Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA" DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNIN ! TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ly Bee (without Sunday), One Year. . ly Bee and sSunday, One Year. . justrated Bee, One Year, Bunday Bee, One Year turday Hee, One Year....... Twentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. ly Bee (without Sunday), per €opy.. y Bee (without Bunaay), per woek Daily Bee (including Sunday), per week.. Bunday Bee, per Copy.... Kvening Bee (without N Evening Mee (Including Sunday), day), per week.1uo per. Complaints of Irregularities in delivery houia be addressed to City Circulation artment. " OFFICES. maha—The Bee Bullding. South Omana—City Hail Bullding, Twen- -fifth and M Streets. B ouncil Blufts—1y Pearl Strest. Chicago—i640 Unity Building. New ¥ork—Tempis Court. ! Washington—501 Fourieenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. o mmunications relating to news and edi- torial Tha tter #nould bo audressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial vepartment. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business ietters and remittances should be addresseu: The Bee Publishing Company, i REMITTANCES. Bemis 7 $EA I, L0 Bosnt HAmpS Lo ecke> Soept, on O BBt SUBLISHING COMPANY. LRCULATIO! Pul ing Company, ®ays that the actual number complete caples of The BEvening and Bunday Bee - month of February, lowi BNRBREEEELSEIER FEBEBemnansmnr Net total sales.. Net daily average.. Gl 'ZSCHUCK. Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to 28th da; t February, A. D., before me this of Fepruary, J (Beal.) otary Public. The South Omaha municipal election comes on April fools’ day, but it will be no joke. Ne- get p— Carrle Nation is still at large in braska. How Kansas manages to mlong without her is a conundrum. C——E One of the saddest features of the disaster to General Methuen 1s that it is likely to provoke another outbreak of Kipling. E—— When we have jury panels made up of none but business men the price of doctors’ certificates may be expected to soar upward. S —— The Douglas County Democracy is to it be presented with a handsome portrait of Willlam Jenntngs Bryan. No details @re given as to the christening. — The fight of the Real Estate exchange for more equitable taxation is giving the lawyers an opportunity to unwind their oratory which they are not overlook- ing. It is an {ll wind that blows no- body good. — The lower ho.se of the Iowa legls- Jature has killed the woman's suffrage "pill passed by the senate. The women never appear to have enough smiles to capture more than one house of the Jowa legislature at a time. el—tte—— Jowa people are confident spring is at hand, for the country roads are many of them impassable. Iowa is a great and a progressive state and will some day wake up to the fact that poor roads are expensiv ‘well as annoying. e The experience of the state in losing waluable, documents by fire should in- duce the custodians to be more careful of the original documents. Coples will answer all the purposes of the printer— originals should be safely stowed away in vaults. e Those. little differences between Rus- slan soldiers and American sallors have been settled by the Russlans apologiz- ing. As the complaint was that the sail- ors had beaten the soldiers, inflicting an :olon on top of a beating appears to putting it pretty strong. E _— —— ] The latest manifestation of judicidl activity consists In running the South ©Omaha democratic primary by man- @amus and ihjupetion. If the demo- crats could only mandamus the voters fo put cross-marks after the democratic eandidates they might save themselves fuch disappointment. SEh— One member of the Board of Educa- gion wants the official school report to include statistics of the parochial pehools. The parochial schools seem to be getting along very nicely, but not belng under the jurisdiction of the #chool board, it is difficult to see how they have any place in the public school reports. L ___J Grinnell, has gone the limit in hibition legislation. It not only re- Yuses to allow saloons to run within the ity lmits, but the city council has passed an ordinance making it a misde- meanor for twa or more persons to take & drink 'r or for anyone to drink In the presence of another. That Is cer- ainly no place for governors to meet. pay 8 per cent iuto the private pocket of a state treasurer on illegally diverted money, they certaluly can pay FIGHTING BATTLES AT LONG RANGE. Now that Mr. Bdward Rosewater has returned to Omaba, perbaps he will be willing to make another explanation con- cerning the change of hla paper on the Philippine question. In its issue of February §, 1899, The Bee pleaded that the Filipinos be assured in- dependence, and said by this means “We would avold an expenditure of money and a loss of life which, if hostilities are pro- longed, may be very great.” For several days thereafter The Bee had editorials of similar oharacter until about February 15, 1899, when one would infer that The Bee suddenly changed its opinfon. Now Feb- ruary 15 was about nine days after the peace treaty bad been ratified by the United States senate.