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'- - ^ r~ \ *Vr THE MINNEAPOLIS JOTJBNAIi, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1902. THE JOURNAL \ e-j" 4 &r LUCIAN SWIFT, MANAGER. J. S. MLAIN, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS P a y a b l e t o T h e J o u r n a l Printing: Co. Delivered by Mall. . - One copy, one month $0.35 One copy, three months 1-00 One copy,, six months 2.0w 0 One copy, one year 4 - o Saturday. Eve. edition, 20 to-26 pages.. 1.50 Delivered by carrier One copy, one w e e k . . . . . 8 cents One copy, one month.. 35 cents Single copy : 2 cents T H E J O C R N A L i l p u b l i s h e d e v e r y e v e n i n g , e x c e p t S u n d a y , a t 4 7 - 4 9 F o u r t h S t r e e t S o u t h, J o u r n a l Building:, M i n n e a p o l i s , M i n n . C. J. Billaon, Manager Foreign Adver tising Department. NEW YORK OFFICESG, 87. 88 Tribune building. CHICAGO OFFICE307, 308 Stock Ex change building. WASHINGTON OFFICE45 Post build ing. W. W. Jermane. COMPLAINTS S u b s c r i b e r s w i l l p l e a s e n o t i f y t h e office i n e v e r y c a s e w h e r e t h e i r p a - p e r s a r e n o t D e l i v e r e d P r o m p t l y , o r w h e n t h e c o l l e c t i o n s a r e n o t p r o m p t l y m a d e . CHANGES O F A D D R E S S Subscribers ordering addresses of their papers changed must always give their former aa well as present address. CONTINUED All papers are continued until a n ex - plicit order is received for discontinuance, and until all arrearagea are paid. T h e J o u r n a l ' Is on sale at the news stands of the following hotels: Pittsburg, Pa.Du Quesne.. Salt Lake City, UtahThe Knutsford. Omaha, Neb.Paxton Hotel. Los Angeles, Cal.Hotel Van Nuya. Denver, Col.Brown's Palace Hotel. St. Louis, Mo.Planters' Hotel, Southern Hotel. Kansas City, Mo.Coates House. Boston, Mass.Young's Hotel, United States, Touraine. Cleveland, OhioHollenden House, Weddel] House. Cincinnati, OhioGrand Hotel. 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The most serious objection w e have beard to the commission's amendments is that embodying, a s they do, four different propositions and altering three different sections of Article IX. of the constitu tion, they are likely to bewilder and dis courage the voter from taking any action on them. It has been suggested that this difficulty can be obviated by providing for the printing on the ballot of a short and striking summary of each of the amend ments. What is required is something that will appeal to the voter and catch his eye without calling for great concen tration of attention. About the simpleat proposition for com prehensive constitutional amendment that has yet been made is that of Senator Baldwin of Duluth, whereby the.changes are confined to Section 3 of Article IX. of the constitution. The Baldwin amend ment does not, however, provide specifi cally for a mining tax. In view of the fact that it is a question whether the constitution as it now stands, in Section 17 .of Article IX. really authorizes a tonnage tax o n ore, it is advisable t o make a specific provision of that kind. Coming from a democrat the Baldwin amendment is not likely to receive much considera tion, but it may yet be worth while lor some republican member to submit such an amendment a s the following, which , differs from the Baldwin bill in providing specifically for mining taxes: Amend section S of article 9 of the 'consti tution, so as to read as follows: Section SLaws shall be passed taxing for public purposes all moneys, credits invest ments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies or otherwise all charters, special privileges and franch ses whether granted by the state or any political subdivision thereof also all real and personal property, according to its true value in money, and the Income of indi viduals or corporations above a given amount to be fixed by the legislature and also the output or product of individuals or corpora tions engaged in mining and in lieu of any such tax imposed upon Incomes, or the output or product of mines, the legislature may ex empt any one or more of the above classes of property other than real estate, from taxa tion but public burying grounds, public schoolhouses, public hospitals, academies col leges, universities and all seminaries of learn ing, all churches, church property used for religious purposes, and houses of worshiD institutions of purely public charity public property used exclusively for any public pur pose, and personal property to an amount not exceeding in value. $200 for each individual shall, by general laws, be exempt from taxa- Thls amendment is not so broad in its effects as the commision's amendments. It would make it impossible to experi ment with local option, a graduated in - come tax exempting improvements on real estate wnd the like. Yet it would give great latitude and may, perhaps, be a s broad a measure as will find favor with the legislature or the people. It has the ad-vantafce that it can all be printed on the ballot with ease. It sounds well and appeals-to one at the first glance. More over it involves but one compact change. All that the voter i s to pass on is pre sented to ihim when he takes up his bal lot. - T h e J o u r n a l offers, this sugges tion tfor what.it may prove to b e worth In' the deliberations of the legislature, i t seems to be greatly preferable to the mon grel amendments favored by the house judiciary committee. Governor Toft told the senate commit tee that while a la#ge reduction in theask tariff on Philippine goods brought into the United States would not have much effect on the trade between the two countries for some years, the sentimental effect would be "great. If Governor Taft fight, there seems to be no justifica- tion of the senate's refusal to give more than a reduction of 25 per cent. It has put away an opportunity to make a good impression on the Filipinos at no serious coat t o ourselves. If our congress can not legislate in favor of the dependencies' when such legislation Is without any ef fect