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', Now let Governor Mickey make use
of bU veto pen.
The very best thing that can be said
for the last Ieglnlature la that It might
have done worse.
The law makers have left the state
capital It must have taken an effort
for some of them to leave that
Howell carried the democratic pri
maries, or rather they were carried for
him by the corporation cohorts.
Joseph S. Bartley may now feel free
to come out of hiding and extend the
band of welcome to (he returning trav
eler, Ezra, the Pardoner.
Members of the Nebraska legislature
carefully drew their return mileage and
rode borne .on their pasties. If there are
any exceptions to this rule The Bee
would like to print the names.
' Governor Mickey promises to give
South Omaha a model police commis
sion. If the promise holds good, the
contrast with the Broatch police board
tniRosed on Omaha by Governor Savage
will be startling.
The decision In the Northern Securi
ties case is the latest answer to those
who have been contending that Presi
dent Roosevelt was not in earnest In
bis efforts to enforce the anti-trust
laws.
The corporations also nave their eye
on the tax commlssionershlp. .With a
tax commissioner taking their orders
they would soon make all the achieve
ments of the Real Estate exchange tax
reform campaign look like thirty cents.
Nothing short of municipal ownership
of electric lighting as well as of the
water works will satisfy the public de
mand. Through municipal ownership
alone can the pernicious and corrupting
Influence of the corporation managers
be thrown off.
Ilavlng been relieved of the onerous
duty of directing the work of the Ne
braska legislature at Lincoln, bis pom
poslty, John N. Baldwin of Iowa, will
be free to devote all bis attention to
choosing the officers to administer the
city government of Omaha for the next
three years.
Colonel Bryan says he will not choose
between Kansas City platform demo
crats who may seek the presidential
nomination, but the line must be drawn
against those who failed to get both
feet on the Kansas City promulgation.
Anyone objectionable to Mr. Bryan will
be promptly convicted . of inability to
take the Kansas City test oath.
We now have another striking Illus
tration of what a nonpartisan police
commission of the Broateh brand
means. It means the use of the police
to carry the democratic primaries for
the corporations one day and the use of
the police to carry the republican pri
maries for the corporations the next
day. That is nonpartlsanshlp, but al
ways for the corporations.
J. Pierpont Morgan expresses himself
as by no means discouraged by the ad
verse decision In the Northern Securi
ties esse. He is hopeful apparently
that by appealing the supreme court
will reverse the present ruling or indi
cate what roust be done to get around
the law. We may trust the trust mag
pates to adapt themselves to all condi
tions. The house of delegates of the Vir
ginia legislature has voted to remove
from office a Judge who indiscreetly
cowhlded a minister. The dispatches
fall to state that the object of Judicial
wrath was a white minister, but that
goes without saying. Had the Judge
only devoted himself to castigating a
colored preacher the Virginia delegates
rvv.lft hits vot5 him a medal of honor.
tiik NunTHtn.y skcvritich decision.
The decision of the United States
circuit court of appeals In the case of
the jrpvernnient against the Northern
Securities company Is sweeping and In
all probability will prove to be con
clusive, since It Is 'distinctly In accord
with the decisions of the supreme court
of the United States In cases arising
under the anti trust law of 10. Re
duced to the simplest statement, the
decision Is that the Northern Securities
company Is A combination thot Is re
pugnant to the low and that its ol
sorptlon and control of competing lines
of railroad, by destroylnn every motive
for competition between the roods in
Interstate traffic, Is In restraint of com
merce between the states.
This is the gist of the court's opinion,
but there are important declarations In
regard to the meaning of the terms of
the anti-trust act which somewhat
broaden Its construction ond application.
It was contended by the company that
the law does not apply to it for the
reason that It Is not a "trust," but the
court pointed out that "congress was
careful to declare that a combine In
any other form, If In restraint of trade
or commerce, that Is, If It directly
occasioned or effected such restraint
should likewise be deemed illegal."
