Nebraska Newspapers

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THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: FKTlY
JUlsE 21, 1001.
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The umaiia Daily Bee
E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR,
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George U, TZMChuck, secretary of The Roe
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
Comtvelo rcmli'.M nf Thr. n.iilv. Alnrnlnr.
Evening and Sunday Roe printed during
the month of May, 1301, was as follows:
l ur.'ino 16 str,o:io
2 XTMU IT U7.140
S H7,:i!llt 18 U7,OUU
4 27,2:U ID iI7,75
6 S7.1M5 10 l,710
6 U7,:tlt) 21 27,030
7 24I,NN 22 l!U,7KO
8 ni.tmo :3 uu,74o
8 '.47,070 24 UO.-iOO
10 'M.UiM 25 UO.OJIO
11 117,0.10 26 27,000
12 U7,-I7(t 27 20,500
13 27,0110 2S 20,210
11 27,0.10 29 20,180
16 27,2m)' 2') 2R.010
21 20,070
Total HHI.OO.
Lens unsold and returned copies.... 10,187
Net total sale H!I2,H18
Net daily average 20,803
GEO. R. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
veiuro mo mis .UBt day or May, a. d. 1901.
M. a. HUNG ATE.
Notary Public.
PARTIES LEAVING FOR SUMMER.
1'nrtlf Ii-iivIiik Hip vliy for
tin- Miiiiinicr inn j- hnvc Thr lire
unit to tli cm reuulnrl)- by
notiryliiR 'I'll lire IIiihIiich
olllcc, In prrson or li mull.
Tli: ttililrcnn Mill Itc chiiliKed
nn often nn ilrslreil.
Hot air will propel 1111 engine, but hot
nlr Iiiih never yet built an air line rail
road.
The state supreme court has wound up
for the season and the foree pump com
mission will take n breath.
Mr. Stubbs of California admits thnt
he Is to bo the whole thing on llnrrl
man's transcontinental octopus.
Denver wants pointers from Omalm
for it half million dollar auditorium
There's nothing small about Denver
Drop nn eagle In the slot.
A now reform party has just been or
gaulzed at Kansas City with the lultln
tlve and referendum as the keystone.
Here Is 11 chance for Governor Yolser.
Now that the county 1ms been rails
trlcted thu Board of County Comtnls
Kloners will tlnd time for concentrating
Its attention on the equalization of
assessments.
With $1,000,000 of his own nnd n wed
ding present of SlOo.000. voumr Mr
Clark of Montana will uot be forced to
buy furniture on the Installment plan in
order to start housekeeping.
South Dakota's apportionment of
school funds Is the largest In the history
of the state the legitimate result of re
publican prosperity. No sign shines lu
the sky for populism In this slewing.
The Jersey City court is angry because
the newspapers scooped It. on testimony
which the Judge proposed to suppress
from the jury, .fudges have no license
to go to sleep If they do uot wish the
press to beat them out.
Democratic talk about running Justice
Harlan for the presidency Is strangely at'
variance with the comments lately made
by the same party through Its press and
public men regarding the appointment
of the Judge's son to n posltlou In Porto
Rico.
President Mellen of the Northern Pa
clllc announces through the Associated
Irons that he has no thought of resign
lng. Mr. Mellen may rest assured that
nobody suspected him of such foolish
ness. The average railroad president
does not resign a .fL'O.OOO job unless he
has a ifUu.OOO Job In sight.
The smaller manufacturorn of agrlcul
til nil Implements havo held a mce.tlng to
discuss ways and means of defending
themselves against the big concern soon
to be Incorporated. It looks, however,
thnt through Its alliance with the steel
combine the big company has plowed a
wide ilivcuard around Its preserve.
It remained for a Denver man to ills
cover the real object of the nunnclttl
syndicates In buying up the railroads
of the country. According to this au
thoiity all the roads in the country
nro to bo bought, up and sold to the gov
eminent for $10,000,000,000. This will
probably bo news to the magnates. An
other thing which Is peculiar about the
discovery Is where the great llnanclers
expect to make a profit, as nt the price
paid for the roads so far bought the
sum named would hardly bo sufficient to
purchnso all the roads in the couutry.
Woman suffragists will receive very
little encouragement from the proposed
enfranchisement of whlto women In Ala
banm as nn .offset to the negro vote,
Under tho fifteenth amendment to the
federal constitution tho right of citizens
of the Unlted'States to vote cannot be
denied or abridged by tho United States
or any state on nccount of race, color or
previous condition of servitude. If suf
frago Is granted to tho whlto women of
Alabama, It must also bo granted to tho
black women, and In Alabama black
women outnumber tub whlto women.
WHAT CVtlA WILL ASK.
The allied commercial associations of
Culm have sent a representative to
Washington whoso mission Is to present
Information from tho commercial con
cerns of Cuba which It Is hoped by
them will result In tho adoption of 0
reciprocity tariff agreement with tho
Island. The planters and business men
of Cuba are particularly anxious to se
cure n reduction In the tnrlff on sugar
and every effort will bo made to obtain
this concession from congress at Its next
session. It Is stated that General Wood
fnvors a reduction and 1ms recommended
to the president that congress be asked
to make a reduction not only of the
tariff on sugar, but also on tobacco. He
Is salt! to have iolntcd out, In a recent
communication to the secretary of war
on tho subject, that tho financial condi
tion of the Island makes a reduction of
tariff duties on the staple products of
Cuba almost a necessity and It Is
thought, that the president will recom
mend to congress that a reduction bo
made.
