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Now for the bandages and liniments.
Ifa all In the spelling. Piece work
plays havoc with peace work.
Nebraska corn celebrated the Fourth
by shooting an Inch or more out of the
ground.
Agulnaldo may congratulate himself
that he has been treated better than he
deserved.
To the recalcitrant Filipinos: Step up
to the counter and get a certificate of
amnesty under Uncle Sam's great pre
mium offer.
The small boy and the giant fire
tracker are now engaged In presenting
another series of living pictures illus
trating that well known classic, "Before
and after."
July Fourth Is the most trying day In
the year for the fire department men.
Without the ever-ready fire laddies the
cost of celebrating would be multiplied
several timea over.
' Fut down the Plnkerton yarn as a fake
pure and simple. No more rinkertons
will be Imported Into Nebraska by any
railroad company. The Burlington strike
and the legislation growing out of It set
tled that for good.
The Bee observes three holidays an
nually by Interrupting the publication of
lta evening paper for the day Fourth of
July, Christmas and New Tears. The
morning paper is published every day In
the year without Interruption.
. Just to remind us that they are still
enlisted for the fray, Nebraska prohibi
tionists have Issued a call for a state
convention to bi held August 7. It will
take more than this, however, to make
people believe the prohibition Question
la a live issue In this state.
Bull fighting In Oklahoma must be
very much like boll fighting In South
Omaha. Everyone connected with the
enterprise Insists that the bulls run no
vmore risk of barm than the spectators
and that the entertainment Is as Innocu
ous as a Sunday school picnic
Tha Louisiana Purchase exposition
has now been postponed by official
proclamation of the president Had
President Jefferson only been advised of
It he might have postponed the purchase
( the Louisiana tract so as to make the
100th auniversiary come at the tight
time.
The Jacksonlana have ratified and the
County Democracy has had a ratifica
tion, bat the Peter Cooper club has not
yet come to the front Candidates on
the fusion ticket should take due notice
and ooma down to Omaha at once pre
pared with a signed and sealed docu
went embodying the customary assur
ances of recognition In the distribution
of the pie.
1 Our amiable popoeratio contemporary
till Insists that we broke faith with
Agulnalrta notwithstanding the fact that
Admiral Dewey has testified under oath
that no pledges whatever were made to
Agulnaldo that could be broken. When
It comes to a question of veracity be
tween Admiral Dewey and Agulnaldo,
the American people will prefer to be-
lteva Admiral JDewey,
Tha next meeting of the Transmissis-
glppi congress has been called with St
Paul as the meeting place. The biggest
credit mark on the record for the Trans
misslsslppl congress Is that made by the
priglual resolution for a Transniisslsslppl
exposition, which materialized with such
great success at Omaha in 1SUS. The
TransmUslsclppl congress has not scored
before fur that notaM event.
STILL AT TI1Z1R GAME OP BC.VCO.
The railroad tax bureau persists In
keeping up Its game of buuro by whlrb
It Is trying- to moke the people of Ne
braska believe that. In comparison with
other taxable property, rnllrond property
has been assessed altogether too high
notwithstanding the fart that the rail
roads hnve notoriously controlled a ma
jority In every assessing board since the
first mllo of railroad was built In Ne
braska. The latest bulletins, Nos. 17 and 18,
are. If u h a thing could be, more misleading-
and deceptive than any of the
bulletins previously Issued. It will be
remembered that In a previous bulletin
the railroad tax bureau has asserted that
the railroads pay 13 per cent of the
taxes of Nebraska, which, If true, Is still
out of all proportion because the rail
roads represent fully 25 per cent of all
property values In the state. As a mat
ter of fact, however, the 15 per cent
claim holds good only for a few sparsely
settled counties.
According to bulletin No. 17 the aggre
gate assessment of .Douglas county was
$21,745,072 in 1800 and the railroad and
telegraph property altogether was as
sessed for $ "13,020. Fifteen per cent of
that amount would be equal to $3,201,805
instead of $713,020. Instead of paying 15
per cent of the valuation in Douglas
county the railroads paid on only 34
per cent in 1000.
In 1001 the aggregate assessment of
Douglas county was Increased to $22,-
8S1.792 and this year the aggregate will
exceed $25,000,000, while the railroad as
sessment for 1902 Is $745,531, or less
than 3 per cent of the total valuation In
stead of 15 per cent. And this notwith
standing the fact that within the past
wo years the railroads have expended
over a million dollars In enlarging and
Improving their trackage and terminal
facilities and building viaducts, and last.
but not least, that the west half of the
Union Pacific bridge, which was
formerly assessed at $125,000, has been
dumped Into the general pool at a mile
age rate equal to $1,508. N
Yet the bureau fog distributers still
assert that the glaring discrepancies and
flagrant discrimination can be readily
explained by the process of distribution.
