Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 27, 1901, Page 6

THE ©MAHA DALY BEE. EDITOR, E. ROBEWATER, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING BUBSCRIPTION ut 8u Jie Yoar.$6.00 sunday, Yoar Vear Year TERMS OF Daily b Daily 1see anc Lilusirates 1 Bunday e Batuidiy Year Twenticih Lentury ko DELIVERED BY Datly Bew (witnout i ner Year CARKIER per copy.. per w s pet L per week o per v 1o ties in delive Clrculation s without 84 unciuding ia Evening Bee sunday), wewk Complaiits of irregul S$houia be audressed (0 L vartmen: OFFICES Omaha~The oo 1 Bouth Omaha - City Tweaty-fiith and M sircets Councll Bluffs—iv Pearl Street. Chicago- iy Unity § New york—Temple Co Washington—wl Fourt CORRESPC Communicativne relating torial Taatter s uddre Bee, Kaiorlal” bepartient u LETTERS Buniness loiters and emittanc addressed. e Puplishiug © Wi ha, REMITTANCES. " i Remit by draft, express or posta er, ayable (o ‘The Bee Publishiig Company nly 2-cent stamps accepted i payment mail accounts. 1ersonal checks, except ¢ Omaha or easter: exchanges, not uecepled HiE BEK PUBLISIING COMPANY, Hall Bullding, ding 1 nth Street. NCE. NDi naha ghould be HBee npuny, BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ot 3 Douglas County, st BBecrge b Hivchuck, sceretary of The i Pubiinbiog Compiny, being duiy sworn, says that the actual number of (IAH.‘IH\J complete copies of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of Novemiber, 1wl, was s Lol an,820 80,040 30,410 L B80.770 180,580 8800 16 1 ... 19 Total . . Less unsold and returned coples.... Net total sales. .. Net dally average GEO. Bubscribed In_my presence and sworn to | day of November, A. D. |b;v§?" e o RUNGARE, (Seal) Notary Publie. "The first Christmas of the century will be remembered as a model of climatic perfection. The treeless pralrie states seem, never- theless, to produce some of the best cabinet timber. The army or navy officer without a reprimand in hig pocket has reason to complain of being slighted. 1t 1s estimated that Chicago consumed 1,600,000 turkeys Christmas day. It must be preparing to gobble up a few more suburbs. Towa has not yet managed to plant a favorite son in the presidential chair, but it is succeeding pretty well in pre- empting the top rounds of the ladder. The sewer pipe manufacturers have formed a combination, with a capital stock of several million dollars. How do they ever expect such a combination to hold water? The World-Herald's exclusive tip on the pardon that was to bave been Bart- ley's Christmas present wus doubtless only another case of the wish being father to the thought. Foraker and Hanna have burled the hatchet and the threatened political prize fight which was scheduled for New Year's day at Columbus will not be pulled off us advertised. Weather sharks are greatly disturbed by the appeurance of sun and moon “dogs.” As they are well behaved dogs that never howl, there appears to be no good reason for objecting to their presence, — The session of the city council as a board of equalization is ten days off. That ought to give time enough to the representatives of the Real Istate ex- change to formulate a strong showing agalnst the tax shirkers, e The Civil Service commission has noti- fled Historlan Maclay that nothing in the law Interferes in the least degree with his dropping the laborer's shovel and hamwmer and devoting all hls time and attention to literary effort. A bill s 1o be fntroduced In the New | York legislature providing for a censor- | ship of the drama. It it eliminates | some of the “New York successes” which float out this way a suffering | public will welcome its speedy enuct- | ment. Candidates for the position on the dis trict bench about to be vacated by Judge Baker still have two days in which to | present their claims to the bar. These | candidates should not overlook the fact | that the court ballifts may have some. thing to sa Every man appoluted ou the commit- | tee to devise a plan for settling peace- | ably disputes between lubor and eapital | has accepted. It is too much to hope that serious differences can be done away with entively, but the makeup of the committee wonld seem to justity the helief that it can accomplish something it the members will devote their talents and energles to the task before thew. The regulur mid-winter Indian war scare cowes this year from Indian Ter. ritory. Evidently the fight-with-d perado story has been worked out in that section and coriespondents are forced to go back to the old origlnal. The In [ strongest arguments for the gold stand ing of the Spunish war and the enbhanced can methods and really offer this coun a sale, dietum that it Is too | urers’ bonds are disposed to incur these | 1osse | pel SECRETARY GAGE'S SUCCESSOR The financial and commercial Inter ests of the country will be well satis- fied with the appointment of Governor Shaw of Towa to su d Mr. Gage as s iry of the treasury. Ie brings to the office the same preparation for arduous duties that Mr. Gage possesscd practical experience in financlal af fairs and a very thorongh knowledge of the science of finance thie its Some of ard were made by Governor Shaw and there Is no more earnest supporter of that policy than he. We are unable to say what views are regarding the propositions for further currency leg Islution and as to the plan recommended by