Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 12, 1901, Page 6

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Business be addre pany, Om BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btate of Nebrask Klas County, S, George 1) ecretary of Beo Publishing company, g duiy sworn, ®ave that the actual number of full an complet. Daily, Morning printed during the wus a8 follows: 1 26,050 ..20,020 Evening ar 25,010 26,870 28,840 25,770 26,010 .. 26,270 46,750 26,615 25,760 25,040 28,770 ..%5,700 Total v Less unsold and returned coples 124 Net total sales....... 0,034 L. uBuTy SCHUCK. d_sworn to 1901, Net dail Subscribed In my presence before me this 4th day of Mare! (Seal.) M. B._H L) ¥ talking calamity to some farme in the Nebraska wheat belt today. The legislators can now see the time when pay will stop. Working for noth ing will be an incentive to finish up the business on haud in a hurry. —— Carrle Nation complains that Kansas Jails smell of tobacco smoke, One way for Mrs., Nation to obviate this incon- venlence 18 to keep out of fail. Only forty-four votes were needed in the joint session lay to elect sen- ators, owing to absentees. No one was able to muster that many votes, sl That South Omaha charter, in the parlance of the street, has been all shot to pleces. Its fate is an indication of ‘what can be done when corporations try, Sickness In the legislature has been a marked feature of the session up to date, but o far no favoritism has been shown, Both parties have suffered alike, —_— March roared the lion as best he can, but the effect in Nebraska is a broad gmile on the farmer's face. It was another of those good old million-dollar E0OWS, The storm had no effect on the polit- feal wires at Lincoln. They worked without interruption, though there is constant fear that some of them may “ground.” As usual the Fake Factory has had to back up. Its Saturday morning Issue settled the whole senatorial question, but its Monday morning paper admits that there's nothing to it. Dispatches from Mississippl indig- nuntly deny that a colored man w Iynched at Carthage, in that state, Sun day. They assert it has been fully a week since a negro has been lynched in Mississippl. Keep the record straight, Candidates for governor are as thick in lowa as senatorinl candidates in Nebraska and a long time remains be- fore entries close. The honor of belng governor of a state like lowa is worth striving for and it is small wonder that candidates are plentiful, Sportsmen who are Interested in the game law pending before the legislature are also interested in the appointment of the wardens who are provided for. The place of chief warden is already | in much request, What s needed Is a man who will enforce the law, An Indlana railrond has sued a brake- man for damages for causing a wreck. Brakemen as a rule are wen of affu- ence and even if they have nothing laid up their princely salary would soon en able them to make good auy losses sus tained by the poor railtoad companies, is a lose heavy destruction of the medical college of the lowa through the State university by fire, The chief loss is the wmuseum, which cannot be re- placed. One thing is certain, that the Hawkeyes will not be niggardly in pro- viding & vew home for the wmedlcal faculty. Governor Herried of South Dakota congratulates himself that of sixteen recommendations for reform made In his message to the legislature, thirteen have been enadted into law. ‘Thirteen may be an unlucky number, but in this case it will work for good for the people of South Dakota, Nebraskuns can put up with the com- paratively small discomforts which the storm caused for the sake of the good it has done. The winter grain needed the covering and the moisture, which has also put the soil in good condition to start on a race with former records in the crop luoe. —_— The fire at the Nebraska peniten- tiary, two fires at the lTowa State uni- versity, one at the lTowa Agricultural college and one at’ the Glenwood asy- lum within a few years should be a sufficient argument to prevent the tion of anything except fireproof stru tures for public buildings, } THE BRITISH ANSWER. The British ambassador yesterday communicated to Secreta He the answer of the British government re specting the amendments to the Hay- Pauncefote treaty. As had been pre- viously Intimated, Great Britain de- clines to aceept the amendments, ex- pressing regret that such a course wns foreed upon the government. No coun- tor-proposals were submitted aud our government was informed that it must make the overture in the event of uny further attempt to amend the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. In other words, the British government, taking the posi- tion that the old treaty Is in full force and effect, proposes to have nothing more to say on the subject unless in vited by the United States to renew negotiations. There Is nothing offensive in this atti- tude, though it would npot have dero- gated from the dignity of the English government If it had indicated a will- ingness to renew negotiations and to have done would tafnly lave been fn the interest of friendship, As it s the advocates of the abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty arve very likely to be stimulated to greater ef- fort and it I8 quite probable will have an increased popular support of their view of the duty of the United States in the matter, If