THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1004.
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The Irish are standing pat
The yellow peril grows more threaten-
lng. A Japanese woman bat Just an
nexed a nephew of J. Plerpont Morgan.
If St Louis Is as successful in making
a show as It seems to be in making a
loan the success of the exposition Is spreading the report that he has nothing decision and hence there Is no substan
assured. 1 I to fear from the trust magnates, andl'tlal reason for apprehension, yet the
Tne umana urain exchange had not
a eviiw . I
uvea veiauiiaueu xuriy-eigut uuuxs oeiore
wheat mounted up to $1 a bushel In the
nicago wneai pit
Spring must be opening early already
a T 1- - a A M Al I
resumption of activity by Macedonian
revolutionists Is made this early.
The action of Irs senior senator shows
that progress la making strides in Ar
kansas even though the state is handi
capped b a governor yarned Jefferson
Paris.
The railroads have a good many car
dinal sins to shoulder. The heaviest of
these the ehanro of tha final .Ttoaiara' I
association that they are responsible for
abort weight
Governor Peabody announces that the
insurrection in the Cripple Creek dis
trict of Colorado has ended Just as the
Uruguayan rebels clamor for notice in
the news columns.
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John, Redmond says that Ireland had
rather be badly governed bf Itself than
well governed by another power. The
same sentiment has landed many men
In British dungeons.
The Iowa legislature is now actively
engaged In the same pastime that has
taken up most of the time of all the pre
ceding legislatures, namely, the repeal
of four-fifths of all the statutory enact
ments of the preceding session.
The financial Idea breaks Into the
most solemn occasions. The death of
William C. Whitney was Just announced
. when the dispatches told ' of the loss
Wtlch' would come to bis stables
through the lapse of entries of his race
Loiaes.
s Roosevelt clubs organised by earnest
and enthusiastic friends of Roosevelt re-
gardless of faction are all right but
' clubs organised to promote factional
strife and subserve personal ambitions
undur the Roosevelt flag do not deserve
acouragement
Tlehry Watfrrsoa is almost as par-
tlctilar about the next democratic can
fUdate for president as though be
Ihought that party nrignt be successful
it the polls. He baa now relegated W.
R. Hearst to the scrap pile with Bryan
and Cleveland Without giving him a
chance to show the mettle that is is hlin.
The all-absorbing, Issue among South
Omaha politicians with .a democratic
brand is whether candidate for munlcl -
-pal offices, to be voted for at the coming
election, are to be nominated by direct
primaries or by a nominating convenr
tlon. Parties familiar with South
Omaha nominating methods say that it
Is as broad aa it la long, . In one case
the candidates have to round up the
voters; in the other case they have to
corral the delegates before and after
a, -
nomination.
If it turns out that William C. Whit-
ey, former (secretary or we navy, wnoi
was reputed to be a taultl-mllllonalre, I
has left any part of bis millions as a gift
to charitable, benevolent or educational
lnatltuUous there is liable to be a pop-
Jar protest entered against its accept-
snce because Whitney was a turfman
and got some of bis wealth from betting by a conflict between Russia and Japan, thousand such monuments." The estt
n racehorses, which certainly Is Just as I But no American having a proper regard mated cost of the university temple,
Immoral as Rockefeller pocketing rail -
road rebates and arbitrarily fixing the
pHm aaal ell. - . - - . - , .
OOSVXI.TAJi)rHriCTJiOJrATS
The fact that several trout majrnstrs
and representatives of trout magnates
have recently sought and obtained Inter
views with President Rooeevelt Is Inter
preted by correrpondenta at (be national
capital as preliminary negotiations for a
political armistice. Soma go bo far as
to declare that President Roosevelt has I
capitulated to Wall street rather thim
risk defeat in the coming national con
vention at the bands of the corporations.
This version of the recent conferences
between the president and the trust
magnates Is incredible as well as ab
surd. Theodore Roosevelt has never
lacked the courage of his convictions.
