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1900. M. U. UUNC.ATK
(Seal.) Notary Public.
When the legislature spots a hold-up
bill It should kill It on tho spot.
All the players In that senatorial game,.,,...,. H thrnuirli the avenues of eduea-
seem suspicious that, the other fellow Is
working a holdout device.
It Is well to remember that Omaha's
proposed auditorium will not build It
wolf Just because thu situ has been ac
quired.
Omaha did not get tho stockmen's
convention, but It Mill continue to
get Its share of the live stock from the
western ranges.
l The man who Introduces the most
freak measures Into the legislature Is
not necessarily the most valuable legis
lator In the bunch.
Tnt CroM-e probably never dreamed of
being worth so much as the present
valuation nlaccd upon him. Pat does
not appear to be in any hurry, how
ever, to realize on himself.
It Is certainly to be hoped the .services
of tho North Atlantic squadron will
not lie needed In Venezuela, but It Is
cratlfvlnc to know that If needed tho
navy Is ready to answer the call.
Tho Cuban constitutional convention
evidently knows a good thing Mhen It
lees It and Is therefore In no hurry to
conclude Its labors. When the bill of
costs comes lu tho Cuban constitution
ought to bu a precious document.
The new president of thu Commercial
club has good Ideas of the work fori
that body to perform. Let the club
support a vlgurous policy of progress
and It will add several more credit
marks to Its record during the coming
year.
Senator Cullom of Illinois, just re-
elected for another term In the United
States senate, has been a prominent
flguro In politics for nearly half a cen
tury. No Inexperienced unknowns are
experimented Mith by Illinois repub
licans.
It Is remarkable that tho railroad
managers have made so little noise this
time about putting an end to the free
pass list and the half-fare permit. They
must havu como to the conclusion
reached long ago by every one else, that
tho bjuff hud lost Its power of fooling house committee on banking and cur
tho public. . rency, Introduced by Representative.
The reuunipuon 01 .enrasKii 10 ropuo-
llcanlsin last fall earned for this state
a place near tho head of tho line In the
Inauguration procession to be formed
March 4 next. No M-ouder so many Ne-
braskans are anxious to accompany
Governor Dietrich to Washington for
tho occuslon.
ThoVity of Syracuse, N, Mill be the
bcneuGlary of another of tho fast-In
creasing number of Carnegie libraries
which Imvo been planted In various
parts of the country as monuments to
tho great Scotch Ironmaster. Carnegie's
System of bcnuyolenco Is a good one for
rich men to Imitate.
Hom' fortunato. that the West Point
hnvilng Investigation has come to the
front Just In tjfno to taku tho place of
tho discussion of the canteen question.
Tho army cannot afford to loso Its pres
tige for supdying tho public prints con
tinuously vith at least one topic tinged
with sensationalism.
Prof. (Janier, who was supposed to
have died lu Africa, Is alive and well.
prosecuting his studies of the monkey
language, lf ho Mill only hurry up It
will bo n convenience to the Hryanlto
democracy, which Hnds tho present
known languages Inadequate to express
tbelr feellugs over tho proposal to re
organize the party.
President McKlnley has signed tho
congressional apportionment bill, which
gives It the force of Iiim- and paves the
way for rcdlstiictlng bills lu the various
legislatures lu conformity w'lth tho now
ratio. Nebraska Mill navo six ins-
trlets as at present, but tho unequal
frowtli of the different districts will ro-
11 riwiRinu or tneir uouuuunes.
exit the i'ot.oiiKn cuxohessuax.
Tho eniu'ttnent of tho now congres
sional apportionment Mil without tiny
provision for the enforcement of t ho
fifteenth amendment by retiming tlio
representation of tho southern status In
tho ratio of tliolr disfranchisement of
tho negro marks the passing of tho col
ored congressman, at leant for a long
time to coino. Tho only colored mem
ber of the present house, representing a
North Carolina district, entered vigor
ous protest anil offered a strong defense
of tho rights of his people to protection
at the ballot box, showing how they
were being deprived of constitutional
privileges by pretext and substerfuge,
but the opposition encountered by the
measure from other sources was based
0I1 entirely different grounds and withal
was unable to force tho slightest amend-
incut.
With the new apportionment safeg
uarding them from alt possible penalty
for their acts, tho southern states In
which the negro still possesses the fran
chise In law If not In fact are sure to
proceed' In Imitation of Mississippi and
North Carolina to eliminate thu negro
vote by constitutional restrictions on
full citizenship i,uallllcatlons carefully
framed to discriminate In favor of thu
whites by the grandfather clause or
some equally quest lonable device. With
the legalized suppression of the negro
vote In those districts where It might
count for something, tho days of the
colored representative In congress are
numbered and the voice raised in the
present session by the North Carolina
congressman Is likely to be without a
successor.
It must bo conceded that the colored
congressman has been more of a pictur
esque llguro in the legislative halls at
Washington than a vital factor In legis
lation. Yet the mere possibility of
reaching that eminence must have been
a powerful stimulus to tho efforts of In
telligent negroes for the uplifting of
their own race.
