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ILBUQUERKitlB EVENING : CITIZEN.
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- IHIMV, MARCH . tMT.
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITIZEN
Published Dally and Weekl.
By The Citizen Publishing Company
W. 8. STIUO'KLKIt,
President.
W. T. MuCHKlUMT,
Business Manager.
ALL THAT IS NEEDED
The old story of the three tailors of Threadneedle
street, London, who met and resolved, "We, the peoplo
of Kiigland," etc., has many a lime been used to point
m. moral and adorn a talc. Hut for such purpose the
classic story must now go away back and Bit down, leav
ing the morning paper of this city to fill the place of
mibllnie self-assurance and ridiculously absurd pompos
ity. Far In excess of the three tailors. It not only as
numes to be the people and to speak for them, but to
upeak for mankind, while It arrogates to Itself all the
wisdom, decency, honesty and purity which the territory
contains.
Its address this morning tu the majority In the
house, urging them to be decent, and If they cannot be
decent tu be as decent as they can. Is on exhibition of
gall which must forever throw the little tailors Into the
deepest depths of Irrecoverable oblivion.
If only the anti-republican organ could be bought
for what It really Is and sold at whnt It claim to be,
the magnitude of the profit would dim the glory of
Harrlmans greatest feat In finance. That paper Is the
soul of honor. It has no personal Interest Involved 'n
the villainous abuse of the republican party leaders.
All It has done has been solely for the good of the ter
ritory. It says so Itself, and certainly It ought to know
I la own motive. Surely no one can doubt its veracity.
. Ktlll less can any one doubt Its wisdom. It knows what
Is good for the territory much better than the people
themselves know, and Infinitely better than the muii
selected ly the people and sent to Santa Ke to do what
the people are silly enough to think they want done.
This Is the reason the organ wants to keep the peo
ple from electing their own officials. The poor, Billy
dears could not make right selections. Not knowing
wiiat they want or what they ought to have, their of
ficials should be selected for them and their laws sub
mitted to the approval of the Morning Journal.
In fact, what Is the use of having elections? Why
have a legislature? These things all cost money. How
much easier and better and speedier every way would
It be to abolish these useless things? "Me and the gov
ernor," suys the Journal, "are amply sufficient me to
make the laws and the governor to make the appoint
ments, with me to advise and consent." Now what
could be simpler or more efficient? That set of hood
lums over at Santa Fe, elected by a bigger and there
fore a worse set of hoodlums in the respective counties,
have no idea what to do. They don't know "the opin
ions of mankind." They don't know what trutht,
honor. Justice are. They can't tell what are good laws
and what are bad ones. All these virtues and all this
knowledge are combined and confined In me and the
governor, to whom I have spared some of my superfluity
of excellence. Then down with the grafters, thugs, in
competents. Imbeciles; and up with the Journal, the
great "It" of the universe. Now let all the people fall
down and say: Amen, so mote It be.
ENGLISH HOUSE OF LORDS
For 600 years, nearly ever since they became
separate bodies In 1339, the lords and commons of the
English parliament have fought, says an exchange
The constant effort of the commons has been to become
supreme, and it has gradually acquired greater powers
until the lords now yield on all matters on which the
popular will has been formally expressed.
It approved the trades union bill on this ground.
It has refused to sanction tho education bill, and it
is feared will veto the Irish home-rule bill on the
same ground, that the people have not approved them
They offer to submit them to a popular vote and to
agree to them if the vote is favorable. It is even sug
" gested that they be passed conditioned upon populur
approval on a referendum.
The commons, however, refuses all compromises,
but what its plan of campaign is has not been disclosed.
It was in 1215 that the lords with the help of the mer
chant class forced Magna Charta from King John, and 1"
carrying out its grant of rights he gave his peers more
than they bargained for by including representatives of
the commoners with the lords and clergy when ho sum
moned his great council. It was not until eighty years
later. In Edward Ill's time, that the taYo bodies begail
to take separate form, which in 1339 became perma
nent.