He has never yet been known to surren
der or abandon aby principle or policy
which be believed to be right and just
The mere fact that he baa entertained
President Btlllman of the City National
bank of New York, which Is the finan
cial depository of the Standard , Oil
truet. has no wider significance than the
fact that be expressed satisfaction with said: "When the body of an act pro
the assurance of J. W. Blythe, who I nounces as illegal every contract or com-
clalms to dominate Iowa politics, that
tha In delegation vwonld be for him
In the national convention.
The doors of the White nouse have
been open to cltlsens of all classes, stations-
and races since its occupancy by
President Roosevelt - The trust pluto-
Q.moltea are received
no more coraiaiiy oy mm man me uiobi i
humbla. citizen in -the land. The un-
friendly attitude of the Morgana, Rocke
fellers, Goulds and other railroad 'mag
1 nates and captains of Industry toward.
President Roosevelt has been an open
secret for many months, and if they
have recently experienced a change of
heart It Is not because Roosevelt ias
capitulated, but because they see the
handwriting on the wall. They realize I
that the overwhelming public sentiment
in favor of his renoinlnatlon and re-elec
tion would make any opposition on their
part foolhardy and extra hazardous.
There Is nothing so timid and cowardly
as a minion dollars, except two minion
dollars. The trust magnates are not so
foolish as to butt their heads against
the solid wall.
It may also transpire that their with
drawal of opposition is simply a ruse de
guerrei There is no possible chance of I be In restraint of commerce and there
defeating Theodore Roosevelt's nomina- fore unlawful, and that the effect of this
tlon except by creating a false sentiment
of security, In other words, by lulling
Roosevelt and bis friends to sleep by
mar even count on their support hence-
forth. We doubt however, whether the
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president or His rtauncn supporters wiu
allow themselves to be hoodwinked by
these unnatural demonstrations of good
will anil HanriaYtYV CVirrwiratlnn mot. I
tntltBt an nATO fnrir,r..
w O - w ' I
Theodora Roosevelt than they were
three months ago, and. if they can sur
prise him off his guard or trip him up
they will do it
' twiTAia'8 cotros rnoBLtu.
A notable feature of King Edward's
speech at the opening of Parliament
which is of particular interest to Aineis.
lean cotton' producers, was Tils reference
to the insufficiency of the suddIv of raw I
cotton and the expression of a hope that
the efforts being made In various parts I
of the empiro to increase the area of
cotton cultivation may be successful.
We referred a'few days ago to the re-
port of. the. United States. consul general I
at Berlin regarding the 'efforts being I
made in Great Britain, France and
many to develop in their colonial
i sessions the cultivation of cotton. In tha
hone of hem able m tim t emnnM.
pato elr textile Industries from de-
pendence upon American cotton. .There
are associations In each of those coun
tries for the purpose of promoting this
policy and they are said to -have met
with some success. The British Cotton
Growing- association has been eiperi-
mentlng some two years in West Africa
and a recent shipment of cotton from
there waa pronounced equal to the best
American upland ,ln both length and
quality of fiber.
