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    TOE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1903.
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For the first time in Us history Omaha
is Buffering from congestion of grata.
A social Bide to the Commercial club
Is all right in Its way, but the business
Bide of the club is the one that counts.
If we are to have any benefit from the
municipal paving repair plant this year
its acquisition and installation should be
expedited.
That Missouri deadlock ought to be
getting to the point now where a burg
lar's kit will be called into requisition
to open It
With Lafe Young on his way home
from Panama a new departure may be
expected in the Iowa "standpat" pro
gram at any time.
Norway wunts to be free from Sweden
but seems to be in doubt as to the proper
course to pursue since there is no Inter
national divorce court. ..
If Dr. Dwigbt Iiniis will read some
of the,, reports from Kunsas he may
change-, his opinion regarding loss of
Imagination by Americans.
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West i Virginia is up against an extra
session' of the legislature. Most of our
states are willing to be satisfied with
a single regular session and a short one
at that.
It is now said that Addicks of Dela
ware has lost his fortune. This is all
the more depressing because another In
stallment of the Delaware legislation
is almost due.
When the six mammoth elevators pro
jected .for Omaha during the present
year are completed and In full blast
Omaha's rank as a grain distribution
center will be an accomplished fact.
San Domingo reports all quiet on that
island. The report can only be under
stood when it is remembered that Uncle
Sam is holding the purse strings and
there is not enough left to repay a revolution.
A German minister of state is making
comparisons between railroad accidents
In this country and in Prussia. Emperor
William now has an opportunity to show
his good feelings toward America by
ringing down the curtain on this investigation.
Perhaps the man on the Uusslun ship
who reported an attack by torpedo boats
in order to explain damage to bis ma
chinery was only trying to protect the
contractor who built the ship, but he
was acting without taking into consid
eration the czar's Hague convention.
'" Russian soldiers who have demon
strated their ability to throw hand gren
ades may have taken their lessons In the
school where the objective is t strike
a grand duke, for there is little differ
ence between a bomb and a grenade and
their use by the Russian army may be
a concession to the revolutionary socie
ties. .
Senator Morgan's promise to talk the
statehood bill to death makes sure that
Arlcona it to stay on the outside for a
little while yet and that the appoint
ment V a place on the territorial bench
captured for Judge Tucker will not
prove to be an elusive wlll-o'-tbe-wlsp.
Perhaps that Is what Senator Morgan
is talking for to save the berths of the
federal officials holding Jobs In the terri
And now Mike Harrington declares
that he is willing to stake his reputation
as a lawyer on the proposition that the
commodity rate bill will be declared un
constitutional If enacted. The railroad
attorneys, however, are not so cocksure
about it or they woujd pull open the
witch and let the bill shoot through on
the legislative main line Instead of try
ing to keep It on the side track by the
display of danger signals.
TESTING THE SHERMAH ACT.
Unquestionably the greatest and most
important test of the Sherman anti
trust law will be made in connection
with the action that Is now being taken
by the federal authorities to bring the
members of the Beef trust to punish
ment for having violated the injunction
of the federal court. So far as known
the evidence seems to be conclusive that
the men or the corporations who were
enjoined by the Judicial authority have
paid no attention to the mandate of the
court, but have gone on pursuing the
course prohibited by that decree. This
means not only that they have con
tinued to violate the anti-trust law, but
have also been In contempt of the court,
which Is in Itself a very serious matter.
The proceedings, or rathf.r the find
ings, of. the grand Jury at Chicago will
be regarded by the country rvtth the
greatest interest. Upon its Judgment
will depend not only a great JeaI affect
ing the Beef trust, but all rther com
binations of a like nature having rela
tion to the public Interests. If the pack
ers are decided to be subject to the crim
inal provision of the anti trust law,
wnich it seems highly probable they
may be, there will be no difficulty in
applying this same provision to others
whom the courts may find to be operat
ing in hostility to the law. Thus will
be established a precedent by which all
of the trusts can be held to an account
ability for their violations of the law.
How valuable this would be as a re
straining influence Is obvious. Once it
has been established by the federal
courts that a corporation which has vio
lated the laws can be punished as pro
vided In the statutes, there Is every rea
son to believe that no corporation will
take the risk of undergoing such punish
ment Thus far there has been no at
tempt to apply the criminal clause of the
anti-trust law,. That portion of the act,
the importance of which is fully recog
nized, has been ignored by the courts,
perhaps for sound and sufficient reasons.
