TITE OMATIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 101901.
10
ii
Tire Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROSEWATEK. EDITOR.
TV BLI6HED EVERT MORNINO.
TERMS OF BL'BSCRIPTION.
rIJy Be (without Sunday), one year.. It Jj
lahy Be and Sunday, one year J J"
Illustrated Bee, on year "
Wunday Bee. one year j
Saturday Um, one year J-jJJ
Twentieth Century Farmer, one year... i w
DELIVERED BT CARRIER.
Dolly P (without Bundny). per copy....
Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week. ..15
Daily Bee (including Sunday), per week.. 17c
rlumiay Bee, per copy
Kvenlnd Bee (without Sunday), per week 10
Evening Be (Including Sunday;. Pr
ween ......
Complaints of 1rreTilrHI-s In delivery
should be addressed to City Circulation De
partment OFFICES.
Omaha The Bee Building
South Omaha City Hall building. Twenty
fifth and M streets.
Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street.
Chicago 1640 Unity building.
New york-23t Park Row building.
Washington 601 Fourteenth street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news and edi
torial matter should be addressed: Oman
Bea, Editorial Uepartment.
REMITTANCES.
Remit by flraft, express or postal order.
Ssyable to The Bee Publishing Company.
nly 2-eent stamps received In payment ot
mail accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepteu.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Dotiglns County, ss.:
Oeorga B. Tsschuck. secretary of The Be
Publishing Company, be1n duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of November, 1904. wa as fol
lows: 1 81..HO IS 2.sn
t ZM.400 . . 17 2O.30O
I SI,1 SO 18 2.344
4 nft.-tno i bo.soo
( 40..VtO 2C S0.270
Sr,T0 21 2,6BO
7 40.100 a m.noo
I att.flRO U 20,450
48,100 24 20,830
10 S4.100 S,TOO
11 80.?K ta 82.200
it ....111.0.10 n ao,ooo
II an.ofto x,7oo
14 SMJIBO IS 2O.8S0
-fl),280 10 .,20.200
Total
Less unsold copies
.on 0,0.10
. lO,01
Not total sales S45.B14
Daily average al.BIT
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
befoie me this 30th day of November, 1904.
tSoai M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Publlo.
It turns out that the supreme court
did not clean up the st-avenger lw after
all.
Mr. Addlcks evidently objects to the
Reasoning of that Boston giis deal too
much Pepper.
U may keep "Uncle Joe" Cannon
pretty busy holding down the safety
valve when the "Iowa Idea" begins to
boll In congress.
Ak-Sar-Ben XI start out with a sur
plus In bis exchequer which is some
thing more than many royal potentates
are able to boast.
As the space devoted to the World's
fair In the St. Louis papers dwindles
the court news increases, but it also
deals principally with the fair.
It Is amusing to hear democratic
pupers decry the "Hamlltonlan" Idea and
at the same time ask for stronger gov
ernmental regulation, of industrial af
fair.. . .
. If the Boer war show expects to draw
a large crowd at Kansas City on the
strength of the exploits of Webster
Davis, It Is likely to have its hopes
blasted.
Tom Law son should not take credit
for the recent flurry on Wall street until
he finds out who was hit It might
make a number of people lose Interest
In his revelation as to "frenzied finance."
The real way to effect disarmament
of the nations is indicated by the Brit
ish admiralty, which has decided that
relations, are so friendly between that
country and the United States that no
warships are needed on this coast.
' Mrs. Chadwlck threatens to return to
Ohio immediately, if her lawyers can
not secure ball for her In New York.
It is to be feared she will find a
decided change in the atmosphere on
Euclid avenue when she gets back.
.' "The Grand Cordon of Lazarus" is
the title of the decoration conferred
upon J. Pierpont Morgan by the Italian
king, and his friends will hope the
cordon may prove an effective line in
connecting with Lazarus in the here
after. The semi-annual apportionment of
school money gives Douglas county
$30,088, the bulk of which will go to
the schools of Omaha. Presumably,
however, the money will all have been
spent before it reaches the school board
treasury.
Ae Hearst's papers and the Brooklyn
Eagle both commend the greater part of
the president's message, the proposed
motion of the Georgia man to make
Mr. Roosevelt's election unanimous
when the electoral college meets does
not appear so absurd.
