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Wliut is tlu- Hoard of County Toin-
inlKsloncrs oliiK to do about Albyn
1'nmk's dollV
_ .
Judge Sfott says ho retires from tlio
bench wltli plwistirc. That will do to
lull tliu horse marines ! .
If sill thu sulf-inailts puffs of all the
poriOLTats who want city ollii'o arc to
1) ) printed tin- party orstm will have to
enlarge the paper.
The Iowa legislature does not meet
until next week , but the wires at the
DCS Molncs end are already pretty close
to the fnsiiis point.
The TUiers are reported to have fired
shells Into the Hngllsli lines loaded with
plum pudding. This blow below the
belt is clearly a foul under the rules.
Omaha's two. ycjlhyv journals have
now reached the condition of "Von pat
me'and ' T pat you. " This is'another
jl case of "I expected this , but not so
"
soon.
Seventy-live cents a day in fines IS all
that the police court has turned into
the school board treasury In 180'J. ' No
wonder Judge ( Jordon is popular unions
tile criminal classes.
Of course tlit-re Is nothing wrong In
the oflico of the late clerk of the dis
trict court. All this trouble arises slm-
pl j'- because of the exposure of his
crooked work in The Hee.
The 1'eter Cooper club will have a
goodly sized art gallery stowed away
In the basement if the pictures of all
populist leaders unfaithful to their
promises are to be consigned to the
storage room.
A judge of the Oiowii supreme court
has promulgated the opinion that
twenty-two years is long enough to hold
olllce and lie will'voluntarily retire. It
Is always refreshing to find a man who
known when he has had enough.
How kind of the members of the pop
ulist national committee to go to all the
trouble to assemble at Lincoln at the
same , time as the meeting of the populist - !
list state committee , Just to give the '
latter friendly counsel and advice.
Interest in the lowu senatorial tight
appears to be centered more on what
Dr. Klker Is going to do next than upon
the result of the organization of the
legislature. As a handy legislative
acrobat Klkcr Is entitled to the cham
pionship belt.
The supreme court pressure gauge
shows that unless the safety valve goes
nil pretty soon an explosion Is likely to
* follow. c There are so many appll-
cants for the clerkship perched on the
lever that the pressure Is rapidly reachIng -
Ing the danger point.
If Albyn Frank wants to test the new
law requiring him to account for fees
received as clerk of the district court
the way to do It Is to arrest him for
embezzlement at once. That Is what
his refusal to pay over public money
which ho has appropriated amounts to.
When the popocratle conference was
called to meet at Lincoln Mr. I'Mmisten
neglected to state "None admitted ex
cept on Invitation. " The result Is he
has a number of uninvited guests mi
his hands whom he cannot well get rid
of. The democrats are sticking closer
to the populist wagon than a poor re
lation.
IMaylng revolution will probably not
bo so popular In Franco since the sen-
tonee to prison of one of the royalist
conspirators. The French government's
leniency heretofore has encouraged
peanut politicians to make cheap no
toriety without any danger to them
selves. Prison sentences may htivo ,110
terrors to men really moved by Unu
convictions uf right , but noisy agitators
are not likely to court .them. v . .
Till } HKfiATI- : ; /A.IAf/.U / , HILL.
The most Interesting portion of the
speech of Senator Aldrleh. chairman of
the senate finance committee , In ex
planation of the bill reported from that
committee as a sulHlltuto for the meas
ure passed by the house , relates to the
provision authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to convert a portion of the
national debt Into bonds bearing - per
cent Interest. This Is perhaps the most
Important difference beiwien the two
bills and the one likely to cause greatest
discussion In conference.
The proposition , Mr. Altlrieh stated ,
"contemplates a profitable anticipation
of Interest payments and consequent ,
reduction of the public debt. " In order
to effect this the holders of the out
standing bonds specified In the bill are
to be paid In exchange for them "a sum
not greater than the present worth of
such bonds , computed to yield an In
come of U l-l per cent per annum and
their par value , " which according to
Senator Aldrieh would take ? SS.ono.K)0 ( )
out of the treasury. II is doubtless
true that under present conditions the
withdrawal of this amount from the
treasury "would afford welcome relief
from dangerous congestion , " but would
the transaction be of any advantage to
the government ? .Mr. Aldrleh says It
would be of Inestimable advantage to
place the national debt upon a 2 per
cent basis and keep the obligations is
sued at that rate at par In the markets
of the world. It Is of course desir
able to reduce the rate of Interest
though it is very questionable whether
it can be done at this time-but it Is not
apparent that the conversion of bonds
proposed by this bill would result in
any saving of Interest to the govern
ment or any benellt whatever to the na
tional treasury. - It pt'obably would beef
of .benefit to the money market and It is
very likely that the national banks
would regard a 2 per cent bond more-
desirable as a basis of circulation than
the outstanding securities , . With the re
sult of Increasing bank circulation.
These are considerations favorable to
the proposition , but they are not con
clusive as to Its value.
