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Treaeurer.
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WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
akacrlkera leavlaaj tfca cltr tesa
pereyrlly hold have Tke flea
MUe4 ta tkaaa. Address will
kajaaTcal mm oftaa aa recreated.
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Remembsr tbo namo of Uif- Hetty
Green's son-in-law T
The groundhog aa4 tho Bock beer
aeason are emerging together.
OeneraJ 8hovloif ot Russia kaa
committed atiicide, making good
his name. '
Mill Ihe new taxi? tUl contain a
clause placing a 4nty fm Imported
'possums?
It is announced that Servi has
called out Its reserve force. U Is hoped
that be will respond loyally.-
"There aire strong railroads and
weak onea," says Judge McPhersoa
The same may be said about Judges.
The weather mas may be relied
upon to furnish some real Washington
March i weather for St. Patrick's day.
"My favorite article of diet is
chicken." says Hoke Smith of Georgia.
Still, he toss been known to eat crow.
That one thousandth membership in
the Commercial club should be put up
at auction and command a premium.
"A Chicago policeman has retired
after earning 1150, 000," says an ex
change. Did he ears it or Just get it?
Mr. Roosevelt says he will not stand
for fcny mora photographs. He appears
to Just as good advantage in a sitting
poature.
Prof. Starr says Mr. Roosevelt can
not live ia Africa. Prof. Starr may
know Africa, but be doea not know
Mr. Roosevelt.
Ambassador White's daughter is to
marry Count Joach, and the pert par
agrapbera will promptly knock the "c"
out of his name.
Wonder if Mr. Bryan will now un
dertake to return the Carnegie money
that went into . the Carnegie public
library building.
Unless something Is done to relieve
the pressure the neit explosion ot the
two Water board organa la likely to
burst a water main.
The Irishmen who are protesting
against vhe picture card publishers are
Juatlfied. St. Patrick bore no resem
blance to St. Valentine.
BjMBJjOTBBWBBSaWa
The NewYork Sun is telling how to
tame horses and other animals. The
Bun appears to be able to tame any
thing except a president.
"Mrs. Taft wore her hair as usual"
writes a Washington society editor. It
is understood that Mr. Taft wore hla,
too, on the same occasion.
Forester Pinchot has diplomatically
allowed it to.He known that be plays
golf as well as he does tennis, and
really likea the game better.
Secretary Knox ia said to arise at
6: SO. o'clock every morning, which is
a little remarkable considering the
fact that he drswa a amalter salary
than any other member of the cabinet
When Mr. Blaine wanted to seek
the presidential nomination against
President Harrison' he resigned first
from the cabinet.. When aa Omaha
park commissioner wanted to buck
against the mayor -who had appointed
fclm to tbs o IBo but why invidious
comparison?
Tb Fanner.' He-em
The government's crop report on
the quantity of grain In farmers'
hands on March 1 shows that the sup
ply of the three great cereals, wheat,
corn and oats, atill held by the pro
ducers. Is quite as large as In former
yeara and that the reserves arc ample
for seeding, for carrying over to next
year and for future sale.
The figures show that the farmers
now hold about 143,692:000 bushels
Of wheat, or only 5,000.000 bushels
less than the stock on hand on March
1, 190S. As the crop of last year was
SO, 000, 000 bushels larger than in 1907
It Is evident that the farmers have
been selling more rapidly than usual,
under the higher prices that have pre
vailed, but the reserve supply Is ample
for all demands. Of the 2,668,651,000
bushels of corn raised last year, the
farmers still hold 1,047,763,000 bush
els, or practically 40 per cent, all that
will be required for seed, feeding and
other purposes. The oats present sup
ply is 11,600,000 bushels larger than
a year ago.
The reports indicate that the farm
ers have not been compelled to sell
their crops down to. a close margin,
hut have been Jn position to retain All
the reserve necessary for their own
uses sod glso to put a check upon the
purely speculative manipulation of
Cereal prices, as the definite - figures
furnished by the government furnish
accurate information as to the avail
able supplies, which does not tally in
any respect with the claims of the
speculators. Further manipulation will
have to be based upon conditions end
state, of quality which the new crops
develop from week to week. The farm
ers have the old crops in the bins and
are thus able to checkmate the trad
ers. Is There a String U It?
While the Water board organs and
organettes are shrieking themselves
hoarse over the great conspiracies
whleh they are conjuring up in their
own imaginations, the people of Omaha
for some reason or other refuse to be
come excited. It seems to be very
much like the old story of the boy who
cried "wolf" so many times when
there was no wolf that when the wolf
really came he got no attention. These
water spouters have been using the
water works as the bogle man so con
tinuously to divert attention from
their owa deep-iaid schemes that the
general public has become more or
less skeptical and refuses to catch the
hysteria.
