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Til 33 OMAHA DA1LV M.OXPAY. AV1UL 3. 1SOD. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. KOSKWATEH. Kdltor. PUBLISHED EVEUY MOUN1XO. TERMS OF SUBSCH1PTION. Dally lice ( wllliout Sunday ) , One Year.J6.00 Dally Ilt-o and Sunday , One Ycnr S.OO Hix Monilic I1 * Thrco Months J.W Hundny Use. Otiu Yoal f-W > Ha'urday llee , One Tear ' -JO Weekly lice. One rear OKKICE8. Omaha : The llea liulldlng. _ South omaha : Ulty Hall building , Twenty- fifth anil N street ! ' . ( . 'ouncll Ilium : 10 I'carl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange llulldlng. New York : Temple Court. Washington : tot Fourteenth Street. COUHKSI'ONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl- torlal matter should bo addressed : bill- torlal Dppartnunl , The Omaha lice. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business Ipttera nnd remittances should be addressed to The Heo Publishing Company , Uinnha. 11EMITTANCES. Hcmlt liy draft , express or postal order payable to The Heo Publshlng Company. Only 2-rent Btamin accepted In puymciH ot mull account ! ) . Personal cheek * , except on Omaha or eastern exchange , not accepted. THE I1EE 1'UHLJSIHNa COMPAN\ . STATEMENT OF CIUCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County , ss. : George U. Tzschuck , secretary of The life Publishing company , bclnr duly sworn , say.i that the arlunl number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Hvenliifr n < l Bundny Dee , printed during the month of February. 1809 , was as follows : Less unsold and returned copies. . . . Jloll ! Net total sales HtMJ.iHlH Net dally average yi.STO OEOUQE n. TXSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this Ctli day of March. 1SSS. ( Seal. ) OEO. M. HEED. Notary Public In and for Douglas County , Neb. Wlint so rare as n snowy Eastertide ? Tlio lust legislature Is always thu worst legislature that wo luivo ever had. Don't forgot that there Is an election in Chicago and also In South Omaha to morrow. One thing missed by the boys at Ma nila Is the privilege of a sleigh ride on Easter Sunday. A backward sin-Ing and a forward Easter seem to liave struck us at one nnd the same time. Legislatures as a rule die hard and iho late Nebraska k'slshi'tiirc ' has proved no exception to the rule. Two years yet before another legis lature barring an unlikely call for an extra session by the governor. For bargains In reliable g"oods patron ize the merchants who patronize the ad vertising columns of The Heo. Another Samoan crisis Is past and Consul Osborn from Hlalr has had an other hairbreadth escape with his wig. Mr. Oyster Is congratulating himself that only one more month with an H In It Intervenes before his summer vaca tion. Every effort should be put forward 1o expedite the season's public Improve ments so that they can be commenced at once and completed early. One of the candidates for mayor of Chicago Is trying to ride Into olllcc on a bicycle. And yet wime people profess to believe the wheel Is becoming obso lete. If 'the membership of the council had been raised to 1,800 instead of to eight een there would still be an oversupply of would-be councilmen ready to serve the city. Some of the paid legislative lobbyists were badly April fooled but most of them have managed to conic away from Lincoln with enough to pay Ice bills through the summer. I'ndcr the constitution of Nebraska the governor has tl'c ' j n < or to veco any objectionable Item of an appropriation bill without all'ectlng r.tl-er Items. Gov ernor 1'uvnter may lind occasion to e.s- civlso this power. Wireless telegraphy Is nothing new lifter all. There lias been wireless telegraphy for thousands of years be tween young people who do their court ing from tlie upper stories of buildings on opposite sides of 'the ' street. If the county attorney really means what he says nbout enforcing the law against all lawbreakers alike , why docs ho not shut up 'the ' Moiso resort that Is spiling Honor every day without a HcensoV There Is no injunction holding the hand of the county attorney. The people of Omaha voted bonds at the lust election for sewer and street improvements on the representation that they were urgently demanded for abso lutely Imperative public work. There Is no question but that Iho authority to issue these bonds was needed and It should bo exercised without unneces sary delay. Chairman Jones of the democratic na tional committee rises from a sick bed to remark that ho hopes to recover for no other reason than to gee a democratic president and congress Installed In 1001. It is to bo feared Chairman Jones will be taken suddenly 111 again as noon as the returns are In from the coming presi dential elections. London preachers are much worked up over the Issue of .Sunday editions of London papers. Like many of their American brethren they contend that Sunday papers are Sabbath breakers , when as a matter of fact the Monday papers represent the Sunday labor , whllo the Sunday papers arc chlelly gotten up during the week days and completed by midnight Saturday , run wn. < ? / ; ; > OMAHA cit.inTKit. The revised Omaha charier which awalls the approval of ( Jovernor I'oyni ter , like nearly all legislative acts. ! s the resul : of compromise. While It does not einlKidy all the features originally leconimemled by the charter committee , It contains many changes Imperatively demanded In the Interest of the city. Most vital among these changes Is the provision that will permit Omaha and South Omaha to be consolidated under ono municipal government bet on ? the census of J1KH ) Is taken by majority vote of the respective cities. This alone would more than counterbalance any objection that might be raised against the Increase In the salaries of certain city olllclals which the opponents of charter revlson are urging as an excuse for seeking to defeat the whole measure. I'pon close Inspection the cry against Increased expense proves to have slim foundation. The exact llgnres show a total salary Increase of1,800 per an num , divided as follows : Comptroller , $7 < )0 ) ; police Judge , ? liOO ; proseemor , street commissioner , ? 