Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 14, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, e e e e e . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED E ERY M‘!MlNfl TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Paily Bea (without Sunday), One Year.44.00 Dally Bee and Bundl‘, One Year. Llustrated Bee, One Year. Bunday Bee, Ohe Year Saturday Bee, One Yea Twentleth Century Farm DELIVERED BY CARRIER. y Bee (without Bunday), per CODK Dally Bee (without Sunday), per weel 1.c Daily Bee (ncluding Sunday © Sunday Bee, per copy Evening Bee (without 8und ) wi Evening Bee (including Sunaay), weel A Somplanis " of Trregularitics in, delivery should be addressed to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bulldin, & South Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs—10 Pear] Street. Chicago—i64v_Unity Bullding. New rk—Temple Court. ‘Washington—&1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcnlonl relating to news and matter should addressed: Oml a Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. 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Coronation souvenirs will reach this eountry in ample time, o ‘With apologles to the calendar, corona- tion week has been stretched to last from June 23 to July 5. ] Bryan's declination to run for gov- ernor is very positive. But what will Bryan do If he is drafted? —— But ex-Senator Allen insists that the consent of the governed has nothing to do with fusion nominations. b———— The Chicago foundry proposition has foundered. The Omaha union molders scented b in the furnace. —— Preparations for the appropriate cele- bration of the glorlous Fourth have been made everywhere. How does Omaha propose to celebrate? ———— Spikes to nail down the rails on the airline from Omaha to Cuba are yet to be manufactured and the crossties are still in the woods. The position in Tammany Hall formerly filled by Richard Croker has been abolished. Boss Croker set such a pace none of his followers could hope to keep up with it. rr—— An apology is due from the Austrian Relchsrath for pulling off another little Astic exhibition without so much as in- , Viting Mark Twaln to celebrate the oc- ——— born contests in congres- lons , indicate what is in the alr, the republican state convention may possibly be made to overrun two fays to delight the hearts of Lincoln hotel keepers. e From the number of candidates pre- sented by different counties for the republican nomination for state treas- urer, one is justified in concluding that the place Is by no means conceded to the present incumbent. e Changes wrought in the map of South Africa as a result of the Boer war will give the school book companies an op portunity not to be overlooked to work in a new set of geographies for the in- struction of the growing generation. —— It is eminently proper for the Univer- #ity of Nebraska to confer an honorary degree on ex-Governor Thayer, but it would have been more eminently proper had the degree been conferred several years ago and before he had reached his present advanced age, S Figures for the recelpts from sales of public lands in Nebraska are $35,534 for 1899, $85,688 for 1900 and $103,040 for 1901. These Increasing sales of Uncle Sam’'s dowaln, notwithstanding the de- creasing cholce to be had, afford an- other good index of the prosperity of the Nebraska farmer. 10" -1 A congressional committee 1s to be deputed to explore the Philippines dur- ing recess in order to Inquire into and report upon the conditions existing there. We feel sure; however, that Our Dave will not joln the excursion this summer, but will prefer to spend his vacation in Omalia. This is his biennial visiting period and he would not miss it for $5,000 a year and perquisites. e———— Colonel Bryan, In giving expression to implicit confidence that the democratic reorganizers will be defeated in their efforts to gain control of the party wma- chinery, can not refrain from throwing a few brickbats at the illustrious Gro- ver Cleveland. We presume this is merely a way he has of letting his New York friends know what they sacrificed when they invited Mr. Cleveland to per- form the chief role at the coming demo- cratie jubliee lnstead of Mr. Bryan, CANDIDACY OF WILLIAM STUEFE The practice of depositing public funds on private account and the loaning of public tunds for private kaln is a flagrant viola- tion of public trust. As a matter of public safety we demand that the state treasurer and every county, city, village and school district treasurer shall keep the taxpayers tully informed concerning the condition and disposition of the moneys entrusted to his eafekeeping by the publication of monthly financial statements showing the amount of money on hand, the name of each bank In which it 1s deposited, with the amounts on deposit in each This declaration embodied in the re- publican state platform of 1901 was adopted without a dissenting vote