Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 28, 1902, Page 4

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Remit by draft, express or postal order, payavie to The Bea "Publishing, ai y 3-cent stamips accepted i mall accoun sonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING' COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, #9.: George B. Taschuck, u!renry of The B Publisning’ Company, being duly says that the actual numper of full complete coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed durin ihe month of March, 12, was as follows 1 20,970 29,760 20,420 eo sworn, d ERERNRREERESSES Total Less unsold and returned coples. GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subseribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 3ist day of March. A. D, 1508, GEORGE RASMUBSEN, (Seal) Notary Public. e —————— Another move on the South African chess board s about due. Bouth Omaha politiclans are clamor- ing for voting machines. Haven't they had them all of the time? S The rule against talking too much Is a good oune as well for the ordinary lay- man as for the military officer in high rank. e ——— Is it not about time for the vallant Henry Watterson to make another up- roarious charge upon his phantom “man on horseback " ’ EEp—— The incorporation of canal power companies is the latest fad, but all of the power canals projected up to date still remain on paper. semm— Give Benator Jones of Arkansas credit for one ‘good trait. He seems to realize when he is beaten and to be willing to subside while his star is in eclipse. These Christmas tales found as few credulous people to swallow them in Denmark as they did in America, where no one even professed to believe them, A wise American mule will make the most of It while the Boer war lasts. There's no telling how soon his services will be again In such great demand abroad. S m————— The struggle for the control of the eggs of the country has become so flerce that artificial egg layers as well as artificlal egg hatchers will be put In requisition. —— ‘When the telegraph and electric light wires have been placed under ground and the billboards are taken down to stay down the danger in our public thoroughfares during hurricanes will be materially lessened. Se——— A new code of laws of anclent Baby- lonia has been unearthed and deeiph- ered. It Is safe to say that they are just as applicable to present conditions as some of the dead letter laws we still cherish on .our modern statute books. - If the reverend senators want to keep up to the pace that has been set for them by puglilistic and fractious mem- bers they will have to invent a féw mew forms of violent outbreaks that will each in succession produce a climax in senatorial sensationalism. J. Plerpont Morgan's exploits are be- coming so famous that over in Europe the apprehension is cropping omt that his venture may “e an effort to perfect & merger of all tie royal crowns handed down to present owners from medieval ancestry. That would be a crowning achlevement. e ‘The call for the populist state conven- tion which has just been given to the public oficlally apportions 128 delegates to Douglas county, where the populists scarcely muster 500 votes, while six of the biggest 'populist counties, namely, Butler, Buffalo, Custer, Dawes, Hamil- and Saunders combined will have 129 delegates. : e brilllant ‘genius that edits the double-ender makes a most pa- to the citizens of Omaha, ba and Council Bluffs to the enterprise and push of Mo- Ala. When It is borne in mind that Mebile, after 200 years of public-spirited push and enjoying all of the natural IR i ’ THE OTHER SIDE When the Américan army in the Phil- ippines is being suhjected to severe crit- fcism and the soldiers demounced as eruel and brutal, éven the commanding general being characterized on the floor of the national senate by a democratic senator as a “dastard villain,"” it Is inter- esting to note that there Is another side to this matter which shows that the Philippine army 1 not o wholly bad as wome have proclaimed it. A few days ago the war department sent to Scuator Lodge, chairman of the senate committee on Philippine affairs, a mass of correspondence relating to conditions in the archipelago, included in which were over half a hundred pe- titions from native sources asking the retention of United States troops at varlous polnts in the islands. The pe- titfoners declare that by the presence of Amerlcan troops in thelr respective lo- calities they afe insured humane treat- ment, protection and the maintenance of peace and good order. In many cases the petitions réfer to Individual American officers whom the natives have learned to admire and respect and to whom they look for protection and Justice. All these petitions are most hearty and cordial in praise of the American officers and soldlers and In every case where a removal of troops was to be made express regret therefor, not a few urging that they be allowed to remain. There can be no reasonable doubt in regard to the origin and au- thenticity of these petitions. Their lan- guage and style of expression clearly show that they are from native sources. While it is not questioned that some cruelties have been practiced in the Philippines, some things done which cannot be justified, there is no warrant for the sweeping and unqualified