In view of the fact that the railroad as
sessment has shrunk in every county of
the state, while the railroad earnings
have enormously Increased and the
value of railroad stocks has doubled and
trebled, the mystery of distribution
would puzzle even a Philadelphia
lawyer.
The juggle with figures and persistent
imposture is strikingly shown by bulle
tin No. 18, which tries to Institute com
parisons between the tax paid by three
or four insignificant branch lines In Ne
braska with branch lines Of the same
class in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Mich
igan and Maine. The figure mixers of
the tax bureau may be able to fool some
people some time, but they can't fool all
of the people all of the time.
Tha pflllmndn of Wisconsin nnv taxes
not on their assessed tangible value but
upon their gross earnings. The' trunk
lines pay 4 per cent of their gross earn
ings and others a less rate. For the
year 1002 they will be compelled to pay
an aggregate of $1,650,000 into the state
treasury for distribution and the tax of
$0 per mile of the Marinette & Wiscon
sin road cuts no figure in the general
proposition, although it Is decidedly cool
as a citation.
The corporations of Pennsylvania pay
a fixed royalty, or license, for their prop
erty and franchises, and the aggregate
received from the corporations more
than pays the entire expense of main
taining state government.
In Michigan, as In Minnesota, the as
sessments of railroads are according to
their' earning capacity. The railroads of
Minnesota paid $1,058,000 into the state
treasury for 1001 and this year an In
crease to 4 per cent will be voted, so
that In 1003 they will be compelled to
pay over $2,210,000 into the state treas
ury exclusive of taxes paid on properties
outside of their right-of-way, or double
the amount of taxes paid by the rail
roads In this state, assuming that their
claims and figures of taxes paid are cor
rect. PSACJC IX THE PHILIPPINES.
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The announcement of Acting Governor
Wright that civil government has been
established over all the civilized people
of the Philippine archipelago and that
acceptance of American authority and
general pacification are complete, was
most welcome news, though not alto
gether unexpected. The Insurrection
practically ended several weeks ago,
when one of the most influential and ac
tive of the Insurgent leaders surrendered
and there only remained for the comple
tion of pacification the establishment of
civil government in a single province,
That was accomplished five days ago
and brought .under American authority
all the civilized people of the islands.
This consummation terminates mili
tary rule In the Philippines and places
full power in the bands of the civil au
thorities, to be exercised as provided In
the act of congress approved July L
Hereafter the military will be every
where subordinate to the civil author!
ties, just as la the case in the United
States. General Chaffee's functions In
command of the troops In the Philip
pines will be just the same as the func
tions of a department commander here
that hi to say, the troops will be em
ployed to enforce the mandates of the
civil government only when the con
stabulary and the other civil forces are
unable to cope with the situation. In
the establishment of civil government
the Filipinos are given liberal recognl
tlon, which will be made more liberal in
the future. The purpose of the legists
tlon of congress is to give the natives of
the archipelago large participation in
the administration of affairs. They will
after a time have a voice in legislation
and they will be appointed to positions
of responsibility In the goverumeuC In
a word, the policy Is to advance the Fill
plnos as rapidly as possible In a knowl
edge of civil government according to
American principle and there 1 atery
Indication of a willingness on their part
to learn.
The pacification of the archipelago Is
very properly slifnallied by the granting
of amnesty and pardon to all who par
ticipated In the Insurrection and all po
litical offenders. This gives liberty to
Agulnaldo, who has had a very com
fortable time ai a prisoner, and to the
men who were deported to Guam for
having given, after they became prison
ers, aid and comfort to the insurgents.
A condition of the amnesty and pardon
is that those accepting shall take an
oath of allegiance to the United States,
which it Is probable none of them will
reject The president most appropri
ately Improved the auspicious occasion
to thank the army for the great work it
accomplished, thereby expressing, as
stated in the order of Secretary Root
the sentiments of all the loyal people of
the United States.
With peace restored in the Philippines
there should soon ensue an Industrial
and commercial improvement that will
give prosperity to the Islands and con
tentment to the people. The provision
of the act of congress relating to fran
chises Is perhaps less liberal than could
be desired, for attracting capital but
nevertheless It is to be expected that a
considerable amount of capital will now
seek Investment there and that develop
ment of the resources of the Islands will
make steady If not rapid progress.
