Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1902, Page 6

[} THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 18 . THE OMAHA DALY BEE { E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Bee (without §inday), One Year.$4.00 ally Bee and Sundag, One Year. 6.0 liustrated 1 Bunday Hee Baturday Bee, One Year...... T'wentleth Century Farmer, Une al DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Daily Bee (without Sunday), per cop; Dally Bee (without Sunday Daily Bee (including Sunaay), per week. P Sunaay), , Une Year.. ne year Dy Beé (without Bunday), Bee unciuding per . 16¢ gularities In delivery ddressed to uity Cireulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bulding. South Omana~City Hail Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs—10 Pear] Btreet. Chicago—1640 Unity Bullding. New York—Temple Court. Washington—50l Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDEN Communications reiating to news and editorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Deparument. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances ghould be addressed: The Bee Pubishing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, ayable 10 The Bee Pubilshing Company Bty Becent stamps accepted in payment uf mall accounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAN st STATEMENT OF cmcq;fiz‘xorl llle o! Nebraski Ge. e A eick. secrotary of Fhe Bee Publishing Company, being auly sworn, Bays that the actual number of full an complete coples of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1902, was as follows: 16, EEENERERRBEBERS 0. B. TZSCHUCK. resence lnd sworn_to y of June, A. D. GATE, Notary Public. — No change In ministry can interfere with King Ak-Sar-Ben's glorious reign. G Bubscribed in_my before me this 3th (Beal.) Breaking the drouth every other day does not give anyone a fair chance to go dry. ee————— Watch out for orlental fads in fash- fonable circles. The crown prince of Blam and his suite are to visit this coun- try shortl, We have heard nothing for several days about martlal law In Beatrice. The yellow journal correspondents must have gone on a vacation. S —————— ‘With the disappearance of Judge Gor- don, the police court of Omaha will lose its most grotesque and picturesque fea- ture. And it will never see the like of him again. From the precedent set by the presi- dent of the Western Base Ball league in nssessing a one hundred dollar fine against a rowdy captain, politeness will pay even a ball player. The adjustment of the grievances of the Union Pacific molders gives hope that the grievances of the other em- ployes will be also adjusted before long on some mutually satisfactory basis. Local populists want the democratic county ticket reorganized to meet their conditions for fusion. As the democrats will have to come to terms, here is a chance for some fine spun political finesse. ——— If plecework Is the proper thing for se- curing the greatest efficiency and high- est wages In the mechanical department of a rallroad, why would it not work with the same advantage in the clerical department ? perm— Is Tom Johuson to be the presidential candidate pitted by Bryan against David B. HIll? That question s suggested by the announcement of Tom Johnson's candidacy, at this early stage, from what seems to be authoritative sources. The voluntary retirement of Lord Sal- isbury furnishes another exception to the rule that people seldom vacate high places until forced out by circumstances over which they have no control. And they are seldom willing to admit that advancing age is one of those circum- stances. — Having accumulated a fine, blg war debt and an enlarged bundle of war taxes, the chancellor of the British ex- chequer is willing to step out and let his successor get all the credit for debt re- duction and war taxes repealed. This patriotic self-sacrifice should be properly appreciated. E—— It will take more than the usual amount of inky fluld for the local cuttle- fish organ to befog the public vision to its poorly concealed efforts to dodge the real issues Involved in the rallway tax case and to smother all report of the proceedings and arguments in that most important litigation. Our South American neighbors, and particularly the republic of Colombia, should remember that the benefits of the proposed isthmian canal will be shared by them, although they will not be asked to become responsible for any of the Under the circum- stances, the least they can do is to lend their moral support to the project and financlal obligations, put nothing in Iits way. e The discussion of the scheme of Cuban annexation proposed by Senator Elkins develops decided differences of opinion on this question on both sides of the If the Issue were to be we would find annexation democrats as well as annexation repub- licans, and, by converse, both democrats and republicans firmly opposed to an- political fence. met now, nexation now or in the future, TAX REFORM IN I0WA. Unless all signs fall, Towa railroads will be assessed for several millions more this year than they were nssessed in any previous year. The Iowa State Board of Assessors I8 now in session and will continue to discuss the subject in all its bearings. While Iowa rail- road assessments have been higher than those In Nebraska, it is admitted on all hands that they do not bear their just) proportion, when compared with the