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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1002.
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tSeal.) M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
We shnll presently licnr from
South Omaha Board of Hevlew.
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It looks as If New Jersey hart loaded
up with other troubles besides the
trusts.
McGllton got there with both feet.
The longest pole always knocks the per
simmons. The platform adopted by the Nebraska
republicans will bear a second and a
third reading.
For once Douglas county did not hare
any soiled linen to rinse in the state con
vention washtub.
Nebraska rains not only promote pros
perity, but drown out popocrats who
thrive on calamity.
With the ticket nominated, the next
duty is to make sure of Its election by a
record-breaking majority.
The four Ms Mickey, McGllton, Mor
tensen and Marsh drew the lucky num
bers In the republican gift distribution.
President Roosevelt is pleased over
the action of the Nebraska republican
convention. So are Nebraska repub
licans generally.
The republicans of Nebraska most
emphatically Hdhere to their platform
declaration that public funds shall not
be used for private gain. 1
The republicans lof Nebraska have
sounded the keynote of the campaign
on state Issues for 1902 In their plat
form. Constitutional revision and tax
reform.
Governor Savage has seen the error
of his ways and the convention treated
Dim very gently by commending his
economic administration and recom
mending a state board of purdons.
Councilman Lobeck disdains to be con
sidered as a candidate for such a petty
Office as county commissioner. He will
either be mayor of Omaha in the year
1003 or a private citizen on the retired
list ,
waea republican reporters have to
write up republican conventions for the
World-Herald they muke about as beau
tiful a mess of it as would a hardshell
Baptist preacher at a Methodist camp
meeting.
Colonel Bryan has not even deigned
to respond to the Invitation extended
to him to be present at the Tllden club
Jubilee that is to be inspired by the
oratory of Grover Cleveland and David
B. Hill. Aa neither of these gentlemen
volunteered to attend any of Bryan's
dollar dinners, Mr. Bryan can hardly be
expected to let them hand him a dish.
The census report of the agriculture
of Nebraska estimates the value of farm
property of all kinds in the state at
nearly $748,0O0,0uO. It will be noticed
that there is a wide discrepancy be
tween the census figures and the as
aessment figures. Hut then, too, it will
i rememnerea mat tne census once
credited Omaha with 140.000 population
a third of which could not be located
when wanted.
The formal organization of civil gov
eminent ou the Island of Samar has
been accomplished by the transfer of
uthorlty from the military officer in
command to the acting civil governor.
If any part of the Philippine Islands
la still under military rule the peopl
there have ouly themselves to Mame
Civil government follows pacification
and those who prefer to remain un
pacified have no right to be impatient
of army occupation.
Tin HtrvnucA. btatk ticket.
The republicans of Nebraska have
reason for self-congratulation In enter
ing the campaign of 102 without em
bnrrassment or handicap with regard
to their standard bearers. The party
has emphasized Its platform declara
tions of a year ago by discarding tlme
hnnored usnge nnd plnclng In nomina
tion new men who are known to be in
full accord with pnrty sentiment on the
paramount Issues, state and national.
The candidate for governor, John H.
Mickey, Is a man of proved executive
ability, and business capacity for more
than a quarter of a century, actively
Identified not merely with the commer
clnl, but with the agricultural and stock
raising Interests of the state. He is a
man of broad, progressive views, yet
conservative In dealing with Important
questions of public policy. He Is not
ouly a staunch republican, but he has a
record for practical patriotism as a
union soldier during the war of the re
bellion. For lieutenant governor, E. O. McGll
ton of tills city enters the public arena
with high standing at his profession as
a lawyer and a reputation for integrity
and sound Judgiaent which will enable
him to preside over the deliberations of
the state senate with dignity and de
cision. Should Mr. McGllton at any
time be called on to perform the func
tions of chief executive, he may be de
pended on to cotue up to the full
measure of the office.
The nomination of Mr. Mortensen aa
candidate for treasurer is recognition
of the splendid but unsuccessful canvass
he had made four years ago, when the
mnjorlty against the republican party
was too heavy to overcome.
The other places on the ticket have
been filled by renomlnatlons. As com
missioner of public lands and buildings,
G. D. Follmer has fearlessly hewed to
the line both In the administration of
the state's lands and as a member of
the Hoard of Public Lands and Build
ings. State Superintendent Fowler has
had no superior at the head of the edu
cational system of the state as an or
ganizer nnd an advocute of modern
school methods. Attorney General Prout
has endeavored to discharge the exact
ing duties of his office conscientiously
and to the best of his ability, and Secre
tary of State Marsh has most creditably
discharged the official duties devolving
upon him.
