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To the Meteor May its flight be fleet
From all accounta Prince Henry la a
royal good fellow as well as a royal
fellow.
We knew that a return to the debate
,wlth the Declaration of Independence
ias only a matter of time.
It never rains but it pours. Omaha no
sooner gets within eight of one market
bouse than a second looms up on the
horizon. I
It's a little early yet for spring bouse
cleanlng that devolving on the munici
pal authorities as well as that of the
private householder,'
Champion Jeffries Is said to be con
templating retirement from the prize
ring. Perhaps he might be secured to
act as omcer-of-the-day for the United
States senate. :
We feel safe In concluding that Sena
tor Gorman of Maryland is not the
first choice of our esteemed local Bryan
Ite contemporary for, democratic standard-bearer
in 1904,
The rumor, that General Botha was
negotiating for a surrender Is promptly
denied from London. Both General
Botha and. General Kitchener are too
busy to be Interviewed.
The eastern section of the country re
ports winter wheat badly damaged. It
1s a long time until harvest, but Ne
braska farmers have not seen any rea
en to be frightened up to date.
It is worth recalling that while the
late grand jury presented the bills, the
county attorney drew, the Indictments,
and responsibility for defects in the
drawing must rest on his shoulders.
Professional pugilists who put In a
month wrangling before every battle
should take notice from the senatorial
battle how easy it is to get up a con
test when both men are really willing.
A mountain of arsenic has been dis
covered In Washington. As the entire
consumption of the country amounts
to only $1,000,000 worth per year the
supply In sight Is sufficient to last for a
little while.
Our German-American citizens can
harbor kindly feelings for the vaterland
and extend cordial hospitality to Its
representative without in the least im
pairing their loyal allegiance to the
United States.
' South Omaha seems to have over
looked one important point in favor of
consolidation with ' Omaha. South
Omaha Is Inflicted with a city election
very year, while Omaha lets three years
pass between municlpul mlxiips.
Germany now discovers that it did
not claim enough when presenting Its
indemnity charges agalust China. Evi
dently the German diplomats are in
DO way related to the men who make up
anti-election estimates in this country
Kansas populists are wondering at
the nerve of 25,000 democrats propos
Ing to swallow 125,000 populists. The
democratic appetite has always been a
source of wonderment to all who ever
observed an attempt made to satisfy It
It Is stated that the Sugar trust has
bought up all of last year's crop of
Cuban sugar and also the growing one
and will be the sole beneficiary In case
the duty Is reduced. Congress might
drive a spike In the scheme by post
ponlng the date at which the new law
becomes operative la case It is passed.
' ASTTt-TRUST LtOlSLATlOX.
There Is ample time yet before con
gress In which to consider and enact
antl-truflt legislation, but public Inter
est In the matter should be kept active
to the end that congress be not allowed
to forget or ignore Its duty. It Is well
that It be occasionally reminded that
the people expect something will be
done for regulating and supervising the
Industrial combinations engaged in In
ter-state commerce and that failure to
meet this demand might prove a bad
thing for the party In power. It would
be found pretty difficult to explain to
the satisfaction of the people an omis
sion to provide such legislation, at least,
as President Roosevelt has suggested
and which is generally acknowledged to
be proper and essential..
The existing federal anti-trust law
not being adequate, there must be ad
ditional legislation and It ought to be
enacted at the present session. What
the public desires Is a law that will re
quire corporations doing an Interstate
business to give, at least once a year,
public Information regarding their finan
cial condition. The people believe, with
the president, that In the Interest of the
publlo the government should hare the
tight to inspect and examine the work
ings of the great corporations. They
believe that these organizations, which
depend upon statutory law for their
existence or privileges, should be sub
ject to proper governmental supervision
and full and accurate Information as
to their operations should be made pub
lic regularly at reasonable Intervals.
There Is little doubt as to the authority
of congress to provide for this, and
there should be no hesitation in exercis
ing the authority.
ADVOCATING RECIPROCITY.
Senator Beverldge of Indiana Is an
earnest advocate of reciprocity as a
means of retaining and enlarging our
foreign commerce. lie said In a re
cent address that we must make those
common sense arrangements with our
neighbors among the nations by which
our surplus of American products may
be taken across the seas. This, he de
clared. Is the statesmanship of common
sense. He said the miraculous growth
of our export trade is lessening, and, on
the other : hand our productiveness
waxes until Its magnitude today makes
little Its proportions of yesterday, which
then were wonderful.
It Is true that our total exports were
less last year than for the preceding
year and the falling off was In manu
factured products, while those of agri
culture Increased. Decline in exports
of manufactures Is still going on. We
are not holding the great gains in the
foreign trade made prior to last year.
