Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 10, 1902, Page 6

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Bubscribed in my gfore me this sist 0 The Rubber trust has failed, but then it was a crude afalr, A pointer for South Omaha—Keep your public library as far out of politics as you can, S———— How will the Commercial club be able to survive the shock of an executive committee without Superintendent (Pearse? , And now we have a resurrection of ‘the specious plea that the kindergartens do not cost anything. But the financial |exhibit shows differently. | : It would be a little premature any- yway to send out invitations for trolley \parties on that air line suburban’ rail. road this early in the season, ety It will take a few days without a serfous wreck to get back to the point ,where we pride ourselves upon the per- \fection of our rallroad systems. =gy The senator from Union Stock yards scoring the trusts and combines must have sent an audible smile around the Jacksonlan banquet table. It Is to laugh, Speaker Sears' letter reviewing the history of the Burt county bond deal makes interesting reading. The ques- tion still 1s, What is Governor Savage going to do about It? The proceedings of the senate are painfully peaceful since the retirement of Pettigrew of South Dakota. Some one else must be put In training soon unless that body desives to lose its power as a drawing card, Michigan does not appear to be a healthy place for men who start in to bribe public officlals,. The habit of prosecuting and convicting this class of erimipals might spread without any detriment to the general public. — Police Judge Gordon would be in much better position to ask for the pay- ment of his disputed back salary If he |first ceased to dispute with the man- date of the people who voted his ofticlal commission to another person. ] The Jacksonian club's annual demo- eratic roundup found the party herd badly drifted and with slight hopes of recovering any of the wmissing. With the feed on the range so short, no won- der new pastures have been sought. e Rallroad and shipping men have been accustomed to look upon Interstate Com- merce commission investigations as a farce. But since the Chicago sesslon no timber is tall enough to suit the con- venlence of men who have been ma- nipulating rates. ———— Young Carter Harrison Is certalnly do- ing his best to gdt into line as a prom- ising candidate of calamity when he as- sures the democrats of Bryan's state that “it requires no pessimistic temper 40 concelve alarm at the aspects of our times.” Cheer up, Mr. Harrlson. Epp——— Russla and the Unjted States are in no danger of going to war because a few sallors of this country and a few soldiers of the other happened to have a little fist fight. Both countries real- ize that the jolly tars must be allowed THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, CANNOT BE GLUSSED OVE The public statement Speaker Sears reviewing the facts relat ing to the Burt county bond deal and his own position in relation to it brings out the points at fssue in a clear light and shows in the most convincing man- ner that the incident cannot be consid- ered closed, much as the treasurer and his apologists desire. The maln facts in the Burt county bond deal are not even in dispute. It i not disputed that Treasurer Stue fer had an opportunity to make an of fer for the Burt county bonds for the school fund and that he neglected to do %0. 1t is not disputed that the bonds were bought by a close friend and business associate of the treasurer, who fmm diately went through the form of dis posing of them as a school fund invest- ment. It is not disputed that the middleman pald for the bonds with two c¢h h drawn on deposits of state school money in Omaha banks and signed by Treas- urer, Stuefer. It is not disputed that befo the bonds were turned into the school fund interest coupons, amounting to more than $3,000, were detached and appro- priated by the middleman, It 1s not disputed that the state school fund has been used for private gain, at a loss to the state of the difference be- tween the amount received by Burt county and the face of the bonds and coupous delivered to the state. The conclusion reached by Speaker Sears that If this bond purchase was made with money belonging to the state school fund, the bonds and all the in- terest coupons, including those de- tached by the middleman in excess of the premium paid, belong to the state, Is Irresistible. If interest coupons be- longing to the state have been misap- propriated there certainly must be some way of recoverlng back for the state what has been unlawrully taken from Its treasur; To quote the language of the speaker: In my opinion the matter should be thoroughly investigated and the proper ac- tion taken to protect the interests of the state. If the coupons belong to the state that were taken away by Mr. Neligh, they should be recovered, if