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TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE: MONDAY. APRIL 10. 1903.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Dotitlaa County, as.:
Oeorge B. Tzschucli. secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The fmllv, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
iii jiiiii in innrcn, -.wo, was as iouows:
1
27.1570
8 2R.ORO
4 ao.roo
6 so.nflo
6 S.S.070
7 27.IIAO
8 2D.HOO
9 SS7.NOO
10 2,05O
li ao.Kio
12 81,000
13....' 27,KftO
14.... it,8SO
16 27.0SO
18 27,840
17 2,S0
18 SO.7O0
19 RO.OOO
20 27.880
a 28,100
22 27.0BO
28 27.3
24 28.B30
25 31,000
26 31.010
27 37.HO0
28 28,000
29 28,020
80 28.1O0
81 28.BOO
Total 8011,080
Less unsold copies 0,8-13
Net total sales 883,235
Dally average 28,550
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Subscribed In my- presence and sworn to
before me this 31st day of March, 1906.
(Seal) U. B. HUNUATiC,
Notary Public.
Governor Mickey has reappointed hta
entire staff of deputy oil Inspectors.
Now watch the World-Herald throw an
other fit.
Omaha's bank clearings show up all
right In the comparative weekly table
that serves the country as a business
thermometer.
The Soap trust had better subsidize at
once the whole bunch of Chicago female
physicians before they rule soap alto
gether out of the dally routine.
Trinidad is maintaining Colorado's
reputation for lawlessness, but so far,
has not been able to surpass the record
of the last Colorado legislature.
Senator Burton says he will not resign
until bis case is disposed of, but at the
present rate of progress his successor
will have qualified before that time.
Government ownership of the Panama
railroad will give the government a
chance to show how a railroad could
be run without preferential agreements.
.In about, thirty days the race, between
the Hessian fly and the boll weevil will
begin but guard against premature an
nouncement of results on the Board of
Trade.
Whllo Santo Domingo will pay for the
collection of Its customs by American
agents Uncle Sam will probably foot the
bills for the ships which are to prevent
smuggling.
Omaha never yet hud a new charter
parts of which at least were not con
tested In the court. So, If the latest
escapes litigation, it will be the excep
tion to the rule.
From the Joy shown at St. Petersburg
over the fact that Itojestvensky had
eluded the Japanese elilps one can not
help wondering if the admiral was sent
to the orient to avoid a fight.
, If there 1b no Intention on the part
of the Water board to establish reduced
water rates, then that wonderful resolu
tion transmitted to the council must
have been nothing but a grandstand play.
Gentlemen Interested In questionable
transactions ou the Winnebago reserva
tion can gain useful information by
reading dispatches from Oregon, where
the seed planted by Father Schell is
now bearing fruit.
HEARINGS AS TO RATE REOVLATIoN
According to present arrangements.
the committee on Interstate commerce of
the United States senate will begin next
week on healings directed by the senate
on the subject of railroad rate regula
tion. The chairman of the committee,
Senator Elkins of West Vlrglnlii, has
been since the close of the extra ses
slon preparing the lists of men who are
to be beard on the various phases of the
question and It is expected that the in
qulry will be very comprehensive, going
into the subject thoroughly, as demon
strafed by Its very great Importance,
It Is said to be the view of the chair
man of the committee that one of the
most Important things to consider Is the
question of the constitutional limitations
upon the power of congress to regulate
the railroads, and especially the const!
tutlonal limitations upon the rate-mak
lng power. Ills view Is that if a law Is
to be passed that will accomplish any
permanent results It must be a law that
will stand the scrutiny of the supreme
court of the United States and that will
not be declared to be unconstitutional
the first time a case under It is carried
before that tribunal. With this end in
view It Is the intention to ask some of
the leading lawyers of the country who
are not connected with railways to give
the committee the benefit of their opln
Ions on certain legal and constitutional
questions which will be submitted to
them. While It may be well to do this,
tt would seem that the decisions of the
supreme court already have defined tho
powers of congress in regard to railroad
regulation with sufficient fullness and
clearness to enable -the lawyers In
congress to frame a measure that
would be pretty certain to stand
the scrutiny of tho highest Judl
cinl tribunal. However, the opinions of
lawyers not connected with the rail
roads might prove valuable In helping
toward the preparation and enactment
of a law that would accomplish perma
nent results.
