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reservation Of Swaziland for direct ad-
ministration by the British High Com
missioner, and by the retention OF the
Governor in the tutelary post Of Para
mount Chief Of Natives.
This Transvaal Constitution is, thus
far. the principal achievement OF the
Bannerman Cabinet. Its Unionist OPP
ponents seem ashamed Of the criticism
which they leveled at il during the de-
bate. and it is now generally acknowl-
edged to be a monument OF wisdom.
magnanimity and equity.
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The Second Compact.


one oi Cne HiosC interesting Iepnoe Y"
Secretary ROOTS speech on the exten-
sion OF Federal powers-or ratner 70 the
commentators upon Mr.. RooT's speech
-comss from bevond the boundary of
this TInion os s,atss Our namesaks tbe
o1" "
= That the United states should ne eons"'u"on-
,a'.,,. - ,'"'.,.. 800, 49,, =. roo., A..
,I,.n,s. Nm, With .nnm,..,on 70 Mr. Roofs ,udr. .
men,. such is no, IN, case a. present; and while
the law remains unchanged. sentiment and ezpe
diency must bow to law The Constitution was
an agreement among States which the Revolution
mad '.'t severaiy sovereign snd wnicn' nsa 'ney
oeeI usuness e'sea 70 par WIN .noI 'os's'sn"'
u. !" ~ 80 pOOsv" U,"a,,' Us. ..ns -. s,u ,.nr,n
- ..,,.n,r.,, 80. - n.v. n.., ,w.,. Tn.r,
Ar, IN m. cops,,,u,,ou two dl,tnc, compsc,s; one
With the slav. States on the question of fugitive
slaves since abrogsted by civu war the other with
the States generally. insurins them equal represen-
tstou In the Senate. The clauses In Section 10 OF
Afuc'e l, Oh 'ne oonS''uuon p'ov,o'he 'n'. NO
os.N snsn en'e, ,n.o any nesN a... .A ~ voa
:, go s,,oh - r..o,
r,,,d in the limitation and remains otherwise
untouched.
The American Constitution no doubt needs
revision, as the most perfect of human Institutions
Is sure to do after lapse OF ume. or 'nis the
monS'rous'y anOmaIou S'~'e OF inc Iepresen'A'lOn
su' osn S ~ p.OUa % ,ss,s,,n
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NJ a.. :.
we ple1uile ''iaS ~ .ne @ Iohpao' pa' M
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Citizens for Insurance Only.

A few days ago q special committee
from the State Department. submitted
to Congress a set of recommendations
for certain changes in the naturaliza-
ton, expatriation and passport laws and
regulations Of the United States. An
improved naturalization law was passed
by Congress during its last session, but
it contains no provision which covers
the matter of expatriation.
Under the present system American
citizenship once acquired is never lost
and rarely renounced. This has some
times involved the country in Difficult
ties and has frequently entailed finsn-
cial burdens. The claim OF an American
born citizen to his right Of citizenship
wherever he may 60 for temporary or
even for permanent residence may be
admitted a. reasonable. An entirely
different case appears when citizens OF
other lands acquire citizenship here
solely for the protection of their lives
and property in the land Of their birth
and residence, or when naturalized citi-
zens return to their native land or 20 TO
some other country without intention Of
returning to the United States. Citi-
zenship has or should have It's reciprocal
obligations.
During the Boer war very consider
able number Of Polish Jews and other
naturalized Americans claimed the pro-
lection Of the American Consuls in South
Africa for their lives and property. They
had been in the United States long enough
to take out their papers and had then left
with no intention Of returning and with
out having contributed to their adopted
country any fair equivalent for the pro-
lection demanded. There was one case
Of q man Of German birth who came to
America as a young man. He remained
here a few years as a day laborer and
acquired citizenship. Soon after taking
out his final papers he went to South
Africa, where he accumulated a modest
property. When the war came he
claimed protection, although he had not
been in this country for nearly forty
years and had neither intention nor ex-
pectation of returning.
There are in Cuba many naturalized
Americans Of Cuban birth and Cuban
residence. Some of them are men of
large property interests, and not few
Of them have filed their claims for in
Identification for property destroyed
during the wars with Spain. American
citizenship was taken purely and simply
as a form Of insurance. Turks and
Armenians who have peddled trinkets
for few years In this country have gone
home with naturalization papers in their
pockets to make trouble for our Minis
ters and Consuls. Little can be said in
defence of so one sided system.
The plan submitted by the special
committee does not appear to cover
such cases adequately. Under il citi-
zenship may be continued through life
by annual registration at the Office Of
an American Consul. Expatriation is
assumed by naturalization in another
country. by engagement in the service
of another Power. or by five years of
failure to register in some consular Office
This is good as far as it goes, but it still
leaves the country without power to
cut off those who become citizens for
insurance only.
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In Harper's MonfMy Magazine for January Will
be found some new letters by George Washington
Professor Metcbnikon describes death. Mr.. c. C.
Adams maps out the paris OF the world that are
uneKplorcd. Mr.. A. W. Dimock leads the rcadt r
through the Florida everglades. Mr.. Z. T. Hi tell,
the story OF the Alabama arbitration. and there
are arucles on Luxembourg and on children IN libra
res Sir Gilbert PaTkers serial and eight short
stories. Including tales by Mrs. Wilkins Freeman.
Miss van Worst and Mr.. T. A. Jsnvler, make up the
liberal allowance Of nctiOa
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Too Big O Hurry.

