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,71m Diililinan resents the hnimtnllou
of the W.-II. that he is a Do-nothing
and , Toc KilRprton he Is sawing wood.
Turn ever a now leaf the flrst of Jann-
nr.v by resolving to read The lk-e every
day of the year , the best newspaper
printed in this section.
Tim Dahlnian says he does nol pro
pose to lay himself liable to be accused
of harboring a sting of ingratitude just
to please the fusion organ or any one
else.-
Omaha's business men are taking an
Inventory on the most prosperous year
In their career. If 1000 will only go
IS'.tO fine better there will be no cause
for complaint.
With five trunk lines running into
Chicago'Omahawill liav.e no.dlllieujty
in lindlng ample passenger train facili
ties to the Lake Michigan metropolis to
meet every convenience.
Nebraska teachers have accepted a
compromise candidate for prosldonl of
tlielr , slate association and all Is again
serene where 11 "was political conten
tion nnd wicked wire pulling before.
1'atrlotle Americans are responding
liberally to the appeal' for funds to
place -the wife and children of tieneral
Lawton beyond want nnd Omaha will
not be backward. Xo man ever de
served better of his countrymen.
If the sting of ingratitude Is sulliclent
lo nerve the popocratlc organ up to the
point where It could demand -action ui
the freight rate question It might not
be a bad idea to put it in operation on
other sections of the fusion combine.
Members of the State Hoard of Trans
portation Insist that they have been doIng -
Ing all they can In the way of railroad
regulation , They certainly have been
doing all they were expected to do hy
the men responsible for their appoint
ment.
Ooncral Wood is experiencing n > > dlill-
cnlty n securing enough men to III ! all
the ollices at his disposal In Culm. If
the Cubans would devote as much en
ergy to developing the resources of their
Island as they do seeking * < ilicc Cuha
wotdd soon be a paradise.
During the year Just closed Omaha's
police force has been reduced nearly
! V ) per cent , while Omaha's lire depart-
nient has been Increased nearly , " > < ) per
cent. A board of equallx-atlon might
get In some good work between these
two necessary branches of the city gov
ernment.
fioveruor 1'lngree Is lindlng ( lie state
senate a dllllcult proposition to handle.
The legislature was called In special
session to pass laws to enable the st'.ite
to secure more revenue from the rail
roads , but the senate refuses to pass
the measure. If the governor has a
card up his sleeve now is the time to
show It.
The reform superintendent of the
School for the Keeble Minded has been
In hot water ever since his appoint
ment. lie > iad trouble getting Into
otlice and Is now having a hard time
keeping In. Only one way Is open to
settle ) hi > popocralie squabbles and
that Is to provide each one of the faith
ful with an olllce , attached to a fat
salary and little work.
The opponents of the administration
are often driven to the rldlcul uis point
in the effort to discover something
about which to tlnd fault. The story
that the cruiser Montgomery Is patrol
ling the west coast of Africa for Kn--
land in order to release ICngllsh ships
for service elsewhere Is of this class.
At present there are Kngllsh ships hy
tl | score unemployed and as well
suited to this purpose as the Montgom
ery. On the next throw the opp si
tlon should dig up something which
lw the appearance of plausibility.
THU Sul/TH .irKKM.V S/TIMT/OA" / .
The situation In South Africa has un
dergone no change , so far as ran bo
learned fr/m / the dispatches , since the
reverse to the Hrltlsh In the attempt
to cross the Tngela river. The hostile
armies are In about the same positions
as before that Hoer victory , though un
doubtedly the Tranivaal forces have
been fully Improving the time In
strengthening their position and adding
to the illllleullles to be encountered by
the Hrltlsh In the next effort to cross
the river and relieve the besieged garri
son al Uidysmlth. Ceneral Huller. it
In to be presumed. Is also .mot Idle ,
though It Is doubtful whether another
movement will be undertaken until the
arrival of ( ieneral lloberts. It Is not
unlikely that Huller has been directed
not to take the risk of another reverse
and simply to put his forces in the best
possible condition for a movement when
his superior In command shall arrive to
direct It. The latest Information from
Ladysmlth says that the food supply
Is sulllelent for two months and that a
successful resistance can be made to
any force the Hours may send against
the place , U is obviously not. the In
tention of the Hoer commander to at
tempt the capture of this stronghold by
assault , since that would be a costly
undertaking , but the Hoers may be
compelled to do this In the event of the
Hrltlsh crossing the Tugela river. The
advices from Methuen and other com
manders show no Important change In
the situation where they are operating.
The statement given out by Winston
Churchill , who appears to have Im
proved such opportunity as he hail for
observation while ti prisoner at Pre
toria , will more seriously Impress
Englishmen with the gravity of the
task of conquering the Hoers. While
the latter , according to Churchill , are
having some troubles of a more or less
serious nature , he does not encourage
hope .of an early termination of the
w.ar. He says there Is plenty of work
In South Africa for a HrltNh army of
UoO.UOO , a statement which three months
ago would have been regarded as pre
posterous , but which few Kngllshmen
will now be disposed to question. He
declares it to be a ' 'perilous policy to
dribble out reinforcements and fritter
away armies , " and says thai "the Hrit-
Ish must face the facl thai an Indi
vidual Hoer mounted in a suitable coun
try Is worth from three to live regular
soldiers. " This may be an unpalatable
admission to most Englishmen , but It
will be well for them to give heed to
it , for events thus far seem to justify
It. And the Hoers will , as far as pos
sible , do their lighting in the country
that will give them this advantage.
