Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 6, 1901, Page 6

TH e —— _"l‘m: OMAHA DALY BEE. E. RUSEWATER, E »l‘lwl; 3 PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SCRIPTION y Bee (without One Year. 88 Daiiy Beo and Sun One’ Year s Lee, Unie Year Bunday Bee, Ul Year Ll aw| Buturday bice, Une Year . L Twentieth Ceitury rarmer, One Year.. 1w | OFFLC | Omaha: The Bee Bullding | South Omaha. City Hall sullding, Twen- ty-Dith ana of streets Council Bluffs. 1o Pearl Streot Chicago: 1o Unity Bullaing. New York: Temple Court Washington: wi kFourteenth Street, CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating t vs and edl- torial matter should be Bee, kaitorial Departm, BUBINLSS LETTERS Business letters mity bo addressed: The Publishing pany, Umaha REMITTANC Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable o The lee Publishing ¢ Unly d-cent stamps accepte Al accounts. Persons Umaha of eastern exchange THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPA addressed: Omaha STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btate of Nevraska, Douglas County, =& | George B. Ischuck, secretary ot The Bee | Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual numoer of full ana complete coples of The Dally, -Morning, Evening and Banday Bee printed during the month of June, iwl, was as Lolows 1 Woiininn @0, 2 1 RPN e 18 20, ‘ 9. [ w [ 7. 25,760 [ .. 206,170 | Yoo 0000 10. 25,550 1 2 28,010 Boiiiennns 25,600 10 | b 25,100 00 | I 18, | Total o . Lest unsoid and returned coples Net total sales ... Net daily average GEO. B. TZSCHUCK Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 3th day of June, A D. 1901 Y ATE, Notary Publi Next to the sure thing shell game the game of bur has hooked the largest | number of suckers in the South Omaha carnival, Pire Chief Salter is in great luck., He | has been able to celebrate the glorious Fourth without drawing a big drvaft on the fire nsurance: cdmpanies, Mercer will the tempting opportunity to circumnavi Congressinan not forego | gate the globe at ‘Uncle Sam's expense | before his term fades out of sight. The Omaha police were lenjent on the national holiday and the public was al- lowed to de much as it pleased. They | drew the line on allowing men to beut their wives, however, Deputy sheriffs and policemen keep their ears stuffed with cotton and their eyes filled with sand while sure thing gamblers and professional crooks are plying their vocation in broad daylight in South Oma A reunion of the old-time government outs and Indian fighters has been held at Deadwood. What a wealth of ma- | terial for lurid publications could have been collected from the tales they told for the benefit of the tenderfoot visitg It was In accord with the eternal fit- ness of things that Minister Wu Ting- fang, the most distinguished Chinaman in America, should deliver a Fourth of July oration in front of the Philadelphia mint without the aid or consent of any other natlon on earth, Grain speculators who were frightened some days ago for fear the corn would be burned up by the heat are beginning to recover their nerve. The Nebraska farmeg has never been worried to any extent, for he could see the corn still doing business at the old stand. e Kaneas has just had a celebration over theé spot where the Spanish flag was bauled down and the American put up. Recent -events have made such places excebdingly common. There is one sat- istaction the people of this country have and that Is no other country has a place which was once American territory and over ‘which any other flag floats by grace of soverelgnty. Germany denles that 1t has any de- signs upon Brazll. As long as the United States continues to hold the sen- timents it does on that subject there is no probability that any European coun- try will attempt to obtain control of a South Ameriean nation. They may growl at the logic and justice of the American clal, but the game of deny- 1ng it foreibly is not worth the candle, Senator Clark and B, H. Harriman are engaged .in a qulet game of Sancho Pedro: A Salt Lake dispateh to a Den ver paper announces that while Harri man is trying to buy off or scare the Montana multi-millionaire from carrying out his railrond project, the latter not only proposes to bulld the San Pedro & Los Angeles line to the Mormon capital, but threatens to extend it to the Mis sourd river by way of Denver. Spain has definitely come to the con- clusion that the United States meant what it sald when it informed that country that under no conditions would it pay any of the bonds issued by Spain against Cuban and Phillppine revenues or allow them to become a lien upon Cuba. Fallure to comprebend that the United States meant what it sald cost the Spanish nation dearly, but it has evidently learned the lesson thoroughly. One of the neldents of the Fourth of July was the delivery of an address by & Spaniard, standing upon the battered wreck of one of his country's battle- ships off Bantingo. He lamented the destruction of the splendid ships and the humiliation of his country, but stated that candor compelled the admis- slon that the events which followed and | eapital than had been bitherto allowed, | island and asking that a proclamation | which such proclamation he made, THE GROWTH OF BANKING. Since the passage of the gold standard law, March 14, 