0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JANUAHY 12. 1890 ,
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( Seal. ) N. P. FEIL , Notary Public.
Tlio principal business of every leg
islature Is lo repeal or amend laws
enacted by its predecessor.
While the present legislature la mak
ing a record for new bills the man with
the printing contract smiles compla
cently.
Trojcctors of the St. Louis exposition
can come to Omnlm and learn Jnst how
a big show of that kind Is successfully
conducted.
The Jangle over rules In the lower
house of the legislature reminds us or
the adage that It Is a poor rule that
won't work both ways.
It would bo something out of the
ordinary should not some member of
the legislature Introduce at least one
bill to prevent bulls from running nt
large.
At first blush Senator .Van Dusen's
primary election bill will commend
Itself to'men of all parties who desire
to purge our political yBtem of cor
rupt methods at the source.
The fruit nnd produce commission
men of the United States are having a
convention. They are reminded that the
objections to expansion have no refer
ence to the size of berry boxes.
An Iowa man. has been , declared
legally dead because nothing has been
hoard from him for seven years. If this
Is the correct rule the country must be
full of politicians who are dead and do'
not know it.
The United States senate has kindly
consented to make the peace treaty
public. With no intention to hurt the
feelings of the senators it may be stated
the newspapers accomplished that task
sometime ago.
The Biscuit trust has promised to be
BOCK ! if the attorney general of Ohio
will only let it transact business In ttid
state. This olmply demonstrates * what
a real live attorney general can do If he
has the disposition.
Strange the little fistic encounter be
tween Messrs. Sharkey and McCoy
should create such a furore when Euro
pean legislative bodies are furnishing
almost dully larger and more animated
spectacles of the same kind.
Carter Harrison came out fiatfooted
for free silver at the ratio of 10 to 1
without the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth , but that does not
reconcile Altgcld to Carter Harrison's
candidacy for re-election as mayor of
Chicago.
"What is left of the Spanish fleet in
the West Indies , a few small gunboats
which remained in the fortified harbors ,
Is now on its way home. It should be
carefully preserved as a. relic of that
Bad but glorious past of which the Span-
isli profess to bp so proud.
There Is danger that the state will
bo Hooded with too many mutual in-
surniiee companies organized princi
pally to give soft berths to schemes
who have nothing to lose aud every
thing to gain from organized benevo
lence at other people's expense.
The farmers In the legislature ought
to keep their eyes peeled to catch on
to bills Introduced by lawyers whoso
main object to get Into the legislature
was to change the laws to suit Inter
ests of clients whoso cases promise
them a heavy contingent fee.
Governor Leedy has a duel on his
bauds as a result of questioning the
veracity of an ex-member of the legis
lature. The ex-legislator had referred to
the ex-governor In equally uncompll-
lucutary terms. Nothing short of a duel
will vindicate disrupted reputations.
Senator Farrell and his committee on
mines and mining may have some work
to do before the session Is over. There
are always more or less mUics laid dur
ing every session and If ho can prevent
his populist brothers from being blown
up by eouie of them bo will bo fortunate ,
CLAIMS OF run
The Filipinos claim that In the opera
tions against the Spanish forces nt Ma
nila they held the rotation of allies to
the Americans. In his mnulfcHto Issued
last week Agulnnldo assorts that ho
never agreed to recognize American
sovereignty ; that liu returned lo the
Philippines on nn American \\iir ship
solely to conquer the .Sinuilsli nnd win
Independence , his proclamations in Mny
and June declaring till * purple , llu
further declares that the American
forces recognized the Filipinos n.4 bollls-
c rents and asserts that li can product ?
proofs that he was tnkon to Manila on
the understanding that the Americans
promised him their co-operation to at
tain Independence.
Senator Mason asked In the course or
his speech In the seunto Tuesday , "Jid
not the natives who have been our
allies drive the Spaniards out'/ / " and ex-
Senator Edmunds , In the letter to the
New York World discussing the 1'hlltj- )
plne question , says : ' 'It appears to b
true that the reouls co-operatud with
our forces In the overthrow of the
Spanish rule at Manila under the im
pression that our operations at Manila
were not to help Spain to put down the
rebellion and then takj possession for
ourselves , but were only to cripple the
Spanish power as tin Incident of war
In bringing Spain to renounce Its con
trol of Cuba , which congress had said
In its declaration In respect to Cuba was
its solo purpose. " Herein Is distin
guished acknowledgment that the Filipinos
pines were of service to the American
forces and that service was given In the
belief that It would bring them Inde
pendence.
