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    THE OMAHA DAILY HKE: WEDNESDAY, AP1UL 1, IJ)03.
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Are you against the maculae?
what machine?
If so,
Only one more week of the legislature.
Iralse God, from whom all blessings
flow.
WUat do the good people of Omaha
think of the Broatch reform police com
mission by this time?
The Jlastlcutuses on the top of the
city hall bare taken the Gopher pledge
to keep It a profound secret.
The disclosures of high life In Buffalo
brought out by the Burdlck Inquest will
materially depreciate the value of stop
over tickets to Buffalo. .
The report that Bartley Is suffering
- from qualms of conscience and propors
to disgorge the contents of that strong
box is only another April fool fake.
The Omaha barbers draw the 10-cent
line at the man who wants his mus
tache curled, or his neck shared. A
smooth face and a Buffalo BUI mane Is
the only way to get your money's worth
out of the short strap man.
While South Omaha still appears to be
unwilling to be annexed to Omaha It
will presently do a little annexation on
Its own hook by extending Its city
limits over the territory covered by th-1
village adjacent to Fort Crook.
In view of the limited resources at Its
disposal, an appropriation of $35,000 by
the Nebraska legislature for the Louisi
ana Purchase exposition Is mors than
generous. As a matter of fact, $25,000
would do the business very. creditably.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the Department of Agriculture for an
exhibition of farming by electricity at
the St Louis fair. Whether that exhibit
will Include an apparatus to show how
the farmers are farmed by wireless pro
cess baa not yet been divulged.
A most interesting exhibit at the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition will be a
presidential Infant Incubator. Little
Grover Cleveland will take bis place in
the glass Jar on opening day and au In
fant prodigy by the name of D. R.
Francis is expected to keep him com
pany. The Gopher plan of purging Omaha
' politics Is to appoint only Gophers as
Judges and clerks of election and allow
only Gophers to vote at the primary,
If this plan ot purification is carried into
effect the elry hall from the fifth story
down will be occupied by democrats
forty days hence.
John N. Baldwin, if not already an 11'
lustiious, will be a much illustrated per
son by the time the Nebraska legislature
adjourns, and if he continues in the ex
elusive employ of the Union Pacific bis
claim for a heavy raise of salary on ac
count of his widely advertised reputa
tlon should by all means be recognized
by Mr. Burt.
Is it not rather late lu the day to
cancel the engagement of members of
the legislature for a sixty-day perform
ance? Were not the artists all hired at
$5 a day for the full period of two
months, and is not the state in honor
bound to keep faith with the trotip and
th band that has played such delightful
airs in the lobby?
An Interesting question has been raised
by the recent Incorporation of the Na
tional Packiug company lu the face of
Judge Crosscut's Injunction enjoining
the) packers froij) continuing their com
bins tlon In restraint of trade or uniting
arbitrarily In fixing the price of treats
and controlling the market. If the old
beef trust exists In violation of the Slier-
man anti-trust law the new packing com
paoy bu m valid claim for toleration.
cLfAKftya thk run Lie firvh :k.
According to reports from Washington
there is anxiety among clerk In the ex
ecutlve department of the government,
due to on evident purpose on the part of
the administration to remove from the
public service those whose records are
not good. One dispatch to nu eastern
paper says that the president will over
look certain shortcomings on the part of
government employes, but he has set his
foot down hard on one kind of wrong
doing and has ordered that whore a clear
case Is established the offender shnll
lose his official head. Investigations of
ehargtss of immorality against certain
6ut-of-town officials are now being made
by direction of the president and it Is
expected this will result In numerous
removals.
It Is also said that there Is likely to
develop In connection with the scandal
in the I'ostofflce department the fact
that certain prominent departmental
officials have been using their Influence
to promote mining compnnles In which
they are Interested, by selling stock to
postmasters and employes of their
branch of the service. It Is alleged that
this sort of thing has been going on for
several years and it Is easy to believe
the statement that President Roosevelt
Is uncompromisingly opposed to such a
mixing of politics and business. It ap
pears to have become an unwritten rule
for members of the administration either
to stay out of private directorates, or
appear there In their personal capacity
alone. Of course it lu not the idea of the
president that no one In the public ser
vice shall have any connection with busi
ness affairs, but simply that they shall
not use their official Influence to promote
their business Interests, a position that
will undoubtedly have general public
approval.