A few weeks ago the Water board,
by resolution, directed its attorneys to
draw up a proposition for submission
to the voters at the coming city elec
tion to authorise a tjond Issue of
$6,600,000 to buy the water works at
tha valuation fixed by the appraisers,
previously denounced by them as out
rageously exorbitant. This action was
accompanied by an explanation that
the purpose ot submitting the bond
proposition was to ascertain whether
the people wanted to go on with the
purchase proceedings. The whole
move struck most folks as a gigantic
bluff on the part of the Water board
designed to allay the rising tide of
popular discontent by postponing the
leiue and perpetuating the Water
board salaries and lawyers' . graft.
Voting bonds up or down would be
necessarily a Jug-handled proposition,
leaving no alternative to the people to
say whether they preferred the com
promise settlement.
In the meantime the Water .board
has done nothing but adopt a resolu
tion without submitting Its bond prop
osition. If we are to vote on a pro
posed $6,(00,000 bond issue at the
coming election, why should not the
proposition have been formulated by
this time instead ot being held back
and the people permitted to know ex
actly what they are to 1h asked to
vote OST The delay ia following up
the resolution confirms the suspicion
that It has a string to it that may be
puUed as soon aa the legislature is ad
journed aad the possibility of legisla
tion to simplify the water works situa
tion is removed.
Cutro't Plea for Becognition.
Clpriano Castro, late wasp of the
Andes, president of Venesuela and
thorn ia the flesh of the diplomatic
world, has not been the same since the
Berlin doctors operated upon him.
Reports are conflicting as to the na
ture of Castro's Illness. It is denied
that he had bis appendix removed and
he is now furnishing proof that neither
his nerve nor his gall were disturbed
by the operation. Prom his refuge
in Berlin he has addressed a lurid
proclamation to his former fellow
countrymen and more or less humble
Slaves In Venezuela. After expa
tiating at great length upon the sac
rifices he made to place Venezuela In
the first rank of world powers and
complaining because his services have
not been fully appreciated, he con
cludes his bombastic effusion in this
wise:
Thus I creattd the cplendid peace which
you ar now enjoying, with e titanic stroke
of my powerful arm, which nearly demol
lahad three of the mightiest nation of the
old world, e Ani jeaplte all this, ye
ungrateful people, all the world knows how
you have treated him who left hi country
to retain hla health, broken In the aervtce
of th fatherland, in order to continue
later hla (Teat work of reform. But far
fram feeling caat down, It fill mc with
prtde and aatlafactlon because we sreat
men reaembla each other even In misfor
tune. Napoleon died in exile, Miranda
braathed Ms last a prisoner of war In
Csraaas and Bolivar, who aharea with roe
(lory and martyrdom, was the victim of
Ingratitude on th part or hi fellow citi
zen. Apparently the Venezuelans have
not been moved to tears over Castro's
appeal. The French diplomats have,
at Castro's request, asked the authori
ties at Caracas bow they would view
lire OMAHA
the return of Castro to Venezuela. The
reply was. In effect, that the Venezue
lans would be tickled nesrly to death
to greet their former president and try
him for treason, if the populace did
not get to him with a rope before the
courts could get action on his case.
The rest of the civilized world will be
pleased to have Caatro continue to live
In Berlin.
The New Census Bill.
While the tariff will be the chief
subject for consideration at the extra
session of congress, action will be re
quested upon the bill for taking the
1910 census, It being Important that
the measure be passed In order to
give the census officials the necessary
time to make provisions for the big
work of next year.
The bill, as drawn for presentation
at the special session, is said to carry
a complete vindication of Mr. Roose
velt, who vetoed the bill passed by the
last congress because It provided for
the appointment of the clerks and
enumerators according to the spoils
system, instead of by competitive ex
aminations under the direction of the
Civil Service commission. Mr. Roose
velt served notice when the bill was
introduced that he would veto it if
passed with the objectionable features
which he pointed out. Both houses of
congress, however, insisted upon the
original bill, with the appointment ot
ihe thousands of clerks and enumer
ators 'at. portioned among members of
congress without reference to party
affiliation. President Roosevelt vetoed
the measure and no further effort was
made to pass it by the Sixtieth con
gress. The new bill calls for the appoint
ment of clerks end others after a spe
r.lal ecD'iKtitlve examination, allowing
the director of the census to make cer
tain soluctlous, to meet emergencies,
without, ctiict compliance with rules
providing for the acceptance of ellgl
bles according to their rating in the
examinations. Apparently there is no
objection to the measure in its present
form and the public will add one more
mark to the credit of Mr. Roosevelt
for checking a brazen attempt on the
part of congress to resurrect the old
spoils game.
