Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 24, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DALILY BEH: THURSDA ¥, JULY 24, 1902. _— M —-— - - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE —_—_—_ E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR —_—— ' PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. [ ——— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ly Bee (without Einday), One Year.$4 ly Bee and Sundag, Year ustrated isee, Une Year unday Bee, Ode xea turaay bee, Une Xear. ‘wentleth Century ¥armer, On DELIVERED BY CARKIER. y Bee (without Bunday), per cop| iy e (Wilhout bunday), per wees. aily see (INcluding Bunuay), per wee unday kee, par c VenIng 16 (Without Bunaay), per ivenung Bee (meiuding sunuay), week . week Loy per Complaints of irregularities in deuvery oula be addressed o Lity Clrculauon tment. s OFFICES. QmabasThe Bes Lubding, uth Omaha—City Heu Bullding, Twen- Ith ana » Streets. Councll Bluits—iy Pearl Street. Chicago—16 Unity Builaing. New 1 ork—TLemple Court. Washinglon—50i Kourteenth Street. CORRESBPUNDENCE. i Communichtions reiating to news an editorial matter shoula be addressed. Umans Bee, fuitoriai Wepartment. BUSINESS LEITERS. Bustness letters and remitiances should be adaressed: The Mee Fubusfilng Low- pany, Umaha. REMITTANCES. i, o Remit by draft, express or pos order, able m' Toe Pubilshing Lompany. -cent sl coepled in payment of g hknges, hot Accepted. O Samiern’exc . THE Bl PUBLIsHiING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. of Neprasks, Douglas Couaty, ss.: z ays uu.‘m lc(uly! numver o. full and <ol of The Dally, Morning, Evenlug ana Bunday printed during the month of June, i%N2, was as follows: Net total sales. Neot dally average. GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. hl‘uumbo'dul.n‘;fly rm'ngn u"’A'?)om to ore e of June, A: D, SoaL} %’ HONGATE, Notary Publlo. If there 18 to be a meat packing trust, depend on it that South Omaha will be represented in it. The summer resort men have ap- parently at last made their peace with the weather man. E———————— Home rule Is a zeod thing for Ireland, fo: the Boers, for the Cubaps, for the Filipinos—but it doesn’t count in Ne- Dbraska. Epm—pe———— A pugllistic trust to restrict the sup- ply of bruisers would, we feel sure, en- counter no serfous protest from the public. E———— The city of Omaha will take the an- nual inventory of its realty belongings. It's a good thing to take stock at least once a year. Sm——— Candidates for the new police com- mission had better charter a speclal train to bring Governor Savage home, chain lightning express time, ST King Edward's daily bill of fare has to be O. Kd by one of his physicians. His humblest subject could not be aunder a more arbitrary tyranny. If Tom Blackburn and a few other Mercernaries are appointed on the police board we may rot hear so much from the sham reformers about that machine. —r—————— JTows republicans will get together mext week in state convention just to give Iowa deniocrats one excuse for holding a session to inquire where they are at. 4 S That reminds us—the management of 'the fire and police was supposed to have been taken out of polities when the ap- polnting power was taken away from ‘the local authorities. m———————— ¥ Having adjourned its session sine die, 4t Is safe to say that the Nebraska suprewme court will not reverse its latest Dolice board decision again before Sep- tember, when It reconvenes. S Every falr smuggler who gets caught mever intended to defraud the govern- aent out of the duty on the smuggled Jewels or apparel. But, then, she never Antended being caught, either. e “All litigation must have an end” de- clared the supreme court in the police board decision a few months ago prom- wlgated as its last final finding and then it proceeds to reopen the case from the ‘beginning. —_— Mayor Moores' matrimonial bureau ‘Bught to step into the breach and arbi- ‘trate the little differences between the two women whose eagerness to claim ‘one husband has gotten them into the Jpolice court. —————————pe— It is noteworthy that Superintendent Pearse Is always being mentioned for promotion to the headship of the public schools of some great city, but the call pever gets beyond the mentionable stage. No other city is willing to help ©Omaha unload. S Two thousand dollars will be spent Ro place Indestructible street signs at crossings and intersections. It would be Interesting to know just how muck money has been speut for this same pur- pose In past years without leeving even & remnant of & street sign that could be Jdentified at this day. Assurances are given that the death of John W. Mackay will in no way inter- fere with the plans of the promoters of the Pacific cable whom he was associated. Whether 1t will exert an In- fluence over the impending war between bis telegraph and the Western Unlon is exciting equal curiosity, TAX REFURMAND DIRBOT NOMINATIONS The paramount issues in the state of Wisconsin this year are tax reform and direct nominations of candidates. The platform declarations on se two points were endorsed after a full and free discussion by more than two-thirds of the recent republican state convention and doubtless expressed the sentiment of the rank and flle of the party of the Badger state. Coupled with a severe ar- ralgnment of publie officials for assist- ing