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Awlrcw Cnrnuple bestows Ills Clilrst
nms gifts on tlio wholcsnlo plan.
Adjutant Oeuenil Colby Is settlnt?
ruady to llglit nnotlior bnttlc nntl the
call to amis Is soon to be Issued for the
miistor of the state mllltla on the battle
ground.
KliiK Kdward's coronation has been
llxod for June 0 next. The earth, how
ever, may be expected to revolve upon
Its axis on that eventful day Just the
biinio ns any other day.
The new Ilay-l'atincefoto treaty hns so
far elicited the opposition of only two
or three democratic members of the sen
ate. These democrats will probably vote
iipilnst ratlllcatlon simply from force of
mum.
That tallc nlxMit abolishing tho free
pass must have been sprunij too soon
this year. It Is likely to have worn It
self out by the time the railway clerks
mako up thu new list of pasteboard
holders.
Congress will .make its holiday ad
journment extend over from December
1!) to January 0. Our national legisla
tors do not propose to take any chances
on overworking themselves at thlssUtgo
of their careers.
Tho United States treasury will again
relievo tho surplus by anticipating Janu
ary Interest payments on outstanding
obligations. Just Imagine any European
country paying any of its bills before
payment was due.
Not content with congress ns Its star
attraction, the city of Washington has
undertaken to give the country a series
of sensational murder cases. The coun
try would bo glad to put up with con
gress, If tho murder trials were only
cut out.
Chicago undertakers nro said to bo
promoting an undertaking to abolish
Sunday funerals. To make tho move
ment successful we would suggest that
the community of Interest be enlarged
to Include at least thu doctors und the
druggists In addition to the undertak
ers. Tho members of tho Hoard of Itovlew
tdiould remember that another board
.will sit as n board of equalization to re
view their acts and that Is the board
comjioHed of tho taxpayers and voters
of Omaha who pass upon the title of
members of the city council when they
come up for election.
And now mining experiment stations
ro proposed on tho phut of our agricul
tural oxcprlment stations. Up to dato
private prospectors appear to have been
perfectly capable of developing our
mineral resources without outside as
distance, but perhaps a station for the
luoculatlon of gold fever germs might
bring on a new Hood of tho yellow
metal.
Different members of congress seem
to bo climbing over one another In their
uttempts to play upon rural frco delivery
us a means of making themselves solid
with rural constituents. Hural frco de
livery has exceeded all expectations in
Achieving popularity, but it was never
intended to be a free delivery of re
nominations and re-elections for con
gressmen iudlscrlmluately.
With tho advent of Judgo Sedgwick
to tho supremo bench there will be n
vacancy on tho supremo court eoniinls-
tilon and ii good deal of speculation Is
being Indulged in us to who will be his
ouccessor. In view of the fact that the
supremo court docket has been cleared
of tho bulk of tho accumulated cases It
is a serious tpiestloii whether a neces
sity exists for Idling tho vacancy. Why
could not tho supremo court got along
"with eight commissioners Instead of
.Uluol
A QVKST1UX OF ItUVEX VE.
Those who ndvocate the free admis
sion of Cuban sugar or n large reduc
tion of the duty on sugar Imported
from that Island pnKe something
that would not only endanger the ex
istence- of the home Industry, but would
ul take from the government n large
revenue. .Sugar Is the largest revenue
producer in the customs list. For
six years ltefore the McICInley tariff
was enacted, which placed sugar on
the free list, that article yielded In
revenue over S.'O.ooo.OW a year. In 18K9
the sutiar revenue was ?01,42S,.T1, In
10(h) It was ?.", ii",""'-' and on account
of the liKTonslnir production lit home It
Is estimated that the revenue for the
current llscal year will be about ?IS,000,
J00. Obviously this Is too large nn Item of
revenue to discard, even under the
present condition of a large excess of
receipts over expenditures, and If It
should be dtscarded there could be no
reduction of Internal taxes, ns de
manded by the people and urged Ay the
president and secretary of the treasury.
Is It wise and sound policy to take
revenue from the government In tho
Interest of Cuban sugar producers and
maintain taxation of our own people,
characterized by Secretary tJage as In
Us nature vexntlous and In some In
stances oppressive? It is perfectly
clenr that we cannot glvo the Cubans
what they ask and nlso give our own
IcopIe the relief from taxation which
they desire und certainly ought to hnve.
The president recommended In his mes
sage n substantial reduction in the
duties on Cuban products. This is in
definite, but If the president Is disposed
to grant the Cubans what they desire
then the war taxes Imposed upon our
people must remain.
