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Sec'y and Trcas.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st.
dav of February , A. D. 1900.
( Seal ) M. 13. 111JNGATE.
Notary Public.
Kentucky has two governors ami two
legislatures mid still public business Is
falling behind.
ITn to date not many Hnnlish towns
have been ublu to add captured cannon
to tbelr park decorations.
In their numerous advances and re-
troatH tbo KnxllHh should bu able to as-
eerlaln ( ho best place to cross the
Tugehi river. 4
Senator .lout's has ofTered n free coin
age aniendinent to the tlnancc bill. The
republicans can with good reason plead
res Judlcata. to this.
Secretary 1'orter Is making a record
for kicking over the fnslonlst traces
ivhlch threatens to equal that of the
best kicker in the herd.
Nebraska Is just showing the tourists
who conn ; here to enjoy the tine winter
climate Unit ity.s capable of producing
anything that aiiy other state can offer.
That Cedar Kajiids church choir was
jHHtwuii in going out on it ulrlko. If n
position In the t'lioir does not entitle
the holder to see all that , is going on in
the pews it is not worth having.
The pure food commission at last
sees a chance to ascertain "where it Is
at. " The attorney general lias Dually
found time to file the petition in this
Kiipremc court which has been waitin
on him for .some time.
Onialia taxpayers have saved lots of
money by not having the city envel
oped in heavy snows this winter. It
costs money to keep the streets clear of
Know and with the street cleaning fund
exhausted the streets would simply
have remained uucleaned and impass
able.
It is in the eternal iltncss of tilings
that the local popocratlu organ should
expend space ad .libitum In its columns
for the speech of John U Webster In
his effort to clear himself and his as
sociates from the odium arising out of
the manufacture of testimony in the
Miles will case.
The National Teachers' association
hold Us annual convention in
Charleston , S. ( ' . , this year. The south
is the greatest lleld for educational work
nnd holding a convention In the heart of
the south means that the association IB
going hack to the center of Its biggest
lleld of operations.
This is the kind of weather that stimu
lates people to build tires hotter than
the capacity of the lines and makes
business for ( lie lire department. People
who do not want to collect on Insurance
policies should take a hint and see that
the furnaces and stovepipes are in good
condition. A stitch in time saves nine.
The assistant director of the census
Is about to start on a tour of the south
and west to glvo Instructions to the
census supervisors with reference to the
performance of their duties. There
should liu no need of the assistant di
rector putting Nebraska on his itinerary
because the Nebraska supervisors know
what is expected of them.
Principals and janitors In the Omaha
schools have their pay gauged by the
number of rooms in the building over
which they preside. That may have
something to do with the tendency of
the school authorities to consolidate the
school work In largo school buildings
rather than distribute It to smaller
schools nearer the people's 'homos.
Omaha Is singularly blessed with im
provement clubs in the various quarters
of thi * city , each Intent upon the develop
ment of the streets and parks of Its
particular section. Hetween the North
Omaha Improvement club and the .South
Hide club and the West Side Improve
ment club the only parts of the city that
seem to be unoccupied nro the river
front and the business center.
7AVOK/A0 JfnitlAb ANAllClir
In taking upon himself the overthrow
of n decision of the supreme court
alllrmlng the constitutional right of
every community to lionip rule In the
government of Its pollen and lire-light
ing forces , Attorney ( touernl Smyth In
vokes judicial nnarchy.
Decisions ot supreme courts are ns
binding upon the attorney general as
they are upon the humblest citizen. In
fact , they flioulil be more binding upon
the attorney general because as the law
otllcer of the state he IN sworn to obey
the constitution and the laws as inter
preted by the supreme court whether
coinciding or conflicting with his views.
It Is not for the attorney general to
quostiuii the Judgments of the court of
last resort rendered after they have
passed through every stage of full hut rIng -
. Ing , due consideration , arguments for
| rehearing and'final ' Issue of the man
date. lOven hi cases involving life nnd
death , the attorney general could not re
open a case Dually decided , hilt he
would have to appeal to the governor
for executive clemency demanded by
the discovery of new evidence.
In the police commission case , how
ever , all the Issues presented by the nt-
torney general In his petition for reopening - ,
opening were raised and passed upon
by the C'Jtirt. ' The parties to the suit I
are Identical and the controversy Is
Identical. The motion for rehearing
was denied nnd the old commissioners
accepted the decision as llnal nnd va
cated their olllces.
If the attorney general's contention
to reopen and reverse the police commission -
mission case accords with law , no reason
exists why every 'case Unit has been
Dually adjudicated by one 'set of supreme
premo court judges cannot be reopened
by their successors. If Mr. Smyth's
successor should lie a republican , would
the court have a right to refuse him the
privilege of reopening all the cases
passed on before lie came into ollicoV
Why cannot Attorney General Smyth
with tlie same propriety reopen the In
surance commissioner case just because
, i new judge has taken his seat on the
benchV Why cannot Mr. Smyth reopen
the Hill case , by which the state of Ne
braska lost $ 10,000 , and show his vig
ilance for the public Interest ?
What else than judicial anarchy does
( lie attorney general invoke and provoke
when he attempts to restore a set of po
lice commissioners against whom Im
peachment charges were pending which
even his own associates and partisans
have pronounced as well-founded and
which were used in behalf of Mr. |
Smyth's Jacksonlans at the democratic
primaries Thursday as a convincing ar
gument for the defeat of the County
Democracy ? i
I
Does not Attorney General Smyth lay
himself justly chargeable with using
ids authority for destroying all public
respect for the judiciary nud general
contempt for court decisions Unit are to
be changed nt will every time a court
changes political complexion ?
