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The alleged enthusiasm among demo
crats for Ed Howell bag not yet mani
fested Itself In the present campaign.
Silver bas gone up to 62.1 cents per
ounce. But that does not make the
silver In a dollar worth 50 cents yet
The Investigation of alleged fraudulent
practices In the postofflce departments
seems to be getting pretty close to the
fusing point ,
It Is In accord with the eternal fitness
of things for political boomers to do
their blowing through a fakery. Like
master like man.
The death of the originator of the
"Gin Rickey" clears the field for some
one else to make himself famous by
mixing a new decoction that will touch
the popular palate.
President Roosevelt would doubtless I
gladly sign a testimonial that two weeks
In the Yellowstone park Is better physic
for tired man than all the drug store
concoctions ever Invented.
Benson's boomer record will scarcely
commend him as a safe man to admin
ister the affairs ot a municipal corpora
tion like the city of Omaha with more
than $100,000,000 worth of property.
- Perhaps that Illinois legislature Is
trying simply to give a few object les
sons for the benefit of Uncle Joe Can
non, who la to be speaker of the next
bouse of representatives and who is
an Illinois man himself.
The petition for the boomer mayor
which was advertised to contain thou
sands of. signatures disclosed when
filed with the city clerk only about 700
names. But this Is a good example of
boom methods of Inflation.
If the decent people who have been
besieging Governor Mickey for the past
ten days, trying to Instruct bjm as to
bis duties in the appointment of the
new police board, are to be believed,
there are very few decent people In
South Omaha.
Having broken his rule to confine his
free distribution of surplus wealth to
library endowments, Andrew Carnegie
ought to have less difficulty in putting
into practice bis preachment about the
man being disgraced who dies over
burdened with riches.
The new Chinese minister ahows his
diplomacy at the start by seizing his
first opportunity in a public speech to
tell bow finely America Impresses him.
The Chinese may express It differently,
but they know that more International
flies are caught with sugar than with
vinegar.
It will be pretty bard to .make people
believe that the administration ot
municipal affairs under Frank E. Moores
Is wasteful and extravagant nrhen the
tax bills for the current year are com
ing In with smaller figures than ever
before In the history of Omaha since It
attained metropolitan proportions.
Ed Howell Is the man most responsl-
tie for the insertion Into the charter of
the exemption clause by which the rail-
roads entering Omaha hara nnloarlml
hundreds of thousands of dollars of city
taxea onto the shoulders of the unprivl-
leged property owner. Yet he bas the
nerva to proclaim himself a champion
of equal taxation.
The new German minister may be em
barrassed over the fact that bis recent
advent Into Washington will put him
far to the rear In the procession of dip
lomats at St Louis, but the German
population there will reassure him later
with ample evidence that be Is In one
American city that retains close com
munion with the fatherland if It takes !
whol brewery to da 1
mOTKCTMQ HKR lHDCSTMCS.
Canada Is showing a determination to
more fully protect her industries, par
ticularly in Iron and steel. There has
for some time been an active saltation
for increased protection and although
the government does not contemplate
a general revision of the tariff at this
time it is pledged to the imposition of
a duty on steel, rails as soon as they
can be manufactured there in sufficient
quantity to meet the home demand.
This will probably be in the near fu
ture. There is now one extensive steel
rail plant in operation and another
about ready to be put in operation, so
that in the opinion of those engaged
in this Industry it will be only a short
time until Canada will be producing
all the steel rails which that country
will require.
This is understood to be the Initial
step In a policy of promoting the devel
opment of the iron and steel Interests
of the Dominion, to be followed as con
ditions shall render expedient with other
duties. There is being shown a very
active interest in this branch of in
dustry, several companies with large
capital having been organized within
a year for its promotion. That more
progress has not been made is due
largely to American competition, but
the pressure upon the government for
protection against this competition is
so strong that it can hardly be much
longer resisted. One prominent manu
facturer voiced what is undoubtedly the
general sentiment In the iron and steel
Industry In saying that it is the part
of wisdom to encourage to the fullest
possible extent outlets for the utiliza
tion of Canadian-made pig Iron in the
home production of every line of fin
ished material that Canada uses.
