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TF1E OMAITA DAILY REE: TUESDAY. rKlilU'ARY 21. IPO: The Omaha Daily Bee E. B08KWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINQ. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. flly Re (without fiundny), one yfar..Mj X'Hlly H-e and Sunday, one year Illustrated bee, one year ; J Sunday Bee. one year fV Baturday Bee, one vear J- Twentieth Century Farmer, one year... l.w DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Volly Bee (without Sunday), per copy.-- J0 I-ally Hee (without Sunday), per wek-lM Illv Bee (Including- Sunday), pef week..lo tkinday pee, per copy Ti fcvenlnj Bee (without Sunday), per week .c 1-venlnf Bee (Including Bunday), P'r,, wk 12c Complaint of irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omh-Th Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall building, Twenty fifth and M street. Council Bluff 10 Pearl street. Chicago 1(40 fnlfy building, f-ew York 23M Park Row bulldlniti "hlngton 601 Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter should be sddressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or ftostsl order. ryfihle to The Bee Puhllehln Company. Only J-rent atampo received1 In payment of mall account. Pemonal check, except on Omaha or eaatern exchangee, not Accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CTRCTJT.ATtON. State of NeVirasVa. Pouprlae County. .: Oeorse B. Tuchuek. rretary of The Be Publishing Company, helng duly sworn. y that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dallv. Morning. Eventnir and Sunday Be printed during th month of January, lint, was a follow: 1 30.S2O IT ST.TIO t SO. 04ft II 7.2ft t 1M.4TO 1 2T.3BO 4 2N.210 SO 7.B30 I S7.ATO 21 SO.OHO 1 8T.0SO 22 BO.BSO T so.42u is sa.ino 1 80.140 20.870 t 27.700 M 27.810 10 27,820 M SI8.1BO 11 27,8( 27 ;. .28,070 II.. ... 27,080 a 80,240 13 27,840 29 2,000 14 80,000 30 27.870 IS AO. (tOO U 27,00 1 21,?4K) Total , 8B2.B00 Leas unsold cople B.818 Net total aale. Dally average . 882.772 28,476 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subicrlbed In my presence and (worn tj before ma this 31st day of January, 1906. (Seal) to. tt. HUNOATB. Notary Public. Washington' blrthdny oratory lias the next call. No one renliz' what a power tirund Duke Herglus wan until his (loath brought about Immediate talk of' peace with Japan. If 'New. York police are to arrest all persons, who exwres sympathy with Kusslan revolutionists, a Ihjoiu In prison 'building Is Imminent. Oklahoma,' Missouri and Wisconsin seem to have-Joined the Kansas stam pede. "Standard OH -line riders must have been off watch In more places than one. Will the legislature count Washing ton's birthday as a legal holiday or will It Ignore the holiday and credit Itself for a full day's work while marking time? If later testimony by other Russian officers' 1 to lrt nclleved,- Emperor Wil liam whs rather precipitate In conferring that medul for bravery on General Stoessel. The enthusiasm of the Fontanelle braves for Mr. Dodge's direct primary election bill seems to have fallen several degrees below their ardor for Mr. Dodge's water bill. If KtMisHH succeeds in Its contest with the Standard Oil company Pennsylvania and -Ohio may realize the opportunity they missed but at present there Is no evldeucc of regret there. Hoke Smith believes that "nothing but good should be said of the dead," and so he warmly resents the reference to oil land lenses approved by him while ecretary of the Interior. We feel safe In assuring the legisla ture that there would be no resignations filed on that account by members of the Omaha Are department even If the two shift acheme should fall through. What ha hnppened to all our First district statesmen? It has been at least a week since a new candidate was pro jected for the congressional shoes about to he kicked off by Senator-elect Burkett. Canadian lumber men asking for a higher duty on lumber refer to cheaper prices of lumber sawed In' the United Rtates, but. few Americans are willing to admit the fact, especially at building time. MAMXfl A pHtCtDEST. if' the senate ratifies the Dominican treaty, tinder which the United States would collect and disburse the customs revenue of tliHt republic, with special reference to the gradual payment of the Indebtedness to foreigners, a precedent will be created that might have far reaching consequences. If this govern ment shall assume the obligation or responsibility of seeing that San Do mingo pays what Is due to Its foreign creditors, may it not le called upon at some time to take upon Itself a like duty resecting some other of the re publics of this hemisphere whose for eign creditors press lor payment? That Is a question which seems to re quire very careful consideration. So far a the Dominican debt la concerned, the task of looking after It may not prove very difficult, though it would ex tend over a considerable period, but having created this precedent our gov ernment might And It difficult to avoid handling an Immense amount of Spanish-American Indebtedness. This Is es timated to amount to f 1. 