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The taxTMiyors of Omaha do not want
the tav r.itt' r.iKod. Last year's levy
WHS lilk'h enough.
It booms that Montana has Mtccoodoil
lit last In electing a United States buna-
tnr In jpltu of the promiscuous chcula-
lion of $1,000 bills.
The ? 10,000 o.\posltlon liNtory commit
tee may as well now ictiill the various
pronunchimcntns It has Issued and lls-
band for the Benson.
In the -work of limiting a I'liltod
States senator It Is f.ir bettor to RO
Mow ; tuid land right than to rush head
long and regret later.
Terhaps Congre.ssnian Urosrcnor
suspects Senator Hoar ot a plot to turn
the United States over as a colonial
possession to the Klllplnos.
It I necdk'hs to say that the Iowa
man who has taken unto himself the
trifle of fcoven wives Is a strong ad
vocate of family expansion.
That strip of track between Omaha
and Lincoln would bo the best paying
railroad property In the country If every
body riding over It only paid tull tartlf
fare.
What temptation would a legislative
career offer an enterprising and ambi
tious man If It were shorn of the bien
nial diversion over the detectives bill
lilos ?
The sp.'usm to Mippiess gambling
should not ( -online Itself to Omaha. The
county attorney's jmlsdlctlon Includes
Y > onth Omaha and several other pre
cincts.
In the excitement of other bewilder
ing subjects the city must not allow it
self to bo diverted from pressing Its de
mand for those much-ncoded and over
due viaducts.
The president is anxious to have the
ratification of the peace treaty come to
an varly vote solely to provide against
any moie senators talking oue way and
voting the other.
The school board Investigating com-
nvltteo seems to bo going at Its work In
n businesslike way , and If there is a
SeneKambian In the woodpile It ought to
uncover lilm in short order.
1'lay In the senatorial game at Lincoln
will bo resumed today when another
liand will bo dealt. In the Interval the
vigorous shullllng of the cards will bo
kept up without Interruption.
As has been before remarked , the
money belonging to tlto exposition stock
holders would do just as much If not
mote good returned to the subscribers'
pockets than hold Indeiinltely in the col'-
fors of the banks for the bunollt of the
bankers.
The legislature of 1001 will have the
duty devolving upon it of redlstrlctlng
the state Irrespective of any redlstrict-
Ing measure passed by the present legis
lature. It would take a set of trance-
medium lawmakers to anticipate the re-
milt.s of the twelfth census.
Adjustment of the Jnckson and
" \VnIght differences , w'lilrh ao consid
erably moro complicated than -vvciu
these of the Montagues and ( Jopulcts ,
has been resumed In Kentucky , with
the result that coroners and under
taken * are again woiklng on full time.
Admiral Dowey's opinion that the
Hngllbh Imperial policy Is the greatest
factor of the world's civilization may
be true , but so long as It Is necewary
to admit that civilization through
Krag-.Torgonseu bullet holes so IOIIK
will tlieio bo found a few old-fa h-
lotted Americans to opi > ese it.
The now legislative apportionment bill
promUes Douglas county twelve repre
sentatives and four * cnators. That
would bo moro nearly Its due proportion ,
but the snag In the constitution which
viwta rcdMrlctlng In the legMatuio thai
meets after each census year "and at HG
ether time'1 Is still lu the way.
BALLOT HKFOHM.
When the Australian ballot law wus
enacted by the Nebraska legislature the
chief object of Its frame-is was to en
courage Intelligent voting and Insure
in untrammcled secret ballot. These
objects were fully subserved In the law
hat provided for the printing of olll <
clal ballots with the names of nil candl-
lates arranged alphabetically and re-
lulred every voter to Indicate with a
crosstnatk the candldato of his choice
for cacli olllce. Under tills law the co
ercion of voters was made absolutely
mposslblo and the corruption of the
otor most difiicult.
The only defect was the omission of
safeguards against the corruption of
otcrs under the disabled voter plea
vlioroljy purchaseable voters could fur-
ilsh proofs of delivering their votes
hrough Hie collusion of election ollleors
leslgnatod to mark their ballots for
hem. Instead of correcting tills evil
ho lift legislature repealed the whole-
SOUK' provisions of the law that com
piled voters to murk the name of each
candidate separately and opened the
vay for confusion and partisan dis-
rlminatlon. The disabled voter trick
vas multiplied tenfold by the wholesale
otlng und-or emblems -and the secrecy
> f tlie ballot destroyed by placing the
election olllcers in position to * pot vot-
is who fall to vote a straight ticket.
The voting by crossnmrks under
agios and roosters al o opens the way
for duplication and complication. The
candidate nominated by two or moro
lartles Is given unfair advantage over
ho candidate nominated by only ono
arty and the ballot Is needlessly on-
urged to proportions of a blanket sheet.
