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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
DITCHING THE CANAL.

Buffalo Express: The Nicaragua canal
proposition is probably killed for this ses-
sion. Minds will be less excited when the
be better disposed to be guided by reason,
rather than impulse,
Philadelphia Record: good days work
was done In the house of representatives in
the defeat of the effort to attach the
Nicaragua canal bill to the sundry civil ap-
preparations bill rider The need of an
isthmian canal is not so urgent that an ILL
digested scheme, the carrying out of which
would involve the expenditure of hundreds
of millions, should be whipped through con-
gress with indecent haste, nor is the purse
Of Uncle Sam suffering from a plethora
which requires relief lest 1t burst from the
strain. We have enough hundred million
dollar jobs on our hands to keep us busy
for a year or two.
Milwaukee Wisconsin: The tremendous
appropriations required for the army and
navy in the time OF peace have virtually
killed the Nicaragua canal bill, at least for
the present. The effort of Hepburn of Iowa
to tack on the canal bill as a government
work to the sundry civil bill was defeated
by vote of 1877 to 1O9, or IS majority
against the amendment. There is no money
in the treasury to go on with this enter
prise, and 1t is madness to proceed and
borrow money for this purpose when the de-
fciency in the treasury on July ! will be
$4,000, 000 The canal will have to wait
for more favorable time and for a modi-
fication of the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

heads and windows and shout Just as
loudly in favor of him as they now do
against him. But whether he declares
himself at all or not the subsistence of
the present ebulltion is only matter of
days IL not of hours.
The republic is safe, at least for the
present, for two very good reasons
There is not a man in France who Is
capable of everthrowing it if conditions
were favorable and that is exactly what
they are not. The duke of Orleans, who
is n man of scarcely mediocre ability,
Is the most capable and respectable Of
the royalists, but he is without influence,
means and the other requisites to make
respectable attempt at revolution, even
If he possessed the desire and ability to
do so. The army Is equally leaderless.
General Zurlindcn is the ablcSt man in
the army and the one from whom n coup
in that quarter would come, if it came
at all, but in mental and financial equip
ment he is scarcely above the duke of
Orleans and in such a cause it is doubt
full If he could influence two regiments
OUTSIDE oil IarlS To take UP arms.
The middle classes of the French peo-
ple-the farmers, merchants, mechanics
and the population generally of the
smaller cities of France-are genuinely
and earnestly in favor of the repub-
lie and it would ~equire more than
ordinary leader TO influence that ele-
ment to espouse the cause of the royal
lists or to tolerate military coup d'etat.
From this and the further fact that
France has stood the stress of far graver
dangers than are involved in the pres
ent situation it is safe to conclude that
the republic is in little if any danger
at the present time and that in the
course of n few days at most affairs
at Paris will assume their normal CON
1ition
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
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NOT A SERlODS MATTER

The action of the senate in attaching
the Nicaragua canal bill to the river
and harbor bill seems likely to result in
the failure of the latter. Such a result
would not be very serious matter,
though it appears to be so regarded by
the chairman of the house committee on
rivers and harbors, Mr.. Burton of Ohio.
This measure carries an appropriation
of about 100000, the senate having
added several millions to the bill as it
passed the house. This sum exceeds any
appropriation ever before made for rv-
ers and harbors. Seventeen years ago,
remarks the Baltimore Sun, an appropri-
alton of S1S,0O0OOO for such objects eX-
cited general Indignation throughout the
country, but such amounts are now lit
tie noticed so prevalent is the fashion of
extravaganza. The Sun gives the fig
ures of the appropriations for rivers
and harbors for the last eight years, the
the highest amount being in 1891, when
1T was little over S25,00O000. Last
year the amount was over S19000,00O.
There may be some extraordinary
i'i 'iS uhpi'.'uoh'cu hppIopIl-
alton carried by the present bill but in
view of the heavy deficit confronting the
national treasury it would seem most
inopportune time TO make appropria-
tions for rivers and harbors far in ex-
cess of any ever made before. We have
not given the matter such consideration
as to be able TO express positive opin,
lon, but we think it may fairly be
doubted whether there is urgent neces.
sity for appropriatlng S42,OOOOO0 for
river and harbor improvements. Hence
we think the country would not regard
the failure of the river and harbor bill
as particularly serious matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

