Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1900, Page 6

THE_©OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED BVER' R TERMS OF ally Bee (without Sunda: y Bee and Funday, O liustrated Bes, One Yea unday Bes. Ohe Year. lay Bee, Oni eekly Bee, One Yea OFFICE! Bullding, : City Hall Bullding, Twen- nd N St 3 ‘Councll Blufts: 10 Bearl Btreet. hi 1640 Unity Buliding. e k: Temple Court. s hlgflo pl',om?uenlh Street. Bloux 611 Park Street. Communications relating to n: grlll Mmatter should be addresse: ee, Editorial Department. ineg PUSINESS LETTERS ‘Iness letters and remittances shoul be addrensed The Bee Publishing Com- pany, Om: Remit by (EMITTANCES. - emit by draft, express or postal order, gayable to The bee Publishing Company: nly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment ct m accounts. ersonal cheoks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, it nccepted. HE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. gw of gal}!nlkl- Douglas County, 88.: Taschuck, secretary of The Bee ¥ duly sworn, omp! coples of The Dally, Evening and Sunday Bea printed dur month of November, 1900, was 8. 30,870 Loss unsold and returned cople FOREIGNERS NOT BLAMELESS. 8ir Robert Hart, who was British commissioner at Pekin when the Boxer outbreak took place, s reported as say- g that he considered the resentment against foreigners to be partly just and the outgrowth of the last sixty years of treaty relations. This sup- ports the statement made in a recent address by the Chinese minister to the United States. The minister said it was a mistake to suppose that the misslonaries are the sole cause of anti-foreign feeling In China. They had done a great deal of good there, especially the medical missionaries, who according to this au- thority have been remarkably success- ful in their philanthrople work. But some of the other forelgners made them- selves very obnoxious to the Chinese, They form a sort of privileged class, sald the minister, and consider them- selves more as lords of the country than as strangers In a strange land. They frequently treat the customs, tra- ditions and Institutious of the country with contempt and in this way excite the fll-fecling of the natives. Moreover, their conduct toward the Chinese In other respects is by no meaus exem- plary. There s an abundance of trustworthy testimony to this effect, showing that the foreigners are by no means without blame for the existing trouble. Even now, when the Chinese 1mperial author- ities are anxlously seeking a settle- ment, the course of the representatives of some of the powers is such as to exasperate the Chinese. Russian and German aggression and truculence in China are largely responsible for the existing state of affairs. . Net total sales. Net daily lverlxe; GEO. B. TZECHUCK, Subsoribed fn my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December, A. D. 1500, M. B_ HUNGATE Notary Publle. S——— The policy of expansion is clearly in evidence in the length of the president's message. — 1t looks as if the days of licking war tax stamps were numbered and num- bered few. | The inventory of foot ball casualities as made up gives the season just closed the century mark. fi President McKinley figures as the principal staff correspondent of most of the newspapers today. | All other industries are working over- time at present and congress will doubt- Jess take the hint and increase its product. ——— A fow sermons on the immorality of prize fighting as promoted and promul- gated by the local Fakery would not be out of order. — Tondon papers, a few days ago, cap- tured General Dewet. ‘The papers should not be in such & hurry to “scoop” the army. Lincoln may capture the grand opera aggregation this year, but just wait till Omaha’s auditorium is completed and open for business. —— The duke of Manchester ought to be impressed with the fact that only the most welcome guests are recelved with donatlons of eggs. Governot Dietrich’'s inaugural mes- sage is promised short and to the point. The mnew governor knows one way of making a good initial impres- slon. Italy is short about 19,000,000 lire. It Ttaly will only consent to change the spelling of the word, Shanghal could easlly make up a large portion of the deficit. The popocratic press is still busily en- gaged In holding a post-mortem on the fusion cadaver. Some of the survivors present strong symptoms of having par- taken of loco weed. — President Diaz of Mexico has just been Inaugurated for the sixth time. Mexico must be the land of perpetual presidential candidates for which Mr. Bryan has been lookin, Nebraska's representatives In con- gress do not have to be spurred on to protect the state from the loss of a congressional district in the reapportion- ment. None of them wants to legislate himself out of office. Eiaa——— South Omaha citizens are quoted as expressing fear of annexation. They have several