V.
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MOGKETT CETS IT
ONE BALLOT IN CAUCUS SETTLES
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
IT IS SETTLED IN AFTERNOON
The Speakership Contest Was 8hort
and Sharp Mr. Mockett Commands
HI Opponents and Thanks His
Frlenc's.
LINCOLN The short but sharp con
test for speaker of the house of the
twenty-eighth session came to an end
Monday night by the choice of John II.
Mockett. Jr.. of Iancaater by the re
publican house caucus. The caucus,
which was open, was simply a ratifi
cation meeting to record by roll call
fie agreement reached In the after
n on.
Tr. Hathorn presided and Dr. Harto
served as secretary. Mr. Mockett re
sponded briefly with words of thanks
and commendation for his opponent.
The other house officers agreed to are:
Clerk John Wall of Valley.
Assistant Clerks C. II. Barnard of
Pawnee, second assistant. John Lleken
of Hamilton; third assistant. Charles
O. French of Nemaha; fourth assistant,
J. I. Mayer of Stanton.
Sergeant-at-Arnis A. E. Willse of
Frontier.
Chaplain Rev. Gc-orge Scott of Cage.
Ikorkeeper John Wallace of Doug
las. Postmaster V. A. Warner of York.
Temporary Speaker Dr. Wilson of
Pawnee.
s It was voted to leave the remainder
of the officers to the decision of the
speaker.
"I t-Z sure all along." said Mr.
Mor"ett. "that my candidacy would be
successful, because I was convinced
that I knew where my strength was to
come from and could depend upon it.
I knew that many members reported
against me were really for me and
would help me at the proper time.
While grateful to my friends. I have
no enemies to punish. I will try to do
my very best to meet every require
ment of the position and discharge the
duties with credit to myself."
The new speaker. John H. Mockett,
Jr., has been in Nebraska for thirty
years, having come at the age of 12
years with his parents to this state
from Wisconsin, where he was born.
He is a graduate of the I'niversity of
Nebraska and has for years been In
the insurance business with his father
here in Lincoln. He served In the city
council and also in the legislature of
1901 as chairman of the house commit
tee on revenue and taxation. He was
an active supporter of D. E. Thompson
for United States senator in the mem
orable deadlock in that body.
ROYAL COUPLE GO TO LAW.
Prince Asks Separation, While Prin
cess Seexs Absolute Divorce.
DRESDEN. Saxony The German
consul at Geneva has received the
necessary permission to serve a writ
on Crown Princess Louise In connec
tion with the suit for divorce brought
against her by the crown prince of
Saxony.
BERNE. Switzerland The wrif
which is to be served on the crown
princess Is a petition for judicial sep
aration. The document requests her
to return to Dresden and appear on
tJanuary 28 before the special tribunal.
The princess, on the other hand, do
mands an absolute divorce.
WILL START MARCONI PAPER.
Enterprising Newspaper Man to Pub
lish Journal on Atlantic Lines.
LONDON According to the Daily
Telegraph contracts have been com
pleted to start a dally paper, to be sup
plied with news by the Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy, on board a
British liner running between Liver
pool and New York. Publication will
begin about the end of this month.
Philippine Forests Valuable.
SAN FRANCISCO, Two representa
f7e of tbe forestry division at Wash
ington, who have been making a pre
liminary survey of the wooded sections
of the Philippines for tie government,
arrrived from the Orient on the Japa
nese liner American Maru Friday.
Both gentlemen are enthusiastic in
speaking of the wonderful extent and
value of the forests in the islands.
Their report will be of value to lum
bermen and others who are interest-
V' ed in developing the resources of the
new possessions.
Strike Gas In Wyoming.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. A siriKe of nat
ral t,as has been made by the West
ern Oil company, operating in the
Benton ba.in thirteen miles west of
Douglas, at a depth of 450 feet. Th-?
gas comes from a stratum of oil sand
and gives promise that the well will
be a success. The small flow of oil
and water accompanying the gas has
been cased off and the drill will be
sent down to the second stratum,
which should lie at a depth of about
1,350 feet.
Bubonic Plague Spreading.
