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Pretty soon Omaha will have no neod
1 f elective city ortic.'alg or, for that mat
ter, of a municipal government.
President Castro Is evidently another
player of the international game whe
may be "runner up" to the United
States.
, It Is almost pathetic to know that the
Standard Oil company 1 Compelled to
suspend operations in Kansns because it
cannot borrow money.
The Iloch reception, committee at Chi-,
cago appears to have been more remark
able for intensity of feeling than for
cordiality of expression. -
Not a single one of the nlue fusion
members of the legislature Was willing
to go on record to save their party organ
from a vote of censure. Why?
While talking of tne on exports our
northern neighbor would make friends
in the United States by laying an abso
lute embargo on its winter weather.
Perhaps his physician has ordered
rest and freedom from excitement for
that grand duke who is to leave St.
Petersburg for Manchuria next week.
What about the loud-heralded, anti
pass bill? Is the author going to recast
It so as to make it hold water, or is it de
signed to be as full of holes as a skim
mer? . . '
As soon as the county storehouse has
been placed in the hands of the Salvation
Army the Army should have no difficulty
In securing relief without soliciting in
dividual contributions. -
, The campaign agaltmt tlretrnps and
unsafe buildings is'now in order in South
Omaha and the proper way to begin the
campaign is by the enactment of a more
rigid fire ordinance, followed by its strict
enforcement -
Canada has reached that stage of Its
Industrial development when it talks of
an export duty on wheat Canadiau
farmers who have gone there from the
United States may be mude to regret
their expatriation.
John Sharp Williams says the south
will object to government ownership of
railroads because Uncle Sam would run
no "Jim-crow" cars. How Is Colonel
Jryan. going to meet this argument
among his own party following?
A comparison of clou lug stock prices
oa Wall street for two days shows that
the speculators are so certain of the ac
tion of the United States senate that
they have not taken precaution to dlt
count the effect of the proposed rate reg
ulation law.
DtMOCRATIC ASSCXrTIOX.
In the course of the debate on the bill
for the regulation of railway rates the
democratic members of the house lustily
claimed that the republicans were fol
lowing, outhe declarations made In the
democratic national platforms. They as
serted that President Rootevp!t had sim
ply placed himself in harmony with tho
democratic position and that the repub
lican party was thereby committed to
the democratic position In regard to the
supervision, regulation and control of
corporations engaged in commerce
among the states and with foreign na
tions. There need not be any quarrel in re
gard to this, and yet the fact remains
indisputable that it was the republican
party which passed and put Into effnet
the anti-trust law of 1800, under the
operation of which every decision of the
federal courts has been made agalust
the trusts and every form of monopoly.
It should not be forgotten that this law
wm in full force and effect during the
second administration of Grover Cleve
land and that no adequate effort was
made during that administration to en
force it On the contrary the attorney
general In that administration distinctly
declared that the anti-trust act was de
fective and inadequate and that it would
be useless to appeal to it for the sup
pression of combinations declared by the
act to be Illegal. For the first two
years of that administration there was
a democratic congress, yet that congress
failed to do anything to rid the law of
what the administration thought to be
its defects and render It more effective.
It Is true that democratic rfatfonns
have declared for a pollcjj locking to
the correction of abuses oiHilie1 part' of
the railways, but It must not be lost
sight of that every practical step in this
direction has been taken by the repub
lican party and that a great deal of it
has been most vigorously opposed by
the democratic party,' which has never
really done anything looking to the sup
pression of the trusts and monopolies.
The republican party Is entitled to all
the credit for legislation looking to the
control and fcegujatlon of corporations
engaged In Interstate commerce, as well
as to the enforcement of such legisla
tion. The democratic pnrty had its op
portunity and 11 not Improve it and the
record of this fact shuts the party out
from any claim to credit In respect to
present legislation. The fact that they
are now supporting republican proposi
tions does not acquit them of pnst fail
ures and faults.
Investigation would doubtless show
that the American who Is trying to Inter
est the king of Italy In an international
agricultural commission came from Kan
sas. If America begins to export
"cranks" there may he cause for retalia
tory Immigration laws.
