Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 8, 1902, Page 6

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It I8 not every pope who is able to telebrate a silver jubllee in commemo- ration of twenty-five years' the head of the chur service at The approaching congressional cam- paign in this district promises to be slightly tempestuous. Before Storm there is always a calm. e Isn't it pretty near time for the an- "Dual announcement of new gold discov- erles on the Yukon for the benefit of Alaska steamship companies? every e ——— The St. Louls exposition managers are up to the point of acknowledging the necessity of postponing their show till 1904, but they want Uncle Sam to make she first mov In his lecture on “Peculiar People” our old friend J. B. Kitchen insists that Women are more peculiar than men. Here is another opportunity for the ©Omaha Woman's club. SSp————— Mayor Rose of Milwaukee will have go watch the Commoner to find out whether he has kept within the propri- etles in shylng his presidential castor into the democratic ring at this stage of the game. Workingmen out of a job who are willing to cultivate a Piogree potato patch this summer should not be back- ward In coming forward with their ap- plications and place them on file with the Woman's club. Now that Miss Stone has signed her contract for the promise of a lecture tour it would be the polite thing for those Bulgarian brigands to remit for B fat block of tickets just to show their |ppreciation of the enterprise. The president’s visit to the Charleston exposition involuntarily recalls the ill- fated visit of President McKiuley to the Ralnbow city at Buffalo. While no one apprehends a repetition of that dire catastrophe, most people will shudder Bt the mere recollection. Douglas county republicans may not be conceded the privilege of naming the man who is to head the republican state ticket, but Douglas county s of sufficient lmportance to be entitled to at least one of the eight places at the @isposal of the convention. Rev. Dr. DeWitt Talmage has for sev- eral weeks been dangerously ill and his life is said to hanging almost by a thread, but that has not prevented the regular delivery of his sermons every Monday morning by the only ©Owmaba religious daily, which always carries a full supply of fresh sermons Ju cold storage. oo An up-to-date icago preacher is re- gorting to a new wmethod for bringing members of his congregation to church to hear his weekly sermons by estab- Ushing a nursery and kindergarten in eonnection with the church to take care of the children during morning service for the mothers who might otherwise be prevented from attending. What he proposes to do to fetch the fathers along vmana | INTERSTATE LAW AMENDMRNT, Today hearings will begin before the senate committees on interstate and foreign commerce in regard to the pro- posed amendments to the interstate commerce act and are expected to oc cupy the attention of these committees for a couple of weeks. Those who are to give their views to the committees represent commercial organizations in every section of the country and prominent in railway also be heard. It men management will great deal of interesting and useful in formation will be elicited which will throw much light upon the prevalent | sentiment among business men and rail way managers in regard to the proposed changes in the interstate commerce act. The chairman of the executive com- mittee of the interstate commerce law convention, Mr. Bacon, who is now in Washington, advocates w is known as the Corliss bill, which proposes to | enlarge the powers of the Interstate | Commerce commission, but does not pro vide for pooling, as does the measure fntroduced in the senate by Mr. Elkins. In this he voices the practically unani- mous judgment of the convention he represents. In a late interview Mr. Bacon expressed the opinion that re- cent developments have been such as to make it incumbent upon congress to act. “The time is opportune,” he said, “and further delay would arouse such a feeling of resentment in commercial circles as to render possible serious agi- | tation for radical measures against the carriers. Public opinfon is in sympathy with the present movement. This is ap- parent from expressions by prominent statesmen and business wen, by the testimony submitted to the industrial commission on the subject of transporta- tion and in the known desire of cer- tain representative railroad men to meet the friends of the proposed legislation in a spirit of compromise.” He stated that conservative railway officials pri- vately admit the justice of the demands of the shippers, asserting that some- thing must be done to satisfy public sentiment. He pointed to the fact that a number of the state legislatures have passed resolutions urging upon congress the necessity for prompt remedial legis- lation. It would seem that congress should