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J ( TITE OMAnA' DAILY HEE: FRIDAY. JUNE 23, ll03. Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVLTtY MORNING. .4 no . t0 . 2 60 . Z OO , 1 M . l.uo .. 2c .12c .17c TERMS OF BLH8CR1PTION: Dally P.e twlthout Sunday), one year lily Hee and Sunday, one year ' Illustrated Bee, one year Sunday ilee, one year Saturday Hoe, one year Twentieth Century Farmer, one year.... DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Eallv Bee (without Sunday). per ropy., ally Bea (without Sunday), per we-k.. r.aii.. tj uiin.iav) tier week feveiilnr Ree without flundav). Der Week. 7o Evening Bee. (Including Sunday). per week Sunday Bee, ter copy Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be. addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. , South Omaha ( It y Hall building, Twenty fifth and M streets. Council Bluffa 10 Pearl street. Chicago IfVW Unity building. New York 1509 Home Ufa Insurance building. Washington Bfll Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCTIATION. Stats of Nebraska, Doualaa County . ss: ('. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tho montn or May, jsnii. was ss iouows 1 2,40 2 2S.4(Mt S S,0(H 4 2R,ir.O 1 2H.H40 1 20,fllO 7 81.BBO I zs,mo 28,400 10 28,100 it 8u,aoo 12 28.M40 tt su,2ao 14 81, (WO 15 2S,T0 14 K,400 Total , 91T.0OO Lew unsold copies 10,out Net total sale. Dally avsraga . 17 2B.8T0 18 28.010 It 28.8.TO 20 30.2A0 21 81,700 a 2O.02O J3 28,n0 "4 28,510 26 28,750 26 2U.040 27 80,100 a 20,1 to 29 3.80 30 83,000 Jl 20,020 , 00T.8O4 20,284 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31b t day of May, 1906. (Seal) ' M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public. WHEN OUT OK, TOWS. Subscribers leaving the) city ten. porarlly should hare The Bee mailed to thetau It la better than a dally letter from home. Ad dress will be changed a often as requested. Get-there-quick trains are nearly as hazardous as get-rich-qulck schemes. This ought to b a pretty good time for some men of means and experience to start a new bank in Oniiilia. Spain is appropriating money for a new navy. Its late experience with Uncle Sam will stand it in good stead. With the poker game banished, the Jacksonlan club will never again seem like home to the majority of the found ers. ...... THE RAILROAD ASSESSMENT After a series of protracted sessions, coverlug a jTlod of nearly two months, the State Board of Assessment has com pleted Its task and officially promul gated Its valuation of each of the- re spective railroads operating In Nebraska. While the findings of the board are dis appointing, nobody familiar with the pressure brought upon the hoard by the representatives of the railway corpora tions will be surprised. At the very outset a majority of tho board appeared to be firmly set against any Increase of the aggregate assess ment and, in fact, seemed to contemplate a material reduction. It must be said to the credit of Governor Mickey and Treasurer Mortensen that tholr opposi tion to a reactionary policy finally pre vailed so far as to prevent an Inglorious backsliding from the advance made by the board last year. The total valuation placed upon the railroads by the board Is $238,449,880 and their assessment at one-fifth aggre gates $47,28.0,070, as against $49,082,852 for the year 10O4. The true value of Nebraska railroads is not less than $300, 000,000 and nearer to $.125,000,000 than It Is to $300,00,000. ' Appraised at their true value, the railroads, therefore, should have been assessed at from $t!0,000,000 to $05,000,000, or from 30 to 30 per cent more than they have been. In the face of this Indisputable tact the railroad attorneys and tax agents will doubtless Insist that the board has done them great Injustice In refusing to lower their assessment. On the other hand, the rank and file of taxpayers of Nebraska "will regard the increase in the railroad assessment as a mere sop. In view of the large margin between the aotunl and assessed value of the rail roads, nn Increase of 2- per cent In their assessment Is trivial. It certainly would have been more creditable for the board to have assessed the railroads at approximately their true value now and exercised its power as a board of equal ization to raise other classes of property found to be undervalued by county as sessors and county boards of equalization. South Omaha also wants to be counted In the list of cities converted to a sane Fourth of July. Let the good work go on. Governor Folk threuteus to call the militia to stop the bookmakers at St. Louis. A cheaper plan would be to stop the horse races. In showing a drop in population by its state census Iowa proves that the "boom ers" cannot afford to work oftener than one lu ten years. Since Norway is to secure its divorce by mutual consent it is apparent that the bonds of nations do not bind as tightly as those of individuals. A 8IQN OF PROSPERITY There is no better indication of the prosperous condition of the country than the fact of activity in the iron and steel trade. It Is usual at this season of the year for that trade to slacken, but it Is eta tod that the mills will continue in full