There would seem to be no question as
to the soundness of this view, the anti
trust act declaring Illegal every contract.
combination in the form of trust or
'otherwise," thus giving unlimited scope
to the application of the law. It was
thereforejogically held that If the stock
had been entrusted to one person, with
Instructions how to vote it the result
would have been a combination in di
rect restraint of interstate commerce
because it gave power to suppress com
petition. As to the contention that the
law unduly restricts the right of the in
dividual to make contracts, the court
thought It entitled to little considera
tion, holding that the provision regard
ing the liberty of the citizen Is to some
extent limited by the commerce clause
of the constitution and "that the power
of congress to regulate interstate com
merce comprises the right to enact a
law prohibiting the citizen from entering
Into those private contracts which di
rectly and substantially, and not merely
Indirectly, remotely. Incidentally and
collaterally regulate to a greater or less
degree the commerce among the states."
So far as we are aware this Is the first
Judicial opinion upon this point and Its
Importance will be readily recognized.
Not the least Important feature of the
decision Is that which holds that a state
charter of a corporation cannot be used
to defeat the will of the national legis
lature, as expressed In a law relating to
Interstate trade and commerce, over
which congress has absolute control.
The decree of the court deprives the
Northern Securities company of all au
thority and control over the Northern
raclflc and Great Northern Railway
companies. It Is enjoined from acquir
ing further stock of those companies
and from voting such stock, the officers
of the railroads being also enjoined
from permitting such stock to be voted
by the Securities company. Thus the
authority of the merger organization is
completely taken away and It Is allowed
only the privilege of returning the stock
which was exchanged for Its securities.
The victory of the government Is most
signal and there is strong reason to
believe that It will be sustained by the
supreme court
A WORD OF CAUTIOlf TO REPUBLICANS.
Omaha Is a republican city on na
tional issues and by rights the mu
nicipal government of Omaha should be
administered by republicans. It is now
foreordained that the democratic city
nominating convention delegates will
be dominated by the corporations and
the candidates for mayor and council
will all be men who can be depended
upon to do the bidding of the allied
corporations.
Now, If the republican convention will
have the good sense to nominate candi
dates who do not wear the corporation
collar, and may be depended upon to
protect the public Interest when it
comes to clashing with private Inter
ests of the corporations, the republicans
will sweep Omaha by a decisive ma
jority on the Stb day of May. If on
the other hand the convention allows
ltBelf to be dominated by corporate In
fluence and surrenders to corporate dic
tation the rank and Die of Omaha re
publicans will either stay at borne or
vote the democratic ticket.
If we have to have government by
the corporations for the corporations
J Omaha republicans will prefer to let
the responsibility foi mlsgovernment
be with the democrats and not with re
publicans. If the city hall is to be
filled with corporation dummies, let the
democrats furnish the dummies and
take the responsibility, and let the
odium for mlsgovernment fall upon the
democrats and. not upon republicans,
campaigns or rational istsrkst.
While this Is decidedly an off year in
politics, yet there will be several state
campaigns of national Interest chief
among which will be those of Iowa and
uuio, Dotn or wnicn elect a governor
and legislature. Governor Cummins Is
a candidate for re-election and as be is
recognized as the bead and front of the
tariff revision movement much interest
will be taken In bis canvass, It being
assumed that his renominatloo Is as
sured. It is remarked that the devel
opments of bis campaign and tbe
vote in November will possibly
have a considerable Influence on
the making or unmaking of Iowa's
governor as a personage in na
tlonal politics. In Ohio the democrats
are expected to make a very vigorous
fight, probably under the undisputed
leadership of Tom L. Johnson, but it
is not at all likely that tbey can win.
As now indicated the buttle will be
mainly over the legislature and general
Interest la the result will be heightened
from the fact tlint the next legislature
will elect a successor to Senator Hanna.
The result of the recent election in
Cleveland is thought to have somewhat
Impaired Mr. Hanna's prestige, but this
will perhaps prove to be a mistaken
view. At all events the Ohio campaign
promises to command quite the usual
Interest.
Other state campaigns will be In
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Mary
land and Kentucky, but these will not
have very much significance beyond
state boundaries, except possibly that
of Maryland, where tbe republicans are
expected to make a determined effort
to regain power.
TH LATB LKOISLATCRK.
