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0 TITR ttMATTA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1902. . Tiie omajia Daily Bee E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBU8HED EVERT MORNINO. I, i i i TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. pally He (without gjnday). One year. 14 00 laily Bee and rjunda;, One Vear ' Illustrated iter, one kear '4 EunUay Hp-, One lear ' Baluruav tiff, ijiu Year LM twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear.. 1.00 DELIVEKtD BY UKKItK. Dallv Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... 2c Jjatly Bee (wunnui Uiinduy), .er week...."o Dally Ue-e (Including tiuiuiayi, per week..lic Munnav I4 nir niiiV DC fcvtning Wee (without Sunday), per weli.l! tvening Bue (including ounuay), Pr week I Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addreased to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-ruth and M Streets. Council Bluffa lu Pearl Street Chicago It) Unity Mullding. New iork Temple Court. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street. roRHKSPUNUENCB. fnmmiinlratlnn rclltlnl tO nWl and editorial matter should be addressed; Omaha Bee, fcditorlal tHpariment. wiraiNKsa letteks. Bualneea letters and remlttancee ihould be addreesed; The Bee Fuu.lahlng com any, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only i-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall account, Personal cnecus, hwipi Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. IkiS BK.h, JLBUloili..U marAffi. TTf!MF.NT CiV CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas Couaty, ss.t Oeorge B. Tiachuck. secretary of 'the Bee publishing Company, being auly worn, aava that the actual number of full and rnmnl,li r.mlna of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1J02, waa aa followa: 1.. I.. I.. 4.. ..ZU.410 ,.ZU,40 ..VU.U30 ..1T9.BTO IS. ..at,4tw 17... 18... 1... ....2,S4U ... .89,700 ....80,740 2U,6UO 2t),01l 7 20,070 S Jti,lH t 2U.B40 10 at), oio 11 2,BSO 12 20,5 lO 12 3iO,R80 14 2M.HOO 15 2U,B80 80 20,000 21 20.570 22 2,BOO 23 a,BHO 14 ai.aao 23 ao.ooo 28 30.B80 27 20,00 28 20,840 29 20,000 20 30,010 Total 849,220 Leas unsold and returned copies.... O.OB2 Net total sales 879.BUS Net dally average 20,318 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence) and sworn to uriore me mis nn oay or June, a. u., mux. (Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE. Notary Public No change Jn ministry can Interfere With King Ak-Sar-Ben's glorious reign. Breaking the drouth every other day does not give anyone a fair chance to go dry. Watch out for oriental fads in fash ionable circles. The crown prince of Slam and his suite are to visit this coun try shortly. We hare heard nothing for several days about martial law In Beatrice. The yellow journal correspondents must have gone on a vacation. With the disappearance of Judge Gor don, the police court of Omaha will lose Its most grotesque and picturesque fea ture. And it will never see the like of him again. From the precedent set by the presi dent of the Western Base Ball league In assessing a one hundred dollar fine against a rowdy captain, politeness will pay even a ball player. The adjustment of the grievances of the Union Pacific molders gives hope that the grievances of the other em ployes will be also adjusted before long on some mutually satisfactory basis. Local populists want the democratic county ticket reorganized to meet their conditions for fusion. As the democrats Will have to come to terms, here Is a chance for some fine spun political finesse. If piecework Is the proper thing for se curing the greatest efficiency and high est wages In the mechanical department of a railroad, why would It not work with the same advantage In the clerical department? Is Tom Johnson to be the presidential candidate pitted by Bryan against David B. Ulll? That question Is suggested by the announcement of Tom Johnson's candidacy, at this early stage, from what seems to be authoritative sources. The voluntary retirement of Lord Sal isbury furnishes another exception to the rule that people seldom vacate high places until forced out by circumstances over which they have no control. And they are seldom willing to admit that advancing age la one of those circum stances. Having accumulated a fine, big war debt and an enlarged bundle of war taxes, the chancellor of the British ex chequer is willing to step out and let his successor get all the credit for debt re duction and war taxes repealed. This patriotic self-sacrifice should be properly appreciated. It will take more than the usual amount of Inky fluid for the local cuttle fish organ to befog the public vision to Its poorly concealed efforts to dodge the real issues Involved In the railway tax case and to smother all report of the proceedings and arguments in that most Important litigation. Our South American neighbors, and particularly the republic of Colombia, should remember that the benefits of the proposed Isthmian canal will be shared by them, although they will not be asked to become responsible for auy of the financial obligations. Under the circum stances, the least they can do is to lend their moral support to the project and put nothing la Its way. The discussion of the scheme of Cuban annexation proposed by Senator Eikins develops decided differences of opinion on this question on both sides of the political fence. If the Issue were to be met now, we would find annexation democrats