Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1901, Page 6

6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1901. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. B, ROSE , EDITOR. SLISHED EVERY MORNING IRMS OF BUBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Year.$6.00 Daily Hee and Sun Illustrated HBee, O Bunday Bee, One 100 Baturday o, One 1.0 Twentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED ARRIE Dally Bee (without Sunday), Daily Bee (without Sunday), pe Deily Bee (including Sanday), per week .1 Bunday Bee, per copy [ Evening Bee (without Sinday), per week . 1oc Evening Be (ncluding Sunday), per week oo 16 Complatnte "of irregularities in should be addressed to irculation De partment. OFFIC Omaha—The Bee Bullding. Bouth Omah ity Hall Bullding, Twenty-fifth Feets. Counell Bl arl dtreet feago—-1640 Unity Bullding. w York—Temple Court hington—-601 Fourteenth Street. 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The flood of bills presented to con- gress the opening week should induce that body to sympathize with the sultan of Turke; The big stores in eastern cities are already making thelr hollday window displays. Omaba merchants must not lag behind the procession. Speaker IHenderson warned congress of the dangers of the surplus in the treasury. The world is full of people who are perfectly willing to take chances with a similar surplus. The school boy and the rabbit hunter were not the only ones who rejoiced at the snowfall. The owners of thousands of acres of winter wheat sent up a shout which drowned out all competi- tors. The fusion register of deeds in Lan- caster county proposes to try to hold on to his office while the candidates for his successorship fight out an election con- test. The greed for office knows no party lines. e —— The first question “the new school board will be called upon to meet will be, Shall the board be organized in the interest of Superintendent Pearse or is it to be organized in the interest of the public schools? The insurgent uniform in Colombia I8 described as a hat with a red ribbon band. That may answer in a warm climate like that of the isthmus, but would hatdly be serviceable for troops serving in Alaska, This is the season of the year when hot fires In new stoves or furnaces mak work for the fire department, not onl) in Omaha, but generally throughout our cities. A little precaution in time may save a bout with the insurance adjust- ers. A new collection of superlative ad- jectlves Is needed in Stoux City. The Ministerial assoclation of that place has used up all the old stock in denouncing the theaters, dancing and card parties and stlll the evil triplets continue to thrive. The London Times expresses the opinton that the combines iu this coun- try have gone beyond the bounds of dis- cretion. Plenty of lavestors in this country will reach the same conclusion about the time the first wave of adver- slty strikes some of the overcapltalized corporations, ————e— The committee which has been ap- pointed to arrange the detalls of the coronation of King Bdward of Greut Britaln has decided that no one will be appointed to carry the king's bow and arrows. As the king is a little out of practice with the long bow he will probably not miss it to any great extent. In announcing his coming retirement from the leadership of Tammany Rich- ard Croker spid the leader of that or- ganization should Be “in touch™” with the political situation the year 'round. The new mayor of New York was elected to do away with the “touch” system and from his past record he may be de- pended on to do it Some of the bills futroduced into con- gress to deal with anarchists disclose the fact that the fool Kkiller skipped many people when he made his last rounds. ‘The problem is a serious one and freak measures designed to curry popular favor temporarily are not worthy of any man who has sense enough to entitle him to sit In congress. mper—— A free bridge betwcen Omaha and Council Bluffs would prove of advan- tage to a small number of people who would be willing to cross the river on foot, But 99 per cent of those who do business between the two towns would travel in cars. What the people of the two towns would prefer to a free bridge AN EMERGENCY THAT MUST BE MET The constitution of Nebraska limits the state indebtedness to £100,000 and this limit Is not to be exceeded oxcept for repelling invasion, suppressing in surrection or defending the state in war Instead of keeping the debt within the constitutional bounds every legisiature made appropritions largely in excess of the income, and the aggregate liabilities of the state have been growing until they have Feached enormons proportions. It was thought that high water mark wae renched at the close of the second term of Treasurer Bartley, when by his peculiar financiering the outstanding in terest-bearing state warrants were ralsed above $1,900,000. But according to the semi-annual report of State Auditor Weston, just made publie, the total of outstanding warrants Decembe 171901, was $2 Of this co- lossal