| table that he never cav but two traitors---
Generals wilkinson and Burr--and that Gen.
oral wilkinson was a liar and n scoundtel.
lie was found guilty and was suspended for
a year, notwithstanding the fact that his
utterance turned out to be true.
When Governor Roosevelt came down 20 q
Lincoln dinner in New York City and
learned OF the thousands Of poor people who
were suffering from the blizzard he said:
open the armories to the poor and keep
them warm. I'll get permission from the
legislature afterward," and 1t was done.
James J. Hill, the Great Northern railroad
magnate, has sent his personal check for
$40 900 to the widow of Judson b. Rice one
of Mr. Hills old employees, who was on the
company's pay roll at the time OF his death
and drawing regular salary, though for
many years he had been retired and rem
dered no service.
Magistrate Wentworth of New York City
has startled the community by declaring
from the bench that suicide is not crime
The statement was made when he dis
charged a 16-year-old boy who had at
tempted self destruction. when a man Is
through with life" said the magistrate, "let
him shuttle 1t off. That's what l intend
to do"
One OF the millionaire Havemeyers has
been serving as Juror In New York. At
first he appeared trhe nervous, but a bored
look soon took possession OF his features
The case was that Of a man charged with
practicing dentistry illegally, and Mr. Have
meyer showed extreme embarrassment on
being called upon 20 examine the mouth Of
a pretty girl witness.
Over the desk Of Representative Mercer,
chairman of the house committee on public
buildings and grounds is picture of the
old colonaf house where congress assembled
after the burning of the capitol, in 1914,
and where Mrs. Surratt was afterward
hanged for completely in the Lincoln assassi-
nation. The house stood near Justice Fields
residence Few pictures are eXtant
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
Local Government and Imperialism


Mr.. A. L. Mason's paper on the Develop
ment of Local Government in Indiana" read
before the State Board of Commerce, was an
interesting and valuable contribution to the
subject. Mr.. Mason has devoted to the
study of municipal and local government
probably more time and attention than any
other man in the community. He does not
eXaggerate the vital and intimate Importance
OF sound methods when he says:
The unattractve field of local govern
ment is far more important TO our people
than the alluring subject of imperial do
minion and foreign conquest. / say here and
now that the quality of justice which is
dispensed in the humble Office OF a justice
of the peace Is more important to the
destiny of the republic than the erection of
military empire in the Philippines.
affirm that the administration of our country
schools, the construction and repair OF roads
and bridges, the guardianship OF our de-
pendent poor, the restriction Of our local
tax leyies TO economic standards, the ex-
penditure of county and township funds hon
estly and wisely, are the things of real im-
portance to the people of this state. Thee
are the things on which the greatness, glory
and prosperity Of this commonwealth must
rest"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
Britain's Dominant Motive.
Springfield Republican.

SUI IIIBTTVIII INtpUDIIUdII,
No one can blame England for so fer
vently egging us on in the paths of Orien-
tai empire. Her policy is consistently self
ish. Her entire empire has been built up
on selfishness. Every extension of territory
in her case has had the material rather
than the humanitarian reason dominant.
Americans, however, should understand
the situation and not be deceived by the
attitude Great Britain has assumed. That
country is still the old England at heart,
and in case her interests and ours happen
in the future to follow diverse lines, you
will see how soon this newborn love of
America will disappear in the hurry to
protect the interests of the British realm.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
House


