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Unless reports arc Inaccurate the Pure
Food commission should bo rcchrlstened
the Impure Food , commission.
The Filipinos appear to bo In great
demand Just now not only for Omaha ,
but also for Now York midway features.
The subsidence of the waters of the
Missouri merely emphasizes the fact
that every one on this earth has his ups
and downs.
What about the enforcement of the
smoke ordinance ? The smoke nuisance
Is more offensive In the summer than In
the winter months.
Omaha may have no stole fair this
year , but the Ak-Sar-Ben demonstra
tions may be confidently rolled on to out
shine all previous festivities. Stick a
pin there.
Beverly and Elklns , "W. Va. , are In the
throes of a county scat war. If they
wish to know the proper way to conduct
such an affair they should Import a
little Kansas or Nebraska talent
The Filipino congress has had another
brief session , but with only a portion of
the members In attendance. The ab
sentees wore probably unable to travel
fast enough to keep up with the moves.
The Third Nebraska Is on Its way
home. And It Is safe to say the train
cannot { ravel too fast cither for the sol
dier boys or for the relatives , sweet
hearts and friends awaiting their ( re
turn.
Discussion of Andrew Carnegie's as
sertion that It Is a disgrace for a mil
lionaire to dlo rich vlias developed the
location of quite a number of people ,
both millionaires and o'thcrs , who are
perfectly willing to die In disgrace.
The prognosticate- set Octol > pr,20
as the date for convening congress In
special session should guess again.
October 20 falls on Friday this year and
no president would llout the rules of
superstition to the extent of Inaugurat
ing a congressional session on that day.
Ono thing ut a time. 'It ' Is useless'to '
agitate In favor of the erection of four
or flvo viaducts all at one and the same
time. Such a course manifestly affords
the railroads an excuse for delaying the
coiiHtructlon of the new Sixteenth street
viaduct already agreed on and ordered.
Now that General Miles 1ms concluded
to keep his month closed regarding the
beef Inquiry .report his lawyer bus
rushed Into print on behalf of the gen
eral. The public , however , has experi
enced a tired feeling over this wliolo
controversy and prefers to have It
dropped.
If the Filipino troops could bo isup-
pllcil with wluo In sulllclent quantities
they mlght bo Induced to stand Hro long
enough for Otis to finish thorn. Perhaps
the American commanders might save
shoo leather and transportation ex
penses by replenishing the wine cellars
of the enemy.
Memorial day comes In less than three
weeks. The committees of the G. A. 11.
who have taken on themselves the work
of preparation should have the cordial
co-operation and support of every pa
triotic citizen in the community , and for
this occasion every ono should display
his patriotism.
The position of king of Samoa may
have Its advantages , but , the needs of
royalty In these Islands must be very
limited. The late king received a salary -
ary of $75 a mouth , which his successor
wants Increased to $150 , And .this Is
what the people of three great nations
wera almost ready to tight over a few
week a ago.
Railroad magnates appearing before
the Interstate Commerce commission de
clare that regular freight tariffs have
Uacn adhered to , not only by themselves ,
tout by tht'Ir competitors , and no dls-
position Is manifest in any quarter to
ehado them. It would bo interesting to
lay these statements for comparison
alongside of reports made to their
uporlora by solldtlng freight agents.
stwinyu TIIKIH
The popocratlc reformers \\lio made
the campaign of Nebraska last year
chiefly on the anti-monopoly Issue have
again shown their hand and proved
themselves recreant to the trust reposed
In them.
Tuder thu law the assessment of all
railroad property Is made by the State
Board of Equalization , consisting of the
governor , the auditor and state treas
urer. The board has held Its annual ses
sion , but Instead of revising the assess
ment of railroad property to conform to
fXlstlng conditions , the valuation of last
year has been adopted without change.
As usual , representatives of the rail
roads were on hand to plead the cause
of the corporations , but the Interests of
the ix-ople , presumed to bo represented
by Governor Poyntor , Treasurer Meserve
and Auditor Cornell , were entirely Ig
nored.
It IH n matter of common notoriety
that the earnings of railroads have In
creased enormously within the past year
and their values as gauged by tin- stock
quotations have been proportionately In
creased. It Is also a matter of notoriety
that all the railroads doing business In
Nebraska have within the past year
made material Improvements , not only
in their roadbeds , but In their rolling
stock. In Douglas county alone some of
them have expended hundreds of thou
sands of dollars for new depots and built
miles of sidetrack. All these Improve
ments aggregating millions have been
dumped In without adding ono dollar to
'the taxable valuation of the state.
The law expressly requires each rail
road to make sworn returns of every
new locomotive and every passenger or
freight car added to Its rolling stock.
If these reports have been made there
should have been ail Increase In the
assessed valuation. If they have not
been made the state board haft been dere
lict In Its duty to enforce the law. One
thing la plain and palpable the rail
roads of Nebraska were cither over
valued last year or they have been
undervalued this year.
