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After Diaz, who? That Is the ques
tion Hint iK'Msts In lmbhlng up beforo
our .frlemlH from Mexico.
Perhaps Count von Wnldersce henrd of
tho decision of that Ohio court beforo
he called off the proposed light In Chiuu.
Congress has given the transconti
nental railroads notice that they need
not be apprehensive of competition from
the Nicaragua canal Just yet.
So far as we can learn, Governor
Dietrich's Arbor day proclamation still
stands alone. Tho other governors,
however, will have to come to hhn.
Tho approach of spring will be duly
heralded by announcements of now
gold llnds In Alaska, suro to turn out
richer than any ever before uncovered.
Keep your eye on the place In tho pro
cession assigned to Nebraska at tho In
nuguratlon of President McKInley next
.week.' It will bo the shining spot lu the
parade.
Tho theatrical trust may bo nn all
powerful and relentless octopus, but It
has not yet been ablo to reverse tho
rule about reserving tho front seats for
the buldheads.
At tho present rate of progress the
Filipinos will bo ublo to organize a first
class Fourth of July celebration by
tho tlmo that great American holiday
rolls around again.
A commlssloti to straighten out tho
Irrigation laws applicable to Nebraska
will bo In order as soon as the supremo
court llulshes working havoc with the
statutes as they have been usually un
derstood. Tho International rush lino Is having
slow work. Witness tho British hunt
for the Hoer goal In South Africa, tho
American effort at a touchdown In the
Philippines and tho All-Powers try at
a kick from the Held in China.
The bracing air of Nebraska appears
to have done Chancellor Andrews good.
In his recent address ut Iowa City he
hit tho croaker some raps which for
vigor could not bo excelled. A short
tlmo in Nebraska will convince any
ninn that llfo Is wor,th living.
The edicts for tho punishment of Chi
nese otllelnls hnvo been signed. When
tho heads aro deposited lu tho basket
nnd tho Chinese assigu all right, title
and interest lu everything of value lu
their country to tho powers, possibly
they will be Informed that tho trouble
Is all ended.
Tho people of Wichita show signs of
recovering their senses. A mass meet
ing has been held at which it was de
cided to take active stops to see not
only that tho laws were respected and
enforced, but that mob violence should
also cease. If Wichita people want tho
saloons abated the law and not tho
hatchet should bo appealed to.
During the last census period the
growth of American railway lines has
been from 101,270 miles In 1800 to
JOO.SlKt miles lu 11)00, an increase of
nearly itO.000 miles. Tho era of rail
way construction, however, is nowhere
near its limit. It would not bo sur
prising at all if the next ten years saw
tho railway mileage extended an equal
length again.
A Kansas man, born lu England, has
received a commission lu the British
army and been ordoral to South Africa.
Ho has not announced whether ho will
follow the tactics of Oenernl Fuuston
or Mrs. Nation, if given a free hand
It will not take long to convince tho
people over there thot no matter what
form It takes the Kansas method of
campaigning is always a vigorous one.
With tho Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion an assured enterprise, Omaha and
Nebraska will be pleased to place tho
experience gained In the management of
tho successful Transmlsslsslppl Imposi
tion freely at tho disposal of the St.
Louis promoters. They can learn sev
eral things to their advantago and ills
ndvantago by applying early to tho men
.who etood behind the Ouitihu exposition.
xeeded coxstitutiox auxans.
Since the decision of the state senate
adverse to a constitutional revision, the
disposition has become inunlfest In leg
islative circles to make out that Ne
braska's constitution needs no revision,
except perhaps to the extent of en
larging the supreme court. This do
nothing disposition will not satisfy the
public demand, because the defects of
the constitution have been pointed out
time and time again and every political
party has for years past repeatedly and
voluntarily pledged Itself to apply the
remedy. The fact that our constitution
was framed twenty-five years ago, when
many of tho conditions now confronting
us were not even dreamed of, must not
be overlooked, nor can we afford to per
suade ourselves that because we have
gotten along lu a way with tho present
constitution for a quartet of a century
wo can continue to do so Indellnltely
without suffering worse Inconvenience.
Kvery one ndinlts that our supremo
court requires reconstruction by an
ndded membership more equal to the
volume of litigation piling up beforo It.
Hut to stop with that, simply to be
ultra-conservative, will. not prove satis
factory. When the proposed constitu
tional amendments were submitted four
years ago, they Included u number of
other features Which If desirable then
are no less so now. One of the proposi
tions four years ago provided for the in
vestment of tho permanent school fund
In securities now outside the province of
the state board. This fund Is con
stantly growing, while the state and
county Indebtedness Is contracting, so
that before long wo will have again the
congestion of idle money piling up lu
the treasury without outlet, unless this
overllow Is provided for.
It Is notorious, again, that the state
government Is grievously hampered
by the strnltjackct prohibition against
the creation of new executive oillces.
Several state boards which could be use
ful have been wiped out of existence by
recent court decisions and In other
cases tho courts have been compelled
to go to ridiculous extremes Inventing
preposterous ilctlons to save the per
formance of absolutely necessary work
for which no direct warrant can be
found lu the constitution.
