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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, APRIL f. 1903.
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That binding twine bill got through,
but only with a string to it on which It
may yet trip up.
The telephone lobby hns achieved a
famous victory at Lincoln and will now
return to Omaha to resume business at
the old stand.
In unearthing a valuable fossil in
Nevada California scientists have prob
ably discovered the real reason why that
country was created.
Three new eouucllmen and one va
cancy la the council to be filled all at
M.500 a year. Who is willing to serve?
Don't all speak at once.
The only wonder is that under the
loose methods pursued by the late dem
ocratic county board the overlaps In the
different funds are no greater.
One thing the lamented legislature
has forgotten. It failed to provide for
in enlargement of the political cemetery
where all good bills are buried.
The last legislature, like the last city
council. Is always the very worst we
ever had, even though Its predecessors
have been as bad as they could be.
The remstvos of the EQuitable Life
are gaining a little on the zemstvos of
Russia, but In neither case have the
officials fully defined their powers.
.When the club women of the country
have all joined the union there may be
hope of arbitration between the domes
tic servants' union and the Browning
Research alliance.
If the Auditorium management really
got the best of the grand opera finan
ciers it deserves special credit. The
operatic lmpressurlo proverbially drives
the sharp bargain.
, District Attorney Jerome will try the
"conspiracy" law on Nan Patterson.
This charge is almost as valuable to the
prosecution ns the "alibi" is to the pro
fessional criminal.
Judging from the latest Nebraska case
Mrs. Chadwlck made the fatal mistake
of not being committed to an Insane
asylum before beginning her campaign
for "easy" money.
The Douglas delegation will not be
met at the depot with a brass band and
a wagonload of flowers, but wo do not
know of any members of the delegation
who expected such' a demonstration.
With $1,500 a year members of the
council ought to be able to weather the
storm and lay by a small nest egg for
hard times when they are compelled to
Join the army of statesmen on the re
tiled list.
The sultan of Morocco would probably
appreciate the promise of preservation
of the independence of hls,eountry more
highly had it come from the premier of
France rather than from the emperor of
Germany.
Boulevards are all right in their way,
but to change the name' from street to
boulevard Just to enable abutting prop
erty owners to escape special assess
ments for the improvements U going
pretty strong.
The World Herald has at least found
one act of Governor Mickey's that it is
willing to commend namely, bis veto
of the anti-Chrlstlun Science bill. It
must havo hurt It, however, as much as
pulling a tooth.
When Governor Mickey appends his
autograph to the new Omaha charter
the Advisory board will have no moro
advice to give and the Board of Public
Works will have no more paving con
tracts to quarrel over but the people of
Omaha will not mourn.
INVESTIGATING PRIVATE CAR USES.
It Is announced that within a fen
weeks the Investigation of the private
car line abuses will be resumed by the
Interstate Commerce commission. In
quiry by the commission was begun last
fall, but the results at that time were
not altogether satisfactory, though the
information obtained was sufficient to
warrant the belief , that the private car
companies are to a great eitent reiou
slble for the system of rebates of which
there Is such general complaint and
which Is regarded as perhaps the most
serious phase of the railroad problem.
The private car line abuses are ad
mitted to be an injury to the railroads
as well as to the public, upon both of
which the companies controlling these
lines make exactions that are extortion
ate and utterly Indefensible. The rail
roads claim that they are compelled to
submit to this and necessarily the public
is at the mercy of the private car com
panies, which of course are concerned
only with the question of satisfying their
own greed. These companies take the
position that they are not themselves
common carriers and are not engaged in
Interstate commerce, and therefore are
not amenable to the law against un
reasonable rates, rebates and discrimi
nation. Thus between the plea of the
railroads that they do not own the cars
but pay a fixed contract rate for their
use, and that their own charges ore reas
onable and without discrimination or re
bate, and tho plea of the private car
companies that they are not subject to
the law, the shipper finds himself the
victim of extortion or of an unjust dis
crimination and apparently without re
dress. While the investigation mode by the
commission last fall did not conclusively
prove the charges against the private
car lines, a good deal of evidence was
elicited In support of the allegations and
it Is presumed the commission Is in pos
session of more such evidence or knows
where It can be obtained. It Is mani
festly of great Importance that the In
vestigation be continued and that all the
facts ascertainable be brought out, so
that the next congress may be fully In
formed on the subject If it should con
sider the question, as very likely It will
of providing for the regulation of the pri
vate car companies. It is presumed that
in prosecuting its investigation the com
mission will have the assistance of rail
way officials, who very generally com
plain of the exactions and extortion of
the private car companies.
