Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 25, 1901, Page 4

THE ©MAHA DALY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR PUBLISHED EVERY MORNI TERMS OF SUBSBCRIPTION Daily Bee (without Sunday), One Year Daily Bec and Sunday, One Year iliustrated me Year Bunday Bee, Ohe Year Saturday Bee, One Year Twentleth Century Farm OFF1 The Bee Hullding. & South Omana. City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth und M strects Couscil Bluffs: 10 Pearl 8treet, Chicago: 1640 Ur New York: T Washington nth Street, CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to new torial matter should be adaressed: Bee, Kaltorial Department. BUSINESS LETTLRS, letters and remittances should The lsee Publishing Com- .00 .00 200 2.0 Lw 1w , One Year Omaha: and edi- Umabia Business be addres pany, Omah REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to ‘Ihe Bee Publishing ¢ ny ily 2-cent stamps aceepted ‘i puy nt ot mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Umaha of Eustern exchanges, not accepied, THE BEE PUBLIBHING COMPANY STATEMENT OF CIRCU Btate of Nebraska, Douglas Grorge B, Tzschick, secretary ol ‘L he lee Publisning company, belng duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The baily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printea’ during o month of February, 1w, was as follows: 20,240 ..25,950 26,180 20,020 20,630 ..20,540 26,150 25,070 26,810 ..28,010 26,010 20,270 25,750 20,390 260,015 48,700 ..45,040 28,770 25,760 3 ATION unty, s Total v Less unsold and returned cople Net total sales veanes Net daily average Vasa GEO. B, TZBCHUC) Subscribed in my presence and sworn to fore me this 4th day of March, A. D. 1901, (Seal) M. B. HUNGAT Notary Armour Is now golng after ribs. It Is generally understood that ribs were In- tended to be squeezed, That Texas sherlff will probably be placated If the reward offered for the kidnapers is forwarded to his address, The leglslature wil! do well to go slow about the Bartley bond compromise. 1t Is a weapon that is loaded to shoot both ways, Some speculation 18 indulged as to the whereabouts of Amelie Rives' first hus- baud, but none as to the cause of his insanity. Several of the measures pending be- fore the Nebraska legislature are rank enough to strike a consclentious law- maker dumb, ek Tmproving the bind sights on the Krag- Jorgensen rifles may help some; but a little advance in the foresight of some officers would also be of service. s ot Stealing The Bee's dispatches and pub- lishing them in extra editions is one way to aid in building up “the largest circulation in Douglas county.” Omaha’s bank clearings show a very handsome Increase over last year for the third week in March. ‘Rhis, too, with one day on which business was practically suspended because of the storm, —_— The legislatu an rest assured that there will be no ditficulty in getting men to tuke any Omaha office at the present salar It is unnecessary to raise the pay to get the places filled, and the citi- zens are already Kicking on the taxes, Omaha 15 fast becoming a city of homes. The evidence in support of this Is furnished by the Is of the bulld- ing lnspector’'s office for the winter montbs Just passed. Now that spring is actually he builders look for a lively campalign all along the line, Paragraphers in eastern p: drawing on the Nebraska senatorial deadlock more and more for their pabu- lum. With congress and most of tl state legislatures adjourned {he Ne- braska ‘senator-makers at Lincoln are glven a larger role in. the dvama of na- tional polities With Callaban mute in court and Pat Crowe no longer using the mails, the litevature of the kidnaping case is be- ginning to lag. The high sheriff of Dal- lag is doing what little he may to keep up the interest In the story, and may succeed In bridging over the hiatus in Mr, Crowe's efforts te entertain the public. The has not only Aecla ection of senators by divect vote of the people, but has adopted a resolution requiring ajl sen torial candidates to declare their adher- ence to the prineiple. This Is one act of the legisluture that the people will indorse without regard to party aftil- lations, The house xing the propriation bill with commendable celer. ity, and is appavently in earnest about the proposition to adjourn next Thurs- day. This action would leave many pet mens on the stocks, but would doubtless please a lot of people who are more interested in defeating than in promoting legislation, general ap- res The closiug of the night schools after a successtul term of five months again calls attention to the efforts of Omaha to provide all its people with at least the beginning of an education. The re sults of the winter's work have bheen most satisfactory to teachers and pupils alke, and the public will get the bene- fits through an elevated standard of citi- wenship. It is noticeable that y tic pa- pers that are wost fulsde In their eulogles of the late Benjamin Harrison re the very papers that were the most virulent {n attacking him when he oc cupled the executive chair, Praises be stowed on him pow by these papers are certainly deserved, but they only go to show by contrast to what extent they ! in better faith, MATTER FORSERIOUS CONSIDERATION The state semate has passed the bill for the relief of the Bartley bondsmen thyough a commission authorized to compromise the obligatlons due to the state and the measure will now come before the house for Its sanction and in dorsement The question of compromising the Bartley bond deserves serlous conslder ation’ It is notorfous that the champion of the measure, Frank Ransom, sought election for the very purpose of secur ing through the