professional lebbyists in the defeat ‘46 | of reforms to which memberr of the leg- islature were pledged, .he Wisconsin platform makes this declaration: As representatives of the republicans of Wisconsin chosen in & coatest after a cam- paign which has left no reasonable ground for doubt, we declare an equal and uniform taxation of all taxable property and the right of ry citizen to an equal volce with a direct vote in the nomination of candidates for office arc lssues of aupreme importance in the ensuing state campaign. The great reform wrought in our general election through the Australian ballet in- spires us with confidence to make the aame methods of nomination that every voter may express his soverelgn right of choice by direct vote without the ibtervention and manipulation of political agencies. We therefore du ventions for ished by legls eandidates for state, legls sional and county offices be nominated at a primary election upon the same day and by direct vote under the Australian ballot. We renew the demand of the party for the enactment of such la: s may be nec- essary to compel each individual and every corporation transacting business with the state to bear & just share of the burden of taxation. It will be noted that while Wisconsin has been held up by the Nebraska rail- road tax bureau as a model for this state that the republicans of Wisconsin stand pledged for a revision of the tax system that will compel the railroads of their state to contribute a much greater share toward the maintenance of gov- ernment than has been exacted from them up to this time. During the year 1001 the aggregate tax collected from raflroads in Wiscon- sin amounts to $1,650,000. This tax is levied not by the mile or upon tungible property but upon the gross earnings of the railroads, varying from 3 to 3% per cent. While Minnesota proposes to rajse the tax on gross incomes from 8 to 4 per cent, it is proposed in Wiscon- sin to make a progressive tax from 3 to 5 per cent, according to the class of road. Such a tax will yleld from $2,000,000 to $2,600,000 per annum, ‘whereas the taxes pald by the rallroads of Nebraska only aggregate $1,150,000, including millions of dollars' worth of lands and other property not directly in use for rallroad purposes. The demand of Wisconsin republicans for direct primaries is in line with the popular demand for primary election re- form that will do away with barter and sale and corporate Interference with conventions. With all its defects the modern Crawford county syster, namely, the nomination of candidates by direct vote without the intervention of delegates and conventions, affords the most effective remedy of the ‘flagrant abuses of the old system by which the popular will is so frequently frustrated by jugglery and chicanery. The first step In this direction has al- ready been taken in Nebraska by pri- mary election laws enacted within the last few years, which require the regis- tration of voters eccording to party afil- fation and the supervision of the pri- mary election under the same regula- tions and restrictions that govern gen- eral elections. It is to be hoped that the next step will be taken at no distant day. Direct primary nominations are no longer an experiment. Within the past five years they have been introduced in a dozen states. Wherever the nomina- tions have been made by majority party vote they have proved eminently satls- factory. A candidate who is the choice of a majority of his party freely cx- pressed by an Australlan ballot may veadily command the undivided support of his party, while candidates nomi- nated by a mere plurality could not command the alleglance from the body of men who are pronounced against them. In other words, the direct pri- mary opens the gates wide for a free expression of party sentiment, while the old system of nomination by delegate conventions has often resulted in the selection of candidates who could not possibly command the voluntary support of a majority of their party. E————1 WHAT WILL THE MEASURN BE? There I8 some speculation to what will be the character of the bill to regulate trusts which Congressman Littlefield of Malne s preparing. In the frst session Mr. Littlefleld Intro- duced & measure providing for pub- licity of accounts, requiring combina- tions epgaged In interstate business to make a full and cemplete showing, so far as consistent with due and reason- able privacy of business, concerning their resources and liabilities, the ex- tent to which their capital stock is paid up, the general character and extent of thelr product and a number of other ftems. Not the least important feature of the bill is that which lmposes & tax upon such corporations as have not en- forced the full payment of their capital stock either in momey or some kind of valuable property. It is assumed that the mew bill will proceed very largely along the lines of the measure already Introduced, with such modifications and additions as a n.ore thorough study of the subject may suggest, or the president and attorney general recommend. The bill, it Is now understood, Is not to be known as a distinctly administration measure. It appears that Preeident Roosevelt did not formally request Mr. Littlefield to frame a bill for the regulation of trusts, but simply urged him to keep the sub- jeet in mind and to continue to press