While It is customary to declare that
the last legislature Is always the worst
legislature, we believe It nearer the
truth to say that we have bad worse as
well as better legislatures In Nebraska
than that which has Just passed into
history. While In point of personal
ability the members of both houses will
rank with the best, the subserviency
of the law-makers to corporate domina
tion and their submissive execution of
orders from the ringmasters of the
lobby could not be more striking. In
everything in which the Interests of
the railroads were at cross with those
of the people the corporate commands
took precedence, and though not much
new mischief was wrought none of the
grievous burdens loaded on the people
by corporate rapacity were lifted from
their shoulders.
The one notable achievement of the
late legislature was the enactment of
a new revenue law Intended to meet
the necessities of an overdrawn state
treasury.. The new law contains many
commendable features, but fails to cor
rect several flagrant abuses. It leaves
much to the discretion of the officers
who are to enforce It and upon them
largely will depend the popular verdict
whether It is an Improvement on the
old system or not. If the state board
that fixes the first valuation of railroad
property under the new law does its
full duty, the work of the legislature
will be endorsed. If the state board
allows the railroads to continue to
evade their taxes while all other prop
erty owners are brought to time, the
law will be the most odious ever put
upon our statute books.
It Is In neglected opportunities that
the legislature has disappointed. It
should have submitted the much de
manded constitutional amendments. It
should have given authority for the
taxation of railroad terminals for city
purposes the same as other property.
It should have provided for another at
tempt to enforce the regulation of rail
road freight rates. It. should have
created a board of pardons. It should
have provided for municipal borne rule.
It should have done a great many
things it did not do and it should not
have done some things It did do. Un
der all the circumstances, It Is really
remarkable that It did not do more
damage than It has.
RULIXQ Oft TBE ELKlltH LAW.
The Interstate Commerce commission
has received no complaints of violation
of the Elkins act from which it may
be assumed that the law Is being faith
fully observed, but the commission baa
received a great many letters from
shippers and railroad men asking for
Information 'and rulings on hypothetical
cases. While the commission dislikes
to make decisions on points that do not
come up in tbe regular channel, yet on
account of tbe wide and universal In
terest awakened in the business world
by the enactment of the law, unofficial
rulings nave been made in a number
of Instances.
Tbe most important decision of the
commission is one to the effect that it
is now unlawful for railroads to give
free passes to manufacturers and oth
ers with the Idea of Influencing ship
ments of freight It is also held to be
unlawful for a manufacturer or other
person who uses the railroads exten
sively for the carrying of freight to ask
for passes. It would seem that no one
who has read tbe anti-rebate act with
any care would need an opinion of the
commission as to the above points. Tbe
law is perfectly clear and explicit in
forbidding tbe giving and soliciting of
such favors, which are a form of dis
crimination hardly less objectionable
than the granting of rebates. It ap
pears that even among railroad men,
who of course have carefully studied
the law, there is diversity of opinion
In regard to the matter of passes and
It might be well for the commission to
take up this question and make a rul
ing covering all its phases. Meanwhile
the safe course for the railroads Is to
cut off all discrimination of this kind,
which It is understood they are now
quite generally doing.
There is absolutely no warrant for
the repayment by tbe 6tate of tbe ex
pense Incurred by the state treasurers
for bonds guaranteeing the safety of the
state funds in their hands. The con
stitution expressly fixes the salary of
state treasurers and prohibits any in
crease thereof or any perquisites by
which these salaries would be increased
indirectly. It may be and doubtless
is a hardship for state treasurers to
pay out half of their salaries for bonds,
but that fact does not Justify the legis
lature or tbe governor in overriding
constitutional limitations. The only
way to get rid of a bad law Is to en
force it Tbe only way to get relief
from constitutional limitations is to en
force the constitution to the letter.