there should be nothing further done before the me Ing of congress Senator Morgan may be able to command more attention, both in the senate and in the country, for his resolution declaring the Clayton- Bulwer treaty abrogated and indeed it €0 I8 quite possible such a resolution would pass. It is sald to be the fmpression at Washington that there will be no im- mediate action looking toward the ne gotlation of a treaty and really there is little to encourage a renewal of the effort to effect a falr and satisfactory arrangement. Still the administration should try again, however lopeless further negotiations may appear. THE EANTERN PROBLEM. The eastern problem Is by no means solved, New complications are develop ing and to what further ditficulties they may lead no one can foresee. A Pekin corvespondent says, referring to the schemes of Russia, that the situation is regarded as very gloomy, that even the Chinese plenipotentiaries declare openly that Intervention by the pow is not desirable unless they are prepared to back up their protests, None of them is prepared and Russia understands this perfectly, She knows that she has an advantage which she can maintain if she wills to do so and in spite of her protestations to the contr it 18 ex- tremely probable that she intends to hold fast to that advantage. Great Britain may protest never so vigorously, but she will not back up the protest, for the obvious reason that she dare not attempt it alone and she can count upon no ally. Germany appears indifferent and perhaps would not hesi- tate to do a little territory grabbing her- self if there was favorable opportunity, such as Russian annexation of Man- churia would afford. France will side with Russia. The other KEuropean powers are insigniticant factors, As to the United States, while it has a very vital luterest in the situation, it will not go beyond an expression of its disap- proval, already communicated to the powers, of any attack upon the terr torial integrity of China. Whateve diplomatic influence our government s able to exert will undoubtedly be fully and earnestly employed, but it will enter into no alllance that might in- volve it in forcible intervention to pre- vent Russia or any other power from obtaining Chinese territory. also deeply concerned, but will hardly venture to earry opposition to Russian desigus farther than to protest. There are other facts In the situation, according to the latest advices, which glve It a disquieting aspect. The two most powerful leaders in the anti- foreign uprising are reported to have prepared to resist arrest and bave col- lected a counslderable mllitary force for this purpose. This may mean more than now appears, It may prove to be the pucleus of a revolutionary move- ment of wide-reaching extent. Tuan aund Hslang are men of large influence and apparently possessed of those qual- ities that wake a strong leader, It is probable that If disposed they can or- ganize a revolution and it Is not to be | doubted that they will attempt to do so if their arrest is insisted upon. There are other reports of preparations for resistance to the allies which if true show that the Chinese are not every- where as bumble and submissive as those about Pekin. The most serious question at this mo- ment, however, has reference to the desigus of Russla. If that power secures the complete control of Man- churia which it is belleved, in spite of assurances to the contrary, she Is seek- ing, the partition of China among the leading European powers, other than Great Britain, will be only a question of time and the consequences of this to the commerclal interests of other na- tions would certainly be serious, It would undoubtedly be destructive of the open door pollcy and lock up the most populous and wealthy portions of China to the trade of the powers in control of the territory. NO THREA MARK. The denial made a few days ago at the State departmpent of the statement in a London paper to the effect that this governwent had notificd the Danish government that it would not permit a transfer of the Dauish West Indles to auy foreign power, was entirely proper, though the improbable nature of such a statement must have been apparent to all intelligent readers of it. While it 1s well understood that the United States would not regard with equa- nimity the sale by Denmark of its islynds fn the West Indies to any other nation than this, still it Is doubtful if this vountiy would joterfere if Den- mark could dispose of these possessions for wore money than our government was willing to pay for them. Indeed, it is a question vyheuwr we could find Japan s | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SDAY MARCH 12, 1901 any Jjustification for interference, for It is by no wmeans apparent that the Monroe doctrine would be involved in the transfer of those islands from one European power to another. However, it is not probable that a issue of that kind will ever arise. It is not known that any Europenn power wants to buy the Danish West Indies and it is very certain that no govern- ment would enter Into compet! n with the Unlied States for them. We do not think this country needs those islands, but it is safe to say that when ever they are sold by Denmark they will pass under Americun jurisdiction, NEW PAVING LAW. Three int s are concerned in the compromise paving bill now pending be- fore the legislature, the property own