TTTE OMATTA DAILY BEEt FIUDAT, JUNE 2ft, 1003.
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The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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Complaints of Irregularities In delivery
should be addressed to City Circulation te- stiver coinage at the ratio Of 1 to 1 De
partment. OFFiCES. cause It Is convinced tbiit it would.be as
Omaha The Bee Building. foolhardy to stand up for free coinage
owuin umena t.;iiy Man cunuimi
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THE BiUli FUBLIBKlfXl
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
oSr?. a hcra?; oYx'he Be.
piihii.r.inir i omnanv buiuu duly nfom,
lvJllV- S ciSalT52mr;iof Morn
vnenn,,l-"M(, rf?XtftJXTin th
month of May, 103, was a follows.
l 8o,mo 17 mw
I ..SO.STB
1 80,200
4 80,500
1 80.T80
'..8S,o70
7 0,TO
1 8rtflO
80.740
10 2T.T75
II .80,440
12 80,870
13 iW.WMt
H 80.780
13 30.0&0
IS 8Ot0O
Tnlil
18 l.'wfM
iw " " '
JO 80,800
H .8O.870
' !. '.....80,-M
23 30,830
24..'..V..i.:.:..2.2-
25
.30,830
26 .....30,7O
21.,,.;.. ..8O.7&0
28. SO.UKO
29...... 30,tkO
31,850
Jl 27.0O0
"EMIVS
Vta unsold and returned ooples 10.34S
Net total sales 4.1,853
Ket average sale 80.437
OEORQE. B. TZ8CHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before itie this 31st day of May, A. D. 1903.
Id.' B. HUNOATE, r
(Seal.) Notary Public.
TI.e lust days of Leo XIII, the great
est of nil the popes, are plainly upon us.
We tear the Iowa democratic platform
will not be very popular In the office of
the Commoner,
8
The diploma controversy has given the
Omaha IllgU school principal a good oeai
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of unenviable notoriety.
When It comes to "Grandstand Virtue"
the Donocratlc organ knows how to play
the game for ptjpocratlc officeholders.
The State . Library commission may I
have to put Its home ou wheels and
make the circuit with its traveling
libraries.
King reter evidently thought that by
wearing a grave iook curing ms int
augural ceremony he would avoid look-
lng into his grave prematurely. : I
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With so much money flying around
loose in the vicinity .of .Missouri Jegls: .
latures the only wonder -Is that any,of
the lawmakers escaped uncomiptedi
The Advisory board, converted into a
health board, has advised cows running
at large-to mend their behavior- and
run at small U. F. A. (until' further
advised).
Firing proclamations at , giant fire
crackers before the Fourth of July- is a
harmless amusement unless the.procla
mntlons are rigidly enforced on the day
of Jubilee. .
Bravado Tillman, who sliot down a de
fenseless editor, ' will get a change ' of
venue. That might hot' to Interfere,
however, with him getting his Just
deserts no matter where he may be tried.
If the leglslatufcs contemplated the
erection of a Nebraska , building at St.
Louis when It made the exposition ap
propriation It certainly would, have set
aside more than $35,000 for that pur
pose. Russia enjoys the distinction of hav-
luir nlnna amnnv nntions nnrtlr1nntv1 nf.
flelally In the Installation of King Peter
of Servla. In this, however. Russia will
rouse no invidious sentiments among the
powers. , . u . '
Mrs. Helen Gouear has comnromlsed
her claim against the state popocratic
reform oommlttoe for spouting in the
late national campaign, but the reform-
era have-not yet discovered where they
got their, money's worth. .
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The Chicago live Stock, exchange pre-
tends tohave discovered that Omaha Is
matter df live stock rates. , Nobody, .In
Omaha has been aware that the rail,
roads were giving "us the best of it '
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And now another of the disciples of
Carrie Ration has, been rewarded with
a jail sentence Jot Indulging in a salooli
hctctetiag excursion. That ls douBtless I In t,he party in Iowa, of which thereon
what tlu young -woman, set out to getlventlon of Wednesday furnished a a ex
ii ud sheVught not to be disappointed
' ' ' ' . .
According to Afclated Press dls-1 the views and declarations of thif demo
patches,' the dwhocrarlc state ticket In I crats In that state, are of no 'consequence.
Iowa wa,s quickly youilnated. That Is
not out jiof the ordinary, however. A
ticket dtiomed to defvat very rarely en-
counters- any opposition In a political
conveuttjin. y
Sanltafy conditions In Manila are I in
proving right along uader American su
pervlslon just as the sanitary conditions
in iiavaua were revujuuonisea aunug
Amor lnn OCCUimtion. The HDanlsh au
thorltiea did not hava the resources to
undertake the nary work and co.d
riot have done it properly had they had
the resources. ..American sanitary en-
glneers aud American medical scientists
,.,.1 . a,
lusas ius w uoio wonu over,
WIXB MBit fT"E.