500.ooo.ooo, and while a large portion of J now dis honored or questionable, it Is by no means Improbable that the assumption by the United States of supervision of Dominican finances, with the distinct purpose of looking after the payment of foreign Indebtedness, would stimulate the creditors of other republics to action with a view to enlisting In their behalf the services of this government. It Is very easy to understand that In such an event the United States would be con fronted by a perplexing problem that might ltecome exceedingly troublesome. The president urges the proposed course In regard to Snn Domingo as a duty Involved In our assertion of the Monroe doctrine. This gives a new In terpretation and significance to that doc trine which perhaps most of our people will not be willing to accept. It contem plates so vast a responsibility on the part of this country that many will be disposed to fear the possible conse quences. According to this Interpreta tion. In order to maintain the Monroe doctrine we may find it necessary to as sume a virtual protectorate over any Spanish-American republic that shows Itself Incapable of so exercising Its na tional Independence as to avoid Incur ring debts that It cannot pay, ' Scientists are awaiting the eclipse in August to discover Just what has been do no by the spots on the sun, and at that time the average sweltering citizen 'Will probably be wishing that the spots had iH'en larger and longer In evidence. Kansas commissioners turned back to the treasury about $32,000 of $175,000 appropriation for the St. Louis exposi tion, following the lead of the Nebraska 4'ommlsslnn, but Nebraska still holds the record for securing the best advertise incut for the least money. Now that congress has gone so far as to order medals struck to persons sav ing lives la railroad wrecks It Is pos sible some effort will be taken by the government to make such wrecks less frequent, otherwise the medals might become too common. There are grounds for suspicion that some of the occupants of the rlty hall whose official berth might be abolished , by, merger of city and county tax as sessing and tax collecting machinery are ' not quite so reconciled to the proposed 'change as they professed to be a little wbUtt ago. .Omaha's Junior yellow' suggests that terhapa the police think Grand Duke Merglus threw that bomb at himself. Hardly that Had be thrown the bomb himself, or arang"! to have It thrown, he would hare taken cape to get out of rang and would have come through un Lurt ao4 uuscard. ... THK CANAL COMMISSION. It is probable that the Panama canal commission will not be disturbed by the present congress." The house last Thurs day passed a bill abolishing the commis sion, but It Is said to be unlikely that the senate will agree to the measure, the commission having some strong friends In that body. A Washington dispatch says that when the session nears the end the leaders are likely to tell the president and Secretary Taft that this part of the Panama reform program will have to be abandoned.' The administra tion, It Is said, will doubtless accept this result,. Imposing couditlons of work and residence on the part of the commission which will lead' Its' iue"iubersrther to resign or to do business along the lines of the present endeavor. . ' ; The opinion has been freely exnressed that, the commission Is too large and the charge has been made'that It does not work harmoniously,' the friction neces sarily having the effect to retard opera tions. Secretary TtfV. when he vtaft-4 the Isthmus, did not find nffnlrs In an altogether satisfactory condition and the commission was sharply criticised bv some of the congressmen who accom panied the secretary of war. The presi dent concurred In the rlen- iiipf ,.,ii..oi reforms were needed. The require ment ror tms was to abolish the com mission, as provided for In the .lmii bill. If that should be rejected by the senate the tenure of the commission will continue for at least another vesr imi In the meantime conditions may so Im prove that there will be no further effort to abolish It. THK OIL TRUST INQUIRY- The order for the Standard Oil in vestigation appears to have aroused a degree of public interest not less marked tlmn that which was incited by the in quiry Into the operations of the Beef trust. It is stated that telegrams and letters have been pouring Into the De partment of Commerce and Labor, to members of the cabinet and to repre sentatives In congress, urging the most rigid Inquiry and Immediate action. These