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E. ItOSEWATKK, Editor.
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Notary Public.
St. I'ntrlck proposes to cclclirnto tho
century year Just the same as usual,
Tlio month of March wants It dis
tinctly understood that It has all varie
ties of weather on tap.
Tho annual destruction of the fruit
croi has occuricd. lint later the com
mission houses will bo nlilo to supply
your order us In former years.
The unexpected often happens. That
Is njriiln strikingly Illustrated' liy tho
nomination of Tom Breiitian for mayor
of South Omaha oil the democratic
ticket.
The despair of the democratic kmik In
Douglas county could not be more con
clusively evidenced than by the lawless
Interference from Coventor I'oynter to
put n police commission club In their
hands.
A man named Truth has been arrested
for Hondlnj; circulars making fraudulent
representations through the malls. The
court will now have an opportunity to
decide "olllclally" whether there Is any
thing In a name.
Coventor Poyntor Is said to have
risked "William J. Hroatch to wire
whether be would accept a place on the
next popocratle police commission. As
if Hroatch was ever known to refuse
any position of prollt or notoriety.
Mayor Knsor of South Omaha says he
was "double-crossed" by his friends at
the democratic primary. Hut the doc
tor, with childlike and bland humility,
says he not only forgives the men who
smote him, but turns the other cheek.
Republicans all over the state will
watch with Interest the little game or
freeze-out that Is being played In Lan
caster county between ambitious iispl
rants for senatorial honors'. Repub
licans like fair play and want the best
man to win.
Young Mr. INippleton Mould not only
have to keep his gloves on while asso
clutlug with Hroatch, I'eabody and
Harry Miller on the police commission,
but he would also have to hold his nose
nnd close his eyes. No, wonder he does
not want lo serve.
Tho lown republicans will meet In
May to make arrangements for the an
nual burial service of tho democratic
party In that state. Long practice has
made the Iowa republicans experts and
tho Job Is done with such neatness and
dispatch that Fre.il While really enjoys
riding at tho head of the democratic
funeral procession,
The Norfolk people do not appear to
bo Inclined to allow the secretaries of
tltp State Hoard of Transportation to
get away through any boles In the fence.
Kvery time (hey make a. dive for an
opening they find a Norfolk man there
ready to head them off. There Is a bare
possibility that tho secretaries may be
forced to meet the issue' fairly, but it
will not be until every resource has been
exhausted.
The bill which tlo naval committee
of the house lias introduced is evidence
that this country does not propose to
fall behind in the matter of keeping up
tho nlivy. The autiipiated tubs which
Americans abroad were once compelled
to Irtish for hiivo been supplanted by
vessels as line us any alloal, and if the
work Is coul Inued as planned there will
be enough of them amply to protect tho
Interests of this country all over the
world.
County Treasurer KIsasser Is to lie
commended In his ofVbrt to recover the
funds belonging to the county tied up
In ono of the defunct savings banks.
Hut ho should not stop there. Ho
should endeavor to place the county
money In some responsible bank ' or
banks that will pay Interest on de
posits under the depository law. It Is
now more than a year since Douglas
county has received a penny of interest
on county deposits, while the city re
ceives Interest nil the time on its money.
IXTF.HXA TIUKA 1. 01)1.1(1 A riUXS.
President McKlnley has said to the
Hrltlsh government that the ("nlted
States would be glad to aid 111 titty
friendly manner to promote u cessation
of hostilities In South Afrlcit. The Brit
Ish government has In respectful terms
stated that It cannot accept the Inter
vention of any power. It should there
fore be perfect ly clear to every person
of ordinary Intelligence that our gov
ernment cannot with propriety and with
n decent regard for Its International ob
ligations do anything more at this time
in respect of the South African conflict.
Yet at a meeting of sympathizers with
the Hoers In New York the report states
that the name of President McKlnley
was hissed nnd hooted, as if he were
guilty of some wrong against the people
of the two republics struggling for their
Independence.
The Injustice of this must be appar
ent to everybody not utterly blinded by
prejudice. All the powers having repre
sentatives at Pretoria were appealed to
to Intervene with a view to a cessation
of hostilities, only the United States
submitted this appeal to the Hrltlsh
government, Cerinany declined to do so
and Prance took no action. Our govern
ment, on the other hand, promptly con
veyed to the Hrltlsh government the re
quest of Presidents Kruger and Steyn,
accompanying it with an expression of
the hope that "a way to bring about
peace may be found" and the assurance
of a willingness on tho part of the
United States to aid In promoting so
happy a result What more could Presi
dent .McKlnley have done? In what
way could he have better shown his
desire for the restoration of peace in
South Africa? How could be have more
conclusively demonstrated tho Impar
tiality of our government respecting the
belligerents?
