THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: M027DAY, JANUARY 6, 1002.
The omaha Daily Bee
13. nOSHWATKtt, EDITOR.
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THE HJSli I'UUlilHUHNU l,U.Hl rt .
statemI'tf-ciiicIjdation.
'tltfitn nf MahrnxUn. DntlellLK ColllltV. 89.!
George U. Tzschuck, secretory of The Heo
I'Ubiinning company, ucing uuiy nwuin,
nays that the actuul number of full and
crimntetH I'niileM nf Tlin Dally. Morning,
Evening und Sunday Heo printed during
tho month of December, iwi, woa as iui-
iows:
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X.CS8 unsold and rcltirned coj)les.... 10,0118
Net total sales 03:i,lB7
Net dally uverage :io,lol
OEO. H. TZSCHUCK.
Suhscrlhed In my presence and sworn to
beforo mo this 31st day of December, A. XJ.
1901. M. 11. 11UNUATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Now for thu opening of the Iowa
legislature.
By the way, has anyone heard any
thing recently of r.rof. Coins once
famous llnanclal school?
Tho red button Is still a source of
bitter contention In the ranks of the
G'eiitral Labor union, notwithstanding
tho fact that the men who wear them
lay no claim to be Chinese mandarins.
Governor Savage will Hud Interesting
If not entertaining reading In tho vig
orous expressions of thu republican
utate press denouncing as an unmiti
gated outrage Ids uucouditloual par
don of Hartley.
AVo may all feel sure that as acting
governor Senator Steele will safely
guide tho ship of slate, whether Gover
nor Savage curtails or prolongs his vol
untary exile from Nebraska among the
t'ane-brakes of Louisiana.
The new year Is setting altogether too
brisk a paco with railroad wrecks and
Btcamshlp collisions. Its ambition ..to
eclipse the record of Its predecessor
'in this direction so early In the season
should bu moro vigorously repressed.
Tho councllmen who have gone east
to inspect market houses will Hud an
abundance of material for future refer-
ence but lu duo tlmo they may also
(discover that you cannot build a market
house unless you have tho money to
build It with.
Senator Piatt's threatened libel suit
against Ktlltor William Allen White
bas not yet materialized. Tho seasoned
nnd experienced senntor has doubtless
come to the conclusion that this is an
other occasion where discretion Is the
better part of valor.
In Omaha Superintendent I'earse Is
pstentatiously anti-mnchlnc. In thu con
tention of the Stnto Teachers' associa
tion at Lincoln Superintendent Hearse
1b the mnehlue. Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Uydo Is not In 11 with Omaha's versatile
school superintendent.
The war for the base ball franchlso
for Omaha for next year Is simply a
taso of freeze out, although from tho
amount of noise tho contending factors
are making tho public would Imagine
tho prlzo was to go to tho sldo that
does thu most holloing.
Denlers try to explnlu tho rnlso In tho
price of coal on tho theory ot general
prosperity that has precipitated a short
ngo of supply through Inadequate trans
portation facilities. Tho provalllug
prosperity has to carry a pretty big
load as a scapegoat for all sorts of
public grievances. .
Colonel Bryan will commemorate the
feast of Andrew Jackson In what ho
onco denominated tho enemy's country
the refusal of tho Massachusetts dem
oeratlo state committee to co-operate In
tho reception plunued for thu former
standard bearer of tho party Is unbu
coming when Mr. Bryan goes so far as
to extend tho hand of peace.
Constantino .1. Smyth should not lose
night of the fact that thero is a tide
In- tho affairs of men which taken at
tho Hood leads on to fortune. If ho
wants to strike It rich and even up
with tho Standard Oil trust tho oppor
tunlty Is at hand. All ho need do Is to
Join Judge Baxter's Development com
patty, which Is about to boru for oil in
tho vicinity of Omaha. If tho pros
pector s hopes are realized Mr. Smyth
will bo ablo to force tho Standard Oil
trust out of Nebraska without tho aid
Of a writ of quo warruuto.
A DAXOEUUVS VRECEDEXT.
The power to extend executive clem
ency to persons convicted of crime Is
vested by the constitution of Nebrnskn
In the Kovcrnor, subject, however, to
such regulations us mny bo provided by
law rclntlvo to tho tnnnoer of applying
for pardons. Tho manifest Intent of tho
constitution Is that the legislative pro
visions as to the manner of applying
for pardons must be followed In all
cases. The law governing tho exercise
of tho pardoning power reads as fol
lows: Tho governor shall havo power to grant
reprieves, commutation and pardons, after
conviction, for all offenses except treason,
and to remit fines and fortclturo upon such
conditions, and with such restrictions and
limitations as ho may think proper, subject
to tho regulations prescribed in this chapter.
Ilut no pardon shall bo granted until after
notlco shall havo first been given for two
weeks of such application for a pardon, by
publishing tho said notlco in a newspaper
printed in tho county' whero tho conviction
was had, which notlco Mini) stato name of
tho applicant, tho offense of which ho was
convicted, In what court, nnd when con
victed, and tho tlmo when tho application
will bo made, and In caso no nowspapor Is
Pujms
notlco
published In such county, thon the said
may bo given by posting tho sumo
at tho court houso door of said county, two
weokB beforo such application; provided,
however, that when any person Is confined
In tho etato penitentiary the governor shall
havo power to pardon such person on ac
count ot good conduct, for tho purposo of
restoring him to civil rights, not moro than
ten days beforo tho expiration of his tortn
of Imprisonment, without tho notlco pro
vided for In this section.
