Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 1903 THE ©OMAHA DAILY pE_E_ E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED E IRY MORNING. SUBSCRIPTION Year.#. Daily Bee [} ilustrated Bee Bunday Bee, One Laturday Bee, Year $és ‘I wentfeth Century Farmer, One Year DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy. Diafly Bee (without Bunday), per week Latly Bee (including Sunday), per week Linday Bee, per copy oyt - J.vening Bee (without Sunday), per week 6 Jivening Bee (including Sunday), per week ... . Complaints of irregularities 'in delivery ghould be addressed to City Clrculation De- rtment. i OFFICES, Omaha—The Bee Bullding Bouth Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-Afth and M Str Council Blufte 10 Chicago—1640_Unity New Sork—2s Purk Row Butlding Washington—1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDE Communications relating to news and ad- torial matter should be aldressed: Omaha ee, Editorial Department One Y 20 20 180 100 2 120 17e arl Btreet Bulldin, 1 1 BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATIO! state of Nebraska, Douglas County, se.: i George B. Tzachick, secretary of The Be: J-ipisRing company, being Auly sworn, says t the actual numbcr of full and complete ples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and nday Bee printed during the month of 150k, wa as follow . EERNNEREBREYE et total Tt aver: Subscriped in my presence and sworn to Lefore mi D. 4902, (Beal) his 3lst day of December, A B. HUNGAT! Notary Publ t When the county board stops star chamber sessions it will inspire greater popular confidence. The danger Is that the friends of Colonel Lynch will do him more harm than good by organizing sympathy nieetings on this side of the Atlantie. Nebraska trap shooters are sighting their shooting irons at the man in the state capitol who wants the legislature 10 make bird shooting for sport a jall- ablé offense. It 18 to be hoped that the city council will not run away from itself at its next regular meeting. Like all things, the game of hide-and-seek must have an end some time. —— ‘When the boomers in the Nebraska oil fleld get through blowing and prove {heir faith by their works, people with oney to Invest may take some stock in thefr gold mines. Anthracite coal barons should be care- ful lest the consumers take to the soft coal hablt so strongly that they cannot Le induced to break it off when hard coal production resumes normal condl- t'ons. — The second annual meeting of the Ne- bLraska democratic editorial association to be held at Grand Island vext week will be devoted chiefly to a tussle -with the knotty problem, to fuse or not to fuse, again. EE—— The elevation of Judge Day to be as- sociate justice of the United States su- preme court will not conform fully to the Ohlo Idea unless another Ohio man is planted in the place on the lower bench thus’ vacated. —_— The action of Senator Woleott in showing the white feather so quickly recalls the forcible exclamation of a famous American statesman on a simi- lar occasion not so many years ago— *'God hates a quitter. E— The only prominent republican than to another republican, Despite the drawback of a rich Amer- fcan wife, it been re-elected Chamber of Deputies. to the IPrance Instead of in the United Stat ‘Wanted—One men to go to Venezuela, agricultural lmplements, will I, Mo. The Douglas del first bill through the legislature, except for legislating present or the other. It seems that almost without knowing It Omaha has acquired a new palatial hotel. Unfortunately, however, new hotel Is located within the e closures of the Unlon Pacific shops and its guest Nst restricted to men enrolled In the strike breakers' column. Nebraska wants to be represented a the St. Louls world’s fair, but unde the resolution adopted by the legisla ture the exnosition bill will have to walt until after the revenue laws are Axed up. The promotion departmen of the exposition will take due notice. —_— Pinped right down to the point a issue, what the cattlepien who have un- Jawfully fenced in the public domain ‘want is simply to be let alone In pos- sesslon without being troubled eithe to take out a lease and pay rent or to take out & patent and pay for the 100 | in Colorado gratified by Teller's re-elec- tion Is former Senator Wolcott, who, failing to reach the plum, would rather let it fall into the mouth.of a popocrat Count Bonl de Castellane French It is lucky for lim that he is running for office In thousand able-bodled Only men with military training, bringing their own breech-londers, revolvers and other be ac- ~epted at the colonization office at Jop- gation has got its but tncum- Lents of city offices Into terms a few wonths longer than they were elected for, no one is serfously affected one way the BANISH THE CORPURATE LOBRY. The great majority of the men elected to Nebraska legislatures start out with good intentions, They enter the legis lative -halls with the laudablé ambitfon to make a record for themselves that will not only meet the approval of thelr constituents, but will enable them to | point back with pride to the measures enacted by their help for the prowmetion of