with US always provides spe-
cial advantages to buy some
lines of clothing at figures that
are really very moderate. We
don't carry over old stock. It
loses in value whenever it is
packed or stored away, and
we prefer to sell it the season
it is made for, and are willing
to stand considerable loss to
do SO. There are several
lines we want to close at once
to make room before the win.
ter goods are replaced by the
spring goods. There are plain
blue and black cheviots and
fancy cheviots, in round and
straight cut, sack suits, that
have sold all season at $3.50
and SO, and to sell them now
and not be obliged to carry
them over, we make a very
low price. Your choice for
$500. See these suits in our
show windows.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The last of the volunteer army, except
those sent beyond the confines of the
country, have been mustered out. Two
of Nebraska's three regiments are in
cluded in those retained in service and
the present situation does not give prom
in the union, in proportion to its popula-
tion, is contributing so many of its sons
to the service of the country as Ne
braslla, none have a better right to be
proud of the men who represent it and
none have less to gain from the limited
benefits of the expansion policy than the
state of Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
Too Busy TO Write,

j, SttfHHB MortOH ConserNauVe.
A story Is current to the effect that a
New York newspaper offered Admiral
Dewey the sum of $1,000 for an article, and
that the response which came back by
cable was Thanks; / am too busy" If
the story is true, it occurs to us that this
saying amounts to an epigram, and has
quite as much value, both as a literary
effort for the edifcation Of the men of to-
day, and as monument to mark to our
aftercomers the pitch of some of our pub
lie employees at the end of this century, as
anything Admiral Dewey would have been
likely to express If he had written ten
columns. The newspapers too, missed an OPP
portunity for doing some good-they might
have devoted a page to the admiral's
"article," printing it in letters half a foot
high; their readers might have learned
something from it.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
THE FRENCH SITUATION.

If the anti-Loubet demonstrations 60
ing on in Paris We're lii any other coun-
try in the world their import would
be so serious that they could reSdlt in
nothing short of revolution, but as the
matter stands they should not be taken
too seriously. Al first the people were
stunned by the death of President
Faure and before they could sufficiently
recover to realize the opportunities of
the situation the election of President
lOuDet was an accomplished fact.
Naturally, under the circumstances
their chief interest in the successor of
President Faure was centered in his at
titude on revision of the Dreyfus case
and inasmuch as NJ. LOubet has never
expressed an opinion in the matter they,
with true French characteristics, rushed
to the conclusion that he was a pro
Dreyfusard. This, of course is suf-
iicient justification to the Partisan mind
for breaking a few windows and heads,
making a great deal of noise and bring
ing all kinds of baseless and unreason-
able charges against the lew chief exec.
utive.
Were President Loubet To announce
that his sentiments are anti-reyisionist,
these same rioters would break more
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

1t is easy enough for the otliceholders
OF South Omaha to procure signatures to
remonstrances against annexation be
cause few who enjoy favors from them
would care to refuse their request If
the question were submitted to a vote
of the people, however, there is no ques-
ton that the overwhelming majority,
especially of the South Omaha taXpay-
ers, would favor union of the two cities
that would merge their municipal gov
ernments into one. So far as the Doug
las delegation In the legislature is con-
cerned their constituency is almost with
out dissent worth mentioning for the
realization of Greater Omaha before
the census of 1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
THE GOD OF WAR.

