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A kite of their own or n tall to the
democratic kite-that Is the question
up to the populists.
The downfall of the voting machine
scheme has apparently knocked several
fat fees on the head.
If the school board blind deal had
only been deaf and dumb It might not
have attracted so mueli attention.
When Information Is wanted nlxnit
operations of the Trcumiry department ,
Secretary Gage Is right on hand with
the figures.
Colorado ranchmen arc preparing to
Hhciir Hheep by steam power. On the
Hoard of Trade they do It without half
so much fuss.
The district court jury list for 1)00 ! )
has been approved and placed on file.
Now for a Worn In the'business of the
doctors Who deal In slqk certificates.
Kd Howell recommends Frank Burk-
ley 'as fusion candidate for mayor.
Now let Frank Hurkley recommend Kd
Howell. Surely one good turn deserves
another.
A new star slilnes as champion of the
featherweight pugilism of America.
The pugilistic kaleidoscope seems to
change about as often as the political
kaleidoscope.
The democrats in tlie-HCiwtc object to
the confirmation of Bynum on the
ground that he is not a democrat. The
objection Is about the best recommenda
tion he could produce. '
Bryan probably thought It was the
Tammany tiger he was after when ho
started on that hunt. The revelation
that It was only a tame animal must
have been a shock to him.
It Is stated that over li.OOO witnesses
will be examined on both sides in the
Kentucky gubernatorial contest. Pur-
haps It would be cheaper for the state
of Kentucky to t'urnlslr t'oohol .with an
olllcc than to foot this bill.
Reform does not appear to be workIng -
Ing overtime In the state institutions of
South Dakutn. It will require consid
erable smoke in the coming campaign
to hide the olllrlul rascality and Incom
petence already being brought to light.
Why should the pop qcnifie organ per-
Hist in tantalizing tt pour old man like
.1 , B. Kitchen by , trying to swell bis
head with the idea that Jut IH an eligible
candidate for mayor' , ' Is It trying to
work him for n few more free dinners ?
John 1 > . llowo has tjie best Idea
about iinmli'lpiil gnvcrninent , but the
trouble IB he eiuuiut , _ Induct ! any con
siderable number of people to catch on
to the nonparllsan plan. The masses
are wedded to their political Idols and
this Is not an off-year in politics.
These .republican tjnics are especially
hard on the poor farmer. The price of
hogs at the .South Oiniilm yards Is
higher than at any time during the past
Hlx ytmrH , The popocrntlo.qry thit ) all
the prosperity Is coming to the capitalist
and manufacturer will not go down.
Police Judge Uonlpn Is plausible In
his explanations of the practical ex
tinction of the revenue from police
court lines , . but his 'explanations iilo not
explain , Why ! It- for example , that
the revenue from ' line's Is only about
one-third of what -Is taxed up and col
lected aft costs ? Wliy Hliouhli HDP * ' fall
KO far belovt the costs ?
The stepping cqmmHteo of llje demo
crats lu thu jioijse lia'uji task , on its
hands which Is nbl likely to , lie coveted j
by many. " The -iittVuipt to1' JeadM.wo 1
mules , elich deterniliunr to go lu.ii.0lf- ! '
ferent direction , was "easy compared '
with this. ' The democratic mule dots
not know which way It wants to go .
uud It ) liable to bolt at any minute. I I
X ASt ) THl'STS.
It makes u tired to read a lot of anti
trust rot In metropolitan dally newspapers.
Some of these great dnlllcfi talk awful loud
about the Iniquitous trust , but you never
sco a word lu one ot them about the Asso
ciated 1'rosa trust the oldest arid cruclcM
trust In the world. Oh , no ! That Is differ
ent , you know. Yet n lot of democratic and
| republican papers and leaders would like to
get the members of organized labor tangled
1 up In this fake fight on trusts.
A trust Is a combination ot men. A union
Is a combination of men. A law that will
prohibit the trust will prohibit the union.
Union men ore getting along all right.
The past year showed trades unions more
prosperous and their members better paid
than any year In a dozen last past. It was
also the greatest year for the organization
of trusts. A trade unionist would not In-
slst that It was right for him to join n union
and wrong for his boss to * to the same thing.
The people who are squealing on the trust
are the middle men and drummers , neither
ono of which ever lost any sleep for the
troubles of the striking trade unionist.
t
The two great parties will adopt plat
forms against the trust this year and then
ecnd committees out to "touch" the trust
managers for the price to conduct the cam
paign and get it , too.
Trades unionists ehould keep out of this
fake fight on the trusts. Western Laborer.
This Is the selfish point of view taken
by labor leaders who have not studied
the relation of labor to combinations In
restraint of trade In all Its bearings.
They see only the Immediate benefit
derived by skilled workmen from
steady employment at good wages , as
suming that the trusts and colossal |
combinations engaged In Industrial en- i
terprlscs are the chief source of pros
perity.
