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The '"machine" oa's once more been
consigned to the scrap pile.
It vrlll be equally exciting lnlsbout ten
days when the democratic clans pull off
their tug of war. :.'.,
Hearst's denial of Intention to bolt
the democratic convention has a string
to it almost as large as a cable. '
Mr. Ilearat says be will not bolt, even
Should Cleveland be the candidate. Yet
Mr. Bryan Is not saying a word.
Candidates for the republican nomina
tion for state auditor will now clear the
track for the headlight from Omaha.
It seems that the "ant Is" bad a pretty
well'constrtietod machine of their own,
notwithstanding their pretended objec
tions to machines. : . - . -
a . , , m
.. The compulsory retirement of stx
Methodist bfohopk Indicates that there
Is sometimes politics doing also, Ja. A
church "conewnce. ... . , ' . 5
If ' OurdciM VW. Wattles ia correctly
quoted be proposes to become the. Mark;
Ilanna of Nebraska politics. Isn't thia
rather presumptuous? ;: "'--.'
The automobile business Is quite brisk
In Omaha but It would be considerably
more brisk if the street repair question
was satisfactorily settled.
If the Folk presidential boom has to
get its start In New Mexico It Is not
likely to make the trip to St Louis with
out falling by the wayside.
It is strange to think of the American
Bed Cross without Clara Barton, but It
is hoped that here as well as elsewhere
tbe new broom will sweep clean.
Omaha's base ball club has shown that
there is something in the altitude theory.
The, Kidnapers could never have scored
that shutout on Colorado grounds.
If 'the crown prince of Germany
Showed greater Interest In the dogs pf
waf and less n tbe horses of the turf
hjs family relations would be pleasanter.
' . 11 1 ,. j
Colorado courts are now wrestling
with election questions and the strike
cases still unsettled. Verily, the Centen
nial state Is in tbe midst of strenuous
days:, 1 ' '" -v.
The, Sabbath, stillness which usually
prevails around Springfield, 111., on Bun
day, was hardly noticeable yesterday,
Slid the result will be seen when votes
are taken today.
Tbe 'antls" will now probably agree
fiat;' the primary as called by tbe county
sjommlttce provided for a perfectly fair
and. free expression of tbe rank and
Clo tt tbe party.
Wo take It that Mr. Blackburn will
baldly tblnk it necessary now to wait
until, September to convene himself la
committee of the whole and Issue a call
for another congressional convention.
About 5,000 out of the 16,000 repub
licans of Douglas county participated
In 'tbe primary .' election. Tbe choice
of tbe other 11,000 republicans is yet to
be expressed at the general election in
November. '
., John N. Baldwin is highly elated
over ' the rebuke administered through
the Fontanelle club ' to the man who
dared remonstrate against tbe outrage
perpetrated-vpo the taxpayers of this
city la tbe assessment of railroad prop
erty r . .
Tie May. term federal . grand Jury
Las made its final report and been dls-
charged by Judge Munger after having
brought In no more Important bills than
Indictments 'against a few ' members of
the boot-lerglng brigade. The federal
graud jury that cannot dlstlngulhh it
eolf.uiore than, that ought to le Jts-
elarjscd afur a two weeks' sobbion.
COXfHORTtD BT OR A VK PRUBLtMS.
When the republican state convention
assembles next Wednesday it will be
compelled to grapple With several grave
problem. The paramount state issue
in Nebraska this year will be revenue
and taxation. The new revenue law
passed by a republican legislature and
approved by a republican governor has
caused a very marked increase in the as
sessment of all dassei of private prop
erty, and unless tbe railroads. which have
heretofore enjoyed extraordinary favor
itism are assessed for their fall value,
the same as all tt hot classes of prop
erty, the election 'of a. republican Kv
ernor and republican legislature will be
seriously Jeopardized. . ..'...-
Out of the 240, 000 voters of Nebraska
150,000 live on the farm and 90,000 in
the cities and villages. While- the tax
payers of our cltlea and towns have
reason for feeling aggrieved over tbe
refusal of the rallrosfle to bear tbelr
Just share of the burdens of, municipal
taxation, they are not half ajj sensitive
as are the taxpaylng tillers of the soil,
who will have to be reckoned with in
the coming campaign. Tlatform prom
ises of future relief either by another re
vision of the revenue laws or pledges of
Increased railroad assessment next year
will not satisfy them this year. They
demand the relief tills year or they will
ask the reason why.