de- nunciation of the army. there which some have Indulged in. . The truth is, that with rare exceptions the soldlers in the Philippines have treated the natives humanely and justly and have patiently borne with provocations of which people at home can have no con- ception. Those who have been gulity of unjustifiable cruelty should be punished and undoubtedly will be so far as it is possible to do so, but fair-minded peo- ple will not belleve that the entire army in the Philippines is amenable to the chazge of cruelty and inhumanity. —e CANADIAN DISCRIMINATION. The Indianapolis Journal suggests that if Canada’s friends in the United States are so anxious for what they call recl- procity, why do they not require that Canada shall pledge before negotiations begin, that the duty on American mer- chandise shall be the same as the duty on British merchandise, instead of 25 per cent higher. “This -dfserimination against the United States,” remarks that paper, “is never mentioned by the advocates of so-called reeiprocity, prob- ably because they know that Great Brit- ain, which makes Canada’s trade treat- fes, will not consent to equal duties on merchandise imported into Canada. The advantage of 25 per cent in favor of Great Britaln is equivalent to a pro- tective duty of 25 per cent for the mer- chandise of free trade England when imported into Canada.” ¥ While this discrimination has nof been of any very great advantage to English manufacturers, as shown by the statistics of Canadian trade, it is none the less an obstacle to closer trade rela- tlons between this country and Canada and it is one which the latter has not proposed to remove, though it would perhaps be willing to somewhat modify the discrimination if the imperial gov- ernment would consent. It is uniikely, however, that England could be Induced to relinquish any considerable part of the protection its manufacturers now have in the tariff of its American col- ony and it is entirely certain that the imperial government would not permit Canada to enter into a reciprocity agreement that would place American merchandise on an equal footing with British in the Canadian market. The interests in the United States which are most strenuous In urging re- ciproelty with Canada, however, appear to be quite unconcerned respecting the tariff discrimination In favor of the English manufacturers. What they are troubled about Is the threat of Canada to Increase the duties on American merchandise, though there 18 no great probability of this belng done, in spite of the brave talk of a few Canadian statesmen, for the obvious reason that such a policy would work to the disad- vantage of the people of the Dominlon and would not in the least better the chances for commercial reciprocity tar- i retaliation on the part of Canada, as is being threatened, would be foolish and futile, for in such a case the United States would not be helpless and could return some hard blows. Canada wants a free American market for her natural preducts. To grant her this, as was done by the old reciprocity tregty, would be @& detriment to our agricultural interests, which bave as good claim to protection as any other interests. The desirability of closer trade relations between the two coun- tries may be admitted, but If ever realized it will be upon 4 mere equitable basis than Canada has yet proposed, the most important feature of which must be the abandonment of diserimination iu tavor of British merchandise. TAXATION OF MISSOURI KIVER BRIDGES The Burlington road has iavoked the power of the courts to enjoin the cow- missioners of Cass county from levPg and collecting a special tax on the rail- way bridge that spans the Missourl river at Plattsmouth. This action revives the old issue of railway bridge taxation that has in years past caused so wuch vex- ation and bitter conteation, It is & mattef of history that all of the bridges across the Missourl have been erected under separate charters granted by congress under the assumption that the Missouri river i & navigable stream which cannot be bridged ,without the permission of the national authorities, Decause such structures ‘would lupede THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1902. navigation. That these bridges neces- sarily constitute part of the main lines of the railroads for which they were constructed is an indisputable fact, but the railroad projectors have treated these bridges as separate from the rail road proper and have capitalized them Independent of their main lines. The Union Pacific bridge at Omaha, for ex- ample, was bonded for $2,500,000, al though its original cost did not exceed half of that sum. Having enormously overvalued and capitalized these bridges, the railroads have for many years imposed-a special bridge toll upon all traffic that crosses the Missouri river and by such policy assumed a just Hability for speclal tax- ation. For nearly twenty years the Union Pacific bridge at Omaha collected 50 cents for every passenger and $10 for every carload of freight conveyed across 1t. Within the past ten years the bridge tolls have been reduced by one-half, or $5 per carload and 25 cents per passen- ger. The bridge tolls across the Mis- souri at Plattsmouth have been the same as those at Omaha, the only differ- ence being that they do not appear on the freight bills because the bridge