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TUE OMAHA DAILY BEE; THUBSPAT, DECEMBER in, 1900.
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Wnntcd A sympathetic reporter. Ap
ply nt onco to the Omaha Woman's
club.
Of coutho, "tho host people In town"
ro clntnorlnR for prize flfihts, but they
prefer to nttend Incog when they ko.
Miss Omnlm to Snntd CInus "How
nice It would be to And a full-grown
auditorium In my Christmas stocking." t
It looks ns If Omaha for onco were
BoIiir to dispense altogether with a
charter revision committee this year.
According to the local paper known as
tho Prize Fighters' Own "everything Is
In fine shupe"' for another pugilistic bout
In Omaha next week. Where nre the
ministers who are shocked nt naughty
billboard pictures?
An arbitration agreement would bo
the most acceptable thing for Oom Paul
to find in his Christinas stocking, but
from present Indications Santa Glaus
bos none of them In stock nnd John Bull
Las tho market cornered.
Official tabulation of tho popular vote
on president lust month shows that
McKInley has a clear majority over all
competitors close to i280,OOO and a plu
rality over liryun of more than 850,000.
Significant Ugurcs these.
Tho days nre getting shortor nnd tho
nights correspondingly longer. ' It Is
really too bad that the popocratlc office
holders, whoso cureers are drawing to a
close, should have their last hours en
veloped in an excess of gloom.
Oraahn's 4 per cent bonds elicit bids
for good round premiums from the bond
brokers. As tho brokers aro never ac
cused of being In the bond market
Imply for their health, tho high stand
ing of Omaha In the money world needs
no further proof.
When tho popocrats began howling
previous to tho recent election about al
leged republican registration frauds
Tho Deo at onco characterized It as a
stop-thief cry. Tho convincing dis
closures of fusion frauds In tho South
Omaha registration and election clinches
tho argument
Tho sultan of Turkey is a man of ex
traordinary resources. Ho did not rel
ish tho visit of tho battleship Kentucky
to Smyrna, but ho did not dure to com
mit any overt net of hostility. He got
oven with tho officers and crow, how
ever, by sending them a quantity of
cigarettes.
According to cable advices Lord Rob
erts made "an eloquent address! on tho
occasion of his reception nnd sword
presentation nt Capetown. Lord Hob
crts lms made his reputation on the
battlellcld nnd If ho protlts by tho ex
amplo of other grent military leaders
ho will bo extremely cautious about In
dulging In eloquence.
Congressman Stark Is always active,
If you can believe his friends, in be
half of Nebraska. This activity Is only
noticed when ho wants a re-election.
Since ho reads his tltlo clear to another
term ho is tho ono member from Ne
braska who Is not assisting in the fight
to retain for tho state Its present mem
bership In tho house.
It is announced thut the house com
mittee on rivers nnd harbors hus de
cided to abandon tho effort to control
tho Missouri river. It is too old to
send to tho reform school and too much
confirmed In Its bad hnblts to reform.
There appears to bo no Other resource
than for its neighbors to put up with its
antics with as much graco as possible.
Tho only hopo of tho fuslonlsts In Ne
braska lies In mistakes by repub
licans re-in vested with responsibil
ity. Thut is why the fusion organs
aro so eager to tell the republicans what
to do at tho coming legislature. That
Is why, too, tho f unionists aro so clamor
ous for the republicans to refuse rccog-.
nltlon to men whose leadership they
fear would bo fatal to fusion hopes.
a colossal coxsrniArr.
While the testimony In the, legislative
'contest cases Is not yet completed,
enough cvidenco has already be'en nd
duced to prove conclusively that the
whole election In South Omaha was one
colossal swindle perpetrated by n con
splrncy In tho Interest of tho fusion
ticket Tho conspirators, of course, will
not como to tho front to testify against
themselves, but tho corrolw rating
stories of various witnesses to tho
tanglblo cvidenco of tho conspiracy
leaves no sclntllln of doubt that the
normal democratic majority In South
Omaha was doubled only by tho grossest
violation of law, Including nearly every
specie of election fraud.
Tho evidence shows that the registra
tion books were systematically loaded
with dummy names of men planted on
vacant lots or transients without any
right to the suffrage. To cover up this
colonization the registration books wero
kept In n way to prevent Its detection
until nftcr tho mischief had been com
mitted, while to shield them tho voters
wero not sworn as tho law requires.
Tho evidence shows further that the
colonized dummies wero voted, not only
on tho fake names, but In some distances
by assuming the names of other voters
or by fraudulent certificates. To make
sure the goods wero delivered to tho
fusion caudldutes. the endless chain
scheme was put luRJ operation, the bal
lots being taken out of the booth and
marked for tho voter on the outside.
The exact number of these colonized
voters, repeaters and Illegal ballot will
probably never be known, but It Is cer
tain thut they aggregate Into Uie hun
dreds. On a fair ballot and an honest
count every than bU the republican ticket
in Douglas county was elected uy a
sufo majority and those who failed to
get their certificates of election wero
simply counted out by a most audacious
uud shrewd conspiracy to nullify tho
true will of the people.
UAZisa at irusr point.
Tho houso of representatives has or
dered an Investigation of tho death of
Oscar L. Hooz,. formerly a cadet at
West Point, who is uMeged to have died
from tho effects of Injuries received
there ut the hnuds. of other cadets.