need no more enlightenment in regard to public sentiment in this matter; that in view of the disclosures of the last three months regarding the widespread and persistent violations of the iuter- state commerce law congress can re- quire nothing more to convince it of the necessity for so amending that act as to make it more effective. There Is no objection, however, to the hearings to be held and the testimony that will be submitted will be regarded with gen- eral interest. THE UNREST OF LABUR. With the opening of spring comes always the perlodic effort of working- men to secure better terms of employ- ment, either by the reduction of hours or the increase of wages, Symptoms of unrest are manifested again this year in various sections of the country in strikes and threats of strikes. In New England and in the factory centers of the middle states the heavy employers have for the most part made voluntary concesslons to reasonable de- mands or have submitted their differ- ences with wage workers to arbitration. These peaceful vietories of labor are due chietly to the fact that the unex- ampled prosperity of the country has stimulated consumption and American mills and factories find themselves with more orders than they are able to fill. In the west, and especially in the larger cities, the demands of labor for higher pay and reduced hours have been contined principally to the bullding trades. In some instances these de- mands have been conceded, while in others they have brought on a strain that may seriously affect building en- terprises projected for the coming sea- son. Capitalists feel reluctant to invest money in buildings unless they have reasonable assurance that the invest- ment will yield as good returns as money loaned on mortgages or converted into securities and bonds. These conditions face the mechanics engaged in the building trades in Omaha and must be kept in view in the ad- justment of the wage scale. While workingmen have a right to demand their full share of prevailing prosperity, it is not to their interest to make de- mands that would check the erection of buildings and other improvement and thus prevent the attalnment of their object by reducing the opportunities for employwent. —— THE ALASKAN BUUNDARY DISPUTE. included in the ments. landwarks mark the Alaskan boundary. is expected that a | The dispute in regard to the Alaskan boundary has been given fresh interest by the report that in American terri- tory near the border of Alaska British and Canadian officials are making sur- veys and eucroachments on territory not reement entered into by the American and British govern- It is asserted that these officials are removing and destroying - ancient and monuments long ago erected by the Russian government to A resolu- tion was introduced in the house of rep- resentatives a few days ago asking the secretary of state to inform congress what steps, if any, the State depart- ment has taken to ascertain the facts seriously threaten friendly relations be tween the two countries. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that the Cana- dian demand in regard to the boundary will never be conceded by the United | States. The best authorities lnsist, with a show of testimony founded upon treaties, that the American position is absolutely sound and unassailable. A writer who has recently reviewed the whole subject in a perfectly candid and impartial spirit takes the position that the American position is perfectly cor rect; that every foot of territory claimed by this country it is clearly entitled to He shows most convincingly that the | Canadian demand utterly unwar ranted and preposterous and declares that “there is no more reason for the United States to allow its right to the possession of this unbroken Alaskan territory to be referred to the decision of foreign judges than would be the case if the British empire advanced a claim to sovereignty over the coast of Georgia or the port of Baltimore and proposed that this demand should be referred to the judgment of subjects of third powers.” There is no doubt of the fact that the nearly universal sentiment in this country is opposed to conceding the de- mands of the Canadian government in Alaska and it is safe to say that such concession will never be made. The American people will not consent to the surrender of a foot of Alaskan territory now claimed by this country to Great Britain. —_— The women who have been entering complaints against the custom house in spection of tourist luggage profess to be still dissatistied with the response made by Secretary Shaw, promising to remedy the abuses as far as possible. Secretary Shaw found that most of the women who signed the protest petition had no specific charge to make, while some of them had not even gone through the custom house at all. These complaints are really nothing new, but have been heard for many years, al- though