Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1901, Page 6

6 ‘'HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JA NUAR 11, 1901, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROBEWATER, Editor PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBBCRIPTION Daily Bec (without Sunday), One Y Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year Tiustrated Bee, One Bunday Bee, Ono Y Baturday Bee, One Year Weekly Bee, One OFFICES Omaha: The Bee Bullding South Omaha: City Hall Building ty-fifth and N Btreets 2 Counell Blufts: 10 Pearl Street Chicago: 1640 U'nity Bullding w York: Temple Court Washington: 51 Fourteenth Street Sloux City: 611 Park Street CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to news and edi ) matter ghould be addressed: Omaha e, Editorial Department BUST LETTERS letters and remittances The Bee Publishing Twen- «hould Com- Business be addressed pany, Omaha REMITTANCE! Remit by draft, cxpress or postal order, ayable to The Bee Publishing Com nly 2cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Fastern exchanges, not wccepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION 8tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, s George B, Tzachiick, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn mave that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Dally, Morning. Evening und Sunday Bee printed during the month of December, 190, was ax follows 27,780 27,510 27,780 27,810 27,160 27,420 26,505 27,810 27,280 27,72 27,0450 20,008 20,070 S45,085 10,808 Total Less unsold and returned copies ks, 182 26,041 CEORGE B, TZSCHUCK Subseribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 81si day of December, A. D 1900, M. B._ HUNGATE (seal.) Notary Public Net total sales Net dally average Real estat smiles now. men in Omaha all w hasn't bheen caught in two What's the matte Five- dollar hogs and 40-¢ the sort of stuff to generat Nebraska farmers these duys. Pat Crow duys now. n. worrying 1 are not Lafe Young's defense of Fitzhugh Lee places a construetion on the remarks of the gallant soldier that must meet the approval of patriotic Americans, One of Phil Armour's ideas should not be lost sight of by Omaha. It was a line direct from Omaha to the gulf to give Nebraska grain the shortest route 1o tide water, Omaba's contribution to the inaugural ceremonies when Governor Van Sant of Minnesotn suceeeded Governor was the 91-year-old futher of t) ing governor. When the busy railroad editor is not structing new lines e engages his attention ¢t consolidating lines alveady built. In cither case he Ignores the ow ors of the ronds. It has been an uphill fight to get recogultion for the Omaha Indian supply depot and the battle is not yet wol Omaba needs a cougressman in Wash- ington now if ever. It 18 to be hoped the stock e of the LaGloria colony are * enough to frame,” as the Investors a entitled to some satisfaction for the money and time that have vanished, titleates handsome Mrs. Nation's friends ave now making a desperate effort to secure her release from the Wichita jail. It is becoming apparent even to her that the way of the radical reformer Is not a rose-strewn path, The lowa National guard can go to the lnauguration exercises in Washing- ton if the members pay their own fare, There are several willion more people in the country who can do the same thing. Quotations on wives, nccording to an Omala matrimonial ageney, range from $500 for one rich and handsome down for oue coming under the mer heading of “wives” If secured in the good old way, any kind of wife is worth more than thesd figures, One hody to levy suggestion of a heavy taxpayer. It diicult to ange this unless county, city and school governments be consol idated. In the meantime taxpayers must remember there are three bodles Laving the power to levy taxes. all the taxes is the is Andree’s lust Will, just opened, shows clearly the high courage of the man, With a presentment of death he went forward in the adventure thut cost his life, Science would have gained had he succeeded; mankind is vicher by another example of courageous conduct, —_— South Dakota popocrats are taking pointers from those of Nebraska and are holding a death grip on all the of- fices possible. They wiil neither resign nor be removed if they can belp it. The braska pry Is in use at present and South Dakota must look out for itself, Bryan's tearful farewell to leadership, like Napoleon's just before he started to Elba, may reasonably be taken as a forecast of a return, Mr. Bryan has proven himselt too thoroughly devoted to his own cause for the public to readily belleve that he will voluntarily relin- quish anythin Some of the powers do not take k'ndly to the proposal of the United States regarding the settlement of the indem- nity feature of the Chinese muddie. The same objection has been made to every proposal made by the United States and in the end they have been accepted as the best solution of the ditficulty, Llhe present case may be no exception. ) T | binations | { manent and | movement RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION In its last annual report the Inter state Commerce commission noted the tendency toward railroad consolidation ing: “No one at all acquainted with what is transpiring can doubt that com have been formed and are certain to be formed among r which will be more extensive, more per Bt mo ultimate results than those of any other department of industry.” Confirmation of this Is being furnished fn what is taking place in raflroad circles and what 1s reported to be projected or in con templation, The recent purchase of the New Jersey ntral road by J. Plerpont belleved to be the first move in a com preh scheme of combination, Tt places the Jersey Central, the Lebigh Valley, the Reading and the Baltimore & Obio practically under the same direc tion ko far as their policy relates to the anthracite coal trade. Other probabili- tles of the not distant future are an allinnee between the Ontario & West ern and the Delaware & Hudson, The Delaware, Lackawapna & Western is also regarded by some as game for the basket of Morgan and his associates, The completed and projected consolida tions are believed by some to aim st nothing less than joint control of all the railroads of the country. It Is pointed out that not only does the Mor gan following already control the avenues approaching New York, but commands practieally every weaus of access to Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia and most southern points. Nor is the movement confined to the east. The recent absorption of the St. Paul, says an eastern paper, is taken only a preliminary advance upon the far west, the middle west being alveady pretty well occupied by Mr. Morgan and his assoclates, who are sald to now control all the overland highways of comin to Chicago and St. Louls, with twe ceptions, Referring t by Mr. M ) nsive the combination effected rgan, the Philadelphia Times it goes far beyond the absolute control of the production, transporta t and sale of anthracite conl. It means a departure in reaching the mar kets of the world with our industrial products that has mever been ap proached, indeed that could not have been meeived a deeade ago. The ompeting Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railroads, each reaching the Pacitic from Duluth, and which have heen in active and costly competi tion for some years,“have ome directly under one management in this new id they, with the Baltimor & Ohio and the Reading and the Jer sey Central, make another great trunk line from the eastern to the western sen, with the finest sels of the world to bear their products westward from Tacoma to China and eastward from New York to Southampton. This great lne will be perfect in equipment, aitke on land and sen, and can h the markets of the world at the minimum of cost, 1t Is the most stupendous com bination that has ever been made in in dustrial and financial circles.” Porther developments in the movements for rail roud consolidation will be regarded with the greatest Interest and meanwhile the question whether such combina- tions will be a benetit or an injury to the public will be carnestly discussed, RUSSIAN MOVES IN CHINA A Pekin dispateh says that the for- clgn ministers are considerably aston ished over the Chinese grant to Russia of a concession north of the Ho, at Tien Tsin, a8 large as the British and French concesslons combined. It is stated that the Russiaps explain that the grant was made voluntarily, for services in endeavoring to bring about peace and it is added that the ministers think the concession constitutes good pay when considered fn addition to the annexation of all Manchuria. It is very evident that Russia is muk- ing the most of her opportunity for in- creasing her tevritorial - possesstons in China and she seews to be doing this in 4 way not to justify any objection or protest on the part of other powers. In the practical annexation of the south- ern province of Mauchurla Russia al- leged that her action was necessary to protect a railway concession, threatened by a hostile movement on the part of the Chines Her right to protect the concession could not fairly be ques tloned, but it was the understanding that she would not go farther than was necessary to put an eud to the hostile movement, she haviug declared that there was no purpose to take territory, Having done so0, however, it is nowhere | expected that she will now relinquish the so-called protectorate in Maucburia, whatever reprosentations the other pow- ors may make regarding her action. The tone of the Russian press clearly shows that the government regards the seizure of territory in Mauchuria as an accom plished fact which it will insist shall be so regarded by all the powers. And it is highly probuble that it will be yec- | ognized as a permanent occupation, The later concession of tervitory to Russia, if voluntarily made by China for whatever reason, cannot, it would seew, be fairly objected to by any of the powers, It should arouse them to greater vigilance as to the designs of Russia, but what she bas acquired she will undoubtedly tain, regardiess of the views or of the interests of any