The situation, however, presents a
condition which must be faced by tho
colored people. The only apparent way
for them to rennln the franchise In the
,ui,,Htry ml ti,rfr, should they
bo able thus to overcome the barriers
raised against them In the new southern
stato constitutions, the colored congress
man may reappear.
.1 VUKVLBXIM) QUHSTIOX.
It appears that tho question as to
Miiat course this government can prop
erly take In regard to the Cuban con
stitution when It shall bo presented for
Its consideration Is perplexing congress
men. Cuba being foreign territory,
Miioso people have an unquestionable
tight to establish an Independent gov
ernment, Miint authority has tho United
States to pass upon the constitution for
such government If that Instrument Is
satisfactory to a majority of the people
of Cuba?
Tho supreme court of tho United
States bus said that Cuba, as between
the United States and all foreign nn
tlons, wus to be treated as If It wore
conquered territory, but "as between the
United States and Cuba, that Island Is
territory held lu trust for the Inhabit
ants of Cuba, to whom it rightfully
belongs and to whose exclusive control
It will be surrendered when a stable
government shall have been established
by their voluntary action." Does this
imply authority on tho part of the
United States to determine when stable
government has been established and
It can safolv surrender Its trust for the
,lllml)!tnnts of Cubn, lf H0 Uhj wm.k
of tho constitutional convention could
bo set aside and another convention or
dered, and thus Cuban Independence be
Indellnltely deferred.
It Is the opinion of the chairman of
(lie house insular committee, Heine-
scntatlve Cooper, that It Is not for con
gress, but for thu Cuban people, to pass
upon the constitution and that the most
congress can properly do In the matter
Is to pass a declaratory resolution ex
pressing Its views us to the sulllclency
of the constitution In Insuring a atable
government. As recognizing tho right
of a people mo have declared to be frm
this appears to be an entirely sound
view.
FOHA FhKXWLK L'L'IUWXUY.
There Is a bill In tho hands of tho
Loverlng of Massachusetts, Miilch pro
fm. niMking the currency more
nex,iL. n,i therefore more responsive
lo tlu, ,iPuuiH of business. Tho author
of the bill points out that the time is
near at hand when the demand for ad
dltlonal currency may be suddenly and
strongly felt. It may be at tho next
harvesting and moving of tho crops
Tho natural Increase of business hns
absorbed the increase df currency
which resulted from the refunding of
government bonds and from the right
to Issue to the par value of bonds de
posited to secure circulation. Hereafter
nractlcally no further Increase can bo
expected from this quarter.
The Loverlng bill provides that any
bank may Issue circulating notes, In ad
dltlon to Its bond-secured notes, to an
amount not exceeding one-llfth of the
face value of the United States bonds
Miilch It has deposited to secure Its cur
rency notes Issued under existing law
and not exceeding 10 per cent of lis
capital stock. A guaranty gold fund
of r per cent of the amount of notes so
issued Is established and held In the
United States treasury to" secure the
payment- of notes of failed banks. Of
course 1110 iiuuiuonai issue ot notes unit;
provided for would bo absolutely undo
tho control of thu national treasury and
comptroller of the currency.
It Is the opinion of Mr. Loverlng that
under this act the bank note currency
M'ould bo Increased to the extent 0
$(1:1,000,000, with tho amount of bond
secured circulation as It Is today. This
ho thinks, M-ould afford a timely relief
to any strain upon thu currency. The
additional notes M-ould bo taken out and
Kept auoat as iouk as uccucu ami ue ie
tired when not needed, nnd as to Miiat
over extent this Is dono tho currency
win uv .uuuvicu wv.v uvaiuiv.
TUB OMAHA DALLY BEE: SfyPAV, TANTTARY 20, 1901.
other result would be a tendency to
keep the circulation of the country
banks within the business radius of the
banks that Issue the guaranteed notes.
While It Is not probable that any ac
tion will be taken upon this bill by the
present congress, such legislation Is
very likely to be enacted by tho next
congress, for there Is no doubt that some
steps toward a more flexible currency
must be taken In the near future. This
Mill bo Imperatively demanded by the
rapidly growing business of the coun
try. Having established our money on
tho gold standard It M'otild manifestly
be a great mistake to cramp our bus
iness expansion by cramping our circu
lation. Tin: stm:i:t uailwav vhohlem.
An Interesting report has been made
by the street railway commission ap
pointed by thu mayor and council of
Chicago to Investigate tho subject of
street ralhvay franchises and compensa
tion for street ralhvay privileges, with
a view to legislation governing the Issue
of such franchises lu that city.
The commission, Miilch has been at
M'ork for more than a year, has formu
lated a bill to bo presented to thu Illinois
legislature and submitted a report, em
bodied In a pamphlet of 1UU pages, in
support of the position It has taken on
various points comprehended within the
subject.
