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presccnco this . " 1st day of December , 1SDS.
( Seal. ) N. 1' . VEIL. Notary Public.
Speaker Wright oC the Cnliforuln IOR-
talntiirc 1ms nctcd on tlic ml vice of Ingo
tliut the business of life is to "init money
Into tliy purse. "
From tlm fact that Mr. 'J'liompson
holds seven of a kind sonic people have
been led to believe that he has a whole
deck under the table.
Hereafter members of the legislature
should not forget to put the proper nil-
drosH on letters. It saves time and
frequently other things.
From the live hundred and forty-nine
pensions turned out In one night by con
gress It Is evident that the pension roll
will not reach its maximum for the next
ten years.
As a Knight of .St. Olaf Senator
Kntito Nelson of Minnesota will be able
peen to balance corners with Colonel
Vifquain of Nebraska and his Order of
the Double Dragon.
Omaha now has the beginning of a
free municipal art gallery. It should
not bo necessary to recall the fact ob
served by the wise men of long ago that
great oaks from little ncorn8 grow.
The news that Ksterlur/.y Is penitent is
certainly hopeful , for when so great a
scoundrel as he has confessed himself
to be Js capable of penitence It Is tJiuo
to abolish the limitations to reformation.
From the way tliono grave nnd rev-
oreued selgnors of the Austrian
Ilelehrw.ith fell to hair pulling and nose
pummelling one would Imagine that they
had served at least a term In con-
cress.
While the senate Is settling the < llf-
fore-rices between the United States and
Spain It should not overlook the urgent
necessity of negotiating a protocol be
tween the lion. Tom Johnson and .Mr.
Grosvcnor.
As the sultan is fully believed to be
beyond the power of harm while mak
ing the jonrnev to kiss the mantle of
the prophet , Abdul's ordering all com
bustibles sealed while on the trip re
sembles a vote of lack of coulldenco in
Allah.
If General Gome/ wants to come to
Washington to meet President McKln-
ley there is nothing whatever to prevent
him from carrying out his wishes. The
visit might oven bo encouraged with
propriety , as a friendly Interchange of
ideas with reference to the future of
Cuba could not be injurious to cither
party.
1u a consular 'voport on the growing
use of automobile vehicles abroad It is
plated that a training school Is in opera
tion in 1'arls to Instruct the drivers ot
automobile cabs how to manage
and maneuver them. A training nchool
for cab drivers'would not bo out or
place anywhere. Why wait for the
automobiles ?
It is In the winter months that the
Oommeriilal club should lay plans for n
uprlug campaign for the location of new
factories and btitsluess houses that may
ho Induced to come hero. With the
Impetus and advertisement given
Omaha by the Transmlsslsslppl ICxposi-
tlon It ought to bo easier now than over
before to attract the favorable attention
of capitalists ready to embark in promis
ing enterprises. No better Held than
Omaha , exists anywhere and no more
propitious time could bo at hand.
The Taclllc railroads were sutwldlzed
by the government because to a certain
extent thctlr construction was a mil
itary necessity. Should congress
finally decide to subsidize the Nlea-
rnguati canal it will bo done
largely as a naval necessity. Moth
enterprises will , of course , prove of In
calculable benefit to commerce'bet ween
the Atlantic and Pacific. Just what
advantage the canal will bo to the pro
ducers of the mid-west wiill depend upon
the ability of the transcontinental mil-
road lines to meet the competition of
Jlie Istuuiluu stcuiudfiiu lluea ,
a.
I'uvvt.Mt iit.r.criox or SKXATUIIS.
For the last quarter of a century pub
ic sentiment has been ateadlly growing
n favor of the election of senators by
topular vote. The consensus of opln-
on among Intelligent thinkers Is that
the present method of electing L'nlted
Slates senatom by t'ho ' legislatures Is
re. i onslble for a marked decadence in
the upper branch uf our national legls-
ature.
It is to bo deplored that bigoted par
tisanship caused the defeat of a Joint
resolution urging congress" to propose
in amendment to the constitution of the
L'nlted Stales providing for the election
f L'nlted States senators by the direct
ote of the people in the state senate. le- !
cause and only because this resolution
iad been Introduced by si member of
lie fitsloulst minority , a motion to table
ho proposition without discussion was
carried by all but two votes of the re-
Mibllcan majority.
And yet the Hint steps In this direction
vere taken by the republican legislature
n IST'i In the following memorial and
ulnt resolution :
Your memorialists , the legislature of the
atate of Nebraska , would respectfully rep
resent that they express the will of the
people of this state in asking for an amend
ment to the constitution ot the United
States , which shall provide for the election
of United States senators by the uliole people
ple , and not by delegated authority.
Therefore , Your memorialists would re
spectfully ask your honorable body to pro
pose an amendment to section 3 , article
of the constitution of the United States ,
by which this election by the people of
heir qualified representatives shall be ar
ranged more In accordance with the demand
of the popular voice.
