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Oeorg B. Tsscfeurk. secretary of The Bee
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ays that th actual number of full and
complete cnple of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
mohth of December, 1904, was as follows:
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beror m this tlst day of December, 1904.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE.
Notary Public.
The birth of Omaha as a grain mar
ket seems to be cauHing some commo
tion In the constellation.
Senator Knox, In his questions In the
Smoot Inquiry, has demonstrated his
ability to sum up a case In a small com
pass. Now. It Is said that J. P. Morgan will
finance a railroad to be built hi China
Verily, Colonel Sellers Is being vindi
cated. Now If the gas and electric lighting
plants and the telephone service would
only shut down a day or two Just to
show us the difference.
A few bills to establish several new
state institutions are past due. No Ne
braska legislature ever escaped one or
more of these propositions.
In the Interval the council should not
forget that our taxpayers expect a city
tax rate for 10O3 materially reduced
from the tax rate for VMU.
New York has had three exception
ally destructive fires In as many days.
An advance in Omaha insurance rates
may be expected at any time.
' Senator Dolllver of Iowa declares he
has begun to study the railroad prob
lem, but whether from a scientific or
political standpoint is not stated.
Mexico is going to punish the Yaquls
Who killed four Americans and a couple
of Mexicans, rrobably' the Indians re
gret not leaving the natives alone.
' Ncbraskans who have fought a prairie
fire have a fair understanding of what
is required of Russia if its effort to stop
the present labor troubles Is to succeed.
e 1
That armistice between the repub
lican factions in Iowa must be at an
nd, to Judge by Mr. Cnmmlus' remarks
uion Committeeman , Ulytbe at Cedar
Rapids.
It might not be out of order for
Omaha aud Douglas county to cheek up
the minutes of secret meetings of public
boards to ascertain Just how much prop
erty still reiuaiu public property.
, Thoso New York lawyers who have
been Indicted for subornation of perjury
will surely be of the opinion that Dis
trict Attorney Jerome has shown a !u
ment&ble. dlsregurd toe professional
ethics.
Russian ofllcluls who promised inves
tigation into the condition of the work
Ingiaen may as well prepare their res
ignations If the appointment of General
Trepoff Is any indication of the temper
of the czar.
It -will cost Sttuth Omaha citizens $500
t hold an election in April to choose
three members of their school board.
Whether they got their money's worth
or pot will depend on the kiud of school
board members they elect.
i The government in Hungary was de
feated In the elections Wednesday, but
thsrparty of Premier Tlsra has learned
something about obstruction which may
js,us Its successor considerable trouble
whan It finds no seats In the Ilouse of
Deputies.
Germs n uiins owners have explained
that their willingness to submit their
ia to a parliamentary inquiry In no
way Indicates a doubt ss to the recti
tod of their position. Luckily for the
Germans, the c creators of Mr. User
migrated to America.
A Ksw Jersey corpo.aUon, with assets
f 12.600,000, liabilities of ordinary char
acter of $1,300,000 in excess of that
mount and bonds of $10,240,000, has
gons into the bands of a receiver. It
was organised to make rope, but evi
dently mad mors tackle for suckers
thaa anything )
AMERICAS INTERESTS I-T CHISA.
The notes sddressed by the American
Department of State to tha European
powers in regard to the preservation of
the territorial integrity of China and the
maintenance of the neutrality of that
empire, have bad thus far the desired ef
fect. Every government that has replied
to the American note has signified Its
absolute concurrence In the proposltloa
that whatever the, outcome of the war
there should be no interference with
Chinese territory, while all adhere to the
agreement, made at the beginning of the
war ln,regard to the neutrality- of thlna.
Thus In respect to the vital questions
involved In the Russo-Japanese war,
clearly defined at the outset of the con
flict by our government and accepted by
the neutral powers, there appears to be
still absolute agreement It has not un
reasonably been assumed that the policy
of Russia has in contemplation, In the
event of the success of that power In the
east a division of Chinese territory. It
Lis hardly questionable that should Japan
be defeated Russia would not only hold
possession of Manchuria, but would
claim as the spoils of war a considerably
larger part of Chinese territory.' It Is
against this possibility that the govern
ment of the United States has taken a
position which cannot fall to exert a very
great Influence with other nations.
In his note to the powers and in his
statement to the Russian ambassador at
Washington, Secretary IT,ay makes very
plain and explicit the Interests In China.
