Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1902, Page 6

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The last ndl tribute to Willlam McKinley has n pald and the occa- slon’ goes intdf hisgory a. profennd expression of the universal popular es- teem and affebtion for that illustrious man, whose splendid personal character, earnest patriopism and falthful devotion to public duty will ever be an example to his countrymen. The thoughtful and eloquent eulogy upon the martyred president pronounced by Hon: John Hay presents a compact statement of the distinguished services to the country of Willlam McKinley as soldier and states- man and renders a just estimate of his character. He was, said the orator, “from his birth to his death, typleally American.” It was this that won the popular confidence, that gave him the strong hold he had upon the country and that commanded the respect and admiration of foreign peoples. While his own countrymen knew the strong and unyleMing loyalty of McKinley to their Interests and welfare, foreigners did not fail to appreclate and commend this characteristic. Therefore, typically and strongly American as he was, no president of the republic ever stood higher in Buropean respect than Wil- liam McKinley, ‘The histarical facts in Secretary Hay's oration are,highly valuable and particu- larly Interesting is the statement that a | dealing with foreign powers McKin- ing Net total sales.. Bubscribed in my Vt-'loo and sworn -bat:n me this Ist dlifll ,‘Hm (Beal.) Of course, the World-Herald was to be expected to come to the defense of Bully iliman, South Carolina has recalled the invi- tation extended to President Roosevelt to present a sword to one of its sons. The president will survive Chicago proposes to grade the.price of milk according to its richness. When ‘this is done the value of a good pump will be considerably decreased. H Em— Prince Henry has run the gauntlet of {, . 'the men who wield the pen and come ‘out unscathed. The men who wield the sword can have no terrors for him now. EEE———— If Prince Henry's digestion {s not Jruined by the round of dinners, he will jundoubtedly take home with him pleas- ant memorles of his visit to this coun- axy. And now Governor Savage has been womplimented with the presidency of the state Irrigation congress In session at Sterling, Colo. They can't keep Ne- braska away from the front. EET— The Creek Indians who have been making the trouble recently in Indian territory have been sentenced to terms in prison. This is certainly a more humane method of making good Indians than the old plan. — ] Tt 1s up to the Jacksonian club to take @ fall out of the Douglas County Democracy by improvising some kind of & blowout that will beat the plano christening, with something stronger than Bordeaux on the side. ey A bottle of “fine old wine from Bor- fleaux” has been donated to the Douglas County Democracy for the occasion of ithe unvelling and christening of its new plano, There {8 no daenger, however, gbat the wine will be wasted on the ‘Plano. All the other members of the South Omaha Board of Bducation Indicted by the late grand jury are anxious to try an escape by the Loechner loop. This Joop promises to become as famous’in 4ts own small way as the much-discussed Fo0p at Santiago. § SE— The periodical matl weighing, which determines the contract price for carry- dog the malls on the railroads of this division, is about to be pulled off. Com- plaints about delays in the malls for the next few weeks will all be explained on the score of interruptions by the mall welghers. — Benator Balley failed to rise to his op- portunity when Prinece Henry visited the | upper house of congress. It would undoubtedly have interested the royal visitor much more If the Texan had demonstrated how hard he could kick a screen door instead of making an ordi- Zary speech. SEEE——— Collector Ivey, of the port of Una- laska, has succeeded In creating quite a ripple by writing a bombastic letter to the Treasury department. If his friends will keep a lookout they will probably be disappointed to discover that In a short time there will not be even a bub- ble to mark the spot where Ivey once Bourished. —— » The rallroad managers have decided they will not furnish the Interstate Commerce commission with the data concerning rebates paid to favored ship- pers. A short time ago, In a moment of frankness, the managers let out several facts regarding these trans- actions, but they now realize that, lke ‘the parrot, they have talked too much. ley will take rank with the greatest of our diplomatista. It was he who marked out the course to be pursued toward China, prompted “by considerations of humanity and the national interests’- a course flnally approved by all the powers and which has been completely justified by