THE OMAHA DAILY TIKE: Fit I DAY, JANUARY 8, 100.
friiE Omaha Daily Per
E. ItOSEWATER, EDITOH
PI-BUSHED EVERT MORNING.
TERMS OF SrilSCHIPTION.
tally l(ee (without Sunday), One Year. .$4 00
tlly Bee and 8unlay, One Year J
IHuntraleri Dee, One Year J
Sunday Bm, On Year JJ
Saturday !!. One Yesr J f
Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year.. l.W)
DELIVERED BY CARRIER.
Daily Dee (without Sunday), per copy... 2c
)ally Hee (without Hunilny). per wwk...l2c
Uklly Bee (Including Sunday), per week..lio
Sunday Bee, per copy J
Kventng Bee (without Sunday), per week 60
evening Bee (including Sunday), per
-reek . 10c
V.mplainh, of irregularities In delivery
mould be addressed to City Circulation De
partment. OFFICES.
Omaha The Bee Building.
South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth
and M Street. -Council
Bluffs W pearl Street.
Chicago 1W Unity Building.
Vow, V.l. Wn 1 , -1. 0 1 1 1 11 1 n
t ' " i ui j ni n in. . '
I Washington 41 Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE,
rnmmiinipiiinna inHn tn ni and edi
r
torial matter should be addreBBed; Omaha
Bee, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, exrres or postal order
, payable to The he Publishing Company.
Only 2-cent turn pa accepted in payment of
mall accounta. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. -
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
George B. Taachuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
aya that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening a-nd Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1903, waa as fol
low!: v
I ...... .nojrco 17 .30,50
1 80,24H 18 a,.. 80,870
t 3O.0T0 It S1.020
4 SO.UAB 10 2T.020
I 0U.3OO 21 ..81.S70
SO,10 22... 30.TT0
f 80.340 , 23 80,0.10
f,01H 24 31,300
1 81,1 lO 26 81, BOO
10 8O.3S0 . 26 81JJIH)
II 80,400 Zl 20,0O
12 80,400 28 SO, TOO
13 ST.OIO 29 80,00
14 SO.WtO SO 83,010
18 ....86, TOO n 83,400
U 81,104)
Total 94T.3M
Less unsold and returned copies.... lo,42i
Net total sales 03U.B34
Net average sales 80,220
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
.Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this &Ust day of December, A. D.
J0- . ' M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal) Notary Publlo.
, Now will you bo good, Colombia
, It appears that the revenue law Is all
right bo long as It Is let atone.
..Once a year the lawyers of Nebraska
get together to turn state's evidence
Mexico has an active volcano to atone
for the absence of any Alabama senator.
As presldent.of the Union Pacific, Mr.
fiarrtman will have the name as well as
the game.
Mr. Penfold's long service on the Ak-Bar-Ben
board has given him an appe
tite for excitement '
If the council has nothing against the
newly appointed city electrician, why
not confirm the appointment?
The Board of Education baa been re
organized. We shall presently see
Whether it has been reformed.
In the matter of providing for gar
bage disposal, It la a condition and not
theory that confronts the mayor and
council.
, Whenever a democratic member of
congress finds himself shy of campaign
Material be feels at liberty to take a
poke at Terry Heath.
Leap year may reverse the rule In
certain cases, but leap year politicians
do not want to be asked any more than
politicians of other years.
A man may have any kind of an opin
ion of the far eastern troubles and find
something in the newspapers nowadays
ui substantiate what be says.
The western farmer who has wheat
-and corn to sell will profit by a war be
tween Russia and Japan, but he wonld
rather forego the extra profit and see
peace maintained.
E. II. Harrlinun Is already so many
different things that If some one should
ask him tomorrow who is president ot
the Union Pacific railroad he would
have to stop and think. 1
Somehow a faint suspicion lurks that
the stir In railway rates since the ad
Tent of the. Chicago Great Western into
Omaha has beenkpartiy a result of that
Intrusion of a new road luto the old
field. .
The police board, with Its accumula
tlon of license petitions and protests
worked off, Is like a court with Its
docket cleared. The police commis
sioner Judges will next proceed to take
a vacatloa.
Iowa is still without a legislature
owing to the Intervention of the fire In
the State house, which left the legisla
tors without a habitable home. Iowa
Is not suffering perceptibly, however, so
far.
The coroner's Jury ,has decided to
blame the Lord, for not fastening more
securely those timbers that caused the
Laurel Run disaster. To bluuie the men
who loaded the car might cost some
future business.
a T .
