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    TIIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1903.
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8al) M, B. HUNdATE, -
Notary Public.
Four years more of Teddy.
. It Is plain that outdoor circus weather
Is not the best stimulus, for an indoor
circus.
Binger Hermann evidently "burned
the letters'", and bow a federal grand
jury Is mean enough to Indict him for
it
Not to be out of fashion, the Omaha
city council promises, (.a, furnish a dead
lock over, the vacancy in its member
ship. ' ,r
Colorado legislators cannot complain
pf too ljttfe choice, when they corner to
considering the reports -of the guberna
torial contest committee. T !f
The anti-slot machine bill introduced
at Lincoln is threatened with extinction
unless someone comes -to its rescue.
Where is the CMcfedQratipn.l - - ,T..
' V " v, i' , '-V
Roosevelt has "been i.ar. record-breaker
all his life and chances, are good that he
will break his own record for record
breaking in the next four years.
The tlnje is here for the Federation
of Improvement clubs to put Itself into
commission once more and renew! the
campaign for beautifying Omaha.
The czar is asking for suggestions as
to how to improve conditions in Russia,
but will probably object to any sugges
tion be has not already decided upon.
Reports from Japan indicate that the
army of the Mikado will feast on cold
storage beef when tjia ice' releases the
ships, and that Russia will foot the bill.
If the program as arranged Is carried
out at , Washington today the president
should kave enough of the . strenuous
life to hold him 'until the next congress
meets. ' " . ."
Russian, workmen might be willing, to
forego the discussion of politics If the
government did not denominate as 'poli
tics everything it does not want discussed.
Iloweir water bill No. 2, with amend
ments,, has passed both bouses of the
legislature and will,, doubtless, soon be
come a. law. We shall then see what
W0 shall nee.
Omaha architects are . busier right
now than they have been for many a
day. In a few weeks Omaha builders
will b busier than they have been for
many seasons.
In appropriating public funds for the
cointuemortitlou of the first settlement
of Anglo-Saxons on American soil con
gress has reached a point where it can
wfth dignity refuse to go back of that.
in the light of the recent speech of
Senator Kearus the Junior senator from
Utah could not have been displeased
with the action of the committee carry
ing bs case over until the next session.
Consolidation and centralization in all
branches pf local government seems to
be the, mainspring In all the legislation
premotett-by the delegation from, this
county that Is o say, la all except the
water board.
St, Louis "get-iich-qulck" xoncern
will par Its victims' 2 cents ton the dol
la, which goes to show that the general
rut f '"suckers" bas about as much
business Judgment as some Ohio bank
era; w$o bit on Chadwick bait
A bill bas passed the Missouri house
of representatives granting St. Louts a
larger measure of home rule, especially
conferring upon the mayor the right to
appoint the board of police commls
loners. Mtssourlnns fear the precedent
established in electing Folk to office will
not always, be folio ed,
. ; TH ISAIQZ&ATIQX'
The inauguration of a president of
the United States Is. an event of na
tional Interest. The office of chief ex
ecutive -of this republic .with Its popu
lation ef more than 80,000,000, Its vast
weal tbi and Its large influence among
the nations, is a position of the highest
honor and of great responsibilities. The
constitutional powers of the president
are more extensive than those of the
head of any other nation, with the ex
ception of the autocrat of Russia. He
la the commander-in-chief of the army
and navy and he has control of .an
enormous patronage. He to a very large
extent defines the policy of the govern
ment, especially in regard to our for
eign relations. He cannot declare war,
but he may commit the government to
a course conducive to war. He can
exert more or less Influence upon legis
lation, Wben there is a congress In
political accord ' with the administra
tion.' ne can remove at will civil offi
cials whose tenure is not fixed by
statute,, and In the military and naval
service promotions and assignments
are wholly subject to his authority. The
great powers of the chief magistrate of
the republic have rarely In our history
been abused. .
When Theodore Roosevelt takes the
oath of office today he will be the first
vice president wbo ..became president
through the death of the chief executive
to be elected to the presidency
Nominated without opposition, his elec
tion was by the greatest popular ma
jority ever given a presidential candi
date an overwhelming attestation of
the public confidence in him. Mr.