things more to be feared staring them in the face without an- nexation, chief of which are ruinous taxation and municipal bankruptey. Omaha's Coliseum has sebved many a useful purpose, but its days are almost outlived. The next venture in that line calls for a centrally loeated auditorium sultable and avallable at all times for great gatherings and popular entertain- ments. SrrEmem—————y Omaha wants the natlonal live stock convention for 1901, It is midway be- tween the live stock growers and the live stock markets, accessible to all in- terested in the industry. The invitation is extended In all earnestness, with every assurance of hospitality. ——— At the opening of the English Parlia- ment the customary search of the base- ment was made to be sure there were no conspirators concealed there. This custom is as time-honored as the fem- inine babit of peering under the bed and 18 prolific of about the same results, —— Porto Rico insists upon dividing the bhonors with Hawall in contributing unique figures to the membership of congress. The first Porto Rican dele- gate has put in an appearance to hold his own beside the gentleman from Hawall, and no visitor to the hall of the house will go away without hav- ing them both pointed out. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The fourth annual message of Presi- dent McKinley Is an elaborate review of the affairs of the nation, forelgn and domestic, and is a most Interesting and Instructive state paper. After allusion to the general prosper- ity, the Increased strength of the re- public and the progress achieved In the century drawing to an end, the mes- sage presents as the dominant question in our foreign intercourse the treatment of the Chinese problem. This recelves the thorough review and consideration which its commanding importance mer- its. The president clearly sets forth the circumstances out of which the re- cent troubles have grown, charging a measure of the responsibllity for the anti-foreign feeling and outbreak upon those high in authority. The position taken by the United States is fully ex- plained and it is stated to be the de- sire of our government, as it is of some of the foreign powers, to restore the imperlal power in Pekin as the best way of bringing about reparation for ‘wrongs suffered and an enduring settle- ment that will make their recurrence impossible. In taking this attitude the United States does not forego its right to exact exemplary and deterrent pun- ishment of the responsible authors and abettors of the criminal;acts whereby this and other nations have suffered grievous injury. It is declared that for the real culprits full explation becomes imperative within the rational limits of retributive justice, und this is re- garded as the initial condition of an ac- ceptable settlement between China and the powers. The disposition shown by the imperial government of China the president says gives hope of a complete settlement of all questions involved, as- suring forelgn rights of residence and Intercourse on terms of equality for all the world. Reference is made to the Alaska boundary dispute, the provisional ar- rangement as to which has so far worked without friction, but the pres- ident says it is at best but an unsatis- factory makeshift “which should not be suffered to delay the speedy and complete establishment of the frontler line to which we are entitled under the Russo-Amer- ican treaty for the cession of Alaska.” It will be seen from this that there is no ground for the charge that there has been a surrender of territory in Alaska by our government, something, indeed, which the executive department of the government I8 absolutely power- less to do. It is also quite evident that the president belleves the American clalm respecting the boundary line to be fully warranted. The highly important matter of an {sthmian canal s very brlefly referred to, doubtless for the reason that a canal bill has been passed by the house of rep- resentatives and will in a few days be taken up in the senate, As to the Hay- Pauncefote treaty the president merely commends it to the early attention of the senate. In regard to the currency, the pres- ident suggests that it will be the duty of congress to provide whatever further legislation is needed to insure the con- tinued parity under all conditions be- tween silver and gola, but makes no specific recommendativa, It may read- ily be inferred, however, that he favors an amendment to the act of last March which will make silver dollars redeem- able in gold. He I8 also in favor of such legislation as will better make the currency responsive to the varylng needs of business at all seasons and in all sectlons—In other words, that will give the currency greater elasticity than at present. A reduction of taxes under the war revenue act, to the amount of $30,000,000, 18 recommended. An ear- nest plea i8 made for the creation