Tills Is a matter which it seems to us
congress must consider, particularly In
view of the fact that concessions to Cu
ban sugar would probably not benefit In
the least American consumers. It Is
extremely doubtful If sugar would be
appreciably cheapened to the consumer
even if Cuban sugar were admitted to
our market free. Therefore a "sub
stantial reduction" In the duty would
be of no advantage to our people so far
ns the price of sugar Is concerned. It
would take revenue from tho govern
ment, endanger the existence and cer
tainly stop the development of the
home Industry, without any compensat
ing benellt to the American people.
The domestic beet nnd cane sugar In
dustries urge that they nro equally
entitled with other Industries to pro
tection. It Is not proposed or contem
plate! to chnnge any tariff schedule ex
cept that of sugar. The president and
tho republican leaders In congress de
clare that this Is not the time to Inter
fere with the tariff and that protection
to our Industries must bo maintained
except as to sugar. This our beet and
cane sugar Interests very naturally re
gard as an unfair and unjust discrimi
nation and It must be admitted that the
weight of argument Is on their side.
Nevertheless some concession will
doubtless be made to Cuban sugur,
though we cannot believe that congress
will go as far as tho. planters of Cuba
desire.
H',, LKASE TElllllTURY.
Nicaragua has already signed n proto
col agreeing to pcrietunlly lease to the
United States territory through which
to construct n canal. This agreement
contemplates the leasing of a strip six
miles wide, which Is four miles less
than recommended by the Isthmian
Canal commission,, but undoubtedly
should our government desire that the
territory to be leased shall be ten miles
wide there will be no dllllculty In secur
ing the concession. It Is also necessary
to lease territory from Costa Ulca and
undoubtedly that country will be found
entirely willing to make whatever
terms the United States shall desire.
A Washington dispatch says that n
treaty will not be negotiated with the
two Central American republics until
the senate has ratllled the new canal
treaty, wlileh It Is thought may be done
before the holiday recess. The treaty
has been favorably reported to the sen
ate from the committee on foreign re
lations and Senator Lodge has announced
that Its consideration In executive ses
slon will be pressed from day to day.
There Is some opposition, though it is
not expected to greatly delay action,
and thcro appears to be no doubt that
when thu opposition has had a hearing
the treaty will be ratified.. With that
accomplished no further obstruction Is
anticipated.
TREATIES VIIUUAHLV DEAD. "
It Is probable that tho reciprocity
treaties which are before the senate will
not be ratllled. Indeed, this has been
the opinion since the appearance of the
president's message, for while Mr.
Koosevolt made n strong and earnest
argument for the principle of reciprocity,
Ids only reference to the pending
treaties was to ask the attention of tho
senate to them. Senator Cullom, who
ns chairman of tho foreign relations
committee would have charge of tho
light for tho treaties, Is reported as
saying that it begins to look as If
they would not be ratllled.
In nn Interview a few days ago the
Illinois senator said: "Thu California
senators tell mo they nro afraid of tho
Jamaica treaty; they think It would let
in somu fruits In competition with
theirs. Tho Connecticut senators tell
mo they are afraid some Industry there
Is goliiK to be hurt If the Kreneh treaty
Is ratllled. The .Maine senators have
local Interests which must bo pro
tected from competition. And so it goes.
In half tho states of tho union there
nro Interests which think they nro going
to be hurt If the treaties nro ratllled.
The consequence is there are enough
senators to mako a combination and de
feat all the treaties. I'erhaps It is early
to say Just what will be done, but It
looks now as If the treaties hud very
llttlo chance." Of course If none of
these treaties Is ratllled the effect will
be to throw cold water on the whole
scheme uf reciprocity. Countries which
may desire to establish closer trade re
lations with the United States will bo
disinclined to make any effort in that
direction when there Is such uncertainty
regarding the result of negotiations.
They will naturally reason that If the
pending treaties, carefully drawn nnd
Imvlnir the approval of so thorough a
protectionist as .Mr. McKlnley, are not
acceptable to a republican senate It Is
hardly possible that any reciprocity nr
rangetneiit could be uogotlntcd that
would receive the approval of that body.
Thus tile failure of these treaties would
be very likely to end for the present at
tempts to negotiate reciprocity agree
ments, thereby practically abandoning
the policy which William McKlnley do
dared to be vital to the expansion of our
foreign commerce.
lWCKIbO THE LOCOMOTIVE.
Samuel (lompors. president of the
American Federation of I.nbor, who by
trade is a elu'ar maker, has planted him
self squarely against the use of machin
ery in the manufacture of cigars.
In the Interest of the American clgnr
makers he Is reported to favor a boy
cott of niaehlne-inade cigars.