Another equally grave question that
must, be met by the convention is the
nomination of a candidate for United
States senator. While a majority of
the delegates are instructed to vote for
the nomination of Elmer J. Burkett,
many able and disinterested republican
leaders believe tbe nomination of any
candidate for United States senator to
be a grave mistake. It is an open secret
that this proposition was endorsed by
the state committee and a large major
ity of the state press as a natural se
quence of tbe wave of indignation that
swept tbe state Immediately after tbe
Indictment of. Senator Dietrich. It is
also an open 'secret that this sentiment
was fanned to a white beat by the pov
lltical managers of railroad corpora
tions that encompassed the defeat of D.
E. Thompson three years ago and are
as anxious to forestall nis intrusion
Into tbe Senatorial campaign this year.
It was therefore " comparatively an
easy task for these corporation politi
cians to railroad through tbe various
county conventions resolutions in avor
of. carrying out the recommendations of
the state committee, but it will bo an
other matter for them to guarantee the
election of republican members of the
legislature In close districts.
Tbe mere fact that four or five of the
men now holding seats in the United
States senate ewo their election to their
nomination by state conventions does
not furnish a safe precedent for the re
publicans of Nebraska. Conceding that
Mr. Burkett Is eminently qualified and
meritorious, it still remains an open
question, whether his election to the
senate can be brought about more cer
tainly by a state convention nomination
than by .leaving tbe legislative candi
dates to voice the preferences expressed
by their respective constituencies in the
legislature without a state endorsement
t.-: - QUSSTlOtl Or JLABOH. ! ::
Tbe southern states are confronted
with a problem in regard to their staple
product which is naturally causing some
concern. At the meeting xf the cotton
convention in : the cjty of Washington
the past week there was'a very tborougb
discussion, of the future of the. cotton
supply and much valuable, opinion and
suggestion was made by the representa
tives of both the producing and tbe
manufacturing Interests. It is needless
to say that the matter is one which con
cerns the whole people of this country,
as well is having a relation to a most
Important part of our foreign trade. r ',
There bas been within the last year
or two a most remarkable change In
the conditions of the cottoa trade. The
price of the raw material bas been ad
vanced to at) abnormal extent and tbe
business bas been to a large extent
under the control of speculative manipu
lation. This bas naturally led to a most
earnest inquiry, both in this country and
abroad, as- to what can be done to
remedy the adverse conditions and re
store the cotton industry to what it
was, or to nearly wbat.it was, a few
years ago. How Important this ques
tion is the discussion of the matter In
the British Parliament a'nd.by the Gor
man government very clearly shows, and
Its very earnest consideration by the
cotton -convention at Washington fur
ther testifies to the profound concern
which' American manufacturers and pro
ducers feel in the matter. . . -
Tbo president of the convention said
that whll there will be an Increased
cotton acreage In tbe south this year,'
this will not necessarily mean increased
production. - He pointed out that negro
labor is now almost Impossible to obtain
and tbe south wfll not be able to in
crease Us production until there Is an
Importation of foreign labor which will
replace the negroes, who -are flocking
from tbe plantations of the south to the
cities of that section and Ue north. An
other member of the convention declared
that "the only .hope for cotton la more
cotton, better cotton, and white immi
gration Into the1 south. There is an
exodus of the negro on now and nobody
la tha south wants to stop it, while lib
migration will solve the labor problem
in tbe cotton fields first and then in tbe
cotton mlUs.H , . - '
It is apparent from this that the whole
question Of future production of cotton
in the south, tbe staple commodity upon
which that section relies for ft- material
progress and prosperity, is dependant
chiefly, upon the labor supply and this
supply is steadily diminishing, accord
ing to unquestionable testimony. The
negro population of the ,south U not as
available today as R was in the slavery
time for work in tbe cotton fields and
It seems evident that unless the United
States Is to ke Its primacy In cottou
productiuu a lid uiauufacturaa, Ue
'pust be obtained, from abroad labor
which can replace that of the negro.
hether or not thlr can be done Is a
very serious question, but4t is certainly
to be expected that tbe cotton planters
of the south will .pot favor any addi
tional restrictions upon immigration.