Is merely an extension of the Burlington system and the bridge tolls are absorbed. Whether the bridge tolls are high or low, just or unjust, the main question 1s, Why should not the Missourl river rall- road bridges be treated as separate prop- erty from the main lines so long as the railroads persist in separating these bridges from their main lines by special charges? If Missouri river bridge tolls are justified, why should there not also be special charges at every tunnel which railroads have built through the moun- tains of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada? The Missour! river bridges have long ago paid for themselves, but even if there had not been a dollar pald off on the original investment, is it not right and reasonable that these bridges should be separated for purposes of tax- ation so long as the rallroad companies see fit to separate them from the main lines for the exactlon of a special bridge toll? If these bridges have become part of the main lines for all intents and pur- poses, why should the roads persist in treating them as special properties that must earn interest upon the capital in- vested in their comstruction, or, worse yet, upon capital borrowed on the strength of the ability of the rallroads to levy tribute upon the traffic of the Transmissouri country? The bill granting to the Omaha North- ern Rallway company an extension of three years in which to construct the road across the Omaha and Winnebago InMan reservation has passed both liouses of congress and now goes to the president for his signature. The pro- moters of this air line railroad have se- cured the right-of-way through the Indian reservations under pretext that they have the capital to build a rail- road, but the fact that they have log- rolled a blll through congress to give them threé years more time within which to complete the road clearly Indicates that this is simply a specula- tive scheme for unloading a franchise, to some syndicate yet to be organized or to some existing road that is willing to pay a bonus for preventing the con- struction of a conrpeting line. Whether such enterprises deserve encouragement is extremely doubtful. If there was a long felt want for the road there ought to have been no trouble in meeting the conditions of the original bill within the time prescribed in the charter. If the air line is simply an anchor thrown to windward it should never have been given a charter, E—— The idiotic gabble about 1,000 Ameri- can journalists who will be in Omaha when the next Natlonal Editorial as- #ociation assembles would be amusing if it were not so deceptive. At the re- cent gathering of this so-called National association at Hot Springs, Nebraska, with its 600 newspaper publications, was represented by two men and the press of other states pro rata. A photographic view of the whole assemblage pub- lished by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat shows a great majority to have been women, with a sprinkling of men and some juveniles, and it is exceedingly doubtful whether the number of these junketeers will exceed one-tenth of one thousand. Each succeeding decision of our su- preme court on questions of vital public Importance brings new converts to the demand for an early and effective re- casting of Nebraska’'s outgrown con- stitution. The necessity for a more up- to-date fundamental law conforming more nearly to the new conditions with which the state is confronted after more than twenty-five years of growth and progress 18 becoming more and more imperative, opening the eyes of the people to the urgency of Iimmediate action. The Bee has for years been consistently calling for constitution re- vision and its agitation is sure to bear truit before very long. — The Omaha gusher, better known as the World-Herald, emits a whole volume of vapor and gas exhorting public- spirited citizens of Omabha to emulate the example of New Orleans, Mobile and other southern citles. The plan proposed by the gusher is very sim- ple. Each and every individual liv- jng In Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs must wear a wetal badge in the buttonhole of his, her or its jacket, overshirt or shirtwalst an evidence of membership in good standing, and when any of these people come in front of a fence they must pull themselves across by the bootstraps or Philadelphla Ledger /e are not afraid of any nation, but we are going to spend $28,000,000 on new warships to keep our epurage up. Baltimore Sun. At the present rate in ten years almost everything people eat, drink or use will be 1o the hands of comblaations, There s & limit somewhere. And it may come to the point where the people of the United States who share in neither monopoly profits nor stock-Juggling will be compelled to combine against the combinations. Provoeation for a Kick. Hoston Transeript. It Is pretty discouraging for a court of Justice to hand down a decislon agalnst & shirt waist at this time of year and with a hot wave sald te be within arm's reach at that Joe Saved His M Baltimore American Joseph Jefferson declines to take any chances with osculatory females who are delighted with his performances. Mr. Jef- ferson Is too old to take up the plano as a llvellhood Good B ess Policy. Buffalo Express. Secretary Shaw s to be commended for ruling that government warrante and checks may