—~World-Herald. Our amlable contemporary delights in fighting battles at long range. Its guns are always elevated wav above the tar- get, while it carefully avolds coming into contact with issues that are within reach. What The Bee said about the government of the Philippines nine days after the ratification of the treaty of Paris Is no more material now than what the World-Herald sald in advo- cating a ratio of 20 to 1 before the cam- paign of 1896, in which it declared that the country would go to ruin unless we had 16 to 1 free colnage without the aid or consent of any otber nation on earth. In 1878, when the divergence between the sllver dollar and gold dollar was only 6 cents, The Bee vigorously urged the passage of the Bland-Alllson act providing for the colnage of two mil- lions of standard silver dollars a month, & measure that was confidently. ex- pected to bring silver to a parity with gold. But when in spite of the forced colnage of nearly three hundred mil- lions of silver dollars at the end of twelve years silver and gold had gradu- ally diverged more than forty points, The Bee became convinced that the double standard of money at a fixed ratio could not be permanently main- tained by this country alone or even by the joint action of all great nations. From that time on The Bee became an advocate of the single gold standard, regardiess of popular delusions concern- ing the effects of free cofnage. To agitate in favor of Filipino inde- pendence at this stage is idle as would be the reopening of the agitation for free silver colnage. In assuming the sovereignty over the islands, the United States accepted and assumed the responsibility for the protection of life and property in the Philippines. Its first duty s to restore peace and establish order on all the islands. The Filipinos proper constitute less than one-fourth of the population. The Tag- alogs differ as much in language, creed and soclal habits from the other sixty or seventy tribes as the Sioux Indians do from the Choctaws, Comanches or Apaches. If they actually ‘weré con- ceded the right to set up an independent government the great majority of the population of the Philippines would have to be held in subjection by the sword, and in order to protect the lives and property of American citizens and foreigners the United States would be compelled to uphold the Tagalog gov- ernment through its army and navy. Instead of improving the condition of the islands such a policy would make it a thousand times worse. * But now let us ask in all candor, Why does the World-Herald persist in fight- ing battles at long range? Why does it seek to suppress public sentiment and refuse to talk about issues that have agitated the people of Nebraska? Joseph 8. Bartley was pardoned on the 1st day of January and, although the whole state has been convulsed over his liberation, the World-Herald has been as silent as the grave. Not a word about the Bartley pardon has appeared in its editorial columns. The acquittal of Meserve in spite of the tacit admission that he had appro- priated in one.swoop $3,000 of Interest on school money illegally farmed out has also been studlously ignored. And so has the pointed intimation of Judge Baxter that the remedy for treas- ury looting must be sought ' in the amendment of the state constitution. Surely that point has been manifest to the World-Herald as well as to The Bee, which has for years exerted itself for a speedy revision of the constitution that will put an end to speculative {nvest- ment of public funds and to other abuses arising out of the outgrown or- ganic law. . Once more we ask, Why does the World-Herald shoot over the heads of the people of Nebraska at targets in Asla and Africa, while it shuts its eyes to the targets within reach? STATE ANTI-TRUST LAWY, Little has been accomplished through antl-trust legislation by the states, for the reason that most of the state laws contain discriminations that are uncon- stitutional. This fact s forcibly pre- sented in the recent decision of the su- preme court of the United States ad- verse to the antl-trust law. of Illinois. ‘That act contains a provision exempting from Its operation agricultural products and live stock and the supreme court says that such discrimination is uncon- stitutional, that an anti-trust law, to be constitutional, must apply indiscrimi- nately to all combinations, with no ex- emptions or exceptions whatever. The opinion says that if combinations In respect of the sale and purchase of goods, merchandise or commodities, whereby prices may be controlled, are hurtful to tue public interest, it is not possible to perceive why like combina- tions in respect of agricultural products and live stock are not equally hurtful. It is pointed out that the exemption made in the Illinois law contravenes the principle of the equal protection of the laws to all, as provided for in the con- stitution. The decision certainly ap- pears to be logical and it is said that in effect It declares unconstitutional the anti-trust laws of thirteen states, among which is Nebraska. In the light of this opinion of the court of last resort, how- ever, the states can readily change thelr laws to'meet the requirement that they ‘ot discriminate and doubtless tuls THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: wrill be generally done. It is not dif- cult to understand why the acts of these several states should contain discrimi- nating provisions, though it may be somewhat surprising that in so many in- stances