Tho young man himself asserted thut .
his Illness was due to hazing nnd his 1
parents uver that when he entered tho '
military academy he was sound men-1
iu..j, uuu imjowunf, uui uuer xno
treatment he was subjected to he be
came despondent nnd bis health was
impaired. They charge thut the dig-
ease from which ho died was superin
duced by tho severe trentment he re
ceived. This Is denied by the authori
ties at West Point.
Tho circumstance has received a
great deal of attention from tho news
papers und tho action of the house of
representatives In ordering an Investi
gation will bo' very generally approved.
If such brutality Is practiced at tho
West Point Military -ucademy as Is al
leged to have, taken place in tho case of
Cadet. Booz measures should be taken
to p'ut an end to. It. Representative
Drlggs of New York declared In the
houso that tho practice of infamously
hazing "plebes" at West Point was no
torious, whllo on tho other hand Repre
sentative Clayton of New York, a grad
uate of tho military academy, asserted
that ho knew from his own personal
expcrlenco that tho reports of hazing
were greatly exoggera'ted, that the sen
timent of tho cadets was against bru
tality or doing anything unfair. A con
gressional lnyestlgntlon should deter-
mine which of these statements Is tto'
correc one and It is very much to be
Z oil lnVet.gatlon shall be
lUUrOUgU.
D1SCVSS1KO TAX HVDUOTION.
Consideration of the bill for the re
duction nf wnr tiirpa xvnu lioiim In tlm
house of representatives Tuesday. 'The
president In his mcssuge and tho sccrc
tary of the treasury in his report recom
mended a reduction to the amount of
130,000,000. Tho bill framed by the
republican majority of the ways and
ib committee provides for a reduc ,
of about $40,000,000. Tho demo-
menus
tlon
cratlc minority favors a larger reduc
tion. The democrats of tho ways nnd
means committee, In their .report on tho
bill, express the opinion that the surplus
for the fiscal year 1902 will bo very
much larger than tho estimate of tho
secretary of the treasury, If proper
economy in expenditures shall be ob
served, nnd they urgo that tho reduc
tion in taxation should not bo less than
$70,000,000. Of course they argue for n
modification pt tho tariff and also fa
vor an income tax.
In opening the debnte on tho bill the
chairman of the committee on ways and
means, Mr Payne of New York, said
tho committee felt that it had gone to tho
furthest limit lu thu amount of reduc
tion with due regard to prevention of
deficits. Ho pointed out that the rev
enue from war taxes after the proposed
reduction would not equal tho extra
ordinary expenses sure to follow ns a
result of tho Spanish war. The inter
est on tho war bonds and the Increased
army he stated would augmpnt expendi
tures to the extent -of $00,000,000, to
which must bo added $10,000,000 for lu-
crease In naval expenditure. There Is
the possibility of foreign complications
and also of n decllno lu revenue from
business depression that should bo taken
into account. Neither condition, it is
true, appears at all probable, but they
are not impossible and sagacious states
manship will not leave them out of
consideration.
Hegardlug tho propositions of the dem
ocratic minority, Mr. Payne said that
to abolish thoiwur reveuuo und substi
tute tin Income tux would cause an Im
mediate deficiency, since the enactment
of a uew Income tax law would not fur
nish a dollar of additional reveuue. As
to abolishing the additional tux ou beer,
thu chulrwuu of thu ways and menus
committee suid that while reduclug the
revenues $23,000,000, It would nt tho
same tlmo produce the grossest lujustlce
nud he urged that the beer tax should
never be wiped out until every other
vestige of the wnr taxes is removed.
The republicans lu congress desire to
lessqu the burden of taxation to as
great an extent ns It Is prudent nnd
safe to do so. They do not want nn nc
cumulating surplus, whllo on the other
hand they wish to avoid a deficit. It
Is simply n question of practical states
manshlp. If tho treasury estimates aro
approximately correct n reduction In
taxation to the extent of $10,000,000 Is
ns far ns congress should go nt this
time. It Is understood to bo the opln
Ion of tho administration that the
amount Is too large. As to the demo
cratlc position, It Is manifestly unsound
nnd untenable. To wlie out seventy mil
lions of revenue nt this time might re
suit In serious embarrassment to thu
govornmi.-nt and tho talk of providing
revenue through an lucomo tax Is at
present utterly Idle, while any modlllcn
tlon of the tariff law at this session of
congress Is quite out of tho question.
uariVAL of rut: misn party.
The convention of Irishmen that met
In Dublin Tuesday, described by Mr.
John Hedmond, who presided, ns "tho
parliament of the Irish people," evi
dences tho fact that Irish patriotism
has lost none of Its ardor nnd thnt
there Is no abandonment of the de
termination of tho peoplo of Ireland
to secure the political rights for which
they have been contending for gene
rations. The object of this convention
Is to unite Irishmen for tho promotion
of homo rulo and for securing needed
reforms. The lenders In the movement
seek to do away with the fnctlonul con
troversies and conflicts which have
proved disastrous In tho past to tho
cause of home rulo nnd Inimical to
nearly every reform demanded by tho
Irish peoplo. If tills can bo accom
plished and n strong party Is formed
and held together, thent Is reasonable
hope that It will be able to secure from
the British government compliance with
Botno of Its demands for reforms,
though the realization of tho foremost
aspiration of Irishmen, homo rule, is
doubtless still remote.