Roosevelt is now even stronger In the j
confidence of the people than he was
last November. He has since shown
the earnestness and, sincerity of his
purpose to do all that Is within ex
ecutive power to protect the Interests
of the people. He succeeded to the
presidency with a promise to observe
the policies of his lamented predecessor.
That promise has been fulfilled. With
a deep sense of his duty to enforce the
laws, he has earnestly endeavored to
perform that duty and with notable suc
cess. He, will continue along the line
thus far pursued. Immediately after
his election Mr' Roosevelt announced
that he would not be a candidate for
another term. No one familiar with
bis character can doubt the sincerity of
this declaration. He will nter upon
the presidency "In his own right" with
out any political ambition to serve an
with an already well-defined policy, so
far as our Internal interests are con
cerned, to carry. That he. will be suc
cessful in this la not to be doubted, be
cause he hns an overwhelming major
ity of the "people with him. '
. This will be a day of pageantry at
the . national capital. The Inaugural
procession will probably be the largest
ever seen in Washington and It will be
In some respects unique, as there will
be In it 'Rough Riders, Philippine
scouts, cowboys, Porto Rlcans and In
dians. ' It is expected that there will be
not less than' 2S0.000 visitors in Wash
ington" ' If the weatlveK (s propitious it
will be a memorable day at the nation's
capital.
present congress has not been as eco
nomical as It was expected to -be, in
view of the existing disparity between
revenue and expenditures. The advo
cates of economy were able to do some
thing, but their efforts did not avail
very much and the total appropriations
of the Fifty-eighth congress are consid
erably in excess of thbse of the preced
ing congress. The omissions of the con
gress thst comes to an end today can be
supplied by the next congress, for which
purpose it Is likely to be called In extra
session.
' TUB' FIFTT'SIQHTH CONGRESS.
At noon - today- the Fifty -eighth con
gress expires. It has made a record
which, if not all that the country ex
pected or hoped for, is yet on the whole
creditable and received last November
the unqualified approbation of the elec
torate of the nation, as shown in the
greatly increased number of republic
ans chosen to the next house of repre
sentatives. A statement of the work done by this
congress has already been given In the
dispatches and ehowsthat the majority
party has not been lacking in Industry
or wanting in an earnest desire to pro
mote the general welfare. There has
been some entirely commendable legis
lation, the benefits of' which will be
realized later on. There might have
been more, but failure in this respect is
only for the time being. There has
been a general hope that the question
of rate regulation .would , not be
deferred to the next congress, but
while the house of representatives
responded to this desire the sen
ate balked and the subject must
be dealt with by another congress. In
the meantime, by direction of the sen
ate, its committee on Interstate com
merce will consider the matter of ad
ditional legislation for regulating rail
way rates, with Instructions to make a
full report of its proceedings by bill or
otherwise within ten days after the
meeting of the next congress. It Is not
easy to see what new light such an
Inquiry can throw upon the ques
tion, which has been, most thoroughly
discussed in congress, by the Interstate
commission and by the public press, but
It may help to keep alive interest In the
subject, though certainly not .necessary
for this purpose, since- the public Is al
ready fully aroused on the question and
determined to secure, Booner or later,
the needed legislation. .
The present congress is to be credited
with the action necessary to beginning
the construction of the' isthmian canal
and also with ordering Investigations of
the Beef and the Oil trusts. A report
of the investigation of the former has
Just been made by the chief of the bu
reau of corporations, the more impor
tant pert of which are for the present
withheld from, the public. Preparations
are making for the Investigations of the
OH trust, which is likely to be found
a long and difficult task, since it is
understood that the trust Intends to
offer resistance at. every point. The
friends of international arbitration have
been a good deal disappointed at the
action of the senate in amending the
treaties negotiated with seveji European
nations, thereby delaying If not defeat
ing an exchange of ratifications and
possibly, postponing indefinitely arrange
ments of this nature, deemed to be very
essential to the advancement of the
cause' of arbitration.
la the matter of BrjronriaUons the
T1MK TO GET TOQKTHKR-
The senate has killed the proposition
to re-submlt the call for a constitutional
convention,1 which) was voted down at
the last election, and the house has
shown Its disinclination to change tho
constitution by amendment by refusing
Its sanction to two constitutional amend
ments originating In the senate. If the
senate Bets its face against a convention
and the bouse persists in opposing the
direct submission of amendments, the
two bodies whose concurrence Is neces
sary Mill be at loggerheads on methods
of constitutional revision and no relief
whatever will be held out from present
chaotic conditions of constant and fla
grant disregard of our fundamental law.