Liberty or Death.
The crime for which Albert T. Pat
rick was sentenced to death in New
York some years- ago has been almost
forgotten, but Patrick refuses to al
low the authorities of the state to for
get him. He is now demanding that
be be given his liberty or put to death,
in accordance with the original ver
dict rendered against him.
Patrick was convicted of a vile mur
der, although the evidence against
him was chiefly circumstantial. The
case had the run of the courts on ap
peals, reversals and new trials, but
the prisoner was finally condemned
to be electrocuted. A lawyer by pro
fession, and apparently a good one,
Patrick refused to be legally killed
and secured stay after stay of execu
tion. Several governors had bis case
before them in one form or another
and finally Governor Higgins. despair
ing of ever having the case brought
to a conclusion, commuted Patrick's
sentence to life imprisonment, evi
dently hoping to hear the last of it.
Patrick, however,' refused to have it
that way and now demands an uncon
ditional pardon or the execution of
the original death sentence. His sen
tence having once been commuted, It Is
now impossible to have him electro
cuted, so he is scheduled to keep de
manding, the attention of the courts
until pardoned or dead of old age.
The very persistency of the man has
won him a sort of admiration that
may be strong enough finally to in
fluence executive clemency in bis be
half, regardless of the sordid charac
ter of the crime for which be was
originally convicted.
The confirmation by the state senate
of the warden of the penitentiary em
phasizes the distance we hive traveled
here in Nebraska away from this sort
of a check upon executive appoint
ments. The original idea of the
founders of the government was that
all appointments by the governor
should require confirmation by one
branch of the legislature, but by tak
ing advantage of technicalities the
governor has been vested with the ex
clusive selection of nearly all the su
bordinate officers of the executive de
partment. The editor of a Methodist weekly in
Chicago printed a recipe for cake call
ing for the use of a "wine glass full of
whisky," and a storm of protest broke
across the continent. All of which
proves, contrary to the general im
pression, that somebody reads the
cooking recipes published in the pa
pers. "Loyalty" to Mr. Bryan promises to
keep the University of Nebraska pro
fessors from being eligible to retire
ment pensions' out of the Carnegie
foundation. That will tickle Mr.
Bryan's pride, but it is poor consola
tion for the professors.
"Omaha ahould do something for its
atmosphere," says a Cleveland paper.
Omaha Is displacing a lot of Its atmos
phere by new buildings and the re
maining portion Is quite satisfactory.
For proof, compare the death ratea in
Cleveland and Omaha.
Most of the members of the house
from Douglas county cast their votes
against the Carnegie pension bill be
cause they revolted at the thought of
permitting university professors to
touch "tainted" money. It Is to
laugh.
Aa Ohio editor complains that
91,000,000 is too much money to
DAILY REE: MONDAY, MAKCII 13. 1900.
BDend for a Lincoln monument st
Washington. Its a good deal of
money, but monuments usually come
high.
A New York alderman thinks that
all aldermen should o to see a play
before the censor condemns It. Good
Idea. If the aldermen like the play
the censor will feel justified in con
demning it.
There is some question whether Mr.
Carpenter will fittingly fill Mr. Loeb's
place as private secretary to the presi
dent. He has been in office nearly two
weeks and hasn't been blamed for any
thing yet.
The last republican legislature suc
ceeded In transacting business without
resorting to the sifting committee
juggle. This is one of the reforms
which the democrats prefer not to
follow.
The New York Board of Health has
passed a regulation prohibiting the
smoking of cigarettes or cigars in the
subway. Patrons ot the subway will
evidently have to smoke pipes.
The Chicago Record-Herald says
that Chicago wants "4,000,000 sub
stantial non-smoke-producing citizens
by 1920." What has the Tobacco trust
got to say to that?
Rmane I. imp of IB !'.
Indianapolis Now.
The advance notices indicate that the ex
tra session will not without a full quota
of polltlca of a highly practical nature.
Outward Mbs of Optlaslsaa.
Fhlladoiphta Prese.
When President Taft say he la an opti
mist It la easy to believe him. A man with
that kind of smile couldn't be anything
else.
Penh a Oooal Thing; A Ion a;.
Philadelphia Press.
President Taft's Inaugural has had ap
proval independent of party and paat dif
ferences. Not lnce Monroe has a presi
dent beg-un with such a general "era of
good feeling."
The Squeal of m Squrrre.
Chicago Tribune.