That this is the true policy for that
country will not be doubted by any
American believer in the principle of
protection. Having the raw material
Canada should utilize it in building up
her industries, thereby creating a home
market for her agricultural producers.
Canada has had a fair measure of pros
perity during the last few years. She
has increased her foreign trade and ber
domestic commerce has grown mate
rially, but the country advances slowly
in population and this will be the case
until her industries are more exten
sively developed. Of course Canada is
at a disadvantage industrially because
of her proximity to the United States,
but this is not an absolutely insur
mountable Impediment to her progress,
Canadians are still cherishing the hope
of reciprocity with the United States
and there Is talk of efforts being made
to reconvene the Joint high commission
with a view to considering reciprocity
proposals, but there Is not at present
any promise that such negotiations
would be successful.
MHOCLD TBK LAW BK MUDIFlEDt
There are Indications' that an effort
will be made in the next congress to
modify the anti-trust law of 1800. An
eastern paper, somewhat disposed to
favor the combinations, declares that the
Sherman act was a reckless and danger
ous piece of legislation and that "the
only safety, the only protection. Is to bo
found In an amendment of the act re
quiring that before contracts can be an
nulled, corporations dissolved and busi
ness destroyed, some proof .must be ad
duced that under the powers obtained
by combination wrongful and oppres
sive acts have been committed, extor-
tlnate charges Imposed, and that a pol
icy not potentially but in fact contrary
to the public Interest has been pur
sued." This view Is precisely In accord
with the position taken by the Northern
Securities company, which urged that
noming naa actually Decn done con
trary to the public Interest The an
swer of the court to this contention was
that whatever the motives that
prompted the merger, the securities
company had acquired a power which
enabled It to do those things which the
law forbids and therefore was illegal.
Obviously if the question of motive
were to be considered any combination
could evade the law by simply declar
ing that It was Intended, as was said in
oenair or tne securities company, to
benefit the public
There la another phase of the matter,
however, that seems worthy of serious
consideration. This Is that the law as
judicially interpreted makes no dls-
: crimination between reasonable and un
reasonable restraints of trade. It has
been suggested by Attorney General
Knox that the anti-trust act should be
so modified as to forbid only unreason-
awe restraints of trade and Mr. Beck.
who made the chief argument for the
government in the securities case, con
curred in this view. It has heretofore
been noted that in the Joint traffic case
four of the Justices of the supreme
court of the United States, In a dissent
mg opinion, field that the anti-trust
law was intended to anDlv onlv to n.
reasonable restraint of trade It Is this
Doint that win nbM. v
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upon the attention of the next congress
and an amendment i
- v-itvA 11 lie
with the suggestion of tho nttnrn
general and the dissenting opinion of
the supreme court Justices In the Joint
txarnc case.
Wi .
it is urged tliat such a modification
ea t mpZ ' luTinratTon to Z
" 1 .'pa , UB Talue n relation to the
I ,iue 11 wouia
remove 'rorn application those cor-
l'rat,on'j nlch it could be easily
j0 do work Bn unreasonable
, lnt or trale' aNnouph they may
to some extent Interfere with free com-
petition. There Is no doubt that at pres
ent mere is very general popular satls-
vvnat is known as the
nnerman act and it is certain thr
would be strong opposition to any ma
terial modification of the law. Before
I ' can idmitted that the construction
now given It makes the scoii nf ,
law more extended than Is really nee- General Fuuston has been fairly quiet
esary for the proper protection of the! for the lust few months and if be will
puouc luttrestj, the trust magnate, will
have to adopt a policy more reassuring
of good Intentions. '
thu Pttvor or in puddixq.
Members of the Real Estate ex
change who have been Identified in the
movement for tax reform persistently
deny that Erastus Benson has anything
In common with the franchlsed corpora
tions and railroad corporations, but
their denial does not disprove stubborn
facts.
If Mr. Benson has nothing In common
with the franchlsed corporations, why
Is it that the street car conductors and
iuotormen have been peddling Benson
pledges to the passengers on the street
cars?
Why Is It that men employed on the
payroll of the'gas company and men
known to be Indirectly connected with
the two corporations named are boom
ing Benson and opposing Moo res?