as- sessments of other classes of property. Public sentiment In lowa was expressed in the railroad tax bill, which, although defeated last winter through the rall- road lobby, is sooner or later bound to be engrafted upon the Iowa revenue code. Section 2 of the Iowa railroad tax bill reads as follows: The raliroad property of this state, tangi- ble and Intangible, exclusive of the property described in section 1342 of the code, shall be valued at its actual value and shall be assessed at 26 percentum of such actual value, which shall be considered as the taxable value of such property, at which it shall be listed and upon which the levy shall be made. The actual value of such rallway property shall be its value in the market In the ordinary course of trade. The executlve council, in determining such value, shall take Into consideration the sum of the market or actual value of the stooks, bonds and securities of each railway, the gross earnings, the net earnings, the phys- fcal condition of such rallways within the state and the information furnished by the reports required to be made, together with any other matter necessary to secure & Just and equitable assessment. When only a part of a railway line is {n this state, that part of the value of the entire ratio, which is measured by the proportion of the length of the particular rallway in this state to that of the whole raliway, ehall be con- sidered in estimating its value in this state for taxation purposés within the state. Although the constitution of Iowa, un- like that of Nebraska, does not expressly require the assessment of franchises, Governor Cummins and other members of the Iowa executive council, who con- stitute the assessment board, are fully impressed with the idea that franchises constitute the most valuable asset of a paying rallroad. It will requite no argument to convince them that it is thelr plain duty to assess the franchises as contemplated in the rallroad tax bill that had been framed to carry out the popular demand for tax reform and equitable taxation in Iowa. — 4GGRAVATING THE FRIAR PROBLEM. Is the Philippine friar problem to be- come a bone of sectarian contention? It is to be apprehended that it will unless a satisfactory arrangement s soon ef- fected between our government and the vatican In regard to the withdrawal of the friars. The situation at present is clearly defined. This government re- quires that all friars of the four orders in the Philippines shall withdraw within two years from the first payment for their lands, half during nine months from the first payment and half eight- een months later. No Spanish friars may be substituted for those with- drawn. In answer to this the vatican stated that it could not accept the prop- osition to recall the friars within the fixed period, that such recall would be contrary to the rights guaranteed by the treaty of Paris and would put the holy see In conflict with Spain. But by way of compromise the vatican promised to try to gradually introduce into the Philippines clergy of other na- tlonalities, especlally Americans, as they are found ready or are adapted to the purpose. It was also agreed that the friars shall not return to the parishes they left and where their presence could provoke trouble. The reply of the vati- can is being considered by the president and vatican and it is probable that some compromise agreement will be reached. A Washington dispatch of a few days ago said it was realized in official circles that the instructions to Governor Taft represented the extreme of our claims and that they did not preclude the idea of reasonable compromise by mutual concessions. It was further stated that the immediate and complete withdrawal of the Spanish friars from the Philip- plnes is not now expected, but it is be- lieved that the result desired can be ac- complished by an arrangement for the substitution of friars of another nation- ality, and the principal issue now is as to the time In which this change may be brought about. Meanwhile there is belng manifested a disposition to make this matter a sub- Ject of sectarian contention, which would be most unfortunate, since it would certainly complicate the question. The resolutions adopted by the Catho- lics of Grand Rapids, Mich., Sunday, are untimely and unwarranted and there- fore likely to prove mischlevous. There have been utterances from Protestant sources not less objectionable. The New York Sun notes the receipt of letters from Both Catholics and Protestants which, It says, make the grievous mis- take of reviving the religious intemper- ance of the past, and adds: “The only way to settle that problem, new in the history of American government, is to approach it in a reasonable spirit, from which is removed every trace of the old odium theologium and to treat it as a practical matter, with a wew to the in- terests of harmony and peace both In the Philippines themselves and here at howme, in both the Catholic and the Protestant camps.” Every intelligent and unprejudiced person must see that this Is not & ques- tlon for the churches. Religion 1s not in- volved In it. It is purely a matter of gov- ernmental policy. The desire of the gov- ernment that the Spanish friars shall be withdrawn s prompted by the ‘well-at- tested fact that they are very generally disliked by the Filipino people, and it Is believed their withdrawal would be