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Entries In the political race of 1902
are coming Into the last quarter.
The British are proceeding on the the
ory that a good mad mullah is a dead
one.
The news of a movement la Paris to
set up a new divorce Mecca there will
eause great excitement at Sioux Falls.
The kaiser Is bound to establish good
relations with the United States If he
has to send all his own relations to
visit us.
In christening Mercer by the name of
David Benry a grave mistake was com
mitted. In view of his exploits in cheat
ing the malls, he should bare been called
Frank. " '
, Applicants for the vacancy in the office
of county clerk should possess their souls
in patience. It's a safe bet that the
appointment will not be made until after
election day rolls by.
The Indian land lease ring operating
on the Winnebago reservation has re
ceived a severe Jolt The license of the
ring to despoil the Indians of their prop
erty has about expired.
It Is to be a live-ring ballot this year,
with the republicans on top, the demo
crats, populists, prohibitionists and so
cialists following each other" In the pro
cession of the equinoxes.
Although the strike Is ended, rather
than make people who bought anthracite
at famine rates feel that they have been
buncoed, the coal dealers thoughtfully
refrain from pulling down the prices.
Any other big national conventions,
secular or religious, that choose to come
to Omaha for a meeting place may de
pend on It that they will be cordially
welcomed and adequately provided for.
Even with a light Tote Nebraska's
total vote should not fail below the 200.-
OOO-niark this year. It will take more
than 100,000 votes to entitle the success
ful candidates to their certificates of
flection
We take It that Colonel Bryan will nut
in no objection against Grover Cleveland
delivering all the academic addresses to
university conclaves that be pleases. But
when he touches on politics be Invites
reprisals.
Will our Vigilant United States rllaUrliW
attorney prosecute Cansressman MwrJ
for violating the postal laws by fill
his frank to cheat the government out
of postage on his campaign portraits and
circular letters! ,
What's this? Democrats predicting In
public interviews that their present cam
U Ida to for county attorney If elected
would make the) best county attorney
ever In that office. What a reflection
on the present democratic Incumbent.
S'noutrage!
The Nebraska railroads have a much
smoother and more effective way than
the Chicago taxflxers mho have got into
trouble. The Nebraska railroads fix the
matter at the start for themselves when
the assessment Is tnade, thus saving a
world of bother and shunting the tax
burden over upon other shoulders.
Over la Chicago the democrats have
pulled a congressional nomine off the
ticket because unabut to answer satis
factorily charges of forgery. That re
minds ns that our nonresident congress
man perslsta in staying on the ticket
despite positive proof of fraud and per
jury as factors In his nomination. Our
Dave might die or be defeated, but with
draw sever.
now it WoVLV vrtRAtt.
One of the eminent political economists
of the country Is Prof, fellgman'tf Co
lumbia university. In regard to the pro
posed removal or. reduction of Import
duties on trust-made articles, he Is of
the opinion that while this would
weaken some trusts, yet the great mass
of trusts would not be affected by tariff
changes, except In so far as general
business would be so affected. "If a
cutting down of tariff dnties," said Prof.
Selipmnn, "would injure the trusts It
would lu all probability injure those
concerns which are unconnected with
the trusts. If, as is claimed by others,
tariff reform would mean Increased
prosperity In certain Industries, It would
not prove an obstacle to the creation of
trusts In those Industries."
This is sound and logical. - Every ra
tional man must nee that It is not pos
sible to Injure the great combinations
through tariff changes such aa the dem
ocrats propose without at the same time
doing Injury to the numerous industries
that have no connection with the com
binations, but ' Instead compete' with
them in the home market and thus con
stitute a bulwark' against monopoly. As
to the assumption that tariff reform of
the democratic kind, would give indus
tries Increased prosperity, .the country
has bad. a lesson respecting this which
should b. sufficient far some time to
come. It was promised that the tariff
law of 1804 would bring prosperity and
everybody knows how utterly that prom
ise faUed. The prosperity we had be
fore the democratic party came Into
power vanished and as American mills
and factories closed those abroad be
came active. The so-called reform
proved an excellent thing for the Brit
ish and other foreign manufacturers.