It is equally and perhaps even more
Important that the senate committee
shall obtain the views of men who
have given years of thought and study
to the question of railroad regulation
and who are familiar with the matter
from the public point of view. There
are many such persons throughout the
country from whom the committee can
secure much useful information and
suggestion and these should be heard on
the practical phase of the question. The
committee has abundant time in which
to purse its inquiry' and it should spare
no effort to make It comprehensive and
thorough, not restricting it to lawyers
and railroad managers. It will be dis
appointing to the country if the commit
tee does not make Its hearings as com
plete as possible.
The action of the Buptlsts Missionary
union should indicate to John D. Rocke
feller a way of getting rid of his sur
plus without exciting the country aud"
also explodes the old idea that oil and
water will not mix.
It Is greatly to be feared that Colonel
Tibbies will not think so much of Mr.
Beige after he starts his paper as a
comiMtitor In the reform press field
where the grass is already too short to
furnish nourishing pasture.
Newfoundland is starting out to show
New England fishermen Just what they
have lost by opposing the reciprocity
treaty, but it these Yankees are driven
too far they may discover fishing
grounds which will put Newfoundland
out of business. '
The president Is after ' nothing but
quadrupedal wolves In the Indian Ter
ritory this trip, but it is possible his
visit may later result disastrously to
some of the bi pedal animals who hare
been playing the part of the wolf to
ward the Indians.
The odious and odoriferous cigarette
may be banished from Omaha cigar and
tobacco shops, but there is nothing to
prevent the cigarette fiend from replen
ishing his supply direct from the manu
facturers, and perhaps after all the
manufacturers will not object to reaping
Uit retailers' profits themselves.
AN ERRONEOUS VIEW.
European speculators take an erro
neous view of the meaning of the
action of the president in the Santo
Domingo matter, when they as
sume that it implies a purpose on the
part of this government to become the
collector of the debt due to Europeans
by the independent countries of this
hemisphere. A few days ago there was
a marked advance In the prices of South
American bonds on the London Stock
Exchange. This was due to a feeling
that Mr. Roosevelt had constituted him
self collecting agent for the world in
regard to all claims running against the
South American republics, the effect of
which was to start speculation lu the
bonds of those counties, many of which
were run up to double their former
prices. One of those engaged in boom
ing the bouds was reported in the dis
patches as saying: "Roosevelt has made
up his mind to free the whole South
American continent of debt. What he is
doing in Santo Domingo he is going to
do everywhere else. Santo Domingo is
a precedent, and it will only take two
or three more cases to make It an es
tablished principle that every debt
owing by a South American republic is
guaranteed by the United States."
European investors who accept this
lew and buy the bonds of South Ameri
can countries at greatly advanced prices
will not have to wait long in order
to discover their mistake. Mr. Roose
velt has no power or authority to do
what these foreigners assume he intends
to do, nor has he any such Intention as
they ascribe to him. His interpretation
of the Monroe doctrine, while somewhat
broader than that of his predecessors, by
no means Implies that our government
shall become a collector of debts for
Europeans. The action taken In regard
to Santo Domingo has no such meaning.
The assistance to be accorded that re
public In order to safeguard it against
threatened foreign aggression and to se
cure Its domestic tranquillity does not
necessarily bind our government to
odopt a like policy as to other republics
In this hemisphere which are in debt
to Europeans. It Is, admittedly, a de
parture, but It does not establish a
policy that must be extended and be a
permanent purt of our relations toward
the Independent countries of this hemis
phere. There are many who doubt the wis
dom of the president's course In the
Santo Domingo matter, but it is mani
festly a most erroneous view of that
action to assume that it meons that our
jjovernnient Is to guarantee every debt
owing by -the republics In this hemi
sphere to foreigners. There Is nothing
In what President Roosevelt has said
or done to justify such a view. The
United States will continue to take all
legitimate methods to protect the coun
tries of South and Central America
against foreign aggression. It will still
Insist that none of those countries shall
be despoiled of territory by any Eu
ropean power. It will maintain the
Monroe doctrine. But it will not become
a debt collector for Europeans.
A PL ACS FOH RETRKSCHME NT.
