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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APIUTj 8. 1002 Tiie uniaiia Daily Bee. E. ItOSEWATEn. EDITOR. Published evert mornino. TEKM9 OF SUBSCRIPTION ally Be (without Sunday). One Tear. .M OO laliy Hee ana buriday, un Year...... Illustrated nee, one Xeur atunday bee, One Year p.turu.y on Year Twentieth century Farmer, One Year 6.W z.ue 1.UU LlfcLI VERhUJ iy CARRIER. fally Bee i.wlthout Sunday), per copy 2c Valiy ttee (without Bundayi, ier wet. ...Lie pally bee (Including tjunuay), per week..lic lunaay lee, ( r cvpy Evening a (without gundav. oer weehluc Lvenlntf Hit unciuding fcijnuay). per ween 15c Complaint of irregularities In delivery ghouiu i addressed to City Circulation le baxunent. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Wulidlng. South Omaha City itau iJu'.Idlng. Twen-O-ntiri ana M Streets. Council iiuiT 1 t-earl Street. Chicago lw Unity Building. w tork Temple Court. Washington avl f ourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Jtl,THO K1M20 ifl,T70 ai.:to k.bim 1 ai,B2i 21I.4AO m,7H tO it.A4 11 12 1 u 15 u ,.2U.370 it1,40 ..2IMI7U ..SU.ttUO Total .U1T.420 unsold and returned copies.... s,ih7 Net total sales 8417,013 Net dally average Sft,77 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Before roe this 31st day of March. A. D. GEORGE RASMUSEN. tSeal.) Notary Public' It Is not every poiM who Is able to Celebrate a silver JuMIee In commemo ration of twenty-five years' service at the head of the church. The approaching congressional cam paign in this district tironiises to be slightly tempestuous. Before every ttorm there is always a calm. Isn't It pretty near time for the ao- Dual announcement of new gold discov eries on the Yukon for the benefit of Alaska steamship companies? The St. Louis exposition managers are up to the point of acknowledging the necessity of postponing their show till 1904. bnt they want Uncle Sarri to make the first move. In his lecture on 'Tectillar Teople" our Bid friend J. B. Kitchen Insists that women are more peculiar than men. Here Is another opportunity for the Omaha Woman's club. Mayor Itose of Milwaukee will have to watch the Commoner t find out iwhetber be lias kept within the propri eties In shying his presidential castor Into the democratic ring at this stage of the game. Workingmen out of a Job who are grilling to cultivate a rtngree potato atcb this summer should not lie back (srard In coming forward with their ap plications and place them ou file with the Woman's club. Now that Miss Stone has signed ber contract for the promise of a lecture tour it would be the polite thing for those Bulgarian brigands to remit for B fat block of tickets just to show their appreciation of the enterprise. The president's visit to the Charleston exposition Involuutarlly recalls the Ill fated visit of President McKinley to the Rainbow city at Buffalo. While no one apprehends a repetition of that dire catastrophe, most people will shudder lit the mere recollection. Itouglus county republicans may not be conceded the privilege of naming the mnu who Is to head the republican State ticket, but Douglas county lg of . sufflcleot importance to be entitled to t least one of the eight places at the disposal of the convention. Rev. Dr. DeWitt Talmage has for sev eral weeks been dangerously 111 and bis life Is said to txbangtng almost by a thread, but that has not prevented the regular delivery of his sermons every Monday morning by the only Omaha religious dally, which always carries a full supply of fresh sermons In cold storage. An up-to-date Chicago preacher Is re sorting to a new method for bringing members of his congregation to church to bear his weekly sermons by estab lishing a nursery aud kindergarten In connection with the church to take care of the children during morning service for the mothers who might otherwise be prevented from attending. What he jproposea to do to fetch the fathers along ts unfortunately not yet disclosed. It baa become the fashion with peri patetic agitators and fanatical reformers to point at Umaha as one of the wick edest cities la the country, but these assertions are contradicted every time comparison Is made between Omaha and Other cities of like or larger population, fit Louis, for example, baa 2.100 saloons. or one for every 185 of Its population, while Omaha with 230 saloons baa only one for 30 people. On the other hand. .while Omaha has one policeman for very JMi of Its population. St Louis has ess for every 461 of its population. IXTERSTa TE LAW ASICKDMIBT. Today hearings will begin before the senate committee on interstate and foreign commerce In regard to the pro posed amendments to the Interstate commerce act and are expected to oc cupy the attentiou of these committees for a couple of weeks. Those who are to give their views to the committees represent commercial organization in every section of the country and men prominent In railway manngement will also be heard. It is expected that a great deal of interesting and useful In formation will