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spaTEBoOD AND TAXES.

If has long been understood that certain large
railroad and mining interests were opposeu 10
any statehood bill consolidating Arl1ond anu
Na,p Meyico The railroad managers were, In
a general way supposed to object to any such
wasteful proceeding as the acceptance OF TWO
Senators likely to be in sympathy "llE lheln
when there was a possibility of ultimately OBJ
tanning four. The taxes imposed Dy teffllorldi
Governments on both railroads and mines were
said to be lower than anything the owners or
other could hope to secure from state legls-
Iature especially If the present ahgnments ana
balancing Of interests were broken up by poilL-
zeal consolidation. If the allegations OF under
assessment of railroad and mining properties
I'm Arizona made by our neighbor The New
York Herald" are accurate, that general I'M
preston will be made specific and the pubic
will have no difficulty In finding the source or
Judging of the morality of at least some Of the
onposition to the misunderstanding bill.
1.-THE Herald reports the assessment OF the
Tinted Verde Copper Mine as $4,000 and
saws that it is worth S15O,0OO,O0O. That may
be an exaggerated estimate. and 1t may De
that the law of Arizona fairly limits the as
sessment, by exemptions or definitions, to the
figures set down, so that the owners cannot
Justly be charged with tax lodging. Neverthe-
less nobody familiar with mining values for
an instant supposes that such property as
Un1LeO FeTu0, TSdSOuhuIS IDA laws nOuiN
be adequately assessed at $685., 504. The same
thing may be said of the Congress Consolidated
Mine. which. according to 1.-THE Herald" is
assessed at S112,747, but could not be bought
for several millions, and the Imperial Copper
Company's mines, which are reported worth at
least 100000 and are assessed at $4,000
Other well known and rich mines are thus as
sessed in 'The Herald's" list: Copper Queen
Consolidated. S56,O0O Calumet Gnd Arizona,
SCI, 900; Calumet and P1ttsburg. $13224; Tomb
stone Consolidated, $4,000. The last named
was recently bonded for 100000. 1.-THE Her
aId' also reports that the Santa Fe Pacific is
mile by favor of a provision smuggled into an
act of Congress.
If there is any such differentiation of cor
porate properties as these figures would seem
to indicate, the bitterness of some elements of
the opposition to joint statehood is easy to
understand. It hardly explained by senti-
mental devotion to an ideal Of established po-
litical entity among a practical people, many
of whom have no old Arizona traditions and
would be as happy making money in one state
as in another. It is not without significance
that the instant the friends Of the Statehood
bill in Congress begin to probe this question
Of inadequate taxation. the opponents OF the
measure get angry and want to talk about
something else. Their desire to preserve an
abuse may not be their reason for wishing to
be deprived of the privilege of statehood, but
even the Delegate from Arizona does not seem
to to defend that fea ture of territorial gov
eminent good reason for its continuance.
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vention of 1880, but which have never YET peeh
collected because of the Moroccan government
failure to comply with the prescribed condltions'
There will probably be some action toward the
suppression OF smuggling and OF conuapanu
trade in arms, partly through more actlVe "atci.
ing of the coasts and more severe punishment Oh
offenders, native and foreign, and partly through
greater European vigilance in preventing the
shipment of contraband goods
various public works are to be provided for'
and II is practically agreed that they shall De
done on contracts let through public bidding ana
iudicially awarded Upon this point France ana
Germany are at one Questions relating 10 tne
frontiers are to be RENTED to Morocco ana
France and to Morocco and Spain for settlement
These are practically all the topics when are 10
he discussed and determined at Algeciras Some
of them may prove complicated and ve1atous
and require much time. But 1t Is quite ooNiou0
that not one of them involves any cause Ior
breach of friendly relations among the powers
or any interest which the United States may not
properly consider in council without lntruolnS
itself into European affairs and without any
danger Of "entanglng alliances
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4muSenlentS.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s-Adrea-
AIHAMBRA-2-S-Vs Idevile
BELASCO-S-The Cir Of the Golden West
BIJ0JT-S15-The Music Master
BROADwAY-s:15-The Vanderbilt Cup.
CARNEGIE HALL-2:3o-Concert.
CASINO-S:15-Tne Earl and the Girl.
COLONIAL-2-S-Naude=ile.
DALY'S-s:15-Cashel Byrons Profession
EDEN MUSEE-world in Wax.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pan
FTEIxDS'S THEATRE-S:15-Julie Bonbon.
GARDEN-S:15-As Ye Sow.
GARR1Ck-S:i6-As You Like It
EAMNERSTEIN'S VTCTORIA--2-s :f5-Vsuoev1lle
HARLEM OPERA EoUSE-s:15-Sapho.
HERALD SQUARE-S:15-Coming Thro the Rye
HIPP0DROME-2-S-1 Society Circus
HUDSON-S:2o-Man and Supsrrnan.
IRVING PLACES:2o-Der Kilometerfresser
JOE WEBER'SE:1Q-Twidd
kNICKERBOCRER-s:15 -Mlle. Modiste
IIBERTY-s:1S-Tho ClansTnan.
LNEiC-S1b-The Babes and the Baron
IYCEGM-S:I5-The Lion and. the Mouse
MAJESTIC-S:15-The Redemption Of David Co.soh
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-e a m 70 IL D. NJ
Automobile Show.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-s:i5--A Case or Arson'
preceded by The Braisley Diamond
MANHATTAN-S :S0-Before and After
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-s-n Irovatore .-,
NEW-AMSTERDAN -, s:15 - Forty-nve minutes i
Broadway - Gan,
NEW-YORK-s:15-Iew Dockstader and His Own Greai
Mnstrels
NEW 69TfI REGIMENT ARMORS-lo g. M 10 - - 49,
Automobile Show.
PRTNCESS-S:l5-Grierson's Way.
SAVOY-s:I5-The Walls of Jericho 49,, Match
ST. NICHOLAS RINR-S-1nter1istlor al hoSFN7F -
WALLACE IS :20-The SQuaw Man
WEST END-S:I5-Under Southern Skies
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WHO ARE The PEoPLEr