Those who have Insisted that the
United States should proffer mediation
are either Ignorant of our International
obligations or nre willing to jilnco the
government In a position that might
prove exceedingly embarrassing. A
formal proffer of mediation under ex
isting circumstances Creat Hritaiu
would be Justltled In regarding as an
unfriendly act Moreover, it would be
contrary to the traditional policy of this
country. There Is a mistaken idea that
the agreement entered into at The
Hague conference 'gives warrant for
this government proposing mediation.
The fact Is, however, that tho Ameri
can delegates to the conference, mind
ful of the Inconveniences which might
arlso from tin obtrusive exercise of me
diation, in signing tho convention made
tho following declaration: "Nothing
contained In this convention shall be
so construed as to require the United
States of America to depart front its
tradltlonnl policy of not intruding upon,
interfering with or entangling Itself In
the political questions of policy or In
ternal administration of any foreign
state, nor shall anything contained In
the said convention be construed to Im
ply a relinquishment by the United
States of America of Its traditional at
titude toward purely American ques
tions." Tints our government is apeclllc-
ally and unqualllledly committed
against "an obtrusive exercise of medi
ation," which some people are urglug It
to do and denouncing President Mc
Klnley because lie will not depart from
tho traditional policy of the nation in
this regard.
Sympathy with the Hoers should not
blind people to the fact that the United
States has certain well-dctlncd Inter
national duties and obligations which it
must comply with, In order to be at
peace with the world and to safeguard
Its own Interests nnd welfure. How
ever keenly Americans may desire the
success of the Hoers and tho preserva
tion of the republics of South Africa, no
good citizen will wish this government
to take any action that might Impair
Its friendly relations with foreign
IKiwers and possibly involve It In gravo
complications.-
Tin; svxdav 'hue.
The Sunday Hoe will be an example
of modern nuwspaper making which will
appeal to all classes of readers. Its for
eign cable letters present the views
tho best noNvspaper correspondents In
liitBope's capitals, as well as the latest
Information from the scene of war in
South Africa. Its domestic telegraph
service covers every section of tho coun
try, while the territory in the immediate
vicinity of Omaha Is completely cov
ered by a corps of special correspond
ents. In the local Held The Hco Is unexcelled
for comprehensive and varied news re
ports, while Its special Sunday depart
ments chronicle the happenings of the
week In society and sporting circles, fra
ternal orders, music and tho drama.
The (Illustrated Hee of this week is
practically a beet sugar number. The
front page Is devoted to a large portrait
of Henry T. Oxnard, who Is a pioneer
In the Introduction of sugar manufac
tories In Nebraska, and Is now presi
dent of the American Heet Sugar asso
ciation, in which capacity he has been
achieving no llttlo prominence- at Wash
Ingt'on. , It. M. Allen, president of the
Nebraska Heet Sugar association, and
II. C. Leavltt, the head of the new su
gar factory at Ames, are represented by
Ilfe-IIko portraits, .'
The history of the sugar Industry of
Nebraska Is given with Illustrations
showing the factories at Norfolk, Ames
and (Irani! Island, together with Interior
views of tho different processes and
outdoor pictures of sugar beet culture
In Its various stages. Still another arti
cle on the same correlative subject gives
thu statistics of the beet supur ludustry
In the United States.
Carpenter's letter this week deals with
business life in Manila, the capital of
the Philippines, and describes the mar
ket scenes nnd prices attaching to food
and other articles of consumption. The
pictures show tlx! Ylllpino peddler',
Filipino market and some of the work
ing women.
Tho fashion page gives the pictures
of living models attired in the latest
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY,
fashion novelties, one showing a new
theater wrap, another the latest Paris
Ian gown Importation, and still another
a combing Jacket.
Particularly Interesting to local read
ers are the snap shots taken at the re
cent municipal election In Omaha, giv
ing characteristic scenes at the polls
one In the third, one In Hohemlantown
and two in the upper or silk-stocking
districts, other plctutes Illustrate the
High School Cadet band at Crand
Island, Neb., and the convention ball
at Sioux Palls, In which the fusion
populist national convention Is to be
held, also some pictures of cattle and
sheep raising at a typical Nebraska feed
ing station.
The Sunday Hee keeps at the bead of
the newspaper procession. He sure to
read It.
a muu sellouts run gukatfm omaiia.
WItli the opening of the building
season tho Hoard of Kducatlon should
be In position to prosecute the work on
the proposed new High school building.
Hefore any construction Is begun, how
ever, the board should at least have an
outline sketch of the whole structure, as
It will appear when the various wings
and main building are completed.
Tho people of Omaha have a right to
demand that the High school of the fu
ture shall be not merely safe and com
modious, but that it shall be an orna
ment to the city. Whutlicr the main
building Is erected two or ten years
hence, the plans for the superstructure
should be adopted this year.
Tho mere construction of detached
wings without reference to what may
bo the plan of the main building would
be unbusinesslike and unsatisfactory.
No corporation or Individual that con
templated (he expenditure of more than
?o00,000 would venture to commence
construction of an olllce building, hotel
or factory without complete preliminary
plans, even though only part of the
building Is to be erected for the time
being.