From he Boston Herald.
There ls nothing IKE being stylish, even al tuner
ais. An example OF this comes from tAe Back
Bay where investigation OF the reported death Of a
mInouaire's wife. known 70 be very H. was found
to have arisen through her husband having or
dercd mourning livery for his butler. coaehman
and footnan
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KnIcksr- How did that college boy get such
good position In Panama:
BocEer-He was such an adept at making his
father dig Up.
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Our Export, OF Domestic Products.

There 10 one feature Of exports which little
or reference Is ever made. and that is the quan
titles sent abroad In each line. Take our ports o.
domestic products only-breadstuns. meat and
dairy products. cattle. hogs and sheep. raw cotton
and mineral oils--dunnx the eleven months ended
November for instance. Here Is the schedule
Bureau OF Statistics hgures):
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fat a perquisite for State TO part
with. Miflisnaires for the home market!
There must be State rights enough left
for that
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Nh. ROOsEvELr AND TEE RAIL
ROADS.
Government 0~Besship by Connseatisn or
by Purrhase-An Able and Fearless
Railroad Man Gives the Railroad side.


W . .s--..-.
| r.so-N@ Apie s.u 49,.
Hsuroau Wan ssiSes tne kauroso sie'
The following Is taken from public address
| delivered on December IS Ia New Orleans by
| Milton II. Smith, president of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad COMPANY;
In view OF the existing prosperous rina-
way 90 nditions. a pessimistic note will.
! fear. sound discordaut: and vet to those
| whose duties and responsibilities cause them
| to look ahead, and especially those who have
| struggled through the panlcs and depressions
Of the psst-who. perhaps, have lived too
long-th future, especially for railway
anxiety. The cost Of operating and main
tanning railways. creating or constructing
additions. betterments and extensions has
been increasing with leaps and bounds, and.
the present Indications are will continue
TO 90 increase for an indefinite time. The
result is already that many corporations.
while their receipts from trasnc are largely
increasing, net receipts are not and In some
cases are decreasing When viii the two
converging lines meet?
To add to the anxiety the owners of railway
properties are threatened with loss, possible
conhscation, by the people; not that the peo-
pie as a whole are anita aonistic to vested or
property rights, but are, to an extent, de-
bauched by leaders who, for selfish reasons
hope Of preferment-per and vocif-
erously denounce corporations, especially
railway corporations. falsely char ging them
with running the country. the only basis
in most cases being affirmation and reitera-
tion. To particularise somewhat: In. the
| neighboring State Of Alabama Governor
will within few days be inagurated and
Legislature convened pledged to increase
the bIrdens OF the railways by largely in
| creased taxation. and to reduce revenues By
| reducing rates. 1t 10 alleged that In some
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Christine, ana Other Times.