in the interest of peace and order. There 18 no objection to Catholics priests of other nationalities replacing the friars The churches should take no part in this fssue. The United States government does not intend to promote sectarian- ism in the Philippines. It will main- taln there a complete separation of church and state, glving an equal chance and equal protection to Catholicism and Protestantism. Meddling by the churches can only aggravate the friar l problem and perhaps do a vast amount of mischief. TRE BRITISH MINISTERIAL CHANGE The retirement from public life of Lord Balisbury having long been ex- pected, the announcement of his resig- nation caused no surprise and even In England excited but passing interest. For several months the veteran states- man had more and more detached him- self from the cares of office. Recent dispatches from London noted that he was showing mental decline, particu- larly marked In absent-mindedness, which was only overcome by great ef- fort when it was absolutely necessary for him to deliver a public utterance on a question of great importance. Salls- bury had a distinguished public career, covering a period of nearly half a cen- tury, and in statesmanship and diplo- macy be measured up to the standard of most of his predecessors. He learned diplomacy largely of Disraell, and In politics he followed the policies and principles of the conservative party leaders with whom he had been assoct- ated, moditied as later conditiohs and clrcumstances made necessary. A man of strong and positive convictions, he was very determined and persistent in pursulng them, which, together with an earnest patriotism made him a com- manding and successful party leader. In diplomacy he has had few superiors among eminent British statesmen. The new prime minister, Arthur J. Bal- four, a nephew of Salisbury, is In some essentlal respects a quite different man from his distinguished uncle. He has been spoken of as more of an academl- clan than statesman. Balfour has had a considerable experience in politics under the guldance of Salisbury, but he has never shown any marked political ability and certainly nothing that could properly be characterized as statesman- ship. He Is a fine scholar and a man of genlal qualities, not at all given to dis- play and never unnecessarily obtruding himself upon public attention. As the government leader in the House of Com- mons he has met all the demands made upon that position, but never in an ag- gressive or demonstrative way. Whether or not he has the qualifications for suc- cessful leadership—the firm grasp, the strong will, the aggressive force and the fixed purpose of his predecessor—re- mains to be determined. He comes into power under most favorable circum- stances, so far as the situation of Brit- ish affairs is concerned, and he has glven assurance that there will be no change in the policies of the govern- ment. Undoubtedly Prime Minister Bal- four will follow the example of his pre- decessor in cultivating friendly relations with the rest of the world, and he will certainly not be less solicitous than was Salisbury in maintaining cordial friend- ship between Great Britain and the United States, the new premier having repeatedly and strongly shown his re- gard for this country. C— SHAM REFORM MASQUERADE. County Attorney Shields has made himself noted, if not notorious, by his mountebank performances. As public prosecutor, it is his right, as well as his duty, to file complaints in the courts against all violators of the criminal code. Under the statutes a complaint filed by the county attorney has the same effect as an indictment filed by a grand jury. If Mr. Shields or his deputies know of any violation of the criminal code that can be established by sufficlent proof to afford reasonable assurance of conviction, they could pro- ceed in the regular way prescribed by law. They could swear out warrants and place them in the hands of the sheriff or his deputles, arrest the parties and proceed with thelr prosecution be- fore the courts, without the aid or con- sent of the mayor or chief of police of Omaba or South Omaha. But that course would not serve Mr. Shields' purposes. His methods are strictly original. When the grand jury indicted practically all the gamblers and keepers of gambling devices in Omaha and South Omaha, he was content to drop all the indictments on technical grounds, although it was his duty to prosecute every offender against whom there was sufficlent testimony. Now he is trying to force the chiefs of police of Omaha and South Omaha to come into court to explain why they do not arrest gamblers and break up gambling in the twin citles. This unique performance might be commendable If it were not such a transparent sham. If the county at- torney or any of his deputies have posi- tive information or proof that would justify prosecution, why do they not call on the sheriff to make the arrests? The sheriff has as much power in Omaha and South Omaba as the chiefs of police, If it is the duty of the chlefs of police to suppress gambling and other criminal practices, it is equally the duty of the sheriff, but that would not answer the purposes of Mr. Shields and his reform deputies, who are trylng to make politi- cal capital for campaign purposes out of mandamuses to suppress gambling. Take, for exawple, the roadhouses out- side of the city lmits of