Tim OMAITA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, DECEMItER 14, 1903.
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George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of November, 1903, was as fol
lows: 1 Sa,Tv If ,T40
80,40 17 80,160
I........SO.OOO :... OT.94
4...... .....ST.40O If BO.WO
I - 80,030 30 4U.MB
....... 41.J80 21 S0.080
, 7... t... .81.7SO U T,1T
t 24I,WH) Z3 ao.o.v)
f 30,130 24 30,10
li) 80.JUO 25 80,000
It X0,tt6O 2S....f.... 81,130
12 2O.04O - 37 81,020
U ...40,003 2S 80,100
II 20.&1O 2T.02S
li Jttt,0SO , M ..80,800
Total 082,088
I .ess unsold and returned, copies.... 10,2a
Net total sales ;....022,OT8
Net average sales 80,75
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ii mi. M. B. HUNUATK,
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Congressmen hope to finish the session
before the convention date. . The people
hope they will a lonjf while before.
The federal grand jury in session
here Insists that It has not quite com
pleted its grand Christmas distribution
of indictment bills.
If Colonel Bryan's son-in-law con
Unties to- receive publicity for all his
doings, the newspapers may make a
great man out of him yet
The secrecy of ad ' executive session
seems to have been . observed for. Mr.
Parry's speech to Omaha business men,
but he took care to reserve a leave to
print. '
The selection of a secretary for the
Omaha Grain exchange is another big
"utep in advance. , Aaln market ?br
Omaha Is slowly but surely assuming
tangible form..
The republicans will not bid for the
vote of Porto Rico in the presidential
election, for the good reason that Porto
III eo has no representation in the elec
toral college.
Our Douglas county bastlle will be in
charge of a new jailer after the begin
ning of the. new year. We doubt, how
ever, wnetner mat win make It any
more popular with its guests as a board
ing house. '
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- The man who spends more than his
Income la bound to get into trouble, and
the same rule applies to a state like Ne
braska when its legislature regularly
appropriates more money than the tax
levy produces.
When the movement for the creation
of a truant officer for the country school
districts In this county is sifted down it
will probably show Ae fine Italian band
of someone trying to carve out a lucra
tive job for himself.
' Describing, his arrival from Potsdam,
tlie cables state that Emperor William
"walked briskly, almost Jauntily from
the train, to the carriage." What the
Berlin crowd really hoped was that he
would stop and yawn. '
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' An American prima donna has piarie a
great hit in opera in the liid of the
Thuraohs.' If while electrifying her au
dience she can also galvanise some of
the mummies In neighboring tombs her
reputation will be achieved.
The 'mayor and council are expected
to lock horns every little while over dls
pnted jurisdiction of (his or that sub
ject of municipal action. Whenever the
vital interests of the taxpayers are at
stake the mayor and council will be ex
pected to get together. ""
The. contribution of the Lincoln fire
department to the relief fund for the
benefit of the four Omaha firemen killed
while oa duty is another gratifying evi
dence that on some occasions the preju
dice against Omaha which prevails at
the state capital may be overcome.
When the chairman of the Boston
police commlsHiou ail vines women
to ctrry arms to protect themselves
against assaults by footpads we, in the
far west, have a right to imagine that
our cities are not quite so wild and
Woolly as some of the eastern centers
of culture and education.-
The republican convention will not
tackle the question of fair representa
tion in the southern states lu which the
negro vote is suppressed but that does
not alter the fact that the apportion
ment of fnll delegations to the black
belt states, based on their congressional
representation, works inequality and sa
Tors very much of the stock watering of
our hot air flmtniiers. This inequality
must be remedied some time, no matter
Low loot urn eti! day la put c5.