legislators failed to see the un- constitutional character of such provi- sions. It {llustrates the difficulty of framing anti-trust legislation that will stand the constitutional test. —_— FAVORABLE TO NICARAGUA. There is nothing surprising or unex- pected in the fact that a mflty of the senate committee on interoceanic canals voted in favor of the Nicaraguan canal bill that passed the house. That action has been foreshadowed for some time and has only been delayed in order that the Colombian government might bave an opportunity to submit its proposi- tion, which for some reason or other it has delayed doing. That government recalled its minister while negotiations were in progress and his successor, who arrived in the United States a week ago, with fresh instructions, has not yet pre- sented his credentials. He made a pub- lic statement in which he said that Co- lombia desired this government to com- plete the Panama canal and expressed the opinion that there would be no diffi- culty in reaching a satisfactory agree- ment, but be has taken-no steps looking to this Meanwhile the representatives of this government and those of Nicaragua and Costa Rica have been in consultation and have about completed agreements. In view of the apparent indifference of Colombia, which in the circumstances is certainly remarkable, the majority of the senate committee concluded that it was advisable to act. . This action does not, of course, necessarily determine the course of the senate, but all things con- sidered it must be regarded as materi- ally strengthening the chances for the Nicaragua route. If Colombia really desires the construction of the Panama canal by the United States, as her new minister to this country has asserted, it is evident that she will have to speedily manifest that fact at Washington. THE PRODUCERS' INTEREST. Benator McCumber of North Dakota, in supporting the shipping bill now be- fore the senate, stated that he did so because he belleved that the results of its operation would be beneficial not only to his agricultural constituents, but to the people of the entire country. He said that what the agriculturists of the west and northwest most desired today is an opening to the trade of the Orient and he believed the operation of the pending bill would afford them that opening. There is no doubt that the proposed legislation would encourage the bullding up of an American mer- chant marine in the Pacific, nor can there be a reasonable question that the effect of this would be to develop trade between the Pacific coast and the far east, which would necessarily be bene- ficlal to the agricultural interests of the ‘west and northwest. In the report on the pending bill sub- mitted by Benator Frye it was pointed out that both positively and negatively the American transpacific mail system which the measure makes possible will contribute powerfully to American mari- time ascendancy in the Pacific. It will accomplish this result, the report de- clares, because it moves along the nor- mal lines of the world's progress. Spe- clal conditions render it certain that the earliest and most rapld development of American shipping under the bill will be on the Pacific. “While American shipping,” says the report, “in transpa- cific trade has been stationary and for- eign shipping has doubled within four years, nevertheless that trade is not so completely in possession of ships under foreign flags as is the of the At- lantic; the opportunity for Ameri- can maritime ventures is greater.” The agricultural producers have a fur- ther interest in the building up of an American merchant marine for our for- elgn commerce for the reason that a great part of the vast sum now annually pald to foreign ship owners for carry- ing our products abroad, & very consid- erable portion of which is pald by those producers, would be kept here and dis- tributed among our own beople for labor and supplies. Under the proposed legis- lation the shipbullding Industry of the country would be greatly increased, giv- ing employment to a vast amount of labor. The capital thus expended would to & very large extent find its way to the food producers, thus giving them a better home market. The advantage in this is obvious, even If with an Ameri- can merchant marine our producers had to pay as much as now for the carrying of their products abroad, though it is by no means probable that this would be the case. Under existing conditions, nearly all that they pay to the forelgn ship owners goes abroad, helping to maintain the shipbullding industries and adding to the wealth and maritime power of other couitries. With an American merchant marine on the ocean adequate to the demands of our foreign commerce, most of the large sum that now goes into forelgn pockets, estimated to be from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 annually, would be retalned and ex- pended bhere, increasing our national wealth and strengthening our own mari- time power. This question of an American mer- chant marine is national in its scope. No section of the country has a monop- oly of interest in it. The agricultural producers of the west and south would derive not less benefit from it than the manufacturers of the east and middle states. ————— General Funston has ceased to be a hero In the democratic calendar. A few short months ago the