Tho time would seem to bo auspl
clous Tor such a movement. Never hus
Great Britain' been in greater need of
the loyal support of all her people thun
she Is at this time nnd perhups never
before was tho nutlon's obligation to
the Irish people stronger thnu it now
1. They responded freely to the call
for soldiers and their H..rvifl l.nvn i.
distinguished by tho gallantry In war
r0r which the race Is proverbial. This
reuowed cvidenco of loyalty and fidelity
has greatly strengthened their claim
to consideration. Irishmen everywhere
nnd all who sympathize with the cause
of Ireland will regard with Interest the
deliberations of the Dublin convention
and will earnestly hopo that tho object
it nas in view will bo attained.
The senate might emulate the ex
ample of the houso in the matter of dis
posing of business. While tho house
sometimes rushes matters through with
undue hnste, tho senate goes to the
limit in deferring action. Aside from
matters of legislation pending in that
body It has so delayed action on niuny
pouuing treaties that it hus been found
necessary to negotiato supplemental
agreements extending tho time fixed for
rntillcation by ono year. Tho scna
torial mind Is undoubtedly a ponderous
affair, but there should be some way of
getting it in motion once In a while.
Itlchard Crokcr, who resides in Eng
land and draws on New York for a
living, has been assessed In England on
."J
puynicut ls t0 tlmt hla
Iess aild to do so muHt dl8cIoC80omeu2
aninvw nt .1,,lt... It ..
ww. ' - j itviMii ui ii. iuiuij peo
ple in New York would bo willing to
chip In and help pay the tax, provided
Crokcr would muke an accurate show-
lug of 11,1 1,18 ,ncomo """" the actual
source from which it ls derived. There
ls no dunger of his doing so, however.
Since the early days of Boston common
Young America has not been buckwurd
,Ua"Scrt,Dgvhl8 Y1" C,nhU,Ug llls
P r,v,1c,8' 1X)US, Omaha does not pro-
tjvnv iu uv ui-uiuu, uuu wuen me coun
cil decided to drain his skating pond ho
rose up with a protest which was loud
enough and strong enough to carry his
point. You may fool some of tho old
ones regarding what they want, but not
Young America.
Trlninph of Aiui-rlumn Skill.
Now York Tribune.
Talk of sending coals to Ncwcastlo!
America is shlpplag cabbages to Germany
for sauerkraut.
"For It la Written," lite.
Baltlmoro American.
President Krugor finds tho necessity
f', o.LX
tlon.
Now You're Tnlklnir,
Portland Oregonlan.
Brewers have petitioned for reduction ot
tho tax on beer. Inasmuch as their product
Is a powerful clvlllzer, nu attested by ship
ments of it to the Philippines, their re
quest will have full consideration.
Time for Cliinalflvatlon Too Short.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Towne, within a few months republican,
sliver republican, populist, democrat, goes
to tho ecnatu through appointment by a
populist governor. His short term will
piorntly expire bofore ho ran be propetly
clasnll ?J.
I
i Our of the liter I.enka.
Qlobe-Domocrat,
Postmaster General Smith again calls
attention to tho fact that from $12,000,000
to $20,000,000 a year can be saved by re
forms In carrying second-class mall matter,
which largoly consists ot ponny dreadfuls.
Congresd could cut war taxation more
freely by looking after this long-needed re
vision. Con the Ilnr lie Lowered f
Indianapolis Journal.
IK .'olnt rrsoluMvi ot confess, under
which the war agalndt Spam waa lirRi'n,
declares "That the people of tho IMand
of Cuba aro and of right ought to be' free
and Independent" That will make It very
dlfllcult for tho United States to cstabllth
any sort ot protf-ctorato over ths island,
as some are proposing.
IlevlvInK the Trade Dollar.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Tho government is considering a propo
sition to coin for circulation in the Phil
ippine archipelago a Filipino eljlver dollar
with CO cents' worth of silver la it and
exchangeable for gold at tho rato of two
sliver dollars for ono gold dollar. Such
an expedient would ralso anew the nues
tlon of tho status of tho Inhabitants ot
tho Islands. Tho scarcity of coin at Ma
nlla And other island ports seriously in
torferea with business, Tho Mexican dolla
is tho standard coin of tho natives.
Two Ditches Aern the Nrek.
Springfield (Mnss.) Iiepulillcnn.
Tho officials of the Panama Canal com
pany proclaim their purposo to build the
caral, notwithstanding Iho certainty now
that tho united States government will
build by way of Nicaragua. Their project
will not, of course, bo lightly abandoned
Tens of millions ot dollars have been Bunk
In It already and, whllo much of this money
has been wasted, there is still solid
schlovemcnt to show for the vast cxpcndl
turc. A third of tho proposed work I
finished and tho engineering difficulties pre
sentcd by the rest of It have been solved
It Is thus quite posslblo that tho work will
go on, though tho prospect of two canals
where ono would have hard work to pay a
fair return on the Investment cannot be
alluring to French or other Investors.
AMHHICA'S NEW "KlStl."
"Merry Klnir Coal" Annrioa a Slleo
of the Old World.
Leslie's Weekly.
Strangest of all, however. Is tho thought
that America ls at last "carrying coals to
Newcastle," or doing something very llko
It. A few wcoks ntro a shin steamed ud tho
Thames with a big cargo of American coal
Tho quality of that shlpmont has proved
to bo good, and tho price low enough. Una
llsh and Welsh coal operators have pro
posed to doublo tho price of their output
during tho coming winter. If thoy carry
out their threat, this action should open
tho best of all forolgn markets to our soil
ors of coal. If America Is able to sell coal
In England for less than la asked for tho
natlvo output, all that will hinder a com
merclal triumph will be lack of transpor
tatlon. Unfortunately, at this time" of tho
year about ail of tho bottoms that could
bo made available for coal transport will
bo employed to tholr full capacity In carry
ing the enormous quantities of beef, cotton
and wheat for which tho old world already
depends upon us. This obstacle, however,
Is not likely to last long. Now that wo are
out-oxporllng every nation on earth, It will
not bo long beforo American capital will
realize tho vital necessity of having our
own ships to carry our trade.