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RCRAL DKL1TKHT CHAltBtS.
There Is to be a reorganization of tbe
rural free delivery service en July 1
and the officials of the I'oetofflce depart
ment charged with this duty are re
ported to be busy with the preliminary
work. At the beginning of the new
fiscal year the number of divisions will
be reduced from eight to six, additional
route inspectors will be employed and
officially designated as rural agents, and
the new schedule of pay for carriers and
the new regulations relating to carrying
merchandise will become operative.
The Washington correspondent of the
New.York Evening Post states that with
the reorganization of the division head
quarters will come a reassignment of
men who have heretofore been known
as special agents and route inspectors.
Under the act of the last session of con
gress these employes will be known as
rural agents and will work under tbe
direction of the division Inspectors.
Bural carriers who cover what is known
as a fulf route will receive an Increase
of pay, while those who cover shorter
routes will not get tbe maximum salary.
In regard to the carrying of merchandise
for hire and acting as agents for any
body, it Is said to be tbe intention of
the department to enforce the law
rigidly. Small favors for patrons on
tbe part of carriers will be permitted
when . requested, but that is all, tbe
policy being to have the carriers strictly
confine themselves for tbe most part to
their legitimate duties. There has been
some criticism of the action of .congress
in this particular, on tbe ground that
tbe prevailing system bas not Interfered
with the carriers properly performing
their duty to the government, but per
haps tbe result will Justify the tctlon
of congress.
It is thought that with tbe csslstance
of additional rural agents new routes
will be established at tbe rate of 000 a
month, which . ought within tbe next
two- years to meet every demand. The
progress of the rural free delivery serv
ice has been remarkable and the great
benefit which bas resulted from it is
inestimable. The contemplated changes
are expected to very much improve the
service.
The plea is made on appeal to tbe
supreme court from .a decision of tbe
Omaha Are and police commissioners,
rejecting a liquor license application,
that the board has no right to refuse
a license when no remonstrance Is filed
against its issuance. Should this conten
tion be sustained tbe whole system of
determining license and no license con
tests In the smaller towns in the state
would be upset. These towns go dry by
electing excise boards pledged to refuse
all liquor license applications, and mani
festly if the right to i license were
established the saloon could invade any
town or village In the state, whether
the people' wished it or. not, unless a
valid reason could be assigned in a
formal remonstrance. But the supreme
court has not yet passed on the case In
whicb, by the way, the attorney for the
saloon keeper Is one of tbe leading
lights among onr local purifiers.
p ., . g-
The leaders of the anti-machine fac
tion are very much perturbed. They
do not want Editor Rosewater to handle
the national campaign fund for Ne
braska. Tbe distress of these patriots
for revenue is supremely ridiculous.
There will be no necessity for tbe dis
bursement of a national campaign fund
in Nebraska and not a dollar of cam
paign fund Is likely to come to Ne
braska. Roosevelt is sure to carry the
state by anywhere from 25.00Q to 80,000,
if the democrats and populists fuse on
electors. If they run separate electoral
tickets Roosevelt ' will carry the state
by over 50.000 plurality over either
democrats or populists. If any national
campaign money is to be disbursed in
Nebraska it will not be through the
national committee, but through tbe na
tional congressional committee in this
state, for which Congressman McCarthy
is the representative for this state.
The settlement of the painters' strike
brings Omaha to the state of complete
Industrial peace, which augurs well for
the continuance Of present prosperous
conditions. More new construction
work Is under way or projected in this
dry than for many years, and amicable
relations between the employers and
employes, especially In the building
trades, is sure to stimulate still further
improvement f nterprlse. There is no
good reason why there should be any
serious difficulties between tbe employ
ers and the unions this year when tbey
have all the work tbey can do together.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that the
peaceful relations will not be again dis
turbed.
Chairman Butler of tbe populist na
tional committee announces that the
populists will nominate an independent
ticket at tbelr conyentlon, which 'Is to
be held at Springfield, 111., July 4. Chair
man Butler has been watching tbe bat
tle as a noncombatant, for while be bas
been the official bead of the populist
organization bis functions have been
taken over by the vice-chairman and
other under-ofllcera snd nothing left for
htm to do but play the party oracle. The
further assurance, therefore, that be will
not accept a re-election as national
chairman is altogether superfluous.
