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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: THURSDAY, OCTODEIt 30, 1002.
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8tat of Nebraska, Dougias County, as:
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Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies ot The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Be prlnteu during
the month of September, HUM, was as fol
lows: 1 30,130 16 S1.1BO
i o,to 17 at.oao
t 80,600 18 81,140
8U.S10 .. IS Sl.lttO
1 81,670 20 V1.4SO
80,420 U 211,070
1 2,s70 22 31.UOU
t 0.80,000 23 34, GOO
0 80,700 24 824140
10 81,050 25 81.2O0
11 80,820 28 30,770
11 81 ,200 27 80,030
IS SlJtOO 28 20,025
14 2S,6tM 29 UO,UO
U 81,060 20 81,kOO
Total 028,220
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Net dally averago 80.002
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V.. 1902. M. B. HUNQATE,
(Seal.) , Notary Public.
The coal miners obserie Mitchell day
bow. They will celebrate Roosevelt day
later.
Colonel Bryan Is again headed for
home to be' on the spot with a message
of sympathy for David B. Hill when the
returns come In.
President Koosevelfa Thanksgiving
proclamation la out. Now let Ezra I
tell us why Nebraskans should be un
usually thankful.
If you are not registered you cannot
ote. If, jou have not registered, you
are only one more opportunity coming
and that Is Saturday next.
It's easy for the city council to puss
resolutions asking for extensions of
afreet railway facilities. Getting the ex
tensions, however, Is not so easy.
The students of Michigan Agricultural
college have not yet asked for arbitra
tion of their differences with the faculty.
They demand of the latter uncondi
tional surrender.
A man who would resort to the impor
tation of Iowa repeaters to sccuro a
fraudulent nomination would not hesi
tate to resort to the. same means to pro
cure an election.
A little thing like the council overrid
ing his vetoes does not discourage Mayor
lloores. A council meeting without a
few vetoes to override would not seeiu
like the real thing.
An eight-hour shift ou the police force
may be a good thing, but It can't be
worked without more policemen. And
the more policemen, the more money
needed to pay the bills.
University of Nebraska Seniors will
choose between Tom Reed and Mark
Twain for commencement orator. They
are bound to have a Joke either on them
selves or on the orator.
It hasn't been many weeks since the
Cubans took charge of their government
and yellow fever In already reported
there. Cuba must begin to feel again
like home to the Cubans.
No doubt the Bouth and Central Amer
ican countries are marvelously rich in
resources, especially In revolutionary re
sources, which are the only ones which
their peoplo have shown any Industry In
developing. '
Blowing bank safes seems to be a
profitable Industry these days when the
banks are overflowing with money. t
was not so attractive an occupation be
fore republican polities turned the tide
of prosperity In our direction again.
Bouth Omaha's city ordinances are
now accessible lu a bound volume offi
cially compiled. We have for years
been advocating a compilation of
Omaha's city ordinances which no ouu
can now toll anything about. It costs
money to prepare such a book, but It Is
money well spent.
tThe republican party has always stood
(or an honest ballot and a fair count.
The republlcuus of Uuiuhu will not coun
tenance fraudulent registration, repeat
ing or voting by the endless chain,
whether these lawless pruetices are In
the Interest of candidates of their own
party or of fusion candidates.
Associated Tress reports of yesterday's
lection in l'orto Rico show that the
Islanders know how to work the Mercer
chemeA The Porto Rlcaus are not
quite so badly hampered as the Mercer
bosses are by a strinjent registration
law, or they would find it difficult to
equal the record of the latter.
BEHtVOLtflT ASSIMILATION.
The air of benevolence with which
President Hill surrounds his great rail
road corporation, in the process of assim
ilating their substance is well calculated
to bewitch the farmers, provided there Is
to be no going behind the returns, no
looking uuder the surface. To a large con
course of North Dakota farmers Mr.