Modern tendencies in municipal gov
ernment call for an elasticity lu local
powers not to bo exercised lu Ne
braska, except by constitution amend
ment. Metropolitan cities like Omaha
ought to have the authority to frame
and enact their own city charters by
submission to the vote of tho citizens
affected, and they ought further to be
permitted to effect all possible econo
mies In local government by merging
city and county organizations wherever
they overlap one another.
Last, but not least, the most unsatis
factory part of Nebraska's constitution
Is the amending clause, which, under
tho Interpretations put upon it by the
courts, iuis up to this time set an
almost insurmountable obstacle lu the
wny of all constitution changing. Tho
plan to reverse the usual procedure and
count as alllrmatlvc votes the ballots of
all persons who do not express them
selves on proposed amendments, fraught
as It Is with unseen dangers, makes this
all tho more important, else future
legislatures will be tempted to Impose
all manner of Innovations on our or
ganic law, against which tho people will
have but nn Ineffectual protest. On
tho other side, tho adoption of an amend
ment Uxlug the amending process
would stop any further resort to this
questionable practice.
THE CANAL QUESTWX AO A IX.
The report of tho minority o'f tho sen
ato committee on foreign relations In
regard to tho resolution declaring It to
bo tho right of tho United States to
proceed with the construction of nn In
teroceaulc canal regardless of tho Chty-ton-Uulwer
treaty, on which tho ma
jority of the committee reported ad
versely a few days ago, does not in the
least strengthen the position of those
who Insist that this government should
go ou with tho canal project In disre
gard of Its treaty obligations.
Tho report charges that tho adverse
action of tho majority of tho committee
wns made at tho Instance of President
McKInley, stating that this claim was
put forward lu tho committee, it Is not
to be doubted that the inllueuce of the
president has been exerted with repub
lican members of tho senate committee
on foreign relatlous and with other re
publican senators against the expediency
of uny Isthmian canal legislation pend
ing the disposition of tho treaty under
consideration by the British govern
ment, but this does not Justify asserting
that tho president has assumed to direct
congress lu the matter. It Is wholly le
gitimate for the executive to counsel
with senators or representatives In re
gard to any public question, but advis
ing them as to what he deems wise and
expedient is not directing congress.
Whatever Mr. McKIuley bus said or
done In connection with this canal ques
tion has, It may be coulldeutly assumed,
had reference to what ho believed to bo
for tho best Interests of tho United
States. Ho is as earnestly In favor of
an Isthmian caual us Senator Morgan
or uny other of tho men who aro urging
notion, but he desires that whatever Is
done shall be safely nnd securely done
nnd especially that the government shall
not violate any treaty obligation.
Tho efforts of Senator Morgan and
those who concur with him to forco the
United States Into compromising Its
goqd faith In regard to tho Nicaragua
canal project hnvo been thwnrted by
the administration and wo do not hesi
tate to predict that the course of the
president In this mutter will be fully
vindicated by results. There Is prom
ise that tho position of the British gov
ernment ou tho amendments to the Hay
Pauucefoto treaty will be commuulcated
to our government this week, possibly
tomorrow. 11 Is tho understanding that
tho amendments will not bo accepted
nud that probably counter proposals will
bo presented, but there Is some reason
to expect that the Iirltlxh government
will not place any Insuperable obstacles
lu tho way of an agreement satisfactory
to the Pnlted Slates. At all events wo
must respect the International obliga
tion the binding force of which hn
been repeatedly acknowledged by otir
government and never more explicitly
than lu the negotiations of the Iluy
Pnuncefote treaty and the action of the
senate thereon.
I'KEVEXTlUX IthTTEIl TIIAX CVIIE.
That an ounce of prevention Is worth
a pound of cure llnds new emphasis In
the assertion of an eminent physician,
discussing the unsolved problems of
medicine, that the medical profession
will do Its greatest good for humanity
In the future along the line of prevent
ing disease. The professional code Is
even relaxed far enough to give room
for the admission that prevention Is
more Important than the discovery of
new cures.
The suggestive feature of tills view Is
that the coining days will see physi
cians consulted ns much by healthy
people who want to know how to keep
well as by sick people who want to be
restored to health. Whether this Is lu
Imitation of the Chinese system or not,
It Is llndlng some favor already where
physicians are engaged for their advice
and care without regard to the physical
condition of the patient. The physi
cian who prevents disease certainly has
as good a claim to gratitude and recom
pense as has the lawyer who keeps his
client out of costly or hazardous litiga
tion. The work of warding off disease and
promoting health, however, Is not the
exclusive task of tho physician. Much
can be accomplished by education
through teaching the young the simple
rules of cleanliness and hygiene. Our
public schools are now doing n
great deal along this line in fact,
many a household has owed Its
reorganization to the light lei
In by the children reaching the school
age nnd taking advantage of school fa
cilities. The lessons In tidiness, cleanli
ness, ventilation and so forth taught by
dally confinement In the school room
aro ofMncalculable bonout to the homes
to which the pupils return after school
hours.
