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The head of the family now has forty
flays of retrenchment in which to ac
cumulate a sinking fund to liquidate the
new Easter hat.
. Trof. George Gunn of Lexington has
gone to the Philippines. This Is the type
of weapon which will ultimately settle
the Philippine question.
The internal war Inside the .local Boer
relief organization may give an opening
for friendly intervention without going
all the way to South Africa.
When a ball player steals a base the
Crowd cheers, but when Jerry McCarthy
nuit base stealing and appropriated some
diamonds they sent him to the peniten
tiary. Queer world this. -
."A man who cannot accomplish some
thing for humanity right here in Omaha
cannot accomplish anything anywhere,"
'declares an eminent visiting lecturer.
tThls hits the nail on the head.
If the advance agents of St Paul's
auditorium have noj learned all they
(want to know about erecting such build
ings on tbelr first trip to Omaha, they
are cordially invited to come again
later. 1 '
. Ak-8ar-Ben haa organized himself Into
Lis usual committees In preparation for
his 1002 function. Ak-Sar-Ben can give
King Edward and Prince Henry both
tarda and spades for their royal dlspor
tatlons. - . - ,
Thieves broke Into the office of an
Jowa democratic weekly and stole forty
pages of editorial manuscript The
weight of the matter would Indicate that
the robber must have used a wagon to
-carry off his plunder.
If .there Is no other way of settling the
differences between European nations as
. to which was the real friend of the
' United States during and before the
iwar with Spain, The Hague tribunal
tnlght be called in to arbitrate the dis
pute. -' ' ''' 1. - -
Western banks are said to have con
tributed $10,000,000 to the loanable fuuds
In New York within the past week.
Conditions have changed wonderfully
wit hi a the past few years, for It has not
teea long since .the west was a chroa!
borrower. 1
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. If anyone imagines that the people of
'Nebraska are not awake to the fact that j
tbelr Interests are vitally concerned In
the land-leasing bills -pending- In con
gress, the avalanche of expressions and
letters on the subject from all parts of
the state should disillusion him.
Chief of Police Donahue's dance cen-'
worship has already resulted in bringing
down' on one recalcitrant a fine of gen
erous proportions. A quick step Into the
police court and a lock step Into jail
beats the cakewalk all hollow and
leaves the Chicago glide lfraping behind.
fort Crook is put down on the list of
army stations as a. permanent post for
the accommodation of twelve Infantry
companies. .' Fort Crook has not been
u till ted to its full capacity since the
war with Bpalu.wae concluded. When
the troops come to be permanently as
signed' a retard for their comfort will
give Fort Crook a full quota.
The British press expresses the hope
that the new alliance between that coun
try and Japan will have the support of
the United States. Morally, this country
la likely to support the compact as it
has repeatedly dt'lared against any at
tack upou the integrity of China, but
when it comes to alliances this country
la as coy aa blushing maiden
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LINCOLN AND TBM ITilLIFPlSKS.
The celebration of Lincoln'! birthday
affords an opportunity for demagogues
and mountebanks to alr,thrt ignorance
by quoting, absurd anecdotes about Lin
coln as gospel truth, and Indulging In
rhapsodies and clap-trap that Is at vari
ance with Lincoln's career as a man and
his actions as chief magistrate of the na
tion In the most momentous crisis of
America's history.
These salvation army exalters appear
to be ignorant of the historic fact that
Lincoln wss not an abolitionist like
John Brown, Wendell Thllllps and
Charles Sumner. His highest ambition
as president was to save the union and
-he was willing to save It "with slavery
if he could and without slavery If he
most" Ills Ideal of the consent of the
governed was forcibly , Illustrated in
mustering a million men In arms to
subdue the southern confederacy, which
was proclaimed by , its founders to be
organized on the fundamental principles
of the declaration "that all governments
derive their Just powers from the con
sent of the governed and that when any
form of government becomes destructive
to these ends, It Is the right of the peo
ple, to alter, or to abolish It, and to In
stitute new government, laying its foun
dation on. such principles and organiz
ing Its powers In such form aa to them
shall seem most likely o effect their
safety and happiness."
On this rock Jefferson Davis and his
confederate associates, backed by seven
millions of white men, who regarded
negro slavery as a . divine institu
tion, sought . to build : a constitu
tional government. - They declared
themselves absolved from allegiance
to the United States by a majority
of votes through ordinances of seces
sion and adopted a constitution mod
eled after thev constitution of the
United States. Under that constitution
they elected a congress, a president and
d supreme court; but Abraham-Lincoln
crushed the entire confederate fabric by
force of arms after four years of war
and replaced the flag of the union upon
every confederate capltol in spite of the
imprecations and curses of the southern
people, who had been . vanquished - in
battle.
