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STRENGTHENING THE MACHINE.


1t would be hard to decide for which
of three acts the present legislature Is
best entitled to the public thanks-the
passage Of the pardon bill, the adoption
Of the oil inspection measure even in it's
present shape or it's acceptance of
comparatively early date for adjourn
ment.
The last is probably the most merl-
torious act Of the three, since it removes
from the scene of its activities body
which has embodied the qualities OF
sound and fury in higher measure
than any like body that has ever assem-
bled in this state, and has succeeded in
accomplishing as little of tangible value
to the commonwealth as its least ar
dent admirers looked forward to.
The loud changing Of party cymbals
which has prevailed have led a good
many unsuspecting persons to look for
ward to accomplished results. But Moth
ing has been done, for the exceeding
good reason that nothing was designed
to be done. The party whip has cracked
throughout the session. The course pur-
sued on the Hurd oil inspection measure
and on the board of control bill, the leg
islation which makes it a crime to sell
cigarette paper within the state, and the
congressional reapportionment measure
may all be accepted as indicative of
what the Republican machine deems
needfuI for it's own preservation. The
voting public have been fooled to the
top of their bent. They will no doubt
two years hence send like body to the
new capitol who will do just as this one
has done and as most of it's predecessors
did before it.
In our own delegation the same inf1u-
ence has been in control. The party man
date has gone forth, and no legislation
appears to have been too disreputabIe
in principle to receive the sanction of
that body if only it was designed to carry
some addition to the spoils now available
to Republican politicians in Office in this
county.
In state and county alike the Republi-
can machine was fully represented by the
operation of the body which goes out of
existence on April L. The constitutional
barrier in the way of special legislation
has been successfully borne down. and
the legislation adopted to advance some
private interest will be found to exceed
greatly that passed even ostensibly for
the promotion of the public welfare in
one direction or another.
Despite the Notwithstanding outcries of
that wonderful being, Representative ia
cobson, it is entirely evident that when
this legislature shall have had adjourned
there will be found to have been few
opportunities neglected for strengthen
ing of the control in state politics of the
Republican party machine.
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possession of virtual, if not an actual,
monopoly, and in the greed for undue
profits they come to believe that there
is little or no limit to public endurance.
especially If only they have sufficiently
plant and influential tools in political
life. The wonder, indeed, is that the
principle of municipal ownership has
made so little progress In American
cities, in view of the policy pursued by
the big monopolies of one kind or an
other in operation under municipal char
tiers.
There is only one adequate form of
public protection which the corporations
and public alike may have. That pro-
lection will operate to keep the public
from rushing unwisely into the expert
ment of municipal ownership and at the
same time enable them to gain an in
telligent knowledge of the affairs of such
corporations. That method is found in
the establishment of complete and uni
form systems of accounting by quasi pub
entire lack of information on the part
of the public as to the affairs of such
corporations. so that any story of ex-
action or enormous profits which any
demagogue thinks proper to set on foot
Is readily accepted by the. people, and the
interests concerned are made to suffer
consequences which would never be Wis
tied on them if the truth happened to be
known to the public.
The haphazard methods of action
prevailing in American cities will
inevitably work out like results. When
1t happens that almost every public de-
mand, reasonable or unreasonable, is
contested by such corporations, 1t Is not
matter of surprise that the public
should be disposed to believe the worst
that is being said and should be look
ing steadily toward the goal which has
been reached by the city of London In
taking over the public utilities of water,
light, passenger transportation and cleo
trical communication
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TO municipal swindler to think Of,
much less dread, the penitentiary.
New York is taken as a type Of NUM-
cipal rottenness and debased public NOR
ais simply because vice shows more
plainly there because there is more of it;
but in the quality of its misgovernment
that city isain no worse condition than
a majority OF her smaller sisters through
out the country.
When owing to some extreme ebullition
of justice municipal swindler is sent to
the penitentiary he never expects to
serve out the years of his sentence. To
the leniency in the jury box and on the
bench is superadded leniency of the par
doning power and the forgetful condona-
ton of public sentiment. Until the pub
lie conscience is aroused to the point
where public thief or misdoer will re-
ceive the exact punishment prescribed by
law, we cannot expect they will abstain
from the business of public plundering
into which they have been educated
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PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN LONDON.