Correspondence of The Houston (Tex) Cnro.-s.i
Why has President Roosevelt been SO SUI.
IN winning popularity? The answer IS - =
has discovered the secret. He has learnee "a y
cause he represents what they desire az 81 sssxss
the enforcement of law. the protection o. 80 .a Z
and agricultural interests the proper oOss8
the marital relations and the interests OF -.
ana that poise which the people eNpect .. -, Is
leader and which enables him TO see th9 49,
the rights of the rich and the rights OF ~ -
the right of the rich man to use MS WeA -. III
proper channels without hindrance from - a. =
who have not acquired wealth and the rishaa sssf
poor man TO enjoy the fruits or MS 4ApVH
being oppressed by the rich It'd q )
Rlght here. let II be said that tnS n-isss y
leader is rare and that. whenever ne 80 -. n -
country under him generally enjoys success sssss
and prosperity in peace The ordinary 80 ~
as rule. one-sided, Either he mas , 49, % .
power by placing himself under oolls1nSSys sz.ss
interests of wealth eSDOuSing 10 an tHsa -,oss
the interests of the multitude who haNS ~ % ;
Inc administration Of such a man Is 49,
a reflex or his one-sided viewpoint ,,..t Rcsr
Is Il not apparent to-day that Pres ssa ISsgl =
Neit mas placed the Senate between tA9 hac'
the deep blue sea? The Senators cos.hSsf ssss
AFTER the holidays have discovered uSsss.srss !
sentiment Is behind the adminlStra tlol, are e.
bodied by the Executive. Many OF ttnrs.sts 90:
are obligated 70 fight for the great nv tor ss
or the activities OF which the adulinlStIs,ot r,s
70 cGrtall. but they feel that they ling lag n p
the night on the plea that they are $500 eee%
interests OF the people. The President -
MIN the invisible influence OF the 99al.Ss no -
rms influence is great In every So ,.,,ads
Ter what foolish laws may have oeeEs "nsalnN I
people of to-day. as always. CONSISTS ~ Eess
sensible and normal men and woont,ii, a. IRE -
velts greatest strength lies principaiy rbsse -
mat he has discovered this secret Ancnssr y.
people are content 20 be hard workns, p 10 tols
what call nowadays the old uuthS' -
neuld ever be ole
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True. BUT ACADEMIC.