In taking this position Mr, Gompers
Is very much like the man who tried to
buck the locomotive. This is an nge of
machinery nnd every practical labor
saving appliance, although It innv tem
porarily displace labor, has in the end
been found to be bencficlal'to the tollers.
Machinery has not only enlsrced tho
scope of Industry, but It has placed tho
wngoworker In condition to enjoy tho
benefits of cheapened production.
herover machinery has crowded out
worklngmen from one trado It has
oiK'ued tho door for them lu nnothcr nnd
Una ultimately contributed toward
lessening the hours of labor and raising
the wages of the lnborer.
Take, for example, the printer's trade.
The typesetting machines have dis
placed a lar;e number of compositors,
but by reducing the cost of composition
they have Increased the canacltv of the
publisher to'supply the ever-growing de
mand for books and periodicals. Inci
dentally typesetting machines have ena
bled publishers of newspapers to double
and treble the quantity of rending mnt-
ter in the papers, thus benelltlni: the
general public. The fear that the adop
tion of the typesetting machine would
reduce the earnings of compositors has
proved groundless. The machine opera
tors are earning higher wnges than any
class of printers did before their Intro-
dtictlon, with shorter hours, and the raise
of the wages or the machine operator
has carried with It n higher wage for
the hand typesetter.
What is true of tho printers Is enuullv
true of nil branches of the printing
trade. The Invention and Improvement
of the rotary presses has enormously
multiplied the speed and capacity for
turning out every class of printed mat
ter, with corresponding benefits to the
pressmen, stereotypors. elect rotvners
and other mechanics employed lu the
printing trades.
It stands to reason that the Introduc
tion of machinery In the manufacture
of cjgnrs Is bound to produce the same
results in the long run. If machine
made cigars nre as perfect as hand
made cigars, tho, machine will mnke Its
way Into tho cigar factory, boycott or
no boycott. Instead of trying to buck
the locomotive, the cigar makers would
do better to adjust themselves to tho
conditions that murk the world's
progress In the twentieth century.
Several months ago .Millard Fillmore
Funkhouser, ns chnlrmnn of tho finance
committee of the school board, pre
vailed upon his associates to adopt reso
lutions demanding tho calling of a grand
Jury to probe what he called well-defined
rumors of bhickmull by municipal
olliclals. With extraordinary credulity
the board voted these resolutions on
Funkhouser's representation that he
was possessed of ample Information to
Justify such n step. The grand Jury
has been In session nearly six weeks,
but Funkhouser hns not yet volun
teered to appear before that body with
tlie information locked up lu his bosom.
The reason given by Funkhouser for
this failure to show up Is that he has
not yet been subpoenaed, which means
that no deputy sheriff has as yet deliv
ered him a paper guaranteeing ?2 for
his testimony. Mr. Funkhouser's Ideas
of the duty qf 'citizens who claim to
have knowledge of criminal conduct on
the part of public officers, or, for that
matter, of prlvato citizens, aro very
queer. Is It not tho duty of every citi
zen who has knowledge of criminal
practices to furnish this Information to
the grand Jury without being cited by
the sheriff nnd paid for his evidence?
Is It not much more so tho duty of, a
man who publicly demands a grand
Jury Inquisition ns a prosecuting wit
ness? Soveral influential democratic papers
nre protesting vigorously at tho efforts
of men prominent In tho democratic na
tional organization to assist Senator
Tillman In South Carolina to freeze
Senator Mcl.aurlu out of tho party.
They see nothlug but what Is pernicious
in Tillman's leadership and fall to com
prehend how tho party can gain any
thing by following n southern swash
buckler who hns made himself so ob
noxious to northern democrats. Hut that
Tillman Is animated by the Inspiration
of Hrynn, ns whose spokesman ho acted
In the Knnsas City convention, must not
be forgotten. The light for Tillmnn Is
simply part of the light to keep the
Hryanltes in control of tho democratic
organization nnd no mere protest will
avail unless backed by thu wholu body
of democrats who want tho whole party
reorganized.
Among the complications likely to em
barrass tho proposed consolidation of
Omaha aud South Omaha under one
government are the contracts and fran
chises granted by South Omaha to gas,
electric lighting, street railway, tele
phone and witter companies. In whatever
respect these frnehUes may differ from
or bo lu conflict with tho privileges
granted to these same- companies by tho
city tit Omaha, they will naturally pro
voko contention that may lead to almost
endless litigation lu the courts. It goes
without saying (hat wherever consolida
tion would enlarge the privileges of the
friinchlsed corporations they would
cheerfully acquiesce, but wherever they
tend to curtail those privileges they
will resist and seek to obstruct or do
feat consolidation.
