Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 3, 1902, Page 6

S a THE OMAHA: DAILY BEE E ROGE“ATER, EDITOR. TAK QUARTERMASTER WAREHOU:! At 1:47 o'clock, standard time, Mer- cer's advance agent, Tom Blackburn, received the following dispatch: “House Just passed my bill giving Omaha a quartermaster’s warehouse to cost > $75,000. David Mercer.” At precisely 4:14 p. m. another dispatch was received by the advance agent announcing the passage of the bill by the senate and its signature by the president. Thereupon Advance Agent Tom Blackburn rushed to the World-Herald office and unloaded his burden with the following explada- tion and misinformation: This bill fixes Omaha as one of the great distributing points for military supplies. The bullding will be erected on the gov- ernment. corral grounds and is to be used for storage and distribution of quarter- master supplies. In January, 1900, a bill was introduced in both the senate and house appropriating $50,000 to establish a general depot of the quartermaster’s department, and was re- ferred in each house to the appropriation PL‘BL!.HID EVERY IORNINO TP‘RMS OF SLBOLR]P‘"O fly Bee (without !und‘y), Onc Iy Bee and Sunday, One Y llustrated Bee, One Year unday Bee, One Year... turday Bee, One Year. ... entieth Century Farmer, One Y DELIVERED BY CARRIE! lly Bee (without Sunday), per l;’ Bee (without Bunday), per wee Bnuncludlng lundl per veol 1;: ay B in delivery ty Cireulation OFFICES. The Bee Bullding T OB ity Hail Bullding, Twene 't :'w ork—-Temple Court. hington—801 Fourtee: LORRIIPDVDENCD o alkd 1 relatipg to news 'a T matier Ihoulu‘ be addressed: m-x ee",“é:;l:orhl Department. committee (where it was pigeonholed). BUSINESS LETTERS. On March 13, 1900, a few months before Business letters and remittances ghould [ ¢he miljtary ' headquarters of the Platte Ibe addressed: The Bee Pubilshing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. ress or postal order, Remit by dratt, express o BORY pany, 2-cent stam ted Th_paymeRt of fi'mm:. P P e a_or easte! % E BEE PLBLIIK €O A Y. were removed from the Bee building, Ed- ward Rosewater prevailed upon Senator Thurston to introduce a bill to make the old postofiice building such a general depot. Con- gress; however, did not approve of the idea of paying rent for offices in the Bee bulld- ing for an indefinite period, while the new federal buflding was being completed, and Mr. Rosewater's plan falled. On the 18th of last March Mr. Mercer in- troduced his bill “To provide for the ereo- tion of a quartermaster's warehouse at Omaha, Neb,"” and appropriating $75,000 for the purpose. On May 2 Quartermaster General Luding- ton gave it his unqualified approval, say- lll STATEMENT OF cl:cucxsuxox. ... nrn\m x?w‘ K uav.*h 'm.r .y of Publis] lug‘Co says that the of 11 s g ik “‘Omaha {sian excellent distributing point from which supplies stored there could be quickly shipped to the middle, northern and northweatern posts. In due course, the bill was,,on May 6, recommended for passage by the commit- tes on military affairs. Yesterday, in the closing hours of the session, the Omaha representative in congress had the meas- ure taken up and paseed in both houses and signed by the president inside of two Bours. It will be notéd that the quartermaster ‘warehouse bill was rushed through at the last hour of the session with the usual grandstand pyrotechnics, to create a sensation, just the same as all preceding bills for which Our Dave claims all the credit. It :will also be noted that the passage of the bill through the senate, preconcerted and prearranged doubtless through the en- ergetic assistance and efforts of Seaator Dietrich, 1§ attributed altogether to the congressman from the Second, as If he had been the only factor. Like his master, Mr. Mercer's advance agent has an impediment to his ve- racity. In sounding the timbrel and poynding the hewgag for Mercer, he seeks to obliterate the difference be- tween a general depot and quartermas- ter's supply purchasing station and a quartermaster’s warehouse. The original bill, which Mercer purposely defeated two years ago, contemplated the creation of a supply purchasing station similar to those at Philadelphia and Jeffersonville, Ind., where millions of dollars are ex- pended annually . not ouly in the pur- chase but also in the manufacture of quartermasters’ supplies. The quar- termaster’s warehouse is simply an ex- tension or addition to the corral, where supplies will be stored and reshipped as they may be required at various military posts. 