Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 21, 1901, Page 4

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THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Btate of Nehraska, Douglas County, 88.: George B. Tzachiick, secretary of The Bee Pubiishing Company, being duly sworn, #ays that the actual number of full and plete coples of The Dally, Mornin Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th month of Decomber, 190, was as follows: 27,780 17............87,610 27,225 18, 27,780 ..27,800 10 27,310 ...27,200 2, LaTa80 2 ..27,420 22 .27,100 27,420 206,506 27,310 27,270 27,140 27,250 27,725 27,650 26,900 Total Less unsold and returned coples Not total sales.... . ..836,182 et dally average R Ak ek 20,041 o : BiEORGE B, TZ8CHUCK, Bubscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of December, A. D. 1900, M. B. HUNGATE (Seal.) Notary Public. inous rumbling is simply the That of nolse of Bryan's new paper coming down the track. The new century seems to be com mencing Its death record with the wost shining names of the old century. The warden of the penitentiary will hereafter insist on having advance no- tice of all legislative surprise parties that swoop down upon him. West Point cadets have agreed to swear off on hazing. The suspicion is abrond, however, that it I8 a new year resolution vot Intended to last the year out. Nebraska Is not the only state blessed with a senatorial deadlock. Utah and Delaware are also balloting daily to prevent Nebraska from becoming lone- some. s discovered an - repressible resemblan between Con- gressman Sutherland and Colonel Bryun. Champ should buy a new pair of glasses, A Dbill has been introduced into the legislature to relieve the sureties on the Hilton bond from their obligations to the state. Of course the bill is fathered by Ransom. There is no need of an smallpox scare in Omaba, as whatever cases of the disease have been uncovered here are well under control, with no danger of becoming epidemic, Champ Clar Tt took more than two months to elect a sepator from Nebraskn two yeass ago No need, therefore, of undue impatience over the election of two United Statos senators from Nebraska this yeur. 1f salt is the elixir of life, as Is clalmed by the new scientists in search of the fountain of youth, salling up Salt Creek will be invested with new pleas- ure for the politicians of the future. Real estate has been more active in Omaha according to the real estate deal- ers. This is only preliminary to a real estate revival that Is certainly on the boards for next spring and summer. Omaha has carrfed off the honors in the shooting match at Kansas Clty just closed. Kansas City must learn that it 18 not 8o much even though it was suc- cessful In overawing the census man Everyone In Nebraska, frrespective of politics, Is gratitied to hear the encour- aging reports from the bedside of Con gressman Neville at Washington, It is to be hoped he may recover completely and resume service in behalf of his dis trict, No public prosecuting officer has a right to use his position for the purpose of politienl persecution; otherwise a con- spiracy might be formed against any citizen to keep him constantly in the courts answering groundless complaints for fictitious offenses. There Is & marked difference between persecution and prosecution. Chicago has successfull blocked Omaha's efforts to secure the next an- nual live stock convention, but Omaha 18 by no means disconraged, because the campaign waged in its behalf has cer tainly made wany friends. The con vention will have to be located again for 1902 and the live stock men may as well count Omaha in it already. Cive Oil Inspector flin credit for his excellent report of fees collected over and above the expenses of his of fice. Mr. Gafiin's veport, however, must be regarded as a lefthanded compli- ment to his great reform predecessor, Chalrman Edmisten of the populist state committee. The republicans will let Edmisten and Gaffin fight it out. Senator-elect Patterson of Colorado Joined the populist party in 1892 and after getting all he could out of it de- serted it in 1001, It Is safe to say that if he made his declaration recant- ing populism and asserting his rvecon- THE ECONOMY THE WATCHWORD. While the legislature will not wrestle with the appropriation bills for some weeks to come the committees which have to pass upon the estimates of funds demanded for the varlous de partments of the state and state insti- tutions should not forget the necessity ol economy One of the tests to be applied to the success of the government under repub. lican control will be the financial test Although without any just reason, the fusionists of this state have carefully spread the impression that republican state government is equivalent to ex travagant state government, aud their plen for relnstatement by the voters will be a promise of retrenchment and smaller tax burdens. While the steady growth of the state will naturally require a corresponding expansion of state activity in all diree tions, which the people not only ex- pect but demand, at the same time they have no sympathy or countepance for waste or ununecessary expenditure, The money of the state ought to be ex- pended with the same regard to results and securing full returns for the o« lay that would obtain in private busi- ness. It the legislature will keep this con- stantly in mind it will avold wuch complaint In the future. THE RECIPROCITY TREATIES Notwithstanding the plea made by President McKinley, in his annual mes- sage, for the ratification of the reciproc- ity