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28th day of February. A. D. 190).
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Notary Public.
Horn Paul Metcalfe Is very sad. That's
evident.
Popplclon's mackintosh failed to pro
tect III 111 against the avalanche.
The people have voted lo keep the
stars and stripes Hying from tho Hag
pole on the city hall.
As a former member of the Hoard of
Education would say. "It was a great
ubrislngs of dor boobies."
It is certain that young Mr. Popplelon
will not venture tin another campaign in
the chilly days of March.
It is lo bo feared Sioux Falls may
Hud It got a gold brick when It captured
the fusiou poptdist convention.
The usual leinarks about laying nsido
campaign can's and taking up tho cam
paign for Omaha are now In order.
Paraphrasing the lanuuage of tho
statesman from tho Third ward, "There
are enough decent people In Omaha yet
to robuV.o Indecency."
Tho rebellion of tho Capo Colony
Dutch gives England another enro In
addition to Its already overweighted
load. Tackling tho Dutch Is no small
affair.
A Wyoming man Is in jail for robbing
n lawyer. If ho was smart enough to
get the best of a lawyer he should be
smart enough to get out of Jail without
any dllllcully.
There is trouble In the olllcial house
hold of tho Htill'ulo exposition. Hut then,
an exposition without one or more of
these little family Jars would not bo
much of an exposition.
The World-Herald will try to make u
great many explanations, but It cannot
explain away the vile and villainous
city campaign It has waged that has te
nded upon the villains.
Tho report of the school board investi
gating committee Is on record. The com
mittee deserves a big credit mark for tho
thorough and effective way In which It
has performed Its duties.
The republican city committee Is enti
tled to a big credit mark for the har
monious ami successful work accom
plished without brag or bluster in tho
city campaign Just closed.
Having heard from the .Second ward,
which Is claimed as Ilerdman's baill
wick, me supremo court siiouiti now
feel free to announce Its program with
reference to the supremo court clerkship.
Kentttcklans should "be proud of their
Estate. In reply to stories that an uprls
lug is Imminent In Cuba, leaders of the
people and the press of the Island affirm
that the Klories are absolutely without
foundation, and that as a matter of fact
tho Island Js more quiet and peaceable
than Kentucky.
Thu outcome of the election In Omaha
was eagerly watched all over tho United
States, Tho lleo receiving inquiries from
many cities east and west. To repub
llcans all over the country notice Is
given that tho Nebraska lepublicans
start out In tho battle of 1000 with tho
llrst skirmish lino won.
Four thousand laborers of tho National
tube works at Pittsburg have been
granted an advance of 10 per cent In
wages ami a similar advance In tho
skilled labor Is to follow. Tho wages
now paid are the highest ever paid In th
works. Uepubllcan prosperity continues
to benefit tho poor as well as tho rich.
Tho saddest blow or the whole city
election Is that administered to tho local
evening sheet which came lu under pre
tense of being a non partisan paper and
Jumped ut tho llrst word Into tho deni
ocratle camp. Having lost the llrst city
election lu which it took a hand, It will
now bo in order for It to resume Its
sanctimonious air of mercenary non
partisanship until another election comes
within reach.
rut: viniAWiyE roue v.
Tlio new commission whoso duty It
will bo lo Institute civil government In
the I'lilllpiilnos Iiiih been itiinolnted mid
will proceed to the seem) of lt labors at
an early date. While paclllcatlon linn
not yet been nceonipllHhiMl In Luzon
titl lllllv nt ),,, throughout the Island
...
for SOIllO tlllll' to tOUU'. still the OOllllI'
,, , , fu Vorn ljlo for cITcctlVe work
t. . . . .,
by Hiieh a commission an the president
has appointed and which will have to
do entirely with estnliHshlnj,' civil gov
eriiiiietit. In regard to the purpose of President
MoKlnloy there Is no more trustworthy
authority than the president of tho com
mission, .Indue Taft, who says: "Tho
high and patriotic purpose of tho presi
dent In tho present Juncture Is to give
tho people of tho Philippine Islands the
best civil government which ho can
provide with the largest measure of self
government consistent with stability,
lie seeks only the welfare of tho Filipino
and the betterment of his condition.
The Incidental bcnellts to tho trade of
this country, arising fiom tho new rela
tion, must be made subservient to the
Interests of those who have become our
wards. This Is his charge to his new
commission." livery earnest and wisely
directed effort to establish civil govern
ment in the Philippines tho great body
of the American people will heartily tip.
prove. They will welcome the authorita
tive statement that this is to be the
supreme object of the new commission,
rather than making the promotion of
trade Interests Its chief concern. Many
of the advocates of retaining the Philip
pines have made commercialism the
eynote of their arguments. They have
taken n sordid view of tho question,
considering It with reference chlelly to
the possible trade to bo gained. Presi
dent McKlnley, while undoubtedly not
Indifferent to the opportunity which
may be afforded for extending our com
merce In that quarter of the world, Is
oneerned llrst with bettering the condi
tion of the Filipino, with giving those
people good government, "with the larg
est measure of self-government consist
ent with stability." He believes this to
be a duty and responsibility which tho
merlcan people must meet. "We have
the now care and cannot shift It," ho
said' In his address before the Ohio so
ciety of New Yorlc.
