Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 18, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1902. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B ROB;WATE& EDITOR. PUBLIBHED EVERY uunmwu TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ly Bee (without §inday), One Y iy Bee and Sundaj, Une Year llustrated Bee, Une Year unday Bee, One Year DELLVERED BY CARRIER. fly Bee (without Sunday), per copy. aily Bee (Without bunday), per week ally Hee Unciuding Sunduy), per week. 1 Bunaay Bee, per cop. vening Beé (without Sunday), vening Bee (nciuding sunaay), week . Complaints of irregularities in deilvery ould be addressed to ity Circulation artment. B " OB‘FICEB Omaha—The Bee Bulidi: Sonth OmAnacCity Hail Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M ‘Council Bluffs—1y Pear] Street. Chicago—164 Unity Building. New York—Temple Court. Washington—wl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 5 Communications relating to news an editorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, kaitorial Department. BUSINESS Lsr‘rhns % and rem! s ghould The Bee Pubashing Com- per . 18c reets. REMITTANCES. @ 1, express or postal order, Syenle 13 The lee Publisning Company. in payment of checks, except on changes, not accepted. e BEE PUBLISHING COMPAN Y. BTATEMENT. OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas Couat, G George B. Tzschuck, secrotary of The Bee Publishing being auly sworn, ha TREASURER STUEFER'S PLAN. State Treasurer Stuefer calls atten- tion to the gravity of the situation that confronts the people of Nebraska In thé Investment of Its permanent school funds in the following published inter- view: 1 do not envy my successor. The indi- cations are that he will have more money on his hands than be can possibly invest under the constitution and laws as they are at present. Fully $1,000,000 worth of county bonds now held by the will fall due during the next two years and will undoubtedly be pald by the counties. At present the countles have money and are paying their bonds just as fast as the op- tion expires. Then, durlng the same period there will be another million dollars de- rived from warrants and a third million from state lands. In order to keep this money invested there must be some change in the constitution and the laws that will permit a wider range of investments. I do not favor an amendment permitting the state to loan money on land, this to be done through county efficers and the counties to be responsible for the loan. It appears to me to be a plan open to much fraud. Gov- ernor Crounse once advocated -investment in United States bonds. This is permitted now under the constitution, but he belleved the state board should be given power both to buy and sell these bonds whenever the state of the market justified. Of course, they draw only 2 per cent imterest. Less than 2 per cent would be realized by the state. If that Is a good olan, why would it not be well to loan the money to de- pesitory banks? The banks of Nebraska are now in good condition and will cer- tainly pay 2 per cent for the money if they have an. opportunity. Of course, & con- stitutional amendment would be necessary to carry out such a plan. Treasurer Stuefer is in the main cor- rect In his premises and conclusions. We fully concur with his view concern- ing the danger of loaning school money on real estate security. That experi- ment was tried immediately after Ne- braska assumed statehood. It resulted in bad loans and losses and was ab- ruptly abandoned with the impeachment | of members of the loaning board. Long- Total ... Less unsold and returned coples. Net total sales Net datly -vm- Bubscribe Caworn.to Brgsenco and.sw before me ‘bt mg da; It % ¥ of June, A. D., M. B, HU GATE, tary Publlo. E————————— Whisky prices have been advanced 1 cent a gallon, but highballs are as yet no higher, EEE—— ‘Wisconsin republicans have declared for tax reform, and particularly rail- road tax reform, in no uncertain sound. E————— Grain exchange speculators are ad- vised not to stake money on crop failure in Nebraska and adjoining states this year. ey That man Tracy is attracting almost ms much attention as Pat Crowe, although there is no $25,000 reward In sight for his captor. o Now is when the experience of Min- neapolis’ superintendent of police in helping others elude law officers comes in handy for him in his own flight. SEm————— Poor World-Herald! What would it do to fill up its editorial columns if it did not have The Bee to draw from and the editor of The Bee to talk about? gy The Union Pacific has rescinded its notification of withdrawal from the ‘Western Immigration bureaun, In which it 1s associated with other roads. Won- der If it got what it was after. The great advantage of the royal yacht for hospital service for the con- valescing king of England is that the populace cannot stand about the fromt door waliting for hourly bulletins. pmE— Another negro burned at the stake in the black district of Mississippl, but the popocratic orators and organs confine themselves to bewalling the tortures of the water cure in the