(liven the hugo fleet which wo must soon
havo, American coal will take Its placo
bcsiao our other great commodities for ex
port. All that ls needed ls n realization
of the wonderful possibilities abr6ad. With
ono coal transport lino Btartcd, and tho
ability to quickly get other similar fleets
in being, nothing moro than ordinary com
merclal wakefulness Is needed to add mil
lions annually to tho dividends on Ameri
can capital and the wage-earnings of
American worklngmon.
BaVA.MSM IN TUB SOUTH.
Effect of the PoptilUtle Alliance on
the Totnl Vote Cnt.
Now York World.
In no other occtlon of the country aro
tho figures of tho popular voto so significant
upon their face as in tho twolvo statos con
stltutlng the large remnant ot the "solid
south" Vlrlglnla, North Carolina. South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Ten
ncssco, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri,
Arkansas, Texas.
The figures of their popular voto In tho
threo last presidential elections arc
1692- - , j
Democratic 1.191,000
Republican 731,000
I'opullst FiU-. 391.000
2.C36.000
rJemocratlc-PopUllst'tuslon.. 1,795,000
Republican ...,,..-...i...-..a. S11.000
1900
Dcmocrntlc-Popullst-fusion., 1,473,000
Republican 933.000
3.405.0OO
A glanco at these figures shows that some
powerful force has been attacking the demo
cratlo party in tho south. It Is Idle to say
that the decline In the totals of the popular
voto ls duo to tho disfranchisement of tho
negro, for tho republican vote was greater
in 1696 than In 1892, and Its increaso In 1900
over 189C was no less than 182,000. If the
south was Indifferent as to tho result, It
the disfranchisement of tho negroes In sub
stitution for former Intimidation affected
the totals, why did tho republican party
make theso gains?
It tho democratic-populist alliance ot
189G had been a success, tho total Bryan
vote of 1896 would certainly havo been at
least about equal to the sum of tho demo
cratic and populist votes at the election ot
1892 that is, about 2,245,000. But tho Bryan
voto of 1896 was only 1,796,776, nearly 600,
000 under what it should have been. And
at the laBt election It fell to 1,475,000, 7S0,-
000 under the combined voto of 1892, actually
less than the democratic vote in that year,
eight years ago.
SILVERISM Off THE WANE.
SlKnlHcnnt Fenturea In the Vote at
Colorado Pointed Out.
St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat. t
The official voto of Colorado, which has
Just been announced, tells a significant tale.
In 1896 Bryan received, in round figures,
161,000 votes in Colorado and McKInley
6,000. In 1900 Bryan's total In that state
was 122,000 and MqKlnlcy's 9.1,000. Bryan'a
plurality In Colorado over McKInley four
years ago was 135,000. It Is only 29,000 In
that stato this year. It ls pretty easy to
point out tho moral in this shrlnkago ot the
Bryan voto In 1900 In the stato which incited
Bryanlem In 1896.
It was the bolt of Senator Teller from
tho republican convention In St. Louis In
June, 1896, which nerved the democrats to
dcclaro for free silver in tho Chicago as
semblage a month later, without waiting
for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Teller took the lead In tho bolt, and he
was a big factor in tho calculations of the
western and southern element of the de
mocracy tho faction which captured tho
convention of four years ago and which
got possession of tho machlnory of tho
democratic party all over the country
from the hour in which ho walked out of
tho republican gathering In St. Louis four
years ago until the voting took place a
little moro than four months later.
Senator Teller declared a few days ago
that the silver question was still a llvo
Issue, nnd that he would Btlck to it untlt
the cause triumphed. The recent vote of
bis stato makes a highly Impressive com
mentary Upon that statement. Colorado,
which created tho bolt at St. Louis among
tho republicans four years ago, and which
thus Incited tho Bryanlte eruption In Chi
cago a few weeks later, has declared that
tho silver Issuo ls settled and that It is
settled In a way contrary to that which
Mr. Teller desired. Nearly everybody In
Colorado in 1896, of all ages, both sexes
and all rares, was a Bryanlte. In the elec
tions slnro then tho Bryanlte plurality has
been steadily shrinking. In that of 1900 It
almost touched the vanishing point. Thern
ls no room for doubt that In tho con
gressional election of 1902 the republican
vote will exceed the democratic In Colo
rado, and that in 1904 the republican can
didate for president will receive a gocd
sized majority In that state. The Immense
shrinkage In the Bryanlte vote In Colorado,
the great Increase of the republican vote,
and the chance from the Bryanlte to the
republican side In Utah, Kansas, Wyoming,
Washington, South Dakota and Nebraska
In 1900, ns compared with 1S96, shows that
thn silver Issue Is dead In the United
States. Senator Teller will be making
speeches for the republican nominee for
president In 1904. ,
iiA.iNO op cadi:t uooz,
tlrntnl Treatment the Primary Can
of the Ynnnn: Mnn'n Dentil.
Philadelphia Times.