Supplemental to education must be
counted tho ever-Increasing activity of
the public authorities to create better
health conditions for the entire com
munity. The progress recorded during
the last half century lu the drainage and
sewerage of our great cities, In making
an ample pure water supply accessible
tu all, lu abatiug noxious nuisances, lu
detecting and stopping the sale of Im
pure or adulterated foodstuffs, In cheek
ing the spread of contagion by quaran
tine and In a host of other functions,
seldom receives Its proper consideration
from tho standpoint of tho Individual's
health. None of thesu mensures of dis
ease prevention could be resorted to
with effect except through the public au
thorities, yet they head off countless
calls of medical advisers and reduce
correspondingly the consumption of
physic.
Wo all know there Is no ground to
support tho hope that the human race
will ever bo completely free from the
ravages of disease, but we may feel con
lldcnt the extent nud severity of Its
physical Ills will bo constantly lessened
by the achievements of science.
Tin: issue with nvssu.
St. Petersburg advices state that It
Is not anticipated there, either by Amer
icans or well-informed Russians, that
the tariff Issue between tho Utdted
States and Hussla will result In nn un
breakable deadlock. The American
ambassador Is reported as saying that
the matter has not Interrupted In tho
slightest tho cordial relations between
the two countries nnd that It will bo de
cided in proper time by the proper au
thorities. There aro further assurances
that Uussln has no ulterior designs, ns
had been apprehended, the minister of
ilnance declaring that the sentiments of
that nation are closer than those of all
Europe.
All this Is reassuring, but the fact re
mains that the action of the Uusslan
government Is a distinct discrimination
against the United States and It Is
hardly n satisfactory explanation of this
to say that Uussla Is not dealing
with tho American courts. Having
knowledge of the fact that tho decision
of the secretary of the treasury was not
necessarily llnal and knowing also that
the decision (ltd not discriminate against
Uussia, tho haste of that government
lu seeking reprisal by decreeing dis
criminating duties on American prod
ucts was not Justifiable and was mani
festly an unfriendly act, whatever
protestations may bo made to tho con
trary. It may be entirely true that
there was no ulterior design In the
action of tho Uusslan minister ui
Ilnance. It Is very likely that ho had
no intention of setting an example to
other European countries. But this
does not relieve his action of the chnrgo
of being, under the circumstances, un
fair and unfriendly, particularly In
view of tho fact that Itussla has abso
lutely nothing to gain from it. Tho
blow struck at American Interests may
beueilt our Industrial rivals, but can be
of no advantage to Itussla.
Meanwhile, though our trade with
Itussla Is valunblo and promised to be
come very much more so, statements as
to Its amount have been exaggerated.
Our entire exports to European nnd
Aslntle Uussla for the last calendar
year were valued at a little over ?11,
000,000, Instead of $30,000,000 as some
statements have mado the amount. It
appears from tho statistics that tho
Uusslim demand for our raw cotton Is
u diminishing one, but for machinery,
agricultural Implements and other man
ufacture's of Iron and steel the demand
In recent years has grown, though not
very rapidly. However, the Uusslan
market promised to become ono of the
most important for American products
of Iron nud steel and It Is this that has
caused our manufacturers to strenuously
object to the Imposition of tho counter
vailing duty on Uusslan sugar.
As to the apprehension that other
European countries may be Induced by
the lead of Uussla to attempt u similar
policy toward the United Stntes, there
Is probably no serious danger of any
thins of the kind, ut least not ut present,
j
To render such n policy effective there
would need to be a combination of the
Industrial nations of Europe and that Is
hardly possible. None the less this Is
sue with Uussla suggests that we may
sooner or later Hud It expedient to make
some changes and modlllcntlons In our
policy.
-t LKssax ix AinitritATiux.
The annual report of the Massachu
setts Board of Arbitration and Concilia
tion, submitted a few days ago to the
legislature of that state, presents Inter
esting Information on the question of
arbitration. It states that while the In
terest of the public lu Industrial con
ciliation and arbitration Is Increasing,
"arbitration at present lags behind con
ciliation as a factor In disposing of labor
troubles." It is shown that 11 per cent
of the cases which received the atten
tion of the board were on the Joint pe
tition of both sides, 'M per cent on peti
tion of ono side nud Oil per cent were
sought after by the board.
These llgures mnke a very poor show
ing for the cause of voluntary arbitra
tion nnd It Is to be remarked that no
where has there been offered better op
portunity to test this principle than in
Massachusetts. The board was not suc
cessful in settling all (he cases that
were submitted to It by joint petition
and appears to have achieved the most
satisfactory results through conciliation
In the cases which It hunted up. Yet
tho board seems to regard voluntary ar
bitration as the only kind of arbitration
to be thought of. As to this the Boston
Transcript observes that "there Is a
growing opinion in the public mind that
better results might come of compul
sory arbitration," but this was not
shown In the discussion of the subject a
short tlmo ago In the national conven
tion of representatives of employers and
employed held under the auspices of the
Clvlo Federation of Chicago. The rep
resentatives of labor lu that body were
to a man opposed to compulsory arbi
tration and our recollection Is that no
considerable number of employers fa
vored It.