debt, exact fignres are avaflable, it 1« known that between 0,000 and 0,000 of these state obligations are held as part of the In vestment of the permanent school fund While the delinquent unpaid taxes, if collectible, would perhaps pay off the greater part of this debt, the fact re mains that the state has overreached the debt limit fixed by the constitution by fully $2,000,000, and the permanent 'school fund, which is supposed to rep- resent over $4,000,000 of available as sets, in reality represents more than $1,200,000 of liabilitles which the state mfst sooner or later meet, either by in- creased taxation or by the issue of fund- ing bonds, It goes without saying that the tax- payers of Nebraska are not prepared for | the imposition of §1,500,000 to $2,000,000 succeeding has demand for making the law more re- strictive, though it does not appear that thie immigration has been an injury to any interest. c—— RECEPTIC OF THE MESSAGE Rarely has a president's message been received with such general and cordial commendation as has been accorded President Roosevelt's first communica tion to congress, The leading news papers of the country, including those which are not favorable to republican policies, have spoken in terms of praise of the original character and the fine literary style the message, as well as of its clear and strong treatment of the subjects digcussed and its elevated and patriotic tone. Republican statesmen have spoken of it ns a most statesman like paper-=wise, conservative and having the characteristic directness and earnestness of its author. Those who feared that the message would contain some dical ut | teranc that might prove disturbing, politically or otherwise, have been grati fied that there is nothing of this Kind in it, while at the same time it conveys | the assurance that the president can he relied upon to protect and walntain, to the extent of his authority, American rights and interests everywhere, It was of course inevitable that there would be some criticlsm of so Important a state aper. The vigorous advocacy of republican principles and policies could not escape adverse comment on the part of the opposition. But this has been for the most part moderate in tone. The message has made as favorable an impression abroad as at home, The | comments of the London press are gen of additional taxes to mect the deficit in ":'"”'f" _ ';'!h'" e ,I"' g v,-’," the stite treasiny, | On the ouhey brad | Stances warmly commendatory. The fhe | references in the message to foreign af warrant indebtedness cannot be funded into bonds without a constitu tional amendment authorizing it. The | question that confronts us is, Shall the | state contlnue to pile up a mountaln of | debt and pay premiums out of thie school fund on its own warrants or shall it pursue the only rational course left open through the submission of the necessar; constitutional amendment? We believe we volce the sentiment of the great mass of Nelraska taxpayers in demanding the application of business methods by the men at the helm of the state government. We must face the conditions as they are and meet them squarely, as we should every emergency that calls for decisive action, FAVORABLE REPORT ON TREATY, The senate committee on forelgn re- lations having voted to favorably report the new isthmian canal treaty and to urge its early ratification, there is favorable promise that it will soon be disposed of, perhaps before the adjourn- ment of the senate for the hollday re cess. Two of the democratic member: of the committee objected to the neu- trality provision and to the clause re- lating to the policing of the canal, but they did not vote against the treaty and doubtless will not when it shall come up for ratification. Indeed, they are sald to have expressed themselves . as desirous that it be ratffied, so that there may be no more unnecessary delay in leglslating for the great enterprise. There appears to be no doubt, there- fore, that the convention will be rati- fled and there certainly s no sound reason why it should not be. The neu- tralization principle which the treaty recognizes is as much in the Interest of the United States as of any other coun- try and it is manifestly absurd to argue that it would place this country at a disadvantage under any circumstances, The idea, also, that the clause reluting to the policing of the canal places a limitation upon the power of this coun- try to absolutely control it is without force. The United States has secured in this treaty all it asked and ther ought to be no question as to the duty of ratifying It. THE IMMIGRATION LAWS, There appears to be strong proba- bility of radical amendments to the im- migration laws. President Roosevelt sald In his message that the existing | laws are unsatisfactory and suggested that there should be a comprehensive law enacted to exclude bellevers in an- archistic principles or members of an- archistle societies, also persons of a low moral tendency or of unsavory reputa- tion; to secure by careful educational test “some intelligent