THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. MAY 26. 1904.
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Wbea It ' comet to fierce factional
"flghtt Douglas county democrats yield
nothing to Douglas county1 republicans.
- Bute Treasurer Mtortensen Is making
the commendable record as a member
of the State Board of Railroad (Assess
ment ' '
AH ports are now free, both u Russia
and Japan to the ships which bring the
proper kind of merchandise gun cotton
and rapid Are guns preferred.
' Perhaps Funston did not swim the
Bagbag after all. There are many of
ficers in the regular army who still
think he might have jumped it ' '
Congressman Hull's seat may be In
nger when the Mothers' Congress, gets
tat a'ctfon Irgainr One of his constit
uent has been fdtind to have been mar
ried to three women at the same time.
Russians are pot foolish in thinking
that solpetb'ing must be taking place
when theY Hret no news, because when
, there la Really nothing but rumors 8t
Petersburg operators are working over-
The Woman's federation-, has done
what wak expected. Women have not
been In politics long enough to realize
the satisfaction which may be found in
k i breaking s . slate, even though the slate
V may be t proper thing. i i '
vtut an army which hat met so many
evsrses the Japanese force seems to be
effective. Japanese scouts are now
north of Mukden. ' If the correspondents
bad not killed those 15,000 men they
might have been at Harbin. i'
It bat been announced with due so
lemnity and decorum that the last fin
ishing touch haslbeen put on the Omaha
Federal building, which wot begun
more than fifteen years ago. Praia the
Lord from whom all blessings flow.
With a municipal paving plant at the
disposal of the Board of Public Works
there will be no further excuse1' for
keeping asphalt paved streets out of re
pair under any pretext except a short
age of funda to pay for material and
labor. .
The republican state convention Domi
nated a candidate for United States sen
ator. The first step to make good with
the nomination is to nominate1 strong
men for the legislature who will have
a good chance of being elected. It takes
a legislative majority to make a sena
tor. ' "
The World-Herald refers contempt u-
eusly to Mr. Bucket t as the twin candl-
date because be it running tlmultane-
ously for two offices' on one platform.
Brill that is no worle than the fix our
J fusion friends found themselves ' run
I nlng for one office oa two conflicting
1 platforms. -
v Another patriot whose conversion to
democracy Is now heralded as complete
It Hon. B. P. Roggen, at ene time held
np by the democratic press as the em
bodiment of all that was roost odious
In republicanism. Mr. Roggen should
make just as good an office-holding deni
crat as he did an office-holding repub
lican, i - .
RusslA takes umbrage at the report
that neutral powers desire to. know
what part of the Asiatic coast has'beea
mined and intimates that there is some
thing unfriendly In the proposed Inquiry
bees use it was iot made until' Japan
had .lost a number of ships.' kAs long
" at Russia destroyed Russia ft. ships In
Russian harbors It was largely .a domes-
tie affair, but When destruction threaten
neutral ships the entire world becomes
interest and mere ee at St Peters
TMB CAMPAlQJt AltD BC8MKBS.
It is the common impression that a
presidential campaign Is unfavorable to
business and there is some ground for
this in past experience. During the
campaign of eight years ago business
was certainly very bad. but that was
the culmination of an extended period
of depression and was not wholly due
to the political contest, though unques
tionably it was much Intensified by the
fear that the democratic 'candidate
might be elected, which would have
meant a revolutionary change. In the
nation's financial policy, and therefore
in its business affairs. Four years ago
there was no such apprehension and
business conditions were not unfavor
ably affected by the political campaign,
the year 19(10 being one of the most
prosperous since the return of the re
publican party to power. '
It Is the opinion of careful observers
engaged in financial and commeflal af
fairs that this year's presldentiaf cam
paign will 'not be disturbing to. business
and certainly there is no apparent rea
son why it should be. As the situation
now looks the election of 'a republican
president Is assured, whether the dem
ocrats nominate a conservative or a
radical for president This means that
the policies which have jelven the coun
try a sound financial system and pro
moted its industries and its commerce
will be maintained. The election of
Theodore Roosevelt, wYileh even intelli
gent democrats do not seriously doubt,
will Insure the .country against any
radical Interference with its financial
and Industrial affairs and this is what
majority of our people want. It is
because they desire this that they will
vote to continue aMhe head of the gov
ernment a man who Is most earnestly
In faver of the policies which are es
sential to the maintenance of business
activity and prosperity.