Tho pardon of Joseph S. Hartley In
open disregard of tho law establishes a
dangerous precedent
Tho pardon was
surreptitiously granted without publi
cation of tho required notlco and with
out any public hearing that would af
ford nn opportunity for remonstrance
or protest.
Mr. Hartley had employed for his
defense most capable criminal lawyers
and they certainly understood tho con
ditions precedent to a legally granted
pardon. They knew that the law re
quired n petition and a hearing upon
It nnd they acted accordingly. They put
themselves to n great deal of trouble
and expense to secure names to tho
pardon petition and held themselves
ready to 111c It and go through Uie forms
of n hearing whenever they could get
nssuranccs from tho governor that he
would Issue the pardon. That was their
Intention when they appealed to Gov
ernor 1'oyuter and again when they ap
pealed to Governor Dietrich. Tho Idea
that Hartley's sentence could bo com
muted for the entire unexpired period
of his sentence without notlco or hear
ing nnd then bo restored to full civil
rights by a pardon for the few days
tlmo not Included in tho commutation
had not been evolved.
Tho recognized principle of law Is that
nn ofllccr can not do Indirectly what he
is prohibited from doing directly.' If
the sixteen years Hartley was yet to
serve could be wiped out by commuta
tion without compliance with the plain
provisions of tho law relating to par
dons, every other convict In the pen
itentiary could have nil the benefits' of
a full pardon by the commutation route
without petition, without publicity and
without a hearing.
As chief executive of the state It Is
the sworn duty of tho governor to obey,
uphold and enforce tho laws and not
to violate them or subvert thcni.
COMVULSUUY ARUITRATIOX IX
AUSTRALIA.
Australia has furnished the United
Suites with several valuable suggestions
for tho operation of the machinery of
self-government. Most notable of these
Is the Australian ballot law. The In
dustrlnl arbitration law recently en
acted by the federal parliament of tho
Commonwealth of Australia is another
new departure that will afford an object
lesson for the United States.
A unique system of arbitration of all
labor disputes has been In operation for
several years In New Zealand, but the
recent enactment of tho Australian pur
llament goes further than nny previous
law lu thu recognition of worklngmen's
organizations.
The Australian industrial arbitration
act provides for participation, of both
employes and employers beforo tribunals
created by the act, but only members
of registered trades unlous will bo rcc
ognlzed ns representatives of wage
workers In tho arbitration courts. Other
things being equal the employer Is re
quired by law to give preference to
unionists when two or moro men shall
apply for the same position.
Thu manifest object of the law Is
to make attllintion with trades unions
practically compulsory upon working'
men. This feature of tho law seems to
rest upon tho theory that the trades
union could be more easily held re
sponsible for the enforcement of the
edicts of tho court than u large mini
ber of Irresponsible wugeworkers. It Is
doubtless true that Injunctions, whereby
obedience to tho decision or nrbltra
tlou courts nro to bo Insured, could bo
directed moro effectively against a few
accredited representatives of labor than
a multitude of men, und the collection
of lines Imposed could bo morp readily
enforced through a levy on the treasury
of tho trades union than upon monoy
less workmen who tuko part In a strlko
In violation of tho court orders.
Whllo tho new Industrial arbitration
act of Australia has been enacted at
the behest of thu trades unions and
would bo satisfactory to tho rank and
HIo of the workmen of Australasia, It I
exceedingly doubtful whether American
workmen, who nro so restive under re
strulut nnd disposed to resent all court
Interference with their rights to wor
or abstain from work, would be sat
Islled with such a law, oven though It
exalts the trades union by giving It
rights over unorganized labor.
Whether or not the compulsory em
ployment of members of trades unions
would bo pronounced by tho courts o
our various states and the federal court
an Infringement upon personal rights, It
Is certain that tho powers granted to
tho arbitration courts of Australia
would bo regarded in this country ns
decidedly despotic. Thu Australian
courts, for example, have the power to
declare what 'shall be tho standard
wage. This means that the courts tiro
given tho right to establish a standard
f value for labo? and for the products
of labor. Tho exerclsu of such a power
by any legislative or Judicial branch of
tho government would not be tolerated
In this country, even If It were prac
tical for auy tribunal to establish a
standard of vnlues and tlx the price of
commodities produced by skilled labor.
Under such conditions tho American
farmer, who would enjoy bo such pro
tection ns to the price of his commod
ities or the value of his labor, would
be at a great disadvantage.
In addition to tho power to establish
scale of wagi's, tho Australian courts,
under tho Industrial arbitration act, will
furthermore become regulators of the
main conditions of employment nnd are
to take en re that they shall never fall
below the standards prevailing In the
best conducted establishments. When
these courts shall havo declared uny
practice or usago lu any Industry to bo
common rule, conformity to such order
will bo compulsory upon tho persons
employed In such Industry, and obedi
ence may bo enforced by Injunctions,
fines and penalties.
Viewed at long range tho effect of
this extraordinary experiment In labor
legislation will be to compel nil wnge
workcrs to becomo members of trades
unions, nnd in enso of disputes between
capital and labor to substitute for the
trades union the arbitration court ns tho
Irrevocable wage scalu maker nnd as
tho Indirect regulator of the value of
all products produced by orgaulzed
labor.
