Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 12, 1902, Page 4

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M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Publle, E—————————aengy Omaha needs more advertising, to be sure, but not on billboards. e Mont Pelee will hereafter have its name printed In bigger letters on the wap. It is to be hoped Omaha workingmen will not be carricd away by the strike epldem!c. Senator McLaurin is following in the footsteps of the pugnacious senator from Mississippl. Our theatrical season closes this week. But our base ball bunch will stay with us all summer. * Sotigais It looks as if the beef combine might be up against the real thing. unless it can prove an alibl. A voléano whose bufiness end is en- gaged In active operations is a good thing to steer clear of. It the OChinese revelts continue to spread, the emperor may wish that the foreign armies had not evacuated so soon. While there has been a shower of fire and dust in the West Indlan French colonies, a shower of snowflakes has fallen in Paris. Now that the discovery has been made by an American chemist to make smoke harmless, American chimneys will breathe more freely. e Talking about advertising Omaha and Nebraska, the best advertisement the city could have would be a reduced tax rate inviting investment. We will next be told what Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson would have done bhad they issued the orders under which the army was to operate in the Philippines. —m— ‘When we read about the frightful ca- lamities overtaking the volcanic regions ,of the troples we take more kindly than ever to the conclusion that Nebraska is the best place to live in. It might be well to remember that the deficiencies of Christlan Sclence treat- ment of the sick are not to be made good by overzeal of medical \practition- ers to perform an autopsy after the pa- tlent is dead. g One county has already held its con- vention and selected its delegates to the coming republican state convention, but the county committee for Douglas county bas not even been called together yet to Bx the time for our primaries. Another alrship Is ready for trial in Pafis, but the price of staterooms on the Atlantic liners from w York to Bouthampton and Liverpool will not be reduced by reason of the threatened competition of the Twentieth century ballon air line. A rival to Marconl's wireless tele- graphic syndicate has opened an office in London. We presume, however, that it will take something more than an office in London to open up communica- tion between London and New York by wireless telegraphy. —_—— = The republicans will be first In the fleld In Nebraska with their state ticke! the fusion convention having been called to meet & week later in order to take advantage of any mistakes the repub- lcans may’ make. The safe thing for the republicans to do is to be sure no mistakes are made. Emperor Willlam has added a few dozen volumes to his lbrary containing American newspaper comment on the visit of Prince Henry to this country. If any newspaper published In the United States Is unrepreseuted, it is the fault of the cowpilers of the clip- pings collection and not of the news bkl bt THE OMAIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, THE GOVERNMANT'S CASE. The bill filed by the federal authori- ties In the case against the < is comprehensive, showing that careful and thorough investigation has been made respecting the business and meth ods of the packing companies which are named defendants, The fact that these companies are engaged in inter. state commerce is clearly set forth and it charged that they have violated the anti-trust law of 1800 by engaging in a combination and conspiracy be tw themselves to refrain from bid- against each other in the pur- f live stock and also to control the prices of live stock by such sup- sion of competition among them- It is further alleged that the defendants have combined and spired to raise, lower, fix and maintain prices on meats, in violation of the anti- trust It is declared that the pack- ers have for years been in conspiracy with the rallroad companies to obtain & monopoly of the supply and distribu- tion of fresh throughout the United States and shipments to forelgn countries, receiving by rebates and other devices unlawful rates for transporta tion much than the lawful rates, thereby obtaining an unlawful advan- tage to the exclusion of competitors and would-be competitors and the general public. These meat pact a en ding chase con- s less things the bill declares to be in restraint of Interstate commerce, an injury to the people of the United States and in defiance of law, and the court is asked to grant a writ of injunction per- petually enjoining the defendanuts and all persons acting for them from contin- uing the unlawful proceedings charged. It s stated that the packers will not make a fight when the case comes up for hgaring on May 20, but will submit to an order temporarily enjoining them and at a later date, or when the hear- ing for a perpetual injunction Is bad, will file a demurrer alleging the insuffi- clency of the government's petition. The probability 1s that the contest in the courts will be prolonged, but in the meanwhile the public may ob some benefit from the action of the govern- ment. Those who have professed to doubt whether the federal authorities were in earnest in this matter