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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: .WEDNESDAY. APTUTj 2, 1002. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee K. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORKINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. pally Bee (without Sunday), One Year. M 00 Xeily Hee and Sunday, One Tear ) I mustratea Her. one year Sunday Men. One Year &04 (Saturday Bee, One Year. 1W Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER, Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy 2c Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week. ...12c Dallv H"e (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Sunday Bee, per copy &c .Evening- Bee (without Sundav). per week.lOo Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 16o Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICE8. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Street Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed; ' The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. .Remit by draft, express or posfal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only I-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts, personal checka, except on Omaha, or eastern exchange, not accepted. THJB BEE PUBL1SU1NO COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County. sa.t I George H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of March, 1902, was as follows: 1 Stlt.ftTU 17 20,030 3t,TH 18 SCW.4HO 3 29,420 19 ao.s.to 4 2t,TTO 20 2,MM) & Stn.30 21 2M,B1( S9,(M 22 .....SO.BOO 7 20,820 23 2,ftU 8 Jf,40 24 St!),B10 t SO. TOO 25 StU.BOO 10 20,4o0 : 2,SM 11 80.BOO 27 2,ONO 12 i2tt,70 28 20.R40 13 1W.H40 29... a,B40 14.. 20,020 30 ai,IMM 16 20,070 31 3H.040 1 sn.ooo Total 017,420 Less unsold and returned copies.... t,0O7 Net total sales WOT.B18 Net dally average 20,27T GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 31st day of March, A. D. 1902. GEORGE RA8MUS9EN. (Seal.) Notary Public L. .. ' i It Is to. be noted that Senator' Jones of Arkansas Is on his way to Washing ton, having left Hope behind him. Another good omen for Omaha is to be seen in the activity of the paving con tractors at the beginning rather than at the end of the season. The price of meat has been screwed up a ' few notches with the conclusion . of Lent, but nothing prevents people from getting even by continuing their Lenten diet It doesn't take much of a prophet to predict that the next chairman of the democratic national committee will not respond to the name of Jones nor hall from Arkansas. The railroad community of Interest should not be allowed to Interfere with the, renewal of the annual rivalry be tween east and west for the summer tourist business. Republicans regain the executive man agement of Council Bluffs' municipal government after two terms of a dem ocratic mayor. Council Bluffs people are to be congratulated. With two such noted humorists as cx-Speaker Thomas B. Reed and Mark Twain visiting Cuba at the same time, our southern neighbors ought to be enjoying a hilarious time. The decree for the impending French general election fixes election day for Sunday, April 27. Just Imagine the outcry if an American elec tion were called for a Sunday. Predictions are made that the tax mandamus case before Referee Judge Ryan will close Thursday. Can It be possible the lawyers engaged in that protracted .word battle are running out of wind? . Let Denmark decide first whether it wants to sell Its West Indian posses sions and settle afterward with the middlemen who have been trying to gouge out a slice of the cash consid eration. Henry Watterson has now discovered that the whole republican party Is made up' of men on horseback. The exuber ant Kentucky, colonel should chauge without delay ( from the balloon to the parachute. In the discussion why beef has gone np, do not overlook the fact tbat it takes more beef to feed prosperous workingmen Insisting on three square meals a day than it used to require when labor was Idle or cyi half time and eating only enough to live. Of course as Interpreted by popocratle organs every municipal election contest carried by republicans turned on purely local or personal Issues, while every one in which republican candidates met de feat attest the popular aversion to re publican principles and policies. The Interstate Commerce commission threateus to enforce the law that pro hibit railroads from granting rebates to favored shippers, but such threats do not seem to frighten the traffic man agers. ' The commission should either proceed to enforce the law or stop threatening. A plea comes for government aid for destitute) natives In the Nome gold district where the usual food supply from the Dsn catch has failed and