Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 20, 1902, Page 6

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We shall presently hear from South Omaha Board of Review, the It looks as it New Jersey had loaded up with other troubles besides the trusts. McGilton got there with both feet. The longest pole always knocks the per- slmmons, The platform adopted by the Nebraska republicans will bear a second and a third reading. For once Douglas county did not have any solled linen to rinse in the state con- vention washtub. Nebraska rains not only promote pros- perity, but drown out popocrats who thrive on calamity. With the ticket nominated, the next duty is to make sure of its election by a record-breaking majority. — The four Ms—Mickey, McGilton, Mor- tensen and Marsh—drew the lucky num- bers in the republican gift distribution. President Roosevelt is pleased over the action of the Nebraska republican convention. So are Nebraska repub- licans generally. The republicans of Nebraska most emphatically adhere to their platform declaration that public funds shall not be used for private gain. The republicuns lof Nebraska have sounded the keynote of the campaign on state issues for 1002 in their plat- form. Constitutional revision and tax reform. m——— Governor Savage has seen the error of his ways and the conventlon treated him very gently by commending his economic administration and recom- mending a state board of pardons. — Councilman Lobeck disdains to be con- sidered as a candidate for such a petty affice as county commissioner, He will ®lther be mayor of Omaha In the year 1003 or a private citizen on the retired list. — ‘When republican reporters have to write up republican conventions for the ‘World-Herald they make about as beau- tiful a mess of It as would a hardshell Baptist preacher at a Methodlet camp meeting. Colonel Bryan has not even delgned to respond to the invitation extended to him to be present at the Tilden club Jubllee that is to be inspired by the oratory of Grover Cleveland and David B. HIll. As neither of these gentlemen volunteered to attend any of Bryan's dollar dinners, Mr. Bryan can hardly be expected to let them hand him a dish. e The census report of the agriculture of Nebraska estimates the value of farm property of all kinds in the state at nearly $748,000,000. It will be noticed that there is a wide discrepancy be- gween the census figures and the as- sessment figures. But then, too, it will be remembered that the census once credited Omaha with 140,000 population, & third of which could not be located when wanted. — The formal organization of civil gov- ernment on the island of Samar has been accomplished by the transfer of wmuthority from the wmilitary officer in command to the acting civil governor. It any part of the Philippine Islands is still under military rule the people there have ouly themselves to blame. Oivil government follows pacification and those who prefer to remaln un- pacitied have no right to be impatient of army occupation. THE REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. The republicans of Nebraska have reason for self-congratulation in enter- Ing the campaign of 1002 without em- barrassment or handicap with regard to their standard bearers. The party has emphasized Its platform declara- tlons of a year ago by discarding time- honored usage and placing in nomina- tion new men who are known to be in full accord with party sentiment on the paramount issues, state and national. The candidate for governor, John H. Mickey, 1s A man of proved executive ability. and business capacity for more than a quarter of a century, actively identified not merely with the commer- cial, but with the agricultural and stock- raising interests of the state. He is a man of broad, progressive views, yet conservative in dealing with important questions of public policy. He is not only a staunch republican, but he has a record for practical patriotism as a union soldier during the war of the re- bellion. For lieutenant governor, E. G. McGil- ton of this city enters the public arena with high standing at his profession as a lawyer and a reputation for integrity and sound judgment which will enable him to preside over the deliberations of the state senate with dignity and de- cision. Should Mr. MecGllton at any time be called on to perform the func- tions of chief executive, he may be de- pended on to come up to the full measure of the office, The nomination of Mr. Mortensen as candidate for treasurer is recognition of the splendid but unsuccessful canvass he had made four years ago, when the majority against the republican party was too heavy to overcome. The other places on the ticket have been filled by renominations. As com- missioner of public lands and buildings, G. D. Follmer has fearlessly hewed to the line both in the administration of the state's lands and as a member of the Board of Public Lands and Build- Ings. State Superintendent Fowler has had no superior at the head of the edu- cational system of the state as an or- ganizer and an advocate of modern school methods. Attorney General Prout has endeavored to discharge the exact- ing duties of his office consclentiously and to the best of his ability, and Secre- tary of State Marsh has most creditably discharged the official dutles devolving upon him. e THE CASE OF MISS TAYLOR. Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, who was dis- »d about two weeks ago from the of the adjutant general of the army for publicly criticising the presi- dent and the course of the army in the Philippines, bas attained national noto- riety by having the matter discussed in congress. Representative Shallen- berger of this state first called atten- tion to the dismissal of Miss Taylor by introducing a resolution in the house calling for a detailed report from the secretary of war, the democrats claim- ing that the civil service rules had been violated in the case. This resolution was tabled by the house. Wednesday Senator Carmack of Tennessee, who had offered a similar resolution, ad- dressed the senate on the subject, con- tending that the civil service law had been flagrantly violated in this case, inasmuch as Miss Taylor had had no charges preferred agalnst her, nor had she been afforded opportunity to make answer to any charges. The circumstance shows how ready the democrats are to seize upon any- thing that seems to promise a little political capital. The fact is that there was no violatlon of the civil service law or regulations in dismissing Miss Taylor and the democrats are quite in- different to this, except as it furnishes them a pretext for charging interfer- ence with free speech. It appears that Miss Taylor had been persistent in public criticism of the Philippine policy of the government for two years and It became a question whether this should be longer tolerated. It was declded that her course justified dismissal and she was let out and will stay out, at least during the present administration. The clvil service law took a large part of the public service out of politics, but Miss Taylor imagined that she could be in politics and hold a place that is out of politics. She was mistaken and has incurred the penalty. The democrats can get no political capital out of the case. — CUBAN EXPENDITURKS. There will undoubtedly be furnished in due time full information regarding expenditures in Cuba during the Ameri- can occupation of the island. The preparation of an itemized statement showing the collection and disburse- ment of all funds is a work requiring time. A large force of clerks is at work tabulating the figures, which will show to a penny exactly how the Cuban funds were administered by our military government. Even with the utmost diligence and speed, it must be weeks before this compilation can be com- pleted. It is a mass of statistics the extent of which can hardly be under- stood except by those who have had to do with it. The administration and the repub- licans in congress have no disposition, as charged by the democrats, to conceal a single fact in connection with Cuban expenditures, but they propose that when the information is made public it shall be complete and accurate. Much is being sald about the liberal payments made to General Gomez and it has been alleged that this was done to keep himy from strring up strife during the last THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1902. the revolutionary cause without having received a cent of pay. General Wood and the secretary of war thought he was entitled to consideration and while perhape this was given on a more gener- ous scale than was necessary tl Is no doubt that it served a good purpose. As to the payment of Cuban funds for the purpose of promoting reciprocity, we think there can be no question that it was improper, yet there is no doubt that General Wood fully believed that in doing this he was performing a du to Cuba entirely in line with the oblig: tions of his position. As he has him- | eelf sald, he felt that as governor of | Cuba he represented the Cubans and was in honor bound to defend the in terests of the Island. The democratic attempt to make it appear that the republican party is dis posed to conceal anything connected with the administration of affairs in Cuba during the American occupation will fail. The country will be given the fullest information as to all that has been done as soon as It is pra ticable to do so and It 1s safe to predict that when this information shall have been furnished it will be found to con- tain nothing out of which the opponents of the republican