Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1902, Page 4

4 m::mmwam E. xolnwxrn& EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. e TERH! O" IL'MIJPTI;)N F"'“ o And Bundey, Ons' Te trated B O y Bee, One Yea . Twentielh Century Parmer, One Veat.. patly Tius i lunu of irregularities in delivery be addressed to City Circulation De- OFFICES. b Omana ity ‘Hall Bullding, Twen- inei] Blufts— o Pearl Street. Pt B ington—i Fourteenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. i BUSIN Business letters and remittances should be lddre-od The Bee Publishing Company, Remi! s ¥ FE S e sicouta, “Bersonal checks, exeept on Omggs o sstrm Sxihens Boh AR STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Neb; # Geo 'r 1 order, ompany, ed 10 Mon it of the month lows: 1 BNRREEBNBEENESR Less unsold and returned coples. Net total sales... Net dally average. GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed s oy of Fenrunry, A. Do B e o A ) Botary Puvlle. ‘When it comes to doing things right Omaha Bohemians are strictly in it. E— Not a disorderly disturbance to mar Prince Henry's tour. Let us have a credit mark. Prince Henry deserves a smoother re- turn voyage than he enjoyed on his ocean trip this way. E— The Commercial club should try to bag a few more new factories before the season gets old, on the theory that a good nest egg will beget company. EEm— One house of congress has passed the bill for another bridge across the Mis- sourl at this point. Omaha needs a fourth bridge about as much as a wagon needs a fifth wheel. 2 1 ——— It s to be noted that although it has had no senatorial deadlock to interfere with the dispatch of business, the Iowa legislature is still in session and in the third month of its career. — Beveral Nebraska countles report un- ‘ usual transters of farm lands as well as releases of farm mortgages. The demand for Nebraska farms keeps stead- ily tmproving because farming in Ne- braska pays. — Accoucts of the Kubellk concert at Lincoln say that the auditorium was packed with 2,000 people to listen to the performance, The advance advertise- ments of the concert announced 2,200 seats for sale.. Oan it be possible that the Lincoln anditorium has shrunk over night? | e And now Willlam Waldorf Astor is sald to be cultivating aspirations to sit in Parflament although his expatriation from this country is but a few years back. The question s likely to be ratsed ‘whether. carpet-bag government is any more popular in Great Britain than it is in the United States. —— The uninvested balauce in the per- nlult schoel fund bas again risen to m and the treasurer repeats the shallow pretense that this money Is being kept in the treasury vault. A8 long as the law limits the investment of these funds, as at present, it is impossi- ble to prevent an accumulation of cash on hand. Why not be candid and in- clude It in the exhibit of bank balances? e——————— The persistence of the populists in insisting that they furnish the head of the next fusion ticket in Nebraska Is par- ticularly distressing to the democrats, especially in view of the fact that this mfllfit timber shows no sign 1 m. If the democrats could only ate the two parties by .absorbing the populists this little obstruction to democratic ambitions might be removed, ———— The Tower house of congress will vote today on the proposed transformation of the rural mail Yielivery into & new star route comtract system. No argument £ H i % g ¥ i | éi THE RATE-CUTTING RAILROADS. The proceedings to be Instituted agalnst the rallronds whose officials, in testifying before the luterstate commis- sion, admitted wholesale rdte cutting, will be elvil actions in equity to enjoin the earrlers from further violations of the law. Action will not be taken against all the roads, according to the chalrman of the Intérstate Commeérce commission, as proceedings against one or two of them will sufice for testing the guestion. It Is stated that this move for the purpose of determining whether certain Violators of the Interstate law may not be restrained by process of injunction is the culminajion of long studies on the part ef the commission. Several years ago the commission under- took action along the line now chosen and a suit was brought in Kansas to restrain certain railroads from alleged discrimination in their rates. The com- panies demurred on the ground that a suit did not lie in the first iustance— that there could only be a suit to en- force some order of the commisslon. The demurrer was overruled and after a long delay there was a trial. The com- mission was sustained and on appeal to the circuit court of appeals ‘was sus- tained again there. The suit 1s now pending in the supreme court of the United States, It s stated that the eommission had been waiting, before moving further on the same line, for the final decision In the fuse before the supreme court, but In view of the disclosures made at the Ohicago inquiry in January