Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1902, Page 6

- ‘THE ©OMAHA DALY BEE. E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. O ———— ) y TERMS.OF SUBSCRIPTION, {ly Bee (without Sunday), One Year..}4.00 ily Heée ana Sunday, One Year (3] One Year, ntury Farmer, One Teaf.. 100 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. ly Bee (without Sunday), per copy. ly Bee (without Sunday), per week....13 iy Bee (Including Sunday), per week..lic nday Bee, per copy. [ 2¢ ening Bee (without Sundav), per week.10c vening Bee (ncluding Sunday), per week . 160 Complaints of irreg s in very @hould be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Buliding, Bouth Omaha—City Hail Building, Twen- fy-nith and M Streets. Council Blufts—10 Pearl Street. Chicago—1640 Unity Bullding. New York—Temple Court. Washington—l Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- forial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should adaressed: The bee Publishing Com- Ppany, Umaba. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payscie to The iee Publishing Company, nly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts, Fersonal checks, except on ©Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BTATEMENT OF CIBCUM;iON. Btate of raska, Douglas County, se.: Gwrgo g..%rnc:‘u'ck. :e.cr-nry of Bee Publishing Company, being duly swo ays that the actusl number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Mornin Bvening and Bunday Bee printed during month of March, 192, was as follow: EESRNENRERENEERES P T IR Net total sales.. Net dally average GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. batore e this Bae fanns? fid pworn to ay o arc! A. D. GEORGE RASMUSHEN, ) Notary Public. Leees'sno——————— 1 All that fs left for John Chinaman to o is to grin and try to look pleasant. S—— Ak-Bar-Ben proposes to be an open nir monarch this year. The good king has no Hmits to his realm. E————— The remaining war taxes come off July 1, in time for the relieved inter- ests to celebrate appropriately on July 4. S—— Towa's legislature Is coming down the home stretch and the adjournment post will probably be reached before the week Is out. S—— With the new commandant for the High school cadets Installed, the blood- less fight over the additional equipment ot guns may proceed. E—— From proceedings of the divorce courts, the quickest way to escape mat- rimonial bonds appears to be communion with the Figgite sect. e——— Bo far as relieving the judge from pressure for excuses from service, those business men on the jury panels are not what they are cracked up to be. The popocratic World-Herald has al- ways been generous in suggesting can- didates for republicans to nominate, but these suggestions are not entirely disin- terested. e———— Returns of spring municipal elections throughout the country are variegated enough to suit the most fastidious and furnish solace to partisans and non- partisans, irrespective of political predi- lections. S European governments are now test- ing automobile devices for use in army equipment. Recalling the visions of bicycling military companies conjured up only a few years ago only to be punc- tured at first trial, the automobile en- thusfasts will do well to put.brakes on thelr vehicles. | Now that the fate of the Chinese ex- clusion bill has been practically settled, it would be interesting to the general public to know just who got the money collected by the Bix Companles as a tax on all the Chinese in this coun- try, ostensibly for the purpose of pro- tecting their Integests in congress. The amicable adjustment of the differ- ences that had precipitated a strike among the shoe workers in the local field 1s a cause for general congratula- tion. It is a proof that both employers and employes can meet on the middle ground of mutual concessions and reach agreements satisfactory to both sides. E—— If the sugar trust is really contemplat- ing an invasion of the beet sugar busi- ness it is reminded that Nebraska offers & promising fleld for beet sugar produc- tion. This state can readily furnish the raw material for a score more factories and §s not particular whether they are erected with the money of one syndicate or the other. TEE—— The cordial reception accorded Presi- dent Roosevelt on his visit to South Carolina may be taken to indicate that the people of the Palmetto state are heartily ashawmed of the disgraceful ex- hibition of thelr senator in connection with the Prince Henry visit and want to omit nothing to prove their disavowal of the Tillman offenders. s Having destroyed systematic garbage collection in Omaha, by their tearful tales about the poor little boys 40 years old arrested for the crime of hauling ashes, the local yellow journals are now trying to create a stampede over con- tagion alleged to be threatened by con- ditions they themselves have produced. But there is no good cause for alarm-- their latest fakes have no better foupda- tion