party can make po- litical capital. re A DEMAND FUR LABUR. The indlcations are that the demand for labor during the harvest season will be very much in excess of the supply. This s now th in Kansas and there will be a steadily growling de- mand elsewhere. The most urgent call comes from California, where the lack of labor threatens serious consequences to the fruit crop. Only the early fruit is ripe and going forward to market and the enormous crop to follow 1s still growing. A San Francisco paper states that it is the opinion of experienced fruit growers and handlers that half of this fine crop will rot on the ground for lack of labor to secure and save it. This will mean a loss to the state of about $10,000,000. California also has a heavy hay and grain crop and an increased acreage in beets, which calls | for more labor than usua There will be employment in the har- vest work of the west for a great deal more labor than it now appears will | be available and it is probable that a higher price will be paid for such labor than ever before. There are unem- ployed in the cities who might supply | much of the demand, but it is difficult | to get such to go into the harvest field, | whatever the inducements offered. The | situation shows that there is still room here for more Industrious people from abroad. case Whatever our attitude toward con- flicts between employers and theli em- ployes, we must deplore resorts to vio- lence with menace to life and destruc- tion of property such as reported from Paterson, where both sides seem to have far exceeded the line of reason and the limits of the law. Contlicts of force like these accomplish no good in the long run, while they incite the spirit of lawlessness dangerous to our free institutions. Examples of this kind should serve only to increase the de- mand for more peaceful methods of ad- Justing labor difficulties and the solution of this problem cannot safely be long deferred. E a1 g If the democrats in congress have any {dea that the attacks upon the American army constitute an issue with which to go before the people they will soon be disillusioned. The resentment against the detractors of the American soldier is plainly exhibited on every occasion by men and women of all classes and conditions. If the democratic generals would go before the people on that issue they would not have a corporal's guard of privates to support them. There is no call for apprehension that the volcano explorers have subsided along with the eruptions. They are simply loading up for an outpour of descriptions and explanations that will make a steady stream in the maguzines and periodicals for months to cowe. Prospective Mix-Up. Washington Post. With the republican managers distribut- ing the speeches of demucrats and the democratic managers distributing the | speeches of republicans the campalgn is llable to become confusing. Senator Quuy Stepped Off. Boston Transcript. It it be true that coincident with the vol- canle disturbances in the West Indies Penn- sylvana has been lifted from two to twen- ty-four inches above the sea level 1t must be reckoned the most remarkable rise in real estate on record. Misery Seeks Company. Indianapolis News. One good result of the closer communi- cation with South Africa is the reports of the winter weather, which we get here in the middle of summer, although it may be open to question whether such reports are a consolation of an exasperation. An 0la Reliable Hoodoo. Chicago Chronicle. “Our American colonles,” vociferates M Etlenne, president of the French Chamber of Deputies, “are ardently coveted by the United States.” Don't you believe it for a minute, monsieur. We have enough to do in assimilating some millions of impulsive and irritable Malaysians without taking on & bunch of volcanoes. Soyez sage, Maitre Etlenne. Specific for Democratic Tils, New York Sun. The democratic party or some consider- able part of it seems to think that it can heal itself of the wounds it got from free silver by making a tremendous pother about imperiallsm and the “atrocities” of the army in the Pbilippines. According to & recipe of Greek folklore a man bitten presidential campaign in the United States. The absurdity of such a charge is obvious. At the close of the war with Spain congress appropriated $3,000,- 000, out of which money was to be dis- tributed to the officers and men of the lttle Cuban army. President McKinley belleved that for the United States to neglect them, in their penniless and for- lorn condition, would be an act of almost eriminal folly. Gomez was the repre- sentative of the army and had served by a scorplon can be cured by getting on an ass' back. No American Westminster. Kansas City Star. It is plain that the deadly eanul of sum- mer in Washington has attacked the con- gressman