A SOUTH AMERICAN IMBROGLIO.
There Is trouble between Colombia and
Venezuela, those two unfortunate so
called republics which are almost con
stantly Jn the throes of internal disturb
ance and are liable at any time to get
Into external complications. Among the
South American countries these two are
the most Irresponsible, as the United
States has learned in its dealings with
them, and It is not surprising that they
are now threatening each other. It 1b
needless to go into the details of their
present quarrel, which can have little
interest for any but their own people.
The relations between the two govern
ments have not been friendly for some
years, or since Castro became president
of Venezuela, and Colombia has been ex
cluded from trade privileges with some
of the Venezuelan ports.
It appears that while the Colombian
government is desirous of resuming dip
lomatic and commercial relations the ob
durate Castro persists in rejecting all
overtures to this end, although some of
his own people, whose Interests are In
jured by present conditions, want an am
icable settlement of differences. The sit
uation at latest advices was beginning
to take on a warlike, aspect and a con
flict Is possible, though neither country
is well prepared for hostilities. Both
are practically Impoverished and neither
could obtain any money beyond their
borders, while their own people are able
to furnish very little. A war between
them would doubtless be as farcical a
performance as are conflicts generally
between South American states, yet It
might be not entirely without good re
sults. If a war should effect nothing
more than to place the two governments
In the hands of a new set of men who
would administer affairs judiciously and
honestly it would be worth all it might
cost. As so-called republics Colombia
and Venezuela are about the worst gov
erned countries In the world.
THE EXCLUSION POLICY.
Outside of the Pacific coast there ap
pears to be no sentiment favorable to
applying the Chinese exclusion policy to
the Japanese and it is by no means cer
tain that on the coast the feeling that
this should be done is by any means
unanimous. The San Francisco Call says
that by the terms of the commercial
treaty with Japan the' Japanese iu this
country are upon an exact equality with
immigrants from any other country, and
a like equality U bestowed upon Ameri
cans in Japan. It says the interpreta
tion of the treaty has been already dis
cussed by the two governments and it is
well understood to mean that whatever
laws we pass applying to all immigra
tion and to all foreign laborers shall ap
ply to Japan.
If we want to exclude the Japanese,
observes that paper, It will be necessary
to have the treaty amended, as was done
with China. The Japanese government
has already let it be known that it will
not assent to any treatment of its sub
jects different from that given to the
people of other nations. In other words,
it adheres to the equality of treatment
secured in the commercial treaty. "To
advise that we proceed 'against Japan
with that treaty in existence is to ad
vise mischief," declares the Call. It ap
pears probable that an effort will be
made to bring this exclusion question
before the next congress, but lu the light
of present conditions, and prospects It
may reasonably be doubted if the advo
catea of Japanese exclusion will obtain
much consideration. That the appreben
ion of any axteaatfv Immigration from
Japan Is not well founded we think a
practical view of the matter will quite
conclusively show. Not only will that
country need all her able-bodied men
after the war for developing her Indus
tries and commerce, but she will seek to
distribute her citizens In Corea and
China and undoubtedly will offer Induce
ments to have them go to those countries
rather than to any western nation, where
they could be of no value in promoting
Japanese interests and ideas. The policy
of that government, therefore, will be to
keep Its people at home. The danger of
any considerable number of them com
ing to this country Is very small and
there Is no reason for the professed
alarm on this score.
MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY MERGER
For more than ten years The Bee has
advocated the consolidation of the city
and county governments with a view to
simplifying the assessment of property
and imposition of tuxes, and faciNtatiiig
the collection and disbursement of pub
lic fund. An amendment to the state
constitution was introduced nt the in
stance of The Bee In he legislature of
1SU5, but defcatexl through the Influence
of public utility corporations who were
then enjoying an extremely low rate of
taxation. The subsequent creation of
the office of city tax commissioner and
the decision of the supreme cotlrt requir
ing the assessment of public utility cor
porations on the basis of their capitali
zation removed the Incentive for further
opposition on their iiurt to the merger
of the city and county governments.