TUB TRtATT-MAKlBQ POWKR,
Senator Clapp of Minnesota is one of
those who believes- that the lower
branch of congress has no right nnder
the constitution to pass upon any treaty,
even though such treaty, as In the case
of reciprocity, affects the revenues of
the government In a speech In the
senate last week Mr. Clapp discussed
the matter, remarking that in view of
the growing Importance of the question
of reciprocity he thought the time has
come when there should be a protest
against the policy of submitting treaties,
as was done with the Cuban convention.
to the approval of the congress.
The Minnesota senator contended that
there is absolutely nothing in the pro
vision of the constitution that measures
for revenue' must originate in the house
that bears any relation to the great mat
ter of government. ' It is purely nd
simply an administrative matter. He
pointed out that this provision at one
time came near being enlarged to em
brace not only bills for revenue, but
bills making appropriations. At another
time it was sought to so limit the senate
with reference to bills, both for appro
priation and for revenue, that the senate
could not alter or amend such bills. It
was finally decided that the power to
originate tax measures should be vested
in the house,, with power in the senate
to amend or modify tbem. In the opin
ion of Senator Clapp the provision in
regard to revenue bills and the one con
ferring the treaty-making power on the
president and senate can each stand by
Itself; that there Is nothing necessarily
irreconcilable in the two provisions, "al
though, if there is, by the plainest rule
of construction, as viewed by one of
the authors of the instrument Itself,
paramount force must be given to the
latter provision" that is, to the one re
lating .to, trc-aties.. .The .senator con
cluded by m-ging that the senate should
Insist upon the maintenanco of its right
and that this policy of subjecting treaties
made by the president to an act of con
gress should be no longer continued.
Whether or not the precedent in the
case of the Cuban treaty will be fol
lowed in regard to ' future reciprocity
treaties it is impossible to say. - There
is in the house of representatives at
present a very strong sentiment favor
able to that precedent and should any
reciprocity agreements be presented dur
ing the present congress it is very prob
able that the house will urge its light to
pass upon them. It is not to be doubted
that in doing this it would have popular
support . Unquestionably if public opin
ion on the question were ascertained it
would be found to be overwhelmingly
In favor of the proposition that treaties
affecting the revenues should receive
consideration from , the lower branch of
congress. The issue is an old one and
of course can be sett'.ed only by the two
houses. That the weight of public opin
ion will eventually determine the matter
in favor of the view of the bouse may
be confidently predicted.
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'iWBIT SUFFRAOt SUPpksSSlOIt'.
At a meeting a few days ago at the
Union League club of New York the
committee on political reform made a
report setting forth the suppression of
colored suffrage in the south and declar
ing that if the facts asserted in regard
to this matter be true, "there, is a de
liberate nullification of the constitution
of the United States, a thing which no
country can or ought to permit while it
cherishes the idea that it is governed
by law." It was further declared that
if this condition exists "weare far from
our great ideal, for we are a government
of some of the people, by some of the
people, for some of the people."
The league adopted resolutions re
questing the government to instruct the
district attorneys in the various states
where an illegal suppression of votes is
alleged to prosecute every case where
there has been a violation of the laws
of the United States in respect of the
suffrage. If adequate evidence can be
obtained to justify a submission of such
case to the grand Jury. Also requesting
congress to investigate the charges of a
suppression of votes, contrary to the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to
the federal constitution, and urging that
In proportion to the number of voters
found to be disfranchised In any state
the representation of such state in con
gress be reduced. j
This action will be very generally ap
proved by republicans and should 'be
by all citizens who believe that the
laws relating to the suffrage should be
observed in every state of the union.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of
colored men in the south are deprived
of the right of suffrage and that tolera
tion of this injustice is naturally caus
ing its extension, is so obviously a men
ace to the underlying principle of our
government that it ought to receive the
most serious consideration. It must be
confessed, however, thai It is not get
ting it at 'present and there does not
appear to be any promise of its having
proper attention la the near future. It
Is too much to expect that the utterance
on the subject of even so important and
influential a body as the New York
Union League club will produce any
marked effect or indeed do more than
call momentary attention to the matter.
