THE OMAHA DAILY TIKIS: TTITUSDAY, OCTOREh 1. .1003.
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All quiet once more at Oyster Bay.
Chicago Is celebrating because It Is
one hundred years old. It certainly does
not show Its age.
To the weather man please dispose
of your remnants at once and give us
bright, clean goods for our carnival net
week.
.When It comes to a bold game of
Waff, President Nash of . the electric
lighting company easily commands the
prist.
President Mellen's resignation from
the Northern Pacific means that he has
encountered a promotion rather than a
merger. '
No little thing like an electric trolley
"Vreofc. will prevent Senator Hanna from
coming down the home stretch on elec
tion day In his usual form.
Another question that is puzzling our
state university regents is whether the
people of Nebraska expect them to run
a book store as well as a university.
If Judge Vlnsonhaler were only re
nominated for a third term and his
democratic opponent lu the field, how
quickly the World-Herald would change
Its tune.
Democratic hopes In Douglas county
rest on keeping the republicans divided.
No wonder the democratic organ throws
fit at vry prospect of republican
unanimity.
Omaha la a poor place for a man to
try to create a sensation by conjuring
op an Imaginary attempt to assassinate
himself. ,, No stampede can be created
hero by such a fake.
Work on the Morton memorial monu
ment la under way. The monuments
which J. Sterling Morton left In the
form of treea planted throughout the
prairie states are towering higher all
the time.
Mayor Moores was elected to his
present term of office on a platform
pledging him to municipal ownership
for street lighting and he is determined
to atand by his promise, no matter what
any on else may do.
To make Omaha a great market towq
require mills and factories, as well as
railroads. Any msn with capital to in
vest In manufacturing enterprises may
be sure of a warm welcome and sub
atantjal encouragement.
When It comes to free advertising the
beet of the theatrical advance agents
t-an get several pointers from, the en
terprlsing professors of Chicago univer
sity, who break into print so succes
sively end so successfully.
King Ak-Sar Ben's universal sway ,1s
typically Illustrated by his activity, this
year. Out at the deu he rules over Rome,
at the street fair his dominion extends
over Into Arabia, and in his pageant he
will again proclaim his sovereignty over
fairyland.
v I .J I i
The chief of the inspection bureau is
authority for the statement that of 200
targoes of Imported foods looked Into
since July 1, when the law authorizing
national Insiiettioa went luto effect,
per cent have been condemned aud ,re
jected. The Yankee who umI to pride
himself on his shrewdness in manufac
turing wares to fool the foreigner will
tva to look to his laurels. - -
tub rntwDrirr A!fD labor.
It would seem thst no fnir-inlmletl ninn
could doubt that President Hoosevelt is
friendly to organized labor. A little
more thsn a year ago he publicly de
clared that he emphatically believed in
organized labor and there has since Ixn-n
no utterance or action on the pnrt of the
president 1o warrant any distrust as to
the sincerity of that declaration. It Is
an unquestionable fact tliHt no presi
dent of the t'nited States has ever done
more. In the Interest of organized labor
than Mr. Roosevelt.
What has become familiar as the
Miller case raised a question in which
the president had to decide between the
demands of a trade union and the
rights of an employe In the service of
the government. It was u question
whether there should be discrimination
in favor of union men In the public
service, thereby closing the door to such
service against nonunion men. W. A.
Miller, the foreman In the bindery de
partment of the government printing
office, had been expelled from his union,
which demanded that he be dismissed
from his position. This demand was
acceded to by the government printer.
Miller appealed to the president, who
ordered his reinstatement on the ground
that the federal government could not
turn down i man because he was not
affiliated with labor unions and that If
a man Is honest and faithful and does
his work satisfactorily he Is entitled to
continue In the employ of the govern
ment, whether he Is a union or non
union man. The president took the po
sition that there could be no discrimina
tion in the public service as to whether
an employe is a trade unionist or not,
any more thsn in regard to a man's
political or religious views.