It Is an exceedingly Interesting prob
lem of how to amicably settle contro
versies between capital and labor and
Its solution is manifestly still remote.
DA XG Ell TU THE MATIXEE (Ulll..
And now comes a wicked professor In
Milwaukee who pretends to be a spe
cialist on nervous diseases and pro
claims in n public lecture that the mati
nee habit among young women is dan
gerous to their healths. "The mutlnee
habit," Insists this feelingless brute, "Is
certainly harmful to most young girls.
Tho nervous strain that a young girl
undergoes while witnessing the average
dramatic performance is exceedingly se
vere and If often repeated is likely to do
great Injury."
A society for the prevention of cruelty
to matinee girls should bo immediately
organized, for It is self-evident thnt tho
matinee habit must be protected by
making It less harmful to Its devotees.
Whether to cut out tho bonbons and
sodas or to place tho playbills for mati
nees under rigorous censorship will be
tho llrst problem to bo met, but It must
bo solved at alb hazards If every expert
lu nervous diseases has to be called lu.
Incidentally, of course, some measure
to protect the play folks from tho mati
nee girl may bo eventually lu order, for
If anything Is straining on tho nerves
of tho sensitive actor and actress It
must be a house full of Irrepressible
young women Intent upon everything
except watching the play. The matinee
habit not only demands the serious at
tention of tho public, but until reformed
constitutes a mennco to happiness that
lluds a counterpart nowhere.
The senate hns tacked a provision onto
tho appropriation for the St. Louis ex
position that tho gates shall remain
closed ou Sunday. If this action was
the result of real, genuine sentiment tho
general public would look nt It some
what differently, but It Is not. It Is sim
ply nn exhibition of moral cowardice on
the part of tho majority of tho senators,
most of whom In their own lives and
houest opinions nro far from puritanical
lu such matters. Some features of an
exposition could properly bo closed on
Sunday, In fact, no harm would be done
If they did not open ut till, but there Is
every reason why the great educational
features of an exposition should bo open
on tho only day In which thousands of
working people can afford to attend tin
exposition.
The numerous convictions lu murder
trials recorded during the past ten days
ought to exert a most salutary Influence
as a damper ou homicidal mania. Tho
knowledge thnt the punishment Is suru to
follow with unavoidable certulnty Is tho
most effective deterrent to willful crime,
Just ns Imitation Is one of the moving
factors that produce successive out
breaks of crimes of a particular class, so
tho fear of tho penalty operates to re
press the criminal disposition. Much
as sotno people may deplore tho neces
sity of severe sentences on the theory
that crime Is n disease for which the
criminal Is not wholly responsible, It Is
plain to nil thnt apprehension and con
viction, with the punishment It entails,
Is the only real safeguard to society.
Census returuo of European countries
furnish material for much speculation.
The emigration from France Is less than
from any other European country, but In
spite of this the population Is prac
tically stationary, with a tendency to de
crease. In every other country with a
heavy drain by expatriation an Increase
is shown, Such conditions, if couthmcd
permanently, promise to work wonder
ful changes In the political situation of
Europe.
Wry I'nlrlollo.
Chicago Journal.
In answer to the people who (oraplnin
that Aiuorlenns have no sincere reverence
for the memory of their Kreut men It Is
only necessavy to point out that nil the
Chicago theaters are giving special mutlnee
performances In honor of Washington's
blrthduy.
Hc'h I 'nil ii)'.
Buffalo Express.
Now Hop Smith says Chicago Is ono of
the greatest art centers of tho world, but
It Is doubtful if anything he way say will
Senatorial
New York 1
It Is now well toward the end of Feb
ruary, nnd yet no fewer than four legis
latures In Delaware, Nebraska, Montana
and .Oregon which met early lu January,
are still balloting fruitlessly, day nfter day,
In tho attempt to elect United States sena
tors. In Do hi ware and Nebraska both of
the senatorial seats are Involved, so that
the entire representation of two states lu
tho upper branch of congress Is nt stake.
Such spectacles nro undoubtedly produc
ing a decided cftoct upon public sentiment
throughout tho country regarding n chatigo
In the way of electing senators. Formerly
the cholco by a legislature was made, ns
a rule, without any delay, tho dominnnt
pnrty deciding In a caucus whom It would
support, nnd then promptly electing him.
Hut during tho last quarter of u century,
nnd especially In the last ten years, there
has been n growing difficulty In reaching
nn ngrcement, with tho result that weeks
often pass before any candidate secures n
majority, and that more nnd moro fre
quently tho session expires before n choice
Is reached. Most states restrict the sit
ting of the legislature to n certain number
of days generally sixty and most states
nlso-havo only biennial sessions, so thnt
unsettled questions go over for two years,
When tho change from legislative to
popular elections of United States senators
wns first seriously considered, tho discus
sion was largely academic. There was n
great deal of theorizing ns to whether a
better typo of man was likely to bo secured
through tho nomination of n candidate by
tho stato convention of the party which
should carry tho election than through his
cholco by the legislators of thnt parly. All
of this discussion, however, was predicated
upon the supposition that n senator would
bo elected ns readily and surely In tho ono
way ns -In the other. Hut we nro fast
reaching a situation In which there Is no
certainty whatever that n legislature
which should nanio a senator will agroo
upon anybody, nnd In which a Btnto may
bo deprived of representation In tho upper
branch of congress for years.