The refusal of the town democratic
stnte convention to renttirni the exploded
fallacies of the Kansas City platform
forcibly recalls the resjMH.se of Stephen
A. Douclas to the. question propounded
,lm flt on1 of Ulp gr nt popnlRr gath-
rrlngs during the natlonnl campnlgn of
jw why he hnd shifted position on the
auntters'
sovereignty. , "nlse. men
chnnne, fools never,
'i of the imie
wss the terse re-
Kin nt, who was then
as It would to butt Its head against a
solid wall. Every Intelligent observer
of changed conditions roust concede that
free coinage as a ' pollttcnl Issue in as
dead as pro-slavery or anti-masonry.
Wise men change, but fools pride them
selves on consistently stattdlntf rooted
to the same spot while the world Is mov-
'
There Is no prospect that the Iowa
democrats will come within 50,000 of
electing anvbodr on their state ticket
but their pronounced aversion to worship
,. .it... f.iu, i.miu n, th -rnn
longer willing to nlar the nart of the
man who planted himself in the middle
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or the railroad tracK in ine race or an
approaching locomotive.
Montr in th jrtsT. ...
A good deal of Interest is being mani
fested In the question aa.twwjietner the
west will have sufficient, money In the,
comlnit autumn to take care of the
western crops and It seems ttmt the
matter Is being seriously "considered in
eastern financial circles. An eastern
0e w , rAi.at nf u
financial nature indicate that within a
few weeks the demands made trooti New
York for monev to handle the ctods
will b the lnrirest unon record and It
Is therefore assumed that there must be
some diminution of cash resources in
the west, esneclnllv as western loans
mlo In the east nre not so ereat as I
has been the case In other years.
It appears, however, from the last re
port of, the, comptroller of the currency.
that the chief financial centers repre-
tthat is the financial
region this side of the central states-
v toon nnorwi - I
n. J '"L
rfirifiii i mi Miiit iiih iriiiifli mi irn1 i
n cti r wn nn o,w inrK wnnin nnve nor i
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mucn more man maicnea oniy a iew
years ago. It therefore ' appears that
money Is plentiful In the west and ac-
cording to the statistics is being Used
to 'good profit, since the banks which
are made the basis or comparison re-
port unusual Individual profits.
The question of a currency supply In
the west a couple of months hence Is
engaging the, very. .earnest attention of
eastern financiers and it Is Certainly a
matter of very great interest In this
Bectjon. The indications are, that we
8nall ,need a greater amount of cur-
rency than ever before to move the
western cmns and where it Is to come
f. certAinlv a. matter of no ordl-
nary Importance. ' According to reports,
tne western '.banks are already prepar-
lne for the demand which they know
will be made upon' them. ' The last re-
.,ort to the comptroller of the currency
sh6wed that the banks of the west gen-
OTaj, had been-Improving ?thelr condl-
in'n in-the'matter of reserves and were
at that time particularly strong There
is good reason to believe that, they ire
still stronger now,
At all -events this -fact seems to be
very clearly defined at this time, that
the west during the coming summer
will; be quite able to take care of Itself,
so far as the movement -of the crops is
concerned, and also to provide all ' the
money that may be needed to take care
of .it- other leriMmate ldnstrl.. ' As
we pointed out some time ago. upon the
,rH r.t f.nt. inH dm.ro. TrWh
were indisputable,' the west Is today
practically Independent ' Jn . a financial
way of the east, so far as Its legitimate
requirements are concerned, and there
Is every probability that' ft will con
tinue In that position, at least so long
as It Is vouchsafed good crops.. The
fact that the west has been withdraw
ing Its money from the east is the best
P88,ble a"ranc or western financial
maepenuence.
TUB IOWA DEMOCRATS.
Ordinarily It is of little consequence
what the democrats of Iowa think In
regard to public quest!6ns. For years
the party in that state has -been. ea ab-
solutely at variance, with the sentiment
of, thecountry on e,Tefy great question,
and as a result has been overwhelmingly
I repudiated, that very little serious atten
tlon Is glten anywhere to: what the posl
tlon and the. declarations:' of; tm demo-
any state of the unionf s, political body
with less coherence and consistency than
I the. democracy of Iowa. For years' that
i imrij .uns pern umuidi wits iuei( auu
It Is doing that now.- Nowhere In the
country is there a stronger example of
- j denjocraile difference ljan Is to be found
cellcnt Illustration. , ., , -
ha far as politics In Iowa Is concerned
Republican victory there Is assured. But
there Is some significance to the attitude
of the ' lawa . democrats ln lts bearing
upon national politics. ' The platform
adopted by the state convention will give
some encouragement to the reorganlza-
tlon ' movement It . ignores absolutely
the Kansas City platform and while
recognising some cf the doctrines of
uryanlsm. is by no means an en dorse-
- lmant nf tha 'WrlMii lul',l,..