operation during the summer and that there will be no reduction in the output This means, of course, that there is nn active demand for the products of iron and steel and that the manufacturers expect it to continue. Referring to this the St. Louis Globe-Democrat remarks that "skilled workers in the steel and Iron trades are having their innings in 1905. Wages have been advanced in some cases. In ull cases the mills are more active than a year ago. The nam ber of workers employed has Increased greatly within the past twelve months. Employers and employed are happy. The great American mills are unable to keep up with the orders and consequently the overflow of business goes to Europe. This Is why imports in many sorts of commodities are at high figures. All rec ords are being broken by the inrush of merchandise in the aggregate. In its in ternal and external commerce the coun try la making new records." Not only is prosperity general, but it seems to be on a perfectly sound basis. There is a judicious conservatism In all lines of business and a steady, substan tial progress. The situation as to indus tries and commerce appears to be en tirely safe, fully Justifying confidence in the immediate future. With a decreased production of cotton this year, Mr. Sully must realize sadly that the time and the man are not al ways simultaneous in their arrival. The man who Invents a switch that Wtll keep the main line open without be ttff watched by a switchman will receive a reward from the traveling public. District Attorney Jerome is now to in vestigate the affairs of the Equitable life. Here is one investigation for which the policy holders will not have to foot the bill. Since his urgent invitation to the United States to be present at the pro posed conference there is an impression that the sultan of Morocco is really look ing for a square deal. Now that the biennial elections la has been declared unconstitutional it will be Interesting to see how many men have been carefully cultivating an under ground boom for office. "Let Philadelphia houor Paul Jones," cries one of the newspapers of that city, but the English mayor of the city has bis own views of "pirates." none the less bright for recent experiences. "Can politics be eliminated from the municipal ownership of public utilities?' asks a Baltimore paper. In the west the principal trouble has been eliminating the private ownership of such concerns from politics. More tourists will go through Omaha this summer than for many seasons past. Omaha should not miss its chance to impress these passing visitors with the fact that it constitutes sn Important place on the map. The railroads that share the bridge and terminal facilities of the Union Pa cific between Council Bluffs and Sout! Omaha have no reason to complain about the assessment of (heir leaseholds by the State Board of Equalisation. All of them together have been assessed at $35,000, which at 2 per cent for stated county and city taxes will make them contribute all told $700. It may be con fidently predicted that this onerous bur den will not bankrupt them. ( nopoly at some future time. The legis lation deemed to be necessary was sug gested In the last annual report of the Iuterstate Commerce commission. Pri vate car lines should be subjected to the same supervision and regulation as are applied to common carriers. They are unquestionably engaged in interstate commerce and should be dealt with ac cordingly. Meanwhile it Is gratifying to know that the railroads are taking steps to free themselves from the domination of the private car lines. There Is prom ise in this of very decided benefit to the shippers who are compelled to use these lines, no matter how extortionate their rates. did platform on which he was nominated and submits himself to the ( eoplo." This forcibly recalls the tour of Andrew Johnson, who, while swinging around tho circle, Invariably closed his speeches with: "My fellow citizens, I leave the constitution In your hands." Omaha Is making great strides lu the direction of improvement clubs and the city council and street commissioner may as well take notice that the Twelfth Ward Federation Improvement club has issued a peremptory requisition for 000 loads of cinders. TffJB REPORT ON EQUITABLE. The report of the superintendent of the Insurance department of New York on the Equitable Life Assurance society shows that there has long been the gross est mismanagement of the affairs of the society, the men chiefly responsible for this having used their official positions to promote their private interests in utter disregard of the interests of the policy holders. Referring to one of several questionable transactions the report says it shows "that the officers and executive committee of the Equitable were not solicitous for the society's welfare, but were active In promoting their own inter ests." That there was outright dishon esty in some of the transactions is clearly implied in the report and it is urged that those who took part in the deals to which reference is made should be compelled to pay back the sums re ceived by them. In connection with the statement that there was extravagance and waste