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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
TIE DEMOCRATS PROTEST
nat APPROXIMATIONS Arc "Rallroadsd,"
hnt "A ND Mt Affnct Prnrrndirnn

That Appropriations Arc "Rallroadsd,"
but It Did Not Affect Proceedings.
Washington December 13.-The house to-
day entered upon the consideration Of the
Legislative, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bin aud made rapid progress, fifty OF
the 142 pages OF the bill having been com
pleted before adjournment. Several OF the
democratic members voiced their protests
reporting a big appropriation bin one day
and taking II up the next, without AFFORD
ing sufficient time 10 members outside OF
the committee TO properly examine It. No
material amendments were offered.
An urgent deficiency bin was reported
and at 4:O5 p. m. the house adjourned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
The Waco Public Building.
lspeeial 70 The post.l

Washington, December 1S.-Representa-
tive Henry was today informed BY the
treasury department that the sketch plans
for the additions to the Waco public build
ings were nearly finished and that the
working drawings would be ready early In
the coming year As soon as these draw
ipgB are Completed and approved bids for
the work viii be invited.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Patents Granted Texsns.

Washington. December 1s. Patents
granted this week-Henry P. Atwater,
Houston, toy f0untain9 Charles j. Koch,
Austin, fire clay charcoal furnace Conrad
Lindstrom. Ell Campo, casing point; Percy
c. Preston, Denison. reed organ, Edgar
Reagan. Floresyille, injector burner.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Cuban ReelprocIty Proarar.

Washington, December Ex-senator Cal
lom believes that the president viii be able
TO obtain consideration OF the Cuban
reciprocity bin when 1t Is presented TO the
senate and rsp0rted from his committee,
but there "a little likelihood that u VIII
get any consideration before the ~'liday
recess,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28

Fairbury is = city Of nearly 1900 inhabi-
tants. The census OF 1900 places II at
about 5000. but It has grown wonderfully
since, so that at the late spring election
over 500 votes we're cast, which would, by
the usual method Of calculation, make its
population In the neighborhood OF 1000.
The most noticeable feature Of this little
city is it's constant and steady prosperity.
It has never suffered a boom nor has IL
ever felt the effects Of the collapse OF a
boom. Fairbury property is considered in
this vicinity as a better investment than
farm property. ! can recall two instances
this spring when men sold valuable i'm
proved farms and invested their money in
Fairbury property. one buying six cottages
and the other a brick building in the BUSH
ness part Of the city. The city is SO snugly
built, the citizens are so much Of the level
headed. conservative class and the causes
Of Fairbury's prosperity so lasting that
there is no danger that this property will
ever fail to produce a good interest on the
investment.
Fairbury is the county seat OF Jefferson
county and has one of the finest court
fouses ever built. Here is located the d.
vision OF the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cthc railroad, where between SIS, 900 and
$780, 900 are paid out monthly in wages. The
Rock Island is continually making perma-
nent improvements here, the latest being
ofices for a division superintendent, and in
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
Personal NOTES.

Secretary Root announces his opposition
to the converting of Fort McHcnry into a
public park. 8
Garden parties have been ~inaugurated by
Mrs. Roosevelt, much to the qualification
Of the president. who may be depended
upon always to favor any form Of amuse-
ment in the open air.
H. @. Evans is visiting Mayor Collins OF
Boston, an old friend. from whom he IL
getting some points about running the
consul generals once in London. to which
he has recently been appointed.
Shades Of the fathers, whittier are We
drifting? Here is a Boston man, born and
reared In the shadows OF Iiberty's cradle,
pinched for $50 for opening his wife's let
ters against her will. Brethren, get thee
to a monastery.
Someone was talking in presence of "Cy'
Sulloway, the giant New Hampshire con-
gresham. about the swearing In Of United
States senators. The downeaster drawied:
"Oh, they don't swear 'em In any more.
They make 'em give bonds to keep the
peace"
st. Louis is striving nightly to produce
a model moral city by 1904. The Job is an
appalling one. but in view Of the fact that
a resident was yRnked before the grand
Jury for playing ~penny-ante on a fishing
trip. the prospect Of success is bright
enough to call forth a wall of envy from
Chicago.
Chicago stockholders In the Ferris wheel
are again talking OF sending II to Coney
Island. They have invested 5000 900 In IL
and get no returns. The holders OF the
$4,000 0 mortgage bonds are q little more
fortunate, as they have some prospect Of
saving at least a part Of their investment.
During the Columbian fair the wheel paid
we'll.
Game Commissioner c. X. Sober Of Lewis
burg, Pa. Is known as the Chestnut King
on account of his extensive ana SUCCESSFUL
venture In this. new field Of raising an
improved variety Of chestnut. His ability
and practical knowledge Of the subject are
such that he has been engaged by the
national authorities at Washington. d. c.,
to prepare for gratuitous distribution q re-
port to be issued on chestnut culture.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
THE JOLLY PICNIC TIME.
James Barton Adams in Denver Post

