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HUNOATE, Notary public (Seal.) Intelligent worklnginen know their V4im an that onamiaa and thev da. ...... it. 1 j. cum mvo "u- fefi&Quefl I take 1,1. turn next to tell us acain In how small esteem he holds the banner it win w d-voWi. non the weather man to by In a supply of his best t,rnd for th nreaidenf tour of Ne- braska and visit to Omaha. The Thomson-Houston electric light monoDolr . wants the city attorney as well as a majority of the counca It will then ba the whole flush. - . .l.B To a man up a tree that Investigation of alleged crooked work in the Post- J office department seems to be conducted I with too much assistance from the brass band. r It turns out that Shamrock III sus- , talned no damage below the water line In It mwn ..Jnnt thn .111 I ' ' " v 11 """''lu" men to going dry. It is fortunate the strike of the tele phone linemen was not pulled . off earlier, otherwise It . might have Inter Cared seriously with the legislative lobby down at Lincoln. If the Red Cross society carries out its threat to break Into congress with Its troubles, the members of the two houses may have to organize a special ambulance corps for themselves. I The establishment of the New York . . ... Btocg. exenange in its new paiatiai home will only make the money power, as .... -. . ... I picturea by the prophets or calamity, issume a still more hideous mien. If Mr. Vanderbilt wants to get married again why should he not be allowed to , m. go so just me same as any one eise There is no question that he Is able to lupport a family In reasonable comfort Tt'l . t. , A). .... A. . I A, il.u. ,uV wuiuu uu.b muujiui. - .v . uin;c . " ""'."I'v AV"""8'3 iax reionue uu mo corporuuon tax luuni-fl iuuiiuj mo nuin i'uuiuaie verily, pontics makes strange bedfel- tows. i. . Under-Mayor Moores- administration the lowest tax rate in the history of "U,U" fu" wcu '"lulu' "uul democratic party ' purposes- ; Grover Bosewater for furnishing cheap electric ivtdeuce of economical and business- Cleveland. It Is assumed,, has "no Idea power in Omaha was to prevent a viola Ike management of city affairs could of m8klng.a fourth canvass for the Hon of the law In granting a monopoly e had? Colonel Hi-van tries to screw un the - ' sourago of his followers by assuring Jhem of his, belief that democratic vic tory will some day come. In the mean lime, however, the spirit of hopefulness nakeS a mighty ttllnv diet The president wants to talk to the leople , of .iOinaha without dlscrirolna- lon Qt distinction. .No silk-stocking ixcluslwnoKS for President Roosevelt. Se Is the president of all the people and tnows'bow. to get.plose to the people. Governor Illchards of Wyoming gigged aok none.'bjo boou from his assertion hat the western states had been turned igaiust; Prvstldeqt.. Itoosevelt by . hi lorest reserve policy and his order for Jje enforcement of the law ugalnt the! and grubbing public Umnin feucers. The gas company seems to have de Hded to hold off Its street lighting con- i-act extension until after election, but t forced the hand, of It. friends In the louncilby sprluglug it in committee on Holiday. The V committee meeting dls dosed that Councilman Lobeck had llaced his vote' at the disposal of the (as company. The people should re bember tins wnen - uiey are askeu to kyl for Lobeck for city comptroller. a DErtXft ur vnaAiiiZKD labor. I Senator Hanna occupies no uncertain I nlnoe as a defender of organized labor, a He haa had much experience with It aa an emnlover of labor on an eitensWe I acale, so that what he aaya.ln behalf of trade unionism la due to Ion acquaint- ance and Intimate contact with It The president of one of the largest labor or- cfinUntlons In the country recently te itoinn aa "nnn of the greatest lenders of organized labor we have" and he Is generally to regarded, Xo one doubts the perfect sincerity of the Ohio senator In this respect and therefore his views and his counsel on the sublect have areat weight. Mr. Hanna Is nromlnently Identified with the National Civic federation, whose pur- pose Is to promote Industrial peace, and he has said that he has no higher am- bltlon than to bring about such relations between capital and labor as will Insure peace between them. I in hi .nowh tn tha rioWatoa nf thn I Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, Mr. Hanna mnde a strong defense of organized labor, taking Issue unonalifledly with the views ex- pressed by rreHldent Parry of the American Association of Manufacturers. I which have been very generally die- approved. He pronounced untrue the declarations of Mr. Parry In regard to the spirit and purpose of organized labor and said their author evidently did not understand the question he dis- enRr1 Mr TTnr.no aald it la nnt tnie I that there Is on the part of organized labor an "unwarrantable usumatlon of rights, disastrous to Industrial policy." i l - i I Eixaci agreement in every nusmess anaivu"cu mjth , iuouu6 cuumj. ,,ux.u Industrial transaction Is not to be ex- pected, "but there Is always a neutral . 