SPSAKKB UEUDCRSOys POPULARITY
Advices from Washington are to the
effect that Speaker David B. Henderson
will take an active part in the Impend
ing congressional campaign in response
to the urgent demand of the campaign
managers, who have decided to assign
him to stump all of the close and doubt
ful districts that can be conveniently
reached. The requisition upon Speaker
Henderson for assistance In the cam
paign Is the best answer to the critics,
both republican and democratic, who
have insisted that Speaker Henderson's
popularity has been waning and that he
has lost his grip not only upon his asso
ciates In congress, but also upon the peo
ple at large.
A few months ago evidences were at
hand of a systematic and organized ef
fort to discredit the speaker throughout
the country by threats of opposition at
home and alleged revolt among the re
publican members in the house through
certain organs professing to represent
both political parties. Nothing was
omitted to bring the speaker into a false
light by holding him up aa an arbitrary
tyrant wantonly blocking meritorious
measures and interfering with the execu
tion of the administration policy. That
the inspiration for these attacks could
be traced to certain large special Inter
ests, which hoped to benefit by legisla
tion of questionable character in whose
way the speaker had taken a firm stand,
was all along apparent This is made
more patent now with the adjournment
of the session, at whose close the mem
bers of all parties Joined in testifying to
the fairness, emciency ana aDiiuy ei
their presiding officer.
Instead of being discredited. Speaker
Henderson is, without doubt the real
leader of the house wielding an influ
ence not excelled by any of his prede
cessors la the speaker's chair. When be
goes upon the stump in support of re
publican principles and policies he will
command public confidence as could no
other member of the house.
In his Fourth of July pardons Gov
ernor Savage has again overlooked the
provisions of the law, intended to hedge
about the indiscriminate exercise of ex
ecutive clemency. The law, conferring
on the governor the power to grant
Fourth of July pardons without the cus
tomary hearing upon an application of
which due public notice has been given,
reads, 'that on the 4th day of July In
each year the governor of the state may
in his discretion grant and issue an un
conditional pardon to two convicts in the
penitentiary, who have been confined
therein for ten years or more, and whose
conduct while incarcerated in the peni
tentiary has been such as to entitle him.
or her, to the benefits of the good time
act." None of the three men liberated
by Governor Savage has been confined
in the penitentiary for ten years, and
only one of them was serving a sentence
that would have kept him there longer
than ten years. Governor Savage will
probably seek to Justify his action on
the theory that what he has done is not
to lssus a pardon, but to commute a
sentence, . and that the latter does not
require a formal application and hear
ing. That the law makers had no such
Intention, however, does not have to be
argued.
The editor of the Railway Age, who
says that in point of railroad prosperity
the year 1002 has so far been the most
remarkable period in fifty years of rail
way history, must have missed all those
hard luck statements Issued by the Ne
braska railroad tax bureau to prove that
the railroads cannot today afford to pay
taxes on as high a valuation as ten
years ago. Before he reviews the rail
road - situation again the editor of this
great railway journal should call in the
tax bureau bunco eteerers and let them
convince him that the roads are all going
to wreck and ruin.
Georgia democrats have neglected to
Incorporate a specific declaration of
fealty to Bryan and the Kansaa City
platform Into their state platform this
year. Georgia, by the way, is the home
of the chairman of the national demo
cratic congressional committee, whose
selection for that position by his fellow
congressmen was hailed as a personal
victory for Mr. Bryan.
Omaha is pretty well supplied with
charity institutions of various kinds.
What it needs is co-ordination of these
institutions that will prevent them from
duplicating one another" work. Tbe
aim should be to reduce tbe cost of ad
ministration to the lowest possible per
cent so that tha largest pax) of tha char
Ity contributions be devoted to actual
relief work.
Jaley Balaaee Sbeet.
Indianapolis Journal. .
The excess of governmental receipts over
expenditures during tte fiscal year Just
closed was I9J,192,S90. This Is the largest
revenue surplus in fourteen years.
A Peerleaa Hlat. .
Minneapolis Times.
Mr. Cleveland Is emected ttt tnika at
least one sneech In tha Kew Vnrfe earn.
palgn. It the Empire stats goes overwhelm
ingly republican next November there is aa
editor out In Nebraska who will know ex
actly wbat did
Hot a Pleasant Proapeet.
Baltimore American.
In case the Coal trust Is treated to a
governmental' Injunction, then those who
see their meat bills retaining the same
glgantlo proportions so consistently will
throw up tbeir bands In despair at contem
plating tbe prospects for coal prices next
winter.
Giving Favlth Haack,
Washington Post.
Pension Commissioner Wars exhibits this
communication, which be received from a
pious Illinois widow, who believes that 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
hope you will give a little help yourself."