I name, hv th vit. n not mantinnod
' ,t is needles, to L djs. the state-
ments of the Iowa f eijjocxatlr tnttform.
which are generally disproved by events
familiar to eveibody.' The Talr-ralnded
, .v.. .
i win una in almost every una 4 state -
ment which the most casual Investiga
tion will show him to be absolutely tn
contravention of facts. There Is not a
single plank In the platform that Is not
vulnerable. From the first to the Inut
line of this deliverance there is manifest
the weakness of the democratic position,
which Is simply that of objection and
opposition, without any statesmanlike or
substantial propositions for a change.
The lown democrats, like those In every
other part of the country, are able to
point out wherein the republican party
has been wrong, but they are utterly
barren of sound suggestions as to what
should be done. They deal In platitudes
aod generalities which are utterly futile
and Ineffective.
So far as they have cut loose from
Rryanlsm the Iowa democrats are to be
congratulated and the example they
have set In this respect will undoubtedly
hare a good Influence upon the party at
targe. It Is to be regretted that they did
not. show equal Judgment In other re
spects.
A GREAT n&sronsiBiLiTT.
The taxpayers of Omaha are vitally
concerned in the outcome of the railroad
controversy now pending in tn. tea.
courts. - The contention or the Bl
corporations that the city
ha8 no riht Impose municipal taxes
nmn th.- -inoi. i nt
upon their terminals in the city of
Omaha above the valuation fixed by the
state board on a mileage basis must be
combated at every step until a final de
cision is reached by the supreme court
of the United States.
In view of the fact that the railroads
have at their command the ablest cor-
Poration lawyers that can be brought
nto service it behooves the clty.to be
represented ny men or tne Highest abii
ity nnd widest experience. While the
c,l orney win oe tne ewer legal rep
"sentative or the city. It becomes Im
Pne to employ an assistant or equal,
or rather of much greater special ability
r.me pending cases, unless we want
to make fftrce of the who,e proceeding
ana lve Tno c,ty 8 case away
"eJ'. gri responsiomiy rests
upon the mayor and council In the ap
pointment of the proposed assistant. No
man should be considered In this con
nection unless he has had large expert
ence V" corporation and especially In tax
?. lDe mDe1 couns or ue na-
tlon. The city of Omaha cannot afford
to Jeopardize Its rlehts in the hsnds of
any inexperienced lawver as a matter
- -
per80Tnal rarltlsm or as a political
favor.
m viuct worus, tue man 10 as-
sist the city attorney In the railroad
cases must be a lawyer of the first mag
nitude and not of the third or fifth mag
nitudeotherwise the city might as well
abandon the suit altogether.
The University of Wisconsin should at
once be moved to Milwaukee. One of
1116 members of the party of German
agriculturists who have been touring the
United States declares that while they
find much that Is admirable In American
colleges and universities they are handi
capped by a fatal drawback the lack of
beer, which would inspire the students
in the same degree as those at the Ger
man universities. If we really welcome
foreign criticism of our Institutions, we
should certainly accept ' this advice in
tbe 8pWt ,n whIch U 18 offerea and make
the experiment to see If It offers the
real temedy. Give the beer that made
Milwaukee famous a chance to make a
famous university.
Bond buyers always manage to find
some flaw In mortgage securities before
taking, but after taking these securities
become gilt-edged whenever proposals
are made to take them up before matur
ity. . That explains why South Omaha
High school bonds that would command
Pmlum of 4 per cent under ordinary
h01"0118 are PiPr &ff -
ueoiinimr TOau.e luo lim.Bm Ul ll.lljuillj
by which they were carried Is small. If
the margin had been quadrupled bond
Investors would have easily discovered
other flaws to justify low bids.
The Board of Public Works and park
commission should organize themselves
Into an Improvement club and pass reso
lutions to proceed with public Improve
ments as fast as lnjunctors will let them
I, the dty councll put8 money at thelr
disposal,
They Never Will Know.
Chicago News.
Those people who still think that Grover
Cleveland would take the nomination If It
were offered to him will never find out
wnether tney are ngbt or not
Tha Colonel Wants to Know.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Kansas building at the World's 'fair
is to be surmounted by-the figure of a
woman carrying a sickle. What state will
do honor to the old-fashioned woman carry
On the Tobonatan.
Washington Post.
3. A. Edgerton has issued a call for
conference of populist leaders, to be held
at Denver on July 27. To properly appre
ciate this. It must be remembered that Mr.
Edgerton is a Joke writer on a Denver
I newspaper,
A Sllaht Overcharge.
TMla AlnM Ptm.
According to John Mitcheli. the labor
I leader, the man who has brought suit
against htra for $300,000 for counsel fees will
have to throw oft $199,960 before he will get
anything. What Is left after that won't
pay the expenses of a suit.
Where Sympathy la Wasted.
, Chicago Inter Ocean.
fin. nt mi. n.rtn,n avrlmiltn..!
ha, ..preased the opinion that the Ameri-
can farmer is a slave because he works
I hard. Yet the American farmer is not com-
Plaln'n h intrr is unprofitable.
uvorTas his , German critic U.
tius vmwn. si f)tj ri uiugui iUl tPWIUl
"A Groteaqne Farce."