It -Is not expected that 1004 will be
for the entire country as good a busi
ness year as the Dest or recent years.
The reasons for this are practical rather
than political. There has been' a mod
erate and entirely natural reaction from
the . unprecedented industrial and com
merclat activity of the last five or tlx
years and this will continue for a time,
quite regardless of any political condi
tions. HHW WAR UN BRIBE RT.
The Massachusetts legislature hat Jutt
passed a novel measure and one which
may well command the attention of
legislators in other states. It is a bill
for the purpose of stopping the corrup
tion of employes by the giving and re
ceiving of bribes. It is stated that the
practice Is general throughout New
England and is regarded b.y manufac
turers particularly as a great evil. As
a matter of fact this form of corruption
undoubtedly exists to a greater or less
extent in all parts of the country and
is practiced in every large center of
Industry and business.. It it altogether
probable1 that very maqy. corporations
bribe employes of other corporation's for
the obtaining of information regarding
the business affairs of competitors,
while it is not to be doubted that some
mercantile establishments take this
means of ascertaining certain facts ac
cessible to employes of business rivals.
That this method of corruption is an
evil . and wholly discreditable to those
who ' practice It Is ' obvious. It It no
worse, however, if so bad, at the whole
sale system of bribing public officials
by the railroad and other corporations
which exists everywhere, for this cor
ruption strikes, at the public Interests.
The Massachusetts measure may not
result in nutting an end to the bribery
of employes, but it will doubtless re
duqp the evil and it is an example that
ought to be generally followed.
' TUM COAL COMB IH K 1XQV1HT.
Inquiry regarding the anthracite coal
corqbine having been resumed by the
Interstate Commerce commission, which
under the decision of the supreme court
of tbo United States has authority to
require the railroads to produce con
tracts and other documentary evidence
which the commission shall deem neces
sary to the investigation. It is to be
expected that a great deal of Interesting
Information will be elicited bearing upon
the charge that there Is a combination
of coal-carrying railroads and operators
which is in distinct violation of the anti
trust law. There is no obstacle now in
the way of the commission making its
Inquiry thorough. Under .the decision
of the court of last resort it is given
access to every source of information
rand there is no reason to doubt that the
commission will probe to the bottom.
Measwhlle it Is announced that Attor
ney General Knox will probably begin
proceedings against the Coal trust some
time 'next month. It is understood vto
be the purpose of the Department of
Justice to file a bill in the federal cir
cuit eourt at Philadelphia against the
coal-carrying railroads, charging them
with violation of the anti-trust law. It
is stated that the attorney general's
plans are based upon the anticipated
result of the hearing by the Interstate
Commerce commission. The character o'f
tho icontracts between the railroads and
operatora is known to the attorney gen
eral and he has been able to go ahead
with the preparation of bis case, with
fuilknowfedge of the revelations likely
to be made before the interstate Com
merce commission. lie bat given his
personal attention to the preparation of
the, case and according to reports from
Washington it is now , virtually com
pleted. Ills bnly reason for delaying
proceedings at all is that he wishes to
peciulJUthe commission to conclude its
investigation before he brings suit on
behalf of the government, when he will
have in addition to the information the
department hat already obtained that
which will be secured through the in
vestigation in progress.
There is reason to believe that a strong
esse can be made against the coal com
hine; one which will win In the courts
and break up that rapacious tnd op
pressive monopoly. The fact that Mr
Knox It preparing to institute proceed
ings it ample assurance that be has
what he deems to be sufficient evidence
of a violation of the anti trust law, for
the attorney general is careful not to
take action until well satisfied that he
it on safe ground. Of course the Coal
trust will fight hard, so that it msy be
a year or more before there is a final
settlement of the case. Whether or not
It will In the meantime modify its ex
actions is a question. There is no pres
ent indication of an intention to do this
tnd with the certainty before it of prose
cution In any event there Is small likeli
hood of any change from its rapacious
and oppressive policy. The existing
contracts will probably be adhered to
and the public be compelled to pay the
existing extortionate price for anthra
cite coal. This is the Inference to be
drawn from the latest testimony before
the Interstate Commerce commission.
war hot pkmfahk roR tub ia-
BVlTABLtl
Forty resident taxpayers of South
Omaha assembled in mass meeting have
tried to persuade themselves that it
would be prudent and advantageous to
plaster another big mortgage on South
Omaha before it is absorbed into
Greater Omaha by annexation. The
keynote of the mass meeting was
sounded by David Anderson, who dwelt
at length upon the menace of annexa
tion, and declared that "annexation
would come sooner or later and the
people of South Omaha might Just as
well get some improvements while they
have the chance."