There seems to be no reason to doubt
that cotton cultivation in Africa will In
time become an extensive and profitable
Industry, but it is Improbable that the
time Will ever be when there is not a
demand for all the American cotton
that can be grown. Yet the efforts of
other countries to Increase the supply of
this most necessary product will be
watched with interest
10 AtttRICAlt CO-OPtttATlOn.
A statement having, gone abroad to the
effect that the United States was likely
to Join with Great Britain and France
in action unfriendly to Japan in the
event of the latter maintaining an tin
compromising attitude, it la said on the
authority of the acting secretary of state
that the United States bad not and
would not act with any power in regard
to the issue In the far east The report
that went abroad appears to have been
J accepted by some of the Paris papers
las navmg a substantial basis a pa tuey
1 gave It special prominence, which simply
J showed how little foreigners understand
tne spirit ana policy or our government,
There has been manifested abroad, so
far as newspaper expressions can be
taken to Indicate public opinion, an ear
nest desire that the United States would
co-opera,te with such of the European
powers as want peace preserved in the
far east but no thought of doing this
I V.. . , . . liAAn .nt.rf.lnol1 A bKIhm
I has ever been entertained at washing
ton and the assurance is now given that
this government will not act with any
other power in the matter. Inteiilgeut
Americans are taking a very great lnter-
I est In the far eastern trouble. Doubtless
I a large majority of them are hopeful
that war will be averted, realizing that
this country has rights and Interests in
that quarter that might be Imperilled
1 for the well-established policy of the
I Country would approve of this govern -
I rtaiX Jvilulng wit MAT Csropasa pawer
to relation to the Rosso-Japanese con
troversy. The) United States Is friendly
to both the contending nations and Its
proper and only safe position Is that of
strict neutrality. Our government would
be Justified, by the terms of Ths Hague
convention. In tendering Its good offices,
but aa this would probably be useless,
the obviously wise course la to stand
aloof, at. least so long a a our rights and
Interests are not Invaded.
TO AM a If l) ASXhTRVSt LAW.
A bill Introduced in the United States
senate by Mr. Foraker and referred to
the committee on interstate commerce
proposes to amend the anti-trust law of
1890, known as the Sherman act, so aa
to make it apply only to "unreasonable"
restraints of trade. Under the decisions
of the supreme court of the United
States the law now applies to all re
straints of trade, whether "reasonable"
or "unreasonable." In the Transmis-
sourl Freight association case the court
binatlon In restraint of trade or com-
merce among the several states, the
plain and ordinary meaning of such lan
guage Is not limited to that kind of con
tract - alone which is unreasonable re
straint of trade, but all contracts are
included in such language and no
exception or limitation can be" added
wiiuoui placing in iue acv uiut wuitu
has been omitted by congress."
This Interpretation of the anti-trust
law of 1800 was reaffirmed by the high
est tribunal In the Joint traffic case and
by the circuit court in the Northern Se
curities case. It hi relied upon to secure
a decision of the supreme court in the
latter-case favorable to the government
The defendants In these several cases
have contended that it was not Intended
by congress that the Injf should apply
to reasonable restraints of trade and
the question has received a good deal
of nttentlon and discussion outside of
the courts, those opposing the supreme
court decision finding strong arguments
for their position In the dissenting opln
ion of four of the Justices of the court.
It has been urged that under the inter-
Ipretation of the highest tribunal almost
any trade agreement or contract would
would be dangerous and demoralizing to
the business of the country,
While no such result has followed the
amendment of the law proposed by Sen
ator Foraker certainly merits careful
consideration. , Quite naturally some
democratic papers are attempting to
make it appear that the measure Is a
n n,l.n am tl.. i 4V. a atmtla-
l.L. -..k k m.
U OtlUU W1UI IUU I. a UDlO fcWW IIS 1.V 1UIQ
the author of the bill says he never
mentioned It to the president, who is
In no way responsible for it In regard
to the measure Mr.' Foraker said: "It
will not weaken the present anti-trout
law,- but Is intended to assist in its In
terpretation. The Sherman act was In
tended to prevent, unreasonable re
straint of trade. If my bill becomes a
law it will not prevent the prosecution
of dangerous and harmful combinations,
Mv bill slmnlv recosnlzea the common
law definition of Irode. It really car-
rles out the original purpose of the
Sherman anti-trust law," The supreme
court has given its interpretation of
tbat act It is within the province of
congress to place Its construction upon
the Intent and meaning of the law and
Oer-lthere can be no" doubt as to the desira
pos-lbillty of Its doing this.
The St Louis exposition mandgers are
exceedingly optimistic . President Fran-
els estimates that the exposition will
have an attendance of 80,000,000, which,
with an admission fee of 60 cents, would
produce $13,000,000 of gate receipts.