as well as annexation repub licans, and, by convene, both democrats and republicans firmly opposed to an uexaUou now or In the future. TAX KtrORM LT IOWA. Unlets all signs fall, Iowa railroads will be aaspssed for several tnllltona more this year than they were assessed In any previous year. ' The Iowa State Board of Assessors Is now In session and will continue to discuss the subject in all its bearings. While Iowa rail road assessments hare been higher than those In Nebraska, It Is admitted on all hands that they do not bear their just proportion, when compared with the as sessments of other classes of property. Public sentiment in Iowa was expressed in the railroad tax bill, which, although defeated last winter through the rail road lobby, Is sooner or later bound to be engrafted upon the Iowa revenue code. Section 2 of the Iowa railroad tax bill reads as follows: The railroad property of this state, tangi ble and Intangible, exclusive of the property described la section 1342 of the code, shall be valued at Its actual value and shall be assessed at 25 percentum of such actual value, which shall be considered as the taxable value of Mich property, at which It shall be listed and upon which the levy shall be made. The actual value of such railway property shall be Its value la the market in the ordinary course of trade. The executive council. In determining such value, shall take Into consideration the sum of the market or actual value of the stocks, bonds and securities of each railway, the gross earnings, the net earnings, the phys ical condition of such railways within the state and the Information furnished by the reports required to be made, together with any other matter necessary to secure a Just and equitable assessment. When only a part of a railway line Is In this state, that part of the value of the entire ratio, which Is measured by the proportion of the length of the particular railway In this stats to that of the whole railway, shall be con sidered in estimating its value in this state for taxation purposes within the state. Although the constitution of Iowa, un like that of Nebraska, does not expressly require the assessment of franchises, Governor Cummins and other members of the Iowa executive council, who con stitute the assessment board, are fully Impressed with the Idea that franchises constitute the most valuable asset of a paying rauroaa. it win require no argument to convince them that it Is their plain duty to assess the franchises as contemplated In the railroad tax bill that had been framed to carry out the popular demand for tax reform and equitable taxation in Iowa. AQuRAVATIXU THE fRIAR PROBLEM. Is the Philippine friar problem to be come a bone of sectarian contention? It is to be apprehended that It will unless a satisfactory arrangement Is soon ef fected between our government and the Vatican in regard to the withdrawal of the friars. The situation at present is clearly defined. This government re quires that all friars of the four orders in the Philippines shall withdraw within two years from the first payment for their lands, half during nine months from the first payment and half eight een months later. No Spanish friars may be substituted for those with drawn. In answer to this the Vatican stated that It could not accept the prop osition to recall the friars within the fixed period, that such recall would be contrary to the rights guaranteed by the treaty of Paris and would put the holy see In conflict with Spain. But by way of compromise the Vatican promised to try to gradually Introduce Into the Philippines clergy of other na tionalities, especially Americans, as they are found ready or are adapted to the purpose. It was also agreed that the friars shall not return to the parishes they left and where their presence could provoke trouble. The reply of the vatl can Is being considered by the president and Vatican and It Is probable that some compromise agreement will be reached. A Washington dispatch of a few days ago said It was realized In official circles that the Instructions to Governor Taft represented the extreme of our claims and that they did not preclude the Idea of reasonable compromise by mutual concessions. It was further stated that the immediate and complete withdrawal of the Spanish friars from the Philip pines is not now expected, but It Is be lieved that the result desired can be ac complished by an arrangement for the substitution of friars of another nation allty, and the principal Issue now is as to the time in which this change may be brought about Meanwhile there Is being manifested a disposition to make this matter a sub ject of sectarian contention, which would be most unfortunate, since It would certainly complicate the question. The resolutions adopted by the Catho lics of Grand Rapids, Mich., Sunday, are untimely and unwarranted and there fore lueiy to prove mischievous. There have been utterances from Protestant sources not less objectionable. The New York Sun notes the receipt of letters from Both Catholics and Protestants which, it says, make the grievous mis take of reviving the religious Intemper ance of the past and adds: "The only way to settle that problem, new in the history of American government Is to approach it in a reasonable spirit from which is removed every trace of the old oalum theologlum and to treat It as a practical matter, with a view to the in terests of harmony and peace both In the Philippines themselves and here at