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THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAttCII 10, 1002. The dmajia Daily Bee. E. ROSBWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED tVIRT MORNING. I H 1 1. . - TERMS OP SUBBCRIPTION. L'ally lie and Sunday. Una Tear J OO Illustrated Bee, On Year Bundy Bee. One Year J J Saturday Bee, One Year 1-W Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear.. 1,00 tlEUVERED BY CARRIER. Pally pee (without 8unday. per copy. lnllv lira (without itnlav. per week 10 ..He lallj Be (including Sunday), per week. ,17a unoay J lee, per copy.. be Evening Bee (without Sunday), . per week.iuo evening e (including Hundtr). ir week . .......It Complaints of Irregularities in dellyery should be addressed to City circulation De pertinent. offices. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen ty-nfta and M Street. Council BlulTs 10 Pearl Street Chicago 140 Unity Bulldlnf. New York Temple Court. Washington m Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. rommitnlutlnni ralatlne- to ntWI and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BU8INI8B LTTBRS. Business letters and remittances should b addressed: Th Be Publishing company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by Graft, express or postal order, Cava hla to Tha Hm PuhltahlnaT CnmuinV, Only t-cent stamps aocepted in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha, or eastern exchange, not accepieo. TUB BEU PUBLJ8HIMCJ- COM J? AN X. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas Count, as. t Qeorg B. Tsschuck, secretary of The B ssys that the aetual number of full and mmnUla mrvlM nt Tha Lallv. Morninc of Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of February, 1KB, was as fol lows: 1 80,100 t so,aao 1 80,520 4 80.T.0 B 80,4SO B0,O4O T 00,1110 1 80,804 t 80,300 10 80,100 11 80,840 II 30,330 U 80,140 It 80,420 u. is. IT. 18. IS. SO. n. .80,000 .80,240 .80,100 .80.8T0 . 80,300 80,80 SO.IMO a 80,180 23 80,100 34 80,470 26 80,800 2 80,070 77 8,80 28 19,000 ToUI Less unsold and returned copies Net total sales ...847,040 ... 10,124 887.818 Net dally average , GEO. B. 8B,22 1 TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 28th da; flay of February, A. I) . UOf. at. a tlUNUATU. UteeJ.) Notary Public, When It cornea to doing things right Omaha Bohemians are strictly In It Not a disorderly disturbance to mar Prince Henry's tour. Let ua have a credit mark. Prince Ilenry deserves a smoother re turn voyage than he enjoyed on his ocean trip this way. The Commercial club should try to bag a few more new factorlea before the season gets old. on the theory that a good nest egg will beget company. One house of congress has passed the bill for another bridge serosa the Mis souri at this point Omaha needs a fourth bridge about aa much as a wagon needs a fifth wheel It Is to be noted that although It baa had no senatorial deadlock to Interfere with the dispatch of business, the Iowa legislature is still in session and In the third month of Its career. ' Several Nebraska counties report un usual transfers of farm landa as well as releaaea of farm mortgages, The demand for Nebraska farms keeps stead ily Improving because farming in Ne braska pays. Account of the Kubellk concert at Lincoln say that the auditorium was packed with 2,000 people to listen to the performance. The advance advertise ments of the concert announced 2,200 seats for sale.. Can It be possible that the Lincoln auditorium has shrunk over night? ... And now William Waldorf Astor Is said to be cultivating aspirations to sit In Parliament although bis expatriation from thie country la but a few years back. Ths question Is likely to be raised whether, carpet-bag government la any more popular In Great Britain than It Is In the United States. The uninvested balance In the per manent school fund has again risen to nearly 105,000 and ths treasurer repeats the shallow pretense that this money la being kept In the treasury vault. As long as tha law .limits the Investment of these funds, as at present. It Is Impossi ble to prevent an accumulation of cash on band. Wby not be candid and In clude It In toe exhibit of bankx balances? The persistence of the populists In insisting that they furnish the bead of the next fusion ticket In Nebraska Is par ticularly distressing to- the democrats, especially In "view of the fact that this supply of populist timber shows no sign of running sbrt If the democrats could only cointolldate the two parties by .absorbing the populists this little obstruction to democratic ambitions might be removed. The lower bouse of congress will vote today on ths proposed transformation of the rural mall delivery Into a new star routs contract system. No argument has Veen advanced for sub-letting the delivery of ths malls on rural routes that would not apply with equal force to aub-lettln the mall carrying In free delivery cities, but no on would propose j to abolish the city letter carrier service and turn tt over to. contractors. ) , 1 u'-i' in i s To have more than 1,000 republicans participate In the party primariea at South Omaha Is an encouraging sign of the times. When the voters are awake to the Issue before ths candidates are put In the field they may usually be de pended on to maintain their interest for better government through the election that followa. This extraordinary Inter est on ths part of republicans In s city normally democratic also Indicates that the republicans are convinced they have a fair chance of winning out THt RATt-VUTTlXlt RAILROADS. The proceedlnrt to be Instituted gainst the railroads whose officials, la