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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JViNE 0, lflOl.
The omaha Daily Bee.
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Hlato of Nebraska, Douglas County. as,:
(Jcorgo II. Tzschuck, secretary of The Hce
Publishing Company, being1 duly sworn,
ways that tho uctuul number of full and
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evening anil suniiay ueo printed miring
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M. li. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
Tho croaker received such a wetting
the last few days that ho will lay
off lo dry out.
'J ho only drawback to this wet
weather, so far as an agricultural state
like Nebraska Is concerned, is that It Is
hard on lawn socials and open air con
certs. 'I lie Commercial club nnd the
Woman's club should hold a Joint ses
sion to discuss tho subject of news
paper reporters who report too accu
rately. It Is now Sir Thomas Linton's turn
to bend condolences. Tho numerous no-
cldents show thnt the modern racing
yacht Is not only an expensive but a
delicate toy.
The people of Omaha do not wnnt any
experimenting with Iho Instruction lu
the High school, nor lu any other part
of the school system for that matter,
They have already been nllllcted with
too many school experiments.
hllc the property owners nnd conn-
ell arc In deadlock as to which should
pay for the repairs to downtown asphalt
pavements the streets remain In almost
lmptssablo condition, to the great detrl-
nie-Jt or trnlllc and business.
Admiral Dewey now appears as a lit!
gnnt lu a suit before the Nebraska su
premo court. Taken in connection with
the recent lillng of a deed giving him
ownership to Omaha property, this
ought to make him almost a Nebraskan
When the War department authorities
have a breathing spell, It Is to bo hoped
they will take time to assign a com
manding general to the Department of
tho Missouri, which' hns been so long
without a ranking oflicer In charge.
Tim Americans who have Invaded
England are rubbing it in. An Ameri
can horseman won the great English
Derby and iin American Jockey rode
the horse. If this thing keeps up much
longer Englishmen will be forced to
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crowded out.
Another lire of largo dimensions hns
destroyed part of the Forbidden City at
tho Chinese capital. It Is unfortunate
that these tires should have occurred
during foreign occupation. With a
peoplo as superstitious as tho Chinese
these occurrences are likely to leave a
lasting impression antagonistic to for
eigners.
If we understand nlalu Eutrllsh thi
Humnno society does not concern itoif
so much about brutalltv to ninn it
does about cruelty to animals. In other
words, tho Humane soeletv 1 wiin
to close Its eyes to tho Spanish bull tight
f Olllv assured that no one will rim l.n
risk of ectttne hurt excont tho in
who swing tho red rag In the face of the
enraged bull.
The Turkish government has paid tho
first of the. claims growlug out of the
Armenian outrages, taking the smallest.
that of the French, for a starter, While
the clnims of other countries, Including
tho United State's, remnln unliquidated.
the action In this case lends hone that
some time in the dim and distant future
the Turk Intends to meet his inter-
national obligations.
Tho high-sounding phrases with which
Prof. Herron assails the foundation of
the homo may satisfy the professor and
the woman whoso Infatuntlon with his
vagaries nas icu nor into an unenviable
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position, but they are not likely to
hnvo much weight. The world Is too
firmly anchored In the idea of home,
which has survived the upheavals of
centuries, to bo uprooted so easily.
Tho division of water In the semi-
arid section Is a perplexing problem,
Tho farmers say thnt without water for
Irrigation there Is no certainty of nils-
Ing a crop of wheat, while the millers
say that If water Is taken for Irrigation
there Is none left In tho streams to
turn their mills. It Is a slight variation
of the old problem of the dam by a
mill site and no mill by a dam site,
ALCEl'TAXCE EXPECTED.
It ntmenrs thftt tliure wns sent from
Culm, to Washington two thnftj', widely
different in clmrnctcr, of the additions
l n rlrt tn !: Tlrt I it inn ri 1 m rtli A I
eordlnjr to tlie statement the Interpret-
unit or tlie iiineniiineni contumeii in tne
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eented wits approved by Secretary Hoot
mid tlie convention ,o notified by Oen
end Wood. Then It wns discovered
that (hero were not enough votes to
adopt the report tinier It wafe exten
sively nltered and thereupon the alter
ations re'iiilrcd to (secure the necessary
votes were tnndc and the convention
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one. Tins second draft was rejected by
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our goeiunienr.
