Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1902, Page 6

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Romit by drate. axpross Gr postal order mit raft, ress or po! L Bie ta The Bes Publishing Company, 2-cent n ted in payment of socounts. Fe ly.mnlfchocn, except on ©Omaha o ange, not acce) THE BEE PUBLIBHINO COMPA| Y. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. % he Bee EWOI ¢ Tuly says that the actual r of full and gn»l-u les of The Dally, Morning, and Bunday iee printed during the mohth of March, 1%, was aa follows: 1. 20,630 EESENENRBNREEES Net total sales. , Net datly average. GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Mon me this luole‘g fi(l‘;‘u'{mhdw.‘?i D. l-u.) ¢ Notary Publie. Paper rallroads are as easy to build Bs air castles. S The discussion of a-tariff for revenue only has been transferred to Great Britain. Is it not a little too early for trotting out dark horses on the Illinois senatorial race track? If Attorney General Knox knocks th? Beef trust he will be entitled to a slice ©f roast ox at the next barbecue. — Officlally the public market is located on Capitol avenue. Unofficlally the market is down at the old stand on Howard and Eleventh, Gemm—— An investigation into the delay In the construction of the Chicago federal bullding s to be made by congress, but congress should not confine its inquiries to delays at Chicago. There are still others. — It may as well be understood first as last that any man who favors the dis- franchisement of Omaha republicans for the sake of factional advantage has no claim on the support of Omaha repub- leans for any position. ——————— Senator Morgan has given notice that he proposes to begin his speech in favor of the Nicaragua canal this afternoon, but did not Intimate whether he would be able to conclude his brief remarks by May Day or the Fourth of July. St —— Nobody in Omaha objects to Mr. Pearse, or desires to dispense with the pervices of Superintendent Pearse be- cause his salary is too high, but what people do object to with good reason is to pay $8,600 or $3,200 a year for a $1,200 man. . EE— Germany has called an International conference with a view to regulating wireless telegraphy, but up to date no- body has called for an international con- ference to devise a system of wireless ‘wire pulling and pipeless politi- ‘eal ‘pipe laying. E——— The $10,000 judgment which Architect McDonald secured in the district court & few days ugo seems to have attracted B0 attention, but- we have a very well- defined notlon that the old school board made a great mess of it when It left the way open for such a claim. a1 Oolonel Crowder refuses to express an opinion concerning Missouri mules that bave been pressed into the British South African service before ample proof has been produced of their cruel abduction. Colonel Crowder bails from Missouri and he naturally wants to be shown. E—— An aristocratic Vienna club bas been broken up because of the prosecution of some of its members for gambling at the club. If all of the swell Awerican clubs that tolerate gambling were discl- Pplined in the’ Austriafi fashion there would be a good many club houses for Fent lu New York, Boston, Chicago and other American citles. a0} Judge Tooley of Chicago deprecates the intervention of the federal courts to usurp the powers vested in assessors by the exercise of the power of injunction. This power of the United States courts over our state tax affairs, says Judge Tooley, 1s slmply another lllustration of the dangers toward which we are drift- with our applications of government by injunction. k" e .+ A wrecked Detrolt savings bank has ®een ordered by the Michigan courts to preference to depositors over com- creditors In the distribution of money to be realized from the sale the bank's réal estate investments. eminently just and reasonable, most effective protection from bank wreckage would be the ‘postal savings banks. 2] THE CRUELTIES TO FILIPINOS, The prompt action of the War depart- ment in ordering an inquiry Into the al- leged cruelties to Filipinos on the part of American soldlers will have the un- qualified approval of the country and the wish will be general that if the allega- tions are found to be true the gulity, no matter what their rank or the merit of thelr service may be, will be punished as they deserve. The charges made by Governor Gardener of Tayabas province, in the case of Major Waller and by wit- nesses before the senate Philippine com- mittee cast a reproach upon the army and upon the country and eall for the most searching and thorough investiga- tion. Every American citizen who is proud of the record our army has made in re- cent years will sincerely hope that the allegations of cruelty in the Philippines will be found to be exaggerated and that there is good ground for the bellef, as expressed by Secretary Root, that the violations of law and humanity charged will prove to be few and occaslonal “and not to characterize the conduct of the army generally in the Philippines.” Considering the high character of the American soldier for intelligence and the better human attributes, it is not easy to think that the men in the Philippines