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1903. 41. B. HUNUATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
The Intimation that the courts will
have the last Inning at amending the
iipw revenue bill Is well token.
Terhaps all these blizzard and floods
are sent at this time Just to clear the
rack for President Roosevelt's western
lour next month.
Members of the railroad lobby at Lin
coln who feel that they have been
flighted-should send their photographs
to the cartoonist at once.
An executive session of the United
States senate used to be described as a
secret session, but the secrecy part of
It has become I m ply one of those
fictions of the law.
Tresldent Cleveland has celebrated his
sixty-sixth birthday anniversary. It Is
violating no confidence, however, to say
that no message "of -congratulation came
from William J. Bryan.
The primary election test oath biU,
which Is being rushed through the leg
Islature as an emergency measure, is In
many respects a counterpart of the
odious Pennsylvania Hipper bill.
Members of the legislature should not
forget that they cun serve their con
stituents as well. If not better, by kill
lug vicious measures ns by loading the
statute book up with half-baked bills.
It la not often that the lieutenant
governor gets a chance to vote when
the senate Is tied, but Lieutenant Gov
ernor McGIlton will not hesitate to rise
to the occasion as often as It is pre
sented.' The name of Hamilton FIhIi on public
papers as assistant treasurer of the
United States at New York will look
strangely familiar to people who trans
acted public business with his. father,
Hamilton Fish, as secretary of state.
One day Our Have is coming back to
Omaha post haste to even up old po
litical scores and the next day he is
planting himself In a fat public office
in New York City. If he can get the
fat office In New York he will waive
the revenge In Omaha.
A terrible emergency exists for the
primary election Inquisition at the com
ing Omaha primaries, but no such emer
gency was visible at the primaries held
in Lincoln only last month. How easy
for factional law makers to manufac
ture emergencies, to order.
luree pillars In . the rotunda of .the
Montana state house are said to have
suffered serious Injury from the shock
of a recent earthquake. Had these
pillars ouly been inside 'the legislative
halls they wvuld have beeu surnHently
hardened to withstand any and ail
shocks.
Cheap power would add 50.000 people
to Omaha's population before the next
census and a 50 per cent Jucivase In
population would produce a corre
sponding increase in the value of all
property In Omaha.. The power cuual
project offers a feasible plan to give us
cheap power. '
The revival of oath-bound, dark Ian
tern political societies In Omaha Justl-
nes ine suspicion that polith-ul crooks
and boodltrs have a debign on the next
administration which they cannot
achieve In the open. Honest men will
tight shy of Ku Klux methods of purl
i-uy tunics, jjuts and owls shun
lue dayll;,'ut.
r- ii . . . .
i-rcsitieui ocinve.D of the United
States Steel corporation declares that
he Is glad to be buck at work. From
the uumtHM- of Interviews that came
from Mr. Schwab from Pi ,)llrtll of
Europe it was natural to suppose that
he had beeu kept busy all the time he
was abroad hunting for n-itortera who
would relieve hint of his troubles,
CCBAX TRtATT RATMtD.
The? ratification of the Cuban reel
pro. It v treaty with atnenilmmts will
nccci.Kit.iic the renubui'ssion of the
oi.iivpn.tlou to the Cuban senate." which
hint wwk approved the trcntj- a nepo
tiatcd. Whether or not the chnnjres
made will Interfere with a rpafllrmn
tlon by the senate of Cuba I" uncer
tain. TIippp Is some opposition to the
arrangement and it Is possible that this
will be strengthened by the action at
Washington, though the amendments
made nre rpnlly of no very great Im-
Iiunniice. i ncir rcmiu wmim i- i
. rwt. I- l.t 1.
somewhat reduce Cuba's customs reve
nue, but not to any very serious extent.
It Is only on this ground that any ob
jection can Ik made to them, ypt It Is
quite probable that Cuba may ask somp
further concessions In return for ac
ceptance of the amendments. If not the
treaty will become effective at once,
the pivtosed provision requiring ap
proval by congress not lelng adopted.
Otherwise there will be no change from
existing trade relations.
These are at present favorable to
Cuba, the United States buying more
from that country than It sells to her.