the resources of the miners to relieve dis tress bave been overtaxed. But the tame tempting allurements for a new crop of gold seekers will be held out as oon as the navigation companies get ready for the next Installment of Alas kan trsfflA - H ' RAlLWA T moBLIMCACtlllO AfiXltTJ. According to Washington dispatches railway men who have been at the na tional capital since the proceedings, in stituted by the Interstate Commerce commission hAve expressed gloomy vlows of the situation and manifested a good deal of anxiety as to what may te the result of the commission's course. It seems that the railway managers generally bad thought that the agitation regarding rate cutting and rebates was merely sporadic and' weuld soon die out, but now that they see It Is the purpose of the authorities to enforce the law they are apprehensive of the consequences. The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce says: "That an unexpected crisis in the rail way world is at band is felt by every one in Washington who bas Investigated the situation and who realizes the ele ments of disorder which are now rap Idly gathering. It may be taken for granted that legislation of some sort altering the present contradictory pro visions of the anti-trust law and the Interstate commerce act can be the only possible outcome." Such legislation cannot be passed -without correspond ing enlargement-of the powers of the Interstate Commerce commission." This is what the railroads fear and yet If the statements some of them bave made that they really desire to conform to the law is genuine It is not easy to understand why the course of the com mission should cayrtf them any anxiety, or why they should object to legisla tion for making the Interstate commerce act more effective. ' The larger railway companies assert that the smaller lines are responsible for. rate cutting and imply that but for them the practice would7 not exist The larger roads In timate that they are opposed to cutting rates and paying rebates. Why, then, do they object to legislation for pre venting these abuses? Solicitude for the welfare of the smaller roads is not ' a satisfactory explanation,- though this has been urged. - . Meanwhile it Is announced to be the Intention of the commission to employ every means within its power to secure an absolute observance of the law.: It does not propose, it is said, to cease operations looking to the enforcement of the law, pending judicial decisions on the Injunction suits that have been brought The commission is now prose cuting an investigation to ascertain if the law Is being violated, as is alleged to be the case, and undoubtedly the investigation will be thorough, for the commission knows that it has the sup port of the authorities at Washington and also that Its course is sustained by public opinion. There does not seem to be any sound reason for anxiety in railway circles in regard to the course of the commis sion. If the railroads will comply with the law instead of persistently violat ing it they will not be troubled, while the demand for additional, legislation would perhaps disappear. OUTLOOK FOR CONSUL AH HEFORM. Representative Adams who has a bill providing for reform in the consular service, does hot regard the prospect as bright for such legislation at the present session of . congress. There is strong opposition to it on the part of the spoilsmen, of course, but possibly this could be overcome if the business in terests of the country would exert them selves properly in behalf of the measure. It is pointed out that while it Is all very well to pass resolutions, as most of the business organizations have done, ap proving of consular reform, these well meant efforts have little or no effect on congressmen generally. It Is neces sary that they should be subjected to the spur of direct personal letters from constituents. Senator Lodge also has a measure for consular reform and he is most earnestly In favor of such legislation, but be has not yet pressed the subject upon the attention of the. senate. though he may do so later on.' The two bills differ in details, though the pur pose of both is the same. Congress ought to pass one of these measures at the present session. Reform in the consular service Is perhaps less Impera tively needed now than it was twenty years ago, since which time the serv ice has been very greatly, improved, but the reform proposed, which would di vorce the service from politics and place it upon a basis ' that would insure greater efficiency and usefulness, Is still most desirable. , OVKRCAPITALIZATIUN DAKGEROVS. That there is danger In the overcap italisation now so general Is well under stood and It Is therefore somewhat sur prising that the corporations which are known to be