possible. I have said that If the money of the state of Ne- braska b been placed in the hands of speculators in bonds and bonds bought therewlith, that the bonds belong to the state, and all the coupons that were bought with the statels money belong to the state; that none of the wrongdoers could get title by reason of the wrongful transaction. I belleve that it is within the province of the party organization to ask for the resig- patiou of an officer who, having been elected by its endeavor to the office, has violated that trust. Under our laws, I be- lleve it 1s witbin the province of the ex- ecutive of the state to Investigate into the conduct of elective state officers and If it 18 found that the property of the state has been removed and taken away with ths connivance of the one charged with its custody, to direct the attorney general to malntain such caus the facts warrant. What is true of the Burt county bhond purchase s equally true of the Cuming county bond exchange. In Cuming county the same middleman effected his transaction, not by the use of checks signed by the treasurer, but by the use of securities belonging to the school fund Investment. Whatever bonds were acquired in exchange, in- cluding the detached coupons, belong as much to the state as If they were bought directly with the state's money We do not believe the js:ople of N braska are over-sensitive about the management of thelr state school fund in view of the sad experiences they have had. We do not believe they will rest content with any attempt on the part of thelr representatives In office to gloss over these shady bond deals or to cover them up by ignoring the em— + JURY TRIALS IN CONTEMPT CASES. In view of the many flagrant exam- ples of the exercise of arbitrary Judiclul power to inflict punishment for con- tempt where the offense charged would, except for blanket Injunctions, be at most & minor Infraction of the criminal code, it Is gratitylng to find a judge out- spoken on the bench against this refined perversion of justice. That the stretch® ing of proceedings for contempt to In- clude all sorts of law violations for which the accused is denled jury trial I8 a substantial repudiation of the con- stitutional guaranty of trial by jury is universally admitted even by those who attempt to palllate the practice by man- ufactured excuses for it. The recent declaration, therefore, of Judge Chetlain as one of the district Judges for Chicago in favor of jury trials in contempt cases irrespective of the legal right of the Judge to deny them, is significant of the ability of public opinion to reach the bench in spite of the supposed barrier of Judiclal prerogative. Says Chatlal The constitution of this state contem- plates that in all criminal cases the ac- cused shall have the right of trial by jury. There Is scarcely an offense known to the criminal calendar which does not involve some invasion of property rights. It, where any property right Is thus threatened, a party interested may upon allegation of \rreparable Injury resort to equity to en- join & crime alleged to be contemplated it 15 obvious that by a logical extension to such cases of the principles which I have felt compelled to follow in this case the Jurisdiction of chancery can be indefinitely extended to the general enforcement of the penal code, and then upon allegation of vio- lation of Injunctions thus obtained parties can be tried in a summary way, nominally for contempt, but really for crime. Noth- ing ‘could be more unfortundte than such a situation. In a free and popular govern- ment trial by jugy must be maintalned in the administration ‘of the crimipal law, This tria! by jury would relieve the court trom sitting to try the facts on the charge of tonduct in contempt of his authority Judge £o bave a little fun once in a while, e Mining statistics show that the United Btates has passed the $1,000,000,000 mark in production and of this vast sum coal and fron meke up more than half, The United States leads the world in these two Industrial tields. With such where his personal feellngs might some- times be enlisted, and I know of mo better method to try the facts of any criminal charge however presented than by jury. I do not say that persons charged with con- tempt are entitled as a matter of strict right to this, but I am convinced that In many, if not in almost all, cases of this character ‘where they are so charged it res staring the old world in the face, no wonder Its people are discussing the *American peril” S oushd o' be’secorded to \pew \f (hey de- sire it 1f our judges had: takem this enlight- ened view of the subject froui the start, made by the outery against government by Junction would never have reached its present proportions and our courts would have been saved much of the odium Into which they have come by reason of promiscuous and arbitrary re- sort to contempt proceedings, especially in contentions between labor and