Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 20, 1902, Page 6

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It is evident that the weather man is trying his best to recoup his popularity. e It 1s not the first time Speaker Hen- derson has refused to entertain a motion to reconsider. According to all accounts “the Iowa idea’” on the tariff is just simply the old protection idea. Several kinks in the primary election law ought to he straightened out by the next Nebraska legislature, Whoever may be elected in the Third Towa district, he will be best known as “the man who succeeds Henderson,” There need be no expenditure of sym- pathy upon the coal dealers. They are charging the highest prices-they can get. 5 Speep—— Of course “legitimate” combinations of capital ave all right. And, of course, you can find no trust magnate who admits being In any other kind. ——— It is to be noted that ex-Governor Boles is not one of the distinguished zentlemen who appealed to Speaker Henderson to reconsider his with- drawal. Lieutenant Peary consoles the public Wwith assurance that, while bhe did not reach the pole, he made important sclentific “discoverles, but he does not mention what they are. Omaha’s national bank: come promptly to the seratch when the comp- troller calls for a statement of their con- dition and they have every reason to be proud of the sound exhibits they make, Not to be outdone by President Roose- velt, Colonel Bryan has succeeded in be- comiug the hero of a smash-up accldent. No man with presidential aspirations Is safe until he has weathered at least one railroad or trolley car collision. * That reminds us—those carefully pre- pared cartoons which our Dave had shipped to him in big boxes from Wash- ington representiug him as the colossus of publi¢ buildings with dogs barking at his_heels must have been lost In the shufile. ool ————— If the County Democracy does not be- stir itsklf the Jacksonlans will win all the laurels. To offset the disturbance of the kitty, the Jacksonlans are arranging for perlodic socldl sessions with music, oratory and other harmless amusements. The County Democracy will have to start something quick. e ed The Bee will Issue-its special Ak-Sar- Ben number Sunday. It will be replete with illustrations and feature articles velating to the Ak-Sar-Ben carnlval and President Ruosevelt's coming visit as Ak-Sar-Ben's guest, Place your erders for it and send extra coples to your friends. The edition Is lwited. Trial of the direct primary under the Minnesota law seems to give unusual satigfaction—at any rate the people there have persuaded themselves that they have had more to say on the make- up of the tickets than they would have had under the old conventlon sys- tem. Even if there were no more sub- stantial gaims, this comforting faith ought to count for something. ET—— 43" the price of anthracite coal goes up, the pretense of the operators that they cannot concede any part of the de- mands of the strikers because the in- crease in wages would have to be gots ten back in increased prices which in time would restrict the sale, becomes all the more shallow. If the operators fear high prices will drive consumers to the use of cheaper bituminous coal, why Aare they putting prices up? | another, THE FRIEND OF LABOR. Thé Connecticut republican platform ¢ “The republican party has ever mized the value and dignity of la- bor, which is the foundation of our na- tional wealth, prosperity and happiness, and sought to enact such legislation as would safeguard the true interests of la- bor, and it will continue to favor all measures justly calculated to secure that end.” This is said of the party in Connectlcut, but it applies generally. In every state where the republican party has been In control it has shown itself the friend of labor. It Is to the republican party that the credit is due for fegislation in the interest of labor. Before that party came into control of the national government there was little recognition of the dignity or the rights of labor. The republican party is still solicitous of the interests and welfare of labor. It still believes in protecting American wage workers and maintaining and pro- moting industrial conditions in this country that will insure to labor steady employment and good wages. The pol- ey for which ‘the republican party stands has elevated labor and made the workingmen of the United States the most prosperous of any in the world. In no other count not even in England, is labor so much respected as here or its value so well recognized. The work- ingman. who remembers conditions a generation ago knows how great has been the improvement, and this has been attained under the operation of re- publican policy. That party has the strongest possible claim to the support of labor. CONGRESSMAN LITTLEFIBLD'S VIEWS, Congressman Littlefield of Maine, who is expected to lead a movement at the coming session of congtess for