Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 12, 1902, Page 6

e —————————————————————————————————— - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902 “THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B Bt e Wi Do B, ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. "R&l OI'V‘BUBBCHIVPI'IDK. Dally (without Sunday), One Year.$4.00 Dally Bee and SBundag, One Year. 6.00 Illustrated Bee, °§' ‘ear. 2.00 Bunday Bee, One Year. 8 Baturday Bee, One Year. . 1.50 Twentieth Century Farmer, One 1.0 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Bnuy Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. ally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. Dally Bee lincluding Sunday), per week..1io unday Bes, per copy.; vonsssts: B0 Evening Bee (without Sul ), per weel Evening Bee (ncluding Sunday), per week . RS ...a...u.;:: Complaints of frregularit e hould be addressed to City Circulation epartment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. South Omaha—City Hail Buflding, Twen- ty-ifth and M Street: Councll Blufts—10 Pear] Street. Chicago—1640 Unity Building. New York—Temple Court. Washington—l Fourteenth Strest. CORRESPONDENCE. o ailt Communications relating to new 1 itorial matter ghould = be addressed: maha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances gh bo addressed: The Beo Publishing Com< pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. ol emit by draft, express or pos 3 Stuble to The bilshing Company, By scent stamps acoepted in payment o il nocounts, Fersons lh:'CI:‘léle.lufieeDl on aha or eastern exchange THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, s bt el et B STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nepraska, Douglas County, ss.t George B. Taschuck, sectetar ot Bee Publishing’ Company, being duly swo pays that the actual number of full an omplete eoples of The Dally, Morning, vening and Sunday Bee printed during he mouth of June, 1%2, was as follows: pUS—— 16. ccasavaness . 20,460 Zevimerecnens. 20,490 1T.00pmancace 20,640 Fe——— 18, ceassaaens . 20,760 L Net total sales..... Net daily average. 29,318 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before e this 90 day of June, AL DY oo B, HUNGAT ‘Notary. Pubile. —_— Is not Henry Watterson about due of another installment of political erup- tion? EmT—— There is some consolation in the fore- rast of Weather Prophet Hicks that the hot blast Is still a week off, The elusive Harry Tracy and the dey lusive Pat Crowe might get together on B community of interest scheme, e When submarine wireless telegraphy becomes an established fact, every live community will want a water front with bceanic connections. S It schemes of the oleo makers pan put, the revised version will be—every man his own artist—so far as applying the color to his artificlal butter is con- cerned. Another unanswered question—Will Poet Laureate Austin be allowed to pro- Ject a second coronation poem just be- cause that crowning ceremony has been postponed? eaaee—— 1 Colonel Bryan is still several lengths phead of Grover Cleveland. The news- papers have not yet extended to him the discussion whether he wears trousers or simply pants, ‘With a blind-partisan organ like the World-Herald, everything is personal blas or prejudice. Contrast that sheet's news reports of the Omaha tax case and of the rallroad tax case, es—————————— From the number of notices ana proclamations flying about, one would Judge that the Union Pacific strike had reached the stage where the typewriters have been called into requisition, e The threatened California lumber combine would be operating too fa@ away to hurt one in Nebraska. It 1s the combines that cover the home territory that touch the tender spot. —— Aspirants for Judge Keysor's judiclal robe are anxiously awalting the return of Governor Savage, providing the judge tenders his resignation in time to give the governor a chance to exercise his appointing power, Ee——— Congressman Neville seems to be the only fusion congressman who is taken ut his word. Judge Neville declared he would not seek renomination and his party instead of forcing it on him nomi- nated another man. How mean! Em—————— American steel ‘manufacturers are sald to be scoring ahead of British rompetitors In contracts of construction work in South Africa. That would be the joke of the season for Great Britain to furnish the money to the Boers to vestore their destroyed bridges, rall roads, factories and so forth and find the American stepplug in to relleve the pressure. Nebraska democrats are willing to ac- cept General Barry as a candidate for congress, but they turned him down with & thud when the popullsts proposed him for governor at the Grand Island convention. The explanation s found in the fact that a governor at Lincoln dis- tributes the ple, while a populist con- gressman at Washington is quite harm- less to the pie biters. GE———— Governor Stone of Penunsylvania has the right idea as to the time when the militia should be called out in a strike. He says that the governor will not hesitate to send troops *“If there is a condition of riot, mobs or Insurrection which the clvil authorities are unable to suppress.” The Iuterference of