Why should South Omaha property
owners plaster their town over with
mortgages for the purchase of parks
they already have without cost to the
town, and for a. city hall which they
will not need after the governments of
Omaha. and South Omaha are merged?
Why should they want to buy Syndi
cate park, which was laid out and dedi
cated for a public park by its owners
who obligated themselves when they
sold lots adjacent to it to keep up the
park? Would any sane man in Omaha
want to vote bonds for the purchase of
Hanscom park in the face of the known
fact that these grounds were dedicated
at a park by the owner and the adja
cent lots were sold on condltjon that the
park would remain there forever?
; Why should South Omaha want to
bond Itself for the erection of a city ball
building that could not be ready for oc
cupancy for a year and would probably
not remain in use as a city hall for more
than two or three years at the very
farthest,?
South Omaha was laid out by Omaha
capitalists and four fifths of the prop
erty of South Omaha is owned by
Omaha men. The two towns are now
in every respect one city excepting as
regards municipal government and the
boundaries that separate Omaha from
South Omaha are visible on - the map
rather than on the ground.
, What sense is there in keeping up two
governments and levying taxes for two
tax commissioners, two treasurers, two
police commissions and two police and
fire departments? South Omaha gets
Its water, its gat and electric lights and
its telephone facilities from Omaha.
The street railroads of South Omaha are
operated from Omaha and managed
from Omaha. South Omaha banks are
simply branches of Omaha banking
houses. In case of a big fire South
Omaha depends upon Omaha to put it
out
If South Omaha is annexed, which it
should be and will be in the near future
in spite of short-sighted real estate
speculators, office-holders and politi
cians, H wilt have its full and fair part
of the government of Greater Omaha.
It will have its representation in the
city council, Board of Public Works and
in all the departments of municipal gov
ernment. If public Improvements are
needed in South Omaha they will be
put there In more substantial shape and
for less money. Omaha can borrow
money at 84 per cent on Its bonds and
SoAh Omaha is compelled to pay from
4V& to S per cent The same divergence
also exists with regard to South Omaha
loans on mortgaged property. If Omaha
should buy the water works or acquire
municipal lighting plant it would
supply South Omaha for lower rates
than they could possibly be secured
for from privare corporations. .
There it no danger that South Omaha
would lose either lta postoffice or Its
postmaster by annexation, the only pos
sible change annexation would cause
would- be that the Omaha postoffice
would be the clearing bouse for the
South Omaha postoffice. Instead of
being a menace, annexation would be
a blessing to South Omaha. When a
South Omaha man goes abroad, east or
west he halls from Omaha and regis
ters bis name as coming from Omaha,
and prides himself on being a citizen of
Omaha. Why should he not be a eitl-
cen in fact at well as in name? Why
not prepare for the Inevitable?
The city council has at last taken the
proper step to restore the asphalt paved
streets of Omaha to a passable condi
tion by setting apart $10,000 for the pur
chase of a municipal asphalt paving
plant. The wretched condition of as
phalt pavements on many of our prin
cipal thoroughfares has been largely
due, first to the lax enforcement of the
paving contracts that require the main
tenance of asphalt pavements for a
fixed number of years at the expense of
the contractor. Second, to the lax en
forcement of the ordinances that require
public utility corporations that enjoy
privileges upon and under our streets
and alleys, vis: The street railway com
pany and the gas, water and electric
lighting and telephone companies, to re
place the pavements they tear up in as
good condition as they were before they
were disturbed. Lastly, the lack of a
municipal plant that would enable the
city to repair worn qut asphalt pave
menta without the aid or consent of the
paving contractors, who are warring
with each other and warring with the
city by an endless chain of Injunctions
and mandamuses and have kept Im
provements at"a standstill by msnlpula
tln the city council snd members of
the Board of Public Works.
