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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY l. 1900.

keeping entirely free from the mach.
nations of other powers in respect To
that empire. We have only our trade
interests there to safeguard and this
we shall undoubtedly he able to do,
although, as was pointed out Il few
days ago In an address of the Chinese
minister to the United states before
the American Asiatic association, we
may sooner or later find it cXpedient
to adopt n less illiberal and discrimi-
native policy toward the Chinese. Re
ferring TO our success in securing fro n
the European powers n pledge of the
open door in the east, the minister said:
You yourselves have shut the door
against the Chinese. While | do not
anticipate retaliatory measures, |
greatly fear that in the neal future,
unless you moderate your ideas and
give to Cinnamon the same rights as
people from other nations, there will
he Il boycott against all American
goods The warning should receive
the attention of those who are seeking
the trade Of China.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
THE EUTERE OE CHINA.


American interest in China is chiefly
commercial. The United States has no
desire for territory in that empire and
whatever concern we may have for the
advancement of western civilization
there springs mainly from the expec-
tation that thereby III trade will
be enlarged. 1t is realized that China
is a great market, which is certain to
grow with the opening up of the en-
pire to the worlds commerce and its
development under the application of
western energy and enterprise.
Hence recent events in China,
thought to have been inspired from out
side sources, are not without interest
here, since they seem to point to pos
sible conditions that might prove inim-
dynasty. or rather the empress
dowagcr, is hostile to foreign control
and Jealous Of the independence and
integrity of the empire, yet it is well
understood that she is more or less
under the influence of Russia, which
countenanced her opposition TO the re-
forms sought to be ~inaugurated by the
young emperor and his advisers.
While, therefore, the woman who rules
China is most anxious to maintain the
Integrity of the empire, there is good
reason to believe that her recent action
was encouraged by Russian and French
Influence and if such were the case It
suggests the danger of those powers
obtaining advantages which would not
be to the benefit of other nations,
among them the United States, having
interests in China. 1t is true that Rus,
STA has indicated her purpose to OBJ
serve the open door principle, but her
adhesion TO this may depend a great
deal upon whether she shall be con-
hned to her present territorial posses
sions in China or enabled to materially
extend them. There is no doubt that
Russia is maneuvering TO extend her
sphere of influence and it is quite
possible that she may have found IN
the empress dowager n friend 10 her
ambition, under some sort of guarnn
tees that will materially add to the
revenues of that ruler, avarice being
one of her controlling characteristics.
1t is the opinion of some that the
latest revolutionary move in China will
tend to hasten the breaking up of the
empire and to thwart the plans of
those who have hoped to set China on
a firm footing, under liberal auspices,
with its trade open to all the world on
equal conditions. This may be an en-
roneous view, but certainly the re-
dictionary course that has been taken
cannot be conducive to those condi-
lions which in the view of western
NATIONS are necessary to the progress
II development of the Chinese en-
pire. SO far as the United States. is
concerned, however. it a only To
maintain friendly relations with China,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
SECULAR SHOTS At the rrrrrr.