If Mr. Benson has nothing in common
with the franchlsed corporations, why
are the political mercenaries employed
by Fred Nash, president of the Thom
son-Houston Electric Lighting company,
plugging for Benson?
If Benson has nothing to do with the
franchlsed corporations, why are the
political wire pullers of the telephone
company drumming and fifing for Ben
son?
If the railroad corporations have noth
ing in common with Mr. Benson, why is
the general agent of the Missouri
Pacific and his subordinates openly
talking up Benson and talking down
Moores ?
If Benson hasn't some understanding
with the railroad corporations, why are
all the Burlington politicians, with the
exception of Lee Spratlen, talking and
working for Benson?
If Erastus Benson has nothing In
common with the corporations, why was
there such a promiscuous distribution
of Benson pledges In the Union Faclflc
headquarters immediately after Benson
was projected as the business men's
candidate for mayor?
The proof of the pudding Is In the
eating. The warm support Mr. Benson
Is receiving from the corporations can
only be Interpreted in two ways. . One
Is that Mr. Benson is satisfactory to the
corporations and may be expected to do
their bidding. The other is that Mr.
Benson is being used as a cat'spaw by
the corporations to defeat Moores and
elect Ilowell. The latter is the most
charitable view of the Benson candi
dacy and doubtless will be accepted by
most people who are not willing to be
lieve that Benson Is an out-and-out cor
poration man.
The Benson fakery has played its
trump card In red letters by calling at
tention to the fact that Mickey Mullen
Is not for Benson, that Tom Dennlson Is
not for Benson, and that gamblers and
pickpockets are not for Benson. If
this is the best that can be eald for
Benson It is not very much. During the
Nebraska prohibition campaign the op
ponents of prohibition were reminded
of the fact that gutter snipes, vagrants
and criminals of all classes were op
posed to prohibition and, therefore,
everybody who was opposed to prohi
bition was either a gutter snipe, a va
grant, a burglar or a murderer. By the
same line. of reasoning no honest man
can vote for Benson because some of
the most rotten politicians and notor
ions boodlers in Omaha are shouting
for Benson. The fact that Mr. Benson
bas been personally electioneering In
the proscribed district with Vio Walker
as bis chaperon and soliciting the rotes
of divekeepers would seem to Justify
the conclusion that It is not morals but
votes Mr. Benson Is fishing for.
The Broatch police board is notoriously
a corporation creation. It was named
by John N. Baldwin of the Union Pa
cific law department In conjunction with
Dave Mercer as the corporation candi
date for congress- One of the police
commissioners, who is retained as the
paid lawyer of the Thomson-Houston
electric lighting monopoly, is the .cor
poration candidate for city attorney on
the democratic ticket The whole power
of the board under Broatch and Sprat
len Is being exerted to defeat Mayor
Moores. Spratlen, who Is on the pay
roll of the Burlington as its chief lobby-
1st Is the political manager for Ed
no well, while Broatch Is pretending to
shout for Benson and working for
HowelL If you want to know bow the
corporations stand, keep your eye on
the Baldwln-Broatch-Spratlen police
commission.
If Howell were really entitled to all
r1108 uquets now showering ur him
by the democratic organ, why was it
that the editor of that paper exerted
himself so strenuously before the con
vention against bis nomination, urging
that he was not a fit man to be mayor
or even to be the democratic candidate
for H" h become less tainted
w,th corporation subserviency since his
nomination than be was before It? Or
I
h" the corPoratlon antipathy of
World-Herald grown less? Or w
the
was It
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limply shamming as usual?
Councllman Lobeck went right to the
front for the gas company when the
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and he win doubtless be found voting
tw .w. it I. fnmn.il nra.
senttd ln the council.. If be should be
y cuallce elected city comptroller, the
gag couipany would have a friendly
Indian checking up the accounts on
which Its annual franchise royalty to
the city ls computed.
General Funston's answer to the
charges of cruelty against the Filipinos
preferred against him is a challenge for
investigation by a court of inquiry, but
I the War department authorities do not
think the matter tustifles such action
I iff) not to Indulge ln an mora reck
less Interviews the public will be In
clined to call the Incident closed.