other power, Perhaps no nation hus a greater con- 1 in the cou of Russia in Man churla than the United States. The prin- cipal port of that province is Niu Chwang, where over oue-tenth of the total foreign trade of China is handled About one-halt of all the foreign goods received at that port, according ro re ports of the jmperial muritime customs, are of Awmerican origin, the other half being divided chiefly between Great Britain and Jupan. The development of Awerican trade with Mauchuria been rapid during the last few years snd there is most favorable promise of a still e if no oo more rapld growth in the futu restrictions are placed upon comn there. While Russia is pledged to ob seryve the principle of the open door, still ilroads | far-reaching in their | Morgan is | has T i there is danger that she may deem it | expedient to soouer or later abandon it | and to adopt a policy as to Manchuria | that would be ging if not | trous to American trade there. Doubtless our government, as well as those of other largely interesced nations i« fully n and will | omit no effort to conserve American in- . but Russin has galned an im tant advantage that she undoubtedly will not surrender. OMAHA'S JOBBING INTERESTS The election of a new directory for t Omaha Commercial club again draws attention to the expansion of the city's wholesale trade. Representatives of three new jobbing firms are among the sixty men chosen to direct the affairs of the club, These firms have come 1o Omaha solely for the reason that this city offers the most favorable conditions for the carrying on of tneir trade. One is in dry goods, one mfllinery and one hats and caps. These houses will draw new customers to Omana from territory already tributary to the city and will ald very materially in pushing the com | mercial conquest of new territory, It is no mean tribute to the jobbing firms well established here that they have not only been enabled to maintain their stund against the vigorous and unre lenting competition they have heen com pelled to meet, but that they have so done it that other jobbers, seeing their | Ivantage, have decided to come here to share with them in the work To the new jobhers The Bee can only commend the course of the older firms, Unity of purpose in the furtherance of the common interests of all must of a| tainty redound to the individual well being of tl Now that they are well set fn the runks, they will doubtless keep step in the march of trade conquest the Gate City has never relinquished in the west disas- ive to the sisia®, sts, s wholesalers Admiral Cervern, who commanded the Spanish fleet in its hopeless fight off the const of Cub, and who went where he wis ordered knowing it was to defeat, i reported to be dying in his Spanish | home. His career shows him to have been a kindly, and brave man, whose Judgment was far better than those who were his official superiors. In his case is another reminder that not ol the world's heroes are to be found i the ranks of the vietors. cords for the past year are is appareut that Nebraska n been indulging in the habit of paying off its mortgage indebtedness | at u lively rate. Eastern capitalists are no longer bewailing the fact they hold mortgages on Nebraska lands, but are looking for places to make such inyest- ments. A few more years like the last three will put the state In the best finan clul conditlon of any in the union, As the compiled it has a | | | | orts of the elty health department | to secure cleanliness and sanitary condi tions in Omaha bukeshops are not only of value to the people In general, but of renl benefit to those bakers who do give heed to the laws of decency. Clean bread is essential to good health and | the baker who keeps his shop In proy condition should not be compelled compete with the baker who does It Beyan really intends to relinquish the leadership of the democratic party there will be a large contingent of its membership which will shed o tears. | There are others who have sprung into prominence by reason of thelr personal relations to him who will be surprised to discover Low quickly they will drop into oblivion The Cudaby case has served one pur pose. It has called attention to the fact that Nebraska is not the only state in the union that has laws providing inadequate punishient for the crime, After the le 'S Now in session ad- Journ there will be a collection which will have a tendency to discourage the | industry. President Hill of the Great Northern rallrond suys that he Is not waking any | such gigantic combinations as those at- | tributed to him, but that his only object is the sase of the “friction” be tween the roads. When it is all ove the shipper is likely to pay the expens of the lubrication. Nikola Tesla announces that discovered evidences that the inhabi tants of Mars are telegraphing to him, If Nikola could only answer the mes suge and inform them of some of the wonderful things he thinks he has dis coverad it would be a wonderful sur prise to them, he has The chairman of the house rivers and harbors committee expresses the opinion that the Missouri river does