The developments In the office of the
first assistant postmaster general have
served to show the expediency ,of a gen
eral Investigation of the executive de
partments. It Is Inevitable that what
has already been revealed will have the
effect to create lu the public mind a feel
ing that loose practices prevail more or
less In other departments and the ad
ministration cannot afford to ignore this.
We do not doubt that an Investigation
would show that a vast majority of the
employes In the public service, at Wash
ington and elsewhere, are honest and
honorable In their personal affairs, as
well as faithful in the performance of
their duties, but no harm can be done
from such a showing of this as will be
accepted without question by the public.
Everybody understands that It Is the de
sire of Mr. Roosevelt that the country
shall have an absolutely clean as well as
efficient public service, that those who
are employed by the government shall
observe Integrity In all their dealings.
The Investigations he has already ordered
will doubtless be carefully and thor
oughly prosecuted and it is safe to say
that no guilty person which they may
disclose will be allowed to escape.
COST OF TBB COMMI881VX.
The coal strike commission was con
siderably less expensive than it was ex
pected to be. Congress, upon the rec
ommendation of the president, appropri
ated $50,000, but the cost to the country
of the Investigation, extending over a
period of five months, Is approximately
$38,000, a large part of this "being for
salaries. It is said that no such Import
ant results have ever been attained at
such small expense, nor has anything of
the kind ever been conducted along
more business-like and economic lines.
The commission was composed of men
who had no desire for display or extrav
agance, but devoted, themselves sedu
lously and conscientiously to the task
committed to them.
What an enormous saving it would
have been to the parties to the anthra
cite strike if they bad at the outset sub
mitted the controversy to such a com
mission, and what a great benefit also to
the public. The estimated cost of the
strike to tho operators and miners Is
close to $100,000,000. The suffering, ex
perienced by many thousands of people
from the scarcity of fuel cannot be com
puted In dollars and cents. The prece
dent established by the anthracite strike
commission is of itself worth all that
was expended. It has bo strongly 1m
pressed public opinion in favor of this
expedient for adjnstlng controversies
between capital and labor wrere the In
terests of the public are largely Involved,
that undoubtedly In future there will bo
a strong popular demand for submitting
such disputes to an impartial commis
sion. It would not be easy to exagger
ate the value of the work of the strike
commission and It Is certainly far in ex
cess of the cost.
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THE PHILIPPINE CURRENCY
Active preparations are being made to
provide the currency for the Philippines
authorized by congress and from which
great benefit to the, islands is expected.
A leading financial Journal remarks that
in respect to their relations to the United
States the benefit -will be twofold. It
will be possible to conduct trade with
out allowance for the present abnormal
fluctuations in exchange end It will be
possible to make investments of Ameri
can capital with the assurance that their
gold and the gold value of their dlvl
dends will not decline. "The latter lien
eflt may prove more important in some
respects than the former. The crying
need of the islands Is the developmeu
of means of communication, or. uiann
facture and of Improved methods of ag
riculture. 3'hese can ouly come by the
confidence ou the part of the Investors
that the value of their money will not
shrink to tho vanishing point When It is
sent to the Philippines."
It Is further pointed out that the ac
tion of our government in this matter is
likely to set au example for other conn
tries of the Orient and If a similar sys
tem can le introduced into cmna, sup
ported by the western powers, that vast
empire will lie thrown tqien to trade In
a manner more effective than any othei
single ecouoUiio step which could be
taken with so little economic cost or dis
turbance to existing Interests. Had
congress passed at Its first session the
currency leglslatlow for tho Philippines
which It finally adopted the Industrial
hud commercial situation In the Islands
would long ago have been materially
Improved. . As It Is It will iorliaps lx a
year hence lefore any great change
takes place, though thore should be a
teady If slow Improvement In condi
tions.
hhoatch axp ms outlaw mktiiops.