The candidate of the reform purifiers
does not hesitate to Invade the citadel
of vice In his quest for votes with an
advance agent to promise for him a
"liberal" administration. How does this
strike the deluded reformers who have
been persuaded to follow Mr. Benson
on the theory that his election would
menn an end to liberal administration?
i jL-.-a.-t
Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri,
who has been squirming under threat
of grand Jury investigation into some of
his transactions with the boodllng leg
islative lobby, declares that he is done
with politics forever. After the way lie
has acted under fire he might as well
quit politics, for the politicians will cer
tainly have done with him.
Fatally Handicapped.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The sentiment In opposition to race sui
cide bas at least put David B. Hill out of
the running.
Characteristic Westera Hospitality.
Baltimore American.
If there are any honors that have not
been conferred or are not about to be con
ferred upon tbs president by the western
people It Is because they haven't thought
ot them yet.
Plata of Ill-Gottea Galas.
St. Louis Republic
Boodllng developments have shed a new
light on the proverbial truth concerning a
fool parting witb bis money, and have
shown also that the fellow who parts with
It Is not the only fool. Bad money burns
all bands.
Olve. Is the Karnes.
New York Times (ind. dem.)
The democratic party, as it approaches
the campaign year, Is in the fortunate and
unusual position of having In its ranks
bait a dozen men who are available tor
the nomination. Republicans have often
made the democracy unhappy by the de
risory reminder that it had but one candi
date. Now the names of several candidates
worthy of the nomination and fit to be
trusted with the great responsibilities of
the presidency are in tbs thoughts and
upon the tongues of the people.
Trusts and the Merger Decision.
, Washington Star.
Will the anti-trust decision stick? The
trusts say not. It interferes, they declare,
with the legitimate business development
of the age. Carry tho principle asserted at
St. Paul to Us logical conclusion, and we
shall soon have despotism or chaos. This
sounds familiar. We have been hearing it,
indeed, ever since the trust lasuo was
raised. We have been told all along that
the trusts are the friends, not the enemies,
of mankind; that we must look to them for
services of far-reaching Importance . to
mankind which no other agency can render,
The public, however, has not been con
vinced, and now some eminent Judges, after
hearing argument, agree with the public,
For a time, at least, trusts will be the
paramount Issue.
UNDERTAKIHG A LARGE CONTRACT,
Federation of Old Maids Scheme to
Dlacoaraare Matrimony.
Chicago Tribune. -..
There have been formed of late societies
for the discouragement of suitors, for the
encouragement ot bachelors, for the per
secutlon of bachelors, for the pro
motion of large families, for the encourage
ment of small families, for the advance
ment of mothers, and for the repression ot
fathers. Of all the movements yet started
for the purpose of discouraging marriage
and encouraging race suicide that' lnaugu
rated by the Old Maids' Association of
Western New York Is distinctly the most
formidable.
It will, In the first place, be a matter of
some surprise that there should be a state
organization of old maids. As there is one.
It will not be a matter of surprise that its
principal if not its only object Is the pro
motion of celibacy. The modus operandi of
the new society is unique. Its member:
propose to collect the details ot every case
of domestic lnellclty they can discover,
such as wlfe-beatlng, desertion, separation,
divorce and scandal, and send this delect
able Information to all the Toung Women's
Christian associations and girls' seminar
ies and colleges in the country. In this
way they hope to discourage marriage. Of
course, such a large and active association
can pick up a choice and well assorted
mass of Information, as well as a'.l the
scandal that Is going, and in the course ot
even a few days might flood a Young
Woman's Christian association resort with
extraordinary literature.
The enthusiasm which Inspired tho old
maids is shown by the fact that Amelia
Hlgglnson, the president, subscribed $5,000;
Abigail Bean $5,000, and the other mem
bers sums from flOO to $1,000. The old
maids have undertaken a task as hopelnsa
as Mrs. Partington's efforts to sweep back
the rising tide from her doors. Matrimony
will continue In spite of separations and
divorces and all "human cussedness."
AS TO INHERITED WEALTH.
Great Opportaaltles for Do In Good
Open to the Wealthy.
Brooklyn Eagle.
