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    THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1905.
The Omaha Daily Dee.
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GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK.
Hubacrlbed In my preMBO and aworn to
befor m this Slat day of January, 190C.
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
It I now up to JImhik. Greene and
Gay nor to ace that their technicality la
on straight.
. Maxim Gorky will have to do more
than suffer arrest for political offense
If he hopea to shine a the Victor Hugo
of Russian literature.
Now that It lias been derided by the
senate to keep New Mexico and Arizona
nHunder It Is up to those territories to
say which 1m to be congratulated.
In displaying automobiles' with rec
ords at Chicago this week manufac
turers should explain whether those- rec
ords refer to speed or homicidal quali
ties. ' ' '
The efforts of .democrats in congress
to claim credit for the freight rate bill
Is certain .evidence, that the matter can
not be considered a party Issue by either
Its friends or foes. ' . ' . ''
Kusslnn nobles who are asking the
cuar to grant a legislature to RusBla
should spend souio time studying those
of the United States so as to learn what
particular kinds to avoid.,
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Iu objecting o legislation Inimical to
private ear lines Georgia peach growers
may be showing the government the
next place to look for special favors
Krautcd by the railroad managers.
Roonevelt and Fairbanks have now
been elected president and rice presi
dent of the United States upon the decla
ration of congresH, but the fact seems to
have added nothing to democratic gloom.
Neutral powers will probably do all
they can to help Admiral Rojestrensky
reach the eaut If his arrlral may be ex
pected", to put a stop to Japanese selxure
of contraband of war In neutral vessels.
The efforts France Is making to se
cure orders from tha Turkish govern
ment for war material would indicate
that the Russian alliance does not con
template co-operation Iu the capture of
Constantinople.
It amending arbitration treaties be
fore approving them the United States
xenate evidently desires to Impress It
upon other countries that It possesses
some executive functions as well as
legislative powers.
The new protocol between San Do
mingo and the United States does not
particularly specify that this country
will protect Dominican sovereignty, but
such specification was hardly necessary
In the light of events In Venezuela.
The protracted cold weather may delay
projected building operations that have
to wait till the frost Is out of the ground,
but when the weather permits of out
door labor, construction work Is sched
uled to hum In Omaha this year.
.'The bill to abolish off-year elections
contemplates allowing' all present offi
cers" whose terms expire In off yeara to
hold over an extra twelve months. It
Js needless to say that all the pros
pective holdovers arc enthusiastic for
the scheme.
' The Commercial club Is looklug for a
new secretary. A good, live hustler in
that position could make his Impress
felt, but if the secretary is to be only
u figure bead to carry the title, it will
jot make much differenco where th se
lection lands.
Just a,s the club women of the state
Were about to move on the legislature
to couflne the appropriation for a sou
venir gift to the batttleshlp Nebraska
to the purchase of a library lustead of
a sliver service, tha legislature tunied
Its face against the whole scheme. There
Is nothing, however, to prevent the club
women from pursuing the project on
their own hook when the time comes
ud rsltiiug the money by popular sub-
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ntrtsisa istt.hsta tc commerce.
Until the decision of the supremo
court In the Beef trust cqse there had
been no clear definition of what consti
tutes Interstate commerce. The pack
ers In the combine contended that their
business wss not commerce 'among the
states, advancing Ingeulous arguments
In support of this. These contentions
were swept away by the court, wblh
held that the buying of cattle in differ
ent states, the conversion of them Into
meat In other states and the distribu
tion and sale of products In yet other
states, constituted Interstate commerce
and that consequently the agreement be
tween the members of the combine was
In restraint of such commerce. Thus an
extended meaning was given to the
term "commerce among the states."
It is obvious that this definition ap
plies to every business which Is
carried on in more than one state.
As has been pointed out In com
ments on the decision, It is clearly to bo.