000 ; clerk , new council of eighteen members at $000 a year as against nine councilmen - men at SHOO a year , $ -,700. As against this Increase of fl.SOO , there Is a saving in Interest on . " > per cent certificates of Indebtedness to replace 7 per cent war rants of at least $10,000 a year and a saving of city election expenses of $0,000 every three years. In other words , while there Is an Increase of expenses' of $ lsoo there will be a saving of at least $ iJooo ; , .to . say nothing of possible economies to result from the consolida tion of the two governments of Omaha and South Omaha. Another valuable feature of the re vised charter Is the provision under which streets paved with durable mate rial may bo rcpaved and without which the replacement of the granite on Far- nam street with asphalt will be im possible. Incldi-n'tally the paving clause also empowers the council to order re- pa'vlng ' as well as paving in the business area included within 11,000 feet of the court house Irrespective of obstructive property owners. The revised charter also complies with the demand of the Commercial club , representing the great body of Omaha business men , for an Increase in the limit of the lire fund levy. If tills is not secured the lire department must remain in a crippled condition for at least two years longer and the Increased cost of insurance and risk would surely more than offset several times the salary Increase of1,800. . The real grievance of 1ho opponents of the new charter lies In the enlarge ment of the council from nine to eigh teen members. Whereas now live coun cilmen constitute a majority able to con trol the whole city government , it will take ten councilmen to do so under the new order. This may be a great hard ship on the corporation managers and heavy taxpayers who want heavy tax reductions , but it affords a safeguard for the great body of taxpaylng citizens besides giving all sections of the city better representation. In view of the fact that the provision enlarging the council was Inserted at the instance of the fusion members of the Douglas dele gation , the charge that It is a poii'lical ' scheme in the interest of republicans made by the World-Herald Is as absurd as Is the charge the elective s'.reet ' commissioner will he a greater ad vantage to the party in power In manip ulating politics than an appointive street commissioner. Willie The Heo regrets exceedingly that the railroad tax amendment was lost in the charter contest , it believes that the revision Is a great and essential improvement over the existing law. In asmuch as every section of It was unani mously agreed to by the entire Douglas delegation , Including fuslonlsts and re publicans , the attempt to Induce the governor to veto it on political grounds is an Insult to the governor's in telligence. f T1IK SAMOAAIMHItUCMU. . The spirit In which some of the Gor- niau newspapers discuss the Samoan atTalr is , to say the least , Injudicious. The utterances of these papers , particu larly 'tho ' agrarian organs , are not likely to exert any Intliience upon the course of the government , which , according to tin ; statement of our ambassador , is conciliatory and Inclined to take a rcu- sonalile view of all mutters Involve' ' ] , but they will have a tendency to create popular distrust of thu United States and perlmps to strengthen that public sentiment In Germany which Is not friendly to tills country. There Is , of course , not the slightest ground for the assumption that the I'nlted States gov ernment Is Influenced In this matter by Creat Britain , or Is playing Into the hands of that power. This country will Infringe no rights of Germany in Samoa under the Berlin treaty of 1880 , but on the other hand It will Insist that Germany shall comply with tlio terms of that convention. So fur as appears nothing more than this Is asked by the British government. There Is , there fore , no substantial ground for German distrust of the I'nlted States , a feeling that seems to have been to 'pome extent Inspired by the statements of corre spondents of the ( ierman newspapers here. This difficulty will undoubtedly ho wittlcd amicably and In accord with treaty requirements , which It seems perfectly obvious have not IHVII re spected by tlio German Imperial consul general In Samoa. Ono provision of the treaty Is that "In case any difference shall arise between cither of the treaty powers which they shall fall to adJust - Just by mutual accord , such difference shall not bo held causa for war , but shall be referred for adjustment In the principles of Justice and equity to tlio chief Justice of Samoa , -who shall make his decision in writing. " This was dis regarded by the Herman consul gen eral In giving ids support lo Mataafa and the conflict was the Inevitable con sequence. Hud Consul General Hose respected thu decision of the chief Jus tlco there would be no trouble , because In that < \\so Mataafu