Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1900, Page 6

THE ©OMAHA DALY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. LISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (without Sunday) aily Bee and Sunday, O llustrated Bes, O unday Bee, O Yea Baturday Bee, One Year Weekly Bee, One Year.. o OF FICES, maha: The Bee Building, Bouth Omaha; City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-Ifth and N Streets, Councll Blufts: 10 Pear] Street. hicago: 1649 Unity Bullding. ew York: Temple Court. ashington: 501 Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: ‘611 Park Street. CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to news and ed! torial matter should be addressed: Oma Bee, Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. fness letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com- bany, Omaha, REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, ayable to The i ublishing Company in ot o or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: orge B. Tschick, secretary nf The Bee Publishing Company, being duly swora, #aya (hat the actual number of tull and complete coples of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October, 100, was &8 follows [0 1 127,400 18, 27,800 1. ‘97,470 B8 2SERNRBRERE 2,7 11 11,841 Net tota: sales. .. ITONTS Net daily average. . uwNOuE GEORGE B. TZSCHUC Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this first dav of November, A. D. 1900 M. B, HUNGATE (Seal.) Notary Publle. ——— It will be a miserable unfortunate in- deed who cannot find something to give thanks for this year. If you want to keep on the safe side, don't bet on any of the tips so freely offered on the senatorial race by the World-Herald. Senator Teller tells us that the silver question Is still allve. Senator Teller ought to pinch himself to make sure that he is awake, Senator Allen predicts a panic in the near future. The senator should not take his retirement from congress so seriously. The wheels will go 'round just the same. It is again noticed that outgoing offi- cers of state Institutions become remark- ably economical when making up esti- mates for appropriations to be dis- bursed by thelr successors. Ak-Sar-Ben's Lord High Financler, Wwho has succeeded in leaving a surplus of nearly $10,000 in the treasury from his last annual jubilation, ought to be able to get a Job any day in the year. — Council Bluffs ministers are again wrestling with the Sunday newspaper, the consensus of opinfon still being that the Sunday newspaper 13 bad because it trenches on the preserves of the Sunday pulpit expounder, — I8 it not about time to resurrect “the long and short man” to account for the alleged holdups reported in different sec- tlons of the city? Nobody but this fa- mous pair could be doing business in all these places at the same time, — Montana shows a phenomenal growth | during the past ten years, according to the census figures. The high price paid for votes during senatorial campaigns must have been a great inducement for the “floating voter” to settle there, — The local fusionists would like to con- strue the police judge vacancy ‘dnto a place to be filled by the fusion majority on the county board fnstead of by the republican mayor and council. But the law and precedents are all against them, ——— It 1t 1s possible to relleve the supreme court dockets without relleving the tax- payers of any more money to feed an arfay of legal Ughts anxious to shine as supreme court commissioners, the legis- lature should give that way the prefer- ence. — An inquisitive subscriber wants to know why the turkey should have been selected as the prime staple for Thanks- glving feasts. The answer Is, because it is the fowl that can be carved with the least resort to profane language, of course. The Turkish government is sald to be weakening in its refusal to permit the United States to maintaln a consulate at Harpoot. The approach of the battle- ship Kentucky is the occasion for the change of heart. The sultan will find United States battleships among the most agreeable of guests under ordinary elrcumstances, but It Is not advisable to prod them up too much, ‘Wonder what Congressman Neville is aftér when he proposes this early in the game to nominate Senator Willlam V. Allen for judge of the supreme court next year. Senator Allen is not in the same congressional district with Neville, €0 that in shelving him he would not be removing a competitor of his own. Sowe other clue to the combination must be found. Perhaps Mr. Neville will eluci- date, tese———— The summary blow dealt to the State Board of Transportation by the recent supreme court decislon declaring the act governing it illegally passed and there- fore void, has taken just so many places out from under the gift of the newly elected state officers. Every aspirant for a rallway commissionership, how- ever, will doubtless be able to transfer his affections to some other place less of & soft snap, but still