Nobody , not even a railroad manager ,
has ventured to assert that their prop
erties were overvalued by Governor ilol-
comb and the last state board In com
parison with the general valuation of
property In the state. On the contrary
the railroads have been better satisfied
with their treatment at the hands of the
popouratlc state boards than at the hands
of the previous republican boards. They
have much more reason this year to feel
Indebted to the reform board than they
had to the so-called.republican monopoly
boards that preceded It , although at no
time in the history of Nebraska , railroads
have thi-y been In puch excellent condi
tion to bear their full share of the bur
dens of taxation.
So long ns they can control the sham
reformers who fill the state olllces by the
distribution of passes and personal
favors to the men behind the
party machine the railroad man
agers will be perfectly content to
keep their bands out of politics
by helping all political parties. With
them it Is "Heads I win and tails you
lose. . " But how about the people who
have been duped Into voting for the. re
formers who sell them out on every
occasion ?
A JIBCORD TO JIB MAINTAINED.
The republican party has no call , says
the New York Sun , "to Indulge In windy
declamations against trusts. The demo
cratic party , sputtering against wealth ,
naturally sputters against trusts. Let
It. The republican party does not hold
that property Is a crime , or that the
highly organized forms of modern busi
ness are to bo disturbed at the request
of the same set of persons that is
frantic for a cheap dollar. " But there
Is a call to the republican party to main
tain its record oC hostility to monopo
listic Industrial combinations and if it
falls to do this the party will inevitably
suffer.
What Is the republican record on this
most Important question , which prom
ises to be the leading one In the national
campaign of next year ? The republican
platform of 1888 has this plank'e :
declare our opposition to all combina
tions of capital , organized In trusts or
otherwise , to control arbitrarily the con
dition of trade among our citizens , and
wo recommend to congrcbs and the state
legislatures In their respective jurisdic
tions such legislation as will prevent
the execution of all schemes to oppresH
the people by undue charges on their
supplies , or by unjust rates for the
transportation of their products to mar
ket. " This was realllrmed by the con
vention of ,1802 , which also said In refer
ence to 'tho nntl-trust legislation of 1S90 :
"Wo heartily endorse the action already
taken upon this subject and ask for such
further legislation as may be required
to remedy any defects In existing laws
and to render their enforcement more
complete and effectlvo. "
ThcHO utterances , with the legislation
of 1800 known as the Sherman anti
trust law , distinctly committed the re
publican party to opposition to trusts
and there Is infinitely stronger reason
now than when the record was made
for xealllrmlng this opposition. Then
there were few combinations ; now they
are numerous , embracing nearly our
entire Industrial system and represent
ing a capitalization of thousands of mil
lions. Nor has the end1 of the mo-
nopollstlc movement been , reached.
Trust promotion goes steadily on and
promises to continue until every In
dustry In which combination Is prac
ticable has taken the form of a trust.
Industry at largo Is organized .Into a
system of feudalized corporations , each
ono of which enjoys absolute power
within Its special branch of production ,
while taken In the mass the system con
stitutes itself the supromest trade power
in the nation.
Thia situation the republican party , In
view of its record and as the party of
the people , cannot ignore. Referring to
republican , antl-trust declarations Presi
dent McKlnley said In his inaugural ad
dress : "This purpose will bo steadily
pursued , both by the enforcement of the
laws now In existence and the recom
mendation and support of such new
statutes as may 1 necessary to carry
them Into effect" The country will expect -
pect from , the next congress legislation
that will enable the executive depart
ment of government to take effective
action against the trusts. Existing
laws being admittedly defective mid In
adequate , It will be the duty of congress
to remedy the defects or enact now
legislation thnt will meet the demand *
of the situation. There are limitation. * ,
of course , to the authority of congress
In this matter , but It cannot be admitted
that thqse are reached In the anti-trust
legislation already enacted. Thp prob
lem Is a dllllcult oiu1 , but there must be
nn earnest effort to find a solution and
the next congress will have no more
Important duty than tills.
run
Complaints arc made in Fome quarters
of the operation of the national bank
ruptcy law and while It is not surpris
ing that such Is the case the fact is a
little 'discouraging to those who advo
cated the legislation , because It prom
ises a renewal of agitation which It was
hoped had been ended for some year.i
at least. There was a prolonged effort
on the part of the business Intemsts of
the country to secure this legislation
and if a successful move for Its repeal
should bo made It would be many years
before another national bankruptcy
law could be enacted.
The act has been In operation less
than six months and has not yet had a
fair trial. According to the referee In
bankruptcy in Now York , during the
time the law has been In effect a great
part of the persons who have taken ad
vantage of It failed live , ten or fifteen
years ago. They settled with their
creditors In some form under state
laws , but could not obtain a national
discharge. Now they are crowding for
ward to got national discharges and this
creditors complain of. Manifestly , how
ever , If such persons , having no assets ,
are discharged without paying anything
the creditors have no just grievance , be
cause they got all they could get at the
time of the failures.
