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THE OMAHA DAILY It EE: WEDNESDAY, AVKIT, 15. 100.1.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
K. ROdE WATER, EDITOR-
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
taf. rf Vahraib, TlnTls-1na County, SS. !
Qeor B. Tischuck, aecretary pt the Be
TV. . v. M v. 1 . .. h.lnr nillV iffOm, I
Mva that the actual number of full and I
Mndunday i'prfnT A th.
month of March, 1900,
was urn iuhw.
1 20,8 IS
t . 31,610
5. ....m.... . .3J,T30
4 81,610
1 31,020
6 ai.MOO
T si.oso
1 20,170
ai,tso
10 81.WOO
11 81.7BO
12 81.T20
13 81, TRO
14 31.700
IS 20.B3O
is a 1. ft in
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18 I,'DU
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.si.oso
to 81.4W)
21 8i,no
22 2,210
23 axswo
24 81.040
25 3110
26 81,740
!'.!."!8i.770
27..
28..
52 -i!mo
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Total 070,005
Less unsold and returned copies
io.48l
' Net total sales 9IW.614
Net average, sales ao,H
GEO ROE B. TZ8CHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
befors me this Slst day of March, A. D.,
lUl M, B. II UNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
If thera la anything In omens. It Is
.imiflcnt that th bolters selected the
thirteenth day of the month to mako
their nomination.
With coal at f 15 a ton, are the people
of Omaha anxious to enthrone the coal
trust In the mayor's office by electing
Coal Dealer Howell as their chief ex-
ecutlve? I
Tha trnst magnates are busy telling
that the merger decision will have no
effect But In the Interval the stock
market glres conclusive evidence to the
contrary.
According to all accounts, our friends
In Lincoln who have been bo free to
criticise Omaha's alleged lawlessness on
all occasions will now be kept busy
with conditions at home
Do tha people of, Omaha want the
paid attorney of the electric lighting!
company to bo also tho attorney of the
municipal corporation f n o, mey wuj
voio ior ciecinc J-iiaui tvnguu
David B. Hill and William J. Bryan
both delivered commemoration ad
dresses for Jefferson's birthday. It Is
to be noted, however, that they were
not delivered at the same table.
Jim Hill and J. Plerpont Morgan
would like to have President Roosevelt
take a vacation all tho time if that
would prevent him from setting the
attorney general on any more of their
pet trust projects.
Th rmnriltnaf hnltera ant vprv r a refill I
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DOl w iua .u, iuuK .u lue,r y mv-
m u.uu.1 uc.oulv i ""-'
trie lighting. Such a. declaration would
cut off tho campaign fund they expect
Fred Nash to furnish out of the treas
ury of the, electric lighting company,
How does Benson get a title to a
nomination for mayor In the declara
tlon that one of the delegates who cast
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U1B TOW lur aiuuica u ctmveilUOU ill- I
tended to vote for Bingham? The dls-
puted vote might possibly have led to
tha nomination of Bingham, but never
to that of Benson.
Tha demand for tha votln machine
ama in h mch.ff thi.io.hn,i h
countrr and successful experiments
Chanlcal vote registers are perfectly " n01 lne Purpc.se or tne executive
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nm.ti.ahU anri fanutViia Th. i.
ductlon of the votlnr machine is the
next gteat step in election reform.
Tha Pennsvlvanla lawmnkera with
their drastic libel law are under thn
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unptveaion uiai iuey can stop puonc
cnncism by muzzling the press. That
game has been tried several times be-
fore, only to prove that public servants
afrd of the searchlight of publicity are
Just the ones against whom the people
most need protection,
The veto of tha Juvenile court bill
anoca. QUI me omy measure promoteO
by the women's organizations of the
taie mai bui tar tuuugu in me recent
le,l.latnra to bo within sight of ,h,
Ututa book. The women should not
ba discouraged, however, but they
ahonld not relv next time on Jnhn v
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W"1" "u l,"k'QUUU OBuwmiea
to select their leglslatlva champions for
them.
fr.1 JO. I 1.1,1
iu uvui-irurj aiiruuriaiiuu uui
passed by the late legislature foots up
JJ121.000. Tart of this, perhaps, Is Justl -
ntjiJie expeuunure, uui me pracuce or
of
exceeding appropriations in the various
atate Institutions ought to be completely
abolished., These Institutions can, If
they will, cut the garment to fit the
cloth, rt is to be h(ied Oovernor Mickey
will make it one or the cuier purposes
of his admlulstratWu to prevent the next
leglelatura from being piled up with
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wiuuc-ui vwu
MtRCAirTlLW cusrtDBKCB.