Hill proclaimed the other dny, no doubt
with sonorous oratory, that the suprrnie
object of his road was to secure pros
perity for the northwest. He had ex
patiated upon the glories of agriculture
at great length and in a strain Implying
that his own corporation was not in
tended to be selfishly gainful, but that
it was an institution conceived solely in
benevolence and altruistically operated
for the behoof of the farmers who are
absolutely dependent Upon it for trans
portation. Mr. Hill, however, was significantly
silent upon the history of the vast
monopoly he has built up aud espcclully
upon the manipulations, operative and
financial, by which this has been ac
complished. He was especially silent
upon those methods by which lately
competition throughout a dozen states
has been slaughtered by the merger of
the three mammoth systems of the
Great Northern, the Northern Pacific
and the Burlington and at the same time
their capitalization has been enormously
Inflated. The northwestern fanners pay
the freight, notwithstanding the benevo
lence of Mr. Hill's intentions. It
might have marred the unalloyed bliss
of the occasion If they bad Inquired of
Mr. Hill how bis paramount yearning
for their prosperity "was to be gratified
by doubling the fixed charges of the
Burlington as he has done, upon which
they must pay dividends. He volun
teered no explanation of any such In
congruous element In his eleemosynary
plan. ' 1 ' "' ' '
But Mr. Hill did Incidentally confide
to his hearers the circumstance that as
the case stands his road does pay, in ad
dition to fixed charges, 7 per cent on its
stock capitalization. He might have
added that it pays profits of enormously
more than 7 per cent, for the official re
port of his company, Just .made public,
shows that during the past fiscal year
it made a special contribution of $2,000,
000 to the fund for permanent Improve
ments, a special allowance of $1,700,000
under the head of maintenance and that
the Income account does not disclose
the full Income of the various properties
owned and controlled, which Is far
greater, leaving a further sum of $2,600,
000. In short, after paying this aggre
gate sum of $tt,300,000, after In addition
paying operating expenses and 7 per
cent dividend, there remained a surplus
of $2,110,000 for the last fiscal year
verily a big benevolent enterprise of
Mr, Hill's, but for one thing, viz: that
the farmers pay the whole bill out of
their own pockets.
The benevolence of. that portion of
Mr. Hill's scheme represented by the
2,418 miles of Burlington system In Ne
braska was during the same time ex
emplified by Beating the state out of
more than one-half of the taxes Justly
due, thus compelling the great body of
the taxpayers to bear this burden. The
full facte show that Mr. Hill's corpora
tion Is benevolent. Indeed, but benevo
lent chiefly to Itself.
STRorH.V TUB AST1-TBU8T LAW.
There are some who hold the opinion
that the Sherman anti-trust law ex
hausts he power of congress over
monopolies. This Is not the view of
Attorney General Knox and it is Inter
esting to note that his position Is in
dorsed by various officers of the ad
ministration. Mr. Knox said In his
Pittsburg speech that the power of con
gress Is not exhausted n this law, but
that the anti-trust act of 1800 may, under
the existing constitutional grants, be,
amended and extended "and thus remedy
Its defects and so' effectively regulate
national and foreign commerce as to
prevent the stifling of competition, the
regulating of prices and the restraining
of national and international trade."
He pointed out that If that law exhausts
the power of congress over monopolies
the American people find themselves
hopelessly Impotent, facing a situation
fraught with the most alarming possi
bilities, with which neither the federal
nor state governments can deal, but he
declared that when the currents of mo
nopoly evil Sow out over state lines and
cover the country It will not do to say
that the evil Is beyond the national
leach.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce commission Is among those
who-concur with the attorney general.
Mr. Knapp says the anti-trust law is
defective and that a law can be drafted
which will fully protect the Interests of
the public aud at the same time, penult
agreements to be made to limit competi
tion. . He is Quoted as saying: "So far
as I am able to reach conclusions satis
factory to myself, I am of the oplnlou
that no legislation upou this subject Is
so much needed, or will prove so salu
tary, as that whfch would bring the
federal statute Into conformity with the
wise and well-grounded rule of the com
mon law. The fundamental departure
from that rule lu the Sherman act Is, In
my Judgment, the cause of Its utter
failure as a remedial measure. So far
from accomplishing Us intended purpose
It has indirectly aided In many cases
forced the very result It was designed
to prevent" He expressed the belief
that had the commou law rule been ob
served iu the Sherman act and in kin
dred legislation by the states, we should
have today a greut deal more actual
competition than exists.
The agreement of these able lawyers
uikiu a subject to which they have given
movt careful consideration Is important
and should exert some Influence. The
Sherman anti trust law certainly has not
accomplished whst It was Intended to.
There Is competent opinion that It Is de
fective. The duty of congress Is to
remedy the dttfecta and to provide that
adequate protection against monopoly
which this law was intended to give.
It is the opinion of the attorney general
of the United States that the law of
1800 can be extended so as to prevent
the suppression of competition and the
restraint of trade. He believes that the
constitutional power of congress Is
ample for this purpose. It Is expected
that President Roosevelt will recom
mend legislation on the line Indicated
by Mr. Knox and the people will look
to congress to give this supremely Im
portant matter prompt and earnest, con
sideration. GOOD WORDS tVR THE BEST.