than the former ones, s -~ EX POST FACTO. The sham reform organ of these parts appeals to Governor Savage and the other members of the State Board of Equalization to carry out the letter and spirit of the law In the assessment of Nebraska railroad property. The board is reminded. that the statute wunder which it 1s acting provides that the roads shall be assessed at thelr actual value, and their actual value, according to the standard laid down by Prof. Bemis, is the masrket value of the stocks and bonds. In view of the fact the other taxable property in Nebraska is assessed at 20 to 25 per cent, it is sug- gested that the same ratio be applied to the raflroads. f This undoubtedly is tle intent of the law, but it Is passing strange that the sham reform organ did not press the strict enforcement of the law when the fusion reformers were at the helm of the state government. It Is a matter of notoriety that the railroad assess- ments in Nebraska under the populist governor were lower than they had under republican predecessors, notwith- standing substantial improvements and increase of rolling stock. It is also a matter of notoriety that the failure of the populists to redeem their pledges in regard to railroad taxation lost their candidates thousands of votes. But the organ of sham reform has made a reputation for ex post facto grand stand play. When its own party is in power It winks at the most fla- grant abuses, condones extravagance and keeps silence about broken pledges, but when its party is out of power it clamors for greater economy, denounces subservience to corporations and insists upon the rigid execution of laws. It is this policy of making flesh of one and fish of another that stamps the utter- ances of the popocratic organ with in- sincerity and destroys whatever force they might have. More equitable taxation of rallroad property has for years been demanded by the people of Nebraska. The Bee has volced this sentiment consistently without regard to political effects when republicans were In power and when populists held the state house, CHINA MAY RETALIATS. It is very probable that the proposed drastic legislation for the exclusion of the Chinese will be adopted, the bill un- der consideration in the senate being substantially the same as the one which passed the house. It has been proposed in the senate to extend the operation of the existing law during the period cov- ered by our treaty with China, which explres in December, 1904, It is urged that this would be the easiest way out of the Chinese difficulty and pending the expiration of the treaty in 1904 an- other convention could be negotiated with China in regard to exclusion and legislation passed in accord with such treaty. The suggestion Is to simply continue present conditions for two and a half years longer, instead of pursuing a course that is likely to prove very of- fensive to China, now exceedingly friendly toward the United States. There is very small chance, however, if any, of this proposition being adopted. The possibility of retaliation on the part of China Is pretty generally rec- ognized, though it has no effect upon the extreme advocates of exclusion. Our cotton manufacturers, particularly in the south, feel that there s danger of retaliation. This was shown In what Senator Simmons of North Carolina said in his remarks on the pending bill. He stated that he expected to vote for the measure, but was reluctant to do 80 because the cotton manufacturers of his state and the south generally were appealing against its enactment, fearing that it will lead to retallation and that their market in the Orient might be checked if not destroyed. ‘While the Chinese government might not adopt a policy of retallation, it is by no means unlikely that the mer- chants of China would do #o, which would be quite as effective against our trade with that empire as action by the government. It cannot be doubted that the Chinese merchants would be en- couraged to do this by our trade rivals. This danger in connection with the ex- treme exclusion policy may prove to be more serious than is now apprebended. —_— EMBARASSING THB ADMINISTRATIUN. It is nearly two weeks since President Roosevelt sent his message to congress recommending legislation concerning the establishment of diplomatic and con- sular relations with Cuba when the gov- ernment of the new republic shall be installed next month. The president urged timely consideration of this mat- ter, the importance of which is obvious. The message recommended that provi- sion be forthwith made and salaries be appropriated and made Ilmmediately avallable for an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, a secretary of legation, second secretary of lega- tion, consul general at Havana and two consuls. It appears that nothing has yet been done looking to the carrying out of these recommendations and it is reported from Washington that considerable op- position has been manifested among a small group in the senate who intend to try to embarrass the administration re- garding the Cuban question as much as possible. It s stated that should the measure recommended by the president be drafted and put through the usual course it Is the laotention of the opposi- tion to hold it up in some way. It Is sald to have been decided, therefore, to propose in the senate an amendment to the ‘sundry eivil appropriation bill pro- viding an appropriation for Cuban dip- lomatic and consular officers. 