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THE OMATTA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1003.
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The town without a strike ta not en
titled to a place on the Industrial map.
The Iowa Idea may be a little trans-
formed, but it appears to be still In the
ring. ,
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nnA thlnir fnr nnr rtreaent labor dlffl-
" ' " ' piisnea tnrough such warfare as Is now
cuHles. rush it along. vk.i -.a k.. ,.v .
if an ill wind that blowa nobody
cood. If the bartenders strike, the soda
fountain men will try to gather In the
harvest
President Roosevelt's appeal for the I
preservation of the California big trees
is simply a reaffirmation of the old war-1
time motto, "Woodman spire that tree."
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A ug8eai.uu lui uum W .
. anA llr unions In ..looting
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memuem i
Tick men who have aome direct Interest
In a speedy "adjustment of differences.
Tnalda advlnes are to the effect that
Russia haa no' Intention of evacuating
Manchuria- at any; time,, present 'or fu
tnre. But. circumstances can be lmag-
tned under which Russia', would prefer I
to exercise It Teaerv.ed .right to change
Its mind.' ..
As usual the republicans are first to
take initiatory steps towara putting In
nomination a staw ticnet to do submit-
ted to the ratification of the roters of
Nebraska next rail, ihe democrats and
populists wiU follow and keep following
throughout the whole campaign.
. A nest of corruption bas Just been
unearthed In Honolulu, where a Chinese
gambling "syndicate Is said to have un
dertaken to purchase protection from
the authorities. ; The Chinamen evi
dently thought they were showing their
adaptability to American Institutions.
Iv.nl democrata ate busy trvlna" to
ret together for. the next camnaiirn
while loeal ronublicans. or rather some
of them holiliug important positions at
the bauds of the 'party, seem to be beut
upon getting further, apart. A united
democracy can be successfully com-
batted only by a united republican
party. '
Senator Hanna occupies a unique
place as an Industrial peacemaker, al-1
though tin-re is nothing in the constltu-
tion or the laws devolving such func-
tlous upon him. And, strange to say,
from being labor's great boglenian, as
be was depleted in 1800, the senator's
Intervention Is sought after now more
by the laborers thnn by their employers.
Every day's delay lu the settlement of
pending strikes costs' Omaha thousands
upon thousands of ' dollars and sets it
back In the race with competing com
merclal rivals. It is not only present
losses, but future handicap that Is to be
gusrded against The sooner the oppos
ing parties get together the less work
will be required hereafter to repair the
damage,
The absorption of the-Frisco road by
4tt Tvi.lr lulanil innv fwr mm ll-ltbln
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the scope of the decision In the North -
i n Securities case, but It accomplishes
an object similar to that the men be
hind the Northern Securities merger
were seeking to attain. The Rock
Island gets the new road by exchang
ing securities at top prices, with guar
anteed Interest payments, and the people
pay the freight
South Omaha wants a special election
to vote bonds for public Improvements
and. Incidentally, to refund $70,000 of ,at law might resent the interference
floating Indebtedness. Wb-n the debt ' tn ffdral authority on constitu
tes finally been lilled up until the In- tlonal grounda. "It Is easy to figure
terest burden Is almost uubearable out" Bald Mr- Jenkins, "how a corpora
South Omaha t a ma vers will begin to t,on engaged In interstate commerce
look with more friendly mien at the
consolidation propositions for the crea-
tion of a Greater Omaha by the onion
at the two cities,
AMtRlCAlt ASD rnHEiOlt LABOR
Every well Informed person know
that labor In tbls country la In all
respects better off than labor abroad.
The American worklngman la better
paid, better housed and fed and clothed
thau la the worklngnjau of any other
eonntry in the world. There may be
a few things In which the labor of the
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tne wnoie ana in me aggregate me
A mni'lDn araMwnlAr fa VArv far In
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advance or tne corresponding wage
port or mis are numerous ana inaisput-
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able.
senator Kcoti or est Virginia, wno
la dow in Eurone. and who la familiar
with labor conditions la the United
States, haa been investigating the con
ditions of labor abroad. He is quoted
as saving that he Is convinced that
four-fifths of American workers hare
more of all material comforts than the
average middle classes in Europe and
are Immeasurably better off than the
working classes of the old world. "I
particularly observed," he i. quoted ..
gaylng. "the widespread use of hand
labor, which is the only means remain
jDg to keep the European masses eni'
ployed. With the result that It places
European hand labor far behind the
American machine labor and fetters the
lndu8tr)ai progress of Europe." The
great ract is that in this country labor
wuP'e a Position which has not yet
been attained abroad and which 1 per
haps impossible of attainment there.
owing to the difference between Euro-
P11 an1 Amerlca" political Institutions
and social conditions. There is a wide
distinction between labor here and labor
,n Europe from the social as well as
the economic point of view. In this
country the workingman is recognized
as a force and factor In the body politic,
whereas In most of the countries of
Europe he has no such recognition, or
at nt ,n a ve,7 modified degree.