the welfare of the whole state. When with uplifted hand they solemnly swear that they “will not accept or re- celve directly or indirectly any money or any valuable thing from any corpora- tion, company or person, or any promise of office for any official act or influence or for any vote they may give or with- hold on any bill, resolution or appro- priation,” they mean to live up to their obligations in good faith. » sooner 18 the sesslon opened, or even before It begins, the members of the legislature are beset by a gang of scoundrels pald by corporations to do the criminal work of wholesale and re- taill bribery and corruption. These shameless political courtesans beset them at every step. They tempt them into violating their oaths with railroad passes, telephone passes, telegraph franks, theater tickets and debauch them with wines and liquors until their consclences become paralyzed and their self-respect s completely lost. When they think the lawmakers have reached that condition the pald corporation cor- ruptionists begin their despicable work of bunco steering by befogging and be- clouding the minds of the legislators with fine spun sophistry and plausible excuses for the betrayal of the people. This s the condition in which the Ne- braska legislature finds itself at this moment. While a majority of the members of both houses are doubtless sincerely de- sirous to formulate and enact laws that will equalize the burdens of taxation by compelling rallroads and other cor- porate interests to bear their just pro- portion of the expenses of government, state, county and municipal, they are being dogged at every step by the cor- poration lobby and corporation lawyers, who persist In polsoning their minds with bad advice and seek to induce them to commit themselves to a policy that would frustrate every attempt at tax reform and stave off the relief for which the people have been praying these many years and to which the dominant party 1s committed. Theee smooth bunco steerers persist in chaperoning the legislature over crooked paths th deflance of all decency and law. Unlike the road agents who dyna- mite express safes, loot mail pouches and hold up passengers with their faces masked, the legislative brigands ply thelr infamous vocations unblushingly in hotel corridors, in the eloak rooms at the capitol and even on the floors of the legislature under pretext of . assisting and advising the members how to vote and how not to vote, what bill to sup- port and what bill to defeat. It s high time that the honest men in the legislature banish the unbidden intruders from the ecapitol and give them a wide berth wherever and when- ever they are approached. These slimy reptiles have a right to be heard before committees sitting in public and acting for the public. They have a right to remonstrate against any attempt to do them Injustice or any attempt to sub- Ject them to unjust taxation or unrea- sonable regulation, but they have na right to invade the legislative halls with paid corruptionists, and they have no right to keep pald emissaries at the capital to debauch the lawmakers under the pretense of soclal entertainment. A great deal of mischief has undoubt- edly already been done that cannot be undone, but the worst features of the foul associations and corrupt interfer- ence can be averted if the legislature would expel the corporation lobby from the capitol and make it as disgraceful for any member to be found In their company as it would be for them to be linked in with the chain gang. FOR INDIAN SERVICE REFORM. The letter of the Indian Reform asso- clation to President Roosevelt will doubtless have good results. The presi- dent has shown a great deal of Interest in the Indian question, with which he fs largely familiar, and has already made Inquiry regarding the Indlan agents referred to in the association's letter agalnst whom charges have been preferred. This prompt action gives assurance that the suggestions of the association’ will be given careful and earnest consideration, The statements contained in the let- ter constitute a very strong indictment of the present method of selecting In- dian agents and show most conclu- sively the pecessity for a change. The fact that Within the last three years nearly 50 per cent of the agents were dismissed, allowed to resign or refused reappointment for cause, while serfous charges are now pending against seven agents, shows a condition that loudly calls for reform. The assoclation says | that the agents under charges are| wholly unfit for the responsible posi- tions they occupy and it Is not to be doubted that this would be found to apply to others if a thorough Investiga- tion were made. The trouble has been, as the assoclation points out, that agents have been appointed for politi- cal reasons, with little regard to their qualifications and fitness. The remedy suggested is that wen recommended by members of congress for Indlan agents be subject to some form of examihation analogous to those under the civil service eommission, to ascer- tain their quallfications before they should be elgible. This is manifestly t r t Indlan agent is a responsible one and