Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 22, 1902, Page 4

sneniateternsd S—— DAILY BEE. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNIN( TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dllly Bee (without Bunday), Un Dally Bee and Sunday, Une Y, Bliusteated ises, One X ‘%.mruy Bee, Une Year... ‘Wentleth Century kFarmer, U“v XEI\' DELIVERED BY CARRIER i Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... Pally Boe (withous Bundayy, per week. . 1ze iy Bee (nciuding Sunday), per week Bunday Mee, per copy . | Evenng Bes (without Binday). Byening Beo (noluding sunday), Complaiits * of irregularitiea in delivery | | should be nddressed to City Circulation De- partment. rrlCED 0 aha—The Bee Buil ot “Omanacity Hull Bullding, Twen- tl-flnh and M Streets. ouncil Blufts_io Pearl Street. o— n ui N u‘\'orl— Bark Row uu||d|n' Webhington il Fourteentn Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial_matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BOKINES LETTERS. | Business letters and remittances ald be nddresscd: e "Bee Publiehing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, paysvle to The Bee Publishing Company. Z-cent stamps accepted in payment of { account. checks, except on : ha or lern_exchanges, not acce) N THE ri!!:el'.:.!"'JBGI.JBHlfiL) CO)(PA!E!. ‘ersonal STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. [lm. of Nobrasks, Douglas County, sti, Gsargy B. Taschiick, secretary of lhw‘n (e atael nusmh d'i"mu an, number 0 |Gamplete coples of The Dally, Morning, ening o Sunday Bee printed durin » month of August, 1902, was as follow: 1. 16. 28,640 11 18, 19, 20. 2 2 s % 5. 2. . 2. o 2. E 20. 80,110 an.... 29,120 Total . Leeesen Less unsold lld Murntd coples. Net total sale: Net dally average. Bubscribed 1 GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. my presence and sworn to before me IMI 1st dlv of &g‘nmbef,TAm D. (Seal.) Notary Publl By speclal indulgence under the Iowa mulet law, the good ship Des Moines has been christened with the real stuff. Peary has the advantage of us when he describes how near the north pole he reached. No one is lkely to check him up. EEs———— Talk about concessions at the Ohris- tlan church convention must not be mis- undersivod. These concessions are all harmless. e That Omaha footpad who returned the lone 5-cent piece found upon his vic- tim has at least the milk of human kindness on the credit side of his ledger. mms— When it comes to moving the crops, 'the west does not think it necessary |{this year to walt for the aild or con- @ent of the big bauking institutions of the east. — Oroker's successor as leader of Tam- many Hall res to the name Murpby. The up- te version, there- fore, must be: “Great is Tammany, and Murphy is his prophet.” If Tax Commissioner Fleming should carry out the program mapped out for himself for increasing the assessment of all taxable property, he will run the risk of becoming more disliked than ever. Ese—————— Ex-Speaker Reed takes the part of Bpeaker Henderson in the little political argument over his refusal to accept a renomination. Occupation of the speak- er's chair must produce a fellow feeling. Democratic leaders think they have found issues enough, but are unable to agree which is to be paramount this time. It would not do to have one issue remain paramount for more than one campaign. E——— In his joy over the railroad victory President Burt of the Unlon Pacific em- braced Dave Mercer French fashion, but we can safely predict that Mr. Burt will not be quite so joyful after the returns are in on the 4th day of November. em———— Omaha public school teachers will let pome one else manage their teachers’ lecture course this year, although the #chool superintendent who ran them last year Is as competent to handle a the- atrieal box office as he Is to supervise the schools. E———— ‘What does the Real Estate exchange propose to do about the flagrant evasion of local taxes by the big rallroads en- joying invaluable terminal privileges in this efty? If the rallroad property bore its share of taxation the tax rate would come down several notches all at once. Es———— ‘While we would all like to see every available down town corner oceupled by new eight-story’ blocks, bullding them on paper premafturely is no help to the city. Omaba's weakness In the past has consisted in erecting air castles that never materialize in stone and mortar. —_—— Wil we have to stand for the com- fetti throwing nuisance again at the coming street falr and qlunl) The Bee voices the sentiment of the re- spectable element when it enters protest against this practice of refined ruffian- ism, which is as dangerous as it is dis- gusting. The management of the street falf can make a ten-strike by barring out the confettl. e — It s noticeable that so far no audible complaint has arisen from any consid- erable number of Nebraska militia be- cause they find themselves compelled to forego participation in the Fort Riley maneuvers. They don't seem to care what excuse the governor may have seen fit to give to keep them in the ranks of the home guard. And the blenntal deficiericy has been reduced by several thovsand dollare. THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. [w be discussed and schemes suggested The ticket placed in nomination by the republican county convention, al- though representing the minority of the party, i« in the main made up of men well qualified for the positions to which they aspire. While no candidate on the legislative