testifying before the Interstate commis sion, admitted wholesale rat cutting, will be rirll actions In equity to enjoin the carriers from further violations of the law. Action will not be taken against all the roads, according to the chairman of tho Interstate Commerce commission, as proceedings against one or two of them will suffice for testing the question. It Is stated that this move for the purpose of determining whether certain Violators of the Interstate law may not be restrained by process of Injunction Is the culmination of long studies on the part of the com mission. Several years ago the commission under took action along the line now chosen and a suit was brought In Kansas to restrain certain railroads from 'alleged discrimination In their rates. Tha com panies demurred on the ground that a suit did not He In the 'first Instance- that there could only be a suit to en force some order of the commission. The demurrer was' overruled and after a long delay there was a trial. The com mission was sustained and on appeal to the circuit court of 'appeals -ras sus tained again there. The ault Is now pending In the supreme court of the United States. It Is stated that the commUMlod bad been waiting, before moving further on the same line, for the final decision In the Case before the supreme court, but in view of the disclosures made at the Chicago inquiry In January and the necessity for some action which would be prompt, and It was hoped effective, concluded to try the method now pro posed. When the testimony of many witnesses showed extensive and long continued violations of the act to regu late commerce, notably in connection with the shipment of dressed meats and packing bouse products from Chicago and Kansas City and of grain from the west to the seaboard, the commission determined to use every means provided Dy law lor stopping these illegal prac tlcea and Dunishlmr those ens-aired In them. .More than a month ago the com mission made an order reciting the facts admitted and directing that copies of this testimony be furnished to the proper United States attorneys and requesting them to institute and prosecute . suit able proceedings under the direction bf the attorney general of the United States. This commendably prompt ac tion of the commission la acquiesced. In by the Department of Justice and It appears that everything is now In readl ness to Institute proceedings, which when begun will, 1 is expected, be pushed with the utmost vigor by the counsel of the commission "Under the direction of the attorney general In the meantime the question Involved may be settled by a decision of the supreme court In the practically similar case pending before It and as to which, as already noted, the commission was sus tained by the lower courts." SOUTH OMAHA CANDIDATES. South Omaha . republicans are to be congratulated upon the nominations they have made for the city offices to be filled at the municipal election In April. This applies especially to the head of the ticket Frank Koutsky, whose record as a citizen and public officer commends Itself to all classes of citizens. As a business man Mr. Koutsky has mads a reputation' for honest dealing and aa city treasurer of South Omaha be has an enviable record aa a competent painstaking and trustworthy custodian of public funds. His popularity among the best element of South Omaha re publicans was attested at jthe primary which he carried Against the organised forces of the present mayor by two to one. It Is certain' that no ' candidate the republicans could bav selected would have a better prospect of election In that democratic stronghold. The candidates for treasurer, clerk and attorney are representative republicans well qualified for their respective posi tions and the candidates for council and school board are far above the average of the men who have heretofore served In those bodies. If the citizens pf South Omaha who have been calling for more economical and efficient government will concen trate their Influence and cast their votes In1 accordance with their expressed wishes the republican ticket -will be elected there next month. ALASKA BOUNDARY ISSl't. Some ten days ago, it. was reported from London that tho Alaskan "boundary question would probably not come up again In the near future, but it was said that the Foreign office hoped that s germanent arrangement would be ar rived at before the British ambassador leaves Washington, thus Implying that the matter was not being altogether neglected. Later advices ar to the effect that the Canadian view, of the Issue has been presented to the British Foreign office, which is striving to effect a settlement It Is stated that arbltra tion Is th solution which Is probable, since the State department la not likely to propose the alienation of the territory ceded from Russia and any. scheme for a Canadian purchase would be vetoed th Washington." the add!