may now be assured that their intention to have judicially determined the question whether the packers have been violating the anti-trust law is serious and there {s every reason to expect that the pro- ceedings which have been ingtituted will be pushed by the government with all possible energy. It has been no small task to collect the information upon which the bill for an injunction is based and the Department of Justice 18 to be commended for s prompt ac- tion. It has performed its duty In the case thus far in a way that ought to be entirely satisfactory to the people. SmE— LIVE NEBRASKA TOWNS. The series of short articles which have been appearing in The Bee under the heading, “Live Nebraska Towns” re- veals gratifying conditions throughout the state. These articles are contribu- ted in each case by men familiar with their subject. They tell of the achieve- ments accomplished by each bustling community and outline its needs and prospects for future growth and devel- opment. at all of thesp articles tell the story of prosperity goes without saying. Ne- braska towns naturally depend directly upon thelr agricultural surroundings and the prosperity of the farmer is reflected in the prosperity of the country mer- chant and country banker. While Ne- braska bas few cities of even moder- ately large population, it is dotted all over with energetic and enterprising towns of a few thousand inhabitants, devoting themselves steadily to its in- Austrial upbuilding and commercial ex- pansion. All these towns contain within themselves the varlegated activities that go to make an enlightened and pro- gressive people. We feel sure that in bringing before the public the advantages and attrac- tions of our live Nebraska towns and advertising their resources and possibili- tles, we are doing a work that will assist materlally in keeping them to the front, and whatever promotes the pros- perity of Nebraska's towns inures to the benefit of the whole state. THE BRITISH STILL ALARMED. The effort made by My, Carnegle to dissipate British apprehension regarding the steamship merger appears not to have had the desired effect. The British publie, it is said, is still alarmed over the matter and there is an urgent de- mand upon the government for some sort of drastic measure to break up the combine. Undoubtedly the government is glving very earnest attention to the extraordinary situation, but the problem 18 an extremely difficult one, as mem- bers of the ministry have already pointed out. How great British apprehension is was shown in the reported declaration of Lord Beresford that “in three years we shall be nowhere,” that “every one of these steamers will be under the American flag and officered and mauned by Americans.” He suggested that the only chance of checking the American advance is for Britlsh ship owners to form an opposing combine and for the government to give a large subsidy in support of it. Beresford is a respected autbority in matters of this characte but he probably overestimates the dan- ger to British waritime interests from the steamship combine. The agreement that startled the British certaloly does contemplate American domination of some English steamship lines in the transatlantic trade, so far as the traffic is concerned, but it does not necessarily meau that the British steamships are to come under the American Uag or that they will be officered and manned by Americans. In order to be under the flag they must have an Awerican register, which would require legislation not likely to be secured, or at auny rate not soou. Besides, there Is uwo reason to suppose that those in the combine have any desire for a change except In regard to traffic arrangements. said Mr. ( the combine is | purely a matter of money making. Its object Is dividends and it does not care a fig for a flag. Perhaps British transatlantic trade appears to be very probable, As was by arnegie, supremacy in the That But there appears to be no very substantial ground | for the profound alarm which is said to prevail in England is at an end. A QUESTIONABLE POLICY. Under the act of the last legislature sureties of ex-State Treasurer Bartley, the so-called State Board of Compromis has decided to acce 100 on behalf of the state in lieu of £13,.278.45 as payment in full from the bondsmen of the de- faulting county treasurer of Platte county. Incidentally the bondsmen are to pay the costs of the suit instituted by the state which has been pending in Platte county and the county is also re- leased by the board from further lia bility to the state. This compromise is not only of ques- tionable policy, but also of doubtful validity. In the first place, it establishe a dangerous precedent that will afford an excuse for the scaling of deficits due to the state in counties where treasury defalcations or ehortages may occur from year to year. Once let it be under- stood that the state will compromise for than what the county treas- urer has collected and no bondsman will ever think of paying up in full. In the next place, it is questionable whether the state board has the right to compromise with the bondsmen of a county treasurer. The bond does not run to the state, but to the county and the county is responsible to the state whether its treasurer turns over the money or not. y, there Is certainly no warrant for such compromise under the constitu tion, but on the contrary the constitu- tion