Ilere the tendency is constantly In the
direction of Improving and. elevating
labor conditions, while in most foreign
countries the welfare of labor la a
secondary consideration,
It would be well If American working-
men generally had a better understand
ing 0f the advantage tbev have In com
parlson with their fellows abroad and
would also consider Intelligently and
rnrefiillv hnw thv abell .,..
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. araiui'
i v. ucinccu wuur buu capital
,n ,are Part of the country, or rather
DT m'an or w, P"cy of concilia
uuu "na compromise mat win preserve
industrial peace? It would seem that
tnese questions should address them
aelves very strongly to the Judgment of
worklngmen. In this country labor has
attained Its highest development and
won Its greatest rewards. The position
" hM reached can be maintained If
wi.e cttnll(.tIv nrt,ll.
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servea . un the other hand. It may lose
its advantage through Indiscreet or
TJje t,
When both lahnr n Mnu.i .w v
I BUUU1U m
I WM
" "J nra.on. lairnesa ana sonnfl
conom,c principles.
BKnoiaa oct gold.
While shipments of gold abroad thus
n current year have not been
large, it is expected that they will In
crease within the next few months, but
there Is no doubt in financial circles
that the outflow will cause no disturb
anca to the money market, so abundant
S the supply of the yellow metal In this
COuntry. It Is stated that 70 per cent
0f the cash reserve of the New York
associated banks Is now held in sned...
substantially In gold, so that it would
be less Inconvenient for the banks to
give up gold than to give up legal tend
era, which will be needed when the
crop-moving period begins. According
to the last reports of the national banks
they aa a whole held more gold than a
year ago and therefore are in a position
10 luu prooaoie can for gold
without the least embarrassment
No certain calculation can be made
a" t0 the amount of the gold exports
for th rest of the year, but -while it
TerT ' wm M considerably more
than ,ast year- owlnK t0 Increase
,u imPoa ca otuer conditions, there
:; aiuuiuuiauun or me
jcnuir tut-iHi buu xne supply m the
United Statea at present is larger than
ever before. Consequently the antic!
patcd o.utflow of gold, whatever may be
the amount is causing no concern in
financial circles. We can spare all that
Is likely to be called for without any
monetary disturbance
MAltT AS TAQOHlZt HtWBVnEAV.
It Is to be expected that the corpora
tlons will not all yield unquestlonlngly
to the demands that may be iuiade by
the bureau In the new Department of
Commerce authorised to Investigate the
organ,Mtlon ,nd tt- bu8lneg, metho,,
of the corporations. It would be most
extraordinary If they should submit
without question to the inquiries which
the law authorizes the bureau of cor
porations to make. Representative
Jenkins of Wisconsin, who was chair
man of the house Judiciary committee
ln'the last congress and is likely to be
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at the bead of that Importaut com
mittee In the Fifty-eighth congress, is
quoted as saying that the effect on
trusts and combinations of the opera
tion of the law creating the new de
partment Is problematical.
Mr. Jenkins is of the opinion that
the exercise of the functions of the
bureau of corporatlons'wiU be tested In
the courts. He said it can readily be
seen that a corporation created under a
mlllt ld disclosing the extent of Its
&usJnes If It so desired. It might
I do u thla business by selling Its prod
luct to aa Individual la lu own state,
r this individual to do the selling In
other slates. This would not be au lm
possible or difficult uietlmd of doing
btialueas and would entirely avoid dis
closures to the federal authorities ,lf
the corporation downed It advisable to
avoid such disclosures.'
Undoubtedly those corporations which
do not dare to risk publicity as to the
character of their organization and
their business methods will antagouize
the new bureau, but the effect of doing
this must be to their disadvantage with
the public. Any corporation that pur
sues this course will confess Itself un
worthy of confidence. This will 1111
doubtedly have a restraining Influence
as to some if not most of them.
A DKtP VAIU rLVT.
The proposed scheme of the majority
of the city council to hold four of their
number in their places In defiance of
the popular edict which bas retired
them to ignominious private life, is a
deep laid plot which must bo headed off
If Omaha is to be saved from three
years more of corporation domination
of its city council.