LAREDO, lex. A special from Her
rnosillo. Tex., says: Three cases of
the bubonic plague have been report
ed In the Hitle own of Aborae, in Sin
aloa, not far from the Sonora border.
The authorities of Sonora have noti
fied those of Sinaloa that a sanitary
cordon has been established on tho
"rder and no one will be permitted
tenter the state from the south.
WORK AHEAD FOR CON3RES3.
Not Much Expected for Several Days
Many Senators Still Abeent.
WASHINGTON Many of the sena
tors who left Washington for tho
Christmas holidays are still absenr
and the present Indications are that
when business Is resumed there will
not be a very full attendance. Be
fore the week is far advanced, how
ever, the senate will again be in regu
lar working order and there will b
little cessation of work before March
4. The prediction Is very general that
the remainder of the session will b9
exceedingly busy, because of the num
ber of important questions which will
be pressed forward before final ad
journment. During the present week and prob
ably for some time to come the omni
bus statehood bill will be the chief
topic of discussion on the floor, but
under the unanimous agreement by
which the bill was made the unfinished
business it cannot be taken up any
day before 2 o'clock. It is the pur
pose of the friends of the bill to presa
its consideration and not to allow the
biil to be sidetracked unless under
very great pressure. The present
purpose is to give way. only for appro
priation bills, but there are no appro
priation bills on the senate calendar.
It Is, however, tho purpose of the
senatorial leaders, and especially of
those who oppose the statehood bill,
to press appropriation bills to the
front as rapidly as possible.
The senate committee on appro
priations will immediately take up tho
legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill and it will be reported
to the senate as soon as possible. II
is a bill which demands considerable
investigation, and it is not probable
that it will reach the senate much be
fore the middle of the month. When
it is reported the committee will seel:
to secure its immediate consideration.
According to the arrangement made
before the holidays, the debate on the
statehood bill will be resumed at 2
o clock Monday, Senator Nelson of
Minnesota being the first speaker on
the list. He is a member of the com
mittee on territories and in addition
to his opposition to the admission of
the territories of New Mexico and Ar
izona, he is a staunch advocate of the
bill for the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one strve,
whieh was reported by the majority
of the committee as a substitute for
the house omnibus bill. He has a
carefully prepared speech and its de
livery probably will require the great
er part of two days. Senator Bur
rows will be heard next and he will
probably speak for two days or more.
Other republican senators have agreed
to speak in opposition to the bill and
it is now estimated that there will
be no fewer than fifteen anti-statehood
speeches before consideration of the
measure is concluded. Some speeches
In support of the bill are promised,
but the indications are somewhat
against the delivery of any of them
during the present week, though it is
possible that Senator Foraker, who is
an earnest advocate of the omnibus
bill, may be heard some time within
the next few- days.
ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE.
Cat;
b Powers of Kentucky Says His
Means Are Exhausted.
GEORGETOWN. Ky. Ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, who has had
two trials and now awaits in jail here
his third trial for complicity in the
murder of the late Governor William
Goebel, issued the following appeal to
the public:
"I have had written a number of
letters to different states asking for
dnancial aid in my coming trial for
alleged complicity in the Goebel mur
der. A portion of the press has,
through a misunderstanding of the
facts, attempted to thwart my plan for
raising the much-needed money with
which to defend myself, by circulating
a report that these letters were not
genuine because signed by different
persons for me.
"It is true that many of the letters
were signed by different persons, be
cause it was impossible for one person
to send them out in the limited time
before my next trial, but all of these
letters are genuine.
"I have been continuously in the
jails of this state for nearly three
years. My means are exhausted. The
generosity of Kentucky has been taxed
to the utmost In my former so-called
trials. In a few weeks I am again to
be tried for my life. Hence my appeal
now to my friends outside of Ken
tucky." Former Premier Dies.
MADRID Former Premier Sagasta
died at 6: SO o'clock Monday evening.
Senor Sagasta's death was due to
bronchitis and gastric trouble. Hi3
family was at the deathbed and for
mer liberal members of the cabinet
were near their old leader. A bishop
administered the last sacrament in
the afternoon.