desirable, WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. The fusfon managers and the fusion organs that jamp when they pull the strings continue to prate about the alleged ineligibility of Governor Dietrich 1o, occupy the office to which he has been elected and to intimate vaguely that some sort of proceedings will be nndertaken to prevent him from qualify- Ing. From the surface credulous fusfonists might be led to belleve by these varifous pronunclamentos that these political schemers were in earnest and really had something to serve as a foundation for excluding Mr. Dietrich from the state house. A little more careful scrutiny, however, quickly dis- closes what it is all about. The fusfon campaign committees in Nebrasgka are, to use a forcible expres- slon, hopelessly “in the hole.” They made an extensive and expensive cam- paigh, assessing everyone on the stato pay roll,by virtue of fusion appoint- ment up to the full limit, and collected as much of it as they could. So con- fident were they of their hold upon Bryan's own state that, according to rellable reports; large blocks of fusion campalgn money were put up for wagers on the result in the belief that by so do- Ing they could be doubled, leaving the campalgn committees on Easy street after the curtain should have been rung down. Instead of being doubled, how- ever, the campaign fund has vanished, leaving an achipg vold. With an area of low barometer In front of them the prospect of replenish- ing the treasury s decidedly dampening upon the ardor of the fusion crowd. The only hope Mes in making poor deluded dupes holding places In the state In- stitutions believe that if they put up another slice of their salaries they can hang on and make it good by being re- tained as long as Governor Poynter can hold his successor out of his chalr. If the fusion appointces can only be persuaded that they have a chance to cling to the public teat by bolstering up Poynter in a contest case they might loosen up enough to refleve the most urgent pressure upon the overdrawn fusion committees, This is the whole explanation of the roorbacks emanating from fusion head- quarters about Governor Dietrich's in- eligibllity. They mark simply the blind despalr of a gang of political mounte- banks trying to retrieve their reputations and revive their credit. But they have duped thelr people so often that they will hardly get them to bite again, BAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY. What is to be the fate of the Hay- Pauncefote treaty is a question of prime Interest in Its bearing upon isthmian canal legislation. A republican senator 1s quoted as saying that the canal bill should be passed, treaty or no treaty. He expressed the opinion that the treaty cannot be ratified In the form in which it was sent to the senate. He said: “I do not belleve that it is the sense of the American people that we shall surrender our control of the canal. If we build the camal with our money we must control it In any and every way that we desire. If we want for- tifications we must be allowed to build them without asking the consent of Great Britain or consulting with that country in any degree. It Is possible in the future we shall want to make the canal wholly neutral, but that is for future congresses to decide. For the present the canal must be American in every sense of the word.” It s the opinion of some that the British government will accept an amendment to the treaty empowering the United States to fortify and defend the canal, but according to London correspondents there 1s no evidence there that this view is well founded. Prominent members of the British cab- inet are reported to have declared that permission to fortify will not be granted | and that the treaty must be either ac- cepted in its original form or rejected altogether. It s stated that the view entertained in diplomatic clrcles s that Great Britain relinquished all rights and privileges In the Clayton- Bulwer treaty in exchange for the adoption of the Suez principles and that no further compromise would be toler- ated by British opiniou. There is no suggestion, says one London corre- spondent, that the Foreign office is attempting to dictate terms to America, The sole polnt is that England cannot be expected to give up the dual pro- tectorate and Suez principles as well, There is reason to think that the ad- ministration regards the ratificatlon of the treaty as a necessary preliminary to canal leglslation and undoubtedly will exert all its Influence to have this done. The outlook for ratification, how- ever, I8 not favorable. A two-thirds majority s required and it is very doubtful if the requisite number can be secured, ELKINS ON REAPPORTIONMENT. Senator Elkins of West Virginia thinks that congress, In making the re- apportionment for representatives under the new census, should increase the unit of representation rather than the n ber of membersof the house. He belic it Is better to have one mewmber