JlOlf TO OET A MARKET HOUSE.
All tho plans and schemes for tho
locntlon of a central market place nnd
the erection of a mnrket house utterly
fall to take Into account existing con
ditions.
First nnd foremost, they appear to
Ignore tho fact that there Is no money
In the city treasury that could bo ex
pended, cither for the purchase of mar
ket house grounds or tho erection of u
market house.
In tho next place, it would be well-nigh
impossible to ralsu the necessary money
by a bond Issue, becauso It requires
two-thirds of all the votes cast at the
election to authorize a bond Issue aud
tho improbability of carrying such a
proposition In the faco of the united op
position of tho retail grocers Is apparent.
A market houso will cost all the way
from $50,000 to $200,000 and tho only
feasible plan by which It could be
secured lu the near future would bo by
purchasing It gradually, on tho Install
ment plan. If the city cuu induce some
capitalist, owning a suitable, centrally
located tract of land, to advance the
money for tho erection of a market
house, constructed in conformity with
plans nnd speclUcutlous approved by the
city, tho mayor aud council could enter
Into a contract for tho acquisition of
tho property by annual puyments that
would meet tho Interest due on tho
amount Invested and pay for the prop
erty within a Hxed period of years.
Such an arrangement would leave tho
control and management of tbo murket
house In the hands of the city nnd the
revenues derived from the leasing of
stalls aud the granting of licenses would
not only meet all expenses of mainte
nance, but leave u sutHcIeut surplus to
pay for the orlglnul Investment in from
ten to thirty years.
It remains to be seen whether nny
heavy property owner and capitalist can
bo Induced to offer tho city market
grounds centrally located and a suffi
cient amount for the erection of a mar
ket houso built on modern lines.
ADOLlSlf STAR CHAMBER SESSIONS.
The now Hoard of County Commls
sloners will be Installed during tho com
ing week and It Is to be hoped that it
will discard the star chamber method of
doing business which has obtained for
several years. Tho public ought not to
bo excluded from discussions of tho
county board ou measures In which the
taxpayers have a vital Interest. Instead
of openly debating all questions ou
which there is a difference of opinion
tho board has held executive sessions
behind closed doors, and Its open ses
sions have sUnply enabled thu public
to ascertain what conclusion was
reached In the star chamber executive
sessions.
Years ago when tho board consisted
of only three commissioners, two of thu
commissioners would meet ou a street
corner or lu sumo saloon and agree upon
united action In respect to the matters
at the disposal of the board, and return
lug to thu court house would direct the
county clerk to record thu decisions
reached ut tho curbstone, or barroom
meeting. When tho membership of the
board was Increased to live it was lu
lloved that these close corporation meth
ods would cease aud that all questions
coming beforu the board would be fully
aud freely aud publicly discussed, so
that thu taxpaylug citizens might know
the position taken by every member of
the bonrd'on nil matters concerning the
taxpayers. But thu methods now In
vogue are not much of uu Improvement
over tho street corner and barroom
meetings of formur years.
There Is no good reasou why any mys
tery should surround tho course adopted
by tho board on nuy question, or why
its actions should not bo at all times
subjected to the searchlight of publicity
Ex-Seuator Chandler wants the pros!
dent to, relieve himself of all public
duties except such as relate to the whole
people, leaving to subordinates thu work
of attending to tho petty demands o
routine business and otllco seekers, it
is to'lw feared that beforo Mr. Chan
dler's Ideal cau be reached wu will havo
to amend the constitution to lengthen
tho presidential term nnd set tip a ba
to re-election. Tho president who with
draws himself altogether from personal
relations with the general public would
practically give notice Hint lie no longer
courts public favor. At all events Presi
dent Iloosevelt seems to be getting along
nicely under tho old system hnnded
down from the fathers of the republic.
Tho secretary of tho Hoard of Educa
tion, who has been cited to appear be
foro the grand Jury with tho books and
records of tho school board, threatens
to land a carload of documents In thu
court house, but we apprehend nobody
In tho court house will bo seriously
alarmed over the Impending avulanche.
There Is abundant room to store all tho
books and records tho school board ban
accumulated within the past three years,
us well as a few bundles of "well
dellned rumors."
It Is decidedly unkind, If not malicious,
for our local contemporary, tho Western
I.uborer, to entertain tho suspicion that
the scheme to build a bridge over the
Missouri river at South Omuhu Is "mi
other one of those foxy enterprises like
the street car Hue over tho East OinaJiu
bridge, whose promoters built ulr castle
(tower houses and laid down a lino of
steel rail rust which Is reputed to havo
cleaned up tho neut sum of $100,000 for
quitting the Held."
Tho committee in charge want to cor
rect the prevailing impression that the
forthcoming lecture of Webster Davis
Monday evening has nny political slg
nlllcuncc or Is to bo lu any sense par
tisan. It has the assurance from tho
managers of tho Transvaal society that
tho address to be delivered by Mr. Davis
is strictly nonpartisan and that the pro
ceeds will bo devoted exclusively to tho
relief of Impoverished Boer futnillos.
Loudon commentators on current
events profess utmost astonishment up
oii.tho unexpected soclul und personnl
popularity to which the new king has
attained. As the onerous duties of king
of England impose no obligations ex
cept to muko himself beholden to the
people, King Edwurd would hnvo no
one but himself to blamo if ho did not
succeed in maintaining cordial relations
with his subjects.
Chance to lMuy Even.