home, in both the Catholic and the Protestant camps." Every Intelligent and unprejudiced person must see that this Is not a ques tion for the churches. Religion Is not In volved lu It It Is purely a matter of gov ernmental policy. The desire of the gov ernment that the Spanish friars shall be withdrawn is prompted by the 'well-at tested fact that they are very generally disliked by the Filipino people, and It is believed their withdrawal would be In the interest of peace and order. There Is no objection to Catholics priests of other nationalities replacing the friars The churches should take no part in this Issue. The United States government does not Intend to promote sectarian ism la the I'hllippluea, It will main tain there a complete separation of church and state, giving an equal chance and equal protection to Catholicism and Protestantism. Meddling by ths churches caa only aggravate Uio friar problem and perhaps do a vast amount of mischief. TH BRITISH ministerial craxok The retirement from public life of Lord Salisbury having long been ex pected, the announcement of his resig nation caused no surprise and even In England excited but passing Interest. For several months the veteran states man bod more and more detached him self from the cares of office. Hecent dispatches from IonUon noted that he was showing mental decline, particu larly marked In absent-mindedness, which was only overcome by great ef fort when It was absolutely necessary for him to deliver a public utterance on a question of great Importance. Sails- bury had a distinguished public career, covering a period of nearly half a cen tury, and In statesmanship and diplo macy ho measured up to the standard of most of his predecessors. Ho learned diplomacy largely of Disraeli, and In politics he followed the policies and principles of the conservative party leaders with whom he bad been associ ated, modified as later conditions and circumstances made necessary. A man of strong and positive convictions, he was very determined and persistent In pursuing them, which, together with an earnest patriotism made him a com manding and successful party leader. In diplomacy he has had few superiors among eminent British statesmen. The new prime minister, Arthur J. Bal four, a nephew of Salisbury, Is In some essential respects a quite different man from his distinguished uncle. He has been spoken of as more of on academi cian than statesman. Balfour has had a considerable experience m pontics under the guidance of Salisbury, but he has never shown any marked political ability and certainly nothing that could properly be characterized as statesman ship. He Is a fine scholar and a man of genial qualities, not at all given to dis play and never unnecessarily obtruding himself upon public attention. As the government leader in the House of Com mons he has met all the demands made upon that position, but never In an ag gressive or demonstrative way. Whether or not he has the qualifications for sue cessful leadership the firm grasp, the strong will, the aggressive force and the fixed purpose of his predecessor re mains to be determined. He comes into power under most favorable circum stances, so' far as the situation of Brit ish affairs Is concerned, and he has riven assurance that there will be no change In the policies of the govern ment Undoubtedly Prime Minister Bal four will follow the example of his pre decessor In cultivating friendly relations with the rest of the world, and he will certainly not be less solicitous than was Salisbury In maintaining cordial friend ship between Great Britain and the United States, the new premier having repeatedly and strongly shown his re gard for this country. SB AM REFORM MASQUERADE County Attorney Shields has made himself noted, If not notorious, by his mountebank performances. As public prosecutor, It is his right, as well as his duty, to file complaints in the courts against all violators of the criminal code. Under the statutes a complaint filed by the county attorney has the same effect as an Indictment filed by grand Jury. If Mr. Shields or his deputies know of any violation of the criminal code that con be established by sufficient proof to afford reasonable assurance of conviction, they could pro ceed In the regular way prescribed by law. They could swear out warrants and place them In the hands of the sheriff or bis deputies, arrest the parties and proceed with their prosecution be fore the courts, without the aid or con sent of the mayor or chief of police of Omaha or South Omaha. But that course would not serve Mr, Shields purposes. His methods are strictly original. When the grand Jury Indicted practically all the gamblers and keepers of gambling devices In Omaha and South Omaha, be was content to drop all the indictments on technical -rounds, although it was his duty to prosecute every offender against whom there was sufficient testimony. Now he is trying to force the chiefs of police of Omaha and South Omaha to come into court to explain why they do not arrest gamblers and break up gambling in the twin cities. This unique performance might be commendable if it were not .such transDarent sham. If the county at torney or any of bis deputies have posl tlve information or proof that would justify prosecution, why do they not call on the sheriff to make the arrests? The sheriff has as much power ia Omaha and South Omaha as the chiefs of police, If it Is the duty of the chiefs of police to suppress gambling and other