capacity to appre- ciate American institutions” and act ganely as American citizens, and to clude all persons who are below a ¢ tain standard of economic fitness to enter our industrial field as competitors with American labor, He urged that there should be proper proof of per- sonal capacity to earn an American liv- ing and enough money to insure a de- cent start under American conditions.” Senator Lodge has again introduced his Immigration bill, whi he failed to have pasfed. in the last congress, the prineipal feature of which provides for an educational test. The Massachusetts senator, who It Is understood will be the chief representative of the admin- istratlon in the senate, may be expected to push his immigration bill and with favorable chance of carvying it through, Another bill relating to lmmigration has been introduced by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, which contains th ordinary provision for a duty of §3 per head on all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries, except those who are citizens of thls country or of Canada or Mexico. No such preposterous proposition as this, it is entively safe to predict, will recelve serious consideration. It would not only encounter the most vigorous protest from Furopeun governments, but such legislation would create a bitter Los- tility to the United States of the people of South and Central Americ whose friendship and trade we are most anxious to cultivate, It is thus evident that the immigra tlon question is again to become proml- nent In the attentlon of congress and the danger is that some foolish or un- necessary legislation will be enacted that will prove p future detriment | lent spirit. There was a considerable increase in {mmigration during the past year and alrs are regarded as showing an excel- “There is nothing in the messige,” commented the London Standard, “that is revolutionary, noth ing to alarm property owners ot to dis- turh the Innate American respect for the sanctity of individual rights and nothing that need in the smallest degree xelte anxiety or apprehensfon abroad.” Another paper observes that the refor ences to trusts and reciprocity contain nothing that s calculated to Increase the Buropean dread, but that on the contrary the president says much which should help to diminish that infinitely exnggerated panie. The London Times describes the message as “distinguished by clearness, firmness and reserved strength, which do not require the aid of rhetorical pyrotechnlcs or popular platitudes,” It is certainly a most notable success that President Roosevelt has achieved at the beginning of his administration In having his first communication to congress, dealing with questions of great national and international importance, so generally and heartily approved at home and abroad. It Is a most aus- plelous start for the administration upon which the president and the coun- try are to be warmly congratulated. The Amerlean people are warranted in teeling that they have at the head of the government a wise and safe execu- tive, who understands the country's needs, who will respect the popular will as did his lamented predecessor and who in all his feelings and aspirations 18 thoroughly American. Popular con- fidence In President Roosevelt has been greatly strengthened by his able and statesmanlike wessage, The fight is now on between the live stock men and the dairymen. The dairy- men Insist that alk artiticial butter shall be taxed out of existence, but they want to reserve to themselves the privilege to unload stale cow products re-worked and disguised in attractive colors. On the other hand, the live stock men want to supply the constantly increasing demand for butter by substitutes made out of fats and oils which are certified to as healthtul and equally nutritious as the dairy product aud can be supplied to consumers at lower prices. In this struggle between the dalvymen and the cattle raisers the average Nebraska farmer can look on with equanimity. If the dairymen have their way he will get a higher price for his milk; If the live stock men win he will get a better price for his weat. It is different, however, with the mass of people who have neither cows to milk or steers to mar- ket. Thelr Interest lies in competition, When the legislature of 1895 In viola- tion of all precedent took the power to appoint a fire and polide board for met- ropolitan cities from Governor Holcomb and conferred it upon an appolnting board, in which the attorney general and land commissioner constituted the con- trolling majority, the World-Herald was highly gratified. Now that municipal home rule, which that paper has been pretending to advocate, has be knocked In the head by the decision in the Redell case and the appoluting power exercised by the mayor and coun- cll under two former declslons again transferred to the governor, the World- Herald exhibits new gratification. When it comes to a question of principle the double-ender organ can change its col- ors as often as a chameleon, Will the school board