results. May we not ash sume that all the # it work of diplomacy during his nistration was directed by his wisdom and foresight? With a high and just apprecation of the great public services of Willlam McKinley, with a true conception of his character derived from intimate per- sonal association, and from an earnest sympathy with that patriotic Amer icanism which distinguished him, Secre- tary Hay's eulogy is a faithful, sincere and eloquent tribute that merits the highest praise. EE————— HERE'S A’ HOW-DE-DO. In the classic language of his eminence the Mikado, “Here's a how-de-do.” Just to show his appreciation of the humor of the occasion, Governor Savage has ad- dressed a letter to the editor of the Lin- colu Journal calling him to task for signing a petition to him asking for an unconditional pardon for ex-Treasurer Bartley and then turning his paper to the unconditional condemnation of the governor for responding to his request. After reciting the body of the petition, Governor Bavage continues: Among hundreds of other prominent citi- zens of Lincoln who signed the petition are the following: C, H. Gere, C. D. Trapha- gen and J. C. Seacrest, all of whom I be- leve are officers of the Journal company and practically own and control the policy of the Journal. If it was wrong for me to commute the sentence it was certainly doubly wrong for me to grant an “‘unlimited, un- restricted and umconditioial pardon” as prayed for in the.petition signed by the chief officers and stockholders of the State Journal company. The attitude of the Journal in tacitly approving attacks on my action by giving publication without com- ment to hostile utterances of other news- papers certalnly challenges - reconciliation with the attitude of the Journal's officers In signing a petition requesting me to grant an unconditional pardon, without limit or restriction. Speaking for myself, I do not belleve that on the same subject I could with propriety or consistemcy entertain one opigion as governor and another as private eltis It takes over a column of its space for the Journal to explain that, like the fabled Pooh Babh, its editor petitioned for the Bartley pardon in one capacity and criticizes it in another capacity. It is even intimated that the editorial mind was changed after the circumstances at- tending the parole, although no effort was made to withdraw the editorial sig- nature from the paper praylng for com- plete pardon. ‘We apprehend, however, that the gov- ernor’s brusk reminder is scarcely calcu- lated to restore the entente cordiale that be had a right to expect as a result of harkening to the Journal man's petition. — RAILROADS REFUSE INFORMATION. At the Investigation a few weeks ago in Chicago, by the Interstate Commerce commission, of the charge that the rail- roads were allowing rebates to certain shippers, it was frankly admitted by the railway managers who appeared before the commission that the charge was true. They stated that rebates were given to the packing interest, but pro- fessed to be unable to state what the rebates amounted to. The commission made an order requiring the traffic managers to furnish the desired data. This the managers have refused to do. Having consulted together and taken legal advice, they assert that the com- mission has not the power to compel the production of the information asked for and moreover they want to protect the packers from possible punishment. Here is an instance that may be com- mended to the attention of those who affirm that the commission is alto- gether at fault for the non-enforcement of thé interstate commerce law. It has made an earnest effort in this matter to carry out the law and as usual the rail- ‘way officials throw an obstruction in the way by refusing information deemed by the commission to be necessary and which there is no doubt could be sup- plied. After freely confesaing that they hayve violated the law they seek to es- cape the consequences of their wrong- doing by denying the power of the commission to compel them to produce the evidence. The alleged bellef that the commission desires to punish pack- ers who accepted rebates is perbaps a mere subterfuge, but at &ll events it operates to obstruct the attempt on the part of the commission to enforce the law and is anether example of the re- sponsibility of the railroads for the fi that the law is not effective and hasybe- come practically useless for the regpla- tion of the common carriers. Y This refusal to comply with a request of the commission which to the general public will appear entirely proper and legitimate should have the effect to stimulate Interest in legislation for strengthening the law and enlarging the authority of the commission. If that body has not the power to compel con- fessed violators of the law to produce the facts