Secretary Gage iu his aunual report and there will be gieat Interest fu learu. Ing bis position e expect of the Shaw that the busiess interests of tey will b of the woney What can confidently that the administration department under Mr. and conservative and Lreasury will be the coun 1ull extent secretary's authority to help the market whenever it shall quire help. cared for 1o the | Gage has made a record that places him in the very front rank of finance ministers, His adwinlstra tion has been sigualized by the enuct- ment of the gold standard law of March 14, 1900, the eminently successful dnanc. Secretury credit of the government. It has been & thoroughly practical adwinlstration and has had at all times the hoplicit | contidence of the country | — 1 | MAY CONSIDER PANAMA PROPOSAL: Washington adyie that congress may consider the Pgnama company’s | proposal to sell. The correspondent of | the New York Times says that if the Frenchmen come to the United States | prepared to trade according to Amerd | try a bargain it 1s the prevailing opin- | fon that there will be a possibility of The correspondent states that | Influential senators do not assent to the | late to think of | the nama route. They hold that they should not rush to the disposition of what they consider a matter of stu- pendous importance and that it 1s not nec ary, In order to meet the expecta tlon of the country, to pass the meas- ure in a hurry. Other correspondents, however, say that the action of the Panama company | shareholders 1s not expected to make any appreclable change in the pro gram in regard to the passage of the Nicaragua canal Dbl At the same time it 1s noted that there Is a growing doubt as to the wisdom of rushing for- ward with the Nicaragua enterprise, re- gardless of any possible advantages to be derlved from the use of what has al- ready been done at Panama. If the French company {8 prepared to sell its property at a reasonable price—it is un- derstood that $40,000,000 will be asked —~which would result In saving the United States many millions of dollars, it 1s manifestly the duty of congress to consider the proposition. The building of an isthmian canal s purely a busi- ness enterprise and should be treated as such, If we can buy the property of the Punawa company so that the cost of completing that route would be materially less than the cost of the Nicaragua canal, sound business princi- ples dictate that that is what should be done. It now appears probable that an earn- est effort will be wmade to secure con- slderation for any reasonable offer the Panama company shall make, but it Is doubtful if further negotlations will avail anything, so strongly committed are a majority of congressmen to the Nicaragua route. The Hepburn bill will come up in the house immediately after the reassembling and it is safe to say there will be little delay in pass- ing it. The senate may not be disposed to hurry canal legislation, but when- ever it does act it will be for the Nica- ragua route. COUNTY TREASURERS' BONDS. The costly experience of the state and the various citles and counties of the state which have sought to recover from the sureties of defaulting treasurers the sums lost or embezzled has brought about a general abandonment of the old system of individual sureties for cus todians of public funds. Few property owners who are able to qualify on treas- obligations, even for their hest friends, On the other hand, offieinls charged with | the serutiny of these honds and the en- | forcement of their provisions find it | alwost fmpossible to recover from indi- | vidual bondsmen their pro rata of the ained through the dereliction of faithless Becaus depository trensurers of the strict provisions of the law, which requires city, county and state treasurers to account for the interest received from the de posit of public funds, the income of the treasurers y limited, In no 0 a year. To com- the treasurer to procure an in demnity company bond Is therefore & hardship and affords an incentive for the farming out of public tunds for pri- vate gain. To remove this incentive for speculation in public funds the last legislature made au appropriation to pay for the bond of the state treasurer and enacted & law glving to the county com wissioners of each county the right to pay for the bonds of county officers wherever furnished by surety com- pan The law specifically names all the state and county officers who shall glve bonds and the smount of the bond which each shall be required to furnish. With a view to applying the provisions of this law to the incoming county offi- the beard of commissioners of Lancaster county has procured an is positiy case exceeding conference of the republics there was no f | conclusive, the action of the Lancaster county officfals in refusing to pay for the bond of their other county officers affords a precedent which | other county boards 1kely emulate, In view of its great importance it is to be hoped that a test case will be sul mitted to the court and the constitutionality of this law speedily de- termined. treasurer and are supreme — AMEKICAN LEADERSHIP. A Mexican newspaper, referring to the return to the United States of THE OMAHA DAILY to | lines | stantly growing traffic between this ety ber of our delegation to the Pan-Ameri by the congress, suys to be believed that at Washington