legisla- tion to regulate the industrial combina- tions, and who has given the subject as careful study as perhaps any other man in the country, in a recent speech pointed out the error of several proposed remedies for trust evils. He denied that menacing conditions can be re- moved by tariff revision and said that democratic interference would resplt in driving all business enterprise out of the country. He declared that tariff reform and tariff revision is the panacea of the democratic party for nearly every difficulty’ that afflicts the body politic. It has always, in good times and in bad, fought the principle of pro- tection and it is now simply following its traditional course. Both parties concede that there are trusts and industrial combinations. Both admit that these have Injurious effects. The important consideration is as to which of these parties, the repub- lican or the democratic, shall be trusted to deal with this question, in connection with the other great questions that con- cern the welfare and prosperity of the country. “So far as this question is concerned,” said Mr. Littlefield, ‘“the republican party asks the people of this country to trust the party that has given it in connection, not only with this question, but all other important questfons, constructive and not de- structive legislation. Thé democratic party has never suggested reasonable constructive legislation. It is destruc- tive legislation—tear down. The repub- lican ‘party proposes to give wise and conservative legislation.” This clearly states the attitude and aim of the two parties. The republican party proposes to regulate the combinations, to put them under such governmental control and supervision as shall be found nec- essary to correct evils and abuses. The democratic plan is one of extermina- tion, which if it could be made effective in regard to the trusts would necessarily also destroy the individual industries. It 1s not to be doubted that most in- telligent men understand this, knowing that it is fmpracticable to strike the combinations through the tariff without also hitting those enterprises, which are numerous, that are outside of combina- tions and competing with them In the home market. But those who are de- voted to free trade are of course quite indifferent to this consideration. They are williug to overthrow the protection policy at whatever cost to the industries and the business of theé country. It is not concelvable that a majority of the American people are ready to support the party of destruction. HELPING CUHA. Senator Platt of Connecticut, author of the amendment that was incorporated in the Cuban constitution, said in a speech before the republican convention of that state that he believed “the time of dealing justly with Cuba has only been delayed and will surely come.” He urged that there should be reciproc- ity In trade between the two countries mutually advantageous, a reciprocity whereby we would extend our own trade and at the same time benefit the industrial interests of Cuba. This he thought to be entirely practicable and sald: “If ever one nation was obligated to' deal’ jastly " and Hberally - with we are obligated to deal justly and liberally with Cuba. We can help Cuba in the maintenance of her inde- pendence with great bepefit to our- selves. We can enable her to start on a career of self-supporting nationality without perceptible injury to any Ameri- can industry and with manifest benefit to all Senator Platt, whose state produces tobacco with whieh the Cuban product competes to some extent, is one of the most earnest supporters of President Roosevelt's position regarding Cuba. He bhas given the question of recl- procity with the island most care- ful consideration, from the poist of view of a therough protectionist, and ‘when he says that tariff conces- slons can be made to Cuba with- out perceptible injury to any American fndustry and with manifest benefit to all, the statement is entitled to atten- tion: It has been intimated that the presl- dent may not refer to this question dur- ing his western trip, but it is highly probable that be will discuss it with bis | Hamilton and otber gisats of the revolu- | found the republican Rarty. THE ‘chmuurmle directness and candor. The pedple of the west will eertainly be glad to hear the president's views on this important subject and he will fiud that a very large number of them are in accord with his position. ——e AMERICAN KiGH1S MENACED. Only about six months ago Russia gave a pledge to at once begin the evacu atlon of Manchuria. According to re- cent advices ®.e is now determined to expel all foreigners from that Chinese province, which she practically domi- nates. If this course shall be pursued by Russia it will violate the treaty rights of Americans and should be met by a very decided protest from our govern- ment. By the treaty of 1868, which is still in force, between China and the United States, it i< provided that citizens of the United S9n= visiting or residing in China shall enioy the same privileges, immunities ¢r \..