of an American merchant marine for our foreign comerce, the president de- claring that “foreign ships should carry the least, not the greatest, part of Amerlcan trade,” He believes the judg- ment of the country favors the policy of ald to our merchant marine. Re- garding combinations of capital organ- ized Into trusts, the president invites the attentlon of congress to what was sald In his message of last year. The president says that favorable progress has been made in the Philip pines toward suppreasing the insurrec- tion and instituting local governments within the lines of autnority and law. a great deal and it is stated that late l’l‘ne Taft commission has accomplished reports from the commission show an encouraging advance toward insuring the benefits of liberty and good gov- ernment to the Filipinos. As to our obligation as guardian of the Filipinos the president says: “It Is our duty so to treat them that our flag may be no less beloved in the mountains of Luzon and the fertile zones of Mindanao and Negros than it is at home; that there, as here, it shall be the revered #ymbol of liberty, enlightenment and progress in every avenue of develop- ment.” The civil government of Porto Rico is stated to be In successful ope- ration. As to Cuba the message says nothing beyond a statement of the steps that have been taken toward establish- ing an independent government. The president thinks that a regular army of about 60,000 men will be re- quired and that during present condi- tions in Cuba and the Philippines the executive should have authority to in- crease the force to the present number of 100,000, of which 15,000 may be na- tive troops in the Philippines. The rec- ommendations of the secretary of the navy for new vessels and additional offi- cers and men are approved by the pres- ident. Other matters of more or less public interest are referred to in the message, which concludes with the sound advice that “in our great prosperity we must guard against all danger it invites of extravagance in government expendi- tures and appropriations,” and that our growing power must not be used to in- vite conflicts, nor for oppression, “but for the more effective maintenance of those principles of equality and justice upon which our institutions and happi- ness depend.” THAT GARBAGE LONTRACT. After a Rip Van Winkle sleep of more than six years the World-Herald has suddenly awakened to a realization of the iniquities of the McDonald garbage contract. This contract was entered into by the city council way back in the year 1893, and all the ordinances regu- lating the hauling of garbage within the city limits are but part and parcel of the city's agreement to enforce the terms of the contract, which has yet three years to run. When the garbage contract was up before the city council The Bee was loud and vigorous in denouncing it, while the World-Herald kept as mum as an oyster. The Bee pointed out its objectlonable features and character- ized it as an evasion of the charter by granting what was substantially a fran- chise without submission to the voters by simply calling it a contract. The World-Herald had all the facts before it, but for some inscrutable reason closed its ey®s while it was rallroaded through the council. As a result of The Bee's outspoken attack the garbage contract ordinance was vetoed by Mayor Bemis. The veto met little support in the council and was promptly overridden by the requi- site number of votes. The contract has been before the courts numberless times, but no attempt to Invalidate it has proved successful. At this stage the attempt to create a paramount lssue out of garbage is about as absurd as would be an attempt to discuss the fifty-year gas franchise or the location of the city hall. In parlia- mentary language, there is nothing be- fore the house. Indications point to one of the buslest sessions of congress ever held. Many fioportant subjects require legislation and the members of both bodles ex- press a determination to get down to work at once and keep at it until March 4. They will confer a favor on the country If they carry out their resolu- tion. The country had all the talk that was needed during the last campaign and is in a position to appreciate work. Of course there is no significance in the fact that the new quarters of the Jacksonian club are over an undertak- er's establishment that for years served as the city morgue, where the dead bodies of men and women killed under suspiclous circumstances were lald out. No more is there any significance In the fact that the move is made just after the recent election has strewn the dem- ocratic shore full with political corpses. —e There is little excuse for the whole- sale looting in China indulged in when active military operations were in progress and none at all for the despolla- tlon of such places as the astronomical observatory at Pekin, In-adopting the