While the consciousness of duty well
performed is all the reward to be ex
pected, a newspaper as much as an In
dividual is glad to have Its efforts ap
preciated and approved. The receipt of
the following letter Is therefore specially
gratifying to The Bee:
CINCINNATI, Oct. 27. To the Editor of
The Bee: I am Just home from our Omaha
convention and take this first opportunity
of writing and telling you how much we
appreciate the splendid work by Tbe
Omaha Bee In reporting our conventions.
It Is with pleasure that I transmit to you
the formal vote of thanks of the conven
tion for your work. Tour reporter de
serves special recognition for his gentle
manly care and management of that work,
and I am very glad Indeed to be able to
tell you how much we appreciated him and
his work. In the name of the convention,
1 thank The Bee for Its uniform courtesy,
for its full reports and for Its generous
treatment of our people while In Omaha.
Very truly yours, I
BENJAMIN LYON SMITH,
Corresponding Secretary American Chris
tian Missionary Society.
The Bee not only makes It a point to
give all the news promptly In the most
readable form, but always stands ready
to co-operate In every movement making
for the advancement of Omaha or the
general public welfare. In the Christian
church convention It recognizes the or
ganization of great religious and moral
factors, and as a newspaper takes pride
in having contributed to its success.
MERCER AlfD THE CLERKS.
The clerks employed In railroad head
quarters, railroad freight houses, banks
and Jobbing concerns in Omaha and the
clerks employed In the packing houses
at South Omaha, regardless of party,
are counted on to cast their ballots next
Tuesday for David II. Mercer. A large
number of clerks who affiliate with the
republican party were Importuned, or
dragooned, Into voting the Mercer ticket
at the republican primaries by their su
periors under the pretext thrtt It Would
benefit their employers, and the same
reasons will doubtless be advanced for
them to cast their vote for tbe non
resident congressman at the election.
Now, what has Mercer done to merit
the support of wage-workers and es
pecially of clerks? As a member of con
gress Mercer Is allowed $100 per month
for clerk hire, but Instead of paying out
the salary allowance he has pocketed
the $1,200 a year and saddled upon the
secretary of the committee of which he
Is chairman the work that would de
volve legitimately upon his clerk, with
out paying him a dollar for this addi
tional work. In other words, Mercer has
forced the secretary of his committee to
work over hours In doing work for
which congress has set apart an allow
ance for a separate clerk, and by so do
ing has deprived some deserving citizen
of his district of an opportunity to earn
a fair living.
On the principle that an Injury to one
Is an injury to all, Mercer has wronged
every man who works for wages as a
clerk and at the same time perpetrated
an Inexcusable fraud upon the govern
ment by signing vouchers for clerk hire
which he has put In his own pocket
Had Mercer carried out the act of con
gress in good faith by employing a clerk,
a man out of employment would either
have been able to find a position at good
wages or would have bad an opportunity
to take the place of the man chosen by
Mercer for the position in 'Washington.
What would be thought of a state
officer, county officer or city officer who
would force his clerks to do double work
and then sign vouchers for clerk hire he
did not pay out and pocket tbe money?
Why should a man ' who is drawing
$5,000 a year for five months' active
work and seven months' recreation not
be satisfied with - his salary? Why
should be rob another' man of the oppor
tunity of earning an honest living? Will
the clerks of Omaha and South Omaha
endorse such downright meanness and
dishonesty by their votes? Will they
stultify themselves? Is it not their duty
to assert their manhood and Independ
ence by administering a telling rebuke
at the ballot box?
County Circuit Attorney Folk of St.
Louis, who has achieved a national rep
utation as an unrelenting prosecutor of
municipal boodlers, has served notice on
all whom It may concern In the city of
St Louis that he will prosecute and send
to the penitentiary all perpetrators of
election fraud. Mr. Folk defines his po
sition as follows:
Charges have been made that fraudulent
voting will be attempted at the coming
election. It will be my duty to prosecute
every offender against whom erldence can
be secured and it might be well to remind
those who would vote unlawfully, and Judge
and clerks of election who would make
false returns and counts, that the punish
ment Is Imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not leas than two years. The sanctity
of the ballot Is the basis of government
by the people, for It Is through tbe bal
lot the people speak. The debauch
ers of sanctity are not confined to
any political party, but operate In all
parties from venal motives. They have
no politics except In name, for there Is
no politics tn crime. They are not demo
crats, they are not republicans, they are
criminals and as criminals they will be
prosecuted if they throw the gauntlet down
lh tbe face of the law and public decency.