be elicited which will throw much light upon the prevalent sentiment among business men and rail way managers in regard to the proposed changes in the interstate commerce act The chairman of the executive com mittee of the interstate commerce law convention. Mr. Bacon, who is now in Washington, advocates what is known us the Corliss bill, which pmioses to enlarge the jwwers of the Interstate Commerce commission, but does not pro vide for iHKiling, as does the measure Introduced In the senate by Mr. El kins. In this be voices the practically unani mous Judgment of the convention he represents. In a late Interview Mr. Bacon expressed the opinion that re cent developments have been such as to make it Incumbent upon congress to act "The time la opportune," he said, "and farther delay would arouse such a feeling of resentment in commercial circles as to render possible serious agi tation for radical measures against the carriers. Fublie. opinion Is In sympathy with the present movement. This is ap parent from expressions by prominent statesmen and business men, by the testimony submitted to the Industrial commission on the subject of transporta tion and In the known desire of cer tain representative railroad men to meet the friends of the proposed legislation In a spirit of compromise." He stated that conservative railway officials pri vately admit the justice of the demands of the shippers, asserting that some thing must be done to satisfy public sentiment lie pointed to the fact that a number of the state legislatures have passed resolutions urging upon congress the necessity for prompt remedial legis lation. It would seem that congress should need no more enlightenment In regard to public sentiment In this matter; that in view of the disclosures of the last three uionths regarding the widespread and persisteut violations of the Inter state commerce law congress can re quire nothing more to convince It of the necessity for so amending that act as to make It more effective. There is no objection, however, to the hearings to be held aud the testimony that will be submitted will be regarded with gen eral interest THE CHRIST VF LABOR. With the opening of spring comes always the periodic effort of working men to Becure better terms of employ ment either by the reduction of hours or the Increase of wages. Symptoms of unrest are manifested again this year in various sections of the country In strikes and threats of strikes. In New England and in the factory centers of the middle states the heavy employers have for the most part made voluntary concessions to reasonable de mands or have submitted their differ ences with wage workers to arbitration. These peaceful victories of labor are due chiefly to the fact that the unex ampled prosperity of the country has stimulated consumption and American mills and factories find themselves with more orders than they are able to fill. In the west and especially In the larger cities, the demands of labor for higher pay and reduced hours have been confined principally to the building trades. In some instances these de mands have been conceded, while In others they have brought on a strain that may seriously affect building en terprises projected for the coming sea son. Capitalists feel reluctant to invest money In buildings unless they have reasonable assurance that the invest ment will yield as good returns as money loaned on mortgages or converted Into securities and bonds. These conditions face the mechanics engaged in the building trades in Omaha and must be kept in view In the ad' Justiuent of the wage scale. While workingmen have a right to demand their full share of prevailing prosperity, it Is not to their interest to make de mands that would check the erection of buildings and other Improvement and thus prevent the attainment of their object by reducing the opportunities for employment THE ALASKA BUL'KUABT DISPUTE. The dispute In regard to the Alaskan boundary has been given fresh Interest by the report that In American terri tory near the border of Alaska British and Canadian officials are making sur veys and eucroachments on territory not lncludl in the agreement entered into by the American and British govern iuents. It is asserted that these officials are removing and destroying ancient landmarks and monuments long ago erected by the Russian government to mark the Alaskan boundary. A resolu tlon was Introduced In the house of rep resentatives a few days ago asking the secretary of state to inform congress what steps, if any, the State depart ment has taken to ascertaiu the facts as to the alleged encroachments upon Ameiicau territory and the alleged re moval and destruction of landmarks and monuments and to prevent the same. According to Washington advices of a few day ago sn investigation had been ordered by the suthoritlea, but the facts were not officially made public. It ap pears probable, however, that there is substantial ground for the report that the Canadian authorities have been ex ceeding their rights snd if this shall be established there will be a very deter mined demand on our government to taks decisive steps to put a stop to any Invasion of American rights Jn AUska. The - dispute cegsxdln; the Alaska boundary, temporarily quieted by a pro visional agreement between the Ameri can and British governments. i: the most serious matter of controversy le tween the two governments and nu earnest effort owrlit to W made to settle It in the near future. As the matter notv stands it is likely at auy time to seriously threaten friendly relations be tween the two countries. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that the Cana dian demand In regard to the boundary will never le conceded by the I'nited States. The best authorities Insist, with a show of testimony foundfd upon treaties, that the American position Is absolutely sound and unassailable. A writer who has recently reviewed the whole subject in a perfectly candid and impartial spirit takes the position that the American position is perfectly cor rect; that every foot of territory claimed by this country it is clearly entitled to. He shows most convincingly that the Canadian demand is utterly unwar ranted and prejiosterous aud declares that "there is no more reason for the United States to allow its right to the possession of this uubrokeu Alaskan territory to be referred to the decision of foreign judges than would be the case If the British empire advanced a claim to sovereignty over the coast of Georgia or the iort of Baltimore and proposed that this demand should be referred to the Judgment of subjects of third powers." There is no doubt of the fact that the nearly universal sentiment in this country is opposed to conceding the de mands of the Canadian government in Alaska aud it is safe to suy that such concession will never be made. The American people will not consent to the surrender of a foot of Alaskan territory now claimed by this country to Great Britain. The women who have been entering complaints against the custom house in spection of tourist luggage profess to be still dissatisfied with the response made by Secretary Shaw, promising to remedy the abuses as far as possible. Secretary Shaw found that most of the women who signed the protest petition bad uo specific charge to make, while some of them hud not cveu gone through the custom house at alL These complaints are really uothlng new, but have been heard for many years, al though what makes them more numer ous now is the fact that ocean travel has been multiplied so many fold iu re cent year. It is doubtful whether Sec retary Shaw can satisfy all the women. no matter what be does, but that Is no reason why he should not take every reasonable measure to prevent unneces sary annoyance of the tourists by cus tom officers. We note that some of our esteemed contemporaries evince a disposition to poke fun at Senator Jones by Intimating that, having failed twice in succession to manage a successful campaign for the late democratic presidential candidate, he could hardly be expected to develop better managerial luck in conducting bis own canvass for a re-election to the sen ate. But this kind of argument over looks the fact that Jones was merely deluding himself with the Idea that he was manaidng Mr. Bryan's campaigns. when In truth Bryan persisted In dis porting himself to suit himself. If Jones had wanted an experienced campaign manager he should have called In Bryan to do the Job. The Board of Education appears to be entirely oblivious to the fact that the Issue of warrants before the taxes have been levied to meet them has no au- thorltv In lav. In that respect the school district is precisely In the same position as the city, but while the mayor and council have stopped drawing warrants while the levy Is hung up by the courts, the school board keeps right on as if the levy had already been made. Omaha seems to be the most obstrep erous town on the map of the fire In surance rate makers. According to the Chicago Tribune, the most stubborn op position the proposed Increase In rates has yet encountered comes from the Omaha Fire Underwriters' association. Whether their remonstrance will have n effect on the officials of the West ern Union, as the combine is called. Is yet to be ascertained. The promoters of the South Omaha bridge no longer have any reason for keeping their plans under the hat If anvthinz more is to come out of the scheme than political hot air, they might as well take the people into their con fidence and let them know who is to capitalize the Bcheme and how much bonus they propose to ask for. liast year's agricultural exports from ths United States made a recora hreaker. Laht year's consumption of sgricultural products within the United States was slso s record breaker. ig croo would not mean half as much money If It were not for big demand from an army, steadily employed, of wage workers. ESTert of Esoerleace. Waahington Post. Mr. Brvan writes entertainingly on th i.hiect of craves and tbtlr care, but tnat doesn't necessarily mean that the demo cratic party wUl stay burled. CiolS Brick Gaaao. Baltimore