The acquisition of a municipal asphalt
paving plant Is by no means designed
to relieve property owners on North
Sixteenth street and other etreett that
have become almost Impassable because
the asphalt pavements have become
completely worn out after being re
paired snd re-repaired, from taking the
proper steps for repaving at the ex
pense of the abutting property. The
asphalt repnir plant will only be used
for streets that can be made passable
for a year or two without being entirely
resurfaced.
It would be Interesting to see an ex
hibit of . those "fundamental democratic
truths" said to be held in common by
Bryan and the reorganize. It Is proba
ble that neither side could formulate one
fundamental statement to which the
other would give unqualified assent, un
less it be "Put the republicans out."
We note that City Comptroller Lo-
beck has finally gotten clear over on
the democratic side of the fence, his
name appearing on one of the demo
cratic primary ballots. A yeor ago be
was disporting in populist conventions.
Such is the persuasive power of lucra
tive office.
The Third district democratic conven
tion has been called to meet at Fremont
on June 28, where the populists are
also to meet on the same day to go
through the motions and pretend to
nominate the man whom the democrats
have nominated.
The Dumb Bis; Four.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner, which 1 becom
ing commoner every day, says "Qrover
Cleveland, the Brooklyn Eagle, David B.
Hill and Joseph Pulitzer know where Mr.
Parker stands," and then it hints that that
number Is not enough. Nothing will satisfy
that paper.
Helping; the Common People.
Kansas City Journal.
If Mr. Hearst falls to secure the nomina
tion he will at least have the consolation
of knowing that he has distributed a con
siderable amount of money and thus added
to the prosperity of the masses. To a man
so deeply devoted to the welfare of the
common people this should be quit com
forting.
Force of Habit.
Philadelphia Press.
Some of our democratic contemporaries
are now stirring up their passions because
steps are being taken by the administra
tion to protect American , cltlsens In
Morocco. They would have made Just as
much fuss If nothing had been done. When
a party has nothing to do but find fault
there Isn't anything it can't find fault with.
Vice Presidential Booms.
Boston Transcript
The Hltt vice presidential boom does not
overawe the others of the prominently men
tioned. The New Hampshire republicans'
hearts still beat fetidly for Fairbanks. Ne
braska is for Webster," who quadriennlally
Is the favorite son, and now comes the re
port that Senator! Spooner Is booming ex
Governor Scofleld'jOf Wisconsin as Just the
man for the vie presidency.
A Roosevelt Rally.
Springfield .Republican (Ind.).
The week now ended was the last on for
holding; republican state conventions for
the election of delegates to the republican
national convention. Of 928 delegates chosen
ap to Thursday Bight 708 bad been In
structed to "votei jror Mr. Roosevelt. The
Chicago convention, ft is proper to say,
without qualification, will be a Roosevelt
rally. The president Is as happy as a tom
tit In the springtime.
Expanding: Mall Service.
Springfield Republican.
It Is estimated by the postmaster general
that postal receipt this fiscal year will ap
proximate 114,000,000, which la nearly dou
ble the figure of leas than ten years ago.
This great expansion of the revenue and
the postal expense as well, which .is even
greater is largely due of course to the ex
tension of the rural free delivery service.
Within fly year. j the number' bf these
route has 'Increased from -200- to bout
25.000. J'', "
Tho Inlte. States The Orient;
Success.
Japan contain 162,655 square miles, hence
It Is a little larger than California, and
more than three times as large as New
Tork. If the southwestern part of Japan
proper were placed on the Mexican border
near San Antonla, Tex., the country of the
mikado would stretch northeastward till
Teso would almost touch the Strait of
Mackinac, and the Kuiile Islands would
project into Hudson bay, the latitude cor
responding very nearly, Formosa would
then lie off the southern part of lower Cali
fornia. Corea, with an area of 82,000 square
miles. Is almost exactly 'of the same slse
as Kansas, and In latitude It would extend
as far as from Fort Towson, In the south
ern part of Indian Territory, to Decatur,
In eastern Nebraska. Manchuria, with an
area of S62.310 square miles, lacks ' only
20,000 square miles of being as large as Ne
braska, North and South Dakota, and Man
itoba, with whlclflt corresponds In latitude.
It la mora than, twice as large as Japan,
and almost as, large as Texas, Louisiana
and Alabama combined.
HAVE A WIND AND KNOW IT.
A Dlar at the Reactionary Tendencies
of Bonrbon Protectionists.
Philadelphia Press (rep.).