A demon. rising from that pit
Where lost souls weep but do not pray
Masked by friends deceitful wit,
Approached our earth, one cruel day.
He looked where happy humans strayed,
He gaZed on perfect womanhood,
On mortafs weak but unafraid,
All unprepared for aught but good.
He found a maiden undefiled,
A maiden fair and apt and kind,
AS trusting as a little child.
And more's the pity just as blind.
He chose this virgin as his bride
For he was wise, as demons are;
Her name was Patriotic Pride.
The mother of the god of war.
His high-souled, just maternal race
Restraints his anger, stays his hand,
Ills fathers diabolic grace
Sends him. a terror, through the land.
Winside Neb. BELLE WILEY CUE.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Were 1t not for the recent raid ON the
police fund made by the holdup at
torneys of the dismissed police officers
the necessity of now reducing the force
to keep expenditures within resources
would not be SO great. The result is
that officers who might have been re-
tained will have to be laid off to let the
dismissed officers and their attorneys
draw money out of the treasury for
work never performed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Our country, city and school govern
ments have been drawing on future
generations pretty heavily in late years
by the issue of bonds of various kinds
so that the proposition to fund outstand-
ing school warrants to the extent of
another $150,000 will have to seek some
other justification than the duty of the
coming body of taxpayers to share the
burdens of government imposed upon
the present population.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The mayor and council of San Juan in
resigning from office have shown them
selves unworthy of the glorious privi-
and the fact that they did not wait to
be kicked out nor passed an ordinance
inviting General Henry to come down
from bis unconstitutional perch is an
unhopeful indication that they will ever
become politicians worthy of the United
Sfn tnS
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The local popocratic organ, better
known as the newspaper fence, is again
exhibiting uncomfortable sympathy for
the thieves and crooks who have run
afoul of police interference with their
lawless business. Until it works off
its present load of bile the newspaper
fence may be expected to throw not less
than two epileptic fits daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Seldom has a previous session of con-
gress approached its close with so many
important measures demanding action.
With only eleven more days there is
business enough in sight, if all Is to be
disposed of, to furnish employment for
three months.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

In this country the people get excited,
grow red in the face, make all kinds of
noises and demonstrations for from
three to six months to elect president
and when it Is all over settle down with
out ripple disturbing the current of
national life. In France they elect a
and fight over the result for the next
six months.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

And now we are told there is danger
of the rotten wooden blocks continuing
to disfgure Capitol avenue indefinitely.
1t is to be hoped the property owners
who have at last signed the paving pc
ttion will feel it their duty to avert this
calamity from the community
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

A French scientist has discovered n
method of making glass which renders
the product suitable for paving and
building purposes and fully as durable
as stone. Many people have resided i'll
glass houses, but have heretofore been in
constant fear of the return volley. 10
this class the new invention should be
wonderful boon.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Iron workers in and around Pittsburg
are now making an effort to have the
mills shut down one day week for rest.
1t has not been so long ago that they
were making an effort to find one day Il
week in which to work.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The investigating committee has dis
covered that the system of bookkeeping
in the auditors office is very lax and
that it is difficult to ascertain just what
has been done in the office. This, too,
after all the labors of the precious Mutz
$4,000 smiling committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Nobody who is competent to pass
judgment on the matter ever Ques-
toned the competency and ability of
Martin White as police officer and
none of the malicious attacks in the
organ of the popocratic gamblers gang
should be allowed by intelligent people
to prejudice their opinions
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The esteemed Nicaraguans are advised
to follow the advice of Captain Cutie
they find Admiral Walker in 1854 pitch
ing some shells into Greytown for
less offense than the seizure of an Amer
lean vessel to make a note of it,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
HistOry's Verdict.
Louisville Courier-Journal

LOUISVlIIe COurler-J OurnaI
The worst thing that history will probably
say of President Faure is that he was
afraid of the traitorous French generals
who sought in the Dreyfus agitation an OPP
portunity for coup d'etat. The Chamber of
Deputies and the Senate must share this
disgrace with him. stronger hand would
have controlled the army and made the
military subordinate to the civil power.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The Parisians, having finally realized
that there has been an election,
will proceed to celebrate the event for
few days by breaking heads and win
dows, after which they will settle down
to their usual occupation of discussing
the Dreyfus case.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

That is lovely trait of the human char
acter which causes instant advantage to be
taken of mans suffering and necessities by
raising the prices of food and fuel in emer-
gencies like the recent cold spell. Love for
ones neighbor has varied manifestations.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

With Omaha dry on Sunday and after
the midnight hour and Council Bluffs
following suit on midnight closing, there
appears no longer any good excuse for
bibulous individuals missing the last
car home
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

