TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 31. 1903.
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STATEMENT OF CmeCLATION.
State of Nebraska, Dougla County, a.!
George B. Taachuck, secretary of The Be
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete eoples of The Dally Morning,
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PARTIES UAV1XC FOR IVSUIUR.
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Trade excursions out of Omaha should
fa followed by trade excursions Into
Omaha.
Borne la now witnessing another pro
duction of that sterling but seldom por
trayed drama, "The Making of a Pope."
A bog with six feet Is the latest ani
mal freak produced on a Nebraska
farm. Those with two (eet are so plen
tiful that they, attract, no special at
tentlon.
The chief thing that distinguishes the
college of cardinals from our electoral
college la that we know the outcome of
our presidential election before the elec
tors meet.
Both the Jacksonian and the County
. Democracy committees on arrangements
seem this year to have forgotten to
assign a place on the picnic program
to their populist allies.
A few more Jolts by foreign courts
that refuse to recognize the validity of
the decrees and the Dakota divorce mill
Industry will have to be turned over to
a receiver in bankruptcy.
After falling to land the persimmons
by fusing with every other political
party, the two wings of the populist
party have now determined as a last re-
aort to fuse with oue another.
The acreage figures compiled by the
state'' labor commissioner show over
400,000 more acres planted to corn for
1903 than for 1902. Even with a short
crop, Nebraska's total may yet come
pretty close to its average mark.
The antis now are not sure whether
they want to adopt and enforce their
new scheme for primary nominations.
They are apprehensive because The Bee
Is not fighting the proposition harder.
It's hard for The' Bee to please Its
enemies.
The frills and fads are making their
way into the state normal school. A
professor of biology has been engaged
for the coming year and we shall not
be surprised if tho board ' shall soon
induct into the normal the professors of
philology and astrology.
The report of the pension agent for
the southwestern district shows that the
number of pensioners decreased during
the past yeur by 220, although the
amount of money drawn on pensions In
creased by more than $50,000. The pen
sion list Is platnly at the turning of the
tide.
A Nebraska man Journeyed all the
way to Mexico to Invest In a half mil
lion acres of cheap Mexican land and
then came to the conclusion that he
would do better by planting his money
right at home In good Nebraska soil.
Moral Don t overlook the good things
within . reach while being enticed by
distant allurements.
The printed sol u me of laws passed by
the recent session of the legislature Is
at last being distributed, only a month
behind time, and with flagrant evidence
that it la a hurry-up Job. The Bee has
suggested that the proper way to avoid
this deluy lu the future Is by letting the
printing contract In the beglnulug In
stead of at the eud of the session. It is
to be hoped that state officers who have
this work in charge will take note and
act accordingly next time.
TBM COBCLAYK VF CARDINALS.
Today the conclave of cardinals will
meet to elect a successor to the late
I'opu Leo. The whole number of cardi
nals is slxtr-four, all but two of whom
will participate in the election. The
dispatches have eiplained the methods
of the conclave, which are very simple,
and it Is announced that all the neces
sary measures have been taken to In
sure material and moral liberty at the
conclave. This means that there will
be no attempt rtn the part of any of the
Catholic governments to Influence the
choice of a new .pontiff, although It Is
possible that one or more of those gov
ernments may have already secretly In
dicated a preference. However this may
be, the assurance Is given that the con
clave will proceed In the performance
of Its great duty with perfect freedom,
every member voting as his sense of re
sponsibility and his views respecting the
Interests and welfare of '.the; church
dictate.
It is to be noted that the conclave of
1003 meets' tinder very different condi
tions and circumstances from those at
the time of the election of Leo, twenty
five years ago. Then political consid
erations bad much more weight with
the cardinals than at present, though
doubtless they are not now entirely lost
sight of. Indeed the chances .of .those
most prominently talked of for the suc
cession are probably .more or less af
fected by political considerations, es
pecially with regard to the government
of Italy. It Is quite likely that some of
the cardinals are hopeful of a change
in the relation between the Vatican autl
the Qulrinal, but the majority undoubt
edly realize that the separation Is per
manent and that further opposition to
it will be useless. There Is not the
slightest chance of any change that
would restore to the papacy Its former
temporal power. In regard to foreign
powers the wise policy of Leo will un
doubtedly be maintained.
A two-thirds vote of the conclave is
required for election, which Is by ballot.
