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No wonder New York's state capltol
' burned It cost only $37,000,000.
Of course, the weather niari has
Just been playing an April fool joke
on us. '
Old Man Winter managed to play
a "Return" engagement to a full
house.
And now J. Ham Lewis Is shaking
his whiskers In the Interest of Carter
Harrison's candidacy.
The Germans have taken Champ
Clark's annexation speech seriously.
But they do not know Champ.
Speaking of President Diaz, Is there
any monarch In Europe except the
czar who has had as much power?
Thanks for the March snow, Mr.
Weatherman; It will answer every
purpose of a drenching April shower.
If the'mlkado finds it Impossible to
smile as broadly as Mr. Taft, why, of
couree.'we shall not count It against
him.
What Is this? Count Von Kanltz
of Berlin refers to Champ Clark as a
future president. Future president,
of whatT
A St. Paul Judge, baa ruled that one
Is not a crowd. It often seems so,
though, to the man who has had one
too many.
Every one of those nonpartisan
democrats In the legislature Is figur
ing on running for office again as a
strict partisan.
People might have known that
building at Albany could not with
stand tbe heat of the last three
months forever.
Whatever effect late frost may have
on tbe -fruit crop, It Is reassuring to
know that spring poets in Indiana
have not been harmed.
Adam Bede's assertion that Senator
Lorlmer is the most honest man In the
senate only shows the depth to which
some men's feelings may go.
A French inventor says he has made
durable automobile tires of paper.
Well, many a gold mine In this coun
try has consisted entirely of paper.
If the Iowa legislature Is not very
careful It may elect a senator before
It knows it. We deprecate anything
like precipitate action In a matter of
this kind.
Boss Murphy becomes Indignant at
a certain New York lawyer for "de
laying" the election of a senator from
New York. Consistency, thou art a
danllng diadem.
An Illinois rooster has hatched out
a setting of eggs. Seems those antl
suffraglsts have stopped at nothing in
their effort to defeat that bill in the
legislature.
Not content with making a military
demonstration lu Texas, the govern
ment has to pitch onto the poor old
battleship for a naval exhibition.
Nebraska's law-makers adjourned
to attend a base ball game. It might
be a paying Investment to the taxpay
ers to have base ball game pulled
off for them every day the legislature
Us.
A Chicago woman proposes that
bachelors be called "master" and only
married men "mister." She must
know ef one married man who could,
by no stretch of construction, be re
garded ce master.
Senator Norrls Brown has reached
Washington along with the report of
the Investigation of Postmaster
Thomas. Dispatches fall to state
whether or sot the senator had hU
whitewash brush with him.
Anticipating the Trusts.
! The government's efforts to curb
land dissolve trusts have brought some
'good results, about ' which, however,
i there has been a great deal of vain
boasting. It has been a rare In thlch
the government has usually been In
pursuit, instead of the- lead. The
trouble has been that our laws were
not up to the systems of the trusts.
They did not fit them and so we have
had to set about to make laws that
would fit and in the meantime the
trusts have gone ahead, so that when
tb
e government got the nower to at-
tar
ick them it found a foe more formid
able than It had counted on meeting.
Attorney Oeneral Wickershaui's pro
posal to evolve, out of all the experi
ence in fighting combines, a weapon
of law that will anticipate them is a
good one. It is to be hoped It can be
worked out successfully. His plans
contemplate action against the so
called "money trust" of New York,
which Is to control. If it does not al
ready, the finances of the country. In
one of Holland's letters this signifi
cant statement Is made:
Ranking community of Interest, co-operation
upon a large s. ale and ability to
mobilize for financial purposes approxi
mately HBO.OOO.OdO of capital and surplus and
almost S."pO,OW,0"0 of deposits are reflected
by the contemplated control of the National
Rank of Commerce by the First National
and the National City hank of New Tork.
But as the federal laws now stand
such a combination could be kept en
tirely within legal bounds. Should
congress delay, as It may, to enact Into
law the recommendations of the at
torney general, there is nothing to
prevent the money kings from acquir
ing new prowess and strength, so as
to make the task of tho government all
the harder when It finally obtains the
power to check them. This coalition
In the big banking circles has been
going on steadily. A year ago. It Is
pointed out, there were three such dis
tinct groups In New York, whereas
today there is but one and that one Is
preparing to solidify and intrench It
self. What the banks are doing Is
perfectly legtl, though possibly as
subversive of competition as though
in violation of a state or federal
statute. If the government could be
fore-armed for trust prevention It
would doubtless be more successful.