The recent death of Cadet Oscar L. Booz
of Bristol, Pa., has brought out betoro the
publto a condition of affairs at West Point
that should bo exhaustively Inquired Int
by a committee of congress nnd tho evil cor
rected by tho most stringent legislation
Many complaints have been gtvon to tho
public about tho brutality of hazing nt both
West Point nnd Annapolis and It ls qulto
tlmo that congress should absolutely cllm
Ipato the brutal featuro from our naval and
military education.
It is a well known fact that n Hebrew
cadet at either West Point or Annapolis I
subjected to overy concclvablo Indignity and
every posslblo form of brutality that can bo
Inflicted anywhero In Bight ot tho ordinary
methods of hazing, nnd it ls equally true
that a cadot of cither ot those institution
who Is a sincerely religious man and who
alms to live a consistent, religious llfo 1
subjected to Insult nnd brutality at almost
overy turn. In other words tho cadets of
West Point and Annnpolls, who aro tho ben
eflclarles of tho government, nssumo to
mako unwritten laws tor themselves, which
practically exclude from tbo ordinary beno
fits of theso Institutions both tho Hebrew
nnd tho religious Christian.
Colonel Mills, tho superintendent of the
mliltnry academy, has mado informal Invcs
ligation of tho charges of the brutal hazing
of Cadet Booz by his associates and ho Is
compelled to confess to tho public that tho
accusations aro substantially truo. Booz
was hated and brutally hazed by his class
mates chiefly becauso ho choto to live
consistently religious llfo. Tor that offenso
to his classmates ho was Insolently spoken
of as "Blblo Booz" nnd when Booz Was
forced Into a dlsputo with ono of his nsso
clatos, who challenged him to a fist fight
a ring was pitched outsldo tho proctnets ot
tho academy nnd Booz was hounded as a
coward becauso ho refused to fight bis -class
mato and wn'i forced to drink a fiery liquid
that blistered his throat as a punishment,
Tho fact that such brutality can bo prac
tlccd at tbo military and naval ncadomtns
ot tho nation nnd thnt tho right of redress
and protection for thoso who are thus
brutally treated cannot bo had clenrly Bhows
that tho officers In charge of our naval and
military academics aro cither dorollct In
their duty, or aro without power to enforce
decent conduct on tho part of tho cadets
A complaint of Cadot Booz to tho com
mandor of West Point that ho was per
slstcntly nnd malignantly Insulted by his
classmates becauso ot his religious convlc
tlons nnd that ho was denounced as n
coward becauso ho refused to engage In a
rowdy flat fight should promptly bring the
severest punishment to tho guilty parties,
but It is obvious that thcro ls no such
protection at either ot our naval or mili
tary schools.
GENERAL CHAFFEE JS RIGHT.
Upheld Amerlcnn Standard and
Amerlrnn Precedent.
Chlcngo Inter Ocean.
Tho Pokln correspondents of tho London
nowspapors do not npprovo of Oeneral
Chaffee and his American methods. They
complain of tho guard that ho posted to
prevent looting. Thoy report that the min
isters aro offended by General Chaffee's
individual assumption of authority in Issu
ing orders to provent looting and that Field
Marshal Count von Wnldorseo Is not pleased
with tho independent tone ot General Chat
fco's communications to headquarters.
They report also that General Chaffee has
created dissatisfaction by his refusal to
oln tho other governments in giving In
creased salaries to officers assigned to duty
n tho provisional government at Tien Tsln
This Is a British vlow. Tho correspond
ent df tho Inter Ocean. at Pekln takes a
different vlow. He reports that the pro
visional government at Tien Tsln is cum
bersome, oxpcnslvo nnd unsatisfactory; that
Its chief object seems to be to supply
sinecures for military officers: that tho
high salaries paid condemn western govern
mcnt in tho eyes ot tho Chinese and that
tho provisional government has mado a
demand for unlimited power regarding pub
lic works, tho lovying ot taxes, contribu
tions, import duties, otc.
To nil this General Chaffoe, commanding
tho American troops, objected. Ho opposed
the proposition to glvo tho Tien Tsln pro
visional government unlimited control of
tho territory. He declined to approve tho
proposition to Inaugurate new public works
except such as were temporarily noccssary
and ho instructed Captain Footc. the
American representative In tho govern
ment, not to accept any remuneration be
yond his army pay.
In nil this General Chaffee was eloarly
right. Ho was acting up to American
standards and in accordance with American
precedents. He declined to permit his own
men to do any looting and he declined
permit any othor soldiers to loot the terri
tory under American guard. Ho insistod
that American officers In China should act
under instructions almllar given to officers
In Cuba and tho Philippines. Evory position
no nas taken ls warranted by his own In
trusions and by the policy of tho gov
ernment.
In contrast with the comnlalnlne tonn e.t
tho British press ls the spirit of the Rus
sian pross. Ono of tho leading Journals of
St. Potersburg, speaking of the satisfactory
siumuon ai pekln, says: "The credit for
the existing ontento really bolonas to
America. England begrudges Presldont Mc-
lunioy his Just prest go bocauan hn tin
manifested his friendship for Russia."
uowovor this may bo. Oeneral Ch.ffn 1.
right in holding his soldiers and himself
to a strict line of conduct In China.
THE LEADING CITIZEN.
A Satirical Itonat for the Oynlent and
Eminently Itenpectahle.
rnuaueiphla North-American.
Mark Twain, iu addressing h r.
