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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2Sth day of February, A. D. ltKO.
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Notary Public.
Tlio nuw council Iiiih started oir
smoothly, lint It Is Idle to expect to have
the wheels run on smooth pavement all
the time.
If l'etcr Cooper had only known In ad
vance nlKint the split In the Peter Cooper
cHih ho would have seen to It that he
was horn twins.
Council HIiifTs must have hecn testing
Itself for tho census enumerator when
It cast the largest vote In Its history in
Its municipal election.
If there Is anything In a name, .Mr.
Channel, the new engineer of the Ne
braska State Irrigation hoard, must be
the right man for tho place.
Another populist state officeholder has
resigned, but It Is only beeau.se he has
been nblo to connect with another olllce
that promises better returns.
The great question of tho hour Is, How
can Omaha produce enough populists to
organize and maintain two populist
clubs at one and tho same time?
South Omaha republicans are making
a campaign tho like to which has not
been known In that pushing burg In
years, and they certainly deserve to
win.
John C. Sheehan baa been again given
n forcible reminder that Croker Is still
boss In New York democratic circles.
The Now York democratic politician
who starts out to defy the Taniinany
boss soon finds himself with plenty of
time on his hands to attend to his own
private business.
Hereafter each candidate for udinls
filon Into fusion populist clubs will be
Investigated under the microscope to as
certain whether ho has any mlddle-or-the-road
microbes concealed nbout him.
Tho fuslonlsts aro llrmly of the opinion
not only that the disease Is contagious,
but that too many populists have al
ready become mulcted with the com
plulut. An exhibition of tho partisanship
which controls tho popocratic governor
of tho grout state or Nebraska Is given
In his appointments of delegates to the
TransmisNlsslppI congress at Houston,
Tex., the list of ten containing only two
republicans. It Is as impossible for a
popocratic officeholder to divorce poll
ties from matters which have no rela
tion to politics ns It is for a camel to
crawl through the eye of a needle.
Treasurer Meservo states it has been
a long and hard light to establish the
legality of tho State Hoard of Transpor
tation nnd now nnother light Is before
it to decldo whether It can establish a
rate. Kroin the board's standpoint tho
first victory Is tho greater one, ns It
guarantees the continuance of salaries
to tho do-nothing secretaries. Now that
this Is assured, they need not hurry for
a decision ou the other point.
The steward of tho Beatrice asylum
has roslgned as tho result of tho Investi
gation of thnt Institution by tho gov
ernor ami rumorp are atioat In popocratic
circles that tho superintendent will also
resign or bo forced to walk tho plank.
Tho harmony which exists In tho state
institutions under popocratic adminis
tration closely resembles tho llrst efforts
of a student on a violin, it may bo en
couraging to tho student, but hard on
tho victims.
"McKlnley called u tippler" is the
heading placed over an Item In tho iocat
iwpocratle organ reciting that a Metho
dist gathering lias denounced tho army
canteen. Tills is n sample of tho out
rageous methods of political monnte
bauks eager to make capital against
President McKlnley, No self-respecting
person would call tho president a tippler
when as n matter of fact his habits with
respect to Intoxicants aro kuown to bo
rxeuiplary.
THE "OPEN DOOir CUlllESPUXDEACE.
Ill rcxiKMise to a resolution of the
house of representatives the Depart
ment of State has made public the cor
respondence between the 1'ulteil States
and Ktiroponn governments regarding
the "open door' In China. There Is lit
tle disclosed that was not already
known In a general way, but the
correspondence Is Interesting In giv
ing a clear exposition of the position of
our government on the subject, recog
nized on all hands ns of great Impor
tance. Tho negotiations were begun last
September nud terminated only a week
ago, when the object sought was fully
accomplished.
It Is noteworthy that this government,
In presenting the matter to tho llrltish
government, did not commit Itself to
any recognition of the exclusive rights
of any iowor within or control over
any portion of tho Chinese empire, but
was moved to tho course taken by a
fear of complications between tho treaty
powers which might imperil the treaty
rights of the t'nlted States In China.
What was primarily sought was tho
safeguarding of American Interests In
the "spheres of Interest" of the several
isnvcrs, hut concern was also expressed
hi behalf of a policy under which the
commerce of the whole world would
enjoy equal privileges In the Chinese
markets, as well as for the maintenance
of tho Integrity of tlmt ,u,.i,. i
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which it was said this government be
lieved the whole western world Is alike
concerned.
Three requests were submitted by tills
government to the iowers addressed.
The llrst that there will bo no Interfer
ence with any treaty port or vested In
terest In nny so-called "sphere of Inter
est" in China. Second, that tho Chinese
treaty tariff shall apply to all merchan
dise going to ports in such "spheres," no
matter to what nationality It may be
long, duties to be collected by the
Chinese government. Third, that there
shall ho no discrimination in respect to
harbor dues between vessels entering
such ports, or on goods transported by
rail within the sphere of any power.
Thus the purpose of our government
was not only to secure recognition and
respect for the treaty rights of tho
United States, but at the same time to
Insure equality of treatment for nil com
merce with China, believing that under
such a policy all the nations concerned
would bo benefited nnd the danger of
troublesome complications very greatly
reduced If not entirely removed.