3 The intimation that the Thurston bill was introduced to keep the army head- quarters in the Bee bullding is malicious and baseless. When the Thurston bill ‘was introduced, on March 13, 1900, the old postoffice building was almost ready for occupancy by the army and all ar- rangements for the removal of the army ' headquarters had - been made. The removal took place on June 30, 1800. As the Thurston bill expressly provided for the permanent location of army headquarters in the new ‘postoffice building when the west wing was com- pleted, there was no possible return to the Bee building. On December 18, 1900, nearly six months after the army headquarters had moved from the Bee building, E. C. Snyder, our Washington wndom. wired ' the following dispatch from Washington: ““Quartermaster’s supply depot Dbill is pending in Mercer's com- mittee. He refuses to move its refer- ence to the military affairs committee. ‘What do you suggest?’ This inquiry conclusively disproves the assertion of Mercer's advance agent that the efforts to pass the Thurston bill were inspired by a selfish motive. The Thursten bill ‘was referred to Mercer by Speaker ch— Total Yeets tunso! Net dally Subscribed In ‘efore me this l)fl: (Beal.) rag sence y of June, A. D., 1902 M. B, m\-rkh b Notary Publi It congress had more “closing hours" nothing would protect us against a flood of federal legislation. ‘When it comes to launching proclama- tions, the strikers and the rallroad man- agers display almost equal proficiency. gepsagedysew——" 0 Congressman Richardson now takes it all back and admits that he was the one ‘who was taken in by Captain Christmas’ fairy tale. = + Now watch Our Dave come sliding down the plke with another set of bullding plans for that houpe tucked under his arm. S—se—— Another curfew ordinance has been started .down the eity council chute. How many curfew ordinances does a town of Omaha's dimensions nqnly_c! ity The saddest part of the adjournment of congress is that for a few _months at least members will have to put up gate, money when {hey want to witness fistic exhibitions. Etieah—— By proving equal to the occaslon pré- cipitated by the king’s illness, Queen Alexandra is sure to endear herself more to the people than she could in any other way. e Last year Omaha's paving season was delaye! by neglect to get petitions in promptly. Thi§ year the petitions are in, but we have another source of delay in the unseasonable weather, e The cat with the proverbial nine lives will have to defend its laurels against the case of the Omaha Savings bank de- positors that has been before the su- preme court nine times and no certainty of the end yet. e Perhaps arrangements might be msde #0 that by concentrating the rainfall the proposed isthmian canal might be dispensed with and the ocean vessels taken straight across the continent over- land, without requiring even a lock. EE—— ..The success of Buffalo and Charles- ton in prevailing on Uncle Sam to foot their exposition deficits makea the suc- cess of Omaha In hot only footing its own bills but also paying back the ‘was loyal to Omaba and would exert all of Lais efforts to get it through promptly. The fact that he has secured an appro- priation for a $75,000 warehouse does not vindicate him for defeating the bill that would have given Omaha a quar- termaster's supply purchasing depot. While the quartermaster's warehouse will afford enlarged storage facilities for quartermasters’ supplies, a dozen such bulldings would not be worth as much to Omaha as one purchasing depot. It will take Mr. Mercer a good long while to satisfy intelligent and unbiased meén that he acted squarely and in the Interests of Omaha when he defeated the quartermaster’s bill two years ago. e ‘The county board has found its hands #0 full with the review of the county assessment that it has been compelled to extend its sessions as a board of ualisation & .week beyond the date originally set The work done this year, however, should not have to be Tepeated, except in part, each succeed- ing year. JULY DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST. The New York Commercial says that the dividends snd interest payments of this month will exceed in volume those of any previous July in the history ot the country. They will amount to very | nearly $124,000,000, or $14,000,000 more than the disbursements on these ac- counts of the corresponding mouth last year. That paper ascribes the steadily increasing dividend record pf the last few years in large part to the fact that the process of consolidation of Interests ———— Of course, the fact that the time is ! (31 H g 3 % and its effects are now being shown in | '1 %& if a é 3 £ i ! A OMAHA DAILY BEE: ening of thelr scope of activity and to- day their stockholders are receiving divi- dends tbhat would pever have accrued to them under the old system of opera- tion. The