legislature what he had been unable to secure through the courts as attorney for his clients. The amount invol 1 in the Bartley bond aggregates nearly $750,000 and it is a question who should stand this logs—the taxpayers of Nebraska or the sureties ou the boud who under- took, of thelr own accord, the responsi bility to make good whatever shortuge should result from neglect or dishon- esty durihg Bartley's incumben It is even a grave guestion whether the legisluture has any right under the con- stitution to wipe out any of this debt or impose the nuthority for effecting a gettlement upon the proposed commis- slon, consisting of three state officers. From the general standpoint of public policy a doubt may be entertained as to the falruess of lmposing this tre- wendous task, with all its respousibility, apon any three elective state officers, when It particplarly belongs to the Jury, acting under court instructions, 1f the Bartley bondsmen had not un- dertaken to put all of their property out of the way to make themselves ex- ecutlon-proof in anticipation of a v dict against them and in favor of the state, thelr present move might be taken As it Is, unless the set tlement should practically wipe out the debt, they will, in all probability, pre fer to take their chances in the courts and then, should a judgment be ren dered against then, make another effort at scaling that down. All these questions should be care. fully and thoughtfully welghed before the lower house of the legislature ac- quiesces in the action of the senafe, OPINIONS REGARDING CUBA. Some of the members of congress who visited Cuba have made public their views regarding conditions there, One of them, Representative Burton of Ohio, found no indication of unrest or prob- able disturbance. His observations led him to think that the g majority of the people take little interest in the form of government. The nucleus of the element most aggressive for in dependence Is formed by the soldiers enrolled in the Cuban army and this element exerts an lofluence quite out of proportion to its numerical strength. Mr. Burton regards a1 period of inde- pendence as absolutely essentinl. He said. “Economic considerations as well as political are likely to convince the Cubans that anoexation or a very close alliance is best for the future of Cnba, but these are questions which the fu- ture must determine.” There is al- ready a strong sentiment among the business men in favor of annexation and the conservative people generally are favorable to the Awerican condi tlons. It is the element that has noth ing to lose that is heard loudly oppos- ing those conditions, while the people who have something to lose remain sllent as a matter of policy and not be- cause they doubt the wisdom of the Platt amendment and the method it proposes for the government of the island at present, Representative Fletcher of Miune- sota became con ed, as the result of his observations, that the Cubans are now no more fit for self-government than on the day Weyler went out and he exy the opinion that the United States must keep a firm hand on the island. He said: “My only ques- tion is whether the Platt amendment goes far enough; we certainly ford to do no less. 1 believe w have tostay All the American residents, the Spanlards, the property-owning classes generally, want us to stay. The only opposition comes from the Cuban agltators, who are eager for office and power and so for independence.” Other members of the gongressional party ex- pressed substantinlly similar view The latest advices from Cuba report a marked change in publie sentiment v rding the American propositions, particularly outside of Havana. There are strong Indications that the radical clement is losing ground and that con vative influence ix in the ascendant. This is noted in the attitude of Ha vaua newspapers that have hitberto vigorously opposedl the terms submitted by the Unlted States. Meanwhile the proper poliey of our government Is to be patient with the Cubans and to avoid doing anything that could be regarded s In.the nature of coercion. There is no need of urging the matter and it i safe to assume that the Washingtou authorities bave o intention to do so. s e— A MERE FIGUREHEAD. King Edward VII is demonstrating that he does not propose to be a mere tigurehead, adhering closely to anglent forms aud precedents, but a ruler In fact as well as in name, exercising to the fullest extent his prerogatives, A short time ago the king startled the conservatives in the English chureh and broke a good many precedents by ap- pointing to the see of London the for- wmer bishop of Stepuey, a young man for so exalted a position and without distinction or scholarship or letters, Now It is reported that King Edward sternly exercised his authority in com- pelling the ddke and duchess of Yol to depart on their colonfal tour sovines than they desired, overruling even the wishes of the queen consort in the wat- ter. Another ineldent is cited Hlustrat- ing the purpose of the king to have his own way where his authomity I8 su preme and also his Indifferenée to usage and precedent, The appointment of a paymaster for his household was made according to usdge, but it was net sat- isfactory to the king and he promptly set the appointment aside and selected essed TIHLE OMAILA made as prince of Wales—a man foud of sports, Jolly company and fast living, with very high aspirations and no great force of character 1t appears evide however, that such an estimate doe not him justice, He has force of character and also an intelligent con ception of the dignity nnd the authority of his poxition. Tle intends to be king ! to the full