Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1902, Page 6

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Communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, Bayavie to The Bee Publishing Company. ! mal y 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of | accounts, Personal checks. except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.. G Plbe B chuck, cretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of fuil and complete coples of The Laily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 1902, was as follow: 1 81,350 41,085 .84,560 81,210 -830,340 Bubscribed in m‘:"preu‘ng and sworn to ot November, A. Piagore me this R 8, O HIUNGATE, Notary Publie. International weather observation: BSqually In the vicinity of Venezuela. Emm— South American cable companies are the ones that are reaping the harvest of the pending unpleasantness, The best feature of the real estate denlers’ meeting is that Nebraska de- serves all the good things that they are saying of it. aE————— With Governor Mickey at the helm, ‘we may be sure of less fuss and feathers and more brain and business in the ad- ministration of state affairs, b taxation. That Is why real estate E;n are interested in seeing to it that other classes of property pay their full share. ——— New Hampshire will submit to popular 'yote the question of female suffrage, as & good many other states have done, but hether the voters will submit to it is sald to be doubtful. " The discovery of a bank defalcation amounting to $175,000 by a hookkeeper In & bank at Darnstadt, Germany, is slmply a reminder that dishonesty knows no nationality, creed or politics. By a singular oversight, no interna- tional bankruptcy court has been estab- ligshed to which the Latin-American na- tions could resort when they get into the fix in which Venezuela now finds itself involved. — No use worrying for the present about the succession to Judge Norris on the district bench. Judge Norrls' term member of congress for the Fifth Ne- braska district does not commence until mext March. L —— Between justifying high valuations of thelr property for the purpose of main- taining Increased traffic rates and low valuations for the purpose of evading a J Just share of the tax burdens the rail- road lawyers are up against it. A single transatlantic liner has sailed for Europe carrying money orders aggre- gating $460,615, representing Christmas gifts sent abroad by people of the United States. The American cousin must be in high esteem In the old coun- try. - E————— The startling announcement comes al! the way from Tacoma that his acci- dency, Governor Savage, will quit Ne- braska for good, shortly after the ex- piration of his term of office next month. No one in Nebraska will go into mourn- ing over the loss. Those high-toned gentlemen caught in the rald on those high-toned New York gambling houses, who refused to answer for fear of Incriminating themselves, seem to have taken their tip from the redoubtable deputy of our own county attorney, who made the same answer when caught in a similar fix. Governor Mickey wlill not counte- PROTECTING AMERICAN TRADEK. It 1s understood to be the position of our government that the so-called pa- cific bidekade of Venezuelan ports shail not apply to American ships. In this, it 1= pointed out, it merely follows a prin- ciple consistently observed for raany years. It holds that a peace blockade, or blockade established prior to a declaration of war, Is applicable only to the country against which it is directed and that neutral nations are not com- pelled to observe it. In other words, It is the view of this government that only Venezuelan vessels are subject to the existing blockade and that American vessels, merchant as well as national, may enter and leave the ports of Ven- ezuela at will. There 18 European precedent for this attitude. A writer on the subject says: “At the time of the blockade of La Plata, in 1846, by Great Britain and France, Lord Palmerston said in Parlia- ment that unless war existed the govern- ment had no right to prevent not only vessels of third powers, but also British merchant vessels, from communicating with the ports. It was In accordance with that view that the blockade of Greece In 1850 was malntained by the British government. So also in the blockade of 1886, the powers authorized the detention of Greek vessels only.” This rule was departed from in 1807 fn the blockade of Crete, which was made applicable not only to all ships under the flag of Greece, but to vessels of the six powers or of a neutral If the cargo was destined for the Greek troops or the interfor of the island. In regard to that blockade the United States Department of State replied to the notification of the powers simply taking note of the com- munication, not conceding the right to make such a blockade and “‘reserving the consideration of all