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TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902. Tiie DMA i a Daily Bee E. ROG WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVER itGKNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . Klly Be (without Sunday), One Tcdr.f4.00 ii jr h and tlunday, On Year Illustrated Bet. On Year ti Bjnaay hi, una Year t W Saturday Bra, On Year lwenlleth Century Farmer, On Yaar. Lw DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally B (without Sunday), per copy.. c pally Be (without eunaay). par weK- uc laliy be (including Sunday), per wack.lic Iuouay Dee, per copy to .venuif Ue (without Sunday), per week.loc advening ilea (including bunuay), per week lc Complaints of Irregularities In delivery thould be addressed to CtW Circulation 'partmcnt. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha city Hu iiulldlng, Twn-ty-Alth and M street.- . Council UlufTa li feart trt. Chicago--HMo Unity Building. " ' ' r fitw ora Tempi Ceurt. Washing ton oui courtecntb Street. CORKE8PON&ENCJ&' Communlcatlona relating to new and editorial mailer anouiu be audreaaeu: Mmm Bee. armorial Department. BUSlMibbti Lh.llfc.Kri. Bualr.es letter and remittance should be addreaaed: 'In Bee tuousuing Com pany, omana. . REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, ezpreaa or poatat order, payaol to la Bee yuDlianlng Company, cmiy 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of man account, tnraonai checks, except on aVuaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. Una. nam i-UBLlbtUAti COUfAMl. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 0tate of Nebraska, Uougiaa County, ss i (ieorge B Taachuck, secretary of 'Ah Bee Publishing Company, ' being duly aworn, eye that the actual number of full anu complete coplea of The Lally, IHornUig. Kvanlng ana Sunday Bee printed during ice mouia ui Apru, Wi. wu a -ioiiow: 1. i (ti-aWrVW 8U.03O xa si aua k U. HV.MH) 17 a,530 1 U ,S40 U Ktt,50tt ) KU.ttOO XI ..SU.BtM - XX. a,5tM) U 3IV.BOO U... 8V.420 a v,4to M. XU,50 ' XI 3H,WS 3S XU.ftOO ' 2S 3V.6H0 I StU,6UO 4 'maiq I im.euo ,Tao , 7 ...Hu.OlO' t Itl,UM ao.uiv 10 v...2t,4SO II ,....,119.010, K SV,4TU U XU,slO it..: X,MO U 2AhO W aW,titO Toul .aM48 Lata unsold and returned copies... XV.iuf Net total ealea. ST,tai Met daily average itv.xxl UEORQE a. TZtiCHUCtt. Cobscrlbed la my presenoe and storn to por toe ttas sutn cay or Apru, A. u. lWi - ' tSeaL) li. B. HUNQATE, Notary i'ubllo. Tears and flowers for the dead char Uy and sympathy for the living. Each successive Memorial day finds tnore graves to be decorated. Such is the Irresistible decree of time. Now. that the High school cadets in summer camp have been reviewed by the governor, the war , may go on. Omaha people would know that sum mer Is at hand If they had nothing else to go b except the opening of the sum mer recreation resorts. In hunting for an Issue for the coming campaign, the democrats In congress are chiefly fearful 'th'niay unearth some- ' thing they would rather not And. Every public holiday, no matter what the occasion, cinches the argument Stronger that the American people are becoming steadily more and more de voted to outdoor sports. The IJowersock ' 2-cent-per-acre land lease bill has been Indefinitely placed on the shelf by, the house committee on public lands. Hence those steers on the ranges of the cattle barons. Walt till the statisticians begin to figure out how much-King Edward's coronation weighs In dollars and cents, or rather pounds and shillings, In order to answer the question whether It Is worth the money. The Woman's club of Sioux Falls is going to pieces owing to Internal dlssen aton. The Omaha Woman's club has very wisely concluded to adjourn for vacation over the heated season to avoid Internal dissension and external couteu tlon. Memorial day "should be observed not only by the surviving families of war veterans, but by all our people. No more beautiful and Inspiring custom bas ever been cherished thau that which calls for an annual tribute to the be loved dead. While the county attorney Is explain lng his policy on policy, why not ex plain wny he is always struck with visual blindness whenever he passes the boundaries of South Omaha? Most geographies place Omaha and South Omaha both In Douglas county. On the Harrimaa theory that railroad men alone know how to legislate on railroad matters, a legislature composed of railroad magnates and employes will have to be elected whenever the people want new laws, governing railroads and their relations to public and patrons. - Althoughwover a thousand citlsens of Omaha have already paid their taxes on real and personal property for 1002. City Treasurer Hennlngs may still lie found at' the old stand willing to receive in voluntary contributions from all who have been listed by the tax commis sioner. , . Our French guests.wlU have no more cause to complain 'at American hospi tality than did Prince Ueury and his party. The only criticism they will be tempted to pass Is that