reformers who profess to be grieved that the police court fines are not larger back up the efforts of Judge Ggrdon to hold himgself In on the pofice bénch to continue the play of releasing every prisoner who has money enough’ to divide with favored police court lawyers? The receipts from police court fines will only he restored to the normal when Judge Gordon's suc cessor takes hold. Representitive Wachter of Maryland is shocked that President Roosevelt should have attended the army and navy foot ball game and whl Introduce a bill Into congress prohibiting such games in the futu He might follow this up with one providing that after gradua- tlon.the ‘cadets should never go to war, as some of them would be liable to be hurt in the serimmage. —— Nearly three months ago the Board of Education called .for a grand jury to investigate the alleged levying of black- s & reduction of the street rallway fare. | this fuct bag caused a renewal of the | mall ou lawless resorts for the benefit t { | the craft of machines than by his present | course of conducting of city officials and thelr confederates, The resoiftion was adopted at the in stance of Member Funkhouser, who claimed to have abundant proof to sus tain the charge. The grand jury has now been fa session five weeks, but Mr, Funkhouser has falled up to this time to appear before that body to make good the grave imputation upon the integrity of officers representing a co-ordindte branch of city government. nge for His e Chicago Record-Herald Some ot Mr. Bryan's Nebraska friends want him to be a candidate for governor. Can it be poesible that they don't Iike his editing? th. Tickled the Wrong Foot. Kansas City Journal, Former Governor Jenkins of Oklahoma is about the only one who has discovered any marked rough rider tendencies in the pres- ent administration. Exere ng on Enasy Street. St. Louls Globe-Democrat Government receipts are running ahead of expenditures by $6,000,000 a month and, as there isn't a democratic cloud in the eky, Uncle Sam feels ensy Goes Right to the Indianapolls News Even a president's message 1s made bet- ter by a good literary style, which is to say, that a message Is bettered by the author's ability to say just what he wants pot, to say. There are no involved sentences, labored phrases, slovenly construction, or pronouns of doubtful antecedents in Mr. Roosevelt's message. The A le Volce. New York World. President Roosevelt could not make a surer bid for the popularity that defeats the public business in a public room and in an audible voice He will offend an occasional “gum shoe statesman.” But he will disarm even him | by making him ridiculous. And he will | win confidence and respect and support | from the masses. Such stories of his open- | and-above-board way of doing business will | condone many a blunder and will confound mauy a conspiracy. Question of First Magnitude, New York Times, The scheme of systematle {rrigation con- templated by President Roosevelt is cre- ative In the sense that it alms to extend by vast areas the habitable portion of the continent, and to do this in ways which will establish’ for the new communities to occupy such areas the best industrial and soclal couditions. It is a question of the future of first magnitude, but it s also a question of the moment for the reason that errors now made in fll-advised legislation granting unlimited irrigation franchises will be fncreasingly difficult of correction when the public interest finds ftself con- fronted by vested rights mot amenable to | regulation and practically impossible of extingulshment. International Run on Anarchy. Philadelphia Ledger. Under the lead of Russia and Germany, Burope is expected to make a combined effort to put down anarchy, and it Is pre- sumed that it'the attempt takes practical shape the United States will be asked to co-operate in M, The feeling of this coun- sot s plainly shown by the or the suppression of an- ared for presentation to no doubt that anarchy as a principle will be denounced and con- demned by every government of the civil- ized world; but whether all can agree on methods for its eradication, and whether, if they do, such methods will be successful, may well be doubted. Still, it Is better for them to do something than to let the evil grow unchecked. POLITICAL DR T, Oregon will fire the first political gun next year. Pennsylvanta still retalns a poll tax ot 50 cents as a condition of suffrage. After all, the money question was not kept In the dark in Ohio last month. Re- publican and democratic committees report having epent $62,000 and $12,000, respec- tively. The division of the Maryland legislature, according to the officlal count, is senate, seventeen democrats and nine republicans; house of delegates, fifty-one democrats and forty-four republicans. Dick Croker is inclined to heed the de- mand for his return to Wantage. He mits he s old ahd wornout and life is not worth the living where his enemles kicked the ple platter over Hellgate. Croker's Democratic club of New York City dolefully greets the approach