expressly prohibits the legislature from entering into or authorizing such deals. Section 4 of article ix of the con stitution of Nebraska reads: The legislature shall have no power to rélease or discharge any county, city, town- ship, town or district whatever, or the in- habitants thereof, or any corporation, or the property therein, from their or its pro- rortionate share of taxes to be levied for state purposes, or due any municipal cor- poration, nor shall commutation for such taxes be authorized in any form whatever. If this means anything it means that no law that contemplates the remission of state taxes either directly or indi- rectly is valid. It is exceedingly doubt- ful whether the bill providing for settle- ments of pending suits for outstanding claims of the state would have passed had it been kunown that it was to be applied to settlements with counties for taxes collected by defaulting treasurers. Independent of the section cited, the constitution in another clause prohibit- ing special legislation declares that the legislature shall pass no local or special laws “remitting fines, penalties or for- feitures,” A suit against the bondsmen of a defaulting treasurer is a suit to re- cover @ forfeiture of the amount they have agreed to make good and a com- promise would be simply an evasion of the constitutional prohibition. There is really no necessity for an in- spection of the gas company’s books in order to ascertain the value of the as- sets of that corporation. It is imma- terlal how much the company has earned in the year 1001, or any other year. The supreme court has instructed the board in plain language that the market value of the stocks and the bonded debt must be added together, and after subtracting from that amount the value of the property listed as real estate and the presumed value of its property outside of the city limits, the residue represents the actual value of the property and franchises for taxa- tion purposes. After these figures have been cast up the only other question the board has to determine is what is the tax ratio. If all other property in this city is assessed at 40 per cent, then it is 40 per cent. If less, It must corre- spond in ratio to all the property re- turned to the tax commissioner. The personal property that has not been dis- cloged cuts no figure whatever in the ap- praisement of the property of the cor- porations any more than it would in the property of the home owner or owners of business blocks. m——— A delegation of prominent colored men bas been waiting on the house committee on commerce to urge an amendment to the interstate commerce law " that will do away with arbitrary discrimination by railroads between pa sengers on account of color. Everyone who has ever traveled in the southern states is famillar with the rank in quality of the railroad accommodations afforded whites and Dblacks, both on trains and in stations, where the color line is drawn almost like a deadline, This discrimination will not allow the colored passenger better service, even though he is able and ready to pay for it. While it might not be feasible to carry mixed passenger tralups, the de- mand for equal accommodations with- out regard to color must appeal to all fair-minded people. If the law can be made to reach the case by including this form among the prohibited unjust discriminations, 1t should by all means be done. —_——e “Is the free and unlimited coinage of silver desirable under present condi- tions?” Will be the topic under discus si0h tonight before the Jacksonians. We presume that a discussion over the pro found question whether the free and un: limited coinage of seltzer and soda would be desirable under present condi tions, or whether milk punches would be more agreeable, would have been equally appropriate if not more interesting. Ex-Senator Allen assures his friends that he will cheerfully support anyone whom the fusionists may nominate for governor this year, but offers the ad- vice on the quiet that the democrats notoriously passed in the interest of the | cannot count on the populist enthusiasm unless the populist. It | Edgar Howard does not at once trimp this card with will deserve nominee is a democratic ultimatum to the jackpe Take a Back Philadelphla Ledger Judging from the illustrations of her tollettes in the fashion papers, we should eay that Solomon in all his glory would have to take to the back streets when this year's summer girl is on “promenade.” Opportunities of a Free Country. he lose at. Cleveland Leader. The son of an Irish immigrant and a day laborer became an admiral in the United States navy and wae celebrated throughout the world as a master in his profession. Al- most anything is possible in a free country. alrness Impossible, Detroft Free Press (dem.) 1t is eimply impossible to have the reve- lations from the Philippines dealt with un- der that judicial directness which puts aside all ulterlor considerations. Politics intervenes because the minority in congress is stimulated by the prospect of making capital for its party and has double cause for its most aggressive treatment of the situation. The majority has the task of vindicating the administration policy. A National Humiliation, Indianapolis News. South Carolina has never done anything more obnoxious to tho country, and that is saying a good deal, than sending Tillman to the senate. No one objects to any views how ho may