Doth tho stato nnd tho nation suffer from
this tendency to dcndlorks, Tho primary
object of having a legislature Is or ought
to bo to mnko laws for tho commonwealth.
Tho cholco of a United States senator
should be n incro Incident to the main busi
ness of tho body. But It Is coming to bo
tho rulo to mako tho senatorial matter tho
Important one during tho campaign In
which members of n lcglslaturo are
chosen, nnd then to lot this tamo question
dominate nil other Issues during the session
unltl an election Is renched. The resillt Is
that tho Interests ot tho state, which Us
bo taken seriously after his comments on
"Undo Tom's Cabin." Perhaps, however,
ho doesn't want to bo taken seriously. His
latest outbreak would i ml lea to that ho Is
trying to he tho great American humorist.
Don't Willi! to i:irimi- It.
Buffalo Express.
That Tcnnessco mob showed astonishing
forbearance In returning n suspected negro
to Jail after hanging him tlvo times nnd
falling to compel him to mako a confes
sion. Evidently they must havo been satis
fied thnt they wcro torturing an innocent
man. If so, on what theory even of lynch
ers' morals can they excuse their act?
Minn Aiitlioiiy'n Argument.
Philadelphia Record.
Naturally Miss Susan 1). Anthony, tho
veteran suffragist, docs not endorse tho
hntchet methods employed by Mrs. Nation
for thu suppression of tho saloon business.
During all her many years ot agitation
Miss Anthony hns maintained that tho bal
lot would bo tho sovereign euro for all tho
Ills of women, nnd especially for tho
suffering which tho lntcmpcranco of hus
bands entnlls. Ono of her standard argu
ments has teen that If tho ballot should
bo placed In tho hand of woman tho liquor
traffic would go. H happens that In Kan
sas women hnvo tho right to voto for nil
municipal officers. That It should bo nec
essary for them to use tho hatchet to
wreck tho saloons seems to bo a perfect
refutation of Miss Anthony's argument.
"Tho duty of Mrs. Nation," says Miss
Anthony, "Is to register nnd voto for only
such candidates as will plcdgo themselves
to do their duty." Thnt, however, would
not be nearly as exciting as tho swinging
of tho hatchet.
How Hluill We linns; 'Unit
Boston Transcript.
Tho study of present administrators of
capital punishment, outside of tho lynch
ing and burning mobs of tho west nnd
south, Is to put convicts to death in as re
fined and quiet a manner ns possible, with
oven tho ordinary privileges of tho press
specially abridged. This is an advance
from tho former holiday air of public
hangings, but satlsflos neither tho old idea
of punishment nor tho antl-dcath penalty
loagu'3. Dr. Donald of Trinity church,
writing to tho sccretnry of that organiza
tion, says that tho moro ha reasons tho
stronger becomes his conviction of tho huge
mistake tho death penalty has been, be
cause It does not protect society and it
takes from the criminal tho opportunities
afforded by llfo In his chance for reforma
tion. A distinguished predecessor of his
In tho Boston pulpit, three-quarters of n
century ngo remarked ono day to a friend
In tho stroot that tho air smelt particu
larly good becauso thoro was a man bang
ing In Charles street at tho moment.
A I.CHrtl (IromiilliOK liny,
St. Louis Globe-Dcmocrnt.
In tho Missouri lcglslaturo Senator Tandy
perpetrated this;
Whereas, From tho romotest periods
whoroof man holds memory it has been
an undecided question whether It Is tho
2d or tho 14th of tho month of Fobruary
on which tho sought-after and never-found
groundhog should settle tho question of
an early spring; and
Whereas, Even his hogshlp, ot recent
years, Is In doubt concerning tho day of
his nppenranco; nnd
Whcrcis, This nforcsald doubt greatly un
settles matters, In Imperial Missouri par
ticularly; therefore, be. It
llcsolved by tho senate ot tho stato ot
Missouri, That the 11th day of February
bo and Is hereby declared to bo tho only
groundhog day in Missouri; and bo It fur
ther Resolved, That tho secretary ot tho scn
ato Is hereby Instructed to notify him that
his nppearnnco on nny other day will bo
hold by the senato to be an affront to Its
constitutional rights and traditional dig
nity. I'HOIll.CTION AMI IIISTHllllITIO.V.
IHrrctnr of He Mint ItobcrtN Scores n
Point on Wrnltli.
St. Louts (Hobo Democrat.