Omaha and South Omana, some of which are notorl ously bad. ‘The keeper of the most no- torious of these resorts was indicted last winter for selling liquor without a license. He has no license now, so far as we can learn, but the prosecuting at- torney does not call upon the sherilf to suppress him, nor has he taken the first step to close the place, manifestly be- cause the keeper of the resort has & political pull. When will this sham reform masque- rade run its course? — The appolntment of an Iowa man by the name of Shaw to & place under the treasury department brings a statement accompanying the announcement ex- plaining that the new appointee is in no way related to the secretary of the treas- ury, who happens to bear the saue nawe. This explanation, while perhaps unnecessary, will be taken to indicate that the policy of the department s to discourage the appolutment of relatives of the higher officers to subordinate po- sitions, and fn so far ak this conclusion is justified will receive popular approval and indorsement. American people have a decided prejudice against building up official families in our democracy either under the federal government or under state or local governments, The prac- tice of nepotism will find no favor in this country except among the benefi- claries, —— Wyoming sheep men profess to be greatly excited because recent orders for the enlargement of Yellowstone park by the addition of forest reserves exclude them from land on which they were accustomed to find winter range for thelr sheep. But why they should be- come excited over this action Is not readily discerned. The land annexed to the park s part of the public domain on which the sheep men have had no rights except by suffrance, so the gov- ernment 18 taking nothing away from them that ever belonged to them. Thelr request for the suspension of the act, therefore, comes at a rather late day. The value of a street rallway fran- chise may be judged from what a street rallway company 18 willing to pay for it. The Kansas Oity street rallway com- panies, which are negotlating for an ex- tension of their franchise, have agreed on the following propositions: 1. Elght per cent of the gross receipts to be paid to the city. 2. Universal transters. 8. Paving between tracks and eighteen inches outside. 4. Extensions of suburban lines These concessions will save millions to Kansas City people and taxpayers. Dave Mercer’s detention at Washing- ton is a source of deep regret. We ap- prehend that he 18 not kept away from “home” on account of the plans for the new quartermaster’s warehouse, but more likely on account of some improve- ments for the District of Colum- bila that have engrossed his attention. The plans for the new warehouse will be made by army engineers without congressional supervision. Railroad managers are complaining that their new fast trains are not paying out, except in advertising the road's en- terprise. This ought to be followed by a plea from the tax bureau for exempt- ing from taxation all the high speed loco- motives, palatial trains and lmprove- ments of roadbed to facilitate fast time, on the ground that they are an expense to the road rather thau property which increases its value. ———— No state encampment of the Nebraska militla can be held this year for lack of funds, except by creating a deficiency to be covered by appropriation by the next legislature. The taxpayers of Ne- braska had all the deficlencies they wanted stored up for the last legisla- ture. If an encampment and a deficlency go hand in hand, we will try to get along without either of them. High Mark of Civilizatio; Chicago Tribune. ‘When the Filipinos have learned to cele- brate the Fourth of July in our civilized and enlightened American fashion it will do to talk about their fitness for self- government. A Gloomy Prospect. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Democrats must gain at least forty seats to win the next house under the new ap- portionment. As they have failed to find even one issue, the prospect for them is not encouraging. Enough for All, But— New York Tribune. There's enough for everybody to eat in this prosperous country of ours; enough to wear, plenty of fuel, light, heat, water and ice. But now and then jolts and jars may delay the general distribution of things to the people who need them. A Nervy Prop fon. Philadelphia North American. Secretary Moody, in the hardness of his heart, ordains tl Uncle Sam's sallors shall go to sea. once in & while and learn to walk a bridge as well as they dance a german. The new naval secretary seems to have caught the Roosevelt mania for baving things done. A Hit for Mr. Morgan, Chicago Inter Ocean, Before Mr. Morgan goes too far fn the matter of offering to hand over ships to Great Britain in the event of war, it might be as well for him, perhaps, to secure the consent of the United States governmeht to the plan. It Is easy to see how in cer- tain contingencies this proposed arrange- ment would not work at all to his coun- try's satisfaction Experience of No Value. Philadelphia Record. Secretary Shaw is reported to be im- pressed with the idea that five years' serv- ice on the staff of the Treasury depart- ment unfits the incumbents for the offices held by them. If this be the case the de- partment’s insides must be In an extra- ordinary state of disorganization. Experi- ence leads to perfection in every kuown form of human activity, and if & five years' course in a Treasury bureau produce in- aptitude the officeholders must have sin- gularly misemployed their time. Ripe for & Chang ‘Washington Post. Mr. Cleveland served two terms in the White House witbout bein, o to dem- onstrate ability to bulld up and strengthen bis party. Mr. Bryan had the democratic presidential nomination two successive times and was not even able to secure an election to the high off These two gentlemen have monopolized twenty years of the time of the democratic party, bring- ing nothing but chaos and disaster and it is not at all strange that there should be a robust sentiment in favor of taking up a pew man without regard to their personal desires or ambitions. 