TI1K OMAHA DAILY HER: BATUJ5PA Y, DECKMHKIi 12 Tim Omaiia Daily Bee E. IlOHKWATtR. KD1TOR. ri'HI.IBIIKU F V E It Y MOHN1NO. TKKMS OK BIHS-'fRirTION. r'llT Hee without Sunday). One Year.. 14 On IhIIv I'.n., nnil Riinrinv One Year ,in Jlllivt rtr1 Hee, One UHf... 2 mi Pnnrtny Mc-e. imp Year J-1" Fritiinfav llee, On Year J Tacntlrth Century Fiirmnr. One Year.. 1.00 HKUVKRKD BY C'ARRIKR. . -TaMv TIM fwlthmit flnnrlnv). trr cnnv.... 2c I'Klly llee (wilnmit Hiinunyi. per g I'siiy ne (inrliiaini Bunon?;, ier urm.ii 'intlfly H"i", per cipy 5 Kvenl'ig lice (without Sunday), per week tic Evening Hee (Including Sunday), per wwk 1" Complaints of li rcRiilarltle in delivery Shnul.l lie addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Itiilldlnff. South Omahn- lty Hail Building. Twen fflh and M Streets. Council Mliirr In Tearl Street. Chicago 16-h) I'nlty Ilulldlnir. New York 3: Park Row Unllcllng. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. ' Promutixq ARBITHATIOX. I govrrnuirnt m-ovprlng any rsrt of Its The frtrmM of InttTnutlonnl urbltra- losses there will lx no groat concern tlon. who Hdvocnte n treaty tn'twpen the Tim public Is chiefly interested In having I'nltetl State ami tlrent Ilrltuln for the those guilty of fraud and dishonesty promotion of that principle, nre prepnr- adequately punished and If thin shall Iks Inn to ire the subject upon public at- done will not trouble itself alout the tention. For the nnrposo of doltiK thin government's losses or the expense jet n committee of prominent citizens of to be Inemred Washington litis been craulxetl and It Is proposed to have r similar committee In the lending cities of the country. It also the intention to arrange for a meeting next month, nt the national cap ital, of the national arbitration commit tee, with n view to inaugurating an ac tive campaign. An. arbitration treaty between this country n ml 'Great Brllnln was nego tiated seven years ago, but failed of ratification by the senate, owing to con ditions which do not nowhspxlst. As the new 1-trltlsh ambassador said to be cnRnrrnvTilcN('R. r-nmm,ini,.ninn reintinff to news and dl- strongly 111 favor of International arbl torlal matter ehould he addressed: Omaha trnton ,nore probably be no dlffl- Hee, KdltorlHl Department. I REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poctiil order payable to The Hne I'uMisiutig "ompHiiy. THHCt BLACK CHUIVS Falrbury, In Jefferson county, has dis placed Arapahoe, In Furnas county, In the affections of the federal grand Jury. The Inquiry Into Senator Dietrich's connection with the appointment of a postmaster at Arapahoe came to an end Thursday with the examination of one witness. That wit ness was W. 1. Pruttt, a disappointed ap plicant for the office. Truitt, the Arapahoe man, had a pathetic ito.-y to tell. In substance it was to the effect that he was postmaster at Arapahoe at the time of Dietrich's election; that he waa a candidate for reappointment; that Senatcr Dietrich Informed him that whom soever State Senator "Ed" Allen recom mended would be named, and that Allen, ctllty in negotiating a new treaty, which finally and callously, recommended himself It is believed would not now encounter and became postmaster. In this connection f)nlv 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on any serious opposition in the senate, since former causes of objection have been removed. As to public sentiment, we think It Is not to be doubted that a very large ma jority of our people who havo on Intel- I Neb.: Dear Sir Your favor of the 28th ult says that the actual number of full and iint iinderstnndlnir of the matter are I'" received and carefully noted. In reference complete copies .-f The Morning, . .,.,..H I tf the poatofflce situation there I will say livening iinu Dummy otr u J I " ' w " " iu v. v.. At A. 1. 