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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MARCH 22, U)02. , The omaiia Daily Bek "to. ROSE WATER, EDITOIt PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TrDUi ni niTnnntTPTTON. Dally Be (Without Sunday), On Tear..M 0O 00 2.00 t;iiif urn Bunotj, Illustrated iiee, one Year Sunday Bee, tin Year. .. 1. 00 1.60 Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. , pally Be (without Sunday), per copy to Ially Bee (without Sunday), per week... .12c 4ally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Sunday Bee, per copy V'.JS Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.lOo Evening Bee (Including Sunday), Pv Week ..ISO Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. omCBA Omaha The Bee Building. - South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington ul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha It, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addreased: The Bea Publishing Com pany, Omaha.' REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only a-cent stamps accepted In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE) PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: George B. Taechuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the aotuai number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evejjlng and Sunday Bea printed during the tnonin ot jreDruary, iwi, was as iuiiowb 1. 8O.10O i.m. 30,220 a.. so.Oito ... so,rao ; 1 80,-sSO ' 80,040 . 7 SOIIO j 80,300 aono 10..... 80,100 11 80,840 V1S.. 80.3SO . 11. v 80,140 14 80,420 15 80,tt0 It 80,840 17 80,180 U ,....80,870 i aoiso K 80,380 U 80,180 22 80,180 21 80,100 24 80,470 15... ....80,800 ti 80,070 rt a4so 2t ao.oeo Total . 847,040 'Lasa unsold and returned coplea.... 10,184 Nat total aales , 887,810 Net dally average 29,022 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. , Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 28th day of February, A. D., 1802. M. B. HUNGATK, (Seal.) Notary Public Nebraska republicans will clear the decks for action In June this time. Inflated by an Inexhaustible supply of legal loquacity, that tax mandamus "hearing threatens to become a serial without a visible finish. Terry McGovern, the prize fighter, re cently met Senator Tillman of South Carolina. McGovern cheerfully admitted that the South Carolinian outclassed him. City Treasurer Hennlngs wants delin quent taxpayers to understand that they will fool themselves badly if they count on him abating his vigor in enforcing tax collections. The Turkish government has requested the powers to help settle its differences with Bulgaria. Evidently the Turk is not ready to have the match touched to the Balkan magazine. A successful experiment Is proclaimed with wlreleO telephones over an Inter vening distance of a quarter of a mile, A man with a really vigorous voice should be able to make himself heard a greater distance than that Santos-Dumont says It will cost him $20,000 to compete at the alrshlD con test at St. Louis outside of the cost of the amp, which is much more. At these prices, airship races are not likely to become popular amusements for some time to come. Bryan proceeds to make a the Intimation of ex-President fuss over Cleveland followers that the Lincoln man and his are In a dream: After reading Bryan effusion the sage of may be willing to revise his and -call it a nightmare. the latest Princeton Judgment The Chinese consul at San Francisco denies that he has used the royal dragon aa bis racing colors, pointing to the fact that the royal dragon has five toes, while his own has but four. When It comes to making nice distinctions the Chinese will hold his owa against a Philadelphia lawyer. Another church trial on the charge of heresy Is scheduled for a Ksnsas town When a clergyman is unable to attract attention to himself in any other manner he manages to become the principal in a heresy trial so some enthusiastic friends can build him a big church and raise him a salary to correspond. A student of ihe Iowa Agricultural college who had been based has shot one of -his assailants. This mav be rough remedy, bat the evil Is a serious on and there appears to be no good rea 'son. either In law or equity, wbv a stu dent has hot the same right to defend himself aa other portions of humanity Several Nebraska counties are now building court houses and several more are agitating similar improvements. . With the advenfof good times the peo ple are willing to erect public buildings which will afford protection to the rec ords and be a credit to the community, A few years ago when most of the rec ords' consisted of mortgages and Judg ments, the people did not care much if the books should be lost An enterprising eastern capitalist, now on a prospecting tour of the west for the purpose of locating a barb wlr factory, is said to be favorably Impressed with Omaha, but the great promoter of elec tric tramways and bridges feels sure that Omaha will not be considered for a moment unless a guaranty is given that Pave Mercer shall represent this district In congress for a sixth term and as many more terms as be Is willing to devi. is to the service of bis country a $o,000 per year. KEBBASKA't FIRM ltfBUBABCt tXBlSlt. According to the figures given out by Deputy Insurance Auditor Babcoclc, the business transacted in Nebraska by the standard fire Insurance companies shows substantial Increase In the risks written and premiums received, while the losses incurred during the lsst year show a material decrease. The exact figures are as follows: 1900.. 