that will establish their mis- conduct, of what use Is the commis- slon? It is presumed that the commis- sion will endeavor to enforce its re- quest and if so the result will be awaited with considerable interést. Meanwhile this new obstruction to the enforcement of the law should not escape the atten- tion of congress. CHINESE EXCLUSION. The foreign affairs committee of the house of representatives is sald to be having considerable trouble in framing a Chinese excluéion bill. All the mem- bers are agreed upon a measure which will exclude coolies, but when they get beyond this there is much difference of oplnion. The really perplexing question is as to how far to go in the admission of so-called merchants, Petitions have been sent from organizations of busi- ness ‘men in California urging that Chinese merchants be exdluded and there Is a strong sentiment {h the east that it would be unwise, from a busi- ness point of view, to shut out this class. The petitions from California state that to do so would be decidedly hurtful to the commercial welfare of the Pacific coast, that it 1s desirable for the development of trade with China that the merchants of that country shall be aljowed to come to the United States and acquaint themselves with our busi- ness methods and put themselves in per- sonal relations with our merchants and manufacturers. Eastern exporters take the same view and thus there is a strong business influence being exerted in favor of not extending the exclusion policy to Chinese merchants, many of ‘whom it Is believed wiil in future de- sire to visit the United States for a purely commercial purpose. On the other hand there is a very strong sentiment, particularly pro- nounced, of course, on the Pacific coast, in favor of a general policy of exclusion and it is more than probable that thjs will prevail. The labor interest is prac- tically unanimous in demanding un- restricted exclusion and it exerts a very potent influence. The opinion of the Industrial commission favorable to Ohinese exclusion is also an influence that is strong for the proposed legisla- tion. —— TIME FOR OMAHA T0 ACT. The situation as just devejoped In Council Bluffs, where efforts are being . openly made to prevent the entrance of the Chicago Great Western, upon whose completion to the Missourl river we ‘were confidently counting, demands the attention of Omaha’s business interests. The advent of the Chicago Great West- ern as an addition to Omaha's railway facilities would unquestionably serve to enlarge materially the trade territory fn which Omaha is the dominant factor. ‘Without respect to the possible effect an- other and direct line to Chicago would have on the other Chicago-Omaha roads, the local traffic alone would constitute an advantage worth while striving for. From the latest developments the con- clusion is forced that a combination has been formed among the other through lines to head off the Great Western by preventing it from acquiring the necessary terminal facilities. Should the existing roads succeed in this effort even temporarily, it would bode no good to Omaha. If our commercial organiza- tions are alive to their interests they will exert themselves at once to the extent of their influence and do all they can to bring this new road into our eity. The Great Western seems anxious to build into Omaha, asking neither subsidy nor concession, and certainly should have every encouragement to carry out its plan, It is time for Omaha to act. The attorney general has rendered an opinion to the effect that the assessors may gather crop and other statistics at the time of making the annual as- sessment. In some counties they have done this in years past, but in only a few instances have the statistics been complete. These figures would be of great value to Nebraska if they could only be honestly gathered. Facts, backed by official statistics, avallable for pur- poses of advertising the state, have been lamentably scarce in the past, and just now when the tide of immigration is setting toward the west Nebraska is paying the penalty, If the mssessors only will, they can remedy this de- ficlency and probably most of them ‘would do so if the coynty clerks would impress the value of it upon them, e—————— Cable reports indicate there may be trouble between Turkey and Bulgaria over the responsibility for the kidnaping of Miss Stone. In view of the an- nounced determination of the United States to hold the country responsible to a strict accountability for the out- rage, both are anxious to get out from under. If it takes as long to settle this controversy as it does other ques- tions at issue with Turkey no one of the present generation need worry to any great extent. — City Treasurer Hennings' explanation of the purpose of the proposed funding bonds places them in