A Repabllo Imperilled.
New Tork Mall and Express.
The strange news is cabled from Paris
that "tbe gams of poker has ejected piquet,
ecarte and three-hand whist to such an ex
tent that the government Is manufacturing
packs of cards with a Joker." If the French
bavs gons to playing poker with a Joker In
the deck, men who knew tbe gams will look
no further for the causes of tbe next revo
lution.
Making Too Maieh of Aral.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
In the course of bis testimony before the
senate committee Admiral Dewey said to
Mr. Patterson, populist-democrat of Colo
rado: "I tblnk you are making altogether
too much of Agulnaldo." This Is true not
only of Senator Patterson, but of a good
many other so-called democrats In and
out of congress. If the democratlo party
even the democratlo party of Messrs.
Bryan, Patterson and others were In power
today Agulnaldo would be treated with as
scant courtesy as was shown to Billy
Bowlegs la tbe everglades of Florida many
years ago. The attempt to make a George
Washington out of this contemptible little
plunderer and assassin has been a dismal
failure and men of sense ougbt to be
ashamed of tbe part that they bave played
in it.
Dewey as a. Writer of History,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"This has never been printed." said Ad
miral Dewey. "It Is a part of the history
that I was reserving to write myself."
These casual words spoken by the admiral
In the course of his statement may be few
in number, but they are full of Interest.
For, to begin with,' Admiral Dewey Is to
write a history! And, again, there are still
luscious savors from the Manila campaign
that bave not yet reached tbe public!
When his promised history appears, It Is
to be hoped that the story, ridiculed In
some quarters and utterly denied In others,
that the admiral ott that historic May
morning ordered his1 men to stop fighting,
for breakfast, wlll .be there. Whatever
else it may contals, if tbe admiral's his
tory vindicates tht' romantic tale of so
dramatic an incident,' It will have been
worth waiting for,
Absurd Libel Salts.
Leslie's Weekly.
Tbe recent decision of Justice Gaynor of
tbe New Tork supreme court that it Is not
libelous to publish of a person that be has
consumption or that he once had it, may
well serve to call attention to the need
of more liberal treatment of the news
papers in libel legislation. It ougbt not to
be possible to bring a newspaper owner
into court on a charge so manifestly ab
surd as that upon which Judge Garnor's
decision was passed, involving, as such ac
tions always do, a great amount of annoy
ance and expense to the accused party,
even if be Is acquitted, as in this case.
Newspaper publishers bave sufficient dif
ficulties to contend with In tbe regular
course of business, without being subject
to tbe harassment and loss of time and
money consequent upon libel suits having
no basis in Justice or common -sense.
INTERNAL IRRIGATION.
Extent nnd Value of tha Liquor Busi
ness In the L'nlted States.
Philadelphia Ledger.
From Census Bulletin No. 180 some no
tion may be got of tbe extent of the liquor
business by the mere statement that for
the year ended May SI, 1900, the sum of
1467,(74,08.7 was employed as capital In the
production of malt, distilled and vinous
liquors in the United States. The number
of establishments far the three classes of
liquors was 2,835, which manufactured
1,825,358,094 gallons of liquors, valued at
1384,000,600. The total estimated home con
sumption, allowing for the excess of ex
port ever imports, was l,S22,16t,86 gallons,
or over seventeen gallons for every man,
woman and child In the country. Great as
domestic consumption appears to be it
should be noted that tbe distilled liquor
produced and consumed is small In com
parison with that of the malt product, con
slating of beer and ale. For tbe census year
there were manufactured of the distillates
103.330.423 gallons only, against 1,198,802,
104 gallons of malt liquors and 23,425,647
gallons of wine. Moresver, while the value
Of tbe malt liquor produced increased in the
decade from 1182,731,622 to 1237,269,718, or
nearly 30 per cent, tbe value of the distilled
liquors shows an actual decrease from f 104,
187.869, In 1890, to S6.79S,43 far tbe year
1900.
Illinois, with an output of 83,508.433 gal
lons, was ths leading producer of spirits.
Kentucky was second, with 31,709,873 gal
lons, and Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Maryland followed In tbe order given.
Pennsylvania's product for tbe year named
was 7,189,(65 gallons of spirits. Tbs lead
ing statea In tbs production of malt liquor
were, In the census year: New York, with
9.693,085 barrels, valued at $5(,137,854;
Pennsylvania, 4.(48,173, valued at $29,162,743,
and IlMnols, Wisconsin and Ohio In tbe or
der named, each with a production of over
1,000,000 barrels for tbs year.