101. Risks written 1131,289,171 1148.701,009 Premiums received.. 1.58J.400 1,T80,M2 Losses paid (73,591 487,141 Losses incurred (49,815 4C9.0S8 It will be noted by the exhibit that the Increase in premium receipts for the year 1001 over the preceding year Is 1197,082, while" the decrease In the mount of losses Incurred Is $150,252. The aggregate amount of premiums col lected In Nebraska during the last year over and above the losses Incurred dur ing the same period Is $1,081,609. If 40 per cent of the gross revenue received from Nebraska business by the fire In surance companies Is absorbed by com missions to agents and expenses of man agement, the net income of the Insur ance companies from Nebraska for the past year was $1,008,410, and deducting from this the losses incurred leaves a clear profit of $309,827, or more than 6 per cent on a capitalization of $3,000,000. With such a contribution toward the dividends of the various fire Insurance companies, the Insurance underwriters ought to be satisfied without raising the rates again on Nebraska policy holders. The contention that the companies must make up now for losses Incurred years ago, or that Nebraska policy holders must . contribute more than their share to reimburse the companies for losses In other sections of the country, does not strike us as reasonable or equitable. The fire Insurance business is just the same as all other kinds of business. In periods of disaster and depression It necessarily must participate In the shrinkage of profits and In prosperous times it re ceives Its proportionate increase of bus iness. But an enlarged volume of bus iness affords no Justification for an ar bitrary increase of rates out of all pro portion to the increased risks If the latter are really Increased. Heretofore the excuse for raising rates in Omaha and Nebraska has been that the losses here have been In excess of the receipts. With conditions reversed by the material Increase In receipts and decrease in losses, the same rule would ustlfy a demand for reduced rates in stead of a raise. REPEAL VF WAB TAXES. The bill for the repeal of war revenue taxes has been reported to the senate and It Is the understanding that the measure will not encounter any oppo sition, so that Its early passage is as sured. The senate committee 6n finance has to a very great extent changed the phraseology of the bill as It passed the house, but otherwise the only difference between the house and senate measures Is the retention by the latter of the tax on bucket shops, which will not be ob jected to by anybody except those who are Interested In those Institutions. The delay in reporting the bill had caused belief that the senate would not make a general repeal of the war taxes, some senators having expressed a doubt as to the expediency of so' large a reduction of revenue at this time, In view of pros pective large appropriations .beyond the ordinary requirements of the govern ment, but the senate finance committee has given heed to the public demand In the matter. The revised measure will probably be accepted by the house, though a con ference on It is possible. . In any event, however, It is now certain that the war taxes will cease at the end of the cur rent fiscal year and thus the party in nower will have fulfilled It promise to the country to remove this demand upon the people as soon as It was practicable to do so. With this accomplished the treasury surplus will cease to be a mat ter of concern either to the business interests or the treasury officials. OXSKBAL STAFF FOB THE ABUT. The bill providing for. a general staff for the army, framed by the War de partment. Is a measure which expert ence has shown to be desirable. Its gen eral plan Is based upon the system In the' military establishments of Europe and contemplates, as stated by Secre tary Root, the creation of a body of of fleers charged with doing the military thinking. In this respect corresponding with the naval board. The secretary of war pointed out the' difficulties which beset the department during the war with Spain, when the officials, overbur dened with routine duties, were com pelled to attend to other things which they would not have been bothered with had there been a general staff to look alter such matters. Necessarily In such circumstances some things were not well done. Mistakes .and. more or less bun gllng were Inevitable. , , The object of general staff Is to keep the military establishment always prepared for any exigency that may arise. Under present conditions this hss not been done and is not likely to be if these conditions continue.' As was said by Secretary Root to the senate com mlttee: "Tot will not have forethought and prevision and prearrangement and an understanding of what was going to be done unless you get a different or ganization In time of peace." When