the militla before actual lawlessness Iis precipitated as a rule serves only to stimulate vicleuce in retaliation for the new grievance. The military authority should be the last resort, N STARTING IRRIGATION WORK. Already work has been started in com- pliance with the irrigation law and the promise is that it will be pushed with all possible vigor. According to the Washington correspondent of the Phil- adelphia Ledger there has been much speculation as to where the actual work of constructing reservoirs and ditches will be begun, There are but few points where the surveys and specifica- tions have been completed, so that con- tracts could be let this summer. Ari- zona claims three such places, but it is unlikely that any work will be done there this season, it being understood that a territory will have to stand back and wait until some state has the first chance. It is sald to be possible that several small contracts will be suryeyed and let for reservoirs in Nebraska this summer, but it is not expected that any- thing extensive will be started. Wyo- ming, however, seems slated for some extensive work under the new irriga- tion policy and it is thought will have the first impetus of the system. The practical work of building irrigat- ing works 18 now a matter of adminis- tration to be passed upon by the offi- clals of the Interior department and there will doubtless be a good deal of manipulation to secure the first advan- tages of the laws The new law has no more earnest supporter than the secre- tary of the interior and Mr. Hitchcock may be depended upon to push the work provided for with energy. e THE OUTLUOK 1N CUBA. General Fitzhugh Lee is so well in- formed regarding Cuban conditions and character that what he says respecting the situation in the island and the out- look must command attention. His view Is distinctly pessimistic. General Lee be- lieves that the public school system and the sanitary system established under American occupation are destined soon to perish. He looks for trouble from the negro soldiers of the revolutionary army, from the claimants for back pay and from those who are generally dis- satisfied with the Palma administration, as well as from discharged laborers who will lose their positions as a result of the commercial stagnation. “Knowing the Cubans as I do,” said General Lee, “and being in touch by correspondence with many of them, I firmly believe that unless confidence is restored and some relief afforded in the sale of their products, there is nothing ahead except anarchy and annexation.” It is stated that American merchants are losing con- fidence in the success of the experiment of self-government in Cuba and fearing domestie troubles there are declining to ship merchandise to the island, while Cuban importers are animated by ex- actly the same feelings as are American exporters. There is no doubt that the industrial situation in Cuba is unsatisfactory, but it is certainly very much better than at the beginning of the American occupa- tion or at any time during that occupa- tion and since the Cuban people got through that périod without any great amount of suffering and without serious complaint as to conditions, it is not easy to understand why they should now, less than two months after the institu- tion of an independent government, “e suffering. Testimony given last Jan- uary before the ways and means com- mittee of the house of representatives showed that at that time there was no destitution in Cuba and that labon was well employed and el paid. How can the extraordinary change in the situation sald-to have come about within the last few months be explained? Is it not probable that there is some ex- aggeration, that conditions are really not 8o bad as they are represented to be? ‘We are inclined to think that this must be the case, for it seems hardly possible that the comparative prosperity of six months ago should have given place to so distressing a state of affairs as is implied in the remarks of General Lee. As to the political dissenslon and dis- satisfaction, that was to have been ex- pected. It is entirely characteristic of the people and was plainly foreshad- owed when Palma was elected. No ad- ministration could satisfy all the politi- clans and President Palma appears not to have shown the most sagacious judg- meut in the treatment of the negro ele- ment. The Cuban people are undergoing a test of thelr capacity forself-govern- ment. They need to learn patience a1:d fortitude and self-reliance. Depending upon the favor of some other country for their material progress and pros- perity 1s not the wisest or best way of building up the country and placing the new republic on a firm foundation. It {8 not improbable that there will be political troubles of a more or less serious nature in Cuba, but we do not apprehend that there is any great dan- ger at present of anarchy, THE TARIFF REMEDY. “The favorite remedy with many con- gressmen who are after the trusts,” re- marks the Boston Transcript, “is to re- move the customs duties on all trust. made goods. This sounds well—to those who want to hear it, but in operation it would lay the industry of the coun- try prostrate at the feet of foreiguers, since