hereafter be pald after simple indorsement guaranteed by the banks pre- senting the paper for payment. Heretofore not only eudorsement has been necessary, but the check or warrant had to be ac- companied by a certificate showing the au- thority of the indorser. The change is in the line of good business polfoy. Chunks of Useleas Information, Philadelphia Record, Camille Flammarion, the well-known French astronomer, has announced the fact that 1,000,000,000 minutes since the begin- ning of the Christian era had elapsed on Friday last at 6:10 p. m. Nobody probably experienced any sensation whereby the billionth minute of the Christian era could be differentiated from any that went be- fore or that have come after. The man who knows how many commas there are in the Bible or how many times the article “a” is repeated in Shakespeare will doubt- Tess seize this chunk of French astronom- lcal wisdom with gust o ctmiaten Contly Experiments. Portland Oregonlan. Germany was never a bright and shining light In colonial administration, so that the details of her deficits in China afford no cause for surprise. Figures of this sort, however, are practically valueles the benefits of colonial {rade do not appear in governmental balance sheets to offset expenditures. Few departments of gov- ernmental expenditure pay thelr way. We ne er get back directly what we spend for police and fire protection. Canada costs Great Britaln money, but it comes handy in war time n Plenty of Sunshine, Philadelphia Times. You may go about among nine-tentbs ot the comfortable homes in almost any civil- ized country and find that the sun is counted by the typical housewife her es- pecial foe. Sne does not allow him even to peep into her parlor, that holy of holies, where her best furniture and her finest carpets and costliest hangings are—oh, no! Bclence hds clearly shown that sunlight properly used decreases mortality. Both physically and morally we should let the sunlight have free right of way Into our lives. It we let it into the physical sphere it will find its owh way Into the moral. There 18 no such thing as too much sunlight. A NEW “AMERICA” NEEDED, Let Patriotic Move t for “Racy of the Sof! Chicago Tribune. The Rhode Island Soclety of the Cincin- nat! has become dissatisfied with the na- tional anthem “America” because the music to which it 1§ sung is not Amerlcan and not even original and, worse than that, because it is the musi¢ to the British na- tional “hymn, “God Save the King," the words and tune of which are eald to have been written In the eighteenth century by Henry Carey. The Rbode Island patriots are right In their contention. The words of ‘‘Amerfca” were written in 1832 by Prof. Samuel F. Smith, a Baptist clergyman and a graduate of the famous 1829 Harvard class. The song was first sung in Boston in the year in which it was written to the tune of “God Save the King,” and that has been its tune ever eince. To secure a fitting musical setting for the words the Rhode Island society has offered a gold medal. Further compensation must be lookeA for in the subsequent fame which wiil come to the successful composer. The terms of the offer are contradictory. The tune will have to meet and pass the se- verest criticlsm of competent musteal Judges and at the same time satisty the popular taste. The muslc which may be accepted by the experts, however, ig often ‘“caviare to the general.” Perhaps some middle way may be found and an ‘‘Amer- ica" be produced which will satisty both sides. In any event, a new tune is needed and new words would not be out of place, for the present ones are hardly up to date and the form of the verse 1s restrictive upon the composer. The offer of the medal and the chance of glory may set many pens at work, and out of the multiplicity of compositions one may be found which will be acceptable not only to the judges, but to the whole people. It may not be as stately @ the Austrian hyrn nor as flery as the “Marselllaise,” but if it is something Amer- fcan and something the people can sing, it will be all right. o a Tane PERSONAL MENTION, The editor of the Manila Volcano, hav! been fined $100, with a day in prlnonlnl: think it over, will probably be less eruptive in future. It the “‘war room,” so-called, of the White house s turned into & bedroom the sleeper therein may reasonably expect to have the nightmare. Paul Revere's house in Boston, from which he started out on the ‘“ride" April 19, 1775, Immortalized by Longfellow, fis now & “Banca Itallana.” Paris bas a mighty hunter, the viscount of Bourg de Bozas, who, with his trusty rifie, killed six big elephants in four min- utes. Tartarin of Tarascon did nothl, like this. e Alson 8. Sherman, Chicago's oldest liv- ing ex-mayor, was 91 on Monday. He has the unique distinction of being numbered among the departed in a Chicago almanac of this year's {ssue M. Blenvenu, chief engineer of the Paris Metropolitan underground rallway, is about to visit the United States to study the American system of passenger handling, as well varlous projected underground roads in the larger cities. John Hays, a close friend of President McKinley, has just died in Cleveland ot the age of 97. He opened the first copper mines in the Lake Superfor district and interested the Hanna family in the min- ing district of the upper lakes. He was a Pennsylvanian by birth. Castle Loo, where Queen Wilhelmina lles 11l of typhold fever, is an ancient pile with a history redolent with the mold of ages and sanitary appliances calculated to start an epidemic of any old disease. It would not take first prize as a health resort. In everything except the stcme of which it is bullt it Is rotten wich the ooze and slime of countless gemerations, and the damp atmosphere of jthe place is enough to drive a strong mgn to drint The re :::'ry' of the populgr young queen under circumstances will be a t for medern medical skill, il “caitp. 