tactics of {je highwayman the powers are laying the foundation for future trouble in China as well as disgracing themselves and Christian civilization, Bmperor Willlam has made it plain to President Kruger that tne two will not Qrink out of the skame steln. Oom Paul brought his pipe along and can go to Holland and smoke In peace, but If ob- Jection is made he will be permitted to trek to the United States and take up a homestead with Uncle Sa Spain is not taking a very active part in the solution of the Chinese ques- tlon. Spain has not get recovered from the burden of the expense ac- count precipitated by its collision with Uncle 8am. In Fighting Trim Once More. Cleveland Leader. Tho republicans of Nebraska are likely to have a lively contest over the spoils of the victory won thore on November 6. Well, it Is encouraging to note that the party is in fighting trim once more. No Occusion for Sn .. Washington Post. It hardly becomes the World-Herald to turn up its nose at the vindication of Mr. Addicks. Mr. Addicks carried his own state, which is more than the World- Herald's candidate for presidency was able to do. Vote Shrinkage in the South. Springfield Republican. The shrinkage this year in the popular vote throughout the south was very note- worthy, and Bryan's total in the country suffers heavily on account of it. Compared with 1896 he lost 300,000 in that section. The | apathy in southern politics, arising from the extinction of the repub- lican party In the southern states, is largely responsible for this decline. There was . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: practically no presidential campaign this year south of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland, The Gridiron Argument, New York World, Yale may not be able to out-debate Harvard, but when it comes to a foot ball argument it {s different. It is no longer head over heels, but heels over head. Watterson Cheers the Hoys. Louisville Courler-Journal, Let democrats hold their heads high and be of good hope. Let them for a little re- serve thelr fire. An able, aggressive, in- telligent opposition is something to live for. That, at least, {s left us. Timo is a great healer, and ovents are wont to shape themselves. God still moves In a myster- lous way His wonders to perform and now, a8 ever— There's a a1 ) 3 _— A Great Country. Philadelphla Ledger. The actual wealth of & country comes from its soll, either on or under the sur- face. It Is gratifylng, therefore, to note that the min, products of this country during the last calendar yoar increased $278,188,226, or 40 per cent over the produc- tlon of 1808. The total value of all the minerals produced was $576,008,046. The Average yearly production from 1890 to 1898, Inclusive, was $618,286,610. This is a great country. CHICAGO'S ONE CONDITION. Cheertul Condes lon Displayed by N y City. Chicago Tribune, a paper says that “the best policy for Chicago is to stand by and bulld up the western cities and states with its eurplus capital and young men,” for this 18 “a western city dependent on the de- velopment of the west” and having notbing in common with Wall street and Liverpool except for purposes of sale. Chicagoans would be ignorant indeed if they were unaware of the close connection between the prosperity of thelr city and the development of the west. If there were no transmississippl region Chica, would be a 1l affair compared to what it is. The bullding up of the agricultural and other Industries of the west is something the importance of which Chicagoans realize It is for that reason they take the lively interest they do in irrigation schemes to #dd millions of acres to the cultivable area of that reglon. When conditions are normal Chicago is always ready to invest its surplus capltal In the development of the west. knowing well that no more profitable use can be made of it. The eity is not ready to part with its young men, for they are a valuable portion of its working capital. But Chlcago is continually drawing active, enterprising young men from the villages and towns Iying to the east and to the west of 1t, and it is ouly fair that it should send some of them away from time to time to a t In bullding up other sections of ntry and to make their fortunes often In doing so. Up to a recent period, however, the con- ditions In some of the states west of the Mississippi have not been such to make it expedient for Chicago to send to them either capltal or enterprising young men. While Nebraska and Kansas were In the hands of the populst it was not safe to send capital to those states. The energles of the men who ruled them were concen- trated on efforts to confiscate or drive out capital. These efforts met with so much success that tha active young men steered f Kansas: and Nebraska. They felt they were not wanted there. The slight in- crease in the population of the two states in the last decade