The time seems to be at hand when this
feature of the law must be recognized
and enforced and the result of the action
of the grand Jury at Chicago will de
termine whether that is to be the start
ing point for such an appreciation of the
penal clause of the anti-trust law as will
compel all combinations that are con
travening that law to realize their re
sponsibility and danger. It Is In view
of this that the result of the grand Jury
Investigation in Chicago has an extraor
dinary" Interest for the whole country.
a load to the gulf ports than to the At
lantic ports, and moreover make better
time. While distance counts compara
tively little in steamship transportation,
It cuts a great figure In transportation
by rail, especially where the difference
ranges from 300 to 600 miles, or from
twelve to twenty-four hours In time of
delivery.
The only advantage possessed by the
Atlantic seaports over the gulf outlet Is
In the return cargo. More than 00 per
cent of all the imports to the United
States from all parts of the world come
to the mercantile distributing centers of
the Atlantic. New Tork. Boston, Balti
more and Philadelphia are also the desti
nation of more than 00 per cent of all
the Immigrants that land in America,
and immigrants are the most profitable
cargo carried by ocean steamers. This
Is precisely where the Atlantic ports
have their Innings over the gulf ports.
The breadstuff's exported by way of
New Orleans and Galveston must pay
In part for the ballast carried by the
freight line steamers returning from for
eign ports to America, and this differen
tial the north and south railroads must
make up for the steamship lines that
carry grain and food products from the
gulf to foreign ports. This differential
will, however, be compensated for at no
distant day. The completion of the
Panama canal will Inaugurate a com
plete revolution of International com
merce and furnish for the gulf ports all
the advantages of a return cargo.
the Japanese had been campaigning In a
tropical and mlasmatlo climate, their per
centage of fatalities might have been different.
Wonra'i Progress aa laveator.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Women are making a rapid advance aa
Inventors In the Vnlted States. During
the first twenty-five years of the govern
ment fifteen patenta were granted to
women. Today they are repreaented on
nearly every page of the patent office book,
Including locomotives, agricultural machin
ery. Intricate locks and dam and reservoir
construction.
Boothia Effect of Time.
Springfield Republican.
The passage by the house of representa
tives of a resolution ordering the return of
civil war battle flags to the states that
originally owned them was accompanied
by cheers, It appears. As the resolution
provides for the return ef confederate ss
well as federal flags, the episode reminds
one how bitterly such a proposal was
criticised not ao many years ago. Now the
act of the house attracts almoat no at
tentlon.
THE NORTH SKA DECISION
The fact that the first report regard
ing the decision of the commission in
the North Sea case was incorrect, and
that the court found against Russia, will
be very generally regarded with a sense
of gratification. In our reference to the
matter a few days ago, based upon the
report that the commission had justified
the Russian naval commander in firing
upon the fishing fleet in the North sea,
we stated what seemed to be the obvious
objections to such a decision. The view
then expressed Is sustained by the offi
cial position of the commission, which
finds that there was no justification for
the action of the Russian commander.
There was a disposition shown, which
however natural cannot be unqualifiedly
commended, to find some palliating cir
cumstances for the course of the com
mander of the Russian squadron. Per
haps there will be no objection to this,
and yet it must be said that If any ade
quate excuse can be found for an out
rage of this nature it would be exceed
ingly difficult to draw the line as to
where the commander of a fleet, in time
of war, should take precautions not to
fire into innocent vessels, if he should
happen to fancy that among them were
hostile ships. In this particular case It
does not appear that the Russian ad
miral made any effort to ascertain the
character of the vessels he fired into.
Having been told by some of bis subor
dinates that there were Japanese tor
ped boats among the fishing fleet as to
the character of which he seems to have
made no effort to acquaint himself he
permitted the attack. No such thing, it
is safe to say, would have been possible
on the part of an American or British
officer. Either would have investigated
the situation, which was by no means
difficult, and would have taken no ac
tion without positive knowledge of danger.
The decision of the commission Is fair
and just. There Is no excuse whatever
for the firing on the fishing fleet. It
was a flar ant outrage and the British
government will be fully Justified in de
mandlng for It a heavy indemnity. More
over,' the decision of the commission is
of very great Importance to ail the marl-
time nations, since a different conclusion
would require them, In time of war, to
provide a naval convoy for their mer
chant vessels on the oceans. This would
make for every such power a simply
Intolerable si( nation and consequently
all of them will welcome the verdict of
the North Sea commission.
THE NATURAL OUTLET TO TIDE WATER
The Irrepressible conflict between gulf
porta and Atlantic ports In competition
for grain exports is not likely to sub
side by reason of a railroad traffic man
agers' settlement of the grain rate war.