ers, the ¢ity and the general public. Property owners are interested in hav- ing ample protection against meddlers or irrespousible persons who might se- cure through the city council the order ing of unnecessary and expensive im provements, They are iuterested in having all their rights safeguarded by law. This protection Is guaranteed by the provision for petition made in the new law, The clty Is interested mainly in hav- ing a law governing the matter of pav- ing and othe public improvements which will secure a legal and valid as- sessment after the fmprovements have been made. Owaha has had an un- fortunate experience in this line, and the aim is to prevent a repetition. The city must have the unquestioned right to levy the tax needed to pay for the improvements after the work ls done, without the danger of the cost belng eventually shoved off onto the general fund. Both of these points are fully covered in the compromise paving bill. The rights of the property owners are con- served by the provision for the peti- tlon protesting agalnst the work, while the city is amply protected by the pro- vision which makes the tax binding on the order of the city councll The general public has a right to hav needed fmprovements made irrespective of the wishes of the obstructionists who would withhold their names from the petitions asking to bave the work done and thus block the public of the service to which it is entitled. Many needed improvements have in the past been prevented by the actions of men who persistently oppose any work of a pub- lic nature to the cost of which they are expected to contribute. It s protection against these that the general public is given under the proposed law, The new bill does not differ so very greatly from the present law, Now the council has the right to order pav- ing on strects within a radlus of 3,000 feet from the city hall. The new law amends the old so as to enable the city to compel non-residents and local ob- structionists to ma improvements needed, but only on streets that have wever been improved, The right of protest by petition Is sufficient to pro- tect the propeity owner. 1f wisely ad- winistered there can be no valld ob- Jecetion to the operations of the proposed law, It s intended to stop abuses under which both public and individuals have suffered. It contalns provisos which limit the excrcise of the power of the council to order new paving, holding this privilege to the cases of paving on streets not improved, but which are contiguous to or continuous of streets already paved. It protects the contrac- tor in that it assures him his pay when the work is done, but It prevents him from working up deals for bits of pav- ing In outlying districts, It will do away with the existence of unpaved streets in the business district, several of which have become objectionable eyesores. It does not Interfere with the rights of any oune, but it does give the council a right it should have, that of getting streets lmproved in spite of the obstruc- tionists. The interest of the United States In preventing the Russian grab in Man- churia is evident from the statement of imports into that portion of China. Ameriean manufacturers sell the greater portion of the cotton goods con- sumed there and the gobbling of the country by a foreign power would mean the loss of that trade. The United States wants the open door in Chiua and if It can be preserved there Is a great market there for American prod- ucts. not to be Carter were Dlessed for anything else, the effects on If Senator the prospects for frrigation of his famous speech agalnst the river and | harbor bill have been worth the effort. The discussion he started has become general, and gives ground for the hope that at the next congress a more suc- essful effort can be made to secure recognition for this great feature of far western development, While all the powers say they intend to get out of China the United States Is the only one giving evidence by its acts that it is sincere, The latest order issued to the troops leaves only two companies in Pekin to act as lega- tion guards. This action would appear to be a suflicient answer to the charge that the adwministration was bent upon a policy of world conquest, The republican press of the state 15 expressing its opinion freely on an es- tra session of the legislature and that opinion is that no extra session Is needed. What Is dewanded {8 that the legislature at its present session elect two republican senators and transact the other necessary business, There can be no question of the correctness of this view, — Misplaced Affectio Springfield Republican. The disagrecable phase of the San Juan riot is that it quickly became & demonstra tion of popular feeling aginst Americans in general. Can't we make somebody love us? John Bull's Growing Burden. Philadelphia Ledger. The loss of more than $6,500,000 in British exports during February is accounted for by & heavy decres in metals and manu- facture of metals, and «&bis, in turm, Is ' largely due to the competition of the United States. But, however it occurred, the loss is not a pleasant thing for the British tax- payer to contemplate in connection with the hedvy expenses of the Boer war. Where the Shoe Pinches. Washington Post. The American shoe mavufacturers are glving their British contemporaries the hot foot n several sections of the globe. The Britisher finds it