Doubtless the law , which of course
was a compromise , needs amendment
in some respects , but as the New York
Journal of Commerce says , the business
Interests that have favored national
bankruptcy legislation should be ex
tremely cautious about talking of n re
peal until the law has had a full and
fair trial.
iiEi'unr FHUM OTIS.
The War department Is again advised
'by ' General Otis that the situation Is
very encouraging. He states that signs
of Insurgent disintegration arc dally
manifested , while the Inhabitants of
territory occupied by our troops seem
well satisfied. This Information was
pleasing to the oiHelals at Washington
as It will be to the country , though It Is
hardly possible not to feel that General
Otis may be somewhat too optimistic , In
view of the fact that previous ndvlces
from'him of quite as sanguine a nature
proved to be misleading. Otis has been
the most hopeful man In the Philip
pines. While other oflicers have been
disposed to take a gloomy view of the
situation lie has all the time looked on
the "bright side , " st > to speak. At the
same time ho has prosecuted hostilities
with all the vigor of a commander who
felt that ho had a hard task to per
form.
It Is probable that the latest report
from General Otis ns to insurgent dis
integration Is Well founded , though it
hardly warrants the opinion which ap
pears to obtain at Washington that col
lapse of the Insurrection Is close at
hand. It may not be very far off , but
It Is quite jwsslble that there will be
weeks or mouths of fighting before the
Filipinos are prepared to lay down their
arms. Perhaps they have lost In battle
and by desertions fully one-half of the
force they were estimated to have under
arms when hostilities begun , but mak
ing this allowance they still have an
army of 15,000 or upward , most of It
concentrated at strong points. If this
army should be disastrously defeated
peace would perhaps soon follow , but
without such a defeat hostilities might
be prolonged a considerable time. The
establishment of civil administration in
the territory from which the insurgents
have been driven Is judicious and will
undoubtedly exert a good Influence be
yond such territory. Meanwhile we
think there Is better reason to expect
further lighting than there Is to look for
the immediate collapse of the Insurrec
tion.
An Indication of the unrest prevailing
In many old world countries Is found In
the announcement that 50,000 Gallclans
have arranged to migrate to the United
States. This number Is a little over 10
per cent of the entire population of that
province of the Austrian empire. Some
Idea of the moving causes for such a
wholesale emigration can also be formedv
from the statement that It Is doubtful
If the government will permit as many
Inhabitants to leave. .While this sounds
strange to the people of the United
States , who go and comp as they please ,
It illustrates how the heavy hand of the
law falls iipon many European nations ,
leaving the people little choice In even
the most common affairs of life. It is
such restrictions which have peopled the
United States with the best of the
liberty-loving tellers of foreign lands ,
who have been no small factor In mak
ing this country what It Is today.
New York's mayor insists that Dewey
return by the Suez canal and land at
that place ; all because New York Ii
the largest city In the country. Just
why this should be Is not apparent.
Only one regiment of New York troops
saw any service at all during the war
and It would have been better for the
reputation of the city and state hadi It
never been mustered In. The only regi
ment of the National Guard In the
union which refused to enlist was the
pet regiment of .New York. Western
men have done the fighting with Dewey
and the west Is entitled to the honor of
greeting him when he returns to his
native land ,
Investigations by the late legislature
brought out evidence to show that Audi
tor Cornell had simply wallowed In free
railroad transportation since his assump
tion of olllclal prerogatives and that He-
form Treasure Meservo boasted asking
and accepting passes whenever occasion
presented. These two reformers , to
gether with Governor Poyuter , acting as
the State Board of Equalization , have
just adopted the same railroad assess
ment for 1MD ) that stood for INKS , imu-h
to the Joy of the railroad managers.
And there are noine uncharitable critics
who will believe that the free pass dis
tribution bears fruit In spite of protesta
tions that no public olllcer would per
mit himself to bo Inilnoncod by such
small and Insignificant favors.
It Is developed by sworn testimony
that all members of the popocratlc gang
of hold-ups wanted In the last campaign
was control of the county attorney's
ofllce through the election of Shields.
After Shields' election the gang dictated
the appointment of his deputies and the
retention of the deputy who has refused
to testify In a gambling case for fear of
Incriminating himself Is proof positive
that the Influence of the protection-
venders Is still paramount.
They do things In a hurry down In
Oklahoma. Monday morning \tlie sec
tion of country at the foot of the
Wichita mountains was unbroken
prairie. At nightfall there had spruit ! ;
up the town of Mountain View , with a
population of 800 , a completely organ-
Izcd city government nnd "all lines of
business repwsentetl. " The first day
must have boon a disappointment In one
respect , however , as not n .single killing
was reported.
FtniKton of Kniisng Is almost as bash
ful ns Dewey. While he admits that
there are some political honors which
might t.'inpt him , he says they are
mighty few and adds "The ono or two
within tJie gift of the people of Kansas
I would not ImVo the gall to ask for. "
But the people of Kansas will hardly
have the gall In this case to require
him to do the asking. They will prob
ably do the asking themselves.
