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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MATICII 17, 1002. Tim omaiia Daily Bee E, P-OtHCWATER, EDITOR.. PUBLISHED EVSRT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), On Year.l4.no Iftily Bee and Sunday. One Tear........ w Illustrated Bee, One year j bunday Bee. One Tear J-K Saturday Bee, Una Tear J Twentieth Century Parmer. Ona Taar.. 100 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Baa (without Sunday). per copy.... Jo Dally Bae (without Sunday), per weak.. .120 Daily Be (including Sunday), par weea;..17o Sunday Bee, par exipy M'JS. Evening Baa without Sunday). Par week.ioc Evening Bea (Including Sunday), per week , , i i iho Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addreseed to City Circulation Department. . offices. Omaha Tha Bee Building. Bouth Om-la-Clty Hall Building, Twen-ty-fmh and M Streata. Council Bluffs lt Pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington--4ol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl. torlal matter should ba addressed! Omaha Bea, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed; The Bea Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, Sayable to The Bea Publishing Company, nly l-cent stamps accepted In payment of nail accounts, personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEB PLBLISHINC COMPaNI. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. BUte of Nebraska, Douglas County ,en.: George B. Tsschuck, secretary of Tha Bea Publishing Company, being duly sworn, eaya that tha actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha month of February, llvi, waa aa fol lows: 1....- 80,100 . 16 80,060 S M.80t0 1 AO&Ut 80,020 17 80,100 30.7S0 U BO,8TO 80,480 It 80,880 80,B40 20 30,320 7 80,3110 21 30, ISO l. 80,800 22 80,180 1 80,350 23 30,100 10 SO,lttO 24 : 8O.4T0 11 80,340 - 26 80,300 12 80.B30 24,. 80,070 13 80,140 . . n HO.ttBO 14 80,480 2t 80,000 Total 84T.040 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,134 Nat total sales , 837,810 Nat dally average S,082 GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 28U day of February, A. D., 1902. M. B. HUNGATE, (Baal.) Notary Public. If wo are to bare fusion this year the acrobats will perform m a two-ringed circus, I t . g Instead of enjoying smooth legislative waters, the ship subsidy bill Is encoun tering a heavy sea. And the World-Herald Is still as silent s the grave on the pardon of Hartley and the acquittal of Meserve. With the order of precedence In the royal procession finally arbitrated, the other preparations for King 'Edward's coronation may go on in safety. , The outlook for Omaha In the building trades has seldom been better In ad vance of the actual opening of the build ing season. There should be no Idle artisans In Omaha this year. Long distance observers think, they see to, early adjournment of congress In sight No one on the outside will enter any very strenuous objections If they make good with this forecast The members of the Taxpayers' league of South Omaha who were the active agents in procuring the Indictment of the school board boodlers now have a chance to show whether they mean bus iness or not It Is a pretty safe prediction that President Roosevelt is not destined to become popular with convicted crooks anxious to break out of prison by the pardon route before they have expiated half their sentences. It Is to be noticed that the populist papers are not prating so much of late about the wonderful record made by ex Treasurer Meserve when he was placed in charge of Nebraska's strong box as the embodiment of reform morality. One of the crril service commissioners has resigned to get back Into the active vortex of politics. One would Imagine the civil service commission was con stantly rubbing up against politics suffi ciently to suit the most fastidious. The pertinent notation made by Presi dent Roosevelt on an application for pardon, saying that he regrets It Is not In his power to Increase the sentence of the culprit leaves no room for doubt what the answer would have been to the petition for the pardon of ex-Treas urer Bartley had Rooaevelt been gov ernor of Nebraska. The Real .Estate exchange must not be so absorbed In Its mandamus case as to overlook the county assessors when they start out to make up the assess ment lifts for county aud state taxation. The county aasessuient has for years been mora unequal if anything than the city assessment with consequeut greater Inequalities In the burdens. The populists In congress are encoun tertng no difficulty In organizing their congressional campaign com rum There are so few of them who have not gone bag and baggage Into the demo cratic camp that their trouble is to place the offices without doubling up rather than In deciding between ambitious as pirants for chairmanships and secre taryships. Chairman Jones ef the democratic na tlonal commute la having hard sledding In his quest for a re-election to repre sent the state ef Arkansas In the United States senate. As Senator Jones In two successive presidential campaigns de voted his best though misguided, efforts to the election of Colonel Bryan to the presidency, turn about for fair play would require Mr. Bryan to throw himself Into the breach for his old friend Jones even If he has to take the stomp to save him. Jones Is In distress, but Bryan as yet nowhere) near him. IBMOATWX IX TUB BVLSK. The irrigation bill. It appears probable, will not pass the house as easily as it did the senate, though there Seems to be frood reason to believe that It will pass. Eastern opposition to the measure Is voiced in the report submitted by Rep resentative