ticket can boast of expe- rience as a lawmaker, nearly all of them have a general knowledge of the duties devolving upon legislators and are well equipped in other respects to deal with issues that come before our lawmaking | body. Of the three candidates for the senate, Matthew A. Hall is an attorney In good standing, who has been active In the Ak-Sar-Ben and other organizations. R. B. Howell is a graduate of the Annap- olis Naval demy, has seen some gervice in the navy and served as city engineer of Omaha In the last mayoralty term of W. J. Broatch. Charles L. Saunders has a legal education and is famillar with legislative usage ac- quired by residence at the national cap- ital. The only public position he has filled is that of deputy city treasurer, in which capacity he rendered satisfa tory serviee, Three of the nine candidates for the house, namely, Messrs. Morsman, Nel- son and Ten Eyck, are young attorneys. Mr. Ten Eyck was city prosecutor under Mayor Broatch, while the others have mever occupled any official position. Messra. Koetter, Gilbert and Wallace are mechanics, named to represent the working classes. Mr. Shelley is a well- known and prominent live stock com- mission man, Mr. Mangold a country banker and merchant, and Mr. Rigg the editor of a country newspaper, the Waterloo Gazette. Of the two candidates for county com- missioner, Henry McDonald, for the Fifth district, resides in the Sixth ward and has served as deputy sheriff during the incumbency of his brother, John »"eDonald, now a business partner of W. J. Broatch. Henry Denker, nom- Inated for commissioner in the Third district, is one of the most successful German-American farmers in the county, who has been an active republican for many years and is most faverably known in the neighborhood where he resides, near Elkhorn station. A. W. Jefferls, the candidate for county attorney, is eminently qualified for the position, having served as deputy under County Attorney Howard H. Bal- drige. PANAMA CANAL CONCESSION. Attorney General Knox has returned from Parls, where he made an investi- gatlon respecting the title of the Pan. ama Canal company, but he declined to make public the result. There have been reports to the effect that serious obstacles were discovered to the pur- chase by the United States of the rights of the canal company. It was said that one difficulty is the fact that the original concession was extended by the executive of Colombla without the en- dorsement of the Colombian congrees, but it appears that the executive had constitutional authority for this action. Another thing reported to have been discovered by the attorney gemeral is that the revolutionists in Colombia have warned the Panama company that if they secure control of the government— as it now appears probable they may— they will repudiate the extension of the canal concession. That might cre- ate a disagreeable situation. There may be no substantial founda- tion for these reports amd it Is not worth while to attach any lmportance to them. The investigation made by the officlals of the Department of Jus- tice, it is the understanding, had refer- ence entirely to the right of the Panama Canal company to dispose of its prop- erty and franchise free of French iu- cumbrances, and not to the relations between the company and the Colombian government. There will probably be no definite fnformation as to the result of the investigation until Attorney General Knox makes his report to the president, which may not be doue for several weeks. ] EXCLUDING AMERICAN PRODUCTS. There continves to be more or less discussion abroad of the question of excluding American products, but no one has yet proposed any practieable method of doing this. In a recent ad- dress Mr. Austin, chief of the Bureau of Statistics, said that the fact that Europe took In the latest year for which the detalled statistics are avall- able more than oune-half the exporta- tion of manufactures from the United States, justifies the belief that Amer- lean manufacturers can hold thelr own In the world's markets and also in- dicates that the often-repeated sugges- tlons of European exclusion of Amer- fean products have not been justified by developments up to the present time. In the opinion of Mr. Austin, com- binations or coucerted movements for the exelusion of our products from the world's markets seem improbable. He poluts out that the exclusion from the great markets of the world of the prod- uets of a country which supplies so large a proportion ef the comswumption of those markets would have the effect of advancing prices of these articles in other parts of the world, and thus the effort to exclude American products would compel the nation excluding them to pay higher prices for those products when obtained elsewhere. European economists, particularly in Germany where the sentiment for exclusion is strongest, have urged that the lnevita- ble effect of shutting out the products of this country would be to raise the prices of such products abroad and un- der existing conditions this would be & very serious matter for a large ma- Jority of European consumers. In most of Europe the situation of the working classes at present is bad and a policy that would increase the eost of livi would cause widespread distress. Doubtless, however, the idea of ex- cluding. American preducts, which has taken @ pretty firm hold, will centinge THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1902, for checking the “American invasion. There