caet his vote. Nor does any- one object to free speech. But we all have a pride to our name as a nation, and to have a senator of the United States delivering himself of such billingsgate as Semator Tillman does every time he opens his mouth is becoming a national humiliation. The Disaster at St. Plerre. Kansas It is to be hoped that the catastrophe that has befallen the town of St. Plerre, fsland of Martinique, may have been less sweeping than the first reports indicate. However, the commander of a French war ship, who says that he approached near enough to the overwhelmed city to pick up thirty eurvivors, gives out the statement that practically the whole population of the city, numbering 25,000, must have perished Such a disaster would rival the ancient ones that befell Pompeii and Herculaneum, form of calamity that science had promisea would ‘never again be repeated with such grave results. City Star. Remedy Rests with Congress. Philadelphia Ledger. I the decision of the supreme court of the District of Columbla, that the post- master general exceeded his power in de- nying second class malling privileges to certain publications, is sustained, all that burdensome mass of matter will probably have to be restored to the second class and carried at the old rates. During the time that it has been obliged to pay post- age somewhat nearer the cost of carrying it, the mails have paid a profit where form- erly there was always a deficit. If the Postoffice department has no power to cor- rect this abuse of the mails, the duty to do so falls upon congress. That body hs shown slugular indifference on the- subject heretofore, but, with this object lesson be- fore it. it must be very remiss if it falls to enact the needed legislation. Tyranny of Trivial Things. Margaret Deland in Harper's Bazar. Tho great emotiopal experiences of life are belittled by the same insistence upon the trivial: Life and love look into each other's eyes—a man and woman elect each other from all the world, but the joyful solemnity of mariage is ruffied by the de- talls of the wedding, perhaps by family squabbles over flowers and gowns and invi- tatlons! Or Great Death comes in at the door and the little human soul, over- whelmed with grief, appalled by the sudden opening of eternity before its eyes—yet fusses (there is no other word for it) over “mourning,” over the width of the hem of the veil or the question of crepe buttons or dull jet! This may be shocking or mourn- ful or ludicrous, as one happens to look at it, but it is certainly uncivilized. IOWA STATE AFFAIRS, An Eastern Review of the Work of the Legislatare. Boston Transeript Whatever lowa, especially lowa official- dom, does in these days when Iowa is run- ning so many departments, in one way and another, at Washington, is of natiopal in- terest. The Iowa legislature is one of the few which holds its biepnlal sessions In the even numbered years and the actions of that body, which recently adjourned, were this year of more than usual importance. Aside from the election of Senator Alllson to a sixth term, perhaps the most signifi- cant action, although apparently uninter- esting, was the levy of a 4-mill tax, the highest levied since lowa became a state. The/legislators finally had to face squarely a disagreeable situation. They saw, as their predecessors for years had seen, that with their usual levy the growing state with its growing institutions could not remain sol- vent. Bankruptcy had stared the state in the face for a dozen years, and the only relief had been achieved by pushing off the day of reckoning a long way futo the future. This is the favorite system resorted to in many a city ip this country, so fearful are city officials of the wrath of the voters consequent on an increase of taxes. But the idea of a prodigiously rich state like lowa figuring in the newspapers of the country as bamkrupt was too absurd and the legislature clapped on the new taxa- tion Colncident with this increased rate of taxation was the liberal action taken by the legislators toward the state educa- tional Institutions, especially the state university. This school has been ham- pered throughout its existence by nig- gardly treatment by the state, and as a consequence has made slow progress in comparison with such far-famed institu- tions as Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska, whose legislatures have been gemerous. This short-sighted econ- omy has been due to some extent to the jealousy of almost numberless sectarian colleges In lowa, whose trustees have striven against fair treatment toward the university. ~Among other injuries visited on It they accuse it of being an “infidel institution.” Latterly, however, these critics and enemies have reformed the narrowness of their vision and the state's generosity this year ®as been the result Among the hard-fought measures of the session was a bill allowing railroads to ineur unlimited indebtedness. This bill was passed by the legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Cummins, who was | sald to owe his election to the railroads (as he had been the leading attorney for one of the great state lines for years), but in his he showed independence of their desires. Nothing revolutionary was done, numerous bills with soclalistic ten- dencies were killed and even the attempt to change the congressional boundaries, which bave remalned the same for twenty years, was