Ray of New York, which condemns the bill as unconstitutional. In regard to applying the proceeds from the sales of public lands to Irrigation, the report characterlxes the plan as un fair, because It would result In taking the proceeds of public land sales in one state and using them for Irrigation In another state. It is further urged that there is no power in the United States to condemn lands or water rights in one state for the use and Improvement for sale of lands situated in another state, even when the lands In that other state belong to the general government. This provision of the bill is held to be unconstitutional aud ft Is runner claimed also to be unconstitutional for the reason that congress has no power to provide for the irrigation Improve ment of lis public lands situated within a state. Supreme court cases are cited in support of this contention. The measure Is also attacked as conferring dangerous power on the secretary of the Interior, who It is declared could, if he chose to do so, divert the headwaters of the Missouri river Into Utah or Idaho. Another allegation of the opponents of the bill Is that it has conflicting provi sions and if enacted into law in its present shape would lead to endless liti gation. Uow strong the opposition is has not yet been manifested, but the friends of the measure express confidence that its opponents will be unable to defeat it It should be borne in mind that the irrigation bill as passed by the senate is compromise measure, agreed upon after thorough discussion by the repre sentatives of the states directly con cerned In irrigation. The power vested by the bill in the secretary of the In terior is not likely to be arbitrarily ex ercised to deprive any state of Its water right or Its Just proportion of the im provements contemplated. On the con trary the secretary of the Interior may be expected to carry out the recom mendations of expert engineers In the location of reservoirs and establish- ment of irrigation districts with the sole view of making the most of the re sources at bis disposal. ' As originally drawn the bill limited each state to the amount realized from the sale of public lands within the boundaries, but this feature has been dropped so as to give equal opportuni ties to all the states to secure their pro rata of the aggregate receipts from pub lic land sales regardless of location. While the bill now before the house may still be defective In some particu lars, It embodies substantially all that the people of the semi-arid region can hope to secure from congress at this time. With a start once made, under national supervision experience will In time demonstrate what more is neces sary to reap the full benefits of a com prehensive Irrigation system. JRISU DlaAFruCTION. Next to the South African war the most serious matter confronting the British government la the growing dis affection in Ireland, or rather the in creasing aggressiveness of the disaffec tion. The decision of King Edward not to visit Ireland, as he had contemplated doing, has probably had no Important effect upon the situation.- Irish mem bers of Parliament are reported as ex pressing the opinion that it is for the best as it saves the king the humilia tion and inconvenience of being paraded through a disaffected country under the auspices of a government bated and de spised by them. The prevalent spirit was strongly shown in the demonstra tion of the Irish party in the House of Commons over the news of Methuen's defeat That was a manifestation of Irish feeling that has made a deep Im pression. It is said that never before since the best days of Parnell has there been In Ireland any such solidarity of public sentiment; never before since the time of that ablest of Irish Parliamentary leaders has the home rule party been so well organised and directed as it-Is to day. The present agitation Is character ised by a moderation and sanity which gives It a moral force that has too often been lacking In popular demonstrations for the rights of Ireland. One result of this greater restraint and prudence has been a remarkable absence of crime among the Irish peasantry, a fact which even the chief secretary for Ireland Is said to have admitted at a recent meet ing of the British cabinet It is under stood that his report on this feature of the situation carried the day against Mr. Chamberlain's demand for an imme diate application of the most drastic clauses of the crimes set How the British ministry will deal with the situation remains to be seen, but It U hardly to bo expected that It will show greater wisdom In the matter now than In the past This Is indicated In the threat to suppress the United Irish league possible task, perhaps, but one which would certainly intensify the bitterness of feeling. The league haa never before been so powerful, Lav lng extended Its control oyer districts where Parnell In the height of hlslu fluence received little recognition. It will therefore be no easy work to sup press this organization. Meanwhile Ireland continues to -lose in population. Acordlng to statistics Just presented to Parliament the number of emigrants who left Irish ports during 1901 was nearly 40,000, or nine per 1,000 of the estimated population of the country in the middle of that year. The Irish ques tion has long troubled England, but rarely If ever has It been more perplex log to British stateeraea than it Is at present The experience of Bouth Omaha deny ocrsts with the Crawford county sys tem of direct primary seminations Is not very encouraging to the Idea that the men in control of the party machinery can by that device manipulate things Just as they