Resolved , That the secretary of state bo
and hereby Is Instructed to transmit a cer-
Iflcd copy of this memorial to our sen
ators nnd representatives in congress , wlio
are hereby requested to use all honorable
ncaus to secure the object above cx-
jressed.
This joint resolution was Introduced In
ho house by Hon. Itenjtuiilu Harrows , a
epuhllcau , and was voted for by every
nomber of that body , including John M.
rhurston , the present junior senator of
Nebraska , then a member of the house.
In 1S03 another memorial anil Joint
esolutlon to the same purport was
idopted , nud although falling to receive
he approval of Governor orounso , was
transmitted to the representatives or
\obraska in congress. This memorial
Use received the sanction of the mem-
icr.s of all parties.
It goes without Haying that a memorial
isklng congress to submit a constitu-
lonal amendment that would remit the-
lection of fill ted States senators to a
ote of ( lie people would receive the
ndoiYsement of ninety-nine out of every
lundred electors of Nebraska. Whether
h memorials to congress would be
iceded by men who occupy scats in the
lulled States senate through influences
hat were potential with legislatures , but
ould not have carried them through a
) opular election , Is problematic.
CV11AX8 AS SULDlKltS.
Major General Greene's report to the
War department giving the results of
ils investigation of conditions In Cuba
s especially Interesting in what It says
of the Cuban soldiers , lie found these
roops able-bodied , inured to hardship ,
well disciplined and fully under the
control of their ollicers. General
Greene was favorably Impressed with
ho ollicers , whom ho found to be Intelli
gent , educated men. He expresses the
opinion that this force possesses the ele-
rente of a line body of native troops , if
; iroperly organized , equipped nnd their
I'cglmental and possibly battalion com
manders selected from American elli
cers. He suggests that the organiza
tion of these troops should be begun at
ihc earliest possible moment , because
ihere is danger that otherwise the force
.nay disintegrate nnd turn Into brigands.
General Greene says It would bo possi
ble to get from 10,000 to 1 , ,000 such men
ivlio would bo suitable for military serv
ice , the others , who arc not especially
idaplcd to the life of a soldier , to bo
[ iut at work In the construction and 10-
[ rilr ot roads and the rebuilding of hos
pitals , asylums and public buildings.
Thcue suggestions seem eminently Ju
dicious and If carried out- would prob
ably settle the question growing out or
the demand of the Cuban soldiers that
they shall be paid before disbanding.
If our government should organize one-
ialf of this force for military service and
provide work for those who are not
suitable for such service they would
very likely bo satlsiied. In that event
the task of pacification would bo re
lieved of what now threatens to Le a
serious dlliicully.
These native troops would relieve an
equal number of American soldiers ,
nearly half of whom are now Incapaci
tated for duly. General Wood told the
house committee on military affairs that
not more than fifty per cent of the
American troops In the province or
Santiago , the only part oc Cuba where
our soldier. * have been stationed long
enough to test the effects of the Cuban
climate at all thoroughly , are lit for
duty. The rest are Incapacitated by
sleknens. When it Is considered that
the troops In General Wood's command
have not been called upon to uo any
thing but the easiest kind of garrison
work , that they have had no lighting
and no severe exposure nnd that this Is
the most favorable port of the year in
Cuba , the statement of General Wood
suggests what may be expected when
the unhealthy seasons come. Not only
will most of the American soldiers bo Incapacitated -
capacitated for duty , but many of them
will die. Our government should re
move as many as possible of its soldiers
from tikis danger and if It Is practica
ble to organize native troops who will
take the place of American soldiers no
time should bo lost In doing so.
The work of pacifying and regenerat
ing Cuba presents many dlllleultles , not
the least of which is presented In the at
titude of the Cuban soldiers. If a IHH- .
tlon of thews can be made United States
troops and the others are given em
ployment and evidently General Greene
thinks this entirely practicable one dif
ficulty will have boon dlspcwod of , our
government will secure tlm gratitude
nnd co-operation of a largo clement of
the Cuban people and thousands of
American soldiers will bo enabled to return -
turn home. It is to bo presumed that
I President McKlnley Is giving thin very
, Imitorlnnt mutter ( he coiiHhloratlou It
merllH.
The improved condition of - workingmen -
men In the United States nnd Kngland
the Increase of wage * , the decrease In
living expenses and the consequent
hlgher.standanl of living within thepast
twenty years , Ls altered liy Incontro
vertible evltlei re. The improvement
has not been so marked on the con
tinent of Ktiropc as In the countries
named , but there also the condition or
the working classes has been materially
bettered. French olllclal statistics re
cently published of wages and the cost
of living- show that in lli'ty years the
rate of earnings has almost doubled ,
while money goes farther than It did
u almost every direction except for rent.
Tlic French report shows that , com
paring ISHKJ with IS 10 , there had been
an Increase In retail prices , but the In
crease was less than that of wages.