and the necessity for some action which would be prompt, and it was hoped effective, concluded to try the method now pro- posed. When the testimony of many witnesses showed extensive and long continued violations of the act to regu- late commerce, notably in connection with the shipment of dressed megts and packing house products from Obicago and Kansas City and of grain from the west to the seaboard, the commission determined to use every means provided by law for stopping these illegal prac- tices and punishing those engaged in them. More than a month ago the com- mission made an order reciting the facts admitted and directing that coples of this testimony be furnished to the proper United States attorneys and requesting them to Institute and prosecute suit- able proceedings under the direction bt the attorney general of the United States. This commendably prompt ac- tion of the commission Is acquiesced in by the Department of Justice and it appears that everything is now in readi- ness to imstitute proceedings, which when begun will, if is expectéd, be pushed with the utmost vigor by the counsel of the commission tnder the direction of the attorney general, In the meantime the question Involved may be settled by a decision of the supreme court in the practically similar case pending before it and as to which, as already noted, the commlulon wn sus- tained by the lower courts. ~ f_—— ——— SOUTH OMAHA CANDIDATES. South Omaha republicans are to be congratulated upon the nominations they have made for the city offices to be filled at the municipal election in April. This applies especially to the head of the ticket, Frank Koutsky, whose record as a citizen and public officer commends itself to all classes of citizens. As a business man Mr. Koutsky has made reputation’ for honest dealing and as city treasurer of South Omaba he has an enviable record as a competent, painstaking and trustworthy custodian of public funds. His popularity among the best element of South Othaha re- publicans was attested at the primary which he carried against the organized forces of the present mayor by two to one. It is certain that no candidate the republicans could have selected would have & better prospect of election in that democratic stronghold. The candidates for treasurer, clerk and attorney are representative republicans well qualified for their ive posi- tions and the candidates for council and school board are far above the average of the men who bave heretofore served in those bodies. If the citizens of South Owmaba who have been calling for more economfcal and efficlent government will concen- trate thelr influence and cast their votes in' accordance with their expresped wishes the republican . ticket will be elected there next month. ermemsee—m— ALASKAN BOUNDARY 1SSUB. Some ten days ago it was reported from London that the Alaskan houndary question would probably not come up again in the near future, but it was sald that the Foreign office hoped that a Kermanent arrangement would be ar- rived at before the British ambassador leaves Washington, thus implying that the matter was not being altogether neglected. Later advices are to the effect that the Canadian view of the issue has been presented to the British Forelgn office, which is striving to effect a settlement. It is stated that arbitra- tion is the solution which is ble, “since the State department is not lkely to propose the alienation of the territory ceded from Pussia and any scheme for & Canadian purchase would be vetoed by the sepate at Washington,” the addi- tional ‘statement being made that the trend of negotiations is in the direction of arbitration. When this question was before the high joint commission the representa- tives of the United States were disposed to submit it to arbitration, but there for arbitration. Thus while it is recog- nized by both governments that the existing situation 1s umsatisfactory and that a final settlement of the dispute s s00n as possible is most desirable, the prospect of an arb u is far from good. As to the Camadian attitude on the subject it has probably undergone no change and if that be so it is safe to say that the demands of Oanada will never be conceded by the United States. There Is reason to be- lieve that the Dominion government has lately urged the British government to stand firmly agalnst any concession In adjusting Alaskan boundary detalls and other matters conceraing which the United States and Canada hold con- lcting opinlons. This is pretty clearly indicated and it remains to be seen whether the British government will yield absolutely to the Canadian demand or will in the Interest of friendship and peace give fair consideration to the posi- tion of the United States on the bound- ary question, the settlement of which Canada has made a prerequisite to the adjustment of other matters. Of course the present arrangement re- garding the boundary cannot be perma- nent. It has