Congressman Norris' bill to lengthen
the term of United State senators from
six to eight years would doubtless be
Try popular in the upper branch of
congress were it not for the fact that
it is hitched on to a proviso requiring
the election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people. The bait
of two years added to their terms is
not likely to overcome the natural aver
sion members of the American house
of lords bare to trusting their elections
to popular choice.
The Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice In
terurban Railway company baa secured
a franchise to run its track along the
public road in Sarpy county. The ex
IMflenca of other tnterurban railroad In
this part of th country has been that
It la mora economical to avoid the public
r wi da and to seek natural grades
through private property. The posses
sion of a franchise, however, may be
of material assistance In floating the
company stock and bond. If It la
that way hasten tbe advent of the
Ma it may be good thing.
ADMIT THE TERRITORIES
At the last session of congress tbe
bouse passed tbe double statehood bill
and it Is now in tbe senate. It Is sahl
to be the belief of the senate leaders
that this Is a good time to dispose of the
statehood question and that a measure
drawn along the lines of what is known
as the "Hpooner compromise" will be
passed this session and will probably be
approved by the house conferees. This
compromise provides for two states, In
cluding, respectively, the territories of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory and Ari
zona and New Mexico, with the added
provision that the two latter may resolve
themselves Into separate states when
each has attained a specified population.
The senate leaders are quite right In
the opinion that this Is a good time to
dispose of the statehood question and no
valid reason or excuse ran be found for
not disposing of It The governor of Ok
lahoma, In his annual report, places the
population of the territory at 700,0110 and
estimates the value of the property at
$540,000,000. He show that the greater
part of the expenses of the government
of Oklahoma, territorial and local, Is de
voted to the maintenance and develop
ment of the public schools. He asserts
that the territory has displayed unpre
cedented capacity for advancement along
all lines of enterprise which test the
solidity and strength of a young com
monwealth. In the Indian Territory there
are some firiO.Ots) persons who are wait
ing for the erection of a state govern
ment so as to obtain an adequate sys
tem of schools, roads and courts. Ari
zona and New Mexico have an adequate
population for admission and it Is not
doubted that they could meet all the re
quirements of statehood. The admis
sion of these territories should be pro
vided for at the present session and
without any such restrictions In the en
abling act as have liern proposed. Leave
the people of the territories free to deal
as they think best with the questions
of prohibition and woman suffrage.
AO DISCRlMISATiya DUTIES.
The Merchant Marine commission, in
tbe. course of its inquiry, found an ex
tensive sentiment in favor of discrimi
nating duties as a means of stimulating
the upbuilding of the merchant marine
and the commission has given earnest at
tention to the proposition. It is not fa
vorable to such a policy and is said to
have abandoned It, the chief and quite
sufficient reason for this being that a
large part of our Imports now come in
free of duty and to transfer these to n
dutiable list It is the opinion of the com
mission would be prejudicial to the gen
era! scheme for the revival of the mer
chant marine which the promoters of
this measure believe to be on the high
road to success.
There are other valid objections to
dlscrlmlnntlug duties, even as respects
Indirect trade, but the tariff considera
tion 14 all that is necessary to demon
strate its impracticability and there will
probably be no further effort in congress
to have the proposition considered. In
reference to the merchant marine the
president simply suggested that It should
receive the Immediate attention of con
gress. A bill is being prepared for In
troduction and doubtless it will receive
some consideration, but It Is not likely to
be acted upon by the present congress. It
will probably be left for the fifty-ninth
congress. At all events the outlook for
merchant marine legislation appears to
be exceedingly bright.
considering the tariff.
While tbe president made no refer
ence to tbe tariff In his annual message,
there is in tbe opening paragraph a
statement which may Justify the Infer
ence that Mr. Roosevelt is not opposed
to tariff revision. After remarking that
an important factor in our prosperity
is the working of our long-continued gov
ernmental policies, the message says:
"Tbe people have emphatically ex
pressed their approval of the principles
underlying these policies and their de
sire that these principles be kept sub
stantially unchanged, although of course
applied In a progressive spirit to meet
changing conditions." The significance
is in the closing words and these cer
tainly seem to warrant the opinion said
to be entertained by tbe revisionist that
the president 1b not unfavorable to them,
though perhaps not disposed to go a
far a some of them would like.