This attitude of Mr. Roosevelt has
been denounced by some trade unionists
as unfriendly to organized labor. A few
organizations have adopted condemna
tory resolutions and there Is evidently
an effort being made, probably Incited
by political opponents of the adminis
tration, to make capital out of the mat
ter for use against the president In the
next national campaign. To what ex
tent this may be effective It Is Impossi
ble to say. but Mr. Roosevelt Is adher
ing firmly to his position. In a confer
ence with representatives of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor In reference
to the Miller case he said that he must
govern his action by the laws of the
land, which he is sworn to administer
and "which differentiate any case In
which the government of the United
States is a party from all other cases
whatsoever.". He pointed out that
these laws are for the benefit of the
whole people and "cannot and must not
be construed as permitting discrimina
tion against some of the people." We
think that to all fair-minded and un
prejudiced men this view will be con
clusive. The lows of the United States
apply equally to all citizens. They make
no discrimination in favor of one class
of labor and against another. The duty
of the president Is therefore plain and
Imperative. He has taken a position
that is not only absolutely required by
the laws, but Is also in support of a
vital principle of our government. "I
am president of all the people of the
United States," he says, "without re
gard to creed, color, birthplace, occupa
tion, or social conditions. My aim is to
do equal and exact Justice as among
them all. Can there be any doubt that
he will be sustained In this position by
an overwhelming majority of the peo
ple? MMBTISO VF THE StUHARCHS.
This autumn even more than last
spring will be signalized by an exchange
of visits among European beads of state.
It is remarked that even in these days
of constitutional monarchies the in
fluence of such visits Is not to be treated
lightly nor their perfectly obvious re
sults ignored. The czar of Russia is
now visiting the emperor of Austria-
Hungary and the dispatches report a
most cordial meeting between the two
sovereigns, both of whom are deeply
concerned in existing conditions in the
Balkans. Referring to the visits of the
German kaiser, the czar and King Ed
ward to Vienna, a writer observes that
questions of foreign policy are so Inter
woven with royal prerogative that the
personalities of the sovereigns concerned
seem less pronounced where they are In
reollty most active. The Russo-Austrian
policy in regard to Turkey might
undergo an entire change without once
revealing the directing hand of either
of the emperors Interested. It Is not so.
however, with the president of the
French republic and the king of Italy,
who are to meet later in the current
month, the latter going to Paris and at
some subsequent time receiving a return
visit at Rome from President Ijubet.
While the exchange of amenities be
tween these latter rulers will have no
political significance, the meetings be
tween the others are naturally assumed
to have a more practical bearing and to
mean something beyond mere courtesy.
It is the belief of certain English pub
licists that the whole diplomatic face
of England's attitude In eastern, central,
northern and western Asia would be
come less strained if the British and
Russian foreign offices could get to
gether and by mutual moral recognltlous
and concessions decide upon some com
mon, , although not necessarily united
form of policy. The coming meeting be
tween King Edward aud the czar may
have 'something of this kind lu view.
Of course Nicholas II, who is accom
panied to Vienna by his foreign minis
ter, and Emperor Francis Joseph will
discuss the Turkish problem and possi
bly definitely decide upon the course to
be pursued by the two powers, subject
to the acceptance of the other powers
signatory to the Berlin treaty.
'Russia and Austria have already pro
posed what they consider the Balkan
situation require aud this has been
practically approved by fin-at Britain,
but (ecuuiny, while not absolute! vdit
seuting, lis ciprcssed a desire ' tobe
enlightened In rcjrurd to certain points
with particular reference to Russian in
tentions. It is possible that this In
formation will lx given after the meet
ing of the sovereigns. Meanwhile the
situation, at least so far as Macedonia
Is concerned, grows more serious and
consequently there Is Increasing pres
sure on the powers for decisive action.
The meeting of the monarchs should be
speedily followed by results of a, prac
tical nature.
Ojrg THK rtOVLF. A CIIAXCt.