TRK CASH OF MISS TAYLOR.
Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, who was dis
missed about two weeks ago from the
office of the adjutant general of the
army for publicly criticising the presi
dent and the course of the army in the
Philippines, has attained national noto
riety by having the matter discussed
in congress. Representative Shallen
berger of this state first called atten
tion to the dismissal of Miss Taylor
by introducing a resolution in the house
calling for a detailed report from the
secretary of war, the democrats claim
ing that the civil service rules had been
violated in the case. This resolution
was tabled by the house. Wednesday
Senator Carmack of Tennessee, who
had offered a similar resolution, ad
dressed the senate on the subject, con
tending that the civil service law had
been flagrantly violated in this case,
Inasmuch as Miss Taylor had had no
charges preferred against her, nor had
she been afforded opportunity to make
answer to any charges.
The circumstance shows how ready
the democrats are to seize upon any
thing that seems to promise a little
political capital. The fact is that there
was no violation of the civil service
law or regulations In dismissing Miss
Taylor and the democrats are quite in
different to this, except as it furnishes
them a pretext for charging interfer
ence with free speech. It appears that
Miss Taylor bad been persistent in
public criticism of the Philippine policy
of the government for two years and it
became a question whether this should
be longer tolerated. It was decided
that her course Justified dismissal and
she was let out and will stay out, at
least during the present administration.
The civil service law took a large part
of the public service out of politics, but
Mlas Taylor Imagined that she could be
in politics and hold a place that is out
of politics. She was mistaken and has
Incurred the penalty. The democrats
can get no political capital out of the
case.
CCBAJf KXPEADITLRtS.
There will undoubtedly be furnished
in due time full Information regarding
expenditures In Cuba during the Ameri
can occupation of the island. The
preparation of an itemized statement
showing the collection and disburse
ment of all funds la a work requiring
time. A large force of clerkg Is at work
tabulating the figures, which will show
to a penny exactly how the Cuban
funds were administered by our military
government Even with the utmost
diligence and speed, It must be weeks
before this compilation can be com
pleted. It is a mass of statistics the
extent of which can hardly be under
stood except by those who have had to
do with It.
The administration and the repub
licans In congress have no disposition,
as charged by the democrats, to conceal
a single fact In connection with Cuban
expenditures, but they propose that
when the information la made public it
shall be complete and accurate. Much
Is belug said about the liberal payments
made to General Gomez and It has been
alleged that this was done to keep hlny
from stirring up strife during the last
presidential campaign In the United
States. The absurdity of such a charge
Is obvious. At the close of the wa
with Spain congress appropriated $ 3.0UV
001), out of w hlch money w as to be dls
tributed to the officers and men of the
little Cuban army. President McKiuley
believed that for the United States to
neglect them, In their penniless and for
lorn condition, would be an act of almost
criminal folly. Oomes wag the repre
sentative of the army and bad served
the revolutionary cause without having
received a cent of pay. General Wood
and the secretary of war thought he
was entitled to consideration and while
perhaps this was given on a more gener
ous scale than was necessary there Is
no doubt that It served a good purpose.
As to the payment of Cuban funds for
the purpose of promoting reciprocity, we
think there can be no question that it
was Improper, yet there Is no doubt that
General Wood fully believed that In
doing this he was performing a duty
to Cuba entirely In Hue with the obliga
tions of his position. As he has him
self said, he felt that as governor of
Cuba he represented the Cubans and
was in honor bound to defend the In
terests of the Island.
The democratic attempt to make It
appear that the republican party Is dis
posed to conceal anything connected
with the administration of affairs In
Cuba during the American occupation
will fall. The country will be given
the fullest Information as to all that
has been done as soon as It Is prac
ticable to do so and It Is safe to predict
that when this Information shall have
been furnished It will be found to con
tain nothing out of which the opponents
of the republican party can make po
litical capital.
A VIMAND FOR LABOR.
The Indications are that the demand
for labor during the harvest season will
be very much In excess of the supply.