From latest developments it would
appear that the contingency now con
fronting us was foreseen by the cor
poration managers during the legislativ
session, and that the charter nineudment
put there by the Douglas delegation, no
toriously subservient to corporation die
tation, was framed with a Rpeilal view
of continuing in office the corporation
tools In the outgoing council who bud
proved themselves so useful to the cor
porations in the past
This law on its face simply purported
to authorize the council to be elected
to enlarge the body by creating addi.
tlonal wards which would choose coun
cllmanlc representatives at the next sue
ceedlng election. Careful reading of the
section, however, shows that by deft
manipulation It has been worded to per
mit the old discredited counell not only
to redlstrlct the city on the eve of Its
official extermination, but to designate
its old members as holdovers to retain
their places until successors should be
regularly elected.
The franchlsed corporations of Omaha
have been bold and brazen in the past
but nothing they nave done compares
with this high-handed scheme to over
ride the popular will and saddle our peo
ple anew with a government of a char
acter so odious to all reputable citizens
Should they succeed Omaha will be
again bound in the corporation toils
notwithstanding the fact that our peo
ple thought they had Just thrown them
off In a battle royal against all the
forces at the command of the combined
corporation bosses.
The people of Omaha have been dls
posed to deal fairly with the franchlsed
corporations Insisting only that they
should observe the law and contribute
their fair shares to the expenses of local
government . But there lasuch a thing
a going too far and overtaxing the pub
lie patience. It would be' well for the
corporation managers to call off their
creatures in the council instead of
arousing further popular resentment
If the people of Omaha were asked to
retain any member of the "corporation
big five" in the city council the answer
would be an almost unanimous "no.'
These recreant public servants know
that they can never hope to secure fur
ther preferment at the hands of the
people whose trust they have betrayed,
but they think they can force their"vay
into office by arbitrary use of alleged
charter powers to declare themselves
holdovers In newly created wards. The
people of Omaha must protest en masse
against this outlawry.
The railroad tax agents are trying
their best to confuse the members of
the State Board of Equalization by iu
undatlng them with a mass of unin
telligible figures supposed to bear on
the railroad valuations. The board will
have no trouble In getting at the mar
ket valuea of these properties by refer
ence to the stock and bond quotations
and making every allowance for un
usual conditions. The trick of the rail
road tax agents Is too old for any sen
sible person to bite on at this late day.
It la stated that the exhibit of British
manufactures at the St Louis exposi
tion will be curtailed from the original
plans for fear of exposing their special
Ideas and peculiar process to appropria
tion or Imitation. The British manu
facturers need not rest under any such
apprehension. If they will keep their
eyes open when they Inspect the Amer
ican exhiblta they will be able to gather
enough pointers to offset anything that
the Americans may learn in the British
section.
The city council is the board of di
rectors for the municipal corporation.
If the men who comprise Omaha's new
city council were organizing a private
corpoiatlon they would be governed
only by the Interests of the stockholders
they represent In the munlclpnl cor
poration of Omaha the corporations own
only a very small minority of the hold
ings, while the great bulk of the stock
belongs to the mass of small taxpaying
citizens.
Eastern people who visited St Louts
on the occasion of the dedication exer
clses for its world's fair are expressing
amasement over the magnificent acale
on which the exposition there has beeu
planned. Notwithstanding the lesson of
the Chicago World's fair, eastern people
do not realize the broad-gauge views of
the west They will learn In time, how
ever, that tbey have no. monopoly in
the east oa big undertakings.
Net Oar Baalaeaa.
Chicago Chronicle.
The whole of Manchuria Is not worth
the life of on American soldier or sailor,
A Hlat la Iftua.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In the effort to break the precedent
agalaat a third term Mr, Cleveland must
not Imagine that he la a bigger man than
Orant.
Oiling the YVbeela f Ediratloa,
Chicago poet.
It la strange that the price of kerosene
should have any effect on education, but
the people of N nraaka aeem to connect
the two. felae why talk of refusing a
caah gift to the state university from
John D. Rockfeller almply because coal
oil went up a cent a gallon a few days
after the offer of the oil magnate waa re
ceived? The Poet la Actloa.
' - York Republican.
One of the moat beautiful sights ever
seen In Nebraska was dhearmy of tender
shoots, with their green leaves encased In
a glistening armor of lee that sparkled and
scintillated In the morning sun as the gen
tle breeze from the north swept them to
nnd fro on Thursday morning. Every one
of them was standing rigidly up for .the
state. They were In a state whera every
thing had to stand up.
Cisn-ltlea on the nail.
Springfield Republican.
American railroads have not of lata been
Improving their record of casualties. Dur
ing the last half of last year, according to
a statement made by the Interstate Com
merce commission, no lesa than 1R8 passen
gers ?vere killed In railroad accidents and
l.IKTC Injured. This la as bad as a whole
year's record ordinarily is. Congestion of
traffic, overworking of employes and thS
strain put upon the whole mechanism of
railroading probably explain. If they do not
excuse, the very bad showing mads.