The natural outlet for the bulk of the
farm products of the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys the grunary of the
world is the gulf. New Orleans, Gal
veston and. Port Arthur are hundreds
of miles uearer to the grain producing
region than are New York, Philadel
phia, Baltimore, or any other port on
the Atlantic.
Railway grades to the gulf ports are
easy, while the mountain chain that has
to be crossed in getting to the Atlantic
ports, except by way of the roundabout
course of the New York Central, re
quires a greater motive power aud con
sequently becomes a more costly haul.
As a natural sequence the greater part
of the exports of the Mississippi and
Missouri Valleys will ultimately go
through the gulf outlets. A locomotive
can draw approximately twice' as heavy
Members of the park board are en
deavoring to have salaries attached to
their positions, representing that the
management of the parks calls for busi
ness ability that ought to be worth
money to the cltyf The example of a
board of water commissioners drawing
salaries without even a water plant to
manage Is evidently having its effect and
the next thing in order will be for the
members of the library board, the school
board and other bodies that devote their
time and talents to public business to
refuse longer to work for glory and to
put in claims for compensation.
The resignation of City Attorney
Wright explains why that officer has
been displaying such manifest Indiffer
ence to the salary scale manipulations of
the charter framers so far as they relate
to She stipend attached to that office.
The interest of a retiring officer in the
size of the salary under an amended
charter that cannot go into effect for
some time yet cannot be very Intense.
The proprietor of the Henshaw has
pleaded guilty to having half a dozen
dressed quail at his hotel and a fine of
(30 and costs has been imposed on him
for the offense by Justice of the Peace
Foster. Had the proprietor of the Hen
shaw pleaded guilty of harboring six un
dressed quail he might possible have
escaped the punishment
There is no more reason why an office
In the city hall should be rented to a
lawyer than to a doctor or an Insurance
agent. If the city has office space to let,
an invitation for proposals would prob
ably show that some foxy paving con
tractor would be ready to bid the high
est, price.
Those filibusters at Mobile who de
sire to set Guatemala free should re
member that the United States is still
watching the Cuban experiment and
should desist until President Pn lina
"makes good" beyond question.
Silence Smacks of Wisdom.
.Brooklyn Eagle.
There Is more merit In repression than
expression. No one can get us to say what
we think of the fusion of plans and pur
poses between President Roosevelt and Mr.
William J. Bryan.
Armed for the Fray.
Washington Post.
On the heels of the announcement that
Mr. Garfield Is going after the Standard
Oil trust the statement is made that Mr.
Rockefeller weighs 200 pounds, has splen
did digestion and no hair that can be
pulled. Sounds like a challenge.
Ferment of I'nreat.
Baltimore American.
The whole world seems to be in a ferment
of unrest. Great changes are brewing In
political and industrial circles, and there
will probably be some sharp explosions be
fore matters are settled down quietly into
the new conditions which plainly ar to
control matters in the future.
A Startling Idea.
( Baltimore American.
Tv,i now Mei. that men In nuhlln nftlr
must work to earn their salaries la so
radical and startling mat no wonaer every
ir.reil tieck ia craned to aee what nran.
tlcal politics la going to do about it. No
man can serve two masters, ana now is a
mmn ninr in keen hla fence mpnrtprl ami
earn his salary at one and the same time?
A Tactical Blonder.
Philadelphia Preaa.
A Standard Oil company official Is quoted
as saymg that th reason the company
buvlnr oil In Kansas was that
It had mora oil on storage in that state
than the state would consume in months.
But that Is "a pretty thin" excuse. The
Standard Oil company does not expect that
all the oil produced in a state will be con
sumed by its realdents. The company made
a blunder when it undertook to coerce
Kansas.
Will the People Forgtt Itt
Chicago Tribune.
What the representatlvea of th railroads
are trusting to Is th fickleness of publlo
opinion. They think the people have been
overcome by a gust of paaslon. They pro
pose to put this bill "on ice" and see If the
people will not forget It. Popular anger is
short-lived. But th people do not always
forget. They never do forget when they
are Buffering from wrong or oppression,
and they never will forget tha publlo
servants who attempt to fasten such op
pression or wrong upon them, contrary
to law, JuHtic anil th repeated expression
of their will.
Medical tar of Arralea.
Baltimore American.
An American surgeon who has juat re
turned from an Inspection of th Japanese
army In the field road the astonishing
statement before tha congressional com
mittee on military affairs that Japanese
methods of army sanitation ar a million
times better than thoa of th American
army during the Spanish war. He Instances
that only 1 per cent of sickness among
the Japanese soldiers is fatal, while 70
per cent of th caaea of alckneas in th
American army ware fatal. If, however,
Control of Traits Imperative.