cap. ital. The points made by Tudge Chet- Iain apply also with equal force to all cases of constructive contempt. There is no valid excuse for the perpetuation of these judicial outrages in violation of every constitutional gua ty of individ- ual rights, and nothing to be gained by the tenacity of the judges in laying claim to unlimited contempt powers. RETIREMENT OF JUDGE NORVAL, The accession of Judge Samuel H. Sedgwick to the supreme bench marks the retirement of Chief Justice Norval after a service of twelve years as a member of that court. The people of Nebraska without re- spect to party affiliation will recognize the great value of Judge Norval's part in the judiclal history of the state. Since his first election the court has been called upon to grapple with many most Important and most perplexing problems that have been presented for Judiclal determination. The amount of litigation has increased several fold and with it the demands made upon the thought and energies of the supreme court justices. To Judge Norval's pains- taking Industry and consclentious devo- tion to duty is to be ascribed in a large meunsure the results accomplished by the court. To say that Judge Norval retires with the esteem and good will of all the re- putable members of the bar who have practiced before him is but expressing the universal sentiment in legal circles, while outside of that the people gener- ally stand ready to give due acknowl- edgments to this faithful public servant. REASCENDANCY OF GORMAN. The unanimous choice by the dem- ocratic members of the Maryland legis- lature in thelr caucus of Arthur Pue Gorman for United Statps senator pro- clalms his reascendanty and assures the early renppearance of that well known figure in the upper branch of the national legislature, Senator Gorman has had a varlegated public career, yet in spite of his ups and downs has maintained his position as a potent political factor not only in his own state, but in the national field of democratic politics, As an astute polit- lcal leader and successful political man- ager his abilities have been recognized by both friend and foe. Notwithstand- ing all that has been said about him, and more especially against him, he is unquestionably head and shoulders above any democrat who has ever held the ascendancy in Maryland. The reappearance of Senator Gorman as a recognized national leadér with the almost solld support of his party in his own state behind him Is sure to project him still further to the front in the movement to reorganize and regenerate the democratic forces. While Senator Gorman repressed to a certain extent his disgust over the tendencies of democracy under the leadership of Bryan, he undoubtedly represents In conjunction with David B, HIl the views of the eastern wing of the party more nearly than any one else. Whether he will himself enter the lists as a can- didate for the presidentiul nomination it is yet unsafe to hazard even a guess in view of the new constellations conjured up as an outgrowth of the late war with Spuln, but that he will exerclse a pow- erful Influence In outlining democratic standard bearers may as well be con ceded, Republicans as well as democrats weuld do well to keep a watchful eye on Arthur Pue Gorman, BARNES FOR COURT COMMISSIONER, The selection of Judge J. B. Barnes to fill the place on the supreme court com- mission made vacant by the promotion of Judge SBedgwick to a position on the supreme court bench will be heartily ratitied by all who are interested In malntaining the strength and- high standard of the commission. Judge Barnes was one of the prominent can- didates favorably considered at the time the original membership of the commission was agreed upon, and was again a leading candidate for the nomi- uation for supreme judge before the re- publican state convention which went to Judge Sedgwick. His attainments as & lawyer have been amply attested by long practice at the bar and his ju- dlelal qualifications demonstrated by service upon the district beneh, It can be sald, therefore, without fear of disap- pointment that this addition to the work- ing force of the eourt may be relled on to maintain its efticlency as well as to juspive popular confidence In its ability to meet all demands made upon it Kausas farmers are refusing to sell thelr wheat at present prices and as a result the wills in many parts of the wtate are idle. In the old calamity days, Kansas farmers were forced to sell thelr grain as soon as threshed in order to realize money for current necessities, It 18 conditions like the present that have retired men of the Jerry Simpson stripe from circulation, | When the Chinese emperor and other members of the royal party reached thelr destination they sent for the engl- neer and other trainmen and earnestly thanked them for a safe journey. The party had evidently heard of the nume ous rallroad aceldents In this country of late and were genuinely