The first step toward securing subur
ban electric tramways has been taken
by the county commissioners. The
board has granted a franchise and right-of-way
to William Hayden to construct,
operate and maintain a system of subur
ban railroads to facilitate travel and
traffic between Omaha and the neighbor
ing towns and cities. The terms of the
franchise are bo extremely liberal that
Mr. Ha j den should encounter no diffi
culty in securing all the necessary cap
ltal required for building an exteuslve
system of suburban railroads over all
the principal country roads in the
county. "
Mercer's literary bureau Is now trying
to Impress the public that the reason he
has not established a home in Omaha Is
because he Is too poor to do so and Is
picturing the modest quarters lie occu
pies In Washington In language designed
to excite sympathy. When he bad him
self written up in tbe Washington Tost
a few months ago to tell what a great
man he is regarded away from home he
described" hla Washington home In this
language: 4 '
Mercer finds his chief relaxation In
travel. To him travel Is almost a passion.
While he was a bachelor he traveled far
and wide and since his marriage In 1894
the two have sojourned In about every
civilized country. Some three years ago
they spent several months In Europe,
journeying all over that continent from
Greece and Italy to Norway and Russia.
They have souvenirs and brlo-a-brac from
every quarter which fills their residence
In this city, Siberian bear skin, rugs
from Alaska, Ivory carvings from Japan,
brocades and embroidery from China, tap
estries from Turkey, a rare white alllga
to.'e skin from Java, a marble bust from
Italy which closely resembles their little
daughter, being a few specimens. The
latest collection of trophies is from the
Philippines, where Mr. Mercer traveled
extensively last summer In the course of
a trip, starting 'east from New York and
continuing east till t be had touched San
Francisco and again reached Washington.
That's the kind of a poverty-stricken
wanderer Our Dave really is.
In the tabular statement printed In
Tuesday's Issue of The Bee, making a
detailed comparative exhibit of Ne
braska railroad assessments by coun
ties, an error appears In the column
showing what the railroad assessment
of Washington county should be. The
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
road should be assessed In that county
$109,210.70, Instead of $16,021.07, add the
assessment of all the roods $300,307.20,
Insteud of $157,000.47.
A fact has Just presented itself, al
though no attention Is paid to it, which
a few years ago would have been re
garded as of immense importance. It Is
that the price of silver, which has been
steadily falling, has now reached the
lowest point In tbe London market
known In the history of that metal. It
seems to pass unnoted even by Colonel
Bryan.
If that Northern Securities merger is
really the beneficent aud benevolent un
dertaking Jim Hill would have the pub
lic believe,' the Griat Northern rail
way magnate should be in demand to
extend his benevolent activity through
out the land. Strange that other sections
do not seem; to realize what they are
missing. :.;.
Effect pf Prosperity.
Indianapolis Journal.
As one result of. the financial manage
ment of the republican party the annual in
terest on the national debt Is $6,000,000 less
than it was before the war with Spain, not
withstanding the issue of a war loan of
1200,000,000. -j
Monopolisms; the Graft.
Chicago" Chronicle.
The coal trust has advanced the price
of anthracite to the dealers, but will not
allow those tradesmen to advance the prtco
to the consumer. The trust believes that
In such matters l can work that side of
the street Itself.
Good and Bad Sense.
Philadelphia Ledger.
England is simply amazed at the good
sense shown In this country in handling the
coal strike, while we are not even aston
ished at the bad sense of England In hand
ling the Irish question, but Just accept it
as a matter of course.
Union o Crown Wearers.
- Baltimore American.
Mr. Carnegie's idea of a crown trust of
all the rulers of Europe to repel the Amer
ican industrial invasion Is original, to say
the least. But there Is one feature without
doubt in It; if the rulers accept his invita
tion and form the, trust they will look to
the Inventor of the idea to finance the en
terprise. .
Grown tn Pnbllo Favor.
Indianapolis News.
Nn man in nubllo life has grown mors in
popular appreciation than Senator Hanna.
At the outset of his political career ne was
supposed to be a self-seeking, arrogant po
litical boss, who depended largely on money
to win his ends. He was pursued by the
cartoonist and his character mtsrepre
nfori and malla-ned. Gradually, by reason
largely of his position on labor questions
and his Interest In the civic federation, men
have come to hold a Juster view ot nis
character. He is now generally recog
nized as one of the intellectual leaders of
the republican party, and no one is more
eagerly listened to.
Pineh ot the Harvester Trnst.