chf domestic interests, how can it be, expected to "grant tfce Filipinos simple justice when American interests may be somewhat adversely affected by proposed legislation? THE TILLMAN-MCLAURIN CASE It Is reported from Washington that, al though the senate considered the Till man-McLauren incident yesterday, no definite conclusion was reached, but the probability is that the two offenders against the dignity of the senate will only be censured and not suspended. It i s urged that the business of the senate is practically blocked, because of the demo cratic resistance to the proposition to suspend the culprits, and that, really, would be the only justification for letting them off so easily. These senators merit a much more se - vere punishment than censure. Censure Is s o mild a punishment for the serious offense committed that it seems but a travesty of justice. Both senators fully merit, not only suspension for a day, a month or a year, but they richly deserve expulsion from the body which, by their atrocious conduct, they have insulted and disgraced. The senate by a mere censure really condones an outrageous offense against senatorial dignity, and, not only that, but against the dignity and majesty of the nation. Had Tillman and McLau rln been members of the old Roman sen ate the sensors would have expelled them immediately. It is most probable that, if two members of the British house of lords or two members of the French senate turned the floor of their respective houses into a prize ring tihey would be expelled. Whatever might be done with them, how ever, is of no great importance t o this country. The duty of our senate is clear ly to remove from political life and place a blighting stigma upon the two South" Carolina senators. The democrats, Vo. taking the attitude of antagonism to sus pension are deliberately arraying them selves against law and order and theson dignity of the senate and It will be great ly deplorable if, through the unfortunate ly too liberal traditions of the senate as to debate, the republicans will -have t o yield through the necessity of proceeding to urgent public business. It i s very evident that the sentiment of the public is, in large preponderance, favorable to the extreme punitive process of expul sion. The contemptible character ot the par tizan sympathy with Tillman is demon strated in the announcement to President Roosevelt by the lieutenant governor of South Carolina, Colonel Tillman, that the subscribers to a fund designed to buy a sword which was t o be presented by the President to Major Jenkins, when he vis ited the Charleston exposition, had de cided to withdraw their invitation to the president to make the presentation. The reason given was an alleged affront per petrated by the president against the dignity of Senator Tillman. This has reference to the fact that the president very properly, and, in accordance with his public duty, withdrew his invitation to Senator Tillman to be .present at the din ner given in the White Hause i n honor of Prince Henry of Prussia. Tillman was then under the bam of the senate for contempt and it would have been a direct insult to the company and a public con donation of Tillman's outrageous conduct for the president to have seated the blackguard at his table. Tillman declared that th e president had insulted him by canceling the dinner Invitation and that he would have his revenge. Whether h e meant that he would challenge the presi dent to mortal combat or seek an oppor tunity t o assassinate him is not known. A man who makes such threats against the president has no right t o si t in th e United States senate. The only way for the senate to relieve itself from a recur rence of such blisteringly disgraceful scenes as were enacted. on it s floor last Saturday, and to save its dignity, i s t o expel the two senators from South Caro lina. Let the senate remember the words of Publius Syrus: "Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur." A LIVE QUESTION A news article in T h e J o u r n a l yes terday shows that Minneapolis millers have their eyes fixed on Canadian wheat and purpose to endeavor to mill it in bond for their export trade. Failing in that they will begin an agitation in favor of. free wheat. John Washburn, president of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, who has- Just returned from Winnipeg, well says that the 25-cent duty on wheat yields neither protection nor revenue. Can? anything, then, be more absurd, than to keep in force such a duty? The moment Minneapolis offers a terminal market for a large amount of Ca nadian wheat, it will . increase its job bing trade with western Canada. It was some months ago that The J o u r n a l began to dwell on the advantage to the American northwest of freer trade rela tions with Canada. It wa s not then thought that the question of getting Ca nadian 'wheat would s o soon become a pressing one. But it is already here as a vital question. It and all Canadian trade problems will ere long become more and more pressing not only for the northwest but for the whole country. Our states men are not yet awake to the fact, but in Canadian reciprocity there lies a field of distinction that is equal to anything that is now offered t o the man who wishes t o distinguish himself and gain a name as the father of a great achievement. We do hot know how much danger there is that the university may lose Prefessors Burton, McVey and Woodbridge, but it i s evident that the students think ihat the danger is imminent. We* assume that the chief obstacle in the way of grappling these gentlemen to the university i s in ability to pay them adequate salaries and to give them more leisure for individual work. These are the handicaps of a state university in competing with One supported by private means. When sal aries axe raised the public'complain's of extravagance. In the case of our own uni versity the difficulty has been increased by the large financial outlay in permanent improvements necessitated by the: institu tion's rapid growth. It i s not pleasant to