Another point presented by Prof. Se-
llgman merits consideration. This Is
that if the trusts were due only to the
tariff, then they would be confined to
the highly protectionist countries, which
Is not the fact There are Industrial
combinations In England and the num
ber Is growing. Their organization may
not be altogether like that pf the Amer
ican combinations. but the underlying
principle Is the same. It being mani
festly Impracticable to Injure the trusts
through the tariff without at the same
time more severely Injuring the thous
ands of Independent Industries scattered
all over the country, which produce 80
per cent of our manufactured products,
the question as to the wiser course to
pursue is apparent The Independent
Industries should be sustained. The
capital and labor employed In them
must bo protected. This policy Is nec
essary to the maintenance of the com
manding Industrial position the United
States haa attained and to the continu
ance of prosperity. It Is essential to
the welfare alike of the wage earner
and the agricultural producer.
MVTIICIPAL OWIitUSHtP IN IOWA.
An opinion Just handed down by the
supreme court of Iowa holds that & tax
levy to provide a special fund against
which bonds have been Issued for water
works or similar public utilities Is not
within the constitutional limitation on
municipal Indebtedness. The decision
will give an Important impetus to mu
nicipal ownership within the state. .Not
a few Iowa cities have experimented
extensively in proprietorship. The ex
periment has been particularly success-,
ful In water supply. Many more would
have owned and operated their own pub
lic utilities but for the legal doubts aris
ing under the constitutional limitation.
Their Indebtedness in many cases was
either fully up to the limit or was such
that the total, If the Indebtedness In
volved In providing the necessary plants
were added to it would exceed the limit
and of course the legal question would
affect the sale of bonds. The supreme
court at one blow wipes out all doubt
and enables all municipalities, without
regard to the condition of their debts, to
engage freely as proprietors In the sup
ply of water, and undoubtedly also in
the supply of light and the like. It Is
safe to predict that scores of cities and
towns will promptly take advantage of
the opportunity opened up by the su
preme court
A SATISFACTORY TITLE.
The report of Attorney General Knox
dispels all doubt as to the competency
of the new Panama Canal company to
convey to the United States a good and
valid title to Its property. The report
shows that there Is nothing In the ob
jections that have been urged to this
government purchasing the canal com
pany's property, the French courts hav
ing entirely cleared the way for enab
ling the company to sell and the prop
erty will come into the possession of
the United States without any incumb
rance. The measure glvlnK the president
authority in this matter provides that
he shall acquire the property If a sat
isfactory title can be obtained, so that
he could proceed at once to carry out
this authority, but doubtless nothing
further will be done until the political
situation In "Colombia improves.
A treaty has been framed which pro
vldes for the acquisition by the United
States of land on the Isthmus of Pan
ama and the concession on the part of
Colombia to this government of certain
rights and privilege essential to the
construction and control of the canal,
This treaty must go before the Co
lombian congress and the congress Is
yet to be elected. When the election
can take place is a matter of uncer
tainty. It depends upon the suppression
of the revolution and the situation at
present does not promise that this will
be soon attained. It Is true that condi
tions appear to be less serious than they
seemed to be a month or two ago, per
haps largely due to the firm action of
our government In the Isthmus, but the
revolutionary party has shown a great
deal of vitality and tenacity and may
hold out for a considerable time yet,
though Its cause now appears to be well
nigh hopeless. It cannot be confidently
a,ld, however, that with peace restored
In Colombia no difficulties would be en
countered In nntatnlng satisfactory
terms from that country. It la believed
that a very large majt? of the Co
lombia people earnestly desire that the
United States shall construct the canal.
buf when the congress comes to con
sider the concessions which our gov
ernment will require there Is more than
likely to be a troublesome opposition.
Meanwhile the ImjKirtant fact that the
canal company can give a valid title to
Its proierty Is conclusively settled.
MERVtR-a MORAL SCAStOX MAS IFKSTO.
The manifesto issued on behalf of
David II. Mercer Is a most Ingenious at
tempt to enlist the sympathy and sup
port of the moral forces In this com
munity by representing his opponents as
the friends and protectors of crooks,
dive keepers, ward heelers and habitual
outlaws. If everybody arrayed against
Mercer Is to be classed among the crimi
nal elements there .must be a very great
number of criminals In the Second con
gressional district '
