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Neb.
N'olmtslm has just uwlvcd a new In
voice of ( '
Just wilt till those inttk's tlft to
Mmilla and watch tliem kick up a llvt'ly
time.
Tim I sK A\eeks' leave of absence
taken by the Kround liojj is about e.\-
pireil. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Insurance. Examiner Simpson must
have his family nITnlirf down to a strictly
linanclal basis when he chaises hlmseli :
board In his ovvn home.
Those cnpi cd in letlrlnjr Secretary
AlBPf now seem to have all plans com
pleted for the event except the nnlm-
ivjrtant detail of his written icsif-natlon.
Japan has decided to icduce its auny
and navy , which hiigsests the idea that
after all there is no remedy like In-
creahed taxation for that imperialistic
feeling. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The t-chool board announces that it
Is Koin > ; into the clock business. It is
to be honed It will come out with less
notoriety than it achieved with the
piano business.
The members must be .seized with u
determination to cut the .session off at
the blxty-day limit when the legisla
ture stalls lit to do night work this
early In the game.
lu view of the fact tnere is no pros-
poet of any relapse fiom republican
prosperity , the bill to create a state em
ployment bureau has been indefinitely
postponed by the Nebraska lugiblature.
.1. Sterling Morton is now receiving
republican votes for United States f-pii-
ntor.VhiMi a few republican votes
would have made Mr. Morton senator
six yearn ago , however , they failed to
materlall/o.
The Omaha charter bill has gotten ns
far as the genetal llle in the senate. It
will take morn active efforts In its be
half on the part of those Interested in it
than have yet been put forth to insure
its consideration ami enactment Into
law.
The Kansas man who was so anxious
to marry a Nebraska City woman that
he sent her If.'OO to provide a waidrobe
suitable for the event probably realizes
that Nebraska women come high , but he
should al o know they are always worth
the prltv.
Just where the Cuban assembly ex
pects to get that $ U,000,00 ! ( > still remains
as great a mystery tis the relation ot
General Lee's tlagpole to the duration
of American occupation. Perhaps they
expect lo lalse it also by prophecy.
1'pon llrst Impression General Henry
was rather of the opinion tlture had been
no lighting in I'orto Uleo , but upon second
end thought he remembers the heroic
affair at Vauco , where for two hours ho
faced the desttuutlve tire of the alcalde's
eloquence.
The bribery investigation committee
of the rtuh legislature HmH that a
senator was "improperly appioaehed , "
but not enough to constitute an attempt
nt bribery. The committee does not
utato whether the amount offered was
too small to constitute the offcnso nor
how large it should 1m before the hon
orable senator could bo properly -ap
proached. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wlillu all the state olllccrs are com
plaining about being board-ridden , the
legislature is grappling with bills to
create more boaids for all sorts of pur
poses ehlelly to afford berths for more
Bccietaries , inspectors and clerks. So
far as the people me concerned , they
would doubtless not stiller If all the
proposed boards wont by the board.
Attorney General Monett of Ohio will
make himself a much disliked man In
certain quarters | f ho floes not change
his tactics , lie him proceeded against
first onu trust after another , the Stand
ard OH uiul Tobacco trusts being his par-
tliMilur mail ; up to thu present. He has
now started after the Sugar trust to
compel It to pay ? 30yOO for the privilege
of transacting business In. the state.
The latest advices from Manila , cor
roborated by teport fiom Washington ,
announce that General Otis has about
completed piepaiatlons tor an ag
gressive campaign against the rillplmn.
The pin pose Is to strike a decisive blow
befoic the beginning of the rainy t-eu-
hon , which Is near at hand , and dming
which military operations would be c.v
tieinely dltllctilt if not impossible. In [
this eason , which continues for weeks ,
the roads are tendered almost impassa
ble , so that \\hlle Infantry inluht be
moved , artillery , cavalry and supplies
could not. It appeals that the Ameri
can fotces aie anxious for a forward
movement. The soldiers have giown
tiled of being standing targets for the
enemy , as well as of the monotonous
loittine of camp duty , and deslie to di
Mimolhlng that will be effective and If
possible bring the contllct to a speedy
termination. The lighting they have had
with the Filipinos has doubtless led
'them ' to believe that an aggiesslvo ami
vigorously prosecuted campaign wnuld
in a slioit time convince ( lie Plllplnos
of the futility of their warfare and It
Is possible that such would be the ie-
suit.
Geneial Otis will soon have about
; ; oM)0 ( ) men under his command and with
'the ' additional iclnforeemetit.s to be sent
! the number will be Increased to nearly
10,000 , exclusive of the naval force. As
suming that tluce-fourths of this iiiiny
will be available for active campaigning
It should lie able to do very effective
work If the projected movement Is begun
wldle the weather conditions aie favora
ble. It must not be thought , however ,
that theie will be little lighting to do ,
that we .shall sweep the enemy before
Us without much eft'oit. The Filipinos
ate manifesting a lively appieclation of
the situation. They are making prepara
tions for an expected attack , What the
force of the enemy is cannot be stated ,
but It is undoubtedly equal to that
which can be sent against it and prob
ably much larger. There is no doubt ,
also , that it is well equipped and that
it ib not lacking in courage. The light
ing at Manila has shown ( lie gieat MI-
perlorlty of the American ildiei > , but
they had advantages thete which they
will not have lu a campaign into the
Interior. AVe do not jet know how well
the Filipinos can light behind entiench-
ments or from the jungles where they
must be attacked. They know their
lighting ground peifeotly and there is
no doubt of their ability to select the
best. An invading army , but little ac
quainted with the countiy , is necessarily
at a disadvantage and while of couise
General Otis has obtained all the information
mation available regaullng the legion
occupied by the enemy , the moie ac
curate knowledge of the latter will give
him an advantage. If , therefoie , the
Filipinos aie determined to continue the
war , as beems to be the case , u pro
tracted conflict Is to be expected.