country never before saw a day when so much gold was parcelled out to individuals as that in which it is now rejofeing. It is the golden era of America’s prosperity, the harvest day of a people that have sown well and cultivated thoroughly.” There are some who doubt whether the situatioh 1s altogether healthy, whether some things are not being done financlally which are infractions of nat- ural economic laws and therefore dan- gerous. But there can be no reasonable doubt that the country is having a high degree of solld prosperity and so far as appears there I8 good reason to ex- pect its continuance for several years. There 18 a disqufeting feature of the situation in the labor troubles, but there Is ground for boping that these will be settled before amy very serious harm results from them to the business of the country, S— ANOTHER JSSUE WITH OHINA. Last Tuesday the Chinese government was to have pald to the powers the first installment, amounting to a little over $8,000,000, of the indemnity, the share of the United Statés being $400,680. | Ohina, however, refused to pay at the current rate of exchange, ufging that under the provision of the trdaty she 18 privileged to pay at the rate of ex- change that prevalled at the date of the protocol, April 1, 1601, when the price of sllver was higher than at pres- ent. There is a difference of opinion in regard to the construction to be given the language of the protocol and our government agrees with the Chinese contention and is willlng to accept pay- ment accordingly, while the other gov- ernments are disposed to insist upon being paid at the present rate of ex- change. There is the authority of Mr. Rock- hill, who was the special commissioner of the United States in the negotiations with China, to the effect that the repre- sentatives of the powers calculated the debt according to the value of the tael in gold at the rate of exchange then pre- vailing and this being so it certalnly appears like an injustice to China, sil- ver having greatly depreciated, to de- mand that she shall pay at the present rate of exchange. Therefore the posi- tion of the United States on the ques- tion seems absolutely fair and proper, but it is doubtful if other governments can be induced to take this view and hence the serious way in which the mat- ter is regarded at Washington. -The greedy European powers, which have shown a persistent disposition to squeeze all they possiby could out of China, are likely to insist upon their demand and may enforce it in the event of the continued refusal of China to comply. The probable outcome; how- ever, is that the Chinese government will yleld rather than face the danger of more serious trouble. E———— PROMPT ACTION ON CANAL BILL. Already the president and cabinet have had under consideration the course to be pursued in carrying out the provisions of thejisthmian canal bill, which means that there is to be no unnecessary delay in the mat- ter. 'The general belief is that no difficulty will be found In se- curing a satisfactory title to the fran- chises, rights and property of the New Panama company, or in obtaining the required concessions from Colombia. In regard to the former it is the intention. of the president to proceed carefully, so that when negotiations are completed not a shadow of doubt will rest upon ‘the title of the United States to the property acquired. Some of the ablest lawyers In congress have held that the Panama company is fully authorized, by the action of the French court last year, to dispose of its property. It is con- tended that the power to sell is sanc- tioned in the most unequivocal terms, but it is stated that our government may seek further judicial action in France and possibly will even endeavor to have the matter passed upon by the French parliament. For any efforts that may be made in these directions there is assurance of the assistance of the French government. In regard to concessions from Colom- bia, the basis of a treaty has already been drawn. Our right to comstruct the canal will not be derived from the Panama company, but must come from a treaty direct with the Colombian gov- ernment. The republic of Colombia offers to give to the United States all necessary jurisdiction over the canal and territory requisite for its construc- tion and operation, the United States to pay a reasonable annual compensation, to be fixed by the two governments every hundred years; except the amount for the first term is to be fixed at the end of fourteen years. Upon ratification of a treaty the sum of $7,000,000 shall be pald by the United States, this amount’ to be accounted for in subsequently fixing the annual com- pensation. Colombia has given