Great Hrltoln was tho llrst to acknowl
edge and assent to the declaration sub
mitted by our government and the other
powers having accepted the negotiations
were concluded on March 120 and the
question of tho "open door" In China
settled, at least for tho present. The
opinion bus been expressed that there Is
little binding force lu tills understand
ing, but wo are Inclined to think that
no power which Is a party to It will be
disposed to violate tho understanding at
the risk of incurring tho hostility of the
others nnd thereby Inviting Injury to Its
own interests. Great Britain, Italy and
Japan will certainly be faithful to the
understanding and the German govern
ment has given every Indication of its
purpose to do so. ltussla nnd Franco
may at some future time conceive it to
be to their interest to abandon the
understanding, but that time is remote.
Some elTort lias been made to depreciate
the value of this act of diplomacy, but
we think all who are aide to take a fair-
minded view of It must admit Its Im
portance.
THE M'ATElt WOIIKS PIIOUIjEM.
Major Moores correctly Interprets the
recent vote ou tho question of Issuing
water works bonds as an emphatic
declaration by the people In favor of
municipal ownership and the acquiring
of the water works plant by the city
at the earliest time practicable. The
mayor Is also most decidedly correct lu
his declaration that no action should be
taken with reference to the Issuance or
disposal of tho $3,000,000 of water works
bonds until tho plan of acquiring the
water works plant Is fully determined.
When the water works bond ordinance
was before tho council on tho eve of the
recent city campaign, The Ueo charac
terized the scheme of Issuing bonds be
fore tho appraisement of the works as
an attempt to put the cart before tho
horse. Although the bonds havo been
voted, The Hee still adheres to this view.
It would ho not only premature and
dangerous to Issue these bonds before
wo know what the plant will cost, but
also Illegal and in conflict with the
provisions of tho charter governing the
acquisition of water works.
Tho charter expressly maps out tne
steps to be taken before bonds shall
Issue for tills purpose. First, the mayor
and council must declare by ordinance
that the appropriation of tho water
works lias become a public necessity.
Second, the mayor and council must ap
point seven appraisers aud tho valua
tion agreed upon if recommended for
approval hy the advisory board and con
tinued by tho mayor ami council must bo
submitted for ratlllcatlou to the electors
of tho city at a general or special elec
tion. Third, if a majority of tho voters
votlug ou tho proposition favor' con
tinuing tho proposition, then tho as
sessment shall be sustained aud tho
mayor and council authorized to Issue
tho necessary Iannis for tho purpose.
This is so plain and conclusive that no
ono who reads tho charter can fall to
understand that the votlug of tho $:,-
000,000 In bonds nt tho late election was
premature and contrary to the statutory
provisions relating to this subject.
It was equally premature to vote tho
bonds If the property is to bo acquired
under the purchase clause of tho con
tract. I'nder this clanso the city is to
apiolut one appraiser, tho company an
other and tho two to choose a third, and
tho appraisement mado by n majority of
tho three to be binding on Initli parties.
If this hazardous course Is decided iixm
then tho bonds already voted could not
and should not be issued until we will
know what the appraisement Is to be.
Inasmuch as there Is a divergence of
oplnlou in regard to tho time when the
city may avail Itself of the purchasing
: clause In the contract, the only thing
i that remains to be done at this time
, Is to ascertain through the courts when
j the contract expires and how much the
city Mould have to pay for t he unex
pired' contract and franchise.
Dt.lTIl OF JOVllEUT.
The greatest of the Itoer commanders
is dead and his loss will be u heavy
blow to his countrymen, for with Cronje
' In exile there Is no one who can 1111 the
plaeo of tho dead soldier. Joubert was
endowed with military talent of a very
. high order talent that bordered close
upon genius. He was nt once a good
' organizer, an able strategist and tac
tician aud an Intrepid lighter. Ho not
only knew how to put an army lu the
' Held, but also how to lead It. He had
! none of the advantages of tho military
schools, but he was more than a match
for mine who had and the best of ihe
British generals were compelled to
acknowledge his ability.
Tiie tributes paid to Joubert, as a sol
dier and it man, by the press of ling
laud, are fully merited and it is highly
creditable to those papers that they thus
m-ognlze tht' claims of tills distinguished
1 man to candid eulogy. Perhaps no sin
cerely patriotic Hoor hated the British
I more heartily or Intensely than Joubert,
' but It Is recorded of him that he was
, ever disposed to be Just to them and to
faithfully observe all obligations to
. Tho plans he had made for the defense
or Ids country will doubtless lie followed
as far as practicable, but the greater
leader, inspiring his countrymen by his
wisdom and courage, Is gone and his
loss at this Juncture Is Irreparable.
.i nvstio-Tuiuasu uui'tuhe.
A serious rupture between Kussla and
Turkey Is threatened. It is reported
that the former Is actively making war
like preparations and that the tension
between St. Petersburg and Constant I
nople becomes every day more acute.
The issue grows out of demands made
by ltussla upon the Turkish government
for valuable concessions In Asia Minor.
It appears that all efforts of Turkey to
obtain a modification or these demands
havo been fruitless, the Itusslan minis
ter of foreign affairs having recently
declared that his government was In no
wise prepared to modify her demands, a
statement regarded In European diplo
matic circles In the light of an ultima
tum. A council of ministers called by
the sultan pronounced against the claim
of the Itusslan government as Inadmis
sible, without express reservations safe
guarding the Interests and dignity of
the Turkish empire. The Itusslan de
mands embrace a coaling station lu
Asia Minor and railway concessions.
