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Smyth Is tllploinntif. lie Is also devil
Ish sly and cunning.
Just wilt till ground hog dny und PCI
whether tlic weather man lias llnlshei
Ills winter's work or not.
The Kentucky melliod of settling election
tion disputes will never become populai
In any part of the United States.
1 The telephone line between the rail
way otlicps and that of Secretary ol
State Porter Is evidently grounded.
People In Europe should not bo mis
led when reading the political new ?
from Kentucky into the idea that tin
state is In South America.
The. framing of a city levy ordinance
Is always a ticklish job. but It is more
so on the eve ot a city election al
which every other member of the cltj
council wants to he re-commissioned.
It Is reported that General Duller Imf
discovered the key to the road to I < mly-
smith. The general Inrr-i-sslou was
that the key had becu deposited in the
bottom of some deep well and the well
tilled up.
The school board wants a1mlll
levy this year , nn Increase of a whole
mill , or IK ? 1-IS per cent over last year ,
If the rest of the tax levy were to grow
in this ratio It would not take long to
reach the point of confiscation.
Smyth Is diplomatic. World-Herald.
Yes , indeed , Attorney General Smytli
is as diplomatic as Talleyrand , win ;
acted upon the principle that language
was given to man In order that he-may
lip able to conceal his thoughts.
As might have been expected , the < l- > -
nothing secretaries of the useless State
Hoard of Transportation have come oil
victorious in the contllct with the de
ftincto candidate for r. S. S. , Who hue"
Issued an edict through the seeretarj
of state to have them beheaded.
The proposed Paclllc cable to Mimilii
will cost only SIO.OOO.OOO. There shouh
be no trouble llndlng men with sucl
i
trilling amounts as that who would IK
willing to lay it , provided , of course
the government guarantees big interes
on the Investment.
The government has started on !
search for ! ? : ! 00,000OiH ) gold coin said t <
have disappeared from circulation slnci
1S7 ! > . Plenty of people In the coiuitr.i
are perfectly willing to be searched foi
any of the missing coin on the percent
age plan of salvage.
Joe Koutsky , who was one of John L
Webster's preferred candidates for tin
legislature two years ago , has heei
rewarded for kuiUtig the rcpuhlicat
ticket by an appointment In the olliei
r the democrat 11' clerk of the dlstrie
court. This Is another straw for the nil
Patriotic league.
Milton Park should not address sucl
pointed questions to Mr. Hryan regard
1 Ing his attitude toward the populists
Ho should know that Hryan is too bus ;
talking on other subjects to waste tinii
with the middle-of-the-road element , 1
Is all he can do to keep the fusion fac
tion of the populist party sutlsllcd.
The Illinois aiiti-truKt law luis beei
declared unconstitutional , but the No
bntska law still stands solidly on tin
statute books. Since a popocratle tit
toruey general has been the state'i
prosecuting ollh-er , however , the lav
has not gotten near enough to the puln
of enforcement to stand any grea
strain.
Congressman Mercer will remain a
the representative from Nebraska 01
the republican national eongre blona
committee. That wa n foregone con
elusion. Turn about Is fair play , how
ever , and Mr. Mercer may be oxpectei
to return the compliment by e.xertini
his Influence to have Senator Thnrstoi
retained UK Nebraska's representatlvi
on the republican national committee.
rt/Mvt.v .IA/J rt\K \ TUVSTS.
Mr. Hr.van's discussion of trusts do- :
not appear in he making a particular ! ;
favorable Impression uixin the minds o
Intelligent people In the east , If we 111113
Judge from the comments of pome news
papers opposed to triisfs. The Phlladel
phla Kecord observes that while Mr
Ur.vnii "vehemently and vaguely tie
nomioes the industrial monopolies , IK
has never made one suggestion' of uiij
practical utility for restraining tin
abuses prneCc. d by tr.irt combinations.
That paper , which favors striking tin
trusts through the tariff , referring tt
Hryan's talk on the combinations In hi. .
speech at Ilarrisburg. charadeIzes ! It a :
"llapdoodlo" and "meaningless and In
sincere rhetorical rigmarole , " and asks
"Why does not the anti-trust elmiuplor
himself devise some remedy for tlr
evils of monopoly which he so mud
deplores ? " Having made the trusts * m
of the three Jssues In his iiresldentla
campaign , yet , says the Kecord , wher
he goes before the people he asks then :
to think of some remedy for the trust *
In his despair of discovering a remedj
of hln own. It declares that on this
subject he Is all at sea.
Another paper that is not friendly tc
tile trusts , the Itrooklyn Hagle , says ol
Mr. Hr.van's suggestion that then
should be a national licensing of trusts
"Ho would require all trusts or err
poratlons to have a license from the
national government , If they would dc
business In any state other than ( lit
one in which they are Incorporated
This Is as simple as the destruction ol
free trade between the states , or as th >
conversion of the federal government
into a stupendous Industrial monopoly
stilling competition and interferln ; ;
with the rights of labor and of capital
at Avlll , under restrictions which could
be made more prohibitive than the
stlffest tariff of which the stouten
protectionist ever dreamed. " With In
lluentlal newspapers in the east tliii. '
exposing and puncturing the crudities
and absurdities of Mr. Hryan's treat'
incut of the trust problem , he Is nol
likely to persuade any considerable
number of Intelligent people in that sec
tion that he Is the man to wisely deal
with'this most Important question and
that his election to the presidency
would mean a speedy dissolution of all
the Industrial combinations.