- lon1 statement being made that the trend of negotiations Is In to direction of arbitration. When this question was before ths high Joint commission the representa tives of ths United States were disposed to submit It to arbitration, but there was sn Irreconcilable difference as to who should be the arbitrators. This difficulty will very likely again present Itself In connection with any proposition for arbitration. .Thus while It Is recog nlsed by both . governments that the existing situation, la unsatisfactory and that a final settlement of the dlsput aa soon as possible Is most desirable, ths I prospect of an arbitration agreement Is 1 far from good. As to the Canadian attitude on the subject It baa probably undergone no change and if that be so it Is safe to say that the demands of Canada will never be conceded by the United States.. There Is reason to be lieve that the Dominion government has lately urged the British government to stand firmly against any concession In adjusting Alaskan boundary details and other matters concerning which the United States and Canada hold con flicting opinions. . This Is pretty clearly Indicated and It remains to be seen whether the British government will yield absolutely to the Canadian demand or will in the Interest of friendship and peace give fair consideration to the posi tion of the United States on the bound ary question, the settlement of which Canada has made a prerequisite to the adjustment of other matters. Of course the present arrangement re garding the boundary cannot be perma nent. It has served to maintain peace and for that reason is justifiable aa a temporary expedient, but It Is a condi tion that ought to be continued no longer than Is necessary to permit the United States and Great Britain to reach an amicable settlement of the controversy and there should be no needless delay In negotiations to that end. The suggestion Is offered that Com mandant Fearse of the High school cadets Is S very much abused man, all because of his unfortunate relationship to the superintendent of schools, who happens to be bia brother. Does anyone Imagine that the Omaha school board would have gone down to Lincoln for an Inexperienced young man to take charge ef the cadet drill when there are so many meritorious volunteers of the late war in Omaha competent for the work, if It were not for the pull exerted In . his behalf by his brother? Young Fearse may be perfectly qualified to command the cadets, but he would never have been planted In the place had be had to rely on bis own personal re sources. It Is announced that one of the depu ties of the county attorney is to be em ployed by the Central Labor union to as sist in the prosecution of certain cases for Infraction of the female labor law, which has been appealed to the supreme court The question naturally presents Itself, however, Why should an attorney who la drawing a good salary as a public officer, charged with prosecuting offend ers against the law, have to be specially retained to do what he is paid by the taxpayers to do? The chances are two to one that the lawyers who are crying loudest for business men on the jury panel would be the first to challenge them off the Jury should they be drawn to sit on a case they are trying. As a rule the business man does not sit long In the Jury box even after he Is drawn. One way for the lawyers to get more In telligent juries is to agree among them selves to use their challenges only on those who lack Intelligence. Omaha shows up In the weekly bank clearings statement with sn Increase of 21 per cent over the corresponding week of the year before and a grand total of $8,590,821, which makes It rank close under Detroit In total clearings and far above Milwaukee, Buffalo, St Paul Denver and other cities of far larger census population. Omaha must be do ing brisk business to produce clearing bouse transactions of such dimensions. People Interested In telegraph and cable companies are busy assuring the publlo that they do not believe the Marconi Inventions will have any effect so far as practical transmission of In telligence by electricity Is concerned. That la what they are expected to say. ir wireless telegraphy were already a commercial success the value of the cables and wires would take a sudden down shoot. The vigor with which former Attorney General Smyth champlona Meserve's right to farm out the school funds for private gain tends to create a suspicion that the late populist state treasurer may have taken the advice of the at torney general at the time be became thrifty with the Interest paid on deposits of public money In his custody. Aatl-Fat Reaaeai Fait 1 Philadelphia Ledger. Xvsry fresh debt statement shows how hard It la for Uncle Bam to reduce bis pros. perity. srte Cats Ie. Chicago Chronicle. A dollar banquet ta so better than fS banquet for the purpose of democratlo counsel and organisation. Freswrlas? th Bait. Washington Post. Th gentlemanly agents of Mr. Marconi will now appear la th audience and offer wireless telegraphy stock for sale. But bear la mind that th big show is but half ever and th greatest announcements con cerning th experiments ar yet t em. Disappear.; Ftratt. Boston Transcript The great forests of Michigan bavs bsea aklnaed so eloe that th railroads pf th stat hav t bring their tie from Ken tucky. Now there la a movement to obtain legislation for reforestation. If the people attend strictly t business a hundred years may accomplish It Peralel Activity ( s Mai. 8t Lout Globe-Democrat. Liord Kitchener telegraphs that when a British convoy was wiped out last week th mules "romping all over ths country. gave th alarm to re-enforcements, but too 1st." Nevertheless, th Missouri animal did ita level beat and waa th first to be heard from under th circumstance. , Saavaalr rtaaSa at Work. New York Bun. We humbly apologies to ths German em peror for the piracy practiced on bia yacht Hoheasollarn by visitors thereto while It waa lying in New York harbor. For soma years past th great national emblem has been the aouvsalr spooa. Hoheniolitra s spooos belag nnder lock and key. th aou vsalr fiend ar reduced t th extremity of carvlag away slice ef th curtains r th upholstery. Be fierce is the souvenlr- Enf orcinr Anti-Trust Laws San Francisco Is Is stated that the presides! will here after Insist that th railroads comply with the