014 Glory in Strange Company. Chicago Post Does it not swell our hearts with pride and make our eyes grow dim with tender teelings for Old Glory, to read that it and the union jack were worn as aprons by twenty-two American women in London yesterday who acted as barmaids in serving drinks mixed by bartenders imported from Boston and New York? These are the things which lend sacredness Lo the Stars and Siripes and increase our veneration for this bit of colored cloth, in which we see our glorious country epitomized. 'Rah for the flag! 'Rah for the patriotio bar- Lmalds! The next one is on the “barkeep.” ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. Whenever an artist in the sclence of ap- plied graft gains a reputation in the west and finds the west too hot for comfort he hurries to New York and works in peace for a season. It is so easy to lose oneself there and work “the provinces.” A emooth one driven out of Michigan hae been eo successful In Gotham as to attract the at- tention of the police. His game is offi- clally known as the League of Educators and his motto is characteristie of the order of graft: “If you can't boost, don’t knock; if you have a hammer, lose it.” The chaln letter game is thus described: Wefore be- coming a member of the League of Educa- tors the applicant must pay a membership fee of §3 and agree to meet all monthly assessments, no assessment to be more than $1.05. The new member signs an agreement to bring into the league three other persons, who will each file an appli- cation, pay the fee and assessment and, in turn, bring into the league three new mem- bers. It the terms are all complied with the members at or before the end of five years Is entitled to an endowment of $500. It the conditions are not all fulfilled no benefit is pald. The member simply has the privilege of continuing the payment of dssessments until he tires of the drain, when he withdraws. It 1s made perfectly plain that when a membership lapses the money that has been pald into the league is lost. Now, although the league has not been In ex- istence five years, benefits or endowments are pald each month, an element—and a large element—ot chance determining who shall be benefited. It was because of this that the attorney general of Michigan de- nounced the league as a lottery. Madison avenue was an equine milliners’ row last Saturday, for the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave a thousand straw hats to deserving horses. The creatures received the new decorations at first with curlosity and then with grati- tude. Others plainly showed by their acts that they thought the presents good enough to eat. News that the hats were to be dfstributed apread rapidly throughout the city. The soclety had promised to give to drivers who could not afford to purchase the hats a sultable covering for their horses' heads. The avenue and the street was blocked with crowds assembled to see the sights. The horses seemed to catch the enthusi- asm of the drivers and they crowded into line as though they were seeking bargains in the shopping district. The hats were of a jaunty type, with holes on either side for the ears and fancy-colored tapes, by means of which they could be tled under the horses' jaws. Venerable truck horses became skittish again under this new rig and steeds which had long ago lost the zest of life became as sportive as denizens of Broadway, who by a stroke of luck have been able to or- nament thelr left ears with $10 Panamas, Six policemen and two agents of the so- clety aseisted in the distribution of the head gear. The supfly gave out before all the applicants were fitted. Among the many strange craft that ply up and down the river around New York one may frequently see one that looks like a back yard afloat. It Is a large platform, enclosed all the way around with a picket fence. There are gates in the fence, and, to keep up its resemblance to an ordinary enclosure of a suburban garden, there are green leaves to be seen within, These floating yards are used by wholesale fruit dealers. It is found that bananas, pine- apples and other tropical fruits spoll so casily In this hot weather that they must not be packed closely, even for an hour. So they are put on these floats in such a way that the air can reach them from all sides, and the trips on the river are made as long as possible. The absence of the entente cordlale and the prevalence of the retort discourteous between motormen and truck drivers, re- lates the Evening Post, rather sdd to the gayety of nations, the while they occa- slonally Interfere with traflic and transporta- tion. As a