3 FOR THE STATE TICKET. Fremont Tribune: W. D. Holbrook's can didacy for lieutcnant governor is generally accepted as the right thing. Ord Journal: A large number of repub- llean papers in this viclnity spoke com- plimentary of Petor Mortensen as a candi- date for state treasurer in thelr lssue of last week O'Nelll Frontler: J. P. A Black of Bloomington, Neb., has announced himself as a candidate for the republican nomina- tion for governor. Mr. Black is one of the active, progressive republicans of the Fifth congressional district and s sure to be an active figure in the next state conyention Rushville Record: As the time gets nearer for the state convention our prefer- ence for Judge Jessen for governor grows etronger. We have not heard a word against him, and we have somehow a pretty good opinion of a courageous, upright judge. Jessen's record s all right, and these are the kind we want in office. Custer County Republican: W. G, Sears of Tekamah, lante speaker of the hous® has authorized the use of his name as a candi- date for governor, subject to the republican state convention, He seems to be among the leading candidates mentioned by the newspapers. Paul Jessen of Otoe and J. P. A. Black of Franklin are also among the favorites. York Times: Out at Bloomington, J. P. A. Black has been brought out as a can- didate for governor. The Republican valley could hardly bring out a more able and creditable candidate, and they have a lot t good men out there. Mr. Black is an educated man and a good lawyer, as well a8 a highly respected citizen. He would make a good governor. Central City Nonparefl: W. M. Robert- #on of Norfolk is recelving some flattering endorsements as a gubernatorial candidate. He has a strong following, not only In the Third dietrict, but- throughout the state. The Nonpareil belives Mr. Robertson would make & good governor; and, one thing is certain, if he is elected Ez and Joe and their gang will have to take a seat out In the back yard. Blair Pllot: The mention of Hon. W. D. Haller's name as a candidate for lleutenant governor of Nebraska is a good one and brings to the front the name of a man who in public life has been a staunch friend of the taxpayere. The Pilot has faith in Mr. Haller's integrity and believes that Mr. Hal. ler, should he recelve the aomination, for leutenant governor, would much strengthen the ticket. His work in the leglslature 1s still well remembered, and during his long public service no man has ever had cause to question his acts. Hartington Herald: Judge Robertson has many old friends in this county who are staunch supporters of his candidacy for governor and he made a very favorable impression on those whom he met for the first time. Judge Robertson is unquestion- ably an able, energetic and fearless man, who if nominated and elected would bring to the executive branch of the state gove ernment the stamina that would make him governor in fact as well as in name. Pres- ent indications are that Cedar county will Le in the Robertson column with thirteen enthuslastic supporters. Springfield Monitor: Among Nebraska republicans who are willing to serve the people as governor Qf our great state Is H. H. Wilson, a prdminent attorney and politiclan of Lincolo, Years ago, way back in the early '70s, Wilson taught sev- eral terms of school In this county and if We remember right it was In the Forest City, Potwin and Gates districts. The writer became acquainted with him at that time and while attendizg the State univer- sify. Wlison has continued to push for- ward to the top of the ladder from the very start and now his ambition is to be governor of Nebraska. TRICKY STATESMANSHIP, Strangling the Measure for Election ot ators by Popular Vote. Chicago Record-Herald (rep.). The senate committee on privileges and elections has probably beater the resolu- tion for the election of United States sena- tors by the people by adopting the Depew amendment. The amendment provides that the qualifications entitling citizens to vote for senators shall be uniform throughout the country and that congress shall have charge of the elections. It {s anomalous and Irrelevant, and it is condemned by Senator Depew’'s own speech in its defense. Conaistency should have constrained him to argue for a general ‘‘force bill,”” but in one breath he repudiated the principle and the objects of such a bill and in the next adopted them for his spectal measure. There i8 a manifest lack of good faith in such a course, and it becomes the more marked when it is understood that the sen- ator is opposed to the election of senators by the people and would like to see the resolution defeated. The majority of the committee were evi- dently actuated by the same motives, the purpose being to put the democratic friends of the resolution in a hole. If