Vet the Ignorant spouters and blather
skites quote Abraham Lincoln as the
typical champion of the declaration that
the consent of the governed must be the
condition precedent to the annexation
of any new territory and government
of Its people. If this principle was re-
pudlated by Abraham Lincoln in dealing
with the, people of the confederate
states, whose ancestors had signed the
declaration, helped to establish Amer
ican independence and were ' lustru
mental in framing our constitution.
what right Has anyone to assume that
Lincoln would have exacted the consent-
of-the-governed principle in dealing with
the semi-savage population of the Phil
ipplne Islands? Is It not about time for
the Inspired Ignoramuses to give 'us tL
rest on Lincoln as champion of the con-
sent of the governed?
,BCARCITT OF NAY Ah OFFICERS.
The growth of the navy haa gone on
more rapidly than the Increase in the
number of naval officers and It is said
that now a very serious situation con
fronts the Navy department There are
not officers enough to man the ships now
in commission, to say .nothing of those
that will soon be placed In commission.
In this extremity it is stated that Sec
retary Long' Is considering the advlsa
blllty of affording temporary relief by
ordering the senior class at Annapolis
to graduate three months earlier than
the regulation time, so . that the cadets
can at once go on sea duty and help fill
the complement of commissioned officers
It Is stated by Navy, department offi
cials that unless, congress complies with
the request of the. department to in
crease the number of line officers In the
lower grades it will be impossible to
place In commission any . of the new
ships which will be completed, next year.
This would be' unfortunate, - It being
manifestly important that vessels
soon as completed shall - be placed in
commission. In bis message President
Roosevelt said: "There should be no
cessation ia the . work of . completing
our navy. But there la some
thing we need even more than additional
ships and this is additional officers and
men.' To provide battleships and cruis
ers' and then lay them up, with the ex
pectation of leaving them unmanned
until they are needed in actual war,
would be worse than folly; it would be
a crime against the nation." The naval
committees of congress should take no
tice df thl situation.
ASSOTIVO CVSTUM8 R9VLATioy -
Complaint boa been made from time
to time regarding the, customs regula
tion requiring the examination of per
sonal baggage at the great porta of
entry, the allegation being that the man
ner la which the. regulation la enforced
by the Inspectors, is obnoxious and to
women particularly often humiliating.
Recently a petition signed by a number
of women was sent tov President Roose
velt setting forth the objections to the
regulation nd asking that it be modi
fied. The petition presented a very
strong case, among other things stating
that the trunks of persona coming from
abroad are emptied on the wharf, im
pertinent questions are asked ana re
marks made which are humiliating and
Intolerable. The women petitioners say
that "the searching- questions of the ofll
cutis seem to the traveler an unwar
ranted Interference in her private and
personal affairs."
The complaints have been referred to
Secretary Shaw, who will order an In
vestigation, and If It shall be shown that
the complaints are well founded there
will doubtless be such modification of
the regulation aa can be made .without
danger of the government being de
frauded of revenue. This matter was
passed upon by Secretary Gage, who
decided that it was expedient to enforce
the regulation aa it stands and so far aa
revenue Is concerned the result JusUfleibe observed, proper seguards tot la
TITE OMAIIA PAIJ.T
the decision, but If the customs Inspec
tors are as rude and Insolent as the sign
ers of the petition represent thera to be
some change in the method of inspection
is manifestly desirable. It is the duty
of the customs officials to protect the
government against fraud, bnt certainly
a system can be devised that will not
subject women travelers to Impertinence
and humiliation. Undoubtedly If Secre
tary- Shaw shsll And the abuse com
plained of to exist be will find a way to
correct it .
AN IMPORTANT ALLIASCK.
