Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 29, 1901, Page 6

'I‘Hr OMAHA DALy BEE. E | i ROSEWATER, EDITOR, 5D EVERY MORNING, ruBl IRME OF BUBSCRIPTION: (without Sunaay), One Year and sunaay, One Year Une year .00 *.00 aturaay Bee, Une wentieth Century ¥ D ARKIER. iDally ke 1y, per Copy. Dally see Daily e nnk sunda Bunduy see, ber copy i v 1K 15, Withouy Bimany, per week il bec, INCIUd N BUnuaY, Per WEeK 1o Compiain vt IFFekuaritce In - duiivery shouid be addressed Lo Lity UiFculation De partment. OFFIC] Omaha: The bee Bulding. il oullding, Twen- cet. South Omal y wcftth ana M Streets 3 ol Bluitd; 1v rearl 8t Chicago: vow UMY ulain e' York: Templs Court shington. w1 Fourteenth Street. CORKESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- Fal_matter should oe adurcssed: Omaiu ec, Battorial Ueputiment S 1k TERS ittunces should be g Lompany, s postal order, Remit by orafe, express yablo 10 ine Bee puplishing Company, nly d-cent stamps ac a \r pavment of ail accounts. Fersonui checks, exce, imahn or eastern exchanges, not accepl . VHE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAN % BTATEMENT OF CineULATION, ate of Nebraska, Douglas County, 88 rge B. chuck, secretury of The Bee ublisning Company, being _duly sworn, ys that the actual pumper. ot tull and y. Mornin Net dally average 3 GEO. B, TZSCHUCK, Bubscribed In my presence and aworn to Yiifore me this 30th day of September, A B! INGATE, Notary Public. Czolgosz 1s to occupy the chalr of electricity at the Auburn penitentiary today. Omahn’s bullding season of 1901 seems to be developing new strength on the home stretch. E— We fear that there will be no skating this winter on the reservoir of the pro- posed new Platte river power canal. It Sheriff Power does not muzzle his fool triends fn the World-Herald office be might as well throw up the .sponge now. e Police Judge Gordon has been making such a good thing out of the police court that he wants to hold on to it for an- pther six years. , .« v oo——— If Josiah Flynt was trying to find Jrafters. in. Omaha, and was on the Jquare, he would not have looked out- dde of the World-Herald officy Turkey has made the third payment ’n the war ghip ordered from American builders. The Turk can pay promptly #nough “when hé cannot sccure the goods on promises. —e General Weyler has been talking again and has created a sensation throughout Spain. The people of that country should long ago have learned not to take Weyler seriously. The withdrawal of the National Bank of Commerce from active business ‘would), to indicate that national banking 18 Hot -always as profitable a business as It is cracked up to_be. E—— The varifous rallroad magnates tour- ing the west are headed for their east- ern homes. It will probably soon be apparent whether there is anything more out this way which they covet. SRp—— Papa Zimmerman is likely to balk on paying the duke of Manchester's debts, all because the baby is a girl. The duke should have been more considerate than to crush the hopes of \he family 80 early. v E——— Smelter trust magnutes doubt the re- ported break in the price of lead, be- cause, as they state, the magnates have an agreement to maintain the price, Perhaps it has become necessary to freeze out some concern not in the combine, Spee—— The ouly way to keep the schools out of politics, we are told, is to vote the straight democratic school board ticket. But how the schools are to be taken out of politics by turning them over as spolls to the democrats is yet to be elucidated. One way to show appreciation of the prosperity that has followed President dcKinley's policies and President Roose- velt's announced determination to adopt them as his own 13 to keep Nebraska in the republican column by voting for Judge Sedgwicl pe——— An ex-officer In the Russian army who abot and killed a civilian in a duel has been called to account in the courts, Ofticers ave privileged to fight and kil @8 many people as they please, but the law draws the Mue on civillans, That 8 militarism with a vengeance, The Interstate Commerce commission, mhich has been lnvestigating charges of rate cutting out of Chicago, could find Do evidence that rates had been cut, ex- cept on a few small shipments, The big shippers and the rallroad magnates are too well posted on the business to get caught, ————— W. J. Bryan is ‘making speeches In Towa in spite of t)m".rufl that the demo- eratic candidate for governor vigorously objected to his doing so. Mr. Bryan sho#ild be more considerate. Mr. Phil- lps will be buried deep enough on elec- tion day without stirring up additional dlscord 1n the democratic camp. | TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT, The commission for codifying the fed- eral statutes has drafted a bill, which will be presented to congress, intended to secure a larger measure of protection for the president of the United States. This bill makes it a felony to threaten the life or person of the president and a capital erime to assault his person, In