TI1E OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. MAY 9, 1605.
Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee
E. HfiSKWATKR, EDITOR.
PL'BUSHED KVEKI MORNINO.
ccxarrrss mat fix rates.
The letter of Attorney General Moody
to Sciintnr Klkina, chnirtnnn of tlie sen
ate committee on Interstate commerce,
presents it very dear mid convincing
Hrgiiint'iit In support of tin right of con
gress to tlx nnd reguliite railroad rates.
TKflMS or Brn niiTtoN:
tlly IW unci Hunriay. one year 1 Ills HUtliority In J?lvui UlHliT iM'tU lo I
lihiMrMtM Hon, ono '-Br of n ,nBntutlon nml tin boon affirmed
HMturdny lifr, una ear J v decisions of the supreme court of
l"",;;y;m rmti tn., no,,, Wi,m. n,r ,t
Iilly He (without BundHyj, per copy.. :' tonic' gcuci'sl milkcs cltntioll. It is
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Ev.nlti8 (without 8un.ly), per werk. io ( ,.,.. fP a . commission to execute Its
Kvenlng Hee (Including Bunda)), per
week rc lnws ami fix rules In conformity with
Atmrlav llf tier f'lltiV ut-
Complalnts of Irregularities in delivery
should be addressed to City Circulation u
partment. OFFICES.
omshs Tlie llee building.
South utnnha-i'lty Hall building. Twenty
fifth and M street.
louncil Hluffs-10 Pearl street.
( lik'Hgo--IH I'nlty building-
New York-1&"9 Home Ufe In, building.
Washington 61 Fourteenth street.
CURRKBPONDENCE.
Communications relating to nis and edi
torial matter should he addressed: Oman
Kes, Editorial 1 partment.
REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, express or postal order,
payuhle to The Bee Publishing Company
t)nly Z-cetit stamps r-ceieii in payment 01
mall accounts. r-ersonal cnecK, eac-yi
the stnnUxrd cstHbllslicd also Ih lnin
and has boon tflnnd by decisions of
the courts. In no ense, the attorney
Keucrnl snys, can the rate inak!n(? power
Ih vested In a court, but the courts
can Intervene and review the rates de
cided upon or hxed by legislative au
thority and determine "whether they
are such as would Ikj confiscatory of the
property of the carrier, and If they are
Judicially found to In confiscatory In
their effect, to restrain their enforce
ment." It Is declared that any law
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. I wliit-ti attempts to deprive the courts of
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statement of crr.c v RATION. flte innKn(t) the attorney general
c V RoVwat.V. "Mlft. iic. "...vs. is purely n legislative function
rj'Vr.Sneara fAM" "in the performance of which tlje legis.
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be better and less expensive government
If an American was at Iho head of each
of the provinces, but If that were done
the Filipinos would not have a share
In the responsibility of government and
would not find out what responsibilities
self government brings. As to the
charge that the government has leen
expensive, the secretary pointed out the
conditions which made large ex
penditures Inevitable, but these will not
continue Indefinitely. When the work
which It Is now necessary to do has
lKrne Its expected fruit the expense of
arrylng on government in the I'hlllp-
lnes and educating tlie people can and
undoubtedly will be reduced. Secretary
Taft spoke ngninst the admission of
Chinese labor to the Islands, saying It
would create a revolution, so greatly do
the Filipinos dislike the Chinese. He
favored a reduction of the tariff. It Is
quite likely that the civil government
n the Philippines could be Improved In
some respects and It Is to be exttected
that this will be done, but in the main It
has done well and is very creditable to
this nation. The most urgent need Is
the Industrial and commercial develop
ment of the Islands and It Is not to be
doubted that this will be supplied In
time. Iu the meanwhile the American
people will not be Influenced by the
evidently prejudiced criticisms to which
Secretary Taft replied.
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Loss unaold copies w.7H.-t j xe rate-mukliig power being a legisla
M7U,t7 I five and not a Judicial function, congress
Net total sales.
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C. C. ROSEWATEK,
Hecretaiy.
Subscribed. In my presence and sworn to
before me this isi aay 01 may,
ideal) M. B. HUNUATE,
Notary Fublto.