rule, the truckman gets the best of it, since he is doubly armed, not only with a virile vocabulary, but with the knowledge that the motorman would rather not endanger his position by charging into the truck and provoking a damage sult. At Forty-second street and Madison ave- nue the other day a truckman, presiding over a load of cement, crossed the tracks of the Fourth avenue line, on the curve, and forced an oncoming car to a standstill. This deprived the car of current, and it was necessary to wait for the succeeding car in order to get a push around the curve, when the current might be found agatn. A jam of vehicles made it impossible for the truckman to get off the tracks, and Quring this pause in the movement of things the motorman, mad as a wet hen, demanded to know what the truckman meant, etc., ete., ete. Instead of a rapid-fire performance by the truckman, he leaned back and roared with laughter at the anger of the motor- man. ‘'What you need is a horse, & good, big horse, partner,” he called out. “You've Fut your little handle out of business, all right, all right—what?—course I was on the track; think I'm running a balloon? You'd better stop making goo-goo eyes at me. Here comes a policeman—" At this juncture the blockade was lifted and as the truckman drew slowly off he called back, “Good morning, Carrfe,” and he was still laughing when he turned the | corner. PERSONAL NOTES. Attorney General Knox and Senator Spooner will go to Paris in a short time to go thoroughly Into the matter of title in the Panama canal. Fleld Marshal Baron Schwartz-Melller of the Austrian army is 95 years old, but is still on the active list. He has been an officer 74 years and a general half a cen- tury. Frank L. Coombe, who represents the first congressional district of California, is the only man in congress born on the Pa- cific const. He was born in the Napa val- ley in 1853, A. G. Bell, who has just been decorated by the London Soclety of Fine Arts with what is known as the Prince Albert medal, was twenty-five years ago professor of vocal philology in the Boston university. Dr. Joseph H. Raymond, sanitary nspec- tor of Brooklyn, says twice as many babies in proportion to population die in that borough as compared to New York and at- tributes the fact largely to excessive open trolley car riding James Ping of Springfleld, Mo., kept tab on the number of times local wits asked him regarding his brother Pong. Finally they totaled up an even 3,000 and Mr. Ping makes solemn announcement that the next man who asks him the venerable conundrum is sure of a forcible reply. Jacob Rils 18 urging upon New York City suthorities the necessity for more and larger playgrounds. “Boys are better than gras he says, referriug to “keep off the gra: signs, and he appeals to philanthropic peo- ple to “‘give the boys something more than & runway between gutters. Give us more playgrounds and there will be less need for penitentiaries.” SPECIAL NEWSPAPERS DOOMED. Growth and Influence of the Cause & Permanent Bel 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. being a distinctly reiiglous journal, is part the religlous press for many years, Dur- Observer was edited by Samuel Irenaeus and scholar, It was one of the foremost re- liglous papers of the United States. It oc- cupled a position among the religlous press as conspicuous as did the New York In- dependent when it had, successively, as editors such accomplished men & Leonard Bacon, Dr. R. S. Stor Henry Ward Beecher, or as a newer paper than elther of these, the New York Chris- tian Unlon, did while Beecher was its chiet editor, But both the Independent and the Out- look, which s the recent name of the | Christian Union, left the ranks of the dls- tinctively religlous press several years ago, and now give most of their space to literary, social and political toples. The observer joins them in the fleld. Many other religlous papers, denominational and undenominational, all over the country bave taken this step, or have discontinued publication. None of them attract such attentlon as they did in the old days. No- body Inquires or cares today who thelr edi- tors are. To some extent, of courss, the editors of the secular press have been ef- faced in the same way in the lapse of time, but the secular papers themselves have more influence and fill a far wider fleld than they ever did in the past. Papers in the other special flelds suffer a similar eclipse. The days when Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, the New York Clipper and such papers were read by everybody who had any fn- terest In sporting matters are far in the past. Those papers devoted to spectal flelds of work have, in the case of the larger flelds, been displaced by the dally news- papers. The big journals of the principal cities of the country, which come out seven times a week, as compared with the religlous and sporting papers’ single ap- pearance, have immeasurably larger factli- ties for covering all the great departments of human interest than the special mews- papers possess. They have better writers and furnish earlier and fuller accounts of the things which everybody wants to know. The Presbyteriane, Eplscopalians, Congre- gationalists, Methodists, Baptists and other great denominations are far more numerous and powerful than they were in the days when each of them had a speclal organ or organs in most of the