As a matter of fact high wages and
steady work simply mean Increased
consumption and great demand for the
product of the factory and mill , and In
creased consumption , as everybody
knows , Is the consequence of general
prosperity. There were trust nnd syn
dicate-made fabrics In abundance dur
ing the recent , era of Hard times , but
there was light consumption or over
production , and hence low wages and
little employment at any price.
The baneful effect of the trusts upon
wage-workers Is exerted in two direc
tions. First , In their ability to clo o
their mills and factories In one locality
while running mills or factories produc
ing the same article in another locality.
For example , If the tlnplate trust
should decide to reduce wages It would
not make the reduction in all Its mills
at the same tliuoi but would make a
beginning with one or two mills , and
having closed these mills In case of re
sistance would continue to operate its
other mills In other localities until Us
rebellious workmen were frozqn out or
driven In.
In the next place the most serious
blow to the Interests of labor by trusts
is the raising of prices , which always
tends to reduce consumption , and um-
sequeutly reduces-the demand for la
bor , carrying with it a lowering of
wages.
The assumption that combinations
which control production In any par
ticular line will not attempt to In
crease their gains by arbitrarily .raising
prices is absurd--'I'liu * ' raising-of wages
by the trust concerns has always been
followed or preceded by a raise in
prices of the trust-made guods and in
every Instance that Increase is very
much greater than the Increase of tin-
wage fund. The consumer of cour. > e
always pays the freight and the work
men pay more than their share of the
freight because they are more numer
ous than the employers and middle
men.
The trades unionists may remain Indifferent - '
different to the abuses of the trust so
long as they individually and collectively - i i
ively arc not affected , but such a pol- j j
icy would not commend itself to the !
great mass of tellers on the farm and i
in the factory who do not belong to the
unions.
The assertion that the metropolitan
papers that oppose the trusts are mem
bers of the oldest and crudest ( runt In
the world Is decidedly wild and utterly j I
baseless. The present Associated Press (
was organized Just seven years ago. i
Prior to that there were half a du/.en j I
press associations collecting and ex
changing news , the parent being the
New York Associated Press , organized !
by the New York dallies. Although or- i
ganizcd as a stock company , the new ' !
Associated Press pays no dividend.- * .
and Is operated purely as a mutual
news collection and news' distribution ,
agency whose members are heavily i
taxed for the news service they re
ceive. The lat-'K-JClatlon has no monopoly
ely of news which is a , .commodity In
the market Just the name as print pa
per or printing machinery. Those who '
can afford to buy the best get the best.
The fact that the metropolitan dallies j I
expend as much and often mure for
special news dispatches than they pay
for Associated Press news explodes the
delusion that the Associated Press con-
.trols all the news of the world. The
reason the papers of small means can
not get the Associated I'vess report Is
simply because they cannot afford to
pay for leased wires and costly cable
dispatches.
HUKH
The indications are'that the Ameri
can consul , now. at Pretoria Is having ;
no better success than his preilei'eKsor
In looking after Brlt'lsh Interests thi > re.
Our government Is not olllclally advised -
vised to tills effect , but It Is said to be
the opinion of ottlchils of the state de
partment that tlm Boer government
does not Intend lo allow our consul at
Pretoria to represent British Interests
and doubt is expressed whether Mr.
Hay , son of the secretary of state , who
is on the way to the Boer capital , will
be allowed any more latitude than j
Consuls Macrum and llollls , j
There is no qui'Ktloii as to the right
of the Boer government tq refuse to i
permit our consuls to act as British j I
representatives and to Insist that they I
shall confine themselves strictly to
American Interests. But It Is an extra-
ordinary position to take , all civilized
countries In tlnift of. war conceding t.i '
representatives of neutral nations the
privilege < > f l.'oklng after tlm Interests
of citizens "of a' belligerent. In view
of this and of the representations of
our government In the case of Consul
Macrum. the obduracy of the Boer gov
ernment in the matter Is dllllcult to un
derstand. H suggests that President
Kruger may doubt the sincerity of our
neutrality , which he certainly has no
reason to do. ' At all events , It Is a
course that seems essentially unwise on
the part of a government that should
cultivate the most cordial relations
with all countries whose friendship It
has.
TtIK foA77J.t/J.t.V/J QUKST1DX.
A 1/omlon dispatch states that the
American Hour seized off Delagoa bay
has been released and that the Brit
, ish government has decided that food
{ stuffs are not to be considered contra
band of war unless Intended futhe
enemy. In the absence of a definite
statement of the British position It
may beassumed that It will not con
sider foodstuffs contraband unless
there Is unmistakable evidence that they
are Intended for the enemy , such as
would be presented by Its consignment
to the camp or licet of the enemy , for
otherwise the way would bo left open
for further seizures upon the presump
tion that a cargo of foodstuffs was ul
timately destined for the enemy.
What our government should and probably -
ably will Insist upon Is an absolutely
definite understanding as to the nature
of the evidence necessary to make pro
visions contraband of war , requiring
that It shall not be left to the Judg
ment of , British naval officers or con
sular olllclals to determine the matter.