Former Senator Butler emerges, from
bis North Carolina obscurity long enough
to remind tbe country there Is still a
national populist party. But be is ex
cusable, as be promises to resign this
summer.
With large representation xn Impor
tant committees of the Methodist con
J fernc several cltlaeus as officers and
employes, of, the .republican and demo
cratic national committees and a cltiteii
sending war news from Brasil. the semi-
anniversary of the Antelope state finds
the youngster near the bead In
march of progress. -
the
A distinguished British officer ventures
tbe opinion that Japan is sure to win in
Its war with Russia. It will be noted.
however, that tbe officer In question is
already on the retired list, otherwise,
he might be speedily retired . by the
British War office for talking too much.
The deadlock over the governorship In
Illinois continues." The Illinois factions
must be trying to make, their state
sufficiently debatable to bolster up Its
demand for second place on tbe national
ticket
'Rocky Days tor the) Promoter.
Baltimore American.
With Hooley under arrest. Sully on trial
and J. Plerpont Morgan brought down to
common little. $40,000,000 deals, it would
seem that tbis Is not the day ot the pro
moter. Aar Old Thin does.
Kansas City Journal. -
Tha refusal of Judas Parker to commit
himself on pubtto questions Indicates that
ha may be like the school teacher who waa
willing to teach either that tha earth waa
round or flat, "according to the wishes of
the patrons.
Haaaaalty of th "Heathen."
JndlanapoU Journal.
Russians who die In th Japanese field
hospitals are accompanied to their graves
by a guard of honor, and whenever possible,
the services of a European missionary are
secured for the funerals. The Japs may be
heathen, but they behave very much like
Christians should. ,
Here's Hoplaar.
San Francisco Chronicle,
These be times, of storm and stress and
even Insult and indignity, politically In
spired, for the president of th United
States. Tha limit, waa reached though the
other day when a.. democrat went Insane
and labored under the delusion that he Is
President Roosevelt. This la asking tha
president to bear, too . much,, and let us
hep for his sake .that no more democrats
go craiy. .. , . , , .
Rediscovery of "Coin" Harvey.
Springfield Republican.. .
"Coin" Harvey pnd his "school", of 1896
have retired to the .obscurity of Monte
Ne. a place In Benton county, Arkansas,
which he founded and named some years
ago. Mr. Harvey, tends his name to tha
Monta Nq Herald, . which his son edits, as
'assistant editor." Tha free silver advo
cate pleads tor good roads, and promises:
"I will try to teach the importance of pro
moting and preserving the common good
local, state, and national and will, as the
subject develops, I believe, point out the
remedy for the ills with which civilisation
is embarrassed and suffering a nonpartisan
remedy and one that will be practical and
effective." Is It to pe a remedy that win
remedy T Alas, not .The ills are always
with us. We can palliate, but not cure
and this by no single- 'remedy.'
NEW BREED OF LAND SHARKS,
Schemea to Swindle Hotaaaeekers Un
der the Irrigation Law.
San Francfaco Chronicle. . .
It appears that the enactment of tha na
tional irrigation law lias resulted In tha de
velopment of a new breed of swindlers, who
are specialising in. the delusion of home
seekers br -pretending to "advance 'lAsl'de
Information" as o the construction of gov
ernment canals which' win enable them to
locate homesteads on tha most valuable
lands.. This they propose to do upon pay
ment of fees of from 160 to $200, according
to the gullibility of the victim. Of course,
they eould get no such advance information
except by bribing officials who had it, and
as not even the secretary of tha interior,
who la In charge ef the matter, will know
what will be done until all contracts are
let, the absurdity of the claim is apparent.
It would not be a bad idea to have the
law treat such claims as public confessions
of bribery) and clap those who publish
them into the penitentiary without further
ado. It would certainly be just, but would
doubtless bo found "unconstitutional." It is
hard to- see how professional swindlers
could live at all without the constitution tp
protect them. ' Meanwhile, we cannot too
strongly advise homeseekers not to. pay a
dollar to anybody for locating a homestead
under the irrigation act, and not to attempt
ti get any homestead until they have seen
the lands and are prepared to go there and
live upon them. A farm under one of these
great government canals is likely to cost
quite as much as ahy other farm, 'for these
great enterprises are very costly and the
entire outlay is spread upon the land. There
is no reason to expect any great .rush of
settlers, and there' ought not to be. Every
foot ot tha reclaimed land, however, is sure
to be taken up within a' resonable time,
and those desiring to secure ' homesteads
Should, directly address the officials in
charge, who will give them all the informa
tion there is without any expense to the
inquirer.