County Attorney Shields may derive
some consolation from calling The Bee
and Its editors hard names , but how
does that explain his refusal to prose
cute protected gamblers against whom
ho admits ho has evidence and his reten
tion of a deputy who uses his position to
protect criminals even to the point of re
fusing to give testimony against them
on the ground that he might by so doing
incriminate himself also ?
Give .TerscjVriiiio.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The country Is beginning to look forward
with some interest to the announcement of
the flrst billion-dollar trust.
Ilnril WorilH Avoided.
Philadelphia Times.
With French the official language of the
czar's peace conference matters are more
promising. Had Russian bem chosen hard
words from the.start were Inevitable.
Time to Get Toju-tlicr.
atlnneaoolls Times.
The proposed convention of governors and
attorney generals of western and southern
states to formulate some concerted plan of
action against trusts will bo useful In an
educational way. The more the subject fs
studied and discussed the better prepared
the public will be to take effective defensive
action. /
"XVhnt'a in tlic IlronUfiiMt Cup ?
Chlcnso Tribune.
Brazil's coffee crop Is said to bo worth
? 140 ,000,000 , and most of the product Is sold
In the United Stat6s. Properly painted and
mixed with German "black jack" even
Brazilians would not rccognl/o their own
product under the seductive names of Java
and Mocha. As to the beverage resulting
from It , ft Is such coffee as your mother
never made.
AVnrilN Well Spoken.
Louisville. Courier-Journal.
The father of the late Colonel Stotsen-
burg , killed at the head of the Nebraska regi
ment in the Philippines , writes to the War
department : "I think It la consolatory that
my son died as a soldier would choose to
die , and It Is a further comfort that the re
public has many , many such sons who will
work and die for Its glory and honor. " That
fs apoken llko a man and an American.
America IIH n Duiupliif ; Ground.
New York iMall and Express.
The Investigation Into adulteration of food
conducted by Senator Mason has only Just
begun at Chicago , but evidence as to the
necessity of a national pure food law has
olrcady 'been ' adduced. Ono Important point
brought out Is that , while Germany and
Franco forbid the sale of adulterated articles
at home , they have no laws against their
exportation , and that products of those
countries are sold In the American market
that would not bo tolerated abroad.
A Stricken Fiitlicr'N M'litlinuiitx.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The father of Colonel Stotsonburg of the
First Nebraska volunteers , who fell dead
with , a bullet In his heart while leading
his men In gallant fashion , has written a
letter to the War department , In which he
says of his Eon : "I think It is consolatory
that ho died as a soldier would choose to
die , and It Is a further comfort that the
republic has many , many such sons who will
work and die for Its glory and honor. "
Tliero spoke the voice of exalted patriotism.
TinMlNHliiK Air I'luiit.
Philadelphia Ufcord.
Inventor Kcejy's machines and manu
scripts are to bo returned to the Keely com-
pani by the mechanical export at Jamaica
Plains , Mafca. , to whom they were sent , and
some other genius with a talent for exact
Investigation may bo afforded an opportunity
to ferret out the Oxford street magician's
unfatliomcd secret , There are no end of In
terested people who would bo glad to know
just what relation these machines sustained
to the compressed air plant found concealed
In Keoly's workshop.
A IlrlllNli "Invt-Nlluiitloii. "
Boston Globe ,
It may be consoling to bear In mind that
' 'whitewashing" Isn't peculiarly an American
practice. When Kitchener's army went to
Khartoum many of the boots worn by the
soldiers had pasteboard soles and were per-
forca abandoned as useless very early fn the
march. There- was -much complaint about
the matter , but a court of Inquiry , duly
summoned , after looking Into the grievance ,
finally gave the oracular verdict that the
boots themselves Avero all right , but were
not suited to conditions in tlio Soudan.
All OIil-Tiiuc .Si-illllon Iii w ,
Sprlngllelcl Republican.
Recent occurrences the taking from the
malls of a pamphlet containing speeches
by Messrs , Hoar , Edmunds and Boutwell
have recalled the old sedition law which
was enacted by the federalists In John
Adams' administration , and which proved
the ruin ot the federalist party. Johnston's
handbook of "American Politics" says of ft ;
"July 14 ( } 798) ) , the so-called sedition law
was passed. It Imposed a heavy fine and
imprisonment upon such as should combine
or conspire together to oppose any measure
of government , and upon such as should utter
any false , scandalous or malicious writing
against the government , Congress or presi
dent ot the United States. "
Such a law , which was actually enforced ,
sq broadened , the definition of sedition that
it substantially outlawed all criticism and
made tbe government an odious despotism.
r.ciior.s OK TIIH WAII.