Washington Tost.
Somebody has sent Admiral Schley a
piano. It ho wero a resentful man ho
would movo Into his ouemy's apartmont
houso and toko lessons on tho Instrument.
A Dollar on Its llnnnd.
Boston Qlobe.
If Whlto owes Black $1 and Dlack owes
Drown $1 and Drown owes Gray $1 and
Gray owes White $1, a dollar bill sent tho
rounds by White will cancol all tho dobts
and at the end Whlto will havo tho monoy
in his pocket. Pay your hills and tho
chance Is good that tho money you set cir
culating will como back to you.
The Millenium Approaching.
Philadelphia Press.
If Prof. Loeb sncceeds In deferring death
Indefinitely by "destroying tho death germ,
all the' diseases ts which flesh is heir will
sooner or later becomo innocuous. Tho
grim reaper will then havo to depend for
his crop entirely upon the "boat-rocking
Idiot,"' the "didn't-know-lt-was-loaded
gun" and our old friend, tho freight car
coupling, though the latter Is being grad
ually put out of business.
"An Undoubted lilt."
Philadelphia Itecord.
President Roosevelt has mado aa un
doubted hit In tho selection ot Governor
Shaw of Iowa to succeed Secretary Gago
at tho head of the Treasury department,
Is a democratic choice. The welfare of
Wall street will not bo especially consid
cred by the now appolnteo whero a hard-
headed, prudent, careful and competent
tnnn can clearly nee that Wall street wcl
faro runs parallel with tho public welfare.
Uncertainty of Entlmntc.
Springfield Republican.
Estimates of tho cost ot tho Nlcaraguan
canal, upon which not a spadeful of soli
has been dug, should bo considered In the
light of tho cost of tho Siberian railroad.
When begun, ten years ago, tho coat'of tho
line was estimated nt 3SO.000.000 rubles,
but a year ago It had already coBt 780,000.-
000 rublcu, nnd It cannot ho finished short
ot a round 1.000,000,000, or roughly, In 'our
money $500,000,000. Tho Walker commis
sion now thinks the canal by tho Nlca
rneua route could ho built for about $190.-
000,000, but no ono should accept the flguro
as a finality.
Evlili-nce of National Good Will.
Knnsns City Star.
Tho expressed desire of Emperor William
that the daughter of President Hoosevelt
should act as, sponsor for tho kaiser's yacht
Is u compliment that will not bo overlooked
In this country. It Is an unusual manifes
tation of personal and national good will,
and the public aspocts of the Incident will
servo to Impress' It on tho peoplo of both
countries. It may readily bo understood
that tho quality of President nooscvolt's
personality and official conduct appeals
with especial force to Emperor William,
perhaps tho most direct and positive ruler
of Europe.
The Heroine In Hen! I.lfr.
Indlanupolls News.
That was a very pretty story that came
from Now York to the effect that a young
woman wns giving up millions of dollars
In order to marry tho mnn sho loved, but
the story wns robbed of much of Its ro
mance when tho fact was brought out that
Bho would have $15,000 a year anyhow and
that sho would begin a contest to break
her father's will. What theso commercial
times would like to see would be a young
woman who would bo willing to hogln tho
battlo of llfo with the man sho loved by
going Into the kitchen and becoming a real
helpmate.
l.clnre a lni- Unit Kllla.
Atnerlniin Medicine.
Tim mnrtnlltv nf nmintlilnclam. nccordlnc
to Insurance statistics, 1h much higher than
that of men with serious occupations. It Is
well known thnt In certain occupations the
death ratp Is very high, browors and saloon-
Koepors, e, g., dying anout twice as tasi as
tho avcraco. and butchers, workers In the
building trades, glass-workers, minors,
chemists and druggists being much abovo
the average. Yet, lake these and those of
all occupations together and the occupation
of tho "eentlnmnn of lclsuro" Is tho hard
est on life, reported to exceed that of tho
averago by 132 per cent. There is at pres.
iint nnrhnnu nn irrpnt dancer of an lncreaso
nf thn llnnriin(a,l In nur country. HS OUT
restless onergy would prevent It if It wero
uot tho fashion of the day to be busy. The
truth may bo of servlco to the rich and
Hhnws thnt nnimriv nnd oven the most In
jurious work is less dangerous than wealth
and Idleness. Time has a wise way oi iron
ically killing the tlmo killer.
SUIMKV ,I.V Till! WOULD.
Stntlatlm nf Hie Amount of .Money
in
I'kr In All Cnnntrlr.
New York Mali nnd Express.
It takes about a year to collect full sta
tistics of the amount of money In use In
11 the countries of the world, so that tho
figures collected hy our director of tho mint
and Just ready for publication, relnto to
January 1, 1001. This tinnu.il statement
was first mndo In 1873, and tho Information
has been gathered with Increasing enro and
completeness every year, until tho statistics
re about ns accurate ns they can bo made.
There have been somo surprising changes
n mo world's money supply in tho Inst
twenty-eight years, the greatest of which
tho Increase In volume, nnd tho most
significant Is tho gain In the proportion of
gold in tho currency of different nations.
In 183 the totnl for the world was: Gold.