the Spanish war came the army was poorly prepared for the emergency. There was much lacking that was - necessary to efficiency. Had there been a body of off! eera, such as Is provided for In the pending bill, charged with the duty of keeping the army fully prepared for war, as it Is certainly wise to do, such a condition as existed In 1808 would hardly have been possible. Kvery neces sary provision would hays been made In advance and there would have been bo difficulty or delay in putting the army Into the field. It Is not probable that the objections made by General Miles to the bill cre ating a general staff, will have very much weight with congma. They seem to be largely prompted by personal con siderations, which tends to weaken them. Besides, according to Secretary Root, General Miles Is mistaken In his view regarding the section of the bill to which he principally objects, the secre tary stating that under thla section tho lieutenant general would have greatly enlarged powers In army management Instead of being restricted In bis func tions. But however this may be, the duty of congress Is to consider what will be best for the military establishment. regardless of how any individual In that establishment may be affected. It Is not to be supposed that there is any disposi tion on the part of the secretary of war to do injustice to General Miles or any officer of .the army and certainly Presi dent Roosevelt would do nothing to the detriment of the commanding general of the army. The bill for a general army staff has been framed with great care. It provides for a change that experience has shown to be desirable and there should be no doubt of Its enactment, al though possibly with some modifica tions. TBK VENILZVELAB BCVOLVTIOH. The revolution in Venezuela appears to be making headway and the over throw of the usurping president of that republic Is not improbable. The situa tion will not be regretted by most for eigners having Interests In the country and there Is no doubt that the success of the revolution would have results beneficial to Venezuela. The so-called president, Castro, who Is In fact a dic tator owing bis position to revolutionary methods and Intrigue, has been an ar bitrary and arrogant ruler, making him self, or rather his administration of af fairs, particularly offensive to foreign residents, upon whom have been lm- posed unjust taxation and other exao I tlons. He has got the country Into trouble with (iermnnv. France and other nations, has bankrupted the public treas ury and In every way has shown him self to be an utterly unfit man to be at the head of the government As Castro proposed to retain power indefinitely, by force If necessary, the choice was between revolt and submis sion to his misrule. Some of the ablest men in the republic are Identified with the revolution, which according to the latest advices Is rapidly spreading. A few more Important successes by the revolutionists would very likely draw many from among the present sup porters of Castro and once his followers I begun to leave him his support would doubtless rapidly fall away. Venezuela Is a country that ought to be prosperous and progressive, but it will not be so long as the men now at the head of affairs are in power and therefore every well-wisher of the republic will desire the success of the revolution. A CLOSED CHAPTER. Our amiable contemporary, the World Herald, la still digging away at dead Issues and firing its guns at Asiatic tar gets. It refuses to be satisfied with the assurance that the ratification of the Treaty of Paris compelled every loyal American to acquiesce in the annexation of the Philippines and the support of the effort of McKlnley to restore tranquillity to the people of the archipelago under I the Stars arid Stripes. I The lomr-rant-e warrior has sought to impugn the sincerity of The Bee by a reprint of several editorials deprecating Philippine annexation that appeared In Its columns nine days'after the United States senate had voted to ratify the a . treaty. The Bee has no disposition to seek a vindication from the soft Im peachment through technicalities a la Meserve, but.lt would remind the popo cratlc Dogberry that the actual ratifica tion of the Treaty of Paris did not take place until March 16, 1809, when tho Spanish Cortes closed the chapter. That was more than a month after the articles quoted from The Bee had ap peared. f With this explanation of an explana tion the whole discussion Is closed so far as The Bee Is concerned. We have neither time nor Inclination 'to seek ex ercise with the pick and shovel in po litical graveyards. Lumbermen report a brisk demand from almost all the smaller Nebraska towns, which means that the activity of the coming building season la not to be confined to the larger cities. The Ne braska farmer Is doing much In the way of improvements on his land that Is scarcely realized outside. An Improved farm nowadays means something more than a piece of land with shacks for a bouse and barn enclosed In a rickety fence. It means comfortable housing for both man and beast and well built enclosures suitable to the different pur poses, and the character of all these lm- provements is constantly growing