Philadelphia Record.
Notice has been given on behalf of the
recently organized Harvester trust that
prices are to be advanced 25 per cent, so
that farmers who have hitherto paid $100
for s machine must hereafter pay $125. At
the same time, the managing force of tbe
trust Is to be so reduced and reorganized
that not less than $500,000 a year will be
saved by this process alone. By such sim
ple devices this new Industrial combination
expects to obtain 4age dividends on its $65,
000,000 of liberally watered capital stock.
No doubt It will do so for a season; but Its
peculiar field Is wide open, and large profits
must in tbe end breed fierce competition.
i
Activity ot the Lane Bandit.
Minneapolis Journal.
The frequency and the success with
which railroads are held up and robbed
suggests the importance of providing bet
ter protection by the railroad companies
for the persons and property which they
transport. Thla is emphasized by the tact
that a Northern Pacific train has just
been robbed and the engineer killed by one
lone bandit In Montana. The probabili
ties are that those lines of transportation
which provide the most security against
such attacks and can furnish the public
the greatest assurance of safety will profit
sufficiently by public knowledge of that
fact to more than pay for all the extra
expense incurred.. Train robbing does not
always Involve loss or danger to tbe pas
sengers, but it is not conducive to tbe
popularity ot any Use.
BITS Or WA9IIIKGTOS LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
a tbe Snot.
The tendency of people troubled with a
surplus to "burn money" has taken s firm
grip on Uncle Sam and he is doing a stunt
In that line unrivaled In magnitude and
economlo results. While the average mortal
burns money for Individual pleasure, your
uncle does It to save coal bills. During
the top-notch price ot coal which prevailed
during October the bureau ot engraving
and printing was kept warm by burning
each day about $40,000 worth of retired
bonds, paper money, postage stamps and
like evidence of wealth Issued by the gov
ernment. As an offset to this costly heat
the bureau credited up a saving of $150 In
coaL
Beginning with July, 1901, following the
repeal of tbe stamp tax on bank checks,
telegraph and telephone messages, and aug
mented this last July by the repeal of all
stamp taxes, the treasury has been redeem
ing the revenue stamps remaining In the
hands of purchasers throughout the coun
try. The stamps have been shipped In
wagonloads, a considerable portion of the
bulk being made up of the blank checks
upon which the stamp was Impressed. Car
loads and tons upon tons of this stuff have
been shipped to Washington and stored in
the treasury.
During the fall large numbers of settle
ments have been made, enabling the re
moval of the stamps represented by the
payments. As fast as a wagonload of stamps
was released It was hauled over to the
bureau and shoveled Into the big Incin
erator built solely for this purpose.
In the latter part of September, while the
process of destruction was going on, and
while the officials of the Treasury depart
ment were racking their brains to figure
out a fuel supply for the various bureaus,
the engineer at the bureau of engraving and
printing was seized with an Inspiration.
He suggested the utilization of the wagon
loads of stamps and stamped checks for the
purpose of producing steam. The thing
was tried.
While the officials who ordinarily are
charged with the duty of witnessing the
operation of burning the stamps stood by
to see that the stamps all went into the
furnace, the fireman and engineer experi
mented. It was found that about two parts
ot coal to one part of stamps and checks
made a combination producing splendid re
sults. And so, day after day, the big wagons
transported boxes and bales of stamps and
stamped checks to the bureau and the
stokers sandwiched a layer of several thou
sand dollars' worth of government securi
ties between a few cents' worth of coal. At
the end of the month It was ascertained
that an average of a ton of coal dally had
been saved through the use of the high
grade fuel, a total saving of $150 for the
month, estimating coal at $6 a ton.
Elliott Woods, superintendent of the
capttot at Washington, declares that the
building Is bubbling over with wit and
humor, prompted by the coal famine. He
mentions some of the suggestions . for fuel
which he has received from visitors:
"Storing the heat from warm debates;"
"the seasoned timber from which cabinets
are selected;" "planks from political con
ventions;" "some of the dried old fossils
in the senate;" "logs which are rolled by
all members;" "the protected cradles ot
our Infant Industries." and tbe "Steps
which are always taken to remedy all mat
ters."
- More than 900 chrysanthemum plants are
on 1 exhibition at the flower show opened
at the Agricultural department building
this week. They embraoed 122 varieties.
All were propagated in the hot houses of
the department and many of them are
triumphs of the gardener's science and skill.