_ A
The stigma of "Coward , " dreaded by cvory
soldier , hns been officially attached to the
names of thrco officers of the Seventy-first
Now York volunteers , for their conduct nt
ttio battle of San Juan. The men thus
stigmatized nro Colonel Downs , Lieutenant
Colonel Smith ami Major Whittle. A board
ot inquiry of the State National Guard lias
had tlio matter under Investigation for sev
eral weeks , and Its findings have just been
made public , The board acquits tha regi
ment of blame and condemns tlio three offi
cers for falling to obey orders nnd to lead
their men Into action. . In approving the
findings of the board Governor lloosovclt
says : "On no possible theory can Colonel
Downs' conduct bo justified. Ho failed to
lead or oven to accompany his men , or to
follow them , save nt n distance , when they
finally went forward by themselves. He
has since resigned. iMajor Whittle's casu
la almost as clear. Ho retired to the rear
nnd stayed there until after dark , when
he came forward with Colonel Downs. Ho
also has resigned. Lieutenant Colonel Smith
stayed ns Ignobly Inactive as his chief , mak
ing nn effort to go forward into the flght.
It Is not safe or wlso that such n man should
tiold high office , cither In the volunteer army
or the National guard. "
The conduct of the Seventy-first In the
battle ot July 1 Is ono of tlio unpleasant
episodes of the Santiago campaign. By some
mysterious Influence It was singled out from
among Now York regiments for what was
regarded as special good fortune partici
pation In the first invasion of Cuba. The
famous Sixty-ninth , with Its unsurpassed
record In the civil war , was Ignored nnd
left to pound sand nt Tampa. Being thus
favored It should have proven Itself worthy
of itho honor. Instead , Us craven officers
left It In the lurch nt the flrst firing line ,
causing great confusion nnd preventing sol
diers who were not afraid ot the whistle of
'bullets ' to tnova on the enemy. The men
crouched on the road nnd In the bushes and
some of the regiments following were
obliged to step over their prostrate forms.
A sergeant of the Second Infantry , Kll-
patrlck by name , shouted to the New York
ers : "Why don't you como on ? I'm a New
Yorker. " "Wo would , " replied Lieutenant
Ilaffqrty , "If we had officers llko you havo. "
"Como on without them , " the sergeant re
torted. Quick as a Hash the lieutenant
called to the men to follow him and they
did. Temporary fright from lack of com
petent leadership vanished In an Instant nnd
the men marched to the front and fought
and stayed there to the finish.
These facts were related without comment
by General Kent In his report of the day's
operations. They were published in the
New York World at the tlmo and aroused
furious Indignation among the home patriots
of Gotham. So Intense was the Indignation ,
whetted by rival papers , that the World
qualified and withdrew the accusation. Later
on , when the regiment came home nnd the
shouting was over , members of the regi
ment publicly reiterated the charge of cow-
"ardlco against the officers. The outcome
was , flrst , court-martial , then a board of
Inquiry and the verdict given above , ap
proved by the governor. In the whirligig of
time the World has the satisfaction ot see
ing Its rivals admit that the original pub
lication was true to the letter.
AM * THAT IS ASKED.
American 1'rlnclplt'n in the Ultimate
Solution of Philippine I'rubluni.
St. Louis nenubllc.
At the expansion mass meetings held In
Chicago last Sunday a set of resolutions
Introduced by General John C. Black , en
dorsing the administration's course In the
Philippines as thus far developed , was unan-
fmpusly adopted.
The fifth of thcso resolutions declared as
follows : "Tho government of the United
States should "be " , and webelieve will be ,
true to Its principles In the disposition of
all questions that may arlso In the future
In our relationship with the people of the
Philippine Islands. "
Every true American will heartily join In
this expressed hope for the maintenance of
American principles in the ultimate , solu
tion of the Philippines problem. If these
principles are upheld with steadfast faith ,
not only will such loyalty to the right do
away with all danger arising from the ex
isting situation , Tjut It willadd ) infinitely to
the luster and glory of the American nanie ,
and will place this government forever be
yond the reproach of having cleaved to Its
principles only unMl tempted to their re
pudiation by a sudden prospect of dazzling
profit and power , which it was too weak
in. moral force to resist.
A consistent loyalty to American Institu
tions demands that now , as never before ,
this government shall announce to the other
great powers of the world the potency and
the vitality of the Monroe doctrine as con
trolling its International policy. Under
that doctrine , since It was flrst formulated ,
the United States has consistently claimed
control of affairs In the Western hemisphere ,
forbidding the encroachments of monarchical
governments within Its legitimate sphere of
American Influence. American honesty In
voicing and enforcing the Monroe doctrine
must bo proved ty a sturdy refusal to re
pudiate that doctrine , no matter what the
inducement.
If the government of the United States
Is "truo to Its principles In the disposition
of all questions that may arise In the future
In its relationship with the people of the
Philippine Islands , " It will not permanently
hold these Islands as an American colonial
possession. Such acquisition would be con
trary to the spirit of the Monroe doctrine
a doctrine as binding upon us , In honor ,
aa it has heretofore been upon the land-
hungry governments of the old world.
TUB WATTI3HHO.N KISS.