1t is not to be supposed that there are any republican senators who would un- dertake to embarrass the administration in this matter and it is not easy to un- derstand why democratic Senators should desire to do so. Everybody rec- ognizes the fact that the United States must establish diplomatic relations with the Cuban republic and it s wanifestly thal this be done 45 seen as the Towa shore. the new republic comes into existence, which will be May 20. American in- terests in the island are such as to re- quire that our diplomatic and consular representatives be on hand when the machinery of the Cuban government shall be put in operation, =0 that the re- lations between the two governments, as provided for in the Platt amendment and accepted by the Cuban constitu- tlonal convention, shall receive promptly whatever consideration may be neces- sary. There is nothing in this matter that should excite partisan opposition. There is an International duty and obli- gation to be performed in the proper performance of which all our people should feel an interest, irrespective of political affiliation. It is certainly not apparent what could be gained by the democrats in attempting to embarrass the administration in the matter. The recommendations made by the president are judicious and a bill to carry them into effect should be promptly passed, so that the president will have ample time In which to select | the men who will represent tire United States In the Cuban republic. BANKRUPTCY LAW REFURM. The business interests that are dissat- isfied with some features of the bank- ruptey law and have been urging changes in the act appear likely to se- cure what they desire. The matter has been under .constderntlnn by the house Judiciary committee, which will propose geveral important amendments. One of these protects innocent transactions like payments between debtor and creditor up to the moment of bankruptey; an- other modifies the present second ob- jection to a discharge and adds four more objections to discharge; a third amendment confers jurisdiction on the federal district courts concurrently with the state courts of suits to recover prop- erty of the bankrupt and amendment regulates the bankruptcy of corporations by making the application for a receivership an act of bankruptey by permitting certain corporations to a fourth become voluntary bankrupts and by adding mining corporations to those amenable to bankruptcy. Other changes are proposed, but the above are the most waterial. An informal vote of the house judi- clary committee, taken to decide upon the best course to be followed, dis- closed the fact that four of its mem- bers favored the reporting of a bill for the repeal of the law. There is un- doubtedly a considerable sentiment fa- vorable to repeal, though it is safe to say that a majority of the business men of the country do not take this view. It is quite probable, however, that opposi- tion to the law will grow if it shall not be changed in respects which experience with its operation has shown to be de- sirable. We believe that a large ma- Jority of intelligent merchants regard a national bankruptey law as essentlal and would earnestly oppose its aband- onment, but they are dissatisied with certain features of the present law and have urged their removal or correction. If this demand is heeded by congress no doubt much of the hostility to the law will disappear. er————— WHO WILL BITE? valuable franchises have been South Two thrown on the market. One of these is a franchise for a rail- road and wagon bridge to span the Mis- sourl river between South Omaha and The promoters of that franchise have had it incorporated with an authorized capital of $2,000,000, of which $500,000 is to be issued in $100 shares and the remainder at the option of capitalists who can be induced to float the enterprise and compensate the promoters for their trouble. The other franchise represents the hot- air scheme that was rushed through the defunct South Omaha city council dur- ing the last hour of its existence and approved by ex-Mayor Kelly as soon as the vote had been recorded. Under this franchise the promoters arve privileged Omaba stock to supply South Omaha with heat, power and light, under ground or overhead, either by pipe line, wire or balloon. Al- though not yet capitalized, the hot-air franchise has greater speculative possi- bilities than the suspension bridge, and the promoters will doubtless see to it