Game Protection In the 'West.
Casper Whitney in Outing.
Game protection! there Indeed Is whera I
found a new understanding from end to
end of the whole country. Not only have
excellent new laws been enacted in the last
three or four years, but what la fully aa Im
portant, the spirit of the majority of the
people la entirely In sympathy with them.
This Is not only Important; It is literally
vital; for a game law Is a dead letter un
ices supported by the local community.
Wherever I went I found sentiment
strongly in favor of game protection, and
particularly emphatic and outspoken
against spring shooting. Hera again the
west shows the way to the east.
Financial Strength f Britain.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If any one haa entertained the Idea that
Great Britain had been Impoverished by
the South African war ha will need to re
vise his opinion. In view of the popular sub
scriptions to the Transvaal loan. Not only
are the offers of the bankers sufficient to
cover the loan many times over, but it is
said that the lndlviduM subscriptions not
exceeding a hundred pounds will more than
make up the whole amount This Is the
most interesting feature of the whole trans
action, since It Indicates more distinctly
than the large offers of the bankers the
wealth that is widely diffused among the
people. The Interest on this new loan la
higher than has been usual, which will ac
count for the eagerness of small investors,
but the success of the loan la not the less
significant of the financial strength of the
country.
Similar la Form Only.
Philadelphia Record.
There is something In the phrasing of
Lord Lansdowne's' declaration In the House
of Lords with reference to British policy In
the Persian gulf which recalls the pro
nouncement of President Monroe On the
Integrity of republican America. "I say
without hesitation,' remarked the British
secretary of state for foreign affairs, "that
we should regard the establishment of a
naval base or a fortified port In the Per
sian gulf by any other power aa a very
grave menace to British Interests,' and we
should certainly resist it with all the means
at our disposal." The resemblance between
the two "Monroe doctrines," however. Is
merely In the form thereof. In substance
they are as wide apart as the poles. - The
Intent of the genuine Monroe doctrine is to
uphold the right of the governed to decide
who shall govern them; the object of the
Lansdowne variant is to maintain in se
curity the rule of European Britons o'ver
Asiatic Hindooa without the leave of the
latter.
DOWN WITH THE GOLDBVGS.
Colonel Bryan's War Cry "the Owl
mlnatlon of Statesmanship."
Indianapolis Journal (rep.)
Mr. Bryan's latest interview is one of
the most bitter he haa ever given out. It is
notable, also, because he insisted on his
answers . to questions being recorded ver
batim as he spoke them, as If he wanted the
full extent of his bitterness and vlndlctlve-
ness to be known. It la surprising that a
man who has been twice nominated and
twice defeated for president should persist
In forcing his personality on his party and
insisting on making paramount issues of
doctrines which the people have twice re
jected and which would stand far less
chance of success in 1904 than they did four
or eight years ago. Mr. Bryan Is showing
that he belongs to the class of Bourbons
who learn nothing and forget nothing. His
two defeats have not taught him anything,
and his memory harks back to 1S!X, when
populism possessed the democratic party,
aa if nothing had . happened since. His
statement that "there is not the remotest
possibility of Mr. Cleveland becoming the
nominee" Is an expression of opinion to
which he Is entitled aa well as others, but
when he says that "Mr. Cleveland's stanch
est friends would not risk him as a candi
date" he attributes Insincerity and duplicity
to a large number of democrats of clearer
political pedigreea and better standing than
himself. Cleveland democrats are of two
classes first, those who believe that he Is
typical democrat and could really be
elected, and, second, those who believe that
defeat with him as a candidate would be
better than success with any Brysnlte, and
that even his nomination would eliminate
Bryanlsm from the party and pave the way
for harmony. Both classes are sincere, and
when Mr. Brya.n eays Mr. Cleveland's
atanchest friends would not risk him as a
candidate he Insults the entire body of
them.
What kind of a democrat Mr. Bryan Is
may be Inferred from his attack on the
sound money anti-Bryan democratic news
papers of 18i and 1!W. He names seven
of these, representing the bulk of the
Journalistic brains of the party, and says:
This class of newspapers csn oe renea
upon to support any republican policies
the financiers of the country are inter
ested in." It Is a high compliment to the
republican party that Its financial policies
have in the main, been such aa to command
the support of the ablest democratic news
papers In the country. This has been be
cause those policies have generally stood
for sound finance and conserving the true
business Interests of the country. Mr.