The views of ex-senator Pound, the Governor s
counsel concerning the proper scope or legls-
lative investigation are true. but they are aca-
demic without doubt the object OF an inquiry
by a legislative commttee-unless 1t be for pur-
noses of impeachment or removal wnere Inc
initiative belongs to a legislative body-must
ha rho discovery of facts useful in shaping new
lsws II cannot be TO turn committee 1nto an
amateur grand jury, an irregular criminal court
or tho detective department of a sensational
paper As a practical matter, however, VINO IS 10
draw the line and say at what point commlttee
nrofessine TO seek information for laWmaklnS Is
not in good faith performing its funcuonsf Ii
the legislature wants to investigate the BANKING
Department or the Railroad Commission OF any
other state Office it has only to say to all ques
+io,ars that # is considering the desrability OF
reorganizing it, increasing its force, AIDING 10
or subtracting from It's powers and is prosecuting
nobody. merely seeking to know what is needed
70 make the machinery of government more
efficient.
The legislature may well be slow about plung-
ING into investigations merely to pander to q
damsnd for scandals. and, while some members
may no irritated at what they consider an asper-
sim of their powers. on sober second thought
they will realize that the Governor mas no
desire to protect wrongdoers. as Mr.. Fouhu
points out he has removed several Repupllcdn
officeholders under charges and STANDS ready
fairly to investigate and pass judgment on any
other cases presented. The fact that his Judg-
n1ent on one or two complaints has not CONCEDED
with that of opposition politicians and news
naners Is no reason for doubling his honesty
We do not believe anybody. friend or foe' Goes
really doubt his honesty. This declaration from
the Executive Department was tacucal mis-
take. for it gave pretext for the Governor
enemies to say he summed the light IL en-
couraged those who were demanding nVesusa-
lions not intended to work reform, but TO throw
the state into turmoil. The Governor mas not
hitherto opposed and we do not believe ne would
now oppose any investigation which ne DeheVed
would work good to the state He has opposed
investigations so long he felt that they might
be used for evil purposes, as at one time uere
was reason to fear an insurance investigation
,ntrusted to unworthy and perhaps blackmalling
hands might be- The Governor naturally wishes
q session of progressive reform devoted 10 the
enactment of good measures TO correct ALREADY
known evils, rather than the distraction OF pup
liz attention so that we shall have season OF
chaos with nothing really accomplished we
think he is right in that wish ana regret tnaU
fndiscreet utterances should put him In a false
light and subject him TO neutrality-suspicious.
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NEBRAsKA's LAND STEALING SYSTEM"


The rare mishandlfng of justice IN the recent
Nebraska land fraud case be better under
stood in the light of a picture of public feeling
in that state presented by q correspondent of
The Boston Transcript" When a District At
torney prosecutes with aversion and a Judge
sentences with reluctance and tailer executes
the sentence with arbitrary mitigation, such a
unanimity of the sworn officers of the law in
apologizing for its rigors signifies much regard
ing public opinion How deeply the body polite
is permeated by the corruption is shown by the
number of individuals affected by the govern
ment's determination TO punish the land thieves.
Within three years. the statutory period limiting
prosecution, there have been made in Nebraska
5000 perjured land filings. Illegal fencings of
the public domain within the same state in the
same time bring the cases for criminal action UP
TO 10000 To these thousands of punishable
cases must be added the thousands more of
earlier barred by the statute of limitations
Violation OF law had attained the rank of an
open industry Dummy entry men" by thou
sands made a paying speciality of perjury A
commercial conscience sanctionng land stealing
had grown up Doing as every one else does
Strengthened a moral obliquity. The United
States government had standing in the Deca-
logue Appropriating its land evil only in
the sight of a foolish old law. dead letter on
the statute books. Wealth by perjury had grown
into system" a favorite word of to-
day.
1t was at the Nebraska system that the
reluctant court officers in the recent case stayed
their hands from casting the first stcne and the
stupendous magnitude of the task of bringing
about justice appas the state to-day. No Ne
braska lawyer of standing, when THE Tran
scripts correspondent wrote a few days ago
wished to undertake IT. None of them cared to
s+ri,. who social and commercial order
None was ambitious to number his prosecutions
in the thousands and fill the jails of the state
TO overlooking. The removal of Baxter the in
active District Attorney discovered this general
reluctance When he appointed to office he
had strong rivals. None OF them cares to be
his successor Said one prominent attorney:
No man in his senses. honestly meaning 70 do his
duty as officer, could covet that job. Why look
at Il: There are round numbers, twenty thou
sand ranchmen in Western Nebraska, and practical
criminal evasion of the federal land laws either
through strnging Illegal fences through procur-
ing fraudulent homestead entries, both. If the
government IS consistent and impartial these must
all be indicted don't want to go up against II.
The violators of the law are not obscure ner
sons, but, as in Oregon, men of wealth and
prominence in politics. Among the chief Offend
ers already disclosed by government action are
federal officials. lawyers bankers and political
leaders.
The government may break into the network
of the system from the outside. The prosecu
ton may be left in the hands of special prose-
cutor who will be free from local influences
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WILD AND wHIRL,Ne WORDS