there is no way conceivable of so legisiating as to discriminate effectively between goods made by combinations and those made by private idividuals in the application of the tariff. The individual would suffer with the com- bipation. The business would be sim- ply transferred to the foreigner, for they have combinations abroad as well as here.” Those who propose to apply the tarift remedy to the industrial combinations, or so-called trusts, do not indicate how this could be done without affecting the individual manufacturer. There are a great many independent industries in the country which produce sim- flar articles with the trusts and these would necessarily be affected by the removal of the tarif on such articles, for as the Transcript says, there 18 o way coucelyable of so legis- lating as to discriminate effectively be- tween goods made by combinations and those made by private individuals in the application of the tariff. It is easy to understand the advocacy of this pol- icy by free tradets, but difficult to com- prehend how a friend of protection can favor it. em——— MORE WORK FOR THE EXCHANGE. The Real Estate exchange is entitled to much credit for its successful effort to bring about reform in the asséssment of property for ‘city and county taxa- tion. The success of the real estate men was made possible only by the cam- paign of education by the press that preceded their work and created a pub- lic sentiment that upheld them through the entire contest. The reduction of the tax rate by a few points does not, however, accomplish all the aims and objects of 'tax reform. No material reduction of taxes in Omaha and Douglas county can be effected un- til the affairs of city, county and school district are conducted on a strictly bus- fness basis, not by raising the cry of well-defined rumors to elect democrats, but by an honest endeavor to eliminate sinecures and tax eaters and by com- pelling county beards, school boards and city counclls to remain strictly within the bounds of law in the expendituge of public funds. This requires constant vigilance and ocecasional appeals to the courts. The experience of the Real Estate exchange has shown that it could not secure higher tax assessments and reduced levies merely by passing resolutions, neither can it hope to stop wasteful and lawless expenditures by resolution. ‘What the exchange must do to retain the advantages which realty in Omaha will derive from lower tax rates is to center its energy and Influence between nssessment seasons upon the local gov- erning boards and authorities charged with the disbursement of the money col- lected from the taxpayers. That will doubtless require the same active and systematic procedure as has the cam- paign for more equitable assessments. 1t will require the services of competent attorneys who will interpose by legal process whenever any lawless expendi- ture Is attempted and stop leakages wherever they can be plugged up by court order. According to General Test, the erup- tion of Mount Pelee has filled the air with a vast amount of carbonic and other gases which has pervaded the at- mosphere and produced an abnormal rainfall over certain sections of the earth precisely as the gases caused by a great battle inyariably produce rain over the field where a battle has been fought. “As these gases,” says General Test, “will be spread all through the atmosphere the abnormal moisture will cease.” For these observations and con- clusions the people of the transmissis- sippl country should feel very grateful. There is, however, a slight suspicion in the minds of some people that if fnstead of continuous rainfall we would have had a continudus drouth the gases emitted by Mount Pelee would have been also held responsible and predic- tion of rain at no distant day might have been indulged in with the same de- gree of plausibility. Instead of charg- ing the gases with creating molsture they might have been charged with ab- sorbing it and diffusing prickly heat. One of our readers writes approval of The Bee's reference to the continuous performance of arresting bootleggers on the Indian reservation for the purpose of bringing grist to the fee-mill, with the addition that the whole thing is a grand farce that has been worked for years. The suggestion is offered that, if gullty, giving the offenders the full penalty of the law would put a stop to the practice, while the prevailing system of letting them all off with nominal punishment plays into the hands of the unscrupulous men who work the game at both ends both for profit and for fees, mileage and perquisites. Without question the In- dians are the precarious victims of a vicious system that ought to be abol- ished. Read the stenographic report, as pub- lished in installments in The Bee, of the proceedings, testimony and argu- ments in the great rallroad tax case submitted to the supreme court of Ne- brasica- this week. Thls case involves the mosi fwportznt public. issue before the people at the present time—ihat of equitable taxation of franchised corpo- rations. No better way of gaining an in., sight into the facts and arguments pro and con is to be found than that pre- sented by this hearing before the