1 nui.. ,- I J ..... I great rorces can meer ana at least con-J v. . t. i . v. t li. , , j n.i I HIHL 11 WHO W11U1U U1B KODW1CUIC IUB dustrial affairs are aatlsfied with the enorts ueing mane to establish better I . . . .- relations Detween capital ana laoor ana I are ready to CO-Operate. . . I The vital and commanding Import- ance of this subject Is more generally and strongly realized than ever before. uiauj Lrcuuie uie, nuureueuumi.a aia&tttr0UII cnnfllct hetwtm organlzed inv.. 1 a I Iiuuuc ouu uiKaiiJz,eu capital, who poo-1 slbly unorganized labor as the ally of capital. That there Is such a danger intelligent observers must see. Or- ganized labor Is everywhere urging Its demands with more than ordinary viiror. Capital Is organizing for resistance and offering protection to unorganized labor. Associations for self-defense are belna- formed by workingmen who are opposed to trades unions. Thus the situation has a most threatening aspect Nothing could be more deplorable for the nation than such a conflict as these conditlona make possible. It would halt industrial la and commercial progress, produce aen- eral business depression and most llkelv 1 financial panic and result In Immeasur- able injury, to the social welfare. - It la I a situation that calls for the most ear- nest consideration of all thoua-htfnl and conservatlve citlxens. to th nd tnot . Dractic-bi- wav ma tnn, tn mvart the threatened danger. Manifestly there needs to be cultivated more of the spirit of conciliation and also a higher sense. on the part of both employers and em ployes, of what Is Just and fair. HBO WILL SB TBM LKADCRt The question of a democratic leader In 1904 Is receiving consideration and while a dozen or more men of greater or less prominence are mentioned as possible presidential . candidates, there Is not one of them aa to whose avail- I uHtlltw thin la annthln. 111,,. ,..,. I ' " "7 .u.a.n. 4 a i-. cent sruqs.us urooaiyn u.agie ais- cussea some of these men. It begins with tha .rflni. ir. r 1. I J nl amon " presiaentiai possiniijues, "Isla nnalrAMXlA AMwtAlnn. iVi I lu""tu," "u lu, auDject to tne contrary notwlthstand- ling," and also declares that there Is Inrf m rvA .I.. ..I.im. . V. 1-1 little room for D. B. Hill on the list aitnougn ne or course wants and will i a.AAl. 4V. .11.1 Tll.1 M M I " iuuuuuu. xncora winey Ma considered out of the' question, for various reasons and Edward M. , Shep- ara or ISew lork. although he Is keep- -M Ll a' 1 -1 M . 1 iu , uiiusm m eTiaeuce, ana. may pro- ruiu..,u,.m me aen conven- uou 01 nis parry, is not regaraea by the rjigiH hb B. promiBing pOHSlDlllty. Uor-I man, It is pointed ouf is not likely to be the leader In next year's camDalen for the reason that the rnndldnto will not be takln from the aouth. Whh LectIon' Is already sufficiently solid for presidency and In conclusion the Eagle merely mentions Judge .Parker, whom I If .la The New York Times also discusses the availability of a number of men, some of whom are entirely unknown to .the massea of the democratic party. It speaks well of Judge Parker, of Olney and of Hill,"' but shows the strongest liking for Mr. Cleveland, of hni It says that It 1s a. remarkable ,act that Wa name Is .heard now more rrJutuu' lnan lnal or v any other amonK tlle possibilities. The Times re- maras mat "it is often said that Mr. I Cleveland split his party; the reply now I everywhere beard ta that he split the I republican party first and ' would split agam ,r nominated." This was writ- tea before Mr. Bryan's, speech at Kan- eaa 'u which be declared that the I democratic party was weaker after the I second Cleveland administration than it - 1 bnd ever been before. The Times con- eludes; It has usually been the case that when the outlook for the demo- cratlc party was gloomy and It. chance. of victory slight there have been few - 1 aspirants for the honor of the noml nntlon. In this year 1003 possible can dldates are numerous and many of them - not reluctant The circumstance is slg ninrani. Among all these aspirants,' however, ther la not on