Whoever has read the statements of
the American consuls at Singapore and
Hong Kong of their conferences with
Agulnaldo must admit that the im
portance of having Agulnaldo go to Ma
nila was fully recognized by these
representatives of our government , nor
can there be a reasonable doubt that It
was appreciated also by Dewey. Un
questionably they believed that Aguln
aldo could be of very great asalstancc.
Perhaps there was no such understand
ing with him as he claims. It ! . not
at all probable , nt least , that he re
ceived from Dewey any promise of co
operation to attain Independence. Hut
none the less it was known imu that
Agulualdo's policy embraced the. Inde
pendence of the Philippines. He ex
pected American protection ns a tem
porary expedient , on the same lines ns
those which might be Instituted there
after In Cuba. He had a clearly-de
fined scheme for an Independent gov
ernment in the Philippines and It Is
not for an Instant to be doubted that
had he not fully believed that this waste
to be secured American
by cooperation
tion he could not have been persuaded
to return to the Islands. He went there
la the full faith , unquestionably , that If
Spanish sovereignty should be destroyed
the Philippine people would be per
mitted to establish self-government.
That the Insurgents did render assist
ance , more or less valuable , to the
Americans , cannot be fairly denied.
Their siege of Manila , pending the ar
rival of American troops , undoubtedly
rendered the capture of the city much
Busier than It would otherwise have
been. In a reported Interview with
Admiral Dewey n short time ago he was
saldr to have- expressed the opinion that
there ought to be Borne recognition by
our government of the services of the
Filipinos. But there seems to be little
disposition to accord them any credit
for the assistance they gave. On the
contrary , because they still desire In
dependence they tare called "rebels , ' *
who must be relentlessly punished ir
they do not abandon their aspiration for
self-government and quietly and un-
qucstionlugly submit to our rule. It Is n
most deplorable attitude for a free
people toward a people seeking freedom
and who have fought persistently nnd
valiantly to secure it
. LABOR WANTS SOUND MOXKT.
There is no more Ingenious exponent
of the free silver question than ex-
Governor Altgcld , as there is probably
n'p one more sincere than be In advo
cating the free coinage of silver. In
an interview while In Omaha Mr. Alt-
geld said : "Free coinage of silver
means that the expansion of money
volume shall begin at the bottom with
the labor which digs the metal out of
the ground. " Others , whom he char
acterized as financial quacks , "would
have the expansion of the money vol
ume begin at the top , so that the
added Quantity would have to go
through all the capitalistic channels
before a dollar of It would reach labor. "
According to this the workers In the
silver-mines , who number only a few
thousand , would be the first beuctl-
clarles of the free coinage of silver and
gradually as more silver was added to
the currency other labor would profit
by the expansion.
It Is possible that free coinage would
somewhat enhance the price of labor
employed In sliver mining , but If It
should have the effect upon the price
of products which the sllverltes claim
It would , the mine workers would gut
no benefit from the advance in the
value of their labor. They would re
ceive more dollars for their work , but
In purchasing power their Increased
earnings would enable them to obtain
no more of the necessaries of life than
their present wages , if so much. As to
other labor , Its price would not be Im
mediately enhanced by sliver expan
sion , but the purchasing power of Its
earnings would at once decrease to the
extent of the rise In , the prlco of com
modltlcs measured by silver. Besides ,
free silver coinage , while It would
doubtless have the effect to stimulate
mining , would so disturb and unsettle
the general business of the country that
much of the labor now employed would
become Idle. Thus while a few tliou
sand workers in silver mines would be
well employed at perhaps some Increase
In wages , a many times greater mini
her of other workers would bo without -
out employment , while those who con
tinned nt work would find their earn
ings worth less In exchange for com
modities. How long this condition of
affairs would continue no one can say ,
but whatever the time of ll duration
labor no n whole would mirror.
It would seem that all Intelligent
labor must understand till * . The his
tory of the struggles of labor under a
system of depreciated currency to se
cure tin equitable advance In wages
ought to convince nil worklngmcu of
the utter folly of the free sllvorlto pre
tense that they would be benefited by a
policy which would give them a dollar
of reduced purchasing power. They
should need no other experience to BUOW
them this than was furnished by the
paper money period in our own coun
try. Then , ns In all previous experi
ences of the same nature in the world's
history , the price of labor was the last
thing to rise and It did not rise ns faster
or as far as the prices of commodities.
While from 1SCO to 1805 the prices of
all necessaries multiplied two nnd one-
half times , the average of all wages
was Increased only by one-half nnd this
was brought about by many hard strug
gles.
gles.The
The wage earner wants sound money.
He wants a dollar of the highest pur
chasing power a dollar whose exchangeable -
changeable value has sonic stability and
not one that will continually cheat him.
The ingenious theory of Mr. Altgeld
does not appeal to the Interests of labor.
