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No , 11 22.
Bishop WIllliuiiH of Illinois dechu'CH
that the Utblo Is not tlto word of God.
Bishop McC'nbo declares that thu book
of GoneslH In tlio basic truth upon
which chrlHtlnnlly In founded. Anil
whllo they are disputing ever thin
point , It would seem that the HoiiHlb
vlow for the outsider to tnUu of the
Mmltor IH the Idea frequently repented
of Into by thu elorgy , that proof of
the pudding IH In thu eating nnd that
the best foundation for hollof In chrlH-
tlnnlty IB thu fact that Its toachlngH
fitaml for the heat In lift ) , and thai Hit
Inlluoncu IH for thu uplifting of human
Ity. Now nnd then the laylty Is crltl
clscd for raising polnls of technical
lUos In regard to historical evidence ,
luul the criticism havu nioro effect If
the bishops , thoniHolvuH , would abstain
from such \vntnilliiK.
DEMOCRATIC DISADVANTAGE.
Onu of the principal planlCH In
Judge Graves' pint form , upon which
ho IH making the campaign for congress -
gross from the Third district , declares
radically for the linincdlulu govern-
ini'iit ownership of a trunk line of rail
way , "which will allow the govern-
moat to control the Hlttmtlon , " and for
the complete1 ownership of all lines nt
the earliest possible dato.
Judge Graves la pledged by IIH ! plat
form to put In a good < lonl of hla tlmo ,
If olpcti-d to congress , trying to got
Htich a moaHiiru as this onaatod and
signed by the president Into a law. It
IH assumed that ho would ho 'faithful
to hla platform pledge , and devote
many hours of his tlmo toward an at
tempt at enacting a government own
ership bill.
For the reason that .Indgo Graves
Htands practically alone , outside of
Hearst followers , on the government
ownership platform , It IH reasonable
to say that , In order to make any head
way on the proposition , ho would bo
compelled to dovolo practically all of
his tlmo to this measure. Mr. Bryan
nnd his admirers have retracted from
the stand , nlirt therefore It would bo
against Bryan's Inllucnce that Judge
Graves would bo compelled to pursue
his government ownership course.
Supposing , however , that the Third
district representative wore ahlo to
carry his measure through and get It
voted a law , by a narrow margin.
This Is presumed only on the condi
tion that Judge Graves could over
come the Influence of the Uryan wing
of the democratic party as well us I ho
republicans In congress. The bill
would bo vetoed by President Roosevelt
velt , because President Roosevelt does
not believe that this country wants
so un-American a revolution In our
industrial system.
After having devoted his tlmo to
this measure , then. Judge Graves
would return homo at the end of his
two years without having accom
plished anything.
It would bo Just the same with all
other measures that ho might attempt.
Ho would bo fighting against the ad
ministration and the party In control ,
on every point. Ho could make no
headway. It would ho such a discour
aging Job that It looks as though ho
could not really want to undertake It.
This district Is not ready to annul
Its opportunity to get things for Itself
nnd to aid In legislation which will bo
enacted by the republican administra
tion , by electing a democrat this year.
DR. ALDEN'S -.RELINQUISHMENT.
Trouble over the superlntendeiiQy
of tlio Norfolk Insane hospital has
been settled out of court because of
the danger which his friends feared
for Dr. Alden If he should continue to
carry the burden of managing the In
stitution , and the settlement as a mat
ter of bringing about peace and nar-
mony , without regard to the legal
points which were raised In the contest -
test , must give contentment and satis
faction not only to the people of the
state and this city , but' also to Dr.
Alden and his friends.
Dr. Alden relinquishes the olllco of
superintendent on the advice of his
friends because of his 111 health and
the surrender , it Is said , comes not
hi the form of a concession that the
governor had authority to remove
him. As a man ho has been stricken ,
and because of his condition of health
his friends declare they feared there
was danger In allowing him to con
tinue under the strain of work and
worry which is naturally attendant
upon the management of so largo a
public Institution.