Tbe largest and handsomest plant Is mis
named Black Hawk, for the blossoms, which
are twelve inches in diameter, are white
with a pink center. A bunch of this va
riety was cut and sent to President Roose
velt. Tbe Japanese minister, Mr. Takahlra,
has been one of the most enthusiastic visi
tors at the exhibition, the chrysanthemum
being his national flower. '
Washington is flat mad. Housekeeping
apartment flats are springing up In all
quarters, but chiefly the northwest dis
trict. More than forty large flats have
been completed since January 1, 1901, a
score of others are in course of construc
tion, and several others, larger still, sre
planned.
Tbe rapidity with which these flats, when
ready for occupancy, have been filled has
been remarkable. Heads of families have
had themselves booked for quarters In the
new ones months before their completion.
The rents are about the same as those ot
tbe houses previously occupied by tbe flat
ters. It is clear, however, that tbe flat is
the cheaper at the same rate, because in
it there Is no expense for heating or water.
and there are economies In other directions.
Washington has Just found these things
out. Consequently the flats are full, with
a constantly increasing demand for more.
The site of the new Hay flats is at the
corner of Connecticut avenue and L street,
in the fashionable quarter of the capital,
only four blocks from the White House, and
less than three from Colonel Hay's own
residence on Lafayette Park. The building
will have a frontage on each street of ap
proximately 250 feet, and is to be eight
stories high. The floor space Is to be cut
up Into nearly 600 rooms, grouped ' into
ninety-five suites of five-room flats.
FLOUTING HOME RULES.
New Ohio Municipal Coda Only Goes
Halt Way in Self-Government.
Chicago Tribune (rep.).
Now we have Ohio playing leading lady
to that great star in ripper legislation,
Pennsylvania. What ripper legislation
means can bit seen in Philadelphia and
Pittsburg politics. What the regulation of
municipal affairs from a state capital
means can be aeen in Chicago's west park
board. Experience and reason, facts and
theories, the record ot the past and the
spirit of the present, all cry aloud for
home rule for great cities. Does tbe new
Ohio code conform to this cry? It not only
does not conform to It. it violently disre
gards and flouts it.
Interference with municipal governments
In Ohio by the party tn power In the legls
ture has hitherto taken the form of special
legislation. The supreme court has de
cided that such legislation is unconstitu
tional and there must be a uniform muni
cipal code. Ths legislature has enacted
such a code, but has incorporated In it
provisions which are subversive of the
principle of local self-government.
First, the mayors of all Obit cities are
removable by the governor. If Illinois
were under that law Governor Yates could
keep on removing Chicago mayors until
the people of Chicago were willing to elect
some one who suited him. Surely this is
a queer way of keeping municipal admini
stration out of politics. '
Second, all Ohio cities will have hoards
of public safety, which control the business
affairs of the police and fire departments
and will act as civil service commissions:
By ths forbearance of tbe state legislature
the mayors will appoint boards ot publlo
safety, unless note the playful, bantering
spirit of the legislators of the Buckeye
state unless the common councils fsll to
confirm his appointments by a two-thirds
majority. In all elites, therefore. In which
ths mayor cannot command a two-thirds
majority in the council the power of ap
pointing the boards of public safely will
pass to the governor.
Coming at a time when people were be
ginning to hope that the government of
Cities Was about tn K withdrawn from
state and national complications and
banded over to normal rational, local in
terests, the Ohio code is such a plucky
attempt at reaction that It mlaht almost
be called Insolent. State control of cities
means state politics In cities, and although
state politics Is necessary and desirable
In state affairs, t has been proved time
end araln that In municipal affairs It
means corruption. No other Issue Is pos
slble. The state and the municipality 1 ve
utterly different spheres. To combine them
Is to bring In confusion and ruin.
It Is all well enough to say that the cities
are part of the states, snd the whole, being
greater than the part, must be supreme.
This Is superficially true. The cities are
creatures of the commonwealth. They havs
such distinctive characteristics, tin
and their problems and possibilities are so
remote rrom tnose or the country districts,
that s declaration of modified InriennndenM
Is Inevitable. The American colonies were
a part of the British empire. West Virginia
was a part or Vlrrinla. the Balkan states
were a part of Turkey they are not so
now. in tne case or the large American
cities revolution Is not necessary. Neither,
of course, is complete separation. All that
the Illustration used means Is that the
progress of events often hraaka ainiter
old ties which have ceased to be convenient
and useful and have come to he irksome
and dangerous. Ths urban centers of
American life must hart, free nlav. Ttiair
development demands it. They must havs
nome ruie. state politicians who refuse
to be converted by arrnments will be eon-
verted by votes.