please. The candidate in whose Interest the scheme was pro jected has fallen by the wayside not withstanding the fact that his friends had complete mastery of the party or ganization. A political machine can sometimes maintain Itself In power by frustrating the will of the majority, but when it depends on the continued sup port of a majority of the rank and file It has no more advantage under the Crawford county system than under the delegate plan. BOND PURCHASES 8 TOPPED. The decision of the secretary of the treasury to discontinue for the present the purchase of bonds, which has been going on for nearly a year, Is said to be with a view to checking the retirement of bank circulation. . The high price of government bonds, measurably at least due to treasury buying, has been an in ducement to banks to sell those on de posit with the government' and reduce their circulation, an operation which it Is manifestly not desirable to encourage. A Washington dispatch states that Sec retary Shaw makes no secret of his dis approval of the national bankers who are expressing their apprehensions of a money stringency and yet contributing to the contraction of the volume of cur rency by retiring circulation. He thinks that the relation of the govern ment to the banks Is not or ought not to be, a mere jug-handle arrangement the banks always looking to the govern ment to help them out of difficulty, but never going out of their way to help the government when their turn comes. It Is announced that In making govern ment deposits those banks which are most active in retiring their notes will be least considered. The action of Secretary Shaw in this matter Is unquestionably Judicious and there Is reason to expect that It will have the desired result. When Secre tary Gage begun purchasing bonds, some eleven months ago, there was ne cessity for it The accumulation of money In the treasury was creating a stringency In the market for which re- ilef was urgently required. In that period the treasury has paid out over 175,000, 000, with good results to the money market and it Is presumed without loss to the government at least in the long run. But while the treasury surplus is still large, it manifestly would be un wise to continue a policy which in creases the cost of bonds to the govern ment end at the same time offers sn Inducement to the banks to reduce their circulation, thereby to an extent defeat ing one purpose of the purchase of bonds, which is to put more money in circulation. How long the stoppage of bond purchases by the treasury will be maintained depends upon financial con ditions, but the action of the secretary of the treasury ought to have a whole some effect upon the banks, which will at least learn from it that he expects from them fair consideration for what the government does to help them in their relations to the business com munity. It the United States senate would pass the bill to cut off the war taxes the accumulation of a surplus in the treasury would soon cease and there would be no more necessity for bond purchsses by the government but there appears to be no disposition in the sen ate to give the question of tax reduc tion consideration. WROHO IS PRMC1PLS. AUD PRACTKI. One feature of the contest over the action of the city Board of Equalization relative to the assessment of the fran chise corporations has caused just re sentment among taxpayers. We refer to the appearance of the city attorney as sn associate of the lawyers employed by the corporations, who are trying to frustrate the effort to compel the board to revise the assessment of these cor porations so that they would bear an equitable proportion of the burdens of taxation. . As the law officer of the city the city attorney is presumed to represent the taxpayers of Omaha who are compelled to contribute toward the maintenance of the city government In appearing on behalf of the corporations that are fighting a revision of the assessment the city attorney actually appears against the great body of taxpayers, who claim to be overtaxed by the undervaluation of the franchise corporations. It is a serious question - whether under such conditions the attorney for the corpora tion known as the city of Omaha la doing justice to his employer In Joining with the attorneys of the corporations that seek to shirk their part of the pub lic burdens at the expense of all of the other taxpayers. Whether this action on the part of the city attorney Is voluntary or not he Is placed In an unenviable light and sub jects himself to serious criticism. In this, ss In former instances, where offi cers of the municipal government are charged with a willful disregard of the law, the city attorney's appearance aa defender of the defendants Is wrong In principle snd wrong in practice. As the attorney of the corporation of Omaha he should by rights appear on behalf of the taxpayers and for the enforcement of law rather than In the defense of the servants of the- corporation who have overstepped the mark and by their ac tion subjected themselves to prosecution in the courts or forced taxpayer to seek redress In the courts for wrongs Inflicted upon them. ' The mere fact that Congressman Mercer has been designated aa the mem ber for Nebraska on the republican con gressional committee Is heralded forth as a tremendous triumph of the habitual absentee and an augury of his sure re nomination snd election. As a matter of fact Mr. Mercer was placed on the republican congressional committee six years sgo by reason of the fact that he was the senior republican member In the house from Nebraska and his re appointment every tw years was but s natural sequence. His usefulness