measure of his prerogatives. Whether or not he will clse the power hie possesses for the prowotion of the general welfare rather than for the exclusi advantage of the crown, remains to be secn, but there is reason to think that King Edward really de- sires to make a record that will give him an honorable place in history. do exe CHANCE FOR COMMITTE Those taxpayers and prominent eiti- zeng who have been visiting Lincoln during the winter to shape legislation affecting Omaba now bave an opportu- nity to get In some effective work. Most of thelr efforts have been directed toward the end of promoting the enne ment of anything in the shape of a law that might affect the amount of taxes they might be called upon to pay. Sev- eral schemes, such as the defeat of the paving bill, the segregation of acre prop erty from the city and the like, have been proposed to the end that taxes might be avoided or evaded, Much dis- pute and discussion has been indulged in by them as to the methods to be pur sued, but all have agreed on the one general proposition, that they did not want to pay any more than they are paying, and would like it very much if at were cut down, Al this time there have been pending bills baving for their object an increase in the expenses of the city, money for the payment of which can only be raised by taxation. So far as i8 known the various committees which have gone down from Omabla to protest or promote have not touched upon any of these mensures, which have slipped quietly along the established grooves of legisia- ton until they have gotten well on to the point of becoming laws. One of them was passed by the senate yester- and the other was recommended for passage In that body by a vote which seems to indicate that it may go through, The measure to provide for a free em- ployment agency at an expense of at least $2,000 a year to the taxpaygrs of Omaha has already been discussed by The Bee, It is not a weasure for which there is a popular demand. The work it is designed to perform is unnecessary, and its only mission seems to be to fild fn local politics the aspirations of a pro- sional workingman. The other is a il designea to raise ihe salaries of the ity comptroller aud the city prosecutor, It was recommended for passage over the protest of the only republican mem- ber of the senate from Douglas county. Just why the pay of these two officials should be inereased is not apparent. The incumbent of the comptroller's office is serving bis second term of thgee years, His active canwass for the nomination in each instance is well recalled. The fact remains that his duties are no more burdensome than when he first assumed office. Then why should his pay be Jumped from $1.800 to $2,500 a year, adding that much to the cost of running the city? What is true of the comptrol- ler's office is true of the other, and there is no apparcnt reason for increasing the pay of either. It seems that here is a good chance for one of those vigilant bodies which have been so active in safeguarding their fn terests agalnst legislation to do a little effective work. Head off these hills be- fore they get any nearer the goal of ac- tual enactment than they are at present, THE SUPREME (O] The law providing new supreme court commission has been duly enacted and it devolves upon the judges of the supreme court to agree upon the per sonnel of the body which is to supple- ment its work. The people of Nebraska will expect a high standard to be set in the selection of new supreme court commissioners. The supreme court hench is no place for shyster lawyers nor scheming poli-| ticlans who make the legal professéon merely an avenue to political prefer- ment. The people are jealous of the Judiclary because they look to it, and particularly to the highest court of ap- peal, to administer justice without prej- udice or bias. The new commissioners will have sub- stautfally the same authority and the same duties and responsibilitics as the regular members of the court and they ghould be no less experienced, reliable and of even judgwent than would be selected If the choice were left to the people the sume as with the supreme court judg As the appointing power the justices have an opportunity to strengtheun the couft and this 18 in the public estima- tion measured by the character of their geloctions and 1t 18 to be Loped they will come fully up to the hest measure, OMMISSION. News comes from California of a glut in the orange market owing to a failure of the railroads to supply facilities for moving the crop, great numbers of cholce oranges going to rot because they ripen enrly aud cannot reach consumers, The development of the California orange groves has completely revolu- tionized the warket supply of this fruit which not so many years ago was drawn from forelgn lands, supplemented only fu part by the product of the Flor Jda region. The necessity for transpor tatlon facilities on which the fruit growers are absolutely dependent 1% emphasized every now and then by these periodic gluts in the market. With a perfect system of distribution the Pa- cifie coast states can furnish the entige count with fruit foodstuffs formerly at the command of only the wealthier classes, but now almost within the reach of all Arbor day is less than a wonth off. Its observation Is to be credited with covering thonsands of acres of Nebraska land with valuable timber and orcharce:, DAILY BEE: | that now But it is not necessary to wait until the for the position & man of his own Hking. can go when blinded by partisan bias aud political zeal 1t is natural to judge of the chara of King Ldward by the reputation be e date in order to promote the sought. By planting the right kiud of tees of the right variety und iu MONDAY, the right place the Nebraska favmer can contribute to the work of transforming the platns and leave ljving monuments after he Iy gone, The Arbor day idea should recefve practical demonstration at every tree-planting season Kterling Morton calls on the legis latyre to repeal a lot of laws Iumber up our statute books He calls special attention to one statute it makes profanity a penal offense nd to another which makes it a crime to invite a friend to take a glass of beer or other futoxicant. 