The agreement or alliance between
Great Britain and Japan, with a view to
preserving the territorial integrity of
China and Korea, Is of "world-wide im
portance and the United States has al
most as great an Interest la It as the
contracting powers. ' That ' It ia pri
marily aimed at the schemes of Russia
In the far east seems to be obvious and
It Is this which gives it particular signifi
cance for the United Btatesi since its
effect will probably be to balk Russian
plans, as to which our government has
been manifesting some solicitude. This
country Is very much concerned in re
gard to the attitude of Russia toward
Manchuria. Washington dispatches of
a few days ago stated that negotiations
between our government and Russia rel
ative to Manchuria 1 were progressing,
the purpose of our government In these
negotiations' being to prevent the exclu
sion of Americans from competition in
the populous and rich province of Man
churia. The United States has treaty
rights with China which are held to ap
ply to Minchurla equally with other
portions of the Chinese empire and it
consequently objects to a policy on the
part of Russia which would contravene
these rights and shut Americans out
from trade with a commercial portion of
China with which this country now has
large business.
While the agreement between Great
Britain and Japan does. not refer In spe
cific terms to Manchuria, the fact that
It does propose the maintenance of the
existing status and general policy In the
extreme east must be regarded as In
cluding every part of the Chinese em
pire. Moreover, it is of the highest im
portance to Japan that Russia shall not
secure complete control of Manchuria,
since that would give the latter power
a commanding position regarding Korea,
as well as a tremendous Influence : in
China. The clearly defined purpose of
Great Britain and Japan being to main
tain the Independence and territorial In
tegrity of China and Korea, "and of se
curing equal opportunities in those coun
tries for the commerce and industries of
those nations," there can be no doubt
that Manchuria la embraced in the scope
of the agreement, so that these two
powers are In accord with the United
States not only in regard to the preser
vation of the Integrity of Chinese terri
tory, but also respecting the designs of
Russia toward Manchuria. It Is not at
an probable that our government will
become a party to the Anglo-Japanese
agreement, yet the position It has taken
Is so distinctly in harmony with that
agreement that the effect must be the
same as if it sbbuld give formal adhe
sion to the-all!ance. . The Russian gov
ernment which alone among "the pow
ers Is seeking territorial aggrandizement
in China, will not fail to understand,
even if it be not definitely informed to
that effect, that the United States will
give its moral support to Oreat Britain
and Japan In their purpose to maintain
the territorial Integrity of China and to
give all nations equal commercial op
portunities in that empire. , N '
It will be Interesting to observe how
Russia will regard the Anglo-Japanese
agreement which will doubtless be as
great a surprise to ber as to the rest of
the world, but it would seem that she
must realize that her policy regarding
China Is futile and that the wise course,
at least for the present,, la to yield to
the demand of the powers arrayed
against her. .
' OMAHA SHOULD TAK.B WAR'S ISO,
The destructive fires that have oc
curred In various parts of the country
within the past thirty days teach a les
son that should not be lost upon Omaha.
The two disastrous explosions in New
York and Chicago were caused by ex
plosives carelessly handled. St Louis
lost seven firemen last week In an old
flretrap business building and five nights
later eleven guests of a lodging house
fell victims to the criminal negligence
lu failure to supply the structure with
fire escapes. The calamity that has over
taken Paterson. N. J., had Its origin In
trolley car sheds and could have been
averted by vigilant inspection and more
stringent fire ordinances. That .Omaha
haa so fsr escaped from serious con
flagration is almost miraculous.
Fire traps that should be pulled down
still remain In the heart of the city aad
more than 100 buildings above three
stories in height remala without fire es
capes in violation of the statutes of the
state and city ordinances. While some
people are disposed to make light of the
report of the late grand jury that cen
sured the building inspector and called
for aa enforcement of the law relating
to fire escapes, these recommendations
must commend themselves to all rational
people in the light of recent disasters
from fires in other cities. -
St Louis ts thoroughly aroused to the
emergency by Its recent experience. The
newspapers of that city are a unit In
calling for preventive measures. The
St Louis Republic declares that "St
Louis cannot afford to have the impres
sion go abroad that fires are encouraged
by poor provisions of buildings. The
ordinances and statutes are on ths
books. There should be no room for
neglect The common good, demands
that fire escapes be erected and that a
great number of -ramshackle buildings
be emptied of occupants." The Globe
Democrat says: "The simple lesson of
these disasters following each other in
swift succession is that more care must
HEEi TTTTJUSDAT, FEBTtTJATtY 13, 1002.
stant egresa be provided and fireproof
construction be generally adopted."
These suggestions apply with equal
force to Omaha. The demand of the
hour Is for an extension of the fire limit,
within which no wooden buildings or
brick fire traps should hereafter be per
mitted to be constructed, the strict en
forcement of the law requiring fire es
capes on all buildings above three stor
ies in height that are not strictly fire
proof and the enactment of an ordinance
that will more effectually prevent the I
storing and Dromiscubus sale of ex- I
ploslves within the business district
Incidentally, there should also be more
stringent enforcement of the ordinances
requiring the periodic Inspection of elec
tric wiring in business houses and
dwellings.