Inferred that the buying of crude oil
in certain states, transporting It to
others to ite refined and selling the prod
uct in different states and In forcifni
countries comes within the range of fed
eral iower to regulate commerce
and under the law prohibiting combi
nations for restraint or monopoly
therein. Gathering the materials for any
process of manufacture, as of Iron or
steel, or cotton or wool, from certain
states, converting them into marketable
products ntid selling these in different
states constitute interstate commerce,
and any combination therein to suppress
competition In purchases and sales' and
to control prices or monopolize market!
would l)o unlawful under the anti-trust
act. "Neither would It appear." says
one comment on the decision, "that the
manufacturing process Is at all neces
sary to the commercial transaction. In
fact that is an incident confined' to
some state and within Its Jurisdiction.
and it Is the buying and selling and
shipment to and fro that constitute the
trade or commerce." If there Is combi
nation or association to fix prices to be
paid aud prices to be obtained In this
traffic from state to state, which amounts
to a restraint upon that traffic by sup
pressing competition and to an attempt
to monopolise some part of it, this would
seem to come under the prohibition of
the law and the comdemnation of the
court according to the doctrine of the
highest, tribunal's decision. "Only
trade that begins and ends within a
state, and Is wholly subject to its Juris
diction, would be free from this liabil
ity."
After the supreme court's clear and
comprehensive definition of what con
stitutes Interstate commerce there can
no Jonger be any doubt or question as
to what that means. Whoever gathers
materials for any process of manufac
ture from certain states aud disposes
of. the product In different states Is
engaged In Interstate commerce. The
question naturally suggests itself
whether the term "commerce' embraces
such lines of business as Insurance and
banking, but It is not. especially Im
portant that this shall be determined
at present. It has been proposed to
extend federal supervision to the insur
ance business and this may Ih done at
some future time, when the question of
Its regulation as Interstate commerce
can be decided. The fact settled Is that
the law Is ample for dealing with trust-
abuses and combinations In restraint of
trade.
AROL1SHSTAR CHAMBER MKETJXQS.
Before the subject of charter revision
is closed a provision should bo Inserted
In the law prohibiting star chamber
meetings of public bodies for
the transaction of public business. We
have already too many executive ses
sions to hatch jobs aud treasury raids
that could not be successfully promoted
in the light of day.
The latest convert to the star cham
ber system In Omaha Is the water boatfl,
whose members, although they have
nothing to do but draw their salaries,
are evidently so ashamed to do that
that they prefer to do Jt behind closed
doors. The park board also has re
cently been criticized severely for va
cating part of a boulevard In executive
session, although the same action might
have been taken In an open meeting
without inviting protests. The star
chamber sessions of the Board of Educa
tion are notorious, and the executive
meetings of the county board In this
county are chargeable with all sorts of
questionable deals at the expense of
the taxpayers. '
There Is no good reason why any of
these public bodies should transact pub
flb business In secret. Each and every
one of them are representative in their
character and acting not for themselves,
but for the taxpayers and cltlr.ens. Peo
ple have a right to know what their
public servants are doing and how they
are discharging1 their trusts. Rut our
experience has shown that the ouly way
this stur chamber business can be
stopped is to prohibit it by law.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN SAVINGS.
Referring to the statistics of savings
banks contained In the report of the De
partment of Commerce anil Labor,
which showed that relatively tho people
of some of the European countries save
more than Americans, the secretary of
the savings bank section of the Amer
ican Bankers' association points out that
there Is a great difference In conditions
here and In Europe and that the savings
bank statistics of the United States do
not show all the savings of our people.
For lustauce, he remarks, the accumula
tions of the life Insurance companies, at
least to a large extent, may be properly
considered savings.' Again, the accumu
lations Iu the hands of the co-operative
building and loan associations may also
rightly be termed savings, representing
as they do small sums paid In periodic
ally with the object of capitalising such
savings by owning a home. The money
Invested Iu homes and homewteads by
our thrifty and hard-working cltUens is
beyoud calculation, but Iu the aggregate
this must amount to a tery large sum,
perhsps quite ss much as the amonnt de
posited In the savings banks, which Is
about $.MW.O0,ono.
Putting alt these things together It
can correctly be said that the American
people are not less thrifty than those of
any other country. In Great Britain,
where land Is held by the few, the Item
of homes and homesteads cannot be
reckoned among the savings and there
fore nearly all the savings are In the
bands of the trustee savings banks, the
postal savings banks and the life Insur
ance associations. In France a large
part of the people's savings is Invested
In government bonds and this is true of
other European countries. The record
of the American people In this particular
Is highly creditable and compare very
favorably with that of any other people.
A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLIC.
The revolutionary movement In Ar
gentina apjM'srs to have been practically
crushed, or at any rate the government
has such control of the situation that
nothing very serious Is apprehended
from the movement. This is Indicated
In the dispatch of three days ago from
the American minister at Buenos Ayres
and nothing has since occurred unfavor
able to the government.