President Mi'Klnley Informed the
Cuban commissioners that as soon as a
government should be established In
Cuba the question of trade relations be
tween the Island and the United States
would bo taken up and undoubtedly this
will be done. The matter Is of vital
concern to the future, of Cuba. The
Island cannot develop and prosper with
out the American market for Its sugar
and tobacco. But as wo have heretofore
pointed out, there will bo a formidable
opposition to granting any special tariff
favor to Cuban sugar and tobacco. Al
ready tho sugar and tobacco interests
In the United States are preparing to
tight any attempt on the part of the
planters of Cuba to secure 11 reciprocity
agreement with this country and those
Interests will doubtless bo thoroughly
organized by tho time congress assem
bles, while they may be expected to do
effective work .with members In the
meantime.
We noted a short time ago the ap
pearance of a pamphlet strongly de
nouncing the proposed tariff concessions
to Cuba. It Is argued In this that the
United States has done ;ulte enough
for the Island "all that Is either neces
sary to restore prosperity or fair to our
own taxpayers and our homo Industries,
all that Is decent and honest toward
our sugar producers In the stntcs and
In our new and pacltled possessions.
Hawaii and Porto Hico." It Is urged
that "with forty beet sugar factories
representing $;0,000,000 or more in
Michigan, Ohio, New York, Indiana,
Wlscousln, Minnesota, Illinois, Ne
braska, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Wash
ington and California, we do not be
lieve the people of those states desire
their senators and representatives to
vote for either free sugar from Cuba
or for jeduced duties thereon." It Is de
clared that "Cuba Is 011 au even keel now
with our sugar producers nnd to say
that her Spanish planters need reduced
duties Is deceptive nnd false."
This gives an idea of the opposition
that will bo made to any effort to give
tariff favors to Cuban sugar and to
bacco nnd the American Interests di
rectly concerned will be very likely to
have the sympathetic support of other
Interests. It Is obvious, therefore, that
It will be a difficult matter for the
Cubans to secure the consideration they
desire for their products, though It Is
probable bouic favor will be shown them.
HOER SI MPATH1ZEHS IN ENGLAND.
A pro-Boer meeting In London, at
tended by thousands of people, Is at
this time slgnlllcant. It had been com
monly supposed that there were very
few people In England who felt any
sympathy for the Boor cause, but It ap
pears that such arc quite numerous and
that they are willing to make them
selves heard. Ferhaps they do not scrl
ously expect to accomplish auythlug. It
is hardly conceivable that they believe
they may be nblc to bring about any
change In the policy of the government.
That policy has behind It a strong par
liamentary majority, It Is supported by
the Influential newspapers of the coun
try and unquestionably a very large ma
jority of Englishmen think that it must
be carried out. Yet theso Boer sympa
thizers arc to be commended for hnvlng
the courage of their convictions.
Meanwhile the Boer cnuso seems to be
holding Its ground remarkably well
The force In Capo Colony Is reported to
be Increasing and the fact that there
are no reports of British successes
sIiowb that little If any progress is be
lug made toward ending hostilities. It
Is certain that If the British were no
compllshlng anything of consequence
the world would bo told of It Tho war
has become astonishingly dull, from u
military standpoint, but its effect Is
keenly felt In England by reason of In
creased taxation, ami while there Is no
reason to expect any change of policy
on tho part of the- government, It is
quite possible that the sentiment In
favor of a change will grow. Such
meetlnu's as that held Lu London
Wcduesday can hardly fall to produce
that result.
WITHOUT POLITICAL IMPORT.
The ttusslan ambassador to tho United
States has assured Secretary Hay that
the action of tho Russian minister of
finance In Increasing duties on American
products has uo political import and was
In no way conuected with any move
ment In Europe antagonistic to Amorl
can products. There was no suspicion
that It had any such significance, yet It
is obvious that Its effect might be to
lead other governments to ndopt a like
policy toward us, If we should tamely
submit to this form of tariff retaliation.
Undoubtedly tho Russlau government
has uo thought of eutering Into any Eu
ropean combination against our prod
ucts, but In. adopting a retaliatory policy
that government s furnishing nn exam
plo to other countries that some of them
may follow and this the United States
Is Justified In regarding as distinctly tin
friendly.
Tho mutter nppears to be receiving
serious consideration at Washington. It
was discussed at a cabinet meeting
Wednesday nnd Secretary Gago raised
the question whether the action of the
Russian government was not nn In
fringement upon tho treaty rights of the
United States. If such is the case, how
ever, It appears that our government
also violated tho treaty In Imposing 11
duty on Russian petroleum. In thnt
event this government would doubtless
nt once remedy tho mistake, nnd It Is
safe to assume that Russia would
promptly recede from her position, so
far as the last Increase of duties Is con
cerned. At nil events, the situation calls for
careful and conservative treatment by
both countries and this It will undoubt
edly receive. Neither country wants a
tariff war and It should uot be dlfllctilt
to avoid one.
THE COUNTY OEURYMANDEH.
For more thnn twenty-live years the
affairs of tills county were managed and
controlled by a board of throe commis
sioners, elected by the vote of the wholo
county. Some twolvo years ago the
Board of County Commissioners was In
creased from three to tlve, and tho
county was subdivided Into five districts,
each commissioner being elected by tho
vote of the particular district lu which
he resided.