Eoosevelt and the Canal.
In his speech at the University of
California Colonel Roosevelt made this
statement:
I am Interested In the Panama canal be
cause I started It. If I had followed tra
ditional conservative methods 1 would
have submitted a dignified state paper of
probably 200 pages to congress and the de
bate' on It would haverbeen going 'on yet,;
but I toolc the canal sone and let congress
debate; and while the debate goes on, the
canal does also.
Very naturally this provokes criti
cism from some of the anti-Roosevelt
papers that contend he should have
pursued 'the "traditional conservative
methods." His system of action may
have been a little Irregular; that Is,
Irregular as compared with what the
country had been accustomed to, but
the canal was the thing we were after
and it is what we have obtained. It
has not yet developed that the meth
ods by which the government acquired
the canal sone and set to work build
ing the waterway were disastrous or
out of Joint with the best interests
altogether involved.
Of course, while the president cut
out the red tape and pushed the action
through to a speedy conclusion, what
was necessary by way of preliminary
negotiations was performed with sui'l-
cient deliberation, though expedi
tiously enough to make it of the great
est service to the early building of the
canal. For a generation the countrv
had been debating the question of a
waterway somewhere in that region.
Under Roosevelt the talk crystallized
Into action. His enemies, therefore,
will have a hard time bringina: an in.
dlctment against him now on the
charge of violating "traditional con
servative methods."
Fortifying Conjulax Appointments.
A demand has arisen for making
the consular examination system less
dependent upon arbitrary executive
order as a means of promoting the
merit system in the selection of our
representatives In foreign lands. Our
country Is committed to such a plan,
too, by its action In the Pan-American
congress.
It may occasion some surprise to
know that under the present system
a president has the power to Ignore
an examination or the result of one
and make an appointment arbitrarily
The recent exercise of this power In
the case of two applicants who had
failed to pass the regular examination
and for whom a special test was ar
ranged has led to a feeling favoring
a more rigid discipline. As a mattr
of fact, Inasmuch as greater Impor
tance Is being attached to the. rtnaltlnn
of consul, the executive should not be
deprived of the protection which re
stricted power in this direction would
arrord him.
Consulships have come to be posi
tions of Influence and prestige In
building up American trade abroad.
Under a system fostered by Secretary
Knox, the men who hold these posi
tions have been used to great advan
tage as intermediaries between the
American manufacturer and merchant
and the foreign customer. In the
united effort to apply the science em
ployed by other nations in rehabili
tating commerce In world centers,
they are prdving immeasurably valu
able. Therefore It is of the utmost
importance that the right men be se
lected for the places. Political or per
sonal preferment should cut no figure
whatever In their appointment. It
should rest entirely on the merit of a
general examination. This Is a regu
lation for the future, not merely the
present, and as executives come and
go Its wisdom will be established. The
examination system Is not an experi
ment. It Is a proved proposition after
several years of trial. Only It needs
to be fortified so that no one can set
aside its results by a stroke of tbe
pen and substitute his own selection.
Germany and Disarmament.
. So long as Germany holds out
against universal disarmament that
urram as a ruiai step to worm peace
cannot be realized. Germany's posi
tion is quite incisively stated by Chan
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg in his
Reichstag speech. It reflects the view
that disarmament Is not only visionary
for the time being, but "absolutely
Impracticable." This goeB a little
further, perhaps, than even some
statesmen not yet agreed to the prop
osition would care to go, but It shows
one thing, that It Is impracticable and
Impossible so long as this view ob
tains In the German empire.
"If any nation feels that it is una
ble longer to spend certain sums for
defensive purposes inevitably it will
drop to the second rank," says the
premier. "We Germans In our ex
posed situation cannot Bhut our eyes
to this reality." There Is the whole
thing In a nutshell. It should be
borne in mind that the chancellor Is
not preaching war, that he Is not seek
ing to obstruct the movement for
world peace, but that he is simply
stating what a great many people in
other lands as well as his own believe
to be true, that under conditions as
they are now no strong nation dare
suffer military deterioration. It is
the same doctrine that Roosevelt
preaches In advocating a large and
well-kept navy and army for defenses
purposes.