American. The Danish mis Is try has disowned Cap tain Christmas. Tba Impression seems to prevail with soma that the gallant captain with th . festive name tell among enter prising green goods men. A Moaarel tola. Philadelphia Press. Tba bill providing for s Philippine dol lar. aa favorably reported by the senate committee, provides that the Inscription on the cola la to be la English. Filipino and Chinese. Why Chinese, when Chines are to be excluded from th islands. I not claar; neither I it clear what Is meant by Filipino. There art many dialect spoken It ths native, and it will taks a Judicial intcrprctailoa ts aectd which of hem is the official Filipino. And. while the committee Is explaining these points. It might as well tU the rountry, alo. why the coin is wanted, anyway. A Few t nld Trath.. Indianapolis New. When the dftnnrrst reflect that Senator Jones could not bring about his own elec- lon they begin to see what a pr mamger they hare bad. As If this were not mouth, the party ha been saddled with a candi date, too, that couldn't carry bis own state. Consider the Kiprrl. New Tork Pres. Expert testimony In criminal rase Is fallen Into disfavor. There are other ex perts, however, which maintain their stand- ng in the-comuiunitr. There are the ex pert accountants. Do you know, offhand, whst an expert accountant Is? No? Well without desiring to be personal an expert accountant is a person capable of warping the long-establlahed principle that 2 and 2 make 4. Which Doea ot Spell Mill. New Tork Sun. The democratic party would be without hope except for the southern states. There are Its brains and the only majorities upon which it ran rely. Obviously, there fore, the time has come when to the south belongs the shaping of the democratic na tional policy, and logically the candidate nominated by the democratic national con vention in 1904 should be a representative of the dominant southern democracy. Poorly Pal Life Savers. New Tork World. In a few brief lines from the rockbousd Massachusetts coast is condensed a pitiful tragedy of the sea. A distressed barge in the offing; a lifeboat with a crew of seven to the rescue; a rush of angry waters en gulfing the little vessel and then swift death for six hardy llfesavers. Not even on the high seas when hurricanes rage Is marl time adventure so dangerous as the oft-repeated experiences of the governmeat life- saving crews. Arid these heroes, who value not their own lives and take no heed of fame, are paid starvation wages by the government for ten months In each year and are laid off without pay during the remain ing two months. Tendency of the Time. Hartford (Conn.) Courart (rep.). We deplore the whole drift of things, and cannot see how those steering the com binations fall to see the port that they are heading for. Indeed, It looks to us as if some of them did see and proposed to land their craft In the United States treas ury. The magnitude of such a misfortune cannot be measured in advance. It would mean the making over of our aoclal and political system. But what else can come. if combinations can be made as wide as the continent and as long as from the gulf to Hudson's bay. The end of such mag nificent schemes is empire and the people will step in at that point and take the new empire Into their own hands. We shudder even at the possibility of such a develop ment. But the fact that the possibility stands there, and that the short-sighted schemes of momentary aggrandizement by men already rich beyond the ability to count their treasure are driving us that way, ought to be emphasized and repeated until the public senses the situation and takes up the cry. BASKRIPT IKON THE START. Asphalt Traat Revealed a m Hage Swindle. New Tork Evening Post. The chief point .'of financial interest in the recent . developments regarding the asphalt trust's affairs Is not the fact that the company is badly Insolvent today, but that apparently. It Was never solvent. The cold and unfeeling report by the Audit com pany, after examining the books. Indicate this with entire distinctness. The national trust really began business in October, 1900, when it-absorbed the Asphalt Company of America, much in the fashion of the more recent "stock-holding companies." It is sued bonds for the paidup stock of this Junior company, and assumed that concern's $30,000,090 fixed liabilities. This represented aa annual fixed charge of $1,800,000, against which the company is now shown to have earned but $371,000 net In 1301. and. of course, less in 1900. The plea of the old management that Its Venezuela experiment was costly, and that one subsidiary con cern was a total failure, does not hep mat ters. The truth appears to be that, even if the company had not sunk the half-million dollars accounted for by these two enter prises It would still have earned fast year less than half of lta fixed charges. More over, it may properly be asked how long It is since a company's creditors have ac cepted outright blunders In management as a valid excuse for bankruptcy. PERSONAL SOTES. Dewet seems too busy