their hosts shower upu them suh a succession of attentions that they will have to taks a' vacation when ; bey return home to rest up' v ' .. v v (President Palma starts out . with small package of trouble due to the pre mature publication of bis measage to the Cuban xngrea. That la Indeed serious. bpt It will be remembered that the pro ceedings of fxccutlvi sessions of the American senate, sometimes leak, so it shouKI pot b surprising that Amerlcan- examylM axe so quickly copied la Cuba. MKHORUL DAT. This day. eaorwl to the memory, bf the J defender of the union, Invokes the grt-J Itude and app"! to the lore of country of all loyal Amerltsos, Time baa not I Impaired the significance of Memorial I day or weakened the sentiment which It Inspires. We think as affectionately J and as gratefully now as ever of the patriotic men who gave their lives for the preservation of the government and we hold In honor and esteem the teter- ans who survived that mlghtly struggle and are yet among us. The aacriaces they made and the hardshlpsand suffer- Ing they endured are not forgotten and v. e .urrvniun, -"M rapiaiy., passing away ana noi iimiiy i yenrs bence all will have gone to the I eternal camping ground. ? ;. v- Tho rpnnhlln has never ahnwn'inmitt-I , - . tude to Its defenders.,? The American people, more than any other, have al- . ... t.. - i ...I ways nonoreu tne soioiers wno upueia the flag. They do so still and those who I have given their Uvea In a far distant land to maintain the national authority and the men who are faithfully per forming their duty under a tropic sky .will share 1n the homage and respect that are today paid to the dead and the living soldiers of the republic. Tne men who have fallen In the Philippines h.ir n nnimnoarhahlo nlnlm tn he -.i mhWI,. 4.t. I ivUWU.y u.u..u, - - trymen and we shall still honor for their courage, their fidelity and their I patriotism the men who are upholding I ik. no. in thn. luln,la I It has been well urged that Memorial day should not be regarded as a mere I holldav for recreation. It ought to be an Inspiration to the best sentiments, particularly such as tend to strengthen loyalty to the government, patriotism and a sense of our duty as citizens of the greatest of republics. a COMPROMISE BILL rROPOStD I A compromise measure amending the interstate commerce ' act Is ' now' ' pro posed. According to New Tork papers business Interests In that city, which have been co-operating wlth the com merclal interests throughout the conn ty have received reports from Wash- Ington leading them to believe that a compromise will be reached at this ses sion of congress, on the bill to. give .the Interstate Commerce commission en-eater powers.. It Is understood that this com- promise will include the acceptance by Senator Elklns of the chief provisions of the revised Nelson-Corliss bill in ex change for the addition xt a clause au tborlzlng pooling. The revised bill, while permitting pooling, seeks to place about It safeguards and to moke the pooling subject to the Jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce commission, com prebenslve provision being made for this. Aside from this the Nelson-Corliss bill alms to restore to the commission the powers It was supposed to possess and Which It exercised for some years after the act creating It was passed. It pro vides for making the rulings of ,,: the commission effective until reversed by the courts. While It confers no rate making power, it gives the commission authority to correct a rate which bas been found, after full bearlug, to' be unjust or discriminative and gives ample protection, through appeal, from all pos sible injustice. .The Nelson-Corliss bill as originally introduced had 'the sup port of the commission, but whether or not' the commission approves the re vised form with the addition of the pooling provision Is - not known. Per haps It has not . been consulted , In re gard to this feature, though undoubt edly the commissioners .will be asked for. an expression of opinion on ao Im portant a matter, which bas been the crux of most of the dissensions be tween the shipping and the carrying Interests. So far as the shipping Interests are concerned, we think it' may confidently be said that they will be found as . ... a , . o 4im. I euuus.y uu '"' k 1 In the past to legalized pooling, how ever full and comprehensive the com mission's authority over it. The public conviction that it Is unsafe to allow the railroads to enter Into , pooling agreements is undoubtedly' as general now as it has ever been and It Is there fore very questionable If a bill per mitting pooling can be passed In the present congress. The popular opposl tlon to further concessions to the rail roads must be respected and the demand for better regulation heeded. . This is to be effected by strengthening the powers of the commission In the direc tions where these have been shown to be Inadequate. The revised measure still provides for this, but the addition to It of a pooling provision will un