AKOTHKlt Pllll.lPl'Ifftl COMMISSION.
President McKlnley will send another
commission , composed entirely of
civilians , to the Philippine Islands ,
charged with the duty of establishing
civil guvufiinii'iit there. As congress
has not authorized a commission the
president is acting in the matter en
tirely upon his own responsibility. It
Is expected that congress will provide
compensation for the members of the
commission and the necessary em
ployes , but if it should not do so it is
understood that the funds required for
this purpose will be taken from tlie
customs and other receipts at Manila
and the various ports of tlie Islands.
Tlie now commission Is in pursuance
of the recommendations of tlie first one.
whose report , or a part of it , has just
been submitted. Tills proposes tlie in
stitution of civil government In the
Philippines on a liberal basis , giving
preference to natives who nro quallliod
for civic duties and establishing an ad
ministration of affairs In which the
people there can largely participate.
H Is thus made evident that the presi
dent is convinced that organized re-
slstnnce to tlie authority of the United ,
States is at end and that It. will be safe
to supersede the military by ti civil gov
ernment. This does not mean , of
course , that the army is to be nt once
withdrawn from the Philippines. _ A
military force will be kept there until
the civil government is ilrmly estab
lished and how long this may require
cannot now bo determined. There are
still hostile 1'Mllpinos. Predatory'bands
continue to infest a portion of Luzon ,
causing some annoyance to the American -
can troops and adding to the list of
casualties. It Is Impossible to say how
long it will yet take to disperse or de
stroy these bands , but their existence
docs not offer any serious obstacle to
Instituting civil government. It will
require , however , the maintenance of
a military force , though perhaps In a
few months a considerably less force
than we now have In the Islands will
be sulllclent for their complete pacltica
tion and for the maintenance of peace
and order.
It Is doubtless the opinion of Presi
dent McICInley that the Institution of
civil government , along the lines recom
mended by the Schurman commission ,
will have a reassuring effect upon the
Klllplnos and It is certainly to be hoped
that such will be the case. It would ,
seem that those people must bo con
vinced of tlie determination of thu
1'nitcd States to retain the Philippines
and exercise sovereignty over them and
as to Its power to do this the more In
telligent Klllplnos can hardly have any
doubt. Many of them will most re
luctantly give up the hope of Independ
ence , whatever assurances may be given
of fair and liberal treatment by the
United States , but If n majority should
seiX HI such civil' government n.s Is
proposed' the promise of better
political , soplal and Industrial condi
tions than they have ever enjoyed , the
minority would probably'sodu eeasu to
be troublesome and once there should
bo complete paclllcntiou there onuht to
be no great dltllculty In-nialnt'nlnlng It ,
It Is suggested ' that in view of ex
ecutive fiction congress may reserve all
consideration until next session , tlnm
for the time being ovcn' inlng the
constitutional dilemma Involved In
legislating for the new possessions. It
Is quite possible , however. Unit n ques
tion may be raised as to the authority
of the president to take the proposed
course Independent of any action by
congress.
ADMLVISTHATIUX.
The administration of affairs In Tuba
under Governor General Wood appears
to be proceeding smoothly and satis
factorily. There have been a few In
stances of otllcial friction , but noth
ing of a serious nature nnd they have
been easily settled without leaving any
bad feeling behind. General Wood
is a marked success In paclllcatlon nnd
his methods In this respect cannot fail
to make a good Impression upon the
people. While firm In carrying out
his policy he Is not offensively arbi
trary and as there Is n strong public
confidence in ills integrity of purpose
and In the earnestness of his desire to
do all possible to prepare the people
for Independence ami self-government ,
he Duds little dllllculty In securing a
general and ready acquiescence in his
plans. Very little opposition or criti
cism Is heard and what there is .comes
from sources that have little influence. | i
It is to be assumed that the people
are steadily growing more familiar
with American principles of govern
ment and that when they shall be
called upon , as they probably will
within the next two or three mouths ,
to take the initial step In civil gov ,
eminent according to the American
plan they will bo found to bo unite
well preparcil for It. Tlie ouly quosgo
tlon , as now appears , which may prove |
troublesome Is Unit of the suffrage.
In respect to this , however , It seems
to us that our government is bound to
recognize the principle that is at the
foundation of our owii political sys
tem and make tlie suffrage universal. |
THK SVA'DAY 1IBK.
The Bee Sunday will as usual be up
to the hlfc'h standard of excellence j |
shown by the most enterprising western j
newspaper. Its news columns will
cover the entire world with Jntelllgiblo j '
reports of Important events at home
and abroad.
Tlie Illustrated Bee will offer a va"C
rlety of literary and pictorial features
sure to please the most exacting reader.
siA
A striking frontispiece and significant i
of tlie coming reign of St. Valentine |
represents a bright little Omaha girl in i
tlie act of posting a valentine missive. | ! I
The animals in Omaha's growing y.oo '
at Hiverview park form the subject ol' j l i
an illustrated description of tills faioi
vorite pleasure resort. Tlie pictures
are taken specially for The Hoe and
will rank with tlie best productions o ;
tlie dllllciilt branch of animal pliolog- j
raphy. j I
The final installment of the series on ,
tlie public schools of Nebraska is eonof
tallied in , this number. Tlie illustra- j
tioiis aceoinpaiiying it show school
Work at Grand Ishind ; the handsome
school building at Indlanola , one of the ,
kindergarten rooms at Lincoln and the !