Philippines. e—— An army transport for which the gov- ernment paid §140,000 has been’sold for $50,000. This is evidently a case where the patriotism of the shipowner who unloaded at war prices was made to pay. ———— Becretary of War Root will make a fiying trip to Europe that will keep him on the water twelve or fourteen days. This will afford the opposition papers a chande to spring a few new yarns about the war secretary, with the assurance that they cannot be punctured until his return. ——— Both state tickets have already been In the field In Nebraska for nearly a month, but the campaign committees are only beginning to organize. This annual argument for early conventions to,_ give plenty of time for campaign propaganda does not seem to work out in practice. = The newly appointed Chinese minister to the United States must be about as shrewd as the retiring Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, whose example he seems to be emulating. The new min- ister, now located in Parls, Is already throwing lohg-distance bouquets at the American newspapers and newspaper men. ¢ T Preparations for the erection of the new quartermaster's warehouse are un- der way, and the plans for the struc- ture contemplate a substantial store- bouse between 400 and 500 feet in length. But a quartermaster's ware- house is no more like a quartermaster's supply putchasing depot than a jobbers' storehouse Is like a market house. The* unexpected always happens to Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson of Merrimae fame. The captaln’ was dis- porting himself promiscuously in the muddy Mississippl near Alton when a bhandsome young wowan from St. Louls accidentally dropped into the river and would have drowned but for the cap- tain’s outstretched arm. - And thereby bangs angther kiss. time loans of the permanent school fund to depository banks would, we be- lieve, be also of doubtful expediency, although the depository banks should be the custodians of all the uninvested public funds and required to pay in- terest on them to the state. But why has not Treasurer Stuefer directed himself to the governor, who had it within his power to apply the only effective remedy by calling the legislature to submit the necessary amendments to the constitution this year? Had this been done, as repeat- edly urged by The Bee, Mr. Stuefer's successor would not be confronted with the problem. The permanent school fund could be safely invested in municl- pal and school district bonds, as well as county securitles, and the floating debt of the state could have been re- funded into low interest-bearing bonds, to be substituted for the warrants now held in the school fund. St A4 PRUGRESSIVE CHINAMAN. The newly appointed Chinese minister, Liang Chen Tung, belongs to the pro- gressive class of Chinamen and is a warm friend of the United States. Speaking of the relations between his country and this he sald that the Chinese government and people are most grateful to the United States for the course it has pursued in dealing with China in connection with the bther powers and expressed the opinion that this country will certainly receive as good treatment as any power in the commercial and Industrial development of the Chinese empire. That he will be lnstrumental in securing such treatment is of course to be expected and if ‘he ehall prove as good a friend of the United States as the present minlster he will commend himself to the cordial regard of our government and people. Liang Chen Tung knows the United States pretty well and he likes Ameri- cans. As-a student at Yale he came into full contact with American life and his experience here was such that he ddes not view our soclety and instl- tutions through thoroughly ' Chinese eyes. His appolntment was largely due to the fact that he had been educated in this country and was therefore fa- miliar with its institutions, evidencing a desire on the part of the imperial government of China to cultivate the most friendly relations with the United States and to know more of the institu- tions of the country which has been so helpful to the Chinese empire in one of the most trying exigencies of its his- tory. The new minister has expressed bimselt as being greatly pleased with the opportunity to go to Washington and there 1s no doubt he will be cor- dially received there, though he replaces one of the most popular men in the diplomatic service. ETEp— NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VATICAN, The last note of Governor Taft to the Vatican is entirely friendly and con- clllatory. It expresses the gratification of the Washington authorities at the disposition manifested by the Vatican to come to an understanding with this goverument as to the relations of church and state in the Philippines and while acknowledging the wisdom of the propo- sitlons made In regard to the friars, says that they would not solve the question. In regard to the friar problem it is made plain that ‘the government does not in- tend to recede from its position. It is pointed out that a voluntary and not a forcible withdrawal of the Spanish