The question Is one of great impor
tance and there will never be a better
opportunity than Is now afforded to
have a perfectly clear understanding in
regard to It.
It Is easy to understand that the
British government Is averse to estab
lishing a precedent making foodstuffs
contraband. As Ixml Hoscbery has
pointed out , It would be a very grave
mistake for Great Britain to take such
u position. But it has been seen that
in an emergency she does not hesitate
to act upon the principle that foodstull's
are contraband and therefore the ne
cessity of requiring that government
to unequivocally define Its position and
come to a clear understanding. There
will never be u better time to have
this done.
SKCltETAHV CAUUS S1ATKMKXT.
The statement sent to congress by
Secretary Gage in response to requests
for Information regarding the deposits
of public funds in national banks Is
comprehensive and conclusively an
swers the criticisms that have been
made upon the secretary's action. lie
shows that he has proceeded In this
matter in strict conformity with the
law , that there has been no favoritism
shown and that what ho did was
prompted .solely by consideration for
tlie public Interest.
The receipts of the treasury liavo for
several months been In excess of the
expenditures. This accumulation of
money in the treasury , If continued ,
would inevitably result in a disturb
ance to business. A monetary strin
gency 'hnd been produced which if 'not
relieved might have had serious cense
quences. The only s-ource of relief
was tlie national treasury. Two means
were at its command the purchase of
bonds and the deposit In banks of in
ternal revenue receipts. Secretary
Gage adopted both. He first pur
chased bonds , but this was too slow a
process to arrest tlie movement toward
stringency in the money market. It
gave little and but temporary rellel
An exigeney arose which In the judg-
inent of the secretary of tlie treasury
Justified "the utmost Interference. "
Tlie deposit of internal revenue re-
ceipts in banks that were government
depositories and which furnished the
required security was ordered.
In all tills tlie secretary unquestion
ably acted within the authority con
ferred upon him by law. But it was
alleged that there was discrimination
and favoritism toward one bank the
National City of New York. Tills In-
stltutlon has been for years a govern
ment depository. It Is one of the
strongest banks In the country. Im-
ing internal revenue receipts was made
tills bank deposited if-U ) .0,010 In bonds
as security for deposits. It was maul-
festly convenient If not absolute'y
necessary to have the money sent to
one depository for distribution to the
others and tlie National City hank was
chosen because It had furnished a
larger bond security than any other
bank ; in fact there was but one other
that had furnished an amount sufilclcnt
to cover the daily deposits. Kvery in-
telllgent business man must sec the
propriety of this. There was no favor-1
Ilium In the matter whatever , as Is con-
cluslvely shown by the statement of
Secretary Gage that of the sixty-eight
banks applying for a share > i ( the de
posits the National city Is ono of five
applicants for . 00,000 lacli , which hnva
not been supplied tlie full amount for
which they had offered securities.
Secretary ( Sage also conclusively dis
poses of the criticism in connect'on
with tlie deposit of the money for wlfc !
the New York custom lions i was sold.
Tlie property was bought by the Na
tional City hank , which paid all the
purchase money except $ r > o)00. ( ) In
stead of locking tills money In tlie
treasury , where It was not needed , It
was allowed to remain In the bank , cf
course available to ( he treasury when
ever required and In the meantime sub
ject to other employment. Whatever
may be thought of tlie expediency of
this , It Is perfectly obvious that there
was nothing Illegal about it. as li.is
been charged , .Secretary Gage points
out that moneys on deposit to the iredlt
of the tiv.isuror of the United States
In designated depositories are regarded
as moneys In the treasury. He might
have deposited this money In nonie
other bank or In several banks , but HJ
far as the treasury Is concerned there
would have been no advantage In doIng -
Ing this.
Secretary ( Sage's clear and compre
hensive statement must satisfy all
fair-minded men that in tlie relations
betweenthe , treasury and the banks he
'
has kept strictly within his lawful nil
thorlty. that he has shown no dlsriim
Inatlon and that his action at all tlni" *
has hud In view the promotion and con
sorvntlon of the public Interests.
Omaha extends n cordial welcome to
the visiting implement dealers who are
attending a convention in tlie Interests
! of their line of business In this city ,
i Nebraska , Iowa , Kansas and the sur-
I rounding states furnUh the best field
to be found anywhere In the world for
Improved farm mai'hlnery because the
farmers In this territory are alive to
the advantage of modern methods of
cultivation. Of eourse , the prosperity
of the farmer means increased Invest
ment In farm machinery and good bus
iness for tln > Implement dealers. The
prospect for the continued prosperity of
the farmer was never better.
Now wo nre told that tlie re-election
of Senator'fsear Is a great victory of
the Gear machine. Of course It Is. Had
Mr. Cummins been successful It would
have been a victory for tht > Cummins
machine. It does : not matter what the
outcome of any contest Is In which a
republican comes out on top , the popo-
crats are sure to howl about the ma
chine. But the howl Is simply designed
to direct attention away from the pop-
ocratlc machine , which Is more relent
less In Its methods than any republican
machine was evereven , pictured.