The statistics show that the volume of
our Imports from Cuba diirini? the last
four years has lopn steadily Increasing,
while our exports to the Island last
year decreased. The value of our pur
chases from Cuba In 10(12 was nearly
$40.0"KUKK), while we sold to that coun
try a little more than $2:i.00O.0(H1. Under
present conditions other countries sell
almost as much to Cuba as does the
United States, yet the Island still llnds
this the lest market for her products
Of course under reciprocity we should
sell a good deal more there than we
now do. but even then It Is likely that
the trade balance would as a rule be
favorable to Cuba. It Is to be noted
that lust yea we Imported less raw
sugar from Cuba than In the preceding
year. Indicating that the' Island la al
ready finding other markets than ours
for her principal article of export. I
Is also evident that Spain still holds a
good grip oa the Cuban trade and that
all the other European countries are
urging their manufactures on the
Islanders with Increasing persistency
and generally with, good results.
The Influence of European manufac
turers and merchants has been exerted
In Cuba In opposition to reciprocity. It
will perhaps now be renewed and have
the support, at least Indirect, of the
governments, some of which have al
ready Indicated, their dissatisfaction
with the negotiation of a treaty between
the United States and the island re
PAiblie. The amendments to that con
vention may not Jeopardize It, but there
will be uncertainty regarding It until the
treaty Is again acted, upon by the
Cuban senate.
ricvivixo FOREiay trade.
The revival of our foreign trade,, as
shown in the late statistics of exports
Is a condition calculated to dispel ap
prehension regarding a continuance of
prosperity," at least for the immediate
future. The export returns for Feb
ruary were not only largely in excess
of the corresponding month of last year,
but probably the largest for that month
on record. There was a notably large
increase in the outward movement of
corn and cotton, which is regarded a
particularly gratifying at this period
as tending to strengthen our situation
abroad and facilitate the borrowings in
the European money markets rendered
necessary by our congested financial
conditions.
Imports continue large and the New
York Journal of Commerce observes
that while our exports show a very
satisfactory reviving tendency, it seems
practically certain that owing to heavy
Imiwrts the annual excess of exports
will prove muh smaller than for sev
eral years. Still there will be a very
generous trade balance In favor of the
United States at the close of the fiscal
year, a little more than three months
hence. For the eight months of the
year ending with February the excess
of exports was over $3(X,000,000, so that
this country Is still largely on the safe
side of the foreign trade account, with
every assurance of remaining so.
WHEltE IS TUB IMCHOENCYt
Under whip and spur House Roll No,
2.'50. the Nebraska Kipper bill, requiring
every voter at a primary election to dis
close how and for whom he voted at
the preceding election, is being rail
roaded through the legislature with this
proviso:
Whereas, An emergency exists, therefore
this act shall take effect and be In force
from and after Its passage and approval.
The question thut naturally suggests
Itself Is, Where Is the emergency that
calls for the immediate enactment of
such a drastic law? What has hap-
jK'ned remotely or recently that would
Justify the legislature to enact and the
governor to sanction such a departure
from the fundamental principles of self
government a measure that Is made to
destroy a most sacred prerogative of
American citizenship the secrecy of the
ballot.
What emergency has arisen that
would Justify such a radical departure
from the ledrock principle of the fran
chise the right of every citizen to ex
press his will through the ballot box
without iK'lng accountably for his choice
of public servants to any human being
either before or after election? What
emergency has arisen that calls for an
Immediate edict to empower primary
election Judges to pry Into' the con
sciences of cltlreus who desire to exer
cise the privilege of designating whom
they prefer as candidates of the
party with which they are affiliated?
It U Si-.ld that the republican uiem
tters of the Douglas delegation to the
legislature have declared that an emer
gency for such an unrepubllcan
measure has arisen in the city of
Omaha for the purification of primary
elections: Aa s matter of fact the pro-
TOE OMATIA PArLT BEE: FRIDAY, MAKCII 20, 1003.
posed test oath bill was not drawn but
for factional ends. In plain English,
the test oath bill Is gotten up tn pro
mote the ambitions of men who desire
to break Into the city hall at the Im
pending city election by the wholesale
disfranchisement of their opponents at
the primaries. A more effective way
would have been to enact a law au
thorizing and requiring the Judges of
lection at the next republican city prl
timry to reject the vote of evpry rcpub-
can who will not take an oath to vote
for delegates only who are pledged to
distribute all the municipal othVes from
mayor down to members of the I tong
as delegation In the legislature and
such political friends as they may
slgnate.
Such an emergency doubtless does
xlst, and why should not the legisla
ture ennct a law that will compel the
people to give them the ofiiecs regard-
ess of competency or merit.