The principal points of more than local
Interest emphasized by the commission
aru worthy of attention.
In tho llrst place, the conclusion is
reached that the street railway business
should bo recognized as a monopoly
business and treated accordingly. This
means that It Is better from the stand
point of tho public to have a single
street railway system than to have in
dependent and separately oM'tied and
managed lines. With a single system
and uulllcd management not only is the
service likely to be better, but tho de
mands of the public for transfers and
fare concessions can be more directly
enforced. The tendency, generally, Is
to consolidation, and even Miiero con
solidation has been expressly forbidden
legal maneuvering has been regularly
nd successfully resorted to for the
purpose of evading such charter provi
sions.
The Chicago commission lights shy of
the problem of municipal ownership for
street ralhvays, Miilch, It Is admitted, is
till an open question, but goes so far as
to express the opinion that It would be
Ise for the city, at the earliest practica
ble time, to acquire the ownership of the
trnilmge and Miiatover may form a part
f the public street and to lease the
wuershlp and operation of the rolling
stock to private corporations on terms
benellclal to the public. This Is the
same plan that has been urged In Omaha
with reference to the construction of
suburban electric roads throughout thu
county and has been successfully fol
lowed In many foreign cities and In one
or two lu the United States. Tho pros
pects are good that as a llrst step toward
municipal ownership thlij experiment
will soon bo tried in various parts of
the country.
Although leaving the discussion of
municipal ownership Mithout dellnlte
conclusion, no two views are recognized
Mith reference to strict public control of
tho fruueldsed street ralhvay companies
'0 make this control more effective a
novel plan Is proposed, In addition to
urtalllng the duration of thu grant, by
eservlng to the city the tight to assume
ownership at any time. The Idea Is ad
vauccd that Mith this reserved light con
Urmed by law the city M'ould be lu
much bettei position to enforce regula
tive measures upon the private corpora
tions and exact compliance with reason
able demands for the public accommo
dation.
Tho rate of fare and compensation to
the city are really correlative subjects,
because It Is plain that If fares are re
duced the power to compensate for the
franchise Is correspondingly decreased
Whether the franchise should bo sold at
auction for a lump sum or for a pei
ceutage of the annual receipts or com
pensatlou secured In Increased accom
modations and decreased charges upon
patrons must be determined In each
ase. The furthest the commission ven
tures to go Is to say that "the Miiole
question of fares needs overhauling and
study." Hut that, of course, relates
more particularly to tho city of Chicago
In Omaha the city has met with excel
lent results from Its gas franchise
stipulation requiring tho payment to
the city of a percentage of
the receipts from sales of gas to private
consumers, Miilch for the year Just
closed has approximated Sl-,000. There
is no question but that tho same prln
clple of compensation could bo applied
with equally satisfactory results to other
Holds of monopolistic municipal service
It Is certainly a good sln that these
Important questions are made the sub
jects of. careful Investigation by special
commissions of this kind framing legis
lation Mith a view to safeguarding the
public Interests and at thu sauiu time
affording every legitimate protection to
tho frauchlsed corporations. In the
course of a few years some satisfactory
plan of dealing with this Intricate prob
lem which confrouts every large city Is
sure to be M'orkod out and to tlnd favor
by imitation and adaptation from one
city and stato to another.
CUXTHUVKllSY UYKH Till! KfKK UAXOK.
At the Salt Lake convention of tho
National Live Stock association the
"Irrepressible conflict" between the cat
tle groM'crs and the sheepmen took ou
a more aggravated form and a division
M'as only narrowly averted. Steps
Mere taken toward the formation of a
national association of cattlemen similar
lu nature to the National Wool OroMors'
association. This portends a split In
the National Livestock association ami
a perpetuation of tho quarrel between
tho cattle and sheep owners.
This quarrel Is rooted lu thu free
range question. To use thu Mords of
John 1'. Irish, "tlio gentle shepherd has
learned that hu can rldo the arrogant
cowboy," and ho Is dolng.lt. Sheep de
stroy the range. In proof of this, look
at tho barreu stretches of former fertile
range In Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Ore
gon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming,
tlrass no longer grows where the sheep
have browsed and the shepherd has
been forced to bring his Hocks to this
side of the Itoeky mountains. Hom
they have been Melcometl Is written In
blood on the nnnals of the territory in
vaded. Where the remedy lies Is uncertain.
Those Miio have given tho matter deep
study agree that government control of
the open range, Mith an equitable ar
rangement for leasing to Individuals or
corporations, M-ould go far toward a
solution. This course M'as endorsed at
the Kort Worth convention of the Na
tional Live Stock association. It wan
afterward tho subject of much debate,
the Colorado cattlemen being bitterly
opposed to any restriction on the range.
No definite action on the question was
taken at the Salt Lake convention, but
the feeling was. manifest In the tem
porary formation of a cattle groM-ers'
association. Tho situation Is rapidly
becoming acute ami some remedy must
soon be had to not only obviate tho
friction between cattle owner and sheep
owner, but to prevent the extinction of
the range.