He says In unqualified terms that it Is
the desire of the United States that the
Integrity of Chinese territory shall be
preserved and that the policy of the open
door be maintained. There Is no desire
on the part of this country, It Is plainly
set forth, to acquire any Chinese terri
tory, but on the other hand we cannot
took with favor upon the acquisition of
such territory by any other nation. We
have Interests near China which forbid
any partition of ths territory of that em
pire. We think the position taken by our
government In this matter must com
mand the unqualified endorsement of the
American people and meet also the ap
proval of foreign governments, at all
events of such of them as have no de
signs upon Chinese territory. That it
may not be approved by Russia Is to be
expected, but that power Is not at pres
ent in a position to make Its Influence
effective. It has lost much of Its hold
opon Chinese territory and there Is a
strong probability that it will lose more.
It is rather In regard to Japan, whose
ultimate triumph seems assured, that the
attitude of the United States will be in
fluential and there seems to be no rea
son to doubt that Japanese policy Is In
full accord with the American Idea.
THE SAN DOMIXQO PROTOCOL.
Opposition . has been made In the
United States senate to the proposition
that the government' of 'the United States
shall assume the duty, upon the lnvlta
Hon of the government of San Domingo,
of taking care of the customs revenues
of that republic and' seeing to their
proper distribution. It is asserted that
the executive department of the govern
ment has no authority to do this and
while It appears that . the president has
not gone beyond or outside of his consti
tutional power In the matter, since noth
ing In the nature of a treaty has yet
been negotiated, it Is stili quite possible
that an Issue may be created between
the executive and the senate In regard to
the question.
There Is no doubt, of course, as to the
right of the president to negotiate treat
ies, but these are subject to ratification
by the Senate. The question seems to be
as to how far the executive department
can go 14 the making of agreements with
other countries that do not need to be
approved by the senate. In the San Do
mingo matter there Is not a treaty, but
merely a mutual understanding, which
nn It now stands may be abrogated at
any time. It is not absolutely binding
upon either country, although of course
Involving good faith on the part of both.
It is perfectly obvious that such an ar
rangement does not require any action
on the part of the United States senate,
so that the objection raised against It by
certain democratic senators Is wholly un
tenable. But the question which natur
allv suggests Itself Is whether the execu
tive department of the government ought
to enter Into an arrangement of this kind
without the approval of congress.
It is a rather serious matter, this of
the government of the United States un
dertaking to look after the fiscal affairs
of bankrupt states in this hemisphere
and endeavoring to provide for the pay
ment of their obligations to foreign cred
itors. If our government starts out upon
a course of this kind where is the end to
be and what the ultimate consequences
to ourselves? Tills San Domingo mat
ter, however Justified by circumstances
and however necessary it may appear to
be in order to avert the danger of ag
gressive action by foreign governments
whose people have claims against the re
public, will make a precedent that It Is
not difficult to see may lead the United
States Into serious rouble In the future.
What It Is proposed to do for San Do
mingo we may be called upon to do for
other defaulting countries In the western
hemisphere.
Meanwhile there appears to be some
uncertainty ss to the ability of our gov
ernment to peaceably carry out the pro
posed arrangement. It Is stated that the
revolutionists are In possession of some
of the customs houses of Sen Domingo
and are likely to refuse to turn over the
receipts to the representatives of this
government. In that event it would be a
very serious question whether our gov
ernment should attempt hy force to take
possession of ths customs revenues, since
such a course might he very generally re
garded as tantamount to an act of war.
Prospects s re brightening every day
for a record breaking era of building Im
provements in Omaha the coming year.
Mors plans are already under way than
ever before at this early . stsge of ths
season. The statistical tables made up
by the construction trade Journals show
that last year Omaha's per cent of gain
in the building line was greater than
that of sny other American city and its
absolute gain excelled In only few In
stances, but a still better showing In
the next exhibit is practically assured.
A TAX-SIIIRKIXG SCHEME.
The bill introduced . Into the lower
house of the legislature by Representa
tive Dodge to exempt from taxation
acre property within the limits of any
municipal corporation that Is devoted
only to agricultural uses. Is nothing but
a tax-shirking scheme. If such a bill
should go through It would not be long
before all the unplatted land within the
limits of the city of Omaha would be
planted to potato patches in order to es
cspe psylng municipal taxes. In all
probability efforts would also be made
to withdraw the plats of land that have
been divided up Into lots In order to
bring It back Into the class of acre
property subject to tax exemption.