Why this talk about abolishing the
office of comiulsslouer of railroads, oc
cupied by the lute General Long-street
and other illustrious geueraU of the
south who fought to dismember the
union T lias the supply of dlstln
gulahed, but needy ex-coufederates run
outt ,
For all the money that has been
planted in 1ouglas county roads and
bridges, we ought to have the finest
system of country highways to Ikj
found anywhere In this country. But
we haven't The only Inference Is that
most of the nnmey has been squandered
or pocketed, by political grafters.
lilt COADiTIOAS VF MUTUALITY.
It Is wild to lo r question of foremost
nterost la naval circles at Washington
wliHt the attitude of tills government
should le, so far as Its nnval repre
sentation In eastern waters Is eon-
erued. In the event of a war between
ItiiHHla and Japan. It Is a quite im
portant question, and not to be answered
without a very full consideration not
only of what is due to the countries
which are in dispute, but also to the
principles of Intermit lonnl law and the
possibilities of the future.
According to a rciort from Washing
ton the naval officers are somewhat em
barrassed as to what Should be done
with the nnVal power of this country
In the far easfc. Tbero are certnln Con
ditions imposed by international . law
that must be observed and of course our
government more perhaps than any
other Is anxious to have these condi
tions carefully and absolutely observed.
The most vital of these, it is needless to
say, is that of neutrality In the waters
where hostilities occur. In regard to
this there Is some diversity of opinion
as to what Is required, but tile consensus
of expert Judgment seems to be that no
nation shall maintain a fleet in the im
mediate locality whore hostile nations
have their naval power concentrated and
where a collision between such nations Is
likely to occur. This seems to be, ab
stractly at least, a good rule, and It is
ono which the United States is very
likely to strictly observe.
But observance of this rule does not
necessarily mean that a nation whoso
Interests, treaty or otherwise, may be
directly involved in a war, tnust Wholly
abandon vigilance and care of those in
terests In case of war. For example,
the United States has certain well de
fined interests in China, as welt as treaty
rights, and if our government believed
that these were imperiled or likely to
be injured in A war between Russia and
Japan, there can be no doubt In regard
to Its right to place its navy In a posi
tion in Asiatic waters to look out for
the protection of fi American interests.
This is a national prerogative which we
take It Is absolutely beyond question
and the exercise of which no , nation
could reasonably find fault with.
Neutrality by no means implies that
the neutral power abandons or relin
quishes any of Its legitimate rights. It
means simply that the neutral nation
will deal impartially between the bellig
erents and nothing more. We are un
nble to see, therefore, why there should
be any question at Washington as to
what should be the disposition of Amer
lcap war ships on the Asiatic station.
It seems to be perfectly plain that the
United States should be represented on
that station by a squadron sufficient to
Impress both Russia and Japan with the
fact that onr government is willing and
able f9 look after American interests
there.
WHO ARM ALIBN81
A very groat question Is raised by the
decision of the supreme court of the
United States as to wko are aliens of
the United States and are entitled to
enter this country without obstruction.
In a case brought before the supreme
court of the United States In which a
woman brought from Forto Rico was
stopped by the Immigration authorities
on the ground, that shevmlght become
government charge, the court held
that the proposition was not sutllclent
and that the party was entitled to come
Into the United States on the general
principle that she was a citizen of this
country.
The decision of the court clearly es
tablished the principle that wherever
American sovereignty' goes fill the peo
ple subject to such sovereignty are
American citizens. There seems to be
no other reasonable interpretation of
such a position of the court and we take
it for granted that there will be no other
lnterpretatloni .
The importance of this decision should
not be misunderstood. , It does not mean
that all the people of our Insular pos
sessions are necessarily citizens of the
United States or must be regarded as
such, but only those who have by virtue
of congressional legislation been made
a part of this countiy. There is no
question that this applies to the people
of Porto Rico, who are today under a
form of government absolutely in accord
with our own, and to a certain extent to
the' Philippines, where American gov'
ernment is practically what It Is In our
own territories.
The simple fact Is, that under the
decision of the supreme court of the
Unfted States we have no aliens of this
country, that whatever people livo un
der the authority of the United States
are citizens entitled to all the lights
and privileges Qf our constitution and
laws, regardless of how they became a
part of the great national common
wealth. This seems to be the only prin
ciple npon which our government can
proceed with fairness and Justice.
The Board of County Commissioners
has certified to the high character and
exalted integrity of retiring Coutmis
sloner Hartf, and the employes of the
Lcounty have given tangible expression
ot their high appreciation of his precious
services by the presentation of a gold
watch with dlumond setting. It will now
be in order for the bridge company and
the other pet contractors to duplicate
that certificate of character and the diamond-studded
timekeeper with a sou
venir that can be transmitted to future
generations.