While a complete consolidation that
would enable us to create one govern
ment for Douglas county nnd the city
of Omaha cannot be affected without an
amendment of the constl'ution, the first
step In that direction has been taken by
the legislature, which has just closed.
Tho new charter for cities ' of the
metropolitan class and the supple
mental legislation to carry out the
scheme for merging the assessment nnd
tax departments of city and county will
do away completely with double assess
ments and duplicate treasuries, when
the terms of the present city treasurer
and city tax commissioner shall have
expired In the latter part of May, 1000.
How much of a saving in dollars and
cents will be effected by the change will
not bo known until after the experiment
has had a fair trial. A conservative esti
mate places the saving at anywhere
from $ir,X0 to $20,000 a year. By the
time the cogs and wheels of the new
machinery have been properly adjusted
it may exceed $25,000 a year. Had the
legislature passed the act creating the
elective office of county comptroller and
abolishing the office of city comptroller,
a saving of at least $."5,000 a year more
would have been effected.
Now that we have entered upon the
Inevitable merger of the county and city
governments we shall stop nothing short
of a complete merger. Gradually but
surely each succeeding legislature will
follow in the footsteps of its predeces
sor until the Greater Omaha, covering
the towns and villages within a radius
of ten miles, shall have been Incor
porated Into the County nnd City of
Omaha, modeled on the lines that have
been adopted by other metropolitan
cities whose municipal affairs are man
aged on business principles with the
least friction at the lowest expense.
The Independent telephone people
promise now to carry their fight before
the people of Omaha by asking them for
a franchise. That is their privilege in
fact that Is where they ought to have
directed their appeals all the time. Why
should the legislature give away valua
ble franchise rights In the streets of
Omaha without so much as asking by
our leave or allowing us to exact ade
quate compensation?
The report of the army and navy
board says the science of war hns ad
vanced to such a point that personal en
counters in the dark are to be expected
more frequently than formerly and that
"cold steel" will return to the position
It held hundred years or more ago.
Walt until the portable searchlight Is
perfected by which soldiers may be able
to turn night into day.
After trying its best to hold on to the
division headquarters of the rural free
delivery, Kansas City says it yields, to
Omaha because it does not need it. If
that's the case, just send us up a few
more of the government bureaus located
down at Kansas City. Omaha will
gladly take care of them all.
Messrs. Gaynor and Greene are still
doing their share to point out the defects
In the extradition treaty between the
United Stntes and Great Britain, nnd if
the lesson is learned they will be the
last of their kind to obtain such a long
delay before arraignment.
The president of the latest Ohio bank
to fail wants It understood that Mrs.
Chadwlck had nothing to do with the
closing of the doors, even though the
late Mr. Bockwlth was once Its presi
dent. He doubtless thinks that a scape
goat can be overloaded.
The legislature has authorized the use
of 'voting machines In future elections
In Omaha and the arrival of the votlug
machine promoter to open a school of
instruction In the city hall may be
looked for within the next ten days.
The address of President Mellen to
the Connecticut legislature indicates
that the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford was not one of the roads responsi
ble for the recent remarks of Mr. Eckels
on the subject of rate regulation.
Japaursv and Ilia Open Door.
" Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The Omaha Bee say a It does not believe
there would be the least danger to the
open door from Japanese success In the
wur, but. rather, that it would insure tho
maintenance of that principle. The Bee
will be confirmed in Its belief by the result,
but unless we lira greatly mistaken few
American manufactured good wtli go
through the open door. The Japanese will
attend to that rnrt of the business In
future.
Great Imlneementa to Diggers.
Washington Post.
The Panama Canal commissioners want
about oO.uoo men who are willing to go to
the Isthmus, take chances with tropical
fever and work for $12 a month less than
they can earn at home. Inducements like
that make tne transcontinental railway
lines shudder at the prospect of a speedy
completion of the canal project.
Man Without an Knemy.
St. Louis Republic.
Tou have no enemies? Then you have
never dared to stand up for the right
against wrong, vou hnve never protected
the weak against a bully, you have never
even dared to defend your own rights
against oppression. Had you done any of
these things you would have mnde enemies.
Even if you had done none of these things,
but simply achieved a little more success
In your business than did your neighbor,
you would have an enemy, for fnllure al
ways hates success. The man who has
no enemies should be ashamed of It.