triars is sought, for the reason wholly that these persons are offensive to the native Catholics. It Is felt that in order to render pacification secure a most essentlal condition is that the dis- liked and distrusted Spanish clergy shall get out of the lslands and their place be takem by friars of other na- tionalities. It may be sald that being shorn of the authority and powers they have hitherto exercised, generally In a way, It is charged, oppressive and mischievous, that there could be no damger in al- lowing them to remaln, but native sentiment 1s so bitter against them that their presence is Intolerable under any circumstances. They are Spaniards with & long reeord ¢f abuses and op- pressions and despotic éxactions charged up to them which the Filipinos will not forgive. 8o strong and re- lentless I8 the popular sentiment of hos- tility to them that the friars cannot re- turn to the parishes they left without military protection and this they can- not be given. The attitude of the gov- ernment is made perfectly clear in this sentence of Governor Taft's note: “The United States did not desire the with- drawal for itself—it was Indifferent to the presence of/the friars—but In the interest of the whole people of the Phil- ippines, who were bitterly opposed to their presence.” ‘There 18 no doubt that this objection- able element will be gotten out of the Philippines and it is for the Vatican to say whether their withdrawal shall be voluntary or otherwise. This govern- ment cannot permit a body of persons to permanently remain in the archl- pelago whose presence is admittedly a menace to peace and order. It is not difficult to understand the Indisposition of the church authorities at Rome to do anything offensive to Spain, but they should not be indifferent to the vast in- terests of the United States in the Phil- ippines, particularly in view of the fact that it is not proposed to Interfere with any rights or privileges of the church in the archipelago. The withdrawal of the Spanish friars and'the substitution of priests of other nationalities would not impair the authority or prestige of the Catholic church in thé Philippines, but on the, contrary would probably strengthen them. It is understood that there will be no further negotiations at Rome, but Governor Taft will remalin there another ‘week and it is possible that in the mean- time an arrangement will be effected. ] 4 CASK OF CRUSSED TROLLEYS. The Lincoln Journal is trying its very best to champion the railroad end of the rallroad tax question, but it is getting its trolleys frightfully crossed. Its latest effusion seeks to combat the idea that property should be valued for taxation either at the amount invested in it or at the cost of replacement, but at what it would cost to buy it on the market. 8o it declares: The true standard is not the cost of a farm or rallroad to the owner or what it would cost to replace the improvements found upon it, but the market value of the property ae am entity. The Journal man should comnect up again with the rallroad tax bureau. The whole task imposed on the railroad lawyers is to disprove the market value standard, because the market value of a rallroad is readily ascertainable by the quotations on its stocks and bonds, which represent not only the tangible property, but also the intangible fran- chise values as well. If the Journal will only stick to its market value propo- sition it will at once join with The Bee in demanding a material increase in the assessment of the rallroad property to correspond with the increase in the market value of the Nebraska roads, reflected In stocks and bonds during the last two years. But as soon as it gets revised orders from railway head- quarters the Journal will take another tack. BALFOUR OUR FRIEND. In view of the fact that a number of Interesting and important questions, chiefly bearing upon our relations with Canada, are awalting settlement, it is gratifying to know that Mr. Balfour, the new British prime minister, is a very cordial friend of the United States and desirous of maintaining the best relations with this country. It Is sald that Americans who have visited Eng- land in recent years and have met Bal- four in places where confidences are exchanged, have found him to be singu- larly persistent in his quest of informa- tion respecting the United States and most cordial in his sentiments toward this country. There is a statement also that Balfour was among British states- men the most earnest sympathizer with the United States In the war with Spain, Of course Mr. Balfour's friendly feel- ing toward this country will not lead him to take any position likely to prove inimical to the Interests of Great Britain. There is no doubt regarding his patriotism or his devotion to British interests. But his friendship may safely be counted upon to enable him to take a fair and reasonable view of the ques- tions between the two countrles and to seek thelr settlement in a way to strengthen International good will. It will dispose him to regard all matters of controversy from this standpoint, rather than from a