those selected for it should have a well- established character for integrity well as for administrative ability other essential qualifications, The soclation says there has been Improve- ment in the service during the last few years, but there is still something to be accomplished in order to reach the proper standard In his last annual message President Roosevelt sald that fn dealing with the Indians our aim should be their ulti- mate absorption into the body of our people and that the first and mogt fm- portant step toward the absorption of the Indian is to teach him to earn his living. “Every effort should be made to develop the Indian along the lines of natural aptitude and to encourage the existing native Industries pecullar to certain tribes. This now the recognized policy and progress is being made under it. But it will be a con- siderable time before the desired re- sult s fully attained and meanwhile there is nothing more necessary to its attainment than that those who are placed in charge of the Indians, with the responsibility of teaching them to be self-sustaining and directing them in the proper course, shall be capable, honest and faithful to the trust. When only such men are in the service other needed reforms will be easily effected. THE STATEHOOD BILL CONTEST. The protracted debate in the United States senate on the omnibus state- hood bill has become tiresome, but the opposition to the measure is utterly in- ’dlfh'n'n! to this and seems determined to prolong the debate throughout the sesslon. Senator Foraker sald a few days ago that every senator knew that the debate has no other purpose than that which has been asserted over and over again in the cloak rooms and in the lobbles and corridors of the capitol, that the bill is to be talked to death. That Is the evident design of the op- position, as plainly shown In the fact that some senators on that side have occupled days in speaking against the bill Those who support the measure are anxlous to have a vote upon it. Argu- ment for and against has been ex- hausted and they want the question disposed of, so that the senate can give consideration to other important mat- ters that are before it. If it be the in- tention of the opponents of the state- hood bill, as appears to be the case, to continue the debate throughout the ses- slon, the country need not expect any anti-trust legislation, so far as the sen- ate is concerned, or Indeed any jother important legislation except the pas- sage of the appropriation bills and even these may have to be pushed through during the lust days of the ses- sion without having received proper consideration. The senators who are responsible for the situation are ot serving the public interest. While we think the bill for the admission of the territories should be passed and proba- bly would be if brought to a vote, there are other questions of more urgent im- portance, from the polnt of view of the general public interest, than this one and they should not be neglected. If the people could be heard in the matter it is not to be doubted that there would be an overwhelming demand that the senate at once dispose of his question and take up the other subjec urgently for its action. as and ns- is s calling consideration and THE BOUNDARY TREATY. A treaty has been signed at Wash- ington providing for a commission to which shall be referred the Alaskan boundary dispute. This iuformation comes from London and from the Canadian capital and says nothing in regard to the terms of the convention, but the opinion is expressed that it will be ratified by the senate. The negotla- tion of the treaty appears to have been carried on with more than ordinary secrecy and the anmmouncement that it had been signed was something of a surprise. #There will be a great deal of interest as to the terms for arbitrating this boundary dispute, especially whether any concession has been made by our government that may finvolve loss of territory. If there has been any yleld- ing toward the Canadian claims the treaty will not meet with popular ap- proval, but it is not probable that Sec- retary Hay has taken a position likely to prove inimical to Awerican inter- ests in Alaska. At all events, the sen- ate can be depended upon to give the treaty most careful consideration and to see that the rights and the interests of the United States are 'In nowlse jeopardized. Senator Howell has ventured to dls- pel “some illusions” as to his bill. He asserts that it does not compel the city to bulld a new water works plant If it talls to purchase the present one. This does not dispel the objection to a gov- ernor-appointed water commission ac- countable to nobody and removable by nobody, and the appointment of a high- salaried water commissioner, who to- gether with the commission will begin to drain the city treasury within thirty days after the bill becomes a law and will continue to draw salaries whether the city acquires the present water works plant or not. In other words, Mr. Howell fails to justify the attempt to deprive Omaha of the right of self- government inherent to all Amerlean citles, nor does he dispel the fllusion that his plan puts