Nicholas society of Now York th nth
evening, overwhelmed thq members most
1 mem opulent and eminently rosoectable
persons by tho ardor of his praises of
their city. He concluded with this glow
ing peroration:
"Qentlemen, you havo the best munlclnal
government In tho world, and tbo purest and
most fragrant. Tho very angols envy you
and wish they could establish a govern
ment llko it In heaven. You got it by a
nomo uuellty to clvlo duty. You got It by
icrn ana avor-watchful exertion of the
great powers with which you aro chargod,
uy mo rignts which were handed down to
you by your forefathers, by your manly re
fusal to lot base men Invado tho high places
of your government and by Instant retalia
tion whon any public officer has insulted you
tno citys namo by swerving In the
lightest from tho upright and full cor-
formanco of his duty. It Is you who have
made this city tho envy of tho cltlos of tho
orld. Qod will bless you for It Why. tho
ngols of heaven, when you approach the
final resting place, will gather at the gates
and cry out:
" 'Hero they cornel Show them to the
rchangles' box and turn tho limelight ou
them!' "
Tho rich and elderly gentlemen applauded
this heartily, until uomo ono whispered
sarcasm," and then they stopped their
hand-clapping and grow red. But their
rath was only passing. When it broke
pon their ablo Intellects that the humorist
had rebuked them by placing the blamo
for bad municipal government where It be
longson tho doorsteps of tho "good"
Itlzcn, the "leading" citizen, tbo "better
classes" they applauded again. That was
tho credit at onco of tho Intelligence
and consclenco of the St. Nicholas roclety
of New York, which everywhoro in tho
United States has an enormous unorganized
and unnamed honorary membership. j,
WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION
Rushvlllo Recorder.
Kdwnrd Hosowater Is neither ns
well known nor ns populnr hero ns
In the eastern part of the stnte.
Ho Is a mnu of many parts, nble,
shrewd and energetic, whllo ns n
nowRpnper mnn wo consider him
the peer of any In this half of tho
United States. Ills policy and re
publicanism nre not of the brand to
please all sections of tho party!
nevertheless, there Is one thing
(pilto clear, nnd tlmt Is, he favors
measures of a far-reaching nud
public-spirited character. While
Air. Itosewater ls n small mint In
stnture, he Is undoubtedly n lnrgo
man In Ideas. Kncrgetlc . nud
somewhat bumptious, hu tights
manfully for Omaha and tho state
generally. Ho has conducted The
lice to a proud position nnd tho
time Is ut hand when his efforts us
a public-spirited man should bo
recognized. Whatever mistakes he
may havo made In tho past, they
nre not to bo the criterion of his
present lltucss for recognition. All
men huvo nnd do mako some mis
takes, but falling to recognize
their good qualities will not either
do them Justice or help the public
weal. At this tlmo tho claims of
Mr. Hosowater aro worthy of dis
passionate analysis nnd fnlr rec
ognition.
ANNEXATION OF CUIIA.
A Question for the Future, Not for
I Hi; Present.
BufTalo Express.
That thcro is a strong feeling In this
country that thn fiitnrn wnlfiirn nf ri.K
depends on annexation to tho United States
Is evident. Frequent arguments In that
lino nre found in print and they aro often
heard whoro peoplo gather. Events In Cuba
In the last year probably havo had much
to do with creating thlB sentiment, based
w w " w ft turn oviillUJUUl, UHHL'U
on a belief that tho Cubans aro not steadfast
enough In purposo, nre not actuated by the
best of motives, aro not fair-minded enough
to create a government thnt ahall work for
. ..no rum nuu UlUtli HUB
11. ,.,.
the constitution convention to stmncth,n
tho feeling. There waa plainly manifest on
thn part of many leaders in Cuba an Int
linn a I . 1 1 I 1- n I . I
tercsts of whatever natnrn hn.ild have
nraetlenllv nn rnnnl,lnrnlnn Anrt h.rn ,
tain ton nn n.rti.iin. ,.i.,i
fr v,f , trni.,i o... .. ia
still doing for Cuba. Wo have forced all
...- . ....
" " "v tvs UUtlV IU,llV-J 11 IIUUU HUM 1(1
Dunn ui uki I'luuii'iua uuuii uursoives uy
Interfering in tho namo of humanity .with
anairs in cuoa. bo, it is but natural that
sucn expressions ns this from tho Nashville
Amorlcan should be heard:
"In no way can Cuba bo placed In tho
position that ls rightfully hora savo as an
iu.ubiu. pan. ui me uiuiuu oiuicB. mo
m i li r (I ci hnl 1m It n nnlnlnn.l lUa. mIhma ll
IIIU11IUUU fcub .. U Ulf.HIUCU IUDI, BII1I.17 IUU
m klu.L.J . 1 . . 1-1 I
' .
mongrol raco which is most eager to seize
tho reins of government Is in no degree fit
to bo trusted. Ingratttudo ls tho most strlk
ng charactorlstlo so far shown; next to
that a barbarous desiro for revenge. Are
I" L" ZT rP'V"?
to be withdrawn tomorrow, by the time the
nt I . . t.HltM .In..!.. 1 1. ... . . I
bo bloody civil war raging from Havana
iu iuu euaiuru cuiiu, uuu iiiw ciyiukuu wurm i
.1
would demand, and rightly, that wo step m
nffulra na Intolerable. Annex Cuba., elvn her I
tho same government and the samo protec-
tion that evory territory In tho union has;
thus, and thus only, will Cuba bo freo In the
literal and lofty meaning of that glorious
In Bomo respects this is doubtless
exaggerated view. Conditions are not likely
to become as bad aa tho American professes
tn hnllnve. And vet the vfow that Cuba
... i. - i. m ii rf.ii.i
would do Doner ou ub u part 01 wiu uuucu
C(n.B .a e-nnrRl. It Is but little more
...... II - I
Dronounced than tho view that ultimately
that is what will happon. But Cuba will
not b. annexed .r tap-
pens in tho future. Tho United States has
nledged Itself mat uuoa snail do iree. inni
. . .