"Will the republic endure?" ae-ks Tom
Lawaon. The circumstance that Tom Law
son considers this a debatable question
awaken a suspicion that some of hla
stocks have gone wrong.
Cpalda't Me Without 'Km.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A New York suffragist says that if
women would threaten to leave the coun
try the men would give tbera the ballot to
coax thenj to atay. Why not reverse th
proposition and banish the men la the first
Instance? Cynthia. Cynthia. I've been
thinking what a fine world till would be
If the men were all transported far be
yond the Northern sr-a.
A r Oratory lt Barer.
New York Bun.
Senator IjingTUt. in nominating Mr.
George T. Oliver of Pittsburg for United
State aenator n the republican caucus at
Harrisburg-, said of him that he was -as
far abova venality. . corruption and dis
honor as the star of Bethlehem Is above
the fire of Moloch.",. It, waa handsome ot
Mr. T-angfltt and prove that oratory la
not dead in Pennsylvania, but It roust have
made the candidate very uncomfortable.
Aa Achievement of Stteanajsrlp.
New York World.
The forest land In Nevada, South Dakota,
CallfBrnia, New Mexico and Arizona pre
served to tli people by one of tin last of
ficial acta of President Roosevelt aggra
vate 1.980.73C. This ia a forest doraaia
larger than Connecticut and Delaware com
bined. With theaa addition the total na
tional forest area is 185.013,880 acres, equal
to all Texas, the largest state In the union,
plus Kentucky. It would make aeven
state as large aa Ohio. That thi forest
empire has been saved from the axe to
posterity la ona of tho finest achievements
of statesmanship. It remains to save It
from fire. n
Passle ! National Kiaaares.
Springfield Republican.
Tha first question belne asked of th
new secretary of the treasury la rather
startling. It Is whether and when bonds
ara to be Issued to replenish tho cash
holding against a rapidly mounting rev
enue deficit. And the answer Is that
while no Immediate necessity exist for a
bond Issue, the question must soon come
under consideration aa things are now go
ing. The treasury now ha an available
cash balance on hand of little mora than
$l)O,0O0.00O, and half of this ia needed aa a
permanent working fund in the fiscal
operations of the government. Not many
week ago tha government had above linn .
000,000 on deposit in national banks; now
tnose deposits are down to 160,000,000. Not
sine th time of Mr. Carlisle, In Cleve
land' second administration, ha a secre.
tary of the treasury faced ao difficult a
situation aa that which Mr. MacVeagh
must deal with.
FEDERAL INHERITABLE TAXES.
Coaaeetlcat Object to Poaching; an
State Frnerrfi,
New York 8un.
The resolution adopted by the legisla
ture of Connecticut declaring that tho tax
thai several states and not to be resorted to
tha several states and not be resorted to by
the federal government aa a mean of rain
ing revenur-e la tui Indication of the atti
tude llkoly to be taken by all the states on
this subject. When the federal revenue
were ample and thei federal tax on Inheri
tance was suggested tentatively ait a
method of taking revenge on successful
men It was eaay to applaud it and proclaim
it as a grand and worthy scheme for the
punishment of those guilty of prosperity
through thrift. When the federal govern
ment Is short of money, however, and the
invasion of this source of state revenue is
seriously contemplated the situation put
on a different appearance.
It is not Improbable thut many other
plana for the extension of federal activity
which have been received with considerable
enthusiasm when there wa no immediate
likelihood of a practical effort to put them
Into operation would arouse similar oppo.
It Ion If their enforcement were seriously
contemplated and the incomes of the state
earned likely to suffer in consequence. That
which sound highly attractive when an
other community I to foot the bill become
highly objectionable when it tnenchea on
th treasure cheat of the home settlement.
In atate and tha political subdivisions,
no leas than in individuals, th pocket hook
nerve la extremely sensitive. It I con
nrlvable that mauy bright dream of soci
ology anil of moral uplift through federal
intervention would coin to nought when it
wa shown that their aticcea depended en
the ability of the government to scoop B
money hitherto regarded as the legitimate
revenue of ths states.
Washington Life
Oheee BapeSehee) esT SaoNsava wS
EnlaoSea taat Mark tb Tiue-r s
of areata at the JVaxloa'e Capital.
The now m.irhle office building of the
honorable senator l finished and many
of the senator are moving In. Other are
hanging on to their office rooms In the
capitol, preferring old quarter redolent
with historic asnv-iatlnna to the modem
and somewhat garish splendor of the new
building. Among the splendors m.iy be
mentioned a centr table costing $450 m
each room, a shade too elaborate to rest
one's heels on. Borne senators from rural
states are reluctant to shine In such mag'
nlficent settings, and are Inclined to dwell
yet awhile In modest quarters. A subway
connects the rapltol and the office annex,
enabling members to escape the rigors of
Washington weather In making the trip.