It is a foregone conclusion that the
present High school building will be
taken down at no distant day. The most
sentimental veneration of a building that
has outlived Its day and Is no longer
safe can stem the Inevitable march of
progress. The Omaha of the twentieth
century will not be content with the
structural relics of the city's infancy.
The proposition to lower the present
High school to two stories is a make
shift that ought not to be entertained.
Tho building reduced to that form
would be nn architectural abortion and
the money expended for reconstruction
would bo an inexcusable waste.
Tho proper course for tho board to
pursue Is to procure plans for an en
tirely new structure commensurate with
present and future demands. One of
the wings of this future High school
building should be erected this season,
while the other sections should come as
rapidly as means can be supplied and
tho demands for Increased facilities
warrant
THE PACIFIC CAI1LE 1'nOJRVT.
The diversity of views among mem
bers of the house committee on com-
meree in regard" to a Paeille cable prom
ises to delay action on the bill providing
for the construction of a cable, posslblv
until tne second session of congress. A
majority of the committee favor having
tho proposed cablo built under niivat
auspices, the government to pay an
nually, for a period of twenty yours, a
subsidy which at tho end of that time
would amount to about the cost of con
structing tho cable. One minority re
port dissents entirely to the measure.
another opposes private ownership and
favors building tho cable by the trov-
eminent, while a third dissenting report
urges that a government cable would
prove, more beneticial to the public and
the government.
We have no doubt that if public opin
ion could bo expressed on the question
It would be found very largely In favor
of government ownership of tho pro-
posed cable. Tho proposition that tho
government shall pay a private corpora
tion ?.".00,000 annually for twenty years,
thus reimbursing the corporation for Its
outlay and leaving It In full possession
of a most valuable property, will not,
we think, commend Itself to intelligent
and practical public opinion. It is not,
it seems to us, a good proposition from
a business point of view, to say nothing
of tin; obvious Inexpediency of having
a cable line the business of which will
be largely derived from the government
wholly under ptivato control.
A Pacific cable connecting the United
States with Its Insular possessions
should be owned and controlled by the
government. If a private corporation
cau afford to transmit government mes
sages for $:i00,000 annually . certainly
the government could do its own busi
ness for that amount or less ami the
cablo would be a permanent nsset,
whereas under tho subsidy plan the
government would pay for tho cable and
It would 1)0 private property. That
plan we do not believe the public will
approve,
Assistant Secretary of War Melkle
John has notllled the senate that he will
havo to have an additional corps of
clerks If he Is to answer all the resolu
tions of inquiry shot at his department
from the legislative halls of the capltol.
If an appropriation must go with every
resolution of Inquiry Inquisitive states
men may be less eager to satisfy their
curiosity.
The number of cases of olllclal Itch
whlcli will be exhibited, nt tho popocratle
state convention will be boyoud all
precedent even In that favored breeding
jjrounrt for tho disease. Kvery occupant
of a place In the state house has ail a
Kravated case, The only trouble Is the
supply of iilaces In the olllclal sanitar
ium is not equnl to the demands made
upon it.
Congressman Itny of New York as
chalrmnn of tho house committee on
Judiciary has Introduced a constitu
tional amendment Into the house In
tended to give congress express author-
Ity to regulate and repress monopolies
and trusts. This Is not ns good as the
plan proposed In the last Nebraska re'
publicau state platform calling for a
national constitutional convention to re
vise the present constitution. The trust
question Is not the only point which the
constitution f rumors were unable to see.
Hut Mr. itay's term In congress will
close long before his ameudinent can
pass the senate.
The railroads of the west have Issued
a circular to shippers In which they slate
the managers have pledged themselves
to each other and tho Interstato
Commerce commission to. maintain
rates strictly. .lust bow long this
spasm of virtue will last can
only be judged by tho past, but It Is
not likely that favored ones will long be
deprived of "inside" rates. Uallroad
agents have never been proof, -for any
great length of time, against the allure
ments of a big freight contract.
The attorney general Is rapidly get
ting himself tangled up In a mass
of railroad litigation which will bo
dllllcult to unravel. He goes at the
matter much after tho manner or it
quack doctor who gives his patient
u little of all the medicine be lias In
stock, hoping that at least one of tho
doses may be the correct prescription.
With the dedication of the monument
at Columbus at least three of the thriv
ing cities of this stnte have suitable
monuments erected to the memory of
their soldier dead. At present Omaha
has none, though It is simply able to.
In this Omaha might well take a lesson
In enterprise from several of the smaller
cities of the state.
Good ItensoiiH for Worry.
Cleveland Leader.
German manufacturers nro still worrying
about American competition. Well, they
havo good cause for worry. Our exports of
manufacturer aro Increasing steadily nnd In
tho right direction.
Misery I.ovr.i Coiuiinny.
Chicago Record.
Wharton Ilnrker's loncsomo sprint nlonc
tho presidential plko has been relieved by
tho presenco of 'Oeno Debs, who Is now
making his first Jump past tho grandstand
on tho socialist ticket.