better. If Omaha waa not a law-abiding com munity the frantic efforts of the yellow Journals to arouse popular frenzy against the negro by Inflammatory ap peals to passion and prejudice would have precipitated mob violence and bloodshed. This Incendiary Journalism Is Inspired by one idea and that is to impress the supreme court that a change of police commission has become Impera tively necessary In Omaha for the pro tection of the respectable element of the community from the lawless and vicious classes. The shrieks and screams of the demo- pop local organ and Its afternoon tender over the Bowler incident forcibly recalls the refrain. Nigger, bigger, never die, i Black face and chlaa eye. Their Inborn prejudice against the black man la shown by the cry of "nig ger, nigger, nigger," but by the time election comes around they will talk gently about the poor colored man. whom they love so dearly. Nebraska continue to be the favored land for both man and beast Wnlle cattle to the southward are dying of hunger, the owner la busy hauling water ' from a distance, and to the north both owner and animal are freezing In the snowdrifts, the Nebraska man smiles while bis herds fill themselves up on alfalfa bay and grow fat In the sunshine. European diplomats declare that the Russo-French treaty regarding China re stores the balance of power In the Orient Over on this side of the ocean the balance of power Is maintained by each nation minding Its own business, and the plan might work well In the Orient if the powers would only try It Why should not the reporters and ed itors of the yellow journals that are try ing to Impede Justice and Influence the courts by incendiary and Inflammatory appeals to popular passion while a case Is pending be cited for contempt T Does this rule apply to supreme courts only and not to trial courts? Tryiaa to Kara His Salary. Chicago Tribune. Nobody caa blame General Miles tor wanting to have a chance occasionally to do something to earn his salary. Willie Has the Price. Globe-Democrat. There appears to be no good reason why William Waldorf Aator should not gratify his ambition to become a member of the British Parliament Ha undoubtedly has the price. . - Bostaa'a Sense of Security. Chicago News. When Secretary Long steps out ot the Navy department on May 1 another Massa chusetts man takes hold of the Job, so that any tiring by hostile fleets off Boeton harbor will continue to receive prompt attention. Hepbnrn Knows the Game. Chicago Post, i Mr. Hepburn should not despair, for even If his protests against the river and harbor bill are futile he knows and most of the people know that he la hitting at something that deserves all the punishment he can ,v" ,DQ more' Senator Manna's Denial. Philadelphia Press. The talk about Senator Hanna as a presi dential candidate is answered by htm with an emphatic denial that be has any intention to get into the race. Senator Hanna has managed soma succeesful presidential booms, but they were not bis own. The Pension Bareaa. Buffalo Express. The people who believe la an honest administration of the Pension bureau will regret to see Commissioner Evans leave the office, even to be promoted to a higher place. But President Roosevelt caa be trusted to name an squally efficient sue- cessor A Waste of Brpath. Nashville American. ' Senator Penrose's proposition to elect United States senators acoordlng to popula tion will aot receive much consideration. tor It Is striking at one of the soundest pro visions In the constitution. ' The constitu tion makers were wiser than their day and generation and much wiser than Senator Penrose. Tralnlagr Amarleaa Seaaaea. " Minneapolis Times. One clause at lea)t is commendable in the hip subsidy Mil. It Is that which provides that each subsidised vessel shall carry, as a member of Its company, one American boy for each 1,000 tons of gross measurement that such a boy shall rank aa cadet and shall be taught seamanship and engineer ing. A merchant marine with a foreign personnel would not meet the views of any body In this country. If we must pay these subsidies let us be thankful for any rules lWM P Americanimion or ships and crews. Narlaatlna- the Old Mlasoarl. Minneapolis Times. Some canny gentlemen of Missouri and L.f h I traminrnw liauiu Via tun AliBBUUI 1 riVfir WO" tween Sioux City and St Louis. If they can float the oldflag on their boats with out an appropriation well and good, but It they hops to insert the wedge Into a future rivers end, harbors appropriation bill and aecure large sums of money to Improve navigation on the Missouri, congress should veto their hope at onoe. Ot all the mil- Hons spent on the Big Muddy In by-gone years, what vestige of results remains, either visible to the eye or covered by the turgid stream? The digging of the canal across the Isthmus is child's play com pared with an attempt te crib, cabin or con 11 no the mad Missouri. HONOR ROLL OF THE NATION. Slsalaeaa.ee at Presldeat Roosevelt's First Veto. Louisville Courier-Journal. I The first veto sent In by President Rooas velt does not relate to a matter of great national Importance, but It la to be com mented on account of the reasons which pTomfUi ,t. Tho .uggaation that the roll of