In order to make the trip easy, electric
carryalls will be operated so aa to run In
two minutes from the senate wing to the
offices and back. There are two of these
electric conveyances, and they will stop
at any elevator In the building of the
offices at the convenience of senators.
Fred Warner Carpenter, the president's
secretary. ha.i been with Mr. Taft for
some eight years. Mr. Taft got him when
president of tine Philippine commission by
cabling to a friend In San Francisco for a
competent stenographer. The choice fell
upon the private secretary of Charles 8.
Wbeeler of the law firm of Bishop A
Wheeler. Mr. Carpenter had been pre-
vloualy admitted to the bar In Minnesota
and I graduate rf the university of that
state. He did so well as stenographer
tliat Mr. Taft made him private secretary
when he became eTovemor general of the
Philippines. Bee re tary Carpenter hats Jtiat
paased bis thlrty-slKth birthday, enjeya the
full confidence of his chief, and It ia ex
pected that this euooeeaor at William
Ioeb, Jr.. Mr. Cortelyou and the late Col
onel Lamont will "make good" In a place
that call for much good sense and a great
degree of tact.
Exclusive of the capitol, and congres
sional library, grounds, the union depot
plasa and the botanical gardens, says a
Chicago News letter, th city of Washing
ton boasts more than S,000 acres 1n parks,
excluding nearly 160 triangles and circle
at street Intersection and mile upon
mile ot shaded asphalt streets equal to
the boulevard of many other cities. The
largest of all these parks la Rock Creek
park. This beauty epot cover I.S06 acre
Immediately adjoining the Zoological park,
which contain 171 acre, and tt natural
combination of rocks and ertreams, htlls
aitd dales, trees and meadows, go to make
porhap the finest groundwork of a public
park In any Hty In the country
It will be probably MO years before the
Iosaibllities of thts park are realised to
the full, Including the building of a boule
vard down Rock creek Into the city of
Washington, connecting with the River,
side driveway, now known aa Potomac
driveway. The River park, which reaches
from tit captlol to the Islands of the
Potomac, contain In the aggregate 1.S00
a ores, but doea not represent an smalga
n
ated whole as doea the Rock Creek park.
In the northern pertlon of the cHy, about
a mile eastward frem Rock Creek nark
and connected therewith by the old mili
tary road over which union armies marched
In the defense of Washington, I the Sol
dier Home park. Cocnmandd by a group
of white marble building erectd en the
highest, point In the city, the rark slopes
toward tha city over an extent of W2
seres. Still snother park, AiialoBtan, In
southeast Washington where the .. river
flats will some dty be one of the -flower
garden ot the national capital, contain
MS acres. The fast of the larger park,
also In north Washington, I Tacoma park,
containing 73 acres.
Other amusement placea are the Henry
and Seaton parjts of thirty-two acres;
Garfield park, twenty-four arres: Judiciary
square, wltere la the pension office, nine
teen acres, snd Howard University park
of twelve acres. tafayette square, in front
of the White House on the north, in which
no tree or bush Is duplicated, contains six
seres.
Congress, mores the pity, has lost Its
last member that wore boots. His nsme is
Brumm, habitat Pennsylvania, and he I
not dead ef old age. certainty1 not of cold
feet. Mr. Brumm, Indeed, I not dead at
all, even if hi specie be extinct. He ha
imply quit Washington, boots and all, to
become a Judge In Schuylkill county. The
house will mlaa him and hi leather-clad
extremities, (lone Is sockle Jerry Simp
son. Gone almost ar the full beard,
burnsldes and chin whiskers of earlier con
gressional efflorescence. "I'ncle Joe" Can
non no longer wears the suit of ostenta
tious blue Jean, presented him by North
Carolina admirers. Quaintness and pic
turesquene. qualities that had a definite
political value, sre repreeented In the
popular brsnch of the national legislature
chiefly by the speaker's vocabulary.
A law passed by the last congress pro
hibiting stock gambling In the District of
Columbia defines bucketahopping ss fol
lows: "1. Th makng of or offering to make any
contract respecting the purchase or sal
either upon credit or upon margin, of any
securities or commodities wherein both par
tie thereto Intend or uclj koepor intends
that uch contract hall be or may be ter
minated, closed or aettled according to or
upon the basis of the public market quota
tions of prices, made on any board of trade
or exohange upon which eaUl securities or
commodities are dealt In or witliout a bona
fide purchase or sale of the same; or that
"I. The making of or offering to make
any contract respecting th purchase or
Bale, eitherupon credit or upon margin, of
any securities or commodities In which both
parties Intend or such keeper Intend that
such securites shall be aettled when th
public market quotations shall reach a cer
tain figure without a bona fide purchase
or sale of the same; or
"S. The making of or, offering to make
any contract respecting the purchase or
sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of
any securities or commodities wherein both
parties do not Intend or such keeper dee
not Intend the actual or bona fide receipt or
delivery of such securities or commodities."