Curiously enough, while Cromwell's first parlia
ment totally abolished the lords as a legislative body,
and for four years the commons ruled alone, it was at
this time, when democracy was paramount, that actual
anarchy prevailed, so that Cromwell himself had to
again, on petition of the commons, summon a house ft
lords.
The Minima had been tried, weighed and found
wanting. The battle was but renewed, with the lords
having the advantage, and It was not until 1832, wh.M
the system of rotten borroughs was wiped out, that the
lower house regained the greater power.
Now again the two houses have locked horns
as It were, and all Christendom Is watching for the plan
of battle. That the result may be u smaller body rep
resentativc of the lords without the clergy and chosen
by them Is thought possible. That the upper house
will be wholly abolished no one believes, and for the
good of England any other result is rather to be hoped
New York Mail: Just a glimpse of the general we'l
being of this state Is shown by lire totals of the savings
banks. At the end of the fiscal year they had $1,335,
093,053 on deposit to the credit of 'i. 637, 235 depositors.
This sum Is greater than any other state shows. Is more
than one-third of the total savings banks deposits of the
country and exceeds the depositst of uny other country
except Germany. It represents a gain of 182,164,753 in
resources since the preceding year. It is an average of
$506 for each depositor. The story of thu people's sav
Jugs Is not all told In the deposits of the savings banks.
Another chapter Is to be found In the returns of the
life insurance companius. Another still is found in the
records of withdrawals, from kuvlngs banks, which have
een u'most as active as deposits. These withdrawals
the superintendent of banks attributes to two causes.
People of moderate means have been buying "high
class Investment securities" which have been obtainable
at rates that yielded more than savings banks Interest.
In the eiivtn ns of this city tlu y haw been jurch;isln
real estate. Suys the superintendent: 'It is known
that thousands of savings bank passbooks were held lii
the latter part of thu Ilr-t half of the current year as
collaterals for loans by till.' ami liu-i companies, which
loans had been negotiated for really transactions.'
That not all of the money of -tan- is in opulent
hands Is to lie Inferred from lues.- !ikiiiv. and from '!.e
fact that tin- savings banks lead Hi. ;iu-t . i'ii panics by
almost $ luii.uiiij.oij".
The legislature continues to lecen, petitions de
manding the abolition of public gambling. There
seems to have been created a considerable .sentiment on
the subject in various parts of the territory. That the
legislature Kill take action on the iUcstn,n, seems as
sured, but which of lite several bills Introduced will be
adopted is not by any means so certain. The Citizen
published in full the Spless bill when it was presented
and In the legislative proceedings In this Issue of til)
paper will be found a copy of th.- bill introduced and
pusscd by the house yesterday. Either, It appears,
could accomplish the purpose desired, but the house bill
of Mr. Marlines, while less drastic In penalty, Is more
speedy in the method of prosecution, ami therefore pre
ferred by many. No matter what bill shall be passed,
if It be elllcient and that efficiency will always depend
upon local sentiment pulling the law into execution
(he believers iii the evils of open gambling will rise uu
and call the legislators blessed. Well done, good and
faithful servants, will be the laurel wreath for the
brow of the lawmakers.
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STORY OF A MONUMENT 8
AND A SERMON THEREON
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When the Union Pacific railroad was first built
the point of highest altitude was at a station called
Sherman.
It was at this point that Oakea Ames the moving
spirit in the promotion and the real builder of the gr-at
enterprise put a monument to perpetuate his memory.
Upon the eminence facing the tracts stood the
striking granite memorial where every passenger could
see and admire It.
Hut alas for the rgtolsm of men.
Years passed and Oakes Ames died and the worms
gnawed his bones. There came a day when economy
required that the railroad track should be straightened
In order to shorten the distance and avoid heavy grades.
Tho short cut was made and the old tracks were taken
up and the right ot way abandoned.
And now the massive rock pile that was to keep
the memory of Oakes Ames fresh every day In tho
minds of men stands fourteen miles away from the
track.