doubtedly weaken it with the shipping Interests. It appears very probable that nothing will be doue at the present ses sion. yet congress ought to have the roiirae to meet this Question sanarely S. . nuu clearly require. .O urtRLAP WASTKD. The city tax levy for 1002 ha. now bta made and It can be computed with approximate exactness Just bow mucn money will be available for each.de- 0f natural forces, like that of Mont I private owners i.OOO more, improved tene partment of the municipal government peie- wbich proves how much more mants la this district to the number of 1 200 The Intent and purpose ot the city phar- ier m unug iiuius upou iuo apprupiia- tlona for each specific fund was to keep the expenditures within those limits. No one will question the fact that were twice uie present resources, at hand the money could be spent on pub lic works and Improved service ,wJth more or less beneficial results to ' the public, norttat each municipal depart- ment will be somewhat cramped under the allotment subject o its araxt. , 't neither is there any question that with rareful econamv and Drudence the lew as flxed can be mad. to cover .U. the pressing legitimate demands. Thenar- ment can be cut. accordlug to the cloth and the taxpayers will- - look to ; the various municipal officers to follow the line, of the patter. ' - v - What has been he said with reference to the city departunts. -apiOle with still greater force to the School board and the school fund. The Incfeaser In the assessment roll brought about by the tax fight of the Real Estate ex change baa actually Increased the re- sources of the school board, which will receive another substantial sum, not anticipated, from the Increased State I apportionment. The school board ha been carrying from year to year a colos- sal overlap which has been increasing rather than diminishing. The oppor- tunlty to reduce this deficit is now pre- sented and the board .will disappoint I the taxpayers If the relief Is not I afforded, .J . . ... . I coining is more demoralising ana sutrverslve of economy in tne ex- pendlture of public funds than deficit financiering. The taxpaying citizens of I Omaha aronr n .rlar i If tax I ,. (. .-..v. rate this year . would be of no. real benefit If It merely meant a higher rate I . .1 next year to make good shortages ana deficits. The only way to keep the tax rate down Is to bead off overlaps In ad vance. LUOKIXQ TO THE COBfl CHOP. The financial writer of the New York Sun, In his weekly review of conditions In the stock market, says that the great nd legitimate reason for the upward I tendency of values is the Terr flattering outlook for the (vtiinrrv'a mm crnn anil I " -"IT ' the Improved condition generally of growing grain, tie remarks tnar tne signal and peculiar value of a good corn I crop Hi the 'United -States this year I . I needs no emphasis. Possibly we may I , M . i wneai crup vi uemrcu NX'.OOO.OOO and 000,000,000 bushels, as against 750,000,000 bushels last year, but UCD falling off will be wholly incon- siderable If the corn crop turns out as 11 aow promises. An enormous corn acreage, far exceeding any ever before . .' . . 1 ' . ' . . Known, nas oven yianiea ana tne I weatner nas oeen ail mat couia De a8ked for the germination of the crop, although It was not wholly favorable at the planting season." It Is of course too soon to ludge with any degree of certainty what the corn crop will be, but all present conditions re 80 '""orable " to warrant the hope mat it w in oe aDunaani ana jne reauia- ,,. . t1, , - j.r . ii,.. tlon of this means a great deal for the continuance of prosperity. Nowhere Is this better understood than on the New I 101 owca exenange, A ORUWINQ 1SMSTRT. . The atatlstlca of the irmwth at the shipbuilding industry of the United States during the lust decade are ex ceedlngly Interesting. There Is now in' vested, In this Important Industry over $77,000,000, one-fifth of which is in ship building on the great lakes. - The value -,wwi . . , .. was over $i 4,000,000 and there was paid r I for labor nearly $25,000,000. The Bpe dal census report says that the growth of the' Industry during the last ten years exceed, that of any preceding decade 1 and tne tonnage constructed in tne last I nr.nnu ..ji.rt i n m ioiv .m tuxuuft uij u, iwu, -n on i greater than during any preceding year I In our history with the' possible exeep- tfons of 1834 and 1855, when of course only wooden vessels Were built, -The product' of merchant ships during the decade was largely employed hi the do mestic commerce of the country. .The Industry is still expanding and one can readily understand, what Its possibilities will be when we shall con struct a merchant marine for our for eign commerce, which will certainly In time be done. When that comes the I shipbuilding Industry will expand to two or, three times its present proportions and all the industries which have rela-1 tlon to it Will of course increase -In I eaual degree. An interest that has so large an amount of capital Invented and the