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HIE OMAHA IJATTjV BKE: THURSDAY, AriUL. 17, 1002. Tiie dmaha Daily Dee 15. ItOSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SCHBCRIITION. fally Bee (without Hundsy), one V ear. 14 00 "ally Hew and Hunday, On Year Illustrated Bee, One Year 00 Sunday Be, lfn Yesr fw) PetUraay Bee. One Yesr Iwentleth Century Farmer. Una Year., l.w DELiVEHKD BY CARRIER. Pally hr (without Sunday), per copy.. Zc Ially Bee (without Sunday!, per nee. Ale lally Bee (Including Bunday), per week.Uc Bunasy Bee. per copy .". Kvenlng Be (without Sunday). per week.lOc JSvenlng Bee (Including Sunday, per week J lfic Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed, to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha City Mall Building, Twenty-firth and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 earl Street. Chicago lt4ii Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 5il Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and dltorlal matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittance should t addressed: The Bee publishing Cora gany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by dralt. express or postal order, payable to Tb Baa Publishing Company. Only t-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, sal George B. Txschjck, secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Bunday He printed during the month of March, UuZ, was as follows: 1 SU.9T0 17 89,680 ....lltt.TWO U i,ao t 8M,4SO 18 ai,B0 4 Ktt.TTO 30 WfiWi KU.30 Zl 3tt,B10 W&W 22 IttMMM) 7 g,6BO S3 2D.USO I SW.4A0 14 Jt,U10 JW.TOO IS at,oio 10 VM.4AO 26 8,BttO u xu.noo 27 8tt,SSO u. ..SU.8TO 28 m.04 29 lt,B40 80 8,l00 U S1),tt40 11 ..W,tt40 14 20,620 It 2t,70 16 8,80O Total ttiT,ao unsold and returned corles.... ,IHT Net total sale v Net dally average. vor.Bia 811,3177 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Ttefore m this 31st day of March, A. D. IMS. GEORGE KA8MU8BEN, . tSeeJ.) Notary Publlo. Paper railroads are as easy to build sxa air castles. The discussion of a tariff for revenue nly has been transferred to Great JJrltaln. Is It not a little too early for trotting Out dark horses on the Illinois senatorial race- track? If Attorney General Knox knocks the Beef trust be will be entitled to a slice f roast ox at the next barbecue. Officially the public market is located on Capitol avenue. Unofficially the market is down at the old stand on Howard and Eleventh. An investigation into the delay In the construction of the Chicago federal building is to be made by congress, but congress should not confine its inquiries to delays at Chicago. There are still others. It may as well be understood first as last that any man who favors the dis franchisement of Omaha republicans for the sake of factional advantage has no claim on the support of Omaha repub licans for any position. Senator Morgan has given notice that be proposes to begin his speech in favor of the Nicaragua canal this afternoon, but did not intimate whether he would be able to conclude his brief remarks by May Day or the Fourth of July. Nobody In Omaha objects to Mr. Pearse, or desires to dispense with the services of Superintendent Pearae be cause his salary Is too high, but what people do object to with good reason is to pay $3,600 or $3,200 a year for a f 1,200 man. . Germany has called an International conference with, a view to regulating (Wireless telegraphy, but up to date no tody has called for an International con ference to devise a -oystern of wireless political wire pulling and pipdess politi cal pipe laying. The $10,000 Judgment which Architect McDonald secured In the district court sv few days ago seems to have attracted po attention, but-we have a very well defined notion that the old school board made a great moss of It when It left the .way open for such a claim. '''sssaassasssaassjsasaaassssassi Colonel Crowder refuses to express an Opinion concerning Missouri mules that bate been pressed into the British South African sen-Ice before ample proof has peen produced of their cruel abduction. Colonel Crowder balls from Missouri nd he naturally wants to be shown. An aristocratic Vienna club has been broken up because of the prosecution of ome of its members for gambling at the Club. If all of the swell American Clubs that tolerate gambling; were disci pllned In the ' Austrian fashion there .would be a good many club houses for rent lu New York. Boston, Chicago and Other Amerlcau cities. Judge Tooley . of Chlcaro deorecatea the intervention of the federal courts to Usurp the powers vested in assessors by the exercise of the power of injunction This power of the United States courts over our state tax affairs, ays Judge Tooley, Is simply another Illustration of the dangers toward which we are drift ing with