The Irrepressible Yelsor now wants
the supreme court to force his Initia
tive and referendum bill tlie
upon un
willing people of Omaha and proposes
to lay before It the same papers which
were frowned upon * by the late reform
judge of tlie district bench. The ques
tion Is whether the supreme court dare
tempt the Ire of ( lie Initiative and
referendum lawyer1 In the same man
ner.
Witli tlie taste of the Jacksonlan ban
quet still tickling their palate and the
prospect for free lunches in tlie dim
and distant future the young democ
racy of Omaha yearns very much after
.1. B. Kitchen as its preferred candi
date for mayor. Mr. Kitchen Is too old
a bird to be caught by such tally. Mr.
Kitchen lias roast turkey to sell , but
not to give away.
How much longer is tlie Board of
County Commissioners going to play
horse with the taxpayers In tlie matter
of the refusal of Albyn Frank , to ac
count for fees collected by him as clerk
of the district court ? Why should the
democratic majority of that board and
the democratic county attorney be so
anxious to shield a derelict republican
official ?
It AttrncCvo.
Washlnston Post.
The annual brochure of the secretary ot
agriculture devotes considerable space to the
division of soils. Tho' Introduction of the
letter "p" Into the " "
word "soUs" would be
sure to attract the politicians to the book.
\ot a 'tit Afnilil.
Globjx-Democrat.
Chairman Jones o/ithe democratic commit
tee declares that thfnew gold standard bill
will be ruinous to the country. The calam
ity Is - ' ' < th'at
so-thrcatenfii6' Colonel Uryan re
cently doubled hl's Ihv'eetm'ent ' in government
bonds. ' ' " '
Will flip Id S'nult li - Court f
Chicago Post.
Cupid has been enjoined at Omaha. A
judge has officially foibldden an elopement.
If love laughs at locksmiths , what will It
do to a court ? One can almost hear the
little fellow snicker aa he gets ready for
business.
HIIKC HiiMlneKs on Small .llnricln.
Indianapolis .Journal.
The meat sales of Swift nnd Company , one
of the great packing firms , were upward of
$160,000,000 during 1S99 , upon which a not
prom of $2,252,065 was realized , which Is
equivalent to 1.41 per cent. If the business
were divided among a score of nrms they
could not live with so small n profit. It Is
the Immenrlty of the trade that makes suc
cess possible with HO meager a percentage
as profits.
Ilrynii'N Kiniiilii r Male.
New York Tribune.
Hogg of Texas has other claims to a second
end place on the Dryan ticket besides the
one that he is a good man weighing 330
pounds. As the party marches on to certain
defeat It needs leaders able to sustain that
rccult cheerfully und Hogg Is one of them ,
capable of unruffled and smiling composure
In the face of nil catastrophes and calumltlej ,
Ho would have crawled ashore from Noah's
deluge rescuing the archetypal ostrich and
appeared aa a candidate for something on
i the first political ticket put In the field
after the waters abated. If Texas and the
i democratic party are not proud enough of
] him to give him any place ho wants they
ought to be.
I.KAUS l.V C'O.II , IMIOIJUCTIO.V.
Another Ton Hfcoril Mailc by ( In-
railed Sin ten.
St. louls Globe-Democrat.
Until the end of 1898 Great Ilrltaln was
i the grealest coal producer of all the coun-
j { trie's. In 1S9 the United States passed
i Great Ilrltaln , In round figures the coal
1 output of this in IS'JO
country was II15-
000,000 tons. This was 50,000,000 tons of
a gain over 1S9S. Hero la an Industrial
triumph for which the country Is to bo
congratulated. it means much In the
race Jor business supremacy.
i Nearly twenty yearn ngo the United States
I pawed Great Britain In the extent of itt
manufactures In the aggregate. Four or
llvo yearfi ago the United States began to
forge ahead of that country In the amount
of iron produced. Now England is left be-
Mud In coal output. Next to the United
States as a coal producer , of course , stands
England , while Germany and Franco follow ,
in this order. The United States coal output
In IS'J'J ' was much more than three times aa
great as It vns In 1870. All the other pro
ducing countrlri have Increased their out
put flnco 1S70 also , Germany faster th'in '
any 11 the others , but Germany's gain has
not been nearly no great proportionally as
that of the United States.
The principal reason for the great growth
In coal productlcn last year was the Im-
mciiBo Increase In the Iron output. la round
figures the production of pig Iron In ifcusi
was 13,0 0,000 tons , un Increase of 1,000.003
ton-3 over 1S9S. A further Increase In both
iron and real Is expected in 1)00. ! ) I'rac-
tlcally Epeaklng , the deposits of Iron ore iin < (
coal In the United States are llmltlesa. Prob
ably this country will never have a success
ful rival in the production or either. The
possibilities for expansion In theco two
products lu this country are Immeasurable.
Coal und .Iron Ho nt the basis of 11 coun
try's Industrial Ftrcngth nnd this dcter-
minen its physical power. The United States
Is undoubtedly destined to hold Its loud in
both products. It will maintain Its su
premacy as a manufacturing country. In all
the elements of material potency the United
States \ \ probably \ \ lead the world forever.