IMPROViyit THE CUXSCLAR SERVICE.
President Uoosevelt and Secretary
Hay are said to be determined to In
crease the efficiency of the consular
service in every way possible and to
that end Incompetent or undesirable
consular officers will be Investigated
rigidly. It Is stated to be the wish of
the administration to keep the service
out of politics and political Influence to
prevent the removal of incompetent men
will be of no. avail hereafter. Several
have recently been asked to resign for
cnuse and It is understood that the
State department may call for the res
ignation of some others who are be
lieved to be Incapable of properly per
forming their work, or are so coustl-
uted personally that they Injure the
good name of the United States ubrond.
There are probably not many such
n the service. The great majority of
American consuls are unquestionably
men of good habits and character and
perform their duties, but there are some
of whom this cannot be said and the
sooner the service Is rid of these the
better for the efficiency and reputation
of the service. The determination of
the president not to permit political In
fluence to protect unworthy consuhir
omciais will be heartily approved by
the commercial Interests concerned In
having the service reach the highest
attainable usefulness. As a whole It
Is not bad or Inefficient and compares
very favorably with the service of any
other country, but as was said by Sen
ator Lodge, who has given a great deal
of attention to the consular service, It
is not beyond Improvement Although
congress has failed to do nnythlng for
the betterment of this service. It Is in
the power of the administration to do
much In this direction and there is every
reason to believe this will be done.
Councilman Hascnll has evidently
lost his proverbial cunning. During his
checkered career In public life his forte
has always been to play the role of
Bruin hibernate a few years and then
come back refreshed and forgiven. This
time, however, he Imagines that his
curved path will be straightened out by
a few explanations, but it won't. The
citizens of Omaha are onto him nnd no
amount of palaver will reconcile them.
It Is not simply his political course on
the open door ordinance, but on scores
of other measures, including the closing
of doors against the appeal of the Real
Estate exchange for the fair assess
ment of franchlsed corporations and
his persistent creation of overlaps in
defiance of law that must be explained.
The promotion of General Charles F.
Humphrey to be quartermaster general
of the United States army puts a
staunch friend of Omaha at the head
of that Important division of our mili
tary service. General Humphrey was
for many years attached to the old De
partment of the Platte, with headquar
ters at Omaha, and Is perfectly familiar
with western conditions and needs. In
his administration of the quartermas
ter's department we may be sure that
the departments of the west will re
ceive every attention which they de
serve. For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain the heathen Chinee Is
said to be very peculiar, but the
heathen Chinee Is not a circumstance
to the childlike and bland methods by
which the understudy of Blllee Saun
ders, who wants to be mayor or treas
urer of Omaha, Is pushing through the
legislature a primary election test oath
scheme under the pivtense of Its being
conceived and designed for the purifica
tion of primary elections.
Senator Newlands wants Uncle Sam
to extend an invitation to Cuba to come
Into the American family as a state in
the union. Hitherto the procedure has
been the other way, the people desiring
admission to the union asking Uncle
Sam for . the privilege. It is pretty
safe to assume that when ttw Cubans
want to come Into the United States
they will not be bashful alsjut declar
ing themselves and knocking at the
door.
Aspirants to succeed Judjfe Caldwell
on the bench should take note that he
Is sitting In the heariug of the merger
case Involving the Northern Securities
company before the United States cir
cuit court at St. Louis. Judge Caldwell
would not particulate in this hearing
unless he expected to retain his Judicial
position at least until after the opinions
are written and the Judgment handed
down.
. i
The people of France are said to take
very cordially to the course of the
1" tilled States In buying out the I'auama
Cauul compauy. They ought to take to
It cordially if it means no further ms
slbiHty for repetition of the Panama
canal scandals that shook the French
government to lta rery foundation not
so many years ago.
Rat Think et the Fan.
Baltimore American.
Onp of the most pathetic sights Imag
inable Is that of a landsman trying to un
derstand the printed description of a racing
yacht.
Where- Harmony la eedel.
Kansas City Journal.
Congress ought to do something to pro
mote friendly relations between the
weather forecasters and the weather. Half
the time they act like entire strangers.
Torn On the Hot Air.
Indianapolis News.
Now that It hss been announced that Mr.
Cleveland will make ft western tour and
att.-nd the dedication of the St. Louis ex
position, you can probably, If you listen
right carefully, with your best ear turned
toward Nebraska, b.eaf- some additional re
marks. Ti-.lked (tat of Job.