and is In the nature of a pledge to be ful- filled by every republican custodian of public funds from the state treasurer down to the treasurer of a school dis- trict. The principle enunciated does not merely pledge republican treasurers to abstain from depositing or loaning pub- lic funds for private gain, but also obli- gates them to refrain from employing public funds for speculative purposes for the benefit either of themselves or anyone else. It is a matter of notoriety that State Treasurer Stuefer has not only failed to comply with the demands of the repub- lican platform so far as it relates to publicity of financial exhibits of all the public moneys in his keeping, but has been charged with using public school funds in speculative bond purchases. This charge has never been refuted or satisfactorily explained away. The most charitable construction of the bond deals engineered through middlemen is that all the profits derived from these questionable transactions were absorbed by the favored middlemen. The fact that the Burt county bonds were paid for with a check drawn by the ' state treasurer on a national bank in which school money was deposited contrary to law stands uncontroverted and unde- nlable. That State Treasurer Stuefer recog- nized the grave mistake, to use a mild term, made by him in the policy he had pursued was attested by public an- nouncement that he would not be a candidate for re-election. To that declaration he doubtless would have ad- hered had it not been for the Meserve decision and promises held out by cor- poration representatives that they would insure his renomination if he would stand by the railroads in the assessment board. Without underrating the influence which corporations exert in state con- ventions of all parties in Nebraska, The Bee deems it its duty to advise Mr. Stuefer not to press his candidacy for renomination. The corporations might perhaps redeem their pledge to force his renomination, but they cannot guarantee his election. Public sentiment in Ne- braska is as firmly set against treasury manipulations as it is against treasury additional to pines, so might be fatal enterprise in the islands. This is a possibility which the house repub- licans should carefully consider, It is important to provide ample safeguards against rapacious exploitation, but the policy in regard to franchises must be sufficiently liberal to induce capital to g0 to the islands. e—— GUARDING GERMAN INTERESTS. The recent departure of German war ships for Venezuela attracted attention that restrictions investment and that the German government had de- cided on adopting coerclve measures for the collection of the debt due Ger- man citizens from the Venezuelan gov- ernment. A Berlin dispatch explains the matter by stating that the purpose in sending war ships to Venezuela was simply to protect German interests there which might be endangered by the revolutionary movement. It is in- timated that there was no thought what- ever of coercing the South American re- public to pay its debt and as soon as order is restored the crulsers will leave Venezuela. Germany has given our government repeated and it would seem most ample assurances that it has no designs in embezzlements. Governor Savage has shown wisdom in gracefully bowing to that uncrowned monarch, public opinion, and Treasurer Stuefer would do well to emulate his example for his own sake as well as that of the party. It is lmpossible, furthermore, for the re- publican press and republican leaders who have denounced the state treasury bond deals to recant or expunge their publie declarations. Lest we forget what has been sald and cannot be unsaid, The Bee reprints else- where some of the comment passed upon Mr. Stuefer less than ten months ago. We are fmpelled to do this in the interest of republican success in the coming campaign and with no personal animosity toward Mr. Stuefer. His candldacy at this time.is unfortunate and his nomination would not only em- barrs the party, but jeopardize the success of his assoclates on the ticket, = PHILIPPINE FRANCHISES, The question of franchises in the Philippines 1s a perplexing one and it appears that the majority of the house committee on insular affairs are not sat- isfled with the provision in the senate bill regarding franchises. They believe that measure offers great opportunities for exploitation because its provisions| on corporations and on franchises have not been safeguarded with sufficient care. It'ls urged that the situation now 1s exactly the same as it was when the senate bill for the government of Porto Rico went to the house. Then the pres- ident was given authority to vest in a few men unrestricted power to grant franchises and this was changed by the house so that no franchises should be granted except under carefully restricted conditions. The desire to adequately safeguard franchises in the Philippines is com- mendable, but care