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Even Des Moines is to have a horse
how. Omaha may get to It In time.
Perhaps we ought to enact a law to
the effect that only musicians are privi
leged to pass criticism on band music.
President Roosevelt is tack from the
south. The boundless west will be
honored as the destination of his next
trip.
Board of Trade speculators are not
having half the excitement they usually
enjoy at this season. Crop scares are
scarce.
Of course the Iowa democrats are for
free trade . or for any other kind of a
trade that will help them in the con
gresslonal districts.
It would be a relief If Mount Pelee
would do one thing or the other Instead
of keeping people In a chronic state of
apprehensive suspense.
There Is a good deal of difference be
tween Dave Henderson and Dave Mer
cer In fact, the only point of re
semblance la In their first names. . .
If Chicago- Could only pick Itself up
and move over from Lake Michigan to
the bunks of the muddy Missouri, It
wouldn't have to boll the water.
The horse race from Dead wood to
Omaha for the amusement of the presi
dent has been called off. The presl
dent does not want to be amused that
way.' ' " "
King Coal may be a merry old soul.
but his subjects would be more merry
If be did. not try to emulate the high
leap of the' cow that jumped over tho
moon.
Colonel Bryan is kept busy nowadays
trying to keep his party from striking
out the first word in the famous phrase,
"Immediate, free and unlimited coinage
of silver " .
As the time for a decision from the
supreme court In the railroad tax case
approaches, the railroad tax bureau
crats are buckling down again to busi
ness. They must be expecting some
thing to drop. - i
It's hard to get democratic candidates
In Iowa to stand. The latest to decline
Is II. M. Sharboe, democratic nominee
for auditor in Hamilton county. But
nobody blames him, as he has stood for
It twice before:
George J. Gould has come and gone
without manifesting any desire to mix
Into the Union Pacific strike. All the
other roads that are having no trouble
with their employee are quite willing to
let well enough alone.
Great Britain finds that the treaty of
peace with the Boers still leaves severs
pussllng problems to be solved. W
found that out, too, with reference to
our new Island possessions after our
treaty of peace with Spain was exe
cuted. -
Contention Is already on at St Louis
as to which political party can right
fully claim the credit for exposing the
aldermanlo boodlers who have been
operating In that city. The belief evi
dently Is that there is not glory enough
there to go round.
The death of an Omaha woman who
bad for years been a leading member of
the teaching force of our public schools
discloses an estate valued at $15,000, ac
cumulated from her own unaided earn
ings. Persistence, coupled with abil
ity, wins success in any calling.
BHTAir tuscvaamd rnrsTi .
Mr. W. J. Brysn Is again discussing
the trusts. He has been doing this for
several years and he has not been par
ticularly successful In Impressing his
views upon the public mind. It does
not appear probable that he, will be bet
ter able to do this now than in the past
and for the simple reason that his views
are of that narrow and prejudiced char
acter which renders them unacceptable
to Intelligent, thoughtful and con
servative men. Mr. Bryan is a cham
pion of the policy of destruction. His
Idea is to revolutionize, to tear down.
He would in sotue way wipe out the
great combinations, regardless of the
ffect upon the general business and
prosperity of the country.
Of course Mr. Bryan can see nothing
meritorious In the views of President
Roosevelt respecting the combinations.
The president believes that publicity
ould oierate to remedy some of the
trust evils, but he does not stop at that.
Publicity is simply the first step. He
also favors legislation that will subject
the combinations to governmental super
vision and regulation. If congress does
not possess the constitutional power to
provide such legislation the president
favors amending the constitution so as
to give congress ample power in the
matter. Yet Mr. Bryan says the presi
dent has no remedy for the trust evil
and that some of his utterances on the
subject were absurd. Two years ago,
however, Mr. Bfyan himself thought
publicity a good thing and also favored
amending the constitution In the event
of the courts deciding anti-trust legis
lation unconstitutional.
It is needless to say that the chief
Bryan remedy Is to take the tariff off all
trust-made goods. Of course this could
not be done without affecting individual
manufacturers whose goods compete
with those of the combinations. This
would mean, as .we have heretofore
pointed out, the Inevitable destruction
of the former. If It should fall to also
destroy the combinations, which prob-
bly it would, they would be given a
complete monopoly of the market.