However, it will at least remind those
who are responsible for the suppression
of suffrage In violation of the -constitu
tion and the laws that there are soma
who are not blind or. Indifferent to the
wrong and Injustice being done to a
large body of American cltlsens and
that sooner or later the right will assert
Itself and prevail.
The managers of the St Louis expos!
tlon are preparing to go before congress
to ask for more money either In the
form of a direct appropriation or As a
loan to be repaid out of the gate re
ceipts of the big show. The amount
needed is put at four and one-half
million dollars. If the exposition starts
out with a mortgage on Its revenue of
such colossal dimensions the stork hold
era may as well prepare to abandon all
expectation of jiny dividends on their
contributions.
PMACM RATH It R TBAS WAR.
The local organization of business
men and employers is . engaged in
strengthening its lines and considering
the question of affiliation with a na
tional federation of similar associations.
Whether It is to the Interest of the
Omaha association to become a member
of a larger body embracing the employ
ers of the entire country, or to continue
to act Independently ns local conditions
may require, Is something for its own
members to decide.
The people of Omaha, however, with
out regard to sympathy with organized
labor or with organized capital, want to
see Industrial peace preserved rather
than Industrial war. Whatever is done
either by the army of labor or the army
of capital for the preservation of peace
will be applauded and every reckless
move calculated to precipitate Industrial
warfare anew will be discountenanced.
The experience of Omaha with Its
labor troubles of 1903 was not such that
a repetition is desired In 1904. The city
has only begun to recover from the set
back then encountered and it will re
quire a continuous period of peaceful
progress to get forward as far as it
would have attained without Inter
ruption in its steadily advancing course.
Prospects for the coming year In
Omaha will depend almost wholly upon
the maintenance of industrial peace be
tween the local organizations of employ
ers and employes. For a prosperous re
tall business we must have a regularly
employed body of wageworkers, whose
earnings constitute the life blood of
local trade. .
It is yet considerably in advance of the
season when conditions f "labor are
usually readjusted, but it is not too early
to admonish all concerned to cultivate
their peaceful rather than their com
bative proclivities.
HUT CONCLUSIVE.
In connection with the questionable
constitutionality of the various deputies
to the governor, attention is called to a
decision of the Nebraska supreme court
affirming the. validity of the act cre
ating the position of deputy labor com
missioner. The oplnlou in the case was
written by one of the supreme court
commissioners and evidently passed pro
forma by the judges on the. bench .be
cause the teal issue turned on an en
tirely different point. Be that as it may,
the supreme court has been known to
make itself responsible for some very
strange constructions of the law and
also to correct itself when its mistakes
have led to ridiculous conclusions. The
supreme court upheld the deputy secre
taries of the State -Board of Transporta
tlsn In-successive decisions, but finally
when it came to a showdown knocked
the pins completely ' out from under
them. The principal point upon which
the decision rests that annulled the rail
way commissioners would if consistently
applied .tip' similar (Usurpations of au
thority by the legislature abolish all the
other deputies to the executive state of
ficers not contemplated by the constitu
tion. The editor of one of our popular
periodicals tries to score a point against
the efficiency of our government out
of the dirty condition in which our
paper currency circulates. He tells us
that If we were not so used to the
filthy rags the government's parsimony
and Insensibility to cleanliness force u
to take and to carry, "we should either
never handle money without ' having
rubber gloves on or we should make
a protest that would be effective. We
have no disposition to shield the gov
ernment for any blame attaching to it
in the matter, but it is certain that our
paper money is clean jvhen first Issued
and acquires Its filth In passing from
hand to band. Perhaps a crusade for
greater cleanliness of the hands that
perform the mechanism of circulation
might have some appreciable good re
sult But people as a rule are so glad
to get hold of money that they neg
llgently fall to resort to soap and water
first as preparation for the exaltation.