Argentina Is one of the most progres
sive of the South American republics.
The country has grown rapidly In re
cent, years and the promise of continued
progress is most favorable. Itst year
Argentina produced. In crops and cattle
wealth to the amount of l."s).tkiO.OCS, n
large part of which was exported to
Europe. The government collected rev
enue from customs to the amount of
S.V).(ky).(Hk). which was a considerable
Increase over the preceding year, al
though import duties had been lowered.
It is stated that the present prospects of
the republic compares not unfavorably
even with those of Canada, for while the
latter has a larger population her cus
toms revenue Is not much more than
that of Argentina and the South Amer
ican country Is able to compete In the
world's markets with the grain and
cattle of the Dominion on equal terms.
The finances of Argentina are steadily
Improving and while the country has a
large external debt It will have no diffi
culty in providing' for It If ieace Is
maintained and prosperity continued.
Argentina has not been In recent years
so sorely afflicted by revolutions as some
of the other South American countries,
yet there appears to be among her peo
ple a disturbing element, which, how
ever, seems not to be very formidable.
At. any rate this is the conclusion to be
drawn from the attempted revolution,
which according to the American minis
ter was condemned by public opinion.
The government under President Quin
tans appears to be well administered
and to have the hearty support of a very
large majority of the people. The dis
turbing element will doubtless be vigor
ously dealt with.
IS IT A ORAXD STAND PLAY1
The fact that there Is a vital defect
In the bill Introduced into the Nebraska
legislature at the Instance of the late
fusion nominee for governor to abate
the free pass evil, suggests the ques
tion. Is it a grand stand play? The
author of the bill is a lawyer and cer
tainly Is familiar with the requirements
of the constitution of Nebraska with
reference to the enactment of legisla
tion. Yet he has drawn an entirely in
dependent measure, without amending
or repealing a' single line of existing
law, although it undertakes in its main
section, which would doubtless be held
to be the consideration of its enactment,
to reduce to cents per mile the maxi
mum charge for the transportation of
passengers over railroads between
points within Nebraska, which the pre
sent law fixes at 8 cents per mile. Sec
tion 2 of article III of the Constitution
of Nebraska, reads:
No law shall be amended unless th new
act contain th section or aectlona o
amended, and the section or sections to
emended shall be repealed.
Unless the anti-pass bill shnll be re
cast so as to amend specifically the ex
isting statute on the same subject, It
will surely be declared unconstitutional
and Invalid by the courts. If the author
of the bill Is In earnest he will see that
this necessary correction Is made If
not, the whole thing can be put down
as a mere bid for popular applause, with
no intent to accomplish results.
Councilman Zlmman is on the right
track in starting out early to head off
the deadly work of the Fourth of July
firecracker. The usual Influences will
doubtlesss be exerted by dealers In ex
plosives to obstruct any order that
would cut off their profits, but this
should not be allowed to block the de
mand for proper preventives against
the annual Fourth of July slaughter.
As a matter of fact, an ordinance pro
hibiting the sale of giant crackers and
other dangerous nolsemakers would, in
all. probability, simply transfer the
money spent to other less harmful out
lets of exuberant enthusiasm without
materially interfering with trade.
The attorneys who are eallllng In
question some of the processes employed
In the county court In this county are
raising some intricate points of law
which may require a supreme court to
pass on. but they are also calling at
tention to the overgrown clerical force
that has been Installed under our county
Judge. If the county court would con
fine Itself to business that properly be
longs there and leave to the Justices of
the peace and to the police court al)
cases subject to their Jurisdiction the
clerical force could be reduced one-half
aud the expense bill to the taxpayers
cut correspondingly.
The payment of $300 by order of the
city council out of the city treasury for
drafting charter amendments again
suggests the idea that the city law de
partment ought to be equal to all the
demands for legMl services required by
every department of the city govern
ment. The objections to the employ
ment of a sneclsl salaried attorney for
Ihe Board of Education and another
special attorney for the water Ward,
special counsel to look after tax suits
and legal draughtsmen to formulate
charter amendments, all rest on the
same ground. If the regular law offi
cers of the city are competent they
can easily attend to this work, and If
they are not competent they should give
way to others who are.