both Instances the attack must be on account of the doing or fallure to do something connected with his duties as president. Much difficulty was uwrh-nnw\ in dealing with the subject of a law to protect the president, owing to the fact that in order to bring the offense within the constitutional pale the crime must be more than a crime against the per- son, the president, in the eye of the law at present, being no more sacred against assanlt than the humblest citizen. Then the constitution gives t states power to punigh erimes within their jurisdiction, o that whatever law congress might poss, a state wonld still have jurisdie- tion to punish assaults upon the presi dent' In hig private capacity. It is as- serted that If (the motive of the crime is in o way connected with his officlal functions, the'federal government can- not step in between the state and the accused. The purpose of unq)ropo«d law, the Washington commndent of the New York Evening' Post, “is to define as crimes assaults which are directed against the office of the chief executive, as distinguished from tle occupant of the office. Of such character have been all the assassinations of our presidents. No effort has been wade to bring such assault under the head of treason, that crime being well, defined by the, consti- tution. Moreover, the death penalty is imposed regardless of whether the presi- dent 18 killed or not.” Threats against the life or person of the president, if the incentive is dissatisfaction with his offi- clal acts or policles, are made punish- able by fine. The commission, It I8 said, has practically given over trying to frame leglslation almed directly at anarchism. It I8 safe to say, however, that such legislation will be proposed. Radical suggestions for dealing with an- archism have been freely urged and will undoubtedly take form in bills be- fore congress. At the late meeting of the board of governors of the National Assoclation of Police Chiefs a memorial to congress was adopted asking that legislation be passed defining anarchy and making the duty of the police or- ganizations plain In the matter of re- pressing anarchist demonstrations. The board also approved a bill, which will be urged on congress, to empower the police to arrest anarchists. There will be propositions to exclude and to de- port anarchists. A We can undoubtedly provide, as Sena- tor Hoar recently sald, some additional legal safeguards against.the recurrence of such a terrible erime as that at Buf- falo, but in doing this we must be care ful not to abandon or sacrificé any of the fundamental privciples, of . repub- lican government. . +“We cgnnot,” said the Massachusetts senator, “‘give up free speech or constitutional liberty for fear of 'a Guiteau or a Czolgosz.” Un- doubtedly this expresses the enlightened and sober judgment of the nation. SHOOTING AT THE WROUNG TARGET. Bing! Bang! Bung! Slash! Smash! Crash! Omaha's yellow journal has fired its dypamite gun, It has gone off with a whole page of sensational slush, aimed at the terrible city machine. A half-page of this tremendous sensa- tion s in blagk studborse type head- lines, but the striking headlines are not Justified by the tame recital which fol- lows. They remind one of the lurid paint- Ings on the canvas exhibited in front of a dime side show, portraying the lovely mermaid, the feroclous cannibal of the South Sea islands and the porcupine woman of Borneo, while inside the en- closure are to be found only a few moldy skeletons of nondescript wmon- strosities. These are the headlines with which the Fakery aunounces its terrible tale: “The machine is trimming this city."” “That I8 what Joslah Flynt Willard says after forty-eight hours of sight- seeing and Investigation of the graft in Omaba.” “Flynt meets Dennison, l.he Omaba policy king.” Noted student of criminals talks on the level about the graft uutil Heuten- ant gives warning."” “lnteresting scenes and incidents by gaslight.” " *Confidential advices from a man who knows the system told in a heart-to- heart talk.” “Where the tax levied on the under- world goes Is as plain to me as is the thoroughfare which leads to the places which the underworld frequents,” “Omaba is as wide open a city of its size as can be found in the United States,” This is a good advertisement for Joslah Flynt, but it is an infernal out- rage to represent Omaha as the most wicked city, when, as a matter of fact, it is as law-ablding and orderly as any city in the country of its population, From a campaign standpoint this bom- bardment of the machine by the World- Herald s decidedly idiotic, The re- publican county ticket Is nntoflannly auti-machine, If the World-Herald is directing its fire at the county ticket, it Is shooting at the wrong target. If the awful state of affairs does exist, which these headlines would seek to impress upon the community, where is Sheriff Power and where is the county attor- ney? If lawlessness is rampant in Omaha, why is it tolerated by the chlef ofticers of the