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN LONDON.
The result of the recent municipal cleo
ton in the British metropolis must oc-
casion surprise to all Americans, however
it may be regarded by the British peo-
pie. That result makes certain at an
early day the public ownership by the
metropolis of the water, gas light and
transportation facilities. AS the govern
ment already owns the telegraph and is
installing telephones it will be seen that
all public utilities are in London about
TO pass into the direct ownership of the
people,
The recent London election was fought
mainly over the ownership of the water
supply. The exactions of the private
corporations which have had the priv
ilege of supplying the people with their
water were such as to pass beyond
popular endurance, and resulted finally
In making the transfer Of the water sup
ply to the public inevitable
The water supply of London is now
principal one of which, The New River
Water company, dates back as far as
the reign of Elizabeth. The first con-
duits were laid in 1919 Before the works
were ready for use the proprietors were
out of money, and James l. gave them
$4,000. taking half the stock to the
crown in exchange. A share of this
stock, of which there were but seventy
two, was, 1t is said, sold recently for
about $625,OOO, or $4,000 per cent more than
its face value 800 years ago.
This radical departure thus made by
the city Of London involves great deal.
1t will be carried out with all possible
rapidity. Already the municipality owns
and operates a number of street car
lines, ard will at once proceed to the
construction of number of new ones
AS this line Of conduct will be supple
mented by the construction of model
tenements for the housing of the poor,
there will doubtless be a great revival Of
building industry in the British metropo.
lis during the next few years.
The moral of the London elections
Ought not to be lost on the American cor
porations which are operating under pub
lie franchises
The condition of public sentiment
which leads in the first instance to the
promotion of the idea of municipal own
ership is almost invariably due to some
exaction or other on the part of such
corporations. They lind themselves in
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and theoretical students of political gov

and theoretical students of political gov
eminent.
A second edition of Beulah Marie Dix's
new novel, 1.-THE Making of Christopher
F'erringham," has just been issued by
the Macmillan company
The Working Constitution of the
United Kingdom is the title of book
by the Right Hon. Leonard Courtney.
M. p, which the Macmillan company
Among the papers Of the late Grant
Allen was found an article on The
British ArlStocracy." It is probable that
ne did not care to place himself before
the English reading public in the posi-.
ton OF entire frankness which he had
assumed while writing this article. and
that consequently it was held until after
his death for publication 1t was secured
through his sen for The Cosmopolitan
and appears in the April number Ger
ta1nly no Englishman has ever so ham
died the subject without gloves as Grant
Allen, and no one was better equipped
to do the subject justice
Current History begins its eleventh
volume in the March number by enlarg-
Ing It's pages to regular magazine size
and appearing In an entirely new and
more attractive form. In its reading
matter the reputation of this magazine
for reliability is fully sustained while
its interest is increased by fuller discus.
sion of important topics and greater
variety OF Illustration. 1t still. however,
faithfully serves its original purpose OF
a periodical summary Of contemporary
history, all-embracing In scope, free from
offensive political or religious bias. con-
venfeEtly arranged for reference pur-
poses, full of suggestions as to other
sources Of information, Astounding in USE
full maps and portraits, and forming q
GIN
cyclopedias and other reference works,
but even to the daily and weekly news.
papers.
April brings the Easter issue of The
American Queen to US brImful Of Easter
fashions, fancy work, fiction and all sorts
of useful and home life suggestions The
fashions show not only simple styles. but
suggest materials, trimmings, Innings,
etc., to be used in their makeup. The
fancy work is inviting, and as all the
patterns of the various designs shown
are for sale at nominal prices, it is a
most practical department The fiction
is excellent, consisting of short, complete
stories by celebrated and well known
writer's.
The Popular Scientific Monthly for
April, which completes the fifty-eighth
volume, opens with an article on NAL
pighi, Swammerdam and Leeuwenhoek
by Prof. w. A. I.ocy, of Northwestern
university. To these three men we owe
the foundations of biological science
the first description of the minute struc-
ture of plants and animals and of the
development of the chicks egg, the dis
covery of animalculae and much besides.
The article is deliberately illustrated with
portraits and reproductions from the
original works. Mr.. Havelock Ellis con-
tinues his interesting studies of British
Men of Genius discussing in the pres
ent number heredity and parentage.
There are the usual departments devoted
to discussion and correspondence, scien-
title literature and the progress Of sci
ence.
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THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE.