The Lincoln Journal has at last given
the snap away that explains the sud
den backdown of the LusIui-hi men of
Lincoln In the fight for municipal taxa
tlon of railway terminals In the late
legislature. They Lincoln business men
after conference with their representa
tives In the legislature and the railroad
lobbyists agreed to dlop their demand
for equal taxation in consideration of
the promise that their city charter
would be changed so as to enable them
to elect their counctlmen by the vote of
the entire city at large. Their promise
of co-operation to the Omaha Real Es
tate exchange was thereupon broken,
but In the end they find themselves
buncoed on the other side because their
plan for counciluien at large failed to
materialize. The Incident Is only In
teresting as showing how cheaply Lin
coln business men can oe bought off
and how easily they can be gold
bricked. The resolution favoring the election
of United States senators by direct pop
ular vote has gone through both houses
of the Illinois legislature, thus adding
another state to the list on record for
this change In the constitution. It is only
a question of time when the obstruc
tionists in the United States senate will
have to yield and give the people of the
various states on opportunity to express
themselves on the proposition.
The imprisonment of a wealthy Ber
lin money loaner for usury should teach
salutary lesson. The culprit made the
mistake of selecting some of his vic
tims from among the army officers
when be ought to have known that the
rmy is Invested with Emperor Wil
liam's special protection. Had be only
been content to exploit the common peo
ple he might have kept out of trouble.
Mr. Cleveland Gives Cp.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Ex-President Cleveland la aolns to an
pear on the platform In New York with
Booker T. Washln cfnn. RvMnntl Mi
Cleveland doesn't expect to have any fur-
iner use ror the solid south.
A Suitable Location.
PittBburg Dispatch.
The promoters of that combination of
farmers to control prices have transferred
their efforts to South Dakota. As their
purpose is to divorce the farmer from
his money the appropriateness of the lo
cation is evident.
Speed the Day.
8t Louis Republic.
If the Irish land hill l
British Parliament and its nnerntlnn rmvoi
as beneficent as Is expected, "th" Ould Sod"
snouia aoon be owned by Its agricultural
peasantry and the Saxon-Celt feud of cen
turies buried under the furrows made by
proprietary plowshares.
Rerroii Strain Overworked.
Baltimore American.
No wonder Americans succumb under the
nervous strain and high tension of life
when municipal campaigns and house
cleaning aeason come about the same time.
A man has no time to recover from the
Bcylla of one before he is hurled Into the
cnaryhdls of the other.
Where Reform la Needed.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
If the principles of the
ments to the Interstate commerce law were
enforced against the express companies. In
their relations with the rullrniifls nf (ha
country, discrimination In their favor la
me carrying of express matter would stop
or the rates charged the government for
the transportation of the malls would ha
materially reduced.
A Note of Eneouaiemcat,
Springfield Republican.
President Palma's message to the Onhnn
Congress sounds still another note of en
couragement concerning the republic. The
nnances must be regarded as In a sound
condition, with a surplus of t2.fi3R.nno in
the treasury. Railroad building Is going on
rapidly and tne people display no sign of
their old revolutionary tendency. It may
be out of place to say where the credit be
longs, yet much of It certainly belonea to
the Cubans themselves.
Appropriating Dewey's Honors.
Hartford. Courant (rep.).
Ex-Secretary Long of the navy has an
interesting paper In the current Outlook
on the navy in the late war. It offers
another illustration of the inadvlsablllty
of men in such positions writing on such
matters. The most Interesting part of the
article is not its historical element but Its
personal quality. The edge Is quietly
taken off, from Dewey. Friend Crownln
shleld comes in for credit as often as It
Is possible to lug him in, and so on. There
is no mention of the fact that Dewey cut
his cable and went in on his own hook.
Not much. The sunrise is located at
Washington every time.
Pled are and Performance,
New York Press.
No president ever breathed the martial
spirit more than Theodore Roosevelt and
few commanders-ln-chlef's appeals to the
militant patriotism of their people have
drawn readier response. Yet when his
topic Is war we find no failure to reach
the heads as well as the hearts of his
countrymen. The most stubborn anti
Imperialist can find little aid for his quar
rel in Mr. Roosevelt's dignified and Judi
cial Justification for his predecessor's
taking up of "the white man's burden,"
though that species of the breed which
engaged In tbe calumny of the fighters
who carried the load of the brown man
must feel the sting of the presidential
lash. Tbe Fargo address, if only as the
formal record by President Roosevelt of
the fulfillment of a great promise by
President McKlniey, Is noteworthy.