in salaries it is noted that the salary of the president of the society was advanced from $75,000 to $100,000 per annum in order that the salary of the first vice president might be Increased to the same figure which in plain language was sim ply stealing from the policy holders. Then there were salaries to attorneys who probably did not earn one-third the amount paid them. It Is evident from the report of the state superintendent of insurance that tho disclosure of the affairs of the Equi table society did not come any too soon, for had the course pursued by the head officials gone on a year or two longer it must Inevitably have brought disaster to the corporation. It was certainly drifting rapidly toward this. In regard to the transactions of the chief officials held to be unlawful, the suggestion is made that under the law they may be disqualified from hereafter holding any office In a life insurance company. It would seem that they ought to be, but whether or not disqualified under the law it is probable that they will not be called upon to associate themselves with another insurance company, since they are so utterly discredited that their use fulness is gone. Their connection with an Insurance company would be a detri ment to it, so far as the public is con cerned. Under the new direction the Equitable will doubtless soon be restored to its former position among the great life in surance companies. With able, energetic and honest management, which now ap pears assured, it cannot fail to regain whatever has been lost through the course pursued by its former officials. Poor Lo Catehlnsr St. Louis Globe-Democrat. That the Osage Indians have not lost the faculty of getting some of the pork Is In dicated In their recent tribal election of John Bacon Rind as assistant chief. Real Speck of War., Chicago Record-Herald. Sioux Indians are reported to be Invest ing in automobiles. DM the government officials keep sharp eyes on the Sioux. They may be preparing to go on the warpath. Sticking to the Old stand. Cincinnati Enaulrer. More than 1700,000 was paid lately for a thousand square feet of ground on Wall street, New York. There must have been an agreement on the part of the "money sharks" and the "bloated bondholders" to continue In business at the old stand Indefinitely. Conflicting: Tides. Kansas City Journal. The anti-lmperlalists call President Roose velt a "war lord." Cardinal Gibbons calls him "an angel of peace." As the president has started no wars and Is bringing about universal peace, it Is not difficult for Intel ligent people to determine which title fits him the better. Stupidity Stnrte Trouble. 'Chicago Chronicle. General Grant's dictum that the best way to secure the repeal of a bad law is to enforce It is now being quoted with respect to the ChlnesA exclusion act. General Grant, however, did not have In contem plation the enforcement of a law against people whom It expressly excepted. The treatment of Chinese merchants and schol ars as coolies violates the express pro visions of the exclusion act. The trouble la not so much with the law as with the stupid or mischievous Inspectors who are entrusted with Its enforcement. THE PRIVATE CAR LINES- The movement against the private car lines which had its inception with Presi dent Roosevelt is having practical re sults. The Interstate Commerce com mission is making a general Inquiry in regard to the private car line business and it is stated that the agitation re specting this business has been followed by a tendency on the part of the rail roads to acquire their own equipment for the transportation of perishable goods. For example, it appears that every road in Michigan but one has re linquished Its contracts with the private car lines and is now operating its own refrigerator cars. The private car lines have 'been compelled to ' reduce their rates to the one Michigan road which still has a contract with them, in order that that road may be able to compete with its rivals. What has already taken place war rants expectation that at no very remote time there will be general abandonment by the railroads of the private car lines, which for years have dictated terms to the railroads and made the owners of these lines rich af the expense of the public. One of the representatives of the Interstate Commerce commission en gaged in the Investigation states that at some points in Missouri he. found that snippers using refrigerator cars were compelled to pay rates from 100 to 300 per cent in excess of the cost of the ictng. Doubtless a like system of plun dering shippers has prevailed elsewhere and the railroads have apparently been helpless, thongh the fact that they are now relinquishing contracts with the prl vate car lines seems to show that they might long ago have relieved themselves of a system which some of them assert has been a serious injury to them. At all events the public agitation against the extortionate private car lines is har lng the desired effect. The railroads are taking action to throw off the incubus and the public will be benefited thereby, Even if the private car lines should not De forced out of existence, as it now seems probable will