Members of the legislature will find
themselves sadly mistaken if they de
lude themselves with the belief that
there Is no positive demand among the
people of Nebraska for a modernizing of
their state constitution. The defeat of
the convention proposition last year sim
ply means that the voters prefer re
vision by amendment to the more costly
revision by convention. It means, also,
that they are pot willing to take the
chances of losing through a convention
the good features of the present consti
tution, wlthVnly a possibility of better
ing the bad features.
It will be admitted that no amend
ment will have a prospect of ratification
against which there Is any considerable
opposition, but tliere are several obvious
and necessary changes on which there
will be no disagreement, and the legis
lature owes it to its constituency to
formulate these, amendments and put
them ori' the way to Incorporation into
the constitution by popular vote.
It Is high time, therefore, for the two
houses of the legislature to get together
through their appropriate committees
on a Joint program of constitutional re
vision. Five or six carefully formulated
propositions touching the vital ' points
ought to be agreed upon without much
difficulty. If the present legislature
falls to take action toward -constitutional
amendments it will disappoint a
large majority.of the people and Jmpalr
popular confidence In party promises.
The Lincoln Journal has compiled a
table ?f figures which constitutes, a
pretty strong argument in favor of di
rect primary nominations. It has esti
mated that the cost of. railroad fare
alone for the delegates who attended
the last republican state convention,
computed at one Tare for the round trip,
came pretty close to f 4,000,' and that
this money was paid out either by the
delegates or by someone else for them.
Figuring along the same line for the
state conventions of other political par
ties, and for the congressional, sena
torial, representative and county con
ventions preliminary to the last year's
campaign, it reaches the sum of approx
imately 50,000 as the lowest cost of our
present convention nominations, and It
asserts that the cost of direct primary
elections could not be much, more than
half of that amount. These are figures
the lawmakers will do well to study
over.
In the matter of bills Introduced the
present Nebraska legislature Is making
quite a respecteble record, both houses
falling short of the number credited to
their immediate predecessors and con
siderably below the average for legis
latures In this state. The last fusion
legislature loaded the bill files up with
half again' as many measures as the
present republican body of lawmakers.
It Is quality rather than quantity that
counts.
It looks as if the bill to charter an
other bridge across the Missouri river
between Omaha and Council Bluffs bad
been relegated by the United States sen
ate to a condition of Innocuous desue
tude. And to think that the Omaha city
council passed a resolution which was
sent down to Washington duly orna
mented with signatures and seals offi
cially endorsing the demand for another
bridge charter.
South Omaha real estate agents are
nothing If not persistent The Issue of
city ball bonds on authority of the last
city election having been blocked by the
courts, they propose to try again with a
resubmission proposition at the coming
municipal election. It is safe to say
that if the city already owned the land
available for the site the. ardor of the
real estate dealers would be distinctly
diminished.
If promisee could be depended oa the
Kansas oil refinery would have no
dearth of patrons when it begins to ship
Its product, but before tbls can be posi
tively known the Standard Oil com
pany's new rate sheet will have to be
consulted.
If the packers had shown Mr. Gar
field' a little more regarding the profits
or losses on each bead of stock, the cat
tle raisers might have been charged
with conspiring to impoverish the phil
anthropists who run the packing bouses.
The man who wants to make street
car transfers good for two hours Is alto
gether too modest He should ask for
a 5-cent ticket entitling the holder to
ride continuously or Intermittently any
time from sunrise to midnight
A Palates,
8t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Japan has undertaken the purchase of
out mors island for csjOUig Uatloni.
Th mikado tn hear something to hi ad
vantage by addressing the Fhlllpplne de
partment, U. 8. A. ;
Hot Foot for Harbin.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat'
Having been notified that the war will
continue, Japan has proceeded' to push
things all along the line. The early spring
campaign will be a hot one If the Russians
try to bold the Mukden position.