I Kansas City Star.
fXZZiJRZ:
be-made without casting the slightest re-
flsctlon on thst commonwealth. But a
"uu that U comi)ne1 to cal1 ln outside
torcm to harvest Its crops should never
1 the hat.
t OMFETITIOH WK Mt'ST MUST.
tlrltlah Market for Feoa Staffs Songbt
by Other Nation.
New York Tribune.
The United States Is still the chief foreign
source of Great Britain's food supply.
Nevertheless, as we have shown, other
sources are being developed and are In
creasing their contributions to the British
market much more rapidly than is this
country. Canada, for example, Is sending
to the mother country more and more
Wheat each year, and Australia Is sending
thither large quantities of meat. Nor are
the British colonies our only competitors.
Argentine and other South American coun
tries have entered the field with much suc
cess. Thus In the first quarter of the present
year Argentine sent to Great Britain more
than $320,000 worth of llvs cattle for food.
That was a small amount compared with
bur $8,OtA00O or more In the same period.
Hut it was a good beginning, Argentine
having sent none at all In 1902 and 1901,
while our own exports In these three years
have been steadily and considerably de
clining. The same may be said of ex
ports of live sheep, of which Argentine In
the first quarter of this year sent morn
than $100,000 worth, against our $370,000
worth, the latter a much small amount
than In either of the two preceding years.
Argentine sales of wheat in the same three
tnonths were nearly $4,000,000, or mora than
one-fourth of what our own had f allien to;
its sales of Indian corn were more than
ISSO.OOO; of fresh beef, $2,000,000, or nearly
one-third of ours, and of fresh mutton more
than $11,000,000. In other lines of goods, too,
Argentine Is making progress. In the same
three months it sent to Great Britain be
tween two and three times as much tallow
and stearins as we did, to wit, more than
$650,000 worth, and more than ten times as
much linseed, or $1,500,000 worth.
Such progress in the British markets
made by Argentine is not m the least sur
prising, seeing how great are the natural
resources and productiveness of that coun
try, and seeing, moreover, how grievously
the United States has neglected to culti
vate commercial Intimacy with It and its
South American neighbors.
ROOSEVELT AND RASCALITT.
President Ho Man to Temporls with
Official Corraptloa.
Washington Post.
It la unfair at this stage of the case to
obscure the Issues Involved In the post
office situation by references to practical
party politics, Nor Is It altogether wise.
President Roosevelt has r.ever In all his
career been known to tolerate crookedness.
His entire course as a publlo official has
been a plea for decency, honesty and open
ness. As civil service commissioner he
helped to strengthen the foundations of the
great merit system, despite ths clamor of
political spoilsmen. As New York police
commissioner he Insisted upon the enforce
ment of the laws, whatever might be the
political cost. As assistant secretary of the
navy he strove constantly for good ad
ministration. As a soldier he was a strict
disciplinarian. As governor of New Tork
he held to a high standard and secured the
passage of wholesome laws even against
the protests of the party leadera As presi
dent he has already, proved his ability to
choose the right course even though the
wrong one may be easier.
Party expediency, therefore, has no part
In his estimate of thduty which the un
savory condition of tha, postal department
Imposes upon the administration. If the
probe touches diseased spots In the body
politic then It is wise t( cut them out. If
individuals are Involved whose present
high status tn the republican party sug
gests that they should' b shielded from
scandal, a temporizings policy will not al
lay suspicion.- The individuals who have
woven around themselves ' and their as
sociates a net or wrongdoing and un
principled procedure can -be of little perm a
nent benefit to any party if their success
and that of the party r must depend upon
the concealment of their corruption.-
PERSONAL , NOTES.
The czarina of Russia has just completed
her thirty-first year.
The prosecuting attorney of Breathitt
county Is going to remove to Winchester
and the sheriff Is going to return to his
old home on Troublesome Creek
Blr James Guthrie, youngest living artist
to win a title on his artistic merits. Is 44
years old and was recently elected presi
dent of the Royal Scottish academy,
Ex-Congressman F. St. Eddy, who may be
a candidate for governor of Minnesota,
used to be called the homeliest man -in the
house at Washington and didn't get angry
There Is no end to present prosperity
Chorus girls who used to lose a few thou-
sand dollars' worth of diamonds now have
million-dollar estates bequeathed to them.
Oeneral A. W. Greely, chief signal officer
of the United States army, has signed a
contract with a cable company of New
York for the construction of a submarine
cable to connect, Seattle, Wash., with
Sitka, Alaska.
After a lapse of sixty-six years "a
memorial stone has Just been placed over
the grave of tho late Cardinal Manning's
wife, ln Lavlngton churchyard, Sussex,
England. She died before her husband
Joined the Cathollo Church.
Richard Strauss, who is by many au
thorities regarded as the greatest of liv
ing German composers, completed his
thirty-ninth year last week. When 17
years old he penned a symphony. His wife
was Pauline de Ahna, a well known opera
singer.