criminal practices, it Is equally the duty of the sheriff, but that would not answer the purposes of Mr. Shields and bis reform deputies, who are trying to make politi cal capital for campaign purposes out of mandamuses to suppress gambling. Take, for example, the roadhoubea out side of the city limits of Omaha and South Omana, some of which are notori ously bad. The keeper of the most no torious of these resorts waa Indicted last winter for selling liquor without license. He has no license now, so far as we can learn, but the prosecuting at torney does not call upon the sheriff to suppress him, nor has ho taken the firs step to close the place, manifestly be cause the keeper of the resort has political pulL Wbeu will this sham reform masque rade run Its course? The appointment of an Iowa man by the name of Shaw to a place under the treasury department brings a statement accompanying the announcement ex plaining that the new appointee Is in no way related to the secretary of the treas ury, who happens to bear the sui name. This explanation, while perhaps unnecessary, will bo taken to iudlcate that the policy of the department Is to discourage the appolatoieut of relatives of the higher officers to subordinate po- ltlons, and la so far as this conclusion Is Justified will receive popular approval and Indornoment American people have decided prejudice against building up official families In our democrocy cither under the federal government or under state or local governments. The prac tice of nepotism will find no favor In this country except among the benefi ciaries. Wyoming sheep men profess to be greatly excited because recent orders for the enlargement of Yellowstone park by the addition of forest reserves exclude them from land on which they were accustomed to find winter range for their sheep. But why they should be come excited over this action Is not readily discerned. The land annexed to the park is part of the public domain on which the sheep men have had no rights except by suffrance, so the gov- rnment Is taking nothing away from them that ever belonged to them. Their request for the suspension of the act. therefore, comes at a rather late day. The value of a street railway fran chise may be Judged from what a street railway company la willing to pay for It The Kansas City street railway com panies, which are negotiating for an ex tension of their franchise, have agreed on the following propositions: 1. Eight per cent of the gross receipts to be paid to the city. 2. Universal transfers. S. Paving between tracks and eighteen inches outside. 4. Extensions of suburban lines, These concessions will save millions to Kansas City people and taxpayers. Dave Mercer's detention at Washing ton is a source of deep regret We ap prehend that he is not kept away from 'home" on account of the plans for the new quartermaster's warehouse, but more likely on account of some Improve ments for the District of Colum bia that have engrossed his attention. The plans for the new warehouse will be made by army engineers without congressional supervision. Railroad managers are complaining that their new fast trains are not paying out except In advertising the road's en terprise. This ought to be followed by a plea from the tax bureau for exempt ing from taxation all the high speed loco motives, palatial trains and Improve ments of roadbed to facilitate fast time, on the ground that they are an expense to the road rather than property which Increases its value. No state encampment of the Nebraska militia can be held this year for lack of funds, except by creating a deficiency to be covered by appropriation by the next legislature. The taxpayers of Ne braska bad all, the deficiencies they wanted stored up for the last legisla ture. If an encampment and a deficiency go hand In hand, we will try to get along without either of them. Ilitlb. Hark of Civilisation. Chicago Tribune. When the Filipinos have learned to cele brate the Fourth of July in our civilized and enlightened American fashion It will do to talk about their fitness for self- government. A Gloomy Prospect. 8t Louis Globe-Democrat. Democrats must gain at least forty seats to win the next house under the new ap portlonment As they have failed to find even one issue, the prospect for them U not encouraging. Knonffh for All, Bat New Tork Tribune. There's enough for everybody to eat in this prosperous country of ours; enough to wear, plenty of fuel, light heat water and Ice. But now and then Jolts and Jars may delay the general distribution of things to the people who need them. A Nervy Proposition. Philadelphia North American. Secretary Moody, In the hardness of his heart, ordains that Uncle Sam's sailors shall go to sea . once In a while and learn to walk a bridge as well aa they dance a german. The new naval secretary seems to have caught the Roosevelt mania for having things done. A Hit (or Mr. Morgan. Chicago Inter Ocean. Before Mr. Morgan goes too far In the matter of offering to hand over ships to Great Britain in the event of war. It might be as well tor him, perhaps, to secure the conecnt of the United States government to the plan. It Is easy to see how In cer tain contingencies this proposed arrange ment would not work at all to his coun try's satisfaction. Experience of No Vain. Philadelphia Record. Secretary Bhaw Is reported to be Im pressed with the Idea that five years' serv Ice on the staff of the Treasury depart ment unfits the Incumbents for the offices