our applications of government y Injunction. A wrecked Detroit savings bank has ten ordered by the Michigan courts to ftfve preference to depositors over com gnerclal creditors in the distribution of the money to be realised from the sale Of the bank's real eatate Investments. This Is eminently Just and reasonable, txtt the moat effective protection from avtaga bank wreckage would be the jtaVlilahraeot of postal saving bank. 177 CtlCtLTltS TO riLIPIKOSm. The prompt action of the War depart ment in ordering an Inquiry Into the al leged cruelties to Filipinos on the part of American soldiers will have the un qualified approval of the country and the wish will lx general that If the allega tions are found to bo true the guilty, no matter what their rank or the merit of their service may be, will be punished as they deserve. The charges made by Governor Gardener of Tayabas province, In the case of Major Waller and by wit nesses before the senate Philippine com mittee cast a reproach upon the army and upon the country and call for the mot searching and thorough investiga tion. Every American citizen who Is proud of the record our army has made in re cent years will sincerely hope that the allegations of cruelty In the Philippines will be found to lie exaggerated and that there la good ground for the belief, as expressed by Secretary Root, that the violations of law and humanity charged will prove to be few and occasional "and not to characterize the conduct of the army generally In the Philippines." Considering the high character of the American soldier for intelligence and the better human attributes, It Is not easy to think that the men In the Philippines have generally practiced the cruelties and brutalities charged against some of them. It has been the boast of Ameri cans that our soldiers, while bravest among the brave, were not cruel or brutal, and therefore the allegations now made, some of them on high authority, are peculiarly painful and humiliating. If true, as It must be admitted there seems no reason to doubt, they will seri ously tarnish tho fame of the army. The demoralising effect of war, par ticularly such a war as that In the Phil ippines, everybody understands. Sol diers thousands of miles from their country fighting an enemy notoriously treacherous, that disregards wholly the rules of civilized warfare and freely practices cruelties end barbarities, are apt to become reckless and relentless In their treatment of such a foe. 'There is no question that the American soldiers in the Philippines have had great provo cation to treat the natives In arms with the utmost severity, but as Secretary Root well says, this cannot Justify the nse of torture of any kind on the part of the American army. Our soldiers cannot be permitted, however strong the provocation, to follow the example of the Filipinos In making war. The instructions of the secretary of war to General Chaffee are clear and explicit lie is to institute an Inquiry that will probe the charges to the core and spare no one who is Involved In them. Those found to be amenable to the allegations will be tried by court- martial, whether here or in the Philip pines, and if they are proven guilty they will be duly punished. There is to be no delay or temporizing in carrying out these instructions and Secretary Root informs General Chaffee that "the pres ident ; desires to know in the fullest and most circumstantial manner all the facts, nothing being concealed and no man being for any reason favored or shielded." WILL, KEEP ITS PLEDGES. The Russian ambassador at Washing ton has given assurance that his gov ernment will keep Its pledges in regard to China and that the evacuation of Manchuria by Russian troops will occur within a comparatively short time. In reference to the reports that his gov ernment would fall to carry out its promise, he pronounced them malicious In design and character and circulated for the purpose of breeding trouble and placing Russia In a false position in the eyes of the world. He pointed out that Russia from the Inception of the trouble In China bad contemplated the restora tion of the situation before the disturb ance and had never desired to take per manent possession of Manchuria. He also made the important declaration that Russia has no Intention of taking any action contemplating" the exclusion of American interests from Manchuria or any other section of China. ' Undoubtedly this fairly states the present attitude of the Russian govern ment but whether it would occupy this position If there had been no alliance be tween Great Britain' and Japan and no expression on the part of the United States regarding suspected Russian de signs In Manchuria may reasonably be doubted. There la very good reason for believing that the Anglo-Japanese treaty, to