The obvious fact is that this problem
is much too broad and deep and com
plex for the free silver champion. K
Involves practical and economic condi
tions which as yet he does not compre
hend. He Is quite at sea In regard to it ,
Perhaps in the course of time , with
careful study , ho may be able to devise
a practical remedy for trust evils , but
he has shown that he is not now quail-
lied to do so. He can Inveigh against
the combinations in endless "rhetorical
rigmarole , " but this will not affect
them , neither will it enlighten the
public as to what is required to obtain
relief from trust exactions. What is
needed is a practical , attainable remedy
something that can be made effective
and Mr. Hryan has not yet suggested
this. Perhaps he is endeavoring to de
vise such.a remedy. It is har.dly con
ceivable that h6' Is fully sa'tfstle'd with
what he has already proposed , though
he may not quite realize how crude and
impracticable It is. Hut lie must have
an intelligent and practical solution of
the trust problem If he expects that to
be a vote-getting issue in the coming
campaign. The people want something
ino-e effective than denunciation of the
trusts , however vehement that may be.
T//B C/liiK OK/'Ui'rtrO lilCU.
In the opinion of the republican mem
bers of the house ways and means com
mittee the Island of Puerto UIco is not
an integral part of the United States
and therefore that the provision of the
constitution which requires that all du
ties , imposts and excises shall be uni
form throughout the t'nlted States does
not apply to that island. If this view
shall be .sustained by congress tariff
duties may be levied on imports into
this country from Puerto Hico and 0111
exports to that island will pay duties
there , the proposition being to make
those somewhat less than the existing
duties.
The president in his annual message
recommended that free trade be estab
lished between Puerto Hlco and the
United States , but the agitation ot
American Interests against this , to
gether with the fact that it would create
a precedent for other possessions thai
might , proves embarrassing , produced si
change of sentiment the expression ol
which is contained In the opinion of lite
republicans of the ways and means com
mlttee , the chairman of which hud in
troduced a bill granting free trade tc
Puerto Hlco.
It Is probable that the house will sus <
tain tills view and the senate may alse
concur , though it will meet with opposi
tion on the ground that It would lie
ccssitato a colonial system , which In
the judgment of many cannot be eslab
Hulled without disregarding the const !
tutlon. It i > > a question of far-reaching
Importance.
'I I JO MUCH K < 1UII'M11ST.
The Hrltish force. ) In South Afrlcn
appear to bo handicapped by an exres
of equipment. Lord Itohcrls Is said tc
have pointed out to the government llui
Hnller has with him an Immense trans
port train , carrying his ammunition am
supplies , which Interferes with the mo
blllly of his army.
This will be understood , at least lij
military men , when It Is stated thai
each battalion has wllh it fourteci
wagons , of which nine require teams ca
liable of moving -1,000 pounds In all
Therefore as a mere camp equipage
General Warren had a train of hctweei
100 and TKMI wagons , added to the reg
Intents' wagons , the brigade and stall
complement. The supply of commit ;
wiry is on the same lavish scale am
this expedition , which called for a swlf
march , had n train , according to nm
dispatch , amounting In all to - ' ! , < !
wagons. Undoubtedly thin Is well lethe <
the health and comfort of the army , bin
It necessarily require * a saerltlco of mo
blllly and most experienced sohllen
will probably agree that In war , In tin
long run , II Is better to risk dlxeas *
than by over-provision to Insure the de
lays which lead to the falltlte of a ram
palgn.
There appears to he no doubt that om
of the mistakes of General Huller Inn
been over-equlpmcnt. which retarded hi ;
advance and Interfered with the mo
blllty of his forces , though this by m
means explains bis failure. The Hoer
have n very decided advantage of tin
Hrltish In this respect. Thdr equip
men ! Is not cumbrous and does not in
terfere with their movements. It Is t <
be Inferred from the statement of I/in
Hobe'rls that in the campaign whld
he Is understood to be organlKlng tin
equipment will be only what Is uliso
lutely necessary and doubtless Hulli'i
will bo required to considerably retluci
that of his force > s. This Is not the oiilj
lesson which these veterans In wa'Tim
against Inferior racis will have t <
learn In South Africa.
i'iAix TM.Kvnn \
Kver since the election It hn beri
current report that the'refus-al of Albyi
Frank to abide by the law requiring th :
clerk of the district court to account foi
the fees of the olilce and pay Into thi
treasury all In excess of $ r , tioO a yeai
was really Inspired by and In the Inter
est of his successor , Mr. Hroadwdl.
These reports are now given subslan
tlal foundation by the appearance ii :
court to contest the law of lawyer. '
known to be political representatives ol
Clerk Hroadwell and who can look \
nobody else for their pay. In othei
words , 11 Is manifest that the techiilea
Haws which Albyn Frank pretends If
have discovered in the law are belli ; :
trumped up in order to enable Mr
Hroadwell to appropriate all the fees ol
the olilce , running up Into the tens ol
thousands of dollars.