111 1. I A. A .1 mm turn none bucii win oujeci iu n mit Senator Allen to name the man. This 20.T40J treaty between the English-speaking was in keeping with concessions I have Ornnha or eimtern exchanges, not ai'crptert. TH13 lTHLlSUINO COMl'AN. i STATEMENT OF ClRCin,ATION. State of Nebraska. Dotmlas County, ss.: tleores B. Txschuck, secretary of The Bee t'nh ih ni C'omnanv. tcin auiy sworn. the mouth of November, 1303, was as fol lows: I'rultt exhibited the following letter from Senator Dietrich: LETTER FROM DIETRICH. "t'nlted States Senate, Committee to In vestigate Trespassers Upon Indian L,tinds, May 3, 1902. Mr. W. D. Frultt. Arapahoe, come a congressman, although lie had been elected to tile office several weeks before. The greatest of American showmen, riilneas T. Banium, once said. "Tim American people want to be hum bugged," and Itanium proved himself a good Judge of the American people. Itanium's adage is again strikingly Illus trated by the collapse of Dowlc's Zion, but the charlutan and niountcbunk oc cupies altogether too much space In the public eye of America Just because lie Is a" humbtig and not because he has shared the fate of the prophets of old, who were not honored In their own country. Senutor Forukcr wants to make the tariff the paramount issue in the presi dential campaign of 1904, but paramount Issues cannot be ordained by statesmen or politicians. They are created by con ditions that prevail at the time of the campaign and impress themselves most vividly on the popular mind. ' 1 9M.U70 ' 2 :mm4o 2 HO.OtiO ' 4 :T.4oo ,;s :m,:m a 41.1HO ( 7 l,7BO- t 34I.NOO f ....tO,12 to nw.atw 11 2M.I10O 12 a,4t 13 40,rS3 14 ao.mo 10 9,(M Total.. 2,033 lei unsold and returned copies.... lO.ittM Net total sales a2,T Net averaita aales m,T5S GEO. U. TZSClrUCK. Id I ; ""nJTi nat,on!, 1'e principle Is unmistakably I made to other state senators and repre- 11 ' HI! italnlnir in Kurone as evidenced in the enttve " other localities. The offlco la " now ln Senator Alien s hands. I will recom- -womo uu mend whomever he indorses.. Your, truly, " 'IJ land, largely bnsetl upon the , treaty "C. II. DIETRICH." 23 ao,ono which the American senate failed to Senator Allen. It Is apparent, had little 24 BO.iao ratify. The United States, having been I difficulty in determining whom to endorse, 25 30,MM . f . 41 f t. . i He decided that he himself would make 28 ltloi . the best postmaster, and that In this wav 7.. 81,oao vocaung una promoung inieinauoimi . 4 28 ao.loo arbitration, will certainly not now abate U- ,im tv,, r,u..,.t 0 I I v - 4KI1U AViTTVl I. 111 I HO Interest la the principle w hich It has preceding legislative session. It Is also ap done SO much to advance. parent that, while this was sufficiently TUtk mon a-lin nro Irlonrlflon' w ith th heartbreaking to Mr. Prultt, it hardly con- eiiiuiea material ror a grand Jury Indict ment, 29 siT.oa.t ao ao,oo arbltratlou movement are among our most distinguished citizens, occupying While Mr. Pruitt had an Interesting story a high place in public esteem and confl- to tell it was hardly ffermnnn to the subtest . .. . i - i - j - miDscrioea in my uitmiiii mm swum i , n,i. unnnr nimotii,stinn ...j . , before ma this JWth day of November, A. ue' iu lueuimi nu-y piooonw lul I T V. . """. Ampa.. 1. 13. (Seal.) M. B. HUNUATB. awokeninif nonulor interest ln the move- A.Arapanoe went out. Falrbury came In Notary Fubllc. .: - . , f I rairbury Is In the Fourth congressional me.u is , mucous am. 18 saie io y district, and Is the home of Congressman Both houses of congress are marking 0,at the result W,U be h "atlsfac- Hinshaw, who won fame, before he won ., tory. congress, as an "anti-Thompson" man. It time. Is also the home of C. F.' Steele, formerly state senator, lieutenant governor and com mander Of th a VahMiob. .H . . I I M. , I The strike situation lu the Cripple orand a. f " e." ! " J v-UVllVt 1 THE VUVVRADO MIX ISO STRlKtS. Up to date the Hoard of Review is niuklnff a fair record for itself. creeK aim Teiiuntlo mining Uistncts nas has also been noted as an "anti-Thompson For a man. in the midst of a hot fluht become exceedingly grave and it ap- man- " was Mr. Steele who nppeared be c i . i npart nulla nnaul It la t li r Avnntiii ppcuscr vuuiion Keeps very tuoi. - -i - hovlnir been fcuhnnBna.rt . . ... ru,u.uuU.iuuim iu told the rtory of the fiht over th. no.t. The United States senate is killing time to ne national government. As the re- mastership at Falrbury. of its unexpected and time is killing the United States suit of his investigation General Bates termination In the appointment of Ben Mc aenatora just to get even. reported to the military authorities at LucaB- Bon' in-law of "Dan" cropsey, who Washington that the disturbances in the c, Zr- "7'"- ! Retaliation instead of arbitration ap- mining districts amounted to lnsurrec- elusions drawn by the people of Falrbury peara to bo the order of