expressions of popular Interest In the matter will not be unheeded. It is the Intention of Secretary Metcalf mid Commissioner Uarfleld to make the in vestigation as thorough as possible. While the Kansas field will receive first attention the Inquiry will not be limited to that. It Is announced that after the agents have finished there they will go to Pennsylvania. West Virginia and omer neins. Including Texas. It Is stated fhat the department officials hope to develop Important facts In the Penn. sylvanla field, where It la probable they tu re aide to find men who have been horboring old grievances against the Oil trust and who will tell all they know. The plan appears to be that the in- vestlgatlon shall cover all the ramifica tions comprised within the title of the trust, such as producing companies, re fineries, pipe lines, private car lines and the manufacture of by-product, it stated that the department will have practically unlimited funds with which to work and It Is probable expert oil men will be employed to assist It men who are familiar with all the technical Intricacies of producing and refining oil and skilled In the tricks of the trade. According to one statement from Wash ington President Hoosevelt will person ally superintend the Investigation by holding frequent conferences with Sec retary Metcalf and Commissioner Gar field. However thin may bo there can be no doubt that the president Is very much In earnest In the matter and is determined that no effort shall be spared to ascertain and lay before the country all the facts la regard to ihe method and operations of the Standard Oil com pany that can be obtained. . The Clevelaud Leader notes that In the nine years from 190 till 10O4, Inclu sive, the Standard Oil company has dis bursed In dividends $:i4S.i)O0,ooo-a much greater amount than the Spanish American war cost the United States, a sum exceeding the total assesssed valuation of many cities of 200,000 In habitants In the United. States and Europe, an aggregate that, were It with drawn suddenly from circulation, would precipitate a panic, not only In Wall street, but on the stock exchanges of all the great foreign capitals. "It would ap pear." remarks that paper, "that the cause between the people of the United States and what has been popularly re garded as the greatest monopoly In the world Is obotit to come to trial. The time has come to find out the truth, and having found out. either to acquit the company before the world or Indict, try. punish and restrain It." ' It Is gen erally recognized that the Investigation may not prove an easy task, since It is expected that the trust will offer resis tance and obstruction at every point, but the people will patiently nwalt th result being confident of the unyielding purpose of the administration to make the Investigation thorough. 1TILL SOMEHOW EXPLAIN? Up to this time no member of the water board or anyone else who favors the Dodge-Howell water bill has come forward to explain why Omaha should bo taxed for the maintenance of a sal aried water board before Omaha has acquired the water works. Nobody who favors the water bill has yet risen to explain why the water board should be empowered to employ salaried general attorneys and special attorneys at its own option, whatever may be the cost, while the citizens of Omaha are taxed $12,000 a year for the maintenance of a city law department, which Is ac knowledged to be equal to any emer gency and conversant with every phase of the water works question. Nobody who fuvors the bill has yet been able to explain why the water board should be authorized to negotiate and Issue from $4,000,000 to $(1,000,000 of bonds, In case they are voted, with out specific safeguards In the act that will prevent the sale of the bonds below par and also provide that they shall not be Issued unless the proposition Is rati fied by two-thirds of the votes cast on the proposition at a special election, or 'a majority of the votes cast if the proposi tion Is submitted at a general election. Under the Dodge-Howell bill the water board is empowered to negotiate for the modification of the contract with the water company, which means ex tension In case the proposition to Issue bonds for the purchase of the works at the price awarded by the appraisers Is rejected, but no member of the water board or anyone else who favors the bill has yet risen to explain why no pro vision Is made In the law to submit the new contract for ratification by the people. The only explanation yet made of that omission Is that Inasmuch as the mayor and council, under the present ehorter, have been enjoined from extending the contract without submitting the ques tion to the people, the water board will be in the same position. This assump tion Is. however, fallacious. The courts have only enjoined the