served to maintain peace and for that reason is justifiable as a temporary expedient, but it is a condl- tion that ought to be continued no longer than is necessary to permit the United States and Great Britain to reach an amicable settlement of the controversy and there should be no needless delay in negotiations to that end. Semeee— The suggestion is offered that Com- mandant Pearse of the High school cadets is & very much abused man, all because of his unfortunate relationship to the superintendent of schools, who happens to be his brother. Does anyone imagine that the Omaha school board would have gone down to Lincoln for an inexperienced young man to take charge of the cadet drill when there are 80 many meritorious volunteers of the late war in Omaha competent for the work, if it were not for the pull exerted in his bebalf by his brother? Young Pearse may be perfectly qualified to command the cadets, but he would never have been planted In the place had he bad to rely on his own personal re- sources, E——— It is announced that one of the depu- ties of the county attorney is to be em- ployed by the Central Labor union to as- #ist in the prosecution of certain cases for infraction of the female labor law, which has been appealed to the supreme court. The question naturally presents Itself, however, Why should an attorney who is drawing a good salary as a public officer, charged with prosecuting offend- ers inst the law, have to be specially retained to do what he is paid by the taxpayers to do? —— The chances are two to one that the lawyers who are crying loudest for business men on the jury panel would be the first to challenge them off the Jury should they be drawn to sit on a case they are trying. As a rule the business man does not sit long In the Jury box even after he is drawn. One way for the lawyers to get more in- telligent juries Is to agree among them- selves to use their challenges only on those who lack Intelligence. Semem—— Omaha shows up In the weekly bank clearings statement with an increase of 21 per cent over the corresponding week of the year before and a grand total of $8,509,821, which makes it rank close under Detroit in total clearings and far above Milwaukee, Buffalo, St. Paul, Denver and other cities of far larger census population. Omaha must be do- ing brisk business to produce clearing house transactions of such dimensions. Em———————— People interested in telegraph and cable companies are busy assuring the public that they do not belleve the Marcon! inventions will have any effect 8o far as practical transmission of In- telligence by electricity is concerned. That is what they are expected to say. It wireless telegraphy were already a commercial success the value of the cables and wires would take a sudden down shoot. S——— The vigor with which former Attorney General Bmyth champlons Meserve's right to farm out the school funds for private gain tends to create a suspicion that the late populist state treasurer may have taken the advice of the at- torney general at the time he became thrifty with the interest paid on deposits of public money In his custody. o .. Anti-Fat Remedies Fail, Philadelphla Ledger. Every fresh debt statement shows how hard it is for Uncle Sam to reduce his pros. perity. Price Outs No I Chicago Chronicle, A dollar banquet is no better than e §5 banquet for the purpose of democratlc counsel and organization. Preparing the Balt. Washington Post. The gentlemanly ageats of Mr. Marconl will now appear in the sudience and offer wireless telegraphy stock for sale. But bear in mind that the big show is but half over and the greatest announcements con- & the experiments are yet to come, Disaj Foreats. Boston Transcript. The great forests of Michigan have been skinned so close that the rallroads of the state have to bring their ties from Ken- tucky. Now there is & movement to obtain legislation for reforestation. If the people attend strictly to business a bundred years may sccomplish it. Peraicious Activity of the Male. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Lord Kitchener telegraphs that when a British convoy was wiped out last week les “romping all over the country, alarm to re-enforcements, but too Nevertheless, the Missourl animal the great national emblem has souvenir spoon. Hoheuzoliprn's lock and key, the sou- to the extremity THE, OMAHA DAILY BlEx MONDAY, M_ABCII 10, 1902. Enforcing Anti-Trust Laws San Francisco Chronicle. 