Tho Union Stock Yards company h:
held Its annual election nnd made Its
distribution, of surplus earnings. Iu
view of the recent decision of the
United States supreme court In the
Kansas case, stock yards are no longer
subject to state regulation and the com
pany will not hnve to set apart a spe
cial India-rubber fund for the benefit
of legislative lobbyists and holdups, In.
eldentnlly It Is to bo hoped the company
will be relieved of the necessity of
electing at least one stock yards attor
ney every two years to represent the
stock yards on tho Hoor of the state
senate.
Nobody In Omaha will have any ob
jections to the proposed enlargement of
privileges for the Fast Omaha Hrldge
and Terminal company by congres
sional legislation, but the taxpaylng
citizens of Omnhn have a right to In
sist that the bridge and terminal com
pany pay Its Just proportion of county
and city taxes. Such a demand Is
certainly not unreasonable or unjust.
I'nttnttlttK tho OctoptM.
Washington Post
Hon. Moso Wetmoro has again landed
heavily on tho octopus. He has for tho
second tlmo sold out to tho brute at a big
profit.
Poor I.o'a Itestrlcted Citizenship.
Baltimore American.
Although Indians aro to bo citizens and
voters, it still will bo a crime to sell them
liquor. It is something very much llko
stealing the perfumo from tho roso to glvo
ttaera suffruge nnd then tako away all that
makes campaigns and elections enjoyable.
The Deluuu of Illii.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is to bo hoped the extraordinary num
ber of bills Introduced durlug tho first fow
days of tho session of congress Indicates
tho activity of members during tho roccsa
nnd that It will Boon subeldo. A total of
4,221 bills Introduced in three days is
ulnrmliig.
No OccmkIoii fur AKltutlnn.
Brooklyn Kagle.
The American Flag association may com-
poso Its fevered mind. Thero Is no need of
any law wliatover as to tho treatment of
tho American flag by tho American people.
That presentable piece of cloth Is not go
ing to bo spumed and trailed in the dtiHt
by our citizens because thcro Is no statute
to keep them from doing It.
Iloiun Article Overlooked.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho bill Introduced In tho scnato by Sen-
ator Ilurrows of Michigan, dealing with
anarchy, apparently only applies to alien
anarchists, providing against their getting
Into tho country and for their deportation
when discovered. It docs not cover tho
case of home-bred anarchists llko the
wretch who shot President McKlnley and It
does not clearly deflno anarchism.
Moderation In Xnvy IIiiIIiIIiik.
Philadelphia Record.
All this hssto for a great naval estab
lishment seems to proceed on tho assump
tion that tho United -States must keep step
In tho rnco of marltlmo prowosn with tho
war powers of Rurope. Hut tho only na
tion that conld seriously threaten us is
tho nation least likely to quarrel with us.
Tho United States should bo very slow to
Imltato tho oxnmplo of nations that go per
petually armed to tho teeth and drain tho
life blood of their people In a vain show of
counter menace. If wo shall maintain our
policy of moderation In wnrllko expenditure
wo shall bo better ablo to mako war when
necessary. Men nnd money aro tho real
and tho ready foundations of strength allko
In peace and war.
Price of Corn Keeim Up.
Chicago Tribune.
In October of this year corn exports
amounted to only 3,800,000 bushels. In Oc
tober of last year shipments aggregated
13,500,000 bushola. Shipments from Atlantic
ports last week wcro only 273,000 bushels,
against 0,300,000 bushels for tho correspond
ing period In 1900. It Is evident that Eu
rope does not caro to tako much corn at
present prices. Theso prices, however, do
not seem to bo affected by tho decltno In
shipments. It follows, therefore, that thcro
must still bo a great deal of corn In tho
hands of producers, who arc holding It
In tho hope of prices even higher than
those which obtain now, or that the demand
for corn tor domestic purposes, such as
tho manufacturo of glucose, starch, break
fast foods, etc., Is so great ns to keep up
tho prlco In splto of tho falling off In tho
foreign demand. Tho census figures show
ing how many million bushels of corn woro
used In various domestic manufacturing
Industries during tho census year will bo
accessible beforo long. Undoubtedly tho
total will bo surprisingly large so largo
as to show the corn growers that they need
not bo afraid of raising too much of that
grain.
A II US P. OF I. .I UNCTION,
A Jurist Illseiisnen the Arliltrnr
l'oiviT Amtiiined Uy llic llrncli.
Philadelphia North American.