seems to be little danger, how- ever, of anything serious to our trade being accomplished, at least so long as prevailing industrial and economic con- ditions In Europe continue. em— PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON TARIFF. Whatever understanding may have been reached at the recent conference between President Roosevelt and repub- lican senators, it is evident there was no agreement, as has been intimated, that the president was not to refer to the tariff on his western trip. In his speech at Cincinnati Saturday Mr. Roosevelt clearly defined his position in regard to the proposed removal of tariff duties on trust-made goods as a remedy for trust evils. The position of the president, taken with mature deliberation, is fully shown in the following sentence: “The trusts can be damaged by gdepriving them of the benefits of a protective tariff only on condition of damaging all their smaller competitors and all the wage workers employed in the industry.” He went on to say that he was not con- sidering the general question whether or not it would be well, regardless of the trusts, to lower duties on various schedules, either by direct legislation or reciprocity treaties, but simply pre- sented the point that “changes in the tariff would bave little appreciable effect on the trusts, save as they shared in the gemeral harm or good proceeding from such changes.” In a case where the tariff fosters monopoly the presi- dent would favor modification, but at present the only monopolies there are have no tariff protection. It Is the mis- take of many to suppose that the in- dustrial combinations have no competi- tion, whereas there are hundreds of in- dividual manufacturers all over the country competing with them. And com- petition with the great combinations develops pretty fast and on no incon- siderable scale. Huge as Is the capital- ization of many of the combinations, rivals with capitals of much more mod- est proportions are not afraid to en- gage in competition with them. It is these individual enterprises, ex- isting everywhere throughout the coun- try which it I8 necessary to foster. They are a bulwark against momnopoly and to destroy them would be to leave the fleld clear for the creation of mo- nopolies. Removing the tariff duties from trust-made goods would be a blow to these individual industries which few it any of them could survive. The great combinations could doubtless withstand the competition of foreign cobinations, but pot the enterprises with comparatively small capital. They would be forced out of business, throw- ing hundreds of thousands of wage workers out of employment and saeri- ficing hundreds of millions of invested capital. President Roosevelt and the repub- lican party desire the preservation of these industries, as being most esssen- tial to the continued development and the prosperity of the country. They desire it in the interest of American labor and the agricultural producers ot the country. In the language of the president, “In dealing with the big cor- porations we intend to proceed, not by revolution, but by evolution.” The trusts must be controlled and regulated 80 as to remedy evils and abuses, but in & way that will not be destructive of the entire industrial system of the country. S— MERCER AND HIS MACHINE. “Down with the machine” was the battle-cry of Mercer and the corporation mercenaries at the republican primaries last Friday. “Up with the machine” was the watchword of Mercer and the corporation henchmen at the county convention. And such a machine as they constructed was never seen in this or any other county In Nebraska since the overthrow of the Jay Gould regime that ruled this city and state with an iron hand twenty-five years ago. The terrible Moores-Rosewater ma- chine, that has done service as a bug- bear in two or three campaigns, al- ways respected the right of every ward and precinct delegation to name the members to represent the republicans of their respective wards, or preclucts, on the committee, regardless of fac- tion. The Mercer machine, in deflance of established usage and precedent, foisted upon the eounty committee men who had been defeated at the polls in Omaha, South Omaha and the country precincts, thus over-riding the will of the republican voters as expressed through the ballot box. The horrible Moores-Rosewater ma- chine always endeavored in the division of representation on the ticket to recog- nize the claims of the various sections of the party. oue of the three senators. possibly elect a single candidate. to secure & re-election. of the county te fair representation, as well as to recognize the various natien- alities that constitute the rank and file The Mercer machine, on the contrary, has deliberately disfran- chised the 1,800 republicans of South Omaha by refusing them any representa- tion whatever on the ticket and by apportioning the entire senatorial dele- gation to which Douglas county Is en- titled to the city of Omaha, when by right and precedent South Omaha and the country were entitled to at least The same purblind policy has been pursued in regard to the division of the legislative ticket awmong a very large portion of the following of the party and without which the party could not The manifest intent and purpose of Mercer and his campalgn manager is to organize a solid phalanx for his own support and deliberately to sacrifice all the rest of the ticket in his desperate attempt Having come Into power by whole- sale corruption, rank