It must be remembered, too, that the
United States circulates paper money in
smaller denominations than any other
great commercial nation and that money
circulates here much faster than It
does abroad, so that comparisons with
the big paper bills of other countries are
hardly fair. The condition of our paper
currency can doubtless be improved, but
the people will have to co-operate with
the government and in fact do the
larger share toward reform. .
The intentions of Building . Inspector
Wlthnell .for the condemnation and re
moval of dangerous shacks are doubtless
good, but has he counted on the court
Injunctions sure to be demanded by the
property owners who fall to look
through the same spectacles as the
building inspector; Past - experience
hereabouts has' been that no obstruction'
1st ever had any serious difficulty in
finding an accommodating Judge to help
him out at least temporarily.
The Jacksonlan club will this year
move Its annual feast up a week ahead
of the' birthday anniversary of Its pa
tron saint to accommodate Itself to the
contingencies of the oratory market If
Andrew Jackson had only known of the
dilemma to confront bis namesakes he
would certainly have seen to it that he
was born a few days earlier.
The rule In the Board of Education
against the use of the schools for hold
ing entertainments for which an admls
slon fee Is charged or soliciting money
for various purposes seems to be falling
again into Innocuous desuetude. The rule
is a good one and should be enforced
or if it is not to be enforced It should
be rescinded.
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It ells t for Sewsaaaors.
Minneapolis Journal.
Now, here's trouble for Oeneral Mae-
Arthur. A Hawaiian mllltla coloael quot
him as saying that the Paa-Oarmanlo stoe
trine Is growing among Oermsn-Amerlcans,
few of whom volunteered la the war .with
Spain." Heretofore, the poor newspaper
man has usually been the . scapegoat of
unwise remarks by military men. This time
militia colonel will be officially dmlgn&ted
as the liar.
Willie Has the Price.
Detroit Free Press.
The Hearst presidential candidacy Is
creating no little excitement In the middle
west among democrats who have not yet
got their winter's supply of coal In.
Fatlle Opposition.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Thus far all attempts to get an opposi
tion candidate to Roosevelt have only re
sulted In strengthening the president's hold
pon the affections of the people. Every
adverse boom serves to advertise his cause.
Hopeless Task.
Philadelphia Press.
Borne of the democratle newspapers are
determined that Senator Hanna shall run
for the presidency, but as the democrats
ave never yet made Senator Hanna run
It Is pot likely they will 4iave any luck
in this Instance.
Perverted Seeacerlaa Phrase.
Springfield Republican.
Herbert Spencer was the originator of
that severely overworked phrase, "the sur.
vlval of the fittest." But he never approved
the use to which It has often been put In
the defense of all kinds of spoliation of the
weak by the strong. Nor could he have
given countenance ta the false meaning
read into the phrase. It is not true that
the word "fittest" la that connection neces
sarily means "beet" Huxley once wrote
that the substitution of the "survival of
the fittest" for "natural selection" was
unlucky," and had "dons much harm,"
because the fittest under some conditions
may be ethically the worst, and their sur
vival work toward degradation.
Eneearsugement ta Desertloa.
Philadelphia Record.
Secretary Moody has struck upon a re
markable plan for arresting the numerous
desertions In the United States navy. He
recommends that all deserters who may be
caught within three months from their
flight or such as may voluntarily return at
any time shall be treated as merely having
been absent without leave. Instead of
checking a serious evil this would be very
apt to have the opposite effect. Seamen in
the navy would be very likely to avail
themselves of such an Invitation to make
a three months' excursion with the assur
ance that nothing further would await them
on capture than treatment as absentees
without leave.
True aad Trite.
Portland Oregon Ian. .