It 1 evident that tbe president fully
recognizes the Importance of the subject
and 1 giving Jt careful consideration,
conferring dally, It is stated, with repub
lican in congress and obtaining tbe
view both of those who favor revision
and those who oppose It What may
be confidently assumed is that (here will
be no hasty or inconsiderate action on
the president' part, no step taken which
might prove disturbing to tbe Indus
trie and business of the country. Of
course there can be nothing doue with
the tariff at the present session, there not
being sufficient time ln which to make
a general revision. Several measures
relating to the tariff have been intro
duced, but it Is safe to say that none
of them will be acted upon. It appears,
also, that the idea of having an extra
session of tbe fifty-ninth congress next
spring has been practically abandoned
and that In tbe event of tbe president de
ciding to call a special session It will not
be done before next fall.
There is manifestly no need of hur
rying In this matter, and those who are
urging Immediate steps toward revision
do not represent general popular senti
ment as this was disclosed In the result
of the presidential election. The tariff
was very prominent in the campaign, a
prominent as tbe democrat were abl
to make ft, and the people refused to ac
cept the proposition that protection is
robbery. There has been no change In
popnlar sentiment since and there la no
general anxiety for change In the tariff.
It la to be expected that tbe democratic
minority In congress will prod the ma
jority at every opportunity and perhaps
endeavor to stir up a republican fac
tional fight over the tariff, bat this sort
of thing will hurt nobody. It Is said that
the house democratic leader and his fol
lowers will endeavor to Induce the revis
ionists to make an alliance with the dem
ocrats for revision, but It Is not at all
probable that tbey rnn' accomplish this.
Control of the situation Is to a very large
extent In the hands of President Roose
velt and this affords assurance of care
ful deliberation and Judicious conserva
tism In dealing with It.
BETTER RATHER THAN CHEAPER
LtOHT
The unexpected does not often happen.
It was to have been expected that the
defeat of the municipal electric light bond
proposition would lie followed by an ef
fort to extend the contract of the electric
light monopoly. That corporation dis
bursed more than $JO,000 in its cam
paign against municipal ownership and
public uti'ity corporations are not In the
habit of throwing away fiO.000 unless
they have reasonable prospect of getting
their money back With Interest.
It strikes us, however, that tbe at
tempt to extend tbe electric light con
tract a year ahead of the expiration of
the existing contract is slightly prema
ture. The pretext under which the at
tempt is being made Is altogether too
flimsy. When the scheme wa sprung
upon the council as a substitute for mu
nicipal ownership the strenuous presi
dent of the electric light company ap
peared in the role of a public beneficiary.
He declared that he was anxious to put
money into the pockets of Omaha tax
payers, or rather, to leave more money
In the pockets of Omaha taxpayers, If
the mayor and council would agree to
abrogate the existing contract at $'.14 per
lamp and make a new contract for a
term of five years at f"5. By a Juggle
In figures the $75 per lamp was twisted
Into $57 per lamp while the campaign
was on, but now the old figures have
been reinstated.
The question squarely presented to the
mayor and council is. Why should this
contract be extended now under any pre
text? Nobody in Omnha Is clamoring
for the five-year extension, or for any
relief from the present rate up to the
end of 1W5. Sufficient for the day Is the
evil thereof. We should be permitted to
cross that electric light bridge when we
get to It n year hence. What Omaha
wants Just now Is better light, not
cheaper light. If the electric light com
pany can duplicate the present light for
$75 per year per lamp, why doesn't It In
crease the Illuminating power of each
lamp 25 per cent and let us have the
benefit?
The performance going on before tbe
Board of Review In which property
owners cited to show cause why their
assessment should not be raised, answer
or refuse to answer, as they please,
questions touching on the value of their
holdings, show that this Inquisition may
as well be abandoned unless the board
Is In some way given power to enforce
response to Its Interrogatories. The
Board of Review is simply wasting time
In taking up complaints that cannot be
decided without access to certain In
formation when it has no means of get
ting at this information.
The report of President Fry of the
Ak-Sar-Ben Board of Governor em
bodies a neat compliment to the police
department of the city, when In speak
ing of the street fair be declares that
"better order could not have been main
tained, for the police department en
forced order and every attempt at rough
ness was promptly stopped." When poli
tical mountebanks are strenuously try
ing to make partisan capital against -the
police as a whole, a tribute like this from
tbe bead of a nonpartisan organisation
should count for something with un
biased people.
Tbe World-Herald is playing its usual
game of bluff and bluster to compel
liquor dealers to drop a ten-dollar bill
Into the slot of its cash box for a super
fluous advertisement of notices of ap
plication for liquor license. There is
nothing In the law to prevent liquor
dealer from publishing this notice in as
many papers as they ' see fit but they
are required to publish It only In the
paper of largest circulation In tbe
county, which requirement can be met
by publication In Tbe Evening Bee
alone and In no other way.