The people of the state , and espe
cially of Norfolk nnd the northern part
of the state , will be glad that all con
tention over authority in the hospital
has been removed from the institution ,
Dr. Alden must feel a relief in being
freed from the strain which accompa
nied jJbo past several months , and..hjj
must be glad for him , because
of his prt-nciit condition of health , that
he will now bo nblo to take a much
nemled tent.
The public of ( ho state , and oHpu-
dally tlio famllli'H nnd frlcndH of Ihosu
'infortunnli'H ' ' who nro wards at the
limtltullon , will feel a relief In the
fact that theRe wards will no longer
be cared for under a hnnpllal admlnlB-
( ration which IH In a turmoil through
itio | wan auto proceedings and a do-
llanco t > f the Hlato executive's author
ity In the matter. I''or It muut bo con *
coded dial It will be butter for the pa-
iliiulH with ( ho ItoHpltal running along
ii cotnplulo harmony all atound than
with friction over It , to Interfere with
UH best IntoroHtH.
The people of Norfolk and this part
of the Htato , who take no llttlo prldu
In their Htato ItiHtltntlou , much prefer
that It Hhould run along smoothly and
without any sort of scandal to mar UH
record than to have It an ohjuct of
chargoH and InvuHlfgatloiiH and legal
bullion , whatever the foundation , for
thoHu may be , HO that Dr. Alden'H Hur-
render of the olllce will meet public
approval generally.
OUU STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Nobranka state InHtltutloiiH , Hitch as
the Insane aHyluniH , ought , in Justice
to the wards cared for and thu men
who take charge of them , to he re
moved from polltlcH. The power of
appointment ought to bo taken out of
the ImmlH of the governor , who now
distributes the various positions In
payment of political debtH every two
yearH , and should be placed In the
hands of a hoard of control of live or
more members , to bo elected aH our
Htato nnlvot'HJIy regents are chosen ,
and who could not , because of the im
possibility of changing the political
color of the boaul In IOHS than six
years , rotnovo an asylum superinten
dent because of political alllllatloas
and substitute another for thu solu
reason that he WIIH of another party.
Under the present system In Ne
braska a Htiperlntendent In one of
our Hlato Insane hospitals no sooner
guts well acquainted with the duties
of his olllce. and no sooner gets things
running smoothly and for the bcttcllt
of the patients under his care , than
another election rolls around , a now
governor Is Inaugurated and a now
Htiperlntendent replaces the old. The
new man has the work to learn allover
ever again , and loses his position Just
as ho has acquired the run of things.
And , for one political reason or ail-
other , the governor today can demand
the resignation of a state olllclal for
slight cause. The power Is too arbi
trary with the state's chief executive ,
nnd appointments are too unstable to
work out the host results for all con-
corned.
In Now York the asylum superinten
dents are appointed .by n board of
control. The superintendents remain
In olllce ( hiring their good service and
can not bo removed except lor cause.
In Mlddlotown. N. Y. , there Is said to
bo a superintendent who has romalned
In one asylum for twenty-seven years.
The , same plan prevails In South Da
kota nnd other states.
An illustration of the working of the
plan may bo found in the Nebraska
state university chancellor , who Is
elected by a board of regents. Dr. 13.
Uenjatnln Andrews Is a democrat. Ills
politics cut no tlguro with his tenure
of otllco. If his nppolntment had rest
ed with tho'governor , ho would have
been replaced by a republican when
the present administration entered of
fice.
Political belief has nothing to do
with a physician's ability to care for
the nervous and Insano. When the
state gets a good man In an Insane
hospital , ho ought to bo retained as
long as ho will stay and glvo no rea
son for his removal.
It Is reasonable to suppose that the
longer a superintendent remains In
cltargo of a hospital , the better meth
ods will bo adopted , the bettor prog
ress made along lines of Improvement
and better results obtained in curing
the patients.