Under Mercer's classification of the
criminal elements he includes those who
opposed him before and after he pro
cured bis fraudulent nomination. It in
cludes such criminals as E. J. Cornish,
John P. Breen anfT Nelson C. Pratt It
Includes 2,700 republicans who cast their
votes against Mercer at the Omaha pri
maries, and Especially the delegates who
were defeated by Imported railroad
graders and repeaters. It Includes s'K.h
well known republicans as Hans Bock,
Carl Steffen and Charles Uanley In the
First ward; Fred Brunlng, S. A. Cor
neer, F. II. Hoye and Charles Stelger
from the Second ward; George A. Mead,
II. B. Zimman In the Third ward; Victor
II. Coffman, John L. Kennedy and John
C. Wharton in the Fourth ward; D. E.
Elllngwood, Dr. Glbba and Ernest Sweet
In the Fifth ward; Emmett O. Solomon,
Norman L. Trimble and A. S. Atkinson
In the KlxLh ward; John Grant Louis
Berka and C. W. Haller in the Seventh
ward; A. Brown, J. G. Llndquest and
Guy C. Fleming In the Eighth ward, and
a score of others who have always loy
ally supported the party and Its candi
dates. The hypocrisy of the Mercer manifesto
in Its appeal for the sympathy and sup
port of the law-abiding, moral element
of the community Is as audacious as It
is despicable. While the Mercer mani
festo deals In diatribes against the gam
blers, dive keepers and rum sellers, every
string that can be pulled on this class
of people Is being pulled for him by tho
Mercer-Baldwin police commission.
While appealing to the preachers and
church people to help him to pulverize
the wicked and lawless elements, Mercer
is banking on the active help of the
whisky trust In exchange for the ener
getic support he has pledged to the bill
'now pending In congress to reduce the
whisky tax from $1.10 to 70 cents a
gallon.
While appealing to the temperance ele
ment for. sympathy and support in
Omaha, Mercer has made a bid for the
support of the saloon keepers and bar
tenders by becoming a member of the
wide-open order of the Eagles.,
While posing as the foe of ward bums-
he is enrolling hordes of that class for
the final fray both In Omaha and South
Omaha.
Such grandstand play cannot fall to
open the eyes of Intelligent people.
Mercer's manager is very much
wrought up by what Be calls the ma
licious mendacity of The Bee, but he
carefully avoids answering the oft-repeated
questions brushed aside by Mr.
Gurley on the ground that be Is no mind-
reader, and likewise Ignored by Mercer.
Why did Mercer cash In that $200
Greater America draft through a middle
man? Why did be displace two union
veterans from Nebraska employed In the
house with relatives of Mercer from
other states? 'Will Mercer, If re-elected.
continue tp distribute West Point and
Annapolis cadetshlps to political and
personal favorites Instead of giving an
equal chance to every boy In the district
rich or poor? Will he continue, If re
elected, to pocket the $1,200 a year al
lowance for clerls hire which should pay
the salary of sime deserving young Ne-
braskan? Why are the railroads so anx
ious to have Mercer re-elected unless It
Is tb'at be has proved so useful to their
Interests that they want to use him fur
ther? Will Mercer ever live In Omaha
again whether elected or defeated?
If anything serves to discredit Ameri
cans abroad as possessors of sudden
wealth which they do not know how to
use, it Is such performances aa are being
Indulged by Schwab, the great Steel
trust magnate, who seems to be travel
ing in Europe bent only on displaying
his fortune In the most aggravating
form. He is chasing from one capital of
Europe to another by special trains,
something seldom If ever used by the
monarch of the country, who are con
tent to ride in private cars attached to
regular trains. The Impression that
Schwab la trying to outdo and over
shadow royalty Is apt to create resent
ment among the people there and cer-
taluly redounds to no advantage to other
Americans who may want to sojourn
abroad.
It Is the prerogative of every sovereign
voter to know whether the man who Is
to represent him In the halls of the leg
Mature will voice his views and senti
ments on the vital Issues. The most
vital Issue that will appear before the
coming legislature will be railroad tax
atlon and It will, therefore, be eml
nently proper that candidates for the
legislature Khali define their position on
that issue before the day of election.
We are at the end. at least for some
time, of a bull market In railroad stocks.
which haa run for six years, the longest
on record. The average price of twenty
Important railroad stocks is about three
times as hlgn ss It was In lfOrt. The
aggregate of the stocks has been enor-
ruonaly inflated and a large amount of
floating Indebtedness has been converted
Into f ed capital. These operations In
the railroad field alone have absorbed an
linn ense amount of money. The halt
thitt has been called in these sieculatlve
exploitations came none too soon. If
they had gone on unchecked the reaction
trust Inevitably have also seriously in
volved the whole system of legitimate
Industry.