What excuse there can be for such a
bill beyond the selfish desire of some
large owners of unimproved real estate
to avoid paying city taxes Is not appar
ent on the surface. Because some ob
structionists prefer to keep their lands
unimproved by holding them as a spec
ulation to reap profits produced by Im
provements made by more enterprising
neighbors and by the natural growth of
the city, Is no good reason why they
should have 'a premium given for their
greed.
The exemption of all acre property In
Omaha from city assessment and taxa
tion for municipal purposes would cut
a big slice off of the city assessment
roll and In a corresponding degree In
crease the tax rate upon merchants,
small home owners and little house
holders favored by no such exemptions.
The bill Is so vicious that it is only
surprising It should secure as a sponsor
one of the members supposed to repre
sent this city's interests.
City Attorney Wright Insists that the
only opposition to the Howell water bill
comes from those who fear it would
lessen the political Influence of the city
council. The support of the bill, there
fore, comes from those who want to
lessen the political Influence of the
council. That explains why Mr. Wright
and his fellow democrats are In favor
of the bill the council is republican and
In a fair way to remain republican,
while under plea 6f nonpartlsanshlp the
democrats have secured half of the
Water board membership and annexed
one of the places also supposed to be
alloted to the republicans. If the coun
cil were controlled by a democratic ma
jority, Howell bill No. 2 would not have
a single friend of democratic persua
sion. A member of the legislature Is not ac
countable In the courts for any language
he may use or libels he may utter on
the floor of the house or senate, and
Representative Dodge Is not the first
man who has taken advantage of that
glorious privilege to make groundless ac
cusations against The Bee and its editor
on the floor of the house.
Under the showing made by the fig
ures of comparative taxation in Ne
braska for the years 1903 and 1004
compiled by The Bee from the official
records, It will take a brazen railroad
tax bureaucrat to repeat that the rail
roads of this state are bearing their
full shares of the burdens of govern
ment, state nnd local.
One of the pledges upon which the
"anti" members of the Douglas delega
tion were nominated and elected was a
promise not to legislate anyone out of
office. Tltfs pledge ought to carry with
It the converse not to legislate anyone
Into office, either.
Sleep On, Sleep Ever,
Washington Post.
"I want the democratic party to forget
Itself," says Mr. Bryan. That explains
why ho has been administering anaes
thetics to the party.
Painful Streak of YelFow.
Chicago Chronicle.
With yellow Journals and frenzied maga
zines working overtime, the country will be
ablo to staTnl most any other calamities
that may appear on the scene.
A LeslalatlTO Tragedy.
Chicago Tribune.
A waiting world will learn with a feeling
akin to consternation that an antl-snltch
bill was killed in th Kunaas house of rep
resentatives a few days ago with one Mow
of the legislative snickersnee.
Knockers of Pare Drink.
Philadelphia Press.
Dr. Wiley, the well known head of the
bureau of c hemistry In the Agricultural de
partment at Washington, does not Intend
that he shall be misquoted to sutnln the
character of the whisky sold over the bars
of this country. At least 85 per cent of it,
he says. Is an Imitated or adulterated ar
ticle. Pure whisky Is bad enough for In
temperate drinkers, but a good deal of the
whisky sold Is little better than poison.
The house pure food bill now pending in
the senate would check tha sale, of the
adulterated or Imitation article, and that
is why such apparently successful opposi
tion Is waged against the measure by the
whisky men. who have been circulating
"confidential" documents In opposition to
the measur.
Rat Herniation a Standing Joke.
Kansas City Star.
A railroad attorney tn Washington Is
quoted an saying that the railroad rate
bill recently Introduced In the house Is "a
standing Joke among the men who repre
sent the railway at the capital." The de
fect in th measure Is obvious. While it
permits th Interstate Commerce commis
sion to fix a new rate In place of one that
shall have been adjudged unjust, It allows
the old rate to be maintained until the
question shall have been decided In the
courts, provided the railroad company
cares to appeai. Th shipper must re
main in uncertainty for months or year
and must, meanwhile, pay the old rate.
It th decision shall finally ba In his favor
he may then go Into court to recover th
overcharges. Tha coat and trouble, will
usually offset the advantage from any re
lief that he may obtain. This Is not th
sort of "square deal" that th president
contemplated In th suggestions mad in
hi message to congress regarding th
vlla f th railroad situation.
CTHBR LAID THA OIRS.