Philadelphia Times: \ Kentucky min.
ister had to resign because he denounac
c~crsots. His denunciation Of smoking ant
cards was approved, but in the other matter
his eloqucnce went to waste,
Boston Herald: The Washington parso1
who thought he saw champagne BOTTLES
brought out Of President McKiulcy's on ,
when they we're really mineral water bot.
tics. now has the impudeuce to say thai he
never made such a statement, and tina, Il,
has never been disprovod. Which Is ye,y
much like saying CT the darkey who wa,
caught in the act that he never borrowo q
the Hottie, and that it was cracked when he
borrowed it. The parson is evidently as
mixed as he is mistaken.
Chicago Chronicle. We are told that the
estate OF the late Dwight L.. Moody con.
s.yts principally Of his library, And yp,
this man raised during his long and active
career more money than a hundred ordinary
preachers. He raised something like $500
600 a year for lis schools and bible institute
alone. and within the last decade the sum-,
passing through his hands must have
amounted to several millions of dollars. That
he left no personal estate is probably the
best tribute to his sincerity and unselhsh.
ness in his eyangelistic and educational
work.
Minneapolis Tribune: In Philadelphia a
handsome young woman of is, belonging
to a good family and a member CT a Pro
tcstant church, became imbued with mis-
sionary zeal and offered her services to the
Chinese mission for the conversion of the
heather. She was assigned as a pupil a
young Chinaman, but he seems to have cN-
erted more influence upon her than she
upon him, for in n year the young girl was
an opium fiend. and the other day died under
the influence of the drug in a house of ques-
tionable repute. Missionary zeal is all
right. but it should be tempered with pru.
dencc. 1t would seem that anybody in
charge of a mission should have more sense
than to expose a young woman to such evil
influences upon any %preteXt.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Do your eyes get tired in reading sooner
than was their wont a few years ago? You
needn't be afraid to answer In the atlirpR-
tive, for Il shall not be taken as evidence
that old age has anything to do with it;
neither does it follow that you are in need
of the ~oculist's care. No, the trouble is with
the paper which is used in most magazines
and boots just now The type, to be sure
is better and clearer than ever before, but
haven't you noticed in reading down one
page of a highly glazed periodical that you
have to shift the angle of the book at least
three times in order to get the light right
It's a fact, whether you have noticed it or
not, and it's ruin both to ones eyes and
ones temper to be so put out. While you
are reading in the upper left hand corner
of a two-column page the light is striking
on the right hand corner and rejecting a
trying glow in your right eye that is nerve
DESTROYING.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
~ Kop NND NELDT.

The similarity OF the descriptions Of rains
Of lead" indicates that the war correspond
cuts are hale fellows.
Baby christenires in England are being
deferred. pending the development OF some
British hero in South Africa.
While discussing the Transvaal situation,
a Boston barber cut the throat OF one OF his
customers. and the life OF the latter was
saved only by the prompt action OF ply
sicians.
Colonel John Y. Blake, commander OF u
foreign contingent q the Boor army. was
krown as "Giveadam Blake at West Point,
owing to his fearless riding ana reckless
manner.
London nowsboys must be careful in cry
ing out their wares. One Of them has been
sentenced to penal scrvltudo for yelling
Horrible British Slaughter" although the
published news justified 1t.
Some pretty raw war stories were turned
loose on American readers eighteen months
ast, but none Of them surpassed a story
hailing from Moddcr aud attributed to
Julian Ralph. The assertion is soberly
made that the Beers sank the bodies OF
their dead in the river for the purpose of
coucealing the number Of their casualties.
Great Britain's poet laureate has broken
out again in a war poem which he calls
Spartan Mothers" II is a historical COM
position. afluent in pathos. and its pinch
beck character is well exhibited in such
lines as these: who fights FOR England
fights for Cod" "NNho dies for England
sleeps with God"
Never in the history of modern warfare
have artillery guns done such damage as
in the fighting in South Africa. The de-
striction wrought by the guns throwing
lyddite and other modern explosives has
been fearful. Correspondents at the front
speak of the hilltops on. which are both
British and Boer troops as vomiting vol
canoes of fire"
\ good deal OF fun is being poked at
some of the irregular troops that Great
Britain has been sending to South Africa
The London newspapers remark that some
of the volunteers from the city are including
in their army outfits such things as air.
pillows, cork mattresses, canvas buckets,
water-flters, boxes and writing portfolios.
Imagine American troops in the Philippines
incumbered with such baggage.
a Gordon Highlander, writing of Eland-
slaagte, says: 81 got through the rifle fire
down to the bayonet charge on the hillside,
when | felt a sting in the left arm, and,
looking down. found | was shot in the
wrist. In changing my position l got shot
in the center OF the forehead The bullet
did not go straight through. 1t glanced off
my nose bone and came out above my right
temple. On looking round l was just in time
to see the blood squirting from the first
wound. On changing my position l got a
bullet in the 'napper. / was out of action
then, for all was dark. l heard the officer
l was going to get the bandages from say: |
Poor chap; he's gone!' But no, l am still
kicking"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
THE CHILDLEss FLAT BELOW.