James Barton Adams in Denver Post @
The picnic days are near at hand. the
woods are getting green, ~
The sunlight dances ON the streams in
The birds are practicins their songs. the
flowers slyly peep -.
through winters dreary. sleep,
The grass Is carpeting the groves, the
More pleasing than their winter robe of
And old King Sol IS stocking up in readi-
The noses Of the pretty girls in an un-
feeling way.
The spiders, worms and Fostering bugs
And. hlled with eagernesS, await the
and as they Ger their kopjes crawl a
host Of busy ants u -,
They picture expioraave tours through
with now and then a pause to take a
most delicious bite,
AND bsI aS Il E wansns snake iFem Its sleep the
Thinks of the maiden screams that soon
the echoes will awake.
Yet in it's hairy infancy the caterpillar
Upon the trees while looking down upon
And In Inauguration hears the wild. un-
When it adown a maiden's back tnquisi-
lively crawls..
1t sees the red embarrassment upon her
escorts face
While wondering what It's best to do in
such a painful case.
Then back her up against a tree and
crush the bugaboo M M,s
That trespassed on a sacred spot where
he dared not pursue. h
The Jolly. jolly picnic days. what fun
within them lies
When bugs crawl through the buckskin
crusts Of ~indigestive pies,
When various insects suicide in pals of
And Toaehss through the custard pies IN
delicately wade,
When. iured from out their hiding hooks
by Ice creams tempting breath,
The bugs and things crawl In the can ana
quickly freeze to death
No free and easy poets pen can adequately
spTingtime picnic days
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28

F1atterinE Tribute to American skill
and Gettbereativeness.
pbiIadaIDbgo TadOaH

y AhttCNAhB AEAOUNG ~ AmGEACAu OAhAA
and Gettbereativeness.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The most suggestive tribute that Europe
is paying to American thrift and COM
mercial aRgressiveness is the populations of
workingmen and others frequently sent TO
study our methods and to discover the
secrets Of our marvellous advancement. The
occasional mutterings against our COM
mercial energy heard in certain continental
European countries bear further testimony
to the overshadowlng Importance Of the
United States as a competitor for the worlds
trade. The Austrian suggestion of a year
or two ago that a coalition should be formed
to obstruct our export trade did not prove
to be feasible and has not been pressed,
probably for the reason advanced by an
eminent Vienna publicist some months since.
It was his view that it was a serious ques-
ton whether the countries OF central
Europe are strong enough to make an
effective defense against the American con-
quest of foreign markets. Be this as It
may, the frequent discussion OF the Ameri-
can commercial peril" in Europe, the
general desire exhibited there to investigate
the sources Of our prosperity and to study
our Industrial organization show what an
OuJoCJ iCSoiOn IA WOAlu OuE COhmOACAAA
activity has become.
Some time ago the British manufacturers
sent representatives to the United States
to visit our industrial establishments. Their
Investigations were intelligent and thor
ough. They announced In their report that
England would be out of the race with the
United States unless British workmen recede
from their opposition to labor-saving ma
chimes and have q better organization Of
labor. Delegations Of workmen were next
sent to the United States by the manufac-
turers to study our Industrial conditions.
Among them was William Abraham, a mem
Der of Parliament and president Of the
South Wales Miners federation. His in
spection Of our industrial methods con-
WINGED him of their superiority aud he con-
fessed to his G~lamorganshire constituents
recently that he had abandoned his preju-
dlces against labor-saving machinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
WHY THERE ans so M1NY.