Since it appeals to be the determina
tion of this government to subdue the
Filipinos by force of aims lather than
to make any effort to conciliate them
by peaceful means , an aggressive mili
tary campaign is the proper coui.se to
pursue. Both sides will learn something
liom it the Filipinos more than they
already know of the lighting qualities
of American soldleis ; we more ot the
character , the ability and the purpose
of the enemy. Each will have a better
knowledge and understanding of the
other as one of the resiilt.s nt such a cam
paign. Meanwhile the commissioners
bent to the Philippines ostensibly on a
mission of conciliation will have noth
ing to do but enjoy themselves as best
they can.
inn A.irr.
While congiess autlioil/.ed a small in
crease of the force of enlisted men in
the navy , it is stated at the department
jthat the force is still inadequate and
I that In order to man the new ships nearing -
ing completion it will be necessary to put
f-ome ships out of commission. Tlilb is a
rather unfortunate situation and there
Is no remedy for It until the next con
gress can act in the matter. In the
meantime the navy will be crippled and
wlille no exigency may arise to lender
this a serious matter it Is a condition
that does not rellect favorably upon the
judgment of the naval committees ot
congress. It is apparent that In this
particular they would have puisned the
wiser courbo in adopting the iccom-
mendatlon of the department.
Theie Is another respect in which it
will perhaps be found that congress
erred , though this will not nece.ssaiily
have any unfcituuate result. In thu
matter of armor plate lor the new ve.s-
hols authorl/.ed the maximum pi Ice to be
paid by the government WSIH fixed at
&WO. Tlie hoti'-e naval bill placed the
piice at $150 , with a view to having
Krupp armor , admitted to be the best ,
but thet senate insisted on reducing the
price. ItH \ piactlcally certain Unit the
| government cannot buy armor plate at
the price named , either in this countiy
or abroad. This Is a matter , however ,
that is not immediately urgent and It in
very likely that the next congress will
take dittocut view of it ,
or SM.U.II HMK
Admiral Dewey has asked the Na\y
department to supply him with small
war ships In older that he.may be en
abled lo put a stop to filibustering expe
ditions , which entry arms and ammuni
tion to the Filipinos. This is mast essen
tial , though the task will not be an easy
one. There are more than 1'JOO islands
in the archipelago , which aie separated
fiom one another , some by broad arms
of the sea , others by narrow stialts and
sounds. A licet of light draught gunboats -
boats , able to penetratu these channels ,
could patrol the waters and practically
have the control of the archipelago.
This is what Admlial Dewey deslies to
accomplish and until It Is done the Filipinos
pines will continue to lecu'.ve ' munitions
of war us long as they can pay for
them ,
In a communliMtion to the New York
Tribune Mr. Frederick W. Seward points
out that e had n similar experience
when Alaska was purchased. The south
ern portion of that Immense region was
found to be an archipelago of densely
wooded Islands , not M ) vast or so popu
lous as the Philippine archipelago , but
its people were similarly located. It wua
found iieee < miy to have armed vessels
patiolllng the bnyf , sounds and rivers
which could reach any vlllngn and hav
It under their RUIIS , as n means of pie-
MMvIng peace among the tribes. This
was done and tribal conflicts woie soon
ended.
The tusk ol suppiesslng Illlbusteilug
In the Philippines will not be so ensy ,
but manifestly the only wa.v to cut oft
the war supplies which the Filipinos are
now iccelvlng Is to send war Vessels
there that can put ml the waters not ac
cessible to most of the ships Dowcy now
has. I low many such vessels will be re
quired cannot now bo deteimined , but
perhaps mote than the government has
at command.
( INSTITUTION C1IAXUK8.
It Is universally admitted that the
constitution of Nebraska cull * tor nu
merous changes In the direction of a
better adaptation of stale government
to the needs of the slate. While several
joint resolutions are pending before the
legislature providing for the submission
of amendments to particular sections
that have been outgrown , it Is useless
to propose them because experience has
demonstrated the futility of attempting
to change the constitution in that way.
The question therefore seems to re
solve Itself Into n choice between two
ineabure- , upon which the IcgMutuio will
be e\pected to take act'.orone looking
to the calling of a constitutional con
vention , the other providing for the sub
mission of an amendment amending thu
amending clause of the piesent consti
tution.
While theeomentlon plan was enthused
and recommended by the outgoing ami
Incoming governors In their messages ,
It is much moie costly than the other
and less promising of results. Hefore a
constitutional convention can be called
the question must be latilled by popular
vote and the majority required Is a ma-
joilty of all votes cast at the election ,
tile same as Is required on propositions
lor direct amendment. In the lace of
opposition from any considerable ele
ment or interest In the state , the con-
M-ntUu call could scarcely expect to poll
the necessary votes. And oven it all
were smooth .sailing , the earliest time at
which a revised constitution could be
put into effect would be 100I5.