largely overcapitalised are able to readily market their securities. It would seem that investors would avoid the stocks of such corporations, but so loug as dividends are paid, whether earned or not most people having money will not trouble them selves about the matter of overcapital ization, even though they may under stand its dangers. At present the conditions are favor able to the overcapitalized industries. They are doing a large business at fair profits, some ef them indeed finding It difficult to keep np with the actual demand for consumption. ' While this continues the question of capitalization will not be seriously considered. But let depression come and the dangers of overcapitalization will be painfully realized. As the New York Journal of Commerce correctly observes, overeaj- itallzation is a direct Invitation to losses sooner or later and losses, if sufficiently general,1 check .business, impair confi dence, curtail credit and through a com plicated credit system sometimes cause disastrous results at a long distance from the point where the trouble began "The practice." says that paper, "of cap italising the possibilities of the future, the Interests of the promoter and the Ignorance ot the Investor or speculator, of Issuing preferred stocks in excess of the value of the properties and com mon stocks In volume depending simply upon the disposition of the public to absorb them, or of covering the value of the business with a mortgage and adding large volumes of preferred anil common stocks as a bonus to the bond holders, Is pretty certain to result In loss." It would seem that such must be the Inevitable result Manifestly there should be legislation to prevent overcapitalization of stock companies and another means of pro tecting the public is to require of all such companies reasonable publicity in regard to their affairs. There appears to be, however, a good deal of indiffer ence respecting this matter and perhaps nothing will be done until there Is a crash so severe as to arouse interest in the question. . tll'U ARRANT DKMA GOOVES. At the closing democratic rally at South Omaha speeches were delivered by Gilbert M. Hitchcock and Constan tino J. Smyth. According to the World- Herald, Mr. Hitchcock asserted that he had not come from Omaha to discuss the personal side of the campaign, be cause he knew little of the personality of the candidates, but it was enough for him to know that the democrats had se lected Mr. Loechner for their standard bearer. From the very reasonable re ports that had reached him, he declared, there was an effort being made to annex South Omaha to the Omaha machine and ventured to assert that the South Omaha democrats are not content with compulsory annexation to such a cor rupt machine as was behind the repub lican candidates In this contest. "Reasonable reports" Indeed. Just about as reasonable as was Mr. Hitch cock's assertion that he knew nothing about the personality of the candidates. Perhaps Mr. Hitchcock had never heard of the uprising of the South Omaha tax payers against boodlerlsm In the man agement of their public schools. Per haps be had never heard of the indict ment of the man chosen by the demo crats to head their city ticket. But he did hear about the pretended attempt to annex South Omaha to an alleged corrupt Omaha machine. He had never heard, of course, about the rottenest muchine in all Nebraska that was over thrown by South Omaha republicans at their primaries when they repudiated Mayor Kelly and turned down Kellylsm. For a man of his calibre it was easy to close his eyes upon the festering cancer that had been gnawing at the vitals of South Omaha and was trying to con tinue its deadly grip, but It was reason able to believe that the corrupt Omaha machine was linked in with the reform element of South Omaha that was seek ing to purge South Omaha. Was it not also just as reasonable to assume that Omaha republicans are anxious to bring about the annexation of South Omaha as a partisan measure in the face of the fact that South Omaha is a democratic stronghold, with from 600 to 900 ma jority? A still more rank exhibition of polit ical demagogy was the speech of Con stantino J. Smyth, who likes to pose as a great reformer. According to the World-Herald, Mr. Smyth devoted much time to making plain to hearers the con sequences which would arise from the enthronement of the corrupt machine, which he declared would rule South Omaha with a high hand if it ever gained a foothold there. Continuing, Smyth is reported to have said: This so-called machine is well under stood by almost everyone. It is the curse of Omaha, and is backed by the most In famous men and the moat corrupt Influ ences available. As It now is and has been the curse of Omaha for