treaties, there appears to be small chauee of their receiving the approval of the senate. It is possible that a few of them, to which there is substantially no opposition, may be ratiied, but the indications are that a majority of them and perhaps all will fail of approval by congress, thus making futile all the arduous labor of the reciprocity com mission and defeating the purpose of the Dingley law for trade expaunsion by means of reciprocit It appears that very much hinges upon the Jamalean treaty, to whick there is strong opposition. It Is around this treaty, says the Washington correspond- ent of the New York Journal of Com- merce, that the principal controversy has eentered and nothing is likely to be done with any more of the treati by the senate committee uuless that with Jamalca is favorably reported. It I8 not quite clear why the failure of this convention should have any effect upon the others, but the fmpry seems to be that If one Is reject will be, If, as alleged, the treaty with Jamaica is a rather one-sided arrange- ment, securing less to the United States thun the concessions made by this coun try, it should be rejected or withdrawn modification, but this should not af- fect any other treaty deemed to be fair and equitable. The failure of the senate to ratify the reciprocity treaties, or at any rate the more important of them, will be a very damaging blow to the principle for which the republican party has long contended. It might have the effect of rendering almost impossible treaties of this kind hereafter. GOVERNMENT ARD IRRIGATION. Secretary Hitcheock bas prepared for the house committee on public lands a al report on the question of gov- ernment aid and control in the matter of irrigation. This is In connection with the proposition now being urged by western members of congress to the end that the government take the in- itiative In devising a comprehensive system for the reclamation of the vast areas of land that now only want water to convert the barren acres into garden spots teeming with fertility. It is unnecessary to repeat to 8 western audience the arguments of the secre- tary of the Interfor. Men who are fu- miliar with the conditions are also well acquainted with the specific reasons that are urged in support of govern- went aid in this respect. The only thing is to bring these to the attention of congressmen and senutors from east of the Missourl river with sufficient force to enlist their interest and sup- port. Secretary Hitcheock, in alwost the opening puragraph of his special report, makes a direct hit at the interest of the eastern mewmbers, He emphasizes the fact that any means that results in the upbuilding of the west must create an additional market for the manufactures of the east. This may seem a sordid way of looking at the matter, yet it is a purely business proposition. It is tantamount to a guaranty that the east will receive a divect return for any ben- efit it may confer on the west by as sisting in its development. Private enterprise Las done wonders in the development of irrigation in the west. It is not unreasonable that the genernl government should supplement the efforts already made by individuals and corporations, and carry to a success ful issue a comprehensive system of ir- rigation. RUSSIA IN MANCHURLA. It is rveported from Berlin that « many will not offer any obstacle to Russia’s claims upon Manchuria The dispateh states that the wan chancellor bas given the Rus. sian ambassador repeated assur- ances since the beginning of the Chi- nese troubles and quite recently again that Manchuria lies out of Germany's interest or commercial sphe i that it Is In nowise touched by the on Anglo-Gerwman agreement. This, if cor- rect, Is a very important fact, since it indicates that there will be no inter. ference on the part of any of the con tinental powers of KEurope with the course of Russia so far as the Chinese territory embraced in Manchuria is con cerned, and this being so It practically gives Russia a free hand in regard to that territory, it being hmprobable that either Great Britain or Japan will in terpose. Will Russia hold the portion of Man churia over whick she Las recently ex tended a protectorate and in the event version to democracy before his election us senator instead of after, he would not have had such a smooth road to travel of her doing so what effect will It have upon the commercial relations of the portion of the Chiness Empire? This question is of as much importan to the United States as to any other coun tr; because this nation has a large trade with the province of Manchuria Some ten days ago the Russian minister of fluance, in submitting his annual budget, said that the destruction of the rallway cansed Russia to send troops to Manchuria and he declared that his government was working for the paci- fication of the disturbed districts and for the restoration of good relations with China. He furtber sald that so soon as Russia’s immediate and urgent destinies were accomplished she would reduce her military forces in Manchuria, He also said: “Russia has accomplished all that it was her duty as a Christian power to do in China. We were In- duced to act thus, not by any prospect of advantuges, but by the consciousness of our solidurity with the whole human proving in an irrefutable manner that Russla fs pacitie, not because she i, but because she is consclous of her power” This was manifestly Intended as an answer to the inquiry of the powers, or some of them, in regard to Russia’s purpose in Manchuria and as no other response has been made is