Wo will not venture nuy prediction
as to what the now commission may
accomplish. Its object is certainly good
and Americans geneially will hope for
Its early consummation. There Is, it ap
pears, no organized resistance In Luzon
to American authority and there is not
likely to be. There are small bands of
hostile natives which continue to make
some trouble, but organized Insurrection
no longer exists. If the commission
shall offer the Filipinos such u liberal
plan of government as it Is expected to,
It Is possible that complete paclllcatlon
may soon be effected. Meanwhile the
administration of affairs in tho archi
pelago avIII undoubtedly bo left entirely
In tho hands of the president, as pro
vided in the. senate tesolutlqii, introduced
a few days ago.
cun.i ASica tu he iwantw.
It Is stated that the people of Cuba
will ask fiom tho United States the same
arlff consideration that Is given to
Porto HIco. Unban planters who now
iny the 100 per cent duty of tho Dlngley
tariff, says n Washington dispatch, will
not rest quietly under the discrimination
that allows Porto Hlcau sugar and
tobacco to come Into the United States
at 15 per cent of what they arc obliged
o pay. There is nothing surprising In
this. Tho sugar and tobacco planters
depend upon the American market and
If they cannot get Into this market on
equal terms with other producers or
these articles they cannot prosper. Ha
waiian sugar conies into tho United
States free of duly and If tho sugar of
Porto Hleo Is admitted ut a greatly re
duced duty and that of the llrltlsh West
Indies, under a reciprocity treaty, nlso,
there could not bo much of a revival
of the Cuban sugar Industry If compelled
to pay the full duty.
Mr. Hobert P. Porter, special repre
sentative of the government In Cuba, Is
of the opinion that the United States
cannot afford to discriminate against
the Island In fids respect. Ho Fays it Is
not so much a question of duty or no
duty that the Cuban planters contend
for as for an equality of treatment and
he makes the statement that If Cuba
bad reciprocity with tho United States
It could produce U.OOO.OOO tons of sugar
cheaper ami uouer man any otuor coun
try In existence, whllo with annexation
it would make tho United States tho
gteatest sugar-producing country in the
world. Hut wo should thereby build up
tho sugar interest of Cuba -at tho sacri
fice of the Industry here. It would de
stroy the cane sugar luterest of Louisi
ana and the now advancing beet sugar
Industry. According to Mr. Porter,
whoso authority will hardly be ques
tioned, sugar can be raised In Cuba at
a protlt for U cents per pound, which Is
not possible elsewhere. It Is perfectly
plain that with such competition sugar
production in tho United States could
not be prolltably carried on.
This Is another questiou which prom
ises to prove decidedly perplexing, but
as Cuba Is not United States territory,
as are Porto Hleo and Hawaii, it will
hardly bo seriously contended that we
have tho same obligation lu both cases
Wo shall have to do something for tho
Industrial restoration of Cuba, but not
at too great a sacrillco of our own In
terests. It will undoubtedly be found
necessary to make tariff concessions to
the Cubans, but If we should place them
on an equality with the Porto Ulcans, so
far as the tariff Is concerned, tho latter
would have Just reason for complaint
anil there can bo uo doubt would com
plain very vigorously and earnestly. It
Is needless to say that the sugar and
tobacco Industries of the United States
will most determinedly oppose giving
Cuba such tariff consideration as Is pro
posed for Porto HIco.
It Is quite probable that this question
will stimulate annexation sentlmeut in
Cuba nnd possibly also In the l ulled
States. The Cuban planters are nlready
generally lu favor of annexation nnd
they may be expected to start a strenu
ous agitation for It when they lltitl that
the concessions they seek are not likely
to be secured.
Tin: iw-r.Ltxrius up mayuu moohes.
The signal victory achieved by the to
publlcnns of Omnha In the re-election of
Frank H. Moores as mayor nnd the elec
tion of substantially the entire repub
lican ticket Is a source of gratification
to republicans In general and the friends
of Mayor Moores In particular.
Quite npart from the political Impor
tance of this triumph Is tho decisive re
buke administered by the people .to tho
calumniators of Mayor Moores and tho
endorsement of his administration and
policy, which In this most virulent of all
campaigns has been unassalled.
To this vindication nnd endorsement
men of nil parties contrfbutcd by voice
and votes. While many good citizens of
republican alllllntions were misled Into
supporting tho fusion candidate under
the Impression that lie represented a
higher Ideal of citizenship, the rank and
Hie of tho parly remained loyal. In the
closing days of the campaign, too, pnrly
harmony was restored and members of
opposing factious united lu the common
cause.
The condition of affairs within the
party, coupled with the outcome of tho
election, cannot fall to stimulate and
strengthen republicanism In this city
and state and give the keynote for tho
great national campaign now before us.
ax uysuhr tu wuiikixumkx.
Some tilings should not bo passed by
in silence. It was to have been expected
that Mr. Popploton would feel keen dis
appointment over the decisive majority
by which Mayor Moores was re-elected.
Ills campaign malingers and his organist
had misled him into the belief that bo
was to bo elected by not less than 12,."Ol
majority. CI. M. Hitchcock himself, the
champion of the reform forces and
candidate for U. S. S., had backed his
conlldence by at least one hot of $100 on
.Mr. Popploton's election, and the Incom
ing clerk of the supreme court, who also
stands for reform with a big H, had
staked $500 on Mr. Popploton's running
powers.
