Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1901, Page 6

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Notary Puplie ———————— With th ers other § « little consent of the foot ball play formers will now be given pace in the publie arena. “The puzzle to plant six men, holding cortificates of election as members of the county hoard, in five places is y to be solvi Senator Stewart of Nevada says Provi dence seftled the silver question. 1f that is the ease it must have been set tled right, Mr. Bryan to the contrary notwithstanding Our South Omaha friends should re- ,mind themselves that several crops of mayoralty candidates can be frost- bitton before thelr spring wunicipal election rolls around. { “I'he friends of Mr. Bryan are suffering | a sad experience fn finding that a con- | siderable clement of the Noebraska democrney is ready to swing Into the David B, Hill columu. Hawall will come to congress asking the appropriation of $10,000,000 for im- provements in the islands. For a young member of the family Hawaii is tainly not handicapped by mode A shipload of Christmas trees has been 108t on the great lakes. As the people | of this cornier of the country are all sup- plied with stockings, there Is no danger of belng left without a place to put the presents customary at that season. The democratie editors of Nebraska are to get together to harmonize on the next step for swallowing the populists, The democeratic editor 1s a doclle creature, but it may be difficult to work up niuch enthusiasm over the prospec- tive meal. — That reminds ws that so far as we have been able to ascertain the grept school board reformer, Millard Fillmore . Funkhouser, has not yet volunteered to the grand jury what he does not know about corruption in the municipal government. Is It possible he s stil} walting for his two dollars? ‘While the buttermakers are about it, wgking war on the imitations, which are .. Alleged to be unhealthy, they might start a ecrusade against coloring thelr own product. The coloring matter is sald to be harmless, but every few days a story ‘appears of someone being pol- soned by driuking the mixture through wistake. There will be no populists In the com- ing senate and dispatches from Wash- ington state that the popullst congress- men will enter the democratic caucus and /become In fact a portlon of the democratic strength in that body. Ne- braska populists who have imagined they still had a national party can put thelr dream in cold storage. ‘Fhe fakir who thrives on snap adver- tising schemes could not exist except by toleration of business men who know that the only form of advertismg that pays full returns Is newspaper ad- vertising, but who are willing to be per- suaded into constant experiments, The tommunity whose business men support thelr newspapers most liberally is the community that gets ahead of its com- petitors. m— The apologists for State Treasurer Stuefer are trylng to make out in ex- tenuation of those crooked bond deals that It is the countles that issued the bonds that have been milked instead of the state that bought them. This is noteworthy as an admission that the milking has been accomplished. The fact I8 the taxpayers of Nebraska are the sufferers by the diversion of public fuuds for private gain and it comes out of their pockets just the same whether the detached Interest coupons belonged in reality to the counties or to the school | te | What the Cubans want is well [ as well as certain fund, or In part to both, ANNEXATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE Annexation is regarded by those who belleve In a liberdl policy towhrds Cuba as the alternative of reciprocity. They urge that unless sueh tarlff concessions are made on Cuban sugar and tobacco as willl permit them to be marketed here at a living profit to the producers there will be a demand from the Island for annexation. Hence, since annexa tion would give free admission to our markets for Cuban products, It s ex pedient to make such concessions will be satisfactory to the Cubans, There Is some force in this view Already there are many annexationists in Cuba. A resident of the island now in this country says the higher classes want anpexation because they belfeve Cuba would be much better off under the control of this country. Doubtless it would not be difficult to extend this desire among the masses of the people if the industrial devolopment of the Island should not go forward ns pected and the prosperity hoped for should not be realized. 