Under the general stntutcs governing
county commissioners tho district boun
daries may be changed not oftcner thnu
once every three years, but the law ex
pressly requires that no change In the
district boundaries be made unless every
member of the board Is present at tho
meeting when such change Is voted. An
other section of the law requires that
the county shall be resubdlvldcd after
every national or state census has been
taken and officially published.
The present board of commissioners
consists of three democrats and two re
publicans. During the past eighteen
months repeated efforts havo been made
by the democratic majority to force a
redlstrlctlng that would Insure a demo
cratic majority In the board of commis
sioners for years to come. This scheme
was spoiled by the absence from time to
time of one or the other of the repub
lican members. In spite of the absence
of both of the republican members of
the board the democratic majority has
Just redlstrlcted the county on lines that
seemed to them to make sure of the two
democratic candidates In November next
nnd the perpetuation of the democratic
board for years to come.
While there Is grnve doubt as to tho
legality of this gerrymander, It will, If
declared valid by the courts, by no
menus' prove of advantage to its pro
moters. The law authorizing the redls
trlctlng expressly provides that no mem
ber shall be deposed or legislated out of
office. In other words, every member
of the existing board is protected In his
right to represent the county on the
board of commissioners during the en
tire term for which he was elected.
Uuder the gerrymander the First, Sec
ond and Third wards constitute oue dis
trict; tho Fourth, Seventh and Eighth
wards another; the Fifth, Sixth and
Ninth nuother; South Omaha and Clou-
turf precinct constitute oue district, nnd
the remaining country precincts consti
tute another district. Inasmuch ns Com
missioners Hartc and Connolly both now
reside in the same district, each will
continue to remain In the board until
their respective terms expire. Con
nolly's term expires with the end of this
year, but Unite will remain u member
of the board until the close of 1003.
There would be uo vacancy In the First,
Second and Third wards, or the First
district, In 100'J, and consequently there
can be uo election for u commissioner
from that ward this year. The district
comprising the Fifth, Sixth nnd Ninth
wards would be represented by Ostrom,
who holds over until tho cud of 1002,
hence there can be uo election In his
district In 1001. This would leave the
district comprising the Fourth, Seventh
and Nluth wards with a vacancy next
year, and South Oiuab.ii and Clontnrf
with nuother vacancy.
The upshot of the wholo matter Is that
tho republicans would have two hold
over members for next year and would
bo sure to elect a member from the
Fourth, Seventh nnd Ninth wards this
year. Tho democrats, on the other hand,
would havo ono holdover Hofeldt and
a fair chance for another In South
Omaha and Clouturf. In nuy event Mr.
Connolly has cut himself out of any
chance of election. If the gerrymander
is pronounced illegal by tho courts he
stands no better show by running In
tho Eighth, Third nnd Ninth, that con
stltute the district in which he now re
sides.
Viewed from any standpoint the gorrj''
raander leaves very little comfort to the
democrats for continuing In power lu
Douglas county for nuother year.
London papers have from time to time
printed statements that tho United
States had sent an ultimatum to Den
mnrk regarding the sale of the Danish
West Indies, nnd their latest Is to the
effect that that country hnd been notified
It must either sell or fortify the islands.
Such stories are absurd. The United
States has never been In the business of
sticking its nose Into the affairs of Euro
pean countries in this maimer, and no
departure from this custom will bo
made. It Is possible that Denmark has
been Informed that under tho Monroe
doctrine the United States would object
to the Islands passing Into the control
of nuy European nation other than the
present owners. In fact, there Is a
standing notice to that effect posted
on all foreign-held territory ou this con
tinent.
If the new trnfllc manager for tho al
lied Harrlman roads Is to manage tho
business on the basis which has pre
vailed on tho Southern Pacific In tho
prist, the community of Interest may
prove a detriment rather than a benefit
to the west. The Southern Pacific policy
has been "All the truffle would bear,"
aud sometimes a little moro,
Ordinarily scolding from the bench Is
neither good policy nor good mnuners,
hut there are times when It appears to
be Justifiable. Ono of them Is the Mlnue
upolls case, where unscrupulous pro
motors havo reaped a harvest of $'J!50,0Q0
out of an Investment of wind and left
only it small quantity of thnt to satisfy
the claims of the duped creditors. Tho
common sneak thief Is a prince of moral
ists compared with such llnnnclol high
waymen ns these, and If the Minneapolis
court will only provide them with
striped clothing for which the state pays
and a steady Job of hnrd work for a
few yenrs, it will be doing humnulty
11 service.
One hundred thousand people nre wait
ing for tho chance to make 111,000 entries
upon land to bo opened to settlement In
Oklahoma. Someone Is sure to bo dis
appointed, but It remnlus for tho future
to show whether It Is the few who get
tho land or the many who suffer tem
porary disappointment.
Another MrnstiKC A nltcd.
Kansas City Star.
In the case of Captain Rowan, who la
charged with unnecessarily arousing the
pcoplo lu tho Island of Hohol, tho country
will glvo tho gallant messenger to Garcia
tho benefit of tho doubt until ho has had
his hearing..
ltlrntltiK tho Corn Rett,
New York Tribune.
Tho oil wells of Texas nro pouring out
floods of petroleum, and now asphalt has
been discovered In that favored state. As
phalt will bo lu brisk demand for genera
tions. It Is needed all over tho world for
pavements. Lucky Texas!