Uents more than doubled , but rents and
food together advanced but L7 > per cent
ind clothing and other necessaries hav
ing declined the aggregate Increase in
the cost oC living was less than 'J. > per
cent , while wages had almost doubled.
For our own country , says the .New
York .lournal of Commerce , the evi
dences of increased wages or Improved
style of living are supplemented by the
remarkable evidence afforded by the
census of 1SIK ) of tlie rapid Increase in
( lie number of persons employed and the
decrease In the employment of child-
labor , the last fact being shown by the
abor statistics of the state of New
York for a later period than the census
vear. The inquiries on the continent ot
liurope sis to Improved conditions or
living show for France , Helglum ami
jermany a greater quantity and better
quality of food , more meats consumed
ind more wheat and less rye and po
tatoes.
Referring ( o these facts the Journal
of Commerce says that "Nothing could
uoro completely refute the socialists in
their nttacki ) on capitalism , the labor
tgltators in their denunciation of laborsaving -
saving machinery and the avowed and
lie disguised cheap money men , than
the improved condition of the working
lopulatlou in northern and -western
Uuropo and in the United States. " It
s especially to be noted that this lin-
irovouient lias taken place In countries
where most of the monetary reforms
lave occurred. Thus money wages for
uost dames of workers in France have
idvnnced one-quarter ninco 1S7-I , about
Hie date of the legislation in the dlrec-
: ion of the single gold standard In Uer-
uany , the Latin Union and t'ho United
States , since which time all the op-
) onents of the gold standard have been
claiming that the condition of the work-
ng population had been constantly de
teriorating and as already remarked ,
heso increased earnings are coincident
with a decrease in living expenseri , so
hat the working classes generally have
been enabled to llvo better nnd are IIv-
ug better than they did fifty or even
twenty-five years ago.
There are persons who take a
pessimistic view of the future of labor ,
ivlio apprehend that the constant addi
tions making to the supply of laborsaving -
saving machinery must in time prove
njurious to the working classes , by do-
irlving many of work and reducing the
lay of labor. Perhaps this tear is not
entirely Ill-founded , though certainly
past experience in nil civilized countries
lees not give warrant for it. On the
contrary this experience Justifies ex-
icctatlon that the condition of the work
ing classes will continue to Improve ,
COXSTITL'TWX HAllt-Sl'LITTlXa.
The new questions precipitated by the
unforeseen outcome of the war with
Spain , bringing the American people
face to face with problems undreamed
of by the fathers of the republic , are oc-
asionlng more constitution hatr-splittlng
than anything that has happened since
the war of the rebellion. The question
whether Andrew Jackson had any con
stitutional right to put down the
milliners or President Lincoln to meet
with force the armies of the seced
ing states raised up no more ingenious
constitution , twisters than the proposed
annexation of the Philippines.
For a case directly in point an article
by Prof. II. P. .liaison of the Uni
versity of Chicago could not be improved
on , contributed to the last number of
the Ilevlew of Heviows. in which he
brushes away with one sweep of tlic
pen nil the constitutional obstacles to
the unrestricted acquisition and govern
ment of distant territory by congress.
The way this is done is by distinguish
ing two different uses of the terms
United States of America In the consti
tution.
Wo are told that the United States
refers not only to the people vested
with the nation's sovereignty , but also
to a territorial empire and that tlic lim
itations set up in our fundamental law
have no relation to the territorial Idea.
"We , the people of the United States , "
ordain and enact the constitution for
"the United States of America. " What
people ? asks the learned professor , and
answers , The people of the states form
ing the union. ,
In another place the doctrine is enun
ciated that all duties , excises and Im
posts shall bo uniform throughout the
United States. The ordinary mortal
might think this meant that they should
really bo uniform throughout all the
land , subject to the United States gov
ernment , but the commentators have
discovered that such a conclusion is
based on a wrong conception of the use
of the Kngllsh language. The consti
tution framers did not Intend that all
duties , excises nnd Imposts levied by
congress should be uniform , but that
they-should be uniform merely within
the states admitted to membership in
the union , leaving the [ woplo of the terri
tories , colonies and crown estates de
pendent wholly upon the favor r.nd fair
disposition of the men who happen to
constitute the reigning congress.
When the constitution was amended
'
to protect the freedmen' their civil
and political rights , citizenship was ex
tended to all persons born or naturalized
in the United States and subject to Its
jurisdiction. Ui > to this time evcnouo
has supposed thai birth under the Amer
ican Hag conferred American cllly.en-
nhlp , Hut It turns nut , apparently , that
everyone has been rad'.eally ' wrong. The
boy who has been told that because
he was born In the United Slates he has
a chance some day to become president
of the greatest nat'.on on earth Is
doomed to sad disappointment. ' ( 'he
men who drafted this amendment may
not have known It , but the fact Is now
proclaimed that when they wrote the
words United States they relerred not
to the laud of the free and the homo
of the brave pictured In song and poetry ,
but to the thirty odd states then forming
the union and those which might bo
later admitted to equal privileges. The
boy born in Nevada then may lie eligible
to the presidency , while the boy born In
Arizona Is barred from that high station ,
: uul It will make no difference to the
fresh generation of little Filipinos
whether they are born the day before
or the day after the treaty of peace and
cession Is mtilled and the ratifications
exchanged.