Tho latest "advices imply that Ger
many Is supporting the Ottoman govern
ment, but previous information was to
tho effect that the German government
was passive and disinterested. If it lie
a fact, however, that Germany Is with
Turkey in tills matter It is easy to under
stand that grave complications may en
sue. It looks ns If ltussla had gone so
far that she cannot abandon her de
mands without to some extent com
promising her dignity, but she may elect
to do this rather than become involved
In a war with Turkey, backed by Ger
many nnd doubtless also Great Britain.
Perhaps, therefore, the reported warlike
preparations mny turn out to be no more
than a bluff and that when Kussla Is as
sured it will not work she will modify
her demands and accept such conces
sions as the Ottoman government may
be willing to make.
A conflict between these powers would
he the beginning of a general Furopoan
war and no power, we venture to think,
is prepared to assume responsibility for
such a calamity.
An ordinance to repeal the bicycle
regulation that requires riders to attach
a lamp to their wheels after dark has
been introduced In tho new city council.
Why this regulation should now be re
pealed Is yet to be explained. Bicyclists
have already been put to tho expense of
purchasing lamps rind therefore will not
be materially benellted. On the other
hand the public has some rights which
bicyclists should respect. The lamp
ordiunuco was not a frivolous Imposi
tion, but a salutary measure for tho
protection of pedestrians liable to be run
down und Injured by reckless riders. It
is no more unreasonable to require
lamps on bicycles than to require lamps
on street railway cars or omnibuses and
cabs. This regulation Is enforced in al
most every city of any consequence and
there is no good reason why Omaha
should be an exception. The time may
come when all our thoroughfares will
be so generally illuminated us to make
bicycle lamps needless, but that Is yet
In dim and distant future.
There is a fair prospect that Iowa will
have a vulued policy Insurance law
after u legislative struggle of several
years, as the bill has passed the senate
by a declslvo vote. In Iowa, as else
where, the Insurance companies have
fought the passage of such laws and
when once passed have never let an op
portunity go by to repeal them. No
other business man in tho world except
an Insurance man would think of argu
ing that a law which compelled the per
formance ot a specific and legal con
tract was unjust, but the Insurance
companies Insist that It is wrong to com
pel them to pay tho amount upon which
they have collected premiums. A valued
policy law has been lu effect for several
years In Nebraska und bus given satis
faction to all except the insurance com
panies. Tho most amusing thing or all Is the
attempt of the local popocratic organ to
make out that the impending republican
primaries to select delegates to tho state
convention represent the act of tho ma
chliio "ramming a list of delegates down
tho throats of the republican rnnk and
lile." Coming from tho organ of the fu
sion machine which did not oven dare
to trust tho voters to elect delegates to
Its state convention, but assumed to it
self tho right of appointing the delegates
without holdlug primaries -this Is do-
cldedly rich, livery republican voter In
Douglas county will have an opportunity
Friday to go to the polls and vote for
any person whom lie may choose for
delegate to the state convention.
Wi'nr- r (lie Husks.
Chicago Ilecord.
Tho only prospect ahead for political ex
citement conies from tho fact that the popu
lists are a great party for not following a
cut and dried program.
Tho ( lull In Mluht.
Globo-Ucmocrat.
Ilryan's Nebraska convention extended to
the sound money democrnts an olive branch
with leaves stripped off and presenting tho
general nppearanco of a war club.
A Theory Deinol Ulied.
Indianapolis Journal.
Queon Victoria's recent profuse compli
ments to the Irish troops In her majesty's
service render untcnablo tho theory that
sho has any intention or necessity of kiss
ing tho blarney stona on her visit to ire
land. 1'roiilii'tx Without Honor.
Indlnnnpolls Journal.
Tho constnnt Improvement In tho values
ot cattle, hogs and horses must remind
those who aro selling them that tho 16-to-l
i advocates who declared In lS'Jfl that the
gold standard would deprive all farm
products of tho then existing value aro not
the brand ot prophets In whom they can
take stock.
SprnkliiK About I'lnniirlnl Inflation.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Under President Cleveland's admlnlBtra-
i Hon tho money circulation per capita was
KM.tIS in 1891. J22.I3 in $1S.'J5 and 521.10 In
1 1&9G. Then President McKlnley took tho
, reins of government. In 1807 tho circulation
, wn $22,111. $21.71 In 189S and $25.fiO in 1899.
It l even greater now and will bo still
greater before the end of the year. The
democrats nro inflationists, If they can do tho
inflating by wildcat methods, but the repub
llcann nro inflationists by old and rcliablo
methods that create confidence nnd bring
money from tho hiding places.
Check on Oovi-riiiueiil lliillilliip;.
Springfield Republican.
Tho great ndvanco In tho prices of building
material seriously affects tho national gov
eminent. It will necessitate the passage of a
bill Increasing Appropriations for public
buildings already authorized from 13 to 10
per cent. In view of this fact no public
building bill Is likely to get 'through at tho
present session of congrefB. It would cou
tribute much to tho stability In Industrial
affairs if public undertakings of this kind
should be postponed to far as possible In
flush times and expanded to tho limits of
reasonable requirements In times of depres
sion.
CourtliiK und Court Itulrn.
Chicago Times-Herald.