The poverty cf the Russlnn peasant and
his burden of taxation are incredible. There
may be equal poverty In som parts of Asia
but th exactions of th government are
less, for primitive government is les
expensive than that of modern mili
tary and naval power. Investigations
by the statistical committee of th province
of Voroneih showed that the average peas
ant family cowtited of eight persons. Its
annual gross revenue from all sources
amounted to llft.M In money nnd 1107.12 In
farm produce at its market value. Of the
money earnings lts.80 went for taxes and
tent of land additional to th family's allot
ment, which was quit Insufficient for the
support of elsht persons. Statistics com
plied by ttie Zemstvoa of forty-nine prov
ince of European Russia In 1SS1 showed
that 891,nno families had only twenty-on
acres each. These areas include woodland
and swamp and mountain, and thousands
of the families consist. Including grown
sons and their wives and children, of eight
to twenty-five persons. Of th other expen
diture of tha typical peasant family In
Voronesh W 84 goes for clothing. $1.96 for
tea and sugar, Ji.64 for household furniture,
11.20 for salt, S8 cents for kerosene, 39 rents
for onp and four cents for "articles of
personal comfort."
Belgium Is an esssentlally peaceful coun
try. Neutralized and set aside from tha or
dinary temptations and dangers of war,
It seek it victories In th realms of com
merce, and when It cornea to business mat
ter th Belgium Lion usually get there
with all four feet Belgium occupies little
space on the map, but It occupies a great
deal of room In commerce, for th people
ar active and energetic, and they have
for king one of th most astute statesmen
and on of the ablest financiers of tha day.
In a speech made recently to th represen
tative of the Belgium Parliament, King
Leopold uttered a phrase which has been
much quoted and commented on, and which
Is the keynote of Belgium success. "No
Country," sold his majesty, 1s small If
it ha shores washed by the sea." This
I th doctrine of commercial sea power.
Th ocean which separates countries Is at
th earn time the means which unites
them. It Is, th high road of trade. Bel
glum ha a narrow front on that thorough
fare, but la doing a lively business In spit
of th smallnes of the shop. With a popu
lation of 7,000,000, Belgium ranks fourth
among th commercial nations of th world.
M
With a gap of nearly 3.000 miles yet to be
filled through what was one "Darkest
Africa," the Cap to Cairo railway still
seems to many visionary and mythical.
When on considers th circumstances
under which the northern rail-end reached
Khartoum, the speed with which the pres
ent 1,000 miles of line were pushed north
ward from Cape Colony to the Zambesi, and
th determination with which th rond Is
now being extended from Victoria Falls to
Kalamo by the British promoters, he will
not feel so skeptical. The fact that the
Congo State, on tha west of Lak Tangan
yika, and German East Africa to the east
ward of that body of water, break the con
tinuity of British territory ha not by any
means removed from the Cape to Cairo
project its plctureiquenes and the glamor
of romance which surrounds It, and the ad
mitted difficulties tave thus far seemed to
stimulate . rather than dampen the en
thusiasm with which It la being pushed,
A scoffer at Russia's military system thus
described the education given to soldiers:
"They are taught the names of the em
peror, the empress, the empress dowager
and all the grand dukes. They are required
to know the names and titles of all the offi
cers and noncommissioned officers of their
regiments. The little figures on the sights
of the rifles trouljjjs them a great denl, but
they are"fityiUy ,'mastered and then their
education la completed." A a matter of
fact, the soldiers are taught some Russian
history,, have a chance to learn to read and
write and cipher, and, bent of all, can ac
quire a trade or Improve themselves In that
which they picked up In their villages. The
army Is good for the youth, because It In
sures his return to his commune better
equipped to struggle for a livelihood.
Tho latest official statistics show that
there are 84,544 public schools in the em
pire, of which 42.5S8 are under the control
of the Holy Synod, 40,131 under the ministry
of public Instruction and the remainder
under other departments. Of the pupils 73,
107 were adults, 3.201.694 boys and 1,203.!K2
girls. The teachers number 172,000. Tha
cost of these schools Is more than J23,000,oeo
annually,
Nobody In French political circles seems
to tako much Interest In the proceedings
of the International committee appointed to
Inquire Into the exploit of Admiral Rojest
veii'ky's squadron In the North sea. A
correspondent of one of the principal Lon
don newspapers, vrltlng from Tarls, says
that the current opinion there, among the
well Informed, Is that the commission was
merely a device to avoid the prll of Im
mediate war, and thnt, when It had once
been arranged, Its chief mission had been
already aceompllHlVMl. Now the general
feeling Is that the sooner it gets Its busi
ness done and adjourns, tho better for
everybody. It Is hoped that fie naval mem
bers will prevent unnecessary delays. All
that has to be done. It Is argued. Is to
ascertain facts to support Oreat Britain's
claim for compensation, which Russia Is
not In the least degree likely to dispute.