abandoned. lowa showed her- self in her recent ) ative session to be what she has claimed always to be, & steady, eober but progres state. veto he may bave on a public question, or to| FOR THE STATE TICKET. Minden Gazette the gubernatorial nomination at the present time is J. P. A. Black, and the probabilit are that he will have the Fifth district be hind him in the convention Battle Creek Republican: W. M son's prospects for recelving the nomina- tion for governor grow more flattering each day. Commendatory remarks are heard of him on all sides and sentiment is constantly growing in his favor Plainview Republican: H. & Beck of Plerce Is recelving favorable mention for state treasurer this year. It is ce‘tain the party will be extremely cautious in nam ing its candidate this time. The personal character of the man will be considered and for this reason Mr. Beck is serfously considered for the place. Emerson Enterprise: W. G. Sears of Te- kamah, last speaker of the houso of rep- resentatives, is making quite an active canvass for the republican nomination for governor and eeems to be gaining strength as the time for the convention draws near. He is a man of experience in public af- fairs and would make a winning candidate. Alblon News: We are pleased to hear that the probability is that W. M. Robert- son will have almost the unanimous sup- port of the Third district for governor. Thie is as it should be. This scction of the state has never had the governor, and no more worthy man has ever sought the place than Mr. Robertson. This should be a winning argument in his behalf. Burwell Tribune: The suggestion of Peter Mortensen for state treasurer is meeting with favor by republicans over a great part of the state and not only by republicans but by democrats and populists who are ac- quainted with him. He Is recognized as a clean, honorable business man who posses- ses the ability to faithfully perform the duties of the office in the interest of the people of the state, and if nominated, as we do not hesitate to say he should be, would be elected Atkinson Graphic: Hon. W. M. Robertson of Norfolk, who is prominent as a candi- date for the republican nomination for gov- ernor, was in Atkinson last Saturday try- ing to hypnotize the political lights of this corner of the empire of Holt. Mr. Rob- ertson’s chances of securing the coveted position are not to be sneezed at. He 18 a north Nebraska man and seems to lack nothing in ability, and we recollect nothing odlous of him in the past. If a north Ne- braska man can get the honor, Robertson ought to have it. Fairfield News-Herald: Hon. H. C. Rust sell of Schuyler, also from the Third dis trict, 1s a candidate for governor, but what prestige he will have for the nomination we are unable to esttmate at this time. Russell is expected to cut quite a wide swath on account of the old soldier vote. The old soldiers are all right and must be recognized on the ticket, but people are liable to want a governor as well as an old soldler. We don't think the lightning wilt strike Ruesell this year, not for Joseph, or, rather, for governor. Atkinson Graphic: J. H. Mickey of Osce- ola passed through Atkinson Wednesday with a car of thoroughbred stock for the ranch of his two sons, who are located thirty miles north of Bassett. Mr. Mickey is a successful stockman and banker of Osceola, and is favorably mentioned by many papers in the eastern part of tho state for the nomination for governor on the republican ticket. He is a soldier ot the war of the rebellion with an exc-llent record and a longtime resident of Ne- braska. He hos many elements of strength and if nominaced will be elected, and will make an all-around and reliable governor. Blair Courfer: While men who have never before been heard of are popping up from various ‘parts of the state asking for nomi- nations before the coming republican state conventlon let us remember that it fs the old wheel-horses of the party that deserve recognition, and we trust it will not be for- gotten that Washington county has a candi- date for the place of lleutenant governor who if nominated will bring force and pres- tige to the ticket and a man whose staunch republican principles cannot for a moment be doubted. That man is Hon. Willlam D Haller, one of the oldest residents of the county and a citizen of Blair, and a life- long party worker. Wayne Republican: Hon. W. M. Robertson of Norfolk is the camdidate of north Ne- braska in general and of Norfolk to a definite certainty, the vociferous protest of that city against the action of Governor Savage In the removal of the insane patients on the partial destruction of the asylum buildings by fire last year, through this the loss of the only one, of the fifteen state institutions in the large terri- tory north of the Platte valley. Nor by any means s Judge Robertson slighting the duty imposed upon him to bring again to the Sugar City the prestige lost in one ill- fated day. The Republican has not hereto- Robert fore expressed an opinion upon the candi- dacy of this Norfolk gentleman. We have, however, seen little wisdom in the spring- ing of a dozen North Platte candidates when the matter of North Platte pride should center its energy upon one worthy son and insist upon his nomination. Hartington Herald: All friends of the republican party were sincerely glad to read Governor Savage's withdrawal from the gubernatorial race. This, however, is