The news of the former premier's
death created a painful impression
throughout Madrid. King Alfonso ex
pressed profound regret.
May Seek the Federal Court.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo. An effort will be
made by the packers of this city, al-
I leged to be in combine to maintain
J prices, to get their cases Into the fed
eral court If state authorities make
an attack on the charters of the cor
porations. The finding of the master
in chancery that a combine exist3
gives the attorney general an oppor
tunity to administer a nominal fine.
He has not indicated what further
tion he will take
I NEBRASKA
i
NEBRASKA'S INVESTMENTS.
State Has a Million and a Half Dollars
Invested.
LINCOLN Auditor Charles Wes
ton's balance sheet, issued Jonuary 1,
shows that the state treasurer has on
hand $205,374.21, and that the invest
ments now held by the state amount
to nearly 13.500.000. The total
amount of trust funds on hand is $2,
078.38. This is made up of the fol
lowing funds on hand: Permanent
school fund, $290.91; agricultural col
lege endowment fund, $674.51; per
manent university fund, $898.47; nor
mal endowment, $812.38.
The amount on hand December 1
was $4C2,sr.".38. The receipts during
the month were $207,410.22, and the
disbursements were $434,297.39, leav
ing $203,374.21 on hand at the open
ing of the new year. This is the
smallest amount for which the treas
urer has had to account within the
past twenty years. When State Treas
urer Mescrve turned over the office to
State Treasurer Stuefer .he had on
hand $300,242.55. Of that amount $91,
C39.48 was trust funds.
The investments of the state funds
have grown, notwithstanding a great
many bonds and securities have been
paid off by counties. The total in
vestment held by the state has grown
from $1,571,340.21 on August 31. 1901,
to $5,475,034.77 at the present time.
These investments are as follows.
School fund, $5,090,291.06; agricultur
al college endowment, $224,692.14; per
manent university. $101,050.97: nor
mal endowment, $59,000.
Implement Dealers Meet.
The Nebraska and Western Iowa
Retail Implement Dealers' association
will onen its annual convention at
Schlitz hall, Omaha, on Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, and beside that
meeting will hold morning sessions
"Wednesday and Thursday.
It is now assured that this vill be
the largest convention ever held by
this association, and it is expected
that the attendance will exceed 700.
There will be a number of distinguish
ed members of kindred organizations,
among whom will be F. K. Allen of
Craig, Mo., president of the national
federation.
The present officers of this organiza
tion are: H. P. Shumway, Wakefield,
Neb.. president; Neil Brennan,
O'Neill, Neb., vice president; N. L.
Maloney, secretary and treasurer, and
Gus Babson, Seward, Neb., and J. L.
Blowers, David City, directors.
The visitine delegates will be enter
tained at the Commercial club Wed-
ne-sday evening by the local jobbers
and manufacturers of implements.
The program of Tuesday, afternoon
consists largely cf the reports of offi
cers, but will include addresses ny
visiting members of the national as
sociation.
Killed by Train.
WAHOO, Neb John Neville, a far
mer living four miles north of Wahoo,
met with a fatal accident about
3 o'clock Monday. He was haul
ing corn and attempted to drive
across the railroad track ahead of the
Elkhorn passenger train. The train
struck the wagon and demolished it
and Mr. Neville was thrown some dis
tance, alighting on his shoulders. He
was picked up unconscious and
brought back to Wahoo by. the train
and medical aid was summoned. He
was about 45 years of age, married and
had a large family. Mr. Neville died
at 5 p. m. in the depot waiting room.
Stockmen Will Meet.
LINCOLN L. C. Lawson, F. M. Tyr
rell and Hon. Z. C. Branson are ar
ranging for the program for the meet
ing in this city on January 22 and 23
of the Central Short-Horn Breeders'
association. This will be one of the
big gatherings of the year in Lincoln.
From 300 to 500 lovers and breeders
of short-horn cattle will be here. They
come from all parts of the United
States and Canada, and are a class of
men whom it will be to the interest of
Nebraska people to know. For six
years the association has met yearly
in Kansas City, but at the last ses
sion it was induced to come to Lin
coln. Miller Must Face Charges.