Alout " lot) liquor dealers have a!
lowed themselves to be held up by news
paper blackmailers, who protested their
applications for license on the preteuse
that they hud the largest vlrculutlou In
Iouglas county, when their publishers
hud auiplfr knowledge that their claim
was spurious aud trumped up to ex
tort Involuntary contributions from par
ties' who did not want to incur their
enmity or ill will. This systematic levy
ot blackmail la a dltgrace to- Omaha
journalism. These periodic raids could
readily be stopped If the Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners would compel
the bogus claimants to show their band
with the first protest filed Instead of al
lowing them to hold the protest buck
for weeks, thus giving the professional
blackmailers a chance to extort tribute
from liquor dealers by protests and
threats.
HUT BCFFiClKXTLY ATTKACT1VE.
The proposition of the Omaha Elec
tric Light company to Illuminate the
district now dependent upon gasoline
lamps with thirty-two-candle power In
candescent electric lamps Is .not suffl-
lently attractive to Justify the pro
posed change. The proposal of the
gasoline light compnuy now pending In
the council contemplates the use of
Welsbach lamps at $30 per annum for
each lamp, the price now paid for Wels
bach gas lamps. The proposal of the
electric light company contemplates In
candescent lamps at '$25 per annum.
The gasoline Welsbach lamps represent
a minimum of eighty-candle power, or
more tdmn .two and one-half times as
much lllumlnnnt as the incandescent
lamps, with only 10 per cent reduction
In price.
As a matter of fact, the thirty-two-
candle incandescent lamps do not ex
ceed twenty-candle power after they
have been ln'us two wleks. The In
candescent lamp has, moreover, been
generally discarded as insufficient
wherever it has been tried. This will
probably be conceded by the electric
light pushers, but their contention Is
thnt the electric light company stands
ready to replace the incandescent lumps
with arc lights at the regular contract
price, if it is found that the lncan-
descents do not prove satisfactory.
Here is he rub. The electric light
people know in advance that the In
candescents will not prove satisfactory
to the people in the gasoline district.
The proposal submitted to the council Is
simply the insertion of the camel's nose
into the tight board fence. The head
and the hump will soon wedge In, and
then the whole camel will pass through
without ay obstruction. Give the elec
tric light company the contract for the
whoK gasoline light district and within
less than six months It will have the
entire field covered with arc lamps at
the $02-a-year rate.
Possibly this may be deemed desir
able by members of the council, who
have undergone a change of heart on
the question of municipal ownership of
electric lights since the city election, but
tho great majority of the people of
Omaha, especially the people who pay
the taxes, have not undergone that
change and are not likely to experience
It until municipal ownership" has been
given a fair trial.
The Rock Island wreck in Kansas
has given another example of autocratic
railway officials refusing to do any
thing to assist the newspaper reporters
to get to the scene to give accurate in
formation to tho public as to the Iden
tity of the killed and the extent and
character of the Injuries suffered by
the wounded. It Is not denied that the
first debt of the railroad authorities Is
to the victims of the wreck, but the
friends' and relatives ot the victims are
also enjtltled to be relieved from their
suspense, and the only effective way to
afford such relief is to facilitate prompt
and truthful newspaper accounts. Un
fortunately, too many railroad men are
imbued with the narrow. Idea that pub
licity of such wrecks Is to be avoided,
for fear It will injure the business of
the road and with the hope that they
can compromise damage claims with
the victims in person if they an pre
vent their friends and relatives from
communicating with them and protect
ing them in their rights. For such con
duct the severest condemnation is de
served. As one of the reinstated expelled of
the Jacksonlan bunch Henry W. Yates
now declares all democrats should sup
port the nominee without reference to bis
personality, providing only he stands on
a sound platform. Is this not the time
worn Idea that demands the acceptance
of any yellow dog ,who wears the party
label? A bad man on a good platform
Is not as good to the mind of most peo
ple as a good man on a bad platform,
Senator Spooner' X declaration that he
would not consent to bold a Seat In the
senate If he were to be controlled by
others has the ring of Independence, but
there are plenty, of senators at Wash
ington who do not dare to vote until
they are told how by some one else. It
they were all like Senator Spooner the
wheels of legislation would move faster
and the Interests ot the whole people
would be more often paramount
It Is worth noting in itusstng that at
the implement dealers' couventiou the
speaker who descanted most on-4h
beauties of trade combinations wa
formerly a leudiug light among the
truot-smaslilng fusionlsts, running one
as' their candidate for congress on e
Dlatform deuoundnt; trusts and combi
nations. It makes a huge difference
evidently whose ox is gored.
The lawyers from different parts pf
Nebraska gathered In Omuba for the
annual meeting of their state organiza
tion are invited to come again aud to
come oftea without waiting for the law
business to bring them for otherwise
some of them might not get here very
frequently.