only to be considered a victorious prelim- tnary skirmish for the anti-Bartley forces. Right at this point is where the Bartley sympathizers will begin to get in thelr fine work, and it behooves us now more than ever to be wide awake. Let all north Nebraska unite on Judge Robertson, then if we find his nomination impossible, we can at least dictate who shall be the nominee. The Robertson caucus for second choice, and in the event of Judge Robertson’s retirement from the contest, be a unit for another man. In this way and this only can north Nebraska be a force in the state convention. The second cholce man shold be the choice of a majority of the Robertson delegates. It would not do, however, for Madison to try to work another Barnes deal; the dele- gates wouldn't stand for it. PERSONAL NOTES. Danfel J. Schuyler, the veteran attorney of Chicago, Is a descendant of General Phillp Schuyler of the Revolution Sienklewicz i sald to be a demon of unrest. ana from the time he starts a novel until he finishes it he goes about from place to place through Europe writing a little here and a little there. Marlon Crawford has not been appointed to write the officiai biography of the Pope, as was announced, as the Vatican bolds that Lis florid and melo-dramatic style would be unsuitable for the formal record of the life of the pontiff. Ex-Governor George Hoadly of Ohlo, a member of the law firm of Hoadly, Lauter- bach & Johnson, has been confined to his bome at 33 East Fiftieth street w York, for some time past undergoing treatment for his eyes. He recently underwent an overation and is now in the care of a specialist. Because of his advanced age it is feared that Mr. Hoadly may lose his sight Al the White House dinner to Prince Henry, Secretary of War Elihu Root related one of his favorite storles. It was that of a New Yorker who left his club rather late and, proceeding homeward, encountered # tree. He retreated and advenced again, meeting the same tree. He sat down on the street and exclaimed, in a sad and fright- ened tone: “Lost! lost in an impenetrable torest!" and | forces should | | TS OF WASHINGTON LIF The strong candidate for [Minor Seenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. figured quite conspicuously in soclety dur- ng the now a widow, by has made hers the eceentricities had prepared and published a we volun husband, and coples have been presented to A number of the senator’s friends. On the fly leaf of the copy of the memolrs that was sent to one denmator, the the following inscription: ‘“‘For Senator So and-so, from the woman whom Senator Blank loved.” The same woman at a recent soclal func tion here appeared in a costume made en tirelv of some white material. Across the upper part of her bared arm was worn a plece of crape. This was the only badge of mourning that she displayed. At the close of the first session of tho Fifty-sixth congress, in June, 1900, the late Congressman Cummings was one of the conferrees on the naval appropriation bill There had been a tremendous fight between the house and senate over the armor plate orovision. Cummings had held out until the very lastmoment. Uncle Joe Cannon was one of the conferees for the house also. The conferees wrestled all night over the proposition, and finally about an hour before the time set for adjournment Cannon gave in to the senate and so re- ported on the floor of the house. Cummings got up, trembling with rage, 2nd in a five minutes’ speech told of his efforts to keep the house proposition in the bill. He accused Cannon of weakening, af- ter saying he would fight to the death, and then, turning to Cannon, shook his fist at him and shouted: “You're no cannon. You're only a fov musket.” Cannon hears of that speech day. stock ing. morial a8 until this The great influx of multi-millionares from the west bas had a market effect on soclety in Washington, as well as upon its real estate values, reports a Brooklyn Eagle letter. Scores of rich people from ew York, Boston and other eastern cities as well as from the western towns, have bought winter homes here and spend the so- clal season at the national capltol. Nearly all of these families have plenty of money, and thev comeé here for the purpose of letting the world know of their posses- slons. They give elaborate receptlons, ger- mans and dinners, and in a very short time after arriving are In the whirl of the social ewim—or at least that part of it composed of what Is known as the rich set So easy has the path into society become that it 1s now remarked that any family with plenty of money and a willingness to spend it can come to Washington and “get into society” without delay or diffculty there 1s an old residential et keens to itselt and whose portals are closed to the new comers. The names of these es seldom appear in print, and when they eive a function the fact is not advertised in the daily papers. Any report of Senator Tillman's speeches, says the Washington Post, must be complete unless it s mccompanied by kinetoscope picture to show the Senator' face and gestures and a phonograph to re- peat the tones of his voice. A recent speech was no exception to the rule. It abounded in all sorts of exclamations very original and expressive, but also very ex- plosive. It is a curious fact about Tillman that in the middle of a sentence he will bolt, apparently at a loss for a word or a simile. At the end of this pause the word 13 