$t,209,SOO,000; silver, $1,057,6S3,000. and un
covered papor, $2,322,545,000. It will bo ob
served that, to avoid what would ho virtual
duplication, the full amount of "paper
money" is not Included, hut only tho "un
covered," or tho excess over tho coin re
serves held for Its redemption. It will bo
seen that In a lotal volume of money rcck-
ucd at a little moro than $4,500,000,000
over half was "uncovered paper," nnd in
the coin gold exceeded silver by nbout one-
fifth. That was before silver had depreci
ated. Now, wo find tho surprising fact that at
tho beginning ot 1901 tho ntnouut of gold
naa incrcasod to $4,903,700,000, or moro than
quadrupled, tho silver had risen to $3,841,
100,000, something less than quadrupling.
nnd tho uncovered paper was $3,033,400,000,
or only about 30 per cent moro than at tho
boglnnlng of tho porlod. An analysis of
tho chango would bo Interesting, hut It Is
apparent on tho surfaco that tho advance
has been toward a sounder and moro sta
bio system for tho world In general. Tho
total money volumo Increased to $11,781,-
00,000 nt tho beginning of 1901, ns com-
parod to $4,690,030,000 twenty-eight years
cforo. In this tlmo Germany has estab
lished tho gold standard, the Latin union
has suspended silver colnngo nnd tho United
States and Hussla havo restored spcclo pay
ments. Tho United States had only about $135,-
000,000 In gold In 1873, scnttored In banks
nnd In circulation on tho Pacific coast. In
1878, on, tho ovo of tho resumption of specie
paymontu, It had increased to $213,200,000,
nd at tho end of 1881 it was over $478,000,-
000. Dy this tlmo tho silver Inflation got
Its work lu and tho gain In gold was
checked until after 1S93. At tho tlmo of
tho Bound monoy campaign of 189S it was
Btlll under $600,000,000, but since then tho
golden tldo has been rising In tho treasury
and In tho banks and tho stock is tho larg
est in tho world. It was $1,110,000,000 a
year ago and has gained steadily slnco. Our
gold la now nearly twice our Bllver in coin
age valuo, and not far from thrco times
the volumo of "uncovered paper."
FINANCHS OF Till! .ATION.
Unci Sam lining Illinium
nt No. 1
Uny Strert.
Philadelphia Iicdger.
For the cnlendar year tho revenues of
the covornment exceeded tho ordinary ex
penditure by $100,000,000. This la not ex
actly a matter for congratulation, because
pari or its meaning is mat ttio govern
ment collected from tho peoplo taxes that
wore not needed. A reduction of taxos
should follow, that tho surplus of 1902 may
be reduced to a reasonable amount. About
three-fourths of this" great surplus of 1901
was usod to reduce tho public debt. Donds
of tho par valuo of nearly $59,000,000 were
purchased at a coat of $72,226,845. Thus tho
casn on nana is about X3o,ooo,000 in excess
of the balance on hand at tho close of 1900.
Tho treasury holds nearly $300,000,000 in
cash; deducting $1BO,000,000 for a gold re
serve, tho avallablo cash amounts to $148,
000,000. There Is moro money In the hands ot tho
peoplo than ever beforo. On December 1,
1901, tho amount of money oulsldo of tho
treasury was $2,250,256,230 nnd tho amount
por capita $28.73. This Is a gain ot $5.59
per capita over the amount In circulation in
1897.
The lncreaso Is largely In gold coin and
gold certificates, tho amount thorcof having
almost doubled in less thnn four years.
Thero has also been a large Increnso In
national bank notes In circulation, duo to
the act of March 14, 1900, which promoted
the organization of small banks and en
couraged tho Ishuo of circulating notes. Tho
only kind of money withdrawn from circu
lation was tho treasury notes, Issued under
tho act of July 14, 1890, of which about $45,-
000,000 havo been redeemed.
These statistics havo a two-fold meaning.
Tho great increnso In tho rovenura of tho
government, an Increnso that exceeded tho
estimates, was duo In part to the unusual
volume of business transacted, and this, In
turn, was due In part to tho easing of the
money market. ' Tho country needed tho
Increase of money in circulation that la
shown to exist, and without It business
would havo suffored, notwithstanding the
great demand for American products. Tho
ono thing needed In tho nation's finances,
for which only partial provision was mado
in tho act of March 14, 1000, is a flexible
system of noto Issuance, whereby tho vol
ume of tho currency will bo approximately
adjusted to the demands of trade. '
I'KllSONAIi NOTKS.
Robert Louis Stovenson's birthplace In
Edinburgh Is for snle, end tho price asked
Is somewhat less than $3,000.
Miss McComb, tho New York heiress who
married tho man of her choice, may havo
to worry along on a paltry $15,000 a year,
Edwnrd Everett Hnle advises tho young
men to make It n rule to tnlk every day
to someone who Is his superior In Intel
lect.
Major Ebsteln, who is to take chargo of
tho Drooklyn police, is of tho General Phil
Shorldan typo, short nnd well knit and a
hnrd and quick hitter.
Tho old saying that "beauty Is but skin
deep" should not longer havo tho courngo
to hold up its head In the faco of tho fact
that tho possession of mere beauty entitles
a Parlslenito to $2,000 reward.
Young Chauncoy M. Depcw has Just ma
triculated as a medical student In Now
York. "Duster," ns ho wns nicknamed In
Infancy by his father, expects to finish his'
studies In four years und will then become
a practicing physician.
Representative J. II. Small of North
Carolina has never forgotten his newspaper
training, and from force of habit notes tho
Important happenings of each day's session.
Ho makes it a rulo to answer evo'ry letter
tho samo day It is received.
