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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
AGREED TO DISAGREE.

Minneapolis Times: The high joints have
adjourned for the summer vacation. They
will meet again next August, and, having
come together, will proceed as usual to get
as far apart as possible.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The attempt TO
arrange the difference between the United
States and Canada by n treaty covering all
points has signally failed. Notwithstand-
ing the efforts that have been made to con-
ceal the failure by continuing the meetings,
under the pretext that some minor points
were yet unsettled, the fact is now patent
that the whole scheme has fallen through.
Milwaukee Wisconsin: The chief stumb-
ling blocks are lumber and the Alaskan
boundary. The Canadians are more anxious
to gain concessions than ready to make
them, their habitual attitude recalling
Canning's complaint concerning Holland:
In matters of money, the fault of the Dutch
Is giving too little and asking too much.
1t is not in this g~rasping spirit that great
commercial treaties are framed.
Indianapolis News: In regard to the
lumber question. 1t seems absurd TO allow
the supposed interests of a single industry,
and one that has been coddled for years by
the American people, to stand In the way
of the adjustment Of the many vexed ques-
lions now at issue between this country and
Canada. We have made many sacrifices for
the sake of the protective theory, and OF
those who have grown rich and powerful
through its application, but 1t is intolerable
that a question as to the duty on lumber
should be allowed to block a great negotia-
ton, such as that which is now being con-
Quoted.
Chicago Times-Herald While 1t is true
that the commission nominally adjourned
until August 2 next, the fact that the
negotiations came to a standstill over the
boundary question makes their resumption
at that time extremely improbable. While
the boundary question was only one of the
twelve important subjects that came before
the commission for consideration and final
adjustment, the Canadian representatives
declined to settle any Of the minor disputes
unless the boundary was fixed by agreement
for all time. AS none of the propositions for
submitting this question to arbitration was
acceptable to both commissions, the negotia-
lions were finally dropped.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

sufficient bond to cover such cases, the
intention being simply to protect the
wives and children dependent upon men
who waste their earnings in riotous
drinking. The Liquor Dealers ass)cia-
ton wants the legislature to deprive
them of this protection by requiring as
n condition precedent to recovcry mott
fication in writing that the particular
person is an habitual drunkard, TO whom
liquor must not be sold. With 240
places in Omaha where liquor is dis.
pensed 1t would manifeStly be impossi-
BILE for the wives and children of drunk
ards to notify all proprietors not to ac-
cept the patronage of their husband or
father.
Still another foolish move of the liq-
uor dealers is their resurrection of the
bill to permit the publication of license
notices in any paper in the county. The
present provision of the law requiring
such publication in the paper having the
largest circulation is not only just and
reasonable, but demanded by the public
interest. The design is to give the wild
est possible publicity to each application
for a license so that every one who may
in any way be affected by the location
of q saloon in his neighborhood or by
the intrusting of the privilege to dis
reputable characters may have ample
opportunity to file a remonstrance. 9th
erwise publication would be made in
some obscure, readerless sheet and sa-
looms planted next to churches, schools
and residences without letting anyone
know it or offering any opportunity for
protest. Because liquor dealers have in
the past allowed themselves TO be black
mailed by hold-up newspapers is no rea-
son why they should attempt to secure
the repeal of salutary laws enacted for
the protection of the public.
The present liquor laws of Nebraska
are most liberal to the liquor dealers.
They were accepted by them as a gen.
erous boon at the time they were threat
ened with the disasters of constitutional
prohibition. They should know enough
to let well enough alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
PAYING FOR THE CANAL.