large citles and they read religious literature as much as they ever did, but they get it in the dafly newspapers. Everything of any con- sequence to the people as members of any religious denomination or of an associa- tion of any sort is printed in the daily press before it gets a chance to appear in the weeklies or monthlies and in mat- ters of absorbing interest it is given with & fullness, an authority and an intelli- gence beyond the resources of the special papers. The great daflies have for years past been encroaching on the domain of the magazines also. They treat the larger themes of human Interest as comprehen- sively as do any of the monthlies and do it earller and more frequently while the public concern in them is most acute. The dally newspapers of the chief cities of the United States cover all fields of human endeavor and have become for the great masses of the people the chief educational agency of the age. HONORABLE APOLOGY. Newspaper that Berated Secretary Root Admits Its Fault. Detroit Free Press (Dem. Even the bitterest enemies of Secretary Root must admit that Major Gardener's testimony is a complete vindication of the secretary of war in respect to the charges brought against him relative to the major's report as governor of Tayabas. In the first place Major Gardener declares that the report was intended as confidential. This is an indorsement of the secretary's action in withholding it from publication. The major admits, too, that if he had been in possession of certain information at the time of writing the report which he has since received, many of the reflections upon the methods of American officers would bave been omitted. The governor has also withdrawn the charge that higher officers of the army were hostile to the clvil gov- ernment. Evidently Major Gardener confided in his report all the charges that hed been brought to his notice against the military authorities. He probably expected that these charges would be investigated it the war department considered them worthy of investigation. He himself expressed his personal opinion freely and frankly to his superiors; but obviously mever dreamed that his report would be used as the basis of an attack upon the war department. The investigation would seem to prove conclu- sively that there had been nothing im- proper in Major Gardener's conduct or in Secretary Root's. Both men appear to have been doing what they conceived to be their duty, and the hullabaloo has resulted from & misunderstanding of the purpose of the major's report and of the aotion of the secretary in suppressing it. There is another theory that might be advanced; but it is hardly deserving of the dignity of a statement. It may be pretended that Washington has terrified Major Gardener into retracting a part of his charges and of softening others. This theory will not be accepted by anybody acquainted with Major Gerdener. What- ever charges he brought were made from a sense of duty, and that same sense of duty 1s responsible for any modifications that he has made. The major Is not the kind of a man that could be coerced into eating his own words. The Free Press is one of the newspapers that censured Secretary Root for suppressing the Gardemer report; but inasmuch as that report, according to the author's own testimony, was intended to be confidential, this newspaper cheerfully offers its apologles and regrets to the seo- retary of war. CLEAN, HONEST JOURNALISM. People Prefer and I riably Support. St. Louls Republic. Archbishop Ireland’s insistence upon clean and homest journallsm, voiced in the course of his admirable address at the Na- tional Educational association convention at Minneapolis, will be indorsed by every decent and self-respecting newspaper in this country. “If T were to choose,” sald the worthy prelate, “where, outside the classroom, for weneral welfare of humanity 1 should have devotion to truth prevall, I should name the newspapers. The newspaper s today pre-eminently the mentor of the people. It 1s read by all; it 1s belleved nearly by all; its influence s paramount; its responsi- bility is tremendous; its province s to narrate facts, to give the truth, motbing but the truth, and all the truth Happlly, there are conspicuous examples among the great American newspapers which prove that the duty of truthfully presenting the news, free of blas and prej- udice and sordid sensationalism, is clearly recognized and faithfully discharged. These examples are numerous. so Bumerous as to make the rule of clean journalism 1o Amer- ‘What th Daltes The sale which has just taken place of |the New York Observer, and the accom- panylng announcement that it Is to cease of & drift which has been at work among ing the quarter of a century in which the Prime, the well known Presbyterlan writer fea. The exceptions proving the rule are the few noterious sensation-mongers that exaggerate the truth until ft becomes, in of fect, a web of misleading lies for the stimu« Iation of a morbld iove of exoitement. These “yellow” newspapers can be nume bered on one's fingers. Gratifying also, ia the further fact that it I8 the decent and self-respecting mews- paper which alons wins the permanent confidence and support of the Amerioan people. It is true that the rankly sensa- tional shos may make a fortuns for proprietor in a few years, just as fortunes may be made in other malodorous ways, but