President Roosevelt does not advocate
attacking the trusts through the tariff
because he. understands that the effect
would be disastrous to the many indi
vidual manufacturers ' who compete
with the trusts and therefore to the gen
eral prosperity. As a free trader, how
ever, Mr. Bryan Is wholly indifferent to
this very important consideration. Re
garding protection, as he once declared
in congress, as "the most vicious politi
cal principle that has ever cursed this
country," he would strike down that
principle no matter how great the re
sultant calamity.
It is cot to be doubted that a very
large majority of Intelligent men pre
fer the position toward the great 'com
binations of President Roosevelt to that
of W. J. Bryan. The one con tern
plates careful, conservative action, that
will remedy abuses without working de
struction and disaster. The other pro
poses a policy that would tremendously
disturb all business and do enormous in
jury to every Interest
NO DISAGREEMENT W IOWA.
There Is Indignant and authentic
denial of the story now circulating tn
the democratic press to the effect that
strong disagreement and even bitter
controversy arose In the recent confer
ence of republican leaders at Des
Moines. Among those present were
Senator DoMver, Speaker Henderson,
Governor Cummins, Congressmen' Lacey,
Thomas, Hedge, Smith and others. The
purpose -was to outline a common line
of policy for the campaign and to ax
range for its formal opening. Speaker
Henderson and Governor Cummins both
deny absolutely that there was any dls
agreement or even a suggestion of 'con
troversy regarding the tariff plank or
any other subject On the contrary,
they affirm that the conference was one
of the most harmonious - ever held in
the state for preliminary campaign con
sultation. Indeed, the exchange of
opinion was free and Informal, and there
was not a single set speech. Not only
did everyone present express himself In
harmony with the platform, including
the tariff plank, but It was specifically
arranged formally to open the campaign
on that basis, and Speaker Henderson
and Governor Cummins, who are mis
represented as having clashed In the
conference, were selected together to
sound the keynote at the formal open
tng. Certainly this ought to dispose of
the silly partisan yarns that have been
put afloat
THE BUEU PROPOSALS.
Several of the proposals submitted by
the Boer generals to Mr. Chamberlain
It would probably be to the ultimate ad
vantage of the British government to
accept, but as to most of them it Is not
surprising that tbey were rejected and it
Is more than probable that the generals
expected this result . It seems hardly
possible that they could have seriously
thought that the requests for compensa
tlon, for example, would be granted, or
that the British government would agree
to a yearly grant to widows and orphans
and maimed burghers. These proposal
asked too much of British magnanimity,
which went farther than has been usual
with that power In providing $15,000,000
for assisting the Boers and their fam
llles to return to their homes and for re
stocking the farms. . Perhaps Mr. Cham
beriain entertained a somewhat exag
gerated Idea of the liberality of this, but
it Is certain that the British peopl
would not support the government in
1 going beyond It
What Is very clearly shown from the
Btatement of Mr. Chamberlain is the
fact that the Boers must be satisfied
with the concessions they obtained at
the time of surrender concessions which
It must be admitted were on the whole
fair and generous.' J What they' should
now do U to cease efforts . to secure
something which they did uot get when
they laid down their arms and go to
work energetically to Improve their con
dition. The task before them Is un
doubtedly hard and difficult, but It must
be faced and the sooner this Is done the
better for the future of the unfortunate
burghers.
VALVE OF that IHAIRMAXSHIP. I
The only plea for the retention of
David H. Mercer at Washington to rep-
resent this district that takes the form
of an argument Is that we must submit
to a nonresident congressman In order
to keep the chairmanship of the public
buildings committee.
"Give up Mercer," we are told, "and
we give up the most powerful lever for
pulling appropriations that we could get
into our hands. The men who would
defeat Mercer would deprive this con-
gresslonal district of the committee
chairmanship of Inestimable value to
our people." We are further told that
with this chairmanship Our Dave landed
appropriations In the last congress for
various Nebraska towns amounting to
$C2"i,0(jO, and that he can swap com-
mlttee Influence for anything his cou-
stituents want. If it is within the gift
of the government.
If all we wanted in a congressman
was a man to make trades for a slice
of the pork, this sort of talk might make
some impression, but even then the
campions of the nonresident overdo the
thing and grossly exaggerate tie value
of that ehnlrmnnahln. On w-ntilri Im-
i t v.,i , m,
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Bime ever got, any appropriations out. oi
congress, because there is only one pup-
lie
bulldimrs committee chalrmansblD
and that has been appropriated by Ne- man nt"le lm cnonllatl" ""1 Jora
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braska. One would imagine that Our
Dave did the whole business in landing
$025,000 of appropriations for Nebraska,
although only a small part of it came to
his district One would Imagine that
no other congressman who represented
this district before it was pre-empted
by the present Incumbent ever secured
government appropriations for his con
tltuents, and that Nebraska never had
public building until Our Dave slipped
Into his chairmanship.