A Public Cnlnmlty.
Wnshlnston Post.
The accident to tho Ingalls will be a great
hardship to Uiobo senators and representa
tives who had consented to take a trip on
the transport at tho government's expense.
Perhaps tho poor men will feel llko paying
their way to nnd from tho Philippines.
Ilctneen Tvo Fli'e.
Hultlmorc American.
Ono of tho speakers nt a New York col
lege has been warning tho graduates
against tho dangers of wealth. Rut, with
tho dangers of poverty ns the other end
of tho dilemma, tho young men will prob
ably feel that they should risk tho chances
of deterioration from too much money.
I
"I'oiu Untie Terror I Kin."
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
Unlike most democratic politicians, Perry
Helmont Is not nfraid to say what ho
thinks. Ho declares that tho party cannot
hopo for success unless It unloads Mr.
Hryan. Nlnoty-nlno per cent of Intelligent
democrats bcllevo the same thing, but the
popultstlo terrorism provents them from
saying so.
Free Trnile ivlth Porto Rico.
Sprlng'ileld Republican.
Frco trade with Porto Rico seems to be
near at hand. This Is Indicated In a call
for n special session of the Island legisla
ture to meet on July 1 for' tho purposo, ap
parently, of giving formal notice to Wash
ington that tho revenues have been put In
condition so as to afford support to the
government without tho customs duties on
commerce with tho United States. Tho
Foraker act provides that when formal
notice Is mado of such a situation the
president shall proclaim free trade with
Porto Rico. It is n long way round In
getting In touch with plain duty, but wo
are at last about there.
Photos liy WlrcleNH Trlcfcrnphjr.
New York Tribune.
After tho feasibility of sending a photo
graph or drawing .over a telegraph wire
had once been demonstrated It was natural
that somo ono should try to do the sama
thing by wireless ..telegraphy. And a fair
degree of success has .attended the experi
ment. Of course, It would not be posslblo
to transmit as far by this means as with
a metallic conductor. Yet the system has
Us advantages. Occasions are likely to
arise when It will be desirable to send from
a yacht, merchant steamer or naval vessel,
rather than a land station. Even though
tho demand for such service Is likely to bo
limited, It Is Interesting to know that It is
possible.
AMERICA'S nKST SUPIIBMACY.
The ReroKiiltlon of thr Brotherhood
mid Kqtinllt) of Mnn.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Wo hear a great many boasts nowadays
concerning tho supremacy which our coun
try has at last won In the fields of manu
facturing nnd commercial exchanges. And,
Indeed, the trlumps of Inventive, adminis
trative and Industrial genius In shop and
factory, In mlno and on railroad. In pro
duction and transportation to say nothing
of that other type of genius which has
sought out and developed new mar
kets abroad have been such ns
may well make every American
heart swell with exultation. If
tho toad Is happiest when he Is tho big
gest toad In the puddle, much more may
tho country be deemed happy which finds
Itself "supreme" among nations In the
magnitudo of Its business transactions.
There's a deal of satisfaction In being
simply big.
Hut let us not forget. In contemplating
these wonderful advances, In glorying over
tho still enormously increasing amount of
our riches and In comparing our commerco
with that of other nations whose former
prcstlgo wo havo taken to ourselvos, that
thcro Is n nobler supremacy thnn that
which fills tho exultant nlr of our marts
nnd exchanges today and that such a nobler
supremacy has been ours for more than a
century. With the very first organization
of our government our country stepped
forward ns supremo among the nations of
the earth In tho liberty It allowed the In
dividual citizen, In the recognition of tho
brothorhood and equality of man, In tho
obliteration of privilege nnd In tho open
ing of ovcry door of opportunity on equal
terms to nil. It was this that gave to the
American republic the proud distinction
among nations. Jt was this that made our
constitution a beacon light to tho world.
It was this that attracted millions of
aspiring men from Kuropo to our shores.
It was this that gave us leadership even
when our commerce was Infantile In Its
proportions and when tho thought of such
manufacturing development as Is seen In
our land today had not entered tho mind
of man.
And finally, out of these free Institutions
out of the soil of liberty and tho air of
opportunity have grown all tho fair crea
tions whlcji today mako us tho foremost
of peoples In tho material things for which
the world hungers. Under old world sys
tems this materlnl development could never
have been attained. It was because our
touls were frco that minds expanded, hands
took on new cunning. Enterprise over
fouud vigor to keep It company. American
commercial supremacy today Is the child
of American liberty.
Let no American, then, forget tho greater
things for which his country stands, In
glorifying advances which are simply ma
terlal and which fade to nothingness In the
presence of Institutions founded by a Wash
Ington and which made posslblo a Lincoln
Our worship of material success Is already
carried too far. We exalt our plutocrats
beyond their deserts. Thoy nre not the
best fruits of our social nystcrn tile best
representatives of Americanism, Lot us
learn rather to put forward, as most worthy
of honor, the men who aro doing most to
hold our people to the faith of our fathers,
to purify our politics, to open new paths
of opportunity for the workers whose only
capital Is brain nnd brawn, to make our
homes still more the abodes of virtue and
to banish from the temple of liberty the
worship of the golden calf.
IIA7.EX 5. ri.MIREi:.
Minneapolis Times: Ex-Oovernor Pin-
grco was not nlwnys politic In his methods
nnd tho antagonism ho nrouscd sometimes
defeated his cherished plans, but he was
n man of wonderful force and to him Michi
gan la In great measure indebted for such
tax reforms ns havo been Instituted thcro
In recent years.