legislation at the next session of con- gress. Still it is probable chat both the president and Attorney General Knox will be consulted in regard to the bill, with & view to its receiving such support frow the admin‘stration as may properly be given. It is sald that the plan s, so far as any plan has been formed, for the president to repeat In his next message hiy recommendations In regard to trusts, probably at greater length and with more emphasis. Mr, Littlefield will then continue to urge legislation in accord with (he views of tbe administration. The position of the president In the matter has been so clearly defined that there can be no misapprehension re- garding it. He belleves publicity to be the most essential requirement and he thinks there should be governmental regulation and supervision of the cor- porations engaged in Interstate com- merce. That he is entirely serious In urging legislation for these purposes there cannot be a reasonablg doubt and the efforts of the opponents of the ad- ministration to discredit the declara- tions and the action of the president will have no influence with fair-minded men. As to Representative Littlefield, no one in or out of congress has shown a more earnest desire to secure legisla- tion for regulating the combinations and it is safe to predict that he will make a determined effort for trust legis- lation at the next session of congress. em——— THE REMNANT OF BRYANISM. The democrats of Missourl have Joined with those of Texas and North Carolina in reafirming allegiance to the Kansas City platform, This remnant of Bryanism appears very small when placed beside the fact that the demo- crats of a number of other states, In- cluding two in the south, in thelr con- ventions this year ignored the national platform of 1900 and made no mention of the democratic candidate in that year. The adherents of the ‘‘peerless leader” can get little encouragement from the declarations of those three states, which do not reflect the general sentiment even among southern dem- ocrats. There 18 no doubt that Bryanism has to a large extent lost its bold in the south. A prominent southern democrat who has recently traveled extensively in that section says he found that the Bryan following is decreasing every day and expressed the belief that the democrats of that section will be prac- tically solid for an eastern presidential candidate in 1904 and a declaration of principles that will discard the heresles of the Chicago-Kansas City platform. “The south has everytbing to gain,” he said, “by allying herself with the ndrth- east and our people are cowing to real- ize it. Under the auspices of such a union of interests it is possible for the south to carve out of the future a so- clal, material and commercial splendor to which even the imagination cannot set a limit.” The decline of Bryanism would be more rapid if there was some really strong man, someone having high qualifications for leadership, among those who are seeking the reorganiza- tion of the democracy. e GERMANY 8 TARIFF PRUBLEM. The tariff problem continues to be a source of perplexing trouble to Ger- man statesmen. Those who want du- ties increased on nearly everything are in the majority on the committee of the Relchstag having charge of the revision of the tariff and they have just ag- gravated the difficulties of the situation by increasing rates on a number of ar- ticles which they think need greater protection. This action has encountered a vigorous opposition and the imperial secretary of state for the interior de- clared against such changes in the meas- ure framed by the federal council and expressed the bellef that the bill would never pass. It would probably be better for Ger- many if tariff conditions should remain as they are, for if the demands of the radical protectionists should be success- ful the result would very likely be tariff wars with other countries which would be exceedingly damaging to German trade. As was sald by the imperial secretary of state for the interior, with increased duties the commercial armor yoay become heavy to fight in success- fully. Germany is not situated as the United States is, having neither the re- sources nor the Industrial development, and she cannot expediently do what this country may in the matter of tariff policy. It is very well to give her in- dustries protection, but the tendency ap- pears to be to go too farin this direc- tion. The United States has perhaps as great interest as any other country in Germany’s tariff problem, the solution of which will affect for good or ill a very extensive trade with that country. SE——— Cardinal Ledochowskl, who bhas just dled at Rome at the advanced age of 80 years, was justly characterized by Pope Leo as a vallant fighter for the church. The most notable event in his career was the confiict with Bismarck growing out of the ecclesiastical laws of Prussia, which resulted in Ledochowski being sent to prison, where he remained a number of years. He was made a cardinal by Pope Plus IX as a reward for the contest he waged agalnst the Prussian law, which placed the choice of bishops and priests in the hands of the people of the diocese or parish. e For the ’'steenth time the supreme court has reversed itself on the inter- pretation of the police commission law, How soon it will reverse itself again depends only upon thé