Mrs. Knlcker-Dld you get . me present.
Mrs. Bocker--Not ss Ane q one as when Henry
has been having Q good time.
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n frtrvsds pho favov W Utfh wanGscytpts for
soanon ptsh " hare rejected dysciss refurSsd thsy
ssss IN all cases send Stamps fov Ehdi purposs
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Published by The sun Printing and Publishing
Association At 40 Nassau street. In the Borough OF
Manhattan. New YORK
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These ngures for exports are, OF course additional
TO the production OF supplies for our own 5000 900
Of people-a truly wonderful total Of production.
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and etchings. So he escap ped the usua
fault Of the marine and landscape painter
mediocre draughtsmanship.
The gamut OF greens in the Doughcrty
and Homer seascapes is worth considering.
Both men command rhythmic movement,
Dougherty has more repose; Homer morc
brio. At first, looking at the Homer pic
ture from the entrance, you recall the water
Of Arnold Boecklin's spiel der Wellen" in
Munich. But the reminiscence does not
persist on closer inspection. The Swiss
painters waves are clearer, more joyous,
and their forms more plastic.
Robert Henris Spanish Girl" is charac-
terisaic Henri, though not his most huda-
bic achievement. IL is in the Vanderbilt
gallery, in the corner that has been called
Henri's by his admirers. A Spanish
female, not particularly engaging as to
features is carelessly. even clumsily. posed
upona seat. She is drape in brick colored
shawl; dull red is perhaps a safer ascriptiou.
The fringes Of the shawl touch the ground.
There is a startling pattern on Il, with
sepia reflects. The paint is rough though
vital, and the modulation from the primary
tone TO sepia Ia well treated. Nevertheless.
the poise Of her body does not qrite sug-
gest carelessness. 1t is a trife too taken
to use studio slang. The crossed leg and
swaying foot. the gleam Of whose shoe tip s
excellent, are the best technical things H.
the picture. Thanks to Mr.. Henri's right
feeling in such matters, the figure Ia vel
within the frame. Yet it does not alto
gether convince. The expression of the
girl invites no speculation. A clever ~ udy,
you eXclaim, and pass on. Is she one
armed? Else her right arm must be in =
sling! And the painting OF the expose
left arm is a trife too arbitrary in its SUP
precision, in its evasion. II is more a cigP
rette claw than q hand. The backgrUunu
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23

tinue, to resist the demand for govern
ment absolutely based upon the will OF
the people. The revolutionary move
der hat delusion.
1""'Our effort hitherto has been to
force further concessions before the
Douma, which satisfies no body, can
meet. The government Is attempting
by means Of a mixture Of force and
cajolery to keep itself alive until the
meeting of the Douma. But We do
not want to have German Conditions
Reproduced here. We Want an abso-
lutely free government. That a only
be achieved il the people frame the
government themselves. For that rer.
son I reject the Doutna and every
other concession granted by the Gar
dom. and demand a constituent as
sembly which will make its own con-
s%titution for the whole empire.
1.-THE real question before Russia to-
day is whether she herself or the
frightened remnant OF the old govern.
ment is to frame the political and So
cial conditions Of the future. As
things at present stand, the old re-
CINE is to conduct it's own funeral;
that is to say, we are to have a Douma
Tor Parliament granted from above,
with powers limited by the Emperor.
The franchise is limited; the Douma's
powers are limited; it is a grant to
misery
"a useful Douma is therefore an
impossibility!
absolutely. I am convinced that
until the %convoking Of a constituent
assembly has set he seal upon the
peoples triumph there will be no
peace. You must admit that Russia,
classifying all the predictions OF reac-
tionaries here and abroad, has quail.
fed for 1t. In action the extremist OF
our revolutionists have shown re-
straint. There has been no class war"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
white House weddings.

Nine brides have pledged their troth
In the White House, as follows
1S11-Miss Todd of Philadelphia M
John G. Jackson of Virginia.
1S2O-Maria Monroe, daughter of Pres
ident Monroe, and Samuel L.. Gouverneur
of New York.
1S26-Miss Helen Jackson and John
Quincy Adams, Jr, son Of President Ad-
ans.
1S32-Miss Lewis of Tennessee and M.
Pageat, secretary of the French legation.
1S35-Miss Easten, niece Of President
Jackson, and Mr.. Polk of Tennessee.
1S42-Miss Elizabeth Tyler, daughter
Of President Tyler, and William Waller
of Virginia.
1S74-Miss Nellie Grant, daughter of
President Grant, and Algernon G. F. Sar-
toris of England.
1S7S-Miss Emily Plat, niece of Pres
ident Hayes, and Gen. Russell + 1stings.
1SS6-Miss Frances Folsom of New
York and President Grover Cleveland.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23