The Philadelphia Press, which is IN
earnest advocate of the Nicaragua canal,
still says that no law ought to pass ap-
propriating money to come out of the
treasury unless it is certain the money is
to be in the treasury, without providing
revenue or bonds from which the eX-
penditure is to come. 1t says the seri-
Gus fault in the amendment in the inter
est of the Nicaragua canal which the
senate committee on N has made
to the river INT harbor bill is that it
a%ppropriates S115,0 700 for the canal
when it is reasonably certain that with
expenditure II revenue as they are this
sum can only be secured by issuing
bonds. This, the Press declares, is bad
principle and policy. "The Nicaragua
canal" it says, cannot be built out Of
current evenu and it should not be.
Bonds should be issued for it and au-
thOrity for them should be provided in
the act. Congress ought and must not
use the treasury as If it were a bottom
less purse. No appropriation should be
made unless it is clear that the funds
are to be forthcoming from revenue. If
not, bonds must be issued"
Since the chairman of the house COM
mittee on appropriations sounded the
warning against going into expenditure
Oh new lines there has beer manifested Il
very general sentiment in approval of
his position. AS to the Nicaragua canal,
we have no doubt that the weight of
public opinion is against any %appropria-
ton for that project at this time,
whether the money should be raised by
additional taxation or by an issue of
bonds. The very general popular belief
undoubtedly is that this enterprise can
wait and our judgment is that hardly
anything could be worse politics or
worse policy than TO make a bond issue
at this time for the construction of the
canal, or to increase taxation for that
purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
BOND ISSUES by INDIRECTION.
Deficit Inevitable Unless Trensur,
Raiders Are Checked.
Philadelphia Press rep.)

IHllduelpilld fFeSS lTep,)
Sharp and effective protest against in
creasing appropriations at Washington is
today indispensable because congress can
force the payment of current expenditures
out of the proceeds of pond issues without
any one being directly responsible for this
action.
With the stability of the currency depend
ing on the treasury gold balance, when con-
gress overruns appropriations and draws on
this balance the secretary OF the treasury
must issue bonds to make good the deficit.
No one is responsible. Congress has made
the appropriations. The secretary issues
the bonds. The appropriations are appar-
emily made from revenue. The bonds are
apparently issued to make good the drain
of gold.' But the real cause is an eX-
travagant congress, which has made outgo
larger than income.
This was the real endless chain that
brought bankruptcy to the treasury under
Cleveland and required the issue of $274,-
600, 900 of bonds, every dollar of which has
since been spent on the ordinary expenses
of the government. This gives courage to
every scheme to take money out of the
treasury. AS matters now stand, while
congress seems to be making an ordinary
appropriation out of any money lin the
treasury not otherwise appropriated" it is
really forcing an issue Of bonds, for which
no one will be responsible.
Nothing is more dangerous. Nothing is
more pestilent. Nothing will more surely
swamp any party which permits this policy
TO continue. If the appropriations against
which Chairman Cannon is protesting pass,
next January the treasury will show an APP
preaching deficit. This will shake the cur
rency just as the boom now in progress
mara itS and n uaar hanpa Giunu nf a n
tion will begin. Values and prices will fall.
DistCust and indecision will fall on the bust
ness world. A bond issue will be necessary
and the republican campaign for the presi-
dency in 1900 will have opened under grave
challenge by the people.
Republican policy and practice, profession
and principle, agree on this point. There
must be no deficits. Appropriations for the
ordinary outlay OF the government must be
kept within revenue. II, as in the case of
the Nicaragua canal, an improvement justi-
fies a bond issue, let 1t be made in the meas
ure. 1t is a fragrant breach OF all sound
principle and of all political expediency TO
launch an appropriation like this OF 500, O0O,-
600 to $3.50, 900, 900 when a deficit is near in
the annual national balance sheet, without
providing the means to meet 1t. 1t is bad
business, and in this country bad business
always proves in the end bad politics.
The country is prosperous. Prosperity
rests on a stable currency. A stable currency
rests on the treasury balance. The treasury
balance will be imperiled by a deficit. A
deficit is inevitable If attacks on the treasury
are not halted. These attacks must stop.
There must be no bond issues by indiTection.
II more revenue is needed, let taxes be in
creased. II more bonds are wise for perma-
nent improvements, let them be Issued for
these improvements.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Gus. II seemed impossible for him to re-
main quiet for a moment. The faces Of a
great many F%ilipinos gave one an Impress
sion OF distortion, as IL they were slightly
twisted to one side, and | marked the pc.
c~uliarity strongly in Aguinaldo. After he
left | told Chargan that he reminded me
more Of a native shipping clerk In some
Dutch importing house than OF a revolutions
list. He's the smartest Filipino in the
South seas,' said Chargan, and his only
weak spot is his vanity, which Is some-
times monstrous.' That was the only time
l ever saw him, so the picture remains quite
vivid
The Review of Reviews places the Filipino
chief on a higher pedestal than is generally
conceded to him. 1t says of him: I'm his
features, face and skull Aguinaldo looks
more like an European than a Malay. He Is
what would be called a handsome man and
might be compared with many young men
in the province Of Andalusia, Spain. IL
there be truth in phrenology he is a man
above the common The zone Of the skull.
which indicates mentality, is well devcloped
for an European-abnormally large for a
Malay. The moral zone is of medium de.
~velopment and the animal or cerebellar zone
is comparatively small, with the execution OF
the reach over the ears, indicating dcstruc-
tiveness and cruelty. The phrenolorlst
would be borne out by the consensus OF,
those who know him. Friends and enemies
agree that he is intelligent, ambitious, far
sighted, brave, self-controllcd, honest. moral.
Vindictive and at times cruel. He possesses
the quality which friends call wisdom and
enemies call craft. According to those who
IKE him he is courteous, polished. thoughts
tul and digniied; according to those who
dislike him he is insincere, prctentious. vain
and arrogant. Both admit him to be genial.
generous, self-sacrifcing, popular and ca
pable in the administration of affairs. II the
opinion of his foes be accepted he is one OF
the greatest Malays on the page of history.
III the opinion of his friends be taken as the
criterion he is one of the great men OF his
tory Irrespective of race"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
THE ID CHIEF.
Three Differing Estimates of the
FiIiUinO leader.