When the gates of the St Louis exposi
Hon have closed the exposition managers
may consider themselves lucky if the
aggregate number of paid admissions
reaches 15,000,000 and the actual gate
receipts come up to $3,000,000. The
Paris exposition, which was held In
c"y f 8'000'000 POP"1"1 thin
territory densely populated, only passed
32,000,000 of paying visitors through the
turnstiles, Chicago a fraction over 18,
000,000 and Buffalo less than 0,000,000.
All international expositions have been
compelled to stimulate admissions by
cut rates on certain days and after cer
tain hours. St Louis will not be any
exception. Unless tbey reduce rates for
children and adults admitted at night to
29 cents their turnstiles will not turn
very much
It is announced that Manager Lane of
the Nebraska Telephone company will
be invited to appear before the execu
tlve committee of the Commercial cluD
at Its next meeting to discuss the situa
tlon with a view to letting the inde
pendent companies, who are competing
with the Nebraska Telephone company
outside
of Omaha, do business in,
Omaha.
Manager Lane is a most affa
t,e gentleman, but his most Intimate
friends fear that he will lose bis temper
wuen that proposition is put before him
An invitation to Manager Clabaugn of
the gas company to discuss the gas light-
lng and gas heating situation with
view to allowing a rival gas compsqy
to get a permanent foothold in Omaha
would be about as rational The execu
tlve committee 6f .the Commercial club
might Just as well make up Its mind
I now as any other time that the only
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way to get competitive telephone service
Is by fighting it out
The Omaha hyphenated nypochon
drlae quotes the editor of the Flatts-
mouth Journal in support of. its sntl
Rockefeller crusade as saying; "Am op-
PI to recognising any such fellow ai
Rockefeller, who has filched from the
people of Nebraska enough to build
which is aesignstea as s itocserener
1 monument, is fUXW, muiapnea ny
I IW we amount an ra w umrm uemm
filched from Nebraska consumers of pe
troleum, would be f 100,000,00(X Assume
that Rockefeller has filched 5 cents per
gallon from the consumers of coal oil in
Nebraska, be had to sell 2,000,000,000
gallons, and If the average selling price
was IS cents per gallon the people of
Nebraska most have paid at least $300,-
000,000 for coal oil. What a whopper.
The experience of all large cities Is la
favor of small parks centrally located.
The city of St Louis, for example, has
twenty-three parka, of which twelve
contain less than six acres each; four
contain ten to fifteen acres, three less
than fifty and more than twenty acres
each, wlille only four have an area ex
ceeding fifty acres. The demand In St
Louis is for additional small parks in
the downtown district If the Omaha
Park commission could dispose of two
or three of its outlying tracts of land
that have been Included in its park sys
tem and expend the" proceeds for sinall
breathing spots In the downtown, dis
trict it would materially increase the
comfort of the people who are compelled
to live In tenement bouses and business
blocks, and at the same time would con
tribute toward beautifying the city.
The bill tntroduced into the Iowa state
senate to compel married men to work
or go to Jail Is class legislation of the
most pronounced type, besides being un
congenial and unconstitutional. - Men
who habitually . abstain from work
whether they are married or single are
constitutionally opposed to compulsory
exercise either with the Jack-plane, ham
mer, saw or shovel. Habitual Indolence
however, most pronounced in mar
ried men when they know that they can
depend upon their wives to earn a living
for them. To send this class of barm
leas' people to Jail would simply impose
additional taxes on the people who are
tiling to work.
Now that the Porto Rican delegate
has been admitted to congress, the ne
cessity for easy English substitutes for
some of the native names of islanders
becomes more apparent. Delegate Kalan-
lanaole kindly brought along the pseu
donym of "Prince Cupid," which has
saved many warm words on the part
of those who write.
The Kansas State university Is the re-
iplent of a legacy of $25,000 from a
friend of higher education, and the ac
ceptance of this gift will, according to
the World-Herald,, be an open confes
sion that the state of Kansas Is either
unable or unwilling to maintain its edu
cational Institutions at the public ex
pense.
Chase la Poeketa Oply.
Kansas City Times.1
"Who sets the beef profits?" sska Secre
tary Wilson. Wall, the Creamery trust sets
a. portion of them since tbe oleomargarine
law went Into effect
. lay OI Bleat Will De.