\l‘lupllmls in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyedd by (he citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. Under this treaty Americans have as good a right to reside or travel in any part of the Chinese empire as have Russians or any other foreigners and it Is the duty of the Chinese govern- ment to see that this right is protected and respected. If Manchuria has be- come Russian territory, if it has been ceded to that power, China should make the fact known to the world, but until she does this it must be supposed that Manchuria is still a part of the empire and that Americans there are to be pro- tected in all the rights secured by treaty. The United States has perhaps a greater interest in Manchuria than in any other part of China. Our trade with that section is large and in recent years American investments have vastly in- creased. It is a rich region that holds out great promise for future commerce. Our government should make an earnest effort to prevent any interference with the rights of Americau citizens there. S—— THE PRESIDENT'S WESTERN TRIP. President Roosevelt's western tout will be a fitting complement to his re- nt travels through New England and the south. His welcome here will be at least as spontaneous and cordial as among the Yankees and the southerners. The west has always had a fellow feel- ing and admiration for Theodore Roose- velt, eastern-born though he is. His courage and progressive genius, his op- timism and his broad, genuine Ameri- canism bave every badge of the west- orn spirit, and his varied life on the plains and mountains have endowed him with common experiences entered with the zest of a native. The ranchman’s saddle and the hunter’s rifle are familiar suggestions in connection with his per- sonality. In the west probably more than in any other section are the presi- dent’s energy and boldness appreciated. The west will take pleasure in the op- portunity to signify its approval of his positive and aggressive stand on public questions, It will not merely greet the president with formal honors, but it will approve the man and his public course. His progress through the west will leave him in no doubt on that point. The west is not the whole country, but the presi- dent will 'understand the true attitude of the American people toward him after he completes his western trip. —m—— PREPARE FOR OUR GUESTS. Only a week remains for us to prepare for the guests Omaha will be called upon to entertain during the reception to President Roosevelt and the annual fall festivities of Ak-Sar-Ben. Omaha's high reputation as a live, progressive, up-to-date community must be sustained and it devolves upon every person who takes pride in his residence in Omaha to contribute toward bringing about this desired result. The public buildings will be suitably decorated and illuminated, but the decorations and flluminations should not stop there. Every business house can at small expense put on a few extra touches in honor of the event and noth- ing will impress visitors more forcibly with the public-spirited character of our citizens than the extent to which all par- ticipate in the work devolving upon us as hosts. This year's Ak-Sar-Ben carnival is to be an extraordinary occasion by reason of the promised presence of the presi- dent and an extraordinary effort should be made to wake the occasion memo- rable. The voting trust in the Southern Pa- cific, whose powers under the reorgani- zation are to be made perpetual, is an- other device for entrenching perma- nently the clique now in control. This trust agreement has been signed by the holders of $91,000,000 of the capital stock, the total of which is $180,000,- 000. But under the trust agreement a majority of the pooled stock controls the action of all, including the election of the board of directors and the whole administration of the company. Thus the holders of $46,000,000 of stock, or only a trifie more than 25 per cent of the whole, can indefinitely hold and dic- tate the control of this vast property. This 1s one of the most dangerous aspects of latest trust development. Delegates to republican county and congressional conventions want to real- ize the responsibility that rests upon them. They owe it to themselves and to the party to nominate only such men as may reasonably expect election. To put up candidates sure of defeat in ad- vance can bring no satisfaction to any- body. Republicans need & strong ticket to win this year under present condi- tions, and it is up to the members of the conventions to make sure of victory by nominations that will command the whole party strength. = A Very Modern Netlon, Chicago Chronicle. There are members of the Chicago city councll ‘who are fully convinced that if George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Jobn