These precautions are essential for
safeguarding life and property in
Omaha and, for that matter, in every
city in America.
Galusha A. Grow, congressman from
Pennsylvania, announces that with the
close of the present congress he will re
tire from public life.. lie ia the last link
In that body binding it to the period be
fore the war. He was the author of ' the
homestead law and the principal factor
in pushing It through congress, and the
thousands of happy and prosperous
homea in the west constitute some of the
greatest monuments ever erected to per
petuate the life work of any man.
A British subject has obtained a Judg
ment for slander against a member of
Parliament on account of language used
in debate in the House of Commons. If
members of . congress in this country
were similarly liable many of the sky
rocket speeches made would lack much
of their present ginger.
The Egyptian government announces
that full International postal service is
now effective to Khartoum, Fashoda
and twenty-five other places in the Sou-1
dan. progress in this direction affords
one of the best illustrations how the
darkest places In the world are being
opened to civilization.
The Chinese government has dis
missed a large number of professors
from the imperial universities on the
ground that the money is needed for
the elementary schools. - John China
man may be behind the times on some
things, but he certainly hits on a good
Idea once in a while.
v. The .Kansas City Commercial club Is
again trying to cut into Omaha's trade
territory by sending an excursion party
of Kansas City business men through
southern Nebraska for the purpose. of
cementing commercial relations. What
is the Omaha Commercial club going to
do about it? '- 1
Th (Chinese ransul a.t Ran Francisco
Is buying a wrgeAfumber of fine race I
hnru. an1 will Ift. Iap a ronnrorlnn An
the track. If, tM limit In the fan tan
game is too, low to allow him to get rid
of his money the race track may be de
pended oo to helpiblm out of his diffi
culty. ' ' '
Vnpleasaat Dreams.
Chicago Tribune. '
Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews Is sure there
will be a war between the United States
and Russia before long. The doctor, we
fear, has been eating too much pie again.
Aa Easy Proposition.
Cincinnati' Commercial.
Adlal 8tevenson insists that the demo
cratic party must present a united front
As the front of the party is all bust, ths
thing oughtn't to be. so difficult as might
be Imagined. ' '
Seaatorlal lacoaslsteaey.
Baa Francisco Call,
While some of the senators have been
very indignant about the alleged press cen
sorship at . Manila, they exercise a very
rigid censorship over the Congressional
Record so tar as their own proceedings
srs concerned, snd most of ths really lively
parts of their debates are never published.
-Mar (or Isaacs.
Indianapolis Journal.
- Senator Jones, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, Vs quoted as say
ing thai ths paramount issue of ths demo
cratic party for the next few years will be
sntl-lmpertallsm, because this Is the only
Issue on which ths party can be united. A
party is In hard Unas when H can only be
united in opposition to the growth of the
country. j
. Folly .of a- Fa4.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It Is reported that the Illness from which
ths president's son and several of his fel
low students at ths Oroton school are suf
fering was caused by exposure due to a fad
among the boys tor going about bareheaded
and with lnsnfflcleat clothing. That ts a
good way to breed a hardy race of men, If
continued loaf enough, but it must not be
forgotten that It Involves a process of nat
ural selection,, in th course of which all
ths feebler specimens of the race die off.
X Phtlaaihropy ta This.
Philadelphia Record.
Fifteen' ocean steamship companies ia
ths trans&tlantlo traffic have entered Into
an agreement to extend the season of sum
mer transatlantic travel, with a higher
minimum rate of far. This is the way to
find out exactly what the traffic will bear
without stimulating outside competition.
There is no proteose of cheaper or better
service. Do affectation of publlo benefac
tion) aftar ths fashion or advocates of sur
face transportation Une agreements. Ths
ocean steamship pwners ara convinced that
they can get mors, and they propose to
reach out for' it
Birds ( Prey la War Tlato.
Philadelphia Record.
There are always patriots who in time of
war reap a rich harvest in swindling ths
government Ths woods were full of them
during the civil war and the later. Spanish
unpleasantness, snd there is a terrible hub
bub now going oa ia England over the dis
covery of scandalous dlahonesty upon the
part of contractors for army supplies. It
was rottenness of this kind that under
mined ths military strength of Franco la
Its war with Germany. General Sherman
made a very comprehensive remark when
he declared that "war is hell." There are
more kinds of hull Involved than the whole
sale killing aad devastation of armed men.