should be taken not to provide restrictions that might have the effect to keep capital away from the islands. It is manifestly of very great importance that capital should be in- vited to go there and in order to do this there must be a reasonably liberal policy respecting franchises, Every- body understands that the greatest benefit which can be conferred upon the islands is to throw them open to in- dustrial development, Thelr great nat- ural wealth must be developed and the capital willing to develop it must be given the opportunity. The fleld must be opened to individual enterprise. The this bemisphere to which the United States could make reasonable objection, yet there appears to be a feellng of dis- trust which manifests itself whenever a German war ship is sent to this quar- ter of the world. So far as the matter with Venezuela is concerned, it is highly probable that coercion will have to be used to collect the German claim, but the United States will not object to this #0 long as Germany does not take terrl- tory. This country does not protect the southern republics in refusing to pay their just obligations. L} URGES CUBAN RECIPROCITY. President Roosevelt's message to con- gress urging reciprocity with Cuba is characteristically direct and earnest. He makes no specffic recommendation as to tariff concession, but thinks that the proper course is to reduce duties on Cuban products, rather than to adopt the doubtful policy of giving a rebate. The president has no fear that the pro- posed reciprocity with Cuba would in- jure any American industry, but his reference to Porto Rico and Hawali in support of this view is not convincing. at Washington, where it was surmised | Hawallan sugar was admitted free to the United States years before the {slands became American territory, so that their acquisition made no difference in this respect. The product of Porto Rico is so small in amount that the competition is not and never will be felt. Cuba, however, can produce suffi- clent sugar to supply the entire Amer- jean demand and in a few years will do so under the encouragement of tariff concession. This would necessarily mean the destruction of our beet and cane sugar industries, It will be admitted that the president has made out as strong & case in behalf of reciprocity with Cuba as could be presented. There is no doubt that he most earnestly belleves it to be the im- perative duty of the United States to help the new republic by tariff favors to its products. He does not show, how- ever, that this can better be done by reducing duties than by granting a re- bate, simply remarking that the latter is of doubtful policy. A great many will concur in the views expressed by Mr. Roosevelt, but many others, Includ- ing men prominent in his own party, will disagree with him, It remains to be seen what impression the message will make upon congress, but the indi- cations are that it will not materially change the situation, the position of the president on this question bhaving been well known before. e As was to have been expected, the hubbub raised over the imminent loss ot Chancellor Andrews to the University of Nebraska because of more tempting offers elsewhere has turned out to be the prelude to a 20 per cent increase in the chancellor's salary, making it $6,000 instead of $5,000 a year. Chancellor Andrews can doubtless make himself worth that much money, but to do so he will have to drop outside sideshows and confine his efforts exclusively to the management of the institution under his care. We take it, too, that this means that the proposal for a state appropria- tion to provide a chancellor's residence will not be renewed. ——— The railroad tax bureau has made the startling discovery that the assessment on water craft has gone down several hundred dollars within the past year or two. By water craft Is understood steamers, ferry boats, mud scows, coal oil launches, sallboats, Indian canoes or anything that creeps or walks In the Big Muddy and its tributaries. The deca- dence of the Nebraska merchant and duck hunter's marine in recent years has been very deplorable indeed, but it might not have been noted had not the rallway tax bureau delved into the depths of the quagmire of taxation. ey—— Mr. Thurber is entitled to credit for being candid about it all. His revela- tions about the money paid out of the construction of rallroads, the establish- ment of industries and the development of the mineral and other resources will glve employment to the people and as- sure prosperity, the best security for peace, order and contentwent. In his first message to congress Presl- dent Roosevelt recommended legislation for the granting of franchises and said that they must be granted and the busi- Cuban treasury to promote reciprocity legislation are no less frank than his virtual admission that the New York Export assoclation, in whose name the work has been done, is really a tail