The slump' In the registered vote of
Omaha this year as compared with the
vote registered during the first two days
in the presidential year 1900 Is by no
means to be taken as an Index of popula
tion decline, but rather as an Index of
prevailing conditions. It is either a proof
of Indifference or a proof thst the voters
are too busy. In this respect this year'e
registration In Omaha does not differ
materially from that of other cities In
the country. The registration at Chi
cago, for example, fell 63,000 short this
year of the registration for 1000, In spite
of the fact that the populaflon of Chi
cago has been Increased by more than
60,000 within the past two years.
A congressman who procures his nomi
nation by the votes of Imported repeat
ers sworn In with perjured affidavits and
affirms under solemn path that only $325
waa expended In his behalf In a primary
in which he put out thousands of dollars
Is not to be expected to stop at a little
thing like violating the postal laws by
sending private campaign circulars
through the malls under the franking
privileges labeled "part of the Congres
sional Record." That Is Mercer'a caliber.
Plans and specifications for the great
South Omaha railway and wagon bridge
across the Missouri river, which was
engineered through congress by Dave,
are now in the hands of the political
architects but its construction will nec
essarily have to be postponed for a few
years on account of the high price of
structural Iron and the low price of gold
bricks. '
An equitable legislative apportionment
conforming to the census of 1900 would
make a noticeable difference In the dis
tribution of members of the coming Ne
braska legislature to be elected next
week- The present apportionment dat-Int-
back fifteen years, works flagrant
Injustice on all the progressive sections
of the state
Look out for the false registration of
literal voters.. The fraudulent registra
tion is always perpetrated on the last
registration day, ,
Favored, Soa of Toll.
New Jork. "World.
Tha total nf this vear'a crops 11.795. 500,-
000 makes the "man . with tha hoe" also
the "man with the dough.
A Point Well Tkeat.
Chicago! ' Chronicle.
rattiilr"thaa corDoration con
trol of the federa) xourts Is another propo-
BlllOu wnicn migut ue vua m gum, ut.t
of popular favor.' '
Oh, Oscar. Wkr IMd Voat
Chicago News.
Let us hops that King Oscar was im
partial in his Samoan decision; At any rate
we know now that he never intends to run
for office la the United States.
Har4 . to Devla ' Better Oae.
Kansas City Star.
While there may be some Justification for
President Eliot's strlotures on the common
school system of America it Is a question
for debate whether the head of Harvard
university could provide a plan of popular
education which would suit the people quite
as well as that which Is now In vogue.
T a rain a; tha Tables.
New York World.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says tha
Nebraska banks are "gorged with money"
whose owners don't dara invest It In east
ern watered stocks. The tables are turned
with a' vengeance r since "western farm
mortgages" were off color In New York!
eaalntT Back tha lat.
New Tbrk Tribune.
This country wants no Chinese loot, or
loot jf any kind, from any quarter. Our
Treasury department in sending back to
Pekin the Jade tablets brought from the
Oriental capital acted In accordance with
American traditions and precedents, and In
the true American spirit. This republic
has no disposition to take or to hold any
thing to which its title Is not clean and
honest
Cadflsk aa a War Iaaaleaaeat.
Kansas City Star.
The employment, of tons of codfish In
Dunkirk as a barricade for rioting dock
laborers, aa told In a. dispatch from Paris,
reveals a new and novel use for that com
modity. In this country codfish la utilized
almost wholly as an Intellectual stimulant,
and as an aid to high moral and mental
development The dispatch from Paris will
be the first ' Intimation to thousands of
fairly Intelligent people that -codfish In
quantities sufficient to form a barricade
exists snywhere ia the world outside of
Boston,
PRRSOXAL. ROTES.
Mary MacLane has decided to shake Bos
ton and return to Butte. It is not the
first time Mary tobogganed from the sub
lime to the ridiculous.
Of Gladstone Henry Labouchere once re
marked: "I do not object to Hr. Glad
stone's occasionally having an ace up hla
sleeve. But I do wish he would not always
say that Prevldence put It there."
W. F. King, chief astronomer of the
Pom In Ion of Canada, haa been appointed
by the British government a commissioner
to mark the forty-ninth parallel from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast.
Ex-Beaator Jewett of St Louis 1 4 years
old. Someone asked him not long ago how
old he thought a man should be before re
tiring from business. The old gentleman
gravely responded: "I don't really think a
man should keep oa after he haa reached the
sga of 0.H
It Is rumored that Miss Stone, the res
somed missionary, ia anxious to go back
ta Macedonia and resume the work In which
she was formerly engaged there, but that
the Turkish government objects and will
prohibit her landing on aay part of the
territory under Turkish rule.