"The only way of treating-them , " says
Churchill , "Is either to get men equal
to their character and intelligence as
rillemen , or failing in that the employ
ment of huge masses of troops. " As
the lirst of these conditions is perhaps
practically impossible , the conquest of
the Hoers may bo accomplished uily by
sending against them an army several
times larger than they can muster.
This means a rather startling demand
upon Hrltlsh resources in men and an
enormous outlay in money. Doubtless
both can be supplied , but it will make
a drain upon the nation that must be
more or less disastrous to its material
interests and-the effects of which will
be felt for generations. Hritish trade ,
already declining , will decline still fur
ther and more rapidly and what is thus
lost will not be easily regained , if it
can ever be. Mr. Churchill thinks South
Africa well worth the co.-.t In blood and
money , but this depends upon whether
Hritish control there , if established ,
could be maintained. The Hoers may
be conquered and their country taken
from them , but their hostility to ( Sreat
Hrltaln will remain , with the ever pres
ent possibility of asserting itself in ef
forts to throw off Hrltlsh rule.
Till ! .Sf7.Yn.-ll' It UK.
The Sunday Hoe will mark the turn
ing point between the dying year and
the new'year. It will be leplete not
only with the news of the day pre
sented in special cubic letters from Eu
ropean capitals and the seats of war in
South Africa and'the Philippines In do
mestic and telegraph service and local
news reports , but ali-'o with a comp/e-
henslve statistical review of the year in
Omaha bnsines-s. banking , industrial
and public Institutions. This statistical
review will present a comparative ex
hibit of what the closing year lias
brought to Omaha alongside of the tig-
tires for the preceding years. It will hi-
nil Inventory of the city's prosperity
which should be sent to friends Inter
ested In Omaha and all parts of the
country.
The Illustrated Hoe will wish Its
readers ij _ Uappy New Year through a
bright little girl , whose portrait appears
as the frontispiece anil who will be
recognl/.inl as the popular daughter of
one of Omaha's 11101 enterprising mer
chants.
The second paper In the series of
articles on Nebraska's public school sys
tem takes up the artistic element In the
school , discussing It from a practical
standpoint. The accompanying pic
tures show the work In drawing by a
ISrst grade pupil In a Crete class ; a
class In music in the second grade nt
Urand Island ; decorations In the West
school at Hlalr , and wall picture accu
mulations In one of the kindergarten
rooms of Omaha.
An Interesting article inmates the
history and work of the Omaha publ'c '
library , set oil' with photographic views
of the Imposing entrance to the buildIng -
Ing , the reference room and a corner in
the reading room , together with a portrait
trait of the librarian.
Ceneral Leonard Wood , the new gov
ernor of Cuba , is treated In a readable
character sketch , Illustrated with his
portrait and a picture of his boyhood
home. The portrait uf Cenrral Joseph
Wheeler also accompanies an article
written by Oeneral Wheeler on the
Philippine * .
Among the other pictures includ > d In
this number arc portraits of the prcsl
dents of the two girls' societies at the
Omaha High scho > 1 ; groups of the IS' ) ' . )
foot bull teams of the Omaha Medical
' college and the Fremont High school
a group of Nebraska sheriffs who mei
In convention In Omaha a week ag' ' >
the portrait of one of Omaha's tnosl
popular holiday brides , and pictures ol
the new buildings planned for the Huf
falo exposition.
The fashion page contains lllustra <
tlons from living models , showing the
latest novelties In the season's gar
ments , which give timely lips to women
who wish t. ) be up to date In their dress
The Sunday Hoc will lead all othei
papers published west of the Missis
sippi. He sure to read it.
liUAltl ) snnvt.u itK'ftiKKCII.
The Hoard of Education has been
given practically unlimited power tti
Impose school taxes on the property
owners of omaba. That power , how
ever , should not be exercised with reck
less disregard of the conditions under
which the taxpayers are laboring. The
board Is simply the servant of thu
patrons of the public schools , who con
stitute the mass of the taxpayers. Its
aim should be to give Omaha an eco
nomic and yet elllclent system of pub
lic school education. That much , at
least , the people have n right to de
mand and expect.
The outgoing board has been notori
ously wasteful and extravagant , 'its
policy has been to create sinecures and
pile up expenses through questionable
contracts. While the great body of
teachers are not overpaid or under
worked the system has been made top
heavy and high salaried positions
given to favorites who would be only
too glad to serve for reasonable pay.
Taxes are imposed for teaching spe
cial branches that form no part of the
public school system.
x These abuses should be abated and
the system brought to the level of
actual requirements. The new board
should turn over a new leaf and make
retrenchment and economy the order
of the day.
