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GEO. B. TZSCHCCK.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before me this 3uth day of November,' 1904.
(Seal.) M. B. Hl'NOATE,
Notary Public.
A municipal franchise Is worth money,
and so is a county franchise.
Laying out the groundwork for New
Yeitr'a resolutions is now In order.
The holiday railroad wreck arrived on
scheduled time. It is to be hoped that it
Is not the precursor of others.
Government arbitration of freight
rates will be a. 'good thing, providing the
firhitrators aro not all railroad men.
U is now said that Russia will have a
free press.. . ,J' .Uo other, .reforms, are
then certain to arrive a short time after.
The charter revision committees are
eald to be moving but "the motion is
not swift enough to create any commo
tion. "
V J"i.J
it will 1 something out 4f the ordi
nary for Nebraska .If wo do not have at
least a Tew days of zero weather thla
side of New Year's day. ,
The week between Chrlstmaa and New
Year's la designed without doubt so we
can fortify ourselves for the coming of
the bills dated January 1.
In Its annual report tho Dawes com
mission finds that despite the report of
.Attorney Bonaparte the board has fully
protected tho rights of the Indians.
tieuerul Miles has net one worthy ex
ample in declining to draw two public
salaries while acting aa part of the mili
tary establishment of Massachusetts.
When those new brooms are Installed
In the court bouse next week the people
ill look for a general house cleaning
nd the taxpayers for a large measure of
relief.
Omaha atlll remains tbe best show
town on this section of the map. Lots
of theaters in other cities have to shut
down altogether during the holiday
week.
The protest of the Insurance com
panies against federal supervision Is not
unexpected in fact, should they hsve
failed to protest it would have been sur
prising.. Omaha has a great future before It to
a certainty, but the way to realize on It
right away Is by active efforts of public-spirited
and enterprising citizens in
pushing it along.
i- i
Since the papers taken by the Ohio
sheriff to New York for the return of
r. Clmd wick to Cleveland have been
(Otind defective It is possible the techni
calities are not all exhausted lu the case
against his wife.
It is said that the sultan of Morocco
would Mke to extend trade relation with
tV-Vnlted .States, but he must remem
ber that all dealers cannot do as well
wUn American merchants as Kalsoull
did with Perdtcarts.
' The marring of Miss Ielter to the
rarl of. Suffolk at Washington proves
tltat as a place for International wed
dings the national capital possesses a
superiority over New York, In that the
bridal party is not mobbed by anxious
ightseer. 1
- A, party of Japanese parliamentarians
have gone to view the war at close
range. If they are anything like Ameri
can congressmen they will return home
In a few weeks knowing more about
bow the war should be conducted than
the generals in command.
The resigned treasurer of the Civic
rcderation says the executive committee
"Just about runs things." The execu
tive committee consist uf five persons,
who. however, have no hesitation in de
flaring that they aeuk for 2.Ki or 3,m
with whom they never eveu confer
AX ADMIXTSTRATTVX WLL
JTbe attorney perioral and other niem
Ixrs of the cabinet irr auk I to be pre
paring a Mil that will ftnbnily tbe presi
dent' Irtoit of federal control of railway
rate, which it la expted will Is? coni
plPtrH hy the time- t-onarean twoiiwnf.
Actonling- to reports from Washington
one- of tile pmpoaitioua cuiisliloretl by
those working on the bill la the creation
of a national ImmdI' .of arbitration In
place of the Interstate commerce ronrt
that has been proposed. The Idea la that
thla board would review the action of
the Interstate fommerce commission,
which Mould be authorized to tlx rates In
canes of disputes, and the decision of the
laiard would give effect to the rates
named by the commission.
The proposition la that such a board
Ik couiosed of three men of the highest
Integrity, ability and experience in mat
ters pertaining to transportation, that
they sfiould, le appointed for life and
that they should receive salaries com
mensurate with the Importance of the
position. It Is suggested that a national
loard of arbitration would meet the ob
jection of some of the railway presidents
to the creation of an Interstate commerce
court. The question arises whether con
gress can constitutionally confer upon
a laiard of this character the necessary
' ' horlty. There appears to be no doubt
as to tuo ngnt or congress to estaDiisu
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an Interstate commerce court, with all
the power required for the determination
of questions arising under the law. .The
creation of a mere arbitration board,
however, la obviously a very different
matter and It is certainly a debatable
question whether congress Is authorized
by the constitution to clothe such a body
with powers similar to those of a court.