The Uee has no tiuarrel with Mr
Hroadwell and will have none so lonjj
as he lives up to the law and conduct ?
his olilce elllclently. Hut It serves no
tlce lu the name of the taxpayers thai
any attempt on his part to reopen the
way for the scandals that have grown
out of the fee system In that olilce will
be resented and reac | upon whoever Is-
responsible.
Albyn Frank may claim that he wii *
elected for four years , witli the expecta
tion of pocketing all the money he could
lay his hands on over and above the
cost of miming the oliice. He dis
tributed thousands of dollars in boodle
to prevent two successive legislature.-
from changing the law. Hut Mr
Itroadwell has no such excuse , because
he was elected district court clerli
knowing that the income was limited tc
$ . " 5,000 a year , and he could not have
been elected had anyone even suspected
that lie would enter the olilce with the
intention of overthrowing the law and
grabbing for all he could.
Mr. Hroadwell should remember that
$5,000 is the highest salary paid to any
olllcer in the state ; that it is double the
salary paid the governor and double
that paid the justices of the supreme
court and the district judges. If he Is nol
satisliud with $5,000 a year he should
resign. If lie persists successfully hi
the attempt to nullify the law , the issue
will be made for him.in . the coiliinp
campaign to put him oil a level with the
district judges sit a salary of $ ! ! , r > 00 n
year , and every candidate for the legis
lature will be put on record in advance
to vote for a bill thatxwill have no Haws
In it.
The taxpayers of Douglas county will
not stand for any more $30,000-a-yeai
boodle distributing ollices.
Attorney General Smyth aunouiue >
with a grand nourish of trumpets thai
he will at once begin suits for damage.-
against the various railroads oneratiap
In Nebraska for violation of the order
of the State Hoard of Transportation
establishing carloads as the standard
for freight charges on the shipment ot
live stock. This order was Issued two
years ago , but was allowed to remain
a dead letter by the do-nothing Hoard ol
Transportation , of which Smyth Is a
member , and the railroad olliclals posi
tively deny ever having received olllclal
notice Hint such an order had been
passed. Of course the diplomatic at
torney general knows that his proposed
damage suit will come to nothing , but
it affords the diplomat an opportunity
for a grandstand play while he Is intiik-
Ing time and standing up bravely foi
the three high-salaried do-nothing sec
retaries.
If the busliu'ss agent of the Waiters'
union has any ir.ore cards up Ids sleeve
than the raining of the license on luiicli
wagons he ht < d better keep them up hi *
sleeve. There Is such a thing as over
doing things. The 10-ccnt restaurant- ! :
may serve poor meals with cracked
dishes and rusty knives. Their lo-cenl
meals may cost them 1) ) cents , or for ( hat
matter may be gotten up without prollt ,
but that would not Justify their sup
presslon by special taxation. There IK
room for cheap restaurants In every
town like Omaha because there are pool
people In It who cannot atford to pay
for napkins and finger-howls. These
people are entitled to live withonl
begging , and the resorts that feed tlieni
an1 as much entitled to exist as those
that serve up roast turkey , terrapin anil
champagne dinners.
Popocratlc plohltors , who had antlcl
pated a chance to secure a berth as see
retary of the Slate Hoard of Trans
IKirtatlon on the strength of Secretary
Porter's move to discharge the presem
Incumbents , now realize the futility ol
banking on that hope. The member !
of the hoard could not discharge tlu
secretaries without at the same tlnu
passing Judgment on themselves , a >
they urn responsible for the acts , or fall
tire to act , of their subordinates.
Hard-tip Oriental nations , like cm
barrasscd Montana legislators , are at
easy mark for countries which desln
to get them under their thumb. Hussli !
has been trying by all vorts of blandish
ments to secure a foothold In Persia
but failed until the hitter country
wanted a loan while ICngland was tor
busy to make it. The ascendancy ol
Uussla In Persia Is likely to b" a cnstl
bit of diplomacy for the Kiijtllsh. as
gives its standing enemy In the east
perch on the Persian gulf and up to tl
very door of indln.
Nebraska democrats will Imhl the
slate convention to endorse Hryau f <
president March 10. This Is the w'.rllc :
convention to be held In the itatlom
campaign , because Uryan wants to stai
out with his home state as the tram
card tigaltist all comeis. MeKlnley dot
not have to force Ohio Into the froi
line t-i boom his candidacy , because li
N practically reiiomlnated already h
acclamation and the Philadelphia coi
vention Is lo be simply a ratlllcatlo
meeting.
Uvors- ( Mil Thtmr ( Joea.
Washington 1'osl.
The lack of nt.Ulllty la democratic Icm
cislilp Is disclose. ! by the fact that the pan
Is dlspo3cd to hitch onto every old \as\ \
that turns up.
AVnr I.'ovc
Indlnnnuolls News.
Humors about a pornlble conflict betwes
Jnpnn and Huasla are becoming mimenn
cnoush ( o cause anxiety. People lun
learned In rcecnt years that war can happci
.ttnrvflimn MIIHni-y
1'hlladeblilu Times.