KCHOKS OP Ot II AVVH.
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.
I \ private letter from a foldlor In the
I Philippines and published In the N'ew York
Sun gives another version of the lUalh of
Major John A. I.ognn. Jr. , and the elrcun-
stnncca preceding the tropic event. The
letter is dated San Knbinn , November 24.
"Major I.ognn here met his death through a
. combination of clrcumatsjnces , " says the
j writer. "On Krlday night ho called to dinner
i thp several captains if his command. Usually
of the most cheerful temperament , lighthearted -
hearted under all circumstance. Major
i Logan's demeanor on this occasion , the night
j I before his death , was In direct contrast to
j his usual appearance. HP laid out the plan
1 of campaign nnd remarked that every pre-
i paratlon must bo mndc for a warm en-
|
' . his
counter. The captains enjoyed
hospitality for the last time. Colonel Luther
II. Hare and Lieutenant Colonel John J.
llrereton dropped l and spent an hour In
conversation. Major Logan know what ho
was called upon to do the following morn
ing.
"Morley , Major Logan's valet , a little man
of15 , once a famous steeplechase rider In
England. Is authority far the statement that
Major Logan had a presentiment that he
would fall. *
" 'Morley , you will stay behind In the ad
vance tomorrow , ' ho remarked.
" 'Why , sir , am I not going with you ? '
Morley asked.
" 'One'of us has got to go liccne , ' Major
Logan said. Ho then turned over the pages
of a book In his hand and went on : 'If I
am wounded cable this word to Mrs. Logan.
K I am killed cable this to Mr. Ilcntloy. '
"Morley tried to remonstrate that his
place \\aa by the major's sldo , but .Major
Logan would not hear of It. He retired n bit
later , but never recovered his wonted cheer
fulness.
"Tho advance was made toward San
Jaclnto at 8 o'clock , the battalion moving In
line of fours and Impeded greatly by the
awful condition of the ronds. The com
panies deployed upon approaching a village
and the Insurgents opened up on the bat
talion from their trenches 1,000 yards away.
An advance was ordered , Major Logan being
ul the head of Captain John Green's com
pany. Ho reacfltd.a turn In the road where
the fire of several sharpshooters was con
centrated. One of the corporals was shot
through the head nnd pitched forward on
his face.
" 'One of your men Is wounded , major , "
yelled n newspaper man 4above the roar of
thu volleys that commenced to pour from
the rlllcs of the Texan boys to right and left.
In the meantime Colcnel Hurc and Lieu
tenant Colonel nrereton were directing the
movements of the other battalions , coming
up as fast as the men could moVe. Major
Logan turned upon hearing the call and
shouted : Til take care of him ! ' Ho was
dismounted nnd approached the wounded
soldier. As ho leaned forward to turn him
over n bullet from a Mauser rifle crashed
through his head and without a murmur ho
sunk down upon the man ho gave his life
to succor. A hospital steward ran forward
to assist the major and fell as he touched
him with n bullet through his heart.
"A mighty roar rang from the lips of the
Texas sharpshooters and one big Texan ,
named Yava , the crack shot ot the regiment ,
dropped on ono knee and carefully pulled on
a black object 300 yards to the right and
forward. At the crack of his Krag a dark
something pitched from the top of a cocoanut -
nut tree , while several of the Insurgent' *
companions fell victims to the marksman
ship of the Americans.
"Major Logan was carried to a nearby
hut and attended by Dr. Grectiwald. It was
Instantly seen that he was beyond all
earthly aid , and , although he continued to
breathe for several hours , the only moUcn
made by him was a movement of his Imnc'a
to clutch the locket on his breast containing
the pictures of hia wife and three children. "
The dlfilcultles nnd hardships of the cam
paign in the vicinity of San Fabian are thus
pictured by the same letter : "The condi
tion of the weather was altogether unsatis
factory , retarding a reconnaicsance that
would have resulted , possibly , in the cap
ture of the insurgent president and com
mander. It rained steadily for three daya
nnd little streams were swollen to the size
of roarlns torrents. The roads were im
passable. Tandem ox carts , considered In
vincible in this country , could make no
progress. Twenty-five men were required
to move the Catling gun and then Its
progrem was abandoned. No ono can com
prehend the wlldncss of the elements when
they once let loose lu their unbroken fury.
For three days the Thirty-third regiment
encountered Insurmountable obstacles on
Its several reconnaissances. "
IMIIMI'I'IXE PUOIII.KMS.
1'rpNcntMixet of llir AVnr mill llio
Military .N'eeilM of Occunntioll.
Philadelphia Ledser.