The bulletin says, as the statistics show.
that the brewing Industry bas bad "practl
eally an uninterrupted growth" for tha last
half century. In the malt liquor Industry
during the census year there were 1,609 es
tablishments, wltb a capital of 8415,000,000,
"employing 39,531 wage earners and turning
eut a product valued at more than 1217, Ooo,
000, but even In the brewing Industry, where
tbs increase U large, ths rats of increase Is
much less than during previous decades.
For instance, the increase In tbs valus of
ths brewery product from Ui0 to 1900 was
less thaa 30 per cent, while tbe increase in
tbs two previous decades waa about 80 per
cent; from 1860 to 1870 it was 1(1 per cent,
and during tbe decade 1850 to 18(0 the In
crease was 173 per cent. Tbe estimated
domeetlo consumption of seventeen gallons
per capita makes it appear that we are a
nation of drinkers, but this Is much less
thaa tbs coasumptioa la England and other
countries of Europe, and ths poisonous
liquors which are said to be sapping tbe
OTHER LANDS THAN OmS.
It is confidently predicted In the most
recent writings on Poutb Africa that the
revival of the Rand gold industry will be
fore long be followed by the creation of
extensive coal and Iron industries, as well
as by a considerable development of agri
culture. If these predictions are well
founded, and If the latest estimates of the
extent and value of the Transvaal gold
bearing regions are substantially correct,
that colony will be by far the richest and
most Important member of tbe comtng
federation. This Is an additional reason
why it should contain the new capital of
South Africa. Whether that aball be Pre
toria or Johannesburg cannot be known
just yet, but, according to reports and dis
cussions, Pretoria has ths better claim. It
bas already been a capttal, Is so near Jo
hannesburg that the Utter s slie and wealth
are less important than they would be If
Pretoria were distant, and for many reasons
would be more acceptable to the prejudices
of the Boers.
Paris newspapers sre disposed to mini
mize the Importance of tbe renewal of tbe
triple alliance between Germany, Austria
Hungary and Italy. This, however, Is but
natural, and may be regarded aa a cloak
wherewith the French politicians seek to
bide their disappointment at tbe failure
of their efforts to coquet with Italy and
tempt ber to desert her old allies for a
friendship with Russia and France. Con
ditions in-Italy. rather favored tbe plans
of the Paris snd 8t. Petersburg diplomats.
There was a growing feeling of resentment
against a German tendency to put heavy
customs duties upon Imports from Italy,
some mistrust of the actual power of the
triple alliance because of the Internal dis
sensions of Austria-Hungary, and dissatis
faction -with the requirement to maintain
a large standing army and a good navy
In the face of Italy's heavy debt. All these
factors, when taken with tbe existence
of a considerable party that has always
been opposed to ths alliance and wltb the
reported pro-Russian activity of Queen
Helene, gave rise to a belief In some circles
in Europe that the alliance would be do
serted by Italy. Berlin diplomacy baa, bow
ever, triumphed at the Qulrlnal, and tbe
moves upon Europe's chessboard Will con
tinue to be played from tbe same points
as for several years, with the Zwelbund of
France and RusBla watching tbe revital
ized Drelbund, and both together endeavor
ing to maintain tbe peace and commerce
of Europe. ,
According to all reports, the domestic
political situation with which Chancellor
von Buelow finds himself confronted In Ger
many Is peculiarly embarrassing. His offi
cial tariff policy baa alienated tbe lib
erals, the Polish policy bas Incensed the
clericals, while the conservatives feel
themselves rebuffed by tbe manner In which
he declined to listen to tbelr arguments In
the Prussian Diet in favor of duties on
grain still higher than those which the
imperial tariff bill proposes. In this last
instance the chancellor might easily have
avoided all offense by sheltering himself
behind bis official position and declining to
answer any questions on constitutional
grounds. He adopted a more aggressive
course and so stirred up additional ani
mosities. As a natural consequence of'bls
political disagreements, be bas been as
sailed on all sides by the opposition press
of every degree. All this bas Induced him
to accuse bis critics through the lip of an
associate of pessimism. For this, be says,
there la not the least Justification. In fact,
Germany, of all tbe great powers, alone
has cause for content. England, France,
Russia and Austria-Hungary all have press
ing troubles of tbelr own, from which
Germany Is happily free, owing of cburse
to his enlightened policy.
According to the latest reports from St.