Say what you will of toe alleged un
practical nature of woman, she occasionally
rises to an emergency. Note the act of
the Indianapolis womaa who broke, up a
disturbance at a pretty girl coolest, by
throwing the prise, aa elaborately decor
ated cake, out of the window.
REPt KMC. STATU TICKET.
Norfolk News: Friends of the "Little
Giant" are becoming frightened. They are
afraid that Mr. Mickey and his friends
are proving giant killers with whom they
can afford to reckon.
Pawnee Press: Vote for J. II. Mickey
for geveraor. He Is a clean man. and a
fight Is made against him by a certain ele
ment in the opposition because he Is a
clean man. Stand up for Mickey.
Chadroa Journal: If Joha II. Mickey were
turned down It would be a slap In the face
of right living and a generous disposition
and all the elements that go to make the
best of American manhood and cltlsenshlp.
Madiaen Chronicle: The editorial utter
ances of soma of our esteemed fusion con
temporaries Justify the Inference that It
Mickey would load up with a good, old
fashioned, protracted Jag he would receive
their enthusiastic support.
Rush villa Record: The ability and clean- I
Ilness of the republican stata ticket has
never been seriously questioned. All the
campaign so far seems to be based against
the prosperity, sobriety and common sense
of many of the candidates from Governor
Mickey downwards.
Fremont Tribune: The statement of
Hon. John II. Mickey In his Fremont ad
dress a few nights ago that be bad not
made a single pledge to obtain the nom
ination for governor and that ha has made
absolutely none since, is an Important fact
to be borne In mind by the voters of Ne
braska. York Times: There Is consolation In the
fact that if Mr. Mickey Is too good a man
to be governor of Nebraska that objection
does hot spply to the fusion caadldate.
If you want ta vote for candidates whom
yen are deal sure are none too good for
the offices they ars running for, vote the
fusion ticket.
Broken Bow Republican: Tbers should be
no hesitancy with those who want an able,
clean man at the head of tha atate affairs
la voting for J. H. Mickey for governor
He has not entered Into combination with
the rougher element to secure votes and he
can be depended upon If elected to give
ua a clean, business administration.
Hartlngton Herald: One of the striking
spectacles of the campaign Is that of the
third party prohibitionists joining hands
with the Stata Liquor Dealers' association
to defeat Mr. Mickey, one of tha cleanest
men that any party ia this state has ever
nominated for governor. The prohibition
ists must be extremely proud of their po
litical bedfellows.
Kimball Observer: The people through
out the state ars becoming thoroughly cog
nisant of the fact that J. H. Mickey Is an
honest, upright snd successful business
many, with strong convictions of his own
snd plenty of backbone to put them into
execution, and that Is the reason so many
are going to vote for him; He will make
an Ideal governor and will give the state
a clean, able administration.
Kearney Hub: 3. H. Mickey is not tied
to sny man or interest as a candidate for
governor. He is in every sense hla own
man and he Is every inch a man, the kind
of man. In fact, that men delight to honor.
Beatrice Times: Mickey Is making a
manly fight, and hla majority at the polls
will Justify the theory that the assailing
of a good man in a political canvass usually
works tha wrong way for the assailants.
Blair Pilot: When Joha Mickey got
through with his address to the students
at the unverslty last week there was a
very different opinion of Mickey about the
school. There never was a man more loyal
to the educational interests of Nebraska
than haa been Mr. Mickey, and the cause
of popular education will forge ahead a btt
with his election. He haa lived In Ne
braska more than thirty-four years, snd
knows the needs of the people llko a book.
Fremont Tribune: Dodge county will
take pleasure in giving W. K. Fowler an
other large vote for state superintendent
of public Instruction. Two years ago the
voters of this county, many of whom knew
htm, gave him their support in the belief
he would be a credit to the high place to
which he ssplred. Two years of service
In the office haa demonstrated his eminent
fitness for the place. Therefore, they will
now support him. knowing their previous
faith was well grounded. He has filled the
position with the highest success of any
man who has ever held the place. This is
generally conceded:
Blair City Times Tribune: The voters
of Nebraska made a wise choice when
they elected Prof. W. K. Fowler superin
tendent of publlo Instruction. Prof. Fow
ler la one of the most thorough school
men In the state. He haa exercised a
keen interest In school work for many
years, and since he baa been at the head of
the department of publlo Instruction he
haa devoted every minute of nis time to
the educational Interests of Nebraska.' It
Is admilted by those Interested In educa
tion tha stata over that tho schools have
made splendid progress under his direction.