npporis from all quarters show that
mercantile confidence In the immediate:
future Is general. A New York paper
which has made extensive tnnulries
, ,
that the replies received are conspicuous 1
for their uniformly hopeful ami encour-
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K CUM racier, lucir iraiurrn nie urn K -
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merchandise IS Bteadly going into con- I
sumption on- an unprecedented scale,
j,rcKnictlon Is active but supplies are net
accumulating except la few Instances,
tho wpst ,s prosnerous, collections are
g00a, credit Is generally sound and bnsl-
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in rr vuri iinj in vu ga o-e.u v
than last year. Of course an occasional
pessimistic note Is heard and through
nearly all statements the desirability for
conservatlsm Is recognized, the chief el-
etneirt of distrust being the excessive
supply of securities and the strained
tnat tlilst feature is marked and the only
other subject of serious apprehension is
notation and the consentient
I
Increasing Cost Of production.
There are very substantial reasons for
confidence In the business outlook. All
classes of the people are at present do
ing well and It Is not to be doubted that
the general consumption Is larger now
than ever before. Promise of a continu-
I ance of this Is In the favorable cron
nnltnnlr ar.A .l.n 4r tk. lio.
I
elgn demand for our products Is being
well maintained. Unquestionably there
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are one or two weak features In the sit-
uatlon. but these are not of a natnm
that need cause distrust. Terhaps the
most serious of them is the excessivn
supply of "undigested" securities, yet
this Is perhaps not so dangerous as
some think. Business generally Is in a
very satisfactory condition and it would
seem that this can be safely counted
UDon to continue for at least another
vear
GERMAN 8TKKI. CVMPeTiTIoii. I
According to reports from Berlin, the
United States Steel corporation, fearing
the competition caused by German ex-
Ports of iron and steel to this country,
has been making overtures to form a
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working agreement with , the German
,ron and stcel syndicates. It appears,
however, that the foreign syndicates are
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extremely wary of the advances of the
American trust and have thus far re-
fused to make any concessions which
might decrease the exports to the United
States and again make the steel trust
th nl nrhiter in tho nrW mnrkpt if
i stated that nnr oniv hnv tho a.
vances been balked, but the movement
to bring about a general trust in German
iron and steel circles to meet the Amer-
lean competitor in foreign markets has
been suecessfullr launcher! Th. ho.
w afrtMl mo,
Lf all iron and steel Interests and Ger-
mnv now hn. m ,mnr.n
strong and well fortified as the United
nii. I
Blares corporation.
To what extent this will Interfere
wltn our fore!gn trade ,n Iron and teel
pro,iucta is yet to be determined, but in
Tlew of eo formIjable a competltIon
abroad aB thl8 threatens to be. the aues-
tlon suggest, Itself whether we can
wisely encourage the exports of Iron and
steel to this country by removing or M
largely reducing the tariff. When Ger-
many is making every effort to check
the American Invasion of that country,
would It be well to Invite German In
vasion of the united States? To do so
would manifestly not be In the interest
of American labor.
JTO BBASUX FOR APPltKHMRjjlUIt,
m a. t l a . I
iu Biota mantel is eaowing a paniCKy
feeling, due largely if not wholly to a
far created hv thn merirpr iWiainn tha I
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thorn mnv m n crenernl nttnplr unnn
had bU8meM COU8olldatlon9.
There has been manifested in some
quarters a disposition to foster such an
I
nnrahAnalnn rmmanv tV. nrift1 I
amfyiji, sii. udivui v - im u v va vuv wuiiori
of the Securities company on the de-
cislon has been of this character, as has
also that of certain newspapers more
or less in sympathy with the combina-
tlons. regardless of whether or not they
are violating the laws. These Inter-
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f! "V"
VJ wmca nimosi every corporation en -
gaged in interstate commerce may be
summarily slain and seek to create
alarm by professing to fear that this
will be done.
xuere is no valid reason for this an-
Prehension, but on the contrary very
Drancn ol tne government to take anv
eteP8 llkely to seriously disturb or dia-
rrfllKra tha hna nana nfTa pa thA rtA..n
try. It has proceeded thus far carefully
and conservatively and will nnilnul.t.