S. r. Kiser in the Times-Herald.
st. Peter sat inside the gate
A soul appeared outside.
And knocked upon the golden bars:
Pray, let me in she cried.
when you were on that little ball
Men cal the EARTH said he,
"You lived in what is called a Hat
yes, what of that?' said she.
"You lived" the saint went on to say,
in quiet comfort there;
No noise was made by night or day
To fill you with despair"
otis as you say" the woman said.
And ! was free from sin:
81 went to church as Christians should
Now, prythec, let me in"
"You hunted round until you found
a fiat" st. Peter said,
Where children never romped below
Nor scampered overhead"
"Ah, yeSi they barred the children out
She answered him, land that
Was why | took such comfort in
My cozy, quiet fiat.
"There were no children there to raise
a soul-disturbing din,
And mine, therefore, were happy days
Now, prythee, let me in"
NAY, nay, go down below" he said,
And turned his head and smiled,
There are so many children here,
They'd simply set you wild!
eco down below-far down below
You'll find Il place there that
Is Just as free from children as
They kept your childless fat"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTION

1t is the opinion of the republican
majority of the house ways and means
committee that the constitution of the
new possessions. 1t is held that the
term Omitted States" in the clause of
the constitution relating to duties. i'm
posts IL excuses, means and is con
fined to the states that constitute the
federal union and does not cover also
the territory belonging to the United
States, therefore congress has power
to cover Porto Rico and the Philip
pines independent of the limitations
of the constitution In the case of ter
ritories acquired for purposes of state
hood, however, congress would be sub
,ject to the limitations Of the cOnstitu-
ton. The view of the democratic mi
nOrity is that the term Omitted States
means all the states and territories and
consequently that the provisions of the
constitution apply to the new territory
equally with h old.
Pursuant to the opinion of the ma
jority Il bill has been framed which
provides that duties on merchandise
coming into the United States from
Porto Rico and into Porto Rico from
the United States shall be % per cent
of the duties on merchandise from for
eign countries. If this shall be adopted,
as it probably will be, some relief will
be afforded to the trade of Porto Rico,
htlt II will Sti1I hn a nntifna tinn 10 thn
people of the island that they are not
citizens of the United States, as they
desired and expected to be, that none
of the guarantees of the federal con-
stitution apply to them II that they
are subject entirely to the government
of congress-, in which they will have
no representation. The same principle
will, of course, be applied to the other
territory, though in dealing with the
Philippines it may not be deemed eX-
pedient to adopt Il similar tariff policy
as with Porto Rico, congress being free,
according to the view Of the repub-
leans of the ways and means com
mittee, to arrange the tariffs for the
new possessions as circumstances shall
dictate. There may be a special tariff,
also, for the Hawaiian islands, unless
ii should he determined that they were
acquired for the purpose of statehood,
which is not at all likely to be done.
The constitutional question involved
is of very great Importance and 1t will
be in controversy until n decision of
the supreme court on it can be had,
proceedings To secur which have al
ready been instituted by American i'm
porters of Porto Rican products.
Meanwhile it is quite possible that mil
itary government will be maintained in
the new possessions.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