be the case, they will be compelled to put an end to the policy of extortion on which they have so long practiced and give shippers ' rea sonable rates and better service. The breaking up of this grasping monopoly seems assured, but this should not deter congress from enacting legislation that will avert ft possible renewal of the nio- The mania for rapid railroad transit has recently culminated In the equip ment by two rival railway trunk lines of whirlwind trains that were to an nihilate time and distance. The sensa tional stage was reached last week when the distance between Chicago and New York was covered in sixteen hours. As natural sequence the fourth regular trip on an elghteen-hour schedule from Chicago to New York, terminated in a fatal wreck resulting in the death of eleven and Injury to eight persons. The accident happened opposite the station at Mentor, about twenty-five miles east of Cleveland, and the cause of the acci dent is explained as an open switch. An open switch might have caused an equally fatal accident had the train been running at the rate of thirty miles an hour, but the risk of life and limb on trains running at thunderbolt speed must certainly be much greater as compared with trains running at forty miles an hour. Don't Get Gar In Other Lands. Chicago Chronicle. With respect to the renewed complaints of the severity of Mexican Justice as dealt out to Americans it need only be said that if Americans choose to visit a foreign country they must expect to abide by the laws of that country. It may be added that in no country Is the pastime of "shooting up the town" conducive to pleasant relations with the authorities. When the American abroad comes to real ize trit he Is not necessarily a privileged character we shall have fewer of these protests against the alleged severity of foreign justice. Opening- Corporation Books. Wall Street Journal. Every corporation owes its life to the government. It is a creature of law. A corporation, therefore, Is rightfully sub ject to governmental Investigation and su pervision. For corporation to refuse to open Its books upon demand of the gov ernment Is the, same as an act of re bellion. This may, seem like a hardship to some and perhaps in some cases the rule will work unjustly, but those who would do business under the privileges and safeguard and partial liabilities of a corporation must submit to the limitations of a corporation. Togo as a Peace En-roy. Baltimore American. If Admiral Togo does come to Washing ton as a peace envoy he will Inevitably re ceive an Occidental ovation, as he travels across the long 3,000-mile stretch from San Francisco to Washington, that will cause him to prick his Oriental ears and open his eastern eyes. Aside from the fact that Americans have generally been in sympathy with Japan, all the world loves a winner, and Togo is one of the most dazzling win ners in history. If he does not get shaken out of his immobility somewhere between Salt Lake City and Chtlllcothe It will be evidence that his immobility is hard to shake. ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION. Of For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain the average railroad tax agent is very peculiar. How the railroad tax agent managed to hypnotize the State Board of Equalization into annex ing the Omaha Belt Llue to the Weeping Water brauch of the Missouri Pacific is almost inexplicable. The Omaha Belt Line under its original charter was con structed within the limits of Douglas county and therefore did not come under the Jurisdiction of the state board. It was capitalized for $8,000,000 and figures for that amount among the assets of the Missouri Pacific system. As a part of the Weeping Water branch, however, it has been assessed at $8,000 per mile or an aggregate of $128,000 for its total mileage. As a matter of fact the greater part of its mileage In Omaha was ac quired at an outlay of $250,000 a mile for right-of-way. The Metropolitan Llfqpnsurance com pany of New York will erect a sky scraper on the site of Dr. Pnrkhurst's church that will be higher" than the Washington monument, but the policy holders of the Metropolitan need not feel very Jnbllant over the prospective archi tectural achievement. In deciding that Couut Casslnl will not take part in the peace conference the csar evidently Aesires to save hi in from having to retreat personally from the po sition taken by him as to the probability of continuing the war until Russia should be triumphant. Mayor Francis W. Brown of Lincoln, democratic candidate for congress In the First district, has commenced to swing around the circle. It is announced that "he commits himself solemnly and with out equivocation or reserve to the splen- t Significance of the Investigation Department Methods. San Francisco Chronicle. Hitherto taxation, which Is very light as compared with European taxation, has produced an overabundant federal revenue, Until within the last two years our finan cial history shows an almost unbroken record of annual surpluses. If we had continued on the same scale of national expenditure these surpluses would have continued, and probably grown larger. This, however, has