held by them. It this be ths esse the de partment's lnsldes mus.t be In an extra ordinary state 6f disorganisation. Experi ence leads to perfection in every knows form of human activity, and If a five years' course In a Treasury bureau producs In aptitude the officeholders must have sin gularly misemployed their time. Ripe for a. Change Washington Post Mr. Cleveland served two terms ta the White House without being able to dem onstrate ability to build up and strengthen his narty. Mr. Bryan had the democratic presidential nomination two successive times and waa not even able to secure an election to the high office. These two gentlemen have monopolized twenty years of the time of the democratic party, cring ing nothing but chaos and disaster and It Is not at all strange that there should be a robust sentiment in favor of taking up a new man without regard to their persona desires or ambitions. Old Glory In Stran Company. Chicago Post. Does It not swell our hearts with pride and make our eyes grow dim with tender feelings for Old Glory, to read that It and the union Jack were worn as aprons by twenty-two American women In London yesterday who acted as barmaids in serving drinks mixed by bartenders Imported from Boston and New York? Those are the things which lend sacredness to the Stars and Stripes and increase our veneration for this bit of colored cloth, la which we see our glorious country epitomised. 'Rah for the flag! 'Rah for the patriotlo bar- j.ntslJsl Ths next oa Is on ths "bsrkses." ROt'ND ABOUT NEW YOB Ft, Ripples on the (srrfal of life In Ihe Metropolis. Whenever an artist In the science of ap plied graft gains a reputation In the west and finds the west too hot for comfort he hurries to New York and works in peace for a season. It Is so easy to lose oneself there and work "the provinces." A smooth one driven out of Michigan haa been so successful in Gotham as to attract the at tention of the police. Ills game Is offi cially known as the Lengue of Educators and his motto Is characteristic of the order of graft: "If you can't boost, don't knock; It you have a hammer, lose It." The chain letter game is thus described: before be coming a member of the League of Educa tors the applicant must pay a membership fee of $3 and agree to meet all monthly assessments, no assessment to be mora than $1.05, The new member signs an agreement to bring Into the league three other persons, who will each file an appli cation, pay the fee and assessment and, in turn, bring Into the league three new mem bers. If the terms are all compiled with the members at or before the end of five years Is entitled to an endowment of $500. It the conditions are not all fulfilled no benefit la paid. The member simply has the privilege of continuing the payment of assessments until he tires of the drain, when he withdraws. It la made perfectly plain that when a membership lapses the money that has been paid Into the league is lost Now, although the league has not been In ex istence five years, benefits or endowments are paid each month, an element and a large element ot chance determining who shall be benefited. It was because ot this that the attorney general of Michigan de nounced the league as a lottery. Madison avenue was an equine milliners' row last Saturday, for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave s thousand straw hats to deserving horses. The creatures received the new decorations at first with curiosity and then with grati tude. Others plainly showed by their acts that they thought the presents good enough to eat. News that the hats were to be distributed spread rapidly throughout the city. Ths society had promised to give to drivers who could not afford to purchase the hats suitable covering for their horses' heads. The avenue and the street was blocked With crowds assembled to see the sights. The horses seemed to catch the enthusi asm of the drivers and they crowded Into line as though they were seeking bargains In the shopping district Ths hats were of a Jaunty type, with holes on either side for the ears and fancy-colored tapes, by means of which they could be tied under the horses' Jaws. Venerable truck horses became skittish again under this new rig and steeds which had long ago lost the xest of life became as sportive as denizens of Broadway, who by a stroke of luck have been able to or nament their left ears with $10 Panamas. Six policemen and two agents of the so ciety aselsted In the distribution of the head gear. The supply gave out before all the applicants were fitted. Among the many strange craft that ply up and down the river around New Tork one may frequently see one that looks like a back yard afloat. It Is a large platform, enclosed all the way around with a picket fence. There are gates In the fence, and. to keep up Its resemblance to an ordinary enclosure of a suburban garden, there are green leaves to be seen within. These floating yards are used by wholesale fruit dealers. It Is found that bananas, pine apples and other tropical fruits spoil so easily In this hot weather that they must not be packed closely, even for an hour. So they are put on these floats in such a way that the air can reach them from all sides, and the trips on the river are mads as long as possible. The absence of the entente cordials and the prevalence of the retort discourteous between motormen and truck drivers, re lates the Evening Post rather add to the gayety of nations, the while they occa sionally Interfere