bears witness to the deadly Influen f, the populist legislation of which there 'Wag so much during that period. have been redeemed Capital can go there with ty. There are inducements for young men to go there. Chicagoans will co-oper- ate gladly to the extent of their abllity in developing the resources of Kan: Ne- n that 8 to be developed. Thelr prosperity is the prosperity of Chicago. Their citizens are the good customers of this city. But if they wish Chicago capital or young men they must abjure populism. —— BRECLAIMING ARID LANDS, An Eastern Opinfon on the Propost- tion of Government Ald. Philadelphia Press, The Natlonal Irrigation congress, which was in session at Chicago last week, s to make another appeal to congress at the com- ing lon to take up this difcult irriga- tion problem, though the outlook for action 18 not very hopeful. At the last session $100,- 000 was appropriated for the purpose of making surveys of water sources, which is stone for further But that does not nec- searlly follow. Congress took action to set ide reservolr sites several years ago, but that was not followed up. In fact, a streng and partly successful effort was made by western men to undo what had been done fa that direction. This {s a great problem and must be lly considered. BSecretary Hitchcock, In his last annual report, estimated that the arid land of the west, if properly reclaimed, would support a population of no less then 50,000,000, -Other reports say that with frri- gatlon the waate lands would be worth at least $500,000,000. 1t is generally conced:d that these lands ought to be reclaimed. But it will be a costly undertaking and per- haps only the government can undertake it. Moreover, the longer the work is delayed the more difcult it will be to do becausoe private Interests are absorbing much of the water supply. The alternative proposition is for the gov- ernment to deed to the various states all the arid public lands within their respective borders and to grant to them the use of such reservoir , water and forest reser- vations 1 be necessary to reclaiim the waste dlstric This mes with opposition, but it seems the most feasible plan. But we fear the business feature of it would roon disappear if it ever existed from the start. Congress is too much given to legislation for short hours, big pay, long vacations and other things of that kind to make any gov- ernment work pay. Moreover, it would probably turn out in the end just as did the purchase of th» Indian lands, Congress was induced to ap- propriate vast millions of dollars to pur- chase those lands with the understanding that they should be sold at cost and thus the government would lose nothing. Ths republicans appropriated the mouey In the Fifty-first congress under that provision. Immediately the democrats ralsed a howl about the ‘‘extravagance’” of the republi- cans apd defeated the party. Then, when the lands were purchased and much of It sold the low price of $1.25 per acre, the pert who rushed in and got the first plck secured lobbylsts and came to congress and asked that they be relieved from pay- Ing anything for the land. Pettigrew and a few others took the matter up and by methods well known, the democrats ald'ng finally worked up a sentiment that securel the p @ of the bill. And it would be with the recli'med arid lands. If, by the expenditure cf enor- mous milllons of dollars, the government once reclaimed the waste lands a b'l' w ull be probably rushed through giving them away. Under the circumstances it woull bs much better for the states, under proper re- strictions, to be allowed to do tke work. But there will be diiculty about the rei voirs and water supplies, which in many cases will involve the rights of more than one state. Hence it Is not an easy prod- lem, but it is a very important one and should bo solved as early as possible. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1900, #0s0es0cssccsssscscssccce TIPS ON STATE APPOINTEES, sued by some regulator who had no prope Efficient Service Performed Cody (Wyo.) Enterpriss. Instend of one senator to elect, the republicans of Nebraska will have the cholce of two. As a rule, hard working political editors are glven the overiook when the prizes are handed out, but if con- stant and efficlent services are to be rewarded, every person half- way familiar with the record of Hon. Edward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee will very naturally conclude that he 1s a perfectly proper subject to receive this testimonial for able services duly and consistently performed. e d POLITICAL POTPOURRI Osmond Republican: Now that the re- publicans have a majority everywhere it behooves them to use good judgment and moderation in the legislation and appro- priations, If they get reckless beca they have galned a majority the next election may be a landslide the other wi but with good judgment in public matters there