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The Frcniout people are still hoping
for the beat from the power canal pro
ject. Ho are the people of Omaha.
The legislature will reach the paper
hall stage by tomorrow and that Is
the time when the boodle lobby gcta its
work in most effectively.
Now that the last note of Kussia to
Japan before the beginning of -the war
has been publlfthed, .fnpnu need Hay no
more In just Mention of Ha action.
An election is promised In the Philip
pines two years from now. Is it possible
that the pending trip of Secretary Taft
in In fact an electioneering tour?
Why can't the county commissioners
establish a whisky dispensary at the
county hospital with an official bar
tender to administer the prescriptions?
Casslp I'hadwlck has been sentenced
for conspiracy; might Jt not be well to
punish some "of ' the Miien' who divided
her profits undo the'' color of commis
sions? It fs very singular that the legisla
tive mill can grind out more grist In the
last three days of Its life than it turns
out during flie first ten weeks of the
session.
Council Bluffs hat decided to grant a
franchise to an lndeieudent telephone
company and Omaha patrons will get
a nearer view of the operation of rival
concerns In the same town.
Minister Delcasse desires to have Sec
retary Lansdowne associated with him
in the matter of arranging terms of
peace between ltussla and Japau. The
Frenchman evidently expects the work
to outweigh the glory.
A anOWtXQ PHoBLtM
Discussion as to the duty and rosjon
slbillty 6f the United States respecting
the Independent countries of this hemi
sphere, with reference to their relations
to foreign powers, has shown the matter
to be a problem of steadily growing In
terest and Importance. The doctrine de
clared more thau eighty years ago. under
which our government assumed the pro
tection of the Latin-American republics
against European aggression, has within
receut years been broadened in Its scoi
and application and as now Interpreted
by some Is made to ltnpone upon the
United States a responsibility which
was certainly not contemplated when
the Monroe doctrine was announced.
The position taken by the present
administration in regard to the doc
trine, as psrtlcularly shown in the Santo
Domingo matter. Is thought by many
to be hazardous. This was unmistak
ably the view of the men of both par
ties In the senate and hence the amend
ment of the protocol, proposing that the
United States should look after the
Dominican foreign Indebtedness, so as
to eliminate all reference to the Monroe
doctrine. In his message to congress
in regard to this matter the president
made a strong argument by way of
showing that that doctrine was neces
sarily Involved, but the senate declined
to admit this and It is not to be doubted
that the delilerate Judgment of the
country approves the position of the
senate.
There is another consideration in con
nection with this doctrine and that is
as to whether It should apply to the
whole of the western hemisphere. There
sre some who think it was not so In
tended, but they will hardly find war
rant for this opinion in the language
of the Monroe message. However, it
Is argued with no little force that this
country assumes far too great a re
sponsiblllty in extending the doctrine to
the whole of South American. There Is
no question aa to the necessity of ap
plying It to the countries in proximity
to us, where It Is universally conceded
that the Interests of the United States
are greatly superior to those of other
nations, but it Is held that this is as
far as we can wisely and safely go In
applying the doctrine. The practical
fact is that Europeans are constantly
going to South American countries and
that those countries invite the Invest
ment of foreign capital. There Is a
large and growing commerce between
those countries and Kurope, which nec
essarily means a growing foreign In
fluence there. It is by no means im
probable that in time this Influence will
dominate portions of South America
and In that event what value will the
Monroe doctrine have as to the coun
tries so dominated?
It Is needless to say that that doc
trine will be adhered to. After having
maintained it for more thsn eighty years
It will not be abandoned, but It Is quite
possible that It may be found expe
dient to limit its application, to those
southern countries that are nearest to
us and as to which our interests are
greater than those of any foreign na
tion and will always be. The Monroe
doctrine has as yet caused no trouble.
We cannot be sure that It will not bring
difficulties in the future.
The railroad lawyers have something to
play with. The corporations are some,
times annoyed by having to evade direct
answers to troublesome quest lona and by
having to get a federal Judge to disci
pline the commlaaloners, but that Is about
all.
With a railroad commission exercis
ing the exclusive power of railway reg
ulation, Nebraska would be In about the
same condition as Georgia. The legisla
ture should either amend or kill the
Dodge and Cady amendments.
While Governor Folk is in New York
a republican Is acting governor of Mis
souri for the first time In thirty years.