The Portland Oregonlan insists that
although many more acres of land have
been stolen from the government In
Colorado than In Oregon, not half the
fus was made about it Tbe Oregonlan
perhaps forget that Theodore Roose
velt wa not president at that time.
Horrible Snsplcloa.
Washington Post.
Ara tha trusts back of that Cockran bill
prohibiting campaign contributions in ex
cess of $60 without th penalty or publicity?
A Klusr'a Crael Joke.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tha Grand Cordon ot Laiarus Is tha name
of the order conferred on 3. Pierpont Mor
gan by the king of Italy. Laxarus and
Dlvea bow funny la tha Italian king.
I A Shelved Prerogative.
Chicago News.
Another notable featura of President
nnnwvaii'i measaae is that ha has de
clined to assert the Immemorial presidential
prerogative of committing mayhem on tne
Infinitive verb.
A rime-Hoajore Habit.
Bt. Louis Globe Democrat,
in BAnretarv Dhiw'a annual report It
la shown that the Interest-bearing publlo
debt for the year ending juiy i iasi ae
creased I19.SS3.f70. Paying oft tha debt Is
, time-honored republican habit.
Astasias- Hindsight of Baakars.
Philadelphia Record.
While Andrew Carnegie Is giving ay
money with both hands In order to sim
plify the task of his executor, there are
tn Ohio two bankers who suppose he would
give his notea for large sums at i per cent
Interest. And these sagacious financiers
actually lent every dollar they could get
hold of on notes for 1750.000 purporting to
be signed by Mr. Carnegie, without taking
the trouble to telegraph him to verify his
signatures. The simple-minded farmer whe
Invest every cant he has In green goods
or cold brick euat to be released from
further public service, and th humorists
should have fun with Ohio bankers for a
While.
Jadlrlal Mmltatleaa.
Philadelphia Tress.
It strange that Attorney General
Moody should have to ark congress to pass
law to ensble a federal Judge to Issue a
bench wararnt to arrest . man Indicted for
a crime Wherever he may be found In the
t'nlted States. As It Is now. some ' of
these person's can only b arrested when
found In a certain district, which they do
not enter. It Is an absurd provision, and
It Is remarkable that It should have re
mained for so long a time without change.
A Cosmopolltaa Halloa.
Boston Globe.
What atoamopolltan nation this is getting
to be! Of last year's Immigrants, the
greatest number, 193.296. came from Italy,
a decrease of 37.X24 from the previous
year; while 177.156 came from Austria
Hungary, a decrease of 28,856; 145,141 from
Russia; 46.380 from Germany, an Increase
of 1,294 ; 38,826 from England, an Increase
of 12,407 ; 36.142 from Ireland, an Increase
of (32; 17,76! from Sweden, a decrease of
18.266; 23.806 from Norway, a decrease of
6E3; 11,343 from Greece, a decrease of 2,747;
and 11,092 from Scotland, an Increase of
4.949. Of the Oriental countries, Japan
furnishes the greatest number of Immlr
grants, 14.264, a decrease of 8,704, while
China supplied 4,309, an Increase of 1,100.
REST FOR H A1IRO ADERS.
Move In the Right Direction by Pro-
;ressve Managers.
nttsburg Dispatch.
In view of the discussion evoked by the
recent decision of a Norristown Judtte,
holding that overwork was not a defense
for railroaders responsible for a fatal
wreck, the action of the Northwestern
road in issuing a special order designed to
give each employe a full period of rest
Is of particular Interest. This company has
had a rule that It shall not count against
an employe If he demands rest when he
needs It, but the new regulations go much
further. A minimum time for rest Is pre
scribed as follows: Ten hours or less on
duty, eight hours' rest; twelve hours on
duty, ten hours' rest; fourteen hours on
duty or more, twelve hours' rest. No
engine or train man Is to be permitted to
go out on a run without the full allotted
time off duty. An elaborate check system
Is also provided at the terminals by means
of a rest book, in which the record of
every train crew and engine crew Is to be
kept.
If this excellent rule Is enforced it
should offer an educative demonstration
to railroad managers generally. That the
element of human fallibility Is responsible
for a large proportion of the railroad acci
dents is known to every newspaper reader.