from Alabama who has perpe- trated a blll providing for the removal of all the dead presidents to Washington. Men is amons the people who knew him best, and where his memory will be regarded with the greatest affection—not to speak of charity. Brave in Defeat. Philadelphia Ledger. General Dewet's advice to his men to #0 home and become loyal British subjects, {s eminently sensible. They have made their fight, have won the admiration of the world by their bravery and endurance, and have been beaten under circumstances that reflect nothing but honor upon them, and, as they can do nothing more in the way of effective fighting, their only right plan now is to resume peaceful relations, and try to live as harmoniously with their con- querors as possible. By so doing they will | et along very much better than they would by persisting in regarding themselves as a beaten but unconquered people. A Ro n on the Bench, ew York Sun. Give honor unto Justice Brewer of the Long Island Babylon! He has a high old Roman fashion, the unpitying justice of the elder Brutus. His cousin, his pretty cousin —and here be it observed that all your fe- male cousins are or of right ought to be pretty—his pretty cousin was brought be- fore him charged with riding her bicycle on the sidewalk. She pleaded gullty. The rigor of the magistrate overpowered the eympathy of the cousin. He fined the pretty cousin $3, which she pald Iike a man. The justice may have to make his relative a fat Christmas present of pro- pitiation, but he has the noble consclous- ness ot having done his duty and of ring- ing Roman yet. “A NEW HOMESTEAD LAW.” tional Irriga n Act So Styled by 1 Sapporters. Portland Oregontan. The friends of the irrigation law, now be- fore congress, are jubilant. The bill has passed the house by a large majority; its provisions, as is well known, meet the warm approbation of the president, who has long been outspoken In advocacy of system- atic, Intelligent reclamation of the coun- try's arid areas. This measure is held to embody these ideas, and is regarded by many as only second in importance to the homestead law—as, in fact, “‘a new home- stead law,” made applicable to arld lands. Simply stated, it provides that the govern- ment shall create new rivers through ghe building of reservoirs and main-line canfils, and so regulate the flow of streams already in existence that thelr waters will be avail- able for irrigation during a season of drouth. Only bona fide settlers will be entitled to secure land contiguous to, or dependent upon this newly created water supply; settlers who are In truth as well as in declaration of Intent, homeseekers and homebuflders. These are not only to reside upon and cultivate the land thus se- cured, but are to return to the government in due process of time, by a system of de- ferred payments, the entire cost of creating the water supply which rendered the lands arable. It is recalled in this connectlon that it was under a republican administration, after ten years of bitter controversy, that the homestead act became a law. The bill introduced by the veteran representative from Pencsylvania, Galusha Grow, was passed after stormy debate, and received the signature of Abraham Lincoln. Friends of the “new homestead law,” so-called, and these comprise the population of the etates of the great plateau, and their name is legion, declare that the speeches made in congress in opposition to the irrigation Dill bear a striking similarity to those made in opposition to the homestead law, prior to its enactment in 1862. They see in the proposed irrigation law, merely a modifica- tion of the homestead act to suit conditions in the arid portions of the public lands yet to be devised to settlers, and which cannot be made avallable without such assistance as this law is intended to glve. Though not reckoned among the arid states, Oregon has a very considerable area of arid and semi-arid lands, the reclama- tion of which will add greatly to its wealth-producing capacity. A law which will put up the bars against corporation ownership of irrigable lands, and open the way for settlers to come in and occupy them as homebuilders, founders of schools, patrons of churches and factors in com- munity life, cannot fall to prove a vast and increasing benefit to the state and the nation. This it 1s declared the ‘mew homestead law” will accomplish as the vears go on, and in this interest its enact- ment is urged. SHOULD WORK BOTH WAYS, Suppose the Rule Were Applied to Corporation Managerst Baltimore American. A New York court has recently con- demned a man to imprisonment on account of his false reports of depreclation on the financial status of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company. That 1s all right. Slander should be always punishable. When a