still larger gifts of a state that has been very liberal. But a great"university is founded, even more on -fine men than on fine buildings. It i s not true economy t o erect the buildings and let the men go. The university has now arrived at such a stage in Its growth that scholars take pleasure in having their names asso ciated with it. It would be humiliating to let a small question of salaries drive them away. Whether these lines have any di rect application to the cases of the three professors named or not, they do state a general problem that has confronted President Northrop and the regents for some years. & J. W. Ivey, the retiring coNectorVof customs at Sitka does not propose to al low the national game of twisting the British lion's tail to b fprgotten. He is evidently a man who enjoys a rich brown roast. Having in view the pleas ure he has gained from freeing his mind regarding the policy of the administra tion a s to Canadian seal poachers and boundary movers he may find that his quitting of office was far more pleasur able than his acceptance thereof. . "TRY, TRY AGAIN" r The angular and indefatigable states man from Lac qui Parle county does not know when he has had enough. No soon er was he finally and irrevocably beaten in the lower house of foe legislature yes terday on the amended tax bill than h e offered a new one designed) to please everybody. It. probably will not. Very likely it will have a fight on it s hands from the start. T h e J o u r n a l gave, yesterday, a summary of the measure. It provides forr a tax commission, has a n iron ore tonnage tax feature and incor porates the main features of the tax com mission's bill regarding corporations and real estate. Such a bill may win friende that the defeated bill did not have, but it will have many of the enemies that the other had. It ha s been argued against the ton nage tax proposition that it is unconstitu tional. Good lawyers say that a care fully drawn bill would s^and the scrutiny of the courts. As we may not get any constitutional amendments, after all, it would be a prudent act to pass a tonnage tax bill. We believe it is the only ef fective and equitable way to get a t the great corporations that annually remove such a large part of Minnesota t o other states. It is believed that politically the Jacob bill is in the interests of Governor Van Sant, who probably feels that he will lose some prestige if the legislature adjourns without adopting some direct tax legislation, regardless of constitu tional amendments. If a bill that accom plishes as much as Mr. Jacobson is trying to save from the wreck can be passed, the republican party will be on stronger ground in the approaching campaign than without it. It is useless to deny that un less something is accomplished in th e line of direct legislation it will be an cans noying in the coming campaign to answer attacks in which a parallel will be drawn between the futile ascent of a hill by the King of France and the legislature's fail ure to give the state positive tax reform legislation. The fact that Lukban wias captured by native scouts under tho command of Lieutenant Stribler shows how well Amer ican soldiers are learning the game of fighting natives with natives in the Phil ippines. REDUCTION ENOUGH It is stated that the war department will reduce the army in the Philippines to 32,000 men. Such a reductionsome 13,000is probably justified by the great progress toward complete outward pacifi cation of th e islands. The capture of Lukban, the picturesque, fierce and im - placable leader of the insurgents in Sa mar, the last stronghold of opposition t o the United States' will probably lead to the early pacification of that turbulent island. Lukban's fate will doubtless have its effect on scattered insurrectos in other parts of the islands. It i s one more les son to them that sooner or later every foe of the United States in the Philippines will be killed or captured. It i s good news, though, tihat the war department does not intend to act onsubstituted, Governor Taft's opinion that 15,000 men are enough to maintain order. Not until the country has acquired the habit of be ing quiet and peaceful will it be safe to reduce the army of occupation to such a small number. As long as w e are con fronted by a secretly hostile population the only way to prevent uprisings is al ways to be ready to strike quickly and ef fectively and to let the potential insur recto know that such is unquestionably the fact. A New York judge has decided that a theater ticket is not transferable. The de cision is made for the undoing of ticket speculators. The theater ticket specu lator l a s never cut much of a figure in ^Minneapolis, but the decision may bethe utilized locally in the cases of speculators in football tickets. AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL POLICY King Victor Emmanuel, in opening the Italian parliament a few days - ago, said in hi s announcements of governmental policy: In the relations of state and church my government intends to maintain strictly the separation of the civil from spiritual author ity, to honor the clergy, but to confine them in their own domain, to extend unrestricted respect to religious liberty of conscience, but to invincibly preserve intact the prerogatives of civil power and the rights of national sovereignty. This statement has the ring of the in sistent policies' of the elder Victor Em manuel, who fulfilled the aspirations of the Italian people and, step by step, and with the efficient aid of the profound statesman, Count Cavour, the enthusiasm of Garibaldi and other patriots and the battalions of France, brought Italy from the conditions of a group of antagonistic and heterogeneous duchies and from under the despotic hand of Austria, to the exal tation of United Italy. The goal of th e great Italian movement from 1859 to 1871 was Rome, the ancient capital of Italy and of the world. The capital was first established at Turin then it was moved to Florence then, as soon as the French troops were withdrawn to fight Prussia, the