That this element Is increased, if not In
duced In most cases, by the collapse of
overworked men Is also patent. The ex.
pcrlment of the Northwestern road will be
watched with Interest, and If It results In
a noticeable reduction of accidents no fur
ther argument should be needed to cause
Its general adoption.
OBE1UVG ORDERS.
Disobedience Responsible for Loss of
Mfe and Property.
Philadelphia Press.
In the first half the current year the
figures of a Hartford boiler Inspection
service covering the United States show
that there were thirty-one persons killed,
164 Injured and property to the value of
something like 1300,000 destroyed In boiler
explosions.
Of these more than one-half were due
to a failure to obey orders. Many of them
made mistakes In writing or reading orders,
or forgot them altogether. A full tenth
were due to men who simply fell asleep
-In eheer neglect of their work. In all, this
made two-thirds of these accidents due to
the personal failure of some man to do
what he was told. '
Thla runs through all work. The great
mass of accidents and of disasters, fully
two-thirds and often more, are due to
the fact that Some man or some woman
has failed to obey or remember an order.
It is success for life to have the habit of
being attentive to an order, the capacity
for remembering It and the Instant will
to obey. Nothing Is rarer.
Our common school education does not
teach children to obey Implicitly. Pupils
are coaxed into obedience. They are
marked for failures. They are disciplined
for flat refusals, but scarcely anything In
the routine of the school leads to the habit
of instant, unfailing. Immediate, unques
tioning obedience to an order, because It
Is ait order, without stopping to think
whether there is something else that can
be done besides doing as one is told.
Every business man and every employer
knows that teaching thla Is th first task
to which he addrettses himself when a
boy or girl comes from school and begins
their first work for wages. Generally, if
they come from an. American family,
neither in the school nor In the family
have they ever learned what it Is to obey
an order. It is a fault In our national
life which writes Itself In accidents every
day In the year and to which In large
measure Is owing the enormous proportion
of fatal accidents In this country as com
pared to all the rest of the world.
LET'S LOOK AT TUB BOOK.
Proposed Publication of Expenses la
National Campaigns.
New York Tribune.
. We are glad to see that Judge Parker Is
to be a Continuing force In American poli
tics. He may lie moldetlng In a New
Tork law office, but his soul goes march
ing on In a high-minded practitioner of
pure polttioa and pure finance, Hon. Bnurke
Cockran. Mr. Cockran has signalized the
meeting of congress with a bill to save
the poor, but horiest voters of the United
States from selling themselves to wicked
politicians with bundles of $5 bills. He Is
going to do It by compelling campaigners
to adopt the plan devised by George Foster
Peabody. the democratic treasurer, for
small popular subscriptions, a plan which,
aad to relate, did not meet with the favor
of Mr. Belmont, Mr. McCarren and other
practical generals of the Parker forces.
Mr. Peabody issued an appeal for dimes
and dollars from the patriotic worklngmen,
but Mr. Belmont preferred checks from
plutocrats.
Mr. Cockran Is going to shut the door of
patriotic opportunity against the plutocrat
by posting before an Indignant publlo every
man and corporation who gives more than
$50 to a campaign fund. The millionaire
may feel that he is only doing his duty
In the measure of his means when he offers
11,000, but the future treasurer is sternly
to wave him back under penalty of being
pilloried by Mr. Cockran as a political cor
ruptlonlst. Henry GasHaway Davis, or his
sucesor as the "old man opulent" on the
democratic ticket will have a chance to
hand over his $60 and no more. A half
dosen gentlemen will never again get to
gether and chip In $250,000 to tide over the
last agonies of another Parker campaign.
Mr. Belmont's next campaign will be
financed by one of his subway ticket
agents, trained to make millions by gath
ering In (-cent pieces.
The scheme ia a beautiful one. If it had
been In operation this year, wealthy demo
crats would now be better off. We hope to
hear much eloquent advocacy of It from
Mr. Cockran and other democrats, and
perhaps they might possibly vote for It
If they were sure that there was no danger
of Its becoming a law. As ' piece of clap
trap It la fully up to tit. Cockran's avsrag.
OTHER LAD9 THA OtFS.
The movement of England's whft sup
ply In" the last feW years Is Interesting.