This is now th case In Kansas and
here will be a steadily growing de
mand elsewhere. The most urgent call
comes from California, where the luck
f labor threatens serious consequences
to the fruit crop. Ouly the early fruit
j ripe and golug forward to market
ud the enormous crop to follow is still
growing. A San Francisco paper states
that it Is the opinion of experienced
fruit growers and handlers that half
of this fine crop will rot on the ground
for lack of labor to secure and save it.
This will menn a loss to the state of
about $10,000,000. California also has
heavy hay and grain crop aud an
increased acreage in beets, which calls
for more labor than usual.
There will be employment In the har
vest work of the west for a great dcul
more labor than it now appears will
be available and it is probable that a
higher price will be paid for such labor
than ever before. There are unem
ployed In the cities who might supply
much of the demand, but It Is difficult
to get such to go into the harvest field,
whatever the inducements offered. The
situation shows that there is still room
here for more Industrious people from
abroad.
Whatever our attitude toward con
flicts between employers and their em
ployes, we must deplore resorts to vio
lence with menace to life and destruc
tion of property such as reported from
Paterson, where both sides seem to
have far exceeded the Hue of reason
and the limits of the law. Conflicts of
force like these accomplish no good In
the long run, while they incite the spirit
of lawlessness dangerous to our free
institutions. Examples of this kind
should serve only to Increase the de
mand for more peaceful methodB of ad-
Justing labor difficulties and the solution
of this problem cannot safely be loug
deferred.
If the democrats in congress have any
idea that the attacks upon the American
army constitute an issue with which to
go before the people they will soon be
disillusioned. The resentment against
the detractors of the American soldier
Is plainly exhibited on every occasion
by men aud women of all classes aud
conditions. If the democratic generals
would go before the people on that issue
they would not have a corporal' a guard
of privates to support them.
There is no call for apprehension that
the volcano explorers have subsided
along with the eruptions. They are
simply loading up for an outpour of
descriptions and explanations that will
make a steady stream in the magazines
and periodicals for months to come.
Prospective Mlx-l'p.
Washington Post.
With the republican managers distribut
ing the speeches of democrats and the
democratic managers distributing the
speeches of republicans the campaign is
liable to become contusing.
Senator nay Btrpprd Off.
Boston Transcript.
If It be true that coincident with the vol
canic disturbances In the West Indies Penn-
sylvana has been lifted from two to twen
ty-four Inches above the sea level It must
be reckoned the most remarkable rue In
real estata en record.
Misery Seeks Company.
Indianapolis News.
One good result of the closer communi
cation with South Africa is the reports of
the winter weather, which we get here In
the middle of summer, although It may be
open to question whether such reports are
a consolation of an exasperation.
An Old Reliable Hoodoo.
Chicago Chronicle.
"Our American colonies," vociferates M.
Ettenne, president of the French Chamber
of Deputies, "are ardently coveted by the
United States." Don't you believe it for a
minute, monsieur. We have enough to do
in assimilating some millions of impulsive
and Irritable Malaysians without taking on
a bunch of volcanoes. Soyei sage, Maltre
Etlenne.
Bpeeiae (or Democratic Ilia.
New York Sun.
The democratic party or some consider
able part of It seems to think that It can
heal itself of the wounds It got from free
stiver by making a tremendous pother
about Imperialism and the "atrocities" of
the army In the Philippines. According
to a recipe of Greek folklore a man bitten
by a scorpion can be cured by getting on
an ass' back.
No American Westminster.
Kansas City Star.
It is plain that the deadly ennut of sum
mer in Wsablngton has attacked the con
gressman from Alabama who bas perpe
trated a bill providing for the removal of
all the dead presidents to Washington. Men
will do things of this kind when they don't
know what els to get at. But the preai
dents will not be moved. The place for
any man to rest after "Ufa's fitful fever"
Is over. Is among to people who knew
him best, and where his memory will be
regarded with the greatest affection sot to
speak of charity.
Brare In Driest.
Philadelphia Ledger.
General Dewet'i adrlce to his men to
go home and become loyal British subjects,
Is eminently sensible. They have made
their fight, have won the admiration of the
world by their bravery and endurance, and
have been beaten under circumstances that
reflect nothing but honor upon them, and,
as they can do nothing more In the way
of effective fighting, their only right plan
now Is to resume peaceful relations, and
try to live as harmoniously with their con
querors as possible. By so doing they will
get along very much better than they would
by persisting In regarding themselves as a
beaten but unconquered people.
A Roman on the Bench.
New York Sun.