and efficiency on the committee, so far ae republican candidates for congress In Nebraska are concerned, haa failed to materialize during the last three con gressional elections, excepting In his own district and that of Mr. Burkett who has the advantage of a very de cided republican majority. Two out of the other four districts might have been carried in 1000 if Mr. Mercer could have been persuaded to spend more time In Nebraska than in Atlantic City and other pleasure resorts. The grand Jury, which was called to gether to Investigate well-defined ugly rumors, presented an Indictment against a democratic member of the South Omaha school board for alleged crook edness, snd the South Omaha democrats forthwith placed him at the bead of their ticket as a candidate for mayor. What the members of the South Omaha Taxpayers' league will have to say on this subject will be known the day after election. Gov. Savage's Arbor day proclamation suggests the planting of trees this year to the memory of the late President Mc Klnley. While the pretentious monu ments to McKlnley will be erected In Canton and Washington, there Is no good reason why every community, If not every household, should not have a living monument In the form of an Im posing and usefiul tree. Blawsted Maa Trtott. Washington Post. Tha conduct of tha Boers is particularly exasperating and reprehensible when ws reflect that General Kitchener had reported tha capture ef their last cannon. ftnalnt Coincides).. Baltimore American. It may be a mere coincidence, but Just as tha Congress of Mothers has finished attracting attention In one part of tha world. General Ma appears prominently at the Antipodes. Demand for Pare Food. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The cry of the Great West Is for pure food, not only because It Is right that all food should be pure, but because the Great West raises tba stuff out of which tha best pure food Is mads. The Right Spirit. New Tork World. It is simple Justice to the Attorney Gen eral to say that his opening of the govern ment's case for tha dissolution of tha North era Securities Company is characterised by remarkable originality, aggressiveness and ability. Great Ally la at Pinch. Springfield Republican. Those American mules have again proved an uncertain reliance for tba British In time of stress. It Is a question whether their stampede was not about as effective as the Boer onslaught In putting General Methuen's men under. We should doubtless be proud of them. "How Long;, Ob Lord, How tenet" Chicago Chronicle (dem.). How much longer Is the fantastlo Barn sby Rudge of Lincoln, Neb., to remain even nominally at the Jiaed of what was once a party of ideas and principles T How much longer Is his raven croak of "Never say die" to resound ove the last ditch of party psrslysts and Incapacity? Is there no dem ocrat anywhere who Is man enough to in sist that the democratic party shall be democratto and not popullitlc? The Navy's Barred Door. Philadelphia Record. Tba fata of Gunner Joseph Hill, following that of Gunner Morgan, shows that It Is Impossible for aa American seaman to break through the barriers of the navy and obtain a commission. Whtle many a pri vate soldier rises to high rank, there is no prospect for a seaman to rise In tba ex clusive and autocratic naval establishment. This explains why ambitions and public spirited American youths so greatly prefer the mercantile service to the navy. Wliat's the Matter with Nebraska t Nebraska City Tribune. Why does Kansas Invariably lead us' la developing new lines of Industry T Why Is It thst Nebraska, can't produce even a first class liar? Wo don't want to hurt tha feelings of any of our Omaha friends, but really wa can't call to mind at this moment a single liar whom ws could consider of the first magnitude. There may be plenty of men who consider them selves such, or who would be If they could, but they lack tha divine fire. A Nebraakaa, even a liar of soma talent, can strain his imagination to tha danger point, and the best ha can bring forth la a ten-foot vein of coal or a 200-pound catfish; and here cornea a Kansas man who, without turning a hair or getting red In the face, produces a five-weeks' bsby who lies In tha cradle at Harper, rf peat log "Six years of famine In Kansas." Gentlemen come every day to hear what this odd baba doth say. They coma skeptlcsl and they go sway awestruck and terrified. So are we. We had hoped Kansas was through bleeding. PERSONAL, MOTES. General Charles O. Lortng. one of the original directors of tha Art Museum. Bos ton, haa resigned on account of 111 health, having aerved sines the museum's organi sation In 1870. Archer M. Huntington, of New York, has recently returned from Europe with 21,000 volumes sad manuscripts for bis private collection of Spanish literature, which Is said to bo unrivaled In the world. Ix-Sena tor Reagan of Texaa haa recov ered from what was supposed to ba his final Illness. He Is the sole survivor ef the Jeff Davla cabinet, and is certainly Texas' tough old man If not her grand one. Alleyne Ireland has been chosen by the University of Chicago to go to the Orient as special commissioner to study general conditions, which will enable tha univer sity to shape certain classes of work for men whs will go to the Orient to live. Dr. Lyman Abbot was tha chief figure at a dinner glvea la his honor tba other night by the publishers of the Outlook, which he edits. There were present Dr. Edward Ev erett Hala (Unitarian), Bishop Potter (Episcopalian), Father Doyle (Catholic) and Dr. Lorlmer (Baptiat). Miss Mauds Adams gets $2,000 by a bill which has Just passed congress sad gone to the