For all that, lu the light of the returns
Mr. Popploton's after-election deciara-
Ion that his defeat was brought about
by the criminal classes and the liquor
Interest is inexcusable and unworthy of
a man of his standing and pretensions.
Ho not only Insults tho Intelligence of
tho community, but stigmatizes the
worklngnieu and middle classes who
contributed to the landslide for Moores
lu every precinct where they predoin-
mile.
The men Mr. Popploton accuses of be
longing to the criminal classes voted for
Uryan four years ago and for llolcomb
last fall, but they were not Inclined to
take up with an aristocratic plutocrat In
place of a mayor who had been accessi
ble to every man, woman nnd child and
had given the city u progressive yet
economic administration.
It Is furthermore untrue thnt the sa
loon keepers were all for Moores, as
some of tho most active men behind tho
bar were exerting all their Intluence for
the fusion candidate, whose campaign
fund had also been swelled by contribu
tions, voluntary and Involuntary, from
liquor dealers.
In view of the very generous treat
ment Mr. Popploton hns received at tho
hands of his opponents, it Is In bad
taste, to say the least, for him to show
his Ill-temper by nscrlblng his defeat to
tho criminal classes and the liquor In
terests. Wars are expensive luxuries. The peo
ple of this country realize It every time
they turn around, by tho presence of
stamps on documents and wares and
sundry other outlays. Tho peoplo of
England, too, are having nn object
lesson, which Is likely to stay with them
long after the present enthusiasm has
worn off. A loan of $1(10,000,000 must
bo Heated lu addition to what hns al
ready been expended, and no one is
nblo to say how much more may lie
needed before the war Is ended. It will
take the proilts of the gold mines for
several years to pay the bill.
John O. Velser has again had the gato
shut In his face by the reform State
Hoard of Transportation, which has
turned down bis application for nn or
der to compel the railroads to raze the
ton fence that separates tho two now
passenger stntions In Omaha. Hut what
elso could Yelser have expected The
secretaries say that a gate would en
dnnger life. Here is a chance for Velser
o apply for an order for a. tunnel under
tho tracks and Hnd out whether that,
too. would endangor life.
As usual. The Heo was the only news
paper to give the public reliable election
Hgutes. Tho tallies printed by Tho Heo
within twelvo hours after tho polls
closed are In nil substantial points Ident
ical with the olllcial returns now tatiu-
lated. Contrast with this tho partial
llgures nnd bad guesswork of Its con
temporaries, tho ono simply stealing the
faked up llgures of the other. The elec
tion returns demonstrate anew that Tho
Heo Is tho only live newspaper In Omaha.
Tho Iowa houso has passed a bill to
establish ono more normul school and
It Is thought certain tho scnato will con
cur. Now comes the tug of war. With
nlnoty-nlno counties lu Iowa each of
them except that in which the present
school Is located Is certain it Is Just the
tight community lu which to locate the
new school.
The republicans who helped turn tho
sheriff's ollico over to the popoerats last
fall had a glowing exhibition Tuesday
of the way the douiocratlc machine
makes use of otllelnl power. There never
was any excuse for swearing In a single
deputy sheriff on the occasion of the
city election, nt which there were no
signs of violence or fraud that the police
could not easily have handled. All the
fake warrants for alleged Illegal voters
sworn out by tho desperate democratic
malingers could easily have been n'tved
by the regular staff of otllce deputies.
Among other things which the election
Just held has brought us Is authority to
issue $100,000 of bonds for sewer exten
sions and paving Intersections. This
ought to Insure a good, forward move
ment the coming summer In the way of
public improvements, to say nothing of
the employment It will give to labor.
Tin- True 1'olley.
Urooltlyn Enclc.
Onco again: Don't treat tho I'orto Means
ns paupers. If you do they will bo on your
hnnda for tho next 100 years. Qlvo them
work. Develop their Ulatid.
'I'll I ll U tut; unit IIHiililUK.
ludlanupolls News.
Why was It so tremendously Important to
remember that back of I'orto Hleo He tho
Philippines when wo couiu deal with Hawaii
with no such embarrassing thought?
And tlio I'Iiik I" Stilt There.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
It Is presumed that tho Omnha man who
lowered tho stars and stripes and placed In
tbclr stead a red Hag would feel Insulted If It
wcro said of him that ho Is not a patriotic
American.
Strnnue OiiiInmIoii.
Philadelphia Ledger.
England wants $300,000,000 to pay for tho
war upon tho Doers, and tho queer thing
about It is that sho does not dream of tak
ing the money out of tho mines for which
tho war Is liclng fought.
TlierniieullcM if u l'ull
Chicago Tribune.
Tim American doctor In Paris who an
nounces that ho can make ohort people grow
tall has a basis for his claim In a well
known fact. Persistent pulling of tho ltg
will make a short man long for death.
Heroic Strimtile of (lie liner.
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho Doors may not win their gallant
stiugglo for Independence, but they have .
alicady added n uew and lustroU3 page to
tho history of hurolc peoples1 struggling for
self-preservation. And they aro not through
lighting yet. as tho fanatical boasters of
llritlsh prowess will learn before Pretoria
falls.
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Trmli mill the l'lui;.
Sprlngtleld Republican.
Tho War department has given out some
details of trade with tho Philippines for the
thrco months ended with September last.