extension of the purchasing privilege period, hut the ex tension of the contract for hydrant rentals has not been enjoined. Even If the injunction had covered that fea ture, it must be obvious to all familiar with similar legislation that the charter provision will not govern the negotiations of the wr.ter board. Inasmuch as the legislature Is now creating an entirely separate corporation, with sole and para mount control over all questions relat ing to the appraisement and purchase of the plnnt or contracts hereafter to he made for the supply of water for the city of Omaha. Lastly, no member of the water board or anyone who favors the enactment of this extraordinary piece of legislation has yet risen to explain why Omaha should maintain a salaried water board and salaried water commissioner In case the purchase of the works falls through and the contract with the water com pany shall be extended on mutually ac ceptable terms. The postofhVo appropriation bus been Increased In the United States senute by $1,000,000 for the extension of the pneumatic tube postal service, which Is now being performed by a private cor poration under contract with the gov ernment. But why should not the T'nited States build and own the pneu matic tubes used in connection with the postal service In large cities, the same 'as has been the case for mony years In European countries, where the pneu- mutic tube service has been In operation for expediting the conveyance of letters. Bills have been Introduced in tho legislature to prohibit the giving away or selling of liquor within three miles of any military post in the state of Ne braska. Why not also enact a law that will prohibit the licensed sale of liquor within ten miles of any Indiun reserva tion in the state of Nebraska? Does not the untutored Indian need more protec tion from the temptations of tln drain shop than the disciplined soldier? The local demo-pop organ Is devoting much time, labor and editorial space to the comniendution of President Hoose velt for dolnis after election what he promised to do Itefore election. In this regura t'res4ient rtooseveit presents a striking contrast to the defunct demo pop state officials, who made profuse promises of reform beforv election, which they did not even attempt to ful fill after election. It should be noted that the Hon. Bill Dech has resurrected himself by his bootstraps Into the public print to ask, "Why Is it thiisly?" with special refer ence to the lingering langulshmetit of the antl pass bill. If '.his bill does not become a law forthwith, he will bold the republicans personally accountable. The only thing the Hon. Bill fail to explain Is how he managed to serve through two legislatures without put ting an anti-pass law on the statute book and taking the wind out of the sails of all the reform craft afloat tliere- a f ter. Of course, there Is no politics lu the demand for the alKtlltion of the "off year" campaign. The fact that more democrats are In office in Nebraska than ever expect to get there again and that their terms would be extended a year longer has nothing to do with It. But If the proposed bill were to go into effect only after the next batch of "off year" candidates shall have been chosen, the democrats protesting against off vear" elections would suffer a sudden and severe chill. Ob for the VaaUhed Hand) Chlcngo Tribune. Pennsylvania line a surplus of over $10.- C09.000 In its treasury. I there nobody powerful enough to ehake the state plum tree these day? The Country I Sf. New Vork Tribune. The VeliraUca. lcvlelatur Is trying to vin dicate the Darwinian theory. ' It has Just passed a bill applying the eight-hour law to monkevs doing service coin collector for Italian or other organ grinders. "lle'a All niht." Boston Transcript. James M. Beck's characterisation of Mr. Roosevelt as "the reincarnation of Alex ander Hamilton" Is worth remembering, and with It his quotation: Whom the luat of office ennnot kill. Whom the spoiler of oftVe cannot buy, Who has opinions and a will. One who will not lie. On the Wrong; TraeW. New York Telegram. Dr. Charles W. Llttlcfleld, ft scientist of Alexandria, Ind.. whose discoveries In the line of creative energy, spontaneous gen eration and magnetism have Attracted at tention, ha just, by mean of his formula, evolved an octopu having eight arms, each with two rows of suckers. "Doc" hat bet ter quit right there. There are enough arms, with hands attached thereto, out now. But if he can produce fewer arms and more suckers we can hump over to Jersey and Incorporate right away. ".o Hard Ferltn." Indianapolis News. Wa are solemnly Informed that there I no "hard feeling" between the president and the senate, ana that each recognizes that the other has acted within constitu tional limitations. Browning ha a poem In which he traceB the