spirit as well as ths letter of th laws, and that h will favor no changes until It Is seen what will happen whea existing law Is rigorously enforced. The Bosnian act for bids pooling, and the Interstate commerce act forbid discriminations. The railroad men insist that If pooling Is aot allowed nothing can prevent th weaker or round about line from giving secret rebates te secure business which they would other wis lose, and that these cuts will b met by the lines whoa natural business Is in vaded. Tha Interstate Commerce commis sion says th sam thing, and also says that under th law, aa Interpreted by th courts. It Is Imposslbl for It to set th evidence to prov speclflo instance of rat cutting. Th commission know that It exists. It recently obtained direct testimony that It exists. But It can get no testimony upon which to found a complaint. The commis sion cannot get at th books, which prob ably abow nothing wrong, anyhow, and th highest railroad officials seem ready to per jure themselves by swearing that they have forgotten what everyone knows that they remember. This being the condition of af fairs, with no prospect for more effective legislation tn that direction, th commis sion has for soma years advocated th legal- sing of pooling under it own direction. This proposal la favored by th railroad companies. But th president says no. H Insists that ths railroads shall obey the lawa aa they ar until tha result I mad manifest. hunting mania that when we reflect calmly upon It our mortification for the emperor's niched hangings la drowned in our feeling Of -congratulation to him that he keeps his yacht. Pools DrylasT V'p. Springfield Republican, The western railroad traffio pool la going to pieces through th withdrawal of th Northwestern road. It is an Illegal Insti tution, but whether ths roads mind that fact or not Is doubtful. Possibly the In creased activity of the Interstate Commerce commission has something to do with th breakup. The Southwestern Passenger as sociation is also crumbling, but nobody seems to be daring enough to suppose that this Is due to any growing disposition on th part of th roads to mind the law. Ofllcloas Detectives Called Dowa. Baltimore American. A New York magistrate lately severely rebuked two detectives for entering a pri vate house on suspicion, without a warrant, and violating th principle of ' law that very man's house Is his csstle. Those dressed In a little brief authority do not always Include tha law In their reading matter, but much of this official Illegal way of treating citizens come from the fast that th latter are too Ignorant of their own rights to demand them, and that this Ignorance largely deserves th treat. ment it receives. GROWTH OP THE REPUBLIC. Statistics Calculated to Cheer the Children of the Foaaders. Philadelphia Ledger. Th "Statistical Abstract of th United States," recently issued by the Treasury department, snows the growth of the United Statea In a striking manner. The area of tho republic, which was 827,844 square miles in 1800, bad grown to 8,026,(00 In 1900, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii, and th population increased from (,308,488 to 76, (93,724 In the' 100 years. Tha changes In th relative position of th states In popu lation attract attention. Pennsylvania waa second in 1800, and held the same position tn 100. Virginia waa first In population In 1800, and In 1900 ranked seventeenth; New York cjlmbed from third Into first place; Ohio from eighteenth to fourth; North Carolina, which stood fourth in 1800, descended to fifteenth In 1900, and ueia- W(, from ,eyentsenth to torty-ntth. The evidences of wsalth and prosperity keep pace with growth. In 1820 the aav lngs bank deposits aggregated $l,138,o7(, and the depositors numbered 8,635; In 1901 tn deposits were 82.449.547.88S, and th de positors numbered! (.107,083, or nearly 1, 000,000 more than th total population at th beginning of the last century. Tha foreign commerce exhibit Is equally strik ing. In 1800 tho imports wer worth 191,- 000.000 and th exports (71,000,000, or an excess of Imports over exports or K) per cent; in 1901 the imports amounted to (823,000,000 and the exports to $1,487,000,000. Th imports were nine times aa great in 1901 as in 1800; tha exports twenty-on times aa great and th excess of exports over imports was 1684,000,000, or 80 per cent. Th growth In financial strength In the past generation has been very rapid and substantial. In 1865 at th close of the civil war ths national . debt amounted to 878.25 for each of th population, and the Interest cbsrge per capita waa (4.29; In 1901 the debt per capita waa $13.45 and the Interest charge 88 cents. x An attempt la mad In th "London Mall Year Book" to estimate th relative wealth of the flv great powers, th United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia, and In th estimate th United States -Is placed first, being credited with a total wealth of ever 381,000,000,000. ana ths United Kingdom next, with about (60, 000,000,000. Tha percentage of debt to wealth In the United Statee is only a little over 1 per cent, while In the United Kingdom it Is psr cent. In Germany over I per cent and in France nearly IS per cent. Th wonderful growth baa not been forced, and there la In th broad west still chance for tremendous exoasslon. Millions of rra ar vet undeveloped and there Is room for another century. PERSONAL, NOTES. Dr. William H. Tolman of New York has bean decorated with th cross of th Legion of Honor, by President Loubst of Franc, for his work in behalf of th poor of New York City. A woman'a hair on a man's necktie Is seeing aa a slew to a murder mystsry la New York. It Is not ths first tlm rub bering around a woman'a looks worked up a bunch of trouble. . It pars fo be poilt. Just as a kindly rail road conductor cornea In for a donation of $1,000 from a grateful passenger, a Pullmaa porter falls heir to an estate valued at $100.