that it is capitalized for several millions. The next step will probably be a merger of the two mammoth enterprises under the community of interest plan, so they may be exploited for all there is in them. The only problem yet to be solved is to find the men of means who will bite on this tempting bait. Ss————— Lincoln Is agitating for a change of its city charter to provide for the election of councilmen by the voters of the city at large instead of the ward alone, fol- lowing the plan first engrafted into the Omaha charter and later copled in the South Omaba charter, The system has both its advantages and its disadvan- tages, which depend largely on the num- ber of members composing the munici- pal legislature. If all members are elected at large, although chosen from a particular ward, they lose their identity as representing only part of the elty and become in fact councilmen at large. Where the municipal council consists of two houses, as in tauy of the larger eastern citles, different constituencles for them have seemed advisable. Where there Is but one branch, efliclency de- pends more upon the character of the men than upou the area from which they are selected. The fact should not be overlooked that the operations of British agents purchasing mules in this eountry are all in southern states which are under control of democratic authorities. While the state governments have nothing to do with the conduct of our international it ne: ty obligations were being violated they should be the first to know of it and would have to asslst in suppressing the objectionable prac- tices. It would not be surprising If the states Tvm e gralie v American mules should come to the front to protect the Interests involved and resurrect the old states rights doctrine as a protest against the Inter- ference of the national government with a domestic Institution. According to rellable Washington in- formation, President Rosevelt has been the most active agency in welding con- tending elements interested in irrigation legislation into unity upon a single measure. President Roosevelt's famil- larity with the west gives him an appre- ciation of the importance of this matter to the people in the semi-arid region possessed by few easterners and his ac- tivity to promote the success of a satis- factory irrigation measure proves his readiness to assist the west in every legitimate effort to develop its resources. With the influence of the president fa- vorable to it. congress may be expected to give more kindly consideration. Our Dave never misses an opportunity for throwing an anchor to windward. The following dispatch, wired under the franking privilege, to ex-Governor Boyd, is characteristic: Senate and house conference have just agreed to accept house bill reducing war taxes. This suits you. This has reference to the tax on grain commission brokers, but what influence Mercer exerted in bringing about the action of the conference committee is not visible. New York Tribune. There are some things in the United States which are absolutely unique. In what other country, for example, is there an Amen Corner? Takes C: f Number One. Brooklyn Eagle. Cecil Rhodes leaves his money to Eug- land. England will get it. They haven't the habit over there of blackening a rela- tive's character in order to get the money. Perils of Close Inspection, Chicago News. Investigators of that alleged British camp at New Orleans should be careful net to venture too close to the heels of the mules if they care to come back with an ex- haustive report Bri &ing the Pol Chicago Post. During the fiscal year 1901 America ex- ported farm products to the value of $952,- 000,000, or an increase of $100,000,000 over 1900. Imports of agricultural products, on the other hand, fell off nearly $30,000,000. These figures bring the value and wisdom of reciprocity directly home to the Ameri- can farmer. What is Happen to Jomes, ‘Washington Post. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkan: disposed to twist the knife ai that he has it buried in the vital tor James K. Jones. He has just written a letter and sent it to all his friends eay- ing: “Don’t let a Jones man come to the state convention if possible, because his friends, in my judgment, would thwart any proposition I might entertaln, I want a platform written by the next state conven- tion so ringing &nd clear that no man will mistake it and that will commit the party of my native state to the destruction of all trusts and combines that are inimical to the welfare of the people.” Senator Jones' political enemies are evidently mot satisfled with burying him. They propose to execute a war dance over his grave. P ftical Grafting in St. Lo Chicago Tribune. What kind of .men were they who did these - things? Were they exceptionally clever? Had they unusual powers of mind? Not at all. Some of them were “utterly illiterate and lacking in ordinary intelll- gence, unable to give a better reason for favoring or opposing & measure than a de- sire to act with the majority. In some no trace of mentality or morality appeared; in others a low order of training could be foumd, united with a base cunning, groveling instincts, and sordid desires, These were the men who were able to hold & city by the throat. If the thing had been done by a Ceasar it would have been bad enough, for the degspotism even of genius is irksome. A despotism exercised by bai rel-house satyrs passes the bounds of muni- cipal endurance. ' NEW YORK AND NEBRASKA. The Reciproeal in Political Su westions. 