. The ordinance introduced at the ln
stnuce of Mayor Moores to submit to
the citizens of Oninha at the coming
election "a proposition authorizing the
city to Issue bonds for the purchase of
a municipal electric lighting plant
should be pushed through the council
without delay. The paramount Issue in
the municipal election last spring was
municipal ownership of public utilities.
On that platform the mayor and every
member of the council were elected.
Whatever may be the individual opin
ion of the members of the council at
this time, it is their manifest duty to
redeem their pledges by giving the peo
ple a chance to decido for themselves
whether they want to acquire a munici
pal lighting plant or whether they pre
fer to continue public lighting done by
private corporations. .The contracts
with the electric lighting company and
the gas company will both expire by the
end of 1905. The submission of n
proposition to authorize the Issue of
bonds for a municipal lighting plant by
the time the contracts with the gas and
electric lighting companies expire is not
premature.
There will be only one election In
and national issues will then
monopolize the popular ottention. To
defer the proposition for a bond issue
until the fall of 10O5 would deprive the
people of the opportunity to construct
or nequire the plant before the con
tracts for lighting expire. From every
point of view, therefore, the ordinance
recommended by Mayor Moores and in
troduced by President Zimninn should
commend Itself to Immediate considera
tion. Let the ordinance be submitted
at least thirty days before election.
If the people have changed their minds
and do not favor municipal ownership
they can vote down the proposition to
Issue bonds. If they still entertain the
same view they did hist spring they
should be given the opportunity to
ratify the bond proposition at the com
ing election.
FAST ASD LOOSK METHODS.
The fast and loose methods that pre
vail In the handling, disbursement and
loaning out of public and private funds
in the county fee offices call for radical
reforms in methods of accounting. The
disclosures of the unbusinesslike man
ner In which accounts are kept in the
office of the county Judge afford a strik
ing Instance of the system, or rather
luck of system, in the handling of fees
and trust funds.
TJie reports on file in the county audi
tor's office show that County Judge
Vlnsonhaler has collected $2!,otr.8l in
fees during the three and one-half
years covering his first and second
terms. With the exception of $(0(J.o3
not a dollar of the whole amount has
passed through the hands of the county
treasurers, to whom by rights every
dollar of money collected in fees should
have been paid and on whom
warrants should have been drawn to
pay the salaries of the county Judge and
the clerks employed in his office.
Under the fast and loose system of
accounting County Judge Vlnsonhaler
has latained balances due to the county
and doubtless expects to do so until
his second term shall have expired.
While the report of foes collected In
cludes the moneys paid for the issuance
of marriage licenses. Judge Vlnsonhaler
and his confidential clerks alone know
how much has been paid in in marriage
fees and how much has been squeezed
out of bridal couples in the traffic of
pictorial marriage certificates.
The various fees paid into the county
court are, however, h comparatively
small fraction of the moneys paid into
the county court. While Judge Vlnson
haler positively declines to furnish the
information or submit the books and
records that would disclose the amounts
now heltl by him in trust for real estate
owners whose property has been taken
under eminent domain condemnation
and for the widows and orphans whose
heritage Is being probated in the court,
a conservative estimate places them at
from $'J0.iKM to flO.OiiO. While the law
may not require the county Judge to
report to the county auditor the amount
of trust funds held by him, the policy of
concealment pursued by hini in I lie of
fice cannot be justified on any grounds.
What Is true of the collection nnd
disbursement of fees and funds deposited
for the benefit of litigants in the coimiy
court applies with equal force to the
clerk of the district court, the register
of deeds and the county clerk. The
only safe way for the conduct of public
business f to exercise all the precau
tious and apply all the safeguards that
are required In the conduct of private
business. ,
All fees from whatever source should
be paid directly Into the county treas
ury and all salaries and disbursements
should be made on warrants drawn by
the clerk and redeemed by the treas
urer. If the fees of any office are In
sufficient to pay the salaries of the offi
cers and dorks the county commission
er should insist on retrenchment or
hold the monthly vouchers till the fees
to meet them are In. The present
method of collection and disbursement
of fees by various officers not only af
fords no check whatever, but paves the
way to peculations and the farming out
of public funds for private gain. The
sooner the Board of County Commis
sioners takes this matter in hand, the
sooner we will ls able to repress fee
office pilfering and periodic scandals.