Clinnliij; (.'oltli'ii MiikIoit.
Olobc-Democrnt.
It is estimated that C0.000 men will rn
to Cano Nomo this viar. nt ntl nvnnnan
of $300 each. Tho expenditure of $25,000,
000 on nn Arctic sea beach Is ono of the
curiosities of modern life.
IlOMtnn ll Mlerla Abroad.
Buffalo Express.
Tho ngltntlon In England caused by tho
fear of Invasion by a French nrmy re
minds ono of the hysterics Into whlcli tho
Ilostonlans wcro thrown by rumors of
tho approach of Spanish war vessels
previous to tho nffalr off Santiago.
Hcflcelinn on Uuiiiiluins.
Chicago Chronicle.
Probably tho richest 'development of tho
whole South African war is the discovery
that tho "dumdum" .bullets,' against whoau
use by tho Boers Lord Ilobcrts protested in
tho namo ot humanity, wore captured by tho
Afrikanders from"tho "Hrltlsh themselves.
It will bo Interesting-to seo what even Hrlt
lsh effrontery can do with a proposition like
this.
OoimI I'nyi Xo Siilixltllrji,
Philadelphia Itccord.
Every concession so far mado to tho
opposers of subsidies has been In tho nature
of a confession of original depravity of pur
pose. Thero Is no need for subldles. Full
pay for any scrvlco required of ocean trans
portation companies 'by tho government
should nlways bo accorded. Nothing moro
should bo nsked, except that tho govern
ment tako off Its restraining hand and glvo
to shipbuilders, shipowners and shippers
unimpaired opportunity to ntteud to their
own business.
.Siuiixhliiu' Cht-rlnheil Tradition.
Indianapolis Press.
Shades of Richard Parks Hlnnd and John
P. Altgold! Silver has been "trusted!" It
develops that tho United Metal Selling
company, through a combination with the
American Smelting company, has obtained
control of tho American output of silver
and has advanced tho price to CI cents. This
trust movement is smashing some of our
most cherished traditions. It has knifed
protectionism in tho United States, though
McKlnley and nomo other republican lead
ers do not'seem to know ItJ and now It.
Is laying hands on tho freo sliver fetich. If
tho control of the silver production by u
combination of capitalists 'becomes widely
known there will be a great skurrylng
among democrats and populists to get away
from tho pot theory that the government
ought to niako a market for silver.
siu:i,io.vs Mnvsi'Ai'Eii rruio.
Chicago Post: Tho Topeka Dally Capital
unquestionably fills a long-felt want an a
curio. It should flud a place in every mu
seum. Indianapolis News: It Is a commentary on
Mr. Sheldon's ability as an editor that tho
readers had to buy other newspapers to see
what was going on In tho woria.
Minneapolis Times: As tho Capital Is tho
only morning papor In Topeka, Frank 'Mnc
Lennnn's wicked Evening Journal will bo
running over with scoops nil tho week.
Chicago Chronicle: Tho Topeka experi
ment, nt all ovents, U not likely to bo re
peated. Asldo from the rather blasphemous
odor of the whole proceeding a second von
turo wouldn't bo profitable. Tho public
doesn't caro to see tho same show twice.
St. Louis Uepubllc: Tho sporting editor
of Mr. Sheldon's Topeka Capital has been
assigned to wrlto up tho roulette, faro and
poker games of Topeka, of which in tho line
ot his duty ho has gained nn Insldo knowl
edge. After Sheldon's week ono sporting
editor will ho looking for a now town.
Minneapolis Tribune: Tho string fiends
find Hrothcr Sheldon very easy. One of them
Induced him' to tako 600 words by wlro on
the "religious outlook In Kansas City."
which In tho very nature of things could
only havo been n purely Imaginative story.
Tho real religious outlook In Kansas City
could ho boiled down to the following ex
pression: "There nin't no such thing."
Washington Star: Ono of tho baldest und
at the namo tlmo ono of tho most successful
fake advertising Bcheines of tho century Is
the ono latoly conceived In Kansa, wherein
a sensational prcachor of Topeka has under
taken to give tho world an object lesson of
a week's duration by showing how Christ
would conduct n dally newspaper. Tho Ir
reverent rovertind gentleman may succeed In
his presumptuous effort to illustrato Divine
mothods In Journalism, and he may not! but
the odds nre largely against his success.
Anywny, the consensus of opinion must un
o.uestlonably bo that tho Kansas ovangellst
and ull bis kind would do vastly more good
hy letting Journalism alone, by striving to
show how Chrl.it would preach tho gospel
and tbon modestly living up to Its injunctions.
MARCH 17, 1J)00.
POLITICAL tilt Iff.
To lllustruto his Idea of a strenuous life,
Governor Itoosevclt attended three ban
quets and irinde four public speeches Inst
week.
Tho tepubllc.tu party In Texas Is not over
whelmingly large, but It requires two state
conventions to give the spellbinders room
to exercise their lungs.