several years, so also will it be the curse of South Omaha if you let It bave control here. Continuing, Mr. Smyth bitterly ar raigned the late grand Jury and paid his compliments to the judge who was re sponsible for it, and who, he declared, was the w6rst ever on the bench, add ing: ' I have heard many say that they re garded an indictment by that grand jury as compliment rather than a condemna tion. This jury, with an anxious public witnessing the commission of crime on all sides and hoping for Justice from the jury, simply turned deaf ear to tha gambling, and jury-bribing and other crimes known to be transpiring, and came to South Omaha to And a man who was about to enter the campaign tor mayor. The curse of Omaha consists in just such arrant demagogues and sham re formers as C. J. Smyth. Who are the infamous men he had In view and what positive knowledge has he of corruption In the city government of Omaha? Has the city treasury been looted by any body connected with the present city government? Have any public funds in the city treasury been farmed out for private gain? Does he know of any city officer who has defrauded the city or levied blackmail upon anybody? Does he know of any city officer who has ac cepted bribes from anybody? If so, why has he not placed the facts in the hands of the democratic county attorney and insisted upon the prosecution of the offenders? If Smyth has been shocked by the alleged corruption of the Omaha city government vftiy has his conscience never leen disturbed over the notorious and admitted organized baud of bood le rs and blackmailers that has preyed upon the taxpayers of South Omaha and held up almost every Interest dependent upon municipal favor or subject to po lice supervUlon In South Omaha? If anything, more despicable than this arrant partlsun demagogy is Smyth's arraignment of the grand jury - and Judge Baker. The grand Jury was con vened in November and adjourned in January. Could Smyth pretend that the Indictments found against members of the South Omaha school board were aimed at the candidate for mayor whom the democrats nominated -In March? Was the South Omaha Taxpayers' league, at whose Instance . the Indict ments were brought in collusion with the Omaha' machine? Did not Smytb willfully and deliberately falsify the facta when 'be assorted that the grand jury turned a deaf ear to gambling. Jury bribing and other crimes, when ho and every lawyer In this community knows that Indictments were brought against every known gambling bouse keeper In Omaha and South Omaha. Including four or five bills against Tom Dennlson? . Was not the grand Jury's only offense In the eyes of this great reformer Its failure to In dict Mayor Moores on some ill-deflned rumor? Is not also the chief ground of his hostility to the grand Jury due to the fact that It Indicted Meserve, his former colleague In the state house, for pocketing $3,000 of Interest gathered by loaning out state school money? And why should Mr. Smyth vent his spleen on Judge Baker, through whose eo-operatlou he was enabled to gain whatever reputation he made as attor ney general In the prosecution and con viction of Bartley? Was Baker a Daniel come to judgment when he ruled vt-ltb Smyth In the Bartley trial and did he become the worst judge Nebraska bus ever seeu in advising the grand Jury that Meserve was lndlctuble for milking the school fund? Why should Hitchcock, Smyth or any body else go out of their way to array the citizens of South Omaha against those of Omaha by raising false Issues and attacking people who had no rela tion whatever to the South Omaha cam paign except as members of a political party? The committee representing the" Doug las County Agricultural association of farmers, who farm the taxpayers, wants to know what the county board. pro poses to do toward helping to arrange for the next fall's county fair. In other words, the close corporation that car ries on an annual squash and pumpkin show and calls It a county fair has started out early In the season to ascer tain how much It can draw out of the county treasury this fall to enable .the jnenibers of the combine to have a good timeattnepumic expense, umana ana Douglas county have outgrown the county fair years ago. These periodic raids on the county treasury are not much better than legalized pilfering. The real farmers of Douglas county and taxpayers generally ' have nothing to gain by such 3x4 shows, either from an advertising or educational standpoint The embargo laid upon the issue of city warrants by the pending tax man damus suit is becoming more and more of a hardship to city employes, who have been unable to secure salaries earned since January 1. If any business estab lishment held up its pay roll for more than three