A Nebraska Judgo has Issued an Injunction
forbidding a man to court a girl whilo hie
wlfo Is aulng him for divorce. Hero In Chi
eago such a ruling would not bo necessary
Chicago peoplo aro so thoroughly acquainted
with tho rules of polite society that the
Judges do not havo to Interfere. The man or
woman who lo being sued for dlvorco here
nearly always refrains for at least threo days
after the trial from appearing In public with
the new candidate, and during tho progress
of tho action at law no respectable respond
ent over holds tho co-respondent's hands In
court or oven passes a candy box to her
across tho lawydrs' table. But Nebraska
In several hundred miles west of Chicago,
und compuratlvcl new.
a nitoTiosdui: aikii jikxt.
IlrltlNli Slilp liMlu Iloer Wnr LlUi-m-d
to the AinprU'iui Itevolutloii.
Springfield', (Mus.) Republican.
In trying )o explain why a marked pre
ponderance of 'Americans sympathize with
tho Boom rather than tho, British Sydney
Brooks, In a North American Review article,
brings up again Incidentally tho argument
that Americans ought to favor tho British
bocauso the British are fighting for "a
primary American principle" no taxation
without representation. Tho Insistence upon
that point by British advocates has become
almost grotesque. There hnd never been tho
slightest rclovancy in tho parallel between
tho situation lu tho Transvaal aud that In
tho American colonics. Tho American col
onists wero British subjects, and they started
from that fact In enunciating tho principle,
no taxation without representation. But
they never dreamed of declaring that aliens
in a country havo a right to representation
In tho loglalatlvo body of tho country that
taxes them. There uaed to bo an Irish peer
who owned large tracts of land In Illinois,
but ho never claimed political rights in
tho United States or In Illinois because ho
had to pay tuxes on his land. If ho had
claimed them ho would havo been laughed
at, or told to get himself naturalized first
as an American citizen, Tho old American
principle of no taxation without representa
tion applied to tho relations between a gov
ernment and tho subjects or citizens who
acknowledged polltlcnl allegiance to that
government, and It was founded on Justice.
Tho new British principle in the Transvaal
was mado to apply to the relations between
a government and allenB who acknowledge
no polltlcnl alleglanco to It and such a prin
ciple Is foundeJ on effrontery.
A.Mr,HICAS WHO (JO AllltOAII,
HiiKi Snum Mm-nt Uy Tlu-ni III Tourlnn
KuroiM'.
Cleveland Leader.
Tho avurago number of cabin passengers
who go abroad exceeds 100.000 a year. It
was 128,217 in tho fiscal year ending Juno
20, 1899. Tho steerage- passengers avcrago
about 150,000 a year. They wero only 127,701
la tho last fiscal year, but In tho fiscal
year of 1891 they numbered no less than
216,663. In good times tho cabin passengers
vho go abroad for pleasuro aro moat numor
ous. In hard tlrafn the steorago business
swcllii to great proportions, because a larger
number of foreign-born wage-earners then
go back to their old homes,
As for tho average amount of American
mcnoy taken to Europe and other foreign
lands by this great army of travelers It
may bo said with cntlro safety that tho
cabin panaengers' do not nvorago less than
$500 apiece. Too many spend from $1,000
apiece upward to permit a lower nverngo.
It must be remembered that not a few aro
students who stay for a yenr or moro In
cltltu llko Paris or Berlin, whero their ex
penfica caunot bo light. And for tho pas
Bcngers on tho most expensive ships not
much is left of $500 when tho cost of tho
voyage both ways is deducted.
It seems certain, therefore, that last year
cabin passengers spent not less than $6.1,
000,000 in foreign lands, The passengers
other than cabin surely left at least half
as much In other countries. Many ot theni
stayed through tho winter. Others wun
homo to remain and carried with them llttlo
fortunttj running up to soveral thousand
dollars. Still others took to their native
landi a good deal of money to help poor
relatives. If $33,000,000 be set aside as tho
least sum to bo allowed for tho expenditures
ot steerage passengers the total for all ,
clnsseo mutt havo reached $100.000,000.. Jt i
was probably enough above that sum to 1
offset any possible Inflow of money brought !
to the United States and spent hero by
foreign tourists or Immigrants,
In years when tho surplus of our exports
over importa is not mora than $100,000,000
tho wholo sum U probably offsot by tho
expenditures of Americans traveling or liv
ing In Europe, That goes a long way toward
wiping out any but tho most extraordinary
trade balances In favor.of this country,
ECHOES OF Ol It AVAIL
Senator Albert J. Hevcrldge of Iiidlnmi.
who made an extensive tour of the Philip
pines last year while the llrst volunteer
regiments were carnitine on ihn trail of thn
Insurgents, pays a very laudatory tribute to
the character of tho men composing the In-
vadlng army. Writing In the Philadelphia
t'osi no says: "The American soldier looks
tho master; his face Is the face of nobility:
his strldo is the stride of a nrlnce. In tho
Philippines, In China, In Japan, he looks the
lord of tho land. He has a lino lnfiinpRs of
conduct. Ho goes every ulace. All doors
open before him. Ho ularbs everything,
He has tho spirit of a?aulsltlvc Innulslttve-
ness. In Japan, every street of every port
at which he touches Is full of him. The
shops arc Infested by him. Ho Inspects tho
palaces with tho curiosity of Intelligence.