not been the case. In obedience to pressing popular demands wo have entered on several lines of increased expenditure, which has not only wiped out our annual surplus, but created an annual deficit, which will soon use up the ac cumulated surplus now deposited In na tional banks. There Is no special objec tlon to that. Sound national financiering Involves a budget which will Just about balance. When, however, the money which we have saved up Is gone, we must either abandon or greatly restrict operations In some lines upon which we have entered, or be prepared to face additional taxation for federal purposes. Our Increased expenditures are for ex pansion. Involving a large Increase for military purposes, coast defense, costly practice with high-power guns, navy, for estrywhich, however, should soon yield an offsetting revenue agriculture, rural postal delivery, the isthmian canal, promo tion of commerce with foreign countries, and Irrigation. In fact, there has been expansion by the assumption of new duties In every department of the government. We cannot keep It up without increase of federal taxation. With all this Increased expense by the assumption of new duties, there has come an Increase of cost in the performance of all duties. Government operations cost more, per unit of accomplishment, Just as the living and operating expenses of indi viduals have Increased. Finally, with all this, there is the same tendency to ex travagance by unnecessary expenditure that Is seen In private life. Such expen ditures, and such only, are within the control of the president. Considerable por tions of the expenditures In each executive department are made subject to the dis cretion of the head of the department, and It is there, and In the contingent expenses of congress Itself, that extravagance la found. It Is In the superabundance of officials, the duplication of work growing out of the squabbles of the bureaus and departments, unnecessary traveling and printing, luxurious equipment and the like. NO possible retrenchment In this direc tion will extinguish the deficit, but It can reduce it by some millions, and this the president has undertaken to do, to which end he ias appointed a commission to overhaul all the departments and report mhere savings can be made. More pownr to his arm BITS OF WASHISQTO LITE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Snot. As an apostle of the strenuous life Pres ident Roosevelt shows his seal in no di rection more vigorously than In physical exercise. An Instance of his gait, not unusual with him, Is related by a Wash ington correspondent. One afternoon re cently the president rode Into the coun try eighteen miles In nn automobile, dis missed the conveyance, walked back thir teen miles, and then rode to the White House In a carriage. His companion were Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and two of the latter's school friends. A secret aerv Ice officer who accompanied them a part of the time on a bicycle and the rest of the time on foot also had some exercise. The president usually takes his longest walks In the rain. The skies were clear on this particular afternoon, but it was one of the hottest days of the year in Washington, the thermometer registering from 96 to 98 degrees In the shade. The president and his fellow pedestrians wasted no time in the shade. They left the White House between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon In an automobile, an hour when the thermometer Is usually rising Instead of falling In Washington, and made a quick run out through Georgetown to the Conduit road, and thence to the Great Falls of the Potomac. The motor car was then sent back to the city, and the prolsdent and his com panions started to walk from the Great Falls. The road leads along the Potomac river and the Chesapeake and Potomac canal, over the aqueduct that supplies the city of Washington with water, passing over the famous Cabin John bridge, through Glen Echo, and thence to the north end of the Chain bridge and George town. It Is about thirteen miles from the Great Falls to the Chain bridge, and it was this stretch of road which the presi dent selected for his afternoon exercise. Electric cars run from Washington "up the river as far as Cabin John bridge, and these cars, as well as the cars In the city, were crowded with people who were trying to keep cool. It was a warm day, the afternoon breeze having died out by 6 o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt and . his young companions had begun their walk at about 5 o'clock, but it was dark some time before they had covered the thirteen miles between the Falls and Chain bridge. The president wore khakl riding trousere. a negligee shirt, heavy walking shoes and a felt hat, and the boys were dressed for hot weather and rapid walking. President Roosevelt, after considering a protest that the name of the frigate which twice was captured by British craft of equal size has no place in honor on the American naval list, has directed that the midshipmen's practice bark Chesapeake hereafter be known as the Severn. Never again will the Ill-fated name be fastened to an American war