which the United State virtually gave Its support had. a decided Influ ence upon Russian plana In China, which up to that time seemed to be so cer tainly aimed .At securing possession of Manchuria as to warrant the1 American government In taking notice of the sit uation and addressing a note to China and Russia. However, doubtless full faith can be given to the present as surances of the Russian government which mean a good deal for American Interests In one of the richest provinces of the Chinese empire. A LAROETREASURY HCRPLV8. As now Indicated, the surplus In the national treasury at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, may be $100,000,000. It la at present about $(13,000,000, which Is $18,000,000 In excess of the surplus at this time last year. The Increase In the available cash- as compared with this time last year Is stated to be $26,000,000. The act repealing the war revenue taxes goes Into effect July 1. after which time the receipts of the government will fall off, but In the meantime the surplus will continue to grow. According to Washington dispatches this accumulation of money in the treas ury Is giving some concern to financial and business Interests and the only way to reduce the surplus being by the sate of bouds the secretary of the treasury Is being urged to resume this policy, which was suspended soon after Mr. Shaw took office. It has not transpired what be will do In the matter, but he doea not appear to be disposed at present to jaeU bonds, thoogfc It la aa&xusowi that he will Increase the deposits of govern ment funds with the banks. There Is now held by national banks to the credit of the government over $112.000.nnn. which Is $21,000,000 In excess of the amount of the government deposits a year ago. This plan helps the money market perhaps as much as the selling of bonds, but the latter policy has the advantage of reducing the public debt and the Interest charge. It seems, how- ever, that Secretary Shaw, while It Is understood that he la not opposed to sell ing bonds, does not deem It expedient to do so at this time and should the de cline in revenue after July 1 be as large as expected there may be no more bond selling. The course of the banks In re tiring circulation wbb one potent reason with the secretary for stopping the sale of bonds and It Is quite probable that this Is still operative. CITT ASSESSMENT ROLLS. City Comptroller Westberg has once more projected himself Into the public eye by an appeal to the city council against the practice of assessing build ings located on leased grounds as per sonal property. While the method of assessing property in no way concerns the comptroller, excepting as it does any other private citizen, his complaint might have been justified If there was anything in It Uad the comptroller taken the trouble to Inform himself he might have discov ered that any other mode of assessment than that of separating the realty from the personal property tax on leased ground would be a detriment to the tax payers, lie ought to know that it is not uncommon for railroad companies to lease their grounds for various purposes such as warehouses, elevators, coal and lumber yards. The assessment of the railroad termi nals, including the depot buildings, are all dumped into the general pool with freight and passenger cars and other equipments that are appraised by the State Board of Equalization and cred ited back at so much per mile to Doug las county and incidentally to Omaha. It is a matter of record that several warehouses adjacent to the Union Pa cific tracks are owned by private parties as are the Omaha smelting works. The plant of the smelting works company is assessed at $280,000 for city taxation, but if the buildings of the smelting works company had been assessed against the Union Pacific railroad, which owns the grounds, how much would Omaha be able to collect for city purposes! SHALL MINORITIES RULE J The republicans of Omaha and Doug las county are confronted by an Issue that cannot be postponed or brushed aside. The question they must meet squarely at the coming primaries is whether a faction representing a very small 'minority of the party shall con trol the nomination of candidates and misrepresent the party in conventions. At . the general election of 1900 the total vote polled in Nebraska for McKln- ley was 121,835, to which Douglas county contributed 14,200, or 114 VT cent of the total. Out of the 14.21W votes polled for McKlnley and Roosevelt In Douglas county 11,134 were cast by the republicans residing In the city of Omaha, 1,783 by republicans residing In South Omaha and 1,367 by the repub licans of the country precincts. In other words, of the 11 per cent credited as Douglas county's proportion of the total republican vote polled for McKlnley and