would have made no further attempt to gain the throne. i Germany can hardly afford to uphold Itu representative In encouraging and supporting rebellion against the govern- h mont established by the treaty and It will not' do so unless It Is prepared to > repudiate the treaty and accept the con- ' sequences. J ' Mmnwhllo the American people may see In fids affair an Interesting object lesson , suggesting the Impolicy of this country entering Into any sort of "en- tanglingalllan < t > " with European pow ers.Ve had no Interest In Samoa that required us to become u party In the government and control of the Islands , our only possession there being the harbor and coaling station of I'ago- 1'ago , which Is of no great Importance , while our commerce with the Islands Is Inconsiderable and not likely ever to amount to much. Hut having made the mistake of entering into this agreement or alliance we nro bound to accept the responsibility It lmi > oses , though In doIng - Ing so we must bombard Samoa n vil lages , kill people and destroy property , at the same time taking the risk of In ternational complications. AK-XAIl-HKN I'llKl'AHA.'l.'lOXS. With continued liberal support of 'ill local business Interests the Ak-Sar-Hen festivities of the coming fall will eclipse all that have gone before them. Ak-Sar-Hen Is. a fixture and will make his royal entry tills year as In previous years to the edification and entertain ment of ever-Increasing multitudes be cause he has an established reputation with constantly growing popularity. Hut Ak-Sar-Hen has also become thor oughly Identified with Omaha , so that his successes arc Omaha's successes and the beneficent results of Ills annual dis plays all accrue to Omaha and Its guests. Ilememberlng these points no one con cerned with the business Interests of Omaha should require urging to come forward with cordial contributions to the support of Hie institution which has done so much to uphold Omaha's name and promises so much more in the same direction. The pageant rivalry between the different cities that compete with . Omaha for the favor of trade territory has become more and more Intense from year to year , each endeavoring to outdo the other In producing novel and awe- Inspiring effects. Omaha has led tile van In tills healthful competition , not so much in lavish expenditure of money as in actual results secured. It can con tinue to hold first place In 'the ' tourna ment of pageantry if the community continues at Ak-Sar-Hen's back. In this as In oilier similar enterprises the element of time requisite for proper preparation is all-Important and for this reason responses'to the requests of the I governors should be promptly made ' without further solicitation. XOT AX ArAljAHK CAXMDATK. The mention of Hon. Hlchnrd Olney of Massachusetts , ex-secretary of state , ' for the democratic presidential nomina tion next year , lias elicited some com ment highly complimentary to that gentleman. A democrat of the old . school , adhering to true .leffersonian principles , Mr. Olney Is unquestionably one of the ablest of that class of demo crats of whom Samuel .1. Tllden was the foremost latter-day representative. In intellectual qualifications and In public experience no democrat Is better equipped for 'the ' presidential ollice. Hut Mr. Olney , as the democratic party is now organized , Is not available. Ho is : t gold standard man and un doubtedly would not compromise his po sition In that respect for Hie presiden tial nomination. This of Itself makes him an impossible candidate. He is not an anti-expansionist and while there are a great many other democrats of ills kind who are not against expansion , those who will control the democratic national convention of next year are ' opposed to that policy. Mr. Olney is not known to be friendly to trusts , but when attorney general of the I'nlted States he made little effort to enforce the law against Hie combinations and he Is not on record In opposition to . them. The democrats who are In con- tiol of the situation propose to make war on the trusts a shibboleth of the next national campaign and the candi date must necessarily bo a man in full sympathy with this. In a Avord , Air. Olney Is not in har mony in uny respect with the principles and policies of Hie men who will con trol the national convention of I'.HK ) and therefore , as the New York Times re marks , "It is as useless to talk of Hlch ard Olney for the democratic nomina tion as it would be to 'try to start a boom for St. Paul or Frederick the Grea'i. ' " "A great part of the democracy , " says that paper , "still follows the false and lying gods of populism. Another parr , unswervingly attached to the gold standard , looks rather to the election of another republican president than to the regeneration of its own party for protection against the perils thnt beset us In ISDIS. The silver democrats are going their way to destruction and the gold democrats appear to bo doing noth ing to restrain them. Probably there Is nothing they can do. But thu awaken ing that might turn the parly to n can didate like Hlchurd Olney Is revealed by fno sign and promised by no per tent. " The efforts of sound money dem ocrats for party regeneration are com mendable , but they will be to no pur pose until the silver democrats have suffered another overwhelming defeat. The weekly clearings report shows that the Omaha banks are still persist ing in the stupid policy of excluding South Omaha business from their clearIng - Ing house , with the result of advertising Omaha