months, requiting its em ployes to draw on their own credit. its action would be denonunced as ' the height of cruelty. It must be remem bered, too, that many rity employes are men and women drawing very moderate compensation and dependent not only for themselves bul f of their families on their earnings. Tale nditlon of affairs should exert some influence for a more speedy determination of the Issues In the tax case - " Reliable information on the victory of the Bryanite candidate for chairman of the . democratic congressional commit tee discloses the fact that the chairman ship is to be purely ornamental, while the real power and responsibility is to be lodged with the chairman of the ex ecutive committee' in the. person of Ben T. Cable, a staunch relict of .the Grover Cleveland era. The new Cable Is ex pected to bind together the discordant elements of the national democracy, but grave doubts are expressed whether Bryan and his most intimate followers will permit themselves to be embraced within its folds. That Civic federation arbitration board might bave a chance to get, in some good work Just now between the sheepmen and cattlemen a-warrlng in Wyoming. It would be perhaps as well, however, to let the belligerents re lieve their high pressure first upon one another for a while. It would be much more sensible for the county commissioners to vote aid to the women who propose to promote the cultivation of Plngree garden patches than to vote money to the men who pro pose to exhibit big squashes, pumpkins and onions under the pretext of holding a county fair. Stay om the Farm, Boys." Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. Brvan has decided to stay on the farm, thereby setting a good example to thousands of ambitious but misguided young men. The Charity Racket. Detroit Free Press, w rather from J. Pleroont Morgan's testimony that tha railroad merger was species or organised cnaruy, ana mat nice a great deal of other charity. It began at home. Who Got the Momeyt Indianapolis News. The asphalt companies which have gone into bankruptcy, were capitalized at $53, 000,000, had fixed charges of 12,150,000 and showed net earnings of only $250,000. Tula Is rated as "shrewd financiering." Rise Not-All. Boston Transcript. Speaking of empire building and Cecil Rhodes. It la recalled that Carlyle said that he would rather surrender India than Shakespeare. "Size Is not grandeur." said Huxley, "territory doea not make a nation." Doing the Right Thine. Springfield Republican. The president Is exactly right In his re fusal to sign bills relieving deserters of their stigma, yet the house of representa tives, which gayly passed 216 private pen sion bills In almost as many minutes stands considerably shocked by the eiecuttve's at titude. Destiny's Unchangeable Coarse. Baltimore American. Cecil Rhodes left bis millions to foster by an educational system the Imperial Idea, which was tha dominating one ot his life. But destiny te shaping Itself on Its own lines, and aot even a man of Rhodes strong character and masterful will, backed by colossal wealth, can turn the future late a'chaaael ot hi ewa preparuig. nomn about nkw tiihk, Itlpplea oa (he t orrent of l.lfe In the Metropolis. The shortest legislative session New York stats has enjoyed in 108 years ranie to a close last week with a pardonable display of oratorical pyrotechnics. Last year the session lasted until April 23. Yet the ses sion just enJed was a fruitful one, and, from a political point of view, decidedly favorable to the republican administration Mot significant of the measures put through were tax bills by which the bur dens of state government are provided for almost entirely by Indirect taxation. Direct taxation has been reduced to thlrteen- huidredths of a mill, and that amount is likely to be wiped out next year, nesldes this splendid showing, the state treasury has a surplus of $700,000. Peter Murphy, a young builder of New Rochelle, who Is known as the hero ot the Park avenue railroad tunnel collision, set tled bis claim for damages for what is eaid to have been $18,600. Mr. Murphy said he received something in the neighborhood of $20,000. The only thing he seemed to regret was that his case might be taken as the basis of settlement with others who might have better claims. His only permanent Injury Is the loss of his left leg below the knee. He has already ordered an artificial limb. Tlacards outside a little restaurant which opened for business at City Hall Flace and Pearl street last week announced "meals for 1 cent" and the placard told the truth. Inside a person might procure for a copper coin a large bowl of thick pea soup, hom iny, oats or barley. The restaurant Is an experiment which Its proprietor, Bernard MacFadden, says that he