they are compelled to vote on the resolution and the amendment together they will naturally prefer that the resolution itself should fait rather than that there should be any inter~ ference with the election laws in the south. Of the ethics of those laws It is unneces- sary to apeak now, but it is clear that they have been lugged into the debate on the election of senators by the people without excuse. The attempt 1s being made to de- feat & desirable reform by a trick: GOSPEL OF PRIVACY. Becoming a Marked Characteristic of American Life. Saturday Evening Post. One reason why nobody has written the standard book upon American customs and manners, and a possible explanation why we walt vainly for the great American novel, fs the fact that American life is in such a constant condition of change. If one were 80 gifted as to catch an absolutely accurate plcture of the nation this year, one would find mext year that it was out of date and untrustworthy. This refers not so0 much to conditions of commercial pros- perity or to fluctuations of political feel- ing, as to the small ways of dally life. Never has there been, In the history of the world, a country where individuals and whole communities have been so full of the passion for self-improvement as we are. Among the ideas which we Lave half got hold of, and which we are likely to tal up with increasing enthusiasm within the next few years, is that of the advantages and delights of privacy. We have been domestic without being especially private. We never make much of & point of pulling the curtains at nightfall across our sitting and dining room windows, and when we first possessed plano lamps with broad um- brella shades we put them at once into the front bay window, so that the passers-by might enjoy them. Formerly we used to crowd into summer hotels, and the nearer our chairs stood to the chairs of our fellow- guests the happler we were, If there is a trace of exaggeration in all this the reader will perbaps pardon It, because it heightens a contrast. Nowadays each one of us longs for a small cottage In the country where he may plant his own vine and fig tree. We screen our front porches with flowers and awnings. Soon it may happen that some one will rescue the back yard and make of it a pleasant garden. Slight as the e es of It are, the change is begun. In America, that is al- most the same thimg as completed. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Scenes and Incldents Observed at the Natfonal Capital. Improvements of a radical character in the Interlor arrangements of the White House are contemplated. It is proposed to uproot modern alterations, made in years past, and restore the colonial character of the bullding both in decoration and ar- rangement of the rooms. For that purpose an architect is making plans and esti- mates to enable the proper committees to provide the necessary expense. No president who has in the past found it necessary to remodel or renovate the White House has had in mind keeplng it strictly to the perfod In which it was buflt until the matter fell into the hands of President Roosevelt. Modern works of art and mod- ern furniture and modern decoration have taken the place of the colonial effects without an effort at preserving the orlgi- nal. What has been done at Mount Ver. non will be dome at the White House. Tho modern stained glass in the front hall will be removed, leaving the stately propor- tions of the hall untouched by throwing what {s now the vestibule and the red cor- ridor into ene. Some modern mantels of Interior outline will be replaced by those copied after the fine ones in some of the first floor rooms. The effort of the presi- dent will be to preserve and not destroy the histeric value of the house. Senator Kerns of Utah is doing some large entertalning this season, reports a Wash- ington let He lives at a leading hotel and has the reputation of being very rich. He started business when he was 14; at that time he became a “freighter,” carry- ing miners’ supplies from a rallroad terminus in Nebraska to the Black Hills. He had quit school four years before for the more remunerative occupation of farm work in Holt county. He discovered the Mayflower and Bilver King mines and that was the turning point in his fortunes. He left off laboring at $2 a day and soon went to buying rallroads and gathering in politi- cal honors. e and Senator Clark of Mon- tana make a congenial working team. They are now laying a rallroad from Salt Lake to Los Angeles, Senator Hanna was recently informed by one of his colleagues that Senator Jullus Cassar Burrows of Michigan propoeed to make a big fight against the Cuban reci- procity bill. “Ob, don't worry about that” replied Hanna, “it doesn’t prove anything, beyond the fact that Burrows has a remarkable capacity for getting on the wrong side of an atgument.” ““Yes,” replled the other, “but you don't know Burrows. He will fight on, and on, until the last moment.” Senator Hanna paused and then slowly surveyed his companion with the balf- compassionate smile of one who pities an- other's {gnorance. Ot course he'll fight to the last moment,” answered the stout Ohloan, “but he won't fight a minute longer. DId you ever know Burrows to be out of line at*the finish? I never did. He'll fall in with the procession all right.” Delegate Dennis Filynn of Oklahoma has