GERMANY'S MEAT EXCLlSIO.t LAW.
Injarloaa Effect on Packing Hoaae
Exports.
Philadelphia Press.
Germany's new meat exclusion law, which
became effective on April 1, Is said by the
western pork packers to be particularly
ruinous to their export trade with that
country. All small pieces of meat. Includ
ing everything under eight and four-fifths
pounds weight, is excluded. A fairly good
trade has been built up In meats of that
kind. Ox tongue and boneless hams have
been much In demand in Germany, but they
are excluded by the new law.
The Germaa government has taken a firm
stand against boron preservatives, although
experiments in Great Britain are said to
have proved conclusively that such pre
servatlves are not injurious. .This new
German law is aimed at American exports
and tor that reason will be enforced. 'While
it has been in force only a few days tbe
packers assert that It will be highly In
jurious to them. Its adoption is attributed
to prejudice in "high circles."
As a good deal of money has been ex
pended by the packers in building up a
market in Germany for American meats
and tbe efforts have been successful, they
naturally feel Indignant that legislation has
been passed to kill that trade on (.Urged
hygienic grounds. No complaints of the
kind come from any other country, and
nothing has been found in Germany to sub
stantlate the allegations made there. The
German working people are the onea who
will suffer the mutt train this legislation
OTHER LAX 1)9 THAN Ot R9.
Recent popular demonstrations, going to
the extreme of rioting In the City ot Mex
ico, show that General Reyes, formerly min
ister of war In the cabinet of President
Diaz, who was regarded, until within a few
months, as one of the two men likely to
win the highest office in the Mexican repub
lic, when Dial died or retired from public
life, has lost most of the bold he had on
the common people. lie was never strong
In the confidence and good will of the lead
ing business Interests and professional nen
of his country. Such elements In the Mexi
can nation have hoped that Dial might be
succeeded by Senor Joss Llmantour, the able
and conservative head of the finance de
partment of the government.
Now it looks as If that statesman would
have a clear field, when tbe time comes tor
the end ot the long domination of Mexico
by Pordrlo Dlax. If so the prudence and
wisdom of the present government in all
things affecting International relations and
the interests of foreign investors who have
put immense sums into Mexico, will char
acterize the next administration, also.
Mexico will be eminently peaceful, safe and
sound, a good neighbor, and an excellent
field for American enterprise. That is why
the veering of popular feeling away from
General Reyes is a welcome incident in
Mexican development and an assurance of
satisfactory conditions for the large number
of citizens of the United States who are in
terestcd In Mexican property or Mexican
commerce.
Very little has been heard lately about
Crete, but recent reports from that Island In
dicate that political feeling there is running
very high, and that some sort ot an outbreak
is not impossible. The trouble seems to be
mainly about the distribution of offices,
and the exasperation of the opposition
against government Is said to be Intense.
The principal figure in the government or
court party is M. Papadiemantopoulos, the
prince's private secretary, whose policy re
ceives the vigorous support ot the high com
missioner. The opposition Is headed by M.
Venezelo, who played an Important part in
the insurrection of 189V. There is no ques
tion of publio policy at Issue between the
two parties, as both equally desire the im
mediate incorporation ot the Island in tbe
Hellenic kingdom. Prince George has Just
completed a tour through several districts,
and the opposition complain that he turned
it into a regular electioneering campaign
in behalf of the existing authorities. He
is even charged with tampering with cer
tain Venezclists, and trying to corrupt them
by the offer of positions. Personally he Is
popular, but party hatred Is becoming in
creaslngiy bitter. Already there has been
violence, prominent politicians having been
beaten in the street.