development of hate or "hard feeling" Into contempt. Prohablv there Is something of that In the present very Interesting case. It will hardly be Insisted that the president loves the senate as ha does the Rough Riders. And we are very sure that many of the senator would "turn down" the president at any time In favor of an enterprising and eloquent promoter. ConarreaNman Snlllvan at Home. Boston Transcript. t vi.. iiourat had been better advised he would never have provoked the crushing effectiveness of Mr. Sullivan's explanation. The fact that Mr. Bulllvan was in trouble at the age of 17, under circumstance that he frankly detailed In the house, wa not news. It was forgotten hereabouts long ago save by an element of democratic poli ui.n. nf Hoarat kvmtiithles. . One of these In Bald to have offered the tory to the re- publican leaders, in the Kleventh district tail nd wm told bv them that under no circumstances would they use It. Not only did they refuse to use it, but they re- ...wri to touch It. or let It be toucnea. Another of these Hearst sympathizers Is understood to have supplied Hearst nimHeit with tho tory to be sprung In the house. RESTORING FORT OMAHA. Plan ' and Vroarrea of tho Work I oder Government Anaplce. Army and Navy Register. Work began last week at Fort Omaha, which la to be turned Into a school for the United State signal service corps. A few men are tearing out the Inside work on ome of the larger buildings. This work can be continued In spite of the cold. J ne work Is under the supervision of Major M. Gray Zallnskl, constructing quartermaster, and the repair work will lie perfomed by clay labor, with the material purchased In the open market, while the plumbing, steam heating, etc., will be done by contract. Pro posal for bid are already prepared for quarternytste' stables to accommodate forty-two horse and ulso for a big wagon shed. The present adminUtradtlon building will be added to and used as a barrack and mesa hall. The present guardhouse will be equipped with steel cell and Major Zal Inskl will try to secure an appropriation for the construction of new roadway, which it Is estimated will require an outlay of about 115,000. The amount of the present appropriation for the Improvement at the fort 1 $117,000. The large commissary building will still be uarTfor a commissary and new quarters will be constructed for the commissioned and noncommissioned officer. Old Fort Omaha wa a favorite, place for the people of Omaha to drive to In the evening to witness the dress parade, and It Is thought that the new signal service school will he able to present some specta cles of rare Interest. With signal balloons and the other paraphernalia which the sig nal ervlre uses the new school la destined to become quite a show ground for the peo ple of Omaha. THK SENATE'S MISTAKK. Infrlnalnat on the Hlsht of the Ho one Quickly Resented. Chicago Tribune. While the senate Is maintaining Its own constitutional right It should be careful not to Infringe on thoe of others. Jt ha done bo, but perhuua Inadvertently, and surely will hasten to correct the error, now that it ha been pointed out. The constitution say that "all bills for raising revenue shall originate In the house of representative." The house sent to the senate the agricultural appropriation bill, which Is fur from. being a revenue bill. On motion of Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota an nmendmmt wa adopted declar ing that the drawback section of the tariff act shall not apply, to the duty on wheat. If congress were o to declare, the opinion of the attorney general that miller may b paid a drawback on Canadian wheat which they mix with American grain to make nour for export would be null and void. Evidently this Is revenue legislation orig inating In the senate, where uch legis lation cannot constitutionally originate. Here Is a palpable lnvuxlon of the preroga tive of the lower house. No senator called uttentlon to the Impropriety of the amend ment while It wa being dlscuased. The constitution was forgotten for the time being. The house ha been stung by this tres pass on it right. It proposes to call th attention of the senate to the violation of th constitution of which that body has been guilty. It I now for the senate, which I clearly in th wrong, to retract and apologise. Since It 'nslst o strenu ously on the obtierVHnce 01 'he constitution by others. It should set then, an example. 