Dledge It must and will keop
ii more-
. 11 mule
after events shall prove to Cubans tho
wisdom of annexation then the United
States may properly consider the ques
tlon.
PKHSONAI. NOTES.
Tn m-llCUl Kill ui
ot tho Chlcnso pnlico was brilliantly dls-
played tho other day when they diagnosed
pneumonia tho ca,e of negro .uttering
iroin iwo uu.icmu.uB im iuv
11 i. . At tn ,1 1 1 Is n n UnnnriAiinp I
is debarred from occupying his seat in tne
British Houso of Lords because he doesn t I
.... v 1 mm tia vlnir I
,k.. vTri,"
i"
Marshall Oliver, professor 01 raamomai-
. At i ....11m X4 iinl AMnrtamv tuVirt I
ai.a nm hurt hum ennneeted
1LD UL iliU I
uiou m " "r,", .
with that placo since his appointment bb I
assistant professor ot drawing in 1869.
Honry H. Rogers, tho New York million
alro and copper king, was, fifty years ago,
selling newspapers on tho Btrools of Now
Bedford. Mass. Ha then went Into a gro
eery store, getting S a week and board.
Oscar B. Hoard has Just closed a sixteen-
year term as state's attorney of Stephen
son county, Illinois. In that tlmo ho has
secured tho conviction of 2,241 criminals,
n-ong tho numbor threo murderers, two
of whom were hanged.
E. Q. Dlngley, son of tbe late congress
man, la looked upon as a coming man In
Maine politics. He has Just been ro-oloctod
- . 1. - l.l.l.,..m nnd lu now unnlrnn nf na I
, n..ihr r.ndld.te. for governor at the
noxt electloa.
t - " - - 1
Andreas Lan. who. until lately, played
tho part of Christ In the Oberammergau
iPnnalnn ulnv " u'i riiPAntlv in Romn and. I
applying for admission to the Vatican, con-
Iderably startled tho guards who, owing
to his likeness to the Christ pictures
thought a miracle waa taking place before
their eyes.
Tho city of Birmingham, Ala., has aM
ready begun to make preparations for a
metallic- exposition," to bo oponed there
November 15, 1904, and contlnuo until May 1 Z?TWtiu'l" 11,8 worId
15, 1905. Its charter name is to bo the My iwta wero stSdled d t wy where
International Metallic and Industrial Ex- And then thoy burled me."
position. The Btato ls expected to con- ....
tribute 1100,000 toward the expense, and TTfl, 'n,r?,lrnui t"ce on'
congress is to bo asked to glvo $500,000.
Tho war correspondent of the London
Daily Nows, who roturned to England In
tho samo vessel with General Duller, saya
that each evening tho band played "Ood
Save tbe Queen" after dinner on deck. Of
course, every Briton stood up and removed
his head covorlng. A numbor of Holland-
era, however, remained Beated and covorod,
Tho Britons wore very angry, and It waa
feared that serious trouble might follow.
Tho anxious captain privately consulted
Oeneral Buller. "Sir," ho said, "I wish you
would tell me what you would do under tho
circumstances If you wero commander of
this ship." "Me?" replied Buller: "I
SOue'e'i. l 'ad
IHO VflUeeUe
WHAT PINGREE WISHES DONE
Informs State I.euLlntnre that ."ie
rlal Session Should lie Devoted
to Aesment Problem.
LANSING, Mich.. Dec. 12. Pup ti ilr,l
tlmo In two yonrs tho stato legislature con.
voncd hero today In special session called
by Governor Plngreo. Consideration of a
moasuro taxing railroads, telephono and
tolegraph companies, oxprrss companies and
other forms of corporation property on tho
cash valuo of their properly Instead of
specifically upon their .earnings, ns under
tho present law, Is tho object of tho session.
in nis message to tuo Icglslnturo Governor
Plngreo urges, in explaining his reasons
for calling tho special session, that this
lcglslaturo ls moro familiar with tho sub-
Ject of taxation than tho next lcglslaturo
will bo; that therefore tho debato need
only rolato to tho provisions of the law
under consideration; thnt they havo patsed
tho Atkinson bill (which was declared un
constitutional by tho supremo court), aud
their work at this session ls merely the ro
enactment of that law, with such changes
as may bo deemed advisable. Tho gov
ernor assorts that a consorvntlvo eatlmato
of tho taxes that would bo paid by rail
roads under tho proposed law, If assessed
on nctunl cash valuo at tho average general
rate of taxation In tho state ns tho con-
stltutlonal amendment adopted at tho last
election provides, will bo more than
12,250.000, as against $1,240,85. th taxeH
received for tho year 1890. which woro as-
sensed specifically on tho roads' earnings.
1110 governor then submits tho report ot
tho expert appraisers, who havo been at
work for tho last threo month, nti Mm
physical property of thirty of tho smaller
railroads In tho state, explaining that tho
appraisers havo not yet finished tholr work.
Reproscntatlvo Sever of Detroit will in
troduce tho tax bill tomorrow. It Is mod
eled after tho former Atkinson bill and
provides that tho stato tax commission shall
constltuto a board of assossors and that alt
franchises nnd Intonglblo property shall be
taxed, an well as physical proporty.