ability of the parties interested In creating another rumpus to raise hair-splitting questions with high-sounding hog latin phrases, such as fidibus, omnibus and nix kum rous, sufficlently confusing and con- founding to enable the court to wade into deep water and fish out a few wall- eyed pike and a cuttlefish or two to roil the legal whirlpool. ——————————— Buperintendent Beghto! of the State Industrial school has discovered that he can provide religious instruction and chapel services for the boys without a paid chaplain. This suggesis the in- quiry, how many state institutions simi- larly situated ar: carrying salaried chaplains on their payrolls who eoufd be replaced &y voluuteers. There s no T . good reason ‘why the example set Kearney cannot be followed with ad- vantage In other state institutions. — If one good turn deserves another, the expedition of Ak-Sar-Ben knights to the Black Hills may be depended on to stimulete a spirit of reciprocity that will bring return pligrims to Ak-Sar- Ben's shrine. The people of the Black Hills have always looked to Omaha as their natural base of supplies and Omaha cannot do better than to culti- vate closer business and social relatios with them at every opportunity—and now is the opportunity. Archbishop Ireland takes the ground completely from under the partisan critics accusing President Roosevelt of warring on the Catholic church in the position he has taken with reference to the Spanish friars in the Philippines. Nothing any churchman can say, how- ever, can keep the popocratic yellow journals from yelping on this subject, because they are sure they know better. The best sign of restored peace in the Philippines is the steady withdrawal of troops and reduction of military forces stationed in the islands. Sm——— Labor and Capital Shounld Oonfer. New York Mail and Express. ‘The more conferences between labor and capital, if they are tree and candid, the bet- ter for both and the better for the common- ‘wealth. A Dem: Fact. New York World. “America has the best guns” says a German naval annual. And the best gun- ners, too, as Manila bay and Santiago proved. Prohibition Practice, ‘Washington Post. Prohibition in Vermont is a glaring and disgraceful failure, a source of many scan- dals and a promoter of vice rather than of morality. What Hurts Mr. Bryan. Balt Lake Tribune. ‘What makes Mr. Bryan more than ever sure that Grover Cleveland is a person to be detested is Grover's failure to reply to certain bitter reflections on him. Philadelphla Press. ‘Watchers in the direction of the Willlam J. Bryan can discern no signals of distress at her masthead as yet. And they will see none, either, as long as the wind holds out. Jal the J1 Chicago Post. General Corbin has prohibited the expor- tation of snakes from the Philippines. Why did he not strike at the root of the matter at once by forbidding the importation of whisky? ams, © King. Buffalo Times. It looks as though there were a big busi- ness ahead for the “granger” rallroads and for the granger himself and the “‘corner” of one man or set of men cannot prevent it. Corn 1s king. — The Farmer Strictly in It. St. Lowls Globe-Democrat. Oats and corn are at high figures on the eve of the gwtheringof one of the biggest crops of both which have been known for years. The farmer is very far from being & forgotten man in these days of all-round republican prosperity. Just and HYy Minded. New York Event Post, Wiatever criticisms the histoFiKA ot the future may find himself compeled to pass upon the administration of Roose- veli, he will always be able to cite the president’s decision in the case of General Jacob H. Smith as an example of & just and high-minded action, and as & manly blow for the honor of the army and the natlon. General Brooke’s Record. Philadelphia Inquirer. Of General Brooke it may be said that while he was too young to reach the fame of Meade, Reynolds, Hancock and other great Pennsylvania captains, he was a good soldier, who was frequently brevetted for meritorious services and shed his blood on several battlefields. He goes into retire- ment with a fine-record as a soldler, one who has ever been a credit to the uniform he wears and to the state which gave him birth. We trust that he will have many years of peaceful life to enjoy ! the neigh- borhood where he roamed as a barefoot boy. “Cornering” a Contl it Indianapolis News. - Some way the anthracite situation should be relieved. It does not seem reasonable nor right that the anthracite coal necessi- ties of 76,000,000 people should be at the merey of six rallroads, which are combined end under the control of about the same number of men, who may at any time cease production at the expense of the poor miner, and, on the other hand, may in- crease prices to all of the people. Given & limited coal fleld like the anthracite fleld and given the necessities of a great conti- nent of people, whose manufacturing in- dustries demand the use of this coal, and we have a situation that may call for more than ordinary measures or laws. It may be & menace not to be endured that half a dozen men shall “corner” a continent. Balance of Trade Signs. New York Mall and Express. There s nothing unfavorable in a reduc- tion of the balance of trade. On the con- it shows that our indebtedness for we send mer- chandise away only to pay for something. What does