When Charles Miller stepped off
the Elkhorn train at the Webster
.street station at 5 o'clock Sunday
night in Omaha he met 5. reception
which he did not expect. Captain
Dunn and Detective Mitchell were
waiting for him and escorted him to
the city jail, whence he was taken
by Sheriff Bowman of Dodge county
to Fremont, where he is wanted to
answer to the charge of larceny. He
recently, it is alleged, held up a saloon
keeper at Scribner to the tune of $40.
J. T. Morey has been re-appointed
as superintendent of the state school
for the blind at Nebraska City.
H. M. Garner, a book agent, was ar
rested Sunday afternoon at' Omaha oa
the charge of being a suspicious char
acter. He had been following littl
girls about, trying to engage them 11
conversation. The police had receiv
ed several complaints regarding him.
One night last week he was found !n
a room on the south side by the occu
pant, who came heme at a late hour,
but could give no definite reason why
be was there. He ha3 boon known to
the oolice for some time.
t
IN GENERAL
BRIEF NOTES.
It is estimated that 90 per cent of
the employes of the cigar trust are
females, and the great majority are
minors.
In Dodge county the total chattel
mortgages filed during 1902 was 926,
amount, $320,130.26; released 559,
amount, $268,309.94.
Congressman Robinson of Madison,
who recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis, is rapidly recovering,
although still confined to his home.
S. G. Wright, for ten years proprie
tor of a drug store at Table Rock, has
sold his business to F. M. Colwell of
Pawnee City, and will go elsewhere,
By the blowing out of a plug in the
flue of an Elkhorn engine at Peters
burg, Brakeman Spencer Martin and
Fireman Ed Rohoder were severely
scalded.
The elaborate experiments at the
State Agricultural college at Ames
demonstrate that the soft corn is as
valuable for feeding purposes as the
normal grain.
Governor Mickey has appointed
Mayor Moores of Omaha a colonel on
his personal staff. Mayor Moores
served under Governor Savage in a
similar capacity.
The Second regiment band of Be
atrice has been selected by Adjutant
General Colby to play at the inaugu
ration of Governor-elect Mickey at
Lincoln, January 8.
The following shows the record of
mortgages filed and released in Gage
county during the past year: Mort
gages filed, 613; amount, $814,124; re
leased, 754; amount, $805,805.
G. A. Baxter, the aged colored man
who was sentenced to ten years in tho
penitentiary for the murder of his baby
at Grand Island, but who claimed that
he was innocent, was set free.
Twelve families of Gypsies have
gone into winter quarters near Bea
trice. They are having their large
living vans repaired and painted and
getting ready for the road in the
spring.
S. A. Teal, for thirty years master
mechanic of the Fremont, Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad, with head
quarters at Missouri Valley, has re
signed and will be succeeded by Ed
ward W. Pratt.
Sheriff John M. Kreader of Dodge
county has resigned, in order to as
sume the duties of deputy collector of
Internal revenue. Deputy Sheriff Ar
thur Bauman has baen appointed to
fill the vacancy.
Eight companies fczve been organiz
ed recently in Dawes county for the
Punose of boring for oil, and filings
have been made on slxty-iour placer
oil mining claims in Beaver creek val
ley, about ten miles northeast o
Chadron
M. L. Rawlings of Wymore now ha3
a force of over seventy-five men at
work cutting ice on Indian creek. Th?
ice averages from ten to twelve Inches
in thickness. At present they are
working on a contract for the B. &
M., which calls for 200 carloads.
Union Pacific engine 1718, attached
to an extra freight train, left the rails
while going on a sidetrack at the west
end of the yards at Elkhorn. The
wrecKing crane came out irom umana
and put it bacK on tne traeK. i ne
engine received but small damage.
The women of the Helen Gould club
met in open session at the home of
Mrs. Fozzard, one of its members, in
T r-S,, XT Vaoo oxr. An In.
. -iiA
lcl"LX"e' I
oi tne principal xeaiures ui wu.cu was
a paper prepared and read by J. A.
Reichenback on the subject of "Labor
Unions."