perbaps to he accepted as final, At all events the Indications are that Russin has no intention of relinquishing the recently occupled territory in Man- churia, which gives her the control of that populous provinee, with the privil- ege of closing it to the trade of the rest of the world. And in this, it appears, she lLas the countenance of Germany, which means all continental Europe. The great interest which the United States has fn this mat sug gests the Guestion whether our govern- ment s giving It the attention which its tmportance merits, s wed v SOME FRUITS OF FUSION, The election of two United States sen- ators a8 u result of fusion in Colorndo and Idaho—one a populist and the other w so-called republican—omly to have them declare, as soon as they had their credentials securely in thelr possession, that they had ceased alleglance to their former political organizations and would henceforth act with the democrats in name as well as in policy, must cause thoughtful populists to ponder over the prospects before them. Senator-elect Patterson of Colorado, who since 1802 has been a pillar of the populist party and presided over the Sioux Falls convention only last June, in his renunclation of populism de- clared: The principles of the Kansas City plat- form are those, in the main, for which the people’s and silver republican parties have contended. I believe a fight for them can be most successfully made within the demo- cratic ranks. Those who are outside of them are outside of the fortifications and are but helpless lookers-on. 1 can see no precent hepe for the triumph of the princi- ples of the Kansas City platform except through the democratic party Senator-clect Fred ‘I, Dubols of Idaho was one of the associates of Charles A. Towne in the organization of the so- called silver republican party. Like Towne, he was ready to go over to the democrats immediately after the cam- paign of 1806, but with him was de- terred from doing so at the wish of the democratic leaders, who thought they might be of more service to democ- racy by continuing the silver republican masquerad; at the time of the Kansas City conven- tlon, whereas Dubols continued to wear it until he had landed the senatorship, which was the cause of his original ad- hesion to the silver triumvirate, But he has now declared with equal posi- tiveness that as senator he will affiliate with the democrats. By this tlme the allies of the demo- cratic party in sllver states like Colo- rado and Idaho have outlived their use- fulness to the extent of being practically swallowed up by the democratie party, and the question naturally presents whether the populists of Nebraska have the same career mapped out for them or whether they can avold assimilation Dby anything short of immediate repudia- tion of fusion. As to the silver repub- licans in this state, they never amounted to anything as a political factor. What few there were have already either re- turned to republican ranks or embraced outright the creed of the democrats or the populists. 1 populism is to be used simply as a stepping-stone to oftice by disguised democrats, the original popu- lists, who had as great, if not greater, aversion to the demoeratic party as to the publican, will soon have thelr eyes opened and refuse to be used for such purpose, From these repeated announce of populist backsliding in other states it looks ar if fusion were no longer a serious problem except in Nebraska. nents re-election Francls E. Warren of Wyoming by the unanlmous choice of the republicans in the legislature of that state is a well de- The assured of Senator ved tribute to his efficiency in the ate. Senator Warren is thoroughly sentative of the western states and rep) 15 always found standing up for west- ern progress. That he will continue to be a useful member of the senate not only for Wyoming but for the nelghbor- ing states as well goes without saying Congressinan Stark claims to have made the discovery that ex-Governor Boyd, whose eligibility to the position of chief executive of the state wus ones questioned on the ground of ineligibility, i%, under a more recent decision of the supreme court, eligible to the presidency of the Unit States as a native-born citizen, 1t is consoling to know that Nebraska has other democrats besides Mr. Bryan eligible for the presidenéy should the requisition be made. Pat Crowe is wanted now simply as a socinl guest, and wanted so badly that lis friends are willing to puy liberally for the privilege of his company, What other explanation could be put on the offer of a reward simply for his presence The official organ of the Nebraska populists says that “the peculinr sena- torial situation has saved several seats rest of the world with that populous to the fusionists in the legislature,” This Towne threw off the mask | OMAHA DAILY | for carrying the ‘mails | penal and BEE: MONDAY A UARY 21, 1901 states the proposition o a nutshell. 1f it were not for the senatorial compli cation the fusion members of the legis lature who secured their certificates as a result of fraud would have been un seated without delay. The time is likely to come, too, before the session ends, when Important party legislation is at stake, that the votes of a few more re publicans would come in wighty handy. Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis, who i« high in the national democratic or ganization, has turned his back on Bryan as a candidate for 1904, saying that he expects the next democratic standard bearer to be a man of the Zach Taylor stripe. He falls to say whether he fills this deseription himself, and he also seems to forget that Zach Taylor ele ted ratic ran for president and was against the candidate of the dem party. —_—_— The compulsory resignation of [ fessor Howard of Leland Scanford makes another martyr to free speech that will be worked to the limit by the popocratie press, Here Is another chance for the popocratic board of regents of the Nebraska state university to come to the rescue by making a fat job for How ard in recognition of his support of Bryau. The other senatorlal aspirants only wish they had a legislative following as steadfastly loyal to the candidate to whom they are committed ns the Doug- las county members. Real Thing in Totems, Boston Transcript. The Sitka Indians have long quarrelled over their clan totems, but recently they have held a grand palaver and wisely agreed to make the American flag their only totem. rtune Recrulting, Philadelphia Ledger. It is now expected that the recruiting sta- tions for the new army will be opened in time to be of service to young farmers who desire to escape the spring plowing « Trick. adelphia Ledger. A trust has been detected in selling by short welght. It was only a trifle in each case, only a shortage of four ounces in a | gallon of oll; but it appears by the judicial proceedings to have gained for the trust the very respectable sum of $12,012 in its dealings with a single party, so that the ag- gregute of profit gained in this way must have been something handsome. The oc- currence shows that a trust can stoop to very small things when there is money in them. anish the Plundere Indlanapolls Press ‘I'be supreme court at last has decided that Neely must be tried in Cuba. Now, try him as quickly as can be, and Rathbone, too. Spare no officials, high or low, civil or mill- tary, that have sought to plunder Cuba. It has been asserted often that the American people are conducting in Cuba the most gigantic philanthropic enterprise the world ever has known. All the more shocking, then, is the conduct of our agents who have betrayed our trust and robbed the object of our charitable endeavor. Better Than His Patrons. Chicago Chronicle, It is perfectly certain that, despite the disrepute which surrounds the calling of a usurer, men 1{ke the late Sam Lewis of Lon- don are a good deal better than most of their clients. Lewls, for example, loaned mouey to titled nincompoops who were not his equals in intelligence, in modesty or in charity. In a way he was a finaneler of great ability. His bquests to charity show that he had gomerous impulses. Could as much be said of the aristocratic spend- thrifts and dead beats who borrowed money from him? Cont a rying the Mail, Indianapolis Journal The public has 80 long been told that the postal authorities pay three or four prices that many have come to belleve the story and to cite the statement as evidence of the power of rafl- road corporations over those who have the contracts. One of these statements is to the effect that 40 cents per ton per mile is paid for carrylng the malls, while only 20 cents per ton is pald by passengers and .82 of a ent per mile for carrying freight. The enate aud house committee which has just investigated the matter, employing an ex- pert statisticlan, reports that instead of 40 cents & mile a ton for mall-carrying the price is 125 cents. Thus one anti-railroad statement is destroyed THE LATE GOV NOR MOUNT. Indianapolis News: In war, in peace, in public and in private life, there appeared the same earnest effort to do the best that lay in him. Surely the much-quoted phrase, “Well done, good and faithful servant,” can be sald truthfully of him It ever it could of any man. His life ends with a respect, & regard and an effection from those that knew him best that is accorded to few whatever have been their llves. He is sincerely mourned. Indianapolis Press: James A. Mount was one of the finest specimens of American manhood; an example of what our institu- tions can produce; a citizens of the re- respect, & regard and an affection from the ranks to large sphere of influence, and who always used bis powers for the best result. Servant of d, well done, Rest trom thy loved employ, The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. Chicago Record: Ex-Governor James A. Mount, whose sudden death causes general regret, was of a type of men whose particl- pation in politics should be welcomed. Es- sentially & man of the people in habits and methods of thought, Mr. Mount during his term &8 governor of Indiana kept the people’s point of view and tried honestly to serve them as they would like to be served. As a result he held a degree of confidence and esteem which enabled him to take a stand against political lutrigues to improve the civil service and to ad- minister state fpstitutions on a business basis even when the politicians opposing his course were most insistent. His career has served to 'illustrate what satisfactory service may be given in public office by men who, even if they ar without esp-elally brilliant gifts, have honesty of purpose and o true regard for the interests of the ma- Jority, Indianapolis Journal: To the dead ex- governor belongs the honor of putting the penal, reformatory and benevolent institu- tions of the state upon the high plane of | nonpartisanship. The legislature made (his posaible, but a less consclentious and reso- lute executive wowld have made the law inaffective. It was not an easy thing to do, but Governor Mount did it. His boards are made up of some of the best men In both parties, and the result generally rec- ognlzed is clean