With the prize court busy at Sasebo
there promises to be work for Interna
tional lawyers at Toklo when cases of
ships) of many countries come up on ap
peal from the court, which has so far
decided that no Japanese crew has made
mistake In capturing a vessel.
Dominicans who object to the pres
ence of American collectors of customs
should think twice' before going on the
war path, for the course of civilisation-
Is strewn with the wrecks of those who
forcibly resisted the Inevitable after
they had brought It on themselves.
These seventeen republican members
of the house of representatives may have
demonstrated their Independence of the
party conference by voting against the
Ech-Townsend bill, but they have at
the same time demonstrated a subserv
iency to the railroad magnates that will
rd!y please their constituencies.
A MAINE REPUBLICAN LEADER.
Among the men who for a number of
years figured prominently In the leader
ship of the republican party, few were
more prominent than the late Joseph II.
Manley of Maine, the trusted friend and
most earnest devotee of James G.
Blaine. Mr. -'Manley, who died suddenly
a Jew days ago was perhaps as well
known to the republicans of the nation
as any other man who had been identl
fle4 with the party during the last two
or three decades. As far" back as 180
he became Identified with national poll
tics, being in that, year a delegate . to
the republican national convention at
Cincinnati and an anient supporter of
the candidacy of Ir.' Blaine for the
presidency. Ills allegiance to that great
leader was always loyally maintained
and the nomination of Blaine by the re
publican national convention of 1884 was
to no small extent due to the labor and
Influence of Joseph II. Manley, who did
great work in the campaign of that
year.
Mr. Manley was recognized by men
of all parties as an exceptionally shrewd
and able politician and his good Judg
ment in regard to political conditions
was very generally esteemed. lie had
held a number of public positions and
in all of them had made a most credit
able record for capability and fidelity
to duty. In the death of Mr. Manley
the state of Maine lost a worthy and
valuable citizen and the republican parry
one of the most Intelligent and earnest
supporters of Its principles.
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THE DOUBLE SHIFT BILL.
The arguments presented by Police
Commissioner Broatch and the Commer
cial club against the proposed double
shift law for firemen In Omaha do not
reach the core of the Issue Involved. It
Is not merely a question'-'whether the
legislature shall enact a law that will
create an over-lap In the city treasury
approximating $100,000 a year, but
whether the legislature shall go one step
further than It has ever gone toward
depriving Omaha of the right of home
rule.
The creation of a board of fire and
police commissioners appointed by tho
governor was defended on the ground
that in the exercise of its police powers
the state had a right through its chief
executive to provide for the enforcement
of law and order la cities of the metro
politan class and for that matter in other
cities wherever the legislature might
deem it necessary or desirable, but the
proposed measure goes much beyond the
exercise of police powers.
Like the pending Dodge-Howell water
bill through wljlch the legislative power
is invoked to compel Omaha to subm't to
taxation for fire hydrants after It shall
have acquired a water works plant and
to force the city to coutlnue to tax Itself
for a salaried water board before It. has
any water works plant, by the double
shift bill the legislature will force the
cuy to increase its nre department far In
excess of the tax levy authorized by the
charter. x
If the Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners is competent to organize and
supervise Omaha's flre-flghtinsr force.
should by rights be left free to exercise
its discretion In recruiting the fire de.
partraent under such rules and regular
tlons as will in their Judgment make the
force most efficient for the service.
vnne mere is much to be said In favor
of the double shift it Is not for the legis
lature to force the proposed change upon
the city, however advantageous It ui
nay
be. It is rather for the municipal au
thorltles, and especially for the Board
of Fire and Tollce Commissioners, to
make the experiment so that If found
practlcal.lt can be permanently main
tained and If Impractical It can be dis
carded either temporarily or perma
nently. The proposed double shift law,
however, would leave no alternative.
It Is not, however, the question of dol
lars, but the fundamental principle of
self-government that Is involved in this
bill, and the destruction or abridgement
of the right of home rule cannot be com
pensated for In dollars. Even If the pro
posed double shift bill were to Insure a
reduction of taxes Instead of an increase
it would still be objectionable for the
reason that It deprives the people of
their right to self-government through
their municipal officers.
A NEW OFFICIAL TITLE.