OF these seven cities New York, Chi
cago and Cleveland were the only ones
that showed an increase of more than 30
per cent in the decade between 1890 and
1900. st. Louis had 27.3 per cent: Bos-
ton, 25.1; Philadelphia, SO and Balti-
more, 17.2. Under the new dispensation
st. Louis would go soaring. Her percent
age of increase would leap far beyond
that of Chicago in the last decade. 1t
would be less than the Chicago rate be-
tween 1880 and 1890, but it would be on
some accounts much more remarkable.
For st. Louis has not been conspicuous
as a racer.
Trccedents are rudely overturned also
in the case of Philadelphia. Starting
with a population some 100000 less than
that of Chicago, that city is given an
| absolute increase nearly equal to Chi
Cages and a considerably larger relative
increase. also to the confusion of prece-
dents. These are the most notable of the
predictions, and it is evident that they
nave little relation to past gains.
Cleveland is given an increase of about
60 per cent, as against 46 per cent in the
last decade, but a very high rate was to
have been expected from her past growth.
On the other hand. Chicago is dropped
from 81 per cent to about 80 per cent.
Her Drecedents are knocked into smith
Greens to her very great disadvantage.
In building increases in cost for 1905
over 1904 were New York, go per cent;
! BROOKLYN, ii: Chicago, 80; Philadelphia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
ALARM OVER CHINA.
ARMY OFFICIALS FEAR CRISIS
IN FAR EAST. .
Preparations for Outbreak Being
Made by General Stan-Mission-
aries Advised to Keep In Touch
with Treaty Ports.

Reports have come to members of
China that are more alarming than
are the reports which have become
public property, writes Il Washington
correspondent. Staff members are
bending every energy to the study OF
the Chinese situation and are makln
preparations for a crisis in he eastern
empire.
Notwithstanding the Discrimination
shown thus far by Congress to pro-
vide for the proper quartering OF more
troops in the Philippines, it is almost
unQuestionably the intention of the
army chiefs to reinforce the island
garrison with regiments in addition
to those low on the high seas on the
way to Manila.
The general staff has had its hand
on the pulse of China for months. Sew
eral army officers recently returned
from tina country, and their reports
of conditions have not relieved the
tension of mind of the chiefs. One
of the members Of the general staff
who recently arrived from China, and
who visited Shanghai, Canton and Pc
king and made trips through various
parts of the country, says that in his
opinion there is only one thing which
can prevent immediate trouble in the
Elowery Kingdom. He declares that
the natives are ready to rise against
the foreigner at the present time, but
that they are held in check by the
more intelligent leaders, who tell them
to wait a while and that then they
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23

It. is now possible to travel completely
around the world upon the Canadian Ia
cifc Railway and its allied steamship
lines.
The Transcontinental Passenger Asso-
+, citation is considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
cutting off many Of the places to which
summer tourist rates have hitherto been
sold. sr hL- !# 49,.
The Norfolk and Western has closed
a contract for seventy-fiye locomotives to
be built by the American Locomotive
Works. They are both for passenger and
freight use.
AS soon as it became known on the
stock exchange Monday that the Giles
pie resolution calling for an investiga-
ton of the Pennsylvania railroad had
passed the House, the prices of railroad
and Industrial stocks and securities
began to fall rapidly. Pennsylvania stock
fell off 2H points and all the others OF
the list were affected.
With due respect to other good roads
east of Chicago the New York Central
lines were unconsciously laid out by Com
modore Vanderbilt so that as a finished
product they represent a water course
rather than a railway system. They
welt Duiil oh itiiCS " lCSiSldllSN
and flow from the Mississippi to the At
Iantic like a number of streams tributary
to one big one. The peculiar feature of
the New York Central system is that the
different lines feed naturally on a water
level grade from the middle West to the
Atlantic ocean, While not another road
escapes the high grades and mountains.
To the United States Steel Corpora
ton has been awarded a contract for 90
600 tons of girder rails to be used in
constructing a traction system in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, where q company has
acquired 225 miles of mule track Water
power will be employed for the genera
tors.
The Iron Mountain and the Frisco
systems are engaged in q speed war as
the result OF a contest for the south
western mails out Of st. Louis. The
Ton Mountain has the contract now, and
the Frisco. in connection with the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas, Is trying to
capture the mails for Fort Worth, Dali
las and other Texas POINTS.
~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
Notes of Current Eycnts.