1s is stated that the president will here- after insist that the railroads comply with the spirit as well as the letter of the laws, and that he will favor no changes until it Is seed what will happen when existing law is rigorously enforced. The Sherman et for- bids pool and the interstate commerce act forbide discriminations. The raliroad men insist that it pooling is sot allowed nothing can prevent the weaker or round- sbout lines from giving secret rebates to ecure business which they would ot wise lose, and that these cuts will be met by the lines whose natural business is 1 vaded. The Interstate Commerce commis- ‘»ion says the same thing, and also says that under the law, as interpreted by the courts, it 1s impossible for it to get the evidence to prove specific instances of rate cuttin The commission knows that it exists. It recently obtained direct testimony that it exists. But it can get no testimony upon which to found a complaint. The commis- slon cannot get at the books, which prob- ably show nothing wrong, anyhow, and the highest railroad officials seem ready to per- jure themselves by swearing that they have forgotten what everyone knows that they remember. This being the condition of af- fairs, with no prospect for more effective leglelation in that direction, the commis- slon has for some years advocated the legal- izing of pooling under its own direction. This proposal s favored by the rallroad compantes. But the president says no. He insists that the rallroads shall obey the laws as they are until the result je made manifest. hunting mania that when we reflect calmly upon it our mortification for the emperor's filched hangings is drowned in our feell of congratulation to him that he keeps his yacht. Pools Drying Up. Springfield Republican, The western railroad traffio pool 1s golng to pleces through the withdrawal of the Northwestern road. It is an illegal ins tutlon, but whether the roads mind that fact or mot is doubtful. Possibly the in- creased actlvity of the Interstate Commerce commission has something to do with the breakup. The Southwestern Passenger as- soclation is also crumbling, but nobody séems to be daring enough to suppose that this is due to any growing disposition on the part of the roads to mind the law. om Detectives Called Down. Baltimore American. A New York magistrate lately rebuked two detectives for entering vate house on suspiclon, without rrant, and violating the principle of law that every mi house is his castle. Those dressed in & little brief authority do not always include the law in their reading matter, but much of this official {llegal way of treating citizens comes from the fact that the latter are too igmorant of their own rights to demand them, and that this ignorance largely deserves the treat- ment it recel rely pri- GROWTH OF THE REPUBLIC. Statistics Chil alculated to Cheer the of the Founders. Philadelphia Ledger. The “Statistical Abstract of the United States,” recently issued by the Treasury department, shows the growth of the United States In etriking manner. The area of the republic, which was 827,844 square miles in 1500, wo to 600 fn 1900, exclusive of Al and Hawall, and the population increased from 5,308,483 to 76,- 693,724 In the 100 years. The changes In the relative position of the states in popu- lation attract attemtion. v second In 1800, and held the same position in 1900, Virginia was firet in population in 1800, and in 1600 ranked seventeenth; New York climbed from third into firet place; Ohlo from eighteenth to fourth; North Carolina, which stood fourth in 1800, descended to fifteenth in 1000, and Del ware from seventeenth to forty-fifth. The evidences of wealth and prosperity keep pace with growth, In 1820 the sav- ings bank deposits aggregated $1,138,676, and the depositors numbered 8,635; in 1901 the deposits were $2,449,547,885, and the de- positors numbered 6,107,083, or. mearly 1,- 000,000 more thaa the total population at the beginning of the last century. The foreign commerce exhibit is equally strik- ing. In 1800 the imports were worth $91,- 000,000 and the exports $71,000,000, or an excess of imports over exports of 30 per cent; in 1901 the imports amounted to $823,000,000 and the exports to $1,487,000,000. The imports were nine times as great in 1901 as in 1800; the exports twenty-one times as great and the excess of exports over imports was $664,000,000, or 80 per cent. The growth in financlal strength in the past generation has been very rapld and substantial. In 1865 at the close of the clvil war the national debt amounted to $78.25 for each of the population, and the interest charge per capita W 1901 the debt per capita was $13.45 and the Interest charge 38 cents. An attempt is made in the “London Mail Year Book” to estimate the relative wealth of the five great pows the United Btates, Great Britain, France, Germany nd in the estimate the United placed first, being credited with & total wealth of over $81,000,000,000, and the United Kingdom next, with about $60,- 000,000,000. The percentage of debt to wealth in the United States is only a little over 1 per cent, while in the United Kingdom it s 6 per cent, in Germany over § per cent and in France nearly 13 per cent. The wonderful growth has not been forced, and there is in the broad west still chance for tremendous expansion. Millions of et undeveloped and there is ther century. —_—— PERSONAL NOTES. Dr. Willlam H. Tolman of New York