Indiana has just gathered In $700,000 In
civil war claims, and yet It Is not wholly
satisfied with the national administration.
Somo peoplo want tho earth.
The railroads nre needlessly alnrmcd over
tho prospective rush of democrats to Kan
sas City on July 4. Walking will bo snfo
about that time, nnd Jeffcrsonlan simplicity
calls for soiiio sacrifice.
Former Senator (Jormnn does not caro
who drafts tho stnto platform so long as
the democrats of Maryland glvo hlra tho
delegation to Kansas City. Arthur Puo
must have something to trnde qii.
Utnu democrats congratulated Urlgham II.
Hobcrts on his ' great light for a seat in
congress, " hut discreetly restrained their
Joy over tho Jolt that made nn opening for a
patriot with less cnllco Impedimenta.
With Eugcno Debs nnd Job Hnrrlmnn In
tho field for president nnd rlco president,
Parker nnd Donnelly nro not ns loncsomo
ns they wcro n year ago. Tho maxim
about tho early bird does not apply in
political contests.
Senator "Steve" Klklns is carefully nurs
ing his vlco presidential boom these days.
During tho sessions of tho scnato he
promptly responds to every card he re
ceives nud is credited with having a fresh
Joko for every caller.
Governor Hoosovclt has seized an early
opportunity to tako himself out of tho list
of presidential possibilities, not only for tho
present, but for tho future. "My ambi
tion," ho says, "Is not national and will
not be."
San Francisco has gone broke, or so nearly
so that for tho next four months It Is ex
pected that tho city lights will bo extin
guished nt midnight. Ilohton Is also strapped
and must havo Increased rovenuo to main
tain its pace.
Senators Piatt of Connecticut. Aldrlch nnd
Teller would havo It distinctly understood
that their trip In tho dispatch boat Dol- ?
phin to uuba IB strictly for business, and In
no senso n Junket. They will take their
wives and tho son and daughter of Sen
ator Aldrlch.
Tim Woodruff, tho vest patlern polltlclnn
of New York, has some ground for his self
contldcucc. When a baby ho was held
In tho arms of Abraham Lincoln, then a
congressman, who tossed him nnd told him
stories In tho language that all babies under
stand. No wonder tho lieutenant governor
feels that Destiny has marked him as her
own.
Since Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania
left the democratic party he Is coming out
strongly as a fashlonabto man nnd now has
n valet and an automobile. Tho latter Is
perfectly appointed In every way nnd It Is
declared thnt not oven In tho entourage of
Ijrd Pauncefote, tho Hrltlsh ambassador.
Is thero n valet who so thoroughly looks,
nets and speaks tho part than tho distin
guished looking personage whom "Joe" Sib
ley now occasionally refers to ns "my man."
TEACH OVHHTfllES 1U1I,.
Kanas City Star: There Is no reason to
bellovo that Groat Britain -will make much
bones about absorbing n republic which set
out to annex a part of Great Hritaln.
Cincinnati Commercial: In Salisbury's re
ply to- the presidents of the South African
republics thero is the sharp and warning
bark of the 'bulldog and the growl at the
Hrltlsh Hon. It simply mean a hands oft.
Now York Tribune: Great Britain doeB
not want to creato "another Ireland" In
South Africa, but rather another Canada.
If lt-.deal3 with tho Hoem as. It. has dealt
With tho Frenchmen ot Quebec thero should
ho peaco with honor and with friendship
between tho two races.
Chicago Chronicle: What will be the re
sult? Tho Boers will not submit. It follows
that they will havo to be exterminated. It
has cost Great Britain 15,000 men to drive
tho Afrikanders' from British territory in
Natal. What will It cost to exterminate tho
50,000 desperate men who will man tho
forts of Pretoria?
Baltimore Sun: Tho purpcbcs of tho Brit
ish government nro plainly revealed in the
nuswer of Lord Salisbury to Presidents
Kruger and Steyn. Great Brltuln Is waging
a war of conquest and aggression; the lion's
appotlto In whetted nnd ho Intends to devour
tho two llttlo republics. It Is a sad spec
tacle and one which arouses Indignation as
well ns pity.
Sprlnglleld Republican: The idea that tho
Boers aimed primarily to destroy British
power In all South Africa Is nothing but a
British invention. Independence and nation
ality huvo been the primary ulma of the
Boers. In destroying them the British havo
thus far lost over 16,000 men In killed,
wounded nnd missing and expended hundreds
of millions of dollars.
Now York World: Rnglnnd nt last pro
claims that her purpose is the extinction
of tho republics. That the beleaguered Hoers,
menaced by overwhelming numbers, (will
tnnln 11 Tnnt jl nunnrn i n utflml fnp (find (rna.
dom and homes ndmlts ot llttlo doubt. And !
no voice in all the world not even that of
tho great republic, sympathizer hitherto
with overy struggling people's fight for
liberty Is raised to avert or to mltlgato thla
century's crowning crlmo against the rights
of mnn!