1t is also true that there is a considerable annexation sentiment in the United States, though it Is at present, it is not to be doubted, very much in the minority. Whether it would be very greatly inereased or not, in the event of a practically unani mous demand from the Cuban people for annexation, 18 a question. There are political as well as com mercial considerations involved, Cuba as American territory would be followed by a demand from its people for repre- sentation and participation in the gov ernment. They would ask for state hood and Cuba has a population and resources that would justify them fu doing so. In regard to this the New York Tribune snys: Admission of Cuba into this union would mwean uot only that this nation was to gov- | ern Cuba, but also that Cuba was to take part in governing this mation. It would mean that Cuba would have a volce in mak- ing laws for New York and New England | and the south and the west; and, not only | a voice, but, perhaps, in some close divi slon, a deciding voice, so that in the gravest affairs this whole nation might be gov-| erned and its destiny b declded by senators | and_representatives from Cuba. That, we | are convinced, is something the people of | the United States will never permit and | will never make possible. No, this coun- | try is not and never will be bound, morally | or legally, to admit any allen country to a | share in its sovereignty. It Is no more to | be subjected to civil invasion than to mili- tary Invasion. The Jatter it would quickly and Indignantly repel with force of arms. | The former it may well guard fnflexibly | against with the force of enlightened | natlonal sentiment, patriotically jealous for the preservation of our great birthright un- impaired We should not be frightened from our duty to adequately safeguard home in ts by any threat of Cuban annexa tion. It Is quite possible that in time | that question will have to be seriously considered and determined. There are | many who believe it to be inevitable that sooner or later Cuba will become territory of the Unlted States. But that fs a matter of the future. At pres ent we bave to consider what ean be | d for promoting the development and | prosperity of the island without sacris| ficing important domestic interests, It is mot an altogether simple problem as | to how far we can go in this matter and | not inflict injury upon our own indus. | tries and people, which it is the first duty of the government to care for. under stood. What we can afford to grant is | a matter for the most careful consldera- | tion and it is safe to say that its de- termination will not be all that the Cubans ask aud hope to obtain, an TO PROCEED AGAINST TR It appears that the officials of the De- partment of Justice are of the opinion that the Northern Securities company, of the industrial| trusts, are amenable to the Shermun anti-trust law, This opinion, 1t Is sald, is the result of a caretul study of the decision of the supreme court in the Trynsmissouri Freight association case, and it is understood to be In contempla tion to institute proceedings, on the ground of restraint of trade, against the Northern Securities company, the Bugar trust and the Copper trust, the question of beginning action to be definitely determined after the opening of congress. A Washington dispatch to the New York Journal of Commerce says that the efforts of the governor of Minne- sota to secure concerted action of the state authorities in the northwest in re- gard to the railroad deal are being watched with great Interest at the na- tional capital. While the Department of Justice has not been called upon to investigate the desl made by the Na tlonal Securities company, it is known that the officlals of the department are giving close attention to the matter, They feel, however, that at least for the present the state authorities are competent to deal with the question and if their constitutions og laws have been violated the remedy s in thelr bands. A There s general and great Interest regarding what DPresident Roosevelt will say In his message respecting the industrial combinations. The expecta- tion is that he will deal with the sub- Ject in his characteristically vigorous and stralghtforward way, perhaps muk ing few specific recommendations to congress, but lnsisting that some legis lation I8 necessary to restrain and con- trol the combinations and check the tendency toward monopoly, The presi- dent has been called upon by several prominent railroad men with the under. stood purpose of persuading him not to discuss rallway combinations in the message, but it 1s believed that if such was the mission of these gentlemen they recelved no encouragement. It can safely be said that If the president had made up his mind that it was his duty to discuss the railway situation in its relation to the pubile Interest no amount of persuasion on the part of representa- tives of the rallroads. would induce him to omif mention of that subject, which Just now 1s' commanding a great deal of public attention, Meanwhile there is prawise of earnest efforts fu congress to secure additional STS. legislation for dealing with the indus trlal and capitalistic combinations. Numerous measures will undeubtedly introduced. Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin will probably agaln pro a constitutional amendment pl ing trusts and large corporations under the control of the federal government and he expects it will receive more at tention than was given it when pre sented in the last congress, All the in dications are that the trust fssue will not be ignored by the Fifty-seventh con- gress and in this is the promise that some practical and effective legislatio will be secured. END OF THE WOODEN BLOCK ERA The repavement of the only conspleu- downtown thoroughfare removes the last prominent'reminiscence of the wooden block and should be a eause of than ordinary congratulation to our people. The wooden block pave ment will soon be a thing of the past fn Omnha and every vostige of it will have disappeared as the outlying residence districts that originally paved with wood are repuved with more sub. stantial material The wooden block era of pavement may be put down as the most expensive luxury which this city ever indulged. Most of the evils from which the elty has suffered, and especlally the finan- cial complications that have come out of repudiated special assessments, are to be traced to this one source. While' The Bee was one of the few who fore- saw the disastrous results and pro- tested vigorously at the time, we all agree now that the wooden block pave- ment was but an eruption of the mania for town-lot speculation of the boom . and our eagerness to spread the out overcame sound judgment and ity The extinetion of the wooden block pavement is the best indieation that Omaha is now upon a solid foundation and has passed the stage of forced mushroom growth, Omaha was not the only vietim of the wooden block pave ment craze nor the worst sufferer from it, as its experience finds a counterpart, differing only in degree, In @, = * ,vest- ern cities that made a popula ",' urt about the same time in the r. for mmercial and industrial supremac Omaba rests now on as sound a footing as iy of its cofapetitors. pose more wel The live stock which has been entered for exhibition at the coming show in Chicago is valued at upwards of $3,000,- 000, Never before in the history of the live stock industry have finely bred ani- muls been so highly valued as at pres- ent. ‘The high price of beef and of the vin required to produce it has brought the fact home to the producer that he cannot afford to keep poor stock. While | the producer reaps the financlal benefit of the fmprovement, the consumer se- cures better beef. If the improvement in this line continues the great west will increase its hold on the trade of Europe and the prosperity of the corn belt states will be correspondingly enhanced, One notable feature of Thanksgiving tlis. year was the small number of peo-, ple who applied to the charity organiZa- [t In years pust it has been a se- vere strain to supply the wants of all the really needy, but this year it was .v. There never was and never will e a time without many unfortunates in L city of this size, but those who have been engaged in charity work for years insist that never within thelr memory have they betn 8o few ns At present. Nothing could possibly better illustrate the fact that the present prosperity s general and wot confined to any one class. —————— The completion of the Twenty-fourth street viaduct makes Jt possible to abol- ish the grade crossing altogether over the rallroad right-of-way that cuts through the city east and west. Only one or two grade crossings still remain and these should be closed at the earliest convenience, as present viaduct facilities arve sufficient to meet existing demands. The, grade crossing cannot long survive anywhere within the ety limits, Why should railroads, after appealing to the courts, resort to force of arms to settle their disputes any more than or- dinary individuals? If two persons lawing over the possession of a piece of property should try to forestall the a tion of the authorities by barrieading the disputed territory, as the local rail- roads have been doing with the stretch of street each I8 trylng to monopolize, they would be hauled up with a round turn, — Ex-Governor Furnas fixed the amount desirable for Nebraska's representation at the St. Louls exposition at $50,000, but the Lincoln Journal raises him to $150,000. The state appropriated only $100,000 for Nebraska's participation in its own Transmississippl exposition here at Cmabka and {t certainly would not he justified in expending more at St. Louls than it did at home. Giving Nat Indianapolis Journal. The gallantry which our soldiers in the Philippines are displaying is a new thing to men who have been accustomed to Spanish methods of warfare. e Contract, Boston Transcript. According to Saturday’s news “the Philippine commission has decided to pre- pare a law enforcing compulsory vaccina- tion everywhere In theyarchipelago.” That means 10,000,000 located on 400 islands. As fast as vaccinated they should be required to take the oath of allegiance. Enforel Validity of Legucy Tases Chicago Chronicle, There is au end