of politi- cal poverty by cutting dues from $50 to $25 per annum. This s the most significant calamity of the waning year. The total registration in the elty of Bos. ton for the December city election 1s 110,431, an increase of 4,000 over last year's city election and of 3,000 oyer the reglstration for the state election of this year for gov- ernor. Testimony in a political libel sult fn Mis- sourl shows that ome franchised corpora- tion contributed $6,000 to the democratic state campalgn fund last year and its fn- terests were diligently cared for in the leglslature. Boston will vote for city officers mext Tuesday. Mayor Hart heads the repub- lican ticket and Patrick A. Collins does like service for the democrats, The town is In as great a ferment as though the Anclent and Honorable Artillery was about to assall a clambake. The campalgn for the republican nomina- tlon for governor of Pennsylvania has al- ready begun and the anti-organization re- publicans are making plans for a union with democrats on & candidate who will be satisfactory to all elements of opposition to the republican organization. Under the new Alabama constitution all white men may be registered, as 60 per cent of the whites may be reglstered as old soldiers and the others as property holders or under the character-intelligence clause. Comparatively few negroes can be regls- tered, because they are neither old soldiers nor the descendants of old soldiers and lack the educational qualifications required. The state of Georgla, now one of the few states Yn the south which have not adopted distranchising methods for reducing the votes of the colored citizens by constitu- tional provision, has under copsideration the calling of a constitutional convention for the submission of a new suffrage amendment to the voters present the Georgia method of excluding colored vgters from the franchise is by the enforcement of & poll tax. Varlous estimates have appeared of the actual number of places which the new municipal administration of Greater New York will have to fill or be able to @l after January 1. Mayor Low will have 100 appointments; the county officers, elected on the same ticket with him, will have, collectively, twenty-five, About as many more will be within the gift of the county officers of Kings, Queens and Richmond and in the whole of Greater New York | the attainment of this object would involve OTHER LANDS THAN OURS the working population of Germany con- tinue to be reported from all sources lack of émployment is being felt more and more severely week by week. Dr. Freund, who i= the chairman of a committee repre- senting the differen: erman labor bureaus, i in favor of a resolution providing that work ¢hall be given to natives only, which would raise the immigration question in an acute shape. It appears that Russians, | Croatians and Italians are largely em- ploy example, of the Teltow canal, at the very gates of Berlin. Dr. Freund has directed circumstance and has also recommended that thelr homes of those who have more re- | cently migrated from a distance to Berlin and other cities in the hope of finding work. In spite of the statistics of the unemployed, which, on the lowest estimate, bear witness to a very serious state of affairs, Dr. Freund does not admit acute distress at present, but confesses that there are serious grounds for anxiety with regard to the immediate future. The general trade depression is already affect- ing the lower middle classes, who have con- tracted hablts of unwonted extravagance during the golden period of prosperity, and the papers are beginning to preach about the evils of luxury and to advocate a re- turn to the old German traditions of sim- plicity of lite, Necessity has already driven many persons to the plainest of plain liv- ing. Commercial uncertainty on the tariff question is responsible for much of the ex isting trade dullness. During the active movements of the French troops last year in the Moroccan- Algerian hinterland great annoyance was encountered owing to the diffculty ot for- warding provisions to the columns and when it was decided permanently to occupy such posts as Twat and Gourara the ques- tion of revictualing the garrisons there as sumed the utmost importance owing to the expense and waste. At first it was decided to employ requisitioned convoys, the camels belng pald for at the rate of 8 francs per day, with liability for the full value of the beast in case of death. But this was an expensive operation, as the mortality, natural and, it is alleged, de- signed, amounted to nearly 40 per cent, which not only meant that the government must indemnify the owners for the loss of their antmals, but lose the stores they were bearing as well. The Algerian ad- ministration has now declared free trade between the colony and the French posts in the hinterland and has invited competi- tlon In' supplying the garrisons with food. The transport is put out by contract and competition is sald to be so keen that a saving of 50 per cent is effected, while the mortality among the camels has