NEW YORKERS TO THE FORE.
Boater of Those Consaleuona la Na
tional Coanclla.
Portland Oregonlan.
Tha people are likely to elect their next
president from NeW York state, which re
calls tha fact that there has been a con
tinuous line of New Yorkers conspicuous
In the national councils. John Jay was
tbe first chief Justice of our federal au
preme court, serving ' from ' 1T8 to 1795.
During the same period Alexander Ham
ilton waa secretary of tha treasury. From
1795 to WOt Rufua King was American min
ister to England. Jn 1801 Aaron Burr was
elected vice president of the United States.
In 1M6 George Clinton waa elected to that
office, and Daniel JD. Tompkins was vice
president from U1T to 1825. In ill! Joha
Armstrong was secretary of war, In 138
John W. Taylor was elected apeaker of tha
house of repreaentatlves. Ia 1829 Martin
Van Buren waa appointed secretary of
atate, then minister te England, elected
vice president In IBM and president in 1837;
Benjamin F. Butler was attorney general
from 1832 to 1BST. John C. 1 Spencer waa
aeeretary of war and -then secretary of
the treasury in the cabinet of President
Tyler. Millard Fillmore became vice presi
dent in 1849 and president through tha
death of President Taylor in 1860. WiiHam
I Marey waa secretary of the treasury
in 18&3. John A. DU waa aeeretary of tha
treasury tn 1861, In tha close of President
Buchanan's term of office. William 11.
Seward waa aeeretary of state under Presl
dsrils Lincoln and Johnooa. Hamlltoa
Fish waa secretary of atate under Presi
dent Qrent William M. Evarts was at
torney general in tha cabinet of President
Johnson and aeeretary of state under Pres
ident Hayes. Edward Plerrepont was at
torney general undar President Grant In
187S. William A. Wheeler became vica
president n 1877. Arthur became vice
president In 1881. and president by the
murder of Garfield; Cleveland became
president to 1886: Morton vice president in
im; 111 las secretary of the Interior In 1897;
Root secretary of war in 189; Roosevelt
vice president snd than president by tbe
murder of aUKlaley In IWL
. POLITICS I NEBRASKA. s
Howells Journal: C. J. Smyth would
maka "Our Man Mickey" scratch gravel
aa no republican has in recent years. Tbe
old fraud would have no walk-away with
Smyth in the race.
O'Neill Frontier: Since Ifarry Undaay has
landed the supreme court clerkship plum
and Pill Summers has been retired, about
tbe only thing to keep us guessing is who
will get a free trip to St. Louis.
North Platte Tribune: Bertie Hitchcock,
who represents the Omaha district in con
gress, has accepted an invitation to ad
dress the goldbug democrats of New York.
Does this mean that he is to drop Bryan
and cast Ms lot with tha reorganlxersT
Howella Journal: No, Judge Parker is
not tha choice of this paper for the demo
cratic presidential nominee, but If It should
coma to a choice between Parker and
Hearst, count us for Parker every time,
From present indications we do not believe
either of these gentlemen will be named.
Tobias Express: Tha republicans of Sa
line county are much pleased with tha ac
tion of tha county convention In giving F.
J. Sadilek the right to name tha delegataa
to the state convention. While this does
not Insure his nomination for secretary of
state, It gives blm a nice lot of workers,
which la of considerable importance in a
convention.
MInden News: Hon. W. E. Andrews la
receiving the unanimous support of this
section In his candidacy for United Statea
senator. Wa trust that his support at the
state convention will be strong enough to
break tha machine move to nominate there.
Every delegate to tha state convention
from this county should fight the proposi
tion from start to finish.
Emerson Enterprise: Congressman Mc
Carthy has secured a good berth for J. F.