ship. Captain Setan Schroeder, chief intelli gence office- of the navy, recently ad dressed to Secretary Morton a letter re citing the fact that the Chesapeake In 1W7 was defeated by a British ship. In 1813 the British vessel Shannon challenged It to come outside Boston harbor. In the fight which ensued the gallant Lawrence fell, exclaiming, "Don't give up the ship!" But the Chesapeake did surrender and was towed a prize to Halifax. ' The Treasury department Is Issuing a new $20 gold certificate of an entirely original design to take the place of the old certificates. The face of the new note contains a bust portrait of Washing ton with the figures "20" above the por trait and the words "in gold coin" below it, printed In yellow tint. The face of the note inside the margin is also of yellow tint. The deep margins are In shaded black, the design of which is heavy scroll work, altogether new in United States notes. The numerals "20" in each corner are very prominent. The rural delivery service should be as near complete as, with a constantly in creasing population, it will ever be by 1910. Three years ago the department estimated that the territory In the United States available for rural free delivery embraced about 1,000,000 square miles. Today there are in operation 31,796 rural routes, which cover nearly 700,000 square miles. It Is estimated that tt will take about 18,000 additional carriers to cover the de clared available territory. But this area Is constantly widening, not only from tho growth of population, but from the willing ness of the department to go out after smaller bits of business. 'Accordingly, 60,000 carriers will be necessary before the service can be regarded as approximately "com plete." It is possible to estimate with some de gree of accuracy the cost of a full-grown service. Assuming that It wilt take 60,000 carriers to cover the country, the fixed annual charge for salaries of carriers alone at the present rate of 3720 a year would be $43,200,000. The carriers are In slstlng on better pay, and they will, no doubt, get it sooner or later. Eight hun dred dollars a year Is the sum congress has In mind as the salary that will next be agreed on, and when the pay is fixed at that amount the annual fixed charges for carriers would be $48,000,000. Beside the salaries of carriers, the cost of maintaining the service will be large. It will be necessary to employ division su perintendents, rural agents and clerks at division headquarters. The prevailing view In the postal establishment is that the cost of rural free delivery will continue to grow until it approaches $00,000,000 a year. Just how much money the Postal depart ment loses on account of the rural service it Is Impossible to estimate, because no one can tell what proportion of the Increase of revenues In large cities Is directly chargea ble to the establishment of rural free de livery routes from these city offices. Fully 70 per cent of the mall delivered In the country originates in the cities. The rural routes create new business, and to an ex tent the city postofllce gets credit for the Increase In revenue. The usual crop of "freak" letters Is be ginning to pour In upon the executive heads of government departments. Today Post master General Cortelyou made public the following letterN received from one of the rural mail carriers In Pennsylvania: "IS dollars a month Is a ISO dollars a year, you say a month Is a month, this last month you did not send me only 14 dollars and aty 4 cents. I think I carry the mall cheap anuff I want every cent that is coming to me and no more." The name of the writer Is suppressed. The fact that law in the United States applies to the greatest as well as the most humble Is Illustrated by the action of Pres ident Roosevelt In sending 2 cents to ths Berwick (Pa.) postofllce to pay the postage on a letter mailed at that place. The letter was mailed and was addressed to the president personally. It bore a stamp cut from a stamped envelope, which is con trary to the postal laws. Postmaster Bow man Informed the president that a letter held for postage awaited him, and that on receipt of 2 cents It would be forwarded. A 2-cent stamp was sent and the letter ac cordingly was forwarded to the White House. rur.rr i tub world. The national Capitol When Com pleted as Originally Planned. Baltimore American. Every patriotic American citizen will hope that no obstacle will Intrude In the path of an extension of the east front of the capltol at Washington In accord with the plans which have been reported favorably Ky a Joint commission of the senate and house. For several generations this has been a project dear to the heart of almost every congress, and always dear to the heart of every lover of art In achltecture, and who could not look at the grand building on "the hill" without a feeling of profound regret that so Imposing a pile should be conspicuous In one great defect, that the magnificent dome should seem, from the eastern point of view, to be toppling over for lack of a proper and harmonious pedestal. ' Regardless of the defects, the capltol Is a splendor of piecemeal construction. No other archlectural pile In