evi- dence of a disposition to grant to this country necessary concessions and it is not doubted that a fair and satisfactory treaty will be effected between the two governments. The southern republic understands that the selection of the Panama route is contingent upon our government obtaining reasonable terms and conditions, the bill passed by com- gress specifically providing that if satis- factory concessions are not secured from Colombla the president shall negotiate with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. As Colombia is undoubtedly most desirous that the United States shall construct bas been in progress during that time | the Panama canal it is reasonably to be assumed that she will put no obstacles in the way of that enterprise. There seems, therefore, good reason to expect that within a year work on the Panama route will have commenced. in the business of the world. But with | Certainly President Roosevelt will spare forces and the | no effort to advance this great work, come & wid- | the importance of which to this country THURSDAY, and to the world no one more fully ap- preciates. CEpee— It is vouched for by the chief of the secret service that the circulation of all- silver counterfeit coins has been reduced by 80 per cent within the last year. The secret gervice men are careful, how- ever, not to say to what extent the cir- culation of these counterfeits is carried on, and, as a matter of fact, it is hard to see how they could tell, since mint officlals say that all-silver counterfeits have been made that defy detection by every ordinary means. Nobody knows how much spurious silver coin Las beeh floated by counterfeiters willing to give full welght in silver and take their profit out in the difference between face valve and bullion value. It I8 not so much difficulty in floating the counter- feit without detection that hinders tbe expansion of this business as the ex- pensive character of the dies, stamps and other machinery necessary and the obstacles in the way of setting up and operating the plant In secret. .But so long as our coinage laws offer a pre- mium of 50 cents on every sliver dollar, the temptation to all-silver counter- feiting will be a constant menace. e You can't change the instincts of a cuttlefish any more than you can change the spots of a leopard. Whenever the World-Herald 18 cornered it tries to cover its serpentine tracks by shedding barrels of ink. This was its course with the Bartley pardons and this (s its course with regard to the rallroad as- sessment question. Instead of jolnlng in the only practical effort to secure re- lief for the people, by refuting the mls- statements and lame arguments of the rallroad tax bureau, It seeks to befog the real issue by political gabble, Its contention that the overburdened tax- payers of Nebraska can get no rellef ex- cept by the election of a fusion state board 1s disproved by the record of pre- vious assessments made by fusion boards, as well as by republican boards. The true remedy must be sought through the direct intervention of the courts, with such construction of ‘the laws as will leave no loophole for eva- sion or favoritism. | == Complimentary allusion to the per sonal worth ®f the fusion nominee for governor by the republican paper of his home town is paraded in the local popo- cratic organ as conclusive reason why republicans should vote for the fusion candidate. Republican papers have a sense of propriety, but catch any popo- cratic paper saying a good word for any- one on the republican state ticket. The popocratic paper emits nothing but par- tisan rancor all the time, and the very fact that a man finds favor in & repub- lican state convention blinds the popo- cratie editor to every good quality he possesses. e According to the quarterly statement of the Bteel trust, its earn'ngs for the period exceed by,more than $10,000,000 the earnings for the corresponding meonths of a year ago. This ought to be a good time to get in applications to Mr. Carnegle for new library buildings for ambitious cities and towns. Towa 18 to recelve $456,417 in payment of a hoary-headed war claim, by virtue of an item in the general deficlency bill passed by congress. A windfall like this would be & blessing for the Ne- braska state treasury with its big load of warrant indebtedness, but lowa does not need the money. e The ovation accorded Speaker Hender- son on his felicitous speech declaring the session closed sine die bardly accords with the stories so persistently circu- lated out of Washington by his enemies that the speaker had lost all his popu- larity with house members. ] What a Conversation that Would Be. Chicago Post. Undoubtedly Admiral