honorably discharged soldiers, aa the honor list of the republic should be kept tree from the names of the unworthy, is one often made before, but It Is well that It has received official recognition from the president The numerous bills railroaded through congress to correct the military records ot soldiers or sailors are probably, with a tew exceptions, nothing hut bills to falsify those records. They are for the benefit of men against whom stand charges ot de sertion, of who have been dishonorably dls I charged from the army or nary for some otner sort or naa conauci. -mess men want pensions and as they cannot get them un der the law giving pensions to men honor ably discharged, they ask the assistance of congress to put them la a pensionable at titude. The Idea has been cultivated by the claim agents and the pension grabbers that It la unpatriotic to refuse a man a pen sion when he asks for It and If the law will aot permit it, so much the wora for the law; It must b amended, or In other words a special act passed, to satisfy the claim ant's demand to get on the roll of honor. without reference to his merits. The bill vetoed was one to remove the charge ot desertion from one John Olass. The charge of desertion Is admitted, but It Is pleaded that ha was young, snd that ths second officer of his ship told him not to come back. It does not appear from tb report that this second officer is dead, but as the desertion was to March, 1864, it is reasonable to suppose that he la; for. if alive, ha would surely correct a report so injurious to his reputation. Presumably Olass has not waited thirty-eight years to get his reputation rehabilitated without soma reason. It Is also a tolerably aafe guess that ha would like to get on the pen sion roll. H served two months, and then deserted, and of Bourse ha fsels that he has deserved well enough of his country to entitle him to a pension. He could probably show that worse man have got oa the roil by the grace of congress In re moving charges ot desertion, after the wit n eases are dead. The president has ran dered a serrlc by calling attention sharply te tha abuse of this inconsiderate special legislation. Simply Can't Be Done New Tork Senator Hoar's argument that the elec tion ot United States senators by popular vote would only be the entering wedge for the overthrow ot equal representation In that body has suggested to Senator Penrose scheme for discrediting the movement. Nobody will for an Instant Imagine that Mr. Penrose really wants to have senators elected by a popular vote. A proposal ot such a plan by htm would not be regarded seriously, no matter how plausible the pisn might be In Itself. When he comes for ward advocating popular election under perfectly Impossible arrangement there cannot be the slightest doubt of his pur pose. In moving to amend the house reso lution for popular election with a provision that the senate shall consist of two mem bers from each state and In addition one member for every 500,000 inhabitants in a state he la simply trying to kill the orig inal resolution. The constitution cannot be amended as Senator Penrose proposes. Article v ot the constitution provides that "No state, with out Us consent, shall be deprived of its equal .suffrage In the senate." It Is not conceivable that Rhode Island and Dela ware and Nevada and halt a dosen other states would consent to give New York fourteen and Pennsylvania twelve senators, or in any way to change the rule of equal representation In the senate. That equality Is a fundamental feature ot our federal re public. Any other change would be easier. If congress and two-thirds of the states wanted to they might abolish republican OTHER LANDS THAN OCRS. The correspondent of ths London Times In Madrid Is very positive In his opinion that there was little or no political sig nificance In the recent labor disturbances In Barcelona and other Spanish cities. H declares that neither the Carllsts nor the Catalanlstaa two of the political parties accused of having tormented the trouble had the slightest share in the preparation or the conduct of ths outbreak. Carl Ism, be holds, has little Influence In Catalonia, and Regionalism has nothing to gain from Internal strife between capital and labor. Nor Is It fair, he thinks, to attribute too much responsibility to socialism. In Ma drid the socialist leaders, he says, strongly discouraged the Idea of a general strike, and in Barcelona, though ths socialist party are largely responsible for the organisa tion of the strike and the labor movement in general, they neither contemplated nor countenanced the excesses to which It led. But he points out, in Spain, aa elsewhere, socialism serves as a cloak to the small but desperately earnest anarchical minority a minority which "Is always on the watch for an opportunity of carrying the extreme socialist doctrine to Its logical conclusion. And to this faction, numerically small, but powerful by virtue of Us ac tivity and recklessness, was due the recent rioting and bloodshed. Labor In Spain is, as a rule, more long-suffering and patient under wrongs than elsewhere, but in Barce lona, Industrial workers have suffered long under flagrant Injustice, and all the condi