as going backward whllo its competitors are going forward , The publicity given these false HguroH can not fall to work Injury upon the city , affecting Jobbers , manufacturers and re tailers as well as bankers. Another week should not be allowed to go round without having tills error corrected by pome fair arrangement of differences between the banks of the two cities. Thu creation of the olflco of street commissioner charged with ( he repair and cleaning of the streets may shift the J i responsibility for their good or bad con- J , ' dltioii , but it cannot provide clean and 1 well maintained streets without money , J to pay thu cost of the work required to | accomplish those desired results ) . Clean i j . strecl.s < cost money nnd they will cost Just J as much under an Independent | street commissioner as under one subor dlnate ( o other ollleers. by Clio Pool. Philadelphia Times. Chances favor the Idea that when the Filipinos find themselves on their last legs they will use thorn to run with. A l.onu ; DUIrincc Washington Star. When the question of wireless telegraphy has been settled , some bold Inventor tnny undertake to orR.inlze a successful system of wireless politics. Miu-li In ( In. I'uliil of VI PIT. Bprlngllcld Republican. You will have to admit thnt If the Kill- plno i were now lighting the Germans or the Kronen , or oven the English , the ap plause for their resistance would bo partic ularly heavy In these United States. Why Till * I'nlnfiil Sllcncrf . Philadelphia Hulletln. The country Is walling to hear Senator Stewart's voice raised In denunciation of the now silver trust. So fur , It has walled In vain. Are we to infer that the only really dangerous "money power" IB a gold- 1jug combination ? A I'rlvllimvor ) vorki-il. Now York Tribune- . Jefferson's principles -were never Intended to deny to the Individual his right to a certain measure of stupidity , but It was not the design of the igc that Iho privilege should bo overworked , n consideration which his banquet-giving followers just now would do well to lay to heart. Dcniiili-d Knrrnt l.nndn. Globe-Democrnt. Minnesota has decided to reforest the de nuded pine lands reverting to the state through the nonpayment of taxes , amount ing at present to 800,000 acres , and likely to reach 3,000,000. The lands will bo per manently held , and the state expects to bo amply remunerated -when the pine trees ma ture. , TrluiiiiiliN < > r ( lie Vnliintcri-N , Nov.- York Times , Whatever \vo have to regret about the war in the Philippines , It Is not the be havior of the American troops. Kor daunt less courage , of the cold-blooded as well as of the liot-'blooded ' kind , of the hind which endures through days of fighting , us well as retains Its stimulation through a brilliant charge , for the efficiency which comes from thorough discipline , the conduct of the cam paign has been worthy of the traditions of our own or any other army. mill Aiir < > liciiHtrc. Savannah News. The trusts tire now no numerous and | strong that they do not fear any combina tion the law ofllcers of the state are likely to ( make. In fact , they know that , except In Isolated | cases , the states arc not likely to take any action against them , unless public sentiment becomes more hostile to them than it is at present. What they are ap- prehenslvo of probably Is , that trusts will be made a leading question In the national campaign next year and that u sentiment will be aroused against them which will de mand their destruction. It is probable , therefore , that trusts will take an active part in next year's elections. \t1iriiNkii View-oil from Afnr. Now York World. The state of Nebraska has marked an epoch in its history by repealing the state bounty law on trco planting , passed only twenty , years ago. In the interval Nebraska has been trans formed from a desert to .a garden , and the necessity for timber'cultivation no longer exists. The course of this western state in this matter is in marked contrast with the policy which In the state of New York has per mitted forest destruction and which allows the paper trust to continue Its vandalism unchecked. A treeless state Is necessarily a desert , and New York can afford to learn a lesson from Nebraska. IMSH.SOXAL AXI > OTIIKHWISE. j Senator Foster of Washington earned his f first dollar as teacher In a Minnesota school. A Philadelphia girl is suing her former beau for $15,000 , claiming that ho squeezed her hands so hard that they are likely to bo permanently Injured. When Kipling recovers ho can find fresh material in the story of the twenty Kansas volunteers who ewam a river near Manila and' ' took eighty natives prisoners. Irving M. Scolt , the millionaire builder , of the Oregon , is a lover of books and pic tures and 'has ' ono of the best private col lections of the latter In the United States. A palmist who "read" Admiral Uowey's hand before thu Spanish war declared him n man of great endurance , dauntless , Inde pendent , calm In danger and a natural strategist. Hear Admiral Kautz , who IB now at Sa moa , Is an Ohio man CO years old , and an ij Annapolis classmate of Admiral Dowcy , with i ! whom , as a midshipman , ho made his first cruise cm the old frlgato Colorado. Albion W. Small , who has Just delivered su'ch ' a warm denunciation of trujts , Is pro fessor of sociology In the University of Chicago cage , of which John I ) . Hochefellor is the mainstay and principal supporter. James H. Keene , who recently made him self a millionaire by ono week's work In Wall [ ' street , Is an