court of last resort. me— The Beatrice fire is magnified out of all proportion by Omaha's morning yel- low, which indulges in lurid description of the conflagration and advertises the population of the town under martial law just because a corporal's guard of special policemen had been enrolled to patrol the business portion of the town during the night following the fire. We doubt, however, whether the business men of Beatrice appreciate that sort of advertising. — Now that the pure food department has been pronounced constitutional and valid by the supreme court, it is to be hoped the Nebraska hog will shed only pure lard and the Nebraska cow will ex- tract the chalk from its fresh blue lac- teal fluid. — Think of the Crownless Gowns. Chicago Record-Herald. King Edward might fool the soothsayers by having himself crowned in the back par- lor some evening without previously send- ing word. —_— the Kick Comes Im. Chicago Chronicle. Whatever may be the affection of the Capadian brother for the mother country, no one who knows him will entertain the least suspicion that be will allow his seati- ment to interfers with his thrift, Neither Mr, Chamberlain nor anyoue else will per- Wh suade the frugal Canuck to tax himself poor for the benefit of the empire. Passling Philadeiphin Lawyers. Philadelphia Record. The injunction business becomes rather complicated to the judiclal mind when striking workmen apply to one judge for an injunction to prevent the issue of an injunction by another judge, —_— Alas, Poor Reorback! New' York Mail'and Express. “Alas, poor Roorback! 1 knew him well. He was an issue of infinite promisos.” And, with a sigh, Hamlet Democracy tossed to the grave dug by public opinion the dry bones of anti-imperialism. —— re Summer Resorts, San Francisco Call. It Is hard to say what {s the record for hottest weather, but the recent announce- ment that in an Arizona town the othor day the mercury stood at 106 “in the ice box™ must come pretty close to making a new one. Wi —_— Who Will Paint It? Boston Globe. It must have been an Interesting sight to see Governor Savage of Nebreska and Governor McBride of Washington on the Fourth of July, with sleeves rolled up, driv- ing the first heated rivet into the keel of the battleship Nebraska at p Seattle ship- yard. Each of them, of course, will frgme the check for 3 cents which he recetved In payment for his labor. _—_— Paddled Butter Scoffs at Buffalo Express. The law which was designed to kill the oleomargarine Industry seems to have proved beneficlal for the renovated butter business. According to alchemists of the internal revenue bureau the ock 18 eagerly bought in all parts of the country. The competition is now so keen that the price of rancid butter, which formerly was from 4 to 5 cents a pound, Is 16 and 16 cents. The mixture which is thrown into the vats for cleansing and purifying ls artificially colored before it is ready for the market. Why should the law permit the manufac- turers of renovated butter to color thelr product and withhold the privilege from the makers of oleomargarine? — Test of Oll Burning Furnace. BSan Francisco Chronicle. The trial trip of the ocean steamship Mariposa with oll-burning furnaces under its bollers proved to be a complete success. Everyone who had previously given the sub- Ject any study expected that it would be. Mariposa’s furnaces are equipped with com- pressed air sprays instead of steam jets, which removes the only forceful objection the Navy department has hitherto ralsed against the use of the new fuel in the fur- naces of our warships. The success of the compressed alr spray does away with the necessity of carrying an extra supply of fresh water to make up the loss involved in the uee of steam jets in oll-burning fur- naces. aw, HOT WEATHER ADVICE, Somewhat Ahend of the Seasom, but Worth Thinking Abou Chicago Record-Herald. About this timo of the year look out for seasonable hot weather advice. If you have not been provided With a chart of directions to meet every possible hot weather emers- ency, from sunstroke to excessive thiret and indisposition to exercise, it is because the health, department in your locality is not alive to its opportunities. First and fore- most comes the injunction to “keep cool.” The health department that does not ad- monlish the people to “keep cool” in sum- mer solstice does not know fits bustness. All other precautions are of minor conse- quence compared to this. The directions pertaining to diet, drink and clothing are useful and of hygienic value, but little com- fort is to be derived from them unless the advice to “keep cool” is carefully and re- liglously followed. . Unless those who sweat and swelter are willing to heed this advice they cannot hold the health department re- sponsible for .heat prostrations and other distreselng consequences of July weather. Next in tmportance comes the gdvice to “keep on the shady side of the street.” It there is no “shady side” to the street you should move off the street. If your grocer and butcher and baker live on the sunny side of the street have them move to the other side or else trade somewhere els The health officer will also caution you o avold exertion,” which is good