While unscrupulous partisans are al-
vays ready to report to any measuio
hat promises to projnoto the Interests
of their own party at the expense of
ts opponents , fairmlnded citizens of nil
mrtles do not appiove any device In-
ended to abildgo the Independence of
ho voter or to put a premium upon
gnoranco and fraud. They desire tonsure
nsuro free and honest expression of
he popular will through the ballot bov.
Tills should lie the end kept in view by
ho legislature In revising the election
awn.
Tljo orlgnlal Australian ballot law as
ntroduced into Nebraska was good
enough. Kven If that law cannot bo
restored , the cumbersome pictorial bal-
ot should by all means lie done away
with and the voter again compelled to
nark the name of ach candidate he
Icslres elected. Tills much at least the
icoplo of Nebraska have n right to ex-
iect at the hands of the present logls-
ature.
PULICK JUDCK ANll I'OLICKJO.IIJ. .
Omaha cannot enjoy police protection
o long as the police court and police
force are at constant war with each
other. The conflict between the police
Hid police board on ono side and Judge
tordoii on the other Is not ot recent
> rlgln. Complaints about , the porMst-
cnt leniency of Judge Gordon towaid
he lawless classes date back almost to
he time when ho lirst at suinod the
olllce. The i > ollcc under the various
hlefs , Including Slgwart , Gallagher
mil Wlilte , have boon unanimous In
ho verdict that it Is utterly ( Impossible
: o keep the city rid of professional
crooks and disorderly people under cx-
stlng police court methods.
The contraveisy has now reached an
iggt-avatod stage that calls for decisive
action. The title of Judge Gordon to
lie ollice ho holds Is at best very
slender. Able lawyers express the
> plnlou that his only title comes by
lossesslon. The decision of the su-
ircmo court declaring unconstitutional
: he section of the charter providing lethe -
he election of police Judge lias left
ilm In this role of a hold-over by sulVer-
incc. Up to this time the mayor and
council have not felt called upon to
take any Mops looking to the appomt-
nont of a now police Judge. Hut ih.
clash between police couit and police
ijoard will compel action.
A houfii d\'did against Itself can
not stand. A\ hen the police court loses
the rtspccl of the otlicors and the law-
ess elements look to the court for pio-
toctlon from the police the community
suffers Irreparable Injury. Under ex
isting conditions and In view of his
[ luestiouablo right to hold the olllce- , the
shortest way out would bo for Judge
Hordou to resign. If ho ptefers to enter
the lists In a tight with the police board
and council ho will have no claim upon
the sympathy of law-abiding people.
The police may have been wrong In
some Instances , but It Is not to be pre
sumed that all the policemen and all
the police boards have been in a con
spiracy against him.
At all events the time is at hand for
putting an end to the perpetual police
court scandals and squabbles.
rut/mit / SOLICITUDE.
Uoports sent from this country by
some of the conespondents of the Lou-
don newspapers , to the effect that sup
port of the expansion policy Is declining
here , appear to bo causing the British
sonvo anxiety. A London dispatch sayi-
It Is recognized that England's position
In the east will undergo an Injurious
change unless the United States re-talus
the Philippines , though It Is expected
that In any event Urltlsh interests will
not suffer through 'advantage given to
any other European power. The I'ultoO '
Slates Is advised to annex the Islands ,
whllo at the same time It is admitted
that their subjugation could only be
attained as the result of a piotracted
war extremely costly In-blood and treas
ure.
ure.We
We have heretofore pointed out thai
Hrltlsh solicitude respecting the dis
position of the Philippines Is piompted
wholly by self-lnteivst. It Is hoped thai
the United States will retain permanent
possession of the Philippines , regard
less of the dllllcultles and dangers In
volved-nnd those are bolter understood
by Englishmen than by most Amorl
cans 'bx'eauso ' It Is believed that tucrcbj
lirUlhli commercial interests would bi
promoted , or at any rate would suffei
no Injury , It Is not that they reallj
think this country would bo benelltei !
by expansion , for very few of the or
gans of public opinion and only ono 01
two prominent English statesman liavi
said that this country would derive au >
sub tantlal ad vantage fiom holding
wsHosslon ofthe Philippines , Lord
Salisbury 1ms said that he did not be-
levn It would bo In the Interest of the
vorld's peaiv. Sir Charles Dllke , ono
of the nblost of Krltlnh statesmen , In
an article In an American magazine ,
said ho had hoi > cd , "for the Hike of the
Unltod States , that a protectorate
rather than annexation would bo i\j-
iortul to In the Pacific Inlands , lu order
o avoid many dllllcultles. " Candid
2ngllshtnon recognbe the fact that If
his country determines to annex or
lold perniun-ent possession of the Phil-
pplnes It will Inevitably have to encounter -
counter great dililcultles and dangers.
Hut from the point of view of Ilrltlsh
commercial Interests they are most de
sirous that the United States shall hold
.he Islands , at whatever cost to us In
jlood and treasure.
We are unable to say whether British
solicitude In this matter exerts any In-
luence nt Washington , but we do not
lilnk It has much weight with a ma-
orlty of the American people who tin-
ler.stand its Incentive.