1900, there has been a | net of 561 in the number of ni banks, an_ inerense of author- 1zed capital Ly o than 831,000,000 and an increase of cirenlntion seeured | nerease fonal by bonds of more than $107,000,000--1 | remurkable growth of bauking in a perfod of fifteen months, Besides there are still pending in the oifice of the comptroller of the carrency 160 applica- tions for new banks which will prob ably receive charters within the next few wmonths The law of Mareh, 1000, has been | taken advantage of largely by the states | of the middle west, Under it fuiiy-nine | national banks have been organized in | in Kansag, fitteen in North and S8outh Da- Towa, seventeen in Nel . twenty kota, the gr er number of these with a capital less than $50,000, showing there was a demand for banks with o smaller The south has also taken advautage of the law, though generally ot to the ex tent that was expected. Texas Is an exception, elghty-three unational banks having been orgauized in that state since the law went into effect—wmore than half the number orgauized in all the south- | ern stutes, the totul of which is 152, two. thirds of which have a capital of less than £50,000, Ihese statistics conclusively demon- strate the wisdom of the provision for banks with small capital, the establish- | went of which where bunks of larger capital could not be profitably carried on has made a most valuable addition to banking facilities aud waterlally o creased the national bank clreulation, necessarily to the benefit of business generally, Another provision of that law, allowing the issue of circulation par value of bonds deposited, has also proved to be beneticial, FREE TRADE FOR PORTO RICO, cting under authority couferred by what Is known as the Foraker bill, the Porto Rican assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution, approved by Gov- ernor Allen, notitying President MceKin- ley that a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of insular govern- ment has been put into operation in the be fssued establishing free trade be- tween Porto Rico and the United States, | July being vamed as the date on Gov- ernor Allen read a message to the as-- sembly showing that Porto Rico need no longer depend tor venue upon the re- celpts from customs duties, as the pro- visions for internal taxation will supply all the revenue required. A kpecial ses- sion of the assembly was convened to consider this matter and the reports sub- mitted convinced all the members that it 1s now safe to depend wholly upon internal taxation for the support of the insular government. President McKinley will undoubtedly issue the proclamation at the time de- glred by the Porto Ricans—which is lheL anniversary of the raising of the Amer: fcan flag in the island—and thereafter free trade will exist between Porto Rico and this country. This conditlon has come about sooner than was expected, it being generally thought when the For- aker bill was passed that it would be necessary to collect the duties it pro- vided for until the date fixed by the measure for thefr removal. The fact that these duties can now be removed and that sufficient revenue can be had from iuternal taxation to meet the re- quirements of government in Porto Rico Is very substantial evidence that condi- tions In the island are much better than represented. It need hardly be sald | that the legislation of congress regarding Porto Rico has been fully pustified by events, a fact which the people of the island realize and appreciate. NEW CONDITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES. Civil government has been established over all the Philippine arehipelago where insurrection does not exist and which bas been organized and is ready for civil government. In five provinces of Luzon insurrection still exists, while sixteen provinces have not been organized and four are not ready for civil government. The military authority will continue to be exercised where there is Insurrec- tlon, but elsewhere it will be subordl- nate to the eclvil authority, which in turn is subject to direction from Wash- Ington. The Installation of Judge Taft as civil governor was 4 memorable event, from which will date the heginning of new conditions in the Philippines that there 18 every reason to hope will give lasting peace to the islauds and a measure of | prosperity to the people greater than they have ever known. The governor announced that three natives will be added to the eivil commission, thus glv- ing the Fllipinos representation in the administration of affairs soon as the several departments of the elvil govern- ment are organized, the heads of which | will be Americans, wor Taft also | anpounced certain plaus of the new pment and expressed the hope that congress will provide a taviff suit- able to the Islands and which will sist in their development. The insular treasury has a considerable unexpended balance and the apnual Inconie is stated | to be §10,000,000, which under a judi clous tarift policy will undoubtedly be largely Increased, General Chatfoe is now the military commander in the Philippines, but out side of the districts where opposition to Awerican authority still exists he will be subordinate to the civil pow. In those five distriets or provinees it is not | likely that insurrection will long be maintained and it is safe to