a German constituent whose name, for the purposes of this story, Is Henry. The worthy German, who speaks with a broad accent, wanted a place as oll inspector, relates the Washington Post, and came to Flynn with his application. “That's all right,” said Flyon, “but you should see the governor. Tell him what you want and he will fix it.” Henry went to the governor. A few days later he saw Flynn agaln. “Denn; he sald, “I haf vent to the gov'nor and I haf told him vot 1 vant.. He says he vill gif me due consideration. I says to him that I do not vant due consideration, but I vants the inspectorship. I says to him to gif that due conslderation to the other feller. By the way, Denny, vat sort of a place is this ‘due consideration’ anyway?” While “Private’” John Allen was in Washington recently he started this story on its rounds. “There is an Bast St. Louis citizen named Zellerbaum. Zellerbaum saw little service during the civil war, but insists that he was In the greatest battles. To his hearing one night at a Grand Army of the Republic campfire Zellerbaum was telling of his prowess in two battles. A little man in the back of the hall arose. “‘Both these battles were fought on the same day and 1,600 miles apart,’ he sald. “ ‘My - ftrien: shouted Zellerbaum, ‘there’'s a iraltor among us!' Throw the rebel out!’ “And they did.” Secretary Shaw tells a story on Prof. Hyatt, the weather observer at St. Louls. Prof. Hyatt has the appearance of a busi- ness man. During the recent street car strike he wes about to get on & car when a member of the strike committee stepped up to bim and asked if he intended riding on the car. The weather man replied that such was his Intention. The striker sought to persuade him not to ride, but the pro- tessor preferred riding to walking and started to get on the car. “Well, it you ride on that car we will withdraw our patronage from you, sald the striker. I don’t care whether you patronize me or not. I'm in the weather business replied Prof. Hyatt, as he hopped on the car. Prominent men recelve all sorts of things by mall, but & letter found in Senator De- pew's mall last week will match the most of them. It is from a small town in south- ern Indiana. “Dear Mr. Depew,” It sald, “‘we are get- ting up & negro minstrel show for the pur- pose of buying a sett of colored dishes for the Baptist church. We are to have four end men, two of whom are women, and one interlo—you know who I mean (I can’t spell 1t), who sits in the middle. We need a lot of new and decent jokes, €0 as not to shock. There aro lots of old women in our church “Won't you sit down and write us about fifty good new jokes; some things that have never been used before? Make them ‘splitters,’ as this show le for a new sett of | dishes for the Baptist church. Please grind them out as soon as possible, and send them to me. “P, §.—We will put on the program: ‘All these orfginal jokes were made up by places a surpliced cholr may be installed In & meeting house and not reverse its colors nor darken its predilection for sim- plicity The vested choir appears to be gaining to almost the polnt of a vested right There are reasons wholly untheological in its favor. 1If all the members of the choir wear the same hue and cut of tunic there s less distraction caused among the wor- shipers by thelr presence. A varlety of bonnets on the soprani and altl benches lures many a senaltive belng away from prayer book and hymnal to millinery and mantua-makers. = Varlegated scarfs and neckties among tenori and basst dazzle the young of both sexes and make for world- liness, while the white garment worn by one and all suggests other worldliness. There Is undoubtedly an esthetlc argu- ment, moreover, in favor of the white tunfe. White 1s more becoming to most complex- fons than any texture contaliuing a pigment, for white and black are not colors, but only light and shade. White also is the mos beautiful of symbollsm. It is the emblem of innocence. If tastefully draped it may even symholize the angenc array of organ pipes with an unseen but Imaginable St. Cecilia at the keyboard. The churches with vested choirs are likely to have larger congrégations, per- manent and transient, then churches with- out vested choirs. For now as formerly many to church repair not for the doctrine but the music there. Good singing is a potent ally for doctrine. Did not Luther sing the reformation te success? Now comes the time to reform the singing and to that end a vested chelr is as regular army officers leadlog volune teers to vietory. NOT A TRUE “RECORD." How the Organ of Congress is Rdited for Political Effect. New York Mail and Express. The Congressional Record is not at pres- ent conducted for the benefit of the people who pay for it, but for the convenlence and ulterlor political purposes of the members of congress. When an average representative in the lower house, for instance, is permitted by Speaker Henderson to make a epeech, he {8 perfectly well aware that he will not be reported in the newspapers. The papers have a great many things to publish, and have no room for the average congress- man's remarks. The member does not ex- pect to influence the house. He knows that it s influenced by other considera« tions than those which the chance repree sentative can bring forward In a set speech. What he wants to do is to get his re- marks