William K. Vanderbllt. now about to
marry again after eight years of divorced
solitude. Is thus quoted In a London weekly
UftPr'
Inherited wealth is a big handicap to
happiness. It Is as certain death to ambi
tion aa cocaine Is to morality. If a man
makes money, no matter how much, he finds
a certain happiness In its possession, for In
the desire to Increase bis business he has
constant use for it. But the man who In
herits It bas none of this. The first satis
faction and the greatest, that ot building
the foundation of a fortune. Is denied him
lie must labor, If be does labor, simply to
add to what may be an over-sufficiency."
Why should inherited wealth be "a big
handicap ,to happiness?" Wby must the
possessor of it labor "simply to add to
what may be an over-sufficiency T" Why
should a man who gets millions from bl
father be unable to make himself the archi
tect of his own happiness? Great wealth
implies great care. It also implies an op
rmrtunltr to do rood that is denied to peo
ST. girpLrtrcernt0,'.
return in the truest and most laating kind
of happiness, the happiness that Is born ot
doing unto others even as you would that
they should do unto you. Instead of being
"certain death to ambition" inherited
wealth ought to give to ambition the very
highest and noblest stimulation. It ought
to encourage men who can think at all to
think less of themselves and more ot oth
era, to Invest their money not with the de-
sirs ot simply adding to what may be an
over-sufficiency, but to add to the sum of
human happtnesa and contentment by lea
senlng the sum of human misery and Ig
norance. The rich man who apends hi
money, acquired either through Inheritance
or thrift, entirely upon himself and upon
his Immediate family, deserves to feel that
the hypertrophy of his bank account is
big handicap to happiness." If he want
to feel differently he may do so through
- 1 s Ter, ,lmD;t and obvious eholcs.
OTHER LAXDi TIIA Ol'RS.
The latest version ot the murder of Ar
tilleryman Hartmann by his some-time
school friend. Naval Cadet Hussen. does
not agree with that which was first told
and makes the whole matter, if possible,
worse. Hussen asserts tbst Hartmann
tried to shake hands with blm. A friend
of Hartmann's who was present, says that
Hussen met his victim at the entrance of
beer ball and told him to report to his
captain for cot saluting blm. Hartmann at
tempted to pass on, when Hussen rushed
at him, struck him first with tbs fist of
his sword' and then ran him through the
back. This incident grows In significance
when taken Into consideration with other
things that have been happening In the
German army. Much anxiety has been
caused by the great Increase lately In the
number of suicides among the privates. In
Hanover in the last six weeks four soldiers
have committed sulctde, three of them In
one regiment. Hereditary Prince Bernhard
of Saxe-Melnlngen, commander of the Sixth
Army corps has issued a general order
strongly condemning the existing condi
tions and ordering that any complaints ot
Ill-treatment made by a soldier shall Cb
forwarded immediately to the commanding
officer, who shall take steps to protect the
injured man, even if it be necessary to
transfer him into another company or regi
ment. Recent cable dispatches dealing with
Cretan affairs require explanation. There
are two sources of discontent In tbe Islsnd.
For the past year or so the Mohammedan
population has been gradually concentrat
ing around Candla. The' outrages com
mitted upon it by the Christian residents
the other day was apparently the result of
a tympathetlo demonstration aroused by
the receipt of the news ot the massacre of
Christians In Macedonia by the Turkish
soldiery. There Is no doubt that the new
Judicial system of the Island inaugurated a
year ago by Prince George, the high com
missioner, will be adequate to deal with
the affair. An antagonizing Influence, how
ever, Is found ln the presence ot a German
gunboat and a newly-appointed German
consul general. Germany, it will be re
called, refused to Join the concert of pow
ers which rearranged the affairs ot Crete
after the late Graeco-Turklsh war. In
these circumstances the presence of a Ger
man official with pronounced Mohammedan
sympathies is resented on the part of the
Christian inhabitants. Tfeo other question
which Is disturbing tile entire Island is the
conflict between the party of autonomy and
the party which desires union with Greece.
Their antagonism toward each other Is as
bitter as that between Moslems and Chris
tians before the intervention of tho powers.
Should the Greek party be triumphant at
the coming assembly elections the position
ot Prince George as the steward of the
powers, so to speak, would be seriously
compromised.