Clone Watch on Senntora.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The attitude of t'nited States senators
on the subject of railway rates will be nar
rowly watched by the people when the mat
ter comes up for discussion In the fall,
and a possible result of the scrutiny may
be an improvement of the character of
the men chosen to the upper house of con
gress in the future. The corporations
have had their own way In tho senate for
a long while, but they cannot retain It If
the people rise In earnest, for when they do
they can compel legislatures to act in their
Interests and not as slaves of the trans
portation corporations.
Nothing: Succeeds Like Sneers.
Springfield Republican.
The applications in this country for por
tions of the Japanese loan, which was of
ferred to Investors in New York the other
day, mark a new era In Japanese finance,
so far ns America Is concerned. The rush
Is notable, it Is said, among small investors
scattered over tho land. The big life insur
ance companies alono will take $15,000,000,
and $20,000,000 or $26,000,000 more will prob
ably go to a few large banking houses for
distribution among regular clients. The
total amount to be taken here Is $T5,000,000,
and there are heavy applications from
France for some of that sum, showing
that French Investors are tired enough of
backing the nation that suffers steady de
feat.
Half-Daked Reformers.
William M. Daniels in the Atlantic.
Of all drawbacks to political reform
there is none to compare with the half
baked reformer. To the intelligent worker
for progress he is a scourge, nnd to the
godless spoilsman he is a blessing, a very
present help In time of trouble. This type
of crude enthusiast always has some
Cheap John device to "transmute leaden
instincts Into golden conduct," some quick
remedy that cures all the ills that mortnl
flesh is heir to, some claptrap notion that
is to precipitate the millennium tomorrow.
His crotchets repel the hardheaded voter,
and confirm the cynic in the belief that
evil is a Burd In the sum of things that
defies elimination. Today It is the refer
endum or the Initiative. Tomorrow It is
what is termed the "recall" an Ingenious
device whereby, on the petition of a cer
tain number of electors, any public officer,
on penalty of forfeiting his office, must
Immediately stand for re-election. I have
no doubt that ostracism In Athens was
lauded1 to the skies by this class of nos
trum fakirs, and that they sincerely be
lieved that the perpetual oyster shell was
tha price of liberty.
THE SEW ROOSEVELT.
"A Broader, Stronger, Clearer-Headed
and Better Man."
Leslie's Weekly.
In the new presidential term there Is a
new Roosevelt. A broader, stronger,
clearer-headed and better-balanced man
was Inaugurated on March 4, 1905, than
was inducted into office on September 14,
1901. He Is showing more poise than was
predicted for him. Ills Judgment is saner
than was expected, and it is usually saner
than that of the leaders of bis party in
the cases in which they disagree with him.
He has a firmer grasp on public opinion
than they. He is in closer touch with the
people than any president since Lincoln,
and the hostility aroused against him in
his party on any issue has been far less
Intense than was that which beset Lincoln
in several crises. In all his public utter
ances President Roosevelt's appeals are for
the people and to the people.
The new Roosevelt has the people behind
him in a far greater measure than did any
of his predecessors. His 2,500,000 plurality
in November, 1904, would be 3,500,000 or
4,000,000 if the election were to take place
in April, 1905. The Roosevelt of 1906-09 Is
not only a wiser and more sagacious man
than was the Roosevelt of l!)ol-05, but he
Is likely to live In history as one of the
country's clearest-brained and greatest
presidents. Some of the papers are attach
ing too much importance to his differences
with congress. His differences, it must be
borne in mind, are with the senate only.
The house has been on his side almost
from the beginning. Every president has
had trouble with one or both branches of
congress. .Even Washington did not es
cape it.
Madison, It was charged at the time, was
coerced by Clay, Grundy, Crawford and
others of his party into an acceptance of
tha war policy In 1812, as the price of his
renominatlon for president. With senate
or house, and sometimes with both simul
taneously, Jackson was In almost constant
collision. The whlga in both senate and
house on the bank issue repudiated Tyler,
his cabinet abandoned him and he was
read out of the party. Douglas rose in
revolt against Buchanan in the Lecompton
constitution fight in Kansas, and he
claimed, in his contest for re-election to
the senate In 1S58, In which he had Lin
coln for an antagonist, "I have two nets
of opponents in this battle, the black re
publican party and the democratic admin
istration at Washington."
Benjamin F. IVade ana Irenry Winter
Davis, the republican leaders, respectively,
in the senate and house, denounced Lin
coln violently In a letter to the New York
Tribune In NSW for his pocket veto of the
republican party's reconstruction bill.