who eould nnlta ana harmonize the party and to find such man la the great difficulty that con fronta tne democracy. From all pre- cnt arpearancea It Is an Insuperable dlf- nculty. If the next democratic nationa: convention shall ba controlled by the eastern reorganizes, aa appears not 1m probable. It la very safe to Bay that the presidential candidate win noi do ao contable to a Tery large number of western democrats. Obviously that very mnch disorganized party Is In a worse anemma tnnn ever Derore ana mere is no promise or prospect that Its tin happy situation will Improve. " cuxt rx. " tne present municipal campaign the taxpaying citizens of Omaha are confronted by the allied corporations who have for years evaded their Just ehare of the burdens of taxation ana ttre banded together now In opposition to the great mass or taxpayers, ine f ranchlsed corporations have pooled Is aues In order to block municipal owner nip and levy tribute upon their patrons through a mayor of their own choosing and a subservient council of their own buying, The railroad corporations are banded together with them to prevent an equitable assessment of their properties "! evade their Just share of the bur dens of municipal taxation. . When Mayor Moores appointea a uoara or re- View last fall that W88 not tO be swerved from its duty by corporate pressure, he was marked down as an unsafe man by the corporations and In .".. A thAl AttAnlaotlnff Afimltv Whan the tax commissioner ana Boara or lie view appraised the railroad, properties, which the State Board of Eauallzatlon t,o t. 1... nn lu thn railrnnda mndo fnrm n 1 rvmf osf anil ' - ' - followed up their remonstrance with a temporary Injunction from the federal mu Momirau n is vi iue nfmn' imnnB4n.n ivty.nd C lv t miaa. uiai me next mayor ana coun- cU "naU aPPal from the district court t0 the appellate court and eventually 10 tne supreme court in case tne ran roads win out In the lower courts This Is the true inwardness of the op- nnalHnn nf tha inmmnnHv nf Inforoat r . j railroads and franchised corporations t0 tt candidacy of Frank E. Moores. TheT know that Howell Is "a safe u"lu uu xae' w"r ua lU8 contest u "QUre7 between Moores and Howell. The Intrusion of Benson Into tte campaign has had Its Inspiration In the toner councils of the allied corpora- t,on8- because they know that every re- Pu"can vote given 10 aenson is nair a vote Ior aoweu ana "oweu is their man The Pounding of the hewgags and the oanlug or tom-toms Dy tna Benson boomers is aimpiy an attempt to dls- . the people from the irrepressible conflict between the tax-shirking cor poratlons and the taxpaying citizens. Nine-tenths of the shouters for Benson wUl cast their.votes for Howell on elee- tlon day and after election they may be depended on to claim that they voted for Benson nd charge the blame for his inevitaDie numiuaang aeieat to those other fellows. In an extended interview of himself C. C. Wright makes known bow anxious he is for municipal ownership. While silent on electric light he freely un bosoms himself on water works. He says a water plant should be acquired as speedily as possible and at reasons bla rates. But how acquired? Has Mr, Wright any definite Idea on this sub Ject? It Is very easy to Indulge in gen J eralltles Just before an election It is another tnlng. to have a deflnlte, -i.,,, ,. nf nrnc,n- r,rT At. LArnAT nnnn-n h.. md Vnnxrn Ma ' : " views in no uncertain terms. He de- cUreg u ungaf( the propo8ed appral sr ar srr ment plan provided by the disjointed and myoncelved Howell law. He says the only true plan of acquiring wt.r rk. i. ,,nd- th .n.. nroT,afB of amin.nt domain. nM. Mr bright take Issue with City Attorney ronnp on fhlfl If . M deflne himself. It is well known that Ur. f-onnell la working in harmonv tho ..nter Iwinrd and tht it mm. be,, beueve in .the correctness of his T,ewe ,s t0 the true manner of proce dure I C. 0. Wright says the reason he op- I'noaed the nagaicn of the ordlnanpA nl lowing th neonle to vote on the ones. tlon of granting a franchise to Andrew franchise to a public official. Mr. Wright prefers that the Thomson-Houston Elec- I 1 V I V. A. -... I .1 A .. exercise a monopoly without any fran- chise. This is a spasm of virtue the I people will have difficulty to under I stand. The gas company has Lobeck In the council whenever It wants him. The gas company also thinks Lobeck would be a safe man, to check up as comptrol ler the amount of royalty It owes the city from year to year on sales of gas under Its franchise stipulations. City Clerk Elbourn Is asking