M his puts n uiaoreut aspect upon tne
mnMnt - mul n.llnvi tho ntlinlnlMtrntlntl
. r n,..i ..(.... ..r ... imn M.
i mmim-iuii m wu num m -.,-
thnt ti,u acti f ti, ?mn ct
8tantlally of the Flntt niiieudiucnt. It
shows thrtt the ndinlnlstratlon was en
tirely willing to stand by the construc
tion which It had given the amendment
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mission and which ucro Incorporated
lit tho original report of the relations
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coiuiniitce, out toe nuii'imco repori
nig koiiu far noyonii tins ami iniueii to
the American terms Interpretations
never thought of by the American olll
clals, It was necessary on the part of
our government to reject It. Those,
therefore, who have char,'cd that In
doing this the administration Is seek
Ins to coerce the (Jubans will have lu
fairness to revise tllelr opinion, l'laluly
nit that the administration Is endeavor
lnr to secure Is n satisfactory coim
iiiianco with the act of concress. which
l.ngllrpM Umt (lle COIlltlons submitted
to Culm shall bo accepted substantially
In the form adopted by congress. This
It Is bound to do under the terms of
the act, though the president Is given
some discretion In determining what Is
"substantially" an acceptance of the
conditions.
It Is seen, then, that had the con
vention adopted the first report of Its
relations committee, which had been
approved by Secretary Hoot, tho ipies
tlon of future relations between Cuba
and the United States would now be
settled. The responsibility for this not
being the case Is therefore on the Cu
bans. What they will now do remains
to bo seen. It is said to bo tho belief
In otllclal circles at Washington that
the Cuban people as a whole are per
fectly satisfied with the Piatt amend
nient and thnt It will tinally be.acceptod
satisfactorily to tills government, rer
lml there Is Inside Information which
warrants this belief, but so far as
I,ul,llc Knowledge goes mere nas neen
no clear Intimation as to what tlie con
stitutional convention may decide to do.
There will be. It can conlldently be
said, no pressure upon It from Washing
ton. The Cubans fully understand that
the alternative to non-compllauce with
the American terms Is continuance of
military occupation. An Independent
government, will not bo established In
Cuba until the. conditions prescribed by
the United States are accepted. The
settlement of the matter Is wholly In
the hands of tho representatives of the
Cuban people.
KVEItY I'lUEMAX HIS OII'iY CHIEF.
The executive committee of the Com
mercial club has empowered a special
committee to expend whatever funds
nre necessary to support tho contention
of Chief Hedell that the mayor and
Hoard of Fire nnd Police Commission-
prs have no authority to Investigate his
conduct or remove him from oflieo. Tho
mainspring of tills move Is notoriously
a member of a former police commis
sion who wns Injected Into that body to
represent the lire Insurance agents. In
view of tho fnct that the committee has
no money at Its disposal for tho pur
pose, the money for the Hedell defense,
fund Is to bo raised by private contri
bution from busluess men, who are
being led to believe that Hedell Is the
victim of a political conspiracy and that
lit ti crtff Irtiici n w nliervlu nl t ltwl I unniiun .
b,0 n m.(kr t0 ,rovpnt mother rnlso
of tire Insurance rates.
In making this declaration Tho Hce
violates no confidence and euiniut be
truthfully charged with partisanship
or misrepresentation. It admits thnt
tho elllclcney of tho lire department hns
been greatly Improved since Hedell wns
mnde chief. Nobody connected with
The Hoe harbors hostility to Chief-
Hedell nor has The lice uuy Interest in
contllct with the policy-holding busluess
meu of Omaha so far as the elllclency
of tll llre Mi.B force Is concerned
Ane which tue commercial eiun
ls tnkln ll0WL'vtr- nt tl,n stance and
insugauou oi u special interest win, in
Ktea(l ot I,lomotluK 1,1,5 -iUcleucy of the
"eimruucm, inuimciy uesiroj- u.
lmi soii-consututeii cnainpions or
Ch,ef Hedo11 ,,nvo put h,m im" t,,c ,M)'
union oi denying tue rigm or urn ponce
uoaru to investigate ins conduct as chief
or 111 ""' w,,y to Interfere with his
privilege of running the department as
110 P'oases.
If tl,ls contention were upheld, whom
would It leave Chief Hedell? What
woull become of the discipline of the
department? Hedell holds his coinmls
slou HS L',1,et' frum t,1L muyor and police
"onrri, Just the same as every tlrenmu
under him. He has recognized the
board's authority to appoint, promote
nuu lomovo men for years. He has tiled
huudreds of complaint with the board
Kl"t llremon charged with dlsobedl
pco of orders or dereliction of duty. He
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uun Ullu inui.-:imiiK uuess in most
ot these Investigations and the men
convicted have been dismissed to up
hold his authority.
H Hedell ls abovo the police board
that commissions him, so Is every other
member of the tiro department and of
the pollco department. If ho Is entitled
to an Injunction to stop Investigation
into his conduct, they are entitled to the
same privilege. If he can have the
police board restrained from interfering
with him, every captnlu, lleutennnt and
privato ls entitled to an order of court
t0 restrain Hedell from interfering with
htm. In other words, If Rcdell's con
I tendon ls good, every man Is his own
chief. This means the absolute destruc
tion of all authority and discipline In
the lire and police departments.
Manifestly, Chief Hedell Is uufortuunte
lu choosing his defenders and ndvlsers.