democratic press was shedding tears by the barrel be- cause it 'was alleged the administration ‘was not golng to reward him sultably for his services. He received his com- -all right,-but because Lis ylews do not coincide with the democratic iden regarding the Philippines he has fallen from grace. The country will keep right on admiring General Funston, however, until he commits some offense more serfous than to disagree with de- mocracy. Se——— The haste of rallroad managers to dis- solve freight and passenger assoclatious, following on the announcement that the Interstate Commerce commission had resumed activity, would be amusing if it were not serious. It amounts to a confession that from the first these as- soclations have been in violation of law and have throttled competition with a firm grip. This should be a hint to the interstate commission to keep in the harness the year around. ———e It is persistently reported from the Orient that Japan s preparing for war with Russia. It is a safe guess, how- ever, there will be no war In that quar- ter until Russia is ready for it. The diplomatic resources of that country are practically limitless and when it suits its purpose Russia can be as gracious and as ylelding as any country on earth; so until its statesmen are confident of be- ing able to hold on it is not likely to make a grab, —— All the rulings of the Nebraska state superintendent of instruction have been destroyed by fire. It I8 a question whether this is good fortune or calam- ity for present and future incumbents, who will thus be freed from all compli- cations arising out of established prece- dents when passing on new points of school law as they arise. A party of the leading financiers of Japan has started for a visit to this country. The average populist orator hereabouts can tell them more about finance in balf an hour than they ever dreamed of, but then the Japanese have not had sufficlent experience to put monetary value into ocean breezes. Every United States senator 1s ex- pected to plant a public building in his home town before his téerm runs out. If the rule holds good, Benator Diet- rich’s bill for a public bullding at Hast- ings may be expected to go safely through congress without a hitch. Goed Turn for Liberty. New York World. Kitchener puts the responsibility for Methuen's rout on the stampeding mules. They were American mules no doubt, and this is not the first time their heels have The Joy of Suce: Boston Transcript. ‘Willlam J. Bryan never loses his good humor. When chosen an honorary member of the New York Press club recently, Mr. Bryan said In his acknowledgment: “T can assure you, gentlemen, that I am glad to be unanimously sleoted to something, and especially in New: York.” a iE Tribune. ‘William Jennings Bryan to David Bennett Hill: “You ean’t play in my backyard. ‘You sulked and skulked in 1896 and in 1900.” David Bennett Hill to Willlam Jennings Bryan: “'Who wants to play in your back- yard? Anyway, you haven't any backyard to play in any longer.” — Western Laare! Danger. Ban Francisco Call. The wild and woolly west, with its pistol-wielding, wild-tearing inhabitants of both sexes and memory sacred to romance, s about to lose some of its laurels. The legislature of Virginia is about to consider the propriety of permitting wonwen to carry the persuasive revolver. Princely Compliments, Kansas City Star. Prince Henry is not much of an orator, but he manages to say good things without making set speeches. His characterization of the American, Beauty rose as symbolic of what he had constantly admired in this country was an especially graceful compli- ment, passed near the time of his leave- taking. Beet Sugar Industry. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. Last year the United States produced 185,- 000 tons of beet sugar, an increase of 108,000 tons over 1900. Forty-two factories were in operation last year, with nine in course of construction. Factories have been es- tablished in nimeteen states. This is one of the most promising young industries in the country and one of the most important, Proper Order of Toasts. Philadelphia Press. There s one feature about the Prince Henry receptions that is to be hoped Ameor- icans, hyphenated and unhyphenated, and allens who live among us have noted, and that 1a that the proper order of toasts has been, first, the “President of the United States,” then the “Kaiser,” etc. On certain occasions in the past international ban- queters in this country have been gullty of the very bad form of putting the presi- dent second, and it s about time the cor- rect etiquette was followed. CORPORATION ASSESSMENTS. orade Moving Taxation. Denver News. The fixed conviction of the people of this state is that the assessment of railways and similar corporations should be based on the market value of the stocks and bonds. That method is simple and clear. It the assessing body takes the full value of the stocks and bonds, or 76 per cent of it, or 50 per cent of It, or any other per cent of it, the public will know exactly what relation the assessment bears to the full cash value of the property. The debate in the senate oa the revenue bill turns on this point. The section as it came from the house should be amended so that the board of equalization will have mapped out for it ‘in t corporation property. To fail in