iaternational rights and of any question which may in any way affect the commerce or interest of the United States.” The present atti- tude of our government is thercfors en- tirely consistent and has the support of European precedent. It is most important that our South American trade shall be protected and It is gratifying to find the Washington au- thorities fully alive to this. There is very great probability that our commer- cial relations with the southern coun- tries will be very materially benefited as a result of the Venezuelan imbroglio. British and German goods are already being boycotted In Venezuela and it is altogether likely that this will spread to adjoining South American republics, to the advantage of the trade of the United States. While there is some dissatisfac- tion in the southern republics sympa- thizing with Venezuela because the United States has not interposed in the difficulty with the European powers, that feeling will disappear with a better understanding of our position by those countries and be followed by an Im- proved sentiment toward the United States, which there is every reason to expect will show itself in an enlarged trade. Every legitimate and proper ef- fort should be made to protect our South American trade, b S THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF. The bill reported by the ways and means committee, providing for a re- duction of the tariff on Philippine products coming into the United States to 25 per cent of the existing schedule, will undoubtedly pass the house of rep- resentatives without unnecessary delay, but there may be protracted considera- tion of it in the senate, from the effort that will doubtless be made to have the products of the archipelago admitted free. This Is what the democrats of the house desire and of course those in the senate will urge it, perhaps for the rea- son urged by the house democratic leader, that any duty in those products is “unjust, unconstitutional and un- American. There is no doubt that the proposed re- duction of dutles would be very bene- ficlal to the trade of the Philippines and 1t is of course the policy of the United States to promote the industrial and com- mercial interests of the islands In every practicable way. The reduction which the bill provides for was earnestly recom- mended by Secretary Root In his annual repost and has been advocated by the Philippine commission as being most necessary to the improvement of ma- terial conditions in the archipelago. The secretary of war referred to the ills which have recently befallen the people of the Islands as calling urgently for active and immediate measures of relief. This is quite as important in the matter of the tariff as in that of the currency and the present congress should supply relief in both directions. Our trade with the Philippines has been steadily grow- ing and it is manifestly desirable from every point of view that it should be encouraged. This will be done by re- ducing duties on the products of the is- lands and giving them a sound and sta- ble currency. THE SOUTH OMAHA MISFIT. When the South Omaha charter was pending before the legislature two years ago The Bee denounced It as a misfit— several sizes too large in the walst and several sizes too small around the neck-- but the patriots who had ventured to lobby the bill through the leglslature succeeded in folsting the misfit upon the nance dancing by participation in an ingugural ball and so the ball s off. But the people of Nebraska will find solace for the loss of the inaugural ball in the assurance the governor's action gives that nelther will e sanction any more bull fights with the executive pres- ence, ————— And now another eminent Nebraskan is to the fore. Collector of Revenue Cruzen at Porto Rico has climbed into the publie prints by ordering the selzure of a shipment of liguors smuggled people of South Omaha in spite of all remonstrance, The South Omaha misfit has proved a costly garment. Its mother hubbard di- menslons around the walst have caused an expansion of expenses and a waste of money that is represented by a $70,000 overlap In the municipal treas- ury. Its close fit around the neck has pretty pearly choked the breath out of the police and fire departments and is a serious menace to the safety of life and property. The cry for relief is spon- across the customs line in a government lighthouse tender. does not propose to let any liquors get past him—not if he knows It. taneous and the coming legislature will be asked to reconstruct the misfit so as Collector Cruzen | to make it wearable. With this end in view Mayor Koutsky bas decided to call public meetings for THE OMATA DAILY FEFE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 1902 the discussion of suggested patches and lop-offs by the taxpaying citizens. Whether the artists with shears and pins will be able to accomplish a satisfactory