what makes them more numer- ous now is the fact that ocean travel has been multiplied so many fold in re- cent year. It is doubtful whether Sec- retary Shaw can satisfy all the wowen, no matter what he does, but that is no reason why he should not take every reasonable measure to prevent unneces- sary annoyance of the tourists by cus- toms officers. We note that some of our esteemed contemporaries evince a disposition to poke fun at Senator Jones by intimating that, having failed twice in succession to manage a successful campaign for the late democratic presidential candidate, he could hardly be expected to develop better managerial luck in conducting his own canvass for a re-election to the sen- ate. But this kind of argument over- looks the fact that Jones was merely deluding himself with the idea that he was managing Mr. Bryan's campaigns, when in truth Bryan persisted in dis- porting himself to suit himself. If Jones had wanted an experienced campaign manager he should have called in Bryan to do the job. The Board of Education appears to be entirely oblivious to the fact that the issue of warrants before the taxes have been levied to meet them has no au- thority in law. In that respect the school district 18 precisely in the same position as the city, but, while the mayor and council have stopped drawing warrants while the levy is hung up by the courts, the school board keeps right on as if the levy had already been made. | Omaha seems to be the most obstrep- erous town on the map of the fire in- surance rate makers. According to the Chicago Tribune, the most stubborn op- position the proposed increase in rates has yet encountered comes from the Omaha Fire Underwriters' assoclation. Whether their remonstrance will have any effect on the officials of the West- ern Unlon, as the combine is called, Is yet to be ascertained. \\ The promoters of the South Omaha bridge no longer have any reason for keeping their plans under the hat. If anything more is to come out of the scheme than political hot air, they might as well take the people into their con- fidence and let them know who is to capitalize the scheme and how much bonus they propose to ask for. r— Last year's agricultural exports from the United States made & record- preaker. Last year's consumption of agricultural products within the United States was also a record-breaker. Big crops would not mean balf as much money if it were not for big demand from an army, steadily employed, of wage workers. Effect of Experience. Washington Post. Bryan writes entertainingly on the subject of graves and their care, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the demo- cratic party will stay buried. boundary, temporarily quieted by a pro- | them is the official Filipino. And, while visional agreement between the Ameri- | the committee is explaining these points, it can and British governments, s the ‘"r“""' as well teil the country, aleo, why most serious matter of controversy be- s “_‘.m“ et tween the two governments and an | A Few Cold Truths, earnest effort ought to be made to settle | Indianapolis News it in the near future. As the matter | ‘When the democrats reflect that Senator now stands It {s likely at any time to Jones could not bring about his own elec- tion they begin to see what a poor maanger they have had. As if this were not enough. the party has been saddled with a candi- date, too, t couldn't carry his own state Consider the Expert. New York Press. | Expert testimony in criminal cases fallen into disfavor. There are other ex- perts. however, which maintain their stand- ing in the-community. There are the ex- pert accountants. Do you know. offhand, what an expert accountant is* No? Well— without desiring to be personal—an expert accountant is a person capable of warping the long-established principle that 2 and 2 make 4 Which Does Not Spell Hill. New York Sun The democratic party would be without hope except for the southern states. There are its brains and the only majorities upon which it can rely. Obviously, there- fore, the time has come when to the south belongs the shaping of the democratic na- tional policy, and logically the candidate nominated by the democratic national con- vention in 1904 should be a representative of the dominant southern democracy. Poorly P Life Save New York World. In a few briet lines from the rockbound Massachusetts coast is condemsed a pitiful tragedy of the sea. A distressed barge in the offing; a lifeboat with a crew of seven to the rescue; a rush of angry waters en- gulfing the little vessel and then swift death for six hardy lifesavers. Not even on the high seas when hurricanes rage {s mari- time adventure so dangerous the oft-re- peated experiences of the government life- saving crews. Arid these heroes, who value not their own lives and take no heed of fame, are paid starvation wages by the government for ten months In each year and