re-elec tion as an endorsement 'of his first term's administration of the office. It Is the practice to give an efficient officer a second term and nothing has been said to show that Mr. Elbourn Is not entitled to such endorsement When you And the corporations all lined up against any candidate on the republican ticket you may put It down wfthont queetlon that the corporation, I ... hnndi i.im In case their interests clash with public interests. Twelve thousand troops will partici pate In the military parade in connec- tlou with the dedication exercises of the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louis. That would have constituted half the entire regular army of the country previous to the late war with Spain and even now Is equal to a fifth of the nation's permanent military equipment Yet the demagogues talk of the dangers of militarism. The welcome showered on Senator Hanna at the steel workers' convention, In which he was hailed as a champion of the rights of labor, may be taken as proof that the horns with which he was formerly depicted have all been worn off. Ex-Bpeaker Henderson looks to the re election of President Roosevelt by the largest majority ever given a presi dential candidate. And Colonel Hender son does not bear a reputation for pipe dreams of overexpanded enthusiasm, either. Don't Hide Year Llufct. New fork World. An Omaha man with 140.000 has HUe4 himself from loneliness. It seems that he must have hidden th light of his dollars under a bushel. i Helpfal HlBts for Caka. Baltlmor American. An Ingenious American has orraniieil a "shark syndicate" for Cuba. Th frndl- cat Is to destroy the man-eating fish and Is not to encourage the human sort, aa its name might lead many to infer. Can We Stand lit Indianapolis Journal. ' Northwestern university - professor predicts that "A Hot Time In the Old Town" will become our national air, and still no precautionary action is taken. Some people think that with, our strength and. prosperity w can stand anything. Shifting th Blame. Pittsburg Dispatch. Th naval bureaucrats console themselves with the belief that the mishap to Main was worth all it cost by preventing the greater injury in time of battle. The only consolation for the nation in th dis covery is that it will probably compel th naval bureaus to be more accurate In future. , i . . - . Parry' Inconsistency. Philadelphia Record. When the president of th National As sociation of Manufacturers railed so fiercely against labor unions a little regard tor consistency might have suggested to him the propriety of first advising the abandon ment of manufacturers' unions. When manufacturers combine shall not working men unite? Keen-Bda-ed Sabre. Philadelphia Record. AH nations that wish to dispute th greatness of the United States will take notice that the Judge advocate general has decided that the sharpening of sabres Is not Inhuman according to the laws of war. It may be supposed to be more painful to a man to be killed with a dull tool than with a sharp one, though there Is little In formation from the dead on this point. Scrape Oft, th Moaa. Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.). Colonel Bryan denounces those democrats who did not act with th regular organ I ta tlon of th party In IMS and 1900, and those democrats who remained dormant in those campaigns, or voted, tor, McKlnley, denounce the followers ot Bryan and the free sliver platform; and some of them try to justify themselves as th only Simon-pure demo crats. It may b necessary for men of both factions who hav th breadth of Intel lectual beam to push, original principles to the front., and mutually conoede and yield on points that are not now conspicuously In issue, to take charge of th affairs ot the party before It drlfta to th rocks. Folly and the Care-All. Collter'a Weekly. In days of old a robber went forth to rob. Nowadays a robber ot th first class haa his open habitat precisely Ilk th honest citizen and remains In it and hangs out a sign and has great difficulty In attending to th throngs that pour In to beg him to relieve them ' of ' their goods. He Is usually keeping either a "get-rich-quick" concern or a "get-healthy-qutck" concern. At bottom the two Industries are th same. They rest rock-founded upon the universal delusion that something can be got for nothing. A man who has obviously abused his health for forty-six weeks of the year does well to devote the remaining six weeks to Intelligent repentance tor his physical sins. But he is not "as good as new again," and If th "cur" has wrought any