the cart before the horse In creating & water commission before we acquire the water works and in saddling upon the city the expense of more tax-eaters before the city has t| what should be doue.. There is no good reason why the merit system may not be applied to the. position of In- dian agent and made even more com- prehensive and .strict in its require- ments than it is respecting othr places in the public service. The position invested in water works. —————— President Schwab of the steel trust is quoted as deprecating to newspaper correspondents at Palermo the trans- mission to this country of any state t concerniug his health, giving & {lobby his reason that “the more I say on u.e[ subject the less 1 succeed in convinc- in; Mr. 8chwab must be taking his cue from those eminent politiclans who feel it incnmbent upon themselves to announce at every turn that they are not candidates for this or that office, which they have no chance of securing even should they aspire. It behooves the Real Estate exchange and others enlisted in the fight for tax reform to keep allve to every turn at the legislature. The tax-shirking rail- ronds have a permanent and extensive constantly at work at Lincoln, with all the seductive influences at their command. But the lawmakers must not be allowed to forget that the rall- roads constitute only a small part of thelr constituency. E——— The Denver street rallway system has Jugt been extended to a lnhllrbnu"(owu fifteen miles distant. Expansion is the watchword of all the progressive street raillway companies and before long every live city of metropolitan preten- sions will have to have trolley connec- tions with all points in its surrounding territory for 50 to 100 miles. Let Omaha keep ahead of the procession. Se— With congress suftering such an economical streak that it holds memor- ial service on Sunday in order to save time for legislative labors on week days, one would expect economy to be applied also to all the appropriations. The chances are, however, that this economy of time simply means more time to de- vote to varlous schemes for making drafts on the publ Omaha has built up a great live stock market out of just the same conditions that now prevail with reference to the creation of a graln market. Omaha is the natural focal point of a prolific grain country, and no railroad discrim- inations should be allowed to stand against the development of these re- sources. And now it transpires that the Omaha Bar association is torn up by factions. It was a common bellef that factions were a disturbing element in politics only. As a matter of fact, factions, political and otherwise, are like the waves that agitate the sea and keep it from putrifying. rre— ‘Whenever one hears of the machine in politics 1t is understood to mean the faction for the time in control of the party machinery. Here in Omaha, however, the fellows in charge of the republican machine are trying to make capital by calling those on the outside the machine. S—— No Kick Coming. ‘Washington Post. New Jersey collects incorporation fees to the extent of $2,227,000 apnually. Yet some people are so inconsiderate as to expect New Jersey to turn; in and whoop against the trusts. s EERTE L YIRS = oty A Gentle Reminder. Philadeiphia Inquirer, The size of the guns which Uncle Sam 1s nowadays adding to his naval arma- ment comes in the way of a gentle re- minder to the other nations that they ought not hastily to enter into war with the great and glorious United State No Dodging Permitted. Minneapolis Journal (rep.). If the present session of congress does not give us a strong anti-trust law, the blame will rest on the republican party. No amount of hide-and-seek with the bill in the trusty senate will cover up that fact. What makes the senators mad is that the president’s daily more or less public insist- ence on action s publishing it over and over n to all the world that trust legis lation is right up to the republican party. Strength and Shap New York Press. The world is gone mad on strength and shape. Magazines and newspapers are alive with advertisements of methods of acquir- ing the muscle of Hercules, the arms of Venus, the neck of Juno, the bust of Vesta, the walst of Josephine, the hips of Dia the legs of Cleopatra. Minerva is for the moment in the background. No hope for wisdom now! Women are displayed in fm- possible positions and advised to repeat certain poses. Mrs. Cutex asked Mrs Butex, “How do you keep your front so flat, my dear?’ Mrs. Butex replied: “Oh, I am under instructions. Thirty times in the morning and thirty times in the even- ing I pick up each foot in my hands and touch the toe to the tip of my ear. You can have 1o idea how much it has reduced my front, certainly several inches and some pounds.” ‘Do you stand up and do that?" “Necessarily; stand on one foot while the other s in the air.” ‘“Merciful heaven: MISSOURIANS WANT FREE PASSES, That s, State OMcial ‘Want Them by Legal Right, While Montana lawmakers are nursing their wrath because their raflroad passes were limited to sixty days, the lawmakers of Missour! aro seeking to ride over any old road in the state as a constitutional right. Representative Robert B. Oliver of Cape Girardeau has introduced in the house an amendment to the constitution requiring railroads to furnish state officlals free passes during their oficial lives. Mr. Oliver says he considers it one of tho most important measures pending In the legislature. It compels all rallroads in the etato, under penalty of forfeiture of char- ter and all right to do business in the to issue free passes to all the state als from the governer down, and in- cluding judges of the supreme court, mem- bers of the legislature, circult and appel- late judges, sherifts and superintendents ot state institutions. As the law now stands it is a felony for state officials and members of the legisla- ture to travel on raflroad passes. This was enacted in 1887. Rallroad men say that it has almost been a dead letter, as a majority of officials and more than half the members of the legislature find means of traveliug on the railroads without paying fare. The claim is also made that rafiroad passes are sometimes used for other than legitimate purposes, when the legislature is in session. It is Mr. Oliver's opinion that if the railroads were compelled to iasue passes to the officiale stated no particular bardship would be infiicted on them and at the same time they would be free trom any influenc & pass might bave upon them Several states have laws similar to the one TIPS FOR THE ATURE, Clay Center Sun The wholeeale sl tering of pigeons by trap amusement Is a disgrace to civilizatic indeed, clvilization, upon the whole more humane than savagery. A bill has been introduced in the state legislature prohibiting pigeon trap shooting. It should become a law | Wood River Interests: There is a general | feeling among legielators that their con- stituents expect that they shall be the tather of at least one bill, independent of its 1égitimacy, and thus it is that each ses- slon of the legislature is flooded with a host of bills, most of which are of very doubtful utility and worth. The crying need of the hour is not for more legislative | enactments, but fewer and better ones. | Elm Creek Beacon: Among the numarous bills introduced in the Nebraska legisla- ture one of the most humane and sensible s that prohibiting live bird trap shooting. This 18 not an evil of our town nor county as far as we know, but it Is practiced in our state. Wanton destruction of life for sport can breed nothing but hard heart edness toward animals and men. Live bird trap shooting has been abolished in New York and Massachusetts. Waterloo Gazette: The Sears resolution making it a rule of the house that no bills for bulldings, etc., carrying with them ap- propriations, shall be advanced to third reading until a revenue measuro shall have been passed that will provide sufficlent funds to liquidate the debt and meet necee- sary appropriations, is a move that will operate in the interests of revenue reform and put that class of legislation ahead of everything else. The large vote by which the resolution was passed Indicates the temper of the house along that line. Arcadla Champlon: While the legislature s worrying Itself over the floating indebt- edness of the state and trying to straighten | out the revenue law tangle and at the same time dispose of the question of appropria- | tions for public buildings to the satisfac- tion of all, let them look over the necessity of & $76,000 appropriation to the Lowisiana | Purchase exposition at St. Louts and if | there are any who can make the appropria- | tion that size and have it in keeping with the condition that they are e‘ruggling with | we would like to see the color of his hair. | Two thousand five hundred dollars is | plenty. Norfolk Press: Any revenue law that does not provide disciplinary penalties for evad- " ing taxation and adequate methods for en- foreing the penalties will be a worse fail- | ure than the present law. In addition to | enacting a law that will provide adequate | revenue the legislature should go a step | tarther and make every public officer re- sponsible under his bond for extravagant or wasteful wse of public funds. There | 18 no use In raising revenue by taxation | it the men who are charged with the duty of handling the funds waste it in useless | expenditures or in contracts glven as a reward to their political friends. | Clay Center Sun: A bill has been fntro- | duced by Representative Caldwell provid- ing a department in one of the hospitals for the insane for the detention and treatment and parole of dipsomaniacs, inebriates | and those addicted to the excessive use of | narcoties. We spoke editorially some | months ago of this manner of treating in- | 1gh- tor i is shooting | | annual reports of all | and fake investment companies constantly ebriates, believing it to be a good Idea. | Many inebriates threatened with such a punishment would brace up and throw off | the habit. This would be the best result | of the law, because it serves to develop (he | latent powers of the Individual and make a | man of him. In cases whete the law did not have this effect, and the man was joined to | his Idols, he should be treated for affection of the