1t is too late to in troduce new bills at this stage of the game, but some provision can be made for a general revision of our code. We will never get rid of the deadwood on our statute books until code revision is accowplished The superiority of The Be 4 news- paper has never had better illustration than during the last week. Public in terest in the legislature has been in tense, and while the several fake fae tories have been filling their columns with wild speculation and supposititious interviews, The Bee has given the facts from day to Now the fakirs are comfng around to where The Bee has stood from the beginning. Pittsburg Chronfe Pat Crowe still remalus under the of unfinished business. head Rod Easier Than the Rifie, Washington Star Schoolmasters are now wanted in the Philippines. It the birch rod can be made to take the place of the rifle many people will be greatly gratified Watch the Sta Chicago Post It the Maryland republicans succeed in their efforts to have exempted from taxa- tion all who are distranchised by the demo- crats that state soon will be the most deansely populated spot on earth. es Like Our Own. Cleveland Leader The fight against the unsightly billboards should be renewed in the next council. There 1s no reason why these “art displays” should be permitted to destroy the beauty of the scenery along the boulevards rificing of Patriots, Vashington Post We are hearing again from those gentle- men who are willing to sacrifice their im- mense law practices in order that they may coutinue in the employ of the govera- ment at starvation wages. What a lot of patriots we have with us! U » Deny Loulsville Couri A city, is entitled to exactly the sort of government its people want and so s a state. Any attempt on the part of the state to direct the city is a blow at republican institutions more dangerous than the degradation of the city boss. This is a patent fact, and yet we are comstantly presented with the spectacle of legislatures undertaking to regulate the most vital af- fairs of the cities, with little knowledge of the different conditions that prevail in town and country. to Citien. -Journal. Coming Test of the epub Detroit Free Press. In the fight for markets centralization in government must soon count for as much as centrallzation in industry, and when that centralization becomes neces- sary to the men that control the great trusts, have we any reason to belleve that they will not exert themselves to the ut- most to obtain it? It is well enough to ve optimistic, but it is foolish to close our eyes to the fact that the supreme test of a republican form of government iu the United States must in zll probability be made during the next three or four decades. Bargain Sale of Claims, Indianapolis Journal. The United States assumed the claims of American citizens against Spain or Cuba during the revolt, Already claims have been filed amounting to $28,000,000. As Americans held only $30,000,000 worth of property in Cuba, it is impossible that all except $12,000,000 of it was destroyed. When, however, the ms are ut down there will be $6,000,000 or $5,000,000 to be paid for Cuba, but the Cubaus, who are demanding independence without any rec- ogaition of thelr debt to the United States, Instead of expressing gratitude, are de- nouncing us, Troubles Minneapolis Tim There will be little surprise at the news that Great Britain and Russia have agreed to withdraw their troops from the disputed territory at Tien Tsin and adjust the dis- pute in a peaceable way. The llon and the bear did a deal of growling, but each was heartily desirous of an amicable arranges ment all the time, for whether victorious or not, war would have been a calamity to either. The war in South Africa is & terrific strain upon Great Britain's finan- cial resources. ‘Taxpayers are grumbling at the heavy burdens already heaped upon them and trembling at the certainty of an increase, even under existing conditions. Russia is hard pressed for funds and in- ternal troubles threaten. Nelther country is fn & position to go to war. onel Watterson Loulsville Courie App Joyrnal Let the young men of the commonwealth | come to the front and take the helm; the intelligent, the brave and the ardent young men; our best beloved, with their breezy sense of self-suMciency, their buoyant, all- | thetr keen and live their freedom conquering optimism, sense of right and wroug, from old personal grudges and their im- munity from the mud of the old ruts, To the front, therefore, you shock-headed bar- barians, to the front, and may you be as hard-hended, as level-headed, as you are shock-headed; your time has come and there are places waiting for you upon the empty benches which were ouce occupled by statesmen! The old men are with you, because they are proud of you. The young women are with you, because they love you. The God of Battles is with . cause you carry the lght of the future | your eyes and have kid-luck bubbling in the very velns of yo Go in, you billy- goats, go in, and wi A Mischievous Prac Philadelphla Pross The reckless driving of a e, fire engine through the