Chicago Tribune.
The Ice troet muit have some compensa'
tlon next summer, look you, for tbe dlacom
forts its men have encountered In cutting
the Ice this terribly ooid winter.
Tea Maeh Sore Head.
Chicago Chronicle.
The plutocrats against whom Mr. Bryan
is now leveling his biggest oratorical guns
are "the men who did not vote for me tn
1888 and 1900." What other defeated presi
dential candidate ever exhibited his sore
head In this manner.
A raw of Them Left.
BL Louis Qlobe-Democrat.
Bryan says he will support none of the
democrats who voted for Palmer and Buck'
ner, and there were 133.424 of them. The
McKlnley democrat were still more numer
ous, and may also be presumed to be unac
oept&ble to the indefatigable loser of 1836
and 1900.
VI
Creditable to Brit Ink Jaatlc.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
creditable to British Justice that In
spite of tha evident high Influence exerted
to shield Wright his conviction was ac
complished "and a suitable penalty fixed by
the sentence. Ilia audden and tragic death
in no way affects the credit due tha offi
cers who prosecuted and sentenced him.
Shabby Baalaeaa.
Philadelphia Press.
The attempt to make out a ground of
criticism sgalnat tbe Postofflce department
because of the large increase In expendi
tures la shabby business. The postal ex
penditures come back in postal receipts.
This amply Justifies Increased expenditures.
Any other course would not be In the pub
lic Interest.
Opts Porta ta Chlaa. .
Springfield Republican. -
The circulation some time ago of the
story (hat -Russia's new far eastern port.
Dalny, was not free from Ice in the harbor
all the year has proved to be correct only
In a qualified sense. Tha United Btatea
consul at Formosa, Mr. Davidson, says In
a London Times interview: "It has been
stated that Dalny It not an lee-free port.
and In a limited sense this is true, for at
times a thm coating of ice forms. In the
harbor: but there . has never been, and
engineers are confident that there never
will be. sufficient 'Ice to Interfere seriously
with shipping. One small steam tug could
easily, keep the harbor free of all Ice,
This information renders superfluous all
speculations to the effect that Russia must
secure another port In Corea In order to
have one that la ice-free.
COST Of LI VI HQ.
Phaaea at tha Prohlea la risnares ass
Aaaertloaa.
Everybody's Magaslne.
Every pocket knows lu owa bitterness.
According to tbe atatlstlca of the Depart
ment of Labor which got Its figures from
1.667 families with aa average Income of
tKT.19. and an average 1 expenditure o
S76I.M. the cost of living in 1902. when It was
highest, was 1S.1 per cent more than hi 1896,
when It was lowest Average wages have
accommodatingly Increased by Just that
li.l per cent; In soma cases by more. The
Employers' Association of Chicago estl
mates that the cost of living increased by
Its per cent from UBS to ltot. Various
newspapers a'nd Independent observers have
guessed a much fclsher Increase of cost.
even mors than double . Statistics are
arrant liars,' and In figures there Is no com
fori. Ask your wife bow the household
bills for groceries, and meat, and so on,
In the last two years compare with those
Of UM. If sue doesn't aay that they have
gone ap from 40 to aft per cent, you are
a mighty lucky man. Wages may or may
not have gone ap IS - per cent. Salaries
have sot gone vp af eU, ,
FRBSIDEftT AMD WALL STREET.
What the ASaalalatratloa Has Done ta
Break l'a Treats.
Kansas City Btar (Ind.)
A trader of the Btar desires to know
what President Roosevelt hae done to op
pose Wall street or hamper the trusts;
what has become of the Northern Securi
ties case, and whether the secretary of the
treasury "has not rushed to Wall street
very time a monetary stringency threat
ened It." As a reason for seeking this In
formation the writer, says: ."1 believe that
am not alone in my doubts ss to the sin
cerity of Wall street's opposition to Mr.