Order of the Garter, probably in recog , . .... . . . . I nltlon of the masterly way In which be euiiiwj av uimu mi. v titled to all proper encouragement such as can be given through a reasonable . measure of protection. : , r Th aalln lands In tho tialfrhhArhrWMl I ' " capital city that have scandalised I nianv leelslatures and brought bnmilia- tlon an4 disgrace on many state officials who have paddled In the speculative brine have bobbed up again. A few! years aao one of our. legislatures was prevailed upon to authorise a lease with a prospective beef packing concern that has packed its beef in tne shape ot nay and grain upon lank and lean hungry cows. Now it Is proposed that the state make an outright sale of the sallpe lands to a syndicate that promises to redeem the promise made heretofore of establishing a large packing house on the premises. How extensive or ex- nenalva these cacklne houses are to be Im Tint v'ot trnrmnlrert , linr therA ia evl ' " - dently a good deal more speculation in land In sight than there Is of, canned or refrigerated beef. Whether a legal, title can be conveyed to landa originally set .r..re fnr tha rf-velohnient of the salt lmt is an open question, even if the u ': iT ..... ynaicawt we iui is wa.x u chances of an adverse decision by the supreme court. Science bas made marvelous strides In Ucent years In.unfoldlng the prvtously nijden mysteries of nature, but every I now tnQ then comes a sudden. Upheaval ,c.lt!nc. must achieve before we can fully ynderstand Conaitlons mat surrouuu ub. jt wqj many centuries before any one wm e able to say that we hats satis 1 f actorily solved all the Important prob- I k.ma of earthly existence. I The denial of the chief deputy of the county attorney that he 'would' undsr any circumstance, become a candidate for promotion even If the nomination I were offered him on a .16 to 1 sliver I nlatter mar excite the suspicion that I .v, in.imvnt niav hut no conscientious scruple, against the VlVrJZJXS: tem Mea. I - -, . . - . I With the opening of their new Carne - gie building, the Lincoln library finds that It has shelf room tor, several time. as many books ss It baa to put upon the I shelves. A unrary. puiiuujj s Niui Rhetoric San Francisco Senator Hoar has made a great speech ea the Philippine question snd received the applause of supporters sad opponents. The senior senator from Massachusetts is a gen- tleman whom everybody respects a a man and a senator. He particularly reprraents the conscience of the nation, and If we grant hi premises w must accept his con cluilons. Unfortunately, he cannot escape the faults peculiar to the most estimable class of wn,CB - n is a foremost representative, snl wnom we spesa: or as sympathetic" if w sr Is h to be respectful, emotional" If we rt leM carefu t0 complimentary .and "mushy" if we wish to intimate lack of confidence in their judgment. He assumes nls Tct n(1 accepts sny kind of evldencs 10 "Mia them. Sometimes be does not bother about evidence, as when he says: For the Philippine Islands you have had to repeal the Declaration of independence, For Cuba VOU hn vm hmA to miffirm it n,1 ive it new luster. For the Philippine "'an's you have had to convert the Moh- roe doctrine Into a doctrine of mere aelhsh. nesa. For Cuba vou have acted nn It and vindicated It. In Cuba you have the eternal gratitude of a free people. In the Philip pine Islands you have the hatred and sullen submission of a subjugated people, i From Cuba you have brought home nothing but glory. From the Philippines you brought nome notning or glory. Now. this hrief narvrnti Ant!ne liMii misstatement snd one truth. It Is true that in Cuba we have acted on the Monroe dpctnne and "vindicated" it. If by "vln- "" - """a aenaior mnu uemonsirav r PO"r to enforce it In that case, , hta oth.p mtmtmkmt. th natol. we have not '"repealed" the Declaration of independence in the Philippines, but, on M"8 contrary, nave recognised it tar more illa tka A I A -...a f.ik. I A-. 11 " '-- "-r, V- .L" .2" . vsu niiivsius as uu juuimus u i.u vtasv vi only so far as It serves to bouse the books that constitute the library and to provide facilities for those who wish to consult them. Many a fine library bas been built up in unpretentious quarters . 1 , . 1 A I f 111 anu tue possession oi a oeiDutui iiorary Duuumg can prove irumui oi results only as It stimulates the collection to be stored In It A contributor to a leading democratic paper tersely sets forth the needs of his party as follows In a printed communi cation under Chicago date: yo"ivi"" "!, o' the foolklller first, then new leaders wno wl make ft democratlc platformt a convention in which none but democrats are delegates and candidates who are dem ocrats. If It Is to be anything more than it has been sinoe 1894 sn aid to the r- publican party. Democrat should not allow them- Belve to m,8led ,nto "Ptlng too much all at once. There certainly must be some mistake about that well-defined rumor concern ing the call from Wisconsin to the chan cellor of the Nebraska