have generally practiced the cruelties and brutalities charged against some of them. It has been the boast of Ameri- cans that our soldlers, while bravest among the brave, were not eruel or brutal, and therefore the allegations now made, some of them on high authority, are pecullarly painful and humiliating. If true, as It must be admitted there seems no reason to doubt, they will seri- ously tarnish the fame of the army. The demoralizing effect of war, par- ticularly such a war as that in the Phil- ippines, everybody understands, Sol- diers thousands of miles from their country fighting an enemy notoriously treacherous, that disregards wholly the rules of civilized warfare and freely practices cruelties and barbarities, are apt to become reckless and relentless in thelr treatment of such a foe. There is no question that the American soldiers in the Philippines have had great provo- catlon to treat the natives in arms with the utmost severity, but as Secretary Root well says, this cannot justify the use of torture of any kind on the part of the American army. Our soldlers cannot be permitted, however strong the provocation, to follow the example of the Filipinos in making war. The instructions of the secretary of war to General Chaffee are clear and explicit. He is to institute an inquiry that will probe the charges to the core and spare no one who is involved in them. Those found to be amenable to the allegations will be tried by court- martial, whether here or in the Philip- pines, and if they are proven gullty they will be duly punished. There is to be no delay or temporizing in carrying out these Instructions and Secretary Root informs General Chaffee that ‘‘the pres- ident desires to know in the fullest and most circumstantial manner all the facts, nothing being concealed and no man being for any reason favored or shielded.” E—— WIiLL KEEP ITS PLEDGES. The Russian ambassador at Washing- ton has given assurance that his gov- ernment will keep its pledges in regard to China and that the evacuation of Manchuria by Russian troops will occur within a comparatively short time. In reference to the reports that his gov- ernment would fall to carry out its promise, he pronounced them malicious in design and character and circulated for the purpose of breeding trouble and placing Russia in & false position in the eyes of the world. He pointed out that Russia from the inception of the trouble in China had contemplated the restora- tion of the situation before the disturb- ance and had never desired to take per- manent possession of Manchuria. He also made the important declaration that Russia has no intention of taking any action contemplating the eéxclusion of American interests from Manchuria or any other section of China. Undoubtedly this fairly states the present attitude of the Russian govern- ment, but whether it would occupy this position if there had been no alllance be- tween Great Britain and Japan and no expression on the part of the United States regarding suspected Russian de- signe in Manchuria may reasonably be doubted. There s very good reason for believing that the Anglo-Japanese treaty, to which the United States virtually gave its support, had: a decided influ- ence upon Russian plans in China, which up to that time seemed to be so cer- tainly aimed at securing possession of Manchuria as to warrant the’ American government in taking notice of the sit- uation and addressing & note to China and Russia. However, doubtless full faith can be given to the present as- surances of the Russlan government, which mean a good deal for American interests in one of the richest provinces of the Chinese empire. E—— A LARGETREASURY SURPLUS. As now Indicated, the surplus in the national treasury at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, may be $100,000,000. It is at present gbout $63,000,000, which is $18,000,000 in excess of the surplus at this time last year. The increase in the available cash as compared with this time last year Is stated to be $26,000,000. The act repealing the war revenue taxes goes into effect July 1, after which time the receipts of the government will fall off, but in the meantime the surplus will continue to grow. According to Washington dlspatches this accumulation of money in the treas- ury is giving some conceru to nmcu; and business interests and the only way to reduce the surplus being by the sale of bouds the secretary of the treasury Is being urged to resume this policy, which was suspended soon after Mr. Shaw took office. It has not transpired what bhe will do In the matter, but he does not appear to be disposed at present to sell -mm THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, APRIL 17 he will increase the deposits of govern- ment funds with the banke. There is now held by national banks to the credit of the government over $112,000,000, which Is $21,000,000 in excess of the amount of the government deposits a year ago. This plan helps the money market perhaps as much as the selling of bonds, but the latter policy has the advantage of reducing the public debt and the interest charge. It scems, how- ever, that Secretary Shaw, while it is understood that