This Is little consolation to tha men
whose only hope for free Missouri air
Is change In the governorship.
I! " J.
President Iloosevelt Is not to be re
Quired to pay for a license to hunt game
when he visits Colorado, but this must
not be taken as an expression of opinion
on the part of the atate officials as to
the ability of the president us a hunter.
Tha duke of Orleans says that France
needs a restoration of the monarchy, but
as the principal problems confronting
tha republic are those Inherited from
the monarchy and the empire, the opin
ion of the duke will hardly be accepted
as well founded.
Ky the departure of Judge Tucker
for the political alfalfa fields of Arl
aoua, the state senate has been reduced
from thirty-throe to thirty-two mem
bers, but It will still take a majority of
the thirty-three to pass a bill, and three
fifths of the whole number to pass a
constitutional amendment.
There are potentialities for another
Dreyfus case In the loss pf dispatch
bags addressed to French officers lu
Africa, and If the governmental crisis
becomes severe enough no one can take
advantage of such an opportunity bet
ter thau the average Firuch statesman.
a- i i i i i ii
The announcement that the American
Missionary Board has already received
about $rs).(K)u from John I). Rockefeller
may chunge the opinion of some of the
people regarding the advisability of ac
cepting the donation. There la great
difference between rofusiug a donation
and giving the money back.
If the paving contractors keep oil tam
pering with the legislature In order to
kill the Omaha charter the people of
Omaha will next year elect a legisla
ture pledged to the enactment of a char
ter that will compel the city to buy Its
own paving material and do Its paving
by day labor. That may cost a little
more per yard, but It will give us better
pavements and put an end to tha cor
rupt manipulation of boards or public
works. cJty coupcilnien tud lawmakers.
AMEXD OH KILL TUI COMMISSIUX
' AMKXDMEXTX
All railway regulation for the present
session has narrowed down to a pro
posed amendment to the constitution
creating an elective railway lommls
sion. It remains for the legislature to
decide which of two proposed amend
ments shall be submitted the Cady
amendment or the Dodge amendment.
Neither of these amendments in their
present form has any chance of ratifica
tion unless It shall be recast.
An elective railway commission, em
powered to enforce equitable treatment
and reasonable rates iu conformity with
laws to be enacted by the legislature,
may afford some relief from excessive
exactions by public carriers, but under
no circumstances will the people of Ne
braska consent to abrogate the power
of the legislature to correct abuses and
prevent unjust discrimination Indepen
dent of a railroad commission. For
that reason any attempt to repeal sec
tion 7 of article xl of our constitution
will be overwhelmingly defeated at the
polls.
As emlodled In our present constitu
tion this section expressly provides
that:
The legislature shall paas laws to cor
rect abuaes and prevent unjuat discrimina
tion and extortion In all charge of ex
press, telegraph and railroad companies of
this atata and enforce such laws by ade
quate penalties to the extant, if necessary
for that purpose, of forfeiture of their
property and franchises. .
The Dodge amendment makes this
section read as follows: ,
The legislature shall provide by law for
the enforcement of the powers and au
thority of the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners, which powers shall extend
over all railroad, express, telegraph ami
car companies operating within the atate.
It Is aa plain as A, B, C, that the sul
stltutlon of the Dodge amendment for
section 7 of article xl would annul the
powers conferred upon the legislature
to enact laws to prohibit abuses and
discrimination, and especially to Im
pose penalties. Including the forfeiture
of a charter. While the amendment
proposed by Senator Cady doea not in
so many words repeal section 7 of arti
cle xl of the constitution, It Is open to
objections that Were urged against the
ratification of an amendment rejected
In J WW, upou which the Cady amend
ment has been modeled.
The inevitable effect of a railway com
mission, vested with sole power of rail
way regulation, Is forcefully portrayed
In Tom Watson's magaalne for April.
Watsuu describes the situation In Geor
gia as follows:'
The railroad commiaslon haa been re.
duced to a atate bordering on Imbecility.
If they pae orders which the corporations
dlalike( the orders sre Ignored. They do
no more manage the railroads than tha
addle on a horae control the horse.
Three excellent gentlemen draw comfort
ble salaries far acting
HITS BACK AT IS
The failure of the reciprocity treaty
negotiated with New Foundland, owing
to amendments by the senate which
rendered It practically valueless to that
country, has led the New Foundland
government to sdopt a policy of retali
ation which will be a serious matter
for the New England fishermen if it Is
carried out. Having absolute ownership
and control of the inshore bait fish. New
Foundland Is the dominant power In
the fisheries of the north Atlantic, an
Industry which represents approximately
an annual product of $noo,000 and the
employment of more than 130,000 men.