transformation is problematic. In any event, however, some relief must be had for the protection of the community and the taxpayers. Provision must be made for funding the floating debt of South Omaha at the lowest rate of In- terest obtainable and the rat holes and leal.s must be plugged up and safely roldered to prevent future overlaps. Inasmuch as this work will have to be entrusted to the Douglas delegation in the legislature, it will be proper for the members thereof to acquaint them- gelves with the wishes of South Omaha taxpayers so that the necessity of send- ing a paid lobby to Lincoln this winter may be obviated. E—— THE CUBAN TREATY. The reciprocity treaty with Cuba, con- ceding a 20 per cent reduction in tariff duties In the products of that country coming into the United States and mak- ing large reductions in Cuban duties in favor of exports to the island from the United States, it is expected, will be con- sidered In the senate immediately after the holiday recess and it appears to be the impression in administration circles that the treaty will be ratified. There has been no intimation, however, that those who opposed tariff concessions to Cuba at the first session will not renew their fight against the proposed reduc- tion of duties. On the contrary, what information has come from Washington in regard to the matter has Indicated that this opposition will be renewed with unabated vigor and in this event the defeat of the treaty is quite possi- ble and even probable. The situation is somewhat different from that when this subject was dis- cussed at the first session. Then it was urged that Cuba was suffering indus- trially and commerclally, that there was much destitution and that conditions generally were exceedingly bad. This cannot be said now, the fact being that Cuba 18 on the whole better off than for many years. The advance in the price of sugar has of course been mdst ben- eficlal to the island and no complaints are now coming from there that the financlal and business conditions are unsatisfactory. The revenue of the gov- ernment has somewhat exceeded ex- penditures, so that the treasury has more money than when the republic was launched, while the people are well em- ployed and general business is good. Thus while considerations of duty and good faith may still be invoked in be- half of Cuban reciprocity, the argument that It Is required to save the Island from disaster is not at present avail- able. ARREST OF RAILUAD COMPETITION. The report of the Interstate Commerce commission gives prominence to the cen- tral point of public interest in the prog- ress of railroad merger policy—its effect in practically destroying the last vestiges of competition. It was on this score that public feeling was so sensitive as soon as consolidation began to em- brace gigantic competing systems, In some cases of transcontinental scope, It was met with protestations that such consolidation proceeded on grounds of ad- ministrative economy solely, and was not at all hostile to competition in rates and services. And it was often specifically promised, as In the case of the Northern Securities company, that there would be no advance of rates and that the ulti- mate result would be the general reduc- tion of rates In order to give th2 public its falr share of the economies effected. The Interstate Commerce commission officially records the falsity of all such promises and pretended purposes of the merger process. The commission af- firms that the result has been to arrest such competition as had existed among the companies before their merger and to advance the rates. These facts have been developed beyond a peradventure by its Investigations as well as by the testimony In the cases against the Northern Securities ecompany In the courts. The full extent of the advance of rates, it is to be remembered, has been masked from public sight because of the fact that the enforcement of the printed tariff rates Involved a large In- crease, since a vast amount of freight had been carrled under competition on secretly cut rates. It s perfectly useless to contend that these results were not a part of the merger scheme, that they were not In fact the moving consideration in it. In virtually every case capitalization was expanded to a point that would require earnings on the higher rates for which destruction of competition paved the way, and the merger was promptly fol- lowed by actual advances under circum- stances demonstrating premeditated de- sign. The whole showing of the commission implies a demonstration of its own powerlessness to deal satisfactorily with the menacing conditions, and Is a signifi- cant reminder that it will require a more efficacious exertion of national power. It s noteworthy that the com- mission does not specify how this shall be done, but confines itself to a strong official statement of the necessity of somehow