benefit beyond what fresh air, sensible eat ing and regularity will effect anywhere It has wrought It at the expense of his vl tality. Further, Instead ot having set him In the way of permanent good behavior, the "cure" has encouraged him to think he can do as he pleased and can always re turn to find th health of youth again. MISSOIHI'S GRKAT SHAM a Political Depravity Revealed by Tw Grand Jar.lea. Kansas City Journal. On lobbyist, the chief of police at th state capital, and four or flv state sen ators. Indicted; on boodler a fugitive from Justice, th lieutenant governor hidden from the arm of the law and Ilka a pitia ble refugee from his own conscience wan dering distractedly about the country; and sixteen more legislators, a prominent poll ticlan and a big railroad lawyer Implicated In bribery charges this I th result so far of the dragnet Investigation ot th Cols county grand jury. Until th present time there ha been no particular effort nor necessarlty to conceal the bribery which existed at Jefferson City, The practice was looked upon a one of the ordinary methods of procuring or prevent lng legislation. Apparently it excited th humor more than the wrath ot th people, and the scandal ot it was not thoroughly realized until th exposure was brought about In a dramatic way. A preacher who was defeated for the chaplaincy of the bouse, early In th session mad a scath ing arraignment from his pulpit of certain condition which he claimed existed at th capltol. Ha waa followed by Speaker White cotton, who In addressing a crowd gath ered to celebrate the wiping out of th etat debt denounced th conduct ot cer tain of his fellow statesmen as so out rageous as to call tor the use ot hemp. He repeated his charges In the house, and a. a result that body appointed a committee of Investigation. Positive evidence was dis covered that money was used to prevent th passage of th textbook commission bill, and to keep th alum clause In th pur foods law. Thereupon Judge Hasell, of Col county, summoned a grand jury and the legislators finished their business with dispatch and beat a hasty retreat to their homea and summer resort, where many now lie hid. safe.from subpoenas and requi sitions. The evidence by disclosing th fact that some of the boodle changed hands at Bt. Louis gave Attorney Folk a chance to put his famous grand jury In commission again, and ao It has happened that th big gest scandal th state has ever had Is being probed by the best man who eouii hav 1 besa selir"" for th purpose. JEFFKRSOVS VERSATILITY, III latmi am American Laws, Pall, el nan laatltatlan. Baltimore American. Th celebration of Thomas Jefferson's birthday wss mad mor prominent than usual by th occurrence of the centennial anniversary of the Louisiana purchase, to b commemorated In a few weeks. Jeffer son will continue to be both a picturesque and great figure In American history. It Is singular that all parties and all fac tions of parties find In him their Ideal. On Monday distinguished statesmen ot op posite party affiliations vied In eloquent xpreaslon of th greatness of the author of th Declaration of Independence. On reason for this may be found la his close connection with the government In some form from Its birth through a series of many years. Ha appeared la so many revelations of a striking character as to naturally attraot greater attention than others, and to make his life and acta mor Interesting. Whli this may be to some extent correct, Thomas Jefferson was un questionably on ot the greatest of Amer ican statesmen, and very few hav so strongly Impressed themselves upon th laws, policies and Institutions of th state. On reason why every political party is able to appeal to him will ba found In his versatility and his ability to change his convictions when antagonised by tacts. In this Instance of th Louisiana purchase h had expressed th view that It was un constitutional to acquire foreign territory. This was a generalisation reached by logic Th on was a theory of academlo Impor. tanc, while th situation In th southwest was a condition Imperatively demsndlng action, and Jefferson acted without hesi tation. There la nothing more common among rtatesmen than th generalizing process, and nothing more uncommon than for them to have the nerve to repudiate their generalisations when such a course for th benefit -of the state. Lincoln, Gladstone, Bismarck and Sir Robert Peel never hesitated to do this when It was apparent . that specific, policies were re quired. The habit of logical exactness la th maintenance of a political