Appointments of such vltnl Import
ance to the wards of the state ought
not to bo swayed back and forth with
the political winds which put first one
governor In ofllco and then another.
As the position stands under the
present system , It is a grave question
with any physician whether It is worth
whllo to abandon Ills' practice for two
years for the sake of the suporintou-
dency of a hospital , and with a pros
pect of losing the place at the next
election. If it were a permanent place
during good behavior and good ser
vice , the medical profession would bo
more willing to offnr up Its men.
This condition Is suggested as food
for thought at the coming state legis
lature.
The plan Is advocated not as a per
sonal retlectton of any sort , nor Is it
In any way intended to bo a criticism
of men or their acts In the past of
whatever nature , but The News be
lieves that the present system , as a
system , could bo Improved upon to
the advantage of the medical profes
sion and the state's Institutions.
PARTY LOYALTY.
The Lincoln Ev.ening News claims
to be a republican newspaper. It
clalnirt to bo highly conscientious in
KH politico ! beliefs and , fitrlbermoio ,
It prctondH to abhor anybody who
would IIP guilty of dfHortlng repub
lican principles. The embodiment of
republican principles , according to the
NOWH vlow , IH Norrls llrown , Mm to-
publican nominee for the United
States senate.
The Lincoln NOWH and Its conmntH
have elected themselves dictators of
Hie topiibllcan party In Nebraska.
Anyone who does not agree wllh them
In any Idea which they chance to
Hprlng , however popullHtlc or radical ,
IH Immediately ridden out of the parly ,
HO far as they can do It. ' NorrlH
llrown was brought forward by. that
faction. Mo wan nominated by the
republican slate convention , llupttb-
HcaiiH over the Hlato nro standing by
that nomination becatiso they belluvo
In parly loyalty , and falthfnlnusH to
party principle whether the HIICCOHH-
fill nominee happened to bo their pro-
convention choice or not.
The HUIIIO principle of honor and
fair play Hhould hold good with other
candidates than Norrls Hrown. Oilier
men who have been named by repub
lican party conventions , In fair and
square contents , ought to be given Just
an nutted support from thu republican
party an the Honatorlal nominee. Hut
tho.v are not receiving this sort of a
deal. liiHtead , other republican candi
dates In Iliu Held , who are unitedly
supportingNorrlH Hrown for senator ,
are being subjected to attacks at the
hands of lilH very managors.
HUH II come to a slate of affairs In
the grand old parly of Nebraska ,
where a newspaper and Its candidate
can demand support from the whole
parly and then turn atound and snarl
at the balance of the party when It
has the boldnesH to select candidates
for other OCOH ? Mow long will party
organl/.atlou last with this sort of
work ?
The attitude of Norrls Brown's olll
clal organs , for Instance , with regard
to Judge lioyd , republican candidate
for congress In the Third district , has
been shameful. Ills Lincoln newspa
pers were for McCarthy for ronomlnn-
lion and when ho was beaten they evi
dently determined to demonstrate that
they would run the party throughout
the whole state or they wouldn't play
at all. And so they have been trying
to damage * Judge Uoyd over since. It
has been rumored that Norrls Brown's
papers , for the sake of winning the
Dodge county republican members of
the legislature , have traded off Boyd
In that county and will help Graves ,
This IH not through principle , but
through selfishness. While this has
been denied mildly In Dodge county
by republicans who supported McCar
thy and Brown , yet the very denial
had every appearance of confirming
the rumor.
The railroad pass has been the cry
of that band of papers' which seemed
to need Norrls Brown's nomination
and which were equally anxious thai
McCarthy should bo ronomlnated.