with traffic and transporta tion. As a rule, the truckman gets the best of It since be Is doubly armed, not only with a virile vocabulary, but with the knowledge that the motorman would rather not endanger his position by charging Into the truck and provoking a damage suit At Forty-second street and Madison ave nue the other day a truckman, presiding over a load of cement, crossed the tracks of the Fourth avenue line, on the curve, and forced an oncoming car to a standstill This deprived the car of current, and it was necessary to wait for the succeeding car in order to get a push around the curve, when the current might bo found again. A Jam of vehicles made It Impossible for the truckman to get off the tracks, and during this pause In the movement of things ths motorman, mad as a wet hen, demanded to know what the truckman meant, etc., etc., etc. Instead of a rapid-fire performance by the truckman, he leaned back and roared with laughter at the anger of the motor- can. "What you need Is a horse, a good, big horse, partner," he called out. "You've put your little handle out of business, all right, all right what T course I was on the track; think I'm running a balloon T You'd better stop making goo-goo eyes at me. Here comes a policeman At this Juncture the blockade was lifted and as the truckman drew slowly off he called back, "Good morning, Carrie," and he was still laughing when he turned the corner. PERSONAL NOTES. Attorney General Knox and Senator Spooner will go to Paris in s short tlms to go thoroughly Into ths matter of title Is the Panama canal. Field Marshal Baron Schwartz-Melller of the Austrian army Is 95 years old, but is still on the active list He has been an officer 74 years and a general halt a cen tury. Frank L. Coombs, who represents the first congressional district of California, is ths only man In congress born on the Pa cific coast. He was born In the Napa val ley In 1853. A. O. Bell, who has Just been decorated by the London Society of Fine Arts with what is known as the Prince Albert medal was twenty-five years ago professor of vocal philology In the Boston university. Dr. Joseph H. Raymond, sanitary tnspec tor ot Brooklyn, says twice as many babies in proportion to population die in that borough as compared to New York and at tributes the fact largely to excessive open trolley car riding. James Ping ot Springfield, Mo., kept tab on the number of times local wits asked blm regarding his brother Pong. Finally they totaled up an even 3.000 and Mr. Ping makes solemn announcement that the next man who aaks him the venerable conundrum is sure ot s forcible reply. Jacob Rlls Is urging upon New York City authorltlea the necessity for more and larger playgrounda. "Boys are better than grass,' he aays, referring to "keep off the grass" signs, and ho appeals to philanthropic peo ple to "give ths boys somethlug mors than s runway between gutters. Give us more playgrounds and there will be less need for BOUitsoUaxlea." SrEClAb RRWtPArERI DOOMED. Growth no S lalneaet of the Dallas Caose a Permanent Boll pa. St. Iouts Globe-Democrat Ths sale which has lust taken place of the New York Observer, and the accom panying announcement that It Is to cease being a distinctly religious Journal. Is part of a drift which baa been at work among the religious press for many years. Dur- ln the quarter of a century in which the Observer was edited by Samuel Irenseus Prime, the well known rresbyterlsn writer and scholar. It waa one of the foremost re ligious papers of the United States. It oc cupied a position among the religious press as conspicuous as did the New York In dependent when It had, successively, as editors such accomplished men as Dr. Leonard Bacon, Dr. R. 8. Storrs and Henry Ward Beecher, or as a newer paper than either of these, the New York Chris tian Union, did while Beecher was its chief editor. But both the Independent and h Out. look, which is the recent name of the Christian Union, left the ranks of the dls- inctlvely religious press several years ago, and now give most of their space to literary, social and political topics. The observer Joins them In the field. Many other religious papers, denominational and undenominational, all over the country have taken this step, or have discontinued publication. None of them attract such attention as they did In the old days. No body Inquires or cares today who their edi tors are. To some extent, of course, the editors of the secular press have been ef faced in the same way In ths lapse of time, but the secular papers themselves have mors Influence and fill a far wider field than they ever did in the past. Papers In ths other special fields suffer a similar eclipse. The days when Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, me s,ew lork Clipper and such papers were read by everybody who had any In terest in sporting matters ars far In the paat. Those papers devoted to special fields of work have, In the case of the larger fields, been displaced by the dally news papers. The big Journals of the principal cftles of the country, which come out seven times a week, as compared with the religious and sporting papers' single ap pearance, have Immeasurably larger facili ties for covering all the great departments of human Interest than the special news papers possess. They have better writers and furnish earlier and fuller aocounts of the things which everybody wants to know. The Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congre