to the sugar trust kite, The sugar mag nates are evidently quite satisfied that help extended to Cuba will help them or they would not be so ready to advance ness permitted only under regulations which will guarantee the islands against any kind of improper exploitation. The senate bill appears to provide such regulations. While the president and the Philippine commission are given considerable latitude, the franchises authorized are subject to the revision of congress. Doubt has been expressed whether under the restrictions lmposed by the senate bill capital to any very large amount will go lato the Philip- \ \ —— = money to stimulate sentiment in favor of tariff concessions. The tax evasion agents of “the rail- roads of Nebraska" are trying hard to make their employers believe that thelir property is overtaxed. If so, what have the tax agents been doing all this time to earn their salaries? Let the railroads intimate that they are about to dispense how they have saved the railroads from paying taxes that justly belong on their shoulders. SS——— Tempting Self-Destruction. Brooklyn Eagle Should the democrats carry the next house of representatives the job to prevent them from rulning the party's chances in 1904 would be undertaken by several and envied by none Senator Hanna's Ambition, Boston Globe, Senator Hanna's friends say that he in- tends to devote his life more and more to the effort of improving the relations be- tween capital and labor, so winning greater fame than a president can get. Noble ambition! —_— The Hoarse Hoot. San Francisco Call. Talk about municipal enterprise! Here is e of it. Twenty years ago Omaha set about working for the erection of a market bullding to cost $200,000 and now The Omaha Bee says the people have de- clded to compromise on one that will cost $15,000. w of Populism. Philadelphia Record. The popullst leaders in Nebraska have been soliciting W. J. Bryan to accept a nomination for governor with a view of making a fusion effort with the aid of dem- ocrats to wrest the state from the repub- licans, but Mr. Bryan absolutely declines to make the race. He proposes to glve his attention to natlonal politics, and is prob- ably a little shy of further identifying him- self with populism OFFICE HOLDER'S ELYSIUM. cinations of Public Life at the National Capital. New York Times. An analysis of some government sta- tistics accounts for the attractiveness of ‘Washington more convincingly than those reports that suggest an explanation, either in the beauty of the national capital, the fascination of intimate neighborhood to the powerful, the opportunities for swift, easy and inexpensive soclal success afforded by customs peculiar to Washington, or the re- mote possibility of promotion from the low- est clerical position to the highest subordi- nate office. “Uncle Sam" employs something like 265,000 persons in his civil service. Most of these persons are in the departmental service all over the country—the customs, the postal service, the war and naval offi- ces, the agencies of the interior and the agricultural departments. It costs about $131,000,000 a year to pay these public serv- ants, and the average pay is more than 3560 a year. The government force at Washington, exclusive of officers of the army and navy on duty there is about 25,000. Yet the average pay Is $1,129 a year. This high average, of course, in- cludes the pay of a year to the least- paid clerk or employe in the classified service and the cabinet officer at $8,000. The employe at the lowest rate, however, is soon aware of the fact that nowhere else could the opportunities for advancement be found that are almost forced upon him in Washington. To keep out of the rdce for promotion is impossible. Whatever may be the defects of the methods for ascertalning the competency of clerks to discharge the duties they are dppointed to perform, it is evident, from the fact that 570 persoms are employed for every sixty-three who go out from all causes eachl year, that the machinery for grinding-out eligibles works tolerably well, and that orks fast enough is rather pa- thetically shown in the report that of the 47,300 applieants who took the examina- tions in the last six months about 36,000 of the successful applicants will be ap- pointed, of which successful number per- haps 600 will be women. ‘Wherever the employes of the govern- ment in Washington may serve, they en- in addition to the high average of pay to all classes, whether clerks, en- gravers, printers, binders, electriclans, messengers, or charwomen, the assurance of prompt pay at the end of each fort- night, a month's leave each year, and the opportunity to secure another month's leave, with pay, on account of iliness. There has been a growing tendency to regard this sick leave an extension of the thirty-day leave that must be lived up to, and clerks who have been many years In office and have forgotten how difficult it is