Roosevelt In the state 0 1-5 per cent was cast In Omaha, 1H per cent in South Omaha and about 1 per cent In the country precincts. Under the apportionment made by the old committee, or the much decried ma chine, Omaha was given fifteen dele gates for each of its nine wards, South Omaha four delegates for each of its six wards and the country precincts five delegates for each of the fourteen pre cincts. This gave Omaha 135 delegates, South Omaha twenty-four delegates and the country precincts seventy delegates, making In all 220. Apportioned accord ing to the number of votes cast for Mc Klnley, Omaha would have been enti tled to 171 delegates, South Omaha to thirty-six delegates and the country pre cincts to twenty-two delegates. This shows conclusively that the old county committee was disposed to be very lib eral toward the country precincts and much fairer to South Omaha than has been the arbitrary apportionment fixed by the schemers, who in order to foist Congressman Mercer for a sixth term upon this district have arranged for the practical disfranchisement of Omaha republicans. Under the new apportionment the number of delegates Is fixed at 178, out of which Omaha only received ninety delegates, South Omaha eighteen and the country precinct seventy delegates. This scheme of disfranchisement inflicts almost as great an Injustice upon repub lican of South Omaha as It does upon Omaha. While South Omaha casts more than 40 per cent more votes than the country precincts, it Is credited with only one-fourth as many delegate as the country precinct. If seventy dele gates was the proper ratio for the coun try, South Omaha should have by rights ninety-seven delegate , and Omaha would be entitled to 670 delegates. Can Congressman Mercer or his chief fugler, Blackburn, face the republicans of Omaha and South Omaha and Justify such an Infamous scheme of disfran chisement on any ground! The American people outside of the very limited number of stock jobber and speculator in railroad stock care precious little as to who controls the Louisville & Nashville railroad, but they are vitally affected by the Inflated cap italization of railroads whereby fixed charges, which const) ait a permanent tax on the product of the country trib utary to these puhMc highway, art la-creased. A majority of the senate committee on privilege and election has decided to mutUcU th proposed amendment to the I Home Rule Chicago It is no ordinary plea for home rule In eur municipalities which Mr. Edwin Bur rltt Smith has made In the Atlantic. His admirable paper on "Municipal Self-Government" has already been discussed tn these columns, but the fundamental propo sition therein advanced and defended will bear Iteration and emphasis. It la. In a nutshell, this that our theory of munici pal government la erroneous and Inconsist ent with the philosophy of popular rule. Courts have repeatedly told us that "home rule" is a privilege, a benevolent concession, not a right The city Is merely the agent of the state, and this agency may be terminated at the will of the principal. The legislature. It has been stated, has the right to revoke the charter of a municipality and reduce It to abject dependence and helplessness. This power la not likely to be exercised in the case of a city like Chicago or New York, but politi cal tyranny and narrow partisanship have not hesitated to Impose outrageous and galling restrictions (lu the shape of state police commissions, state park boards, etc.) upon the leading and most progressive mu nicipalities. The theory Itself should be assailed and radically revised. Cities should demand rlghta as distinguished from privileges, and these rights should be secured by the or gaolo law. In Mr. Smith's words: Democratic government Is an expression, not a source, of authority. The people governed Is the source of Its power. The f:overnment of the United States derives ts powers from the people of the United States. The government of the state ric rlvee Its powers from the people of the state. The government of the city should obtain its powers from tne people of the city. Our national and state governments were created by the people to serve them In dlf- federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote, by coupling with It Sena tor Depew's proposition for reduced con gressional representation. This Is an In sult to the Intelligence of the American people which will be resented at no dis tant day by a universal uprising In favor of a call for a national constitutional convention by the states. A Difference In the Moraine Philadelphia Ledger. In Cub American army horses are sold at auction. In South Africa they are cap tured by the Boers. Plaarsla m Blm Leak, Cleveland Leader. The atopplng of the abuse of second class postage privileges baa resulted