Information nil u Tom.'liliiK' Topic
from tliP Stiir-I35' 'tl GoiIdewN.
Chlcaco Inter Ocean ,
The Louisville Courier-Journal after beatIng -
Ing about the bush for eorao tlmo touches
upon the very delicate point at Issue in the
following manned
"Kissing Is largely a matter of feeling
and Impulse. It was , doubtless , from a sud
den Impulse that Jacob kissed Rachel , nnd
then ho lifted up his voice and wept , be
cause ho had not met her sooner. Neverthe
less kissing , llko the other line arts , has a
scientific basis. To the ordinary hearer
music Is merely to please the ear , but in
the last analysis U rests on mathwnatics ,
The evolution of harmony demands the
proper nunVber of vibrations from each voles
or Instrument , otherwise wo shall have
nothing but discord. Kissing also must bo
scientifically conducted , or It will be * far
from harmonious. Diffusion In kissing Is un
scientific ; the real science Is found In con- '
ccntratlon. To fclss 100 women In rapid
succession Is as bad as to cat a mouthful
from each of 100 dinners Instead of sitting
down .to the best one and enjoying It to
tha fullest extent. To kiss ono woman 100
times Is another story , "
This Information coming from any source
'would ' be entertaining and pleasing , but
coming directly from Kentucky , where ItUs-
Jns has been regarded for a century or more
as a fine art , it la also Instructive. Aside
from the valuable addition which Mr. Wat-
torson mokes to the literature of osculation ,
It 1s well to bear In mind that the editor
of the Courier-Journal Is always thinking of
the charming creature to whom ho gave un-
Etintingly his first love , and for whom ,
though her beauty Is now faded and her
charms are but memories , he still has a
warm spot In the depths of his heart. It
is unnecessary to say that wh i Mr , Wat-
terson unbends from the task of president-
making to a dlscueslon of the kUs , pro
miscuous or concentrated , It is because his
thoughts turn now and then involuntarily
to the days when the star-eyed Goddess ot
Uoforra was in tbe heyday of her bloom.
AFK.UIIS I.CTIIA. .
Indianapolis News : The reports as to the
health of Havana nnd Santiago continue to
bo of the most encouraging nature. The in
telligent ami thorough cleaning of the cities
nnd the other sanitary measures adopted by
the present authorities are having their
effect. So far , there have been very few
cases of yellow fever. With proper precau
tions there Is no reason , ono would think ,
why Havana and Cuba should''not bo ns
healthy ns Galveston nnd Texas.
Philadelphia He-cord : Payment to the
Cuban troops of the $3,000,000 gratuity from
tlio United States government will begin this
week flrst to the troops In Havana province ,
nntl thereafter to these In other departments ,
ending with Santiago. The largess will bo
shared by 10,000 men , so that each will re
ceive { 75. U Is not much ; yet each recipient
of this amount must flrst surrender nil nrms
nnd war-like equipments In his possession ,
nnd this moans the practical disarmament ot
the Island population nt n comparatively
trilling cost. The gratuity is In effect nn ex
change ot federal cash for the guns and
cartridge belts of the former Cuban In
surgents. Viewed In this light It scorns to to
n very clever stroke of business. A dis
armed population may be kept In order with
very few battalions ot armed lioops.
Philadelphia Ledger : It Is undeniable that
there Is n strong party working for annexa
tion. Business Interests , foreign ryndlcnte * ,
capital from this country and property holders
Influence * nt
the powerful
ers , nro among
work for a stable government. From the
Interior of Cuba and from many points out-
sldo of the largo cities a dally budget of
bandit news comes to Havana. Guerrillas
and bushwhackers are murdering , burnlnn
nnd levying tribute upon Industry. Capital
ists go to Havana , look over the ground , nnd
decide to wnlt. Business halts , enterprise
is checked nnd prosperity lags on Us way.
The annexutlonlsts nrguo that satisfactory
conditions will never bo reached until the
United States sets all doubts nt rest by de
claring that Its sway has como for good.
Now York Tribune : Our Havana correspondent
handsome Increase of
spondent reports a
custom house- receipts at that port. The
total for the year promises to .bo not less
than $10.000,000. To this sum the other
ports will ndd two or thrco millions , ranking
In nil a decidedly handsome revenue lor an
Island of Cuba's size and present condition.
Tfio Islnnd Is , of course , still suffering ter
ribly from the effects of the war. Its In
dustries are only 'beginning ' to revive. Its
commerce Is only beginning to be restored.
The tariff Is only holt as high aa It was.
The population Is probably 23 per cent less
than It was before Woyler pursued his cani-
ralgn ot extermination , nnd the wealth and
purchasing ability of these who are left nro
reduced to a minimum. And yet the cus
tom house revenues are today about as
large as they were before the war , when the
Industries and commerce ol the Island were
at their height.