In line with the remarks of President
Hadley on the necessity for an aroused
public conscience if we are to reap the
full fruits of our constitutional liberty,
nicipal government of New York city by
the London Spectator in contrasting the
conduct of the government of the Ameri-
can metropolis with that Of London and
Paris. 1t attributes the scandals which
attend the mana cement of public affairs
in our large cities to lax public morals
and a confusion of public duties with
private enterprises.
1t states the opinion that not until pun
ishment stern, swift and certain as death
is dealt out impartially to every offender,
great or small, rich or poor, will there
be any marked change in the government
of New York city. To debase the moral
currency is the worst crime that can be
committed against a state-worse than
treason or armed invasion; and this
crime has been committed with impun-
ity, for years, not only in New York, but
in al the larger cites of the United States.
The sharp sword would do more for
New York and other cities infected with
municipal gangrene than all the legisla-
ton that can be forced on her statute
books.
What American municipalities need
more than anything else is a judiciary
devoid of fear or favor whose DEGREES
will be carried out automatically by the
whole force of the state 1t never occurs
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The Louisville Courier-Journal insists
that newspapers dwell ng upon ex-Presi-
dent Harrison's opposition to expansion.
are surely forgetting his presidential
record, as he showed no fear Of ex-
pansion when he negotiated the treaty
annexing Hawaii" There are still a
great many papers of both parties that
fail to see the difference between ex-
pansion and Imperialism There is no
fundamental reason why any man should
object to expansion, least of all, the
Democrats whose party claims the credit
OF having added to the Union more than
half OF it's present area; but no words
are strong enough to denounce this busi-
ness Of forcing upon an allen and un-
willing people a government in which
they have no voice and no share. and 1t
Is safe to say that, if Harrison had been
president during the last four years, the
Fillpinos would not now be ruled over
by as unqualified despot as any car
or sultan ever was
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THE GOLDEN IDOL.
FERG GUS HUME