In making this demand The Hce
voices the sentiment of both the tax
payers and the friends of the public
schools. The board Is not expected tn
be parsimonious in essentials , but It
has no right to distribute public
money to worthless political onhangers
or boodling contractors.
The Hoard of County Commissioners
Is still wrestling with the bank deposi
tory problem. The law requires the
commissioners to designate depositories
for the county treasurer. In which the
funds of the county are to be deposited
on call at not less than I ! per cent in
terest. I'p to last year the county had
no dilliculty in securing safe deposi
tories on these conditions , although the
city was receiving only li per cent on its
deposits. During the present year all
the county depositories declined to pay
: t per cent and the money in tile county
treasury lias been at the disposal of the
treasurer without drawing any interest.
Now that the new treasurer is about to
take his ollice the question of county
depositories forces Itself 10 the front.
The surety companies that have boi-n
subsidized to give bond for Treasurer
Elsasser insist that'the county board
shall designate the depositories , thus
dividing the responsibility between the
hanks and the guarantee company. The
liyanl , however , is not in position to
designate the de.ositories [ unless it can
collie to an understanding with the
banks. It therefore becomes a rather
serious question what the members of
the board shall do without laying them
selves liable on their own b-mds.
The arrest and trial of members of
the county board on a charge of em
ploying an unlicensed engineer In the
county building disclose a defense
based on the assertion that the en
gineer iu question Is fully competent ,
but was arbitrarily refused a license by
the city boiler Inspector for purely po
litical reasons. Should this defense be
held good It will constitute a charge
against the city boiler inspector which
ho should bt > required to answer. No
public ollicer has any right to discrimi
nate between applicants for profes
sional licenses for partisan purposes
and should such practices be proved his
commission should be cut short forth
with.
South Omaha laboring men are pro
testing against the organl/.ation of a
militia company In that city as part of
the Nebraska National guard. What
ever reasons may prompt this remon
strance would doubtless hold just as
good against the organization of militia
al any point in the state. The safety
of tlie laboring people lies not so much
In the obstruction of militia organl/a-
tlons as In keeping them subject to olll-
cials who will not call for tr-.ops unless
there is Imminent danger of riot that
cannot be quelled by the mayor and
sheriff.
The park board is being besieged with
schemes for buying additional suburban
parks. The best argument against buyIng -
Ing any more out-of-town properly Is
the condition of the farm lands already
owned by the clly. Not one of these
parks is Improved up to the standard
of modern Ideas and with the means
at the hoard's disposal cannot be for
some time.
The middle-of-the-road populists want
it distinctly understood that they still
claim an equity In a portion of the
political highway. They do not pro
pose to turn out and let any one else
pass them , but will keep light on trav
eling on tin * Omaha plalfn-m , which
they conMdor plenty good enough with
out any Chicago additions.
If the school board wants to Increase
Its revenues It should reach out for the
i-i'Mirls that sell lliju-r without license
and turn Its attention to the police
court fees and lint's , \\hlch have been
steadily decreasing by reason of the
peculiar course of procedure that ob
tains in the police court.
There Is no doubt that Omaha hiifl
a smaller number of policemen than
any other city of Its area T population.
An Increase In the force i imperil
lively demanded. Thu question IB ,
i Where N the money to come finni :
Hefore the force call be Increased wi
mtlst have Increased revenue and tht
hoiue-owners are now burdened as
lunch aw they can well bear. Some
scheme must be devised to raise reve
nue from other sources than real es
tate.
Omaha street car holdups should
move out to Seattle. Out there the pas
sengers have been making targets ol
the holdups with such good marksman
ship that the latter Immediately and
permanently retire from the business ,
They never do things by halves out on
the coast.
When 'mill Wh rr % .
Philadelphia Ijcc'gcr. '
The Ilrynn campaign , It Is announced , will
bo opened -at "Omaha on January S. Hut
when was It ever closed ?
All \III1NC1IIII.
Philadelphia Times.
Though It Is rumored the Uocrs are willIng -
Ing lo trent for peace about the only sign
theme sick of the war Is their throwing
up more entrenchments.
Prefer l.xlilltc Tc.Mx.
Detroit Journal.
It Is UEiinl for the Urltlsh to advance with
the sword In ono hand nnd the bible In the
other , but In this Instance they seem to
have their hands full without the bible.
tin for llrcvlly.
\Vnshnirton ! Post.
Hon. J. Sterling Morton pronounces oat-
mcnl n tine brain food. Ho might have
Saved much valuable space In his send-off
for Hon. Joslah Patterson by simply an
nouncing that "the gentleman from Tennes
see is full of oatmeal.
11 rlnit On Your Trusts ,
Now York Mall and Express.
Colonel MOECSVel.morc , who Is one of
Mr. Dryan's most highly capitalized friends
In Missouri , and who weld ono tobacco fac
tory to the trust for considerably more
money than he expected to get for It , has
another ono almost ready for operations.
The colonel is doubtless calmly walling for
the horrible trusl to como around nnd crush
him some mere.