If he desired to retain his position he
should have courted the fullest Investi
gation by the only body that has any
authority over him. lty refusing to
submit himself to the same ordeal that
every tlreii.au must submit to, he prac
tically declares that he will not obey
the orders of his superiors.
Suppose charges had been preferred
before the Hoard of Kducatlon against
the superintendent for brutal or Insult
ing treatment of touchers, how far
would the Commercial club go In sup
port or an apiieal to the courts to pre
vent the school board from looking Into
the charges and taking action on them'
Are the firemen who risk their own
lives to protect tho lives and property
of the community less entitled to pro
tection against tyranny and maltreat
ment thnn the school teachers? What
business man lu or out of the Commer
cial club would allow one of his em
ployes, however valuable, to defy his
authority to Imiulre Into his conduct?
And In what light will the Commercial
club stand If the charges preferred
against Kcdell aru sustained by evi
dence he cannot controvert?
A VICIOUS ASI) LAWLESS EXTEIIPIIISE.
Under the pretense of protesting against
"a Spanish bull light" taklug place lo
South Omaha, The Dec makes an uncalled
for nttack on South Omaha's proposed
street fair. The Humane society has lu
vestlgnted the proposed bull fight, and the
officers of that society appear to bo satis
fied that It Is not tbo purpose to vio
late tho laws In this affair. If, however,
tho promises of the street fair manage
ment In regard to the proposed bull fight
aro not adhered to, the Humane society
may be depended upon to put a stop to
the proceeding. There Is, then, no Jus
tification for an Omaha newspaper to as
sail a public enterprise set on foot by the
peoplo of South Omaha. The attack upon
the Omaha street air was likewise without
Justification. World-Herald.
Omaha and South Omnha nre one nnd
Inseparable. The concern of ono Is the
concern of the other. What affects the
public morals and good name of South
Omaha affects tho public morals and
good name of Omaha. This Is pre
cisely why the Omaha Humane society
has taken notice of the proposed bull
lighting in South Omaha.
Hut It Is not alone the members of
the Humane society who are Interested
lu the suppression of cruelty to men
and animals or In the stimulation of
vice and crime. The otllcers of tho
Humane society may be satisfied thnt
tlie proposed 'Spanish bull tight will be
a sham. In that case, liowever, tho
people who are expected to pay for tho
privilege of witnessing these bloody
spectacles will bo the dupes. The Hu
mane society, doubtless, has been sntls-
tied that the prize lights which have
recently come off at South Omnha were
shams, but tho managers of these brutal
exhibitions, who paid $1."0 each time for
protection, must have exhibited some
thing more exhilarating than a contest
with pillows.
Only a few years ago a glovo contest
wns placed on the boards at Platts
mouth, restiltlug lu tho death of one of
tho pnttlclpants and a term in the petit
tentlnry for tle other. Should the In
offensive Spanish bull tights, over which
the Humane society Is said to bo watch
ing, result In the death of any of the
participants, will It assume the respon
sibility? The Hce has no apology to offer for
protesting against public enterprises of
this character. Neither has it any
apology to make for what It has said
concerning the Omaha street fair, which
was decidedly objectionable. People
who have any pride In Omaha's repu
tation do not want to see It repeated.
Is the South Omaha fair likely to be
any better? How Is the public to do-
rive any benefit from a carnival of tho
vicious? Tlie plea that It will put
money In circulation does not Justify It.
The managers of the enterprise surely
do not pretend to claim that It will
put money lu circulation in legitimate
channels or that It will bring any In-
crc'tiKu in legitimate trade. Those who
are expecting the greater part of the
prollt from this enterprise aro not en
gaged In any legitimate business.
The goring of bronchos or the butch
ering of bulls Is not the only objection
able feature of the proposed enterprise.
The opportunity afforded for general de
bauchery Is equally, If not more, objec
tionable. Who can guarantee to tlie
Humane society or to the public at
large that this enterprise will not result
lu rowdyism thnt will terminate In tliu
malmlug or killing of men and women?
Who will gunrnnteu South Omaha
against a murderous street brawl or
ovou a bloody riot?
If South Omaha wants to get up a
Fourth of .Inly celebration along rea
sonable and respectable lines Its enter-
pilfie will be entitled to encouragement
and patronage from Omaha. Hut :t
that day Is to be nuulo the occnslon for
disgraceful and brutal public exhibi
tions, we desire to register our earnest
protest.
ACTIVITY OF THE IlOEItS.
It Is not surprising that the activity
of the Hoers is causing uneasiness In
England. When It Is remembered what
was promised from tho "checkerboard"
campaign of Kitchener, which was ox
pected to soon put an end to hostilities,
the ninnner lu which the Hoers have
recently been operating must bo a sore
disappointment to tho Hritlsh. The cap
turo of Jamestown, In Capo Colony, the
surprise of tho Htitlsh nt a point forty
miles from Johauucsburg, and other
movements of the sturdy nnd ludoinl
table Dutch fighters, would seem to
Indicate that they have found now re
sources In men and in war supplies,
but such Is probably not tho case, at
any into as to men. They are simply
maklug the best possible use of the
small force they hnvo and again dem
onstratlng that they aro excelleut strat
egists.