not pay for forelgn merchand! imported must pay freight, insurance and banking charges, traveling expensss, divi- dends and interest on forelgn capital in- vested here, or American securities bought back from other countries. There is no advantage in ‘having a great burden of such paymeuts to make, and the object of forelgn trade is mot to bring money into the country. We have money enough, and have to supply gold to Burope from time to time. The marrowing of the balance between exports and imports is in itself & good sign. Usefulness Minneapolis Times. Now comes the Boer, looking for horses and mules, not for war, but for the culti- vation of bis long neglected farms. There is also & demand {a South Atfrica for s and cattle for breeding purposes, as the Boers were compelled to kill most of their live stock during the war for sub- siatence and were unable to care for their remaining herds or their crops. The farms are almost stripped of live stock aad the Boers are looking to the United States for the replenishment of their flocks and herds. They also in need of agri- éultural implements, which the manufac. turers of this country will have an oppor- tunity o turnish We did a good deal of busiiess with South Africa during the war, but We ar golug to do even more Mow that pesce Las come. OLNEY BARRED BY AGE. Presidential Timber Has Always Buon Selected from Men Under 67, Chicago Tribune. ‘When some Memphis democrats let Rich- ard Olney know that'they would like to see bim the presidential nominee of the party he told them he did not wish to be consid- ered a candidate. He gave no rearon for his unwillingness to respond to thelr kind advances. In a letter to a New York paper Bdward Stanwood says Mr. Olney could have pleaded his age as an all sufficient reason why he should not be considered in connec- tion with the presidency. In 1904 Mr. Olney will be 69 years old and would be over 74 1t he were elected and served to the end of his term. Not one of the great political parties, says Mr. Stanwood, has ever elected or noml- nated a man so old as Mr. Olney will be in 1904. The oldest man ever elected president was Willlam Henry Harriton, who was 67 in 1840. Jackson was 65 when elected the second time. Buchanan was 65 the year of his nomination and Taylor was 64. Henry Clay was 67 when he was a candldate in 1844, General Scott was 67 when he ran in 1862 and Cass was 64 when he ran In 1848, There is no precedent for a presidential candidate of 69, and politiclans are as much gulded by precedents as lawyers are. Mr, Stanwoed says Mr. Blaine told him in 1892 when he was 63 that he no longer de- sired to be president because he had reached & time of life when he craved rest. ‘““Wh the American people elect & presiden: #ald Mr. Blaine, “they require him to re. main awake four years. I need my sleep. The American people make more demands upon the time and energios of their chief magistrate than they did In the quiet days of the first presidents. It s doubtful whether the average man put in the White House at the age of 69 would live through his term if he tried to do all that was ex- pected of him. Lord Salisbury at the 72 has resigned the premiership because he no longer foels equal to the discharge of its duttes. The mental and physical strain to which an American president s subjected is in- creasing. The office 18 not one for men who have to nurse a strength weakened by the insidious appreaches of old age. There doubtless are exceptional men of 69 who are able to stand a four years' siege of constant work and worry, but a political party will be quite excusable if it declines to look for them and gives the preference to younger men. The age limitation which excludes Mr. Olney will not be objected to by David Ben- nett Hill, who is only, 59. It will not af- fect Arthur P. Gorman, who is a little over 63. It will not be difficult for the democratg to find a candidate who has not lived up to the maximum limit of 67 years. POOR EXCUSE FOR FAILURE. Most Men Who Succeed Do So in Spite of Disadvantages. New York Times. It would be hard to find & better example of how A young man should not seek em- ployment than the following advertisemont, which is clipped. from the Evening Post: “Yourg attorney, Harvard law graduate, lacking ‘pull’ and having used up his mciey, must get to work to make a lv- ing. Any honorable chance in any business will be accepted. He is entirely free to go anywhere the employment may require.” By his own statement this young man has had the advantages of what Is gen- erally called the best school of law on either side of the Atlantic, and when be was graduated he had money in ressrve. At the outset, accordingly, he had cvery chance in his favor. To what does he rt- tribute his present destitution? To a lack of “pull.” By ‘“pull” we presume, be means personal influence of the kind that brings employment. one has done nothing to deserye. It is not a pleasant plcture, this of a young man hanging out bis shingle and waiting for fortune to drop a plum beside his easy chalr. We can im- agine nothing more likely to repel & pos- sible employer. y A But let us suppose that by “pull” he means personal friends who, when a Losi- tion is vacant for which he is bettéy fitted than another to fill, use their nfluence to secure it for him. To accept the adyant- age of such a “pull” is quite