.Much Interest Is attaching to the
opening to homestead entry of the pub
lic lands In Nebraska that were held In
reserve at the time the Klnkald act
went Into effect. If this land Is to be
taken by bona fide settlers well and
good, but If It Is to lie acquired by sub
terfuge by the big cattle corporations
which have been appropriating Its use
In defiance of law. no substantial ad
vantage Will nccrue to the state from
having It opened up at. the present time.
The authorities should be ou the alert
for fraudulent entries.
Asking: Too Modi.
Chlcaso News.
AS President Stlckney see It, what t he
country needs is legislation to compel the
observance of railway paesenger rates In
the case of government officials.
rolsoa Sqnad Draws the Line.
Washington Str.
Dr. Wiley, very fortunately, fpcls Hble
to arrive at definite conclusions regarding
the tinwholpomeneA of whisky without
organizing a squad for the purpose of test
ing it.
An Overflow of Felicity.
Phdsdeliihla Prens.
It Is not every man who can find four
teen wives nt the station to meet hlin on
his arrival, but the felicity awaits Johnnn
Hoch when the detectives get him back to
Chicago.
Threat of Hie Coal Barona.
Philadelphia ledger.
Th threats of a coal famine, which al
ways come with a bllziard cr very cold
weather, are neat little devices of tho Coal
trust, which likes to keep the public mar
row suitably chilled and cowed.
Legal and Illeaal Steals.
Boaton Transcript.
The aggregate theft (illegal) In the
United States for the year 1904 is put by
the Fidelity and Casualty company at only
about 10,000,000-proof positive that we are
a very honest nation were It not for th
fact that, ss some cynics say, almost all
the blggeit steals are made under the cover
of law.
The Golf Rate War.
BrHngfield Republican.
It promises to be on of tho liveliest rate
war which have broken out in a long
time. Th effect Jn stimulating corn ex
ports Is already very noticeable, Brad
etreef reporting shipments of over 6,000.000
bushels th last week, or the largest re
corded of corn for a single week in five
yeara.
Settling l'p Old Score.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It was an Iowa university . Jury that
found Hamlet guilty of manslaughter. And
now another Jury In the same Institution
has acquitted Iagb of the charge of mur
der. It might be, well, for these energetic
collegians to talc mp th ease of Lucrezla
Borgia next, and then decide the fate of tho
late Riohard III. In fact, there are
enough of these case on the docket to
keep the university criminal court Dusy to
the very end of the present term.
Campaign Slanders Recalled.
Chicago Chronicle.
It is only a little more than three months
since the democratic party and Its candi
dates were attempting to make the people
believe that Mr. Roosevelt and his cam
paign manager were "milking- the trusts
and corporations, . Judge Parker was so
sure that, the administration had entered
nto a corrupt bargain with these great
Interests that he brought his candidacy to
an Ignominious close by publicly uttering
the charge and, when challenged for proof
by confessing that he had none to present'
Quit a number of things have happened
since the first week in November which
strengthen th conviction then formed that
th main Issue of the democratic campaign
was fals and slanderous.
ME WITH MAS Y M ! I.I.I O 33,
Rttlmated Fortune of Twenty Lead
Ingr Millionaire of America.
American Investments.
A handful of Wall Streetera twiner
gather recently, the queatlon a to how
mucn money was represented In the for
tunes of America's twenty leading mil
lionaires brought out the following esti
mate. They are, perhaps, worth record
ing here:
Nam, T . . .
-r . - runuiiF. income.
a a RockafelIer.. 600,000,(100 ) a.ono.ono
W. K. Vanderbllt.... lsS.ooo.OOO 6.ong,oiO
John Jacob Astor.... la.ono.ooo 6 000 0UO
William Rockefeller.. 100.0,ono 6.00o'oio
George J. Oould
Maranail flnld
William A. Clark.
J. P. Mnrrdn
Darius O. Mills..'.'.';
Henry C. Frtck....
H. M. Flagler
My. Havcmeyer..,.
Claim HnrMfkela
Russell Sage
E. h. Harrlman.A.
James J. Hill
J. O. Armmtr
A. O. Vanderbllt.'..
Jacob li. Soli iff
100,0,000
100,000,000
lvo.otio.ooo
100,000.000
60,imo,ux)
76,000,000
80,000,000
7S.0).nno
(to.ooo.ono
60,000,000
60.000,000
60,000,000
60,000,000
60,000,000
60,000.000
60,000,000
4.000,000
6,000,01)0
4,000,000
7.600.000
S. 000,(11)0
3.6o0,0i
8,000,01 K)
3.6 0,000
3.000,000
2.000,000
J.500,000
3,600,000
3.000,000
2.000,000
4,000,000
Total
....Al), 004 OOO IUJ.000,000
KCOlHAGlU SIQXS.