77/B HKVKXUK 1'JIUHLKM.
The policy of expansion , if cartied out ,
nay lender necessary the raising ol
nore revenue ; It certainly will not allow
he government to reduce taxation. The
'xpcndltuies are now In excels of the
ocelpts and while the latter Have been
growing thcte Is no leasou to expect
hat they will otorhikc the former lu ttio
near ftitute. If the policy favored by u
najorlty in congto s shall bo successful.
Of course there will bo no leveuue legls-
atlou at the present session and whether
here can be any by the next congioss
educing taxation Is problematical.
Representative Hussell of Connecticut ,
a member of the ways and means coin-
nlttce. in a recent Interview expressed
ho opinion that legislation is not likely
o be attempted during the next congress -
gross with the sanction of the majority
tarty , for the reason that wo shall
uirdly then know what the tuturo do-
nands upon the federal treasury are to
) o In i elation to the new dependencies.
There are many uncertain elements in
he revenue problem. The Nicaragua
canal project , If It carries , will ie < jnlre
a considerable annual oxpondltuto. The
ncrease of the army and navy will call
'or largo amounts , but just what
amounts is yet to be determined. Then
heie Is the question of the luture or
Cuba , Porto Itico and the Philippines
and what propoitlon if any they will
iay of the expenses of maintaining gar-
Isons and erecting fortlllcatlons. If the
Filipinos resist American occupation
uid attempted rule , as It seems certain
they will do. the task of HUbjugating
.hem may call for a heavy expenditure ,
'or ' we should have to at least double the
Ameilcan force now there and perhaps
naintain such a force for Kovoral years.
V conflict between the United States
ind the natives of the Philippines
would necessarily dcmorall/.o trade In
ho Islands and prevent the leuli/.uthm
of the revenue that could otherwise bo
had fiom them. As to Cuba , our ex
penditures should not bo very much If
any greater than at present and If
conditions there Improve as hoped for
the revenue should be sutllclont to moot
a largo part or all of the expense and
the same Is to be said of Porto lllco.
Such are some of the unknown quan-
tltes that must be considered In con
nection with the question of revenue
and they make It practically certain
that the American people cannot ex
pect any relief from taxation lor sov-
eial years. "I see no reason , " said Mr.
Uusscll , "why the business community
should not pioceod upon the assump
tion -that existing laws will remain In
force for at leask three years.1' We
ronlldently believe that if the expan
sion policy as now proposed Is car
ried out these laws will be found ) Inade
quate to meet the expenditures of the
government
Commissioner Peck now llnds that the
$ ( ( . " 0,000 appropriated by congress will
be entiiely insufficient fo give this coun
try the kind of a display that our prod-
tri should have at tlie Paris exposi
tion , and heiinlrt another appropria
tion of that much more. The Paris ex
position will give this country a chance
to do a lot of effective missionary wotk
along commercial lines , just where It
Is most needed. While nearly every
nation In the world participated in the
Chicago exposition , there was no such n
gatheilng of Importers , commission mer
chants and manufacturers an will gathet
at the Paris exposition. Tlie attendam.0
will bo .especially large from those
countries which deal almost exclusively
with Fiance and Germany , and these
people are the very ones upon whom
we should Impress the opportunities and
advantages of transferring at least a
part of their business to tlie United
States. Tills country would lose a gieat
opportunity to establish now trade re
lations if we failed to fully demonstrate
to the world what wo are doing and
what \\o can do in all departments of
industry , and in view of these fads
wo should nparo no reasonable expense
In furnishing an exhibition of our prod
ucts that shall bo In every respect
fairly reprcso'Uatlve.
The farmers of Illinois ha\e Initiated
a iuo\ement to oill a national conven
tion of manual labotors in the near tu
tu re for the purpose of founding a new
party. The call sets forth the claim
that the laboring man can no longer
tritHt representatives from other walks
of life to legislate for him In the lawmaking -
making assemblies of the country and
consequently thete Is need for a now
party , the chief object of which shall bo
to secure the election of farmers and
other laborers to the legislatures and
congress. Just how the creation of the
now patty Is going to r > ubscrvc the ob
ject of its formation Is not very plain.
There < Is nothing In tills country to pie-
vent the election of a farmer or any
other laboring man to the highest legis
lative position In it and as a matter of
fa t there are farmers in every Mate
legislature and at least a few in con
gress. Whoto the laboring element Is In
a majority Jt would neoin that there
should bo no diltlculty In electing tann
ers or any one else It may desire to of.
tlco without creating another paity ,
which would , from Its avowed objects ,
only tend to array oue cla s acalnst an
other and to Increase still futthor the
ostlllty of the country apilnst towns
hat is already too prevalent.
Spain has now dlseoveted that the
elatlons exiting between General
) tls and Admiral Dewey are strained
Imost to the breaking point. Whatever -
ever Spain may have loM It Is evident
lint It stilt letalns In all of Its pi-Is-
Ino vigor an Imagination that would
tine turned Haron Munchausen or Sir
olin TalstafT gtcen with envy.