The penalty for violation of the law Is a
fine of $1,000 or Imprisonment for a year.
States' Hlaht aad laherltaace Tax.
Wall Street Journal.
A very delicate question of states'
rights is raised by the proposal of ths
new president to impose a federal In
heritance tax. It must be confessed that
after California and Idaho have taxed
large ealates bequeathed to distant rela
tives at It per cent, and Iowa at 20 per
cent, anything further imposed by the
federal government would look like con
fiscation. Evan now there Is a collateral
Inheritance tas In New Tork state of f
per cent.
Correctly Slsed Ca.
s .Boston Glob.
It will b noted that th membership
ef th special commissions authorised by
the United States senate is Investigate
thing corresponds pretty closely te ths
number ef x-sostors eut of job.
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RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT.
Impi-MBlT ejtaraa of Kpala
Threaafceet tke "atrr
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Despite the hesitation and the brakw
spon buslnesa activities caused by the
tariff revision proposition. thre I un
mistakable (fiance In general business af
fair In every ection ot the country.
The moat Encouraging feature I the re
markably widespread movemeat In the pro
jection and construction Of new railway
line. Steam line are pushing out branches
and feeders for the main line and .im
portant road are being linked Inte sys
tems by construction of connection. Klec
triu line ar being planned and built in
every cHy and th suburbs of every city.
These suburban roads are being Joined
together by new construction so as to
form Intercity roads, snd these are being
tied up with each other until In the eastern
and northern parts of ths union there sre
developing whst may be correctly termed
as electric trunk lines. v
Capital has faith la the growth and de
velopment of every portion of the United
States, and from the New England state
to th farthest west and south there is
fuH confidence in ths increase of local
population and a corresponding Increase in
traffic.
No part of our country la finished.
In not cne portion I the growth any
where near the maximum, nor will It be
for year to come, Massachusetts still
adds thousands of persons to Its population
each year. Our cities grew with smaslns
rapidity, but we are so accustomed to con
stant growth our people scarcely note H.
Tli prosperity of tit agricultural dis
tricts makes the tapping of them profit
able to transportation lines snd oapilal
readily provides the funds for such con
struction. Th building and Success of one line im
proves the district or section and ether
line sre soon required.
Electric roads, telegraphs, telephones and
rural free delivery have rhanged country
districts to suburbs and msde crtles of the
suburbs.
This development is st present gathering
fores In every state snd territory, snd
with the coming of spring and good
weather hundreds of thousands ot men will
be put to work upon new construction.
No more positive proof of tha coin lug; of
better time can be offered than this.
Mr. Harrlman's remarks a to the pro
posed spending cf many millions of dol
lars In ths railway development of the
south could with accurscy and truth be
extended to the west, the north and ths
east as well.
MILITARY DE14RIIM.
The Assort lea that We Arc la Dnager
from Fore La a Foes.
Charles E. Jefferson In Atlantic Monthly.
Th terror of s patient who I suffering
from mental derangement 1 often pa
thetic. Surround him with granite walla,
ten In number, and every wall ten foet
thick, and he will atill Insist that he 1s
unprotected. Bo it is with the militarist.
No nation has ever yet voted appropria
tions sufficient to quiet his uneasy heart.
England's formula ef naval alrength has
for some time been: Th British navy In
capital ships mast equal the next two
strongest navies, plus JO per cent. But not
withstanding the Britlh navy Is today In
battleships and cruisers snd torpedo hosts
almost equal to the next three strong: est
navies, never has England's eecurity been
ao precarious, according to its greatest
military ecpert. as today. It ha been
discovered at the eleventh hour Mhat tt
mighty navy i no afe-oard at all, -unles
backed up by a citizen army of at lent
1,000,009 men. It wa once the aim to pro
tect England against probable combinations
against It. The ambition now Is to pro
tect It against sll possible combinations.
In the words of a high authority In tha
British army, it must protect Itself against
not only the dangers It has any reason to
expect, but also against those which no
body exiwcts.