The apparent excuse that llullcr offers ft
the abandonment of Splonkop la that r
oprltiRS nf water existed atop this mountal
of boulders. What Is to be snld or tlie Into !
llscne of a general who expected to lit !
fountains ! in n great heap of loose alones !
Tool * ' . Kin or Cure.
Kansas citv Star.
American Inventions adopted by forelg
armies have Included weapons of dostrnctloi
but the British army is to be supplied wit
an American apparatus for sterilizing wati
and an American style of ventilated hosplti
tent used by the United States army medic :
department. Our Inventors cure as well n
U'l-Hcy rcritctrntcs : : , ! ok < > .
New Yorl : Tribune.
New Jersey's legislative rawlution ON
tending the freedom of the state to llrya
was refcircd to the committee on publl
health , which his political doctoring was n
doubt thought to Imperil. The reference be
the outward seeming of a joke , but In No1
Jersey that Is sometimes the case with prc
ccdures of the most serious intention.
IllllllCllCVNVllNlllllctoil. .
Chicago. Tribune.
The Navy department Is endeavoring to sc
cure the appropriation ot money to build
small plant for the manufacture of pon-dci
but the Washington correspondent of th
Tribune says that It Is not likely to he sue
cessful because the powder manufacture !
want to make all flic powder used by th
government. Some such reason as this Is al
legcd against a good many measures. Th
people favor postal savings banks , but , al
though uvcry republican postmaster gen
cral slnco Creswcll , bas urged congress t
graft the plan of the Postonice depurtmen
there Is no prospect of its immediate ador
tion. The private savings banks are op
posed. Again tlio parcels pjst Is urged b
Postmaster General Smith. The press of th
country Is almost unanimous In favor of 1
The experience of other nations proves It
BUCCCSS. But there will be no parcels pea
according to the Washington corresponded
The secret Is that the express companies or
pose. It would seem to be about time thn
the people had some Inlluence in Washing
ton. And , perhaps , they may have mor
than they ore credited with.
MotlKtrnAre KnrKOtlcn.
Detroit Journal.
We read a groa d'enl of late about the for
gotten man. Therd la a forgotten woman-
the Kngllsh itiotfiei' . Who has given her
thought these days when" so many of th
best , If not of ' the bravest , of Englls
mothers' husbands and sons nro falling 1
South Africa ? Conceive of the slow tortur
to which they are subjected. Only slowl
comes news from the front. First that
battle Iti lost with , says the general com
mandlng , "I fear considerable loss. " Late
the worst Is confirmed , still without detail
to lift the pall of uncertainty. Then , at lasl
the names of the killed and wounded , bu
with a number of missing to keep alive th
dread - that the worst has still not bee :
heard. There are thousands of these mothers
sisters and sweethearts In England , an
amoug the Boers as well. They are sllenl
They make their moan in private' , wbll
there Is call for 50,000 more , a 100,000 fron
England and the colonies , to spread th
anguish , to makd more universal the uncer
talnty , to bring yet more sorrow into home
where as yet they suffer only In sympath
with their stricken neighbors.
DOG 1\ Till : .MA\UIOIl.
C'ltniiiln IinprovoH KH OiiiiiirtiiultlCM t <
J.'alk the t'liltc-il SdiU-H.
Philadelphia Press ,
If Canada is to take advantage of Grca
Britain's Imperial necessities and In ex
change for a handful of troops cnt to Soul
Africa la to exact an anti-American pollc
fiom the British government it. Is tlmo th
fulled States puts Its foot down and llrmlj
Wo have stood the dog-ln-the-manger math
ods of Canada nJJ too long. Whenever th
Ijidtetl States and the imperial British gov
eminent were about to como to any agree
ment Canadian Intrigue began its evil wor
to defeat the high purposes of both coun
tries. The amity and comity of 1898 inlgh
have been ours and England's years ag
were It not that the Canadian politician wa
contrary-minded. Even the high commls
slon of 1S)9 ! ) was unable to let the now oplrl
of 1898 affect Its negotiations , since Canad
sol its face agalnet agreement , and won an
other barren victory after the narrow fashlo
of the pnst.
The HoduloiiB cultivation of Ilrltls :
prejudices , having yielded such rich retur ;
before the Bo r war gave a now twist t
the situation , It can bo Imagined how eager !
the Canadian leaders vlow the preson
moment ns their hey-day. The new linperlc
cnthUGlaEins , the hysteria of Imperial de
fcnec ; give them the long-lookcd-for oppor
tunlty to have a disturbing and Inlluoncln
flngpr In all negotiations with the Unite
States , They naturally argue that If the
achieved such succres In the past , when th
mother country , supreme In Its splendid itfl
lation , nskcd far no compensatory favor
from Itn colonic , how much the more BUS
ceptlblo will bo the government of today
Under heavy obligations to the Homlnlor
the British ministry , as Ottawa eoes It , wll
bond no unwilling ear to the Canadian crj
either In the matter of Alaska or the grealr
Issue of Nicaragua and the Clayton-Hulwc
tleaty. And It can easily bo imagined thn
Ottawa believes Its voice today Is final , dc
tcrmlnatlve.