Baltimore American.
The United States consul at Montreal
was fired for talking too much. Were that
rule to b3 adopted generally In all the
walks of life the employment bureaus
would be rushed to death. It Is significant
that the vacancy left by the too-talkative
gentleman was filled with the appointment
of a newspaper man.
Fnree of Senatorial Secrecy.
Chicago Chronicle.
Senators Spooner and Dcpew made elabo
rate speeches on the canal treaty Saturday,
tho senate being all the while In executive
session. Next morning the newspapers
printed as full reports of the speeches as
they would have done had the senate been
in public sesnlon. And so It goes, day after
day. Notoriously the secrecy of the senate
Is as much of a pretense as the courtesy of
the senate. Yet every little while senators
haggle over the question of removing the
"seal of secrecy" In favor of some speech
mado In executive session.
Orerworklna; the Injunction.
Philadelphia Record.
A United States Judge In Kansas City has
issued an Injunction upon team drlvero In
that city forbidding them from assisting
the employes of the express company who
are on a strike. The ground of the injunc
tion Is that the goods carried to and from
the railway stations constitute a share of
Interstate commerce and that the Interrup
tion of the carriage of such wares la a
violation of the Interstate commerce law.
But what if the team drivers should rudely
refuse to work. ( and thus violate this In
junction? Would they be arrested and Im
prisoned indefinitely for contempt of court?
Hardly.
Another Senate- Absnrdlty.
New York Press.
Extraordinary and highly absurd theories
In the senate have ceased to surprise any
one, but If It were possible to feel astonish
ment at anything coming from that body aa
"august deliberation" surely It would be
at the ridiculous supposition as Implied
In the amendment to the Cuban treaty that
during Its existence there shall be no re
duction In duties on sugar coming from
any other country that the senate can
make a treaty or congress has the power
to enact legislation' which shall remain in
force forever, and the power to nullify in
the present any purpose or act of congress
in the future!
Westward Swing el ropnlatlon.
Springfield Republican.
Thirty-seven per leont of the population
of the, United Stl,fe to be found In the
drainage area of. lha Atlantic eea board, 16
per cent In that of the great lakes, and 63
per cent In the Maxlcan gulf area or 98
per cent for the area whose waters find
their way finally into the Atlantic ocean
The remaining 4 pe- cent resides In tha
Pacific area. Such Is the finding of the
last United States census. There has been
a mighty swing of population westward
within a hundred years, and thither pop
ulation continues to awing. The region di
rectly drained by the Mississippi river now
holds one-half of the people of the country
and it promises to hold a considerably
larger proportion of the total population of
the United States In the years to come.
RAILROAD TAX DODGING.
Mlnipmli Balks Attempts to Chea
the State Treasury.
Minneapolis Journal.
Minnesota has had a railroad gross earn
Ines law for thirty years. Under that law
the railroads have made their own report
of gross earnings. Those reports have never
been checked up till within the last year.
At the special Bession In 1902, at the In
stance of Mr. Johnson, the public examiner,
he was authorlxed to check these reports, to
examine the accounts of the railroads and
see whether they were making a proper re
turn of gross earnings for taxation pur
poses.
He made the examination and claims that
the railroad companies owe the state $275.
000 of back taxes fo the years 1896 to 1901
Inclusive. How much they owe the state
for evaded taxes prior to 1896 will probably
never be .computed In detail, for the state
of Minnesota has a statute of limitation
running agalnBt Itself by which It Is barred
from attempting to collect unpaid gross
earnings taxes more than six years old.
It was no easy task to figure out how
much Minnesota had lost even for the past
six years through incomplete returns of
gross earnings, but It has been done so well
that the railroads ,have already acknowl
edged the state's claim to $120,000 and have
paid over already nearly that amount to the
state.
Another fact accomplished Is that as a
result of this examination and public show.
Ing of the amounts due the state the ac
counts of tho railroads will hereafter be to
kept, so long as the public examiner is
authorized to review them, at least, that
the state will secure about $100,000 annually
mere than It would otherwise have received.
The public examiner also holds that under
the constitution taxes should be levied on
large Items of railroad property that have
heretofore escaped taxation altogether, but
which make up a part of the gross earnings
of the railroad companies. From these
sources It Is estimated the revenues of the
I state should now be about $90,000 annually
Now let's seo how thia thing stands.
Here Is $120,000 of back taxes In the
treasury, or Is as good as there.