There are many sugar refining com
panies in Japan, most of them situated In
the southern part of the islands, the total
capital invested in this Industry being
about 10,000,000 yen ($5,000,000). Except in
Formosa which, although now a part of
the Japanese empire, has separate officers
and laws the Industry receives no direct
aid from the government, and has been
very unfavorably affected by the bounty
system In vogue In Europe. The capital
Invested has yielded a rate Ot about 6
per cent profit, which is very low as com
pared with current Interest rates in this
empire; but the outlook for the business
Is much more hopeful now, in consequence
of the agreement by the representatives
of the sugar producing countries to the
Brussels convention of last summer. The
greater part ot the refined sugar, imported
is brought from Hong Kcng and Germany,
and that from the latter country pays a
conventional tariff of 28 cents on sugar
from No. 15 to 20, inclusive, and 81
cents on sugar above the latter grade,
Dutch standard, in addition to the general
tariff named above. The Philippine
Islands, Hong Kong, Dutch India, China
and Germany furnish most ot the unre
fined sugar, tbe countries being here named
In the order of their importance with ref
erence to this import.
Tripoli is the cause of ceaseless anxiety
in France and Italy, each country being
more or less suspicious ot the other, while
both are made uneasy by frequent reports
of British machinations. One of the latest
rumors related to alleged preparations of
the British Mediterranean fleet, or part of
it, to seize the Gulf ot Bombah. It was
circumstantial, professed to be taken from
confidential report of a French consul,
and told how English sailors had practically
occupied Bombah for a year, storing up
coal and ammunition, so as to be ready to
hoist the flag the moment any movement
was made by any naval Mediterranean
power. This tale was circulated so freely
that It was made the subject ot an inter
pellation in the Italian chamber, where It
was ridiculed by the foreign secretary.
Later on the British government gave an
explicit denial to the whole invention. It
now appears that the report was started,
not by a French consul, but by a French
archaeologist and explorer, Vlcomte de
Mathulsleulx, who bad heard something of
this sort and published it in a magazine
article. This is how history Is made. The
Vlcomte at all events has succeeded in
directing publio attention to himself. It
appears that he has actually penetrated
into parts ot the interior of Tripolis which
hitherto has been " practically unknown to
Europeans, and has collected much val
uable information. He is now about to
start again for the same regions, and Is
said to have been entrusted by the French
government with an Important mission.
New Instructions have been Issued to the
German army regarding the employment
of dogs In field service. Every infantry
company must have at least tws thoroughly
trained dogs, but every battalion It not to
have more than twelve. Tbey must be
thoroughbreds and ot tbe best pedigrees.
Hitherto Airedale terriers have been used,
but experiments are being continued with
German bird dogs. Provision Is made for
the training of the dogs, to begin at the
earliest age possible Indoors and later In
tho field, where a dog must Intelligently
understand orders, like going forwsrd to
a vedette post or returning to headquar
ters; must give warning of the approach
of strangers and must keep absolutely
quiet at a whispered command to do so.
The chief service of tbe dogs is keeping up
rapid communication between the vedette
posts themselves and also the posts and
headquarters.
Growth of Rnral Delivery.
New York Tribune.
Congress appropriated $12,500,000 for the
rural delivery service during the next fiscal
year, beginning July 1, and the department
will establish 15,000 new routes on the
money. On March 15 there were 14,095
routes already in operation, and by July 1
this number ; will be increased by the
natural growth of the service to 15,000
routes. Thus It is expected by the end of
the next flcl year, which will be June 30,
11)04. io have 30,000 rural carriers In mo
tion, and 15,000,000 people living outside of
towns and cities will have their letters and
newspapers delivered daily at their doors.
Wealth Flouts Poverty.
Philadelphia Press.
The durbar at Delhi, In India, according
to Lord Curton, the viceroy, cost only
$1)00,000. If that was the publio cost the
real cost must have been vastly greater.
That, money; In a country where people
starve to death every year, might have
been expended much more profitably than
la a mere display, but perhaps that In
vestment pays to India.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Mayor Mnybury of Detroit Is out tn ad
vocacy of David R. Francis' nomination for
the presidency by the democratic party.
In the moment of his political defeat
it must be some comfort to Mr. lngalls to
know that the earnings of the Big Four
for March were the largest In the road's
history for sny similar period.
Mayor Hayes, the bachelor mayor ot
Baltimore, who promised to get msrrlc4
If elected, will not have to go wife-hunting.
In the dernorrttlo municipal primary
election ho was defeated for renomlna
tlon by District Attorney Robert M. Mc
Lane by about S.Aoo majority.