predict that within the next two or three wmonths pacification will be complete, The Pllipinos are coming to understand that American rule means hnprovement and progress, that we are not there to op- press but to uplift them, to glve them more of liberty than they huve ever had, to educate them and to improve thelr condition in all respects. This will J0ve gove as- the direction of Cuban affairs by the United States had been a good thing for the island and it8 people. The Spaniards can see these things, but the popocratic politician refuses to be reconclled. ) be more strongly impressed upon them as the policles of the civil government are put into effect and they realize the benefits therefrom., We think there Is no doubt that a very great wmajority of | to be desigued for the benefit of politicians E OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1901, DRIFT, | the Filipinos are now well satistied with | much work 10 be done that all the tramps | American rule and that within a short [ have left thab. section of the country and | - | time there Will be nobe amoug them- | the farmers cannot find one on the roads except, perhaps, a few men who were | Apprehensions Allayed. ambitious to secyre power -that will not, Indlanapolis Journal ax was sald by ve t, be grate ful tor the American Philippine tories, A TAXPAYELS' LEAGUE WANTED: “OMAHA, July To the Editor of The Bee: I do not blame you for withholding your suppor. from the newly organized | Municipal league. The whole thing appears | and will come to nothiog. The leadiug eiti- | zens of Omaha, with their energy and | capacity, have proven they can accomplish great things, including a great exposition The great need of Omaha today is an or- gAnization of taxpayers. If our influential and leading citizens see any need for bet- ter conditions in our municipal affairs they ought to work to this effect. 1f I had any- thing to say concerning an honest and economical city administration, I should irsue an appeal to the citizens of Omaha for leir support of an organization that has but obe object: Just and equitable taxation. With this end In view honest and intelligent cltizens ought to be chosen We should not curse them when things go wrong, but stand back of them and see that the lawyers of corporations do not buil- doze them into falling in thelr duty, to the injury of the community. I hardly think our county commissioners would have dared | to act as they have done If a delegation of taxpayers had been at the court house to remonscrate. This old humbug of voting men out of ofice and voting in other men who will do just the same thing is without effect. A disorganized body forgets every- thing when election time arrives and the next officer may promise o do better, but the lawyers for the corporations will, as usual, carry their point and the public may then wait for another election and do the same thing over and be fooled again. P The Bee fully concurs with the views here expressed. The taxpayers of Omaha can never hope to get relief from the unjust and unfair distribution of tax burdens unless they organize for mutual protection, A taxpuyers’ league has been a long- felt want, but such a league must be kept allve year In and year out. It will necessarily have to employ competent lawyers to prevent the imposition of excessive taxes and prosecute dishonest ASKESSOTS, A taxpayers' league was organized in Omaha some years ago, but, unfortu- nate a number of its members were notorious tax shirkers and men identitied with franchised corporations that made the evasion of taxes a study and an art. The present hot season, however, is unfavorable to activity, and, however much the taxpayers may be wrought up over the Injustice perpetrated by favor- Itism and diserimination, they are not likely to rally in sufficlent numbers to make the organization effective, A preliminary movement with a view to the permanent organization of a tax- puyers’ league in the month of Septem- ber would meet with popular encourage- ment. The miners at Telluride, Colo., are dis- coveving that a man may say one thing when he wants votes and do another when he gets the offl Governor Orman, of that state is clearly doing what 18 right In Insisting that the strik- ing miners who have taken possession of the mines must give them up. The property belongs to its owners and they have a right to undisputed possession. The trouble with men of Orman’s stamp is that they make incendlary speeches during a campaign and lead the labor clement to believe it is abused and that if the speaker 18 only elected they will be at liberty to wipe the hated rich man off the earth, Such men not only de- ceive labor and by thelr talk lead it into untenable positions, but are its worst enemy Instead of a friend. The man who respects the rights of every man, rich or poor, and teaches others to respect them, is the best friend of labor and the community, The Porto Ricans have indicated their willingness to raise the necessary rev- enue for governmental purposes by local taxatlon and ask to have free trade with the United States, With the American markets open to the island there is no reason why, when matters have adjusted themselves to the new conditions, these people should not be prosperous beyond anything they have ever known. Spain bled the island, like all its other