wholly selfish point of view. There s reason to hope that the Alaska boundary question, for Instance, will receive fairer consideration from a min- istry of which Balfour is the head than has yet been given it, as well as the sealing question and some others. At all events, the friendly feeling of the new British prime minister toward us is not without its value as will possibly in due time be shown. e Mr. Mooncalf from Mizzoura still labors under the hallucination that B. Rosewater 18 a candidate for every office that is to be filled by the people of Nebraska next November. Moon- calf reminds us forcibly of Garfleld's ox. When the editor of The Bee called on General Garfield at his home in Mentor after he had heen elected presi- dent General Garfleld wanted to be in- formed about the complications of Ne- braska politics,. ~When the editor had concluded, the president-elect remarked: “You have given me a clearer idea of the situation in Nebraska than I have yet been able to get from any man. Some people,” sald General Garfleld, “are like the ox. They have big eyes, but they cannot see anything when they see 1t.” — County Treasurer Elsasser's monthly financial exhibit shows that he s car- rylng a balance of over $160,000 on de- posit In thé banks, but not a cent of In- terest turned in for the use of this mouey. The same banks are paying 2 per cent on deposits of city money. Why should they not pay Interest into the county treasury om county deposits? Two per cent only would produce be- tween $2,500 and $3,000 in the year and help knock off another fraction from the county tax rate. (Would any private corporation conduct its business that way? The bullding inspector of Chicago is bviug hauled over the coals for permit- ting the construction of firetraps and tinder boxes contrary to the laws and ordinances governing building construc- tion, and It looks very much as if the committee of architects who have ven- tured to enter formal complaint will be able to prove their charges and have the incompetent, irrelevant and imma- terial supervisor of bulldings dispensed with. Inspection that does not Inspect is worse than no Inspection. A queer phenomenon has been sighted on Lake Michigan, where the water of the lake seems to have undergone a convulsion, with huge waves sweeping back and forth. The sclentists in- vestigating Mont Pelee should be im- mediately recalled and despatched to Lake Michigan, to locate the seat of the disturbance. It is just possible the water of the lake has broken into an adjacent cavern drained dry In the man- ufacture of the beer that makes Mil- waukee famous. The Iowa commission having charge of the state’s participation in the Louisi- ana Purchase exposition is off to St. Louis to select the site for the Iowa bullding. With its 1,600 acres, how- ever, we apprehend that the St. Louls fair will still be able to accommodate Nebraska with a site for any exhibit or building it may desire to plant. Room for Yo Atlanta Constitution. Every encouragement is offered by the issues of the present era to sensible, hon- est and courageous young men to enter the arena of fair and patriotic politics. Cal y Takes to Ct Chicago News, Crops are looking so well that the dole- ful Ananiases who thought tI farmers were going to ralse nothing this year ex- cept tadpoles are beginning to take a hope- ful view. 'How About the Taxest Kansas City Star. Now that Mr. Schwab has declared that the allled properties of the United States Steel corporation are worth $1,400,000,000, it would be interesting to know on what basis of valuation the trust pays taxes. Firedamp and Afterdamp. Minneapolis Journal. Persons who read the accounts of the Johnstown mine disaster probably noticed the use of two words, firedamp and after- damp. The first, called by chemists marsh gas, 18 explosive and inflammable, and being lighter than air is apt to accumulate along the upper parts of a mine. After- damp 1s the result of an explosion of the other. It is odorless and suffocating, and, being heavier than air, sinks to the floor. Statistical Fictions. Philadelphia. Record, One of the chiet difficulties encountered by Census bureau statisticians is the recon- clling of detual figures of agricultural pro- duction for 1901 with the iInflated esti- mates and calculations of the 1899 cens As a series of striking conjectures monumental work was a signal succes as a record of vital statistics and economic data it 1s perhaps the most universally discredited document of its kind the world over. e Good Time is Coming. Atlanta Journal. It will be & happy day for this country when a system of just and reasonable ar- bitration can be agreed upon by eapital end labor generally and faithfully ad- hered to. Strikes are ome of the worst forms of waste, and the harm that comes from them, as & rule, is not to be meas- ured by the money loss they cause, enor- mous as it is. There are good reasons to belleve, however, that we are gradually approaching an era of arbitration that will benefit both employers and employes and the general public which now suffers heavily from every- - Philadelphia