has established to show how cheaply the human body can be palatably and satisfactorily nourished. Business at the restaurant opened with a rush. The place was so crowded with per sons, prosperous and otherwise, that within an hour the supply of soup was exhausted. There were a great many who ate there for the novelty of the thing and a great many more who appreciated the low prices. To the newsboys and the street arabs of the vicinity the establishment appeared to be a boon. They came in droves and went away happy to tell others of their kind about the new "eat joint," where the "grub" was great and coat but 1 cent. They didn't care what the Intention of the foun der was; they wanted good cheap, and they got It. Among the' other things on the bill of fare which the managers say they will vary slightly each week were beans, peas and potatoes prepared' with milk and whole wheat bread, which coat a nickel. Bertha Schilling, 12 years of age, of 490 Courtlandt avenue had an odd experience Sunday when she was knocked down by a car and bad her hair cut off almost as clean as if by a pair of scissors. She was cross ing Third avenue behind a southbound car when a northbound car' confronted her. She stepped back to let it pass, but the side of the fender caught her and threw ber heav ily to the ground. In falling her long hair fell across the rail, although her head and body were out of danger. The forward wheels passed over the hair, cutting It oft close- to the scalp. Part ot the scalp was pulled off. The accident was witnessed by a large number of persons, many of whom supposed the girl had been killed. After the car passed by a dozen men rushed to her as sistance and raised her up. The girl smiled, but burst into tears when she realized that she had lost her hair, ot which she waa very proud. ' The severed curls were gathered up and handed to her. With them tucked securely under her arm she ran to tell her mother. "There were many momenta during the prolonged period Pierpont Morgan occupied the witness chair on Wednesday In the Northern Pacific-Northern Securities ex amination proceedings, when It was evident he was Impatient," relates the New York Evening ost "This was not apparent In bis manner while speaking, but from time to time, at the close of a sentence, he threw himself back in .his chair and looked 'mad clear through.' His method of, letting off steam, as It were, consisted, first, in taking a deep Inhalation; second, in turning as much of bis back as the position of his chair permitted upon Mr. Lamb, the inquisitor; third, In expelling the overcharge of air through his stubby mustache, glaring mean while with wide eyes out of a distant win dow. He did this most often after answer ing a question which, apparently, impressed him as needless rather than leading or dis comfiting. "Mr. Morgan's energy waa patent in his every word and gesture, the latter seldom varying from a nervous fumbling with an envelope which be constantly knocked against the table, Anally crushing it In his hand. He seemed unable to understand why Mr.' Lamb found it necessary to ask him so many questions to ellcit'one fact, saying more than once: " 'Now, If you will let me, I will tell you all about that' ''He would then begin at a point three or four answers back, and carry the recital probably ten ' or twelve questions in ad vance. After this, he would settle back In his chair as If feeling sure Mr. Lamb could not rake up another question. His answers were unhesitating, even when he cut one short to draw in a great quantity of air, and to the point above all else. His willingness to answer was evident. That he Impressed the attorneys who bad gath ered to question him was obvious. When be stated his Intention to go to Europe within a short time, and hoped he might bave ample notice In case his presence should be necessary again, the attorneys vied with one Mother in assuring him, with bows and smiles, that be should, of course, be consulted before being called. And, really, It did seem that Pierpont Mor gan waa doing those attorneys a favor that oay." PERSONAL IVOIKS. General Miles Is now a grandfather for the first time. He ought regard the baby as a consolation prize. The union veterans ot German birth are to raise a fund for a monument to General Frledrlch Wllhelmn von Steuben of the American revolution, to be erected in Washington, t. C. Gonzales de Quesada Is mentioned as Cuba's first diplomatic representative at Washington. He waa a prominent member of the Cuban junta and of the Cuban consti tutional convention. Cecil Rhodes left the burden of his wealth for ths purpose of educating young men along the lines of ambition snd ad venture which he followed. But. such men are born, not educated. The maharajah of