tions are favorable for ths development ot the anarchistic spirit. lCvldenca of the anxiety of M. Waldeck- PAiiaaaatt in anlvn tha nrafolem presented bv the threatened depopulation of France is afforded by the Ministry oi tne interior, tne members of which form a notable repre sentation of medical solence. Professor Pinard will draw up a report on prenatal infinanrM FrnTHiar ' uiiniD win iluqt ins mnrtillt nt Infanta tin te 1-Tear-old. Varlot of children up to l years oia. or, A. J. Martin will devote nimseii to tne mortality of adults. Professor Landouxy win deal with tha mortality of professional persons In populous centers. Professor Labbe will give his attention to tne army, navy, and colonial forces. Dr. Borne will nilra a rnmnaratlve studv of the laws of France and other nations for the protection of publlo bealtn, wniie ur. ueniuuo win investigate the relations oi tns aestn ana birth rates. The Russian newspapers are beginning to nmfata mn oh uneasiness over the con dition of affairs in Afghanistan. They say that whlls the great powers have been engaged in China, Afghanistan, with the as .i.t.no nf VTnallsh caoltal. and under the direction of English engineers snd expert Instructors, has been ceaseiessiy mcrea--inv it armament. A Ion a tha Afghan front ier, closely adjacent to Russian Turkestan, a line of strong forts is approacning com pletion. Afghanistan now possesses Its own arms and ammunition manufactories, ar senals and military schools, and Is at ths present moment organizing a general staff on the European system. Russia, they re mark, can no longer doubt that tne ameer s dominion Is not a mere buffer state, but l-allT imnresmabla outoost of Brit ish India, ever threatening Russia's posi tion in central Asia The anxiety of Rus sia Is all the mors well-grounded, inas much as, despite the fact ot tne Transcaa plan railway running close up to the Af ghan frnntur. and of tha friendliness of ths two states, Afghanistan Is now beginning to swarm not with Russian, nut win mu lsh factories and commercial agencies. It Is wall th remark, to remember how closely allied are political and mercantile Inter ests In all Aslatlo countries, mey cob .in.! tharefora. that Russia must exert all Ks competitive powers against the Eng lish In Afghanistan, and establish ones for all, upon a clearly comprenensive auu sat isfactory footing, the political relations be tween Itself and the ameer. It is In this general direction of Persia, north and south, and central Asia that Russia's pgllcy must in tha near future countsrbalanc Ger many's expansive operations In Asiatic Tur key. a carresDondeat of the London Morning Post In discussing ths consequences of the recent Anglo-Japanese treaty, lurnisnes what ara aid to ba authentic figures con cerning ths present position of the Japansss treasury. According to this authority ths revenue ot the Island state la now aZT, 000,000 the yen being taken as a florin and the expenditure slightly leas. The debt 62.000,000, at an average ot per cent; the army 410,000 men coats 4,000,000 year; and the navy rather more than l.ooo 000. Tha raserv held by the gov ernment amounts to IS, 000 ,000 which Is vatalnaA in cash and cood bonds as se curity agalnat Japanese banknotes of equal amount. Thesa facts he holds to be ds- rldedlr favorable, particularly as the em plr now oontains inausirious nonnla. hut oa tha other hand, he says. taxation cannot b largely tncreaaed, as ths islands are a lltus overpopuiaiea ana areraae Incomes sr therefore low, and thara la a want of caoltal to develon manufactures and mining enterprise freely. Thla caoltal toe Japanese apparently ex pect from America and England, but to get It they must show larger returns thaa China. Letters from various points of Russia, published In ths London newspapers, point out that a very slgnlflcaat featur of ths recent demonstration by students in St. Petersburg. Moscow, Kleff snd other cen ters is the Increased support which tb agitator are receiving from' th " working classes. This, of course, la aa Indication that tb prim motive I cot academic, but is allied closely to th gsnsral discontent X which Is manifesting Itself la all Cart of Tribune. government altogether, so far as constitu tional guaranties go, but they could not chsnge tb federal character of the nation, composed ot indestructible states assured of equality la the senate. The functions of the senate might he changed, Its authority reduced. Its membership Increased, but still each state would have to have as many members as every other state, unless It Itself abrogated such representation. Tberl Is not ths slightest reason why the question of popular election should bs af fected one way or the other by fears that equality may be eventually broken down. It will be preserved Just as well with popu lar ss with legislative choice of senators; nor is there sny danger that the spirit of innovation will eween away the guaranteed representation of the smaller states. Noth ing hut the consent of the small states to their own degradation or a popular revolu tion which would destroy the whole con stitution could accomplish that, and there are tew who can see any such dread por tent in the proposed abolition of the