; irlH' Ituttallon of the Kearney High
school cadets.
Carpenter's letter this week is-a most |
Interesting interview with Marquis Ito
of Japan. He is the first of the great
men of Japan and prominent in its clv-
llisdng movement. Tlie portraits given
are of the marquis and of his wife , ( ho
Marchioness Ito , made from photo
graphs presented by tlie marquis to Mr. ,
Carpenter , whose own portrait is also ! ;
reproduced. j
Congressman Ilitt of Illinois , chair
man of the house committee on foreign
affairs , is introduced in the. face-to-facn
photographs of prominent men made by f
Frances 11. Johnston ; while Senmas
MacMauus , the famous Irish storytel-1 j j
lor , comes in for n sketch , set off by his
portrait.
Another interesting group of photo- t
graphs will be found in copies of tlie
latest photographs of Germany's im
perial family , including Emperor Wll-
Ham and the empress and two of the 1
young princes as they appeared during
their recent visit to the emperor's
grandmother , Queeu Victoria of Kn-
gland.
Among the miscellaneous pictures is
ii group of a fraternal convention at
Lincoln , a photograph of the University
of Nebraska champion hoop ball team , ,
a snap shot at tlie workmen who carved \
tlie granite at the entrance of Omaha's ( J1
new . postollico building , with the ; carv- j
ing ' as their background , and the new
.
bandstand In Falrmoimt park in Coun
cil IMllffH.
The fashion pictures ( Ills week show 21
the latest hair ornaments whli'li form , ] ,
n necessary part of every well-dressed
woman's toilet. Ilo
People who buy Tlie Sunday Heo will I n
have all the news of the day and a
handsome Illustrated maga/.inc as well
both tit the usual price of one.
If half that the Jacksonlan leaders to
have charged in black nnd white
against the bellwethers that ran the
old police board Is true , It was the most
rotten gang that ever Infested Omaha.
And If one-half that has been charged
by the opposite faction against tlie i I j
Jacksonlans is true , there would not be ; ]
room , enough in tlie penitentiary to hold at
all , the crooks and robbers that have bo
been feeding at the public crib under
the banner of reform.
Nebraska has $ U'Jir.'Jl ! > invested in
Gchool property and spends ? l-ISStir ; { ; i
year for the education of Its youth , and
tlie result Is the per cent of Illiteracy Is
tlie smallest of any state In the union. ' ' "
Some of the older states should take a w
look at the figures from Nebraska am ) w
other western states and they will see tlof
why the great west is outstripping tlie of
east In progress and Influence , | "c'ui
Now that numerous columns of the w
organ have been used for wca
caUi
the rank anil Die to sncgost who would Uidi
make acceptable candidates for otllce , di
the men whose dictum counts will have | ? to *
say. The editor of thu popoeratle
organ havluc fallen outside the breast-
works In the first skirmish , may not
have as much to say about It as some
of his contributors.
Hrynn's lecture did not prove a good
Investmeut for the New York City
Grand Army post. The gross receipts
were S'JOO short of enough to pay the
hull rent and music bill. Speeches are
evidently subject to the law of supply
and demand , like anything else , and the
Hryan product is lu excess of the conen
siimlng powers of tlie paying public.
Anil .Modilcr , Ton !
St. Lodls Republic.
\\hat dow John
Hull care for a little
like the Nlcaragunn canal when ho hns the „
Ttigela river on his mind ?
lnu ; for n Tub.
Philadelphia Lodger.
Now , wlillo the Hritlsu lion Is looking
the other way , the Uusslan hear thinks the
time opportune for n warm sea bath.
I'lifT , nnl s , . , . mm Sin Me.
AVoshlnEton Star.
Lord Kitchener is s.tld to be'Vcry bitter In
his denunciation of the uewfpapcrs. Yet
they como In very nicely when a military
ninn doce something which entitles him to
popular approval.
HiMirjClny'H Wurnlnir.
Boston Herald.
"Sir , " said Henry Clay of Kentucky In
the United States senate , Just fifty years
ago , "I have seen other anxious perlo.ls
ln the history of our country nnd , If I were
to venture to trace to their original source
the cause of all our
present dangers , dlfll-
cultlcs and distraction , 1 should ascribe it
to iho violence nnd Intemperance of party
spirit. I hope it will not bo out of place
hero to implore of Him who holds the dcs-
tlnlca of nations and Individuals in His
hands to calm the violence and rage of the
party , 'to still
passion , to allow reason once
more ( to resume Its empire. " Hero Is a lofty
sentiment eloquently expressed nnd it is n
good text for Kentucky today.
Army of Unemployed.
New York"World. .
The report of the Now York State bureau
of Labor Statistics for 1899 gives these In I
teresting facts :
At the end of December , 1S08. 27.2 per cent
of all the working people In all trades were
unemployed. At the end of March , 1S99 ,
thAt unemployed amounted to 18.G per cent.
AtAt the end ot Juno the percentage was 10.9.