Petersburg, several prominent literary or
scientific men, expelled during tbe last few
years for political reasons, bave been al
lowed to return. This bas created an im
pression that tbe new minister of tbe in
terior, M. Plehve, wishes to adopt a pol
icy of conciliation. It Is said that one
of the first things which be did on bis
appointment was to ask for a list of all
those who had been exiled from tbe prin
cipal cities during M. Blplagulne's thirty
months of office. Ths total is said to have
reached 60.000, including workmen sent
back to their villages. M. Plebvs was as
tonished, and at once recognized the danger
of scattering such a number of disaffected
persons smong the villages. The dis
orders in the governments of Kharkoff
snd Poltava were mainly the work of stu
dents expelled from tbelr universities and
sent to live In the country. Since tbe mur
der of M. Slplagulne and tbe appointment
of M. Plebve as bis successor, many of
tbe professors, doctors, lawyers and writ
ers who bave been expelled bave been ad
vised to petition for reconsideration of
their cases. The return of some of them
proves that ths petitions get a favorable
hearing. It is thought, however. In St,
Petersburg that any efforts on the part of
M. Plehve to Introduce a more liberal
policy will be blocked, or at all events
greatly hindered, by the Influences which
for so long supported the reactionary pro
ceedings of M. Slplagulne. Lately quiet
has prevailed in the capital, but rumors
of disturbances In the provinces continue
to be frequent.
see
eidl-All, the bey of Tunis, who died re
cently, was a benevolent despot somewhat
on tbe order of the renowned Haroun-al-Raschld
of devoted memory. Although
Tunis Is now and has been for many years
a dependency of France, Sidl-AU reigned
la fact as well as In name, for tbs French
left to him supreme authority over the
native population. He was 85 at the time
of his death, and left behind htm the repu
tation of having been one of the nobleat
of his kind. It was through bis wisdom
and liberal ideas that Tunis bas for so long
been free from all religious troubles be
tween the Mohammedans and the Chris
tians. He bas been a rich man In his owa
right and received an income of $400,000
a year from tbe French government, but
be died poor. His palace was like a feudal
castle. No beggar was ever turned away
from his door, and every day between 700
and 800 people dined at his expense. His
successor Is his son. Mohammed-el-Hadl,
who is said to be a man of Intelligence
and good character.
Prosperity of tbe Country.
New Tork Evening Post.
The United States treasury begins its new
fiscal year tinder pleasing auspices. The
revenue for the twelve-month Just com
pleted has passed all expectations. When
last year's revenue reduction bill went Into
force in July, 1901, it waa commonly esti
mated that Its remission of taxes would cut
off 840,000,000 from tbs nation's annual in
come. Tbe Internal revenue has. In fact,
fallea short some $35,000,000 from tbe pre
ceding fiscal year; but, in tbe meantime,
a quite unlooked-for expansion of tbe cus
toms revenue bas produced on that account
$16,000,000 more than In 1901. Ia other
words, taxes producing $40,000,000 aanually
bave bean abolished, and stU tbe country's
wealth and consuming power bave Increased
so rapidly that tbs revenue yield has turned
out only $24,000,000 short of tbe year pre'
ceding.
A Growlsg necessity,
Chicago Record-Herald.
There should be a twsnty-four-foot ring
staked off la one corner of tbe senate chanv
ber to be always ready la cats of enter g-
eaey.
RECORD OF THE CONGRESS.
Minneapolis Times (ind.): It may bsve
been a $1,000,000,000 congress that adjourned
yesterdsy, but it was also a congress of
giant deeds.
Boston Transcript (rep.): Congress bas
done a considerable amount of good work
and the elections alone ran show whether
the public regards Its sins of omission as
grave enough to offset it.
Chicago Post (rep.): But the Flfty-sev-enth
congress has enacted a Philippine
tariff measure, a civil government bill for
tbe far-off Islands, a business-like canal
bill and a war tax repeal bill. These are
important and creditable achievements.
The Chinese exclusion act belongs to the
category of doubtful legislation, while the
oleomargarine and irrigation acta are
more than questionable.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (dem.): Tbe most
(trlklng feature of the session from a par
liamentary point of view was the Impotence
of the bouse as a legislative body under
the great and growing domination of com
mittee rule. In the senate the possibilities
of successful obstruction enabled a disrep
utable minority representing the beet sugsr
Interests to hold up a majority who were
willing to respond to the popular wish.
New Tork Post (ind.): It may be that
Senator Hanna's remarks in the senate
show that he, like Pitt at one time, has
"received some of the secret warnings that
forebode the cyclone in which governments
go down" and that he foresees the defeat
of his party for its sins. As to that we
make no prediction, but we are certain
that if ever defeat was richly deserved it
is by a party which has made such a rec
ord for weakness, cowardice and dishonor
as the republican party has made in tbe
first session of the Fifty-seventh congress.