crowd surrounding the church | in Indlanapolis when the late ex-President Harrison's funeral was held gave a con- splcuous 1lustration of a most mischievous practice to which it is time to call atten tion. As soon as an alarm is sounded the drivers of fire engines and hose carts ap- pear to labor under the conviction that the streets belong to them and that they are endowed with the right to run down as many people as they see fit provided they *‘get there before any other flreman does. It looks very brave, of course, (0 be seen sitting on a high seat in view of everybody and managing the reins of a pair of careering horses who go plunging along regardless of life and limb, but it will be Just as well for these drivers to remember that others have rights as well as they The saving of property from destruction by fire is & very commendable object and the display of a sultable degree of zeal is pralseworthy. But it s much more de- sirable to save humaa lite. n| 23 3 MARCH AT o 1901, comw THE NERRASKA PRI City Republican Governof Dietrich plugged up a big leak when bo vetoed the $75,000 appropriation for the Peru Normal Wayne Herald: Omaha is to have an audi torfum building with a seating capacity of 8,000, in addition to side accommodations for Ak-Sar-Ben. The metropolis of Ne braska s strikiug the right gait Tekamah Herald: Now that our popo- cratic friends are out of power they begin to talk about regulating railroad rates When in power their efforts in the line of regulation consisted prineipally in hold- ing up the railroad managers for passes for themselves and friends, and in appea 10g (0 the courts for injunctions to use as « breastwork to hide bebind. York Times: Mr. Herdman may be a very efficient man, but it Is hardly prob- able that his services for the next two yvears will be worth $50,000 to the state. Governor Dietrich’'s recommendation that the legislature make a law that will give these foes to the state Is worthy of consid- eration. According to the estimate of the governor they will amount to enough to de- fray the expenses of the supreme court com- mission. Beatrico Express: The Omaha World Herald has been giviong fatherly advice to the republican members of the legislature over since that grave and reverend body went into session, and it must be gratitying to the editor to know that the members invariably take an opposite course to the one he recommends. As the guide, philoso- pher and friend of the legislature, Mr. Hitcheock is In a position to sympathize with the manager of the weather depart- ment, who finds upon investigation that the people abways carry umbrellas when he prediets dry weather, and go pienicking when he forecasts a rain or snow. Hastings Tribune: Governor Dietrich's plan to have a state lighting plant located in Lincoln for the purpose of lighting the penitentiary, the asylum, the capitol, the governor's mansion, the Home for the Frieudless, Chemical hall, Nebraska hall and Mechanfes' Art bullding at the univer- sity, 1s a splendid suggestion and should,be promptly carried out. It {8 necessary to buy a new lighting plant for the pepiten- tiary and therctore by adding a little to this cost a plant can be located at the university to supply the state institutions in Lincoln and at the same time be of luable assistance to the students who are studying electrical engineering at (he university. Central SOAN O Chicago s trying to “touch” Andrew Car- negle for a library or two. Denmark has been trying for thirty-five years to sell its West India islands. and they are still on the bargain counter for $5,000,000. The reappearance of that good old joke, “There's many a slip ‘twixt the cup and | the Lip-ton,” is a signal that the sport is about to begin Frank 0. Lowden of Chicago has given $3,000 as an endowment to the Northern Oratorical league for the purpose of stimu- lating publje speaking in the west The statue of the late Lord Russell of Killowen for the London law courts is now well under way. It represents the former lord chief justice seated and in his robes and is the work of Mr. Brock, R. A Governor Sanford of Alabama has votoed the bill providing for the purchase by the state of the old Jefferson Davis mansion in Montgomery, the first ““White House" of the confederacy, and its preservation ae a con- federate museum. In Cardiff there is living a gentleman who claims to be a lineal descendant of the llné of“Charles 1. Charles Stuart is his’ name and he is the inventor of many ingen- fous mechanical contrivances. The family's faith in their descent is very strong and in vindication of it the eldest son Is always named Charles, “Just a wee bit of a lull in entertain- ment took place this last week,” reports the Lander (Wyo.) Clipper, “and it gave the “400° a chance to rest and think of the many delightful times they had spent dur- ing the last two months. Fact s, Lander has fairly outdid herself this winter in the lone sociely and it is not to be won- dered .0 if she takes a little lay oft. How- ever the yarn will be taken up again to be wound into the ball and soclety will ‘shoot the chutes’ as merrily as ever."” RAMANCE IN OUR HISTORY, An Abundance of Ma for Stirring Story or the Drama, Baltimor American, It is gratifying to note that both the #tage and literature are just now turning for subjects to our own history. No coun- try has ever furnished a record with more romance, more stirring adventure, more genuine human interest, than our own. To the dramatist and the novelist it is a mine of immense riches, whose possibilities are | Just beginning to be developed. The ad- ventures of the early settlers, the turesqueness of the colonial times, the con- trasts