A National characteristic.
Boston Transcript.
The government bureau of statistics says
Americans use the greatest quantity of
cofTe of all nationalities In the world.
And then they pretend th characteristic
nervousness of the rao I all the result of
"hustle" and th strenuous life generally.
Right Ip vrlth the Times."
Chicago Chrsntcle.
Th United State) navy Is marching on
all right. Every year's naval appropriation
but provide for a few more peacemakers
of the most approved pattern, and it Is a
long time sine one of them, was sunk by
anybody.
Rocky Day for Boodlera.
Baltimore American.
California senators accused of accepting
bribes have been expelled from the legisla
ture of that state. For seme occult reason
or other, the way of the transgressor is un
usually hard this season. Maybe tho pub
11 o conscience Is rousing from its apathy.
It begins to look that way.
The Point of View. -
Baltimore American.
When the report ran that Russia was
favored in the decision of 4h North sea
commission Great Britain became gloomily
doubtful of the benefits of arbitration. Now
It in the other way. It Is Russia that will
perceive the practical Inutility of arbitra
ting quarrels Instead of the good old way
of pitching In and letting the best man win.
Torn on the Lam.
Chicago Chronicle.
The. best way . to find, out whether there
are any unlawful business combinations
is to prosecute under the criminal laws
those who are believed to be guilty of
violating the statutes. A pretty fair arti
cle, of Justice 4s furnished by the United
States courts and a verdict one way or the
other will have considerable weight with
reasonable people.
. . Varied Hesoorera of Alaska.
New Tork Tribune.
The sale of a mountain of cinnabar in
Alaska for $1,600,000, or nearly one-fourth
of the original price paid for the entire
territory, is suggestive of many reflections
even to Americans of today, but what
would Pliny, who held that cinnabar was
a mixture of the blood of the dragon and
the elephant, have had to say had such
a discovery been made in his day?
Discing- the Bin- Canal.
Boston Globe,
The celerity with which under modern
conditions the Isthmian canal can be dug
is Indicated by. the estimate of .the chief
engineer that with 100 steam shovels in
stalled, wlth'.a. complete system of tracks
serving them, a yearly record of 80,000.000
cubic yards of excavation may be reached
without requiring, a greater output per
shovel or greater Speed In working than
has a tread y been attained. And the magni
tude of the undertaking is shown by the
statement that, at this, rate of progress, to
complete a sea level canal, with a tidal
lock 1,000 feet long, and 100 feet usably
wide,' at MIraflores, will take from ten to
twelve year
Wouldn't This Jar Von.
Railway - World."
' New Jersey may lag. behind the western
states In developing . a correct theory of
railway -valuation, but the stand of Its t&x
commission. In advocating equal assessment
of all kinds of property, personal or cor
porate', ' Is ' a ' vast improvement over the
confiscatory - recommendations of some
western commissions.. All that the rail
roads ask at the hands of the tax authori
ties Is eqilallty of treatment with other
property owners. At, present they do not
obtain this equality of treatment. Whether
a measure of Justice shall come to prevail
In this matter depends quite as much upon
the development of a correct understanding
of the relation of the railway to the state
as upon the evolution of systems of tax
assessment and tax distribution.
CHAACE TO ACHIEVE FAME.
Demand for National Hymn American
In Words and Music.
Philadelphia Ledger.