Adams, Alexander ! OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, SE PTEMBER 1902 20, “The Evils of Trusts™ Minneapolls Times “‘Combinations of capital which control the market in commodities necessary to the general use of the people, by suppress ing natural and ordinary competition, thus enhancing prices to the general consumer. are obnoxious to the common law and the public welfare. They are dangerous con- spiracies against the public good and should be made the subject of prohibitory or penal legislation.” Who was the author of the above words that certainly leave no doubt as to the meaning sought to be conveyed? Was it Willlam J. Bryan or Henry Wal- terson? Is it one of the oratorical periods of Champ Clark or the written lucubrations of ex-Magnate Wetmore of St. Loule? Were these carefully worded sentences formu- lated in the brain of Grover Cleveland or of David B, Hill? Is it an oratorical effort ot some Mississippl - valley republican, spurred to brave words by the sentiment of his comstituents? Theodore Roosevelt might have been their author, so etraight- forward are the words and devoid of double meaning. They will be found fh the letter of ac- ceptance of Willlam McKinley, the la- mented president of the United States. This man, whose memory all revere, who was acknowledged during his life as the fore- most republican, who was certainly con- servative in all matters affecting the busi- ness interests of the country, did not split hairs about fhe evils of fllegal trusts or “combinations of capital, to use his pa phrase. He sald that suppressing competi- tion and raising prices to the gemeral con- sumer was obnoxious to * public welfare." He called illegal binations ‘‘dangerous conspiracies” should be made t subject of parliamen tary or penal legislation In what speech of early or recent dat has Theodore Roosevelt iRed stronge language concerning fllegal trusts? New York Sun and other Morganized news papers, who seem to be preparing to op pose Mr. Roosevelt because he will no yield alleglance to corporated wealth, lay ress upon the president's promise the great that his administration should follow lines laid down by hie martyred predeces. sor. That is just what Mr. Roosevelt } doing in regard to the trusts. If he shal g0 further and demand a “careful, pruden and businesslike reduction of the tariff’ he will still be following the course out lined by Mr. McKinley and one that lamented president, had he lived to il out his term, would have followed on his own behalf. We are proud in our bellef that Ameri can sentiment once aroused to the justice of a cause is irresistable, magnificent dominating, and that money cannot dic tate to manhood in this republic Great is Morgan and powerful are monfed interests at his back, but greatness shall avail as nothing, his cial sinews shall crack in very are ready now that to do, illeg: for unjustified sustenance. tionary perfod were in the flesh at this time they would not be able to carry their own precincts. Don’t Get Gay. Chicago Tribune. Uncle Hod Boles, however, should not be in a hurry to let the contract for his con- gressional air castle. A Wise Qualification. ‘Washington Post. Mr. Bryan told an Ohio audience that if he had been elected he would have put stripes on a certain class of milllonaires. The little word “if” is much used in the Bryan speeches these days. Greasing the Tentacles. Boston Transcript. They are forming an elevator trust in England, and the London papers refer to it as “a lift amalgamation.” Lift is English for elevator, and “amalgamation” has a tenderer sound tham “trust.” Forcing Legislation. Buftalo Express. Anthracite coal has reached $12.50 a ton in Philadelphia and some dealers are pre- dicting that it will go as high as $25. Such prices as those will force legislation of some kind to deal with the problem of the coal supply. Working Mexico to a Finish. Chicago Inter-Ocean. American money is sald to be literally pouring into Mexico these days, with the understanding, of course, that by way of a slight return for the interest we are tak- ing in the sistéf republic, Mexican money il bo literally pouring into the United a'm later on. M polls Times. The new primary law realizes almost all Its friends clalf for it in small voting dls- tricts, where candidates are personally known to voters. It has kept in office ex- cellent county and city officers, well known by long service. It has caused the feeling of the community to be reflected In gen- erally sound legislative nominations. It raises the standard of the city council year by year. HOW STRIKES AFFECT POLITICS, A Few Illustrations Taken from Re- cent History. Leslie's Weekly (rep.) Let the republican party beware of the effects of the coal strike in the congres- sional canvass of 1902. Strikes have an ugly habit of registeriug themselves in na- tional politics and they hit the party which is n power at the time. This has been the experience