Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 14, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, e ———————— e e e THE OMAHA DALY BEE. 3} PUBLIBHED EVEFR ROSEWATER, EDITOR ¥ MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dafly Bes (without Sunday), Qne Year.$4 Daily Hes and Sunday, One Year Iliustrated Bee, One Year Bunday Bee, One Ye tury Farmer. One Year RED s8Y CARRIER Dajly Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week..12c Daily Bee (including Sunday), per week.17c Sunday Bee, per copy .. be Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week B s " et ) Complaints of irregularities in delivery #houid be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES Omaha~The Bee Buflding South Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs—i0 Pear] Street. Chicago—1640 Unity Bullding. New Vork—23% Park Row Huilding. Washington—501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE, Communications relating to news and edi- torlal matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Kditorial Depattment REMITTANCES, Ttemit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of malfl accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or sastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING' COMPANY. 0 0 BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, s8.: Gonrg. B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bes Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full an complete coples of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during {he month of September, was as fol- owi ‘28,720 NOT OPPOSING TRE PRESIDENT. According to United States Senator Kean of New Jersey, who is largely identified with financial interests and is in close touch with Wall street affairs, there is no general oppesition on the part of such interests to the nomina- tion of President Roosevelt. He said that while it has been declared that eastern financial interests are opposed to the re-election of the president, it is not true, that Mr. Reosevelt will have the support of such people and that New York will support bim loyally. “It may be that certain financial inter- esty are not pleased with all of the president’s actions,” remarked the New Jersey senator, “but Wall street finan- ciers and the others who have been declared to be opposed to bim realize safe man.” the quite general feeling. Certain jour- nals, well understood to be under Wall street influence, which a little while slnce persistently assailed Mr. Roosevelt and employed all their ingenuity in the effort to make it appear that he is a dangerous man to be at the head of the government, have altogether ceased or greatly modified their attacks. With twenty odd states pledged to the nom- ination of President Roosevelt and the republican masses being unanimous for him, it would be surprising if the financial Interests represented in Wall street did not see the utter futility of opposiug him. THE BRITISH FREE TRADERS. The defenders of the existing British fiscal policy having fully inaugurated 29,208 | their campaign, Mr. Chamberlain and 27,240 .28,760 28,850 less unsold and returned coples. t total sales.. Net average sales. GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. his adherents are being' given some facts to consider which may prove a little perplesing to them. It appears that the former colonial secretary has made certain statements that are not supported by statistics. One in par; ticular relates to the tin industry, which the champion of fiscal reform declared Subscribed in resen to befors me. this 30th "day oF Beptember. A. D. 1003, M. B, GATE, (Beal) Notary Publie. e ——— A campaign for better street pave- ments will be popular. The price of whisky is going up, but that will not prevent the whisky from continuing to go down. — It is to be noted that in all this talk about coast to coast railroads the Union Pacific always figures/in the compbina- tion. — The survivors are fighting over the will of General Cassius M. Clay. While he was alive General Clay did all the fighting for the family. — The sultan will be glad to have the war clouds continue to hover over the far east. It diverts attention from the troubles in his own back yard. E————— They believe in starting things early over in Illinols. Candidates for gov- ernor to be voted on a year from next | November are already lining up. Omaha made the largest per cent of gain in postal receipts for September of any city in the United States. That s a pretty good advertisement in itself, — The Chicago Great Western railroad should have the same fair treatment from Omaha that has been accorded to other railroads that converge in this clty. S —— Nebraska bas not been troubled with forged pardon papers. It was too easy 1o get the genuine pardons during the term of the predessessor of our present governor. The candidates on the republican county ticket have entered on a win- ning race. The common enemy appears to be thoroughly demoralized aud dis- organized. — The secretary of state 1s very much perplexed over the interpretation of the new election law, but the voters of Ne- braska will not be so greatly perplexed when they