final move to the "eternal city" was accomplished and the flag of the house of Savoy-Carlgnan and the Italian tricolor waved over the city of Rome. With the duchies the papal states were absorbed in United Italy, in accordance with the na tional desire, and the principle of sepa ration of the civil from the spiritual au thority and the preservation of the pre rogatives of civil power and the rights of national sovereignty was declared with emphasis, and the young king, in repeat ing the terms of that policy to-day, ex - presses the will of the Italian people a s clearly a s It was expressed when the lib erators of Italy entered Rome about thirty years ago. The pope, whose spiritual Independence and functions and personal safety were insured by the act bf papal guarantees passed by the Italian parliament, who also made him secure in the possession of the vaticau palace and a country residence outside . of Rome, has not, so far as Pius IX. and Leo XIII. are concerned, recognizedtheacts of the civil authority.' Both, pontiffs claimed the temporal power. The present pope is insistent upon its restoration and, in doing so, opposes the will of the Italian people. On Monday next, the twenty-fifth anni versary of Leo's coronation will be cele brated In Rome and the pontiff will proba bly renew his claim to the temporal power and the restoration of the papal states. It is unfortunate that this breach between the Qulrinal and Vatican exists, but it is not likely to be removed by the submission of the Italian parlia ment and government t o the papal claim. This proposed parting with a portion ot redeemed and united Italy would be fol lowed by disintegration and disorder and a return to the old chaotic conditions un til a new deliverer would arise to restore the unity , ot the peninsula. Pius IX. made the experiment of federating sev eral Italian states under f his authority, but it failed. The Italian people wanted Italian nationality and, having obtained It, they will not part with it. The house of Savoy-Carignan has been called "the "cement of Italy." It is the hope of all well-wishers of Italian unity and pros perity that it may continue to prove itself such cement. The Italians themselves present a formidable front against the reactionary policy 'of the Vatican and the words of the king, above quoted, show that they have the good right arm of the royal house whose representatives led and won the struggle for United Italy, to back them. I I H r i l l T l l l l l i m t t H M t n m . 1 T-r Ml The Nonpareil Man l l u i l l l T T I I I i T i r r t i i . - . . . . . - Migtuken I d e n t i t y . It was plain to the most unobservant person that he w*s in. a state of intoxication. His legs had a tendency to carry him in two di rections. 'You are drunk, sir," said a charitable old party, severely. "N-not so, m* friend," was the reply, "it's m-my b-brother je'r mistake me for." C a s u a l l y O b s e r v e d . Professor John D. Quackenboss savs that all trained nurses should be hypnotists. We do not want any nurse who is going to stretch our sick form between two chairs and then jump on our body to show how rigid it is. People who worry anyway are beginning to wonder what they will do when the airship three mites up tosses out old bottles and tin into their tront yards. The fog was thick, the mud was deep, The town looked like a bog, 0 Prince Henry raised his hands and said: "Meiu Himmel, dls Chl-gog-O!" The Boston Globe questions whether "the Yankee voice is unmusical." No one who ever heard a good old New England grand mother stand In the doorway and say, "Now, children, you come right in to your victuals," could question the music in that voice for an instant. A Wichita, Kan., doctor says pepper is worse than alcohol in creating what is known as a "gin liver." He thinks that people, if they used a little common sense in their eat ing, might live to be 1,000 years old. If peo ple could hang out for a thousand they ought to be able to give Nature a run for her money on the second thousand. Twiggs II. has been named Edmund Will ding. Probably he willand you can hear him for twelve blocks, too. Everybody will be glad to note that Iowa Das expressed its opinion of the Venus of Milo. Mllo should either purchase sufficient garments for his Venus "or keea her out of Iowa. Wheeler of Kentucky^I'm glad that man Tillman braved last. No matter what decisions are given, every body thinks he knows the facts in the Schley case, anyhow. If the water torture practiced among the Filipinos was used in Kentucky and a certain other liquid which shall not be mentioned here every loyal Kentuckian would consider it his duty to tho state to accept the punishment and be silent. Charlie S.No. the coal man's opinion of the February thaw cannot be printed. The sultan has taken to the cellar. Stone is said to have been dislodged. Miss Three Atlanta triplets have been named Rockefeller, Morgan and Carnegie. If theTexas, other boys in the neighborhood are going to keep their marbles or base balls they will have to bury them or hide them in the hay mow. Reginald Vanderbilt has just come into his $7,500,000 and is feeling as fine and as free as the young man who drops right into a $10 job the minute he steps out of college. One P i n s One E q u a l s One. A great many people have been puzzled by mathematical and matrimonial formula: 1 plus 1 equals 1, but the thing is as simple as lying. It took the Metaphysical Magazine, of course, to throw this alarming proposition Into algebraic form, so that every one caiivsee for himself that it is correct. The Metaphysical Maga zine applies it to another question, however, but that makes no difference. It applies also, wherever it is needed, to- explain the facts. Divested of all extraneous matter, the problem sets forth with this undisputed equa tion: ' a = x. Multiplying both terms by x we haves a x = *-- Subtracting a* from each term a x a3 = x* a*. Factoring a ( x ) = ( x + a) (x a). Eliminating x a gives a =-x + a Substituting a for x as authorised by the first equation gives us - - a = 2 