are 1ald off without pay during the remain- ing two monthe. Tendency of the Timens. Hartford (Conn.) Courant (rep.). We deplore the whole drift of things, and cannot see how those steering the com- binations fail to see the port that they are heading for. Indeed, it looks to us as if some of them did see and proposed to land their craft in the United States treas- ury. The magnitude of such a misfortune cannot be measured in advance. It would mean the making over of our soclal and political system. But what else can come, if combinations can be made as wide as the continent and as long as from the gult to Hudson's bay. The end of such mag- nificent schemes is empire and the people will step in at that point and take the new empire into their own hands. We shudder even at the possibility of such a develop- ment. But the fact that the possibility stands there, and that the short-sighted schemes of momentary aggrandizement by men already rich beyond the ability to count their treasure are driving us that way, ought to be emphasized and repeated until the public senses the situation and takes up the cry. BANKRUPT FROM THE START, Asphalt Trust Revealed as a Huge Swindle. New York Bvening Post. The chief point '‘of financial interest in the recent develppments regarding the asphalt trust's affairs is not the fact that the company is badly insolvent today, but that, apparently, it was never solvent. The cold and unfeeling report by the Audit com- pany, after examining the books, indicates this with entire distinctmess. The national trust really began business in October, 1900, when it.absorbed the Asphalt Company of America, much in the fashion of the more recent ‘“stock-holding companies.” It Is- sued bonds for the paidup stock of this junior company, and sssumed that concern’s $30,000,000 fixed labilities. This represented an annual fixed charge of $1,800,000, against which the company is now shown to have earned but $371,000 met In 1901, and, of course, less in 1900. The plea of the old management that Its Venezuela experiment was costly, and that one subsidiary con- cern was a total failure, does not hep mat- ters. The truth appears to be that, even if the company had mot sunk the half-million doll accounted for by these two enter- prises it would still have earned last year less than half of its fixed charges. More- over, it may properly be asked how long it is since a company's creditors have ac- cepted outright blunders in mapagement as a valid excuse for bankruptey. PERSONAL NOTES. Dewet seems too bhsy at present to bother with armistices and peace confer- | ences. The governor of Louisiana complains that the British government is maintaining a military camp & few miles from New Or- leans. And General Jackson is mow in an- other world. Zenas Orane, a brother of Governor Crane of Massachusetts, has given to Pitts- field, Mass., the sum of $80,000 for the purpose of establishing there a musuem of natural history and art. Hugh McCulloch, a grandson of President Johnson's secretary of the treasury, died in Florence, Italy, last week. poems written by him and entitled “The Quest of Heracles” was published in 1894. Henry H. Edes, at a recent meeting of the Colonial Soclety of Massachusetts, read a paper in which he sald that Prof. John Winthrop and not George Washington was the first person to receive from Harvard college the degree of doctor of laws. Miss Mary Burkbart, the woman who is running for congress in Kentucky, de- clares that, if elected, she will go to con~ gress, and there is no law to prevent her. But article 1, section 5, of the constitution may operate to prevent her staying there. Alvah Dunning, the old Adirondack trap- per, hunter, fisherman and guide, who was asphyxiated by gas at a Utica botel re- cently, always said he trapped the last beaver in the lower Adirondack region, where the old woodsman had spent most of the eighty-six years of his life. Charles W. Lynde of Blue Polnt, L. I, possessed of property estimated at an even million, has declared his intention of be- coming a British subject, remouncing b allegiance to the United States. This Blue Point austere man is likely to be the only sufferer by his self-expatristion. America Chicago The decision of Judges Grosscup Humphrey in the cases of the tax on cor porations before the United States circu court is of the highest importance and in and terest. In some respects it is an en new departure from former lines of adju dication in the federal courts | It will be recollected that in “the school |ma‘ams’ case” as it was called, befors State Judge Thompson at Springfleld the State Board of Equalization reassessed the | property of several Chicago corporations. The board fixed total corporate valuations in_Chicago at over $38,000,000. From this assessment by the state equal- izing board an appeal was taken to th United States circult court on the ground that the collection