court of claims. During the civil war Miss Adams' grandfather, who lived la Tiffin, O., shipped horses and mules to the northern army. These fell Into tha hand of tha confederataa. , Tha hairs put la a claim to recover tha loas. ' Aa Senator McLaurin waa stepping off s street car to Washington tha other day ha casae. face ts face with Senator Tlllmaa. woo but recently had punched hla faaa la tha aenata chamber and who waa Just about to board tha car. Othsr passengers breath Nasty expected trouble, but tha two mea glared at each other with their three eyas sad tha car aooa proceeded with the flary Till DISCt 9fO I REPt BLICA CAMP. Kimball Observer: The republican stats central committer baa beea called to meet st Lincoln next Thursday to fix the date tor the state convention. The sent (merit seems to ba In favor of an early convention this year. Columbus Journal: W. M.' Robertson of Norfolk Is being mentioned by republicans for nomination as a party candidate for governor. Mr. Robertson is certainly an able man, a strong, republican snd has a host of political friends In Nebraska. Pender Republic: The Republlo believes that Hon. W. O. Sears of Tekamnh would make the strongest candidate that tba re publicans could possibly nominate for gov ernor. Ha la clean, capable and fearless snd would engender no factional or sec tional jealousies. Hs Is a fsrslghted man and a good lawyer and would give us a splendid administration. Hastings Tribune: When tha republican stata central committee meets at Lincoln next Thursday the time will ba fixed for holding the state convention. Tha Tribune Is of tha opinion that the later tha conven tion la held the better It will be, ss tha campaign should be short snd effective, Tha middle of July will be early enough tor tha republican state convention and we hops It will not be held before that time. Alblan News: Tha rsnk and file of ths republican party will this year Insist on the nomination of a clean, competent ticket. If this Is not dons tha party will meat dis aster just aa sura aa election rolls around. The days of "yellow dog" partisanship In Nebraska are forever gone by. Independent voters are becoming more numerous svsry year, caused by the rottenness which has been uncovered in all parties in Nebraska, These Independent voters have the balance of power la Nebraska today and It behooves the nominating conventions to scrutinise very closely the man brought forward tor the several offices. - Nebraska Is naturally republican, and If no mistakes are made In tha state convention tha republican ticket will be elected by a good majority. Alnswortk Star-Journal: Amdag those mentioned for gubernatorial honors ws hear tha name of Judge Paul Jeasen most favor, ably spoken of. Ths only dissent te his nomination seems to coma from his dis trict In which he -has made such an excep tionally able Judge that they are loth te aee him taken from the bench, even to fill ths high office of chief executive of this great state. This Is commendatory of Judge Jessen In ths highest degree. As Judge ho has made an excellent record; as governor we believe hs would add to that record and make a chief executive the people of tha ststs would be proud of. Hs stands beforo the publio without a smirch on his char acter, able, efficient, clean, courageous pre eminently a man of and for ths better ele ment In politics, business and right doing. Evidently Judge Jessen Is ths man of tha hour and In direct antagonism to the dirty work or the Savage-Bartley gang that has so disgraced the fair name of Nebraska and the decent element of her people. Tork Republican: It Is said that the dele gates to the republican state convention will have to obey orders or psy fare. If the republican county conventions do their duty, they win not allow a man to be elected as delegate to ths stats, convention who does not pledge himself beforehand that be will not rlda there on the pass ef sny railroad doing business In Nebraska. Send that sort of msn to the republican stats convention, republicans of Nebrasks, snd you will sll be proud of tba ticket they place la nomination, and many hundreds of men who have been voting tha populist ticket will vote for them, and be glad of the op portunity, rejoicing that they are at home once mors. Why should every: officer In ths stats of Nebraska, every man In any way connected with the administration of ststs executive snd Judicial affairs, ride on railroad passes T Ths railroads should not expect from these men anything but the even handed Justice they would have a right to demand of honorable men whether the paas were given or not. That pass which implies a political obligation, even though nothing may have been said or hinted about the obligation when the pats was given, is a dangerous thing In the politics of tha state, when the management of ths polities of the state Is sought by men who are repugnant to the maases of the people of the state. The Republican knows of but one official connected with the state's affairs, populist or republican, who refused tha pass, and ha was under suspicion of tak ing a rebate. Give na decent politics, w'th- out tha employment of doubtful sgeacles. snd everybody will feel better, and It will be better for the state, because the better men feel the better they do. JOHTf r. ALTGELD. Chicago Record-Herald: He was a man of genius. Hs possessed ths Intellectual qualities required in aggresslvs discussions of ths highest political and social ques tions. Hs waa an extremist In his be liefs on social subjects of tba day. It Is not too much to say that be was a revolu tionist In sll his Instincts and In the pur poses which he followed. But he wss