Its local supply shows a large diminution,
not caused by disaster to crops, but by a
marked shrinkage In th area planted. Its
wheat areas In 1S94 were io.000 actes I"
than the average for the last decade and
726.992 acres less than in IK. The decline
from the I.IOI.M planted seres of that year
has been persistent, and the 1,375.24 acres
of 19"4 represent the smallest planting of
wheat since returns were first collected
and published In 1868. Compared with our
own 60,010,000 acre of wheat fields, this Is
not very much of a farm. England s Im
ports of wheat, as cereal and as flour, are
Increasing. For the first ten months of this
year they were 150,000,000 bushels. For th
corresponding period last year they were
135,000,000 bushels and for the same period
In 1902 they were 127.000,000.
Even In Spain popular education makes
steady progress. It appears from th
latest official statistics that In I860 leas
than 20 per cent of the population of the
Spanish kingdom could read and write.
In 1877 the proportion had Increased to 24.48
per cent. In 1887 about 28.50 per cent of
the entire population, Including children
too young to read, had some measure of
education. In 1909 th proportion of the
whole number of Inhabitants who were
able to read and write had risen to 33.45
per cent. Manifestly all of these figures
would look better If children under 10 year
of age were not Included In the population
by which percentages are gauged. It will
be seen that the rate of progress In popu
lar education, while at no time notably
rapid, has been steady and by no means
discouraging. Such reforms always gain
mommtum as they advance, and the indi
cations are that before many years illit
eracy among adults will be the exception
rather than the rule for all classes of the
SpaniHh people. This phase of progress Is
coincident, naturally enough, with a marked
Industrial and commercial developn.e.it
which has gained ground most rapidly
since Spain gave up its unprofitable and
demoralizing foreign colonies. The best
judges of conditions In the ancient realm
which was long the foremost state of
Europe agree that the outlook is bettor
than H has been for many generations.
Concerning Russia's financial ability ta
carry on the Waf the London Statist seems
to think It Is practically unlimited. Its
opinion Is that that country can 'get 100,
000,000, that Is, $500,000,000, from France,
Germany and Holland, and If necessary a
good deal more. It has a vast amount ot
gold at home and the power to Issue all the
Inconvertible paper needed. To be sure,
this will be a sore burden first and last,
but Its severer pressure will not be felt at
once, but Will come later. On the other
hand the London Times says that it la
practically Impossible to come to any In
telligent conclusions concerning Russian
finances, as the real state of the case Is
shrouded in mystery. "The ministry of
finance frequently publishes statementa and
statistics which paint the situation In the
rosiest hues, the accommodating and mys
terious 'fre balance' always stepping for
ward as a sort of deus ex machlna to cover
all deficits. But these figures bear little
relation to the real state of affairs. There
Is a secret budget besides the official and
published one which. If It could be known,
would put a far different face on the mat
ter. But this Is only seen by those on the
inside of Russian official affairs. The power
of the country, however, to finance Its war
for some time yet Is not doubted, (hough it
will mortgage the resources of Russia for
a long time to come and lay grievous bur
dens on Us generations not yet born."
The, following are tho planks of the new
Transvaal Progressive association, which
has been organized in expectation of a
change from the crown colony form of gov.
ernment next year: Maintenance of the
British flag; the establishment of repre
sentative government on liberal and fair
lines, with a view to preparing the" way for
the grant at as early a date as possible of
the freest and fullest form of responsible
government; recognition of the principle
that all voters shall have the same privi
leges and their votes the same value; a firm
and Just native and Asiatic policy In ac
cordance with South African Ideas; support
for every measure that tends to make the
Transvaal a white man's home, and, finally,
opposition to all Interference In the affairs
of the Transvaal by party politicians else.
where. The manifesto Is signed by many
Influential names. Hitherto the moderate
party In the Transvaal has refrained from
political agitation for fear of embarrassing
the government The leaders of It now look
forward, however, to a popular demand for
a full measure of representative govern
ment, for which they do not think the coun
try Is yet prepared. They believe that It is
wiser to go slow, at all events until such
troublesome Questions as that of Chinese
labor, etc., have been settled definitely.
The agitators for representative govern
ment are also the strongest opponents of
the Introduction ot Chinese coolies.
England faces in Afghanistan an old prob
lem of diplomacy in a new form. Russia
has built two railroads right down to th
border line of that country. The further
Way to India lies across Afghanistan.
Though a country long since fallen into
decadence, conditions demand that the na
tional Integrity of Afghanistan be preserved.