General Horatio King, remarking ia a
New York newspaper that Americans
would be delighted "with a national hymn
of which both words and music shall be
by Albicans." assert that we have poets
"competent to write the words," and haz
ards the conjecture that our amateur and
professional musicians will come to the
rescue with the "appropriate music. ' We
doubt it We wish to see the "competent
poets," and we yearn to hear the musical
gem. American patrlotlo societies and all
good Americans would tike to know ant
to be convinced that American geniuses
exist who shall Joint immortal words to
celestial strains, and thus express the
genius of the great republic
In 1801 the "Rhode Island Society of Cin
cinnati offered a gold medal as a prise
to th musician who should compose the
best mualo for Dr. Smith's hymn, "Amer
ica" "My County, "lis of Thee;" and of
the 617 compositions received that by Ar
thur Edward Johnstone was adjudged the
winner of the prise.. "Old wont and use,"
however, have bound to "America" the
tune of "God Save the King," which the
English In turn took from Germany, and
Mr. Johnstone's composition "cannot get
itaelf sung" with our present national
hymn. "America" Is a hymn of merit
which rouses the patriotism, if not the
blood; but It doe not fulfill th Ideal of
many Americana. What is wanted la a
genuine outburst of patrlotlo song; a pow
erful, Impetuous, sweeping lyrio, deep as
the foundations of the republic, fitted to
rouse the lion in the heart and to soothe
the savage breast.
Where are our competent lyrio writer
and our inspired musicians? Sydney
Smith's gibe to the effect that nobody
reads an American book and the like has
lost its sting and truthfulness. We have
done many things. We can build bridges,
form trusts, make railroads and machinery,
anl "beAt all tarnation" at piling up
money, but th American muse seem to
be mute. Some Americans have a desire
for something besides money; some must
crave fame, and the man or woman who
write the American hymn and composes
the muslo for It will achieve Immortal
fame.
Why are the Americans so Inglorlously
mute In th realm of song? Where or our
Heine and our Ooethea? Why is It that
America produce no melodies? Scraggy
Scotland has In Its simple songs produced
on the bleak hillsides a hundredfold mose
melody than America has produced. Ire
land, prosy England and Its stolid swains
have their tuneful songs, their character
istic folk muslo and melody, and America
sings nothing not stolen from other lands,
unless It be a most hideous or tawdry
"popular" song. Our college song ar a
standing reproaoh to th nation and people.
In th darkest middle ages. In the most
benighted of countries. In far Cat h way, In
every German village. In every German
university, some beautiful song has been
mad and sung, but our college professor
and our college youth ar content with
"Bingo Farm" and th rawest and most
UiUMfglDf Wld VUtat "fcfcWf.S''
rOUTICAl. DRIFT.
Bo far the Pennsylvania legislature has
passed an average of on bill a month,
both were salary bills.
. With the death of George B. Boutwell
passe th last of the Seven governors of
-Massachuaset who were born In ins.
The legislature of Kansas promise to go
th limit. A bill has been drafted to pro
hibit th use of paper rings on cigars.
Five member of the Pennsylvania delega
tion In the house of representatives ar
anxious to succeed Governor Pennypacker.
, Th unanimous expulsion of four mem
bers of the California state senate Illus
trate the dangers of accepting marked
money.
The Tubbs antl-tlpplng bill ha been de
feated In th Missouri legislature. Here
after Mr. Tubbs will cough up or wait on
himself.
The pernlolou activity of the Law and
Order league of Philadelphia prompted a
legislator to Introduce a bill placing such
Societies under state supervision. The In
troducer of the bill Is A. Pfuhl.
Colonel Jack Chlnn, Blue Grass hero, I
striving to break Into the band wagon.
"Roosevelt Is my kind of a man," he ex
claimed. "He does things. Changed my
party? Not milch. I am a Roosevelt
Bryan democrat"
Congressman John A. .Sullivan of Boston
achieved unexpected honors as. a result of
his oratorical bout -with Congressman
Hearst A proud father in Ohio an
nounces that he has named his boy baby
John Sullivan Jones.
The greatest strain ever put on prayer Is
going on In Philadelphia. Unable to move
the authorities by ordinary vocal appeals
or at the ballot box, the ministers of the
city and thousands of laymen are holding
prayer meetings, hoping that Providence
might Interpose and persuade the mayor
to suppress notorious public evils. To put
tho "fear of God" Into the hearts of poli
ticians who have carried the local eleotlon
by 100,000 majority takes much more than
hu.ma strength.
They have an eye for business out In
Portland, Ore. As soon as It was known
that. Senator Mitchell, Representative Her
mann and other prominent dtlsens had
been indicted for complicity In land frauds
a man who owns an opera house came
around to the representative of . the De
partment of Justice with a proposition
which, he said, had a mint of money In It
for the government and himself. He
wanted to hold the trials of . Mitchell and
the others In the opera house, charge an
admission of 60 cents a head and divide the
receipts with the government.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST IKFAIRNESS.