The plan of extending the public
debt , as this bill proposes , when the
treasury has a surplus available for re
ducing the debt and its receipts are In
excess of expenditures , Is a departure
from the past policy of the government
which will hardly meet with general
public approval. It is true , as Senator
Aldrleh said , that there may be dis
bursements which cannot be paid from
current revenues and It Is always pru
dent to consider the possibilities of the
future , still It is not. clear that In any
event there is anything to be gained by
extending the debt , even at a lower rate
of Interest , instead of reducing it. So
far as-tlie money market Is concerned
the latter should be quite as bcnellclal
as the other.
In regard to other features of the bill
the explanations given by Senator Aid-
rich will not change the very general
opinion that on the whole the senate
measure is inferior to the house bill.
This Is especially true in respect to the
declaration of the standard ami the pay
ment of the obligations of'the govern
ment In gold. It is not as direct ,
straightforward and unequivocal in
these particulars as the measure passed
by the house , which leaves nothing
open to doubt or question. The state
ment of Senator Aldrieh that the senate
bill contains no disavowal of the posi
tion heretofore taken upon the question
of international bimetallism and places
no obstacles in the way of its accom
plishment in the future seems Irrelevant
and if intended for political effect would
better have not been said. In declaring
for the gold standard the republican
party should drop all thought of Inter
national bimetallism , which is a present
impossibility and will probably never
again be seriously considered by the
leading nations of the world.
TllK SCHOOL HOAltD DEFICIT.
The Hoard of Education has made a
startling exhibit. The receipts from all
sources for IS'.K ) show an ostensible fall
ing off of over $ l.r.0,0)0 ( ) as compared
with those of the preceding year , while
the expenditures for 1800 exceed those
for 1SOS by over .f 10,000. Thus.the year
I'.MM)1opens ) with 'a shortage of over
$100,000 , which must be paid oft sooner
or later In addition to the current ex
penses for maintaining thu public
schools. The shrinkage In receipts for
JSDIt Is practically confined to the slump
in the amount collected from licenses
and police court lines.
The comparison between the receipts
for licenses for IhOS and 1S09 shows a
shrinkage of $1-10,000 In the liquor li
cense fund and over $1.OUO ! In the po
lice court lines. The showing with re
gard to the license fund is , however ,
( let it ions. If it were correct It would
mean that every other saloon and liquor
shop In Omaha had been closed within
the past year , when In fact the decrease
will scarcely exceed 10 per cent.
What concerns Omaha taxpayers at
this juncture Is how they can meet the
demands of tlip school board without
almost causing contlscatlon of property
by the tax collector. At the present
rate of assessment , one-third of mar
ket value , a tax of 10 mills would yield
about $ : iri ( ) . < )00 ) , or a 1-inlll tax would
yield iR.'l.'i.OOO. I'nder the old system of I
taxation the school tax levied In 1 Sill-1 !
was : i mills ; in ISill-r. , ; t mills ; In IS'.i.Vit ' ,
7 mills ; In 1SOII-7 , r mills. All these
taxes , however , were Imiwsed on the
old system of valuation , which varied
between one-sixth and one-tenth of the
true value. If we are to make good
the deficit of former years and meet the
estimate of this year we shall bo
obliged to levy a tax fully three times
as heavy as was ever levied In Omaha.
If wo do not levy it and continue the
wasteful system of Issuing 7 per cent
warrants without applying thu pruning
knife we shall suon pile up a crushing
school debt that will overwhelm the
taxpayers.
The problem before Omaha taxpayers
Is how to put on brakes without crip
pling the schools and how to meet the
obligations already incurred without
enormous Increase of this year's tax
burden. Manifestly the shortest way
out would bo to fund the debt , and the
mo t effective brake would be to en
force the law prohibiting warrants to
Issue unless there l < < money In the treas
ury to pay them , and to lop off all use-
h ss frills.
tr.i.v ; rnin rn.\in :
A correspondent of the New York
Kvenlng Post In Puerto Hie- ) says that
the great hope uf the Islanders just
now Is free trade with the 1'lilted
States and he observes that while thU
i would unquestionably be of enormous
benellt to the Island , tile po-id effects
would not be as Immediate as many
think. The two principal products to
be benefited would be sugar and to
bacco , each of which would be greatly
stimulated. To Increase the sugar out
put , however , extensive machinery
would have to be bioiight InM the
Island and plants established , all of
! which would take considerable time.
! Tills correspondent says that a certain
result of free trade and of the Increased
' stimulus to cane culture would be a
rise In the price of labor , the effect of
which would be to practically kill the
coffee trade of the Island , heretofore 70
per cent of the annual o..pirts.
Thus free trade between Puerto lllco
and the United States proper , as pro
posed by the Forakor bill , would not be
an unmixed blessing to the Islands ,
though very likely the gain would over
balance the loss. The coffee-producing
Interest would suffer , but the sugar and
tobacco interests would profit by It. An
Interesting question is whether this
profit would be at the expense of Amer
ican producers. With sugar production
stimulated In Puerto Hlco and increas
ing In Hawaii , what would be the effect
upon the home Industry ? And how
will our tobacco Interest be affected by
free trade with Puerto Hlco ? These
are questions which congress will be
called upon to give attention to.