The pointed comments of Judgo Tulloy be
foro tho Iroquois club of Chicago upon the
rapid development of government by injunc
tion ennnot fall to arrest tho attention of '
tho thoughtful. With tho past twolvo
months United States Judges havo been par
ticularly busy reading new theories Into
tho law which they nro supposed to In
terpret. In tholr eagerness to exorcise
authority at critical moments they havo ar
rogated to themselves not only tho right of
tho loglslatlvo power to mako laws, but
tho duty of tho administrative branch of
the government to enforce them. The
fashion having been onco net, there has
grown n sort of rivalry botween tho courts
of equity as to which one can go tho
farthest. Tho process of the usurpation
of power by tho Judiciary Is thus briefly
described by Judgo Tulley:
"The. Judge, without bearing the defend
ant, decrees what ho shall or shall not do
In advance and without a hearing, enforces
the performance of tho commands of the
writ, then brings tho defendant beforo him,
tries him without a Jury, adjudges him
guilty of a violation of tho commands of
the writ formulated by the Judge himself
In tho absenco of tho defendant, and sen
tences him to a punishment not defined by
law, but resting In the breast ot such
Judgo.
"Is not such a proceeding by the Judgo
government by Injunction and n substitute
tor trial by Jury?"
If Judges can create new offenses unknown
to the statutes, prejudge defendants by an
ticipation, convict them without trial by
Jury nnd prescribe penalties out of hand
for acts not prohibited by law, tho guar
antees contnlned In the constitution aro of
no avail. If tho courts are correct In con
struing the right of Injunction as they havo
done of late, there Is nothing to prevent an
autocratic Judiciary from making still
further encroachments upon the liberty of
the Individual.
Mr. Bryan's
Chicago Chronicle (dcm.)
William Jennings Ilryau has conferred
a favor upon his fellow countrymen In the
democratic party nnd out of It He haa
given out a manifesto which. I In substanco
tho platform on which he will seek tho
next presidential nomination nt the hands
of tho national democracy
Mr. Bryan sayn that Imperialism nnd the
Independence of the Philippines nre still
burning political questions and that It Is
only by pushing them to the front thnt the
democrats can hope for success In 102.
By Inference, therefore, Mr. Hrynn has
recovered partially or permanently from his
unsound money delusion. Tho currency of
tho country Is apparently to remain tin-
threatened by Mr. Bryan during tho next
presidential canvas. For this promised re- t Philippine pcoplo nro of far moro assim
llcf from nu expected recurrence of flnan-i llnblo stock. They nro niornl, peaceful, In-
clal lunacy on Mr. Ilryan's pnrt tho entire
country ought to bo thankful.
Elimination of tho unsound money Issue
from national politics will leave Intellt- with convincing proofs of n Blncero pur
gent men of nil parties freo to discuss In poso to establish ninonx them firm, free,
tranquility and reason tho real national
Issues before tho American people.
Mr. Bryan will not find any considerable
number of his fellow citizens ready to agree
to his proposal that tho American flag ha
unconditionally withdrawn from tho Phil
ippine Islands. Ho snys "the war Is un-
necessary because tho pcoplo of thoss
Islands nro ready to lay down their arms
whenever their lndcpendcnco la promised
them." Mr. Brynn has no better means of
knowing this than any other American cltl-
zen.
Americans must differ over tho equity or
necetslty of tho continued presenco of our
nrms on Phlllpplno territory nftcr tho stir-
render at Mnnlla. But humane Americans
cannot now nbaudon tho Phlllpplno people
who prefer our constitution to anarchy or
ItUl'.MI ABOUT XI3W VOItlC.
Hippies on (lie Current of I.lfe In the
Metropolis.
Now York Is steadily encroaching upon
Paris as n city of costly swell dinners. A
few weeks ago n Dclmonlco dinner for ten
In a room decorntcd to resomblo a forest
cost $1,000. l.ast week n feast for thirty
men, given nt one of tho hotels, cost the
host J2,u00. Behind them were palms, on
tho tnblo rare roses and in a row lnsldo tho
horscshoo a lino of potted chrysanthemums.
All about tho room varl-colorcd electric
lights, rarmonlzlng with tho flowers, gave
tho Illumination tor tho banquet.
Circling thu room was u glrdla of palms.
In ono part of tho banquet hall was hidden
nn orchestra, while occasionally vocal
music, furnished by a sextet, was heard.
Bcsldo each pinto was a box containing a
souvenir. This was nn ash tray, cast In
bronzo with tho flguro of a woman lying
upon It, as It on tho sands of a beach.
Mtogethor tho dinner, tho tlowers and tho
favors footed up tho sum of $85 for oach
man who sat beforo a plate.