he is not opposed to sell- Ing bonds, does not deem it expedient to do so at this time and should the de- cline in revenue after July 1 be as large as expected there may be no more bond selling. The course of the banks in re- tiring circulation was one potent reason with the secretary for stopping the sale of bonds and it is quite probable that this is still operative, NESpran—— CITY ASSESSMENT ROLLS. City Comptroller Westberg has once more projected himself into the public eye by an appeal to the city council against the practice of assessing build- ings located on leased grounds as per- sonal property. While the method of assessing property in no way concerns the comptroller, excepting as it does any other private citizen, his complaint might have been justified if there was anything in it Had the comptroller taken the trouble to inform himself he might have discov- ered that any other mode of assessment than that of separating the realty from the personal property tax on leased ground would be a detriment to the tax- payers. He ought to know that it is not uncommon for rallroad companies to lease thelir grounds for various purposes such as warehouses, elevators, coal and lumber yards. The assesément of the railroad termi- nals, including the depot buildings, are all dumped into the general pool with frelght and passenger cars and other equipments that are appraised by the State Board of Equalization and cred- ited back at so much per mile to Doug- Aas county and incidentally to Omaha. It is & matter of record that several warehouses adjacent to the Union Pa- cific tracks are owned by private parties as are the Omaha smelting works. The plant of the smelting works company is assessed at $280,000 for city taxation, but If the bulldings of the smelting works company had been assessed against the Union Pacific railroad, which owns the grounds, how much would Omaba be able to collect for city purposes? e— SHALL MINORITIES RULE? The republicans of Omaha and Doug- las county are confronted by an issue that cannot be postponed or brushed aside. The question they must meet squarely at the coming primaries is whether a faction representing a very small ‘minority of the party shall con- trol the nomination of candidates and misrepresent the party in conventions. At the general election of 1900 the total vote polled in Nebraska for McKin- ley whs 121,885, to which Douglas county contributed 14,266, or 11% pe) cent of the total. Out of the 14,20 votes polled for McKinley and Roosevelt in Douglas county 11,184 were cast by the republicans residing in the city of Omaha, 1,783 by republicans residing in South Omaha and 1,867 by the repub- licans of the country precincts. In other words, of the 113 per cent credited as Douglas county's proportion of the total republican vote polled for McKinley and Roosevelt in the state 9 1-5 per cent was cast in Omaha, 1% per cent in South Omaba and about 13 per cent in the country precincts. | Under the apportionment made by the old committee, or the much decried ma- chine, Omaha was given fifteen dele- gates for each of Its nine wards, South Omaha four delegates for each of Its six wards and the country precincts five delegates for each of the fourteen pre- cincts. This gave Omaha 135 delegates, South Omaha twenty-four delegates and the country precincts seventy delegates, making In all 220. Apportioned accord- ing to the number of votes cast for Mc- Kinley, Omaha would have been enti- tled to 171 delegates, South Omaha to thirty-six delegates and the country pre- cincts to twenty-two delegates. This shows conclusively that the old county committee was disposed to be very lib- eral toward the country precincts and much fairer to South Omaha than has been the arbitrary apportionment fixed by the schemers, who in order to folst Congressman Mercer for a sixth term upon this district have arranged for the practical disfranchisement of Omaha republicans, Under the new apportionment the number of delegates is fixed at 178, out of which Omaha only received ninety delegates, South Omaha elghteen and the country precincts seventy delegates. This scheme of disfranchisement inflicts almost as great an injustice upon repub- licans of South Omaha as it does upon Omaba. While South Omaha casts more than 40 per cent more votes than the country precincts, it s credited with only one-fourth as many delegates as the country precinets. If seventy dele- gates was the proper ratio for the coun- try, South Omaha should have by rights ninety-seven delegates and Omaha would be entitled to 570 delegates. Oan Congressman Mercer or his chief fugler, Blackburn, facé the republicans of Omaha and South Omaha and justify such an infamous scheme of disfran- chisement on any ground? e " The American people outside of the very limited number of stock jobbers and speculators in railroad stocks care precious little as to who controls the Loulsville & Nashville raflroad, but they are vitally affected by the inflated cap- italization of railroads whereby fixed charges, which constiaute a permanent tax on the products of the country trib- utary to these public highways, are in- creased. R A majority of the senate committee on