With such facile constitutional con
tortionists always at band we ought
never to feel under any necessity of re
vising or amending our written frame
of government. All that Is needed Is to
call in the juridical doctors and ask
them to make a new rending.
TJIK
The National Association of Manu
facturers declared in favor of the bill
which has been Introduced in both
branches of congress providing for the
building up of the merchant marine , in
reference to this measure the president
of the association to his annual report
said it is generally conceded to be the
most carefully prepared and most thor
oughly practical plan that has thus far
been framed. It proposes to encourage
the building and operation of ships un
der the American Hag by the payment
of subsidies based upon tonnage nnd
distance traveled , this compensation
being granted upon the condition that
the owners of the subsidized vessels
shall construct within a period of live
years new American tonnage equal teat
at least : > 5 per cent of the tonnage of
the vessels receiving such compensa
tion. Provision is made for further in
crease In our shipping by granting
American registry to foreign-built ves
sels upon the condition that the owners
shall construct within a period of live
years new American tonnage equal teat
at least 50 per cent of the tonnage of
the foreign-built vessels thus admitted
to American registry. These are the
two essential principles embodied in
the proposed legislation.
The recognition by so important n
body as the National Association'
"Manufacturers of the necessity of buildi
ng up the merchant marine ought to
xert a great deal of Influence. The as
sociation is composed of men who are
urgely engaged In the foreign trade and
vho therefore understand the advantage
hat would accrue to the vast interests
hey represent from being able to ship
heir merchandise in American ships
falling under the American Hag. They-
speak with an authority on this subject
hat belouds to no other interest. Hut
our agricultural producers are hardly
i\ss concerned in an American merchant
muiiue , since the largo amount of
money now annually paid to foreign
ship-owners would rcmaln-Jierc and be
spent for homo products , while n further
benefit to our producers would come
from the development of the ship-build-
ng industry.
The proposed law will not , however ,
bo enacted by the present congress. It
s possible that the bill will pass the
louse , but it cannot pass the Donate. In
the next congress the chances for the
success of aueh a measin'j will be very
good. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The performance of Senator Ilutler be
fore the senate in declaring the prin
ciples of secession to be right was as mi-
'ortunate as it was uncalled for at this
time. Whatever lie or the south may
think of the question of right or wrong
involved in it the time has long since
Kissed for ils discussion. The questions
raised by the unfortunate and suicidal
issue have been forever settled by the
stern arbitrament of war and from that
decision it Is well that there Is no ap
peal. No one. with the possible excep
tion of Senator Butler , wants to thresh
over that old straw. Events have dem
onstrated the unwisdom of state's
rights that led to the most unfortunate
and the bloodiest Avar of the world's
lilstory , and there Is every reason to be
lieve that the people ' of the south ,
equally with those of the north , are now
latislled with the results and are per
fectly willing to let the dead past bury
its dead. We are now in a new era that
concerns itself not so much with
tlic past as with the duties of the pres
ent and the promises of the future. As
a reunited people the promises of the
future are beyond the comprehension of
man. nnd all sections nnd parties .should
present a solid and uncompromising
front to any effort that has for its object
conjuring up the ghost of an un
fortunate past. The past is dead , but
the present and the future with all of
their glorious possibilities are ours , and
let us make the most of them.
Lord Ilersehell , formerly lord high
chancellor of England , In a speech re
cently delivered In this country deplored
the tendency of the ago toward special
ties in education. It Is unfortunate
that Lord llorscholl did not go fully into
the subject , for it IH one fraught with
more than passing interest. That edu
cation is less thorough now than for
merly would probably be denied by the
great Institutions of learning in tills
country and in Europe , and In a SOIIHO
that contention would be correct. Hut
that the tendency of this thoroughness
ds directed along certain lines to the ne
glect of others of equal importance can
scarcely bo denied. The idea that It Is
only necessary to study the > o things di
rectly bearing on the work to bo fol
lowed In the future Is gaining ground
not only with students , but oven In some
of the more Important colleges. Of
course where tins student's means will
only enable him to take a short term at
college this special work Is better than
none , but where no such reasons exist
the cucouru.cijuciit Should not be toward
specialties , but rather in tlic direction of
thorough training In nil of those broad
nnd comprelicnslvo branches the Mudy
of which begets not only culture and
kno\Yledge , but the power to think cor
rectly and well. Special training should
not bo underestimated , but wherever
[ Ktsslblo should begin after the general
'ducallon Is completed. The man thus
iMlucated has many advantages In the
winputitlons of life over Ills brother
. quipped only with a store of special
knowledge. The chief danger In special
ruining alone Is narrowness and the loss
) f that broad and comprehensive power
if thought that will correct the errors
> f humanity and make the world better
materially and morally.