In termediate machinery between the people of the states snd their senators. We think there are serious objections to a change in the method of electing senators. Those ob jections should be seriously urged. To bring forward in place ot them Impossible schemes to scare people. Instead of discred iting popular election, only discredits op position and tends to convince fair-minded people that Justice and common sense and sound polloy sr all on the slJs of the Innovstors. Russia. It is noted, moreover, that th discontent which was formerly confined to the large cities, has now spread to the smaller towns and even the villages. This la due largely , to the policy of th govern ment. Men nuspectod of disaffection have been expelled in large numbers from ths larger cities, especially from St. Peters burg snd Moscow, and forced to live In the country. Of course they carry their griev ances with them. One writer reminds the Russian authorities that the Impetus given to the revolutionary movement wbtoh caused the downfall of the Third Empire In France came from the Quartler Latin, and that for several generations the great centers of enthusiasm tor German unity were the universities. The students' songs and traditions were one ot the means whereby Bismarck's great work was ren dered universally popular among the Ger man people. Other Instances might bs quoted to the same effect The students are not fighting solely on their own behalf, but for principles which havs tb support of all the middle and many ot the upper classes. Their complete suppression would result, doubtless, In a recrudescence of ni hilism. POLITICAL, DRIFT. Former Governor Francis of Missouri Is regarded by admirers as strong enough foundation' for a democratlo presidential boom. Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas Is campaigning for re-election and Is doing some artlstlo side-stepping when his op ponents throw a round cotton bal at him. The Tllden democracy of Chicago has donned considerable war paint preparatory to a spring ghost danc. Incidentally th T. D.'s seek the soalps of Harrison, Burke and Shea. Jerry Simpson, having outlived his po litical welcome in Kansas, is about t move to New Mexico, -where statehood prospects hold out the hope of breaking Into th federal pay roll one more. Henry Watterson Intimates In hi latest manifesto that President Roosevelt works too much. The only Ideal working plan Is that operated by Mr. Watterson. At home his office hours sre said to be from 12: SO to 12:38 p. m. ever other Wednesdsy. Ellas B. Holllday, who defeated James 8. Barcus for the republican .nomination In the Fifth Indiana congressional district. Is a native of that state, served during th war In a Kansas regiment and has been three times mayor of the town of Braiil. Spring campaigns sre wide open and af ford considerable amusement for sovereign voters. A candidate for alderman In Kan sas City is skirmishing for votes with a vaudeville show. In Chicago on candidate for the council Is running on his sartorial record, and another seeks vindication for ragtime poetry at the ballot box. District Attorney Rockwood Hoar, a son of Senator Hoar, is being talked ot for th republican nomination to congress In tb Third Massachusetts district Senator Hoar was in th house of representatives before he was elected to th senate. The present representative of the Third district Is John R. Thayer, democrat, of Worcester, th horn of the Hoars. Pittsburg, which has heretofore been th most stalwart of republican cities of Penn sylvania, was carried on th comptroller ship by a fusion ticket at th February election by a large and generally unex pected majority. Th union between th democrats and the antl-organizatlon repub licans In Pittsburg seems likely to have an Important effect upon th contest in the stat when a governor Is to be voted for. John J. Feety, the youngest member of the present house of representatives, Is the man who beat "Bill" Lorlmer, the repub lican local leader in Chicago, In th election of 1900. Feely was born In Illinois In 1875. was educated In New Tork, and was ad mitted to th bar in Connecticut. The old est member of th present house of repre sentatives, who is to retire after this year's lection, is 71. He is former Speaker Oa. lusba A. Grow. Bailor Suits for Small Boys are more graceful and at tractive than ever this season and hold their own in pop ularity even with the newer Norfolk 43J O 4-g CI"! C and Russian Blouses A4JO IUaPiO Time for Wash Suits is almost here. The Wash Suits ARE here. ETCETERA. This covers Biats and a multitude of Fine Furnishing for boys, with which our store is just now blooming likG a conservatory. ' - ' New colors and weaves In Spring Neckwear from 25c up. . New shapes in Hats and Sape, 50c up. V ' Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R 13 sicox, latiac30. ORRAT CHOPS IN PROSPECT. AAvaaee Notes oa the Oatlook, wttk Weather Qaaliaeatloa. Loulsvlll Courier-Journal. I'nless weather conditions prevent, all ths Indications point to a great production of th principal farm Staples this year. Agri cultural products, with few exceptions, are selling at tb highest prices In years, and the reserve stocks of such Important crops s