priy and elections has decided to the proposed amendment to the { { Home Rule as a Right Chicago Post 1t is no ordinary plea for home rule In our municipalities which Mr. Bdwin Bur- ritt Smith has made In the Atlantic. His admirable paper on ‘Municipal Self-Gov- ernment” has already been discussed In these columns, but the fundamental propo- sition therein advanced and defended will bear iteration and emphasis. It s, in a nutshell, this—that our theory of munici- pal government js erroneous and inconsist- ent with the philosophy of popular rule. Courts have repeatedly told us that “home rule” is a privilege, a benevolent concession, not a right. The city s merely the agent of the state, and thie agency may be terminated at the will of the principal. The legislature, it has been stated, has the right to revoke the charter of a municipality and reduce it to abject dependence and helplessness. This power is not likely to be exercised in the case of a city like Chicago or New York, but politi- cal tyranny and narrow parti) not hesitated to impose out galling restrictions (In the shape of sta police commissions, state park boards, ete.) upon the leading and most progressive mu- nicinalities. The theory itself should be assailed and radically revised. Citles should demand rights distinguished from privileges, and these rights should be secured by the or- ganio law. In Mr. Smith's words: Democratic government is an _expression, not a source, of authority. The people governad is the source of ts powers. The fiovernment of the United States derives ts powers from the people of the United States. The government of the state de- rives its powers from the people of the state. The government of city should :nmn its powers from tne people of the Otir national and state governments wers created by the people to serve them in dif- Neither derives authority from, nor acts as the agent of, the other Both derive authority directly from the people—that of the nation from the people of the nation, that of the state from the people of the state. tion and state is clearly drawn. ernment of the nation is confined to those matters which concern the entire people of the nation. The line between the state and clity should be as‘distinctly drawn. Why, It may be asked, did the founders of the American government fail to provide in thelr splendidly constructive system for true democracy, for popular control and authority, in local affairs? Because, Mr. Smith answers, large cities did not exist in their time. The great public necessitiea of urban life were unknown, and the amaz- ing development of cities could not be fore- seen. City government now overshadows state and national government, for it con- cerns the daily needs and activities of the citizen—his health, comfort and pocket. The great franchise problem Is essentially a municipal problem. To save cities from fntermeddling and despotic rule, to introduce democracy and the consent of the governed into municipal affairs, to render the city independent in his own proper sphere, is the crying need of the day. This desideratum cannot be re- alized without constitutional changes. In Tilinols comstitutional revision is a recog- nized necessity, and it cannot be long de- ferred. Intelligent citizens should study Mr. Smith’s thoughtful article and prepare to demand something mere vital and funda- mental than an increase of power in this or that direction. Our motto should be, Gov- ernment by the people in the city as well as in the state—local democracy Instead of subjection to centralized and irresponsible despotics. ferent apheres, federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote, by coupling with it Sena- tor Depew’s proposition for reduced con- gressional representation. This is an in- sult to the intelligence of the American people which will be resented at no dis- tant day by a universal uprising in favor of a call for a national constitutional convention by the states. Ep—— A Difference in the Morning. Philadelphia Ledger. In Cuba American army horses are sold at auction. In South Africa they are cap- tured by the Boers. , Plugsing a Big Leak, Cleveland Leader. The stopping of the abuse of second class postage privileges has resulted in a surplus of revenues over expeditures. Buch a re- sult was foreseen by Postmaster General Smith when he decided to put & stop to that Chicago Inter Ocean. The governor of South Carolina said con- fidentially to the governor of North Caro- lina as he passed his handkerchief acro his lips: “I don’t think Roosevelt is such a bad fellow, after all.” And the governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina as he picked up a clove: “You're right; he just ain't.” Some Poverty im Spots. Minneapolis Times. Amid - the: general prosperity and a plethora of agrieultural products beyond the capaclty of both domestic and foreign mar- kets to absorb a feeble volce is heard froi certain districts of Arkansas and Texas asking for ald for starving farmers whose crops were destroyed by drouth. It is & striking commentary upon the extent and varlety of climate of this land of ours. Provoeation for a Kick. St. Paul Ploneer Press. The forelgn naval