come to mark their ballots, The Lincoln Journal hasn't discovered et that Douglis county bave nominated a county reorganized thelr county republicans ticket and committee. had been almost ruined by the Amer- ican tariff. While it was certalnly for a time very badly injured, it is pointed out by a responsible authority that the industry has entirely recovered : from the loss of the Ameriean market and that within the past year the Welsh tin trade had largely increased. Another advocate of the existing pol- icy urged that the statistics do not jus- tify the Chamberlain claim that British trade has declined and declared that the country was stronger financially than ever before. Of course this is an extreme statement, but on the other hand it is a fact that the fiscal re- formers are drawing a rather darker picture of financial and business condi- tions than there is warrant for. There is no doubt that British manufacturers have beén more prosperous than they are at present. They were so gener- ally during the period that our tariff act of 1894 was in effect. But they that the president is a conservative and | | treasury There are fndications that this is now | OCTOBER 14, 1903. dustries are likely to come to a sudden halt and prosperity be given a serious check. There may be a slight depres- sion, but no panic or disaster. Why should there be apprehension when we have abundant crops, a good foreign demand for our products, an ample sup- ply of money for all legitimate require- ments and our people as a whole never better off than now? The fact that investors in inflated stocks have suffered ie not a sufficient reason for losing co fidence when all substantial and legiti- mate Interests are on a sound basis, as Is unquestionably the fact at present. POPULIST DEGENERACY, Populism in Nebraska was a revolt of the producers against corporate ag- gression and extortion, with currenc inflation through free silver and sub- certificates as an incidental issue. The Omaba platform was not merely a declaration of Independence, but a decree of divorce from the old parties, which were pronounced as degenerate and degraded by the domina- tion of plutocracy. TPopulism was, therefore, a political creed whose doc- trines were radically at variance with the articles of faith professed by either | the republicans or the democrats. The alllance of Nebraska populists with Bryanite democracy was primarily inspired by an effort to wrench the state from corporate control and bring about, reforms In state government. The have also had experience of greater de pression than during the last few years. As to England being stronger finan- cially than ever before it may reason- ably be doubted, since she has within the last three years added hundreds of millions to her debt without having in- creased her resources, The campaign grows in activity and interest and as the speeches on hoth sides show the possible effect of a change of British policy upon relations with the United States is receiving no little consideration. A CONSERVATIVE VIEW. There are some who are disposed to regard the decline in stocks as the cer- tain prelude to a general reaction from the prosperity which the country has experienced for the past five or six years. They insist that the turning point has been reached and that we must expect a period of severe depres- slon more or less prolonged. President Stickney of the Chicago Great Wes- tern railroad entertains a different opin- fon. He takes a conservative view of conditions and as an iotelligent and careful observer his opinion is entitled to great consideration. In an interview with a representative of the New York Tribune Mr. Stickney sald that he did not belleve the slump in certaln speculative stocks has ma- terially affected the industrial situation. Bo far as stocks bave been bought by The Journal only sees in Owaha politics | the purely speculative class there can what it wants to see. Ex-Councilman Hascall's official report | the country of his junket to Baltimore should be embalmed and deposited in a casket with the souvenir champagne bottle from ‘which the cork was drawn at the expense of the Omaha taxpayers. The wedding pre Prince Andrew of Greece and his bride mre estimated to be worth more than a anillion dollars, © The best part of it is that most of the domors are beyond the stage where they will espect to have the gifts reciprocated. Business conditions in Omaba are better than they have been for many months. ‘Two reasons contribute to this Xesult: The substantial prosperity of the farmers in our tributary trade terri- ts showered on) be no serious results. Whatever danger there may be to the general business of lies in the stock invest- ments of merchants and manufacturers who for this purpose have taken money out of their business, but Mr. Stickney thought this had not ‘been done to a very great extent. He pointed out that another side to the matter is' found in the fact that “when the pendulum swings from high to low in the specu- lative list it has the effect to depress the prices of the substantial jnvest- ment securities of constructive euter- prises,” among which are railroad stocks. The