All this IB very nice , but It Involves th
Ignoring of the United States. In Uiee-a la
SUCH \\o hava something to say. And It I
altogether likely that Oreat Britain wll
learn Unit tbo United States will ntand th
dog-in-tho-mangcr policy of Canada up to
certain point , and then will call for n muz
/le. London knows as well as Washlngto
dial tlio larger IsaucB that must coma u
for settlement between the United State-
and Great Britain cannot be discussed u
the provincial platform. The United State
has nothing to do with the Dominion's phll
antjiropy or with Imperial gratitude , sav
to 4E-Q that Canada Is not reimbursed nt ou
expense. B r w r or no Boer war , Orea
Britain mutit bo inada to eco that Tanad
cannot bo permitted to Interfere In th
friendly negotlatloiiH between Great Brltal
and the United HtutM. This policy has bee
carried on all too loug. A radical about
face IB In order.
Till' I.IOX IV AI-'HK \ .
IVnlnroK of ( lie llorrVitr OvrrluoKr
! > I IIP Connor.
Krports of a fhortnge of provision * r
ammunition In the Uor nrmy. frequpntl
noted In dispatches from Hrltish wiiirrt
mny bo taken with salt. There In nbumlni
evidence to show that both the magnr.lm
nnd the larders of the republic * are we
stocked for the present emergency. Intel
vlr-wn with cxptrters of foodstuffs in Xe
York City , published In the Kvcnlnu I'os
rhow that these firms have shipped to tl
Transvaal enormous quantities of eanm
meats snd Jerked beef ( blll-tong. ) Durli
ISflfl shipments of Hour to Oelagoa buy wei
doubled. One tliai shlppr-d 300.000 sacks nt
another sent 50,000 sacks n mcnth. Shl |
loads of cracked corn determinated whlc
under the nnmo of samp becomes a favorli
I3oer dish , have been sent from New Yor :
Ono exporter declares that the food wan
houses of the two republics have bee
packed with thousands of tens of atnph
drawn from American nnd Australian mai
liotfl. In [ securing nn abundance of nmmuu
lion the republics displayed similar forcslgh
The London Mall states they have n auppl
sulllclent for a ten-year war. Much of It wr
Hindu In Franco and Germany , some wt
secured In England , but most of It v\ns mat
at the govorn'ment works near Pretoria. A
thcjo prnparatlods were made since tl
Jameson raid five years ago. The supply <
rlilp ammunition amounts to 3S.flOO.Ci
rouuds. dotiblo the amount used lu th
Kranto-Prussian war. "The quantity i
ammunition stored In the Transvaal , " snj
the London Mail , "Is absolutely colossal.
Ellgoie Easton , the Kansas City ncws-api ;
man whor.e alleged capture by the Hoci
caused a mild sensation two months HR
lum ii-ache-d Paris on his return. In
dfppatih to the- New York Journ.il he says 1
was not captured nt all. He- went Into tr
Boor ramp of his own accord , nnd wn
treated well. lie was with tlio burghers i
the battle of C'olriiso , but could not gel
word about It over the British cables. Ui
gardlng the campaign , bo says : "It la IK
correct to say that the Boers have mat !
merely a defensive campaign ; the Booi
have been outiiLinibcred by the English I
e'very campaign. At the battle of Beimel
tin- British were In a ridiculous majoritj
England had the flower of its army fair !
nnd squarely beaten. Ucglmeiit after rcg :
ment nt Dundee fled through the ! oj befoi
the Boers. The British there deserted tv.
tralnloads cf provisions and one of ninmun
tion. The. officers loft even their HOIT <
documents and plan of campaign. Thcst >
have seen , ciid they show that the Englls
had been preparing for the war over slut
the Jameson raid. I have photographs <
these documents. They begin In 18 % : the
mention every kopje , every spruit , railwn
and pass In the mountains. Everything I
carefully outlined ; details of the forts :
Johannesburg , Pretoria and Blormfontel
are given , with the places where foodstufl
are stored und where fresh water Is to 1 :
had. " Respecting the spirit of the Dot
soldier he says : "They are determined the
their country shall bo free. England cannc
put enough troops Into South Africa to suV
Jugnto them. Why ? Because the Boers ar
fighting for everything a man holds deal
They are fighting against n machine soldle
I have seen General Joubort's wlfo load hi
guns for him ; I have seen grandfather , so
nnd grandson fight side by side. The. Boc
soldier Is lighting for n prize worth winning
Tommy Atkins is fighting for a shilling
day. Hence the difference. "
The master mind directing the Boer caw
palgn is said to bo n Frenchman , Coloni
George de Villcbola Mai-cull. At least he I
recognized by the official paper of th
Transvaal government , the Volltsstem , as th
winner of the battle of Colcoso and wa
publicly thanked for the victory. Mareu
is a scion of an ancient Breton family an
about 50 years old. As a lieutenant h
served through tho. Franco-Prussian war an
rose gradually until he wan commander c
one of the hugo regiments of the famou
Foreign Legion , one of the finest flghtlu
bodies belonging to any modern army. 4
couple of years ago , being passed over b
Uoneral Billet for his advance-aunt to th
grade of general of brigade , he threw up hi
commission In a huff. Through Dr. Leyd
he was provided with nu agreement undo
which on arrival nt Pretoria ho was gazette
to thp rank of lieutenant general a grad
which , in the French army ( upon whlci
the staff of the Transvaal forces ar
modeled ) , ranks with that ot general lu th
English service.