attache who was caught surreptitiously making soundings of un- frequented waters in the neighborhood of Tampa was certainly energetic enough con- sidering the profound peace which is just now -brooding over our relations with the world, Probably an equal display of energy on the part of Uncle Sam may send him flying across the aeas for this breach of hospitality and interuational etiquette. Political Fakirs iu Other States. Indlanapolis Journal. The publication of the story that there is & contest between Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge over the chairmanship of the next republican state convention in the Wheellng (W. Va.) Intelligencer shows that this stupld and often repudiated falsehood is yet being circulated by newspapers under the impression that such a story is news. It it were a fact it should not interest grown people outside of Indiana, but, b ing a repudiated lle, it should not be printed by a newspaper. Senator Fair- banks, the Journal can say, has no desire to preside over the convention and has never been an irant PERSONAL NOTES. The prince of Wales says he has no in- vitation to come to this country, but he does not say he would not like one. President Roosevelt has been Invited to address the great triennial Sunday school convention to be held in Denver in June next. Legouve, the French author and pla; wright, has just completed his 95th ye: He Is called the dean of the academy, for he has been a member for forty-seven years. When Senator Blackburn wants to tell a man that what he says is not true he goes about it in this fashion: “It goes without saying that the truth is innocent of any appearance in that statement.” Among the 163 graduates of the New York Trade school at First avenue and Sixty-seventh street on Wednesday, wi one negro boy from North Carolina. He took honors and was heartily cheered by his comrades. The congressional directory is to be il- lustrated with tul groups of the sen- rs and members of the house by states. and & Washington photographer is dolng a lvely business in making these gentlemen “lok their prettiest.” Mr. Corthell, an American engiueer, will Tepresent Argentine at a congress on mat- ters affecting navigation which will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany, shortly, and will then come to this country and lecture in the leading citigs on Argentine. Eugene F. Ware, the new commissioner of pensions, has published & volume of poems, and several years ago read onme of his poems at Memorial day exercises at Arlington. His lies addressed to Queen Victoria, on the occasion of her fubllee, were extensively copled in England. Lord Kelvin, the great English scientist, who 1s to be entertained by American sclentific societies in New York next week, is entitled to use the following portentous string of injtials after his name: G. C. V. 0. D. C. L, LLD,, M. D., D. 8c.,, Ph. D., M. A, F. R. 8, F R S E He bas been decorated by mearly all governments. He s 78 years old, but is still & very y man, fond of a good dinner snd a good BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Scenes and Incidents the Spot. In the rooms occupied by the committee on ways and means of the house, of which Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois is chairman, there is a long table around which the Sketched on | members gather when the committee Is in session. It takes up considerable space and the corners are very pointed. The other day a member rushed In hurriedly &nd in endeavoring to execute a loop about the table collided good and hard with one of these sharp corners. All that he sald was not taken down, as it would burn the record. He went limping into the adjoin- ing room and asked Chairman Cannon “‘why the deuce he did mot dispose of that darned table”—or words to that effect—and get another with round cerners. “Well,” remarked “Uncle Joe,” shifting his unlighted cigar to the westward corner of his mouth, “I have been thinking of it for some time and I belleve I'll send it over to the semate committee on ways and means. Those fellows over there are ex- perts on turning sharp corners.” —, A new member of congress was very anxious, according to the Washingten Post, to get upon the good side of Superintendent Smith of the botanic gardens, so that some flowers and potted plants might be sent to his house. As everyone knows, Smith is & fine old Scetchmam, who worships the memory of “Bobble” Burns, and has prob- ably the finest and most complete collec- tion of editions of Burns' works in the world. ‘When,~therefore, the new member went to Smith, he resolved to say something which would please the lover of Burns. When he entered Smith’s library, he looked with interest uson the books. “I always did love Jimmie Burns' poems,” remarked the mew member. I never saw such a fine collection of his works. I think Jimmie Burns was one of the gre: t men who ever lived.” At this point Mr. himself ne further. Smith could contain “‘Jimmie' Burns!” he exclaimed, angrily. “Tommy Washington! SBammy Bonaparte! Get out!" And then the new member realized that he had made a mistake. A congressman noted for his zeal and liberality in distributing garden seeds where