It Is pointed. out that by the withdrawal
of the bait privilege New Foundland
mined the French Industry and she can
do the same with the American. It is
stated that a rigid course of retaliation,
such as Is threatened, would cripple a
New England industry In which nearly
f2o.0O0.s of capital Is Invested and
which haa been the country's greatest
maritime training school. Of course
the Injury would not be all on one side,
as the people of New Foundland de
rive great leneflt from selling bait to
American fishermen, and this fact may
cause the government, of that country
to at least modify Its plan of retaliation.
It appears quite evident, however, that
a rather serious mistake was made by
the senate In not allowing the reciproc
ity treaty to stand as It was negotiated.
The responslbllty for this, it seems,
rests mainly upon the New England
senators and especially upon the senior
senator from Massachusetts, who thug
administered a severe blow, If New
Foundland persists In her announced
policy, to an Important Industry of hla
constituents.
to carry out the preference expressed
by a majority of the voter. The mani
fest object of the scheme is to Induce
South Omaha home owners to vote an
other mortgage upon themselves for the
benefit of real estate speculators under
pretense that they have something to
say about the location of the proposed
public building.
IMMIGRATION DISTRIBVTIOX.
While nothing was done by the last
congress for a better distribution of Im
migrants, the mutter has not been lost
sight of and action in regard to it will
be urged upon the next congress. In the
meantime the Immigration authorities
are expected to do what they can to
promote a better distribution of the
people coming to the country, the num
ber of which Is still very large. It is
announced that the Italian ambassador
at Washington will make a visit to the
southwest for the purpose of Inquiring
Into agricultural and labor conditions
In that section and determining how far
It may be desirable and practicable to
direct the immigrants from Italy to that
part of the country. It Is probable
that he will find conditions in the south
west favorable. to the employment of
a considerable amount of Italian labor
and he Is likely to find a demand for
It In other portions of the south and
also in the west if he should extend
his inquiries to the latter section.
The soutji wants labor and already
there Is n good demand for It In the
western states, and the labor needed
Is of the kind that comes here from
Italy, a large part of which now re
mains In the cities, congesting certain
quarters under unwholesome conditions.
It would be a great 'benefit to these
people If they could le sent where labor
Is In demand and the Italian ambassa
dor could perform v no more valuable
service for his countrymen coming here
than to secure their distribution to points
where they will be sure of employment
and be well paid for their work. Any
effort he may make In this direction
would undoubtedly have the co-operation
of the Immigration authorities, who
have shown themselves to be most anx
ious that the aliens coming to our
shores shall be distributed where their
labor will be available. What Is needed
Is to supply Immigrants with reliable
Information as to where work Is to be
had and this the government ought to'
do.
Tartlea who are engineering the va
rlous bond propositions In South Omaha
assure the people of that town that by
voting the bonds annexation to Omaha
will be killed, but they forget to tell
them that by plastering $.1).0O0 of
mortgages upon their own town In order
to prevent annexation they load South
Omaha property owners down with a
perpetual tax to meet the Interest on
the bonds, which will have to be re
newed periodically.
Inspiration for the Japs.
Chicago Tribune.
Naturally the Japanese are much inter
ested In the Information that Vladivostok
Is "amply supplied" with guns, ammuni
tion and provisions. Relieving Ruaals's
fortified towns of the car of these things
Is one of thelt specialties.
lis
with BuerTitUa.
Washington Poet.
The Ohio supreme court has decldod that
a guessing conteat on election returns is s
lottery. This will not affect General Oros
venor. who can prove that his foreeaats
are not gueseee, hut just hinta of fact
baited on superior knowledge.
Preata of Rarly Peace.
St. Louis Republic.
Japan Is able to borrow tl50.00O.000 from
strangers, while Russia has trouble In get
ting tioo.000.000 from home folks and the
chances sre thst Ruasla will have to pay
Japan's debt In the end. Nicholas had bet
ter sit for peace and aave Interest.
Cansalailow for the Victim.
Minneapolis Journal.