It appear that Great Britain Is taking much
of tho export tradu of tho Islands nnd that
Europo altogether commands over two-
thirds of this trade; whllo of imports into
tho Islands Europe contributed $2,290,520
and North America only $331,475. And yet
we understood that trade follows the Hag.
Stiuul by the People.
Philadelphia I.cdscr.
It would ho surprising If tho trusts did
not own soiuo of tho newspapers of tho
country and Include others under tholr In
fluence, hut that they do not own or influence
tho majority of them naa ehown by tho largo
vote, 244 to 61, by "which the Nntlonal Edi
torial association. In session at New Or
leans, adopted resolutions denouncing them
and calling on congress to take action nguinst
them. An a; body' the nowspnpera of the
United Statm stnndj.by tho people.
r,Xll,l.U OI'lMiUAt. CKONJH.
A I'cir l'ltliy IteiiiiirUM nil Ilrltnlii'n
Idea of "lleiievnleiit AHnlnilliitlon."
San Francisco Call.
It comes ns news from English sources
that Cronjo is to bo exiled. Clreat Dritain Is
nn nrtlst In exiling. Donaparte, tho king of
Delhi, successor to tho Moguls, Arnbl Pasha
aud tho king of Durmnh havo been succes
sively tho victims of her policy of punish
ment by a living death, we havo been her
partner In ono small Job of that kind In the
banishment of a Samoan chief for tho crlmo
of being preferred b his countrymen for
tholr ruler.
"Whllo tho banishment of Cronjo may
never bo effected, that It springs up HrsC
of all propositions In tho English mind ns
a proper disposition to mnko of n bravo foe-
man, Is a rovelntion of tho menn spirit of
revengo that goe3 along with tho larcenous
politics of Chambers nnd Ithodes. Cronjo's
crime, to bo punished by exile, consists In
manfully defending his country. Deset by
a Tirltlsh forco that outnumbered his in
men and guns moro than ten to one, ho held
tho empire In action ten days, fighting until
powder, food nnd water wero gone before ho
surrendered, not to Lord itoborts, biH to
tho necessities of nnturo nnd the demands
of fnmlno. Instead of appreciating the man
hood of each a foe, 'Lord Kobcrts subjected
him to humiliation by compelling him to
wait nt tho flap of his tent until that ren-
resentntlvo of Drltlsh gallnntry choso to ro-
colvo lilin and grant terms of KiirrnmW.
Washington did not treat Cornwallis that
way nt Yorktown, nor did Jackson Insult the
successor of Packonham nt Now Orleans.
Tho conduct of Hoberts toward his bravo
prisoner has touched tho quick of soldierly
nonor throughout tho world. It wns tho
insolent fororunncr of tho proposition to
tiend its victim Into exllo to fade under Vv
strango sun and die broken in spirit and
In heart.
Tho gentle, tho Christian spirit of fireat
Ilrltaln is furthor shown In selection of tho
spot to which this innnly eoldler Is to bo
sent to .punish him for withstanding her
legions ten hard days nnd nights, though
they outnumbered him ten to one. Tho placo
solocted is Mauritius, formerly known ns tho
Islo of I-ranee, nnd wrested from Franco
with other small plunder during tho Na
poleonic, wars. It Is located In tho mlddlo
of tho hot hell of tho Indian ocean, nnd Is
only about 470,000 acrc in extent. It is a
tanglo of poisonous tropical verdure, und is
crowded by a coolie population, which steams
ami stows in tho mm nnd ovnporntes quickly.
It is tho Devils Island of tho llritlsh em
pire, tho black holo of that widespread greed
which Is called Imperial power. Its popu
lation Is periodically swept nwny by pesti
lence. In 1854 17,000 died of cholera. In
1867 raainrlal fever carried off 30,000, lie
foro tho first and between the two opldcmlcs
and slnco tho last, pcstllenco worked In that
choice, steaming, tropical culture bed of
plngue nnd death. Tho number of victims Is
novcr reported except when depopulation
cuts off tho rovonuo of tho llritlsh exploiters,
who wring pounds, shillings nnd penco out
of tho brawn nnd blood of 'tho coolies by n
"bonevolcnt despotism,'' compared to which
chattel slavery In the United States was an
eleemosynary Institution. To this seat of
plaguo nnd pestilence, this holo of horror,
whero a vertical sun sweats poison out of
tropical growth thnt rots nnd grows and
grows and rots without ceasing, making nlr
nnd wnter toxic agents of death, It Is pro
posed to send bravo old Cronje, becauso ho
defended himself and tho liberties of his
country as long ns food, wntor nnd cnrtrldges
held out.
Wo do not flatter ourselves that thero I
enough tenso of Juntlco In tho world to rlso
nnd shame England out of this purpose. If
that government entertain It, for tho world's
publla opinion is not enough to havo msdo
tho proponent of tho scheme ashamed to
propose it,
A Premature Obituary.
Editorial In tho World-Herald Sunday. March t, 1900.
The Hosewnler ticket and the ltosewater machine lire doomed to
defeat. They will bo burled beneath an avalanche of ballots cast
by republicans, democrats, populists and Independents, who for the
time being have put aside all partisan considerations while they en
gage lu the good work of standing up for Omaha.