a humane, not a destructive, revolutionist. Chicago Inter-Ocean: Personally Gov ernor Altgeld wss a courteous snd scholarly gentleman. Although he was of German descent, ke was In temperament more like a Frenchman. He owed bis power over the discontented to that boldnesa and stur dinees that caused him often to sacrifice himself In the Interest of a cause. This dominant trait In his character was illus trated In ths last set ef his life, and it will be remembered te bis credit. St. Louis Gipbe-Democret: John P. Alt geld wss tha Danton of tha democratic rising of 1891. William J. Bryan was Its Robespierre. William J. Stone was Its Marst. Ths brslns of ths free stiver revolution wss Altgeld. Ha organised It and gave It the courage and the plausibility which mads It a grave menace to the na tion's financial honor and stability. A msn of great talent, of vaat Industry snd of utter fearlessness, he wsa by far the most formidable of the toes which conservatism and stability had to encounter in the great cataclysm of half a dosen years sgo. Minneapolis Times: Governor Altgeld was a man of fine abilities and great en ergy, but a cynical and somewhst pessi mistic turn of mind esused him to fall short ef the-heights he might have at tained by the full use of the splendid talents with which ha was endowed. He waa both an obstructionist snd a radical la political and social endeavor. His very earnestness detested his purpose and his sympathies led him too often to the sup port of that most futile protest against the existing order of things the protest that adopts ths torch snd tha bomb as argu ments. His pardon of Flelden, Schwab and Neebe affords sn illustration of this trait. Chicago News: It was Mr. Altgeld's lot to confront many enemlee la hla Ufa. He was not a man to listen te compromise or to affect friendship for those who were fight ing his principles. His temperamental qualities were such that having oaca de cided that a given policy waa right ha could not deviate from It nor listen to sug gestions that It be altered or amended. These characteristic, together with his extreme radicalism epos many questions of politics or economy, aadoubtedly weak sned his hold on publio confidence. They alas lessened his influence and his useful ness. He will be remembered, never theless, ss a man of earnest convictions snd as an advocate of all poUclea which la bis beUet tended toward a larger Udl vidua! liberty lev hie fellow ma a. t BITS OF WAHIGTO LIFE. Scenes and laeldeats Obeerved nt the Katlsssl rapltal. During ths coming fiscal year there will be placea for about 10,000 persons in ths government service. All theee pieces srs under the civil service Isw snd the United Bute civil service commission Is to hold ex aminations of ssplrants In various cities of the country during ths next two months From the ellglbles selected ss a result of these exsmlnstlons snd thoss to be held in the fall, there will be more then 10,000 sp polntments made In the yesr beginning July 1. The records of the civil servlcs commlsson show thst ths yearly average of appointments to competitive positions Is bow sround the 10,000 mark. For the yesr 1900 they were Just short pf that number, and last year they went beyond It. A great many vacancies exist st ths present time snd will be filled ss soon ss ths commission csn furnish an eligible list. It does not hap pen very often that Uncle Sam ts forced to wait for people to step up and claim good positions, but it Is a fact that work In some branches of the government is being de layed owing to the failure of the commission to find men competent te fill vscsncles, These are mostly technical positions, requir ing speclsl qualifications, some of them be ing ss follows: Assistant topographer and topographical draftsmen. Inspectors snd ss- slstant Inspectors of meat In the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agri culture, aid In the coast survey, watch offi cers, deck officers and assistant engineers for the ships of the cosst survey. Senator Dolllver came away from home this morning without sny money In his pocket, relstes a New Tork World letter. Hs hopped gayly on a street csr and stsrted for the capltol. The conductor csme sround. Ths senator searched his pockets, but he couldn't find a cent or a car ticket. There wasn't a soul en the csr hs knew. Much chagrined, be hopped off the car sgsln snd stood on the corner of Fourteenth snd F streets, wondsrlng where he could borrow a nickel. Through the window of the next car that cams slong he ssw Rep resentative Ketcham of New Tork. He got aboard and sat down next to Ketcham. When the conductor came around Senator Dolllver leaned over to Ketcham and said, confi dently: "I wish you would psy my fare." Ketcham Is deaf. "What's that?" he asked. "I say, I wish you would pay my fare." "I can't hear a word," protested Ketcham; spesk louder." By this time everybody In the car was looking st the senstor. He blushed rosy red and shouted: "I wish you would psy my fare." "Oh," replied Ketcham, "certainly. The house Is always glad to coma to the assist snce of ths senate." Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, who wss vice president during Grant's administra tion, died In the capltol In the room now occupied by Senator Frys. A Urge tablet Is to be placed la ths room bearing tba fol lowing Inscription: In this room HENRT WILSON, Vice President of ths United States and a Senator for Eighteen Tears, Died No vember 22, 1875. The son of a farm laborer, never at school more than twelve months. In youth a Journeyman shoemaker, he ralaed himself to the high places of fame, honor, and power, and by unwearied study made him self an authority In the history of his country and of liberty, and an eloquent publio speaker, to whom senate and peo ple eagerly listened. He dealt with and controlled vast public expenditure during a great lvll war, yet lived and died poor, and left to his grateful countrymen the memory of an honorable publio service and a good name, far better than riches. "It Is hardly necessary to ssy," com ments the Washington Post, "that this ad mirable summary of Vice President Wil son's career, contained In less tbsn 100 words, wss written by Senator Hoar, than whom no aenator Is more felicitous In ex pression." Senator Depew of New Tork Is one of ths sttrsctlons of Wssbtngton. Since his mar riage he has reached ths altltuds of a spec tacle. In the estimation of tourists. A Washington letter to ths St. Louis Globe Democrat ssys all kinds and conditions of people are curious to see him. They let no opportunity pass to observe his movements m-A niwH them. Not fin W this. Hv " . but they flock after him. as It were, to com-1 ment npon this or that. When the senstor sntered ths senate for the first time sfter his return from abroad, where ha was mar ried, his entrance upon the floor of the senate was followed: by ths immediate fill ing of ths senate galleries. Ths capltol policeman who opened his carriage door st the entrance to the capltol, told the door man. Tha doorman told a passiag senate stenographer. The stenogrspher carried the news to the office of ths clerk of the senate. The clerk told a committee clerk, and so It traveled from room to room until ths news crossed tha capltol and Invaded ths commutes room on ths bouse side. First csTie eommlttes and senste and bouse employes snd then members of the house themselves began te walk ths marble block across the capltol to look down upoa ths bald top and bland and smiling front of the senator. The senator knew the filling gal leries Were for him. Hs couldn't help It Only dull morning business wss before the senste, and at that hour the gallery attend ance Is limited to two score. But the see ator smiled up st the gallery, and the gallery leaned over and smiled back at the aenator. Occasionally a colleague would note, bis entrance and crosa over to con gratulate him. Having made an hour's call, Depew Joined Mrs. Depsw inr the pri vate gallery and tha two left the capltol between Unas ef 200 curious Wsshlngtoa folk. A few nights sgo hs entered ths new downtown hotel, Just opened for the pres ent session, with Mrs. Depew. They went to ths palmroom for luncheon. Tha four other dining rooms were Immediately de populated when ths waiters whispered the arrival of tha senator and Mrs. Sesator. Ths hotel msnagement had to place thirty Svs extra tablea In the palmroom. so that ths curious might gsxe st the senstor snd his bride, snd at ths same time pay ths hotel for the privilege at rates which only ths rich or Improvident can afford. Through It all there wss no sign from the aenator or Mrs., Depew. They sst with ap parent unconsciousness of ths bustle If not actual contusion their arrival bad occas ioned. Ths senstor's presence of mind Is seldom dlsturbsd. Only ths other evening hs sttended a banquet where much freedom and license Is taken by the newspaper men, who entertain the guests. The senstor was aiked to spesk. He proceeded In his characteristic style, and wss la the midst of ons of his best stories when the toast master unceremoniously called for the pre vious question. Depew subsided, but not until he had declared with mournful snd humorous face: 'There! I wss about to tell the test and newest story I aver told." t,eeklaar the Stable Daers." Baltimore . American. The traditional sea la carefully locking tha stsbls door sfter tha horse hsa beea stolen. Is now being displayed la the vari ous disasters happening lately. After val uable lives have been loat la tunnel acci dents sad hotel fires, ths work of showisg how those lives could have been ssved had s reasonable prudence been observed, la precautions. Is going bravely m. It will stop when the seal wears Itself out, to be ss aaergetlralty resamed when ths next "accident" happens along WHY THE SENATE DELIBERATES. Senator Hoar's Onaoeltloa In Pnpnlar Election of Senators. Chicago Tribune. Senator Hoar Is much exercised over ths suggestion that United States senators be elected by a direct vote of the people. Hs ssys thst tbs senate and ths supreme court are the two glories of the republic, snd by a change In ths method of election of smstors one of these glories perhsps the greater glory of the. two in Senator Hoar's estimation will be stricken down. la ths opinion of the soxiator, ths sensts is now "the grestest deliberative assembly In the world," but will ceass tobe If Its members shall bs elected st first bsnd by ths people Instesd of st second hsnd as now. Why this should be. so Senstor Hosr does not explain. The distinction he claims for ths senste It certainly enjoys, but credit for It Is not to be ssslgned to ths election of senators by stats legislatures. Ths credit Is dus to the fact that tha sensts haa great legis lative functions snd also a comparatively small membership. Tbs house of repre sentatives Is not Inferior In power to ths senste, but It has so large a membership that discussion snd debste csnaot be par ticipated In by representatlvea so generally as by senators. When - the bouse wss smaller than It Is now snd the volume of business not se great the house, too, wss a deliberative assembly. There bsvs been times la the pest when It wss a greater deliberative sssembly thsn the senate wss. If there were 100 senators Instead of ninety ths senate. In order to transact say business, would