All the mean sad Internal paaalooa of mea
seem to be let loose, but there is nothing
more despicable brought to ths front than
ths "patriot t" who. Has birds of prsy. feast
and fattee upon the mUerlee of Utetr fel-
Wanted Democrats Only
Chicago
If a national democratic convention were
to be held this year It is not at all prob
able thai It could agree upon either a can
didate or a platform. A bolt upon one or
the other would be almost certain.
Various caucuses of the democratic mem
bers of the house of representatives during
the winter have shown very clearly that
even these rentlemen cannot acre UDon
principles or leadership. At last accounts
the various factions had corns to the con-
elusion that it was a waste of time to con
sider matters of party policy In advance of
the national convention of 1904.
If 100 democrats representing Intelligent
constituencies in all parts of the country
cannot reach an understanding on essen
tials whs, prospect would there, be of bet
ter results from a national convention held
at this UmsT
The excuse offered by the spokesmen for
the democrats in congress that, whatever
their views may be, they have no right to
any principles Inconsistent with the plat
form adopted by the latest national con
vention, is merely an- excuse. It they bad
been able to agres upon a policy they
would have forgotten alt about-the Kansas
City platform in short order.
While It Is apparent, therefore, that en
tire harmony on national lines Is now prac
tically out of the question, there is reason
to suppose that conditions may - change
very decidedly in the course. of the two
years that must lapse before the next n ac
tional convention shall be held. Tims is
a great peacemaker. It has closed more than
one chasm of hate and prejudice that was
wider than that which was opened at Chi
cago and reopened at Kansas City. Much
msy be done in thee two years to facil
itate or to retard the reunion.
In adjusting quarrels Involving few or
many people it is necessary first of all to
find a common ground on which all will
agree to stand and from that it generally
Is possible to move forward to other posi
tions with substantial unanimity.: , Har
mony In one thing begets harmony in many
things. Constant adherence to the original
point of the difference exaggerates its im
portance and protracts the ill will which it
Is the desire to allay.
The first and the most obvious duty of
the democratic party, if It is to continue to
figure in national affairs,
Is not to elect
a president but to carry the house of rep
resentatives. This object, while national In
Its scope, is essentially local in its appli
cation, and there is no good reason why
the desirability of its pursuit should not
commend itself to democrats of every shade
of opinion. With a democratic house of
representatives in session the necessity
for action will develop Issues which ought
to lead to harmony, and charged as it
would be with a responsibility which It
could not escape, it would not fUl to In
terpret democratic doctrine In its own way.
In the presence of that responsibility ons
VIEWED AT SHORT RANGE.
America Rale 1m the Philippines
- Proa-resstna? Slowly.
Manila Freedom.
Ths Filipino question still continues to
occupy ths minds of Americans - in ths
United States.- For their benefit, it may
be stated that there is no Filipino ques
tion. It is simply a matter of time. We
are now, in the parlance of the theater,
rroplng about like men in the dark. The
trying it on the dog." . That is, we are
J"7 i --uie ""r rniuuru wuu
American sentiments. Ws havs the flag,
the nation, all the elements of patriotism
Inculcated into us, until we believed that
America must appeal to these people from
the start After ws srs here swblls, a
faint glimmer of light begins to penetrate
beneath. ' Finally we think we know. Then
we find that we know nothing, and we start
again. But ws start with the advantage
gained by experience. In the meantime, the
Spaniard sits by and says, "I told you so."
Ths only hope Is ta honesty. If corrup
tion is kept from government the end must
be what ws desire. If ws become corrupt
ws srs lost It is ths duty of the. press
to watch developments to this end. They
srs being wstched. In the end with aa
honest government snd sn honest policy
based on equity snd Justice, ' taking Into
consideration the combined infantile and
devilish character of our new acquisitions,
we will win. Faint 'hearts will become dis
couraged snd fall out Others will take
tbelr places. The military are always a
source of comfort Their religion is disci
pline. Discipline Is like fanaticism. It will
push .men, where man, as , aa individual,
would find it impossible to go. It will win.
Discipline In the civil departments as well
ss ths military is what is needed, if ws
are to continue with the civil. Let us look
the matter squarely in ths face. Has there
not been a mistaken lenleacyT. Is not the
military of ths opinion that previous civil
govvrament has been devoid of results.