The fact that an administration bill is
being prepared for submission to con
gress evidences the earnest desire of the
president to get this snbject before con
gress as soon as possible. It gives assur
ance that the Influence of the administra
tion will be exerted to secure early con
sideration of what the president regards
as the most Important matter for the
attention of congress. It would seem to
be the intention of the administration to
make an effort to have something done
at the present session, but It Is unlikely
that 'so Important a matter can be dis
posed of in the few remaining weeks of
the session. There will be time, how
ever, for consideration and discussion of
the several propositions, from which the
people may learn tbe views of their rep
resentatives and the prospect for legis
lation demanded In the public Interest.
j OCR NAVY MAKKtiS.
It la a not uncommon Impression, due
to democratic assertion, that the begln
'illfig 'of our present navy was during the
flrst administration of President Cleve
land. This Is an erroneous Impression
which needs to be rreeted In the Inter
est of the truth of history. A Baltimore
paper having made the statement that
"Mr. Cleveland,, with the late William
C. Whitney as secretary f the navy, un
dertook, the. rehabilitation of the navy,"
the Washington Tost says: "Mr. Cleve
land and Mr. Whitney did not Inaugurate
our modern navy. They did not plan its
rescue from contempt and inefficiency.
They were not the fathers of our present
fleet. They were neither., parents nor
nurses." And It points out that when
Mr. Cleveland entered upon office in 1885
the work of .rehabilitating the navy had
been definitely arranged and undertaken.
Thla was done under tbe administra
tion of President Arthur, when William
E. Chandler was secretary of the navy,
and the credit belongs very largely to
the latter, who was an earnest and en
thusiastic advocate of a new navy and
Impressed upon congress and the country
his view of the wisdom and expediency
of building np the navy. In this he had
the cordial support of Mr. .Arthur. Tha
policy thus Inaugurated under a repub
lican administration was of course con
tinued under Its successor, but as the
Post remarks, what Mr. Cleveland and
Mr. Whitney did, and all they did. "was
to preside over an enterprise which oth
ers had devised and formulated." The
democratic claim that to the first Cleve
land administration belongs the credit
for the beginning of our present navy is
utterly fallacious and furthermore the
democratic party has never as a whole
been favorable to the upbuilding of the
navy.
THE STATE LtUlStAT VR V. '.
Soon the legislatures of most of the
states will be in session. These bodies
are really nearer to the peoplo than Is
congress, as they have to do with the
domestic Interests and welfare of the In
dividual commonwealths. The legisla
tures soon to convene will huve Impor
tant matters to consider relating to the
people that have chosen them and If they
shall addresa themselves wholly to these
questions. Ignoring political matters with
which properly they have nothing to do,
good results art to be expected from
them, but the probability is that most of
them will pursue the usual course and
give more attention to politics than (to
business. It has been remarked that lu
late years It seems as if the people had
very little to say regarding matters of
legislation, this being taken out of their
bands by a coterie of politicians wbo pre
sume to ruu the states for their Individ
ual ends. That this Is very largely the
case Is a fact of general knowledge.
It has been repeatedly pointed out that
one of the roost serious faults of stnte
legislatures generally Is In enactlug laws
many of which are Impracticable and
cannot be enforced. Every year hun
dreds of such laws go upon the statute
books, only to be propounced worthless
by the courts or to become dead letters
because of their Impracticability. lu this
way a great deal of time is wastetl by
legislatures to the public detriment. It
is hardly, posslbla, however, that there
will ever be any substantial reform in
this respect, since nearly every member
of s legislature feels that he has the only
remedy for Ills In the laxly politic.
Legislative corruption Is one of the
crying evils uf the time' and there are
not wanting Indlratlona that It la a gTow-ln-
etil. Thla la ahown in recent dis
closures in seTeral states. Those (level
opmonta hare created a doubt In the
minds of some whether It la possible to
secure a state leirlalatnre entirely free
from boaaiaiu and corrnptlnjr Inflnencea
and which will have In view only the In
terests and welfare of the people rather
than thoae of the politicians and the cor
poratlona. The remedy la of course In
the hands of the people themselves, who
j unfortunately are not alwaya a careful
as they should be In choosing their leg
islative representatives. It Is perhaps
not to be expected that the state legisla
tures of lftt will be much wiser or bet
ter than their predecessors, but we may
at least hoe for some reform and Im
provement. MKXWAXIZED COLORADO.
At long range it looks as If Colorado
were one of the states in the American
republic that bad lost its republican
form of government. For more than
two years mob rule, executive anarchy,
Judicial anarchy and legislative anarchy
have held full sway In the Centennial
state, and the end Is not yet. The forci
ble detention of Governor Peabody In
the executive chair by court mandate.
based on the alleged frauds peiTc'ratcd
in the late election by all parties and all
sexes cannot fail eventually to have a
reactionary effect.