When the transpcrt now m the way to
the Philippines arrives at Its destination
General Otis will have 65,000 troops under
his command. H has been repeatedly an
nounced that the Insurrection has about
reached Us vanishing point ns an organized
movement , and that the uprising Is degc nsr-
atlnK into guerrilla warfare merely. The
report rf the capture of Agulnaldo und the
ccnvplcto dispersion and disarming of nil
followers would bo uxtrcmely gratifying
news for the country. The prospect of a
long campaign In Luzon for the suppression
of gucni la bands Is not Inviting. Vet It Is
the kind of warfare to which Agulnaldi
would naturally resort before complete sub
mission. The announcement that tha
American troops In Luzon will now bo en
gaged in the pursuit and extermination of
guerrillas only may or may nit presage
speedy peace. The prcclea situation In the
other islands of the group It ) not clear , and
the fact that the 05,000 American soldiers
now In the Philippines nre necessary to
coir.pleto the suppression of the lnsurretlon ,
to gnrrlscn t'wns and to Insure order In- !
dlcateH the magnitude of the military las' ! |
still before us In these distant possessions , j
The size of the American army of oecupa- !
tlon Is greater than the Drltltih contingent
Wellington had with him at Waterloo. H
la greater than the combined nngllRh , '
French and Turkish armies that invaded the
Crimea in 185-1 , The immensity of the
problem Involving the quick transit of so
largea force to such a distant destination
Is hardly realizable by those not Immediately
engaged In the work. Knsland has ac
complished a great feat In the mobilization
of her armlca In South Africa , and In tlm
past has eent largo bodies of troops by water
to India anil elsewhere. U Is a task which '
si'-.ms Inseparable from colonial expansion ,
even when carried forward by n nation which
Is confessedly the most successful In ruling
forilgn pcoplen. Our responsibility In the
Philippines will remain exceedingly grrat
and oxpenolvc , even If the optimistic pre
dictions of high oinclals , presumably fully
onvoreint : with Philippine affairs , that the ,
existing Insurrection is Intlgnlficant am )
"confined-to Luzon , " should be verified. Tha
military needs of the American occupation ,
( is estimated by American ofilccrs , for the
Installation of American government In the
group , require the presence of 03,000 tralmv.
troops. And , when we have solved the
military problem In the group , wo must
take up the scarcely lef difficult duty of
civil government , if It bo decided that the
group shall bo permanently ours. To rul >
the group wo may require the genlua nnd
jpastcry of n fllvr. U IB not good policy
to go out to meet trouble half way ; but tha
American rcoplo should Intelligently an
ticipate anil analyst ) the problems of govern
ment. Oonurces should discuss them as fully ,
broadly uud fearlessly au | t will In the com
ing weeks discuss every phase of tun cur
rency question.
THIS , VI'I11CA111 SUM fi.
Philadelphia Times This campaign the
llrlllnh have been doing lots of shelling. In
fact it might bo said they had the shell
right along , while- the Uoers pot the kernel.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : General Lonl
Roberts says he Intends lo adopt the tac.
tics of Stonewall Jackson. This will bt >
all right unless the Doers should adopt th
tncllrs of the man who whipped Stonewall
Jackson.
ttnltlmore American : Lord Wolselcy's
opinion of the Hoerg as the most Ignorant
people he ever came In contact with Is , pos
sibly , not shared by the other Ilrltish officers
who have lately met the Hoors. Among
the lattcr's other practical qualities Is a
remarkable facility for reuniting when
"cut to pieces. "
Hrooklyn Eagle : Colonel Hadon-Powdl
assures the Doors that If they will return tt
their homes , all their misdeeds will bo for
given to them. When John Phoenix , who
Inserted bin nose between the Judge's teeth
In order to hold him down , breathed the
same assurance to the masticating and mag-
Istorlal mind , the world was amused. Dut
the Doers are not n humorous people. They
continue to limit Dndcn-Powcll and his men
to half rations and to double watches.
Chicago News : British losses In South
Africa to date foot up a total of nearly 7,000
men who were killed , capturc-,1 , wounded ,
missing or died of sickness , and the fighting
has scarcely begun. It Is now reported that
the Doers have 00,000 men , or nearly twice
as many as U was supposed some month ! >
ago that they could put In the field. In
addition they have abundant munitions o !
war and arc familiar with every foot of the
territory over which the "march to Pre
toria , " If It Is over accomplished , must Ho
It begins to look as If the sirdar's estluinto
of 150,000 men nnd a year's time to effect
the conquest of the Transvaal was con
servative.
Philadelphia Ilecord : Hitherto General
French has been wiser or more fortunate
than the other Drltlsh commanders In
South Africa , but ho too hag now had an
experience which ho "regrets to report. '
The "serious accident" which cost him the
loss of seventy men In prisoners to the
Uoers was not so calamitous ns the dis
asters previously reported , but It Is slgnlfl
cant because of Its similarity to thorn. The
Doers need only to open a trap ami a bat
talion or brigade of British are sure to
rush In and leave from one-fourth to three-
fourths of their number hopelessly snared.
Ono might think that by this time the
Drltlsh would have become familiar with
the deer-stalking tactics of their onemlca ,
but evidently the English have not yet
caught on to the trick.
PIMISO.VAI , I'OI.VriiltS.