Jeypore, India, will at tend the coronation of King Edward in a manner quite In keeping with his luxurious mode of life. He has chartered an ocean steamer for bis private use. Hie suite will number 120 persons. A minister la a suburb of Chicago has been frozen out of a job by the women ot the congregation. It seems the unfortunate man is several degrees removed from an Adonis, through no fault of bia, but when he attempted to Improve bis personal ap pearance by affecting the pompadour style of hair dressing, the congregation, unable to maintain a solemn face, simply stayed away from church. There are several morals la (M Incident if you search It dlll fently. r f K ... J Dorit Grab at Shadows If you do, you will substances. Don't and that thing and every other thing you see advertised as a cough medicine. Don't waste time chasing shadows! Better follow the advice of eminent physi cians and grasp the real substance, -jAyer's Cherry Pectoral. Ask your own doctor if he has ever used a better medicine for colds, coughs, bronchitis, croup, asthma. For five years I bave been aoffuring with bronchitis. For the pest two months it has confined me to the house. A few weeks ago L began te take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and only two bottles entirely cured ma." Damiu. it Lnrs, A Ha, W. Va, 21c, Mc SI M- J. C. AYBRCO., Lowed, Man. rKX"IOX COMMISSIONER KVAXS. Indianapolis News: Feople that honor a man that does his duty in office will sin cerely regret the retirement of Henry Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, who ten dered his resignation to the president. The tight that has been made on Mr. Evana has Anally been crowned with success. Weary of the persecutions and opposition to which he has been subjected, he retiree from the office which he has administered so creditably. Chicago Post: The commissioner's sur render is to be profoundly regretted. Honest veterans had no grievance against him, while the fraudulent claimants are not entitled to any consideration. It is interesting to know that the Evans policy will be "continued by hie successor" pre sumably by the explicit direction ot the president. This will make the victory of the anti-Evans forces utterly barren from the standpoint of the looter and spoilsmen the patriots for revenue only. Philadelphia Ledger: If the commissioner has been displaced to placate the "adven turous" element that have been so in dustriously and clamorously demanding his retirement, it would be meet and fit that they should select his successor, for in no other way can their uproar be silenced. In this view of the case, as the Ledger has heretofore remarked, Commissioner Evans' successor obviously Is Corporal , Tanner, whom nobody accused ot a too punctilious fidelity to his duty as penBlon commissioner. New York Times: It Is clear that bis appointment to another and more remuner ative place would be an Indorsement of his previous service. That is to say, it would be, In effect a denial, that there Is any reason, connected with the service, why he should be retired. With such an indorse ment from the president It seems to us that it is neither proper nor even excusable to retire him. For retirement It Is. what ever form it may take. He has held his post steadily and faithfully, with patience, fidelity and courage. Philadelphia Press: Mr. Evans was a soldier in the civil war, and It would have been most consonant with his sympathies and preferences to meet even the extrava gant expectations of his old comrades and construe the pension law with the most liberal elasticity against the government and In favor of all pension claimants. He had precedent for such a course, but bis idea ot duty was not of that character. He took the law as he found it, construed It according to precedent and in accord ance with the terms and spirit of a fair interpretation. ;OVF.rtOR tl'MMIKS' VETO. Vigorous and Weighty Objections to Railroad Bill. Chicago Post. The Iowa legislature has discovered that it is unwise to reckon without Governor Cummins, an Independent and courageous executive who means to do his duty to the people. ' The bill to remove the limit ot indebtedness per mile imposed by existing law from certain railroads organized or operating in Iowa, passed with extraordi nary and strange alacrity, is vetoed by Governor Cummins In a message as sound as It is refreshing. It Is pointed out that the measure is re pugnant to the constitution of Iowa on ac count of its artificial classification of the railroad companies. In other words. It is not general legislation, but an Instance of special lawmaking to further the supposed Interests of three or four lines. This ob jection might be met by an amendment extending the scope of the bill, but the executive Informs the