The other plan .seems , therefoie , to
offer the more feasible method. An
amendment to the constitution simply
amending the amending clause bv
changing the requisite majority to nitlly
constitutional amendments ought to en
counter no [ opposition. If submitted and
ratilied at the next ( lection of state of
ficers , the legislature oC 1001 could biib-
hilt futher amendments embodjing de
sired changes aftccting vital points
which , ifvoted on , could bo ratilied at
the election of ? that year and go into
effect with the beginning of the year
1X)2. ! )
By no other plan can the needed
amendments be seemed so soon and by
no other plan can the real interests of
the state be so effectively safeguarded.
Uy no other plan can the pledge of the
republican platform to institute steps
toward a revlMon of the state constitu
tion be moi e .satisfactoiilv ledeemcd.
Nothing in history or llctlou , with
possibly the exception of the late hewis
Carroll's "siiaik hunt" Is quite RO fan
tastic a.s the "Muscat incident , ' ' which
M. Doleasse announces : ib "happily
closed. " Muscat is senrl-desei
u - ted hum-
let on the Persian coast , where the na
tives went to bleep after the death of
Tamerlane and to all intentB and pur
poses icmalii in that condition. The
dllliculty In reaching it is .something
greater than discovering' the proverbial
needle in a haystack and ! ( > strategic
importance is altogether less than that
of Ilackensack. lint when the news
was home to proud Itiitnln that the ter
rible French wete actually building a
coalbhcd t Muscat \isious of "ulterior
motives" filled the air. The paw of the
bear was visible in the whole nolarions
plot and for once the "circumlocution of
fice" forgot how not to do it and dis
patched a fast ciuiser to nip It In the
bud. The sleepy old sultan was hustled
out of his harem arrayed In eonsteina
tion and pajamas and forced lo icpu-
dlate the dangerous concession under a
tin cat of immediate bombaidment.
Never once had it occurred fj the cir
cumlocution ollice dining all these mov
ing accidents by flood and Held that the
inalienable right to build a coalshed at
Muscat hail been solemnly granted to
Franco by treaty in ISO' ' . That once 10-
membored the comic opera performance
was declared oil' and the peace of
Hiiropc is once moie preserved , while M.
nolcusso felicitates the Flench nsscmbly
upon the fact that the incident is hap
pily closed and the construction of the
coalshed will go right ahniir as though
nothing had happened.
His retirement fiom congress piob-
ably marks the end of the public career
of Judge Samuel Maxwell , distinguished
by a long and honoiable lecoid uf
service to the people. Judge Maxwell
has devoted the greater part of Ids
many years to faithful work for the
public. Ills principal service was of
course rendered sis a member of the
supreme court , giving him an enviable
reputation as a jurist and a judge.
While the fact that In congiess ho
afllllated with the minority party pio-
vented successful accomplishment of
many of his projects , he presented
numerous hills carefully worked out
covering reforms of the utmost Impor
tance which will sooner or later bo
brought about. In private life as In
public life , Judge Maxwell will continue
to enjoy the respect and admiration of
the large circle of friends won for him
by his fearless devotion to public duty
as he saw It ,
Fiom the discussion In the Texas leg-
islatuie it * would appear that States
man Bailey's effoit to oust Geneial
Wheeler from ojngresn was intended
entirely for home consumption , us
nutriment to superinduce a vex populi
Inflation of a senatorial boom two years
hence.
Notwithstanding the increase In mini-
her of men in ( he navy nnulu by the last
congiesg there are sllll not enough to
man the ships aheady built and for this
several arc out of commlbciluii ,
although live Ilrst-cltisg battleships and
one cruiser arc Hearing completion. A
big navy means a blc nnviil pay roll.
The Germans .11.nit tin ir naval rep-
resentatlve at Mamtti was not \eiy dis
creet during the little disturbance over
theie ; tnd for that reason Is to bo ie-
called. As his little Indiscretions wcie
promptly cheeked by Admiral Dewey no
paitlcular harm VVIIM done except to the
German admiral's reputation.
Tiie liiiui itaiiii.
I'hlladelphlu lleeord.
To Speaker llepd Shnko ! Thcro Is n
fltraln ot greatness In thce , Thomas , v\hlch
the nntlon greatly ndmlrcs.
The AViirtil for Mnrkct.
Globe-13cniotr.it.
The Swedish railways hnvo ordered twenty
locomotives in the United Stntes hoeauso
machinery can bo turned out sooner horc
limn nt homo. American locomotive hullJ-
crs have secured the world ns'a market.
at .SuntluKo.
Hrooklyn Uaglo.
If an Ainerlenn lost a government Job ho
would not go bluhbcilng around the streets
Hint there was no alternative loft to him
now- except to become ti highway robber ,
hut we hear that talk from Santiago. What
a confession !
I'njlnu fur IH-llA ci-mire.
( 'hlingo Tribune.
One of the witnesses In the hoof Investiga
tion testified that the soldiers did not use.
over fi ncr cent of the canned beef after
leaching I'orto Illco , and that the lumaln-
der was traded to the natives. The Porto
Hlcans , it will be seen , began early to pay
the price for their deliverance from Spanish
rule.
Tin * \\iir
WiiMhliiffton Star.