of the United States in all the great labor conflicts. The first of these took place in 1877. That was the year of the great raflroad strikes throughout the east and middle west, in which there was rioting in Pittsburg, Chicago and many other places. Hayes was then president and the republicans were the dominant party. In the congressional election of 1878, the first important canvass which came after the strike, the republicans were beaten. In the strike of the Gould sys- tem of railroads, in 1886, which lasted many weeks and which was under the di- rection of Martin Irons, great destruction of property took place and many cities, in- cluding St. Louls and Kansas City, were terrorized. That was during Cleveland's first term. Consequently it was the demo- crats who were hit then. In the congres- sional election of that year the republicans aid not carry congress, but they reduced the democratic majority to comparatively small figures. Some of the democrats afterward sald that the stiike of 1886 had something to do with Cleveland's defeat for re-elec- tion in 1888, The experience of 1802 is near enough to be remembered by every voter. The Home- stead strike of thé year, affecting the Car- negle steel works, figured with decided prominence in the campaign which began just as the strike was ‘ending. Cleveland was then running the third time and for his second term and his opponent was President Harrison, who was seeking re- election. Several things were assigned by the democrats after the canvass was over for Cleveland's brilliant victory in 1892, in which he galned & majority of 132 votes in the electoral college. The McKinley tariff of 1890 was one of these causes. The Sherman silver law of the same year w another. The republicans themselves, how- ever, lay the blame of their defeat to the Homestead strike. When the coal miners first and the em- ployes of the Pullman company afterward began thelr strike in the early half of 1894, in Cleveland's second term, the political orizon suddenly darkened for the demo- crats, who controlled congress as well as the presidency, The fate of the republicans in the strike of 1892 was cited in 1884 a an omen of the things which were to come to the democrats when the people went to the polls. Nor did the omen fall. The re- publicans won congress in 1594 by the most sweeping victory which apy party ever gained in & contest for the national legl: lature. In 1902 It is the republicans who are in power during the year of a great labor con- fict. Senator Scott of West Virginia, & stalwart republican, eays that the strike may cost his party three congressmen In tils state and several in Pennsylvania. With the drift, as it s, against the re- publicans for other causes the outlook for | the dominant party is far from being rosy. The coal miners' lockout may register itself in polities tn November with a decisivene which may surprise the country aad cos- | Justice Brown, appointed in 1891, David B. Hill is not saying a word, but is dolng a powerful lot of fence mending. Tom Johnson's political ravages of hot air. The democrats of Delaware hs and 1600. a cold shake these melancholy days. Under the new election law of Marylana party emblems to distinguish the candidates upon the official ticket have been abolished. Maryland was one of the early states to adopt them. The liberal democrats, or Bryanites, New York declared themselves in platform in favor of dependent children.” The New York Herald has hoisted this political pennant: candidate for 1904—for president, Theodore Roosevelt of New York; for vice president, George Dewey of Vermont.” George Thornton Beck, whom the Wyo- ming democrats have nominated for gove ernor, is a business associate and chum of “Buffalo Bill,” a son of the lamented Sen- ator Beck of Kentucky and a great-grand- nephew of George Washington. For the first time in the history of Vermont a Roman Catholic priest has been elected to the legislature in the per- son of Rev. D. J. O'Sullivan, who was the successful candidate for town representa- tive from St. Albans, Vt. Father O'Sulli- van was elected by the democrats and local option republicans. He is a total abstinence man In his personal practice, but is op- posed to the prohibitory law. The defeat for renomination of Governor Gage of California recalls the fact that tactional divisions in the past have more trequently defeated republican candidates tor. governor in California than the pre- ponderance of the democratic vote against the nominee. In 1894 the republicans car- ried the state by pluralities of from 20,000 to 40,000, but their candidate, Estee, was defeated for governor by 1,208 votes. In Oregon the advocates of the initiative and referendum should bo satisfled, as both parties declared in favor of the sub- mission of a constitutional amendment providing for the system. Submitting con- stitutional amendments and adopting them are different things, however, as past