edly continue In that course. The laws
in i x mw -i. -
-"ri.i. luttv me auimnisira-
non nas promisea ana tne promise will
be fulfilled as far as its authority ex-
tends. But nothing revolutionary will
b. attempted. No one can be more
anxious than President Roosevelt and
his advisers to conserve the legitimate
business interests of the eonntrv and
Perpetuate prosperity. They are not
vuBnKru .u cmyorauoii amasning, DUt
n an effort to correct existing evils
I nuu tu i"us auuui i-uuipimuce wun me
laws. It is quite probable that the Do-
partmeut of Justice has In mind the
prosecution of certain trusts which have
orxuly disregarded the ftnleral stntntea
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general raid upon capital and business
cousou.iauous is conTempintea is most
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i me merger tiecision, ir upnpid Dv tne
supreme court, will affect a number of
1 railroad community of interest pla ns,
but there Is no reason to suppose dls-
I our. luere is no reason to suppose
I astrousiy. The result will be to
I restore former conditions, lu great
part at least, but it will not neces
sarily follow that any of the road
will materially suffer thereby, while it
I is quite possible that the public may be
I benefited. As to the industrial combina-
tlons, only such as are organized in
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ivuu i ruuuu vi uio tawe sro in bdj
dmgpr. That Is a rational Tlew of the I
situation expressed by one of the til-1
rectors of the Northern Securities com-
pany: "We shall no doubt for some
time find a great unwillingness to em-
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imin IU 11c " ouuiij, nuii . . -
ionune, ior promotion mis ui'ru vmiu-u 1
too far and. ln this respect perhaps the
CAiittlia dnnlatnii mnv iitnr. n liliisa. I
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log 111 disguise, luuun imit iue fum
and results of even the situation now
created will wear off, and as a conse-1
queuce of the Inactivity and further
liquidation which we are certain to have
money will after a time become plentl-
fnl and then llkelv all sound securities
i
will benefit by the process or recovery,
which sooner or later will surely set In."
The legitimate business of the couu-
try, it is safe to say, will go on without
disturbance. There will be nothing
done by the government to Interfere
with it or to Imperil the prosperity
which all Interests nre now having.
There will be recovery from the shock
which the merger decision gave and
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tuuuiuuua m e in ner iucifimi-i. u
repeat, there Is rjo sound reason for
apprehension.
FLATWQ THJC BABT ACT.
The explanation promulgated by the
"anti-machine" bolters to justify their
walkout of the republican conveutlon
is a fine example of tho baby act The
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totes counted for Moores was not in-
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iAA 1.... t,r.r nUni I
l" "c " uul ft'"" "'v
tne fact tnat one of tn8 vote8 counted
nntn. rAnHA V.Alnnn V. I ... Ill- .1 n I
"iu""' -unK j -
cree 01 lue primary nuu U3 ou
Rwa7 from hlm only by corrupt pur-
c Wlxn corporation ooouie.
Whatever contention may be made
over tne voto of Ferdinand Ilaarmann
or t,le "econa ward, there is no ques-
llon lnat "aarmann was ciecxeu as a
Moores aeiegates by tho opponents or
Mr. liingham ana that it the uingDam
men had been In majority In the Second
warf Mr. Ilaarmann would not have
been In the convention. It Is further
undeniable that Mr. Ilaarmann declared
ln the convention that although he had
promised to vote for Bingham on the
1 S 1 T, 11 A V- 1 J .A. I
lluuru,ul UB,H" ue ou,u YUle lur
Moores on the formal ballot No Infor-
mal Da- navmg Deen taKen, nis vote
was recoraea as no naa aeciarea nis
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Intention. That he did not demand a
Pn of tne delegation, that he did not
wa,K out w,tn tne bolters, but partici-
Paiea in me worn or me convention 10
the end. and that he afterward de-
clared himself satisfied with the noml-
natlon of Moores. all goes to prove that
no advantage was taken of him and
that everything in connection with the
ro" cal1 waf Perfectly proper and fair.
But assuming that all that the bolt-
ers claim with respect to the vote of
Mr- naarmann were true, Frank e.
Moores would still have been entitled
t0 nomination by tha same vote
rhaf ttto rAAnivtarl 4rw Vtm r4 TO a 7"l I
l
because
tlon Bhould havo been counted to his
credlt IIow cou,d the bolters find any
JustiflcaUon for their action in the vote
01 BIr- "aarmann or the Second ward
and claim th. -benefit at the same time
ol luo uriue-uougm voie oi imuquesi
Eighth ward? Lindqnesf. ac-
ceptanco of the bribe forfeited for him
his seat in the convention. lie should
have been expelled by unanimous reso
lution and his vote cast by his asso
ciates on the Eighth ward delegation,
In that case It would have made no
difference whether Mr. Ilaarmann was
recorded on one side or the other.
The truth is that the bolters were
niiAilrrarimlnnl 4a nrallr aii In VV 1
uufc m mm mr
friends of Moores controlled the con-
ventlon. They had been beaten out in
i 1.1-1. -1 . . . I
.uiai r iu wuicu luey naa nniaw-I
fuUy usurped all the election machinery
10 ue exclusion of their opponents.