in a surplus of revenues over expedlturea. Such a re sult was foreseen by Postmaster General Smith when he decided to put a stop to that abuse. An Eichanare of .Sentiment Chicago Inter Ocean. The governor of South Carolina said con fidentially to the governor of North Caro lina as he passed bis handkerchief across his Hps: "I don't think Roosevelt is such a bad fellow, after all." And the governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina as be picked up a clove: "You're right; he Just ain't" Some Poverty In Spots. Minneapolis Times. Amid 'the; general prosperity and a plethora of agricultural products beyond the capacity .of both domestic and foreign mar kets to absorb a feeble voice la heard from certain districts of Arkansas and Texas asking for aid for starving farmers whose crops were destroyed by drouth. It Is a striking commentary upon the extent and variety of climate of this land of ours. Provocation for m. Kick. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The foreign naval attache who was caught surreptitiously making soundings of un frequented waters in the neighborhood of Tampa was certainly energetic enough con sidering the profound peace which Is Just now -brooding over our relations with the world. Probably an equal display of energy on the part of Uncle Sam may send him flying across the seas tor this breach of hospitality and International etiquette. Political Fakirs la Other States. Indianapolis Journal. The publication of the atory that there is contest between Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge over the chairmanship of the next republican, state convention in the Wheeling (W. Vs.) Intelligencer shows that this stupid and often repudiated falsehood is yet being circulated by newspapers under the impression that such a story Is news. If it were a fact it should not Interest grown people outside of Indiana, but, be ing a repudiated lie, it ahould not be printed by a newspaper. Senator Fair banks, the Journal can say, has no desire to preside over the convention and has never been an aspirant. PERSONAL NOTES. The prince of Wales says he has ao in vitation to come to this country, but he does not say be would not like one. Prealdent Roosevelt has been Invited to address the great triennial Sunday school convention to be held in Denver in June next. Legouve, the French author and play wright, hae Just completed his 95th year. He la called the dean of the academy, for he baa been a member for forty-seven years. When 8enator Blackburn wants to tell a man that what he aays is not true be goes about It in this fashion: "It goes without saying that the truth Is Innocent of any appearance in that statement." Among the 183 graduates of the New York Trade school at First avenue and Sixty-seventh street on Wednesday, was one negro boy from North Carolina. He took honors and was heartily cheered by his comrades. The congressional directory is to be Il lustrated with full-page groups of the aeu ators and members of the house bv states, and a Washington photographer Is doing a lively business In making theae gentlemen "look their prettiest." Mr. Corthell, an American engineer, will represent Argentine at a congress on mat ters affecting navigation which will be held In Dusseldorf, Germany, shortly, and will then come to this country and lecture In the leading cities on Argentine. Eugene F. Ware, the new eommisaioner of pensions, has published a. volume or poems,, and several years sgo read one of his poems at Memorial day exercises at Arlington. ' His lines addressed to Queen Victoria, on the occasion of her Jubilee, were extensively copied In England. . Lord Kelvin, the great English scientist, who la ' to be entertained by American scientific societies- la New York next week. Is entitled to as the following portentous string of Initials after his name: O. C V. O.. D. C. L.. LUD.. U. D., D. So.. Ph. D., M. A, P. R. 8.. F. R. S. E. He has bees decorated by nearly all governments. He U Tf years old, but la still a very lively man; , fond of a good dinner and a good Joka. and, unlike most ectenttflo men. not st all sedentary la his habits. At college be pulled a good ear sad was reckoned flrst-raojavalolaa. ' as a Right Post. fcrent spheres. Neither derives authority from, nr nets as the agent of. the other. Hoth derive authority directly from the people that of the nation from the rteople of the nation, thut of the state from the people of the state. The line hetween na tion and state In clearly drawn. The gov ernment of the nation Is confined to thoe matters which concern the entire people of the nation. The line between the state and city should be as'dletlnctly drawn. Why, It may be asked, did the founders of the American government fall to provide In their splendidly constructive system for