Depression abroad In part explains this
and Is doubtless the chief reason, but
It Is by no means certain that with im
proved conditions In Europe we should
recover what we have lost unless we
shall make trade arrangements that will
be. mutually beneficial At present
there seems to be no promise of this.
Nothing Is beard In regard to the pend
ing reciprocity treaties and probably
nothing will be done with them. Mean
while bur productiveness grows and the
demand for markets for the surplus be
comes more urgent This condition can
not much longer continue without bring
ing a reaction - and a decline of the
prosperity which the country has had
for the past five or sir years. The
admonition of President McKInley ap
pears to have been forgotten at Wash
ington; at any rate there Is no apparent
disposition to heed it
RSVKKUM ruR THt PHILIPPINES.
The senate bill providing revenue for
the Philippines is a better measure than
the one passed by the house, which im
posed the full rates of the Dingley law.
The senate bill Is a compromise be
tween that of the house and the rec
ommendatlon made by the Philippine
commission of a reduction to 50 per cent
It makes the duties 75 per cent of the
existing tariff on articles coming from
the archipelago Into the United States,
while duties on articles going from this
country to the archipelago are to ' be
determined by the commission. A num
ber of republican senators were in favor
of a BO per cent reduction, believing
that such a concession? would be very
beneficial to Philippine trade and also
have a good political effect but con
sideration for our domestic interests
controlled the majority.
The prolonged discussion of the
measure, with a view to political effect
on the part of the democrats, was of
no great consequence. Not a single vote
was changed by It nor has it exerted
any Influence upon public opinion. As
one senator remarked, the roll call might
have been ordered when the bill was
reported by the committee and the result
would have been precisely the same as
it is. So far as the public is concerned
the democratic arguments against the
bill have reached only a very small pro
portion of It and there are many demo
crats who do not subscribe to those
arguments. Leading democratic papers,
particularly In the south, have dis
sented from them. There is no doubt
that a very large majority of the Amerl
can people recognize the necessity of
remaining in the Philippines and of es
tabllshlng peace and orderly government
there. They feel that this is an Impera
tive obligation and duty, which cannot
be honorably disregarded.
As was said by a republican senator
in the coiirse of the debate, we are
charged with the duty of promoting
the commercial welfare and the pros
perlty of the people of the Philippine
islands so far a it can be done by the
enactment of laws. Revenue must be
provided for the support of the Insular
and municipal governments, for the
support of public schools, the Improve
ment of harbors, the construction of
much needed highways and for other
needful and useful governmental pur
pose. In this way prosperity will be
promoted and that will accomplish much
toward the promotion of peace and con
tentment among the Inhabitants.
It Is unquestionable that steady prog
ress Is being made toward complete
pacification and there Is every reason
to believe that when ample revenue
shall have been provided for carrying
out a liberal policy of public Improve
ments and extending education, peace
throughout the Islands will come and
be maintained. The task which the
United States assumed has Indeed been
costly, but with so much accomplished
no rational man can desire that we now
abandon the task. The first require
ment is revenue for the Islands end
when that has been supplied the next
step should be the establishment of an
Insular government republican in form,
as provided In a bill before the senate.
This would allow the Filipinos to enjoy
a very large measure of representative
government and would tend greatly to
secure and maintain peace.
FRANCHISE LIMITATIONS.
The order of the district court enjoin
ing the council from passing the pending
underground wire ordinance draws the
line between what constitutes police reg
ulation as distinguished from the mod
lficatlon of a franchise. This particular
ordinance is designed to enable the city
to . order underground In & prescribed
area of the business district all the wires
carrying highly charged currents for
electric lighting purposes.
The objections entered to this proceed
ing by the petitioners In court - were:
First that the privilege of placing these
wires underground constitutes a fran
chise that can be granted only after rat
ification by the people at the polls; sec
ond, that it constitutes a modification of
the existing franchise of the electric
lighting company in o far as It refers
to the transmission of electricity for
heat and power, which is subject to the
same charter limitations. In support of
the ordinance It was urged that Its re
quirements were purely within the po
lice powers of the city regulating the
manner of extending wires through the
streets and Insuring the safety of per
sons and property from contact with
them.
Judge Keysor, In his opinion. It seems
to us, has struck the right line of cleav
age. He holds that so far as the ordi
nance alms to prescribe the manner in
which electric lighting wires shall be
placed, It Is a police regulation and fully
within the powers of the mayor and
council. So far, however, as It Inter
prets the wording of the existing char
ter of the electric lighting company by
reading into It the right to use Its wires
for the distribution of electricity for
heating and power purposes, It enlarges
the franchise and exceeds the powers of
the mayor and council as defined by the
charter.