The coroner's investigation is bringing
to light such criminal negligence on the
part of theater managers as now seems
appalling, yet Just such as has been
tolerated In practically every dty of the
United States ever since we bad thea
ters. ,
i
President Pubna of Cuba Is entitled to
credit for vetoing the lottery bill that
was put through the Cuban congress
Under" pretext that such a device Is
needed to secure money to pay the
Cuban Veterans of the Spanish war. If
Cuba eanuot raise the money In some
less objectionable and more equitable
manner It must be In bard .financial
lines.
The more the circumstances surround-
i
Ing the terrible Chicago theater fire are
stirred up, the worse the mess becomes.
If half of what is alleged as to the
reckless carelessness of those responsi
ble for the erection and management of
the theater Is true, the only wonder Is
that anyone should have gotten out of
It alive. '
Original and Kapreaalro.
Indianapolis Journal.
The phraso "collective civilisation," used
by President Roosevelt in his special mes
sage, Is an original and eirpreaxive coins go
to represent the demands of world progress
against those ot local opposition.
Oilier the Only.
Philadelphia Press.
Hon. Richard Olney Is acting very mueh
as If he thought himself the only democrat
In the land willing to be a candidate for
the presidency. It must be a cheerful feel
ing when the cold winds do not blow too
fiercely.
Waste of Good Money.
Detroit Free Press.
It was a waste of good ' telegraph tolls
for the Washington correspondents to
report that Senator Morgan Is prepared
to speak on the Panama question. But
whenever the correspondent can announce
that Senator Morgan la prepared to stop
speaking they will have a sensation.
A Voice 'iom the (irnvo,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
On the same day that the president's
convincing message on the Panama treaty
appeared, ex-Senator David B. Hill made
a speech In which he said citizens "see
the best traditions of the government set
aside or ignored, while a course of In
trigue and dishonor In International mat
ters la recklenaly and shamelessly entered
upon."' Mr. Hill uses language with the
looseness of a man who realizes that be Is
down and out for good. .
Corporation Graft Illmtntahea.
Philadelphia Press.
The posting of the books of the New Jer
sey corporation factory at Trenton shows
a falling oft of business for 1903. There
were fewer charters Issued than in 1902,
and they were for less pretentious promo
tions. The receipts of the state for fees
from this source were diminished 1200,000.
Other states have followed New-Jersey in
Imitation of the pernicious laxity with
which she has set afloat doubtful corporate
enterprises to prey upon credulous Invest
ors; but the ruin which has been wrought
throughout the country has put a check
upon speculative adventure. The abuse of
state power In this direction Is almost cer
tain to lead to radical and perhaps dan
gerous federal legislation with a view to
the curtailment of the corporate privilege.
CRUSADE AGAINST DIVORCE.
Relltclona Bodies Movintr Tovtard a
Common Po.ltlon.
BprlngQeld (Mass.) Republican.
The religious crusade ajralnat divorce, for
any cause. Is evidently to be regarded seri
ously In the new(eiergy given it by Rev.
David II. Greer, coadjutor bishop-elect of
the Protestant ifpiscopal diocese of New
York. Representatives of the Presbyterian,
EDlsoonallun. Unitarian. Cone-i'cirBJInniil.
Baptist and Lutheran denominations, and
some omers, are under nis lead taking
steps toward a common position in the
matter of marriage and divorce. Dr. Greer
la Quoted as saying:
"I . recognize the necessity, at times, for
a separation, where, for any of various
reasons, the home Is Impossible. Never,
however, should the separation carry with
It the Drlvlleao of remarrlaa-a in the II fe.
-41me of both parties, because marriage Is
an indissoluble relatlgn, to be broken only
by death. Even before a aeDaratlon ha
granted, every other means should tirst be
exnauatea, but ll by reason of brutality or
other cause aseparatIon offers the only
solution It should be granted, yet never
as severing the murrluae bond or ner.
mining 4-emarrlage. The separation, as the
Latin phrasing goest might be from bed
and board, but from the chain, no. For
this reason another conference is to bo
held in February, lobkln to an
on the part of all Christian bodies, whereby
a person to whom marriage is denied in one
Christian body or unable to be raarfied
unaer tne laws of that -church, shall not
receive permission from another church.
To compose these objects the churches
must first be Interested, and so mav come
In time to advise and Influence the framing
of the civil law. It may be long before
the views I have expressed obtain ireneml
practical acceptance. Tet If they are true
as i am convinced they are the time is
bound to come."