A London dispatch says there are
further demands for reinforcements nnd
the season ls nt hand In South Africa
when tho British nrmy Is likely to suffer
heavily from disease, which is a more
destructive enemy than tho Doors, the
record of losses from disease very much
exceeding the killed nud wounded, Nor
do tho published records show the total
number of deaths of Hrltlsh soldiers
caused by the war. A good many men
Invalided home have died In England,
without being Included In the list of the
dead. At the present time all the mil
itary hospitals In the United Kingdom
nre crowded with patients suffering
from fever contracted In South Africa.
Meanwhile the money cost of the war
to (Jrcat Uiitlan Is not being reduced.
Tho proposal for a Joint gunranty
of the bonds Issued by China In pay
ment of tho Indemnity duo the powers
ls not lookdd upon with favor In Wash
ington. The few Instances In which tho
United Stntes Iuih Joined with other
nations lu making guaranties, tlnanclal
or governmental, have been a source of
much trouble and the authorities have
always felt relieved when the obligation
was discharged. No question but such
a guaranty would add materially to
the value of the bonds, but It Is not
so easy to see Just where the sureties
are to be betietlted.
A St. Louis Judge Is of the opinion
that the street cars of that city kill
altogether too many people and that the
low should step lu nnd stop the care
lessness which Is responsible for the
loss of life. Rapid transit Is certainly
a necessity under modern conditions,
but It Is no less certain that In many
Instances It Is obtained by unneees
sarlly putting life lu Jeopardy. The
companies should bo forced to provide
the best safeguards against accidents
nnd employes who neglect to use them
should certainly be made to suffer tho
penalty for their carelessness or willful
neglect.
Tlie Rev. John Williams as one of
the olllcers of tlie Humane society says
ho would be glad if Tho Hoc could prove
Itself equal to the task of suppressing
vice In South Omaha, even though It
be not nblo to suppress It bete at
home. Suppressing vice ls one thing nnd
encouraging It Is another. The Hoc con
cedes that It has not been nblc to sup
press vice lu Omaha, and It is not likely
to suppress it in South Omaha, but It
does not propose to encourage so-called
enterprises gotten up expressly to
stimulate vice and afford an opportunity
for fatal accidents, to use a mild term
The ship which recently snlled from
Chhjago for Europe has completed Its
vovage. Seaboard cities have laughed
at the ldeh of loading ships 1,(100 miles
Inland ami sailing thorn through the
Great Lakes to Europe. One shipload,
or several of them, for that mnttor, will
not make any mrtterlnl difference to the
seaboard cities, lint, like many another
enterprise of. snlull'beglnnlng, It mny In
time work'u revolution of tho carrying
trade of tho great west.
ah Mm hlc4 conventions of national
orgnnlzntfons'are being held now In
various parts ffljMhe country, or nnout
o ho hold. amWor most of them a lirlsk
competition lu'')in for the next meeting
place. OniahaAhould get Into the run
ning for a few of these conventions
which it can easily handle without wnlt-
Ing on Its auditorium project. Omaha
should not let the reputation it mnde as
a convention host during the Trnnemls
slsslppl exposition go altogether by the
board.
With tho llrst of next month the plau
of civil government propnred for the
Philippines by the commission will be
put into operation and extended to
every part of tlie Islands as soon as
the machinery can be organized. Con
sideling the disturbed condition of tho
Islands, both the nrmy and the commls
sloners hnvo done a great work In re
storing to so largo a degree order where
chaos reigned when they took posses
slou.
Comrade in TriiUc.
Indlunupolts Journal.
The trade between this country and Spain
Is at full tide once more, which Indicates
that commerce knows little friendship or
enmity.
Kluahluu the Mux Uttlcc.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho court decision to tho effect that the
Cherry sisters merely Kot what was coming
to them will not hurt tno sisters irom a
box-offlco point ot view it they utillzo It
properly.
IlrserveN Siici-lnl Distinction.
Duffulo Express.
The familiar "I regret to announce" ap
pears onco moro In Lord Kitchener's latest
message. In the Interest of economy ft
special cipher covering these words ought
to be issued to urllisn gencrais in iuu
field.
SouriT of Piirty Trouble.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
For all tho present evils of the country
which ho describes Mr. nryan, with tho
violent, undemocratic, unpatriotic, unnat
ural, absurd popullstlc fusion which he
twlco represented as a prcsiounnai candi
date. Is to the amplest extent Individually
responsible.
A Pertinent liettoii.
lioulsvllle Courier-Journal.