university. That $10,000 position Is evidently being held : ' , . f. T, mi. n aw HtinAn ntnninnr l'no ron until nn tanall for Superintendent Pearse until he shall be able to come to a positive conclusion whether he can be Induced to remain In 0maha for er ear- - pa ir i to Time. ' - setrMt rTee Fress. Great Britain 'may have peace for the coronation, but even peace will not erase the bloodstains from the veldt. A Startling; FoaatbtlMy. Washington Post. The extraordinary silence of the Hon. Ben Tillman gives rise to the hope that the gentleman may have cracked his cra ter. . - , Seta m Good Kaample. Kansas City Star. Even the United States may learn some thing from Cuba. President Palma. with every temptation to be diffusive, kept his first message within the space of a col umB- Heroiam niarhtir Rewarded. Chicago Record-Herald. The duke of Marlborough has received nanaied his chafing dish while campaigning south Africa. . - Slsas of the Times. The democrats are coming over to the re- . .. . - j . w -. irepuoiican parry so ia. m" J tt will be quite immaterial pretty soon whether the democracy succeeds or fans in "ndln issue tor the next campaign. wicb tk water tire, Xouisvllle Courier-Journal. A theory is that irrigation in the arid flonwl,teTt.Vaf.i7wn,hW.e!n: creaBed. ,t conli be demonatrated that I irrigation would prove a water cure of this kind it would have more friends through out the country, BflNICIPAL. OWNERSHIP. I Bwaiaeaa . Eatereriaee Mai4 r I w cittea. la Great Britain, I 6t.' Louis Globe-Democrat. I Mr. James Boyle, the American consul at Liverpool, an old newspaper man and ...... . U.VI.U. hi. JT S o' t Vu. nle,p,i socialism" as a text in a recent report to the State department. He finds that ninety-nine municipalities in Orest Britain own their street railway systems. ff 5jJf " to aDU" 'uBppl,rf slsctrlcal light. Half the population of London uses municipal gas. Both Glasgow I ,d Uverpool own th their street railways, la Glasgow street rstlwsy fares range from 1 cent to 2 cents. Universal 2 -cent fares Portly be adopted in Liverpool. From TV? W DUiiMi Dremlaes to be rented. Liver- I pool has demollahed S.ooo slum houses and !."poUcy t; bM, w olock. r,aay oi.pceiaed tenanU. I Americans are surprised to find the extent to which the municipal ownership idea has spread out ia Great Britain. Bradford, like Liverpool, owns a hotel; Manchester ewna a ship canal; Alexandra palace, Lon don, Is municipal property; Torquay owns I a rabbit warraa, Colchester an oyster fish- nr. t. Helen's, a stsrUised milk depot, wt H,m a it01l..Bagging factory and I Leamlngto. and Harrogate own Turk lab I baths and give free fireworks exhibitions. I Numerous British cities supply free con- mU f ,amt.i.nt for four j hours' consumption by one burner. When 1 public ownership is taken for a text in the Halted States it U well to admit that the Brltl.h municlpaltti are l"'r Amerle4l Uckw'rdaeM' u the whole i Mtur. and Truth Chronicle. Cuba we have neither affirmed nor denied it. We have simply "vindicated" the Monroe doctrine and left the Cubans to themselves or possibly not quite so much to themselves ss a strict construction of the celebrated declaration might really sug gest. We shall not bsve "eternal" grati tude in Cuba, and if we do not give the Cubans what they are crying for we may not get any gratitude. We have not tho "hated and sullen submission" of a sub jugated people tn the Philippines, but, on the contrary, the very hearty good will of a people who are very much more con tented snd prosperous than they would be if we had left them to cut each other's throats, and who will become ss good American citlsens ss sny Astatic people are capable of becoming If we will only give them as we shall In time give them the commercial rights of such cltliens. In addition to what "glory" we have brought home from Cuba we have brought In our baggage a most Importunate demand from the Cubans that, after freeing them, we should support them. From the Philippines we have brought home the glory of brave deeds, honest administration, sanitary and educational Improvement, a far . greater measure of self-government than they had ever dreamed of and a promise of all that they shall prove fit for. Had we given the Islanders their commercial rights our na tional glory would be wholly undlmmed. Rhetoric has its uses, of which the In culcation of truth is not one. No speech on a political question csn be both rhetori cal and truthful. Why men are so crested as to. be more moved by rhetoric than by plain ststements of fact has never been officially determined. Senator Hosr's speech on the Philippines was an admir able bit of rhetoric. GOD'S PROMISE REDEEMED. Eloquent Memorial Day Addreaa by Colonel Henry Watteraon. Beside the mounde which mark the rest ing place of the union dead In Cave Hill cemetery, Louisville. Ky.. Colonel Henry Vatterson stood three years ago today and addressed the multitude assembled, there, paying the tribute ot the living to the sol dier dead. The dust of soldiers