From The Brooklyn Eagle.
Senator Ttllman made speech about IT Ctha
Morris cnse). He did not conine himself To he
incident. He used the incident as a text or nra-
text Tor wholesale attack upon the President as
sololer, as an executive as citizen, as an his
torlan ana as a man. He made himself red witt,
uncommon wrath. and he shocked both the senate
and the country. His address will harm only himseff
for reasons which he will never understand for
his egotism Is uneducable and infuriate as thai
or an animal This is regrettable. He was gain
ing respect and reputation for moderation He
vas learning how to be Senator. by being a
senator He has fallen from his new estate back
into his first and worst estate as a maker Of
speeches. UNIT to be made. In hour he has FOR
feited the new forbearance by relapsfng to the Ola
barbarism He fell from the plane OF self-restrajnt
10 the frothing frenzy of a whirng dervish Tbs
injury a9 to himself the ndignation OF the Senate
ana I me me moruncatlon OF south Carolina are de-
has advanced from the level of its earlier Tiiman
ism II will never descend TO that again "
happily, Tillman has fallen to his own conCenitaI
level. and we fear the time will be long ard the
way Will be hard that will measure and ne rt9
his return to the respect which he squandered in an
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with a great accession of vitality, anu perhaps
With Isrpe notentialftv for n future that may
not be remote.
REFORM AT HARRISBURG.

Pennsylvania has caught the spirit or REFORM,
and the legislature at Harrisburg mas receifeu
an additional impetus from q direct appear "
the Deity by the Chaplain of the House. tns NC .
Patton Moore retired Methodist preacher' anu
veteran of the Civil War, who maze ll,iS
stirring prayer the other morning WHEN Tue
soIons had assembled for their work:
thank thee o Lord for the superb, protherly s
manly and maenanirnous address or the noHoIso
Speaker of the House which has kindled tue
fires of patriotism in my heart Ana now
o Lord help these men, for they are al re-
formers to get down to work for the men VIM
refuse to indorse the acts of REFORM VIII 10
consigned to political oblivion next November.
May these reformers be blessed. and may e'e -,
man who stands by reform be returned TO the
legislature.
like reformer and veteran the chaplain
went straight to the mark without needless pre-
Iiminaries 1t was a charge along the Whole
line. with no quarter for the enemy either next
November or in the hereafter. Nothing eut
nolitfcal oblivion-and perhaps worse-for any
one who does not throw himself heart soul ana
body into reform. Happily, according to Chap-
lain Moore. the legislators are all reformers. IL
Is also probable they are all more or less inter
ested in what may take place next November
This being the case. and with Chaplain Moore's
bugle notes to sound the onset. great uoilgS may
be expected in Harrisburg this winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-19
TOPICS AT 4LGECTR4S.

The list Of things to be dealt with at Algeciras
has been made public and 1t seems probable
that It will be considered and disposed of in
prompt, practical and amicable way. Most of
the matters are such as should he agreed upon
with little hesitation. SO far as the necessity Of
them and the general manner of doing them are
concerned, though some Of the details may prove
perplexing. 1t is quite possible for a number
of men TO be exactly agreed that q certain thing
must be done. and that it must be done in a
certain general way and yet be much at loss
10 determine how some of the details to be
worked out
One of the foremost matters has TO do with
the police, and 1t is the only which
there seems TO be serious difference of opinion.
All are agreed that there must be a sweeping
reorganization of the force that II must remain
under the nominal headship of Moroccan chief
and that the real executive direction and control
Of IT must be exercised by staff Of European
officers The controverted point is who those
officers shall be- France holds that they should
be Frenchmen. while Germany is understood to
demand that they shall be representative of va
rious powers. and at any rate of Germany.
The finances Of Morocco are also to be re-
formed. 1t is proposed to reorganiZe the custom
house administration, somewhat as that Of Santo
Domingo has been reorganized so as to secure
honesty and efficiency. In this matter II seems
To be generally agreed that French influence
must be paramount, since under the terms Of
their loan TO the Moroccan government certain
French banks have definite and valid claim
upon Moroccan customs. It is also proposed 10
establish a state bank OF Morocco though ii is
not clear how that is 10 be done. seeing that the
government has no capital for the purpose and
no apparent means of securing any, unless
through another foreign loan.
There will probably be revision of the tariff,
with some increases and some decreases Of
duties the object being at once to encourage
commerce and to secure much needed increase
OF revenue. Internal taxation will also be re-
vised, and it will probably be provided that as
soon as the Moroccan government can demon
etrate frs ability to collect taxes generally and
equitably from the native population and to
give suitable protection to life and property. the
foreign residents in the country shall pay the
taxes which were stipulated In the Madrid con-
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NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Jan. S-General and Mrs Greely
entertained at dinner tonight in honor of the Rev
Charles Lawrence Adams, the iance Of their daugh-
ter. Miss Adola Greedy. Their other guests were
Miss Edith Harland Child Miss Marie Barnes Miss
Elinor Patterson. Miss Louise Kingster Walter
Davidge, Colonel James Allen. U. s. A George
Hewett Myers and Gould Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spencer gave a dinrar TO-
night in compliment to their house guests Mr. and
Mrs. George Vanderbilt and Colonel and Mrs Alex
ander r. Lawton, of Savannah Ga. Invited to meet
them were Senator and Mrs. Hale. Mr.. and Mrs
William Corcoran Eustis. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Wadsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Anderson Mrs
Merrill Miss Carow. Mrs. Hohson Senator Bacon
and Woodbury. Blair
Senator and Mrs. Newlands gave a large dinnAr
al their home In Woodlev Lane. tonight
lneooore f. shonts gave dinner tonight COM
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NEzvyogK nAuY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 49, 19Oo