Grant, in the Santo Domingo annexation
and other issues, was opposed and baffled
by an element in his party. A powerful
faction of It joined the democrats In 1872
against him. Not until the last half of
Hayes' term did he get the support of the
Cdtikllng faction of the republicans, and
their favor even then was rather con
temptuous. Garfield's fight with Conkllng
split the republican party for the time,
elected Cleveland, broke the spell of re
publican invincibility, end fur the moment
changed the current of American history.
Neither Harrison nor McKlnley had tha
unanimous support of their party In con
gress through all their service.
Mr. Roosevelt has fared better than most
of ills predecessor in his dealings with
congress. The house has been with him
on every important Issue except Cuban
reciprocity, und on that question it was
quickly won over to Ids side. His differ
ences with the senate have been lews sig
nificant than appeared on thu surface of
things, and have not altered his policy in
any perceptible degree. The senate Is dis
covering, as the house did two years ago,
that where It differs with Ilia president
tha president la apt to be right. Ha has
unquestionably tfce peopla on bis aid.
OTIIF.R LANDS THAI Ol H.
In spite of the fact, or possibly because
of the fact, that the Japanese, so far from
being a nation of horsemen, hnve probably
mnde less use of horses than any other
even moderately Important race not much
below them In Intelligence and c lviltaatlon,
they have felt and yielded to an Impulse to
honor with nn elaborate public funeral the
not very large number of these animals
that have given up their lives In the Japa
nese service; since the war with Russia
began. Judging from the brlrf reports of
the ceremony at Yokohnma It was of a
character distinctively Buddhist and In
cluded the bestowal of posthumous names
upon these unhappy victims of a struggle
certainly not their own. Just as i done for
the human dead by the practitioners of thnt
gentle cult, but the affair was evidently
much more Japanese than Buddhist, and It
Is very pleasant to see that the men who
are fighting with such desperate and effect
ual rou rage against a colossal antagonist
can find time for paying grateful honors to
humble, allies thnt never received any such
recognition In the occidental countries
where their military assistance has been
much longer utilized and to a much greater
extent.
A consular report a few months ngo re
ferred to a co-operation experiment in
slate quarrying In Wales, assisted by con
tributions from labor organizations all over
the country, and Intently watched by min
ing and Industrial Interests generally, as
Its success might revolutionize present
methods of conducting large enterprises.
The latest reports forwarded by the consul
at Nottingham state that the hands em
ployed at the co-operative quorry have
been gradually dismissed, till now but
three-fifths of the total number originally
engaged are at work. The outlook for the
undertaking Is very gloomy. No Interest
has been paid to the shareholders. The
entire capitnl, amounting to about $12i,000,
was subscribed by co-operative societies
and trades unions, and has been exhausted
in acquiring and developing the three quar
ries belonging to the society. There is no
money on hand to proceed further, and,
worse still, appeals to the trades unions
and co-operative societies for more capital
meet with no response. Unless money Is
forthcoming very soon the undertaking will
fall to pieces. As a result, the consul
states, co-operation in large industrial en
terprises has had a material setback.
Public attention in Great Britain Is be
ginning to bo diiected toward the improve
ment of the canal system. In an important
paper read the other evening at the Royal
United Service Institution in London a
prominent engineer advocated the national
ization and electrification of the canals. He
said that If the 3.DU0 miles of the system
could be bought at two-thirds of the orig
inal cost of construction, say 2,300 per
mile of length, then the capital required
would be 8,225,000. Calculating at 500
per mile for the cost of standardizing tho
locks, and 2,000 per mile for the electrifi
cation of the canals, then the total amount
required would bo 16,975,000. Allowing
3,000.000 for working capital, he thought
that a round sum of 20,000,000 would se
cure for the state a splendid transport
property. He then proceeded to argue that
Inasmuch us more that 60,000,000 had been
expended In tramway systems in the coun
try and that over 300,000,000 had been ab
sorbed in municipal work, the government
might surely be permitted to beoome the
owners of ah efficient, electrified, navigable
Inland water service. The electrification
of the canal system would provide a cheap
Bupply of electric power for transport
service, as well as for pumping. Irrigation,
plowing, churning, milling and vegetable
and flower growth, while the revival of the
inland navigable waterway system would
go far toward Befcurlng a new era of agri
cultural prosperity. Some of the feeder
canals, he suggested, might be converted
profitably into motor or cor ways. Only
state ownership, he maintained, could re
store the canals to general usefulness,
Ttte area of Venezuela Is 534,000 square
miles, after deducting the 40,000 miles
awarded to Great Britain by the arbitra
tion proceedings In 18S9. This Is approxi
mately twice the area of Texas, and con
siderably more than ten times that of the
state of New York. Its population, not
accurately known, approximates 2,500,000.