true democracy, for popular control and authority, in local affairs T Because, Mr. Smith answers, large clttea did not exist In their time. The great public necessities of urban life were unknown, and the amaz ing development of cities could not be fore seen. City government now overshadows state and national government, for it con cerns the dally needs and activities of the citizen his health, comfort and pocket. The great franchise problem la essentially a municipal problem. To save cities from Intermeddling and despotic rule, to Introduce democracy and the consent of the governed Into municipal affairs, to render the city independent In bis own proper sphere. Is the crying need of the day. This desideratum cannot be re alised without constitutional changes. In Illinois constitutional revision is a recog nized necessity, and It cannot be long de ferred. Intelligent citizens should study Mr. Smith's thoughtful article and prepare to demand something mere vital and funda mental than an increaae of power In thia or that direction. Our motto should be, .Gov ernment by the people in the city as well as In the state local democracy instead of subjection to centralized and Irresponsible despotics. BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. In the rooms occupied by the committee on ways and means of the house, of which Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois is chairman, there is a long table around which the members gather when the committee is In session. It takes up considerable space and the corners are very pointed. The other day a member rushed In hurriedly and in endeavoring to execute a loop about the table collided good and hard with one of these sharp corners. All that he said was not taken down, as It would burn the record. He went limping into the adjoin ing room and asked Chairman Cannon "why the deuce he did not dispose of that darned table" or words to that effect and get another with round corners. "Well," remarked "Uncle Joe," shifting his unllghted cigar to the westward corner of his mouth, "I have been thinking of It for some time and I believe I'll send it over to the senate committee on ways and means. Those fellows over there are ex pert on turning sharp corners." A new member of congress was very anxious, according to the Washington Post, to get upon the good side of Superintendent Smith of the botanic gardens, so that some flowers snd potted plants might be sent to his house. As everyone knows. Smith Is a fine old Scetchmaa, who worships the memory of "Bobble" Burns, and has prob ably the finest and most complete collec tion of editions of Bums' works in the world. When, therefore, the new member went to Smith, he resolved to say something which would please the lover of Burns. When he entered Smith's library, he looked with interest uson the books. "I always did love Jimmie Burns' poems," remarked the aew member. I never saw such a fine collection of his works. I think Jlmmle Burns was one of the greatest men who ever lived." At this point Mr. Smith could contain himself no further. "'Jimmie' Burns!" be exclaimed, angrily. "Tommy Washington! Sammy Bonaparte! Get out!" And then the new member realized that he had made a mistake. A congressman noted for his teal and liberality In distributing garden seeds where they might do aome good, has re ceived a practical letter from a little girl in his district asking for a few packages. She says she is 11 years old, and writes: Howdy, Mr. Congressman, p'llte as you can be; I wish you'd bundle up aome seeds and send 'em to me. I'd like a lot of large petunias, with colors so Intense, To decorate the pathway from the doorway to the fence. Send around some Cobaca soandens to make the window gay. And perhaps we'd start a patch of double zinnias right away. We ought to have aome hollyhocks to help things out a bit. And Japanese chrysanthemums would surely make a hit. And I'll vote for you right freely and rise up and declare That this country's agriculture is a mighty fine affair. Every time a congressman arises in the bouse nowadays and asks for an indefinite leave of absence because of "important business" significant smiles are exchanged among the members who have their nomina tions nailed down and clinched. At this season of the year, when the congressional conventions are being held, "important business" almost invariably means . the congressman who has tt also has trouble In his district which Is sufficiently serious to make his presence on the ground Impera tive. , . "Another poor fellow In distress," whis pers Clerk McKee to the speaker, and the latter gives a good-luck-to you affirmative nod to the petitioning member, whs goes away happy. j A member, of the cabinet Illustrated the other day the difference between the Mc Klnley and Roosevelt