of taxes on this assess. ment would be a denlal to the corporations of equal protection under the laws and a | violation of the fourteenth amendment That is how the case got into the federal court. The United States tribunals are coming very close to all the people. They are interfering with the execution of state laws. This is a startling change from the origiral understanding of the limitations on federal judicial power. The federal court sets aside the rule of State Judge Thompson for corporate as- sessments. Incidentally the state law for the valuation of corporate property by es- timating the value of the stock and bonds of & corporation is nullified. An entirely new rule for assessment is established. The market quotations of the stock and bonds of a corporation on a given day shall not be the test of valuation for the entire property. The valuation shall be fixed by the general earning power of the property on a 6 per cent basis. This excludes the quotations of “rigid” or speculative mar- kets from the calculation in estimating the taxable valuation of property. It re- verses the rule of the state board, which took the market prices on a given day as the basis of corporate assessments. The basis of the assessment, according Taxing Corporations Chronicle (dem.). to this decision, shall be earnings™ of a corporation. “the true met per cent dividends. tained shall be regarded a hises and the tangible property. Except that an unusually large per cent is allowed for dividends, mpparently noth- The apital stock of property paying 6 per cent dividends is worth $1.50 on its face dollar But probably allowances were made in corporate earnings as ing could be fairer than this rule. valie. for fluctuations between hard times and “flush times.” The net earnings forming the basis of assessment, of course, are estimated after all fixed charges are paid, Including im- pairment and depreciation of property with the expense of renewal. The cost of ex- tensions, meaning permanent improvements, shall not be deducted from the gross earn- ings In ascertaining the amount of the net earnings. From the total valuation so ascertained 20 per cent shall be deducted, as it is sup- posed that all property in the state Is as sessed at not over 70 per cent of its value. This part of the rule of assessments is against the corporations, for the genmeral assessment 1s much less than 70 per cenmt of cash values. It makes up, however, for the lower valuation based on earnings that vield 6 per cent dividends. So the general equity of the rule is maintained. The principal thing about this decision, however, is that the United States court assumes power to fix rules for assessment in Illinois which set aside state laws and reverse the decisions of its highest court in a matter purely of state legislation and policy. United States masters in chancery shail make the assessment. This is a great stretch of jurisdiction under the overworked fourteenth amend- ment. But as the federal courts are the final judges of the limits of their own Jurisdiction the law must be taken as they lay it down. ABOUT FU ON AND FUSIONIS Madison Mail (Ex-Senator Allen, The announcement of a press Wednesday that the editor of the Mail was then in Louisville, Ky., is untrue. We have at no time intended to join Jo Parker's meeting of political traitors and renegades. Holdrege Citizen: It may be fusion again this year, but certain it is there is plenty of confusion as yet in the allied forces of reform. Once more the old wrangle is going on as to Whether the fellow who labels himself populist or the one who calls himself a democrat and lets it go at that is to have the privilege of leading the forces to the conflict this fall. David City Banner: The World-Herald has remained as quiet as a clam regarding ex-Treasurer Meserve pocketing $3,000 recelved as interest on state school money which he loaned out to banks, and the Nebraska Independent has made all kinds of excuses for the ex-treasurer. Such ac- tions on the part of the party orgams of the state have disgusted many fueionists pop.) dispatch lican party. Alblon Argus (pop.): It makes a person ‘weary who is acquainted with the facts in the case to read excuses made for Meserve farming out the state's cash, because of the ‘“‘old tin can™ safe at the capitol. There is not & safer place in the state for funds than that provided for the treasurer at the state house—the very best time lock steel safe In a good vault. Why don’t they come square out and say that violate the law and put the money in cir- culation than to keep it locked up? Give the real reason and don't lle about the state’s repository. Fremont Tribune (rep.): The fact that C. J. Smyth was attorney for J. B. Meserve interest on state school moneys by taking advantage of a technicality will not operate to an overwhelming extent in making him, any more than Meserve, the fusion candi- | date