man deliberately assails the credit of a corporation from speculative motives Dbe adds a darker hue to his gullt. No man should be permitted to scandalize elther a person or corporation for mere mercenary purposes. There ls another side to this question, however. If a corporation is victimized by the false statements of an indlvidual there 1s an immediate demand to have him prosecuted. It is criminal, so the corpora- | tion's champlons claim, to eirculate fabrica- tions with the view of hurting the market's status of a corporation. The position of these champlons is well taken. Does the rule work both ways however? Suppose the insiders of a corporation plan a set of rumors with the view of enhancing the organization’s stock sbove its real value; are they, too, amenable to prosecution? Slander of the corporation hurts the cor- poration; exaggeration of the corporation's profits and successes hurts the public. In both instances there is an application of the same principle. To attack the com- pany’s credit hurts its standing because it depreciates the price of the stocks below their actual value. To bolster up the com- pany's credit hurts the public because it advances the price of the stocks above thelr actual value. If one is to be penal- ized, why not the other? Surely the affairs of the public are of as much consequence those of a corporation. If the law inter- poses its hand and says to a speculative scandal monger, “Stop, you shall not injure the market value of a corporation,” it cer- tainly should be equally as diligent in pre- venting & ruthless fleecing of the public. As between the two wrongs, the latter is certainly the more harmtul The importance of this is very manifest at tals time, owing to the recent swindlings to which the public bas been subjected There have been any number of incorrect statements about the excellent condition and achievements of various companies made for the express purpose of Inducing the public to pay more for the stocks than the stocks were really worth. In other words, the public has been allured into raying high prices by false representations. These purchases, made on misstatements by men who conspired to accomplish that end, have invariably resulted in big finan- cial losses to the public. Disparagements are wrong because they entall losses and are punishable; surely false overestimates are wrong owing to like consequences and should be just as mercilesely prosecuted. will do things of this kind when they don't know what else to get at. But the presi- dents will not be moved. The place for any map to rest after “life’s ftfyl fever” The public s emtitled to full protection trom all swindling schemes, it matters not whether they be petty games of the street or blg games in the domaln of finance. turned In the old direction. ROUND AROUT NEW YORK. s on the Current of Life in the Metropolin. Prior to the strike In the anthracite coal fields New York City was a hard coal town. Soft coal was vigorously black listed. But things have changed. The alleged scarcity of hard coal, together with an advance in price of $2 a ton, is deemed sufficlent cause for the use of soft coal. So general has this become that a cloud of soot envelops the city and New Yorkers are dally and hourly acquiring knowledge of the value of the human s tem as a smoke consumer. The job is not contributing to their peace of mind On the centrary, they are decidedly warm and are vigorously prodding the authorities for rellef. The latter scarcely know where to begin, eo widespread is the use of soft coal. The engines of the elevated roads appear to be the most offensive offenders and the courts have been asked to enjoin them. If bard coal cannot be had and soft coal & prohibited, the fire holes of Gotham will take on a chill and start an epidemic of walking. A few days ago there was a great deal of Jjoking at an auction sale of unclaimed goods at the custom house over a pair of lace trimmed corsets consigned to Vis- count de Castellane. “Who wants the vis- count's corsets?” demanded the auctloneer. “Speak up; what am I offered?’ There was silence for a moment, while smiles overspread the faces of the persons present. Then a shabby looking man with a white duck cap caused a laugh by bidding 50 cents. Six bidders gradually drove the price up to $3, at which figure the corsets became the property of a well dressed man who wore a small goatee. The purchaser, who sald his name was Tanszik, expressed the hope of selling them at a good profit. Made of white cotton, the two corsets, which had evidently been made to order for a man's figure, were the only articles Mr. Tanszik purchased. Viecount de Castellane, to whom the corsets were addressed, 1s said to be a distant cousin of the nobleman to whom Miss Anna Gould wae married. There ie a never-ending