9TAMT tRI) OK I. ROM. KTHIC. Lawyers Flayed a F.nemtea of the rnhlle Welfare. Samuel E. Atoffett In Colliers. The fact that a packed meeting of the (New York) State Bar association has held that petty "gruff at the expense of the t'nited State government does not sffeel a man's fitness for the position of a Justice of tho supreme court of New York has shocked some high-minded lawyers. Wil liam B. Hornblower thinks It "disastrous to the profession." But why? What Is there In the record of the legal profession In general, or the Bar association In par ticular, to Indicate that one little spot more or less will make any difference In the public estimate of It? Justice Hooker Is chars-ed with thriftily quartering some of his relatives and de pendents on the public service In low-salaried sinecures. That Is one of the time honored perquisites of statesmanship, rank ing with the practice of franking one's laundry to the wash a public documents, and not rising, at the most serious esti mate, above the dignity of petty larceny. But what of the gigantic schemes of public plunder, whose conception snd execution confer the blue ribbon of honor in the modern practice of the law? The standard of legal ethics ha always been deplorably low. and there has always been great difficulty In reconciling It with the common, unsophisticated conscience. "It shall be a base and vile thing to plea! for money or reward." satd John Ioeke In his "Fundamental Constitutions of Caio llna." The Idea of a man's arguing for hire that right Is' wrong nnd wrong right ha. always been repugnant to the crude mind of the untrained person In the street. But by long habit and the constant re iteration of Sophistical excuses the public has become In a measure reconciled to the spectacle of criminals turned loose by legal lng?nulty to prey upon tho community, and Justice denied to litigants without the means to match counsel fees with their opponent. Thece things are es old a the ej-al profession Itself, but the condition we nre confronting now are something new. Formerly the very' liberal code of legal ethics drew the line at complicity In the commission of a crime. The lawyer might become an accomplice after the fact, hut not before It. He could help a thief keep out of Jail, but ho could not directly help him pick n pocket. Probably that I still the rule with regard to picking pock ets. The methods of crime have advanced and lawyers have advanced with them. The modern esptaln of criminal Industry robs the public Instead of an Individual, and he takes every step under the advice of his attorney. A corporation would no more think of trying to buy a legislature or steal a street without the assistance of a high salaried legal bureau than a burglar would think of trying to crack a safe with out his Jimmy and hi bottle of nitroglycerin. And the accomplices In this sort of work are always the ablest and the most re spected members of the legal profession the leading citizens who ornament reform movements when their own clients are not among the things to be reformed, who hold the decorative positions at political con ventions and deliver commencement ad dresses telling young men htyv to succeed In life. On one occasion there wa a great lawyer one of transcendent ability who held the position of general counsel for a corporation that had long been one of the most corrupting Influences In the life of New York, and which then held and atlll holds millions of dollars worth of property rightfully belonging to the people of the city. He had long been known a the special representative of the Interests that thrived upon the franchiee and other form of public privileges. As a trusted member of a constitutional convention he had worked to intrench these privileges In tho fundamental law of his slate. This emi nent legist was appointed to a high posi tion in the national government. When he took It he announced that he would con sider the government a hi client and would work for It as faithfully a he had worked for his previous employer. He did so, and the record of hi achievement in that office is splendid and at the sani time a depressing indication of what he might have accomplished for the public good If his whole career hod been governed by the conception of citizenship Instead of by that of employer and employe. When he resumed the practice of law he wa hired by certain lntereRts to try to thwart the will of a popular majority of nearly $300,000 In the state by furnishing an "opinion" that the expression of that will was un constitutional. Immediately afterward he was elected president of the New York City Bar association. Daniel Webster was a lawyer, but Imagine Webster hired to give an "opinion" In favor of a nullification I Imagine a clergyman hired to preach a ser mon against the Inspiration of the Bible or Mr. Bryan presenting a purchased opinion In favor of the gold standard! The able lawyer whose costly views were enlisted against the people's desire for an Inde pendent waterway wa also employed by the public dls-servlce corporations he rep resented to try to deprive the public of over t-5,000,000 due to it In franchise taxes, after which he became a prominent member of a committee of