Director of the Mint Koberts made a
good point In an address delivered last
week. "It Is tho common error of those
who attack tho existing order of society,"
ho eald, "to treat of distribution as of moro
Importance than production. Hut the real
problom Is to get more from nature. Care
ful statisticians hnvo estimated that the
total production of wealth for ovou ho ef
ficient a population as that of tho United
States, Including tho yield of the soil, the
output ot tho mines nnd all tho cnrnln'-js
of capital scarcely exceeds $2 a day for
every person engaged In gainful occupa
tions." An equal division all around at the
close ot each day would greatly disappoint
thn socialistic theorists, Mr. Roberts
points nut that the amelioration of con
ditions must come from Increased produc
tion. ;
Deadlocks
Jvenlnc Post.
lawmakers nrc chosen to look after, aro
neglected for weeks. Thero has even been
ono case lu Oregon, four years ago whoro
tho controversy over n senatorshlp pro
tented any organisation of the legislature
and the session expired without action ut
any sort by the Inwmakers.
Two years ago tho legislatures of l'enn
sylvauln, Delnware, Utah nnd Callfomln
balloted for senator without result until
their terms expired, nnd ouo seat from
each of these stntes was vacant In tho fol
lowing congress. Nebraska nnrrowly es
caped tho same fate, tho republican major
Ity being so bndly spilt that It was soven
weeks after balloting began before it cholco
was reached. Tho Oregon lcglslaturo has
been for weeks past In one ot thoso snarls
which have become customary In that stato
The Montana lcglslaturo Inst month
promptly filled oiiu seat by tho cholco ot
Claik, but has not been ablo to dlsposo
of tho other. In Nebraska the early death
of tho republican who was finally elected la
1S99 left u vnenncy which hns been tem
porarily flllod by the populist governor's
appointment of Allen, while the approaching
expiration of Thurston's term devolves the
cholco ot two senators upon tho present
body. This Is controlled by the rcpub
Menus, but they hnvo so far been uuablo to
ngreo who shall hnvo tho two places.
Delaware still has tho one scat vacant
which Addlcks would not let anybody clso
havo when ho could not get It two years
ngo, while tho term of tho democrat who
holds tho other Is expiring, nnd thus this
legislature also should choose two senators
But Addlcks again Insists that nobody shall
be elected unless ho can havo ono of tho
places, nnd so far ho has prevented nny
choice. It seems not Impossible thnt he
may succeed, to tho extent tills tlmo of
leaving the stato without nny reprcscntn
ttvo In the senate.
Tho theoretical argument for changing
tho manner of olectlng senators, so that
they may be chosen by popular vole, ns
governors are. might not produco much
effect upon n people who nro supposed to
bo so prncticnl as ours. Hut tho concrcto
nrgumont, now so often Illustrated, that
the old system frequently wrecks the ses
sion of a legislature, nnd not seldom re
suits lu no cholco at nil, must Impress tho
public. The object of any method of elec
tion Is to elect. A vote nt tho polls doea
elect, nnd In the ense of n United States
senator It would end tho business as sum
marily ns It does In tho enso of a governor.
It Is this consideration which, moro than
anything else, lu causing people to look
with growing favor upon tho proposition to
nmend tho constitution to this end.
III.ASTS rilOM HAM'S IIOUX.
That which Is falso can never be scion-
tine.
It Is easy to recover from another man's
anvorsity.
"Tho dancing Christian" has a sound llko
"tno holy devil."
When wo cast our cares on Him it docs
not mean our care for others.
There Is no fertilizer that will mako
oranges grow on chokechcrry tiecs.
Any fool can run tho universe; the wise
man is no who can run his own house.
Tho buzzing of u fly in the meeting may
mane moro trouble thifn the howling of a
mou.
Ono Is not In tho land of tho living till
they have passed from this world of tho
uying.
God's blessings como back to us In the
baskets In which wo send our gifts to
oinors.
Evory man bears his own burden, but not
oery ono has tho blessing of bearing nn
other's.
God's pardon waits for your penitence,
uui ins punishments will not hnvo tho same
patience.
When our will conflicts with Chi-ut it in
poor policy lo eeek pence by casting out
mo pence-giver.
You will find nn nngol on tho back of somo
cards, but you will find tho devil on tho
ironi or them nil.
Some people think to get heaven In their
ncaris nnd glory on tholr heads while their
hands gather the pickings of hell.
It is generally believed that tho expres
sion, "trumpet of tho Lord," does not 10
for to tho deacon who sleeps la tho meet
ing.
TOIXTS AIIOUT I'KOl'IiM.
Miss Anna McKnlg of Washington. Pa
has been mado dean of tho faculty of Wil
son collcgo for women in Chambersburg,
in,
M. Edmond Ilostnnd, says tho Paris corre
spondent ot a London journal. Is now n
candidate for tho French academy. His
election is looked upon ns certain.
C. It. MoKcnney, tho enrolling clerk of
tne nouso of representatives, Is tho owner
of a bust of Lincoln which Is mado from
gun mountings taken from tho battleship
Maine.
Should King Edward VII visit Ireland
this year, as may happen, ho will bo tho
first king, with his consort, who ever vis
ited tho country since it became part of
the British kingdom.