county, who are presumed to enforce the criminal code? And why 1s all this bombardment cen- tered on Omah Why does not the Jaundiced journal have something to say about South Omaba? There are no open gambling houses in Omaha, but gambling dens flourish without let or hindrance in South . Omaba. The sa- loons of Omaha are closed ut midnight. At Bouth Omaha they are open 365 days and nights in the year. Why,is South Omaha never scored for tolerating vice crimel It ia becsuse the Bou THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1901, Omaha city machine is in close touch with the World-Herald; it helped to de- feat part of the republican city ticket last year and aided the democrats, It Is therefore In good odor and it is not exhibited to Josiah Flynt in its flagrant viclousness. Mr. Flynt may be a criminal expert and he may know a great many things about the New York Tammany and the Philadelphia grafters, He may know a great deal about Chicago boodlers and Denver police protection, but we ven- ture the assertion that he has no other ground for splashing mud upon the fair name of Omaha than the mere fact that he visited a number of low resorts with a World-Herald fakir. The truth and the whole truth is that Omaha has only its average of the vicious and eriminal classes, If Mr. Flynt had taken the trouble to ascertain the truth concerning Omaha he would have found that the flood- gates were thrown wide open by the fusion reform police board during the cansmississippl exposition at the ur- gent request of reputable business men who were anxious to profit by the in- flux of strangers. He would have found that the lines have been drawn tighter and tighter upon all disreputable re- sorts from year to year. He would have found that open gambling and money slot machines have been sup- pressed and the spread of licentiousness materially checked. Instead of jump- ing at the conclusion that the saloons are held up by the municipal authori- ties for a graft, he would have discov- ered that four-ifths of the Omaha sa- loons are owned by the brewers, and the brewers are not in a frame of mind to allow themselves to be held up, if such an attempt. were made, He would also have discovered that there is =a more strict enfore nt of the license law than there has been for years. While there always will be room for reform and improvement, there is no Justitication or excuse for such indls- criminate onslaughts or reckless charges of corruption and peculation on the part of the city authorities, —— TWO MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGNS. Rarely have municipal campalgns commanded such general interest as those in progress in New York City and Philadelphia, the former particularly be- cause of the influence the result may have upon national politics. The can- vass in New York Is being carried on with almost unprecedented vigor. Mr. Low, the fusion or reform candidate. for mayor, is showing himself to be an admirable campalgner and he has a dis- tinct advantage over the Tammany can- didate, Mr. Shepard, i1 the fact that only four years ago the latter denounced in unmeasured terms the political or- ganization he now represents and sup- ported his present opponent. This Is obviously a heavy handicap, but Shep- ard is making a brave fight and appar- ently Croker and his henchmen are do- ing all they possibly can to elect him. The registration in the city is said to be in favor of the fusion ticket and the present indications seem to assure its success, but no one famillar with the political skill of the Tammany leaders will confidently predict the defeat of that organization. In its long career, however, Tammany has npever had a harder battle on its hands than it now has and If it elect its ticket it can main- tain its grip upon New York City tn- definitely, while Croker can justly claim pre-eminence as a political leader. The campaign in Philadelphla is not being carried on quite so vigorously as in New York and popular interest in it is not so great, but there also re- form in the municipal government is the fssue and there is a fusion of re- publicans and democrats agalnst the re- publican officlals. As in New York so in Philadelphia nearly all the influential newspapers are fighting the party In power; indeed, republican papers of Philadelphia are the most severe In their arraignment of the cily adminis- tration, denouncing it from day to day as utterly corrupt and dishonest. There is unquestionably a great deal of truth in these accusations, but Philadelphia has not quite so bad a record as New York, though not very far behind. The organization of the fusion forces In the former city seems not to be so thorough as in the latter. The defeat of Tammany next Tuesday would be welcomed by the friends -of honest and decent city government throughout the country. It would have results, there can be no doubt, of great benefit materially and morally to the commercial metropolis of the nation. It is unquestionable that the policy and practices