has been decorated with the cross of the Legion of Homor, by President Loubet of France, for his work in behalt of the poor of Ne! York Oity. A womesn's hair on & man's pecktle is se.ving as & clew to a murder mystery in New York. It is not the first time rub- bering around & woman's locks worked up & bunch of troul It pays fo be polite. Just as & kindly rafl- road conductor comes in for & denation of $1,000 from a gratetul passenger, & Pullman porter falls heir to an estate valued at §100,- 000, all because he was exceptiomally at- tentive to the owner while Il Commander John FPowles Cheyne, who died last week, served in three Arctic ex- peditions in search of Sir Johm Franklin. He wrote the only history of the &mter- prise expedition, and Cheyne Islands and Cheyne Polnt were named after him. “Shall & lawyer when detected in such unprofessional copduct as here confessed,” exclaims a Missouri court, “‘be permitted to occupy & place in the temple of justice 8 obe of its trusted ministers? ‘Procul, © procul este, profani!’ ' We should smile. A back seat is just his size. Emperor Menelek of Abyssinia is bullding telephone lines between his capital and the Itallan settlements in Erytbrea. Italy fur- nishes the wire and Merelek the poles and Bven it changes in the law are desirable, it s unquestionably undesirable that they shalf be extorted by the deflant refusal to obey laws which exist. The president is right, and will be enthusiastically sustained by the country. Good reasons may, pers baps, be given In favor of pooling under publio supervision, but no reason can be given for submitting to the insolence of corporations. There i nothing so import- ant in this country as their complete sub- jeotion to the laws, whether good or bad. It they are bad they can be changed, but meantime they are to be obeyed. To this end the president has more power than any subordinate commission. What Is done by his explicit direction attracts the atten- tion of the entire people. He can command the services of the ablest counsel and the what he undertakes a national issus may or may not be able to overcome the obstacles which have baffled the commis- sion, but if he cannot overcome them he can cause everyohe to see precisely wherein the trouble lles, which is the first step toward ite removal. A leading rallroad official is reported to have lately said that the laws as they are can be enforced if suf- fielent vigor is directed in the right direc- tion. The president proposes to supply the vigor. Forty years is a pretty good age for & president, aft . Meanwhile, the vari- ous railroad associations for regulating rates are sald to be dissolving. There will be no trouble about that. The diffculty will be- gin when we try to locate the rate cutting nd prove it. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Etchings of People and Even National C: Membership in the senate has had a softening and soothing effect upon the solemn and picturesque Balley of Texas. A correspondent of the Philadelphia North American says the junior senator from the Lone Star state, while a member of the house, wore a low-cut waistcoat, showing an expansive shirt bosom, long and loose frock coat, the regulation southern felt hat, of the sombrero order, and walked along the streets like a man trying to tread In the footsteps of Daniel Webster, and picking out the footsteps as he went. Now Balley is quite a debonnaire-looking semator. He wears his hair no longer than do lots of men who are not statesmen, has & cutaway coat and a vest of ordinary pat- tern, has been seen wearing necktles with a dash of red in them. He has not yet permitted himself to be forced into evening clothes, but he no longer smorts and shies llke a Texas pony when & man with an evening suit ap- proaches him. It is said by Texas admirers tate of Texas, and he has been tn at the congress ever since. Balley is solemn enough and deliberate emough in everything nament, especially as he sits mext to Till- man and serves to mellow the landscape in the vicinity of that rugged and by no means pleasant looking individual. He has made an impression upon the senate, and ls rapldly being acknowledged as eader of the democratic side. ‘The senate was considering the bill to ratify the treaty with the Crow Indlians In Montana, reperts the Washington Post. ‘“Are there any amendments?” asked the presiding officer. “There is one committee amemdment,” whispered the clerk. “The committee amendment will be re- Fry dignified sllence the clerk read as l.)llt ‘two jackasses’ and insert ‘one The amendment sounded so ludicrous that the senators burst eut laughing. Sema- tor Platt of Connecticut almost rolled out of his chalr. “Speaking about merv, says Commls- sloner of Pensipns Evans, “I have just been in contact with an acute case. When I first assumed office as commissioner of pensions I bad a great deal of trouble with am at- torney who was engaged in all kinds of fraudilent practices. After a long perfod of worriment and great difficulty the attorney was flnally given a three-year term in the penitentiary. The other day I recelved a letter from the same man saying he was about to be released from imprisonment and asking me as & personal favor to secure a rallroad pass for him to Call- tornia.” Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who if 76 years old, was engaged in an earnest argument with Senator Bacon of Georgia over Mr. Hoar's bill for the protection Of the president of thé United States. The senate was very qulet because the other lembers were enjoylng the contest be- tween what are termed the two most stub- born men In that body. Mr. Hoar was in the midst of one of his arguments when Senator Depew sneezed. The venerabl Massachusetts man was forced to stop, be- cause & Depew sneese is a time-comsum- ing operation. It begins with a serio- comle buzz and ends with an explosion which would make & gallery god think the villain was getting In his gunpowder stunt. Mr. Hoar faced about and looked sf ly at his interrupter. Senator Depew's ey filled with tears—genuine tears—and he buried his face in his handkerchief. All the rest of the senators laughed at the scene except the participants. Mr, Hoar had to wait for quiet before he proceeded. After the session Mr. Depew, who is 68 years old, went up to the defender of tI traditions and dignity of the semate to e: press his regret that the sneese had a rived at such an inopportuse time, but Mr, Hoar received the apology coldly. “You know, Depew,” Mr. Hoar said, verely, “that 1 disapprove of such boy! pranks on the senate floor and I am greatly displeased.” ‘When Senator Tillman came out of the senate chamber the afternoon he and Sena: tor McLaurin had their fisticuffs he me ate employe and said: ‘Well, did 1 make s fool of myself?" The mploye fidgeted and replied: “I cannot answer that question, Senator Tillman. If I sald ‘Yes' I would not be showing proper respect to a senator, and it I said 'No' I would be a liar."” In nearly all state legislatures, says the ‘Washington Post, visitors are taken in upon the floor when accompatied by & sena- tor or represeatative. The privilege does mot obtain in the United States senats . Senator Millard discovered one day last week. Mr. Millard approached ome of the sena doors with & constituent and lavited latter to emter. “I beg pardon, semator, sald the doorkeeper, “but is this gentle- man & member of congress or &n ex-sena- " was the reply, “but b Evidently regarding this fact as suffiicient, Mr. Millard copducted his friend upon the floor. Ten minutes later the two gentie- men were upstairs in the gallery. The sergeant-at. bad whispered & fow words in the senator's ear, IN THE FUSION POLITICAL FOLD. Kearney Demoorat: There has been some talk of making Judge Oldham the candidate for congress in the Sixth distriet. If Bill Neville {s not dead, but only sleeping, this ought to wake him up. Hastings Joyrnal (pop.): R. D. Suther- land and Judge W, R. Adams are being highly recommended for the governorship of this state. Let the good work go onm, It will take a good strong popullst to bring back the lost confidence of the voters of this state. Either of these gentlemen Is beyond reproach and both have been tried and found true. York Democrat: C. J. Smyth and Judge Stark appear to be eprinting along neck and neck as the cholce of the fusion papers of the state for governor. With either one of these two old warhorses at the head of the state ticket it would not matter whether Savage or anti-Savage controlled the mext republican convention. Thelr nom- ination would settle the question of the re- sult of the November election, the only thing to determine then would be the size of the majority. But whether the fusionists of this congressional district will consent to the nomination of Judge Stark for gov- erpor remains to be seen, and we are rather Inclined to doubt it. Central City Democrat: It will soon be time for the democrats and populists of Ne- braska to think sbout congressional nomi- nations. man considers s are in his. em- ploy the more they are worth to him. Why should not the public reach the some con- clusion? Positions such as those of eon- gressmen are not made to homor men, but for the good of the people, and so long as & congressman shows the proper disposition to attend to the welfare of the nation, his state and constituency, together with the ability to fill the position, it adds to the strength of his party and the influence of his state to send him back. The fusion forces have no walkaway in any district, but if organized they can maintain thelr present strength, and it will be the part of wisdom to retain their old and tried publio sefvants in all the districts. Stanton Reglster (pop.): We do not think that the reform forces have a good way of determining how the offices should be di- vided. 