Chicago Tribune: It Is easy to forget tho
faults of a man of such posltlvo nnd
crcatlvo charnctcr ns Mr. Plngreo exhibited
to forget his domineering proclivities, his
Intolerance of opposition, his too ready
resort to nbusc, his sometimes Ill-considered
opinions. Viewed ns a whole, his
public career stands out nbovo theso Inci
dents ns thnt of a man of that resolute
attitude toward corpornto nggrcsston, that
constructive capacity In municipal adminis
tration, and those democratic sympathies
of which the great social centers of today
r.tnnd In conspicuous need.
Kansus City Star: Tho altruism dis
played by Governor Plngreo wns not super
fluous or untlmoly In nn Rgo nnd tlmo when
the sclllsh Instincts of Immunity nre
largely dominant. Tho sponsor of such
principles nnd doctrines ns ho ndvocntcd
Is llkoly to becomo tho object of misunder
standing, and to bo Judged ns a seeker for
notoriety. In tho enso of Governor Pln
greo this Impression wns discredited by
tho actual performances of tho man. Tho
mcasuro of Intention nnd ability In this
world Is achievement. Judged by this stand
ard, Governor Plngreo attained nn honor
nblo nnd worthy position in the history of
his state and country.
Detroit Free Press: Mr. Plngreo wns a
paradox. Ho had tho aggressiveness of a
Roosevelt, yet, with a blind confidence that
has no plnco In our modern political school,
ho could bo talked over to thoso who wcro
his cnomles at heart, nnd assist In further
ing tho very schemes ho wns determined
to thwart. He rejected his wisest friends
for thoso who applauded his plnns, even
with disaster In sight. Under opposing
Impulses ho would relentlessly pursuo ono
sot of offenders nnd ns 3)tcrmlncdly shield
nnothcr. Ho stood Immovably for civil au
thority ns represented In his own magis
tracy, yet ho would bond tho legislative to
his will nnd condemn the judiciary without
stint when It crossed his path. His zeal
for results sometimes marred his cstlmato
of means, yet In his Individual self, freed
from tho lnfluenco of his political entangle
ments, ho wns generous nnd consldcrntc.
St. Pnul Pioneer Press: In spite of his
occentrlcltlcs, of tho narrowness of his
Judgment nnd his Impetuous temper, Gov
ernor Plngreo was n man of great forco of
character, who wns animated by a deslro
to reform whatever bo regarded as abuses,
and wa3 courageous enough to undertake
to smash whatovor stood In tho way of the
ends he sought to accomplish. Ho nccom
pllchcd n great deal of good while mayor
of Detroit by his aggrcsslvo policy In mat
ters of municipal reform. Transferred to
tho executlvo hvndshlp of tho state he did
not provo equal to the broader field of state
administration. If his energy and courago
had been guided by n broader Intelligence
and a cooler Judgment he would havo been
a successful political leader. Rut his
tendency to radical and violent extremes
was associated with an Ignorance nnd an
egotism which rendered him rather n mis
chievous agitator than a safe lender. Ho
himself had come to tho conclusion thnt his
vocation was not politics, nnd was pro
paring, wo believe, to abandon public llfo
when death put nn end to his career.
PERSONAL. NOTES.
The Drltlsh veteran gets his service
medal without the intervention of a pension
attorney.
Admiral Schley, who is an enthusiastic
Knight Templar, has promised to attend
the annual conclave la Louisville next Au
gust. Viscount Wolseley has Just celebrated his
sixty-ninth birthday, being eight months
younger than Lord Roberts, who, however,
han not been In tho scrvlco so long as
WolBcley.
"Coin" Harvey, who has become a citi
zen of Rcnton county, Arkansas, Is going to
make tho race for congressman In the Third
Arkansas district. Harvey has come to tho
front as a promoter of an old-time fiddlers'
contest to be given at Montcha, Ark.
Paul W. Llnebarger of Chicago, who has
been appointed a judge In the Philippines,
la a nativo of Warren, 111., where he was
born In 1S69. Ho graduated from the Lake
Forest and Northwestern universities and
afterward studied In Paris and Holdelberg.
An American "gentleman," according to
an advertisement which has Just nppenrcd
In the London Times, "desires the services
of nn English lndy of title ns chaperon for
his daughter during n three months' visit to
England." Of course he is on tho scent for
some scml-ldlotlc noblo.
John Morley, who Is writing a "Llfo of
Gladstone," gets on slowly with the work.
It took him a long time to sort out the vast
accumulation of papers loft by Mr. Glad
stone in Hawardon castle. Ry way of ex
plaining tho slow progress ho Is making
Mr. Morley says: "Imagine a life of nearly
ninety years filled to the utmost capacity."
XO MENACE TO AMERICAN IiAnOU.
rncIHc ConM VIimv of Trnile with the
l'hlllnpliir.
San Francisco Chronicle.
We aro convinced that tho Interest of
American labor, and especially of Pacific
coast labor, demands nbsolutoly free trade
between tho mainland and tho Philippines
under tho protection of our navigation and
revenue laws. Tho result of such a course
would be tho transference of tho greater
part of an Increasing trndo, now aggregat
ing from $33,000,000 to $40,000,000 annually,
to United States ships plying between
United States ports, American labor would
produce tho majority of what tho Filipinos
would buy, tho establishment of a gonulno
American port at Manila would largely In
crease our facllltlos for trade with other
ports of Asia, which would also bo bene
ficial to American labor.