Just now the mayor's office in Chi
cago is no sinecure.
cannot vest It In the courts either by
conferring original or appellate Jurlsdie
tlon over the subject. What congress
can do, having prescribed what may
be regarded as a standard of rates and
charges, Is to confer upon a commission
or any other appropriate agency, au
thority to administer that law and to
determine whether the rates fixed by
Omaha bus a "yellow peril" of Its own I the carriers do conform to the require
lu the pest of the dandelions. ments of the statute, and If not, to mnke
the necessary corrections. The attorney
Omaha's long-felt hope lor a modern general urges that the decisions of the
llieproof hotel seems to have again gone highest judicial tribunal "establish be
a gliniiiK'iing this year. yond n doubt the rights of congress to
confer upon nn administrative body the
Ion I'erdicarls pays such high tribute power to fix and determine maximum
to Raisoull as to lay him open to hub- railway rates which shall control In the
pldon of being- the II. II. ltogcrs of the future, by the execution in detail of n
Morocconu bandit trust.
To insure a sane and tiafe celebration
of the glorious Fourth tills year the
council and police department should
take time by the forelock.
Striking shoemakers are marching
niton the British War ofllce, but there
Is no one at Ixmdoii who cnu make, the
latter day Jack' Cade immortal in im
perishable verse.
illps of thriftless wage workers of their
earnings. Hereafter wage assignments
will not be valid In Illinois unless due
notice has been given to the assignor's
wife, If he has one, and the limit of
validity of such assignments Is fixed at
six months.
Aronnd the Wtirlil In See Minnies.
St. Ioui Republic.
A message sent from the International
Railway congress in Washington made the
circuit of the world In seven minutes. Too
bsd that II couldn't he csplured and
featured In a circus.
Raising Tnlnierf Dost.
Baltimore American.
Now that Mr. Rockefeller has offered to
supply the crude oil with which to sprinkle
the roada about his country place, some
virtuous residents may vote to refuse the
gfft on the ground that the oil Is tainted
and that they would prefer to lay the dust
by raising it some other way.
Again the Toboggan.
Washington Post.
The British Medical Journal publishes
statistics to show that men who drink alco
holic lkiuors live on an average of two
years and twenty-two days longer than
teetotalers. This, coupled with the presi
dent's anti-rare suicide preachment, ought
to unload every water wagon In the country.
general rule enacted Into, ns. for ex
ample, that the rates shall be Just, rea
sonable and without discrimination."
Summing tip the attorney general
says: "There is a governmental power
to fix the maximum future charges of
carriers by railroad, vested in the legis
latures of the states with regard to
transportation exclusively within the
state, and vested In congress with re
gard to all other transportation." The
exercise of this power Is, of course, sub
ject to review by the courts and this
authority of the courts they cannot be
constitutionally deprived of. If the
views expressed by Attorney fieneral
Moody are correct, and they are based
on decisions of the highest court, then
there Is no constitutional obstruction to
ttie railroad regulation which has been
proposed.
THE TRZBlTK TO CHOATK.
That was an exceptional tribute that
was paid to Ambassador Choate last
Super isors of customs lu Maine have Friday. In the receDtlon given him by
decided that the flesh of rabbits is venl- tlie joni nlByor of London and attended
sou ror ttirirr purposes. llils sliows b- pr-mler Balfour, the British foretiru
Now that Chief Donahue has offered
1200 for the delivery of Iat Crowe, the
World-Herald can take the reward by
utilizing its towllne and Its exclusive.
telephone connections.
President Alexander assures the polk
holders that they are the owners of the
surplus of the F.tpiltable company. No
wonder Mr. Hyde wants the official
sculp of his financial guardian.
some Improvement, Ht least, from the
decision which made frog legs poultry.
The University of Chicago has barred
the use of the conventional lamp of
learning from Its scul. Fet-liHps the peo-
secretary and other eminent persons. It
is said to have been a reception such ns
perhaps uo American ever lie fore re
ceived on that aide of the Atlantic. The
prime minister spoke lu the highest
terms of tlie eminent qualities of Mr,
OMAHA SOT ALOXK
Omnhn is uot the only city in the
transmlssisslppl country that has com
plaints and grievances against the rail
roads. While Omaha frequently points
to Kansas City ns a rival favored and
built up by the railroads, Kansas City
does not appear to be altogether concili
ated by the treatment It is receiving at
the hands of the railroads. At least this
Is the inference to be drawn from the
vigorous and persistent scoring given the
rallronds by the Kansas City dailies that
are by no means hostile to railroads ou
broad gauge principles.