uttered or the simile expressed with such appropriateness and emphasls as to almost lead to the bellef that he had the card up his sleeve all the time and only waited a moment In impressive silence so that he could play it in triumph. Some of his sentences are plcturesque. “We want no star pinned to our flag with a bayonet,” is one of his expressions United States Senator Burton of Kansas once had a bill to collect from an impe nious Irish friend who had kissed the Blar- ney stone to some purpose. After many no- tices the “captaln” delgned to appear in Mr. Burton's law office. A halt hour cf complimentary palaver availed him nothing and he agreed to sign a note covering the claim and furnish “the best man in town' as endorser. When the Irishman had af- fixed his mark Mr. Burton, straightening his face, sternly demanded: Now, captain, who's going to endorser?” The “captain” Indulged in another pass- age of the most unctious flattery, then leaned over Mr. Burton's shoulder, turned in- a be your | the note on its face and said: You write J. R. Burton on the back there and it will be the name of the best man in the whole country.” Mr. Burton endorsed the paper. “President Roosevelt shaves every day, or rather fs shaved,” sald an attache of the White House, quoted by the Washington Star. “A young colored man named De- laney, who is a messenger at the White House, is the president's barber. He is from Alexandria, Va., and was in the gov- ernment service for some time before he was assigned to the White House to attend to the president’s head and face and to per- form the dutles of messenger. “Delaney usually shaves the president between 2:30 and 3 o'clock each afternoon, after lunch {s served and the president’s guests at lunch go away. Sometl the shaving is done earlier in the day. I have seen Delaney making his arrangements for shaving before 1:30 o'clock, at an hour when the president was supposed to be receiving visitors, but this was nearly always on days when there were no visitors or callers wait- ing to see the president. In thg cabinet room is a folding barber's chair, which, when not In use, is placed agalnst the wall and remains unobserved. The president sits in this and is shaved in the cabinet room Delaney folds the chair and puts it away when he gets through. The work s quickly done, as the president apparently begrudges the time taken and wants to be up and doing something. “President McKinley always shaved him- selt, using either a safety or regular razor. He could handle a razor with great ease, as he had been accustomed to shaving him. selt for years. When he went away he shaved himself as usual. He could do the job on a fiying train as easily as when in bis room. President Roosevelt does not know how to shave himself comfortably, and takes Delaney with him when he goes off anywhere. HE FARM, A Leading Factor in the General Affairs of the N Baltimore America The place of the farm as a leading fac- tor in the general affairs of this country is not so generally recognized as it might be. There are few outside of the large business operators who realize that the tarm, after all, is the pivot on which swings this country's prosperity. It mat- ers not which way the eye is turned, ther are marked evidences Iu proof of this claim. There is a proneness among many to find all kinds of explanations but the right one as why this country prospers Some attribute it to our big export trade others to our increased financial impor- tance, others still to our immense domes- tic trade, while others aseribe the whole pect of affairs to the general stimulation wife of a United States senator who McKinley administration and who is | A elf a laughing of her mourn- | is on the life and work of her widow wrote | due to great expectations. whole matter there are moves in with tt iron, even conditions The crux of the is found on the farm. While many who belleve that proaperity waves lea coterminously in the or ¢ theory he farm moment's reflection will convince that the chief producer of prosperity great activity in dov ade. This lo is directly dependent upon the farm. ndant with prices, never fail swell enormously pnsumptive power of the American people The greater power consumption, the greater, in y fs the volume of general bu That explains the direct connection between rm and the de | Bree of activity of our domestic trade. In exports farm products represent Ilargo a percentage that nothing else ap proaches it for comparison. Our immense shipments of grain and other agricultural products not only help preserve tha balance of trade In our favor, but they also regulate the ship freights sufficlently to make possible the securing of sat factory rates for the exports of a general cargo. This balance of trade in our favor, which 18 due primarfly to what the farm and plantation send out, {8 what has grad- ually shifted the world's financial center from Europe to this country. As to the prices of iron and their bear- ing on panics and prosperity, it is not aif- cult to remember that the low prices of iron five years ago were attributable to the depression among the great farming ele- ment. Low prices for farm products and a serfes of unsatisfactory crops had crippled the purchasing power of the country eo that the general demands for iron were enor- mously reduced, and prices of firon felt accordingly. These few facts give some insight into the fmportant position