colonies, and this, with corrupt administration, had reduced one of the most productive &pots on the globe to a condition of im- puverishment. If Awerlcan rule can change thig, and there I8 no reason to doubt it, the change of flags will be a happy event for them. The Filipinos now have elvil govern- ment with promises of enlargement of its functions and larger participation of natives as rapidly as they demonstrate their capability and trustworthiness, Conditions are such that if the natly population wills it the islands can hav prosperity such as they have never en- | Joyed. re as bright as they have be tited with Leing in some quarters, they will avall themselves to | the utmost of the opportunities offered thew, The returns of Fourth of July fatali- ties and aceldents indleate that Young Amerlea is growing more wise. There were some who could not resist the temptation to look into the end of roman | candles to see how they worked or care- | lessly handled firearms, This class h»} stmply saved the trouble some time in | the future of blowing in the muzzle of a loaded gun, Bryan's regrets to Tammany should be framed. Tamuany always has been the wost conspleuous body of wen to exem plity the immortal declavation that “all governments derive thelr just powers | froni the consent of the governed.” The | Truunanyite patriot is always ready to consent when he s ordered. OMce Seeking the Man, Philadelphla Ledger. The most conspicuous Instance of the office secking the man that we have had re- cently is the visit of General Gomez to this country to find a president for the Cuban republic Settling the Tramp Problem. San Francisco Call | tree trom debt | the institution had glv | tor bustness or industrial enterprises. Y The people who were fearing two or three months ago lest we might not have any rea | warm weather this summer have had their apprehensions allayed All things come to those who wait, and by the same token the remark applies to those who are Ing for a *‘cool spell Repablican Financiecing. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat A democratic paper says that but for the Philippines this country might be entirely The striking point in this remark the compliment to republican financiering. Nothing but war has prevented the McKinley administration from payiog off the entire public debt! On the Center of the Stage. New York Tribune. With no acceptable subsiitute yet in sight the democratic managers who are dreaming of reorganization should be very chary about proclaiming a vAcamcy in party leadership. Certainly the sign “Leader Wauted” will not be hung out so long as the Nebraska orator has a voice to protest against the “expediency” of his own ejection. Not Difficult to Please. Kansas City Star Congressman Hull does not have much falth in the provincial governments estab- lished in the Philippines. Yet the lowa statesman is not so dificult to please as might be supposed. For Instance, if he were given all the franchises and land grants that he hoped to lay his hands on when he went to the Philippines, he might have a great deal more contldence in the general order of things. A Credit to the Ad New York Sun After four years of admirable service Commissioner Evans is well prepared to withstand the attacks of the professioual old eoldiers and the claim attorneys be- hind them. He was never stronger in the confidence and esteem of the public gen- erally. He has been and I8 a credit to the present administration and it Is likely that he was never appreciated more highly than now by the secretary of the interlor and the president. Checking Pace of Land Grabbe Kansas City Star. The warning of the Interior department against those who have expressed an in- tention to defy the provisions of the pres- ident’'s proclamation for the opening of the Indian lands should have a cooling effect upon the hot-headed objectors. The de- partment may not be able to satisfy the wishes of all who are Interested in the met- tlement of these reservations, but the gov- ernment is abundantly able to carry out its plane whatever they may be. Wolf Accuses the Lamb, Philadelphia North American An “invasion by neighbors actuated by greed of territory” is Lord Sallsbury's latest description of the Boer war and he has the magnificent nerve to call upon Eng- lishmen to repel the invader and ‘“defend the esanctity of their frontler.”” Britian hypocrisy hasachteved some notable feats of cant in 8 to justity British piracy and sordid tality, but all previous ex- ploits in that are commonplace in com- parison with ’nbury'l masterplece of solemn humbugs The M > of & Barrel. Mémneapel!s Journal. Guam seems to have a hoodoo. Com- mander Seaton Schroéder, who now holds sway in Guam’'s metropolis, where Leary once ruled, has stirred up a decided rumpus among the enlisted men on the island by Issuing a severe order because of the theft of one barrel of whisky from the naval hospital on the Island. Men are kept in the barracks and are not allowed out after taps. There is general fear expressed in the forelgn offices of Europe that the rum has been drunk. Exports and Imp Philadelphia Record The Treasury department statistics show that whereas agricultural and manufac- tures during the government year 1800 fur- nished respectively 55.11 per cent and 36.36 per cent of our total exports, the per- centage