thankful for getting through allve. — A Minnesota congressman has suc ceeded in getting himself disliked by his tellows by making the statement that ot over a dozen men in the membership of the house could earn over $5,000 a yeur in private life, But how wany of policies and selecting the democratic | i the memicrg earn that much gress? in con- Of course the paper whose proprietor by favor of Superintendent Pearse had his sister transplanted from a Kansas City grade school to the Omaha High school pay roll with doubled salary is expected 15 go into tantrums over the new £chool hoard's retrenchment policy. Caune and Effec Washington Post After pardoning that dishonest state treasurer, the governor of Nebraska finds it convenlent to go south on a recreation | trip. It 18 doubtless unhealthy in Nebraska at present, The New Iluminant. New York Tribune Coal prices are soaring and gas bills are big. But Mr. Peter Cooper Hewitt tells us that with the use of electricity applied to mercurial vapors he can give us an {llumi- nant better and cheaper than the gas jel or the electric bulb. Success to Mr. Hewltt by all means! He will be a public bene- factor it his invention proves to be prac- tical and efficient. A Halt in Speculation, Indlanapolls News 1t fs evident that the Everett-Moore syn- dicate has strained itself. The embarrass- ment of this syndicate, the fallure of the asphalt trust and two or three other dis- tresses In the business world ought to serve as a sign and warn us to call a halt on speculative enterprises and not anticipate too much. Let business go moro slowly for a while until it feels rock bottom under its teet again. Bryan's Ragtime Muse. Philadlephia Record (dem.) Farmer Bryan {s not yet ready to de- clare his candidacy for the presidency, nor to say who other than himself should be the democratic candidate for that position One cannot expect to gather a full harvest by sowing his seed in January. But Mr. Bryan still {nsists that the money plank of the late platform must go Into the plat- form of 1904. No conditions of time, place, policy or weather affect 16 to 1. Something Must Give, Washington Star. In these days of bicycles, automobiles and steam-heating plants a slight knowl- edeg of mechanics and engineering should bo general. It might even be desirable for the public schools to dispense with some of the culture in order to make It uni- versally understood that if cold water is turned nto a hot, empty boller something 1s golng to break. It Is & law of physics which cannot be too widely understood or t00 thoroughly respe his. Detroit Free Press One of the funniest things of the new century is to heas enator Ben Tillman tenderly breaking the news that Mr. Roose- velt “is utterly incapable of performing the duties of president of the United States as they should be performed. He is too much of a stormy petrel. He can't fly when the wind Is not high. Many of his acts are not only radical, they are rash.”” Will you listen to that and then recall who 1s doing the talking? Tillman, the champion whose whole publie life has been a challenge, softly chides a fellow mortal for being rash. Satan rebuking sin will henceforth be treated as only a moderato example of inconsistencys » A Beautitul Number. NewspAperdom, New York. The Illustrated Bee of Omaha put out a beautiful {lustrated Christmas number. The feature of the edition was a story on “People Who Have no Christmas.” Un- usually well printed half-tone illustrations showed a number of the people who had | no Christmas, in Omaha. First. was an| {llustration of the locomotive engineer; then came the “hello girl" the restaurant waltress, the policeman, the trolley motor- men and conductors and the hospital nurses. There was also a story titled “Whence Rang the Christmas Bell in Omaha,” glving views of six church steeples. There was a story on “Christmas Among the Lowly." The front cover showed a woman of means returning from a shopping tour, loaded down with Christ- mas purchases for distribufion among the poor. The Bee contalned a large amount of advertising, some of which was printed n colcrs. MISTAKES W our, Errors of the Man Who Da Thing Soon Forgot Saturday Evening Post. Americans are a business people. They want results. The mistake that a man makes in getting them are trivialities pro- vided he does The Big Thing. Honest suc- cess 1s a sponge that wipes clean the slate. Moses made mistakes—a good many, cording to the late Colonel Ingersoll—but he led the Israclites out of bondage. Napoleon made mistakes, but Marengo blotted out the memory of Egypt. Grant made mistakes, but the surrender of Lee confounded his enemies. And Schley made mistakes, but o far as the American peo- ple are concerned, he burned and sunk them at Santiago. The detalls of those mistakes are more important to office admirals than the fact of his victory; but not to the people. The result of the inquiry is simply to fix their conviction