An Omaha doctor blew Into Kansas City
with a new anesthetic of his own Inven
tion and tried It on a negro patient at a
hospital, who had volunteered for an ope
ration on the promise of free treatment
snd attendance. The negro died In a min
ute, before the operation began. The doc
tor unanimously agreed that he would
have died under the Influence of sny other
anesthetic, which would doubtles be a
comfort to the victim, If the news could
be conveyed to him.
Rooeevelt'e Re-election flare.
New York World (dem.).
Theordore Roosevelt will be nominated
for prealdent of the Vnlted States In 1908,
and he will be re-elected.
Through Ms domination of the part)- or
ganisation and hla control of the PostofRce
department Mr. Roosevelt slresdy has the
nomination In his own hands. There will
be no trouble about obtaining a majority
of the delegatea in the national conven
tion. .
He will be re-elected not merely because
he is the Idol of the people or on account
of his virtue or by reason of the mistake
thst add to his popularity, hut because
there will be no real opposition. The demo
cratic party is and will be hopelessly di
vided against itself.
A GRAVEYARD KI-EGV.
hy
Two Omaha attorneys have begun
muudamus proceedings against Mayor
Kuutsky of South Omaha to compel him
to sign a warrant for $tK0 for services
they claim to have rendered In defend
ing the validity of the act creating the
tire and police commission. This pro
ceeding Is suggestive. First, why should
a city that maintains a salaried city at
torney on Its payroll require outside at
torneys to appear In the courts in au
ordinary case In quo warranto, and, sec
ond, why should not the attorney who
is reputed to have earned a liberal fee
for lobbying the bill through the legis
lature not have also included In his
services tiie defense of the measure, If
assailed In the courts? To an outsider
it looks as If this was one of those
Ingeniously constructed coon traps
which "catches 'cut a com in' and a
golu'."
Senator Millard's suggestion that the
railroad tracks from the freight depots
on Eighth and Ninth streets be extended
up through the alleys to Twelfth street,
between Iaveuwortb and Dodge, in
order to afford trackage facilities in
the Jobbing district, is highly commend
able. That the lower end of our princi
pal east and west thoroughfares below
Twelfth street will have to be dedicated
exclusively to the wholesale traffic and
small factories Is acknowledged "now on
all hands and trackage facilities have
become au Imperative necessity for the
Jobbing houses, iu order to do business
expeditiously and cheaply.
The voters of South Omaha are to be
given the privilege of expressing their
preference for a city hall site when
they come to vote on the bond proposi
tion next Tuesday, but the if Is nothing
In the bond proposition or the charter
cummlssionera. that will compel the major and council
I
Postmortem Kxerrlae Condacled
Friendly Experts.
Morgan's Buss Saw.
The democratic 'mule is dead.
The last echo of his heroic brays has died
away.
His tall lies limp on the bare ground, like
the banner of a defeated army.
His ears lop together and lie stiff and
lifeless, like fallen flagstaff from the con
quered walls of a dismantled fortress.
There Is no breath to moisten the lips
that gave forth such pleasant music.
Around him stand the doctors.
The autopsy begins.
Dr. Biysn gently, almost lovingly, lift
the tall of the corpse and examine It care
fully. "It wn "apltial Belmontitls," he says.
"That's whst killed him."
Dr. Qumshoe Stone is down on the
ground examining the ears.
"I think It was Parkeritis."
"It might be a complication cf both,"
answered Dr. Bryan.
Dr. Tillman gritted his teeth snd spit Ilka
a cat.
"I now a name for It," he hisaed, "but
I have no language to express It."
"I pronounce it damphnollshness," an
swered Dr. Hogg of Texas.
"That's a slow disesse," chimed in Dr.
Dsniel.
"He'a hsd It a long time." said Dr.
Hearst.
"But It never affected his voice," sug
gested Dr. Williams.
Dr. Bryan blushed and dropped the mule'a
tail.
"Let'a try a reorganization battery on
him." he said.
"He'a been orgnnized and reorganized
too often now," grunted Hogg.
"Let's prop him up anyhow; maybe we
can ride him again," Insisted Dr. Bryan.
"Let's rest.'the othera said, and they all
sat dewn,
XOT A SI(il.E n.OID.
Horlaoa of Prosperity aa Spotless aa
a Xew Coin.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The recent Immense shipments of grain
to Chicago from Missouri river points, a
result of a great reduction In the carrying
rates, la held to account In large part for
the congestion at ou terminals, but if
thin factor were eliminated the present
freight buslneas of the railroads centering
here would be all If not more than they
could conveniently handle.