There are obsessions which obtain so
firm a grip upon the mind that It la dif
ficult to banish them. For example, a man
who has the Impression that he is being
tracked by a vindictive and relentless foe
Is not going to sit down snd llstjen quietly
to sn argument the aim of which is to
prove that no such enemy exists, snd that
the sound which have csused ths panic
sre the footfalls of an approaching friend.
Ths militarist will listen to no man who
attempts to prove that his "perils" sre
creations of the brain. Indeed, he Is ex
ceedingly impatient under contradiction;
and, bars again, he Is like all victims of
hallucination. : To deny hi assumptions
or to question his conclusions. Is to him
both blasphemy and treason, a sort of pro
fanity, and Imbecility worthy of a con
tempt and scorn. He alone stands on
foundations which csnnot be shsken, and
other men who do not poseas his Inside
information, or technical training for deal
ing with such questions, sre tiring In a
fool's psrsdise: The ferocity witlli which
he attacks sll who dare oppose him is tha
fury of a man whose brain is abnormally
excited.
OBSTACLES TO Jl STIC K.
t'oart Railage Whitewash the Stand
ard Hefcater.
St. Ixul Republic.
The obstacle that prevented the govern
ment from securing a verdict against the
Standard Oil company was the Judicial de
mand for prcof that 18 rente per WO pound
was the legally published rate for all ship
ments of oil over the Chicago Alton
railroad from Whiting, Ind., to East St
Louis.
Eighteen centa was the rate which a ship
per would be charged on the clas of
freight-In -which oil waa Included between
th point mentioned. The rate actually
paid by the Standard Oil was rent per
100 pounds. Eighteen cents was the rate
charged against the Oil trust on the bills
of lading, but tn the monthly settlement
of th freight bills the difference a as "ad
justed" and ( cents was the rate actually
paid.
But the government could not prove that
It centa wa the regular, legally published
tariff rate, and so it failed In the case,
No one will doubt thet IS cents Is whst
an Independent oil shipper wnti'd have
been charged or that Standard Oil was
charged Is centa for show, and paid ( cent
In fact. No one will doubt there wa a
moral crime and a violation of the law,
whether or not the violation was susceptible
of technical legal proof. Everyone will be
lieve that the United State circuit court
of appeals imposed harsh restrictions and
th popular verdict will be that It Is all In
fine demonstration of the fact that the law
doe not reach tit "malefactor of great
wealth."
A Large Osts User.
New York Tribune.
The presidential veto of the censu bill
at th late session of congress is assumed
to impose upon the coming special session
th duty ft providing for th taking of th
new census. It should be aim pi matter
se to do. All that would be necessary
would be to re-eosot the vetoed bill with
ths oiOectkxvabt spoils feature esjutted.
THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME.
"Economic tha a are Have I adeemlne
Desnorratle CnaaTttleaa."
New York Bun.
The minority members of the eommltt'a
of way and meana could not agree upon a
tariff 'Mil They are not to be Warned, for
save theoretically .there I" no lohser a
dt moctattc position to the tariff. Econo
mic chants have undermined the demo
cratic tradition, in the eoulhern sttt
especially Industrial growth Is rirtvlt-.a;
demoxrrat Into protection. And thus the
ancient and respectable -dextrine of the
wtlgs Is revived In the south, snd "free
Iradi" said a tariff for revenue only are
sway In the Ewigkett.
in the vrtt the democrat' who has got
somethlnr to protect wants It protected.
B the protection lesson good or bad. New
England and Pennsylvania have taught It
to the rest of the United States. If the
government can help folks to get wealth
why shouldn't we have some of lit That
Is the feeling, widespread among demo
crats, no matter how correct and hollow Is
tha democratic platform talk about the
means of raising revenue,
Willie Mills and Morrison are still among
the living sorl In coclum! the economic
principles of Sam Randall, sn long in a
hopeless minority, seems io be coming Into
sscendancy In the democracy. At nny
rate there ia no approach to democratic:
unity as to the tariff. Here again "demo
cratic" is but a courtesy title. It means
nothing definite. It covers a multitude ot
opinions.
It may be ourtous, but Is not Improb
able that the -desire for tariff reform Is
stronger in the republican party than In
the democratic, nor la It impoaslble that
each ahould yet reverse its historical econo
mic policy.
PERSONAL NOTES.
benjamin Carpenter Miller, wbo in M
amacad ths country by loading tb hugs
Brighton Beach bote! on flatrars and mov
ing It back from the ocean a dlatanca of
nearly 000 feet, died recently In Brooklyn.