3 New York World (dem.) Mr. Bryan in his Commoner suggests the name of Editor Norman E. Mack of Buffalo as the democratic candidate for governor of New York. He mentlons as a qualifica- tion the fact that Mr. Maek “supported the national ticket in 1896."" Mr. Mack is a good democrat and an able publisher, but if only those who “supported the ticket” In 1896 are eligible to candi- dacles or to a voice in party management, the democracy of this state would still be in a minority of 268,489 in the election. But as one suggestion invites another, ths editor of the Commoner will not, we trust, resent the return advice that he try to pick out a winning democratic candidate in his own state, ‘'which has now been carried by the republicans for two years in succession, the last time by nearly 13,000 majority. New York can perhaps worry along by and for itself, as it did in 1897, when the democrats, by ignoring the platform and candidate of the previeus disastrous year, elected Judge Parker by more than 60,000 madority, INDUSTRIAL RANK OF STATES. Relative Position and Value of Manu- factures. New York Sun. The manufacturing statistics for 1900 for all states and territories have just been summarized in Census Bulletin No. 150. They are arranged in the printed table in alphabetical order, but the relative rank of each e given. In ihe following list the es and territories are arranged In the order of their manufacturi; impor- tance. There are very few of them except several of the leading states which occupy the same relative position, as to the value of thelr manufactures, which they held in 1890. The value for 1900 of the manufac- tured products of each state is expressed in this table in millions of dollars: York . 2 Peanmyvania linola . Massach: ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. All accounts agree that no one perished of thirst in New York City on Sunday last Likewise, all agree in saying the day was the dryest In a generation. Notwithetand- ing the amazing drouth, the authorities ot the town, In cahoots with newspaper re porters, managed to pull off an official bur- glary, in order to test the grafting propen sities of the police. District Attorney Je- rome selected the house to be burglarized placed therein the booty, consisting of $150 In money and $150 worth of silverware, suitably marked, and turned the job over to the Herald reporter assigned to the duty. The Herald selected a reporter who went under the name of Kid Rawley and for ten days mingled with tho criminals of the Bowery, where he picked up a “pal” named Villiers. They approached a detective, told him they were about to commit a burglary and offered to divide with him if he would help them dispose of the stolen goods. The plotters say the detective agreed to the proposition, but the latter declares he re- ferred them to police headquarters. The newspaper men then proceeded to a house on the upper west side and “pulled off" their little affair. The supposed burglars met the detective afterward, but he bad three companions with him. 1t s declared that the employes of the newspaper promised to give the detectives $100 if they would give their assistance and protection in case the burglary was traced to them. Instead, the detectives placed Rawley and his companion under arrest. They wers arraigned today, and the district attorney had them released on his recog- nizance. ©. 8. Cowenhoven, the reporter who went under the name of Rawley, for more than a week mingled on terms of intimacy with thleves and crooks and masqueraded euc- cessfully as one of their number. In that capacity, according to the Herald, he dis- cussed with accredited detective sergeants plans for the protection of himself and his supposed associates in the commiseion of crime, and the price to be pald for immu- nity from arrest. To one detective a sum of money was pald as his share of the pro- ceeds of a supposed procket-picking ex- ploit. One of the most extraordinary books ever designed is now being made for a picked number of Stock exchange men. It is to be & book of caricatures of the members. The artists are to be such well known carica- turists as Bush, Nolan, Archie Gunn, Rog- ers and Davenport. Each member pays $100 for his copy of the book, in addition to which he gets the original drawing of him- self. There will probably also be siort burlesque biographies of the men. After the