YAMCI3I3
Stundlly AilvnnuliiK' Into ( he Mni-Ueli
o ( tlie World.
Philadelphia. North American.
A great deal is heard about the fliicccs
of the English in driving Americans out o
competition In the markets of the world
and yet when statistics are submitted It I
shown that the Yankee is holding his own
The last year's records of our exports am
Imports Indicate very clearly that we an
doing a very extensive and profitable bust
ness with the world generally , and If then
Is any portion of the world's trudo in whlcl
wo do not get our fair share It is lu Soutl
America , where political causes have oper
ated against us to some extent , nnd thi
dltllculty of transportation a great dou
more , The discussion of the "open door'
In relation to China has shown that In tha
quarter of the globe wo are the foremrs
dealers. The China trade has been care
fully looked after by Americans for a con
tury. The New England shipowners founc
that a profitable field long ago , and tin
foundations of many of the Now Englam
fortunes wcro laid by the hardy skipper ;
who made the long voyages to the Orion
when our country was young , but full o
enterprise.
Kussla has also been n country where thi
exploitation of American productions ha
been uniformly successful. A Baltlmon
man was the pioneer railroad constructo
In Tlussla , nnd over slnco that nation ha :
shown n decided preference for America !
artisans and American manufacturers. Ac
cording to the statements of United State :
Consul Smith of Meacow , American capita
to the extent of $ n,000,000 will soon h
Invested in Russia for manufacturing pur
poses , and the ultimate expenditure In tbl ;
direction -will reach $15,000,000. The WestInghouse
Inghouso cewipany contemplates the ox
pcmllturo of $2,000,000 in St. PetcrBburi
within a year , and a pump company wll
spend as much moro in the erection of i
plant in Moscow , A few years ago a Dela
ware pipe manufacturing company uhlppci
n largo plant to Russia , nnd also provide *
Iho workmen to manage It ; and cvorywhcr
In the emplro when the products of Amer
lean mills have coimi Into competition will
the products of England or Germany the :
have Invariably supplanted them. Thcsi
whti saw thn French nnd Gorman agrlcul <
tural exhibits at the Export exposition a fev
months ago need not bo told why this ha
occurred. The foreign machinery Is clums ;
und unwieldy and In every way Inferior t <
the products of the American umnufar
turcrp. nnd. although nt the first there wai
preference for tlio heavier machinery li
the belief that .It was moro durable , thli
impression has been removed In actual com
petition and the American goods have hui
the lead.
' We still liavo something lo learn , how-
c\cr. from our competitors In Europe , am
tl-at is In tlio HMD of preparing for forcigi
Hhlpment. It i lamented by consuls Ir
various countries In which efforts are beIng
Ing made to Introduce American wares thu
our crcatest drawback cornets from care
leAsnews in packing and that In consequejici
a great many article * that are In demand ar
rl\o at their destination In such a damagci
condition as to bo practically worthier
This rareleeunere or Ignorance may be rnsllj
re moiled , and once this Is accomplished
American * ) need have notblnc to fear.
lit nmor : IM-VSIIIV : .
Iunil I nilrr Which \n > ! ' , iirotrnu
\ntlon Would StuuuiT.
Itoston 1'osl.
1 The ftntetnent sent In lo the Vnllcd S'atf !
senate by Commissioner Evan * In nnawer t (
the Inquiry of Senator Gnlllngcr regnrdlnj
the nuwber of pcnslc crs now borne on tin
rolls shown nn aggregate of f > 00S2S. Of tlic * <
there nro Sfi.OOO fiom the earlier wars of tin
' republic ; nn even 300. nf reprned lust June
from thp SpnnUh war. nnd ! i6P(14 : ( from tin
(
var of the irbelllon.
It Is Interentlpg to compare our ircnslot
nrmy with the standing armies of Iho gna' '
military powers of Eutope. There Is not r
European nation that maintains a force cqua
la number to our nrmy of pensioners , am
very fe-w cf them reach Itvhra on n wal
. foollnit. IttiEsIa , with Its standing army o
| ! H,1$8. ! ) earned the nc-arest ; oven Germnnj
j has only CS7.S83. Yet the reason assigned
] by the os-nr for calling the ponce confcrcnci
last year wns to seek some incaim of relic :
for Industry from what he styled the crush
ing burden of European nrninments.
When we further consider the comparative
cost of our pension nrmy tn that ef tin
standing armies of Europe , the contrast li
i yet more vivid. Thrrc Is Hot n Europenr
| nation whoso army budget rose last year tt
the figure of ? 133-IS2,09fi. which the Unlteil
States paid out In pensions , with the nddltlot
of $3,851.771 for expenses of dlaburaement
The might of the American people In carry
ing burdens under whl"h r.ny Europcnt
nation would stagger could have no flne-i
Illustration. And It Is n growing burden
Claims on account of the Spanlrh war an
already filed that bring the pension rsl
nbovo the million tnnrk. nnd these , toKethe ;
with the claims from the Philippine wnr
have hardly begun to como In yet.