for every 200,000 people than to have a large Increase In the membership of the popular branch, of congress. His idea s that to increase the member- ship would add to the difficulties and obstructions which are placed In the way of legislation. This appears to be the general opinion among the senators and representatives and it seems safe to say that the new apportionment will be on the basis of 200,000 of the population, which would give the house a membership of about 480, an increase of twenty-three over the present number. A body of that slze is not too large for the expeditious transaction of business. As now in- dicated, there will be nothing done in connection with reapportionment rela tive to the disfranchisement of colored citizens In the south. The states that have done this will not suffer in repre- sentation In cousequen though a strict observance of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution would reduce their representation. Inasmuch, THE OMAHADAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900. however, as the action of these states | presence of both ex-Senator David B. I$ to be passed upon by the supreme court of the United States there will, undonbtedly, be nothing done respec ing the disfranchisement by the pres- ent congress, A VERY BAD RECORD. Facts are coming out which show that Mr. Kruger's arraignment of the Brit- ish in South Africa was not without some justification. A ‘London new! puper says that having falled to con- quer the Dutch farmers “we are trying to exterminate them, as we tried to exterminate the Irish, by slaughtering and burning and lootings two or three centuries ago.” It chirges that in wpite of the exposures that have been made the atrocities go on, the British not ouly making a desert of the terri- tory they occupy, but practicing the policy adopted by the infamous Weyler In Cuba, with like results. The people who have been driven from their homes are suffering and worse remalns for them if this policy is adhered to. The London correspondent of a New York paper says that prisoners of war on their return will find, in nine cases out of ten, that their homesteads have been burned down, showing that the British forces have been engaged in burning the homes of the Boer pris- oners whom they hold in Ceylon and St. Helena. The New York Sun pub- lished a few days ago a letter recelved in that city from the president of the Netherland Women's league, conve statements coming from Mrs. Dewet in Capetown. The latter wrote: “War is not waged here between soldiers, It 1s murder, pure and simple murder of women and helpless children, All over the Free State women and children are roaming about without shelter, without clothing, without food and no one can reach them. Little boys from 9 to 14 are taken away from their mothers and sent to Basutoland. The most horrible things arve being done.” All this is most deplorable, but It ap- pears to be the intention of the British government not ouly to continue the pollcy but to make it more sever Kitchener is to be promoted in order that he may assume supreme command In South Africa and carry out to the fullest extent the plan of devastation and destruction that has been decided on. No other man in the British army can be relied upon to carry out such a policy as thoroughly as Kitchener. He is utterly relentless. No wonder the English people are beginning to ask themselves what 1s to come of It all, even those who have supported the war questioning the wisdom of a policy of devastation. Such things as are re- ported, upon what seems to be trust- worthy authority, are certainly discredit- able to a Christian nation and can have no justification. Punishing women and belpless children 18 not an edifying spectacle for this age of enll htenment and Increasing Chlristian scntiment, But, unfortunately, there is nothing to be done about It. The world may con- demn and earnest protest may be ut- tered by the people of many lands. This is all that can be done and it is not likely that it would have the slightest effect upon the British government. It will pursue the course which it deems best | for effecting the complete subjugation of the Boers, regardless of the opinion of the rest of the world, knowing that whatever other natlons think of its pol- ley and conduct they will not interfere. The will of deceased Actor Hoyt, cut- ting off his relatives from participation in his estate, outlines an interesting | course of reasoning by which that result was brought about. He says that none of his relatives ever evinced by any act | any desire for his friendship or good will | and therefore he deemed it more consist- ent with falr deallng and justice to dis- pose of his property to those who, dur- ing his lifetime, had been his constant companions and well-wishers. To this | the disinherited relatives can hardly find | fault except to blame themselves, Had | Actor Hoyt disposed of his property dur- ing his lifetime they would not