But what are the facts? The first
appropriation for Omaha's new federal
building of $1,200,000 was secured by
John A. McShane, a one-term democratic
congressman, without the aid of any
committee chairmanship. Mercer him
self secured the appropriation for the
South Omaha postoffiee in his first term,
before ho was chairman of the public
buildings committee and under a demo
cratic administration. Congressman
Dorsey had secured the appropriation
for the Fremont postofflce, Senator Van
Wyck for the Nebraska City postoffiee
and Senator Paddock for Beatrice long
before Mercer ever thought of going to
congress.
If that chairmanship were so valuable
t would be taken for granted that No
braska fared far better than any other
state in the distribution of its benefits.
An analysis of the omnibus building
bill that boasted consummation of well-
directed swapping does not support
Mr. Mercer's contentions. That bill
carried appropriations aggregating $17,-
000,000, of which, however, only $570,000
Deiongea to iseDrasKa, ana or tne $o70,-
000 only $45,000 to Mr. Mercer's district
The same bill carried appropriations of
$445,000 for Colorado, which has no
member of the committee at all. It
carried $660,000, for Texas, which has
only a minority member of the com-
mlttee; $000,000 for California, without
representation on the committee; $979,
000 for Ohio, likewise unrepresented on
the committee. Little South Dakota,
with only two members o congress,
came in for, $287,000; Wyoming, with
only one member of congress, for $200,-
000, and Oklahoma, with no member of
congress at ail. for $100,000. While
Nebraska, the ostensible owner of the
i-uuiuimrc cuuirmanBDip, got oiU,UUU as
Its slice of the omnibus bill, the District
or tuiumDia, wnicn is tne real owner
of the committee chairmanship, came in
for $2,125,000. If that commltte chair-
manship is as valuable as Mercer's
ineuua v. ouiu nave us Deiieve, me Uls-
met or Columbia, where Our Dave lives
and has all of his Interests, would seem
to hn rushing In th hi a- nH e th. Hr.ft
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But even If public building appropria-
tlons were one of the chief objects In
sending congressmen to Washington,
what more is Omaha to expect In the
shape of public buildings that any ordi
nary congressman cannot secure? Ap
propriations have now been made for
public buildings that will accommodate
all the public business here for at least
twontv.tro enaro tr.
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We must not forget however, the
pora at uie command or tne puDllc
buildings committee can be traded off
to advantage to promote Jobs for the
corporations, who are so eager to force
on us a
congressman who will repre-
sent them rather than his constituents.
Swapping public buildings may help
grease' the track for bills donating Valu
able railway rights-of-way through In
dlan reservations and national parks
slicing up me pom may neip pun ap-
propria tlons through for fat mail con-
tracts and overloaded expense bills for
transporting troops. But why should
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'1"c Vl uu una uiatnci
lurrgu uieir irjnf Bemnuuu id. congress
for the benefit of the railroad corpora-
tions and the real estate speculators in
the District of Columbia?
VEPARTMAST OF COMMERCE.
It is expected that the bill which
passed the senate last January, creating
a department of ctAnmerce, will be
taken up in the house early at tbe next
session. The failure of the measure to
pass the house last session is attributed
largely to friction among some of the
bureaus it is pruposed to put in the new
department Another factor in the de
lay is said to have been the linire!fo
that the project was in the interest of
certain men who bad been suggested for
secretary of the department when
created. There was probably no ground
for this Impression, but there seems to
be no doubt that It had an effect ad
verse to the measure.
A subcommittee of the bouse commit
tee on Interstate and foreign commerce.
of which Mr. Hepburn Is chnlrrnnn, was
given charge of the bill, with the under-
standing that during the recess of con
press it would conduct a thorough in
quiry as to the necessity for such a de
part tneut. There has been complied In
various government bureaus, for the use
of congress, pertinent Information for
the purpose of showing that the pro-
posed department is necessary and
would be of great benefit to the com
menial Interests of the country. There
appears to be no considerable opposition
to treating the new department and so
far as the commercial iuterests are con
cemed they strongly favor it. A to the
friction among bureaus to be embraced
in the department that should not be
allowed to interfere. Congress should
determine the matter without regard to
the wishes of the heads of bureaus and
with a view solely to promoting the In-
terests with which the department will
be concerned. There Is unquestionably
a demand for a department of commerce
and there is no good reason for further
delay in creating It The new depurt-
nient should be organised before the end
of the present congress.