It appears that the first American cit
izen to bear the title of governor gen
eral Is Luke E. Wright of tne Philippine
commission, who Is so designated in the
bill passed by congress and signed a few
days ago by the president. Until this
action by congress the title of Mr.
Wright, as of his predecessor, was that
of civil governor of the Philippines and
this has been the uniform designation
of the heads of the Insular governments.
By way of explanation of the change
it Is stated by the secretary of war that
when there was a military governor In
the Islands, exercising Jurisdiction over
a part of the archipelago, and a civil
governor exercising Jurisdiction over
the remainder, the expression civil gov
ernor was appropriate, but there ceased
to be a military governor in the islands
in 1902 and the continuance of the title
of civil governor thereafter became an
anachronism. lie urged, therefore, that
the title of governor general was neces
sary to distinguish the executive head
of the islands from the subordinate gov
ernors of the numerous provinces. The
view of the secretary of war seems to
be quite sound and yet the title of gov
ernor general, so common to the men
at the head of affairs in European colo
nies, will have a strange significance to
tho American people. There Is in it
however, nothing to which serious ob
jection can be taken.
There Is a grotesque inconsistency In
the report of the house committee on
public buildings Just made public where
in speaking of the Peru Normal school It
declares that N a fireproof structure is
needed to replace the frame structure
now used as a library which "consider
ing the very valuable contents Is unsafe
for that purpose and would be valuable
as a classroom when a new library build
ing Is constructed." In other words, the
present ramshackle flretrap is not good
enough to house a library because of
danger of conflagration, but it is quite
good enough to house the students while
at rectation, presumably because the
students in case of fire can Jump out of
the windows or slide down the fire es
cape, 'v.'
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It is modest In the charter revision
committee to claim that the city 'can well
afford to pay $3O0 for compiling the re
vision in view of the fact that the com
mittee has prepared a plan for saving
the taxpayers more than $30,000 a year
through the proposed consolidation of
the city treasurer and city tax commis
sioner's offices with the county treasurer
and county assessors office?. These pro
posed reforms originated with The Bee
and were suggested many mouths before
the charter revision committee was
thought of.
The Commercial club has waked up to
the fact that the two-shift system for
the fire department means either an im
mense increase in the taxes levied for
the fire fund or a material decrease In
fire-fighting service with corresponding
reflex on fire Insurance rates. It has not
waked up yet to the fact that the city is
paying out enough In unearned salaries
to a water board with no water works to
manage to maintain an extra fire depart
ment crew that might come in good
stead in an emergency. ;
There Is a great deal more truth than
poetry In former Police Judge Gordon's
remonstrance against the appropriation
of $300 of city funds to pay for the com
pilation of the charter agreed upon by
the charter revision committee. The
price may not be too high, but the prece
dent Is questionable.
Small Cau for Worry
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The correct pronunciation of Oklahoma
should not worry us, since we are far
from being agreed on Iowa, Arkansas and
Wyoming.
Astonishing; Lack of Information.
Washington Post.
The senate wants to study the railway
question before acting upon the. president's
recommendations for rate legislation. It
Is astonishing how little the senators pro
fess to know about railroads.
Talking for Effect.
Philadelphia Press.
The private car abuse Is one calling
earnestly for remedial legislation, but It
looks as though congress might adjourn
without doing anything more than talk on
the subject. It is not included In the rail
road rate bill.
Room for Blind Pfara.
Chicago Record-Herald.
After the admission of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory as a state the sale of liquor
la to be prohibited there for twenty-one
year. It 1 safe to say that the blind pig
will at once take a prominent place among
Oklahoma Institutions.
Greatest lstlon of Oar Time.
Ban Francnioo Chronicle.
The most important question before the
American people Is whether the powerful
corporations of the country can be mad
to obey the laws of the land even If obe
dience results in bankruptcy. There are
certain laws which the railroad corpora
tions notoriously defy. They now com
begging that no means of summary en
forcement be provided, and that the law
shall be so changed that they will be will
ing to obey it. They are not entitled to
tbe slightest consideration for either of
these demands. Let them first obey the
law aa It Is. Until they do that, no at
tention should be paid for requests for any
chans.