T//K SUMAYIKK. .
People who want the best newspaper
will find It In The Sunday Hee , which
will outclass all competitors in every
Held which goes to make up a modern
paper. The lice's foreign cable letters
cover all important events , not only In
Knropcan capitals , but also at the war
centers in South Africa and the Phil
ippines. Its domestic news service
supplements that furnished by the As
sociated Press , with special dispatches
from Its own correspondents at all the
principal points in the transmisslssippl
territory covered more particularly by
this paper. Its local news is always
comprehensive , accurate and readable.
This weed's Illustrated Heo will be
[ an educational number , a great part of
It being devoted to subjects relating to
public schools.
The frontispiece Is a line likeness of
the new president of the Nebraska
State Teachers' association , who is also
president of the Doanc college at Crete ,
while an illustrated article reviews the
meeting of the teachers at Lincoln dur
ing the holidays , with snap shots at the
principal educators who llgured in its
sessions. More than twenty of the
best known Nebraska teachers and
superintendents appear in these pic
tures.
Another article which appeals directly
to the patrons of the schools deals with
the experimental school city Inaugu
rated in the Kelloin school in Omaha ,
where the children have been organ
ized into a model municipal govern
ment , under a mayor , police judge and
city council. The principal of the
school tells lii a striking am ! effective
way how the idea was brought hero
and the plan put into operation. The
pictures show the children at an elec
tion , at a council meeting and holding
police court.
The newly elected president of the
Iowa State Teachers' association is also
Introduced to The Hee readers by a
clear-cut portrait of that otllcer.
Timely alid to the point is an article
on the charactoriatlcs of two noted con
gressmen , accompanied by portraits , one
of whom is readily recognized as Con
gressman Dolllver of Iowa , the orator
of the house of representatives , and the
other is Hepresentatlvo Payne of New
York , the new chairman of the ways
and means committee.
Among ether interesting pictorial fea
tures are : A snap shot at a number
of Omaha letter carriers loaded down
with holiday mall ; a view of the process
of movini ; the passenger station on
railway trucks at Lead , S. D. ; a group
of the oflicors of the division of Ne
braska , I'nlon Veterans' union , and a
group photograph of the Hastings fire
men foot ball team. The woman's page
shows the latest fashions photographed
on living models posed for the purpose.
Kvory one should read The Heo Sun
day , particularly those interested In
the cause of common school education.
The Hee is an educator In itself. He
sure to read it.
One of the beauties of the tripartite
Mm in worked by Nebraska fuslonlsts.
who have the same candidates nomi
nated under three labels by the same
people masquerading In three different
organizations , is seen In the resolution
of tin1 so-called sliver republican state
committee empowering the executive
committee to name the delegates for
Nebraska to the sliver republican na
tional convention. The executive ( om-
mltteo will , of course , go through the
formula of making out credentials to
themselves as the political reformers
who constitute not only ( he olllcers , but
also the entire rank and ( lie of the so-
called silver republican party which
long ago ceased to exist , If It ever had
a separate existence. Hy this method ,
however , the humiliation will be
avoided of calling a primary , at which
no one would vole , and holding a state
convention , which only a handful of
pluggers would attend.
According to the comparative exhibit
just made by the Hoard of Kducathm
the funds derived from flues turned Infer
for INKS by the police court amounted
to $ : ) , - ; ; for Ihe year ISOfl the entlro
amount f lines collected and paid into
the treasury by the police court amount
lo $ -(11. ( In other words , In the year
l.sfiS tlii' police court lines amounted to
$1,100 nor mouth ; iu lbl)0 ) they were
nly i'-Jl per month , or 7."i WIN a day.
Tllat showing alone H an Indictment of
the police court that cannot be brushed
away lightly. The lea t that can be
done Is nn Investigation by the council.
The d-'w-in China is to remain open
at the request ( if the I'nlted Slates , or
at least the lalchstrlng IM to be .illowed
to hang out where it can tendily be
reached. The Vnltod Stales today Is
In n position to secure without ( "litest
from the powers of'the ' world anything
which In Justice It is entitled lo. Hy
being reasonable In Us demands as in
this case It can continue to hold this
position. The present administration
musi be given the credit for bringing
about this happy condition of affairs.
Omaha may not be accorded the privi
lege of holding the headquarters of ihe
Pacific Express company , but It Is to tie
honored yearly with the holding of the
election of olllcers because the charter
of IncoriKiratlon requires them to lie
held here. We feel sure , however , that
Omaha would be glad lo give up the
election if It could get back the head
quarters. '
Omaha property owners paid over
$50,000 last year in interest and lines on
delinquent taxes. The treasurer , how
ever , would get along better by foregoing
'
going the Interest if the taxes we're paid
promptly as levied , because the city Is
'
paying out even more Interest upon' its
outstanding obligations.
Tin(11,1 Stvle.
Olobe-Democrat.
Last mouth the public debt was decreased
$5,791.824. How agreeable and how repub
lican !
A l.onii-l.VI .
Indianapolis Journal.
The increase of wages by prominent In
dustries continues , but what the Hryatiltc
politician longs for Is a general reduction of
wages.