Roosevelt"
It Is necessary, of course, to distinguish
between legitimate Wall street the natural
center of American finance and specula
tive Wall street, which Inflates stock and
promotes monopolists enterprises.. The
president Is not hostile to organized capital
so long as Its purposes are honest and Its
methods lawful. Secretary Shaw has been
lees disposed than most of his predecessors
to come to the aid of the banks. When he
his drawn on the treasury to relieve a
trlngency he has sent relief through the
subtreasurles. and even western banks look
largely to the New York subtreasury for
relief. There Is nothlna- Questionable In
ny relief that he has thus far given.
President Roosevelt has consistently op
posed" special Immunities and favors for
great corporations. As governor of New
York he secured the passage of a law tax
ing franchises. That was one of his first
offenses to Wall street. As president he
has recognised two great evils growing out
of present conditions the organisation of
trusts, through which the masses are Im
posed upon and competition strangled, and
the Inflation of stocks, through which inno
cent purchasers are deceived and fleeced.
For the first he demanded more far-reaching
laws and the enforcement of existing
statutes against extortion and the restraint
of trade. For the second he demanded pub
licity, believing that the Imposition of
watered stocks would be reduced to the
minimum, if published statements of ac
tual conditions were exacted. To these
ends he asked and secured the creation of
the new Department of ' Commerce, with
special powers and facilities for regulating
practices and exposing conditions. This
department has made substantial progress
nder Secretary Cortelyou, although much
time necessarily has been given to organi
sation. .Under the president's Instruction Attorney
General Knox proceeded against the North
ern Securities company and secured a ver
dict In the lower courts. The case Is now
awaiting the action of the supreme court
f the United States. This case has been
especially offensive to Wall street because
the president did not give warning to the
railway magnates that he intended to bring
action, in order that they might prepare
for the slump in watered stock that fol
lowed. They reasoned that inasmuch as
they had contributed liberally to republican
campaign funds, they deserved this special
consideration. The president maintained
that they must be treated merely as offend
ers against the law. ' '
The Beef trust was proceeded against and
the case was won in the lower courts. The
supreme court of the United States re
manded the case and It will be tried again.
Injunction suits are proceeding against
fourteen different railroads, to break up
unlawful combinations to fix rates. The
action against the Salt trust resulted in
plea of guilty, a fine, and the breaking
up of the organization. A case is pending
against tho Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers'
association. The suit against the coal-car
rying roads of the east will be heard by
the supreme court of .the United States
March 17, and the same tribunal also has
the action against the Louisville A Nash
vllle railroad forarbltrary overcharges to
dispose of. There Is a case against tne
Cotton trust for discriminating in "rout
ing." The Standard Oil trust has been
asked for a statement of Its business and
has refused to comply, and sctlon to test
the pulbictty law will be brought sgalnat
this great corporations.
president Roosevelt has dons all that he
has been able to do to check the abuses of
the trusts and rail-way combinations, and
everything possible to promote the legit I
mate Interests of the country. There is
not the least doubt that speculative Wall
street Is against him.
ARTHUR AND ROOSEVELT.
Deduction Draws Irons Allesred Slml
larltlea Falls la Important Feints.
Leslto's Weekly.
Some democratic and some assistant
democratic papers are printing what they
call "a parallel" between the case of
Arthur and that of Roosevelt, which they
think shows up unpleasently for the latter,
Each of these New Yorkers was on the
ticket with an Ohio man (Garfield In the
earlier Instance and McKlnley In the later
one), and each, after the assassination of
the Ohio man, went to the presidency.