Maxine Cortes, who Is now in Washing
ton as a member of the delegation from
Manila, describes the insurgent as a "per-
son of lower rank, who has little or no edu-
cation and no knowledge of how govern
mental affairs should be conducted. He is
tho creature OF circumstances, having placed
himself at the head OF a revolutionary
movement at the time when the people were
ripe for 1t, and in spite of the fact that he
had once sold out to the Spaniards he was
nevertheless received with open arms upon
his return and placed himself at the front
in favor of revolving against Spain, which
was popular with the people. In this man
ner he pushed himself to the head OF the
revolutionary movement. But this govern
ment the people cannot trust. We do not
know what Aguinaldo is going to do next.
His lieutenant general is a Chinaman, with
no education, and is scarcely able to speak
the Spanish language, and this is to a large
extent the character of the men with whom
he has surrounded himself"
Il. b. Cunningham of Liverpool, who was
one of this years carnival visitors at New
Orleans, told a reporter for the Times
Democrat that he saw Aguinaldo in Hong
Kong in the early part OF 1897. 81 was rep
resenting an English firm at the time" said
MI cunningham, anu was ranging u utdl
for some Manila hemp with Mr.. Emile
Chargan, a resident factor. One day /
called at Chargan's Office and found him
in conversation with a swarthy young Fill
ipino, who was introduced to me as Agui-
naldo. l had heard a good deal of the in
surgent chief, so ! looked at him with de-
cided curiosity. What impressed me most
strongly about him was his extremely youth
full appearance. He did not look over %
at the outside and his air Of juvenility was
borne out by his STOPPING shoulders and
narrow chest. He seemed like a fragile,
uniformed boy. His features were distinctly
Monaghan, his cheek bones high, his eyes
oblique. his nose short and blunt and his
lips rather thick. He had no sign OF beard
on his face, but his hair was coarse, black
and very thick. His skin, / remember, was
badly pitted, possibly from smallpox. /
took particular note OF his hands and feet,
which were remarkably small, even for a
Filipino. He wore women cloth CATERS,
which is not unusual in Hong Kong. and
had a large solitaire on his left hand.
A~guinaldo remained only a few moments
after | arrived, but long enough for me to
note that his manners wers nmriously nery-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
CURSE OF THE BURDEN.