before his constituents in the most impressive way. He does not even expect them to read his speech, but he wants them to know that he made it, and to suppose that it s of consequence. So he does what the rules permit him to do and the practice of the house encourages him in doing—he takes his speech out of the report of the regular proceedings In the next day's Record; be cuts out its worst passages and adds to its leaden stupldity various brass ornaments of rhetoric; he puts a title and a beautiful poetical extract at the head of it; beneath this he places his own name, with its prefix of “Honor- able,” and his Various congressional attri- butes, in displayed lines, below thils; he haa printed all by itself in a subsequent num- ber of the Record, and them, under his frank, he has it circulated all over his district. His constituents get the idea that thelr representative’'s address Is being honored with especial prominence and distinction In the Record. It seems to them to be de- tached and put forward because it was deemed too important for inclusion in the ordinary routine. They are impressed, And the representative's object {s accom- plished, so far as that speech can accom- plish it. The Congressional Record Is by this prac- tice perverted from its true purpose. Its report of the proceedings of congress ought to be a true and complete record, from which the people, or the few men who look into things and form judgments for them, can tell just how much of the wheat of actual sense and information is mixed up {n the chaff of buffoonery, “bluff,” buncombe and blundering that make up four-fifths of the talk in congress. The Record ought net to be & mere trick to impose on the electors. It should be full, honest, accurate and ab- solutely literal and downright in its ploture of the public proceedings of congress. PREEZY REMARKS, Detrolit Free Pre He—1I know {t! I feel it! You have been fiirting with some other man. She—But, without you. my dear, I was so lonesome Philadelphia Press: ““They have two serve ants.” “Huh, that's nothing. We usually have two in our house; one going and the othey coming.” Chicago Post: The one-night-stand tra- gedlan went out to advertise his own show. “That" sald the joker, as the tragedian strapped on the boards, “is & good {llustra- tlon of a ham-sandwi: Washington Star: “What do you think will be the outcome of this isthmian canal enterprise?’ “Well,” answered Senator Sorghum, with the air of a man who weighs his opfnions, “1 think I can guarantee you some very fine opinfons.” Boston Trauecript: Edith—What makes vou look so downcast, Ruth? There must something that's troubling you Ruth—Tell you the truth, Edith, my thar- rled life has been a disappolntment. Be- fore we were married all the girls were after Charley; but now it doesn't appear that any of them want him. I should be 20 happy If one or two of them would only try to steal him away from me. Philadelphia Pres Whenever I'm in- clined to lose my temper.” sald the phtio- sophic man, I just think to myselt: “Oh, ‘s no use getting mad.’ " e a0 1" apiied ‘the excitable person, “and that makes me all the madder.’ Chicago Post: “Things are very badly ar- ranged in this world.” “How 807" “Why, the man with the money lncks the digestion und the mi digestion seldom has the money usually with the Oklahoma poet has improved on Poor ard, He mayes 5 Early to bed and early ’ Toes very well for sick folle and guys; = BUL It makes a man mies all the fun thl he dies And Jolns the stiffs that have gone to the An RI kies. 3o to bed when you please, And lle at your ease You'll dle just the same with some Latin dlsease. Chauncey Depew.' That will pay you for the work." VESTED CHOIRS. Sentiment in Thelr Favor Overcoming Liturgical Objections. Chicago Chronicle, Despite the high and austere intent of Wesleyanism and Calvinism and without detracting an lota from the essential stand- ards of either there is a manifest reaction in favor of surpliced cholrs among con- gregations hitherto averse by tradition to liturglcal associations Classic denunciations of prelacy by purl- tanism are still read with interest and pleasure, but chiefly for the sake of the style. Milton's prose was never as popu lar as his poetry: It grows less so every generation. But when Milton writes eVen prose, even prose glossed over and over with once fresh but mow stale Latin and Greek compounds; when Milton piles up epithets until & verbal Pelion surmounts a verbal Ossa, he will continue to be read more or less, perhaps less. But while Milton will always command homage he will mot always be comvincing. Without, bowever, relostating prelacy in uspreletical P SASSAFRAX TEA. W. D. Nesbit in Baltimore American. Jlks takes their bitters— SO sO0F don't know what— Bays it tones the wyslem, An’ helps out a lo game folks likes thelr tonles; But I think, b'gee, § nothin’ in the springtime Good as sassafrax tes. ‘Course, 1 know the doctors ays 'at iron's good: o ¢ they charge for telin’, An' it's understood They won't cure nobody “Thout they get their fee Shucks' You take your doctors! T1l take sassafrax tea. em— 8 en, if 50 be You lke it. Then it's ready, Drink your sagsafrax tes. It_ain't got no posters, Tellin' what it dees— Fore an’' after takin’, Best that ever was Nor no testymonyuls, But, you bank on me Knock that tierd feelin’ With some sassafrax tea