Amtrlrtn C'onfldenre In Dealing with
Problem as They Come.
Chicago Chronicle.
It may be seen by recent decisions of
courts of final resort that th mausea of
the American people are optimistic and
have on hand no problems that they will
not deal with In a plain, common aensa
manner. There Is no Indication that the
liberty of the Individual la to be Infringed
on whit further than Is due to the logical
Working of th organization of Industry,
and auch Interference aa shall come
will fall on all classes alike.
Th declaona ar unanlmoua, showing
that the courts feel and ar guided by tha
maaa of public opinion. This mas of pub
lic opinion, steadily going forward, gives
dash and spirit to nil th reformatory
raids of smsll but noisy parties that al
wsys far outrun the march of real events.
America 1 not going to attempt any
parsdl, but nw question ar to be met
on the American basis. The people will
preaerv the union and yet leave to the
states sll th autonomy that is accordant
with national life and safety. That the
supreme court should he unanlmoua on a
point that had reuchrd dire need of gov
ernmental adjudication and aupervtalon la
on of th most Inspiring and encouraging
evidence of the reHl vitality of Ihe re
public. Tha telephone, th trolley and the no-ton
locomotive have upset tli former relation
of men, but Inatoad of discouraging tin;
American people this fact h-ada them to
believe they are beHt fitted uf all tha peo
plea of the world to make a quirk, con
Mrvatlv and working readjustment
RAILROADS AID THR PEOPI.K.
Ara-ament Aaalnat the Hate Reaala
tloa that Prorok Smiles.
Baltimore American.
The latent argument urged nKl"t the
official regulation of railroad rates la that
It will destroy competition. We call It
argument, but It Is obviously pretext. The
reason why government Interference Is
nefessary W because the railroads hav
combined and lcMrnyel competition. Had
the right of the Interslate Commerce com
mission to fix rotes been upheld by the
supreme court it ta possible that these
combinations might have been prevented,
at leant to a considerable extent, nnd the
public might now be in the enjoyment of
a measure of competition which all
treatises on political economy describe ss
the life of trade; but the court decided
that the commission under the law did not
hav uch authority. Fixing a reasonable
rate does not deatroy competition. The
railroads cannot charge more than that
rate, but each of them running between
tho same points can charge less If it
pleases and Invite the liveliest kind of
conutotltlon.
It Is Idle, however, to discuss seriously
such s question when the roada themselves
have deliberately made competition Impos
sible. Competition is not only desirable,
but. us Prcaldcnt Hooscvelt said in his
Philadelphia speech, the transportation
question has reached a point where, If a
moderate remedy Is not at once provided.
It will swell to proportions requiring rad
ical and dangerous treatment. It will not
only be grossly unjust to the public, but
It may become dangerous to great Interests
to ullow matters to drift on to what may
prove to be a catastrophe. Instead of com
petition, thero are direct evidences of the
railroads reaching out in all parts of the
country and swallowing Industries which
have uo natural connection with railroad
ing.
It Is ridiculous for the advocates of
these corporations to put forward the plea
of competition when the roads could have
had all the competition possible by ab
staining from combinations and pursuing
their old policy. No thoughtful person will
reel iiko blaming the roads for combining.
They Joined in afi extraordinary economlo
movement which was almost universal.
and which they very naturally believed
was in furtherance of their true interests.
out ny combining they annihilated combe
tltlon and assumed certain responsibilities
or Obligations which, owing to the weak
ness of human nature, they seem to be
unable or unwilling to fulfil. Theoe oh
ligations are of vast moment to a public
wnicn is helpless, and it makea its SDDeal
to the government to compel these railroads
to fulfil their obligations., It la not a
pleasant thing for th government to do.
and some of the legislators recoil. The
people who are least governed are best
governed. But there is no alternative.
Congress la not elected to do only what
Is pleacant. It represents the people's Inter
ests and is bound to protect them when
tney are threatened or derided.
TRADEMARK LEGISLATION.
Measure Dtalgned to Protect the Pab
lle and the Manufacturer.