Wluit llmxiirnl ( I , , , lint.oil. !
Minneapolis Tribune.
The inflated American trust balloon waa
brought down Iu reality by the unerring Hccr
rifle shots. That IK to Bay , It was the British
defeats Iu South Africa that started the
liquidation in Wall street that squeezed the
water out of so many inflated couceriiK.
Slinrlii" Slm-lc with HniploycN.
SprliiKlieM Republican.
The Great Northern railroad follows the
Illinois Central In ofTcrlns attractive op-
i portunltlcij for the purchase of the stock
! of the company by employes. It is to In-
I crease Its stock capitalization by 10 per coat ,
and employes who receive salaries or wages
of less than $3.000 a year will be given the
privilege .of taking the new stock at p.ir.
The vnluo of this privilege will be under
stood when It Is stated that the market
value of the outstanding Block of the com
pany is about $175 a share and will be little
depreciated by the now issue.
Some DcliiNloiiH Almul War.
Southern Soldier In Portland Oregon ! . .
The British dispatches about great loss ot
1 Boers under artillery flre , bayonet charges ,
etc. , are all rot ; f Swords , bayonets and
lances are as obsolete as bows and arrows ,
and artillery flre.is'tho most harmless thing
in the world When directed at men under
1 cover. Wo blazed'away at Gettysburg with
' 200 guns , and IJUoh't 'believe ' wo hit ten
men in the federal trenches , and as for
bayonets , there were very few , If any , In the
j confederate army during the last years of
the war , and il"iifcver , saw a man stuck by
! oue or ti man ' \tht > had 6ecu , and I was four
years with the army of northern Virginia.
Ilovinii > lnur 1111 Olil Talc.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Spanish admiral , Montojo , In explain
ing how he was whipped by Dewey , gays
the American fleet , by reason of the longer
i range of its guns'could anchor out of reach
of the Spanish guns and pour In their fire
with perfect safety to the Americans while
carrying destruction and death to the
Spaniards. Montojo seems to Infer that Ad
miral Uewey lacked chivalry in taking this
I course , but acknowledges that it was busl-
ness-llkp. It was fortunate for the men under
t
j ' his command that Dewey was not sufficiently
"chivalrous11 to get them killed when them
waa no need of it.
AVanliliitttoii'M StnliicIn I'nrln.
Chicago Hec'brd.
The city council of Paris has chosen a site
for the equestrian statue of General Gcorgo
Washington , paid for by the subscriptions
of American women. H is the work of the
American sculptor , French , The ulte is a
fine one , the junction of two great avenues ,
and sitting on his horse , the sightless eyes
ot the American hero nro directed toward
the Arc do Trlompho , the Palais du
Trocadero , along the Avenue do Jena and
other memorials of glory , which , In the
French Bonso of the word , he cared nothing
about. The erection of thin simple and
heroic figure In the midst of the city of
Paris should servo a good purpose. A soldier
by necessity , a gentleman by nature , a
statesman because sincere , honest and
straightforward , a hero without glitter or
protcnce , George Washington may veil re
main a figure for the Parisians to look at
early and often.
111191,10 IX THIS IM'HMU SCHOOLS.
Dfolilnl INHIII * TiiUon ivltli ( InDiil -
Nlon of .Siiicrlii | ( < - niln ( .IIU-UNOM.
American Israelite.
In deciding u case laid before him , Super
intendent Jackson of Lincoln , Neb. , Bald :
"There seems to be nothing in the laws
of Nebraska that would prevent the simple
reading of the blblo In our public schools.
I am of the opinion that In this enllgliUncd !
age and Christian land the public Hthool
teachers ought not to be deprived of reading - i
ing , without written or oral consent , the ]
bible , or of repeating the Lord's prayer. " :
This statement Is disingenuous and an
attempt to defend n weak decision. When
the matter Is fairly looked nt , who can deny
that a public reading out of the blblo and
the repetition of the Lord's prayer or any
other IB a religious service and nothing
else ? Kveryono who Is present at a lellg-
ioiw service IB mipposcd to tuko part In It.
It Is the Intention of every state to have
such a public school system that no man
can have honest conscientious scruples
which will tend to prevent him from allow
ing his children to attend them. Forcing
the children of Jews , Cathollrfl. free-thlnk-
crB , agnostics , atheists , etc. , to take part
In what | s , after all ( and IntemloJ to be )
u Protestant Christian religious exercise ,
Is n wrong and has a tendency to drive
the children out of the public schoolg. H
Is u shortalghted policy to pander to the
wight * of superheated rcllglonlhtB on so
vital a question , for they are , after all , In
the minority. The public schools are to
teach the secular branches anil the ruJI-
niL'iiis of goal'citizenship. . The teaching
of what Is duo from each man to hu God ,
to his neighbor and to himself , is the duty
of the parents or of such n church to which
they delogatu their right. Whenever the
state undertakes to do this work it meddlcw
with matters with which it ban no concern ,
and In the cases whom the rightful guar
dians object h becomes un Intruder and
usurper , nothing less than an oppressor.