AElde from an unusually heavy merchan
dise traffic, which Is 25 per cent greater
thsn It wss at the same time last year,
the shipment of building material in Itself
would conatltute an Immenae tonnage. In
cluded In the latter are heavy recelpta and
transfers of lumber, cement and brick.
It Is estimated that the railroads of the
country could And uee at present for 60,000
more cars than they have at their disposal.'
and a very- large percentage of this addi
tional rolling stock could find Immediate
employment on Chicago lines.
If the business of the railroads may be
considered a fair Index to trade In general
and there la no reason why It should be re
garded otherwise then the new era of
proa per It y which It was predicted would fol
low upon another vote of confldence In the
national republican party haa already
dawned.
Apparently there Is not a cloud In the
commercial sky. Soundness, aecurlty and
stability are the clkaracterlattra of all the
marketa. There la no lack of confldence
In the future, and. better still, there Is yt
no visible tendency towsrd dangerous spec
ulation. It la t-.o early to Indulge In propheclea
regarding the crop of ltu6, but the land
has been blessed with the kind of winter
that put the soil In good condition, and
blessed again with an early spring.
All we need to do ss a people I to do
our whole duty, to go aa slowly a our
n.itui will pr-nnit us. to cling to the tra
ditions an principles and policies that have
been the mainstay of our cummercial and
financial prosperity ?,r tha last forty year,
and tu trust the rest to Providence.
A TRAITOR STATE.
Few Pointers on Srww Jeraey and
Ita Ore ft aad Graft era.
IJncoln Steffens ha discarded New Jer
sey. He also And that it siaes up with
Pennsylvania, Missouri, Rhode Island, and
other commonwealths where the syatem nt
political graft has Its taproot In franchise
snd corporate power. Mr. Steffens tell
about it In the current Issue of McClure's.
snd while the story differ little In effect
from previous Investigation, the. writer
finds some Instructive variations in the
system. In part he says:
It was Alexander Hamilton who dis
covered the uses of New Jersey. Hamilton
hsd a theory. He honestly believed that
the people could not govern themselves.
Thomas Jefferson believed they cfluld, snd
he organised the democratic party which
stood, for a while, for a representative
democracy, a government representing the
comn-jon interest of all the people, with
special privileges to none. Hamilton, who
led the federalist party, held thst, since
there wo no king snd no nobility, the
republic must be built upon the grateful
loyalty of a specially Interested business
class. Hamilton's theory has prevailed. It
Is a condition now In every stste that I
have studied. The Jeffersonlan Idea still
lives here snd there, ss in President
Roosevelt's platform, s "square deal," but
wherever it Is revived In Wisconsin, Mis
souri, Illinois or In the congress there Is
trouble. There Is no trouble In New Jer
sey. Hamilton himself nursed the Infancy
of that atate.
The great federalist from New York and
the leading citizens of New Jersey com
bined to have and to hold "the gateway of
the continent" as private property, and
Hamilton's charter not only gave his com
pany governments! powers and rights and
privileges, troublesome to the common
wealth down to today, it taught the "best
people" to rule and, ruling, to use the state
for private business purposes.
Every loyal citizen of the I'nlted State
owes New Jersey a grudge. The state is
corrupt, so are certain other states. But
this state doubly betrays us. The corrupt
government of Illinois sold out Its own
people to its own grafters; the organised
grafters of Missouri, Wisconsin snd Rhode
Island sold, or sre selling, out their states
to bigger grsfters outside. Jersey haa been
bought and sold both at home and abroad;
the stste Is owned and governed today by
syndicate representing capitalists of
Newark, Philadelphia, New York, London
and Amsterdam. The offense which com
mands our special attention, however, and
lifts this state Into national distinction Is
this: New Jersey Is selling out the rest of
us.
' Tew Jersey charters the trusts.
When the United Ststes was contriving to
curb the growth of overwhelming combina
tions of capital, New Jersey, for one, sold
to the corporations a general law which
was s general license to grow, combine and
overwhelm as they would, not In Jersey
alo.ie, but anywhere In the t'nlted States.
She not only licensed companies to do in
other states what those states would not
license; she licensed them to do In those
other states what she would not let them
do In Jersey. New Jersey sold us out for
money. She passed her miscellaneous In
corporation acts for revenue. And she gets
the revenue. Her citizens pay no direct
state tax. The corporations pay all the ex
penses of the state, and more. It was
"good business." But it was bribery, the
bribery of a whole state; snd It was
treason. If there Is such a thing ss treason
by a state, then New Jersey is a traitor
state.