New York Tribune.
A bill In which many manufacturers feel
a deep Interest recently passed the lower
house of congress and is now before a
committee of tho senate. It materially
amends and strengthens the national trade
mark system. In theory tho existing law
guarantees the privilege of using a par
ticular emblem or name to designate a
brand of cigars, a variety of muslin or
any other product which has won a repu
tation for excellence, and prohibits the
employment of such a symbol by Imitators.
In practice the protection afforded Is' ex
readlngly small. There has long been a
need of making th practice conform more
closely to theory, and the measure Just re
ferred to and Introduced by Mr. Bonynge
has that object In view.
Heretofore It has been necessary In In
fringement proceedings for the plaintiff to
show that his trade mark has actually
done duty In foreign commerce. It la now
proposed to accord the proper rights to
any one engaged In Interstate commerce
and to make the registration of a trade
mark at the patent office prima facie evi
dence of ownership. In other ways tho
presentation of a case by the plaintiffs
counsel has been' facilitated, and, though
the Bonynge bill does not make infringe
ment a criminal offense, it gives to the
courts authority to treble the damages
found by tho verdict. This measure cer
tainly affords fewer opportunities for suc
cessful fraud than does tho present statute.
The public as well as tho honest and
ambitious manufacturer would be benefited
by such legislation. When buyers are
sufficiently discriminating to call for a
commodity that has deservedly schleved
distinction, they should be assisted in get
ting the genuine article. The Bonynge
bill haa much to commend It, and Its mer
its should ensure enactment before the
close of the present session.
PRRSOKAh MOTES.
No sooner were the Brodle Dukes In a
state of subsidence than the Russian grand
dukes came upon the stag.
The sultan of Turkey and the queen of
Th. Netherlands ar the only total ab
stainer among European sovereigns.
United Btates Senator Clapp and Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Taylor were
employed on a Minneapolis paper together
years ago. Clapp was office boy and Taylor
was editor.
Down on the east side of New York City
a butcher has hung a sign In a conspicuous
place in hla shop on which Is tha following
inscription: "The supreme court has de
clared that there can be 110 trust In 'th
beef trade. Our terms are spot cash from
this date." x
The famous singing master, Manuel
Garcia of London, who Invented th
larylngoacope fifty yeara ago, will be 100
yeara old on March 17, 1906. The London
Laryngological society is collecting eub
acrlptlona for a present to be given him on
that occasion.
Emperor William Is endeavoring to lessen
luxury In the army. An equestrian fes
tival planned in Berlin has been given
up on his request. His majesty pointed
out that the costume were to be of a
character, too expensive for tha officers ex
pected to participate.
Richard Croker, who has Just crossed th
Atlantic to attend hla aon'a funeral In New
York. Is an Immense favorite with the poor
residents around Stlliorgnn, hi pretty plac
near Dublin. Th former Tammany chief
was equally popular with th poor at
Wantage, In Berkshire, England, where ha
lived formerly. It can L said without
exaggeration that no one In his neighbor
hood need go hungry.
bits or wASHncTo i.irr..
POST AFTER SENATOR PLATT
Battla Creek Man Dealres New York
Statesman Expelled from
th gaat.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I.-C. W. Post, of
Battla Creek, Mich., who haa Interested
himself largely In the establishment of a
psrcela post system, today filed with Pres
ident Pro Tempor Pry of th aenate, a
petition for th expulsion of Senator
Thomas ('. Piatt from tha aenate.
The petition la bused on th assertion
that Mr. Piatt, aa th executive officer of
the United Stateu Expr-aa company, is a
party to a conspiracy to maintain Identical
rates among express companies for article
shipped over tho lines, and h assert that
I'latl has told representative of his that
he will oppose all legislation Injuriously
affudliis his company's Interest
Minor Seen and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Ministers and leymen sre struggling
feebly agnlnst the high social wave which
la steadily engulfing "the sanctity of the
Sabbath" In Washington. Society Is Vnak
Ing Sunday. In the social sense, like the
common workday. "Sunday dinner par
ties," says a New York Herald dispatch,
"have become mor nnd more the vogue.
Now the capital on Sunday has Its round
of dinners. Informal st homes, theater
parties for The evening concerts, which
sre th only sttractlon at the local play
houses on this day, with gay little sup
pers afterward st the hotels and restau
rants or at th homes of the host and
hostesses.