According to the sNkestnan of the
federation manufacturers' uud eu
ployers' association the purpose, of the
new organization is to fight all strikes.
iHiyeotts and other laltor troubles In the
courts. The courts hnve the con sola
tion, however, that. they can hardly be
loaded tip with more lalwr litigation
than they have been carrying right
along.
. The unexpected does not happen bslf
so often as the expected. It was to
bare been expected that the World-
Ilerald would rush to the defense of
Judge. Vlnsonhaler and seek to condone
his failure to report the uncalled-for
witness fees turned over to him by bis
predecessor, Judge Baxter, and the un
collected witness fees during the three
years and a half of his own term.
It is safe to say that the unclaimed wit
ness fees In the county Judge's office during
the two terms of Judge Vlnsonhaler, and
covering a period of four years, would not
amount to $250. To be sure, If ' Judge
Vlnsonhaler lias not compiled with the law
with respect to unclaimed witness fees. It
Is no excuse for him to say that the
amount was small, nut It is Interesting to
see the editor of the local republican organ
grow red In the face becauso he claims
to have discovered that Judge Vlnsonhaler
has not paid to the county treasurer un
claimed witness foes which It Is probable
do not aggregate ISO,
The plen that the amount of uncalled
for witness fees is comparatively small
is very ingenious, but whether the
amount Is fJuO or only $25 the principle
Is the same. In fact, the smaller the
amount the more reprehensible the fail
ure to file n report and to withhold the
fees, as required by law. There cer
tainly can be no palliation for the fail
ure to rejKrt the uncollected fees turned
over by Judge Baxter to his successor,
even if the amount was ever so small,
nnd it is more reprehensible when the
misdemeanor is committed by a Judge.
The state insurance commissioners in
national convention are trying to agree
upon uniform legislation which should
be sought in different states for the pro
tection of the policy holders aud the
regulation of insurauce companies. Aa
things now stund no two states In the
union have reached the same solution
in their dealings with the Insurance In
terests. Tliis condition has been largely
brought about, unfortunately, by the
pernicious Interference of Insurance rep
resentatives in legislation to bolster up
weak concerns or to give one plan of
insurance advantage over another. Uni
form insurance legislation can only be
achieved by insurance companies agree
ing to keep their hands off the law
makers. Remember that Judge Barnes was
twice appointed supreme court commis
sioner by unanimous vote of the three
supreme judges, including Judge Sulli
van. Is not this pretty good evidence
thnt he is in every way quulified for
judicial work on the bench of our high
est state tribunal?
Got There Jaat the Same. ,
. Chlcrig Post.
No spider on a hot shovel ' ever had u
livelier time than Governor Cummins In
his efforts to make a protection speech and
not touch cither the "Iowa Idea" or the
"Bland-pastors." .'
i'oclteta for the Borplaa.
Baltimore American.
Fall styles by congressional tailors In
Washington ihow pockets of vastly In
creased size, llavo the various Investiga
tions now In progress simply served to
point the moral of how much there Is In
practical patriotism?
ProHreaalre Modern K.dncat loa.
Minneapolis Journal.
Trof. Curme of the University of Chicago
favors slang, ny the ,way, what has be
come of Trlggs? With other professors In
the Chicago university advocating canni
balism ami the encouragement of slang.
Prof. Trlggs Is quite outclassed and Will
have to say or do something most extraor
dinary to attract attention again.
nenare, Kiieiie, Beware.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware makes a
suggestion In his forthcoming report which
will throw it damper on the ardor of the
superannuated pensioner who has hereto
fore been regarded as peculiarly susceptible
to the charms of female loveliness. lie
proposes a law which shall hereafter pro
hibit the giving of pensions to women who
marry soldiers after the latter become old
pensioners. Hut under such a law when
will such soldiers become' old? Age is
entirely a relative matter and In absence
of a limit they may claim perennial youth.