Philadelphia Press.
Trusts, as they are known, now reach
Into many lines of business before thought
Imposalble. A trade Journal asserts that
numerous banks In various parts of the
country are working together to strengthen
the International Harvester trust, and to
refuse accommodations to those manufac
turers of Implements who refuse to sell to
the trust at its price. In New Jersey a
bill before the legislature provides for the
manufacture by the state of anti-toxin
for diphtheria and some other diseases, on
the ground that the product is now con
trolled by a trust which demands exorbi
tant prices. The work of the Standard Oil
trust in Kansas .and In other states has
forced legislation to meet the evil. The
enormous wealth which a few men have
already acquired by such methods em
phasises the need of legislation to control
such organisations in the interest of the
people. f
FARM IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Value of Food Prodncta Sent Abroad
and What We Received.
Boston Transcript.
The official reports of our comparative
agricultural imports 'and exports for the
year recently closed lend themselves inter
estingly to analysis, and ss agriculture is
the foundation of our prosperity we can
find indications in them of where our
strength or weakness lies. In certain im
portant respects we discern a falling off
from the figures of the years directly pre
ceding. For instance, we sent abroad last
year meat products to the value of only a
little more than 1160,000,000, while in 1903 it
was $176,566,490 and In 1902 $177,747,669, the
most marked falling off being In canned
beef. At the same time the meat product
imports have decreased nearly 40 per cent
since 1902, which situation ought to furnish
some consolation to the Home Market club.
We exported cattle to the value of $41,
415,719, while Our imports amounted to only
$311,263. Those exported were rated at $69.12
a head and those imported at only $19.60,
they being largely low-grade Mexican or
Canadian animals. We have Imported fewer
horses than In the two preceding years, and
no mules, though we have exported $500,000
worth of the latter. There has been a slump
In the foreign horse market within the
past two years. Although somewhat ahead
of 190S. with an export of $3,255,056, we are
yet behind 1902 by considerably more than
$2,000,000, the cessation of the war In South
Africa accounting for the difference, while
the drop In the mule trade is proportion
ately much more marked.
Our Imports of coffee for 1904 footed up
$87,427,099, but it will (surprise some of our
citizens to learn that we also exported cof
fee to the value of $3,000,000. Our cotton con
signments abroad were $370,404,946, a gain
over the previous year, while our Imports
of the staple reached nearly $9,500,000. Corn
nnd cornmeal exports returned over $26,
000,000, while we imported those articles to
the amount of $12,177, probably from our
northern neighbor. We sent abroad wheat
and wheat flour to the value of more than
$61,000,000 and Imported something more than
$1,000,000. Our ratio of imports to exports In
all domestic animals was as $2,329,026 to $47 -547.851
The exhibit for which it is the most diffi
cult to account of any In the whole list Is
that of vegetables. We imported to the
value of $6,557,134, while our exports came
to only $2,658,672. The largest items of the
Imports in value were potatoes and pre
pared or preserved vegetables. We can ac
count for the latter, but not for the pota
toes. This is a vegetable country of great
productiveness and potatoes are always a
marketable staple. They are no more un
certain than other crops and for the amount
of land required they lead any of the grains
in profit. They require careful watching
through the beetle season, but they repay
the attention. The situation seems to carry
a suggestion for the farmer to put more
tubers Into their land and take care of
them. To bring potatoes to the United
States should be a greater economic sole
cism than carrying coals to Newcastle.
WHAT IS A RECESS t
Committee of Senators Tackle a
Political Pnasle.
Baltimore American.
The senate Judiciary committee has been
Instructed to solve a riddle. It is what it Is
that constitutes a recess between two ses
sions of the senate, where one begins at the
point where the other ends, such a recess
as empowers the president to make recess
appointments. While the investigation may
have been suggested by chagrin or disap
pointment, there is really no controversy
Involved, nor will any conclusion that may
be reached by the committee be likely to
lead to one. It ia of Interest only as one
of those political pussies which baffle the
most skillful. Both the senate and house
have already decided th question so far
as it is practical, because both have taken
action in the most extreme cas that can
be presented.