OlfOATE FOlt AMUASSADOlt.
Joseph H. Choate of New York will be
the next ambassador of the United
States to Great Britain. Very few in
telligent people need to be told who Mr.
Choate is. For years he has held an
eminent position ns a lawyer and he Is
one of the highest authorities in the
country on International law. He Is
also distinguished nu an orator , his rank
In this respect being perhaps second to
none , while he enjoys no little celebrity
as a polished wit.
Mr. Choate has never been In public
life , nor has he taken a very prominent
part In political affairs , but he Is well
equipped in all respects but diplomatic
experience for the duties of ambassador
nnd will undoubtedly maintain nt the
Court of St James the high standard of
excellence made by his predecessors.
Ha will go to the British court nt a most
important time in the relations of the
two countries nnd It Is safe to predict
that his Influence will be exerted in the
direction of making stronger nnd more
cordial the friendship between the great
English-speaking nations.
KILL OFF ALL HOLD-UP DILLS.
During every session of the legisla
ture bills are Introduced by request
and by collusion to attack interests
supposed to be vulnerable.
In many Instances the avowed object
of such bills is blackmail and extor
tion. Sometimes the introducers of
hold-up bills do not comprehend their
Import , being Imposed upon by profes
sional hold-ups that make legislative
boodllng a fine art. In other Instances
members of former legislatures have
gone Into partnership with boodlers In
the lobby and deliberately used their
power to levy forced contributions upon
various corporations and Individuals
whose business was threatened. Thus
bills are proposed to touch the school
book trust , the Insurance companies ,
the cigarette manufacturers , the liquor
dealers , the 'telephone and telegraph
companies , stock yards and last but not
least the railroads.
There Is a wide difference between
an honest attempt to regulate and re
strain monopolies or abolish abuses In
the Interest of the public nnd the d'ras-
tic bills purposely framed as radical as
possible with no intention of enact
ment , but solely to bleed the interests
aimed at. While the Inexperienced
lawmaker Is not always able to detect
a hold-up bill at sight , most of them
can be uncovered in short order. As a
general thing men behind hold-up bills
do not want them pushed. They pre
fer to turn the screws on slowly until
the victim comes lo time nnd then they
engineer to have the bill pigeon-holed
or made harmless In committee.
It is the duty us well as the Interest
of all reputable members of the legis
lature Irrespective of party to have all
hold-up bills killed off as soon ns their
nature Is disclosed. Such a course" will
thin out the lobby and save the legis
lature from scandal more effectively
than anything that could be done.
Senator Crow's bill to empower
boards of education absolutely to fix
the amount of school tax to be levied
without the aid or consent of the coun
cil will draw heavy fire from Omaha
taxpayers. While the friends of the
public schools , and for that matter all
the people , are deeply interested In
maintaining the public school system
on a high plane , it is a very serious
question whether the Board of Educa
tion shall have the solo power to fix
the school levy regardless of condi
tions. Such power conferred upon the
school board would bo an incentive to
reckless extravagance and the Intro
duction of frills nnd novelties In the
public schools that should form no
part of a public school system. With
no check upon Its expenditures and no
responsibility to the people beyond
possible retirement at the cud of their
term , the school board would be
tempted to venture Into schemes that
would not be dreamed of so long n the
board must depend upon the concur
rence of another branch of muutclpal
BoverniUHDt.
Fusion members of the legislature are
evidently bent on doing nwny with the
State Board of Transportation and Its
secretaries. In this they will find re
publicans willing to assist. The motives
behind the two parties , however , seem
to differ. The republicans consider It a
worse than useless adjunct of state gov
ernmcut which can well be dispensed
with without loss. The fuslonlsts wlsli
to abolish the board in order to unload
a job lot of politicians who have fas
tened themselves on the party and for
whose action or Inaction they do not
desire longer to be held responsible.
Representative Weaver's bill for the
punishment of persons making loud
aud unusual noises in the vicinity of
any private residence in the night sea
sou Is a direct stab at the megaphone
fiends In the Midway. The noises they
make arc not only loud , but unusual ,
They resemble neither the baying of
a donkey , the barking of n dog , the
hooting of the owl , thu purring of torn
cats or any sound that usually ema
nates In the night time from man or
beast. It Is proper to remark that Mr.
Weaver's Intentions are doubtless
honorable nnd for aught wo know ho
may be aiming to do away with the
loud and unusual uolf.es of a charivari
concert trouo under the garden wall
of the house occupied by n bridal
couple.
The assignment of all the fusion
members of the state senate to the
committee on mines nnd mining may
be Intended OH n practical Joke , but
If we should some morning wake up
with the announcement that a rich
placer bed or a heavy vein of coal has
been struck somewhere In Nebraska
the committee nitwit find itself In po
sition to turn the joke.