at present to bother with armistices and pe confer ences. The governor of Louisiana complains that the British government is maintaining a military camp a few miles from New Or leans. And General Jackson Is now in an other world. Zena Crane, a brother of Governor Crane of Massachusetts, ha given to Pitts- field. Mass., the sum of $80,000 for th purpose of establishing there a musuem ot natural history and art. Hugh McCulloch. a grandson of President Johnson's secretary of the treasury, died In Florence, Italy, last week. A volume of poems written by him and entitled "Th Quest of Heracles" was published In 1894. Henry H. Edes, at a recent meeting ot the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, read a paper in which he said that Prof. John Wlnthrop and not George Washington was the first person to receive from Harvard college the degree of doctor of laws. Miss Mary Burkhart, the woman who Is running for congress In Kentucky, de clares that. If elected, she will go to con gress, and there is no law to prevent ber. But article I. section 5, of the constitution may operate to prevent ber staying there. Alvah Dunning, the old Adirondack trap per, hunter, fisherman and guide, who was aephyxlated by gas at a L'tlca hotel re cently, always said he trapped the last beaver In th lower Adirondack region, where the old woodBman had spent most of the eighty-six years of hi life. Charles W. Lynda of Blue Point. L. I., potsessed of property estimated at an even million, has declared his Intention of be coming a British subject, renouncing bt allegiance to the I'nited States. This Blu Point austere man la likely to be the only sufferer by hi eelf-expatrlatlon. America can well afford to lose on millionaire, In view of the million subject of Great Britain who have found permanent home In th United States. . That was a downright mean trick played on th girls of th Women's Christian Temperance union of Philadelphia by th chemical class of th University of Penn sylvania on April 1. Tn girl cam joy ously, by Invitation, to bear papers on th deleterious effect of alcoholic drink. Ft paper wer prepared. Th first waa s dentine discussion of th cocktail. Three hours wer consumed In explaining th liquid mystery. Reader No. 2 took th high ball for a text and dallied with to sub ject for two solemn hour. By th Urn No. t took th stage to aaaJyz a gls azs th girls fled. Thereupon two member of th claia rushed th growler sod post poned th readings. Taxing Corporations Chlrago Chronkln nm ). The deUslon of Judge Orosscup snl to this decision, shall be "the trus set Humphrey In the caes of the tax on cor- earnings" of a corporation. The amount of poratlona before the fnltcd States circuit earnings aball be capitalized on a ratio of court Is of the highest Importance and In- 6 per ?ent dividend. The sum thus stsr terest. In some reopect It Is sn entirely tained shall b regarded as the value of new departure from former lines of sdj'i- dicatinn In the federal courts. It will be recollected that In "the school ma'ams' case." as It was called, before State Ju'Igc Thompson at Springfield th State Board of Equalization reassessed the property of several Chicago corporations. The board fixed total corporate valuation In Chicago at over $."f?,000,Ooo. From this assessment by the state equal izing board an appeal was taken to tbo United States circuit court on the ground that the collection of taxes on this assers. all fixed charges are paid. Including lm meDt would be a denial to the corporation! palrment and depreciation of property with of equal protection under the laws and a the expense of renewal. The cost of ex violation of the fourteenth amendment. tensions, meaning permanent Improvements. That Is how the case got Into the federal shall not be deducted from the gross earn- court. The I'nited States tribunals are tnga in ascertaining the amount of the net coming very' close to all the people. They earnings. are Interfering with the execution of state From the total valuation so ascertained las. This is a startling change from the '0 per cent shall be deducted, a It Is sup- origiral understanding of the limitations posed that all property in the state Is s- on federal judicial power. sesjed at not over 70 per cent of Its value. The federal court sets aside the rule of Thls Part ot ,ne ru,e of a"nint8 Is State Judge Thompson for corporate as- tn corporations, for the general eessments. Incidentally the state law for ""ent than 70 per ceat the valuation of corporate property by es- "f ch TaJu'8- " m,kM up- hw"r. for timating the value of th stock and bonds ,1?e,!ow" on earnings that of a corporation is nullified. An entirely ie 6 Prnt dividends Bo the general new rule for asae.sment is established. eq"i" cf, th" r,u, " n,'n,ln1- , , , . . . . . The principal thing about this decision. The market quotations of the stock and . t-i. o,.. - bonds of a corporation on a given day shall not be the test of valuation for the entire property. The valuation shall be fixed by the general earning power of the property on t I per rent