limited number of coples of the book have been struck off the plates will be de- stroyed. Only one copy will be sold to each man. Offers of $75 premium are already being made for the copies. A fire in a pipe-maker's shop the other day, relates the Post, spoiled the propri- etor's stock of meerschaum, and incl- dentally disposed of the idea, common in most smokers' minds, that the commodity is very expensive. Meerschaum itself is not very expensive. That used by the manufacturers in this country is imported as & raw material from Austria, and most of it is obtained in Asla Minor. Usually there are three or four different . .des, running from the rough and mixed to the pure and finely grained article. There is no duty upon it. The chumks, not unlike Cannel coal in shape, are packed in oblong boxes about two feet and a half long, a foot wide and a foot high. The raw ma- terial {8 quite brittie and has to be soaked in water before it is used for modeling. Meerschaum pipes are expensive because much of the material from which the bowls are made has to be thrown away before a plece is found that has no flaws in it. The shavings, however, are never wasted. They are used to make a cheaper grade of pipes, which are kmown as chip meerschaums. Two bunco men rambled outside the bounds of Manhattan borough in search of fodder. They struck a dairyman named Thomas J. Nearn. The first one, repre- senting himself as a New York business man in want of a country place, called on Nearn and offered such a liberal price for his farm that a deal was soon made. The two were looking about the farm and the purchaser was telling of improvements he proposed to make when Bunco Man No. 2 put in an appearance. He was roughly dressed and professed to be a drover anxlous to buy stock. He acted as It half drunk and soon began bragging of a new game he had learned in New York last week. Then, producing some cards, he began throwing them clumsily and offering to bet that no one could pick out the “joker."” The farm buyer made several wagers and won easily, and then found it easy to per- suade the farmer to try his luck. The manipulator of the cards suddenly grew skillful, and very soon the proceeds of Farms Nearn's last milk check, about $50, was in the drover's pocket. With the loss of his money came the realization that he had been victimized. “I've got some more money in the house,’ said Nearn, “and I'll get it and try my luck again. That dod-gasted joker can’'t fool me allus.” He made a quick trip to the house, and on his return pulled out, not a “roll,” but a revolver, which he leveled at the bunco men and told them to throw up their hands. They saw determination in the old man’'s eye, and up went their hands. His first care was to relieve them of their revolvers. ‘This done, he said: “Now, hand over my money and all the other cash you've got about your measly carcasses.” They handed it over. Then he told them to “git,” “got.” “Doing bunco men pays a durned sight | better and is a heap more excitin’ than farmin’,” he remarked to his neighbors. and they As liberal In its views as New York City Is generally conceded to be in most things, says the Evening Post, there have always been certain - Puritan prejudices which it has clung to tenaciously—a few very defi- nite laws against the offending of the pro- prieties which one might not violate with impunity. Possibly one of the most strin- gent of these unwritten laws has been thai which prohibits women from smoking in public place Until within very recently, it 1s safe to say, not a hotel in the city that pretends to cater to the “better ele- ment” has allowed its women patrons (o smoke in any of its public rooms. Either the owners of these places are becoming broader-minded or else the feminine de- mand to be allowed to emoke has become too insistent to be further ignored. At any rate, this form of woman's rights has been publicly acknowledged by at least one hotel proprietor. In the dining room of a high- class hotel an engraved card, bearing this inseription, is placed on each of the tables ry evening: ‘Gentlemen and ladies wishing to smoke may do so in the giltroom.” The giltroom is back of the parlor on the second floor and nightly it is filled with men and women emoking. Simply as a commentary on the ‘‘progress of the times,” the fact may be recalled that only & little while ago & woman was arrested and taken to a police station for smoking on Broadwe~ i = | RIGHTS OF UNION LABOR. TARDY RECOGNITION, Proposcd Postal Com Significant Deel of the New York Court of Appeals. fean Wom Chicago Post. D It is refreshing to read the sound, log- The dea of decorating the new fssue of fcal and vigorous opinion of the New York | stamps with the head of some woman whoss court of appeals in the important labor case | life and work have made her a conspicuous just decided. The essential principle up- |figure in American history is a graceful held therein has been consistently defended | compliment