SimrkN mi ( In * ItnlNr.
Philadelphia Ledger.
One effect of the war In South Africa
with which the world was made acquainted
early Is the rise In the price of diamonds ,
due to shutting off the supply from the
Klmberley mines , but a further effect , sur
prising In Its magnitude , Is the news that
nearly or quite 5,000 persons employed In
the diamond cutting Industry have been
thrown out of work in lielglum because no
more diamonds can bo had for cutting. Few
peieons , probably , had Imagine. ! that the
preparation of the gems was sj important
an industry us that.
Ailvnnc-i * In I "n-In lit Itnti-n.
Philadelphia Record
As the time approaches for carrying Into
effect the changes In freight classification
and Increase In freight rates proposed by
the leading railway companies the shower
of protests from shippers in all parts of the
country 'falls faster and more vehemently.
To advance the cost of freight transporla-
llon is to call a halt upon the development
of nascent and growing industries and to
set narrower bounds to industrial enter
prise the country over. Whether this closer
llmllallon will be to the advantage of Iho
carrying companies In the long run Is a
question of curious Interest to students of
economics and one of vital importance to
industrial producers end holders of railroad
securities. * *
AViviiyS-it Values.
J. Sterling1 ilurton's Conservative.
In the midst of stock and trusl panics It
Is a satisfaction to observe that the land
nnd land product values of the ivest are
unaffected.
Money Is plenty for loaning on good farms
at 6 per cent per annum the same day
that call loans In Now York on stocks and
bonds soar to 125 per cent a year. And
while octopus stocks like steel , sugar and
tobacco drop from 5 lo 20 cents on the
dollar , bogs , corn , wheat , beef and all other
staple food products remain steady In value
and with no noticeable declines.
The money kings cannot knock all value
out of such commodities , though they do
send railroad nnd bank stocks down to
nothing in n single day.
A
There AViiN : i Itiiuoiralli1'iulj
WliiiiIs dial I'ai-ty .Voivf
J. SlerlliiB Morion's Conservative.
A correspondent asks the Conservative to
tell him how many democratic voters there
are in Nebraska. He might have requested
one seeing n person voraciously devouring
a boicgnn sausage lo tell him how much
beef , pork , million , mule or dog meat It
contained. No ono could analyze n sausage or
plate of hotel hash by seeing somebody elsn
cat It nor tell how little good pork or sound
beef or how much mule or dog meat It con
tained. And the most acute observer can
not tell by counting the voles cnsl for a
delusion , fusion , Illusion and confusion
ticket In Nebraska how ninny of those votes
wore formerly democratic. Hut It is en
tirely within the bounds of absolute truth
to state positively that there is no demo
cratic party In Nebraska which haa an
existence Independent of any ether politi
cal party. There is no democratic pai ty In
Nebraska which for a principle or a policy
or a faith names candidates for ofllco with
out regard to polling Ihose candldales en
dorsed by some olher political party. The
democratic party of Nebraska Is only a
reminiscence. Ixing since It was Bwal-
lowcd by populism. Long since It became
an Integral In a composite which is merely
an abnormal appctlto for the emoluments of
ofllce for "money , not honor. "
I-JI'KI-3L' ' | ' OK ( iHVKIIMIKVr All ) .
Folly of liiillNi-i-lnilniilf ( 'Ivlini Sli-IU-
Illltlj' SIllMVII.
Indianapolis Press.
Kow things nrb more Insidious In de
moralizing olToct than government charity.
The ImpulHc of charity IB one of the rnoU
beautiful things In our Christian philosophy
of life , but the pity of it Is thai nuninn nu-
lure , weak and selllsh nt best , nil too often
lakes advantage of this Impulse in a way
to chill If not lo kill It. Hence , the
necessity for organized , Bclenllllc charity to
piEvent Iho success of fraudulent beggary
and supply the needs of worthy poverty.
These that have to do with the manage
ment of Much charities soon learn the de
moralizing effects of Indiscriminate giving.
A resident of Indianapolis , who recently
returned from n sojourn of several months
In Puerto Ulco , in describing the effects of
the hurricane thrro , said : "Tho most
serious effect of the storm upon the people
of the island was ihu government aid that
followed it. It wr.'dd have been better for
the Inlanders ! If the food and clothing had
bron dumped Into the sea. This Is a hard
thing to toy , for there were many cases of
actual want , but nobody would have starved.
Hut with the arrival of the flrst cargo of
relief supplies the word spread over the
Island llko wlldflro that the government was
feeding everybody that was hungry. In a
few "ttaya U was next to impossible to pro
cure help to run thi plantations. Those
people dropped their work at once and hur
ried to the towns to live on the bountv of
the government. When they began to real
ize that the relief wa but temporary , the
grumbling and discontent were deep and
widespread U will be a long time before
they realize that ihcy mu i again nark foi
their bread. Tbis man Is one that gives
liberally for charily and is famous among
his friends for hU generosity.
1
I'Ol.lTKAI. mtlPT.
Kentucky's political volcano Is ready t
throw n few more pobs of mud on sllgh
provocation.