to all resistance agalnst the payment of legacy taxes under state or federal laws. All the state and federal statutes on the subject have been sus- tained by the courts of last resort. Under the decision of the federal supreme court, after long litigation, the managers of the estate of the Cornellus Vanderbilt are paying the United Stated Inheritance tax of $361,503 on the various amounts which de~ scended to his heirs, In every suit of heirs agalnst the collectors of inheritance taxes under state or federal laws they have been defeated. The polloy of the United States and of several states on this matter has been sustained by all the judicial tribunals before which any issue on the subject can be brought. Persons leaving estates tax- OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, N able under the inheritance laws should take notice of the fact and mhke their wills ac- cordingly A Sugar Trust Prophecy. Springfield Republican, The sugar trust has so long dictated con gressional action respecting the sugar dutles that no cause for surprise is given when W. A. Havemeyer, the Chicago rep- resentative of the trust, says without any Qualification that “congress will remove the duty on raw sugar within a year and the reflned product will eell at 3 cents a pound.” No dbubt the trust knows better what congress will do on this point than congress itself. The more doubtful part of the statement is that the trust will remit to the people the full benefit of the abol ished taxes, The Standard Gold Mine. Boston (ilobe. The directors of the Standard Ol com- pany recently declared a dividend of § per cent, payable in December. This makes a total of 48 per cent for the year, which mea D aggregate distribution of $48,000,- 000 on a capital stock of $100,000,000 Mr. Rockefeller has meanwhile been grad- ually picking up the floating stock of his company and it is sald that-his interest in it now reaches 40 per cent. 1f this report i& true, his share In the dividend next month will be $3,200,000, Putting it all together, the great Stand- ard Oil magnate has drawn from the con- cern ln dividends during the year $19,200,000, Mr. Rockefeller was lately reported as saying to his Sunday school pupils that he thought it possible for a rich man to get to heaven. But this s only his opinion, and there may be bias in it. — DOMESTIO OR FOREIGNt Tarift and Reven on the Phil Chicago Post. Doubtless & good many of our intelligent citizens will be at a loss to reconcile the rullng of the commiesioner of internal rev- enue with the decision in the *colonial tarift cises rendered last spring by the su- preme court. Till now, ucder an opinion promulgated some time ago, the Philippine Islands bave been treated as foreign terri- tory within the meaning of the provisions for interral revenue dutfes. That is, goods of domestlc manufacture that ave subject to Internal federal taxation—such as clgars, beer, whisky, etc.—when shipped to the Philippines have been exempted from such taxation, This pollcy is reversed by the new ruling. The exemption will not be granted hence- forth, and‘'goods of the sorts specified in- tended for export to and consumption fn the Phillppines will be taxed precisely as they are taxed when shipped to any other domestic territory of the United States. In other words, though the supreme court has held ttat territory acquired by cession re- mains foreign for tarift purposes till con- kress expressly extends thereto the taxa- tion and uniformity clauses of the constitu- ton the internal revenue office rules that such territory is not forelgn, but domestic, for internal revenue purposes. Now the former ruling was justly re- garded as a corollary from the decision in the Downes case. Territory cannot be for- eign for one kind of taxation and domestic for another kind. The present ruling, there- fore, seems to bo inconsistent with the view taken in the Porto Rican cases by the cupreme coust. The reasoning upon which the commissloner rests his ruling s not set forth in he betet dispatch on the subject, and some mayifdmp at the conclusion that a decision a “to the government is an- ticipated | @ pending Philippine tarif case, knowH®aq' the “fofirteen dlamond rings" Iull"“u!. of course, this would be wholly gratultous. Internal revenue taxes are not involved in this case; and even If they were Involved, it Is not tho habit of the executive department to anticipate the decrees of the supreme court. 