railroads, which may have planned extensive improvements, re- fuse to sell their securities at low prices and’ must forego some of the improvements, This ‘affects not only those directly employed on the rail- tory and the fortunate escape of our people from the stock speculation wania. S The democrats are evidently bent on using their school bodrd ticket solely to Doost their candidates on state, judicial and county tickets. It %ehooves the republicans under the circumgtances to put up a school hoard ticke®ior their wown that will command the codence of the voters. < S——————— . The State Bankers' assoclation pro- © Pposes to put up a standiug reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of any oune implicated fu a bank robbery | I roads, but those who furiiish supplles of all sorts. Mr., Stickney said there wlill be no material curtailment in this year's rallroad improvement, but there may be next year. He added: *“There will be a slight general’ depression, but probably not to exceed 4 or, 5 per cent. We are just now passing through such u season of depression as came exactly twenty years ago, which was followed A year or two later by a steady ad- vapce that continued untll 1892." This is the judgment of a map who s largely concerned in financial affairs nd who is perhaps as familiar as any with general business conditions. it #annot be sald to be wholly op- timistic here is certainly no note of apprehensdu iu it. Mr, Stickney sees lamentable fallure of the fusion reform | forces to fulfill their pledges naturally caused intense disappointment among the masses and the producers who had placed faith in the professions of popu- list leaders and was followed by a re- bound that lost the state to fusion three years ago and at every election held since 1900. The embattled Nebraska farmers who fought for principle refused to fight any longer for mere spoils of office. The degeneracy of populism has nowhere been o marked as it has in Omaha and Douglas county. Last spring the populists nominated for mayor a can- didate whose main support came from railroads and public utility ecorpora- tions, a man who was not known to have ever had anything in common with any of the doctrines or principles advocated by populists. This fall the populists of Douglas county have put up a patched quilt ticket picked indiscriminately from among the candidates nominated by the republicans and democrats. registration will not serve the pirp The first day of registration will oce next Thursday, October 15, Lining to the Clond. Baltimore American boundary line of Alaska would not be idered =o vitally important were it not for the golden lining the territory is known to possess. Let Others Chew the R Washington Post. With the conclusion of the Chinese trade treaty, Uncle Sam is in a position to play the role of the busy merchant and let Russia and Japan do the fighting over the ground lease. The cor Ae Attack of Cramps. Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1t that $30,000,000 of securities, representing an actual value of $10,000,000, had been prop- erly “digested” by a confiding public cer- tain promoters would have been spared this acute attack of cram: Two Dangers (o Be Avolded. Portland Oregonian, In stéering clear of cruelty in labor great care should be taken that they are not drawn through the seducive channel of idieness into the maelstrom of crimality. Because it is inhuman, and from the long view uneconomical, to force or to allow children to work ten or thirteen hours a day it by no means follows that idleness is the proper estate of chldhood. Any vil- lage, rural community or the suburbs of any city might as well be the haunt of bears as of half-grown, idle boys in tion time, abroad for what they, with per- verted meaning of the word, term “fun.” More Trouble for Bryam. 8t. Paul Ploneer Press. The provisions in the will of Philo 8. Bennett of New Haven, by which William J. Bryan is made administrator of an el tate worth $255,000 and is made the dis- tributing agent of $10,000 to be divided among twenty-five colleges, and of $10,000 more to be given to ald needy students, will nrobably afford that gentleman the biggest perplexities of his life. Think of the thousands of eager, horny hands which will be thrust forward from among the 6,000,000 pops who voted for him at two presidential electioms, and every one of whom will deem he should have a share in that $10,000 for his boy. An Immortal Pension List. | New York World. The sun never sets on the pension rolls of the United States. Those lists girdle the earth and extend from Australla in the south to Norway in the north. They cover every period of our national history. On them are widows of the Revolution, widows and survivors of the Spanish war and widows and survivors of the wars be- tween. To no name which belongs of right on these rolls does the republic be- grudge a place. When the records show that widows of the Revolution have been This is not merely a severe commentary on degenerate popullsm, but it Is a dis- graceful misuse of the populist label. To the initiated it s a plain case of holdup by a small coterie of political grafters who