At the end of September it had sunk to 4.7
small. j per j cent. At present It Is incalculably
How much these simple figures mean of
prosperity ! How much they mean of hap-
plnese In the homo lives of hundred of
thousands ' ' ! How much they mean of wel l
fare for the country ! What a warning they
hold for politicians who would start another
"calamity" campaign !
font of the SpniilNhViir. .
'Phllndcluhla ' Times.
Our i Spanish war was neither
a great con
flict nor of long duration and the Philippine
rebellion , which followed it , has never risen
lo the dignity of n great struggle. Fighting
"c long range , even when there Is a little
real fighting to be done , is expensive , how-
ever , and the figures furnished by the var
ious departments at Washington show that
war , even on a small scale , comes high ,
The total cost to dale , Including the $20-
000,000 paid for 'the
, Philippines , of the com
bined military and.- naval operations since
the outbreak of th Spanish hct'tlllties , Is
S355.000.000 , of which'the lion's share , or
$255,000,000 , has been spent on the army.
of the $69,000,000expended upon the navy a
goodly [ portion nt.least may be classed as an
expenditure of character
' pfijjjianent which
*
will | have a future value. The vessels pur-
chaesd or built , WftlF-the armaments , consti
tute an Important addition to our naval
equipment. , f
CAHXAUU AT KHAYKMX.
Wliilt KiMipritl Goriloii I'roitnmicpK i
lllooilifMt Hntlliof Civil War.
Tribune. |
In his address at the unveiling of the
monument to the confederate soldiers who i
lost their lives in the battle of Franklin , In | ,
1661 , General Gordon , who Is well known In i
this motion and throughout tbo country j I
from hip successful career as a lecturer , as ] | ,
well as for his reputation as a brilliant con- I
federate commander , gave a graphic state-
mcnt of tbo losses sustained In that incni- ( )
orablo action. The opposing forces In the ,
battle were nearly equal In numbers , aggro- j 0
gating about 20,000 Infantry on each side.
Hut the confederates wcn < the attacking
force * | and the federals wore entrenched be
hind defenses hastily thrown up In the night.
The fight was a desperate one and the cas-
unities were appalling , especially on the con ns
federate side. Among the general and lleld i
officers they were greater in proportion to
numbers engaged than In any other battle - ! hit
tlo ] of the civil war. Six general odlcers I
were killed , six wounded and one captured , les
making total IDES of thirteen for the con-
federates. On that side COI
, too , thirteen regl- ! '
(
mental commanders were killed , thirty-two I
wounded and nine captured , while at the
close of the day 0,000 of the rank and file rj.
lay dead or disabled on the field. Tbo federal - $
oral IOE.S was about one-third that of the j
confederates , |
Of the confederate forces 'imaged the In- ' of
fantry lost 3.1 per cent. The loss In Stewart's c'e
corps , by divisions , was : boring's , 23 peri'11"
cent ; WalthaH'H , Ki ; French's15. . In
Cheatham's corps the loss was : Bate's di-
\Islon ' , 1C per cent ; Drown's , 31 ; Ckburn'H , ' It
52. In Lorlng's corps , JohnBoti'f ! division , ma
Iho , only division of this corps that was In , A
the battle and In the second charge , the loss j
was 21 per cent. | m
Plckett's charge , at Gettysburg Is often ' nBS
spoken of as one of the bloodiest episodes in stn
history. The losn of Plckett's division was IK |
per cent , whllo the confederate loss at [
Franklin of the Infantry engaged was 33 per out
cent , or 12 per cent greater than Plckotl'b ' j'.j'
loss. General Gordon is undoubtedly Justl- '
fled in saying that the battle of Frauklln
, ,
was thu bloodiest of modern tmes , „
and even In going further and expressing a j .
doubt "If In any of the blcoily battles of the ' | has '
world , from Marathon to Waterloo , from' ' .rn
Waterloo to Ilulakluva and from Ilalaklnvu "I1"
Gettysburg , there was for
mote desperate darIng - ,
Ing than was displayed on some portions of
this famous field. "
In comparison with this action none of said
the battles so far fought in South Africa can
claimed as anything more than hoi
skirmishes , whllo Iho proportion of IOSBUJ paid
sustained by the British troops , when de- I'm
fcatcd , are trivial when compared with thn
loFoca sustained by tbo beaten confederates
Frauklln. The Inference would seem t" n
that the mortality in warfare IH not In and
creased by the modern Improved weapon. " ,
oven when troops are charging ( strong forti civil
fied positions defended by the meat expert
riflemen in the world. The strength of the
federal entrenchment * at Franklin could net
compare with the atrength if the Hour en ISS2
trenchments In Natal and tbo federals were
armed nlnioHt to a man with the old muzzle-
loading muskets.
The reason why casualties do not Incrcai-c
with the greater precision ai.d range of trio
weapons Is because of ihe open-order formi.-
tlon of the line of battle now employed and the
the practice of the men in lying ( lowa thi
and ' taking advantage of every available of
cover. The llrlllsh troops under Methuio other
and Duller wore not adepts ID this mode of dates
warfare at the start. If they hud been ther to
casualties would have been much llghtif
than they were. The survivors have IP
doubt learned n Rood deal by their bittir as
experiences and hereafter o may expert 178
hear of atlll lighter casualties in pro cans
portion to number engaged and rwul'.a and
Achieved ,
f COM.MU.VP 0T1IU TIUJVTV.