They evidently believe that the public
can bo deceived Into thinking that
their man McCarthy was a "reform"
candidate. As a matter of fact Judge
Boyd won the nomination In this dis
trict without the aid of Iho railroads ,
whllo his opponent for the nomination ,
McCarthy , worked with the sympathy
of the Northwestern railroad through
out. It was against this obstacle that
Boyd won qut In Iho convention. And
so those who have deserted Boyd on
this ground , and who declared that
they wore for McCarthy , lay bare their
ridiculous inconsistency. The further
facl thai Graves has been found to
have solicited passes from a railroad
after ho was elected Judge , In spite
of misrepresentation that he had not
accepted lallroad favors , only adds
more evidence to the fact that some
of those alleged republican organs
which demand party support of Brown
out through the state and are sacri
ficing Boyd , are Insincere In their mo
tives and trying to put up a bluff to
Justify their treason.
There are more vital things at stake
In this election than thu matter of
whether this man or that man ever
used a railroad pass In his life. If
all of those candidates for office who
have solicited railroad favors and ac
cepted them In the past , wore debarred
from making a campaign , it is admit
ted by Judge Graves himself that the
present democratic congressional nom
inee In this district would have been
ruled off the track Just as soon as his
record , through probing and In the
face of a bluff , had been uncovered.
There aio fundamental principles
which must bo adhered to In this elec
tion , If the present prosporily of this
country is to continue. This country
wants no more of those terrible times
of 1857 and 1894 when free trade drove
thousands and thousands to the soup
houses for their meals , and the people
of this nation are not ready to vote a
levy for the purpose of trying so rad
ical an experiment as the government
ownership of railroads.
Yet Judge Graves stands on the
ground that a protective tariff Is noth
ing less than robbery and he stands on
a platform which declares for the Im
mediate ownership of trunk lines and
the complete ownership of all rail-
roadfi b > the government nt the ear
liest poH.ilblo moment.
Thu republican party has made thin
country prosperous under tlio protec
tive tariff , becatiho It has given em
ployment to the laborers of Ibis coun
try at living wages. Mf there Is a need
of revision In curtain Hchodtilos , then
that revision can only safely bo en
trusted to the parly which Is a friend
of the protective tariff n d the full
dinner pall principle.
In regard to government ownership ,
oven Mr , Bryan has deserted Judge
Graves and left him stranded on that
radical plunk , to Hwlm out IIH bust ho
ran. lint Judge Graven Is tied to the
plank , and lie can not swim without It.
Continued prosperous conditions un
der the f-'publlcin party's administra
tions , are demanded by the people of
this nation. To elect a congressman
from thin district who Is In harmony
with the administration , will be help
ing to maintain thoHu conditions.
The IHHUO IH not whether this candi
date or lltal has over ridden on a pass ,
for the only difference between candi
dates on Ibis point 'in many cases IB
that ono will frankly admit that he
once used a pass because he saw no
harm In It , while the other will do
noimcu such a practice as "accepting
a bribe , " knowing thai ho , himself , has
solicited and received and accopled
gladly tl u same sort of favors. II Is
merely , In some cases , a mailer of
honcHt admission and of deliberate
misrepresentation.
If Norrls Brown IH to bo elected son
a tor from Nfjmiska , and If he IB
anxious to accomplish wise and bene
llcial legislation along republican
lines , ho will need co-operation from
a republican house. And If ho sin
cerely wants a republican house , or
Indeed If ho wants to sit In a repub
lican senate , ho will have to muzzle
the mavericks who have drifted from
the grand old party's ranks , and tender -
dor to other republican candidates In
Nebraska the same support , tbrougl
his personal newspaper organs , which
he expects to receive from the balance
anco of the ticket and the balance of
the party.
He can not expect enthusiastic sup
port from the rank and Hie of the
parly so long as his personal manag
ers are out with their little hammers ,
rapping against other party nominees
who chanced to have been nominated
without his managors' consent.
AROUND TOWN. ,
People submit to a good many
things In this world because they don't
want to hurl other people's feelings.