basis. This excludes the quotations of "rigid" or speculative mar kets from the calculation In estimating the taxable valuation of property. It re verses the rule of the state board, which took the market prices on a given day aa the basis of corporate assessments. The basis of the assessment, according ABOUT FI SIOX AIJ Fl SIOMSTS. MadiBon Mail (Ex-Senator Allen, pop): The announcement of a press dispatch Wednesday that the editor of the Mail was then in Louisville, Ky., Is untrue. We have at no time intended to join Jo Parker's meeting of political traitors and renegades. Holdrege Citizen: It may be fusion again this year, but certain it is there is plenty of confusion as yet in the allied forces of reform. Once more the old wrangle Is going on as to Whether the fellow who labels himself populist or the one who calls himself a democrat and lets It go at that is to have the privilege of leading the forces to the conflict this fall. David City Banner: The World-Herald has remained as quiet as a clam regarding ex-Treasurer Meeerve pocketing $3,000 received as interest on state school money which he loaned out to banks, and the Nebraska Independent has made all kinds of excuses for the ex-treasurer. Such ac tions on the part of the party organs of the state have disgusted many fuelonlsts and helped to drive them Into the repub lican party. Albion Argus (pop.): It makes a person weary who is acquainted with the facts In the case to read excuses made for Meserve farming out the state's cash, because of the "old tin can" safe at the capltol. There la not s safer place In the state for funds than that provided for the treasurer at the state house the very best time lock steel safe in a good vault. Why don't they come square out and say that in tbelr Judgment it was better for him to violate the law and put the money in cir culation than to keep It locked up? Give the real reason and don't He about the state's repository. Fremont Tribune (rep.): The fact that C. J. Smyth was attorney for J. B. Meserve and cleared that gentleman of embezzling Interest on state school moneys by taking advantage of a technicality will not operate to an overwhelming extent In making him, any more than Meserve, the fusion candi date for governor. The Tribune la disposed to prophesy that when the "antls" come together they will finally conclude to nom inate Mr. Bryan for the place and pour forth their libation of love at his throne once more. No doubt his personal integrity and the cohorts who are moved by a sort of religious frenzy when he Is an issue can ask for support on the ground that he can't put in force any of his mildewed notions of national affairs, and that there fore he can do little barm. Make a note of It that the barn dweller will be in the midst of the lightning and that his rod will receive the bolt Wahoo New Era (pop.): Populicta may as well be prepared to accept fusion or co operation, as some prefer to call It. because the leaders of the party are bending all their energies In that direction. Chairman DeFrance was careful not to give the num ber of votea reported against fusion, nor the name of the counties that voted In the negative. The New Era. however, will not wage a war of opposition unless con strained thereto; our position is so well known that it needs no further elucida tion. The question as far aa we are con cerned will be left to the decision of the populist voters of this country, to be de cided when tbey select their delegates to the next county convention. Furthermore. we do not wish to again call down upon our head the vengeance of the republican leaders of this county for opposing fusion; a certain clique of republicans are always acting la collusion with a ring of fusion politicians. Columbus Telegram (dem.): Senator Al len has undertaken another Job which will prove as difficult as his late endeavor to prove that Thomas Jefferson did not write the Declaration of Independence, Just now he la viciously swinging bis bull whip In a mad effort to silence all those demo cratic and populist editors who have dared express disapproval of the action of Messrs. Porter and Meserve, who went out of office carrying with them money which belongel In the stat treasury. Mr. Allen directly says that those democrats and populist who eritlcle Porter and Meserve are fur nishing ammunition tor the p-J tlcal enemy. For sham that one who has been elevated so high by Nebraska democrats and popu list should stoop to such base argument. Senator Allen ts a lawyer, and a good one. He knowa that both Porter and Meserve violated the official cath to which thev subscribed when assuming office, and yet be ha the brazen nerve to refer to these discredited public servants as "good citi zens and worthy gentlemen." But perhaps Senator Allen does not really remember hat the constitution of Nebraska savs regarding tb touching and handling of money which belongs to the pec pie. If our copy of tb stat statutes is authentic, then tb Nebraska constitution, speaking of state official, says: "Tbey shall not re ceive to tbelr own use any