and vigorous administra- tion. General Harrison expressd the con- viction of the iutelligent people of Indiana when he said, that “Governor Mount's non- partisan administration of the benevolent reformatory institutions of the praise of all state deserves the unstinted good men,” and when General Harrison further remarked that “every subsequent administration is put under bonds not to lower the mark’ he uttered a warning that prudent men will heed. STATE PRESS ON STATE POLITICS Weeplaog Water Republican At Vinton, Ta,, the school for bliud, with an attendance of 112 pupils, was maintained for two years At a cost of $48,000, while the one at Ne- braska City, with only forty-five students, cost the state $50,000 for the same length of time. The difference fs the difference in the management of republican and fusion methods of economy Kearney Hub: The legislature should legislate carefully and wisely with refer- ence to the benoficiary institutions that bave grown up in the state. Where the law Is weak it should be amended so that it will be necessary to strengihen these In- stitutions and provide for the greatest se- curity for their policy and certificate hold- ers. The wildcat concerns should be weeded out. It is better to have a few strong bene- ficiary and insurance assoctations than many weak and struggling ones. Grand Island Democrat: We have too many laws rather than too few. We have too many politicians and (0o few statesmen That's the reason we have so many laws Politicians make new laws; statesmen im- prove what we have. There's the difference between those who want thelr cduntry to do something for them and those who want to do something for their country. Here's a suggestion to the new Nebraska legislature Don’t add to the mass of burdensome legis- lation. Repeal much now on the statute books, elect the senators and go home. McCook Tribune: The legislature will stand up for Nebraska by killing the sun- dry attempts already being made to unload empty “boom” bufldings onto the state for normal school purposes. Especially should all such efforts having Lincoln and the eastern part of the state as beneficiaries be promptly killed. Practically all the state Institutions and schools in Nebraska are now located in the eastern part of the state. An effort to establish a state normal in Lin- coln, where 8o many stato intstitutions are now located has an aspect particularly hog- gish Friend Telegraph: The average legislator bethinks himself of the fact that he should during the session father at least a half dozen different bills. The facts are that Nebraska has at this time laws which bad by far better, be off the statute books; laws which are, and always have been, dead let- ters; laws which are a menace to good gov- | ernment. If the legislature would repeal a couple of hundred of these laws, pass reas- onable appropriation bills, elect two United States senators of whom the great mass of the people would approve, and then ad- journ and go home, there would be more cause for rejoicing all over the state than there has been for many years Beatrice Express paign, wheu the enemy was making every possible effort 1o create a sentiment agatust Mr. Dietrich, every voter received or was shown copies of a circular written by a highly moral and virtuous clergyman at Hasting: who pointed out in lnpassioned language (hat the republican candidate for governor was a patron of prize fights. He pointed out the hideous probability that in case of Dietrich's election he would wel- come the brulsers to Nebraska with open arms. During the first month of the new governor's administration he has recelved a telegram from Ohio asking 1f a blg prize fight can be pulled off here. It musi be a great disappointment to the Hastings clergy- man to learn that the governor replied with a prompt and peremptory “No," and that he is determined to prevent any such exbibi- tions. The matter s not very important, but since everybody saw the circulars ro- ferred to it may be slightly Interesting to recall the circumstance now and keep his- tory straight. Governor Dockery of Missouri is one of the few men left who wears boots. E. W. Carmack, the new United States senator from Tennessee, is a journalist and for several vears was editor-in-chief of the Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial-Appeal Peter F. Dunne, the author of the “Doo- ley" papers, has left the Chicago hospital, where he' was for some time desperately ill, and is enjoying his former good health. J. 1. Bullock, who died in Liverpool, Eng- land, the other day, acted as a confederate agent n that port during our war of the rebellion and negotiated for the building of the rebel cruiser Alabama. Charlotte Bronte was once the govern- ess of the little boy who became the late Prof. Sldgwick. 