St. Kouls Republic ( dcni.l. Lct'a Insist
on the .Nicaragua ! ! canal being n bona fide
undertaking for American benefit , with its
approaches commanded by American forti
fications nnd Its status anything but neutral
ln the event ot war with a foreign power.
Chicago Times-Herald ( rep. ) : It Is very
sweet nnd commendable In the Urltlsh
diplomatists to hold up the neutrality of thu
|
Suor. * canal as nn object lesson as to how
this nation should neutralize the Nicaragua
canal but It Is also devilish sly nnd crafty ,
Washington Post ( lud. rep. ) : Hither wo
have the right to construct a canal across
the Isthmus , or we have not. If we , hnvo
not , no Europinn nation can glvo it to us.
If wo have , there Is no occasion to asU
Kngland's permission to exercise It. hct us
nt lonst bo dignified !
New York Times ( hid. dom. ) : The wisest
policy , the safest for us , the beat for the
civilized world , the perfect neutrality of tha
canal under the guarantee ot all the marl- j <
tlnii- nations of the earth as a waterway
which shall bo open at all time's , In war M
In pcaco , , to ships of every kind under any
flag , la embodied In the treaty before thu
senate.
Detroit Journal ( rep , ) : Our Investment
In nn Intcroceanlc cannl will be ns safu
without fortifications as with : uudur a gtmr *
i
auteo of neutrality from all the leading i '
powers it will no more need deifcndlng than
do the Straits of Magellan or the Suez canal ;
and it should , like those great waterways ,
be a highway of commerce for the milliter-
rupted benefit of nil. That it could not be
this If fortified and eometlmo the sceiia of
bombardment is obvious.
Chicago Tribune ( rep. ) : The Hay-1'aunce-
fete treaty , being in derogation of the j
Monroe doctrine and dangerous to the na
tional welfare In times of war , should not
bo ratified. Americans have arrived at the
conclusion that they must build the Nlca-
ragunn canal rather for national security
than for its commercial uses. Therefore It
must bo exclusively under American control
and not nt the service of the enemies of the
United States when they are waging war
against it.
Boston Glebe ( deni.J : It remains to be
seen whether a sufficient number of the j
aonato of the United States will vote to j
ratify any "amended treaty" that would
(
prevent this nation , if It should build the .
Nicaragua canal at Its own cost , from exer- j I
cislng exclusive control thereof in time of I
war. It remains to bo seen , also , whether | j
congress will authorize the Nicaragua canal i
plan " ' at all , long as It has been before the
American public. "Uombtful things arc
j
mighty onsartln. "
Now York Sun ( rep. ) : We may never
want to fortify the approaches to this Ameri
can : canal. Wo may never need or care to
plant > l ! a single gun there. That Is and ought
lo remain our own business. Uut formally
to surrender In advance the right to fight at
our own canal In defense of our own In
terests , perhaps of our national existence ,
and lo become voluntarily a party to a
foreign guarantee of the use of the canal by
our enemies In their military and naval
operations against ourselves what language
does the diplomatic dictionary supply of
sufficient cogency to characterize such a
stupendous , such suicidal mistake of policy ?
Minneapolis Times ( hid. dem. ) : Why ,
pray , should England object to our
fortification of the prospective Atlantic
and Pacific terminations of the coming
canal ; ? Has she not Gibraltar and Malta as
guard over , the northern approach to the
Suez to say nothing of Alexandria , which Is
practically : in English hands with Aden
to the southward and farther down Dombay ? I
Ifnu non-fortlllcatlon is to be Insisted on we | [
must dismantle all forts on Pocto Rico and '
on St. Thomas , should wo buy that Island , ]
and must make of Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian
anwo
waiian group a naval station merely. There
Is not the slightest necessity for kowtowIng -
ini toXlreat'Britain. . . , . ,
New'York 1 ' World ( dem. ) : So far as war i
between any European state , including Eng
land , and the United States Is concerned ,
there again the canal would only interest us.
What European'power ' would attempt to use
that j canal when we could fO easily patrol
Its terminal harboru and destroy the enemy's
ships ono by one as they came out ? Of what
avail would fortifications at the ends of
the , canal or along Its banks bo when the
only object an enemy could have the ob- j
Ject of destroying the canal itself could be j it
accomplished ( by a few men with a little
dynamite ? For our own sake we would
declare the canal neutral and arrange to
,
engage ] ) the enemy after he emerged If he Od
should be insane enough to adventure that Ini
route.
I to
I'OMTICAI , DltlFT. I aB
Massachusetts has fifteen Insurance men
Jla
members of Its legislature.
Some Illinois democrats are trying to cor
resuscitate Horizontal 1)111 ) Morrison nnd run .pei
him for governor.
sec
A bill Is to bo Introduced Into the Michigan tafc
legislature to provide for the employment of Int
convicts In the building and repairing of wli
the , state highways.
,
The . pay roll of 'the city of New York for
1900 amounts to $40,000,000 , an increase of' '
.
$6,000.000 over last year. As a cneat-gettcr j Krc
the tiger Is unequalcd.
Congrcroman ' Bradley of New York is one | nul
the best linguists in the house. He speaks
German , French , Italian and one Bohemian grc
dialect and reads Hebrew and Gaelic. will Is |
Senator Morgan's re-election to the United , L
the
States senate Is far from being a certainty , i
tja
Is claimed that Governor Johnson has a I
majority of the votes that make senators In j jon tl
Alabama. ! ;
A statement Just iHsued by the tax depart-
< of Pennsylvania shows that the total
valuation of real estate In that.
state U $2,728,163,336. That of New York
$4-mS48l96. thu
Mr. Sowall of Mnliii * lia.s taken himself he
' ' of the llfit of possible tails to Urynn'H
kite , by embracing expansion and other
policies | that provoke bilious attacka In the
democratic , camp.