To attempt to gain the land of the ameer
would precipitate a struggle that may be
won by diplomacy. So England is consid
ering a railroad up from India on the
south. It is England's Idea to cement an
alliance with the ameer now, while the
prestige of Russia suffers In the estima
tion of all the world. Englishmen in India
take the view that the ameer must open
his country to British friendship, com
merce and railways. They hold that he
must do so for his people's Interests, for
the development of his country and ' for
better protection from enemies from with
out. Afghanistan is weak In the hetero
geneity of nationality, in the crude semi
oivllizatlon of its people and In lack of
consolidation of the ameer's power over
the clans, who are his rightful subjects.
Russia crowds down onto his northern
border, and not with friendly intent. Rus
sia comes to conquer when the opportu
nity to conquer arrives. Rus.ila offers the
rule of the Blav. England offers to
strengthen the ameer's own power over
his people, to develop his country, to give
him and his people the best civilization
the world hao to offer.
ta
Prussia's financial condition Is In strik
ing contrast with that of the German
empire, of which it la the chief state.
While Prussia has a connlcieralile treasury
surplus the empire has a heavy financial
deficit and a debt of upward of $850,000,000,
with a threatened debt Increase of more
than $100,000,000 In the next fiscal year.
Th explanation of this contrast la simple
enough. While the foremost supporter of
the policy of naval and military expendi
tures, Prussia throws these heavy burdens
on the empire. At the same time, while
the millions of German worklngmen and
peasants groan under taxation, debt and
military conscriptions, the Prussian grav
ing ef railroad revenue and other resources.
Baseless Sasplrloas.
Baltimore American.
Andrew Carnegie Is Indignant that any
ens should suspect him of giving notes for
the trivial sum of $1,6j0,0u0 when everybody
Is supposed to know that he could go down
Into his trousers' pocket and pay spot
ash,
THB PRESIDENT'S MESA61
On a High riano.
' " few Tflvk Tribun (rep.).
Throughout on a high plan of patriotism
nd honor.
A Partisan Saeer,
Philadelphia Record (detn.).
As en'ertalntng as ti encyclopedia, and
cover almost as great a variety, of ub-
Rooseveltlaa.
Cleveland Leader (rap.).
Rooseveltian In the sense that tho word
com straight from the mind and heart
of on who is a doer and a believer.
Deserve to Be Widely Read.
Boston Transcript (rep.).
It breathes the spirit ot a man who de
lights to see something doing or some
thing brewing. ' .
The President's Personality.
Washington Post (Ind ).
Th president's personality stands . out
clearly In the treatment of every topic,
and the paper la fraught with human in
terest. ' , H
Ont of .the Old Rat.
Philadelphia Press (rep.).
Altogether out of the old rut the prod
uct at one of an original student and a
progressive executive full of thoughtful,
we may say philosophical, discussion.
POLITICAL: DRIFT.
Predictions of a long, hard winter have
bepn traced to democrats.
Secretary Woodson of the democratic na
tional committee agrees with the returns In
saying that Judge Parker wae th great
est mistake the democratic party has made
since 1871
Official returns show that Parker carried
New York county -by a plurality of 34,631.
Parker has gone to New Tork to live. It
was the only place on the map that looked
good to him.
The Chicago alderman who accused his
associates of boodllng failed to make good
when called on for names, dates and
amounts. Instead the accuser apologized
and subsided.
Three full grown Smiths Oscar, Marcus
and George-wre announced candidates for
mayor of Wilkesbarre, Fa. They are re
lated to each other only by a common de
sire to land the office.
For the third time the court of appeals
has granted a new trial to Caleb Powers,
convicted of complicity In the assassina
tion of William Goebel. Mr. Powers ac
cumulates a great many trials In his brief
political career.
They used an Improved kind of voting
machine in the recent Dominion elections
up In Ontario. It was a ballot with a
switch attachment. With a trusty man
at the switch the un desired ballot could
be sidetracked every time.
Senator McCreary of Kentucky Is of the
old sjchool of southern gentlemen who ad
here strictly to the cerewonles and cour
tesies that prevailed fifty years ago among
men in high federal places. Upon his re
turn to Washington each season Senator
McCreary invariably calls on the president
to pay his respects, and this duty is not
governed by the politics of the occupant of
the White House.
It cost D. P. Jones Just $16 to conduct and
win one of the most strenuous mayoralty
campaigns ever conducted In Minneapolis.