Washington Pos.t : A loyal American , ed
itor of a newspaper In Havana Mr. Thomas
H. Dawlcy , the head of the Times of Cuba-
has just bsen arrested , with the prospect of
being thrown Into prison by order of n
Cuban judge. He has not been confronted
by his accusers. Ho goes to jail without
trial , and ho will remain there at the caprice
of a local judge not a Cuban * tmt n Filipino
pine .who . holds n commission from Spain.
This Judge bar decided that ho must pay a
of certain discredited
largo sum , on complaint
ited 'employes men who have been dis
charged by Dawlcy hecauso of dishonesty
and Incapacity and theft. There hns bean
no trial , no attampt to bring out the facts.
between an American employer
It Is n question
ployer and ax Cuban defaulter , nnd the em
ployer goes to jail without Inquiry , without
opportunity to defend himself unless ho
pays blackmail to the scoundrels who robbed
him and the judge who pronounced sentence-
It would ibo Interesting to know how long
our military authorities Intend to sacrlllco
American citizens to the brutal despotism
which they were sent to Cuba to destroy.
Our advices from Havana fairly reek with
Instances of a like nature.
I'EIlSO.VAlj ANI OTHERWISE.
A man has been found In Wisconsin who
refuses to accept a pass from the railway
for which he works. And , strange to eay ,
ho Is not a legislator.
The telephone girls ot Now York are
thinking of forming a union. Are not their
present extensive connections quite sufficient
without any further union ?
Prcslden Eliot of Harvard Is to deliver the
address for ( Memorial day at the Mount
Auburn cemetery. Auburn , Mass. The bodies
of soldiers killed In every war since colonial
days are burled there.
Governor Roosevelt Is a strong advocate
of the whipping post for wife-beaters and
those who cruelly treat children and dumb
animals. If a whipping post bill can bo
paEsed at the next session of the legislature
he oays ho 'will sign It.
The United States government Is preparing
to burn soft coal In the engine room of the
federal .building In New York City. Of
course the national government can defy
local laws If It wants to , but the effect of
such a policy Is likely to bo demoralization.
The Corean diplomat appointed as min
ister to this country to succeed Chin Pom
Ye , who goes to Russia , Franco and Austria ,
Is Prince illn Tong Whan , flrst cousin to
his king. Ho la n good linguist and was
ppoclal ambaEsador at the coronation cf the
czar and at Queen Victoria's jubilee.
The present ohah has just celebrated his
forty-sixth birthday. The shah Is enormously
wealthy and almost the whole of his fortune
consists of diamonds nnd precious ftoncs.
The royal family of Persia Is ono of the
largest In the world. There are some thou
sands of princes and princesses and the pres
ent occupant of the throne has a family of
about twenty.
According to President Blxby of the Ro-
vcro Lay college , Massachusetts Is drifting
Into paganism almost ns rapidly ns Now
Hampshire. "In southeastern Massachusetts ,
in thirty-one towns , almost 200 families have
not the word of God , and nearly 300 families
are without nny religious books , in tbM
nectlon forty out of every 100 families of
Puritan extraction have left the house of
God and have no connection with Christian
ity , while many more are the merest bor
derers on It. "
31 n1IIC1IIM ) TIIH GIJ.VS.
Quality , > < > ( ( lUHiMHy , Counts In ( lie
Final IIi-NiiltN.
Now York * Tribune ,
The latent Kuropean critlca of the Amer
ican navy look asltant at the limited room
for men's quarters on nur ships and at the
consequently small number of men employed
upon them. The facts nro Indisputable , us
reference to the record shows , \Vhat deduc
tion Is to bo made therefrom Is , as Mr. Kip
ling would oay , another Btory.
Our tils cruiser Brooklyn , of 9,713 tons ,
for example , has only G22 men. TJi3 IlrKUli
Achilles , of 0,820 tons , has 707 , nnd the War-
eplte , of only 8,400 tons , has 533. The
French Dupetlt Thouara , of 0,517 tons , has
C12 men nnd the little Duplelx , of only 7,700
tons , has 631 , The German navy Is still inoro
heavily manned , the cruiser Kaiser , of only
7,531 tons , having no fewer than 063 men.
The same contrast exists in the rase of
battlcshlrs- Our Oregon , of 10.2S8 tons , hai
473 men , The British Anoon , n.irflour and
Centurion , of from 10,500 to 10,600 tons each ,
have respectively 515 , COC and C22 mon. The
French ships of the Magenta class , of 10,850
tons each , have each CCO men. And the
German Brandenburg , of 10,100 tons , has 552
men. To go to a larger type our Iowa ,
of 11,410 tons , has 505 men. The British
Nile , of 11,010 tons , haa 558 , The French
Amlral Dupcrro and Brennus , each a little
smaller than the Iowa , have respectively
C64 and COC men. And the- German Kaiser
Wllholm II , of 11,120 tons , has 055 men.