There is the balance of the $273,000
which will probably get there In time. In
whole or In part.
There Is a reform In railroad bookkeep
ing which means $100,000 annually to the
state.
There Is the discovery, which ought to
be worth something to the legislature, that
other property belonging to railroads Is es
caping taxation through loosely drawn
laws, to the amount of JI'0,000.
And yet here Is a proposition before the
legislature to repeal the act of 1902 au
thorizing the public examiner to examine
railroad accounts, put a stop to bis further
Investigations In that direction and In
effect administer a rebuke to him for hav
ing done this work which has resulted In
Buch enormous gains In revenues to tho
state. And. as If" that were not tnouglt,
It is even proposed to reduce the compen
sation, already too ainail for the wcrk of
this important office more Important In
the hsnds of the present officer than It has
ever beta before U (he history of the
lata.
ROISD ABOUT SKW TOHK,
Ipplcs on the Tarrent of l ife In the
Metropolis.
Filled with devotion to the higher Meals
prevalent In New York's artistic circles a
local Judge saatted a vender or rag (line
music who profaned the atmosphere one of
hose foggy days too dear to the metro
politan heart. The Judge had been asked
to enjoin the rag-time grinder from over
working his organ within hearing distance
of the Metropolitan Opera house, where
classic music has Its home and where (he
rlstocraey doth congregate. The prayer nf
the petition was grnnted. Hereafter the
son of Sunny Italy must take himself and
his barrel to less sanctified precincts snd
void shocking the ears attuned to clnselc
song. Having performed nis auiy rmirnn
ouEly the Judge softly hummed, "They All
Look Alike to Me."
The two western girls were on a visit to
the east, and they were enjoying them-
elves Immensely, reports the Brooklyn
Eagle. But somehow there seems to be a
conflict of Ideas between them nnd their
ostess. She had strict Ideas of propriety.
and they apparently only thought (hey had.
They had determined to show that they
were fully up to date In social matters, but
here's wnat happened.
Two western young men happened to be
In New York at the same time and they In
vited the girls to go to the thester. with a
little supper to follow.
The girls promptly accepted It.
The hostess. In whose charge they were,
raised her hands In horror when she heard
of It.
"It will never do," said she. "You must
be chaperoned on any such occasion as
that."
"Chaperoned!" exclaimed one of the girls.
Why, of course, we'll be chaperoned. You
don't suppose we'd neglect such an Impor
tant feature aa that, do you? We're not
entirely Ignorant of social usagea."
"Then It's all arranged?"
"Of course, It's all arranged."
"I'm glad of that," said the hostess, with
relief, "but it would have been Just as well
to consult me. Who Is to chaperon you?'
"Why, Ethel will chaperon me, and I will
chaperon her," waa the Ingenious reply.
There are many shops which claim the
credit of being the smallest in the city,
Some are tucked in out-of-the-way corners
or else are merely portions of other large
offices. What is actually the smallest shop
n New York Is located at 439 Sixth avenue.
Here, in the neighborhood of the large de
partment stores, with elevated and surface
cars passing the door, Mynher van Gelder
presides In what he la pleased to call bis
'Little Art Shop."
Mynher van Oelder believes that small
beginnings make great endings, and so has
chosen the little shop, which measures
only 2 feet ltt inches In width and a few
Inches more in depth, to turn out what he
claims to be the perfection of art. His
specialty, which he learned at the National
Decorative school, In Paris, is the paint
Ing by hand of lodge, fraternity or society
emblems on the dial of watches. This work
docs not require the keeping on hand of a
great deal of stock, so that one visiting
the shop will find, besides the proprietor
and the chair upon which he sits, nothing
but a small box of paints and a writing
tablet, which the artist rests on his knee
while at his work.
So small Is the shop that a customer has
not space to stand inside with the proprle
tor. Even the examples of the artist's
work have been placed In a showcase out
side the door, for lack of room within.
He waa a little, old man with a "left-
over-from-last-year" appearance, but when
the crowd of shoppers entered the Sixth
avenue elevated at Twenty-third street the
female contingent of strap hangers found
they had an energetic friend. He wore an
old silk hat and a bright pink rose fastened
In the buttonhole of his shiny frock coat.
There was a look of amiability In his gray
eyes which did not find Its inspiration solely
with an evident acquaintance with the
flowlnz bowl.