Mrs. Charles Coburn, residing at
Beatrice, attempted suicide bv swal-
lowing a Quantity of morphine. A
physician wa3 summoned when it was
discovered that she had swallowed
..i u.U6 I
Ing her by the use of a stomach pump,
It is alleged that Mrs. Coburn had
trouble with her husband the forepart
of the week, which resulted in his
leaving her.
vitv ,iiir rwor ta nfToro fnr
Mrs. May Johnson, who recently
eloped from Barrett, Kan., a small
town southwest of Table Rock, in
Marshall county, Kansas. Fairchild
is 27- years old, a ree Aietnodist
preacher, and left a wife and four
small children. The woman is the
wife of Henry Johnson, 27 years old,
and left a husband and two children.
They left in a wagon drawn by a span
of mules.
The women of the W. S. A. society
at Table Rock gave a New Year's re
ception at the fine parlors of Mrs. C.
R. Smith from 2 p. m. till 5 p. m., at
which the attendance was large. The
parlors were decorated with holly, mis
tletoe and Spanish moss and the suff
rage colors. The tables, with ferns,
and a profusion of potted plants also
adorned the rooms.
The hostess and
the officers of the society formed the
receiving line.
LINCOLN Food Commissioner S.
C. Bassett has decided to retain his
office until the closing of the legisla
ture. He had handed in a resigna
tion to take effect much sooner, but
at the request of Governor Mickey
has consented to remain until April
1. It is rumored about the state cap-
itol that Horace Clark, superintend
ent of the girls industrial school at
Geneva, and Commissioner A. V. Cole
of the soldiers' home at Grand Island
will be retained in their present po
sitions.
WILL GIVE NO KELIEFI
REPUBLICAN LEADERS STAND BY
THE TRUSTS.
Competition from Foreign Coal Would
Reduce the Present Exorbitant
Prices, but the Great Monopolies
Will Not Permit It The People
Must Suffer.
Trust Prices Go Up Easily and Quickly
The President, in his message to
Congress recommended that the duty
on anthracite coal be abolished. One
or more bills to amend the Dingley
tariff bill have been Introduced in
Congres to that end, but the commit
tee to which they have been referred
has taken no action. It is stated,
semiofficially, that the Republicans in
Congress have determined not to re
port any bill that will "meddle with
the tariff,' as even such an innocent
bill as one to remove the duty on
anthracite coal would, if reported, be
open to amendment and thus start up
the whole question of reforming the
the protective tariff.
A vote upon an amendment to such
a bill would put all the members of
Congress on record and most of the
Republicans do not care to be record
ed as being opposed to taking off the
duty on trust products that are being
sold to foreigners cheaper than to the
American people. A great many Re
publican Congressmen would go be
tween the devil and the deep sea if
they were compelled to record them
selves on this issue. Some of them,
perhaps enough to carry an amend
ment, might vote with the Democrats.
To have a number of Republicans
vote to place trust products on the
free list would be disastrous to that
party, as it would show a spilt on an
important issue and would perhaps
lead to further demoralization.
Thus to save the Republican party
from exposing its lack of unanimity,
even the recommendation of Presi
dent Roosevelt for the removal of the
duty on anthracite coal remains un
noticed by the party leaders and this
slight relief to the people is denied.
If the President had also Included
bituminous coal in bis recommenda
tion, his case would have been much
stronger, for free soft coal would give
greater relief to the coal consumers
than free hard coal. There have been
some importations of what is called
Scotch and Welch anthracite coal
under the stress of the present coal
famine, but as it ranks but little bet
ter than the good qualities of bitumi
nous coal, it is not very salable at
the price that is demanded for it, nor
would it be if the duty of sixty-seven
cents per ton was not added to its
cost. On the other hand, free bitumi
nous coal would greatly relieve the
distress now prevailing at the sea
board cities, for the Nova Scotia coal
would compete at New York and Bos
ton and every ton imported would
reduce the demand for anthracite by
one-half or two-thirds, the relative
value of the coals varying somewhat
for heating purposes. The importa
tion of Nova Scotia coal, free of duty,
would, therefore, relieve the situation
nelp to regulate the price and
to keep it within the bounds of rea-
sen. It would allow more coal to be
shipped from the mines to the west
ern states by reducing the quantity
:eeded at the seaboard. It would also
fclieve the railroads of that much
freight and allow them to hurry for
ward the much-needed coal, which
they now say they are unable to
carry in sufficient quantities to supply
half the demand.