The result will be awaited with great
Interest by Catholic circles all over the
world.
BtPVBhCCAtf PtUSEtRS.
Preparations are being made for cele
brating, at Jackson, . Mich., the fiftieth
anniversary of the reorganization of the
republican party, which it is claimed
had its qrigln there in ISM. In refer
ence to this the Detroit Free Press says
that the real pioneers in Michigan re
publicanism are the men who voted for
Kinsley 8. Bingham for governor in
1854. There were 43,652 of them andlf'nlch may be expected to be expanded
they elected their candidate by a ma-1
Jority of 4,977, John S. Barry, the demo
cratic candidate, receiving only 88,175
votes. "This was the first great victory
of the new antl-slnvery organization,"
eays the Free Press, "and It had a. wide
Influence over the subsequent fortunes
of the party in the country at large.
Two years later" the nurntovrof "repub
licans In Michigan bad Increased to 71,
702, but the-pioneers were the 43,052
whiga and free-soil democrats who aban
doned their old parties, organized the
new party and elected their ticket tri
umphantly in the fall." '
There Is controversy aa to where and
when tho republican party originated,
but there can be no question as to the
credit due Michigan in connection with
the organization of the party and that
state has been very faithful to repub
lican principles. , The celebration at
Jackson should be a most stirring event
and especially useful In enlightening the
young men of today regarding the vast
achievements of the republican party.
trrORT FOR CONSULAR RCFURM.
It appears probable' that a very ear
nest and persistent effort will be made
In the next congress to secure the re
form In the consular service which has
been urged for a number of years, espe
cially by the business ' interests con
cerned in extending our foreign trade.
Ref erring to the subject the New York
Tribune remarks - that of course the
spoilsmen in congress ha've great con
tempt for the proposed reform, "but the
demand for It is not confined to the doc
trinaires whose counsel of perfection it
is their' bablt to scorn. The business
Interests of the country," declares that
paper, "want consular reform. They
are awakened as never before, not only
to the possibility, but to the need of
foreign trade. They must have it not
merely for an outlet for Increasing pro
duction, but to give steadiness to com
merce and avoid the ups and downs
Incident to a limited market area which
can be controlled by one set of condi
tions. These business' interests when
they have really made their earnestness
known will be listened to by politicians.
If they do not secure the reform In the
next congress they may still be confl
dent of winning in the end, provided
they continue to 'demand better-facilities
for foreign trade."
It Is not contended, of course, that. our
consular service. is rudlcnlly bid or In
efficient. A cliarge of that character
would not be true and could be eanlly
shown to be unwarranted. The fact Is
conceded that the service has on the '
whole been very greatly Improved
within recent years and that gener
ally it is now doing good work and prov
ing a moKt useful aid to the extension
of our foreign trade. What the advo
cates of reform urge Is that the standard
which has been reached shall be main
tained and further Improved wherever
there is opportunity for improvement, to
which end it is necessary to take the
service put of politics and place It upon
a merit basis. An American merchant
engaged In the foreign trade, , who hag
had much experience with our consols
abroad.' eays: "We will never get our
consular service up to a dignified posi
tion until we establish a permanent
service, with . advancement on a
merit system. It should be a post of
honor and not on ' for politicians to
send undesirable relative to. We may
not like to copy other, countries, at w
could well send a commission to look
Into the way some of our foreign friends
handle this most Important question."
There Is perhaps no necessity for study
ing the consular methods of other coun
tries. These are already pretty thor
oughly known and In some respects we
have Improved, upon them, as more
Jhan one foreign government has ad
mitted. We are quite capable of regu
lating this matter without going abroad
for Instruction. The measures that
have been' Introduced into congress
Would accomplish the' desired reform,
but t he difficulty 'Is to overcome the op
position of. the spoilsmen, who have
thus far been able to muster sufficient
strength to prevent legislation. It Is
not to be doubted, however, that the re
form will eventually come, because it
Is not only demanded by the business
Interests of the country that understand
how Important It Is to the extension of
our foreign trade, but is favored by in
telligent public sentiment generally as
being essential to the maintenance of
an efficient consular service.
FOHC1SO THE MCKICIPAL VtrSKRSHlP
MtSUK.