A row of men characteristically oblivious
to the line of feminine marionettes dangling
back and forth In front of them occupied
the seats. The defender of the fair sex
promptly arose and with a courtly bow of
fered his seat to an elderly woman, who
lurching madly back and forth, was vainly
endeavoring to keep possession of a number
of bundles she carried. Then the enter
talnment began.
"Sure, and It's a pleasure, ma'am," the
little man replied to the woman's thanks.
"It's no more than any gentleman would
do."
He eyes the apparently unconscious row
of men before him with an expression tha
raised a laugh In his corner of the car, and
by good-natured guying he made them, one
at a time, give up their seat to a woman
One man held out a long time, but finally
relinquished his seat.
"Good boy, good boy," cried the little
man Joyously. "Now, we're all right. I've
gone clear past my station, but I waa bound
to see you give up that seat. hen a man
smiles, though, I know he's got a soul,
Goodby to ye all. I can always get along
with the ladies, but once In a while I have
trouble with a man. You see, I'm married
snd I have been well trained. I'm glad
you're all comfortable. Now, don't worry
I won't get off till the train stops."
The little, old man. with his good-natured
smile, his pink rose and silk hat, passed
out Into the darkness.
The rumor that Mary Anderson (Maiam
de Navarro) Is to come to America next
month has given rise to the report that she
will appear in a benefit performance ten
dered to Clara Morris. So far as can be
learned the only foundation for this report
Is in the fact that Madam de Navarro, on
learning of the distress of the veteran
actress some months ago, wrote a sym
pathetic letter Intimating that Bhe would
be pleased to give such assistance as would
be acceptable. Should Mary Anderson ap
pear on the New York stage again, par
ticularly for a slnglo performance, it Is
safe to say that the tickets would command
a tremendous premium. Since her retire
ment from the prof; tilon she has appeared
only In readings for the benefit of English
charity organizations.
Suits for damages against (he city con
tinue to be entered as the result of the ex-
plosion of fireworks on election night. No-
vember 4, 1902. In ono week tho cotnp
troller's office received the statement of i
claims for $42,600 arising from this cautc, ,
in addition to a smaller claim by one of the
householders on Madison avenue for dam- j
age done to his residence. Suits filed to
date Include demands for several hundred I
thousand dollars which the city is called
upen to compromise or defend. j
As a result of her work at the Sports
man's show at Madison Square Garden
White Fawn, a girl of the Abanakt tribe,
has organised a class of tweuty young
society women, who are anxious to learn
the art of basket making.
White Fawn hud so many offers of pay
for Instruction In weaving that she de
cided upon the class limited to twenty,
and had no difficulty In filling the list In
a few hours. She says ber first lesson was
highly successful, and that he was sur
prised at the aptitude of her pupils.
White Fawn was born on the banks of
the St. Lawrence, in Canada. She is
highly Intelligent and wU educated, speak
ing French and English, besides bsr na
tive tongue.
a n ni.iriTT pbksidknt.
Relieves In f,ettln the People Know
What lie la Dolus.
Wall Btreet Journal.
President Itoosevclt's name I Identified
llh (he policy of publicity as applied to
the affairs of the corporations, Just as
lilnlne's wns Identified with Ihe policy of
reciprocity snd McKlnley s with (hat of the
protective tariff. It Is a great thing for a
statesman to nllnch his name to some dls-
Im-tlvo governmental policy, especially If
(hat policy relate to one of the questions
of Immediate Interest snd Importance to
the peopln of the country. Mr. Roosevelt
did not discover publicity, but he hss the
redll of having adopted It as a remedy for
most of (he evils that attach to the trusts
and as havlpg been nble to have It actually
enncted Into law.
Bui sometimes a statesman who Is eager
and able to apply a policy to others Is un
willing to apply It to his own affairs. It
Is, therefore, of Interest to know that Presi
dent Roosevelt's rule In the conduct of the
White Mouse business Is tho rule of pub
licity.
No other president. It Is safe to say, has
ever transacted business so much In the
open. By (his we do not mean that there
Is any unwise exposure of executive policy
before tho time Is ripe for publication. Mr.
Roosevelt Is not continually rushing Into
print. He never says In haste what he In
tends to do, to repent In leisure after he has
discovered that what he promised was un
wise. For a man who has the reputation
of being Impetuous and even erratic, Mr.
Roosevelt has In fact developed a rare con
servatism of executive speech and action.
But no one has visited the White House
during the time he has been president with
out being Impressed with the wholesome
air of publicity that pervades the place.