there discontent over the fact that the Latin natious do not show docility in | is States,” Lhere is i this a ol the spirft that prevails to a cous able extent the Spunish-Awe countrivs thew to distrust this country any suggestion proceeding United States regarded picion. This country has not attempted to as sume leadership of the Latin nations. All 1t bas und ken is to bring about closer political and commercial relations between the republics of this hemisphere, With @ view to the advancement of thelr welfare and prosperity, suggestion dor the s N the sus i people of and e Alu from with is In proposing purpose on the part of our government | to assume leadership in that body or to dict and principles, The United Stutes stands upon an equal foot ing with the other countries represente i the congress, with the sume privil ol suggestion and reconnuendation that Is enjoyed by the other republics, as the authorities at Washington are concerned they are probably not greatly concerning themselves with what is tak ing place in the City of Mexico—certainly | uot to such an extent o attempt o exert any undue intfluence upon th deliberations of the congress. The rep- | resentatives of the Unfted States in t body will urge the acceptance of Ameri can principles and what is believed here to be the proper policy for the southern republies. That I their duty, but they | will perform it in no oftensive way and | with no assumption of leadership, in the sense couveyed by the Mexican news. policies as remarkable that after all the effort which bas been made to ussure the Latin-American countries of the hearty and sincere friendship of the United States and of the earnest solici- tude of this country for their peace and prosperity, we are still distrusted and doubted. This feeling is not so general and strong now as It was immediately after the close of the war with Spair when the idea was fostered that this country had entered upon a career of territoriul aggrandizement that menaced the southern republics, but there Is no sound renson why any of the feeling should continue. The assurances given by President McKinley and by President Roosevelt ought to huve swept away all feeling of distrust of the United States in its relations to the southern republics. The policy of the United States In re gard to those countries was expressed by Mr. Roosevelt when he sald that “we wish to work with them hand in hand, 5o that all of us may be uplifted togethe: We desire to cultivate the | friendship and good will of our sister republics and this we shall best accom plish by leaving them to work out their own salvation in their own way. The announcement is made that the provision in the articles of incorporation of the auditorium association prohibit- ing the corporation from assuming a mortgage liability has been abrogated by a vote of more than two-thirds of the subscribers to the stock, and the man- agers anticipate no further trouble In ralsing the money required for the erec- tion of the auditorium building by a building loan, or, in case of failure to negotiate such a loan, to induce responsi- ble contractors to assume all risks in the collection of balances due them after the building has been completed. We ap prehend, however, that some snags may still have to be removed before the chan- nel is clear. It is an open question whether all parties who were Induced to subseribe to the auditorium stock condition that the grounds and building should never be mortgaged will ac quiesce in the very radical change in the conditions that constituted the contract between them and the association. It ulso remains to be seen whether any contrad with sufficlent means to cowplete the bullding can be induced to venture on the undertaking unless he has something more than a lien on the property to insure to him repayment for material and labor within a reasonable time, Assuming that the auditorium company can raise one-half of the cost of the building, the contractor would still have to carry from $75,000 to $100, 000 and take his chances on realizing that amount by foreclosure of the lien, The proprietors of the Denver pool rooms and bucket shops and the Denver Mining and Stock exchange have been notitied by the sheriff that they must discontinue business at once or be ar. raigned for violating the criminal code of Colorado. The postscript to this an nouncement gives the additional infor mation that this judicial notice Is not to be taken seriously, but Is megely an edict issued in technical complinnce with law. The actual closing of the places designated by the sheriff of Arapaloe county would precipitate a riot. The county commissioners are agaln besieged by franchise speculators who desirve to secure right-of-way over county roads for suburban electric motor lines. dlans in the tervitory have accumulated a large amount of experience In past more instruction at the bLauds of the soldlers, opinion from its legal adviser, who de- clares that there is grave doubt of the of the defective title of the bill. the opinlon of the county attorney is not The board has heretofore wanaged to | neceptiog the leudership of the United [ and with the winimum duty | | v | sion of | warding off the hostile sentiment ugainst el | | lkes | and that he is not weighed do BEE: FRIDAY, DEC proposals not known to be backed by ample capital. Omaha