advice to follow any time of the year. In case of sunstroke it s best to knock off work of any kind and go home or eeek some cool, quiet spot. In any event It s best to get out of the sun. You will also be told that it 15 best to drink hot drinks and take hot baths, for the reason that the warmer the body the cooler will seem the atmosphere. Anyone who will take the trouble to fol- low these simple, hygienic suggestions can bardly fail to spend a comfortable summer, REBUILDING A RAILROAD. Importance of the Improvements on the Overland Route, Brooklyn Eagle. An engineering operation that a few years ago would have seemed formidable is to be undertaken by the Union Pacific rallroad, the first of the roads that was 1aid ‘across this continent. Maps that are printed in advertisements show railroads as straight streaks across the country, with citiés wrenched out of place in or- der to. bring them into line, but railroad maps that hang in the presidents' offices are a different matter. The old Pacific line that runs-frem Omaha to San Francisco wriggles llke & hurt soake. Tt (wiss toward every point, as, indeed, it must often do in order to establish feasible gradients across the mountains. In the days of light locomotives much had to be sacrificed to these gradients and every road in a moun- tain country that is not facilitated by tun- nels will. nearly box the compass in its climbs and descents. Work now in progress will shorten the old Central line by fifty miles, thus s curlng & gain ‘n ruoning time, in length of track to equip and keep in repair, In wear of rolling stock, in fuel for trans- portation—economies to be made by initial outlay of more than $5,000,000. Several long curves will be converted into straight lines by cuts and tunnels, grades will be lowered and a viaduct will be built across Great Salt Lake from Ogden to Lueian, to the damage of the scenery, but the gain of forty miles in distance. Wood and stone are to be used in this construetion and the strength of the brime in the lako is held to be & stout preservative. This engineer- ing feat is made possible by the shallow- ness of the water in the morthern part of the lake and the infrequency of severe storms. What the Union Pacific is doing is com- mended to other companies that operate in parts of the country where no such dificulties are encountered as in the west. Straight roads are economic roads and they invite trafic. The wild yanks and alarm- ing rolls to which passengers are subject on some of them cause traln sickne: which is & form of seasickness, and head- ache, and they cause rapid deterioration of cars and engines. Those rallroads make the best bids for patromage that promise not merely speed, but comfort, and steadi- ness is the more comfortable beca it indicates security. We have been eager to extend the mileage of this gountry. Now we might show some expedition in reduc- ing it by straightening needless turns and lowering or raising noedless grades. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. ‘While the House of Commons and fts governing committee, the British ministry, theoretically possess supreme power throughout the empire and could by leg- islative act or resolution in council annul the constitution or any law of any colony, the imperialistic scheme of suspending par- llamentary government at the Cape, sug- gested by Lord Milner and favored by Mr. Chamberiain, had te be abandoped in defer- ence to the collective objection of the colo- nlal premiers now assembled in London. A measure of this character was denounced a precedent which would have menaced the liberties of every self-governing colony. The abandonment thereof, on the other hand, has established a contrary precedent that will act as a constitutional limit on the powers of. the imperial Parliament. Interference by the home government with colonial charters ceased in practice with the achievement of American independence; the principle of noninterference has now become part of the unwritten constitution of Great Britaln in obedience to the de- mand of the colonial premiers. . The czar of Russia has addressed a long rescript to his ministry of education with regard to the gemeral principles upon which a reform of the intermediate and bigher education ought to be conducted. In referring to the recent disturbances among the studenty he says: My fatherly heart has been comforted to learn that a considerable majority of the students toward the end of the present academic year themselves recognized what their duty was and returned to the orderly pursuit of their studies. I hope and believe that during the summer holidays the students will take tranquil eounsel with their own consclences and, following the advice of their parents and friends, will hearken to my volce calling upon them and all my faithful subjects to return to their work and to obey the law. For the sake of the pation intrusted to my care, an end must bo put to the disorders, which are a dls- grace to sclence and to the universities, once the just pride of Russia, and which cause the ruln of so many young lives, dear to the fatherland and to me.” The Intimation here seems plainly to be that the students have sinned against light and