The fathers of Kid McCoy and Jim Jeffries
are preachers. Doubtless they are regular
thumpers.
Jerry Simpson says that what the country
needs Is a condition of thhigu wherein Jobs
would be hunting men , Instead of men Jobs.
St. Louis'should let the Chicago river
water flow past. It would secure a crop oi
sea serpents to make It a first class sum
mer resort.
Captain Gordon Chcsney Wilson , who was
wounded in South Africa , had the pleasure ot
being reported by the War office on the
wounded list as "Lady Wilson's husband. "
Fathers are to bo allowed to speak at the
next mothers' congress. That is a great
concussion. It tends to confirm the belief
that In the family the mothers are not
"tho whole thing. "
Sir Thomas Llpton Is In earnest. Another
attempt to "lift" the America's cup will be
made next year. He will build nil entirely
new boat , having learned wisdom In bis last
year's experience.
A Chicago woman who went to New
Orleans and was robbed of $590 Is the
subject of much deserved criticism. The
Job might have been done at home with
equal skill and dispatch.
Henry Irving baa developed the Yankee
trait of answering one question by asking
another. Ho was recently asked : "Has the
theater any other mission than to amuse ? "
Sir Henry Irving replied : "Has food any
other mission than to please the'palato ? "
If Omaha courts retain dnc reaped for
precedents proceedings ought to be Insti
tuted against a Milwaukee Judge for In
fringement of Omaha's Injunction patent.
A Judge back there coolly enjoined all other
courts In the district from Interfering In
a row between a franchlsed corporation and
the citizens. He Insists on "hogging tha
docket. "
The Toronto Globe doesn't take the proposed -
posed Fenian Invasion of Canada very
( seriously. "Arms , " It Bays , "have been
stored at Omaha ever since the Fenian raid
of 1SC6. That Is the blttorness of It that
we are to bo the targets of guns thirty-
three years old , while In South Africa thft
very latest and smartest things in guns aie
In common use. Nothing so mortifying to
the national pride has happened since it wai
suggested that our nourishing lake port-i
were to bo bombarded by that floating wood
shed , the Yantle. "
I.VL'IIHA.SISD HAII.WAV MIl.HACiK.
Hevleiv of tlic MiilIiIliiK Ilecord for
TJilrl < ' 'ii Yc-nrM I'IIHC.
Philadelphia Times.
Before the United States had become
grldlroned with railroads reaching even Into
the rcmotw territories where settlers wore
few and far between , a prosperous business
year was always marked by great activity
In new railway construction. On several
occasions the now mileage exceeded 10,000
miles , and In 1887 the flaodtlite In railway
construction was reachcJ , the now railways
finished In that year aggregating 12,203
mllcH. If there had been unoccupied terri
tory left to ho spanned with now tracks the
addition to the railway mileage of the
country last year would doubtless have ex
ceeded that of 1887 , but railway oorporatlon.1
hnvn learned by costly experience that It Is
not worth while to build two railways to do
the carrying trade of ono.
The following table of the now railway
construction of thirteen years shows that
the new mllcpgo of 189'J exceeds that of any
year since 1890 :
Year. Mllei.l Year Miles
1SSS . 7,10" 1 - . . i Wi
18S9 . 5,22r 1W . l'ng
1MO . 5,1,7 , 1857 . 1880
1S91 . 4,2IKJIJ * . 3,083
WJ'S . 2C33i
Tl o decline WHS continuous and alrac t
uniform from 1887 until 1837 , when only 1,880
miles of now track were laid , In 1898 the
turn in the tide came , when. 3,083 miles of
now railway were added to the total mileage
of the country.
A tlletlnctlvo feature of the railway build
ing for 1899 was that It consisted chiefly In
extcr.nloRH anil branches of existing lines.
The two Htates of Iowa and Minnesota , both
already well Hiippllod with railways , lead
the list , Iowa with 552 und Minnesota with
374 miles of now track. The south flguros
writ in the showing , Arkansas leading with
265 , Alabama second with 161 , Florida clouo
In the race with US , while Mlsslaalppl fur-
iiUhcd 117 , .South Carolina 138 , Louisiana
119 , TeAncsseo 118 and Missouri 107 mllen.
There Is every reason lo expect that 1900
will witness un Important boom In railway
building , although ( hero U no prospect that
the exceptional figures of 1887 will ever bo
reached again. Lines under construction In
1899 were greatly returded by the high price
of rails and the dllllculty In getting orders
filled at any price , and the completion of
lines delayed In construction from this causa
IH likely to send the figures ubovo those for
189 ! ) . It IB hardly possible that thu new
mil' age for 1900 will fall below 5,000 miles. '
WHIT TillItAIMIOADM WAVF1.
\llrnnl Million nnit 1'nt'
I | i l-'rrlulil HiilrH.
I'hlrag.i llorord.
Whether or not representatives of nffirly
all the great rallroHd systems of the United
States have , ns alleged , entered Into mi
agreement for the abolition of certain
abuses , thorc Is no doubt nl nil that the
reforms which the alleged eompnot Is snhl
lo Inclihlo nrc those which all the rail
roads wish to see brought about.