"Ho wanders among tho temples of tho grthcr and replied that It hnd given per
ancient cods, n modern Omar meditating a mission (o everybody that had asked It
new Hubalyat. At tho giant tombs of the
dethroned Shoguns he sits and cnusca on the
, ceaseless tldo of time which changes all and
finally submerges all. Ho Is a learner at
first hand. No printed books or papers for
him when tho book of tho world Is before
him. No painted map for him when tho
chart of tho earth itself Is beneath his feet,
No dry nor fanciful account for him ot
! tho strango peopled of humanity's first
homes when ho may Foe nnd know aud
absorb tho spirit of thoso peoples them
selves."
Dr. Charles F. Mason, a volunteer army
surgeon, writes from tho Philippines to tho
Medical Hecord that thero Is danger of tho "rnr it bobbing up with tnis feature sup
communication of variola nnd Rmallpex In j pressed.
thls country to friends of soldiers through
souvenirs sent to them. He says that these
diseases aro almost universal there among
all classes, and that tho pcoplo havo their
own looms In their homes, ami manufacture
many varieties of flno "Josl" and "plna"
cloth, which nro much sought nftcr by
American soldiers and by them sent through
tho malls to their friends.
Dean C. Worcester, ono of the Hilllpplno
commissioners, tells tho following story of ( ment to tho bill. It provides that no mem
tho late General Uiwton: "I was with , her of either branch of congress shall 'hero-
Ocncral Lawton at the villnge of Imus after
our soldiers occupied It. The natives wero
very glad lo eco us, and they soon formed an
affection for flenoral Lawton, who never
tired of listening to their complaints and
helping them. Tho Filipinos nro natural
musicians, nnd I suggested one day that we
teach, if possible, tho villago band of Imus
to play tho 'Star Spangled Banner.' General
Law-ton was greatly Interested. I took tho
leader of tho band to my hut nnd whistled
tho nlr over nnd over for him and he wroto
out tho music nftcr lint f an hour's work.
Then ho drilled tho band, nnd In tho course
of n day or two tho band plnyed it ex
cellently. Tho village priest was so glad to
kco General Law ton that ho Introduced tho
'Star Spangled Banner' into tho regular
mass music of tho church, to show, as ho
expressed It, that ho appreciated what tho
Americans had done for them. Tho priest
told General Lawton that ho was always
going to havo tho 'Star Spangled Banner"
played ns part ot tho mass, and as long as
wo wero thero ho did so.1'
"Tho scarcity ot carriages for hire In
Manila Is a constant and considerable source
of trouble," reports tho Manila Times.
"You send out your servant to get somo
sort of a carriage, because you havo to go
out; ho conies back In half an hour and
says ho can't get one. Or you get tired of
waiting for him to como back, nnd so you go
out yourself. It comes to tho same thing.
You seo an endless, squirming procession
of carriages crawling and struggling up tho
Escolta, and when you seo one empty you
shout: , 'Oyo, cochcro, veu nqui!' But ho
doesn't veil. Ho Just grins.
"Then supposo you ultimately do get a
qullcz. Onco In a million . tlmos you do.
Very good. With an oxultatlon born of the
mistaken idea that this world is not so bad
after all, and that thero aro moments when
,vlrtuo triumphs and patlenco Is rewarded,
you get Into tho qullez.
"Then you go In your qullcz to your
destination, and enter telling tho cochcro to
wait. Perhaps, by way of Inducing him to
rcallzo that you want him again, you lcavo
your hat and umbrella in his caravan. Wrong
tactics; bettor to tuko with you tho cochero's
hat nnd whip, or, whllo you aro at It, put
his horso la your pocket so as to make sure
ho won't bolt. Othcrwlso ho does, without
fall; or somo rufllan takes him by force
In spite of remonstrance. Statistics have
shown that out of C.723 vehicles that piled
tho .Manila streets last year only ono ever
stayed whllo tho passenger went Indoors, and
that wns becauso tho pony happened to die.
Terhaps he stayed voluntarily nnd the effort
killed him."
rnitSOVAI, I'OINTKItS.
Congressman Llttlefleld of Malno nlwnys
dresses in black. Even hla ties aro of that
somber hue.
Subscriptions to tho fund for tho benefit
of Mrs. Guy V. Henry, widow of General
Henry, havo already reached the sum of
$5,702.23.
T. C. Steelo baa Just finished a lifo-Blzed
three-quarters length oil portrait ,of cx
l'rcsldent Harrison, which Is to bo placed in
tho Commercial club of Indianapolis.
Governor Lounsbury has appointed Friday,
April 13, (Good Friday), us a day of fasting
and prayer in Connecticut, and says ho dots
so "In accordance with a custom Instituted
by a generation which feared God and kept
His commandments.''
Archbishop Chapelle, the papal delegate
to the Philippines, Bald recently: "I havo
tho greatest ml ml ration for General Otla.
Ho has had a difficult task, but ho has nearly
completed it, and dono so as few whom I
know could have dono."
Tho Boston Transcript explains that an
"absent-minded beggar." Is a man who for
gets sordid considerations In his desire to
servo his country nnd Is therefore a hero.
Tho Transcript's estlmato of Tommy Atklus
Is evidently derived from tho stage.
This Is tho olllclal designation of tho Brit
ish general commanding In South Africa:
"Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Water
ford, 1. C, K. P., O. C. !)., G. C. S. I., O.
C. I. B.. V. C, U. C. L., LI j. I)." And yet
ho Is the shortest gencrnl In tho service.
n Omaha man wintering In California,
who wns on tho suburbs of tho Christmas
shako of San Jacinto mountains, gets on a
llttlo pleasantry nt tho expense of tho rail
roads. "Of cou re o you aro comlnc to Cali
fornia this winter," bo wrltej. "Take tho
'Earthquake Limited' on tho Santa Ko route.