generalization, and th refusal to regard th logic of vents caused fifty years ago woes that can scarcely he enumerated. The greatest statesman Is he who can see that ha .is wrong, or that he has been put In th wrong by the march of progress. Jefferson was a man ot this kind. He did not hesi tate to abandon his impressions when ha perceived that they were erroneous or out of data, and It Is largely because ot this that his Influence and his acta have made so great an Impression upon the country's career. OJfK STRONG YOV'IfG MAN. Rare and Forcefnl Character Antasr- oniae Lesrlslatlv) Graftcra. Philadelphia North American. Over in New York the politicians are watching with uneasiness the movements ot a certain young member of the legisla ture. He 1 only 26 years old, and this Is his first term In Albany, yet his career. If anything so brief may be so called, already furnishes material tor a short political tract. This young man, Oeorg B. Clark, repre sents th Twenty-ninth district In New York City. Hs 1 rich enough to be above temptation from legislative bribery, though experience has , shown that wealth alone will not keep atralght a man who lacks honesty and Independence. Clark ha both, and ha Is demonstrating th tact In a man ner highly disconcerting to some of his fel low members." When be first appeared In Albany young Mr. Clark listened to all that war said to him, smiled cheerfully at threats, politely declined all proposition, and voted like an honest man on every bill. H did mor. He went out of his way to gather evidence of bribery, and It Is as serted that he now baa affldavlta which would forever blast th reputations of some distinguished members. ' Th lessons . In tills are obvious. Th people wonder sometime why It Is that open and shameless bribery Is carried on In legislatures. They wonder why It is that no man dares to assert his manhood, not only by refusing to be a party to the crimes, but by fighting those who are. Most frequently the reason Is timidity, fear of ludicrous failure or political revenge. Mr. Clark say he Is quit Indifferent to th consequences, and that he will fight against corruption Just so far as his ability will carry him. His carelessness about th future, of course. Is an advantage that all men do not possess. But his courage and hi simple honesty may surely b emulated. And wherever a man arises who will ' display these 'qualities in as great degree, he will find himself amazed at th ease with which ha can cause consternation among th forces of corruption. A few such men could break np any combination of bribers and plunderers that vr existed. PERSONAL NOTES. Th Porto RIcans ar rapidly becoming Americanized. , Th mayor of on of their principal cities has been arrested for em bezzling $200,000. . Dr. E. Hanlln of Emporia, Kan., yawned and dislocated his jaw. Things ar dull sine th populists hav been downed In the Sunflower state. The conviction of a clergyman's sons of manslaughter In Minneapolis and th striking of a Chicago saloon by lightning hav given a number of people a firmer grip on cherished Ideas. Pekln. flattered by th attention of th United States government in taking trouble to find out that th nam of th Chines capltrl ahould bo spelled with th final let ter, no doubt feels "away up In Q." An eld negro appeared at Eagle Pass, Texas, the other day and asked If It was true that the emancipation proclamation had mad the negroes free. There seems to be some doubt about that in the Texan mind. . The Eaater bonnet was not In th run ning with th Easter hat passed in th New York churches. The ornaments were checks, greenbacks, gold eagles and pal coin. One hat carried $42,000 and another $35,000. Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, the vet eran friend of small colleges, celebrated his 83d birthday on April 14 by making anniversary gifts to two colleges. Winter Park. Flv, $50,000, and Kingfisher college, Okl., $25,000. The Board of Public Service of Cincinnati has abolished all th golf links In the public parks and ha forbidden the. gam therein on the ground that It would be dangerous to women and children who frequent the parks for outing and recreation. Prof. H. L. Boiley, botanist of th North Dakota agricultural college and experi mental station, has been appointed special agent for the Investigation of the flax crop and flax diseases In Europe. He will go first to th Netherlands and then pro cesd to eastern Russia. Plerpont Morgan, who celebrated hi. (6 birthday last Friday, achieved his greatest business successes sine be reached th three-acore