If she can only protect hor naval officers
from the odium of having mistaken a lot
of trawlers for Japanese torpedo boats.
If King Edward Uvea a few years longer
and continues to hold the same views re
garding the making of peers whlrh he now
cherlfheH lorria will not bo so frequently
met In England n tney are today. Dur
ing !l not a single new peerage was
created, and It is nald the king is resolved
that henceforth elevation to the House of
Lords shall constitute the recognition of
services to the nation as a whole, rather
than to a mere political faction. Already
the number of peerage Is diminishing, as
several became extinct last year, Includ
ing the Dukedom of Cambridge and the
Earldom of Rnvensworth, und the tlmo
may return in England when, as a notable
Englishman who has Ix-en visiting us this
season told us, an English youngster who
had the fortune to be addressed by a peer
felt that honor enough had been done him
to last a lifetime.
The slaughter of Armenians by the
Kurds and other Turkish troops continues
from yeur to year, though less is heard
now than formerly about (he frightful
atrocities. Pr. Thomas H. Norton, the
American consul at Harput, made an offi
cial tour during the List summer through
the districts where these butcheries were
carried on, and he reports that thousands
of men, women and children were killed
In a particularly savage and cruel man
ner. In the Saasun district. Dr. Norton
says, 7.S33 Armenians were killed last year.
He vlnlted districts never before officially
visited by a representative of the 1'nit.td
States, and thus secured Information that
would not otherwise have bten available.
The world never hears of many of these
atrocities. But they go on year after year,
apparently to the delight of the Turkish
government.
riillauf hrople Curves.
Washington Post.
It is now claimed that the Northern Se
curities merger was formed for the purpose
of preventing rebate. Cumulative evidence
that th country is slow to catch on to
Jlaa Ulll's phllanthroplo curves
POtlTICAl. DRIFT.
Speaker Cannon baa fallen a victim to
the automobile habit
Th Missouri legislature threw a bomb
St Snator Stone by passing a bill repealing
the alum law which Gumshoe BUI engi
neered for a fancy ft-e.
Ther are to b 260 republicans and 136
democrat In the Fifty-ninth congres after
March 4. In the next 1'nlted State aenate
there ar to be fifty-eight republicans and
thlrtx-two democrats.
Nebraska must look to Its laurels. The
new governor of Indiana Is a teetotaler,
never enter a saloon, does not use to
bacco, Is a pillar In the Methodist church
and teache la a Sunday school.
A Kansas populist editor who recently
had a bath tub placed In his house ha
hastened to explain that he had to tak
it on an advertising claim and propose
to use it only for decorative purposes.
A shrewd obsorver of political conditions
In St. Louis and Missouri suggest as an
Infallible remedy for democratic degeneracy
tha establishment of fr public laundries,
based on tha proposition that "peopl need
clean clothes as well s clean bodle."
Ther have been some unique Incidents in
th bringing of electoral votes to the presi
dent pro tempore of th United State
senate. The messenger from California
cam with th ten vote of that (tat
sewed into tha lining of his coat near th
Inside pocket. He simply couldn't lose th
vote unless be lost his coat
Dennis Mulvlhlll, who three year ago,
from a stoker In an east sld factory, be
came mayor of Bridgeport. Conn., ha had
a bill prepared- for presentation to th legis
lature, now in session, providing for th
reduction of his salary by one-third. The
salary 1 $3,000. Dennis is likely to be ex
amined to determine his sanity.
The smallest plurality recorded in any
stat in th union sine the foundation of
the government was that of Maryuuid,
which on November S gave Roosevelt a
plurality of 51. The vot In Senator Gor
man' atata was: Roosevelt 109.497; Parker,
109,446. Roosevelt got one of the eight
electors for the state, Parker getting th
remaining seven.
President Roosevelt doesn't smok at all
and at official banquet he sips a modest
glass of champagne. Governor Hlggfns of
New York chews a cigar. Senator Piatt
and Senator Depew, after smoking quit
too freely in early life, hav quit th habit
altogether. At banquet Piatt will sip a
glass of claret or take a spoonful of whisky
and water, while Depew likes a glass of
bubbling, sparkling champagne.