accept contributions from the candidates for the pretended de- livery of the populist vote, which has dwindled down to a mere corporal's guard. Reputable populists can only hang their heads in shame over the degeneracy of the party in the metropo- lis. of Nebraka. The complaint of one of our con- tributors that the State university ad- Jjunct devoted to the inspection of high schools is being used to stimulate a profitable rakeoff in the guise of a teachers 'employment bureau, should be thoroughly Investigated by the univer- sity authorities, and, if well founded, should be promptly remedied. After being educated at the expense of the state and equipped to engage in the work of instruction, university grad- uates should not be subjected to a shake down In the name of the university it- self, Quite the contrary, it devolves tpon the university to assist its grad- uates to secure employment and thus to spread the influence of the parent in- stitution through our %whole public school system. At all events the charge should either be substantiated or re- futed. Epmp———— The proposed ordinance to banish street cart pushers, frult vendors and peddlers from the public thoroughfares of Omaha is not responsive to popular sentiment, but to a narrow-minded view of retallers who hope thereby to repress the competition of the independent vendor of fruits and trinkets. I'rom the humanitarian standpoint the ordinance is cruel because it will deprive poor men who have no other means for earn- ing an Lonest livelihood of the oppor- tunity of supporting themselves and thelr™ families. From the metropolitan point of view it smacks of petty provincialism. No American city of any pretension is without street fakirs, fruit vendors and peddlers. A city without bustie and noise is a graveyard. The South Omaha police commission proposes to enlarge the jail accommo- dations of the Magic city. This is very commendable, but where does the com- mission get any authority for the en- largement or reconstruction of the jail? The functions and duties of the com- mission are limited by the charter to the government and discipline of the fire and police departments—in other words, to the appointment, discipline or discharge of the officers and members of the fire and police departments and to the granting of liquor licenses to saloons and drug stores. But the com- mission has no more power to bufld or repair jails than it has to bulld market houses, work houses or city halls. In cutting down their employes' lists it would seem that the different rail- roads that are retrenching are getting ahead of the game. So far no reduction of railroad tra ¢ Is in sight, but if men are to be arbitrarily thrown out of em- ployment the demand for product for consumption will be correspondingly re- dueced and the traffic naturally dimin- ished. Bvery contraction of employment starts an endless chain which works back to the employers. Remember that nobody will be al- lowed to vote at the coming election on the 5th day of November unless he ap- pensioned who were born thirty-seven years after that war closed, the nation may be excused for dropping into a period of meditation. When General John C. Black announces the opening of a cam- paign which will result in pensions con- tinuing in 1986 or later for civil war wid- ows as yet unborn, meditation hardly does justice to the situation. John ‘Sherm Senator Vest in Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Sherman cared nothing for the westhetic and sentimental, Music, poetry, painting, sculpture and the beautles of nature had no charms for him. He regarded everything from the practical and material standpoint, and when looking at the falls of Niagara would have thought more of utilizing the water power than of the majestic rush of the maddened river. He was handicapped by no vices and his self-control was perfect. When he ad- dressed the senate bhoth sides of the chamber gave him the closest attention, because his speeches were always logical and full of information. He never spoke to the gallerles, but to the senate, and what he said was pertinent to the subject under consideration. In one respect he aif- fered from the immense majority of™ his colleagues by never noticing the attacks of his enemies, no matter how severe or unjust they might be. I heard him declare on one occasion that the public man who permitted himself to be placed on the defensive was lost. He did not pretend to have been consistent, and treated with contempt all assaults upon his record. BLUSHING FRAUD. How High Con s Promoters Fleece (he ing Public, New York Evening Post The bitter cry of Wall street for some months past has been that *confidence” was belng undermined by some wicked man, ot men. Many Nathan-like volces have reproachfully said to President Roose- velt, “Thou art the man!" The moment, it has been asserted, that the government brought the Northern Securities suit, capi- tal took fright, the erstwhile simple- hearted and confiding investor received a “chill,” the crops took to doing badly, and the great captains of Industry—such as the bullders of yachts and automoblles for stock brokers and promoters—began