This should be remembered, as the
chancellor calls to mind: That while
the nations have, since the first Hague
tribunal, been preaching disarmament,
none has yet submitted a definite plan
of action. Great Britain professes to
favor limited armament, but not so
strongly as to outline any way by
which It shall be brought about. The
nations, as a matter of fact, have not
reached the point in their propaganda
of world peace where they trust each
other sufficiently to think of disarm
ing themselves. This Is a system of
education and the time of graduation
Is not at hand. It is desirable, of
course, that all alike press toward the
goal, but it would be Just as'bad to
think of acting before the goal Is
reached, as. to delay action too long
after It had been reached.
The German statesman believes that
"general disarmament is an Insoluble
problem as long as men are men" and
that "the weak will always remain the
prey of the strong." One thing is cer
tain that Germany's physical or
geographical position is not subject to
change and so long as the empire
holds to the belief that disarmament
would destroy Its place among the
nations, it Is out of the question for
the rest of the world to indulge any
false hopes on the subject.
No More Doable Taxation.
The enactment by the present leg
islature of a law to do away with the
double taxation of mortgaged prop
erty in Nebraska is a great step for
ward which The Bee has advocated
and agitated for years. The evil
which this measure Is expected to
remedy is notorious. The require
ment that the owner of real estate
pay taxes upon its full assessed value,
and that the owner of any interest in
it secured by mortgage pay an addi
tional tax on the part it represents,
has meant either double taxation or
tax evasion. It has meant double
taxation where mortgages held in
trust within the state are of record
accessible to the assessors, and It has
meant tax evasion where the mort
gages have been transferred to be
held nominally outside of the state to
escape the assessor.
When the present revenue law was
under consideration by tbe legislature
of 1903, which enacted It, the editor
of The Bee presented and urged the
adoption of the following provision to
meet this very point:
Where any property within this state Is
mortgaged, conveyed or pledged for the se
curity of a loan or debt then owing, the
said property and the notes, bonds, mort
gages, deed of trust, trust deed, contract
or other conveyance shall be assessed as
a untt, and as one and the same, and aa of
one value, and aa the value of said prop
arty so mortgaged, pledged or otherwise
conveyed only; and any sucl) notes, bonds,
mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds,
contracts or conveyances shall not be oth
erwise returned 01 assessed; provided, that,
in no case shall any property so mortgaged,
conveyed or pledged be assessed for less
than the market value of the loan or debt
then owing for which it la security.
Members of tbe Joint committee
which framed tbe revenue law all ad
mitted that the unit system of assess
ment for real estate and the mort
gages thereon was the only fair
method, but out of fear of Its unpopu
larity they failed to Incorporate it into
their bill. We have now In the
present amendment substantially this
provision so far as it refers to real
estate, and Nebraska is abreast of the
progressive states In the matter of
mortgage taxation.
It is bad enough to have an inoffen
sive business man shot down by mur
derous bandits, but Omaha is not the
only place where such things occur.
Right in New York tbe attempted as
sassination of Mayor Gaynor almost
proved successful a few months ago,
and current dispatches tell of passen
gers on a New York Central train
pulling into tbe station witnessing
from the car windows a cold-blooded
murder on a public thoroughfare.
Chicago police this very week were
apprised of a horrible murder only by
arrest and confession of the criminals
In Kansas City. It is not for other
glass-built cities to throw stones at
Omaha.
The Washington Times has discov
ered that it would be desirable to have
Congressman Lobeck on the District
of Columbia committee "because he
knows a great deal about municipal
government, and his services are
needed by the people of Washington."
The people of Omaha must have
strangely failed to appreciate Mr. Lo
beck's invaluable knowledge of mu
nicipal government, otherwise they
would have Insisted on keeping him
here In the city hall instead of con
tributing such an Indispensable public
servant to help manage-the affairs of
the city of Washington.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, has again
uncovered a stupendous mare's-nest,
this time In the form of another deep
laid plot to steal the water works and
foil our precious 260, 000) Water
board in its conscientious effort to se
cure municipal ownership. This time
John P. Breen Is going to relieve the
city by taking over its rights and pay
lng the water company the full pur
chase price and interest by drawing
a check against his savings bank ac
count. It's all as easy as rolling off
a log, the only thing lacking being the
money.