' Construed In this way our charter pro
visions relating to the granting of f ran
chises fully cover the ground so far as
preventing Indiscriminate grants by the
city authorities Is concerned. The strict
provisions setting up serious obstacles
to the acquisition of new franchises are
unquestionably to the advantage of cor
porations already enjoying franchises.
While they constitute an effectual bar to
hold-up schemes so common In other
cities, yet at the same time they protect
the taxpayers from the reckless dissipa
tion of valuable franchises by over-gen
erous city councils. The charter con
templates the eventual municipal owner
ship of all these monopolies of service
and until we reach this point sound
policy dictates holding a firm check on
franchise rights.
The recent Are In New York demon
strated that the automobile must be
much Improved before It can completely
displace the horse. The streets of the
city were covered with Ice and snow
and the fire apparatus drawn by horses
reached the scene without serious de
lay, while the automobile . apparatus
was stalled. The trolley, the bicycle
and the automobile have all been pro
claimed as the successor of the horse,
but that animal continues to be man's
best servant In times of need.
The appointment by the fire and police
board of Charles A. Salter as permanent
chief of the fire department Is simply
a well earned endorsement of bis work
as acting chief, In which the people of
Omaha will heartily concur. Chief Sal
ter has shown that he has the right idea
of discipline as well as of effective fire
fighting, and as long as he sticks to that
no one Interested in maintaining the
efficiency of the department at the high
est standard will have any cause to com
plain.
esBsBUBSaBEa
Two local democratic bosses who have
been fighting one another over the spoils
are said to have kissed and made up
just as a matter of resentment against
a democratic officeholder who found the
patronage at his disposal Insufficient to
satisfy the demands of either. The
former antagonists will, of course, now
work solely to promote democratic
principles.
The general attorney of the East
Omaha bridge company Is camping out
In Washington to persuade congress to
pass the bill modifying the bridge
charter. Notwithstanding this ex
pendlture of effort and money, our
people are assured that this proposed
legislation is merely a technical time
extension of no particular value to the
company.
Why should the Bryanlte newspapers
hesitate to come to the defense of Sena
tor Tillman T Didn't Tillman head the
Bryan forces In the Kansas City con
ventlon and champion there the plat
form Just as It had been O. K.'d by
Bryant For such devotion Is be not
entitled to a rallying charge in Lis be
half)
If Senator McLaurln is ss bright as
he Is generally credited with being, he
can observe bow neatly a senator can
call a colleague a liar without placing
himself in contempt of that august body.
Like everything else. It Is all In know
ing how.
Chicago Herald.
Ia time, stopping at a New York hotel
will be aa act of heroism.
Comrade for av Time.
Kansas City Star.
"The Star Spangled. Banner" and "Die
Wacht Am Rheln" are bound to get well
acquainted within the next fortnight.
To) Mark Iaalsltlvenes.
Baltimore American.
Secretary Shaw has drawn fire Imme
diately. He want the ladles to tell why
they object to the customs Inspectors. As
If the making of the objection were not
sufficient. ,
Aay Old Kind Goes.
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Touching the subject of dirty money, all
of us like clean money better than the
other kind, and yet when did anyone ever
ses people aay they would have clean
money or leave the change behind?
Back to the Old Reliable.
Chicago Chronicle.
A fire like that which has destroyed an
armory and hotel la Manhattan empha
sises the value of horses attached to fire
engines. Ne automobile caa make way
through heaps of snow and over loose
stones and bills of ice. The day of th
horse is sot ended.
Woodman, Spar th "Tree.
Chloasro Tribune.
Editor J. Sterling Morton of the Con
servative advertised recently for men to out
down trees oa his farm, and now . he la
facing a storm of criticism from the Arbor
day patriots. .Has not the man who causes
two trees to grow where only on grew
before the right to cut a tsw down occa
sionally? Let It GO at That.
Cleveland Leader.
Th statement of Ambassador White that
th conduct of the German government
during the Spanish-American war was all
that th people of this country could de
sire may be accepted as conclusive, for, as
he says, he la "competent to express aa
opinion," having been In touch with that
government for flv years past.
. Beaten at Their Own Gam.
Indianapolis Journal.
After th "renovated" butter-makers had
expended time and money to secure legisla
tion hostile to the manufacture of oleomar
garine th amendment to their bill requir
ing that all renovated butter should be so
stamped has created widespread consterna
tion in their ranks. The oleo Industry is as
beneficial to th country aa Is that of reno
vating butter, and for that reason should
not be discriminated against.
The Price of Promotion.
March Success.