gatlonallsU, Methodists, Baptists and other great denominations are far more numerous and powerful than they were In the days when each of them had a special organ or organs In most of the large cities and they read religious literature as much as they ever did, but they get It in the dally newspapers. Everything of any con sequence to the people as members of any religious denomination or of an associa tion of any sort Is printed In the dally press before It gets a chance to appear In the weeklies or monthlies and In mat ters of sbsorblng Interest it Is given with fullness, an authority and an Intelli gence beyond the resources of the special papers. The great dallies have for years past been encroaching on the domain of the magazines also. They treat the larger themes of human Interest as comprehen sively as do any ot the monthlies and do It earlier and more frequently while the public concern In them Is most acute. The dally newspapers of the chief cities of ths United States cover all fields of human endeavor and have become for the great masses of the people ths chief educational agency of the age. HONORABLE APOLOGY. Newspaper that Derated Secretary Root Admits Its Fault. Detroit Free Preas (Dem. Even the bitterest enemies of Secretary Root must admit that Major Gardener's testimony Is s complete vindication of the secretary of war in respect to ths charges brought against him relative to the major's report as governor of Tayabaa. In the first place Major Gardener declares that the report was Intended as confidential. This is an Indorsement of the secretary's action In withholding it from publication. The major admits, too, that if he had been in possession of certain information at ths time of writing ths report which hs has since received, many of the reflections upon the methods of American officers would bnve been omitted. The governor has also withdrawn the charge that higher officers of the army were hostile to ths civil gov ernment Evidently Major Gardener confided In his report all the charges that had been brought to his notice against the military authorities. He probably expected that these charges would be Investigated If the war department considered them worthy of investigation. He himself expressed his personal opinion freely and frankly to his superiors; but obviously never dreamed that his report would be used as the basis of an attack upon the war department Ths investigation would seem to prove conclu sively that there had been nothing Im proper In Major Gardener's conduct or In Secretary Root's. Both men appear to have been doing what they conceived to bo their duty, snd the hullabaloo has resulted from a misunderstanding of the purpose of the major's report and of ths notion of the secretary In suppressing it. There is another theory that might be advanced; but It is hardly deserving of the dignity of a statement It may be pretended that Washington haa terrified Major Oardener into retracting s part of his charges and of softening others. This theory will not be accepted by anybody acquainted with Major Gardener. What ever charges he brought were made from a sense of duty, and that same sense of duty Is responsible for any modifications that hs has made. Ths major Is not the kind of s man that could be coerced into sating his own words. The Free Press Is one of ths newspapers that censured Secretary Root for suppressing the Gardener report; but Inasmuch as that report, according to th author's own testimony, was Intended to be confidential, this newspaper cheerfully offers Its apologies and regrets to ths sec retary ot war. CLEAN, HONEST JOIB.1ALISM. What ths People Prefer sal Inva riably Sapport. St. Louis Republic. Archbishop Ireland's Insistence upon clean and honest journalism, voiced In the course of his admirable address at the Na tional Educational association convention at Minneapolis, will ba Indorsed by every decent and self-respecting newspaper In this country. "If I were to choose," said the worthy prelate, "where, outside the classroom, for general welfare ot humanity I should have devotion to truth prevail, I should name the newspapers. The newspaper is today pre-eminently ths mentor of ths people. It is read by all; It 1a believed nearly by all; Its tnfluesce Is paramount; its responsi bility is tremendous; its province Is to nanata facts, to give the truth, nothing but the truth, and all the truth. Happily, there ars conspicuous examples among the great American newspapers which prove that the duty of truthfully praaentlng the news, free of bias and prej udice and sordid sensationalism. Is clearly recognized and faithfully discharged. These examples are numerous, so numerous as to make the rule of clsaa Journalism la Amer ica. Ths exceptions proving ths rule srs ths few notorious sansatlon-taongsrs thafi exaggerate ths truth until It becomes, la ef fect s web ot misleading lies for ths stlmu latlon of a morbid lore ot sxcltsmenw These "yellow" newspapers csa ba aunt' bered on one's fingers. Gratifying also, Is ths farther fact that it Is the decent snd solf-respectlag sews paper which aloas wins ths permanent confidence and support of ths American people. It is trus that ths rankly sensa tional shoe may make a fortune for lbs proprietor In a few years. Just as fortunes may be made In other malodorous ways, but Its career ss a respected snl influential newspaper Is brief. If, Indeed, It possesses Influence or the respect of ths publlo la any degree whatever. Ths beat-paying newspaper