Straggle for Equal Itlaht from
Monopolistic Trusts.
Youth's Companion.
All the protests of recent years against
the monopolistic tendencies of the trusts
and the rate discriminations of the rail
roads Is a revolt against unfairness. It
has been mistakenly, called an attack upon
Invested capital. - .
There Is a wide-spread feeling that under
present conditions of trade one man may
secure, such great favors In his business
that there can be no effective competition.
If this be true some men and corporations
owe their success less to greater ability
than to an opportunity and willingness to
obtain and use privileges from which rivals
in trade, more scrupulous than they, are
excluded.
In response to this feeling the officers of
the national government began suits
against various large combinations of cap
ital. The Northern Securities company was
dissolved by order of the supreme court on
the ground that It had been formed In vio
lation of the laws passed to prevent the de
struction of competition and the formation
of. monopolies.: The combination of meat-
packers was found to have been using un
fair and Illegal methods of business, and
the injunction against its operation was
made permanent.
Some of the railroad companies have been
returning part of the amount of their
freight bills to favorite shippers In the way
of rebates. They have thus destroyed the
power of less favored shippers to compete
for business. Hence the demand for some
sort of effective government regulation of
railroad ratea
The people regard the railway a a public
highway, and this view is supported by
the decision of the supreme court that th
railway companies are really the trustees
of the people in the management of these
highways. Therefore they hold that the
small shipper should have the same rights
on these highways as the large shipper,
on the principle that the man who writes
two letters a year has the same right In the
postofnee as the man who writes 2000.
No one know today how this demand for
fair play will be met, or whether the first
remedies applied to the evils will be effec
tive; but It Is certain that the abuses
against which the people are protesting will
In some way be removed.
PEDIGREED CORN.
Advantage of Planting- the Best Seed
Obtainable.
Kansas City Journal.
There la considerable fluctuation In the
statistics, but In round numbers the farmers
of the United States raise about 3,600,000,000
bushels of corn each year. The value of
this crop usually exceeds $1,000,000,000. These
figures are so enormous that in the abstract
they almost surpass conception. They can
be best underotood by comparison. The
American supply constitutes five-sixths of
the annual crop of the world; and If put
on a solid wagon train that could be started
toward the moon, the first wagon would be
60,000 mile beyond that silvery orb before
the last wagon had left the earth. It Is
worth ton times more than the annual out
put of all gold and silver mines In opera
tion; yet practically all of It Is consumed
within twelve months from the time it is
harvested. Thousands upon thousand of
people would die of starvation If the crop
should fall. ,
So th American corn 'crop Is th most
Important crop that Is grown. But In spite
of th enormous figures which must be
used in expressing the slxe of this crop, the
Agricultural department at Washington de
clare that it could be doubled without ad
ding one acre to the present producing area
and without any bothersome increase of
time, money or labor to the farmer. This
wonderful undertaking could be accom
plished, as the department has proved, sim
ply by using pedigreed corn for seed. The
average yield, last year was twenty-five
bushels to the acre, but a large number of
farmers who followed the guidance of
science raised the yield on their farm to
fifty and even to 100 bushel to the acre.
If the bills of an ordinary cornfield have
one stalk with a well developed ear they
will yield fifty-five bushels of corn to th
acre. If each hill hss two stalks, bearing
such ear, the yield would be mora than 100
bushel per acre, while with three corn
bearing stalks the yield would be ISO bush
els. This Is a pleasing mathematical prob
lem which can be proved and reduced to an
actuality by any farmer who will plant th
beet aeed only, and cut out th barren
stalk a soon as they show their worth
lessness. The Agricultural department at
Waahington will give suggestions and as
sistance to every farmer who desire to
teat this theory and Improve his crop.
Aatl-Fat Treatment.
Indianapolis News.
Not only has an Iowa woman been feed
ing each member of her family for a year
on an average of cent a day, but sh
points with considerable pride to the faot
tfcat am fctts s Unn J a(&ii,d vltii gout
OTHER LANDS TU AN Ol RS.