Chicago consoles Itself for the loss of tin
ro.ublic | in national convention by dcclarlni
It will bo only n ratlflcntton meeting any
way.
way.Tho
The special session of the legislature ns
cures every Michigan editor who publlshe
all ( ho laws there and then enacted a prcs
cut of , ! . .
Congressmen and eenators will have Id ,
000,000 packages of seeds to distribute nox
ycnr. lly careful cultivation n modcrati
crop of votes may bo harvested In the fall
N'ew York papers are crying out for i
short session of the leglslnturc. It won'
do. Albany statesmen con bo depended 01
to squelch any proposition that would pu
them on the short side.
According to the report of the seeretar ;
of the senate. Colonel Quay edit 217 tele
grams to political workers In Dlalr count ;
the day the republican primaries were hel <
In that county last year nnd the tolls 01
them were paid out of the contingent fum
of the senate.
There Is some talk In Connecticut o
asking Arthur 11. Drewer of Norwich to taki
HIP republican nomination for governor nox
year. Mr. Ilrcwer Is at the head of tin
largest coal and lumber business In tin
eastern part of the state and , though scarcclj
50 years of age , has been associated will
the same Hrm for fully thirty years.
Ilepresentatlve V. \ \ ' . Cushman of Wash
ington state made his maiden speech In tlu
house the other day. Ho afterward ex
pressed himself as very much disappointed
with It. Ho says ho found It quite dlfferenl
making a speech In the house from making
ono on the stump and fears that he did nol
mnko the serious Impression he wished to.
.Mayor Proctor of Somervllle , Mass. ,
knocked a COR out of his political machltu
and amazed Now England by refusing tc
accept a raise In lila salary. He said his
salary was high enough and the Increase
could not be earned. Mayor Proctor's con
duct Is admirable , but It Isn't practical poll-
tier which means , "Get all you can , anil
keeihat you get. "
The free and easy manner In which elec
tion results are mode to tally with the will
of the political machine In Philadelphia was
shown by the opening of the ballot box ol
the Twelfth division of the Fifth ward ,
"There were three democratic votes cast at
that election , " reports the Ledger , "but Mr.
Hyon , democratic candidate for city commis
sioner , received ICO votes. Apparently
ninety-four ballots were prepared by one
hand , and that not an expert. They were
republican throughout , except that Black's
name was scratched out and a cross put
opposite Ryan. The marker forgot to mark
Wi'.demore ' , but the election officers over
looked the fact ho was not voted for and
cast the ninety-four votes for Wlldcmorc
as well as for Ryan. The assessor's list was
not large enough and sixty-eight names
\vcre added In pencil so ns to enable thu
division to do itself full justice In Its re
turn to court. "
CIIKAl' FOOD IMIIIlirCTS.
-N of American Corn ( o l < Vi > il
till * 1'lMlr Of lillSNlll.
Philadelphia Times.
The chartering of two steamers to carry
cargoes of coin from this port to Hevnl , In
northern Russia , taken In connection with
the fact that several cargoes have already
been shipped to the same port from other
Atlantic coast seaports , shows that Russia
begins to realize the value of American
corn as a cheap food for Its people , espe
cially those living In the northern nnd colder
sections of that country. Russia raises more
wheat for export , , than any other country In
Europe , but even the wheat-raising peasant
farmers of central and southern Rusjln live
largely on rye and other coarse food products
In order that they may sell their wheat. The
poorer classes In northern Russia cannot af
ford even Russian wheat If they can get
anything cheaper.
This want our Indian corn can supply , for
weight for weight It contains quite as much
nutriment as wheat , besides being an c\-
ccllcnt food In a cold cllcnate. With wheat
Belling at about 70 cents per bushel at the
seaboard corn Is quoted at a fraction less
than -10 cents. The money that will buy a
bushel of wheat will pay for nearly two
bushels of corn at the present prices. The
difficulty heretofore has been to convince
European consumers that corn could be util
ized as n nutritious food for human be
ings. Largo quantities have heretofore
been shipped abroad for brewing purposes ,
but the prejudice against It as a food product
was extremely hard to eradicate.
Little by little , however , ' ' American corn
has been making headway in Europe , and
the Russian importations now in progress
give promise of an extensive demand from
that country in the near future. The sec
tions cf Russia In which corn can be grown
profitably will also grow wheat , and the
Russian farmers arc likely to continue tn
rnlso wheat , leaving American corn to be
Imported as n cheap food for those who can
not afford to pay the prices wheat will
bring In the European market.
Fortunately corn Is the ono grain crop thnl
can lin grown In nil arable sections of the
United States and upon nearly all varieties
of soil. This Insures a supply equal to any
probable demand , and the sooner the people
of Europe learn its value'as a cheap food
product tlio better for themselves as well
as for American farmers. The shipments u
Russia now in progress should be but the
beginning rf a largo export movement , nnt
only to Russia but to Great Britain , the
Netherlands , Germany nnd all ports ol
Europe , for corn will prove as excellent n
cheap fooj for Germans , French , Italians
and Scandinavians an for Russians.