Under the limelight of publicity the
Douglas county hospital as conducted
under various managements up to a
recent date has been more extravagant
than any other f our city or county In
stitutions maintained at public expense,
The records show that In almost every
item of expenditure there has been au
Inexcusable Increase of expenses from
year to year. A few extracts from the
statistical exhibit recently compiled for
The Bee at a great deal of labor and
expense will suffice: .
In' 1807, with 144 Inmates, the ag
gregate cost of maintenance of the
hospital was f 111,140.15; the next
year, with an Increase of only six In
mates, it had risen to $22,049.72; with
an Increase of seven Inmates the next
year It hud risen to $30,337.14; in 1900,
with 104 Inmates, the aggregate cost of
maintenance of the county hospital was
$34,404. In 1904, with only twenty In
mates odded, the expenses hnd run up
to $43,578.09. In other wordsv within
seven years the number of poor farm
Inmates had Increased from 144 to 184
and the expenses had Increased from
$22,049.72 r year to $43,578.09 a year, or
almost doubled.
The comparison of a few Items of ex
pense will show where the Increase was
most marked. If not absolutely scandal
ous. In 1897 the drug bill aggregated
$925.88; the next year It was down to
$743 and for the year 1004 it amounted
to $4,809.01, or more than five times as
much as for the year ending December
31, 1898.
The bill for feeding horsea and cattle
at the poor farm in 1897 was $235.80; In
1898 it was $349.99; for 1004 it aggro
gated $1,124.08, or more than the cattle
and horses fed at the county farm would
sell for.
Most flagrant of all was the increase
In tho whisky bill, which In 1807
amounted to $39; in 1898 It was $160.03
and in 1904 had reached its high whisky
mark $725.12.
A thorough overhauling and checking
up of all expenditures at the county
hospital Is Imperative in order to bring
that institution on a business basis.
An important decision affecting real
estate owners in the city of Omaha, which
Is also applicable to South Omaha and
other cities in the state, has been ren
dered by the supreme court. The ques
tion Involved was the right of the city
to impose a special sewer tax on ad
jacent property benefited by a sewer
replacing one previously built, for which
special sewer taxes had been collected.
The court holds as follows:
1. The power to make public improve
ments and to assess the cost thereof upon
property specially benefited thereby con
ferred upon municipal corporations, Is a
continuing- power and may be exercised
whenever the public need demands.
2. Where a city has In good faith adopted
and carried out the plans for a sewerage
system of a competent sanitary engineer
of high standing in his profession it Is not
chargeable with the cost of additional or
substituted improvements made necessary
by the growth of the city.
8. The inadequacy of the Six-Inch sewer
between Twelfth street and Sixteenth street
In the city of Omaha was largely caused
by the Increased capacity required by rea
son of business buildings of large sice
having taken the place of residences at
that locality.
4. When a person files a protest against a
special assessment with the Board of
Equalization before the time fixed In the '
published notice for the meeting of the
board he thereby waives any defect In the
notice. . . .
6. A city, under certain circumstances,
has power to create a new sewer district
within the limits of a larger district and to
assess the cost of a new sewer in said dis
trict upon the abutting property therein
according to special benefits received.
6. Under the evidence in this case the I
special benefits were practically confined
to the property within the new district,
that each lot therein was specially bene
fited and that the front foot method was
not Inequitable under the circumstances.
view as to its work. "The administration
offices of the commission," he says, "will
be In Washington, but the headquarters
will be moved to the Isthmus." That ts tho
right place for headquarters and for the
officers of the commission.
r.
The Jews and Infantile Marti
LeMle's Weekly.
Striking and significant testimony to the
care and wisdom exercised In Jewish home
life, and to the excellent and salutary char
acter of the sanitary regulations Imposed
by the Jewish faith, was brought out in a
recent address by a prominent English
physician before a Manchester society de
voted to the promotion of Improved hous
ing. According to this authority, while In
fant mortality In Manchester Is "almost
as high as It was fifty years ago," there
was one part of the city where It was com
paratively low, and this was in the Jews'
quarter, where the "mothers stop at home
and look after their children and whose
law In relation to the vessels In which
they keep their food are very strict." He
had found, also, that In Hungary, with Its
Immense Jewish population. Infant mortal
ity Is lowest among these people.
Military Theories Ksploded.
Springfield Republican.