have shared in the distribution, while he did not care to buy their eulogles to his memory by bequests to be delivered after his death. There s more good sense and philosophy here than Is usually to be found in a dead man's will, Proposals have been made at different times for the destruction of about every- thing in China of value as an antiquity for the alleged Influence it would have over the superstitious natives. ‘The lat- est is to demolish the great walls which surround the cities. Military necessity would hardly warrant such a course, us | the fighting there has dewonstrated | them to be no serious barrier to modern | arms. While it wmight have an im- effect on the minds of the , It Is also true that China would not be the sole loser by the wrecking of these relics of past ages and civilizations, as the whole world is interested in the preservation of every great work of antiquity which in it- self is not harmful, The German Foreign office has denied in most positive terms the report that Germany was attempting to secure land in the western hemisphere or Islands ad- Joining the mainland. The German diplomat points out what sensible men in this country have Indicated, that while Germany might desire such territory, it would be of little value compared with the friendship of the United States, The acquiring of territory would certainly be taken by this government as an un- friendly act, threatening war and seri- ously straining diplomatic and trade r. lations, Neither Germany nor the United States wlll precipitate such trouble over tritles, Playwrights have begun concerted ac- tion to prevent the presentation of their products by unauthorized managers through the medium of injunctions, The public has a legitimate cause of action against many plays now being inflicted on It and might try the same remedy. The Jacksonlan club wants to orna- lupon the colored population ment Its annual banquet table with the Hill and Mr. Bryan. We feel safe in announcing in advance that Senator Hill has a previous engagement which pre- vents his acceptance of theykind invita- tion. A RIft In the oud. Buftalo Express. In the official report that 15,000 Filipinos could be enlisted at once under the Ameri- can colors, is the brightest gleam of sun- shine that has been visible since the Fill- pino insurrection broke out A Volce from the To Chicago Zribune. At suitable intervals Uncle Horace Boles emits a remark calculated to convey to the trembling passengers aboard the ship of state the assurance that he will stay by them till the last moment. Plling Up the Wherewith, Indianapolis Journal The estimated fncrease of the wealth of the country the last decade Is $26,000,000,000, bringing the total up to $01,000,000,000 which means an average of $1,195 to each inhabitant—an increase of $337 during the A popullst and two silver republicans met at Chicago the other day to discuss the future of the democratic party. They were Bryan, Towne and Dubols. And the funny think s they really think they should have something to say about It. Reasvuring the Timid, Indianapolts Journal, “Be not dlsturbed; there is no danger from empire; there is no fear for the re- public.” These are the closing words of President McKinley's admirable speech in Philadelphia Saturday night. The timid and hysterical people who have been troubled by dreams of imperialism should cut them out and put them under thelr pillows at night. Trusts at Work in Hawail, Minneapolis Times. Hawall’s plaint anent the local trusts has a familiar sound. The master plumbers and the dealers in plumbers’ supplies have com- bined for the purpose of regulating prices and sending the frost into the bones of out- siders, The liverymen have formed an “‘agreement,” though they have not ad- vanced prices. Merchants have combined agalnst traveling salesmen and several other Httle trusts are in process of formation. The territorial district attorney has writ- ten to the Department of Justice at Wash- ington asking what he shall do about it— and there's where the joke comes in. The Obstrepero: Abdaul. Chicago Chronicle. 1t 18 at once disappointing and palnful to learn that our great and good friend, Abdul Hamid of Constantinople, has not only failed to settle that little matter of §100,- 000, but has declined to grant an exequatur to our consul at Harpoot. This cannot but be considered particularly unfriendly on the part of Abdul, for though he may be a trifle short of ready cash he has exe- quaturs to burn. When he refuses to grant one to .our consul, therefore, it cannot be attributed to any motive save sheer cussed- ness. Mr. Hay will have to dispatch an- other gunboat to reason with Abdul. He Is evidently not susceptible to any other argu- ment. ! Bpringfield Republican, A feature of the failure of several brok- erage houses in New York City has been the crowds of women besleging the offices of the broken concerns and hysterically calling for their money. The stock gam- bling manis In recent years has come to number women among its victims by the hundreds in the large cities. Many broker- age establishments—classing bucket shops as such—advertise themselves as special patrons of this class of gambling custom. It is very shocking to old-fashioned no- tlons, and yet is it any more indicative of demoralization in the race for wealth than the spectacle afforded by the stock gam- blers of the other sex? Excessive Southern Representation. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative, Representation in cougress, according to the present system of apportionment, is not in accord with the qualifylng clause of the Afifteenth amendment. The appor- tionment Is mow based upon the whole population and not upon the voting popu- lation as the constitution provides. A glance at the vote cast in the south at the recent election will convince any one that the negro s not much of a factor in determining the result of elections.. But the representation of the south In con- gress and in the electoral college is based upon the false assumption that the negro does enjoy all the privileges of a citizen. TLere may be, and no doubt are, very satisfactory reasons for restricting the franchise in the socuthern states. The Conservative will not dispute this point. But if the negro and other illiterate classes in the scuth are to be disfranchised, the scuthern states should yleld that portion of their congressional representation based It is not right that the vote of one man south of the Mason and Dixon line should count as much as the votes of seven men north of that line, as is the case under the present rule of apportionment. FARM BA. New Conditions Promote Investment d Development. City ftar, Before the last war there were nearly 100,000 plantations, farms, orchards and cattlo ranges in. Cuba. While the country was devastated for three years by hostilities, it has already done much to repair the damage and ls ready to become an Im- portaut factor in an agricultural way. The two leading products on which the wealth of Cuba has mainly depended are sugar and tobacco. In 1804, the year before the opening of the war, the output of sugar was more than 1,000,000 tons—four times as large as that of the United States. Two years later it was only 225,000 tons. An fn- come of $80,000,000 thereby reduced to $16,000,000, Robert P. Porter, who was United States commissioner to the island, i3 quoted as estimating the profit of sugar plantations in 1894 at 10 per cent on ths capital invested. The sugar crop for the present year is estimated at only 284,000 tons. The rehabilitation of the large planta- tions will be slow and expensive. But the census experts predict that In a few years under favorable conditions Cuba may be- come the greatest sugar-producing country of the world. About 80,000 of the islanders are employed In ralsing tobacco. The crop of 1894 was valued at $22,000,000. That for the last year s about four-fifths as large. Cuba has been handicapped in its agri- cultural development by the high tariff on implements frdm the United States. Most of the farming tools in use were bought fn Spain, and are of an inferior quality. Now agricultural implements are admitted fres from America. The lack of good roads has proved another serlous drawback. Few hways from the cltles are passable for wagons, even in the dry season. This Aif- ficulty will gradually be overcome. With the advent of American capital in the islani the development of the sugar and tobacco Industries should be rapid. The census ex- perts believe that coffce culture, too, will be revived, and that the United States “may expect in Cuba a rival in the cultivation of oranges,~ limes, lemons, olives, pineapples, cocoanuts anl many other fruits and kinds of vegetables, the latter beiug of al- perennial growth, in Californta, ‘where one crop succeeds anothe: Ka ECHOES OF THE FUSION FUNERAL. York Republican: The “eting of ingrati- tude'" has been driven clear through the body politic of Gilbert M. Hitcheock. Minden Gazette (rep.): Bill Bryan, Bill Oldham, Bill Poynter, Bill Allen and all the other bogus bills will be retired from elr- culation after the first of January. Stanton Picket (rep.): Now watch W. A. Poynter and W. F. Porter cast their flash lights over the political race course and 80 Into training for the congressional handi- cap two years hence. Wilber Democrat: Some democrats who @do not object to getting organized them- selves object to having their party re- organized. One thing Is certain, the demo- cratic party will have to be reorganized be- fore it can ever hope to win. Minden Gazette (rep.): Those fellows who bet and lost their money on the strength of the World-Herald's election re- ports realize now that it is a very unrellable paper. Its partisan blindness affects Its news columns to such an extent as to make it thoroughly unrellable, and It you do seo It In the World-Herald you have to read it in some other paper before you can believe