not need any attention from the government, 1If the chairman will come out here when the river is doiug busiuess it will show Dim tricks that he never dreamed of | Lis Obio howe. in aviyt Journal 1t Mr. Cleveland only had the party he could make use of his excellent principles. Plctures to Hur Washington Post The detectives should decide on one of the various plctures of Pat Crowe before wuk- ing another attempt to arrest him, rhaps He Feared Indlanapolis Journal. There Is no reason why Mr. Bryan should not have eulogized “Pitchfork” Tillman in his speech at Omaba. A man who has culogized Richard Croker need not balk at anything in that line with the Real Cleveland Leader, The Filipinos are enjoying the novel ex- perience of holding open political meetings in Manila, and they are beginuing to dis- cover that the liberty guaranteed (o them by the Americans is sometbing more than an empty promise. Lengthening Term tn ¢ Minneapolis Tribune The proposition to lengthen the congres- slonal term to four years is not likely to meet with much favor. The house of repre- sentatives Is designed o be the popular legislative body, and in order to remain such it must keep in close touch with (he people, and this can ooly be done by fre quent elections, The argument that it | licen takes two years for a congressman to “learn the ropes” and that he must go out of office Just as he is beginning to be useful to hls constituents, does not usually apply to a competent congressman, who is pretty sure of a re-election Working an Alr Pum St. Louls Republic Pingree of Michigan in one of the men who sow seeds of infinite evil while trying to produce a crop of good. Predicting a bloody revolution within twenty-five years is & poor business for any citizen of the United States. That the governor of a state ¢an 0 far substitute raving for rea- son illustrates the truth that voters are too careless about whom they place 1a high office. Kvils and inequalities and sor- rows there are, but they will not be mended by bloody revclution Good Example to Follow. New York Tribune. They do some things better in France.” The proverb is musty, but there is nothing stale, flat or unprofitable about the decision of the French government to lessen the number of disfiguring advertisements ou cliffs, walls, buildings and fences, by put- ting a proper tax on signboards, whether they are displayed upon public or private property. The Gallic example should be followed promptly in the United States. No more hideous placards can be seen any- whe! than many of those in this country. « ident umor in the Orlent, Detroit Free Press The British officers in Pekin who gave & theatrical performance during the holiday week in the Temple of Heaven, the sanctu- ary in which the emperor of China goes once a year to worship, deny the reports that any cause for offense could be found in the entertainment. Nobody was butchered in the way of a playful prank, but the per formance seems to have been somewhat offensive to the heathen, who, in their blind- ness, object to the use of a temple for vaudeville purposes. That is their mis fortune, however, and it is gratifying to know that their silly prejudices were not allowed to take the keen edge off the pleas- ures of the European andience, vernment Bonds. Ni k Mall and Express Soon the bonded debt of the government will be only about $1,000,000,000, and sub- stantlally one-half of that will be held by national banks as security for their notes, as there will be some profit in the issue of these so secured, even with a tax of one- halt of 1 per cent upon the capital tied up in the bonds. The other half will com- | mand such a premium in the market that the yleld from moncy lnvested in them will not be over 2 per cent. They are likely to be absorbed mainly by the surplus funds of institutions which have absolute curity as the main consideration. The day of private investment in United States bonds for income has apparently gone by. ennlties v Kidnaping. Indianapolts News Nebraska is thoroughly aroused over the outrageous Cudahy kidyapiog case, and very justly so. The legislature in session finds on investigation that the present Nebraska statute as to kidnaping Is lame and of doubtful utility. 8o a uew bill has been introduced grading the crime in threo classes. For simple kidnaping the penalty 18 from three to five years in the peniten- tiary; for kidnaping and extorting money, a life term; for kidnaping and threatening injury to the victim, capital punishment. This is one of the few crimes that is done in cold blood. In its very mmture it is something that must be deliberately planned and craftily carried out by per- wistence over great difficulties. There fs, therefore, no palliation for it, such as may exist for crimes that are committed in the heat of blood and under stress of temptas tion. It is a crime, moreover, that menaces every home in the land, that throws a shadow on the liberty of children and in- troduces @ bitter anxiety that well may ruin life. Indiana has not had this ca lamity to deal with thus far, but the leg- islature should provide adequate