ex- perience has shown in Oregon. Oregon voted on five proposed constitutional amendments in 1900. They were all de- feated. One was for woman suffrage. It received 26,000 votes. Chiet Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court, appointed in 1888, s 69. Justice Harlan, appointed in 1877, Is 69. Justice Brewer, appointed in 1889, is 63, is 66, Justice Shiras, appointed in 1892, is past 70. Justice White, appointed in 1894, ls 57. Justice Peckham, appointed in 1895, is 64, and Justice McKenna, appointed in 1898, is 59. With the retirement of Justice Gray, there is now only one supreme court justice over the age of 70, and the mew justice, Holmes, is b7. There are three justices under 60—three of the nine. A FRUITFUL YEAR. Bounteous Harvests Invoke the Spirit of Gratitude. Philadelphia Press. The shortening days and the increased chillivess in the air are reminders that the year is two-thirds gone and that the season for gathering up the resulte of 1902 is fast approaching. It is an acceptable season, especlally when the year has brought so much as this one has to make people glad. Taking the season of 1902, and it is doubtful if, all in all, any similar season in the past gave more, if as much, reason for gratitude. There have been seasons when some one crop has been’larger than this season’s. The wheat crop of 1891, for instance, measured 135,000,000 bushels more than this year's crop and the rice and cotton crops~in the south will be somewhat below the average. But corn, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, buckwheat and nearly all the fruits have yielded bumpe crops. The only shadows on the yea landscape have been the high prices of meats and of coal. But the former is fast correcting itselt and reason must soon rectify the latter. With an abundance with plenty of work American people can elght months and a half of 1902 which have gone with well earned satistaction. Whatever has happened elsewhere their country has been free from famine and convulsions. Bountiful crops have re- warded the husbandman &nd good wages and plenty of work the laboring- man. The latest report of the Massachu- setts Bureau of Statlstics, taking the years 1898 and 1902 as comparative polnts showed that the annual earnings of an average family had increased $164.73 and the expenses of the eame family $96.94, & gain for the workingman of $67.79, in addi- tion to the increased expense of belng almost for increased comforts. This is only one example of many that could be given. It is ten weeks and some days away to Thanksgiving day, but it is not too early to begin to realize what the season of 1902 has brought to this country in order that the gratitude expressed on that day may be adequate to the occasion. It is a satisfaction tbat should be general and iu typified by the full corn cribs of the western farmer as well as by the increased saving bank account of the eastern work- man. It has been a fruitful year and has ot cheap food and at good wages the look back on the | made the pecile glad. ommon law and com- that The the the his finan- weaknees when the American people decide, as thoy trusts must be placed under governmental super- vision and that those of them that are fed by a protective tariff must seek elsewhere tent has been lined with asbestos so ae to withstand the ve turned their backs on the eacred platforms of 1896 Common sense s giving hysteria in their “the establishment of an agricultural school by the state for “The people’s anti-trust OTHER LANDS THAN OURS Australia has gone farther than any other country in her restriction of immigration. The “Immigration Restriction Act’” which went Into effect toward the end of last year A groat deal of interest has been at- was passed at the behest of the 1abor PATLY | (racted recently to the efforts of the larger and was aimed primarily at “yellow labor, clties of Ohlo to secure home rule, and the . |meaning Kanakas, Japanese, Chinese and| giate legisiature has been much censured East Indians. 1In reality, however, it can{ tor jta apparent determination to keep the keep out of Australia anybody, white of | mynjcipal affairs largely under the control black, should it so be desired. The princi- | o¢ the state's officers. In his speech at pal clause in the act provides that no per- | To,edo last Saturday Mr. William J. Bryan son shall be allowed to land in Australia ! gqiq " | who “when asked to do so by an officer (the | ‘They ¢ | word officer being defined as an officer espe- clally appointed, or any customs officer) falls to write out at dictation and sign In the|gent that ineult.” presence of the officer, a passage of fifty | That was very well put. But it is to be words in length in dn Buropean langunge | noted that Mr. Bryan did mot say it or . | directed by the officer. There are additional | anything like it in his epeech at Joplin, | |clauses providing for the rejection of un-|Mo., a few days ago, where he spoke from : | desirables, but the first is widely embrac- | the same plattorm with & governor of .