In commenting upon the concessions
made by Kansas City to the railroads
that center'in the metropolis on the Kaw
river, the Kansas City Times declares:
In the building up of great trade centers
the railroads and other public service cor
porations are partners of the city because.
the best Interests of each demand the pro
gressive policy of all, but unions there is
reciprocity the partnership Is detrimental
rather than beneficial. An a municipality
Kansas City has kept faith with every in
dependent agency contributing to or bene
fiting by the city. The railroads, for ex
ample, have been shown the greatest con
sideration. They have been permitted to
occupy valuable streets; they have found
little opposition when they have sought to
extend their facilities, but In spit of the
readiness of the city to co-operate there
has been a systematic and long-continued
neglect of the obligation of partnership
Involved. The railroads have not kept
fcilth. The city cannot be expected to
csntinue its generous prospects Indefinitely
without prospects of returns.
Continuing In the same strain, in an
other editorial pointing out the injury
inflicted upon Kansas City by the roil
roads, our Kansas City contemporary
says:
It will require the expenditure of many
million dollars and the fruits of that ex
penditure for years to come to begin to
make amends for the long and outrageous
neglect of Kansas City by the rallronds.
These complaints sound rather fa
miliar In the ears of progressive and
public spirited business men of Omnhn
Fcrhaps, after till, the complaint of bnd
faith on the part of railroads with the
various distribution centers Is due to the
system rather than the willful disre
gard of obligations on the part of rail
road managers. It only emphasizes,
however, the declaration made by Pves
ldent Stickney during his recent visit
to Omnha that every city must fight for
all it gets from the railroads Just the
same as every business man must fight
for all the trade he gets lu his trade
territory.
rart of the Donation Bared.
Washington Post.
Borneo Is uhlpplng benilne In bulk to
this country, in defiance of the Standard
Oil company. The Mission Board will
please take the hint and see to It that none
of Mr. Rockefeller's donation is wasted In
the enlightenment of the wild men of
Borneo, a they are already getting too
wise.
nodarlnat the Tns.
Springfield Republican.
The movement to start a new stock ex
change In Jersey City, to compete with the
one In New York, Is Interesting In its tax
dodging way, and that Is all. When the
New York Stock exchange has to close Its
doora because of Jersey competition, there
will be grass growing In the. middle of
Broadway.
.u S . iu.,,. i..uu... -umi ui choate aud the excellence of his diplo
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an arc iifcui. win ui toe luxuumon s
scope.
When a heavy shipper appears be
fore the seuute committee ou interstate
commerce in opposition to railroad reg
ulation and rate making he may safely
be classed among the rebate benefi
ciaries.
macy, in response to which the re
tiring ambassador made a most fcllcl
tons and admirable speech.
The United States has been repre
sented at the Court of St. James by men
distinguished lu law. In letters aud In
diplomacy, but no one served the country
with greater credit and usefulness than
Mr. Chonte. He fully sustained the
The impression is growing that the 8cial d-BO-ty of" the position, winning
senate committee on' interstate com- ror himself the most cordial respect and
merce knew whom to call as witnesses Mtwm of w,,n wnom ne ' brought
to confirm its previous opinion on tlie ,n, '0M,,I or official relations, aud he
subject of the lnterstote Coinuierc discharged the dutles-not very oner-
cmnmiusloii ous, it is true with ability and in ti
spirit which contributed to the strength
The real difference between the United enlng of friendship -between the govern
States and Venezuela Is shown by the ments. We have never had In Ixndon a
fact thnt had fewer men thau those In- more popular diplomatic representative,
volved In the Chicago strike caused us His successor, Mr. Whltelaw Iteld. will
much trouble iu Caracas it would have doubtless become equally esteemed and
been called a revolution. I popular, but he must expect to be Judged
by the high standard established by Mr.
Ktissiuu military experts who are lu I Choate.
doubt us to the serious Intentions of
Oenerul Oyama should have by this time TAFT XStrshH (RIT1CS.
learned that if the commander of tlie ,ew UBJ 8 secretary 'lalt. lu the
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ARMY GOSSIP 1 WUHKdTOt.