of Tammany are in every way hurtful, dolng great injury to the ma- terial interests of the city and demor- alizing Its soclal life. With such a man as Seth Low at the head of the municipal government there would be an honest administration, of affairs and an improvement in general conditions, Possibly there would be reform with Shepard as mayor, but he would neces- sarily be more or less under the bad Influence of Tammany. As to Philadel- phia doubtless no harm would be done if the republican officials should be re- buked at the polls and it 1s not improb- able that this will be the result of the election, Mr. Bryan now ascribes the loss of Nebraska to the fact that some of his former followers went back on him, This is a little better than his former explanation, that they were bought with Mark Hanna's money.” But not even Bryan has yet advanced any valid rea- son why what he called *“the back- sliders” of 1900 should take up his cause again, EE——— Nebraska's State universi tablished and built up under broad 1 publican management, that always made the good of the institution the only object to be kept in view. The udiversity must have progressive men directing it, and it will never go back- ward if the regents are selected from the party of progress. The declaration of the republican school board convention agalnst loading the public school salary roll up further _with sisters, cousins and aunts of schoel board members is the plank that seems to disturb certain holdover members who are exerting themselves to defeat the republican candidates. But why should the public schools of Omaha be maintained as an agylum for relatives of school board officers and members? Glve every competent teacher an equal chance. The fusion organ is greatly exercised over judges making political speeches, The fusion organ probably forgets that the fusion candidate for supreme judge in, this state several years ago was among the first to violate the precedent against making political speeches, The only reason no democratic judges in this district are making political speeches 18 because the people, in their wisdom, declined to elect the fusion as- pirants to the district bench, Our goody-goody friends who have been complaining of the disappearance of police court fines under the dispensa- tion of his hounor, Judge Gordon, are ex- hibiting no solicitude to protect the school fund by supplanting the police Judge who stands in with the viclous classes with a successor who will en- force the penalties upon law-breakers. Thelr anxlety about the vanishing police court fines extends only to the point of clrculating baseless rumors. Lost, Strayed or Stolen—Interest on an average balance of $125,000 of county money on deposit in favored banks which should have been paid to the credit of Douglas county taxpayers. In- formation a8 to the whereabouts of the interest money should be in possession of the county treasurer, but he pleads ignorance, Pat Crowe can have the re- ward If he will return and clear up this mystel If the Buffalo exposition can clear 0,000 each day during the last nine ys it will be able to pay its first mortgage bonds, but contractors will get nothing of the balance due them and second mortgage bondholders and stockholders. will hold the sack. Omaha has more reason than ever to congratu- late itself on the outcome of the Trans- mississippl Exposition. The Ready Letter Writer. Portland Oregonla; Pat Crowe seems to be the only man in the public eye who can write letters and keep out of trouble. Anarchy, B'Gosh, Washington Post. The Illinois supreme court has decided that the Chicago corporations must their share of the taxes. Now we must expect to hear something about anarchy on the bench. Keep at It. ‘Washington Star. By omitting the handshakin, Haven President Roosevelt set a valuable and proper precedent. Any successful man undergoes enough bandshaking during his candidacy for one office or another to afford every fellow-citizen all the opportunity he can reasonably desire. Killing -Season in Maine. Philadelphia Ledger. Although the hunting season in Maine is not yet fully open, five persons have already been killed and three more dangerously wounded by hunters who saw them imper- fectly, through the bushes, and mistook them for deer. At this rate it becomes about as dangerous for & man to go hunt- ing in Maine aa to go out on the firing line in a battle. Compounding Felony. New York Tribune. The report from a prosperous manufac- turing city in New England that the di- rectors of a bank have promised immunity to dishonest employes who stole several hundreds of thousands of dollars,. because the thieves gave up the greater part of their plunder, retalning enough, however, to live on comfortably for years, seems to be almost incredible. Such a compounding of felony would not only endanger the lib- erty of every person responsible for it, but it would be a direct encouragement to un- faithful clerks to steal the largest amounts which they could get hold