"A little one. You would not think
much of it. yyse. But it will serve me-
'Humph!' said Vyse, seeing the China
man was not inclined to be very com
municative. II don't understand it at
all. l suppose there Is no reason Whv |
should
You'll hear all about it when I return
to China, Vyse, owe you that much"
'Oh, you owe me nothing"
We'll. at least 1 intend to give myself
the satisfaction of placing you in pos
session OF all the facts. You shall have
them from me once 1 am in my owa
country" said Jinfou, refiectively.
"Jinfou: You aren't going to tell me
that you killed Rornley?"
No, no. 1 gave you my word about
that before. Whatever I may be, 1 am
not murderer Of that sort. We don't
think so much of human life in China as
You do here, it is true, but can set your
mind at rest on that score. 1 did not kill
the old man"
But you know who did. Tell me-"
Yes, 1 will tell you-when 1 write to
you from China. Don't you think we
might see Jayne now?''
Teddy saw plainly that there was some
thing ominous at the back of all this
"You are up to something, Jinfou," he
cried, sharply.
Nothing that will forfeit your friend
ship, Vyse. 1 esteem you too highly for
that. But you are of the West; am OF
the East. The one cannot wholly SYM
pathise with the feelings of the other
so hold my tongue
After this Teddy saw it was no good:
SO, cutting the conversation short, he
put on his hat and coat and walked his
friend over to Trafalgar Villa
Here .1avna who wa TOrU oIpo0c& I,j,,,
self again, thanks to rest and careful
nursing, effuSively welcomed the China
man, to whom, in some degree, he felt
he owed his freedom, and Jinfou was in
troduced to Mrs Wharton and her
daughters. Norah made much of him for
having restored Leonard to her arms.
and Fancy found him both quaint and
amusing. Mrs. Wharton alone declined
to sec any good in the visitor. A China
man. to her thinking, could be nothing
but an animal, and vastly inferior one
at that. So she treated Jinfou as she
might have treated Coolie, and he, in
return, was exquisitely polite. Nobod,
was sorry when Mrs. Wharton retired
to bed very early, as was often her habit
anG for the rest of the evening Jinfou
enjoyed himself, being quite charming to
everybody.
When return to my own country .
he said. ct trust I may be allowed to
send some samples of our work to you
young ladies-siiks, and worries, and por-
celain. You like them, eh?"
Oh, lovely!' gasped Fancy, with
enthusiasm. "And some preserved gin
ger. please Mr.. Jinfou. I just love It,
And kum gum-lee; you know what that
is. Leonard brought me some''
And you ate it all, If 1 remember
rightly" said Jayne.
Profuse in prospective thanks to the
Chinaman, Norah and Fancy went to
bed, the former leaving strict injunctions
&c Leonard that he was not to sit up
Then Jinfou preferred his request to
Jayne, who granted it most readily.
.Tll let Mrs. Marks know tomorrow
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said he, land no doubt she will convey
the good news to her husband. 1 don't
care two straws about relieving his m nd.
But I think it is best in every way.
If he stays away much longer people
will begin to talk I've baffled them
so far, however. by pretending that my
absence was due to an accident" u
You told the admiralty, however,,
said Teddy
"I had to, or run the risk of being
shunted from the service. But you see,
I was right. The admiralty have accept
ed my explanation, and in two weeks
I join the Hebe at Queenstown. 1hen
I hope the whole thins will blow over.
The less said about II the better-for
Gaskelrs sake"
''Infernal scoundrel!'' muttered Teddy.
agree with you, Ted. Gaskell puzzles
me-"
I'm our country said Jinfou, sententi.
ously, cit is said that love excuses all"
Leonard flushed You have SHARP
eyes, Jinfou, unless Gaskell told you
HE told me nothing. I observe, bun
I should not mention what 1 observe,
said the polite Jinfou, rising. But !
must go, sir 1 promised Miss Wharton
not to detain you late. am glau youl
health is so much Improved"
Thanks, I'm all right now. BY the
way, have you heard anything of Phil
ip?'
mot since I saw him last. But ex-
pect to do so before long-when the ill
luck of Wang-ho is accomplished"
Pooh! You don't believe in that. jim
fou?'
IT should not be Wang-ho's priest if
I did not. Look at your own case-but
we have discussed this before We shall
see what we shall see'
"Ugh!' said Jayne, with shudder 81
am glad the beastly things gone. I
wouldn't touch it with pair of longs
Goodbye, Jinfou. Hope we shall meet
again soon"
when next your ship comes to China,
perhaps, Mr. Jayne and then you viii
enjoy yourself, for 1, the priest of
Wang-ho, promise that you shall be
without nl-luck for the future"
and Marks?" asked Teddy, grinning.
Jinfou looked grave. 81 leave his pun
ishment to Wang-ho,'' he said, and with
drew bowling
Nevertheless Leonard was not sorry
to see the last of him. The man was
connected with very disagreeable cpl
sode in his life, one which he desired
to forget altogether. For the sake of
his family he was glad that through
Gaskell having had at least the decency
to take himself off, he had been able
W luSAl UP CLS WAOlS WEStCHSu DcoAiAS'o
Still he could not persuade himself, in
the face of his action in relation to the
mortgage, that the man was wholly bad
He felt sometimes that perhaps, If he
had been present. there Were many things
he could have explained. But he never
learnt the truth. Rowland went-not to
Africa as he had at first intended. but
to China, where missionaries were more
sorely needed. And months afterwards
Jinfou met him there and-but that is
another story. Meanwhile the Oh 'nanlan
left Trafalgar Villa and Fletmouth, and
neither ever saw him again.
TO Be Continued Daily.l
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cannot be done through congress but
convention called to amend the national
constitution beside providing for the
election of senators by the people and
for the federal control of trusts could
solve the problem by providing for a
tariff commission whose report should
become the law of the land.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26