OMAHA, Sept. 10, 1902. To the Editor of
The Bee: In this morning's Issue you call
upon the churches to bold appropriate serv
ices on next Sunday morning In honor of
President McKlnley. Will you explain why
William McKlnley more than Benjamin
"arnson snouia De so nonorea by tbe
tuu,l;u"' oulu Bervea tneir country in
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various DOSltlona. both -or. r.l,1nt
both are dead. One died in the usual man
ner and one was murdered. Does the
murder, not the martyrdom, of a public
Without disparaging the eminent serv-
Ices and high character of Benjamin
Harrison, we think there Is a decided.
difference. William McKlnley suc
cumbed to the murderer's bullet while
in office, whereas Benjamin Harrison
died a natural death in private life.
William McKlnley was cut off at an un
timely hour, because he was president
of the United States. . The bullet was
aimed at the president not at the man.
There Is no suggestion of McKlnley's
canonization, but simply of a tribute to
his memory, and where rather than In
the churches could such a tribute be
paid more appropriately to a man whose
life and death exemplify the highest
tyie of self-sacrificing, patriotic and
.God-loving citizenship?
After Uncle Sam distributes his hand
out of $100,000 on the Omaha and
Winnebairo reservations we mav rnpt
ancthor large delegation of red tnexx to
vlslt ... t tllft lnttHnn nt ft, ttiwi
States marshal, to take measurements
on the amount of firewater consumed
In the celebration.
Tom Johnson should remember that
when It comes to Jockeying for placo
Colonel Bryan has bad a great deal
niore experience than he has had.
Tne Lid Mailed Down.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The doings In Porto Rico show that if
the United States bad not annexed that
lalnnrl 4t nnH iav. K... I . . v.
8outh Amerlcri "republic- There Is no
further call for that "kind of republic.
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VV11I Congress M ake Good!
Chicago News.
President Roosevelt, says he Is making no
promises In retard .to the trusta that ha
does not mean to keep. The president's
word is good, but congress and the state
leKl"lture "1 have to collaborate with
him before he can do much.
A Sqneese Coming- to Mr,
Baer.
Baltimore 'American.
The Pennsylvania legislature may Induce
Mr. Baer to modify his divine right Ideas
to 'the extent that he will render nnder
Caesar the things that are Caesar's. In
this Instance "Caesar" will not be i-epre-
seuted by Mr. Morgan; but by the coal con
,umer'
Possibilities of Relief.
- Philadelphia Ledger.
If Pennsylvania anthracite Is to make
waT tor Texas oil, which Is the suggestion
lnal ,s mrown out by Expert Hayes of
eT'Lvoorii,1" semeTt
0f the strike. Petroleum is orobablv a not
very dangerous rival of coal as a fuel, but
' its possible substitution can be made to
serve as a club over the heads of those
wu w uimiuo tor tun lncreaioio pro-
, fif thU .,,. V
Hayes' idea deserves a warm welcome aad
wide publicity.
Tho Codflah Feels av Thrill.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Score another for Massachusetts!
In the first great military and naval ma
neuvers ever held In the United States the
commanding general Is a son of western
Massachusetta and the commanding ad-
lit
rZ" Z t" lT,?
navy is the Massachusetts naval brigade
and the only state force found of sufficient
training to handle modern coast defense
rtlUeirJr M ,t,e ,th th regular
tlllery.
Let the codfish flap!
The Abandoned Broncho Race.
Minneapolis Times.
Very probably . the cowboy race from
Deadwood to Omaha, the finish to occur
during President Roosevelt's visit to the
latter city, would not have been anything
TeTjr terrlb,e l its imposition upon the
",auranc of fer meq or horses. Cow-
I - " ir more numane to
animals than driver, of delivery wagons.
for Instance, or than the man on the
quarterdeck of a dray. All tbe same,
r""aeDl ttooseveit bad hut to request
bis friend, Beth Bullock of Deadwood, to
call the thing off, as it was being criticised
by many who know very little about facts.
to secure instant compliance with bis
wishes. It is just as well, as there was
nothing particularly spectacular or Inter
esting in the whole affair.
Trolley Llaea Well Laid.
Portland Oregonlan.