The Northwestern railroad will
spend twenty million dollars for a now
passenger station In Chicago. Nor
folk would bo gladx to got one costing
$20,000.
Dowlo has had another vision , In
which he sees that ho will raise a mil
lion dollars to restore his prestige and
power , lie must have been eating
mince pie.
Tree leaves were discouraged by
last night's extreme cold weather , and
are falling to earth today in great
bunches.
There Is this about taking care of a
furnace : when you clean out Hie ash
pit you ought to wear a cap unless
you want a head full of ashes.
There are grandfathers and grand
fathers ; and wl en a genuine grand
father has gone from this earlh for
ever , 11 leaves a wound in the hearts
of his grandchildren that no length of
time can ever heal. *
Horsethloves and bicycle thieves
are playing hldo and seek with this
part of the country.
Norfolk housekeepers who enjoy
sleeping until 9 o'clock , complain that
school children on their way to school ,
make such a racket that slumber is
driven to the lall grass.
There Is this advantage in owning
a bicycle Instead of a horse : your bl
cycle may be punclured by the thief
and abandoned , whllo the horse can't
break his leg without being ruined.
Mother Naluro got up on the wrong
side of the bed this morning and was
Irritable. She began her nervous day
by scolding and fretting. Then she
decided to clean house , and began by
sweeping every streel in slgbl. The
dusl flow aboul the streets just as It
( lies around a man's homo when ho Is
trying lo enjoy a cigar and somebody
else Is Irylng lo use Iho broom. Hats
went up in the air , signs creaked al-
mosl as much as they do in winter
tlmo , men's eyes were filled with dust ,
Ihelr mouths wore filled with unprint
able words and the women fought des
perately to keep themselves on
straight. It has been ono of those days
when you feel like biting back at the
weather and everything else In slghl
a good day lo skip , If It were possi
ble.
WILLIAM HUSE.
"Father is dead ! " How oflen Hie
cry of Iho sorrowing Is heard Ihrough-
out the land , and yet how llttlo .tho
words e \ to the rushing world un
til Iho } applied to our own house
hold. t ,1 then ; though advancing
ago must naturally prepare ono for
the inevitable , oven Uiough father has
lived more than the allotted three
Hcoro and ten , yet the advance of the
grim reaper Is foughl with a dolerml-
nation to miatch from Its grasp Its In
tended victim If love and skill can do
It. And when human assistance no
longer postpones the dread moment ,
then comes a feeling of keen grief , of
helplessness , of despair nt the sever
Ing of the ties thai havu bound for a
lifetime , which can only bo softened
by the hope of Immortality which
promises that we shall again havu our
loved ones on the ether shore.
William Huso wan a man whom any
person might be proud to call father.
In his dealings with his fellows ho
was honorable , upright and honest to
an extreme degree , and ho would oflen
yield more than was'falr rather than
to leavu any question In his own mind
as to the straightforwardness of a
transaction . But It was In his homo
llfo , away from the Intrusion of the
critical eyes of the world , that his
true character was really known.
Hero ho was Iho porsonlflcallon of
kindness and gentleness , generous tea
a fault , and ho leaves a monument of
affection In the hearts * of those he
loved. His chief thought was to prpi
vide amply for his family , giving his
children all and more than his cir
cumstances would wnrraiit , but his
greatest ambition was to start them
out In llfo In such a manner slhal they
would not be obliged to endure the
hardships and privations thai were
his In early years.
William Huso was a pioneer In
north Nebraska Journalism. Coming
loathe state In 1872 , he established
early In the following year the first
newspaper published north of the Elkhorn -
horn valley , when the name Northern
Nebraska Journal , at Ponca , was not
a misnomer because Its Held at that
tlmo was the whole northern part of
the slate. Later he was the moving
spirit In the founding of four other
north Nebraska newspapers , three of
which are being successfully published
today , and It was only through his
instrumentality that the present man
agement was able to take charge of
The News eighteen years ago nexl
inonlh , remaining with Iho venlure
tinlil he became satisfied lhat it was
on a basis thai oughl to make 11 suc
ceed. Not only was ho a founder of
newspapers , but ho stood at the head
of a newspaper family , two sons , one
son-in-law and ono grandson being ac
tively engaged in the same line of
work in Nebraska today.