doing It. —_— WHAT CAUSED UMON PACIFIC STRIKE, An authority identified with the Ha riman interests is quoted in New York dispatches as saying that the opposition to President Burt was one of the pri- mary causes of the walkout of the Union Pacific shopmen. There is abso- lutely no truth in that statement. Every- body in Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha knows that opposition to Pres! dent Burt did not figure In the so-called strike, which In reality Is a lockout. The strike was virtually foreordaiyed when the machinists and boller makers employed in the Union Pacific shops were asked to change from day work to plecework. Whether the edict issued on July 1 to the machinists and boller makers emanated from Mr. Harriman or Mr. Burt is immaterial to the contro- versy. As members of the machinists’ and boller makers' unions the men were | take his “great and good friends.” under solemn obligation to live up to the rules of their organizations. They could not remain in the shops without vio- lating the rules of their unions, which forbid plecework, and therefore had no other choice left than to quit work. In other words, Mr. Burt's order was an ultimatum that they must either abandon and break wp the unlons or leave the employ of the company. Per- sonal likes or dislikes of their superfors, | including Mr. Burt, had nothing to do | with the controversy. From the outset | it was manifest that it was a life and | death struggle of the unions and a blow at organized labor. The struggle has | been protracted and costly on both sides | and it Is to be hoped that Mr. Harriman and his advisers will realize by this time that an amicable adjustment either by mutual concession or arbitration be- tween the company and its former workmen would be hailed by the patrons of the Union Pacific and the general public with a great deal of satisfaction. It required the wisdom of Solomon to adjudge the ownership of a babe tbat | was claimed by two women. It re- quired the wisdom of the Nebraska supreme court to decide what portion of | the property belonging to a man who married a divorced woman should go to her in case she concluded to cut short their mutual disagreeable relations. The Nebraska Solomons bave decided | that although marriage of divorced couples 18 forbidden during the perlod | of slx months after they have been un- | coupled, nevertheless if they see fit to marry again or the new contracting par- tles live together as man and wife neither of them can set up the plea that the marriage was null and vold because | it was prematurely contracted. And all | whom it may concern must govern themselves accordingly. The contention that business institu- tions in Omaha should not be taxed the same as other property owners because competitors in smaller towns do not pay as much in taxes cannot be conceded. The constitution of Nebraska contem- plates substantial uniformity of as- sessment and taxation and strictly lim- its the classes of property entitled to exemption. —_— If Venezuela is on its own application to go into the hands of a receiver, who is to act as recelver? What authority | is he to have, and by what means are his decisions to be enforced? If the gov- ernment should within a few weeks or months be overturned by some new revo- lution, as may easily happen, who will | guarantee its faithfulness to the recelv»‘ ership? ———— According to the Interstate Commerce commission government by injunction s very unsatisfactory- when applied to secret rate-cutting by railroads, as it operates simply to advance the charges ‘which the public has to pay. S———— Our visiting real estate men are In- vited to make themselves at home, If they can turn a few bargains in farm acreage or city lots while they are here they are entitled to combine business with pleasure. —_— Lost on the Way, Washington Star. 1t looks as if the consumer were a great deal slower In getting the news when a trust puts down prices than when it puts them up. : ‘Weary of the Jo! Detroft Free Press. Secretary Shaw has finally notified Wall street that the government 1is through walking the floor with the stock market GIANTS TACKLE A PIGMY. Chicago Inter-Ocean: Uncle Sam should Bdward and Willlam, by the hand and lead them, kindly but firmly, beyond the danger line. Chicago News: Now that Dewey is near the scene of action all further ship-sinking operations should be entrusted to him. Dewes 1s/a recognized expert in this branch of diplomacy. Boston Transcript: Before going too far in the blood-letting method, Great Britain | and Germany should be persuaded by us to/ experiment a little further with ‘“dry | gunnery” in Venezuela Cleveland Leader: If Great Britain and Germany succeed In collecting any of that | money from Venezuela they might use it | profitably in employing a few naval officers with level heads. The bull .n the china shop does not serve as a good model