Dewey would like to have Semstors Carmack and Patterson on the deck of the Olympis and “a long distance from home' just for three min- utes. —e— Does Ome Swallow End ALY ‘Washington Post, The Nebraska democrats accepted the populist platform in order to get the momi- Dee for governor. It.is an easy matter to tell which party did the swallowing. —_—— Easily Satisfied. Brooklyn Eagle. If the house of representatives has its way the mew peso of the Philippines will be worth 40 cents. Bo long as it does not look like 30 cents we don't care what it is ‘worth. _— Looked On, Amused. Kansas City Journal. Admiral Dewey emphatically denies that he recognized the so-called government of Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo’s govermment, like the Spanish ships when Dewey got through with them, was wholly unrecognizable. Line Up Clatm It New York Tribune. The college commencement season being almost over, we embrace this oppertunity to assure & host of ardent young gentlemen who, despite a lot of nonsense to the con- trary, don’t imagine that they own the earth, that they will be heartily welcome to as much of it as they can prove title to &t any time. Patriotic Moves for Revenue Only. Philadelphia Record. Purchases of lands in the west for na- tlonal park purposes have resulted in the redemption from vulgsrization or destruc- tion of many wonderful works of pature and grand canyons, geysers, cataracts and primeval forests have been secured for- ever as public possessions. Every new state its prime novelty of nature and the instinctive disposition to secure it agalnst vandalism usually takes the form of an application to congress to condemn the land for & national park. Supersided to this in recent years have been found thrifty provisions prescribing methods for ntilizing federal possessions. It is not enough to own the parks; they must be made sources of public revem Heance the proposition in congress that the gov- ernment shall practically go fnto the bath- house business at White Sulphur Springs, L T, and the further attempt to make Uncle Sam the custodian for hire of the famous Wind cave in South Dakota. Let . : q E : it JULY 8, 1902 ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples om the Current of Life in the Metropolis. The most remarkable factory in the United States stands at the Intersection of Mulberry and Bayard atreets, New York City, and is locally known as Public School No. 23. Here are gathered in school hours the children of twenty-nine distinct na- tionalitfes, from Europe, Asia and Africa, d Its business is to convert this raw aterial into a finished American product, speaking one language and saluting one fiag. Boys and girl from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Egypt, Spain, Poland, Austria, China, Servia, Scotland, Roumania, Hun- gary, Russia, France, Ireland, England, New Guinea, Venezuela, West Indies, Canada and New Zealand are to be found in this school. Before they arrived here they knew no other language than the language of their mother country, which they heard at home. When they leave school they know the history of the world, the geogra- phy of the earth's surface, the meaning of the American institutions under which they live; they also know how to read and write English readily. The school is two blocks from China- town, three blocke from Chatham Square and a stone's throw from the Bowery, and from these foreign settlements draws its puplls of mixed races. There are only a few pupils who are Americans of the sece ond generation. The same subjects are taught as in the other schools in New York—spelling, gram- mar, geography, arithmetic, decimal and commen fractions, business forma, history, composition, musle, drawing, physiology, physical culture, manual training, sewing and ceoking. Corn King Phillips, recenty dethroned in Chicago, is about to invade the reservation of mamon, famillarly known as Wall street. In an interview he explains his change of base: ‘I not enly believe, but I know that big prices and a speculative grain market help every man In the land and I'm here ee If I can spread that beltef and excite an interest in New York in grain speculating, as there is an inter- est in stock speculating, “I don't do the trading for the mil- llonaires, though I would be glad to get thelir trade, but I want to get about 1,000 omers who are fair dealers—men who handle the stuff, say in.5,000 bushel lots. It I can do that I can handle, say 5,000 bushels a day and I belleve that that volume of trade would put 10 cents a bushel on wheat and corn in the Chicago market. “That's what makes prosperity. It's speculation—tho good prices that come {rom speculation—constant flow of