If those who are not succeeding in pro
portion to the amount of effort they exert
would examine themselves closely, they
would find, as a rule, that their locomo
tives are off th track. Not realising
where, or what th troubl is, they merely
Intensify it by putting on more steam, and.
the more they put on, the deeper they sink
Into the mud and the harder. It Is t move.
If they would stop long enough to examine
their machinery intelligently and make a
thorough Investigation of the causes that
prevent Its working properly, they would
probably succeed In getting their locomo
tives on the right track before they wast
all their steam plowing in the sand and
mud. Even if they do not discover, until
after middle life, the secret of their fall
ure to get on, they may ultimately reach
their destination.
ART AND S3 PANTS.
Irrepressible Conflict of the Beantlfal
and the Material.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Five hundred of the professional musi
cians of Chicago who love their art for Its
own sake are said to be on the point of
withdrawing from all affiliation with the
1,500 musicians here who are supposed. to
love their art only for the money there
Is in It.
The 600 charge that the 1,600 are swayed
by sordid Influences, that they will take
the first Job that pay th union price,
utterly unmindful of the dignity of their
exalted calllna.
Thus certain members of the Musicians'
federation will play Sous and Strauss la
$3-pants wagons through the streets of a
morning; Wagner, Rossini, Verdi, Mendels
sohn, Weber and Mozart at aa afternoon re
ception; Hogan, Evans, Dresser and Solo
mon at an evening church-parlor concert,
and Beethoven, Ludovlc, Wilmark, Chopin,
O'Connor, Oounod. Sullivan and Dfl Koven
at aa all-night stag.
The 600, while willing to admit that this
is business, are not' prepared to acknowl
edge that It Is art.
On th other hand, the 1,600 ask the 600:
"What would you have us do? If we play
good muslo in 13-paats wagons through the
crowded streets of this metropolis, there
by directing th mind of sordid man even
momentarily to higher thought, are w not
uplifting him? True, w are advertising
IS pants, but Is there anything essentially
inartistic In this? If th street crowds
will not com up to our Ideals, why is it
not right and proper and ethical and pro
fessional that we should get down to
theirs, st the union price per hour?"
"Then," tbey add, "what If we do mingle
the classlo and the ragtim at afternoon
receptions, evening concerts and all-night
stags? Are we not thereby popularising
the classic and at th same tlm demon
strating by contrast th Inferiority of pop
ular compositions?"
This argument may appeal to th ordi
nary mind with soma force, but It Is lost
upon the 600. "Art should not be degraded
upon any pretense or under any circum
stances," they retort. "Muslo has a higher
and holler mission to perform than that
of creating an artificial demand for $3
pants. It popular air are demanded at
afternoon receptions, let popular air only
be played. If ragtim and coon melodies
ar demanded at church-parlor concerts
and all-night stags, let auch muslo only
b played."
"Let us not," th 600 plead, "desecrate
our art. Let us not drag Mendelssohn,
Rossini, Chopin, Oounod, Verdi, Buppe,
Wagner and Schumann down to th rag
time and coon level. Olv th uncultivated
Rosenfeld, Dresser, Howard, Sully, Sloane,
Johnson, Cola, Solomoa and th like. If
needs be, but save th old masters from
pollution. W would rather that our lutes
should be idle than that w should sacrifice
art to lucre."
"All right," says the 1,600, "you cling to
your art, and we'll tax th Jobs."
In a eas of this kind It would be has
ardous for a Philistine to Intrude opin
ion or advice. All that w would vsntur
to auggeat 1 that th 600 aad 1,600 agree
upon a Joint harmonising committee. Dis
cord Is entirely out of plae In a musical
federation. Each aid should make coa
cessions.
If the 600 will agree to play some music
that th common people caa understand
th 1,600 might agree not to play hence
forth la wagons advertising pants at less
JLthaa 15. v
Bourbonism of Bryanism
Detroit Free
Mr. Bryan has resolutely accepted Bour
bonism aihU portion. The man seem to hav
made up his mind that he will never learn
and never forget. In his speech at the dinner
of the Albert Williams Democratic club la
Ionia Thursday night the Peerless Leader
once more exalted the silver god above all
the other gods. "If the silver question Is
dead, why be afraid of a corpse?" he asked.
'If there Is enough life left la It to scare
a gold bug there Is enough Ufa in It to be
saved."
Th Brysnte method of argument has be
come as well denned as the Socratlc. In
the logic of Mr. Bryan the truth of an eco
nomlo principle varie Inveraely with th
square of the opposition. The more general
th opposition the more true th principle
la Its political utility varies by the same
law. Th more opposition there is to th
principle th more available it la for po
litical purpose. Th ideal platform, ac
cording to Mr. Bryan's schema of things. Is
one that nobody favors and everybody op
poses. Mr. Bryan's reasons for clinging to th
corps of silver would be as convincing If
applied to unlimited Issues of greenbacks.