Official returns by the Russians, which
seem trustworthy, now fix their total losses
In killed, wounded and prisoners at Muk
den at 107,000 men. The Japanese have ac
knowledged total losses on, their side as
about 67,000. These figures contrasted
make It Impossible to argue for the Rus
sians at any conceivable point In strategy.
tactics and fighting power. For, while
Oyama probably had a numerical superior
ity, Kouropatkin was on the defensive. That
the Russians fighting a defensive battle
could have suffered losses about twice as
large as their enemy's would have been
deemed Impossible before the war began
Modern weapons were supposed to Increase
greatly the life-preserving abilities of an
armr Intent merely upon holding its ground
But night attacks and other adaptations of
Infantry and. artillery combat to new condi
tions appear to have restored largely the
old equilibrium between the attack and the
defense.
PERSONAL NOTES.
A statue of General Lew Wallace is t
be placed In the national gallery of statues
oy tne state of Indiana.
One of the oldest living- Osaes Is Bare
Legs, now about 80 years old. though he
aoes not seem to be more than 60. Bare
Legs Is one of the old-time fiillbloods who
pine for the days and conditions of long
ago.
The auction sale of thirty-one obsolete
British warships which cost about $15,000,000
lor less than 1700,000 confirms the familiar
contention that If a big navy is a form of
national life Insurance it is not an inex
pensive one.
J. T. M. Pierce of Yankton. S. D.. who
failed In a magnificent speculative career
for about $3,000,000 ten years ago, has re
cently assumed the office of superintendent
of publio Instruction of the Republlo of
Bolivia, South America.
Frank D. Comerford, the Chicago news
paper man who was expelled from the Illi
nois legislature for making charges of graft
which he either failed to substantiate or
was not given a full opportunity for doing,
has been re-elected to the legislature.
James H. Hyde, who Is engaged In a
fight for control of the Equitable Life In
surance company In New York, is paying
the penalty of his celebrity. Wherever he
goes he is followed by a volunteer entour
age of detectives, reporters, snapshooters
and plain curiosity seekers.
F. M. Cockrell, ' jr., son of ex-Senutor
Cockrell, Is the Inventor of a sugar cane
cutter that promises to revolutionize the
ugar planting Industry of the south and
at the same time , to make its Inventor, a
millionaire. His machine will do the work
of more than 100 men.
A New Castle," Del., church takes back
the Increase of salary it Intended to give
Its pastor because he married a different
girl from the one picked out for him by his
parishioners. That seems to be extending
the sacred prerogatives of the sewing circle
a little further than Is usual.
Now that South Omaha has decided
to bond Itself for the acquisition of
Syndicate purk, the owners of vacant
lunds In the Magic City are working up
sentiment for a popular demand for
more parks In order that the children of
South Omaha may have more play
grounds and more breathing space. All
that Is needed to carry out this at
tractive program is more bonds.
Our amiable popocratic contemporary
Is playing up the exposure of monopoly
profits on the street lighting In New
York City os a convincing argument
for municipal ownership. When the
question of municipal ownership was an
issue in Omaha, however, in the propo
sition to vote bonds to construct a city
electric lighting plant the demagogues
all took the other end.
When the United States starts to re-
survey Rock and Brown counties it Is
possible it will find the statute of limi
tations have run against the men who
drew pay for making the first survey,
which Is understood to have been made
from the Missouri river.
People who want to pick flaws In the
new charter can doubtless find Incon
gruities and inconsistencies, but those
who try to read it in the light of the
Intent of its framers will have no diffi
culty In making It work as a frame of
municipal government.
, Bravery ia the Essential.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It is quite evident that the president
wants It understood that where brave men
are concerned the color of the uniform cuts
no figure. 1
The Inexorable Cinch.
Chicago Tribune.
Owing to the operation of the Inexorable
law of supply and demand the price of coal
will begin again on May 1 to make Its reg
ular monthly climb of 10 cents. Verbura
at.
Shlnlnc Mauls of Prosperity.
Baltimore American.
Both the Imports of precious stones and
automobiles to this country have Increased
over last year. Uncle Sam seems to be
pretty well satisfied with the times as
things go.
Tool for Different lees.
BoBton Transcript.
It Is General Chaffee's conclusion that we
hould not try to make the bayonet at onco
a weapon of offence and an agricultural
Implement. In other words, we should keep
our swords and our plowshares distinct.
Headquarters at the Ditch.
Philadelphia Press.
President Shonts of the Panama Canal
comiuUsloa starts out with tbs correct
A WARMNG FROM CHICAGO.