Wo bavo not beard that the effectiveness
of our navy Is seriously Impaired by tha
fewness of Its men. The Oregon maniiK < M
to get nlonK very well on her unequalled
voyage and In the fight nt Santiago with n , i
smaller complement than European ships of
her size. have. She had twenty-seven fewer
men than the Vlzcnyn. or the Oquondo ,
though she wim S.2S8 tons larger ; but Rha
contrived to hold her own In her "small
bickering" with them , despite that handicap.
Wo shall not npply to the case Dr. John
son's famous statement of the ratio between J
Kngllsh nnd French dictionary makers. Hut
wo have nn Idea that the number of mon
behind the guns does not matter much more
than the degrco of proficiency these men
attain nnd maintain In handling the Runs
nnd especially In hitting targets with pro
jectiles from them.
LOOK TO THE UNITEFsTATES
Newfmitullntiil People Knvor THI
Country In Preference-
to C'niimln.
MARSHALL , Mich. , May 11. lit. Her.
Bishop Hnwlcy of St. John's , N. F. , admin
istered confirmation in St. Mary's church
today to a largo class. In nn Interview
Bishop Hnwlcy unld : "Tho public sentiment
of Newfoundland Is more In fnvor of annex
ation to America than of confederation with
Canada. This fecllnR bus Doen accentuated
by the fact that the country baa been re
cently drawn Into a most shameful railway
contract by n Canadian syndicate nnd Cana
dian politicians. It amounts to a virtual
swindling of the country out of a $13,000,000
railway and all our coal , minerals , forests
nnd agricultural lands. A desperate flght
for-our freedom Is now Imminent , Tbo local
Parliament opens today , and It Is believed
the government will bo defeated nnd the
contract broken up. I do not believe there
is any Immediate prospect of the settlement
of the French shore question , The complica
tion arises not from nny Intrinsic dlulculty
In the case , but because politicians have
always thought of It rather ns a means of
exploiting their own popularity than of re
lieving the country of the Bravo burden ot
the French aggressions. "
_
MM3S TO A
TMro'lt Journal : The Lawyer Tnko your
case to somebody else. You nro too tnln-
Tno Client Hardly pay you to skin me ,
eh ?
_
Washington Star : "Did you ever find that
when you Blood tin to talk before nn nud -
cnco you toi-Rot everything you ever knew ? "
"No , " answered Senator Sorghum. "I }
never was Investigated. "
Chicago Record : "Clam nnd I hated
awfir.U' to tuko oft our new hats nt the
concert. "
"nut you did. dldn"t you ? "
"Yea ; and ntter the tiling was over wo
found out that three blind men sat right
behind us. "
Somervlllc Journal : When n girl faints
don't throw a glnR * of rold water In her
face. It may bo effective , but she would
ratiliEvr wait awhile mid come out of her
unconsciousness mow gracefully ,
Detroit Frco Press : "It seems to mo that
you have been u ! < MIK time writing that
Hhort note , " said Mrs , Wincblddlc , who hud
born -waiting for her hurband.
"Yl-m , my dear. I wrote it on my new
typewriter. "
Chicago Tribune : "How much did thosn
fish cost you ? " aslccd the friend nt the end
of the plor. , ,
"They have cost me. a dollar nnd a half In
boat hire , half n d.-.llnr . for minnows , half a
dollar for the fish , 11 quarter for hush
money to the chap who sold them to me , a
suit of clothes , and probably my church
membership , " replied the Sunday llsherman ,
with a hunted look In his eye- .
Indianapolis Journal : "And , by the way ,
brother , " asked 'tho mlnlsttor who hart been
called In to smooth the pathway of the ox-
pirlng pioneer , "were till these bear stories
the truth ? "
The old man opened his eyes.
"Parson , " said he , "tihnt'H a mighty mean
advantage to take of a dyln' man , "
Detroit Journal : Now thj Oriental farmer
wept for joy.
"Praised bo Allah ! " ho cried. "I have
lifted the mortgage from my fourteenth
A farmer there Is much like a farmer
hro : farmers everywhere -will go In debt
tor labor-saving machinery , thus yielding
t'hem-'elvca Into the clutches of the money
powor.
CHUKIj CUTS.
Philadelphia Press.
The kid reporter heaved a pish and lit a
cuondam pipe :
Ho had treated it to make it old It certainly
was "ripe"
Then he glanced upon the paper nnd began
h'ls ' old refrain ,
For the copy reader's pencl ! had been at his
work again.
0 yo who toll In other fields beyond the
Fourth Estate ,
You miss the Joy it offers In the hours that
uro late :
But you cannot know what grief It Is , you
cannot know what pain.
To sen your "biggest" story by the copy
reader tlaln.
I
You pret a good assignment and are told to
"puff It out , "
And you do it to a column and a half or
thereabout.
Then the news room gets a "fake" about
some dago prince who's sick ,
And the copy reader's pencil cuts your ,
story to a "stick. "
It Is probable that reader has a wife and
child , and hoNe
No doubt must have a heart somewhere In
his anatomy :
But the mills Miat grind exceedingly fine ,
nnd take so long to twist ,
Aren't In It for a mlnuto with the copy
wader's list.
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