A day or two before election last No
vember Mr. Hemenway of Indiana, now
senator-elect, and Mr. Hanly, now governor
of th same state, took part in a political
meeting in the Academy of Music at
Evansvllle. A noteworthy thing about the
event waa that across the street was the
livery stable where Hemenway once worked
as a hostler and directly in front of the
theater the main gas pip of th EVans
vlllo Gas company ran. J. Frank Hanly
dug the ditch when this pip waa laid,
earning 75 cents a daj.
There is not a single democrat in th
Michigan legislature, while those of Lou
isiana, Mississippi, Florida and South Caro
lina are compoaed entirely of democrats.
There Is one republican in the Alabama
senate, one in th senate of Georgia, on
In th Texas house and one in the Ar
kansas senate. To match these thero la a
lone democrat In the North Dakota house
and one in the Pennsylvania senate. The
solitary republican In Texas was elected
over a democratic saloon keeper In a dis
trict which Parker carried almost 3 to 1.
Political feuds grow In Kentucky a
readily as the shotgun variety. Governor
Beckham and Senator Blackburn are now
exchanging hot air bombs, which are not
designed to promote the peace. The. Inst
one tossed by Governor Beckham contains
this charge of shrapaeH "For over' thirty
years he (Blackburn) has been the mere
tricious beneficiary of popular Indulgence
as a member In the two houses of con
gress, and I challenge any one in Ken
tucky or elsewhere to point to a single act
of public service In all that time lie haa
ever rendered to his state, his country or
his party."
RETl It ' TO WATER TOWER.
Ambitions Cities DllfRently Serklna;
Chenp Industrial Fort-ex.
Baltimore American.
The last century owed Its tremendous
material progress chiefly to the- utilization
of rower from steam. , When the nine,
teenth century begun, running water wa
the agency chiefly relied upon for the
turning of the wheels of industry. Now
at the beginning of the twentieth century
there are strong indications that before
the century closes power from running
water will again supersede tho power
from Fteum as the prevailing motive force
In mechanics. Hut the wator power that
will turn the Industrial wheels of the pres
ent century Is to be a transmuted fore
and not a directly applied force. The down
ward rush of water will be utilized directly
to put into movement electric generating
machinery, and the power thus derived
will be distributed over many square mile
of territory in all directions from the cen
tral power source.
Already, slat and city governments
alert to all the advantages and Influences
which make and unmake communities In
the strenuous Industrial competition of the
age, are seeking to utilize power from
water, wherever with any prospect of econ
omy It can be done. In New Tork state
not only has a vast power from the flow
of the Niagara river been transmuted Into
electrical power, but the stato government
will undertake to harness other streams
that are now going to waste. There Is now
under consideration by state authorities
at Albnny a scheme for utilizing the rapids
of the Sneondaga, the Racquette and the
Black rivers, three Adirondack streams
from which It Is expected to obtain trans
muted force equivalent to 2IO,OnO-horse
power, nnd having an annual money value
of jirt.ooo.ono.
It will b0 necessary In some of these pro
posed undertakings to build great dam
to form vast storage resei-volrs that will
retain the spring floods and insure an
equable flow during the dry months. More
than forty power plants are now operated
on the line of the upper Hudson and Its
tributaries, some of them from water
power direct, and others from transmuted
electric power. The New York state com
mission which has this river Improvement
scheme in charge has authority to divert
streams Into new channels and to provide
safeguards from flood damage hi every pa't
of the state. Tho Improvements that will
be made will be charged to the benefi
ciaries, but the stato does pot propose to
ngage In the business of selling trans
muted water power.
Steam power has been produced almost
entirely by the combustion of coal, and
there has been a notable tendency toward
the centering of manufacturing Industries
close to the fuel supply. During the last
quarter of the century Just closed there
was a marked redistribution In manufac
turing Industries Influenced by sources
of raw material and cheap power. Elec
trical power from water Is believed by
many mechanical engineers to be the force
that will cause another redistribution ot
manufacturing centers. Cltls ambitious
to become productive rent-rs1 mtist turn
attention to the water forces in their vicin
ity that may he harnessed.
Ramsey Wot to Resign.
NEW YORK. Jan. !7. Th Associated
Press wn Inform, d today on th highest
authority that President Ramsey f tb
Wabash railroad system la not about to
resign, as ba been reporttd.