Corporatlona Scourged.
Philadelphia Press.
The Chicago corporations refused to bend,
and they are broken. The majority for
E. F. Dunne, the city franchise candidate,
Is one of many signs that the plain voter
will grow tired of having his streets owned
and run by corpoiatlons he does not con
trol, which give him a poor service and
reap large profits.
An Important Experiment.
New York Sun.
Mr. Dunne Is a lawyer. He knows the
difficulties that he must meet and over
come. The experiment he Is to manage
Is perhaps the most important yet un
dertaken by an American municipality.
Its success or failure may have a great
effect on the progress of Mate socialism
throughout the country. For this reason
It will be watched with Intense Interest
from one coast to the other.
Driven to It.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Many competent observers of the Chicago
situation, who have foreseen that 60,000 or
more republicans would vote for Dunne,
declare that Chicago, in spite of the fact
that on three separate occasions besides
the present election, the people by refer
endum have declared In favor of municipal
ownership. Is going Into the business most
reluctantly. Their verdict Is "driven to
ward municipal ownership ay Intolerable
fraud." The stealing of franchises by
bribery in the councils and legislature,
and the wretched service, due to the ne
cessity for the payment of dividends on
watered stock, have driven the people to
the frame of mind where they are eager
to make their servants who have been un
faithful in a few things masters of greater
activities.
Overreaching; Cleverness.
New York Evening Mall.
The publio service corporations of our
cities have had another warning, possibly
the last warning, added to those which in
the last two years have sounded across
the land like alarm bells rung at night.
What they all may expect Is Intimated in
the words of Mayor-elect Dunne as to the
Chicago companies; "They have floated
$117,000,000 In bonds and Blocks upon tangi
ble property estimated at less than $30,
000,000. We are not going to buy their
stocks and bonds." With all their ovor
reachtife cleverness, the Chicago traction
companies find themselves In the plight of
the man who sat on the end of the limb
and sawed between himself and the trunk
of the tree.
A Doubtful Experiment.
New York Globe.
In the meantime the city of Chicago will
be confronted with a peril that ia threat
ening every large city in the land. No
one who is thoroughly Informed in regard
to the experience of other cities, here
and abroad, with municipal ownership and
municipal operation combined, ran view its
adoption by a great city, ruled as all our
great cities are, with anything but the
gravest alarm. Municipal ownership with
private operation is one thing, but inunlcl
(1 ownership enmhlned , with municipal
operation is quite another, and this Is what
Chicago Is committed to by yesterday's
election. The whole country will watch
eagerly to see what she will do with It
f Et OP THE rillI.!rPI:E.
Facts Aboat the Islands Compiled by
the Government.
The census bureau at Washington has
mode public In detail the results of the
first complete census of the Philippine
Islands, taken tinder the direction of Gen
eral J. P. Sanger, t. 8. A., a year ago
The finished report. In four volumes, sup
plements the advance Information In bulle
tin form with Instructive facts of general
Interest.
The total population of the archipelago
as returned from $12 Independent Islands Is
,K35.4:. Of this number almost 7.000,000
are more or less civilized. The wild tribes
form about 9 per cent of the entire popula
tion. The civilised tribes are practically
all adherents of the Catholic church. The
Moros are Mohammedans, and the other
wild peoples have no recognised religious
beliefs.
The total population, according to the
most reliable authorities. Is a little more
than four times as great as It was 100
years ago. During the same period that
of the United States multiplied almost
fifteen, times. The excess of birth rate
over death rate In the Philippines has been
large, In spite of sudden and great losses
ss a result of epidemics of various dls.
eases,
Inspection of the statistics of nativity
show that over 99 per cent of the civilised
population of the Philippines were born
in the archipelago. The foreigners number
about 60,000, of whom nearly three-fourths
are Chinese. Over half of the foreign born
live in the city of-Munlla alone. Exclusive
of the army, there are 8,135 Americans In
the inlands, and they ore located in nearly
one-half of the municipalities
For Health and Economy
use
Caluraneit
Baktod Powder
Used in Millions of Homes;
STATE PHESS COMMENT.