The announcement that the New
Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric Light
company, which long ago ceased to be
new, haa been reorganized and will here
after do business at the old stand under
the name of the Omaha Electric Light
and Power company would be of com
paratively little interest in this commun
ity were it not for the fact that the new
company proposes to follow In the wake
of other overcapitalized public utility
corporations. According to the state
ment of its manager the old company
has $208,000 of bonds outstanding and
a floating debt of $400,000, which will
be taken up by the new bond Issue of
$1,500,000. In other words the new cor
poration will, under pretext of provid
ing for future development, Issue $800,
000 more bonds than would suffice to
pay off the bonded and floating debt of
the old company.
The new corporation, which for its
own reasons baa been Incorporated in
the state of Maine instead of being In
corporated In the state of Nebraska, In
addition ; to the $1,500,000 bond Issue
proposes to Issue $3,000,000 in stocks,
making a total.capitallzation of $4,500,
000, with a fixed charge of at least 0
per cent on $1,500,000 of electric
watered bonds, equal to $00,000 to be
earned In addition to the cost of opera
ting expenses and wear and tear. The
company would very naturally expect
to earn dividends on lta stock isstie.
lnto another $00,000 a year, making in
all not less than $180,000 a year to be
levied upon the patrons of the company
for Interest and dividends on an actual
Investment of probably not exceeding
$1,000,000.
And this Is precisely where Omaha Is
vitally Interested, and by rights ought
to be In position to protect itself. It
goes without saying that the patrons of
the electric light company would cheer
fully submit to being taxed 6 per cent
or even 8 per cent upon the capital In
vested in the manufacture of power and
light for municipal and private use, but
they will not cheerfully submit to being
taxed 4 per cent on five or six times the
actual capital invested, especially In
view of the fact that the corporation
has paid nothing for the use of the
streets and for the monopolies It now
enjoys of selling light and power.
Overcapitalization of public utility
corporations Is not an unreasonable ar
gumem in iayor or municipal owner
ship. While there Is no statutory rein
edy to prevent the new Omaha Electric
Light and Power company from lncor
porating in Maine and inflating its cap
ital In Nebraska, this new departure
cannot fall to emphasize the popular de
mand for a municipal lighting plant and
such municipal regulations and restric
tions as win protect tne private con
sumers of electric light and power from
unreasonable exactions.
The American invasion of Europe
seems to have carried with It an in
vasion of American Doodling methods,
If the disclosures In the Hungarian Diet
are a fair sample of the newest opera
tions. The exhibit of 10,000 kronen in
cash as a consideration In a bribery deal
by which one of the members was to be
persuaded to disappear from the capital
is very much on the order of some of
the sensational coups that have been
attempted In several of our American
legislatures. The Hungarians have the
advantage in that their money denom
inations ard-smaller than ours and
pue or lu.tiuy Kronen can be aeeumu
lated much more cheaply than a pile of
$10,000. Before the Investigating com
ralttee gets through its reports it will
probably discover, as has been repeat
edly discovered in this country, that the
bribe money is without an owner and
that the conscientious lawmaker must
simply have tried to buy himself.
The secretary of agriculture Is highly
gratified with the great success attend
ing macaroni wheat In the northwest,
The pronounced success of macaroni Is
by no means a revelation In these
United States. The praises of macaroni
have been sung in verse and In' prose
lo' these many years. Way back In
the closing years of the eighteenth cen
tury Yankee Doodle discovered the fine
points of his broncho and called him
Macaroni.
The experience of the nine graduates
of the Omaha High school who are
about to Invade the Dakota wheat fields
as harvest hands will be watched with
Interest. If It proves a success the
Board of Education may be justified in
leasing the county poor farm for an ex
perimental station for hoeing, plowing
and harvesting, with threshing thrown
in as Incidental sport.
The new electric lighting company
that is to take over the lighting and
power 'plants of the three cities
Of
Omaha, South Omaha and Council
Bluffs Is careful to Incorporate under
the laws of Maine, although the laws
of Nebraska are as liberal to legitimate
corporations as those of any state In the
nlon. By Incorporating under the laws
of Maine all litigation between tho com
pany and its patrons will be thrown
Into the federal courts Instead of the
state courts. That Is what makes the
difference.
Governor Cummins of Iowa is con
vinced that we need an elastic, self
absorbing and self-expanding currency
that will supply all the wanta In times
of panic and evaporate out of the com
mercial atmosphere In times of supera
bundance. When Governor Cummins
can organize a court that will suspend
the laws of supply and demand In times
of panic he will be able to give us that
kind of a currency.