perjury, and re- peaters imported from Council Bluffs, the Mercer machine has overshot the mark in trying to ride rough shod over the large majority of the party that does Dot propose to play political urtl to the corporations or allow anybody to fasten a brass collar around {ts neck. Clerks In raflroad headquarters and clerks in banks and jobbing houses, who were afrald of losing thelr jobs, are re- sponsible for Mercer majorities at the primary election in the upper wards. How auy man who knows that Mercer has pocketed the $100 a month clerk hire which rightfully belongs to some decent republican could allow himself to be dragooned into supporting Mercer's am- bition for re-election to a sixth term passes all comprehension. Spme—— The World-Herald wants Mercer to define his position on the Fowler cur- rency bill. What Mercer thinks about the Fowler bill Is of comparatively small fmportance. But what he thinks about the coercion of railroad employes and the restriction of railroads to their legitimate functions as public carriers would be of greater concern to a large majority of his constituents. eq———— Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, in his new role as a herald of expansion and expediency, exhibits signs of break- ing away from his former assoclations with free coinage and calamity. The chancellor advises every young man to be an optimist. That is equivalent to warning every young man against the bourbonism of democracy. Both the campaign handbooks labor under the unfortunate handicap thgt they were compiled and published wih. out the slightest anticipation of sev- eral recent political events that have changed the relative importance of va- rious topics of publiec moment. But there is no time to get out a revision of the handbooks. The Bee Invites comparison of its special Ak-Sar-Ben number with issues of other papers purporting to make Ak- Sar-Ben the special feature. When it comes to getting out distinctive gala numbers in honor of any notable occa- sion, The Bee Is unapproached by any of its competitors. gpe———————— And He Winked the Other Eye. Chicago News. In regard to his oppoment’s withdrawal your uncle Horace Boles will only say that the crops are looking fine. The Expected Happened. Chicago Post. We violate no confidence in saying that the announcement that Mr. Peary did not quite reach the pole has occasioned no great surprise. Keeping in Sight. Kansas City Star. Ever since the frst eruption of Mount Pelee Copperas mountain in Ohlo has been emitting gases and showing signs of dis- turbance. It is a very dull day indeed when the great Buckeye state doesn’t feel ealled upon to “smoke up.'" And Forgetful, Too. ‘Washington . Post. Mr. Bryan continues to fulminate against acquisition of new te@itory. Had it not been for the delegate .| Hawall, the Kansas City conveation t have adopted a different sort of platt How ungrate- ful some people are. Why the Pele is U cavered. Baltimore American. We gather from the remarks of Mr. Zeligler that the north pole never will be discovered on a cigarette and ple diet. We should think not. An explorer who clam- ors for cigarettes and pie, and sniffa at pemmican and bootleg soup, & not bardy enough to withstand the rigors of an expe- ditiow, imaginative enough to do the proper series of magazine articles nor lngenious enough to tell what'to do with the pole if he should find it. Havages of Forest Fires. Portland Oregonian. as it proceeds continues to painful conditions as the result of the forest fires that have swept various rural and suburban communities of western Oregon within the past week. Win- ter is close at hand, and the homeiess suf- ferers appeal by thelr apparent distress to public generosity. It is gratifying to note that such measures of relief as the occa- ston demands have already been inaugurated and that the bounty of pity will be dis- bursed in accordance with individual wnd family needs. PERSONAL NOTE:! Judge Henry S. Dewey, a cousin of Ad- miral Dewey, is mentioned as a republican candidate for mayor of Boston. The National Dressmakers’ convention in Chicago is devising ways and means to re- duce the cost of dresses to dressmakers. Captain Charles D. Sigsbee has just {ssued a book, “Notes on Naval Pregress,” dealing with work accomplished by foreign navies during the last fiscal year. It Is the largest volume of its kind ever issued by the Wash- ington bureau. Wu Chao Chu, son of Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese minister, has been admitted as a student in the high school at Atlantic City, N. J. He enfered the junior class and will rematn in the city untfl he graduates, which he expects to do in two years. Lieutenant Colomel Horatio A. Yorke, chief inspector of raflways for the London Board of Trade, is coming to this country to {nepect American lnes, and on his re- turn will meke a report which will decide whether the board will adopt American methods. Betore salling for England the duchess of Marlborough made this somewhat pathetic declaration: “I never had such a good time in my life as I have enjoyed while home on this visit. America has quite spofled me. I've been a young girl here again and now I've got to go back to England and be a dig- nified duchess once more.” Prot. James Dewar, president of the an- nual meeting of the Britiesh Association for the Advancement of Sclence at Belfast, has pointed out in the boldest language that while Englishmen have repeatedly discov- ered scientific principles and laws of great importance