Much of the M'ealth of tho west is
grounded lu herds and Hocks and 011
their success lu existing side by side de
pends to a great extent the prosperity
of the people. Therefore the matter of
adjusting tho differences belM-cen the
com-boy and the shepherd Is one of
gravest Importance, Morthy of the calm
est consideration and Misest delibera
tion. aiimv hiuj passes sexati:.
The army bill passed the senate by a
majority of twenty, four democrats vot
ing Mith the republicans. Tho measure
provides for a standing army of ft 1,000,
Miilch may be Increased, In the discre
tion of the president, to 100,000. The
opposition to the bill Mas largely di
rected against giving the- president au
thority to Increase the army lu his dis
cretion, It being urged that this Is an
abdication of the poMer of congress and
without precedent. It miis also In
sisted that M' do not need a regular
army of 51,000 men.
In regard to the objection that there
wiih no precedent for tho authority given
the president, it m-uh readily disposed of
by the citation of legislation as far back
as 1708. In that year, M hen there miis
no war, congress gave the president dis
cretionary authority to Increase the
military establishment within prescribed
limits, thu additional troops "to bo en
listed for and during the continuance of
the existing differences between the
United States and the I'rench repub
lic, unless sooner discharged." In
17!)!), 1S00, 1S02, lSOIi, 18PJ, 1SK1, ISJI'J,
18I!(i and IS 10 there M-ns legislation re
lating to the military establishment
Miilch gave more or less discretionary
authority to the president. In this re;
spect, therefore, tho present army bill
Is precisely In lino Mith former legisla
tion, Miilch M-ns never held to be an ab
dication of the authority of congress.
There is no abdication on thu part of
congress in the present instance. As
M'as said by Senator Allison lu the de
bate ou the bill, the president must use
the poM'er t'ven within the appro
priations of niiiey from year to year by
congress and if bo had a purpose to
use It Improperly, contrary to law and
tho Judgment of congress, tho very next
session of congress M'ould provide a
check by limiting the appropriation.
"So there Is no abdication of the power
of congress here," said Mr. Allison,
"and there Is no limitation upon tho
poM'er of congress, except that limita
tion Miilch M'o have Uxcd in our stat
utes hitherto, but never before, so far
as I know, bringing the army doMii to a
minimum. This bill, hoM-ever, for tho
purpose of providing for flexibility, Axes
a minimum number and a maximum
number, but that Is of no moment. We
can make the minimum less than ,'0,000
hereafter If M'e bo decide in congress,
It Is a perfectly legitimate thing upou
the army appropriation bill to limit the
appropriation for recruits for the
army."
As to the assertion that the army
provided for by this bill Is not needed,
those Miio make It have not offered any
satisfactory reason for their opinion.
Kvents may determine that an army of
100,000 men will not be required. Peace
in the Philippines may not be so far
away as some apprehend. If It should
come soon, tho president, it is safe to
say, will not call for more troops, lu ex
cess of the minimum authorized, thau lu
his judgment ami that of thu military
authorities are deemed to be necessary.
Hut It Is Miso and prudent to be pre
pared for exigencies.
The army bill now goes to conference
of tho two houses and an early agree
ment on It and its enactment Into law
s expected.
And now a telephone expert Insists
that the principle of Mireless telegraphy
may possibly be used for eoniniunlcn
tlons from mind to mind. Tho perfec
tion of this project M-ould ho the great
est calamity that could befall the human
race. Hy relegating to the Junk pllu all
the Intricate machinery of liingua
alphabets and other means of commuul
cation that have been devised at the
expense of so much skill and Ingenuity
It M'ould reduce the people to the level
of dummies by removing all necessity
of articulate speech. It M'ould mako
tho deaf mail the equal uf the man of
perfect heating. Worse yet, however
It Mould remove all safeguards to se
crecy If a man's mind could bo read
Mithout his volition. For most people
tho good old M-ay of talking or M'litlng
Mill bu far preferable to any scheme
of mental telepathy.
Colorado has a law on Its statut
books which practically licenses prize
lighting. A bill has been Introduced
and passed In the senate to repeal th
measure and it Is said there is no
doubt of its passage by tho house and
signature by the governor. Colorad
Is not as thickly settled as Its people
wish It Mere, but for alt that two years'
experience has brought them to a point
where they are perfectly Milling to dls
peine- Mith the prize lighter colony.
About the onlv ulnoe which still ex
tends a welcome to this class is Nevada,
am
I even the sago brush and Jack rab-
bit
s are liable to rebel.
Edward Koscnntcr. one of the rnndldntes
for tho United States scnotorshlp from Ne
braska, was formerly editor-lu-chtcf of The
Omaha Hec nnd gave up that position to
enter the (senatorial light. Philadelphia
Press.