1t Is remembered that she did not particularly enjoy her days of tu- ition in the Sidgwick family J. R. Burton, who succeeds Lucien Baker as senator from Kansas, was the only prom- Inent republican in Kansas who, through all the free silver agitation, remained true to his advocacy of sound money. The pet weakness of Hall Caine, the Eng- lish novelist. is that he bears a strong physical resemblance to Shakespeare. He is sald to he as proud of this alleged fact as Semator Cullom {8 of his fancied re- semblance to Lincoln. Colonel Goldsmith is the most distin- guished Jew serving in South Africa. As an administrator he has gained the highest praise from Lord Roberts. He was once sent by Baron Hirsch to rescue from finan- clal ruin the Jewish colonfes in Argentina Colonel George M. Smith, the London publisher, in his literary recollections, pub- lishing in Cornhill, says that George Eliot got $35,000 for “Romola.”” and might have had $50,000 it her artistic conscience had al- lowed her to divide the novel into sixteen parts, as Mr. Smith wished. RANK AS A WAR Near the Foot of the Army Stren Kansas City Star, The increase of the regular army pro- vided for in the reorganization bill will not put the United States in the ranks of the great military powers. Under the terms of the act the army, on a peace footing, will consist of about 5%,000 men, while it may be increased to about 100,- 000 at the discretion of the president. At its normal size the United States military force would be only three-quarters of one soldler to 1,000 persons. Taking pop- ulation Into account Great Britain has ten soldiers and France twenty-five to Amer- iea’s one. On a war footing the United States would stand twelfth in the list of nations with cstablishments reduced to peace dimensions It the American force is on & peace basls it falls to the twentieth place in the list. Yet the United States stands first in wealth and ability to support an army. A table of the military establishments of various nations prepared by the War department shows that on a war footing the percentage of the United States army 10 its population is less than that of Brazil, Mexico, Denmark, Portugal and the Neth- During the recent cam- | | 11gEt; we bequeath the X-ray ETCHINGS © WASHINGTON LIFE Gosslp About Men and Events at the Natlonal Capita Senator Vest of Missouri pays a hand- some tribute to President McKinley in a recent interview with a correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle. “Mr. McKinley's policy toward the south,” sald the sena- tor, “has been a very wise one and what- ever else may be sald he {s one of the best | politicians that have been in the White House since the days of Martin Van Buren. He has done more to Injure the democratic party In the south than all the other re- publicans together. His declaration in re gard to the decoration of the graves of the confederate dead and his appointment of prominent confederates to high commands in the army has done a great deal toward bringing the together and he de- serves full for this. I think that about the only good thing so far that has come out of the Spanish war has been the placing of the northern and southern sol- dlers side by side, fighting in the same cause. Mr. McKinley was right when he complimented Booker Washington and ap- proved what he was doing in Alabama. He I8 the only negro who has done anything toward sottling the race question in the south. This question must be settled, not by legislation, but by industrial education and in teaching the negro to be self-sup- porting. The only hope for the settlement of the question properly is with the bet- ter class of the whites and biacks in the scuthern states. The negro has been given the right of suffrage and the only remedy is to qualify him for the exercise of that right. This can be accomplished only by long years of forbearance on both sides by conservative action. Of course, there will be scenes of violence and disor- |der, such as we have witneesed lately ia many of (he northern states, but no leg- islation by congress will help the matter." The broad and expansive form of Con- gressman Shattuc o Ohio is decorated, not to say garnished, with a beautiful red vest, reports the Washington Post. It Is not the brilliant color of the golfer's coat, nor ye' the glorlous hue of an Italian sunset, but it is red enough to suggest a conflagration or a lacerated porker. It looms up from a somber surroundings in the house like a house afirc Mr. Shattuc Is the congressman who un- dertook some time ago (o initiate his col- leagu General Grosvenor, into the mys- | teries of the game of “craps.” He knows all about “‘come seven, come eleven,” and |18 proud of his knowledge. With wmuch more pride, however, does he display his red walstcoat. He lounges in his seat, with his head thrown back and his chest thrown forward, so that the rotundity of his ample form, swathed in red, suggests the glowing globe of a sun-revolving planet. It is a sight for the gods, worthy of a poet laureate's verse and destined some of these days to be commemorated in Homerlic eplc or Tennysosian ode Captain Smedley D. Butler, 19 years old, now in Washington, Is a_son of Congress- man Butler of Pennsylvania and has served in the Spanish-American and Philippine wars and in the march to Pekin, says the New York Tribune. At the battle of Tien Tsin Butler, who was then a lieutenant, was shot while carrying a wounded pri vate to a place of safety under the enemy's fire. The private died beside Butler when they were brought to a place of safgty. Though his wound had not yet healed, But- ler went to Pekin, taking part in all the fighting. He was again wounded at the tak ing of Pekin, but refused to go to the rear and was chosen to carry a message to Min- ister Conger. When he reached the min- ister the latter asked him what his name was. On hearing it Mr. Conger exclaimed “My boy, when I was in congress your grandfather was my friend and had the next desk to mine.” After the battle Butler gave in and went to the hospital, where he bad a severe siege of typhoid fever. Ie was again sent to the hospital in the Phil- ippines and was on the sick list of the trarsport Grant whe she salled for San Francisco. He recovered on the way and is now in fair health. The announcement that F, K. Richards of Washington had been appointed United States marshal of Alaska