IJut whatever Its laults , whatever its mis
sions or Its mistakes , the Fifty-fifth congress ,
now gone into the background , will bo en
titled to credit for having been faithful to
the trust In times of great emergency , when
the call to arms was sounded , when the
time cnmo to provide means for strengthen
ing the govetninent's fighting force , when the
crisis arrived which lusted the capacity of
the nation to enforce its Judgment and to
administer a needed lesson to a government
of tyranny which had fouled the shores or
this continent.
Cruelly Tricked.
Philadelphia TlmosJ.
If theio Is any one- kind of legislation
that senators may be expected not to neg
lect it is that which Increases their own
patronage. There was a provision in the
army hill for the appointment to the Mili
tary ac.ulouiy of two additional cadets at
large for each state. Those , of course ,
would ho nominated by senator/3 and It
was talten for granted that no senator -would
oppose so wise a clause. When the hill
had passed some of the senators proceeded
at once to vvilte out their nominations ,
when it was discovered , to their horror ,
that some unpatriotic person had moved
to strike out this clause and that the mo
tion had carried. Naturally the senators
were In a state of mind , wondering it such
tilings , could he. But the Incident only
Illustrates in an unusual way the careless
ness with which congressional business Is
commonly tiansacted.
.si'ivicrii ; iiioED's THUMI-H.
IliiNli. SiiNplcloiis imil IU-r < ) iiNlil < > reil
l.culslntloii DIocUcil.
Now York livening Post
Speaker Heed never won a creator tri
umph than the one ho lias scored In the
Nicaragua canal matter. He has SiiCf-eeded
in heading off a piece of rash and confused
and suspicious legislation , and In Riilstitut-
ing for It n rational measure , without the
smell of jobbery u : > on it. In oauo of the
$5,000,000 which the Maritime company waste
to get as a ptuo giatulty , under the Morgan
act , the persistent beggar has to put up
with an Item of $15,000 in the ceneial do-
llciency 'bill ' , to iclmburso It for expenses
Incurred In aid of the Ludlow commlbsion
two years ago. Instead of a hasty appropria
tion of $115.000,000 to build a canal which
It vns not yet known whether It would be
possible to build at all , or , at any rate , for
twice the money , the compromise provide ?
only for a thorough Inquiry by competent
engineers into the comnaiativo advantages
and the cost of all competing route * and
pllins and a report to congiess. This Is
surely but common sense. That the canal
should bo built Is plainly the desire
and determination of the country. It is a
commercial necessity , and the mllltaiy
argument for it has some v\eight. Hut it
Is certain that if the country wants a cannl
across the isthmus , it also wants It wisely
and honestly constructed. This has now
been made possible , nnd wo owe it to
Speaker Heed , whose firm and skillful op
position to a band of desperate speculators
has not been displayed in the cjo of the
public , but has been deserving of the highest
prulbc.
ItiCI\IMIN ( ; Mill ) 1\MS.
I'roKrcHH of HitVorK oC
Di'Mcrtrcns Fruitful.
Chicago Times-Herald ,
That portion of the agricultural appropri
ation bill adopted by the Fifty-fifth con
gress which promises the most far-icaching
results in the way of advancing the Inter
ests of ptofltablo husbandry In this country
Is the Item which appropriates x5,000 : ! for
"an Investigation of Irrigation methods in
thp United States and other countries , "
When the 1)111 was first rcpoited 11 10-
strlcted itho Investigation to the United
States , but fortunctely this restriction was
eliminated In conference committee The
Agricultural department will now ho ena
bled to study Iho great lirigatlon systems
of Kuropo , such as the Drltlsh system that
has in a do tillable nnd productive vast areas
iln Egypt
The United States , however , has already
inacln r'ipnomcnal progress In the reclama
tion of arid lands in California , Oregon , Col
orado , Arizona and other western states Mil
lions of b.nren acres have been made fruitful
through tha various systems of Irrigation ,
through fcdeial and state appropriations , as
well a.s through private ontciprlbo. The
schemes already in operation for corrjing
water to barren lands are diminutive , how
ever , compared to the monster Irrigation
project now on foot for reclaiming what Is
known as the "Arizona desert. "
To carry out this colossal engineering en
terprise the greatest fctorago lesorvolr In the
world Is to bo constructed In the moun
tains , about sixty miles northeast of I'hoe-
nlv. In this reservoir will bo stored the
winter floods , to * bo drawn from as needed
during the summer months snd tiold to the.
Irrigating canal companies now doing busi
ness In the Suit river valloj , and by them
distributed to the farmers , who will pay
a certain amount per aero per annum.
It Is estimated that enough water Is
wasted from Salt river each winter to Inl-
gate 1,000,000 acres If stored and properly
distributed. Kor this purpose the United.
States government has granted the canal
company the use of the Tuuto basin , to bo
used as a storage reservoir , which will bo
converted Into a lake covering eighteen
square miles , and from which the water
will bo conveyed through the channel of
Salt rhcr.
The result of this gigantic Irrigation pro
ject will attract the attention of engineers
all over the world and will doubtless be a
notable demonstration of the fact that the
conquest of our own fallow territory
through the dlatilbutlon of the gentle rains
of heaven is quite as Important as the
wresting of Islands from UiapotUm an I
savagery.
A VA > CIN IMIOSI'Kltl 1 V.