If Europe cannot compete with American
goods In Its own market, after thoy have
paid the cost of transportation, how could
It expect to pay tho cost of transportation
of its own goods and compote with those
American goods In American markets, even
If we removed every cent of duty on them?
ClennliiK "t (lie Croukn.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho Manila frauds aro being probed
with gratifying promptness, and tho guilty
men aro being suitably punished. Military
law will probably havo tho whole troublo
settled and the frauds stopped in less
tlmo than civil law would need to begin
proceedings. It Is gratifying tq observe
that tho plot seems to have few ramifica
tions, and only a few army officers are im
plicated. Chinese Clieiip Labor.
Indianapolis News.
Evelyn E. Portor, an electrical engineer
connected with tho cotton mills at Shanghai,
ays that tho six mills there have each
(0,000 BplndUs, nnd that they cannot, even
with Chinese cheap labor and the women
are paid only 15 cents a day compete
with the American manufacturer. Whllo
tho roost rigid 'economy is practiced the
companies have never earned moro than 3
per cent. An Amorlcan operatlvo does bot.
ter work, and about four times moro work
In the same time thnn tho Chinese dors,
and hence our productions aro cutting out
Chinese goods in Chinese market
sn.Mcii'Aii ov.i:niim
A MnannchnNettii Iimtnnee trlth Hume
lntereHnK I'nrln.
Springfield Republican.
The city of Taunton owns nud operates
tho electric lighting plant there, nnd tho
manager of the plant now reports It to ze
In a bad way. Tho lesjen being drawn
from the matter Is, of course, thnt munici
pal ownership ls more or less of a failure,
and one of the New York papers thus dwells
upon the cute ,
"MassachusMts makes nno her Intetestlng
contribution to the stock of public knowl
edge regarding munlclpnl lighting plants.
In tho report from the manager of such a
plant In tho city of Taunton. It appears
that tho plant Is nearly worn out: that tho
buildings nro In danger of tumbling Into
a river during any heavy storm; that the
machinery Is out of date, and that tho power
needed to run It cannot be secured with the
material on hand. In other words, the city
must now build practically a new plant, or
else go out of the lighting business. Wlut
renders this report tho more striking Is the
fnct that this Taunton experiment has for
years been held up as an example of the
successful municipalization of "public util
ities."
It should be said right here that none of
tho Massachusetts experiments In this lino
have hecn held up ns strikingly successful
examples; and, on the other hand, none of
them have conclusively proven the Inability
of a body politic to manage well such mo
nopolies on Its own nccount.
The Taunton experiment shows nothing
of what It ls here presumed to show. Tho
plant less thnn Ave yoirs ago was a private
concern, nnd when tho city, In 18117, decide!
to go Into the buslnos. It was compelled by
tho law of the state to buy out the prlnio
company. If the plant then acquired, at
the apparently excessive price of about
J150.000, Is now, within four years, "nearly
worn out," nnd tho buildings "In danger
of tumbling Into tho river," nnd the "ma
chinery Js out of date," the conclusion
would seem to be that failure In munlclpnl
ownership Is less evident than success on
the part of the private company In beating
the city with a tumble-down plant for n
largo sum of money, by decree of tho
court which established the price tho city
must pay. It cannot but be noticed that
the ono principal argument against public
ownership Is now meeting dally with crush
ing blows from the very class which for
merly made most use of It. This ls tho
consideration that n non-ownership man
agement, ns municipal management must
be, ls lens efficient than a superintendence
which also possesses tho Interests of owner
ship. And the advocates of the trusts nre
ono and alt now engaged tn belittling this
consideration or denying its soundness al
together.
SI I! ST IIAVH A.MI'.HK'AN OOODS.
MnkliiK nut n Slronjr Cnur for Amei
lenu llnniifncturer.
Baltimore American.
Lord Oeorge Hamilton, secretary of state
for India, has added his testimony to that
of others of his countrymen as to tho
superiority of American methods and manu
factures, and facts nre being brought for
ward, not only Jn England and Its colonics
but on the continent, that mako out a
strong caso for our counjrymen. National
prldo Is much thhe same all over the woild.
It Is self-evident that Americana could sell
no locomotives and cam In England and
India nor build bridges In the latter coun
try and In Africa If English contractors
could be found to do the work ns quickly
and ns cheaply, nor could American goods
make Inroads In tho continental markets If
our competitors there could help It. The
trouble for the foreigners Is thnt the hard
ship for them Is only beginning. Tho En
glish people aro slow to como to a realizing
sense about almost anything thnt affects tho
welfare of their country, but the frank
statements 'of their agents about the serious
ness or American competition aro navmg
effect.
All the talk In tho contlntntal newspapers
about forming a commercial union to head
off American manufacturers will amount
to nothing. In tho first plnce, these na
tions could not agree nmong themselves
on any flxed policy against America, be
cause each Is In some respect a com
petitor with others; but the serious Hide
of It ls ihat none of them ran get along
without Importing from ohroad, and of all
countries to draw from tho most product
Ivo and convenient Is the United 8tates.