Alnsworth Stnr-Josrnal: It is almost
unanimous opinion of the members of the
legislature that the present session has
leen a record maker In the matter of the
ability of the members, In the class of laws
Tho sexes In the Philippine islands are pa'""" and ln the klnd of b1118 whlch wprc
divided verv nearlv ennnllvr this fact re
sults to some extent from the presence of " u"uu w. pmpumuun.
foreigners, almost all of whom are males. Stuart Ledger: The legislature of Ne
In Manila, where the alien population is braska did not overlook the best Interests
large, about three-fifths of the Inhabitants of monkeys, parrots, quails and beasts of
are males. The Chinese population is al- the four-footed fpecles, Including prnlrle
most entirely male, but the Japanese, "y mueirm-iteu iweniy-neven
though few in number, are divided almost b"18 t0 ,ower exorbitant freight rates, that
equally between the two sexes. The aver- wu'd nave brought material good to count-
age age of thu Dormlutlon Is 23.9 vears. lpB8 People ln every town and hamlet ln
whllo that for continental United States I "eorosaa,
Is 26.3 years, and that for the negro popu- Kearney Democrat: Every public official
latlon of tho United States is 3.2 years. within the state of Nebraska Is now au
thorlzed under a new law to give a guar-
The maloritv of those reDorted as literate antv company's bond at the taxpayers' ex
can read and write only In their native lan- Pcnse- lr things go pretty wrong between
a-uaee. More than half the noDulatlon mw ano lne silling or tne next legislature,
can neither read nor write ln any language, 11 wl" prooamy De asKea to pass anotner
and of the 44.3 per cent able to read less law compelling the taxpayers to pay the
than one-half can write, whllo the number guaranty company all losses that ft may
able to both read and write constitutes only I und
one-fifth of the population at least 10 years Central City Nonpareil: If the members
of ago. Only 1.5 per cent have received a I of the legislature had worked only half as
superior education. I hard during the whole session as they did
Limited as are the educational facilities I the last week there might have been some
In the Philippine Islands under the beat con-I thing accomplished worth while, but they
dltlons, It Is interesting to observe that tho I dawdled along, wasted precious time and
females have received far less advantages I at the last moment crowded through a few
than the males, for while about two-thirds I measures of importance that would have
of the males who were taught to read were I been the better, however, for more careful
also taught to write, only one-fourth of I consideration
the females received equal instruction. At Tilden Citizen: The governor's veto of
the lower age periods the proportion of the bill providing for the establishment of
those who know how to read ana write in- a binder twine manufactory at the pent
tentiary is Justified by the clause ln the
constitution which limits the state debt to
$100,000. But that debt has already grown
to about twenty-two and a half times the
constitutional limit. It seems pretty late
In the day to use the constitution as a foil
creases, reflecting the marked increase ln
educational facilities for both sexes. The
Increase in the proportion for girls Is espe
cially noteworthy. The number attending j
school, as shown by the population sched
ules, Is 811,715. This number far exceeds
the returns shown on the school schedules, against Indebtedness.
PrODOUiy DeCSUfSe me caienuiir J toi WnMre.ro Prnro- Th rtnmloo nt h
not conform to the scnooi year, ine sex . , vi,.vo iiai.. m,M ,ir.,,v,ti0
proportions among those attending school have bppn ,egs BprloUB to the ,axpnvers of
are 64.8 for males ana w. iur iC..Co. )h f . h . th tnlclnB. ofr nccnTrf,a .omn
bers of the legislature. Men do that from
good motives as well as bad. When the
governor of Nebraska spoke of "iiiitr.nn
meled advisers'' he coined a sentence that
will stand, for It means something. Tliey
are there nlong with the rest nml en
those who have a special and ri-rhnps a
selfish Interest In some measures may le
untrammeled as to others ami give, as
wholesome and honest advice ns any one.
Indeed, it is not proof that a measure is
had because Interested men nre on the
ground to favor It. A member of the l.-fcts-lature
has all these conditions to meet and
he must be strong and wise enough to do
so without compromising himself.
Weeping Water Herald: The press nf tlie
state received a terrible roasting from
some of the members of the legislature Just
before adjournment. We know the hoys
Will feel cut up over the matter, but don't
apojoglze, as there Is no necessity. It was
conceded when the legislature convened
that there was not much to do, and they
succeeded In doing It. The last hours of
the legislature were devoted entirely to
panegyric praise of themselves and of the
good work they had done. Tho newspaper
men were abused and denounred with epi
thets for criticising the. lawbreakers and
for receiving transportation from railroads. '
Bear in mind, self pralso Is cheap, and
smells bad. Remember, also, that the news
paper man gets his transportation from
the railroad company, on condition that he
advertise the business for tho corporation.