Iteports from Santiago afford a splen
did Illustration of the contention of
sound money men that the laboring
classes suffer most from bad monetary
conditions. Merchants , whose business
it Is to keep posted on the values of the
different kinds of money In circulation
there , protect themselves , but the la
borer'gets the worst of it at every turn.
One of tlie Plrnt IeBHan .
Chlcuao Times-Herald.
There Is no purer , more wbolesomo or
more nutritious food product in the world
than American canned beef.
Let tt Go nt That.
Kansas City World.
It is the Intention of the captain general
of Cuba to Introduce a tew American poMco-
men Into Havana to teach the native police
men their duties. How to find the side door
will bo the first lesson.
Admiral le < - > 'i Politic ! .
' Globe-Democrat.
Admiral Dowey's two brothers and his
nephew at Montpelter confirm the statement
that he Is a republican. The admiral him
self said BO In an Interview published In
former years. Mr. Bryan need fear no rivalry
from Dewey In a democratic convention.
Havana' * Prlvntr Slauirhter Pen.
Detroit Free Press.
The frightful discovery has been made that
the room adjoining the dining room of th *
Spanish military governor In Havana was
used as an execution and torture chamber.
There Is no telling how many miserable
spring chickens and Innocent quail met their
dismal fate there.
Hnmnnlty with Load Trimming' .
Boston Herald.
It will bo unfortunate If the sequel of our
war with Spain ends In our fighting and
defeating those whom Spanish tyranny drove
Into Insurrection , and yet present condi
tions are such that , If this alternative Is pre
sented , we must courageously face It , even
though we may regret that some other
means of adjusting difficulties hoe not been
presented.
An Inert-lined Armyf
Springfield Republican.
General Miles lays do nithe axiom , which
the administration w.ould ( follow , that there
should be at least one soliilor to every 1,000
of population In the greater United States.
If England followed that rule she would
now have 300,000 soldiers to police her 300-
000,000 of dependent subjects , outsldo the
United Kingdom. If .America needs ons
soldier to every l,000ti how' ' Is It that the
British empire can gqta , eng with a much
smaller ratio ? * , ,
Cant of Imperialism.
Boston Transcript. \
Senator Hoar's searching question in his
Boston Merchants' association letter : 'Tlave
you ever reflected that a permanent Incteaso
in our expenditure of $150,000,000 a iear ,
which we cannot withdraw , is prccisclyy.ht
name thing as adding to our national debt
$5,000,000,000 at 3 per cent ? " has done he
business for "Imperialism" with many w o
listened to It. Five billion dollars for\ \ *
trade less than Santo Domingo's is not suqh
a bargain as business men sanction. If n
good business is it good politics ?
A European HlnfT.
Philadelphia Times ,
It is scarcely to be believed that German
and Franco will permit this country to go
the length of passing retaliatory laws whlc
ahall exclude their food products from thia
country , for when the row Is all over and
such laws on both sides have been repeale
the-trade lost during the Interim will not bq
easily regained. It will bo hard at first to
do without certain sausages , cheeses aid
wines or to pay higher prices for those tl-
ready made hero and stamped with forelm
labels , but the boom which will ultimate
be achieved by the American brand of thci
goods will create an appetite for them whli
cannot be eradicated.
HURRAHING FOR EXPANSION.
But the 81ionter Unnnlmon ly <
Cheerfully Stny nt Home.
Detroit Free Press.
Up rises Mr. Platt of Connecticut and o
pands In the opulent luxury and magnlf
cenco of the United States senate chombe
The consent of those governed Is not n
ways necessary In extending our sovereign !
says he. There Is "no limitation on th
power of the United States to acquire te
rltory. H Is as complete as the power o
Russia. "
Yes , as complete as poor territory
burdened , military-cursed Russia , now cry
lug for the blessings of peace.
Up rises General Wilson and expands litho
the warmth and glow and contentment of (
banquet to the presidential party In thi
south.
Ho hopes to see the day when the starrj
flag shall float everywhere , from the frozer
norlh lo the sunny clime of Central America
"We are too big and progressive nnd power
ful lo have neighbors on Ihls continent , "
declares the general , "and I trust that be
fore the next administration of the president
closes the flag will fly over every foot of the
continent from the northern extremity ol
the Dominion of Canada to the gulf of
Mexico. "
This Is quite a sweep , and It ought to be
decidedly pleasing to ambitions militants
llko General Wilson , though wo fancy the
Mexicans and Canadians will raise a slight
murmur when they begin to bo squeezed , by
our perpendicular expansion.