There IB another Interesting fealuro D
the pension business , and this Is Its perma
nence. Thereme today carried on tin
rolls eleven pensioners from the revolu
tionary wnr nnd Just nbout L',000 from thi
wnr ot 1S12. There "a " every reason to ex
pect , In view of those- facts , thnt the twenty-
first century will sec wldown of veterans o
the civil wnr drawing pensions , and tin
procession of pensioners of the Phlllpplni
wnr stretches cut Into the imlsts of tin
future indefinitely.
CAPTAIN SIMIAN'S VIUWS.
Think * flu * I.'IUIMIof ( ii-cnt Hi-llnli :
.lilMt anil Should ! ! < > tphlll. ; .
A correspondent at Kearney , Neb. , asks
for Information conce.-ning the eorrectnosc
of the opinion attributed to Captain A. T
Mabun , a retired American naval officer , or
the South African war. The letter , whlcl'
ai-prared In the New York Times of the
22d lust. , was not wired to the west , but
wn cabled to England nnd very eordlallj
welcomed by the press of London. Captalr
Muhnii criticizes and condemns ns unjust
the laws of the Transvaal republic restrict
ing thp franchise to natives nnd denying tht
outlanders actlvo participation In the gov
ernment. He says :
"When the population now known ns the
Ultlnnders were encouraged by the Boer
government to enter the Transvaal and to
develop the gold fields the period for natur-
nllzntlon , fixed by the law of 1882 , wns five
years , but befcro the time came that the
new-comers could avail themselves of this
right the law wns. In 1890 , changed , the
period being extended to fourteen years ,
with further restrictions of method which
made the franchise still more Illusory ,
Whether this was strictly ex post facto leg
islation I nm not lawyer enough to know ,
but it Is clearly a violation o.f . fair dealing
and Is wholly characteristic.
"May I suggcat to our citizens generally ,
and to the Boer sympathizers especially , the
InndvlEablllty of public meetings on the !
question. There are very many among us.
myself certainly one , who feels ns strongly
in favor of Great Britain as others do of its
opponents. Let us all be careful not to
provoke one another by immoderate ex
pressions ot qplnlou. to which , public meet
ings tend. These on one side provoke re-
tnllatlon on the other ; nay , they may make
It necessary , for In tbo problems of the
near future good understanding with Great
Britain is too Important for us to permit
the Impression that wo are nil against It
hero nnd wo may find ourselves in the un
seemly state of party divisions for nnd
against foreign elates , as In the beginning
of this century between tbo French and
British parties. I avail myBelT of this op
portunity to say that , in my judgment , not
only Is the cause of Great Brltnln Just , butte
to have failed lo uphold It would have been
to fall In national honor. "
TUUIUTB TO OBXEHAL STAXTOX.
I'nyiiiiixtiT Who HUH 1'nnNt-il
Aivny Ienv - COIIII < IC N FrH-inlM.
W. B. Annln In the Arizona Republican.
Announcement of the death of General T.
H. Stanton , U. S. A. , retired , Into paymaster
general of tbo nimy , will be sorrowful
news to many old-tlmo friends in Arizona
as well as throughout Uie ontlro country.
There are tow living officers of the army
who had so many who knew him and ad-
mlrred him and few who preceded him to
the beyond whoso loss will bo more deeply
felt by those who remain.
General Stanton entered the army as a
private in 'April ' , 1SC1at the first call for
volunteers. A year later ho raised n com
pany in Iowa nnd Jelned Iho army of the
west. In 18C2 he wns appointed a pay
master of volunteers , was transferred to
the regular establishment lu 18C7 nnd rose
by successive promotions to the head of
his corps la 1893 , being paymantcr general
during the ontlro Spanish-American war
and retiring for ago less than a year ago.
Throughout the southwest nnd the north
west Tharidcus H. Stanton was known as
"tho fighting paymaster. " For many years
ho was one of General Crook's warmest
friends nnd nblost nldea , Ho was with lilm
In Arizona in the early ' 70's , In the days
of storm and stress when this lorrltory was
the "bloody giotiml" cf the frontier. Ho
was with him in the northwest during thu
campaign against the Sioux nnd Gheycunea ,
leading the Indian scouts In Iho most des
perate engagements of 1870-1877. There
was no bolder , bruvcr or abler officer under
Crook's command than this big , broad ,
genial , nxx'.eat staff officer who always
lum ted instead of evading duty und \vbnso
only nnxlcly was that IIP Mould not be per
mitted to do not only his own work , but
that of Iwo or three othets In addition.
He came to Washington in iS'jf. with th
Vrll-earnt-d rank of brljadler genernl.
Within less than three ycnrs ho found him
self called to root-Rnnlzo the pay corps , to
Instruct volunteer appointments nnd to pro-
vlito for the payment of 2JO.OOO men In two
hemispheres. The efficiency of his depart
ment wns marvelous nnd Us bond received
the personal thanks of ( he president nnd
secretary of wnr for thn re-sulls of his grent
experience mid his untiring efforts. Gen
e-mi Stnnton left the Wnr department last
oprlni : with a ehorus of oillol.il crmpllmcnU
following him to his well-earned retire
ment.