He never aspired to hold public of
fice and would not have taken ono at
any lime In his life , yet he was active
in the support of friends and parti
sans , and many are the pollllclans
who owed their success to his efforts
and Inlluencc. At ono time , when Ne
braska was not as densely peopled as
now , and when ho was aptlve and In
his prime , ho was personally acquaint
ed with almost the entire population
of the counties In the northeastern
part of the state. Now many of his
old friends have gone the way of
earth , and during the past few years
he has felt an increasing lonesomeness -
ness in the country which he did so
much to help develop from a wilder
ness to a garden.
When he quietly fell asleep In
Wayne last night , it was as ho had
always wished a painless , peaceful
ending to a rounded out and useful
career.
THE EAST CALLS HIM BIGGEST
MAN OF THE GOVERNMENT.
IS WELL KNOWN I N NORFOLK
Introduced Into Washington Official
dom by George D. Melklejohn of the
Third Congressional District , He
Has Risen Rapidly to the Front.
[ From Wednesday's Dally. ]
W. W. Jormane , a Washington
newspaper correspondent of some
note , has writlen the following story
concerning Charles E. Magoon , the
Nebraskan who has been made Cuban
governor , well known In Norfolk , for
his papers , the Minneapolis Journal
and others :
"Who is Charles E. Magoon ? "
This qnosllon was asked In a knot
of men standing In the lobby of Ihe
Presidents workshop Ihe oilier day ,
jusl after Mngoon had come oul of
Mr. Roosovell's room and had said ,
with a big booming laugh , "Well , boys ,
it's mo for the Philippines ; Wlnthrop
will be governor of Cuba. "
The question was not answered at
the moment , but that evening 11 was
asked of another group of people In
the president's lobby , and lhal lime
several answers wore made. Magoon
hail again been .summoned o Iho
whllo house and Iho president had
reached up as far as ho could and
tapped him on the chesl , saying al
the same lime , "Magoon , you're agoln *
lo Cnby. " The president has a way
of being Jocular at times with those
he likes , and ho does sure like Ma
goon. The president , having heard
from Taft lhal his heart was not hope
lessly set on having Governor Wln
throp come from Porto Rico to gov
ern Cuba , promptly upset all previous
arrangements and sent for Magoon
and made him governor , with orders
to go to Cuba as soon as the Lord
would lot him. It was all very Itooae-
veltlan. Not In fourteen lifetimes
would such n cautious president as
McKlnloy have made the Wlnthfop.
amtouneemont in the morning and the
same night kicked It all over and
made the Magoon appointment. But ,
at any rnlo , II stimulated the answers'
lo the question :
Biggest Man In the Government.
"Who Is Charles 13. Magoon ? "
The answer came In bunches.
"He's Iho man who has made good'
wherever ho has been placed. "
"Tho Now York Sun says edllorlal-
ly lhal ho Is Iho biggest man In the
government. "
"He's the biggest , bcst-naturcd Jol
lier lhal ever happened. Nobody over
heard him say an unkind word about
anyone , and he has probably never
learned how to bo Illustrated. "
"Ho had played golf with the cabl- .
not , been n good fellow at the Metro
politan club and laughed himself lo-
Ihu front. " ,
"Magoon % Is a largo man from the
west , with energy , capaclly , Induslry
nnd diplomacy. Ho has made his own
wayVfrom tho.botlom and ho could do
lt , again. If you stripped him this min
ute -rind left him to shift for himself. ' "
And so they wenl. Nobody accused
Magoon of smallness , either physically - '
ly or otherwise , and while all agreed
that ho was an undoubted success , no
two were in harmony as to how he '
had won his prominence.