Whenever William J. Broatch has oc
cupied public office he has lieon a law
unto himself. Ills outlaw methods as a
member of the present fire and police
commission are In keeping with his law
less methods on tho Russell-Churchill
police commission, when he prostituted
his powers-to selfish political ends. The
latest performances of this political
highwayman are absolutely Indefensible.
Ten days ago Broatch ordered the
chief of jKilice to serve notice on twelve
saloon keepers that patronize the Metz
Brewing company that he would have
their licenses revoked if they did not
close their resorts Saturday night and
keep them closed until the following
Monday morning. While these twelve
saloons were held to a strict observance
of the Sunday closing provisions of the
Slocumb law, all the other saloons In the
city were allowed to run open without
let or hindrance.
Last Saturday another edict was Is
sued by Broatch in the name of the po
lice commission directing the chief of
police to enforce the, Sunday closing law
against ten saloons that had been al
lowed to run open the previous Sunday
and to notify the keepers of the saloons
that had been closed the previous Sun
day that they were1 at liberty to do bus
iness without molestation last Sunday.
In other words, Buccaneer Broatch or
dered the police to grant Indulgences to
the twelve saloons that had Wen ter
rorized on the previous Sunday and to
swing the police club over the heads of
ten other saloon keepers who are sus
pected of political disaffection.
The question that presents itself Is,
Where does Brpatch or any other police
commissioner, or the entire police board,
get authority to serve notice through
police officers on law violators that they
will not be molested? What right has
Broatch to use the police as Instruments
of political blackmail? Is it not about
time for the law authorities of this com
munity to enforce the provisions of the
statute that makes it a misdemeanor
and penal offense for anybody either
verbally or in writing, by himself or by
an agent, to threaten to do any injury
to the person or property of another, or
to compel the person so threatened to do
any act against his will?
Aside from the palpable violation of
the law defining and prohibiting black
mall, the course of Broatch Is a usurpa
tion of power that would not be toler
ated in any other community. The law
creating the fire and police board does
not contemplate' that the police commis
sion shall exercise functions outside of
its legitimate sphere, which relates
solely to the appointment, removal, gov
ernment and discipline of the officers
and members of the fire and police de-
nartments. Nowhere does the charter
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uuuionze ma ponce Doara or any mem
ber of that body to order the opening or
closing of saloons or in any way to In
terfere with any legitimate business for
which a license has been granted. If
the saloon keepers violate the law
charges can be preferred against the
keepers before the police court and upon
conviction the police commission Is em
powered to revoke the license. Tho po
lice court alone has a right to Impose
other penalties.
It is not the prerogative of the police
commission to give personal orders to
policemen or to' instruct them against
impartial law enforcement Unless the
commission disavows the course pursued
by Mr. Broatch there will be no other
alternative than a resort to the courts
to compel It to remain within the bounds
prescribed by law or a formal present
ment of charges to Governor Mickey,
who is empowered and required to de
pose any member of the police commis
sion upon proof that he has been guilty
of a misdemeanor in office.
Judge Ryan will have no difficulty In
producing sufficient testimony to prove
that the constitutional amendment ex
tending the time of legislative sessions
from forty to sixty days, and raisin
the pay of members from $3 to $5 per
day, was counted in by fraud seventeen
years ago. But isn't it rather late li
the day to start this disagreeable con
tentlon after seven succeeding legls
latures have exploited the treasury for
sixty days' pay and two half holidays
each week? Is not this res Judicata,
as
the lawyers call it?
Chief Pass Bribe Distributer Ager has a
plan for raising revenue by the com
pulsory sale of all real property on
which taxes have been delinquent for
five years, and confidently predicts that
his plan, if carried into effect, will pay
off the state debt Would it not be more
in keeping with the eternal fitness of
things for the corporations that keep
Colonel Ager on the pay roll to disgorge
the millions of dollars of taxes which
they have managed to evade within the
past five years by lopsided legislation?