Buffalo Express: Tho acknowledgment
that tho British government alms at tho
annexation ot tho two republics, however,
was probably what Kruger wanted. It had
not been secured before, though English
men as woll ns Boers havo well known that
was tho object of tho war. All England
was clamoring for tho supressloii of tho re
publics long beforo the war began, and Eng
lishmen were surprised, not that war oc
curred, but that conquest proved to be so
dimcult.
Minneapolis Times: It Is too soon to talk
of penco or what may follow. It Is easier
to Iksuo ultimatums than to ntsemblo peacn
conventions, moro feasible to start a hos
tile projectile than to arrest Us flight, less
trouble to arouse human passions than to
allay them. Probably It would bo 'best
In tho end for the Boers wcro Roberts to
have genorul. speedy und marked success.
Victors In these days of Christian civiliza
tion aro not guided by rules of action which
obtained when our era was young.
Chicago Trlbuno: In his exultation over
recent successes Lord Salisbury gives away
a part of his original caso. He contended
last yoar that tho South African republic
was a "dependent" state, whoio suzernln
England was. Now ho admits that that
republic has been Independent, but assorts
thnt it shall not remain so. It bus la his
opinion misused an independence which he
rlalmed once It did not possess, and there
fore tho republic must ceaso to be. Per
haps it will, but not until many more Boers
and Hrltons uro "In one red burial blent."
('(illlllicnllll 111(1(7.
Buffalo Express.
Tho war cloud which an agent of Lloyds
at Sebastopol hna discovered may vanish as
quickly as It came, but as tho British
proipects In South Africa improvo tho war
talk on tho continent grows louder. In
some respocts tho most uucertaln period of
tho struggle Is beforo Great Britain.
Iiiiokn 1,1 Lo n (inch.
IudlnnupollH Journal,
It all those In tho scnato who call thorn
selves democrats voted ngulnst unseating
Senator Clark of Montana, It cannot bo
dono, slnco n two-thirds voto Is required,
and the democrats themselves aro conafd
crably more than a third ot the senate.
OTIlim I,AMS THAN Ot US.
In the House of Commons the other day
In nnswer to n question, I.ord (leorgo Ham
lltou, thn secretary ot state for India, said
that ho did not. think that tho timo had,
come for tho appointment of u committed
to consider tho expediency of connecting tho
Indian nnd Ruselmi railway systems, as tho
I (intent of tho ameer of Afghanistan was nn
essential preliminary. Commenting upon
this tho Ilourso Osteite of St. Petersburg
says that tho tlmo Is not far distant when
the Uusslan railway system In Contrnl Asia
will find Us nnturnl extension to tho shorc.i
of tho Indian ojenn. It Is, therefore, to bo
expocted that other projects should bc put
forward on tho part of (Ireat Hritaiu. tho
realization of which depends on Afghanis- ,
tan, and which nro designed to psrnlyzo
Kusslnu enterprise. To regard Afghanistan,
and not Persia, ns tho key to the Indian
ocean la to fall Into tho sanu error which
almost all the great poweis committed when
they bcllwed Constantinople to bo tho koy
to Asia. Tho power that rules ut Herat, It
remarks, will bo practically lord of thn
railway system which leads not only to
Tebornn, tut to Kabul nnd tho Punjab.
Communication between Ilussla nnd India
cnn bo fnr bcUw "ccurod through Herat and
Teheran than through Afghanistan. All this
Is significant ns hearing upon the lino ot
Uusslan policy.
Tho ameer of Afghanistan Is In effect a '
Hrltlsh feudatory. Ho receives a subsidy
from tho government of India of $900,000
per annum, In return for whlcli ho under-1
tnkes to net ns n kind of ally of CI rent Hrlt- .
aln nnd to prevent thn transit across tun
territory of which he Is the acknowledged
ruler of foreign troops. Ills kingdom Is
one. of thoso buffer countries -with which
It has been tho policy of (treat llrltnln,
to surround and protect her lndlnn emplro
nnd so long as tho ameer of Afghanistan,
faithfully fulfills tho obligation for which
tho subsidy paid to him Is tho compensa
tion the invasion of Hlndoostan from tho
northcust will bo Impracticable. Tiil Is
Important In view of tho movements which
it'issla Is reported to havo 'been 'ntely
making In that direction. Unless tho litis
slans can win away tho nnieor from hh
Hrltlsh nllcglanco their eastward movement
toward India must bo checked by tho prac
tically Insuperable obstacle which Afghan
istan presents. So long ns tho ameer re
fuses to permit a Kusslnn occupation of his
territory tho road to India by that particu
lar routo Is closed. Theso clrcumstnncrn
lend nn especial significance nnd Importnnco
to the official statement of the ameer's at
titude toward Ilussla nnd (I real Hritaln
which has Just been made public.