of in order to escape punishment by the surrender of nine-tenths of their booty. West Point Bull Philadelphia Time: A few years ago hazing was tolerated, and later an army board found little to con- demn in the practices in vogue. It took a congressional committee to develop the real facts and to apply the proper language, and even then several offending cadets had to_be expelled before the purpose of the authorities was fully appreclated. Now the superintendent is able to report that there is neither hazing nor fisticuffs, and along with It the statement that the young men were never in better condition and that the inetitution is distinctly improved. The taming of a few bullies has elevated the whole school, and this is the result in every college in which hazing is abolished. Tamed. Notable Activity of Woman, Kansas City Star. It Annle Edson Taylor, the woman who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel, is 50 years of age, as the newspapers state, she was old enough to know better. This un- paralleled feat just about obliterates the last vestige of demarkation between the realms of masculine and feminine activity, though, of course, the woman I8 yet to ap- pear who can throw a stone or drive a nall. ‘What may be the result of continual perse- verance along these lines by ambitious women remains to be seen, but it is fondly hoped by the lords of creation-—formerly so- called—that the process of evolution will not, even in the dim future, overthrow thel one remalning claim to supremacy over the once ‘‘gentler sex." Aspect of ¢ Industrial Horizon, New York World, Hundreds of veesels are lying idle in our harbors, unable to get cargoes; ocedm trelght rates are from 40 to 76 per cent lower than they were a year ago; it is al- most as cheap to send a large lot of grain from this side of the Atlantic to the other as it Is to send it from one bank of the East river to the other. Such is an out- line of the facts of the present depression In our export trade. What is the cause? 1s it in part the short corn crop? Are our prices tor grain and other food products— which constitute the bulk of our export trade—too high? Or does not Europe need those products? Or hi Europe reached the limit of its ability to buy of us more goods than we take In exchange from it? Probably all four of these causes share in the effect. But prices remain “stiff" home, indicatibg an enormous home ma ket, vastly increased expenditures upon food, and therefore vastly increased in- comes. There is, therefore, no reason why we should worry or scan the industrial for slgns of satheriag clouds, THE ADMIRAL'S STORY, Minneapolls Journal: Admiral Schley has finally confessed that he was there, Chicago Chronicle: In every respect Schley i not only vindicated, but he ap- pears as one of the greatest sea com- manders of any age. Indianapolis Journal: It looks now as if the so-called historian, Maclay, conferred the greatest possible favor on Admiral Schiey by charging him with cowardice and poltroonery, thereby glving him a crown- Ing reason for demanding a court of In- quiry, The admiral is coming out with fly- ing colors and the man who made the charges should be disgraced. Kansas City Journal: There ia the ring of truth about his utterances. All talk of his being reckless regarding the fate of the Texas or of his running away appears im- probable, in the light of this plain, un- varnished tale of one of the most notable ovents In the history of the American navy. 1t 18 the story of a brave man, and beside it the {nnuendoes and charges of his detrac- tors sound empty and small Philadelphia North American: Should the inquiry come to an end now and the court fail to render any opinion or judg- ment the question would be settled in the public mird and Schley would be com- pletely vindicated. Nobody whose opinion is of the least consequence cares a button whether the ships could or could not have coaled at sea on a certain day, but the American people care a great deal whethor or not the commanders of thelr victorious fleets are shivering cowards or the slan- dered victims of malevolent jealousy. Chicago Tribune: In closing his descrip- tion of the battle Admiral Schley said to the court: “I want to say that I was much impressed with the fact that the officers and men who were engaged in that battle fulfilled in the highest and noblest degree the traditions of the American navy." Equally the Americhn people are impressed with the fact that the officer who was in command that day, whose vessel was the leader In the fight, was always nearest the enemy and was in the fight to the finish, fulfilled in the highest and noblest degree the traditions of American naval com- manders, Baltimore American: Is it any wonder that Amcricans admire and honor such a man as Admiral Schley? Here in the face of the most cdwardly persecution to which & naval commander was ever subjected, ‘when his enemlies of the naval cliqgue have used all the power and influence at thelr command to carry