Down lu Missouri a grand Jury Inquisi
tion Is now in progress to Investigate the
operations of the boodle lobby that per
meated the late Mlssouro legislature.
Had the Missouri irrand Jury Ini-n called
before the legislature convened and been
kept in motion during the session the
Doodling lobbyists would uot have been
In evidence so much. There is little to
be gained by locking the barn after the
horse Is stolen.
The primary election law expressly re
quires that the candidates of each fac
tion lu a party contest shall have equal
representation on the election board.
The manifest object of this pro-
vision of the law Is to prevout factional
Jtiirnlery and discrimination for or
against candidate. Any attempt to
iibvert Hie law on the part of the nuin
oglng committee would make primary
election a farce and destroy anv obliga
tion which party nominations are pre
sumed to have upon the rank and file of
Its membership.
Mighty Hard to Plena.
Washington Poet.
The sultan of Sulu Is sulking again be
cause some of his friends are to be prose
cuted for breaking the law. It requires
considerable tact to keep a live eltan la
a good humor.
Where Vaa the Railroad Lobby?
Indianapolis Journal.
When a state legislature deliberately
votes $100,000,000 to make a canal float
1.000-ton barges and the scheme Is backed
by the ablest commercial and financial men
In the state, no one c. n question Its right
to be called the Empire state.
Great Changes t'omlnar.
Minneapolis Journal.
The people of the arid states seem to
count that day lost In which thoy do not
bring forward some new irrigation project.
Between private enterprise and government
work, these new irrigation canals will
work great changes In the west In the next
ten years.
Groundless Fears.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Antarctic exploration develops the fact
that there -are high mountain ranges about
4G0 milea from the south pole. People who
have entertained fears that the world's
stock of mountains might run short will
be reassured by the information of the
supply in reserve.
Discriminating Tariffs.
Philadelphia Press.
The British government is to have a
discrimination of 25 per cent in tariff rates
In the conquered provinces in South Af
rica. But If that 25 per cent does not
operate better than Canada's S3H per cent
preferential rates Great Britain will not
profit much in comparison with its com
petitors. AVttl Ilryan Do the Graceful f
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A letter from Mr. Bryan welcoming Mr.
Cleveland to the city of Lincoln would be
the graceful thing. . It would be polite,
too. to writs it. Somebody else may
take a notion that ho owns as much of
Lincoln as Bryan does, and has as much
right to speak for it. It somebody of this
description should invite Mr. Cleveland,
and he ahould accept, the "peerless leader"
would be considerably cut down.
Expanding; Presidential Trips.
Indianapolis News.
So the Hawalians want to see the presi
dent, do theyT Well, it seems as if they
ought to be gratified, but on the other
hand, if they are, the first thing we know
be will have demands from Guam, the Phil
ippines, Porto Rico, Alaska and Tutulla
that he can't Ignore, and he will have to
do more stunts than a traveling salesman
to cover his territory, leaving him scarcely
any time to devote to the office seekers
and politicians. And then what will hap
pen? Conraaxe, Girls, Courage!
Philadelphia Press.
A few years the tan shoe came in style
and was quickly adopted by men for sum
mer wear. It was easy to the feet, cool
and natty and its popularity appeared to
be permanent. But for some reason fashion
declared against it and It was quickly dis
carded, although many sfghs of regret ac
companied its banishment. Tho women
should not permit themselves to be In
fluenced in the same trivial way and
without good reasons deprive themselves
ot the use of so sensible a garment as the
shirtwaist.
Theodore, Take Care of Yonrself.
Harper's Weekly.
It is to be hoped that the president
will have a pleasant trip and a good time,
and that his accompanying throat special
ist will have little or nothing to do. it
is especially to be hoped that no trolley
car accident will occur and that if the
president should be slightly hurt he will
recall the anxiety of the people when his
leg was operated upon at Indianapolis and
try to spare the country any new bulletins.