1t should be pointed out that a week or two since the Treasury department refused to allow drawbacks on goods manufactured trom foreign material and exported to the Philippines. The drawback privilege is valuable to foreign trade, but If the Philip- pines are domestic territory for revenue purposes, it follows that trade with them is not “foreign.” The drawback ruling I8 “on all fours” with the new Internal rev- enue decision, but the Downes case doctrine milltates against both. As matters stand the Philippines are forelgn within the meaning of the tariff laws and domestic for all other purposes, including internal rev- enue taxes. This is somewhat bewildering. A REORGAN R TALKS BACK, Boquet of Enlightening Tips for the Henefit of the Befogged. Detrolt ¥Free Press (Ind. dem.) “Why do the republican papers rejoico in every event which they can torture into a victory for the reorganizing element of the democratic party?" inquires Mr. Bryan in the latest issue of the Commoner. It Mr. Bryan would lock the sanctum door, cock up his feet on the table and think strenuously for a few minutes he should be able to devise more answers to the ques- tion than he could possibly have room to print. We could give him half a dozen or more without even pretending to think. For one thing the elctories of the Te- organizing element of the democratic party may appeal to the sporting blood of the republican editor. In the old days before the democratic party was abduoted by Mr. Bryan ‘and other members of the populis: Macedonian committee a eontest for the presidency was not over as soon as the country had read the platform adopted by the democratic national comventlon. Every heat was a race, as the gentlemanly pool seller is wont to say, and every race was a “hoss' race, as Colonel Watterson has so beautifully lgped. The republican edifor may be a-weary of jug-handled contests that furnish him no inspiration to execute Brooklyn loops and use his port batteries now and then. He Is a couscientious soul, and would gladly give his subscribers more of a fight for his slice of the campaign fund. He has come to feel that he is. get- ting money under false pretenses. Or, it mmy be, that the republican editor is like a great many persons who are neither republicans nor editors, and be- lieves that every cheap money campalgn is injurlous to the commercial interests of the country, and to all other interests There are such persons, and many of (hem think as little of other republican policles as Mr. Bryan ever will. They welcome every evidence that’ the American people are finding themselves on the currency question, and are learning that money Is something more than the flat of a legisla- ture. They helped to restore the country to reasou after its brief experience with the loco weed of greenbackism, and they are glad to perceive indisputable evidence that the people are rapidly recovering from the delirious debauch of silverism, Mr. Bryan seems to be ignorant of the fact, but the time is past when even the most bigoted partisan editor prefers a tupenny party advantage to an obylous national benefit. It is hardly necessary to glve more answers to Mr. Bryan's ques- tion, and we fall to see anything pecullarly spicious” about the rejolcings of the republican newspapers whenever the demo- crats of a state decide that they are tired of seeing the populistic tall wag the demo- cratic dog. It may strike Mr. Bryan as “suspicious,” but Mr. Bryan has learned to consider all rejolcing as suspiclous which does net refer to the political triumpbs of the edlitor of the Commone: OV EMBER OTHER LAN 30, 1901, THA The French military press exhibits anx fety the progress which is being made in Germany in the development of a quick-fring fleld gun. With the construc tion of the so-called seventy-five gun fieldplece of seventy-five millimetres caliber the Freneh belleved that they had pro- vided thelr artillery with & weapon far superior to that In use in any other army They now learn, however, that German ar tillerigts, although for the time outpaced have of iate been rapidly regaining lost ground. The France Milltaire reports a sories of trials made with some pieces con structed, or rather converted, from an old to a new pattern, In the Krupp factories It is said that twenty rounds were fired in fifty seconds, of course without any relay {ing of the gun between the rounds, and that at 3,500 yards' range the projectiles all struck within a rectangle of forty yards in depth and three yards in width, dnd at {2,000 yards within a rectangle of sixty-four by five yards. Equally good results were ob. tained when the gun was fired on paved or macadamized roads, and also when in action on an ascending slope of six degrees or on a descending slope of nine degrees. “If, the French journal says, “these reports are true, and there seems no reason to doubt their substantial accuracy, our seventy-fivo gun 18 likely to be not surpassed, perhaps but equalled. In Germany strenuous efforts are being made to catch up with us, and it these havo not been altogether succesafal it must be admitted that we have lost much of the start we had galned.” about a It 1s learned through mail advices from Constantinople that Ferid Pasha, the gov- ernor -ot the Vilayet of Konieh, has made some proposals to the sultan for the com- merclal development of Asia Minor. Ferid Pasha suggests that a grain exchange should be established in Constantinople; that the junction of