aud Douglas county are vitally Interested in the con struction of a system of suburban motor that will accommodate the con- and towns and villages within a radius forty miles. But these much-needed twprovements should not be allowed to become the stock-in-trade of fmpecunt ous promoters and adventurers, —e A big hole has been knocked in new German tarift bill betore it is even | enacted into law. On demand of Rus the | - | sia the minimum grain duties have been can congress just as lmportant quesw stricken out aud | tions are coming up for consideration | pelghbors are accommodated little of the It's now coming | origiial spirit of the LIl will remain. by t time other | With the possible exception of the ment provisions, those relating to grain are of | the concern in the United States | provision | moved the door i left open for admis. | Awerican grain through treaty | provisions, The political necessities of Burope are proving the best agency for uiost an trade advancement, The fickleness of Cuban character could not be better illustrated than by the treatment of General Gomez, who is now touriug the islund Iu bebalf of the candidacy of Senor Palma. The old geueral bas given years to the service of Cuba, been the walustay of its efforts for independence, and asks nothing for himself in return, Yet, because be Is supporting a candidate who is unpopu- lar in a particular proviuce, Le is hooted an Decent regard for the suc Gomez would at least suggest liiss s of u respecttul b Washington Post It will be noticed thut Marconi used the | old-fashioned wires in sending for the In- dianapolis girl whom he is to wed. Jerry Spills the Cream. Philadelphia Ledger. | Jerry Simpson confesses that most of his Populist posiug in congress was for political | ollect—as everybody outside of Kansas sus- | pected at the time, ey d the Prise Money, Indianapolls New: The Treasury department has sent to Admiral Schley a check for $3,334, the share of the prize money due him for the destruc tion of the Spanish fleet at Santiago. So the man that, according to Dewey and the people, commanded at the battle and is en- titled to the glory of the victory, does not recelve one-elghth as much prize monoy & Admiral Sampson, who was not in the fight, while Captain Chadwick, who was so for- tunate as to command the vessel that bore | the absent Sampson, recelved four times as | much as the man who commanded and won the fight! Concerning “Penny Postage. Philadelphla Ledger, Henry C. Payne, the new postmaster general, is quoted as saylng in an inter- view that he favors “‘enny"—which prob- ably means one cent-—ostage and will do all In his power to bring it about. That, however, 18 a watter for congress and not the Postoffice department to decide. He 1s aleo represented as saying that e, “strongly favors civil service in all depart- ments,” and this will be reassuring to many who have looked upon his appoiat- ment with some apprehension, because his reputation is somewhat the other way. A Roy: ip from Siam, Philadelphta North American The king of Slam deigns to notify the government of the United States that it 1s his royal pleaswre to visit this country and that he will graciously permit either the government or a syndicate of flattered and kow-towing citizens to pay his ex- penses. He will condescen! tc accept an official f{nvitation from the president to como as the guest of the ration. The na- tion, if consulted on the matter, would ex- tend a cordlal invitation t» the royal beg- gar to stay where he s or travel like a gentleman at his own cost Omens that ¥ Clevelund Plain Dealer. Thebe has been a generdl hunting up of ominous precedents in connection with English coronatiovs, enouth at least to givo King Edward a bad quarter of an hour. Crowns have toppld, attendants have stumbled and fallen, canopies have been torn and other unpleisant mishaps have occurred. Perhaps it vill encourage him to read that some of tie most awk- ward of these happenings orcurred at the crowning of his mother of blsssed memory. Surely the omens did not wterfere with the success of her long and Lrilllant relgn. THE PRESIDENT “RUNS THING le. tx Likely to Follow His Attention to Detall. Minneapolis Journal (rep) Tt is reported that the members of the cabluet find President Roossvelt a hard man to get along with, The members are represented as complaining trat the presl- dent undertakes to decide all t blg ques- tlons In every department, reducing the secretaries to mere clerks. Whotber these Teports represent facts or mot they are nmot Surprising or startling. The president {s of a sanguluo temperas ment and of a dominating tender He to “run things,” as the common | phrase has It. Tt fe sald thet he b pressed great pleasure in beng president by the | o= for him | Good Re cares of office or worrled by | o billtles. It is u positive plessure to study great questions, decl'e momentous | points and map out pollcies. Tho prospect of a desk full of important watters press- | Ing for consideration deligh's ot | appalls him and he goes at his task with as much zest as he does at hi: linner later i the day Under a president who lets bis eccretar- les settle the questions that arise in thelr departments the president’s al power Awindles and the government becomes fn organization a sort pf buresucracy. The cabinet members represent only so mADY | divislons of the executive power rictly $peaking, they are only executive ¢ The cabinet Is not recoguized fa the const! tutlon. As an advisory body (o0 the presi- dent it 1s a creation of custo bas made the cabinet officers jo e With a president of Roosevelts tvpe they | Will bave only the power he grants them It the president doesn't undertake too much detall this disposition to paes on the Acts of his secretaries should s good effect. 