Ledger. It any government official deserves dis- cipline it is Conrul General Brag Not for reposing a confidence in his wife which appears to have been unwarranted, not for expressing an unflattering opinion of the Cubans, among whom his lot was cast temporarily, but for giving the poli- ticlans an opportunity to stir up fresh trouble over Cuba. The .plaih orders of the executive, not less than the unfortu- nate experience of other too talkative government servants, were sufficlent to warn him that men in high position should be seen as little as possible and never heard at all, and he should be dealt with as befits a breeder of trouble. It Tucky for him that congress is not In session. But the State department will deal with him nevertheless. “Curse not the rich in thy bedchamber,” says the wise man, “for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has Wings shall tell the mat- ter.,” The Cubans are not rich—far from it—but the advice applies to Consul Gen- eral Bragg just th me. . FAREWELL TO MINISTER WU. on Distinguished Diplomat Ten- dered Bouguet of Compliments. ‘Washington Post. The recall of this charming gentleman and sccomplished diplomat will be a cause of widespread regret. We are visited from time to time by forelgners of great pe sonal attractions and enormous social con- sequence. They make themselves agre able in parlors, salons and dining room: But it & forelgn envoy's value to his coun- try depends in any way upon an enlight- ened familiarity with the nation to which he is accredited, its people, its customs, its traditions, and its ideas, then Mr. Wu is the most valusble diplomat who has sojourned in Washington for many years. We can understand that the Chine minister 1= wanted at home. That unfor- tunate country needs enlightened lxte! ligence more than any country in the whole round world. When Mr. Wu gets back to his native land, he can tell in one day more about Christian civilization, about libersl institutions, about modern emergy and de velopment, than the Chinese court can assimilaté in six months or a year. If the emperor will only leave it to him, China can formulate a forelgn policy that will at once command the respect of the outside world. Mr. Wu is the ideal statesman. He possesses all the qualifications for that career. He Is intelligent beyond compar- tson, and he has that gift of humor which amplifies information and plays upon con viction as though it were an instrume We trust that Mr. W will receive at bo the rewards he has so richly earned. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Commi Evidence Ware's Polloy ot “O Cold Law.” Major Johm M. Carson, Washington cor- respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, gives the Ledger an Instructive account of the methods and polley of the pension bureau under Commissioner Ware. the commissioner moving quietly discharge of his dutles. radical changes in the m'u tions that obtalned prior to his advent, but with the knowledge gained from patient inquiry and experience has added a few new regula- tions to those which direct the general administration of the clerical force and meet the approval of the public. Mr. Ware has deliberately lald down a policy that wiil govern the administration of the office, both with regard to its immediate per- sonnel and the granting of pensions. This is the new policy as defined by the com- miassioner: “No promotions for political influence and no sympathy with any effort to bandleap meritorious clerks of high or low degree, and fair dealing with the pen- sloners. If a man is entitled to a pension he will get it; it he is not, then he won't get it, not while I am commissioner.” Ad- herence to that policy may bring the com- miasioner into conflict with demagogue con- gressmen and unscrupulous attorneys, but will ineure him the support of the presi- dent and the approval of the people. That Commissioner Ware {s a man of originality and force is established by the systematic manner In which he is discharg- his duties. In the granting of pensions his basic rule is “Cold evidence and cold law,” and in the melection of clerks for promotion, “No precedence to political pull, and no conmsideration for religlon or na- tivity.” Mr. Ware realized when he as- sumed the office that many of the old sol- diers were, through persistent misrepre- sentation, made to belleve Commissioner Evans was hostile to them, expected all barriers would be removed to the obtaining of original and the increase of old pen- slons. ““When I came into office,” sald Mr. Ware, speaking on this point, “everybody expected a wide swath would be cut right through the laws, the appropriations, the national treasury and everything else. een nothing of the kind. When rge here I called in all the heads of divisions and told them very plainly that my policy would be to observe the law. I sald that it the acts of congress allowed & man a pension I wanted him to get it. If he could not meet the requirements of the law no pension ought to be granted. I think that statement surprised some of them, but I meant it and have stuck to it. Cold evidence