for governor. to prophesy that when the “antis’ inate Mr. Bryan for the place and pour | once more. No doubt his personal integrity and the cohorts who are moved by a sort | of religlous frenzy when he is an issue can ask for support on the ground that he can’t put in force any of his mildewed notions of mational affairs, and that there- fore he can do little harm. Make a note A volume of | of it that the barn dweller will be in the midst of the lightning and that his rod will receive the bolt. Wahoo New Era (pop.): Populiets may as well be prepared to accept fusion or co- operation, as some prefer to call it, becaus> the leaders of the party are bending all their energles in that direction. Chairman DeFrance was careful not to give the pum- ber of votes reported against fusion, nor | the name of the countles that voted in the negative. The New Era. however, will| not wage & war of opposition unless con- strained thereto; our position is so well | known that it needs no further elucida- tion. The question as far as we are con- cerned will be left to the declsion of the | populist voters of this country, to be de- cided when they select their delegates to the mext county convention. Furthermore we do not wish to again call down upon our head the vengeance of the republican leaders of this county for opposing fusion a certain clique of republicans are always acting in collusion with a ring of fusion politicians. Columbus Telegram (dem.): Senator Al- prove as difficult as his late endeavor to prove that Thomas Jefferson dld mot write the Declaration of Independence. Just in a mad effort to silence all those demo- cratic and populist editors who have dared express disapproval of the action of Messrs Porter and Meserve, who went out of office in the state treasury. Mr. Allen directly says that o criticise Porter and Meserve are fur- nishing ammunition for the political enemy For shame that one who has been elevated lists should stoop to such base argument Senator Allen is a lawyer, and a good one. He knows that violated the official cath to which thev subscribed when assuming office, and yet he bas the brazen nerve to refer to these discredited public servants as zens and worthy gentlemen. But perhaps and helped to drive them fnto the repub- | | treasury of the United States, indeed,” | soldicrs are located. A crowd of touris in their judgment it was better for him to | and cleared that gentleman of embezzling |emile len has undertaken another job which will | now he is viclously swinging his bull whip | carrying with them money which belonged | those democrats and popullsts | 50 high by Nebraska democrats and popu- | both Porter and Meserve | “good citl- | BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Scenes and Incldents Sketched on the Spot. The other day a magiclan, who is aston- iehing Washington with exhibitions of the black art, paid a visit to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, and turned a neat trick on the master of the nation’s money chest. “Now Mr. Secretary,” sald the magiclan “please take this $10 bill and see it it 1s all right.” “‘Yes sir,”" said Secretary Shaw, “I stake my reputation that this is a genulne bill and give it official recognition.” “All right,” sald the magician, “please crush it up and hold {t tightly in your haud.” The secretary followed the direc- tions and held on to the bill like a miser. “You're quite sure its there mow, Mr Secretary Sure; sure's you're born.” “‘Open your hand,” sald the magician. The bill had disappeared. “Well, that beats all!"* said the secretary, very much mystifigd. “And a nice man for secretary of the said Mrs. Shaw, who was standing by. Senator Millard of Nebraska, was in the War department yesterday calling upon the quartermaster general, reports the Wash- ington P As he emerged from General Ludington's office he walked along the cor- ridor where the wax figures of Uncle Sam’ was gathered about the cases Inspecting the uniforms, which the soldiers of the re- public have worn since continental times. One man, more inquiring than the rest, ap- proached Mr. Millard. “Say,” be asked, “are these some of the | eoldiers that were killed in the late war “No,” replied the semator, without a upon his benevelent countenance, | “these are some of the soldiers we are saving to be killed in the next war. iR “There is the man who nominated Theo- The Tribune s dlwf;fled,dm Roosevelt for the first office he ever come | together they will finally conclude to DOM- | Washington held,” said a gentleman quoted by the Star. And then he brought | over to the table t forth their libations of love at his throne [ twiiliam ,_fl,'r 0 '1he Waw wheres to. M nd introduced him to the visitors. “Billy" Leary is one of the best known newspaper men and politicians in New York. “I remember the occasion very well,” continued the speaker. “Billy was a dis- trict leader and it came time to