| ing enough for all purposes. The broad | Missouri, a former governor, and the mayor character of this clause was purposely de- | of Kansas City, who defended two years signed o that any class of laborers, even|ago in public addresses the system by | | Englishmen, might be kept out of the coun- | which the state machine at Jefferson City try it it seemed Iikely that they would work | controls the police force and election ma- for less than the native. Some of the im- | chinery of Kaneas City. The principle of portant industries, especially sugar grow- | “home rule” for citles is correct, whether it ing, have already been materially affected | is opposed by a reépublican’administration and great discontent has resulted. This is|in Ohfo or a democratic administration in " lonly one of several differences between the | Missourl. various states, which have not yet been able | The only reason for the refusal to permit to get the national standpoint and look for | Kansas City to administer its own affairs the greater good of the whole country|for its own benefit is to perpetuate the rather than that of one section. state machine in power and overcome an e opposing political majority by a trained force of 275 police officers aud the concen- tration of elections control in the hands of state officers. What evils in this regard exist in Ohlo prevail with greater force in Missourl. The Ohlo legislature attempted, at least, to grant special charters to Cleve- land and Toledo which would allow those clties not only to comtrol their police sys- tems, but to deterinine their own course in levying taxes for municipal improvements. But Kansas City may not go beyond a narrow limit of expenditures—even if every taxpayer In the city desires to do so—with- out getting the consent of the people in the Ozark counties and other parts of the ate who know no more about the affairs of the city than do the residents of Green- land. From an economlc standpoint Kansas City is very well able to take care of itself, and from a political standpoint it is an outrage that a police department owing allegiance to the governor only should be allowed by law to spend as much of th city's money as it wants to witheut having to ask the council for permission. If Mr. Bryan has any regard for sincerity he should advocate municipal home rule in Miesour! with as much warmth as he has cham- ploned it in Ohio. FLASHES OF FUN. alks for Ome Plan in Oh Another fn Missonr!. Kansas City Times (dem.) e r eay you are incapable of home ruie here in Ohlo, and if you have a bit of American manhdod about you, you will re- All the while that Great Britain was busy with the work of war in South Africa, the work of peace in North Africa never slack- ened. The dam of Assuan is now completed —the newest engineering wonder of the world in the land which bolds the earliest of #uch wonders that still stand. This pen- ning of Nile 400 miles above the Pyramids has been a work of a generation, abandoned as {mpossible by the Egyptians and the French; but pushed to success by British skill and perseverance. When the easler task of Assiut is finished, as it soon will be, Egypt will have a reservoir of a billion cublc yards of water every year; crops will be dependent no longer upon the risings of the Nile and the fatness of the land will exceed that of the days of Joseph, father of all grain cornerors and first of trust mag- mates. The cost of the two dams will be $25,000,000, but their value in the future when the “Cape to Cairo” dream ls real- ized will be incalcuable. .. It is but a few vears since the Japanese assumed the mastry in Korea, but the evi- dences of Japanese progress and advance- ment in commercial pursuits are already marked. In Scoul, the capital of the coun- try, there are now published two daily papers, representing two views of public opinion, and one tri-weekly. The daily pa- pers have a combined sale of 5,600 copies, while the circulation of the tri-weekly is 2,600. The papers are especially increasing in favor in the provinces, for they give the only means for the ventilation of popular Baltimore Herald: “Thank heavens," gaid Cheerful John, “that thé man who borrows trouble never pays it back. “T tell you,”" erled ftution: Atlanta Constitution 1 you," etted the author, “I'm going to world!"” up to the present time have been supreme in their tactics of oppression and have kept the peovle in ignorance of what was going on except when it came the time to collect the taxes, which have been extraordinarily heavy. The office-holding classes are bit- terly opposed to the publication of the pa- pers, for with the letting in of light upon their doings their chances for peculation na- Scoul into the semblance of a western capi- tal also goes on apace. The electric rallway and suburbs. The principal thoroughfares are lit with electric light, which