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TITR ttMATTA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1902.
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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duction and war taxes repealed.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.
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