who gave their lives for the liberation of Cuba had been mingled with the soli already sacred, thus Increasing public interest in the cere monies and lending fresh Inspiration to the gifted orator of the occasion. Mr. W'atter son's address was brief, eloquent and en nobling, one of the classics of Memorial day. "The duty which draws us together," he said: "snd the day although appointed by law come to us laden by a deeper mean ing than they have ever borne before, and the place which witnesses our. coming In vests the occasion with increased solemnity and significance. Within the precincts of this dread but beautiful city consecrate in all our hearts and all our homes for here He our loved ones two plots of ground with but a hillock between, have been set aside to mark the resting place of the dead of two armies that In life were called hos tile, the army of the union, the army of the confederacy. We come to decorate the graves of those who died fighting for the union. Presently others shall come to decorate the graves of those who died fighting for the confederacy. Yet. if these flower-covered mounds could open and the brave. men who inhabit them could rise, not as disembodied spirits, but In the sen tient flesh and blood which they wore when they went hence, they would rejoice as we do that the hopes of both have been at least fulfilled and that the confederacy, swallowed up by the union, lives again In American manhood and brotherhood, such as were contemplated by the makers of the republic. "To those of us who were the comrades and contemporaries of the dead that are buried here, who survived the ordeal of battle and who live to bless the day, there is nothing either strange or unnatural in this, because we have seen it coming for a long time; we have seen it coming in the kinship of ties even ss close as those of a common country; in the robust intercourse of the forum and the marketplace; in the sacred Interchanges of the domestic affec tions, but, above all, in the prattle of cbll dren who cannot distinguish between the grandfather who wore the blue and the grandfather who wore the gray. It Is required of no man whichever flag he served under that he make any re nunciation shameful to himself, and there fore dishonoring to these grandchildren, and each may safely leave to history the cast ing of tee balance between antagonistic schools of thought snd opposing camps in action, where the essentials of fidelity and courage were so amply met. Nor Is It the part of wisdom to regret a Uie that is told. The issues that evoked the strife of sec tlons are dead Issues. The conflict, which was thought to be irreconcilable and was certainly inevitable, ended more than thirty years ago. It was fought to Its bloody conclusion by fearless snd honest men. To some the result was logical to others It wss disappointing to all It was final. As no man disputes it, let no man deplore It. Let us tho rather believe that It was need ful to make us a nation. Let us the rather look upon it as Into a mirror, seeing not the desolation of the past, but the radiance of the future, and in the heroes of the new north and the new south who con tested In generous rivalry up the fire- swept steep ot El Caney snd side by side re- emblazoned the national character in the waters about Corregldor, let us behold hostages for the old north and the old south blent together in a union that knows neither point of the compass and has flung its geography into the sea. "Great ss were the issues we hsve put behind us forever, yet greater issues still rise dimly upon the view. Who shall fathom? Who shall forecast them? I seek not to lift the veil on what msy He beyond. It is enough for me to know thst I have a country and that my country leads th world. I have lived to look upon Its dismembered fragments whole sgaln; to see It, like the fabled bird of wondrous plumage upon the Arabian des ert. slowly shspe Itself abovs the flames snd ashes of a conflagration that threat ened to devour it; I have watched tt gradu ally unfold Its magnificent proportions through alternating tracks of light snd shade; I hav stood In awe-struck won dr snd fear lest the glorious fabric should fade Into darkness snd prove but the . In substantial pageant ot a vision; when, lo, out of the misty depths of ths far-away Pacific came the booming of Dewey's guns quickly followed by the answering voice of the guns of Sampson and Shafter snd Schley, snd I said: "It Is not a dream. It is God's promts redeemed. With the night of sectional confusion that is gone, civil strife has psssed from the scene and. In the light of the perfect day that la come the nation finds as the first fruit of Its new birth of freedom, another birth of greatneas and power and renown. "Fully realising the responsibility of this and th duties that belong to it, I, for one. accept It and all that it brings with it and Implies, thankful that. I. too, am sa American. Wheresoever Its stsr may lead I shall follow, nothing loath or doubting 1 jHelP ifl' j and