corn and cotton Sr so low that there Is every Inducement for the fsrmcr snd planter to Increase th acreage. In Texas and other souther states, where th corn planting season began early, this disposition to pitch larger crops has been plainly shown, as there is tha best of reasons tor doing. The great corn-growing states of th Mississippi basin ths granary and the larder ot the world have a later planting season, but they can be counted on to aim at an Im mense crop. :. . , A short yield and high prices are almost invariably followed by a large yield en ac count ot the extra exertions of farmers. This waa the case in 1S9S, after the general crop failure of 1891. The price ot corn In March, 1896, was only 60 cents a bushels In New Tork, ss compared with about 9 cent now, but the area planted that spring was Increased over the former year by .500.000 acres, and the yield was expanded by 838, 000,000 bushels. The consequence wss a great expansion In the export trade as early as April ot that year to aa much as 1,000,000 bushels weekly. Doubtless the same move ment would set in this year, but the nearly 40 per cent advance la the prloe and the 10 per ceat reduction In estimated stocks, to which the higher price Is largely due, may prevent. The crop of 1894 amounted to only 1,212,000,000 bushels, while that ol 1901 was something less thaa 1,400,000,100, snd with th largely Increased population means a much shorter supply than was to be had aeven years ago. However, ws exported 20,650,000 bushels during th sevea months after June last year, against only 9,066,000 for th same period In 1895. Wheat haa sold at a little' better 'prlct than last year, although the 1901 crop wai the largest ever known, and there has bees a large gain In winter acreage. The aprtni 1 S seeding will soon begin, snd will doubUesa HOV a gain vi iuu.iu.i ku.w a u . , owing to the increased population ot the spring wheat sections. The same Is likely to be true of the other cereals, to be seeded In the spring. Taking all these things In conjunction, the Courier-Journal can see nothing before the United State In this year of grace but large crops snd agricultural prosperity for next autumn, and consequently general prosperity the weather, ot course, per mitting. FLASHES OF FUN. Brooklyn Life: "My living expenses ars $5,000 a year." ' "What a wast of money." -. New Tork Bun: Ted Faint heart ne'ef won fair lady: . ... Ned It doea In these days. I know half a dosen" girls who Just threw themselves at an old millionaire who was said to ha.ve heart disease. Ohio State Journal: "Tou have been late now for three mornings," said the employer to the clerk who lived in th suburbs; "what are we going to do about ItT" "Don't know, replied th suburbanite, "unless you move the office out to wher 1 live." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Minni has a good heart." "Has ahsT" ' "Yes. Just as soon aa she heard about the poverty of that Bagg street family ah sent them such a lovely bouquet." Somervtll Journal: Did you ever try to Imagine the conversation that Adam and Eve held with each other as they turned away from the Garden of EtienT( Puck: Casey Fifty dollars Callahan ba splnt trytn' to git his mother-in-law out av purgatory. Daly-Fifty dollars! Casey Thr same! He sis he wants to git her out before he goes In, if It kin be done! Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Jones (new member) Is your sewing society lively? Mrs. Brown (the secretary) I think so; sometimes the ladles gossip so that I don't get to read the minutes for three meet ings. Chicago Post: "Good news. I hope, doc tor," said the man as the physician emerged from the sick room.' The doctor looked at him thoughtfully. "Do you think," he asked, "It Is possible to have too much of a good thlngTr "Great Scott" cried th man; "twins!" A SPEEDING RHYME. New Tork Herald. A apeck In th blur of steam and steel, A dot at the throttle pane. He rides, the whip of the curving car, Tha spur of the plunging train. His eye la screened with a drooping lash, But his glanoa la tar aad fair, Aa he see the racing steel com up, And the switch, lamp flit and flare. The forests melt to a mas of green. And the tree trunks shift about Llk fairies th dawn has spied agle As th stars go down, and out The rocks are comet of thinning gray. And a stretch of farmer fence Is a bunch of ribbons the wind haa caught And waved and scattered bene. A man to hurry the world along. An idol of sleet and steel. A soul for th rush and risk ot thing. But, withal, a man to feeL A pruning knife at the buds of Tim, A sap for the sluggard spring His vole la loud aa a mighty bird. Whan tha rounding flange alng. A heart for th farthest leap of men, lie laughs at the dangerous length; He trots when tha awful spend Is down, And swears at tha stalling atrength, His ours Is not for th trestle d?pth, Or the slip, or tunnel snow, But he grits his teeth at the yellow sht When it stops or run him slow. A speck In th blur of steam and spaed, A dot at the throttle pane. He ride, a whip on the curving car, A snir to the plunging train. A man to hurry the world along, A fetich of sleet and teel, A soul for th rush and risk of things. But withal, a man to feel. FOR THE