have to lessen ths per csplta flood of oratory. Senator Hoar said ths other day: "Wo have measures enough If they were thoroughly debsted and con sidered to tske ten years." If there were 100 senators snd they all wished to take a hand In debate It wonld take ever thirty years to consider . the measures Senator Hoar had In mind. Tbs preservation of the sensts as "ths greatest deliberative assembly in the world" does not depend on sdherenca to an old fashioned mode of electing senators. It de pends on keeping down the number of sen ators, so that It may bs possible to esrry on business snd yet sllow everyone to msks ss many speeches ss he plesses. F1RH IXSURAXCB EXTORTIOTV. Action of the Underwriters Provokes Vlsrorons Criticism, Philadelphia Times. " Only In one yesr, tha sxceptlonal year of 1S99, did the local Ore losses exoeed the premium receipts. In the seven yssrs sines 1894 tha premiums paid In Philadelphia were more than $9,000,000 beyond tha firs losses. Last yesr ths sxeess wss IS.XOO.OOO, ths largest ever recorded. Tet it Is now pro posed to add one-fourth to the rates of lnsutance In Philadelphia to make up for losses sustained elsewhere. . Forty per cent upon ths receipts Is sn exorbitant allowance for carrying on any buelness thst exscts so little expenditure ss thst of the fire Insurance companies. They psy their sgents only 15 per cent. Tsxes and other expenses msy secount for about one-halt of the percentage given. The rest must be profit to somebody. It certainly should leave the companies margin eaough to stand an occasional blow. If not, they had better leave the business to somebody who can conduct It with lees waste. Philadelphia is not one of the cities where ths business has recently resulted In loss, and therefore It Is not one of tbs cities where rates of lnsursncs ought to be In discriminately raised. The companies are not compelled to insure anybody. Each policy Is a distinct contract and say com pany la st liberty to refuse lnsursncs on property that appears unsafe or to exsct sn additional premium for additional risk. It the compsnles or their agents fall In intelli gent discrimination snd suffer loss In conse quence, they have no right to make their substantial customers suffer for their fsult. They csn msks their rstes on dangerous buildings prohibitory If they will. They would then not need to levy prohibitory rates on ths property from which their secure Income la derived. Tha rates are higher now than ever before and are a serU ous obstruction upon substantial business enterprise. They srs st least ss high ss the acknowledged conditions of tbs busi ness Justify. A further general Increase would be a flagrsnt extortion. LINES TO A LAUGH. Detroit Free Press: He (seetns- her off) Tou may meet someone else you will Ilka better. She Well, If I do I'll let you know. Somervllle Journal: Even when a woman loves her husband enough to black hla shoes for him. It Is very foolish of, her to do It Atlanta Constitution: "Daddy's out there In the hall, v an' he ssys 'ths devil's to pay!' " "Tell him not to worry over It," replied the mother, "the devil won't ba hard on his own." Judae: House A sent Have you any children? House Hunter Tea: but they are very quiet and well behaved. House Agent Oh, but I mean have you any children living, ma'am? New Tork Bun: Madse She's s areat air I after the fellows. Isn't she? Marjorle Why, that girl would have a man at her feet evtm If she had to brsak a shoestring to do It. Philadelphia Press: "He's ant a areat . scheme to exterminate mosquitoes." 'What is ItT That Idea about petro leum ?" "Not at all. His scheme Is to cross them with Uahtnlna buss so you'll know whan they're coming." Wflahlnrtnn Star; "Are vou fond of grand opera?" asked the young woman. "Yes.'' answerad Mr. Cumroi; "I'm vary fond of It. When I go to the theater and hear all those people whooping and see them skipping about tha stage It takes ma back to the daya whet) I was a boy at school. I have always held that we can derive pleasure from almost anything If ' we go about It the right way." .. THE SHAMROCK. T. P. O'Connor. The spreading rose la fair to view. And rich the modest violet's bus. Or queenly tulip filled with dew, And sweet the lily's fragrance; But there's a flower more dar to me. That grows not on a branch or tree, But In the grans plays merrily, And of Its leave there ara but three, ' 'Tie Ireland's native shamrock. My country's flower, I love It well. For every leaf a ta.'e ran tell. And teach the minstrel's heart to swell In praise of Ireland's shamrock; The emblem of our faith dlvtne. Which blessed St. Patrick made to shine . To teach eternal truth sublime. And which shall last aa long aa time. And long as blooms the shamrock. Oh, twine a wreath of shamrock leavenr They decked the banners of our chiefs And calmed tha Irish exile's griefs, Our country's cherished shamrock: The muse Inspired with words of praise The poets of our early daya. To write In many a glowing phrase. And sing la powerful, thrilling lays The virtues of tha shamrock. He who has left his Island home Beneath a foreign sky to roam. And In a foreign clime unknown. How dear he loves tha shamrock. Whfti on the feast of Patrick s day He kneels within tha churoh to pray For holy Ireland far away, He feela again youth'a genial ray. While gaalng on tha shamroca. The brightest gems of the rarest flower That ever bloomod In eastern bowers ponaeas for him not half the powers That dwell within tha shamrock. Sweet memories), like refrrshins dew. The past wiin all lis charms renew. The church, tha spot where wild flowers Tha flmiful friends, th cherished tew He lft to cull ths sha.arocB.