Deploring the shocking crimes com
mltted by youths, It is well to remem
ber that maudlin sympathy has
shielded a good many such youths
from the penalty of law they were
Justly entitled to. For instance, the
four LauBten murderers, where are
they? How much must they think of
the law for turning them loose again
upon the society they outraged? And
there are others. On whom does the
responsibility rest, the boys or those
in authority?
Governor Aldrlch by this time
doubtless feels different about It than
he did when he felicitated the people
of Nebraska on the election of a dem
ocratic legislature and a republican
governor. A - republican governor
with a republican legislature would
be a much more harmoniously work
ing machine.
The prospect of the Carnegie pen
sion money for superannuated univer
sity professors is not causing the
World-Herald to throw such violent
fits as it did two years ago. Certain
disclosures during the interval have
evidently affected its Idea of what
constitutes "tainted" money.
the mandate In the Nebraska guar
anty case has at last arrived making
the law operative, but there is no rush
to Incorporate new state banks. How
many state banks will prefer to take
out national charters Is also yet to de
velop before the effect can be gauged.
Doane college falls heir to another
25,000 in the final distribution of
benefactions of Dr. D. K. Pearsons.
Recognition by Dr. Pearsons is a
pretty strong testimonial that Doane
Is doing efficient and substantial work.
The Shame of ax State.
St. Paul Dispatch.
What do you know about Illuols when it
steadily refuses to convict its legislative
bribers and one of Its lawyers pronounces
Senator Lorlmer "the greatest man sine
the time of Christ?"
Philadelphia Record.
The match Is catching fits and the cigar
ette Is catching thunder, but neither la so
blarneable as the empty-headed or don't
care wretch who circulates around tossing
unquenched sticks, stubs and stumps wher
ever ha pleases.
Senator t tumulus and Hla Ideas,
Hprlngfleld (Mass.) Republican.
If Senator Cummlna of Iowa Isn't care
ful, his sincerity aa a tariff reformer will
fall Into general doubt. It may be there
already. He has lately been urging against
the Canadian reciprocity agreement the
point that under the most favored nation
clauses of our treaties we may be com
pelled to extend to other countries the re
duced duties given In Canada, but as an
exponent of the "Iowa Idea," tbls should
rather bring him to a support of tbe presi
dent's agreement than turn him against it.
It would mean still mora tariff reduction,
and that la supposed to be what he wants,
tie Is doing all be can to discredit himself
as a tariff reformer.
A RECORD OF DISGRACE.
Sample Instance of Wast in a; Pabllo
Money,
Boston Herald.
When Representative William G. Brown
low of Tennessee died a few years ago
congress set apart the usual solemn hour
for tributes to his exalted character. It
now appears, from an article by Arthur
Wallace Dunn, In the current number of
the World's Work, that this man had
been under forms of law, to be sure sys
tematically robbing the United States gov
ernment for yearn, and so trie people who
pay the taxes In the purchase of the
articles of every-day life. He boasted that
he had mora than 5,000,000 spent In his
districts, two-fifths of which was wasted on
a comparatively useless soldiers' horns,
constructed with lavish extravagance. He
had a bill passed, under speolous excuses,
to have a term of the federal court held at
Greenville, a town of 1,800 Inhabitants, and
then used that aa a leverage tor getting
a courthouse authorise), which cost the
government lUO.OOO. He 'succeeded In per
suading congress to make a national ceme
tery of the place where Andrew Johnson
lies burled, and then to erect a commodious
brick house for Its caretaker, who on a
government salary now watches the prem
ises. This Is enough of the story to show
what the rest is Ilka. In the gulsa of se
curing things for hla constituents, this
man schemed out ways of having money
wasted. His record Is unhappily not
unique. ' It Is wore than that of most
men, but until public sentiment reaches
the level where It will resent the blotting
out of public money, even If done In one's
own district or home city, we shall con
tinue to be the most extravagantly gov
erned country on earth and our people
will still wonder why it coats so much to
Uve.