honorable. But s the lack of It an excuse for fallure? Of all the men who succeeded in the world, perhaps 1 per cent have the advantage of the best possible training for their business or profession, and of those who have this very few have private means \n reserve, The work of the world is done by those who make their own advantages and who force their own openings. We are glad to see that the young at- torney has arrived at a place whero he i3 willing to accept any honorable employs ment. In the course of time and experience he will perhaps learn not to advertis: the excellence of his education in largs type. and not to attribute defeat to a lack of that which a normal man does not re- quire, PERSONAL AND GENERAL. R. G. Thwaites, superintendent of the Wieconsin Historical soclety, has just finished & new blography of Father Mar- quette. a President Roosevelt has appointed a man to look after the remnant of buffaloe: now remaining in this country and to prevent that animal from becoming extinct, Preparations are being made by the monks of the Grande Chartreuse to emi- grate from France to Switzerland, whither they have already, sent their magnificent Ubrary. For drawing caricatures of his officers while serving time in the German army reserves an engineer named Wuest has been sentenced at Frankfort to six months’ imprisonment. The Chamber of Commerce of Baltimore 1s making a collection of the portraits of all its presidents, from the beginning of 1858, to be displayed in its main room. They number twenty-five. Lord Rosebery has written a novel, but will not publish it for some time for fear it may imjure him politically. In this he difters from Disraeli, whose novels assisted him to mount the political ladder. Jules Verne, the French author of ex- aggerated fiction, says 100 years hence very few hooks will be written, a prediction that may be taken as an indication that M. Verne expects to dle before the year 2000. An “armored walstcoat, price 32 shillings (about $8), carriage pald,” has besn invented by a Fremch tradesman at Charleville, who it clally for the use of am- bassadors and members of Parllament, jour- Dalists and others exposed to danger. A Paris thief, while picking a woman's pocket recently, pricked himself so se- verely with a pin which happened to be in her dress that he uttered a cry of pain, which led to bis ynmediate arrest. The sum of $950 in cash was found upon him. Jobn H. Donovan, city assessor of Bos- ton, has attended every game of base ball played at the Hub this year. His only fear anent the game is that teams from both leagues may play on the same day, and that he will be unable to be present at both. The munitipality of Edinburg has de- clded to coufer the freedom of that city to Sir Wilired Laurier, premier of Canada, and Sir Robert Bond, premier and colonial secretary of Newfoundland, on the occs- sion of thelr visit there on July 26 to re- celve degrees from the university, RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS, Protest A the Laxity of Our ne of Children. The Outlook It s & very serious question whether the manners of the young men and the young women in this country are not deteriora- ting. It is not easy to judge of the man- ners of a generation, because the standards of the past seem higher one looks back than the standards of the present; and be- ca in considering any particular aspect of a period, there is the temptation to sep- rate that aspect from the complete move- ment of the time, and to be misled with re- gard to its significance. There is no doubt that the wide practice of athletics by younz men and young women has, on the whole, been extremely beneficent. Athletics fs fast making Americans a vigorous race physically; it has furnished a safoty-valve for the overplus of vitality which, in the colleges at least, in former days often took the direction of digsipation. It has brought young men and young women together on & natural and wholesome baels and has made them comrades in a rational way. These galns must be taken Into ascount On the ofher hand,’it has bred an informal- ity, not to say a freedom, of manner on the part: of young menm toward young women which involves a positive loss, and fostered an ease of intercourse which may lead to disastrous results if it is not moderated by the experience of older persons and conm- trolled by ‘judicious social comventions. The Amtieriéan girl is so trustworthy that it ta very difficult for a foreigner to under- stand her. He finds it quite impossible, Tooking from the standpoint of his own so- clal traditions, to belleve that so much freedom can be combined with entire purity. There is, however, not the est question among those who ai Informed, ' regarding the essentfal moral healthfulness of American soclety. There will always be exceptions both in remote country districts and great cities to this general statement, but as a whole Ameri- can soclety is eingularly free from soctal corruption. But the freedom whici the American girls enjoys may be carried too far, and the freedom of the American boy often degenerates into license. A great many fathers and mothers In this country have. practically abdicated their and surrendered a which they cannot release themselves, al- thoughi they may evade it. No father or mother has a right through easygoing complacency or dislike to exercise au- thority