As a result ot tho measures taken by tho
czar to suppress corruption In tho various
departments of his government forty-three
officers and ofllclals of tho Uusslan navy
aro now on trial In Scbastopol, charged with
bribery nnd corruption In connection with
ordering supplies for the Hlnck sea fleet.
As has nlrendy been related In this column,
tho stnto trials in Scbastopol nre but tho
beginning of a thorough reform policy re
cently Inaugurated by tho czar.
According to tho lateit mail advices from
St. Petersburg the sentences of the court
which tried sovcral high officials Inst au
tumn havo been confirmed on General
Ilovalsky, lato divisional commander of
Grodno nnd formerly commander of tho
emperor's Cossacks at St. Petersburg, nnd
several othr-r Cossack ofllcers, for long and
systematical misappropriations of regi
mental funds ami for forgery. General
Ilovalsky comcu from an old, respected nnd
wealthy Cossnck family on thei Don and
during the Turkish campaign of 1S7S ho
commanded a regiment under tho Grand i
Duke Vladimir on tho left Hank of the
army. General Ilovalsky nnd his
criminals will suffer degradation,
follow
loss of
all civil rlgbts and exile to Siberia.
I
With regard to the recent refusal of thn
, I
sultan, at tho Instigation of France, to raUo
tho Egyptian question with a view to thn
embarrassment of England, the correspond
ent of tho London Standard at Vienna euys
that Abdul Hamld has been afraid all along
thnt the South African &r might havo
evil consequences for himself. As soon
as It began tho Russian ambassador pressed
for a promise that no railway concessions
regarding lines In which Russia takes Inter
est should bo given to any oneexcrpt Rus
sian contractors. It Is reported In Constan
tinople that the sultan rather hastily gave
such a promise and that ho Is now much
perturbed, especially In view of tho Rus
sian loan to Peisla. It Is suggested that
one way out ot nis uimcuuy wouiu mi in
refuse to give his flual sanction to the con
cession for tho Bagdad railway not yet
formally granted to tho Germans and to
say that In future Turkey will construct and
manage cvcTy railway In the empire. Thu
trouble Is that everybody knows that Turkey
cannot uudertuke such a task. It Is to bo
expected, therefore, that both Germans and
Russians will get their concessions und
that Turkey will fall gradually more and
moro under their Influence unless alio cau (
tlnd support and assistance elsewhere. It ,
IS plain, says mo curieiuimi.iii, iu.it mi"
cannot get it from Austria. Italy or France,
nnd as she has no one else to look to, ex
cont Engliiml. It Is not likely that tho sultan
would make an enemy of that country hy
raising tho Egyptian question for France's
boneflt.
Tho German chancellor, Prince Hohen
lohe, has Just nnnounced In no uncertnln
tonrs that the German government has no
notion of relaxing In any way tho grip which
It has established upon Alsace-Lorraine.
His declaration was brought about by n mo
tion to ropcnl what Is known ns tho "dicta
torship paragraph" In the law of December
20. 1S71. He said that tho law wus practL
.. .i , ii.. -,i ...
colly imperative, but would be nllowed to
stand, although it might bo a good weapon
In tho hands of agitators who wisneu to ics
tcr discontent. Ho then proceeded to remark
that the enactment was a flag of warning
which had been set up to dlscourago French
feeling, so far as It still existed. Ho gladly
recognized that tho population of the Rclchs
land was German In fooling and loyal. It
rnntil not. however, he denied that a ml-
norlty existed whoso feelings were null- 1
German. As evidence of this bo mentioned
tho fuct that a great proportion of the clergy
of AUace-Lorralno had protested ugalnst the
proposal to establish a Roman uamouc
faculty ot tho University of Stratburg. Tho
provisions of tho paragraph, it was true,
reprffccuted a continuous stage of siege. No
one, however, was affected hy It. "It would
not bo denied by auy ono mai excoinmnui
circumstances might arise. Alsaco-Lrralne .
la a border country, uur ueignuuin mo ex
citable. It is true that our relations with
tho French government nre ns good ns they
could possibly be, but thero Is no security
that this will be permanent. Wo must,
therefore, bo prepared for all eventualities
nnd must not lay aside tho -weapons which
wo need for the security of our possessions.
Wo acquired Alsace-Lorraino not by a
plebiscite, but by force of arms. Wo meun to
rotaln tho land we havo gained possession
of, for that is our right."
K'mitl'JlM'.V CI.PII AMI CM'lllinilS,
iiu-lr IlfToct oil Hie British F,iiiilro
Accordlnu: to n Homo OrKini.
London Lender.
Tbe ofllcers of tho relieving force that
enteral Klmbcrley were, we are told, en
tertained nt dinner ut the Klmborloy club.
Op the face of It, a natural piece of civility!
beneath tho surface of things, most uppro
prlato and significant, for tho Klmbcrley
club Is tho outward and visible sign of Di
Beers' domination, That domination, how
ever, Is not merely Industrial nnd social,
It is political also.