- 000. all because be waa sxceptioaaiiy at tentlv to th wner wall III. Commander John Powlea Cherne, who died last week, aerved la three Arctic ex pedltlona la search ef Blr John Franklin He wrote the Only history of ths ater prlse expedition, and Cheya Islands and Cbeyn Point war named after him. 'Shall a lawyer when detected la such unprofessional conduct as her confessed,1 exclaims a Missouri court, be psrmittsd to occupy a plac In th tempi of Justice as on of Us trusted ministers? 'Procul, procul sets, profanl!' " W should smile A back aeat la lust but els. Xmperor Menelek ef Abyssinia Is building telephone lines between his capital and the Italian settlements In Erytbrea. - Italy fur nlsbes the wlr and Mecelek th pole and aayoa caught cutting wires will bava his right hand cut off and his nrprty con tscatsd to nay for th damaga. Chronicle. ' Even If changea la th law ar desirable, It Is unquestionably undesirable that they ahalf be extorted by th defiant refusal to obey laws which exist. Th president Is right, and will be enthusiastically sustained by th country. Good reasons may, per. baps, be given In favor of pooling under publlo supervision, but no reason can be given for submitting to the insoleno of corporations. There la nothing so Import ant In this country aa their complete sub jection to the laws, whether good or bad. If the ar bad they can be changed, but meantime they ar te be obeyed. To this end th president has nor tower than any subordinate commission. What la dons by his explicit direction attracta th atten tion of the entire people. Ho can command th services ef th ablest counsel and the most vigorous of prosecutors. H can make what be undertakes a national Issue. II may or may not be able to overcome the obstacles which hav baffled th commis sion, but If he cannot overcome them he can cause everyone to as precisely wherein ths trouble lies, which Is the first step toward Its removal. A leading railroad official Is reported to hav lately said that th lawa aa they ar can be enforced If suf ficient vigor Is directed In the right direc tion. The president proposes te supply th vigor. Forty yeara la a pretty good age tor a president, after all. Meanwhile, th vari ous railroad associatlona for regulating rates ara said te b dissolving. There will be no trouble about that. Tha difficulty will be- gin when w try to locate the rat cutting and prov It BITS OF WASHINGTON tIFK. Etchings of People Bad Kyeate at th National Capital. Membership la th senate has sad a softening and soothing effect upon tha solemn and picturesque Bailey f Texas. A correspondent of th Philadelphia North Americans says the Junior senator from th Lone Star atate, while a member of th house, wore a low-cut waistcoat, showing an expansive ahlrt bosom, long and looss frock coat, the regulation southern felt hat, of the sombrero order, and walked along the streets Ilka a man trying to tread tn tha footsteps of Daniel Webster, and picking out ths footstens aa he wenL Now Bailey Is quit a debonnalre-Iooklng aeaator. He weara his hair no longer than do lota of men who ar aot statesmen, has a cutaway coat and a vest of ordinary pat. tern, and baa been aeen wearing neckties with a dash of red In them. He baa not yet permitted himself to be forced Into evening clothes, but he no longer aaorta and ahles Ilka a Texas pony when a man with an evening ault ap proaches him. It la said by Texaa admirers of Bailey that he atruck th state of Texas, running for congress, and he has been tn congresa ever alnce. Bailey la aolema enough and deliberate enough In everything be doea to suit th senate, and he is regarded aa quite an or nament, especially aa a sits next to Till man and servea to mellow th landscape In th vicinity of that rugged and by no means pleasant looking Individual. . Hs has mad an Impression upon th senate, and Is rapidly being acknowledged as th leader of the democratic eld. The senats waa considering ths bill to ratify the treaty with th Crow Indiana In Montana, reports th Washington Poet. "Are there any amendments r asked ths presiding officer. . . ... "There is one commute amendment,' wnispered the clerk. The committee amendment will be re ported," said Mr. Fry. Amid dignified silence the clerk read aa follows : "Strike out 'two Jackasses' and Insert 'one stallion.' " 1 The amendment sounded ao ludicrous that th senators burst out laushlna-. Sena tor Piatt of Connecticut almoat rolled out or dis chair. "Speaking about nerve." says Commli sloner of Pensions Evana, "I have Just been in contact with an acuta case. When I first assumed office as commissioner of pensions aaa a great deal of treubl with aa at lorney wno waa engaged In all klnda of fraudulent practices. After a long period of worrlment and great difficulty th attorney was nnany given a three-year term In the penitentiary. The other day I received letter from th sam man savins- ha waa aDout to De released from Imprisonment ana asking me aa a neraanal favnr i secure a railroad pas for him ta rait. lornia. senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who is1 nm . wiu, was engagea tn an earnest argument with Senator Bacon of Georgia over Mr. Hoars bill for tha protection of th president of the United Sutsa. Th senate waa very quiet because th other members wer enjoying th eontest be tween what ar termed th two most stub born