for a | bill collector. Indlanapolls News: So it seems that In the bombardment of Puerto Cabello there was no violation of international law. Evi- dently the Venezuelan trouble is to be of the ‘“orderly” kind. And further, the | vessels that were sunk by the English and | Germans were mere revenue cutters, which, from some points of view, don't seem to | count for much. Perhaps there has been some undue excitement about the affair. St. Louls Globe-Democrat: It will be noticed that neither France, Russia nor | Austria is making any move to join the triplo alllance which is operating on this | side ot the water. Moreover, France's bill | of damages against Venezuela is much | larger than that of any one of the three participants and has'been longer outstand- ing, but it has been willing all along to submit it to arbitration. France's attitude in this affalr is in very agreeable contrast to that of the three allfes. New York World: To paraphrasp Shake- speare, it may be excellent to have a bully's strength, but it is tyrannous—not to say contemptible—to use it like a bully. The spectacle of the two great military and naval powers of Europe attempting to bully a little South American republic, weakened by revolutions, into paying claims that have not been adjudicated, and violating International law and usages in sinking naval vessels before war was de- clared and bombarding forts on half an hour's notice, is not an edifying exhibition of high civilization. PERSONAL NOTES. Were we fortunate enough to live In Yarmouth, N. S, we could get Pennsyl- vania anthracite for $7.50 a ton. Klondike Indfans have gone on the war- path, but their war whoops will not thaw out until next epring when the war's over. Asking people to do their Christmas shopping early*is like proposing that they | celebrate the Fourth of July on the day before. The shoppers like the jam. An Ann Arbor profeseor's discovery of | seven new poisons will be welcomed in | certain circles in New York, where all the | old posons are as familiar as quinine. Colonel Henry D. Capers, a brother of General Elllson Capers, now Fpiscopal bishop of South Caroll is the oldest living confederate and this is shown by his commission. Germany has nominated Dr. Sievking to be a member of the international court of arbitration in the place of Dr. Bingh, presi- dent of the senate of the high court. There s a superstition tha® you should never present a friend with a gift that has a sharp polnt—It severs friendship. Do you remember all those stickpins Emperor Wil- liam sent over here? To use an expression often heard in this country, Lord Curzon, viceroy of India, has apparently “bitten off more than he can chew.” He went out there with nu- merous reforms In view and at once set out. to put them ipto operation. But no man has ever yet eucceeded in making the Ori- ent hurry and his lordship has not suc- ceeded in carrying out much of his pro- gram, Years ago Mr. Chamberlain, the British colonial secretary, while a guest at the legation in Washington, attended a ball. | An American girl with whom he danced summed him up in this way: “He's nice enough, but he doesn’t know how to waltz. He takes such funny little, short steps that one would think he must have prac- ticed on a postage stamp.” It was during this visit that he met Miss Endicott, who afterward became his wife. IN VEGETABLE FUEL PROSPECT. Efforts te Secure a Substitute for Pres- every time it has a touch of speculation colie. Lamb ing Ov Chicago Post. Gotham bankers have made a pool of $50,000,000 to prevent a panic in Wall street. Evidently all the lambs have been closely sheared and the thrifty operators must be taken care of until more wool grows or more lambs are born. A Pr Investment. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It is claimed that fhe great Assouan dam across the Nile will add over $13,000,- 000 to the agricultural earning power of Egypt every year, As this is about the sum the improvement cost it may be sald that it will pay for itself In a twelve- month, She Kept Her Secret. New York Sun A great city, a great solitude. The prov- erb s musty, but is it true? A dispatch introduces us to a’ woman who has lived In Coscob for fifteen years and yet nobody knows her name. Either she has unusual glfts of concealment or Coscob has & more than metropolitan want of curlosity. How tew recluses can hope to keep thelr names from their neighbors. There is only one higher step of perfection In the path of that Coscob recluse. Her name Is unknown to other folks; she must strive to forget it herself. Liberality of Merger Kingw. Minneapolis Times We all remember the new rich man who, of the scion of his house just returned from an European trip, queried, “Which place did you like best, son?” ard upon “son” replying in favor of Paris, re marked, “lIs that so? Then I'll buy it for you." Our Northwestern railroad c presents