pale, nervous and debili- tated, just recommend our Sarsa parilla. If in doubt about this.askyour doctor if he knows of anything better. S for a lone time. Having used for a great many years, and always with satisfactory results, I recom mended it to my neighbor. The child was quickly cu id, and the parents aW L were greatly delighted." N. K. Dean, (IM. AD Draffftta, though it guide the nation's footsteps to ths furthermost ends of the earth. Believing that the creation " snd "the preservation of the American union the hand of. the Al mighty has appeared from first to last, that His word bas prevailed; that In the war of the revolution and in the civil war the incidents snd accident of bat tle left no doubt where Providence in clined; If the star that now shines over s, at once a signet ot God's plan snd purpose snd a heaven-sent courier of civ ilization and religion, shall fix itself sbove the steppes of Asia and the sands of Af rica, it ehall but confirm me In my faith that 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.' " FIGHTING FOR SOVEREIGNTY. Few Remarks on Senator Hoar's Sonoroaa 4,lteyBOte., " New Tork Tribune. "You are fighting for sovereignty," says Senator Hoar. That is the keynote ot bis arraignment of his government, the grava men of his Indictment of his country. "You are fighting for sovereignty." The sentence has a fine, rhetorical tone. Jt Is ss filling to the mouth and may be aa aatlsfylng to the . mind . as "that - blessed word - Meso- potamla." Yet it la scarcely a charge be fore which the American people will tremble and turn pale. Rather will they be Inclined to thank the venerable Massa chusetts senator for teaching them that word. ' It serves them as sn apt reminder that In more than one or two wars hitherto, of which the memory Is proud snd just, they or their ancestors were likewise fighting for sovereignty." It serves them, too, as a potent and convincing assurance of the justice and righteousness of the work in which they are now engaged In the Philippines. They are not fighting for conquest, or for the imposition of tyranny, or for the lust of gold. They are "fight ing for sovereignty." We are fighting for succession to the only real sovereignty they have known for centuries. For three hundred years before Dewey went to Manila there had been no question as to the sovereignty of those islands. Neither by alien foe nor domestic Insurgent had the legitimacy of Spanish rule been seriously challenged. Without our wish. In the unsought exigency of war, we were compelled to strike down and to expel that Spanish sovereignty. In . the name of justice and reason and decency and common sense, what was there then for us to do but set up another and a bet ter sovereignty tn the place of the one we had destroyed? It would have been an in famous thing to destroy the only sovereignty the Islands had and then abandon them to the anarchy of murder ous Malays or to the spoliation ot what ever alien powers might covet them. There is an ancient parable of a man from whose mind sn evil spirit was cast, but who failed to fill the vacancy with a good spirit; so presently the evil one returned with others more evil than himself and entered in; and the last state of that man was worse than the first. What endless reproach would the United States have In curred had it dealt thus with . the Philippines! We are Indeed "fighting for sovereignty" In the Philippines, ss we fought for sovereignty in 1620 and in 1741, and In 177)1, and .In 1812, and In 1846 and in 1861. We are fighting for a sovereignty every whit ss legitimate as any for which ws fought at any of those times to which Senator Hosr so proudly refers. We are fighting for a sovereignty sanctioned and demanded by International law and by the highest civic morals. We are fighting for a sovereignty which means pesce, order, civilization snd a vastly greater measure ot freedom than those Islands have ever known. We are fighting for a sovereignty which Is nowhere despotic or sordid, but is everywhere generous and beneficent. The anarchist and ' th bandit may regard sovereignty with aversion. Men who be lieve in law and order and justice believe in sovereignty as sn ordinance for the welfare and the progress of the rsce and tbey do not and will not shrink from the record that they ars "fighting for sovereignty." Arrogance of the Coal Traat. Indianapolis News. When the coal operators serve notice thst they have nothing to arbltrste and that un der no circumstance would tbe Civic Fed eration be permitted to interfere, they ahow that tbey have no faith Iq the justice of their csuse. Their attitude Is not a challenge to the coal miners slone, but to the sense of fslr plsy throughout the lsnd. To whst length will the arrogance of the trust lead it? Klna; Cora'a Vast Domain. Bt. Louis Globe Democrat. If all the land plsnted to corn In the United States this year were mssaed th srea would exceed ths British isles, Hol land snd Belgium combined, or four-fifths of the area of France or Germany. In spite of drouth the corn crop last year fell but llttlat short of $1,000,000,000 In vslua. The, favorable reports from the corn fields is good news for th country. STORE CLOSES AT 12 O'clock DECORATION DAY BROWNING, KING & COMPANY. TT.1- .1 ncip inciu iS to help them selves. What better deed? Then why not tell vntir friend who is ill just what Ayer's Sarsa- !l. parilla has done for you ? 