Ohio courts are punching holes Into
the anti-trust law In that state by de
claring unconstitutional the penalty
clauses that serve to enforce Its pro-
islons. The question of trust regula
tion ultimately depends on the courts
and their disposition to uphold restric
tive legislation or to hunt for pretexea
to nullify anti-trust laws whenever they
become embarrassing for the trusts.
As the Instigator of The Hague peace
conference and the chief advocate of
arbitration and disarmament, the Rus
sian cr.ar finds himself in a ticklish posi
tion with reference to the war clouds
In the far east His success In adjust
ing difficulties with Japan will show
whether he can make his profession and
his practice Jibe.
'
It ought to be self-evident that a
man who submits his name for a nomi
nation at the hands of his party con
vention la bound by good faith not to
become a candidate of the opposition
against his successful competitor. It
would be self-evident in any other place
but Omaha.
It Plaee on the Books.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The 241.000,000 dropped from th Internal
revenue last year may be counted as divi
dends paid to prosperity.
Turkey's New Trademark,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Turkey has decided that Its navy shall be
taken seriously, it Is building a warship on
which the mark will be made: "Made Iq
the United States."
Tactical Bluader.
Chicago Tribune.
Mother Jones made a mistake when she
started for . Washington with her army
without having held a council of war with
Major General Coxey.
Nebraska la New Yerk.
New York Commercial.
Nebraska estimates Its wheat crop of this
year at 80,000,000 1 bushels. That la an In-
crease of 70,000,000 . over the crop of 1890,
What's the matter, with Nebraska?
Old Wag,, Good Bsosgh.
' Chlnago Tribune.
The Philadelphia, chemist who Is preparing
to manufacture gold in large quantities has
not succeeded In alarming Mr. Rockefeller
and Mr. Carnegie, who expect to keep on
making It out of the Ingredients they have
always used.
The Othe Fellow TarlS.
. Minneapolis Times.
The furniture men, at their annual meet
ing, have been placing themselves on record
as favoring certain steps in tariff revision,
They omitted, however, to ay anything
about a reduction of th duties on furnl
ture.. A great many of th Infant think
some other Infants could get along with a
little less pap..
What a Woman Gets.
Baltimore American.
When a woman marries a man under the
Impression that he Is a foreign nobleman
and then asks a dlvorc solely on th
ground that he possesses no title, th
dlvorc should not be granted. Th woman
who marries for reasons other than that ah
love the man and believe him to be manly
and upright Is entitled to little consideration
at the hands of the law. .
Trae Test of Worth.
Detroit Free Press.
The Kearsarge did excellently well in its
trip across the Atlantic; but when th
Kearsarge has sailed from the Mare Island
navy yard, around the Horn to Santiago de
Cuba, gone Into action without loBlng a
minute In repairs and performed in a bill
llant naval engagement the work of both a
battleship and a cruiser when Kearsarge
has equalled Oregon's record. It will have
something to brag about.
Wages and Tipping.
New Tork Tribune.
Hotel men in Chicago have consented to
Increase the wage of waiter 10 per cent.
Now the bonlfaces and tho who stand
and wait ought to make an agreement that
no tips shall be received In any clrcum
stances. Is It not possible for this Yankee
land of ours to abolish the Old World abuse
of tipping? It Is merely half veiled extor
tion. Pay everybody a fair recompense for
fair service and do away with the degrad
lng practice of scattering gratuities.
A Convincing Instance.
, Philadelphia Record.
It is only within the past two years
that bank advertising has been modern,
Ued. .Formerly a dull statement, no more
entertaining than a railway time table,
appeared once or twice a year. Now many
banks have a bright, attractive and In
spiring advertisement In every Issue of the
morning newspaper. That th Increase
depositors has been without a parallel
under the new method is on of th most
convincing proofs of the great value of
newspaper advertising.
Alcohol and the Arts.
Detroit Journal.
However republicans my differ a to th
necessity of tariff revision, they can all ap
plaud th resolution of th furniture asso
ciation protesting against what It calls
"the present prohibitory tax on alcohol,"
In which no question ot protection is In
volvcd. If not precisely prohibitory, th
tax Is at least against the Interest o
manufacturer who use alcohol In th mak
Ing of articles concerning which there Is
no queHtlon of temperance even remotely
concerned. The furnltur men wan
cheaper alcohol to render less costly th
finish of their product, and they ar entl
tied to have It at cost for such purpose,
If the government needed the Income ob
tained by the heavy Internal tax on alco
hol, ther would be no complaint. But th
government, under th revised tax list
made by th last congress, 1 still takln
from th taxpayers millions more of money
than It needs. That Is not protection, but
confiscation.