1t will make the secr taries more careful and it will make goverument ems ployes everywhere feel that the eves of & | vigorous, hard-working, progres:i no- | vating president are upon ther Already | e are told there has been a promounced change of atmosphere in tie burea {nstead Custom ul, but resist the blandishments of various sets | years and are not likely to seek any | constitutionality of the law, by reason [ of promoters and dealers in franchise | in tinue Armly Lo this cowse and reject all ! While | options and it 1s to be hoped it will con. | ©T™™ment s expected to have idea erybody is waklng up and there Is @ feel- & abroad that every employe of the KOV orlsinal, take the fitiative and get out of Futs, ters of which it | #hould be fnformed | enemies {18 that |of the patient.” | other suburbs, and among the parcels have ll;u-rmunx history o 0 EMBER 1901 Jim Hill’s Explanation Portland President Hill's statement ot the circum stances that gave rise to the Northern Se- curities company is u testimonial to the power of public opinfon. As such no fault 18 to be found with it, for it deals with mat 18 proper that the put But it Is also a rev elation of weakness, of conscious weakness on the part of Mr. Hill, his friends and his This revelation is presented in HIl's argument, the essence of which the great and good men who direct the destinies of the new railroad trust have been forced into this position at tremen dous sacrifice to themselves for the profec tion of the dear people. And for this heroic self-sacrifice are they criticised by an un feeling publte One need not quarrel with Mr. Hill's statement of facts In order to see the fallacy of his Insidious conclusions, though It is news that the Harriman people were first to attempt the capture of the Burlington system. But the Burlington having finally been secured for the northern lines and at least temporary control of the Northern Pacific haviog been obtained by the Union Pacific, seems no justification for the or- ganization of a new corporation, the appar- ent purpose of which was to crystallize in permanent form the extravagant ‘“values’ that had been manipulated into certaln raflroad shares. Less than $260.000,000 of Northern Pacific and Great Northern stock constitute the assets of the Northern Se- curities company; yet that company is ex- pected to earn between 4 and 5 per cent on its capital of $400,000,000. By this pro- cess the $250,000,000 is made to yleld a sum that would be legitimate return on $400,- 000,000, and it s done {n & way caleulated to protect the investors from public scrutiny Five per cent does not eeem too large an income from legitimate investments, but per cent on $400,000,000 fs 8 per cent 0,000,000, and a combination having Mr. JUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Current of in the Ripples on th Metropolis. Francisco residing in court r A widow from New York City San in appeared | cently as defendant in a novel suit brought by a grafting speclalist for services ren- dered. The defense of the widow revealed a somewhat common practice among society people in Greater New York, that of work Ing as agents for varlous money-making schemes. The plaintiff fn tho case was a ‘somatopathist,” defined as a practitioner who “corrects physical Irregularities or dis- eases by manipulation and desensitization The widow had a few physical defects which the “somatopathist’ manipulated $50 worth. In her defense the widow declared he had agreed to ac cept in exchange for his services her in troduction to her friends and acqualntanc and in addition would induce them to patronize the manipulator. The plea satis- fled the jury. The practlee has become known as “soclety grafting.” Women are the chief workers. They are supposed to be people of Influence. They go to a dealer in some commodity and suggest that if he will keep them supplied they will praise his | goods, to all their friends. A new and aspiring florist has a dozen society women “on his staff” in this way. There are numbers of dames of greater or less prom- inence who would mever think of paying anything for having photographs taken Cosmetics, lotions and varlous beautifiers are to be had gratls by those who are adrolt enough to show how they can ad- vertise the articles among their acquaint- ances. A woman who bears one of best known names In New York and who is nothing less than the pald agent of a cer- tain brand of champagne, nor s all her pay taken “in trade,” either. She ts supplied with the wine, ad libitum, and gets a nice little amount of pin money every month also. It has remained for the ingenuity of the Sun Francisco widow to Introduce this method into the learned profession. New York makes daily use of 1,080,000 quarts of milk. When there is a big storm and the trains are late, as was the case last Saturday, there is trouble in homes and hotels. The city was compelled to get along with but 680,000 