out their nefarious de- signs, instead of answering them in kind he has been open, straightforward, courteous, dignified and manly, telling the simple truth and letting It speak for itself, but even trying to ehleld those who have wronged him. That truth has spoken for itself just as Schley's work at Santiago spoke for itself, and the rear admiral has won in Washington another victory which cannot but add to the honor in which he s beld by the whole country. FERRYMAN OF THE TUGELA. Boston Globe: General Buller has been relieved of his command and placed on halt pay. The general's next step may be in the role of a lecturer in this country. Detrolt Free Press: General Buller's fato will teach the British officer that he need not know anything about warfare it he is clever enough not to blurt out the truth. Philadelphia Press: General Sir Charles Redvers Buller has been abruptly removed by an English administration which could stand his defeats but cannot stand his speeches about himself. General French is & good but not & great.soldier and the worst of all the bad business {s that there is no slgn whatever of any real army' fe- form in' England. Buffalo Express: The appointment of a successor to Sir Redvers Buller virtually concedes his argument that there was no man in England of inferior rank better fitted to command the First Army corps than he. . The War office catered to public clamor by choosing a man now in South Africa with the stipulation that he should remain there till his services were no longer needed. Washington Post: A year has passed. Roberts' ‘‘victory” turns out to be a de- feat worse than any Buller encountered. Success Is further off than ever But Chamberlain and his shopkeepers weed a scapegoat and there is Buller, too proud to bend his knee for favor. Delenda est Buller! 'Tis done. And from the outer wall of England's once noble citadel hangs the black flag of the marauder and the gang’s three golden balls Philadelphia Ledge) Scapegoat Buller has been sent forth into the desert of ob- scurity at last, with all the government's #ins upon his back and it is fondly hoped that neither he nor they will ever come back. There seems to be little doubt that Buller was incompetent for the high com- mand which was given him and that he embodled all the defects of the Salisbury- Chamberlain administration and that everything will go smoothly, now that. he 1s dismissed, is something which the most sanguine supporter of the Chamberlain policy will hardly dare to hope. PERSONAL NOTES, The Stokes who killed “Jim' Fisk back in the early '70s is dying of Bright's dis- easv in New York. ‘The Alaskans are so far behind the times that they have not yet arranged a series of reindeer races for the purpose of “im- proving the breed.” . The man with the white elephant will be able to sympathize with those Chicago burglars who have $75,000 worth of postage stamps on their hands, Frank H. Bubl, ex-president of the Sharon Steel company, has promised to give $200,000 for a public bullding at Sharon, Pa. The town must provide for its maintenance and it must be kept open seven days & week, An enthusiastic campaign orator in the course of a speech at Cleveland the other evening advised his hearers to “l{sten t the counsels of Senator Hanna, our peer! leader, and now perhaps the greatest and brainiest man in the world." Lee Choup, one of the wealthlest Chlneu merchants in New York, has wound up his business and is about to return to Canton with a fortune of $150,000. Three children born in New York and one wife will ac- company him. He is sald to have two other wives in China. Miss M. Ruth Martin, the ‘‘Tennecssee Lark,” has been given charge of the vocal instruction at the National Cathedral School for Girls, Mount St, Albans, Washington, and consequently among her pupils will be President Roosevelt's youngest daughter. The young queen of Holland is a total abstainer and ostentatiously refuses on all occasions to take wine. Her most intima friend, Princess Pauline of Wurtemberg, was by her won over to the ranks of the teetotalers She 18 sald to be the only teetotaler among reigning monarchs, if'we except ti ultan of Turkey. The total populer vote of the United States In 1900 was within a small fraction of 14,000,000 and the total population of the country, iIncluding territories which have no vote on the presidency, was 76,000,000, Practically, therefore, thare was ona vote cast for each five and a half inhabitants— the cherished formula of statisticians whose appreciation of humor is small—but more properly there wape, two voters !or each w INGTON GOSSIP, of Men and KEvents at the Nattonal Capital, President Roosevelt's hospitality 18 a subject of endless ‘gossip in Washington. It affords the cotrespondents juicy oppor- tunities for, political speculations, and they are making the most'of {t. One enthusiast declares the president outclasses his predecessors in the White House as the great American entertainer. Another de- clares the culinary department