wealth. “It wasn't McKinley who made pros- perity. Joe Leiter had as much to do with it as any man In the country, but Provi- dence gave us a big crop and fate gave Europe & poor crop. Then Leiter rushed in and bought millions of bushels of grain. He sent the price up 10 cents a bushel; corn followed up in sympathy and the value of the crop went up not less than $100,000,000. The farmers got & share of d the raflroads and the elevator owners and the millers and the grocers. “Don’t say that somebody had to be the loser. Nobody loses when money floods the country, for in the flow and ebb all get a portion of it." There is or rather was & new slot ma- chine. It appeared in a Bowery “‘museum, but is now lald up for repairs, reports the Evening Post. “Drop a penny in the slot, press the button and see wild, mad dance.” A typical East Bide “spleler” was the first victim of record. He produced the copper coin, dropped it into the slot, gave the button a vigorous push and promptly executed a “mad dance.” There was a stout needle concealed {n the center of the push button and the pressure on this but- ton, besides sending the needle into the finger, exposed a mirror in which the vic- tim could see his contortions. The “spleler” kicked the machine to pleces and threatened to bring “de gang" and “clean out” the place if the proprie- tor resented its destruction. In the year 1898, the first of the ocom- solidation, there were 141,745 arrests in the five boroughs of New York. Last year there were 133,749, a decrease of 8,000, not- withstanding th eady increase in the city’s population. Of the arrests for the more serious of- fenses, reports the Sun, the number for highway robbery decreased from 81 to 65, for assault and battery from 8,508 to 8, for gambling from 389 to 295, and for pass- 1ng counterfeit money from 49 to 37. The arrests on the charge of being “sus- piclous persons,” which are usually without legal effect, increased from 6,448 to 7,565 and for petty larceny from 5,807 to 6,154. The number of homicide cases in the first year of consolidation was 322; last year it was 205. The arrests for intoxication—there !s | Intoxication fn New York than formerly— were 87,490 in 1898 and 35,394 in 1801. A substantial and important decrease in the number of arrests was in those of viola- tion of corporation ordinances. These amounted in the first year of the consoll- dation to 13,725 and last year to 8,504 only. There was & decrease, but not to the same eoxtent, in the number of arrests for vagrancy, from 7,750 to 6,648 and for dis- orderly conduct from 29,353 to 28,390. In arson there was some increase and the number of arrests for receiving stolen goods, 93°1n the first year of consolidation, was 207 last year, a marked increase. In the first year of comsolidation one person was charged with carrying knockout drops. There was no arrest made on this charge last year. For abandonment the arrests in the first year of the consolidation were 1,419 and last year 1,872 and on the charge of bigamy they decreased from 54 to 7. QGenerally speaking, the number of ar- rests for minor offenses fell off consider- ably. In 1898 there were 3,138 arrests for violation of the liquor tax law and last year there were 1,010 only. The number of arrests for volation of the health laws in- creased from 682 to 2,054. PERSONAL NOTES. ‘That gypey who prophesied that King Bd- ward would never be crowned may be en- titled to another guess. Herr Most wept when sentenced to & year in the penitentiary. Some day he'll get something worth crying about. Dr. Joseph P. Cobb, the newly elected president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, is one of Chicago’s most dis- tinguished physicians. Alfred Austin’'s coromation ode is deing denounced as the worst sort of cemic opers doggerel. It will not be set to music by any composer who cares for his reputation. From the trend of some of the questions asked - Admiral Dewey by the senate com- mittee Senators Carmack and Patterson scemed to regret that the Spaniards were whipped in Manila bay. Captain 1L M. Smith, the first man who stretched wires across the state of Wis- consin, ie still living in Topeka, Kan. He has also made weather observations from & scientific standpolot for the last Afty years. Police Captain Miles O'Rellly, the Brook- lyn terror who was recently transferred to New York, is making things lively for hia men in the downtown district, He actually THE NATION'S FINANCES, Plles of Good Money Pouring Inte Uncle Sam's Chest, Chicago Post. In round numbers the tressury figures show at the closs of the fiscal year & sur- plus for the twelve months of $80,000,000. According to the treasury report of Sature day the total