It Is the inevitable position of the Rnmnn
Catholic church that marriage, being a
sacrament, is not tu be dissolved by secu
lar courts, but is eternal, an f:rr .nrik.
life can bind " eternity. The Protestant
Episcopal church is more and more ap
proaching to the Catholio position. Csr.
talnly the words In the marriage service
wnicn .bind the man and woman together
"for better, for worse," "until death do
us part." are as solemn as any that can
be uttered. No one who has repubted those
noble and emphatic sentences with com',
prehension can thinkfor a moment of tho
poMlblllty of divorce. If the bond is ever
binding, It Is always binding.
There is rio matter of greater lmDortanca
for the truth of the family, union and the
clean and wholesome life of society than
this.. As Dr. Greer says, there will be In
stances where a separation Is necessary,
but wherever such occur. It must be held
that the marital tie exists. A man per
haps can no longer carry on the semblance
of union with a woman when the essen
tial of love has been loet; a woman can
no longer live with a .falsa hiwhani
nd-
agreed. "But should the disappointed coup!
try again, and make other marrlueea. wi.i,'
loh
are likely to be aa ill-assorted as the ni-ii
nal union? The conviction of. the moral
sense negatives the question.
Whether this contemplated unltv of
tie-
tlon on the Dart of rt-i)renentitiva nf
so
many denominations shall result in the con
clusion of Dr. Greer, or not, it is well
have the matter debated; and while It
true that the determination of. any or
religious bodies does not affect (h laws
the land, which, as they must, regard
marriage as a secular contract such a
stand, if It were taken, by these bodies
could not but have an important Influence
on social morals.
It is an Interesting fact that the new
administration of Italy, the most radical
that has ever held office there, finds it ad
visible to withdraw the bill providing laws
of divorce which Zanardelll had presented
to the legislative chambers. Mr. Glollttl
baa. left It out of the program. "In defer
ence to the overwhelming sentiment against
the proposed law." Italy is thus left with
out a divorce law, as It long bun been;
while there remain the old provisions for
Judicial separation a meusa et thoro which
descend from Roman statutes.
BITS OF WAMIISUTOS IJFE.
Miner Scenes and Incidents Sketched
i i
on the Spot.
Jonah K. Knlnnianolc, commonly known
as Prince C'uild, Hawaiian delegate to
congress, went agHinot tho real thing
In Washington a few evenings ago. Long
and thoughtfully he gazed upon the elottrlo
signs proclaiming the groat age and puilty
or the boose handled by the boozerles of
IVnnsylvanla avenue and decided to test
the stuff in the usual way. - A few Inspir
ing lingers (brought the prince to tile fight
ing stage and he Immediately started a
South American revolution on his own ac
count. A policeman attempted to soothe bis
warlike spirit, but the prince repented the
plchlan ollvo branch and as hustled to tho
bastile. The change of scene had a Sober
ing effect, but the prince's dignity has been
battered beyond repair.
Senator Cockrcll of Missouri tnukes a
couple of apples do for lunch every day,
munching them wherever he chances to be,
either in the senate chamber or committee
room. When the pangs of hunger overtook
him the other day he clapped his hands
for a page, to whom he gavo a note to hU
private secretary In his committee room,
asking him to send the dally supply of 'ap
ples. The page delivered the note, the sec
retary gave him the apples and the boy de
parted. Half an hour or so later the sen
ator, by this time being exceedingly hun
gry, sent a second note to his secretary ask
ing him what had become of the apples.
The secretary replied that the applts had
been sent by the boy who brought the first
nole. Then the senator went gunning for
the boy. Calling the chief of pages, the
tall Mlssourlan pointed out the youngster
he thought carried tho note and he was
marched over to the senator's desk.
"Are you the boy that went for my ap
ples," he asked him.
"Yes, sir," the page replied.
"Well, what did you do with them?"
"Why." said the youth, "I ate them. Tour
secretary gave me two apples without say
ing anything about them, and I a'posed he
meant them for me."
The senator laughed, sent the boy. this
time to the restaurant, for his favorite
fruit, and was soon renal lug himself. But
he is still amused by wondering who the
joke Is on.
One of the prerogatives of a United
States senator, says the Washington Post,
Is that when he steps aboard an elevator
In the senate wing of the cupltol he is car
ried Immediately to his destination, no
matter in which direction the elevator may
be bound or who may be aboard. Three
rings on the bell Indicate that a senator
wants to ride, and the conductor loses no
time in responding to the call.
One day last week Mr. Barnes, the as
sistant secretary to the president, stepped
aboard a senate elevator from the ground
floor: In a portfolio under his arm he car
ried a message from tit president of the
United States to the congress.
"Senate floor," said Mr. Barnes, as the
conductor shut the door.
Just then there were three rings of the
bell, and the indicator shewed that a sena
tor wanted to be lifted out of tho terrace.