The American Invasion has reached the
vast Iron deposits of Lapland which Mr.
Schwab and his associates are reported to
be negotiating for. By the people of Sweden
this deal will be regarded as a rank steal,
but the Ironmasters appear to be masters
of the situation.
Carrie Jennings, an Oklakoma City girl.
Is to hsve a great celebration of her
twentieth birthday, which comes on July 4.
She Is the daughter of a Scotch father and
an English mother and was born on an
English vessel flying the American flag
while crossing the Irish sea.
Judge Hrlan and wife of Savannah, Mo.,
aKed S8 and 81 respectively, are on a tour
of Ohio and Indiana visiting relatives and
friends whom they have not seen for many
years. The judge claims to be about the
oldest living ex-congressman, ' having re
presented an Indiana district In the
early '40'a.
The French ambassador, M. Jusserand.
has accepted an Invitation from the com
missioners of the District of Columbia to
deliver an address st the celebration there
on July 4 and will remain In Washington
for that purpose. Secretsry William H.
Moody will also be one of the speakers
on that occasion.
Ex-Senator Mason, who attributes his
late defeat for re-election to Governor
Yates of Illinois, when In Burlington, .a
few days ago, was asked what his plans
for the future were, and answered char
acteristically: "I am going back to Chi
cago to do a little law. a little politics and
a man named Yates."
King Edwsrd commanded that In fu
ture his traveling escort of household cav
alry shall consist of one officer, one cor
poral major, two corporals of horse, and
twenty-six troopers. The traveling escorts
for the queen and the prince of Wales are
to consist each of one officer, two corporals
of horse and twelve troopers.
STANDARD! OF SOBRIETY.
float oa Sets Ip a Scale that May Catch
Some lanoceata.
New York Tribune.
There Is trouble for tipplers in Boston.
Tha new chairman of the Metropolitan Po
lice commission has established new stand
ards of sobriety; or perhaps we should say
of inebriety. Henceforth It will not be
necessary, In order to get "run In," for a
Boatonian to become aggressively and con
spicuously "drunk and disorderly." Ser
pentine ambulation and alcoholic exhale
ments to express It Boston-wise will do
the trick Just as well. It Is obligatory upon
the police to arrest every man who cannot
walk straight and whose breath is flavored
with Intoxicants. Wherefore there Is a
wild demand for coffee beans and lovage
root, and also for nabs and carriages;
despite which the number of arrests ad
vances by leaps and bounds, and there Is
much demand for enlarged accommodations
In the police stations and city prison.
It will doubtless be urged by some that
this is going too far In the direction of old-
style Puritanism. A man should be as free
to perfume his breath with a distillation of
rye grains as to perfume his pocket hand
kerchief with a distillation of rose leaves.
Moreover, there are various bona fide medi
cines which leave a distinct alcohollo trace
upon the breath. Again, while it Is true
that a straight Una Is the shortest distance
between two points. It may also be that at
times a man does not want to take the
shortest cut, but for the sake of exercise,
or to enjoy the scenery longer, or for soma
other equally satisfactory reason, prefers
to meander hither and thither on the way.
Why should he not have that privilege?
There is much tn such contentions of which
the police and magistrates of Boston should
surely take account.
On the other hand. It is evident that
there must be some line drawn between
the sober and the Inebriate, and It should
be drawn well on the side of safety. It Is
not right to wait until a man falls Into the
gutter and cracks his pate, or gets run
over, or develops delirium tremens, before
adjudging htm drunken. He ought to be
apprehended before he Is so far gone as to
injure himself or Imperil others. Just what
the standard should be it would be difficult
to say. If that prescribed In Boston Is
somewhat too strict, we may doubt If It la
to be enforced In Its full strictness. The
alignment of some of the streets In Boston
Is such as to make the average policeman
pretty tolerant of anyone who traverses
arcs Instead of chords, and the character
istic reserve, not to say hauteur, of Trlmon
tane cltlsens will surely restrain them from
too Intimately investigating each other's
breaths. Boston will be sober even in estl
mating the kilowatts of Inehrlety.
WISDOM OF THE PRESIDENT.
Plain, Old-Fashioned Honesty Shocks
Some of the Politicians.
Philadelphia North American.
Doubtless the professional politicians who
think they manage the republican party
are beginning to get it through their heads
that It Is futile to attempt to smother the
pestofflce scandal by representing to Presl
dent Roosevelt that exposure of all the
rascals will hurt the party. They are quite
correct In their argument that whatever
hurts the party is peculiarly Injurious to
the political fortunes of the president. He
is the party's most conspicuous represents
tive and must bear the brunt of any gen
eral attack made upon it by the people.
He will be It candidate, the head of Its
ticket, and , serious injury to the party
means his defeat. He wants to be president
for a full term, but he does not want the
office so badly that he Is willing to condone
official rascality to get it.