They had had the advantage of a post-
a. 'm -a. i . i I
DOUeilieilt Ot I ne CUV eieCllOll DlfldA for I
w
tnelr benefit by special legislation
tnrough the delegation at Lincoln and
nlso of the test oath primary election
law Put through for the same purpose,
They had had the expenditure of a
smsn runa rurnished by the corpora-
tu.no amnnnHn l,i, ,,i
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f "
vlew t0 tne,r own advantage nnd the
disadvantage of the Moores following.
- u ,lu ponce
v'"" UL"C" "UD lur "oiiers
a11 the vclU9 elements that could be
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cnir to or iba nfl r o ina n n..MMx
DW,,VV " "c "" w luuiumuie
aud overawe. With all this the ballots
uuuiaijr ritJUUUU SIIOWPQ H I
clear mJrlty for Moores throughout
routesteu viarus ana gave him
out of 143 delegates in tho convention.
I Instead of suhmittintr in tha rvmnlip
,1tor. ,2 " T
Bl-i m
worK lo ov,rxurn " "7 enwry and cor-
ruPtlon- aQd. frenzied at their failure,
f "an"?JB""
ror Dolun- 1De7 coma not occupy a
uullu""1B anu unenviame
Pluon-
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nountv Attnmev kVT 1 ti
norant of tha flnrnnt nrrpmnra nt
brlbery nnJ eorruptIon made by the
I(erale effort t0 hliy " tr. of the
"HnTi-innrninp" nnrinpra in mnir
republican city convention. The stat-
uteg prt.8(.ribe severe penalties for out-
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i in w rv I I iiiiM Kinii hum inn nfi ill nas nr
tliP hoo.1U dlntrlhntei-a xl.mil.l ninka H
enK t0 0..ure letra, erlJin.. nf fh.
rrln,e. Th cm.ntv Bttr,,e u.
1 '
I miniirtnnlt v hera a uttnw tlint in. lmB
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ill and the nerve to prosecute the
I erttulnuls without regard to their ofli-
I rial iwmitlnn nr nlleirMl rmulnuua .t-,,.1
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The state insurance commissioner ex
pecta to gather in quite an additional
amount of Insurance fees this year
under the reciprocal law, which requires
I foreign Insurance companies doing busl
ness in this state to pay fees ln similar
amount to those exacted by Its home
.
i aiaiv arviu uiauiauw vviuyauivn vr'
ganirpu In other stntrs, owing to the
enactment l.y New York of a new law
imposing a 1 per ??nt tax. This may
protluoe more revenue for Nebraska, but
the justice of the reciprocal law has
lo,, lw.r. ... .1 Tl,. 1.
.... , v.j.iu m UVP1IUU. in'ir
uu guim reiimm wny legislation euHcieu
In other states should raise or lower
ilia tflilna limicwl I c n no . in nnm
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Mmni 'iS uusiness 1U .M'iriiMi.M.
Our revenue laws should be framed on
Just principles and applied to all classes
of individuals and corporations without
respect to the place of their business
headquarters or the laws of other
Rtates.
What does the reform police commis
sion propose to do about the police cap
tain who undertook 'to offer places on
the police force as bribes to Induce
Moores delegates to the recent repub
lican city convention to turn traitor?
This is criminal business and all the
more serious for an orllcer of the law
who lias taken oath to obey the law.
The trouble is that the police have such
examples of law-breaking and out
lawry set for them by members of the
police commission that they count confl-
dently upon protection for their own
crooked work. Hut how long would a
captain last on the police force of any
other city who engaged in this sort of
criminal work? It takes a reform po-
lire board of the Nrnntnh ntrlno in
t'a. , tV -
transform the police force of Omaha
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Into a nest of tirllio crl vor find enrrnn-
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Brigadier
(eneral Baldwin should
take warning by what happened to
General Funton when he talked too
much. General Baldwin has Just de
livered himself of an opinion that he
prefers Filipinos for soldiers for the
same reason that he prefers negroes In
the same capacity namely, that he is
not worried about their safety because
it makes no difference whether they get
killed or not It will be up to General
Baldwin to claim that he was misquoted
by the reporter.
With Tolice Commissioner Spratlcn
managing Ed Howell's campaign, Po
.
"ce commissioner Uroatch running for
mayor by proxy on petition, and Police
Commissioner Wright on the payroll of
the electric light company and Its can-
dldate for city attorney, the police and
fire forces of Omaha may expect a
period of strenuous partisanship from
now until election.