men in that body. Mr. Hoar was In th midst of on of his arguments whea Senator Depew sneexed. The venerable Massachusetts man was forced to atop, be cause a Depew anees la a tims-consum. ing operation. It begins with a serlo- comio buss and ends with an exnlosion which would make a gallery god think tha villain waa getting In his gunpowder stunt. Mr. Hoar faced about and looked aternly at hla Interrupter. Senator Depew's eyes filled with tears genuine tears and he burled his face In hla handkerchief. All the rest of the senators laughed at th seen except th participants. Mr. Hoar had to wait for quiet before h proceeded. After th aesslon Mr. Depew, who Is (8 years old, went up to th defender of th traditions and dignity of tho aeaata to ex press hla regret that the anees had ar. rived at auoh an inopportune time, but Mr. Hoar received th apology coldly. "You know, Depew," Mr. Hoar aald, se verely, "that I disapprove of auch boyish pranka on th senst floor and I am greatly displeased." When Senator Tillman came out of th senate chamber th afternoon ba and Sena tor McLaunu had their fisticuffs he met a senate employ and aald: "Well, did I make a fool of myself?' Th seaat employe fidgeted and replied: "I cannot answer that question, Senator Tillman. If I said Yes' I would not be showing proper respect to a senator, and If I aald 'No' I would be a liar." . In nearly all stat legislatures, says ths Washington Post, visitors sr taken in upon th floor when accompanied by a sens tor or representative. Th privilege does not Obtain tn th United States senate, as Senator Millard discovered on dsy last week. Mr. Millard approached on of th senat doors with a constituent and invited th latter t eater. "I bog pardon, aeaator, said tb doorkeeper, "but is this gentle ma a a member of coegreea or aa x-seaa tor?" "No," waa th reply, "but be'a with sua." Evidently regarding this fact as sufflciest, Mr. Millard conducted hi friend upon tha floor. Ten minutes later tb two gentle men wer upstairs la th gallery. Th aergeaat-at-arm had whispered a few words in th senator's ear. IN THB FfSION POLITICAL FOTD. Kearney Democrat: ' There ba been som talk of making Judge Oldham th candidate for congresa In th Sixth diet riot, if Bin Neville ta not dead, but only sleeping, this ought to wake hlra up. Hastings Journal (pop.): R. P. Suther land and Judg W. R. Adams ar being highly recommended for th governorship of thl state, Lt th good work go on, it ill take a good atrong populist to bring back the loet confidence of th voter of this atate. Either of these gentlemen Is beyond reproach and both hav been tried and found true. York Democrat: C. J. Smyth and Judg Stark appear to be sprinting along neck and neck ae the choice of the fusion papers of th stats tor governor. With either one of these twe old warhorses at the bead of the state ticket It would not matter whether Savage or antt-Savage controlled th next republican convention. Their nom ination would settle tb question of th re sult of th November election, tb only thing te determine then would b tb sis of the majority. But whether tb fuslonlst of this congressional district will consent to tha nomination of Judge Stark for gov ernor remain to be aeen, and wa ar rather Inclined t doubt It. Central City Democrat: It will aoon b Urns for th democrat and populists of Ne braska to think about congressional nomi nations. A good business man consider that the longe.- his servants are In hla- em ploy th more they are worth to htm. Why should not th publio reach the some con clusion? Position suoh aa the of con gressmen ar not made to honor men, but for ths good of the people, and ao long a a congressman shows the proper disposition to attend to th welfare of tb nation, hla stat and constituency, together with th ability to All th position, It adda to th strength of his party and th Influence of his state to send him back. Th fusion forces hav no walkaway In any district, but If organised they can maintain their present strength, and It will be the part of wisdom to retain their old and tried publlo servants In all the dlstrtcta. Stanton Register (pop.): We do not think that the reform foroea have a good way of determining bow th offices ahould be di vided. In conference committee we get but the' opinion of a few men who axe guided mostly by local conditions and their conclusion are seldom satisfactory. Whs a we send delegate to th stat convention this year It ahould ba understood that every man ought to have a voice in tho division aa weJ1 a In th nominating. Some may think It la a clumsy way to proceed, but we believe' each convention should vote on a candidal until a nomination la mad by both convention. W believe it would be more satisfactory and atronger men b se lected. W are also satisfied that the pop ulists care more for the preservation of ths party at pressnt than the securing of the lion's share of th office. Furthermore, w believe the Bryan democrats are anxloua that populism ahould not lose the party or ganization, for If the reorganised democ racy geta control of the party the ellver democrats will want a place to go. Aurora Sun (dem.): We believe fusion Is temporary and cannot be successfully long continued. The Nebraska fusion has been th most successful snd longest con tinued of any fusion by a stat that we hav been cognizant of in an editorial ex pertence of some thirty yeara. Th strength of Bryan and hi wonderful Influence, coup led with the energy and influence of Allen, Stark, the. World-Herald and othara, has been responsible for Us long length of suo ceesful life. But it Is the usual and certain result, in our belief, that