TAYLER CITES IIIS OFISION
Bays Belief in Mormon Doctrine Should
Bar from Senate.
ANSWERS QUESTIONS BY SENATOR KNOX
Alleges Plranniy Attracted Atten
tion to Doctrines Which Shonld
Disqualify Any lnn Seat
Regardless of C reed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-Arugments for
th defense were made today In th Smoot
Investigation before the senate committee
on prlvllges and elections. Waldemar Van
Cott ot Salt Lake City opened with a dis
cussion of th charg of interference by
the Mormon church In the political affairs
of I'Uh.
Before Mr. Van Cott began to apeak Sen
ator Knox said h believed that the argu
ment of Judge R. W. Tayler, counsel for
th Protestants, would be clarified If he
would answer three questions, as follows:
"Do you concede that your argument in
tended to establish Senator Smoot dis
qualifications, applies with equal force
to all members of tha Mormon church wbo
entertain Ui beliefs Senator Smoot has
confessed T"
"Do you concede that your argument for
disqualification, so far as it la based on
Serator Bmoot's belief In a duty to obey
dii In revelation, applies with etfual fore
to all who behev in th duty to obey th
divln will, however ascertained?"
"Would Senator Smoot be. disqualified, In
your opinion, by reason of being a Mormon
If Mormonlsm had nver been tainted with
polygamy T"
Tayler Make Answer.
In answering th first question Judge
Tayler said the chief charge against Sen
ator Smoot waa that he was the Integral
part of th quorum of twelve, which he de
clared to be all there was to the Mormon
J churoh. Th president of the church, said
Judg Tayler, was th creature of the
quorum of apostles and could be removed
by it. The latter part of th first ques
tion and the second question were an
swered Jointly by Judge Tayler by giving
what he believed to be the political signifi
cance of a belief in revelations. He quoted
from th testimony of Senator Smoot and
other witnesses concerning their beliefs In
revelations and said that all persons who
were committed to such beliefs were dis
qualified to sit a senators. The third ques
tion he answered by stating that if no at
tention had been attracted to the church
by violations t.t the law It was not likely
that religious belief would hav been
brought Into the discussion, but that polyg
amy was the result of revelations. This
Immediate contact with God, through per
sonal revelations, he declared to be suffi
cient to disqualify any person for the posi
tion of senatorshlp, no matter what his
creed.
Mr. Van Cott opened his argument by de
claring the contention of the Protestants to
be untenable, In that they admit they
could charge Senator Smoot with no of
fense recognizable by law and that the
only thing brought against him was that
he believed In revelations. Emphasis was
laid by Mr. Van Cott on the fact that
Senator Smoot had never received a revela
tion and there was no Indication that he
ever would. He declared that Senator
Smoot was being prosecuted on the ground
that his religion at some time might cause
him to commit an overt act He deprecated
what he termed to be an attempt to return
to the dark ages of religious persecutions.
Mr. Van Cott then' summed up the testi
mony of witnesses who were examined in
relation to the politics of Utah and Idaho,
which, h declared, failed to show one ln--stance'
.of Interference In politics:
At the afternoon session Mr. VanCott dis
cussed the Inconsistency of the men who
prepared the protest against Senator Smoot.
Summary of the Defenae.
Justification for the Mormon church en
gaging In business was offered by Mr. Van
Cott by citation of the case of Trinity
church In New York as one that owns a
vast amount of property. As reasons why
Mr. Smoot should retain his seat Mr. Vun
Cott gave the following:
That Smoot could not have secured the
legislature without the aid of the Gentilo
voters; that he opposed the Evans bill,
which waa vetoed by the s-overnor: that he
encouraged the state superintendent in
nrtving religious ciasKes out or tho pumla
schools and that he was not a polygamlst.
He then made the declaration that If Mr.
Smoot should be unseated It would solidify
the Mormons more than ever.
Mr. Worthlngton followed for Senator
Smoot, discussing particularly the question
of the endowment ceremonies and the oaths
taken. He comhatted the charge that there
was an onth taken evldi nefhg disloyalty to
tho government and protested against a
rule of the committee which denied to wit
nesses tho privilege of stating that they
had not taken oaths of disloyalty, unless
they proceeded to give the entire cere
mony. On the subject of polygamy Mr. Worth
lngton said that the manifesto prohibited
only new plural marriages and that all law-
yers would so interpret It. Two years later
when President Woodruff Interpreted the '
manifesto a applying to polyguir.ous co
habitation, said Mr. Worthlngton, all per- ;
sons In Vtah were of the sentiment that
there should be no prosecution He said
thut when Utah was admitted to statehood
It was agreed there should be no new plural
marriages without the consent of congress,
but that congress left the subject of poly
gamous cohabitation to be regulated by the
state. Having been left to the state, sold
Mr. Worthlngton, the slate practically said
to the polygamlsts that they could continue
to live according to the custom they hud
established.