Plttsfield is chagrined that Its good
reputation bas been put to the blush by tbe
presidential accident, and moves in tbe di
rection of a municipal bousecleanlng. We
shall undertake to aay that whatever good
reputation It has hitherto rejoiced In has
been due to lack of general information
upon lta many interesting qualities. But
that has passed with the drawn curtain
of publicity. Plttsfield wished. It appears,
to have the cars stopped during the presi
dential drive, but hadn't the power or re so
lutlon. It is even more Illuminative to
learn that the judge before whom the of
fending motorman and conductor were ar
raigned la none other than the president of
the street car company Itself. In the light
of these revelations, the further announce
ment that the case cannot even be reached
until January will occasion no surprise.
HOt'JtD ABOIT HKW YORK.
Rlpplea the Carrent of I.lfe In
the Metropolis.
William r. Howe, the noted criminal
lawyer who died last week, is eatd to have
nullified more criminal statutes and se
cured the acquittal of more law breakers
than any lawyer who has practiced In the
big city tn a generation. His success in
working upon the sympathies of Juries
brought him the cream of the criminal
trade and very liberal fees. His principal
characteristic, next to his professional
practice, was a weakness for loud clothes,
loud jewelry, and watch chains so heavy
that they tore bis pockets. Once wben
defending a client he tearfully protested
that he was "too poor a man to take the
case" unless he believed the accused to be
Innocent. The judge, looking blm over and
noting his several pounds of jewelry, the
gems blazing In his shirt and on his fingers,
his sllk-llned clothing and other evidences
of prosperity, observed, quietly: "Well,
Mr. Howe, I would be willing to give a few
dollars for you, just as you stand."
Long-ago missionaries, whose chronologic
notions were a little bit confused, declared
that Buddhism was a palpable imitation of,
If not a deliberate steal from Christianity.
Besides the similarities in tenet were those
In ritual and ceremony. This likeness may
be seen by any New Yorker for himself
reports tbe Evening Post The heavy im
migration of Neapolitans and Sicilians has
produced several little Italys in New York,
which celebrate tbe festas of home wltb
more enthusiasm even than Is observed In
the fatherland. A feature of these cele
brations Is tbe presentation of votive
candles to patron saints and to the Virgin.
On the other hand, in Chinatown, nearly
every grocery store carries a stock of Ori
ental votive candles, which are presented
to Buddha; the Goddess qf Mercy, Qwang
Yin; the God of War, Man-Mo-Mew. These
candles are made to suit all tastes as well
ss all conditions of the pocketbook. Tbey
range from poor, cheap little red affairs
like the Christmas tree candles up to
stately creations four, five and six feet in
length. The Italians use both red and
white, while tbe Chinese confine them
selves almost exclusively to red. They use
white and yellow upon special occasions, a
white candle being symbolic of death and
a yellow one of beaven, or the Son of
Heaven, who Is the emperor of the celestial
kingdom.
Of the many heart tragedies of a great
city, working out to the end In Bellevue,
few are more pitiful than one which came
to the attention of the police recently. An
old, poorly-dressed man leaped from the
strlngpiece of the pier at the foot of
East Forty-third street, In an attempt at
suicide. The act was witnessed by two
sailors, who leaped In after the old man
and managed to rescue him. He was un
conscious when taken from the river and
an ambulance surgeon had to work over
him some time before be partially re
covered. He was taken to Bellevue hos
pital and placed in the prison ward
Nothing could be learned from him of
his name or residence. He sank into
sleep which was broken by cries of "My
wife, my wife! Oh, mammal Mamma
That was all.
A thin man and a fat man started out
on tbe east side the other day to sell lem
ons, relates the New York Times.
The thin man was energetic and Im
pressed one as being a hustler; the fat
man was Indolent, as fat men are apt to
be. Gathering himself together, the thin
man would yell:
"Lemons, n-t-c-e 1-e-m-o-n-s, two for
five, five for ten, twenty for a dozen, six
teen for a quarter."
After he was through, the fat man said
"Here, too." '
Improved methods have crept Into the
panhandling business, reports tbe New York
Sun. A family man who was leaving his
Fark row office for home the other night
was accosted by a typical tramp. He was
down at tbe heel, bad a week's growth of
gray whiskers and was so dilapidated
generally that he might have blown away
In a gale.
"Say, mister," said the ragged one, as be
stood In the family man's way, "I've got
8 cents here and' I want 7 more to get a
bed. . I expect Work tomorrow, but that
wont help me now. I'm hungry, too, and I
really need a meal."
The family man looked Interested. He
thrust his right hand Into his trousers
pocket and was In the act of drawing
forth a quarter when something happened.