penalty for the crime. “OF-DOOR ADVERTISING, se- Adequate Signs a the Remedy for the Ev Brooklyn Eagle. We are much perplexed by out-of-door advertisements. They occupy 80 much of the space on our fences, houses, churches, telegraph poles, barns, rocks and mountains that we are concerned to know where we can put the next That some place must be provided is not to be questioned. If we do not tell people what we have to sell people will not come to the shop and buy. So, when we cannot find a fence, or the wall of a factory, or apartment house, or a chimney, or the shade trees of a street, or the poles of the fire telegraph, or when the water in the gutters is so high that it washes our posters from the curbstones, we hire men and plaster them with state- ments as to our perfections and send them into the highways to instruct the populace. Yet there is a growing and dangerous body of people that cannot be reconciled to these proofs of business activity. They menace the prosperity of chewlng gum, of oatmeal. of $1.76 shoes, of border dramas, of liver pills and other agents in civilization. It the ndvertising 1s to be stopped, what will become of the men who make the gum, the dramas and the pills? Well, then, how i 1t possible to lessen the advertising? But this body of grumblers alleges that the advertising would come to just as much and, indeed, would make more of an im- pression If it were put on paper in black and white and delivered under the eye of the people who want to look at it. They say that nothing is more effectively made in- visible than by unwise repetition; that the time comes when the tired eye refuses to eceive an impression, as the ear that hears the constant hum of a factory, ot the rattle of the streets, ceases (o hear them after a while. The people who cross the bridge every day used to see, painted on the sides of houses and on boards and on chimnies what seemed to many of them a most dis. tressing lot of appeals for the favor of the public; but, seeing them every day, the season arrived when they ceased to see them at all, just as they ceased to see po on and vice as soon as Tammany puri- fled New York. But whether seen or not these complainers declare that private houses and public monuments are not for advertising, and as to plastering natural scenery, It is a crime against nature England suffers more sorely from red and yellow spasms and shrieks than we do, if advertising involves suffering, as alleged, and several influential peisons in that coun- try have leaned to the rescue with oratory and documents. But France is doing better than England [Its adver ments are more artistic than those of other natlons, yet they are advertisements, and therefore ve souls of certain people them nce, therefore, proposes to turn the advertising account by taxing it Hereafter the people who would improve on pature must pay for doing it, and they who would conceal femces and house fronts be neath posters and paintings must also pay As a result, the few who continue to employ the pain‘er, in preterence to the printer, wi'l require good work, and the number of things that vex the hearts of reformers will di wiolsh. One does not pay large money with out expecting good results. The example of Frauce is suggested to the body of grum- bleys in this country. If they do not like open alr art, of the kind that is so freely provided to the whole country hereabout, the best thing they can do is not to have it 1t can be removed by law, and can also be removed with paint and an wx. And if not with &n ax, then with @ tax. to | the | who contemplate | v oo moerncy's Natal Day. litor Henry Watterson signalized Gen eral Jackson's day with a three-column sermon in the Courfer-Journal parties | and politics, incidentally canonizing three political saints of the past century and rubbing into the democracy of the present the biting liniment of good advice. Al this is done in the breezy, eloquent and ar tistic style for which the star-eyed goddess is deservedly famous In the middle of his sermon Editor Wat terson paused long enough to contrast “his friends the enemy' with democrats in this fashion “The republican, who is indifferent, hon est and, who, though self-seeking, loves his country, says to himself: “The count is all right and, whilst the good things of life are going, why shouldn't 1 get what | can?”’ The democrat, with the weight of his country and his consclence upon him, lies awake at night and dreams or else grinds bis teeth and swears. Herein the republi- | can has much the better of it. The republi- can assumes that two and two are four and goes on with his mathematics. The democrat stops to discuss the problem, gen- erally discovering, until it is too late, that two and two are five. The republican looks not in the bottom of his glass. The demo- crat will have sugar or he won't drink at all. Be sure that Father Tom, he of the memorable epcounter with the pope, who lost his whisky punch whilst waiting for the water to boll so he might get it hot, was a democrat. If he had been a republican he would have taken it cold and got away before waking up!