In Other Lands
Ida Lights on What la Transpiring-
Among the Wear ana
Far stations of the Earth
The elevation of Mr. Haldane, secretary
of war, and of Mr. Ten nan t, brother-in-law
of Prims Minister Asqulth, to the British
peerage, provokes sarcastlo comment on
the sincerity of liberal party attacks on
the House of lord. In the case of the
brother-in-law the honor Is largely a fanv
lly affair, but the promotion of Mr. Hal
dane Is rrompted by the, necessity of
strengthening the debating force of liberal
peers for the ensuing contest on the veto
bill. The earl of Crews, ministerial leadar
In the tipper chamber, has suffered a great
physical breakdown, and Lord Morley Is
incapacitated by reason of age to uphold
the liberal cause In a prolonged debate
Hence the necessity for a strong, vigorous
leader. The fact remains, however, that
th prime minister and several of his as
sociates are opposed to the radical program
whloh contemplates the abolition of the
House of Lords. They seek only the re
strictlon of Its power so that party meas
ures may nave a chance ef enactment
despite the opposition of the overwhelming
majority of tory peers. The preamble of
me veto Dili substantially confirms this
view. The dfKlre for admission to the
ranks of the nobility so-called is, almost as
deep-rooted In the liberal as In the tory
ranns. fully two-thirds of the peers of
today take little Interest In legislative af
fairs, and attend a sitting only when some
measure directly affecting their Interest
cornea to a vote. To the vast majority the
social distinction of a peerage Is the mag
net wnicn draws the crowd. Political
power Is such a minor consideration in a
country where most people "dearly lcAe a
lord."
Richard Croker brings from Ms home In
the suburbs of Dublin to his old-time chumK
In New York a remarkably cheering mes
sage on the improved oondltions In .Ireland.
"I do not believe," says Mr. Croker, "that
the annals of the human race show such
awakening among a whole people as Is
now going on in Ireland aa a direct result
of the restoration of sanity to tha Irish
themselves." In other words, with the help
of most liberal and wise legislation, the
Irish are beginning to realize that they
have a chance In the world, and are now
making the moat of It. Mr. Croker con
tinues: "Social order has taken the place of an
archy, prosperity has succeeded poverty,
and happiness has driven out misery.
Under the new land law no poor man need
be without a home of his own In Ireland
-a home that belongs to him and that
he oan bequeath to hla heirs. Let us come
down to so short a time as twenty years
ago. Even then two or more families lived
in a single hut with a mud floor, and this
they had to share with their pigs and
goats. Now every family in rural Ireland
lives In a modern bouse of Its own bought
by tho government and paid for by the
owner in rent so low that no ablebodled
man can complain of tha coat as a hard
ship. All this marvelous change has bean
brought about by the new land law passed
by the British Parliament."
One of the London dally newspapers Is
authority for the statement that some of
the many American multi-millionaires, who
ars coming to tha coronation "have ems-aged
West End houses for the period
of their stay." Ona liberal peer Is said to
have refused an American offer of 10,000
ijou.wu) ror the use of his residence for six
weeks, and another American has offered
17,000 (W6.000) for tha tenancv of
In Hill street In May, June and July, but
tha owner refuses to have hla residence
profaned by tha presence of a "Chicago
or -i-ittsburg steel magnate
tor leas man tao.ow (tlOO.OoO). Londoners
expect an invasion of lfiO.ooo Amrt.n.
wnn money to bum.
A bill has been Introduced in tha npm.n
xcnsiag tor the control of ouack doctors
The Prussian government has long pretty
effectually regulated the sal of quack
medicines, which are analysed by govern
ment officials. "It they are found to be
poisonous, says the Manchester Guardian,
"their sale la forbidden; if they are worth
less they are advertised free of char, in
the following manner; "Warning against
patent medicines. Ths official scientific
analysis of a medicine advertised under
the nam of , manufactured by , in
has given tha following results: It consists
of nothing aavs a little tincture of ratao-
nia, or Kino. mUed with Unotura of arnioa,
the value of which is between ZKkd nd
Ittd, whereas the medicine is sold at 8s a
ooiue. is evident that this dacnotini.
does not possess the healing properties
ciaira.a xor It.
The people of Bpaln have not forvott.n
the scriptural Injunction to multiply and
repienisn. .Notwithstanding heavy vearlv
emigration to other lands, there was a
gain of over a million Inhabitants between
WOO and 110. The total population of the
Kingdom la nearly or quit 20,000,000 souls.
ine main destination of Spanish emi
grants Is to the Spanish-American reoubllna
Mexico, Argentina, Cub and Uruguay.
it is noteworthy that not only in the
mother state, but In Its former dependen
cies, thera Is of ute years a steady im
provement In political and Industrial con.
dltloos.