Chicago News (Ind.): Tbe session has
been noteworthy for ths immense amount
of tbe appropriations made, the sum total
of the expenditures provided for aggregat
ing nearly $1,000,000,000. Partly as a con
sequence of our recent national expansion
we have come to $1,000,000,000 sessions in
stead of $1,000,000,000 congresses, of w hich
so much complaint was made a few years
ago. It can only be confessed with re
gret that ths need for broader and more
expensive administrative policies Is not
met by a broader conception of public duty
on the part of congressmen. The session
Just closing has given some disagreeable
evidences of tbe fact that servile defer
ence to selfish private Interests can pre
vent needed legislation. '
POLITICAL DRIFT.
When tbe tumult and the shouting dies
comes the time for fence building. Some
members of congress bave a task ahead.
"The moat dignified legislative body In
tbe world" should put up a respectable
scrap or go out of tbe business. Scrub
bouts arouse contempt.
This Is an off season in Ohio politics.
Affairs sre so easily one-sided that the
rank and file are permitted, undisturbed, to
draw intellectual pabulum from discussions
on tbe relative merits of pie and Ice cream.
There appears some basis tor tbe report
that Dick Croker is coming back this fall.
When the report got across tbe pond that
Bourke Cockran would be Invited Into Tam
many Hall, Richard flung resolutions to the
winds and declared "they will bave to show
me." The tiger chief does not hall from
Missouri, but bis spinal column leans that
way.
Speaker Henderson and Congressman
Hepburn are both Iowa men, but they do
not follow the same rules ss to tbe pro
nunciation of proper names. Ths other day
Mr. Hepburn had tbe floor and Mr. McRae
desired to ask a question. "Mr. Speaker;
I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas,"
said Hepburn, pronouncing ' the last two
syllables of tbe state name as though it
were Kansas. "The gentleman from Ar
kansaw bas the floor," said the speaker.
Some new and at least striking meta
phors sre being sprung in congress these
days. Representative Corliss of Michigan
is responsible for this query; "Shall the
wheels of progress be shackled by tbe cable
octopus T" One critic ventures tbs sugges
tion that it would be difficult to use an
eight-armed cepbalopod for shackling pur
poses on a wheel at the bottom of tbe Pa
cific. Senator Proctor spoke tbe other day
of "holding out the butt end of the olive
branch."
There are thirty-five candidates in the
democratlo race for state officers In South
Carolina, sad thirty-two of them were
present and took active part in the first
publlo meeting of the campaign, which
was held at Sumter on Tuesday last. The
meeting began at 11:15 In the morning.
Tbe candidates for governor began tbe
speaking in alphabetical order, each being
allowed thirty minutes. All of ths can
didates for governor oppose trusts and
favor good roads, the liberal support of
colleges, liberal pensions for confederate
veterans, improvement of public schools,
the child labor law and tbe maintenance
of the dispensary.
Mr. Watterson la not alone In bis an
tipathy to Cleveland. Mr. Clark Howell.
the member of tbe democratic national
committee from Georgia, says that Cleve
land is personally responslbls for all tbe
woea of the democracy of the last six
years. Other conspicuous democrats of tbe
south and of tbe west pay their respects
to the ex-preeldent in the same sort of
terms, and ths New Orleans Times-Demo
crat, the leading democratic paper of the
gulf states, says that tbe Insult which
was cast on tbe recent leader of the
democracy by Cleveland and Hill at the
Tilden dinner "did not touch Mr. Bryan
alone, but applied as well to tbe (.000,000
voters who put his name on their ballots."
No Clothing Fits Like Ours
"Particularly" those Wool Crash,
Homespun, Flannel and Serge Suits
at $10, $15, $18 and $20-
' Straw Hats, 50c Jo $15,
a
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
H. 8. Wilcox, Matiacr. .
A LAIDATILB PIRPOSR.
eraor of the Philippines.
Minneapolis Journal.
In h'.a speech at Harvard recently Presi
dent Roosevelt said that be had told Gov
ernor Tatt of the Philippines that If a va
cancy should occur In tbe supreme court
the latter would not be appointed to It be
cause tbe president wished him to stsy in
tbe Philippines. To this Governor Tsft re
plied: '
"Mr. President. It has always been my
dream to be in tbe supreme court, but If
you should offer me a Justiceship now, and
at the same time congress should take off
entirely my salary as governor, I Should go
straight back to tbe Philippines neverthe
less, for those people need me and expect
me back snd believe I won't desert them."