.
The Illinois republican state committee
" changed the dale of the state convention
from April 10 to May 8 In consequence of In
Judge Carter's decision that the primaries eral
. spring nnd fn41 elections cannot bo con *
HOlldatcd.
At a recent dinner Mayor Hart of Boston teen
: "In ono of our large Institutions , for
which an outside firm bid $2.1,000 , the city
department which did the work hao already
out $75.000. That Is the sort of thine the
going to try to stop. "
Thomaw II. Hard , the new senator-elect of view
California , succeeding Stephen M. White , Is that
natlvo of Pennsylvania , 68 years of age , been
n. lawyer by profession. Ho was a and
proteso of Colonel Thomas Scott during the
war and on his advlcu moved to Cali
fornia ! n 1865 to look after Colonel Scott's I and
Intercuts there. Mr. Hard wa a presidentlal ' Jun
elector on the republican tlckut.s In 18SO and | but |
and wa a delegate to the Hhilne con mit
vention In 1884.
The vote at the Mississippi primaries for
United State's senator there were two at
vacancies to bo filled by the legislature thU have
month was 65,837 , n considerable total when In
considered In connection with the fact that
total vote of Mississippi for governor at tent
> same election was only 48,300. Instead them
leaving to the legislature , as U the rule In
states , the choice of senatorial candi
the voters of Mississippi determined have
have the- matter regulated at the demo-
cratlc primaries at which Ifglulators were ( .
chosen "tho popular election of nenators. "
It Is called. The > legislature consists of have
democrats. 2 populists and no republi the
and the choice of
Governor Mclxiurlu \\ero
the re-election of Senator Sullivan , both able
democrats , waa therefore an eaoy matter.
nTitr.it t.AMts THAN m im.
! The famine In India this year Is consulN
i ered to bo about three and n half UniM
] na extevnslvo ns that of 1S9S-1SD9. Fifty
million people are affected. The machinery
nt the disposal of l/ord Curzon is made-
quato to ilcnl with the necessities of the
case , Although ho nnd I idy Curzon do
not spare themselves or those under them
In fighting' for the lives of iho Inhabitants
of the desolated arpn. These recurrent
i ( famines In India under llrltlsh rule can
nc longer bo regarded ns Isolated events.
During ' the prevent century , that Is , since
i Js , the population of Hrltlsli India bus
' bten Increased by more than PO.000.000 persons -
sons nnd the great tragedy ( of v'ch theiio
i , annual famines nro but the advanced pa-
j Hols ' ) that Is shaping Itself In the plains
of r India and In the valleys of the Oangcn
nnd ' the Indus cannot long be postponed.
Under Ihe Moguls the sword and unchecked
famine regulated the population of India by
adjusting the numbers of the Inhabitants
to { the capacity of the soil for maintaining
them. When ( 'live won iho battle of IMetay
equilibrium existed between the population
and . the normal food supply. In good years
the people Increased. In bad years
Jjj
they died of hunger and disease , in Iho
year 1801 the people numbered about 200-
OOd.OOO ) souls , llrltaln from thai lime to
this has fostered and preserved human life
In [ , India , at the sacrifice , It Is to be feared ,
oj all that makes life worth living. War
has ] been replaced by litigation. The elab-
otato legal machinery of the civilized west
.
benefits the rich nt the expense of the poor ,
the Intelligent at the expense of the Ig-
ncranl. What the poor Hindu wants , la
cheap | equity nnd rapid finality. What ho
gets la cost.Iy , unintelligible , law , with unchecked -
checked , Increase In a population that can
no longer bo maintained on the soil.
A correspondent of the London Times ,
writing from Capetown , says that the Hoers
are depending much less than Is commonly
supposed i upon the advice of foreign millI.i
tahi advisers. In support of this opinion
hiTi quotes a man only recently from the
Transvaal. The latter declares ! that tha
Boom ore at a loss what to do with thcaa !
gentlemen , 'whether ' they como as accredsj
lied attaches or volunteer advisers. They
rcqtrlro a great deal of attention nnd thoJr
advice ! , being based on absolutely different
Ideas ' of tactics , is valueless and only leads J
Ito loss of life when it is adopted. During I
General ' Joubert's Illness which was In-
lenial inflammation , due to a stumble by
his hotsc < General Schalkburger tele-I
graphed to Dr. Lcyds to send men who
could shoot straight and experts to work 1
the mines and manufacture exploslve3 not
useless advisers. The correspondent then
adds : "From what I saw myself of the
Tloer forces at the time of the outbreak
of the war I know that the IJoers have a
profound distrust and contempt for Euroni
peart military methods and , with the ex
ception of Albrccht , they have practically
nu foreign officers even in the artillery.