Mr. Roosevelt owes the country a good
deal, and one of the smallest payments
he can make on account is a little consid
eration for its feelings. It has suffered
of late quite enough from shocks, so that
Mr. Roosevelt ought to he more careful of
himself than we all know that he wants
to be.
Two Months "Ob the Road."
Hartford (Conn.) Times.
What a remarkable "swing around the
circle" is this western tour which Presi
dent Roosevelt is going to begin on April
1 and continue, if nothing happens to pre
vent, until June 5. If this program is car
ried out the president will show himself
and find something to say in several hun
dred towns located in nineteen or twenty
states and territories. - The physical
strength required to carry through such an
undertaking as this is very great and no
president who has preceded Mr. Roosevelt
since the days when railways have ex
isted has been equal to it. No president
has ever succeeded in showing himself to
so many of the American people as Mr
Roosevelt will have done if he shall suc
ceed in making all the visits and "calls"
that are on his schedule during the nine
weeks after April 1, 1903. Some people will
say that the president is going on an
electioneering tour and it may be frankly
admitted that he would not exert himself
so strenuously to meet the western folks
If he did not hope and expect to be the
candidate of his party for the presidency
in 1904.
A WARM PACEMAKEIJ.
Newport's Monkey Fnnrtlon Out
classed by a Horary Affair.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The "monkey dinner" at Newport, which
amazed society swelldom and set the
tongues of the swagger set wagging with
s fervor that is cot yet abated, has been
completely and stunningly eclipsed.
The "horsey" dinner given by C. K. G.
Billings In the ball room at Sherry's, New
York, makes the Newport monkey function
look like a country church Ice cream and
strawberry festival.
Served by pink-coated prooms in a bower
of trees and hand-painted brooks jn
green meadows, thirty-one guests of Mr.
Billings ate from tables while seated
astride thirty-one horses. A small table,
we are told, was attached to the pommel
of each saddle, and the horses were ar
ranged in a circle around a centerpiece.
The waiters were in white buckskin, with
scarlet coats and yellow-(opped boots, and
the horses ate shredded oats out of enamel
troughs.
Who says society In the east Is effete
and empty of ideas? What could be more
original or clever than this horsey con
ceit evolved from the prolific brain of Mr
Killings? The acme of polite endeavor was
not reached in the monkey dinner, how
ever swagger and stunning Its appoint
ments. The horsey fete In gastronomy was
certainly a pacemaker, but even this is
bound to be outdone In time br the busy
geniuses of the smart set.
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S CBITIC1M.
Philadelphia Record: Admiral Dewey
needs to be reminded that he won distinc
tion In action and not in talking. W are
not going to have any war with Germany.
Chicago Chronltie: Much Is to bo par
doned to the successful soldier and vic
torious sailor. Nevertheless It will be con
ceded by all reasonable Americans tbat
Admiral Dewey should not have publicly
uttered comments which the commander of
tho German navy necessarily resents as un
friendly. International amenity should be
observed by the keepers of International
peace.
Kansas City Star: If the Dewey incident
Is closed, as It is said to be, it should
at least, result in a better understanding
among nnvai officers as to what they should
not say for publication. The State depart
ment has difficulty enough in framing Its
communications in delicate affairs when
such communications are necessary. It
is especially regrettable when irritating
declarations are made without pretext or
excuse.
Chicago Tribune: Admiral Dewey says
"It Is certainly realized that Germany could
not make a successful fight with our navy."
Be that as it may, remarks of the kind
have an Irritating effect when uttered by
a naval officer they do not have when made
by , a civilian. They do not tend to pro
mote cordial relations between German and
American officers, who will meet more fre
quently in the future than they have done
in the past.