Bryan says that if such papers as the Chi
cago Chronicle, the Nashville American.
the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Boston
Herald, the Philadelphia Ledger, the New
York Times and the Brooklyn Eagle "were
compelled to carry the names of the men
who dictate their policies at the top of the
editorial pages the people would know that
the supposed editors had little or no voice.-
It is because they did have a voice and
refused to use it in support of Bryanlsm
that they now receive his tongue lathing.
Mr. Bryan shows very clearly what kind
of financial policies he favors. He Is
populist, and believes that making war on
capital and the gold standard is the eul-
aalnaUoa ftl statesmanship.
rF.rlSONAt. SOTF.l.
The Macedonian patriot who blew up a
mosque In Bulgaria with dynamite will be
execrated. In spite of the fact that he
opened a religious meeting.
Ex-Menator Jones of Arkansas Is not sat
isfied with any of the Democratic presiden
tial candidates. Guess he will have to be
contended with another Republican.
Capt. Clarke, who commanded the battle
ship Oregon, Is one of the most patient men
In the employ of the government. He has
Just received his Spanish war sword.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland Is an
nouced to make an address at the semi
centennial celebration of Franklin and Mar
shall college in Iancaater, Penn., at com
mencement on June 11.
General and Mrs. Laurence P. Graham
of the United States army, celebrated the
sixty-second anniversary of their marriage
In Washington on Wednesday. They were
married at St. Augustine Fin., during the
Seminole War.
Ex-Oovernor George W. Peck of Wiscon
sin Is being' named as a candidate for de
partment commander of the G. A. R. The
encampment will he held . In Chippewa
Falls In June and the friends of the former
governor are actively working in In his
behalf.
The City Councils of Philadelphia have
consented that the old Liberty Bell shall
be taken to Boston In season for the cele
bration on June 17 of the one hundred and
twenty-eight anniversary of the Battle of
Bunker Hill. Only one . member voted
against granting the request
Judge. Fessenden of Boston holds that It
is "a fraud on the community to allow a
divorced woman, to resume her maiden
name when she has a living child or chil
dren." In many cases he refuses to sllow
It and never gives permission unttt he has
made careful Inquiry regarding the appli
cant. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland visited
Trenton. N. J.. . last week and called on
Mayor Katsenbach. There he learned that
some very unsatisfactory paving was beMng
done In streets through which a Johnson
trolley line Is being constructed. He sent
for John Cinder, street commissioner,
whose son" haa the paving contract and
notified him that the work must be
promptly and properly done or the con
tract would be summarily rescinded. In
lees than an hour 100 men ware repaying
the streets complained about.
LAWYERS AND CORPORATIONS.
Blsr Fees Command the Best Legal
Talent. '
New York Evening Poet
A report . current this week that the
chief counsel for the Union Pacific, In the
renent injunction contest over Southern Pa
cific's control4 received 175.000 for his serv
ices caused considerable comment in rail
way circles, largely from the . fact that
there have been so many legal battles
lately against, large corporations. The
modesty of several New York corporation
lawyers who were seen prevented them
from speaking of their own fees, and com
parative figures could not be learned. The
comments of some of them on the subject.
are Interesting.
On ssld: "It would be impossible ' to
obtain comparative figures on legal fees,
as members of the profession are not In
clined to tell what they receive for their
work. Many lawyers are, of course, paid
retainers year after year, so that their
services may always be obtained. This
is the case in the Northern Securities liti
gation. But they are paid for the actual
work also."
Another said: 1 do not ' believe 'that
Mr. Harrlman paid his counsel any such
figure as $75,000. Judge Humphries did well
if he received 126,000, which would have
been a pretty fat fee for the length of
time the case Jiook. Of course there will
be the work on the appeal, to be heard
probably next month, but the briefs sub
mitted did not take very much time and
the arguments were not very long."
In the same connection, the case wss re
called of a well known lawyer who trans
ferred hla field of activities to New Tork,
and was engaged by a large corporation.
He asked an associate lawyer what he
ought to charge. Thla oracle rejoined:
"What did you think of charging?" "I
suppose about 11.000,"' the Inquirer said.
"If you do that," waa the prompt response.
"you will never get another case from the
company. Charge them tS.OOO for retainer,
and when they have paid that, fix your bill
for services at your leisure." Thla wss
done, with gratified assurance by v the cor
poration, which now was sure that it had
obtained a high-grade lawyer.
THB TRCSTS WILL FIGHT.
Expected Resistance to the Publicity
Peat res of the Lanv.
Baltimore American. -Chairman
Jenkins of the house judiciary
committee does not think much -of the
"truat-hustlng" festures of the act creat
ing the Department of Oomnyrrce. In an
interview he has relieved himself of the
opinion that the trueta will resent the
publicity provisions of that act and under
take to withhold from Mr. Garfield's "bureau
of the new department the details of their
business. He evn goes so far as to sug
gest to them schemes by which they may
ev:ide the law, and very stubbornly con
tends that the federal government has no
power to place any restrictions whatsoever
upon Interstate commerce.