No one Ih seen there putting his hand to
the side of his mouth and whispering In the
ear of another that no one else may possi
bly hear. There Is no .doing of business in
a corner or In the dark. Whatever the
president chooses to say be says right out
loud, so that all who care to do so may
hear, and often, Indeed, he speaks so stren
uously that one cannot help bearing. This
may sometimes be embarrassing to others,
but it Is a safeguard for himself, and a
guarantee, so far as he Is concerned, that
the business in hand Is to be conducted
without suspicious mystery.
There Is a frankness and openness about
all that the president does that Is a proof
of his sincerity and honesty. He may be
brusque at times, but It Is brusqueness
without a string. There Is something re
freshing and healthy in the way In which he
goes through the exacting routine of the
White House business. His visitors are
sometimes startled by the frankness with
which he may announce his decision In
some Important matter In their presence,
and It Is a sure proof of his ability to read
the character of those who call upon htm
that the confidence he places In their dis
cretion is so seldom abused.
The men who don't like this kind of
thing are the politicians who delight to pull
secret wires and surround all they do with
nn Impenetrable veil of mystery. Imagine
the feelings of one of these men going to
the president to exercise his "pull" In be
half of some candidate for office and hear
ing the president talk out loud about It
before a group of persons. That some have
taken offense Is probably true, but that the
interests of the public business are ad
vanced by such a policy there can be no
question.
DEFEAT COXCEDED.
Democracy Hope for 10O4 Baaed on
Hard Times.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"The future of the democratic party,"
says Hon. George G. Vest,, "depends upon
the condition of the country In 1904." The
republicans, according to the ex-senator1,
have staked everything on the mainte
nance of the tariff, and "If the present con
dition bf affairs can be maintained until
1904 the democrats can not win. The re
publicans will ascribe the prosperity which
may then prevail to the Dlngley tariff, and
the majority of the voters never will stop
to analyze the truth of the claim." Dis
claiming any knowledge, too, of whether
the democratic factions will get together
or not In the approaching campaign, and
also declaring that be had no knowledge of
Bryan's Intentions and no right to speak
for him, he added that Bryan "will cer
tainly appear at the next democratic na
tional convention, and will be an aggres
sive factor In whatever Is done." As an
enthusiastic supporter of Bryan In 1898 and
1900, and as a man who knows as much
about democratic conditions and chances
as any other person on his side, these re
marks of the veteran Missouri statesman
will attract the country's attention.
General business calamity Is the only
thing that will afford the democrats a
chance to win, according to the word ot
one of the most experienced and clear
headed of the country's democrats, and
neither that statesman's nor anybody else
whose opinion on the subject Is worth
anything sees calamity In the Immediate
future. The bank clearings last week In
the country at large had a long lead over
those of the corresponding week of 1902,
the gain being slightly In excess ot 12
per cent. The business failures at the
same time were less than they were fast
year at this time, showing that although
trade Is brisker than It was a year ago,
It Is done under better conditions and the
financial mortality among the traders Is
Ices. The earnings of the railroads keep
above the line for last year at this date,
although twelve months ago the roads'
Income was at very high figures. That
tho general opinion leans toward op
timism regarding the business conditions
Is shown by many Indications. One of
these Is the fact that the record for prices
of scats on the New York Stock exchange
has recently been broken several times,
one scat a few days ago selling at $82,000,
and another just afterward at $83,000,
while the highest price ever previously
paid was $80,non.
It Is clear to buslneaa men throughout
the country (hat the financial adversity
Is not In sight which would be necessary
to give any chance of success to the demo
crats. Neither Is the harmony in sight
without which that party can not make
even as strong a cauvat-s as It did In 1900.
RAIN
The Rain Coat If light enough in weight to serve sis o
as Spring Overcoat.
It is really a most convenient and almost a necessary
garment.
$lO to $25
Spring Overcoats, $10.00 to $30.00.
AO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OUli.
rKftaOWAXi KOTOS.
Tresldent Roosevelt hai received from
John Redmond, the Irish member of Par
liament, of Dublin, a box of shamrocks.
it Is reported that Marshall Field hss
offered to erect a museum on the Lake Front
park, Chicago, which may cost as much as
$10,000,000.
Having forbidden the sale of liquor In
the rapltol at Washington, the august sen
ators are reduced to keeping secret sup
plies la the committee rooms.