of savage life, besides those of the most luxurious of the times, the struggle for independence, (he upbuilding of a natton unique i the annals of the world—all of these form @ varled and Inexhaustible source of romance and poetry and story. It is hardly to be taken for granted that this interest in the romantic aspects of American history is a fad. The national feeling, ulways strong, has been height ened and intensified by the war with Spain, and the rank taken by the United States as a world power. Patriotism has naturally turned the attention of the people to our institutions, and the way in which we con- ceivell, established and held them. Our national heroes are as great as any other nation can boast, and the enshrining of thelr names In drama and story adds to the veneration and love with which Americans -essentially a hero-worshiping nation— have ever regarded them. Of course, In the rush to win this race of popular favor, where prizes are lavish, there s bound to be a great amount of epbemeral trash, but when the great eritie, time, begins the task of winnowlng the wheat from the chaff, it will be seen that we are on the way to bulld up a great na | tional lterature. And the themek offered to our writers in this new fleld are strong and healthy, as compared to many of other literatures. Contrasted with the ambition of the heroes of ancient times to conquer worlds and make themselves autocrats and dictators, we have the struggle of great men to gacrifice themselves in a herole ef- fort to win freedom for all, and to crush tyranny with its attendant viee of public oppression. Instead of the intrigues of courts and the | viclous motives underlying public affairs, the corrupt influences which brought about the decadence of the European monarchies we have the upbuilding of homes in a new land, under new conditions, the story of manly courage and womanly faith in the hardships developing a strong and virile national character. Instead of the sickly perfumed air of courts and the decelt and sham of courtier life, we have the freeh breezes of forest and plain, the healthy f outdoor life, the labor that sent healthy blood coursing in vigorous flow, and that contact with nature which ennobles and purifies. In short, everything about this development of our national life is vivid streng and stirring. It does us all good to ket these glimpses into those good, sturdy old times, when real men and women, by stern labor of head and hand, bullt up slowly, but enduringly, the idel of a new gospel of life, whose broad founda tion was to be the recognition of every human creature’s God-given right to life, Iliberty und the pursuit of bappiness. ‘[ MORE LAND FOR S§ Coming Opening Ceded Mescrvas “ kinhomn, Philadelphia Press The next few months will probably the opening to settlement of one of the few remaining reservations in tho old Indian Territ The tract fs known as the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations and lies botween southwestern Oylahoma, Indian Territory proper and Texas. It comprises about 4,000,000 acres of land, most of which is reported to be among the rich ost and moect productive in that neighbor- hood. Every man, woman and child among { the Indian tribes will be given ucres of land, or uearly 1,000,000 acres in all, leaving about 5,000,000 acres to be divided among new settlers. The manner of opening Indian reserva- tions in the past has not proved as satis- tactory as desirable. The public has had to witness scenes which did not reflect credit upon the government or the settlers Months before the date fixed for the open- ing thousands of people have camped along the borders of the promised land waiting for the hour when the booming of a cannon should announce that they could march in, Then has begun a race in which vietory was the prize of the swiftest and the strongest. As there were always more would-be settlers than landw, thousands were doomed to disappointment and those who succeeded in getting a quarter section or a towa lot often found that their value was much less than anticipated. The dissatisfaction bred by this method has suggested tho awarding of the lands in the reservation soon to be opened by lot. Congress authortzed the secretary of the interior, with the approval of the presi- dent, to prescribe such rules for the allot- ment of the lands as he might deem proper. The plan now being considered contem- plates the publication in the newspapers of the country several weeks in advance a notice that the reservation will be thrown open to settlement. Those who desire to secure entries will make application to the federal officer in charge of the reservations He fn turn will make a list of all appli- cants. When the list is completed the number will be added up and a comparison made with the allotments available for dis- tribution. If the number of applicants ex- ceeds the number of allotments, as is certain to be the case, a system of draw- ing will be arranged. A card containing the number of an allotment will be placed in & box for every 160 acres of land there fs to be distributed. Then a sufficient number of blank cards will be placed in the box to correspond with the number of applicants. When this is done the box will be thoroughly shaken up and the cards mixed. Officers of the department will then draw from the box a card for each name on the list. Those drawing allot- ments will know exactly where their land is located and will be able to make proper filings without any dispute, while those drawing blank cards will be compelled to return to thelr former homes. This plan, while not without its objec- tlonable features, is preferable to the “rushes” which have marked previous res- ervation openings. It Is estimated that the opening of this reservation will add 2 or 30,000 people to the population of OKla- homa. As the census of 1900 gave that tefritory a population of 398,245 the new settlers will Increase it to considerably over 400,000. As there are nine states in the union with a smaller population tban this the injustice of keeping Oklahoma fn a condition of tutelage much longer will be recognized. The near future will doubt- less see It a state with two senators and two representatives in congress. OUR CHILD-LOVING PRESIDENTS, ef Executiyes, ew York World. Probably no incident in connection with the death of ex-President Harrison has touched so many hearts as his last words to his baby daughter, Eilzabeth: “What wouldn't I give to be able to go and take & walk with you!" While he was occupying the White House the country had already digcovered the child-loving side of his char- acter, and many familiar photographs wiil make him known o posterity as “the presl- dent and Baby McKe In his fondness for children Benjamin Harrison is by mo means alone among our presidents. Thomas Jefferson was a cou- firmed child-lover, and after he had ex- hausted the delights of baby-play as a father he began all over again and enjoyed them still more as & grandfather. Seven children were born to Thomas Jefferson all girls but one. They all dled in child- hood except the oldest, Martha, afterwaid Mrs. Randolph. When their mother died, in 1782, leaving him with three girls—aged respectively 10 years, 4 vears and (the youngest) 4 months—Thomas Jefferson, the man of whom we rarely think except as a splendid figure in public affairs, a glant in- tellectually and physically even in an age of giants, became, to use Mrs. Randolph's wordg, “their chief nurse.” Wherever his busy life as a statesman, diplomat, party leader, vice president or president carried Lim, he always found time to scribble notes to his small children and grandehildren— notes that were full of child-talk such as only a heart full of genuine child-love could instruct the pen of man to write, Abraham Lincoln was as fond of his boys as Thomas Jefferson was of his girls. Un- like Washington, the stately and chiless George, we can easily think of “‘Father Abraham’ rocking the cradle and trying to quiet or amuse the children. His pathet teally sad face, all of whose portraits haunt one with thelr mournfully anxious expres- slon, found its chief motive to relaxation in the play he had with his little boys. The decorum of a cabinet meeting, n the days when every cabinet meeting was & council of war, hig with the fate of the union armies and the unlon ftself, was often suspended for a few moments while little Tad ran in, climbed on Father Abrabam's knee and got a license to do something or other that was frisky and frregular, S0, too, the softest spot In General Grant's heart was the same—his love for his chil- | dren. Chary of speech to the world at large und reticent even with those who had his confidence, the great commander was a merry tattler to his little ones. It is a very common characteristic of men of ex- coptional power to be child-lovers. Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo are typical liter- ary instances. Both of them loved little children with a love that excelled all their other affections. Hugo sings of them vorld of g nd bitter w 8 v come; God gl t us awhile; His speech is on thelr stammering tongue And His forgiveness in thelr smile. And Dickens wrote: "I love these little people and it is not a slight thing when Pathetie ¥ mte Genernl Harr Ciloeinnati Commercial-Tribune, An incident truly touching, with the obsequies of General was that of the old soldier who had serve under the dead warrlor, jurist and states- man, coming to pay his respects to the remains of his former commander. It was early worning. Mrs. Harrison entered the room where her husband lay, to be with him alone, for, probably, the last time on carth. As she stood in (he darkened chamber the door opened nolselessly to wdmit, 8 veteran, bent with age and trembling from the biting cold of March winds. The old soldier did not see Mrs Harrison. Golng over slowly to the casket he looked down on the face of the dead and as he thought of bygone, but unfor- gotten, fields of Aght, arduous marches and privation of camp life, his eyes filled th tears “Colonel,” said he gently, “Colonel,” and he touched the white, still hand statosman. Mrs, Marrison, coming where the old soldier stodd, sald “I'm Mrs. Harrison." “You will excuse me,” replied the man, “for intruding on your grief, b wanted to see old commander more—just once more. 1 had tried ve hard to come to Indianapolis to seo 1 when be was alive and mever could, Wh 1 heard he was dead, 1 wanted to give b the old salute for the last time." Ther raising his hand to his forehead ir military fashion, the aged man gave old salute, turned away and pas the room. This touching scene, which could no all its detalls of tenderness and stmpl bappen anywhere but fin free Americs illustrates the fnvincible strength nation. The army, led by General W ington, which for elght years malntained the right of American people to self-goy ernment, owed victory against odds scen ingly insuperable, to the matertal of whi | it was compored—citizens fighting ¢ birthright, for homes, country, altars . firesides. They wrested victory from most wealthy and powerful nation on ear: The army that, from 1861 to 1865, batticl for the preservation of the union, founicd by Washington and his dauntless nental {roops, wax made up of men decply imbued with love of country and devotinn to