Its capital, Caracas, is a city of about
75,000 people. Racially, the people of the
country are a mixture. The native Indian
population exceeds 300,000. Foreigners are
estimated at a little less than 50,0u0, about
one-quarter Spaniards, one-fifth Colom
bians, one-eighth British, with 2,500 to 4,000
each of Dutch, Italians and French. This
misgoverned medley of white, brown, black
and Indian occupies one of the richest
areas of the parth's surface. It Is a land
of fertile soil, vast and virgin forests, and.
probably, endless mineral wealth. Between
18K4 and 1899 the Callao gold mines alone
yielded $23,000,000.
A British firm has Just constructed a huge
crane, having the largest radius of any
built, to be used In extending the harbor
at Capetown. Its working load will be
forty tons, which is not an unusual power,
but Its radlua extends to 115 feet, und at
that distance from the center of Its travel
ing carriage the crane has been tested with
a load of fifty tons. The height of the
crane from the ground level to the. house
roof Is fifty-one feet and to the crab rails
thirty-six feet. The lifting speeds are eight
feet per minute with the full test load of
fifty tons, and fifty feet per minute with
ten tons. The full load has to be com
pletely revolved In three minutes, and the
whole structure with Its maximum load has
to travel fifty feet per minute. All these
speeds were exceeded at the test, Tha
great power required to work the crane
may be gathered from the fact that tha
weight of the crane Itself, exclusive of bal
last, is 425 tons, about 300 tons weight being
In the superstructure and tho remainder
In the carriage. To this the ballast and
test load added about 1M, so that the total
weight to be propelled Is about 600 tons.
The missionaries in the orient express
gratification over the success of Japan In
the war with Russia, and that feeling is
highly creditable to the Japanese. They
have allowed the missionaries to pursue
their work without molestation, and there
la fair reason to hope that Japan will yet
become a Christian nation. General Kurokl
and General Oku are members of the Pres
byterian rhurrh, and Field Marshall Oya
ma' wife Is an ardent Christian. There
are 60,000 Christiana In Japan and they are
said to be rapidly Increasing in number.
Japan will see that the missionaries are
protected In Corea and will have great In
fluence In securing them Just treatment In
China. Russia, with her state rhurch, does
not tolerate missionaries and Is to a large
extent against religious freedom. Under
the circumstances Japanese control will ac
celerate missionary wqrk.
Private letters received In I-ondon report
that India has been experiencing a most re
markable winter tills year. At Allahabad,
within three degrees of the tropical line,
the mercury has several times fallen below
the freezing point, and on one night at
least in February touched 18 degrees. For
the first time wlthH) living memory lee has
been seen In the capital of the Punjab, and
at several placesln Rajputana and all over
northern Indiu "lowest on record" tempera
tures have been the rule. At Blmla. tha
mear temperature of which Is 63 degroes,
the cold was severe enough to freest the
atrtat hydranta a condition tha waterworks
officials have oaver encountered bafore.
POLITIC L DRIFT.
Tom Lawson Is now talked of as a re
form candidate for mayor of Boston.
Chicago vote. for city officers next Tues
day. Both sides are claiming everything.
Cap. Anson of base bnll fame Is trying
to make a heme run for an alderman's
seat in Chicago,
A messiey reformer in the Maine legis
lature had the nerve to Introduce a bill
prohibiting members of the legislature from
collecting mileage when they travel on
pnssea. Well, they didn't do a thing to
him.
The Philadelphia North American DrlnlJ
the picture of a member of the legislature j
resting from his labors at a distant sani
tarium on the day he was recorded as
voting on the passage of a bill nt Harris
burg. Fearing lest the prayers of the preachers
would have some effect on Mayor Weaver
of Philadelphia, a bright statesman has
Introduced In the legislature a ripper bill
depriving tho mayor of appointive power
and placing it In the hands of the select
and common councils.