There is only one answer. "
PERSONAL NOTES.
r1
Jspaa has acquired the American dining
ear system at a Jump without pausing at
ths railway sandwich stage. -
General Oliver O. Howard, in a reminis
cent mood, says that of ths twenty-aevea
commanders of union armies during 'the
civil war, only two survive General Sco
Held and himself.
John M. Buttrick, who recently died in
Lowell. Mass., was a great grandson of
Major John Buttrick, who began the fight
at Concord bridge, and the gun which fired
the Brat shot in the revolution is still pre
served in the famity.
-"It is becoming quite fashionable in .this
vicinity, says the I ng alt on (111.), News,
"for the ladies. to do more than their share
of the courting." The world of women
morea on in pursuit of happiness aad of
rights aad privileges. '
. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has gone to Jacs
son, Miss., to greet the last, legislature
that will assemble in ths hlatorio capltol
It is understood Beauvolr, her old home oa
ths rulf coast will be purchased by ths
state aad converted Into a home for indi
gent confederates.
On Friday afternoon the owner of a Sat
building in Chicago which was burned Fri
dav morning gave 1100 la cash In a sealed
envelope to the heads of forty-seven fami
lies that were burned out, making a total
gift of 14.700. Such things show the world
is not wholly bad.
Joel J. Dooltttle Is still living in Cum
berland, Wis. Tears sgo he was noted as
a muslo teacher and vocalist Hs aura
bored among his pupils Emma Abbott.' and
first began singing la political campaigns
la 1840 for General Harrison. In ISaS ha
canvassed llHnois with John C Fremont
singing at every meeting, and In 1840 per
formed the same kind of work, accompany
lag Abraham Lincoln.
Leslie M. Shaw, the new secretary of
the treasury. Is aa early riser. Hs ap
pearod at ths department at 1:80 la the
moraine after hla appointment and had
some difficulty ta getting into tas nuua
lng, as the doorkeepers did not kaow him.
One of the department chiefs says:
a week or two ths new secretary will stroll
down to the offices about 1:80 or 10 o'clock
Just like all his predecessors, aad Instead
of remaining at bis desa until dark sad
falling over ths scrubwoman oa his way
out of the building, he will leave whea all
the others do, about 4 o'clock." f,
Chronicle (dem.).
so-called'demorxatlo platform would not be
more binding than another.
The first democratic congress after the
civil war was elected la 1874, only two
years after the Greeley fiasco, when ths
party was suffering from disorganisation
almost as serious as that which has char
acterised it of late.. It had been' beaten
under the leadership of the most vttupera-'
tlve republican who ever lived, snd it had
formally surrendered Its principles on
everything except reconstruction. If as
sembled that year In national convention
It would have been a difficult .matter for
the party to have agreed upon a policy and
It might have been an Impossibility.
Yet two years of association in a bouse
of representatives controlled by democrats
and' charged with a responsibility which
they could not escape,, resulted, in 1S76, in
a national democratic convention which
nominated two of the. greatest democrats
In the country and gave the organisation a
platform so sound and so thoroughly dem
ocrat l that' It Is as true a statement of
party principles today as it was then.
On that platform and the platforms mod
eled upon it for sixteen yesrs thereafter
the democrats, whether successful or un
successful In presidential elections, polled
more votes than their adversaries. It was
not until they abandoned It In 1894 and
made common cause with a faction of rene
gade republicans thst they i fell Into their
present minority of a mill loo of vstea In
ths country at large.
While the situation' differs to some ex
teat from that which obtained In 1874, ths
remedy Indicated now la the one that 'was
applied so successfully then. . If the party
can elect a bouse of representatives it will
soon find itself and its principles.
There can be no success on this line,
however, If the men. selected for congres
sional candidates ' In ths various districts
shall not be democrats. To begia with, it
is not probable that with a motley array
, of populists, socialists and extremists . ss
nominees the control of the bouse could be
taken away from the republicans, and even
- IX it could be, the result would be nothing
. but further, shame and humiliation for ths
organisation thus misrepresented. . -
The congress elected in 1874 contained
many of the best knowa . democrats In the
country. Nearly every state was repre-
! sented by st least ons democrat of national
reputation and many of the states had sev
eral democrats of that character in their
delegations. From such a body good dem
ocracy, good sense and good feeling could
not fall ts proceed.. .