fee, cost. Inter est upon public moneys In their hand or under their control." Secretary Porter admits that be ba run counter to th con stitution. Mr. Meserv practically admit the receipt of interest on public money. And yet Senator Allen prcpost to discredit the party standing of every democrat or populist who condemn those unworthy public servants. For sham that a man of Senator Allen' recognized ability should seek to teach the damnable doctrine that vice becomes virtu when committed by on of our oa political school, t ' the corporate property. Including the fran- (hlses and the tangible property. Kxcept that an unusually large per cent ie allowed for dividends, apparently noth ing could be fairer than this rule. Th capital stock of property paying per cent dividends la worth $1.50 on Its face dollar value. But probably allowances were made for fluctuation! In corporate earnings as between bard times and "flush time." The net earnings forming the basis of assessment, of course, are estimated after power t0 tx for ,,. ,n lninolg whlch ge Mld( ,ut. Uwg M(1 averse the decisions of U highest court in a matter curelv of state lea-ialatloi. an policy, i'nited States masters In chancery shall mare the assessment. This is a great stretch of Jurisdiction under the overworked fourteenth amend ment. But as the federal courta are the final Judges of the limits of their own jurisdiction the law must be taken a they lay it down. BITS OF WASH1VGTOV LIFE. Scene and Incident Sketched aa the Spot. The other day a magician, who Is aston ishing Washington with exhibitions of the black art, paid a visit to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, and turned a neat trick on the master of the nation's money chest. "Now Mr. Secretary," said the magician, "please take this $10 bill and see If It Is all rlKht." "Yes sir," said Secretary Shaw. "I stake my reputation that this Is a genuine bill and give It official recognition." "All right," said the magician, "please (rush it up and hold it tightly In your hand." The secretary followed the direc tions and held on to the bill like a miser. "You're quite sure its there now, Mr. Secretary?" "Sure; sure's you're bora." "Open your band." said the magician. The bill had disappeared. "Well, that beats all!" said the aecretary. very much mystified. "And a nice man for secretary of the treasury of the United States. Indeed." said Mrs. Shaw, mho was standing by. Senator Millard of Nebraaka. whs in the War department yesterday calling upon the quartermaster general, reports the Wash ington Post. Aa he emerged from General Ludlngton's office he walked along the cor ridor where the wax figure nt Uncle Sam's soldiers are located. A crowd ot tourists was gathered about the cases Inspecting the uniform, which the soldiers ot the re public have worn since continental times. One man, more inquiring than the rest, ap proached Mr. Millard. "Say." he asked, "are these some ot the soldiers that were killed In the late war?" "No," replied the senator, without a smile upon his benevolent countensnce, "these are some ef the soldiers we are saving to be killed in the next war." "There i the man who nominated Theo dore Roosevelt for the first office he ever held," said a gentleman quoted by the Washington Star. And then he brought over to the table the man referred to. Mr. William Leary, and Introduced him to the visitors. "Billy" Leary la one of the best known newspaper men and politicians in New York. "I remember the occasion very well," continued the speaker. "Billy was a dis trict leader and it came time to nominate an assemblyman from his district The party managers got tbelr heads together end picked out Theodore Roosevelt, a young fellow who bad been doing some good work in the district In an unosten tatious way. " 'Roosevelt's the man for assemblyman.' was the unanimous decision, and they told Billy to nominate him in the convention. That was the beginning of the office hold ing career of Mr. Roosevelt, which has cul minated In hi holding the highest office in the gift of the people." The other day the principal of a New York private school led about twenty of hi pupils Into the East room of the White House. "Stand them in a row." ordered the pres ident as soon aa he saw the teacher and hi charges. This was done, and Mr. Roose velt pasaed down the row grasping one boy's hand with his right and that of the next boy with hi left hand, exaetly as does the dancer of a quadrille In the grand right and left. After be bad greeted each Any Young Man In this town, who hasn't jet found what a aaTinyr there is in fashionable and well made clothing readr to wear, has something to learn by a visit to our store. Ours has the right look. The range of patterns and textures in larger than the custom tailors can show. The workmanship is workmanlike our prices are a revelation. $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $18.00. $20.00 aad $23.00 No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. It. 3, Wilcox, Mauacer, boy In this way be fared th line. Th young visiters locked