figures for 1901 are respectively 6159 per cent and 31.09 per cent. The decline In manufactured exports, it should be observed, is largely in copper ingots, petroleum and special machinery—such as bicycles—no longer in vogue in foreign lands. In the particular lines of mechani- cal production which American manufac- turers affect there has en, Indéed, a slight Increase rather than a decrease of exported produc —_— DEMAND FOR COLLEGE MEN. Services of Graduates Secured by Bustness Men, New York Tribune, “Graduated, but not present” was the sugg*stive announcement made concerning the class of 1901 at a weli known institu- tion of higher learning. A majority of the class did not appear At commencement, though their names were called and their degrees were conferred. The case was ex- traordinary, but the explenation was simple and satisfactory. The services of the young men had been sought and engaged by busi- ness men o urgently that the president ot o the students per- and go to work in 1. Thelr courses mission to leave school advance of actual gradua thefr examinations passed, and 1t was away from the industrica which needed | them for 50 long as even the few days yet remaining before the formal close of the academic year. The case was decldedly exceptional. Yet it indicated a state of affairs which Is com- mon enough. Men are scldom absent from commencement for #uch reasons. But many of them are, before commencement, engaged » diately Into the ranks of industry and trad But the practice Is by no means confined to such departments, Youug men are being shtlarly drafted from the schools of pure There 18 in this a fine rebuke, of the most practical and convincing kind, to the pre has been to train the mind to be the eMcient mind The big harvests in Nebraska and Kan- #as are sald to have settled the tramp problem for a while, for there is now so the trained body (s the efMclent body. aloing universal recognition. of study were satisfactorily completed and | thought to be not worth while to keep them | small surplus, but Its accounts are not by year the “captains of industey” more! opep 1o 4 vigilant serutiny. Most countries and more seek recruits for their 8taffs | phavo yearly deficits. The world's debts trom among college men. Such Is oftenest | zrow i the last decads about $7,000,000,- the case, of course, in the great technical | gon, or at the rate of some $700,000,000 & schools, or in universities having Impor-| yaar From 1870 to 1882 they grew about tant schools of applled sclence. Chemists, | g500,000,000 annually. England paid off its eleciricians, civil and’ mining engineers and | gent for awhile. It has stopped. The United others trained In the so-called “practical | Siates, with a surplus of $75,000,000 this ices” aro passing from college imme- | year now closing and more last, is ag sclence and of arts and letters. The world and result of McKinley prosperity. A sur- of action puts a premium upon men of | plus fs easier to handle than a deficit, which thought was the Cleveland plan, and pleasanter to to stock it the | the last trained and disciplined mind s recogaized just as much as That Is the fact, and it is a fact which 1s nawlrepubllun fnance and McKinley prosperity | 1AL Coin Harvey, haviog settled In Arkansas, | proposes to ak nto congress by the | free silver rou | | The Philadelphia Press figures that Hl |00k $1,000000 to eftectively grease the | | wheels of the Penn Ivanta leglalature and | those who furnished the lubricant doubied | their money. It wae a great session for | reform. | | lLast year the markets of New | pald as revenue into the eity treasury § [ 000 from rents, exclusive of $48,000 collected | | from stalls and privileges in Wallubc market, Brooklyn and $3 warket {cellar rents, a total of more than $200,000, | The contest on the democratic side | the nomination for governor in New J ‘)u progressing as actively as {f a & for nomwination in that republican state was | as certain to be followed '8 at th \polls us at the period when Now Jersey was strongly democratic, | Philadelphia 1s putting up a reat out- | burst of indignation against the rotten mu- | nicipal machine four months in advance of | the election. Meanwhile the municipal ma 1 chinc lets the other fellows do the talking | while {mproving ite plan for counting the | votes, which is the most important feature of the contest. The terms of thirty United States sen- ators explre on March 4, 1903, and of this number elght are democrats, five are pop- | ullsts or sllverites and seventeen are re- publicans. Vacancies will occur in that year® in the senatorial representation of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohfo, Illinois California, Indlana and Missouri—the chief states. | The four states in which there was no | prohibition vote cast at Iast year's general election were South Carolina, in which the | dispensary system of liquor selling by the | state cxists; Wyoming, the ploneer Amer- | fean constituency to adopt woman suftrage: | Nevada, the only state which is losing in | population, and Mississippi, in which the proportion of voters Is less to the popula- tion than In any other state. The Connecticut legislature before (ts adjournment passed a bill providing for a | constitutional convention In that state to| revise the present basis of representation, | which