Its oareer as a respocted and influential newspaper {8 brief, if, indeed, it possesses Influence or the respect of the public In any degres whatever. The best-paying newspaper properties, and the most firmly founded om decency and an unswerving truthfulness. This is because the people, after all, prefer decency and truthfulness to the indecent sensa- tionalism and distortion of the truth upom which “yellow journalism” is based. COLOMBIA ASKS TOO MUCH. Pulling Uncle Sam's Purse Panama Canal Propost Chicago Tribune. The draft of a Panama canal treaty sub- mitted by the Colombian government pro= vides for the immediate payment to that government of $7,000,000 by the United States. At the end of fourteen years there 1s to be an agreement as te further compen= sation. If the two governments cannof agreeo the matter is to be submittted to ar< bitratlo It Is sald a hint has been given te Secre« tary Hay that a treaty containing the latter provision will not be ratified by the senate, and that for this reason he has proposed to Colombla that the demand for further com= pensation be dropped. Tn this, it la said, Colombla demurs. The Colombian govern= ment, as is only natural, wishes to get all it can for a concession the value of which— and the readiness of the United States to spend money for—it probably overestimates considerably.’ Colombia now receives an an= nual income of $250,000 from the Panams rallroad, which it will cease getting if the canal {s constructed. The quarter of a mile lon is of great value to the government of & bankrupt etate tormented by incessant revolutions which interfere with the steady, collection of taxes. The men who manaj Colomblan affairs would like to have a large cash payment and to be assured a regulae fncome in addition. They will try to make the best bargain they can, not €0 much for the sake of their country as for thelr o'l aake As the faction which runs the lo"rl- ment considers ite own interests chiefly, it lo probabe that it will yleld to Secretary Hay and not run the risk of losing the $7,000,000 or whatever sum may be finally agreed om as a cash payment. With that much money in hand the president of a South American republic caa afford to throw up hie job at once and emigrate to Paris. Or, if he does not choose to do that, he can use part of the money in buying military stores and sup« plies for the army which keeps him in power. There s no reason why the United States should bind {tself to contribute yearly from its treasury to the revenues of Colombia. ‘That country will be fully compensated for any concession it may make by the construce tion of the canal. The work will glve to the province of Panama wealth and security. There will be constant peace on the isthmus after the United States once begins opera- tions there. A cash payment of $7,000,000 will be all—or more than—Colombla is reais Iy entitled to for allowing the United Statey to bulld the canal. Alleged senatorial opposition to a treaty binding the United States to pay a yearly income to Colombia for the privilege of benefiting Colombla 1s altogether reasonable, The canal will cost this cottry quite enough without subsidizing Colombla. POINTED REMARKS, Chicago Tribune: “Don’'t you have ta run around a good deal when items are they asked him, snawered the reporter, act wiping “for a f his brow, Detroit Free Press: Facetious Friend— Well, have you and your wife yet settled as_to who 18 speaker of the house? Young Husband—Not yet. We usually occupy the chair together. Chicago Post: “What s ability?" “Ability is that to which & man owes own success.” nd what s luck?" uck is that to Whioh anl others owe thelr success.” Chicago Tribune: “You are not & wi ingman;’ said (he cutbetons OFator, yoy wouldn't talk that wa ‘‘You are wron; J fiercely answered the man who ha lnmrruplad him. T am 9,8 Browning club and if an In- stitution of that Kind ganized labor Tdon's now what 1¢ Washington Star: “Have to establish harmony ot yet, Ay “Bechuse. Im ,not yet quite prepared for a general fight Jou done an our party 17 answered Senator Sorghum. Chicago Post: “If people are so crazy for outdoor exercise I don't see why they don't get up, gurden-hoelns parties and such th! ings." “Wouldn't do at all. The diff, be- nce tween exercise and work is that exercise accomplishes nothing. THE HERMIT WHO NEVER WAR, 8. E. Kiser in the Record-Herald, “rn josre the world,” a cynic sald one laces " (Tt & cynic sald one And ‘meditate 1n some sequestered The only, thought men have is ** pa arn Yekve the world,” | M mufnh dreams and hopes I'll put away Xnd ne'er look on another human face! Tl Jeave the world” a eynic said one day, “And meditate in some sequestered place, Fools prate of love, but Love, elas! has And in"his place Ambition stands: The world obeys the voice of Wealth alone, Fools prate of love, but Love, alas! has He cluims the foolish maiden s his o Srha put the costilest jewsls on her hands; Foole prate of love, but Love, alast has n, And in his place Ambition boldly stands.” He started out to find a wild retreat, But turned ere long, forgetting to be ne; A malaen met him going down the sf He started out to ind a wild retreat— Her cheeks were rosy and smile was sweet, Do'l’l" ot her feet, doglike, he yearning He started out to find a wild retreat, But turned ere long, forgettng te be wise. 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