leading citizens ap pointed to reform the police force. As every aulmal la said to have It own particular variety of fleas, bo every claas of criminals has lis own particular variety of lawyer, from the unspeakable creatures who share the prollts of the east side "cadets" to the high-minded gentlemen who participate In the proceeds of gas grabs, street railroad raids and electrical conduit monopolies. Reformers have been fighting corruption In America for forty years, and they are Just beginning to leaVn where their real enemies are. They started with the idea that the trouble was with the politicians. A few years ago they began to realise that the politicians were only the small end of the evil, and that for every corrupt alderman or boss who sold there wa an equally corrupt and more dangerous business man who bought. They have still to learn that the corrupt business man would be comparatively harmless If he could not hire a legal ex pert to teach him how to buy safely. No stolen franchise could he held; no crim inal trust could Muud, If legal talent had not cunningly fashioned a charter and stud led out the loopholes In a law. It Is easy enough to pas a reform law the trouble Is to enfnrce It, and that trouble is wholly due to the fact that the best brains of the profession that ought to be the priesthood of he law temple ure In the market to betray It. t'nder the code of ethics by which a lawyer is held Justified In hiring out hi brains and hi conscience to the highest bidder, the public must always suffer, be cause predatory private Interests can al. way outbid It. A corporation that 1 try ing to steal $K.ono,Oiio of public property can afford to pay fl.OoO.ooO to the lawyer that plan and execute the Job, but what machinery could be devised by which a community could offer a slmllur bribe for Its defense? The greatest moral need of our time Is a revision of the standard of legal ethics. Reform work will be an uphill LiaS. WiriSLQV'S SOOTHIKQ SYRUP as bsra Dsd r MllUnos of Mother for that! lmr1y nic dlurtirna. ? hi Uinta while TnctUlu for orar fifty Tsars, t suuuio iba child, softon th sum, altars all fialo. ouns wlud uollo, and is to baat TWKnTV-riVR CENTS A BOTTLE. undertaking tirtll the profession that b sorhs the bet minds of American youth Is purified by the formation of a class sentiment In the law schools which shall hold It as disgraceful to sell out Hie public as It Is now held to sell out a client. J4V COOK K. New York Sun: Jay Cooke did not live to tee a banana belt girding the northern tier of state, but he did live to see the Northern Pacific a great transcontinental highway, binding a new empire of north western states to the union of which they are part. Philadelphia Record: Not any general at the head of our battalion ws more successful In his maneuvering or more re sourceful In strategy than the great money getter who placed the bonds and kept the federal treasury In fund and the soldier fed and paid. Minneapolis Journal: The ordinary his tories of the civil war may be searched In vain for a more than passing reference to Jay Cooke, and we do not know that he wa ever mentioned at a Grand Army of the Republic camp fire, yet he was the man who did mor to put down the re bellion than almost any other except IJn coln and Grant. Philadelphia Press: Peronlly, the vet eran banker who ha Just died wa lovable, gentle and philanthropic. He seemed to radiate sunshine. He wa an optimist who saw good all around him. He believed In his fellow-men and in hi country and he helped both. He bore his unequaled tri umph no more serenely than hi misfor tune. Jy Cooke long and useful life was crowded with Incident that ought to be at once a hop and an Inspiration for every American. Brooklyn Eagle: He was a man of ex traordinary foresight, faith and force. Thla nation owe to him the success of that for which Abraham IJncoln stood, and for which Grunt, Meade, McClellan, Sheridan and Sherman put their live In the balance. He lived long enough to ur vive the aspersions which all success calls up and which any ucceas, alike stupen dous and benign, is especially certain to call up from tbe myriad number of essen tially base or petty souls. rrRSOXAl. NOTES. The ciar of Russia and the German kaiser might each sleep in a different house every night for a month and not exhaust the number of their palace. John Wesley Gains of Tennessee 1 cltod as the maker of a most appropriate answer to a long-winded address by Groa venor of Ohio. He said, "Oh, huck." A an epigrammatist Ambassador Choate excelled himself li once saying of the late James C. Carter: "When he retire he will make room for a thousand law yers." Swinburne, the poet, spends his declin ing year in tranquil pursuit of the simple life, although it I doubtful whether the book or the fad ha ever disturbed his