New York 'Mall ' and Kxpre : There Is a
general Increase of wngc. ? In the Iron niul
steel Industries which the calamity howlers
cr.nnot contemplate with nnytnlng hut
spceohltss horror , There has never been i
more widespread epidemic ofoenl nainly-
sis In this country , and all because pros
perity la prospering.
DufTnlo 13\prcF These Instance * of In
creased wages show the general drift. The
total gain In Income by workmen during a
few weeks must > bo considerable nnd It la
sure to react upon the demands for goo Is
of nil kinds and nild materially to the slso
of the Jinrkot. Thcro Is no more certain
proo. * of the pleat progress since the be
ginning of ISflO than this upward move
ment In wages ,
Louisville CourierJournal - Viewed from
the standpoint of railroad earnings the jear
ISflS was a prosperous otic. The gain re
ported over 189 ? woe decided , and the dis
position of the receipts by railroad mnna-
gcra indicates their belief that the Rood
times have come to stay. In other words
the gross Increase has been proportionately
larger than the net , for a vast amount of
money has been lilil out In track Improve
ments niul equipment of rolling stock This
has been ilono In anticipation ot contlntieil
heavy traffic during 1S8S nnd jears to come.
Ualtlmoro Sun : Instances multiply of
manufacturing development In the south ,
anil It Is by no meanb confined to 'the ' pro
duction of cotton goods. Within the past
week It lias been .announced that the Nor
folk & Western llallroad company has
awarded a contract to itho Iloanoko ( Ya )
Machine wotks for the building of 1,000 fhst-
class freight cars , and that the Richmond
I/ocomotlvo works have booked an order from
the Swedish government for twenty power
ful locomotives. Now comes the announce
ment from Savannah that the Georgia Car
and Mnnufnotuilng company has Just closed
n contract with the Lacledo Construction
company of St. Louis for 1,000 coal cars ,
This Is the largest order of the kind ever
sent to Savar.mah. The cais are to bo used
by the St. Louis & Northern railway.
St. Louis Olobe-Dcmocrat : H Is by Inking
the flgutes oftho last decade that the largo
and constant expansion In llio exports of
American manufactures can bo gauged. The
exports in seven months ot 1SS9 were ? 78-
751,433. The Incrcaso In IS'Jfl Is 131 per
cent. In the last live jean , the leap for-
watil has hecm especially noticeable. In
1S)5 ! ) the aggregate for seven months was
$101,007,101 , In 1S9G , $12fiS02GS2 , In 1897 ,
$153SS2CS2 ; In 1898 , $159,541,049 , In 1S99 ,
$182,33 , ,503. Turning to imports of manu
factured articles , It Is found that , while In
1SS9 the balance ngalntt us was 147 per cent ,
In 1S99 the balance In vur favor Is 20 per
cent. These nro not merely mirfaco Indica
tions ot prosperity. They signify a rapidly
broadening field for American handiwork.
Manufacturers In this countiy have the best
reasons to cultivate a confident spirit and to
look to the -\vholo world for trade extension.
AIHHCATIO.N OK IIA1M2V.
Washington Post : Altogether , wo wel
come Hon. Joseph W. llailey In his charac
ter as an uonoiably discharged and mus-
tetcd out leader. Let sonic one else take
up the stress ami burden which ho has so
giaccfully laid down. In his capacity as
an ordinary member on the tlooi he will
bo at his very best. He Is eloquent , he
Is dignified , he keens.iituiisttutloii ! under
hla laigo wlii5.- < T\nd ho will nlwajs flguro
as a sppptf/clo of patriotic grace always
, fijcau.inif ! the attention of the thoughtful
ailtf the educated.
Nashville American : Bailey is too Im
petuous , too hot-headed , too dictatorial , es
pecially for a young leadei. Ho has much
to learn. He must know one cannot drive
a part } , even to lead H takes a master of
diplomacy. Bailey is a man of. unques
tioned Integrity , and with his parliamentary
gifts will continue to bo conspicuous In thu
party. But howas out of touch , out ot
humor , and out of smpathy with the rank
nnd file of congressmen , and It Is much bet-
1 tor that he has voluntarily retired.
Philadelphia Times : Mr. Ballej's with
drawal of his aspliatlons for the leadership
of the minority in 1ho house Is one of the
wisest nets of his career. lie has occupied
the position of a leader who did not lead
that Is , who was not followed. H Ib not a
giatlfylng position and Mr. Bailey does well
to abandon it. Ho Is really < a capable man
and not lacking In courage or In patriotism ,
but his Judgment is not alwa > s to bo relied
on , nnd ho has made too many blundeis ever
to establish his authority. Whether ttie
party will find a bettor leader In the next
congress remains to bo fcccn.
Indianapolis NewsIn all frankness It must
bo said that the task which Mr. Bailey re
signs Is not easy. Other men liave attempted
it , wiser and htronger than he , and they have
failed Ignomlnlously. Mi. Wilton , a man of
couiago and ability , was repudiated by his
party , and the tariff bill of which he was
the author was so mutilated by the demo
crats of the senate , under the leadership of
Gorman , that It was hardly recognizable.