Pho declaration of M. Delcasso that
[ 'ranee's rights In the French shore
inestlou are incontestable Is a sweep-
ug general denial of Mr. Chamberlain's
statement Unit It will bo adjusted sat-
sfactorily to English interests , ami tin-
oss some other more Important question
,11 , dispute should precipitate an early
adjustment , the weary controversy
threatens to drag Us Interminable length
through another generation or two. The
ild dispute has been standing so long
that it resembles another great con
troversy of sonic years ago that could
not bo adjusted because only two men
iad ever understood It , and one of them
was dead , while the oilier one had tor-
gotten what it was about , and its chief
object seems to bo to furnish a cause
for an irreconcilable quarrel over home
shadowy rights that are of little im
portance to cither country and of which
the world in general Is heartily tired.
According to a circular Just Issued by
'ho ' signal ollicers of the War de-
pal tmcnt the military telegraph lines
1 Cuba and Porto Hlco operated by the
signal corps are ready to handle com
mercial messages at a uniform local rate
) f 2 cents u word. In a nutshell , the
government telegraph finds Itself In po
sition to do private business at rates
ivlilcli no private telegraph company
would offer under the same conditions ,
ainely , a monopoly of the Hold nnd
comparatively small patronage. The
luestion simply presents Itself whether
ho government , with a postal telegraph
system of its own covering the whole
United States , could not transmit mes
sages much cheaper than the li cents a
word it now asks in sparsely settled
ub.a , whose inhabitants have yet to bo
educated up to the use of the electric
telegraph.
Few people know that lion. Koswell
P. Flower is a farmer , but such is the
case and he has just been elected presi
dent of the New York Agricultural so
ciety. That ho will make a success ot
ils now job is doubted by no one who
inderstands the phenomenal results
ichleved by him In raising and water-
, ng stock on his Wall street ranch.
\ < Til < 'd nt Homo.
Detroit Kres Press.
General Brooke's plea for lighter taxation
'or ' the Cubans -will create a demand for
hla services in the United States.
ItVnn Effective.
1'hlladelphla Times.
That compressed air alleged to have been
jrought up by Keely from under the floor
to run his motor may have been merely his
way of raising the wind.
Iteiiclt Out for n Rood Thlnu.
Globe-Democrat.
Germany bought inoro American meat in
IS'JS than in any previous year. Tliero Is
no inoro wholesome food and the German
people have not been deceived on this point.
Native * Have tlic Call.
liuffalo Express.
George D. Melklejohn , assistant secretary
ot war , says it is his unalterable purpose to
appoint none but natives to the civil offices
n the islands now in possession of the
military forces of the United States. This
, s better treatment than the regular tcrrl-
; orles have commonly received.
TlilnlViiVfN Are Dangerous.
Philadelphia nocord.
Speculation in shares and bonds has at
tained phenomenal proportions. There ap
pears to bo a sound foundation for advanc
ing prices , but it should never be forgotten
that there Is a limit for prudent trans
action. The tidal waves that carry apparent
values skyward create when the ebb comes
a corresponding depression. These record-
breaking days are "breakers" not without
danger to the unwary.
Ample I'ooil for Ilellretlon.
I'lttsburff Dispatch ,
When we ore confronted with the spectacle
of the organs of an alleged national policy
declaring that the Declaration of Independ
ence is merely an impracticable theory and
only effete rhctorio it is tlmo to stop and
think. When the organs of expansion are
declaring that the American policy crystal
lized in the Monroe doctrine Is worn out
there la more room for reflection. When a
general of the army publicly announces with
out reprimand that "we have outgrown the
constitution" the people may well inquire
what they have left.
A -\VrNterii liiNtltulloii.
Springfield ( Muss. ) Hepubllcan.
A feature of western life which always
IntcrcHts and amuses easterners Is the board
sldonulks to bo found In most of the smaller
towns and occasionally in cities of consid
erable size. Where wood Is cheap and mud
Is deep there Is a double Inducement to the
use of this convenient but temporary foot-
pavcmunt , and sometimes three walks
stretch out over the crisp black prairie soil
like an endless bridge , the tall , dusty rwln-
weed slapping the legs of the pedestrian
who Is not careful to keep in the center.
Hut this souvenir of the old days Is passing
away , hastened In Its departure by suits Sot
damages , for the decaying board walk Is
treacherous to life und limb.
Uniformity In Divorce Iair * .
Chicago Tribune.
The movement for uniformity of state
laws Is far from being general enough as
yet In give promise ot tangible results. At
one tlmo or another various states have ap
pointed commissions to Investigate the Kub-
jeat , but there has been no concert of action.