Prof. Gottbtel. who was appointed head
of the American School of Oriental Re
search, will start for Palestine next month,
and will -spend some time In Constanti
nople before beginning his work In Jerusa
lem. Congressman "Cy" Sullowsy of New
Hampshire is at last la eclipse. The new
member from the Twenty-fourth Pennsyl
vania district, John K. Tetter, Is about an
inch snd a half taller. He was once a
base ball star.
The most Impressive ceremony that ha
taken place before the Texas legislature
was the awarding of gold medals .to Al
fonso Steele, only living actual participant
In the battle of San Jacinto, and W. P.
Znber. snother survivor, who was detailed
with the sick during the memorable fight.
The two gentlemen nominated for the
Wilmington (N. C.) mayoralty met tn the
street one day last week. "I shall certainly
vote and de all I can for you." said Mr.
O'Bilea to Captain McRae. "And t Shall
vote and do all I can for you, and I bona
te goodness you'll be elected," said Captaia
McRae to Mr. O'Brien.
E. R. Tinker, wbo has Just resigned his
position ss general manager of the general
market at Washington, D. C, has "coma
down to vm from a former generation."
He la now 8T years old, and forty years sgo
was the acknowledged political 'boss" of
western Massachusetts, where he now pro
poses to again pass his summers.
No American court hss yet gone to the
limit of vindicating the immortal decJsta
tlop , which Insures to mere man "tha pur
suit of happiness." A French court per
formed the set handsomely. It affirmed
the right of a husband to loaf around his
home with waistcoat unbuttoned, collar un
done, necktie hanging down, slippers on
his feet snd a cuspidor within shooting
reach. WIvea may roar and rattle the
crockery as they will, Frenchmen at least
msy be happy still.
SMILING BE MARKS.
"F'ohgive yoh enemies," said Uncle
Eben. "but don' let yoh fohglvenesa jcu
no far aa to tempt yoh to git eeclable
an' trade hossea." Washington Star.
Mrs. Newlytied My music teacher told
me I had a moat srtlstic touch.
Mr. Newlytied Yee, o I found out thi
morning. New York Tiroes.
"I don't think such a play should be
permitted. In a theater."
"But Just ae how magnificently It Is
staged!'' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"The heroine In that old-fashioned play
reads her lines well, doesn't slier'
"Yes, she wears them well, too."
"Wear them well? How can she weer
line well?"
"I mean her crinolines." Baltimore
American. ,
"Yea. Herbert," murmured the "ovely
maiden, ""I will marry you I don't care
whether you are rich or poor."
"My peerless girl!" fervently exclaimed
Herbert, folding her to his heart. "I aee
you have looked me up In Bradstreet'.'
Chicago Tribune.
"lae the aid, door," roared the guard
of the New York aubway train.
"All right, young feller," replied the
stranger from west of Hoboken. "I kin
use It all right I'm from a 'dry town."
Cleveland Leader. , (
"Perhaps yon can suggest some mesns
of improving the system of weather '
prog"otlcation," said the sarcastic aclen-
"I can." answered the superstitious rer
son. "Exterminate the ground hog."
Washington Btar. -.
"Is It possible for a married man to be
a fool without knowing It?"
"Not If hla wife Is sllve." United
Presbyterian.
Aunt Prlscllla I waa held up once In a
stnge coach In Callfnrny. , .
U, r..ru 1 J 1 1 u f.-( 4 r. r. I . .
everything you hsdf
uni t-risciua o, they didn't have
"el"' JY?U U ws "D "r and 1
offered to marry the chief robber he
.rIt'iy2!.1 hn.d'ir.e-: ? ii
' .--.v.n'i nam ueaier.
F0BG0TTEN THINGS;
Edith M. Thomas In Kew Ysrk Tim
Tr, 5 pLty ,n forgotten things.
flh UV"1 U,ey can ' Ion'r
8lnCVlnVt.l " Fanty' preadUl "waltow
Must seek new pleasure still.
There Is a patience, loo. In thing forgot:
They walt-they find the porta, fing
unused : . "'s
A"d'not- k'"" th're' U h'1 efu t
Nor aught shall be refused.1
Alt, yes! Though w. unheeding years en
years,
,n tatn ple5'f, P"ul the heart's es-
They bide some blessed moment of quick
tears . .
Some moment without date
Some gleam or flowf, or leaf, or headed
dew.
Sornu tremble at th car of rosmorled
sound
Of mother-song-they sella tbe slender
clue
Th old loves gather round! '
When that which lured us once now lureth
not. ..
But tit tired hand that gathered droes
Thi I the 'triumph of the thing forgot
To hear the tired heart call!
And they are with us at U( fertbeat
reach,
A light when Into shadow all lse dip
A. In the stranger's land, tbair native
speech
Returns to dying llpsl ' '
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