But these are complacent patriots who
cry "Expand ! Expand ! " while continuing
to find this continent comfortable nnd
agreeable enough for them lo tarry in.
These eager and lusty imperialists do their
expanding at home while in the distant
Philippines are many thousands of their
fellow-citizens whom the recent holiday
season found homesick , disconsolate and
dlsease-smltlen amidst the perils and
plagues of an alien clime many months after
the war for humanity In which they took up
arms has ended.
Expansion , for which the home-staying
statesman and military men clamor BO
fiercely , is keeping these freemen against
their will in a distent and dangerous
equatorial region , permitting plagues and
loneliness to swell the list of the unreturn-
ing , all for the sake of conquest and
colonialism.
Our suffering , Impatient citizens In the
Philippines are not expansionists. "Amer
ica. " not "Asia , " Is their longing , heart
felt SOUK.
HCIIOU * OP Til 12 AVAR.
One of the thrilling stories of Individual
bravery during the Santiago blockade wna
that detailing how Unslgn Glllls jumped Into
the sea and headed off A torpedo Ihat was
driven perilously clceo to the torpedo boat
Porter. The ensign unscrewed the -var nose
of the torpedo nnd had the missile hauled
aboard , That torpedo contained another
story , which han just leaked out from the
ordnance department nt Washington. When
the torpedo nas opened on the deck of thft
Porter a card was found In It on which was
written the nnrao of the German makers
Schwnrtzkopf nnd the names of the men
who filled It , together with a request that
If the torpedo failed to work such Informa
tion be sent to the firm. The ordnance offi
cers at Washington could not resist the
temptation to have n little tun at the ex
pense of the Gorman firm and so forwarded
the card to Its address with the request that
the makers be more careful In preparing
their missiles In the future. The Schwartz ,
kopfs were not to bo beaten by the Ameri
cans , however , and In a letter to the secre
tary of the navy they insinuated that even it
torpedo couldn't bo expected to explode
when It did not hit anything. They also
Intimated that they did not calculate to
furnish marksmen with their implements ot
destruction.
In his war camp stories In Leslie's
Weekly Cleveland Moffett tells of the ex
perience of Walter 8. Bcebe , of the Rough
Riders , at Santiago. "It's only a. couple o !
weeks , " said Bcebe , "since they got thai
bullet out of me. They located It at last
with the X-rays. Hero It Is. Seel It's
my opinion that bullet cnm0 from one ot our
own six-shooters. H was nil foolishness , the
reckless way the boys shot off their re
volvers In the charge.
"To show you the queer things same of
those bullets did I'll tell you n thing I saw
In the Las Guaslmas fight. Thcro was a
man near mo an wo went along who stopped
to break off a stick -In the shrub. I guess
ho wanted to make n ramrod of It. If he
hadn't stopped he might never have been
killed , but just as ho had broken the stick
and was twisting the last fibers apart a
Mauser bullet went straight through his
head , and he dropped to bis knees. His
hands still clutched the branch he was
breaking , nnd , as ho knelt there , another
bullet came nnd cut through the broken
wood , so that he held his ramrod free. He
had. got what iie- stopped for. "
Rudyard Kipling sent Captain Robley D.
Evans of the Iowa n set of his works and
with them these lines :
Zocbaum draws with a pencil ,
And I do things with a pen ,
But you sit up In a connlmr tower ,
Bosslns clsht hundred men.
Zogbnum takes care , of his business ,
And I tnko careof mine ,
But you take care of len thousand tons ,
Sky-hooting through the brine.
Zogbaiim can handle his shadows ,
And I can handle , my style ,
But you can handle a ten-Inch gun.
To cnrrr seven mile.
To him that hath shall be fflvcn.
And that's why these books are- sent
To the man who has lived more stories
Than Zogbaum or I could Invent.
Captain Slgsbee , writing of the destruc
tion of his battleship In the January Cen
tury , denies that "Remember ( lie Maine ! "
was used as a motto by the navy In the late
war with Spain. Ho also Indicates a per
fectly proper use of Ihe phrase by patriotic
Americans. He says :
"We have heard much of the motlo , 'Re
member the Maine. ' If wo are satisfied that
Ihe Maine was blown up from the outside
wo have a right to remember her -with in
dignation ; but without more conclusive evl
dence tban wo cow have , we are not right
If wo charge criminality to persons. There
fore , I conceive that the motto , 'Remember
, the Maine , ' used as a war cry would , not
have been justifiable. I should like to make
the point here , as I have made It elsewhere ,
that this great and free country , with Its
education , good Intention and universal
moral influence , may go to war to punish ,
but not to revenge. Improperly applied , the
motto , 'Remember the Maine , ' savors too
much ot revenge , too much of evil for evil ;
but It may be used In an entirely worthy
sense.