Jenai of Hartlngton, who has received the
appointment of special agent of the land
department, a position which pays 18,000
per year. Mr.- Jenal's friends through
northeast Nebraska are highly pleased
that ha has been given a good position,
for ha Is on of the bright men of this
congressional district.
Bayard Transcript: The rush to the land
office by would-be homesteaders waa Inau
gurated early, and many were disap
pointed. The new law does not take effect
until June 28, and until then tha land of
ficers can do nothing except answer Ques
tions' or file contests. 81x hur'Ved and
forty acres is a bis chunk of land to se
cure at once, and thanks are due to Hon.
M. P. Klnkald, tha man who does thlnga
for bis people.
Kearney Hub: Republican newspapers
of the stats are doubtless feeling very
sheepish just now, after having put up a
red-hot campaign for Harry Lindsay for
supreme court clerk, to learn that they
had nothing at all to do with tha appoint
ment, but that It was dictated by a cote
rie of railroad politicians. To the Hub It
looks as though the lasult Is entirely gra
tuitous, both to Mr. Lindsay and his news
paper supporters. .
Springfield Monitor: Something strange
must .be going to happen In Omaha. The
Bee spoke a good word for Congressman
Hitchcock in his capacity aa manager of
the press privileges at tha national demo
cratic convention. In turn the World-Herald
gave Editor Rose water a send-off for
his speech before tbe state board of equal
isation, in which he endeavored to have
railroad assessments Increased. Keep your
eyas and ears open. . .
Hamilton County Register: There are
some of the boys who advocate Mike Har
rington for governor. We worked all night
two years ago to get things shaped np so
Harrington ooutd get the fusion nomina
tion, and when he saw ha was going to:
get It he backed out In aplte of a direct
promise that he would accept If chosen by
both Conventions.1 He is a good man, but
so impulsive ana changeable that he would
make a lot of grief for the party that
placed him in charge of tha ship of state.
Schuyler Free Press; At last the repub
lican majority of the supreme court has
chosen a clerk for that body In the person
of Harry Lindsay, who has served, his
party well as chairman of the republican
state central committee. Lindsay was the
eholce of the party, and Judges Sedgwick
and Barnes did the right thing to appoint
him. ' But the pleasing part of It all is
that it removes the present clerk, Robert
B. Lee Herdman, who is another "re
former" who haa helped to maka tha term
"reform" in Nebraska a farce.
Hastings Tribune: It Is not because the
Tribune has a particular candidate for the
United States senatorial scat to be vacated
by Senator Dietrich that we are oppoaed
to the nominating of a senatorial candidate
at the coming republican stats convention,
but it is because we have the party's best
Interests at heart,1 and - are firmly of tbe
belief that such a move would be unwise
and anything but a good political move.
In many of the counties In which repub
lican senators and representatives ware
elected two yeara ago the majorities ware
so small that they can hardly be classed In
the republican column. It would be hard
enough to elect the legislative ticket In
these counties as It stands, and any un
necessary load upon tbe ticket will Cer
tainly make it that much harder to carry
through. The fualonlsts wfJI ask for noth
ing better than to have the republican
atate convention of Nebraska name the
senatorial candidate, and should this be
dona the fualonlsts will pass up all else
and use every effort known to politics to
win out in the senatorial fight
PERSONAL NOTES.
The trust that Was "busted" in Detroit
the other day was a plumbers' combine.
Anything Is possible If that could be done,
Emperor- William has ordered that ail
deserving school children shall aaoh be
given a copy of his photograph aa a reward
of merit.
How Ignorant are the English of Amer
ica. A London newspaper says: . "If a
white man kills a negro in tha town of
Lake Charles, La., he Is fined 60 cents."
Loulslanians will resent the notion that
any fine is Imposed. '
Count Helmuth von Moltke, nephew of
Germany's greatest soldier, may be mads
chief of the general staff of the kaiser's
army. He is to years old. ,
Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, nho claims
lineal descent from Robert Bruce, is prac
ticing medicine in Los Angeles, Cal. Be
sides attending to her patients she delivers
lectures regularly at tha college for trained
nurses smd at the several hospitals of tbe
city, ,
Martin T. Burke of La Crosae, Wis., (or
many years a well known business man of
that city and by marriage a cousin of
Oenarai Grant, is tbe only survivor of the
few men who were associated with tha
great soldier-statesman la the famous old
leather store la Galena.