In 110 ono thing Is the reform needed more
than In divorce laws. The Constitution ot
the United States provides that "full faith
and credit ahall bo given In each state to
the public acts , records and judicial pro
ceedings of every other state. " Yet eastern
courts habitually Ignore Dakota divorces.
A marrlago In New York following a divorce
in Illinois on grounds not recognized In New
York may lead to a charge of bigamy. The
state courts are getting further and further
away from the constitutional safeguard on
this subject especially. If the xevcral states
will not take the Initiative toward uniform
ity let congress appoint a commission to in
vestigate , codify and formulate recommen
dations. It would not be binding upon any
state , of course , but this Is a possible way
la which U ) cecuro concert of acUaa.
* ir : ! ii.\u SHOTS AT TIM : iM'i.pir ,
Phlraso Tribune- The duty POIIIK In lie
Inld upon Chlcngn of furnishing mlMlon-
nrlon to New York City. .
ChlciiKO 1'oiltVr : nro Informed Hint nn
Indiana clergyman who him boon imlng a rrt
vnlvcr to maintain order In hl church \\lll
have his license revoked , but we are Ifft In
doubt as to whether It will bo hln license
to preach or his license to onrry arms.
lloston Herald : It looks queer to sec dis
tinguished churchmen like Bishop Totter ,
Hev. Dr. Halnsford and even Hcv. Dr. 1'ark-
hurst defending the saloon as nn Institution
that Is capable ot being made useful. They
stem disposed to look facts 5 > qiiarely In the
face and make the bi t of them.
I'lonecr Press : It seems that n 1'cnnsyl-
vanla iircachcr has been dismissed by Ills
congregation because he ventured to say that
the rainbow had existed before Noah's time.
Yet when we remember the little tempest
that followed Dr. Lymnn Abbott's remarks
concerning Jonah the 1'ennsylvanla Instance
Is not so amazing.
Kansas City Star : Captain Augustus P.
Gardiner , 'In a recent report on Porto lllco to
the assistant secretary of war , Mr. Melkle
john , says that it does not. appear that the
1'orto HIcans have ever taken their religion
with any degree of seriousness. Captain
Gardiner is presumably n. Protestant , but
Father Thomas Sherman of the Catholic
church says the same thing. Whatever our
recently acquired citizens in Porto lllco may
be , it is evident that they are not pious.
I'nilSU.VAl , AMI OTllDltWISi : .
Indiana's new senator is said to be as full
of figures of speech as a circulation affidavit.
A Kansas City preacher avere that "the
devil is abroad In the town. " He got his
cue from the advance billing of a theatrical
star.
star.The
The influence of cnvlronmnnt frequently
manifests Itself. A Chicago girl confessed
to the police that she could not tell the
'truth. '
Kvcry returning soldier from Manila
cheerfully admits that Admiral Dewey oc
cupies the big tent out thc'ro. All others
are side-shows.
A simple method of averting trouble with
the Filipinos would bo the suppression of
poetic apostrophes on expansion. There Is
a limit to Malay patience.
Down at Mncon , Mo. , a few days ago , "A
Hot Tlmo In the Old Town" did duty at a
funeral. The deceased must have been a
genuine Missouri mossback.
"Hebcl" Agulnaldo must bo credited with
foresight and business sense In keeping at
the front. His war reminiscences will com
mand a fortune In , the near future.
The foolklller misses many tempting op
portunities these frosty days. A Massa
chusetts woman has just reared a. marble
monument over the grave of her pet mon
key.
Girls who packed Christmas boxes for
soldier boys In Manila will be Interested In
the cabled statement that many of the
Yankee soldiers have become engaged to
Filipino girls.
Up In the classic regions of Oshkosh a
barkeeper has been convicted of man
slaughter , having piled a local character
with enough liquor to kill him. Barkeepers
should bo careful about overloading tanks.
G. Clunlcs Iloss , nn American who owns
and practically rules the Kcellng-Cocos
Islands , near Java , Is In San Francisco. He
says his possessions , though thickly popu
lated , have no prisons nor police nnd crime
is almost unknown.
The town of Peorla Intimates rather forci
bly that a prophet is without honor In his
own country by warming the solar plexus
of a prophet who was rather frisky with his
predictions. Other portions of his cuticle
were fanned with shoo leather.
A bogus edition of Denver's "dlvlno
healer , " Schlatter , bumped up against a
wave of popular indignation in a Georgia
town and was hustled outside the corpora
tion limits by the police. Now the pious
fakir will play the persecution dodge and
wax wealthy.
Mayor John Daly of Limerick Is the same
John Daly who talked eloquently nnd pa
thetically to his countrymen in Omaha last
March. Ills description of the horrors of
solitary confinement in British prisons ,
which ho survived , has rarely been equalled
by human lips.
TIII : CITIIAV i'Hoiiii.ii.