The "gold bugs" would probably squirm
harder over greenbacks than over silver
and the harder they squirmed the more
righteous and the more timely th green
back cause ought to be. Or some of th
plutocrats themselves might ravers Mr.
Bryan's train of thought and us It to carry
arguments for the administration's colonial
policy. If there is life enough In imperial
ism and Neeleylsm and watercurelsm and
all the other Isms that bar followed th
policy of expansion to scare an anti-Imperialist
there Is life enough in Imperialism
TRIBUTE TO REAL WORTH.
Variegated Spark from th Thought
Anvil of Con area.
Portland Oregonlan.
How often, aa we tread the dreary desert
of life, we are ready to blame but slow to
praise; how many kind words of apprecia
tion that might have been dropped on
thirsty ground by the wayslda are un
spoken, how often Is the hand outstretched
la appreciation and gratitude only to find
that the expected recipient has gone on
In Ignorance of our generous belated pur
pose. We meant well, but the train has
left, the bolt ha sped, the bar has closed
for the night, or the referee, mayhap, has
counted ten. In eachewment, therefore, of
absent-mindedness and the marble heart
alike, let us, notwithstanding th press
upon our columns and the lateness of th
hour, offer a modest but timely tribute to a
body at which much censorious attention
has reoently been directed. We mean the
national house of representatives, which In
Mugwump la Is gravely reprobated a no
longer a deliberative assembly, far below
the standard reared aloft In the senate.
Oratory and deliberation hav held high
carnival In the house for two days. As to
whether or not the Indian appropriation
bill should pass, Mr. Burleson submitted
the attitude of President Roosevelt, before
taking and after taking the presidency,
toward the trusts. In reply Mr. Hill spoke
for aa hour In favor of his sliver coinage
bill. Mr. Olllett excoriated Mr. Wheeler
for his constructive discourtesy to Prino
Henry and th German vote. Still relative
to th Indian appropriations, Mr. Bromwell
read a humorous poem, whose burden was
the alienation of the German vote that
would accrue to Wheeler from his anti-Ger
man speech; Corliss completed his long ad
dress on behalf of the Western Union's
opposition to the Mackay Pacific cable.
Hamilton defended the trusts so as to draw
applause and laughter from both sides of
the house; Sulser made a speech In advo
cacy of Increased pay to letter carriers;
Jackson addressed the house In support of
direct election of United States senators;
Kern castigated the majority for its failure
to sympathise with th Boers, and Boutell
traced at length the history of "truculent
sycophancy" from the foundation of our
government. Newlands, as the last speaker
of the day, gave his reasons for opposing
the Hill coinage bill. The Indian bill hav
ing thus been pondered o'er and Inwardly
digested, debate was closed upon it.
In view of this spectacle of oratory and
deliberation, which for pertinence, dignity
and courtesy could hardly be surpassed by
the senate Itself, let no one henceforth
charge that the house la not a deliberate
body. . In numbers, possibly, Its Wheelers
do not compare with the Tlllmans, Dubolses,
Masons, Wellington, Clarks and Keans of
the upper house. But It has cleared Itself
from the aspersion of being too prompt la
the dispatch of public business.
PERSONAL ROTES,
A New York Judg has decided that It
Is not slander to say that a man cheats at
cards. In some parts of the country, how
ever, It Is suicide.
Joel Chandler Harris, the author, lives In
a little frame cottage In Atlanta. Oa. He
writes from six to seven hours a day, turn
ing out from 1,600 to 2,000 words, using a
typewriter.
Daniel Hardy, the new general superin
tendent of th Missouri Pacific railway.
was, thlrty-flv year ago, a water boy on
th old single track road running through
Frazeyvtlle, O.
A solid sliver statuette of Rear Admiral
Schley, six inches high, has been received
at Baltimore by Istdor Rayner, counsel for
the admiral. Mr. Rayner has no idea who
aent him th atatuette.
Governor McBride of Washington state
ha mad a new move in his war on th
railway lobby. He baa announced his In
tention to dismiss any stat employe who
accepts a pass over a railroad, and he de
clares he will crush out th lobby.
Anybody troubled that way and possess
ing the price to take In Carlsbad can mix
solid enjoyment with affliction by striking
th town next September. Th congress of
German philosophers and physicians meets
in Carlsbad on th 21st of that month.
Th skill of modern civil engineers I Il
lustrated by th fact that when two sec
tions of th New York subway tunnel wer
Joined Wednesday by a blast th error In
th Junction waa within th circumference
of a circle having a radius of a half Inch.