was established In the early part of the present century, and made provision for representation from a number of towns that are of no present {mportance, though | they have the same voice in shaping legls- lation as large, thriving and important Connecticut cities. In addition to municipal officers—mayor, comptroller, president of the board of aldermen and borough president—four su- preme court justices, a district attorney, sheriff, county clerk, register, six cor- oners, thirty-five assemblymen and thirty- elght aldermen are to be voted for in New York county this autumn. In Brooklyn there will be elected ten city magistrat all the county officials, including & surro- te, and twenty-one assemblymen and twenty-three aldermen. SHIRTWAISTS FOR MEN. Baltimore American: The shirtwalst has flic courage of its convictions. New York lately had a shirtwalst wedding, all the parties concerned wearing that cool and comfortable garment. The only real ob- jectlon against it is that it {s unconven- tlonal, but so, once upon a time, were knives and forks. New York Tribune: germ of a great thought. “Give us the blouss, & man's rment.’" A blouse, ac- cording to the dictionary, is a loose upper garment worn by men In place of a coat. Certalnly give us the blouse, or, in other worlds, call it’'a blouse and don't, for pity's ke, call it a shirtwalst. The garment will be just the same and the resultant coolness will be just as delightful, but the stigma of aping the women will be forever removed. Sometimes there is a good deal In a name. By all means give ue the blouse. Philadelphia Inquirer: A new twist ha been given to the intermittent question of the shirtwalst for men by the judge of Waterbury, Conn., who sent a mall carrier out of court for a coat. An inquiry natur- ally arises as to who was really {n con- tempt in this {nstance. Evidently the judge thinks the carrler was the gullty party. But for the latter there is the plea that, ae an accredited servant of the na. tional government, he was wearing a sum- mer livery which has been officlally consid- ered and recagnized. In rebuking the man of letters, was not the man on the bench presuming to question the judgment of the government to which, even as a citizen of Connecticut, he owes allegiance? New York Sun: What a pity it is_that the masculine shirtwalst, unlike the fem- Inine shirtwaist, refuses In so many In- stances to hold up Its head and be grace- ful. Why go frequently does it seem to protest and revolt at the task lald out for 1t? Is it because it is timid or because it hasn't yet been properly schooled? Per- haps, after all, it I8 nmo more obstinate than the bathing suit, but, admitting that to be the fact, it appears very often to lack the courage of its convictions. With so {many virtues boasted of it the shirtwalst should rise in its might and conquer the universe, or at least that part of it com- prised in the north Atlantic states, and particularly the metropolitan district, con- tiguous hereto. If it has got any spunk it will make hay, or rather friends, while the sun shine Now, here is the | A SURPLUS OF #75,000,000, Gemerons Rewerve in Sight at the Clowe of the Fi Year. | Philadelphia Press. | The United States treasury closes It | | fscal year with a surplus which will reach | about §75,000,000, | This surplus is not quite as large as the one a year ago by about $5,000,000, but it is big encugh. It Is bigger than the surplus of all the other civilized na- tions of the world put together. Eng- land has no surplus now for obvious reasons, France, which yearly spends $180,- | | 000,000 more than the United States, has | run behind the last twenty years an aver age of about $100,000,000 a year. Germany has to borrow this year. Russia claims a reducing its debt This {6 the republican surplus. It is a McKinley surplus. It fulfills the pledge of the republican party and is the pledge have around. It | taxation, already hegun permits the reduction of to the amount of tence that a college education {8 a handicap | $40.000,000. As the army will be 30,000 or so to @ young map in business. It 18 not & | smalier in the next fiscal year than It was handicap, but it Is an incalculable advan- | the last—the lagt volunteer regiment having tage—provided, of course, that it be a|been landed to be mustered out—the army proper education, in which the frst alm | will cost $30,000,000 less next year than In fiscal year. With the Increase of second. The hardest headed business men | revenuo the surplus therefore a year henco send thelr own sons to college and give [ may still be from $60,000,000 to $70,000,000. their wealth to endow collegis and seek | But whether the surplus be the larger college men for their lleutenants. The figure or the less, it will be big enough to meet i make | debt the obligations of the sinking fund, the legal annual reduction of the and prove once agaln what sound bring to the finances of the nation, | marriages 1o E OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, Untll a comparatively recent date the de- cline of the birthrate In England was so small as to exelte no serlous interest even among statistictans he contrast with France was so marked as to make the fall ug off appear to be insignificant, Now, however, a comparison with the conditions of & contury #go inepires the far-sce Eonglishman