The only objection which It Is nttomptcd
to urge against this is the danger of ex
posing American labor In our own country
to the competition of the degraded labor of
Asia. It Is best to discuss this purely
economic problem with entire frankness.
If the Chronicle believed that freo Inter
course with tho Philippines would be In
jurious to American labor wo would oxort
all our mental activities to devlso somo
means by which we could honorably cut
loose from the Philippines. Our present
connection Is an unquestionable dnmago to
everybody.
Labor In tho Philippines Is of two kinds
that of the natives, whose competition no
body fears, and that of tho Chlneso and
Japanese domiciled there, which is doubt
less to bo considered. It has boon claimed
that the exports from the Philippines are
mainly the products of Chlneso labor. That
Is not true, and has no approach to truth.
Out of a population of 8,000.000 to 10,000,000
In tho nrchlpelago there nro only about
70,000 Chinese, of whom tho largo majority
aro believed to be engaged In small trado
from which they aro crowding out tho
Filipinos, who dislike them as much as they
aro disliked here. The extension and en
forcement of our exclusion and registra
tion laws would put a stop to their In
crease and their hnblt of returning to China
to end their days would soon diminish
their numbers as they aro diminishing here.
It Is far eaBler to enforco such laws In
those Islands than In this country, with
the thousands of miles of boundary between
us and Mexico and Canada.
HITS OF VASIIIOTO." 1,IFE.
Mrn nnil EvrntM Olmrrvril at thr
Nntlounl Cnpltnl.
This government of ours runs to big
figures In most things. We hnvo expanded
In population ns well ns In territorial area.
Tho "bllllon-dollar" congress of ten years
ngo now crouds tho two billion mark, and
tho nation's Iniomo maintains n comfort
nblo lend over the outgo. In tho matter of
figures, however, tho Postofllcc depart
ment lends the procession. Estimates for
postage stamps stickers that move tho
mall for tho coming fiscal year present nn
array of ornnto round figures calculated to
bewilder. Hero is tho olllclal order: One
cent stamps, 1,300,000,000 ; 2-ccnt stamps,
3,500,000,000; 2-ccnt stamps (In books), 86,
076,000; 3-cent stamps, 40,000,000; 4-cent
stamps, 40,000,000; S-ccnt stamps, 70,000,
000; 6-ccnt stnnips, 16,000,000; 8-ccnt
stamps, 20,000,000; 10-ccnt stnmps, 30,000,
000; 15-ccnt stamps, 1,000,000; BO-cent
stnmps, 200,000; $1 stamps, 60,000; $2
stamps, B.000; $5 stamps, 5,000; 10-ccnt
special delivery, 0,000.000; total, 5,116,236,
000. Stamp books, twolvo stamps each, 3,400,
000; twenty-four stnmps each, 1,020,000;
forty-eight stnmps each, 452,000; total, 4,
872,000. Postngo Duo Stnmps Onc-cont stamps,
6,000,000 ; 2-cent stamps, 15,000,000; 3-cent
stnmps, BOO.OOO; 5-cent stamps, 1,ROO,000;
10-cent stamps, 2,f00,000; 30-cent stamps,
12,000; 50-ccnt stamps, 9,900; total, 25,521,
000. Pannmerlcan Exposition Btaraps One
rent stamps, 75,000,000; 2-cent stamps, 165,
000,000; 4-ccnt stamps, 4,500,000; 5-ccnt
Btnmps, 6,500,000; 8-cent stamps, 4,000,000;
10-ccnt stnmps, 4,600,000; total, 269,600,000.
No comparison enn bo mado of tho stamps
In books, ns their printing nnd salo In thnt
form is a recent Innovation. Of the other
stnmps tho following shows tho Increase of
next year over last year: About 250,000,000
moro 1-cent stamps thnn last year, 400,000,-
000 moro 2-ccnt, 6,000,000 more 3-cent,
6,000,000 more 4-cent, 8,000,000 moro 5-cent,
7,000,000 more 6-cont, 4,000,000 moro 8-ccnt,
4,000,000 moro 10-cent, 500,000 more 15-ccnt,
130,000 more 50-ccnt, 10,000 moro $1, 2,000
moro $2, 1,000 moro $5, 2,000,000 more spe
cial delivery.
Attorney General Knox Is the most
youtniui looking man that has occupied a
cabinet Portfolio In recent Veam. In
reality Mr. Knox Is not an old man by
any means only 42 years but he looks
moro llko a boy of 18 or 20 than he does
llko a man of middle nge. The other day
ho was taken for a boy by nn old gentle
man who was nt tho Department of Justice
to see the attorney general on business.
Mr. Knox's offlco ts on the first floor of the
building. Tho waiting room Is on the op
posite sldo of tho hall. The old gentleman
had been sitting there for an hour or more
to 8co the attorney general. At last Mr.
Knox emerged from his offico to go to some
pnrt of tho building. Tho old gentleman
mistook him for the office boy and, step
ping up to him, said:
"Say, sonny, what kind of a fellow is
your boss? I see you coming out of his
office and presume you know nil about him.
I have a llttlo business to transact with
tho attorney general and would like to get
a lino on Mr. Knox before tackling him."
Mr. Knox's cherubic face brightened and,
with a merry twinkle in his eye, said:
"Oh, he's all right. Walk right in and
sit down until I return. I will then hear
what you have to say."