This Is an echo of the periodical an
nouncement by our local contemporaries
of Mr. HoscM-ntor's retirement from Tho
e. It should be needless to enter
denial of the statement. Edward Hose-
Wl
tor continues the active and responsl
' editor of The Hoe. which ho founded
hi
ne
arly thirty years ago and Miilch ho
III!
s personally guided through Its event-
ful
career, lie Is substantially the
wi
nor of tho entire property and its
management and policy lias ahvays
en under ills direction. Instead of
iceptlng unfounded statements of other
ai
pers. tho public will do M-ell to look
for Information concerning The Hoe to
Tho Heo itself, Miilch ahvays takes Its
patrons Into Its conUdence.
Oerinaii manufacturers are protesting
against the proposed enactment of a
maximum ami minimum tariff bill lu
this country Miilch M-ould be the means
f Inaugurating n tariff M-ar Mith the
United States, pointing out that such a
war Mould mean the practical ruin of
tho textile industry ami the crippling of
many others. The United States ad
heres to tlio protective policy and has
no light to object to other countries
levying tariff duties, provided there Is no
discrimination, but it Is amply nble to
hold Its own If a commercial war Is
waged. This country Is no longer a
commercial infant.
The London Spectator takes the seasi
de view of the Nicaragua canal matter.
The editor of that Journal Is not having
any ills over the position of this country
that if It builds the canal it must con
trol It. If English ships have tho use
of It on equal terms Mith all other na
tions the Spectator thinks that It Is all
that can reasonably bo asked and plainly
states that If thu English government
M'as to build tho canal It M'ould cor-
taluly Insist upon controlling It nnd pro
tecting It, If protection M'as necessary.
The Spectator has evidently rubbed tho
smoke off Its glasses.
Congress has taken action ou the pro
posal to celebrate the centennial anni
versary of tho Inductlou of .lohn Mar
shall as chief justice of the United
States. With that act M'as laid the
foundation of tho United States supreme
court, Miilch, thanks to the learning and
honesty of .Marshall and those Miio
have come after him, Is now recognized
the world over as onu of the greatest
Judicial bodies In thu world, whoso de
liverances are quoted In the courts of
every civilized laud.
Hecause the Nebraska republicans
have regained control of tho statu gives
no assurance that they are to be left In
undisturbed possession. Tho elements
of the fusion combination Mill omit no
effort to recover their lost ground, not
only Miien a supremo judge Is to bo
chosen at tho next election, but Miien
the state olllcers reach thu expiration of
their terms a year later. Tho repub
lican party must build now for the
future lf It Is to hold Its own.
Thu nnuual reports of the different
railroad corporations of tho country are
showing uniform increases on tho prollt
side of tho ledger. Thu railroads have
had a most prosperous year, Mith prac
tically all the trallle they could handle
with existing facilities. The declara
tion of railroad dividends should en
courage the owners to continue lu the
M'ork of betterment, so we may expect
n considerable outlay for construction
during the coming season.
Former President Cluvelaud lias found
his voice long enough to sound a M'arn
ing against Miiat ho calls "headlong na
tional heedlessness" and to Invoku thu
"cultivation of the saving grace of
Dutch conservatism." President Clove
laud should bu Initiated as one of the
charter members of .1. Sterling Mor
ton's conservative party, along Mith
other Dutch conservatives.
Soiui-tliliiK (lip Sleeve.
WuHhlneton Post.
The Chinese! may do some things back
ward, but they aro employing tho old-fash
loned mode of playing horse with tho rep
resentatives ot the powers.
Sit Ail-uiitu I'l-iiiilty.
Detroit Freo Press.
Another thing showing tho remote sense,
of equity among lynchers. In this country Is
tho Immunity they extend to the fiend who
startB a falso ulnrm of flro in a crowded
public hall.
Slcixtl" I'm- from Home.
Chicago Post.
Thnl flmnli!! siznal lantern, with tho
threat attachment, has reached Hcd Bud,
111, someono win wonc tins nno 01 rais
ing money onco too often nnd telegraph
poles may near sirnngo iruu.
OpporliiiilMi'N for l-'nnif,
Minneapolis Times,
A bill has been Introduced In tho Minne
sota legislature authorizing a commission to
ascertain thn position of Minnesota troops
In the campaign and slogo of Vlcksburg
Now lot tho Nebraska legislators nuthorlzo
a commission to locnto tho present position
of Pat Crowe.
CurlotHIm of tlx- Ci-iiNim,
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho recent census shows that out of sixty
one counties In Now York twenty-two show
a decrease In population slnco 1S90, and out
of sixty-seven counties In Pennsylvania six
teen Bhow a decrease during the Bamo po
rlod. The nggregato decreaso Is not large
but enough to show that tho counties whore
It occurs havo about renched the limit o
their habltablo capacity. All tho cities
show largo Increases.
Itr-w Mntt-rlii! Dni'lmH,
Philadelphia Iteeord.