There never can be & more striking In
stance of a constructive recess than that
Which occurred at the beginning of th
third session of th present congress. The
senate closed its session at the moment
when, by law. the third session of that con
gress began, and Immediately organized
for the third session. At the same time
recess appointments were sent in and they
were subsequently confirmed. This prece
dent of itself makes the question purely ac
ademic. The senate by its own action has
recognised th validity of recess appoint
ments; made under circumstances which
gave the right of appointment its broadest
interpretation. It does not seem, therefore,
a matter practically what the senate com
mittee may find, but it will be interesting
a a political or constitutional puzzle.
The only thing to which It can b plaus
ibly likened as a mathematical point, which
la where two lines Interaect each other, but
a point has neither length, breadth or thick
nesi. There is undoubtedly a recess or in
terval between two sesslona of the senate.
Owing to human Infirmity they may merge,
but they are neverthJMs distinct In point
of law and cannot be confounded with each
other. However small may be the recess,
there la one, and if there be one tha presl
dmt has the right to make appointments.
The only way of absolutely determining the
question would be by sn action before the
supreme court, something that la unlikely
to happen. That court would, we think,
decide that there was a recess which
furnished th opportunity for th exercise
of th president's prerogatives.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Tork Democrat: If Kansas can wrestle
with th Standard Oil company why can't
Nebraska, gird its loins for a contest with
the Burlington.
Fremont Tribune: The state senate hav
ing decided on red csns for gasoline, ought
to go a step further and stipulate asbestos
garments for hired girls.
Burwelt Tribune: The Omaha Bee Is em
inently correct on the railway rats ques
tion. Give us lower freight rates and a
chance to have a railroad commission.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee makes
three good suggestions to the Nebraska
legislature, to- It.: U) Pass the commodity
rate bill; (2) pass a bill making it the duty
of tha State Board of Lands and Buildings
to perform the functions formerly devolving
on the State Board of Transportation; (3)
S'.ihmlt the constitutional amendment for an
elective railroad commission.
Nellgh Leader: By testimony introduced
in the Vnited States court at Omaha it is
proved that the furnishing of liquor to the
Indians by the saloon keepers of Homer
has been thoroughly systematized and ss
sumed large proportions, with ft recognized
percentage to bootleggers and bonuses to
the Indians who brought their associates
into the bull pen back of the saloon where
the liquor was distributed.
Beatrice Sun: A bill now before the legis
lature, and which la recommended to pass,
recalls the memories of pioneer days. It is
a bill to pay T. P. Kennard $20,000 for act
ing as collecting agent for the state in the
early days. Tom Kennard, Pat O'Hanes,
Major Pearman and other equally eminent
statesmen of past and present memory,
hav worked these grafts with wonderful
regularity and with marked success.
Arcadia Champion: ' For this week we
sre obliged to let our readers off very easy
on editorials. Editorials are, or at leant
should be, a discussion of the events of the
day, giving the views of the editor in regard
to them. Now the legislature, or any trans- j
actions of the world at large, are com
pletely hidden behind huge snow banks, and
ready and willing as we always are to ex
press sn opinion on everything that comes
up, still we nnd that to laboriously discuss
something that we do not even know took
plaoe. is Just a little too big a Job for us to
tackle.
Kearney Hub: There Is some danger that
the Nebrsska legislature will become tan
gled up in the multiplicity of railroad meas
ures and thus fail to accomplish anything
worth while. The most feasible bill that
has been Introduced is the horizontal reduc
tion bill on commodities, prepared by the
special committee. The Caldwell bill seeks
to go farther and enact a maximum rate
law, but its feasibility is doubtful. The
senate bill providing for the submission of
an amendment to the constitution, the pur
pose of which is to create an elected state
railway commission, has merit, but only to
the extent that it supplements the rate re
duction measure. Legislators should keep
their eyes open and not lose sight of this
fact. To merely submit an amendment at
this time is equivalent to doing nothing.
Fremont Tribune: State Treasurer Mort
ensen has recommended that the law gov
erning Investment of state school funds be
amended so as to make it legal to Invest In
real estate mortgages, His argument is
that this would tend to keep down the rate
of Interest, which he fears will go up. Of
course it cannot be told how long the sat
isfactory condition with reference to money
will prevail, but it is a fact that never be
fore In the history of the country has It
been possible to borrow money at such low
rates. In the Dig financial centers money
on call Is at 3 per cent, and it may be had
in unlimited quantities at this low rate.
The best the legislature could do would be
to submit an amendment to the constltu
tlon authorizing Investment of school money
in farm mortgages, which would mean that
the indifference of the people at the polls
to such an amendment would send it to
th graveyard, along with a large number
of good measures that have been burled.
FRENZIED Lt'XCnY.
Exhibition of Barbaric Splendors by
Lawson and Company.