Th republican party must not hav
equivocal or evasive or hesitant counsels
at I his hour. It must have a -mind and
must know It. It is no time for uncer
tainty or for retrogression.
The party .stands squarely and unre
servedly for the protective principle. It
will say so In distinct and emphatic terms.
That does not mean that It will maintain
all the existing rates for an Indefinite time,
and will stand against any revision under
any circumstances. It has aavised the
tariff before and will revise it again whan
conditions render it neeessary or expedient.
That is Its position and it ought to say so.
It cannot shut Its eyes or else Its ears,
like the Iowa platform.
The party believes In the reciprocity of
McKinley and Blaine. It does not bellev
In the reciprocity which Is made a cover
for free trad. But because it Is opposed
to a perverted reciprocity is no reason
why it Should not declare itself for a -sen
sible reciprocity. The new Iowa platform is
silent. There is neither Justification nor
wisdom In silence. The party knows that
the reasonable reciprocity ,ior wnicn i-res
Ident McKinley declared at Buffalo Is right,
and lta fight for protection will be all the
Stronger for saying ao.
The national policy defined in the national
declaration should be clear and It should
not be as reactionary a Iowa or a la
Sufficient as Ohio, n
GOSSIP ABOl'T THE WAR.
Featwres of b Science ef Killing P
elopeel as ramsalga Prntrnifi.
Students of the science of war who
absorb the news from the firing line from
day to day occasionally encounter facts
which tend to shatter precedents. Almost
at the outset of the war. the activity of
Japan's torpedo fleet about Port Arthur
gave a severe Jolt to th common belief
that battleships were th strong right arm
of sea powit. "Build more battlephlps,"
was the cry until th monster floating
forts of Russia were sent to tho bottom or
to th rocks. Then public Ideas swung
sharply to the torpedo boats. In Ilk
manner the cavalry arm of the service has
been shorn of the glory shed by song and
story on mounted warriors, whose swift
dash and saber cut oft carried confusion
and death to the enemy. The Japs turned
the trick, so Toklo dispatches state, and
no loyal admirer of the Oriental Tanks
will doubt the few scraps of news filtered
through the mikado's capital. The gist
of the dispatch Is that the Jap Infantry
annihilated a squadron of Cossacks. Only
few lived to tell the tale, and those es
cspsd by dismounting and running for their
lives. This Is the greatest blow struck to
the horse in war since Captain Jenks of
the Horse Marines disappeared from Juven
ile literature. If the Russian staff Is as
wise as Its whiskers indicate. It should
turn the Cossack horse out to grass and
mount the Rough Riders on automobiles
before it is everlastingly too late.
Wanting- a military system, Japan did
not wait to develop It, but quietly took
possession of the military system of Franc.
Later on It went to school to Germany,
and the resultant army Is part German
and part French, says the Boston Tran
script. The mixed origin Is reflected In
the army garb. The emperor's body guard
serves In the full uniform of the French
lancers, and the emperor himself wears
the scarlet kepi and trousers of a French
officer. But all other arms of the service
go clad like the Germans, In dark blue
with distinguishing bands of red. or black,
or yellow on their flat German forage caps.
The Japanese drill Is German, the gymnas
tics are German, the discipline Is Ger
man. Henry Norman says that the foot
soldiers look like nothing so much as
south Gorman recrultles.
Yet It Is far from commonplace. After
all a system Is not an army; there Is the
common soldiers to be accounted for. Drill
him, dress htm, discipline him how you will,
he remains a Japanese under Tils skin. And
like a Japanese only he fights. Mobility
one would expect of him, and that he ha
It was proved In the war with China. Says
Henry Norman, "As rapidly as Germany
when Von Moltke telegraphed 'Krleg mobll'
the army was ready. Force after force
was dispatched with a secrecy, a simplicity,
a celerity, and a completeness which few
European nations could equal; the reserves
came to the colors with mechanical pre
cision; and this time literally not a gaiter
button. In Marshal Leboeuf's famous
phrase, was lacking from their equipment.
The Jap has good marching legs and
makes the most of them. Light, well knit.
active, he gets over th ground at an
amaslng ace. Moreover, he starts. When
the allies were marching to the relief of
the legation It was always th Japanese
who got up early In the morning and were
well under way before th British had
opened an eye.