receipts for the year to that date were 5 31, and the total ex- penditures ,321,797.62. A comparieon Wwith the figures of last year shows that the expenditures of the government have ma- terially decreased, ‘the difference in favor of the present fiscal year being aboup $37,~ 000,000. To get & better idea of the immense busi- ness carried on by the national government it may be sald that the daily average re- ceipts for each business day of the year have been $1,800,000 and the average amount pald out for each day $1,600,000, leaving $300,000 of “profit" for every business day in the year. Notwithstanding the large ap- propriations made’ by congress (which will come close to a total of $1,000,000,000), the heavy expense of the war in the Philip- pines and the reduction in the war revenue 'tax made by the last congress, the surplus for this year will be $15,000,000 more than that of last year. The avallable cash bal- ance—money subject to appropriaton— stands at $206,000,000; gold on hand, $497,- 000,000 It is Interesting to note, as demonstrating in a particular way the healthful state of the country’s commerce, that, while the in- ternal revenue receipts fell off from $304,- 000,000 to $271,000,000 during the year just closing, the customs receipts increased from $238,000,000 te $255,000,000. And it may also interest the taxpayers of the country to know that penelons continue to constitute the heaviest item of government expense— nearly $450,000 a day. Looking generally at the nation's financial conditien we cannot do better than to quote Secretary Shaw, who sald: “The prosperity of the country s so great that all ealcula- tions are likely to be upset. If congress re- duces taxes it seems to make little differ- ence In the income of the government. The money comes rolllng in faster than we Xknow what to do with it." A PARTY OF NEGATION. Way of Dealing with Great Issnes, 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. The democratio party got a hard blow from Congressman Canmon of Illinols, the other day when he sald: *“We pull the wagon and we do the work, and you find the fault. We are doing the best that can be dome in settling the questions that grew out of the war of 1898, but all that you can do Is to scold.” If anybody recol- lects anything that has beem done by the democracy in recent years except to scold he ought to tell it as & contribution te history, When Money of Missiesippl, as blatant a demagogue as Clark of Missouri, or Tiliman of Bouth Carolina, was asked a few months ago how he would solve the Philippine problem, his answer was, “The Phillppiaes may go to the devil for all I care.” This is the democratlc way of deallng with great lssues. That party’s only function in the politics of the past forty yeu has been to obstruct every great measure which the republican party has brought forward. Once or twice when it essayed something in the fleld of creative statesmanship it passed silver bills and put through & tarift which President Cleveland sald stood for “‘party perfidy and party dis- homor,” and which he refused to sign, let- ting it become a law through the expira- tion of the time limit. All the legislation since 1861 which met the national necessi- ties as they presented themselves has been enacted by the republican party and, in almost every case, against the peraistent and malignant hostility of the democracy. Ostensibly the democrats are very auxi- ous to have a Cuban reciprocity bill passed, but they favor this policy ouly as a means of embarragsing the republicans. But the republicans are not showing the slightest amount of embarrassment on this or any other issue. The Cuban question will be dealt with in this session and will mever arise again to bother the republicans. The reciprocity which was favored at the out- set by one element of the republicans has been given up, and probably mever will reappear. This question will soom be out of the way, and congress will have a chance to give Its attention to something else. The democrats bave made no com- tribution to the constructive legislation of the session. They will make nome to that of congress. The democracy’s only function s obetruction and even in this fleld 1t has no influence which any public- spirited American need reckon with. REFORMING THE HOG, Democratio A Movement Designed to Give Polish te an American Institution. New York Times. It 1s reported from Washington that the Agricultural department is about to usder- take a line of experiments to establish the thesis that the hog is by nature a cleanly, and even dalaty, animal—tempera- mentally something of a “dude,” In fact— and that, given an environment which does Dot destroy his self-respect, his