There wns n side of this dead man's char
acter not so universally known ns wns his
rank. Ho had worked his way nt the print
er's e'aso lo nn education before ns n boy
he Joined John Brown's little band nt Law
rence , Kan. Ho cultivated n keen llttrnry
tnsto during the rest of his life. Ilia pri
vate library was one of the most carefully
selected and studiously road of that of nny
officer In thn nrmy. Ho wns n most Inter
esting wrlle-r upon political nnd literary
topics nml n delightful coavcrsntlonnllsr
when among Intimate friends. IMoro limn
that , ho wns a sturdy i > alrlot , nn unflinch
ing American , n good citizen , nn unswrn
Ing ndvocnte of wlmt ho deemed best for
tbp preservation of the republic nnd the
expansion and development of the great
west , n kind and generous bend of a family
and n Greatly beloveM friend.
Ho will bo much missed by tbofc who
knew him bett. A genuine , honorable , hlRh-
mlndcd man passes nwny with his transi
tion , an honored , experienced and brave of
ficer of the nrmy lenves the rolls. But moro
than lhal , to hundreds of his friends
throughout the west a Ronlnl , generous nnd
nffectlonnte heart has censed to liont nnd
memory takes forever the place of a never
to be forgotten pleasant association
1'KIISOXAI , POINTKHS.
Prairie fires nro raging In Chicago.
St. Louis Is noxious , repenting the slogan
cf Chicago : "Boll It. "
Tommy Atkins ha ? acquired considerable
respect for loaded kops.
Reports from Frankfort cast serious doubt
on the ability of Kcntucklnns to govern
thenifclves.
Bourke Coskran would like to brenk Into
the democratic tent. To n man of his build ,
crawling under the canvas would be un
dignified. If not difficult.
The pc-ple ef Samoa appcnr to bo still
cherishing the nbsurd motion thnt they hnva
a right te- life , liberty and the pursuit ot
happiness without asking anybody else
nbout It.
Senator Beverldgo Is most popular with
the newspaper men of Washington. Ho is
"easy to get at" almost any time , and , un
like Bomo of the senators , always sees tbo
leportors himself , Instead of trusting to his
private secretary.
Speaker Henderson has adopted a new
form for calling the house to order. The
old ones wore : "Gentlemen will please re
frain from conversation , " or "Gentlemen
will please take Ihelr seals. " Mr. Hender
son says : "In order that the public business
Kay go forward , " etc.
riil'CKKD KOH KI'X.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "General Hul-
ler's silence was ominous. "
"You mean Oomlnous. "
CMcacu Post : " \VJiot wns the date of
your marriage ? " asked the friend ot her
cblli'.bood diij's.
"Which one ? " Inquired tlu ? emotional ac
tress.
Pblladulnhla North American : "Tbo
Hoerpi sec-m to bo getting till the sympathy
In that South African affair. "
"Yes ; but they ijre giving Iho British all
Uio bullets " . . , . _ , . _
Indianapolis Journal : "Krugor quotes
Scripture to his soldiers. "
"What's thnt forV"
"IIo xvants the British to know ho al
ready bus u 13rble. "
Detroit Journal : "They are rich beyond
thn dreams of nvarlee. 1 < un told. "
"Barely beyond , and ' ' . 'hat la all. "
Chicago Itecord : "Didn't you send any
of your chickens to Mm poultry pliow ? "
"No ; I've noticed that when n lieu ne--
qulres a taste for society she gets lee
stuck up to lay eggs. "
Detroit Free Press : "David , what did
that palmist say about your cltarncterls-
llci-- . "
"My cbanielerlstlcM ? When fhe looked
at my bund she said H wa n burning
shniuei the way you made mo carry eoitl. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Wonder what
this Splon kop meaiig In English ? "
"Spy-on cop ? niiLbernecklng a policeman ,
Isn't It ? "
Washington Star : "What made you makn
Hint long argument before t-ongres-s ? " asked
tbo Mend.
"Why , " answered the nmn who failed to
qualify. "I felt It my duty to do so. So
lonir n I drew it congressional salary nil
the time I wus In Wiushlnglou I felt Hint
1 ought to Rlvo Hie , public u speech or twofer
for Its money. "
It.ViJ-TlMK IIIIYJII2S.
H Is boiler to give thnn receive.
Is a thing you hc-nr people nay ;
Hut the question is , If you do nol receive ,
How can you give things nwny ?
A little man ( . 'limbed tip u tree
Ami Jumped rlghl from the top.
The ground \VIIH waiting there below ,
And BO he had to atop.
Miss Muffet cool , nut on n stool ,
Eating apples and elder ,
Shu did not run.
But .lust for fun.
She jumped und smashed the spider.
Up the road , went Jack and Jill
For milk ilo v.ro imlno ,
Hut from thu way they tumbled back ,
"Wu Imagine- they got wine.
HAG.
I hail a lltlli * n\K \ doll ,
Her name It wan Aunt Sue.
Her nose witu red ,
Her eyes were iilnk.
Her hair \VIIH very blue.
Her leas wore ntlff
And would nol band ,
Her IOOH wcro nil worn out.
. ! ! ; feet were fnt
Her face was Hut ,
Hbo wau BO knocked nbout.
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