The elevator went down instead of up, and
Mr. Barnes went along. The senator In
the terrace only wanted to go to the
ground floor. As he stepped off, however,
there was another senatorial ring from the
terrace. This senator wanted to go to the
gallery floor, and the elevator went there
without stopping. As the car started down
there were three rings from the ground
floor, and again the car failed to stop at
the destination of the president's secretary.
Fortunately for- Mr. Barnes, this senator
wanted to get off at the senate floor, and
the congress, after long delay, received the
message from the president.
The board of geographic names has bees
asked to arbitrate the dispute over the
title to be accorded citizens of Panama,
the new republic.
It Is no new dispute. President Pierce
dodged It by writing In a message "the in
habitants of Panama." Half a century ago
a state paper was drafted with a reference
to the "Isthmenlans." The State depart
ment follows the example of President
Pierce and dodges.
Meanwhile in cable dispatches and news
columns as well as In conversation here
abouts one meets the terms "Panamans,"
"Panamian" and "Panamanians." Varia
tions on these most common forms are
"Panamese" and "Panameno," the latter
being a begging of the question behind the
native Spanish of the isthmus.
Wags suggest that "Panamen" must be
the plural of "Pnnaman," should this be
adopted, and follow it up with speculation
about "Panamalds" and "Panamatrons."
The board of geographlo names Intends
to' ponder for some time before handing
down its decision.
The new congressmen have been long
enough about Washington to no longer feel
that great burden of responsibility which
seemed to weigh them down when they
first arrived. They have discovered that
they have not been selected to revolutionise
the government and reform the methods of
congressional procedure. They find that a
new congressman Is not such a "devil of a
fellow" as he was supposed to be when he
left home, and also that it is Impossible
to carry out great legislative Ideas from
a low seat on the committee on accous
tlcs, or one of the dozen committees "to
examine accounts, expenditures," etc., and
which were created years ago to give some
good fellow a chairmanship and a clerk.
Still the new congressman has been useful,
for he furnished interviews during the dull
season and even yet his views on the ques
tions of the day can be utilized when there
Is nothing else doing.
"PAT lUTiD KOU TIIK EXEMY."
Slg-nlArant Remark of a litithera
Democrat la newspaper,
Atlanta Constitution.
Politically the Panama case presents but
one isMue to the democrats ot the country.
Whether our party on the plea of a senti
mental concern' for the alleged "moralities
of the case," will defeat the treaty and mi
supply the present administration party
with a pat bund that will be manifestly
unbeatable, is the proposition in a nut
shell.
The republicans who are wise are be
ginning to be sorry that President Raosevelt
went so far as to make any treaty at all!
They sincerely wish he had followed the
precedents in the Texus and Hawaii cases
and allowed the republican majorities in
the senate and house to pass a Joint reso
lution annexing the canal strip, , with the
consent of the Panama authorities, in re
turn for cash indemnities nominated now
In the treaty.
Indeed, there Is every probability that
If the treaty should fall of a two-thirds
vote In the senate, the above plan to secure
the canal . sone and rights from Panama
and the French company will be resorted to
by the republicans and will be succeiwfully
carried through.
In the pending case there Is no notion
of annexing Panama, but Only a giving to
the present of specified authority to ac.
quire from -the Panama republic and the
concessionaires of the canal all the neces
sary rights ot ownership, control, Jurla
dictlon over and defense of the elx-mlle
strip In Panama through which the canal
will run. Shall the democrats give that
kind of pat band to our political enemy?
FoRKics-nons workmkk.
Chnrllah Arensatlnna Shorra to Re
1 nfunnilril.
Portland Oregonlnn.
The dnpraved and Ignorant foreigner lias
many sins to answer for. He Is a most
convenient scapegoat whereon to lay our
national shortcomings. It Is certnlnly true
that labor troubles In this country have
been made worse at particular times by
foreign workmen. Tet the blame does not
He with-the foreigners. -It lies partly with
the corporations who bring them over,
whether Chinese in Ban Francisco. Itnllnns
In New York or Hons In Pennsylvania, In
the hope of undermining American labor,
nnd purtlg with tho native demagogues
who utilize them for political mischief as
party cries, or else organize them Into
unions and hold up employers for reward.
The fact Is that the European laborer Is
more carefully bred to obedience and order
than is the youth of our own 'country.
Coming from worse conditions abroad, he
Is content with the more liberal hours and
wajres here until discontent has been
aroused in him, partly by agitators and
partly by the Injustice of employers. Few
can blame the Pennsylvania miners for
rcstivenexs under the method of payment
Imposed by the Anthracite trust. Few will
harshly censure tho poor. Ignorant laborers
on the Sault canul who resented the with
holding of their wages' by technicalities
they could not understand. Chicago has. It
Is true, a considerable foreign population,
but labor troubles are not In proportion
to percentage of native-born. Fotne of our
most disastrous strikes have been In cities
more nearly American than Chicago. For
example:
City. Native. Forelcn
Chicago 65.4 U.t
Ban rrsnclneo 65.9 34.1
St. Paul 71.8 28.7
St. Louis .4 Sii.6 IS. 4
Denver 8.1.1 16.