The difference between President Roose
velt and the machine politicians is not
merely one of opinion; it is a difference in
character and habit of thought. ' The mere
machine politician thinks first of the dis
credit which may be cast upon his party by-
exposure of its rascals and hastens to cover
up. corruption lest the enemy make use of
it to the disadvantage of his party in
campaign. President Roosevelt regards the
existence of corruption as the discreditable
thing, and his first thought Is to make his
administration and his party deserving of
credit by giving the country clean govern
ment and honest service.
Exposure of all the rottenness in the
postal service may hurt many republican
politicians, but thorough, rigorous prose
cutton of faithless public servants cannot
hurt the party. It Is evident that Mr,
Brlstow and his assistant Investigators are
acting under orders from the president to
go to the bottom of things and leave noth
ing for the opponents of the party to dig
up and make ammunition of later. It is
President Roosevelt speaking when Mr.
Brlstow says: "There won't be anything to
Investigate when we get through with the
j department. The political effect of this In
vestlgatlon Is something that has not been
thought of. Our only concern now Is to
make thorough work and clean up the de
part ment, and we shall do' It."
Political diplomatists and experts In ma
nlpulatlon shake their heads dolefully and
deplore the rash Impulsiveness of the man
at the head of the party, but he Is wiser
than the shrewdest of them, and his wis
dom Is Just plain, old-fashioned honesty.
TOY PISTOL BUSINESS.
Another Earnest Protest Against the
Fireworks Foolishness.
San Francisco Chronicle.
It Is Impossible to conceive why the au
thorities do not put an end to the toy
pistol business In this city nt once and for
ever. To permit the Irresponsible children
of silly, and reckless parents to endanger
the lives nf all about them Is to become
personally responsible for the consequences.
Where the power Is there Is and must
rest the responsibility. The city authorities
can prevent the use of these deadly tovs
ln this city, and they do not. Therefore
they must bear the blame for all accidents.
It Is unfortunate that they cannot receive
the missiles In their own persons Instead
of their finding lodgment ln Innocent by'
stnnders. It is- more than two weeks to
the Fourth of July and the hospitals are
already receiving thMr harveat. Two loy
In one day at the Emergency hospital Is a
fine beginning for our annual "celebra
tion."
Why, In this twentieth century, we should
continue these barbaric methods of "cele
brating" Is beyond comprehension. We
know In advance that a certain number of
persons will be killed In this country on or
about the 4th day of July, and that millions
of dollars worth of property will be burned,
entirely as the result of using fireworks in
large cities. If the people know this and
permit the performance to go on, are we
not all participants In the crimes of mur
der and arson? If we knew Just which
persons were doomed to die by these means,
and precisely whoae property was destined
to the flames, we should unquestionably
surround the endangered ptrsona and prop
erty and forbid the shooting of firecrackers
and pistols anywhere In the vicinity. Why.
since we can not In advance pick out the
victims, should we not protect everybody?
We laugh at the tom-toms and firecrackers
of the Chinese as evidence of their stupid
barbarity. But It Is as stupid and barlmr
ous to shoot off firecrackers In dangerous
places In honor of "Independence" as It Is
to shoot t'aem In honor of a heathen Joss.
The senseless performsnce should no more
be permitted in this city on the Fourth of
July than on any other day.
nrr. of washijigto ufb.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
an tho Spot.
The bureau of corporations of the new
Department of Commerce Is ready to begin
practical operations with the beginning of
the fiscal year on Wednesday next. Com
missioner Garfield Is having compiled a
roster of corporations engaged In Interstate
occupations or business, or In any way
eligible to classification In the archives of
the bureau. It Is recognised that the scops
of the bureau Invades relations and pur
suits that have hitherto been exempt from
any surveillance from federal officials, and
the apprehension that there might occur
sensitiveness and annoyance at the Idea of
governmental Interference has served to
qualify carefully the interrogatories that
have thus far been addressed to the officers
of corporations.
The government Is already in possession
of a large amount of Information which it
will be the business of the new bureau to
secure and classify. Care will therefore be
taken not to duplicate Inquiries from cor
porations, and the information received
111 be verified by comparison with that
gnlned through other official channels.
Three corporations, the Steel trust, the
New - York Life Insurance company and
tho Mutual Life Insurance company, have
made reports of their organisation, capital
and business.
The bronze statue on the eapltol dome.
known as ' the Statue of Freedom and
which la sometimes Incorrectly called the
Goddess of Liberty, is receiving a thor
ough cleansing, reports the Washington
Star. A scaffold has been ereoted about the
statue, which work was accomplished with
much difficulty, the two workmen who built
It being obliged to use the utmost care.
They were working at a height of 3B7 feet
and had only narrow four-inch ledges to
move around on. It was Intended to clean
the statue with pumice stone, but it was
found that this process brightened the
statue considerably, and it was decided to
thoroughly clean off the green coating with
a weak acid solution and then give It a
coat of lacquer. The statue has withstood
the weather remarkably well, the seams
where the different sections were joined
being as firm as they were when the statue
was built.
When the workmen ' first ascended the
statue it was found that lightning had
struck it ln numerous places, the metal
being melted and fused , and the surface
of the bronze deeply furrowed. In some
places the metal has been gouged out by
the electrlo bolt and projects like spikes.