diicult to be cousinly under such circumstances. Too Far in the Fo Baltimore American Already the political prophets are pick- ing out Presideat McKinley's successor. The political philosophers are not troubling themselves, resting on thelr motto: “‘Take care of the present and the future will take care of ftselt.’” Can_ the Stream Be Check Loulsville Courler-Journal. It is easy enough to offer a resolution in the senate for the limitation of debate, but under the present rules how is such reso- lution to pass? Since 1850 ninety-seven of these resolutions have been introduced in the senate. Resolutions may come and resolution may go, but the senate’s stream of talk goes on forever Tt is the province of fiction to teach, but not to teach us facts; theee are all too insistent in dafly jite. Let it teach us truth; and this cannot be done by showing us the details of eyil, but by keeping our eyes fixed upon the grand result—the up- ward march of the race, unheeding, save to ald, those who fall by the way. This, and not minutine of detail, were true reallsm, unless all life is a le Per: Minneapolis Times. The poor bachelor is catchiug it from all quarters this year. Legislatures aro trying to tax him into the nuptial noose and busi- ness concerns are discriminating against him. Now comes the Camdem Interstate rallway of Kentucky, with a rule that hereafter no unmarried men shall be em- ployed as conductors or motormen. Wages have been increased and bachelors in the service are courting for dear life. Men Warring on Women, Philadelphia North American. The British in South Africa have resumed hostilities agalust women and children, Their excuse for arresting and corraling Boer women is that they work the farms and produce supplies for the fighting burgh- ers. A British colonel also proudly reports that he has captured & wagonload of women's clothing from the ememy, and it 18 to be inferred that in South Africa pet- ticoats are contraband of war. We Do Things Better, Philadelphia Ledger. The American congress may not be such an embodiment of wisdom, decorum and statesmanship as the framers of the con- stitution fntended it to be, but it fs a model’ as compared with the legislatures of some other nations. The scenes of tu- mult which are habitual fn the French As- sembly and frequent in the Austrian Reichsrath were imitated Tuesday in the British Parliament, where members who persisted in disorderly conduct had to be carrled out bodily, yelling and fighting all the way. Happlly our congress behaves better than that. New York Tribune, It is unfortunate that the two seats in the senate which belong to Delaware should be unoccupled for two years, but it would bave been a greater misfortune for that state, for the republican party and for the whole country it Addicks and a colleague congenlal to him had been sent to take them. The seven republicans who remained steadfast to the end are entltled to public praise and gratitude. The venemous defa- mation to which they were subjected when the last hope of Addicks had been destroyed 18 a token of their fidelity to principle. Their conduct throughout has been straight- forward and magnanimous. Ro ortunity, ashington Times. It ever a man enjoyed the opportunity to write himself great In the history of his country, that man is Vice President Roose- velt. His soclal position, his record in public lite, as a federal executive ofcer, as a municipal officer and as a brave sol- dler offer him the open sesame to popularity and to the respect of his countrymen in the new station to which it has pleased the magses of the people to call him. The world 1s the oyster of Theodore Roosevelt today! It he will but open it with the clean, sharp knife of patience, diplomacy and respect for the opinions of those who differ with bim in political and perhaps in economic matters he will have pretty much everybody with him, A FILIPINO ORATION, Glowing, Patriotic and Graceful Ad- dress at @ Ceremony. San Franclsco Call We get 80 much in the way of 1l news from the Philippines it is worth while to give speclal attention to anything in the way of comfort and joy that comes from that quarter. For that reason we note with satisfaction in a copy of the Manila Times, just received, & speech by a Filipino which Is at once glowing, patriotic and graceful. It appears that when the Filipino em- ployes of the orduance department were to take the oath of alleglance to the United States and the flag they determined to make a flesta of the occasion and to per- form the ceremony with something of dig- nity and grace. At the close of the for- mal oath-taking one Hugo Ascension, chosen orator of the day, made the follow- ing speech “Filipinos This 1s the hour in which the light spreads itselt over the fields like & mantle of gold; when the an- clent trees, with their clinging parasites, lazily move their great crowns in the breath of the early breeze; when the shrubs greet the day with the delicious odors of their flowers, on whose tendrils the dew has left a pearl which the sun turns into a beautiful gift from a siren night of love; when the birds raise, in concerted cholr, their hymn of praise—in short, all na- ture salutes the father of life, the lumi- nous representation of the Creator of the world. Now that we have had the happi- ness of being gathered under the starry banner, do not doubt, Filipinos, that the grand republic of America i3 that