BITS OF WASHINGTON 1.1 FR,
Scenes and Incidents at the National
Capital.
General Jose Manuel Hernandet. the new
Venrtuelan minister to the United States,
as reached Washington, accompanied by
Seizor Auguato F Pulldo, charge d'affaires;
Benor Antonio Parra, attache, and his two
sons, Nicola snd Juan Guellermo Hernan-
des. General Iternandes ("Kl Mocho") was
for year Venezuela's foremost political and
revolutionary character. Tall, erect and
Ith hi broad shoulders thrown bark, "El
Mocho" hardly looks like a man who has
spent a good part of thirty-three yenra on
the battlefield. Tot In that space of time
ha fought against the Venezuelan gov
ernment In more than a dosen rebellions.
He has th reputation of having partici
pated In more uprisings than any other
man In South America. He might easily be
mistaken for a Frenchman. He has a
broad, high forehead, hair worn pompadour,
keen dark brown eyes and a long, "curved,
thin nose. The general wears a rather long
square beard and a long mustache, which,
Ilk his hair, arc gray. His voice Is soft
nd gentle. Asked on his arrival here how
many revolutions he has taken part in, he
laughingly replied: "I don't know."
But," he added, becoming serious, "I
want the past forgotten. The country, with
the exception of Cludad Bolivar, is now at
peace and I expect this state of things to
prevail for a long time. All my efforts In
th future will be directed to help maintain
peace In Venexhela. We need It and can
progress only under peaceful conditions."
It was In one of th many revolt he led
that General Hernandes cam by his
sobriquet of "El Mocho," (the maimed).
While fighting for possession of Cludad
Bolivar the fourth finger and half of the
fifth finger of his right hand were shot
away. He last foutfht when he tried to
depose Castro, about four years ago. He
was captured and confined In San Carlo
fort at Maracalbo three and a half years,
but was released at the time of the trouble
wltfl England and Germany, when ha vol
unteered his service in defense of his
country. Since then he haa risen to a po
sition second only In political power to that
of President Castro. General Hernandes re
tains the leadership of the liberal national
ist party and has recently secured several
cabinet place and other high offices for
his partisans. Her he will re-establish the
legation abandoned four year ago, when
Jose Andrade was minister. Senor Pulldo
will be first secretary, and Antonio Parra,
who accompanied. General Hernandes from
Caracas, and Nicholas Hernandes, the gen
eral's eldest son, will be attaches. Juan
Gulllermo Hernandez, the minister's young
son, who came with him, will be sent to
Stevens Institute for a course In engineer
Ing.
The 1,420,63 Mexican dollars which were
turned over to the State department by
the Mexican government In payment of
the California Plus fund award and were
purchased by the Treasury department as
bullion to coin Into Philippine peseta, have
been delivered at the San Francisco mint
and a warrant for $006,274 sent to the sec
retary of state for th Catholic archdio
ceses in California, to which the Plus fund
belonged jointly with the Mexican govern
ment. This great mass of silver, weighing
nearly seventy tons, was turned over to
Ambassador Clayton at the City of Mexico
and was a source of embarrassment to the
Stat department until this means of dis
posing of it was found. It was sent by
express to San Francisco in seven ship
ments, the transportation charge reaching
86,000. .The amount paid by the treasury was
at the rate per ounce for silver bullion In
London on each of the seven days of de
livery, and aggregated $610,274. Deducting
th express charges the amount turned
over to the church was $606,274. Th Plus
fund was created for the California church.
then under Mexican sovereignty, which In
eluded upper and lower California. After
th annexation of tipper California to the
United State the church of that portion
claimed a share of th fund which was re
tained by th Mexican government, and
after a long diplomatic correspondence It
was referred to Th Hague arbitration tri
bunal, which decided last year that the
church In upper California was entitled to
a share.