delight in a day trip on the Hudson river. The excursionist who knows something of the history of the Hudson valley has a delight that is denied to those who merely depend on lie natural scenery, and the glimpses of towns along the shore. There is not a mile of shore line that does mot contaln something of especial value to one who knows the coun- try through which he is passing. Some years ago there was a great move- ment among the rich men of New York to own homes on the highlands overlooking the Hudson from efther shore, and many magnificent houses were erected. Then came the rush for the seashore, Tuxedo, the Berkshires; but the tide has again Estates are being taken up with new enterprise, mag- nificent houses are being erected and ex- tensive improvements laid out. The action of New Jersey and New York In saving the Palisades from destruction has had something to do with the resurrection of the Hudson valley. No traveler who goes up or down this river can be insensible to the debt he owes these states for their action. To have allowed these great clifts to be tumbled down and ground up Into street paving, would have been vandalism carried to the utmost verge of destruction. “We're having our own troubles with the trolley octopus out my way just now,” sald the suburbanite, quoted by the New York Mail and Express. “It 16 laying tracks and putting up poles for a new line. There's a Dutchman, Hans Geisler, out there, who owns a little seven by ten place on the line of the new trolley route. The workmen began to dig & post hole in front of his dwelling the other day, and it didn't sult Hans a little bit, so he came out and forbade them to continue work. They explained that they had au- thority from the proper officials, but this didn’t pacity Gelsler, who had made up his mind that he could not, would not and should not have the nuisance in front of his house. “After a good deal of wrangling the fore- man declared that they couldn’t waste their time in gabbing, and ordered his gang to set to work. Thereupon the Dutchman called his wife, and with dextrous and unexpected movement, succeeded in flinging over the hole the men had begun a heavy plank, upon which he established his frau, *“‘Now Gretchen,’ says he, ‘dot ish vare you standts till I comes me back mit eln injunction, and with many charges to her nmot to move from the board till his return, he departed on a fast trot. The stolld frau stood like a statue, hands on her hips and deflance painted in her face. But no sooner had the old man disap- peared than the foreman directed his men to take the board, with the woman on it, and lift it from its place. It was a heavy tug, but it was accomplished, and with perfect politeness the corpulent lady was set to one side, as if she had been a fat tea urn on a salver. The digging then went merrily on, and while the old lady held to the letter of her husband's command with stlent fidelity, the men set up & pole. It was well In its place when Hans returned in breathless haste, waving in his hand the coveted injunction. When he came panting up and saw what had been done, he was overcome with as- tonishment, first, and then burst out In wrath: “ ‘Vy you not stood on dot hole, alretty?" he demanded of his wife. ‘It vas on dis poard dot you puts me, ain’t 1t? she answered, with confidence. “He looked at her helpless indignation for a moment and then cried: ‘I vas not mean dot you standt on dot poard ven dot hole vas carried ava PERSONAL NOTES. The present popularity of the Panama hat must be torture to Senator Morgan. While 129 officers of the British army are qualified as interpreters in French, 108 are similarly qualified in Russian, eighty- one in German, but only one In Dutch. Permission has at last been given by the German authorities for women to aftend political meetings. They must sit In epecial places, however, and make no speeches. August von Ende, a ploneer German resi- dent of Wisconsin, is dead. His grand- father was a German nobleman whose es- tates were confiscated during the Napoleonic invasion. When Andrew Carnegle was struggling for wealth in his early days the only recrea- tion he allowed himself was an occasional fishing expedition. Now that the wealth bas come to him he is an ardent angler. Baron Max Oppenheim, imperial German counselor of legation, Cairo, Egypt, is in Colorado as the representative of Emperor Willlam, to study how the undeveloped territory of the United States is made to change to ebundant fertility and become the homes of new settlers. Pension Commissioner Ware exhibits this commualcation, which he recelved from a plous Illinols widow, who belleves that faith without works is uot enough: *Dear Mr. Ware—I am trusting in the Lord to get my pension, but as I need the money, I do hope you will give & little help