Ungllshman 'by ' birth and a law-1 ! yer 'by ' profession. He first practiced In San' ' Francisco In the early days of the gold fever. j One ot New ' ' _ York's smart suburban young clubmen ate five cakes of yeast to dccldo u wager. IIo was warned not to do It , but ho treated the matter lightly and had a swell tlmo before the doctors got through with him. , According to Prof. Todd of Amherat college - ' lego , on the 20th of Juno , 1'JSS , will occur the longest ecllpso for many centuries , to- tallty lasting moro than rfeven minutes In the Island of Luzon , near Manila. This i country seems to bo doing what it can to1 ' ' anticipate the event. | President Eoubct of the French republic' ' retains all of the simplicity of manner which i characterized him in such marked dcgrco i \\lillp a deputy and senator. Ills homely tastes have not , however , impeded his cul . ture. Long and clcfio study of the classics i has given hl mind much of Us bent. ] , Judge William C. Price , once the Idol of , the southern confederacy , cordially hated by i the abolitionists , and United States treasurer J during the last years of President Ilucha- ' nan's administration , will bo SI years old I today. Ho lives in Chicago , and boasts that \ ho Is still a rebel. Ho believes that ho will i live to ECO slavery restored. Almost all the now senators who are to take their seats next December have been houeo hunting In Washington , and all de mand houses with big dining rooms. Senator Clark , the multimillionaire from Montana , started this boom by declaring that bo would not take a house unless It had a dinIng - Ing room In which ho could seat 200 guests , A season of lavish entertainment Is appar ently In store. Major James M. Pollard , whoso death in Washington Is announced , had been for some years employed in the pension ollice. Ho was an authority on explosives , and had made u record as a iQiig-dUtauco rlllo ehot at Wimbledon , England , und Crc-edmoor , In this country. Ho was the Inspector general of rllle practice of the District National Ouard from the time of Its organization by the late General Albert 0. Ordway until ( STATi : IMIKNS OV STATIJ I'OMTM'H. | Oakland Independent ( pop. ) : Congress man Mercer Is hustling to have a new l t- tleshlp named Nebraska. Dully for Dave. Ily the way our boys have responded and have been mowed down In the Philippines a whole squadron should bo named Nebraska. Tobias Oa7etie ( rep. ) : If Secretary of War AI per should withdraw from the cabinet Ooorgo 1) . Mclklejohn would bo the right kind of timber to nil the position vacated. Nebraska would be honored and at the Rnmc time a worthy , competent man would bo at the bend of this department. North Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : in looking around for n candidate for congress thla . fall to fill the Oreeno vacancy the republic- ' ans of this district should not overlook Wen- ley T. Wllcox of this city. Mr. Wllcox has probably not snld that ho wants to bo a congressman , but knowing his ability wo dcslro to recommend him to the republicans of the district. Central Clly Democrat : The Nebraska Independent - dependent Is prepared to read out of the parly all populist papers that do not defend the populist olllclals through thick and through thin. The disposition of the populist - list papers , though. Is to read out of the party any populist otllclal who does not abstain - stain from even the appearance of evil and I think the papers will win out In this game , houp City Times ( pop. ) : Letters have been moiled to the members of the people's party county central committee by the sec- rctnry asking their ndvlco as to a date for an early meeting of said committee. As soon ns a date is decided upon the same will bo published and It is desired that as many populists as can meet with the committee. The populists of Sherman county must bo up and doing. We have found a number who are opposed to fusion , others who emphati cally object to public ofllcers accepting and using railroad passes , and now is the tlmo i ' when a meeting should bo held to discuss the matter and decide upon a plan by which to right the ovlls both In nnd out of the l > arty. No good can bo accomplished by staying at homo nnd faultfinding nor by goIng - , Ing back to the republican party. The only way to bo successful IB to bo alive. Lot us organize and fight the evils In ns well as out of the party. i I Auburn Granger ( pop. ) : The voters ot the ; ' stale are not ready to accept the plea in abatement that the other follows did just a llttlo worse , nor that because the law is In definite it may be construed in the interest of the olllcial regardless of the Interest of , the people. Those who have eschewed party I and voted for men ibellcved that a better i condition of affairs ought to prevail and that men in whom the voters place confl- denco ought to bo true to the people who have 1 : confided in them , and it Is simply dlsI I gtistlng to hear nn olllcial when accused of ' being derelict In duty or of malfeasance in olllco wlilno and say the other fellows did cv \\orso or just as bad. The conduct of some j of our state ollicials would make a darned poor criterion to go by. When a man takes | the oath of olllco he does not swear to do Just as his predecessor did or just a little better , but to faithfully and Impartially dis charge the duties of the ollice. York Times ( rep. ) : A committee has been I appointed by the senate to investigate the j 1 executive ofllcers of the state. The term of . Governor Holcomb , which was