to set thelr houses in order. It was a beautiful theory—so clear, so closely knit in logle, 50 comforting after its melancholy fashion. ‘Wo fear, however, that a rival explanation is likely to come into vogue after the rev. lations in the United States shipbullding suit, by means of which the screen was thrown dowr: and the public was premitted to see promoting as she is really promoted. Confidence would have to be a peculiarly hardy growth not to be shaken by the scandalous spectacle. The testimony of Mr. Dresser disclosed a shocking state of affairs. It showed how character had been wrecked as well as values, Seldom can there have been uncov- ered a more vulgar conspiracy to pluck or shear the investing public—goose or lamb. The vendors of “salted” mines are entitled to hold up their heads, compared with the discovered tricKsters. Thelr moral fraud was most unblushing. To be both pur- chaser and seller, to have a pool within a pool, and an agreement behind an agree- ment, and at the same moment that a lying prospectus was issued to the publie, to fleece the Investor even before he invested— that is the kind of thing in which suppos- edly honest men were engaged. What the law will say about thelr transactions we must wait to see. It is certain that under such a company’s act as England has, the whole proceeding would have been set aside. by the courts, and the promoters compelled to disgorge their concealed profits. On the moral aspect of the matter, how- ever, every intelligent man is competent to pronounce judgment. His verdict will be that the methods practiced were no more reputable than those of the commen sharper. Nearly every clement of indecent cheating appears 1o have been present, while the attempt to hoodwink and bleed the public could not have been more un- Dblushing. But what we ask is, How is all this going to affect the small investor the country over? Is'his confidence to be re- stored by the publication of such schemes 10 rob him? Is he likely to come trooping back to Wall street,-and help lft a sasging market, when he sees the snares laid to catch his feet? As destroyers of confidence it appears to us certaln that those who most lamented fs. destruction out- strip all possible rivels, DOINGS IN THE ARMY. Matters of Moment ed from the Army an Navy Reg The annual report of the surgeon general of the army is one of the most compre hensive as well as one of the me esting which has ever emanated from that office. General O'Rellly’s medical history of the army for the year treats in detail every matter which has come under purview of his officers. One thing to which General O'Rellly calls attention is the fact that yellow fever does not now exist on United States territory. No case originated in Cuba for about two years, nothwith- standing that Cuba during this time has had a larger nonimmune population than ever before, and that occasional cases have been brought to its shores from infected Mexican and South American ports. No better testimony than this could be had of the results of the great medical and sani- tary authoritles in Cuba, and the officers who had part In that great reformation can look with much satisfaction upon the fact that their work was not in vain and that its good effects still endure upon the island. e Some of the strongest testimony that has vet been adduced concerning tho fll-effects which have resulted from the abolishment of the canteen at army posts Is that part of the surgeon general's report which treats of alcoholtsm in the army. O'Reily says that while the admission rate for alcoholism represents only so much of the total Intemperance of the army as comes under the professional observation of medical officers, nevertheless, when taken for a long term of years, and for many thousands of men, it is a very fair index of the drinking habits of the troops. From the reports of the surgeon general of the last twenty years it Is found that alcohol- ism is not nearly so great an evil as it was prior to the establishment of the post ex- change, allowing the sale of beer and light wines to the eoldlers. After the post ex- changes were permitted to dispense beer and light wines the admission rate for al- coholism showed a marked decrease, and after February, 191, when such sales wers prohibited In post exchanges, the admis- slon rate decidedly increased. The report further says: “It Is impossible not to at- tribute & large part of the steadily Increas- ing venereal diseases of the army to the loss of the canteen, where the soldier, if he %0 desired, could get his beer throughout the month and was not subjected to the temptations to intemperance attendant upon the expenditure of a full month's pay at the low resorts infesting the outskirts of our military reservation Of the forty-nine enlisted men recently examined at Fort Leavenworth for ap- pointment as second llsutenant in the army, thirty-four have been found qualified and will shortly receive their commissions as second lieutenants. Most, if not all of them, will be assigned to the infantry. There are now 124 vacancies fn the line of the army-—eighteen in the caval teen in the artillery and eighty the infantry. If