The large number of candidates that
aspire to the nomination Of governor
this year would indicate that after all
the chief executives OF Nebraska are not
overworked nor underpaid. The first
three governors OF the state had to be
content with a salary Of $1,000 a year,
with no allowance for rent, fuel, ice or
horse fodder. With a salary of $1,000 a
year the first governor of Nebraska gave
a banquet to the legislature that cost
him $500 and the measly and ungrateful
politicians that constituted that body,
after putting him to the expense Of an
impeachment trial, removed him from
office.
After the adoption Of the present con-
stitution the salary Of Nebraska's gov
ernor was raised to $500 a year. and at
this rate they continued to labor 313
days in the year with the usual Sunday
vacations and an occasional junket
without threatening to resign on ac-
count of n rise in the price of beef and
provisions.
Five years ago the legislature voted
an allowance Of $50 a month for rent to
the governor and n great rumpus was
raised over that lawless piece Of ex-
travagaDce. The legislature of 1897
came to the rescue with an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for an executive mansion
to relieve the governor from the odium
Of signing rent vouchers. The last leg
islature went the legislature of 1897 one
better. Having installed, the governor
In one of the most aristocratic mansions
of the capital 1t voted him an allowance
Of $500 a year. for maintenance, fur
niture and repairs of the mansion, or
nearly three times as much as had ever
been appropriated for the offensive rent
charge. With this precedent established
our governors can now count reasonably
on a salary of $2,50O a year, a free resi-
dence elegantly furnished and a very
liberal allowance for fuel to heat the
mansion, and flowers. music and re-
freshments for an occasional state ban
quet and receptions and an evening
dress suit for the doorkeeper.
With these allurements in sight, is it
any wonder that so many men are will
ing to sacrifice themselves on the altar
of their country and discharge some of
the disagreeable functions that devolve
upon the chief executive of the COM
monWealth?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28

to be pretty well understood by con
gress that public sentiment at present
Is not in favor OF the Nicaragua route.
There Is no doubt that a majority OF
the people believe that It would be I'M
safe to build a canal in a region which
Is filled with volcanoes and where
seismic disturbances are of frequent oc-
currence. When an interoceanic canal
is built 1t is desirable that IL shall be
permanent and not liable to be at any
time destroyed by an earthquake or
some other upheaval OF nature. II is
pretty clearly demonstrated that a canal
on the Nicaragua route would be con
stantly menaced by this danger, while
on the other hand a canal on the
Panama route would be absolutely free
from any such danger. In view OF this
and of the further fact that the Panama
canal could b. constructed at a less cost
by many millions Of dollars than a
canal on the Nicaragua route, it would
seem that there ought to be no further
controversy as to which route should
be preferred.
1t is alleged that the government OF
Colombia is disposed to exact unreason-
able terms, while the governments Of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica are willing
to make any concessions which the
United States may ask. There is no
evidence that the Colombian govern
ment is disposed to be unreasonable, but
IL it shall show such a disposition then
it would be wise to drop the canal
question until Colombia is willing to
make a fair and equitable proposition.
1t were better to postpone indefinitely
the building of an interoceanic canal
than to go into that enterprise under
conditions hazardous to its perpetuity
or inimical to the interests Of the United
States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
Live Nebraska Towns
FAIRBURY-Fair and Fortunate.