** Then, turning to his own jarring house- hold, he fired right and left, as follows: “W do not despatr of the future of the demo- cratic party. On the contrary as we have faith in the republic have we faith in democ- racy, whose essential principle is not dead, but, now as ever, lives and embodies the greatest good to the greatest number. In some way not yet cleariy defined this princl ple will take on a concrete form and come to the frout. Along with it, the man, the Jefterson, the Jackson, the Tilden of the time, supported by adequate resources. In the meantime let the masses of democracy, whilst 100king for the Moses that is to come, drop jack-o'-lantern politics and give a wide berth to purely speculative doctrinaires ap- pealing to thelr prejudices and their emo- tions. ‘In The politics hysteria is a poor guide. Americans are a practical, not a theoretical people. Jefferson, albeit an {dealist, did not quibble about the Lou- Isiana purchase. It represented a national opportunity and emergency and he ad- dressed bimself to the facts. Jackson, a real leader, did not quibble, as Buchanau, a man of straw, in A supreme exigency; whilst, by his adberence to the law and his refusal to precipitate an insurrection - albeit urged upon him by the hotheads of his party—Tilden showed himself both a patriot and a captain, saving both his party and the state. It may be that the outlook for democracy is at this moment not very bright. Nelther was the outlook for America that January morning upon the plains of Chalmette eighty-six years ago. As 014 Hickory knew what to do with the cot- ton bags, let us know what to do with such defenses as we have; and, 8o, ubove the roar of the huzzas of the republicans, may wo hear the distant drum-beats—mayhap the guns—of the old Jacksonlan hunting shirts, marching to glve successful battle to the red-coats of Prerogative and Power to vindicate the divinity of Popular Sovereignty. “Never mind the impudent twaddle of played-out politicians about ‘reorganiza- tion.' Never mind the self-admiring co plafsance of would-be leaders and sham re- formers. ‘These are the merest froth, the veriest fustian, meaning little and count- ing for nothing. The leaders who are to regenerate democ y have yet to come upon the scee, and before they are arrived the old, obsolete set—to whom we owe our undoing—will have passed away. For the present it is enough to say close ranks and forward march! Down with Mounte- bankism! Down with Pharisalsm! And, with a hip-hooray from the boys in the trenches, up with the standards of Jeflerson and Lincoln, Old Hickory's battleflag flying at tho for Westward the star which marks the center of population still takes its way. Mrs, Natlon of Kansas, who is under ar- rest for smashing saloon mirrors in a tem- perance crusade, says that it her example followed the clevation of her sex will accomplished The Oregon Historical soclety proposes that a commemorativo celebration of the centenary of the Lewis and Clarke ex pedition to the Pacific coast shall be held at Portland in 1905 Andrew Carnegle recently answered an intervigwer's question as to what he most desired by saying “Youth, health and the chance to make another fortune. 1f I were young and strong, however, 1 could easily make the fortune.” e Senator Platt of New York dropped his glasses In the senate the other day. He was looking helplessly on the floor for them, when up stepped a page and, like a youthful Herrmunn, extracted them from the senator's beard, in which they had caught in falling A recruiting officer who has beon in lowa says that the percentage of men accepted in that state on offering themselves for erage In any other state. Enlistments in lowa are largely from the farms and the vast majority of young fellows who offer themselves are young, strong and hardy. The sultan has sent a costly present to gperor Willlam, consisting of two cav- alry and two infantry sabers and four Ori ental riding whips. The scabbards of the sabers and the handles of the whips are of pure gold, richly chased and adorned with brilliants and other precious stones, heing antiques from the Turkish crown treasury Henry S, Eastman, last survivor of the crews who served in Commodore Perry's famous expedition in Japan, died last week in San Franclsco, aged 66, He was a pative of New Bedford, Mass. Bastman through all the stirring scenes of 1853, when Perry, with his ten war ships, opened Japanese ports to the commerce of the civ- ilized world William Gillette puts tersely into words what members of his profession must often feel: “On the stage we make printing presses of ourselves every night and always turn out the same edition, letter, commu and color. And I grow tired of my own work. It interests me while I am writing it and shaping it, but there comes a time when my mind gets numbed to the con tents of the piece Mr. Justin MeSween (he most prominent owners on the Aus tralian turt and a well known Sydoey | citizen and man of business, has been mak y, formerly one of ing some revelations of a sensational char- acter vegarding horse racing at the Anti He