Joseph Nasal and Michael Augustine
of Spring Mill. Pa, We're struck by a
locomotive and killed.
Maj. Gen. Corbin and staff sailed from
Manila for, Hongkong, leaving Maj. Gen.
Wood in charge of the island army.
st. Louis police are forbidden to swear
while on duty. The first patrolman who
violated the new order was fined $50.
Myron' J. Amick, a former Indian fight
err and fellow scout of Buffalo Bill, died
in New York He was born at Elgin, ILL.,,
in 1914. 49," ~ 49,
A convention attended by GOO delegates
from various parts of Kansas met at To
peka to consider plans for holding a semi
centennial exposition in 1911.
Miss Bruer of Minneapolis, Mimi, will
go to the wreck of the steamer Valencia,
off Vancouver island, and search for the
body of her uncle, l. G. Bruer.
A Chicago syndicate has closed a deal
for the purchase of the plant of the Mo-
bile (Ala.) Electric Lighting Company.
The reported price is S1,5OO,OO0.
A bill abolisning capital punishment for
murder. in the first degree. except upon
conviction of a second offense, was pass
ed by the Ohio State Senate at Column
bus.
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia an
nounces that he will retire from public
life at the end of his present term and
would not become a candidate for Gov
ernor.
Mrs. Minnie H. Graham was granted
a divorce from DIR. Elisha B.. Graham in
Los Angeles. CAL, on the ground of de-
~sertion. Thu couple formerly lived in
Chicago.
The lower house of the New York Leg
~islature passed the resolution
providing for the appointment of a joint
legislative committee to investigate the
State banking department.
The saloon men of Omaha have noti-
fed the Civic Federation that unless il
permits Sunday opening the liquor sellers
will withdraw their deposits from the
banks and start a new bank.
Senators John T. Morgan and Edmund
w. Pettus, the veteran representatives
of Alabama il Congress. notified the State
Democratic executive, committee that
they were candidates for reconciliation hg
the Degenerate primary ncrr august
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
MAXIM ooRkY's PREDICTION.
says Russia VIII He a. Free ~
america Within a Year

NAYS HU0N1n Will. EC a. Free ~
America Within a Year.
Maxim Gorky, the great Russian au-
thor, has submitted recently to some
interviews. Gorky, who Is rather fec
bic as a result Of his long imprison-
ment, spoke, however, with all the vim
Of Il patriot. He said:
Il predict that a year from this Rus
STA will be as free as is the United
States to-day"
The brilliant author was asked to
give some reasons for his above pre-
diction. With the fire of an inspired
soul cleaning from his dark eyes Cor
ky said:
I'm regard to the situation at pres
ent we have cause to be thankful, but
no cause to be satisfied. The greatest
danger at present to be faced is that
the people exhausted as they are, may
relax their efforts. Last October 1t
seemed that the popular cause was
Irresistible.
"They forced the autocracy to abdi-
cate and to issue a manifesto limiting
it's own power. They gained undue
confidence and imagined that they
could at any moment exact further
concessions. But since that time,
though there have been two general
strikes and numberless armed out
breaks, we have obtained no further
privileges. Latterly the bureaucracy
has gained confidence, and we have
had a revival of arrests, newspaper
suppression and acts of terrorism.
'The fight is therefore not half over.
The Cars advisers are undoubtedly
under the delusion that they can con
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
Chinese Revolutionist. in Arms.

Dispatches from Annoy, China, Thurs
day told of the footing and destruction
of the Christian mission building near
that city at a point called Changpu. The
missionaries took refuge in the palace of
the local governor and the reyolutionists
rched toward the important seaport,
Chanechow. The Presbyterian church of
England has the principal mission at
Changpu. Annoy is in Fukien province,
the governor OF which is viceroy of Tuar,
one of the Chinese commissioners now in
this country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23
.ner Insurance restitution.

Two moves have been made looking
-oward the restitution Of funds applied b
Insurance ompan officials. The Mutual
life commission has referred to Joseph ii.
Cboate the question whether it can legal
" briug action against former President
Richard A. McCurdy and others to COM
mel restitution of improperly applied
funds. The Equitable has started . suit
against former Vice President Hyde for
the recovery of about $1,000, represent
ine his profits in .syndicates vhicb Oh
securities OF the society. The EQuatahje
has accepted the resignation Of CAauncsys
II. Dspew g . djrectoe.