s no reason why the republicans should not remain in power for a long time. Hastings Tribune: Governor-elect Diet- rich has almost completed his message. It will contain about 2,600 words, thus making his arguments brief and to the point. This s within the keeping of a business man's administration and we feel safe in saying that Dietrich’'s message will recelve more than a majority of guberna- ges have been accustomed to Wahoo Wasp: Governor Dietrich will be asked to retain Hon. J. N. Gafin in his position as ofl inspector until May 1, Many of the republicans in Wahoo have signed a petition to this effect which will be pre- sented to the Incoming governor. Thers may be some good and sufficient cause for Baunders county republica desiring to assist Mr. Gaffin, but from a political point of view it would look to a man vp @ tree that these fellows have been suf- ficlently rewarded, without the generous assistance of the republicans of this county. Beaver City Tribune: Whether or not Nebraska remains in the republican column depends upon the coming legislature and the next two years of republican adminis- tration. If the old gang regalns control and resumes its former methods, repub- lican rule will be short. If the old gang is lgnored and new men take the helm and manage the party and the interests of the.state as they should be managed, then Nebraska will remain in the repub- lican column indefinitely. The old gang should be made to understand right in the start that it Is no longer In charge of ‘ha party affairs, Schuyler Sun: The Omaha Bee is offer- Ing the suggestion that the supreme court might be relleved by calling to its ald a number of the district judges who are for a number of months during the year idle for want of much duty. The opinion s more or less general that we have more district judges in this state than are really neécessary. Whether this is true or not, it may be difficult to say, but the suggestion is a good one if there are any good grounds for opinfon. The problem of how the su- preme court s to be relleved must be seftled by the coming legislature. The plo of the state are demanding it. Stanton Picket: Hon. J, J. McCarthy of Dixon s being urged by lLis friends—they are leglon-~as'a suitable person for speaker of the house of representatives. Up to the present time but three objections have been raised against his candidacy. First, that he s redheaded; second, he is a repub- lican, and third, that he was the leader in opposition to the South Omaha stock yards and the live stock commission trust. The first s sald by his friends in fun, the second by fusionists only and the third is very much to his credit. There are sev- eral reasons why Mr. McCarthy would be the right man for the place. He is capa- ble, talented and honest. Just the sort of men needed in such positions. York Republican: Address to Repub- lican Btate Ofcials—The York Republican is not asking anything of you. Therefore it 18 in an easy position to say a few things to you. Do not tickle yourselves too much with the idea that it w a vote of confidence in you. It was very much more a vote of confidence in the na- tional administration. The people of the state had never heard of many of you be- fore the state convention. Some of the qQuestions of 1861-64 were up for considera- tion and readjustment, however, and the sentiment in favor of the same old patri- otic solution of them was so strong that the fusion nominees simply couldn't keep out from under the deluge of it. To that you ows your electicn more than to your own overweening merits. Nevertheless, you lows, plenty gcod enough to deserve election over the tellows on the other ticket, even on your own merits. If you and your successors glve the state a clean, business-like admin- istration, are caretul of the public funds and careful of your own reputations, there 1s no reason why your party should not continue in power in the s for thirty years to come, without interruption and without serious opposition. But the peo- ple of Nebraska are watching you with myriad eyes. Nebraska is naturally repub. lican by a big majority and It you “toe the mark" she will continue to be repub- lcan. But if you allow the old barnacles— the old red-nosed barnacles who are again assembling in force—to fasten onto the party, to bring discredit to the party, to compel men who are asking nothing out of politics but good government to defend the innate and acquired hellishness of a lot of beer-guzzling, discredited gamblers or worse—if you do these things then good citizens will be justified in saying that you do not deserve lection, that the party does not deserve success In the state and epublicans ought to go to Lincoln en Bloomington Bcho: Governor Dietrich is doing one good thing when he simply ap- poiats the heads of the different state in- etitutions and allows the appointees to ap- point the assistants. This will