Omaha must not forget that President
Roosevelt's visit is now not two weeks
off- 14 behooves us to make every
preparation in time not only to give the
st a nIng reception, but to make
ciry impress mm at its best. The
season Is favorable for this purpose.
but it will be Well for public authorities
a" pnvaw cHiaena eacn to do his
Btare-
-re.vi v.i,,tii-ti i.-.i
bolter, ftro14o the conclu-
sion that the' nomination of Mayor
Moores was perfectly regular and legal
and would stand as the nomination of
yZ tS
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Earneataeas Demonstrated
Cleveland Leader.
The democrats appear to have abandoned
the notion that the administration waa not
In earnest when it went after the trusts.
Shackled by Cruel Fate,
Detroit Free Press (lnd. dem.)
Doubtless proof will soon be forthcoming
that the decision of the court of appeala In
tn9 Northern Securities case waa tha result
of a cold-blooded conspiracy to embarass
Mr- Bryan.
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ChlcaBO Record Heral(1
The ex-crown princess of Saxony and her
former husband have made up and win be
mnFrlArl strain "fnn ttia oaUa 4 tha A n
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nasty." That dynasty must be pretty hard
up tor material.
Bribers Doomed to Fatlnre.
St Louis Republic.
Bribers and boodlers will soon be forced
to adopt the philosophy of ordinary com
inala, which is to the effect that crime is
nmn with th rhanren larelv airaln.t the
r. That" this is' Jrue philosophy",;
manifest bv the fact that criminal, are
pitted against the organized snd over
whelming force of society aa a whole
Not Popular Gospel.
Boston Herald
president Knot keeps preacmng tne gos-
pel of more happiness, more Joy and more
preaching, but it is hard to make poor
I . . ...
ueoole believe it. As a rule it is only the
rich who have an adequate appreciation of
WUIIn 10 rlBK tnem
. Snppo.e the Worm lamed r
Chicago Chronicle.
Is there not a possibility that our no-
bility and landed gentry may go a trifle too
tar ln theIr BCoril cf the rabble? Suppose
for Instance, that the newspaper man who
was cut at with a whip by Mr. Reginald
ZltJ?2EZ
had turned ln and BOUndiy kicked Mr. Van-
derbllt would not the episode have shaken
the very foundations of our Institutions
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A Curb oa Speech Making.
Kew Vnrk Mall and KxnreES.
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A , S Wlw uMic or cuaaT-p'ubT."
positions ought to be relied upon if not to
act wl8ely on al! ccastons. l leal,t t0 re"
1 train from taming rooiuniy wnen u is not
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i necessary iu iaia ai an. intra ui w iuu
many speeches delivered ln congrees with
the Idea of telling kings, kaiser, czar or
foreign president, that we Americans have
no use for any rulers except our own par
tlcular brand. There are too many Imper
I tlnent resolutions issuing from legislatures
cr a'dermanlo chambers Informing outland
I parliaments that they are. not treating their
own peoples as they should. 'We could spare
some of the grandiose newspaper calcula
tlons aa to the aort of havoc our volunteer
soldiers would make of the conscripts of
I the dual or triple alliance after we had
lrma- equlppea 'a tr.4lea em' ,
national comparisons as to armament and
- 1 military effectiveness emanating from
those bluff old seadogs and grizzled war
,v1e,er',?" "r our-aen. to"v re Iamou"
I line, "who never did a foolish thing and
I never saUd a wise one."
KICKING THR I1F.AD OCTOIM.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The decision In the
Northern Securities case comes periloUHljr
near Infringing upon the national sover
eignty of New Jersey, to say nothing about
cutting down future revenues.
Washington Star: The curbstone lawyers
are now engaged In reviewing the derision
In the nrrger case, but It Is believed that
nothing further will be done In the matter
until It reaches the supreme court.
Cleveland Leader: If Attorney General
Knox Is encouraged by the decision In the
merger case to go after a few more trusts
he Is likely to cause serloua trouble for the
big combinations. As a former trust law
yer he knows the weak spots In trust or
ganltatlons.
Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Olney, Mr.
Cleveland's attorney general, said in 1893
or 1894 that tho Sherman anti-trust law
was entirely Inadequate to the work of re
straining harmful monopolies. Attorney
General Knox appears to have found It tol
erably effective. Doubtless the Northern
Securities people think It Is.
Chicago Chronicle: Uncle Jim Hill de
clares the Northern Securities decision to
be preposterous and Intimates that the
financiers in interest will find a way te
evade It even if It be affirmed by the su
preme court. We may thus see that com
pliance with the letter and spirit of the
law Is not obligatory upon our captains of
industry and finance, though It Is, of
course- moat Imperative upon horny-handed
citizens who form labor unions and ask
for more wages.
