TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902.
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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
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tude to Its defenders.,? The American
people, more than any other, have al-
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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,
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Slsas of the Times.
The democrats are coming over to the re-
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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
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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
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(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
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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.
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