The Transvaalers , however , acknowledge
that they have learned several useful tac-
tlcal devices from the Free Staters , eaBI
pei.-lally In making intrcnchmcnts In thn
least expected places and at the foot of
kopjes instead of only on the rldgee. "
* * *
Aside from the natural horrors that ac
company a state of siege , the inhabitants of
a beleaguered town find the tedium of In
activity most unbearable , and readily turn
to any form of occupation to divert their
minds. Ono of the games of patience with
which an English correspondent at Lady-
smith has amused himself consists In counting -
ini the shots fired by the enemy and compiling -
piling statistics therefrom. Scene time ago
he had counted 2,680 shells , 1,070 of which
fell In the town Itself , SCO In the defenses
and the rest scattering. Calculating the
cost of each shell at $100 , the total expendi
ture by tlio Doers on ammunition alone In
this ono locality had amounted by that time
to $268,000 , making the cost for each life de
stroyed by shell-fire many thousand dollars.
Thus , besides occupying his time , the corre
spondent was able to extract some llttlo
comfort from his observations. It would
doubtless prove a further consolation for '
him to know that Prof. Max Nordaii has | ( ]
figured that an Englishman besieged in
Ladysmlth Is in less danger than bin coun
trymen at home attacked by influenza , nut
is doublful If this cheering view of the
, I
situation has occurred to blun.
When the recent bribery trials began hi
Odessa it was rumored that matter more
Important ! was behind , and it Is now reported .
that the court-martial will reassemble soon f
Investigate charges of rank corruption
agalnet , officers of very high military rank.
During the first trial the prosecuting officers )
made some vigorous and sweeping comments
upon the contempt for military honor and I
common honesty that had been exhibited by
persons of lofty station. The belief now
seems to be that radical measures are to be
taken , and that the responsible authorities | I
intend to begin at the top , without caring |
whose susceptibilities are hurt. Ono of the ] *
most prominent olllccrs to be tried Is Capj '
tain ' Ycrehoff , until recently secretary of the I
recruiting department , In which some of thn AH
gravest scandals have occurred , and with
him are Involved a whole host of nubordlTI
nates. Other department of the military
organizatlqn are beginning to show signs of'An
great uneasiness , fearing that Investigation , jj
como their way next and that a new era
dawning for Russian officialdom. Among i
general public the hope Is rising that Al1
there really IH , at last , sonui Intention ot
pnllUig ( an end to the rottenness * which lias
long existed in the military adminlstra-
OC
Complaints of the scarcity of coal art )
made all over Europe and are especially fre
quent In Austria , Germany and Italy. Even
naval authorities of Austria seem tn AH
unable to get enough fuel for their not
very extensive fleet. It IH said that tha
navigation of the Rhino has diminished per
ceptibly and that the price of coal has
rlxcn alarmingly at nil the Hhenlsh towns ,
whllo the Hhenlsh-U'cstpballan Coal syn-
dlcoto has announced u further Increase.
Italy the dearth Is so marked that sev
of the Lombard factories have been
obliged to stop work and in Milan , Genoa ,
Naples and In Home Itself appeals have
made to the Italian government to
tnko some measures toward EC-curing i
mere adequate and regular supply. The' '
Capltalo of Homo expresses a suspicion that j
"coal lords" nr secretly adding to ,
their stocks and hoarding them , with a ,
to extorting lingo profits. U Is said [
a number of factorleo in Genoa have
obliged to close , throwing many men j
women out of employment.
Cr.ntlnenlal military critics show a ready
concurrent disposition to sneer at Eng
land's military operations In South Afrit i.
eome of them are candid enough to ad
that the forces of any other nation ,
unless Introduced In overwhelming numbem.
to carrying on Independent operation !
thn same time , would In all likelihood
fared quite an badly. The Hour liven
a territory whcra thcro IB a natural
fcrlrcEB in almost every mile of Its ex
nnd a belter fighter to man and defend
than he , and , it may bo added , a more
suitably armwl one. docs not exist any- ,
where. Criticism of military operations to !
any value should be baaed on a corrcn
knowledge of Iho dlfllcultlua to he > uur-
m.untf-d anil the continental censors in
general now know pretty well what they
been In the present campaign. U look
experiment to reveal them and they
found a good many times morn formid
than tbo attacking party or anybody
expected.
! imnuvrtnv
N for InltiMl Aollon ! > > W ' *
MrinlMTN of rnnm-rn" .
San Kwnelsco Cull.
i . Thn Interests of Irrigation will bo advanced
i by the vottlenirnt ot other questions which
have ' eaused delay in adopting a. definite
storage policy for the saving ot Hood wntcts , < C
There Is n halt nil along the < line to wait
for tha settlement of the range leases In the
scml-nrld ' region for the use of stockmen.
The proceeds of such lenses nre to bo divided
\\lth the states , to bo by them applied to
lnipatlon . purposes. H Is very desirable that
the leasehold policy be at once applied In
order that thuro may be an accurate ineMH *
lire of the amount It will produce for Irri
gation. When Mich measure * Is taken the
pcoplo ' will know how much capital they
must seek elsewhere for the storage of
storm . waters , nnd will determine Avhciro It
In to be sought nnd how. '
' , I'ntll the leasts-
hold ! question IH brought down nul of thn
air . It Is a rwil obstruction to progress lu
Irrigation.