they might do some good, has re- ceived a practical letter from a little girl In his district asking for a few packages. She says she is 11 years old, and writes: Howdy, Mr. Congressman, p'lite as you can be; ou'd bundle up some seeds and nd 'em to me. ra lnu.l lot of large petunias, with colors 80 intens To fletgol":le tho Nlhwly from the doorway 8end around Ioms (‘oblol scandens to make chiysanthemums would surely make a hit Ana T Vots 7or you Fight freely and rise R d declare country’s agriculture is & mighty ! e aftair. AL Every time & congressman arlses in the house nowadays and asks for an indefinite leave of absemce because of ‘‘important business” significant smiles are exchanged among the members who have their nomina- tions nalled down and clinched. At this season of the year, when the congressional conventions are being held, ‘‘important business” almost invariably means the congressman who has it also has trouble in his district which s sufficiently seri to make his presence on the ground fmpera- tive. “Another poor fellow in distress’" whis- pers Clerk McKee to the speaker, and the latter gives a good-luck-to you afirmative nod to the petitioning member, whe goes away happy. A member of the cabinet {llustrated the other day the difference between the Me- Kinley and Roosevelt administrati from an officesecker’'s point of view, says the New York Herald. During the McKinley administration, be sald, a western public man called with a friend at the White House to request the president to give him a diplomatic appointment. He saw the president and a few moments later came from the room with & smiling face. “I think,” he said, “I'll get §he place. The president has invited me to luncheon. 't you believe it,”” his friend replied. a proverb to this administration that when McKinley Invites you to luncheon you get nothing more." President Roosevelt invited Willlam Wil- lams of New York City to lunch with him the White House a few days ago. Does the McKinley proverb hold good in Willlams' case?’ asked an official who knew. of the lnvitation. “Not altogether,” was the response. “As his dessert Willlams may get & plece of pork.” Willlams was offered & post in the immi- gration bureau. t Less M Philadeiphia Ledger. A dally diet of meat at this time of the year is Dot & necessity, aud since the an- Bouncement of a further advance in price can be construed as tantamount to & declaration of the people should ae- cept it as such d act accordingly. If there ‘e & general movement to refrain from buying meat for the next few weeks the trust would receive a financlal blow Breads Whole- some Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls, and muffins. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO,, 100 WILLIAM ST, NEW YORKs ROOSEVELT'S HOPEFUL SPEECH. Volce of the New Generation Heard at Charleston. Portland Oregonian. The ringing, hopeful speech delivered by President Roosevelt at Charleston on Wednesday was the volce of the new gen- eration. President Roosevelt is in his 44th year; he was barely 8 years of age when the firet shot of the civil war was fired; he was not 7 yeurs old when Lee surrendered. The thirty-seven years that have elapsed since the clvil war have, as President Roosevelt truthfully said, made a substan- tial end of sectional There is nobody left today in the United States on either eide whose death would cause either sec- tion to waste any time in large funeral honors or heartfelt mourning of eny sort. The stateemen and the great captains wim came out of the great war for the unfon holding the hearts of the people are all now dead and with thelr death both the realistic din and the romantic memory of the great conflict is extinct. Henceforth both sections are sure to satisfy thelir passion for trade and present politics undis- turbed by the venerable shapes or the warning voices of the great soldiers and statesmen of 1861-65. We stand on the threshold of a new departure and we feel it just as all men felt it when Washington was borne to the tomb, whose living volce and Influence, because of his great patri- otic mervices served something to break the point of bitter partisanship. The patriotic military fetich was poten- tial in both sections for about twenty years. Its falllng powers of invocation were manifest when the country elected Cleveland president, who mnot only wi @ democrat, but a democrat who had never concealed his lack of sympathy with Lin- coln's war policy. Since 1884 the battle cries of the civil war have not been of any serious political consequence. Harrison defeated Cleveland beca: of the tarift issue, and Cleveland defeated Harrison be- cause the labor vote was cast for the democratic candidate. McKinley defeated Bryan because of the adoption of free silver at 16 to 1 by the National democracy as t of their creed. During these years the work of erecting soldles monu- ments, of founding national cemeteries has been steadily proceeding all over the coun- try, but as a political inspiration the sentiment of the war between the sections is exhausted. The monuments of conse- quence are all erected; the cemeterles completed. The great military and civie figures of the civil