Superintendent Jackson had bettor recon
sider his decision and change It no as to
put Nebraska In line \\lih the mo.it InU'lll-
geiit tJtatea of the union ,
1111 : Tiuri : IN IIOKIUMMI.
ludliinnpollii NewsIn answer to a Drlt-
Ish hrllogr.iph mrsfagp the lloers replied
"lints ! " It I ? hind to RDP why the Hoers
nro considered nn unprogrosslvo nation.
Globe-Democrat : When driven out of a
position , which docs not happen often , the
lloets show remarkable recuperative powers.
They seem to h vo an Idea that fight Ins Is
easier than running.
Snn Francisco Call : Several times during
tliu Christmas holidays the Hoers have been
dropping shells stuffed with plum pudding
Into beleaguered I.ndysmllh. Next thing we
know they will bo dropping oysters on the
half-shell.
Chicago Chronicle : It Is painful to note
that later reports from Coleaberg Indicate
that General French's glorious victory was ,
after nil , of the usual "
one "I-regret-to-re-
port" variety with which Hrltlsh military
lltoraturo has mado'us familiar the last
three months.
Minneapolis Times : First the Missouri
nnileu stampeded and brought disaster upon
u HHtlish force , and now cornea report that
a railway engine has run away and carried
numerous members Of the Atkins family
Into the very Jaws of the Boors. Oem l\iul
will soon begin to bellevo that all things
como to him who waits ,
Philadelphia Record : The tremendous
financial outlay which Knglnnd is under la
by no menus represented In the estimate of
$300,000,000 for the Boer war. The outlay
for relief In the Indian famine districts Is
placed nt $100,000 per day besldo the ordi
nary expenses of government. Great Britain ,
as It scans these figures , can appreciate
Kipling's truthful verse that It Is "I'.iy , pay ,
pay. "
Detroit Journal : When the forces of the
British In South Africa numbered 80,000 the
Journal throw out a guesn that I'OO.OOO
would bo nesessary to the subjugation of the
Boers. Approximately that number ot troops
will bo under Lord Roberts' command when
hu lands , and the London Standard now
suggests that 100.000 moro will not be too
many to make the end sure. The Idea seems
to bo to fill South Africa so full of British
tioopa that the Boers will die from loss of
sleep , having no room In which to lie. down.
Springfield Republican : The fact that the
Boers do not have a highly developed social
| life counts heavily In their favor In the
present crisis. In the one matter of raising
the crops the Boer women are In the field
to do the work of cultivation and harvesting ,
thus allowing every available man and boy
to shoulder a rifle. If the "Indies" of the
veil were accustomed to Browning , G o'clock
tens and evening whist partlea you may bo
sure they could not bo got Into the planting ,
plowing and reaping on such short notice.
A nation in the position of the two republics
needs women like the wives and mothers of
the Boers.
Ol'HX 11OUII IX CillXA.
Philadelphia Pi ess : After a prodigious
but fruitless agitation In England , Secretary
Hay took the simple , direct and effective
step of demanding that our treaty rights be
respected and accepted by all nations ac
quiring territorial rights In China. All
thu "signatory powers" Italy , Great
Britain , Russia , Franco and Germany have
given the required pledge and accepted our
view that these treaty rights go with
Chinese territory and must be observed by
nil who control the ports and provinces to
which this low. tariff now applies.
Detroit Free Press : What In the world
was there to prevent thu renewal of agree
ment just secured by Secretary Hay ? Not
an old-world power of consequence dare
Invlto any moro trouble than It now has on
hand or feels the liability of encountering.
England is too busy to accept any moro
orders. France is watching for an opening
and cannot be Interrupted. Germany has
nets out In every direction and cannot toke
her eyes from the borders. Russia is In
training for armed trouble and Japan Is
working full time to make the trouble. When
the secretary asked the representative gav-
ornr.nents on the other side of the world to
sign "just as a matter of accommodation , "
It was easier to comply than to arguo. The
grab game Is being played nt too furious a
rate to regard such little Interruptions. But
some day , when there is less on hand , It
will bo the way of the world for some of
these powers to ignore the compact and try
to barricade the door after closing It.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : This diplo
matic victory of the United States will have
bencficient physical as well as moral con
sequence for China and the rest of the
world. It was the apparition of Vnsco da
Game , in the service of Portugal , rounding
the Capo of Good Hope to India in 1197 , anil
of Magellan , In the service of Spain , crossIng -
Ing the Pacific from the American con
tinent In 1521 for the same goal , that
frightened Japan , China and other Asiatic
countries , aud closed them to "outside
barbarians. " Forty-live years ago Commodore - ,
modore Matthew Cnlbralth Perry , on the
deck of a United States shlp-of-war , dictated ,
to Japan , still a hermit nation , a treaty of
amity and commerce which , as followed In
later years by like conventions with other
nations , opened Japan to Intercourse with
the rest of mankind , and started her on the
road to that moral and material advancement' '
which , in 1899.has placed her in the list of
the world's great states. Today America ,
standing nt the open-swinging portals of the
now age , has , In relation to China , achieved
a triumph of vastly greater service to Itself ;
and to civilization , and will give an
opportunity to the Chinese to ultimately
have a share with the Japanese In the
designation of the "Yankees of the east. "
IMH.ITICAI , DltlFT.