When Admiral Dowey was welcomed
homo nt Now York, In September, 1S95,
tho pollco boat was loaded with distin
guished oMclals who had pull enough to
get on board. It headed tho procession and
as It steamed up tho rlvor thcro was a
fragrant trail of smoko bhlnd It that never
camo from tho smokestacks.
Tho police captain in chargo had loaded
tho boat up with n cliolco collection of
liquors and cigars. Tho bill has Just found
Its way Into the ofllco of Comptroller Color
and that gentleman hns put his foot down
on tho payment. "Tho city never gavo
you authority to spend fC27 for liquors and
cigars," ho said to tho captain, "nnd you
or somebody elso will havo to whistle for
the money."
"But whistling won't brlns It back," mut
tered tho captain, "especially when It has
gone up In smoke."
Onco n day n curious scone Is enacted
nt tho various banks receiving tho money
of tho Now York stroot car lines. So many
nickels aro deposited that tho clerks do
not try to count them. They weigh them
nnd pray for tho early death of tho man
who invented them. Of courso, worn nnd
light coins run a fow more to tho ton than
nuw ones from tho mint, but tho discrep
ancies nvcrago about tho same all tho way
along nnd llttlo or nothing Is lost by this
method of counting nickels. Thus the
nlckcla that come In by truck nnd wheel
barrow loads to tho bank nro kept moving
until thoy reach tho sub-treasury, to bo
recolned or again put Into circulation.
With thousands of conductors collecting
fares, a shower of money falls Into the
company's receiving offices In different
parts of town every day. This money Is
transferred each day by strongly built
treasure wagons to tho banks convenient
to tho rocelvlng offices. This transfer of
cash requires thrco teams of horses to bo
changed during the day for each wagon.
Trusted officials with a special guard armed
to tho teeth accompany tho wagon.
Conductors aro required to keep tholr
nickel supply reduced to tho lowest point
by working tho coins off on passengers
In mnklng change. Result: If tho conductor
Is expert, ho will bo nble to turn In bills
and silver chiefly.
But In splto of all this warfaro ngalnst
the nlckol, tho thirty-one lines of tho sys
tem yield nickels by the wagonload.
Ench of tho bljf lines of tho system,
such as tho Columbus avenue, Amsterdam,
Broadway, Lexington, Madison nnd Third
nvenuo, ought to earn from $6,000 to $12,000
a day. Tho thlrty-ono lines earn, accord
ing to tho published figures, a llttlo mora
than $14,000,000 annually. For a slnglo
day the gross receipts, as published, are
about $t 3,500.
To carry tho passengers yielding nil this
monny 7.000 cars nro required. Thero nro
227 miles of electric rond, and, surprising
to relate, 108 mites of horse car lines still
remaining ns a relic of dark ages, and re
quiring 0,000 horses to rattlo and bang
them through tho streots nt indlfforont
speed.
"Never has tho city of New York been so
dug up as it Is now," writes a corre
spondent of tho Philadelphia Ledger. "It
has not been n very comfortablo place to
llvo In tho past summer and fall, Every
where tho nx, tho spado,- tho blast, tho
hammer and tho derrick nro In evidence.
Tho construction of tho underground tun
nel has created a deep trench through tho
center of tho city from ono end of Mnn
hnttan Island to tho r.thor. Every block
or two thero aro great derricks to move
stone nnd dirt nnd at frequont intervals
through tho day workmen run out with rod
flags of warning nnd pretty soon tho report
of tho blast 1b heard through tho city. Sev
eral of tho hotels along tho lino of tho tun
nel havo had their buslnoss severely In
jured by tho operations attending Its con
struction, which goes on night and day,
On other streots tho railroad company Is
changing Its tracks. Tho Now York Cen
tral has Just started on oxtcnslvo altera
tions of Its Park nvenuo subwny. Tho as
phalting of Broadway has caused delays to
traffic. Tlio eroctlon of tho new brldgo
across tho East rlvpr obstructs several
streots. Othor public works aro soon to bo
started, Biich ns tho tunnel to Brooklyn and
tho Atlmtlc avenue Improvement. Great
biddings ar In tho course of construction,
notably tho public library, tho new custom
house, tho Charabor of Commerce, tho now
Stock Exchange and tho new Hall of Rec
ords. Nassau streot has been bridged by J
Manifesto
Invasion nnd conquest by n European power.
Mr. Hrynn says that tho pcoplo of tho
Philippines "cannot bo citizens without en
dangerlng our civilization. They cannot bo
subjects without Imperiling our form of
government.'
The literary habit of mind has never been
characteristic of practical statesmanship.
Mr. Bryan's Instructive- Inclination to pret
tinoss of expression Is a fundamental weak
ness In his adaptability to politics.'