a new light. Ac- cording to Mr. Hennlugs, special taxes amounting to $186,000 have been knocked out by the courts, throwing the obligation on the city at large instead of upon the districts that had been specially assessed. These ' obligations must, of course, be cared for when the time comes, and to meet them by taxes levied In any one year is out of the tion. His statement shows further that all the talk about funding bonds to cover up overlaps Is without founda- tion. While the eity’s finances present several knotty problems, they are In much better shape than they have been at most times. Some of the women complaining about the manngr in which customs officers handle thelr private baggage on returning from trips abroad might get a suggestion about avolding difficulty in the action of Mrs. Hunting- ton, who had an honest manifest of her belongings all ready for the inspectors. It almost took the breath away from the officers and cost considerable money, but it saved annoyance, em——— Is it & leak In the county attorney's office or in the sheriff’s office? That is the question that is disturbing the peace of mind of the people who have been swearing out search warrants for raids to unearth gambling utensils that have repeatedly failed to materialize. Noth- ing short of an Investigating committee to locate the leak will clear up the mys- tery. e———— Creature Oufts Its Oreator. Chicago Repord-Herald. ‘When a sovereign state bumps against a combination of raliway companies it gen- erally finds out that it isa’t as sovereign as it might be. A Long Felt Want. Detroit Bree Press. Mr. Bryan thinks the democratio party needs issucs. The republican party is in better shape. It wfll have a winning issue as long as Mr. Bryan is leading the demo- crats. ations Cleverly Shown. Chicago News. Miss Roosevelt's dexterity in wielding the silver axe at the christening of the kaiser's yacht should entitle Wer to an honorary membership in the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. Qual Evidence of Assi tion. Baltimore American. It s hard to see on what grounds the ex- mayor of San Francisco asserted that the Chinese do not assimilate, after Minister ‘Wu, on their meeting in New York, told him to go away back off the earth and sit down. Con File tok. Portland Oregonian, Free trade in pulp and lower duties on paper—this is the American Publishers’ as- sociation tarift proposal, and it is the fair- est yet promulgated by any industry. We 1ave plenty of plans for free raw materials and high duties on finished product, and reciprocity on somebody else’s goods in exchange for favors to mine. The differ- ence in the case of paper is that for once we hear from the consumer instead of the tariff-beggar. One Tide Revers Philadelphia Record. Although the United States supply bread- stuffs to practically the entire olvilized world, the nation cannot raise potatoes enough for the requirements of its own people. Since November 1 last there have been brought here from foreign countries nearly 2,000,000 bushels of potatoes, sub- stantially all of which were absorbed by domestic requirémedts. The duty on po- tatoes is 25 cents”per bushel—a blood tax, if there ever was one. Railroad Taxi Chicago Chronicle. The lowa legislature has taken in hand the business of compelling the railroad companies to pay more taxes. It has under consideration a bill which is said to have been framed by the ablest men in the senate and which is expected to stand the test in the highest courts. Its leading feature is provision for assessing rallroad property at its full value as determined by the market value of the stocks and bonds of the several companies, though earnings also may be taken into the ac- count for the purpose of ascertalning whether the values of these securities are a just measure of the values of the prop- erties. This is all fair, provided, always, that all other property subject to adva- lorem taxation is also assessed at its full value. To assess real estate in general at one-half its true value while assessing that belonging to the rallroad companies at its full value would obviously be unjust and the courts most likely would hold it to be so. Increasing the N: Gatety, Indfanapolis News. The disputes in Europe as to who is Uncle Sam's best friend, never dignified at best, are really becoming comical. The London weekly press is out in long argu- ments proving England’s friendship and try- ing to emphasize the really substantial ac- cord between England and America, and so forth and so on, while the French press, ap- parently out of pure superfluity of jealousy, is printing disagreeable things about Prince Henry's visit to this country. In chorus our minister at Berlin pipes up with an address on the eve of Washington's birth- day, to show what & good frlend Germany was, and