\\oiiTiiv or ins \\MI : .
"Sl.v PH.-r" .loiilM-i-l mill One or Mix
THrUx on UKKIKIIIJ ,
New York Tribune.
General Joubert , as we have hitherto fre
quently remarked , Is one of the worthiest fig
ures In the whole Tranwvaal oligarchy. Ho
Is n brave soldier , n skillful commander , a
clear-sighted statesman nnd an honest man.
Ills countrymen call him "Slim Plot , " or
"Sly Peter. " That lo a deserved tribute to
his shrewdness , but no reflection upon hie
Integrity. In the present war ho has con
spicuously vindicated his right to the name ,
for not In nil the century has any military
lender more completely outwittfd the enemy
than has ho the British. Not even the
French In 1870 wuro quite BO deceived
at the Germans , or rather , so much deceived
themselves , as the British army staff was
deceived at the beginning of this campaign.
And so far as they were anything more than
self-deceived , It was "Slim Plct" who de
ceived them. That , too , wo may nay with
out reflection noon his integrity , for decep
tion of tjio enemy is fair play In the great
game of war.
"Slim Pet" ! now tells us how he did I' .
In a letter to tin1 Echo do Paris ho saya
frankly that the Boers have for years ever
since the Jameson raid been secretly preparing -
paring for war. "To arm ourselvrs unre
mittingly and to hide these armumentH from
the English such was our object. Wo have
fully succeeded therein. We often nllowol
secret English agents to penetrate Into our
arsenals , where there was merely old arill-
Inry material , but wo carefully concealed
our modern material , of which they thus
knew nothing until the very eve of tin1
war. " Thus were the British tricked. UK
they have since been tricked in the Jlt'd. '
U was < lover work akin to thai of Hanni
bal , and Wjsbington. and UiinJonal'J. ' un-l
all great ui pi inns whu huie eKed oa1 infrriut
btrt'nglh with superior ami MI > c , ful
Of a truth , "Sly Peter' it worthy of
oame.
OTUKIt I.AMIS TIIA.N Ol IIS.
The Increase of the German navy , whlcl
It Is ofllrinlly explained menus the doubling
of It ns soon ns that object can be accom
plished , has nothing whatever In commor
with the increases of the British navy ,
These latter nro well understood to bo inert
acts of self-defense , even of self-preserva
tion. A powerful navy Is an absolute neces
sity to the being of an Island kingdom , vul
nerable all around Its coasts , which nor
mally Imports two-thirds of Its food supply
and has only on hand some three weeks' '
consumption. Hut of course ( Sermnny Is In
no such situation. The little strip of coast
on the North sea-Is defensible1 by her forts
nnd armies against n iy force that can conic
to attack It even belter than by a great
navy. And that there might be no question
about the object of the Increase It Is ofll-
clally given out thai , while the navy Is to
bo doubled , the coast defense squadron la
not only not to bo Increased , but Is actually
to be discontinued altogether. This Is a
starlllng and formidable program. To for-
clgniTs It will seem to have been taken In
pursuance of n fantastic policy. The ex
pansion of the British navy hns followed the
expansion of Hrltlsh commerce , whereas
the expansion of Herman Irade is ex
pected to follow the expansion of the ( lor-
miin navy. It remains to be seen what
view the heavy laden German taxpayers
will take of the schccno for dqubllng the
navy nvo\\cdly by way of entering upon the
career of n conquering "world power. "
*
For the month of November the output
of gold from the mines In the Transvaal
la stated nt C1.7SS ounces a vast falling
oft from the yield of the Wllwnlersrnnd
during the peaceful period of unrestrained
production. The nverngo monthly outturn of
the mines for the current calendar year
up lo October 1 last was about -140,000 ounces ,
ranging from 410,000 ounces In January lo
101,000 ounces In Seplcmbcr. This vast nnd
regular addition to thtworld's visible stock
of gold hns been reduced temporarily to n
nullity by Iho war In South Africa. The
gold now mined In the Transvaal will be
minted at Pretoria , Instead of going nt the
rate of about $8,000,000 per month lo swell
Iho cash reserves of European llnanclnl
agencies , as has been Iho cualom hereto
fore.
In his recent talk with a representative
of the Paris Figaro , which has been quoted
extensively , M. Lockroy , the French cx-
mlnlslcr of marine , began by declaring that
the English at sea are more than twice as
strong as the French. ' 'They can face
Franco and the triple alliance quite by them
selves. " This is duo , he explained , not
merely to the number of their vessels , butte
to superior organization. Ho docs not sug
gest that nrltlsh sailors and officers are
betler than the French , but holds that with
her coaling slnllons all over Ihe globe Eng
land can do pretty much what she likes.
Franco , he points out , has none , or al
most none , the ports which she might pos
sess at Blzortn or In Corsica nnd Tunis for
those purposes being virtually as yet non
existent. Moreover , If the French tlcet
sought refuge at llizerta It could be blocked
In as easily as the Spaniards were nt San
tiago. The mere possession of a fleet , M.