that Schley s a pretty handy man and a pretty brave man in a fight. For the charge of cowardice would not hold water for a moment, once it was towed out into the open. Yet that charge was the real issue at the begiuning of the inquiry. His enemles started out to prove Schley a coward, but they cleared his character of that staln for all time. P —————— REFORM IN TAXATION. the Big 1 Ohlo Grappling w the Problem, Cle and Leader. Governor Odell of New York appears to have taken the same ground that Governor Nash did with respect to the rellet of real and personal property from taxation for state purposes, In his annual message he urges reforms which will transfer the bur-| den of state taxes from property to the cor- porations, and he is recelving the support of the newspapers. The Herajd, in discussing the recommen- dations, says that “many earnest students of taxation desiro to see the state revenues wholly provided from independent sources, 0 that the Board of Equalization may be abolished and the cities and counties left entirely free to provide for their local needs in thelr own way." That is exactly what Governor Nash has recommended {n Ohio, and what he will seek to have provided for in the bill that is now being prepared for introduction in the leg- {slature. When stAte taxes have been abol- {shed entirely and cities and counties can levy thelr taxes for local purpos in thelr own way @& long step will have been taken in the direction of the solution of the tax problem that has bothered the lawmakers for half a century, or since the present con- stitution was adopted. The members of the general assembly should not hesitate to cagry put the gov- New York JANUARY 10, 19 —————————————————————————— Bartley Pardon from Afar Sloux City Tribune (dem.): It is evident that Goverpor Savage considers that a man who takes in excess of $500,000 fs a finan- cler, rather than an embezzler. Washington Post (ind.): The governor of Nebraska Lias given the taxpayers much un- pleasant provoeation by pardoning the de- faulting state treasurer. Why do state ex- ecutives continue to place a premium upon dlshonesty? Buffalo Express (rep.): Republican poli- ticlans in Nebraska have kept sympathizing with the state treasurer who defaulted until finally the governor has made excuses for pardoning him. It is not a creditable act. Washington Star (rep.): As to the par- don of the Nebraska man who, while state treasurer made away with $500,000, it may be that a man who had pull enough to get the place necessarily had pull enough to secure the pardon. Detrolt Free Press (dem.): A Nebraska state treasurer who stole $300,000 has been pardoned after werving five years in the penitentiary. If he could have managed to steal a million, possibly the state would Lavo tendered him a vote of thanks, Kansas City Jourpal (rep.): The repub- lican governor of Nebraska has assured the democrats of a promising state {ssue in his pardon of a defaulting treasurer, who was sentenced to twenty years and had served but four. It is quite possihle that this ac- tion may lose Nebraska to the republicans in the next election. Kansas Oty Star (ind.): Governor Sav- age has been somewhat fronical in making the state of Nebraska a present of an un- conditional pardon of former Treasurer Bartley, who was convicted on one count of having embezzled more than $200,000 of state funds. If there is any political favor in the gift of Nebraska that Governor Sav- age does not want he has probably paved the way to avold getting It. Loulsville Courler-Journal (dem.): Bart- ley, treasurer of Nebraska, sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-one years for em- bezzling about $500,000 of the state's funds, has been pardoned by Governor Savage after serving only four. years of his term. The wonder is not so much that he was parfloned as that he was ever convicted. It |1s not usually considered a crime 4n the courts for bank or state officlals to steal the funds in thelr care. New York World (dem.): Governor Sav- age of Nebraska fe reported in a World dis- patch this morning to have unconditionally pardoned Joseph §. Bartley, the ex-state treasurer who embezzled $500,000 of the state's funds. He was serving a twenty years' sentence and the governor's parole of him last summer so outraged public opin- fon that the Nebraska republican state cone vention demanded in its platform that he be eent back to the penitentiary. To open the prison doors to such a conviet is an abuse of political power for the protection of crime that ought to drive Governor Save age out of public life. Detrott Journal (rep.) asurer of as the New Ye of the etate to templating the of state funds Treasurer Bartley A former state those who may be com- embezzlement of $500,000 This {s the amount is sald to have pur- loined. A jury of his peers found him gullty of stealing at least $200,000, and the judge semtenced him to imprisonment for twenty years. He has