It 1 Interesting to not that John O. Mil
burn of Buffalo, in whose house President
McKInley was tenderly cared for after be
ing mortally wounded by the assassin Ciol
gosx, is a democrat of sufficient prominence
to b thought of by the New York democ
racy as a candidal for governor of that
state.
Th four greatest men of today, says
Henry Laboucher, ar Marconi, Roentgen,
Edison and Carnegie. "Celebrated state,
men and distinguished soldiers generally do
more harm than good. The foremost bene
factor of th race hav been those who
fought against abuse, superstition. Ignor
ance or disease or hav discovered th
means of adding to th resources of man
kind." Philip Pienaar, a Boer who baa written a
book enUUed "With Stern and Dewet,"
aay that th latter general la uncouth la
manner and careless to a degree In mat
ter of dress. Lack of tact and abruptness
In manner add to his unattratlvenes. but
he baa aa abundance of shrewdness and is
not without dignity. Besides, It Is chiefly
owing to Dewet and Staya that th war did
jaot and, with the fall f Pretoria
Press (detn.).
to sav th country. Th more Imperialism
there 1 th mora th country la going to
be saved. If getting away from the faith of
the father scares Mr. Bryan the thing to
do Is to get further away from the faith of
the fathers.
This form of reasoning works as well
In on case aa la another, and It la non
sense In all cases. Th Free Press Is sur
prised that Mr. Bryan should have ap
peared before representative democrat of
Michigan with aa argument so childish, so
flabby, and so paltry. Peerless leadership
has reached a low level when It can Justify
itself only by Insisting that a party must
chain Itself to a corps to prove that It Is
not afraid of the corpse, or because some
body else does not like the odor of dead
tissue.
But, fortunately tor the country, the
democ ratio party I more progressive than
Mr. Bryan, aad while It Is his privilege
to whittle away his personal following If
he chooses. It Is the privilege of thinking
democrats to reorganise their party and
make it modern. Mr. Bryan will be free
to advance with them, or to remain behind
with the memories and Illusions of 1896.
If he loves to believe that the silver ques
tion Is sUll living, that it la a Frederick
th Red Beard, reatiag tranoe-Uke la aa
underground castle until the ravens no
longer hover over the mountain top-
waiting until they have flown away to peas
from under the spell and restore the glory
of the nation If Mr. Bryan chooses to
mix national politic aad folk lore, and
blend great questions of Stat with fairy
tales, that Is his own affair, but the people
of the United State are a practical folk.
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripple oa the Current of Life la the
Metropolis.
Walter Brooks, a Brooklyn young man,
was shot and killed during a carouse, some
ten days ago, and a young womaa named
Florence Bums 1 under arrest charged
with the crime. Th tragedy has attracted
uncommon attention for the reason that
the parties to it ar children of a prom
inent Brooklyn family, and for th further
reason that it has brought to publlo notice
a shocking state of vice aad crime In high
social circles. According to the Brooklyn
Eagle, Brooks was a member of a gang of
young swells, sons of the first families oc
cupying mansions on fashionable Bedford
avenue and Stuyvesant Heights. The mem
bers ranged In age from 17 to 22. They set
the pace for another gang of youngsters of
the same fashionable set, ranging from It
to 17 years of age. Members of both gangs
wer swell loafers, some having allowances,
others employing their wits to secure the
wherewith. Oarbed In splketall coats, loud
vests, flaming neckties and carrying canes
as large as their legs, they were a sight to
behold. For years back the gang held un
disputed sway on the avenue, waylaying
school girls and enticing older ones to en
ter the pace that kills. The record of de
generacy and debauchery and Immoral
orgies Is pronounced by the Eagle to rival
the best efforts of Nero. Besides their Im
morality the members of the gang com
mitted forgery, obtained money under false
pretense, gold-bricked rustle visitors, kid
naped Innocent girls and violated the honor
of homea to which they were bidden as
guest a Two or three of them were sent
to reformatories last year. One was killed
by his victim. The others are keeping in
the shade until th storm of Indignation
blows over.
In one of th municipal courts th other
day, relates the Evening Poet, .there waa
tried a case involving the value of aa
elaborately constructed pair of shoes made
for a man with crippled feet. The shoe
maker, who Insisted on being his own law
yer, set th value of his expert Judgment
at a high figure.
"Seven generations before me have been
shoemakers," he said. "I never took less
than $500 for work like this. I am an ex
pert in curing people."
"What, a doctor?" asked the Justice.
"Yes, your honor."
f'A graduate?" he asked again.
"Yes, your honor."
"Of what colleger
"Of nature!" very proudly and with an
Impressive shake of hi bushy head.
"Almost as good as the faith cure," ob
served the Justice, and the trial went on.