Prof. 'AVHhur C. Knight of tho State Uni
versity of Wyoming is engaged In putting
together tho pieces of a sea serpont which
ho discovered In 1895. Tho animal was
sixty feot long and Is ono of tho most val
uable specimens over raptured,
Since the announcement of her engagu-
ment to I'ayno Whitney, Miss Helen Hay
hns been asked hy many publishers to. write
verses, hut she says sho can never do that
sort of thing to order, and sho does not
expect to attempt any such work for somo
time to come.
Mrs. J. Shllllngton of Chicago has for
warded to Secretary Long a beautiful an
chor of Immortelles to bo placed on tho
graves of tho dead on tho battleship Malno
in Arlington cemotciry. sno naa sent a
similar tributo overy year slnco tho In
terment of tbo victims at Arlington,
HITS OP WASIII.XGTOX 1,1 I'M,
KlehliiK of Mmi imil ISvrnl nt tlic
.Nntlonnt Cnplliil.
With tho beginning of tho new year
Washington dropped to zero ns a Mecca
for marriage misfits. Heretofore tho Dis
trict of Columbia rivaled Chicago and Da
kota lu facilities for obtaining divorce,
consequently tho courts were crowded
with petitions for relief from tho matri
monial yoke Almost nil of them wero
based on charges of cruelty or desertion.
Hercnftcr divorce will not be granted
under the new codo except upon regular
statutory grounds.
The rush of applicants for divorce last
year brought to light a variety of domestic
grievances. One mnn sues his wife for
dlvorco on tho ground of cruelty, charg
ing that sho wns In the habit of throwing
teapots nt him. Another mnn dcclntes
that his wife pawned her wedding ring for
$2.50 and went to Alexandria, forgetting
to come back. A woman says that her
husband hit her with a monkey wrench nnd
mado her Jump out of tho window. An
other woman says that her husband threat
ened to kill her, nnd another that her hus
band has a disagreeable temper nnd has
Btrnck her, while yet nnothor refers to tho
fnct that In 1S9I her hU9bnnd hit her with
ii cowhide, llnbltunl drunkenness nnd non-
support nro frequent charges.
Senntor Cullom mado a cnll on President
Uoosovolt the other day nnd when he camo
out of tho chief executive's room ho was
asked: "Did you suggest to tho president
nny candidates for cnblnct positions?" "I
novcr offer ndvlco to tho presldont," re
plied Mr, Cullom, "regarding cnblnot posi
tions. I did that onco nnd I will never
do It again. When Grant wns in tho Whlto
Houso I thought I saw a chanco to got nn
Illinois man in tho cabinet, so I suggested
his namo to Grant and pointed out somo
of his good qualities. Grant nroso from
his tnblo and, stopping up to mo, placed
his hands on my shoulderB nnd looked mo
squnrcly In tho faqe. Then ho said, se
riously: 'Cullom, a president wants to bo
Just ns frco from Interference or ndvlco
when ho selects n member of his cabinet
as ho docs when ho picks out his wife.' "
There was great alarm In tho nonnto
chamber recently, reports tho Washington
Post, when tho ancient anuftbox aoemcd
to bo missing. Inquiry, howovor, showed
that It had only been taken out to bo filled,
and It was soon again In Us accustomed
place.
No ono knows how ninny years mat
snuffbox has rested In Its llttlo nlcho on
tho right of tho presiding officer's desk.
Senator Allison han boon In tho senate
nearly thirty years, nnd It was thero bo-
foro ho came. Tradition has It that Clay
nnd Calhoun nnd Denton nnd nil of tho
worthy snuff-tnkors of tho distant past
used tho now hlntorlo box. It Is still
kept filled, but tho ntmosphero of tho
scnato chamber Is bo dry that tho snuff
has to bo dampened twlco or threo tlmos
a week to keep tho flno particles from
permeating tho nir nnd caiBlngi nn cpl-
dcmlo of sneezing, very row ot mo sen-
ntora uso tho snuffbox nowadays. Occa
sionally, when ono of tho septuagenarians
hns a cold In his hend, ho tnkes a pinch,
but otherwlso tho llttlo receptnelo remains
undisturbed.
During tho first dny of congress 1,945
bills wero introduced by members of tho
house. During tho second day 1,104 more
wero sent In, making a totnl of 3,049 for tho
first two days. Tho clerks In tho blllroom
aro working In thrco shifts preparing tho
measures for tho printer, whllo at tho
government printing ofTlco tho presses aro
running continually, furnishing tho con
gross'nion with printed copies of tho pros
pective laws. Theso figures do not lncluda
tho resolutions, of which It Is estimated
there havo boon nt least COO Introduced In
tho houso.
During tho entire Fifty-sixth congress
14,247 bills wero introduced. ' Of this num
ber 12,220 were put In during tho first ses
sion. So far tho Flfty-sovcnth congress
holds thn record for tho number of houso
bills introduced during tho first two days.
President Roosevelt received flvo Uto
Indians tho other day. They had como to
Washington on business connected with
the. disposition of mineral Interests In
their lands. Only ono ot tho redskins could
speak English, and the president tried In
vain to "Jolly" them. Everything ho said
to them, through Mnrtln Van, who acted
as an Interpreter, fell flat. Tho Indians
simply gazed at tho chief exocutlvo with
stolid faces and gavo absolutely no Indi
cation of Interest. Finally In desperation
tho president said to tho lntorprotcr:
"Tell them that I had fifty Indians In mv
regiment during the war with Spain and
that as fighters thoy were crackorjaclw."'