You may see from the main line far awny on the
rim of the horizon, a mere speck. With a glass yo.i
can make out It is an artificial heap of stones. That
Is Oakes Ames" monument given over to the tangled
wilderness.
Pathetic reminder of man's puny efforts to pro
ject by material evidence his life and deeds to a future
generation.
Hut Oakes Ames is not forgotten by the world.
He is remembered In another way:
This big man of a former time was more than a
financier. He was an Inventor anj manufacturer. Ha
was the maker of the Ames shovel. One kind of shovel
Invented by him was the Ames No. 2 or railroad shovel
which was especially designed for track purposes built
for getting under the sides and ends of railroad ties.
Ames also made a "tamper" for tamping earth and
ballast and other tools contrived especially for railroad
work.
The lone rock pile at Sherman Is seldom called
to the attention of the tourist. It Is forgotten of men.
Hut Oakes Ames is remembered because he provided
the world with something useful.
I
Little Items About
Great Things.
If the water was un to the arm-pits
on A. H. McUaffey. how high was It
on W. P. Johnson?
As to lOviilcncc.
If I have got the rules aright,
"Tls out of place
To put In aught that any light
Sheds on the case.
IOt of Hope,
"flo In and win."
"Hut Bhe's engaged already."
"Yes; to three fellows. Why not
four?"
Few men are able to build for themselves monu
ments of granite with entablatures of brass and graven
words of eulogy, but every man can live In the thought
and lives of those who "follow him. Hut he can so live
only as he Is useful to men.
He can be a pioneer and blaze the way for civi
lization somewhere.
He can open a new road to commerce, or make a
farm, or build a house or dig a well, or paint a tree.
He can train up a child who will be of use in the
future time.
He can write something or picture something or say
something that will help his fellows to bear their bur
dens. He can sing a song of hope that will breath cour
age into drooping hearts.
He can face and fight the dragoons of evil and beut
them back from the homes and haunts of men.
He can brighten and bless the lives of those made
miserable by fear or misfortune.
Why then, if men can do these things and live
and grow in the lives of others, why should they seek
an eminence and a pile of stones, or a shape of
bronze?
Make no mistake. Every right-thinking man or
woman wants to be well thought ot by other men and
women. Men have supposed that If they had plentv
of money that would suffice, they would not care for
tho esteem of others. They have. . gotten the money
and discovered their mistake. We want the plaudits
of our fellows. We are built that way. Oakes Ames
was following his strongest Instinct. Only he went
about it In the wrong way.
Who knows or who cares what king ordered the
pillars of Luxor graved? Who knows or wants to
know what tyrant of Egypt worked myriads of slaves
to make a great pyramid over his tomb? All the lower
valley of the river Nile Is a vast mummy field wheie
every pick that turns up a dried cadaver tells the story
of the eclipse of human glory.
The world remembers only its benefactors.
For centuries and centuries the human race did
nothing more than to merely mark time on the vast
plain of Messopotamla made not un inch of progress.
Thebes could make line vases but It could not make
fine men.
Auaxagoras spent years in trying to square the cir
cle. The monks of medieval times argued together for
years to show how many souls of saints could dance on
the point of a needle. Hut Archimedes discovered the
principle of the lever.
Even Greece lagged. One day Diogenes ladled his
tub through the streets of Athens and said: "That is
all there is to your boasted progress. Hut Hiero In
vented the screw for pumping water and first em
ployed the pulley. Eplctetus the Phrygian slave, never
owned more than a pallet of straw and an iron lamp
and somebody stole the lamp but he gave the world
more gentle wisdom than all the Human conquerors.
langcrotin.
"My son, beware of railroads!"
"Yes, dad."
"And women. They both abound
with fatal curves."
Futile.
A congressman there wns who tried
to not accept his salary;
Hut while he listened for applause,
approving of his righteous cause,
Tho only Round that reached him was
a horse laugh from the gallery.
Exchange.
! WHY DID WE SELL SEVENTEEN LARGE
RUGS LAST WEEK?