to American womanhood. Alsa iu these columns the only one that fits [ it is significant of the prominence which modern conditions and modern ideas of ¢o- [ American womaunhood bas taken in our pa- operative and concerted action. It I8 & | tional lite mistake to construe the declsion as sustain- | There remaine to declde upon that woman ing the right to strike. No one disputes | whose career for national ends entitles her Iment to Amere hooa, | roit Journal the existence of this right and courts of [ (o this national distinction. If the selec- appeal do not waste their time on demon- | tion were to be made from women whoso strating universally accepted maxims. careers are yet unclosed, the judgment The New York case involved a deeper question. Have men organized in a local or national union the right to demand of an employer the discharge of nonunion men and enforce this demand by a threat to strike? Superficial persons jump at a nega- tive conclusion. No, they say, the union men may not so threaten, for the mnon- unionists are entitled to earn a livelihood and the employer Is free to engage anyons he sees fit. Which is perfectly true and | wholly irrelevant Granting the right to organize and the | legal right to strike for any reason (or no reason), it follows that “a labor organiza- tion fe endowed with precisely the same legal right as an individual to threaten to do that which it may lawfully do.” You may not threaten violence or intimidation, because it would be criminal to carry out the threat. You may, however, threaten anything which you have a legal right to execute. A denial of these propositions leads to absurdity. To quote the appellate court: The defendant assoclation, as appears {rom the findings, wanted to put thefr men in the place of certaln men at work who were nonmembers working for smaller pay, and they set about doing it in & pertectly lawful manner. They determined that if it were necessary they would bear the burden nd expense of a strike to accomplish that result, and in 8o determining they were clearly within their rights, The employer, on the other hand, had the right to refuse to discharge the nonunion men—and take the consequences. To say that unfon men must work with nonuniom men is clearly nonsense, and it is equally irrational to say that they may not, as a condition of remaining in the employer's eervices, ask the dismissal of persons ob- noxious to them. The wisdom or necessity of such demands is not a question for legis- latures or courts. It is hardly necessary to point out that nonunion men have the same right to de- cline to work with unionists and that em- ployere have the right to select their work- men from either class. On the subject of “threats” and ‘“‘conspiracies’ there is great confusion of thought, and the New York de- cision ie a notable contribution to a con- sistent and enlightened philosophy of indus- trial relations. would necessarily be attended by complica- tions, which, in view of the unfortunate position of Paris and the women of Olym- pus, even the head of the Postoffice depart- ment would shrink from meeting. But o our pational history there stand out clearly the historic figures of many women whose strength of character has made them con- splcuous even among the strong men of those days. There have been women whose ‘hrold charity bas won them a nations love; women whose courage bas led them to the side of torn and bloody humanity on the fleld of battle; women who In great philanthropy have spent their fortunes and lives for the fallen and suffering of their sex. We bave had many great women in our 125 yoars of natlonal life. In our official life, too, there are mauy women, associated with the evolution of statecraft and wielding an finfluence &0 strong as to leave marks of their contact. The firet American woman to impress her strong personality upon the world was Mar- tha Washington. Even in the strong light of that character, which molded our govern- ment and gave expression to the American spirit of liberty, the beautiful life of Mrs, Washington still stands forth clearly on pages blurred by time. ——— POINTED REMARKS. iphia Press: ‘“‘Don't you consider IKPI'L‘I.:‘de E'D pick up a 'pin?” Inquired tho tious man. PNot if you pick it up sitting down on 1t the schoolmaster promptly. Washington 8t “] suppose you rejoice with the rest of us in seelng the grass Coming up again to welcome the smile « 1 sunshine.” Ih?O:’(“;:xnrul'. 