with melancholy forel In France the birthrate and the deathrate ar ally the same The number of barely balances the number With this example before them Englishmen foresee a decline of importance among the nations. A striking fact s that there has been no falling off of marriages. Indeed, there were more ngland Iast year than ever virt births deaths betore, in spite of the sending of a great | | army into South Africa. The English jour- nals agree that the chief cause of the | phenomenon s the growing disposition of the Anglo-Saxon woman in England, Amer fcn and Australia “‘to rebel against ma- ternity. " .. The reecnt visit of mperor Franels | Joseph to Bohemia was the occasion of a significant declaration, published in a Prague newspaper from the veteran states- man, Dr. Rieger, who, before his clection to the upper house, was for many years | the leader of the old Czech party iIn the Reicharath. He sald that the emperor's visit had no significance, except as a dem- onstration of the fact, which nobody dis- puted, that Bohemia wax A part of the Austrian empire. With regard to the Pan- jerman movement, he said that he had never had the pleasure of a porsonal ace quaintance with the late Prince Bismarck, but the latter, not long before his death, had sent him a message, only recently de- livered, through a Russian diplomatist “Tell Dr. Rieger,” ho sald, “that he has no occasion to be anxious on our account We have not yet digested the Poles and the | assimilation of the C: more difficult.”” Dr. Rieger characterized Pan-Slavism as pure nonsense. It was true, he sald, that the Czechs sympathized with the other Slav peoples, but they could never forget that they were western Fu- ropeans, penetrated with oceldental ture, Iike the Germans themselves traditions, arts and soclal order rested upon a Romau basis, while those of the eastern Slavs had a Byzantine foundation entirely foreign to the Crechs. He con- cluded with a reference to the question of the natlonal colors and to the circum- stance that the Hapsburg black and yellow flag decorated his own home. It was pre clsoly because the Czechs were Europeans, he remarked, that they wished to remain Austrian subjects chs would be still Thelr It may be recalled that a little over a month ago the progress of Russification of Finland s brought to an abrupt halt through the refusal of the Council of the Rueslan empire to sanction the promulga- tion of the Finnish army reorganization bill. According to the terms of this meas- ure Finnish conscripts were to be mixed with Russian levie. and distributed over the empire, while the Grand Duchy itself was to be garrisoned by regular Russian troops. M. de Witte, the minister of finance, spoke strongly against the meas ure, declaring that the expense of its en- forcement would.be more than the govern- ment could convenlently eustain. There- upon many of the members of the Council withdrew their approval of the bill, for It was consldered that the remarks of M. de Witte had been inspired by the czar him- self, who sought this means to in‘imate his disapproval of the extent to which the Rus- sification of the Grand Duchy had been earried. According to recent advices from St. ‘Petersburg the Councll has finally agreed upon a substitute measure, which, it s belteved in political cirel establis! the limit, for some time to come of Rui slan imperial reforms in Finland. Now, Instead of the Flnnish army being fused with that of the rest of the Russian em- pire, the Council has decided that it ehall continue to be quartered in Finnish terri- tory and shall be maintained, as heretofore, at the expense of the Grand Duchy, which will have to supply an annual contingent of 4,000 conmscripts. These will serve In what will be essentially a Finnish army. Y There is some Interesting information in a recently publiehed Parliamentary report, containing the replies to a dispatch which Lord Sallsbury sent to the British repre- sentatives in Bulgaria, France and Ger- many, asking for information concerning the facilities for locomotion and the spe- clal fares accorded to workingmen in the neighborhood of the large citles. It appears that on the Belgian state rallways a single- journey ticket, good for aix working days, for any distance within three miles, or a Iittle more, costs a trifle over 10 cents. Be- yond that the prices increase in a slightly Aecreasing proportion. For Instance, the charge for a seven-and-a-half-mile journey is not quite 3 cents per trip, or about 17 cents for six. For return tickets the cor- responding prices are rather less than dou- ble. Seven-day tickets can be obtained, but Sunday travellng is slightly dlscour- aged by a rather higher rate. There is a special tarift for greater distances, the maximum being about sixty-two miles. A workingman, however, can travel twenty- five. miles dally, from Monday to Saturday, for about 40 cents a week. To claim these advantages he must be engaged on manual ~not artistie—work, under the ordere of others. Similar reductions are made by mo#t of the private railway companies, and the fares on light rallways and tramways are also lowered—at any rate, before and after certain hours of the day .. There is always an alarmist, on one side or the other, to forese> an immineat eonflict between France and England, and to com- pare the respective