To attempt to "bring America to torras"
by beginning a tariff war would ho rldlc
ulous nonsense, for tho simple reason that
this country can llvo without Europe, but
Europe could not long survive If supplies
from tho United States wero cut off.
Much as thoy dislike It, tho foreign na
tlons that Import and that means all of
them that amount to anything will bi.
compelled to accept the supremacy of the
United States as a manufacturing and ex
porting nation, and arrange the terms of
trading on conditions as advantageous as
possible.
PKHSONAIi MOTHS.
Senator Hoar never forgets a face, but
has frequent troublo In recalling names.
Governor Nash takes an early opportunity
to Inform tho Ohio republicans that he
hopes to got tho Ivy poison out of his oyes
In time to see his way clear to another
term.
Joseph L. Ray, the confidential clerk of
Charles M. Schwab, Is a negro, a natlvo of
Charlottesville, Va., and a graduate of
Howard university, Washington. He Is 36
years old.
Emlle Zola has just refused an offer of
$100,000 for three books. "I onco walked
tho streets of Paris In danger of starva
tion," he said, "but I am not starving now
at tho age of 61."
Joseph Brucker, for many years man
aging editor of the Illinois Stoats Zeltung,
hns left Chicago for Berlin, where ho will
establish the Columbia, a Gcrmnn-Atnerlcan
Journal of commorco,
Hon. Phya Phetchada, who Is coming to
this country as Siamese envoy, Is to havo
his name changed to Phya Charoun Rajah
Maltrl lis n preliminary honor. And you
can't pronounce that namo Just by sneez
Ing either.
A monument to Olo null, designed by tho
Danish sculptor, Stephen Slndlng, was re
cently unveiled at Ocrgen, In Norway. Tho
violinist Is shown listening to the music of
a water nix or' spirit. A casoadu falls ove
the strings of the harp held by tbo nix
anil Is thus supposed to give the keynote
or Inspiration for which tho artist waits,
C. Arthur Pearson, the millionaire news
paper nnd magazine proprietor of London
who owns the Dally Express, an enormously
successful 1-cent dally, ls coming to th
United States to study Amorlcan news
paper methods. Mr. Pearson owns about
thirty publications, dallies, weeklies and
monthlies, all of them highly profitable,
Cardinal Gibbon's has not been In the best
of health elnco his arrival In Rome and
has been contemplating a visit In conse
quence to Carlsbad or Vichy, hut his phy
stclans havo told him that this was nut
necessary and ho now purposes to remain In
Italy until tho middle of June and then go
to tho north of France, Delglum and then
to London.
Dr. Charles Edwurd Munroo, senior dean
of tho Columbian university of Washing
ton, has received from the sultan of Tup
key tho decoration as a commandant ot
tho Order of the Mcdjidlo, an order founded
In honor of the father of the present sultan
and tnn rarest decoration conferred by th
Ottoman government. Mr. Munroo Is th
second American to receive this honor, th
othor being General Lew Wallace, who wn
at one time minister to the subllue porte
HOT TIMI1S IV HAWAII.
Ornnil .lury nuil the Court OMIiik
Ofltcliil n Unit.
Th home rule party In the territory of
Hawaii did not make a very high record
In legislation, but Its members do not ap
pear In as bad a light as the uppolutlvo
official sought to convey. On the contrary,
udging by the comments of the Honolulu
Republican and the Honolulu Ilulletln, I
papers published by Americans, the native I
liKtmlmri nf Ihrt 1rtlatl,,. ......I.. ........
............ " " w.u ivi.iniuic imiwu it ill; t
creditable record, free from the scandals '
so common In state legislatures on the
mainland. The fact of tho natives secur
ing control of the first legislative assembly
was n great shock to the republican or
l)oli n.irlv. nnd pvprv miAn Mint n.hn.t.
enced politicians could employ was used !
to discredit tho legislative capacity of the
majority. The experienced minority, In
stead of co-operating with the natives In
promoting tho welfare of the Islands, re
sorted to parliamentary sharp practice on
every occasion, causing confusion and seri
ously retarding If not defeating necessary
legislation.
t the outset Territorial Secretary
Cooner nlnred hU ilml; nr iimi r,t ih
speaker of the house for the purpose of
i-iiuruuK mo procceuings or tne uoay tor,
tho president of the United States. Ob
jection being made to his presence on the
floor he refused to make himself scarce
and was sustained by Governor Dole. After
(Ho dnys of wrangling, Cooper was forcibly
ejected from the chamber. Acordlng to
tho Honolulu RcpubHcnn, the governor
showed sennt courtesy to tho legislature.
refusing necessary lnformntlon called for
and treating the natlvo majority with lofty
contempt. The question of. revenue under!
existing conditions high salaries and lira-
Ited taxable property would tnx tho tal
ents ot a state legislature. To the na
tives, new In the business, It proved too
hnrd a nut to crack within tho limits of .
sixty-day session. Consequently the rev
cnuu problem wns unsolved when the legis
lative term expired, Hcforc tho session
was brought to n close by law, a committee
waited upon Governor Dole and asked thnt
the session bo extended to finish up tho
work. This tho governor refused to crnnt.
at tho same tlmo Informing the committee
that members of the legislature hnd been
guilty of hrtbery and that the welfare of
the territory would not bo enhanced bv a
continuance of tho session. Notwithstand
ing tho refusal, the governor n few dnys
later, called an extra session of tho legis
lature to provide revenue and pass a salary
bill.