Give honor unto Justice Brewer of the
Long Island Babylon! He has a high old
Roman fashion, the unpltylng Justice of the
elder Brutus. His cousin, bis pretty cousin
and here be It observed that all your fe
male cousins are or of right ought to be
pretty his pretty cousin was brought be
fore him charged with riding her bicycle
on the sidewalk. She pleaded guilty. The
rigor of the magistrate overpowered the
eympathy of the cousin. He fined the
pretty cousin $3, which she paid like a
man. The Justice may have to make his
relative a fat Christmas present of pro
pitiation, hut he has the noble conscious
ness of having done his duty and of ring
ing Roman yet.
"A NEW HOMESTEAD LAW."
National Irrigation Act Bo Styled by
Its Supporters.
Portland Oregonlan.
The friends of the irrigation law, now he
fore congress, are Jubilant. The bill has
passed the house by a large majority; its
provisions, as Is well known, meet the
warm approbation of the president, who ban
long been outspoken In advocacy of system
atic, Intelligent reclamation of the coun
try's arid areas. This measure Is hold to
embody these ideas, and is regarded by
many as only second in Importance to the
homestead law as, In fact, "a new home
stead law," made applicable to arid lands.
Simply stated, it provides that the govern
ment shall create new rivers through (he
building of reservoirs and main-line canals,
and so regulate the flow of streams already
in existence that their waters will be avail
able for Irrigation during a season of
drouth. Only bona fide settlers will be
entitled to secure land contiguous to, or
dependent upon this newly created water
supply: settlers who are In truth as well
as in declaration of Intent, homeseekers
and homobuilders. These are not only to
reside upon and cultivate the land thus se
cured, but are to return to the government
In due process of time, by a system of de
ferred payments, the entire cost of creating
the water supply which rendered the lands
arable.
It Is recalled In this connection that it
was under a republican administration,
after ten years of bitter controversy, that
the homestead act became a law. The hill
Introduced by the veteran representative
from Pennsylvania, Galusha Grow, was
passed after stormy debate, and received
the signature of Abraham Lincoln. Friends
of the "new homestead law," so-called, and
these comprise the population of the states
of the great plateau, and their name is
legion, declare that the speeches made in
congress in opposition to the irrigation
bill bear a striking similarity to those made
in opposition to the homestead law, prior
to its enactment in 1862. They see In the
proposed irrigation law, merely a modifica
tion of the homestead act to suit conditions
in the arid portions of the public lands yet
to be devised to settlers, and which cannot
be made available without such assistance
as this law Is Intended to give.
Though not reckoned among the arid
states, Oregon has a very considerable area
of arid and seml-arld lands, the reclama
tion of which will add greatly to Its
wealth-producing capacity. A law which
will put up the bars against corporation
ownership of Irrigable lands, and open the
way for settlers to come in and occupy
them as homebullders, founders of schools,
patrons of churches and factors in com
munity life, cannot fail to prove a vast
and Increasing benefit to the state and the
nation. This It is declared the "new
homestead law" will accomplish as the
years go on, and in this interest Its enact
ment is urged.
SHOILD WORK BOTH WAYS.
Suppose the Rule Were Applied to
Corporation Managers?
Baltimore American.
A New York court has recently con
demned a man to imprisonment on account
of his false reports of depreciation on the
financial status of the Brooklyn Rspid
Transit company. That is all right.
Slander should be always punishable.
When a man deliberately assails the credit
of a corporation from speculative motives
be adds a darker hue to bis guilt, no man
should be permitted to scandallre either a
person or corporation for mere mercenary
purposes.
There is another side to tnis question,
however. If a corporation is vicumizea
by the false statements of an individual
there Is an immediate demand to have him
prosecuted. It is criminal, so the corpora
tion's champions claim, to circulate fabrica
tions with the view of hurting the market s
status of a corporation, ine position oi
these champions Is well taken. Does the
rule work both ways however? Suppose
the insiders of a corporation plan a set of
rumors with the view of enhancing the
organization's stock shove its real value;
are they, too, amenable to prosecution?