Or tako tho 'Overland' If you halo cxclto
ment." Becauso Admiral Dewey canceled his ae
ceptanco of an Invitation to visit tho city
of Atlanta last November that city has Just
snubbed him severely. Members of tho
Georgia congressional delegation sent word
that an Invitation to visit Atlanta would bo
accepted by tho admiral during hla present
soutnern trip, and the mayor promptly telo
gruphed back that Atlanta did not want
him and explained tho reason why.
Vermont has a law prohibiting the salo of
liquor, In any town unless tho cltlzcnB
thereof voto for such salo nnd then It must
bo dispensed by a town agency arid only for
medicinal purposes or uso In tho arts. North
field, a town of 3,000 population, has had
such an agency nnd its receipts from sales
havo lately been so largo that the temper
ance people havo succeeded in hnvlng passed
a law requiring tho publication of purchas
ers' names onco each month. Tho first pub
lication was made last week with surprising
results, somo of tho healthiest and least
ortlstlo pcoplo being tho largest patrons.
Freight und express companies are now do
ing a rushing business In shipping lu plain,
unmarked packages from points outside of
the state.
MAKl.Mi LAMP AKIN .M.VTIlltt.V!.
Futile .((rnii( of (lie Fnlniil to
Mrriire 1'olKlcnl Unit.
Minneapolis Journal.
The attempt to manufacture ipampnlgn
maHrla! f0r this summer nnd fall taUes
nulch of the time of the busy lawmakers at
Washington. The search for tho elusive
rooroacK is usually Dacseci up ny cans on
th0 departments of tho government "for In
formation" on this nnd that subject.
Heccntly there was a report abroad thnt
the government or rather Mr. ltoot had
leased the bottom of tho ocean "to
nyndlealo" to dredge for gold. The part of
the ocean bed specified was off Cape Nome
Senator Allen of Nebrnska was particularly
concerned lest his rights on the ocenn bottom
were being tampered with.
Mr. Hoot's department pulled Itself to
to dredge along the shores of Alaskn and
should continue to do bo with the condition
that navigation rhould bo in no way lin-
peded.
, Tho object of the law that makes per
mission nccestnry Is to prevent Injury to
harbor bottoms from Injudicious dredging,
but as thero Is no harbor at Nome no harm
can result.
All that Is needed Is a scoop nnd gov-
ernmeiit permission and you aro i rich man
if you get the gold.
Tho fact that no monopoly had been
granted in tho bed of the vasty deep re-
moved the campaign value from tho story,
. hut we may expect Inter In the season to
.
('(IVClll'.SSM i: OX COMMISSIONS,
SlKiilflrniit Ithler A t tiielieil to no
At-
proiirliiMon liy I lie M-nutc.
Baltimore American.
Tho United States senate, on Saturday
passed tho bill for tho appointment ot a com
lulralon to report ou tho commercial and
industrial conditions of China and Japan and
appropriated $75,000 for expenses, but the
senato attached a very significant amend-
after servo under appointment mndo by tho
executive department of tho government
'whllo holding olllce us such 'member. The
American has repeatedly called attention to
tho vicious custom, at which this amend
ment Is utmcd. Whllo thero may have been
isolated Instances of tho appointment of
1 mombera ot congress on executive commis
slons prior to tho administration ot Mr.
Cleveland, tho practice, first attracted atten
tion at that time, and, like all bad practices,
when not promptly rebuked, It has gradually
grown until it threatens to bceouio n recog
nized featuro of tho government.
The. action of tho senate is timely and is
mado uecefsary for the preservation of Its
own dignity. The constitution says: "No
senator or representative shall, during the
tlmo for which ho was elected, bo appointed
to any civil ofllco under the authority of the
United States, which Hhall havo been crented,
or tho emoluments whereof shall havo been
Increased during such time, and no person
holding any ofllco under the United States
shall bo a member of cither houso during his
contlnuanco in ofllco." It has been at
tempted to show that tho appointment ot
members of congress on commissions does
not contravene this section of tho constitu
tion, because such commlsslonorshlps aro not
technically civil ofllccs, but the contention Is
exceedingly doubtful from tho most technical
standpoint and it will scarcely bo questioned
that such appointments aro directly apposed
to tlio spirit of tho constitution.
Tho main purpose of this constitutional
provision is to preserve the Independence
of a member of congress. By accepting an
appointment an commlswloncr to Inqutro Into
or negotlato matters from the standpoint of
tho administration, which matters ho will be
subsequently compelled to pass upon In his
leglslntlvo capacity, ho necersarlly surrenders
his Independence a a 'member of congress,
Ho Is appointed by the administration to act
for tho administration nnd to sustnln Its
view, which may bo opposed to tho view of
tho ibody to which ho has been elected by tho
poopie. Ho mny bo perfectly honest in his
convictions, but tho appointment Itself
prejudices him in favor of the administra
tion's utandpolnt and when in his capacity
as legislator he Is called upon to voto ho is
no longer a free agent. Obviously It this
custom of appointing congressmen to com
missions should become the sottled practice
It would bo in the power of an administra
tion, whero tha voto was close, to destroy
tbe Independence of congress and mako It
merely tho register of the government's
wishes. The tlmo to breik up a vicious
political custom Is when It Is young and Its
ovllo fresh In tho public mind. Tho senate
bus vindicated Its dignity and the house
should follow Its example
OliVUHOSITY OK TIIM 1'UI.I1 TIll'ST.