A bill pending in the New York legisla
ture proposes to give old age pensions to
all employes of New York City on their
own application nftrr twenty-five years'
service, or at the discretion of a retiring
board after twenty-one years service, or
for physical disability after ten years'
service.
Massachusetts lias been piling up a state
debt for years at a rate that hns caused
Its public men great uneasiness. Governor
Douglas, like his predecessors, cries for
retrenchment, and the figures Justify his
demands for reform. The present debt, ac
cording to the figures quoted by the gov
ernor. Is nearly $loo.000.0oo, of which $30,SOO,
XK is of the direct debt and $65,0n0.000 is
the contingent debt.
Houston, Tex., is about to try the Gal
veston experiment government. A bill
which hns Just bicn signed by the governor
of Texas legislates out of existence the
officials of Houston elected at the last
election and gives all municipal power to
a commission of five, who will proceed to
transact the business of thP city ns though
it were a private corporation. The new
measure seems to have the general support
of the taxpayers and business men of the
city. ,
fifty Years the Standard
THE MOW SIMirKH XATIOX.
America Dlntanrri the World In
Number of Publications.
New York World.
The number of periodical publications of
all classes In the United States Is computed
by Ayer's Newspaper Annual for 1905 at
22,312. Canada has 1,168.
Nearly 90,000,000 persons In English-speaking
America havo therefore one periodical
for every 3,400 individuals. Scholarly Ger
many, which publishes more books than we
do, has but one periodical for 7,500 persons.
All Europe, the center of the world's his
toric culture, hns for nearly 400,000,000 per
sons fewer such publications than tho
United States alone.
Tho character and the geography of this
great press output are Interesting. The
newspaper press, from the tiny country
weekly to the great daily, and the popular
magazines are most familiar. Our schol
ars' magazines and reviews, published
usually In connection with universities nnd
discussing every phase of learning, far sur
pass those of England nnd Germany In
number and Importance. It Is In part be
cause of this fact, usually so little appre
ciated, that Prof. MunsKrberg, In his work
upon "The Americans," prophesies that it
will not be long before Europe will experi
ence a surprise because of American ad
vance In the Intellectual sphere similar to
that caused by our rapid commercial de
velopment. New York state has nearly one-tenth of
the publications of the country. The New
England states hns one-seventeenth, less
than their proportionate share for one-thirteenth
of the population. Western states
have considerably more than half he pub
lications of all classes from the dally up to
the weekly, but less than half of the maga
zines. Thirteen states have one-fourth
more weeklies, but one-fourth fewer dallies
tha.i New York and New England.
Hawaii has one periodical for every 4,000
inhabitants, Porto Rico one for every 40,000,
the Philippines one for every 250,000. Tho
home territories have one for every 1,720,
or about twice the proportion for the whole
country. Oklahoma alone has ten times as
many papers as the Philippines for a pop
ulation which was at the census period
less than one-twentieth as great.
PARCELS POST.
Postal Advantages Gained by Treaty
but Denied by Law.
New York Tribune.
We are really at last to have a parcels
post service between this country and that
other country with which we need it most.
Great Britain. The arrangement, which
should have been made long ago. Is at last
complete. After this week it will be about
as easy to send a small packet of merchan
dise to England as to send it from one part
of this city to another. Indeed, It will
actually cost a little less In postage fees,
while In respect to weight and size and
other details the service will be fairly
generous.
This is a great gain. But It Is a step,
and nothing more. It Is not a finality.
There is most need of a parcels post with
Great Britain; but there Is much need of
such a system between this country and
every other civilized country under the
sun. We shall not be satisfied until there
is a parcels post on liberal terms with
every member of the international postal
union. There Is urgent need that this Bhall
be effected, a need that Is growing every
day.
For the Importance of such postal facil
ities Is Increasing. Telegraph and telephone
have not supplanted the mail bag. They
have taken away some of Its business, but
they have actually developed and created
more than they have taken away. If people
often use these newer and more rapid
methods of communicating their thoughts,
they have all the more need of the older
methods of Interchapglng material objects.
The more telegraphing and telephoning
there Is, the more goods will be ordered
and the more need there will he of a
method of transporting them promptly,
safely and cheaply. We may talk by light
ning, but we cannot thus convey goods.
For the latter purpose the parrels post la
needed and every atep toward the com
plete aatisfaction of that need is cordially
to bo welcomed.