He said the Mormon church had received 1
but one revelutlou In twenty-three years, J
and that was the one to stop polygamy. j
The closing argument for the protestnnt '
u.lll 1 a mn.lA ltv .TlirtfTA Trivl.tr InBtpn,! of !
John G. Carlisle, former secretary of the
treasury.
TART TRIFLES.
The Tower of Rebel bad Juat been
stricken with the confusion of tongues.
"Of course," they explained, "thut was
t'e natural result of putting In a duinlj-
liter."
While the tenants were still getting the
gossip of the twentieth floor tne clieme
was ulidiidoned. Ntw York tiun.
"So he lias failed, eh? I sties he doesn't
believe in his luck like he used to."
()! yes he dot: more thoroughly than
ever."
"indeed?"
"Yea, In his bad luck." Philadelphia
Press.
Venus was doing her best to persuade the
bashful Adonis to lei her have Just one kiwi.
The goddess lookM entrancing, but
Adonis wu adamant.
"No," he annwered sorrowfully to her
pleadings. "Don't yoti know there are mi
crobes in kisses?" New York Times.
"Vnur daughter Is hltrhtv accomulihed?"
"Well," unswered Jkirs. Cumrox. "she
knows a great dual about Fngllsh J'terature
and ran epeak several language. But i j
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Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Clock, Steam Coal
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $6.29.
For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut $5.25; Lump
$1.50. A hot burner-Missouri Nut, large she $4.50; Lump
$4.73. Scranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
All coal hand-orend and walghori over any city aoalea deolred.
COUTANT & SQUIRES ,40V.ftiX?JJ0'"
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
wish I could hire somebody to tesch her
Just what slang It Is proper to use tn fash
tunable society." Washington Star. .
"Tho postofflce department Is going to
put a stop to guessing contests In th
newspaper."
'ilnw I shall mlsc the dally weather
reports." Cleveland Leader.
"I thought we were gusrsnteed a tight to
the pursuit of haplpness?"
"Well?"
"Well. I pursued happiness into a saloon
last night. ,T
"Did you catch It?"
"I did when 1 got home." Houston Post
"I know men." averred I'nrle Allen
Sparks, "who think they are earning a llv.
Ing. when sll they are doing is beating th
world out of one." Chicago Tribune,
Wilson He Is a buyer for a big depart
ment store. ... A.
Gllson Really? Why, he doesn't look ilk
a hard drinker. Somerville Journal.
PA AM D THE CHAIR.
New York Sun.
Pa used to bluster and sny with vim
He was a genius, and call on him
If anything should get out of gear,
For he could mend It never you fear.
To everyone he would promptly' state
Ills skill at mending was simply great;
He wasn't afraid to tackle a thing.
A broken head or a diamond ring.
And so one night ma showed him a chair
That needed mending, and paid said, f
Tnat s just tne wors i annw now 10 oo.
And now I'll show you a thing or two."
He got the hammer and nails and file,
And eyed the chair with a beaming smile,
Then turned it over upon Its side.
And Jerked and grunied and sawed and
pried. . ir-
He skinned his knuckles and stamped th
floor, . , .
Upset the cat and finally swore.
The words he used did not sound Ilk
"Dumb,"
And then well, then, pa pounded his
thumb.
What happened next s'lould be left un- '
aid.
Because the pain murt have Jarred pa's
head.
Ma ss.id sh r.cvor in all her life
Heard anyone talk like that to a wife.
And when she asked him very potlfs
If he could finish the Job that night.
Pa glared, and said, "Don't you ever dnrv
To even mention that darned old chair!"
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Jackets, and
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why not? Get a $12 Suit
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Bargains
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Ladles' $12 Suits now 9 7.08
Ladies' IS Suits now 0.08
Ladles' 18 Suits now
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13.33
Ladies' 20 Suits now
Ladies' $ O Coats now $3.08
Ladies' 12 Coats now 7.08
Ladles' 15 Coats now . 0.08
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