1In a conference committee we get but the' opinion of a few men who are guided mostly by local conditions and their counclusions are seldom eatisfactory. When we send delegates to the state convention this year it should be understood that every man ought to have a volce in the division as well as In the nominating. Some may think it is & clumsy way to proceed, but we belleve’ each convention should vote on a candidate until a nomination is made by both conventions. We belleve it would be more satisfactory and stronger men be se- lected. We are also satisfled that the pop- ulists care more for the preservation of the party at present than the securing of the lon's are of the offices. Furthermore, we believe the Bryan democrats are anxlous that popullsm should not lose the party or- ganization, for if the reorganized democ- racy gets cont: of the party the silver democrats will want a place to go. Aurora Sun (dem.): We belleve fusion is temporary and cannot be successtully long continued. The Nebraska fusion has been the most successful and longest con- tinued of any fusion by a state that we bave been cognizant of in an editorial ex- perience of some thirty years. The strength of Bryan and his wonderful influence, coup+ led with the energy and influence of Allen, Stark, the World-Herald and others, has been responsible for its long length of suc- cessful life. But it is the usual and certain result, in our belief, that when fusion be- gins to fail, when the parties to it begin to distrust one another, begin to bicker and pull apart, that it always goes to pleces. That no power on earth can prevent. This is history and the history of all fusion will be repeated. Fusion has done wonders for this state. It shelved the worst republican corporation ring that ever infested any state, placed our bonds at a premium, pre- served the school fund, turned the interest upon {t, by law, Into the and put officlals in place in e tion of whom the people are proud—but it has been dissolved by the very ones who prompted and promoted it. With a ma- jority of at least 20,000 in the state, those who tired of the union stay home In the last state election to an extent that de- feated the fusion forces by about 18,000, and that without showing any corresponding in- crease in the republican vote. The result shows a putting apart of the forces and a diesatisfaction that is plain and apparent. A natura] result that can not be avolded, that Do man or party 1s to blame for, that has always happened in cases of fusion, with the difference only that it has always before come sooner and was more qujckly given up by the parties to the dual combi- nation. —— TRONCLADS WITHOUT OFFICE! Naval Fleet Increasing Faster Than the Supply of Ofcers. Atlanta Constitution. Since the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri- can war, nearly four years ago, the United Btates government has been busily engaged in the work of bullding war ships, but the zeal which has urged it forward in this df rection has apparently made it blind to mecessity of providing officers to man the vessels when bullt, and the failure to keep both eyes open and fo make the mecessary provisions for naval expansion is Iikely to Ilvn.lu the service in some embarrassment. As matters now stand it se that the government will efther have to m fmme- diate provisions for increfsing the supply of officers or el abandon the construction of vessels. The suggestion has been made that the present senlor class at Aunapolis be graduated three months earlier in order to relieve the existing stress in the navy, but even if this plan is adopted it will only sive temporary relief, as the vessels which are now in process-of comstruction will call for 1,000 additional ofcers within the next few yoars and the output of the naval acad- emy at Annapolis will barely suffice to i} the vacancies caused by death and retire- ment, ‘miich lgss meet the exigencles cre- ated by the bullding of additlonal war ships. ‘Thus it becomes apparent that while the condition of affairs in'the navy is bad enough at present, it is likely to become much worse the situation can be improved. Uj the existing order of things, it requ four years to equip an officer and get him ready for work, and even if measures were adopted at present incrensing the capacity of the naval acad- emy at Annapolis, it would take until 1907 to gfaduste enough officers to meet the demands which ere now made upon the service by the bullding of new vessels. What will be taken to meet thy grave sit ‘Which s bound ‘to exlst the Bavy before any permanent relief can be furnished is one of the problems which the naval authorities are now trying to solve, but while this diffioulty is pending it is of the utmost importance to the 'cl- fare of the whole country that mo should be lost by congress in pnvulu for an increase in the capacity of the naval academy at Annapolis for turning out mew officets. In no other way is it possible to avold future embarrassment. ‘This