the day ln the 1 tlon agalust the state of Colorado and ' Hinshaw's candidate was Lew Shel- Colnrada mlnlnir strike storm eenter. Ihnt thn rlvll nffleem er not nble to. ,e'' wno hd the indorsements, it is said or did not, maintain order. He did not the countv of Z rerDUcan, I .1 me COUntV. Of thA nOllnrv nrftn taHnn en The house wu8 ln session only five tliiuk that federal troops were then 0f the rank and file of the party And it minutes yesterday, but the indefatigable needed, but found the conditions such I was believed that the time-honored prece senate tolled on for a full auarter of an as might develon into such disorder as dent of allowing the congressman to name hone : . . ." . to Msnlrs ih hwrni . , he postmaster of hla home town would be iue itiiesi auvices muicaie mar. ine cnitn, i-u.,-v, , .. . John Mitchell was nearly frozen while BitUntlon has about reached this 'point sen. stood cbstinateiv for' MeT.ue and addressing the striking miners of Colo- it having been decided by the governor, against fJhelley c anyone else but Mc- ruuo, but it was not ror luck or a warm J according to a Denver dispatch, to place ucas- 1018 ,ea to open between the teccptlon. Tresldent Btlckncy Is filled with hope. Bo are the people of Omaha, and It Is to be hoped that their hopes will not be dashed to pieces. t , , , .... I ". Lull! I DfiniUHIIi vuin weni IO Cripple Creek under martial law. The a8hnKton. and "both hr.Dnrtuned th. conumons ac Teiiunue eecm to ne very president, it waa shown and tdmitted that nearly as bad and there is no disposition Shelley was the choice of the republicans shown nn th nsi t nt either Hit. oro'ilnv. ot tne county and that McLucaa was not. A, . ,, . , I But, ln spite of everything, Senator Dle crs or the men on strike to make a Mnh r,. .V. I not ail ill, iininiiaw Buneruu ipo proper effort to settle the Issue between humiliation of being turned down as to his The keenest Interest is said to be manifested In South Omaha in the de cision soon expected from the supreme court affecting the fire and police board of that city, but the fine edge of that keen Interest is probably confined to the members of the board, Its subordinates and beneficiaries. HE ALT Most is the Important' There is a suspicion abroad that 1011 Uerklns worked president Harris of the Burlington for a pass, which he lias en deavored to repay by giving publicity to the prospective increase in the value of Burlington tennluals in the six prin cipal western states touched by that railroad. The Board of Education of St. Louis has now under consideration a plan to substitute a teachers' training school for some of the costly fads of the St IjouIb High school. The experiment Is worth trying and might be worth copy ing by the Omaha school board. No Signs of Reform. Philadelphia Record. , Captain OberMn M. Carter does not ap pear to Justify by his 'conduct and conver sation what Is said of the reformatory in fluences of cur penal Institutions. Misdirected Talent. Washington Post. The Chicago boy bandits showed a disre gard of law that might have won them fame and riches If they had gone Into manipulation of trust stocks instead ot rob bing saloons and car barns. Wrong from Wither Standpoint. San Francisco Call. A woman was sentenced by a Virginia Judge a few days since to serve an Im prisonment of ten years for planning a rail road wreck ln which several lives were lost and much property ' was destroyed. This verdict presents two distressing phases. . It is criminal In Its Inadequacy if the woman is guilty and horrifying if she is Innocent . . . Home Daty Neglected. Buffalo Express. The mother of one of the young Chicago bandits spent much of her time organizing boys' clubs and doing clmllar work with the purpose of keeping boys out of sa loons, and was ignorant of the life her own son was leading. This is no reflection on the value of such work, but It emphasizes the old rule that the first duty of every parent lies at home. ' General Reyes is to be presented to thein- xt was hoped that the a wear- home appointment. President Roosevelt today, with the dls- 8U0 or President Mitchell at the scene tluct understanding that the president of trouble would be conducive to peace, Since that time, It Is alleged, rumor and speculation have been rift, until finally it has coma to be a flatter nf common talk but while, he has counseled the