The gerrymandering' mislncss is
oniothlng now for Euiope , hut It Is
icing worked and by no less a per-
onage than King Leopold of Itelglum.
Hie conservative party of that cmm *
ryiif \ \ been at the mercy of the demo-
rats for some yeais and has constantly
hwartcd some of the king'.s most
hcrlshed measures. Leopold , after a
ilontiful consumption of midnight oil ,
ins struck upon a scheme that , in his
> plulon. will lead to the titter rout of
lie democrats , horse , foot and dra
goon1 * . It contemplates rodlstrlctlng the
eulslative divisions so that the con-
orvatives may gain enough nent.s , in ad-
lltlon to tlie ones they hold , to give them
ontrol of Paillament. Hut while Leo-
void has engineered the matter with the
onsummato ability of veteran states-
neu of the United States the demo-
rats have nneaitiled tlie plot and may
> e existed to contribute their shate
oward howling tiio measure to its tomb
vhen It shall come before the Helglan
Parliament.
Everybody admits irrespective of po-
Itical patty that the constitution of No-
irask.i Is sadly in need of patching and
evlslou. Hut the only practical and
feasible plan suggested to accomplish
he object is by amending the amending
lausc. The sooner this is done the
sooner will the state be in position to
omulel the outgrown clothcrt that woie
nade for It when It was in Its infancy.
A Ilonrao
Philadelphia Ledger.
Suppose our fio\ornment pa > s Gomez tha
140.000,000 hoauts for his troops , - \ \ hats
s It got In return ?
Government ot llarrnll.
Baltimore American.
There Is no need of any but the simplest
form of government In Hawaii , and there
will not be for half a century. A scheme ot
so\crnment like that of the District of Co
lumbia , with the added privilege of electing
a delegate to coiiuresa. is all that IB needed.
Anthing more will brine regret and humil
iation.
Him ( lii * Our KluuroH It Ont.
Indl.mapolts Journal
The c/ar roes It all now. He has come to
: hoicry wise conclusion that the best way
In wlilcli to Induce all the rest of the world
to disarm is to arm his o n government so
tiea\lly and so formidably that the others
would have no chance In an armed contest.
It Is on the same principle as the keeping
of peace In a community by appointing all
th ( > troublesome citizens to positions on the
police force.
Precedent for Trrntv Amendment.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
Senator Lodge could not have been talking
seriously when ho told the senate that no
one could think of amending the treaty. That
IE exactly what Senator Hoar eais can be
done. An amendment to the treat } , says
Mr. Lodge's colleague , "could be agreed to
by Spain through the French ambassador. "
without fresh negotiations at Paris. Or It
could be accepted directly by the Spanish
government and Cortes , as Mexico accepted
the United States senate's amendment to the
ptaco treaty with that power In 1818.
I'rrlliiiiH llooni In Trimtii.
Springfield Republican.
The success of two or three great trusts
has stimulated the production of all man
ner of combination schemes for similar
Purposes , and they are now coming dally
upon the market In t > quads and companies
In the particular Interest of promoters , of
stock market gamblers and of the owneis
of combined plants who want to sell out ,
and not In the Interest of the public. The
moro Bc\erely liueslora let tuch securities
alone thu less disastrous will be the In
evitable crash proceeding from his reck
less trust ballooning
Votliiu : ! > > Macliliiery.
Boston Transcript.
That voting by machinery Is surely on thf
way Is evidenced by the favorable report that
has been made tn congress on a bill author
izing the use of machine ballots when they
are authoi Ized by state law. Under the pro
visions of section 27 of the Helscd Statutes
of the United States only written ballots are
allowable In the election of members of con
gress , and It was because of this limitation
that the proposed use of balloting machines
In thVs city was given up last November.
When the section referred to was passed
\otlng machines were not seriously thought
of , so that Its amendment permitting the use
of machines cannot bo considered as an es
sential change In our election methods. It
would be , In effect , merely a verbal amend
ment.
General Jlnliirlu lit Culm.
Baltimore Sun
General Wood threw aluablo light upon
what to many persons has seemed an un
accountable mystery , that , with a quarter
of a million ot troops In the Island , and
under such generals as Martinez Campos
and Woyler , the Spaniards Phould ha\c
made such little progress during three
years toward suppressing the rebellion. They
were fighting , not simply a handful of
ragged , poorly-armed Insurgents , but what
was Inflnlteb more formidable the cllmatc. ,
"No troops stationed in Cuba , " said Gen
eral Wood , "had escaped the diseases duo
to the climate. This fact accounted for the
non-aggresshe character of the Spanish
campaign In the Island , and , ho thought , ex
plained wlhy as many as 200,000 Spanish
soldiers were requlied In service there. Ho
had found that the Spanish were affected
by the climate just as the Americans arc
and also that the Cubans themsol\es were
under constant liability to malaria. Often
as many as CO per cent of tha Cubans were
disabled. "
School l.nniU.