Slander of the corporation hurts ths cor
poration; exaggeration of the corporation's
profits and successes hurts the public. In
both instances there is an application of
the same principle. To attack the com
pany's credit hurts Its standing because It
depreciates the price of the stocks below
their actual value. To bolster up the com
pany's credit hurts 'he public because it
advances the price of the stocks above
their actual value. If one is to be penal
ized, why not the other? Surely the affairs
of the public are of as much consequence
as those of a corporation. If the law inter
poses Its band and says to a speculative
scandal monger, "Stop, you shall not injurs
the market value of a corporation," it cer
tainly should be equally as diligent In pre
venting a ruthless fleecing of the public.
As between the two wrongs, the latter is
certainly the mora harmful.
The Importance of this Is very manifest
at tals time, owing to the recent swlndllngs
to which the public has been subjected
There have been any number of incorrect
statementa about the excellent condition
and achievements of various companies,
made for the express purpose of inducing
the public to pay mors for the stocks than
the stocks were really worth. In other
words, the public has been allured Into
paying high prices by false representations
These purchases, made on misstatements
by men who conspired to accomplish that
end, have Invariably resulted in big Ansa
clal losses to the public. Disparagements
are wrong because they entail losses and
are punishable; surely false overestimates
sre wrong owing to like consequences and
should be Just as mercilessly prosecuted
The public is entitled to full protection
from all swindling schemes. It matters not
whether they be petty games of the strest
or big games la ths domain of finance.
ROtSD ABOIT SEW TORK.
Ripples on the Carreot of Life In the
Metropolis.
Prior to the strike in the anthracite
coal fields New York City was a hard coal
town. Soft cos! was vigorously hlsck
llsted. But things have changed. The
alleged scarcity of hard coal, together with
an advance In price of $2 a ton, Is deemed
sufficient cauee for the use of soft roal.
So general has this become that a
cloud of soot envelops the city and New
Yorkers are dally and hourly acquiring
knowledge of the value of the human sys
tem as a smoke consumer. The Job Is
not contributing to their peace of mind.
On the contrary, they are decidedly warm
and are vigorously prodding the authorities
for relief. The latter scarcely know where
to begin, so widespread Is the use of soft
coal. The engines of the elevated roads
sppesr to be the most offensive offenders
and the courts have been asked to enjoin
them. If bard coal cannot be had and soft
roal la prohibited, the fire holes of Gotham
will take on a chili and start an epidemic
of walking.
A few days ago there waa a great deal of
Joking at an auction sale of unclaimed
goods at the custom house over a pair of
lace trimmed corsets consigned to Vis
count de Castellane. "Who wants the vis
count's corsets?" demanded the auctioneer.
"Speak up; what am I offered?" There
was silence for a moment, while smiles
overspread the faces of the persons present.
Then a shabby looking man with a white
duck cap caused a lr.ugh by bidding 50
cents. Six bidders gradually drove the
price up to $3, at which figure the corsets
became the property of a well dressed man
who wore a small goatee. The purchaser,
who said his name was Tanszik, expressed
the hope of selling them at a good profit.
Made of white cotton, the two corsets,
which had evidently been made to order for
a man's figure, were the only articles Mr.
Tanszik purchased. Viscount de Castellane,
to whom the corsets were addressed, Is said
to be a distant cousin of the nobleman to
whom Miss Anna Gould waa married.
There In a never-ending delight in a day
trip on the Hudson river. The excursionist
who knows something of the history of the
Hudson valley has a delight that Is denied
to those who merely depend on liie natural
scenery, and the glimpses of towns along
the shore. There Is not a mile of shore
line that does not contain something of
especial value to one who knows the coun
try through which he is passing.
Some years ago there was a great move
ment among the rich men of New York
to own homes on the highlands overlooking
the Hudson from either shore, and many
magnificent houses were erected. Then
came the rush for the seashore, Tuxedo,
the Berkshires; but the tide has again
turned In the old direction. Estates are
being taken up with new enterprise, mag
nificent houses are being erected and ex
tensive Improvements laid out. The action
of New Jersey and New York In saving
the Palisades from destruction has had
something to do with the resurrection of
the Hudson valley. No traveler who goes
up or down this river can be Insensible to
the debt he owes these states for their
action. To have allowed these great cliffs
to be tumbled down and ground up into
street paving, would have been vandalism
carried to the utmost verge of destruction.
"We're having our own troubles with the
trolley octopus out my way Just now," said
the suburbanite, quoted by the New York
Mall and Express.