Free coal, both anthracite and bitu
minous, is, therefore, an immediate
necessity to every one, and yet Con
gress delays to pass this most neces
sary legislation. For partisan reasons
the Rennhlirans have decided that th
tariff igsue mugt not be opened for
discussion. This may be "letting well
enough alone" from the standpoint of
Senator Hanna, who is a mine owner
and who is piling up ncnes by cnarg-
inS exornitant prices for his coal, but
la "UCI OlIU IUUUU1BU iu me SUl-
fering poor and is robbery of those in
hetter oireiimstances.
The politicaI necessities of the Re-
DUblican party are so interwoven with
the trusts, it so relies upon the trusts
for campaign funds, that the leaders
who dominate Congress will not allow
any oni cnanging tne present tariff
law to come up for consideration.
The Democrats would have the right
to offer amendments to such a bill
when it reached the staze of Commit.
tee or tne wnoie ana u tne Dili was
reported to place anthracite coal on
the free list, the Democrats would pro-
pose to place anthracite coal on the
free list, the Democrats would propose
to include all coal. Amendments
wouia aiso De onerea to put trust
I nrniiitte nn rna frno Iiot nnsV 4Vt I
what the Republican leaders fear.
Thus the abject misery that comes
from lack of fuel is intensified by the
grasping partisans who control
the
The
Congress of the United States
u" mumci, me mi iu, musi not De
touched even to a hair on her head.
to prevent tne sunenng ana los3 of
life that is sure to follow if free trade
in coal is not at once provided for.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
Prove to Be a Failure The Protec
tion Theory Breaking Down With
Its Own Weight.
In making treaties with foreign
ountries the administration, evident
ly, does not understand the conditions
chat exist about the commercial mat
ters that the treaties are drawn up to
rover.
The latest treaty to receive a black
eye is that concluded by the state de-
oartment with Newfoundland, which
those interested in the fishing indus
try of the New England coast claim
Is disastrous to their interests. The
opposition of some Senators to the
treaty is so decided that it will, like
he French treaty and others, be
iither laid aside or, if brought to a
rote, will undoubtedly be defeated.
Theee treaties are all supposed to be
n ad fcy the rule of reciprocity that
is some one or some interest must
viUti; to open our markets to some
foreign production. The foreigner
yill not open his door unless we will
pen onr door to the same extent,
therefore, reciprocity and protection
io not work smoothly together. For if
:he door is opened by reciprocity, even
Vn VJXTS.
that it will be mad sick and perish If
the door is not promptly closed.
Trying to amend the protective tar
iff by the round-about way of reciproc
ity Is proving an utter failure, or else
the Republican management of the
State Department Is not equal to the
occasion. All of the important treat
ies that have been arranged since the
prohibitive tariff was enacted have
not been enacted by the Senate and
there is no probability that any of
them will be.
The trusts will, in the future as in
the past, if they continue to manufac
ture a surplus, to be compelled to sell
at a far less price to the foreigner
than the protective tariff allows tbem
to exact from our own people. Cer
tain trusts would be glad to see a
treaty ratified that would open foreign
markets to their products, but the
equivalent reduction demanded by the
foreigner on other products, pinches
the toes of another trust and Inter
feres with its monopoly so that no
agreement can be arrived at.
Monopoly of the home market and
enormous profits for trusts is the
principal upon which the protective
traiff rests and any competition from
outside breaks down the theory and
practice which supports It.
Labor's Slow Climb.
Corrupting Influences of Protection.