A young, hard-faced fellow, wearing a
shabby derby over his left eye, smoking the
butt of a cigar that had been picked up
In tbe street and swinging a light bamboo
cane, quickly pushed the old tramp aalde
and looked tbe family man In the eye.
"Say, sport," ho said, "on the dead now,
I wanter git a ball and a smoke. I ain't
got a cent, but I'm on der level. Unbelt
fer tome of the cush an' don't stand there
looking skeered! Come up!"
The old tramp looked at the young pan
handler In astonishment Then he rubbed
bis eyes and pinched himself to see whether
he was dreaming.
"Great Scott!" was his ejaculation, aa he
moved away. "If tho business has pro
greased that fur It's time I quit."
Then be departed, while the family man
handed the quarter to the progressive beg
I E WUU pUb lb III Ul JWK
gar, who put It in his pocket ana turned
UD th -nlt,ln tune'
A New York gentleman who bas recently
paased over to the great majority and
whose will has been probated, showed a
most comendable desire to relieve his
heirs of all anxiety as to the final dispo
sition of his mortal remains.
In bis will the specifications Rr his
funeral were set down minutely. There was
to be a casket covered wltb black cloth, to
cost $50; $5 were to be paid for laying
blm out; $35 for his cremation, $10 for a
hearse, $5 for one carriage. $1 for ferry
tickets, $3 for removal of body, $4 for
four gentlemen porters," $4.25 for Board
of Health permits; total, $118.26. No more
was to be paid to anyone under any circum
stances. The aabea were to be sent to Vir-
gina and planted in a cemetery there.
One of the largest and most notable
buildings In New York will be the great
power house which is being erected for
the underground railroad, situated between
Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. Fifty'
eighth and Fifty-ninth streets. Tbe build
Ing will be 5S0 feet locg, 200 feet wide and
115 feet high. Designed by Stanford
White, It will have attractive architectural
featurea and Its entire cost. Including th
equipment, will be $5,000,000. It wtll
probably take rank as the largest powor
bouse tn the world and it will contain
several novelties in structure of this kind
It will be completed in time for the opera
tlon of the railroad by tbe opening of 1904
Tbe President and the Trasts.
Minneapolis Journal.
This much Is certain: The president
merits tbe support of everyone who de
sires to see this much-discussed subjec
dealt with, not fanatically, but rationally
and Intelligently. He Is not deterred or
to be deterred from the course be bas
taken oy political hostility and threats
He will stand by bis guns snd the un
prejudiced public, who believe that to!
nation can aolve. In a practical and benefi
cent manner the problems rf our complex
modern life, will stand by him.
THE HARD COAt (Iffll.
Philadelphia Trees: Tbe man with tbe
empty coal binand that la pretty nearly
every man In tbe country Is unanimous
demanding that the strike be settled.
His voice Is getting so loud and determined
that it must be heeded.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: President Baer
says that the demands of the miners If
arrled out would make It Impossible to
mine coal profitably. That's queer, Isn't it?
Doesn't the consumer have to pay Just
what he's asked for tbe precious stuff?
New York Tribune: The scant supply of
anthracite and the high prices of fuel of
every sort have stimulated the ransacking
of peat bogs almost everywhere in the east.
Will tbe pungent odor of peat smoke become
s familiar to American homes as It has
been for centuries In lowly cottages tn
Scotland and Ireland?
Detroit Free Press: A few weeks ago It
looked aa though a compulsory arbitration
bill was too heroic a measure to adopt
nder any circumstances. Now the coal
operators have succeeded in making such a
measure look mild. They are positively
holding themselves as a much bigger lnstl-
ution than Is the United States govern
ment.
Indianapolis News: Let It not be for
gotten that the anthracite coal monopolists
simply refuse to discuss tbe situation with
anyone. They do not explain to the public
what their position In tbe controversy Is.
They refuse to entertain the proposition of
arbitration. Tbey are bound to crush the
union at whatever cost to themselves, the
men and tbe general public.
Boston Globe: Only people of minor com
prehension can be made to believe that the
operatives are led into risking such great
osses on the basis of mere blind passion.
n most, cases the strike has bettered
their condition, as statistics amply prove.
It is the public that suffers most, and It
the public wltb whom tbe stubborn
operators will finally have to deal.