In 1S95 tho Klmbcrley club, acting through
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thn Hand club at Johannesburg an offshoot
and echo of Itself -organized revolution In
tho Transvnnl and invasion "of a forcgn
stnto In friendly relations with her majesty's
govitriinicnt." How these enterprises failed
wo know. Tho Klinberley club, however,
wns not discouraged. It declared that It was
then "only beginning." Tho boast was, tin
happily, no empty one. Today, not merely
the oHlcers of (lenernl French's force, but
tho whole Hrltlsh empire, Is dining at the
Klmbcrley club with tho following iwults:
1. South Africa turned Into n veritable
hell of rnce- enmities.
2. The denth or permanent crippling of
t hntlH.ltlrla nf tiriU'n nn,l tinnnDl Af l.n.l.
,lrlllsh nm, ,,utch , ,
J. Loss of Knglnnd s military prestige.
4. Less nn Infinitely moro grievous leas
of Kngland's moral prestige.
5. The hatred, contempt nnd distrust of
every civilized nation.
6. Grave danger to legitimate British
inturests all over tho world.
T. The degradation of the moral stand
ard of public life In Great Hrllnln.
S. Tho creation of nn lmmeiibo and In.
definite military expenditure.
ft. Tho suspension of all domestic reform.
10. The Imposition of frcih taxation to
moot u vastly increased permanent military
and naval expenditure.
Other results might ho mentioned, but
the above ought to bo enough. Truly, din
ing at tho Klmbcrley club Is a costly busl
nuss! cin:i:it ciiak
Chlrxiiio Record: "Aro you putting any
thing by fot n rainy -diiy?"
"Yph; every bright day 1 postpone lots of
woi k.
Detroit Journal: "I wonder how he wns
cured of tho political fever?"
"Ity the mud-bath treatment, I believe!"
Washington Star: "Did that traveler say
we Filipinos nre n great race?" rtplted ono
unlive with un expression of satisfaction.
"No." answered tho other. "Ho simply
said we me a great lot of racers."
Indianapolis Press: Wlllleboy Pop, bow
do you pruuouncn flenernl Cronjp's name'.'
Ills Father Oh, ting (iff! You're u roast,
with your foolish questions. Uo tackle your
mother; hIip'h got all tho time thero I?.
Chicago Tribune: "There's one consola
tion," mused tho donkey, munchliu: away
HI tho thlstlcMito which thn penuiiousness
of his master had reduced him. "It takes
n run of adversity to bring out u crent
souI'h really strong" points. A w-hc-haw-he-h.iw!
Aw-hr-hii w-hc-haw-he!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
where do you oat lunch?
Wllllcboy-l'op,
Ills Father 1 have n meal ticket nt Hus
ton's hash-mill and dally go iigalnst hi
game when the time arrives to feed my
face, or, mure clcgiintly speaking, to insert
food Into my countenance.
Chicago Post: "Dear me!" exclaimed Old
Subscriber, "the paper seems to be made up
almost entirely of oraiiys and editorials to
day. There's practically no news In It."
"It must have been Sheldoulzed," sue
gestid Constant Header.
Detroit Journal: "Sho Is an exceedingly
adroit woman!"
'PosHlbl:'. Hut you can't make mn be
lieve she retains her social prestlce unim
paired when her baby has Just taken tho
prize nt tho baby show! No, sir!"
Pittsburg Dispatch: "Have you road Mr.
Carnci'lo's answer to Mr. Frlek's com-
plaint?" intke
nor"1'erl !'." vt
imked the Observant Hoarder.
en t. renl ed the Cross-ISved
shall wait until It nnpenrs In
book form, In an edition do luxe, und then
I'll draw It from tho Curneglo llbrury."
(;iti;i: ;iiass av owld iiuh.ami.
James wTTltcmuli Ullcy.
The green grass of owld Ireland!
Whilst I bo far uwny,
All fresh nn' green un Juwel-grcen
It's srowln' there toduy.
Oh. It's cleaner, greener growin'
All tho grassy worruld around,
It's greener yet nor nny grass
Thnt grows on top o' ground,
i
The green grass uv owld Ireland,
ludnde, un' balm 't "u'd bo
To eyes llko mine that drip with brine
As sully ns tho sen!
For still tho mure I'm stopplu' here,
M limit? i in miiiu in ni:ii
Tho Rlory uv xho Breen grass nv owld Ire
niu more i in soro in seo
lund.
Ten years yo'vo paid my nlrhln's
I'vo tho I'avln'H on thn shelf,
Though 1 be hero wldout a queen,
An' own ineself incself.
I'm eomln' over steorasio.,
Hut I'm goln' buck llrst-clnss,
Piitrolln' nv tho foremost deck,
For llrst sight nv tho grass.
Ood bless ycz. free Amerlky!
Movoeisock a. shore!
T))ufs worstln' me no more.
Hut most I'm lovln' Erin yet.
Wld all her graves d'ye see.
Hy reuson uv tho green grass uv owid
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