Nor Is this the first time New Jersey
ha appeared In the traitor's character.
'Way back in the middle of the last cen
tury public opinion In the other state was
declaring Jersey a "foreign country," "out
of the t'nton." In New York they spoke
of "the t'nlted States snd New Jersey,"
snd Philadelphia sang a street song call
ing her "8paln." The grudge of those
olden days was the grudge of our day:
her "liberal policy" toward corporations.
She maintained a railroad monopoly which
exploited Interstate commerce. It ex
ploited her also, ss we shall see, but her
chief loas was her good name, and she
was psid for that. States, like cities,
have specialties. When I was studying
municipal corruption, 1 found that most
of the big cities had near them lesser
towns, to which the vicious could retreat
when, during "reform" or other emergen
cies, the cities had to bo "good." What
these retreat are to the vices of their
cities, New Jersey is to the vicious busi
ness of the states a resort, a commercial
road house, a financial pirate's haven.
New Jersey Is the business Tenderloin of
the I'nlted States.
The particular Issue In Jersey is "equal
taxation." It was the underlying issue
in the 'Sixties, it Is the Issue over there
today, it is the issue for which, princi
pally, the railroads had been preparing all
these years. They "had to." Every legis
lature from the 'Thirties' on, that for any
reason, honest or corrupt, admitted to the
state railroad with a charter exempting
from taxation "all railroad property used
for railroad purposes," made it absolutely
necessary, according to business ethics, to
help corrupt the government and keep
It corrupt. That exemption was a valua
ble privilege and it was a burden to the
people of the state. As all those many
Jersey railroads grew and prospered, the
value and the amount of their property
Increased. They acquired more and more
land, more and more buildings, more and
more stations, and bigger snd bigger
terminals. Knch purchaxe, grub or ex
tension of theirs, removed Just so much
of the most valuable property from local
and "equal" taxation. The cost of gov
ernment increased steadily, of course; the
railroads were cureful about public Im
provements and they permitted very few.
But the corruption!! had to let the cor
rupted local leader have some money to
spend In (and thus sppease, satisfy, bribe)
their counties. So the expenses went on
growing, and. since the railroads could not
be taxed, tha citizens had to pay; not
only, mind you, to meet the normal In
crease, but the deficiency also, due to the
growing railroad exemptions.
PERSOVU, OTKS.
Possibly John D. Rockefeller might avert
further discussions of the matter by hav
ing his dividends fumigated.
The New Yorker who bet that he could
drink a quart of brandy played a mean
trick on his relatives, who have to stand
the cost cf the funersl.
Postmaster Oeneral Cortelyou I on of
the finest msteur pianists In the country.
At ono period of his life he seriously con
sidered making hla music a profession.
More than 7,000.000.000 cigar were amoked
In the I'nlted State In 1C4. Think of the
good roads, park system snd spring bon
nets that might have been created out of
the wealth thus consumed.
Assemblyman Thompklns has introduced
a bill In the New York legislature provid
ing that no text book which enntaina a
mutilated version of the national song
shall be used or circulated in any public
school In the state
J me McNeil Whistler. the artist,
atopped to question a particularly ragged
and dirty newsboy In London. "How old
are you?" said Whistler. "Beven, sir."
"Oh, you must be more than that." "No,
ir. X ain't." Turning to a friend who wh
with him. the artist suld reflectively: "I
don't think he could get thut dirty la
seven ye.r, du j'ou?"
CONSERVATIVES TARE HAND
Bnssian Nobility Would Conceda Little to
Save Much of Autocrasy.
NEW MOBILIZATION MAY CAUSE REVOLT
Sltaatloa la Soathera Part of Empire
(rows 'Worse aad State Bor.
derlng on Civil War
Ealats.