The senatorial plum tree In Washington Is
painfully slow In responding to the silent ,
shakes of Matthew Stanley Quay.
Colonel Jack Chlnn and P. Wat Hardln j
nro on the firing line at Frankfort. The
Kentucky battle may now proceed.
In proclaiming slavery a dead Institution
In Guam , Governor Leury spoils n plnnk j
cut for the revised Chicago platform.
Before the Michigan legislature could de
fend ItEc-lf Governor I'lngroo had dropped
three inoiB messages Into the question box.
Somebody mentions General Leonard Wood ,
an n presidential candidate la 1004. He !
ought to control the Cuban delegation by that
time.
Ono of Dick Croker's legs la broken. The
foreign pull seems moro dangerous than
the homo variety. Perhaps that Dublin
"bust" had something to do with It.
Hawaii's American colony wan to to be
represented In the republican national con
vention , and S. HartweU. agent of t'io '
Island , has been appointed delegate. The
new citizens nro not permitting any offices
or honors to get nway.
Among the men who have como to con-
Kfcfti this session for tlielr first term la
Delegate Pedro I'erea of Bonmllllo , N. M. .
who is one of the wealthiest ranchers of
the soutluvost. Ho 1 * < a man of medium
stature , has sparkling black eyes and In
many respects looks like a Spaniard. His
family Is one of the oldest in New Mexico.
New York aldermen declared their sym
pathy for the Bocis , but that dora not di
minish their liking for "bulls" of their own
Invention. One of Gotham's solons declared
himself , solemnly , regarding a public nicas-
lire , that if Controller Color "insiats on
cramming this tunnel down our throats we
will bury his mutnmy In it when he at
tempts to ascend his political throne. "
Illulit Illril fur ( Oi-faxliHi. .
Philadelphia Time * .
About the only special muKosilan In Hrynn
making an osirlch the detmrratlr bird IH Iu
Us offering such long fadiitlo * for ( jetting it
In the neck.
OTM.H I\MIS TIIXN in us.
The jcquol of the prospnt war Is clearly
appreciated on tl < p continent of Europp.
"Had England hopn victorious In South
Afrlcn , " ! > nya the Moscow OazpttP. "U
would not have had much efteel In Europe ,
but hpr final defpnt may he followptl by a
vat now universal policy In which Rus
sia would lakp a leading part. As matters
stand today that mompnl can senrcely ho
far off. All thosp iiolnts cf the world where
English ahd Russian Interest * ' arp In con-
Illci and which are not ncccsslblo lo. th
British fleet will fall Inlo UiiMln'R hands. "
The Austro-lltif.ilan ngrcpmenl made two
nnd n half years ago having assured peace
In the Balkan peninsula , "Russia. " Iho
Gazette continues , "lias n free hand to
execute her plnns In Asia , which nro of
morp Importance to her than anything else.
Events In South Africa will not fall to
stimulate Ruwla's spirit of enterprise In
the far east. " No doubt when England
shall have lost her present position ns n
leading world power bv reasonof her de
feat In South Africa , which Is not likely ,
there will bo a scramble for her place , nnd
Russia will be among the foremost com-
pelllors.
404
The preeeni altllude of Franco and Ger
many In respect to ( Jrcat Britain and the
war In South Africa shows how closely
balanced are International jealousies and
nnllpaihles ou the one hand nnd selfish mo
tives on the other. ( f war were not BO
easily Great Britain would probably not
have an apparent nlly In normally , nnd
Franco would txmrcely pretend to maintain
a neutral atltludc. The Herman press and
people niako no concealment of their dis
like for the British and their sympathy for
thf Boers , although some sort of nn un-
i dorstnndlliK undoubtedly exists between
! the governments of Orcal Britain and
| Germany. The French exult In every Boor
victory and rejoice nt every disaster to Iho
, Brlllsh arms. A distinguished German
I professor of hlslory , writing In the North
1 American Review , asserts that England has
I only onp friend In Germany , the kaiser , and
j Is heartily haled by the German people. The
I French welcome British defeat as revenge
i for Fashodn. It Is not likely that It Is an
tipathy to blootl'lottlng or Ihe other horrors
; of war which prevents "sudden volcanic out-
1 bursts of popular passion" In France and
Germany , with Great Britain ns the object
i of their common dislike. These nations ore
! doubtless restrained from clvlng vent to
1 "tiger passions" aud to "Inveterate Inter
national Jealousies and antipathies" by the
conviction that It would be moro profitable
for each In the long run lo allow Great
Britain a free hand In South Afrlcn ,
I
A few months ago the British admiralty
put their old naval training ships , which
wore full-rigged vessels , out of commission ,
and replaced them by modern cruisers with
out masts or sails. It is Inferred therefrom
| that the government bus decided that It is
no longer necessary to train young olllcors
In a form of seamanship which , In the royal
navy nt least , has become obsolete. Their
fiction has provoked much criticism In the
daily press , ninny writers , Including a largo
proportion of naval olllcers , maintaining
that the practice with ropes and sails , even
If superfluous as modern naval education , In
nevertheless Invaluable for Its development
of resourcefulness , nerve , activity , and other
virile qualities essential to Iho ideal oUlcer.