peaceful retreat. ' A Rockvllle (Conn.) manufacturing com pany finished the cloth from which the Inauguration suits for the president and vice president are to be made. It Is all wool and a yard wide. Vespasian Warner, the new commissioner of pensions, got a letter the other day which wa addressed : "To the Honorable the New Commissioner of Pension, whose name I have forgotten, Washington, D. C." Times have changed since the raven fed Elijah. The state of Illinois 1 so moved by the suffering of the quail and the pralrio chicken. In consequence of the long continuance of deep snow, that It will ejtpend several thousand dollars, in feeding the birds. James H. Wolff, a negro, who has been elected commander of the Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic, is the first colored man chosen to snch a high office. He is a graduate of Dartmouth college and the Harvard law school and has practiced law In Boston for some year. The suggestion I seriously made In Chi cago that the addition of the manly art of self-defense to the public school fads would materially Increase the enthusiasm of the boys. Sure. It would also open up new avenues of oratorical distinction for the professors whose Intellectual prowess Is now limited to the pink supplement. A MATTER OF HEALTH PGUDHE. Absolutely Puro IAS HO SUBSTITUTE MII.1X( LIES. Pa:a What! Daughter I wish to msrry the duke. I 'a pa Well, I'll glvo up! Daughter I knew you would, you der old popper you, but the duke wants to know how much? Houston Post. An eloping youth write home to his fon.l parents: "I am married now and all nr troubles are over." Oh. youth, a th hani sings, oh, youth, how radiant is tny Ing! or word to that effect. Purk. Noah called to hi wife, "Mv dear." he grunted, "you remember Dr .Hlghprlco advised you to take a Euro pean trip? It exactly underneath." Patting h!melf for an Indulgent hus band, he went below. New York Sun. "How do you manage to keep your tem per so consistently?" "Very easily," answered Mr. DustlnStax. "I do It by being lucky and managing t hav mv own way most of the time." Washington Star. Young Mr. Feathertop Baw Jove. h called me a doddering idiot! Miss Tartun I'd sue him for slander. "Doddering" Is certainly actionable. Chi cago Tribune. N. Peck What would you do. my dear, if I'd make a fuss and get ugly becaus this coffee was cold? Mrs. Peck I'd make It hot for you! Cleveland Jjeader. Washington explained why he chopped down the cherry tree. "I wanted to take Roosevelt's advice and carry a big stick," he lisped. Herein we may see the effect of strenuous advice to th young. New York, Sun. BAIX.ADB OF TUB PC FT". Puck. What hls that on the thoroughfares) wi In shopping center, park, at church and play? We've een the thin before. Of course. dear me! How vexed one ret when mem ry fall thl way! Let's rack our brains a bit. Thi goods display. These bulging bags that we again perceive On maiden arms are There! The word's at bay; Oh', welcome, sleeve! welcome. ler-oMnuttOQ Mow temnu fucit! 'TwaS In S8. or to, me latest, mac your iwv Extended glrldom o'er from sea to Base, And "purled" each subject up with. uch array That nmn staid manwas filled: with dire dismay. What lengths nay, breadths and heights-i before you leave. You'll go to this time, none In sooth, can ay! But welcome, welcome, ' leo-muttoa sleeve! Now, some will crj "vfhat fools thee mors tai be By mortals meaning maids to mutely stray - Wherever mode hall point, but not so we: We would not censure, chide cr twit thm nay ! For proper 'tis that glrldom should obey. The stout, 'tis true, may pout a bit and grieve. But spare maid Ions; have prayed tot just thl day; So welcome, welcome, leg-o-'mutton eleevel Envoi. Dame Fashion, ma'am, to you we deed our lay, As well as to your works, so please be lieve t That we nre soul sincere whene'er we may Sing wellcome, welcome, leg-o-'mutton sleeve! COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal clean, hot, las tins Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal. Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $6.23. For heaters and furnaces Cherokee Nut $9.25; Lump SS.50- A hot burner Missouri Nutv large size $4.50: Lump $4.75. Scranton the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined. Spadra the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite. All coal hand-screened and weighed over any city soalee desired. COUTANT & SQUIRES, ,40WeTO.983oR"T 9 O'clock Wednesday morning our $1.00 and 81.f0 colored stiff bosom shirts, and our $1.00 and $1.50 colored negligee soft bosom sbirts,thatre left from our winter lines, will be sold, as long as they last for ' k OC each About 10 dozen, and in all sizes, except 15. BroWnir2- KS-W R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. Ad v met Salt ol Girls' Cetlt ni Child's Wash Suits, on 2nd floor. v