1 do,” answered the man with thin lips, “mowing the lawn at 6 a. m. is the principal fun I get in life. Brooklyn Life: The Bride—John, do you know anything about high balls? “Why, 8’ m. “Then I wish you would cook several for my husband's dinner. I heard him tell a friend that he dearly loved them. Chicago Tribune: As the policeman passed {ho street stand he reached me- Chanically for a handful of peanuts. “'No, you don't!" exclaimed the watchful propriefor, grabbing him by the sleeve. “You're on a vacation! Philadelphia Record: *He's golng in for politics. Wouldn't he make a splendid diplomat, though?” % “What? Why, he's a_deaf mute. «Exactly, Just think how easy it would be for him to be absolutely dumb when it pedient. W exPat then he could never talk with- 3o PERSONAL NOTES, The king of Siam owns an army eorps of 500 elephants, all well trained for military purposes and under command of a general. The man who has just refused $7,000 for the season to serve with a base ball nine| aehington Star: must be able to wear diamonds as well as | a statesman?’ Dlky on’theil. ‘A statesman.” said Farmer Corntossel, “ ‘oMceholder who can quit thinkin' Hon. George S. Boutwell was the guest | about guall on toast once in &, while and of honor at a banquet of the Daughters of | remember the American eagle.” Massachusetts given in Boston on Thurs-| (picago Tribune: ou are the most day evening last, | hateful, detestable, abominable villain 1| ) { g i George M. Moulton of Tilinols Has been | NV ever met!™ exclaimed the indignan elected president of the Service Men of the | “You fill me with gratitude, madam," re- Spanish-American War. The first annual | plied the gloomy traveler, whose disagree e “Yes, but then out showing his han What is your idea of her. “I have convention was held in Springfeld, T, | ol ™ e T twenty years, and April 3. y- first kind word I VO ever IKQ"E is |g: Governor Van Sant of Minnesola has ap- | P49 pointed April 18 as Arbor and Bird day In that state and has recommended that trees be planted in honor of the late President McKinley. Prof. Shaller Mathews of the University of Michigan, who recently returned from the Holy Land, says that in a small town east of the River Jordan he discovered a windmill which had been made in Batavla, . In making his farewell address to the city council of Wilkesbarre, Pa.,, Mayor Erancis M. Nichols said that the appointive power had made him thousands of enemies and that he finds himself “‘grossly deficient in ability to properly exercise the power." Mr. Nichols had been mayor of Wilkesbarre for twelve years. In “Captalns Courageous” Kipling men- tioned by name about twenty vessels of the fishing fleet at Gloucester. Since the publi- cation of the volume every one of the house ind threw himself disconsolately ir. I hats gone wrong Adam?" asked Eve “Oh," repiled Adam, irritably, “an fethio- saurus has walked across my cornfield and Tl Fave to plant it all over again! Philadelphia Press: Friend—Oh, by the way, I've always been curlous to'know if You 'were successful with that strange pa- tlent you were treating last fall. Doctor—Partially; he has paid one-quar- ter of his bill Washington Star: “It is a blessing." sald the patriot, “to live under a system Which makes imprisonment for debt im- possible.” ” “T don't know about that,” answered Dunbrowne. “It might be some satisf tion to a_man to feel that he was safely housed where his creditors couldn’t get at him." ADVICE TO MIS I Ohio State Journal: Adam entered the ARY STONE. W. D. Nesbit in Baltimore American. Ellen Stone, Oh, Ellen Stone, twenty has gone down and the fishing folk You're coming home, they sav, say that the veesels were hoodooed. The T -;Llru‘;“;‘f ":;_“, its bold last of the ill-fated boats, the Amy Knight They say yofll" the lesture fleld, and the Prince Lebo, were sunk in the re- 1t ‘we have got the p T to hear your narrative— Bt here 18 some advico: ‘Don't! By, S, O SRR T I DY et et Of color-sections rich with red— But, here Is &?nuflcet Ellen Stone, Oh, Ellen Stone, ‘Wherever you may look When you arrive, you'll see & man ‘Who says: “Now write a book. He'll talk to you of copyright In phrases that entice, And fell 'you of the fortunes made- But, here Ilbzum‘n advice: n't! cent big storm. At the celebration in the Pantheom re- cently all the celebrities of France were present, of course, and equally as a matter of course were bedizened With ribbons, stars and all other marks of distinction in which France is so opulent. There was one little man, however, who appeared all in black and didn't wear a siagle ribbon er star. It was Zola! Dr. D. M. Foster of Bloomington, Il one of the few survivors of the band of men who built the first rallroad west of ¢ Alleghenies, has been trying, without suc- cess, to find some one living who assisted in that project. Dr. Foster is a nono- genarian, who for thirty years or more practiced medicine and operated a drug store at Bloomington. He has lived a re- i nes tired lite for the two decades, but bis [ WAI azk vou for SOS i mind is still clear and he recalls distinctly | we ransomed you, Miss Elien Stone, the Incidents of the projection of the first (The oL - rosd west of the Alleghenes, which was| ~ Wove heard encist Sheul the cass, ‘And here s some ad about 1830 Don't! Ellen Stone, Oh, Ellen Stone, The sober magasl The Order of Things. If you haven't a new top-coat—that is the first essen- tial for Spring. 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