Just tho same, ho advertises for the mer
chants and takes cosh, groceries or other
things of value In payment. But the law.
maker who gets transportation gives noth
ing In return except his Influence and)
vote. This is simply bribery.
LINES TO A LAV Gil.
Those attending school are almost entirely
persons of school age, more than half be
ing between the ages of 10 and 14. Of the
total number of children of Bchool age 37.6
attended school.
time along about January 1. So fur as
much of the legislation that promised well
Is concerned. It hae not happened yet, any
more than If that august body known as
the Nebraska legislature had not been ln
session for some sixtv odd davs. Of course
A mntnritv of the Filipinos farm small I the nn.a atiestlon. railroad regulation and
tracts of land, and those rtving near the Knjre(l questions have been' threshed once
coast alternate this occupation with fish- morei j,ut as In the past .the result of this
lng. The women divide their time between biennial process reveals little but political
duties of housekeeping and the weaving of chaff
hats, mats and cloths, and are, therefore, Central CUy Nonpareil: One would think
Included among those engage! In gainful
occupations. This fact accounts ioi tne
excessive proportion of wage-earners, who
form no less than 43.5 per ceni oi w.c ...v-
lllzed population. The numDer oi
wage-eurners ln the Philippines Is propor
tionately double that of the United States
and three times that of Porto Rico and
Cuba.
Among the Filipinos themselves there are
1 3'6 physicians, 676 priests and 727 lawyers.
Nearly one-half oi tne wim -b
i ... .... anioHmen. Of the for-
ers are mercuuum
eign or white popuiauu j.......
are engaged ln agriculture, uuU
found ln the trades and professions,
oivtv nercent of the population of the city
of Manila are employed in gainful occupa
tions This rather remarkable proportion
appears to be due to the fact that the for
eign element is very large and the propor
tion of young children sman.
from the superior sort of way In which tho
fusion papers poke fun at the republican
press for Its criticism of the late lamented
legislature that there are no skeletons In
their closets, but their high and mighty
you-can't-touch-me style of humor Is a
little disgusting to those who remember
the sessions where their crowd was In con
trol. The session Just closed was pretty
bad In some respects and fully deserves
the things that the newspapers are saying
about It, but In point of accomplishment it
Is no more barren of results thun the pop
legislatures of a few years ago.
Columbus Journal: What will be the ef
fect of the work of the legislature on the
republican party? Will It defeat the repub
lican ticket next year or two years hence?
No. But it will bring about a stronger,
more radical republicanism in the repub
lican party. While the republican press of
the state and the strongest representatives
i, . . i .1 ..n v. rata fnr the white
race was 36 per 1,000 In 1902. In 1908 It was of the republican legislature have been
7.8 for Americans and ZO.z ror tairopeans.
The death rate of the city since American
occupation has averaged about 44 per 1,000,
with the exception of the cholera season,
when It advanced to 69. This region Is es
pecially fatal to young children, three
fifths of the population under 1 year dying
during 1902. The proportion of deaths among
children under 5 years was nearly tsvlee
that for the United States.
The chief source of wealth ln the Philip
pine archipelago, since us uiscuvciy m
sixteenth century, has been the production
nd exportation of agricultural commoai-
tles. in vws me . - rounsei and stamina enough to do
oiert nt t27.300.47B. forming 95 per cent of , ...
pounding away for needed rate legislation
the democratic press has been sitting silent,
using Its Influence only to help Buch cor
rupt lobbies as the "Bridge trust," waiting
for the close of the session for Its stereo
typed season of mud singing. The voters
of Nebraska will stand with the Independent
republican press and that press Is already
on record and will continue on record In a
demand for a republican platform In har
mony with the plutform of Theodore Roose
velt.
York Times: The only way to nullify
the bad Influence of the lobby Is to elect
men to the legislature who have wisdom
enough to distinguish between good and
Dencon Jones What do you think of the
proposition that women remove tiieir hats
at a church?
Rev. Mr. Wyse Think of It? Why, It Is
the most absurd thing 1 ever heard ofl
What do they think the women come to
church for anyway?-Boston Transcript,
"What do you think of railway rebates?"
saiil one citizen.