to get in are apt to resent an officlal admonition that the govern- ment does not insist that each of its em- ployes shall be sick and idle thirty days of each and idle and well for a like period. FOLITICAL DRIFT. There are over 5,000 ofceseekers on the walting list in Cuba. President Palma will earn his salary for months to come. The county commissioners of Arapahoe county, which includes Denver, looted the treasury for $40,000 on inflated printing contracts. Allowing for the difference In population, Denver trots in the St. Louls class. The Bryanized democracy of New York City publicly denounce D. B. Hill as a traitor. The chlef significance of the declaration is that it was penned in the sandwich room of a Ralnes law hotel in New York City, It is definitely settled that Governor Odell of New York wlill lead the republican party in the approaching state campalgn. ‘The senior senator of Penusylvania re- tains his position as the keystone of the political arch in that state. An interesting incident of the Oregon election was the success of the venerable George H. Willlams in the race for mayor of Portland. This is the “Laundalet” Wil- liams whose purchase of a costly carriage at government expense, though for private use, contributed to the scandals which agi- tated Grant's second term as president. He has been lost to sight in national affairs tor twenty-five years. Utah was admitted into the umion on January 4, 1896, and in the election suc- ceeding cast 64,000 democratic and 13,000 republican votes. Four years later the vote of Utah was democratic 45,000 and repub- lican 47,000, a remarkable change in the politics of a new state, and evidence, many republicans in Washington say, of the fu- tility of figuring in advance on the pross pects of party majorities in new states. The voters of Connecticut will be called upon on June 16 to pass upon the work of the constitutional convemtion. The pro- posed amendment to the state constitution s 10 representation in the legislature pro- vides that each town having a pepulation of I than 2,000 shall have one repre- sentative, while towns having a population of more than 2,000 and less than 50,000 shall be entitled to two. Citles having & popu- lation of more than 50,000 and L thao 100,000 shall be entitled to th apd those haviog a population of 100,000 or more shall be entitled to four representatives and one additional for each 50,000 in excess of 100,000. Under the proposed constitution the senate will consist of forty-five mem- bers instead of twenty-four as at present, no county to have less than two. There are ght counties only in Connecticut. The present houso of representatives is made up of 255 members. Under the proposed with the tax agents and these zealous officers will come promptly to e front l'“-llmwfll‘\lm 0 prove constitution the number will be 254, the redistricting of seats being favorable to the large gities of the state. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Besides a free gift of $15,000,000 for re- stocking the devasted Boer farms, the Brit- Ish government undertakes to lend an in- definite sum, evidently all that is asked for under the prescribed conditions, without Interest for two years and thereafter at 3 per cent, and repayable over a term of years, to ald the Boers in rehabitating themselves. As it was supposed over a few months ago that the Boers would be as- sessed a part of the military expenses of Great Britaln, and as indemnities have been exacted by Gernmany from France, Russia from Turkey, and the western world from China, this proposition by the con- queror to glve the defeated $15,000,000 and lend them as much more they need on easy terms deserves especial notice in the world at large. The cheerfulness with which the Boers have submitted and their expressions of good-will toward King Ed- ward, show that this magnaminity has been adequately recognized on the spot. is bountiful, the gold output wil large as ever within a few months, money and capital are to be provided by Great Britain and the material losses of war will be rapidly obliterated. e The future of Spain cannot be forecast with any degree of confidence, so sluggish is the comservatism of the people and so apathetic is the current of national life. Militarism, with General Weyler's ascend- ancy over the army as absolute as it s, may be a menace to the future peace and welfare of the kingdom, and among Sa- gasta’s ministers not even Moret seems strong enough to take his place and to carry out wide-reaching, comprehensive measures of financial, administrative and educational reform. A prolonged transi- tion period in Spanish politics seems in- evitable; but there are already encourag- ing signs of progress and improvement. One of these is a material increase in the purchasing power of a depreclated cur- rency;-another is the lessening of the pres- sure of taxation; and still another Is the buoyant feeling of hopefulness