The World-Herald presents to Mr. Kosowntor u bit of good ad
vice. Do not, In the moment when you recognize the Nemesis, go in
search of men on whom to lay the blame for your distress. Seek
the privacy of your sanctum nnd take an accurate observation of
tliejiosltloii lu which you have been. discovered. Chime at the mask
lying torn and tattered at your root. Head the tributes and the en
dorsements you have given In this campaign to n man whom you
have every leaton to believe Is dishonest and unclean. Turn your
gaze upon the people of Omaha a people sometimes Inlluenced by
partisan considerations, but n people than whom none lire more de
voted to what they believe to be right a people too honest to know
ingly elect n rogue to ollico; too Intelligent to be deceived by denials
that do not deny. P.ring your well trained mind Into Intelligent ac
tion In the observation of the situation. Convince yourself of the fact
that you have Dually been discovered nnd are being carried by tho
force of your own conduct to an Ignominious defeat; and you may,
in conlldence, agree that at least no Injustice will bo done you
when the World-Herald writes above your political tomb In letters
of incandescent light the solemn epitaph:
"Let not Caesar's servllo minions mock
tho lion thus laid low;
Twos no foeman'H hand that slow him,
'Twas his own thut gavo tho blow. '
.MMillT ACAI.NST ItlCIIT.
A Tribute lo the llrnvc Men HatllliiKr
for Self-liiM eminent.
New York Sun.
In all nntl-Iloer lltcraturo the argument
thut Krglund's courso Is Justillahlo becauso
of tho nonrcpubllcanlsoii of tho lloor gov
ernment, is found prominent. Kruger Is
represented to bo a pure self-seeker, corrupt
and arbitrary, despotically overawing tho
populace, Doer ns well as llrlton. through
tho power of his political ring. Tho lloers
nro presented ns a sodden, archaic and swin
ish typo of mankind, to whom liberty, ns
tho higher civilization knows It, is unknown,
aud for whom llritlsh rulo would bo a bless
ing deserving welcome. All this, of course,
Is denied must stoutly by tho partisans of tho
Doers.
"What Is seon unmistakably by tho entlro
world Is that tho Doer men aro fighting to
proscrvo their maligned government and
their despised independence with n bravery
that commands unlvcrsnl admiration, with
a tenacity of purpose that can come only
from on Immovablo conviction of tho Justice
of their cause, nnd with a unity of effort
which shows that there aro not two opinions
among their peoplo as to tho duty of tho mo
ment. Tho Intensity of their patriotism can
not bo surpassed by any peoplo on tho globe.
Tho Doors nro lighting to preserve their
national integrity against nn invading con
queror, with a heroism nnd Intelligence nnd
unanimity which prove that Instead of being
tho slaves of tyranny they are nllvo with tho
spirit of freedom nnd approve nnd believe In
their government with heart nnd soul, and
to n man.
am. iiAiinisox ami roimi imco.
Comment of tin- Ux-l'rcnlilent nn lli-
Fifteen Per Cent Turin. j
Washington Post.
Ono of tho most Important utterances with
reference to tho action of congress In tho
matter of Porto Rico emanates from Hon.
Dcnjamln Harrison. Asked whether ho had
expressed an opinion adverso to tho bill
denying f'reo trado to tho island, Mr. Harri
son said, on Saturday last: "Yes; I regard
tho bill as a most serious departure from
right principles." No ono who really knows
tho man could Ijo mado to bellovo that ho
proclaimed this sentiment moroly becauso it
echoed tho popular fooling of tho moment.
On tho contrary, everybody understands
that Henjamln Harrison Is a courageoiu,
straightforward nnd Intensely patriotic citi
zen, who not only declares his honest views
without fear or favor, but who possesses
nn enlightened wisdom nnd unerring Judg
ment. Ho never speaks hastily, still less
does ho speak In dofcrenco to tho prejudices
and passions of tho multitude. Whatever
olso ho may be, howovcr greatly he. may
fall short of tho demagogue Ideal, General
Hnrrlson is nlwnys tho brave and honorable
gentleman, tho slncoro patriot nnd tho con
sorvntlvo and safe adviser. And, best of nil,
ho Is an American In overy pulso nnd flbor
of his being ono who worships his coun
try's Hag and holds Its honor dearer than
his own.
It is good, It Is reassuring, to hear from
General Harrison la such fashion. Of
course, wo never doubted for a moment as
to his feeling In tho mnttdr. No ono who
watched his administration carefully and
with understanding could possibly hnve ex
pected less. Hut v.-o are glad that ho has
spoken. This is a tlmo In which tho country
needs tho encouragement nnd ndvico of Just
such men. Wo havo reached a stage wherein
something higher than party politics, some
thing nobler than cnmpnlgn expediency, Is
domanded by tho American people. Wo nre
confronted hy a crisis requiring tho Inter
position of big men with stout hearts and
Jealous consciences nnd clear vision nbovo
nil. The whole nation will thank Mr. Har'rl
son for thoso timely and reassuring words.
PKItSO.V.VI, III'J.MAHKS.
Utah endorses Roberts, but it has nomi
nated somebody elso for congress.
Tho wish Is probably father to tho
thought that Oom Paul is nbout to smoko
tho plpo of peace.
Tho latest dollar dinner was that given
by President Loubet to General Porter nnd
Commissioner Thompson on Saturdny.