We do not believe anybody will be sur
prised at Mr. Jenkins' statement that the
trusts will resist compliance with .the law.
The greatest bulwarks of the trusts Is
secrecy. By hiding behind It they are able
to do all manner of things which are Im
possible when . operations must be con
ducted openly and before the public. Se
crecy makes possible the watering of stock,
manipulation by officials of the market
quotations on the stock Issues of their own
corporation, and the practice of all that
financial and commercial chicanery which
have made the trusts a strong hand. With
one or two exceptions every great corpora
tion In this country insists upon surround
ing sll of Its affairs with secrecy of the
darkest sort When we see how this se
crecy has made for the personal enrich
ment of those men who have been admitted
behind the scenes, it la Uttle wonder that
the trusts are foea of publicity. Nor la It
surprising that they should be planning
to resist the operations of Mr. Garfield s
bureau. For them to do otherwise would
be amaslngly unnatural.
But that they should resist does not mean
that the anti-trust laws passed last session
are nugatory In effect. The laws are ac
tual, and the degree of their effectiveness
depends altogether upon the vigor nf their
enforcement. Their provisions ar ample
enough to permit the government, through
the departments of Commerce and Justice,
to deal with every phase of the trust ques
tion. Equally true Is it that the application
of these laws may be entirely effective.
The trusts will dodge and resist, as they
were expected to do, and as congress knew
they would do, but the supreme court has
repeatedly affirmed the right of the fed
eral aovernment to regulate Interstate
commerce. What Mr- Jenkins thinks on
the subject Is, therefore, wholly immaterial
We know of no reason why the govern
ment should seek te avoid a fight with the
trusts, and since we do know that the lat
ter will resist at every point, the sooner the
government opens the battle the better It
will be for everybody. It has the means
and the machinery, and we rather fancy
that by the time It finishes with the trust
there wlU be UtUe fight Uft In the Utter.
HOISD A BO IT MB W YORK.
Ripples oa the Carreat of Life la the
Metropolis,
One day last week New York's 'nneat"
turned out In their marching clothes, and
regaled the town with an elegant parade
extending from the Battery to Madlsoa
Square. All of the policemen were there.
Crooks of every grade, from the holdup to
the can men were also out on parade and
out for the stuff. The opportunity was too
good to be missed and they made the
most of It. There were mors daylight hold
ups of cltlsens on the streets of New York
while the police parade was going on than
on any day In the previous history of the
city. The daylight highwaymen traveled
in parties of three or four, and they were
perfectly fearless In the execution of their
Jobs, as well they might be. since there
wasn't one patrolling cop during the parade
to a square mile of city territory. The
crooks held up shop keepers, especially the
keepers of small out-of-the-way Jewelry
stores, at the point of the gun and did
their looting without and fear whatever
that they wouldn't "get away with the
goods," and outrage was rampant all over
town. If the authorities stick to their
sentiments New York haa seen the last of
the police parades.
The spaghetti and kidney saute la to
disappear from the regimen of swell New
York Bohemians. Two famous Italian
restaurants, MoretU's and Morrello's. both
of the theater district have cloaed their
doors. They were crushed between the
upper and nether millstones of high license
and high rent. Morettl haa entertained the
ranee or Wales. Duke Boris, the Cas
tellanes, Henry Watterson. Tom Ochiltree,
Pattl and all the glorious host of good
feeders on thla and other continents. Mor
rello's clientele was quite aa famous. Now
both are down and out and broke. Of late
years Bohemian dining has fallen out of
vogue, and the great number of cheap
tables d'hote have made Inroads on the
old-time favorltiea. The new excise law
gave the famous old ' Tenderloin resorts
their coup de grace. Without this It Is
doubtful If they could have survived a
great while, as rents have Jumped enor.
mously In that quarter following the 1
erection or many new hotels and big apart-
mem nouses. ,
The passing of the two old Italian restau
rants la only a phase of the new growth,
says a New York letter to the Pittsburg
Dispatch. The old Tenderloin district In
;; :7.w I ..ZZ,. . T. r1
. mm ana outer
big stores have absorbed blocks of the old
quarter, and ten and twelve-story apart
ments are springing up every whera The
old Sturtevant house is to give way to a
new hotel. The Imperial annex, twice aa
big as the old hostelry Itself, is nearly com
pleted, while on the outer edges of the
Tenderloin hotels like the new Aster house
cover immense ground surface and reach
far toward the sky. The four-story brick
house of the '80s, a familiar type In the old
district, no longer pays, and demolition la
everywhere between Twenty-third and Forty-second
streets. With the disappearance
of the old houses the comfortable little oafe
Is also vanishing and Its place Is taken by
gorgeous hotel dining rooms. Such blsarre
resorts aa the Haymarket the White Ele
phant, Cairo and Little Hungary passed
away with the winter and their like will
not again be seen In the old Tenderloin.