pervading the more progressive towns. The times have changed for the better since the loss of the colonies and the close of the war with the United States. The fighting days of the army, with the terrible tolls paid to pestilence, are over; and, while conscrips tion rema! military service is now a system of parade ground maneuvres and occasional police work. The heavy weight of unremunerative colonial expendityres has been removed, and there is a chance for the revival of ‘home industries and the development of mineral and agricul- tural resources of a country as rich as ft is old. The American friend the enemy cannot perhaps claim credit for altruism 8o far as Spain 18 concerned, but in real- ity he has bought about deliverance from economic ruin and left the misgoverned nation free to pull itself together and to concentrate its attention upon its own resources. Unless all signs fail, a better day is dawning for the historic peninsula. o It seems likely that France alone of the naval powers will have much use for sub- marine vessels in the near future. A Ger- man authority, writing In one of the naval periodicals, says that it will probably find them valuable for coast defense. The islands lying along its extensive Atlantic coast, together with the depth of the ocean there, offer excellent hiding places for these craft, which would make a blockade ex- ceedingly dificult. The large harbors and ports of England are also near enough, the writer thinks, to be aseailed from this quarter. Submarine boats, skillfully and boldly handled, and sent agalnst an Eng- lish port immediately on the declaration of war, would probably interfere with the mobilization of the English ships and do great damage. These reasons may justify France in spending considerable sums for the improvement of its submarine boats. ‘Whether Germany needs them, he says, is another question. The German coasts are hardly accessible for submarine vessels, on account of the shallow water, and the difficulty of entering the rivers and bays owing to sandbacks and strong currents. Under such conditions, the coast defends itself to a certaln extent. A blockade could be established from the high sea, which does not lend {tself to the successful op- erations of submarine boats. He concludes that for the present and for a long time to come the battleship will conmtinue to be the decisive naval weapon. e A Parllamentary Blue Book, embodying the returns of accidents and alties on British rallways for the year ended December 31, 1901, makes the surprising showing that train accidents did not cause the death of a single passenger during the entire twelve months. This is the first time so gratifying a showing has been made in the annual rallway returns of Great Britain. It does not mean, how- ever, that there were mo train accidents. In all eleven persons, rallway employes, were killed and 637 were Injured, of whom 476 were passengers. None of the injuries were known to have been fatal. There was a considerable mortality and a large nu of casualities on or about rail- ways due to other causes than train ac- cldents. For these grade crossings were chiefly responsible, and almost to as great an extent was unauthorized trespass upon right-of-way. The rallways were also used 1o a conslderable extent for purposes of sulcide. From these figures it may be In- ferred that notwithstanding the antiquated equipment and unprogressive business methods which American railroad men criti- cise in English rallway management, those corporations manage to take very good care of their passengers, and that riding on trains is, statistically, about the safest thing an Englishman can do. o An interesting illustration of the dif- culties which attend the administration of oriental countries is found in the con- dition of affairs in Gujarat, the southern part of Rajputana In central Indla, where this yea famine prevalls. The prov- ince w overrun with which de- stroyed the greater part of the cotton crop and nearly all of the standing grain. The British administrators did their best to fight against the plague, but with little success, because the populace firmly be- Meved that the rats were reincarnations of the people who had dled in the last famine, and such were sacred. The result was that the vermin had full swing until there was nothing more to eat. Then A Thirst Quencher Horsford's Acid Phosphate is far superior to lemons as a thirst quencher that really satisfies. It is a wholesome and strengthening Tonie that relieves the lassitude and de- bilitated condition of the sys- tem so common in mid- summer. Insist on baving Horsford's Acid Phospha.te Hensterd’s nems o5 every @ they disappeared. The famine is les widesprend this year tham hitherto, but there will none the less be much suffering in that part of India, and already over 400,000 persons are employed on the gov- ernment works. e e THE RESULT IN OREGON. Official Returns Tell an Interesting Story. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat The official figures in the vote on con- gressman in Oregon tell a story which the country will be interested In reading. Of course, it {s known that the result on governor in that state is of no par- tisan significance. A bolting faction of the republican party took away enough votes from the governorship candidate to let the democratic nominee get ahead of him. The democratic candidate, out of a total vote of about 71,000, has a lead in the neighborhood of 300. If there had been no wrangle among the republicans their candidate for governor would have been elected by a plurality ranging anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000, All the rest of the republican state ticket was elected by long leads. The republican margin in the legislature is greater as a result of the late election than it was in the recent body. It is the contest of congressmen, how- ever, which is of the greatest interest and significance. 1In 1808, the preceding off year, the margin for the two republican candidates for congress in Oregon was 9,694 It was 12,308 In the canvass of 1900, when the presidential excitement ran the vote up to high flgures. It was 15,221 | in last week's election. These figures tell the story. Usually a party's lead in a presidential year in the states in which it has & lead is greater than it is in any canvass until the succeeding presidential | campaign. The canvass this year in Ore- gon made a sharp departure from that rule. The majorities in last week's election were far ahedd of those of two years ago, when | there was an especial Incentive on ac- count of the presidential campaign to get out a large vote. This rise In the republican wave means something. It means that on the issue of national expansion, which will be domi- nant in the congressional canvass through- out the country this year, the republican party is invincible. The volce of Oregon on this question is the voice of the entire Pacific coast and of the entire west. It Is the voice of the United States as a whole. National expansion, as expressed in the question of the retention of the Philip- pines is a winning issue. The republican party is committed to expansion by tho voice of President Roosevelt and by the expressions of the republican majority in congress. MAGNITUDE OF THE COAL BUSINESS, Strike Disturbance Affects the Indus- tries of the Natfon. New York Commercial. As bearing testimony to the great im- portance of the industry most directly affected by the coal strike in Pennsyl- vania and to {ts potentiality for Injury to the country's business in gemeral some recent statistics from the United States geological survey are especially significant, The growth in the volume of our coal ontput has been almost phenomenal in recent years. It aggregated 202,240,758 short tons in 1901, valued at $348,813,831. This was nearly 20 per cent in excess of the coal product of Great the same year; 80 per cent greater than Germany's; seven times as much as the entire coal product of Austria-Hungary and more than elght times that of France. As compared with 1900, when the output amounted to 269,881,827 short tons, worth $306,801,364, this represents an increase of 22,858,981 short tons, or 8 per cent In quantity, and of $41,922,467, or 13.6 per cent in value. Of the aggregate product in 1901 the an- thracite coal of Pennsylvania was repre- sented by 67,471,667 short tons, valued at $112,504,020—a gain of 17% per cent from the output of 1900, and the highest percen- tage of gain recorded In that branch of the industry in twenty years. A part of this increase was due, to be sure, to the decreased output in 1900 from that of 1899 —the result of the great strike two yea ago that cut down the anthracite product over 2,500,000 long tons. As to the value of the anthracite product of 1901 at the mines, that was $27,746,150 greater than in 1900, or more than 31 per cent; the average price realized per ton was $2.06—the highest In thirteen years. That was due, of course, to the unprece- dented demand for coal In all branches of manufacture—and right here the serious- ness of the present situation gets its most marked emphasis. The disastrous effect of kolding up the anthracite production throughout the summer can hardly be measured. But both parties to the contro- versy appreciate that far more keenly than any outsider possibly can. Coming down to the division of the coun- try's coal output among the states in 1901, we find that Pennsylvania was, as usual, an easy leader—82,914,840 tons of bitumi- nous in add'tion to her anthracite output, or considerably over 150,000,000 tons In all, which s more than one-half the product of the entire country. Illinols stood sec- ond, Ollo third, West Virginia fourth, Ala- bama fifth, Indlana sixth, Colorado seventh, Iowa eighth, Kentucky ninth and Mary- land tenth, With Pennsylvania holding