W. I). Howells says In his lecturo on "He
roes and Heroines in Fiction" thnt Ameri
can vcomen nro bettor dovoloped Intel
Iccuully than American men.
Giles F. Fllloy, who recently died In St.
Louis, gavo up his wholo fortune, nearly
$1,500,000, a fow years ngo to moot tho
notes of n friend which ho hnd endorsed,
nlthough ho might havo taken advantage of
tho bankruptcy laws.
Princess Clilmay nnd her gipsy, Wgo, nro
reported na headed for Now York, whero
they will nppcnr In vnudovillo perfonnanco
In n play which portrays events In tho life
of tho womnu. Hero Is another chanco for
hysterics by tho New York fellows.
Henrlk Slcnklowlcz, the, Polish novelist,
when nBked to sign nn nppenl for Interven
tion lu tho South Afrlcnn war, declined on
tho ground thnt Russia's trentment of tho
Poles is worse than Ilrltaln's treatment of
tho lloers Is, or will bo, nnd therefore moro
Htly tho subject of a call for intervention.
Arthur Wilton Sutton of Movllle, In., tho
wealthy proprietor of a stocK farm, used to
bo closo shaven savo for n military mustache.
Now ho Is bearded llko u Turk and his
blondo hair waves over his coat collar.
This Is tho result of nn ngreoment ho made
with a friend not to shavo or cut his hair
until tho Drltlsh Hag shall lly over Pre
toria. Ldwnrd Turner, nn American locomotive,
engineer, who was Imprisoned sonio .ton
months ago in Orizaba, Mexico, to await
trial on n cliargo of criminal negllgcncn con
nected with tho wreck of n train, hns died In
prison, according to advices Just received by
tho Stnto department nt Wnshlngton, and
the expenses of a trial havo thus been
Y0tdcd.
i:ciioi:s or oi'ii ivah.
General Funston's fntnoiw exploit of swim
ming a Luzon river with his troops has a
counterpart in the swim of n squad of the
Twenty-fourth infantry, nn olllcial account
of which hns reached tho Wnr department
In tho report of Captain J. P. Hatchellor.
Captain Hatchellor hnd orders to cross tho
mouutnlns of southern Ilenquet, on the
Gnynpn trull, mid prevent the insurgents'
from retreating Into the Rio Onindo do
Kagayan. Tho command ninrched ninety
miles in six days nnd hnd considerable
scrapping with bushwhackers on the way.
"Our murch." snys tho report, "wns a suc
cession of fording ru-shlng mountain rivers
nnd climbing cliffs, hardly any of them
surmountable except by zig-zag paths cut in
tho rock, from a foot to seventeen inches
wide. Hy tho sixth day tho men wcro mostly
bnrefootcd, thefr shoes having been cut to
pieces. Thero wns n hot light nt Fourte San
Luis nnd then came the successful nnd cer
tainly Tcmarknblo attack on the Insurgents
nt Nngulllnn. The remnants of this part of
Agulnuldo's nrmy wero Btrongly entrenched
beyond San Luis river, a wide mountain
creek."
Captain Hatchellor describes the begin
ning of the action nnd says:
"Lieutenant McMaster usked permlHsion
to Bwlm tho river with some men of Com
pany 'H. Ho got tho permission. The men
stripped naked nnd crossed the river, some
swimming singly nnd others with horse.
"All nrms wero lost, however, In the strug
gle in tho wnter. Corporal John H. Johnson
wns drowned, sinking without asking for
help for fear ho would delny his comrades.
"Lieutenant iMcMaster tut down on the
bank and ordered thrco men to go back for
nrms. Sergeant Wllco nnd two men, with
bamboo poles, shelter tents and canteen
straps, fixed up n crazy sort of a raft.
"Tho Insurgents wero firing nt them mean
while, tho bullets zipping nro mid them.
When tho raft was completed Lieutenant
Miller, Scrgcnnt Wilcox nnd ono mnn suc
ceeded In recrosslng. They got thu nrms,
but when they returned they wero unnblo
to send back for moro men. This loft Lieu
tenant McMnster on tho -further bnnk with
two offlccrs, clnd only In their drawers, nnd
seven naked men. ,
"Tho Insurgents were popping away from
tholr trenches, and, although Company A
hod nrrrlvcd on tho opposito bank nnd wns
attempting to ferry men ncross tho river to
Lieutenant McMoter'B aid, tho process was
too slow. As n last resort Lieutenant Mc
Master mustered his soven naked Infanty-
mcn, nnd, moving nround, ho struck tho In
surgents on their left, driving them out of
tholr trenches, through the town and Into tho
Jungle.
"I saw Miller nnd two naked men," con
tinued Captain Hatchellor, "chargo tho main
trench, from -which forty Insurgents' ran out.
They captured hero threo men with cocked
rillea In their hands.
"To sco nino men, tho offlcers In their
drawers nnd tho men naked, cross a stream
on a sdiall raft nnd drlvo out nn cntrenchod
forco of ten times their number In broad
daylight, 'Whero their number must soon be-
coma known, is something not soon to bo
forgotten. History does not relato n braver
or moro striking Incident of the war with
lesa thought of self or display."