served less than half of the term. If he held the boodle he sequestered be can now live in luxury for the remainder of his lite. Springfleld (Mass.) Republican Governor Savage of Nebraska shametully tricks his party or the people of the state when he pardons former Stato TreAsurer Bartley at the end of only about one-fourth of his prison sentence of twenty years. Bartley was convicted of embezzling wome | $200,000 of state funds. Juast prior to the last republican state convention Governor Savage paroled Bartley, but the convention made such a fuss about it that the governor revoked the parole and Bartley went back to prison, now to get a full pardon Instead. It is possible, but not probable, that the republicans in convention ‘‘winked the other eye' when they demanded that Bart. ley be put back in prison, Intimating that after the eléction the governor could do as he pleased, and if such was the case then the peopls of Nebraska were tricked. The lesson of this affalr to the criminally dis- posed is that it is safer to steal $200,000 than $1,000. Philadelphia Ledger (ind.): It must be admitted that Govermor Savage of Ne- braska has given some good reasons for pardoning ex-State Treasurer Bartley, con- victed of embezzling $200,000 of state funds. at the expiration of ome-fourth of his twenty-year sentence, but they could prob- ably be refuted by still better ones for keeping the defaulting official where he could spend nobody's cash. The publie, however, and especlally the criminal ele- ment fn it, will not pay much attention to the governor's argument for clemency; it will simply keep in mind the bald facts in the case, which are that a man who abused a position of high trust and made away with hundreds of thousands of dol- lars of the public money was released after only five years' imprisonment, and it will argue In a crooked way that this meant $40,000 a year income for him, which 1s large enough to tempt many a man to re- peat his offense; this ls the way criminals have been known to argue. “Several hun- dred of the most prominent men in the state,” 1f wo may take the governor's It, think $200,000 little enough word for pay for five years' imprisonment —— BITS OF WASHINGTON L Scenes and Incldents Sketched at the National Capital. History has a habit of repeating itself, to | some extent. A writer in the Washington Post, in poring over the maval records, found a conspicuous instance of naval jeal- ousy of which Winfleld Scott Schley was the target. The achlevement of Admiral (then commander) Schley In rescuing the Greely arctic expedition, In 1384 was gen- erally applauded at the time and congres proposed a vote of thanks and promotion for Commander Schley and Lieutenant Emory, the officers in charge of the reliet expedition. The suggestion brought out a protest signed by thirty naval officers, among whom were Admiral Steadman and Giles B. Harber, the latter a witness against Schiey at the late court of inquiry. The protestants claimed that the services rendered did not merlt such recognition. Willlam E. Chandler was secretary of the navy at the time, and with characteristic vigor rebuked the objectors. (n a letter to Admiral Steadman the secretary said “The Greely relief expedition of 1554 was 80 meritorious and successful as to com- mand the admiration and applause of the while civilized word. It has reflected honor upon the American navy and given the service new and much-needed favor in the hearts of the people. It is very much to be regretteq that the navy itself should dis- parage its own achievements and that you and so many other officers should have seen fit, without any real necessity, and without inquiry to learn if there was any, to for- mally belittle the one exploit which has in recent years brought the most credit upon the service to which you belong. It is by such quick and aggressive jealousies and contentions among naval officers themselves that the naval establishment is brought into Qisfavor with the nation at large.” At the time of the financial panie fin 1803 1t was publfcly announged for.the first time that the Treasury department at Washington had safe storage room for only about $3,000,000 in national bank notes and the unusual demand for bank currency dur- ing that perfod and the inabllity of the government to meet It promptly subjected the treasury officlals to the harshest criti- clsm from several quarters. It has taken nearly nine years to remedy the defect, but the government may now “point with pride” to a new vault, com- pleted only last weck, that will hold $90, 000,000 fn bank notes, and fs as near to being absolutely fireproof and burglar proot as human ingenulty has been able to make it. This new vault is twelve feet square and twelve feet high, thus containing 1,728 cuble feet of space. The lining Is of Besse- mer steel plates three-eighths of an inch in thickness and these are securely tastened by means of huge ecrews and bolts to