Tho faces of tho membors of tho delega
tion brightened up at this and thoy nodded
nn earnest assent. Thoy left tho exocu
tlvo ofllco with tholr faces wrinkled with
smiles. Agent Mynton, who had tho In
dians in chargo, said they had not smiled
from tho tlmo thoy arrived in Washing
ton until Mr. Roosovelt paid tho compli
ment to their raco as fighters.
A correspondent of tho Chicago News re
ports a social war raging In official circles
In Washington. Mrs. Root, wlfo of tho
secretary of war and a lender of official
Boclety, insists that ladles must uso cards
bearing other menus ot Identification than
surnames. As a result of this edict tho
engravers nro doing a rushing business.
It is hold thnt a card bearing simply "Mrs.
Smith" docs not BuHlclently identify tho
owner nnd bo causes oxtromo annoyance
to tho recipients during tho rush of the
Boclnl season. Tho cards of mothers-in-law
aro frequently identical with thoso ot
dnughtors-ln-law, and thoro aro many
stntesmon who havo tho Bamo names ns
persons In private llfo, Hcnco when any
body except a person of extraordinary
promlnenco uses such cards thoro 1b confu
sion. Mrs. Root maintains that all but tho
wives of cabinet odlcors, ambassadors nnd
such porsons ins Mrs, Mtlw, Mrs, Grant
aud Mrs. Logan, who nro so well known
that a mistake Is Impossible, must uso
cards which contnln hotter means of Identi
fication thnn tbo moro nnme. However.
her crusndo hns stirred up a hornet's nest.
The women to whom her criticism havo
pointed seo direct Insult In them, because
as a rule every "Mrs. Smith" helloves the
particular "Smith" to whom sho Is mar
ried Is the greatest porsoti on earth.
CIJII.VS Kill ST I'HMSinUNT.
All
Olllelnl Fiunllliir ultli Ainerlrnn
1,1 fr mill Aluerlenii Iilenl.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is not without Blgnlflcnncn that tho
first nresldont-oloct of tho reconstructed
republican government of Cuba should bo
Goneral Tomas Estrada Pnltna, who for
twenty years has been fnmlltur with Amer
ican llfo and American Ideals, In fact,
General Palma, living In tho retirement of
his rural homo In tho stato of Now York,
rather represents tho oven sense and lack
of fllghtlncss that Is characteristic of tho
American statesman who halls from the
country nnd knows a pistol from a pruning
knife, a Maxim from n machete.
It will ho nil tho hotter for Cuba In the
serious times to eomo that it has elected
a man to tho presidency who has been
ablo to keep out of tho heated atmosphere
of tho revolutionary camps, whllo at thn
earno' tlmo working heroically for tho free
dnm ot tho Island and abating In nothing
tho fervor ot patriotism, though confining
it to practical thnnnels. Tho great diffi
culty with all Central nnd South Amerlcnn
republics Is thnt tholr politicians, their
statesmen, lack equipoise. Thoy can noither
stand success nnd participation In ofllcn;
ty ennnot servo ns law-nbldlng citizens
In prlvnto llfo when somcono other thnn
themselves Is In office. Acquainted with tho
American ideas on theso Ipsucs, familiar
at first hnnd with American experience,
General Palnia' should bo able to exort a
conservative Influence on nil his associates,
nnd tldo Cuba over n period that has In
variably been ono of destmctlvo policies,
because of destructlvo Jenlouslen in nil
other newly-organlzcd South American
stntcs.
Of course, In tho caso of Cubn the issuo
Is very much more simplified than it r.Vor
was in nny of tho other Liatln-Amerlcrtn
republics, slnco tho United Stntcs is pledged
beforo the world to secure a stnblo gov
ernment. With men Uko l'almn nt tho
head of affairs, this should bo tho easier
of accomplishment, and that tho Cubans
will meet tho situation In a broad spirit
will bo tho hopo of every American. Tho
announcement of tho cholco of tho electoral
college will not be mndo until Fobruary
24, After that will come thn convening
of tho Cuban congress and tho setting of thn
full governmental machinery In motion,
Fortunately for tho Cubans, nsldo from thn
question of tholr cholco of l'almn, thrco
years administration of tho Island by the
United States has npt boon without Its
effect, nnd tho future Ilea with them to
profit by their unparalleled opportunities.
Tho world expects tho United Stnts to
secure stability, to upset onco nnd for nil
tho traditions that Latin-American states
represent mere compromise civilizations' in
n stnto of unstable, equilibrium. Ilut ta
do this tho co-oporatlon of thn Cuban
oloctorato nnd thoso elected In needed, nnd
tho cholco of l'almn, whoso policy Is ono
of friendliness to tho United Statea, should
prove to be n sound stop, unless tho .man
is much boiled.
NAtiCIMJ A XATIO.N.
IkiioMo Attempt to Stir I?p .Strife
with nerinnny.
Now York Tribune. .
Nagging nt Germany continued. It Js nn
Ignoblo practlco, but It must bo supposed to
afford somo morbid enjoyment to thoso who
Indulge In It. Human tastu3 aro varied.
Thero are thoso who lovo to bully and to
oppress tho weak, nnd others who oxult In
making unpleasant faces or opprobrious
gestures nt tho strong, tho latter trusting
to tholr own InslgnlOcnnco or tholr agility
to give them Immunity from punishment.