Items of Interest cleaned from tne
Army and av Register.
Nothing will be done In the esse of Cap
tain George W. Klrkman, Twenty-fifth in
fantry, until the end of his second trl.il
hy court martial. This altogether unusual
case Is greatly Interesting the military
authorities who have so far encountered
It in an official way. Klrkman la still utnlor
arrest at Fort Niobrara, where he is kpt
In close surveillance, to which he object,
expressing his protests and appeals In th
form of dally letters to the secretary of
war and to tho president. The proceed
ings of the court martial which Just closed
its work are. still In the Judge advocate
general's office and next week It la expected
to be before the secretary of war In readi
ness for submission to the president. These
are ihtt proceedings really of the second
court martial before which Klrkman was
ordered, the work of the first court having
been Interrupted, to reconvene on Wednes
day, by which time witnesses and docu
ments will be available. It Is likely the
president will delay his action In this case
until the findings of both courts arc
ready for him to act irpon.
Applications continue to be received by
the military secretary of the army from
numerous sources for the campaign badges.
There has not been In a long time so much
correspondence from the War department
on any subject. It Is surprising to most
observers that the orders relating to the
subject of the badges have been so Inac
curately read or, ns Is apparent In some
cases, not read at all. There are certain
well-defined restrictions which govern the
issue of these badges, nnd they are plainly
set forth In the general orders from the
War department relating to the Issue of the
emblem. The lack of understanding on the
subject has resulted In the receipt of
numerous applications which can not be
favorably ncted upon. In other respects
the correspondence relating to the subject
Is voluminous, to say nothing of the letters
which must be written to those who do not
understand the orders relating to the
badges.
eftlectlna; HI Job.
Baltimore American.
The fool-klller is grossly neglecting his
duty. It has been found necessary by
the postofflce authorities to send out a
fraud order against a man In a New York
town who advertised to send any one a 12
bill for a quarter. In spite of the wide
publicity given to such stories as that of
Mrs. Chadwick and the 626 per cent syndi
cate, people sent him quarters.
A JelTersonlnn Idea.
Kansas City Star.
It may be Inferred that Thomas Jefferson.
were he living, would regard conditions In
Chicago with some degree of complaisance.
'I hold it that a little rebellion now and
then," he once wrote to Mudlson, "Is a
good thing and ns necessary In the political
world as storms In the physical. It Is a
medicine necessary for the sound health
of government.'- And nobody may deny
that Chicago takes the Jeffersonlan remedy
In largo and regtilnr doses.
Stir Yourself Today,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Are you a time killer? Do you stand about
talking when you should be disposing of
duties that press upon you?
Do you hang around home when you
should be at your office?
Do you put off until 9:30 o'clock the things
that might Just as well be done at 9?
Do you lag through-, a task Instead of at
tacking It with all the steam on and push
lng It through briskly?.
Do you fritter away a single hour of the
day that might be made useful In benefiting
your health. Improving your mind or help
ing your business?
If so, stir yourself. You are out of ths
American spirit. You are not even stand
ing still. You are going backward. If you
do not look out the reBt Of America will
leave you far behind.
Stir yourself today this morning.
WITH THK MEN OK THE WEST.
No allotments have yet been made by the
quartermaster general of the army for bar
racks and quarters or for repairs or Improve
ments at the Army posts. I-ast winter a
list of needs was presented by General
Humphrey and submitted to the house and
senate military committees, being published
In these columns at the time, hut congress
slashed the estimates to such a degree that
It Is now necessary to completely revise the
list, and It Is upon this that Lieutenant
Onera-l Chaffee and Quartermaster Gen
eral Humphrey are now at work during
their visit to army posts In the southwest.
It Is likely there will be many changes,
but as far as possible the proportion of
expenditure will be maintained, so ns to
do something for the urgent needs at every
garrison.
HOW MR. HII.L WOll.n DO IT.
Great Northern Magnate nn the Look.
ont for n, 1.
Portland Oregonlsn.