Because we have the prettiest line of Axministers, Wiltons, Velvets and Brussels in
the territory.
Honrs of Mouth Warrior.
Wars and rumors of wars. Of com
fort let no man speak. Capt. Rich
mond Pearson Hobsnn Is talking
through his belligerent hat. Senator
Perkins has nailed his colors to the
mast that once he sailed before. He
hurls the loud defiance and Is ready
to sign articles. Honduras has start
ed In to whip Nicaragua between
drinks. Cuba threatens to declare I
war on the United Slates it we don't
provide offices for every blessed horse
thief on the much-vexed island. The
hurly burly roars terribly.
$2,000,000.
A little matter of $2,000,000 doesn't
amount to much ono way or another.
-h. H. Harrlman.
Only 2,000,000!
Merely a wisp of hay
To stop up tho crack In a window.
To keep the wind away.
Certainly not worth counting,
A paltry little sum
That isn't enough to distinguish
A well-to-do from a bum.
Only $2,000,000!
A measly, miserable wad
That wouldn't pay for the water
In a good Kentucky tod;
Simply u sign of the spirit
To moisten tho thirsty tongue;
Merely a fleeting nothing
More than a smell nt the bung.
Only $2,000,000!
Homes for a thousand or more,
or clothes for two hundred thous
and, Or food for a million poor
Only $2,O00,0U0!
Gee! what a little stack,
When you come to learn
Of the limitless yearn
Of a Harrlmanlac!
-W. J. Lampton In New York World.
FALLS
WITH EPILEPIIC
FIT
Second Attack In Five Days,
Injuries May be
, ' Serious.
Charles McMonlgal, a brick mason,
lies in his room at 22 South Broad
way, In a serious condition, as the re
sult of a fall from a building Thurs
day noon.
The man is subject to fits, anl yes
terday, while working on a ladder at
the new home Contractor Anson Is
building, an attack came on McMon'
gal and he fell to the ground. It
seems that his back was Injured quite
severely, but as a physician was not
called, the extent of his injuries have
not been ascertained.
He was placed in a buggy immedi
ately after the accident and taken f
the home of Mrs. Hlddlecome, on
South Hroadway, where he remains,
suffering great pain.
The man had Just fully recovered
from a former attack of a similar na
ture. This former one came on last
Sunday, when he was watching a
number of boys playing ball. At
that time he fell In thu street and
was carried Into the Hlddlecome
home. No serious results attended,
however, and he resumed his wofK
the first of the week, with the result
of a second attack yesterday.
Men live and deserve to live because they do some
thing for others over and above what they do for them
selves. Where they build their monuments, or of what
materials, and what they put upon them, counts lor
nothing.
Oakes Ames' shovel No. 2 Is greater than his costly
monument of granite.
800X)OCXOOOC0000XX0X?(XXS
POOR PAY IN CASE OF ALL
POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYES
9X0CKsC000OC
It is doubtful whether any set of men In the gov
ernment service are as poorly paid as aro the rural
mall curriers. Until a year ago they received $000
per annum. nut of that sum they were obliged my
only to proUde for themselves and their families, but
they were required to supply horses and their own
conveyances for the delivery of mail. Then the pay
was Increased to t,!i) a year but the requirements
were not modified in the least particular.
The average length of the trips which the rur il
currier makes six days each week Is twenty-eight miles.
11.. is not allowed to take the weather into account,
itain or snow, mud and cold, are not mitigating condi
tions. And o it is hard on the carrier and hanlei
still on his horses.
in the city of I-eavenw orth the unmounted city
carriers receive tboO per annum for their services; t lie
mounted carriers $230 more, or $1,100. Hut tho rural
carrier has a harder task than cither and ho gets the
least money of all. It isn't fair and it isn't right.
That the rural free delivery service has come, to
stay Is an undisputed fact. Perhaps its being one of
the newest features of thu postal service explains the
undei payment of the carriers, for the huge postal de
licit must be given consideration. However, if we are
to have the rural free delivery service, and we are
we should pay for It, deficit of no deficit.