Mr. William Lloyd Garrison has a
most excellent article in the Free
Trade Almanac for 1903, from which
the following is a part:
"A system built on fallacies has its
root In corruption, and its fruit bears
evidence of its percentage. From un
truths to misguide and misappropria
tion of revenues, to grants of privil
eges for favors received and expected,
to corruption of public and private
morals, the step is easy and Inevit
able. To comprehend the demoralized
state which public sentiment has
reached, one has only to observe the
Irdifference and derision which meet
the reformer who preaches ethics in
politics. It is tacitly taken for grant
ed, that politics, to be practical, must
be impure. Expediency is the gospel
of the hour, and principles are con
sidered academic and irrelevant.
Corruption, having exploited the
people through the tariff, next seeks
to tax them further by domestic mon
opoly. Trusts are the instruments.
The tariff enables them to escape for
eign competition and more easily to
throttle competition at home. The
machinery of government becomes at
length subordinated to the representa
tives of selfish combinations. They
dictate laws, hold in subjection uni
versity, press and pulpit, instigate
foreign aggression, encourage war.
and put imperialism and militarism
in the place of a "government of the
people, for the people, and by the peo
ple." The protective tariff is a viper's
rest. Unless it is destroyed, the
United States will be a democracy
ocly in name."
Free Trade in Coal.
When President Roosevelt was on
his stumping tour he declared in his
speech at Cincinnati that anthracite
coal was on the free list. All of the
Republican spellbinders echoed the
same declaration. The Democrats
showed that anthracite and bituminous
coal were both subject to duty under
the Dingley tariff law, but were de
nounced as prevaricators. Election is
now over and President Roosevelt ac
knowledges that he was mistaken and
recommends in his message that the
duty be removed from anthracite coal.
It is now up to a Republican Congress
to pass such a bill, but so far no steps
have been taken to that end.
It is well to inquire why bituminous
coal should not also be placed upon
the free list, especially as the coal
barons are making preparations to ex
port coal to Mediterranean ports to
compete with foreign coal in those
markets.
Rich Xmas for Pennsylvania Road.
The Pennsylvania railroad combine,
which is all-powerful at Washington,
has succeeded in forcing through the
House of Representatives the subsidy
towards building a union depot and
raising the tracks above grade in the
capital city. This subsidy bill was
held up in the last session of Con
gress by the Republicans, as they did
not think it good policy to go on rec
ord for a subsidy to a railroad Just
befre an election. The claims of the
Republican leaders that the people
voted to let the trusts still draw their
subsidies through the protective tar
iff has not been interpreted to mean
that voters favor more subsidies in
other directions. The ship subsidy
steal ha3 already passed the Senate
and Is now awaiting the action of the
House of Representatives.
Baer's Hypocrisy.
But for the Miners' Union, Brother
Baer of the coal trust, would be free
to pay only the lowest possible wages
wages which the miner would have
to accept or starve. The disinterest
edness of Brother Baer in pleading for
the "sacred right of the free man to
sell his labor freely In a free market"
a market that is controlled absolute
ly by Brother Baer is understood by
everybody. New York American.
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REED'S METHOD OF WORK.
Would Postpone It to the Last Minute
for LlgM Literature.
Many stories .ire told illustrative of
Reed's methods of work. lie was ex
tremely fond of what Is called "light
literature" and would postpono worl
on a task he had before him to tho
last iosAibIe moment In order to fin
ish some story or romance. He
always managed to get up steam, how
ever. In time to complete his work.
For weeks before his graduation
from college he was burled In the
treasures of fiction contained In a
friend's llbrury. The number of
speakers for commencement day had
been changed that year from fifteen
to ten, and Reed was reminded of the
fact by a college mate.
"Time enough yet. Why I have five
weeks!" he answered.
"But the other fellows have been
working live months!"
"Never mind." he answered as h
went on with his reading, "I'll have a
place on the program." And lie did
so, standing fifth on the list of com
mencement orators.
Next to fiction lie was fondest of
oratory. Hn was a student of parlia
mentary law and of oratory long be
fore lib himself became an authority
by the publication of the standard
works, "Reed's Rules" and "Modern
Eloquence."
Another time Rend was nsked to
contribute an article to a magazine by
a certain date. As umial, he put it off.