eo it goes all round the circle. Amid this clamor, really one has more re- spect for the London Saturdsy Review, which comes out today, as it has of recent weeks, with the usual broadsides of abuse for this country. Nations are like men; while proper courtesy and civility are very soothing and acoeptable, servility at once reaocts on the perpetrator, and he who bows too low is in danger of being kicked, or at least of exciting the feeling that precedes thge sotlen. THUNDERING IN THE INDEX. The Peerless Lender Lags Superfiuous as an Editor. New York Tribune. Mr. Willlam J. Bryan, editor of the Commoner, either ought to abandon the habit of dating his paper ahead or elee give up the controversial custom of maligning his opponents for what he takes it for granted they will do. The current number of his paper contains & glaring example of Mr. Bryan's method, the claptrap nature of which is made manifest by events which were happening while his words were belng printed. Speaking on an article by Presi- dent Roosevelt on enforcement of law, and making quotations from it, Mr. Bryan eays: “The president says (or sald—he may not entertaln the same opinion now (n regard to the anti-trust laws): ‘An officer to whom 1s confined the carrying out of the laws has no such discretion.’ Another extraot illus- trates the emphasis with which Mr. Roose- velt oan state a proposition (or could).” ‘The paper containing this ie dated Febru- ary 21. On February 20 the announcement was made by Attorney General Knox that suit would be brought to test the legality of the raliway merger in the northwest and made Mr. Bryan's sneers at the president and his assumed unwillingness to enforce the anti-trust law supremely ridiculous., Hasn't & professed statesman anything bet- ter to do than make fiings at the good faith of the president of the United States which are so oheap and senseless that they will b koep LUl they ard priatedl Three Nebraska Organs ‘Washington Post. Although Bditor Bryan's Commoner bas achleved a greater notorfety than any othef weekly political organ published in a small eity, it is not by any means the only inter- esting weekly of that description to which Nebraskans point with pride as proofs of the journallstic versatility and vitality of distinguished citizens of their state. Three parties, or factions—to-wit, the popull the Cleveland democrats and the Bryan democrats—are each represented by a weekly organ. Ex-Semator Allen, in the Madison Mall, hebdomadally whoops up the populist contingent of the great combine, being duly mindful to claim for that con- tingent the majority of brains. J. Sterling Morton, the father of *Arbor day,” the genial gentleman who was secre- tary of agriculture under the second Cleve- land administration, ministers to the Cleve- land element in the Conservative, published at Nebraska City, and his ministrations are not lese marked by intellectual force and convincing ratlocination than were those agricultural booklets which were issued from his department during the cam- palgn of 1896 to prove that the honest ‘mer could not afford to vote for free colnage. Secretary Morton had a thorough knowledge of all agricultural questions and handled them with the skill of & master, but his greatest success was achleved in his treatment of the colnage jssue from the agricultural standpoint. Mr. Morton's Conservative is by far the most belligerent of the three motable weeklies and the con- temporary which most frequently draws its fire {s Bditor Allen's Madison Mail. In a recent issue of the Mail Editor Allen sald: “Aside from Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cleve= land, the democratio party is without com- petent leadership, and, so far as we can observe, stands for no substantial reform which the populist party does not better Tepresént, and there is no more reason why populists should desert their ranks and muster under the banner of democracy than become republicans and lose their identity, and there is no reason for either. The populist and democratic parties differ rad- fcally and irreconcilably on certain well known issues; for instance, on government ownership of telegraphs, telephones, rail- ‘ways and other natural monopolies, and it fs the height of folly for democrats to undertake to dissolve the popullst party and absorb its membership.” Rditor Morton’s ' righteous indignation was aroused by that. To refer to Mr. Bryan as a demooratic leader and to put Mr. Cleveland in the same sentence is sacrilege from Editor Morton's standpoint. He prints the above in his paper, with this neat agrioultural prefac “The so-called democracy; the boa con- strictor in whose sinuous folds the popu- listic steer has been crushed out of all semblance to his former greatness, having squeezed its bellowing prey into a pulpy mass, prepares