the Anatolian & Kas- saba railway bo effected at Karahissar- Sahib, and that the rallway from Smyron 1o Aldin be extended to Tefeni and Adalia Ferld Pasha further proposes that the har- bor of Adalia bo enlarged and that the quays be extended and provided with mod ern machinery for loading and unleading cargoes, He thinks that agricultural ma- chinery should be supplied to the peasants by the state on the installment system, while & school of agriculture should bo ex- tabiished at Adalia. Forests should be protected from destruction and an Increase In the number of primary schools is ur- gently necessary. The sultan 15 reported to have expressed his approval of these pro- posals, but it is doubtful whether the state of Turkish finances will permit them to bo carried out immediately. o There are continuous indications of a growing agitation in Ruesia in favor of rp- liglous liberty. At a recent missionary congress in Orel of members of the Ortho- dox church the marshal of the nobility of the province moved that the government { be petitioned to mitigate the severe penal enactments against persons giving offense to the national church. A majority of the congress declined to assent to the mar- shal's motion, but the cause of the free- dom which he hdvocated has been taken up by a section of the press, both at St Petersburg and Moscow. The Novoye Vremya especially, notwithstanding its Pan- Slavonic’ attitude, frankly confesses that some change Is necessary, but recommends that it be made gradually. Tt declares that the condition of the Russian clergy, their education and their moral standard leaves much to be desired and suggests that rals- Ing these standards might be an cffective way of dealing & blow against the further spread of heresy. It recommends that milder treatment be meted out to members of "those seets whose temets do not differ widely from those of the Orthodox church, for example, the *Old Believers." The fact that the marshal's liberal speech should be mentioned at all in the press, as well as tho | tone of the discussion which it has pro- voked, ndicates that liberal and tolerant ideas are beginuing to assert themselves in Russia, In spite of all the efforts to sup- press them, and that the higoted and mar- row rule of Pobyedonostzeff will not endure forever. o According to a Vienna correspondent of a London newspaper, the late grand vizler, Khalil Rifat Pasha, was a striking oxam- ple of the indolent, phlegmatic fatalistic Turk. He appears to have cared for nothing but his title and his salary and to have allowed the sultan and his creatures at the palace to exerclse tho functions of the vizierate in any way that might seem best to them. Not infrequently he only heard of what was done, through the newspapers, as he candidly admlitted to an interviewer Just before the Greek war. When he was appointed In November, 1895, something better was expected from him on account of his energy in stamping dut brigandage when he was governor keneral of the vilayet of Kossovo.. But as soon as he was created grand vizier he simply allowed things to drift and permitted others to usurp his authority without resistance or protest. His one alm, apparently, was to lead a quiet life, unvexed by stato prob- lems. Nothing, of course, could have pleased the palace favorites better. They had their own way almost in everything and Khalil enjoyed himself, perfectly indifferent to the maladministration which has been bringing the country nearer and nearer to rufn, o The Ottoman empire presents the curlous spectacle of an extensive country, rich in | 8oil, climate, minerals and fruits, which is taxed to the verge of revolution and s still destitute of means for the payment of government obligations of the most pressing nature. The army is ready to mutiny because its pay is so far In ar- rears. Forelgn powers are driven to the necessity of using violent means to collect debts which the sultan might willingly settle if he had money to satisfy these claims and others which are sure to be pressed upon him as eoon as he shows signs of being fairly provided with funds Yet meanwhile the taxpayers of the Turkish empire are almost ripe for revolt, regard- less of religion or nationality, because the exactions of the government are nearly equivalent to confiscation. The sultan ex- torts all that he can get from his unhappy subjects, and still he is “hard up.’ Bourbonism in the Enst. Minneapolis Journal (rep.) Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house; Senator Aldrich, chairman of the senate finance committee, the corresponding committee of the senate; Joe Manley of Maine, Con- gressman Grow of Pennsylvania and others in sympathy with them, probably Dalzell among the number, have had & conference and have decided that there shall be no tarift changes at the next session of con. gress. This means nothing will be done with the reciprocity treaties and no modif- cation of the tarift in any particular. It will be noticed that this conclusion Is reached by eastern men entirely. What the republican party wants Just now worse than anything else is to be delivered from the bourbonism of its castern end k e to Slde Step, Cleveland Plain Dealer. Those northwestern governors who pro- pose 10 lasso the trust locomotives bave the earnest athy of the great public, but they should try to bear in mind the fate of the Indian who attempted much the same thing. 