of the White House {8 worked as never before. It is sald that'Mrs. Roosevelt makes ampla pro- vision at breakfast, dinner and luncheon for unexpected guests, and she does not know how many may be called until the time comes. The meals are not formal affairs The guests go in and take pot luck. The Roosevelt menu s simple. The president believes In plenty of plain food. There are usually some oysters or clams, a soup, a roast and some simple dessert. Some- times tnere is an entree, and often some dish like chicken ple serves for every meat course. Game s frequently served. When luncheon time comes the president glances around his office at the House and says, “Well, let's all go and have somo luncheon,” and marches in at the hend of the company that happens to be with him, whether it is one man or a dozen. Ho has had somebody at dinner, and ususlly three or four, every night since ho haa been in the White House. The number he has had at luncheon will aver- age thres day, and there have been a dozen guests at breakfast at various times. Reterring to the recent visit of Booker T. Washington to the White House, & letter to the New York Evening Post says: “Probably thero will be commentators on the recent imcident who will try to read in it an indictment of Mr. Washington's good faith and good taste. They will as- sume that he sought the hospitality of the White House and took care to spread the news of it, for the sake of its effect in ‘breaking the ice,’ as it were, for the negro soclally. Nothing fs turther from the truth Mr, Washington, in spite of much urging in the other direction by self-appointed ad- visers, has always carefully drawn and re- lglously observed the line of distinction between equality of citizenship and soclal equality. His tact has been exhibited at the expense of what some agitators have seen fit to call his self-respect. The writer knows of an occasion when a group of phil- anthropic gentlemen, some of them south- erners, were visiting Tuskegee Institute, where Mr. Washington was the only per- son who could entertain them at dinner. They found the board well supplied and daintily spread, but no persuasion on the part of the guests without race prejudices could induce Mr. Washington or any mem- ber of his household to sit at the samo table with the party. The host's excuses were as Ingenlous as any ever forged by an accomplished denizen of the great world, but behind these was discernible that nice sense of what he owed his cause—absten- tion from anything which could offend the prejudices of the white people of the sec- tion In which he lived and labored. “So In the present case. Your corre- spondent happens to know—what perhaps is unknown to the president himself—thal Mr. Washington, having received an invi- tation to dine at the White House and spend the evening with its distinguished tenant, went out of his way to try to p vent any publication of the fact even that he was to be in Washington. This was a point of delicacy with him, realizing, as he could better than any one else, to what sort of attacks the president was exposing himsel by extending such a courtesy to a member of & despised race.” Some amusement.has been created In Washington by the arrival and display of & newspaper published in Honolulu and mani- apposed to the rule of Governor Dole. In all the states of the union the death of the president was announced by the gov- ernors In a regular proclamation, beginning with & statement of the facts and winding up with the signature of the governor and the attestation of the secretary of state, tollowlng, in this respect, the form adopted by President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay. The vessel that brought the news of Pres- ident McKinley's death brought also coples of the proclamation of President Roosevelt, 50 that there was a pattern for the governor of Hawail. Yet he “directed” that In re- spect to the memory of “the late William McKinley” and “In the absence of official proclamation by the president" flags should be put at half mast until further notice. This was signed by Kate Kelley, chiet clork, secretary's office. Two daye later the next notice appeared in print as fol- lows: EXECUTIVE ORDER. The governor directs that notice be given that on Baturday next, September 25, gov- ernment offices will bé closed in honor of Willlam MeKinley, late president of the United States, whose death at the hand of an assassin has plunged the nation into the deepest sorrow and has enlisted the sympathy and regret of the world. It iy recommended that that day be recog. nized by this community a day of mourning and prayer, and ublic ex- pression of the natlonal lo bereave- ment caused by the pra-maulxn death, LLE' Chief Clerk, Secretary's Omce. Late one night a young reporter employed in the Washington bureau of a newspaper was gent to the house of Assistant Secre- tary of State David J. Hill to get infor- mation about the developments in an im- portant matter then occupylng the atten- tion of the State department. Some time after he had rung .the bell, relates the New York Times, & window was raised and Dr. Hill's head appeared. The reporter apologized for waking him and teld what he was after. Urbane as usual, Dr. Hill White | readily consented to enlighten the reperter through the window “The situation,” said Dr. HIll, “has under- £one a considerable change. 