METHODS OP HARVESTER TRVST.
How Competition Wn Killed Off
Tknrath tho Banks.
New Tork World.
George W. Perkins has all the western
farmers and several attorney generals en
gaged In trying to take measures against
him and the International Harvester trust,
which he formed for J. P. Morgan A Co.
Legal proceedings have been begun In
Montana. Ohio and other western states,
and the charges alleged against Mr. Per
kins go a good deal further than the mere
bringing about of a combination of the
McCormlck. Deerlng. Champion, Piano and
Milwaukee companies.
The International Harvester company was
Incorporated In New Jersey In August,
1902, with six dummy directors and a capi
tal of $130,000,000. After its incorporation
the dummy directors withdrew and Cyrus
H. McCormlck was elected president and
Oeorge W. Perkins was elected chairman
of the finance committee. The stock was
put In a voting trust, with Oeorge W.
Perkins, Charles Deerlng and Cyrua H.
McCormlck as the voting trustees.
The formation of the trust was accom
panied with the usual announcement that
the farmers would get the benefit of the
reductions possible through consolidation.
It la now charged that, after the forma
tion of the trust. Mr. Perkins used his
financial Influence to have thrown out from
the western banks the discounted notes of
the competing harvester companies; that
by reason of the ramifications of Mr. Per
kins and J. Plerpont Morgan & Co. sev
eral competitors have been pressed to the
wall, and that other competitors cannot
secure the ordinary banking accommoda
tions which they had before the consolida
tion. One concern, Aultman, Miller & Co. of
Akron, O., who manufactured the well
known Buckeye line of agricultural Imple
ments, failed through the sudden cutting
off of their bank accommodations and
through their Inability to make collections
through the banks which had previously
promptly performed that service for them.
The well known Osborne company of Au
burn, N. Y., was also forced to come into
the trust through similar tactics. The
Minnie Harvester company has also been
gobbled up, and the other outside manu
facturers of binders, mowers, plows, har
rows, separators, wagons and binder twine
are fearful that Mr. Perkins will .be able
to put them also out of business.
The Independent dealers and manufac
turers have appealed to the prosecuting
officials In their various states to see what
can be done to make Mr. Perkins stop.
The Montana supreme court granted a
temporary Injunction to restrain the Inter
national Harvester company from doing
business In the state of Montana. Like
action has been tnken in Ohio and other
western states. To get around this the
trust formed a Wisconsin corporation,
which manufactures nothing, but acts as
soiling agent for the trust; and when in
junctions are got out against the trust it
ceases to do business, but the Wisconsin
company is not affected. i
When the Buckeye company at Akron
was forced into bankruptcy it was auc
tioned off at one lump sum of $600,000 to a
Chicago lawyer, who turned It over to the
trust. The trust collected upon the out
standing farmers. notes due the Buckeye
company to the. amount of $910,000, which
more than repaid the purchase price.
LIMITING IMMIGRATION.
Meaaorea Pending '.In Confess De-
.alamed to Close tbe Gates.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
The house committee - on lmmlsratlon
and naturalization he's reported a bill In
troduced by Mr. Adams of Pennsylvania.
which is designed to' fcheck, the Inflow of
those so-called undesirable, classes of im
migrants who flofk rt , The great .citlea of
the Atlantic seabofcriVnii .to Chicago, and
remain in the slutns or congested districts.
The bill is simple lnjthe extreme; it pro
vides that when 80,q0O, immigrants from
any one country shall have arrived, not
another Immigrant - from that particular
country Bhall be permitted to enter the
United States until the beginning of an
other twelvemonth. In a phrase, the bill
may be summed up only -80,000 Immigrants
a year rrom any one country.
During the fiscal year 1903-04 Italy sent
us 193,000 Immigrants; Austrla-Huneary.
177.000, and Russia, 145,000. The admissions
during the previous fiscal year were, from
Italy, 230,000; from Austria-Hungary, 206,000,
and from Russia, 136.000. During the past
two fiscal years about one-half of our total
Immigration has come from the three
countries named, against whose peoples
tho Adams bill is aimed. Aa no qther
country has within recent years sent as
many as 80,000 in one year, the framers
of the bill design to leave a free scope to
the immigrants from Great Britain, Ger
many and Scandinavian countries, while
drawing an arbitrary line against Russia
and southern Europe.