While fraud vitiates all contracts, no
political party In Colorado seems to have
a monopoly on fraud, and while posses
sion Is nine points of the law. partisan
decisions designed to bolster one set of
frauds against another set of frauds
must In the long run undermine popular
self-government and prove disastrous to
the party that perverts the machinery
of the courts for the sake of temporary
success. Possibly Colorado republicans
do not realize that they are only sowing
the wind now, to reap the whirlwind
when the day of reckoning shall come.
Counting out political opponents and
counting In political co-laborers by judi
cial decrees and legislative legerdemain
Is not a paying Investment In tbe long
run. The cry that "they all do It" af
fords no justification for wrong doing.
Two wrongs do not make a right. What
Is condemnable in political opponents
cannot be commendable in your own
party. Political anarchy in Colorado Is
not merely a serious affliction to the
people of that state, but a menace to the
entire republic. No state of the Ameri
can union can be Mexlcanl.ed without
severely Jarring the entire political fah
rlc on which constitutional government
rests.
Is not State . Superintendent Fowler
getting a little ahead of the game in
declaring In advance of the Omaha meet
ing that the State Teachers association
will prefer hereafter to convene In the
oipital city? To a man up a tree, Mk
Fowler's outspoken antipathy to Omaha
seems to date only from the time he
failed, to connect with the position of
superintendent of the Omaha '"public
schools.
When Omaha cut down the term of
the gas franchlHe from fifty years to
twenty-five years a dozen years ago, It
was supposed It settled It once for all
that thereefter.no franchise privileges
grouted by this city were to extend be
yond a quarter of a century. The de
cision reached then ought to be binding
as precedent In the granting of fran
chise privileges by the county aa well.
The committees appointed by the Real
Estate exchange, the city council and
the'Commerelal club to formulate a new
charter appear to lack the courage of
taking the Initiative, and unless they
screw up their courage quickly we shall
probably witness a repetition of.'piece
meal charter tinkering after the legisla
ture has begun its sessiou.
New York Italians fought a duel after
riding to tbe appointed place in an auto
inoblln. If they had been up-to-date In
their ideas they might have run the
machine Into n telegraph pole and the
survivor. If any, would have accom
plished the same result, aa well as tested
his courage.
Voir t'aele'a Stock of Gold.
New York Sun.
The stock of gold In tho L'nlted States is
11,320,400.000 and ia greater than that of any
other country. It is nearly one-fourth of
the total stock of gold in the world.
Irritating; Obstinacy.
Chicago Tribune.
When it la remembered that the full of
Port Arthur was scheduled originally for
August 15. 104, the obstinacy of that man
Stoeasel becomes all the more Irritating.
Suspicions f'lrcamstaace.
Washington Post.
Railroad men might nut take Commis
sioner Garfield's report so seriously If they
did not have a suspicion that President
Roosevelt had acted as managing editor
of It.
t'aa't Afford to Squeal,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
No one concerned cares to undertake to
prove Luwhoii a liar, because If the facts
were not exactly as he alleges, they were
such that no participant wishes to havs
the truth disclosed. Lawsou knew what
it was perfectly safe to do.
Poirerfal C'aateaa Arc umeut.
Boston Traveler.
If it Is true that the Woman's Army t hd
Navy leunue embraces the wlf, mother
and daughters of nearly every officer in the
army, what has the Woman's Christian
Temperance union to say to the petition
of these good women that the canteen be
restored? It Is worth thinking about,
ladles.'
iol4 Brick Artist Escapes.
Portland Oregonlan.
Mr. Hooley, the English promoter, who
chiseled his gullible countrymen out of
about IJMOO.OOO by schemes in comparison
with which the gold brick trick Is nice and
legitimate, has been found not guilty. If
.the news of that verdict la carried down
to the shade of Whltaker Wright as he
stslks sbout In the regions below, he will
experience deep regret over the fact that
he failed to take Into partnership a suffi
cient number of the British nobility to
secure Immunity from punishment. Now
that Hooley is frit, Mrs. Chadwlrk should
cheer ur
ARWr GOSSIP I WABHIS6TO.
Carreat Rventa oleaae from Army
and Say Realater.
The War Department Intends to lak a
severe stand toward those army officers
who refuae. or st leant fall, to reply to
official communications. There have been
number of Inatanres of this sort In the
past few months and the Judire advocate
general has advised the secretary of war
that the time has come when something
should be done to Impress offlcir with the
necessity of acknowledging letters
addressed to them from official eourcea.