1 must neces- | warily be guarded in my language, but you will readily grasp my meaning when [ say that in the words of Cicero”--and here a considerable flood of Latln fell upom the head of the reporter, whose knowledge of Latin was limited to some haay recollec- tions of the division ot Gaul into three parts. “1 don't quite catch that, Dr. 111l," he ventured, when the flood had subsided. “‘Indeed ?"* replied the assistant secretary, with an air of surprise. “Then I will try to make my meaning plainer,” and this time a considerable volume of Greek descended from the window. A third inquiry from the reporter brought forth some German, fol- | lowed 01 the fourth attack by French. All the time Dr. Hill wore an air of great urbanity and seemed to be falrly exuding information. The reporter thanked him teobly. “‘Not at all necessary,” sald Dr. Hill, as he pulled down the window and went back to bed. The reporter walked on all sides of the sidewalk on his way back and was thought by unprejudiced observers to he under the | influence of liquor. The next day Dr. Hill met the chief of the bureau to which the Young man was attached, and the chief remarked that his reporter had not been able to get much owut of Dr. HIII the pre- vious night. “Indeed?* sald Dr. Hill, in an interested tone. “And yet, do you know, 1 really gave him some very important information." AID IN FUN. Mother—~John, I y' ould be cultivated cost too much Her Father—It can't cost too much If it will improve it any. Cleveland Plain Dealer: “I was a little disappointed when 1 looked through that Yale, Am of candidates for honors." o1 couldn't find Mr. Dooley's nam Brooklyn Life: Jllw‘r«l understand that you had turned over a new leaf and were ‘even going to love your enemies, but 1t seems to me that you love no onae but yoursel “Well, I am my own worst enemy."" Philndelphta Press: 1 understand,’ the globe tiotter, who had been nhrlmd 1 #ome time, ‘‘that you and Miss Strong wero happlly married a short time after my de- replied Mr. Meekton, “after your departure We were happily married a shore time." Puck: She—You know, Clara was am- bitious to have a career, Mamma—And matrimony {nterferes with & career? She—Yes, but she made up her mind that she doesn't want any oareer that matrimony Interferes with Plttaburg Chronfele: “That's & new ar- rival In heaven,” remarked the shade of 8herlock Holmes 180 he was accustomed to wearing a sQft hat on earth.' “‘Marvelous! Px('lnlmrd the nlhnr shade, admiringly, “how do you ow ‘SBimple enough. Whenever I\e has occa- slon to tip his halo he tries to grab it by the crown.” Puck: First Fisherman—I think we en- joyed fishing more when we were bove, econd Fisherman—Yes; but in & differen( way. We didn't get thirsty. You mis- exclaimed The heavy villain, who had just joined the company, looked patiently’ aggrieved and_said: “Excuse me; Is that in the part of are you acting as’stage manager? Chicago_Post: “You wretch! creant! You worat of villains!" | the heroine at rehearsal. AN IRISH TRIBUTE TO M'KINLEY, Irish Times, September 23. “Farewell .to all. God's way s best Hia will, Rot. ours, b dane.” » . 8o having sald, he sank to rest, As sinks the western sun. For even athwart the lnlherad night ‘That wrapt the weeping room His parting soul fiings back the light That glorifies the gloom. “Farewell to all."" 80 we have clatm ay 5 n.-nd bye'’ in To bless with all who hlnn nw name, To grieve wnn all who mourn, “God's will s best," the path is dark For teps of faltering Faith, But thou hast fanned her mnl spark, Even with thy dying breath. “God's way That thou should fall 18 bes eath lhfi caltift hand, Thou, honored and beloved of all, Thou, Pride of all thy Land! Bmote as the eagle In mid-fight In life's best golden prime, Just as it reached the zenith belght And touched the towers sublime. Bmote by the hand whose felon clasp Was frankly locked in thine, Responsive with fraternal grasp, Broad Freedom's truthful sign. o earted chlef, s ever shame il Since tha arch (EAItOF orst betrayed His Master with a Kiss That this was best, Oh hurd to think; 'hnu martyr made! this And vet thy NW«'dlnr soul Forbade Man's tremulous heart to sHrink Or doubt God's purposed goal. Even now the shame, the wruuh that'rells And vibrates 'round the globe Might seem to clasp all falthful souls In one dark mourning robe. Ah! might men see in death Ilkl thine ™ (Thy power to love, to bea For all the world a lordly n.n That half fulfills thy prayer! To draw the Peoples each to each, In nearer amity, And, as thy final word doth teach, “Nearer, my God, to Thee." 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