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Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tho
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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.
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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.
Complies with tho Pure Food Ln
of an States.
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