the whole world, erected In such vicissitudes, has been per mitted to retain such thorough integrity. It stands singular In architectural form and situation, the most Imposing of all houses of parliament. Not one In any for eign land approaches it In .tremendous dig nity. Only In the ruins of structures of ancient days can be found a semblance of the chaste design of this meeting place of the lawmakers for more than 80,000,000 pop ulationthose ruins from which were drawn to a large extent the noble features of the capltol, the treasury and the building of the Department of tho Interior. It Is not complimentary to the congress nor to the people that the defects of the capltol have gone so long unremedied. When the "terrace" was added to the west ern front to give mass to the apparent foundation, an absurd mistake was made In placing stairways of black slate amid the white marble which everywhere else prevailed. To the most uneducated taste this was offensive, and architectural artists of every land stood astonished that such a crime could be committed In the name of architecture. In connection with the remedial movement at the east facade this mistake upon the west Is to be corrected, and when that Is accomplished and the central section of the east front is ex tended this so-called crude country of America will have the most perfect build ing of publlo use in all the world. The British House of Parliament is not only offensively ornate, but It Is placed on the banks of the Thames, and can be properly seen only from the Surrey side. The Chamber Of Deputies in Paris, al though of classic design and having a curi ous sentimental outlook in facing the great Church of the Madeleine, precisely similar In architecture, but far across the Seine, and the beehive of the Place de la Concorde is dwarfed and obscured on the banks of the river. So the changes might be rung on houses of parliament of all the great states of the world. No other stands forth with such prodigious weight and dignity of propor tion and such commanding situation as this white pile at Washington, and again let the hope be expressed that congress will leave nothing undone to finally cor rect the mistakes In art which have been always recognized and which are solely due to the patchwork manner in which the wonderful structure has been produced. KILLING ORIENTAL TRADE. Pacific Coast View of 111 Treatment Accorded to Chinese. Portland Oregonlan. Within the last live months more than sixty steamships have departed from Pacific coast ports for the orient. They have car ried cargoes aggregating more than 600.000 tons of American products, valued at mors than $30,000,000. The flow of this golden stream has suddenly swollen into such great proportions that from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf our commercial and financial leaders are pointing with pride to our rapidly increas ing oriental trade. But trade, requires two parties buyers and sellers. And the buyers who have enabled us to make this fine showing are on the verge of a strike. They are threatening to boycott American goods and destroy In a few months a business which it has required years of commercial effort to establish. The worst feature of the situation lies in the fact that the orien tal buyers have a grievance that warrants them In taking the most drastic possible methods to remedy It. The protest made to President Roosevelt by members of the American-Asiatic asso ciation is one that demands Immediate con sideration and action. It was formulated largely by the representatives of the cotton, iron and steel industries, but every stum bling block placed in the way of those com modities will also hamper the movement of flour, lumber, fruit, fish and other arti cles which the Pacific coast is now selling to the orient In Increasing quantities. Chinese students, literary men, merchants and travelers are welcomed to all other countries except the United States. In this country they are repelled by severe admin istration of ancient law which Is so humil iating that no self-respecting Chinaman will ever again net foot on our shores unless compelled to do so. An overzealous immi gration department has enforced the exclu sion laws so rigidly that large numbers of Chinamen have been deported without be ing permitted a hearing. We have denied to cultured, well educated Chinamen the privileges which we have freely extended to thousands of low-bred, swarthy Ignoramuses from Europe. Hav ing been guilty of such offenses against a friendly nation, can we for a moment ex pect anything else but retaliation from the Injured people? Will they continue to send us millions of dollars for American prod ucts If we continue to Insult and deport without a hearing the innocent Chinese who only by the straining of a technicality can be guilty of any offense against our laws? All that the Chinese government has asked Is that the Immigration department cease classing all Chinamen as coolies, and that they admit all other classes of China men on a certificate given by their own government and countersigned by officers of our government. By our unfair attitude regarding the Chinese we have stirred up