He is devoted to ths work and allows no
opportunity to Improve the system of In
struction to escape him.
Kearney Journal: H. C. Andrews of
Kearney was an army comrade of John H.
Mickey, republican candidate for governor.
The two were the younger members of the
company, and naturally drifted together
from first acquaintance. They became
chums snd bunk mates. Mr. Andrews says
Mickey was a moral, upright boy, always
honorable, always ready for any duty he
waa called upon to perform. A boy honor
able, morally straight, up to the age of
10, la not at all likely to become a cor
morant, tyrant and shylock, aa pictured by
the financially Interested political oppo
nents of Mr. Mickey. Voter, whose word
will you take, that of a roan who knew
Mickey as a boy and as a aoldier, where
the souls of men were sorely tried, or those
of men who do not know him, but who are
engaged In traducing character?
Bloomlngton Advocate: Just at the pres
ent time ths Liquor Dealers' association of
this great commonwealth are throwing
their every Influence against the election
or John H. Mickey, the republican candi
date tor governor, because he Is a man that
does not use liquor In any form. This mix
ing of the liquor dealers In the body poll
tics of the state is getting to be an old
chestnut in the campaign from year to
year. The head of tho organization ia a
radical demosrat. and about every year he
attempts to swing the Influence of his or
ganization to thwart the election of some
republlcsn on the stata ticket. It was this
causa that defeated Reese for supreme
Judge, and now they are threatening to de
feat Mickey. The temperance question does
not enter into the campaign this fall in
any sense of the word, and the liquor deal
ers of the state will find that if they do
pot keep their hands off they will soon
bear something drop in this state. It will
mean that scores of towns next spring will
go dry, snd that such radical legislation
will be enacted by the legislature as will
practically annihilate the aaloona from the
state. Right Is right, and there is no reason
why tho people of the atate should stand
quietly by each year and allow tha liquor
association to say who shall and who shall
not be elected to office on the state ticket.
Seas al Aaaaa, Bile.
Philadelphia Record.
The apple crop this year Is estimated at
4J.000.000 barrels aa excess of K.OOO.OOO
barrels over the crop of 1901. There Is sa
assurance of greater health snd happiness
Is these figures. There Is nothing that
grows upoa a tree better than an apple.
IT" OF WAHITO I.IFK.
Miaee Sreaea sal larldeata Sketched
oa the Spot.
Tension Commissioner Ware manifests a
disregard for the traditions of the bureau
that Is as astonishing as It Is painful to
employes In thst branch of ths federal
service. One of the first things he did
Waa to banish a political cull as a mesne
of promotion. Next he swooped down on
soiuiering" and startled the fraternity by
Insisting oa eight hours' work for slant
hours' pay, a proposition repugnant to
me constitution or an ofnceholder. Then
be pinched the two hat men fellows who
regularly slloned out for a "annrt." leav.
log one hat on a peg to deceive the Inqulsit
tlve. The latest outburst from the com
missioner Is as unique and pointed as Ita
predecessors. It Is an order noated en tha
bulletin announcing the promotion of J.
B. Wiggins of Georgia, whose record la
given as follows: ,
1. Annual leave In four rears, fourteen
days.
2. Not a day sick leave In eight years.
8. On merit, excellent.
4. His chief recommends him.
5. He has steered no statesmen un aaalnat
the commissioner.
6. He haa not told the commlaainner
about his pedigree snd distinguished rela
tives.
7. He has not told the commissioner hnw
capable he (Wiggins) Is and how deservln
of promotion.
Mr. Wiggins will be nromoted todav from
$1,000 to 11.200, and chiefs are requested
to furnish the commissioner with the namea
of all others in the bureau with a similar
record. My deputies, Mr. Davenport and
Mr. Kelly, heartily concur.
The Washington correspondent of the
Brooklyn Eagle reports that desertions
from the aftny continue at an alarming
rate, despite all efforts of the War de
partment to keep the men In the ranks.
A poller of swift and severe nnnlah
for deserters has been sdopted by Secretary
Root, the number of convictions of offenses
of this kind for the past year being twice
as many as In the year previous. The
full legal penalty tor desertion Is now be
ing tniorcea.