Tho notion of suppressing Hoer ho-itlll
ties In South Africa by a colonlnl police
forco seems to havo been abandoned by
the British War olllco. It has been ovlden
for some time past no mixed body of men
recruited in South Africa tho riffraff of
tho colonics could be dopemlcd upon to
check tho Hying columns of notha, Dewet
nnd IJelnry. To oppose nrst-class lighters
with anything but flrst-class lighters would
be ebeer waste ot raw material.
IMiAHTS I'ltd.M HAM'S IIOHN.
Only he can secure success nho Is wllllns
to face failure.
Men are cwr ready to amend the gospel
ud then put the amendment first.
You cannot expect to feel nt home In tho
hurch while you stay out on tho stoop.
The crcnt nucstlon Is not Arc you ready
to die, but Ale you ready to live nn,aln?
Many preachers yield to a reversed temp
tatlon; they turn the bread Into stones.
There Is a tremendous chasm bctweon the
poetry wo applaud and tho prose we apply.
Tho -Greatest contradiction Is the church
that pretends to pray to Hod whllo It
preys on tho world.
When Paul wrote of "liftlnc up holy
hands" he was not conlemplntliiB tho stand
nd deliver stylo of prayor.
Si:Ct;i,AH SHOTS AT Tilt! 1M1.P1T.
Chicago Chronicle: Prof. Herron de
clares thnt ho Is it member of n church
whoso teaching he repudiates and he dares
tho organization lo put him out. Singular
ttltudu for a social and religious reformer.
Why on eartli should nnyono stick ltko n
leech to n church whoso creed he publicly
denounces?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: One of tho New-
York pastors nroso and denounced vaccina
tion to U congregation last Sunday. This
looks n llttlo as if sixteenth century
bigotry nnd narrowness hud forced them-
elvcs n.-ross tho new century's threshold.
Anything now along tho line of medical In
novations was characterized as an InBUlt
to an nll-wiso Providence In thoie dark
das.
Chicago News: Hcv. Jcnkln Lloyd Jones
says It Is extremely hard to seo buslnena
men long enough to explain to tlieia tha
situation nn to vlco In this city nnd to In
terest them In tho campaign against It.
That Is the old story. Many Chicnen.nia
nro too busy to attend to tho smoku
nuisance, to thn saloons, to vice, to mu
nicipal maladministration to anything ex
cept moneymaklng. And then when they
make their money they pronounce the el'y
unfit to live In it.-ul shake off tho dust and
dirt nnd go to Now York to die.
Boston Olobc: This whole matter of de
termining tho life of tho churches by their
gains or losses of membership is most un
satisfactory and deceiving. Fifty years oro
when u church member was spoken of it
meant one who hud subscribed to n definite
crood ami articles of faith. What tho
membership of tho evangelical churches
would be li every man In them was ex
cluded from fellowship who did not sub
scribe to tho old creed of tho fathers, It
Is dlfllcult to buy. When n person "Joins"
Protestant church today he docH not
neceBsnrlly bellovo every article of tho
crood or agreo with others on thoologlcil
points, and his good fellowship Is seldom
questioned.
U.VI'OHTS OP STAPI.IJ I'HOIH.CTS.
diameter 11 nil Valui of .American
CixiiIn Milp-icil Alironil.
New- York Tribune.
December shipments of tho principal
products wero valued at $9t,807,5rS, exceed
ing all other months, with the exception of
October, 1000, and December, lS'JS. Tho
ehlef enuso ot tho largo aggregate Is found
In shipments of cotton worth ttt, 153,788,
which Is only second to the big figures
of October, when this commodity went
abroad to tho extent of sixty millions. Tho
quantity was not exceptionally large, bolng
exceeded In many months ot recent years,
but 882,615 bales nt nn nvcrngo prlco of 9.7
cents a pound means a great addition to our
credit In tho United Kingdom, which took
22.12l.cri3 pounds, (Jemnny 9.550.1G1 nnd
France, 4,270,033 pounds. Italy, Spain,
Belgium and Canada were also liberal pur-
chnBcrs, even nt tho highest prices in ten
years.
Shipments of breadstuffs were tho most
valuable slnco September, 1899. although
In this ense nlso tho total value of 124,323,-
6G5 was chiefly duo to tho high prices rather
than unusual quantity. Wheat, including
flcur, was exported during December to tho
amount of $13,429,906. against J9.97t.791 ti
year previous, ami corn exports Increased
$2,293,720. During tho calendar yenr 1900
shipments of corn wero only 189.09.V1 33
bushels, against 204,171,113 In tho previous
year, while tho valuo was $83,766,031,
against $82,036,880 In 1899. During tho
twelve months wheat exiiorts decreased to
J82.045.1S9 bushels, ngalnst 191,S1C,043 In tho
preceding ycnr.
Provisions went out freely without mnk-
Ing any unusunl record for tho lust month,
but tho total value of incatn sent nbroad
during tho year 1900 wns $202,231,099, nn
Increaso ot $1,487,389 over 1899, which In
turn was larger than preaedlng yenrs.