Springfield Republican: Probably the
contention of the coal companies Is sound,
that a uniform scale of wages is tmpractl-
able for the whole hard coal region.
though this is a question very properly
determinable by Impartial arbitration. But
It Is to be noticed that the same compan
ies insist upon the practicability and jus
tice of a uniform scale of prices to the
public for . their coal, which is thus pro
duced under varying conditions; and they
maintain It, too.
PERSONAL, KOTE9.
It waa remarked that the shah of Persia
was moody and sad. He has only sixty-five
wives, while his father had 1.720.
Thomas J. Lane, who claimed to have
captured Jeff Davis, was killed by a train
at Swlssvllle, Pa., on Thursday. During the
war he was a member of the Seventh Penn
sylvania cavalry.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland has
announced that while Rev. Herbert 8.
Blgelow, democratic nominee for secretary
of state. Is looking after bis candidacy, he
will fill the reverend gentleman's pulpit oc
casionally. Reeves E. Selmes, late law clerk In the
finance department. New York, held that
position so long that be was a walking
eticvrlonedla of municipal law and could,
at a moment's notice, recall decisions of the
court of appeals covering a period of fifty
years or more.
The German crown prince recently
caused much embarrassment to the rail
way, officials at Bonn by insisting upon
traveling fourth class when making an
excuralon to Laach with some fellow stud
ents. He stated that he preferred travel
ing fourth class, as the carriages were
better ventilated than any other compart
ments on the line.
Four per. cent on $1,000,000 Is the sum
Charles M. Schwab, tbe steel king. Is to
pay annually for an unfurnished apartment
of seventeen rooms on the sixteenth floor
of the Ansonta, Broadway and Seventy
second street, New York, with private ele
vator service. Only a few years ago this
would have been a startling annual rental
for anyone to pay.
The condition of United States Senator
Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut bas not
improved as was hoped for when he left
Washington about, tbe middle of the laat
session of congress and went to.' his sum
mer home on Long. Island sound. Tho
senator has led a. very quiet life while
there, but has been subject to fainting and
dizzy spells. Hla relatives are not alarmed
for bis Immediate welfare, but bis condi
tion Is strongly Indicative of falling pow
ers. Mr. Hawley is 7( years old.
A CONVERTED MONOPOLIST.
Ridlcnloaa Pretensions of Ohio's
Democratic Leader.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland and
autocrat of the democratic party In Ohio,
announces himself as tbe great trust, mo
nopoly and corporation smasher. He doea
cot say exactly how or by what means he
will do the smashing, except so far as he
has shown a disposition to wreck the prop
erty of the street railway companies In
Cleveland by giving a franchise to a new
corporation on tbs basis of l-cent fares.
His proclaimed purpose is the municipal
ownership of the street railways and ulti
mately the running of them free of cost to
those who use them.
As Mayor Johnson Is certain to be the
most discussed democrat in the country
for a time, It Is entirely proper to Inquire
nto his antecedents. He was born In pov
erty and Is now several times a millionaire.
bow many times is of no consequence. The
Journal finds nothing to condemn In that
our special will be Shirts. All of our fi.00 colored .
negligee shirts, and broken lines of , f l.F0 qualities, -will
be sold Friday from 9 a. m. and as long as they
last at 55 cents each. They are to be seen on tho '.'
inside of the store, as the broken up condition "of the
front' makes it impossible for a window display.
"No clothing
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. .
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
fact, since those who denounce mllllnna're
as robbers who have taken from lalmr the
millions they posse are more or lose fo
clallsts and those who were the most
earnest supporters of Mr. Pryan In 1S?.1
All these in Ohio and many elsewhere who
are now expressing admiration for Mnynr
Johnson because he Is a monopoly smnshT
ought to be Interested to know ty what
means he attained millions of dollars In
twenty-flve years It may surprise them ts
know that no man' In this' coun
try Is a millionaire so entirrlv
because he has been a monopolist as
Tom L. Johnson. He la a umn of brains,
quick to fe an advantage and to grasp It.
Therefore, nearly every patent affecting the
construction and running of street rail
ways that had value he secured. During the
years that he was preaching free trade ho
owned the patent for a rail for street rail
ways under which he manufactured and sold
such rails at an exorbitant pr!ee. The Tom
L. Johnson' stre t rail was the most com
plete and one of the most profitable ma
nopolles the world has witnessed. With
that rail and other facilities he became an
owner in part and the controller t.f street
railwaya In several cities a street rail wav
magnate, in fact. By the manipulation o'
such properties be became a millionaire.