mark. Hs first becam prom inent la the financial world about twenty year ago, when be went to Europe and sue cessfully sold $25,000,000 worth of New York Central stock. This mad th old finan ciers gasp. . By this piece of work Mr. Mor gan won the lasting friendship of the lat William ' H. Vanderbilt and Incidentally cleared $1,000,000 for himself. . W3E QLES mm Aboolutcl Puro THERE ID HO GUBDTiTUTE ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK Ripples the Current f Lit la th Metropolis. Th new home of the New York Stock exchange, which was dedicated with ap propriate ceremonies yesterday, Is an Im posing marble "building of nln stories, located ' almost - on th spot where the first tribe of broker met under the shelter of a butternut tree 101 years ago. The main or the "show" front of th build ing Is on Broad street and Is noteworthy because of Its six Corinthian columns. El feet In height and 66 Inches In diameter, surmounted by a pediment tor the tympa num of which J. Q. A. Ward has designed a aeries ot sculptures whose main them Is Integrity, represented by a central fe male figure, to whom the' arts and Indus tries bear their fruits for adjustment. Th Wall street end ot the structure, which oc cupies an irregular quadrilateral, having frontages of 138 feet on Broad street and 163 feet on New street, with a depth of 150 feet. Is less ornate but equally appropriate. The main effort was to provide a suitable board room, where' th actlv trading la done, and to this end the architecture has yielded. The entrance to the exchange from the main Broad street doors, reveal flights of marble steps to right and left leading to the floor of the board room. Directly ahead ar corridors running through the basement. This Is devoted to the members' cdat rooms, to the offices of the cable and telegraph companies and to office for use aa barber shops, news stands and so on. In th sub-basement are the rooms for em ployes, th vaults for securities and much of the costly machinery which serve, to light, heat and ventilate the structure. The apparatus for th latter purposes cost more than $400,000. In the telegraph and cable offloes are the outlets of the pneu matic tube system, which, with Its branches, taps every room In the building. Following the marble steps to the floor of th board room, immensity Is the - first Impression given. It Is a hall resplendent In gold leaf and pur whit marble, 140 feet long, from Broad to New atreet, and 10S feet wide, from-the Wall street to the south end, with Its celling 72 feet above the floor. In the center of the celling Is a colored glass skylight 30 feet square. The Broad and New street ends of the room are simply great windows, sustained by Iron mulllous, through which ar seen the Corin thian pillars of each facade. There are 15,000 square feet of floor space, and this expanse Is broken only by the trading posts, fifteen In number, scattered about It, and by the parallel rows of telephone booths on the New street end, which extend some eighteen feet Into the room proper. The walls of th room are broken on th Wall street and south ends by hug call boards, on which are displayed the num ber, of broker, who are wanted at the tele phone. . These are In th center, of th end and cover 800 aquare feet of space. They ar divided Into 1,200 spaces meas uring 8x12 Inches each. On each side of th boards ar gigantic lab. of Sienna marble, splendidly streaked with gray veins, running from the wain scoting to the celling border. They seem to be solid slab at least 12 feet wide and 25 feet high. The Broad and New street side, ar broken by th great window., weighing some thirteen ton. each, and by two iron galleries, one on either aide, that on th Broad atreet aid for th visitor, and th other, for member., who enter it from th smoking room on th second floor. Th north wall Is also pierced by an arch which lead, to the reception room, entered from th north New street door. The south wall I. similarly pierced for door, leading In the east corner to th elevators and stairs running to th upper floors. The celling of th board room about th glass dome Is indented with squar panels, In each of which Is an open leafed gilded flower which holds In Its center th ground glass glob of an electlro light Ther ar about sixty ot these lights. Th decorations ar all In gold and marble. The needs of th board room In th mat ter of light were such that th upper floors of the building hav been arranged In a squara about this central dome. On th various floors to th seventh ar th num erous committee