yourselt.” Russell Sage's family and family physi- clan are trying to convince him that he has done his share of the world's work. They do not even hope that he will stop at- tending to business altogether; they are merely trying to have him reduce his work- ing hours to two or three daily, with oc- caslonal holldays. AMERICANS IN CANADA. a he l*y of the Snow Philadelphla Ledger. . Some timid persome in Canada are dls- turbed lest the growth of immigration to the Dominion from the United States shall | in time result in the formation of an Amer- fean party favorable to the overthrow of the English yoke and to annexation with this country. The bulk of American im- migration s going to western Canada and apparently {s welcomed by the British au- thorities, who are of opinion that the Americans will seek naturalization so as to bave a voice in the government of Can- ada, and that they are settlers in good faith and have no ulterfor purpose. Ac- cording to the Montreal Herald time was when Canada was an outpost of Europe, but now the native born constitute 87 per cent of the population and dominate gov- ernment and commerce. According to the ceneus of 1901 the population of the Do- minfon was 5,371,051, of whom 4,671,805 were Canadlan born. The province of On- tarfo had 1,958,788 Canadian natives, 120,000 Englich, 6 Irish and 49,881 Scotch. In the province of Quebec there were 1,560,190 Canadlan born. Of those not born in the province 20,313 come from Ontario, A number almost as large as that accounted for by all the im- migration from Bngland, which is 20,689, and almost as large as what is left of Scotch and Irish immigration, 21,613, Tak- ing the country over, of those not Canadian born, the English born are most numerous, being 201,283, and those born in the United States next, of whom there are 137,891. Ireland stands sponsor for 101,628, gcotland for 83,631 and France for 7.936., Plainly, the roots are less numerous than fe leaves of the tree. “Our fathers rulel by con- quest, but we by right of birth." Undoubtedly the discovery of gold in the Klondike reglon gave great stimulus to tmmigration to Canada from the United States. Many persons by Investigation found that Canada’s climate s not so rigor- ous nor its soll so sterile as they had imagined, just as the popular misconception of Siberfa as one vast frozen waste has been shown to be erroneous. While the mineral treasures of the Yukon and its tributaries revived Interest in the Alaskan boundary line and prompted Canada to jealous and unwarranted aggression, it also set on foot a movement for the final and irrevocable determination of the boundary. This solu- tion, although it is being slowly approached 1s, nevertheless, inevitable, and its accom- plishment will serve to put at rest conflict- ing claims and allay friction. Whether Americans who settle in Canada will abandon their allegiance to the United States s a matter for conjecture. It is al- most without precedent, 80 far as our citi- zens are concerned. They are tenaclous of thelr freedom under the flag of the re- public. For that matter, it Is characteristic of the English, likewise, that they cling loyally to the land of thelr birtis, and often it is only after long years of separation and when their children and grandchildren have attained manhood, that they consent to take out “the papers” that make Ameri- can citizens out of British subjects. Another M1 YANKEE BOURBONS, Party Platforms and Performances Respecting Tr Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. When & boy wants to it a cat it seems the natural and obvious thing to grasp her tail. Most children mistake it for a handle —once. Then they approach the cat cau- tiously and learn that the way to pick her up without getting scratched is to melze her by the scruff of the neck. For twenty years now we have been picking up the trusts by their slippery talls and all our scars and scratches have not taught us the right way. We have hauled them Into court on laws that did not touch them, before judges that could mot convict them. Conventions have exhausted the language of promise, orators of denuncia- COMPLIMENTS A GALLANT FOE. King Edward Rebukes the Slanderers of the Boers. Washington Post Once more Edward VII has earned the admiration of the civilized world and shown himeelf to be a gallant and chival- rous gentleman. In replying, three or four days ago, to the addresses of the lord | mayor and the London county council he took occasion to speak of the Boers as “a brave and determined people’” and to come pliment them on the good falth In which they are accepting the uation Looking back to early days of the war in South Africa and recalling the come ments then made upon the Boers by our Anglomaniacs at home and the subsidized Amerlcane abroad how mean and pitiful