entirely overI I looked by the Mutz committee , will receive attention. Some day Joe Hartley will testify before the committee and will tell what ho knows about the way some of the state oin- : ccrs conducted business. These Investiga- tlons. If fairly conducted , are a good thing for the state. They should bo thorough and impartial and if any state odlcers are found to have been doing wrong they should bo exposed , regardless ot politics. This will keep their successors straight and Insure better government. No man should bo reelected - elected , nor should any party have the effrontery to renomlnate him who has been shown to have failed willfully in his duty or to have wronged the state in any way. There are plenty of good men , honest and able , in the state and they should bo nominated by the conventions nnd elected by the people. No dishonest , small-caliber fellow who has shown that Ills Integrity and honor are not more I to him than money should receive the votes of any party for a state offlce. When we have done with tht kind of men wo will have done with populism in Nebraska. COVKH.MM ; THIS KH.IIMXOS. If ( he SpoIlN S > H < C-III IN 111 troilu < < > ! tin * HfNiilt AVI1I 11 < - DlNiiMlroilM , New York Times. While a good many people of critical dis position are wasting time In pointing out what wo ought not to have done In the Philippines , It is well to have a bit of sensible , practical suggestion now and again from men of experience In the Islands ns to what wo can and ought actually to do. This U what we get from Mr. Ogdcn 1C. Hdwards , In tlio current number of the In dependent. IIo has lived twenty years In Manila , has ibccn American consul and Danish consul there , has been in active business , and has en-operated with the Spanish olllclals , under the older and ( bolter regime , in formulating their financial and economic policy. Mr. ISdwards does not bo- llcvo that the Inhabitants of the islands can rapidly or easily bo titled for our form of government , and that so radical a change must be preceded by "years of good , honest and Just government. " In the rural dis tricts a serviceable government could bo provided by a military or naval olllcer In each , two or three carefully selected' ' young American civilians , and a council chcscn from the head men of the villages. In the : larger towns this plan should Include pro vision for the representation of the moro \ educated natives of cither Malay or Spanish descent , the general authority remaining in the hands of American olllclals. On the no- loollon of these Sir. Kdwarda gives us em phatic warning : "Ono thing Is absolutely certain , thero. must bo no touch of the spalls system In our government of Iho Philippines. If wo cannot - not govern them honestly through a pcr- manent i staff of highly trained , well-paid officials , selected for merit and for merit only , wo must abandon the idea of govern- Ing I the Islands or any part of them. The 'flpoils system has ruined Spain and caused every rebellion In her colonies. Wo can- I'not repeat her sins without Incurring nn equal punishment. " If wo heed this warning , and govern the Islands Justly , extending self-government us fast and as far as may bo , Mr. Kiwards ] Is convinced that "thero would bo no need of a largo army to preserve order. " The rc- hellion and disorders of the Filipino * , In his Judgment , were caused by Spanish ml- n government and over-heavy taxation. Spanish troops were increased In numt her , but they were not the thing really needed. That was "justice , official honesty and moderato taxation. " If wo supply these and why should wo not ? OUT task j does not seem Impossible. I ox TUP. w.\n , rinclnnfttl Tribune : The bulk of the fighting In llio Philippines IR fulling upon Iho westerners , and they arc moro than holding their own. When men are willing to swim rivers to get a chance to fight the actuating motive Is not mercenary nor self ish. It Is patriotism. St. Paul Pioneer Press : Just what Oils j la | going to do now does not appear. Whether ho will Rtlll press forward , routIng - j Ing ' and'pursuing the rebels until they have dispersed , or bo content to establish n new b se at Malolo * , from which to operate at , his leisure , remains to bo seen. In all , , probability the followers of Agulnaldo , j cowed and demoralized by the continuous i succession ( of whippings they have received , and t liy their conscious Inability to resist the , valor and the military power of the Americans , will abandon the leader who has ! i decolvid i them with false promises. j Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : H Is worih remembering that the railroad along I which the fighting continues does not stop I ; at , Malolos , hut runs north a further distance of , ISO miles through a territory absolutely friendly j to Agulnaldo. What Is there to prevent ] lhi > Klllpluo forces from continuing their I retreat , after the fall of Malolcs , along , the I line of this railroad ? They control the rolling i stock and can use the line. If they are half-way skillful they can continue Ihelr present I style of fighting along the whole , length I of the road , making a stand hero | i nnd ' there , and burning the bridges behind 1 them ' as they retire norlh. The Washington administration ' has raised unduly , perhaps , 1 the ' hope that with Iho fall of Malolos Iho I ; resistance of the Filipinos will be crushed , Such may prove to be the fact , yet looking at the situation from n coldly military stand , ] point there seems to be no reason