In view of the possibility that Count Cas-
slnl, the Russian ambassador at Washing
ton, now in Russia on leave of absence.
may not resume hi diplomatic functions at
thl capital, gossip ha started already as
to hi probable successor. A nam promt
nently mentioned I that of Mr. Alexander
Isvolsky, lately Russian minister to Japan
who at first was Intended for th Danish
mission, but Is now spoken of at St. Peters
burg for a more Important post. Mr. Is
volsky la already acquainted with this
country, having been at one time one of
the secretaries of the legation, previous to
which he was sent a diplomatic agent of
the Russian government to the Vatican.
THAT DENVKR CONFERENCE. '
Prospect for a Third Ticket la the
Field la 10O4.
Washington Star.
There is, after all, to be a third party In
the field next year. For a time it looked as
If the eldn Issues had all been abandoned.
and th voter In 1904 would be called on
to choose between the two old organisa
tions. Th simple question would be,
Should th republican remain In power.
upon the promise to hold things level, or
fhe democrat be commissioned to set
things to rights In their own way? Some
people hailed th prospect with pleasure
and thought it a good sign, while others
took the opposite view.
But the agitator for new thing have by
no mean been quieted. They are a vocal
a ever, and, what Is more, are now led by
a man who tn the matter of criticising es
tablished order, regardless of what that
order may be or where the responsibility
may lie. has no superior in our affairs.
Thl man Is ex-Senator William V. Allen
of Nebraska, for a long time one of Mr,
Bryan's lieutenants, and by long odds his
wannest eulogist. As a leader Mr. Allen Is
wholly unconventional and knows not fa
tigue, and there will be something doing
wherever his banner file. Men who flock
to his standard will be assured of work
enough to satisfy the utmost craving of
their nature.
Doe this movement argue that these
friend of Mr. Bryan have no hop o
seeing him take Independent action nex
year, or ar they encouraged to feel that
they are preparing the way for him? Evl
dently they are not tn the humor for an
other alliance with th democracy. Th
rising tide of what 1 termed Clevelandlsm
In that party show them that their in
fluenc has waned In that quarter. And so
they have either parted company with Mr.
Bryan and resigned themselves to th feel
Ing that he I going his own gait regardlesi
of their wishes, or else, expecting- that In
time he, too, will reject the return of th
eastern wing of the democracy to power,
they are getting a following ready for him
The appeal of these men is made In th
name of reform a comprehensive word,
Th trouble now 1 not th low price o
farm products, nor th scarcity of money,
nor th alleged tyranny of the court. But,
a the men read the story, th time gen
rally ar out of joint, and a new party Is
necessary to bold th country together and
save American Institutions. And se they
respectfully offer their services.
MR. PARRY'S Cnt SADF..
Orsnlntlna of Employer to Resist
Demands of Labor.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Journal has no disposition whatever
o belittle the efforts of Its fellow-towns
man, D. M. Tarry, to orgnnlse the employ
ers of the country to meet organised labor.
On the contrary, while there Is much to
criticise In his utterances, he is doing a
needed and successful work. He raised his
voice at "the psychic moment" when a long
period of prosperity, with Its consequent
scarcity of labor, had enabled the organised
forces of labor to obtain so much, not only
In wages, but also In rules restricting pro
duction and limiting the freedom of the em
ployer that employers were alarmed. Not
only did they see their profit disappearing.
but they saw the prosperity of the country '
menaced by the increased cost of produc-
tlon and the consequent high selling prices, ;
with their tendency to cut off consumption, j
Therefore, they were ready to listen to the .
man who was willing "to speak out ln
meeting" and put Into words not only the
larm they felt over the situation, but also
the accumulated Irritation and annoyance
produced by the continuous process of ur
renderlng privilege after privilege so long
enjoyed by capitalist that they had come to
bo looked on 'as right for It Is the most
natural thing In the world for the holder
of a privilege to forget that he has only
such rights as organized society may con
cede to him, and no more.
Thus the people Mr. Parry desired to
reach were ready to listen, but not to listen
to the quiet voice. To get his hearing he
had to ho an extremist. It la always so In
large movements of men. The way la biased
by the extremist the "crank," if you
please. Organised labor seemed to have
none but extremist ln.lt early days, but
time has brought not a few labor leaders
of conservative and reasonable, and even
judicial temperament. Large organizations
of capital do not suffer often from labor
difficulties. One docs not hear of labor trou
bles with the Standard Oil company, one
of the largest Industrial organizations In
th country. Th big railroad corporations
have learned to deal with labor In a regular
way. In th more regular lines of rail
road employment the proposition has been
pretty well threshed over and I now settled
In regular grooves. United State Steel
had It big fight, and the coat Industry had
Its war before methods wero found for sat
isfactory adjustment of labor questions.