IitillciiUniin of Trntilile In tlic
IMTU | | < < - < | Inland.
Baltimore Sun.
The burning of caneflelds in Cuba out of
eplto because civil offices and other employ
ments have not been given to Cuban sol
diers In sufficient abundance Is an illogical
proceeding which ought to bo stopped. The
Isabel plantation has already been burned
over , and only the arrival of American
troops saved the Homell and San Miguel
estates , near Guantauamo. The negroes
who constitute the bulk of the Cuban army
are said to bo disgruntled at the turn mat
ters are taking. Accustomed to plundering
for a living while the war continued , they
now find .their livelihood gone. They get
no pay to replace the epolls they may no
longer seize. Peace means hard work , and
to this they are averse. They have another
grievance In the fact that the white Cubans
.get all the offices the Americans have to dis
tribute and they come In nowhere. They
have accordingly concluded , It seems , < o
prevent the working of the sugar estates
by burning them , in order to show that the
negro patriots must be "recognized , " too.
In the Mayarl district bands of robbers are
said to be plundering and killing the resi
dents. Now that the Spanish troops arc
withdrawn to the coast much of the Interior
of the Island Is doubtless terrorized by the
Cuban soldiers. The latter have not been
disbanded by their leaders. Their attitude
la ono of expectancy. General Gomez has
not recognized our pretensions to govern
Cuba. Ho doc not como Into our lines 01-
put himself In our power. Ho and his com
patriots entertain the Idea , It appears , that
they may yet some day have to fight us Jf
we tlo not turn Cuba over to them.
CITI/.l-J.V Oil SI'IMIJCT.
Stntiin of the Flllplnox Under tlio
Treaty If Hiillllvil.
Detroit Free Pre.sH.
Senator Hour raised a pertinent question In
the senate Wednesday when he wantrd to
know whether the Filipinos were to be re
garded , after the treaty IB ratified , us citizens
of the United States or subjects. If the
Paris treaty is ratified without amendment
nothing can bo more certain than that the
Massachusetts senator's question will thrust
Itself upon the country to create dissensions
and wranglings ,
There are already two opposing opinions
springing up and dividing the public mind.
Certain newspapers and Individuals are argu
ing that we can govern the Filipinos as sub
jects without giving them ci'.lzcnahln. Just
as Great Britain governs the people of India.
The New York Times , for Instjnce. says ,
"wo ought to take the Islands aa provided In
the treaty , " but "they must never become
citizens ot the United States. " Senator Hoar
thinks that if the treaty la adopted as it
stands "every Filipino child born under the
flag of this country , bo ho Mohommcdaii ,
Chinese , Japanese or Malay , would bo a
citizen of thlii country , "
It will readily bo seen that the question Is
a vital one. To treat 8,000,000 or 10,000,000
ot inferior Asiatics as citizens mcana that
they must be admitted to the United States
as freely as Ainurlcan.n born. Such able
constitutional lawyers as Edmunds and Hoar
think that any other treatment would bo
unconstitutional. Are the millions of
American laborers ready to submit meekly
to an invasion of Asiatic competitors ? Ccr-
Inlnly ( hey will pr lf t. mid the eottntltti *
I Ion will hnvc | o bp amended. In order to
prevent illitimter to our own dllri'iifl. When
nincndtiirnlK ot the fumlmiirnliil law once
begin there IH no telling where they may
end , nor \\hal radical Impairment to the
American Idenl of government may follow.
Senator * \\lui love eoiiHtltutloiml liberty
will surely hcsltiitc before voting to ratify
n treaty \yhlch Is eertaln tn bring nuch A
disturbing Issue upon tlu > country. It will
be vastly safer to amend the Instrument no
as to place the Philippines In the siime re
lationship to the United State * n * Cuba
Is to occupy. Then there will bo no danger
of conferring American citizenship upon
Oriental savages , thereby endangering our
own most highly cherished rights and
tirlvlleei's. .
DO.MKSTIO
Chicago Tribune : mushing Maid Isn't
the * ringa trllle large ?
Musliu'.xs-llko Man You , dear. It will slip
oft easily when you want to mix dough.
Ileeurd : "What n placid face your
married daughter him !
"Yes , her throe- children have got her so
fiho obeys beautifully. "
lioHton Traveler : " 1 know ono man nt
leiixt who Is u confirmed woman-hater. "
"Because ho couldn't get one to marry
him ? "
"No ; because ho did. "
Atchlson alobe : An AtrhLion girl who
ten years ago used to dream uf a Mont-
moroney do Ixinoy knocking nt her door Is
now very contented preparing her wedding
clothes for u man named Nick Whltehuifer.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : Uiirton T have
made It a rulu ever since I Imve been
married to turn over every cent of my earn
ings to my wife.
O'Batch IH that the reason she drcssci
so much bettor than you ?