a framework of steel, which Is buflt into the masonry. All the plgeon- holes, nearly 6,000 in number, are of steel and there is not an Inch of Inflammable material in all the furnishings of the vault, This can be entered only through the old vault, its location cannot pessibly be de- termined from the outside of the treasury bullding, and only a few “elect” In the department's service know just where it is or anything definite about it. The foxy comptroller has even gone so far, it 1s sald, as to put In false windows, heavily curtained, in order to decelve anyone who might try to determine the resting place of the treasure from the outside. The two speclal guards who have sentry duty for many years at the old vault, have now been assigned to this—and at no ond second of the twenty-four hours is this vigilance relaxed. In fact, ap- proach to this vault by unauthorized person is rendered practically impossible by the seventy odd guards who watch the treasury offices day and night. They work fn three reliefs, patrolling the entire bulld- ing during every hour of the twenty-four; and’ assisting these Inelde guards are a score or more outside watchmen, stationed in sheltered posts or watchhouses, so dis- posed as to command every foot of the exterlor of the bullding and its approaches. The new room of the senate naval com- mittee was elaborately decorated on walls and ceiling by a marine artist, There are broad expanses of sca and pletures of all sorts of fishes and sbips. The artist ran done ernor's recommendations in this respect. ’ pretty heavily to whales, and there is a monster or two on every wall, spouting water up to the cefling. “How comes it there are so many whales on the walls?" a friend asked Senator Hale, chairman of the committee, the other da: “They typify the size of the appropri: | tlons we are expected to make," the sena- tor replied, gravely. A messenger boy from the War depart- ment last Tuesday fl(‘llvr[ad to the pres! dent 1,800 parehment army commissions for his signature. Having to slgn such com- missions is one of the hardships of being president, for it is hard to write on parch- ment with a pen. If it had not been dis- covered that powdered fishbone applied to the place where the president has to sign makes the work much easier he would be a month at the ob. These 1,800 commissions cover the offi- cers appointed and promoted during the congresslong) recess and confirmed after congress met. Each parchment costs the government 50 cents, and, as many are in- Jured while being engrossed, this particular bunch of commissions will cost about $1,000. ‘The president and the secretary of war both have to sign them. No rubber stamps or secretaries’ signatures will do. Senator Burrows of Michigan was at the Navy department at 4 o'clock a couple of afternoons ago, and left a number of news- paper men waiting in the ante-room while he went in to see the secretary. The hour yas growing late, and the newspaper men were impatient, but the senator, when he came out from the secretary’s office, caught their humor, and sald, in his basso pro- fundo, and with the serious and deliberate manner which characterizes his utterances: “My dear boys, I am sorry to have kept you walting, but I have a plece of news for you. 1 have not declined the portfolio of the Navy department, and it has not been offered me, but 1t it s I will positively decline it. Good evening, gentlemen." A newspaper man, anxious for an fitem, tollowed him out of the room. “What have you been doing today, sena- tor?" he queried. “Now, let me see. What have I been dolng today? Ob, yes; I was over at the Agricultural department, and they gave me a pretty plant for my wife. That fa the only thing I could find that was not in the classified service.” Possibilities of Water, Chicago Tribune, First of all, the merger is usually a sub- merger. ebraska bas been pardoned | r's greeting of the governor (ind): | BURDENS OF THE PRESIDENT. Minneapolls Times: Bx-Secretary and Senator Chandler is justificc in his asser- tion that the president of the United States 18 persecuted and hampered by petty things. It there /s any man in this country who should be guarded from politiclans, place- seckers, visloparies, schemers and quid- nunes, it 18 the chiet executive whose du. tles are so onerous and whose responsi- | bilities are 8o heavy. New York Tribune: The objections to a general reform of the sort contemplated by Mr. Chandler are casily met. There mlght | be a little grumbling at first on the part of those Individuals who look upon the president as the country's hired man, but the exécutives of other republics are pit 1o no such strain, and the common sense | ot the American people would not be long in | recognizing the necessity for the change and approving the action of the president who should make it. | Philadelphia Press: President Roosevelt 18 unusually strong wmd vigorous and is able to withstand the strain better