Uockroy thinks , is of no account whatever
If it has not coaling stations and support
ing points everywhere. Even Dakar , ho
says. Is not seriously protected by defensive
works , yet In case of war , with the Suez
canal closed , it would bo Indispensable. Tbo
sc-mo Is Iruo of Diego Suarez and Noumea.
At the moment of the Fnshoda crisis there
was not even a torpedo boat nt any of these
points and the land batteries were cither
non-existent or useless. Even the French
military ports were utterly unprepared for
the cventuallly of war , and at Brest , out
of 250 guns hardly fifty-two were ready
for use. M. Lockroy dwelt also on the dan
ger to Franco-from a dearth of telegraph
cables of her o\\ .
Some pretly serious problems are likely
to arise if Iho mortality among British offi
cers in the Transvaal continues long at its
present rate. Already the British military
authorities in India have taken nlarcn. The
commander-ln-chlef , Sir William Lockhart ,
has Issued an order from Simla , directing
Ihat no officer of the British or Indian serv
ice is to be allowed to go on leave lo South
Africa without direct reference to nrmy
headquarters. Having regard to the large
number of officers ordered to South Africa
with the Indian contingent. Sir William
IB of opinion that it Is most Important that
nn adequate proportion of officers should be
retained with nrltlsh troops In India. It
Is Impressed , therefore , on lieutenant gen
erals commanding that , in granting leave
on private affairs out of India , they should
take steps to ascertain that the officer ap
plying for such leave Is not doing so with
the view of going to Ihe seat of war In Iho
hope of oblulnlng ncllvc employment. Sir
William Lockhart lakes Ihe ground that If
the home military authorllles desire Iho
service ? of cxlra officers they will apply for
them In the ordinary way , but that It Is
must undesirable for officers anxious to see
service to proceed to South Africa on their
own accord and use their Inlluenco to ob
tain employment , to the Injury , perhaps ,
of their own particular regiments.
It Is not often that so prominent a pub
lic officer us n secretary of state for the
marine has to recant opinions expressed In
nn official report within the space of two
years , but this Is what has happened to
Admiral Tlrpltz , the new German naval min
ister. In 1897 hci opposed the plan for a
great Increase In the German fleet , holding
that construction was limited arbitrarily by
the inability of the shipyards lo turn out
more than a certain amount of tonnage , or
of armor plates and arms. Ho saw great
difficulties also In the way of obtaining sail
ors enough to man a big .lleet after It had
been built , and declared that it would not
bo poeslblo lo build more than two squad
rons of battleships In the next ten years.
Now ho says that ho has been convinced
that ho had underrated g'catly the ca
pacities of German Industrie ? , and that , Judg
ing from the number of men now olferlng
themselves for service in the navy , It will
bo easy In the- future to secure all that in'iy
bo wanted. Moreover , ho assorts thai when
ho said that Germany could not build a largo
licet ho never meant to Imply that thelleet
Hho had was sufficient for all purposes. The
enlightening effect of cilice upon Ideas 1.1
wonderful sometimes.
A IIOIIV JII.OW KOIl ClIIIC ,
Mimtaiin'N Junior Snil r lilt llnril
nl iliiinr.
C'hlrniro Tribune.
The supreme court of Montana has dis
barred n Mr. Wellcome , who has been for
eoniB years counsel for Senator Clark of that
Btute. The charge IB that Wellcome , acting
In Clark's behalf , gave a stale senator
( WbltesldcH ) $30.000 to buy for Clark his
vote and those of two of his colleagues.
Wliltt'sldcs made a statement to that eflVut
before the Joint assembly prior to the t'lco-
tlon and handed over the money to the pre-
old'ng ' officer. Nevertheless , Clark was
elected , nnd nn attempt la being made now
to unseat him on the ground of bribery.
Thu findings of the Montana supreme court
vill be UHCII as evidence against him.
In H Rtatfinrnl printed In yesterday's
Tribune Mr. Wellcnmo makes what Is nt
thi- first glance a plauslhlo defense of his
own Innocence and of that of Senator Clark.
But he neglects lo mention the Important
fact that ho did not deny Iho charges when
hip denial would have hail Ihe mobl gig-
nlf'uim'o--namely ' , before the supreme court
of Montana iinflf Thu ct-url coinrnintcrt
[ juiDU'illj on i hifu < -t thai Wcllconio did not
go on ihu unnrm Biund und deny 'lie '
d'arres We understand ale that Henaio.
Clark has not denied them under oath The
allocations made before the court are prac-
| tlcnlly nncontrndlctcd. One of them U tli.U
twenty or more members of the icglRlntur
wore brlbrd to vole for Clark. Clark lm
not filed nn affidavit In contradiction nf this
grave charge nnd Wollromo left th6 utatc.
Between remaining mute nnd entering a plea
of guilty them Is not much difference.