The percentage of trial tors to the city
hall, says the "Evening Post, has notably I
Increased since the remodeling or the In
terior of the building has been completed.
The new audience chamber, with its red
velvet hangings' and gallery of Old paint
ings, occupies the greater part of the visi
tors' attention, and the gas-logs which "are
kept burning In the old stone fireplace add
to the cheeiinesa of the dignified room. It
has been decided by the mayor and the
borough president to have doors placed In
the entrance t,o the mayor's suite. At pres
ent any vandal who enters the city hall and
lingers there until no one Is left in the
building can slash or mutilate the old can
vases at will. The placing of a doer, with
strong bolts, will cut off the portion of the
building containing the . paintings. Many
of the old canvases. Including the painting
of Jefferson one of the best owned by the
city are In a neglected and dusty condi
tion. The canvases on the walls of the old
council chamber receive but little attention.
The suggestion has been made that they be
removed to a special room in the Metropoli
tan mueuera, where they couia do oetier
appreciated. The office of the comptroller
In the Stewart building also contains some
large canvases.
The shirtwaist man is going to be aboard
in New York thla year. Leading haber
dashers say so, at any rata, and their con
fidence is predlotedupon the solid fact that
they have the "walsta" in stock and all in
readiness for the shirt waist man, and the
assurance, so they claim, of any number
of men that they are going to go without
their coats in publlo this summer, publio
opinion or no publlo "opinion.
The costless man' is going to win out
for a sure tblug tbls sumrrer," said on of
the exclusive Fifth avenue haberoaaners.
for the reason that the chappies are
going to take up the custom of going with
out their coats, and. no matter what may
be said, the chappies come pretty near to
pointing the way In matters of dress at
any rate. Lots of New York men who
are not cranks or novelty oeeaere are
going without tbelr costs on the streets
of New Tork on noi aays inn uuunsr.
We've all got stacks of th proper kind
of shirts to be worn by the eoatless men.
and we did not lay these stocks In on a
gamble nor without having a pretty fair
idea of the nature of the support that Is
golnff to be given to the ooatlees Idea this
summer. "
Tn 18M. the first year of the Greater
m,. York under consolidation there were
141.748 arrests in the whole territory. Last
year the number was i.wu.
In no way, perhaps, can the ohanges in
population be better shown than by a com
parison of police figures, reports the Bun.
During the year 18M. tor Instance, there
were 23.SO0 arrests of persons giving their
birthplace as Ireland; last year there were
a.6oo. .
The number of arrests or native 01 uer-
many Ave year ago wa 11.000; laat year
It was 1.500. Of French residents there
were l.tWO arrests Ave years sgo; laat year
there were 1.100.
The number of arrests of persons or
TEnsUsh nationality fell off from .JM to
t.0"0 and of Russians from t.100 to 7,100.
These were the chief declines.
On the other hand, the numDer or Ital
ians increased from 7.S00 to 1.700, of Swede
Waltham Watches
Run the railroads.
"Tht Terfedtd Americm Wttch' n ClastrdtJ look
of Inttnsting tnformition about ulchts, nuill bt ttni
frtt upon rtqvesi.
JjiuHcm WaUSjuh Wtlch Compuy,
'Wihfum. 12am.
Rf' Yesrs (ha Sfsndard
mm,
Awarded
Elfhist Honors World' Fttr
KIghost totts U.S. Gov't Chsmlttt
S)IO AKINO) POWDSN oo.
OHIO AOS
and Norwegians front 1,00 te 2,300, of Hun
garians from (87 to SSI and of Roumanians
from ISO to 30.
One notable Increase In the number of
arrests waa of colored persona, the num
ber of colored men arrested Increasing from
1,000 In 198 to 4,200 last year. Sad of col
ored women from 1,981 to 1,270.
Though the Russian population haa been
greatly augmented by immigration since
ISM, the number of Russian's arrested In
1(02 was less than In the former year and
likewise the Greeks and Turks, who are
more numerous now than then, showed only
tMO arrests laat year against 4.300 five
years ago. The explanation is that aa
these newcomers become acquainted with
the laws and customs of the United States
they readily adapt themselves to them.
The number of arrests of natives of Scot
land does not vary year by year or the
number of the arrests of Bohemians either.