I.HtPNt .Move of the Combine to Mulin
II Monopoly Sc-riirc.
Philadelphia Times.
Tlio Paper trust la now fearful that tho
cutting of trees for wood pulp is denuding
our forests to such an extent as seriously to
decrease tho rainfall and to affect the rivers
used for navigation and for water-power.
This Is probably a step looking to legislation
Mo limit tho pulp supply. The latest report
mado by tho United States government corn-
pletely disproves this spoclous oxcuso for
maintaining tho present extortionate prices
of whlto paper. Carefully prepared statistics
show that 37 per cent of tho area of tho
United States Is covered hy woods, a very
largo proportion of which arc available for
pnper-muklng. Tho encouragement of
forestry in ninny states Is confidently be
lieved to bo adding to rather than diminish-
lug tho timber area within tholr borders
The cutting of trees for lumber is tho
chief cause of denudutlon of timber lands.
Olllclal reports provo that from thirty to
forty times as much timber Is cut for lum
her us is used for white paper pulp. In
deed, adding tho amount of wood for fuel,
which Is roughly estimated as being four
times as much as is felled for all other
purposes, wo find that tho trees destroyed to
make pulp aro less than 1 per cent of the
entlro timber cut In this country
When it Is rcmombcrcd that tho total
valuo of tho whlto paper mado In tho United
States last year equalled $190,000,000, or
cnoro than 5 per cent of tho total output of
tho world, wo begin to understand what tho
pulp Interest Is nblo to command in tho way
of money for tho purposo of preventing legis
lation that will in any degrco threaten Us
existence or curtail Its enormous profit
Tho modern newspaper Is greatly oppressed
aud hampered by tho recent lncrcaso of
nearly 100 per cent In tho prlco of printing
paper. This advance is not due to any
ncarcily of tho supply of pulp or lucrcako
In the cost ot manufacture. It Is mainly be
causu tho mills havo gone under tho control
of tho International Paper company, which
Is another name for tho octopus that Is bent
on swallowing a largo sbaro of tho profit In
producing the low-priced newspaper of to
duy. Having grown strong and rich under
our systom ot "protection to Infant In
dustries," this trust In 'now using tho wealth
bo obtained to destroy Us rivals. Not
satisfied with that, It arrogates to
itself tho right to my what nowspapers shall
survive. It is obviously trying to force up
tho circulating price, but tho low-priced
Journul has como to May nnd an Incrcnso In
Its annual rate would bo practically Impos
sible. Tho latest movo on tho part of the Ca
nadian Taper Manufacturers' association,
largely controlled by and co-operating with
tbo trust on thta sldo of the St, lAwrenco,
has 'been to Increnso tho prlco of all kinds
ot paper about 50 per cent and to securo the
Imposition ot an export duty upon wood pulp
or timber to be converted into pulp. United
States Consul Ledeux, at Three Riven,
Quebec, reports that the Quebec provincial
government h.is already ImposeJ nn export
duty of $1.50 per ton on pulp aud wood ex
ported frcm that province to tho United
Stales. This Is clearly a discrimination
against tho United States and practically
shuts on" the Canadian supply for our mills.
This suits the trust. Tho effect will bo U
moro tightly fasten tho trust' extortlou
about tho neck of the newspaper, periodical
and book publishing Interests of tho United
States.
Surely thero Is n great opportunity for
sctuebmly la this country to make u flghl
against this high-handed extortion. Th
forests of Porto Rico will tx opened lo th
paper-making Industry the instant free t nut i
with tho United Slatro Is given to the Island.
Pulpy woods are found In nbundanco and
Its numerous mountain streams furnlsk
amplo water. Wo confidently expect to find
largo paper mills built there at an earlj
date.
Meanwhile, let the Independent ownen
start up tho rag-paper mills throughout thi
country. Thero Is a good profit In rag popci
nt present prices.
HOW HAVH THI5 .MIOIITV 1'Al.I.liM f
A Deiiioerntlo VIimv or tin lloRrnrrney
of tlio Driiioeriitlo l'nrl).
Philadelphia Times (Ind. dem.)
Thero Is no longer a national democratic
party, iih It seems to be accepted that tin
onco proud democracy of the nation has be
come a niero Bryan party, and William
Jennings Bryan has openly proclaimed him
self ns thn .master.
Threo conventions were mimtnoned to meet
nt Lincoln, Neb., on Monday last, the fortieth
anniversary of Mr. Bryan's birth, nnd tha
democrats, tho populists nnd the silver re
publicans hold their several conventions,
accepted their platform nnd principles from
Bryan himself; nnd tbe democratic conven
tion nt Knnsns City, whero tho sliver re
publicans will meet nt the mme time in
mass meeting, and tho populist convention
that will bo held at Sioux Kalis, nro to nom-
inato Bryan for president nnd proclaim the
platform that he has prepared and hnd nc-
copied by his motley state conventions.