New Orleans 89.4 10.6
The indiscriminate censure of our foreign
born population for poverty, ignorance and
crime is a cruel wrong. Many Immigrants
are poor, but poverty la not a crime. That
they are poor Is one reason they corrie.
And If they coma with stout hearts and
willing arms they deserve a welcome.
Many of them are Ignorant, but ignorance
Is not a crime. That they are Ignorant and
crave a land oi free schools Is one reason
why they come. Js It a generous part to
grudge them the satisfaction of their lau
dable dealrea for work for themselves and
an education for thulr children? The mere
fact that they come here shows a spirit ef
enterprise and an ambition to be like us
which should prepossess us In their favor.
There Is no greater compliment they could
pay us than to leave their homes and na
tive land for a place here. Have we so
soon forgotten how recently the ancestors
of most of us crossed the sea?
The desire of children and grandchildren
of immigrants to prescribe 'mmlgrants
today ( Is a churlish and ungracious piece
of business. There are those whose ances
tors were religious outcasts from England
and Holland, but who curl the lip In scorn
at religious outcasts today from Russia.
There are thoBe whose ancestors exploited
gross superstition and fanatical barbarity
In New England something over 200 years
ago, who draw their skirts closely about
them lest they be enntamfnated with su
perstition and barbarity from the south
of Europe. What this country Is today It
owes to its foreign-born tho foreign-born
In the revolution, the foreign-born In the
northern armies when the native south
went for secession, the foreign-born In the
north In 1R90, when the south went for
Bryan and free stiver.
SAFEGUARDING RAILROAD TRAVEL.
"Exigencies of Business" Responsible
for Mock Slaughter.
Kansas City Star.
,A recent volume on "American-' Rail
ways,", by Mr. Edwin A. Pratt, an Eng
lishman, comments on the poor provision
for passengers who cannot afford to travel
In . luxurious "sleepers," and the terrible
frequency of disasters. The author quotes
a railway owner as saying that the preva
lent conditions were the result of the ex
igencies of business and that eventually
the railroad companies could afford "to in
dulge In the luxury of surplus emotions."
Is It "surplus emotion" to take every
possible precaution to safeguard, the lives
of persons entrusted to one's care? 'And if
It Is, Isn't it time to force by strict laws
an "Indulgence" In that "luxury.v
It Is a notworthy fact tbat where rail
road collisions occur the Pullman "sleep
ers" are rarely affected, but the "smokers"
and chair cars are smashed to fragments
and their occupants usually killed or In
jured. So the 1'-' or $5 paid for luxurious
travel purchases Immunity from death. It
Is possible to prevent fatalities even though,
neglect-in management or parsimony In
overworking employes causes accident. The
cars could be made heavier or constructed
so that they would not "telescope" or burn.
"Indulging" the 'luxury of surplus emo
tions" means spending money to protect
life rather than saving it to kill patrons.
The deails of i Improvement could not be
pointed out in a short Brtlcle. They could
not to be known except by an expert. But
the mass of the people can and do know
that by some means railroads ran be made
safe for travel. All this popular knowledge
ought to form a general demand that all
cuptodlana. of th lives of others be held
to a stricter measure of responsibility and
that they be compelled to "Indulge in the
luxury of surplus emotions."
FRIDAY
Only Two Days More
Your last opportunity to purchase boys' and cLilJreu'a
suits and overcoats at
Half Price
Here is some of the good things to be had Friday and
Saturday:
Sailor I51ouse Suits sizes 3 to 8 years that were
f3.50 to $7.50 now $1.75 to...". $3.75
Child's Ket'fers Bizes 5, C, 7, 8, 13 and 11 that were
$2.00 to $0.00 now $1.00 .to .. ..$300
Boys' Overcoats sizes 14 to 18 that were f 12.50, f 15,
flS and $20 are now $625, $7.50, $9.00 and.. $1000
IJoys' Knee rants 10 to 15 years ONE-HALF rRICti.
Friday and Saturday positively the last-days of this big
DO Fer Ont Discount.
MO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OUK8.
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
PERSONAL OTF.S.
Locking the stable after the hor i.
stolen Is srnsililn -noitfrh If It happens
be some other stable.
The marvels of- civilization grow mp
and more amazing. A Texas editor In.,
Just died of the Infirmities due to old ate
Dr, Alonzo A. Ames, former tnnym ,
Minneapolis and now under sentence t,
serve six years In prison for bis nrtl lp , -tlon
in municipal graft, y has become ., ,
author. He Is writing a book on "Graft,''
It Is said.