Mr. Hill approaches the question of liowr
a rate should be fixed by basing It on
the cost of what he calls "producing the
transportation." If the cost uf building
the rallrosd is brought into the calculation
as part of the cost of producing the trans
portation, the great railroad builder Is
probably logical. Evidently this was In
his mind, since he draws comparison be
tween eastern nnd western rates in which
the cost of the eastern terminal facilities
figures. If this were ail-but complica
tions enter nt once with the next state
ment that the "value of the service Is
detetmlned by the destiny of the traffic, and
that makes the rste." But a few lines
further down in the report appears a rlalm
that the railroad should be nllowed to
fix what secret rate It pleased, admittedly
lower than the open rates of competitors,
In order to secure traffic at unpmfltabU
rate, but to get tonnage. Heresy, Is It
not, Mr. Hill? The rise referred to Is
evidently the cheap and poor flour frm
Mlneaapolls for Jspnn. carried at a price
low enough to prevent flour going from
Portland to compete.
Probably the "density of the traffic" men
tioned by Mr. Hill, which should be the
factor In determining the rate, was created
by adding the unprofitable westward bound
rate on the Japan flour to the profitable
rate on the eastward bound products of
Oregon and Washington, and striking an
average. So that the east hound rate
must be too high, or It could not balance
a deficiency on the westbound rate. Doca
It not seem to follow that the western
producer Is mulcted for the benefit of the
railroad in any event, nnd for the benefit
of the eastern farmer and miller In the
case of the special concealed rate In ques
tion? There Is something very naive In Mr.
Hill's suggestion of almost petulant com
plaint that commerce commissions or any
one else should Interfere with his rail
road's socred right to fix special, or cur
rent, high, low or medium rates at Its own
sweet will. The end to Increase the den
sity and thereby the profit of the railroad
the means, mAklng, publishing, varying,
suppressing rates to suit each case as It
arose. Washington has found Mr. Hill, It
Is generally supposed, a benevolent despot.
There are others. One thing is sure, that
no schedule will satisfy the public, east or
west, which Is not uniform, based on rea
son, published, and not variable without
notice enough to enable traders to regu
late their transactions In advance. And
agitation will never cease until these ends
are met. 1
A MATTER OF HEALTH
The new official table of distances for
the guidance of disbursing officers of tha
army, charged with the payment of money
allowances for travel, has been adopted by
the chief of staff, nnd went Into effect on
Mo.nday. It Is prepared as usual by the
pay department, and la the result of a
careful comparison of the best official data
available, the figures and rates belnjr
brought up to January 1, and based upon
the consideration of comparative cost, dis
tances and time which determine the choice
of the "shortly usually traveled route con
templated by law." The table will super
sede all slmlar publications heretofore
used. It shows the total distance In each
cae, and also the miles of "free route"
bond-aided Pacific nd 66 per cent land
grant railroads over which officers when
traveling on duty nnd without troops
should procure transportation In kind from
the quartermaster's department. Lieu
tenant General Chaffee has ordered that
hereafter post commanders shall report to
the paymaster general of the army with
out delay the abandonment of old and the
establishment of new lines of travel to and
from their respective posts, and when a
new route is opened Involving travel by
stage or buckhoard shall report as to the
carrying capacity for passengers, the num
ber of trip made a week, the distance
and such other Information as may have
a bearing In the determination of Its
practicability as a route for passenger traffic.
lupanese land forces Is deUclent in any- cour" ot " e-'tur ou the Philippines
ihlng It is in lacking a sense of humor. befor the Nlous! Geographical so-
ciety, replied to some of the criticisms
While Kansas is celebrating the I nv been directed agalust the pres-
tweuty-fourth anulversary of tlie adop
tion of the prohibitory law, Governor
Hoch Is Hgitin promising to see that the
law Is enforced lu the future a confes
sion that It hus uever been enforced in
iho pa &t.
The recent tire in one of the modern
school buildings of Boston suggests the
imperative uecd of periodic inspection
of public school buildings, and for that
matter school buildings of every descrip
tion everywhere, with a view to safe
guarding the lives of school children
and teachers.
It wilt not take a very keen-scented
leuth to locate the grufters who at
tempted to bold up the people of Hast
ings tu the location of the Western
Normal school. If the World-Herald is
in dead earnest It ran readily procure
all the Information required from promt
mma busiuess men of Hasting.
eut civil administration In those Island.
The secretary of war said that the Idea
of the government had been to establish
iu tlie Phlllpplues a government as nearly
similar in principles to the home gov
ernment as could be done consistently
that Is, a government of the people,
for the people and by the people. In
order to have that kind of govern
ment It is necessary to have a
high public opinion to sustain and re
strain government and he was not sure
that this could be secured from the
people there who are not Christians.