"During thi > fecent war with Spain about
seventy-five men vere killed and wounded In
the United States navy. Only fifteen were
killed. On board the Maine 254 men were
killed outright and others died later more
than seventeen times as many as were killed
In the United States navy by the Spanish
land and naval forces during the entire war.
In the way that the men of the Maine died
and suffered there was enough of the heroic
to provide a sound foundation for the
motto , "Remember the Maine. " Let me dis
miss the prevailing Impression that this
motto was used In the United States navy ,
In the recent war , as a battle-signal. No
United States naval vessel has entered Into
action flying the signal , "Remember the
Maine. " I am glad that It can be so stated ;
yet one may excuse many mistaken expres
sions of the heat of action.
To this -the editor of the Century adds :
It may be said on the authority of Cap
tain John R. Bartlett , during the war chief
Intelligence officer of the navy : "The signal
'Remember the Maine , ' has never been dis
played on a United States man-of-war or by
the army or navy , with one exception. A
signal quartermaster ( an enlisted man ) ot
the Coast Signal service hoisted the signal
from the station at Port Eads , at the mouth
of the Mlssltslppl , when a transport loaded
with troops was passing out to sea. In
reporting the passing out of the transport , as
was his duty , the quartermaster added lo hl
mess-age - to headquarters the fact ot display
oft signal , which was received with great
enthusiasm by Ihe troops. Ho was severely
reprimanded by return message over the
wires. "
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE ! .
Robert Knight , the cotton king of Pro
vidence , R. I. , started life as a penniless
farm band.
The Heard family of Washington , Ga. ,
preserved unchanged In their old house the
room in which the confederate cabinet held
Us last nice-tins.
Colonel George B. M. Harvey , who Is at
the head of a syndicate which has bought
the street railway systems of Havana for
$1,472,000 , is an old journalist.
Tom Watson , the Georgia populist , ex- :
congressman and a candidate for the vice
presidency In the last presidential election ,
jas written a two-volume hlslory of France ,
which so competent an authority as George
Carey Egglcston pronounces serious and
cbolarly , though full of fault as well as
ttractlons.
During the course of a speech In the sen-
to the other day Mr. Caffcry of Louisiana
ead a lone extract from a large ; cloth-
ound volume. Some of the phrases at-
racled the attention ot Senator Spooner ,
i'ho was among Mr. Cattery's auditors , and
a asked : "From what IB the senator read-
ng ? " "I am reading , " replied Mr. Caffery
i-lth crushing emphasis , "from the constl-
ulton of the United States. "
ATTACKS ON CIVII , NUHVICi : .
Chicago Times-Herald : The few hundred
or few thousands of Idlu fellows who nr
waiting nboul for federal jobs may mak <
r.oino politicians think thry nro the whol
people , but ns a matter of fact they arc a
very small nnd unlnflucntlnl part of th
people. A party that Is bound to have then
may get them easy enough , but It will los
everything else.
Chicago Post ; It Is sheer nonsense to
talk about the appointing poner of tin
president having been "throttled. " Hones
and faithful executives welcome this as n
deliverance , Instead of nn Invasion of their
prerogatives. And the people are as satis
fled ns their chief magistrates. The question
Is settled nnd the spoils champions should
cease wasting their energies.
Indianapolis Journal : The action of the
national hottso of representatives In strik
ing out the civil service appropriation Is
open to the suspicion of being for
political effect , as everybody knows the
senate will restore the appropriation nnd In
list upon it. If the house action should prevail -
vail the political effect might be very
different from what some ot the nntl-clvll-
scrvlcc men Imagine.
Indlannpolls Journal : By all means let us
rid ourselves of the odious merit sjstom be
fore we fill the colonial offices In order tha
wo may make tlio same brilliant success o
Imperialism as Spain has made , -Instead o
following Great Brllaln's sad example. Aud
let us bo thankful that we have statesmen
In congress who nro shrewd enough to see
the danger which lies coucenled In the
deadly merit system , nnd who nro bravo
enough to attack It , even though the people ,
misguided creatures , who do not know
what Is good for the country , nro strongly
in favor of sticking to a plan that makes "a
public office a public trust. "
Indianapolis News : These gentlemen wll
flnd when the question comes before the
hoiiBo that the friends of the law will have
llltlo difficulty In defeating this petty ns-
snult on It. There never has been a time
when the feeling In favor of the merit sys
torn was as strong ns It Is now. The ne-
ccsslly for malnlalnlng at least a temporary
government In distant 'Islands ' has mnde the
people realize the Importance of choosing
men for fitness rather than for their sup
posed "claims. " To think that with the
new nnd complicated problems pressing on
us wo ore going to do anything to revive
the old spoils system Is to do scant credit
to the good sense of the American people
The law will stand , and congress will , as It
has been doing for years , vote the appropri
ation for the civil service commission.