The Ancients In lloaton.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is amusing to read that the committee,
ln mapping out the line of march, care
fully avoided taking the visitors past
Hunker Hill monument, lest It should arouse
unpleasant reminiscences! This seems a
little Inconsistent- when It Is taken Into
account that among the manifold banquets
there Is one on lloston common, whence the
icdconts stal led up to Concord and Lexing
ton one fatal .April morning, that the
visitors cuu hardly get out of sight of the
spires of old South church and old North
church and the old statehntise nnd Kuneull
hall, where tho revolutionary patriots
planned all the trouble. To discriminate
against the place where the first alight
British success was gained, costly though It
was. does not seem just to the visitors. The
Mg shaft might have been comforting to
them, for It recalls British bravery after
repeated repulse and British successafter
Yankee ammunition had given out.
When the Water Ornppert Ont.
Chicago Chronicle.
Kxpcrt accountants selected to examine
the Asphalt trust's ccounts in April, 190:'
found that tho concern had never, from the
day of Its foundation, earned Interest on. Its
bonds. "F.rrors made concerning the con
dition of tho different companies at the
formation of the t'nited States Shlpbuild
ing company" was the excuse assigned by1
tho shipbuilding management. In the Con
solidated Ijike Superior company episode
neither fraud nor deliberate misrepresenta
tion has been alleged, yet the downfall of
this undertaking is as complete as that of
the others and the history of its rise and
fall much more extraordinary. "Kxactly
seventeen mouths ago," savs the New York
Kvenlng font, "the valuation placed by the
market on the capital stock of tho Con
solidated Lake Superior company was $50,
0(0,010. Yesterday It was XHKn.OOO. the $28.0C0.
OuO preferred stock having fallen from 80 to
24 and the S74.0uO,aO common from 36 to a
quarter of 1 per cent. When the higher
prices prevailed for the company's securi
ties It was paying 7 per cent annual divi
dends on the preferred stock. In fact It
Paid such dividends aa lately as last Sep
tember, hen its preferred and common
shales sold at Ti and S rtspti lively."
BITS OF WASHIXGTOX UFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
Dans and details of the new railroad
station In Washington have been made
public and contracts let for some of the
work. The location Is northwest from the
rapltol, fully half a mile from the present
depots. It will be reached by a tunnel
through Capitol hill costing per foot,
or a total of about ll.Oao.nnn. Tho depot
building will cost fcl.fOO.ono, and the grounds,
trackage .and approaches lo.tn m.noo. The
total cost of the change is estimated at
$s.Onn.onn, of which sum congress contributes
W.ooo.ooo.
The depot building will be faced with
marble and will cover an area of Ciil.nuo
square feet. Three arched doorways, 6t
feet high and 44 feet wide, will occupy the
central portion of the front and open Into a
vestibule 289 feet broad. Beyond tho vestl
bula is to be the main walling room, i!10
feet wide by 150 feet long. Floors and
walls are to be lined In white marble. The
apartment will be lighted by a 100-foot
dome of glass and decorated with marble
statues of heroic slse, frescoes and giant
palms.
A superb state entrance will be provided
for the president and distinguished guests
of the city. The state entrance is to oc
cupy the whole of tho east end of the build
ing. This will consist of a sulto of rooms,
Including reception nnd retiring rooms, for
tho distinguished guests, and a number of
smaller rooms for the use of the at
tendants, leading from these rooms to the
train Is to be a long passage, brilliantly
lighted. A driveway similar to that on the
left side will lead to the state entrance.
Back of the first floor of the main build
ing is to be the "concourse," a covered
space, 760 feet wide and 135 feet deep, which
will form a shelter for passengers as they
form In line on their way to trains. All
baggage will be handled In specially pro
vided apartments directly under the con
course. Kxpress wagons nnd drays will
drive down an Incline and unload In the
baggage room.