war are all gone to the dark house and the long sleep. The war drums and fifes are no longer part of our political field music. Military and patriotic records are no longer influential in secur- ing nominations to office. The veterans are not all of them too old, but they have passed their prime of influence and cannot hope to be leaders of the new generation to which President Roosevelt belongs and whose glowing hope and courage he volces 80 vigorously today. The pension Mst has become so burdensome that war eagle elo- quence is no longer equal to whitewashing extortion and vitalizing extravagance. ‘The memory and influence of the terrible struggle between the secticns is gone or swiftly going with the disappearance of the herolc generation that fought it out val- fantly on both sides to the end. Its gebuine romance, its inspiring realism, its sorrow, its joy, its glory and its doom, are practically dead as a potential popular force in politics. President Roosevelt sees all this clearly, and rightly considers it a subject for present congratulation. He congratulates both sections upon the great clvilization that the victorious issue of the war for the union preserved for fash- foned and cemented into fts present im- posing shape. A man of fighting blood, who has proved himself a stout soldier on the firing line, he nevertheless expects peace, and predicts for the south and the whole country an Increased industrial development whose victories are greater than those of war. He would not have a peace that makes no preparation for war: a peace that will never fight for natfonal honor and self-respect. To such a peace he would prefer a warlike episode, like our stormy past, discordant with guns and drums; disfigured by battle, by waste of bleod and treasure. The argument of the president is that if our peace to come is aranteed to be a peace with honor, sorted, defended and secured by a willing- ness and abllity to wage war upon just occasions, then neither the morth mor the south need’ regret that the heroes and the statesmen and other object lessons of our great war for natlonality are no longer with us visible or volcetul shapds. PASSING PLEASANTRIES, Somerville Journal: It is A mistake for a man ju-t because he is feeling biue to go out and paint the town red. Philadelphia Pre: our trick wheelm E Bhrude—Clever, {s he? N. should say. Why, he can wulde. his Daby' Soacls. Vhrougs s crowd without touching the handlebar, Chicago Post blq“‘un- aid he?" 11, 'he said you were a great bore, and that certainly bears some relation to the big guns.” Ohlo Btate Journa! N. Peck—Talk about you should see Meek- “He classed me with the “What have you to recommend yourself?” asked the man to whom the liftle urchm had applied Tor the position of office bo Well, ‘replied the applicant, I don't ke base ba "fho B0y got the job. Cleveland Pl.ln Dealer: “There s a beautiful moral lesson to be drawn from all these protests against the severity or ;:a customs inspectors of New York har- n Life: “But [ can't bear to be Illd the statesman, resentfully. “Well,” sald the friend, “'you should have thougm of that before you went into poli- Washington Star: wrong,” sald the old man Kind doubt 'you are doing the best you can. ac- cording to your lights, but “you cannot make a genius of yourself by fetting your hair go long. That may help, but some- thing more is needed.” Boston Transeript: Mr. Subbub—Some- how or other I never succeed In raising flowers that begin to come up to those whose pictures are in your catalogue. Seedsman—Oh, those™ pictures are ideal drawings. It would be absurd to suppose that nature could accomplish anything so beautiful THE MAKING OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Bdwin Markham, his new volume ot pems entitled ' “Lincoln, and _Qther oems,” thus describes the Norn-Mother when— Sho took the tried clay of the common road— Clay warm yet with the genial heat of Dashed through It all & strain of propheoy Then mixed a laughter with the serious Fruff, It was a_stuft to wear for centuries, A man_that matched the mountalns and compelled The stars to look our way and honor us. The The The The The color of the ground was in him, the red earth; tang and odor of the primal things— rectitude and patience of the rocl Kiadness of the wind that shakes the corn; courage of the bird that dares the sea: The justice of the rain that loves all leaves; The pity of the snow that hides all acars; The loving kindness of the wayside well; The tolerance and equity o f light That glves as freely to the shrinking w eed As to the great oak flaring to the wind— To the grave's low hill as to the Matter- orn That shoulders out the sky. And so he came, From prejrie cabln up to capitol, One falr ideal led our chieftain on, Forevermore he burned to do his deed With the fine stroke and gesture of a king. He bulit that rall pile as he bufit the state, Pouring his splendid strength through overy blow, The consclence of him testing every stroke, To make his deed the measure of & man. It's Spring It has been spring for some time according to the calendar if not according to the weather. 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