Chicago Chronicle.
That Thomas W. Lawson of frenzied
finance fame is a selfish and hypocritical
humbug is demonstrable in many ways, but
in none so conspicuously and compendiously
as In his relation to a luxurious orgy last
Monday night in New Tork.
This was the dlrmer given In honor of his
birthday anniversary by the publishers of
tho magazine which has been well referred
to as "the medium through which Thomas
W. Lawson of Boston exposes himself and
others." He was too busy in writing "ex
posures," it may be presumed to be pres
ent at this entertainment in person, but
was present In spirit and audibly by means
of the long-distance telephone.
The scene was the gorgeous St. Regis
hotel, noted for its barbaric splendor and
its fairyland beauty, the retreat of syba
rites, gormands and billionaires. The table
cloth was of silver and th tableware the
"special banquet gold service" of the hotel.
The menu Included the finest productions
of the most noted chefs, the wines were the
choicest and the costliest and the menu
card itself was a copyrighted wonder of art
bound in crushed brown leather and gold.
Lucullus never saw the like.
At every plate stood a telephone and when
the feast was over Lawson paused long
enough in his frenzied composition to con
nect himself by telephone with the brilliant
scene and the Joyous-hearted guests and to
pour into their ears for twenty minutes
things which, it seems, It was not lawful
for them to utter. It is only known that he
complimented his host on the fact that he
was battling with the armies of greed and
leading a simple life In a whirlpool of gilded
vanity and soul-destroying Juxury.
This is exactly what anyone might expect
of a man who, under cover of exposing the
worthlessness of other people's stocks, of
fers for sale his own stocks, and who,
while deriding luxurious and artificial liv
ing, practices it himself to the full extent
of his ability. Truly, the American people
love to be humbugged.
Rt MIA'S WRETCHED CONDITIO.
Historical Sketrh of the Oppressions
of SnecaalT Raters.
Civilization, progress and liberty are
contagious factors, snd a nation deprived of
these elements Is never Immune from con
tracting them when coming In contsct with
nations who are blessed with the above
qualifications. Follow history snd you will
see the aesertlon verified and corroborated.
The torch Ignited by the French revolu
tion spread like wildfire throughout Europe
and the wave of reolutlon swept all the
nations of the continent, resulting in estab
lishing constitutions! governments for all
of them except Russia. Russia seems to
have withstood the brunt of the terrible
gale, resulting only In unrest or in a few
skirmishes her and there. The density of
Ignorance of the people and the thickness
of the wall built by the autocracy was too
much to allow the light of civilization, the
rays of progress or the wave of liberty to
penetrate them; hence Russia never had a
revolution on a grand scale, but retained
Its absolutism. But that Is no proof that
Russia Is content with its form of govern
ment. The educated elnsses are squirming
under it and are protesting against It con
tinually and whenever the opportunity pre
sents Itself they kill a czar, a minister or
start up a small revolution in the form of
a riot.
The first uprising of any consequence
Russia ever had was under the reign of
Nicholas I. After the assassination of Paul
by the military coup d'etat In December,
1826, the revolt was lead by the InteHectual
soldiery of Russia known as the Pecember
Ists. It Is self-evident that the revolt was
crushed In Its lnelplency by shooting down
the leaders in the street, and whoever
was not killed there snd then were hung
later on after the mockery of a court-
martial trial.
up snd the minds of the people are d!vrtd
from th true conditions at hornet The
boom of the csnnon In the orient Is tryln
lit vsln to drown the cries of th needy
people. But there to an end to everything.
The worm is turning; the people hava
awakened from their long, slumber and
hypnotic state. They arcs In bodies all
over the country snd marched to the pal
sres of the satraps, with their wives snd
bsbea. outstretching their hsnds. crying for
bread and for help. What did they get in
answer? Bullets. They have saked for lib
erty snd received chains. They havs asked
for bread snd received bullet They have
asked for life and received death.
What will be the outcome of th present
terrible conditions in that unfortunate
country? Nothing for th present. Tou
cannot fight a revolution with "fists" and
"shouts," not as long ns you are confronted
with sn srmy armed with modern weap
ons. The late uprising has conclusively
proven this. As long as the people of Rus
sia nre not permitted to arm themselves
sny attempt to protest ag.ilnat the ruling
power of the autocrats will be crushed with
Iron, steol nnd powdpr. As long as the
army Is blind and deaf to the cries of theis
suffering brrtheren they will shoot them
down like dogs, even If fathers, mothers,
brothers and sisters are In the throngs
that are crying for succor nnd relief. As
long as the people will be kept in Ignorance
snd darkness the army, which la drawn
from the snme pooplp, will shoot down the
very people they have emerged from to pro
tect the throne, the aristocracy, the beau
cracy and other enemies of the country un
der the pretext of patriotism and loyalty to
tho reigning power. It will tnke years be
fore the reign of civilization and freedom
will break through the cordons of the army.