0 When you see a person weak Ayer's Sarsaparilla in my own family Spencer, Ind. J. & AYES. CO., Lowell, Mass. PERSONAL NOTES. The late E. L. Oodkln.wss engaged upon a volume of reminiscences when he died. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Hsggsrd, a brother of Rider Hsggsrd, the novelist, has opened a barber shop. King Oecsr II of Sweden and Norway has just asked admission aa a member of ths Aatronomlcal society of Francs. Whenever President Roosevelt goes rid ing he carries with him a losded pistol, which he knows well how to use should oc casion demand. Charles S. Onderdonk of Lamsy, N. M., owns the largest goat ranch in the world. He has as high ss 20,000 goats on his 28,-000-acre ranch at one time. James L. Gstes of Milwaukee bss just closed another large lsnd deal sggregatlng 150,000 acres. This easily ranks as the larg deal for cut-over lands ever mad In the northwest. V.. ! The United States government Is plan ning to secure the ground and tomb of William Henry Harrison at North Bend, O., overlooking the Ohio river, and trans form It Into a burial place befitting that of sn ex-president ot this country. Senator' Hanna and Secretary Cortelyou sre dally in receipt of numerous requests for the autograph of the late' President McKlnley. Both were very close to Mr. McKlnley, but neither had many of his signatures, snd ths few they possessed were long ago given away. Senator Bailey of Texas, now acclaimed at Washington the democratic national leader, ia one year under 40. It was he who wrote for a Texas convention In 1898 the minority resolutions on expansion which have now become the pronounced policy of the democracy. Commenting on the report that - h was going to tbe coronation of. King Edward, General Joe Wheeler, says there is at least one good reason why ne wiir no jo mra thing. "Why," says the little Virginian, "seats at the coronation will cost $1,000 splece. That lets me out even it I wanted to go, which I don't" WHITTLED TO A POINT. Ohio State Journal: She Are you going to church with me today. Henry? He No; It's too confounded hot; I think I'll play golf. Judge: He (American) My grandfather fell at Bunker Hill. She (EngllKh) Oh, what a nretty name for a golf ltnkal But how did he happen to fall? Chicago Tribune: "When I hear a man spoken of as having forty or fifty millions In 'cold cash,' " remarked Uncle Allen Sparks, "I always wonder If he didn't get it by freezing out his competitors." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "They say that old maids would do well to reconcile them selves to fate after they pass thirty." "Oh, I.dunno. Look at the wealthy Baroness Burdette Coutts. Bhe remained a spinster until nearly sixty." "Yes, but It'a all different when you have to." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A rich young woman of Hartford has Just married a motorman." "Dear me, I wonder how he found time to court her?" "Picked her up with his life-saving net, I s'pose, and then proposed to her through the front window. Philadelphia Press: "It's wonderful." said the meditative man. "how one small word, insignificant in Itself, may Induce an endlesa train of thought, speaking volumes in fact." . "Yea," replied the caustic man. "Take the word 'but,' for Inatance, when a woman aaya: 'Of courae It's none of my buatnesa, but.' " Chicago Pont: "Say! that dollar you loaned me was counterfeit." "Waa It?" "It waa." "Then It's the first loan I ever msd you In which there waa no loss to me.". Detroit Free Press: Mr. Stmrmen Is your musical director a man of ability?" Miss Jenkins )h. yes; at our concerts he places all the prettiest girls in the front row." Chicago Tribune: "Thla is the funniest town I ever saw," aaid the unsophisticated visitor, who had taken a drive about the city and waa looking at things from the top of a skyscraper. "How so?" ... "Well, you put gravel on the roofs of your buildings snd wooden pavements or your atreeta. DECORATION DAY. Henry W. Longfellow. Bleep, comrades! alaep and ret . On thla field of grounded arms. Where foe no more milet. Nor sentry's shot alarm. Ye have elept on the ground before. And atarted to your feet. At th cannon' sudden roar. Or the drum's redoubling beat. But In this camp of death No aound your slumber breaks; Here I no fevered breath. No wound that bleeds and achas. All Is repoae and peace; l!ntrampld He th sod; Th shouts of battle ceaao It Is th truce of God. Best, comradea! reat and Bleep! Th thought of men should DO As sentinels, to keep Your reat from dangers free. Tour silent tenta of green We deck with fragrant flowera; Yours has the suffering been. The memory ahall be ours. 4 u