the Germans and Americans have been making the practical application: of them, leaving England bebind in reaping the advantages. Theodore Sandford, justice of the peace iu Belleville, N. J., is 83 years old, but even now s too young to quietly see & woman insulted in his presence. Bermard O'Rourke, & man of about 30, addressed som impertinent remark to Miss Bessie Rey- nolds, who ran to 'Squire Sandford's offies and complained. His honor skipped down- stairs and In less than & minute faced O'Rourke. The latter aimed a blow at the Justice, who ducked in approved pugilistic fashion, at the same time landing on the ruffian’s chin and knocking him down. Then the old geutleman tried to arrest the fel- low, but ing to “s touch of rheumatism’ was unable to hold him and O'Rourke es- caped. REPU CAN STATE TICKET, Alllance Times: The republican party s your suffrage for a clean, new man, J. H. Mickey, for governor. Holdrege Citizen: It anyone is tempted to vote the fusion ticket, think of the ex- periment made in 1892 and what happened during the nmext few years. Monroe Republican: Summing up the ¢harges made by the World-Herald against Mickey, the result {s that they have proved Bim to be a shrewd and careful business man. Lynch Journal: Mr. Mickey is making a very energetic campalgn for governor and a very clean, honorable one, and daily makes friends among the voters of the state. Benedict News-Herald: Dietrich was not moral enough to suit the populists and Mickey is too moral to suit them. The re- publican having just the requisite amount of morals to suit them would be a dalsy and no mistake. Arcadia Champlon: The attempts to slan- der the homest name of J. H. Mickey is proving a flat failure. The people of Ne- braska are not to be fooled by a demo- cratic lawyer, whose only excuse for the text of most of his speeches is to catch the farmer vote. And he intends to get it even it he does bave to trade off Honest John Powers to do it. Beatrice Express: The people who know J. H. Mickey best are most enthusiastic over his candidacy. There was a gentle- man in Beatrice last week who has been intimately acquainted with the republican candidate for governor for many years, and he expressed the opinion that a better man could not have been found anywhere. The election of Mr. Mickey will be & lon stride in the direction of purifying politics. Falls City Journal: A vote for Mickey will be & vote for common decency. As long as his opponemts have seen fit to make his Chrietian character and moral virtue the issue In this campaign they have sim- ply placed the voter in a position where a vote for Mickey Is a vote for sobriety, honesty and uprightness of living, and a vote against Mickey is a vote for intem- perance and all that is dishonorable and djsreputable. Mr. Voter, which class do you want the next governor of Nebraska to represent? Blair Pilot: The fusioniéts are using every effort possible to defeat J. H. Mickey for governor, but their efforts seem fruit- less. They cannot appeal successfully to moral men, for Mr. Mickey has traits In common with all of these, and the appeals made to the baser element are such as will add strength to Mickey's cause. Mickey fs a good, clean, able man, one who has displayed a large amount of business abil- ity, and whether you vote for Mickey or against him it is well to bear in mind that you are dealing with a good man. Minden News: The fusiomists are mak- ing lots of fuss over the report that three republicans of Polk county have eaid they would not vote for Mr. Mickey. Did you ever know of a business man with any ambition that did not have enemies’ The man without enemies has never accom- plished much. Deduct those three repub- lican votes and add the many populist votes he will gof and see his mafority. We venture the assertion that for every re- publican vote Mickey loses in Polk county be will gain twenty populist votes, Stromsburg Journal: George Beebe of Hackberry precinct, one of the men al- leged to have been interviewed by the World-Herald reporter, now says that he did not the reporter at all and that the story to have come from him was purely a fabrication. It is no more than we expected, and if the matter was sifted to the bottom we believe that the balance of the Interview will be found in a great measure to be a fake. There are very few, if any, of the boys living in Polk county that will go back on John Mickey. Rushville Recorder: We could not help belng Impressed recently when we heard Dr. Huntington at Chadron pay his homage to Hon. J. H. Mickey as a friend of education in gemeral and the Wesleyan university in particular. The doctor never said a word abut politics, but merely referred to Mr. Mickey as a man. Nebraska has never had a cleaner or more conscientious man seeking the public vote than Mr. Mickey, and It Is a pleasure to be able to advocate the claims of such a onme to the governorship of a great state. Central City Republican: As the state campalgn progresses it becomes evident that the fusionists have no new ammunition and have to use that which has been con- demned. They prate about the rallroads, about what the neighbors say, about law- yers, bankers and chattel mortgage sharks, striving to forget that when they have beeu tried on these charges they have been found more culpable than their opponents. They will find out on election day what his old neighbors think of Mickey, the old soldier, the pioneer and the philanthropist, in a way that will fill them with dismay. Mnillen