This week instructions wer given for the
trial by court martial of two officers sta
tioned at Governor Island, X. T., tor
their failure to reply to official communl
ratlona. The procexdlnsa In one case were
discontinued because the officer submitted
an apology.
The general itaff of the army has pre
pared an elaborate scheme which em
braces the laaue of the army at large of
reconnoleeance sets for use under practical I
conditions. The policy Is to have work of
this kind extended throughout the service
and to this end the Instructions formulated
by the third division of the general stiff
will be publlshrd to the army shortly
through the medium of a general order.
The army board of ordnance and forti
fication continues to hear from the able
Inventors of the airship. In the lat twelve
months there have been no less man
twenty-two plans from as many ingenious
people laid before the board In the hop?
that that body might be induc-u to auoi
ths government funds at Its disposal for
the construction of a vehicle ot aenai
navigation. The board Is not likely to con
sider such propositions very seriously,
although all suggestions, from whatever
source, receive patient hearing. Of eourse
no one ean tell Just what of value may be
obtained from such source. Another
favorite subject considered by many peo
plo In all parts of the country Is the con
trol of torpedos and the construction of
means of submarine destruction, naturally
suggested by the war in the far east.
About the moat unique of the propositions
before the board recently wss the plnn to
control the dirigible torptdo by means of
the wireless.
The general staff ot the army has under
consideration the tiuestlon, of aaiignments
of line officers to duty in the staff corps.
It Is felt In somo quarters that there should
be something definite In the policy of trans
fers to staff corps duty, while there Is
another view In favor of permitting the
chiefs of the special staff corps' the selec
tion of the officers who are to serve with
them without reatrictlons or conditions
which take Into consideration the prerer
vatlon. of the percentage of details from
one arm or another. The system of selec
tion, by which line officers become tempo
rarily .staff corps officers, hus an Impor
tance to service. Inasmuch as the detail of
an Infantry officer to staff corps duty
means promotion nil along the line In the
Infantry arm.
Another position dclined by the War de
partment on the advice of the Judge advo
cate general has to do with the acttlement
of financial obligations of army officers.
There is nothing new in the policy now
announced, for sll along the War depart
ment has taken the position that It can
not use Its machinery and Its Influence for
the collection of 'bills; at the same time,
as formerly, an, officer who persists In hla
refusal to meet his debts will be dealt
with as 's Justifiable In the ense of one
whose conduct become a tcindal. fol
lowing Is an opinion rendered by the judge
advocate general of the army:
"No case is lure presented for the ac
tlon of the W ...department I? entirely
correct, In his contention that an officer
of the army Ms as much entitled to the
protection of the laws as la any other eltl
sen. 8hould, the matter of alleged Indebt
edness of - be brought before the do
partmcnt by thei attorneys' for the estate
of the late the attention of the latter
should be called to the fact that the War
department Is not a collection agency, and
that In matters of private debt an officer
of the army stands on no different plane
from any other person. The civil courts
are the proper agents to determine whether
or not an Indebtedness exists, and it Is
only where the non-payment of an estab
lished obligation , by an officer threatens
scandal to the service that it becomes
proper for the military authorities to con
slder the case." ,,
The determination of the Woman's Army
and Navy league to carry to successful Is
sue their resolution In favor of the re-establishment
of. the canteen feature of the
post exchange la shown by the pe Itlcn
which will be presented to congress when
it reconvenes on January 4. It will be
signed by the members of the Woman's
Army and Navy league, and will read as
follows: '
"We. the members of the Woman's Army
and Navy league, an organization com
posed, with but few exception', of women
closely related to officers In the army and
navy, and in the murine corps, do earnestly
petition the const ess of the United States to
pass the bill No. S. (703, introduced on De
cember 8, 1904, by Senator Proctor: 'That
so much' of section 88 of an act entitled:
An act to Increase the efficiency of the
permanent military establishment ot the
L'nlted States, approved February t, 1901,
as prohibits the sale of beer In any post
exchange or canteen at posts locate! In
states where such sale Is not prohibited
by the law ot the stats Is hereby repealed.'
We make this petition after a careful
study of the effect the prohibition of the
sale of beer at post exchanges has had
upon the enlisted men flnce the act .of
February i, luoi. The object of tha Woman's
Army and Navy league ia to promote the
general welfare and contentment of en
listed men, nnd, Ju'lslng from the numerous
reports of army officers of all ranks and
from every braneji of the military service,
recommending the restoration of the can
teen as It existed prior to February !,
lUol, we think it is quite In order that we
should add our voice In the Interest of the
moral and physical well being of the sol
dier. We, therefore, beg that the military
committee of the senate and the military
committee of the house of representatives
will give this matter their dispassionate
consideration."