Ever since the early reports of the de
partment commanders began to come In It
became spparent to the officers at the War
department that the total number of deser
tions for the paat year would be much
larger than for many years previous. It
is too early to ascertain what the total
desertions will amount to, but the judge
advocate general of the army has prepared
a table, giving the number of trials snd
convictions for this offense. They number
1,081 for the year, but of course this Is far
below the total of desertions, for only a
small percentage of tha deserters are ap
prehended and brought to trial. Some Idea
of the Increase In the custom of taking
French leave of the military service, how
ever, may be gained by comparing the
number of desertions in the year Just
closed with thoae in the preceding year.
There were only (44 convictions for this
offense In the year ending June 30, 1901,
when there were more men in the army
than at present, or when the figures for
the recently, ended year were made up.
This Indicates that there has been an in
crease of about 100 per cent In the number
of desertions. This condition of affairs
has given to the Wsr department officials
some little concern, and It Is likely that if
things do not Improve soon there will be
sa Investigation to find the causes for the
wholesale abandonment of military life by
privates In the ranks. In addition to the
thousand and odd men who were punished
last year for desertion, there were 846
others who were convicted of absence with
out leave, an offense closely bordering on
desertion. '
An experienced army officer, in discussing
the large number of desertions, said to the
Eagle correspondent:
"This ts a subject that no two officers will
agree upon. It has long been one of the
mysteries of the service, and I suppose will
continue so for all time. Everything
possible haa been done to make army life ao
attractive that the enlisted men will stick
to It. The pay has been increased and ths
rations Improved, yet every day finds one
or more deserters. We have always ob
served that there ars more cases of this
kind In prosperous times thsn when busi
ness Is depressed. The Inducement of good
wages in private life la often enough to
wean a man from ths ranks before his time
of service has expired. Then I believe, that
many of the men who have recently given
Uncle Sam the slip enlisted for the excite
ment of war In the Philippines, and have
been unable to endure the Irksomeness of
army life In times of peace. In view of the
Improved conditions of service in these days
ss compared with the lot of tha army pri
vate ten or fifteen years ago we have coma
to the general conclusion that desertions
sre caused by local. Influences rather than
by any fault within the service."
"Hoot-ta-loots" are a dainty aold In the
streets of Washington, and here Is the Star's
xplsnation of their name: " 'Here's yer
nice fresh hoot-ta-loots!' cried an old col
ored man the other evening on Seventh
atreet. 'Git 'em while dey's hot. Good snd
fresh! Dey's good toh de young, and dey's
good fob de old. Only three mo' let'; yer
las' chance foh a fine hoot-ta-loot.' 'What
are you selling, uncle T' Inquired a Star
reporter. 'Hoot-ta-loots. honey,' replied the
old man. 'What's s hoot-ta-loot?' 'Well,
dey's somethin' like pie, only dey Isn't.'
'Where did you get the name?' 'Well, It
'riginated during Camp Alger, over in Vlr
ginny. I used to sell pies to de soldiers
over dah, but one day an order cum stoppln'
have thick hair
the combful. But
did ; you can stop
'Si.
:
Ayer's Hair Vigor
It will probably serve you better than that, for it makes
the hair grow, and keeps the scalp free from dandruff.
Always restores
J. C ATKB CO.,
all de people from sellln' 'em. So when
I went home one day wld my basklt full
'stead o' empty, my ol' 'oman said she'd
fix sum'thln' so's dey'd not know what dey
wus, an' she up and made'dess 'ere things,
and tole me to go on bark to camp wld 'em,
an I did. De fus pusson I met when t got
dar wus er doctor frum one oh da Pennsyl
vania rlglmlnts. He say, "Jasper what yer
got dar?" r tola him hnot-ta-loota. "Hoot-ta-what?"
he said. "Hoot-ta-loots, boas."
"What's dey?" ha said. "I doan know
'zactly, sir. Jes' try one." He did so, and
den be say dey wus all right; an hs up an'
tole me to go to de cunnel foh a pass, which
I did, but befo' de cunnel would sign de
paper be said he wanted to taa' 'em. an'
after he done tas' 'em he said. "Ya' kin
hab de pass, uncle," an' after dat I wus In
the camp every day till de boys went swsy.
Den I 'crlved da Idea of comtn' to ds city
an' 'sposln' of dese things. I calls 'em
"hoot-ta-loots. .
BIO CROPS AS!) EXTORTS.
Featares of tha September Report aa
Aanerlea's Farelaat Trade.
Cleveland Leader.