Tho roturn of General Wheeler from tho
Philippines has set In motion much gossip
nnd stories nbout his trnlts ns revealed In
congress. Ho still holds n commission for
n seat in tho houso of representatives, nnd
Washington correspondents say that n cor
dlnl wolcomo nwnlts him nt tho cnpltol. To
tho doorkeepers pnrtlculnrly General Whcelor
Is a delight becnuso of his tnlent for stirring
things In tho committee rooms. A corre
spondont of tho Now York Hun says ho has
"a way of Jerking off his cuffs nnd putting
them in unlooltcd-for places frequently in
tho wasto basket. After n while ho misses
them nnd nnm around to tho various doors
nnd Insists that such and such nn nttondnnt
has put them whero ho can't find them.
After exciting searches they nro sometimes
found, but moro often, overlooked and get
pecked nway In tho olllcial wardrobe. Mnny
n pair of slcovn links has tho general lost
In this wny. Ho will run Into a committee
room, nnd If ho finds thero n group talking
on any subject In which ho Is Interested, will
drop his hnt and coat on tho lloor nnd in
two minutes bo In tho thick of n heated
argumont. Somo ponderous member of thj
committee will get up to leavo tho room,
Inadvertently step on tho hat, nnd In a
twinkling tho bravo little, man l up nnd
smoothing out his battered headgenr with
tho greatest Burprlso and solicitude, wonder
ing how on earth It camo to bo on tho Hour.
Ho is said to havo lost morb tints than nny
othor mnn In congress, nnd the omclal barber
always keeps nn extra hat on hand for Gen
eral Wheeler In case of emergency. When
tho members bco him starting for homn
nlmost lost to sight under a very largo hnt
thot has evidently belonged to n seven-and-threo-quarter
slzod head they know what
lias happened."
Ono winter the general and his family
lodged In a fashlonnblo section of Washing
ton, but after n trial of It for n fow
days Mrs. Wheeler beennio dissatisfied, nnd
ono evening when her husband returned
from congress sho said:
"Father I do not like this place nt all, nnd
really think wo had better movo, If you don't
object."
"Certainly not, mother," roturno.1 the
over gallant general, "Just pluaso yourself
anything suits me."
Nothing moro was said on the subject, but
n couple of days later .on seeking tho so
doty of his family after tho olllclul duties
of tho day wero over tho congressman
fcund tho apartment deserted, nnd on In
quiry, that his family had moved during
tho day. No ono knew whero thoy hnt
gone. Mrs. Wheeler had meruly neglected
to Inform her husband that thoy were to
move that day, and whore the now residence
was. Ho went to various hotclo, but dldn
find them, so llnally spent the night at one,
nnd next day his colleagues wcro highly
diverted nnd Interested at tho cngaglnu
candor with which tho grcnt little man re
lated how ho had lost his family and naked
tholr advice ns to where they supposed hi
could find them. In tho courso of the daj
one of tho children enmo to tho capltol to
find out why father hadn't been homo thi
nli-lil t,rfnr.v nn, I then the omission ol
letting him know tho secret of whero they
had moved wns rectified, nnd he went gully
to tho new quarters, where, with Mta,
Wheeler, ho hitd a hearty laugh over thclt
temporary separation.
mi st nsiniics m:i:iii:i).
Vlrun of SlilMMt tier on the Pending
MeiiMire.
Portland Oregonlnn.
They havo the ship-subsidy bill up ngnla
in the senate. Jnmrs J. Hill, who Is going
Into the dteamshlp business on a largo scale,
wants no subsidies. Ho reiterates his objec
tions nnd says It tho bill should pnes l
would mean lu eltect political Btilcldo for
theso who vote for it. A lot of gentlemen
In congrma nro In tho political sulcldo busi
ness Just now. Whnt wl'h the effort to
skin our new dependencies nt ono end ol
tho lino nnd to glvo subsldlcn to rich ship
owners nt tho other, tho political undcrUkei
mny soon havo business enough.
Aro not tho great shipowners rich enoughl
Aro they not making money enough? Tht
lending object of this effort Is to subsldlza
linos already doing n business enormously
profitable. Tho subsidy bill, ns Mr. Hill
has bo conclusively shown, Is "not to nld
the small fry. but tho multl-mllllonnlres.
It. will not nrslst the men who have, n
capital of $10,000. Subsidies nro not for
them, but nro reserved for Individuals nnd
corporations whoso Incomes nro $20,000,000
n year or moro. Tho small capltnllRts aro
to bo tnxed so the big ours may be sub
sidized." Sonio dnys ngo Mr. Osborne Howes of
Boston, whoso family havo been shlpowncri
250 yenrs, told the house committee that
ho was opposed to this bill for tho follow
ing rensons:
"Tho growth of commerce Is not to bn
I determined by tho running of n few lnrgn
I steamers. You havo asked nbout tho St.