As the Jap marches so he fights. Bays
George Lynch, who watched him with the
allies In China. "It la simply wonderful
how quickly they move. They seem to do
everything at the double." It Is the speed
not of nervousness, but of downright eager
ness. They fight for fighting's sake. When
they charge they break Into a brisk. (Im
patient trot, chanting In steptlme, "Itchl
nlh, Itchl-nlh." "one-two, one-two," to bal
ance them for the final run, which they de
liver, shouting with a great, glad alacrity.
Never were such .hilarious fighters. Says
Lynch: "My goodness, how they did enjoy
Itl"
'The Corean is omnivorous. Birds of
the air, beasts of th field and fish from
the sea nothing comes amiss to his palate,'
says Leslie's Weekly. "Dog meat Is In
great request at certain seasons; pork and
beef with the blood undralned from th
carcass: fowls and game birds cooked with
th lights, giblets, head and claw. Intact-
fish, sundrled and highly malodorous all
are acceptable to him. Cooking Is not al
ways necessary; a specie of small fish Is
preferred raw, dipped Into some piquant
sauce. Other dainties are dried seaweed,
shrimps, vermicelli, pine seeds. Illy bulbs
and all vegetables and cereals. Their ex
cesses make the Coreans martyrs to in
digestion. Th Japanese infantryman shoulders a
very small caliber rifle carrying a light ball
to. a great distance, says the New York
Globe. Th Russian gun shoots a much
larger and heavier ball with a consider
ably smaller range. But In actual warfare
It may be doubted whether a gun that
Shpots five miles Is any more effective than
one that shoots two miles and a half, since
It la hardly practicable to do any effective
firing at the greater distance.
Th csar's soldiers are armed with a rifle
of the model of 1891. The caliber la 7.62
millimeters or about th same as that of
nearly all the guns used In European ar
mies up to 1890. Since that time the ten
dency has been toward a smaller caliber,
but Russia has resisted this Innovation as
well aa many others in gunmaklng. It
would be a mistake to suppose that this
conservatism means unprogresslveness; It
Is due simply to the faot that the Russian
military authorities believe that the new
style rifles, carrying small, light balls to
great distances, have no "stopping" powers.
Japan's ooldlers carry a variety of weap
ons, but the gun with which the most
efficient part of the army I provided was
Invented by Colonel Arlsaka In 1897. It is
of the Mauser type and Is supposed to em
body the latest advances In ballistic and
gun making. Th Japanese are extremely
proud of It, although It is merely the re
suit of the combination of the best fea
tures of the Mauser and the Italian Mann-llchr-Carcano,
and Is not at all what the
Japanese government set out to And a
high power gun that would be compara
tively light. The Arlsaka, In fact, weighs
just the same as the Russian gun, while
th men who must carry It are not nearly
so well able aa the Russians to manage a
rifle flfty-flve Inches long and nearly ten
pounds In weight.
The caliber of the Japanese rifle Is 6.5
millimeters, as compared with the 7.62
millimeter guns carried by the Russian In
fantrymen, and the carriage weighs only
2?.5 grammes, against a weight of 26
grammes for the Russian ammunition. The
Initial velocity of the Japanese guns Is I.SPfl
feet s second, or more thsn 800 feet a sec
ond faster than th Russian gun.
Meridian's Bonm Started.
Washington Dlspstch to Chicago Inter
Ocean.
There are evidences of a strong boom
looming up for McClellen of New Tork for
the democratic nomination for th presi
dency, and It has been timed well, accord
Ing to politicians here. There are many
men In the party, among them Representa
tive Jones of Vlrsrlnla. who declare that no
better man could be found for the demo
cratic nomination than MClellan. He
would be loyally and enthusiastically sup
ported by Tammany, and by the element
of silk storking democrats In New York
state, who mske powerful factors In presi
dential campaigns. Tt Is likewise urged In
McClellan' behalf that he would have th
united support of the soldier vote of th
country, because of his fsther"s reputation
, with, the veteran of th federal army.
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TO MAKE TUB DESERT BLOSSOM.
Constructive legislation Fnsblone
by the Republican Party.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
In 192 the republican congress, on the
urgent recommendation of President Roose
velt, passed the national Irrigation - act.