the command- ing position that she does in the coal in- dustry of the United States, it is not to be wondered at that the entire industrial and business world s watching with the keen- est interest every smallest turn in the Britain for | PERSONAL AND OTHERWIS President G. Stanley Hall of Clark uni- versity has heen studylng the almost total abeence of insanity among negroes. He be- leves it is because, being newer to civili- zation, the race has mot rum through many different and cruclal experiences ns the white race. A native born St. Louisan has been thrice appointed governor of New Mexlco Miguel Antonio Otero, the man who rules over the destinles of that commonwealth, first saw the light of day In the Moun city and received his education at the old St. Loufs university. Kitchener must feel that it is adding salt water to & raw spot to give him only halt as much as “Boba” received, because he 1s & single man. One reason why he Js single is that the woman whom he hoped to marry went to the altar with another fellow while he was away fighting his couns try's battles. A monument 18 to be built for Rouget De Lisle, author of the “Marsell His body is at Choisy-le-Rol. A monolith wiil be set up over the grave bearing his medal- ilon, his title to fame as the author of the national hymn, a lyre crossed with a sword and finally the score and words of the | chorus of the “‘Marsellaise.” A locomotive engineer could not ask for higher praise than that in the remark ot | M. E. Ryder, superintendent of the west- | ern division of the Chicago & Alton, about V. B, Mead, who was killed Friday night. “He had been running on the Alton road for thirty years,” said Mr. Ryder, “and | never cost the road a dollar in the way of wrecks or damaged property.” THOUGHTS THAT TICK Cleveland Plain Dealer: ‘end seat hog “He's the man, my boy, who has the | seat in the car that you want yourself.” “Pa, what 1s an Detroit Free Press: able reven | 8irl can eat,” | _ “Internal Spatts “It takes consider- to buy all the ice cream my remarked Skidds revenue, 1 suppose?’ asked Detroit Free Pr formed a_broomst “What for?" “To beat the carpet trust.” e where they've Chicago Post: “She's frightfully formed,” sald the girl in blue. oy Rvnll\ asked the girl in gray. “Yes; she's bullt 80 that her dréssmaker doesn't have to use a bit of padding to give her the fashionable s e« Philadelphia Press ma'am, ared the hau, s thot all, Ind Ol'm descinded from o'ld Xnow,” hty M neey ade?” replied Mrs. Casey, the humble lady of the corner fruit stand: “Faith, O'm a descindant of Eve, the first apple woman.” Yonkers Stateman: business Egbert—Why, mobiles. Bacon—Oh, they have drummers for those things, do they? Well, it's a_good fdea. I think it would be much safer if they had a drummer and a fifer go In front of each of the machines. A Brooklyn Life: She—Mrs. Boreton called today and I thought she would never go He—But you are so amfable, I supposa vou never gave her the slightest hint that you wanted her to g 3 (7 'She—Indeed, 1 dfd not. If I had, she'd | be here now, Bacon—What's his he's a drummer for autos The Rubbernecks. Denver Post. { Before the bulletins there stood a group Of rubbernecks, each rubbering to see Which base ball' club was floundering in the soup, Which basked beneath the sun of victory. And as the figures they so closely eyed Newcomers did from alt directions pour, And each one as he Goodyeared eager cried: “What's' the score HIS OCCUPATION GONE. J. J. Montague in Portland Oregonfan. Fve subdued the bloomin* Paythan through the 'ole of 'Indu I 'ave tamed wild Fu peace In the Sowdan; The Egyptian 'e's a model civilitee, An' I've even dragged politeness from tho *aughtlest Chinee; I ave got the bloody Sultan where ‘e's feel- in" mighty bad, An' there isn't any prospect of & row with Adam Zad. An' it's poor ole rnmmy Atkins, mighty 'ard on Now the Transvaal v\m hc ended, for there's nothin’ left to do. ' Wuzzy an' made of extreme it 1s In the list of 'eathen countries that you find upon the map, Ev'ry one has got a friend or a protector right on tap. If T cast my eye on Cuba she don't give a tinker's dam, For she only needs to to Uncle Sam An’ if on the burnin’ ake a chance, She will hit ‘the red ‘ot cable for a battle- ship from France. So it's poor ole Tommy Atkins, it is mighty ‘a Now th on you, left for you to do? ‘oller hout for 'elp isle o' Martinique I Transvaal war is ended, what i3 In the days that 1 remember, every way I looked around, Some fat bunch o' 'elpless ‘eathens thera was always to be found, An' I kept my country growin' while my army all the time Was recruitin’ with the sons of many a new an' furrin’ cilme. I've got 50 many lately that the rest is gittin’ shy, there . ain't one left without strong proteetin’ nation by. {t's ‘poor ole Tommy Atkl left for you to do, the Transvaal war is ended an’ ain't left you nothin' new. 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