J Sterling Morton's Conservative.
How many thousands of acres of the pub
lic school lands of the state of Nebraska
have been bold ?
To whom have they been sold and wliea
and at what prices ?
These are practical questions. They are
questions which will command an answer
if they are embodied in a joint resolution
and passed by the senate and house of rep
resentatives. The public school lands and
the public school funds ought to be described ,
bpeclfled and plainly set forth In tabulated
form at the assembling of each successive
legislature. Ttio taxpayers of Nebraska
ought to be Informed definitely and plainly
as to bow the school lands are leased , how
much they amount to In acres ; where they
are located , and how many have been sold ,
to whom and at what prices. Moro than
that Nebraska taxpayers should knqw what
the permanent bchool fund amounts to In
rash and how the i > amo la now Invested.
There cannot bo too much light let on to
school lands and school funds. In the llghl
they are always safe.
Aiivirn TO Tin :
Ilrokrn How Drama ( pop , ) One of the
best bills Introduced In the otnto legislature
so far is the one compelling every man 21
yeirs of ago to cast hi * vote at every clec-
: loit , and If ho falls to do to without giv
ing good reason , he Is heavily fined. Wo
lon't know the originator of the bill , but
are In hearty accord with his motive.
Crete Democrat : A bill has been Intro-
tuccd In ttie legislature to compel the voters
to go and vote or be lined for neglecting to
do so. That Is Just what should br > done
t > y every state In the union , U is the duty
of every citizen to vote and If they do not
cxercUo that duty they should be fined. We
liope the bill will become a law , with tlie
emergency clause attached to it.
Pnpllllon Times ( dem. ) : The legisla
ture cin do no better than to follow the
advice of Fred Sackett , who has recently
been writing for the Omaha Bee many valu
able articles on the subject of Improved
revenue laws. Sackett plainly points to the
defects In the existing laws and hl pro
posals for Improvement are- the beet we
have seen advanced from any source.
St. 1'aul Phonograph ( pop ) : In our eager
ness to criticise certain partisan acta of the
republican legislature , we had nearly lost
sight of the fact that It voted Secretary
of State Porter a page and an extra clerk
during'the ' session and allowed him to make
the selection , while heretofore that hag
been done by the legislature. This repub
lican act of toleration deserves mention and
Kindly appreciation.
Oaceola Democrat ( pop.- Lieutenant Gov
ernor Gilbert has decided that ho will avoid
even a semblance of wrong-doing and all of
the railroad passes sent to him have been
returned to the companies. If Po > liter , Gil
bert , Llchty and Jewell do not exert the
pioper Influence over the other state officers
now rldltig on pahscs the people themselves
will BOO that a day of reckoning Is at
hand and that , too , before long.
Ueatrlco Democrat : On Monday lost the
chaplain In the Nebraska senate prajed that
his Hock might bo delivered from the blight
of Intemperance. The Democrat has re
garded the position of chaplilu In the leg
islature as purely ornamental , but If his
prajcrb are answered and the Nebraska sen
ate can bo sobered up long enough to pass
the appropriation bills and adjourn we will
regard the money spent upon the chaplain
as a good Investment.
O'Neill Frontier ( lep. ) . The people of this
state will owe the present legislature an
everlasting debt of gratitude If , after elect
ing Senator Allen's successor , It wllf then
promptly do away with the offlces ot state
oil Inspector and Hoard of Railway Trans
portation and then pass a business-like
revenue law and then go home. It Is not new
laws the people of this commonwealth want
so much as it is a moro rigid enforcement
of our present laws.
Lincoln News ( rep. ) : The revenue bill In
troduced by Mr. Pollard of Cass county Is
one that should pass. The revenue laws of
the state are in a much mixed condition
and the assessments made are In most cases
a farce and In manv a fraud. The means
provided to compel assessors to perform
their sworn duty and to provide for the
uncovering of concealed escurltles subject
to taxation , seem about the best that can bo
devised. The bill Is expected to bo reported
In a few weeks and as the subject Is one of
the greatest Interest to the people It will
undoubtedly receive the careful considera
tion It deserves.
I'KK'.OVAI. AM ) OTlinilWISE.
Senator Vest once took lessons In boxing ,
and , llko Governor Roosevelt , le an expert
at "the manly art. "
Frederic R. Coudert , the New York
financier , got his title of "the lion of Wall
street" because of his expression and
whiskers.
Senator McCumber , recently elected from
North Dakota , Is described as about 43 years
of age , smooth-faced , with light hair mid
blue eves.
During the last thirty > caru nearly all
Indiana' * senators , McDonald , Voorhees ,
Harrison , Turple , Fairbanks and Deverldge ,
have been Ohio men by birth.
Edward B. Talcott , the young broker who
haa Just retired from Wall street , after
amassing a large fortune , Is a base ball en
thusiast , and himself a pitcher of no mean
ability.