"It dos not appear that thcr has been
any leader In this tendency. It seems to
have unconsciously developed. Washing
ton life brings together many elements
unused to the restrictions which have for
merly robbed the Sabbath of all distrac
tion v calling. Many westerners sra
here who hsve been accustomed to the
great western cities, where Sunday night
Is the first of the week st the theaters.
"Then there Is the Important social Influ
ence of tho dlplnmatlo corps, to whom a
Sunday marked by important social affairs
Is a mere matter of course. In the diplo
matic corps Sunday evening has been much
given over to dinners nnd suppers, and ss
diplomatic, society Intermingles with the
other society In a most democratic manner
the custom lisa evidently proved Infectious.
"At first American guests of these Sun
day evening affairs accepted the Invita
tions, responding with Invitations for other
days of the week. Now local hosts and
hostesses are following In the diplomatic
wake, and each Sunday sees an Increase in
the number of luncheons and dinner par
ties. Cabinet homes and those of persons
prominent in the congressional and resi
dential circles hav been largely following
suit.
"Thus far the White House has neither
followed nor set the example of having
entertainments on Sunday,"
Th money counters In the United States
treasury were startled one day by th ap
pearance of a remarkable looking "fat
man" who entered the department and
told a strange tale. He said he wss an
Ohio farmer and did not believe In banks,
snd so had burled his money In the ground
for safe keeping. He had dug It up snd
wss horrified to find that It was slowly
turning to dust, as notes will when long
burled.
Panlo-stricken, he gathered the disinte
grated money Into an old pillow case,
bound it around his waist beneath his
clothes and started for Washington.
He traveler part of the way on horse
back, part of the way on an Ohio river
steamboat and part 6f the way was by
train. During the Journey he never once
took off the pillow case. He even slept
with It on. The officials of the Tressury
department found It difficult to msk him
part with It. He did not want to go with
a clerk to a hotel for fear the clerk might
rob him, but as It was manifestly Impossi
ble for him to disrobe In the office he had
finally to submit. ,
They got the money at last, snd the
condition of it was so bad that Mrs.
Leonard, an expert, had to be called to
decipher It. So great was her skill that
the farmer lost only a few hundred dollars
out of 119,000.
Captain John A. Travis, one of the vet
erans who guard the gallery doors and
hold their places for life, reports the Wash
in.tnn vr.ot entovs a. distinction belonging
to no one else on that roll. Every January
ho receives sn snnual pass over a cenain
blar railroad, where he can ride as often
as he chooses. '
When the final day of debate on the
wii,n tariff hill come in the Fiftv-third
congress, the pressure for scats in the
galleries was great. There was not a 1001
nf available atnndlnar room left when a
gentleman arrived, very eager to get In
side. It was an impossibility, nut no
hnwed both by his manner and by Tils
words his serious disappointment.
In those days the privilege 01 me noor
mam iea strictly sruarded than now, and
Travis led his man to the floor below and
passed lilm In behind the brass railing.
Tim irAnr returned after the debate.
expressing much gratitude and holding out
a roll of bills. "I cannot accept money,"
replied Travis, "for any service here fur
ther than what the government pays me."
and tha stranger, who proved to be a rail
road official of prominence, disappeared.
But every' year the annual pass over the
railroad comes to hand, to prove the offi
cial's appreciation.
While the fortifications bill was before
the senate Senator Carmack offered an
amendment directing the War department
to prepare a list of fortifications neces
sary In the Insular possesalons of the
United States. Senator Perkins of Cali
fornia, who has charge of the fortifica
tion bill, said there was a paragraph in
the bill that covered the point Senator
Carmack desired to make. President Fry
put the question on the amendment. "All
in favor says aye," he said. "Aye," said
Senator Carmack alone. "All opposed, no,"
continued President Fry. "No." said Sen
ator Perkins, also alone. "The noea hav
It," announced Mr. Frye, and the forty
or fifty senators on the floor laughed.
A gray old hero from the ranks at Cha-
pultepec, whose heroism has been unsung
except aa part of the force that swept up
the citadel, stood face to face yesterday,
with the battle painting over the senate
stairway. He clung to Uie marble railing,
following with a trembling finger the to
pography of the height, and In the piping
voice of a very aged man told how he and
A MATTER OF HEALTH
Absolutely Puro
HAS t:0 SUBSTITUTE
other Volunteers scaled th precipitous Ules
more than flfty-even years ago.