which will conduct us, be it late or early, to the moral and material good of these islands. Therefore, you who have signed and sworn your fealty to this grand nation, join with me in crying: Long live the starry ban- ner! Long live our colonel! Long live our lleutenant! Long live America!" There 18 something attractive and charm- 1ng in the Filipino idea of making a festival out of the ceremony of oath-taking. It is far better than the way the thing is done in this country, where the naturalization of a citizen Is carried out In a manner so per- functory it can hardly appear solemn, even to the most devoted patriot. Moreover, Ascension's speech, while flowery, as be- fits his troplc race, has a good deal of well- tempered sense in it and shows what Fili- pino loyallsts hope for from this country. It 15 to be trusted the confiding natives who take the oath of alleglance to our flag with such joyous ceremonies and such high hopes are not golug to be disappointed. Whatever we do in the islands should be done honestly for the moral and materlal good of the people. It will be our own fault if the starry banner which Ascen- slon so earnesily hailed should ever be anything else to the loyal Filipino than a symbol of peace and prosperity. STATE PRESS ON STATE POLITICS. Beaver City Tribune (rep.): Who Wwill be the next justice of the supreme court? It is time for republicans to be thinkina up some good man for a candidate. He must be a man the people have confidence In it the republicans expect to win at the pollg. Grand Island Independent (rep.): This state had some very able men in office under the late and sorely lamented fusion regime. It has just been discovered that one man in the state auditing department had the marked ability to draw a salary as county treasurer examiner and investigate insurance companies At the same time at 80 much per investigate. Such ability as that, such ‘“reform” ability, ought not to bave been turned down, Kearney Hub: The Omaha World-Herald is not pleased with the new attorney gen: oral of the state of Nebraska. Its admira- tion for Constantine J. Smyth is of the most exalted description, yet the late attorney general has done more sky-rocketing for political effect than any similar official In all the country roundabout. We are well rid of Smyth's grandstand plays. His suc- cessor will koep business moving at the old stand in a legitimate manner. North Platte Tribune: Senalor Thura- ton's term expired yesterday. As a senator he proved a disappointment to the repub- leans. Ho has the ability and had the op- portunity to become a leader in the senate and to place himself in the foremost rank of the leaders of his party, but he seemed not to care for these. His inaction and his indifference has shorn him of that great popularity in which he was once held by the republicans of Nebraska; he 18 no longer the {dol of his party in this state. Beaver Clty Times (rep.): Ex-Secretary of State Porter is charged by the repub. llcans with holding back $900 in fees that should be turned into the state treasury. Mr. Porter puts up the plea that the law contemplates that these fees go with the office. Mr. Porter {s wrong. The constitus tion plainly provides what his salary shall be and the legislature made specific ap- propriations for each of his employes. Mr. Porter should have some regard for the welfare of the party and pay this money into the treasury without waiting for the end of a lawsult. Tecumseh Chieftain (rep.) The an- nouncement is made that the populists of Nemaha county bhave decided to give up their part, organization and join the demo- crats. In other words, the democrats have hypnotized them completely and the sw lowing process is now to be accomplished. The fndications are that this state of at- fairs will be duplicated all over the coun- try wherever there has been a populist party. It was openly announced by the democratic leaders last year that 1900 would be the last year of fusion and that thereafter the populists and sllver repub- licans would all be marshalled under the democratic flag. It looks very much as though that prophecy was coming to pass. Bloomington Echo: At noon last Monday the term of John M. Thurston expired as senator from this state. When elected to his sonatorial office there was no man in the state that was dearer to the hearts of the republicans in the state, and his friends looked to him in the hopes that he could and would do much toward buMding up the party, but in that they were doomed to early disappointment and today he has but few political supporters in the state. The great stumbling block that broke down his reputation and usefulness was his inability to make appointments that were acceptable to the masses of veople. He is today rec- ognized as a grand orator, both at home and abroad, but as a leader in the state he has emtirely lost his prestige. PERSONAL NOTES, Prof. Robenan, the Berlin electrical ex- pert, who is studying the applicability of electrie traction to the Trans-Siberian rail- road, states that within ten years one will be able to travel round the world in twenty- two days. 1da Husted Harper, a suffraglst from Wayback, balls the Kansas racket as a timely refutation of the slander that wo- men cannot throw straight enough to hit anything. Ida overlooks the slipper that mother used to sling. Mr. Searles of New York, who has just falled in business, is said to have