Serious C'onalderatloa.
Leslie's Weekly.
These are considerations which demand
tho serious attention of the republican
party today. The sweeping victory of 1904
was largely personal. Almost any good
republican could havs carried the country
this year, but no other man whom the
republican party' ever had could hsve
gained the stupendous plurality which
Roosevalt rolled up. t'nder sny other man
several states which are now in tha repub
lican column would have been lost. This
year's rssult gives no sort of a hint as to
what the outooms may be four years hence.
Roosevelt's magnetic personality will be
absent from the next canvass If he lias his
way. The number of Independents la get
ting larger and lurgi r every year. Victory
cannot be gained by the republicans four
years hencs unless they make a record be
tween now and then which deserves vic
tory. 1 Asalaat a Nsrs Dae.
Chicago. Record-Hera Id.
The commission appointed to inyestlgate
the North sea Incident has begun its sit
tings in Tarla. aiid would probably be will
ing to give something handsome to anybody
who could tell It how to reach a decision
satisfactory to both Sides ,
STATE PRESS (OtWEVT,
St. Paul Republican: The Rurlington's
"s.etf corn special" was an improvement
upon its "tax-shirking apeclal" anyway.
St. Paul Republican: It Is reported that
the Burlington Is about to retire from poli
tics. The Nebraska legislature ran ma
terially aaalst tt and any other railroads
that may be similarly Inclined by enacting
a stringent anti-pass law.
lioldrxdge Progress: Suppose sll the far
mers and other taxpayers of Nebraska
whose taxes have been raised, refused to
pay ths assessment, aa have the railroads
in various counties! And why should th
railroad corporations receive anv more
conaldf ration from ths tax collector thaa
any Individual taxpayer?
Springfield Monitor: There must be some
thing decidedly wrong down at the state
ssylum at Lincoln whrn one patient kills
another and the fact is kept from the pub
lic for several weeks. It Is bad enough
to have friends there, but when murdxr
is committed and kept hushed up what sre
people to think? They surely want to
know what Is going on In that Institution.
Benkleman News: The people of east
ern Nebraska have little Idea of what thsy
miss In the way of cheap telephone ser
vice by not living In the range country.
Think of a monthly bill- of 33'6 cents for
the use of a telephone. The latest barb
wire line to go nut of the village will be
twelve mllxs long and will Include fifteen
'phones. The only cost to the subscriber
will be that of the Instrument he uses and
the trouble of making the connection. The
cost of maintenance Is expected to amount
to $4 s yesr. There la not an Insulator on
the fence, yet message are carried per
fectly the whole distance.
Stanton Picket: The suppression of th?
murdxr of one patient by Brother at the
Lincoln hospital for the Insane, which oc
curred November 7. was s mistake. The
motive assigned for so doing, that the
friends of the other patients might not be
worried over the cirrumManees, Is a cred
liable one, but will not be accepted by all
as the true reason. The spirit of the op
position to mske political capital out of
each trivial circumstance will he stimu
lated, not only by this ur.fortunste occur
rence, but to a greater degree by the sup
pressing of the affair for so long s time,
Such happenings csnnot be kept perma
nently from the public, and even If they
could, in this land of equal privileges, the
public has a right to know what transpires
at the state institutions they have paid for
and are paying to" malhtsln. An open
course Is always the wisest If not slways
the best.
Grand Island Independent: A meeting
ot the attorneys of the counties In the
state affected by the Indisposition of the
Union Pacific and Burlington railroads at
Lincoln and the result of It was that the
burden of the working of defending the
Interests of the various counties will fall
on tho shoulders of Attorney General-elect
Norris Brown. As the state Is, of course,
as largely Interested as the counties this
Is proper, though he should and unques
tionably will have the hearty co-operation,
wherever possible, of all the attorneys. It
Is a fight of the railroads against the peo
ple, and the latter should be united In the
matter. It Is believed that the case will
drag through the courts several years,
but. when you come to think of It, It Is a
mighty poor case that cannot get a con
tinuance In the courts whenever either
party to the suit wants It. Getting lied up
In the courts Is becoming to be more of a
search for trouble than a settlement of
trouble.