insure much better eervige than if a lot of politiclans were appointed without any regard to thelr fitness. Cralg News: Governor-elect Dietrich has appointed Harry C. Lindsay as his private secrotary. After steering so successtul & campnign as the one just closed it seems that the honor is especially due, and the governor will gain hrewd and wise coun- sellor. Mr. Lindsay's work as chalrman of the state central, committes has been commended far and near and his labors as socretary will undoubtedly be as commend- able Central City Nomparfel: H. C. Lindsay has accepted the position of private sec- retary to Governor Dietrich. Mr. Dietrich makes no mistake in surrvunding himselt with such advisors. Mr. Lindsay's level headed judgment and ability as an organ- izer did as much as anything elso toward swinging Nebraska into line and the gov- ernor will find fn him an efMclent helper. The appointment is in no way a “reward” to Lindsay, as it means a perronal sacrifice for him to accept the post and he only did 80 upon the earnest solicitation of the governor-elect. Geneva Signal: BState Superintendent Fowler of Blair has offered the position of deputy state superintendent to City Buper- intendent J. L. McBrien of this city and Mr. McBrien has accepted the ten The posl- tion is one of great Imp to the edu- catlonal interests of the state and we know of no man who will fill it more satisfac- torlly tian Mr. McBrien. The Signal con- gratulates him on the mark of counfidence bestowed and Mr. Fowler and the state on the desirability of the appointment. Mr. McBrien was not a condidate for the place and the offer came wholly unsought. Tekamah Herald: L. A. Willlams, editor of the Blair Pllot, has been selocted as secretary of the state printing board. Mr. Willlams 18 president of the Republican State Press assoclation and was in charge of the republican press bureau of the state committee during the recent campaign. R. J. Clancy of Omaha was an able as- sistant to Mr. Willlams and has been lected by Governor Dietrich for chief clerk and throw you out over the tran- The people have dome their parts soms. and It is up to you. PERSONAL NOTES, The Yale-Harvard game of foot ball breught $80,000 into New Haven, to vothing about $75,000 for car fares and $2,500 for violets. John A. Johnson, the Wisconsin million- eiro manufacturer, has offered $40,000 to the supervisors of Dave county, Wis., for & home for aged people. A prima donna in New York has a real grievance. She was pronounced too fat for opera and was rudely pushed from the foot- lights. For the present the slims occupy the center of the stage. Senators Chandler of New Hampshire and Spooner of Wisconsin have the reputation of beiug about the best two debaters in the senate. Mr. Chandler Is more satiric and quick, but Mr. Spooner 1s more ready with in.promptu argument. The richest baby in the world is the Grand Duchess Olga, tho eldest daughter of the czar of Russia, who had a sum of £7,000,000 settled upon her within a week of 'her birth, The czar has two other daughters, but no son. The republicans of Texas, have shipped to Vice P Theodore Rooevelt use In the United 8 It is made of rawhide, and accompanying It was secut a letter of congratulation, in the executive department. Thus they are rewarded for faithful and eficlent sgrv- ices rendered for the officers-elect. The e press was u prominent g the recent victory at the Stanton Picket: The manner in which Governor-elect Dietrich 18 handling ‘ap- pointments which it becomes his duty to make 18 commendable. His Intention ap- pears to be to make all appointments as far as possible before entering upon his du- ties as governor and to that end several of the most important appointments have al- ready been made. While not disregarding recommendations of others, Mr. Dietrich s to have ideas of his own as to the of applicants and is making his ap- pointments accordingly. So far, as well as can be judged by reputation, the men ap- pointed are pecullarly well qualified by na- ture and acquirements for the positions to which they have been selected. One com- mendable feature of his course is that ap- plicants are not kept long in suspense or buoyed up by false hopes and promises. HUMANITY'S GREAT SOLACRE. Judicial Eulegy en the Com.forting Influences of the Weed Chicago Times-Herald. It 18 decided by Justice Brown, obiter dictym, that #o other able oon: tributed so much to the comfort and solace of the human race as tobacco. This will be a shock to the regulators of the race and when we take them into consideration, as we must, it {s evident that the justice should tempered his eulogy with some philosophical reservations. If a man has to go to the bara or wood- shed to smoke the comfort of the weed may be offset by the attendant discomforts. Sitting on a sawhorse is not pleasant, neither is it a delight to be an exile in the shivering world of late autumn. Moreov