Postal frauds engaged the attention of
each early In the presidency; each was
properly and fairly ambitious te reach that
office by election ; each was Impedod by dls
cord In. his party In his ' state. In the
convention which met In Chicago in June,
1884, Arthur was beaten for the nomina
tion. In the convention which meets in
Chicago in Ji Sh. 1904 will Roosevelt be
beaten? So. mu4 tar the deadly parallel
The deduction which Is being drawn from
these similarities, or alleged similarities.
falls In all Important points. In the first
places there Is no discord of consequence
In the republican party In New York In
1904. Senator Piatt and Governor Odell
may have minor differences about state
matters, but both are working in harmony
for Roosevelt's nomination and election
Arthur was beaten for the nomination In
1884 for two reasons: Despite the wise
policy which he pursued after he entered
the White House, he was considered by
many republicans to be merely the head of
a faction. He had as an opponent In tne
convention the most powerful roan In ths
republican party James O. Blaine. Roose
velt, on the other bans, has never peon
Identified with any faction of his party,
From the moment he entered the preal
dency he has been the party's dominant
BDlrtt. Nobody else Is mentioned seriously
In connection with the presidential candt-
Am .rr that a corporal's guard of
Implacables Insist on coupling Senator
Hanna's name with the office, against
Henna's repeated and honest protests that
he la not seeking the candidacy, and that
ha nrefers the senatorsnip xo mo prew
danrv. We take Senator Hanna at his
word, which has ever been as good as his
bond, and It would be better If some of
Roosevelt's enthusiastic but too Impetuous
followers would do the same.
This disposes of the parallel so far as
regards the candidacy. Roosevelt's nom
ination will be unanimous. Now let us see
how ths parael bears on the election.
The republican party bad a majority of
only fifty-nine In the electoral college of
1880, aid New York decided the contest.
The' republican party had a maJorUy of 1ST
In ths electoral college of 1900, and It oould
have lost New Tork and several other
states aud stlU have won the presidency.
The Conkllag-Oarfleld fight, oa account
of Garfield's selection of William JL Robert
son to be collector of the port of New Tork
In lBU, split the republican party wide
open. The "half-breeds," or Blaine
and Robertson men, cut the stalwart, or
Conkllng and Arthur man, Charles J. Fil
ter, when hs was the candidate t'f gov
ernor 'in VdS. to such an extent that he
received
212.000 fewer votes man were
J given te GarOeld In the same
state for
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president In 1880, and thus Cleveland was
made governor by nearly 193,000 plurality.
The stalwarts retaliated In 1884, when
Blaine was nominated for president and
thus they gave the state and ths election
to Cleveland. Nothing of this sort Is
visible anywhere In 1904. There Is no
republican feud of magnitude In any state.
All over the country the party ' is har
monious, aggressive, and enthusiastic.
In 190 unlike the case of 1S82, the
republicans carried congress, they won New
York, and they made gains, as compared
even with 1900, In the other states which
voted. Roosevelt's policy, despite the
assertions of his enemies, has been so
popular that It has commanded the support
of many of the democrats. On the para
mount Issue, that of the Panama canal's
construction, he has won the south over
to his side and split the democray In that
region. In the canvess Roosevelt's adminis
tration will necessarily be the issue, and
that administration has commended Itself
so- powerfully to the American people of all
sections that it is sure of all overwhelming
ratification at the polls.
Present Indications are that Roosevelt
will have a longer lead in the electoral
college of 1901 than the winning ticket of
McKlnley and Roosevelt received in 1900,
PERSONAL NOTES.
Samuel Roads, legislator, editor, author
and founder of the famous Sea Serpent
club , of Marblehead, Mass., has Just died.
Maurice Vignaux, the French billiard
expert retains the billiard - championship
of the world through defeating George
Sutton, tbe American player, . GOO points to
49$ points. In a game Just played In Parts.
The emperor of Austria, when chlded by
his physicians for working too many hours,
replied: "But what can I do? As It la
I can only Just get my day's work in; and
where should I be if I began even an hour
later?"
Princess Schahowskol Stechneff. who lives
in Paris, bwns the most sumptuous' private
car In Europe, for which she employs an en
ormous suite of Circassian attendants,
secretaries and servants, all wearing
gorgeous Circassian costumes.
There seems to be quite a decided move
ment among the rank, and . file of the
republican party In Massachusetts to honor
John D. Long with the place of. delegate
at large to the republican national con
vention at Chicago.