THOSE "IMPUIJENT REBELS. "
Philadelphia Record : It may be , indeed ,
that the Spanish have ceded to us not only
an archipelago but also an ulcerous and ,
burning quarrel with the natives , although
there Is no evidence of this save In the
strained slluatlon on the Island of Panay.
If conquest of guerilla Insurgents must fol
low the defeat and overthrow of Spanish
power in the Philippines the future of the
archipelago will become a grave question
In federal finance as well as In American
politics.
Buffalo Express : If at any "time " while
the Philippines wcro Spanish territory the
Filipinos had captured the town of Hello , wo
Americana would have clapped our hands
In approbation. Wo tihould have had no
doubt then as to the capau'ty of the Filip
inos to govern the place. Very likely the
flfimo members of congress who used to In
troduce and argue for the resolutions recog
nizing the Independence ot the Cubans would
have been offering resolutions for the inde
pendence of the Filipinos.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : The situation Is
far from reassuring , but the administration
at Washington professes to bo confident all
will be welf. Nevertheless , preparations are
making for asserting the authority of the
United States at Hello as well as elsewhere
Inthe Philippines If the Filipinos persist la
their unreasonable "lalm that having driven
the Spaniards out without outside help they
are entitled to Independent rule of the ter
ritory freed by themselves. Having hoisted
the flag of Filipino freedom they want to
know "who will haul it down ? " Any im
perial expansionist will tell them their po
sition la absurd. We have bought them
for $20,000,000 and they must bo free under
our flag only.
Chicago Tribune : It would bo regrettable
from every point of view If the present signs
of hostility among tbo Philippine natives
toward the United States r.houM lead to an
open rupture. It would be a mistake on the
part ot the Filipinos for which they would
Inevitably have to suffer and it would make
the task of the American government hard
where It ought natuially to bo easy and
pleasant. Tbo authority of the United
States must bo maintained , however , what
ever Agulnaldo and his rebellious Malays
may do. If General Otis manifests the same
tact and friendly generosity as the presi
dent lias embodied In his proclamation it
ought not to bo necessary -to use any harsh
means with the natives , but in the case ot
optm rebellion there should bo no half way
measures.
MILES OK POSTAGE STAMPS.
Sonic Idea of the Million * that Were
Innnptl I.nnt Yrnr.
Washington Star.
Uncle Sam printed just a few postage
stamps during the year 1898. ' The number
of 2-cent stamps Issued during the year was
about 2,500,000,000. Such a number , ob
viously , is beyond the grasp of the human
mind , but perhaps the matter may bo made
more clear by putting it otherwise.
An ordinary 2-cent stamp Is exactly one
inch long. From this fact , by a little calcu
lation , It Is easy to discover that the number
of stamps of this denomination Issued In
1898 , placed end to end , would extend a dis
tance considerably exceeding 39,000 miles.
In other words , they would make a continu
ous strip of stamps , each one adorned with
ho head of the father of bis country , stretch
ing in a belt more than once and a halt
around the equator.
Of course , though the 2-cont stamps are
those principally used , there are others.
Enough l-cent postage elnmps have been
Issued during the year 1898 to stretch from
New York City , by way of Europe and Asia ,
to Bombay , India , If similarly arranged in
one strip. All other stamps , as to produc *
.Ion and sales , are of minor Importance com.
paratlvely speaking , but tt is Interesting to
tno\v that almost exactly one mile of $1
stamps were manufactured for the demand
of 1S98. Of $5 stamps the production was
equivalent to a little more than half a
furlong , or about one-fifteenth of a mile.
Now , If all the postage stamps printed by
the United States government in 1898 were
placed one on top ot another , as neatly as
might bo without putting tliem under
pressure , how high do you suppose tbo pile
> f them would be ? There is no use guess-
ng ; you would never get It nearly right ,
unless you went to work to calculate It for
yourself. The 3,500,000,000 stamps of all de-
lomlnations printed during the current
year the statement , ot course , Is approxi
mate would tower to an elevation of twenty-
one miles. This is more than three times
ROYAL POWDER BAKING
dlBSOLUTEIY fctJRE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. , .
om um o Kjwotn eo. mw YOKK.
the height of Urn hltfirst mountain In the
world Mount KvorcM , In the Himalaya * ,
If thp Mitio number of stamps WAS piled up
In the form of the ordinary ulieou of 100
each , it follows that the stack would lie
over a fifth of a mile high ,
During the year 1S98 the number of spe
cial delivery stamps sold was about G,260-
000. It Is only reasonable to suppose ( hat
the average journey of tlio upcclal delivery
messenger is halt a mile. Indeed , that la
an absurd underestimate ; but let It go at
that. On this ntwiiinptlon the total dlatanco
traveled for apodal delivery in 1S98 was
about 2,625,000 mites. That U a very con
siderable space to traverse , as may be real
ized when it Is considered that n meascngcr
boy , In order to accomplish that total dis
tance , would have to go about 1,100
tlmrs around the world , or flvo tlmc to the
moon and back.