it. North Platte Tribune (rep.): Fusion 1s now extremely unpopular in western Ne- braska, the democrats are cussing the popu- lists and the popullsts are cussing the democrats, and there you are. Each party now swears that hereafter they will go it alone, even it they know to a certainity that such action means awful defeat. There- fore, in the language of M. C. Harrington, “tusion 13 too dead to skin. Hebron Republican: The Omaha World- Herald and Governor Poynter's private sec- retary are responsible for the loss of a £0od deal of fusion money bet against Diet- rich since election. The World-Herald and Secretary Jewell held out for Poynter until a few days ago, and many fusionists be- Heving that the Omaha paper and Jewell had inside information on the count put up their good money on their “claims” and Tost, Columbus Telegram (dem.): The Omaha Nonconformist has commenced divorce pro- ceedings against its better half, the demo- cratic party, alleging that it has been guilty of flirting with the populists merely for the sake of office. When we Btop to consider that the democrats have never been allowed more than one place on the state ticket, It occurs to us that the Non- conformist will hardly be granted a decree on the evidence so far introduced. Beatrice Express (rep.): The world will seem very cold Indeed to Scnator Allen when he steps out of his senatorial job. When he was chosen senator he had a good fat job on the bench, and that is gone, and all the offices of emolument and honor are filled or will be filled mighty soon, and noth- ing appears to be coming the senator's way. It may be possible that he will have to resume the practice of law in order to make a living, and such a proceeding is extremely humiliating to a man who has been In office several years. PERSONAL NOTES, Speaking of grit, there must be a pretty large percentage of it in those missionaries who are already going back to their work in China. Gerhart Hauptmann, the German dramal 18t, who is hailed as “the new Goethe,” h the stature and diffidence of a boy with the face of a dreamer. Although Chairman Manley of Maine re- slgns, it is after being twenty-five years in the harhess, and even Sam Fessenden can- not taunt him with being a quitter after that. Mark Twain observes that he contem- plates breaking both his legs and keeping them broken 80 he will never have to go abroad again. He already has two books under way. There is a movement on foot in Boston for the erection of a monument of Edgar Allan Poe, which will be put up in the Public Gardens, which adjoin the historic Common, The Aive Smiths who were in the last con- gress were re-elected. They are George W. of Murphysboro, Twenty-second district, Illinois; Henry C., Willlam A. and Samuel W. of Michigan, and David H. of Kentucky. Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior dur- ing President Cleveland’s last term, has presented circulating libraries to fourteen of the second-class towns in Georgia and pledged himself to maintain them at a stated degree of excellence. The Brown family of Kentucky are pretty warm people. The galety of the Newport Brown as & “‘wine opener’ and bank looter was pot brought to as sudden a close as that of his namesake at Loulsville a few years ago. The latter, it will be recalled, went against & warm proposition and led a funeral procession two days later. The Shefeld Telegraph of November & publishes the proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce of that city. Among the items mentioned is this: *“The president reported that the deputation which walted upon Major Church Howe, the new consul of the United States In SheMeld, was received by that gentleman in a thoroughly friendly manger.,” That's just like the gentleman from Nemaha. Abroad as at home the major is a host in himself. Captain Nehemiah Mayo Dyer of the United States navy will retire next year with the rank of rear admiral and will be the only American sallor who ever rose from the position of gunner's mate to that of rear admir; His final notable promo- tion was secured during the civil war, wiien with a boat's crew he boarded the confod- erate schooner Isabel under the guns of Fort Morgan and secured papers of great fmportance. He then soaked the vessel's cargo with kerosene, set fire to it and uader a heavy fire from the fort brought away the crew as prisoners. v Mom“w‘ secs0cscccec® { A CREDIT TO NEBRASKA. Springfleld Monitor. Whatever they say about Ed- ward Rosewater, be it good or bad, there is no longer ground to deny the fact that he and his pa- per cut a wide swath in Nebraska politics and that Rosey knows a thing or two whether they give him credit for it or not. While his ambition to be United States sen- ator may never be gratified, yet, throwing prejudice aside, it would be hard to find a man who would fill the place with more credit to the state or who is more deserv- ing of it than Mr. Rosewater. sesscssssssssssssssesel PAStAtttbiitn ALLIED OPERATIONS IN