legislature In ad vance that another veto awaits any meas ure embodying the principle of the present bill. He declares, and rightly, that prin ciple to be manifestly wrong and Incom patible with public policy. Governor Cummins, it Is hardly necessary to say, would approve any measure de signed to enable railroads to secure proper economy, efficiency or Improvement. ' But he says: "It 1s one thing to grant to rail way companies the right to borrow the money needed to aid la the construction and equipment of their lines of railways. It Is quite another thing to authorize a rAnnrervi iruLan Builds Strong Bodies, Sound Teeth, and Makes Possible the Natural Condition of Health, because no part has been removed from Nature's Perfect Whole the wheat. Sold by all Grocers. Send for ths Vital Qoetion (free) sad leant the whole truth. THE NATURAL. FOOD CO.. Niagara Fall. N. Y. 4WaS9w ;rv JKo" k kw , surely lose! try this thine class of railway . companies to Incur un limited obligations without respect to the amount of their stock or the worth of their property. I cannot bring myself, to believe that this species , of special legislation is consistent with the public welfare or neces sary for the legitimate development of rail way property. On the contrary. It is my firm belief that corporate pawor to issue the stocks and indebtedness needs regula tion rather than expansion," , The Iowa bill Is not only '.'without paral lel in modern legislation," but la a decided and unwarrantable departure from estab lished policy and practice. , rnor. ross os his travel". ... Eastern f; reel Inn to n ..Nebraska Edoraton. Boston Transcript. Prof. E. A. Ross of the University of Ne braska, who comes to lecture at Harvard ' university next week, snd who, also, will lecture before the Twentieth Century club i on Wednesday evening, Is the professor whose dismission from Leland Stanford uni versity called forth so vigorous a formal' protest by the professors of other colleges, who saw In his summary treatment by President Jordan a case which raised' ths burning issue of academic freedom In Amer-, lean colleges and universities, . rror. koss -treatment, it will be recalled, caused sev- . eral other professors-of Leland Stanford to resign; be soon found a chair at -the Uni versity of Nebraska, which has.' E. Benja min Andrews for chancellor, whose-.experience at Brown university, had not been al- , together unlike Prof. Ross' In California; and then came the invitation from Harvard to give this special course of lectures on sociology, as if It were the ancient univer sity's way of eaylng to the western mush room growth that Prof. Ross had not iost caste among scholars by his collision -vlth Mrs. Stanford. Those who hear Prof. Ross will not' be' tempted to drowsiness. He is brilliant, pungent, audacious; 'floes his own thinking on all matters, and wears no man's and no school's collar. He is a westerner whose education was rounded out at the University of Berlin and at Johns Hopkins university, and who taught economics at Indiana university and at Cornell university before going to Leland Stanford, Jr., uni versity. .' LALGIIIVU GAS. Younkers Statesman: Chloe Is' your hus band a breadwinner? Busan Deed he is; he's won de prize at a dozen cukewalks. ( Philadelphia Press: "Beg prdnn." said the simpletons-looking fellow meeting Rub bubs In a dark street, "but what time have you?" 11 "Just enough to catch my train," replied Subbubs, as tie hastened on. Chicago Tribune: Oleo Manufacturer Do you guarantee this coloring matter to be aliBolutely harmless? Dealer I do. It's .the same kind we sell to the dairymen. Puck: "I've got a grand scheme, old man, and I'll let you iiv on the ground floor." "H'm! Are there any exits?" Brooklyn Life:. Mrs. Vaa Upperton Yos, my ancestors came over on the Mayflower. Mrs. Suddenrich How foolish of them! ' Mine waited for a ten-day boat. Boston Transcript: She But you must admit that society In our village is aJl toe, time becoming more cultured. '. He Yes, I hear that at the minstrel show next week Instead of end men they adver tise "superior terminal facilities." - . PLEASIHK. Somervllle Journal. 'Tls sweet to sit In peaceful ease, f When howling blizzards blow, And watch the tolling man, outside, A-shovellng the snow. "Tls sweet in gentle spring to stand Or Idly loaf around. And watch ths man who lames his back A-spading up the ground. 'Tls sweet in summer time to swing Within the hammock's net. And watch the chap who mows the lawn, His brow all damp with perspiration. 'Tls sweet, again, when autumn comes- Oh, yes, It does you good To watch the hired man at work A-sawlng up the wood. In fact, 'tls sweet at any time, If you are prone to shirk. To rest In slothful ne. and watch Some other fellow work. L i