thelr utterances seem compared with the generous tribute England's king has just pald to the greatest and most splendid fighting men the world has ever seen! Wa recall the vile campaign of slander and de- traction, of brutal and contemptuous paragement, of cruelty and false witnes waged against those indomitable patriots by the emissaries of Chamberiain's pawn- brokers and by the chorus of eager Ameri- can toadles ready to sing to any tune they thought would please England. There was nothing too false or venomous by stupid to say about the Boers in those disgraceful days. They were barbarous, dishonest, swinish, cowardly. It was a duty to the cause of civilization and human progress to exterminate them. They cumbered the earth and England bore aloft the white banner of righteousness In Its enterprise of conquest and exaltation. Why, the mere memory of that carnival of wickedness is sickening, even at this late day But the king has now shown them how gentlemen feel toward a gallant foe and has set the example of chivalrous speech concerning them. If it be possible to fn- ject knightly grace into a flunkey's soul— of which we have strong doubt—thls ut- terance by Edward VII should benefit the generation. dles LINES TO A LAUGH. Detrolt Frea Press: Kraft—The boss has promised to give me a raise in my salary next week Newltt—Sorry, old man, but I haven't got a cent to lend. Chicago Post: *What do you think about that man's boastful assertion that his word is as good as his hond?" “1 regard it as a very obliging warning to anybody who might be thinking of tak- ing his bond.” Philadelphia_Press: Jack—Miss Goldman and I are strangers now, 1've been told not to call there again. Tom—Ah! 1 supposs the young papa had a hand in that. ack—Well, er—not a hand exactly. Philadelphia Press: Tess-DId you tee May when she delivered the vaiedictory at her college commencement? Jess—Yes, and it certainly was lovely. Tess—That so0? Jess—Yes, it was just a plain mousseline de sole, but so stylish. lady's ‘Washington Sta 1T am glad to hear you say that nothing would persuade you to, sell your vote.’ “It would be foolish for me to do o, answered Senator Sorghum. “There would be no excuse for my selling. What 1 ail- ways wanted to do was to buy more.’ Detroft Free Press: Squildig—I observe that General Dewet has surrendered McSwilligen—1 see; De-wet has come in out of de rain. Chicdgo Tribune: ife of Eminent Phi- lanthropist—My dear, what were you think- ing of? You gave that poor man only 10 cents Eminent Philanthropist — I know It Amanda. It will be §10 when 1t gets into the anecdote columns.' Philadelphia Press: “I did have a trade . ma'am.” sald the tramp, “but I gev it up for a profession. “And why didn't you stick to the pro- fesslon?" “I am stickin' to {t. I'm a miner by trade and a striker by profession.” JUNE BRIDES-TO-BE. James Barton Adams In Denver Post Within her eyes there is that queer ex- tion, and the net result has been nothing The problem has grown, the effort to meet it has shrunk; for one congress, at least, was found to enact the Sherman law. We discriminate now between good trusts and bad trusts—that is all, and we are not absolutely sure that there is any such thing as a good trust. But granting that there is, it 1s good simply because it wants to be or because it belleves that goodness pays in the long run—not because it is compulsory. And the bad trust is bad simply because there is no sufficient reason on the statute books why it should not be, and because it has some grounds for balief that “the long run” in America means forever. Has congress learned nothing in the twenty years that it bas done nothing ex- cept to enact a moribund law? The people have a pretty clear idea of the way in which trusts have been built up. Tarlff and the rallroad are the twin breasts which bave suckled them. In the cause lies the germ of the remedy. Can the people make thelr representatives turn promise into performance, windy theories into practical laws, and pick up the bad trusts by the scruff of the neck and throw them out of the house? Roosevelt brings ability and willingness to meet the situation, but he is fighting cats with canarfes. It he fall with the Sherman law, will congress back him up with one that will work? Democrats and republicans alike bristle and growl and bark at the sight of & trust, Will they bite? pression 8o frequently described as “far away She sighs anon, a softly breathed confes sion That filmy fears across her love-skles lay. At her fair face times flutt A half-forced smile that's quickly doomed 10 wane— Then will her ripe lips move and she will mutter A name, then coax the smile to come agaln, And try, while thinking of the darling boy, To make herself belleve she's full of joy. 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