held by the farm in the affalrs of this great country. The sensitiveness of the epeculative market to the varying rumors of prospective good or bad crops tells a significant story. They all tend to show that while this is growing to be a marvelous manufacturing country, the roots of our prosperity still draw their main sustenance from the sofl of the farm. NUMENT the prices that ed by one estic t At crops. good to the the the ot oportion, iness the &0 TO THE PATHFINDER. oposed Statue to the Memory of John C. Fremont. St. Louis Globe-Democrat It Is understood that the president is es- pecially anxious for the passage of the bill just introduced in congress for the appro- priation of $50,000 for the erection of a statue to the memory of John C. Fremont in Washington. The monument project has been talked about for several years and most of the newspapers of the country have at one time or another expressed them- selves in favor of it. At this Loulsiana centennial season, when expansionlst ideals appeal with particular force to the coun- try, the time would seem to be opportune for the erection of memorials in honor of the men who figured prominently in the lst of the great expansionists. John C. Fre- mont was one of these. Other men explored part of the vast ter- ritory between the Mississippl and the Pa- cific long before Fremont. Lewls and Clark and Pike were through a large part of this region before Fremont was born, the firs and second of these gofug from St. Louls to the Pacific and back by way of the Mis- sourl and the Columbia, and the third one tracing out the western line of the Lousii- ana region through part of its length and golng down into New Mexico forty years before that territory came finally under the Stars and Stripes. Long waé in the Rocky mountain reglon about a dozen years after Pike, and, like Pike, is remembered by the name attached to one of the summits of that range. This was when Fremont wa a schoolboy and when neither he nn‘-ny» body else guessed at the connection Which he would have in after years with pathfind- ing in the great west. 1t was Fremont's distinction that he was active at a time when men’s thoughts were directed to the reglon between the Missiesippl and the Pacific with greater interest than ever before. His explora- tion to the Rocky mountains in 1842, his sccount of which was made public imme- diately afterward, made the route be- tween the Missourl and the mountaing better known -than it had been along ta that time, marked out the best spots for camps on the way and pointed out the advantages of the South pass as an ave- nue through the mountains. His explo- ration of 1843-44 gave the world a better knowledge of the Salt Lake basin and much of the Pacific coast than it had pre- viously possessed. Fremont's report of the first of these explorations abolished the American rt myth propagated by the hasty generalizations of Pike and Long, and, with the report of the second explora- tion, immensely swelled the tide of the immigration across the plains to the Pa- cific coast which galned Oregon for the United States in the controversy with Eng- land which ensued in 1846, His story about the Salt Lake region sent Brigham Young and the Mormons to that quarter. His third expedition brought him to the Pacific coast In 1846, before Zachary Tay- lor reached the Rio Grande, and gave him the chance to ralse the American flag iz California at the begluning of the war with Mexico. The Washington monument bill ought to pass and probably will pass. Fre- mont rendered brilliant service to the United States in a great crisis in its his- tory. - LAUGHING REMARKS, “Now that T've founé what I want,"” muttered the burglar, softly raising the lid of the family icebox and flashing his dark lantern at the contents, “I think I'll pull up steaks and go." Chicago Tribune: Brooklyn Life: Agent—I have a book you should buy for your son, telllng how to become @ politiclan, statesman, presideni of the United States, banker, broker— Mrs, Hennesy—G'wan; did yer mother buy wan for you? Philadelphla Press: “It must be hard for you people to get along without whisky sometimes,” remarked the tourist in & pro: hibition country. "o, 1 ‘make the best of 1t," replied the settler, with a twinkle in his'eye. Washington Star: “My husband ofter says that his disposition might be worse, said the patient looking woman 2 “Phat sounds gentle and concillatory. “Yes; but he always insists on going ahead and proving it." Detrolt Free Press: Hojack—Well, old Mr. Scadds has finally given his permissior to the marriage of his daughter to Cholly odles. Tomdik—That ls the Orst time he was ever known to give something for nothing. Oh, Mary MacLane, you are wonderously falr, Wid" ihe rose fn your chakes and you: #soft flaxe halr. Your lips as swate as the hea N‘A‘I dew, And me heart's nigh brakin’, me darlh Tor you Theie's love in ht fn And ‘a wealth of affection n all of your sighs; "t cr vain For a heart go desarvin' as Mary Maec- Lane And iel that I should be longin' in Oh, Mary MacLane, T am wastin' away, Wid grelvin’ and pinin' for you every day. Me heart's full of sighs and me brain's all aflame And all for the love of swate Mary Mac- Lane. Oh, Mary MacLane, And wastin' your Wiy arst throl to love me, fame, And you will be happy, swate Mary Mac- Lane AR yAMES HOOLEY LANIGIN. Neola; Ta., May 6, 1908, quiet foolin’, T pray tolme in a' profitiess then court fickle