Tbls surprising bit of information is sworn
to by the mayor-elect In an affidavit of
expenses filed with the city clerk. Of the
$18 amount $10 was paid to the county audi
tor for filing his certificate of nomination
and the tenlalnlhg $5 was given to the
city clerk for filing his certificate of elec
tion. The oldest active democrat in the coun
trySenator Pettus of Alabama, who is 82
years old refuses to be cast down by what
happened to his party November 8. He 1
not prepared, however, with a scheme of
reorganization or any plan of salvation.
The venerable Alabamian thinks the only
thing the party wants now Is a watch cry.
"Watch and pray," Is what he says.
"Watch the republicans and pray for
themselves."
COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING
We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal-clean, hot, lasting.
Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $5.70; Egg and Lump $6.
For heaters and furnaces Cherokee Nut 8i; Lump St. 25.
A hot burner-Missouri Nut, large size $4.50: Lump $4.75.
Scranton the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Antnracite.
All coal hand-screened and weighed over any city eoalea doalred.
j"t"kl l-TSRIT S. CAIIIDCC 1406 FARNAM STREET
sM3 I tV I Otr w J W I
"If it be good material? said Beau
Brummdy "the price is immaterial?
We know of ho good thing that cannot'
be said truthfully of our Overcoats.
They are stylish, correct in cut, fit to a
nicety and not costly for their quality.
$15
Paddock, Swagger, Chesterfield, in
sizes and lengths to fit every figure.
A lot of Holiday Gift Suggestions in
our Furnishing Department.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS.
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
flfly Terra fta Sfarirrt.
wsssm
Had! from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapea
. I TTHk AW 1 TTWTWT
LACGHIsa GAS.
"Do you mean to tell me that you nerer
drink water?"
"Yes," answered Broncho Bob. "I com
from a part of the west where wster is too '
much needed for Irrigation to be wasted." .
Washington Star.
"Hnw doe that shoe feelT asked the
merchant ,
"I don't knhw," said the professor, win
cing, as he stood op and bore his weight
on the foot; "but I know how my corn
feels about If. I'll try a size larger, If you
please." Chicago Tribune.
"Well, well! I wonder what those Japs
will do to Russia next!"
"Give It up. It wouldn't surprise me If
they d be cruel enough to send a small
boy out In a launrh to meet the Kaltlo
fleet and yell 'Doo!' at It." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Mrs. Nurox What bonk can I get that
will fit me to enter the best society!
Mrs. Wusroc Have you tried the check
book? Clevoland Leader.
"What started the trouble between the
Browns?"
"Brown asked his wife a question whlli
sTie was trying to put her hair up a new
way." Judge.
"At the same time I don't think ,Tul!ti
Caesar was a proper person, ami I'd bn
sorrv to know that his memory was per
petuated by any more statues."
"What was wrong with him?"
"Well, there muxr have been something
wmnr with him. He was cut by a lot of
his oldest friend." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Mrs. Cleverlv 1 a great success an a
hostess. Isn't she?"
"Yes. she always seats her men guests
so they can see themselves in a mirror."
Detroit Free Press,
friends at homer' said one Russian officer
In Port Arthur.
"Yes.' answerer! tne otner: -oniy i wish
that every time they give a banquet In 8t.
feier?niir i wvy w.mjmhi k-ku uto mnin
card." Washington Star.
jnfY 111 III.-, mi'i ,n? ...
you haven't 'lynched any horaotlileves in
thl locality for more than three months."
...... . I i fnm i n r, t. A Pnl.
-men. i -" v .......... ..v. .
apologetically, "we have our dull time
nere wunpr in hwmmw, !.inr umj
tbe states." Chicago Tribune.
ADVICE TO SHOPPERS.
Baltimore American.
Doh't go shopping yet awhile,
v nil a uib.
Thn ain't here yet, by a mile;
TI7aU A hit
Walt and go another day;
t'nnsimas is inreo wsvks
Wait, and Join the frenzied fray;
' !..!. 1.1.
Walt till all the stores ar Jammed
Walt a bit.
Walt till aisles are packed and rammed;
Walt a bit.
Walt fill salesmen are half dead.
Tired of limb and daft oft head. v
Till th shopping tine Is' sped ,
Walt a bit v -'
Don't employ a hit of sense
Wait a bit
Walt till every one's Intense
Walt a bit.
Wait till Vou can never get
What yoif want, and hav to fret
Like a hen with feather wet-
Wait a oil
uvi leiepno
ne 03O
to $40
If