Rut when It does nil the bloody revolutions
of Europe will bo a mere timid child's play
In comparison with the one of Russia, when
It comes. Blood will run In streams snd
the fortresses of Russia will not ii(flre tit
In 1848 the sounds of the guns of the bold the decapitated heads of the dukea
fighters for liberty and human rights on prin0es and others who have been delight-
Ing themselves in all these years to crush.
REGILATIO BV STATES.
Local Efforts to Check tho Greed of
Transportation Companies.
Philadelphia Press.
If a railroad rate bill is not passed by
congress It Is clear that the railroads will
have trouble in conforming to the require
ments of legislation by various states.
Wisconsin, Kansas, Indiana, West Virginia,
Washington, Missouri, Nebraska and other
states are struggling with the subject.
Th Wisconsin measure, advocated by
Governor La Follette, provides for a com
mission of three members, which is to hav
absolute power to fix passenger and freight
rates within th state, even In advance of
complaints. The Indiana senate has passed
a bill creating a commission with a power
to review rates and adjust those found to
be inequitable. The Missouri legislature is
considering a maximum freight rata bill,
which also enlarges the power of the state
commission. Other states hav similar
measures under consideration. There is a
growing demand for such legislation, and
the wise course would be to strengthen the
national commission, when there would be
less work for state commissions.
Disclosures in Kansas and elsewhere dem
onstrate that favoritism Is still practiced by
some railroads. One such disclosure
arouses feeling over sll the country and In
creases the demand for restrictive legisla
tion. The folly of such work on the part
of any railroad Is only too evident. There
should be punishment metad out to tha
guilty officials. But that seems rarely to
b undtrtaken-
the continent found Its echo In Russia by
a few stray protests of the llberallsts of
that unfortunate empire, but a more sys
tcmatic and organized opposition to the
government dates from the time of the
ascension on the throne of Alexander II,
In the sixties.
Russia had Just gone through a disas
trous war with France, England and other
allied powers of Europe, the Crimean war.
Russia's attentions were drawn from her
domestic troubles and the revolutionary
party had time to organize. The revolU'
tionary party was a peaceful one. Their
main aim and object was to educate the
masses and open their eyes to the existing
conditions of the country and spread their
propaganda among the peasants, workmen
and militia. The government suppressed
the peaceful propaganda, which was going
on for years, by putting missionaries of
free thought and freedom to death on the
gallows, by stringing them up like misera
ble criminals. It was after such reprisals
that the peaceful advocates of political
freedom have adopted the same methods aa
the government was pursuing, the methods
of terrorism. Tooth for tooth, eye for eye;
and after a series of killing of ministers,
generals, etc., they struck at the head of
the government, the emperor himself. They
assassinated. Alexander II. In 1881, blowing
him up to fragments by a bomb.
With the ascension of Alexander III a
reign of terrible reaction was Inaugurated.
All the sham reforms Instigated by the
killed ruler in his mood of liberality at
the close of the Crimean war were, on by
one, swept aside, and the liberal qdvlsers
were dismissed.
Pobjedonosceff. the tutor of Alexander
III, was called to power as the new czar's
adviser. A worse reactionary religious
bigot and hypocrite never existed. It was
by his advice that Finland was robbed of
its Independence and liberties, tne. Armi
nlans slaughtered, the Poles crushed and
the Jews massacred. He was the power
behind the throne, and Russia has never
lived through such years of tyranny, op
presslon and religious persecution as In the
years of 1881 to 1894.
Pobjedonosceff found in the superstitious,
Indolent and religious satrap a fertile soli
for all his deviltry, cunningness and chl
canery. He found in the reigning monarch
a tool, a soft clay to mould all his plans
of murder, treachery and annihilation of
everything that had the slightest sign oi
liberalism, free thought, etc., under the
cover of religion, church and the love of
Jesus. But fate has spared the poor cpun
trv and has taken away the stubborn reac
tionary monarch in 1894, only to give it a
ai-.tr a Nlnnv. 'a weakling, a coward, a
weak-minded individual In Nicholas II as
a new ruler for poor Russia.