'It is laying tracks and putting up poles
for a new line. There's a Dutchman, Hans
Oelsler, out there, who owns a little seven
by ten place on the line of the new trolley
route. The workmen began to dig a post
hole In front of his dwelling the other day,
and it didn't suit Hans a little bit, so he
came out and forbade them to continue
work. They explained that they had au
thority from the proper officials, but this
didn't pacify Oelsler, who had made up his
mind that he could not, would not and
should not have the nuisance in front of his
house.
"After a good deal of wrangling the fore
man declared that they couldn't waste their
lime in gabbing, and ordered bis gang to
set to work. Thereupon the Dutchman called
his wife, and with dextrous and unexpected
movement, succeeded in flinging over the
hole the men had begun a heavy plank,
upon which he established his frau.
" 'Now Gretchen,' says he, 'dot ish vare
you standts till I comes me back mlt
eln injunction,' and with many charges
to her not to move from the board till
his return, he departed on a fast trot. The
stolid frau stood like a statue, hands on
her hips and defiance painted In her face.
But no sooner had the old man disap
peared than the foreman directed his men
to take the board, with the woman on it.
and lift it from its place. It was a heavy
tug. but It was accomplished, and with
perfect politeness the corpulent lady was
set to one side, as If she had been a fat
tea urn on a salver.
"The digging then went merrily on, and
while the old lady held to the letter of her
husband's command with silent fidelity, the
men set up a pole. It was well In Its place
when Hans returned in breathless haste,
waving In his hand the coveted injunction.
When he came panting up and saw what
had been done, he was overcome with as
tonishment, first, and then burst out In
wrath:
" 'Vy you not stood on dot hole, alretty?"
he demanded of bis wife.
" 'It vas on dls poard dot you puts me,
ain't it?' she answered, with confidence.
"He looked at her helpless Indignation
for a moment and then cried: ' I vas not
mean dot you standt on dot poard ven dot
hole vas carried avay!' "
PERSONAL NOTES.
The present popularity of the Panama
hat must be torture to Senator Morgan.
While 129 officers of the British army
are qualified as interpreters in French, 106
are similarly qualified in Russian, eighty
one In German, but only one In Dutch.
Permission has at last been given by the
German authorities for women to attend
political meetings. They must sit In special
places, however, and make no speeches.
August von Ende, a pioneer German resi
dent of Wisconsin, is dead. His grand
father was a German nobleman whose es
tstes were confiscated during the Napoleonic
invasion.
When Andrew Carnegie was struggling for
wealth in his early days the only recrea
tloa ho allowed himself was an occasional
fishing expedition. Now that the wealth
has come to blm be is an ardent angler.
Baron Max Oppenhelm. imperial German
counselor of legation, Cairo, Egypt, is In
Colorado as the representative of Emperor
William, to study how the undeveloped
territory of the United States is made to
change to abundant fertility and become
the homes of new settlers.
Pension Commissioner Wars exhibits this
communication, which be received from a
pious Illinois widow, who believes thst
faith without works Is not enough: "Dear
Mr. Ware I am trusting in the Lord to get
my pension, but as I need the money, I do
bops you will give a little help yourself.'
Russell Sage's family and family physi
cian are trying tn convince blm that he
has done his share of ths world's work.
Tbey do not even hope that he will atop at
tending to business altogether; they are
merely trying to have him reduce his work
ing hours to two or three dally, with oc
casional holidays.
AMERICANS I CANADA.
Another Mild Scare for "the I-afWef
the Snows."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Pome timid persons In Canada sre dis
turbed lent the growth of immigration to
the Dominion from the V nlted Slates shall
In time result In the formation of an Amer
ican rarty favorable to the overthrow of
the English yoke and to annexation with
this country. The bulk of American Im
migration is going to western Canada and
apparently la welcomed by the British au
thorities, who are of opinion that the
Americans will seek naturalization so as
to have a voice In the government of Can
ada, and that they are settlers In good
faith and have no ulterior purpose. Ac
cording to the Montreal Herald time was
when Canada was an outpost of Europe,
but now the native born constitute 87 per
rent of the population and dominate gov
ernment and commerce. According to the
ceneus of 1301 the population of the Do
minion was 6.371,051, of whom 4.671,805
were Canadian born. The province of On
tario had 1.951. 788 Canadian natives. 130,000
English, 68.093 Irish and 49.881 Scotch. In
the province of Quebec there were 1.660,190
Canadian born.