been the real founder of the sugar trust. He first induced the Havemeyers to buy up a lot of small refineries and he was made the man- ager of the combination. Beveral of the vallant Daughters of the Revolution came out of the fracas in Wash- iugton with bangs mussed and headgear awry. The demonstration shows con- clusively that the spirit of the revolution burns as flercely as in ‘76 Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri ought to be given the position of press agent for the St. Louls World's falr. His latest effort was to have editorfal extracts favoring the exhibition from seventeen leading papers printed in the Congressional Record. Isaac Newton Hayden, who died recently in Houolulu, leaving an estate valued at $2,250,000, began business at the Hawalian capital thirty years ago as a carpenter. He prospered at his trade, branched out as a contractor and made money hand over fist. At the age of 84 the German novelist, Max Ring, has been honored with the title of professor. It had been his ambition as a young man to become & professor, but the death of his father and the lack of means prevented him from taking a university course. General Sir Archibald Hunter has de- clined to accept a public reception upon his return to his West Kilbride home in Ayreshire, Scotland, from the South African war. “I have,” he says, “lost too many g00d friends in the war to feel that there 18 reason for me to rejoice. Senator Tillman has received a flattering offer to go on the lecture platform, with full privilege to select his own topic and discuss it in his own way. The southerner is a capital story teller and has a keen #ense of humor, both of which qualifications would stand him in good stead as a lecturer, General Arthur Dixwell, one of Boston's oldest and most celebrated base ball en- thusiasts, turned the first spadeful of gravel at the new American league grounds at the Hub the other afternoon. The general is familiarly known as “Hi-HI" Dixwell on ac- count of his fnvariable cry when & good play 1s made. Ex-Senator Chandler was only two days in private life when he stepped into the lucrative and agreeable position of president of the Spanish clalms commission. Mr. Chandler has been almost constantly In ofMce for forty years and as the Spanish claims are quite complicated his new job will likely last as long as he will. In the opinfon of a local court, shooting holes through the clothes of a woman manipulating the Monday plano is an un- lovable means of promoting activity on washday, besides jarring the peace and harmony of the family fireside. Doubtless the shooter was too strong to work and took that means of expressing contempt for white slaves. Alton, 111, has a girl to be proud of. She bears the name of Miss Lydia Peach, and bears it gracefully and appropriately. A rude gossiper circulated a report that she was about to be married, whereupon she jumped into print with a few hot words, intimating that she was quite competent to select a husband without the assistance of the community. “I am quite able to settle that matter to suit mysell,” she says, d don't want help from any of the Smart Alecks ln town.” Isn't Lydia a Peach? THAT SCRIMMAGE IN PARLIAMBENT, Springfleld Republican: There was more “helping to run the empire” when the six teen Irish members chose to be forcibly ejected from thelr seats in the House of Commons the other eveniug. The threat to make it an Irish session s being made jood. The late Mr. Biggar would have wept for joy over the spectacls of a free fight {n the mother of Parllament. Philadelphia Record: No Irishman whose standards of conduct are those of a gentle- man can approve of the actions of the six- teen nationalists who vaused the disgrace- ful scrimmage in the House of Commons at last Tuesday's session. By accepting seats in the British Parliament the mem- bers in question agreed to yield obedience to the laws goveruing the procedure of that body. Baltimore Sun: The incident is aot with- out serious import. It shows that the na- tionalist party in Ireland does not Intend to be bound and gagged without protest Ly the government majority in Parliament. The nationalists are evidently determined to force the government to listen to thefr demands for legislation in the interest of Ircland and to consider their objections to measures which a large part of the Irish people do not approve. Brooklyn Eagle: No genuine Irishman would confess (o less “‘temperament” than any other man. But the Irish party in Parlfament has hitherto been amenable in the last result to those rules of procedurs which are commendable alike by knowl- edge, by loglc, by usage, by results and by natural disposition to Britons and to Americans. We can well belleve that the carrylng of Irish obstruction from the penultimate to the ultimate had its basis in the dramatic well in the patriotic, and that it will be persisted in only in the event of the discovery In the process of a capacity to irritate the hated Briton to a degree of demonstration alongside of which hysterics would pass for etiquette and fits for dignity. Philadelphia North Amerlcan: It was a disg »ful scene, and the speaker sald it was “distressing to Englishmen.” Resist- ance to tyranny always is distressing to Englishmen of the ruling class, who are ac- customed to trampling upon the rights of everybody weak enough to be bullled with safety. The resistance of the American