- If there ts democracy enough in the coun
try to elect a democrat not a popullstlc
house of representatives there will be dem
ocracy enough to re-establish the party and
to give It a national platform and ticket
two years later on which harmony and suc
cess will be possible..
ROIKD ABOUT HEW TORK.
. .- i - ..-.,
nipples oa the Carre at of Life la the
' Metropolis. '
A writer in the Saturday Evening Post
tells how money Is burned -in New York
and how quickly, fortunes are made in ths
big city outside of . Wall , street. . VBaey
comes., easy goes," as ths saying is, is
aptly . illustrated by ; one incident related.
A woman passing a show . window in ths
shopping district saw. a gown that struck
her 1 fancy. ,KIu,,aev,n .and a half minutes
she had purchased the gown and wss about
to enter her carriage, when shs bethpught
herself to ssk ths. price. -
, "Seventeen,, hundred dollars," , sweetly
answered the saleswoman. -. . -. , . .
The purchaser hesitated. a moment. and
replied, "All right; be . sure, and get. , it
around early." The. whole . transaction
occupied barely, tea minutes.
It is the era of burning money, says the
writer. . There are bonfires on every cor
ner of . Fifth avenue, from Twenty-third
street to Forty-second, and they are being
fed with greenbacks at a rats thst would
have made the ancients, fabled for their
luxury, stare and write themselves down
novices. This dress transaction that I have
attempted -to describe is simply sn inci
dent, and a very small snd unimportant
one; an Incident that is repeating Itself
In scores of shops every day, almost every
hour of every day. In the Jeweler's, ths
florist's, the .furnisher's; everywhere it Is
the same. . Ask any tradesman Jn ths
fashionable district which Hes along Fifth
avenue, and, IX he knqws you well enough,
hs will tell you that his sales havs In
creased 60 per. cent, during . the last
eighteen months' snd that his prices havs
gone. up In proportion., , . . ,
On nasty, rainy morning I was stand
ing In a jeweler's store on Fifth avenue.
The place was about eighteen feet wide and
something like twecty-flv feet deep. ' It
would not have made -more than a fair-
ized bedroom In the home of a prosperous
country merchant Business was evidently
dull.
Trade isn't rush lag?" I suggested to the
proprietor.
Oh, no; not this morning,' he answered
cheerfully; "ths ladles srs not fond of com
ing out In wet weather even in carriages."
"And expenses go onT"
"Yes. but who minds expe'naea when times
are what they are today Ws psy an an
nual rental of 17.000 for this place. ' A few
years ago' It would have gone begging at
$8,000. At this moment. If I should Indicate
to ths landlord that I consider the rent too
high,- or that I am In any way displeased.
9Lri )
and
TJ Checks
j Keeps the
Always
K S- ) Feeds , the lulr. J
1
J wA BP
or that I desire to relinquish my lease, he
would rest it over my head Inside of aa
hour at an Increase of anywhere from IS to
60 per cent It is practically Impossible to
find a street store location en Fifth avenue
today and even the upper doors are aeld at
figures, that would: make country people
etsret ,A building .with a twenty-flve-foot
front will bring, in a year's rent for a sla
gle upper story, more money thsa ons
would get for ths outright sals of the or
dinary store property In many cities. It Is
simply a question of what landlords have
the conscience to ask. Would-be tensnts
srs clamoring at their doorsteps."
There, Is a piece of unimproved property
near Thirty-second street on Fifth avenne,
on which stands aa old-fashioned dwelling
house, ons of ths few that remain la that
section. . It has a frontage of twenty-five
feet and a depth of less than a hundred.
It is owned by a wealthy tailor, who bought
It some years sgo on speculation tor 145,000.
Today hs holds It at $200,000. He has de
clined an offer of 113.000 a year for ground
rent, or more than $500 a front foot Hs
wants 115,000, and he will get It and in
addition will get a rental equal to 10 per
cent per annum for all improvements. As
the old building will have to be torn down
end . a new one erected for business pur
poses, at an expense -of perhaps $40,000, this
means that' ths property will bring, in
rents, when Improved. $19,000 a year under
a ten-years' lease, or aa sssured Income
of 1190,000 on an Investment of less than
$85,000. . ..- ,
That is the way fortunes are being msdt
in New York real estate. 'And the boom Is
by no means confined to Fifth avenue. It
extends through all the side streets, aad Is
even stronger on certain sections of Broad
way than it Is In the district I have men
tioned. A conservative estimate shows
that the property from Twenty-third street
to Forty-seventh street, between Fifth ave
nue and Seventh avenue, has enhanced In
value, within the last year, over JHO.OOO.OOO.