all of the thirty-four new lieutenants aro assigned to the infantry this will leave Aifty-three vacancies in that arm. There probably will be several morg appointments from the candidates recently examined - at Fort Leavenworth, as the cases of some of them are still under ad- visement. There are at present sixteen va- cancles in the ordnance department and two in the signal corps, which are subject to de- tail from the line, and twenty-five vacancies in the medical department, all in the grade of first leutenant. The revision by the gereral staff of the army regulations is progressing satisfac- torily. The regulations are being thor- oughly gone over and all ameéndments which have been made sincc the publication of the edition of 188 and the appendix of 1901 will be embodied. In order to aveld the necessity of such frequent changes as have been made In the past some parts will be eliminated and other parts will be so worded as not to require change hereafter. Heretofore, when a new rank was created or the designation of an old rank or po- sitlon changed the wording of all para- graphs of the regulations referring thereto had to be altered to correspond. This will not be necessary in the new edition of the regulations. Columbus Barracks, Ohlo, were offered for sale at auction last week, but no bid was received which amounted to the ap- praised value of $200,000. As the law pro- vided that the property should not be sold unless equal or above the appralsed value be obtained the property was withdrawn from sale, Under the terms of the law.a new post in Ohlo was to be established out of the proceeds of the sale of Columbus Barracks, but as the old post can not be sold for less than appraised value the mat- ter will have to walit the further action of congress. PERSONAL NOTES. Charics A. Towne threatens to continue an octopus buster. A big Texas trust of which he was the head has just gone up in smoke. Chicago s to get rid of the Ferris wheel at last. It is being taken down, to be sot up again on the St. Louls exposition grounds. The mew company is capltalized at $125,000. Ex-Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith is announced to make two speeches for the republicans in Towa before the state election in November. He will also address the Northeastern Towa Teachers' assocla- tion at its meeting in Mason City, ber 16 A recent letter from Abyssinia describes King Menelik as a man about 6 years of age, dark in complexion, his face marked with smallpox and his chin covered with a slight gray beard. He has a keen, thought- ful face, brilliant dark eyes and through an interpreter converses intelligently with his guests. 8ir Francls Plunkett, now British ambas- sador at Vienna, who wiil probably succeed the late Bir Michael Herbert as ambassador to the ‘United States, Is married to an American woman, the daughter of C. W. Morgan of Philadelphia. Sir Francis is 68 years old and has been In the diplomatic service of his country over forty years Chief Justice Lore of Delaware, who has taken such a decided stand against lynch- ing, I8 opposed to capital punishment. “I would not take life for the commission of crime,” be says, “but would put the crim- inal under such restraint as would protect the people and give him the full measure of his day to work out such penitence and reformation as all good influences might produce. Life is too sacred and too holy & thing to be taken. T would grant life so long as God spared cach one of his crea- tures.” EYE WORK AT NIGHT or under artificial light brings out all the eye defects. If your eyes tire after work- ing or reading and the print blurs, DO fit glasses which will General | | t inter- | the | A perfect beverage—rich in nitrogenous elements. HOW WOULD IT AFFECT US? es of the Propo: Protective Policy of Great Brita: New York World (Ind. dem.). What would be the eftect of a British protective policy upon the trade of the United States with that country? This i the question of practical interest to our people in the revolutionary proposals of Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour. Mr. Chamberlain most explicitly excluded, in his Glasgow epeech, all raw materials of manufacture. Our enormous cotton ex- ports will not be touched. He would put a duty of 5 per cent ad valorem on our meat and dairy exports, of two shillings (50 cents) per quarter on our wheat, and of 10 per cent al valorem on our manufactured goods. These are all very small compared with our own tariff rates on British exports to this country, which, as a British blue book states, averages 73 per cent ad valorem. The proposed grain and food dutles are so small that their effect as a stimulus on the grain and food pro duc¢ing power of Canada and Australia would necessarily be manm years in mak- ing itself felt, and no immediate or sudden reduction of the British demand for our wheat and meat could possibly occur. As to our manufactured exports to mar- kets under the British flag, that is another story. A 10 per cent duty on the $100,000,000 worth a year of manufactures we sell to Britain, and duties favoring British manu- factures in her colonies, to which we send another $100,000,000 annually, would bear some fruit. Mr Chamberlain thinks it would lead to a reciprocity treaty moder- ating our present Dingley duties on some British products. So that what he is really alming at is, the World anticipated last June, to give British manufactures a lift in the world's markets, and especlally in the United States. The interest of this country in such a policy will be n pro- portion as it affects our enormous exports to Great Britaln. Protection turned against us by our best customer abroad may take LAY. We can not only preserve your sight, but prove a Tevelation in eve ease and comfort, Years of successful experience have thousands confidence in our methods. never lost a customer throug on a different complexion. JUST BEFORE THE WAR. Long Reviews Services of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. John D. Long, former secretary of the navy, comments in a frank and unreserved manner on the services of Theodore Roose- velt as assistant secretary of the navy prior to the war with Spain. In the cur- rent issue of the Outlook Mr. Long writes as follows: ‘Mr. Roosevelt was an' interesting per- sonality as assistant secretary of the navy, as, indeed, he is In any capacity. There were several candidates for the place which President McKinley allowed me to fill. In May, 1897, on the retirement of Mr. McAdoo, an excellent official under the previous ad- ministration, who had consented to hold over tiil that time, I selected Mr. Roose- velt, who had had, and, Indeed, has had to this day, a hearty Interest in the navy. “His actlvity was characteristic. zealous in the work of putting the navy in condition for the apprehended struggle. His ardor sometimes went faster than the president or the department appreciated. Just before the war he, as well as some naval officers, was anxious to send a squadron across the ocean to sink the ships ard torpedo boat destroyers of the Spanish fleet, while we were yet at Spain. “He worked ‘ndefatigably, frequently in- corporating his views in memoranda, which he would place every morning on my desk. Most of his suggestions, however, so far as applicable, had already been adopted by the, various bureaus, the chiefs of which were straining every nerve and leaving nothing undone. “When 1 suggested to him that some future historfan, reading his memoranda if they were put on record, would get the impression that the bureaus swere ineffi- clent, he accepted the suggestion with the generous good nature which is so marked in him. Indeed, nothing could be pleas- anter than our relation “fHe was heart and soul in His typewriters had no rest. He, too, lacks the rare knack of brevity. He was especially stimulating to the younger of ficers, who gathered about him and made his office as busy as a hive. He was es- pecially helpful in the purchasing of ships and in every line where he could push on the work of preparation for war, “Almost as soon, however, as it was de clared, he resigned the assistant secretary- ship of the mavy to accept the leutenant coloneley of the rough rider regiment in the army. Together with muny of his friends. T urged him strenuously to remain in the navy. arguing that he would there his work. duties | He was | peace with | make a signal into the army would | | mosquitoes on the Ilorids {in camp at Chickumauga “How right he Imow wrong we were In oues has shown. He took the stralght fame, to th crnorship {lnd to the presidency of the United € | “His room In the Navy department | his decision to enter the my | preceded for some assstant secretary, | scene. 1t bubbiea |and was filled with bright voung felows from all over the country-college wrad | uates and old associates from the w | vanches, all eager to serve with ke | The rough rider uniform was m eviden (1t climbed the steps of the Navy | ments; it filled it8 ¢ dors; gutis | forr 11 sorts of milltary (raps | of papers filled the mssistant seerctu room, and it was ‘the very inspirut young manhood.” TART TRIFLES. sunds was in his progiios the of New w over with enthusiasimn What a difference it makes whether vou say of a man’'< apeech it is breezy or wind, ~-Somerville Journal. Church—Tell mo Whit vou eat, &nd T'1f tell you what you are. Gotham—Well, I eat hwsh at Mixum's restaurant “Then you're a fool.”~Yonkers States.’ man First Statesman—You hav confldence, then. in the Becond made all Toples. . #ir, absolute eople? Btatesman-—-1 have, sir. T have my money out of them~—Town ‘‘He's about the poorest actor T ever s: said the first manager, “a regular_ham “Perhaps he'll got ~over his. fau Ime.” suggested the other. much! He's a_ham —Phlladelphia Press in that can't be Lady of the House—But why don't you ge to work? You look well and strong. Supplicant—Lady, I'd like to work, but the union won't let me. I'm a burglar by. pro fession, lady, and T was blacklisted for king after hours.—Boston Transecript “But, sirs, how are we to prove wrong is right?" “Why, by a naval demonstration, of course.” replied the puissant and progres- sive monarch.—Detroit Free Press. that ‘‘What i your idea of experlence?’ asked the very young man. 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