Mr. Wellcome alleges that this } XOi'mi '
transaction was a "plot" devised by Mnrni *
Only , n bitter personal enemy of Clark , to
defeat his election. The enmity Is not dis
puted. That Dalyould conoplro so clum
Mlv nnd expensively to bent his enemy pccmi
nlvmrd. Few men are willing to forfeit
$30,000 In the dubious hope of stampeding n
legislature. It cannot bo assumed that
either Clark or Daly would shudder at the
thought of using money to Influence the
nction of legislators. They are "nrcadi"
nmbo" so far ns a lack of moral scrtiplin
on that itolnt Is concerned. It was natural
that Clark's agents should try to buy the
voles of members llko Whllcfldi's , who wcrn
friends of Daly. Hut If the latter had got
ten up a conspiracy against Clark he would
not have used ns his agent a. legislator who
was his known friend , nnd therefore might
be suspected of complicity , and hence whoso
word would not have much weight , but
some friend of Clark or FOIIIO doubtful mem
ber.
ber.It
It Is Impossible to oscnpo Iho conclusion
that Senator Clark bought bin seat , nnd that
his election Is the greatest senatorial ccan-
dnl which has como to light Blnco the day
\\hei. "Subsidy" Pomeroy was defeated In
nn attempt to corrupt the Kansas legislature.
The United Stales Bcnalo cannot In this
case give Us sanction to the contenllon ot
Senator Clark that that body can only de
termine the legality of an elccllon , and can
not Inquire Into the motives which Induced
the legislature to elect a particular mnn.
When It can be shown that corruption gov
erned the action of n legislature the seimto
should not comlono the crime. Clark should
bo unseated and the legislature of the rotten
borough state of Montana be given an oppor
tunity to elect a oenator honestly , If It can.
OM YI2AU HAIIL.K.S.
Detroit Free Press : "Her manners nro
decidedly gauche ! "
"Yes , she nets ns If her glasses lit her ! "
Chicago Tribune : "As to the 'one man
power' being daiiKcroun to thu liberties of
n people , " observed the professor , "that n
all bosh. Did you ever see anything work
smoother than the Japanese Jlnrlklslm nys-
tcin of transportation ? "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Somo sclentlllo
fellow says the rod noses urc caused by
veils. "
"Well , come In nnd have a veil with me. "
Chicago Post : Several women entered the
Car togelher.
"Get un , " jsalil the fat man to the thin
man , "and give n lady your scat. " Fat
men always think they nro privileged to re
main seated. ,
"Get up yourself , " retorted the thin man ,
"and give two Indies your neat. "
Somervllle Journal : When nn unmarried"
man falls In business his Bloom must be
deepened by the fact that ho hasn't a. wlfo
that bo can blame It on.
Chicago News : "Sir , " aald the Irate In
dividual with a wicked look In his eye , as
ho entered the editorial sanctum of n rural
weekly , "I urn told you called me a loafer
in your last Issue. "
"Yon have been misinformed. " replied the
odllor , calmly. "Wo print only the very
latest nuws. "
Detroit Journal : The cannibal's captive
now bad recourse to argument.
"In a hot country. " ho urged , "strlclly
vegetable dlut Is conducive to longevity. "
"Whose longevity ? " demanded the canni
bal , with a loud , Insulting laugh.
In the native stnto , man's semie of humor
Is often stronger than his sense of .pro
priety.
Chicago Tribune : "Jlarla , did you read
about that Philadelphia woman who was
cured of her mental troubles by fasting
forty-five days ? I believe suci | treatment
would euro that unhnifpy temper'of'yours. "
"Yesl It would make nn iingol of me ! Is
that what you would like , John Blllus ? " "
SOXG FOR TUB 1MHT1.VG YBAll.
S. K. Klsor In the Times-Herald.
Goodby , old year , goodby !
You have not brought me wealth ;
You have not raised mo high ,
But you have left mo health
Goodby , old year , and ns you go
My praises go with thco :
You leave mo toiling up the hill ,
1 aeo you passing1 on , but still
> Hope lingers hero with me !
Goodby , goodby , old year !
You have not made mo great ;
Beyond , now tasks appear.
And I must work and wait
Goodby , old ycnr , but aw you go
Still bear my praise awny.
Since I may toll , and , tolling , hold
Within my breast the faith of old
That sights a coming day.
Goodby , fdil year , goodby !
You have not brought mo fame ;
You leave no honors I
May proudly rush to claim
Goodby , old year yet , IIH you leave ,
O take my praise along ,
Since 1 may .still through hopeful eyes
Perceive far dlatnnt glories rise
And sing n hopeful cong.
Goodby , goodby , old year !
The way Is rough before ,
And strewn along the rear
Are dreamc I'll dream no tiioro !
Goodby , old year , nnd let inn Hlng
Thy pralbii an IK-HI I ran ,
Slnco I am loved and still may love ,
And Hlnco tliou IniHl not ronbi > d mo of
A fair man's faith In man !
If you know a Good
Coat when you see it
you will recognize the
merits of the kind we
offer you.
We cant't give you
a $15 coat for $3.94 ,
but we can sell you the
best $ J5 coat for $15
with $15 worth of
value in it that you
ever saw. The only
difference between our
coats and the swell
tailors' is the Price
from $10 to $40 we
can coat you and
perfection lays in the
coats that bear the
name of