Springfield Republican: Evidently some
one has violated Admiral Dewey's confi
dence In publishing an Interview with him
In which be comments freely on the Ger
man navy. It Is not likely. If he said what
is attributed to him, that he expected to
see it In print. Such remarks as that the
recent United States naval maneuvers In
the West Indies were "an object lesson" to
the kaiser more than to any other person
are not proper for the admlra1. of the
American navy to make,
Milwaukee Sentinel: It is simply in
credible that a man of his well-earned
reputation for sterling common sense should
so far forget the responsibilities ot his
official position and personal prestige as
to Indulge in a piece of offensive brag
gadocio that In a week must be going the
rounds of the British and German news
papers as a godsend to the viperous brood
of international mischief makers. The per
formance of the bibulous Captain Coghlan,
even, trivial as it was In Itself and rela.
tlvely insignificant as was the offender,
was magnified by Jingoism Into a national
affront. It international rancor was bred
by a comic song warbled by this com
paratively Irresponsible captain in his cups,
what would be the probable result ot a
statement from a man like Admiral Dewey
to the effect that our naval policy regards
Germany as the enemy, and that the fleet
was mobillxed in the Caribbean as a sort ot
naval demonstration to overawe the kaiser?
PERSONAL .NOTES.
Charles M. Schawb's health was so far
improved by his trip abroad that he was
strong enough to swear off his taxes in
New York.
John T. Trowbridge, the author, at tho
age of 75, in the delightful quietude of his
home at Arlington, is engrossed in the
preparation of his autobiography, or, as he
felicitously puts it, "My Own Story."
Thomas F. Folger, for forty years driver
of the prison van at Boston, died the other
day, leaving a handsome fortune. He was
a great reader, but never in the course ot
his life was he known to buy a news
paper. Those persons who said the creation and
procedure ot the strike commission were
Irregular are triumphantly vindicated by
one fact, anyway. The commission spent
only $38,000 of the $50,000 appropriated for
its expenses.
The earl ot Yarmouth and his American
bride will endeavor to get along on an in
come of $100,000 a year. This will enable
them to keep a girl, hire a man to care for
the furnace and maintain an entente cor
dlale with the iceman.
General George B. Davis, judge advocate
general of the army, has' been designated
to represent the army at a conference to
meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on September
14 for the purpose of considering proposed
changes in the Red Cross convention of
August 22, 1864.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka, Kan.,
says that after he had married a couple
not long ago the bridegroom fumbled in
his pockets nervously without producing
anything and finally admitted that he had
neglected to provide for the clergyman's
fee. "But," he added, brightening up, "I
can show you how to Ox your gas meter
so that it won't register."
William C. Whitney, Plerpont Morgan,
Ashbel P. Fitch, William Rockefeller and
other wealthy New Yorkers owning large
estates in the Adirondacks have Joined In
making war on a bill now before the New
York state legislature. The measure, if
passed, would give wood pulp and water
power speculators privileges which are
worth millions. The result would be the
devastation of large tracts in the Adiron
dacks,, and this the millionaires are try
ing to prevent. '
ROOSEVELT IX THE WEST.
Eastern Paper Aecnrately Slsea
UP
the Situation.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The reports which western men of all
parties bring to the east concerning the
president's popularity in their section coin
cide with the view expressed in our Wash
ing dispatches by Senator Warren of Wyo
ming. There is no dissenting voice to be
heard about It in either party. A recent
, democratic candidate for governor In a
Paclflo coast state said recently to a iriena
In this city that the only chance a candi
date in his party bad of success at the polls
lay in calling himself a "Roosevelt demo
crat." He himself had done that, and had
gained so much in consequence tbat be
nearly won in the election.
The simple fact is that in nearly or quite
every Instance In which the president has
aroused antagonism In the east he has
strengthened himself In the west by that
very course of conduct. As the case stands
today, be could be elected, bands down,
without the aid of New York, were this
sta,te to be capable of the folly ot refusing
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Senator llaana Dlarussea the Rein
tlons of Labor and Capitol.
Senator Marcus A. Hanna. president of
the American Civic Federation, speaks In
terms of jnstlnted praise of the werk of
the president's anthracite roal strike com
mission and the manner In which that
great labor controversy has been ended.