ST. FETERSRt'RG, March J.-The je
tton of the nobility of the government of
Moscow at the meeting held yesterday In
urging the necessity for some measure of
popular representation, while taking a dis
tinct stan l against a constitutions! gov
ernment of the kind enjoyed by the na
tion of western Europe, Introduced the
first organized conservative element in the
situation. Most of tho nobles are landed
proprietors, who have become greatly
alarmed by the peasant movement, which
Is threatening property In the country,
snd they will undoubtedly try to rally to
their support the city property Interest,
all of which they claim are endangered
by the growing tide of lawlessness. The
nobles urge that the time has come for
co-operation with the government for mu
tual self-protection, pointing out that the
strikes In the cities, by sending thousands
of workmen filled with revolutionary ideas
back to their villages, besides Introducing
political ideas among the peasants, only
Increase the Utters demands for land.
In many districts the landlords are or
ganized guards to protect their property
at their own expense, the troops which
the government Is able to send being Insufficient.
Peasants Make Troable.
Roving bands of peasants continue to
pillage, burn and murder In the Chernigov
government snd in Tamboff, Kazan and
other governments In the south. The few
troops here and there are powerless. The
whole peasant population is affected more
or less. The psrlsh priests, under Instruc
tions from the holy synod, sre doing all
possible to quiet the peasants, hut with
out making sny sppreclable impression.
With warm weather a. crisis will come.
especially If It Is sceompanled by orders
for another extensive mobilisation.
In the meantime the situation In the
Caucasus Is growing worse. A stste bor
dering on civil war exists in the Kuban
territory, where the population has been
armed for a collision with the soldiers.
In the Georgia, Mlngrella and Kulals
territories the red flag of revolt Is rslsed.
At Yalta, Crimea, after the population
had wrecked the vodka shops, police
quurters, etc., warships were sent from
Savastopol and marines were landed a
if in a hostile country.
The renewal of the bomb outrage In
Poland and the open demonstrations In
Finland against conscription are both re
garded as bad and significant signs.
Drstracflve Fires Raging.
BAKl. Caucasia, March ?8. The works
of the Mantacheff Petroleum company and
the Buku petroleum work at Blhlelbat are
on fire.
NIZHNIY, Novgorod. Russia. March 28.
A Are at the Mazoule grain depots has
caused heavy looses, estimated nt hundreds
Of thousands of roubles. The Dames
threaten to spread to the shipping.
State of Sleae In l.lvou.s.
RIGA. Russia, March 28. The minister of
the interior has ordered the proclamation of
a minor state of siege In Livonia, the order
dating from yesterday.
Yalta Workmen Ask Reforms.
YALTA, Uusala. March 28 A meeting
held today attended by thousands of work-
men adopted a resolution to petition the
throne, first, for abrogation of laws limit
ing civil rights; second, free speech; third,
freedom of Ilia press; fourth, the right to
strike; fifth, liberty of conscience; sixth,
equal rights for all nationalities and re
ligions; seventh, Immediate conclusion of
peace with Jspsn, and eighth, popular rep-
rerentatlon In the constituent assembly.
Troops are arriving here from Bimperfol
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MOF,V HIT A VEHICLE.
If Tainted by Strict Interpretation, It
Shoald bp Destroyed.
New York Olobe.
The foundation of Harvard university wa
partly laid by the proceeds of a lottery.
The bricks which are represented by this
lottery should be ripped out If the principle
of the protest is sound. Men who msde
their money In the iniquitous slsvs trsde
have been contributors to Boston Institu
tions of all kinds. There should be a grand
Inquisition to discuss how these funds were
Invested and a dumping in Boston bay such
as when the tea wss thrown ova7oard.
Has money morality? Is It-tosslble to
tslnt It? A dollar in Its life runs to snd
from on many errand. One day It la with
a philanthropist, the next day . with a thief.
Does It take on the quality of the man In
whose pocket It reposes? The rich young
man of the New Testament who, it Is to be
presumed, had acquired hla property un
justly, wa ordered to sell what he had and
give the proceeds to the poor. Wss Jesus
less sensitive on a mint of morality than
these Boston clergymen? If it Is Improper
to receive this Rockefeller money for mis
sion purpose, then, of course, there must
be sin in accepting It for any purpose. Im
pliedly the property by which It Is repre
sented should be destroyed. Is this good
political economy? What would be left In
the world if this rule were rigidly applied?
We hsve before us simply another of the
old anthropomorphic fallacies. The quali
ties which relate to human nature cannot
be Imputed to things. Things ar neither
innocent nor guilty.
I.AIUHIU MAS.
"She's a very clever talker. 8he always
hits the nail on the head."
"Not always. I saw her with her thumb
tied up yesterday. "Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bess I saw you holding May's hand.