why thu I war could not bo continued as before. | llaltlmoro Sun : Part of the dally reading of ' the American people consists ot the lists of killed and wounded dally cabled from Manila mid the record of each day's fighting. Uvery day wo read of the sacrifice of moro human lives , of our own bravo men falling dying or wounded by scores , and of the slaughter | In still larger numbers of the na tives. To how many thousands , If not millions , of the thoughtful and patriotic Americans , of Christian men and women In this country , ns they read each fresh narra- live of bloodshed , must not the question recur each day with additional force why | Is all this ? What Is all this for ? and how como wo to bo embroiled In this wicked and unnecessary war ? Wo all know , 'whether we all approved or not , how wo came to bo at war with Spain , nnd that It i was a , constitutional war , lawfully de clared .by congress , "lut that war Is ended It ] ended practically last August , when through t the good offices of the French ambassador the peace protocol was signed at Washington , nnd all hostilities between Spain and the United Slates thereupon ceased In both hemispheres , in the Philip pines as well as In the West Indies. TISMSCHtAIMIY. . INiNNlbllKien SiiKKrMril by ri'Diil's AolilcvriiK-nt. New York Tribune. Marconi's success in communicating across the English channel is Interesting from several i points of view. Ho employs a form of i energy the electro-magnetic wave of Hertz 1 that was unknown until a short time ago. i Ho has exhibited not only a scientific wonder , but also admirable modesty nnd Ingenuity. i Moreover , he has Incidentally given j his chief patron , Mr. Preece , the chance < to betray a beautiful disinterested ness i and devotion to country and science In I Betting aside a method of wireless teleg raphy with which the chief electrician of the | British postal service had himself been identified i In favor of ono dovlsed by a much younger man. .Marconi , by sending mes sages from the South Foreland to Boulogne , has l extended from eighteen to thirty-two miles the distance at which his system Is shown to bo practicable , and ho has greatly stimulated speculation In regard to the gen eral subject. The Marconi system possesses at least three distinct advantages. It operates equally well In all kinds of weather ; it pro vides exceptionally convenient means for telegraphing to a moving slatlon like n war vessel or an airship , and , by dispensing with the costly submarine cable needed for light ships and wide straits , It insures marked economy wherever service Is to bo per formed over or through unbrldged waters. How far secrecy can bo maintained Is yet an open question. Well known electricians have expressed the belief that It is not ne cessary to have n receiver vhlch Is accu rately "tuned" to the pitch of the transmit ter , nnd if that should prove to be n fact It would bo comparatively easy to pick up messages anywhere within a few miles of the station from which they were launched Into the surrounding other. Further inves tigation Is needed to clear up this point. llow great a distance can be spanned by wireless telegraphy Is a question that cannot bo answered with certainty at present. As for the Marconi system , its range will prob ably be found to have rather narrow limits. It Is biusod on the dissemination of waves from a central point In nil directions , and the Intensity of the vibrations must dlniln- ishthe further they extend from the exclt- y Ing apparatus. It may bo Impracticable to produce a receiver sensitive enough to ro- cpoud If moro than one or two hundred miles off. But other methods than this of telegraphing without wires have been con ceived. None of them have been carried to the degree of perfection atlalned by Mar coni's thus far , but two or three of them which are moro or less allied In principle glvo promise of communication through thousandH of miles of sea or land , 811- vanus P , Thompson , n sane and reputable English expert , has offered to send mes sages without wires from London to Cairo If somebody will pay for the mechanism ho wanla to use. Marconi's achievements on the Isle of Wight , the East Goodwin light ship and the Hhorcs of the English channel usher In an era of almost unimaginable possibilities. TOI.D OIT ; or COIIIT. ; The opinion of a New York lower court , as printed In a certain report , says in re spect to the conclusions of n referee , "Tho report Is BO exhausting that the court could not improve on it. " This Is modest , of course , but judges do not always leallzo how exhausting their opinions are. In a divorce case whore there was evi dence that the wife called her husband "un old fool , " the court says. "The record sus tains the wife's . " Judgment. And on an other point also her conclusion was afllrmcd. Sha told htm she would have .been . foolish to have married a man of his age who had no money , and the court says , "Again wo think her Judgment was correct. " Since the appointment of Joseph H. Choato to bo ambassador to the Court of Hard facts for women who wash. No work you do is so unhealthful as your work over a washtub. This hard , perspiring work in the midst of soiled clothes and tainted steam will make trouble for you. The less of it you do the better. Wash with Pearline , and there's little or none of it. Nothing but rinsing the clothes , after soaking and boiling them. Consider your health. cai j I St. Junicn , the dwlly papers Imvc published ' numerous stories concerning him. Ono ot th | * latest runs 01 