CHINA. Some Things Correspondents Tell About, Vb y Forget. In their accounts of the operations of the allied army in China, American cor- respondents have expressod their humilia- tion over the epidemic of looting which raged among the troopers in the various towns captured. Homes and stores every- where were stripped of their valuables, officers vied with privates in coufiscating costly silks, furs, idols, works of art jewels and mouey. Iven the missionaries were accused of helping themselves. Then auctions followed, by means ot which prize money was secured and “honest” titles se cured for the property bid on. All this and much more was graphically described by the artists on the spot. But pary & word appeared as to what the corre- spondents were doing whilo the epidemic of loot raged. ‘Thelr silence In that re- gard {mplied aloofness. As faithful chron- iclers of historic events they were oblig: to look on, shocked by the thleving capac- ity of exemplars of modern civilization. But_from other sources come accounts in- dicating that some of the correspondents caught the contagion and diligently swiped some preclous souvenirs of the memorable invasion. The China Mall ot Hong Kong, an Eng- lish publication, gives the following ac- count of the troubles of a correspondent burdened with loot: Mr. R. M. Collins, the genfal correspondent of the Assoclated P arrived in Hong Kong on Wednes day last, where he found himself in a strange dilemma. Mr. Collins was with the allied forces In the advance to Pekin. He had just arrived in Hong Kong from Pekin, and intended putting up at the Hong Kong hotel for a short time. The American transport Meade was leaving and he meant to go by it to Manila. His plans, however, were upset in a most unexepected manner. Detective Sergeant Grant was passing by when he observed strapped to the war correspondent’s bagga & quantity of swords and rifles. He ques- tioned the corrrespondent, and, dlscovering that he had no license, arrested him for a breach of the arms ordinance. Mr. Collins expostulated and explained, but it w no use. He had to go to the police st tion, have his bagage rifled, and worse than that he had to lose his steamer for Manila. There were found in his posses- slon two rifles, one revolver, four swords and thirty-six rounds of ammunition, and the charge was made out accordingly. Pris- oner was allowed out on a $260 bail. Next morning Mr. Collins apppeared at the po- lice court, when he explained that he had obtained the arms at the capture of Pekin by the allies, and they were merely curlos. He was on his way through the colony to Manila, and had Just missed the Meade on account of his arrest. The magistrate or- dered the arms to be confiscated and di charged the prisoner. On a further ap- peal from the pressman to get back his curios, his worship recommended him to B0 to the captain superintendent of police, who would give him a permit to remove them. Mr. Collins did this, and triumph- antly carried the weapons off later In the day. The Hartford Times prints a letter from a Japanese correspondent who bas som class In unprogressive China. That the tra- ditional methods of the “brave’ still hold 1s shown by the fact that the business of head-hunting has been Industriously pur sued during the present troubles. A fow weeks ago in Pekin the forelgn patrol cap tured & Chinaman carrying a sack in which was the head of an American marine. That Chinaman also fs now minus a head. Head less bodies of both Chinamen and foreign ers were found by the score after the recent engagements In Tien Tsin, Tung Chow and Pekin. The heads all represented a fow tacls reward, cheerfully paid by the Chinese government, as representing so many *‘for elgn devils” the fewer polluting the sacred soll of the middle kingdom. EXCESSIVE REPRESENTATION, iink States and the ork Sun, For many years, owing to the south's fm- movable adherence to the democratic name, the vote for its members of congress has been almost insignificant. The absence of the negroes from the polls was blunuy ac counted for by Ben Tillman when speak ing on the bill for the government of Hawall last February: “We bulldosed the olggers and we shot ‘em.” Recently, how- ever, the negroes have been disfranchised by statute, under clrcumstances that swept away all possibility of doubt that they wers disfranchised because they were negroes contrary to the fifteenth amendment of the constitution forbidding the denial of the suffrago to men on account of their color. The prevalling opinion among the politi- clans beginning to assemble in Washington 1s sald to be opposed to any action on the part of congress In consequence of this new departure In the exercise of state authority, It is thought to be advisable. for one con- sideration or another, to ignore the dis- franchisement and to keep the power of the vote-suppressing coustituencies in the house of representatives and In the elec- toral colleges equal to the power of the constituencies In