nominate an assemblyman from his district. The party managers got their heads together and picked out Theodore Roosevelt, a young fellow who had been doing some good work in the district in an unosten- tatious way. *“ ‘Roosevelt’s the man for assemblyman,’ was the unanimous decision, and they told Billy to nominate him in the comvention. | That was tbe beginning of the office hold- ing career of Mr. Roosevelt, which has cul- minated in his holding the highest ollc-l in the gift of the people.” The other day the principal of a New York private school led about twenty of his puplls into the East room of the White | House. Stand them in a row,” ordered the pres- ident as soon as he saw the teacher and bis charges. This was done, and Mr. Roose- velt passed down the row grasping one | boy's hand with his right and that of the exactly as| next boy with his left hand, does the dancer of a quadrille in the grand right and left. After he had greeted each The amount of | earnings shall be capitalized on a ratio of | The sum thus ascer- the value of the cof p v - rporate property, focluding the fran [ Priiieged to One rode a “bike" A Sunday school the other tau ‘Twas catching on in real The surgeons smiled and ca She soon got well, “Twould go to church, but boy in this way he faced the line. T young visitors looked expectant Do all of you boys belong to a base t nine? asked the president Twenty mouths were stretched from e to ear and twenty heads ducked in we sent “That's good,” said the president, as turned on his heel without givi youthful visitors a word about patriot or the glorious country in which they tve Few people know (bat Senator Joh Spooner of Wisconsin was “cowpuncher on the plains. It ago, when the buffalo ran in thousands, that the semator followed trail and assisted at many & roundup hae mot forgotten his early trainiog every summer he treats himeelf to a lon horseback ride through Yellowstone park A little jaunt of sixty miles or 8o In & da s nothing to him. Congressman Joe Cannon gave the mer bers of the house appropriations commit a shock the other day by casually referring to his Quaker paremtage. Mr. Cannon ha the reputation of being able to weate | more swear words In a single sentence than any other member of the house “If Cannon’s parents were Quakers,” sald one of the members of the appropriations committee, “then Cannon is a shining ex ample of how far a man can stray from the path in which he has beem taught t g0." H Senator Stewart was making a speech before a committee. Senator Mitchell critl cised his use of the word “intrinsic.” “It's all right,” growled Stewart “Webster doesn’'t say 80, ventured Mitchell. “Webst: What Webster ™ “Webster's dictionary.” “Huh,” sald Senator Stewart, “I'm tireq of having that book quoted at me. Why every schoolboy knows it's only a jumbl of worde.”" In the senate, observes the Washington Post, there is the retort direct. as when Senator Money said to Senator Wellington “You lie.” There is the retort sarcastic, a8 when Senator Wolcott declined to an- ewer Senator Carey because “it is a waste of lather to shave an ass.” And there is the retort courteous, as fllustrated by the following dialogue between Senator Bailey and Spooner: Mr. Bailey—The senator from Wisconsin is 80 good a lawyer that he knows when he is coming up agalnst a bard proposition and he goes around it. Mr. Spooper—I may bave gone around the senator, but I did mot go around the proposition. (Laughter.) Mr. Bailey—I am ready to conce the senator from Wisconsin can easily ge around me, small as he is. Mr. Spooner—The man who can go around the senator can go around anmything. FLASHES OF FUN. Washington Star: ‘‘The differcnce be- tween a_mule an' some human be said Uncle Eben, “is dat de mule only kicks once in a while, an' when he . ‘mounts to sumpin’. Philadelphia Press: “Our legi:! protested the machine politiclan, “a as bad as they re paint “No lied the plain citizen. '\ they're certainly not as good as (b whitewashed.’ Chicago Tribune: it clear to now?" asked the instructor, after a leng ened exegesis concerning the relative - portance of positive and negative forces Not quite, professor,” said the young woman with the banged hair. “It's part cloudy still. Puck: h.mal——“hu did you say to papa last nigh Ferdy—N—Nothing. 