The chnrgo of bribery made by the gov
rnor nnd Iterated by his subordinates
was denounced as false by the leglslnturo
and proof challenged. Now comes the lie-
nouement. A grand Jury wns summoned by
too territorial district court to Investlgato
no cnarges of bribery. On Mnv 16 ihn
grand Jury began tho Inquisition.. Among
those summoned to appear nnd tell what
moy Know wero Governor DoIp. Socretarv
Cooper, Attorney General E. P. Dole, ex
Stlperlntendont of Public Vork McCnnrt.
less, Attorney-Editor Lorrln A. Thurston
and Editor Walter O. Smith of the Honolulu
Advertiser, organ of tho administration.
bach of theso witnesses refused to nlvn ihn
names of persons alleged to have been
guilty of bribery nnd were called Into court
to show cause why they should not he nd.
Judged guilty of cmtempt. "Never before
in tno history of the Islands," says tho
Honolulu Republican." has there heen Hurt,
a crowd In tho court to hear what plea tho
recalcitrants wou d ma te. It was b. hot.
sultry day. Low black clouds hung over tho
normcrn nine, whllo what llttlo breeze
thero wns swept un from the south, henrini-
the Imprint of a close visit to tho enuatorlal
regions. Within the court room all was life
ann excitement. Not noisy excitement, but
mat suppressed hush which Indicates some
momentous event. Lawyers were In at-
tendanco by tho score, practically every
member or the bar In tho city being there.
In the audience wore ministers of tho gos
pel, officers In tho navv and armv. mem
bers of the legislature, brokers, merchants,
nnanciers, snipping men, planters nnd
laborers. All wero Intent In watchlne what
they believed to be tho most Important caso
ever brought before the courts of this ter
ritory." Tho governor, secretary and attorney gen
eral entered tin. plea of "privileged com
munication." which the court denied, and
on May IS wero given five days In which
to appear and answer the Interrogatories
propounded by the Jury. Editors Thurston
ond Smith, persisting In their refusal to
answer, wero fined $100 each for contempt.
Appeals to tho supremo court wero taken In
all cases and up 'o May 21, the dato of tho
Inst advices, final decision had not been
renderod. Editor Thurston will be remem
bered ns tho press ngent of the Hawaiian
republic n the United States In the days
of Cleveland and Paramount mount and no
Patrick Henry of our time wbb moro fluent
and frequent In spouting for liberty, law,
order and civilization. Thurston and Smith
run tho Honolulu Advertiser. In nddltlon
to his other troubles Smith has been In
dicted for perjury. Ho halls from New
York, whore ho nchlovod some notoriety as
a member of tho state legislature, whoso
zeal for number ono wns tho envy of his
colleagues. The cxperlonco thus gained was
polished by short scrslons on newspapers
In Salt Lake, Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, His contemporaries In Hnwnll con
sider him ono of the smoothest pebbles on
tho beach and an exceedingly useful cog In
tho territorial machine.
Concerning the extravagant methods of
the territorial government tho Honolulu
Republican editorially says:
"The governor's cstlmato Is tho most
extravagant estimate submitted to a legls-
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
We've said it so many times that we almost fear
to weary you, except that it is true, and the truth isn't
common enough to bz tiresome.
The fact is our linis of seasonable suits are so ex
ceptionally fine in finish, and style, and fit, and quality
that we feel that we are entitled to the distinction of
making the finest and largest amount ol clothing of any
manufacturer in th: world. And from $10 to $25 you
can make your selection and get satisfactory results.
Browning, Kin g& Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Inture In any state or territory of tho
union. 11 calls for salaries that are out ot
nil proportion to the positions and It calls
for many employes who arc not needed In
an economical administration of the terri
tory. It asks for upward of $40,000 for
policing the Island of Maul for two years,
exclusive of the salaries of district magis
trates, when In fact $10,000 ought to bo
ample pay for two years for all the pollco
needed on h little pcnceablo Island llk
Maul, So It Is on nil the other Islands.