Provision has been mado for a barber
shop, a swimming pool 26x37 feet, built of
marble; Turkish and shower baths and a
mortuary chamber, with accommodations
for five bodies. A sub-basement has also
been planned for the handling of southern
baggage. In this basement there Is to be
an emigrants' waiting room 40x60 feet and
baggage storerooms. Six elevators, 15x16
feet, will pass from the sub-basement to the
main waiting room.
The Interior of the building Is to be
lighted by a seml-cyllndrlcal dome of col
ored glass 100 feet high.
When congress meets there will be a
lottery for the choice seats. The newest
and freshest member from the iackwoods
district may be the lucky man to have his
name drawn from the box by the blind
folded page and to have first choice of all
the seats in the great hall. The veteran of
half a score of congresses, a man of power
nnd note, may be the last of the long line
and forced to content himself with a perch
in the extreme rear. This is democracy
with a vengeance, and, of course, it would
never do ,for the aristocratic upper branch.
There the senator who gets a good seat
keeps It as long as he remains a senator.
Such men as Allison, Hale, Hoar, Cullom
and others have sat all the way from ten
to twenty-five years at' one desk. When an
oh' senator with on advantageously located
seat drops out through death or failure to
secure re-election some other senator from
the rear applies for Ilia seat and gets it, the
rule being, "first coine, first served." New
senators are compelled to take the less de
sirable desks in tho rear of the chamber, to
await their turn for a chance at better
r.nes. Thus In the senate there Is a slow
but steady movement from tho rear toward
the front of the chamber a movement
highly suggestive of the senatorial system
based upon prerogative and precedence.
Even more striking is the method of as
signing senators to places upon committees.
Here again prerogative is everything. If
the chairman of a committee dies or leaves
tho senate, the man of the majority po
litical party who h6s served longest upon
that committeo becomes his successor. The
rule is Invariable, though, of course, com
plications occasionally arise. If the senior
committeeman Is chairman of another Im
portant committee, he may be compelled to
surrender one or the other.
There is perhaps no elevator in the world
more exclusive than that provided at the
capltol at Washington. D. C, for the au
preme court of the United States. That ele
vator can be used by exactly eleven people,
and no one else would for a moment con
sider entering It except as tho guest of one
of these eleven privileged gentlemen. The
fortunate eleven are the nine Justices of the
t'nited States supreme court, the clerk and
the marshal of the court. The elevator goes
from the ground floor of the capltol to
the main floor, on which is located the su
preme court of the t'nited States. It is! a
small elevator, so that, with its conductor,
three portly forms of justices of the su
preme court of the United States would fill
It. It is one of the very latest designs of
electric elevators and is finished In magnifi
cent style.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes
recently got after the retail cigar dealera
for falling to observo tho original package
law, which prohibits the removal of cigars
and tobacco, before sale, from boxes in
which they paid the internal revenua tax.
The inspectors were Instructed to see that
this law was strictly enforced. In order to
prevent frauds in tho way of rcttlUng high
grade boxes with Inferior cigars. Mr.
Yerkes now proposes to see that liquor
dealers and oleomargarine merchnnts ob
servo the same requirements regarding the
sale of those articles. Ho has caused a
special notice to be sent out, calling atten
tion to violations of tho law governing tho
sain of distilled spirits. He has found a
growing tendency on the part of some
persons who are engaged in the sale of
liquors to refill with spirits bottles which
had once been II I led and stamped, under the
provisions of the Internal revenue law.
He says that while the re-uso of a bottle
for tho purpose of containing spirits which
had once been filled and stamped, without
destroying the stump previously fixed to
such bottle, may not result in a fraud upon
the government. It involves a gross viola
tion of the law and enables the offender
to Impose upon the public by disposing of
a cheap and inferior grade of whisky,
different In quality and alcohol strength
from the original contents, at a price equal
to the price of whisky of standard strength
and quality represented by the stamp.
The special agents are to see that stamps
on bottles tilled in bond are absolutely de
stroyed when the bottles are emptied. The
same prohibitions are to apply in the sale
of oleomargarine in quantities not exceed
ing ten pounds.