Heuce the necessity for carrying on a
system of Instruction, particularly lu
the Kngllsh Isuguage, as is being done.
It U esseutlal to have some common
language and the people had to be taught
that which the Spanish language did not
teach, the dignity of labor and the neces
sity of using arm and mind for that pur
pose. The secretary agreed that thera would
Kansas City has won u substantial
victory in the decision Just rendered by
the Kansas supreme court, which gives
the Kansas Natural Gas company the
right to lay Its pipe lines along the pub
He highways. The decision ends a pro
longed contest 1 Isstween the citizens o
the Kansas natural gas lelt, who at
tempted by injunction to prevent the
company from piping the gas out of the
developed field Into Kansas City, be
cause they claimed the gas should be
consumed at home, and that 1f It were
not piped to Kansas City manufactur
ing concerns could be Induced to re
move from other sections to the gas belt
of Kansas. If this contention had been
sustained by the courts. It would apply
with etjual force to an embargo on the
export of coal from the anthracite coal
fields of Pennsylvania, West Yirginln
and Alabama, or the bituminous coal
fields of Wyoming, as a means for com
pelling all mills and factories dependent
upon coal for generating heat and power
to locate In the coal belt.
The Chicago advocates of municipal
ownership aud regulation of public
utilities have won a brllliaut victory In
the passage of the electric light and
gas bills, which were being so vigor
ously opposed by a powerful corpora
tion lobby. Henceforth the Chicago city
couucll will be empowered to tlx gas
and electric service rates and to sell
surplus current from Its municipal elec
tric lighting plant to private consumers.
Incidentally, the city of Chicago has
also been authorized to utilize the water
power at Iockport, flowing from the
drainage canal, that will enable It to
dispense with gas for street lighting
altogether.
His success In securing an order from
the cxar for warships puts C. M. Rchwnb
lu the frout rank of International com
mercial travelers, and hereafter It may
be easier to ascertain whether Amer
lea's naval victories have been due to
the msn or the machine.
The legislature of Illinois, Just ad
Journed. has enacted some commends
ble laws, among the most Important of
these being the law placing restriction on
the free and easy assignment of wsgea
which frequently deprives the fant
Sla-nlflcanre of President Roosevelt's
Visit to the Plains and Mountains
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The real significance of President Roose
velt's visit to the people of the plains and
mountains of the west is that he is one of
them. You can t conceive of any other
president having done what li has done.
Cleveland could hook a flsh or crack a duck
In the rural regions at the old and densely
populted east, but i life on the western
ranch, where dwells the rugged bear, was
beyond the range of the Inclination or
activity. There Is no courage manifest In
shooting a duck, butt only ths Nlrhrod of the
lion heart pursues and slays the bear. It
Is a bold thing to, venture Into regions
where the hand of man has made no mark
of transformation and where wild beasts
and anlrrls roam and sport unmolested.
SertouBly, It la an act of the purest heroism.
It defines the predominating traita In Pres
ident Roosevelt's character. If thera Is a
trace of fear In him the most varied and
extreme circumstances have failed to dis
close It. He Is freest and easiest with the
leople whose avocations are their liveli
hood, the people of moderate means and
expansive aspiration, the people ot clear
heads and clean lives; the thinkers, the
moralists, the tollers, the producers that
great body that In the chaoe of govern
ment called Into being the republic and en
dowed It with all the powers of perpetuity.
This Is the element of humanity President
Roosevelt Is at home with, and he finds Its
pure and perfect type In the west.
He la there a great man with a great
people. His hunting tour, of course, was
devised merely aa a means of Introduction
or reintroductlon. It Is very Interesting In
all Its features, but it Is nevertheless Inci
dental. It Is, however, profoundly signifi
cant. It Is the very some of propriety.
We can't think of a more fitting vehicle for
the entrance, or re-entrance, of the presi
dent Into the wild western country' than his
hunting trip. It fired the admiration of
the people to the topmost pitch. And that
was nn leas a generous tribute to the honest
and efficient administration of govenment
than, a tribute personally to the president.