A writer ln the Paris Steele assalit Ger
many In trenchant fashion for the support
which she has extended to the sultan. Who,
he asks, bas most encouraged tbe latter,
who has profited most by his recklessness
and extravagance? "Did not Prince Bis
marck," he writes, "In 1884 secretly send
to Constantinople a confidential agent to
Induce Abdul Hamld to arm against Russia
and to procure armaments ln Germany? If
the fact is denied, the name of the dele
gate can be given, as also details of his
negotiations. Did not Radovits in a memo
rable document remind the sultan ot a su
perannuated treaty of alliance' between
Turkey and Prussia negotiated during the
reign of Abdul Hamld I, and did he not
Insist upon its coming into force again, so
that Turkey might be drawn within the
sphere of the Triple Alliance? Did not tbe
emperor go to Constantinople and embrace
the sultan in tho middle of the Armenian
massacres? Has he not juet sent his beir to
do homage at Y'ldli Kiosk?" He then con
cludes: "It Is a well known fact that the
Turk is neither a merchant nor a manufac
turer, nor yet a financier. Indeed, be is
scarcely any longer a tiller ot the soil, in
consequence of his military obligations,
Germany, by allowing the Christian popu
lations to be annihilated,, will some day
perceive that she has deliberately tolerated
the destruction ot the source of her rev
enues. Unfortunately it will then be too
late."
The Italians are Jealous about the se
curlty which their flag ought to afford to
foreign political offenders, and are excited
over the notion that their government has
been too obsequious to Russia In the mat
ter of the arrest of the man Gots on sus
picion of his having been concerned ln the
murder ot M. Slplaguine. The matter was
brought up ln the chamber and a hot de
bate followed. Stgnor Glollttl, minister ot
the Interior, said that he had been informed
that Goti was a dangerous person, and so
the latter was arrested with a view to his
expulsion. It was true that the Russian
consul was present, but his presence was
a mere matter of routine, and ln the In
terest of the arrested man. It was untrue
that be was allowed to examine Gots's pa
pers, which were transmitted directly to
the Italian minister for the interior. The
fact that the Italian foreign office received
at the same time a note from the Russian
government announcing the dispatch of
formal demand for the extradition ot Gots
for his alleged share in the assassination
of the Russian minister, M. Slplaguine, was
mere coincidence. Whether extradition
should be granted was a question to be de
cided by the Judicial authorities. This ex-
planutlon was received rather coldly, and
It the courts should decide that Gots must
be surrendered, there la likely to be trouble
for tbe ministry.
Lord Curion, one of the most oratorical
ot Indian viceroys, talked for more than an
hour to his council the other day about
the state of the country. Tbe present bud
get, he said, contained the first serious at
tempt at a reduction of taxation that had
been made for twenty years. India, he de
clared, was making progress. The cost of
the Durbar was 180.000, which was only
one-sixth of a penny per head of the pop
ulation, while the patrlotlo effects of It
were Incalculable. Reform waa urgently
needed In eight directions ln education,
Irrigation, police, railways, the separation
of the judicial and administrative services.
sgrlcultural research, agricultural banks,
and a commercial bureau. He spoke of the
momentous change ln India's foreign rela
tions, which were drawing her into the
vortex of world pollclea. The annexation
ot Burmab bad brought ber Into contact
with China, and In Europe Interest In Asia
was beginning to be revived. Great Britain,
Russia, France, Germany and Turkey were
becoming great Aalatie powers and corre
sponding to the smaller European kingdoms
were Japan, China. Thibet, Slam, Persia and
Afghanistan, the majority of them contain
Ing the seeds of decay. Great changes must
and would corns, but tbe freedom of these
Asiatic statea from hostile Influence was
vital to the welfare ot India. Clouds were
beginning to gather and India was being
pushed Into the foreground. He knew ot no
Imminent dantr, but warned his hearers
ralmt the delusion that trouble would
never come.
Seaatov Haaaa'a Slarerlty.
Indianapolis Journal.
Benstor Hanna's speech- on the labor
question will add greatly to tbe respect and
esteem In which he Is held. A few yean
to ha was tbe worst abused man In the
country; now be is one of the most popular,
The manner ln which he expresses himself
on tbe labor question lesves no doubt as to
the sincerity of his coarlctious
f
POLITICAL NOTES.