Fashionable .woman In Washington have
gone in for Japanese wrestling and for
weeka soma of tha most prominent social
stars have met every morning at tha un
earthly hour of I to perfect themselves l
Jiu-jitsu. A Japanese professor nd his
wife are tha principal instructors and
Commander Takeshlta, naval attache of
the Japanese legation, " fives occasional
lessons.
One Kick Did the Baslaess.
Philadelphia North American.
' For ertlsUo brutality "Uncle Joe" Can
Bon's suppression of his vloe presidential
bourn Is without a peer la American politic.
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PRICK BAKINQ POWOtR COa OHICAOO.
PRESIDENTIAL "ENCROACHMENTS."
Shallowness of Assertions Made
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Democrat le Critics.
Leslie's Weekly.
Some of the democrats are aayiug that no
other president ever encroached on tha pre
rogatives of congress to any such extent as
Mr. Roosevelt has done. This shows that
the critics have. not read history.
On his own personal responsibility Presi
dent Jefferson, In 1807, rejected a treaty
which Monroe and Plnckney had Just nego
tiated with England, although he and most
of the rest of his contemporaries believed
the senate would have ratified the treaty
had Jefferson submitted It. When Jeffer
son, about the same time, nypnotlsed con
gress into passing the disastrous embargo
act, on the pretense that this would stop
England and France from their aasaulte on
American commerce.' he employed ' more
pressure against the rights of the co-ordi
nate branch of the government than Presi
dent Roosevelt bas ever done.
President - Jackson charged that the
United States bank was unsafe, though a
democratic committee of congress, after
making an Investigation Into Its affairs,
pronounced It thoroughly solvent. This waa
In 1831. When McLane, the secretary of the
treasury. In 1833, who saw that the bank
was safe, declined to obey Jackson's order
to remove the United States' depoalts from
It, Jackson transferred him to tha State
department. His successor, Duane, refus
ing to remove the deposits, was himself
removed by Jackson, and Taney was put In
bis place end obeyed Jackson's Command.
Jscksoh's decisive rule had for one of Its
consequences the union of all the elements
of the opposition Into a coalition which be
came the whig party,
Buchanan attempted to. push through con
gress in 188 the pro-slavery Lecompton
constitution for Kansas, against tha will of
majority of that community, snd against
the warnings Of Douglas and other demo
crats, thus preparing the way for the apllt
In thet democratic national convention at
Charleston In I860 which made Lincoln's
election certain. . . ' , ,
When Cleveland, In 1893, just after the be
ginning of hie Second term, withdrew from
the senate the Hawaiian annexation treaty
which had been framad under Harrison he
knew he was acting against the wishes of
majority of the senate. When, Just
afterward, ha hauled down . the United
States flag In Hawaii he sent a wave of in
dlgnntlon all over tha country, among
democrats as well as republicans, and con
tributed one of the factors which combined
to deal to his party the tremendous defeat
which it reeetved in the congressional elec
tion of KM, and assisted in rolling up the
big majority for McKlnley In 180(1.
Many presidents have gone further in the
exercise ct autocratic power than Mr.
Roosevelt " has ever done, but none haa
moved on such' patriotic and populnr lines
ss he. President Roosevelt "does things" 1
and doe them right,
M VS BAT TOO MUCHt
Economy nnA Health Promoted by
Catting- Down She Bill of Fare.
- Brooklyn Eagle.
A professor of the Sheffield Scientific
school at Yale has proved, to his own
satisfaction, that we all eat too much.
He has conducted a series of experiments
on Yale professors, on students and on
United States soldiers, for a good many
months, which show that the food of nil
these classes can be reduced by about
half without reducing tha weight, strength
or effectiveness of the subjects. ' That
would be a fine way out of the perplex
ities brought to most of us by the steadily
rising prices of foods. The meat trust,
the hen trust and the , market gardener
earn to have conspired to get the laat
cent of the salaried worker's pay. If we
were content to put ourselves on Prof
Chlttsnden's System of diet we might re
duce our grocer and butcher bills by half
and save money enough to go to EJurope,
or perhaps to the opera.