and cold law, I sald to them, in the granting of pensions.” In regard to dealing with the clerks of the office Mr. Ware is equally straight- forward and determined. My first lesson on assuming office,” said the commissioner, “was that the most persistent pressure was brought to bear on the commissioner to appoint men to \positions in the bureau who had had no experience in the office. I had two $1,800 positions to fill, and I hoped to postpone the selection of men for those places until I had fully familiarized my- Belf with the office conditions, But 1 found I had to make those appointments, and make them soon. I think there were over 400 men presented to me with the strongest indorsements for those two jobs. Well, nearly all of the applicante wern well fitted for the work, but, as I looked about the office, I saw a good many other n who had worked here for years, who had developed the most valuable knowl- edge and experfence here—many of them old soldlers—and I made up my mind that, if anyone was made an $1,800 clerk, hould be the man who had proven his ability and his steadiness right here un- der fire, s0o to speak. I'll appoint out- slders as places for them may be created, but they will have to go In at the bottom of the ladder.” At the outset, after dlscovering the prea- sure brought to bear to secure promotion, regardless of fitness or merit, Mr. Ware appointed a special committee, consisting of certain chiefs of divisions, to make recommendatione of persons in the office consldered deserving and qualified for pro- motion. “I meet the chiefs of divisions, sistant chiefs, chief clerks and deputy com- missioners every week, and we have a lit- tle convention of forty members. At the first meeting of this body I explained my purpose as to promotions. It was an- nounced that merit, tried and proved, was to be the only consideration. Then, when the first vacancy arose, I appolnted a spe- clal commission of three chlefs of di- vislon to serve as a select committee on promotlons in that one instance. Those gentlemen acted according to my Instruc- tions. They sent me a list of men, from whom I could choose. Every man on the Ist was of the highest possible grade, and & number were democrats, and one of these was an ex-confederate soldler. 1 called the committee together and asked them what they meant by recommending an ex-confederate for promotion here in the office. I told them I might have to explain that to the country if the promo- tion should be made. And those men re- plied to me that it was lmply because any list of the most efcient clerks in this ofice must include that ex-confed- erate’s name. 1 made the promotions with this help from the select committes of division chiefs.” Accompanying the commiesion is a letter, which goes to all who are promoted, which informs the reciplent that he was ad- vanced on merit alone. The letter adds value to the commission, and its effect must be to induce the man recelving it to continue his efforts to deserve the con- fldence of his chief. It reads: ‘““This is to say to you that you do mot owe your promotion to political influences or to the commissioner or to your friends. You were promoted solely on account of merit, and 1 hope that while you remain in the bu- reau you will continue course which gave you the promotion.” If this system be continued the effect will be to increase the effctency and the morale of the clerical force of the pension office. PERSONAL NOTE \ Semator Hoar has just purchased a resi- dence in Washington, having epent the larger portion of his public life in hotels and boarding houses in that oity. The report that Emperor Willlam is com- pliing & volume of sermons fits in nicely with the report that he is trying to reform the drinking habits of the German stu- dents. England’s new premier, Mr. Balfour, is sure to bear his new honors modestly. He had already reached the exalted post of captain of the Royal and Ancient Goif elub team of St. Andrews. Nearly the entire town of Leavenworth lined up at the depot to recelve the Sixth infantry. It is one of the most famous regiments in American history, and has been commanded by Zachary Taylor, W. B. Hazen, W. 8. Hancock and A. McD. Me- Cook. It was organized In 1798 and was first stationed in Fort Leaveriworth in 129 Judge Sidemer of St. Louls, who recently ruled that a wife has the right of taking money from her husband’s pockets under provoking circumstances, now bolds that a dog has the right to bite & person who ties a tin can or other impediment to Its tall It the dog has not the right in law, in equity be ought to have it. 8o & Danlel come to judgment! He finds in the made no ANDERSON AND DEWEY. et of Idems About the Oapture of Manila. Baltimore American, It 1s natural for General Anderson as & soldier to be jealous of the fame and the achlevements of the American army, of which he wi appreciating the motives that may have inepired his action, it cannot be denfed that he bluhdered in his attempt to con- vince the American people that Admiral Dewey gave, wittingly or unwittingly, false testimony before the senate commit- tee on