This evidently Is Iho view of the United
States authorities , as Is proved by the recent
launch of their new Falling training ship.
It Is interesting , also , to note that the North
German Lloyd company Is about to sot up
a trntnlng-shlp , having sail power only for
the practical education of cadets , who later j
on , when they have passed the necessary
examinations , will receive commissions ns
officers in their great steam fleet. The teach
ing of these cadets will be under the super
vision of the Bremen School of Navigation.
Viticulture In Franco has almost regained
the ground lost by the wholesale destnicllon
of vines by Iho phylloxera. Before Ihls In
sect parasite Invaded Franco the annual
production of wlno in that country amounted
to l,68i,000,000 ! gallons ; the yield of the
wlno-growing districts of France , Algeria
nnd Tunis for 1899 will bo over 1,268,000,000
gallons. The ravages of this Insect have
cost Franco more than did the Franco-Ger
man war ; and they still continue where the
native vines have not been replaced by
American grafts , which seem to bo Immune
against the attacks of the pest. Of the C-
000,000 acres of land under cultivation when
wlno production in France was at its high
est over 4,000,000 acres have been restocked ,
and the substitution of American for native
vines proceeds nt the rale of 30,000 acres a
year. In a few years thu professors of viti
culture expect that Franco will produce
moro wine than over before. We need not
fear a flood of wine Imports , however ; for
notwithstanding the steady Increase of wlno
production in Franco since her recovery
from the plague of the phylloxera , her ex
ports of this beverage have grown persist
ently less having fallen from 05,500,000 gallons
lens in 1SS7 to not quite 49,000,000 gallons In
1S97 while at the name time prices have
been advancing , so that the total vnluo of
her diminished exports Is gneator than that
of the larger qunntlly formerly sent abroad.
* *
The French newspapers nro discussing
somewhat prematurely the details of M.
Berller's great scheme for constructlnu a
tunnel between Gibraltar nnd the coast nf
Morocco. Ho believes that lucre would bo
no danger of the tunnel leaking , ns the bottom
tom of HIP straits IB compact rock , while thi
engineering difficulties , he thinks , would not
be greater than those which have been over
come In the Mont Cenls , St. Gothard or
Slmplon tunnels. There remains , of course ,
the delicate point of diplomatic dlfllcultle4
about which ho Is less sure , though he de
clares that ho has been promised the goad
will of the Spanish government , nnd Is now
In negotiation with the government of Mo
rocco. Supposing diplomatic obstacles to be
surmounted , ho believes In the perfect suc
cess of Iho proposed tunnel and expresses
Iho opinion that It would do more to develop
Africa and extend French commerce than
any number of expeditions. Goods , ho points
out. could ho sent from Franco to Algeria
nnd Tunis without their having to bo shipped
nnd unshipped for the crcHsing of the Med
iterranean , not to mention various other ad
vantages resulting from the scheme. With
regard to the expenditure M. Heritor takes
the St. Gothnrd tunnel as n basis , the cost of
which was 3,800,000 francs per kilometer.
The tunnel under the Mrall' would bo fortv-
one Id'onie. ' rs In long'h ' This work , accord
Ing to the onngulno estimates of M. Uorllef ,
could bo accomplished In seven years.
England's view on the subject , apparently ,
bus not yet been taken Into consideration.
TIIIAMI : or < ; iin. .
I'jirtltlonliiu ; Afrlcn : i Sourer tit
ScrlmiN Trouhli' In ( he POUITM ,
Detroit Free PrmH.
I'arnphrjulng an old saw , African compli
cations make strange bedfellows. There
may he truth In the cabled opinion that all
Europe Is yelping at the heels of England ,
but there Is a prudent disposition to keep
outside of the kicking range. Not n fair ,
open , stand-up challenge has the British
nation received , except from the Boers.
Even thu ouilonders , said to outnumber the
controlling people two to one , fhnwed their
Indignation for previous treatment by mak
ing the beat tlmn possible and by the short
est route In getting out of ( ho danger zone.
The German government favors the En -
llt.li. hut the liberal nnd Intelligent clement
of the people appear In a vigorous but Impu.
tent opposition , for the emperor will dictate
the national policy so long as he weara the
crown Dr. Bnrlh mnv denounre fhnm
lwlnlit'4 rmirsp as un Mkubly stupid ami
predict the overthrow of English nulhoriiv
In South Africa. HP may picture the al
vnntngp * that would ho RuiniM by tut
world , England InNudPd , should ti pncntin
ter dtifrnt. but ho deals with BPiillmeiiis that
do not nppo.il to the ambitious wnr king
On tup reverse appears Germany in rcas
Ing If * navy and stri > nsthenlnp ! ( * ' )
force becsuac II distrusts Its ally nn
believes Ihnt Us fulurp mfety and His
observance of fulurp good faith toward it
by Kunlmid II liable to turn upon the qur )
tlon of Its ability to take rare ( .f IT . f
should Great Britain oleet to rrpudmnho (
terms of tltp alliance. Being of the sime
blood , the interested rulers probnbh utidrr
stand each other.