Detroit Free Press : "Kdgar Dabnfy cave
n gratitude dinner last night. "
"Oratltude dinner ? What'H that ? "
"Why , a dinner tiv nil the , girls who were
sisters to him In IMS. "
Town Topics : "I wish you wouldn't call
mo dear before people. Jack , " said Kitty
discontentedly , as she pulled on her gloves
"Why not ? asked Jack In surprise. "Wo
are engaged. "
"Ye.-es , 1 know ; but It makes mo feel
awfully cheap. "
Chicago Post : "Well , hero's a new dc-
parturo , for sure , " she exclaimed , looking
up from her newspaper. "Mere's an account
ot 11 couple that chose to Kt't married nt
11 christening.
"Well , " ho replied thoughtfully , "I sup
pose there's nothing llko getting used to
both exercises at once. "
Yonkers Statesman : He Do you remem
ber the. night I proposed to you ?
She Yen , dear.
"We wit for ono hour and you never
opened your mouth. "
"Yes ; 1 remember , dsar. "
"Believe me , that was the happiest hour
of my life. "
Detroit Journal : "Can we afford , " he
faltered , sadly , "to linvc a skeleton In our
closet ? "
As for the woman , she wept , for they
were Indeed wretchedly poor ; but she was
not , thurufore , altogether unrexourcefiil.
"Wo might keep It In the hill : and use It
for a hat rack ! " she exclaimed , for her
mind was giving away under the constant
effort to practice , economy.
HO.VT OUT HAY.
Denver Post.
As you face the giddy world , young- friend ,
don't over try to hide
Your senseof noble manllnopa nnd con
scientious pride ;
Hold up your head In fearless way , look
duty In the face ,
And In the Held of enterprise strive hard
to set the puce.
Bo Independent in your nets , but never
crow too loud ,
Put forward every honest trait with which
you ure-endowed ;
In carving out your course In life fear not
to have your say ,
And say It independently , but
don't
Bet
Kay.
If you by fortune have been blessed with
talent more than those.
You meet In life's unequal ranks , don't
tread upon their toes ,
And If at education's lount you've liberally
drank ,
Pray don't Imagine you're the only turtle
in the tank.
Combine your manly dignity with modesty
nnd grace
A watch Is never valued by the glitter of
its face
Hemembur , like your fellow men , you're but
a house of clay
To crumble Into dust again , so
don't
get
Kay.
Though as a sparkling jewel In society you
shine.
Though Hatlerers may tell you you're just
awfully divine ,
Though pretty jtirls may flood you with
their over-ready smiles
And strive to hold you captive In the network -
work of their wllew ,
Don't think you are it dcml-god of semi-
human birth ,
Don't think you hold a mortgage overdue
upon the earth ,
Don't tilt your nose too loftily or some
time they may say
You're more the. peacock than the man , BO
don't
get
gay.
The world -admires n manly man of ( mi-
dependent thought ,
A man of nerve mid enterprise with vim
and vigor fraught ,
A modcHt man content to be accepted at
his worth ,
But not a pelf-Important cuss who thlnki
ho owns the earth.
Don't try to make the people think you've
wit and seii.-U ! to .burn ,
That what you don't already know 'tis
not worth while to learn :
In netting In thn game of life you'll make
a winning- play
If you but use good common sense , and
don't
Get
Kay.
For All Who Suffer from
Skin and Scalp
Humors.
To successfully treat torturing and disfig
uring humors of the blond , Hkln , anil ficalp ,
with lot * of liilr : , ruqulios n huimir cure , and
Biich Js CimcmiA llcsoivr..NT , greatest of
blood purifiers and humor expelling remedies.
Cuticura Resolvent
Extends Us purifying intluenco liy mean *
of the jiores to the surface of tlm skin ,
allaying irritation , inllammatlon , itching ,
and burning , and soothing and healing
external humors , because of its power to
ncutnili/.e iiUM < miKiiMH whichMloat in
thu blood and circulating llnlds. Ilcnco
Its success in the treatment of distressing
humors of the skin , nc.ilp , and blood , with
loss of hair , which fail to bo permanently
cured by external remedies alone.
Cuticura Resolvent
Exerts n gcntlo hut constant Influence
upon the bowels , liver , and kidneys , puri
fying the fluids of thusoorgans , and main
taining them in a normal condition of
health , thus removing n common cause of
yellow , mothy , greasy bkin , nnd more or
Icsa of pimples , blotclioM , and blackheads.
Cuticura Resolvent
Used on every occasion possible , with
CUTICUKA ( ointment ) and CUTICUKA SOAP ,
externally , is the readiest means of insur
ing a speedy , permanent , ami economical
cure , and realizing that greatest ot human
blesslngt , " a skin without blemish aiul-a
body nourished with pure blool. "
HoldeTrrywhrrt. 1'riciBOf.aodll. roTTiiT.AC.
Cunr. , Uol 1'ropi. , lo ton. M How to Cure Uumon"lrt
flAVS YOUR a