The multiplication of controversies In
the government printing office has sug
gested that the office might be adminis
tered with more gratifying results if It
were placed in some one of the executive
departments. The difficulty over the status
of Assistant Foreman Miller has of lite
emphasised this opinion and It Is stated on
good authority that the president has con
cluded to place the office In the Department
of Commerce. This will make Secretary
Cortelyou the executive official in control
of the office and lead to a number of
changes In the method of administering
the work of the printing office. This ac
tion is tlie result of tba conclusion of the
special committee which has been looking
WE OLD
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Absolutely Puro
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
Into the working of the office and several
other bureaus. It Is believed that the
change will not only dispose of the labor
troubles, but bring about certain economies
which have been demanded for many years.
A man in public life noted for his brusque.
ness was under discussion In cabinet
circles.
"There's one thing to be said In his favor,
however," said Secretary Shaw, "and that
Is ha never Importunes the departments to
get promotions for his friends."
"That's readily explained," commented
Secretary Root. "He hasn't any friends."
T
CAR MACK AND THK KEGRO.
Tenneaee's Senator "Strips the Ques
tion Stark Jinked."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Senator Carmack of Tennessee, who la
advocating the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment to the federal constitution, has
opened his heart on the whole negro ques
tion in an article in the current number of
the Nashville Olyphant Magaxlne. He
strips the question stark naked," to use his
own phrase. How It looks when In that
condition can b seen from the following
brief summary of his views. He believes
that:
1. The negro is absolutely rpeaklng an
inferior race.
2. That white man absolutely loathes
the negro.
3. Education will only serve to make the
negro more loathsome.
4. Stripping the negro of his political
rights will, however, make him less loath
some, for the white man will then no
longer be shamed by a ' divided sovereignty
with a lower and Inferior race."
In these four propositions you have the
length and breadth of Senator Carmack's
philosophy put up In pellet form, to take or
to leave alone, as you will.
In justice to the senator It should be
said that he does hot really believe that
his program would. If put Into effect, have
Ideal results. He only contends that It
is at least Ihe best that can be hoped for
as a final and peaceful adjustment of the
relations between whites end blacks In the
United States." The absolutely "best"
would be, he maintains, "to gradually
transplant the negro race Into some other
land, where, under favorable conditions, It
would work out its own destiny."
Regretfully the senator admits that his
Ideal is unattainable. He might as well
admit as much for his plan to repeal the
fifteenth amendment. The one scheme is
Just as crude, just as much of a quack
nostrum, as the other. The average Ameri
can cltlsen will surely say that If the negro
Is not worthy of the ballot the thing to do
Is to make him worthy, rather than strive
to keep him eternally unworthy.
PERSONAL XOTES.
Librarian Ballard of the Athenaeum
library of PIttsfield, Mass., has Just secured
a collection of rare originals relating to
Shay's rebellion.
Governor Dockery of Missouri ssys he out
off his monumental whiskers, where the
little birds built their nests, In order that
he might sec his chin.
Julius Krutt Schmidt, Jr., went to Yale
as a freshman In a special private car,
Guadsloupe, Ills father Is fourth vice
president and general manager of the
Southern raelftc railroad.
John Hnieltlne, known throughout cen
tral New York as a philanthropist, has
announced plans to take a colony of 1,000
Syracuse people to Montana for the pur
pose of establishing a town.
Teter Veregln, leader of the Doukhnbors
in Manitoba, Is trusted by his followers
with large sums of money, a good deal of
which he carries about with lilm In cash.
A reporter who visited him in Winnipeg a
few days ago found the leader In a poorly
furnished room with thousands upon thou
sands of bank bills scattered around.
Veregln has purchased 3n0 teams of horse
and great quantities of farm machinery
Mens Clothes
Hero at Hi-owning, King & Co.'g "am dotli-sv not the
kind you see advertised at "N-Ninft v-Xine" but the vcll
able, trustworthy kind that are wt il mado made to wear
and last and give the faithful service that most men want
in a suit of clothes. . .