colonies in 1776 caused deep distress to the British government, and the Irish have been disregardful of the tender suscoptibilities of their English rulers for so long that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. The obstinate refusal of the Boers to submit to being robbed of thelir liberty has been distressing to Englishmen for more than a year, and promises to be a cause of grief for some time to come. MANNERS OF MEN TO WOMEN, Have Changed Conditions Decreased American Gallantry?t Kansas Clty Journal. Mr. John Gilmer Speed devotes an article in one of the March magazines to bemoan- ing the fact that there has been a decay of manners among the American people, and particularly with respect to the treatment of women by men. There was a time, sald Mr. Speed, when the American men had something of the best of each of the great European nations—the stralghtforwardness of the English, the simplicity of the Gers man and the polish of the French—'but I believe in sadness and regret that that era has either passed or is rapldly passing.” And then Mr. Speed gives us some familiar examples. The whole tendency of the times Js to strip away the exalted re- #pect which men formerly bestowed upon women, and for this Mr. Speed holds the men to tlame. The main fact cannot be depied that of late years the relations be- tween the sexes have been materially al- tered, with the result that woman is a less exalted peraonage and not able to exact the homage which men once #o willingly be- stowed. Bul is it the fault of the men? Tsn't It, rather, a natural result of altered condl- tions for which the women themeelves are more responsible than the men? Women have gone out of the home Into the hurly- burly of life to meet men on their own ground. A woman engaged in any com- mercial or industrial pursuit is no longer something apart from the practicalities of life. She has become an integral part of the busy, struggling world which has scant time to cultivate the graces or to govern its atoms by a divided set of rules. And men scarcely can be expected to remain models of chivalry toward rivals in the fierce battle for fortune or a livelihood. We are not quarreilng with this new estate of woman, but merely stating a ma- terial fact. The plunge of the sex into trade, industry and the professions has cheapened It as a social factor. And women themselves seem no longer to care to exact the homage which formerly was their por- tion. They invite not worship, but equality and comradeship, and boast much of their independence. And it may be accepted as axiomatic that men will never extend to women more of respect, deference and gal- lantry than the women care to demand. POPULAR ELECTIO) INATORS, Indinna Legislature Seconds the De- mand for a Change. Indlanapolis Press. It 1s not at all surprising that the house of representatives should have adopted a resolution favoring the election of United States senators by popular vote, notwith- standing the efforts of republican leaders to kil the resolution. We do not belleve any patriotic citizen that observes the course of events at Washington longer doubts the wisdom of making the senate more directly responsible to the will of the people. The tendency of the senate Is strongly in the direction of oligarchic government. It the intention of the founders of the govern- ment that it should be an aristocratic, a conservative element In legislation, but in the natural struggle for power among the various branches of the government we find the senate acquiring a preponderance which, in view of the corrupt methods by which many of its members are elected constitutes a very grave element of danger. There are two ways of bringing about the reform-—by amendment of the constitution of the United States and by making the legislatures merely formal machinery in the election of senators, just as is the electoral college In the election of a president and vice president. If it be sought to do it by amendment the first thought naturally s to petition the congress to call a constitu- tional convention, and this was the method chosen by the Indiana house. It Is entirely tutile, for the United States senate will never act favorably on such a proposition, The other method of obtaining an amend- ment s through a constitutional convention called by the leglslatures of two-thirds of the states. This is a tedious process and we Imagine that the need of an amendment must become much more apparent to the people than at present to force such actlo Moreover, i1t may be doubted whether many legislatures would care to give up to the people thelr prerogative of electing sen- ators. It seems o us that the simplest and caslest way to the reform is to mominate senators at state conventions, just as pri dents are pominated at national conven- tions. Members elected by a party to a state legislature would no more ignore the nominatlon of their party's state conventio than the electors would think of “bolting thelr nominees. We did not find it neces sary to have a constitutional amendment to BOOKS AT ONE PRICE ONLY. 1 Katab “Community of Inte Hetween Pablisher Cleveland Plain Dealer. The leading American publishers, in fact nearly all the publishing houses of stand- ing in the United Htates, recently came to an understanding with regard to tho price of books to the trade and to the public. The bbject was to check the de- moralization of the book trade