Commander Seaton Schroeder, the re
called governor of Guam, haa Just arrived
In San Francisco and It Is rumored th.u
ha will succeed Captain Slgsbee as chief
intelligence officer at Washington.
General Fltthugh Lee, referring to Vir
ginia's proposal to place a statu" ot
Robert E. Lee In the national capitol. snys
he thinks they should honor Washington,
tha successful, as well as Lee, the defeated.
Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith
observatory and professor of astronomy in
Hobart college, has been awarded the comet
medal of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific for the discovery of bis twenty-thud
comet.
The Brunswick, Mo., Brunswlcker says
the Amlcltla club last week "tripped the
light fantastic toe," which an Irreverent
Kansas contemporary says. In enter to
make It Intelligible to the Missourlans.
means that the "Friendship club bad a
rag social."
According to J. Scott Clark, head of th
department of English at Northwestern
university, the four greatest living literary
men In America, according to their rank,
are William Dean Howells, Thomas Bailey
Aldrlch, Edmund Clarence Stedman and
Henry Van Dyka.
The Swedish explorer, Sven Hedln, Is
only 38 years old. It was expected that
alter his arduous and dangerous trip 'o
central Asia he would rest a few years,
but he Is already busy with new Asiatic
plans. Ha has also spoken of an attempt
to reach the north pole "In an entirely
new and comparatively easy way."
SXID I! FITS.
Laffan Who Is that pretty girl over ther
by the bay window? Isn't she a poem?
Grofat She Is. She's a poem you oimht
to know. Come along, and i ll Introduce
you. Philadelphia i'ress.
Reddy Mulltna I see Chlmmy goln'
ter
Bunaay school yestlddy.
Sammy Sweeny Yes; some guy told lilm
Christmas come agin in March. ruck.
Minister I understand, my friend, thai
you have found marriage to be a failure.
Spudglna Well, then, you've been n.i.--Informed.
I brought suit for divorce fn-ir
times and lost every time, it's too blame I
successful lor me.
Sehoolma'am And now. Johnnie, let m
hear you bound Alaska.
Johnnie Oh, no you don't. Yer can't ge.
me tangled up In any of yer old in.ii
natlonal disputes. New York Sun.
Mrs. Brown So you were out again lat
night, eh?
Brown No, I was In, and I'll give you
$10 for your share. Detroit Free l'rcs.t.
"Yes," paid the proud father, "my daugh
ter Is going to sing 'The Wearing ot ihe
Green' at the St. 1'atrick's day celebration. '
"Indeed, commented the candid guiMt.
listening to the voice or the daughter.
"Well, the Irish are a persecuted race,
aren't they?" Chicago Tribune.
He leaned against the trolley post and
asked tha starter In the street when the
next car would go.
"Which way?" the starter Inquired. "l'p
or down?"
"I don't care (hlc). Which way's the
cheapest?" Brooklyn Eagle.
"There, Is something about the despised
goat that all boarders might Imitate," re
marked the boarding house landlady.
"What Is It?" queried the gang around
the festal board.
"The goat," replied the dining room
queen, "Isn't particular as to what he feed
on." Chicago News.
Aunt Hetty An' you say the city folks
Is so extravagant?
Aunt Samantha Awful 1 Why, Cousin
Fanny here never thinks of bakin' her own
bread! Puck.
HER LENTEN SACRIFICE.
Baltimore American.
Bee the maid with face of
badness.
Void of every trace of
Gladness,
And with not a single
Hint of
Sweet con
Tent. She's a picture of de
jection, Filled with hopes that fear de-
Teetion
She's the girl who cava up
Kissing
During
Lent.
There's the maid who gave up
Sweet things,
And refused oft to
Kat things,
Though her teasing friends try
Hard to
Though she a full of vague dls-
Tresses,
Yet she doesn't shun ca-
Itesnes
Like this girl who gave up
Kissing
During
Lent.
When these Lenten daya
Are over.
And we're all like pigs
In clover.
There'll be market for tha
Kisses
She has
I'ent.
And each lad that'a wise
Or wiser
Will be railing on
Kllza
She's tha girl who gava up
Kissing
During
Lent.
In the Morning
after a night's rest Is a good time to have
your eyea examined for glasses.
Neuralgic Headaches
find palq in and about the eyes, often at
tributed to other causes, are usually du-)
to the nted of proper glasses.
J. C. HUTESON & CO.,
US B. lth St., Paxtoa Block.
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