From the way the Filipinos keep plug
ging away at the Americans 1t Is appar-
ent that their manifest destiny Is an
other dose of the Otis brand of benevo-
lent assimilation.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The efficiency of a police system is re-
fiected by the prevalence or absence OF
serious crime. BY that test the Omaha
police under its present chief will COM
pare favorably with its predecessors.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Before it is too late some member
of the legislature should introduce n
bill making shoplifting or larceny from
building felony, punishable by i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary. shop
lifting has become source of great loss
to the merchants of the large cities of
Nebraska. In Omaha, despite police
protection and private detective serv-
Ice maintained at quite an expense,
the merchants suffer material losses AN
nually through the operations of shop
lifters. The fact that goods of the value
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
Unanimously Approved.

ST. LOUIS fteSuDnc.
Perhaps the only question on which the
American people have been completely
unanimous since the Declaration of Inde-
pendence was the bestowal of the title of
admiral on Dewey.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
ANpie'S Reliable AIIv

Chicago Tlmes-HeraId
The Filipinos, armed or unarmed are COM
paratively harmless, but they have brand
of climate that is expected to get in its
deadly work from now on.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

of at least S3o must be stolen before the
offensc becomes more than misde-
criminals. Many other states have
wisely made larceny from building II
felony with the result that this sort of
crime has been almost wholly repressed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
le trains fast"

Detroit Free Press: Ills parents have
spent a great deal of money upon his edu-
cation, haven't they?'
muscle
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.;
George B. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
Publishing company beng duly sworn,
says that the actual number of tull ana
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee, printed during
the month of January. 1899, was as tol-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Pittsburg Chronicle: The blizzard made
the railroads observe Lent little in ad-
servant boarder at the breakfast table.
How SOP
ut made the trains fast"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

Detroit Journals: Teacher-John, illustrate
the difference between sit and set.
Bright and Patriotic Boy-The United
States is n country in which the sun never
sets and the rest of the world never sits.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
LINES TO a LAUGH.

Chicago Tribune: Doctor please tell me
does chewing gum enlarge the muscles Of
the jaws?'
Not unless you chew it, miss"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21
ECHOES OF THE MAR.

Colonel Frederic Funston who led the
three companies OF the Kansas regiment in
their gallant charge against the Fiipinos,
is only 2S years old, native of Kansas,
from which state his father was formerly a
congressman. He graduated from the Kan
sas state university and became a newspaper
man at Fort Smith. There he saw big fight
ing with Indians and went with the troops
on some of their winter campaigns. Then
he went to Death Valley, California, on
commission from the government, where he
stayed for two years. Later he resigned the
place of assistant secretary for the Topeka
& Santa Fe railway and entered the Cuban
army as a private. He rose rapidly and
was soon in command of all the artillery
forces east OF Havana, He was in twenty
three battles, was wounded in the arm in
the left lung and in the leg, and was i'll ten
months with the fever. lie was captured
by the Spanish and condemned to die, but
escaped. He was married the day he left
San Francisco for the Philippines to a beau
tiful California girl whom he had met six
weeks before
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

The silver service which the people of the
state of Washington will present to Admiral
Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, is unusually
massive and beautiful. The service consists
of twenty-seven pieces, including punch
bowl and tray, candelabra, loving cups, wine
cooler, platters and various vegetable and
meat dishes The design for the service is
entirely original as to shape and general
outline, and the decorative establishment
is the oak leaf and the acorn, symbolic of the
rank of commander On many of the pieces
will be special etchings of Washington
scenes. On the large tray will be the VIC
tory of Manila a piece of engraving which
will embrace a portrait of Dewey and no less
than 1OS25 letters. Each piece will bear a
medallion consisting of a reproduction sur
rounded by the words state of Washing
ton" This is to be made at the mint in
Philadelphia.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-21

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