Of those not born In the province 20,313
come from Ontario, a number almost a
large as that accounted for by all the Im
migration from England, which Is 20,589,
and almost as large as what Is left of
Scotch and Irish Immigration, 21.618. Tak
ing the country over, of those not Canadian
born, the English born are most numerous,
being 201.283, and those born In the United
States next, of whom there are 127,891.
Ireland stands sponsor for 101,628, sSrotland
for 83,631 and France for 7.936.: Plainly,
the roots are less numerous than leaves
of the tree. "Our fathers rule by con
quest, but we by right of birth."
Undoubtedly the discovery of gold In the
Klondike region gave great stimulus to
Immigration to Canada from the United
States. Many persons by Investigation
found that Canada's climate la not so rigor
ous nor its soil so sterile as they had
imagined. Just as the popular misconception
of Siberia as one vast frozen waste has been
shown to be erroneous. While the mineral
treasures of the Yukon and its tributaries
revived Interest in the Alaskan boundary
line and prompted Canada to Jealous and
unwarranted aggression, it also set on foot
movement for the final and irrevocable
determination of the boundary. This solu
tion, although It Is being slowly approached
Is, nevertheless, Inevitable, and its accom
plishment will serve to put at rest conflict
ing claims and allay friction.
Whether Americans who settle In Canada
will abandon tbelr allegiance to the United
States Is a matter for conjecture. It is al
most without precedent, so far as our citi
zens are concerned. They are tenacious
of their freedom under the flag of the re
public. For that matter. It is characteristic
of tho English, likewise, that they cling
loyally to the land of their birth, and often
it la only after long years of sepsratlon
and when their children and grandchildren
have attained manhood, that they consent
to take out "the papers" that make Ameri
can citizens out of British subjects.
YANKEE BOVRBONS.
Party Platforms and Performances
Respecting; Trasts.
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
When a boy wants to lift a cat it seems
the natural and obvious thing to grasp her
tall. Most children mistake it for a handle
once. Then they approach the cat cau
tiously and learn that the way to pick her
up without getting scratched is to seize
her by the scruff of the neck.
For twenty years now we have been
picking up the trusts by their slippery tails
and all our scars and scratches have not
taught us the right way. We have hauled
them Into court on laws that did not touch
them, before Judges that could not convict
them. Conventions have exhausted the
language of promise, orators of denuncia
tion, and the net result has been nothing.
The problem has gTown, the effort to meet
It has shrunk; for one congress, at least.
was found to enact the Sherman law.
We discriminate now between good trusts
and bad trusts that la all. and we are not
absolutely sure that there is any such thing
as a good trust. But granting that there Is,
it is good simply because It wants to be
or because It believes that goodness pays in
the long run not because It Is compulsory.
And the bad trust is bad simply because
there is no sufficient reason on the statute
books why It should not be, and because it
has some grounds for belief that "the long
run" in America means forever.
Has congress learned nothing in the
twenty years that it has done nothing ex
cept to enact a moribund law? The people
have a pretty clear Idea of the way in
which trusts have been built up. Tariff
and the railroad are the twin breasts
which have suckled them. In the cause
lies the germ of the remedy. Can the
people make their representatives turn
promise into performance, windy theories
into practical laws, and pick up the bad
trusts by the scruff of the neck and throw
them out of the house?
Roosevelt brings ability and willingness
to meet the situation, but he is fighting
cats with canaries. If he fall with the
Sherman law, will congress back him up
with one that will work?
Democrats and republicans alike bristle
and growl and bark at the sight of a trust,
Will they bite?
SOMETHING
The "Comfort" Reclining Swing thai
It's better than a HAMMOCK or a GENEROUS VE
RANDAH ROCKER, for its EITHER AND ROTH AT
PLEASURE. Made entirely of METAL and strong, fancy
colored CANVAS.
04.25
No Hooks,
No Ropes,
Perfectly Taut
and
Thoroughly
Balanced.
IT'S THE LATEST OUTDOOR LOUNGE
Only to Bo Had at Bennett's.
W. R. Bennett Co.,
16th and
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COMPLIMENTS A VALLA NT FOE.
Klnar Edward Retinites the Slanderers)
of the Roera.
Washington Post.
Once more Edward VII has earned tha
admiration of the civilized world and
shown hlmeelf to be a gallant and chlvaN
rous gentleman. In replying, three or four
days ago. to tha addresses of the lord
mayor and the London county council he
took occasion to speak of the Boers ss "a
brave and determined reople" ami to rom
pllment them on the good faith In whlcbi
they are accepting tb situation.