Dirk Well? It's all right for me to hold
her hand. Isn't It?
Bess oh. yes. It's natural enough you're
a muff. Philadelphia Ledger.
The South American woman had spsnked
her little bov.
Smarting with pain, he shook his fist at
her.
"You'll be sorry for this:" he bellowed.
"I'm going out to the back yard to start a
revolution, right now!" Chicago Tribune.
to break Into the
your presence of
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SEAME AKH
SAVED
Two of Crew of the Mars Die of E-
aoanre Before Help Arrives.
TOKO, March 28. Two of the crew of
the British steamer Mars have died of
exposure. The rest of the men rescued
have arrived at Hakodate.
The Mars, a steamer of 5,437 tons reg
ister, commanded by Captain Ruffell,
sailed from Barry, Wales, on November
26, bound for Vladivostok. On March 17.
while attempting the passage of Soya
straits, it wss caught in the ice and Anally
stranded off Rural promontory. Part of
the crew effected a landing On the Island
of Hokkaido, but the others were missing.
Including eight officer, who were later
reported In a lifeboat, being carried sea
ward by the Ice. The above dispatch
probably refers to the missing portion of
the crew, picked up by the Japanese, who
have kept up a continuous search for
them.
Pope Blesses Fao Simile.
ROME. March 28. Above the grotto
which stands before the famous tower of
If) IV In tho Vatican gardens. . where the
late pope spent his summers, has be.'-n
built an exact facsimile of the basilica of
Lourdes, which was solemnly blessed by
Pope Pius X today in the presence of a
larje assemblage. The expense were cov
ered by a subscription opened In France
by the bishop of Tarbe.
"If a burglar were
house would you lose
mind?
"Certainly not." answered Mr. Meeklon.
"I'd act Instantlr." . .,t . ... ,.,.
"What would you do?
"I'd ask Ileurietta'a advice." Washing
ton Star.
McQueery How did you make out with
that cae?
Dr. Gayley What case?
McQueery I called to see you last night
and your -wife said you'd gone out to attend
to a case.
Dr. Gayley Oh, yes. Well. I drank xny
share of It. Philadelphia Press.
proven, said tiie proresaor
Now, what do you de-
"Sclence has
of astronomy.
all in the moon.
duce from that?"
"That there Is some excuse," replied the
freshman, "for Its getting full so regu
larly." Philadelphia Press.
Tommy Paw, you're always talking about
moral courage. What is moral courage?
Mr. Tucker It Is the sort of courage, my
boy, that enables a man who haa had a
poor feed at a swell restaurant to go out
without tipping the waiter. Chic
Tribune.
cago
Congresinenln Cuba.
HAVANNA, March 2S. The United States
transport Sumner., with the congressional
party on board, arrived here today from
Santiago, Cuba.
LAV OF THE EGAGEI VOl G MAN
8. W. Glllilan In Baltimore American.
When Lent begins, milady's face
Takes on a look of heavenly grace;
Her eves turn upward ten degrees,
Like St. Cecelia's o'er the keys.
She's sll sedsteness In her walk
And clrcumspectness in her talk.
On needles I am kept, and pins.
But her I love when Lent begins.
When Int begins, milady's Hps
Are sealed to badinage and quips,
To certsln forms of food she dotes On
The kind she mostly "feels her oats ' 00,
Also to kisses woe Is me.
Who has to sit around and see
The promised- land i whene'er she grins.
She tempts me so when Lent begins.
When Lent begins-, me! oh, y!
So heartily provoked am I,
With her ascetic prudishnes
(A sort of psychic dudlshnes)
That I would fain persuade her to
Go on a moral raid or two,
Commit a hundred petty alns
For love of them when Lent begin.
When Lent begins-l'll take It back;
Milady, on the beaten track
Of sweet pre-Easter piety,
A model of propriety,
Is finite the sweetest thing I know;
And were she elsewlse 1 should grow
Morose in brooding o'er her alns.
I'm glad she's good when Lent begins. '
KXK
MAKES YOU
ALL
OYER
Ache all over? Feverish?
Chilly? Just coming down
with a hard cold? Where do
you suppose it will settle?
In the throat? That means hoarseness, sore
throat, tonsillitis. In the chest? Then bron
chitis, pneumonia, consumption.
Do not let your cold settle. Break it up! Drive
it out! Ask your doctor the best medicine for
this. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, take it
at once. If he has anything better, take that.
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