The record of club meetings in Detroit for
last w "ek , as given In the Free Press of
that city , shows thirty-two prdro , one whist
and three euchre clubs , three classified In a
general nay as "card clubs" and two
literary clubs.
Eduln C. Glbbs , an Insurance man of Cin
cinnati , sajs his company refused to insure
the yacht Paul Jones for $3,000 just prior to
Its departure for New Orleans , and on lookIng -
Ing It up for a complete description con
cluded at once that such a craft had no
business on the gulf at this time of year.
The Philadelphia North American , pun-
llshed by Clayton McMlchael & Sons , has
been sold to R. E. A. Dorr , ono of the pub
lishers of the New York Mall and Express.
The North American was esstabllbhed In
1784 , and seems destined to verify the pre
diction of Its founder , "This paper comes to
stay. "
Charles M. Pepper , whose friends Jn
Washington are urging his appointment as
the librarian of congress to succeed John
Russell Young , was for several years the
chief correspondent at the national capital
of the Chicago Tribune. Before the out
break of the Spanish war he went to Cuba
to represent a syndicate of newspapers , and
ho Is now at Havana In the same service.
Ejc-Secrotary of the Treasury Carlisle Is a
frequent visitor to Washington and was seen
the other day In one of the long , dark cor-
jldors of the treasury building. Old negro
messengers , many of whom were appointed
by Carlisle , stood with bowed heads as their
former chief passed by. They all love Car
lisle and , despite hh gruff manner , he was
one of the moU admired men who ever pre
sided over that department.
TIIIJl WAVI' .NO 1'AHT I.N IT.
Pointed VleitH of Anierlc-nnii Hack
from the l'lillliilni-H. |
Boston Transcript.
It was the flno flower of young American
manhood that came marching homo from
Manila the other day the Astor battery.
They are a full-faced , rosy-checked lot of
upper-crust New Yorkers , and as Jolly and
sensible In their views of llfo as a healthy
American tbould be. They are well edu
cated and capable of forming opinions on
any of the live topics of the day , so that
when sixty-seven out of noventy-threo of
thorn say that nothing save a necessity for
fighting would Induce them to return to the
Philippines It is worthy of consideration
by all sane persons.
" One keenly Intelligent joung fellow sa > ii
that U Is no place for a civilized man to
make his home , and another equally In
telligent declares that no man wlio has any
Idea of what America or Europe contains
to make life worth living even nt Its poorest
has any business there. All agree that the
Philippines , both soil and people , arc filled
with ( llsHise , that In town and country they
are dirty , hot and unhealthful. Several ot
the soldiers aver Uiat the American bunco
eteerer Is a comparatively harmless indi
vidual beside the natives , who constantly
lie in wait to rob newcomers.
All these things and moro are bald by
members of the Astor battery , and it should
help to convince every thinking man that
wu want none of the Philippines. In truth ,
no ono but Agulnaldo does seem to really
want them , and bo wdy not let him have
them In prace ? Our missionaries militant ,
who are the hottest after the Philippines ,
can doubtless find with the patriots there
all the fighting against the Spanish Catholic
( priesthood that they want.
TIIK MimmsT.
ArknnitnM Itntemiipn tlrniiilln | wllli
n ( front I'riililetti.
St. Loulfi Republic.
Senator Shtckrrford linn Introduced a bill
Into the Arkansas legislature which shows
that hla conception of the law-making
function pcnicsGcs cffectlvpncss as well as
originality.
The bill would make It liereaftfr unlaw
ful for any person or persons to lobby with
any members of the general assembly , or
Hpproach or talk to any of Its members on
any measure pending or to be Introduced ,
unless such person shall wear while In the
statehouse or on the utatehouie grounds a
badHo Indicating his business. Thla badge
Is to be so worn that he who runs may read.
On It shall be printed the lobbyist's name ,
Uie measure for or against which he l lob-
bjlng and the aide or interest ho Is advo
cating.
This precaution VNOuld prove Useful In
warning new members against the true
character and cainng of persons whom they
often mistake for smooth-faced clergvmcn
appealing for state aid to charitable Insti
tutions , timid school teachers working for
a raise Intholr salaries , or rural taxpajers
hitercsed In the formation of anew county.
U will put the old mcmbeVs on their
guard , not so much against the Insidious
and dangerous lobbyist with whom they are
doubtless acquainted , as against kecn-ejed
constituents .who may be observing the com
pany they keep and who \vlH tell the folks
at home.
Senator Shackleford's measure extends only
to requiring the class of persons who In
terfere with legislation , generally In n
dotrhnentat way , to wear the Insignia of
their calling In tlie state house ground and
buildings. This Is , probably , as far as the
cope of legislative authority will reach In
euch matters.