is installed 0 in the palace and many privat@ houses. A ‘handsome #ew Japanese postoffice has recently been erected in the foreign quar- ter, and a scheme of waterworks fs talked of, aee A difficult point of etiquette has arlsen over the rumors of a possible exchange of visits between the king of Italy and Presi- dent Loubet. Although these visits would be most heartlly recelved by the people of each country, it is hard to see how President Loubet could pay his respects at the Quirinal without hazarding a com- plete rupture of diplomatic relations be- tween the Quai d'Orsay and the vatican, and a consequent rending of the Con- cordat. It may be taken as signficant, however, that the section of tho Parls press which most enthusiastically advo- cates such an exchange of amenities 1s run by the Combes government. It is not seriously believed that President Loubet, with an anti-clerical campaign in full swing on his hands, would have the courage to present himself to the pope while the guest of Victor Emmanuel III, whese stringent views of the rights of the Quirinal are well known. But that is what M. Loubet, the chiet executive of a nominally Catholic state, would be obliged to do if he visited Rome. .. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, prides itself on being the best served city, so fa as telephones are concerned, in the world. A correspondent writes that while London has forty-seven telephones per 10,000 {nhabi- tants, Paris seventy-one. New York-150, and San Francisco 706, Stockbolm reaches the figure of 980, In every bedroom in every botel there is a telephone; every tradesman, warchouse, shop and private dwelling 1s connected, and even the ordinary washer- woman 18 on the exchange. In the streets nearly every corner is public kiosk, where on payment of a small coln one can speak not only to any local subscriber, but even to one in any other town throughout the length and breadth of Sweden. grievances against the official classes, who turally grow smaller. The transformation of now embraces a large portion of the city The editor eyed him doubtfully for five seconds and then asked: ‘‘Balloon or ele- vator?"” Washington Star: ‘'You say that youns woman complimented my singing,” he ex- claimed, suxipusly. “In a way,' the young woman Teplied: “ghe sald she would rather hear you try to sing than try to converse. Chicago, Tribune: Mr. Kreegys—What s hat tropical landscape worth? REe fi'g‘ller—'l‘fl‘o hundred and fifty dol- lars. Mr. Kreegus—I'll take it. I want to hang 140 the parlor. It will be cheaper than having a fire In the grate. Baltimore American: “A man In Wi ,’ ns the individual who reads fgg'g:wr:.fnd then tells about it the fol- lowing week, ‘‘ate a hundred ears of corn o o htcrrpts (he person who 1a blessed with a logical mind, “and then they planted him, of course.” Philadelphia Press: Copy Editor—Did you write this stuft referring to Dr. Socum as Tono' of the ablest exponents .of medical sclence New Reporter—Yes: he's the prominent hysician, isn't he? e has a large prac- Copy_ Edifor—Exactly. He's an “expo- nent of medical practice,” not “‘sclence. QUIET MAN IN THE CORNER. 8. W. Gillilan in Los Angeles Herald. 1 lingered o'er a checker game a night or two ago; The one who played against me seemed to have no ghost of show; Thad o bunch of lusty kings that strutted I about And bullied my Oppo:unl" men, who dared not _venture ou "Way over in a corner shrunk a timid little ‘man, Who stafd right in his station ever since the game began. He watched my crowned heads marching by with banner and with song, And leemuli“lo bln discouraged over stand- ing still so long. But r:(ly soon an opening occurred two Blocks ‘away, Ana not wnother' moment did that little ellow Stay. He bounded o'er the board and took three kings in one fell swoop, Then landed in my king row with a wild, ‘ecstatic whoop. You've known these qulet fellows that just ‘at around and though And ‘mever magde & nolse while the others raged and fought; The whole community had come to think hem as dndf "Werinear [t that thele hope of fame hac . The chips 'With Tecognition for thetr por- tion pose and s t, And seem to overlook the man who keeps his talker shut. But llol;lr fln‘y.n:han 'most everyone is boking Lother way, This aulet fellow sees & chance to bpeak into the play. He reaches out and grabs things that the others had ‘g He puts into the life game all the energy he'd stored Through all the years of silence. 8o you'd better not forget o The still man in thé corner, fof he'll reach the king row yet! A Light Weight Overcoat would be about as pleasant an article as you could purchasz of us now unless you mention gloves. - The Coats that we are selling at $10, $12.50, $15 and up to $25—are all that you could ask or desire for the money, and No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Ryrowning-King - §-@ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. 8. Wilcox, Manager.