Butter shipments decreased, whllo chceso
gained nbout nu equal amount. By far tho
largest proportion In this division wns sent
out from the port of Now York, $91,206,078,
ngalnst $30,830,090 from Boston, tho next In
bIzo. Of mineral oils tho December move
ment was not exceptionally heavy either In
quantity or value, but for tho year there ap
pears an Increaso of $8,291,033 over 1899
and $20,725,231 over 1898. Tho bulk of ox
ports In this class w'as of llluminntlng oils.
with New York tho principal shipper and
Philadelphia the only other Important point.
It Is gratifying to find that tho foreign
demand for many of these leading articles
of domestic production hns not materially
docrcasod desplto tho general advanco In
prices. In thu enso of wheat tho movement
makes a good comparison with December,
1899, even as to qunntlty, but this Is found
to result from nn exceptionally light record
year ago. Tho general range of wheat.
corn and cotton closed tho ycnr at from 10
to 30 per cent higher prices than thoso pre
vailing a ycnr previous, and thero was every
reason to antlclpnto serious lass In exports.
Thus far, however, tho nltlclnl record In
dicates no striking curtailment nnd It Is
probablo that figures of manufactured ex
ports will mako n still morn favornblo ex
hibit In tho record of foreign trado for 1900.
I.ITHIIACY IX POIITO 11 1 CO.
Features of the Ci-mniin of the Inland
Itei-t-iitl)- Token.
Baltimore Hun.
Tho argument in tho Porto Itlcnn cases In
tho United States supremo court londs Inter
est to the census of that Island, which hns
Just been promulgated In detail. Tho con-
bub was compiled under tho supervision of
General J. P. Sanger and computes tho total
population at 933,213. Tho great problem
underlying tho present court proceedings
affects tho status of nearly 1,000,000 pcnplo
and will determine whether they nro citi
zens, BtibJocts, ullons or stund In some now
and anomalous attitude.
AshH from this thero are soveral points
brought out by the enumeration worthy of
note. Thero nro 8,i21 moro women than men
on tho island. Tho matter of color Is nteo
ono of Interest, since tt Is something of
nn ngreeablo fcurprlso to learn that n
Hide over three-fifths of tho entire popuhi
tton Is puro white, tho other two-fifths
shading down to the full-blood negro.
The tnhlo which hears upon Iho literacy
of tho Islanders Is not quite so reassuring
no the statement affecting color, Tho figures
show that only or.o-half of I per cent of the
population possess higher education, ,'n
other words, only 3,045 out of 953,243 nro ot
tha well educated class. Thoso of modcrato
education, embracing tho ability to read
stand In Letter relntinn to tho total populn
lion, thero being 138,127, or 11.5 por cent, of
them. TIiobo who can road, but cnir.iot
wrlto, number 15,380, or 1.0 per cent, whllo
tho moit astounding proportion of nil can
not read. Hlghty-thrco por cent of those
Illiterates, or 792,984. nro on tho Island
Theso last figures nro worthy of close con
sldcratlon, ns they demonstrate that thori
Is surely need for tho schoolmaster In Porto
Hlco.
pt:itso.Ai. ami oTiinmvisH.
Chicago hos 6.371 saloons which netted
tho city $3,162,170 In revenue last year.
Slnco tho kerosene solreo nt Leaven
worth, Kansns has not pointed tho finger of
scorn nt Colorado.
A Pennsylvania bank cashier shook tho
plum tree and bagged $10,000. Now ho Is
diligently shaking tho sleuths.
"Denth Makes n Scene," says a headline
over 1111 nccount of the Pntersoa trial.
Nothing strango nbout that, excepting
Death was nllvc. ,
Jack tho Orlpper Is giving tho doctors
the liveliest run ot tho season for their
money. The doctors nro not kicking. It's
tho other fellows.
A bachelor legislator In Michigan pro
poses n law taxing bachelors over 30 nt
tho rate of $3 11 ycnr. Mighty small
premium on liberty.
drip men and women can extract some
comfort from tho fnct that they comprise
n formidable eompnny about 660,000 nil
told In this country.
Tho Plllplnos dropped another printing
ptcss In their hasty flight In northern
Luzon. This Is ono of tho few occasions
In which tho press got loft.
A Connecticut woman embodied n grudgs
In her will by leaving nil her money, $7,000,
to a pair of yellow dogs. Now watch tho
slighted relatives coddle tho dogs.
Colonel Colvllle, tho Hoer chaser, after a
week's fruitless hunt, called n halt to give
his Jaded troopers n chanco to catch their
breath. That was all there was In sight to
cntch.
In cases of high crimes, the Judicial ma
chinery at Paterson,kN. J., moved along
with ndmlrnblu celerity. Tho oxamplo
tnlglvt ho followed throughout tho country
with great profit to public inornls.
Joo Mulhatton, tho prlnco of fakirs, sol
emnly asserts ho Is not dead, and that ho
entirtnlns 110 Intentions In that line. Pn
fortunately, Joe's reputation Is such that
his nsscrttons cannot ho taken seriously.