As a malter of fact thcro Is no reason
why tho people of the Phlllpplnu Islands
should not bucomo In tlmo American cltl-
zens. We have made citizens out of red
aborigines' nnd out of descendants of AN
rlcan tribesmen. Tim ruling mass of the
idustrlous, accustomed to obey nnd to corn-
mand. They havo responded readily to our
overtures of friendship when nccouipnnlod
honest nnd Just republican government.
Tho work, It Is true, Is only begun. To
desert It now would bo cowardice. Tho
ultimate solution of tho political status of
tho Philippines cannot bo predicted now.
Hut this can ho nssertcd now thnt tho
ling of tho United States must remain In
tho Philippines for tho protection of tho
pcoplo from anarchy or invasion and that
tho constitution nnd laws of tho United
Stntes must bo put Into operation In tho
Islnnds as rapidly ns possible.
Mr. Brynn will find that no considerable
proportion of tho national democratic party
will support him or nny othor presidential
candldato on n platform proposing deser-
tlon of tho pcoplo of tho Phlllpplno Islands
to anarchy, dictatorship or Invasion for
conquest or reconquest.
raasslvo scaffolding necessary for tho con
struction of tho $2,000,000 skyscraper of
tho Hanover National bank. Herald Squaro
Is In a stato of scml-blockndc, duo to tho
erection of two great department stores,
which nro destined to turn this quarter of
i tho city into a big shopping district, aii
I this Is cvldenco of growth, of development,
of Improvement. All theso things nro trans
t fnrmlni! thn cltv into a creatness hardly
I drenmcd of a generation ago, but.whllo tho
operations nro going on tnuy inaao mo iu
tho metropolis moro burdensome."
ri:itso.Ai. xoths.
A copy of James Russell Lowell's class
poem at Harvard, In original wrapper,
bearing dato of 1S3S, was soldVut auction In
Boston, bringing $70.50.
Walter F. Howe, for fifty ycarB postmas
ter nt North Leominster, Mass., resigned on
Monday. His present ofllco haw been In uso
for tho last thirty-seven years.
John Lawrence, ono of tho most noted fox
huntors in England, has Just died at tho
ago of St. Until ten yenrs ago ho was out
twice n week with tho hounds all through
tho season.
Georgo do Groat, a letter carrier of Mor
lstown, N. J., hao been allowed eighteen
claims by tho patent ofllco at Washington
for a collectors' recording mcchnnlsm for
letter boxes.
Prof. F. F. Mcrtcns of Russia, who has
Just returned homo from a vlalt to Amer
ica, snys that the thing that Impressed htm
most In this country was the national li
brary at Washington.
Mr. John F. Fccly, tho now member of
congress from tho Second Illinois district
Is tho youngest member who over sat In
tho liauso of representatives. Ho Is -a
graduato of tho Yalo Law school.
An Irish-American of San Francisco has
erected In tho cemetery of Fontenoj' a
marble tablet commemorating tho heroism
of tho Irish legion In tho servlco of France
who on that famous field sottled a few
ancient scores with Britain, May 11, 1745'.
Prof. John W. Jcnks, who haa Just com
pleted hla sclcntlllo observations of county
government in southern Illinois, Is now on
his way to Asia, whero ho will gather data
concerning British administration In Iudla.
Ho Is professor of political economy In
Cornell.
Sebastian B. Ettllngcr, tho keeper of tho
Washington monument at Washington, died
last Thursday. Ho was appointed ten years
ago, nnd each day ho ouconded at least
once to tho gallery beneath tho statue to
light tho winding stairway, and In doing so
mounted 22S steps.
Long beforo tho reading of President
Roosevelt's message had been concluded In
tho scnato It was whispered around the
chamber that his phraso "reciprocity must
bo treated as tho handmaid of protection"
was borrowed from tho lato James G.
Blaine. Senator Mason and others ac
knowledged having used It In speeches.
Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary
of tho Interior, had n grocery and provision
Htoro In St. Joseph, Mo., when a young man,
nnd sold provisions mostly to pioneers
passing through that city for tho far west.
Ho went to China after soiling out and ro
turned to St. Louis a wealthy man.
At a cost of about $30,000 tho honor
of tho navy at Samoa has been vindicated.