the near future a line TO Harrington. Kan,
from here Is expected.
We are also on the st. Joseph a Grand
Island and Kansas City q Omaha railroads
the latter starting from Fairbury. Four
teen trains leave and arrive here daily, be-
side numerous freight trains, making our
railway facilities unsurpassed.
We have a good system Of water works,
electric lights for street and private serv-
ice, and the finest, unpaved streets any
where. The sandy clay Of this soil, when
packed by constant travel, makes a road
bed almost like macadam. Within q few
hours after a heavy rain our streets are
again smooth and hard.
We have splendid schools, a hne public
library, seven churches, and lodges Of all
the leading orders and societies.
What do we need7 Nothing in particular.
We are prospecting and contented. Our
railroad and other facilities would make
Fairbury an ideal location for manufac-
tories, but we are not giving out fat bonuses
TO snide concerns. Sound, conservative
capitalists. or promoters, will receive lib
eral encouragement for the starting OF
legitimate business enterprises, however.
We are surrounded by a fine farming coun-
try. and with good crops, such as We usually
have, we look forward to another area Of
steady growth until Fairbury shall become
the hub OF industry for southeastern Me-
braska and northeastern Kansas.
w. F. CRANE.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
CAN'T BEGIN TOO SOON.
Coal Barons to Receive the Attention
of the Government.

st. Louis Globe-Demoerat
1t is understood that the anthracite coal
trust is to be attacked by the administra-
ton Just as soon as the governments suits
against the railroad merger and the beef
trust are out OF the way, II not earlier.
In fact, there are Indications that the coal
trust will be dealt with even before these
cases are finished. These suits are soon
to come before the courts, and though the
defendants in each case will be likely to
delay a decision as long as possible, 1t is
reasonably certain that the country will
know in a few weeks enough about the
antitrust law Of 1890 to see whether 1t
will be effective or not.
The hard coal trust Is certainly giving
suficient provocation for assault. The
prices of its product are going up steadily,
although this is the season when consump-
tion naturally falls on. There seems TO be
no close relation in the coal case between
supply and demand on the one side and
price on the other. The men who control
the hard coal output are in a position to
hK their own prices without much regard
to production or consumption. They are
taking advantage Of their power in the
present case with a good deal OF confidence
and success. Those who buy hard coal, and
lucy NOmpiAoo q large part u ~ PSOPAc
of the entire country. are absolutely at the
mercy OF the combine.
This is likely to be a bad year for the
trusts. Several Of them are perniciously
active at this time and are inviting the
attacks which they are getting. II
would be a nne exploit for the administra-
ton and the country II the hard coal
monopoly should be hit before the cold
season begins. That trust bears nearly
as heavily on the people as does the beef
trust. which is being attacked at the pres
emit moment. There is not much reason for
doubt that the Sherman antitrust law Will
prove effective in the beef trust case, and
also In the railroad merger. Tn monoDo-
lists In each Of those combines are show
ing symptoms OF distress. They have some
OF the shrewdest lawyers Of the country IN
their employ. but the government also Is
well provided with talent. The anthracite
coal trust will be able to read Its fate In
the verdict which will be rendered In the
case Of the railroad and the meat eonspira-
tors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28

speeches delivered during the present SEES
sion and the number OF copies OF these
speeches circulated in the Congressional
Record and in other publications. His
figures, Il must be confessed, are somewhat
vague and conjectural. but he thinks be has
good grounds for the statement that con-
sress has already put into circulation a
grand aggregate Of 800. O0O, 900 speeches.
This means an average Of four speeches
apiece for every man, woman and child in
the country, including illiterstes. the Chinee
and those who read foreign languages only.
II all these copies OF speeches we're to be
read in a single day every one in the coun-
try would have to read four speeches apiece
or one speech every six hours. To state
II in another way. II all these copies are
ever to get themselves read 1t will be
necessary either that the 5000. 900 Ameri-
cans read q speech a day for four days or
that four Americans read q speech q day
for rs, 0O0, 900 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
0 CROP STATISTICS.