confesses that he has lost £30, | 000 in borse racing and that with his own {limitea experience he has seen about thirty wealthy men ruined on the turf ‘ Captain J. B. Goff, a scout and hunter who will have charge of Governor Roose velt's hunting expedition in the west | completed arrangements for the trip. | ote basin will be the scene of the opera- It is known to a greater | number of mountain lions than any other section In the west and bear also ar a ‘ to be quite plentiful. The Ainest sport pos sible will be afforded, as Coyot ot much frequented by bunters, | podes. ote | tions. contain basin is army service is considerably above the av- | | strong, CLBA'S CONSTITUTE the Work of Drafting the | wanie Law, Phlladelphla Times constitution for the public of Cuba, as presemted for the con sideration of the couvention, follows the meneral lines of the American system and appears, from the telegraphic abstract, to | be simple apd conservative in character | The legislative, executive and judicial | functions are distinct. The congress con sists of a ate, senators from each department elected by the municipal councils for a term of six years, and a chamber of representatives, one for every 80,000 iuhabitants, elected bienulally by vopular vote. The members of either house must be Cubans. The president fs elected & term ot six years and Is not eligible for immediate re-clection. He must be a Cuban by birth or naturalization, and in the latt must have Cuba in ten years war. This provision, of course, is (o Gomez eligible. The powers of the p dent are generally parallel with tho the presic of the United States constitution defines also the powers and duties of the departmental assemblies and xovernors, and of the municipal councils and mayors as well The departments correspond in a general way, as regards the subjects of administra- tion, to the states of the union, but the necessity of providing the forms of local government undér & fundamental law makes this constitutional scheme appear rather elaborate. Its many details it is not possible for outsiders to criticise, The party differences in Cuba have more to do with details than with general principles, and there are provisions relating to citizen | Promres The draft of a re of four for ot served the obligation of debts, be accurately appreciated likely to be real points Havana The gratifying feature of the whole busi mese is that the Cubans seem to be working out their own plan of government without interference from the United States, and in conformity with the natural development of their local institutions under American example and influence. There thus appears no reason why the convention may not perfect a constitution that will be entirely Cuban and at the same time preserve that accord with American ideas that 1 essen- tal to mutual understanding and inter- course. ete., that cannot here, but are of contention at A Chunks of Sound ratie 0 Washir We note with regret the almost solid democratic opposition to an increase of the regular army. It s dificult to explain this antagonism upon any hypothesis involving the patriotism of the opponents. We quite agree with our democratic friends in ob Jecting to a large standing army; to vast military establishments of any kind, indeed, excepting in the matter of coast defense. But what is “a large standiog army,” #peaking with reference to the United States of today? Surely 26,000 men thirty flve years ago constituted a more formida ble force than 100,000 would be at this mo- ment. We cannot understand the present attitude of the democracy, especially In view of the fact that that attitude puts them in the position of making a party question of what should be and is a national question. We do not secm to recognize in them those democrats who, in the early months of 1898, vied with their republican colleagues as enthusiastic and fervent sup- porters of the administration. In what respect, we should like to know, are our military needs less now than they were in April, 18987 1s it not true that they are much greater? Then wo were en- tering upon war without a thought of ter- ritorial acquisition or future responsibility Then tho democrats in congress arose as one man and stood shoulder to shoulder with their party opponents. How do they reconcile their course on that occasion with their inexplicable course today? The war against Spain was a maudlin outburst. The situation confronting us at the threshold of the twentieth century is fraught with ac tual peril. How fs it that the democrats who contributed with such burning ardor to the cause are now, with practlcal una- nimity, repudiating their obligations as re- gards the consequence? They did more than the republicans to bring about the war which bas plunged us into this abom inable dilemma. Is it quite honest and manly on their part to abandon the country in this hour of its need? The simple truth of the matter is that our immedlate necessitios in the Philippines call for an army of occupation 75,000 strong, Wo have had about that soldicrs there for many months pasi—sometimes more—and yet we are