a, - ' and therefore --/' l 2. - - . :- ' - ' There can be no further doubt. Go and ask the girl at.once. T h e L a n d o f t h e M i d n i g h t Sun. Stockholm, Jan. 30.We have traveled over nearly all the old world, but have hitherto neglected the Scandinavian countries. We came here at a fortunate time, as it hap pened. There had been a heavy fall of snow and the air seemed to be full of Swedes and N'orfegians with barrel staves strapped to their feet. They told us it was ski-running. They would come right over a house, alight on the sloping side and thus get another Start Which would take them up again. Once in a while a heavy gentleman, smoking a long pipe, would lose his. center of gravity and would carom on a house with his per son going around the yard like a billiard ball around a table. Very few of them seemed to be hurt, however. Lucille got up at midnight to get a drink, and was astounded to find the sun up. It is very uncanny, and it seemed to us a trifle unnecessary for the sun to stay out all night In this reckless manner. Certainly we have not been accustomed to it in America, and we shall be glad to get back where the heav enly bodies conduct themselves with more Tropriety We hope, before we return, to be able to call on Ijbsen and Bjornson, two old cronies in another part of the peninsula. If we dotion so, a letter will be devoted to the incident. Ijbsen's new play Is said to he so tun ot gloom and tragedy as to throw a dark reflec tion on a coal stove. Lovingly, Lucille, Mary H. and Margaret. MINNESOTA POLITICS The preliminary round of the 1902 cam paign is being fought out on the floor of the legislature. Politicians of both parties are making every effort to gain from the session some advantage, individually or for their party. From a political standpoint, the. republican majority has played its cards badly. There Is still time to make a record, but over three weeks have' passed without result except the death of the tax code. The great opportunity has been lost. Now that it is all over, many, wish there had been an attempt to caucus. There was no concerted action. The adminis tration republicans had.but a narrow ma jority of their own party, and the democratic minority, holding the balance of power, beat the bill. There were three elements among the forty four republicans who voted against the tax code. The one most worthy of consideration was composed of eight or ten members who were honestly alarmed at the radical changes proposed, and feared a subversion of,. busi ness interests. Even the Wallace amendments did not remove their fears. They believed themselves obedient to the voice ot their con stituents, and probably were, so far as they heard from home. Another element consisted of honest but weak members, who were over influenced in various ways. Some were led to oppose the bill through personal feeling against the gov ernor, others -were led to believe that it would be a disastrous thing for the farmer. Finally, there was the clique which has disgraced the thirty-second legislature and the republican party. There is no need to mention names. They are generally known. They are always ready to yield to any in fluence except that of their constituents, and are perniciously active on every occasion in the interests of certain corporations. Their legis lative records are uniformly bad. The backbone of the Van Sant opposition is the influence of one of the great railroad sys tems. It has decreed the governor's retire ment, and its hand is to be seen at thi.3 extra session in the attitude of this time serving clique, which is seeking at every turn to defeat the ends of the extra session and discredit the governor, regardless of party interests. For these men a day of reckoning is not far distant. It will be interesting to nOte the attitude of these men toward the Jacobson bill, introduced yesterday. It is generally understood that this new bill is an administration measure, designed to accom plish as much as possible In the way of im mediate tax reform at this Bession. There is still ample opportunity for the legislature to make a record. It can tax fran chises and iron mines, create a permanent tax commission, pass a new law for the collection of real estate taxes, submit constitutional amendments, and a proposition for a constitu tional convention. All this can be done in ten days, it the legislature means business. It is their extra session, and the situation is up to them. Charles B. Cheney. Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. McClure Co. "Do you really think It could be arranged?" "Arranged? Of course it could." "Indeed, Nell, I think you might. It won't be half so hard to say goodby here, as to see you in the mob at the pier. Papa, do tell her she must go!" A gray haired man turned away from a couple of reporters to whom he had been insisting that he was taking his two'daugh ters around the world purely for rest and ^pleasure and that he had not the slightest intention of starting a branch house at Cal cutta. "Dear me, what is all this excitement about? Who must go where? Blanche, there goes another bunch of American Beauties. I wager they are from one of those callow col lege boys." "Oh, bother the flowers!" exclaimed a petite blonde, hugging the arm of stately Neli Brome. "We want Nell to stay on board with us as far as the pllotboat goes and then come back on that. Do say she must!" Mr. Humphreys smiled into the eyes of Nell Brome, but something he saw there made his heart contract suddenly. He had. seen that heart hungry look in her mother's eyes years and years before, and it had changed the AMUSEMENTS F o y e r Chat. The Chicago Tribune, in speaking of Kube lik, who appears at the Metropolitan to night, says: "His performance, so far as tech nique is concerned, was that of one to whom difficulties have long ceased to exist. He does the most intricate and surprising feats with an ease and a certainty that tell of a natural aptitude and facility. There is noth ing in the way of double-stopping, plz7.lcato effects, flaggeolet tones, and all