coal m Falrbury that 8enutor Dietrich had some shall not offer to keep the gift-- miners to observe the law and commit AVo cannot well doubt Dowle's pro-1 no violence,' he proposed no plan of set- phetlc powers in the face of the fact tlemeut but on the contrary, if he lias that Mrs. Dowlo was sent nbroud with been correctly reported, urged the men a full purse beforo the crash came, motive other than friendship or political expediency that caused him to stand by Cropsey and McLucas in the face ot public sentiment. Just how important and germane was the to maintain the contest, assuring them I evidence that Mr. Steele was able to give that thev would bav the timnnrt of the, grand Jury on thU point cannot be "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, the noted tnelr organzfttion an(1 w0uM certainly ,earned- But ls "ported tat it was suf populist leader, formerly of Kansas and wlu thelr depjaudB. Th out of ac. 'J ulJlZ' now of Texas, is out for Tarker for .m, mne,.uHv !,ine"se' "1 be orid-Her. Investigating Land Frauds. Philadelphia Press. President Roosevelt's appointment of a special commission of qualified experts to examine the public land laws and Invest! gate the frauds perpetrated under them Is i another evidence of his Intention to do what he can to remedy abuc and expose evildoers. The trouble ln this case grows largely out of the loose land laws. Con gress should revise them, but so far those interested in preventing revision have met with success. president But Jerry Simpson is wear ing socks now. When the work of a public oflieer Is done by a proxy the man who does the work should get the pay and the man who does the walking should get bis walking papers. If District Attorney Summers cau manage to put off the trial of Senator Dietrich until the latter part of Januury, he baa played a very clever coup for ex tending his own term for several months, cord with the usual conservative course aid. of Mr. Mitchell, but perhaps the un-l These revelations and sidelights on compromising attitude of the mining the alleged Nebraska postofflce scandal compunles is responsible for it recall forcibly the story of the three Governor Peabody appears determined black crows.. Somebody said that some- to uphold the law and the entire militia body else had seen a mou vomit some force of the state has been called into thing black. A town gossip who heard service. Whether or not this will be I this story told another town gossip that found sufficient is at present uncertain. 1 the man hud thrown up a black crow, and stralehtwav town crossln Xo. 2 re. M)TBUSO for th voEttssi&XT. ported that the man had vomited two According to the estimote made by Mr. black crows; and town gossip No. 3 Brlstow, the loss to the government frightened the entire neighborhood by through the postal, frauds and pecula- telling that the man had . thrown up Hons disclosed aggregates a sum be- "three blnck crows tween 1300,000 and 400,0O0. That does There U absolutely nothing lu the so- not represent the actual loss to the gov- culled Arapahoe postofflce deal, or Sen A prominent member of the Comuier- . . . . . ciai ciuu ueciares mat the present Is a turniug point in the history of Omaha eminent however, for in addition to ex- ator Dietrich's selection of the tost aucn as u uas never naa. it is also tho cesslve postofflce rentals and exorbitant I master for Falrbury, that would reflect churning point, and the more the churn- prices for supplies of all kiuds, a lot of in the least upon hl" integrity. The lug the greater will be the outcome. worthless material was folstek ou tho mnde nf selection does not r(flnpr nnv i j government It is Stated that everv mora nn Konntoe niotrloh tlmn It Senator Millard does not propose to iavi, stnfflee in the country has stored L,i Pro.int nmiu.v.a i, n..ii play Santa Claus until the night before awajr expensive devices like typewriters, these postmasters on the recommenda- w Hlur mild A i . I uiilmi nanAUo.t,. . I I I , ... ,ur m wniana registering machines and change-making tlon of Senator Dietrich, kAMTtrniiA an.l X" nl t... 1, ........ t. 1 t t I I iHu,M lutimuuisuip nontrlvaneea fnr whleh the irovernment It 1. r-m,,mm, nm r n...m.. 1 ...... . .... .1.1- . L I I I I v " n iivj , o iuiii ui iut-ic siuvKiiigs pre maturely will have to hold their breath for a few more days. paid fancy prices. It Is thought that and senators to recommend for postul when the cost to the government in-1 appointment men recommended to them vol red la the purchase of worthless sup- by members of the legislature residing piles of this kind Is calculated, the Ioimcs ln the town or district The system will run well up toward a million dollars. I is doubtlebs bad and the choice very It appeurs that the postal inspectors often contrary to the wishes of the devoted considerable time to an inquiry patrons of the office, but the blame for the purKse of ascertaining what must be charged to the system and not the repetition of the question. Where is the leak from the United States grand Jury room? . Th publication of a letter written by Senator Jle,trleh to tho former postmas tt-r at Arapahoe, which was presented before the grand Jury, although lu real ity irrelevant and Immaterial mwl no proof whatever of corruption, Justifies I r iM accuseu omeiais possessed I to the senators or congressmen. In the niiit-u uiiKiu iw Biuicueu iu rciuiuursu i Arapanoe case me compiaiuuni post' the government for its losses, with the master bad no claim on the office. He result of finding that in almost every had served his term of four yeurs and instance there was little or nothing the appointment of State Seuutor Allen The Merniu World-Herald ami ). I which the government could recover. I was no more remebeuslble than would ICveuIng World-Herald coustltute merely I The Individuals under examination either have been his appointment to auother the lnliy World Herald because tier-1 possessed not mug or value or had taken I federal offlce. wnlch nobody would hate pet rut il by the same company. By nlin-c,ire to transfer it to a not Her ana get it I considered out or the ordinary. liar reasoning, if the same cook pre- out of the reach of the federal authorl-1 There was nothing in the Falrbury pure a man's morning breakfast nudities'. An instance U given of one of the I postofflce case that would Justify Its bis eveiTIng dinner he eats only one j accused otticluls having a short time ago I reference to a federal ginud Jury. No meal a day, and that meal is otic w hlch I transferred to his v ife a valuable piece I corraptlon has ever been charged In doesn't cMst lu nauie at all. I of property, while another of those uu- connection with the appointment, so far dcr indictment is supposed to have I as we know, and even if Congressman PiltMnirg women have organized for 1 handed over to his wife all he possessed. I Hinshaw bad been snubbod, or bumll a political spring house cIcHuiug and I Undoutetllv such transfers were made I luted, bv the president which Is not propose to make a liouse-to-houHe can- very shortly after the investigation of true, there was no excuse for the at vass for tho election of genuine reform the otal scandals was entered upon, as I tempt to smirch Senator Dietrich. In councilineii.. Should they succeed they certainly every one of those against I deciding betweeu the senator aud the whom Indict men Is were found realized I congressman President Roosevelt did the danger he was In aud would nut-1 not deprive Representative Hinshaw of urally make haste to place what be bud I his prerogative to appoint the postnins out of rwach of the authorities. Iter of hla home town. Tim appointment As to the questk'U, however, vt the war. made before Mr. HtnMmw had be will furulhli an Interesting stiuij for po litical economists and municipal reform ers, who will doubt leu keep tab to as certain how long a genuine reform cmni- til u i kb reiuaiua genuinely reformed, Sentiment and Loot. Philadelphia Record. Not' since the pirates of Penzance proved their tenderness of heart by their inability to rob an orphan have such sweet and gentle criminals turned up as the four youths of Chicago who have been prac ticing murder and robbery for the past three years. Nledemlelr says that he sur rendered because Van Dine wanted to see hla mother again, and as for Kiedemeier himself, who la described by a phrenolo gist as a human tiger, and has certainly acted very much like one, he is only anxious to aee his mother well provided for and he will go to the gallows cheer fully. He, has secured for her one $.r0u re ward put on his head and he offers to confess any crime fur the author of which a reward Is offered If the reward shall be given to his mother. The filial affection of these murderers and burglars and high waymen almost moves one to tears. ST1MIXASTS AXU RKHVES. The Former ACects tbe Latter, still the People Live Longer. Polller's Weekly. The canteen Is defended by medical au thoiitles and by leading army officers and opposed mainly by people to whom tern perance la a matter less of scientific than of seml-rellglous thought, and the army canteen. 