It sm probabl that at the next gen
eral election In th United Kingdom the
new labor party will' play a more promi
nent part In Scotland than they have been
able to tak before. Th leaders are
boasting that they will run candidates of
their own In at least one-sixth of the
constituencies. It Is not generally believed
that they will succeed In carrying out this
Intention, but it I certain that they will
hav mor candidates In the fit-Id than
they ever had before, and the knowledge
of this fact is causing some anxiety to
both liberals and tork-. Th former, who
are likely to be most seriously affected,
appointed, nearly a year ago, a "concilia
tion committee," whose duty it Is to pre
vent a three-cornered contest whenever
It is possible to do so. Thus far this com
mittee has not been particularly success
ful, except In Glasgow. The labor lead
ers declare that they will contest every
constituency In which they can control
any considerable number of votes, and as
their forces are recruited largely from
the liberals, the latter are uneasy, as any
considerable defection from them would
greatly diminish their chance of captur
ing unionist seat hekt by narrow majori
ties. The reported agreement between Eng
land, Russia, France, Italy and Austria
In regard to th maintenance of the exist
ing statu of Crete, will make the position
of Prince George, the governor, very diffi
cult He has for some time past earnestly
advocated annexation to Greece, or an ad
ministration by that kingdom similar t
the rule of Austria in Henegovina. In
behalf of this plan. Trine George visited
various courts without the slightest suc
cess, as now appears, unless we except a
provision that the International status of
the Inhabitants may be changed by a
plebiscite, In the far distant future. Prince
Oeorge Is perhaps himself to blame for
the desire of the nations to continue the
present Joint control, Ms administration
having not only quieted a distressed and
turbulent people, but having practically
taken Crete out of active international
politics. Union with Greece would, how
ever, apparently be the best solution of
the question Involved.
King Alphonso of Spain says that rather
than not he would wait two years before
he Is married. The youngster is In a mat
rimonial snarl that Is not of his own mak
ing. His people believe he should be mar
ried and he expressed a. preference for
Princes Victoria LoUiee, the only daughter
Of Kaiser Wilhelm. That young lady's
father, however, vehemently protects that
he will not consent to have his daughter
abjure the Lutheran to accept the Roman
Cathollo faith, so that marriage is off.
Princess Patricia, daughter of the Duke of
Connaught (of the British royal family),
might be willing to adopt Roman Catholi
olsm, but Alphopso's mother, ex-Queen
Christina, prefer Arch-Duchess Gabrlolln,
of Austria, .who Is already of the Romish
faith. Meantime there ore cliques In the
Madrid court, as In all courts, and the mat
rimonial question is m'aklng enemies of
former Mends and a lot of trouble for the
people most interested.
Another great engineering achievement is'
to be recorded in the final piercing of the
tunnel under the . Slroplon pass, opening
a new thoroughfare between the north of
Europe and the Mediterranean. With Its
length of twelve miles from Brieg to Iselle
It becomes the longest of all tunnels, but
it has been, preceded as a cutting through
the Alps by three, others, the Mount Cenlst
the St. Gothard and the Arlberg tunnels.
It will help to turn trade again Into the
Mediterranean and will Increase the Im
portance of the port of Genoa. Even mor
notable than the length of the tunnel have
been the engineering difficulties that hav
been met and surmounted In the . heart
of the mountain, conveying 'lessons second
In Importance' only to th commercial value
of the undertaking. The peculiarity of the
Slmplon tunnel is that it is pierced through
at a low level, the Swiss and Italian en
trances being only about 1,200 feet above
the sea. The gradient Is therefore easier
than that of any of It competitors. The
successful piercing of the Slmplon may lead
to further construction at a low level, re
gardless of the length ' of tunnelling re
quired. Although King Oscar II of Sweden and
Norway has Just passed Into his seventy
seventh year and Is "officially" declared a
far from well man. It should not be sup
posed that his retirement from active par
ticipation in state affairs In favor of Crown
Prince Gustaf is a permanent matter.