If It were legally practicable , professlonat
lobbyists not only should be required to
wenr badges while In the capital during a
session of the legislature , but should bo com-
peJIed to write the word "lobbvUt" after
their names on the hotel leglstcrs and have
the doors of tlielr rooms placarded with their
names and the character of their business
Missouri and other statcb might take the
rue from Arkansas In this matter and Im
prove upon the original plan.
SAI'KTY APPLIANCES O.I
Marked lleductlnn In the Hlnnuhter
and Mnliiilnir of UnllroiidMen. .
Washington 1'ost.
Although the courts have slashed so many
and such largo pieces off from the Inter
state Commerce commission's construction of
Cho law 'that this very capable and energctli-
board has little ground left to stand on , It
still manages to get up annual reports that
contain much Interesting matter. One of
the most welcome facts found In Its latest
report is that the diminution of slaughter
and maiming of railroad employes still con
tinues. During the jcar ended June SO , 1S97 ,
there were 1,034 fewer railroad rmplojcs
killed and 4,062 fewer Injured than there were
during the > ear ended June 30. ISIU The
total number killed during the > ear Mm
mentioned was 1,693. while there were 27-
667 Injured. We cet a hint of the value of
safety-piomotlng Inventions and the Impor
tance of using them from the statement that
there has been a reduction of 50 per cent In
the number of employes killed while en
gaged In coupling cars , this being due to a
great Increase In the use ot automatic
couplers , which render It unnecessary for
brakemcn to go between the cars while
coupling. In a total of 1,156,010 freight cars
owued by railroads In the United States
there are 795.253. or b9 per cent , now fur
nished with self-acting couplers , whllo 511.-
C6ti , or 44 per cent , have air brakes. It Is
also shown that 29,175 , or DO per cent , of the
total number of locomotives In this country
uru equipped with driving wheel brakes.
It will probably surprise many of our read
ers to learn that employment upon our rail
roads is sofor than It Is on English lines.
This report states that whllo In this countrj
there Is but one man killed annually out or
every 600 who are enuaged In coupling and
uncoupling cars , the death rate on British
roads Is nearly twice as great , the fatalities
occurring In the proportion of 1 to 350.
VOTING MACHINES.
An ArMTiiment In Fin or of AdoptlUK
.Meehiniiciil Ai | > ll > inueN.
Minneapolis Times.
The greatest Improvement In political
methods during the last few > cars in .this
country has been the adoption of the
Australian s > stem of secret voting at the
polls. Its great advantage is that It mokes
it possible to secure an unbiased nnd un-
coerced expression of the "people's will. "
Hut no sooner have "no familiarized our
selves with Its use than there comes a new-
proposition which promises to becuro the
same results with greater accuracy and even
less danger of fraud a voting machine that
has already been tested sufficiently to dem
onstrate Its entire practicability. This ma
chine is constructed on the cash register
principle and Is thus described :
Before a voter enters the compartment to
register his vote ho has an opportunity to
Inspect In the polling place an exact fac
simile of the ballots suspended on thu wall
liibldo of the booth. Ho can ascertain the
position on the ballots for each candidate
for whom ho wishes to vote and has noth
ing to do when he enters the booth except
to push In tbo knobs opposite the names of
the candidates of his choice. This operation
rarely occupies moro than half a mlnuto and
a full minute Is ample time. There areno
ballots to assort and fold. The suspended
ballots are different colors nnd the voter
who cannot read can vote by color or by
numbers , which are placed opposite In
dividual namts. No trace whatever la left
as to the character of the vote cast. It Is
added automatically to the grand total , but
nobody can find any evidence as to what Its
political complexion was. What Is perhaps
of even greater Importance than all else.
there Is no liumftn agency In the counting.
No Ignorant or dishonest ofllcer * can alter
HIP figures They nre registered by the nn-
chlno and the watchcts at the polls onn see
whether or not thry nre transcribed accu
rately. In case of the drath of n Mlidldatn
n few dny , or even n few hours , before nn
election , the nnnio of n substitute candld-ito
could bo put on the ballot without troubli ,
for , If there wore not time to print It ,
t > rewritten card could be Inserted
U IB calculated that u e of the mnchlnn
In n state with the voting population or
New York would result In saving of
1200,000 every two ) rars. The "cash rcn-
ister" has cuno Into general use and the
long use of business men has demonstrated
Its usefulness. It Is i-asy to understand tint
the employment of the machine In elections
would makp the corruption of the ballot
almost Impossible , as It does Its own count
ing , declaring the result ns to every can
didate the Instant the polls are closed. It
could be so easily protected against viola
tlon that election contests would bo rarely
known. It should be adopted In all the
states and the people could well agree tea
a tax for their purchase HO that they inlRht
be furnished the voters of every jm-clnct
There was one objection to the machine
which seemed to bo Insuperable It did not
provide for the mm who wished to cast
scattering vote for some one who had not
been named by any party. Hut that haa
been remedied by adding a blank column ,
In which thu voter can write or print any
nnmo hp chooses
The purification of the ballot began with
the adoption of the Australian Bstvm mid
the registration laws. The voting machine
will reinforce them by Insuring the ab
solute accuracy of the count and the Imme
diate declaration of the result. Under such
an arrangement. If the machines were util
ized In every state of th * union , the tiart
result of a presidential Section nould lie
known as quickly o.i th ? telegraph could
transmit thu vote , for there ould bo no
delay in counting ( t U the titlllutlon o.
science against th > > ballot itfilerd
the voter the full b-aeit o ! hli e4
privilege.