eipertant. "lo all of you bors belong to a lase ti. nine?" aked the president. Twenty mou'lis were stretched from far to esr and tsenty heads dii'ked in . sect. "That's good." taid lb president, anj 1, turned on hi heel without giving r, youthful viitor a ord about patriotic or the glorious country In hlrh they r: privileged to live. Few people know that Sena'or John Spooner of Wisconsin was at one time "cowpuncher" on the plain. It aa year, ago. ben th bufialo ran in count. -thousands, that the senator followed th' trail and assisted at many a roundup. H. has not forgotten his early training an I every summer be treats himself to a Imn horseback ride through Yellowstone par. A little Jaunt ot sixty miles or so In a day I nothing to him. Congressman Joe Cannon gave the mem bers of the house appropriations committee a shock the other day by casually referring to his Quaker parentage. Mr. Cannon ha the reputation of being able to eae In more swear words In a single sentence than any other member of the bouse. "It Cannon's parents were Quakers." said one of the members of the appropriations committee, "then Cannon is a shining ex ample of how far a man can stray from the path in which be has been taught to go." Senator Stewart waa making a speech before a committee. Senator Mitchell criti cised his use of the word "Intrinsic. "It's all right," growled Stewart. Webster doesn't say so," ventured Mitchell. "Webster! What Webster T' "Webster's dictionary." "Huh." said Senator Stewart, "I'm tired of having that book quoted at me. Why. every schoolboy knows It's only a Jumble ot word." In the senate, observes the Washington Post, there Is the retort direct, as when Senator Money said to 8enator Wellington; "You lie." Ther Is the retort sarcastic, as when Senator Woleott declined to an swer Senator Carey because "it is a waste of lather to shave an ass." And there Is th retort courteous, as Illustrated by the following dialogue between Senator Pailey and Spooner: Mr. Bailey The senator from Wiaronfin is so good a lawyer that he knows when he I coming up against a hard proposition and he goes around it Mr. Spooner I may have gone around the senator, but I did not go around the proposition. (Laughter.) Mr. Bailey 1 am ready to concede tha'. the senator from Wisconsin can easily gel around me, small as he is. Mr. Spooner The man who can go around the senator can go around anything. FLASHES OF FIX. Washington Star: "The differmre be tween a mule an' some human beli ., mi Uncle Eben. "1 dat de mule cr.ly kicks once In a while, an' when he d--e. It 'mounts to sumpln'." Philadelphia Press: "Our legi.-'v t." protested the machine politician. "ar" i.ut as bad as they're painted." "No?" replied the plain citizen. "e,l. they're certainly not a good as th y r! whitewashed." Chicago Tribune: "I it clear to on now?" askr the Instructor, after a length ened exegesis concerning the relative Im portance of positive and negative (orrr. "Not quite, professor." said the yourp woman with the banged hair, "it's rart! cloudy still. ' Puck: Ethel What did you say to papa last night? ' . FerdyN Nothing. I was so ex-a red that I didn't open my mouth. Ethel Oh! That accounts for It- He ald you Impressed him very favorably. Philadelphia Record: "I will kill you." hissed tbo villain with the tinfoil sword, "and that will be the end." "No. It won t." retorted the beautiful heroine, "this is New York, and If you kill me the case will go on forever." Baltimore Herald: "The Philippine are at onr door knocking: yes, sir. knocking.' said the ardent Imperialist. "Yes." said the man who was reading the war news, "they an sem to be doing a whole lot of knocking the last few years!" Chicago Tribune: "What I want to know Is this. said the man with the -heme. "How much will It rr. to get this ordl nnce through the city council?" "Sir." exclaimed the alderman from th 'Steenth ward, reddening with Indignation, "your question is an Insult! How er how much can you afford to spend to have It put through? THE ACCEL'S I. EG. Kate Thyson Marr In Town Topics. There were two girls, such Jolly friends. As I'll proceed lo show. One waa a daisy up to date. The other somewhat slow. One rode a "bike" and danced and ung And like a sailor row'd. A Sunday school the other taught. Or stayed at home and sewed. "Th "hlkey" girl she broke her leg "Twas amputated, too; Her friend look lk. and knew she'd die, 8o pondered what to do Above, with wings. Ill need no legs, So il give her one of mine. Th girls and surgeons all agreed The splicing turned out fine. The good girl died, her leg was left. Her friends had It In tow. 'Twaa catching on in real good shape. But grafted legs are slow. The surgeons smiled and called th Job "A scientific spee:" The girl who longed for more good spins Waa happy as cuultl be. 8h soon got well, took out her "bike" And then her sorrow leam'd; That leg refused to take a part In Joys for which she yearn'd. Twould go to rhurvh. but "pike" or danc It wouldn't move a peg. She moans her fate, that naughty girl. Who ha an angel leg. ( estimated at 000,000. t