Public interest in war news jumped from
Luzon to South Africa and then to Ken
lucky. Each locality has struck the pace
that kills.
One thousand versifers tackled the muse
at a recent competition. With skilled nurs-
ing the patient may recover consciousness
before the century ends.
That 500, 900 pledge made by Philadel-
phians to secure the republican national con-
vention is now shown to be worth . cents
on the dollar, and no takers.
Jerry Hoot is in trouble in New Orleans,
having attempted to elevate his wife with
an Internal machine. For some days to
come he will boot in a cage.
North Dakota has suspended shipping ice
from Michigan. Patronizing home industry
has secured a fresh hold since Medicine
Hat blew a hole in the atmosphere.
Iowa proposes taking a fall out of prize
fighting in that state. The article usually
put up there is a base imitation of the vocal
art and cannot be suppressed too quickly.
The Board of Geographic Names spells it
Puerto Rico and the senate committee in
sists on Porto Rico. Which is which is of
little consequence to the hungry natives of
the island.
oCLil' Day pldtc ptOplt w SlIlNllS 10 re-
woke the edict of Punishment issued against
Roger Williams several centuries ago. They
might try the edict on George Fred for a
year or two.
osman Digna, though a captive, increases
the white mans burden in Egypt. The Brit
ish do not know what to do with him. Make
him mayor of Calgary, a cool dry spot just
over the line. A continuous performance
in a refrigerator might reduce his ardor.
Prize fighters and their hackers in New
York are getting back at Governor Roose-
welt for recommending the repeal of the
prize fight law. They have organized the
Society of Strenuous Endeavor." The fact
that Teddy is an exponent of strenuous en-
deavor makes him eligible for membership.
The newspaper men in the Philippines are
telling a story of one of their number, a
new arrival, who undertook to explain to an
officer how he thought a certain attack
ought to be made. The officer listened SD
politely for twenty minutes that the CORE,
spondent, on departing, asked his name.
"Otis" was the reply.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
Concerning National Mothers.

Prof. j. Lawrence Laughlin said. at the
Chicago reception to the German ambassa-
dor, that il Great Britain is the mother of
the United States, Germany is the grand
mother. The relationship is closer than this.
and Ambassador Andrew d. White expressed
it on July 4, 1898, in Leipzig, in what was
probably the finest public utterance made
in the course of the Spanish war. Though
we recognize Great Britain as the mother
country of the great majority of our people,
said DR.. White. we might we'll recognize
in Germany another mother country; for
from the high institutions of learning in
Germany, far more than from those of any
other land, have come and are coming the
influences which have shaped and are shap-
ing advanced education in the United
States" The feeling shown at Chicago
proves that the tie is a living one.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
Duty OF Ii National Government.

Because Americas instructive sympathy
with the Boer grows more irrepressible as
ne maintains his struggle to defend his
home in South Africa, it becomes the duty
of those intrusted with the management of
the government to hold this country with
the greater steadiness to the line of i'm
Partially. However high the Transvaal
sentiment rises in the United States, an
American administration is bound to see
that nothing be chargeable against us of
favoritism to either of the combatants. What
political orators may say on domestic
stumps, or even what the mass of the
American people may feel upon the issue
of Boer and Briton, cannot, with due re-
gard to the national interests of the United
States, be heard from any source of serious
influence upon our international relations.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
IN THE INTEREST or PEACE

Mr.. Montagu White, formerly the
Transvaal consul in London and now
in the United States, says his mission
here is wholly in the interest of peace.
He did not come to this country in an
official character, but with II view to
acquainting the American people with
the Boer side of the contest and pro
noting public sympathy here with his
country.
II is an entirely worthy mission and
Mr.. White has shown n proper apure-
citation of it by not pushing himself
upon h public attention or attempt
ing in any way TO embarrass the au-
thorities at Washington. He has de
clined to attend meetings called to eX-
press sympathy with the Bocr repub-
lies and ut the national capital. where
he called upon Secretary Hay. he has
conducted himself quietly and dis
creetly. When opponents of the admin
istration in congress We're e~ndeavoring
to use him to bring reprOach upon the
president and secretary of state. he
gave no countenance or encouragement
to such efforts.
Mr.. White is familiar. undoubtedly,
with the duty and obligation which
neutrality imposes upon this govern
ment and knows that it could not with
propriety, under existing conditions.
offer to mediate in the South African
war. An opportunity to do 50 may
come in the not remote future. In the
meantime whatever Mr.. White may be
able to do in the interest of peace will
have the hearty support of the Ameri-
can people.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
NEEDS OF TIE srrRrnE cnrRr