In a long Interview given out at Cleve
land Senator Hanna discussed In all its
details the great movement which seems
to have begun spontaneously In labor cir
cles to make demands on capital and the
evolution that Is going on in the minds of
capitalists on the subject of adopting a
rational policy toward labor, which would
prevent strikes and lockouts.
The chairman of the republican national
committee and tho chief of the movement
to bring labor and capital into friendly re
lations declared that great progress had
been made in this direction. One year's
result had convinced him that the prin
ciple of conciliation was bound to prevail;
that strikes would be suppressed and In
dustrial peace eventually obtained.
Senator Hanna sounded a vigorous warn
ing to both capital and labor. Ho said
labor must not feel emboldened because It
had won the coal strike and because prom
inent employers were In the movement to
obtain arbitration. Labor would put tsclf
back to a far worse position than before
by making radical demands.
Capital, on the other hand, must recede
from the position which so many ot Its
representatives occupy, that "there Is noth
ing to arbitrate, and nothing to talk about."
Senator Hanna was reminded that no
statement had come from hlra on the sub
ject of the coal-strike report. He was told
that the publio expected him to give an
expression, either ot approval or disap
proval, ot the work of the commission.
"I know I have not talked about the coal
strike report," said Senator Hanna, "and
the reason is that I ought not to talk very
much about it. We who are associated
with the council of conciliation of tho Clvlo
Federation endeavored to prevent this
strike by bringing the representatives of
the operators and miners together. We
endeavored to settle It after It was begun
by using out good offices to establish re
lations between the operators snd miners.
We failed In that because it was Impos
sible to get both sides to consent to ar
bitration. I have nothing to say as to the
responsibility for the continuance ot the
strike at this time.
"I will say that I am greatly pleased
with the work of, the coal strike commis
sion. It has been very well done. It is a
big thing. It cannot be belittled on its
bearing on the future. I hope that the
report will lead to the adoption of a plan
for permanent peace in the coal regions."
"Do you understand that the operators
are entirely satisfied?" the senator was
asked.
"They ars going to accept the report ot
the commission, and thsy are behaving
well. Indeed," was the aaswer.
"Are the miners satisfied?"
"They ought to be, and even If they are
not entirely satisfied, they will abide by
the verdict. John Mitchell is acting splen
didly. There Is a man the slse of whose
head no success will ever change."
Efforts to get Senator Hanna to discuss
the attempts made by the Civic Federation
to terminate the strike failed. "That is a
closed book." he said.
It is well known that when the Civic
Federation made its attempt to mediate the
coal strike, the miners were willing to
forego all their other demands and return
to work on being given an increase of not
20 per cent, for which they struck, or 10 per
cent, on which they offered to compromise,
but 6 per cent. Rather than concede that
petty advance, certain operators forced a
continuance of the strike and entailed a
total loss on all concerned of nearly $100,
000,000, and they Anally consented to arbi
tration, which gave tho miners 10 per cent
and a large number of additional conces
sions. "I'll talk about the future," said Senator
Hanna, suddenly, after be had made It clear
that he was not going to talk about what
had gone into history.
"Then what do the signs of the times
foreshadow, as bearing on the great ques
tion of conciliation and arbitration between
labor and capital, which has been given
such on Impetus by your federation and
been illustrated by such a great object
lesson as the coal strike?" Senator Hanna
was asked.
"It Is difficult to predict with exactness
on this subject," was the quick reply.
"There is a great movement in the ranks
of labor for settlement of grievances, a re
arrangement of wages and an adjustment
of regulations.
"Now, I do not think that agitation on
the part of organized labor has been fo
mented by the Influences which have been
felt In favor of arbitration and conciliation.
They are coming now because this Is the
season ot the year when wage scales art
fixed and agreements are 'entered into for
the next twelve months, so that, while
those who are hostile to any adjustment of
relations between labor and capital might
say that the agitation has been aided by
the work of the coal strike commission, 1
do not think that position can be main
tained."