Ord Quis: The inmates of the asylum for
the Insane at Lincoln have been doing busi
ness lately according to the facts thst havo
Just come to light. One Inmate killed an
other a month ago or more, and some time
later an attendant was assailed by a heavy
maniac and nearly brained before the eraxy
murderer rould be overpowered. AH the
facts were kept from the public till now,
which we think was a serious mistake. The
superintendent gives ss his reason for the
suppression of the facts that, the news
would give the relatives of the Inmates
needless alarm if they knew what had hap
pened. This Is all wrong. The public will
have far wore apprehensions row since
they know.lt Is the purpose of the super
intendent to suppress the facts as much
as possible. A prompt report of the trage
dies would 8 shu re the public that If noth
ing ia heard from relatives In the asylum
"no news Is good news." but now relatives
cannot know but that their kin have been
injured for months. AN e believe that tha
public has a right to be promptly informed
as to all such things going on In the asy
lum. St. 'Paul Republican: It Is difficult to
Understand the process of reasoning by
which the authorities Justified themselves
In suppressing new of a murder at the
Lincoln insane asylum. The explanation
that it was done to spare the feelings of
other patients' relatives Is not well taken
for the reason that In the ordinary course
of events the affair was sure to leak out
sooner or later, and when It did' it would
be much worse than If a clean breast had
been made of It In the first place. People
are now wondering how many similar deeds
of violence ha've been more successfully
covered up, and those who have relatives
or friends In the Lincoln Institution are
subjected to grave fears concerning their
personal safety. In view of the over
crowded condition of tha asylum It seems
that no responsible person can be blamed
for the murder committed by Dr. Ancord
six weeks sgo. But the authorities are
subject to censure for attempting to cover
It up, and their Judgment is Impeached by
the fact that they fvem to have Imagined
that such a 'policy could be indefinitely
continued.
PKHSOXAI. OTi:S.
Judge Parker appears to be persona
grata, even among his political opponents,
so long as he isn't running for office.
The comptroller of the treasury says there
Is a need of $5 bills. He seems to be a
careful, accurate and conservative official.
Franklin Pierce, a grandson of President
Franklin Pierce, has been designated by
President Roosevelt to take the examina
tion for second lieutenant In the regular
army.
A New Yorker has Jtist accomplished the
feat of eating a quail a day for thirty con
secutive days. It is a feat fraught with
difficulties, and not the least of tha ob
stacles to most perrons Is to get tha quail.
Just before he left tha pension office Com
missioner Wsre wss srked for a recom
mendation by a watchman. This is what
Ware wrote: "Dear Jackson: If you are
not In- heaven when I get there I'll fix it
to have you tranaferred.''
Negotiations have been completed
whereby Purdue university. Indiana, Is
to receive from the New York, New Haven
4b Hartford railroad the loan of tha hlstorlo
locomotive, "Daniel Mason," which was
built in 186S.
The widow of "Stonewall" Jackson is
greatly delighted with the appointment of
her only grandson to a cadrtship In West
Point. The athletic young fellow Is now
at school near Atlanta and is pursuing his
studies with the same sesl that character
ised his soldier grandfather.
They are not sentimental tn the seusts of
ths United States snd look ahead with cold
and calculating eyes, which statement Is
borne out by the fact that some senator,
a reupbticaii wnoae name is ss vt con
cealed by the sergeanl-at-arms, has filed
on the seat of Chauncey MtUhell Depew,
claiming it as his own in tha event thst
Mr, lpfW shall not wlu for another Uriu.
roxmoi. op t onroRATiox.
I maslssloarr t.arSeloVs Pruaoaals
Pronoaaxxo the Last straw.
New York Sun.
We do not know how in simple and en
gaging guise there could be framed another
measure so subversive of our whole theory
and principle of government. What would
become of the sovereignty of thhe states?
What pretence could be alleged of its con
tinued existence? How long would it be
possible for us to recognise ourselves as
the l'nlted States of America? Should wx
not at once become the State of America,
with no more pretence to a constitution
than It we were an sggrxgatlon of sxm
stvos? It Is Impossible to suspect Mr. Garfield
of an ulterior or a deftly concealed pur
pose. He does not wsnl to destroy cor
porations and eliminate them forever from
the body politic. Nevertheless, does he
not obviously propose that Individuals may
usurp sll the rights and privileges now
enjoyed by corporations and In their single
capacity or as firms do an unrestricted
Interstate business from which collective
capital is prohibited?
Mr. Garfield may hold that this Is only
a detail; but we assure him that If he
will ponder it In the light of the counsel
of the other side he will find that It Is a
detail of ominous dimensions.