the Philippine islands. Admiral Dewey was in a position to know more of what transpired in connection with the ar rangements for the surrender of Manila than Anderson could possibly have been. The former was commander-in-chief of the naval forces engaged, while Gemeral An- derson ocoupled the somewhat subordinate position of a brigade commander in Gen- eral Merritt's land force. That Gene Anderson actually belleves what he ha somewhat laborlously and grandiloquently set forth in the lotter published is not to be questioned. The trouble is that he simply did not know all of the details connected with the affalr about which he undertook | to controvert Dewey in order that the Amer- fcan people might know the truth. . In support of Admiral Dewey's testi- mony we have detalled an explicit evi- dence. A newspaper correspondent who was present with the fleet has caused & signed communication to be published in one of the New York papers. This cor- respondent was at the time known to be very close to Admiral Dewey and to enjoy exceptional facllities for acquiring accurate Information. He now says that at the time—in August, 1898—he knew for a fact the thing to which Admiral Dewey testi- fled. He goes further and tells how Dewey submitted to the Spanish governor gemeral a diagram of the flags he would hoist de- manding the surrender of the oity; how, in acknowledging them, the governor gen- eral inclosed a diagram of the defenses of Mantia, showing the spot at which he would hofst the white flag; how it was agreed that when the attack should be made the Americans were to advance rap- 1dly, passing quickly through the zone of a light Spanish fire, which would be con- tinued over thelr heads, and how Admiral Dewey was to move his the city and then fi yards, 8o that the shots would pass en- tirely over the place. This arrangement, according to the correspondent, was de- feated by the fact that Aguinaldo and his hordes rushed in ahead of the Americans, who did not advance with sufficlent rapid- ity, and the Spaniards, becoming alarmed at the onslaught of the Insurgents, began firing in earnest. Hence it was we lost 122 men. This, we take it, ls the true story— merely an amplification of what Dewey told the committee. In seeking to con- trovert it Gemeral Anderson does {li, for the truth about the surrender of Manila affords the country an. example of mer- cifulness on the part of our army. Of that example the nation may well be proud, since it is one of)the few bright spots in the record of the war, and instead of seeking to overthrow the belief that it spared Spanish life and property the army should take pride in having so done, for, such mercifulness as was exhibited is noble wherever it may be displayed. NOT MONEY, BUT ABILITY. The Will to Do and the Doing Co: mands American Admiration. Minneapolls Journal. At times we Americans are vemy nDear to confessing that we are a nation of money-grubbers and dollar-ch . But some of our foreign inspectors and critics understand us better than we understand ourselves. The outside point of view has its advantages. Mr, |Alex Sahlin, an Eng- lishman, sees our apparent respect for wealth in a light that does credit to us. Mr. Sablin is one of those numerous friendly visitors, eritics or chroniclers thi Great Britain sends us In these days, in marked contrast to the Sydney Smiths, Dickenses, the Trollopes, etc., of other days. He was one of a commission ap- pointed by the British Iron Trade associa- tion to Inquire into the iron, steel and al- lled industries of the United States. In the course of his report he say: 1 bave often heard it erroneously stated that the Americans worship dollars. This is not so, because a rich man as such Is not greatly esteemed. What the American admires and honors is the abllity to do; that capacity in a map, through his own sagacity, nerve, enterprise and skill to create and employ a fortune. Nobody In America seems to feel above his work or degraded by it. As It Is done, and 1 the result obtained, so is the man esteemed by his fellowmen, and such is the pMce he will make for himself in his community or In his country. Everybody works, and works for the sake of work: and thus there has been produced in America in the short space of one gémeration an Industrial po- tentlality which is more wonderful and more to be feared than the works L} plants which these same workers have created. Nowhere is the struggling youth more kindly encouraged, more readily trusted, more generously I say this I speak from personal experience, and with gratitude in my heart toward many of those busy and keen, but also generous and broad-minded men of affairs. When we reflect that there are In every community rich men—spoiled sons of their fathers, sordld accumulators, misers, shy- 80 long an officer; but fully | erally held to be worth a twentieth part as much, money and all, to the community men who have not a cent, but have me human worth, we begin to apprec the accuracy of Mr. Bahlin's view. The | Public may be curious’ about an Astor or & Vanderbiit because it is wonderful, after thousands of years of