Looking back to the early days of the
war In SouUi Afrlia and recalling the com
menta then made upon the Boers by our
Anglomaolacs at home and the subsidized
Americans abroad how mean and pitiful
their utterances seem compared wlih tho
generous tribute England'a king has Just
paid to the greatest and most splendid
fighting men the world haa ever seen! Wa
recall the vile campaign of slander and de
traction, of brutal and contemptuous dl
paragement, of cruelty and false witness,
waged against those indomitable patriots
by the emissaries of Chamberlain's pawn
brokers and by the chorus of eager Ameri
can toadies ready to sing to any tune they
thought would please England. There waa
nothing too false or venomous by stupid
to say about the Boers In those disgraceful
days. They were barbarous, dishonest,
swinish, cowardly. It was a duty to the
cause of civilization and human progress
to exterminate them. They cumbered the
earth and England bore aloft the white
banner of righteousness in Its enterprise
of conquest and exaltation. Wby. the mere
memory of that carnival of wickedness is
sickening, even at this late day.
But the king bas now shown them how
gentlemen feel toward a gallant foe and
haa set the example of chivalrous speech
concerning them. If It be possible to in
ject knightly grace Into a flunkey's soul
of wblch we have strong doubt this ut
terance by Edward VII kbould benefit the
generation.
LINES TO A LAI tilt.
Detroit Fre Tress: Kraft The boss has
promised to give ma a raise in my salary
next week.
Newltt Sorry, old man, but I haven't got
a cent to lend.
Chicago Post: "What do you think about
that man's boastful assertion that hie word
In as good as his bond?"
"I regard It as a very obliging warning
to anybody who might be thinking of tak
ing his bond."
Philadelphia Press: Jack Miss Ooldman
and I are strangers now. I've been told
not to call there again.
Tom Ah! I suppose the young lady's
papa had a hand In that.
Jack Well, er not a hand exactly.
Philadelphia Press: Teas Did ynu see
May when she delivered the valedictory
at her college commencement?
Jess Yes. and It certainly waa lovely.
Teas That so?
Jeas Yes, it was Just a plain mousseJlna
de sole, but so stylish.
Washington Star: "I am glad to hear
you say that nothing would persuade you
to sell your vote."
"It would be foolish for me to do so"
answered Senator Sorghum. "There would
be no excuse for my selling. What I nl
waya wanted to do was to buy more."
Detroit Free Press: Sqiiildlg T observe
that Oeneral Dewet has surrendered.
McSwIlllgen I see; De-wet has come In
out of de rain.
Chicago Tribune: Wife of Eminent Phi
lanthropistMy dear, what were you think
ing of? You gave that poor man only It)
cents.
Eminent Philanthropist I know It.
Amanda. It will be 110 when It gets Into
the anecdote columns."
Philadelphia Press: "I did have a trade
onct, ma'am," said the tramp, "but I gev
It up for a profession."
"And why didn't you stick to the pro
fession?" "I am stlckln' to It. I'm a miner by
trade and a striker by profession."
JINK RRIDES-TO-BE.
, i
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
Within her eyes there is that queer ex
pression So frequently described as "far away;"
She sighs anon, a softly breathed confes
sion That filmy fears across her love-ekles
play.
At times a smile will o'er her fair faco
flutter
A half-forced smile that's quickly doomed
to wane
Then will her ripe lips move and she will
mutter
A namn, then coax the smile to coma
again.
And try, while thinking: of the darling boy.
To make herself believe she's full of Joy.
The future! Ah! If she could pierce Its
veiling
And read tha page on which her life la
spread !
Will favoring breezes grant her smoothest
sailing,
Or will the storm-clouds gather o'er her
head?
Will he be true and constant to her ever?
Has she In fancy plcturl him aright?
Will theirs be love that death alone can
sever.
Or is It passion that may soon take flight?
8he tells herself she la a fool to fretl
She knows she's all in all to him and yet
She hears a ring! She knows who pressed
the button!
She files with smiles to meet him at the
door,
And once again she feeds llko eager glut
ton Upon the story told her oft before.
The clouds have gone and every doubt has
vanished.
She feels no traces of her late unrest.
The fears that so oppreaued her have been
banished
As lies her trustful heed upon his breast.
She feela she'll never doubt his love again
But soon he's gone and she's alone and
then
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