There Is a refreshing statement. This
generation bas so readily pleaded guilty to
the charge of commercialism that It should
make special efforts to emphasise those In
cidents that show that even wltb us wealth
and position are not everything and that
we have still among us men who will sac
rifice ambition and wealth to tbe doing of
duty and the performance of an Illy re
warded task.
The man who made such a speech cannot
be compared to a Roman pro-consul, and
It Is certain that no government of which
he la tbe bead will lack for an honorable
hind humane spirit.'
The problems the Spanish-American war
has brought us have given ns some pleas
ant experiences along with tbeir embar
rassments and bard work. The administra
tion of Cuba gave us General Leonard
Wood, and tbe administration of the Phil
ippines baa discovered Governor Taft. Both
of these men possess In a high degree ex
ecutive ability and the power to conciliate
alien races. Both give us promise that we
shall not hick . for good, honest material
In constructing governmental machines for
our dependencies. ' Both set patriotism and
devotion to duty above tbe more selfish
considerations that animate most men and
would animate most men In their places.
LEFT-OVER CRACKERS.
Detroit Free Press: "What do ynu work
at when you're out of college. Jack?"
"Same old Job dad."
Chicago Tribune: Landlady Tou aro
looking at your beefsteak as If you don't
like it. Mr. McGlnnls.
Hoarder I may not like It. Mrs. Irons,
but I trust I am not Incapable of admiring
its firmness and its consistency.
Brooklyn Life: "A philosopher, my son.
Is a man who has trained himself to bear
with equanimity the misfortunes of other
men."
Chicago Tribune: "1 tell you," eild the
doctor, "It's the man who can push him
self along that succeeds beat In this world "
"Not at all," replleil the professor. "It's
the man who can shove others out of his
way that succeeds best." '
Baltimore World: He Hello, dero. Miss
Smlf.
Hhe Doan yo' flag ma dat sudden, man.
I ain' never seen yo' in all man life befo',
an' ef yo' do It agin a lot o' people '11 be
walkln' slow behln' yo' tomorrer.
Washington Star: "Bo you wouldn't sd
vlse a man to go Into politics unless he has
money," said the beginner.
"I didn't say that," answered Senator
Sorghum; "If you can get somebody else
to put up the money for you go ahead by
all means."
Washington Star: "It Is an outrage,"
exclaimed Colonel Stlllwell of Kentucky.
"It is an Inexcusable outrage!"
"To what have you reference?"
"This treatment of the Filipinos; this ef
fort to compel them to partake of water In
excessive quantities."
Chicago Tribune: "Isn't It dreadful to
think that the mere handling of money has
been known to give people the erysipelas?
I should think yoj would be afraid on ac
count of your husband. Ha handles mora
or less money every day."
"tes. Dut you don't know my husband.
He Can't hold money long enough to be
In danger of catching anythlrig from It."
BILL.
. San Francisco Bulletin.
He wasn't purty-nary bltl the wrlnklln'
hand or Time
Had written strange devices In tbe tan
and powder grime;
But prospectln' hia character, there'd crop
out. everywhere
Rich streaks o' golden placer that you'd
never areamea was mere.
And, spite of all his homeliness, somehow
nis ruggea race
Jest seemed to brace a feller up and give
'im savin' srrane.
When times was hard and grub was high
an' the colors far between.
And Into ths starving miner's Ufa there
widened the streak o' leant
There widened the streak r' poverty when
all o' tha world was blue;
When shovel an' pan were red with ruat.
, IIULIIIIIg at Mil iu uu,
I don't Jest savey the why of It and I
reckon I never will
That I somehow failed to appreciate the
worth of my pardner. Bill.
it's sborely hard to understand, the ways
v mo uuuiaii iiiiiiu.
For we grow Indifferent-like to gold, the
more o' the stuff we nnd.
'Twas so with me; I d lived so long With
old Bill at my side
That I never Jest knew the worth of him
mi my paruner up an aiea.
'Ooodby, old man!" he says, ssys he, a-
The light o' new discovery a-ahlnln' In
'I. see across the great divide, an' Ilka a
anMan flaniA
I catch the gleam an' glitter of my ever-
lasting claim:
An' then he died my pardner Bill I There
warn't no better Bills!
An' I know he washes gravel on the ever-
isstln' hills
The golden sand In the Stream o' Life
a hundred to the pan!
For the Lord won't play him low down.
For fifty year o' storm an' sun Bill's blan-
. ket has been mine;
Ana his friendship never broke a strand
U ...... Y. I .1 .-V.. ..n
He loved me! which the same is mighty
oomfortln" to me.
For I know my pardner's grubstaked for
a long eternity:
vitality of France bavs small sale here.