in place of . L. Vawter of Montana, resigned, covers a rather sensational story, related by the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record. Vawter was appointed about a vear age on the recommendation of Sena- tor Carter. From aMdavits filed in the ofice of the attorney general it appears that last summer he called on Judge s of the United States district court at Nome and said that friends had authorized him to offer Noyes $20,000 in gold dust as a con- sideration for the removal of Alexander McKenzie, who had been appointed recelver to certain mining claims that were then in disputo and iu charge of the court. Judge Noyes called in the district attorney and 0. K. Wheeler of Minneapolis, his private secretary, and required Vawter to repeat his proposition In their presence. Vawter attempled to crawl out of the scrape, but finally agreed to place his resignation as United States marshal in the hands of Judge Noyes if the latter would let the mat ter drop. Judge Noyes agreed to do so, and forwarded the resignation hy mail to Sena- tor Carter, on whose recommendation Vaw- ter had been appointed, with a detailed ex- planation of the circumstances. Senator Carter suppressed the resignation until he was prepared to recommend a successor, and then filed It with the attorney general. Much has been written of between the old and the new century, but Representative Fitzgerald of Massacshu setts probably takes the palm for the best condensation of the world's progress in a speech recently delivered in congress. “Think for a moment,” he said, 100 years has brought forth. 'This tury received from its predecessor horse; we bequeath the bicycle, the loco- motive and the automobile. We received the quill, and we bequeath the typewriter We recelved the scythe, and we bequeath the mowing machine. We recelved the sickle; we bequeath the harvester. We re celved the hand-printing press; we be queath the Hoe cylinder press. We re- celved the painted canvas; we bequeath litbography, photography and color pho tography. We received the cotton and woolen loom; we bequeath the factory We recelved gunpowder; we bequeathed nitro-glycerine. We received the tallow dip; we bequeath the arc light and the Standard Ol trust. We received the flint- lock; we bequeath the automatie firing Maxim gun Recelving nothing, we be- queath the anaesthetic properties of sul- phuric ether, by means of which to a great extent human life has been saved and pain prevented. We received the beacon signal fire; we bequeath the telephone and wire- less telegraphy. We recelved ordinary We r ived the contrast “what cen- the criands, among the weaker powers, in time | the old-fashioned sailing ship; we bequeath of peace. Only .13 per cent of the total pop- ulation of the United States would be in the military service in war. Belgium keeps 77 per cent of its population under arms, Great Britain .08 per cent, Italy 1 per cent rmany 1.1 per cent, Norway 1.34, and ance 1.6 per cent The great powers of Europe may be ruled out of consideration and the smaller ones used as 4 basis. Yet in comparison with even their forces that proposed for the United States sinks into insignificance. On a peace footing the American army, com- pared with the population, will be less than one-sixth as large as that of any other first-class power. The needed | crease In the United States regular forces will not begin to put this government among the military powers of the world, which dre weighed down by their fighting establish- the n greyhound and frelght carrier.” oce the enormous D DISCOURAGE MAZIN Amendment D the Army Chicago Post That the government Is determined to take steps that will either stop or greatly restrict hazing at West Point is evidenced Signifcan roorated by an amendment to the military academy bill adopted yesterday by the senate com- mittee on military affairs. This pro vislon, short, crisp and to the point, reads as follows “Under the direction of the secretury of war the superiniendent of the United States Military academy shall make and enfoice such rules and regulations as will prevent the practice of h: zing; and any cadet found Lnnu be expelled shall cadets therein United States There was no argument in the commit- tee against (his addition to the academy bill. ‘The sentiment was a unit that a con tinuation of such incidents as have been brought to light recently would be & dis credit to the academy and to the army service, and that those connected with them as aggressors should recelve sum- mary punishment The bill with this amendment goes befo: the senate today and, judging from the temper of the mem- bers both houses, there s not much doubt of its passage Public sentiment also will heartily en- dorse the proposed enactment. The Amer- ican peoplo dearly love fair play, and they have not been able to find many traces of it In the testimony given by cadets before the army and house fnvestigating commit- tees. They cannot see anything short of bullying in compellirg a fourth-class “plebe.”" physically untrained and undevel- oped, to stand up before a skilled first- class boxer and be, by well-directed punches, initiated into the first degree of & West Polnter's conception of courage and gentlemanliness. Perhaps In this the people are wrong, but as they support the academy they have a right to say how it shall be conducted Hazing at West Point, when it takes the form of brutality and unfairness, is doomed. The proposed amendment leaves 10 loophole for escape from the penalty which the secretary of war and superin- tendent of the academy are enjoined to