to gorge the salivous morsel, when from out that shapeless mass of bones, flesh, intestines, and—ye , some brains—comes & volce; for in this inimal the volce dies last—a weak, smal yet capable of conveying a prote of ex-Senator All o - d, having r uced what that volce, ing from the “shapeless mass of bones, flesh, intestines,” etc., sald, Editor Morton followed it with this benediction: “Doesn’t that strike you as being rathe rich? ‘Undertake to dissolve and abeor As though the dlssolution was not complete and the absorption all but over.. Why such & orushed, lacerated, maimed relic should wish to live, a hopeless cripple, & burden to itselt and an eyesore to the other animals, dces not appear. Better were it to draw in its horns, or'allow them to be drawn in, and be decently and quietly swallowed, just as the rest'of the menag- erie predicted when the stmple steer first began grasing in the boa’s particular sec- tion of the jungle.” The question whether the populists have swallowed the democracy, oF vice versa, may be interesting, but the’chlef fact of interest is that a combine or consolidation must partake of the characteristics of its component parts. The pure milk of democ- racy, mixed with the slush of populism, is not instantaneously convertible into its original self. Perhaps the entire mass might be churned and the resultant product put through the renovation process, but that is a branch of the subject which we prefer to leave to the ex-secretary of agri- culture, .an excellent authority on dairies and their outputs. BRIBERY AND ANARCHY. One #s Dangerous to National Life as the Other. Baltimore Americar. Jaige Ryan of St. Louis has applied to the practice of bribery the word which properly describes it. Ho calls it “an- archy.” It his designation be corrékt it is time for the nation to arouse itself. Anarchy in any form is not only a curse, but it is & positive perll. It matters not which way anarchy works, its effects are the same. It may begin at the top of the social order and work down, or it may begin in the depths of degeneracy and work up, in either event it is certain to produce disaster, It is folly to think that the wild- eyed, loud-clamoring semilunatic is the most dangerous enemy of the soclal order. There are not half as many forest oaks destroyed by the lashings of the wind as by the slow, internal burrowings of the ipsect and worm. Neither are the direful harangues and threatening vaporings of the professional anarchist as ruinous to the stability of good government as the stealthy. corrupting. of legislative bodies. The same sleek gentleman, who always look hl trightened and who hold their hands up in holy horror whenever the anarchy is mentloned, are the ones who often are guiltiest of bribery. The. briber is an anarchist pure and simple and 1s deserving of ' the same condign punishment meted out to bomb-thrower. Indeed, the briber does more harm. There. is the same differ- ence between the briber and bomb- thrower as there is between disease and explosion. Both forces may kill, but more death is wrought by the band of dlsease, though it works quietly and unobtrusively, than is ever done by all the explosions of a century, be their detonations as loud as the heaviest batteries of artillery. It is the secret and covered methods under which bribers work which prevent the public from realizing the full foree of their treason. And, yet, half of the bad laws that exist, half of the good laws that are prevented, are due to the hand of the skulking briber. No bomb-thrower ever injured a community half as much as have many bribers, who, by their corrupting in- fluence, have betrayed the interest of the people into the hands of corporatiens. This country has long suffered from the evils resulting from the work of the briber de- voted to the promotion of legislation against the public weal. By so doing the briber has not merely spofled the eficlency of the lawmaking power, but he has also sowed the seeds of future social’degemeracy. It needs no long discussion to prove how bribery thrives on its own success. therefore, who are vociferous in tion should attack Kill the disease as well as prevent the plosion. It will be short-sighted stat manship, indeed, which strikes the lesser danger and ignores the greater one. FATHERS GIVEN A SHOW. Congress of Mothers Disposed to Let Them In on the Ground Floor, Chicago Record-Herald, The reported intention of the Nattomal Congress of Mothers, now in session st Washington, to change the by-laws of the organization 8o as to include the fathers of the country is & hopeful sign of a growing disposition on the part of the womes to recognize the parental rights and responsh bilities of the sterner sex. The sentiment for the admission of the fathers was not the result of spasmodic tmpulse. It came