at this moment farther from a suppression of the so-called Ingurrection than we were a year ago. Even with 75,000 troops permanently assigned to duty in our new—we might say prospective possessions, we shall barely beable to hold our present footing, such as it is. Events have shown that General Otis was never at any time within a thousand miles of any true understanding of the situation in Luzon. No one able to read the newspapers and the Congressional Record can possibly be persuaded to give respectful audience to the foolish twitter af the Philippine com mission sitting solemnly at Manila and as solemnly uticring official nonsense, whic thus far, has served only to excite the pity of the judicious and to befool unwary rustles We are face to face with the facts. Why not recognize them with dor and deal with them honestly and bravely’ The United States is virtually at war in the Philippines. nished with though nearer the mark who did o much this abom ble Demo- many cal less than 75,000 100,000 would be | Why do the democrats | to get the country i mess now refus: an army—not we think o beip i | othing reserved. ship and suftrage, qualifications for office, | | vand saturated with | vig 18 there tHous on the Da ‘hing Cold. York Herald ecoming so accustomed prearance of grip at this surprise to learn that it Bditort We aree pect the that 1t is here Fortunately mild and the are of short d It commences 0 ex however, its type acuto attacks of the disease ration as quite usua!, with ocatarrbal symptoms, aching of the limbe, marked la €0t o slight rise of temperature. 8o far the upper air passages are mainly & fected. The patient, as a rule, I8 Bot con fined his for more than two three days, but when he gets up and aroun! is apt to be annoved for a week or more with a troublesome and dry cough In exceptional cases the febrile phe nomena have lasted for eight or tem days continuously and have in some respects re sembled (he symptoms of commenciog ty phoid For the most par( the convelescent pa tients are apt to be troubled for a consid erable period with weakness, general want of physical tone and altogether ure very much out of sorts. It js then that compli cations are apt to show themselves after indiscretions in diet or exposure to inclem encies of the weather. Now is (he time to be careful of “a cold.” The latter is ver apt during the winter months to invite pueumonia, but especially 5o while tafiuenza is prevalent Paradoxical as it may appear, the light attacks of grip are oftentimes more dau Eerous than the severe ones, as in the former instances the patients are most apt to be careless of themselves during (he weak physical conditions that follow to room o BRY CHAFFE, Iphia Press members the poor replied Mr. Goodart, “but he can't shan ono ihing at, onc mbers the poor he forgets his pocketbook, and vice versa 1 Dealor: “That ridiculois young Dr. Dosem insisted evepy time he came thaf Brother Jim's temperature was normal. What school does he belong 1o |1 should say he belonged o the normai sehool Cleveland P) Chieago Tribuy wrote “Indigns In your paper in Ward Polltics,’ has cost seription of myself s who have vears. I nel Editor Dally Bread, ' *that editorial 1 “Corruption you the s 1d fifteen other m n taking your vile sheet f after we shall borrow 1t of the e Press: Father--My daughter . that you have been making Detroit 1 tells me, love to he Clubberly—T don’t know why she should single me ‘out among so many “Indianapolis Pross MosL innocent creature that ever hroke into the business,” wald the soubrette, 1 was actually xo guleless at first that T would tell people the exact amount of the salars 1 was getting.” think 1 was the Chicago Record: “The new wulsts are in the shop wi Y i you'll see that will work the weather man up to sending us a dickens of a spell of cold weather.” spring shirt wa already Somerville Journal: 1t {s very to st alone in the twilight, deal pleasanter to sit alone with somebody else. Philadel . pleasant ut It tn & good B in the twil hia Press: Towne—Of course he's an flliterate fellow, but he's excessively proud. He hoasts that he was “born and bred in old Kentucky." Browne--Good thing he wasn't Georgla. e couldn't have there; he'd have b born in been breud DIARY OF A BOARDER, Monday. Roast heef tonight for dinner! 1 ate to beat the Dutch A fre; like that's unusual; We don’t get many such Tuesday. The aftermath we've garnered M yesterdav's delight om that fine roast they gave us ime nice cold cuts tonight Wednesda That lucious Toust of Monday I8 lingering with us yet: Fwas served (o us this evening Disgulsed as heef croquette Thursday. It scems Mlss Skimp's investmer Tn roast was not 8o rash As we supp This evening “Twas served again-as hash I'riday. oduy we all were grateful To ket little fish, No beef, we hope, remaining v form another dish. Saturday \ght we greeted 1o mare our dear old {ri beef bones bolled for “potage!" Well, this must be the end. Sund "This beats the record! Thursday's hash—Oh, my | rust and raising added, ved as mincement ple Gee whiza! 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