son. Count Rumford," a celebrated
American philosopher and economist OF
Thomas Clarkson, in 1850, one Of the first
English anti-slavery reformers; Of Ma
thaniel Bowditch, an eminent American
scholar, who learned Latin and Greek
without teacher, and whose scholarly
attainments won him membership in
many learned societies in this country
and Europe. He was too poor to buy
books, and so he copied in his own writ
ing the text books loaned him by friends.
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you will kindly set us right with your
people so that they may net believe that
we are an inferior race and treat us as
such" 1t seems that the assumption of
superiority Of which we see so much on
our part, has offended the Filipinos. and
is one Of the chief causes of their dislike
for Americans.
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1t seems that all the speculative theo-
ries about the inhabitants of Mars are
disproved by the researches and conclu-
sions of eminent scientists. Mr.. Edward
S. Holden, formerly director of Lick OBJ
servatory, states: eff by some miracle
man were suddenly transported to
Mars he would undoubtedly freeze in an
exceedinly short time. He would find no
water there, nor sufficient air to
breathe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26

The Chamber of Commerce of Mobile
got after a newspaper man for sending
out a fake story and had him discharged
Thus the lack of progress in the South
is again demonstrated.
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Mark Twain is writing that apology.
It is safe TO bet that when it appears,
the missionaries will want an apology
for the apology great deal worse than
they ever wanted the apology in the
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LITERARY NOTES.

published this month. Such a work from
man who, like Mr.. Courtney, has filed
SO many high offices in the English gov
ernment can hardly fail in arousing much
interest in the minds OF both practical
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26

"All South America fears the imperial
list ambitions of the United States" says
John F. Cables, Of Oregon, late United
States consul to Valparaiso, Chile. AS
long as we are still pursuing the fleeing
shadow of Aguinaldo through the cane
brake swannps and jungles of the Philip
pines, the people of South America need
have no fear. Uncle Sam knows when
he has his hands full.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26

DR.. Debren testified before one of the
committees of the Missouri legislature
that the lungs of many bodies dissected
in ST. Louis were black from coal smoke.
st. Louissmust be almost as bad as Chi
cago
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Minister WI. the bland and affable, Is
getting worried. He begins to suspect
''nigger in the woodpile.'' He is afraid
that the powers will set up unreasonable
demands for indemnity and use them as
a pretext for partition. Minister WI is
generally pretty sharp, but if he had
looked little closer he might have seen
that "nigger" in full life size months
q gO
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When the anarchists howl in Moscow
and the car trembles in st. Peters
burg, them dos the Poles, Firms and
other down-trodden victims of brutal
Russian oppression draw a deep breath
and wonder if the end of their misery is
really drawing nigh.
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Young man. love your work and perse-
we're and some day you may be. like
SchWab, the chief tentacle on an octopus
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While the Russians are getting ready
to throw off the despotic one-man rule
of the car, we have just established
such rule over 10000, 900 subjects in the
Philippines. It may be that Russia will
become a republic just about the time
when we get our empire established
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26

Russia is the most peaceab,e nation in
the world. Bear and for Bear is her
motto wherever she goes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26

Mrs. Ratchet Nation is go
ing to visit Wyoming. presumably to see
about the Big Horn.
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Nathan B. Scott, junior senator from
West Virginia. comes out fat-footed and
square-toed for Hanna for president in
1904. He does not say how the unwritten
law concerning the tnird term would af-
feet Hanna, but then what do people
that use the constitution for door
mat care for unwritten laws?
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Ii Hung Chang has again risen from
his death bed. to which the exigencies
of diplomacy had forced him to resort,
and is still the same astute politician as