In September, for the flrst time in mora
than a year, the preliminary monthly state
ment of the exports of breadstuffs, cattle
and hogs, provisions, cotton and mineral
oils from the United States showa an Im
portant gain over the corresponding month
of the preceding year. Lakt November waa
ths only month since August, 1901, In which
there was any Increase In the value of
these staples sold to foreign countries, snd
the single exception of about one and one
halt per cent. The gain In September over
the corresponding month of 1901 was about
17 per cent.
It seems to mark the turning of ths tide
In the sale of these great staples to con
sumers In other lands. There was sn In
crease over September, 1901, In the exports
of breadstuffs, for the first time In more
than a yenr, and alno in cotton. The gala
In the shipments of the latter waa large
enough to offset losses In provisions, cattle
and hogs, and mineral oils, and leave a big
margin over. The Increase In exports of
breadstuffs was not large, but It indicated
clearly a marked change In the condition of
the most Important single factor In Ameri
can trade with foreign countries, except,
perhaps, cotton. , i
With big crops, of wheat, corn and oats
to dispose of this season. It ought to follow
that the sales of American agricultural sta
ples to foreign buyers should Increase
steadily for many months,, and If that shall
happen, the surplus exports of the United
States, which have been a narrowing mar
gin for two years, though still very great,
will probably grow larger again. . We have
become a manufacturing people -of vaat
productive powers, and a fine foreign busi
ness haa been built up In merchandise made
In mills snd factories, but ths greater part
of the splendid American export trade still
consists of the products of the soil in vsrl
ous forms.
SMILING REMARKS.
Bomervllle, Journal: "I love you mora
than I can tell!" he exclaimed, paaaionately.
"Well," she answered, coyly, "they say,
actlona speak louder than wordsV' -
Chicago Tribune: "Hello, Kadgert' Eat
ing mince pie? I thought you were a vege
tarian." "I am, but you don't suppose I can stop
to veparate the meat from tho fruit, do
yourr -
Philadelphia Press: Teas Bo she's mar-
rled to Mr. Johnes-Hrowne.
Jeaa Yes, and auch a stick as he Is.
Tees I suppose she was anxious to ac
quire a husband while she had a chance.
Jess No, it waa tho hyphen that caught
her.
Washington Star: "You don't have much
to say on public questions?" ' '
"No," answered Senator Sorghum, "I am
very much Inclined to think that In modern
affairs publlo questions are .of less conse
quence than private understandings." '
Chicago Tribune: "You were talking Just
now about the 'initiative and referendum,' "
said the man In tho tweed suit. ."Have you
any Idea what that means?"
"You must think I'm a darn fool," re
torted the man with the retreating chin.
"It means that you can't be Initiated unless
you can glvo good references."
Philadelphia Press: "Of course," said the
real estate agent, "city property and subur
ban property are sold In very different
ways. Now, in the city we ask so much
for a front foot"
"Ah, yes," Interrupted tho Unsophisti
cated Person, "and In the suburbs you ask
so much for a back yard."
TUB SOXQ OF TUB CORN.
Irt the lasy October days.
With a wide, wide field and a clear sky
near,
There arises a song of praise,
A song of thanksgiving and homely
cheer.
To the tune of the Autumn wind
You may hear It rise, you may hear It
fall, '
Calling to Ufa of ev'ry kind
That the harvest la great enough for all.
There are mem'rles of early Bnring
The swish of the plough as tt cuts ths
earth ,
The beat of hoofs and planter'a ring
The sweetness and brightness of yearly
birth. i
There's the patter of welcome rain
And the rhythmic drinking of thirsty
ground; ' -There
Is noon on the open plain
And the sturdy strength of the sun un
bound. There's the murmur of moonlit nights
And the shaking roar of the sudden
storm;
There's the fear that the frost Incites
And the peace of the sunshine, glad and
warm.
There's the hush of the Summer morn
And the opal skies of the aunset-glow
In the t.onn of the ripened corn
In the Autumn hymn that the prairies
know
BE LLP; WILLEY QUE.
Wlnsidc, Neb.
Still cmoihor
comb-full".
"About a year tp my hair
waa falling out badly. I began
to use Ayer'a Hair Vigor, and
the falling was promptly checked.
I still use tt once or twice a week
to keep my hair soft and glossy."
Marcus L. Chlsm, Ford, Ky.
"- You certainly cannot
if it keeps coming out by
you can do as Mr. Chism
this falling with
color to gray hair.
Lowall. Maes.