Finally the last night of the allotted
time arrived, and Reed sat down at
his desk, intending to scribble, off an
apology for his inability and a refusal
to write the article. Suddenly an Idea
occurred to him. He wrote feverishly
until after 2 o'clock the next morning
and finished the article In the onu
sitting.
WAS SIMPLE WHEN EXPLAINED.
But Phonetic Spelling of Name Puz
zled Hotel Clerk.
The man walked up to the hotel
register and signed his name, with a
flourish. "E. K. Phtholognyrrh." "Look
here. Turner," said tho clerk, who
knew him very well, "Is somebody on
your track? Where did you get that
outlandish name?"
"My boy, you're slow," replied Tur
ner, airily. "That's my same old name,
written in plain English and pro
nounced as it is written just Turner.
Look at It. Of course I do it just to
make people guess. They wonder
about my nationality and the pronun
ciation of my name. I can bear them
talii. about it. Hut, as I said before,
It'H English spelling." .
"Will you kindly explain?" asked
the clerk.
"'Phth,' there is the sound of T in
phthisis,'" began Turner; "olo.'
there Is the sound of 'ur' in 'colonel;
'gn,' there Is the 'n' In 'gnat;' 'yrrh Is
the sound of 'er in 'myrrh.' Now If
that does not spell Turner what does
it spell?"
"Well," said the clerk, "it is lucky
for me that the majority of men
don't register their names phoneti
cally." Charity Richly Rewarded.
Henry Douglas, an ice wagon driver
of Paducah, Ky., cast his bread upon
the waters, to some purpose. He learnd
recently that a man he befriended two
years ago has left him the snug sura
of $3,000. In 1900 a boy tramp, known
as "Greasy Jim," struck Paducah sick,
penniless and hungry. Douglas gave
the lad clothing and food and a place
to sleep. In a few weeks the youth
was well again and left town. A few
days ago Douglas received news that
James Holman. a soldier in the Phil
ippines, who died in a Manila hospital.
had named him as his next frlend.
This recalled to Douglas' mind that
"Greasy Jim's" last name was Holman.
He later received a formal notice from
an insurance company that the soldier
Holman had left a life insurance pol
icy to the amount of $.,000, Douglas
being named in the policy as bene
ficiary. Tidal Waves in Harness.
A proposal is on foot a Hikurakl, in
New Zealand, for the utilization of the
tidal waters of the place in the gener
ation of electricty. The plan is to
build a tunnel through a narrow neck
of land at Pelorus sound, eighty-eight
feet in length. The rise and fall of
the tide at this place varies from six
feet and seven feet to ten feet and
eleven feet, and the tunnel would. It
is said, command 50,000 acres of tidal
water. It is not stated how tbe power
would be generated, but presumably
the tunnel would be made below the
level of the lowest ebb tide and tur
bines would be installed at either end
of the tunnel. The scheme has been
taken up by a local company, which
has a capital of $375,000.
The French Academy.
The French academy is one of the
five academies, and the most eminent.
constituting the institute of France.
It was founded in 1C35 by the Cardinal
Richelieu, and reorganized in 1816. It
is composed of forty members, the
new member elected by the remaining
thirty-nine members for life, after per
sonal application and the submission
of their nomination to the head of the
state. It meets twice weekly, at the
palace Mazarin, 23 Quia Conti, Paris.
and is "the highest authority on every
thing appertaining to the niceties of
the French language, to grammar,
rhetoric and poetry, and the publica
tion of the French classics." The chief
officer is the secretary, who has a life
tenure of his position. A chair in the
academy is the highest ambition of
meet literary Frenchmen.
Why Congressman Went Home.
Thomas Shevlln, Republican na
tional committeeman from Minnesota,
was in Washington to attend the open
ing of congress and says that whilo
there he almost lost his identity.
"Why," says the Minnesota man. "one
man shook hands with me and paid,
'How do you do. Col. James Hamilton
Lewis?' Goodness knows it was bad
enough to be mistaken for Jim Ham,'
but a little while later a young fellow
pointed me out to h.'s friend and said:
'There goes the father of one of the
best football players in America.' That
settles it I'm going back horns as
fast as I can.""
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