
duced Into the houae of representatives
which has for the purpose the restriction
of marriages to persons who have shown
some knowledge of the theory of matri
mony. In the bill a "state director of mar
riage Instruction ' is provided ror, to be
appointed by the State Hoard of Health
for a period of five yeara 'i ne Amemjiu
people cannot too soon recognize the fact
that more crime, Insanity and drunken-
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nesa I caused by an unfortunato herldltarj
Influence than by all other cause com
bined. To prevent this Influence the most
effective step will be to restrict m;inlip
to those who show themselves to be freo
from this taint of herldlty.
Kimball Observer: The Sidney Telegraph
brings out Dr. Harris of that place ns nn
available candidate for lieutenant governor
on tho republican ticket. The doctor Is
In every way qualified for tho position and
would add grace and strength to tko ticket,
but he has had a nlco soft berth in thn
United States land office lo, these many
years, and would be foolish to relinquish
the Job for thn great honor of becomliiK
lieutenant governor.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Brown The ltttla Japs show regular
American grit.
Jones I think so; say, we ought to
annex Japan. Indianapolis Journal.
"After all, it's a true saying that 'lie
laughs best who laughs lnt. "
"Not at all. The really true saying la
'he laughs best whoso laugh lasts. "
Philadelphia Press.
"Ton are sure then that ths plaintiff's
husband Is dead?"
"Of course I'm sure. I was his only phy
sician." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Where's der free publlo tfbrary In dls
town?"
"Are you looking for knowledge?"
"Naw. I'm looking fer a hobo dat stole
an ovoreont In de next town yesterday.
I'm a detective." Puck.
"How Is your experiment of sleeping In
the open air for the cure of your asthma
succeeding?"
"Well, It has hnd one good result. I've
frozen my n'oe and a part of one ear, and
they have made mo forgot my asthma."
Chicago Trlbur.e.
"Wetmere's mother-in-law has been at
his home all winter."
"How dors he like U.xt?"
"He doesn't ohloct. He says she Js lust
splendid at tending his furnace." Cleve
land Plain Denier.
First Chorus Girl Mamie Is laid up with
rheumatism of the heart.
Second Girl Oh, my! Ain't she worried?
"Yep. She's afraid it will go to her legs."
Town Topics.
King Arthur had Invented the Round
Table.
"Yes." they cried, "but think what a
boon If you had Invented enough elevate.',
car seats to go around!"
Hero we see why he merely lived in
poetry Instead of In the hearts of Uj
people. New York Sun.
"Harold, you canont deny It there Is a
coldnes between us."
"Well, whv don't you speak to the Jani
tor about It?"--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Johnson Old Simpson never talks murh.
but he's a splendid friend.
.Tenkvns How's that?
Johnson When trouble comes hn turns
right up and wants to lend you money.
Indianapolis Journal.
ins MONVMEXT.
W. D. Neshit In Chicago Tribune.
"Know ye not that a prince and a great
nan has fallen this day In Israel."
And there shall be the trappings of our
grief;
The drooping flag; the throb of muffljd
drum;
The t-uiogy from those who hailed him
chief;
Tho tribute rloh from heart now sorJry
numb.
And then shall come the ailenos sorrow
sends
The balm that blesses loving one and
friend.
But as today the whisper rounds the earth
To carry word that ho has c!ed hi
eyes.
So shall the fullest measure of his worth
Into a tribute splendid yet arise.
Some day wh may look on the way he
'""'d ... .
And know of all the good he dreamed and
dared.
When minds are bruised with grief, we
may but muae
Upon tho hearty smile and cheery word
And helpful work that Is ours to lose
Wlmt wonder that our vision should o
blurred
And that we only see the fcldod hand."
That turn no more llfu's hourgl.uiM w!:h
Its sands?
Yet he has built a noble monument
Not crumbling atone nor metal doomed to
rust.
For memory today has deftly blent
The thought and word and action win
and Just. . ,.
And so It stands, full fair in all It parta,
A monument he built In all our hearts.
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