which votes are not sup- pressed. The fifteenth amendment to the consti- tutiou was bullt upon the fourteenth amendment, which says: “‘When the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president aid vice president of the United States, rep resentatives In congress, the executive and Judicial officers of a state or the members of the legislature thereof, is denfed to may of the male Inhabitants of such state, being 21 years of age and citizens of tMe United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation thereln shall be reduced in the proportion which the uumber of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age In such Here 1s a higher law than expediency or tientiment or any other motive known to politics. It is a positive mandate to give to a certain act a definite result, not as a punishment, but as a requirement of the American political system. Fallure so to do will be a violation of the constitution, plain, deliberate and as dangerous as such a policy must fnevitably be. It will be im- perialism. We sce 1o way In which the representa- tion of states that have recently disfran- chised a large body of their voters can constitutionally be left undisturbed. BREEZY T LES. Somerville Journal: The boy who - untes from college with some® respect Tt for his father stands a fair cf 4 - ning success in hif e S e LN Detroit Free Pres with that plumber.” How 7" Why, I'm paying his b work-—u little at & e+ % he did the “I'm getting even Indianapolis Pres: woman s as Cornfed Philos observation that mot per cent older.” ‘Some fellow sal 10 kA ahe Tookn. - atd. iho “but it has been my of 'em are about %0 Chicago Record: “DId you reprimand the typewriter girl for her pert remarks to the bookkeeper " o gave her to understand that she bo Impudent to anybody in thiy ept the proprietor.’ Life: The Owner—Ses, here! want to handle that trunk more care- couldn’t office ex: Brooklyn You fu'ly The Porter—I'll look out for it, sir. I know a man let one fall on his toes last month, an’ he ain't out of the hospital yet. thing to say about looting in China. *'At the time when the foreigners visited the royal palace,” he says, “they stole old curi- ositles and other valuabies, and even toock the gold ornaments off the pillars with the points of their swords. The special of in American newspaper found seven chests, each containing 6,000 taels of silver, and carried them away on horseback to Taku | and sailed back to his home country. Awmid these outrages the Japanese troops alone | behaved themselves very creditably obedicnce to Instructions of the minister.” | A recent writer on China gives what he calls “a very pretty summary of the whole duty of & Chinese soldier,” as laid down by an officer: “Should the enemy continue to advance after the first flight of arrows the bowmen should endeavor to frighten them by loud cries, fel_ning the volces of savage beasts and deadly snakes. If these be inef- fectual, the archers will naturally take flight, cr else run to meet the enemy, pro- testing that they are convinced of the jus- tice of their cause, and are determined to fight on thelr side in future.” This sounds Iltke a libel on the Chinese military man, but there is no lack of evi- dence that such tacties are actually pursued Ly the Chinese in warfare. During the Tae- Ping rebelllon there was considerable fight- ing around Shanghal, and tho forelgners resident there had many opportunities of witnessing it. Except for the troops which have had the benefit of forelgn training in milifary matters or have felt the Influence of forels ;0 methods, the Chinese soldlers are today un- changed. They are as unprogressive as any in | th Puck: Phoebe—So Mirlam wants to be a Red Cross nurse? Penelope—Yes, she hears they Intend to organize a special ambulance corps to at- tend the foot ball games. Washington Star: ‘Do you belleve in the power of mind over matter?” asked the man. * answered the practical friend. *I in the power of matter over mind I have known a dull, insensate tack ham- y one swift rap on the thumb, to A man say things that he had not nht of for years.' Detroit Journal: The great actress sighed 'to recall her early struggles for recogni- tion. “I was a penniless orphan,” sald she, sadly. “In other words, I had no dlamonds to be robbed of, and no mamma whom to promise that I would never wear tights!" Wo were amazed. How, then, could she have I:ruurht herself to the notice of the great, cold public? A CRY FOR KIVER. Atlanta Constitution, De col' win' f'um eas' ter wes' En make me shake en shiver; Dey heah me pray By night en dflr: “Lawd, sen' de ol' man kiver!" Come down, en please deliver! Yo' col' win' make me shiver; By night en day Dls pra'r 1 pray: “Mo’ kiver, Lawd—mo' kiver hidin' In he nes’ to dellver, n't be dan me? sen' de ol' man kiver! Come down, en please delives Yo' col' win' make me shives Dis pra'r 1 pray ht en day" o' kiver, Lawd, mo' kiver!" 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