But the great r.iasa of smaller Industries,
not strong enough to cope alone with the
well organized and compact network of
labor unions, have been feeling very severely
the power of organized labor In Its efforts
to get all It can in every quarter. To these
Mr. Parry comes with tho offer of a general
organization for the maintenance of th
employer's position as trie master of his
own shop. And it Is among these Inde
pendent manufacturers, resisting on the
one side the tendency toward merger and
on the other side the aggression of organ
ized labor, that he find his response. That
he is an extremist may be admitted and
he never showed this more clearly than In
the attack on the publicity law In his New
York speech. Nothing can be clearer In
either morals or law than the proposition
that, if organized society is to protect the
property and business of a corporation or a
person, It has a right to Know that that
corporation, or person is using the protected
property legitimately and doing a legiti
mate business.
But while Mr. Parry's extreme views give
not a little ground for specific crltclsm,
he is "filling a long-felt want" In his agita
tion for an organization of employers to
deal with labor questions. He is quite likely
to succeed In forming such an organization,
and It Is not Impossible that he will precipi
tate a pretty general labor war. Involving
the Independent manufacturing Industries.
But, if so. It wtll be followed by a peace
founded on bitter experience and better un
derstanding, and much more lasting than
the makeshift agreements that are now
made from year to year and evaded by
either party whenever it feels strong
enough.
PERSONAL MENTION.
William Robinson, postmaster at Kan
awha, W. Va., Is a Seventh Day Adventlst
and refuses to open the postofflce on Satur
days. Bjornstjerne BJornson has chosen his re
cent novel, "Thomas Rendolen," as th me
dium for discussing his Idea on educational
reform, especially in girls' school.
This Is a late mot of Mrs. Cralgle (John
Oliver Hobbea): "London people spend half
their lives In getting into society and th
remainder In trying to get out of It."
William H. Seymour of Brock port, N. Y.,
celebrated hi on hundred and first birth
day last week by entering a croquet tourna
ment and making on of th best cores.
Rev. Dr. E. O. Buxton has resigned th
presidency of Baldwin university, at Berea,
O., because the trustee tried to fore him.
he says, to go out and solicit the necessary
money to pay his salary.
Miss Alice Roosevelt Is expected at New
port August 3 and will be the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Fulton Cutting. A series of
entertainment will mark her stay, which
will be simultaneous with the real opening
of th gay season.
Wlllard Flake, professor of Scandinavian
language and literature at Cornell uni
versity, after fifty year of fruitless search
for a lost manuscript, has gone to Europe
to continue the hunt. The manuscript
contain the first mention of the gam of
chesa by a writer In America.
The Georgia legislature has before It a
bill, appropriating $16,000 for statue of
Alexander H. Stephens and Dr. Crawford
W. Long, to be placed In Statuary hall, In
the capltol at Washington, representing
that state' choice of th two men moat
deserving the honor. Mr. Stephens was vloe
president ot the confederacy and Dr. Long
Is honored for being the discoverer at least
one of the discoverers of anesthesia.
k mm
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HOW DO YOU
WITH OR WITHOUT?
Have you ever stopped to consider that
every time your grocers store is swept, the
dust which goes up eventually comes down ?
How much of it, do you suppose, settles
in his cofTee-bins? Do you like your coffee
with dust? If so, buy it in bulk. If,
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Defects la Operation Not Conrlaslv
Argument Asalnst Control.
Collier's Weekly.
Th postoffloe scandals have caused manj 1
flings at the theories of public ownership.
If on department reveals such Inefficiency
and corruption, it Is argued, what would
follow from government control of other
business now In private hands? Th dem
ocrats of Iowa have recently declared for
government ownership of the natural
means of producing certain necessities,
which sounds like an echo of the New
York democrats' plank for national owner
ship of tho coal fields, a plank Inserted
at the time of the anthracite strike iW
followed by overwhelming defeat. BuchV.