rooms, and oa the Wall street front, shaped Ilk a wedge, ar placed on auccasslv floor, offices for com- Laundry Lesson Number Six, No torn clothes you need to fix Swifts Jim JL , Jim -sbAL .m Soap Ta b had at all grry tore . ' Kansas Oty Onulu Sl.Lot.fci Swift & CompiBy, CfciagQ St.ferp. St.NuI ft Worts r was ii tmmammmmssi RELIABLE : rJ mitt, th exchange doctor, Its detective foro. and a bath room, where ar spray, needle, shower and nearly every other kind of bath In us. On th seventh floor, In th Broad .treat front, I. th bond room, which Is In Itself a great hall, built like on amphitheater two atorles high and lighted by a skylight It I. finely decorated la gold, with green and brown wall panel. Thl. will be used for member.' meetings and by the govern ing committee also. Th New street side of this floor Is. given over to th handsome offices of th president of the exchange, to th clerks, workroom, and, with a part of th Wall street end, to th secretary's office. Th top floor I given over . ti restaurant purpose, smoking and lounging rooma. - The growth of th business of th ex change Is shown by th Increasing prloo of membership in the organization. In 1823 thn entrance fee was $25. This Increased until In 1863.lt was practically $4,600. In 1866 It waa $10,000 and In 187, $20,000. Prices of seats varied then until, In 1900, a seat was sold for $35,000. Ther was a leap In January, 1901, to $50,000 and befor th end of that year a seat bad been sold for $80,000. This is the present average price, although one seat ha sold tor $82,000. Aa there are 1,100 seats a fair valuation of the total is about $38,000,000. If th wealth of each member I put conservatively, at $200,000, there Is represented . In the membership of the new exchange some $300,000,000. Inclusive of th value ot the seats. LINES TO A SMILK. "Henry, what doe It mean In this his torical novel when It say 'Our gun talked back to th enemyt' " "Why, they had Parrott guna In those days, my lov." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Mollis." aaid the Blllvllle mother, "put on yer bonnet, honey, an' run out an' kill me a couple of rattlesnakes. I want a new rattle fer the baby!" Atlanta Constitution. . Judg (sarcastically) Did you ever .earn a. dollar In your life T ' " " ' ' Vagrant Oh, ye; I voted for your honor once! Puck. --'-,. Mrs. Haterson Do you think It proper to bow to a man in a club window T Mrs. Catterson That depends. It'.' th only chance I hav to recognise my hus band. Harper' Basar. "Pa," said th boy, looking up from hi book, "what does a man', "better half meant" "Usually, my on," replied hi father from behind th evening paper, "she mean exactly what she saya." Philadelphia Pres.. Waggles H couldn't remember why hi wife tied a string around his finger, ao he was afraid to go home, and atayed out all nleht. Jaggles What was It b should hav re membered? Waggles To com horn early. Smart Set THE WEST'S GREETING. aw I.J J, W. Foley, jr., In Bismarck Tribune, He's comln' back aa President th' man w used t know As jea' plain Teddy Roosevelt nigh twenty year ago; He's comln' back as President; it don't seem hardly true. But It's writ thar in th' streamers o' th' old red, whit and blue; He', comln' back aa President a friend t' you an 'me. An' th' head o' eighty million p' th' freest souls thet'a free; He', back in hi ol' stampln' ground th' land thet love him beat In th' fairest, aquareat country In this land' o' oum th West I Wby her prairie. I'arnad him fraadotn, an' her aunahln gar him tan; Her climate gave film stren'th an' health, beflttln' of a man; A-cllmbin' of her hill showed him th' way thar at San Juan, When h called her rugged sinew, into play to lead her brawn; Who' 'amed a better right today, to greet him a her own? Who'll stand, a wall, behind him ef sh ha to stand alonoT -Th' West th' nation's giant West; an' up thar In th' blue I a pledge o' faith an' honesty that never rang untrue. D'ye wonder thet them streamer.. 1 a' floatln" middlin' high? D'ye wonder why them flag Is p'lntin" un thar f the sky? D'y mind them cannon boomin'; y' can almost hear 'em say. In a voice like rumblln' thunder: "Teddy's comln' hyar t'dayl" An' the West, his foster-mother. Stan's with tear In her glad eyes. With sunshine In her sweliln' heart. Ilk unllght in her sklea, Hr arm outstretched f welcom him; her vole u pralned t' rail: "He' comln' back a President; God bless him!" an' that's all. eases'" v l. up laundry work, les sens worry, and gives the satisfaction incident to a pure soap. It cleans the clothes and saves them, too