side from the phys! suffering, there is & mental grievance amid such conditions that {s even harder to bear. If the fugitive preserves some remnants of the dignity which should belong to his sex he will resent his humillation and in the heat of his wrath will perhaps decide to reassert his manhood. But if he does the alternative s mot much better. From the chill of the outer air he must go to the chill of an icy dis- favor. Or from the warmth of his own resentment he must go to the even greater tion on curtains. He ‘ed to listen to some very odlous comparisons and biting in- terrogatories. How would he like it if the party of the first part perfumed her breéath with the vile stuft? Does he think it fair that he should continue to indulge his depraved tes and to demy to that other the right to be depraved alse? These are the sockdolagers that are thrown at him and it does not help matters if he suggests in flattering accents that the other s too refined and pure to insist on the right of depravity. The martyr never likes to have it intimated that she is not exercising a rigld self-denlal. We once knew a man who was both a user of tobacco and a delegate to a grand Sunday school convention which was held in England and we are confident that it Justice Brown could have seen that man on the passage over he would have modified his opinion somewhat. His constant mood was that of desiring to make a sneak away from ths other delegates to where the un. regenerate sat with their cigars. He would hasten to the upper deck, only to pur- erty fn him at all, for none of his family was aboard. Perhaps it would be an un- married sister {n the Lord who lectured him on his iniquity, perhaps a frowning brother. Sometimes the mocking heathen grinned at him from afar oft as he stood fu the midat of a protesting group. It was an awful pleture of human misery, all be- rul Philadelphia Pr doctor, that I sw. Young Doctor—How do you—aw-feel o Rnawing son Chieago Post: “That city man that was visiting me 1s an overrated cuss,” remarked the farmer, “How so?" “Oh, the papers all sald he was a great and at watering stock, but I found he couldn’t work the pump five minutes with- out laming his arm.™ I'm afrald, false teeth, know? De tion? Cleveland Plain Dealer thing that T 't prevent. that “Half of Cineinnati will be over the Rhin, drinking the duke of Manchester's bran of beer before the year is out.” Detroft Journal: The Night Wind stirs uneasily, “Why do you croon,’ fretful cadence. “Well, 1 have to do something that thymes' with moon, of course!" sighs the Night Wind. ere 1s poetry in nature. “There {s one m afraid Papa Zimmerman asks the Owl, In Indlanapolls Press: ‘Do asked the Iandlady, ‘‘that deat “Not for four or five days, in the case of & turkey,” sald the Savage Boarder, who rnlf' won his position of star by sheer bru- ality. Galtimore Amerlcan: Mrs. Meddergra ~The postmistress doesn't seem to itke the new professor of the school, Mr.” Meddergrass—Nope, 1 reckon not. I heerd some of the fellers at the atore a: 5 he had wrote all his postal cards in Lati or some other furrin' language. ngton Star: A man must have A open all the time to succeed in remarked the young man. “He must,” answered Senator Sorghum “If he doesn’t Keep his eyes open on 1ls own.account, some one is pretty sure to open’ them for him." TO WHOM VENGEANCE BELONGETH, No matter how awful the deed that s e, In the darkness of night or the light of the wun, No outbursts of passion should lead men astray, The sober in thought and as sober In e For crimes rashly done need not sorrow or For reason hath led them In honor's bright way, I would that we mortals in dealing with Would ‘ever deal justly as people do They do unto others as they'd be The 3";’."'.' is true, I am sorry to Too 'often men follow that maxim of ell, Two teeth for a tooth and two eyes for an eye. I wonder that men are so wilitully For evil begets only evil in kind. When crime is committed don't join in, I ray, w"hrm?umoh that rests not till the gulity s slain. No wrong rights a wrong, so there's noth- ing to gain, ‘Vegeance 1» mine; I will Suppose that the innocent suffer ana At the’handa of a wretch that in ambush Just biding his time, like & beast in his Could"we make it better to thirst for his Ana ;'-Sl‘}:?n with halter or firebrand or 'nu“:.ruwcr is, Nol and it rings on the The .ervIII of mob law are growing Ana 4,5:?* 18 focked at ang slapped in e face. But we can deal It a death blow If we By taking this law as a trustworthy an, tried and the jury !lred.l't may be sald that a felon must A man must be Dup;r not e(ha laws that our country By fl:'dl en:t outlawry, your manhood Thoug! mm law {» winked at by many lhoulu ph:wr." ever get this fair land in And ln‘r:\.rchy ride it rough shod o'er the How pititul would our condition be then! Ottumwa, Ia. —Christlan Goodheart. 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