been reduced to a minimum, as the government loss. This system is gradually being in- troduced over all the Sahara region where “rance has supreme jurisdiction or spheres of influence. In the recent trial of Polish students at Posen, which ended in the sentencing of several of the accused to long terms of Im- prisonment, the court held that it had been established that a league was in existence to re-establish the kingdom of Poland. As the detachment of districts that were for- merly Polish from their present allegiance to Prussia and to the German empire, the operations of the league, of course, were treasonable. The court based its conclu- sion on the fact that a so-called ‘“Polish notfonal treasure” existed in Rapperswyl, toward which contributions were collected from Polish students. It assumed for the benefit of the accused that they were ig- | norant of the ultimate aims of the league, and accepted their explanation that they considered Its object to be the promotion of a Polish national sentiment. The plea that it was merely in order to avold at- tracting the attention of the Russian au- thorities that secrecy had been observed in the conduct of the league and of the so- cietles dependent on it was not considered valld, Secret societies are forbidden by Prussian law if their object relates in any way to public affairs, and it was clear from the evidence that the societies to which the accused belonged came under this prohibi- tlon. Prominent German newspapers ap- | prove the action of the authorities and it is plain that the Polish question fs begin- ning to exclte considerable uncasiness. They say that the Poles must not be al- lowed to cherish the delusion that any movement In the direction of separation can be permitted to be carried on with fm- punity. At the trial of the two editors of the Stuttgart Beobachter, who were prosecuted for libeling the German troops in China, Lieutenant General von Lessel, who com- manded the German forces in Chi Li, de- clared in his evidence that although de- fenseless persons, such as old people, women and children, were killed it was owlng to their being mistaken in thelr Chinese dress for men. He further ad- mitted that an order had been issued ac- cording to which it was permissible to shoot any coolies who might be found out- side thelr quarters after 9 o'clock at night. After roundly denying that the German troops had ever been gullty of murder, pil- lage or robbery, General von Lessel refused to answer, “from feelings of esprit de corps,” the question as to whether soldiers of other nations who were represented in China could be accused of such crimes. In answer to a further question he admitted that in ten or twelve cases excesses had been brought to light, but asserted that the guilty soldiers had been severely punished and were now confined in the fortress prison in Cologne. The defense was handi- capped by not being able to obtaln proper witnesses. As has already been announced by cable, the International sugar conference will be- gin in Brussels December 16, where will be represented England, Germany, Roumania, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Holland, France and Spaln. At the conference of 1898 the congress did not have the desired result through the dificulty of coming to terms with the French and Russian dele- gates and the members separated deputing the Belglan government to prepare the way for an international treaty on the subject through direet diplomatic negotiations, and it 1s as a result of these negotiations that the forthcoming conference has been ar- ranged. The actual situation of the sugar market {a characterized by a surplus pro- ductlon. The stocks of sugar in Europe and Ncrth America, as well as floating car- goes, are much more considerable than they were a year ago, for they attain a total of 860,018 tons, against 559,623 tons last year. On the other hand, extremely low prices are quoted. The cane sugar of the West Indies, it 16 said, suffers most from this fact, for it does not enjoy the compensating bounty of beet sugar. As far as France s concerned, the first nine months of thls year show a deficit of 28,000,000 francs on the score of sugar, and this s subject to taxation, being one of France's main indus- tries. But, instead of the government tax ing the manufactured article, it taxes the amount of sugar which it considers the beetroot ought to yleld. Every hundred Kkilograms of beetroot sent to the factory is supposed to produce seven and three- there are about 300 places not in the classi- fied civil service quarters kilograms of sugar, and s taxed Stories of the increasing distress among The ed as navvies, in the construction, for | the attention of the Prussian ministers of the interlor and of public works to this facilities be given for the return to the existence of can no longer be held responsible for their | The A Wi Hot-breads, ing or raising age The ‘‘Royal Baker and Pastry Cook ' —over 800 practical and valuable cooking re- ceipts —free to every patron, Send full address, ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., case, the government pays back to the man ufacturer more than twice the amount it recelves, and the result is that In England French sugar is sold at 2-pence a pound, which in Fiance costs G-pence '4-penny An almost similar condition exists in Bel- glum JUSTICE IN HARD LIN en Skating on Portland Oregonlan, The effect of the Philippines decision is profound, but no more impressive than is the reappearance of the pereonal element Judges, upon which the most momentous problems precarfously hang. In the De Lima case, decided against the government, the court stood Hrown, Shiras, Fuller, White, Harlan, Gray, ¥ McKénna, Brown, Shiras, White, Gray, McKeénna, In the case decided the other day, against the government, the court stood Brown, Shiras, Fuller, White, Harlan, Gray Peckham, McKenna Brewer, Whatever we think of the decisiors it is a moet impressive exhibit In the actual workings of Jurlsprudence that eight of the Jjudges ranged themselves changelessly on one or the other side of this question and that the issues bave been adjudicated upon the variations of one man, who alone among the nine seems capable of differentiating the cases, whether he does it from sound reason or from caprice. The second Dooley case emphasizes this disquieting aspect of the decisions. It will be remembered that in the cases declded last May different judges reached similar conclusions by different courses of reason- ing. So they do now. For, while the judges who are uniformly against the gov- ernment oppose the duty collected in this second Dooley case on the ground that It is an export duty, Justice Brown, who turns the scale against them, declares the deci- sion does not affect the question of export duties. A very useful servico s rendered by Chiet Justice Fuller in correcting the popu- lar euspicion that the De Lima and Downes decisions were contradictory. What he says concerning that is worth repeating. 1In the De Lima case it was decided that an act previously drawn in application to foreign countries was not applicable to Porto Rico after cession to us, and in the Downes case it was decided that a certain particular act in respect to a specific country was valld, There is a distinction here which none can deny, however it may be misconstrued or disliked, Best hings o Eat R E MADE TH OYAL aking owder biscuit, cake, rolls, muffins, crusts, puddings, and the | various pastries requiring a leaven- nt. Risen with Royal Baking Pow- der, all these foods are light, de- licious and wholesome. There are cheap baking pow- ders, made from alum, but their astringent and cauter- izing qualities add a dangerous element to food. 100 WILLIAM 8T., I.EW YORK, most momentous decisions of thirty years are, as we say, impressive and disquieting. It s unfortunate, for such effect upon in- telligent opinion as a unanimous verdict would briog in settlement and general ac quiescence may as well be despaired of Eminent lawyers will fill the reviews with skillfully drawn opinions that the supreme court is In error. One might almost te pardoned the venture that justice Is not so much blind as she Is cross-eyed. FLASHES OF MIRTH, Chicago Tribune: The sald the capitalist, “Is to can trust.’” 'Oh, 1 don't know," man of schemes and poverty. "It dopends on the point of view. Now, In my case the great tgoubl # to find a man who will trust me. reat trouble,” d a man one 1 the repl Herlem Life: “Charle: tlonate little wite, “didn’ blue chips cost $1'api ‘Well, re's & whole box full of all colora hat 1 hought at the bargain counter for 7 cents. Brooklyn Life: “Waiter, 1 find I have {ust enough money (o puy’ for the dinner, but I haye nothing in the way of a tip for yourse Let me add up the bill again, sir.” = . Washington Star: “Don’t you think a | holiday Is more cheerful when there is | jarge tamily " gathered "about the feative oard?’ | "I do" answered the sardonfc person. A | large family is a glad assurance that thera 1¥ not_going to be enough turkey left over to Kipply the “menli for the next three iy Yonkers Statesman: Patience—He must #pot i his heart for me. i says he is always thinking Patience of me. Patrice—But you think with his heart be In his head. know a man doesn’ The soft place Mrs, Barnes (peeping from Sakes' alive, ‘Mandy, there Medders; an' ef she hain't red rooster's tail onto her Mis got thelr old bonnit Mandy h, laws, ma, stand? er’ aince’ Almir; to the ity that fam'ly he look ‘chick,’ they calls it, ef it tuck every fowl they had! TOMORROW, dont 3o unders Medders went b'en boun' ter Cy Warm: morrow , in New York Sun. Oh, Tomorrow's he day that 1 1ike best; For, though my sunset's clouded 1t's golden farther west Obgerve the little sparro Throughout the dark Today She sings of her Tomorrow And the egg she's going to lay, 1 hear a sad soul sighing To leave “this vale of tear,' But make no doubt he's lying About a hundred year: And feel no twinge of sorrow \hen hip ship puts to se The #hip that salls Tomorrow Buils soon enough for me. 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