to pase over to children that i rection of the home which ought to rest not only on a sympathetic Interpretation of the needs of young people, but also on & knowledge of life far in advance of the experfence which youth can acquire. The head of a preparatory school for boys sald not long ago that it was extremely difficult to enforce the rule against smok- ing: when boys of 13 frequently drove up to the school from the station, accom- panied by their fathers, both smoking vigorously. Every boy of mature physical growth has a right to decide whether. he will smoke or not, but no father has any right to let a growing bo oke, for well known reasons. That {s an authority mot delegate without infifct- serious injury upon the boy. The Wishes ought not to be consulted in the matter any more than the wishes of a child who 1s anxious to play on the edge of a precipice. If the boy of 13 knew what excessive cigarette-amoking meant, he would never indulge in it, for he has no de- aire to dwarf himselt physically or men- tally; and when he grows up and realiz what has happened as the result of his in dulgence, he is likely to have anything but a kindly feeling toward. the ‘father whoso laxity and carelessness failed to protect him from his own ignorance, An eastern community was shocked re- cently by a mysterious tragedy in which & young girl and two young men were con- ;imed. ‘That tragedy, whatever its ohar- aétérmmiay Le, was made possible by & free- dom of intefcourse under unusual and im- proper conditions which ought r to have been permitted. Every girl ought to understand that she is respected in the exact degree in which she {s inaccessible to any kind of familiarities, and that it la impossible for a woman, If she wishes to secure not only confidence but admiration, 10 hold herself too sacred; and it {s the fundamental duty of every mother to pro- tect her daughter by instilling into her an adequate idea of the relation between the essentfal dignity of womanhood ‘and the conventions which protect that dignity in soclal life. It American soclety is to pre- serve in any way the qualities which the best Americans in every instilled into their children, a far deeper sense of responsibility on the part of heads of famllies to their children than at present exists. There must be far less license permitted; there must be far more judicious and ratlonal supervision. The American child is generally regarded by foreigners as the most offensive repre- sentative of his country, and, unluckily, there is very much to justify this opinion, as all candld Americans who eee American children In summer hotels and elsewhere must concede. Too many of them are rude, noisy, forward and disrespectful, not only toward thelr parents, but toward others. They reveal the laxity of their own homes in moral discipline and in the teaching of good manners. It will be necessary pres- ently to preach a crusade or organize & movement for the education of American fathers and mothers if the traditions of the Americans of earlier times are to be preserved and if American soclety is to have any distinction either of aim, of taste or of manners. CLOSING OF AN INCIDENT. Amusing Controversy BEnded with a Few “Reiterations.” New York Tribune. From Mr. Bryon's explanation of bis fallure to recelve an invitation to the Tildea club dinper until three weeks after it was sc°t, persons of & mean snd sus- plelous temper may infer that 'k to whom bp impates the bl been instructed to be gullty of anm oversight. But such an hypothesis {s untenable for several reasons. In the first place, Bryan is not to be lightly accused of sell- ing the truth to serve the hour. In the as he has now gome far out of his way to send ome. Nor can it be supposed that he wanted more time, for the letter which he finally dispatched to the secretary of the club could mot have cost him more than ten minutes of concentrated thought. The conclusion must be that éven of a belated opportuity to large number of persong with the sensa- tion which is familiarly koown as *hot under ‘he collar,” and really regrets that it did not come soomer. But we are suprised thai ¥o much ea- loric has been engeadered by Mr. Bryan's latest manifesto. It is just like him. He never permits the obligations of courtesy which control ordinary mem to embarrass bim when the paramount necessity of up- holding the faith as wue sees it arises. “After said the late Isaac H. Brom- ley on inclined to put an en and profitless discussi: is ouly ome fundam ispensable truth—only one, and I forgotten what that is; and, what's more, 1 don't give & damn.” Ia the oplmion of Mr. Byran also thers fs only one funda- mental, universal, indispensable truth, but he knows what It ia and co-siders it of profound importance. Th tle grticle 1n his political oreed is that b s the dem- ocratlo party, and whoever fenles it is a pariah. Why, therefore, . ould anybody At this late day be surprised or annoyed when be sternly disregards the amenities of life and acquits his consciemce onco more by Informing the Tii elub that Mn Cleveland is not fit to sit at the same table with himself, or even to be Invited to a democratic dinner? It is strange that anybody should betray resentmsat at Mr. Bryan's characteristic performance. The venerable Mr. Mec- Laughlin of Brooklyn takes the right view of the incident, and we commend