The "Divinity that doth hedge about a
King" will protect Prince Henry on his re
turn to New York City. Not only is every
precaution taken to protect the person of
th prince from any assault, during his
stay here, but most unusual arrangement
hav been made to protect him from th
curiosity and annoyance of crowds. Th
general publlo will hav few opportunities
of seeing the prince and none at all of
meeting him. When the prince visits the
city hall the building will be roped In to
keep out the publlo, and only the commit
tea, the city officials and th city ball re
porters will be permitted inside. The
luncheon to be given by "The Captains of
Industry" will be private. The mayor's
dinner at the Metropolitan club will be
private. The gala night at the opera will b
confined to th fortunate possessors of th
high priced seats, the demand for which is
enormous, notwithstanding the prices. Th
only popular functions will be th launch
Ing and the dinner to be given by th
Staat Zeitung, aad only 1,000 Invitations
hav been Issued to th former and 1,400
to th latter. In th reception to the prince
th excluatveness will be thick enough to
cut.
Here Is a bunch of "dent's" drafted by
Harper1 Weekly for th benefit of New
Yorkers' bent on greeting th prince:
1. Don't tell him that while you never
learned to speak German, you caa dance It
Ilk a dream.
2. Don't forget that "hoch" 1 pronounced
"hoke," not "hock." In view of th nor-
mous expense of th visit, such sa ex
oresslon as "Hock der Prlnst" or "Hock
der Kaiser 1" would be manifestly bad form.
I. Don't ask him his Impression of Amer
ica until he ha been In the country twen.
ty-four hour. He might be embarrassed
to reply, considering th surfac aspect of
th city of New York.
4. Don't speak of his Imperial brother as
If he were a subject for a comle-paper Jok
Instead of Emperor of Germany. Willi th
War Lord, is all right In private conversa
tion with ethers, but would not do with th
prince.
6. Don't get off that old Jok about our
climate being enervating for some, but
Tuetonlo for other. He has probably heard
It In England.
- 6. Don't be facetious with bis highness and
ask him what th postage I on a mailed
(1st. H might retort with a practical 11
lustration of th special delivery system.
7. Don't ssk him In th prsno of th
mayor how on so high like fraternizing
with on so Low.
I. Don't tell him that you hav always
been anxious to meet him, and that you
have heard quit a number of peopl apeak
of hi brother Willie.
t. Don't ask him bow be got through th
custom house, and If he bad to pay duty on
hi uniforms.
10. Dont request his autograph.
11. Don't tell him he ought to have com
her two months earlier If he really wanted
th freedom of the city. It ts probabl he
never beard of Tammany.
12. Don't ask him If It Is true his Im
perial brother Is sack a big thing at bom
that whan he goes out oa parade It take
four hours to pass a given point.
A cabinet officer, who not very long ago
retired to private fife, started to build up '
anew his law practice In New York City. A
corporation case was sent to him by a
brother lawyer. Meeting that lawyer later,
te ex-cablnet rain later asked what ke ought
to charge. ,
"What did you think of charging?" aaked
hie friend.
"Well." th reply was. "I thought a thou
sand dollars would b about right."
'My dear fellow," th other lawyer re
sponded, "if you do that you will never get
another ease. Ex-cablnst ministers ar a
luxury. It they or worth anything. . Send
a bill for $5,000 retaining fee. and you will
get a check tomorrow. Then adjust your
regular charges at your leisure."
Th thing was done, with the result pre
dicted. It I said that the gentleman In
question made In a month aa much as the
sum of his salary during his entire official
term.
Here Is a Tammany a-ae- considered hrla-ht
enough to wire to a Chicago paper:
uan Donegan. th old Tammany "Whs
klnle." was at th city hall today. On of
his friends remarked to him that be looked
prosperous, nan replied that ha waa. anri
then said that he looked for easier times
soon.
"Kara, for inatnnna. ar a umI an,n
sow." said Dan. "They will be oheaoer
next week."
"Why will thev bo cheaner fiert waak"
asked one of the men who wer talking to
aim.
"WhV. Well have a German Hannarv In
town after tomorrow, replied Dan.
BURDENSOME AND HARMFUL.
Taxxee Which Enrich th Manufac
turers of Print Paper.
New York Times.
Bleached wood pulp pays a tariff tax of
one-quarter of a cent per pound. Un
bleached pulp pays one-twelfth of a cent
per pound If mechanically made, and one
sixth of a cent per pound If chemically
made. The white paper upon which news
papers are printed ia taxed three-tenths
of a cent per pound. The Intention and
effect of these taxes Is to enable Ameri
can manufacturers of paper to charge a
higher price for their product. The Inter
est of the newspaper publlo la abolition of
the tax may be Illustrated by an example.