quarts. The hotels, hospitals and restaurants were given the preference and private consumers compelled to go without. Five years ago a man could have bought a seat on the New York Stock exchange for $15,000. In 1898 a salo was made at $27,500, which was the highest that had been given In ten years. Several weeks ago two or three sales were made at $73,000 and now the record price of $76,000 has been made. This indicates the immense expansion In the buying and selling of stocks and the money there is in it for the brokers. The fight agalnst the despoilers of the Palisades along the Jersey comst of the Hudson river 18 bringing fruit. The Inter- state Park commission 18 acquiring all the land between Fort Lee and Pledmont and the states of New York and New Jersey are expected to open thelr purses again to pay for the new tracts yot unpurchased. It is the intention to make a public park along the river and when this Is done the west shore of the Hudeon will be as beautitul as the enst shore, which s now lined by Riverside park, one of the most picturesque breathing spots in America New York has decided that care to purchase tombstones. Thers has been much land recently condemned for public purposes fn Westchester county and it does not been & large number of private grounds In these are many tombstones, some of which are fifty or more years old. The thrifty farmers have been compelling the clty to pay for these, In additlon to the land, and it 1s surprising how a moss- covered stone that has been standing over the grave of somebody who was a grand father to someone who once owned the land can Increase in value when it comes to a matter of sale. Bills for hundreds of such stones are now in the city's hands, The offictals have now decided that they will hereafter pay for no slabs, vaults stones or other evidences of a time-worn grief. Rosehery a Roosevelt Philadelphla Press Lord Rosebery's new doctrine is that a nation, like a man, must hustie for all it gots. “Blessod are tho hustlers,” be says in sutetance, “for they sball get the earth.” This {5 Preetdent Roosevelt's favorite beatt- tude also. The men much resemble each other. Both began with life's advantages and disadvantages. Mr. Primrose, the Scotch lawyer from whom Lard Rosebery s | descended, was much the ort of man from whom President Roceevelt starts in the same century. Both have distingulshed themselves in letters. Both enjoy life, though in different ways. Both talk well Each has risen to high place early. Both have the courage to differ with thelr party and party leaders. Both preach the strenu- ous life. 1f the two English-epeaking na- tions come (o put these two men, so alike, in charge at once, there will be some very the | Oreg for fts object tha throttling of competition in order that profits may ba taken from very reasonably arouses public’ hostility. True, as Mr. Hill says, the ratlroad k in the Northern combination might ha 1 their stock a handsome adv bu will tak; Hill & long time to convince the public 1t was couslderation for the intercets people Minnesota that deterred them from doing so. They did what it was for thelr privat sh interests to and 1If the interests of the public to reap benefit way, this would be itirely Incidental to the maln object of th deal. It 1s nonsense for Mr. Hill to seek to convey the impression that all this labored manipulation of colossal railroad intercsts was for the particular purpose of keeping the spirit of the anti-consolidation laws and at serious financial to the men responsible for tho action is all gam mon Lot nian such g Mr hat e se do in any loss a 1t Mr. be bencfited done and will specious plea or & Czolgosz time determine “whether the public will injured by whai we have ontinue to do.” This Is a It s the plea of Guiteau saye or of not of the magnificent ratlroad builder and | business organizer we have been accustomed to recognize in James J. HUL Time be an essential element in proving wisdom of some courses of actlon, but act that {s morally and legally and econom feally wrong cannot be made otherwise by lapse of time. Mr. Hill's entire explana tion s obviously addressed to the people who take the view that his raflrond trust 18 fllegal and harmful. 1f it 18 8o today time cannot justify it. A plea for tolerance. for time to entrench more securely the new ratlroad pollcy of non-competition, will find small favor with the general publl and will probably move the people of Min nesota to more determined action against the combination may t PARDONING POWER OVERWORKED, y of the « 8t Louls Republic Governor Davis of Arkansas might with advantage have gone farther fn establishing a new rule governing the method of making application for gubernatoral clemency through the medium of petitions for th pardoning of convicted criminals sentenced to punishment by due process of law The governor of Arkansas would have set tive Cle the Work Undolug ris states it he had announced that he would | refuse to consi | save In cases so exceptional by reason of a flagrant miscarriage of justice to im- | peratively demand remedial actiom at his hands. The abuse of the pardoning power resting | with the governors of states, an | brought about by an increasing pressure which has no fustification in public wel | fare, has reached a point where restrictive action may well be taken. In many In stances