than almost any one of his predecessors. But he should have all the time possible to de vote to tho best interests of the people and should not be compelled to devote' the greater part of it to the work of deciding contests as to who shall fill comparatively unimportant offices and shaking hands with thousands of people, many of whom go to | the White House out of mere curiosity. Mr. | Chandler has struck at a weak point In the | White House methods, and what is worse, it {8 & growing abuse. But the probabilities of a change are not very promising. Philadelphia Ledger: It is a well known fact that there is very little time at the disposal of the president for the study of great national and international questions. Hours of his precious time are wasted by senators and representatives who impor- tune him for appointments for constituents to places from the highest is his gift to a village or cross-roads postmastership. In addition, he is besioged annually by hordes of hungry office seckers and others, who have only individual or personal ends to serve. The evil ls growing yearly by cus- tom and the natural fucrease of population, and unless a radical reform fs established it will not be long before there will be practically no time left for the president to devote to purely state affairs, Detrolt Free Press: Constant strain is liable to unloose a temper that is naturally stormy. His fine mental fiber can bo pounded until brittle to the point requir- 1ng rest, with the alternative of hasty and perterted judgment. Ho {s too much of a thoroughbred not to chafe under drudgery, even though It be self-imposed. There is nothing undemocratic in the claim that he should not be accessible to every Tom, Dick and Harry with a request for a favor or with a grievance to present. Each man thinke his mission of paramount importance and the aggregate of callers approaches a continuous procession. No head of an ordi- nary business firm permits such an fmpos!- tion as this and the president of this great nation certainly should not. It fs ridiculous that he ehould be harassed by a Podunk delegation to discuss the local postmasters ship, or representatives from Pumpkin Corners to tell why one of their citizens should not be dismissed from a governe ment clerkshtp, MIRTHF REMARKS, Cleveland Plain Dealer: “The coming secretary of the treasury has been saying something quite pleasant about nutritlous ‘Mints, of course?”’ Brooklyn Life: Briggs—It won't be long now before the United States will have to act as peacemal uth Ameri- can republics. "“ Griggs—Well, we' fiever ®hall own them unless we make a be ginning some time. Judge: I see by lh« who dled yesterday, three daughters.” “Well, you didn't expect the whole family with him, aper that Jones, left two sons and him to did you?" take Chicago ‘Dribune: specting flat)—Yor steam heat. How Real Estate Agent the Janitor will ke Pincherflat is plenty hot_water? Hot water? Oh, ) you In that? (In- of er, Press I'm_surpris man's friend. “Why urself? You're clever know, there's always Philadelphia at you,'" m||(5 the la don‘t you wstir enough, and, yo room at the Hut don't you see how much more claver Am to stay at the bottom, where there fsn't so much room? Pittsburg Chronfcle: Mr. Pitt—The cold wave was not ko severe as I expected it o be. Mr. Penn—-No; that's so. Year's blizzards don't come advance notices The up to New their Post: “Of course we have the ! i girl and the Stanlaws girl and the Nanl el irl and the O'Nelll Latham girl and {t's rather confusing. Buf, as matter of fact, which do vou prefer?” “Well," was 'the guarded reply, “to be real frank with you, 1 think I Iike the real girl a little bettér than any of them." A TOAST TO OUR NATIVE LAND, Chicago Gl Robert Bridges In the Atlantie. Huge and alert, frascible yet strong, Wo make our fitful way 'mid right and » pour our milllons to be free, Then rashly sweep an empire from, the seal One time we strike the shackles from the slaves, And then, knaves. Often we rudely break restraining bars, And confidently reach out toward the stars, qulescent, we are ruled by Yet under all there flows a hidden stream Sprung from the Rock of Freedom, tho great dream Of Washington and Franklin, men of old, Who knew that freedom Is not bought with gold This is the Land we love, our heritage, Btrange mixture of the gross and fine, yet sage And full of promise—destined to be great Dring to Qur Native Land! God bless the tate! ”N HIIIII]IIIIHI[III‘ 11 i (i ) ‘l' “flulhflw U ]\ 4“‘ ‘cines. Every good drug- gist keeps a full supply of Ayer’s Standard Family Medi- When stock is taken, these represent just so much money, for they will surely be sold. People have confi- dence in that word, “Ayer’s.”” There’s something secure, sub- stantial, safe, about it. Ayer’s Pills for the liver. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for the blood. Ayer's Cherry Pec- toral for the lungs. J. €. AVER CO., Lowsil, Mass.