And likely, the more the deficit Is increased the
so.oi.tr congress will get clown to brass tacks and cut
off the tree seed and the mail grafts, will puy only for
the lransiortation of i-uch mails as the railroads haul.
Instead of on the basis which Representative Murdock
of Kansas has properly condemned, and at the same
rates w hich the railroads receive for Irunspoi ling prop
erty committed to the care of the express companle
and olher special interests. -Ieaven worth Times.
TERRITORY HAS 8
NEW PHARMACISTS
The Territorial Hoard of Pharmacy
adjourned Thursday evening after
having been In session two days, says
the New Mexican, The next meeting
will be held at Koswell on March 20.
Kight applicants passed the exam
ination at this session and are regis
tered pharmacists. They are us fol
lows: M. W. Hitler, F. W. Slph, Las Ve
gas; Columbus Talbot, Portulss; F O.
Hrown, Santa Ke; K. Ottwell, Albu
iiuerijue; p. 1.. i-Uanloii, Alamogurdo;
K. I,. Stone, Katon; C. C. Pegg, Ain-
aiillo, Texas.
Shoe trees keep your shoes In shape
make them look better and wear
longer. They last a life time and cost
only 75 cents a pair at C. May's shoe
store, ; 1 4 West Railroad avenue.
$200 KKW.VUD.
Is offered for the capture of Ati
tlmo Pettine, the murderer of Hene
detto Herardlnelll. Crime was com
mitted In Albuquerque Monday, Feb
ruary 4.
C. A. and C. GRANDE.
A Rug Vklth the Sheen at Cents
can bo seen in our stock of real an
tique Turkish rugs. But "there are
others," rich In color and -eautlful
in design, In our exquisite stock of
Persian, Bohkara, Daghestan, In our
lines ot riental rugs, and we have
many beautiful domestic rugs In Wil
ton, Axmlnster and In the cheaper In
grain art squares that we are wiring
at wonderfully low prices.
F. H. STRONG,
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WILLIAM MclNTOSH, President
T. C. NEAD, T restorer sod Maaafer
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For the
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in Albuquerque
See Ours
fiflclfilTOSH HARDWARE CO,
'If
ANOTHER FIRE IN THE
OLD SANTA EE PALACE
Yesterday for the second time with
in the past fortnight fire was uiscov
ered in the old palace at Santa Fe.
This time the blaze was in the roof
over the postofflee and the conflagra
tion was the result of the careless
manner in which the stove pipe had j
been run through the woodwork of i
the building. Prompt action by the
department officers and clerks pre-1
vented the headway of the flames and
the damage, which was adjusted yes
terday, did not exceed the sum of
$200. Inspectors C. O. Phell, Post
master Walter and some of the em
ployes of the Santa Fe New Mexican
rendered valuable assistance to the
fire department In extinguishing the
fire. No damage was done to uny of
the mall matter In the office at the
time.
The frequency of fires In the old
palace, the great historic value of the
building Itself, and the many treas
ures In the way of documents rind
curios, which are stored there, sug
gest that prompt measures be tnken
to improve its heating arrangements,
thus insuring it against further lia
bility to destruction In this manner.
ELKSOPERAHOUSE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
HARRY B. LINTON
Presents
FRANK BEAMISH
In the
Breezy Comedy ullb Mask
Chsi. Mellnl, Secretary
O. Bachechl, Treatirer.
J. D. Eakis, President
O. Oloml, Vice President.
Consolidated Liquor Company
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i'.tyoiii us. lint wo knn thu tin
peni le who inhabit thi.s part of It will
udi'. to I heir health, length of life ami
happiness if they eat Hailing'.. Ilroail.
Same thing true of our rolls, pirn ami
other pastry. Suro you uic the
name?
103 N. Fir at
titHUf ttttf till
The Citizen Print Shop Is S
V where you can act the most for
if your money. We print every. j
e thing but greenbacks end peat.
s age stamps. Either phone.
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