Secretary Hitchcock has now made public a
scheme for putting that act In extensive
operation. In all, something over $27,000,000
Is to be expended for th projects now for
mulated. These will cover work In Colo
rado, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming,
Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California,
Arlxona and New Mexico. There are com
prised In the work which has been allotted
about 1,000,000 acres. It is figured that this
represent a tract that will ba capable of
supporting at least 600,000 persons.
When the republican congress of 1862
passed and the republican president signed
the homestead law they started an Immi
gration to the west which has added aa
many people to the region on the Xl
leghenles' sunset side In the last forty
years as were In the thirteen states at th
time of th Inauguration of Washington as
president. But the eligible land was ex
hausted, or nearly so, a few years ago, and
then the republicans came to the front
with another act for the peopling of the
west. This Is the national Irrigation law,
which has not yet been quit two years on
the statute book.
Lincoln's free homes law of 1862 Is being
supplemented by Roosevelt's Irrigation act
of 1902. Vast acres of land Incapable of
supporting anybody except through Irriga
tion, private or public, will be made fit for
the homes of a great. Intelligent and pro
gressive population. Ten of thousands of
farmers emigrated from the United State
to Canada In th last two or three years
on account of the cheap and fertile lands
to be had in that locality. The national ir
rigation . law will divert this stream of
Americans to the- present arid regions of
their own country. When the land reclama
tion system now about to be Inaugurated
gets fairly to work, land better than can
be had In Canada, snd In a more congenial
climate, can be had west of the 100th
meridian In th United States. The Irriga
tion law of 1901 will begin at once to per
form Its beneficent work. Incidentally, too.
It will have Important political conse
quences In the election of 1904. This inn
reclamation law is, one of the thlna-s for
which th west loves President Roosevelt.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Slenklewlcs, the author of "Quo Vadls."
la at present In Vienna, spendlnr his honey
moon with his third wife.
Boston re-fused to entertain the vlsltlna-
Filipinos. Boston Is not Inhospitable, but
the stock of pie Is not equal to the home
demand.
Rear Admiral Casey, who has Just been
placed on the retired list of the navy, has
seen forty-seven years of active service.
He has ever been noted for his bluff ex
terior' and Imperturbable good nature and
was a universal favorite with- his subor
dinates. .
One cannot but wonder what Mr. David
R. Francis, president of th Louisiana Pur
chase exposition, will hav left to say
after he has been welcoming parliament
astd conventions for a whole year, though
of course these are generally affair at
which th mail who can say nothing grace
fully for ten minutes is the greatest suc
cess.
Th portraits of more than 150 American
women are contained In th newly com
piled "American Beauty Book," which la
said to be one of th most luxurious vol
umes yet produced In America. The most
expensive edition (limited to twenty-five
copies) sells for 8600 and the cheapest at
826. A Jury of six prominent artists selected
the pictures.
Owen W later, the novelist, who under
went an operation for appendicitis In the
Pennsylvania hospital several weeks ago,
has recovered. It was said at the hospi
tal yesterday that he would be able to
leave early next week. His recovery has
been unusually rapid. When Mr. Wlster
leaves the hospital he will go to his home
In Oermantown.
Samuel Hlgglns, lormerly superintendent
of motive power and machinery on the
Union Paclfla railroad, has Joined the oper
ating staff of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford road. On leaving Omaha a
little over two years ago he entered, the
service of the Southern railway, with
headquarter at Washington. Before his
departure from Washington the machlnlsta
presented him with a handsome silver and
cut glass table service, valued at $1,000.
A - -
No medicine like it for stopping coughs, heal
ing sore lungs, quieting inflammation in the
bronchial tubes, and preventing serious lung
troubles. Askyourdoctoraboutthis. Ifhehas
betteradvice,followit. Doctors have known
this standard cough medicine for 60 years.
a.,so..gl.o. AUraia. ' J. 0. kjm Oo.. Lw.ll. SUM.
Adds to the healthfulness of all
risen flour-foods, while it nukes
the food lighter, sweeter, finer
flavored, more delicious.
. Exercise care In purchasing
taking powder to see that you
get Dr. Price's, which makes
the food more wholesome and
at the same time more palatable.
Kotc. There sra many mlttarei. maa. tt)
Imitation ef baking powder, which th.
prudent will avoid, Th.y sr. low.r la
price than ereara of tartar pow
dare, but th.y art made from ajotn.
nad are dangerous to use la C4
THE WICKEDEST CITY.