NEEDS or THE SUPREME COURT
The suggestion of The Bee for the
reinforcement of the supreme bench by
calling the judges Of the district court
from time to time to render assistance
of the same character as that formerly
performed by the supreme court com.
missioncrs has met with a general re.
Spouse from bench and bar, who agree
unanimously that some immediate re-
lief for the overweighted supreme court
docket is imperatively necessary. The
Judges of the district court who have
been heard from all say they would
gladly devote their services to this end
so far as it would not interfere with
work in their own districts. The prin.
cipal objections and criticisms arise
from n misunderstanding of the plan
on the supposition that n legislative
requisite 10 its adoption.
In point of fact, the chief merit Of
The Bees suggestion II that it can
bring immediate relief to the overbur-
dened supreme court without further
legislation and at mere nominal addi-
tional expense. There Is nothing what
ever in the law or in the constitution
TO prevent the judges Of the supreme
court from accepting the volunteered
assistance Of the district Judges. The
latter are not only already drawing sal
aries equal to those of the supreme
bench, but are also prohibited from
engaging in private practice or accept
ing other emolumcnts, 50 that they
would lose nothing by being fully oc-
cupied with judicial work instead of
as now half the time idle.
Nor would the constitutional status
of the district judges engaged in this
work be different from that of the sd
preme court commissioners. The court
in passing OF the validity of the com
mission law declared explicitly that the
opinions of the commissioners had no
binding effect until approved by and
made the judgment of the court and
the same would apply to opinions in
cases in which district judges should
sit in hearing.
On the other hand, if we are to wait
for Il constitutional amendment litiga-
ton will continue to pile up OF the SUI
preme court docket for at least three
years, which is the earliest such an
amendment could be put into effect,
and if we are to wait for II legislative
enactment the delay will be at least
one year. The suggestion that another
supreme court commission be estab-
lished by law is still further illusory,
because the bill might be again vetoed,
and even if it ran the gubernatorinl
gauntlet would be no more permanent
or stable in character han the pro-
posed advisory commission of district
judges.
so far as the ability and standing
of the district judges are concerned
they will on the whole compare favor
ably with those of the former supreme
court commissioners and with the
judges of the supreme court them
selves, who have usually been selected
from among men who have served on
the district bench. All fears therefore
that our judiciary would in any way
be degraded by such an innovation are
certainly entirely without sound foun-
dation.
While certain objections hold good
to every scheme for reinforcing the SUI
preme court that is temporary in char
acter, nothing better has yet been sug-
gested nor any valid reason urged
against its adoption.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
BRITISH FORCES az SOUTH AFRICA.

BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
1t has been authoritatively stated in
the House of Commons that the British
forces in South Africa will within a
couple of weeks consist of 2l3,OO0
troops, only $4,000 of which number is
vet to arrive. OF this formidable army,
said to he the largest that Great Britain
has ever put in the field, 10000 are
regulars, regarded as unsurpassed in
fighting qualities and which have GER
tainly shown in this war a high degree
of courage and ~tenacity. The estl-
mates of the Boer forces that can be re-
garded as trustworthy place the maxi
mum of their strength at 10000, so thar
the British have now twice and Il half
as many soldiers in South Africa as the
two republics and more are on the way.
1t would seem that with such an army
as Great Britain already has at the seat
of war the Beers should in a short
time, say "A few months, be over
whelmed, but occupying as they do al
most impregnable positions and fighting
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Among the latest prominent converts
TO the proposition that Il United States
senator shall be elected Ivy n direct
vote of the people is Senator Shelby
NJ. Cullom Of Illinois. but inasmuch
rs the change cannot he effected with
out an amendment to the constitution
If the United States. which requires
the assent of two-thirds of the members
of the United States senate, NJ. Cullom
runs no risk of being compelled to
stand for reelection lay popular choice.
The American House of Lords is not
likely to abdicatc its hereditary priyi-
lcgpS.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

one thing brought out by the inquir,
les of The Bee To the various chairmen
Of the republican state committee for
the last few years on questions of party
policy shows a marked distinction be
tween the republican party and its OPP
ponents. The republicans have in
stalled n new nan as chairman of the
state committee and manager Of the
party organization each successive
year, while the democrats have kept
n and the same person at. the head
of their committees almost without
change since the fusion policy was Ell
fected, If the republicans could find
the right man TO take hold of its or