practice, that by the mere fact of being born into the world a person should come into the possession of immense sums of money which he does not and cannot earn. But when you find & rich man who is admired, who has thousands of friends and followers, the chances are that he Is & man of ability, even of gent He s ad- locks—who haven't the respect of the poorest man in the town and are not gen- mired not so much for his motusl pos slon of money as for the masterful quall- ties that have won him money. He self is no mopey counter. He enjoys his money, to be sure, and takes great sati faction in the added power it gives him, but his chiet satisfaction in life is to be found in the exercise of the talent or genius that made him rich, whether it be invention, executive ability, foresight, gen- eral mental acuteness or extraordinary energy. ROAD IS TO PAY DRAYAGE Southern Rallway & Tarift Sheet in Which New Plan v 1s Established. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 17.—The South- orn rallway has issued a new freight tarilt providing for the payment of drayage on sl articles Included in the recent tariffs issued by the Loulsville & Nashville and Tilinols Central roads, This makes the drayage wi in this eity about a we cornered fight, ‘which began ago a thre with the probabllity that unless a settlement Is soon reached the Baltimore & Ohlo Southwestern will be drawn into the contest on account of the action of the Loulsville & Nashville and Southern on the Bt. Louls line which they control. PASSING PLEASANTRIES, Detroft Press: Husband (reading the Dnr!r)-vfllll fwll some men wii make of themselves! Wite_Now, Henry, desr, what have you done this time Chicago Tribune: Goodnaa: Gonrong—No- tle« ho‘: damp wervunnx- gittin’ these da; Buftold Knutt—T don't mee no dampness anywher's. I'm as dry as I gin'rally am. Philadelphia Press: P jon _(call- ng up the ltflrw-y)— aura, W nearly are you dressed for theater? Mrs. Ferguson (in tears)—George, I'll hl\'n to give it llp l can't get any of the bureau drawers ! Mr. Fergus n— t's just as well I can't get my shoes on. , Cleveland Plain Deals “*The papers say that Santos-Dumont, balloonist, is a teetotaler."” ‘hat's too bad." iy 160 bed?’ ause it spoils the jokes arinking high balls and getting ‘Washington Star: n't help admiring that writers effrontery,” said the young man with the ll’lky nnlcr- “In what NHP “In appropriating other people‘'s tdeas. He Is the kind of man who would write “Honesty is the best policy’ and claim it as original. about his levated.” The Beme‘fl’mu. s as pretty a Phe Maiden—on, 1t she could think of any way to make o herselt prettier you can bet 1 Philadelphia Press: traveling salesman, this month. at 807 ‘e you dom ‘Nothin, ‘Do yq’x cdl that luck? What does your fl"Nol . That's where the luck comes 1o, T ot on the pay Toil sald the fi 've had great Illc replied the other. “What CHILDHOOD'S HAPPY DREAMS. James Barton Adams in Denver Post. In the days half forgotten h Barefooted innocents, played We'rotled 1n the dust when the unh was dry, And mld. mud ples in the soggy weather; We climbed the trees in the deep old 'ood And shook the walnuts in rattling show- Plcked pes and plums for our noonday fo And thought it heaven, that life of ours. With never a tear to dim our eyes, With never a cloud to blur our skies. We talked of the days when we'd “growed i We'd be man and wite in our cosey cot- tage; We would sip of bligs fro And eat from' the same its sweetest cuj jove dish of She'd cegk me meals that a While I would hustle for And then 1 would gase sweet— Though terribly spangled with nut-brown freckles— And our eyes would meet and our mouls would see: To mingle In love’s first childish dream. pote would eat, olden shekels, n her face ®o As the years passed on and we older grew, And fien chume in the same great co-ed. college. We would try to kindle Jove's flame anew, In the resi spells in our search for knowled; But she grew less “chummy,” less full of play, Inui> atald “Paulyne” gréw the simple And she ¥ead on her gradudtion A thoughtful eass; oo the Iofi" Of girls assuming the role of wif Instead nt.l nfle Il' lFbor‘ in llh I meet her now on the busy strest Of the capital Colorado city, A cold, proud dame, with the face once hardened by politics. Oh. the pity! The' Tght of ‘affection nover pia: bind In the i that | used to think so ewn- But 'lth ‘hatred they seem to fairly blase ‘hen they mut with mine, for we now are running For the same fll office, lh. and I, And we never speak as by, gave you one last week, and BETTER. run— Price during July offering an “extra special,” as advertised, tomorrow, Porouning- In Connection With our “alteration sale” of broken lines, etc., we are We now here is another—ONLY The second one of the series we are going to $1.50 NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, in fancy patferns, splendid assortment to choose from, and all sizes, $1.00 NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Store closes SBaturday evenings at 9 P, M. and August, Kne-3-@ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. 8. Wilcox, Managen