forces of the two coun triee. The most recent of them is M. Ger- ot | British | cut- | in duty 1 | main Bapst, who. In a long article in the | Figaro, argues that it Is the urge | the government to make ready ne | attack from their neighbor across ihe ¢ {n The Fronch fleet, he admits, 1s m J weaker than the British-—(n spite of the su | pertority of the French ships as indiv.d | units -but he doex no Kk that the Eng | 1ish men-of-war could do much miscilef by | a bombardment of the naval works nt | sellles, Havre or Dunkirk, as the land d | fenses are too strong, but they could easily of course, it they chose, destroy such r sorts as Nice or Cann Tt is not lkeiy says M. Bapst, that the English would at tempt to 1and efther in France or Algeria but the South African war had proved that | they could transport to and maintain in any part of the world an army of 260,000 men [and this was o threat to all French col | onies. Great Britaln already has 60.000 co lonfal troops in the Transvaal, and this { force could be augmented indefinitely It | ngeessary. Now Patliament has passed a { bill creating three army corps ready for {mmediate embarkation, and it Is France's | bounden duty, says M. Bapst, to be pre | pared for all eventualities. Englund’s weak | point 1s her commerce, and the true French policy, he belleves, fs to bulld large num | bers of swift cruisers to play upon it. H would ccase the construction of battleshipe on the ground that his countrymen have al ways been worsted by the Brtish in gred naval batles arop; ed ane Philadelphin Press Just to see If you wanted any of your wis ," sald the funny n No, we uge our own files for that' re- plied the editor. First Critic—~His picture Second Critic—~Far from {t, He | handled the indefinable something « wretchedly He might better have lefi 1t out altogether. | Detroit Journal [1s_not great ; " Washington Star: natured man tries to brace “When a wea ip an’ be fir sald Uncle Eben, “he usuaily doesn' ¢ plish nufin’, ‘cepin’ to git low down ob stinate.” Yonkers Statesman: Church-Did - you ever ride In one of those electric cabs Gotham-—Once “How'd you llke {17 Got a terrible shock when I got out Heavily charged, was it?” “Yes; 1 was” Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Thete i« one | thing that King Edward tolerates that | should be put down at once and for good and all . “Eh! What's that?" “His 1820 sherry.” Visttor—1 under- Baltimore Amerlcan stand that your lost loc been glven a great many degrecs fi different colleges. Native—Yep. He's got so many now that we call him the human t mometer. Puck: First Gourmand-—1 suppose we all eat too much Second Gourmand—No doubt of it 1 we'd eat less we'd have better appetites Yonkers Statesman: Bill—His automo- bile seems to have almost human intelll gence. Jil-—How s0? v, it broke down In front ot Detrolt Free Prosi: * asked Dicky Tredway, “what {8 & non-sul | T think,” replied Mr. Tredway, "It was the kind that Adam and Eve wore the sum mer before the fall.” Brooklyn Eagle: O'Hoolahan—Which i« | the most delicate—the since av touch or the since av shmell ? O'Callahan (thoughtfully)-Ol don’t know | Yez moight ask K! who lost his nose in & folght last week an' hod the surgeons at the horspital subshtitute it wid the ind av the first finger av his roight hand. Chicago Tribune: “Rivers, do you notice that the health authoritiea advise the peorle to eat meat sparingly during (his ot weather? I avold it altogether “Eat it sparingly ? ‘This is nothing but a ham sandwich.’ Detroit Free Press: many forest fires catch, Bride. 1 wonder how =0 sald Mrs, Mc- “Perhaps they catch accldentally from the mountain ranges,” suggested Mr. Mc Bride. Smart Set: 0ld Gentleman-—So vou think my daughter loves you, sir, and you wish to marry her? Dudelelgh—That's what [ lled to men ou about. Is there any Insanity fn your sir! and there's not golng to be DISCONTEN' J. J. Montague in Portland Oregonlan Oh! benign and mellow sunbeam, you may shine upon the earth, Filling all ‘mankind with gladness and the singing_birds with mirth; You may kiss the dewy petals of the rare and fragrant rose, And scatter wide its perfume on each pass- Ing breeze that blows; You may bring to falr fruition spreading orchard tree, And fill the blooming flowers with sweet honey for the bee. But there's folks around about us who will view you with disdain, And, withdrawing to their closets, will put uUp & prayer for rain. every Oh! thou tinkling crystal raindrop, fallink softly from on high, Bringing earth special blessing from the gray and Kinaly sicy. You may set the brooks a-purling and may DAINE the grasses green: You may utore vour priccless treasures in some deep hid reservor, For thé use of summer fountains when the skies are gray no more, But In vain is your enchantment certain kind of men, Who will pray whene'er they see you for the sun to &hine again for a Summer, with yolr golden grain fieli winter, with your spotiess snow; Spring, with flow mellow autumn, with Yn}:vl]r l’ufl]l‘ kllln t glow, 4 may lo your est and brightest, ) clothe the earth with gold or l'hli‘fl‘ ‘Plll vour moong with softest radance to | emparadi: he night, Nun}lnh up the gleaming rivers, frost with silver hill and plain, But you'll find that ali vour efforts have . been made, ala®! 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