A brief look Into the Magoon per
sonal history reveals lhal ho was a. ,
poor boy , born In Mlnnesola , and made-
into a college graduate and then a
lawyer through his own labor on the'
farm and as a schoolteacher. Ho be
gan to practice law at Lincoln , Neb. ,
where ho rubbed elbows with Charles
G. Dawes , W. J. Bryan and other men
who later achieved distinction , and all
the while the record shows Mngoon
was adding to his list of friends. By
and by , through Dawcs and George G.
Melklejohn , ho was made a special
legal employe of the war department ,
and for some time was known as the
law clerk of the Insular bureau. His
duty was , In fact , to ncl as legal advis
er to that bureau , and as the business
of holding alien peoples In line was
now to this government , ho found plen
ty to do In pointing the legal road for
Ihose he served. Ho was gelling ? 1-
500 a year and earning 11 , although It
was a fortune compared to the returns
received out of his law practice be
fore ho came to Washington.
His Books Made a Hit.
But Magoon seems to have had plen
ty of days work in him and to have
had faith that therein lay his future.
He ground away ami at length made
his mark , after which his rise was
rapid. He had already attracted at
tention to himself by reason of his
radlent cheerfulness , his sturdy com
mon sense nnd the care with which he
performed his duties. But one day
he turned up with a book ho had
written and which was the legal sen
sation of the hour. It was "The Law
of Civil Government Under Military
Occupation , " and in it he had compiled
all the precedents and decisions and
opinions since Pontius Pjlate , as the
governor of a captive people permit
ted the crucifixion of the Savior.
The book settled Magoon's bigness
with this administration. Secretary
Hoot , himself regarded as something-
of a great lawyer , admired Magoon's
work with an adulation that could
only come from an Intense apprecla-
Jlon of It. Secretary Taft , also a shin
ing star In the law , was likewise
struck with the 'ability ' of the gentle
man from beyond the Missouri. And
lawyers all over the country chimed
In and sent for the new book.
The next heard of Magoon was as
minister to the Infant republic of Pan
ama , whore his knowledge of what to
do when you are going down a road
for the first tlmo came In handy. Sal
ary $10,000 a year. Then the presl-
donl added to his other duties that of
governor of the canal zone , -salary
$17,500 a year , and Magoon was really
doing very well both for himself and
his government when Mr. Denby and
others came along in congress and put
through the consular reform bill
which made it unlawful for Magoon-
or anyone else to draw two salaries
like that JL 1
So ended that connection , for the
president Is not ono to suffer oven the
shadow of humiliation to be Ihrown.
upon one who has been faithful to his
work.
The Man for Cuba.
Recalled from Panama It was the-
Intention to send Magoon lo Iho Phil
ippines as second In command , with
doubtless the hope before his eyes of
becoming governor general. But the
Cuban affair came up and It was at
once seen by the president that here
was the place lo get Immediate results-
from Magoon's astonishing knowledge
of what to do when you have an alien
nalion In leash. So , having him avail
able , to Cuba he goes.
Magoon has a striking personality.
Standing several Inches over six feet
In his socks , and big around as a bar
rel a largo barrel ho could easily
take the place of the giant In the side
show If Iho Lord had not also endowed
him with brains to match his phy
sique. In his contact with others he
Is decidedly democratic , wllh over a
smack of the west In his manner and
mode of expression. When ho
emerged from the president's den
with the appointment as governor of
Cuba In his pocket a friend asked
him : "Well , what shall we call you
this time ? Governor , general or
what ? "
"I'll toll you , " replied Mogoon , with
\ rumbling , rollicking laugh , and a
face like a full moon , "I've been 'your- . -
jxcellencled * so long that I'd Just like-
to got back to Lincoln and hear some-
uody say , 'Hello Charley. ' "