But . tbe oold fact is that man do not
eat to keep up their weight, strength or
working effectiveness. They eat primarily
because food tastes good, and so long as
tbey maintain bablts of reasonable reg.
-ularlty they can dispose of quantities of
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mince pie and Welsh rarebit a top of
three square meals a day without bating
to lay up for repairs. They may over
load the digestive machine, bnt until the
burdened stomach sends an emphatlo pro
test to the palate they will not atop eat
ing for all the professors and chemists
this side of Russia, Emerson ate pie for
breakfast, not to write better essays, but
because he i ked the pie. The rest of tss
may not be philosophers, but we en Im
itate Emerson's breakfast habits it we
try. Some of MB can even combine sausages
with cakes and maple syrup for breakfast,
followed by cucumber salad and rcqaefort
cheese nt dinner, and stlU be able to do
a fair day's, work. Men with capaoHy
like that are likely to tarn a deaf ear
to the pleadings of economy and hygiene
Edward Atkinson got Up h schedule ot
economical and nourishing satins tar the
American worklngtnaa soma years ' ago.
Tbe worklngman -aughed -It to scorn aa
a capitalistic attempt to limit his liberty
with an ultimate -eye to the' reduction of
wages. The man who works outside of a
union wilt bo likely to share ttie union
attitude on that point, if on ao other. Tbe
effective way to reduoe a man's1 eating Is
to paralyse his palate. Nature does that
in acute coses, and until science 'follows
that method the pruchmerita of econo
mists will have iittla eJTeat en the pleas
urea of the table. In Ibsen's p-'ays cham
pagne seems to typify , the "Joy of life."
his catch phrase In "Ghosts." If the Nor
wegian cooks were better, perhaps- Ibsen
might have Included lobster a la Newburg,
or fried chicken with Maryland gravy,
among the blessings for- which his Char
acters make such fervid appeals.
L.tXGIU.-VQ OAS. i
"Did you ever sell your Voter asked the
man who asks blunt questions.
"Sell my vote!" echoed Senator Sorghum
scornfully. "I should say not. - fn In the
market to buyk not. to sell." Waahlngton
Star. . . -t . . ...
' "Refuse me," he cried w lldly. "and life
will be an empty dream."
Tho beautiful girl crushed the violets in
ber hand.
'TIs better to have an empty dream,
she said firmly, "than to get married and
have an empty pocketbook." Cleveland
Putin Dealer. .
Mother Johnny, do stop teasing that cat.
How would you like to be treated so, do
you suppose, if you were a catT
Johnny In that case I presume' I should
have a bias the same aa Kitty has, but
don't you think It quite unnecessary to sup
pose anything so fanciful,. maroma7 Bos
ton Transcript. v
"You say he frequently paints the towa
red?" v - -
"Yes. Doesn't he look ItT" . .
"Oh, I don't Ijiow. His face, and espe
cially his nose, rather elves the Impres
sion that the town has been -painting him
red."--Chicago Post... .
"I wonder what that 1st" bussed the eurU
ous fly. "It looks a little like one of those
sheets of sticky paper, but I'm sure It's
harmless. I'll drop down and see," -
The foolish Insect did so, and the next
moment It waa atuck faat on the gluey side
of a world's fair postage stamp. Chicago
Tribune. . ,
WAITED,
Newark Evening News. '
I'm looking for a country home with roans
In tha path, ....
With six or elKht steam heated rooms, a
screen porch and a bath,
I want a- garden, fair to. see, a gently bab
bling brook,
An arbor where to rest at ease and reas)
the latest book. -
Perhaps you know of such a plai at rea
sonable rate
Say, thirty dollars for the year B. 3., ftl
rm looking for a boarding house, where
folk are never proud.
Where no ono tells of better days or tries
to bluff the crowd:
The boarders must be courteous, the serv
ing ataff refined... . -
My bed of softest eiderdown, the food off
choicest kind,
The price two dollars weekly, maybe half a
dollar more;
Address, inclosing reference, B. J., M4.
Although a man of leisure now, I'm willing
to be placed ,
In so mo position suitable to one of nur
tured taste,
A situation not confining, 10 tb t perhaps,
Willi leaua to ao abroad each year, an hour
at noona for naps
And salary commensurate With merit such
as mine, -
Send offer stamped snd elosely sealed
B. J., 249. I
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