It has been said that It Is impossible to
draw or to enforce a reasonable immigra
tion exclusion bill. The educational test la
Impracticable; the money test is fallible;
the race test is contrary to American
spirit, and so on. The Adams bill boldly
erects a barrier which, on its face, treats
all nations alike; but ft Is apparent that if
more than 80,000 industrious and hardy and
useful Italians come to this country
whom the immigration officials should de
clare, after personal examination, to be
most desirable and valuable immigrants
and home builders all who apply after
80,000 reach our shores will be turned back
arbitrarily.
In short, the Adams bill prevents the
Immigration officials from selecting even
good immigrants after a certain number
have arrived In one year, and the reply
to this objeotion by those who favor the
bill Is that nobody has ever proposed a
feasible method of selecting immigrants
which could be enacted Into law, or whlcK
If enacted could be honestly and im
partially administered.
FIGHTING THE INEVITABLE.
Futile Attempts to Clieck Grain Ship,
menti to Gnlf Ports.
Washington J'lat.
The transcontinental railroads are faced
with a proposition that means a certain
loss of business, and they are making a
determined effort to prevent It. Borne weeks
go the railroad lines between Chicago and
New Orleans announced a rather radical
reduction In the tariffs on packing-house
products for export shipments by the way
of the gulf ports. The reduction from the
rates to the Atlantic ports was sufficient to
divert a large amount of trafflo that had
formerly been hauled across the continent
for an Atlantlo outlet. Now the Chicago
New York lines have retaliated by announ
cing a radical reduction on grain rates be
tween Chlcsgo and New York. This cut, It
Is explained. Is made in an attempt to
divert the Increased volume In grain ship
ments through the gulf ports.
It Is too early yet to determine the re
sult of this rate war, but those well in
formed are convinced that the effort of the
Chicago-New York lines will prove futile.
Export grain seeks the southern outlet be
cause It can go that way more quickly
and more cheaply. It is a question of miles
and minutes, and freight traffic, like most
other things in this world, moves along the
line of least resistance. The south is des
tined to get an Increasing amount of the
grain shipments from the great agricul
tural states of the Mississippi valley, , Just
ss It is certain to play a dominant part In
the jnanufacturlng Industries of the coun
try as Its resources are developed and its
natural advantages appreciated and Improved.
OTHER "LANDS THA OCRS.
The old cry is coming up from Poland, In
the midst of this tremendous Russian crisis
"GIvo us back our language!" It comes
front the very pupils of the schools, so that
one may Judge how deeply it Is rooted.
There was one great conquering power that
swept the world under its control, and left
to every nation, nay. every tribe, It con
quered. Its own languag. It was the
Roman the longest dominating of all
powers, which fell by Internal official cor
ruption and by Invasion, but not by rebel
lion. The policy of Russia has been the op
posite, ever since the partition of Poland,
and It has recently been employed with
severity In Finland, whose people had a
literature centuries before Russia. If a
language can be killed, a people can be
killed that seems the Russian Idea. But
see how a racial feeling clings to Its speech
in the apparently chimerical project of re
animating the Erse tongue of Ireland! It
almost seems possible when one sees the
vitality of Gaelic, societies. And Poland, so
m.nv ronrmtlons after Its national death.
still desires Its native speech so much as to
make It a condition of loyalty to tne nua
slan empire, even In the persons of Us
schoolboys!
A remarkable union of churches has Just
been effected In India, where for the first
time religious bodies of both America snd
Europe have united rn the organisation of a
national church. In the union Just accom
plished the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, which, through
Its board of foreign missions, has had Im
portant work in India for seventy years,
takes a prominent place. Other American
churches In the union are the Reformed
(Dutch) church and the Presbyterian
,hiirr.h nt ranaAn: EuroDean churches In
cluded are the Church of Scotland, the
United Free church of Scotland, tne itbs
,varian rhnrrh of Fiirland and the Pres
byterian church of Ireland. In all there
are eleven different bodies or iresDyienans
working in India, and they have thirty
three presbyteries, with $32 churches and
nearly 28,000 communicants. There has for
some time been a Presbyterian alliance of
India, and at the meeting recently held In
Allahabad there was formed a provisional
general assembly. A confession of faith,
xnnatltutfnn and canons were adopted, and
the new church definitely launched. Mis
sionaries of the various countries nave
found great advantages from their associa
tion with one another In the alliance, and
thav onnflitantlv look for vmi larger bene
fits from the fuller union now accomplished.