administrations from an ofneeseeker's point of view, says the New York Herald. During tho . McKlnley administration, he said, a western publlo maa called with a friend at the Whit House to requeat the president to give hire diplomatic appointment. He saw the president and a few moments later came from the room with a smiling face. "I think," he said, "I'll gethe place. The president baa Invited me to luncheon." "Don't you bellevs It," his friend replied. "It is a proverb to this administration that when McKlnley Invites you to luncheon you get nothing more." President Roosevelt invited William Wil liams of New York City to lunch with him at the Whits House a few days ago. "Does the McKlnley proverb hold good In Williams' ease?" asked an official who knew of the Invitation. Jot altogether," was the response. "As hla dessert Williams may get a piece of pork." Williams was offered a post in the immi gration bureau. Est Less Meat. Philadelphia Ledger. A dally diet of meat at this time of the year is sot a necessity, and sine the an nouncement of a further advane in price can be construed as tantamount to a declaration of war, th people should ac cept it as such snd act accordingly. If there were a general movement to refrain from buying meat for th next few week the trust would receive a financial blow that It would probably feel a&4 remember tor , leag time. t SHjlrl ' Makes 1 ff. Breads I Whole-lb-Jfe $ some Makes delicious hot biscuit,) griddle cakes, rolls, and muffins. ROYAL SAKINa POWOIS CO, 100 WILLIAM ST. NCWVOftKs ROOSEVELT'S HOPEFUL SPEECH. Voice of the New Generation Heard at Charleston. Portland Oregoninn. The ringing, hopeful speech delivered by President Roosevelt at Charleston on Wednesday was the voice of th new gen eration. President Roosevelt is in his 44th year; hs was barely g years of age when the first shot of the civil war was fired; he was not 7 years old when Lee surrendered. The thirty-seven years that have elapsed since the civil war have, as President Roosevelt truthfully said, made a substan tial end of sectionalism. There Is nobody left today in the United States on either side whose death would cause either sec tion to waste any time In large funeral honors or heartfelt mourning of rny sort. The statesmen snd the great captains who came out of the great war tor the union holding the hearts of the people are all now dead and with their death both the realistic din and the romantio memory of the great conflict Is extinct Henceforth both sections sr sure to satisfy their passion for trade and present politics undis turbed by the venerable shapes or the warning voices of th great soldiers snd statesmen of 1861-65. We stand oa the threshold of a new departure and we feel it Just as all men felt It when Washington was borne to the tomb, whose living voice and Influence, because of hla great patri otic services served something to break the point of bitter partisanship. The patriotic military fetich was poten tial In both sections for - about twenty years. Its failing powers of invocation were manifest when the country elected Cleveland president, who not only was a democrat, but a democrat who had never concealed his lack of aympatby with Lin coln's war policy. Since 1884 the battle cries of the civil war have not been of any serious political consequence. Harrison defeated Cleveland because of the tariff issue, and Cleveland defeated Harrison be cause the labor vote was cast for the democratic candidate. McKlnley defeated Bryan because of the adoption of free silver st 16 to 1 by the National democracy as part of their creed. During all these years the work of erecting soldiers' monu ments, of founding national cemeteries has been steadily proceeding all over the coun try, but as a political Inspiration the sentiment of the war between the sections Is exhausted. The monuments of conse quence are all erected; the cemeteries completed. The great military and clvio figures of the civil war are all gone to the dark house and the long sleep. The war drums and fifes are no longer part of our political field music. Military and patriotic records are no longer Influential in secur ing nominations to office. The veterans sre not . all of them too old, but they have passed their prims of Influence and cannot hope to be leaders of the new generation to which President Roosevelt belongs and whose glowing hop and courage he voices so vigorously today. The pension list has become so burdensome that war eagle elo quence is no longer equal to whitewashing extortion and vitalising extravagance. The memory and influence of the terrible struggle between the sectlcns is gone or swiftly going with the disappearance of th heroic generation that fought it out val iantly on both sides to the end. - Its genuine romance. Its inspiring