brain, as the insane are. Wood River Interests: An adequate revenue measure is the most fmportant matter up before the Nebraska legislature | at present. Both the senate and the house | have appointed committees on the subject which are to act jointly in draughting a | itable measure. The joint committee has asked that the supreme court be requested to designate members of the supreme court | commission to collaborate with them in preparing the bill, and it s thought the | request will be granted. It is said the new | measure will friclude the following features: (1) A provision for county assessors in each county of the state, in lieu of precinct | assessor; (2) a provision for enlarged | powers of the state and county boards of | equalization, so that assessments may b elther ratsed or lowered in whole or in| part. ‘Wayne Republican: A good bill to intro- duce in the legislature would provide, for the publication of annual reports of all | public officials handling public funds. Also | corporations doing business In the state, in each county in which they do business. The first provi- sion is now complied with in the instance of county and city officials, and should be extended to school officials, et al. It would be detrimental to the interests of corpo- rations to comply with a provision of this kind as those doing a falr business could afford publicity and would gain patron: while the general public would be pro- tected against the unfair and often insol- vent ccmpanies doing business. In this latter class are many insurance companie 11 PERSONAL going to the NOTES. On board the liner St. Louls the Don't Worry club didn't have a chance to have a heariug. Mrs. Alice M. Ruble, member of the lower house of the Colorado legislature, made the nominating apeech for Henry M Teller for United States senator Herr Deucher, the new president of Switzgerland, is 70 years old and a physi- clan, but gave up regular practi in 1879 Since 1854 he has taken a prominent part in the politics of his native land. There is one man to whom even “C Sulloway of New Hampshire will have to look up in the next congress. He is Ollie James of the First Kentucky district Moreover, he weighs 350 pounds. A bill has been introduced in the New York legislature to compel the gunners of the state to pay $25 a month for a certifi- cate. That Is a large price to exact for the privilege of being mistaken for a deer and shot at. Robert Poole, who has fust died at his suburban home near Baltimore, had charge of the work of building the dome of the national capitol at Washington, as well as the heavy iron castings and columns of the Treasury bullding. Someone asked Congressman Mercer of Nebraska: “Are you any relation to the base ball player named Mercer who killed himself out west the other day? one whatever,” was the answer. “His name, 1 see, was Win, and there has not been a win in my family since before election.” New York police captains are required under the new rules to keep a dlary of their doings every day and every hour. This will be a tremendous strain on their veracity, which Wwas never as robust as their physique. However, the diary method will give future historians an abundance of raw material The only real, relisble weather sharp in congress s Senator Platt of Connecticut It 1s Dot belleved that any Yankee agricul- turist can hold a candle to the senator when it comes to foretelling the weather. Fer years he has been a close student of this subject, until now is regarded as the expert meteorologist of congress. | Postoffic | morrow and | Monday, February 1, the 1-cent, | stampswill | stamps and | March | the Bureau of Engraving and Printing s BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Miner Scenes and Incldents Sketehed on the Speot. Office seckers occastonally reach the goal of their hopes on the federal pay roll by persistently wotking the “pull” ot & con- or tetator. The flush of joy which success brings {s often mellowed by the dificulty of expressing In suitable phrases the gratitude ome naturally feels To those who aro or may be simflarly trou- bled the following specimen received by a congressmen 18 commended: “I cannot without again acknowledging my thanks. No language is rich enough to ex- my gratitude, No sentiment, how- » sublime, s lofty enough to reveal the obligation I feel. Your friendship will ever a source of joy and pride and an in- spiration to ever higher thought and ac- tion. God grant, and I cannot help but be- gressman close | lieve He will spare me, that again some day 1 may help to crown you.” A constituent recently wrote to Repre- sentative Kahn of San Francisco, request- ing him to introduce a bill for some mechanism ‘“to penotrate the heavenly bodies.” With the letter was a diagram and explanation of the particular invention The diagram was full of wheels, and Mr. Kahn studied it intently. The question that puzzled him was as to what to do with the letter. He did not want to offend his constituent. Mr. Kahn 1e not that kind of a legislator. Nelither could he offer such a bill in congress, for he was aware that it could not receive consideratin, A bright tuought finally struck the San