"Any chance of our getting any?"
"None whatever."
"Then I'm against 'em." Washington
Star.
"Don't you want to leave a few foot
prints on the sands of time?"
"No," unswered Senator Sorghum. "Foot
prints are notorious for furnishing clues
for the detection of things you didn t want
known." Washington Slur. , .
Mrs. Phnmley May's really too young t
go snoiiping aione.
Mr. Phamley Yes, I
impressionable.
Mrs. Phamley How do you mean she'a
Impressionable?
Mr. Phamley She's liable to get excited
and buy something. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Well, there's one thing we ought to be
thankful for," saiil Napoleon immediately
after meeting his Waterloo. ,
"What's that, Nap?" asked Marshal Ney.
"We ought to lie glad that they didn't
get this fight on the lilograph."
And the great generul grimly smiled.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
suppose she Is too
Reasoned Passenger (on oeean liner) Why
did you go to the table and try to eat a.
meal when you were already sick?
Haggard Passenger (leaning dejectedly
over t he rail) I havo to pay for it, Juut
the same, don't I? Chicago Tribune.
AX AMKKICAN til HI,.
the value of all exports. The soil is so
fertile that when sufficiently watered It
ii,i inrirn erona without Intensive' culti
vation, and the easy-going native secures
most satisfactory results, even wltn niB un
scientific methods and crude implements.
Food producing, aromatic, medicinal, dye,
and textile plants grow profusely, and both
Indigenous and exotic plants are easily
cultivated. The principal products are
hemp, sugar, tobacco, copra and rice.
Under a discussion of property ana taxes
the reports estimate the value of real es
tate in the Islands at 409,627,068 pesos and
the personal property at 152,718,661 pesos.
The amount of taxes collected, exclusive of
customs duties, was 9,937,461 pesos.
There are twelve publio libraries con
taining a total of 4.01S dooks, more man
one-half of which are In Spanish and more
than one-fourth In English.
There are seventy public hospitals, which
in 1902 treated U,5u8 patients. Hospitals are
not freely patronised by the natives, who
much prefer to care for their sick at their
homes.
Among civilized Filipinos the Roman
Catholic religion Is almost universal, and
of 1,608 churches of all denominations only
thirty-five are Protestant. The reported
value of church buildings Is 41,698,710 pesos.
The only steam railroad of Importance
runs from Manila to Dagupan, a distance
of 122 miles. It traverses a rich and pop
ulous valley and carried In 1902 over 1,000,
000 passengers and over 165,000 tons of
freight. The gross profi for the year 1902
was $373,7"3. Two short extensions of this
rood are being built.
Three lines of street railway, operated by
horsepower, and a steam railroad running
four miles represent the transpotutlon fa
cilities of Manila at the time of the cen
sus. These lines were owned by a single
company. During the year 2,afi.ti06 pas
sengers were carried on the street cars.
Since 1902 modern electric railroad, oper
ated by ovtrheud trolley, kas been substi
tuted, . ,
what they think Is right. There is no way
to keep men from going to all public places
ln the state capital and talking with mcm-
Fellx Cammen ln Life.
Of all the churming tilings there are
To make tills world a bright one
I choose and know I am not far
From picking out the right one
A girl of seventeen or so,
American completely,
A figure trim from lieud to toe.
Gowned tastefully and neutly.
Look in her eyes what wells of truth,
Of sympathy and kindness!
But not too long, enraptured youth,
Lest looking brings love's blindness.
An angel? Yes. and any one
Who knows gold is not copper
Can see that she Is full of fun.
Provided It Is proper.
I must confess, If Father Time
Would only let me stay so,
I'd stop Ht XXI, and I'm
Not half ashamed to say bo;
I envy much the lucky muii
The Joy of his beginning
To love this fair American
His wooing and his winning.
Oh. who can lose his fnlth In this,
Our best beloved nation?
Here Is our hone; we en mint miss
Applause and approbation.
One dare not quite disparage ones
Own country until others
-Can how such prises for their sons,
And such prospective mothers!
Sixty years of experience with Ayer's Sarsa
parilla! Think of that! Think of the millions
of people who have been cured by this medicine!
If despondent, down-hearted, discouraged, and
almost ready to give up, this splendid old family
medicine will prove the silver lining to your
dark and dismal cloud. Ask your doctor.
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