natural tastes will develop along the lines of his original preference for sweetness and light. It is probably assumed that if the hog learns to forgo certaln gross indulgenoces, such as wallowing ia muck and standing in the trough, he will presently become amenable to the considerations which gov- ern in the Intercourse between geatlemen. To prove this thesis, a bog with the proper phrenological development will be domi- clled in & pen with some pretensions to architectural beauty. He cannot be civil. ized in & sty which shocks his aesthetio That about expresses the goodness of our Crash, Home- spun, Serge and Flannel suits for summer wear. They are the heighth of fashion’s creation and can be equalled, “NOWHERE.” No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Store closed all day Friday, July 4, so be sure and make * necessary purchases Thursday. pense. His eouch will Be a bedding of clean straw; puddles will be guarde! against by good underdrainage; he wi| have a cholce of stimulating sunshine or refreshing shade, and instead of swill by will be fed on nutritious vegotables fos which swine have ever displayed a fond- ness indicative of good taste in dletetic Whether trouffles will be included in iy menu we are not advieed. It under his improved conditions the hog ows & capacity for progress and displev & yearning for a still higher ® of llvir he might be moved into A mahogany ety with brass trimmings and & tile floor, slec on Orfental rugs of approved pattern and b, familiarizsed with the use of the napkin a mealtime. On the other bhand, should show a tendency to revert to the disagrec- able habits which have se long character fzed him such tendency will be very pro erly attributed to the degrading Influer of centuries of subjection to the brutalizin associations of the typical sty, which th farmer from time immemorial has consid ered not only geod enough for him, but quit to his liking. It 4 not expected that ho will at onoe respond to the elevating anl refining influences of his new environment The experiment will be considered success ful if, in half & dozen generations or so, the hog shows a marked tendency to be- come a Deat and self-respecting animal, ab- borring a mudhole and preferring canta- loupe served on Dresden china to inter- cepted house drainage peured from a sour pall into & reeking and bacteria-infested trough. It is dus to the Agricultural department to declare that this experiment is not meant to be & eatire upon the missionary enter prise which sends teachers and preachers to, #ay, China or & protessor of blology for the Woman’s college in Constantinople. It it were it might be amusing, even if open to the objection of not being in strictly good tsste. It 18, we understand, a serious project, having for its object the reforma~ tion and elevation of the American hog. —_— SMILING REMARKS. e e Vs Be ety 80 Y Omcer G Tw. ors but. o leaay or owned (Shicago Post: “All her smiles scera to be Fwidowers. u'.ahsllcmy little thing.” Bt 0 _confide in her ability t the untrained amimal” o Philadelphia l’?fll Ascum-=Y look wn"c.? od this morning, oid man, what's the matter u) Laung trouble, “fifm Slous! What's the matter th youl xwpo nilpfl:x ht the bady was exer- Puek' Mrs, Hoon—The Geacon 18 such a 00od man. u.r Hoon—Yes; but wmeflmnlun:y his halo 1s & trifie to0 m-nmnu ‘Washington Star: "I suppose you intend to,go away for & ttle reet this summer." amisy, nswes the m‘n'n; vlltnmn l;.rn awhy in the iy o, will i wvrechL 'Rote mors when we get Ohlo State Journal: * dooctor,” ex. L‘hlmed the hmel Dfll’l" cle Reuben. who pouring water op the eiectrio light, Ywhat are you domgT “Wall, I t tew blow th' thing out," replied Uncle Reuben, abashed, “an' it vrudxi,l hlnw ® 1 jes thort I'd drown it out, b’ about?" "Boo-boor' sobbed the boy, feod mo o mew mamme, -n’m ol g thlnl!rm mnr' “Do you think repub- s it Wnawered. Senator 1 gc;l:‘l dnh'( lhll’lk (h ur;‘lhlmfié:fl Bricked 8o often i n " very uufl' ° sTOW ‘cold and Bus) SIGNS OF THE TIMES. J. 3. Montague in Portland Oregonian. ' Bee the unfl. benignant trust, Butcher trust, Admic its" right to profit ev'ry cold out- sider must. Ty THl it would not be su rising To_see Sathers fond advising Thal r progeny eat hay. While the mm‘ trust, trust, In a manner wise and just, Pul\- inch by Inch upon ita cinch d gathers in the dus #or che trust trost, u-\-t. trust, trust, P'ar lb. hoo!ea. persecuted butcher trust. How lbo xmtltl activity comsumes it “‘hy lluruld anybody worry if it sells & that upon his soul? How it lpouu and fumes At the thought of gbll will cnl lnlo l!l‘ trust, e ‘l‘o\he‘mnln‘u‘lhmm Beo tl:.hm and the struggles of the Rallroad trust. How the cold and h government fte