The city attorney of Chicago says that
for personal Injuries, such as falls caused
by rotten sidewalks, there are suits for
over 138,000,000 against the city. He blames
It on an organisation of young doctors and
lawyers who hunt up clients in order to
loot the city treasury.
Congressman Henry 8. Boutell of Chicago
has a passion for digging Into old records
and hunting up literary conceits. He has
a most curious collection of odd epitaphs,
which he thinks of puhllslng. Mr. Boutell
is a storehouse of information regarding
oddities of American and English history.
Although there are 'still ten indictments
hanging over Dr. A. A. Ames, former
mayor of Minneapolis, for malfeasance In
office, none of them will be prosecuted, aa
the recent decision of the supreme court
setting aside his conviction under' the
strongest of the cases against him renders
a second conviction practically an Im
possibility.
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WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"He doesn't seem to mind his Wall street '
losses at all, does her'
"Oh, no; he's a hardened speculator been
married tour times. Detroit Free Press,
"Has your wife the whist eraser'
"No," answered the sardonic person.
"She keeps her. mlrid alt right. It's the per
son she has for a partner that Is in danger ,
of craalness." Washington Star.
"I don't suppose you propose to make
any sacrifice during lent," said tbe first
clubman.
"OI I don't know," replied the ether. .
"I expect to sacrifice tne truth occa
sionally when 1 get home late." Phils-'
oeipnia- I'resa. , ,
We see Pipes the nmmber slttlnar In deen '
meditation, a contented smile . hovering
upon his face. "Ah I", we venture Shyly,'
uuiiaing air-castlesT"
"Better'n that," he tells US. "Plumbing
mem, juage.
"Funny how those old-time Alchemists
strove to make gold out of dross."
"Yes. and alchemy Isn't necessary sow
adnys. It's easy to make gold out of the
very dirt In our ' streets today."
iNonaenaei howt
"Oet a contract for removing it, and let
the rain do your work." Philadelphia
Cttthollo Standard. ,
"Didn't I see that young man ktsslng
you?" asked the mother.
"I fear you did," replied the slrl,
"Don't you know that you should never
let a man kiss you?"
"But mamma, it seems so forward for a
girl to do the kissing." Chicago Post
"Money doesn't always bring happtr
"That may be all true enough." replied
the struggling young man, "but It's one of
truth. n n. V. 1 .
can teach." Detroit Free Presa
"Don't you think that your love bf money
exercises a dangerous Influence oa your
career ?"
"My dear sir," answered Senator Sorg-.
hum, "I doubt tf my own love of money
has had as much effect aa the willingness,
not to say anxiety, of other people to ac
cept my money." Washington Star.
A party whose candor was shocking
Was once reprimanded for knocking
Because he had said
Of the heiress he wed:
She carries her coin in her chatelaine!
i . Milwaukee Sentinel. T
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James Barton Adams Is Denver Poet.
When your spirits ere down
And the world seems to frown
And clouds hide the blue of your skies.
When the care-load you pack
- Puts a curve on your back
And tears seek to 'scape from your eyes.
Don't you worry, my son, ,
You can capture the bun,
There's grain hid a Way in the Chaff; "
uon i you weaxeni uii ini
With the vow that you'll win
And give the blue devils the laugh.'.
Though the clouds cloak the Sir
The old sun Is still there
Doing business right at the old stand.
And the vapory mass
From Its brightness will pass '
And reveal all Its glories so grand.
Tighten, up on your grip, . ,
Keep a stiff upper Hp,
E'en though bitter the cup you must quaff:
Keep your courage aflame
And you'll win in the game
And give the blue devils the laugh.
Snap your fingers at care,
Hnve the courage to dare
For the half of life's woes are but Sham,
Keep your banner unfurled,
Make a noise In the world;
Toot your horn If you don't sen S Clara! -
All your energies pin
..... . v -rnrk mnA vnu'll Win.
You'll the wine of prosperity quaff.
And can bask in the sun
When the battle Is won
And give the blue devils the laugh.
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