Automobiles took a prominent part In the
Chicago campaign. One hundred and
seventy-six were pressed Into service In
cne stroke. All wers at work for Stewart
and the republican ticket, twenty-one of
tbera working for Stewart and Dobyns In
tbe twcnly-first ward.
The present New York legislature bids
fair to add a new word to the political
vocabulary. The majority has been so
obsequious to Governor Odcll that It has
been described as so many "rubber
stamps." The characterization sticks and
the governor's followers are already called
"the rubber-stamp crowd."
William J. Bray Is a democratic nom
inee for councilman in Hartford, Conn.
made, so be says, without his consent.
But he has published a card saying: "The
ward Is republican about two to one, but
I thank tbe caucus for the compliment of
the nomination. I know that I will be
elected to go to the council or to suy at
home. In either case I will be satisfied
and remember my friends."
It Is regarded as somewhat olgnlflcant
that Richard Olney finds It necessary to
visit New York city with unaccustomed
frequency these days. He and a number
of others belonging to what Is set down as
the Cleveland wing of the democratic party
are often In conference, and Mr. Olney goes'
to New York three times where he used to
go once. These gentlemen are understood
to be united In the Idea that the next dem
ocratic nominee for president should bo an
eastern man in order to carry eastern
states.
Among the amendments adopted by the
New Hampshire state constitution on
March 10 waa one authorizing a reduction In
the membership of the house ot repre
sentatives, now unusually large. An amend
ment which was defeated was the one giv
ing the legislature authority to establish
more than one polling place In each town
or ward by the division of any town ward
into voting precincts. It obtained a ma
jority of the votes cast, but not the re
quisite two-thirds necessary for adoption.
An amendment to the New Hampshire
constitution requires the affirmative vote
of two-thirds of those who participate In
the election at which it Is submitted.
TIDE OF IMMIGRATION.
Astounding- Accessions (a the Popula
tion of th Country.
Boston Globe.
The March Immigration in New York
was soma 10,000 more than the pre
vious year, and the influx shows no signs
of abatement. Tbe probability is that this
year's admission will break all records.
Tbe Immigration into this country Is
truly astonishing. We have received II,
000,000 Immigrants since 1821, and over
20,000,000 of them have landed since 1845.
Thus, within ' a single generation this
country has absorbed from Europe mainly
a population more than equal to that of
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Bervla
combined, twice as many aa now live In
Persia, once the world's mistress; or
nearly ss many as the total peopling to
day of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and all
Canada.
We need not be afraid of these astound
ing sscesslons, nor are we liable to be
swamped by them. The problem la not
how to exclude them, but how to get these
hundreds of thousands of newcomers away
from the coast cities to the farms of the
middle west, where the need of labor Is
very keen, where wages are good, and social
conditions as hopeful as the sunny sklea.
Immigration reached Its lowest ebb In
1897 and 1898. Since then a regular tidal
wave has been sweeping this way. The
Immigration from 1850 to 1854 waa 1,917,633,
and added nearly 9 per cent to our popula
tion. Immigration finds Its chief stimulus In
-ood news abroad of American prosperity.
Certainly that was never greater than now,
and great as is the Influx the west and
south are suffering for want of labor. One
is astounded at the prospective future of
the country.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE TARIFF.
His Reasons Why General Revision is
Inadvisable.
Pblladephla Press.
President Roosevelt's speech at Min
neapolis on the tariff, like that at Mil
waukee on the trusts. Is conservative in
tone. His speeches on the present tour
are more moderate and restralv-xi than
those he made in New England and the
West last year. This greater sobriety is
due partly to more matured views and
partly to accomplished results.
Last year the president was a propa
gandist; this year be points In part to
achievements. Then he started out to or
ganize and crystallize public sentiment for
legislative action; now he reports on the
fruits. Then he was an advocate press
ing a cause; now he Is a successful execu
tive presenting what has been done. On
the trust be has advanced from the pro
poser ot measures to the possessor of
authority. On thx tariff he has the added
experience of a year, and the wider ob
servation and consultation of another ses
sion of congress.