realism, its sorrow. Its Joy, its glory and its doom, are practically dead as a potential popular force in politics. President Roosevelt sees all this clearly, and rightly considers it a subject for present congratulation. He congratulates both sections upon the great civilization that the victorious issue of the war for the union preserved for us, fash ioned and cemented into Its present lm roslag ahape. A man of fighting blood, who has proved hlmaelf a stout soldier on the firing line, he nsvertheleaa expects peace, and predicts for the south snd. the whole country en Increased industrial development whoa ' victories sre greater It's Spring It has been spring for some time according to . the calendar if not according to the weather. . When the warm weather does come, youll want to be prepared for it. m : t Now, then, is the time to pick out the new uit from our tasteful and complete lines of ver goods from our own New York factory, ,; Buits, f 10.00 to 25.00. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers R. & Wilcox, Hanacer than those of war. He would not have peace that makes no preparation for war; a peace that will never fight for national honor and self-respect. To such pears he would prefer a warlike episode, like our stormy past, discordant with guns and drums; disfigured by battle, by waste of bleod and treasure. The argument of the president Is that If our peace to come I guaranteed to be a peace with honor; as serted, defended and secured by a willing ness and ability to wage war upon Just occasions, then neither th north nor the south need' regret that tho heroes and the statesmen and other object lessons of our great war for nationality are so longer with us visible or volceful shapes. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Pomervllle Journal: It Is a mistake for a man Just because he Is feeling blue to go out and paint tho town red. : , Philadelphia Press: N. Peck Talk about your trick wheelmen, you should see Meek ley. B. Shrude Clever. Is heT N. Peck I should say.- Why, he can guide, his baby coach through a crowd without touching the handlebar, Chicago Post: "He classed me with th big guns, did he?" - well, he said you were a great bore, and that certainly bears some relation to the big guns." Ohio State Journal: "What have you to recommend youraelfT" asked the man to whom the little urchin had applied for the position of office boy. "Well,' replied the applicant, I don't llko base ball." The boy got the Job. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "There la a beautiful moral lesson to be drawn from all these protests against the severity nt the customs inspectors of New York har bor." "What is It?" "Don't go abroad." Brooklyn Life: "But I can't bear to be Insulted! said the statesman, resentfully. "Well," said the friend, "you should have thought of that before you went Into poli tics. T Washington Star: "No, my boy. you are wrong," said the old man kindly. "No doubt you are doing the best you can, ac cording to your lights, but you cannot make a genius of yourself by letting your hair go long. That may help, but some thing more is needed." Boston Transcript: Mr. Hubbub Some how or other I never succeed In raising flowers that begin to come up to those whose pictures are In your catalogue. Seedsman Oh, those pictures are Ideal drawings. It would be absurd to suppose that nature could accomplish anything so beautiful. THE MAKING OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Edwin Markham, In his new volume of poems entitled "Lincoln, and Other Poems." thus describes the Norn-Mother when She took the tried clay of the common road Clay warm yet with the genial heat of earth: ' Dashed through It all a strain of prophecy) Then mixed a laughter with the serious rtuff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries, -A man that matched the mountains and compelled The stars to look our way and honor us. The color of the ground was in htm, tho red earth; The tang and odor of the primal' things The rectitude and patience of the ro'ks) The gladness of the wind that shakes the corn; The courage of the bird that dares the sea; The Justice of the rain that loves all leaves: The pity of the snow that hides all scars; Tho loving kindness of the wayside well; The tolerance and equity of light That gives aa freely to the shrinking weed As to the great oak timing to the wind To the grave's low Mil as to th Matter horn That shoulders out the sky. ' And so he came. From prairie cabin up to capltol. One fair Ideal led our chieftain on. Forevermore he burned to do his deed With the fine stroke and gesture of a kin. He built that rail pile aa he built the state. Pouring his splendid strength through every blow, The conscience of him testing every stroke, To make hla deed the measure of a man.