M. ' . Mills , the author of another tariff bill ,
vvnn beaten for the spenkeihhlp by the late
M ? . Crlbp All through the period of his
supiemacy Mr. Cleveland was opposed by a
formidable clement of his party In congress ,
and finally he nnd his principles were re
pudiated In ISlifi. And now the party IH
trying to secure Iho overthrow of Its latest
leade. , Mr , Bryan. Clearly Mr. Bailey Is
well ilcl of .a dllllcult and thankless Job.
IT.HSO.N.U , AMI oTiimtwisn.
Henry Watterson has a wheel and rides It
regulnily.
The Americans are making It warm for
the Filipinos about Manila , and Old Sol Is
making It warm for the Americans.
General Alger Is a native of Ohio. Kiom
12 to 19 lie w 01 lied on farms In Hlchfleld , O. ,
his parents being country storekeepers ,
A movement has been started for tfio erec-
'tlon ' of n granite mcmument to Noah Web
ster , in West Huitfoid , Conn , , Ills birth
place1.
Senator Hoar , writing In Sorlbner's for
March on his free-sollor dn > s , sighs1 "I
hrenthed a pure and bracing atmosphere In
those days. "
Padcrewsld's affection hns been wholly
centered on his son Hlnco the death of his
wife. The } oung fellow is 17 and a ecu-
firmed Invalid , ,
La grippe Is ns common on the highlands
of Mexico as on the lower levels of the
states. In striking high and low alike It
brings Its victims to u dead level ,
Chicago is not to be outdone , even hi the
matter of burglars. That city has devel
oped , a gang of four thieves who wear even
ing chess wlillo committing their depreda
tions.
There Is a volume of woe , perhaps n mit
ten , concealed In thlH "ad" published by a
Chicago man : "Wanted fly n gentleman ,
an unfurnished room In n house where the
landlady Is not sociable. "
W. A. Clark , the new senator ftoin Mon
tana , Is a slightly built , delicate looking
man , with reddish whiskers , weighing not
moio than 125 pounds. Senator Carter IB
acting as his pilot about Washington ,
Iludyard Kipling seldom carries money
and never had any about his person when
living at Hrattleboro , VI , leaving all finan
cial matterb-to the direction of tMrd. Kip
ling , In whoso hands he placed oven hla
ovvti Income , which was then about $20,000
a year.
Paul do Longpro , the well known ( lower
painter , after spending spven } ears In New
York , Is transporting both his audio and
his entire establishment from West Knd
avenue to Los Angcleti , where ho proposes
to spend the next three years , devotlug him-
t > ulf to the portu > al of the beautiful and
relatively unknotvn flora of the Pacific coast.
nmi IIMS.
The supreme court ot Texas hns Just
handed down n decision In which It rtis M
on the competency of n l > oy as a witness.
The Ind was It } pnr * oU ntid when nskcd
nt Iho trial If ho knew whnt would happen
to him If ho swore to a lie replied"Yen ,
If 1 loll one Ho they will send mo to the
legislature anJ If I tell two lies 1 will be
sent to congress " The court held that his
evidence could not be considered.
The Chlppovv.i Indian Is quite ns unique
In his Idea of potlllanlng for redress of
grievances ns ho Is In other rcapoMs. The
following petition was filed wltlpcongrcss a
few days before Its adjournment :
O men , we como to > ou because you nro
Iho source of power. You hnvo n commis
sion Bitting nmong us who take $13 of our
money nnd every ( veiling when night falls
$13 nro dead. Abolish that commission niul
every uvening $13 will ho made alive to us
Wo do not want lo bo short nnd left sitting
naked on the Bands ot the lake shore.
Another 'Nebraska ' editor hns mounted his
Pegasus and soared awny Into the ompvreaii.
This time It was the woes of the war tax
that convcitetl cdltrrlal locks Into strings
upon Apollo's l.vie and thus , as uppearfl of
the llenvor City Times , lu > sings
Take up the stamp tux bin den lick , lick ,
without Btiicensu the gam Is nmdo of steers'
hoofn , well mlved with inncld grensu. lly
nil ye think or swear It , } o-vo got to pay
the toll so lick and may the lax sharks
have mercy on } our soul.
Most of the hlstoiles sny that nfler the
terrible defeat of Little Turtle by Gcnciul
Wllllnm Homy Harrison the chief net his
face toward the western sun and was never
again heard of. A few das ngo wlillo ex
cavating for n building In Peorlii workmen
illscoverud a skeleton with n silver crown
upon Its head and u pinto ot the same metal
on Its breast. Upon both crown and plate
there was carved the Imago ot a turtle. An
old Indian living near by was questioned
nbout It and ho wild that ntter his defeat
Little Turtle camu lo Peorli , whete In a
short time he died of grief and was burled
In what Is now the business section of thu
city. This would seem to explain thu
stiango disappearance of the great chief
over whose fate historians have speculated
for many jcars.
[ 'wo STIU < ; < ; iis : rori i.
r < Vnur ( of tinrilliilno Oulln-cnU
( "oiiiliat fil \\li\\ \ tinUrtoliitloii. .