All this makes the president less demon
strative and more contained. His speeches
are not so Intense, but more sedate. As
to the trusts he has secured the legislation
be wanted, and he has only to point out
how tbe power Is to be exercised. As to
the tariff he Is mora impressed with the
wisdom of conservative and careful action.
- Somehow
that boy of yours creeps into our minds oftener
than we intend. Possibly the anticipation of fu
ture business. Anyway the gatherings for Easter
wearing are the brightest thought in our store.
Is He fixed for Easter Sunday?
Or, shall we?
NOCLOTJIINO FITS LIKE OVIiS.
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PRIOC SJAKINO POWOBSJ CO.
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Our unparalleled prosperity has eorfK under
the existing tariff. No steps should be
taken which are calculated to shake Its
foundation and bring disturbance. Tbe
protective policy Is accepted and should be
maintained as tbe basis of our national
system. At the same time changes of rates
In particular schedules should be made as
their expediency becomes apparent, and
when it can be done without deranging In
dustry and business.
It is plain from his discussion that the
president has come to the view that a
general revision of the tariff before the
presidential election la Inadvisable. He
would not precipitate the uncertainty
which such a movement would create. He
would not let the tariff become the foot ball
of a political contest. But he would make
the American people feel that they can
rely on the friends of the tariff to make
such modifications as may be shewn to be
wise and required in tbe general Interests,
ts.
His speech outlines a poller on which his
party can agree, and on which It can safe:
enter on the presidential campaign.
POINTED REMARKS,
"Man, made In the Creator's Image, la the
proudly defiant ruler of the universe,'' re
marked the orator.
"Ouess you forgot the microbe," piped a
voice from the rear ot the bail. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Haven't you any ree-ard for the lawt"
"Sure," answered Meandering Mike. "I-
Ilka. "I-r
r. I kin V
: am un- f
ilgln'." V
nave an nirnest regard fur as law.
never lerant de many obligations I
der to de law fur board an' lodgln'.
vv tuning ion o lax.
"Those are the pedals," explained the
musician.
"The petals?" repeated the Idiot, who
was unfamiliar with the anatomy of the
piano. "O, I see. You use them merely
for the foot-notes." Philadelphia Press.
Cleopatra pressed the asp to her boom.
"What a pity," she exclaimed. "If I
could only use a sea serpent, what story
it would make!"
However, her fine Instinct for the flra
znstlo enabled her to carry off the affair
with great eclat. New York Sun.
Halllt Whnt's the matter, KlayT You
look all tired out I
Klay And I don't know when I've worked
so hard. I looked at the men clean up the
railroad station this morning and after
that I saw three snfes raised Into four
story windows, and four loads of cnal de
livered In baskets. Boston Transcript.
"Do you sdmlre large families T" asked
the courtly Virginia dam.
"Not too large, madam," replied George
Washington.
It was shortly after this that the Im
mortnl George married a widow wltft two
children.
But some years Inter, ts the historian ta
compelled to add, hi became the father of
an entire country. Philadelphia Press.
ISC MOSK'8 RKCKOHIC'S.
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune.
De Lawd mek black en de Lawd mek white
He mek de day en He mek de night;
He mek de wrong en lie mek de right
I reckon He knowedi
I reckon He knowed, chile,
Des whut He do!
He mek da tenhs. but all de wbtle
He rilannin' do IhukI) en plannln de smile-
I reckon He knowed, chile,
uei wnut lie coi
De Lawd mek joy. en de Lawd mek wo
lie mek de t riles ilat fret yo' so.
En lie mek de road lat yo' Hotter go
i :ecKon lie xnowea.
I reckon He knowed, rhllo,
Des whut He do:
He nick de atones Jat hu't yo' feet.
But He ctiHxln' de roses, red en sweet
I reckon He knoweii chile,
Des whut He do!
De Lawd mek dank, but lie mek de raohnf
He mek de rose en He mek Oe rho'n;
He mek us all-flex slio s J o oo u
I reckon lie Iviowtid.
I reckon He knowed, chile,
Des whut He do.
He know whut bes' to yo' ud me,
En I reckon He se- whut we caln't see
I reckon He know, chile,
Des whut 114 do!
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