A New England man Is offering a pri?
for the best essay on bow to get "druglrii
sleep." The old bucksaw and the WihuI
horse, with some hickory wood, are good
ingredients for thp dose.
The late Italian premier, Znnnrdollt, it
should be noted, was a great lawyer, and ss
a writer on legal subjects he achieved a
European reputation. He was the author
of the modern penal code of Italy, which
is regarded as well-nigh a perfect work of
Its kind.
The secretary of the navy, Mr. Moody,
Is astonished that the newspaper editors
do not know how to conduct their papers
more efficiently. There is a suspicion float
ing about that the. secretary has a Held for
all lils ability .and intelligence In the Nay
departmeut.
The present struggle In Japan appeaia
to be between the hotheads of the nation
and Mtsrquts Ito, the veteran etatesin.tu
about whom one ot the younger political
leadors writes: ,"Ha is the present and lu
ture of our country, personilled In one Indi
vidual; and in spite of all the attacks of
party politics, he is still the man to whom
all and every one turn their eyes whenever
the eoutnry is In trouble, whether he bo la
or out of office."
Joseph Chamberlain, the British "man of
the heur," presents sharp contrasts to the
average type ot British politician. In u
land of "flanneled fools at the wickets''
Mr. Chamberlain never takes exercise. In
a land uf hereditary wealth and power he
derives neither from his family. Gladstone
and other statesmen wore famous scholurs.
Chamberlain was a poor student in the
dead .languages. Chamberlain is perhaps
thought of by those who have not seen him
as a middle-aged man. He 4a In his sixty
eighth year.
FLAM
mv rva.
' Telephone rexartee: ' "Wm are you?"
"Who are you?"
"1 askfcd you first."
"Well, 1 .won't tuUt unless I know who
v " " '
ah right neither Will l) goodby." LSJT
troll Free Pressv
' a heap easier If a boy could only see his
oruin gemn Digger air stronger, de same
as he kin de muscles in his arm." Wash
ington Star.
"What kind of a girl is she?"
"Well, she's the kind of a girl who will
flirt desperately for nix months and then
want to be a sister to you." Chicago l'ust.
The Lawyer I'm afraid I'm going blind.
The Friend Never mind, old man. fia
long as you retain your eenae of touch
yuu 11 be all right Judge.
"It was only five years ego that I
started in with our firm- at to a week,"
said Hragg, "und now I earn f&0 a Week
without any trouble." '
"That's ho; It's easy to earn that," re
plied Newltt, "but how much do you get?"
1'nlladelphla Press.
"And how Is your daughter getting on
with her music?"
"Fine! She's got so she calls her teacher
'the maestro' right along." Chicago Itcc-ord-Herald.
They were doing some excavating in the
town, and the stranger's ne.'vrs were sadly
Jarred. Stopping near a group of work
men, he demanded: "What's the quickest
way to get out of this town?"
"Stand right where you are," was the
reply, "until the Mait goes' off. All ready,
Bill!'' Chicago Post.
WHY PA DOESK'T READ.
.W. D. Neablt in Chicago Tribune.
It use' to bother pa a lot If I climb on his
knee
When he's a-readln' papers, an' ast him to
"let me see."
I want to, see th' pictures an' to ast him
what they iif
My ma, she'd tell me not to spolP that
readln' time o' his.
But now, when I come 'round, he throws
th' papers on th' floor,
An' takes me up an' says 'ut he don't want
to read no more.
Th' paper's full o' pictures, too o' little
boys an' girls
One boy 'at looks a lot like me, ma rays,
when I had curls.
I saw her point It out to pa, an' he says:
"Tes, It doea."
An' mn. she grab an' hoi' me tight, an' say:
"What if It vas!"
Pa read about some other boys, about all
what they, wore, i
An' nen, he hng me, too, an' say he won t
read any more.
I got a joke on pa. Today he's readln' In
his chair,
An' I came in an' climb his knee while he's
a-slttin there. . ,
An' he put down his paper nen a rrea big
hug I get
An' here's th Joke on pa! His eyes an'
cheeks thev Is all wet!
I tell him 'at he said 'at none but bakiei
ever cry,
An' nen he say big men Is babies part th'
time, 'at s why.
It use' to bother pa so much If I come
playln' 'round,
Or holler when he's readln' things, or make
th' leastoe' sound,
But now he says for me to make as muoii
noise as I please,
Because It soli rid like music an' my ma
ays she agrees.
Ah' nen I play, an' pa he leaves his paper
on th' floor
He says 'at when he looks at me he can't
read any more.
SATURDAY
i
i
i r