Having adopted by a vote of 158 to 20 an
address to the throne recommending the
election of representatives of the Russian
people to take part In legislation, the As
sembly of the Nobility of the province of
8t Petersburg, according to the csar's
view sa oTnressed the other day to a
deputation of workingmen, .Is guilty of
treason against the sovereign ana nis gov
mmont Trnltors. too. are the eighty
members of the Moscow Assembly of No
bles who signed a declaration to the enect
that the country can be freed of the calam
ities which beset It only by an organised
union between the sovereign and the na
tion, and that such union can be realized
otiIw when renresentatlves of the nation.
freely elected, shall be called Into council
by the csar. Will the bearers of these ad
Hn, rw received, as were the humble
petitioners of January 22 last, by a volley
from the soldiery when they shall come to
present the same? To be consistent the au
tocrat must treat all petitioners, high or
low, as "rebellious mobs." If he temporize
with the members of the nobility instead of
ordering them to be shot down the "prin
ciple of autocracy" as interpreted by the
czar would be abandoned and he would
himself become Instrumental In furthering
the revolution.
cinmn nn-rlotv In felt in Sweden and Nor
way as to the outcome of the negotiations
tnr tho eatnhllnhment of seDarate consular
services for each of the two kingdoms. The
Swedish government agreed some rime ago
that the existing consular service should
be so modified that each country should
have Its own consuls In the principal com
mercial centers of the world, while the dip
lomatic representatives at tne seats or for
eign governments should remain common
to both, and the general management or
fr,rio-n airnlra be left In the hands of the
minister of foreign affairs, who Is a mem
hr of the Swedish cabinet. To attain this
object It was found necessary to pass Iden
tical laws In the Norwegian and the Bwea
lah loc-lnlaturpH defining the functions of
these separate consuls and their relation
to the minister of foreign affairs, une
Swedish and Norwegian cabinets have been
at work upon the details of the scheme for
some time, and It Is said that they have
come to something Uko a deadlock. Each
dHo boa mnil nroDosals which the other
has declined. Negotiations, however, still
continue and all hopes of an amicable un
derstanding have not been abandoned.
There Is ample evidence that the agree
ment patched up between Turkey and Bul
garia in April last, and the program of
Macedonia reforms forced upon Turkey
by the two great powers. Its nearest neigh
bors, to whom the question was left by the
so-called concert of Europe, have utterly
failed of their objects. Outward peace has
been preserved, It is true, but the Ottoman
policy of evasion, bad faith and obstruction
has borne Its Inevitable fruit; both Bulgaria
and Turkey have for months been, arming,
the Adrlanople grievances are still unad
justed and conditions in Macedonia ate no
better than before the famous meeting of
the emperors at Murztag. The Macedonian
revolutionists seem to have given the Muri
tag program a fair opportunity, but from
the first they have had no confidence in a
nomlial international gendarmerie with
the actual control left In the bands of
Turks.
At the latest annual meeting, in Odessa,
of the Society for the Amelioration of In
fant Mortality Prof. Gundobln declared that
tho annual number of births In the fifty
governments of European Russia was 1,100,
000, and of these no fewer than 1,200.000 in
fants died within twelve months. This ap
palling rate of infant mortality he attrib
uted to the general ignorance of the peas
ant population and to the chronic poverty.
The object of the society is to establish a
huge network of children's "cribs," hospl-
ftals and ambulances In every little town
ship and village throughout European Rus
sia. It Is doubtful whether even in China
the natural law of the "survival of the
fittest" is more strikingly Illustrated than
In Russia. If It is true that a nation's civ
ilization may be measured by Its Infant
mortality, the Russian peasantry occupy a
very low place. Recent events, however,
Indicate that they are slowly awakening to
some dim perception of their rights.