Twice before he has relinquished the reins
of government In similar circumstances,
and these periods of partial royal eclipse
have always been marked, as Is the present
case, by an acute stage In the negotiations
between the Swedish and Norwegian cabi
nets for Independent consular services. It
Is an open question whether the aged mon
arch actually wears himself out over tho
notorious futility of the negotiations or
whether he retires at the propitious mo
ment as a rebuke to the Irreconcilable ele
ments of his governments and a natural
bid for both Swedish anJ Norwegian publlo
sympathy In his thankless and hitherto
Fifty Yesrs tho Standard
IJada from pure cream ot
tartar derived, rem grapes.
fruitless task. AS a matter of fact, old age
sits lightly upon the kingly, kindly visage
of this grandson of Marshal Bernadotte,
and It was only the other day that th
Swedish press circulated a oharacteristio
episode at hi expense. The king takes
great Interest In elementary education, and
on his birthday, January 21, while visiting
a primary school, ho requested th teacher
to allow him to conduct the class whose
lesson at the time happened to be Swedlsli
history.
MIHTHKIL. REMARKS.
: r .
"De man dat mokes d mos' noise In dls
Worl'," said uncle Kben. "sometimes gltsi
de credit foh what othor people manage to
do In spite of his disturbance." Washing
ton Star.
"Marrying on a salnry has been the mak
ing of mnny young men," urged father.
,TYes, 1 know that," replied the spoiled
Son. "But suppose your wifo loses her sal
ary. Think what a position It leave you
In. Cincinnati Tribune.
The Adored That hateful Gtissle Rick
en didn't send me an Invitation to her
pnrty.
The Adorer Well, don't censure the gtrL
Bhu probably wants to be the prettiest on
there. Philadelphia Press. ,
i
Orator Allow me, before' I clnge, to re
peat the words of the Immortal Webster
Farmer Feddershucks (In a stage whis
per) My land! Merla, let's git out o' here.
He's a-goln' to start In on the dictionary!
Cleveland Lender.
"Do you ever realise, my ehlkt," said
the philanthropist, "when you look at those
ftorgeous and beautiful feathers on your
iat, that they are pulled from, living
ostriches, at the cost of mufh paJn and
suffering?" ' -
"I do"' said Miss de M"1r, "and it al
ways wrings my heart. Why don't they
chloroform the poor creatures?" Chicago
Tribune. !
Aunt Jane I guess Mr. Spender must be
a neat person.
Edith And what lead you t that opin
ion? Aunt lane He told your ITncle Georg
all his clothes but those upon his back wer
hung up. Some men, you know, throw their
things 'round anywhere. Boston Transcript.
Tenderfoot I suppose you always keep
your gun loaded? . .- ,
Westerner Oh. yes. Unloaded guns do
lots of damage in some parts of the coun
try, but we-wouldn't trust, 'em out tier.
New York Press. ,:
"My next door neighbor Is a meddling
fool.'' .
"What has he dope now?"
"Why, he cleaned all the Ice off hi side
walk and that made me a little careless,
and when I struck my own walk I slipped
down In tho sluah and bumped my crasy
bone." Cleveland .Plain ieaier.
Methuselah chuckled. .
"A man past his usefulness at 40? ' he
snickered. "What sort of a figure would I
have cut iii history If I had quit at that
age?"
Hereupon he sent out cards for his JOOthj
birthday party. New York Sun.
INAUGURATION,
Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly.
He takes the oath of offloe clad
In plain and simple black.
No Jeweled crown upon hi brow.
No legions at his bock.
He needs no gilded-chair of state,
Nor crimson canopy;
Ills throne Is reared in every heart
That beats from sea to sea.
He gazes on the motley throng
In window, street ana square.
And breathes a deep and earnest vow
To servo the meanest there.
His fame is no exotla growth
Of forum or of state
A mighty people's love and trust
Have mode him truly great.
The farmer with his plodding team,
The scholar with his book,
The negro In the cotton Held,
Tho urchin by the brook.
The Indian at his wigwam door.
Where forest shadows fall
The president at Washington
1 Ia father to them all.. ... , ,
A man of Hon heart la he,
And courage high and bold;
He rides to down deceit and wrong
As did the knights of old.
The soldier's dauntless spirit serves
To do the etateman's will;
He led the charge at San Juan, i
He leads the nation still. -
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