properties, aad ths most firmly established, srs those founded oa decency and an unswerving truthfulness. This Is because the people, after all, prefer decency and truthfulness to the Indecent sensf tlonalism and distortion of the truth upon which "yellow journalism" Is based. COLOMBIA ASKS TOO StfCII. Pnlllna; Uncle Sam's Parao on tho Panama Canal Proposition. Chicago Tribune. The draft of a Panama canal treaty sub mitted by the Colombian government pro vides for ths Immediate payment to that government of $7,000,000 by ths United States. At ths snd of fourteen years there Is to be an agreement as to further compen sation. If ths two governments cannot agrees ths matter Is to be submltttsd ta ar bitration. It Is said a hint has been given to Seors tary Hay that a treaty containing the latter provision will not be ratified by the senate. and that for this reason he has proposed to Colombia that the demand tor further com pensation bs dropped. Tt this. It Is said. Colombia demurs. Ths Colombian govern ment, as Is only natural, wishes to get all It caa for a concession the value of which and the readiness ot the United States to spend money for It probably overestimates considerably.' Colombia now receives an an nual Income of $250,000 from the Panama! railroad, which it will cease getting If ths canal Is constructed. Ths quarter of a mil lion is of great vslus to the government of s bankrupt state tormented by incessant revolutions which interfere with ths steady collection of taxes. The men who manage Colombian affairs would like to have a largo cash payment and to be assured a regular Income in addition. They will try to make ths beat bargain they can, not so much fop ths sake of their country as for their owoj jakea. j As ths faction which runs the govern ment considers Its own Interests chiefly, It m piobaba that It will yield to Secretary Hay and not run the risk of losing ths $7,000,009 or whatever sum may be finally agreed on as a cash payment With that much money In hand the president ot a South American republlo caa afford to throw up bis job at once and emigrate to Paris. Or, it hs does not choose to do that, he can uae part of ths money In buying military stores snd sup plies for the army which keeps him In power. There Is no reason why the United States should bind Itself to contribute yearly front Its treasury to the revenues of Colombia. That country will bs fully compensated for any concession it may make by the construc tion of the canal. The work will give to ths province of Panama wealth and security. There will be constant peace on the Isthmus after the United States ones begins opera tions there. A cash payment of $7,000,000 will bs all or more than Colombia Is real ly entitled to for allowing ths United Stattt, to build the canal. Alleged senatorial opposition to a treaty binding the United States to pay a yearly income to Colombia for the privilege ot benefiting Colombia la altogether reasonable. The canal will cost this country quits enough without subsidizing Colombia. POINTED REMARKS. Chlcaax Tribune: "Don't you have tt run around a good deal when Items ara scarce?" they asked him. "I do," answered tho reporter, wlplnsj his brow, "for a fact!" Detroit Free Press: Facetious Friend-. Well, have you and your wife yet settled as to who Is speaker of the house? Young Husband Not yet Wo usually occupy the chair together. Chicago Post: "What Is ability?" "Ability Is that to which a man owes his own success." "And what la luck?" "Luck is that to which all others owo their success." Chicago Tribune: "You aro not s work Ingman." said ths curbatons orator, "or you wouldn't talk that way." "You are wrong, sir!" fiercely answered tho man who had Interrupted him. "I am a member of a Browning club and If an In stitution of that kind Imi't organised labor I don't know what It la!" Washington Star: "Have you dono any thing to establish harmony in our party?' "Not yet," anawered Senator Sorghum. "Why not?" "Uecauae I'm not yet quits prepared for S general fight." Chicago Post: "It people r so crasy for outdoor exercise I don't see why they don't grt up garden-hoeing parties and such) things." "Wouldn't do at all. The difference be tween exercise and work la that exerclso accomplishes nothing." THE HERMIT WHO NEVER WAR. B. E. Klser 1n ths Record-Herald. "I'll loavo the world," a cynlo said ono day, . And meditate In some sequestored placet The only thought men havo Is "Will It pay?" "I'll leave tho world." a cynlo said one day; My foolish dreams and hopes I'll put away And ne'er look on another human face! "I'll leave the world," a cynlo said ons oay, "And msdltate In soma sequestered ptaco. Fools prats of lovo, but Love, alas) haa flown. And In his place Ambition stands: The world obeys the volco of Wealth alone. Fools prate of love, but Lovo, alas I has flown! He claims tho foolltfh maiden as his own Who put tho costliest Jewels on her hands; Fools prate of love, but Lovo, slas has flown. And In his piano Ambition boldly stands.' He start M out to find a wild retreat. But turned ere long, forgetting to bs wle; A maiuen mot him going down ths strsot-. He started out to find a wild retreat Her cheeks were rooy and hor sralls was sweet, Down at her feet, dog-Ilka, hs yearning- Ilea! He started out to find a wild retreat. But turned era long, forgetting to be) wise. YoungHair That means rich hair, heavy hair, no gray hair. Is yours thin, short, gray? 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