Aside from Oahu and even here the pollco
could be cut down without detriment to
peace nnd good order a call Is mnde for
appropriations for police that are several
times what should be appropriated for the
purpose,
"The Nation il Guard of Hnwnll has shown
Itself to be an expensive luxury for which
there Is no possible use now that the
United States exorcUes sovereignty over
Hawaii. Yet the governor In his estimate
asks for $46,000 for the National Guard of
the territory. To vote this sum In tho
present state of the territory's finances
would be not alone a blunder It would bo
criminal. The estimate asks for an ap
propriation of $42,000 for the support of a
band for the benelH of tho people ot
Honolulu. Tho Republican mnlntnlus thnt
If the people of Honolulu desire to have
tho band continued they should pay for It
and not the taxpayers ot the entire terri
tory. "Asldo from thp amounts needed for
support of the leper settlement and tho
Insane asylum the governor's estimate calls
for moro than double the sum for tho
Hoard of Health that should be needed
for an economical administration of Iho
affairs of that hoard, So It Is all through
the estimates submitted by the governor.
In fact If the estimates aro voted as called
for It will cost more to run the govern
ment of this little territory, with 1R0.000
people, for tho next two years, than It
will cost to run any one of the three great
states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa.
"There Is no reason why the cxpnnses of
maintaining the territorial government
should exceed 40 por cent pf what they now
nre."
The "Vnnliee Peril."
Dnltlinore American.
The "Yankee peril" It Is now called In
Europe, Hut this ls merely tho reception
that nit world benefactor from tlmo Im
mcmoilal have received. Nations havo boon
accustomed so long to see thH strong prey
upon tho weak that tluy are now almost
unable to comprehend n prosperity that
does not Involve n corresponding adversity
or to uproot the old Idea thnt "my neigh
bor's loss .Is my gain." Were A'.trurla to
be geographically located It Is entirely pos
sible that the powers, seeing etcrybody
ready there to help everybody else, would
becomo suspicious, nnd hesitate to send
representatives to so uncanny and unnat
ural n government.
liAl'GIII.VG CAS.
SotnervHlo Journnl: When n rich young'
mini of M nsks n girl of 16 lo share, his
lot she Is thinking of tho cemetery lot
and he Isn't
Chicago Record-Herald: "Pn, what's tho
illfferenco between nn octopus and an
Incubus?"
"An octopus, Jimnue, is goon to eat nnrc
nn Incubus Isn't.'
Judge: Maggie Dat lobster, Jlmmlo
O'Roonoy, don t realize wot a woman's lovo
means! ....
Katie Nope! Ills inuddcr whaled him
so much she's queered do hull sex!
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Those Now
York social reformers scorn to have nn
admirable remedy for doing awny with tho
divorce evil."
"What Is tho scheme?"
"Abolishing marriage."
Philadelphia Record: Btohbs Wealth will
not buy happiness.
filobbs Well, for my part; 1 think I
should bo happier with wenllh thnn with
happiness without It.
Ualtlmoro Amcrlcnn: "Paw." said little
Willie Clettlt, "give me 10 cents to buy a
story book with.
"Ten cents!" shrieked tho old gentleman.
"Do you think I am Andy Carnegie?"
Washington Star: "If we can't apeak
well of "neonle." said the KOtitle young
womau.
Is better not to talk of them
nt all,"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne: "that Is
why the weather Is such a prevalent toplo
of conversation."
Hrooklvn Life: Ryan (gleefully) D'yes
molnd. Molke? It tuk six nolacemln t' git
wnu folfhlln' Olrlsh mlmber out nv th'
Ilrltlsh llouse of Pnrlymlnt.
Shen Huh! Shure, wan nv them molght
hnvo done It dead nlsy
Rvan (warmly) Indndel An how?
Shea Phwy, be sthnndln' outside nv th'
dare nn' cnllln' th' Olrlslunan a lotnr.
.ir.H.
John Burroughs In tha Century.
Now "have come tlie shining days
When field nnd wood aro robed anew,
And o'er the world n silver haze
Wends tho emerald with the blue.
Now doth summer clothe tho land
In gnrmcnts free from spot or stain
The lustrous leaves, the hills' untnnned,
Tho vivid mends, tho glaucous grain.
Tho day looks new, a coin unworn,
Freshly stamped In henvenly mint:
Thn sky keeps on Its look of morn:
Of age and death thero Is no hint.
How soft the landscape near and far!
A shining veil tho trees enfold:
Tho day remembers moon anil stnr;
A silver lining hnth Its gold.
Again I see the clover bloom,
And wndo In -Brasses lush and sweet;
Again has vanished nil my gloom
With daisies smiling nt my fcot.
Again from out tho gnrden hlvea
The exodus of frenzied bees;
The humming cyclone onward drives,
Or finds reposo nmld the trees.
At dawn tho , river seems a shade
A liquid shadow deep ns space:
Hut when tho sun the mist has laid,
A diamond shower smites Us fnce.
The Beason'n tide now nears Its height,
And gives to enrth nn aspect now;
Every shoal Is hid from sight.
With current fresh as morning dew.