The cereal crop statistics of last year,
as published by the Department of
Agriculture, show the most careful eff
fort to get at accuracy and may be re-
garded as being as nearly correct as 1t
is perhaps possible to arrive at. In
reference to this the New York Journal
of Commerce, a paper that pays the
most thorough attention to such mat
tiers and studies the statistics with
reference only to arriving at results
which will be for the best information
Of the public, expresses doubt as to the
correctness of the figures of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. but admits that as
recently corrected they are probably
nearer to the truth than any other esti-
mates.
There is a wide discrepancy between
the reports of the census bureau and
those of the Agricultural department,
but it Is of course quite impossible to
determine which Is the more nearly cor
rect. The truth of the matter seems
to be that neither is anywhere near &C
CuIdlc duu tnC hnON 1CuSC VI LILO ACCPo
those who are interested in the matter
constantly guessing. when there should
really be no necessity at all for guessing
if the proper arrangements were made
by the. government bureaus to ascertain
the grain acreage and the product This
ought not to be a very difficult matter
and yet it has never been properly and
adequately taken care Of.
The general disposition will undoubt-
eddy be 10 accept the figures of the
Agricultural department as the most
authoritative and yet there are dis
crepancies In the department reports
which compel a doubt as to their &C
curacy. The fact seems to be that
there is more or less guesswork both as
to acreage and production and there
ought to be an effort made to remedy
this. There Is no good reason why
the Agricultural department should not
obtain the facts regarding cereal pro-
duction so thoroughly as to be practi-
cally accurate. This is done in other
countries and 1t is certainly practicable
here. The matter is OF considerable
Importance. Everybody desires to
know what the annual production Of
breadstuffs is and the government is
looked to to furnish this important in
formation. There is at present a lack
of the system necessary to do this, but
it is by no means u~nattainable and 1t
rests with the Department Of Agricul-
ture to provide the necessary machin-
cry. At present the prestige Of the de-
partment suffers from its inadequaey
In this particular respect.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
THE oANAL CONTROVERSY.


1t seems doubtful IL the controversy
in regard to isthmian canal routes will
be settled at the present session Of con-
gress. The issue is so sharply drawn
that it appears questionable, whether a
compromise even can be reached and
yet manifestly It is only through a com
promise that an adjustment can be
effected. 1t is perfectly obvious that
the advocates OF the rival routes can
never get together and the only posi-
bIlity of disposing Of the matter seems
to be in the adoption of the proposition
to leave the question OF selecting the
route to the president Of the United
States.
To this, however, there Is opposition
which appears to be insurmountable.
The resolution of Senator Spooner, au-
thorlzing the president to select the
Panama route under certain conditions.
but in the absep q OF these conditions
to proceed with construction on the
Nicaragua route. has apparently been
buried in committee. The bin of Sem
atof Hoar. providing that the whole
question should be left with the presi-
dent. has been adversely reported by the
senate committee on isthmlan canals and
in all probability win not be heard Of
further.
what Il to Be TIE oatcpue1 It ought
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28

would make a record In Washington. While
we rate General Barry as our third
choice, It Is not because he is inferior. for
he, like the others mentioned, has many
strong points. A veteran Of the Civil war,
he would understand the needs of his COM
rades as no other man could. His wide
knowledge Of public affairs. coupled with
hiS actual experience In the same, make
him a strong man for the place.
Holt County Independent: The Independ-
emit is not for w. v. Allen for governor.
In the first place we believe hat he has
had his share OF political favor. Secondly,
and most important, we believe that he Is
not the sincere and courageous anti-mo-
nopolist that the people need for governor
Of Nebraska. His idea, during the last
three years at least, seems to be to
placate and pander to the corporations OF
Nebraska and thus win their favor and
allay their opposition. We van a man
for governor who is fair enough to do
right and with courage enough to defy
the corporations II they object to this pro-
cedure. Attempting to allay corporate op.
position at the expense OF meriting the
suspicion Of the rank and file of Nee
braska's citizens has never been good for
the fusion party, but has brought upon 1t
a harvest of despair. The candidate for
the fusion forces to nominate must be q
man who is we'll and thoroughly known as
being under no obligations whatever to
Nebraska's corporations and having the
courage and ability to maintain the
exalted position of populism and democ-
racy in this state, for while a few mis-
takes have been made In nominations, yet
the sole aim in the past Of the populist
and democrat conventions under tho
fusion rule have been to select their best
and ablest men to carry their amer and
we, believe that the same spirit will be
manifest at Grand Island on the gath.