Partisan supporters of Imperialism expioss
the greatest contempt for the Plllplnos
They are denounced as traitors , Ingintos ,
rebels , savages ; their capacity for self-gov
ernment ridiculed nnd their rights as foraier
allies scorned. This method of abuse Is so
like that emplo.vod by the lories of the
American revolution that a few compari
sons drawn by a correspondent of the Chicago
cage Record will be of interest as well ca
Instructive. Ho writes
"It Is said that the Filipinos are unworth >
ot Independence or Incapable of self-govein-
moiit because thev me not a united ma-
Joilty ; they are mercenary ; they wage guer
rilla warfare , they have a naked , poorly
armed ciowd that cannot be calied an arm > ;
they have no na\j , they have 119 govern
ment but that of a dictator ; the } are dis
honest , they try to advance thoii cause by
'bureaus ' of agitators , called juntas , and great
numbers of them can never be persuaded
to submit \oluntnilly to orderly govern
ment.
"John Adams said that more than a third
pirt ot the principal men in Amciica were
opposed to the revolution against England ,
and of those who agreed -with the principle"
of the i evolution thousands thought them
not worth fighting for Twelve colonies ,
without 'Now York , rcoohel for Independ
ence In July , 177(5. ( Hhode Island had to bo
forced , iby a threat of commercial bojcott ,
before It would ratify the constitution In
1790. Vermont wai never In the confed
eration that existed previous to the gov em
inent of the constitution. Leck > sajb-
'New York prlvatccis piejed on the com
merce of the icvoltcd states' In swaims over
neighboring seas. 'The ardent lojalty of
the to.vn of New Yolk was exceedlnglv en
couraging to the ingllsli. ' and ' 6,000 of its
own armed cltbens' were ready to defend
the city against the lebels Washington
wrote
'While our army is oxperlen-lng almost
dally want , that of the enemy in New York
Is deriving ample supplies fiom a trade with
the adjacent states of New York , New Jci-
so.y and Connecticut , which has by degrees
become so common that It Is hardly thought
a crime. ' "
Is lack of patriotism charged to the Fil
ipinos7 Lecky says "The great mass ( of
Americans ) vere Indifferent , half-hearted ,
ongiosscd wlUi their private interests or oc
cupations , prepaicd to risk nothing till they
could clearly foieseo 'tho Issue of the eon-
test " Washington wrote "Men may hpec-
ulato as they will ; they may talk of pa
triotism , * * I know pitrlntlrm exists ,
mild I know It has done much In the piesent
contest , but I venture to assert that a gient
and lasting war can never be supported on
this principle nlone. H must be aided by
a prospect of Intelest or some rewind "
Then ho speaks of "llio frequent defection
ot officers seduced by views of private Inter
est nnd emolument to abandon the cntise.
of itholr country "
"In the fnco ot an enemy of overwhelm
ing numbeis , " nays Locky , "In the ver >
agonies of a struggle upon which the whole
future of the contest depended , company
after < "ompany came forward , claiming in
stant dismissal. "
Apathy and dissension existed In man }
qunitcrB , Said John Adams"I am weirled
to death with the wrangles between milli i
tnry officers , high nnd low , They quarrel
like cats and dogs. They wony one unotlicr
like mastiffs , nrrambllr.s for rank and pay
lllcn apes for nuts. "
The Filipinos nro said to have swept the
Islands of Spaniards , except for Media. At
no time , though In n longer contest , could
this have been said of the Americana In the
colonial vvnr The American } of fighting
had been HKo that of the Indians from be
hind 'trees ' or slngl } and not b } skill In
maneuver. Kvcry American soldier was a
sharpshooter.
As to guerrilla warfare , Marlon , the
"Swamp I"ox , " was a terror lo the British In
the bouth , hut could not bo forced to open
battle1. Washington declared oaco that he
planned , in laso tdo Biltlsh whipped him
In the coapt region , to take to the mountains
and 'the v-lldcrness of the Ohio \allcy with
liln men and there defy the Britons. Wash
ington's army never had a commissary de
partment , and his men often starved or
went ragged , while the countiy piople weio
feeding the English tioops. Mob law often
ruled In Boston and elsewhere. Nobody
seemed responsible for Mo Borton tea party
or for the burning of the Gaspcc Aguln-
nldo'3 army Is rrltlolged as a bed > The
army of Waililngton was never uniformly
armed and equipped. When he took com
mand for the ( Ir.H tlmo , Green sa > n , many
of the troops had only clubs and pltibfoika
for weapons ! In 1776 < the entire continental
army was reduced to 2,700 effective men.
Dining a great pant of the war congress
waa cither Inefficient or unable to meet ,
and Washington was neLChsarlly a dictator ,
to nil practical purpose * ! . TN'io was no
cabinet , a vcmblanco ot which Agulnaldo
has When Washington was trying per
sonally to l > cp his men together duilng the
awful winter pit Valley Forge the congress
was traveling about from place < o place In
en effort to Keep out of the hands of the
English.
It Is affirmed that there Is or has been
more than one visible revolutionary party
In the Philippines , and that a recognition
of Independence would Induce public dleor-
dtra During our revolutionary period every
etute inclined toward a uosltlon of
sovereign ! } . The constitution vvns enacted
hecnitKD congress , during the war and utidor
the confederation , wns powerless over the
various contending commonwealths. After
the vvnr there worn such UirentonhiK In-
Biirrcctlont thnt Washington declared ho
fccmod nlmost under the "Illusion of a
droim. " Sliny'B rebellion In MnM/iehusetls /
wns a revolt ngalnst government. The
speaker of the Massachusetts convention of
178 said of the American soldiers : "They
would rob } ou of } our property , thiontcn
to burn } our hou e , obliged } oti tn bo on
} our guard night nnd da ) " Vermont with
drew from New York In 1777 nnd rcmnlneil
during the entire confederation "without
representation either In tha NevV York
legislature or In congress , " Commercial
tyranny caused the revolt alike In the Phil
ippines against Spain and In America
against Dubinin ! .