potitions for pardon represent only & mawkish sentiment which would shield | all malefactors from payment of the pen alties provided for Infractfon of the laws, In many other cases they represent po- litleal pulls enfoyed by the criminals or their friends and used to defeat the ends of justice, What is needed {8 the fnauguration of a system which shall hereafter prevent the governors of states being regarded as the willing liberators of such criminals as chance to poskess political Influence or to arouse hysterical folk to foolish action In their behalf. Under the wise and generous laws which are a part of our English heritage the accused on trial In our courts possess every advantage tending to shield them from unjust conviction. Ouly when the proof of gullt is overwhelming 1s con- viction possible and even then there a numerous technicalities avaflable which constantly enable gullty persons: to escape sentence. So apprehensive fs the Anglo- Saxon spirit of inflicting wrong upon the innocent that the law fa framed with pecus liar generosity to the other extreme, making fnfinitely more lkely the escape of a gullty man than the condempation of one wrong- fully accused. For this reason those found gullty in our courts may well be regarded as baving recelved their deserts, save, as stated, in those extremely rare cases where proof of flagrant miscarriage of justice de mands corrective action. As things now go the pardoning power of governors is belng | worked overtime as W. 8. Gllbert, who collaborated with Sir | Arthur Sullivan in the writing of a number | of comlc operas, Is conducting the final re- | hersals for the revival of “lolanthe” im Louden General Lew greater part of ¢ Wallace s spending the h day at his home at Crawfordsville, Ind., at work on his auto- blography. Ho hopes to complete the work within & year. Jacob Cantor, the next borough president of New York, declares that his first act will be to glve a thorough scrubbing and clean- tug to all the public bulldings, including school houses. Count Tolstol consumed five years in gath- eriug historical material for “War and Peace,” and the preliminary writings from which the book sprang are now In the Rum Janzoff museum, Moscow. Tu conneetfon with the appolntment of Mr. Payne to be postmaster general it Is re called that with the exception of Mr. Wana- maker one &lnce the civil war has served a full term In the position The memoirs of the lata former Premier | Crispl, showing that it was King Humbert who prevented Crispl from recalling Gen- | eral Baratferl from Abyssinla, so causing | the Adowa disaster, have created a sensa- | tion fn Rome and the government is trylug to suppress their publication Andrew Carnegie i to be glven a banquet when he dedicates the laboratory of engl neers af the Stevens Institute of Technology | in February, at which the oysters will be cooked In a minlature blast furna con- structed by the students, and the fce r'n\mu’ will be molded to the form of a raflroad | spike. Thero is a smart saylng curreat in Loa- | don that nowadays all the peeresses are either actresses or Americans and that the members of the old aristocracy have all gone Into trade. The latest recrult for the latter is the duke of Cambridge's daughter- In-law, Mrs. George Itzgeorge, whose husband s colonel. She will shortly tart @ hyglenle beautitying concern im the heart of Mayfalr, where she hepes to rid her fashionable friends’ faces of wrinkles and other blemishes. al to the Tank. Minneapolls Journal. The west would be pleased to see Gov- ernor Bhaw of lowa enter the cablaet. tve believo that he 18 fully equal to the treas. ury portfolio. A% & business man he knows the practice of finance; as & politiclan he has thoroughly learned its theory. the Maotion, Atlanta Constitution Wo rise to a question of privilege and no | were to Hi, | an | a good example to the executives of other | r any petitions for pardon | abuse | LADOR LEADERS FOR AWRILE, Great Strike Quickly sudden and Pr ne 1 ot following the Shafter of (he Amalgamated Assc Workers, calls attention to the markable frequency of the fall of leaders and how quickly they are forgotten by the general public. The fall is par ticularly emphati leaders of strik that fa'l. Of all the leaders of great strikes or labor organizations and movements thera are today but thres men holding t confidence of the m aro st At the helm Each has for his conservatism. They Gompers, president of the eration of Labor; President Brotherhood of Loc and Jobn Mitehell, who led the in their recent struggle. All three bel! in arbitration and used all n ns disposal avold strife Ouly a few years ago the name of Soverelgn was prominent in cles. Ho was the general mas of the Knights of La It was said him that be could, in the event of a labor | war. call out on strike almost 1,000, men Novereign has now disappeared entirely from the horizon of labor polltics. Ha fs | now employed by an insurance company n the south, Fugene V Are te Oftten The unexpected ¢ the Knigh total eclipse bounce Pre ation of ¢ | | led t are American Arthur otive F known nuel Fed of the miners ved at thelr | Tames all labor eofr workman Debs, who at ona time was hatled as labor's Moses, who would lead the way fo the workingmen's promised land, fs no longer conspicuous His voles 1s heard now and then through tho paper With which he