duty. They were citizens, and, as such fought for the freedom which citizens alona could prize. The affection existing between officers and men attests the value of that it ship. Such officers as General Harrison and such soldiers as that noble-hearted old man who gave him. the last salute could not be overcome. Thelr flag was the ensign of humanity itself, their causo that of right against wrong, their triumph that of good over evil my on cont 'S AVENG of the Recovcentrado Pol mes In for a Vindieation. Philadelphia North-American Less than four years ago no epithet was too bad o be applied to General Weyler The people of the United States denounced him to the world as the Spanish “butcher For herding non-combatant Cubans into the concentrado” camps he was universally execrated. And his weakness for making of every (rifling engagement w glorious victory for the Spanish arms brought him into general ridicule. But time has changed all that. We have had our own Ot)s breaking the back of the Philippine {nsurrection at weekly intervals. Our troops time and again have slaughtered scores and hundreds of Filipinos without in curring any losses worth recording. As flnal reparation to Weyler our officers in the Philippines have experimented with his method of reconcentration and give it their unqualified approval. It is sald that there are more than 0.~ 000 Filipinos in the island of Marinduque, where Major Smith, who commands the American garrison, has issued an order requiring all natives to live in the five principal towns where American troops are stationed. Al natives who continue to live In the country are to be considered {n- surgents, and to be an insurgent means short shrift, according to the practices of “the severest kind of warfare’ now em- ployed by Major Smith, who is menaced by an_opposing force of 00, This seems like a preposterous state of af- fairs, but It is not possible to question the cabled dispatches. Imagine 50,000 loyal Fillpinos corraled in tive towns by five small garrisons, and the whole lot, Filipinos and United States soldlers, held in a vir- tual state of siege by 300 rebels. Poor Weyler was not worse off in his darkest hour, for the people of Cuba were never $0 prepondering loyal to Spain as the people of Marinduque are said to be to the United States. He drove the Cubans into the stockades to prevent them from giving suc- cor to the revolutionists. But the case W quite different with the United States W the PMilippines. There, the theory is, the bulk of the population is loyal to our flag and only one irrationally rebellious tribe is opposed to us. ” ANT POINTED, Boston Transcript: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt addresses the Connecticut general as- sembly today. She Is fellbe the popular pulse, as it were, Indianapolis Press: The g0 through the time ago? he Vietim—That's what 1 tried to do, but it went through me. Detroit Free Press: He (passionately)— What difference does it make where we go on a wedding trip? Sne—HBut don't you think we should spend ugh money to keep up appearances? Interviewe bankruptey o Tribune: Falthful You promised me a light, fat pickings and lttle to do. Dispenser of Patre you like to be boil Henchman easy Job, with age—Well, how would ¢ iLspecto Philadelphia Press: her, eh? That must cheap Jos: compu Tess—8o he filted have made her feel ~Not as cheap as he might wish, Sho # the damage 0 her heart at $25,000, roit Journal: Do you fancy she y I8 saddest when she sings?" Fell, you know it fsn’t absolutely neces- that musi he concomitant New York Weekly: Mr. Slimpurse—Peo- plo say that a younsg couple can got along very nicely nowadays on a small income, if the—er—wife 18 of a practical turn of mind. Sweot ~Oh, I'm real practical. My favorite plano plece is an imitation of the spinning whi Al taste and musical abllity g0 Post: “The poker game lasted fifty hours, nderful, fsn't it?" . Indeed; 1t r eve that the 4 could (ndur Atr } wasn't thinking of that. T dertul thing to is that they were elally sable to feed ‘kitty' for length of time won- finan- the thut the uso of a i yelling as 4 the enthusi- Washington Star: *“What man's getting into a crowd he docs at a base ball game Great heavens!” exclu “He's got 1o do it I a crowd. 1f he Were fo go away by himself and yell in that manner they would have him in a Junatic asylum in less than a week.' ast. SYMPTOMS OF SPRING. Baltimore American The crocus and the violet are scene, Nor has the gruss yet carpeted the earth with pleasing green, But gentle 8pring s comfng, though the jeeman still s mute, And though the table yet syruyy canned frult Yes, gentle Spring is coming—she Iy some- where hereabout— poctry 18 budding and the rhymes in to sprout. . rot upon the I8 decked with The dreamy poets dip thelr pens and roll their mystic eyes; hey swear the azure waving in the skiel They vow the mead is dotted with the lily and the re And a% to recogiiaing Bpring—the dreamy ¢ knows aptoms ull would indicate that win- robe of spring 18 judding a nd the rhymes at . ¥ = begin to spr Phe vernal rhymester snuggles in his heavy jousesses one), and vows he note— of )ting bird The y or lark, or some The songster which In Sy ring I8 niwi Oh, gentle Bpring Is coming—there cannot b any doubt, r the poetry is budding and the rhymes begin to sprout Hall, gentle Spring! Swing into line with Il your merry train, it "you do mot wish to hatl, fuvor us with rain, Or give us sunshine all day long And, please - and we will not be dumb But sing you roundels Li%0 we're glad vo You needn’t_hang your h make excuse, or pout, For the poctry 18 budding and the rhymes begin 10 #prout. and things, be- ve me. ad and sulk, or