Tribune: The populists are go- Ing to try to defeat Mickey by charging that he is better than his party. Who ever heard of such decomposed political argument? His party bas preserved the union, actually saved the nation. and no cne evem claims the honor or disputes the fact—only populiets. However, we wish we could conscientfously accuse them of advocating a single method superior to the minutest fraction of Mickey’s party. All accusations to excite unrest, discontent, riot and ravish the harmonious feeling among the people should be declared off. Columbus Times: Hon. John H. Mickey, candidate for governor on the republican ticket, was in the city recently, greeting old friends and making new ones. In the early *708 Columbus was the nearest rallway sta- tion and most available trading point for Polk county settlers, and for many years Mr. Mickey was an almost weekly visitor here. He was well known as an honest, houorable, prompt paying and just man in all his dealings and commanded the respect of all his acquaintances. The friends of the “old days” are his firm friends now, and will vote for him regardless of politics. Allisnce Times: John H. Powers, the only real representative of original popu- list ideas oo the fusion state ticket, s being traded for Thompson whenever it can be dome. The democrats are bending every effort to secure the election of Thompson, for if elected he would have more patronage to bestow than all of the congressmen in the state. Thompson is bragging that the brewers and saloon men of Omaha are being organized, fn his be- balt, and that he will be givem a tre- mendous majority in Douglas county. Well, it may be true, but it would be no more than poetic justice if the friends of good government would take a notion next spring that they would try the experfment of seeing how they would get along for a fiscal year without any loons. Mr. Thompeon's saloon friends would then have a whole twelvemonth for meditation, and they would probably conclude that it does not pay to combine for some mercenary motive regardless of the principle of the thing. Stromsburg Journal: It has been charged by the opposition that Mr. Mickey pur- chased the Polk County Republican for bis brother-in-law, the editor of the Ree- ord, because Johnston of the Republican would bave used the paper agalnst him in the campaign. The editor of this paper has positive knowledge that the statement is false. The paper was purchased by the editor of the Demeocrat, Mr. Walrath, and Mr. Campbell, of the Record, to make one iess paper In the town and that Mr. Wal- rath yet owns a one-half interest in the concern, which he will not deny if ap- proached on the subject. So there is an- other lie mailed—and there are others that will show up as the campalgn progresses. All stories derogatory to Mickey coming trom the opposition and especially from viclous persons, should be thoroughly sifted. Norfolk News: The Grand Island Inde- pendent warns the fusionists who belleve in signs and omens not to place too much of their money on the apparent forecast of the incident that happened at the Has- tings reunion the other day. The speak- ers of the oecaslon were Hons. J. Il Mickey and W. H. Thompson, candidates for governor, and Governor Savage. Ex- Governor Dietrich was also present. When it came Governor Savage's turn to address the multitude he referred (o the fact that a past, present and—turning to a chair which had been occupled by Mr. Mickey, but then supported Mr. Thompson, was about to add—“future governors are present.” But he stopped short, much embarrassed. The crowd was quick to see the joke and laughed uproariously at the governor's marked embarrassment. The Independent ays the Incident signifies nothing except that Savage has been guilty of adding an- other to the long string of “breaks” he has made ‘since occupying the office of chiel BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketehed on the Spot. Workmen are putting the finishing touches on the mew government printing office and in a few months what is pro- nounced the largest printing shop on the globe will be in operation. “Foremost among the many improvements introduced in the nmew printing hous writes the correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle, “is the fireproot feature. The floors are designed to sustain heavy loads and the brick and steel walls are two feet seven inches thick throughout the entire height. The struc- ture, which is 408 feet in length on the G street side and 176 feet and three inches on the north Capitol front, is seven stories high beside cellar and loft, the latter por- tions to be used ae air spaces In connec- tion with the modern system of ventilation that has been adopted. Four hundred thousand feet of floor space are provided and this is divided up in such manner as to furnish the best facilities for the prompt dispatch of government worlk. Statistics relating to the amount of ma- terials used in the structure are interest- ing. Twelve million bricks have gone into the building as well as 14,000,000 pounds of steel, 2,500,000 pounds of cast iron and 45,000 barrels of cement. Of the 12,000,000 bricks, one-fourth are faced and one-third is covered by tile, lald in asphalt, and, as no plaster is used anywhere, it will be ex- ceedingly difficult for fire to get a start. Fifteen elevators will anewer all require- ments both for passenger and freight ser: ice. Instead of water coolers a refrigera ing plant will be installed and the fluid, after