The most alluring aspect of Mr. Gitr
field's proposition is thst which sxems to
Imply that it would operate to thx benefit
of property, Inasmuch as the federal gov
ernment cannot, we presume, Issue its
license to a corporstion without st the
same time guaranteeing to Its beneficiary
an adequate degree of protection. The
stockholders and Investors generally would
like to make the experiment of a govern
ment oversight of their Interests. It ought
to amount to something for them as well
as for the masses. The proposal, proba
bly. Is not to abolish ' property rights as
they are described and understood under
the constitution, although we seem to re
call a disturbing utterance on this subject
from a higher authority than Mr. Garfield.
We can understand very well that the
vast army of men and women whose means
of life, are derived from shares In cor
porations and who have suffered sorxly
from corporste malfeasance and dishonesty
would gladly welcome the Interference of
any power thst promised to add to their
security. We csn believe, too, that they
would grasp at it without any too careful
scrutiny of its nature. But the remedy
which Mr. Garfield holds out to them Is sn
Ignis fatuus which they may grasp only
after the congress has consented to burn
the constitution of the United States.
TIllUS WIS MIST rORUKT.
Amasluar Harmony Suggestion from
Across the Atlantic.
Chicago Tribune.
A month ago an Knglish gentleman. Sir
Edward Clarke, suggested that the people
of the United States call themselves "Usoni-
ans" Instead of Americans. Now another
English cousin suggests a slight modifica
tion of the national hymn, "The Star Span
gled Banner.'' Sir Howard Vincent, M. I'.,
objects to the third verse for the reason
that It recalls the enmity for Great Britain
which rankled In the composer s heart whei,
he penned the lines. He declares that tho
words are Inapplicable and out of date,
keep an old sore needlessly running, snd
breed 111 will and distrust In young America.
Therefore, by all means, let the third verse
be dropped and the hatreds and passions of
older days forgotten.
The suggestion of Sir Vincent will be fol
lowed. The third verse will be dropped.
Any other suggestion In the interests of In
ternational peace will be gladly received.
Our navy may be too large. Any sugges
tions as to dispensing with all or a part or
that needless functionary will be gladly ex
ecuted. There may be certain chupters in
American history calculated to excite hos
tility. It may be that such chapters hud bet
ter be dropped. The Declaration of Inde
pendence, when read at Fourth of July cel
ebrations, may awaken mild antl-Urltlsn
sentiment among those who try to under
stand why the Instrument was promulgated.
Probably It had better be forgotten.
The correct understanding of history and
true knowledge of tho early struggles of
a small but liberty loving people are of no
importance when weighed against the pos
sible ill will which may result when that
country gets Into a position to take rare of
Itself and then learns who was Its worst foe
In the early days.
The British Insiat that we are their
cousins. That may be. The difference Is
that we used to hv poor re.atlons, and now
we are rich and powerful relatives, upon
whose forbearance depends the Integrity of
their empire.
A CiRKAT COIXTRY IS THIS.
Lesson of the lolled States Arranged
for Kurope's Benefit.
M. Anatole Leroy-Beaulleu In World's
Work.
To myvlew, what makes the greatness
of tho United States among thx nations Is
less iu tremendous economic development
than Its political institutions and its con
sciousness of liberty tn every field of action
snd life. This comes 'back to enying that
what has made Its greatness Is les the
country ttsolf than tho men who Inhabit It.
It Is less the great expanse uf Its torriloiy
and its natural resources) of soil and of
wealth underground" than ths qualities and
the energies of the people who have culti
vated the magnificent plains und the beau
tiful mountains of North America, and
made thxm pay.
Nature had provided between the two
oceans for a great empire and a great na
tion. But for this empire to be born and
for this nation to take form, live and pros
per, it was necessary that It should be in
habited by people capable of exploiting und
binding together these vast expanse. In
this sense one might ku.v that It Is tha
American who haa made America, although
between the Atlantic and the Pacific, as
elsewhere, there was a mutual influence of
men on the land and the land on men. But
There are Many
table waters, but only one
JLOTirllA
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$9.60. A hot burner-Missouri Nut large size S4.S0; Lump
$4.73. Scranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
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aa grrat as thla last was. tho first seems
to have been even more powerful, and (Ms
Is one of the causes which, from my point
of view, bring about the originality and
the superiority of the United States.
The causes of Its success snd of its great
ness are not merely material causes duo to
the goncrositv cf nature toward It. They
sr above all others, moral causes, dua to
tho character, the education, the energy
and the spirit of enterprise ef Americana
A MAJORITY PRESIDENT.
Seatlmeatal Satisfaction la aa Eloo
tins So UeeUitx.
New York Tribune.