s not the time to discuss the wis- dom of the policy of naval expansion. We are already committed to the policy, snd the maval yards of the country are mow nolsy with the din of shipbuilding, and as long a8 we have declded to build more shipy, we must provide officers to man them. Otherwise we are foolish to lock up the money in ‘useless structures of irom. MESERVE'S PLEA IN AVOIDANCE, lumbus Telegram (dem.): IWhen ar. on charge of embezziement ex-State Treasurer Meserve promised the public, and his attorneys, speaking in his name, in formed the democrats and popullsts of the state that thelr ex-treasurer would not employ the technicalities of the law in order to esoape punishment, as did Gene Moore. But promises are easy to make, and as easy to break. Yesterday Meservé appeared be- fore the court, practieally admitted his technical guilt, but pleaded that it was no real crime against the state. Some demo- crats and popullsts had looked for better conduct on the part of Meserve. Gene Moore did the same thing. He is now fres, Me- serve will probably espape through a like legal hole. He admits that he is technically gullty. The court will doubtiess give him a certificate of technical {nnoeence. Fremont Herald (dem.): Mr, Meserve's defense, in the trial for embesslement of $3,000 in state money d ited in the Union Btock Yards Nationa) bank of South Omaba, is that the state, not permitting the trea urer to depoait funds, could not collect in- terest on deposits, so that if & bank did pay Meserve interest on state meneys that in- terest could not bly be the property of the state. It's about the same line of defense put up by Eugeme Moore, Hilton and Porter, in the mixup of public funds which stuck to their fingers, . He says the safe in his office was not fit {o hold funds end he had to put m in the banks for safe keeping. If he had been compelled. to pay out this $3,000 to have the money taken care of by the banks, it would be dis- coveted quite readily that the state was interested emough for having it protected. Kearney Hub (rep.): In district court in Omaba Thursday counsel for ex-Treas- urer Meserve admitted, technigally, that his client was gullty of embezzlement in con- verting to his own use interest moneys derived from deposits of the state funds, but pleaded that the treasure d not committed an offense against the laws of the state, and asked that the judge in- struct the jury to acquit. The law simply eays that the treasurer shall not deposit money in banks other than those that have been selected as depositories. The trea: urer's counsel contends that the vau of the state treasury are mot & safe place in which to keep treasury cash. Hence the treasurer must deposit the moneys in bafiks where they will be safe, even though in 80 doing he is technically an embeszler. Finally Meserve's counsel contends that even though a bank does pay the treas- urer interest on staté moneys, that Inter- est cannot possibly be the property of the state. So then we are not dealing with & matter of fact, but with a question of law, and legal technicalities are depended on to afford § loophole for escape, Grand Island Independeént (rep.): The Meserve case is on trial in Omaha and a jury of his peers has been selected. But the attorneys became intolved in a warm argument the very first flop out of the box ~—by which is meant the very first question in the mind of the attorney for the state. Constantine J. 8mythe, or Smyth, or Smith, representing the indicted ex-treasurer, ob- jected to the question on the grounds that it was immaterial, irrelevant, etc., and im mediately the jury was excused uatil this afternoon to permit the attorneys nd the court to get together om the proposition whether, presuming Meserve took the in- terest, the state can hold him fof it, Me- serve choosing the position that he had acted unlawfully, technically, ih deposit- ing the $60,000 in the bank at South Omaha, and, if he received $3,000 interest, it was unlawful money and the state canmot re- cover it, is not entitled to ft. It will be remembered that that s much the way Porter got out of putting back the $900 which he should not have taken.’ Of course if Meserve didn’t take it, one cad’see no reason why he should permit his Attorneys to assume such a position. lladelphia Press: ‘Do _you think that Ph i\ lelemphy will -v‘ 'h.f "Yu. if they can invi u-’ messenger-boyless device fo telegrams.’ those Clevallnd Plain Dealer: eyt how r\‘ht. be going to yet in low-out oas Béilcn Tr‘nlcr pt: jt: Greene—How about Pred Winser and that pretty daughter of old Bllunllon’ Are t! J.u kee) com- P ow—Oh, dear, nol They have been married nearly a year. more American: ‘Will you stay all hty ::ll the New York h el E answers the guest, “but let me write my nd 80) of farewell to my family and friends. Chi Pot ve refu e‘fgpollll in (ho lllt“ Inpblut with Iom m:‘t g“m“ ll ' hea l'a bl. 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