reason, and that there is more need for repentance on their part than for reforma- tion in the government system. B The Polish question is likely to occupy a prominent position in Buropean politics for some time to come. Chancellor von Buelow does not seem to be in the least inclined to recede from the position which he has assumed. Speaking in the upper house of the Prussian Diet the other day, he sald that there could be no doubt that, in spite of all the benefits which the Prus- sian government had conferred upon the Poles, the ultimate object of the Polish movement was to separate the bilingual provinces from the Prussian monarchy. A separation of these sections of the king- dom would undermine the foundations of the monarchy, and consequently those of the German empire. Without the province of West Prussia that of East Prussia would be untenable. The Prussian gov- ernment would never desist from its task until all Polish subjects adopted an atti- tude of loyalty to the Prussian state. He declared that the government took the greatest interest In the German Cathollc settlements in the eastern provinces, and that it a misrepresentation of the facts to assert that the Roman Catholic church could only flourish in those dis- tricts through the influence of the Polish element. The chief burgomaster of Posen supported the chancellor by declaring that the Poles were no longef a Roman Cath- olic party, as the clericals would dis- cover sooner or later, but a national. More- over, the Pollsh movement had ceased to be aristocratic and had become democratic and radical. He belleved in the Bismarck- ian policy of settling German peasants in the eastern districts and establishing gar- as soclal centers, in the smaller The ministerial newspapers in Spain are @isposed to make light of the agrarian movement In Estramadura and Andalusia, on the ground that, with the exception of Badajoz, there has been nowhere any ac- tual breach of the peace, and that at Badajoz itself there has been little dif- culty In restoring order. Nevertheless, ac- cording to the storles of foreign corre- spondents, the condition of affairs in Se- ville, Malaga and Cadiz is far from satis- factory, In all three districts a concen- tration of agricultural discontent seems to be taking place, and not intrequently the rallying centers are anarchical clubs. At Jerez a union of laborers has been formed, under the direct inspiration of the an- archists, which, thoygh it has not yet se- cured any adherents, has issued a pro- gram of demands intended to serve as a preliminary challenge to the employers, who are threatened with strikes In case of noncompliance. The conditions of fleld labor in southern Spain differ so much from those that exist elsewhere that many ot the demands without explanation would be unintelligible. The main point, how- ever, insisted upon {s the abolition of “work by the job”—and that is a point upon which employers assert that it is im- possible for them to ee. Whether the union of Jerez, In the event of the rejec- tion of their proposals, will succeed fIn bringing about a general strike remains to be seen; but if they do there is very little doubt that the anarchists will play an important part in the direction of it. . The visit of Prince Ferdinand of Bul- garia to St. Petersburg has attracted much attention in Berlin. It is pointed out In various -journals that in the exchange of toasts at Peterhoff, nelther the czar nor the prince mentioned the sultan, Prince Ferdinand’s suzerain; while both speakers talked as if Bulgaria were an independent state. The omission of Prince Ferdinand to propose the sultan's health is inter- preted as a proof that he is no lomger obliged to ask the ruler of Turkey, as act of grace, to declare the independence of Bulgaria, which, presumably, has been informally recognized by the czar, and it is foretold that the prince will consider himself henceforth a full-blown soverelgn. o A forward step in the civilization of Mex- fco has been taken in the Paclfic coast state of Jalisco, where the congress has abolished the customs of bull fighting and cock fighting. /The step is directly due to the urgent labors of General Luls C. Curfel, the governor of the state, but he is backed by the principal eitize: Jalisco is one of the most prosperous states of the repub- lie, Guadalajara is the capital, and it has 1,000,000 inhabitants. The bull fight, & leg- acy from Spain, has been growing in dis- favor for years, and now it is forbidden by the people themselves, who, without the tutelage of & superior race, are de- veloping their own clvilization in thelr own way. Wanted, & Party Leader. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The instincts of the masses of the party have brought them together on certain main issues now before the people. It is possible that before the next great com- test & national leader will arise who will be free from factional entanglements, with nothing to explain and no revenge to wreak. Such & leader will have the loyal suppert of democrats who have been wasting their strength in party feuds. It is desirable that there should be harmony, but it is altogther likely to be remote until & leader arises who cas compel it. POLITICAL DRIFT. FOUNTS OF ANCI Congressmen Brnah the Mold Away and Pass It as Original. Baltimore American. Congress has adjourned and the congres- slonal humorists have gone their several ways. Many times during this past ses- sion wo bave.felt as If called upon to speak a few words of criticlsm conaerfing the alleged Eprightly wit fathercd by étatesmen, but have kept our peace. We thought it ‘would be interfering with them while they were actually and actively endeavoring to be funny. But mow that it is all over, we wish to go on record as sincerely hoping that the next session of congress will pro- duce a better order of humoriets and a better degree of humor. The stories that have been published .in the public prints and blazoned on the entertaining pages of the Congressional Record as falling like treshly cut jewels from the lips of our esmen have been cobwebby. The dim vastness of tho past has been invaded; the tombs of centuries of jokes have been ruthlessly ransacked, and the pages of hu- morous history have been torn from their volumes, that some congressman might glisten as a shining lght of rare anecdotal gleam. We have noted several stories that were stolen originally by tho late Mr. Boc- caclo; others that were preserved from forgetfulness by the late M. Balzac; and still others that once formed the nucleus Indlana republicans will blow oft the po- litical 110 on September 20 with “a hur- rah in every county.” Even Old Missouri turned up 200 demo- oratic delegates to the state convention who favored dropping free silver. Indiana democrats, who have been handed a few hot bawls by the Conmong, are responding with words that bilster fhe nearby asphalt. Governor W. Murray e of Massa- chusetts achieved the unusual distinction of having his recommendations enacted into law by three successive legislatures. The recent populist convention in Indi- ana was more notable on account of the absence of delegates than from their pres- ence. There were only twenty-six persons present. The reform administration of Now York City succeeded in reducing the tax rate by four mills. Omaha's cut, city and county, is a shade over six mills. Let the good work go on. The new state constitution of Alabama has done away with August elections in that state and by reducing the opportuni- ties for fraud has added, many think, to the prospects of the republican minority. The new constitution of Virginia pro- vides for a corporation commission of three members, and though the appolnt- ments will not be made before Novemiber next, 110 citizens have already been an-|of the celebrated and venerated “Joe Mil- nounced as candidates for the three posi- |ler's Joke Book.” Within the past week, tions. indeed, other ficlds were invaded. Here is a semple: There 1s a man In Representative's Knox's district who wrote a letter ad- dressed to himself as follows: WOOD JOHN While jubllating over the acquittal of Colonel Fred Ames, chief of police of Minneapolis, charged with recelving ra ofts from “bigmit men,” the grand jury handed the colonel and his brother, Mayor Ames, a bunch of new indlctments. The 1t _took some t a¢ for the postal clerke decipher the address, but the letter was nally dellvered to JOHN UNDERWOQD, ndover, Mass. There aro grayheads and baldheads in this country who remember pondering over this ftem in the collection of puzzles that used to form a part of the brain stimulent In the back pages of their dog-eared mental arithmetics. “John Underwoo: of And- over, Mass,, was enshrined in the pellucid Mght of fame years and years ago—before the representative who selzed him by his unwilling hand and forced him to bend his | age-stiffened spine in a rusty bow to an unappreciative public was born. We sub- mit that the resurrection of this man “‘Un- derwood” was too ghoulish; it was carry- |ing things too far. The public does not expect jokes of pristine freshness from its statesmen, but it does demand something that is not mildewed. With these few words ~—which, we hope, will sink deep into the hearts of future congressmen—we leave the subject, again explaining that we only go into the matter for reasons of public wel- fare and enjoyment. unoxpected bandout marred the joy of the occaston. After one term In congress, Tepresciti. the Twelfth Ohfo district, Emmett Tomp- kins, who defeated the redoubtable Lents by a plurality of some eighteen votes in a total of some 61,000, has decided that the game is not worth the candle and he has notified his party to look for another candidate. Bection 4 of the amended Virginia con-! stitution excludes from the suffrage “per- sons who, while citizens of this state, after the adoption of this constitution, fought a duel with a deadly weapon, or sent or ac- cepted a challenge to fight such a duel, either within or without the bounds of this ' state, or knowingly conveyed a challenge or aided or assisted In any way in the fighting of such a duel. In the present congress there are two Congressmen Allen, two Congressmen Ball, two Congressmen Butler, two Congress- men Cooper, two Congressmen Foster, two Congressmen Gaines, three Congressmen Henry, two Congressmen Jackson, two Congressmen Jones, two Congressmen Powers, two