Franciecan. He took his pen and wrote: “I regret very much that 1 cannot com- ply with your request. Congress has no jurisdiction over heavenly bodies.” It {5 the president's intention to leave Washington for the Rocky mountains about the end of March. He will stay there hunt- ing until late in April, when he will re- turn to St. Louls and take part in the world’s falr dedication ceremonies. He { will at once go west again and will be the guest of the Californfa Grand Army of the Republic at San Francisco May 7. He will be at Portland, Ore., when ground 1s broken for the Lewls and Clark exposition in May. He will then visit several points in the northwestern states and may not return to Washington before June. Around the capitol, says the Washington Post, the westerners are telling a story of the recent election of Judge W. B. Heyburn to the United States senate by the legis- lature of Idaho. Some of the friends of the opposition not only were decelved about Judge Heyburn's chances of winning, but were so sure their own candidate was winning that they gathered in all the money anybody would wager, and had to walk home. “On the afternoon of the evening of the caucus,” says Hon. John Bascum, an Idaho politician, who is including Washington and the capitol in an eastern visit, “the friends of W. E. Morah of Boise were ex- ceedingly confident. They had signed as- surances of support from a majority of the republican members and were consequently oftering odds of from five to one to ten to one on Borah's getting the prize. “But Judge Heyburn had a manager who was extremely busy and he not only cor- ralled the republican members who were unpledged, but he added to his list enough of those who had signed to make Heyburn's election certain. Then Heyburn supporters were as ‘sporty’ as the Borah men, but & bit more foxy. They took every bet that was offered, but id it through the medium of the democrats, so that no suspiclon should be engendered. . “When the caucus had ended Mr. Boral was not only ‘cleaned up’ politically, but his friends had been ‘cleaned up' finan- clally. In the aggregate Heyburn's friends are credited with having made upward of $50,000 out of their qulet little game."” The new fssue of postage stamps on which the Bureau_of Engraving and Print- ing and the Postoffice department have been working for the last two or three months, will ‘be on sale by March 1, the third as- sistant postmaster general has announced. hese stamps will be radical changes from the present form in style of design and general attractiveness. The new stamps, it is sald, will be the handsomest that the department has ever issued, and are the most artistic in design. Some of the stamps have already been | 1ssued and they show what a radical de- parture has been made from the old and stilted design. The S8-cent and 13-cent heve already been fseued to the postoffices of the country, as also has the 2-cent. The 6-cent varioty will be ready for issue to- the 15-cent was delivered cent and 50-cent denominations will be ready, and fitfteen days later the 3-cent and 10-cent be out. This will leave for fssue March 1 the 4-cent, $1, $2 and $5 va- rieties. The chief of the division of postage supplies wnnounces that he will have every one of the stamps out by 1. although Director Meredith of not so sanguine, Proofs of almost every | one of the stamps have been recelved and | the designs have been approved and work on the regular issue is beginning at once. When Secretary Moody was under re- pairs, necessitated by the shake-up he sus- | tained by jumping from a cairiage in An- napolls, President Roosevelt called to see him. It happened that a new servant an- swered the door. He did not know Mr. Roosevelt, and he said the secretary waa not in. “Oh, he'll me,” said the chief maglistrate, good-naturedly. I dunno, sah,"” said the servant. “Who ls you?" “The president.” “President ob what? asked the colored man, suspiciously. Just then | another servant came to the door and Mr. Roosevelt was allowed to enter. Congressman Littlefield of Malne was as- suring some Washington correspondents that journalistic talent is not confined to the national capital. “Why, I know of a reporter,” he said, “who was describing the wreck of a vessel on the Malne coast. This was one of his senter ‘At this moment a glant wave swept over the doomed craft and six poor sailors bit the dust’ Any CONVICTION | that were oF co New York Tribune: The man ought to bear through life the brand of & traltor and a felon, and his crime must remain no less odious than if he had pald the penally upon the scaffold New York World: It is evident that to hang Colonel Arthur Lynch would to make a martyr of him in the eyes allke of Boers and Irishmen. The British govern- ment will hardly commit 8o palpable a blun= der. Loutaville Courler-Journal sentence which has been | Colonel Lynch s only what been expected, but is practically certain to | be commuted. The incomprehensible part of the matter {8 why Lynch returncd and submitted to trial, In view of the strong case and the serfous charge agains: him. Baltimore American it was pure quixotism for Lynch to go to London under the