This was done in Oregon and is being done in
the case of the Rev. George G. Ware. now on
trial In Omaha for land frauds. The success
of the government in Oregon leads to the nope
that exemplary punishment may be meted out
to the most prominent of Nebraska's offenders
But the government had no such task In oregon
as lies before it now. Says 1.-THE Transcripts
correspondent
mean a social. political and industrial This
such as the West has never before kaoM n oregon
the blasting OF substantial regulations ana essp
disruption of party.wll be no more snsn arrayed
wound when compared TO this. There was 81 eoiG
for action only a thin skrmish line; hsre aio ~
battle phalanxes.
Justice failed in the previous case throusn tho
court officials. The sharp warning from y" ash
ington of the administrations stern inIehIioio
should make future prosecutors, JUDGES aiu
taers less faint hearted in their visitauohs upoh
crime. But the jury; what guarantee IL lhole
that the jury will not let the next onenoer OIL
If 10000 men violate the law without the pup
lies rising in indignant protest, will not some
of almost any twelve citizens that may be Sc
lected be ready to condone the violationf Jurles
are usually coutemptuous OF dead letter laws
and has not public land stealing in Nebraska
become q mere conventional crime? 1t Is
idle to speculate. The determination OF the gov
eminent has been demonstrated and should
guarantee efficient prosecution But the re-
denptio2 of Nebraska rests with her 1urles-
The result in the Ware case should throw much
light on the question whether the needed so
ciaI political and industrial upheaval" fs to take
place or the corruption of the system Is too
widespread to be cured by the machinery Of the
law.
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an ESSENTIAL WORK oE REEEaeMoH

From The Columbia Is c. State
The Tribune Almanac and Political REGISTER has
long oeen one OF the essential works OF referenCs
Tor the library OF the student, whether Of the life
or the nation or of the manifestation OF q Dar+ os
that life in politics. and for the editorial nd ra1 "
toriai desk 1t is invaluable also 10 ali readeps ~
inc dally newspapers and periodicals. for one car
refer instantly TO nearly all the recorded facts OF
RohLcs ana recent history. The scope OF the nun
ing rg new additions OF matter and new subjects
and offers It's readers the freshest facts concsrn
Ing our varied political activities N'0'A
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DINNER FOR JAMES m.Mnuon

the Emigrant Industrial Savings RAM, 81 U-.,s "
Astoria Hotel for James Mcmahon the ,roSi1o.4
on the occasion of his retirement from The Gf5ca
SNORT history of the early days of the instifti,n
MI 1cdanon VIII remain in the bank as tr1s-
Life Assurance Society have lately eiecreS him
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau ]

IFrom Inc IrIbune BureauJ
Washington. Jan. 1S-The French Anba ssador
and Nine. Jusserand returned 10 Washington to-
night, after having been in Boston for few days.
Miss Josephine Durand, daughter Of the British
Ambassador, and Lady Durand have returned after
having visited in Network.
The Chinese Minister entertained at small din
party tonight at the embassy. He has cards
out for large dinner, to be given January 26
for the Chinese commission which is expected to
reach Washington the Path inst. The interpreter
of the legation, Yung Kwai went TO Chicago to-day
to meet the commission.