The old gentleman would have then and
there sold himself for 30 cents.
Tho decision of the United States
supreme court, rendered soma weeks ago
in the case of Captain Schufeldt, holding
that he must pay the alimony which had
been awarded his divorced wife, Is having
an effect on an element of tho army officers
which, though small, has brought the
general establishment under occasional
discredit by the possible avoidance of small
debts.
The court held In a general way that
officers could not hope to avoid paying
honorable debts by taking advantage of
tho bankruptcy act while still enjoying
liberal compensation from tho government
for their eervices. Further effect was given
by tho decision of the department last
week in rigidly disciplining an officer on
tho Pacific const who sought to have a bill
for services rendored to him personally re
duced by conveying the Impression that
ft was to bo paid by Uie government and
the auditing officials would consider it ex
orbitant. "Tho department realizes," says the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent, "that
such an element In the army Is exceedingly
small. The occasional operations of officers
of this caliber and disposition has an effect
upon tho entiro establishment. This It Is
tho desire of the department and a ma
jority of the officers of the army to avoid.
Under existing conditions few tradesmen
or others who have Just accounts against
officers will experience difficulty In their
collections in future."
Tho new fire chief of Washington, a
former nowspaper reporter, Mr. R. W. Dut
ton, has decided to use automobiles Instead
of horses for himself and his aides to run
to fires. The cost of an equipment using
horses Is for each official about $1,000.
Two wagons are necessary, one being used
In rcservo and two horses are assigned to
each assistant and to the chief. An auto
mobllo can he bought for this sum. and It
Is cstlmaUd that the expense 'of operation
and maintenance will not come anywhere
near tho cost of horses nnd the ntteacjanco
necessary for them.
A careful report was made to the dis
trict commissioner on the subject, and It
looks as If the change would lead to the
proposal to substitute automobiles for
horses In every branch of the flro depart
ment. The fact that tho price of good
horses has gone up considerably of late Is
having Its Influence on tho matter.
Senator Joe Ralloy of Texas has dis
carded the conventional clothes, long frock
coat, white necktie, plaited shirt, large
black sombrero hat and patent leather
shoes which ho Insisted upon wearing upon
all occasions since he entered public life
ten years ago. Ho was In Washington the
other day, togged out in tho height of
summor fashion light gray sack coat, with
trousers to match; whlto vest, russet
shoes, straw hat, lurid shirtwaist and a
swagger necktie. Last winter he abandoned
tho white necktie for a purple four-ln-hand.
This was tho first concession ho made to
Washington society. Mr. Ralley had never
worn evening clothes In his life, and when
he attended receptions and dinners he ap
peared In his long-tailed frock,
Rut much to tho surprise of his friends
ho appeared at tho theater one night last
winter in the regulation evening clothes.
Thoy marveled and wondered what the
next move would be. When Senator Ralley
walked along Prnnfcylvanla avenue the
other day, dressed In an up-to-date sum
mor suit, the people gazed at the Texan In
great wonderment and pronounced him the
"real thing."
AVomIrr of thr Nrw Century,
Detroit Free Press.
Tho lunatic asylum twenty-flve years
ngo would havo yawned for the man who
would havo suggested a railroad combina
tion covering 55,592 miles, with a capital
of $3,000,000,000 anjl an earning capacity
of 10 per cent on that. Rut this is Mr.
Morgan's latest accomplishment, and, while
tho figures nre so large as to be hardly
within the grasp of nn average man, no
grcnt surprise Is felt or expressed over his
achievement. The mileage represents about
two-seventh of the entire railroad mile
age of the United States.
rAVISO THE STAGGERING PRICE.
New York World: Tho Rrltlsh secretary
of war's statement that In tho month of
May 416 deaths hnd occurred among the
40,229 Uocrs in tho "concentration cntnps"
Is a shocking one. This Is n death rnto of
about 126 per 1,000 per nnniim, which ts six
times as high as tho normal death rate of
London. Mr. Rrodorlck'a admission Is In
Itself on awful arraignment of Rrltlsh hu
manity. Kansas City Star: Great Rrltaln has
fought a long and costly war In South
Africa. There Is much reason for popular
dissatisfaction over tho miscalculations nnd
mismanagement of this war, but It is to bo
assumed that tho tlmo will never come
when public sentiment will npprovo an
Inglorious withdrawal of tho troops. In tho
meantime It ought to bo exceedingly dan
gerous for such unpatriotic demonstrations
as that proposed for Fox hall, London.
rhllndelphla Record: With Protorla
strongly fortified against nMuult thcro Is
no fear In that quarter of any superior
forco of Doers llko that which tho other
day practically wiped out 2D0 Australian
mounted riflemen scarcely 100 mttcs from
tho Transvaal cnpltnl. Tho wnr lu South
Africa hns become, an tho ono hand, 11 mat
ter of olnborato garrisoning and ou tho
other a scries of guerrilla raids. Tho Rrlt
lsh forces can only hold tho chief towns
and Important military posts, without seek
ing to hunt down the oluslvo rnldors. Un
der such conditions tho anticipations of an
early peace seem entirely Illusory.
Roston Globe: In splto of so many and
unmlstakablo warnings England still per
sists In squandering Jives and money in
maintaining tho assumed prldo and prcstlgo
and In tho pursuit of a shadowy dominion
over barren territory In far-olf, sparsely
populated lands, ostensibly to secure now
markets for Rrltlsh products. While thus
expending money on uncivilized countries,
whoso commerco amounts to but little,
England's Industries nro suffering nt homo.