Take up the white mans burden"
Where the Spaniard laid 1t down:
He is tired of war and conquest,
He is sick of a bloodstained crownl
His hands are red and reeking,
And his soul has had It's fiji
or the empty talk of seeking,
To govern 'gainst the will!
And thSre is lamentation!
And the eyes of proud CASTLE
Today are red with weeping,
For a fallen empires veal!
Aye, there Is lamentation!
And the widow sits alone,
And signs for the hopeless future
And the joy the past has known!
And the maiden, in the cleaning,
Waits for the lover brave,
Who went forth in the morning
To find an alien grave.
Take up, the white mans BURDEN
For the Spaniard's heart is wrung,.
With the burden of the White man
That once, so glad, he sung!
Take up the white mans burden'
And We shall know, too late,
The curse of the white mans burden,
The woe of the Spaniard's fate!
MINNIE c. FLOWER-LEuDDWld.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The announcement that Attorney Cen
eral Griggs has pigeon-holed the papers
in the case of Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter
and will not pass upon them until next
fall is unfortunate, if true. Carter was
convicted ten months ago after one of
the longest and most sensational trials
that even occurred in the army of de-
liberately defrauding the government
out of thousands of dollars. The secre-
tary of war approved the findings of
the court-martial, but instead of going
to the president for revision they were
referred to ex-senator Edmunds, who
was hired by the government at an eX-
pense of over 5000 to pass upon them.
The findings of that eminent jurist be
ing against Carter, the papens We're
again detected from the regular course
and, If this report be true, are pigeon
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

After checking up its available assets
South Dakota has decided that it has
not sufficient money to put the new
dispensary amendment into effect.
Agitation favorable to repeal of the
amendment has already been started
and 1t Is likely that the voters will have
another chance to express their opinion
on it at the next election. \ little fore
sight on the part of both legislators and
voters would save South Dakota a large
amount Of trouble, to say nothing Of
expense. 1t is estimated that to put
the law into effect would neccssitate
borrowing a larger sun than the pres
ent debt of the state, which is already
almost to the constitutional maximum
and in case the dispensary act is to be
made effective another amendment to
the constitution will be necessary to
legalize an increase of the bonded debt.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

If the French government should de-
eide that there has been no treason in
the Dreyfus case, as it may do, it Will
be the meanes trick ever played on a
nation. After all of these delightful
months of excitement, noise, riotinS,
breaking heads and talking revolution,
it would be bad enough to have him
acquitted after another fiercely fought
trial, but to discover that there really
never has been any sale of French
secrets to the Germans and that no one
is guilty, would be enough to drive the
Parisians into genuine revolution
through sheer disappointment.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Times could not have been so very
hard with Examiner Palm when he re-
fused to accept $3.50, but his nerve was
not equal to holding out for the other
hundred when the insurance company
it's bid to 5000. His grief was
a%ssuaged by the fact that the
extra hundred that did not materialize
was to have been the auditors share.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The patience of General Henry is being
sorely tried by the petty actions of the San
Juan officials. The people of Porto Rico
probably do not fully realize that the pres
ent government is wholly military and that
its purpose is to have affairs conducted eff
ioiently. When something like a territorial
form of government shall be established
there will be more tolerance for personal
and partisan q~uarrels among officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Significant Sign of Prosperity.