the count less 'hard things' of violin playing that Kube lik does not accomplish with an ease almost ludicrous. The tone is. invariably clear, vital and sweet, and frequently is of ravishingly beautiful quality." The great scenic production of "Monte Crlsto," with James O'Neill as Edmond Dantes, that rah all last season in New York, Chicago and Boston is to be given at thefortable Metropolitan the last half of next week. The sale of seats will begin Monday morning. Frederick Warde, in h,is play, "The Mounte- bank," will be the attraction at the Metro politan Sunday night. Mr. Warde has added new laurels in this characterization, which also serves admirably to bring out the full strength of his splendid company. In his company are Charles D. Herman, Barry John stone, Miss Antoinette Ashton, Miss Virginia Drew Trescott, Miss May Warde, Miss Aileen Bartelle and about fifteen others. "Julius Caesar" will be given Monday evening. Two large audiences gathered at the Bijou yesterday to witness the entertaining and' varied performance ot the Orpheum Show, which is universally conceded to be the best vaudeville performance presented here for a long time. The sale of seats began this morning at the Bijou for the engagement next week at that theater of the musical comedy success, "Mam'selle \Awkins," which comes with the prestige of immense success in the east last season and the unanimous indorsement of the press and public wherever it has appeared. AS TO THE! LOOP New York Post. We have always believed, therefore, that the commander of the Brooklyn showed true comprehension of the situation, as everybody supposed it to be, when he resolved to keep his speedy cruiser out of a melee at close quarters, in which she might be smashed, and allow the enemy to outfoot the other American vessels. That it was a mistake in judgment to turn east, thus endangering the rather than to the west, may freely be conceded, but the movement awav from the Spanish vessels we think to have been strate gically sound. y- It was not a question of "danger," which the president says must not be "too nicely weighed by those whose trade it is to dare greatly for the honor of the flag." It was simply a question of making the fastest ship tell most powerfully in the long issues of a dubious fight. The president apparently thinks that Schley should have imitated Wainwright, who "drove his fragile craft against the foe. But the cases were very different. The Gloucester might have been sunk without en dangering the outcome if the Brooklyn had been rashly put out of the fight, the Colon at least might have escaped. There is such a thing as impetuous valor swelling into a fault. There is such a thing as the mad cry of a Cyrus, "I see the man," with a pas sionate rush at the foe which loses life and the battle at once. To "dare greatly for the flag" may be to dare to keep your head in an emergency, and to husband your striking power for the critical moment. If the Brook lyn had dashed forward and been rammed or torpedoed early in the fight.it would not havo been war. N0,\,it would not really have been magnificent, simply because It would not have been war. A s much as this we think it only just to say upon a point which" really has very little to do with the true case against Schley, but which has been raised to fresh interest by the president's discussion of it, and by his apparent belief that the only standard by which to Judge a commander is that of headlong courage. , ,:"' A D E F E N C E O F T H E AMERICAN PRESS W. A. M. Goode, in The Empire Review. First of all it must be Dointed out that no press of any country attains to that supreme potentiality over popular opinion which has been achieved by the press of America. Were it guilty, as a whole, of animus toward Eng land, the present amicable relations of thefrom two countries would be impossible of continu ance. The idea Intended to he conveyed will perhaps be clearer to those who have visited or lived in America, and have realized with what marvellous celerity and strength the public pulse of that country responds in a way that Is apparently quite forelen to Eng lish character. This extreme sensitiveness of popular Judgment in the United states has been to many an able, cultured American a source of' deep concern. They have seen grave issues, upon which they believed the future welfare of the country to depend, tossed and bandied by the flippant influence of cer tain sections of the press that neither pro fessed nor practiced moral or political princi ple. "Yet to-day the ' majorltv. o* those -who once wrung their hands at the lack of all sense of moral responsibility exhibited by many American papers have come to the con clusion that an evolution, greater than they dreamed of, has been in process, and that out of evil good has come for recent history in America shows that, in the main, public feeling has been influenced in the right direc by the methods, however questioned they may be, ot the Amrlcan press, which in its12. vast composition is so heterogeneous as toknow defy all attempts at analytical generalising. There are over 2,000 daily papers published On the Pilotboat By Edwin Murphy. '**- "A SOMEWHAT NERVOUS DAMSEL WAS RESTORED TO HER SCANDALIZED PA- RENT." whole current of his life. But perhaps it had been better after all. And that other Nell had never linown what it cost him. "Papa, for heaven's sake, are you asleep? There goes the bugle!" And the spoiled younger daughter hung convulsively on her friend's arm. The man spoke hastily as one roused from a dream. "Of course she shall go with usto the ends of the earth, if she likes." Then in a gentler tone: "It can be easily arranged, my dear girl. And that you may feel entirely com In the matter I'll keep Hunter, too" waving his hand toward his confidential man"and he shall escort you back." He did not catch the grateful gleam in Jack Hunter's eyes. "You are quite sure I can make it, Mr. Humphreys. I must not disappoint father. He will be expecting me for lunch without fail." A silence fell over the group. Of course thoy all