Tase of "Me Too" Piatt. (.
Kansas City Star.
It Is, of course, altogether Improbable
that the United States senate will act on
the petition that has been presented for
the expulsion of Senator Piatt of New
York on the ground that he la representing
private, rather than public Interests In that
body. The charge Is made that the New
York senator has repeatedly announced his
opposition to measures to facilitate post
office business because they would Injure
the express company of which he Is presi
dent. Such an attitude on his part would
constitute a gross scandal could It be
proved. But no matter what evidence
may be produced, the upper house will
undoubtedly remain Indifferent. The people,
to bo sure, may be shocked over the af
fair. But the people don't elect the sen
ators. So what are they going to do
about It?
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Congress may lead Oklahomans to the
water trough, but who will make thorn
drink?
Senatorial contests are mighty useful
evn In Missouri In preventing action on
urgent measures of reform.
The fact that United States senators en
Joy certain courtesies from the railroads
explains their lack of knowledge of rail
road rates.
New York legislators are forbidden Jo
acoept railroad passes on penalty of for
feiture of office. Instead of posses they
get tickets on the I. O. U. plan.
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana Is com
fortably settled In his New York castle.
The senator will make an occasional visit
to hla constituents about election time.
The Illinois legislature tossed through
the , transom an offensive member who
couldn't prove what he said. Accusers are
wiser In California. They mark the money.
Consul General Goodnow, at Shanghai,
avoids the annoyance of an Investigation
by resigning. Mr. Goodnow halls from
Minneapolis and found It difficult there to
line u.i to his name.
When former Senator Billy Mason of
Chicago was stumping Missouri lat fall
he made himself solid with his democratic
auditors by giving Grover Cleveland hall
Columbia. His Introductory remarks were
variations on this form: "Fellow-citizens,
I wouldn't for the world say anything un
kind about Grover Cleveland's personal ap
pearance. You know I couldn't well do
that, for some people have claimed to see
a strong resemblance between his features
and figure . and mine. Whethor that be
true or not, my fellow-cltliens, I want to
assure you of one thing: I never had to
back up to a door to knock."
Congressman John Llnd of Minnesota will
retire from political life on March 4 after
a memorable political career. He served
six years In the house as a republican, a
term as governor of his state as a fuslontst
and one term In the house as a democrat.
Now he intends to return to the practice
of law. Llnd does not agree with tho view
of some men that service In congress
unfits them for other work in the future.
"I know," he says, "that my congressional
experience has been a good thing for me.
It broadens a man, gives him a wider
range of vision and a better understanding
of all the great questions that come before
the country."
"Quite a number of appHcanta for po
litical berths where the vacancies have
been cause? by death have been per
emptorily turned down by various presi
dents and goverors," reports the New York
Sun. "Why? Because aspirants or their
friends had had the Indelicacy to rush to
the front and bombard the appointing
power with their candidates 'before the
dead office holder was under ground. The
rule In such matters, according to political
etiquette, Is that you should wait until the
last clod1 of earth Is thrown upon the grave
of the dead office holder, and then you are
at liberty to make a bee line for the execu
tive. Some prefer to await the placing of
the floral tributes on the grave, but that
is merely a matter of taste, it Is not re
garded as absolutely essential."
GOVERNMENT BUYS HORSES
Famous Stallion "Thnnder Cloud"
Will Be Sent to Colorado
Experiment Station.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. To help supply the
demand for prime coach horses, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture Hayes has pur
chased In this city, for the horse breeding
experiment station at Greeley, Colo., the
famous stallion Thunder Cloud, eleven
mares and a number of fine range horses.
The Greeley institution Is under the direc
tion of the Agricultural department at
Washington and the government recently
appropriated $60,000 for the purpose of ex
perimenting in breeding an Ideal type of
American coach horse. This new move
upon the part of the government Is Bald to
be likely to lead to requests from other
live stock Interests to branch out further
and establish farms for breeding other
types of horses, as well as for breeding dif
ferent types' of cattle, hogs and sheep.