Perhaps on closer ncqualntunco with
Kuropenn civilization the Chlncso may bo
utile without 11 surgical operation to grasp
tho lino distinction between stealing and
looting. At present tho crudo Celestials
cannot bco the point.
To the announcement thnl Oovernor Odell
will attend n particular Presbyterian church
while In Albany Is added tho interesting
news thnt tho pastors ot tho various
churches mado "nn nnlmated canvass to
secure tho governor" ns n member ot their
cngregntlons.
At n "O.110 Vnrtls" show- In tho Academy
of Music In New York n consignment of
Christian mnrtyrs wero nbout to bo fed
o the lions when tho stngo stairway lead
ing to tho nrenn collapsed nnd tho mnrtyrs
fell to tho Moor. It Is nnld that tho language
n which they referred to tho stngo car
penter seriously damaged their reputation
no martyrs.
Brevet Brigadier (icucrnl James Cava-
nagh, who died on Mondny Inst at his
homo In Brooklyn, N. Y., nt tho ago of 70
ears, fought with tho Irish brigade In
tho civil war from Yorktown to Antlotam.
With Colonel Nugent, ho led tho noted
charge of that command at tho battlo of
'rederlckahurg and fell dangerously
wounded within 100 feet ot tho enemy n
position.
Acting on tho belief that If you want to
break n man of a bad habit you must givo
him u good ono in exchnngo for it, tho girls
of Westmoreland, Kan., havo established n
onllng plnco for tho young men, with a
view of keeping them out of tho "Joints."
into papers nnd mngazlnes nro kept on
hand and refreshments nro served twico a
week.. So far tho experiment has been a
pronounced success.
IMMHSTIO ri.EASANTniES.
Chlcnpo Kecord: ''Will you mnrry me?"
"Oh. thli Is so sudden! Hut. for coodin -v
sake, what mndo you so slow nbout unking
mov
Philadelphia Press: "When T first met
you," cried tho womnn who Had been mar
ried for her money, "you occupied n low
menial position, but now, thanks to me,
your position "
"Is a hymencnl one," her hur.b.-ind In
terrupted. Chleniro Post: "He kissed me." said tho
girl In grny with n giggle.
"I nm tint HiirnrlMPil." returned tho c rl In
liluo sweetly. "He told mo ho had been do
ing peniince."
Chlcairn Chroulclo: "Why should 11 womnn
tukd n man's iptmo when sho marries hlinV"
"Well, ns Inner ns she takes overvthlne
else sho might us well tnko that, too."
Imllinuinnlls VrrsH: "A woman liaunllv
thinks her husband perfect," sntd the young
man,
Yes," nnswerni nir. sirius Hnrkor. "llo
mav bo '11 nerfcet donkey or 11 perfect
bear' but he's perfect."
Somprvllle Journal: "Thero Is nno nolnt
to which I wish to call your attention,"
said tho humorist.
"It Isn't In nny of these Jokes you havo
brought In, Ib It?" nsked tho editor.
Chlensn Tribune: "Clarn. dear, wo'vn
been careful so fur and I don t think they
suspect wo nro Just married. You must
scold mo n llttlo now im wo get oft tho
train."
(Hhnrnlv and In n 1111? h-nltclied vo eel
'George, dnrllng. when wo get lo tho hotel
you must certainly tnito ort tnat absurd
I
avender neciaio:
Indlnnapnlls Press: "Do you
think thn
ffice an Index to tno mini'.'"
asked tho
nroKV boarder.
"Well," said tho Ravage Bachelor, "when
11 woman makes up her mind that sho bus
lived single too long sno la apt to mako
up nor luce.
Detroit Preo Press: "Here," onld the hus
band of ii Now 'Woman, entering 11 tnllor
shop and laying a bundle on tho counter,
"you will have to niter theso trousers. I
can t Weir them nt nil as tliey nre.'
Itenllv." replied tlio tnllor. ns he opened
tho bundle, "you must exeuoo me, my deur
Bir, iiieso nro your wno s,
thi: xmv ciotiiiiv.
Wp, who greet you, shall not seo
Your wonderful clour showing
Of hopes and plans nnd mystery
In mortal minds now growing.
Men will bask In warmth nnd light
Thnt wo can only dream of:
Hniunnro burst on humt.n sight
Thnt Svo shull catch no glenm of.
Thoso who follow us shall ride
Where swift-winged birds nro Hying,
With safo compass, chart nnd guide,
Thu elements defying.
Thought will nnswer unto thought
And reach the dlstnnt rover;
Jlronder knowledge will bo brought
Beforo your reign Is over.
"Salutnmus!" then, wo Cry;
Wo welcome you and Ifcnvn you;
AVe, who nro, so soon, to die,
Aro honored to recelvo you,
Wlnsldo, Neb.. HHLLK WILLBY CPU.
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