PERSONAL, NOTFC.
Did the salt trust dissolve becsuse there
was too much water T
Lieutenant James Powell, who has Just
died at Conneaut, O., was a direct lineal
descendant of the Stuart kings of England.
Captain Rowan, the man who "carried
the message to Garcia," is so sick of ths
subject that he Is sorry he ever carried IL
Dr. Frank Strong, who has Just been in
stalled chancellor of the University of Kan
sas, Is the author of an excellent biog
raphy of Benjamin Franklin.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, who
Is on his way to the Philippines, was robbed
at a hotel In Hawaii ot a valise containing
money. Jewelry and valuable papers.
Prof. Frederick Hlrth. teacher of Chinese
at Columbia university, told his class the
other day that the Chinese language Is not
particularly difficult of attainment, but that
they must not expect to chat with their
laundryman In a few weeks.
It Is not generally known that the shah
of Persia has four sons now in Europe
receiving their education. They sre mild
and Inoffensive, with hardly enough spirit
between them to declare sn opinion, such is
their fear of their royal parent.
Private letters from Sorrento bring the
Information that F. Marlon Crawford's
health Is giving his family much anxiety.
Tbe novelist recently had a serious hemor
rhage, it is said, that left htm in a weak
condition. He recuperated rapidly, how
ever, and since his condition has been more
satisfactory.
Congressman' Robert W. Davis of Florida
was out hunting south of St. Augustine a
day of two ago when a large black bear
took to hunting him. The congressman took
a shot at bruin and then fled, but the bear
was gaining snd the fugitive climbed' a
tree Just in time to save himself. He re
mained there several hours before help
came and scared away his pursuer.
Old Hugh McLaughlin, the Brooklyn po
litical boss,' laughs at a published rumor
that he covets the chair now occupied in the
United States senate by Thomas C. Piatt.
"No, no," says Hugh. "Here I sm a man
of some Influence they say sometimes that
I am 'the whole thing' but I would be up
against a hard combination in the senate
Piatt and Hanna and Quay. Oh, I guess
not."
General Bragg's transfer from ths con
sulate, general at Havsna to the consulate
general at Hong Kong will not Involve any
loss to htm of tbe emoluments of office, the
salary at both posts belDg identical. The
social prestige of the American consul at
Hong Kong is greater than that of tbe cor
responding official at Hsvana, snd this
would be a compensation for the disadvan
tage of a residence so far from home.
General Dewet, the sturdy Boer leader,
carried his Independence with him to Lon
don and showed it In marked fashion during
his interview with Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain. Tbe latter addressed him as "Mr.
Dewet," whereupon the warrior from South
Africa corrected him by saying "General
Dewet." Almost Immediately afteria
Mr. Chamberlain repeated the "Mr. and
Dewet said sternly, "General or nothing."
Then the susve Chamberlain followed Lord
Kitchener's example and recognized the
military status of his visitor.
On the 81st of this month a dinner will
be given In the Waldorf-Astoria, New
York, to John Fritz, the Ironmaster and
Inventor of Bethlehem, Pa., that being bis
eightieth birthday. Mr. Fritz, is a native
of Pennsylvania, began life as a black
smith and has been Interested directly tn
nearly every important step in the Iron
and steel industries. From 1869 to 1893
he was chief engineer and superintendent
ot the great forge and armor plant ot the
Bethlehem Steel company, fie is thought
to be the only survivor of jFhose who In
troduced the Bessemer steel, process in the
United States and tbe leading men In that ,
Industry today are pupils of John Fritz.
AND COMFORT
Good looks and cbmfort
arc combined in our overcoats.
They are dressy and
durable.
They are luxuriously trinv
med and handsomely finished.
And they are not costly
$12 to $35
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
F.LIKABBTH CADT .ST4NTON.
k V.
Minneapolis Times: Ths csuss of
women's suffrage has lost a mighty cham
pion in the death of Mrs. Stsnton, hut
what seems to us more than thst, thi
cause of clean living, of sweet womanli
ness, of high Ideals, of pure government
has lost so advocate that shall not soon be
replaced.