something of a parallel in hi titude toward the merger. “What will Mammoth Madame have now?' says the Mr. ent Means of Heat. . Chicago Tribune. Mr, Edward Atkinson is one of the most adventurous and Indefatigable of intelloct- explorers. The intellectual world con- tains few recesses into which he has not penetrated. From fireproof wood he turns Iightly away to the use of tubs as ovens in tarm houses; from that he hurries off to the | status of subject populations, and from that | he fiits to the Jdiffusion of light on plants | through glass./ Just now he is trying to | find out whether a farmer cannot raise his own fuel “by.devoting about one acre in a hundred of his possessions to that pur- pose for the supply of one family.” “‘Anthracite coal,”” he says, “is becoming a luxury. I[n about two generations it will | be exhausted.”” There is no way of replen- | ishing the supply. There is just so much | coal and no more. ““Why, then," asks Mr. Atkinson in & letter to the chiefs of the agricultural experiment stations, ‘“should we not try at once to discover some sub- stitute?” Consider the corn crop. The ratio of dry stalk, leaf and corncob ls about one and one-half tons to the ton of shelled corn The amount of potential fuel, therefore, in the present corn crop is over 100,000,000 | tons. Consider now the whole grain crop, | including corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, | etc. The total amount of potential fuel fn- | volved {s batween 150,000,000 and 200,000,000 | tons. Further, there are plants, like alfalfa and the sunflower, which produce heavy tuel growths. Sorghum, however, s of all fuel plants the one which Mr. Atkinson regards as most promising. Sorghum, “compressed into logs in a partially green stage,” and seasoned as green wood is sea- soned, holds out great possibilities of future isefulness. Besides, there s a mew seed | rain plant from Egypt which grows rapidly | in the semi-arid parts of this country, Could not this plant be used as fuel, and have we not here a means of turning the semi-arid west to account? Whatever plant is used, the problem s essentlally the same. Corn, wheat, alfalfa, be sunflower, rye, oats, sorghum, cane- hrakes, horse beans, barley and the new seed grain plant from Egypt are all avail- able for fuel only under one condition. Some cheap and effective means of com- Hill. “The army, transport service the reply. “‘Then I'll buy it for you," says tho Merger Maguate. Showing Pardonable Pride. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. Nowspapers In other states that are pointing the finger of scorn at St. Louls on account of boodling developments should note the fact that in the eight trials for public bribery and for perjury conmected with it there bave been seven convictions with sentence to the penitentiary In each case of from two to five years. The con- victions include a millionaire briber and a rich promoter, as well as city officials who sell their votes to corruptionists. Let the critical cities secure even one comvictior of this class within thelr own limits. The whole country will hear of the unusual cir- cumstances with fterest and St. Louls wil! offer its congratulations. pression must be devised. The farmer who | vants to prepare his own fuel s confronted | with a mechanical diffculty. 1t “fuel” | were “cultivated,” however, in large quan- ities on the western plains compression | ould be accomplished on a large scale at | mall cost. As for the “calorific power" of | cgetable fuel, Mr. Atkinson thinks that wenty tons of cornstalk and leaves would qual about fourteen tons of bituminow oal. This being the case, one may h hat the chiefs of the agricultural experi ent stations will give Mr. Atkinson's sug- estion something more than the “derision’ hiéh he deferentially anticipates for it. 1t vegetable fuel is practicable there are in seresting industrial developments ahead of us. . i | mark of Jeremiah Simpson, who tu BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Sketehed Minor Soenes and Inel { on the Spot. | Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu- | setts 18 a trequent reciplent of bunches of red caruations, which Invariably provoke inquisitive glances from his colleagues. On a recent occasion the floral tribute bore a card on which was written the simple wofds, “God bless you." ‘How touching,” remarked Hoar, as his colleague read the inscrip- tion “Yes, it's touching enough,” sald the re- ciplent, “but it means eggs, egEs, eEES. “Bggs?" Inquired some one; and then Senator Lodge explained. He sald that many years ago he had secured a situ- atlon for a man in the Treasury depart- ment and at every opening of a session since his protege had greeted him with the carnations and the inscription quoted. “But that fs not all of it," continued the senator. “‘He is not satisfied with sending me the flowers, but every week during the session he sends me eggs, nice, fresh cou: try eggs, too. He won't accept remunera. tion. He won't even come after the nice little baskets in which he packs them. I have at least 100 of them and still they come. These baskets are golng to erowd us out of the house some d: 1 have heard of senators being embarrassed with m 1y things, but I'm the only one that ever suffered from a plethora of eggs.” “Never mind, Lodge," plped Senator Hoar. *Just thank God they’re mot of th varfety some actors are embarras with,” and Senator Lodge couldn’t why his colleagues laughed. 