which has resulted from the cutting of prices to the public by booksellers and department stores. The basis of the agreement is that copyright books shall bo fssued at a net price, from which there is to be no reduc- tlon by the retaller within one year, and the publisher at the end of that time is to have the option of recalling unsold books rather than let them be sold at a lower, rate. The discount alsowed the retasve to be enough to give him a fair profit, but not enough to allow him to cut the pub- lished price to the purchaser. No hard and fast rule has been made in regard to fiction, each publisher being left free to use his own judgment as regards this ¢l of publication, but the under standing s that the rule will, as far os possible, be applied to copyright fiction as to other publications. For the protec tion of local booksellers it is agreed that publishers may sell single copies at the re tail prices, but on all such orders by mall postage must be added to the price. This will encourage orders through the local bookseller instead of to the publisher Ai rect. The agreement was perfected but a few days ago and s to go into effect May 1 but one of the great publishing houses h. already led oft with the publication of a new American novel at the net price of $1.20 instead of the usual rate of $1.50. Tho effect to the purchaser will be this: In- stead of paying $1.50 for the book, If he does not “know the ropes,” or getting 20 per cent off and thinking he has been spe- clally favored or has “got a bargaln,” he will pay $1.20 with the knowledge that he has obtained the volume at as low a price as anyone alse can get it. The transac tion will be satisfactory on both sides. There {8 to be no discount to anyons ex cept to bona fide libraries and that Is not to exceed 10 per cent, while so-called “'book clubs” will have to pay the price demanded of individual Uncopyrighted reprints are not covered by the agreement. The retail booksellers are in course of organization for the purpose of acting with the publishers’ association for the prot tion of their business and keeping faith with each other and with the public. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Claveland Plain Dealor: ““Well, she fsn's much to look at.' sn't, eh? I'll bet sho's & yard wide and welghs 2001 Philadelphia Pre My !" axclaimed the young man, who had called to take her out n his cutter, “fur cap and fur jacket! You're dressed to kill.” ““Not exactly,” she replled. oleigh.” Baltimors American “Merely to Mrs. Proudpop (up- stairs)—Henry, where s the hot er bag? Baby has the cholie, Mr. Proudpop (In basement)—Well, baby will have to walt until I finish thawing out these pipes. Pittsbur, fleld,” sal pointer. “Don’t want it," replicd Bellefield, “Taks “ to the old city hall und put it on exhibl- on.” Chronicle: ~ “I say, Bloom Bellefield, “let me give you Indianapolis reat affection hilosopher. *'F° Press acknowledge a books,"” sald the Cornfed rinstance, 1f & book fs a bore, you don’t have to listen to its dull storles just because you may want to bor- row money of it some day. Chicago News: “What {s it that will go Aown a stovepipe down, and up a stoveplpo down, but won't go up a stoveplpe up ov down’ a stovepipe up? “Glve ft up. What is 1t “An umbreila.” Chicago Tribune: Mr. Ferguson—What a flery walst you have on! What color {8 it? Mrs. Ferguson—Ox blood. Mr. Ferguson—T begin to understand now why you told the dressmaker to put in another gore. Detroit Journal: The next to ba taken from the wreck of the derafled train was a man with both legs cut off and his neok partially severed. “You will recove: The man did not su “About how much, doc?" But simply: “Oh, I'm so0 glad!" To make a long story short, some peopls clearly have no intuftive sense of humor. AN ARDENT SWEETHEART, sald the surgeon, Denver Tor twenty years weetheart has been courting ‘me—she’ can Use the ardent efforts of the most effusive man; In these years she's t the that love disp! And 1 fess sho ness of her way: — A to win me by ys, pins me by the sweet- 8he has no hesitation to embrace me or to kiss Me on my lips a hundred wrong in telling this? She's a wooer most affectionate and she always says that sho Wouldn't take the trouble of this living but for me. times—am I I ought to fall fn love with her, and I'm certain that 1 would If T were but as honest and as true blue as she's good; Tor true enough she Is to me my only brizht sunshine- My sweetheart {s no other than that gentle wife of mine OVERWORKED MEN DELICATE WOMEN SICKLY CHILDREN TAKE WORLD FAMOUS MARIANI TONIC Recommended throughout the world by the Medical Pro- fession, and during thirty- eight years pronounced the most reliable, effective and agreeable tonic and stimulant, All Druggists. Refuse Substitutes, GOLDEN ROD OIL COMPANY Producers of Fuel Ol in California, Owners ot 2000 Acres of Ofl The secretary wired from the fleld garding Well No. 2 now nearly come pleted. Bakersfield, Call,, Feb, 26, 1901, “Well flowed twice recently; once some elghty feet over der Jawes G. OUR PROSPECTUS with names of officers and directors, mapa do away with the electoral collegs, when the people decided (o elect their own presi- dents, and there is no real necessity of changing the form of senatorial elections to accomplish a similar purpose, and full particulars, will be sent you for the asking. JOHN G. CORTELYOU, Pres. 1911 Davenport St. Omaha, Neb,