A correspondent of the Star, In a letter
printed ' last Saturday, related an Inter
esting Incident which attended the com
pletion of the statue December 2, 1863,
when the last section of the figure was
hoisted into place. Tha correspondent
stated that there was among the work
men an Intensely patriotlo sailor, named
Sanders or Saunders, who kept insisting
as the work went on that there should
be some means provided for displaying
a flag above the statue. His fellow work
men considered it a good Joke, but on the
eventful day of completion they were horri
fied to see him deliberately climb to the
shoulders of the statue and drawing a flag
from his bosom stand erect and fling its
starry folds to the breeze. To the crowd
below the sailor was but a plgm,y, and his
flag looked no bigger than a handkerchief.
but the cheers that rose to him on his
dizzy perch told him his act was appre
ciated.
It is Interesting to know that the statue
was completed on the anniversary of the
execution of John Brown at Charlestown,
Va. (now West Virginia), which occurred
In December, 1S69.
There Is perhaps no elevator In the world
more exclusive than that provided at the
eapltol for the supreme court of the United
States. That elevator can be used by ex
actly eleven people, and no one else would
for a moment consider entering It except
as the guest of one of these eleven privi
leged gentlemen. The fortunate eleven are
the nine justices of the United States su
preme court, the clerk and tha marshal of
the court. The elevator goea from the
ground floor of the eapltol to the main floor.
on which is located the supreme court of
the United States. It Is a small elevator,
so that, with Its conductor, , three portly
forms of Justices of the supreme court of
the United States would fill it. It is one of
the very latest designs of electrlo style. The
Interesting thing about this exclusive ele
vator Is the fact that the Justices, wedded
as they are to past customs, have not yet
got out of their habit formed before the
new elevator was put In place, of going
from the ground to the main floor by means
of the senate elevator.
Secretary Root and Representative Wil
liam P. Hepburn of Iowa met In the corri
dor of the War department the other day,
relates the Post, and a very Interesting con
versation' occurred between them. It was
shortly after the return of the president
from his great western tour, end some com
ment was being made upon the wonderful
performance and the way the president had
stood the wear and work of the Journey.
"He has certainly set a pace that will be
hard to follow," remarked the secretary.
"The limitations upon men for publlo of
fices grow -more and more circumscribed,"
Bald Hepburn. "It is become so now that
only a young man can be president, only a
rich man ambassador and only a very
patriotic man a cabinet officer."
The last tribute was to Secretary Root, as
It Is we'l known ln Washington that he re
mains In the cabinet at the earnest solicita
tion of V- ' resident and at the sacrifice of
his pi-ifxii -1 Interests. The secretary then
related s;r" of the-dlfflcultles and annoy
ances of hn'dlng a cabinet office, which
everybody here has come to recognise as a
part of the general scheme of government.
Finally, Htphurn suggested that perhaps
Mr. Root did much more hard work as a
cabinet officer than he would In the prac
tice of law, and the secretary was Inclined
to think, .that. he had worked as hard at his
profession ln his office, but the conditions
were different,
"The work pf a cabinet officer is never
finished," he said, "and I know that while
I am doing my work today I am at the
same time responsible for, everything that
occurred In the department in the past, and
I also know that all I do now la subject to
scrutiny In the future. I know that con
gress will call for the record and that It
will become public and be scrutinized. .It Is
a good' thltig, too,' a very good thing, that
our hustnefis in conducted on that basis. It
makes: every officer more careful."
, FOR THH aKt'OND PLACE.
Sort of Man Needed to Ran wtta
Roobevelt.
Pittsburg. Chronicle-Telegraph.
With the presidential nomination settled
In advance, the nominee for vice president
muxt be a man at national consequence one
known to the whole people and approved by
more than local sentiment. The people will
demand this through their delegates. He
must be. In fact, such a man as the people
would choose for prealdent. The importance
of the vice presidency Is measurably In
creased In the public estimation by the cir
cumstance that public attention Is not di
verted from It by a contest for first place.
The office Is therefore regarded much as It
ought to he,' and the man selected by the
republican national convention as Its nom
inee will be selected with a view to his per
sonal merits snd national reputation and
popularity, as was the case when the con
ventlon 'took the bit In Its teeth and nom-
mated Roosevelt. With the qualities named
the nominee must also be la harmony wnn
Roosevelt and ready to co-operate with him
In the rarrvlna out of administration poli
cies, as Roosevelt co-operated with Mr-
KJnlev and aa Hobsrt did. Bines the peopn
have already In effect made ths nomination
for president, wisdom must be shown in
the selection of bis yoke-fellow oil tha na
tional ticket
OIT OF THIS ORDINARY.
As eandy-aatsrs and water-drinkers
Americans rank first,
The hlgest tower In tha world. 750 feet
high, will be erected at ths Central station
In New York City.
Tha cure of rheumatism by bee stings
Is said by a Vienna physician to have been
successful In $00 cases.