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The territorial government of Hawall 1s 80 hard up financially that householders who pay an annual tax for sewer connection have bad this tax doubled. The “Paradise of the Pacific” has a few drawbacks. Of the 2,600 defective votes cast at the re- cent election in New York more than half, it is said, wera rendered void by inscrip- tions aimed at Mayor Van Wyck, such ““Anybody but him,” “Not the ice candi- date” and so forth. Sometimes the name and address of the voter was given. Depositions taken at Independence, M in a libel suit against the St. Louls Repu lic show that the corporations of the state contributed liberally to the democratic cam- palgn and were given an equivalent In “holdup™ bills suppressed. A slush fund of $16,000 was raised in this way last year. Under the new constitution of Delaware there is no poll tax required and a condi. tion of affairs which Lad grown almost to the dimensions of a national scandal—the purchase by political leaders of certificates of tax payments for use by the voters taking their side in an election—has been to a great extent done away with. Among surprising incidents of the recent city and county elections in New York state was the victory of J. N. Locke, who was chosen sheriff of Hamilton county. Ind pendent voters were dissatisfied with all candidates nominated for the shrievalty, they quietly scratched them and substituted Locke's name. He had a majority ot 21. The victorious reform forces in New York City are practically a unit in favor of open saloons on Sunday. The New York Independent, always in favor of temper- ance, declares that “no law in New York | can close theso saloons on Sunday; It 1s an impossibility and we must acknowledge the fact, whether we like it or not. The habits of our people must be uplifted by oducation working on public sentiment, not by law.” The oldest postmaster and the oldest pub- lic officeholder in the United States, if not in the world, presides over the little, slow-going, fourth-class office at North Lansing, Tompkins county, N. Y. His rame is Roswell Beardsley. He was ap- pointed by President John Quincy Adams almost three-quarters of a century ago, and although he has just turned 91, he still attends to the routine of the office and writes his reports monthly to the de- partment in Washington. The new Alabama constitution, the adop- tlon of which was recently ratified by the voters of the state, provides for a gov- ernor, lieutenant governor and state officials with four-year terms, and for quadrennial instead of biennial sessions of the legislature, and reduces the lMmit of taxation to per cent. It makes a fixed | appropriation for the public schools, pro- hibits judges and members of the leglsla- | ture from acquiring free passes on rall- | An, LINES TO A SMILE. Ohfo State Journal: Miss Touriste—Yon | have some strong and rugged types of man- | hiood out in this western country, don't ge Driver—Yaas, miss, we hev men out here thet don't think it's nuthin’ ¢ ‘hold up a railroad train, Brooklyn Eagle: O'Hoolahan—Wake up, Dinnfs. For th' love av St. Pathrickl Phat was vez graonin’ an’ moanin’ so for in yer sleop? O'Cullahan (dazed)—Och! Surs, O1 was dreamin’ Of hod troyed to umpivre a foot ball game, Chicago Tribune: “If you dldn't say anv of the things that are printed in that al- leged interview,” asked his intimate frlend, “why don’t you deny them and set yoursell right with the public?” “Because,” answered Senator Lotsmun, it was =0 much more scholarly and ool rect than anvthing I could porsibly bave sald that 1 hate to disturb the {llusfon.’ Chicago Trl said Unole Eph'm, “Is jes Hit . a expert to tell which is de wholesome an’ which is de pizon Philadelphia Press: “Talking about in- ventions,”” sald the business man, "I have a little ‘machine in my place that would make me a millionaire, If I could only keep 1t going all th, time." “You Baltimore Amerlcan: . “The lady who writes the Advice for the Affiicted says thas the best way to cure a cold is to greass the heels,” remarked the nake editor, ‘Of course,” opined the automobiie editos, “she meant ‘to advise the use of a healln ointment.” Cleveland Plain Dealer: “I didn't mind the kpanking dad gave me half as much as 1.did tho sarcastic way in which he talked." “Wasn't it a hard lickin'?" “You Just bet it wa “Well, what did he than the shingle?" “Ho sald, 'Go ws y that was worse back and stand up!" 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