The census of tha United Klnadom and
Ireland will be taken next Sunday, April i.
Already the whole country la flooded with
tens of thousand of circulars and letters
to the local authorities, enjoining them to
see that the naming and numbering of
every street Is In "apple pie order'1 before
the fateful data of the census, so that
the work of the enumerators may be made
as simple as possible; and to the thou
sands of superintendent registrars, requir
ing them to arrange In good time for the
Service of a vast army of enumerators,
whosa number for dreat Britain alone will
exceed 40.000. All tbls naturally leads to
a deluge of correntiondence letters by tens
of thousands, each of which must be care
fully considered and answered. On the
April S all schedules will be collected,
copied In duplicate, and turned In.
M
It Is surprising to learn that public own
ership of tha telegraph system by the
British government has not been a succeas.
The London spectator reports that it was
estimated tbe purchase price of the system
would be 1600.000. The actual price was
7,U.0U0, with 4.000,000 additional to cover
unlooked-for contingencies. It was sup
posed that the government would make a
profit OB the enterprise. But no Interest
has been pJa upon tha capital Invested.
At this moment tbe system la $36,00O.0uO
behind, and It Is costing : 1,000,000 a year to
carry it
Hlrfe aad roar Paapers.
Minneapolis Journal.
Benjamin 1). Ureena of the notorious
Gayaor and Greene, took the pauper's
oath In Atlanu. the other night to escape
liability for a fine of toTt.UJO Imposed on
him at the time h. was sent to the faderal
prison. He spent tbe night In a hotel, and
In th. morning said he was about to leave
for New York, whence he would aull for
Kuropa. Evidently there are rich paupers
aa well aa pour paupers. "
Tlial Peculiar
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Jsiats .ibi.w i .il ' '"!fyiyy'
Senator I xi rimer investigators bid fair
to go on while his term lasts.
According to New Tork papers Mr. Mur
phy Is the toughest senatorial proposition
that ever came down the pike. He won't
listen to editorial reason.
Memphis papers are working googon
eyes toward Colonel Bryan hoping to lure
him from Nebraska and Texas to Ten
nessee.
Only three days more to congress. Hap
pily the season of mortification and prayer
will help some In bearing up under the ad
ditional burden.
According to th Philadelphia Record
there are 50,000 candidates for th. BOO jobs
at the disposal of the democratic majority
in the house of representatives. An absence
of fourteen years from ths federal pie
counter tends to produce widespread hun
ger. The line-up In the municipal campaign In
Chicago Is decidedly mixed. Qarier Har
rison baa rallied the Hearst forces to his
support, while former Mayor Dunne and
his followers sulk in their tents. Th. vin
dictive assaults of the Heart paper on Har
rison In prtvloua campaigns are turned to
fulsome flattery In this. Several years
residence In California has mad. Harrison's
bide unusually tender. Merely because the
Tribune reprinted some of 4he Hearst dope
Of past years brought from th. democratic
candidates a suit for libel with damages
fixed at 150.000. On the republican side
Candidate Merrlam is regarded as too much
of a reformer to suit the Lorlmer crowd,
and th. Inter Ocean practices political sur
gery every morning In an effort to put the
knife Into Merrlam' vitals. Th. outcome
of the various cutting affrays will be
known next Tuesday evening.
A delegation representing the Voters'
league of Pittsburg talked loud and strong
to a legislative committee In Harrlsburg 1
In favor of a bill recasting the government
of tha Smoky city. The spokesman of the
party made a sensational exposure of mu
nicipal corruption. During the last two
yeara 14 Indictments and thirty-nine graft
informations were returned by th. grand
Jury. Thirty-four parsons plead guilty,
ten were convicted, two acquitted, two
fugitives from Justice, and two doa:.
Blxty-slx Indicted members of the city
government are still holding their Jobs.
H was asserted that graft amounting to
11,000,000 a year is squeesed out of tha
cltlxen of the underworld, and tha speak
er's description of conditions In that sec
tion drove women spectators from the
committee meeting. Mayor Magee of Pitts
burg waa charged with taking city money
for hla own UKe, the datea and amounts
bring specified.
SEARCHING FOB A "GOAT."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Aocordlng to
Fire Chief Croker, th. building where th
latest fir. horror occurred was "partly fire
proof, but not death proof." That' a good
phrase to bear In mind.