With the rapid development of the country
In wealth, the demand for prime coach
horses has become greatly increased, and
there Is also a large demand from such
horses to export.
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and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
FLOATING Ft Jf.
The Baron von Schnltzelhauer having
heard the beautiful heiress sing "t Kissed
Her by the Gate," Jocosely remarked:
"Dot younp man was a foolishness. I
would kiss her by der mouth. "-Chicago
Record-Herald.
Mr. Slopay Wha Is tho high price of beef
owing to, Mr. Slawterham the trusts?
The Butcher No, sir. It's owing to me,
and has been owing to me for the Inst six
months. Could you let me have a.ltttle on
account. Mr. Slopay? Cleveland Leader.
"Bllggins youngster Is even brighter than
his father gives him credit for being."
"WhAt makes you say that?"
"He positively refused to sing or recite
vViah V. .... , T-l.i.1 t r, muln him show off h-
fore company. Washington Star.
Small Boy Gimme a grain o' quinine.
DrugKlut Only one grain? What ye goln
to do with one grain?
Small Hoy Paw wants to put It In a gal
lon o' whisky he's got. Louisville Courier
Journal. Tommv Flggjam Paw, what Is this thing
they're goln' to' have in Uooshy a provi
sional gnv-ment?
Puw Flggjam It's Just a scheme to stop
tho bread riots. Bnltlmore American.
"Henry, our daughter Is too handsome to
travel In a public conveyance any longer."
"Why, Maria, whnt has happened?"
"Today In nie street car the conductor
was so fascinated by Maud's beauty that
he actually asked her for hi-r fare the sec
ond time." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
First Cluhmnn (apropos of tho passing of
a celebrated beauty) I used to bo in love
with that woman. ...
Second Clubman (with a challenge In his
eyeiTJcfore I married her?
First Clubman (calmly) Yes, old chap,
before I divorced her.'-Town Topics.
WIXXINQ OF TUB WEST.
James Barton Adams, in Denver POe
Ain't no wild west any more.
Got 'cr tamed plum to the core;
Bad men o' the style that shoots
Lyln' sleepin' In their boots, u
'Cept a few, an' they re so meek
Ain't one of 'em dares to squeak.
Piety's the leadln' rule
In our new redemption school, .
With exceptions, It Is true.
An' they're not exactly fw. . , ,
Holy Bibles now are found
In our houses, nicely bound.
Fur that book so excellent
Makes a handsome ornament -On
tho parlor table, and '
Many an' many an' many a B!d
Claxps a prayer book, they say,
On the holy seventh day.
Pistols ain't no longer worn.
As a ornament; we'd scorn
1 1'sln' other than tho tools est :
I Proper In Queensbury rulrtS.s f f t,
In this great an' glorious west '
We've cut out the schutzenfest.
An' the rope we us't to bring; .
Into evidence to swing .
Fellers off & nature's floor
Isn't used here any more,
Cept for ropln steers, b'gosh,
An' fur hangin' out the wash.
Yes, we've got this gloryland
Civilized to beat the band,
An' In culture w kin prove,
Bv the experts, too, by Jove,
That we've got the Boston jtyle
Beat a plum whole statute mile.
Ain't no wlldness any more,
Kicked It out o' our back door , '
Long ago an' druv the beast
Hack toward the hot ol east.
Where, from what the papers say, v
It has pitched its camp to stay.
Extra Trousers
The suit of, last fall will be as good as
ever with a fresh pair of trousers. An
ticipating such a February demand, we
have taken broken lines and those left
from our best grade of suits, and marked
them
$ (f Real value
JoDU $Jand$6
Nearly all materials are represented.
There is plenty of cold weather ahead
from all appearances, and if you are not
properly clothed, remember our prices on
winter suits and overcoats are in nearly
every instance greatly reduced.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING
We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal-clean, hot, lasting
Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, 8team Coal.
Best medium grade is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump 46.25.
For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut $5.25; Lump
$S.50- 'A hct burner-Mlsnourl Nut large size $4.50: Lump
$4.75. 8cranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
8padra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
All coal hand-screened and weighed over art city aoalea desired.
COUTANT & SQUIRES, ,40V.,A.XnM.83TR"T