understood. Arthur Reginald Black more, second son of Sir Roland Biackmore. and manager of his father's ranches in thethe southwest, had been visiting at the Bromt home for ten days, his third visit in twelve months. Mr. Brome was a rich man and ambitious. Arthur Reginald Blackmore's elder brother was at the Riviera for hising health, and Arthur Reginald himself was 1 fin Daily New York Letter H o w T r u s t s P r o m o t e Men. Feb. 27."How Trusts Promote Men" is the subject of an interesting article by Paul Latzke in the Saturday Evening Post. It is intended as an answer to the charge that the trusts have robbed young men of all chance of advancement. The writer says this belief was fostered by the old system of consolida tion under individual ownership when a busi ness was generally considered a "father-to son" affair. The individual owners filled the best positions with friends and relatives, but under the new system and the placing of stock upon the market ownership is scattered and merit alone counts. Few of the newer enterrprises are found under the direction of rich men's sons, as in the past. The president and executives are generally men who have worked their way up from the ranks. These big concerns are systematically at work sifting and sifting their employes, and constantly and eagerly on the lookout for the right sort of material. Out of this has grown a,system that is cer tain to bring forward every promising lad to give him opportunities that, under indi vidual ownership, were very generally denied him in favor of the "old man's" relatives. Probably the highest type of this sifting process is found in the United States Steel corporation. Before this consolidation was effocted only the Carnegie Steel company had any method for systematic promotion. It had brought into the controlling positions a small army of brilliant experts, a coterie of steel workers conceded to be the most suc cessful in the world. Charles M. Schwab, president Of the United States Steel corpora tion, was himself a product of the system, and when he came to the control of the great er concern, which had been established along the lines laid out by him, he began at once to organize in all the companies the same plan that had made the Carnegie Steel compUny so powerful. Tlie B a t t l e f i e ld o f 1 9 0 4. Ex-Senator Hill, in his Manhattan club speech, says that President Roosevelt will be his party's candidate in 1904. and that New York will be the battlefield of that cam paign. This statement simply confirms what has been for some time the judgment of political experts generally. That Mr. Hill should, however, give special emphasis to the point, m his first ppeech of the year, a speech in which he outlines carefully the party policy, as he sees it, Is significant. It is significant of Mr. Hill's evident belief that after two campaigns with Bryan it is time that the next democratic candidate should come from the east, with revenue reform again pressed to the front in the party plat form. As New York is to be the battle ground, it would be natural, therefore, that the two opposing candidates should be taken that state. Does Mr. Hill in his mind's eye see himself leading the democratic hosta in 1904 against President Roosevelt? V a l u e o f t h e P e r g o n a l E l e m e n t , "The personal element." Mr. Schwab said recently, "is one of the most Important requi sites for business success. The personal ele ment cannot be hired for a salary, no matter how high. It can be kept alive only by pro- viding for an Interest In the results, the prof its, to the workers in high positions." With this ultimate condition in viewa practical partnershipthe process of recruit ing its executive staff is begun by the steel combination at the very outset of the careers of its workers. The company employs about a auarter of a million men and boys. In every- plant and every department the chief calls a weekly meeting of his aides, foremen and managers. At these meetings the developments of the week are discussed. New plans and ideas are suggested, and the names of bright men and boys are brought forward. Lf there is a new place to be filled, this man and that presents a candidate, picked because of particular merit or industry or for enterprise displayed. The chief sends a copy to the president of the company of which his department forms a part. In the same manner the president has regular meetings of his heads of departments and superintendents of plants, where the pro cess 'is repeated on a larger seala. F i g h t 'With a R a m . Attacked by an angry ram, Peter Conger, a farmer of Middleton, climbed a tree in his yard to escape the animal. His wife hearing his cries, unmindful of the risk, rushed into the yard. The ram prepared for combat, but the plucky woman commenced to hurl sand from a pile in the yard at the ram so strong ly, as she dodged hither and thither, that the animal, blinded by the dirt, was finally compelled to retreat and was driven into its inclosure, after which the farmer climbed down from the trea. Mrs. Conger Is now suffering from nervous prostration. A S c a n d i n a v i a n C o m m u n i t y . About 200 Norwegians and Swedes of Brook lyn are arranging to move to Pike county. Pennsylvania, there to found a community in which all shall have vn equal share in its good or ill fortune, and where each shall be the equal of the others. About 1,000 acre9 have been bought near Rowland's Station for the settlement, and the men have formed an association under chapter 153 of the Penn sylvania laws of 1899, with the name of the Norwegian Colony association. T h e P a T t r i h a m D i v o r c e . Mrs. Marian Faversham, wife of William Faversham, the actor, has begun suit for divorce against her husband, and on Friday her attorneys, Howe & Hummel, will make application for a referee to take testimony in the case. It has been known for the past month that Mr. and Mrs. Faversham had separated, but. as the wife had denied all in tention of bringing action against her hus band, it was supposed that they had been