an antagonism that will cost our exporters millions unless amends are speedily made. An Impressive Errand. New York Tribune. The American people will follow with In terest Rear Admiral Bigsbee's squadron on Its voyage. Seldom have American war ships In time of peace gone on a more im pressive errand than that of bringing home the dust of our first naval here. Slashing Red Tape. Philadelphia Record. The president eplgrammatleally describes a considerable class of governmental em ployes when he says of them: "These peo ple really care nothing for the case, but only for the documents in the case." Offi cial correspondence Is interminable. It is not quite so elaborate as the Chinese, in which each letter embodies all the preced ing documents, but it Is only a moderate abridgment of that. A friend of tae horns A foe of tho True! Calumet Balling Ponder PKROV4L NOTE. The advertisement of a PprlnK; ' I iVn) dentist euys: Laughing an m l Ixed nlr for extracting. Perfectly AtA harmless lady In attendance." Junirs Csrne, aged 101. hss hem parish-. clerk and verger of the Church of Rt. Colninb Minor In Cornwall, Fusion. 1 fr ftfty-elgnt years, and hus missed only one day, when his wife died. A young woman In a blnck crepe gown and wearing long, white gloves, snt down on a curbstone In New York the other day and stanched the wound!" of nn in jured man. "Her dress and gloves were! ruined." There's a heroine In carnpst: gf' The West Tolnt class of 1S.V will Imve lis nan-century reunion this year. Thero nre only five survivors-General Alexander s. Webb, General t'hnrlos R Comstock. Gen eral David McM. Gregg, Chief Jusilc Ni, h nls of the supreme court of Louisiana and General Samuel Rreck. Ex-Congressman George Fred William of Massachusetts Is nn his way to Host, i from Mexico, dangerously III. II is sniT..,-. lug from phlebitis, an extremely serious in flammation of a vein In the leg, and Is now on board the Ward Line stenmer F.r anza, bound from Vera Cruz for New York When Sir Wilfred Laurler first funned his government In Canada he made Mr Tarto minister of public works. Differ ences of political opinion subsequently arose and Mr. Tarte retired. He now il... votes himself exclusively to his prof., slon as a Journalist and Pits In the report ers' gallery of the Canadian House of Commons. Hume, the historian, found himself nwc day at a social dinner, next to Lord John Russell. In the course of conversation hi lordship said: "What do you consider the object of legislation?" "The greatest good to the greatest number," was Hume's answer. "And what do you consider the greatest number?" continued Lord John Russell. ""No, l, my lord," was tho his. torlan's prompt reply. LAtKIUXG MATTER. "Tou don't subscribe to the newspaper?" askd the visiting neighbor. "No," answered the hostess, "we know more than the newspaper can tell. My husband is a census taker." Washington Star. "Bhadholt has a wonderful memory." "Y'es; such a memory as his Is a nui sance. B:vry time I meet him I ran see ho hasn't forgotten the dollnr and a half I borrowed from him Ave years ago." Chicago Tribune. "Blank'll have a hard time in the next world !" .u " ... ,nt J in; ii 1 1 11) i.ii r n inaui i iui o, imp inn wings lor nim I'eiron Free Press. "The flght," said the reporter, "began in a little alley down there. I don't know the name of It" ' "Call it 'Harmony court." " said the editor, "It's bound to be something like that." Philadelphia Ledger. Mrs. Crawford Why don't jrour husband buy you an auto? Mrs. Crabshaw He says we ran run into neoi rast enough now without em ploying mncninery. -uck. "Do you resent these investigations? I snouid say l no!' 'answered the tr magntt. "Why, they are taking up my time ana putting me to almost as mucn in convenience as If I were a member of tha grand Jury." Washington Star. HOUSE AND HOME, T. A. Daly in Philadelphia Catholio Stand ard. On the day when you were wed, 6even Junes ago, you said All your life's ambitions were Centered In a home with her. Wealth and health attending you All these busy twelve-months through Blessed your life and hers, and yet, Where's the home you meant to get? That's your house across the way With the marble front, you say? That's your auto standing there Underneath the porte-cochere. ' That prim butler at the door Very likely lords It o'er Quite a dozen maids or mors; Maids who toll and maids who shirk. Maids for menial kitchen work. Maids who guard with brush and broom Every richly furnished room, Every polished oaken stair; Maids to dress milady's hair Maids and flunkies everywhere! Quite a grand menage, but, sir, Where's the home you promised her? Wealth can rear a glided dome; Love and Duty make the home. Gold is no essential thing In its proper furnishing. Not an auto at the door, But a coach becomes It more Tiny coach whose one or two Occupants resemble you. Gems of art that grace your hall You might well exchange for small Finger-marks upon the wall. Usplng voices, pattering feet Furnish melody more sweet Than vour Errand salon has known. Where's the home you meant to own? All that lies behind your door la a dwelling-place; no more. 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