"It warn't so cloudy and foggy." r
claimed tho unlettered veteran, mosins
upon the outline of the picture, "and there
warn't. so much uniform. We didn't see it
as we crept around that path."
Then he pulled from his old pwketbnok
a pieco of paper, worn from much handling
and read it aloud In the name, piping vnKo
to the crowd that had gathered. It u
"a certificate of merit," signed by J.imes
K. Polk, president, and William L. Marry,
secretary of war, to E. M. B as com, Second
Infantry. Company F, for valor In th.
Mexican war, and granted extra pay of j
a month during the remainder of his enlist
ment. Having feasted his eyes on tho toweling
citadel as fondly as though he, single
handed, had made Its Mexican occupants
captive, the old pilgrim retraced his strr
to tha Soldiers' home.
ft
f
Senator Dolllver was making a speech
during the campaign in West Virginia near
the place where he was born and reared
He waxed sentimental. "Dear old coun
try," he sold: "I love every foot of It. I
know It aa well as I do my adopted state.
Why, right over there Is a farm where I
have spent many beppy hours. I gatheted
and carried away more than fifty bushels of
chestnuts that grew on that farm."
"Yes," came from a seat In the rear, "and
you have been peddling them out ever
since,"
Tli bit of sentiment was entirely spoiled.
n naiiinarer male an interesting state
ment In the senst the other afternoon. He,
has been a senator since 1R91. Only once
has he succeeded In getting a New Hamp
hira nrtvotft claim through, congress. It
was as Just a claim as he ever knew of snd
it hod been pending about tnirty years.
"n, rfnv tha nrejildent of the United States
signed that bill," said Dr. QaUlnger, "tha
laimant died and was buried by cnaniy.
FLASHES OF FVX.
. ...kl " M
You must never wmi
the ready-made philosopher.
"I didn't." anawered the proprietor of a
new automobile. "I bought mine outright.
- WaMUlUatlMt Di.n.
"Twenty cents for a half-dosen rnwT'
complained tne patron.
.K..n in nont. hefure. 1
Yes, sir," replied the waiter, "but oysters ;
nre worth double thia month. There s two
R's In February." Cleveland Leader. 1
she murmured.
"Would you din for me7" she mti
"Oladlv. my darling!" he asserted.
ir,,i wnuM there " jihe continued
"be anything left for m after the tiri
taker's bill was paid?" Indianapolis N
softly,
under-
ews.
"Anything new from Asia?" sskd on.
Russian official. ,
"No." answered the other; "nothing new
The Japanese are winning victories, ss
usual." Philadelphia Ledger.
Rubv, who was dining with her elders,
was given her choice of her favorit des-
"e" Which will vou have, Ruby, lc cream or
Jam?" her Indulgent father ashed.
After a moment's hesitation she said.
"(ve me a little of each and a lot of both.
Llpplncott s Magaslne.
"It Is hard for a young man to tell Just
what he Is fitted for." . , ,
"That Is true," answered Mr. Btormingrmi
Barnes. "Those who see me play tragedy
advise me to plsv comedy and those who
sn me in comedy recommend tragedy.
Washington Star.
"Statistics show that during the last year
more boys than girls were born In this
country. What do you think of that?"
"That la th method employed by an all
wise Providence to make up for the number
of men who were snapped up during leap
year." Philadelphia Pre.
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New Orleans Tlmea-Dcmoorst.
I know what Is the object
Of that little sigh.
And why the secret languor
That lurks within your eye.
Ton smile? You'll learn some morning,
Sweet maid, why this Is so;
Perchance you now suspect It,
I know!
I know what things you dream of,
And what you see In sleep;
Writ on the brow the aecrets
I read, that you would keep!
You smile? You'll learn some morning.
Sweet maid, Why this la ko;
Perhapa you now auspect it,
I know!
I know your laughter's reason,
And why you wveep apart;
I penetrate the mystery
Of your woman's heart!
You smile? You'll lrn some morning,
Sweet maid, why this U so;
What, feeling, you know naught of
I, past all feeling, know I
wish you would
feel perfectly fret to
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any time. Ask him
anything you wish
to know about your
hair. You will ob
tain the best medical
advice free, and no
one will see your
letter but the Doctor.
Address,
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Lowell, Mass.
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