The program Includes doing awny with
the illegal nnd criminal rebates nnd with
the dwindling practice of selling passenger
tickets by wliolosnlo to srnlpers ami some
minor details of management and operation ,
nil of which could bo brought about not only
without opposition from the public , but
with the public's heartiest approval nnd co
operation.
Dut the nil-Important , "reform" Is the es
tablishment of freight rntcs on "n perma
nent basis. " The public has no objection to
| ' this step , either ; Indeed , would welcome
It , for stability In freight rales Is n benefit
to the whole business community. It Is n
j fact , however , that there Is almost none of
that ruinous competition among the rail
roads which would glvo the corporation *
Just cntiso for complaint. Broadly speak
ing , freight rates nrc now and for many
month * have been maintained on nn ade
quately profitable- basis over the United
States.
The inllroads themselves. It Is true , do-
clarc otherwise. They point to low tariffs
hero and there and say that rates arc or
recently have becu "demoralized" In this
section or that. Dut they cannot ninko out
their case. They cannot deny that nil the
great systems nrc earning more money than
ever before in their history or that they nro
now earning nil the money that they ever
ought to earn on their present Investment.
1IIII3K7.V UMiS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Blnskley reads
well , doesn't ho ? "
"Yes. Ho's a retired elocutionist. "
"Iletlred ! Thank heaven. "
Soincrvlllo Journal : The poet says that
homo Is where the heart Is , but the law
says that homo Is where the trunk Is.
Chicago News : "Is that your
madam ? " nfkod the Missouri Judge.
"Naw , " replied the elderly female , "he a
mo oldest yountr 'un. "
Chicago Tribune : "Do people In your line
of busltiosH over send anybody out to solicit
trndo ? " usked the man who had dropped In
to purchase a draft.
"Well , we've KOI one innn on the road ,
replied the bunk president , thinking
gloomily of his absconding cashier.
IndlanupollH Journal : "We are saving n
little on llrcs now. "
"How's that ? "
"My wlfo Is bupy running around nnionp
our relutlves to llnd out whether they llke < !
what wo BIIVO them ChrlstmnH. "
Philadelphia. Press : Ten Do Footc How
did ho come to bo killed ?
Cactus Cal Oh , ho was careless about hli
gun.
gun.Ten Do Foote Didn't know It was loaded ,
oh ?
Cactus Cal No. Ho thought It was when
It wasn't , an1 he drawcd on Chaparral
Charlie 'fore ho soon his mistake.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer : The British
camp on the Tugcla :
First Tommy 'Euvons , man ! The 'olo
side of your 'oad IB mushed In ! Was It a
shell ?
Second Tommy Shell , nothln' ! It's
honly a chunk o1 ono o' them Tiluin pud-
din's as th1 bloody Boers is a firln' nt tisl
Detroit 'Free ' ProBp ; She What ! Are
you golnjj to tllno at the club ? I should
think you would hate to take dinner there.
He Why ?
She Because , my dear , you will miss nil
the pleasure of complaining about what yotl
cet to eat.
CHICAGO ItlVKIl SOXXETS.
Chlcano Record.
I.
Historic stream , so limpid and so pure ,
Famed for thy languid deeps and azurty
trend !
How often have We watched thy lakeWard'
eml
Drift Idly past. Its waters thick , obscure ,
And laden with dead steers , old furniture.
Infectious bubbles , cats all things that
lend
A weird enchantment to such scenes , and
blend
To make the microbe's habitat secure !
Now , lovely watercourse , this all Is gone ;
No more upon thy surface gleams and
HWlrls
The dank , prismatic oil we knew of old.
Today then smllest at the ardent dawn
As sweetly us the best of Neptune's girls ,
And chnrmest us with lurements mani
fold !
II.
O river ! will the gay fish gambol now
Where "suckers" used to gamble long-
ago.
And clutch nt fortune's teasing- ebb and
( low ,
Behind the panting steamer's guarding'
jirow ?
Oh. will the slowly parsing tug and scow-
No longer clouds of poison smoke , up
throw ;
And will the red-faced bridge policeman
grow
Less fierce , ns through the long-bridged
throng we jilow ?
Ah , happy stream ! mcthlnks we see thy
Hhl'PS '
And wooden curbs toy laughing boys
besot ,
I3auli gnyly stripping for a frolic
HWlm ;
We BCD the thirsty "vng" with eager lips
Drink up thy sparkling nectar , too ; nnd
yet ,
From nnclcnt hnblt , must wo pity him !
Have you an ulster ?
This is the weather to
wear one , and the proper
time to buy one.
And the ulster that bears
our name don't hang and
look like a blanket on
youflor weigh you down.
The ordinary ulster istir-
some to wear. Not so
our "great coats" they
are light , soft and warm
and a delightful garment
to wear and can be had
for $ JO or $40 with
plenty intermediate qual
ities.
Store 'open till 9 P. M.
Saturday.