This Is not mere paper valuation. Rents
are being collected In proportion. Pur
chasers stand ready with good gold to snap
up every parcel that comes into the mar
ket and the fortunate holders, who are not
inclined to sell, srs besieged by a bord
of agents, the groat majority of whom have
standing offors of cash. It Is aa ordinary
occurrence tor a man owning a twenty-flve-foot
lot in this district to raise the price
$1,000 over night Two thousand dollars a
front foot is ssked for property on ths
side streets, in fair locations, and $8,000
a front foot is ssked and given,'" for parcels
located la particularly choice spots, ss.
for exsmple, .on Broadway about-' Herald
Square at Twenty-fourth street, and Long?
acre Square at Forty-fourth street ', '
i -
.. . Iff A MERRY HOOD. '
New York 'Sun : "T wu ona nt .rli
subscribers to vonr fund
asking mo to subscribe again. "
"VVH. he who gives quickly gives twice,
you know."
Judce: "England." !' th nnMm,ti
who was leaving a well-defined trail of h's
In the wake of his remarks, "Is the mother
country." '
That mav all he true." Inl.mtntl ,.
gentleman with the chin whiskers, "but
America Is the father4n-iaw country all
right enough."
Philadelphia Record: "I ara at the door,"
said the Wolf In a ImM inlu ( T -
coming In."'
.ah rignt responded the -meek man.
but you had better wipe your feet on -the
mat before my wife catches you," , ,, 't
Chicago Trlbuns: "I can't say." obserwd
Lncle Allen Sparks, "that I , approva en
tirely of the tobacco habit but did you
ever think what a difference It might have
made in the history of the -world if Adam
bad had a chew of tobacco In his mouth
r"?.".." tempted him with ths forbidden'
fruit?':.. ; .... i. :, .ww. T
' Phlladelnhia' Preaa : "BV, ' iS ' 7.' '
cried the policeman, angrily,11 "I'd pull you
"Good 'thins
you said two," replied the
r,. "for one copper wouldn't
bad man, coo
be sufficient"
Philadelphia bulletin: Edith-1 .would
never marry a profane man, Would you?
Mary Mm well, I wouldn't want to
marry , one who . didn't swear' by mo,-' .
Philadelphia Press: "Failed 1 ' Wh. I
thought he - was getting Into 'the very
strongest financial clique in the street."'
"So. he did, but it seems it got Into him."
Philadelphia Cathollo Standard: "Say!"
exclaimed the patron of the cheap restau
rant, "this Irish otew tastes queer. By the
way what's become of that old dog of the
boss'? I'll bet he's mixed up trt this."-'. -
"Well," replied the waiter, "ha wouldn't
hurtthe taste none.. He was an Irish
Detroit Free Press: Ho Tour hat looks
very well with that wing In It
- She-Yes. but It would look hotter with
two wings. ... ..-.,
He-Oh! that's Just a matter of a pinion.
A MOtJNTAIl TIGJfErmS:' " ' "
Jamea Barton Adams In Denver Post.!
Evenln' shadders growl n long an'. getttn'
v. Cray,
Shades o' night a comln on snuffln out
the day. . . ..,
Birds a chirpln' their good nights from
the ehelterln'' trees.
Devil bats a slldin' round an tha'evsnm'
breese. . , , . , ,
Owl a hootin' on the crags sarin who Is
who, - .
Rattlesnakes a . boachln' - up - Bias the let
ter Q.
Wolves a comln' from their dens with it
sneaky tread, . u ..- '
Skies a blushtn' at the sun, as it gosa to
..... bed. . ... .... , . ,',.. .
Comes a lasy, sleepy hush - over ah the)
hills,
Brokoti only by' the ' cries of the wbtp-
! poo-wllla
Stars too faint to make a shins peeptn'
Ufrora the ski,
a a lot of waitln'.' klfiav' hstttlaf': eWpy
Butterflies ' all hid -away ' ta ,the 'eftmiln
vines,'
Brasses slngtn' lullabies - through . the
needled pines. - ' (
Then thn huntar lies aa' blinks , at the
worlds o'eroead
Thin kin', therws no eowoh on earth like
his blanket bod.
Makes the hair crow on!?
hcayy. -
falling of thV hilri
scalp clcan."
Restores
Color to
Gray
Hair.
I J. G. A YBJI COL,