Minneapolis Journal: People who have
been so pessimistic as to feel that the
courts can no longer be depended, on to do
Justice where tho strong and the powerful
are Interested, may be Inclined to revise
their Judgment In the light of the merger
decision. Along that line this decision
ought to be of great value. The American
people are hound to have confidence In their
government under the shadow of such
courageous assertion of the supremacy of
their will as expressed In this law.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The ground upon which J. Plerpont Mor
gan's new house In New York will stand
cost blm $2,500,000.
Of all the natural men In the United
States, President Roosevelt believes that
Mr. Burroughs Is the naturalist.
Mayor Flelschmann of Cincinnati gives
away 600 loaves of bread each day to the
poor. He Is not only a vote getter, but a
bread winner.
John K. Cowen, the former president of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, has Just
returned from Cuba, where he says there
la great possibilities for railroads.
"Pop" Anson, the veteran base ball
player, is In charge of Carter Harrison's
presl Bntlal boom. He should accustom
himself without delay to playing short stop.
"Buffalo" Jones Is piloting the president
through the bison district of the Yellow
stone country. If anybody can poke up an
old buffalo rclio and make him look for
midable, Jones Is the man.
Captain Thomas Rynnlng of the Arizona
Rangers, and forty of his men, will accom
pany the fifty rough riders who will go
from southern Arizona to the Grand canyon,
Colo., to greet President Roosevelt and
present him with a monster black bear.
The Goebel Monument commission will ex
pend $15,000 In the erection of a monument
to the lately assassinated governor of
Kentucky. The monument Is to be of Barre
granite and bronze, and about thirty feet
in height. This height Includes a ten-foot
bronze figure of the dead governor, In the
attitude of speaking. ,
TUB IMMIGRATION WAVE.
rhavsea of the Greatest Race Move
ment In the World's History.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
' It is clear now that the number of alien
arrivals ln the United States in the cur
rent fiscal year will be ahead of all rec
ords. The Inrush into New York ln the
last few days continues the story which
the earlier weeks of the year told. Up to
April 10 the number of arrivals in New
York was 38,076, aa compared with 26,789
for the same time ln 1902. Nor is there
any Indication that the incoming wave la
diminishing. On the contrary, the signs
point to an increase. .A like report comes
from all the rest of the ports on the At
lantic coast, but of course the bulk of the
Immigration comes by way of New York.
There Is less diffusion among the immi
grants than there was once. More of them
stay east of the Alleghanles than did ten
or fifteen years ago. They get work in
the factories and as laborers on the publlo
works of all sorts, and make their homes
ln the more thickly settled portions of the
country. A large number, however, come
west of the Mississippi still, and the south
west, as shown by the rush through St.
Louis, is getting many of them.
In the fiscal year 1902, which ended with
June 30 ln that year, the Immigration waa
648,743. This shows a continuous rise since
1898, when the number waa 229,299, which
was the lowest level touched since 1879,
when the inflow was only 177,826. The
1902 Immigration waa the largest ever
known in any single year except in 1881,
669,431, and 1882, when the number was
78,992. It is evident by the gain which
has been ma.-, in the figures since the end
of last Juno that the high-water mark
of twenty-one years ago will be exceeded
this year. There is a wide margin between
the number in 1882 and that of 1902, but
the gain which has been made In the past
three-quarters of a year shows that that
will be passed. The present Indications
are that the twelve months ending with
the close of the coming June will see an
inflow of fully 800,000 aliens. Some come
in from Canada and from Mexico which
elude enumeration, but It is safe to put
the number which arrive through the
other channels at 800,000 at least. Prob
ably the Inrush In the coming twelve
months will be still greater. This de
pends chiefly on the prosperity of the
country, and there are no Indications that
this will be interrupted In 1904.
In the number of persons Involved, in the
distances covered and ln the obstacles sur
mounted this immigration to the United
States immeasurably surpasses all the
great race movements of the world's his
tory. More man zu.uuu.uuu oi iuiuuri aum
have come to the United States since 1821.
More than 16.000,000 of these have arrived
since I860. The incursion of the Germanic
tribes Into the Roman empire ln the cen
tury before that world-government's fall
was insignificant In numbers compared with
the inflow of immigrants Into this country
In the last forty years. Moreover, while
that movement was considered at the time
to be a detriment, this is known to be a
benefit. Some philosophers say, or inti
mate, that a large part of the Immigration
of the present day is an injury, but this Is
a mistake, except in ins case ui aa in
finltesimally small njimber of persons. The
Italians comprise the largest single In
gredient of the Immigration in recent
years, and while this element is not rated
highly by some American authorities, Its
loss at home Is severely felt. On the whole,
the United Slates has nothing to complain
of on account of the character of the great
mass of its Immigrants. Meat of them will
be fused Into good Americans In a few
years. The children of most of them In
the next generation will be almost as thor
oughly amalgamated and Americanized as
are the descendants of the persons who
cams ever la Marflower.
BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor ffna aad Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Afl unusually large number of desirable
positions In the government service are
about to be offered to bright young men
who prove themselves qualified to fill them.
On the 28th of this month tho United
States Clvtl Service eomml-Mnn will
hold examinations all ever tho country
for the purpose of establishing eligible
registers for a great many appointments
that are soon to be made. Secretary Cor
telyou has notified the Civil Service com
mission that he will want some good men
in the course of a month or two, and It Is
expected that If the right kind of men can
be secured one hundred or more vacancies
will be filled.
The entrance salaries will range from
$840 to $1,400 per annum, and will be deter
mined by the requirements of the positions
to be filled and the character and apparent
extent of the qualifications of ellgiblcs. The
examinations, will be on a combination
basis. All will be required to take what
might be called a general clerk's examina
tion, and with It ench candidate may pick
out other subjects In which he wishes to
be examined. A list of twenty-four op
tional subjects Is given from which se
lections may be made. These Include the
following: Arithmetic (rapid computation,
involving addition, subtraction, multipli
cation, division, decimals and simple per
centage), copying for test of speed and
accuracy, editing and proofreading, prac
tical bookkeeping or practical accounting,
stenography, typewriting, higher arithmetic,
higher mathematics, English grammar,
rhetoric and literature, general history and
geography, Spanish, French and German,
physics, geology, agriculture, photography,
knowledge of railway systems of the United
States, mechanical or topographic draft
ing, law, medicine, civil engineering,
mechanical engineering, electrical engineer
ing and educational methods.
"It will not be possible," said an em
ploye of the government printing office,
quoted by the Washington Star, "for any
one to place errors on this office, for every
line of proof and every page of copy Is
carefully preserved. This Is done In order
to protect the office. It is not an uncom
mon thing for errors to be charged to
stenographers, proofreaders and printers,
and every precaution is taken t guard
against such.
"The universal use of tbo typewriter
has robbed the labor of the printer and
proofreader of much of lta humor and
nearly all of lta misery. Time was, and
that not many years ago, when all the
copy for the Congressional Record came
to the printing office In the chlrography
of the author. Those were days of pro
fanity and drink, and no end of printers'
yarns are yet extant among the old ones
of the place In regard to the awful 'fist'
written by some of the men whose names
are immortal In history, and that without
the assistance of the Record. The list of
these poor penmen is legion, but It 1b
pretty generally conceded that the name
of Reverdy Johnson should be at the head
. thB rn.tpr thnuch Pratt of Indiana ls
of the roster, thougn I raw or inaiana isn
sald by some to be deserving of that
honor. One excellent compositor of that old
regime, somewhat addicted to rum, waa
said to be the only printer who .could read
Pratt, and he could do so only when he
was drunk. Now It Is the corrections
alone that bother the printer, end
all of these- are obscure enough
to show what the work would be If ln the
written hand of the speaker. Even with
the utmost care grave errors will at times
Intrude, but copy and proofs are kept to
be on the safe side ln case of trouble
coming up."
The new stamped envelope that has been
under preparation In the Fostofflce depart
ment for several months past has been
made ready for Issue, and Is now being dis
tributed to the postofflces throughout the
country. The envelope is in four denom
inations 1 cent, 2 cent, 4 cent and 5 cent
The change made is very great and. It is
believed by the officials who have had the
matter In charge, Is a great improvement.
The stamps on all the envelopes are dif
ferent shapes. The 1-cent envelope has a
green stamp ln the form ot a perfect circle
about an inch in diameter. The bust of
Franklin ln white is the central figure.
The 2-cent stamp Is oval In shape. It is a
brick red and bears the bust of Washing
ton In white. This stamp Is about 1x1
inches in sixe. The stamp on the 4-cent
envelope is about lhi Inches square and is
brown. It bears the portrait of General Grant
In white. The 6-cent stamp Is shaped like an
ellipse. It is blue, and bears the portrait
of Lincoln ln white. The portraits on all
the stamps are busts, and are embossed on
the envelope. The stamps are all larger
than those used at present, except the 1
and 6 cent varieties, and have less decora
tion. Dr. Wiley continues to guard the food ex
periments which he Is conducting with a
dozen or more clerks in his department
with the greatest secrecy, under orders
from Secretary of Agriculture vviison.