follows : I During the trial of a will case Mr. Chonte , was crnw-e.xnmlnlng Kell.x McClusky , for mer i doorkeeper of the New York house of representatives. "Now , Mr. McPlusky. " Insinuatingly nske.1 Mr. Choato , "isn't it true that you nro the modern Munchauscn ? " "You're the second blackguard that hn asked me thajt In n week. " roared MeCiUftky. "An1 " The roar of laughter. In which Surrogate Rollins himself joined , drowned the remainder of Mr. MrMu ky'H retort , nnd It was fully five minutes before buslnctta went on again. Mary Hawkins , n young New York girl , recently brought suit ngalngt nn electric railway company for $15,000 damages for n sprained ankle , relates an exchange , Stephen C. Ualdwln , the counsel for the railroad , irnd an Inkling thnt the plaintiff's lawyer , Mlrnbcau I * Towns , wan about to Influence the jury with an original poem , and BO ha composed the following nnd aimed It at the Jury : And now , kind frleiid.i , I yield the floor to ono Who'll likely try to undo nil I've dono. The testimony need not block the way ; Outside thp ovldcnco he'll have most to say , Hut If you're fond ot verse , 'tis worth the time , Ho cannot talk to Jurors , save In rhyme. Ser , there lie sits , Implacable ns Jovi > ! Atlume to urguo Alamlc'a nlllng from R shove. llo'll crown her Virgin Queen of Wnllabout , H r many virtues we'll all hear about. Ami Interwnlnz It will In1 , perhaps , To hear his version of that g-amo of cmps , Ami how that naughty bud of Tcnlc'n court , F. McCann , Within the house of refuge bloomed n holy num. And lastly wo may not feel wo'vo had enough Unl HH he tells us why she's called "Tho Tough. " Every ono In the court room applauded , and the Judge stuffed his handkerchief Into Jilrt raoulb to stifle his laughter. Mr. Towns was somewhat nonplussed , but , gathering himself together , read this lyric to the Jury : "Oh , woman's lovely ankle ! How sweet , how neally turned ! You k'ndlu ' nil Uio llres That Cui > ld ever liuriied On lil.H asbestos nllar. You made King David fallcr , Taucht Jilm HOIHT and psaller. And at the dance whore music floats In soft and rhythmic strain , Your llnsli , through lace and petticoats , llow many hearts has slain ? Take from us all the pictured That man's hand o'er yortrayed , Hut leave , ye tjods , oh , leave , us The unklo of the maid. " f The jury , after several hours , brought In a verdict ot ? 100 for tlio plaintiff. .SAID IX KUX. Chicago Tribune : "Thla thingof a 'l Kls- lalivo railroad pass reform,1 " remarked Uncle Allen Sparks , "reminds me somehow of the milk sickness. It Is always to be found In the next legislature. " Indianapolis Journal : "How heart-rend- Inir , " said Homancov "it is to see a. strong man weep ! " "Yes , " retorted Realism , "It is. It is a pretty sure sign that the Idiot is drunk. " Puck : The Olllco Boy ( who Is reading law ) A quibble In an objection that isn't worth anything , Isn't It , Mr. Briefly ? The lawyer Not lit nil , James ! I have" known cjulbblcs that were worth from $10 Detroit Journal : The attention of the multitude was now directed to the other nd of the curio hall. "They .say the Bearded Lady la an imposter - ter , " observed the Inrunt Prodigy. "Well , for my Dart , 1 don't wo how a person who swears and nmokea cigarettes can be a lady ! " exclaimed the Two-headed Girl. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I saw a pitiful fight today. " "What was It ? " "A neiir-slghted man trying to read a bock beer sign through a blinding enow- storm " . . Detroit Journal : "Why non't you call mo Harold any more ? " he exclaimed , reproach fully. Hero ( i de'.lcate flush mantled the cheek of Gcnevleve. "Because your name la pants , " silio re plied , with seemly candor. Indiaiini > olln Journal : "War. " said the gentleman with the Hiirfmirned beard nnd the muddy boots , "war , by gosh , Jlst puta money In the i > ockot.s of the big trusts and bond dealers ; that's all It does. " "And makes a demand for horses , cattle and grain , " said the listener. "Oh , of course ; I ain't myin' but what war Is Hometlmca a good thing to nrouso patriotism. " III.IJI' } VIOMCT.S. The Rpont of violets winsome violets A host of memories begets A charm enfolds the pant around , And oneo ugaln I hear the sound Of rippling brookB that L-ourse the meadow throuKh Where violets bloom , begcmm'd with morn- liiB dew. The springtime brought no deeper joy than thlH , Nor richer meed of liappliip. . To fuvorltp luiuntH we'd hwift repair , Our friends ) , the ( lowers , to welcome there ; And ore we pluck'd Uio dainty blossoms liriKht , Wo liull'd their smiling faces with dc'.lght ! How leisurely wo took the homeward way ; Then paus'd , some merry game to play. The brook sent grouting to the shore : "ilojolee , for winter's days are o'ar ! " The robin voiced a psalm of gladness , too , And Fiinbcdins Btoop'd to Mr a the violets blu < ! KKANIC 13. THOMAS. Tailor Is a good phrase to juggle with. The draper , as he used to be called , likes it and thinks it implies special and exclusive qualities of fit and style and elegance. But that's because it's his business to think so. Those of us who know the Browning , King ; & Co. clothing , know better. We know that no one can em ploy better materials than we do , no one can cut and make garments in better fashion , and if one man in a hundred is hard to fit , we'll even take the .chan ces of suiting him. $8.00 , $10.00 , $12.50 , $15.00 and up. up.And by the way , our overcoats this season sur pass any past products of our factory , v ? < \