Indianapolis Journal: Compsrsttvely few
women. It Is true, have gained the right
of suffrage for which she battled most
strenuously, but In other lines the advance
has been greater and more rapid than
even she could have hoped. Laws have
been modified, property rights eousnzfd.
educational opportunities widened" lod
avenues ot industry opened to wonen to
sn extent that could hardly have seemed
possible fifty years ago. v . ,
Chicago Chronicle: Mrs. Stanton did not
succeed la completely converting American
womanhood to her conviction that the bal
lot Is a cure for all evils. But whlleinock
tng with only partial success upon, thst
obstinate lock the concussion of herfyow
relaxed the rivets on many othet closed
doors. There is not a woman 4fho hat
succeeded in law, medicine. Journal ifirn, tho
arts and sciences, higher education trede
and commerce but feels or ousht t feel
grateful to this American matriarch.
Indianapolis News: Fulfilling all ef ths
privileges and meeting all of ths duties
In life this noble woman had still ths
greatness ot mind and character to adopt
all women as her slaters In a very Intimate
sense snd glvs her Ufa to their uplifting.
She lived long enough, in her ripe ld.g,
loved snd honored and ecbgnlxe'd, to he
comforted with the acknowledgment thst
most of her Ideals were sound and. true.
Surely she.wss blessed ss she lived Snd ss
she died leaving a memory that jblesses
those that corns after her. :T
. Minneapolis Tribune; Mrs. Stanton, was
ens of the noted group of women-, including.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stews and Mrsjrulls
Ward Howe, who seemed to combine ths
qualities that fitted ber to shine hoth in
the domestlo circle and In publlo life.. .Bhej
married at a comparatively early ago. : Her.
children clustered about her knee. Blx ot '
them were at her bedBld when she paaiod
away. Yet shs found time to do much
literary work, to occupy herself with pub-,
lie questions and to 'be a leader in move-
Springfield Republican: Mrs. Stsnton's '
horns life was all that the most exacting '
advocate of "womsa's sphere, ,thehomo'
could desire. She ia4 seven chtylren and:
six sre living. Tbeedfrs Stanton is a well
known literate and 'Journalist- resident In
Parts. Margaret .Livingston Lawrence JsX'U
known as an, authority and teacher. In .
physical culture, long at the Teachers' col
lege, in New York City. Harriet Stanton
Blatch is a prominent figure , in English
philanthropy and social labor, altogether,
no life can have been mots. fully. JusUfled
and, perhaps, none more fruitful in, gifts
to humanltk, than that ot Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. - ,..
FLASHES OV FUN.
Judge: Thome How about that oil
stock you bought7. Was it a good tningT .
Bramble No, i was.
Somcrvllle Journal: Hicks His table
manners are very bad, aren't theyT
Wicks Yeo, but you know be boarded
for five years. '
New' York Pun: Teach ajwNow, Johnny,
what do we learn from' the pacable ot the
prodigal son? ' .'.V . '. . :, .vh-
Johnny Why-errl appose it '.teaches w .
not to be a calf. ''' ... "';" .
Judge: Madge What does she mean by
saying that men are not' as chivalrous as -
MaxJoneIsnmjnse trmrwerittr years ago
she used tfr-gwi a seaa J
Somervilla Journal; The
worst thing
about telling a funny story to a man - is
that you have to listen patiently afterward
while he tells you a story that he thinks .
is funny, too, t . ., .
Washington Star: "Dftt were a very
excltln Jackpot I won las' night on
bluff," said Mr. Erastus Pinkly, a fce.
tilted his cigar and dropped his hat ovr
his eye.
"Did you raise de opener? .asked Mr.
James ColUflower. ,
"No, suh; I opened a razor.'.
Philadelphia Catholic Standards "It's
almost Impossible, dear, to a house
days," he said, "so' io protect myself I . -must
ask you"
"Ask me what?" interrupted his bride-to-be.
"To agree not to seek a divorce until
the expiration of tbe first year's lease."
Somervtlle Journal: Ethel Maude asked
me to go to luncheon with her yesterday,
but I couldn't. .
Alice Why not?
Ethel I didn't have my pocketbook with
me. , ,
Chicago Record-Herald: "I I have
come," he began, addressing her father,
"to to suggest to you that a union of our
families would"
"I am not In favor of unions," tho testy
old captain of Industry Interrupted, "and
I wilt not submit to arbitration. Good
morning."
MORN, NOON AND NIGHT.
In the morning of life the youth goes
BDroaa,
With confidence grand and sublime.
And he says, as he enters on life's busy
road,
"To the top of Fame's hill I will climb."
In the noonday of life the man looks
around.
On those he has passed in the race;
And he thinks no one else like him can be
found.
For honor, for glory, for place.
In the evening of life the man meditates
On all he has done, said and seen;
And this is the verdict he mentally states:
"Oh! what a darned fool I have been!"
Omaha, Neb. J. N. CAMPION.
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