In seeking the Influences now bearing upon
the great powers of the old world It ts tmii'h
wafer lo ntlck to business considerations than
to morallzatlons based upon civilization or
Chrlstlanliy. Africa Is four ilmos as largo
ns the I'nlted States nnd Iins a wc.ilth in
marketable products that Is not approached
by any other of the natural division *
Within ICBS than a generation this MIRI
territory linn been nelred upon ami api.ro
prlatcd by conquest or through the Iniimidn
tlon of natives by a mere showing of i ivil zed
force. Franco has the largest iprrl'or , U
posscsFlons. exiual to the entlro orpa of o > i
own country , while England owns a Into
S that Is far richer and more desiraMp
The holding of both nro practically < -on
tlgtlOUH.
In Iho order of their possessions after
these two come Turkey , Germany. Belgium
1'ortugnl , Spain and Italy , the indepeiKip-i
stales being Morocco , Abyssinia. S" > , ' i
African Rupubllc , Orange Free State nn 1
Liberia. Within these Is n population < r
nearly 150,000,000 , largely native , and 'ho
annual trade , capable of Indefinite expan
slon. of $7SO,000.000.
With EO many contestants In the ring
with the enormous advantages to be gained
by continuous railroad lines under one ron-
trol nnd ports most desirable In commerce ,
thu dangers liable to preclpltalo n general
struggle become apparent. Thp dark con
tinent , In which civilization was cradled
nnd from which It departed centuries ago ,
will niako startling history for years to
como.
THOUGHTS THAT TICICIiH.
Cleveland 1'ialn Dealer : "Did Hev. Mr
1'liiin leave any tracts when he called
yesterday , Bridget ?
"Yen , mum , an' I mopped 'em up. "
DotroM Journal : "Why was I over born" "
The man with the emaciated east of
countonancn rendered long nnd bitterly
" 1'erhnpn It was because I am a i > oot ! ' '
IIP llimlly exclaimed , In a hollow voice.
Art Is notoriously Illogical.
Detroit Journal : First Cnnnlbal Thcro
wasn't much of the milk of human Hliulnesa
iboul our Into missionary.
Second Cannibal I should etiy not ! I
foci as If 1 had pntcn a dairy lunch !
Chicago Tribune : "Dorothy , " said the
mistress of the establishment , happening
In just tin the gardener went out , "who Is
Hint man ? "
"Only a hoe beuii , mii'iun , " replied the
kitchen mnld , blushing rosily.
Indianapolis Journal : Clerk Did you say
you wished to see wine glasseH , madam"
Madam ( severely ) Wine glasses ! Not at
all ; show mo some unfermontcd grape juice
glasses.
Washington Star : "Alas , " she slclied ,
"we haveno great Htutesnion any more "
"What do you menu ? " asked the eminent
senator. "Why , I could point to one of my
01 ' .leagues who alone Is worth moiv than
the whole senate was In "Webster's time1"
Chicago Tlincn-llernld : "Hero's an article
that says stars arp wood tlmekeeprrs , " said
t-f > man In tins club window.
"The fellow who wrote that , " replied
the man at the wrlliiiR lable renilnlseently ,
"must have offered a watch to a comic
opera prlnrn donna. "
Philadelphia Press : "Oh , there was tin
awfully funny joke in the paper today. " ! -
Kan the dear llttlo wife. "It was nnout a
man and his ) wife , who went to the opera
"
ere
"Yes. dpar , " the great brute Interrupted
"F read it. "
"Oh , you mean thing. I wanted to toll
It tmynli. It WUH HO funny. "
"Go ahead , dear. It will be oven funnier
the way yon tell It. "
IIOTBST.
Must It be sin In follow out
The bent bequeathed me by my sires ?
Were their HI legacies but left
To damn me In hell's avid llrcs ?
Like some rash stream that luimeH down
The mountain side and never tires
So leaps my wayward soul down life
To wallow In earth's noisome mires.
Ye pow'rs who shaped mo as I am
Anil frnwn on sin In savnije Ires ,
Unmake me , else forgive me when
I gratify my mad desires.
WILLIAM ItEliD D
THY Till' : nun.
When the cat's away tlm mice will play ,
t'nloss , perchance , nlnck !
The mice have heard that noted song-
Of how the cut came back.
If yon IOVP a girl , why , tell her KO ,
Nor kfpp her spirit sad.
If you've a business , make It "go"
Hy putting In an "ad. "
-C. 13. PIIOCTOR.
Fort Crook , Noli.
To pretend to have
the only wearable
clothing and to be in
the habit of selling it
for less than cost all
the time even bread
costs money and porterhouse
terhouse steaks bought
on the profits of SJO.OO
Suits for $ J,97 won't
be very thick , But to
say that our Men's
Suits are the best for
the money say $ JO
to $25.00 is simply
to affirm that doing
the largest manufac
turing business in our
line in the country , we
naturally have im
portant advantages
over others.