It la Impossible for a newspaper to add to
Its selling price for the exact additional
amount which it Is forced to pay for white
paper on account of the duty. If the price
of foreign-made paper la, say, 3 cents a
pound, the duty amounts to 16 per cent ad
valorem. But a 1-cent newspaper can
not Increase the price for which it Is sold
to the publlo by 16 per cent or 25, per cent.
or any other fraction. It must raise Its
price 100 per cent or nothing. The public
Interest and the Interests of the country
are most seriously Involved In another way.
The effect of the wood-pulp tax la to hasten
the destruction of American spruce forests,
already seriously encroached upon by the
demand of th paper-making Industry for
this necessary raw material. Across the
Canadian border and In Norway and other
northern countries there are Immense for
ests of spruce from which, but for ;h
duty, our supply could be drawn. The 'tax
Is in effect a premium upon the destrui tlon
of American forests.
At its meeting held In this city during
the present week the American Newspaper
Publishers' association adopted a resolution
asking congress "to abolish the duty on
wood-pulp, mechanical ground wood, and
lumber used In the manufacture . pf , paper, .
and that the duty oa news print paper be
reduced." The newspapers of the United
States can secure the abolition of this per
fectly senseless, unnecessary and trust
breeding tax if they will raise a united
voice in support of the demand made upon
congress by the Publishers' association.
The revenue produced Is Insignificant, and
the sole effect of the duty ia to Increase
the price of an article of almost universal
consumption which public policy demands
should always b procurable at th loweat
possible cost.
TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR.
Washington 8tar: "It's easy enough to
get into politics," said Uncle Uben.
"Stayln' In is what's liable to stump you."
Boston Globe: Client Is there a cause
so bad, or an Individual so infamous, that
your services could not be obtained?
Lawyer (thoughtfully) I cannot aay, off
hand. What have you been doing?
Chicago Tribune: "Will the prince visit
your stock yards while he Is here?"
"We hope so, but we don't know exactly
what the feeling Is in Germany Just now
as to American pork."
Boston Transcript: Mr. Hodge Spelling
is a funny thing. Those women we saw In
the dance last night were what they call
the "bally;" it is spelt "ballet."
Mr. Hodge If I had to spell It, I'd writ
It "barely." .
Philadelphia Press: "Se here, waiter!
When am I going to get my dinner? l'v
been waiting here nearly fifteen minutes.
"That's more than I can tell you, sir, and
I've been waiting here nearly fifteen
years."
Philadelphia Record: "I tell you," cried
the Jingo, "the United State could lick
any power in the world." . .
"Well." replied the man who had been
wearing at th climate, "we can never be
weather-beaten by any other country."
"I hope," said the visitor quietly, "that
you will not use money In your next cam-
"'Fve got to do it," answered Senator,
Sorghum, simply. "I come from a district
where bulldozing would not ba tolerated."
Detroit Free Press: Cltixen Howr you
coming on thl winter. Uncle Henry?
Uncle Henry Laws, chile, I got der
roomatls an' chll-blains In bof my ban's
an' bofe feetan' my nose an' my eara
done bin fros'-blt; but, thank beben, I'se
all right myself.
HOME GROWN ROYALTY.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post
Now sound th bugles, beat the drums and
let the cannons shoot. .
Let every rooter fall In lino aad be pre
pared to root!
Tune up your cheering- voices to the vary
highest key
And let th old flag- flap Its tail In our
Imperial breea. .
Oet out th banda and let them play the
music of the Rhino,
Pass 'round th fragrant Wienerwurst ana
fill th roomy stein
Y brewers, 'tis for you to see there I no
drouth of beer,
For Yankeeland ia on a toot th great
Prlnc Henry' here!
Ob! ladle of th upper world, put on your
sweetest smiles, . .
For Henry's not Inaenstbl to charming
female wile. .
Y darling dudlea bend th pregnant hinges
of th kne
And kiss th hand of royalty from far
across th aea. , ...
Y gifted master of th tongue In after
dinner work,
A sacred duty now Is yours, and on you
must not hirk;
Paw 'round among th stars of heaven for
lofty thought to shin
For Henry's entertainment with th wal
nut and the win.
And you, y proud Americans who boast
of royal rams.
Show Henry that he's not th only Joker la
the came;
Show him that we hav cattle kings and
mining kings to burn, .
Let merchant prince great bis ye wher
ever they may turn.
ft areat coal barons, puffed with pride,
anear him tak yoar stand,
Y mperors of nnano duu your crowns
and play a hand!
Present a royalty array, 'twill how him
h 1 not
Th only fragrant dumpua' la the royal
big farm iioU