What over-modest missionaries conceived to
bo u long series of Jags contracted by Cap
tain Tlllla proved to bo a twilight exercise
locally known as lummy-lummy. This con
sists of a natlvo decolletto costume, a re
clining posturo on a doormat and a series
of yells and kicks to increase the mobility
of limbs and lungs. Under a tropical
twilight evil minds misinterpreted what
really protcd to bo n nudo departure in
pushing civilization among barbarians. ,
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A few railroads terminating in Washing
ton aro determined to get their share cl
tho surplus. At least that Is to bo Inferrc ,
from the descriptions In tho Washington
nowspnpers of the magnificent $12,000,000
central railroad station to be crectfd In
that city. It Is to be the largest and lints"
building of the kind on earth. It Is to sc.
commodate all the rnllrtudx.
Its construction depeiids on tho favorable
notion of congress. That menus that con
grof Is expected to provide the site ami
right-of-way for nil tho tracks to reach i
nnd to pay outright In cash n largo proper
tlon of tho cost of tho building. In Chi
cago, New York nnd other cities far mon
Important than Washington the railroads
havo to pay for building their stntlons nnd
nil tho expenses connected with the work
What would Webster and Clny who rodf
lit stage coaches from Massachusetts nnd
from Kentucky to Washington have
thought of building nt government expense
wholly or In part a stage station there
costing one-third ns much ns tho tota1
annual expenses of tho government In thoje
days?
I.At'CJIIIXr. .MATTKll.
1.',0,.roli I ree Press: Wltllo-Our tf-nchf-i
called tho wind "rude" I wonder why.
Lisle I guess because It whistles.
Yonkers Statesman? Bill-Was tho flsh
lng good whero you 'nvo been?
Jill Oil, yesl Too good to llo about
Washington Star: "I specks," said Unci
I-.ben, "dat do alf o' prophecy wouldn' do
us much good If wo had It. A man knows
ho s gwlntcr' git sick If ho ents too much
dinner. Hut ho goes nn' does It."
Chicago Tribune: "Mnrntna." said thn
petted helrK9, "why this ceaseless nnd
wearying round of gnvetles? Aren't we
rich enough now to afford to bo comfort
nble?" "No, denr." replied mnnimn, "Wo nro
so rich thnt wo can't afford to bo com
fortable." Philadelphia Press: "Then ynu don't be
lieve that 'opportunity knocks onco at each
mnn's door?
'Well, It may do that very gently," re
piled tho pcMsimlst, "Hut I never heard of
It yanking tho bell-pull out by tho roots."
Chlcngo Post: "She looks sweet enough
to out!" ho exclaimed with rapturous ex
aggeration. "Yes," admitted her envious friend, "and
if It wero not for ono thing sho would be."
"Whnt Is thnt?"
"Her temper would give you Indigestion.''
Washington Star: "You know you prom.
Isrd mo," Hobbed the soubrctto, who wns
juirtnklug of n luncheon In tho third net,
"thnt theso should bo real victuals!"
And stepping over tn the rear of tho stag
sho wept real tears Into a real tank.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I'm going to send
a Chrlstmns present to old Skinflint," said
Hunker.
"Hut ho'a dead." said Onzzam.
"I know It. I'll send un asbestos smok
ing Jacket."
Jnit Before.
Now tho cute designing maiden wears a
faco nil brightly laden with the sun
light of the Bwectcst smlla her fellow
ever snw,
And sho throws In his direction little
loncns or nrrection till his heart Ii
over rising to tho level of his crnw.
Shows by every look nnd nctlon what ex
qulilte satisfaction ho derives from
nightly visits from her dapper prlnca
of beaux.
And her lovo will not diminish till shs
works him to a finish and he's blown
himself for presents for her shapely
Chrlstmns lionux.
A LAY OP AMOIEJfT It OMR.
Hnrvnrd Lampoon.
Oh! tho Roman wns a rogue,
Ho crat, was, you bettum:
Ho rnn his nutomobllls
And smoked his clgarettum;
Ho woro ii diamond' studlbus
And elegant cravattutn. . , ; .,
A maxima cum laudo'shlrt
And such a stylish lmttuml
Ho loved tho luscious hlc-hntec-hock,
And hot nn games and equl:
At times he won: nt others, tho'.
Ho got It In tho ncqut:
Ho winked (quo usque tandem?)
At puellns on tho Forum,
And sometimes oven mada
Thoso goo-goo oculorum!
Ho frequently was seen
At combats Riadltorlal,
And ale enough to feed
Ten boarders at .Memorial;,
He often wont on sprees.
And said, on starting nomas,
"Illo labor opus est,
Oh, whore's my hlc hlo domuaT"
Altho' ho lived In Rome
Of nil tho nrts tho middle
He wns (excuse tho phraso)
A horrid Indlvld'l:
Ah, whnt n different thing
Was tho homo (dative, hominy)
Of far nway Ii. C,
From us of Anno Domlnt.
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