when fusion be gins te fall, when the parties to it begin to distrust one. another, begin to bicker and pull apart, that It alwaya goes to pieces. That no power on earth can prevent. This la history and the history of all fusion will be repeated. - Fusion haa don wonder for thla state. It shelved the worst republican corporation ring that ever Infested any atate, placed our bonda at a premium, pre aerved the school fund, turned the Interest upon it, by law. Into th state treasury, and put officials in plac In atate and na tlon of whom th people ar proud but It has been dissolved by the very ones who prompted and promoted It With a ma jorlty of at least 10,000 la the state, those who tired of the union stayed at home In the last state election to an extent that de feated tha fusion foroes by about 18,000, and that without showing any corresponding in crease In the republican vote. Th result shows a putting apart of the forces and dissatisfaction that la plain and apparent A natural result that can not be avoided. that no man or party la to blame for, that naa always happened in cases of fusion. with th difference only that It has alwaya before come sooner and was more qujckly given up py tne partiea te the dual combl nation. IRONCLADS WITHOUT OFFICERS. Naval Fleet Inereaslaac Faster Tfcaa the Saaply f Offleers. ' Atlanta Constitution. Since the outbreak of the Spanish-Amerl can war, nearly tour years ago. th United scat government has been busily sncaced m tne work or building war ahlpa, but the zeal which has urged It forward In thla dl reeUon haa apparently mad it blind to th necessity of providing officers to man th vessel when built, and lbs fallur to keen both eye open and to make th necessary provisions ror naval expansion la likely to involve th service in soma embarrassment As matters now sUnd it seems that the government will either bar to make lmm oiat provisions for Increasing ths supply or otneers or elss abandon th construction of vessels. Th suggestion hss been made that th present senior class at Annapolis b graduated tare months earlier In order to relieve th existing stress In ths navr. nut even if thla plan Is adopted It will only give temporary relief, aa th vessels which ar now la proe of construction will call for 1,000 additional bfflcera within th next few yeara and the output of th naval acad emy at Annapolis will barely suffice to fill ths vacancies caused by death and retire ment, much leas meet th exigencies cre ated by th building of additional war ships. Tho it becomes apparent that while th condition of affairs in the navy is bad eaough at present, it I likely te become much wore before tb situation can be Improved. Under th existing order of things, 11 requires four yesr to equip aa offlcerand, get him ready for work, and svea if hscasurs wer adopted at present increasing th capacity of th naval acad emy at Annapolis, It would tak until 10T to graduate enough officer to meet th demands which are now made upon th aervie by the building of new vessels. What steps will be taken to meat tb grav situation Which I bound o exist In th aavy before any permanent relief can bs furnished 1 ons of th problems which th naval authorities ar now trying te solve, but while this difficulty Is pending It Is of th utmost Importance to the wel far of tb whole country that no tlms should be tost by congress In providing for aa Increase In th capacity of the naval academy at Annapolis for turning out nsw officers. Jn no other way la It possible te avoid future embarraasmsnt, This ie aot the tlm to discuss th wis d'--m of tb policy of naval expansion. We are already committed to th policy, and tb naval yards of th country sre now noisy with th din of shipbuilding, and aa loag as we bav decided to build more ahlpa, wa must provide officers to ma a then. Otherwise we ar foolish t lock up th aions la useless structures of lroa. MRERVF.8 PLRA I! AVOinCR. Columbus Telegram (dem.): JVhen ar rested on chart of embezzlement ex-8tat Treasurer Meserv promised th public, and hla attorneys, spesklng tn hla name. In formed th democrata and populieta of the stat that their ex-treasurer would not employ tb technicalities of th law In order to eeoape punishment aa did Gen Moore. But promises ar easy to make, and aa easy to break. Yesterday Meserve appeared be fore th court, practically admitted bia technical guilt hut pleaded that it waa no real crime against the state. Some demo crata and populists had looked for better conduct on the part of Meaerve. Gen Moor did th aame thing. II la now free. Me- serve will probably escape through a like legsl hole. He admlta that he la technically guilty. The court will doubtless give him -a certificate of technical Innocence. Fremont Herald (dem.): Mr, Meserve'i defense. In the trial for embesslement of $3,000 In state money deposited in th Union Stock Yarda National bank of South Omaha, Is that th state, not permitting tha treas urer to deposit funds, could not collect In terest on deposits, so that it a hank did pay Meserv Interest on stat moneys thst In terest could not, possibly be the property of the ststs. It's about the same line ol defense put up by Eugene Moore, Hilton and Porter, In th mtxup of public funds which stuck to their fingers... He says the safe in hla office waa not fit to hold funds snd ha had to put them In tb banks for safe keeping. If he had been compelled, ta pay out this $3,000 to have the money taken care of by the banks, it would, be dis covered qnite readily that the. state was Interested enough for having it protected. Kearney Hub (rep.): ' In district court In Omaha Thursday counsel for ex-Tress- urer