'What Is rapidly coming to pass Is a re
alization on the part of the laboring men
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that arbitration Is a good thing. There
should be confidential relations between
labor and capital. There must be a feeling
of trust between each other. .The side tbat
asks too much or gives not enough will
lose public support, and the time Is rap
idly coming when the side that loses publlo
support loses its cause.
"Labor csn easily ask too much sad
adopt an attitude tbat will wreck the
object for which we are striving. It can
ask more than its share. When it does
and Insists on it, then labor loses, and its
Interests go backward. .
"When these labor leaders come to me I
say to them, 'Do not ask too much. Wages
are high now. Don't forget tbat. They
are higher than they ever were In this
country before. It may be true that prices
are higher, too, but the higher you rolse
wages by arbitrary demands tbe further
you cut Into the profits of the manufact
urers, without whose Invested capital you
could not expect to live. It may hasten
Industrial depression, which Is bound to
tome sooner or later, and the higher you
get the greater is going to be tbe drop
when that comes.' "
"What do you think of the law passed
by congress providing lor compulsory ar
bitration of labor disputes, which ars
likely to affect Interstate commerce or ths
citizens of more than one state?"
"I do not favor it. Capital does not
favor It. The most Intelligent leaders of
labor do not favor it, and, more than that.
It would probably not be constitutional. I
think the coal strike commission acted
wisely when it declared that it did not
think such a system would meet with ap
proval or success."
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"A mule." said Lncle Kben, "Is liable to
have his bad spells, but he won't put In all
hl time klckln' like some people does.
Washington Star. i
Ascum: "If 'brethern' Is a synonym thr
'brothers,' why not 'slstern' for 'sisters?' '
Henpeck: Nonsense! I've often heard
of a cistern that would dry up occasion
ally." Philadelphia Cathollo Standard.
Miss Koy In discussing tho "galaxy ot
beauty" at the ball the other night Mr.
Grafton paid me quite a complln.ent.
Miss Spiels The Idea! That'B mo unlike
hun. I never before heard of his paying
anything before it's due. Chicago Tribune.
"There goes my pearl necklace Into the
wash basin and down into the trap! Send
for the plumber nt once, my dear."
"I guess not! Not for one pearl neck
lace.' Brooklyn Life,. , . (
"Spring has come!" cried the iceman.
Jubilantly.
"Nuy." sighed the coal man. "Winter
haa gone." Newark News.
"George, the cook doesn't like baby."
"What are we to do about It?"
"I don't know. She Is such a good cook."
"And he Is such a bad baby. This seema
to settle It. "Better give him a week's
notice at once."
"George. you're horrid." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Flltey I'm ashamed of my flt of temper
last night. It was ridiculous for me to be
have that way, and, of course, Miss Love
and her mother noticed k,
Riley Yes, they thought you rather
crazy, but I fixed it up all right.
Flltey 1M you, oM man?
Kltey Sure. I told 'em you were only
drunk Philadelphia Press.
IlAISlXi THK WISH,
Victor Smith In New York Press.
Here Is Kugene Field's best poem, be
cause It whs hl most effective one. When
In the pangs of Impecunio.sliy. he appealed
to the cashier of the Chicago News In a
way that seldom fulled to secure 'the for
bidden Hilary advance:
Sweet Bhekiisford, the week Is near Its end.
And, as my ciwtnm Is. I com to thee;
There Is no oth-r who has piif to lend.
At leHst no pelf to lend to hapless mej
Nay, gentle SnekolMford, turn not away,
1 must have wealth, for this la Saturday.
Ah, now thou smll'st a soft, relenting
smile
Thy previous frown was but a pointing
Joke,
T knew ihy heart would melt with pity
while
Thou heard'st mo pleading I was very
iToke.
Niy, Hk me not If I've a note from Stone,
When I approach thi-e, O thou best of
men!
1 bring no notes, hut boldly and alone
1 woo sweet hope and strike thee for a
ten!
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