Congressmen Richardson, two Congressmen Robinson, six of the name of Smith, two of Stewart, two of Taylor, two of Tompkins and two of Williams, The newly elected Oregon leglslature will be even more strongly republican than the one it succeeds, even though at the recent June election the democrats elected one candidate on the state ticket, thelr nominee for governor. In the la legislature there were twenty straight re- publican members of the senate and thirty~ six of the house. In the next leglslature there will be twenty-four in the senate and forty-efght in the house, a gain on joint ballot for the republicans of sixteen members. GREAT RAILROAD EPOCH. FLASHES OF FUN, Puck: The Hostess-There's one thing that can be said for Mrs. Talkington—she never retails scandal. The Caller—No? The Hostess—No; wholesale exclusively! Detrolt Free Press: severated Gildersleeve. “I am not so sure of that,’ Throckmorton. — “It terms with me. Philadelphla Press: *When he found that death was at hand was he reslaed’." “No, indeed. You see, he had just bought a $50 Panama hat, and he realized that he couldn't wear it and a halo at the same time.” “Money talks,” as- retorted speaking Is not on Washington Star: “How do you_think you stand with the voters in your town? “I never trouble myself about that,” an- swered Senator Sorghum: “but I stand all Tight with the men who control the voters.” Progress Within Two Gen- erations. ¢ 8t Louls Globe-Democrat, The beginning of the second half of 1902 sees the railroads of the United States cross the 200,000-mile line. Construction during the last six months was not es- pecially active, though it was larger than last year's corresponding time, but the — total which had been reached by the end | Detroit Free Press: of 1901 was so near the 200,000-mile mark ‘&iRing WAL o Ly ana sang that that line was certain to be passed |:Aye There Any More at Home Like You? long before 1902 meared its close. It 1s|and then a lady arose and recited ‘We only by comparing this mileage with that | Are Seven. of some of the rest of the great countries that the American people ean fully realize the tremendous development which has taken place in this field in thelr own land. Figures of railroad activities for the world at large e not very trustworthy, but taking those which are most recent and reliable the United States is seen to be far ahead of any other country. Germany has about 32,000 miles of main track; Russia, 20,000; France, 27,000; Austria-Hungary, 23, 000; Great Britain and Ireland, 22,000, whil no other European country has as many as 10,000 miles, Al of Europe has about 17,- | For turn ye Bast, ot turn ye West, and 000 miles of road. or considerably less than| _rubber South or North, ' the United States, while the entire worla's |4 team ke that what plays™for us has mileage is approximately 00,000, of which yrhere lives the aggregation that the the United States furnishes two-fifths. Proud distinction clalms All this railroad construction has come | That It within ‘but two ‘briet weeks has in about two zenerations of time. When s A John Stevens in 1822 got a charter from ball we've seen before, with the Pennsylvania legislature to build & railroad from Philadelphia to Columbla, on the Susquehanna (which was never bullt) somebody asked one of the Pemn- sylvania papers, “What is & railroad, any- how?" The editor gave it up, but sald that “perhaps some other correspondent can tell.” It is only seventy-four years on the & Fourth of July since work wae started on | Ah! lovely pennant, fluttering before the the construction of the first of America’s | wia! thouniless fate has made of you great roads; It is only fifty-one years since the one and only prize? the waters of the west at Lake Erle were | For if a pennant “n hung up for those first reached by through rafl from the At- Joagties piayars i th to claim it clal lantlc coast, and as recently as Appomat- | O Seonid e frat . o g tox there were only 32,000 miles of main ‘would be first. Yet still our team {8 worth its coin, for in track in the whole country, as compared with 200,000 miles now. Marvelo Chicago Record-Herald: “I'see that hash has become the fashionable dish at the White House.” “Well, you must remember that the pres- jdent gets a good, big salary. I suppose they have chunks of real meat in it, too, don't they?" “Was it an enters Chicago Post: _ “Poets are born, not made," asserted the poet. I “I'm glad to hear you admit that,” re- turned the critic. *I had always supposed from your manner that you thought you came into the world in some superior and more original way. P — A BASE BALL WAIL. Portland Oregonlan. Now glory io our base ball team, and them that play thereon, he glory whooping up till all the same is gone. rors manifold, And _games that multiplied a score the tiackboard would not hold. We've seen the gallant dry goods clerks combat the butcher b ‘We've seen the Elks and Eagles play with nmity and noise, But e'en the worse of all these teams got on a winning gait, - i nnl{ now and then, and none e'er lost eieven straight. Full yellow er S a few weeks hence, All those who bet against it will have made a competence. 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