Judgo E. W. Cunningham, superintendent
of tho Sunday school of tho First Metho
dist Episcopal church, Emporia, Kan., hns
been nominated by Governor Stanley as ono
of tho new assoclato Justices of tho su
premo couit of Kansas,
John Hooker, n well-known Connecticut
polltlclun, who died In Hartford tho other
dny, was married to Isabella Heeohcr, sister
of Honry Ward Ileochor and of Hnrrlet
Ueechcr Stowo. His widow Is the last
living child of Dr. Lyman Hocchcr.
Thomas W. Lawaon of Iloston, who Is hav
ing a yacht built to compete for the de
fense of tho America's cup, Is, llko Sir
Thomas Llpton, a Holfmndo man. Ho made
his fortuno In speculation, but has an oye
for art and owns a Hue collection of pic
tures. He Is, however, best known for the
"Lawaon pink," which bloom it cost him
130,000 to produce.
Somebody once aBkcd Mr. Lincoln how
many men tho rebels had In tho field. He
replied: "Twelve hundred thousand, ac
cording to tho best authority." The inter
rogator ejaculated, "My God!" "Yes, sir,
twelve hundred thousand no doubt of It.
You see, our generals, when thoy get
whipped, say tho enemy outnumbered thorn
three or Ave to one. Wu have 400,000 men In
tho field, and three times four makes
twelve."
Sir Cavendish Uoyle, the now governor
of Newfoundland, began his official caroor
In tho London probate ofllco In 18CD, when
ho was 20, but five years later he took n
magisterial post In the Leeward Islands.
He has since boon colonial secretary of
Bermuda nnd of Gibraltar, and for tho
last eight years has been government sec
rotary of British Guiana, which office car
ries with It tho lieutenant-governorship of
tho colony.
Tho Dutch national present to Queen
Wllhelmlna on her wedding Is tho piotur
ehquo forest of the Oraugewoud, In Fries-
land, nenr Heorenvecn. Thero is a chateau
In the center of the forest, surrounded by
pretty gardens, which was built during the
seventeenth century by Princess William ot
Nassau Dcrtz, anl tho domain remained In
the possession of tho Orange family until
1795, when It becamo tho property of tlio
country. Orangewaud Is a beautiful place
and U situated In a picturesque district.
M'.O XIII.
SurtUor of a lleinnrUnlilr Group Who
SMiijeil HuroiirN Dmtlulc.
Brooklyn Englc.
The celebration yesterday of Leo Xllltb j
twenty-third nnulversnry of his lndurtu
Into tho pontificate calls attention to Hi
next flguro of great age, power nnd w
dom to bo called from tho stago of wir i
affairs In tho ordinary course of nature
Tho popo Is within ten days of his nine
fit at birthday. Ho has occupied his pre
ent hugust station for twenty-three yearn
longer than nil pave five among bis ....
predecessors. Of theso tho longest was h.
Immediate predecessor. Plus IX, who oi
pled tho chair for thlrty-ono yearj Tb
other four hnvo only held tho olllie for a
few months longer than the present tn pe
Tho phrnso, "Thou shalt not seo the learn
of Poter" twenty-four years and fho
months Is addressed to all popes ou 1 l,rr
Induction to ofllco. So for only two hnv.i
failed to fulfill tho prophecy. These 'a
together with tho frnll health of Popo Lc
which has several times caused the grni'
anxiety, point out that tho Inevitable change
cannot long bo delnycd. Popo Leo's n
Ity coincided with that of Hlsmarrk
llntn I of Germany, Victoria, Gladston.'
and Disraeli In England. Ho has guide
tho pontlflcntn sldo by side with tho Italian
kingdom, which the father of King Hum
bert established during tho official life nt
his predecessor, nnd as a pope ho has
watched tho growth townrd permanence
I ho French republic, which ns card r
ho snw established. Theso parallels w
sufficiently Indicate tho difficulties nnd -ne
statesmanship of tho career now draw n
toward Its close. Pope Leo Is the surv or
of n rcmarknblo group of old men tin
swnyod tho destinies of Europe during '!(
Inst quarter of tho nineteenth eeiiMr
When the Inevitable tlmo comes for h m
to go to his reward his death will bo i
soverniico of tho Inst link which hinds tho
old order to tho now.
hi:i i h.mm; saxitv.
Toirl.n JtrxciiiMl from the Krcn of
ii .lloli of I'n ii a lien.
Wnsliltigton Times.
Hy holding tho Nation woman In jn i n
default of a bond to keep tho peace nul
exacting per.eo bonds from her lend nc
companions In the recent riots, mid iv n
Judicial decision that the property of a
loon Is ns sacred from molestation, ex. eP
under the legttimato order of a ronn n
any other property, tho prohibition cro
sado In Kansas lias been brought to a fml
stop.