Paul nnd tho St. Louis. I do not wish
to doery their merits, but If thero wero
to lie ndded 500,000 tons of shipping to thj
merchant marine of tho United States next
year I would far rather that that amount
should bo made up of tramp steamers
steamers of from 1,000 to 4.000 tons, steamers
going all over the, world than to havo thnt
600,000 tons mndo up of hlgh-Bpecd pas
senger vessels of S.000, 10,000. 12.000 or
14,000 tons running ncross tho Atlnntlo
ocean. It Is tho trump steamer which con
stitutes the greatness of tne English com
merce; It Is not tho steamers of the Cuuard,
or tho Whlto Stnr. or the PenlnBuUr .ft
Oriental line. They aro line lines, but
England's commercial greatness does not
rest upon them. Her continental suprem
acy comon from tho opportunity sho offers
to every man who has a Utile capital, who,
with a fow of his frlcuils, can get to
gether $40,000 or $50,000 or $70,000, build
a Bteamov and send It out Into tho world
to do what ho can with it "
But tho subsidy Is not for such as three,
or very llttlo of It. Besides, If It were,
tho subsidy is not necessary and will giv
tho producer nothing more. Even tho
tramp steamers mnko a great deal of money
now nnd chnrters nnd freights would bo as
high with tho subsidy ns without it. Be
flldcn, every dollnr of tho subsidy paid to
shipowners would bo drawn In taxation from
tho workers of tho country. If tho pro
ducers nro to havo money out of tho treas
ury, glvo It to them direct; don't.pretcnd
to servo them by putting it into tho pockel
of men rich already.
olw
smii.i.m; mm:s.
Detroit Journal: Curlouslv enough, an
nss dnesn t mnko a Hon of hlmnelf wearing
a Hon h skin, but a lion makes nn nss of
himself wearing an nss's skin.
Harper's Bazar: "I want you to prescrlbn
for my wife, doctor."
"What's the matter with her?"
'I don't know, but I'm sure there Is
something; sho went shopping veterdav
and brought homo part of tho money I
cavo her. '
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yrs'm, wn
claim that's tho best tlnwnre in the world.
Just look at tho condition of thut iall."
" hat nbout It?"
"That pnll, iim'am, was nttnclied to thu
tall of a dog, who ran eleven miles with
Chlcnco TrlbuneT"SlllI," Unel
Allen Sparks, "It doesn't necessarily fol-
Hint llttlo men nro going to bo the favorite,
stylo this summer. If you have nnv such,
notion ns that, my boy, tho girls will tnko
It out of you.'
Chicago Trlbuno: "Who nre thesft new
don-?" U Ur movl"tf lnlu 1,10 ll0llsc "cxt
T don't know, but I mn sure wo shall
get along rnlendldly with them. They huvn
Just unloaded u wheelbarrow and a Inwn
mower."
AVnshlncton Stnr: "I can't help fcellne
Indignant." said Senntor Horghum. "Ho
bus questioned my honesty."
"In what way?"
"Ho refused to trust me for the money
T wns to pay him for delivering a batch of
voten on ii certain date."
Philadelphia Press: Polltlelnn-llow nro
tli'mrs up In your country?
Fnrmer Wnul, I tell you. tho cnuntry'rt
likely to bo consld'ablc disturbed most
uns' tlmo now.
Polltlclnn So? Expansion or silver, I
suppose.
Fnrmer No. Spring plowln".
Chicago Tribune: "Your refusal, Mis
Quickstep," tlm young man suld, "wounds
mo (leix)Iy. but you cannot depilvo mo of
tho recollection of tho mnny happy hours
1 hnve passed lu your rompuny.
"I shall remember them with slnrcr
pleasure, too, Mr. Spoonamoro. bollevo me,"
rho replied. "No young mini of my nc
nujilntaiieo has ever brought mo do
Melons choeobito erenms ns you have."
HIS II M) Hi; rilAVI'.l) HIM.
Denver Post.
In n nook beside tho river,
Donio of nzuro blue nbovo her,
Signs of coming spring around her,
Heonlo benutles spread boforn her.
Mnuntnlii ranges grouped behind her.
;!V' ,h rugged earth beneath her,
Etliyyl Sugurheels wns sitting
Waiting for her tardy lover
To supply him with tho answer
'lo tho vltnl popnmindrum
He, had sprung nt their lust sparkiest.
I'.thyyl wiih nn Inlun maiden.
Not becauso sho cIioho to bo so,
Hut becailNo sho couldn't help It.
Hers a face to win attention
From tho fabled gods who people
That fair mystic laud wo read of,
If she'd only kept It cleaner.
And her llguro wiiHn't far from
Meeting all tho plump requirements,
As she sut thero rumlnnting,
Wondering If Slrr Sldde O'Haeon
Iteully wrnto the book of Hhnkespenrn
And the Honiict of tho snowfall,
And If Hiinlio was Immoral
As tho yellow pupers pictured,
Came a rustling of tho buHhes,
And in half a dozen seconds
Hlwyyn Gray-Wolf stood before her
Hmlllng ixh a burlesque actress
When tho barroiibeails applaud her,
Hut his Hiinnv smllo soon fnded
Ah the foam from glass of boiIii
Ah sho said: "Gray-Wolf, eomo hither! .
P'liiHh thlno open bund before mo
That Its lines 1 may Interpret
Ero I lender my decision."
Gazed Rho long upon tho network
Of his palm, now swintly Hmlllng,
Now with smllo and frown contending
For Hiipremney, now nlghing
Ah tho breezo soughed through th dor.
wood.
Then who turned tho hnnd up edgeways.
Penreil unon tho branching telltales
At the base of little linger,
Then with shudder east It from her
Ami Informed him ho could quit her
Unit her cold for sho could never
Hit to him more than a sister '
Or n cuntldentlal cousin.
For thu well-tniirked line of mirrlnge
Told her hit would bo tho futher
Fro he reucheil tho nge of forty
Of a score of llttlu lnjunsl ' k
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