The number of business failures in the
United States last week was only 17s, as
with 295 in the corresponding
week of 1898. The falling off, of course, in
the average week, is far below this figure.
The indications are, however, that the COM
mercial mortality in 1899 will, considering
the number of persons in business, be
smaller than in any twelve months in
many years.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The German government evidently
does not appreciate the seriousness of its
demand for the resignation Of Chief
Justice Chambers of Samoa. Expect a
Georgia democrat to resign! Well.
hardly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Aguinaldo declares the Filipinos will
die rather than submit to American do
minion. Several thousands of his fol
lowers have already accepted the alter
native, but the great manifesto compiler
has not been seen near enough to the
firing line to be in any danger.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

From all indications the khalifa is not
going to be satisfied until Major Nc
Donald uncorks another bottle of that
benevolent assimilation Sir Herbert
Kitchener recently administered on the
upper Nile.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

If Colonel Aguinaldo issues many
more manifestoes about how he tried to
avoid 1t even his most devoted admirers
may be compelled to revise their judg-
ment MS to that George Washington
resemblance.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The Washington newspaper CORE
~spondents have written out Secretary
Ayers resignation for the 'steenth
time. The little matter of getting the
s~ecretary's signature to the document
will not worry these literary experts.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The San Francisco Chinese have
broken their New Years resolutions
already. AS a token of good will they
pawned all their weapons, but have
since redeemed them and started In on
the work of eXterminating each other,
Monaghan good resolutions are evidently
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The lists of killed and wounded ca
bled from Manila show that Nebraska
keeps right on Offering up its sons on
the battlefield in support of the nation.
Humanity seems to be a voracious beast
whose appetite grows with the whetting.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Manila has q curfew ordinance in
force that the courts will not be able to
declare imperative. General Otis pro-
poses to have quiet on the streets If he
at night.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

If General Linares' craftsmanship
does not prove better in the approaching
duel with Count d'Almenas than it did
at Santiago there would seem no neces-
sity for the count to entertain apprehen-
sions Of serious injury.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

When railroad democrats evince a
consuming interest in holding the fusion
lists in line for Senator Allen no COM
pliments to the populist senator are in
tended,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

The newly elected Episcopal bishop
of Iowa has been consecrated into the
office and the partisans of the defeated
candidates can now safely shelve their
protesting resolutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Just wait till the city fathers return
from their gaslight inspection of Kan
sas City and watch the orders for new
gas lamps flow in Notwithstanding the
contraction of the lighting fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Since the exposure of his ~present-giv-
ing %propensities the wonderful Mr.. Palm
ought to be one of the most popular per-
sonages in the state capitol.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Efficacy of Persunders.

VTICdBV IIlIIts-IIeTdTU
The sultan of Oman granted a coaling
station to the French and then changed his
mind and revoked the grant. His later
meditations on the subject have been as
sisted by three British wal ships.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Two hundred and forty thousand in
crease in the number of hogs packed in
South Omaha up to date is not a bad
record for the year. This means an in
crease of almost so per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

GIODe-DtmOCrat
When the American revolution ended the
men who won it disbanded with very little
cash in their pockets. In Cuba the question
of disarmament seems to hinge on the
amount of money to be distributed
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
And visorouh.ly Resented, Too.

I~ndianaDoliS Journal.
Florida denies the story of ruin of crops
and says it will have plenty of oranges for
sale. Talking of frost to a Florida man is a
good deal like talking to an Omaha man
about the great American desert. 1t is
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

It looks as if the surgeons knife were
the only remedy for the fostering sore
in the state auditors office.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

1t was really unkind of the investigat-
ing committee to spring those letters on
an unsuspecting witness just after he
had been lured on to make such a posi-
tive denial.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

holed indefinitely by the attorney gen
eral, while Carter is out on bail. Why
such tender care should be taken of this
arch boodler it is by no means APP
nupanf
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

There seem to have been several
tell-tale letters that the hold-up artists
in the state auditors office should have
burned before they were written.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Kansas City has opened its audito-
rum with a grand celebration. Omaha's
celebration awaits the erection Of the
auditorium, but it will not walt very