Have the I'lllplnos been dishonest In their
schemes ? \Va * there not some ground for
accusing Franklin of dishonesty In his pub
lication of Hutchlnson's private letters to
afi English friend ? Timothy Pickering ,
United Slates quartermaster general , ad
mitted that in 17S2 ho clipped coins for
the gain of the American government.
Some points of imllkencss In the two
struggles arc noticeable. The American *
declared Independence andero aided
openly bj Franco and Spain ; the Filipinos
declared Independence , but their bclllpcr-
ciicy even Is not recognized. 1'ranco Inter
vened at a time when , without her help ,
the colonists must ha\e been defeated , luit
Prance did not take pii Bsltin of the Amer
ican colonies , the United Staliw Intcnened ,
to tin- defeat tit Spain , and nan assumed
sovereignty over an unwilling pooplo. The
Klllplnns destroyed Spanish rule In their
Island * , but are compelled to repent their
stiugglo with tliu Intervening power.
IM.SIII2S Ol' KtJV
Chliapo Herorcl"See , mllUnnti , hero's a
flMi In this milk. "
"Well , .vou'ro kcppln' Lent , ain't you ? "
Indlannpolls Jiminul Simmons Do } ou
ever vvrllu many loKes nhoad ?
'HinmliiM Yes , I sometimes got them FO
far ahead tint when they come out they
aie away behind
Boston TraiiMcilpt C'tl'tomei' Mat o ' M > u
something suitable for sleeping lobes ? ; *
Bright Salesman How would this ir \
ma'am ? You will notlc * Its heavy nap ?
Philadelphia Noith American : "The mag
azine Is emptv ' ' announced tinmildly. .
"Oh.well , " 'Mid tbe Heiaiy colonel , "I'll
Ju = t Hit do\\n niul ilnsli off two or thria
campaign articles to'1111 up. "
Cleveland PI tin Dealer : Johnson walked
down the slu-ot rallying his mangled bi-
cj < le
"You are making ; a decldodlv old-fa h-
loned vehicle of > our elf , " paid Twigs ! ) ? .
"What Mlilcle1'1
"A vvlieel-bcaier , of course"
IndlunniiollH Jouinul : "I SPO jour llnlsb , "
said tin1 larse. led soubicttc
"I wish I could HIV as mucb " retorted
the petite. bli > e Kiubrctte , "but If you have
over iittnlne ; ! any llnlsh It \ * qulto lmior-
coptllile' r *
Washington Stai "Wbi-n a person MI > H
he Is nnlnp to letlre. ' SHI | , the statesman's
uall'Min , "be means he I * KoliiK to leep "
"No , " was the. answer. "Your father Is
KohiK to lellre from COIIKIC = S , my boy , and
If'he doesn't desire to lose his Blip he will
have to Keep wider awake than ever. "
PLAIN T\M TIIH SIJ\ .
Holinan ] " Day In Lew Kton Journal
I pin chased a Kla of Miff Maine grog for
a salty son of the sea ,
.And lu ( onlldcntlally leaned on the bai and
spun this > arn to me :
" 'Twas down on the nidgeof the Sniagoi ,
In flu nineteenth latltood
Tint I think I s(0 the < lumd ° st fright that
ever , v sailor viewed.
"Wo was dobbin1 along with dumpy sail *
In a nlgh-aboiit calm ,
AVhen the forward wctch K'V ' * a good lontf
sijuint and he yapped a loud alarm ,
"And tbi'ie allont. two point" to poi t , was a
shaiU n icg'lar he 'tin.
The blggeit rliark I've evei seen outside
the Caribbeun
"The old in.iii Hied a mighty cu s and Ii9
veiled to the second mate ,
'Sling ovci the hlggi'ft hook ye'vo got , with
.1 good big plug o' bait ! '
"We diaggcd Vr slPin , and his nebs como
on , and then , with a mighty splosh ,
lie gulped thepolk , he bit the lope , anil
avva > he went , by go'n !
"Hut when he "kipped two miles to leo nnd
begun to wop"1 and wheel ,
Wo llggeied IIP found the lunih he had a
uijthei too heaity meal.
"Yet light behind In the quaiter wasli the
c titter swum next day.
And though be gobbled the bait we throw ,
be allus got away.
"And at l.iht , do jo know , we liked HIP
for the way he showed his spunk :
So we named him I'fte , and WP nhnirtl salt
lions and tcihctl him a daily Junk.
"He got the oils of the lltli we Laught , and ,
all In all , I'll bet
A tvvo-hoss wagon wouldn't haul the grub
that dlltei ct
"Then one ilav .Iono < , the IlkpllP'ft man wo
had In all the < IPW ,
" \YPIII \ oft the lall ultli a Mvlnglng sail , and
Pete he et him , too.
"Piom that tlnio ( in VXP lipp l our caps to
the r izoi-baikul old Unite
Wo tipped our tajis and pulled a how In a
most piofonnd salute. "
DISCOUNT
on all
WINTER CLOTHING
AND
Discount on all
Winter Underwear.
Except ( A. H'y Co. )
R. S , WILCOX , Manager.