The -r.nlUK 1 of innges for cattle on the
public domain Is n big enough question to
stand . alone and win on Us merits. Slncn
the . stock Increased and the foragO has been
' U'cn'asliig . ' there has been a lawless condi
tion . on the rniiKCH for \\lilch tiny kind of
law would be nn agreeable substitute. The
cattlemen ! have been arrayed against thu
sheepmen , and Ihere has been between them
n ' : condition ot actual war. Involving thn
distraction ' of much property and a lews ot
llf" . . Thcro have been scores of nub-feuds ,
flhct'pnum against sheepmen nnd cattlemen
against ' cattlemen , contesting for a season' * *
UFO of rapidly disappearing forage. As n
result-there ' has been not only a condition
of . lawlessness , whllo the gentle shepherd
has gone armed like n marauder , but thu
total value of that part of the public domain
adapted ! to grazing has dwindled year lt\ ]
> rir , through overstocking nnd destruction
of Its natural grasses.
Thu fault wns 'with ' congress , nnd n dis
position Is now shown to correct It. If .v
' law bo passed which properly regulates the
lenses. Is respectful of actual stokowner.i
and of the small rancher's privilege to control
enough abutting commons for his domestic
stock ! , or small herd , and which prevents
speculation In leaseholds , a most grateful
cbango will appear. Then the leaseholder
will be Interested In rcnc-wlng the exhausted
grasses tf his range and the iigrostologlsts
of 1 the Agricultural department will find their
most useful occupation In protoctlng tha
country's beef food supply , by assisting Hi
ro-seeding to the plants which supply for
age.
age.It
It Is proposed to make the tenure of tha
leaseholds ten years , with the- privilege of
two renewals , a total of thirty years. 11 IB V
saro to say that at the end of that perloil
the : government will own grazing hinds
more valuable than they were when rangol
only by the 'buffalo , elk , deer and antelope ,
and the bc-ef food supply of the country
will bo In better condition than now.
Our western members should see the Im-
pcrtanco of united action to secure such
legislation , nnd all Irrlgatom should give
their ' weight and Influence to It , to clear the
ground for the specific interest which they
represent.
wiirrrj.KD TO A roi.\T.
Indianapolis I'rcns : "Just about the time
a woman has learned how to ruftiHo pro
posals gracefully , " suld the Corn fed
Philosopher , "she censes to get nnyV"
Philadelphia Itecnrd : "liownre , " cried
the fortune-teller , "you're bitterest enemy
will shortly cross your path. "
' 'Hooray ! " exclaimed itho scorcher , "I
won't do u thinglo him. " In a. frenzy of
joy he gave her an extra dollar.
Chicago Record : "My reason wns almost
dethroned by the excitement. "
"That is an iinrepubllcan expression. You
fliould say your reason was almosl gerry
mandered out of office. "
Chicago Post : "Did you see Hint storv
iVbout the m n who fixrt. u needle lu hla-urni
whllo trylns' to Ulss a girl ? " be unked. _ .
"No , " she replied , ur.U then sljo .added „
fervently : ' 'Uut , thank .heaven ! I never
learned to sew. "
Washington Star : "Do you put much de
pendence on figures of speech ? "
"No , sir , " answered Senator Sorghum ,
arnestly. "Anybody who WJints * to talk
figure.to ! mo In an election lmn cot to put
'cm In writing , so he ean't change his mind
iiulte so easy. "
UOCKI.VC THI : HOVS TO SI.F.ICP.
Gerlrude M. lions In liie Telescope.
sit me down In the twilight cool
Of : L busy siunmer's day ,
And close my eyes , and live again
The lime so far uway ,
When ICildie and James nnd John wer *
here :
And thu tears to my eyes will creep ,
For I seem to sit In the old brown chair ,
A-rockln' the boys to sleep. .
John back from a home of wealth ,
Where fame and honor dwell ,
And slut ? and rock him lo slc-pp once more ,
More happy Hum loiiKiie can tell.
bravo the storms on a shoreless sea ,
Where tempest and surfjos sweep ,
And James Is hero and I rock again
"Jly wandering boy" to sle.pp.
build I a stair to lh < > heavens tall ,
And ruueh In Its sweet domain
For little Kcl ilk ) and brlnK him back
To my lonely home iiKaln ;
My | throbbing heart Is heavy now
Wllh u yearning strong and drop ,
I smooth the' eiirls of my only babe
And reek him onee more to sleep.
They , say the old ehalr Is useless now ,
'TIs ereaklnp , and dull with iige ,
And must bo forever put aside.
Like a well-learned , worn-out page.
lint , the old brown chulr MIIKH a SOUR to
me.
AH It whispers of ether years ,
And It ti'llH of Hie roughened places .
smoothed ,
And murmurs ot childish tears.
Yen , the * old elialr tells In an undertone ,
In a volco so creaking and old. v
the comfort It K ve through Hummer's "
heat ,
As well IIH In winter's rold ;
How those llttlo dependent lives were
Hoothcd
Through thi'lr childish sorrows deep ,
It did Its bust to eane raeh jiuln ,
Whllo rocking the boys to sleep.
net
Bills ! ) at first
a friend , for It
gives warning
oftheapproacli
of adeadly ene
my. Heed the
warning before
it Is too late ,
before your
lungs become
inflamed , be
fore the doctor
"Con
says ,
sumption. "
When the
danger signal first appears , help
nature n little with
Don't delay until your lungs are
sore and your cold settled down
deep in your chest. Kill the enemy
before tlie deadly blow kills you.
Cure your cough today.
A 25c. bottle is enough for a
ccmmon cold ; a 50c. bottle is bet
ter for bronchitis , asthma , and
colds that hang on ; the dollar size
Is most economical , especially for
old cases.