fs connected, the White Slave, and that s all that is known of the former president of the American Raflwa Nut 80 far as the general publi ncerned, his name ls rarely heard. There was a time when apparently | serfous-minded men wanted to n him as an {ndependent candidate for dent of the United States There fs scarcely a labor union man the country who has not heard and known of P. J. McGuire, who for yoars was se rotary-treasurer of the United Brotherhood of Carpentars and first vice president of | the. American Federation of Labor. He waR ono of the principal organizers of the latter body and was afterward throughout the organization as head. He I8 no longer an offcer federation and has no ol lahor circles Martin Irons | trikes of a decado or 80 ako 1s still talked of In labor clrcles, {8 dead. Not a friend was near him when he passed away in Texas and none of his former assoeiates knew he was fll or was aware of his whereabouts. He sought that state, it f | elaimed, because of the Ingratitude of labor | men He had, like all the strike leaders | Who had failed, been reviled by the very | men for whom he had sacrificed every | thing, Terence V. shorn of his nion, Inate n known its real of the now co in whose work In the great Powderly s alive today, but power to a great extent in labor circles. The strike of the Groat Southwestern ratlroad system, which tlea | up all the Gould lines, was the beginning {of the end Mo far as he was concerned He gettled that strike after & short con- ference with the late Jay Gould, while the other members of the executive committes were seated in an ante-room. After the conference Powderly came out and an nounced that the strike was settied, and the executive committee, which was thers to argue matters, retired in disorder. The inevitable row followed, with serious re | sults to Powderly as a labor leador. Scores of less prominent leaders have vanished from the stage. Some are. dead, some are afficeholders, but even the living are forgotten. Washington { Unele " Eben, | matter how mu dey's puffeck me afterward Some folks,” sadd ems to ‘magine dat no h dey tromps on yoh feot, gentlemen If dey says ‘souse Somerville Journal: Mr. Hicks you think the baby looks ke 1 Mr. Wicks—M-m-! Well—possit he cries. Don't Ve—when Haltimore Amerd the Angry Man r ' “You, ancerad “are very sm Il potatoes, the present 1 mpelled, slder 3 price of potatoes snid the Other Fellow, our remark a compliment.” am con Cleveland Plain amount to shicks, Kansas corn belt Pardon me,” sald the girl from Boston, “but it weems to me that he really fsn't on an equality with a hill of beans,” Dealer: — “He doesn’t sald the girl from the Philadelphia Press: ‘Do unto others vou would have others do unto yon | Markley That's the golden rule belleve In 1t, too. Don't you?” “Well,” roplied Borroughs, “if | d bhe offering to lend you $10 this minut Plhiladelphia P doesn't hurc me good ra smoking to do me that faoe Scems rather wouldn't announce Well, you know smoking 13 good for hams Boston Post: Employer. you get around mornings? tmploye-Well, we I at our house these da koIng to glve our 1ittln’ boy id w drum for Christmas, so wi to get ahead on slecp, How does 4t to the office mo Iate kot up later than you_ kce u horn ve tryfng Somerville wye &he ean’t abide Belle—No. ho asked whiit the difference and an umbrella rnal: Nell-Mrs. Walker young Mr. Bjohns( her the other day was between a womin Philadelphia satd the Court ho has Preas Chamb been 1 the King, ' brought to book." royal Jest, T'1l bo b page with an opportune upon the King forgave him 1T'S MORGAN'S, our, Mafesty," rlain, “this s the bebaviig o seanda exclal ‘a 10086 page! must be the ro- nald laugh, T FPhiladelphia Record. I came to a mill by the river side A half milo long and nearly as wide, Wi stacks and an army of men, Tolling at furnmce and shovel and most magniticent plant ! v with & smudge on en orled; his faoe “It's Morgan's," rain and rods all day ch and a right of way Which reached Its arms all over the lana In @ sysiem too large to understand “A wpiendld property this!" I cried; And a man with w plate on his bat repiied: “I's Morgan's,’ I satled on a great ship, trim and true, From pennant to keel, from cabin to craw; And the ship was‘one of n monster flent A first-class navy could scarcely compate. ““What a beautifil craft she 18! I cried; And a man with akimbo legs repitod “It's Morgan's." I dwelt in & natiof Her people” were n filled with pride; many, her lands were wi Her record in war and sclence and art Proved kreatness of muscle and mind and heart ““What i grand old country 1t 18! I erfed; And @ man with his chest in the alr replisd: It's Morgan's.” I went to Heaven, The jasper walls Towered high and wide, Wnd the golden halls Bhone bright beyond. But & strangs new ma Was over t “Why, wha erted; And a suint with a livery on replied: “It's Morgan's.” o gate, viz.: “Private Park.* 18 tha me ning of this#' I th 1 went to the only place left A “chance on tho boat on lake Or perhaps T may b On “the griddled’ fl 11 take brimstone allowed to sit or of the bottomloss move & vote of thanks to the London judge wade. Both belleve In olog Lhlngs | the peaitents who sent the ary for seven yoars. : unspeakable Diss do Bar zol pity But a leeriy, lout, with thorns o 18 fi0 Criod out, g R R A he forked me off the place: ' Morkun's" ’