'Is the only national temperance Issue at present, although stutes and towns are experimenting with various as. pects of prohibition and license. We have just been reading some Italian statistics which undertake to show that children with nervous diieases are usually the Issue of parents who drink. The statistician found that 39 per cent of the children whom he examined were abnormal nervously, fact which he attributed in part to the stresa of modern life, but more especially to stimulants tuken by the parents, and among the stimulants primarily alcohol Facts, as he remarks, are more eloquent than Demosthenes, and he la satisfied that the facts connect drinking with the nerv ous diseases which he deems peculiar to our times. Actually the evidence about the effects of stimulants in moderation la still Insufficient. That drink is a frightful ev nobody denies. Whether to Uie temperate nature stimulants lit general, coffee, tea, liquor, tobacco, are good or evil, is far from proved. People living amid the city rush ln the center of excitement, apparently liv aa long aa their relatives In the country and are as likely to be healthy. Nervous diseases may be leaa the product of mod ern haste than the discovery of modern science. We are all the time discovering new diseases and all the time the death rate grows less. We live longer as we un derstand more. While It la clear, therefore, that stimulants of any kind are daitgerous, It Is not clear that nervous diseases are more frequent than they were before the were discovered, and it la not clear that the g-ncial esclieiiKnt of life Is unhealthy ' The manufacturers of Royal Baking Powder have had .40 years of scientific experience. Every method of bread-and-cake raising has been ex haustively studied in this country and abroad. The result is a perfect product in Royal Baking Powder. There is no substitute for it. The purity and .efficiency of Royal Baking Powder have been commended by the highest authorities of the world. These facts mean two important things to all house-; Veepers: First: that Royal Daklng Pon der Is healthful and makes wholesome food. Second: that Royal Baking food good to taste. TTDns v7 A ABSOLUTELY Powder makes BAKING' POWDER PURE COXUHESSIOXAl., GRAFT. Postofllee Scandal Causes Httnlflcnnt Silence. Philadelphia Record. A few weeks ago It was u not race be tween the republicans and the democrata to see which would offer the first resolution for ' an Investigation of the Postofflce de partment. Congress has novf been ln ses sion three weeks and both parties are struggling hard to see which can get farth est away from the delicate subject. Mr. BrlBtow'a report explains the reason. A large number of members, of both parties and all sections, are beneficiaries of the waste, if not the stealing, of the public funds. This Is a disagreeable thing to admit, but we might aa well face the facts. At the last session of congress one member tried to get support for a resolution for an In- estigatlon, and found plenty of republicans and democrats ready to help him until he betrayed the fact that he was after Machon and Beavers, and then every republican and every democrat whom he consulted refused to have anything to do with the Investiga tion. Every one of them had Incurred ob ligations to these men. Machen has al ready been Investigated by a house and by senate committee, neither of which dis covered anything and we can now guess why. Of course, these honorable gentlemen were not taking from Muchen and Beavers the money they had stolen. They are not men to give or take bribes or to divide plunder. What they did was to go to Machen and get a rural free delivery route established where the business did not war rant It, so that they could name the car riers and impress the people living along the route with a sence of their obligations to their representative. Or a member who had a male or female friend for whom he desired to obtain ,a salary would go to Beavers