Pointed. Remnrka on "Rath State
ments n Indisputable Evidence.
Boston Herald.
There Is an anxious rivalry today among
American cities over the claim of supreme
wickedness. There are clergymen as well
as newspaper men) and professional sports
who after rash statements as Indisputable
evidence. No doubt centuries ago there
waa like dispute over the cities of the
plain. Books of English proverbs and say
ings preserve the evil reputation of cer
tain towns and villages; a bitter epigram
still characterises Oenoa; th wickedness
of the sunken city of Ys Is legendary and
operatic. Wns Babylon as a plague sore?
The seal of' the Hebrew prophets was
tribal, no more seriously to be considered
than Carlyle's remark that eternity was
not visible at Pari. . Human nature ani
human wickedness are about the same
In all cities of so-called civilisation. Where
there is unwise restrictive legislation there
are sneaking vioea, and there is the In
evitable fret that leads to covert - Indul
gence. De Ooncourt, who knew the seamy
side of Paris, was shocked by the low Im
morality of French villages, but he was
constantly on the watch for exhibitions of
vice and Indefatigable In discovery. Wher
ever men are herded together there will
be vice and crime, and wherever they
watch their herds there will be passionate
outbreaks, the lack of interest and amuse
ments will be supplied by coarse or 1m
moral pleasures. There is exaggeration in
all the statements concerning' prevailing
wickedness. The Parisian Is not wholly
given over to absinthe and the pursuit of
his neighbor's wife. As a matter of fact,
the average Parisian is a man of uncom
mon Industry and frugal habit. A Bos
tonla'n does not necessarily take his life
In his hand when he visits New York,
Chicago . or Provfden.ee, ., We Know omen
who cross the common at midnight with
out arms and without inward uneasiness.
Nor do we believe that New England vil
lages are so many sinks of abomination.
There Bhould be moderation, gentlemen,
there should be sweet reasonableness even
In denunciation of evlldolng. There Is no
wickedest city; there Is no wickedest vil
lage. BRIGHT AND BREEZY.
The missing "h" from Tibet has been
found.
The English invaders dropped it and than
chucked it Into Lhassa. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Young man, tnls elevator is out of order.
I shall certainly report It to my husband,
who Is an assistant elevator Inspector."
"Wh-wh-what's the matter with It,
ma'am?" ...
"The mirrors are soiled snd dingy, sir."
Chicago Tribune.
"He's too honest to use money on an
election."
"Well," said Senator Sorghum, "I don't
know. Maybe he's too honest and then
again maybe he's too economical." Wash
ington Star.
"Young Roxley is learning to be u ma
chinist." ,
"Ah, very commendable; wants to have a
trade so that if anything should happen
to his fortune he can "
"Nonsense! No, he simply wants to he
Sole to keep his automobile going." Fhtla
elphla Press.
"I haven't seen any speeches of yours In
the Congressional Record."
"No," Rnswered Senator Sorghum, "I
don't make many speeches. It's easv
enough to msko a good sper-ch In the first
place. The trouble comes when you want
to take It back a few years later." Wash
ington Star .
Chicago Youth I was Introduced to a
Boston girl at the Shakespeare reading)
last nlRht. '
College Professor I congratulate you.
Chicago Youth Yes. ' By the way, pro
fessor, what Is the Intln for "Wouldn't
that Jar you?" Somervllle Journal.
TH.iXATOS A Til A NATO A.
(Deathless Death.)
John Hay in the Jnne Century.
At eve when the brief wintry day Is sped.
I muse beside my fire's faint-flickering
glare
Conscious of wrinkling face snd whiten
ing hair
Of those who, dying young, Inherited
The Immortal youthfulness of the early
dead.
I think of Raphael's grand-selgneurlal
air;
Of Shelley and Keata, with laurels fresh
and fair
Shining unwlthered on each sacred head;
And soldier boys who snatched death'K
starry prize.
With sweet life radiant In their fear
less eyes.
The dreams of love upon their beardless
Hps,
Bartering dull age for Immortality;
Their memories hold In death's unyield
ing fee
. The youth that thrilled them to the
finger tips.
Cherry Pectoral
-I contracted savers cold on mv
lung which continued spite of all I could
do. I thsn tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
and was quickly relieved." Miss Cmka
MlLLES, Fort Sifelltng, Minn.
burg tbaa at Tokio.