TO CHOOSF fllli Y'Q CIlPPCCCnD
I uuuuLUJUII
Pennsylvania' I.eirlalnture will Try
io aeieet United State Sen
ator Janunry 2ft.
HAnRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 12.-Announce-
I j . . , .....
Y Umt tho rcPub:an
.-J , . . na,Qn, ror
Si"!' "e"art0' t0 A1' tho vacancy caused
? expl'at.lon of lno tcrm of . S. Quny
I , . , . , "
mebta in biennial sess on at nnon thnt a
rcPubIcn caucuses to select candidates
?ouso ?f4 roprc8cnlnt,V0
"puD ,CBD8 . navo n majority In both
""". "i oom ractions of tho re
Publican party aro dlnlmlng control of tho
'"KlBlaturo, tho anti-Quay republican lead-
I . I .
" J?" tmt '"J wl bo tho
ascondancy by reason of an nrreomn m-iih
i . , . , , . . : v
BSnator on Lergl8latur8 wl" Tot8
.
BIIBKZY iirmaiikh
Detroit Freo Press: "Papa, why do they
ctv aCr,ormnCrrle,Jr?''thClr nr8t ntlmc8 whcn
rnai, my son, is the only way to dk-
I SPIVf f H P I P Iflnntltv '
I ....... j.
I Indinnnnnlla lmm.li . i
ni..;.; V -i.u.,..i. uur clergyman
"Has it done him good?"
vcn. it nas curod him of preaching so
serve their Identity."
Now York Weekly: First Lawyer-Youm-
I jnnckstono nas political aspirations, hasn't
dtYh do.yon.thtn.c ,o7
barkeepers by their tlrst names.
I '
the
mattewhh'wm?" art tCToctor0 nn
.Y l v UCUOIUD ui mo iimn M ill) ay
Itll'll f hOfl In linntlmrAii
iin fY,H i". ,fc
i 1'iae,U"Li. f?' 80 '"u.ro In busl-
success." ' w. n, i wisn you
"Thanks: I don't sco how I can possibly
i?'1. .Y''l'o thero'a a. market for pig's
I, Chicago Post: "Why do you say that
well sav It In lovable.
I rinnnnt
":;v .7 , .. . ... .
"?u can 8he rePlled iUy- "it I
Standard and Tlme: "It's easy enough
ISogSiV.
-o, 1 don't know." reDlIod tho othr.
"nu ivim jviu. uuu wouuny nnn notoriously
I .'nnaif " "T flnrl thn, vif Mnml. .. ...
i r. ... " ...7. ...v,mo iw o quua
gatlallcd to let me keep them."
Phllodelnhta Record: 7fnnTnn,f a-.
you thinking about?
joax 1 was lust wondering.
Hoax What?
Joax Can a man hn nnlfl tn ho nn n t-n
cotta bust whon no's painting tho town
red?
I nhlnmnn Trll,..n. nn.. II . . ... ..
tant relative, "what do you do when you
havo an awfully bnd cold?"
a,"lf OTow him. anWTonS ff.Tamf
wiin wi jium upwara.
justTneeVof KimhaVnVescaped
in vlrtuo of wearing sheop'H clothing.
"80 far fin mv nwn onicrlorifn nnM Mnn
eluded the Wblf.- "inff'talk of frooT being
unsanitary 10 wear next ono'H skin Is
lurseiy nun
TTT -1. 1 i ti a. air . 1 . .
. " no you le your lona.
mK limn gll(
"I had to," answered Mr,
Rtnrmtntffnn
Bnrnes. "Ho was loo realistic InTils Idea."
"Interfered with vnur wnrlr nn th
stage?"
NO. not on tho stace. In tho bnr nfllre.
He wanted real monoy."
Somervtlln Journal!
Hosklns Have a
clear, old man?"
yoV. had Toat week?" ' nu"m lnl"
iiosKins yes, 1 neiiovo co.
Husklns No. thank vou. old bnv: I don't
feel like smoking."
TUB TIIHIJU FOOI.S.
Josh Wink in Baltimore Amerlcnn.
Three souls onco met upon tho way
The wiiv from Ifnrn tn Thnrn
Tho wnv that loads from this old world,
Atlll IIIIUS ltS end Homnwhere.
J ffi,"rih"?55'' And ertcd there,
jn mjiJin uni wuni I II fin.
And each soul to tho others said:
"eloro -wnui were you7
Tho first soul drew his nlry: shape
Un to ltn nroudest hnlrht.
". TTSU nTlghtf h5
1 led my peoplo. With my words
I held them by my side.
1 Scl'SX0?. oach dar'
'WiffVnnM
And said: "I was a Bago. I wrote.
And men thought as I willed.
And murmurod: "Tell us, brother soul,
..rTnU'MnTeM .mw.
"i did not head a school.
1 only tried to mako men smile,
' nrnmer. was u Fool."
r nana-. I Jlbtd. I tested, ton-
I gayo the best I had,
V.""," ? V"1'" '.? "e"?J if'',
Thn other souls fell bark a pace,
With manner gravo and cool,
AT', "Ycowlod and Jald TfooII'""'1
mey scowioa, ana suid A
'Twaa thus they came unto the Gate,
A'U .!;?vf,,, .J" entrance there,
ft'?, aSdVUnle S&r. nK,n
Tho Keeper f.mllcd. awung wide the gate,
a''Mk. Wu7on the street,
Three foohi would inior hor!' '