Thoro aro also thoso who, through restless
ness or thoughtlessness or something oven
more discreditable, find ploasuro In nagging,
not at Individuals, which would bo bnd form,
but at nations, for which occupation each
holds himself to bo a chartered Ubartlno.
For a nation ennnot bring mitt for slander,
nnd It its government folios any notlco ot
an attack 1b not that distinction for tho at
tackcr? And what can be moro Indicative
of tho most vigilant patriotism than to ha
perpetually bristling, porcuplno-wisc, against
somg forolgn powor?
Such nagging Is, howovor. In fact a com
plimentthough unmeant to mo object of
it. For it Indicates that tho latter is a
great and important nation. No one would
wasto his nagging upon a email nnd, Insig
nificant object. It Indicates that It is a na
tion in particularly oloso rolatlons with this
ono. Otherwise thoro would be no zest In
the nagging process. You oouldn't ralso a
bit of enthusiasm by lampooning, howover
severely, tho Askhooncd of Swat. It Indi
cates, alBo, which is porhaps most to the
point, thnt tho nation which Is nagged nt Is
peacefully and amicably disposed toward
tho ono whose peoplo do tho nagging, and la
Inclined not to resent violently such annoy
ance, hut to enduro It with patlcnco and for
bearanco. For wo cannot sup'poso thoy
really destro or mean to provoko hostilities.
If thoy thought thero was actual danger ot
wnr they would ceaso their nagging In it
Jiffy. The charm of tho performance to
thorn lies in Its appenranco of groat temer
ity and at tho somo tlmo its entlro frcodom
from dungor llko poking sticks nt a stuffed
lion.
Tho facts are, ns our Washington corre
spondent yesterday mado plain, that Ger
many has tnken pains to consult tho United
States In advanco concerning tho Venezue
lan matter and to shape Its courso so as to
glvo this country no offence, anil there
secmn to bo no possibility of any misunder
standing or embarrassment over tho affair.
Those aro tho facts. It Is not tho part of
patriotism to misrepresent thorn. It Is not
a welcomo Borvlco to our own government
to play tho marplot or to conjure up buga
boos. It Is no credit to our own land, nnd
people to nog at other nations.
S:ilI.I RK.HAIUCK.
rjetrott Freo Press
"I don't seo howyou
breatho In hero." snld Gummoy, who
Had
entered tho stuffy nowspapor omcc.
"I don't," sold tho editor briefly. "Have
n't tlmo to breathe."
J mmui'l imi.li , Iran. J i:n, ,111 ,1,11 b-,.4
tho tncetlous clerk, "theso aro gcnulno In-
dliin moccasins.
"You don't sayr sola tno out may.
"Fnct. ma'nm. I assure you. Mado on
the 'Last of tho Mohicans.' "
nrnoklvn Life: "Kano nllvo. Mlke-I We're
recculn' yo." n . .
Voico from tno aeons: "is oig Finney up
thoro wld yo?" '
"Huro no in.
"Ast him wud ho bo so kind ns trstep aff
tho roolnB. 1'vo enough on top uv mo wld
out him."
Tiiplti T.ndv Mv hunband won't wear
ihnn slilrtR I liouirlit'htin far Chrlstmns. I
didn't think ho would: and now I'd llko to
oxchnngo them.
' Clerk For what, madam?
Lndy Well, you might let mo look at
some lnco handkerchiefs nnd somo silver
hatpins.
Philadelphia Press:' "That's right!" ex
claimed old Mr. Hull, approvingly, after
rend ng or tno proposed legislation against
anarchists, "ft's a good thing to keep
anarcliy out on mm couniry aiiogemer.
"Thn Ideal" crlod old Mrs. Bull. "why.
thev nln't nothln' better to rub on bruises
nnd burns!"
Ptftvnlnnd Plain Dealer: "An Alabama
lawyer shot nt a client nnd mlBBPd a vital
spot.
"wny iuu no nn iw , ,
"I dunno. l'erhans lift wonted' to adminis
ter his eBtato."
Tin: oi.n wonr.nuxn,
Doston Transcript,
lie nhnmhlcn by each sunny'aftorneon;
Ills portly form Is shrunken ns. a spectre;
Ills fnro Is vacant as tho morning moon;
Quaffed Is his nectitr.
Out of his eyes tho dancing light Is gone;
Out of his blood tho wanton warmth that
thrilled It;
Out of his air tho charm that conquests
won
When fancy willed it, ,
Proud was his port nnd 'tasty Wh array;
IUh days and nights o'crllowed with Bong
and laughter:
Ho never dronmect that those would pnsa
uwny
And thin como after.
1
He courted nlensuro nnd secured It still;
Ho asked for frionds, and love, and theso
wero given;
H craved all wordly'good and had his fill;
lie Houcht not heavun.
Ills friends hnvo vnnlshed never to return;
His pleasures, trcanurca, all hla heart's
duslro;
Ills passions only In their ember" burn;
Mutp is lils lyre.
For him the oventlmo hna brought no light;
Its sighing breczcB pity iik they klH him:
Tho dark will bear his to tho wuhIch of
night;
Earth will not mlSB him.
AIrh, the llfo that han no upward look,
No wtcrlllco of self, no high endeavor;
Its taHto becoming llko tho ccr' book.
Hitter foroverl
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