Members of the Missouri legislature now
admit thry passed several bills 11,000 bills.
Missouri's honest Folk threatens to call
a special session of tho legislature to con
vene In the penitentiary.
Another story Is needed on the city ball
nf Philadelphia to accommodate the office- ,
holders who have broken Into the building.
The renominatlon ot Mayor Beth Low of
New Tork city is fairly well settled. The
republicans, the citizens' union and the
antl-Tamraany democracy are solid tor
him.
The presidential boom ot Gumshoe BUI
Stone was not formally launched at the
Kansas City banquet. Mr. Bryan was there,
and William Jennings Is something of a
sinker himself.
"Pie-faced Mut" la the latest addition to
the political literature of New York alder
men. A member of that august body coined
the phrase as an endearing term applied to
brother member.
Tbe vote on the proposed woman suffrage
amendment to the New Hampshire consti
tution was: In favor, 14,162; against, 21,
788. For adoption an amendment to the
New Hampshire constitution required a
two-thirds vote of all the electors partici
pating In the contest at which it Is sub
mitted.
It isn't necessary to consult the ther
mometer to learn the temperature ia Ken
tucky. Read the speeches of aspirants for
the governorship. The canvass has reached
a summery heat. One aspirant declares he
"cannot refrain from tearing the fraudu
lent cover from the hypocritical face" ot aa
opponent, "and branding his statement Is
utterly false." The gun stage ot the pro
ceedings Is rapidly approaching.
United States Senator Stone ot Missouri
cries out again the newspapers, yet he con
fesses that he formed a society to fight
harmful foods of which he and his son ap
pear to have been the only active members.
and that, representing that society, he made
a plea before a legislative committee In
Missouri for what is known as an alum
baking powder, for which, as attorney, he
was paid $5,000. The senator told tbe story
himself. He does not talk for fun.
The Virginia legislature has under con
sideration a primary law designed to carry
out the recommendation of tbe democratlo
state convention held at Norfolk. It pro
vides for the extension to the primaries ot
most of the raws governing general elec
tions. Notice of the primaries is to be
given in newspapers thirty days before they
are held, and candidates who wish to be
voted for must give notice In writing to the
county or city chairman ot their party fif
teen days prior to the election. Any person
who has affiliated himself with the party
holding tbe primary, or who will take oath
before the judges that be has joined the
party or will support the nominees will bs
allowed to vote.
A9 SEEIf BY FOREIGNERS.
Tbe , Americas Workmaa at Work
ad at Home.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tbe report of the committee of British
workmen who came to this country to
study the condition of the workers of tbe
United States we commend to the perusal
of the persons. If there be any, who are
not already convinced that the American
workmen are ln a class apart. The twenty-
three British workers, who represented
various leading' industries, were naturally
inclined to view conditions here with a
critical eye, and perhaps there is something
ln tbe comment by Mr. Steadman, repre
sentlng- .the Parliamentary Committee, ot
tbe Trades Union Congress, that the Brit
ish workmen cannot be surpassed for solid
and woll finished work. The unanimous
conclusion of the committee that the Brit
ish workman has, nothing to learn from his
American brother Is a statement, however,
wholly at variance with almost all previous
opinion on the subjeot.
It has been generally understood that
the American workman Is quicker, more
adaptable to circumstances, not so "set
and mechanical," has more Initiative, re
source, more ambition and does more work.
And the main conclusion of Mr. Moseley,
who brought th . committee over here,
strengthens that view.
He aays tbe American workman bas a
better education, and we believe the con
sensus ot opinion is that he Is a more In
telllgent, forceful and original, and, in all
respects a higher grade man. But, dls
regarding the opinions of the committee t.n
our corrupt politics, gambling, tbe wor
ship of the dollar in Chicago, atid other
things, we come to the main point stated
by Mr. Moseley, that the American work
man "is infinitely better paid, boused, fed
and clothed, and, moreover, is much more
sober than tbe British." We learn that
the American employer treats his work
men better than the British employer, and
another tribute to American industry, ex
plaining much of our progress, is the
"hankering for the latest machinery and
the best methods." In America there is no
deep seated opposition to machinery and
the latest methods, as In England, where
the workman stands ln his own light.