and get him to make an allow ance, -f or clerk hire at a certain postofflce, not Justified by the amount or business, and then he would go to the postmaster nd secure tro appointment of the clerk picked out. Thus congressmen got money out of the treasury to pay their personal and political, debts; the public footed the bills and got nothing, or next to nothing, for Ita money. The transaction waa prac tically a robbery of public funds, but on lis face it was merely the grabbing of a little patronage. These favors cost Machen and Beavers nothing, and of course they were cheer fully granted to all representatives and sen ators who would reciprocate by getting Machen and Beavers what they wanted. The appropriations for these gentlemen to spend mounted up with tremendous ra pidity; no questions were asked; Investiga tions were suppressed or blindly conducted, and after one of these men had been doing business on this basis for ten years and the other one for six years so many con gressmen were beholden to them for un lawful favors that an Investigation of them by a congressional committee was imprac ticable. That is the situation In which several scores of representatives of both parties find themselves. They ought lo be pro foundly mortified. They have been voting money into their own pockets ln effect by voting money for Machen and Beavers to disburse under their direction among their friends and for their advantage. They may not be capable of shame, butthe country is ashamed of them; their numes oufiht to be published; some of them are well known already. The country notices with morti fication how low Is the standard of honor ln political life, and how narrow a line divides patronage from plunder. It is the nature of the spoils system to raid tne pub lic treasury. POLITICAL DRIFT. The Grand Rapids monty market Is not quite as easy as It. was a few years ago. Reports from Hawaii lends strength to the Insinuation that graft follows the flag. Boston expects Governor Cummins to hand the town a bunch of Iowa Ideas at an early date. Orand Rapids, Mich., isn't much ln most things, but In the mntter of graft It puts St. Louis in the 30-cent class. Colonel Watterson read over Cleveland's last letter, gave a snort of Joy, sniffed the mint and went on with the game. The success of the red-headed eagle of Wichita, Murdoek by name. In breaking into congress fills with hope and ambition the bosom of Editor Howe of the Atchison Globe. There are ethers similarly afflicted in Kansas. As soon aa Drover Cleveland shook loose from the claws of the Brooklyn Sugle he proceeded to discourse on fishing and fish erman. Happy la the man who can so readily turn from the carea of state and hustle for a bite. Benator. AVIlllam J. Stone of Missouri cherishes the belief thut he was handed a gold brick when' he invested 10,0uo in a democratic paper In Kansas, i'he money Is gone and "Gumshoe Bill' wants tho courts to look Into the deal. Gray, Parker and Gorman are said to he grooming for the demouratlo presidential nomination. Meanwhile the Commoner whoops for a dark horse with a sllve llning. v City Committeeman John Boyle of Phila delphia was consulted by aome fellow dem ocrats as to a certain candidate for ward leadership. "Mr. Blank is a first-rate man," said one of his callors. "He talks like a book, as the saying is." Mr. Boyle re sponded bluntly: "We don't want a man that talks like a book. Tho man we need is a fellow that talks like a burglarproof safe after it has been locked up for the night." In the state of Virginia recently thlrty- five members-elect of the lower house and cine state senators-elect failed to comply with the provision of the new election law there, which requires all candidates, whether elected or" defeated, to file a state ment of their expenses before December 2. Those who fail to file such statements have their certificates withheld, and are ineligible to the places to which they may have been elected. A tine of 15.000 la Im posed on unsuccessful candidates who fall to file statements of their expenses. THE NAME H evemKWG- Estcrbrook II t t(l II riarutee ef Flyer No. turned opyl1 writing on Over 130 other itylekj every pur stationers Accept no istlitc ezccDcacc LI I V 53 1. Points Good for rough paper. varieties of to salt pose. All have them. substitute. 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