circumstances. He forced the govern- | ment to take action of some sort. It doubtful, however, it a trial for treason was & judicious step. It gave to an incle dent a dignity which it would not other wise have secured, and it made of Lynch a hero—this, too, no matter how the trial may end—for the assumption in the public mind 18 sure to be that a man who s tried for high treason must be of comsiderable importance. The only punishment likely to be inflicted is deprivation of an office which he has never filled. Punishment for treason In time of peace is practically ob- solete Chicago Tribune: The jury which found Colonel Arthur Lynch guilty of high treason could not have returned a different verdict, the law being as it {s. He admit- tedly had given ald and comfort to the enemy. The defense made for him by his counsel was weak. A man cannot change his alleglance during a war, fight for tho other side and then plead that he s beyond the reach of treason statutes. The wonder is that Colonel Lynch, who cannot have been altogether ignorant of the harsh Eng- lish law, should bave ventured to put foot in England. He courted death when he did it. He has abundant courage, as his com- posed demeanor when the death sc was pronounced shows, but cretion. Springfleld Republican: This Irishman no traltor, then, in the sense that Benedict Arnold was. Had the Boers triumphed in thelr struggle he would have been held in the smwe sort of esteem in South Africa that we Américans hold Paul Jones. Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason? Why, if it prospers, dare call treason When England has made Treland a happy, prosperous country to live in, with a popu- lation that does not seem headed toward extinction, and that does not regard the British government with the inherited hatred of centuries, then an Irishman in Colonel Lynch's position would be more likely to be regarded with detestation by the world at large. As it is, Englapd has made its own traitor by 600 years of wretched misgovernment in Ireland. —_—— BRIGHT AND BREEZY. Tho death passed upon was to have tence he lacks dis- none 1t Footpad—Hold up vour hands! Belated Pedestrian—All right, but before searching me I may as well tell you that I met my wife downtown this afternoon. Footpad—Say no more, pard; I'm a mar- ried man myself. Here's a quarter for you —Chicago News. 3 Nocash _(disconsolately)—The rick getting richer and the poor poorer. Friend—What's wrong now* m);m;nsh—'llllnl Pullp\lrr;(hnz refused me s going to mar) r. Coupon.— York Weekly. e el are Teacher—Tommy, cas et Y, can you tell who Atlas ‘Tommy—Yes'm, A coal dealer?" “1 w'pose he was. —Kansas He was a coal dapler, He held sverybody up.” City Journal, il fy “Those Texas legislators objected strenu- ously to wearing dress sult - avgural ball, 0 Lo 1 don’t wonder. You can’t hide a brace o' shooters with them swallow talls worth a cent."—Cleveland Plain Dealer, harley savs that I ma ehariey sas a make biseult just r used to make," I . Torkins. i roncs said the thoughtless woman; vs understood that his mother was a very inferfor cook.”—Chicago Post, k at that mass of coloring,” saf Dolnting at a Titlan V1 el e laid {t on heavier than they indeed,” mused the professor. ught to see the scars on my back f them when I was a sch Tribune, Youth's Companton, Here In my easy chair I sit An old, 0ld man before the fire, Deaf to ‘all sounds of every day And dead to every past desire. Perhapa the failing outward sense Quickens the spirit's inner ear, For sitting here before the fire You'd scarce belleve the sounds T hear. All this long afternoon I h, The brook in the old orcha Just as it used to, on the farm, When first the grass grew green in spring, a sing You know that gurgli The volce of water wild with gl When it has burst its icy bond And finds Itself alert and free, nofse— The birds, too, In the beech tre BTove I hear them, as (n days of yore & 0 o When I went forth at break of day, Call through the sunrise hush once more, And that one bird that nested high— T thought she had ' siiver thraaie A trickle of clear melody, It thrills me oft, her slender note, My mother's voice, t calls ncross the me, children, tim, Comé in the hous, too—oh, o plain fading light to leave : your play; tis almost night!" Bometimes when you have left the room And [ alone am sitting here 4 I speak the wer right out loud “Yes, yes, I'm coming, mother deart” Then there's one s Y F come ur mother sang it, my nder girl di st time back to me, r wite, ssed all in whit I saw her in my it She used to carol ke a bird— "Tis an old-fashioned s I know, But day by day 1 he still Singing, ‘John And my Jo.* I sometimes think that when 1 go To join her in the angel throng, Her Volce, above the heav'nly hymn. Wil rise once more in that loved song erson och ar; An old, old man—and common sp But seldom reaches my dulled of you fellows ever beat that? The cor- respondents said in chorus: “I hope not.” u - 7 s to protec stiffenin, because i f-You Wear a Walch, /n'a [aclory or Shop” Yet sitting here before the fire You'd scarce believe the sounds I h 3= A 77/ you should have i Jus. 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