3 a A day or two before the senate got around to consideration of the omnibus statehood bill, says the Chicago Chronicle, a dozen barrels of big, luscious, red ap- ples were delivered at the senate wing of the capitol and roled into the cloak rooms. The barrels bore cards indicating that they had come from Roswell, N. M., and around each apple was a paper bearing the following Inseription: ‘“‘Here the desert lands blossom as the result of Irrigation from various streams and 500 artesian wells, flowing from 300 to 1,000 gallons per midute. Our fruit industry i in its infancy, yet we have shipped 200 cars of apples from Roswell community this year. Our apple is a per- fect one, free from insects and the detects #0 common to other apple-producing sec- tions. Our apple growers have attained perfection, as this specimen will attest. May you enjoy this fruit and may it prompt you to speak a good word for the Pecos valley of New Mexico and for state- hood for the territory at this term of con- gress.” The senators ate the apples and an- knowledged that they were the finest fruit they had bitten in many years. One bi rel was identified by the name and t out “Jerry" Simpson, to be mone other than the famous 'sockless statesman, who at one time represented the Medicine Lodge district of Kansas in the house of repre- sentatives. When sockless statesmanship ceas:d to be a winning card Mr. Simpson pulled up stakes and migrated to the Pecos valley, where he is now engaged in the culture of one of the greatest apple orchards in the world. He was one of tho first populists in Kaneas who foresaw tho decline of that extraordinary political movement and llkewise was one of the first to cut loose from it and its influence and get Into another sphere of actlvity, where fortune seemed to smile more brightly. He is now a permanent resident of New Mexico. Undoubtedly, it New Mexico ‘becomes a state, he will be a candi- date for senator: Representative Wesley L. Jones of Wi ington state eays one of the funniest things that happened to him during his campaign was following a stump speech. ‘I had concluded my remarks,” says Mr. Jones, quotcd by the Washington Post, and was descending from the platform when a queer-looking fellow approached me to shake hands. ‘‘Jones,' sald he, cordially, ‘1 never heard a speaker who could tell such a pack of lics as you can.’ “That took me back somewhat, but my friend added, showing that his politics were democratic: “‘But, oh, Mr. Jones, it we could only have you on our side how we would tear the republicans up the back.’ " ‘Workmen are engaged in putting in place = steel screen over the glass roof of the post- office building in Washington to protect It from icicles. During the winter huge icicles form on the tower and when the sun shines warm fall on the glass roof. Several times the heavy panes of glass have been shat- tered by the fall of a particularly heavy mass of lce and it hag been found neces- sary to place some protection over the roof. The postoffice officials are beginning to think they are paying dearly for the bril- liant light that filters through the big roof. Tn the summer it is necessary to paint the glass to deflect the rays of the sun, and in the winter workmen again have to ascend to the roof to put in place the steel screen which protects the glass from the ice. Al- together workmen are on the roof about half the year and the expense is something to make an economical man shudder. The clerks in the postoffiice enjoy their advan- tages, however. They have the best lighted office bullding in the eity, the glass roof making it possible to glve every room nat- ural ligh! right and homelike as though all rooms were exposed to the sun, ‘Wishing to obtain some special informa- tion regarding the Philippines, Secretary Root gave a breakfast at the Arlington to Hair every one is who uses it. Benator | two men who were thoroughly posted on the matter. Belog unusually abscr minded that morning he breakfasted alonc and then went into the lobby, where | found his two friends. He Ihvited the into his.office and there talked with ther tor a couple of hours, forgetting all abou his breakfast invitation until they had de parted. His apologies wera profuse, but ha asiBeen the subject of much raillery on the subject. Just before the fight began over state | hood billa In