Devoid of courage, divested Of knowl
edge of man In general, and the needs of
his country In particular, ne sniitea an
the responsibility as the head of the gov
ernment to the grand dukes and other
lackies who cared little about the people
and the country; whose only aim is to
enrich themselves and enjoy a lite of lux
ury and debauchery. The poor people were
left to themselves. A deaf ear was turned
to the crying needs of the poor sufferers.
The people were taxed to the limit and are
being crushed under the heavy Burdens or
new taxation In order to keep up -the house
of Romanoff in luxury and riches.
But something had to be done to divert
the attention of the country, which was at
the verge of ruin and revolution. The beat
way out of the dilemma was to plunge the
country into war. And they plunged it. A
war with Japan was declared, a war so far
terribly disastrous to the economic condi
tions of the country and to human life. But
what do the autocrats care if the masses
are being slaughtered by the ten thousands?
what do they care If the country is liter
ally starving as long as excitement is kept
to murder snd to annihilate the poor people,
the true citizens of thnt great and vast em
pire. DR. E. HOLOVTCHINER.
PER SOX At, NOTES.
A former governor of Tennessee has gons
on the vaudeville stage with the laudabls
purpose of earning an honest living. His
case Is In shining contrast to that of th
average politician who is forever whimper.
Ing that he couldn't support his family in
any other way.
Robert Buckell, who in 1R66 was a Journey
man house painter In Terre Haute, Ind.,
has Just been elected lord mayor of Ox
ford, England, for the third time. He lived
In Terre Haute for eight years nnd return
ing home he revolutionized political methods
In the staid old English city.
A message of congratulation sent 10,000
miles, the greater part of the distance by
cable, attests the warm friendship of mem
bers of the Old Iron brigade for General
Edward 8. Bragg, at Hong Kong, China,
The occasion was tho birthday of the gen
eral, who was 78 on Monday.
A grandson of Henry W. Longfellow, the
poet, a tall, slender-limbed youngster, with
light hair and a Longfellow face. Is con
spicuous at Harvard Just now as a candi
date for the 'varsity track team. His noma
Is Allston Dana. He Is a son of R. II.
Dana, who married Miss Edith Longfellow,
daughter of the poet.
Former Governor Dockery of Missouri
who used to wear cowhide boots while In
congress years ago, has been on a visit to
Washington, where old friends were glad
to see that he sticks to the same kind of
foot covering. An unwonted addition to his
makeup was seen in the shape of two huge
diamond studs.
POINTED REMARKS.
"How do oldKranklelgh anJ his neir
wlfe get along?"
"O, they're pretty evenly matched. Tou
know he has a hobby that a husband ought
to...r,"Ie. m hls own household."
"Yes."
"Well, whenever he mounts It she always
calls him down." Chicago Tribune.
Gladys Miss Oletlmer has been praying
ror a man for years nnd now she's got
Percy Fltznoodle.
Tom Oh, well-she won't know the differ
ence, .perhaps. Puck.
"People that live in glass houses what's
the rest of that quotation?"
"get $10 a dozen for American beauty
roses." Cleveland Plalndealer.
It
"So Goodart Is dead."
"Yes; a complication of troubles,
"Why, I saw him last week and he only
had a slight cold."
"Yes, but he tried to take all the reme
dies his friends suggested." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Brother You can't think how nervous I
was when I proposed.
Sister You can't think how nervous she
was until you did. Town Topics.
WHEN THE BABY CAME ALOXO.
Atlanta Constitution.
I thought 'twas hard the tollln', the tide
a-pullin' strong,
But I shouted "Hallelulal" when the Baby
caniA alone.
He coaxed me back to youth time, made my
life a llvln' song
I was happy, folku, I tell you, when the
isauy came along.
For all the dreary winter for all the skies
so dim,
I seemed to see my mother in the twinklla'
. eyes or him;
An' a thousand sweetest flowers In deserts
seemed to throng,
An' I heard the birds aslngin when the
Baby came along. '
Lord bless that little Baby the best one In
tne rancn:
He'll be yet there, In the springtime Just
a-wadlnar in the branch.
And joil gives him the pleasure of th right
above the wrong
We were happy without measure, when th
Hupy came aiongi
This your head to the left?
Then there's no use trying. It's too late! Noth
ing in the world can -make hair grow on a bald
scalp that has been smooth and shiny for years.
It's too late! No use trying now!
Or is this yours to the right?
Good. Only look out for dandruff! It leads
straight to baldness. But there's use trying now,
for Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff, keeps
the scalp clean and healthy, and checks falling hair.
so Me 7. O. Ar.' O . VowM, Mas.
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