Washington Post: If th New York of-
flclala who are trying to dodge responsi
bility tor th latest tragedy had shown
half a much activity before the fire,, it
might have been prevented.
Chicago Tribune: Following that fir. In
New York City cam. the usual double
leade burst of Indignation. There will be
a tnorougn prouing, a grand jury may
go so far aa to condemn tha carelessness
that makea such accidents possible, and
things will settle down Into tha old rut
again.
Wall Street Journal: A uaual, after a
horrifying disaster, w are looking for
some one to punish, and doubtless we could
find a scapegoat for th murderous wast
of life In th Greene street fire on Satur
day. It will not occur to anybody to blama
his individual self. The last place we shall
search for moral responsibility Is at horn.
We sent the captain of the General Slocum
to tflng Sing and lt th. dlreotor of th.
company g? free.
Brooklyn Eagle: If the 140 human beings
who perished r-aturday are not to have
died In vain, th. city and state authorities
must together devise some method Insur
ing not only a thorough Inspection of all
factory buildings, but alao th equipment
of a single department of th. city gov
ernment with full power to Insist upon th.
Installation In buildings of this class of
proper escapes and proper appliance for
th extinguishment of fires.
breeatrli'ltles of Jary Verdlcta.
Philadelphia Hacord.
Th eccentricities of Juries ar proverb
ial iUat Senator llolatlaw confussed with
sorrow and contrition tbat he u paid
12.600 to vote fur Lorlmer by Stat, tesnator
Broderlck in Broderlck saloon on a cer
tain day. On the same day Holstlaw de
porlted tha aame amount In a Chicago bank
aa testified by the clerk and proved by
hla deposit slip. Subsequently the asm
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amount was transferred to Holstlaw'a bank
In Inka, 111. Yet In face of all this, a Chi
cago jury finds Broderlck an angel of In
nocence and all the witnesses against him.
Including the silent testimony of th. banks,
liar and perjurers. When confronted with
these Broderlck refused to testify concern
ing them leat h. should "criminal, him
self." LAUGHING GAS.
"Hrlng up the renerve!" Shrieked the
insurrecto commander.
"ImpoHvlhle, general," cried the frantic
aid; "he has Just stubbed his to. on a
cactus!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Sunday School Teacher If you are a good
boy, Willie, you will go to heaven and
have a gold crown on your head.
Willie Not for mine, then. I had one
of them things put on a tooth once.
Puck.
"Are you a friend of the groom's fam
ily?" asked the usher at th. church wed
ding. "I think not." replied the lady addressed;
"I'm the mother of the bride." Yonker a
Statesman.
River was looking over th. obituary col
umn In the morning paper.
"Well," h. said, "i kee my old friend
Flutterby has joined the great majority."
. "Why, haa ha been getting mixed up in
some of these bribery cases?" Inquired
Mrs. JKiveis, who never had heard of
Flutterby. Chicago Tribune.
"That South Sea Inlander Is consider
ably like th. prophets of old."
"How Is that?"
"She hasn't much on her In her own
country." Upplncott's Magaslne.
"I hear that Jaggsby Is In exceptional
health and In full of spirits."
"Full of spirits? That s odd. I heard
ha was on tbe water wagon." Baltimore
American.
"I suppose a man Is considered Impor
tant wnn everybody wants him to make
speeches."
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum; "but
not as Important as when his silence
makes people wonder what he la thinking
about." Washington Star.
A HEAVY SEA.
W. J. Lampton In New York Times.
Down by th wild tempestuous sea
I cat and wondered why
Th wind, that blew
Across th blu.
Should raiae th waves so high.
I aaked tha seagulls If they could
Some proper reason find;
"l.'m-er, you ae,"
They aaid, "th sea
Ain't solid with the wind."
I thought their answer should be right
Because, they knew the sea,
And yet I knew
Although 'twas new.
That they were gulling ma.
Then spake the wind: "I make th sea
As heavy as 1 dare.
Because It weighs.
By natural ways,
A great deal mora than air."
"You r, blowing now," I d, and left
The plate whereon I (at;
I do not like
To hear what' Ilka
A notion such aa that.
I sought my book. "The wind'
Is to th wave thus kind.
Because It Bees
The busted sea's
Too poor to raise the wind "
See?
they said
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