Tho Bryan platform that the democratic
convention must accept unless It shall ex
hibit sufficient courage to assert democracy
over Brynnlsm In tho national convention In
simply nn awkwardly framed combination of
clap-trap political utterances. The only vital
reaturo in It Is Its pronounrod sympathy with
Aguinaldo and his murderous Insurgents In
the Philippines, who would have abandoned
tho hopeless contest long since but for llko
treasonablo utterance conveyed to them
from thl.t country. The only inspiration they
now nave to contiuuo tho ouurdcr of our
bravo troops by stealth nnd surprise, whllo
avoiding battle, Is tho hopo that Bryan will
bo the next president aud recognize their In
dependenco. This declaration will bocomn
a stench In the nostrils of every patrlotlo
American cltlzeu.
Tho conservative democratic elements have
hoped that tho cheap mouey, repudiation
vagary of 1896, that appealed with some
forco to conditions of poverty and general
prostration of business1, would bo abandoned
or subordinated In tho campaign of 1900, but
tncro is no ono thing moro distinctly em
phasized In tho llryan platform that tho
democracy must now accept than tho Inde
pendent and illimitable frco coinage of sliver
at tho ratio ot 16 to 1, thus proposing to load
tho government with tho guaranty of new
hundreds of millions of 45-ccnt dollars,
which must bo maintained by the dcodIc at
par with gold.
Thero Is no buslnews or industrial interest
that now demands it; on tho contrary all
have every Intcrost In opposing It nnd thn
emphatic reinsertion of the frco silver crazo
simply "wild and woolly" western politics
run mad. Thero Is Just ono brlot sentenco
that should havo been added by Bryan to
his Nobroka trlplo platform, nnd that is
Alter me, tho dciugo!"
1.1.VKS TO A SMIM2
large''"11 Journal: "Yo1"- capital Is not
"But qnlto stilllclent. Yon see, our busi
ness Is peculiar In (lint It does not necefwl
tato any evasion of tho laws."
Oloveland l'luln Dealer: "They say tho
Inventor of Ico cream soda Is deml."
"Ixt's hopo he's goiio whero It doesn't
melt"
Washington Star: "How did be ncqulro
that flno Russian iiccent?" asked ono lin
guist. "Very .easily." answered tho other. "H'o
mado u dellberato practice of putting too
much pepper on his omelet."
Indianapolis Journal: Doctor I think you
contracted this bad soro throat by running
nbout tho neighborhood with slippers on
your feet.
Fair Patient Nonsense, doctor; I "ind on
my heavy cloth suit nnd my fur boa.
Pittsburg Chronlclo: 'Mr. Dinwiddle Tho
United States will act ns Intermediary to
rostoro peace betwen Great Britain and the
Boers.
Mr. Van Hranm-Thcn perhaps wo could
Induce Queen Victoria or President Kruger
to mediate In tho Kentucky conflict.
Detroit Free Press: "After I bad sprained
my ankle," said Mrs. Belllnchnm, "tho
pain wns so sever that I could not speak,"
"Then you actually juiffored untold ag
ony," commented Sirs. Klngford.
Chicago Tribune: "Why Is It." naked
Miss Hlrdle, "that thn nenrest way to a
man's heart Is through bis stomach 7"
"Because." said Miss Flypno, with that
cold, llluslon-dertroylng knowledge of man
kind that comes sooner or Inter to nil or
us," that Is the Inside track."
Philadelphia. Press: "She's a saleslady,
Isn't she?"
"Oh! no, Indeed!"
"Why, sho certainly works In Joblotz's
"Hxnetly; she 'works' there, and that
inuki-s her n saleswoman. Salesladli-s don't
work; thev simply look pretty mid In thn
opimsltn direction when you wish to bo
served."
Phllndelphla Press: "I'a." said little Wil
lie, pausing In Ills reading, "what Is 'food
for the godn?' "
"Well,"' replied Pa, who Is a patron of
tho drnmn, "perhaps It means peanuts nnd
plug tobacco."
Brooklyn Kaglc: Mnnnslng Kdltor Your
department is evidently In sympathy with
thn Boers.
Foreman of Composing Room Why so?
Managing Kdltor In my head for the war
story lust night I said tho British army
won a victory that was remarkable. In thn
paper this morning It reads: "The British
armv won u victory. That was remark,
able."
A HINT OF SritlMi.
W. J. Lampion In New York Sun.
There's a lazy tlmo n-comln'
And It's comln' purty soon;
It'll git u start tn April
And'll keep It up through June.
Tho siin'll como a-strcwikln'
frowst tho vnllnys nnd the hills,
With Its wnrinln' light n-drlvlii'
Out tho shivers und tho chills.
It'll loaf around tbo gardon
And'll roost among tho tree,
A-eoaxIn' und persundln'
With u mighty power to please;
Till tlio earth will bo in color,,
With tho roses nil In bloom
And tho trees In leaf, and Nalcr
Injoyln' of tho boom.
It'll ktch a feller workln'
In tho house or out of doors,
And'll Hturt tho tired feelln'
Oozln' out of ull his pores.
It'll mnko his eyelids heavy,
It'll set his 'bruin on dreams
Of tho cool und shady places
Hy tho quiet runuln' streams,
Thrn's tho tlmo to go n-flihln',
For tho lazy time Is best,
'CniiHo u fish ain't hardly human,
And It novcr wants to test.
By tho rlpplln" of tho waters,
Uakln' music ull the day,
Ho can stretch out whero It's shady
And Jest fish his life away.
It's tho sunshlno time, tho llshln' tlrne.
The Ihzv tlmo that's best, '
When a foller don't 'want no thin'
Hut to noak hla soul tn rent,
I