Meserve admitted, technically, that hli client waa guilty of embezzlement In con verting to bia own us Interest moneys derived from deposits of the state funds, but pleaded that ths treasurer had no) committed an offense against the lawa ol tha state, and asked that the Judge In struct th Jury to acquit Th law almply aays that th treasurer shall not deposit money In banka other than those that bavs been selected aa depositories. Ths treas urer' counsel contends that . th vaults of the state treasury are not a, safe plac In which to keep treasury cash. Hence the treasurer must deposit the moneys tn banks whers they will . be sate, even though In so doing he Is technically an embezzler. Finally Meserve's counsel contends that even though a bank doea pay the treas urer interest on stat moneys, that Inter est cannot posslbfy be the property of ths atate. So then we are not dealing with a matter of fact, but with a question of law, and legal technicalities are depended on to afford loophole for escape. ' Grand Island Independent (rep.)t The Meaerve case Is on trial In Omaha and a Jury ef his peers haa been selected. But the attorneys became Involved la a warm argument the very first flop out of th box by which Is meant the very first question la tha mind of the attorney (or the atate. Constantino J. Smythe, or Smyth, er Smith, representing the indicted ex-treasurer, ob jected to the question on the grounda that it was Immaterial, Irrelevant etc, and im mediately the Jury' Was excused until this afternoon to permit the attorneys Snd the court to get together o the proposition whether, presuming Meserve took the in terest, the state can hold htm for It. Me aerve choosing the position that he had acted unlawfully, technically, la deposit ing tha $60,000 in the bank at South Omaha, and, if he received 13,000 interest, it was unlawful money and the State cannot re cover It, la not entitled to it It Will be remembered that that la much the way Porter sot out of putting back the $900 which he ahould not have taken." Of coure if Meserve didn't take it on cayae no rsaaon why he ahould permit his attorneys to aaaume such a position. MIRTHFUL RBFLKOTIOHS. ' ' .(-.- Ttillarilnhla. Press: "Do VOU think that wireless telegraphy will savst timet'' "Yes, If they can Invent soma sort of a messenger-boyless device for delivering th ma ... ruvslani Plain Dealer: "Bay. those Chi cago folk never lose an opportunity to make a show of themselves." "That's right I'll bet they'll b going to funerals yet In low-out carriage." T4A.tnn Tr.nw.rlnt! Oreena How about VnH vcMn-M anil that nrettv daughter of old BllUngtonr Ar they atlll keeping com pany! . . Tetlow Oh, dear, no! They nave been married nearly a year. Tloltlmnr. American: "Will' TOO, Stay all night?" asks the New York hotel cleric "Yes," answere tho guest, "but let m have enough paper and ink to writ my will and soma notes of farewell to my family and friends."- niliom Post! "I have refused four mar riage proposals In tho last week," said th girl In blue, with some pride. - "Dear me!" returned th girt In grsy sweetly, "your 'steady' Is a most persistent and accommodating fellow, isn't bo?" Washington Btar: "On trouble 'bout die life," said Uncle Eben, "la dat when you tries to mind de golden "rule, some people takes It foh granted dat you is skyaht of tin ana slants in to a you up.;; Philadelphia Catholic Standard) Wicks Thar, should b a law to restrain th theaters from printing those mossy Jokes In tneir programs. mic-ks xou uon I nivs o reaa inira. vinka No. but vou usually hav to lis ten to some Idiot be hi n J yoi reading and explaining lucin. Philadelphia Press: They wer gossip ing about the engagement. "Why do they call her th' Queen of Heart?" asked one. "I suppose," replied Ui ouier, "Dcua she ha Just enough value to take the knave." . ' Chlcaao Post I "Why do men flock after the widows?" "Because," explained the sweet young thing, not without a touoh of bitterness, "the average man lacks confidence In his own Judgment, and In thai ca ef a widow he feels that he Is merely backing th a H iimncn OD Whan .TnVin ririnlf Whlltlar oa, IS yeara old he wrote an eileta b sung at the dedication of the llaverh.il academy, whers ne was a siuaeni lor a year. A. copy or this composition haa been furnished to th New York Independent frorq a manuscript copy In th posaoealon of 8. T. Ptckard. and ths norm I liven ft, first publication through that periodical. It was sung to th air "riuar 01 uory" ana reaas as xoiiows: Hall, Btar of Selene! Corns, forth In thy splendor; Illumine these-' walls let, them avermor A shrine where thy votaries their offering may tender) Hallowed by geniua and sacred to the. ' Warmed by th genial glow, Her let thy laurels e-row Greenly f or those who relolc at thy; name; ' Her let thy spirit rest. Thrilling the ardent breast. Rousing the souI .wUh tb promts of fama V T M ' Companion of Freedom! th ..light of her story. Wherever her vole at thin altar la known. There shall no cloud pf oppression com o'er thee, No envious tyrsnt thy .splendor disown. Bona of tli prouo and free. Joyous shall cherish thee ' Long ss their banners- In triumph shall wava, And from this peerless height Ne'er Shall thy orb ol light Sink, but to set on Liberty's grav. Bmlle. then, upon "us f n hearts that have nevei Bowed down 'neaxh. oppression's unba lowed control. 1 Spirit of evienn! O, crown our endeavor; Here shed thy beams on the night of the Then shall thy sons entwins. Hers fnr thy sacred hrlno. Wreaths that shall flourish through ages to cutne; Hrlglit In thy temple seen. Robed in Immortal green. Vadeles memorials of genius shall bloom,