WIUTTLUIJ TO A I'OINT.
Detroit Journal The Gnn-1 Vlzltr-Th *
powers Intimate that they T-OQ t ( Jo i thins
to us
The Sultan Do th > lntl-nis In Frtrch
cr KuglUh ?
fhkago Tribune , "tt fiat t > Ic of t mderc
are > ou going to ride tli'i JIMT , Oruinpce ) 1
I iPmember ill-"H Mi ' lns objected to the
oiij vtJ h-- * last fCdb'jn '
" 1 m going to ride th3 sjsne tandem , but
some other t'irl. '
Indianapolis Journal. Tommy Paw , what
Is a heroine ?
Mr rigg A woman who never kissed a
hero.
Detroit Tree Press"Clara , > ou nld jou /
were embroidering a sofa pillow for inc. J
"I know It , Alice , hut when I got It dona /
It was entirely too pretty to give uwny. "
TemKers Statesman : Mr C. I wonder
u I ] < ! ' _ In th * world the nlnri.i ( .lock haa
gone' I xrvv It rn the mantel yeeterdny
Mr CIt VMIS there yesterday , but I saw
It KO off thl-i mothii.j.
Jlr.s f \\tll , 1 hope It hasn't gone vvhero
> ou told It to eo.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. The aged attor
ney looked keenly ut the young lawyer. "Do
jnu love my daughter ? " he nskwl.
The > ounestcr hcultntcd. "Before I give
you a direct answer. Judge , " ho said with
much earni tne-f. "I want you to pledge me
your word that the Information vvlll not be
used against me. "
Chlcaco Ilecord : Slmpklns Bruce up , old
man. Takn a more cheeiful view of life.
Whv borrow trouble ?
Addlson Speaking of borrowing , I would
find It much raslcr to get along without bor
rowing trouble If vou would let me have th *
$10 you borrowed from me for two daj
about a year and a half ago.
Washington Star : "You sold you were No.
1 In your class , " said the ungry father , "and
now the teacher Informs me you are at the
foot of It. "
"My number In my class , " returned the
wily youth , Intent upon demonstrating the
correctne's of hla claim , "depends entirely
on the end from which you begin to count. "
A Ilecii Scheme.
Chicago News.
Together by our fire we eat.
Her ImnclH worn cliiHpcd In mine ,
And In her musing face was that
Which spake a thought divine.
Shr turned n fearless glance to ma
Which proved her trusting soul.
And thru she breathed this subtlety :
"My dear , we're out of coal. "
MFIO'S TRAGEDY.
I was once jounfr. bltthpsomn and pretty ,
And llfo held pleasures In store ;
When wealth and Its comforts around me
Made friends of the rich nnd the poor.
/
But years passed away and my beauty
Was followed by wrinkles of care ,
And wealth took the wings of the morning
Which floats lightly away on the air.
When loved ones and neighbors forsook me ,
And lonely nnd feeble was I :
Then over the hills to the poorhouse
Thny left mo alone there to die ,
*
But my dear old Bible In near me
And tells me of Ono long naa
Who traveled the hills of Judea
To rescue from sin and from woe.
It tells of His father In heaven ,
And how In Ills infinite love
lie sent thn loved son of hlH bosom
To show them the utralght road above.
And how In till Ills earth mission ,
In tolling nnd praying for men ,
They despised nnd I ejected Ills teaching
And plotted His earth life to end.
But. look ! Oh , I sec the angel !
'TIs coming with white robes for me ;
All pure and bright In the morning
We'll cross o'er the Jusper ECU.
When they come In the morning to wake
And find that my splrlfa lied.
Then gently they'll tell my children :
"You may tome , for your mother to
dead. "
Then over the hills from the poorhouss
My body they'll curry away ;
Hut I shall then bo with Jesus
In that beautiful homo to stay.
Stunton , Neb. TOPST.
Our
Shirt
tii-vur u'Ms flint's juitly our limit and jt.irily
your * Wo Mart ell In by hcciirln tlio lit t nialonliils to bo
liiul , followed tip iiy having thorn f.i.sliloncd liy tliu'Hiniutest
cutters and maker * In the tiadc.
You htartod In by wearing ono of our Hhlits and havon't
worn any oilier llian otu s slnou. Wo'vo sonic nuvv fancy
CHIPS for hprliiK that are all rlplit , oltlier tdiort or long
vvlilto IxMly or all colored.
Cuffs to match bonnin fit guiunntocd.
$1.00 ?
Yes