the senate Senator Bever! ‘walked across the chamber and shook ha with Senator Quay, the two statesmen radically opposed to each other on the proposition. They exchanged a fow woris of elaborate politeness and then Mr. Bever 1dge returned to his seat. The whole Ir dent {rresistibly reminded beholders of the handshaking preliminary to a prize figh: and Senator Stewart called out shur “Time!” Quay grinned, Beveridge blush ! and everybody else laughed. REPUBLICANS MUST ACT. Congress Should Give Force and Effcet ent's Recommendntions, Cleveland Leader (rep.) President Roosevelt knew what was ex- | pected by the people when ho put into his | message to congress the strong recom mendation of legislation to regulate the so- called trusts. During the president's trips to various | | sections of the country last summer and fall he came closely in touch with the | populace, and he had the very best of m of finding out what public sentiment is upon this subject. In all the speeches he delivered he gave the consideration of the trust problem an fmportant place The reception accorded those speeches must have convinced the president that he ought to take the stand he did In his an- nual message. ‘There is no doubt that a blg majority of the people are today In favor of carry ing out the president's recommendations Nearly everybody is feeling the oppresgion of the big combinations, and he In- creased cost of living s held in the public mind to be due directly to the destruction of competition by these consolidations of | Industrial and commercial enterprises in the hands of a few. It Is probably true, moreover, that a majority of tha people, as was shown by the vote at the recent election, preferred to leave the solution ot the trust problexm to the republicans rather than to give the democrats a chance to apply their theory that the only way to hit the trusts was by striking at the system of protection. Under the circumstances a very serlous mistake will be made by congress if it falls to give force and effect to the president's recommendations. Not only was Mr. Roosevelt absolutely right In demanding anti-trust legislation, but the republican leaders in congress ought to seo that it would be good polities to follow his sug- gestions. The republican party must this winter make a record upon this question upon which it can appeal to the voters in the campaigns of mext year and the year fol- lowing. SMILING REMARKS, Cleveland Plain Dealer: ‘“‘Sometimes Y think so hard it makes me tired.” ““How thoughtles: Chicago Tribune: Grieved by the escape of his intended prey, the crocodile wept. “They may be crocodile tears,” sobbed the saurian, “but they are real tears!” New York Sun: another drink? Johnsteln—No; I'll take the same. | | Boston Transcript: The Accused—But 1t was a case of absent-mindedness, yer honor. 1 didn't know what I was doing when T took the coat. The Judge—But, unfortunately for you, the officer did. Johnson—-Will you have Kansas City Journal: ‘“Podkins. insists that the Garden of Eden was & roof en."" : How does he make that out?” ‘‘He says that's the only way to account for the disastrous character of the fall— that they fell off the roof.” Electrical Review: . *‘Joh 14 the re- tired lawyer to his coachman, ‘“‘aren’t the horses trying to run away? *“They be, sir!" “Then drive into something cheap.” Chicago Tribune: ‘Yes, it's true,” sald Miss De Skreemer. *The death of a rich relative has relieved me of the necessity of making my living by singing in public.” “I'm €0 glad!" impulsively exclalmed the other girl. BABY’'S FIRST LETTER, Baltimore American. Don't go runnin’ on me, fellers, Somethin’s stickin' in my throat, For this letter's from my baby, n' th' first she ever wrote. Gen'rally I'm game—you know It, An' can stand fer lots o' chaff— ke yer joshin' good an’ plenty ot do a thing but laff; But this letter, with its scrawlir’ Strikes a whole lot diff'rent nota Fer it's from my only baby An’ th firet she ever wrote. Took her three, four hours, I gu Though *hey’s only two short page Filled with baby blessednes; Starts It out “I love you, papa ‘Then th' lines all seems t' float— Do you blame m he's my baby; It's th' first she ever wrote. 'Way off there beyond th' mountains, By a sunny, swamer sea, Spellin’' out her daddy’s Ictters An' a-sendin’ love t' me- What? Not you big boobles cryin'! £ W'y it hain't your baby's note; It's my own wee girlie's letter, Very firet she ever wrote. Vigor There is sunshine in every bottle. You will understand this when you know how satisfied People don’t like to lose their hair, they are annoyed with dandruff, and they ) dislike the telltale sign of age—gray hair. 3.0, Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. ** Ayer’s Hair Vigor stopped my hair from falling when it was so bad 1 was afraid to comb it. And it gave my hair a beautiful, rich black color.” Mrs. E. G. Ward, Landing, N. J,