1 was so scared that 1 didn’t open my mouth. Ethel—Oh! That accounts for ft. you impressed him very favorably. Philadelphia Record: “I will kill you. hissed the villain with the tinfoll sword, “and that will be the end No, it won't.” retorted the beautiful heroine, “this is ) York, and if you ki me the ‘case will g0 on forever He sald El Baltimore H-rald: at our door knockin, said the ardent impe ““The Philippines are ; yes, sir, knocking. alist “Yes." sald the man who was reading the war news, “they do seem to be doing a whole lot of knocking the last few vears!" Chicago Tribune: “What 1 want to know is this.” sald the mar ow much will it co nance through the city coun “8ir.” exclaimed the alderman from the ‘Steenth ward, reddening with indignation, “your question is an insult! How—er how much can you afford to spend to have it put throug THE ANGEL'S 1L Kate Thyson Marr in Town Topics. There were two girls, such jolly fri As I'll proceed to show. Ome was a daisy up to date, The other somewhat slow. and danced and sung And like a saflor row'd S t, Or stayed at home and sew “The ‘bikey” girl she broke her leg— ‘Twas amputated, t0o; ook sick, and knew she'd de, 80 pondered what to do— . with wings, I'll need no legs. 501l give her one of mine The girls and surgeons all agreed— The splicing turned out fine The good girl died, her leg was left, Her friends had it in tow. ood shape, But grafted legs are sio 4 the job “A scientific The girl who longed for more good spine Was happy as could be took out her “bike"— And then her sorrow learn'd; That leg refused to take a part In joy for which she yearn'd “bike” or dance It wouldn't move a peg She moans her fate, :hu naughty girl, ek Who has an angel's k Any Young Man In this town, who hasn't yet found what a saving there is in fashionable and well made clothing ready to wear, has something to learn by a visit to our store. Ours has the right look. The range of patterns and s unfortunately not yet disclosed. as to the alleged encrozchments upon can well afford to lose one millionaire, In | Senator Allen does not really remember e = 2 = e i % . x ——mr — American territory and the alleged re- Buick Game. view of the million subjects of Great|what the comstitution of Nebraska savs | ‘4““"“ s ,h",‘*'r than the' custom tailors can show. The 1i has become the fashion with pert- | moval and destruction of landmarks and | u“::‘mofir:t:‘ca‘l,:;vma X :;yu:m ly:::aedn;\e found permanent homes | regarding ‘lhe touching and handling of workmanship is f\'urkmnnhké_«ur prices are a revelation, patetic agitators and fanatical reformers | monuments and to revent the same. | (io Christmss. The Impression soems 0 | “ruey wos x anmeeright mean trick played | mar copy of the wiats stacutes o suthentic | $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 o point at Omaba as one of the wick- | According to Washington advices of a | prevail with some that the gallant captain | oo oy ™ g b “OF AN (om0 "oy rigtian | then the Nebraska constitution, speaking | edest cities in the country, but these with the festive name fell among enter- few days ago an lovestigation had been prising green goods men. ordered by the authorities, but the facts were not officlally made public. It ap- pears probable, however, that there is substantial ground for the report that the Canadlan authorities have been ex- ceeding their rights and if this shall be established there will be a very deter- mined demand on our government to of state officials, says: “They sball not re- | ceive to their own use any fee, costs, inter- est upon public moneys in their hands or under their control.” Secretary Porter admits that he bas run counter to the con- stitution. Mr. Meserve practically admits the receipt of interest on public money. And yet Senator Allen proposes to discredit the party standing of every democrat or | populist who condemns those unworthy public servants. For shame that a man Temperance union of Philadelpbia by the chemical class of the University of Penn- sylvania on April 1. The girls came joy- ously, by invitation, to bear papers on the deleterious effect of alcoholic drink. Five papers were prepared. The first was & sclentific discussion of the cocktail. Three hours were consumed in explaining the liquid mystery. Reader No. 2 took the high- ball for text and dallied with the sub- ject for two solemn hours. By the time No Clothing Fits Like Ours. King-§-@ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. A srel Philadelphia Press. The bill providing for & Philippine dol- lar. as favorably reported by the senate committee, provides that the inscription oo the coin is to be in English, Pilipino and Chinese. Why Chinese, when Chinese are to be excluded from the islands, is Dot Bt. Louis, for example, has 2,100 saloons, or. one for every 185 of its population, while Omaha with 230 saloons has only every 1066 of its popula; St. Louls | take decisive steps to put a stop to any :cu; neither is it clear what is meant | No. 3 took the stage to analyze & gin 8z | of Senator Allen’s recognized abllity should for every 461 of Jn Alaska. Filipino. There are many dialects | the girls fled. Thereupon two members of | seek to teach the damnable doctrine (hat w | has ome population, | nvasion of rights spoken 17 the mativés, and it will take & | the class rushed the growler and post- | vice becomes virtue when commilted by one R. 8. Wilcex, I“‘ 000, h. -~ - the “Alnsks to decide which of | poned the readings. of our own political school, Yoiis : : ( !