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complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
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3t,TH 18 SCW.4HO
3 29,420 19 ao.s.to
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& Stn.30 21 2M,B1(
S9,(M 22 .....SO.BOO
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t SO. TOO 25 StU.BOO
10 20,4o0 : 2,SM
11 80.BOO 27 2,ONO
12 i2tt,70 28 20.R40
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1902. GEORGE RA8MUS9EN.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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