It la a great thing to administer govern
ment fairly and efficiently, and It takes a
great man to do It; Then there la the
uniqueness of the trip. You can't associ
ate Just ni'h a performance with any other
other nation. We like original and extra
ordinary , things thing that other people
are not Inclined or are afraid to do. There
was not the taste or Spirit iu Garfield
Hayes, IJucoln or Buchanan that would
have led either of them from the White
House into the far west to hunt bear. But
It Is quite ebmmon for our chief execu
tives to lesve their official residence for
tours of various sections of the country
The feature that particularly distinguishes
President Roosevelt's tour Is that he throws
off the garb and majeety of his office and
engages In a diversion characteristic of the
country ha visits. You never heard of
thing of that kind In connection with any
of the haughty and Impressive presidential
wings around the circle. But It Is far
more potential with the people than the
grand and lofty swing. It puts (hem snd
ths president on a level. They do not reach
nut after him. Ha steps Into their com
psny He is one of them. That Is the
significance ef his vlit
The general staff of the army wll be In
vited to apply Itself to the correction of
certain conditions prevailing In various
parts of the country In the matter of de
sertion, as disclosed In the reports re
ceived st the War department. It Is
shown that few, If any, of the commends
sre recruiting up to their maximum
strength; that great difficulty Is encoun
tered In obtaining men who are entirely
suitable for military service; that some of
the recruits accepted are pronounced by
the aurgeons as eligible to discharge for
disability, which ought to have been ob
served at the recruiting stations before the
acceptance of the applicants; that tho
proportion of desertion at some places la
excessive. The latter feature Is shown in
reports received recently from three army
posts In one section of the country, where
the desrrtlons during the past year have
equaled to per cent of the enlisted force.
There will probably be the usual variety
of explanations of this undesirable condi
tion, and It 1 this problem to which the
attention of the general staff will be In
vited In the hope that soma adequate pro
tecton against this reduction of the en
listed force may be afforded.
The candidates for second lieutenancies
In the army from civil life and from among
the enlisted forces are probably destined to
await the return to Washington of Presi
dent Roosevelt before the commissions for
all of them are signed. Some of the
commissions have been forwarded to the
president for his signature and he Is likely
to act upon them before he comes back
to the White House. In the other cases
there will probably be a delay In the final
appointment.
"FIXING" AMI "RKfil l,ATIG."
Difference Between the Tito aa Clear
as Dnyllaht.
Wall Street Journal.
The persistency with which railroad men
In their arguments against the proposed In
crease In the powers of the Interstate Com
merce commission speak of that proposi
tion as if It were Intended to establish a
system by which the government should
"tlx" railroad rates Is really surprising. In
view of the fact that this fallacy hus been
repeatedly exposed. President Mather of
the Rock Island, In his argument this
week, says: -'Is It necessary or desirable
that the Interstate Commerce commission
should be given the rate-making power?
That there Is a public clamor for
government rate-making power to the com
mission cannot be denied, buf that It is a
misled clamor Is plainly apparent."
jnow tne ract is that while there is a
growing agitation for government owner
ship there Is very little advocacy any
where In the country of a system by which
the government should "flx'1 railroad rates.
Indeed, the most conspicuous advocate of
such a power In the federal government Is,
strange to say, a railroad president, who
stands alone among his class. President
Roosevelt's proposition and the contention
of all those who advocate an Increase In
the powers of the commission Is that there
shall be government "regulation" of rates,
not government "making" of rates.
The two things are very different. It Is
quite true that the argument is advanced
that regulation of rates amounts substan
tially to making of rates, but there Is a
broad line of distinction between tho two
things. Under a system of government reg
ulation the railroads would still make the
rate", but the Interstate Commerce com
mission, or some similar body, would have
the power to Change them In case they
were unreasonable. As a matter of fact
this power would bt exercised In a compar
atively few Instances and the railroads
would be actually brneflted by Its establish
ment Just as they have by all the national
if!!
POUDEEu-
Absolutely Puro
IAS UO SUBSTITUTE
legislation enacted to limit the scope of
their authority and which they have
blindly antagonized In the beginning to
find In the end that It was the best thing
that could have happened to them.
SMII.1 l.lK.
First Millionaire t'm In trouble. My
daughier wants to marry our coHchman.
Second Millionaire Going to give your
Consent ?