As waa stated a few days ago, he came very
near selling to the people of Detroit for
$16,000,000 a street railway system which
could have been duplicated for about $4,000.-
000, In tbe estimated value of Whtch ho
counted as worth several mllliona a fran
chise for which not a dollar hnd been paid.
The swindle was headed off. During sev
eral years Mr. Johnson bas been turning
his street railway properties Ints bonds and
other properties. While Mr. Johnson was
entirely engrossed In the business he did
not advocate 3-cent fares and municipal
ownership until the Detroit affair. Prob
ably few Individuals In this country have
realized more from straight 6-cent fares
than has the democratic autocrat In Ohio,
who goes forth wearing the eelf-gllded bain
of monopoly-smasber-ln-chlef to be the
democratic candidate for president in 1904.
FLASHES OF FCM.
Detroit Free Press : "Your kail's some
thing of a wag," remarked the cow.
"Say!" answered the eamol. "if I had
a tall like yours, I'd shake It'
SomervIHe Journal: A boy baby la never
really named until the other boys agree
upon a nickname for him. .
Washington Star: "Po you feeller that
monkeys can talk like human beings?"
"No," answered Miss Cayenne; "but I
have known human beings who could chat
ter like monkeys."
Boston Transcript: Barnes I hear your
house was broken into t' other night and
lots of silver plate and Jewelry stolen.'
Shedd Yes; but the rascals entirely over
looked the ten tons of coal In the cellar.
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Gay Tea, I
know my husband ean't afford all these
things, but I'm buying them to please
him.
Mrs. Schoppen To please Kim?
Mrs. Gay Yes, there's nothing that
pleases him more than a chance to tell his
people what a martyr he is.
Town Talk: "There's the most Ignorant
man I ever met. He thinks that Julius
Ceasar was emperor of Germany."
"What a charming historical novel ' he
could write." . ...
Chicago News: "I am a strong believer,"
said the sour-looking old maid, "In single
blessedness." . .
"Dtii In," t!i6 luMe of h. muiilli rvi'iied,
"bow dangerous It Is to Judge from looks
alone."
Chtcago Tribune: "It must have been a
good deal of a calamity when the water
overflowed your cornfield that wet season.".
"Not such a terrible calamity. When the.
water went away It left millions of fish be
hind. I let them stay there for fertilisers
and raised the biggest crop of corn you ever
heard of."
BIGS.
Arniy and Navy Journal.
Oh, the Gen'ral raised 'the devil with fh
Kernel, so 'tis said, -
About a little hitch In the formaahuu at
parade:
And the Kernel told the Major that his
handling the battalion
Resembled Ward McAllister a leadln' a
cotillion;
An' the Major hauled the Cap'en up about
aome oversight,
Manooverln' tbe company while breakln
from the right;
An the Cap'en gravely cauahuned the
Lootenant bar In mind,
An' keep the rear rank well closed tip
and properly all'ned. -
Oh, them big bugs hev bigger bugs,
That Jump on 'em an' bite 'em; '- v
An' the bigger bugs hev other bugs. ,
An' so ad Infinitum. . ,
The sargent med a break an' the Looten
ant collared him,
Politely lntlmatln' thet he didn't know a
dem;
An' the sargent soon an error In pre-
servln' distance spied. ,
An' got a shot at Darrlnger, the corp'raJ.
who was guide;
But Darrlnger said nothln' he Jest-waited
fer his chance,
An' promptly gev some scorchln' views, on,
tactics, to the Lance,
Who opened lire on Private Dean fer
spllln' all the wheels,
An' Dean cuxaud Smith, his rear rank
man, fer ateppln' on his heels.
Oh, them big bugs hev bigger bugs.
That Jump on 'em an' bite 'em;
An' the bigger bugs hev other bugs.
An' so ad Infinitum.
'Twas all wound up In barracks when the
reg'ment was dismissed,
An' Dean's eye rather funnily ran foul o'
Smithy's flat,
An' we stood on chairs an' table an we
backed 'em fer the beer.
While the clamor of the battle woke the
echoes far an' near;
It was JlHt a rough an' tumble, but a most
Instructlv' tight, ' ,
Till the sargent an' a detail o' the gyard
hove Into Bight;
An' they tuk 'em, blowm.and bloody, an
they locked 'em In the mill.
An' thet's all thet I retnlnaber of the Big
Review an' Drill. . ; ,' f .'
Cent thet big bugs bev bigger bugs,
That Jump on 'em an" bite 'em; , .
And the bigger bugs hev other bugs
An' so ad Infinitum.
fits like ours."
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