Any housewife can tell If ths milkman
Is using formalin as a preservative by
setting an uncovered bottle of milk In a
warm place. If it dose not turn sour some
thing Is wrong with It
On the army this year we shall spend
$130,000,000; on the nsvy, JSS.OOO.OPO. The
civil establishment will cost J12fi.00fl.0O0. To
the Indians w -' ttJ.6nO.C00. The
Interest on tlv .' will b $:7,-
000,000.
The Baldhead "Bund of Bayonne, K. J .
is a recently formed organisation of el
derly Germans who used to get their hair
cut, but whose hair has latterly been cut
ting them. Here's wishing they may enjoy
many a comlo opera treat together. .
Little Claire Circle of Springfield, O., has
tn living grandparents, and It Is thought
that there may be a couple more ln Eng
land who escaped the count. AH the grand
parents live at Springfield, so Claire is In
a fair way to have what she wants.
There Is a negro murderer named Smith
out ln Multnomah county, Oregon, who Is
certainly a stickler for his prejudice
There Is a strike ln tho county, and Smith
objects to being executed on the only 'gal
lows ln existence on the ground that 1t was
built by "scabs." r.
John Ransom, a well-to-do farmer of Hu
ron county, Ohio, made his will many yosrs
ago, providing that his body should be
cremated and the ashes strewn sIoiir the
railroad track. He died last week and hie
wishes were carried out In a modined way,
the ashes being scattered over the, farm
where he had lived more than half a cen
tury. Among the curious devices to be seen in
the United States patent office Is one for
exploding bombs high In the air to pro
duce rain; another raises and tips the hat
when the wearer bows; another puts on
overcoats, and another lets down a key
Just ln time for the milkman and draws It
up again after he has put the milk Inside
tbe door,
Ernest Legouve, who recently celebrated
his ninety-seventh birthday, was asked to
what he attributed his long life and good
health. "No cares, no ehnul, no sorrows
that's one reason of my good health,"'- ho
replied. "But that is not enough.- The
body must be kept elastlo and for this
reason we must walk, play billiards, and,
above all, fence. For me fencing Is 'the
Ideal exercise."
SMILING REMARKS.
Don't suppose Adam ever called Eve bis
"little apple dumpling." Philadelphia Bul
letin. Estella Aht His proposal was Just, like
a dream.
Agnes Well, you ought to know, 'dear,
you've been dreaming of that proposal for
years! Town and Country. .
Most of us am philosopher 'nuff to expect
a pain occasionally, but what makes us mad
Detroit Free Press.
"Mls'ry like oomp'ny, don't it?"
"Yes. hut w'en I see It cnmln. Ant'm
day I don't feel sociable." Atlanta fpusy-
tuuon.
"Does it cost much to live In tha city?""
asked the rural youth. . ,
"About the same as it costs to live Jn
the country," replied the Village sage, "but
It costs like fury to keep up appearances."
Chicago News.
" ' "Pis love that makes the world go
round,' " quoted the very young man who
was beginning to have symptoms.
"But It hasn't got a monopoly on the
revolution business," rejoined the bachelor "
who was carrying weight for age." 1 "A
limited quantity of barrel-house trouble
Juice will produce a similar effeot. "-Chicago
News.
"I hope you won't take offense. Miss.
Titian," said Stlnjay facetiously, ''but I
suppose you're what might be termed a
'Strawberry Dionae.-
"Not at all," she replied promptly. "I .
really prefer chocolate and orange Ice.','
Philadelphia Press.
"Well." said the man at the offloe win
dow. "If you haven't anything but an upper
berth I'll take that I've got to have a good
night's sleep."
"We don't guarantee the sleep," replied
the austere man Inside the window. ''W
only furnish you the berth." Chicago Trib
une. "Don't you think there Is a lesson to be
learned from the- Servian episode?" ,
"I do," answered Senator Sorghum. "It
teaches us to be very careful about trying
to exercise power Individually instead pt
organising corporations." Washington
Star.
JCST A REMINDER,
Baltimore American.
Could a man but be a baby
For a little while each day.
Could he say when comes the gloaming,
"I have had enough of play
Take me, arms of her who bore me.
Soothe the worries all away:
Tuck me ln and
Croon above me
Words that prove you'll
Always love me.
Hold my restless, play-worn fingers
In your own so restful, strong,
While your lips breaths forth tha cadence
Of some old, sweet evensong."
Brother, you may drop your burden
At the closing of the day;
In the Father's eyes your labors
Are but prattling babies' play;
And He longs to show His mercy
And to soothe your cares away.
Hear that soft voloe
Croon above you;
"Peace, my careworn
Child. I love you."
Then the arms called Everlasting
min heneath you tender, strong,
And your tired heart ceases sighing .
While your lips send forth a song.
A Cool Spot
Evta bi ths sun, on a hot day you
Can keep cool and tomlorUbU, with
Mnres
Rootbcer
The great lummer tanperancs beverage.
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