From all which we may draw the con
elusion that tbe American workman Is
Infinitely better off, because capitalists
and workmen are more Intelligent. Our
natural resources and riches contribute
materially to our industrial advance, but
over and above that we have developed
higher efficiency. The worker is bettor
fed and housed, and, therefore, be is
better man; he Is a more Intelligent man.
nd, therefore, he educates bis children.
And the result Is convincing testimony to
the economy ot high priced labor as tbe
cheapest and most efficient In the struggle
for Industrial and commercial supremacy,
Spring Suits
Don't waste time on the cheap tailor when j-ou
can get a perfectly well made and well fitting suit
here just as it should be, and on the minute. Not
too many of any pattern, but all the good pat
terns $10, $12, $15, $20, Etc
We have all the styles of the good LTats. Plata
are a department with us and you save a little in
price when buying , here
$2, $2.50, $3, $3.50
NO CLOTHINd FIT5 LIKB OUR5.
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
Fif'y Years (ho Standard
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Awardid
Klgh.st Honors World'. Fair
Highlit lists U.S. eoy't Chsmlsts
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WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Teacher Wilfred, name the four seasons
of the year.
Wilfred Golf, bnse ball, yachting and foot
ball. New York Hun.
"What do you think of that anonymous
lettert"
"In my opinion," answered Miss Cayenne,
"the fart that It Is anonymous Is slightly
to the author's credit. He at least had the
decency to be ashamed ot it." Washing
ton Star.
"Yes." said Henpeck, "the thing that Im
presaed me moat In Kgypt was the mummy
of one ot the ancient queens."
"What was remarkable about It?" -"The
fact that they could make her dry
up and stay that way," Philadelphia
1'ress.
First Doune Have you seen the new
cigarette munlo box?
Heconn uoune no: wnat is iit
First Doune Every time you put 10 cent
In the slot you
iu get a rR,k of dsnrettes and
plays "Nearer, My God, to
York Bun.
the macnine
Thee." New
'I see that a Chicago Judge has Just be
come a father for the thirteenth time."
'My gracious I And Is It possible that
such a man still finds time to devote him
self to the settling of other people's trou
bles r ' Record-Herald.
Brakeman Haven't you sold anything to
that bridal couple back there T
Train Hoy Maw 1 That ain t no triim
couple. Just before we struck the tunnrl
the feller got up an' went to the other
end of the car to get a drink of water.
Chicago Tribune.
'According to the story, an American
heiress Is engaged to a member of one of
the most ancient families In Italy mo an
cient. In fact, that It Is mentioned In
Dante's 'Inferno.' "
'In the 'InfemoT fay. that Italian must
feel like the man who said he had friends
ln both places. "Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CLKASINO TIME,
Chicago News.
Gird yourselves with slngham aprons, O, ye
women or tne land;
Pin your skirts to clear your shoe tops;
take the scrubbing brush In hand.
Boil up alkaline Intuitions, turn the whole
house upside down.
Slop the floors with sonp and water, heed
less ot your husband's frown.
Tank up carpets, rugs and matting. Jerk
the pictures from the walls,
Have your palls of suds where wo can
tumble o'er them In the halls.
Pile the stairs till they are worse than
any Alpine steeps to climb,
Have the regular old picnic Incident to
cleaning lime.
Fill the bathtub with umbrellas, books and
shoes and biic-a-brac, -Heap
upon the grand piano kitchen dishes
in a stacK,
Set the dinner on the mantel, though
there's little time to eat;
Bee that every one who enters wipes with
care his muddy feet.
Keep the windows all wide open as you ply
the mop and broom,
Have a hot and steamy vapor permeating
every room.
Swab and scrub and splash and spatter in
four fight with winter grime,
ln the moist discomfort Incident to
cleaning time.
Have the men with . whitewash brushes
apread the tinted calcimine.
Take all necessary bedding out and air it on
the line.
Have the furniture revarnlshed till the
odor makes one faint,
Bee that all the woodwork glistens with a
coat of shining paint;
Don't have anything to sit on, aleep on,
eat on; also frown
When you hear a meek suggestion as to
"some hotel down town;''
Let the masculine complalner know It's
nothing short of crime
Not to make one's life a burden In the glad
Spring cleaning time.
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