principles ar hardly likely at present to '
be much emphasized In a presidential cam
paign, but, on the other hand, the move
ment toward municipal ownership has
made recent gains. It Is to be remembered,
by any Impartial observer, that two princi
ple ore frequently confused. Corruption
might spring from operation where II
would not spring from ownership. The na
tion need not necessarily conduct very
property which It controls. It might own
coal fields, railway or telegraph lino and
lease them, under conditions which would
make the present combinations and extor
tions Impossible, and yet It might have noth
ing to do with the actual operation. Great
lease of thl kind would be too publlo to
allow much fraud, and for th little con
stant corruption which creep Into every
thing publicly operated there would be no
chance. W are arguing; In favor of publlo
ownership. Indeed, w believe that th
safest procedure Is to abandon Individual
Initiative only when abuses become Intol
erable. As publlo control, however. Is to
be one of th questions facing us for many
years to com, It Is well to sco the fal
laciousness of those arguments which at
tack government ownership by showing
flaws In government operations.
SUMMER SMILES.
"Have you ever been a caddy before?"
"Pure, lady. Yer needn't be afraid o'
cussln' In my presence. I'm used to It."
New York Journal.
Blobbs I understand, sir, that you1 re
ferred to my photograph as a side show.
Blobbs Don't get excited, old man. I
merely meant that It wus a profile. Phila
delphia Record.
"Who was It who saw the handwriting on
the wall, Freddie?" asked the Sunday
school teacher.
"The landlord, ma'am." quickly replied
the little boy who lives in a flat. Yonker
Statesman.
"It Is sad," murmured the musing theo
rlzer, "to think that, as a great statesman
once said, 'every man has his price.' "
"Yes," admitted the Intensely practical
worker, "and It Is a sad fact that half th
time he can't get It." Tit-Bits.
Wife You know, dear, you told me to
Invest that money so that I'd have some
thing for a rainy day.
Muahnnd Yes.
Wife Well, here's the Investment. Dldi
you ever see a lovelier rainy-day skirt MUX
ilia' Phllmlnlnhla Press. 1
, i - kA aw arrival At the f Am-
peranoe hotel. "I can t understand why all
those sensioie men xukb uii ivum-n
every Sunday morning to see the hermit.
"You'd understand If you went along,
said the wise guest, with a wink. "Th
hermit is bartender. ''Chicago News.
Tramp You has purty easy times nothln'
to do but stand here sellln' lead pencil.
Pencil Peddler Think It's easy, do yeh?
Don't: you know people won't buy pencils of
a feller on thf street unless he look
i starved an' dejected an" desparln'?
"That's easy." ...
" 'Taint easy to look that way right
long Wen y'r rakln' in $4 a day." New
York Weekly.
. . . i ...... hAMnntu woman at-
, - Aa,.. m 11 - it was in
motion, and the little conductor detained
v,r with the usual: "Walt until th c-a-a-r
sthops. leddy!" , . ,
Don 1 aonress mo "
said, haughtily.
nf t Hanilnfi ma'sm. nut wb fLra
all liable to mek mistakes," was th Im-
WHAT WRECKED THE BOMB.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
One day a B"av young mermaid.
While swimming near the shore.
Gasped with delight to see a sight
She'd never seen before.
It was a pretty maiden
In a bathing suit of red
The mermaldvs eyes were twice their slz
And popping from her head.
' She swam a llttl closer
To the witching seashore maid.
And watched her play, and, strange to say.
Was not a bit afraid.
She took In every detail
Of the suit the maid had on. i
Then, like a fish, she gave a swlsn
a u.i.ntlu wii, crane. '
AIIU i.i.ut. -
She fled and sped all breathless
Where ea gems flashed and glowed.
TO a nne cave uct-p m
In which her folks abode.
Her youthful heart was fired
With what she had beheld;
She told her ma and then her ps.
And both with prld were swelled.
They undertook to dress her
Exactly In the style
That she had spied: they tried and cried,
And In a little while
The happy home was desolate;
Her ma was on the brink
Of going mad. and her old dad
Had drowned himself In drink.
BROWNELL HALL,
OMAHA.
Boctal atmosphere home-like and happy.
General and college preparatory courses.
Exceptional advantage In music, art and
literary interpretation. . Prepares for any
college open to women. Vassar, Wellesley,
Mt Holyoke, Western Reserve Tnlverslty,
University of Nebraska and University of
Chicago, admit pupi's without examination
on th certificates of the principal and
faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon as es
sential to character building. Physical
training under a professional director.
Well equipped gymnasium, ample provi
sion for out door sports. Including rrlvat
akatlng grounds. Bend for Illustrated cata
logue. Mis Macrae, Principal.
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