inflict upon those guilty of the practice. And there is a general impression that future officers of the army will be none the less manly aud courageous because this semi-barbarous custom has been eliminated. from 1ot be reappointed to the corps ot the academy and nor to the army of the SUIT OF HAPPINESS, Late Phil Armour's Advice to Y Men Matrimonially Inclined. Chicago Tribune, There 1s a sage plece of advice, attributed to the late Philip D. Armour, which young men in search of wives should do well to Need. It shows that Mr. Armour was a safe counselor in other matters than those con- nected with the packing of pork or the ups |and downs of the provision market. Mr. Armour’s advice is in these words: ‘“The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good woman and marry one of her daughters—any one will do.” This is sound advice from a hard-headed and unsentimeatal man. The rock upon which so many matrimonial alliances are wrecked Is the mother-in-law. If the mother 16 @ trlal before marrlage the mother-in- law is scmetimes & much more serious trinl after marriage, hence the importance of studying the future mother-in-law with thoroughness and selecting her with care. The moment a young man finds he is grow- ing Interested in a daughter he should poat- vone informing her of that interesting fact and devote his observations to the mother. Mothers-in-law are hard to cultivate, as & rule, but a young man of tact need have no difficulty In pursuing his investigations while makinghimself agreeable and perhaps indfs- pensable to her. She will take his attentions the more readily perhaps because it will r mind her of her own young days. As atten- tions from her liege lord have naturally languished during the lapse of time and per- haps been discontinued nltogether the feminine craving for them will be gratified This will make for the best interests of the young man and it will give him the coveted opportunity for study of hew. If he finds that she is a good woman the prob bilitles are that the daughter is a good woman also, and he can enter upon the de- 1ghtful duties of courtship with an ardor in- creased by the knowledge that he is making no mistake, having wisely eelected the mother-in-law. He will be happy. If, on the other hand, he does not study the other-in-law carefully and select wi if he plunges 'nto matrimony recklessly, making no account of the mother-in-law, he will ba.apt to discover before he has ven- tured far on tize connubial course that he fs salling in dangerous waters, and he will be unhappy. Undoubtedly much injustice In done to mothers-in-law, but as they are un- certain Mr. Armour's advice in regard (o selecting them should be heeded. IGHTLY SAID. Detrolt Froe Press: “What is the indis- pensable gt of a successful artiat nowa- eneah) Well, he must have the knack of mak- ing his work look crazy and stylish.” Washington Star: “This pugllist who 1 so anxious to meet you—do you consider him in vour class The prize fighter drew himself up to his full helght and answered with scorn: “I should say not. Why he doesn't aven know how to use a fypewriter.” hronicle 1 Pittsburg “There was one thing 1 look in valn in the pro- ceedings of the Sheep Hreeders' assocla- tion." sald Gaswell to Dukane. “What was that?" “A paper on the nuiure and disposition of the hydraulic ram.” Indianapolis Press: The “armer—Don't tell_ me vou ain't able to work. .1 go to work at daylight an’ work till dark and I ain't no_stronger than you Weary Watkins -No, 1 guess you ain't, but you arc one of them genjuses. ribune: L am glad you are go- y all night, Dot T wili have some hoys come and spend the evening Ko with us. ‘Who, auntie? asked Miss Dot “Well, I'll have Dick g and brin, Freddy winte “Duncan — ang Tommy 1 “Why don’t go with boys now who don't shave. Somerville Journal: Winks—He said he was a New Englander Binks--Well, how do vou know he isn't? Winks—Why, he doesn’t show the least trace of catarrh Philadelphia Press: “Onco when 1 was out for rabbits and not prepared for any thing bizger.” wald the talkative sports man, I ‘almost stumbled over a big black ar. ‘I know what vou're going to say,” in- terrupted the scoffer. “What?" “That you realized at once what trouble was brufn.” WHE IN MY PA WAS A BOY, My pa ix alays tellin’ how good he ter be Ter wlays mind his parents, when he was a hoy like me, #ot In any mischief and alays liked r work all his lessons when never tried ter shirk Nev Got at school and I've alays had n of a boy that's awiul good, Who never grumbles when he has ter carry in the wool, Who never gt wants a gun, whitt's the have any fun? ¥ 'pin In mischiet and never ¥or e of livin' if yer can't But one day pi was talkin’ when he thought 1 wasn't near. Ter w man he used ter play with, ana it made mo laugh to hear Him tell about his funny tricks and how he use tor be A-gittin’ In ter mischief when he was a boy like me about_the loose In school He didn’t_know the act &0 like a fool The teacher tried ter twasn't any use And once. wid, he threw a stone and Killed a neighbor's goose He t time he let a squirrel thing would run and find him out, but He used ter tease his sister when she had W beau; Alays liked ‘a circus and like a show ; Had a dog named Carlo, hiched him to a sled, Licked a boy ter bed wild west for teasin’ him, then got sent er, hoys full ‘of vin And when he was a boy like me there no flies on him an 1l be like 1 gt tor be'a n boys that 1 was alays good as I tell I'm proud of pa, he's alays wan't him, guilty of participating In such practice r s And tell m T could be Omaha, Neb. R U BHAFTOE.