Nevertheless, as the young men are not
kept Indoors all the time. It is Impossible
to conceal any effects which the poisoned
food may have upon the subjects ot the
experiments.
Although there have been no marked
changes in any of the young men so far aa
Waltham Watches
Keep good time all the time.
"The Perfected American Witch0 an ttustnteJ took
of interesting information about matches, wlll be sent
free upon request.
American Waltham Watch Company,
Waltham, Mass.
SPRING
I.
The short overcoat la always in vogue
and not for young men only, 510 to S25
Then there are the new shades of Covert
cloth and the long, full, belted-back
cheviot and homespun coat, that ara very
dressy, and rain proof as well, at
$25.00.
XOCLOTIIIXQ FITS LIKE OURS.
J
Fify Years the Standard
Awardsd
Highest Honors World's Fair
Highest tests U.S. Gov't Chemists
llOt aAKINO POWOSR) OO.
OHICAQO
health Is concerned, It has developed with
in the Inst week that all who have been
at the doctor's table are taking on a dell
rate pink complexion which, It Is said,
would be the envy of any young miss In
the land. It Is not thought that this Is dun
to the borax which has been given to tho
young men ln their food for the last few
months, but to some chemical ingredient
which has been mixed with tho food un
known to the subjects.
This change ln the doctor's boarders
caused some concern at first, until a thor
ough examination was made of all the
young men and they were found to be in a
perfectly healthy condition.
The only admission that will be made at
the department Is that all the drugs used
In the food have up to date proved abso
lutely harmless. The pink complexion
gives the men a healthy appearance, such
as would result from a good circulation ot
the blood brought on by outdoor exercise.
No one engaged In the experiments has
been able to determine what chemical has
produced this change, or If he has he will
not tell.
I.IK ICS TO A liAl OH.
Customer What kind of porous plaster
is the most popular now?
Druggist I can't say that any of them
are really popular but there Is the kind we
have the most demand for. Chicago Tri
bune. Girl With the Fur Jacket I see Lucy
Ktta Brown doemi't sign her name that way
any more. Phe'n Lucy Brown now.
Girl With the Yellow Husktns That antl.
fles me Rhe Is K"ioK to marry that Bob
Mann who has been courting her so long.
How would Lucy litta llrowu Mann found?
Chicago Tribune.
"He's a wonderful mathematician."
Xea." answered Mr. t'umroz: "but what's
the use. He can think up a Hiring of
flKures as long an your arm, but he c-an t
a dollar mark ln front oX them."-
ashlngton Star.
Kmplnyer Yes, I advertised for a strong
boy. Think you will All the bill?
Applicant Well, I Just finished llckln'
nineteen other applicants out ln de hall.
St. Louis btur.
"Hasn't Squallop been fooling us beauti
fully?" "How?"
"I found out the other day. by accident,
that he has been a member of a church for
twenty-five years, without any of his
friends ever suspecting It." Chicago Trib
une. "But Is your beer pure?" asked the curi
ous one.
"Now- my dear sir. what haa that to do
with ItT' demanded the brewer. "If you will
only take enough of our beer I'll guarantco
that you won't care whether It Is pure or
not." Chicago Post.
"The best people of this city are behind
me," howled the candidate for municipal
preferment.
"You bet they are," called out a quiet
man In the audience. "And you'd bett-r
not stop ln one place too long or they'll
catch up." Baltimore American.
Till!: FIXKST Ol' A Ll
S. W. Glllllan In Baltimore American.
God made the streams that gurgle down
the purple mountainside;
He made the gdrgeniiM coloring with which
the sunset's dyed;
He made the hills and covered them with
glory; and He made
The aparkle on the dewdrops and the flecks
of llKht and shade.
Then, knowing all earth needed was a
climax for her charms,
He made a little woman with a baby in her
arms.
He made the arching rainbow that Is
thrown across the sky;
He made the blessed flow 're that nod and
smile as we go by;
He made the ballroom beauty as she bows
with queenly grace;
But sweetest of them all He made the love-
light ln the face
That bendn above a baby, warding off the
world's alarms
That dainty little woman with ber baby fta
her arms.
A soft pink wrap embellished with a vine
in silken thread;
A filmy snow-white cap upon a downy little
head;
A dress 'twould make the winter drift look
dusky by Its side;
Two cheeks with pure rose-petal tint, two
blue eyes wonder-wide;
And, bending o'er that mother face Imbued
with heav'n's own charms
God bless the little woman with her baby
ln ber arms.
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