Klrt Millionaire (luess I'll have to. If
I don't she swear sh"'ll marry a Hrltlsh
duke Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I see It stated thnt the shah of Persia
presented to each of the embassadors a
pair of yellow silk socks knitted by his own
hands."
'Well. I hope e.ich amhassxilnr was
diplomatic enough not to put his foot In
It. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Man In Search of Information How d.j
you account for the slowness of Admlr.il
Rojest vensky's movements?
Man with Information to Give Out
Well, he pro'mlily hss to sign his name
to a great many official orders. Chicago
Tribune.
Patience She has always been craxy to
marry ever since she was a young girl. I
reallv believe site would have married her
father's coachman If it hadn't been for
one thins.
Patrice What was that?
Patience Her father didn't have a
coachman. Yonkers (Statesman.
"I see that the lady who is writing such
Interesting articles shout marriage,, divorce
nnd children.
old.'
Is unmarried nnd 65 years
"evidently an unprejudiced critic."
Cleveland Plain Denier.
Tenant Iiok here, you'll have to repair
this house. The wind comes through those
cracks so hard that it blows my whisker
In my eyes!
Landlord 1 11 compromise with vcu. I II
five you the price of a shave. Cleveland
.cader.
"What lovely black eyes she has."
"Yes, hereditary."
"Ahl her mother"
"No, her father; he was a pugilist."
Philadelphia Press.
"Do you believe that strawberries pro
duce melancholy?"
"Not until you try to buy them out of
season. And even then they don't mske
you feel as gloomy as beefsteak does."
Washington Star.
"Art Is long," began the msn who Is
fond of auotiii:.
"Huh:" grunted the poor artist. "Some
times it isn't long enough to make both
ends meet." Philadelphia Ledger.
BOSOM HARDKNE11.
Ed Molt In New York Sun.
So I put fnlth In her.
Thin womHii Tltlan-halrcd,
This Juno careless clad,
And with the mild blue eye,
Kor she had spoke me fair;
And at the lust
How she my bosom wrung!
Aye: And with pleasure, unconcealed.
And a calm indifference
That one might feel who, cruel.
Sets heel upon a harmless worm.
She viewed her crushing work.
And yet,
With feeling that 'twere doubtless well.
And knowing not how hard
She'd make this thing for me,
I turned no show of sorrow to the world,
Nor felt one pang.
And, had she not dared
To trifle with Its further weal.
Not now beneath my bosom hardened thur
Would I be harboring curses deep,
'Gainst her and all her ruthless kind!
But. ah! thnt bosom was
Of finest madras web and wopfc .
Front of the swellcst outing gWBV
That ever cost $o. net.
And soft ns flimsiest sll
It should have hung, snd limp:
But she this laundress mlne
She starched It I Aye!
Starched It stiffer than a hemlock board!
PRRftOVll, OTES.
The voice of the Iceman rivals In sweet
ness the din of the lawn mower.
The Grand Duke Paul of Russia Is so tall
that no hotel bed will fit him. So he car
ries on his travels a sectional affair to se
cure personal comfort.
It Is reported from Dea Moines that Sec
retary of Agriculture James WllSou will be
married In Traer. Ia., In June. The name
of the bride I not announced.
The most prominent lecturer on marriage,
divorce and the management of children
and the family In New England Juat now Is
a maiden woman, 56 years old.
Henry Coldwell Robinson, Just appointed
superintendent of the .Boston & Maine rail
road, climbed to that responsible position
from the humble nation of apprentice In
the machine shop.
Could Mr. Suliwab but guarantee when
he delivers to the csar "the finest war
ships" to throw In a consignment of the
beat trained seamen alive, Russian naval
prospects would be fairer than they are to
day. A Pennsylvania!) possessing some land s
railroad company hankered for. refused to
accept the company'a terms and waa about
to be ousted "by due process of law."
Then his patriotism bubbled. Planting a
line nf Msg staffs on the land sought, he
hoisted the start and stripes on each,
shouldered a trusty musket and chal
lenged the minions ef the corporation to
haul down the American flag. Thereupon
ths company capitulated snd paid bis price.
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Of course Ghirardelli's
Ground Chocolate is a per
fect morning drink, but it
tastes good and does good
at any time of day.
Ghirardelli's is the drink
Ideal for every meal.
Mor- convenient ncf economical
thin .j chocolate.
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