this matter would be to take & backward step with re- gard to the most important reform em- bodied in the revenue bill as passed at the regular session. The popular demand for & revised revenue measure stands mainly on the desire that the great corporations sball be made to pay their full share of taxes. That is what this legislature was elected for, and if it wants to make & record on which it may appeal with con- fidence to its constituents it must mot put the assessment of corporations back into the old rut. The section of the bill regu- lating thelr assessment can be made so that they will be assessed fairly on the erty in this state on the basis of the value of thelr stocks and bonds, WAy it must be made or there will. Equality in DELAREY'S GREAT COUP, Milwaukee Sentivai An English gen- eral takes chances on the annoyance of be- ing compelled to read in his home news- papers during an enforoed sojourn as guest in a Boer camp that the war in South Africa 1s practically over. Chicago News: It will be extraordinary if this Boer success against one of the most experienced of their generals does not stir the British people at home to serious self- questioning and further demands for a mors competent administration of the War office. The capture of a British general will put fresh heart Into the Boers. Instead of Methuen's taking Delarey or Dewet, De- larey has taken Methuen. What assurance can the British public have that the war 1s nearing its end while reverses like these are possible? Detroit Free Press: The effect of all this upon the morale of the burgher forces yet in the fleld must be unmistakable. It will arouse the men to new enthusiasm and strengthen their determination, if that is capable of being strengthened. There will be fewer voluntary surrenders and more disloyalty in Cape Colony. Coming after Kitchener's effort to make a showing of game for the Majuba day celebrations throughout the empire, it is not likely to allay the dissatisfaction. expressed at home over the conduct of the war. Chicago Post: Not since the struggle in South Africa began has England suffered & defeat more wounding to its pride than that 6t last Friday, when the Boer general Delarey captured Lord Methuen, routed his force of 1,200 men, killing forty-one, wounding seventy-seven and taking more than 200 prisoners. This reverse to British arms be other than grave and hu- mill & to & degree; it 1s certain to glve the valiant Boers new hope—new courage they do not need. It is llkely to add months to the struggle, unless England makes some definite move to bring the war to a close by peaceful measures. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat: The latest Boer success is one of considerable extent and, following the recent defeat and cap- ture of another large column in motlon, serves to show a weak spot in British tac- tics in the fleld. Lord Methuen’s 1,200 men, three-fourths of whom were mounted, had begun @& march before daylight, when the Boers suddenly attacked and enveloped the British on three sides. A stampede of mules followed and the troops appear to have been helpless or in a panic, either of which conditions is highly unsatistactory from a military point of view. The capture of five cannon, probably with ammunition, may have awkward results for some of the blockhouses. Minneapolls Tribune: Methuen 1is mnot much loss to the British army and it is not probable that Lord Kitchener will take any great trouble to recapture him. But he is & court favorite and his capture will make a sensation in London. We do not suppose that the Boers will treat him ungently, and €0 there is small hope that the gallant troops aughtered by the thick-headed blundering in the early part of the war will be adequately avenged. It is the habit of the Boers to release thelr prisoners because they have no means of making them com- fortable; but one would suppose that they would hold on to Methuen and try to ex- change him for Cronje at St. Helema. If they should not be able to make him en- tirely comfortable, there would be little lamentatlon outside of court circles in Lon- don. It should send a chill through the whole army to discover that not even lieu~ tenant geaerals are safe from capture. What it the Boers should get hold of Kitchener? ——— PERSONAL NOTES, And pow it is the German prince who has shaken hands with Booker Washington. Robert Burns' birthplace at Ayr attracted 7,000 more visitors last year than Shake- speare’s birthplace at Stratford-on-Avon. Kate Greenaway's memory is to be hon- ored in London by a number of English noblemen who are collecting funds to endow cots in children's hospitals in the centers of Great Britain. J. Ogden Armour of Chicago will present a club house and golf links to his employes. The members will be under no expense ex- cept to maintain the club house and the grounds. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans will leave San Francisco April 9 for Yokohama, whe! he will succeed Rear Admiral Kempff as junior in command of the United States fleet in Aslatic waters, Mrs. Dewey still continues indisposed, al- though the temperature of Palm Beach, Fla., has worked improvement in the throat trouble which caused her to leave Washing- ton for the winter. The Jessup expedition Into northwestern Siberia has returned with 100 cases of speci- mens. The object of the excursion, which ‘was headed by Norman C. Buston, was to determine the Asiatic origin of the North American Indian. Admiral Winfield Scott Schley is to be present at the dedication of the Dorchester Helghts monument on Monday, March 17, as the guest of the South Boston Citizens' assoclation. This association, as has been its custom, will have an Evacuation day celebration on (ts own account, to be fol- lowed by & banquet In the evening, at which Admiral Schley will be the guest of honor. PAYING THE TOF PRICE, Britain's Humiliating War Record in South Africa. Philadelphia Ledger. General Delarey's striking feat at arms on Friday last, just reported, in which defeated and captured General Methuen and scattered the British force of 1,200 men, ‘with heavy loss, is a stunning blow, and it 16 not to be wondered at that it has caused great gxcitement in London. The story of the A is but a counterpart to similar disasters suffered by the British in the early stages of the war. Sudden, bold at- tack by the Boers, utter confusion among the British, ending in & rout. In the present instance the British lost thirty-nine men killed, seventy-seven ‘wounded and 201 missing, and, in addition, four guns and all their baggage. This dis- aster ls a severe blow to British presti, coming as it does after reiterated stal ments that the war was over, and raise: the presumption that the official news sent to England for some time past has not been entirely frank, but colored to appease Brit- ish public opinion and support the minis- try's conduct of the war. For instance, ac- cording to General Kitchener's report in the London Gaszette, which was a dispatch to the secretary of state, there were not more than 13,500 Boers in the fleld on July 8, 1901; but according to his several reports since that time, he has killed and taken 13,878 Boers, or 373 more than there were the British force in the fleld numbered, ac~ cording to & recent statement by Mr. Brod- rick of the War department, in the House of Commons, 237,000 ‘The continuance of the struggle under the circumstances, when the Boers are cut off from supplies and are rushed by day and night over vast stretches of country, is re- markable, and that they should be aggres- sive and formidable 15 all the more aston- ishing. If they mow had 20,000 men in the fleld, with supplies at command, the result ‘would be serious for the British. Boer resistance “againet BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. of People Events Ob- rved at the National Capital, “We have a trolley line between Omaha and Council Bluffs” sald R. K. Smith of Omaha to the Washington Post. does & good business and the company s tairly prosperous. One of the head officials of the company is & most eccentrio man and 1s probably responsible for more jokes than any man west of the Missouri river. A short time ago a tall, lanky cougtryman came into his office and applled for a job as conductor. ““I don't think we want to hire you,' sald the officlal reterred to. ‘We'find that we bave been losing money lately because our men were not tall enough. Now, tell me, do you think you could reach the cord that runs to the fare register?’ “The countryman ironed out.the atoop in bis shoulder and drew himeelt up to his full heigh “‘I stand six feet ome in my stockin’ feet,’ ho sald, with evident pride. “‘Oh, the devil!’ sald the offcial, ‘we have men in our employ who can beat that and they can't reach the register cord.' " ‘While Senator Vest was speaking in the senate the other day Senator Allison told a story about him. Vest was a member of the confederate congress during the civil war. Some of his constituents alleged that, being an abl bodled man, it would be just as well it he took & gun and went out and did some fighting instead of loafing around Richmond making laws. Vest acquiesced. He got & gun and went to war, His first engagement was a little affair in which the oonfederates were whipped. They started to retreat, Vest well up to the front. He met & man from his own town in Missourl. “Say, Jim,” sald Vest, “when you go back home tell those folks you have seen me in a battle.” All right,” replied “Jim,” starting away. “And say, Jim," shouted Vest after him, “‘while you're about it you might tell them that no other human being will ever see me in anotber,” Congressman Adameon of Georgia lives at the Hotel Varnum when he is in Washing- ton, and there, too, lives Congressman Liloyd of Miseouri, who tells ¢this story at the expense of his colleague: ““If there's & congressman who loves chil- dren it is Adamson, and while at the Vare num he spent much of his time playing with the youngsters, with whom he is a general favorite. One morning, just as Adamson was starting for the capitol, & 6-year-old &irl walked up to him and asked him to let her ride on bl back. The child's mother ‘Why, Mabel, you should not make a horse of the gentleman.’ *“‘Ok, mamma,’ answered the child, ‘he appealed to Mr. Adamson with pecullar force and the de- sired ride was freely given." During the past six years, says a Brooklyn Eagle letter, there has been a big Increase in the total number of perdons on the pay roll of the government, as shown by & statement just compliled by the civil service commission. The last time & similar state- ment was prepared was June 30, 1896, at which time the total number of classified positions was 87,115, while there were 91,560 unclassified offices, including the fourth- class postmasters. The only excéptions were those in the consular and diplomatic service and the employes of congress and of the courts. The total govermment em- ployes In the executive service in 1896 was aceordingly 178, On February 1, 1902, the people in the classified service mum- bered 119,405, while those in the unclassified service were 111,409, a total of 230,814. To this total there should be added about 5,500 employes, to include those in the lighthouse service and the marine hospital service, of ‘whom not less than 5000 are classified. This would make very close to 125,000 em- ployes in the classified service at the pres- ent time, as against 87,115 in 1896, an in- crease of 37,000 against a gain of about 20,000 in the unclassified list. Some very interesting relics are hidden away in the dry, musty archives of the War department, reports the Army and Navy The casual visitor admires the ot ships, soldiers and army mules, into tle offices of various officials and comes away properly impressed with the gulde’s statement that “there are two miles of marble corridors in this magnifi- cent building.” But occasionally some one inquires furt! and then, if his gulde hap- pens to be a familiar spirit, he will obtain permisrion from the chief clerk of the judge advocate general's office to view the Booth rélics. These precious curios are kept under lock and key in a subterranean stronghold and & clerk is specially detalled to exhibit them. The exhibition is well worth the trouble. The clerk tells of the story of the assassination of President Lincoln in a most graphlo manner and one can almost belleve that he is hearing the story of an eye- ‘witness. There is a plan of the stage, the stout wooden bar which Booth used to close & side door, his pistols, his saddle and the boot which was out from his broken leg; rifles, fopes and pickaxe used by the con- spirators, and, what is very pathetic, & pocketbook containing the photographs of some charming women, dressed in the fashion of their day. All these objects were used at the trial of the conspirators and are therefore very properly in the custody of the judge advocate gemeral of the army. There was at one tim serious suggestion that these grewsome mementoes of a national tragedy should be publicly exhibited and every little while the propo- sition 1s renewed by some patron of the morbid, but the War department authorities have always been able to resist the tempta- ““The road | tion to dlsplay the articles. No ons wants to destroy the relics, ndtursily, and per- hape there fa some legal prohibition in the matter, and it is only occasionally that the visitor obtalns mccess to the collection. FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC, No Room for Pesaimism Among Those Who Fight for the Flag. Atlanta Constitution (dem.). The people of the United States can ba trusted to know and maintain their rights. They make senates, houses of representa- tives, presidents and determine policies In their final forum. If a president takes too much power to himself they will strip him of it. If a congress violates popular rights they will supplant it with another that will right the wrong. If courts bedome cofrupt or usurpatory, they will reorganize them and reverse them by the power of that resides forever {n the vox popull. There is no form of treason that can flourish in the face of “our flerce democracle” and no fashion of imperialism that will not wither llke Jonah's gourd. In the heat of the popular zeal fof true republican principles! The confusion incident to 6ur new prodb- lems, new duties and larger place in the world sphere may alarm the simple for & season. But those temporary incidents do not stop the regular action of the in- vinclble American spirit that saturates and saves the natlonal life. We are a Saul among the powers and tribes of this world. We have the most prescient population, the Take good care ‘deat! most redundant resources, the most avail- able wealth, the most enviable opportun- ities that belong to any fiation of the globe. The Stars and Stripes s the énsign to which the eyes of the ambitious turn and to the protection of which the oppressed of the earth are flocking. But why should we argue all these great and patent facts with our young friend? We will not do so. We will invite him to come out of his cave of Adullam and breathe the airs of freedom instead of the choke- damp of pessimism. He s young, edn- cated and capable of bright and jubllant work, as his contribution happily shows. He only needs to climb up into the sun- shine that glorifies the hilitops and widen his horizon from the ecornerposts of his personal equation to the four quarters of this greatest republic of all time Then every point of the national compass will reveal to him the growth, the glory, the power and the higher and holler possi- bilities of this nation of which he is a part. Only let him, and every other like him, bravely assume and brilliantly do his part. It anything is wrong, help to right it. If unwisdom is in the saddle help to sub- stitute wisdom instead. Stand with the people, conjure by the constitution, fight with the flag and never despair of the re- publie. 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