Worse than all, tho wnr charges in Africa
threaten to engulf tho nation lu debt, whllo
17,000 fighting Rocrs Bro still In tho Held
and tho war thnt wns soon to end thron'tcna
to be but Just beginning. Even on tho scoro
of cruelty to anlmal3 alone tho situation
looks ghastly. Over 100 transports have
first and last left New Orleans with 120,000
horses and mules nnd upward of $23,000,000
have boon spent in tho United States tor
dumb targets alono.
New York Times: Tho results of tho
small fighting of the last few weeks seem
to bo fairly ovon. And thlB must bo In
tolerable to tho Drltlsh. It Bhows that tho
war is not over. That is tho sting of It.
It does not give any prospect of nn end
of tho drain of men and monoy which tho
war has caused. It Is still nocesoary to
keep a garrison In tho two ux-rcpublica
some ten times ns largo as tho totnl num
ber of their fighting men, still neces
sary to go on spending X2.000.000 a
week In conquering a country, tho con
quest of which is so for from being visibly
achieved. In two years moro English
money has been sunk In South Africa than
can possibly bo got back, directly or in
directly, In two generations. And It is
made to appear that Great Britain has
no enterprises on hand oxcoptlng tho es
tablishment of Rrltlsh supremacy In South
Africa. At least she has left herself with
out the military moans of prosecuting
any other for an Indefinite time to come.
I
AMONG TUB MIRTIIM AICERS.
Smart Set: Bibbs No man knows him
self. Olbbf That's so. He would lose hla belt
friend If he did.
Chicago Post: "Hoif never amount to
anything as a golf player."
"Why not?"
"He calls himself 'William' Instead o
Willie.' "
Catholic Standard: HI Josh says that
city feller gev him a hundred an' some odd
dollars fur his horse.
81 You ain't heercd the rest of It. When
he took them dollars to bank ho lound
they wuz all odd.
Washington Star: "The politicians don't
talk as much as they used to about tho
horny-handed son of toll," sold tho neigh
bor. "No," answered Farmer Corntossel.
"Sence golf got fashionable you can't Jertg
a man by his callouses any more."
Detroit Journal: Citizen No, I don't care
to buy the lots.
Agent I guess you don t know how tho
land lies.
Citizen No, but I know how the averago
real estate man lies.
Puck: Friend How much money did
your defaulting cashier get away with?
Bank Manager Can't say.
Friend (In astonishment) What! Haven't
you had his books examined yet? '
Bank Manager No; ho hasn't returned
them yet.
Chicago Tribune: "It Is said that lob
sters will be extinct In twenty-five years,"
remarked Hlland.
"Oh, well," replied Halket, who Is very
fond of lobster, "let us not worry about
It. Iet us look on tho bright side. Wo
may all die before that time."
Philadelphia Press: "I belong to the
Buffaloes, confided the young mnn, vvitn
an air of mystery.
"Oh. I thought perhaps you belonged to
the Rears," commented the young ludy,
with u shy smile.
"The Bears? I don t know what order
that Is." ,
"Why, bears, you know bears they
they hug people sometimes,"
DOWN WITH TnG SLANG IIARIT.
Denver Post
'Tls a hideous practice, this using of. slang!
A blot on the language wo spiel!
Tho bells of progresslvencss novar yet
A more Inexcusable peal!
The mouths It pollutes of the old and tho
young,
With Its vilely contaminate touch!
Makes a flippant, degenerato slave of the
tongue
When It once gets Into lis clutch!
It throws all politeness clear off of tho
track!
Our dcllcato Instincts It rips up the back!
Young fellows Just starting upon a enreer
That promlnes honor nnd fume,
Whoso trail seems a smooth one, whose
heavens are clear.
Who holds all tho trumps In tho gnme,
Fall into tho hnblt so damnably rnnlc,
Their language Is that of the slums!.
They toy with the monster while trying
to ynnk
From the tree of distinction tho plums.
Their shining escutcheon of language they
stnln
With the foulness of slang! Oh! It gives
us a paint
A mnlden as fair ns the blush of a rose,
A gem of the Bex that we love,
A model of grace from her block to her
toes,
An sweet as a sprite from above,
Will riddle her chinning with hideout
things.
With bum phraseology, till
The language Rhe so Inadvertently slings
Would give a endaver a chill!
Each flower of speech Is attached to n bun
Of slang, and that's Just what's the matter
with her!
And even the old, whom wo ought to re
vere, Knock our true venerntlon to wreck
By giving the Inngunge we nil hold to dear
A chlckeny slush In the neck! .
The ones who us shining examples should
pose.
As models of good for tho young.
Lose respect for their training nnd every
thing goes
As their slang they lire off from tho
tongue.
And though nt their slang-riddled spieling
we scoff
They keep ft a comln', nnd novor rlns off!
Oh! ye who believe In the chastcness ot
speech,
Sit down on this Idiot fnd!
This Hllme-covercd pebble that Utters the
beach
Of purity; give It tho grid!
If all will unite In a vigorous -war,
And hustle for all we aro worth,
Weil knock out the habit we all so abhor,
Just make It get off tho earth!
If we all make a pass at the dizzy denl we
Well, say I we Just won't Uo a thing to III
Bto?