being filtered, will be run through pipes to drinking fountains in generous numbers throughout the building. “The amount appropriated for the hufld- ing was $2,429,000, but Captain Sewell, the army engineer officer fn charge of the cou- struction, hopes to turn back $29,000 of this, making the total cost $2,400,000. Al- ready installed In the building in a very handsome engine room are the engines, four in number, two of 800-horse power, cone of 400 and one of 250. There are elght boilers of 300-horse power each. A trav- eling crane is a part of the engine room cquipment, being there to be used in 1ift- ing any part of the huge machinery fn case of necessary repairs. “The new bullding, it fs estimated, . is large enough for present needs, with sur- plus room for future growth. Publie Printer Palmer hopes to have the present old printing office building torn down and a new structure erected on its site. Dur- ing 1894, 1895 and 1396 enlargements and repairs were made (o the present printing office. The site of the new building was purchased in 1898 and 1899, “As now constituted the office numbers about 4,000 employes, of which about one- third are women. The book bindery, as a part of the government printing office, em- ploys about 900. Compositors number about 1,200. One hundred pressmen and 200 press feeders, in all branches, are em- ployed. There are about 600 folders and 260 stitchers. Of stereotypers and electro- typers there are fifty-five. The remaind. of the force includes hydraulic pressmen, engineers, firemen, eclectriclans, boxer: counters, watchmen, helpers and laborers. The amount of tobacco smoke turned loose on the ambient air every month is not measurable because there is no adequate means of putting in statistical form the drafts of people who hit the pipe. There are, however, accurate figures on the con- sumption of cigars, as practically all that are manufactured go up In smoke. Sta- tistice compiled by the internal revenue de- partment show the output for the last half of 1901 and the first half of 1902, as follows: 1901, July August . Beptember October . November ember . January February March April Total nrtmm A significant feature of the statistics s the pre-eminence of October as the cigar month. October is the month in which the cempalgn Cigar gets busy. The late Lord Pauncefote, who for years served as British minitser to the United States, always entertained a very high opin- fon of the district detectlve force, relates the Washington Post. In fact, he believed they were better even than those of Scot- land Yard, and the manner in which he formed this view makes a very interesting story. During the latter part of one spring some four or more years ago, his lordship and family decided to leave the city for a summer's sojourn on the sea coast, and the diplomat sent word to Chief of Police Sylvester requesting that he send up ome of his best detectives to assist and advise him as to the best plan for making the house secure agalnst burglars. Pursuant to request, the major sent one of his best men, and when he arrived his lordship took him in to where he had locked the sliverware in & very strong, but rather old-fashioned, safe, the door of which lacked a combination and was secured by lock and key. Pointing to this safe, Lord Pauncefote exclaimed that he would like to see the thief or burglar who could break into that safe and steal the plate within The detective eyed the large iron vault for & few minutes, and then said “Yes, that is & very strong plece of work, but, nevertheless, I'll bet you a bottle of champagne that I can enter this house without coming through a door or window, and opem that safe in less than five min. utes.” The British ambassador took the bet at once, promising more than ope bottle of champagne if the detective could make good his t within the time specified. So while his lordship held bis watch the detective proceeded to business. When he first entered the mansion the detective had noticed that the ings were unsecured, and, going outside, he opened one of them, drnrpr-l down into the basement, and coming up the kitchen stair- way, was soon in the room in which the iron vault containing the silver plate was located. This of itself fairly took the breath of the distinguished diplomat, but when the detective took from his pocket a skeleton key and at one turn opened the massive doors of the safe, Lord Pauncefots was ready to confess that the Capital de. tectives were a trifle better than anything of the sort he had ever seen, and he paid the bet with Interest several times over before the officer left. DEFENSE AGAINST HARD TIMES, n Time of Prosperity Prepare for Adversity.” Portland Oregonian The industrial conditions of the country are such that no able-bodled, willing ia- borer need be idle. The wage scale, from skilled to unskilled labor and at all inter medlate points, is, it not eatisfactory to earners, as nearly ®o as it can reasonably be expected ever to become. Simply statel, work is plenty and wages are good. N tions have learned by experience that it ‘s wise In time of peace to prepare for war Have individuals learned the similarily {m- portant leseon tersely conveyed by ‘the words, “In time of presperity prepare for adversity?" Are the working people of thn country eaving in just and wise proportion to their earnings? It may well be feared that they are not. The lesson of the hard times, so recent and so bitter, has, to all appearance, been practically forgotten, and when