Whnt astonishes the country is Hm'
theso simplo nnd effectual means of pre
venting disorder, destruction nud bloodshed
wcro not resorted to earlier. For two
wholo weeks Kansas wns at the mercy uf
fanatical, crazed nnd, according to pre!s
dispatches, often half-druuken nrnbs of
Nation reformers, who were permitted io
wreck houses and fixtures nnd to commit
burglnry nnd homlcldo without n finger
being lifted to interfere with the saturna
lln of violence nud crime. Tho very fir
time Mrs. Nation was arrested nt the be
glunlng of tho movement sho could hnv
been put under bunds to keep the pr:
heavy enoi h to warn other fanatlrs ir tun
herself that lawbreaklng may bo loo open
slvo to render tho practlco pleasant nd
If then, one of tho Kansas Judges who now
step to tho front bracly nnd sensibly, bad
been equully bravo and sensible, and IihiI
ndmonlshcd tho populnco thnt saloon prop
crty was as much under tho pro'ecnin of
tho law ns against prlvato vengennre ns
churches nnd school houses, thero would
havo been an end to tho matter and the
Grasshopper stato would hnvo avoided tho
dark stain upon Its record which now w'l
never bo lost to sight.
MIltTll AMI AV1T.
Philadelphia Press: After a Ilargaln ' t
do want low take ii ride on (hem slo.im
cars iigulii, Josh," snld tho good old s.-.u
....... V ..... ,11 .....I, .11, .....M IhI. .. .. ..
I IUl 1 I ULKUll 111 UIL llll unci Jnii n
d'y."
"Whnt's thnt got tew do with l"' i
quired tho old man.
"I sei'lied n piece 111 this week's Vliull
enter I didn't ,W tend It nll-but 'm
somethlit' 'bout 'Cheap Lenten Fare'"
ChlcnKo Record: "How do you think Mr
Simpson proposed?"
I'll never guess." . . ,,
'Ho nNled mo If I felt favorably dHpos-j
to n unification of Interests."
ni.lt-i.lnliililii nitron! Mr. Newllwrd Sn
vou've been buying more useless truck
Wo hnvo absolutely no uso for those rur
titltif". Haven't 1 told you to stop buying
tliliiRH Just becauso they were cheap
Mrs. NPWllwed Yes, my dear, and I ve
obeyed you. Thoso curtains weren't at nil
ehenp.
t .. . tt'llltn TIapa. n ritpllm
fnr enoklmr lentils. Say. im. what nro
lentils? . ...
Pa on! turn s somo Kinu oi nut j"
havo to cat during Lent.
nuimii Tniirn.-il- Interested Party And
m von nrn niiiriled now. Lvdbl? 1 linn
your husband Is a good provider.
Tho Hrldi 'Deed ho 1m. missus! He got
mo free now places in wasn ai msi ween
lMillnilelnhla Press: "The man who is
waging wnr on the modern prize light Is a
regular Don Quixote."
"YOU tlllllK HOT . , ,,, ,.
"Of course; ho's only fighting windmills.'
Tn1lniminlts Prep! "The illfferon"o be
tween you and me," said the Clam to thn
Lobster, "Is that you put up and I shut up
Almost at onco a rlnnlo of merriment run
over tho foco of tho sen.
Washington Btnr: "What did vou think
of that furewell speech of mine?" said the
orator. . .. .....
"Well, answereil misb cayenne, ui u-
candid, I couiiin t quiio nniKf ui' my mm"
whether It ought to be referred to ns a
swim ecng or ns moroly ono of the custo
innry cnckles."
Life: "I know I shall never lovn another
omim ns I do you."
"f should hope not! '
'Well, vou ncctiii i kci mini uiium u. x 'i
t I could If I wanted to."
be
rblrnzn Itecord: "I'enclone couldn't ay
no' to a rlnh miltor."
"or cour.su not nor moiiier wouiiuri 101
her."
Rlrnv fllnrles! "The fact Is." snld tho fat
man. "I married becauso I was lonoly n
much no for nny, other ronsoa. To put It
tersely. I lrinrrled for nyinpnthy."
"WVll," Bald tho lean man, "you have
mine."
A MImimiiiht.
Chicago llecord.
Ho i-aiits at hnlf-iinst seven
To pay nn ovenliig rail.
She feared nbntlt cloven
That he'd never go at all.
Ills Btyle of conversation
Wuh Innocontly Inane.
Showing lack of cogitation,
Hut his mannor was urbane.
He smiled nnd kept nn talking
In a cheerful, babbling flow,
WhllH film spoke about the wnlklnr
And wished that ho would go!
In vain her hints end yawning:
He stn vo,i and stayed and stayed;
It was rc-nlly nlmost morning
Hro ho left that wearied maid,
Sho said she thought she really
Would have had to take a nap,
And "ho wondered why thoy, carted him
''Such on eiisy-golng chap."
.MOlilKUS.
Edwin L. Snbin In the Century.
Mothers nro tho queerest things!
'Membor when John wont away,
Alt but mother cried and cried
When they snld goodby that day,
Bho Just talked, and seemod to bo
Not tho slightest bit upset
Was tho only ono who smiled!
Otters' eyes wero streaming wet.
Hut when John camo back agnln
On a furlough, safn nud sound,
With a mudul for Ills deeds,
And without a hlnglo wound,
While tho rest of us hurrahed,
Laughed und Joked and danced about,
Mother kissed him, then she cried
Cried and cried llko all git outl
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