reconciled or, bad at least decided not to bring their difficulties into court, Until last Oc tober, Mr. and Mrs. Faversham were noted as one" of the happiest couple connected with the stage. They were married nine yars ago in this city* Mr. Faversham has been a popular New York actor for nearly a decade and w,as especially admired by matinee audi ences. Mr. Hummel said this afternoon that the case would be tried in private. He de clined to say who the co-respondent wa vr whether or not she was an actress. "",L-A. J. iRuasell. J i n the United'States, but what I-desire par- ticularly to emphasize is, not so much their numerical strength, as their unusual scope for good or evil. Once this phase is clearly grasped, it becomes obvious that Anglo-Amer ican friendship could not continue to exist if the bulk Of the news sent from England to America were impregnated or even tainted with Anglophobe spirti. W H A T TO DO W I T H LENT Parish News, Holy Trinity, Brooklyn. Lent begins this year almost as early as is possible, Ash Wednesday falling upon Feb To speak frankly, it is not very easy to what to do with Lent when it does oome. The church and society both have their conventional regulations concerning it, but this kind of obligation sits very lightly upon most people. It may help to/remind . $ * - * $ ' ' - " _ - ' ourselves of first principles here. One of them is that Lent is an affair which concerns Christian people alone. It has its source in the affections and not in the conscience. Tboso who hold their Lord in dear regard remem ber that during one of the years of His life He spent forty days in spiritual discipline and abstinence to our great advantage. They are, therefore, moved to something of the same thing. There is no law commanding themthey do it because they want to. That is Lent. B a l t i m o r e S a d ly Afflicted. .V Baltimore Sun. ,* The "Rentlemanly burzlar" is with U all the time end appears in many forms. He plays for high stakes and generally gets them. returning to the southwest and his ranches on the afternoon express. The vessel was gliding from the dock, and the young people rushed to the rail enjoying the amazement on friendly faces at sight sf Nell still on board.Mr. Humphreys waa not looking at the crowd on the pier, but at Jack Hunter, studying him with the keen, calculating glance of a man of business, and yet in time his glance softened, and he took the young man's arm impulsively. "Come along, Jack, and we'll make every thing sure for your trip back to New York. Girls, when you get through waving those absurd flags and have wiped your eyes, go down to the saloon and see the flowers and fruit your extravagant admirers have sent you." . ' But the two men did pot turn right in to see either the captain or the pilot. They walked to a deserted corner ot the boat as it by mutual consent, and the elder man began sententiously: "Ever been out west, Jack?" "No, sir." "Then you don't know what grub staking is, do you?" "I've a pretty fair idea, Mr. Humphreys." "Well, Jack, my lad, I think I'll grubstake you In this deal. I believe the investment will pan out all right. If vou keeD things running smoothly while I'm gone, you'll have an interest in the concern when I come back. That ought to put you on your mettle." Hunter tried to say something, but tha words choked him. He looked his gratitude. "There, there. Don't make promises. Work. And I might as well be frank enough to say that, while I like you. it's for the girl. I knew her motheryears ago." Then with a sudden change of manner and something that bordered closely on a wink, he added, "Now for the pilot." * . * - * - - - The last farewells had been spoken. The Humphrey girls had clung teap/ully to Nell as their last link with the home land which had become inexplicably and suddenly dear to them, then pushed her away with messages and flowers, consigning her to the tender mer cies ot Jack, the pilot, and a saucy little tug. Nell and Jack had been sitting in the di minutive cabin talking of many things and thinking of but one, when suddenly the girl glanced at her watch and uttered an exclama tion: "Where are we? I'm dreadfully afraid we won't get to town in time." She rushed on deck and gave a dismayed little cry. '"Why, we're not going back, to the city at all. We're still in the Narrows. Jack, Jack, whatever shall we do? Mr. Biackmore will never forgive my rudeness." Jack led her back into the small cabin, safe from inquisitive eyes. "Do you really care, Nell, whether he ever does forgive you?" Her honest eyes fell before his. "Fatheryou know how he feels " "What I want to know is how you feel. Are you willing to wait? Oh, Nell, Mr. Hum phreys is going to do all sorts of things for me if only you'll wait. This was his plan He stopped guiltily, and Nell's eyes opened wide. "Do you meanJack, Jack, you're not kid naping me?" "Gracious, no!" came the astonished reply. "WeIyou seethe captain of this tug and the pilot want to hang round the harbor until they pick up an incoming vessel. That's only business, you know," he added hastily. "It's catching money coming and going, don't you see? And by the time we do catch a vessel I reckon the afternoon express will be headed toward Pittsburg that's all." "Oh, Jack, you're so clever!" This in muf fled tones, for Jack had followed up his ad vantage in true lover's fashion. Ho sighed even in his moment of happiness. "It is only the first move. I'm afraid that Arthur Reginald is still in the game." It was dusk when a hansom stopped before the Brome residence and a somewhat ner vous damsel was restored to the bosom of her scandalized parent. Jack insisted' upon making the explanation, and how well he did it can best be judged from this extract from a letter which followed Mr. Humphreys by next mail: The first move scored. Mr. Brome raises the embargo. I may call. I rather think he was impressed by the fact that a man who will gamble a month's salary on brib a tug pilot and captain to outwit a rival ha s the right stuff in him to make him a *3g - \ .! \ - f! 1 I If M- f'! *} - tfh.