It may seem rather late to make com
ments upon the presidential vote of nearly
two months ago, but the report of tha offi
cial ranvass suggests the agreeable con
sldxratlon that In an exceptional ricgraa
Mr. Roosevelt will enter upon his next
term of office ss a "majority president,"
Some presidents have been elected by lxsa
than half the popular vote, and have thus
been known as "minority presidents," their
election being, of course, ss vslid aa any,
though from a sentimental point of view
sesreely as satisfactory as ona elected by
a clear maierlty of all votea.
There Is no question sbout President
Roosevelt's msjority of the popular vote.
Reckoned In the country at large. It Is
overwhelming. In many Indlvldusl states,
too. it is enormous. Not least Interesting
of all Is It to observe that, with, wa be
lieve, only three exceptions, every stats
voted for either Mr. Roosevelt or Mr.
Parker by a clear majority. In some
former contests It has been said that tho
successful candidate would have been
beaten If the scstterlng votes) In a few of
the states hsd been concentrated In favor
of his opponent. Thst cannot be said thla
time. In only three states were there
enough scattering votes to have affected ths
result If they had been cast otherwise.
One was Kentucky, which Mr. Parker car
ried by less than 12,0m plurality, while
there were more than 13,000 scattering votea
A second wns Maryland, whose vote was
so close ss to divide tho electoral college,
and In which the casting of the 5,000 scat
tering votes for either of the two chief
candidates would have turned the soala
In his direction. The third was Missouri,
which went for Mr. Roosevelt by 25,SU0,
but cast more than 26,000 scattering votes.
In every other state there wss a clear ma
jority for on.i candidate over all.
There is ,as wa have said, a certain
sentimental satisfaction In the making of
an election so decisive. A simple majority
of the electoral college Is constitutionally
sufficient to give a president s valid title.
But by way of "clinching it" it Is well
for a president to hsve. as Mr. Roosevelt
has, a clear majority of the whole popular
vote, and a clear majority of the popular
vote in a large majority of the individual
states, and to be In no respect dependent
upon a mere plurality.
SMILI LMKS.
Towne That nxw clerk of mine Is cer
tainly very candid snd outspoken, but
I rather like him for It.
Browne Told you to your face what he
thought of you, eh?
Towne Yes: hx said I was the nicest
man he ever worked for. Chicago Tribune.
"Pana" said little Johnnv "Hnxa H,t
Claus ever make sny mistakes?"
But papa, who was thx manager of the
exchange department lu a big retail store,
skillfully evaded the quetion. Chicago
Tribune.
"if some men 'maglned dev has money,"
said Uncle Eben. "us easv'as dev 'mag
Inxs dxy has brains, dxy'd hx n trouble
all de time fnh overdrawln' delr accounts."
Washinton Stsr.
Knieker:
cinder?"
Why Is a pretty girl like
Bueker: "Give it tm."
Knlcker: "She Is so hard to
txt out of
your eye." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"All I med." remarked the college youth
who was taking an examination, ! U a
little time to collect my thought."
From various pockets and other places
of concealment he drew a number of er:bs.
He passed. Cleveland Leader.
"Didn't you find it awfullv hard work to
master the piano as thoroughly as you
have done?"
"It was a great deal of trouble at first.
Thx firm I bought the instrument from
used to send some man around to Oulleet
the installments almost every dav." Chi
cago Tribune.
"Troubled with sleeplessness, eh?" said
the doctor. "Is your trouble of long stand- ,
lng?"
"Yes." replied Poplxy. "and long walk
ing. The baby's had colic every night for
three months." Philadelphia Press.
SANK OLD THISU.
James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
The New Year Is near and the boys will
swear off.
Just as thev always do.
At even the hint of a bowl they will scoff,
Just as they always do.
And soon the old tempter again will ap
pear And wtil.-per sweet words ta each listening
ear
And start them to blowing the foam from
the beer,
Just as they always do.
Resolutions to better our lives are well
made,
Just as we always do.
Our useless and foolish old habits we'll
shake,
Just as we always do. '
We'll bolt our resolves and will screw down
the nut.
The Satan uf Folly behind us we'll put.
But soon we'll fall back ii the ssme foolish
rut,
' Just as we always do.
We will banish the pipe we have loved
Oh! so dear.
Just as we always do,
And swear we'll not smoke any mora for
a vear.
Just as wo always do.
But ere a brief mouth to the rear has been
tossed.
The smoke will fly from us like engines
es hi. nut
And we'll mourn o'er the month of rare
. pleasure we've lost.
Just us we always do.
Oh, yes, we'll start in as Immaculate
saints,
From habit-stained souls we will banish
all taints,
Just as we always do.
And for a short time we may do very well.
But soon, ah! too soon, It Is painful to tell!
We'll be climbing back Into the sinful corral,
Just as we always do.
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