his sa- gacious comments to all conocerned. “The Invitation was mislald for three weeks by & clerk,” Mr. MoLaughlin observes; “well, it 1 were Mr. Bryan I would harge It shows very bad disoipline office—very bad. What it such a thing happened 1In the White House? It wouldn't do at all. It might involve our country in war.” Im these brief but penetrating remarks of feal philosopher the incid to its proper place. The country will calmly awalt the announcement that Mr. Bryan has discharged his clerk. ——— WHERE PROSPERITY MAILS FROM, Not from the Booming of Stooks, but Oult of the Ground. Hartford Courant (rep.). Those cheerful philosophers who feel so sure that prosperity is going to contiaue because the prices of stocks are so well maintalned in Wall street will do well to look a little further than thé lower end of Manhattan island when taking thelr ob: servations. It I8 a fact that many persons seem to forget that all the material wealth ecomes out of the ground. The pathetic stories from the large cities connected with the fresh-air alds have told more than once of little children who had never seen green grass and who had no idea of the open™ country until given these outings. Thers are grown-up people of abundant wealth who are equally ignorant of what the coun'ry fe in its relation to general bual ness Interests. They assume that when stocks go up ten points the country is richer thereby, and that when a great syndicate takes $60,000,000 worth of prop- erty and capitalizes it at $500,000,000 this paper performance has created $450,000,000 of new wealth. They buy and sell and go speculaiing through life on this sort of assumption and do not stop to think that it is only ae the iron and coal are dug up and as the sunshine and the rain bring the grain to the harvest that anything is added to ‘what alresdy is. If we should find at the end of the season that the early drouths and the later floods that ve been so prevalent have resulted in & serlous orip- pling of the crops, If Investigation demon- strates that we have consumed more than we have produced, them no amount of booming can keep prices up. As yet it i early to determine as to this. We have immense agricultural territory, and the flood destroying everything In one valley may bring needed molsture to thousands of square miles of other flelds and prove vastly more beneficlal than injurious. It is the destructive flood we hear of rather than the fructifying showers. But meanwhile it is well to bear {n mind that while speculators can grow rich in thelr big deals and the world can watch with wonder their great achievements, still they are noct producers. Somebody gives up what they get, and it is the unnoticed producer who furnishes the tangible material elements of prosperity. Even legitimate buyfng and’ séliing, goes vnder the general name of trade and keeps so many people busy, adds nothing to what already is. When two men trade horses there 1is still only those two horses at the end of the trade. ted I couldn’t understand & word . Brooklyn Life: Life Insurance Agent— My dear sir, you made any provision for those who come after you? u Hard Yes, I put the dog at thé d and'told the hired gifl to say I'm out town, Yonkers Statesman: “What do you ex- ct to be when you become of age, my ittle man?" asked the visitor. X \ “Twenty-one, sl was the bright one's reply. Philadelphia Press: “I can’t imagine thing more unsatisfactory then a meal at our boarding house,” said the chfonio ioker, k"“N;?' rT II'(!l the |mm'n-:on::‘ll .Yu::l.: . “Bvi t] U neve ‘Washington Star: “Why do men always Mr. And 1 lsugh when they hear jokes about losing At ankwered the unlack because & laugh is often u an aching heart.” age: Visitor (to Nebraska Farmer—It n:." [ 'n';'n(m out here this summer, B e er-tot? Well, rather. Why, we even had to put ice in the ?ond to keep the ducks from Kyln' hard. led eggs. American: “What a beautiful Datning wnit! we say to the Tair young (Mn“ “When are you going to the sea- o sid “Seasider" sh ts, trivolously, must Adoit. 'Beastdar I had tha made to wear &t the photographer’s.’ ——— A LITTLE LONGER. person, “is to_conceal ‘we sult Adelatde A. Prootor. 1 yet—a little longer, A e Mofuts ‘bioom. for thee &nd sweet ‘rlneb-. where the winds are Ana the I ha) mibmur the sweet promise of Bpringl - ret—a. Jittle longer, ulet of the mori: awakening 1o longer A'r‘rlm'nfm behold the ‘While tender grasses an lvn'dr;p & golden mist to greet the A little longer yet—a Httle Mfl( of twilight be thine, Do oo o oSt Ger dying day: Wy il trembling stars begin to 1ttle longer, d ght be beautiful for thee: the cold moon shall look through the bt ilence, Flooding her sliver path upon the sea. longer yet—a little longe Ax‘}::‘.-h:fl‘:e Thine: lie with its power to All; Lite with ‘s strength te bear, to love, to conr,uer, Bflnrn( its thousand joys thy heart to all. tttle longer yet—a little longer, A-r‘m 'volu'l thou hast loved shall charm And ll"h‘“t:u‘::hnn. that now beats quick ar them, A l::ll. on yet shall hold them dear. ttle longer 70!——901 I while thou mayest; A e and Tejolce! for time has naught in store; And soon the dsrkness of the grave shail bid_thee Love and rejolce and feel and kvow no more. THE QENUINE EAU de COLOGNE + Gobann Maria Farina = Qe For sale by W. R. BENNETT CO. B W, Cor. 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