And when you come to know Urowning, King & Co.
clothing if you don't know it now you will buy no other. :
Suits and Overcoats
$10 and up to $45.
NO CLOTHING
R. S. Wilcox.
RELIABLE
for use by his followers In their sattle
ments. Over 800 stores, live complete flour
ing mills and dry goods of all kinds are
also among his Investments.
Rabbi Glazier of Des Moines, ia.. Is com
piling a history of Jews In Iowa. He has
succeeded in tracing the first trrlval of
Jews In that state back to 1RT2, when a
wandering band of Russians entered Iowa
City.
B. Anundsen of Pecorah. Ia., who was
elected president of the National Norwrg an
Societies of the United States at the recent
Minneapolis convention, edits the tiecorah
Posten, a semi-weekly newspaper magazine
published In the Norwegian language.
The correct way to pronounce the name
of Maeterlinck, the Belglna author and
dramatist. Is as though It were spoiled
Mahterlink, not Mayterllnk, or Meterlink,
as It Is variously called. The French pro
nounce It Mayterllnk because the sound of
"ae" in French is "a," but In Belgian
French the "ae" Is pionounced ''ah."
LAIGHI GAS.
"The Imperial Board of Health of Ger
many has issued a statement that total ab
stinence from strong drink isn't Injurious
to health."
"They'll, never believe it in Germany."
Cleveland Plain iJealar.
Mrs. Ascum Your boy is at college now,
ch? He's pretty bright, too, Isn't he?
Mrs. Malaprop Yea, Indeed. His profes
sor says he's a regular genesis. Philadel
phia Press.
Rivers By the way. what is a wood
wedding?
Mrooks Almost sny wedding. The
trading parties are usually blookhee
Chicago Tribune. j.'
Cooper was writing his "Leathers!
Tales."
"I know they're old-fashioned,"
mltted sadly, "they should have bn
ball trousers!"
Patiently, he tried to counterbaln
by war whoops almost as good an
yells. New York Sun. V,
"Some people ry you have
than brains,'' said the blunt
e more
person.
"1 hone so." answered Senator Soral
"Most everybody I run across Is trvlm
trade off brains for money." Washing!
Btar.
Itiil Johnny entertain you nicely, incle
A hner. while I was nut? asked the niece
the old marl was visiting.
"He did very well." was the rather con
strained answer. "He spent most of the
time making me promise to let him coma
to tnv funeral."
"Hear little fellow. He's so thoughtful."
Chicago Reeord-Hersld.
And now the foot bailer strikes the earth
With a strong nnd mighty thud.
But rises again thick covered o'er
With laurels, grass and mud.
Indianapolis Journal.
A-SOG OP HOPE.
S. W. Gillllan In Baltimore America.
Here's a think I guess you hadn't
Never thought:
An' if so. you hain't been happy
As vou'd ought.
It's a thought to make you glad.
For a feller can't be sad ,
When he sees th' things a-comln
That he's sought.
This is It: Th furder on we
Mortals go.
All th' brighter does th future's
Promise grow.
Some keeps hatpin' on th' past
Wlshin' childhood's Joy might last
Hain't got time for any slch a
Bunch o' woe.
Ev'ry day since T been llvln'
I have found ' ,
Ix)ts an' lots o' hope an' sunshiN
Scattered 'round.
Life's hrlmfull o' love an' light
If a feller lives It right
Always got th' best Urns coram,
I'll ba bound. .
I ain't been along th road as
Fur as some. ,
But she's ken' a glttln' better
As I've come.
Twill be bettor still next year
Kure as I'm a-settlu" lu re
Jjaikln' back I'll see some mountains
I have dumb.
Chirk up. growler: light yer faca up
With a smile;
Better walkin' on ahead there
'Bout a mile
Keep s-aiuglln' songs o hope.
Never set around u' mope:
Fer this life grows sweet an sweeter
All th' whiln.
FITS LIKE OURS."
Manager.