the receding wave comes, and come it surely will; when industrial de- pression follows industrial activity, as it done in times past, and is at least likely to do again, will the working peopls be any better prepared for a season of en- forced f{dleness or low wages than they were when in 1893 the doors of thousands of workshops closed suddenly and did not open to the laborer for many months? It is well to be hopeful But it is well also to fortify hope with prudence, since thereby its fruition may be to some ex- tent insured. No man who maintains his family, or even himself, alone by his labor should live up to his earnings from week to week. Under the present scale of wages this is not, except in extreme cases, neces- sary, and certainly it is, generally speak- ing, most imprudent. Extravagance is the bane of prosperity as pinching economy i the bitter portion of adversity. Systematie eaving when work is plenty and wages are good is the only insurance against “hard times” in the homes of labor. Thought- lessness Incites to the one; misery walts upon the other. President Roosevelt has, during his tour of New England, said many brave and just and some wise things. Matters of national and International interest, of industrial and financial impertance, have been tersely and fearlessly treated. 1Is it too much to say that his speech at Providence, in which he took occasion to advise and even to exhort the working people of the country (since wherever he speaks he speaks to the entire country), to be thrifty as well as industrious; to save as well as to earn; to use the weapons of prosperity as a safe defense against the stings of adversity, was of the widest significance of all to the American people? Many peopls are inter- ested in the president’s utterances upon the Cuban question and in his interpreta- tion of the Monroe doctrine and the various other topics upon which he has spoken. Yet, though these form an army of multi- tude, they are few as compared with the hosta of labor, to whom this simple exhor- tation to economy of present abounding resources was addressed. Wise will be the workingmen who heed the president’s ad- vice, thereby extending the blesgjngs of prosperity in perpetuity to themselves and their familles. —————— CHEERY CHAFF. Detroit Free Press: She—In a year from now you will forget that you ever loved me, He—It will take me more than a year te pay for those presents. Chicago Tribune: “I declare,” sald Mrs. Lapsling, to hear Mr. Raspus talk vou'd think he hadn't @ bit' of faith in human nature. He's a regular clin Philadelphia Press: Fat Young Man—Why won't your conscience permit you to marry me, may I ask Miss Flyppe—Because, Mr. Throggine, I have read that the average man weighs 140 pounds. I can't consclentiously marry two average men at on Chicago News ou ought to see ths lovely letters my husband writes,” sald the bride of a month to one of her girl friends. “Oh, I've seen a few,” replied the dear girl friend. “In fact, 'I've got mearly a trunkful of them in the attic.’ Pittsburg Chronicle: She—You men don't seem to realize that a girl can't imagine anything worse than to have a young man kiss her against her will. He—No? Some girls consider it much worse to have a fellow refrain from kissing her when she's willing. “What did the deacon s you sent him the brandied pea “He sald he dldn’t eare so much for the peaches as he did the spirit in which they ‘were sent.” Judge: v, when New 01 Gentieman—L find, sir, that you have no finanefal stand- ing. no credit anywhere Young Getthere—You do me an injustice, sir. 1 have easlly borrowed saveral hun- dred dollars since It became known I was York Weekiy: | engaged to your daughter. Detroit Free Press: Hoskins — What! bing 1o leave us, —Yes, sir; [ can’t put up with the mistress any longer. Hoskins—But, James, put up with her. look how long T've I belleve.” said Miss “that there should be a Chelors.” exclaimed Pepprey, “why, hope of some women are the for the widowers are too par- Philadelphia Pres Oldum, sh Tribune: “No," the auburn_ hair. know He hasn't called for two Chicago girl with the what afls him. weeks." “Were you doing that pyrographic land- scape on’the big plece of sheepskin when he called lart?" 'Yes." I, that'’s where you burnt Qut your fuse. Th . LYRIC LOVER. Portland Oregonfan. 1 love the drama’s glowing page Where strength and beauty shine Where hope and Joy, despair and rage, Inform the perfect M With Tear to rave, with Hamlet fret, With Rosalind to fest, Are dear unto my hearf, and yet I love the lyric best 1 love the epic's Joy and fear, Whero Greeks and Trojans dle; The words that came to Milto The scenes to Dante's ey Rrave deeds of old and far away, 1T make their memory mine, But homage from the heart I pay The lyric's lowlier shrine. I love to bow beneath the bell Where Pope and Wordsworth preach; I love to learn the le My Emerson doth ch With_Browning pond Biyant grieve, In Wisdom's ways divine; But slowly for their truths I leave The lyric's lovelier line. Glve me gray ocean's threnody. he south wind's sigh from far The midnight's murmuring melody And twilight's dfast star. The Iyric of Bpring’s glad release, Of Summer's cloudless shin Of Autumn's prime and Winter's peace= The lyric shall be mine. Give me the hymns of holy days, "The dirge o'er Honor's grave The charm of chilihood's earliest lays, The paens of the brav: $ing me of love that wins its own, Sing me of love's despair Tear down the drama from the throne And set the lyric there, | | |