Botn classes of New York residents fur
nl"n I,w prisoners m a year.
The number of Cubans arrested In New
York haa been less In each of the years
since Cuban Independence waa declared
than in the years previous.
FLASHES or FUIf.
Mrs. Trouer-I don't know what's the
matter with-these slippers.
Her Husband Perhaps they're large
enough. Puck. "
"Try one of our new sofas," said th man
In the furniture shop; "they're very,
healthy. Every on Is stuffed wl,h a bew
breakfast foou." Tonkers Statesman.
Mr. Lakeside Is she fickle T
Mrs. La Salle It seems not. She has
been married to the same man three times
in succession. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Chugwater Joslah, do yeu believe
there's anything In palmistry T
iistryT
I have been told
Mr. Chusrwater Tes
that some palmists get as high as $100 a
week out of 1U Chicago Tribune.
"Do yen recall that famous scene in
which the tragedian cries, 'A horse, a king
dom for a horse?"
"No," answered the man with plaid
clothes; "I never cared much for the racing
melo-drama." Washington Star,
'"You don't mean to tell me he la a pu
gilist?" "Not at alt I said h wa a lightweight
boxer."
"Welir - '
"Well, he's a packer of strawberries."
FnllaaelplJa rresa.
Mr. Gabbler That dentist stopped my
mouth with wax today, so I couldn't say
a word. ' ' ' '
- Mr. Gabbler Oreat Soottl I wonder what
It would cost to engage him permanently T
Brooklyn Eagle.
- It takes th man who hasn't much mind
a long time to make It up, just as It takes
th man who hasn't much hair a long time
to part It to bi satisfaction. Botnervute
Journal
"Gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. Nannl Goat,
Took at that Kid of ours!"
"What's he doing?" demanded Mr. Wil
liam Goat. - .
"Look at him. There he Is now, standing
on hi head." . , . , -
"Ah! I ll bet a Juicy gum shoo galnat a
bunch o' tin cans he's been eating a clrous
poster." Philadelphia Press.
THB WILDCAT MI JIB.
T. Shelley Sutton la Denver Post.
It was over near old Yreka, In th summer
of forty-nine,
When Pluto Pete and Three-Thumb Jaok
were a-worklng the Wildcat mine.
There was only one girl in. the oaray these
day a girl who had balled from
Maine
Whose dad had bean killed by a redskin
band while driving across the plain.
She seemed like a regular angel there, and,
In fact, we had mad her "Queen,"
For so pretty a lass in so routfh a class no
mortal had over seen.
Her cheeks were not "pink as th rose," of
course, and her hair waa not "spun of
gold,"
For ah wasn't a Laura Jean Llbbey girl.
but a girl who wa strong and bold.
8b could handle a gun like - a weatern
scout, and ah wasn't afraid of fight.
For she wandered alone on the hills by day
and camped lu the brush by nlnht.
But Three-Thumb Jack and Piute Pete
were the only one, miles around.
Who didn't get red when she bowed her
head and fawn ilk a timid bound.
Young Three-Thumb Jack was the first, I
think, to offer his heart and hand, -But
It wasn't because that his partner.
Pete, was lacking In nerv and "and."
For Jack hadn't known her a fortnight,
yet, ere Pete was upon his trail,
And the way' they were courting and doing
things made all of the rest look pale.
And then came the trouble between the
pals. It wasn't a fight not yet
But a kind of a "Wlsh-you-would-qult-lt-Jack,"
and a "Pete-lt's-too-bad-we-met!"
And after a while they sold their mine,
dividing the grub and cash.
And Piute Pete and his partner Jack started
In to complete the "mush."
And so. for a month, aftatrs went on, till
we heard In the camp one night
That Three-Thumb Jack and his partner
Pete had been killed In a barroom flghtl
The trouble was over the woman, air 1 he
girl who had hailed from Maine
Whom eavh of the partners agreed to give
to the one who should still remain.
They fought to the death, and the fight
was long, for th barroom was red with
gor
Not a man cam near till the fight was
done, and th partner lay dead on the
floor!
We laid them to rest nesr the Wildcat
mine, by tbe but where they used to
dwell.
And on both of their breasts we placed a
ring In which each had engraven "Nell."
But Nell" didn't come to the funeral, air,
for she didn't care much, I guess;
And we found In some lettera the boys had
left that both had been promised Yea."
And after the funeral Was over, sir,
stranger came wandering In,
With a kind nf weary, wanted look, and an
eye that was black aa sin;
And the first blam-d thing that th
atranger did waa to sharpen his lKwie
1 knife.
And ask the miners the names of the men
who he heard had been courting his
wife.
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