It appears , from figures furnished by the
I'ostomco department , that the average per
son in Massachusetts , including men , women
and cfalldrcn , spends $2.30 on postage per
annum. Now York comes second with an
expenditure of $2.27. The District of
Columbia third with $2,1C. Colorado Is
fourth with $1.03 , 'and Connecticut Is fifth
with $1.80. The states ranking lowr t In
this regard are South Carolina , with 25
conta per capita ; Mississippi , with 34 cents :
Alabama , with 35 cents ; Arkansas , with 37
cents , nnd North Carolina , with 41 cents.
MCiltT AND IIHE15ZY.
Detroit Journal : "Do you understand the
motive of Mendelssohn's song * without
words ? "
"Well , I suppose nobody was wrltlnjr
'coon dialect In Mendelssohn's time. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : "You really don't
mean to tell mo you don't consider Rltetn
n Konlus ? " naki3d the office loafer.
"That Is just whnt I mean to tell you , "
said the proofreader , stoutly. "You ought
to sco hlfl stuff ns It cornea In sometimes
with as many as three words misspelled in
ono poem. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Blgsbee IB a
terribly melodramatic fellow , Isn't he ? Ho
said he'd drain Ills heart's blood for the
woman ho loved. Do you think he meant
'
"Why , I fruesB so. Blgsby In agent for a
drain and sewer pipe concern. "
Somcrvlllo Journal : When a young woman
can describe to you the necktie that a
young man wore the week before- that
young mnn is in peril.
Indianapolis Journal : "And when I pro
posed to her she turned all the colors of
the rainbow nt once. "
How can you make such a ridiculous
assertion ? "
"All the colors nt once. If you have not
forgotten your high school lessons , you
ought to know make white. "
Chicago Tribune : "My wife tola me to
buy a parrot. How much is this one
worth1'
"Flvo dollars. "
"Great Scott ! That's simply robbery.
Can ho talk ? "
"No , sir. "
"I'll tnko him. "
Detroit Journal : "It bents all , " remarked
the Human Ostrich , "how peopla stare at
that India Rubber Man. Rubner , forsooth !
The rubber is nil in their eye ! "
The Sutherland Sister had sold but one.
photograph tonight ; but her spirits were BI
Luoynnt ns ever.
"No , some of It must be in their necks ! "
she replied , naively.
ON WITH TUB NEW.
As the old year sinks down In time's ocean ,
Stand ready to launch with the new ,
And waste no regret nor emotions
As the masts and the spars pass from
view.
Weep not if some treasures KO under.
And sink In the rotten ship's hold , . „
That white , bonny bargue sailing1 yonder.
May bring you more wealth than the old ,
For the world Is forever Improving ,
All the past Is not worth ono Today ,
And whatever deserves our true loving
Is stronger than death or decay.
Old love , was It wasted devotion ?
Old friends , were they weak or untruit
Well , let them sink these in mldoceun ,
And gaily sail on with the new.
Throw overboard toll misdirected ,
Throw overboard ill-advised hope , . , .
With alms which your soul , has detected ,
Have self ns their center and scope ;
Throw overboard useless regrettna ;
For deeds which you cannot undo.
And learn the great art of forgetting
All things which embitter the new.
Sing who will of dead years departed ,
I shroud them nnd bid them adieu
And the- song that I sing happy hearted
Is the song of the glorious new.
Pants
Are
/ * . . .
Down.
Now is the time to
pant it's panting sea
son and we can pant
you right. We can do
it for $1.50 , for $2 , for
$3.50 , for $3 and for
$3.50. This includes a
big range of pants ,
many regular lines , all
our odd pants and all
pants left from suits.
There are some splen
did bargains. You can
save from 50c to $2.00 .
on every pair of pants
you buy. Our display
in our windows will
show you what they
are , and the materials
are of cassimeres , che
viots , clays and wors
teds , and a pair of
these pants either at
$1.50 or $3.50 will
make an old coat and
vest look like new.
Come and get first
choice.
Sale now on.