A Hint Worth lleedlnar.
Inlianapolis News.
In indicting a Beef trust representative
for endeavoring to Influence a witness, the
federal grand Jury at Chicago evidently
takes the position that the law of self
preservation Is' not applicable to the pend
ing cane.
Hade, from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
SMI!.!N REMARKS.
Mrs. Perk (contemptuously) What are
you, anyhow, n man or a mouse?
Henry Peck (bitterly) A man, nn dear.
If I were a mouse I'd have ymi up i: that
table yelling for help, right now '. i 'lev , land
Lender.
Goodman Gonrong No use to call at dla
house? Why not?
Tuffolrt K i i 1 1 1 1 I stopped yere wunst an'
axed dn woman fur a handout. She guv
me wot she said was n oyster cocktail. I
tuck de oysters out nn' t rowed 'eni away,
and den I foun.l It wasn't no cocktail at
all. Chicago Tribune.
"Don't yon think the trusts are assuming
too much Importance?"
"A trtist," answered Senator Sorghum,
"doesn't have to Hssttme importance It
has importance thrust upon it." Washing
ton Star.
Piker It would be Interesting to trace
the origin of some of the common remark
of the day. For Instance, I wonder who
orlgintinl the expression: "It never rains
but It iours."
Wlseinan Nonh, very probably. Phila
delphia Press.
"Novelist Henrv James savs that tha
American girl Is attractive, but she lacks
eluslveness.
"What does that mean. Henry?"
"Guess it monns you can t lose her
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Mrs. Nagget," said the doctor, "your
husband needs a rest. He must go to Eu
ro;"" for three months."
"Oh, splendid:" she exclaimed, "I'll be
delighted to go there."
"Very good! You can go for threw
months after he conies bark. That will
give him six months' rest." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Does the innocent prattle of children
nnncr vou?
"No." answered the old-fashlone 1 rlt'1
zen. "Prattle would tie a relict, nut rr.
dren nowadays correct your grammar am
sk vou oucHtions about geology." Wash
ington Star.
"H ATT Kit VP! PLAY I1AI.I.!"
James Barton Adams, In Denver Tost.
Hatter up! Play ball!
X'... u,,nn ti.tll i-imr Ihfl UiMilKiillin iTV.
And from cue h eager router s eye
iixpeciani lire win in rcriy u"
in sort of incaiidescnu glow:
The pphere will trom the pitci.er shoot.
The baiter swat It in the snoot,
And men will pound their hands and yQ
t ii.. I,,., ,.i r, a.xl itum lAhetu!k
XjinC Ut'lllwilB ju.-.v . .,... ....... v-
And faces will Ily out ot phapo
With wild excitement, nil an ape
Would look around with social grin
And feel that he was 'mong his Kin.
He'd better quit! ,
He couldn't hit
A balloon.
Or the moon.
With a slat
For a bat!
(InriH ee Vni !
That's what 1 call
Ball.
By gol!
Je-ru-sa-Ium!
But that throw was bum!
Say, that was a bird!
Got 'im on third!
Whoo-ray!
Yll! Yeouw!
That was a play
For yer whiskers! Now,
Bobbv, old socks, it's up to you!
Show' what you can do!
Woo-oo-oo!
Run! '
You son, of a gun!
Another three-bagger! No,
By Jo!
It's a homer!! Hoo-ray!!!!
Give me room!!!! Git away!!!!
Whoop!!!! Wow!!!!
Ylp!!!l Yow!!!!
(Faints.)
Same old rooters! Same old cranks
Holding down the blistered planka,
Snme old rubbernecking sports
Giving vent to angry snorts
When a play
Don't go their way;
Same old luke-warm soda slop,
Same old crispy corn do pop.
Same old sourdrops. same old gum.
Same old tnffy. yummy-yum!
Same old cushions, full of germs
Same old peanuts, full of worms;
Same old umpire cussers, nnd
Same old we'uns In the stand.
Batter up!
Play ball!
COCOA
la distinguished from all others by
i us tun navor, delicious quality and I
auboiuic puniy.
Th Loiciiry luctipt Book unl FRgg.
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We don't believe you helie.re what we say is not so advertised? Vos,
seme by ourbelves. Considerably by our competitors, tiplendlly by
our customers.
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fidence; we will see that you profit by it.