about by slow and easy stages of calm consideration and delibera~ tion. - The entering wedge for this proposed reform was the admission of actual mothers to the congress—women who had borne children and who confessed o an intimate acquaintance with thelr offspring. The mothers’ congress fs no longer an aggrega- tion of spinsters or would-be mothers. In- deed, there is prospect that If & few more mothers can be induced to leave their chil- dren at home In care of the house servants the mothers may have a representation in future congresses large emough to permit their active participation in the discussions of the interests and affairs of maternity. From the admission of mothers it was an easy and logical step to the admission of fathers to the mothers' congress. Here- tofore the congresses have heen seriously hampered by the inability of mothers to attend because they could mot take their bables with them, there being mo one to take care of the bables while the mothers were participating in the discussion of questions pertaluing to the emancipation of woman. The admission of the fathers ofters a simple solution of the problem. They can take care of the bables while the mothers read essays on the political de- eracy of man. They can feed baby and rock him to sleep while the mothers throw rhetoric at each other in impassioned torensic fights. Strange the mothers never thought of acheme before. SO PR B ’ THE PRINCE AT SHORT RANGE. Boston Globe: Prince Henry smiled when the newspaper correspondents were intro- duced to him. Foxy boy! Philadelphia Record: When it comes to hospitality there are no nations that claim superiority over the people of the United States. Indlanapolis Journal: Prince Henry is sustaining his reputation as a courteous, clever gentleman and if he does not break down under the contnued strain of Ameri- can hospitality he will show good staying powers. Minneapolls Journal: Among the first persons presented to Prince Henry were the newspaper correspondents who are to ac- company him during his tour of the United States. That, at least, was in line with demooratic ideas. It was a reminder to the prince that he is the guest of a country where the right of the people to know ‘what {s going on ls always recognized. 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat: The American people will notice that in all the festivities attending the visii of Prince Henry the true democratic spirit has prevailed. There en no evidence of snobbery on the of elther the visitor or his entertaine 'l‘hc welcome which was extended by Presi- dent Roosevelt to the prince at the White House differed in no essential particular from those which have been given by the same president and many of his prede- cessors at the same place. No toadyism has been shown anywhere by anybody and it is safe to prediot-that none will be shown at any time during the visit. All this can be sald to the ‘credit of the American people. Democratic simplicity will be the order of the day in this country while the prince is with us. PERSONAL NOTES. Boston's doctor who took special pains to show his contempt for vaccination is re- covering from what was thought to be & fatal case of smallpox. Philadelphia’s storm took the form of ice and lightning. Great branches were con- stantly falling from the trees laden with ice and there was frequent lightning, but no thunder. Senator Teller's speech on the Philippine question fills twenty-six ppges of the Con- gressional Record and contains 75,000 words. With the exception of a few docu- ments the entire speech was extemporane- ous. Commenting on Representative Wheeler's reference to Prince Henry as a ‘“little Dutchman,” the Chicago Record-Herald says: “‘The prince is six feet and balf an inch: tall, weighs 182 pounds and always keeps in the pink of physical condition. What do they call a good sized man in Ken- tucky, anyway?" Among the stories, apochryphal and oth- erwise, of attempts to induce Admiral Bchley to discuss President Roosevelt's re- cent decision is this: A friend bad dis- cussed the president's decision at length d wound up by saying: ‘‘Now, what do you think of it, admiral?’ The veteran aid, without & hint of a smfle: ““He doeen’t say that Cervera got away or that the Spanish fleet did Dusiness after that day, 80, after all, we 4id not fight in vain.” WHEN ALRERT EDWARD WAS nl.l. Recollectt of the Visit of the Prince of Wales to America. Kansas City Star, The visit of Prince Heiiry recalls that of Albert Bdward {n the autamn of 1860. Tho Prince of Walea spent four buly weeks in the United States. From the accounts printed at the time King Edward might be pardoned for looking back on that month as & sort of nightmare. In the excess of hospitality he was dragged about from pil- lar to post until he must have been glad to escape to the British man-of-war that awalted him at Portland, Me. Albert Edward came to the Unitsd States unoficlally; that is, he traveled under the name of Baron Renfrew, one of his minor titles. The duke of Newcastle and the earl of St. Germains smccompanied him. The Canadlans took the peince to Niagara and Blondin carried & man across the river on 4 rope for his benefit. The crowd was dis- appointed, as it bad been reported that t! prince himself would mde on Blondin's back. The royal visitor entered the United States at Detroit. From there. hs itinerary included Chicago, St "Louls, Gincinnat!, Pittsburg and Baltimore. It was two woeks before he reached Washington. President Buchanan sent Secretary Cass to the sta- tion to meet him. e himselt welcomed the prince at the White House door. He £ave up his room to the visitor and slept in the ante-room to his office. Thirty-four persons sat down to dinmer ‘with him that night and there weore soven gold vhees filled with artificfal flowers on a gold tray in the middle of the table The second day a reception was given to the prince, who was dressed in & blue coat and gray trousers. Séveral enthusiastic women insisted on shaking hands with him, and at the end of balf an‘hour he grew sick of the affair and no more people were ad- mitted. Miss Lane, the president's niece, took him off to play tenpins next day and beat him roundly. He was hustled back to dinner and to fireworks, which the rain partly spoiled. During the evening he dis- appeared, for the purpose, it is suspected, of seeing Washington without & éhaperon. But he was back to dinner at iLp. m. Of course, he was taken to Mount Vernon and the Marine band, which worked overtime those days, was concealed in a thicket near the tomb and played a dirge composed for the oocasion. While In Philadelphia he went to the opera and single seats sold as high as $30. Pattl sang “The Last Rose of Summer” and “‘God Save the Queen” was intetpolated. New York, West Point, Albany and Boston were visited, and then be sailed for home. That visit has lasted Albert Edward forty- two years. — POINTED REFLECTIONS, 1o Mladelphia Press: "Indeed, Mr. Goodelgh 5 Most Senerous man.". asserted the vl i saip. - s Soe. truly?"’ we asked. ‘es. “Yes. Why, he often givés Away cloth- ing before it 1s completely: worn out. Detroit Free Press: “You girls think of nothing but Kowns (o dlspi to adyantage the figures 'you' ve got. kT ways. Some of us think of gowns that wh) display to the best advanta figures we'd like to have. R Boston Pllot: Bey _r: T haven't o cent ter me namp, T TUten That's exactly how Crusty. Man_—Huh! ad When 1 started in 1ife nnd Tm much I h; well oft now. Let me congratulate you on your bright future. Judge: Mabel—T've just got some proofs from the photographer. Wfixch do you like Beu ‘The profile view fs 'the bett pleture, but the other Joaks more jike Sou Philadelphia Press: one who wears one of OUF hits, said thy Tashionavle ha - ter, 18 bound to be marked for a gentio- "Ah. sald Wicks, *‘t automatcally 1n the preserssn b won 'Any Chicago Tribune: Glr| with ' the ' Gibson Girl Neck—You can't make me- belleve all that mop of hair on Kate Huckleberry's head s her own. She wears a switch Boml day I'm, golng to ask her halrdresser it WAt the Tul — You'd better ask her deniigrrTe DMl —— BLAZE AWAY! James Barton Adams in Denver Post. If you think a friend needs roasting Don't you chew the rag of boasting To your fellows how the rascal you will ay! Hunt him up and bravely meet him, In a manly manner greet him, Get your talker into trim and Blaze away! It & nelghbor has nuand-d The affair cannot be m It you prate to other pul'l-l- till they're vEit'ihe oftending sinner Just when he has finished dinner And is in contented moad, a: Blaze away! It your editor should hit you Vith a roast that seems to fit you Like a shoo that pinches where your com- o8 stay, Do not tell your fellow crestures How you'll jacerate his features— Beard the lion in his den an: Blaze away! 1f your minister advances Bome erratic view that chances To conflict with your opinion, don't.you bray Like an ass with nolsy clatter; Beek him and discuss the matter; Get your arguments in shape and Blaze away! Apd & word to you, voung fellow, it you find you'rs getting mellow On a girl and fear to make the popping play, Do not sit £nd sigh about tt; Bhe 1s waiting, don't you doubt 1 For the word, su’ brace. yourseif an: lage away! ys act upon the level, There are 120,000 hairs on an average head,—on your head. How many of these have you lost since yesterday ? Since a year ago ? How long do you calculate it will be before you will have thin hair, or no hair at all? Better feed your heir and make- it -cblotl{mq $L.00. ALl drugrists. mlfil-hdvuhl!.m W Mzs. A. 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