Indian agents should not be dependent
for their appointment and terms of office
upon considerations of partisan politics,"
declares the president. This is trite. It is
also true. But there the matter Is very
likely to rest The Indian service has long
furnished safe retreat for men who, being
no longer of use to their political masters,
have had to be taken care of. Protest has
been made year after year against placing
this handicap upon the Indian service; the
Justice of the plea has been acknowledged,
and appointments .have been made as be
fore from the ranks 'of needy Inoapables;
the flotsam and Jetaam of past political
campaigns. Perhaps, as some contend, the
day of miracles has npt passed. In this
event there may yet &e reform on this par
ticular point In the Indian service.-
AMERICA'S" AJTOER TEAR.
Features of the Ooaatry's Baslness
Operations for 1008. : .
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
The fall In. the prices of stocks and the
shortage in the receipts of the govern
ment's treasury do not comprise anything
like the whole story of the country's
business operations In 1901 The figures
representing the declines In stock prices
have been put at several hundreds of
millions of dollars. Along to the present
day, with a little over five months of the
fiscal year " expired, the treasury's ex
penditures have exceeded Its receipts to
the extent of a little over 12,000,000, al
though at this time last year the rev
enues were in excess of the expenses about
$14,000,000. Moreover, heavy drafts on the
treasury on account of the Panama canal
payments will have to be made In the
next few months.. These will cause such
a monetary displacement that the finan
ciers are beginning to calculate whether it
will embarrass the money market or not.
Nevertheless, the financiers and the treas
ury officials are cheerful. The situation
offers no special dangers to them.
Some very good reasons for the cheer
fulness can be cited. The crops of 1903
reach, in value, a figure never before
touched. Something like $5,000,000,000 stands
for the value of the t products of the soil
in the present year,' as near as can be
figured from the latest reports of the De
partment of Agriculture. This Is so far in
excess of the reduction in values on the
stock exchange that 'the latter is trifling
In ' the comparison. The banks' transac
tions, in the aggregate, are below those
of 1902, but the reduction Is chiefly in New
York, where the shrinkage Is due largely
to the torpor on the speculative exchanges.
St. Louis, Chicago and several other large
cities report gains, from week to week.
as compared with last year. The earnings
of the railroads continue to touch figures
not previously reached. Each month shows
a gain la the gross Income of the great
railways, and in the net Income of some
of them. Distribution is greater than ever
before. There are more things to . dis
tribute and the demand for them is larger
than ever In the past. With the big crops
of the year safe, the outlook for still
larger business for the railroads In 1904
Is bright. Nobody believes that the crest
of the wave In railroad Income on the
present rise has yet been touched.
When treasury officials and captains of
Industry predict that an Improvement In
conditions Is close to hand they can give
good reasons for ths faith that Is In them.
The estimate of the treasury chiefs la that
there wilt be a surplus at the end of the
fiscal year next June of $14,000,000 or $15,
000.000. This is a falling off from the $54.
000,000 surplus of last June, but It Is a fig
ure that means safety. The cash balance
In the treasury Is at higher figures these
days than was ever before touched. Along
to the present time ths gold imports have
reached, in the present movement, about
$15,000,000, and the Inflow is still under way.
At the present high prices the cotton yield
of 1303, with the by-products, will touch the
$1,000,000,000 mark. There is good reason to
believe that the corn yield will go to that
Una In 1903. as It did In 1Mb, The $80,000,000
yield of gold for the country's mines In
190S does not' represent a gala over 1901,
but It keeps the United States at the head
of the Ust of producing countries. More
over, with our finances on the gold an
chorage, we are in a'posltlon to gst all the
gold we want from the world at large at
any moment of need. The flood of cash
which will be throws on the market for
dividend and Interest payments at the be
ginning of January will start a new series
of influences which promise to send ths
prices of stocks up once more. The recent
rally is based largely oa the approaching
big supply of cash. Ia all the country'
marts the bull Influences are again actively
at work.
ROlltD ABOUT KKW YORK.
Ripples the Carreat ef Life la the
Metropolis.'
Nsxt Saturday the second bridge con
necting New York City and Brooklyn will
be officially opened with ceremonies be
fitting the occasion. The sum of $30,000 has
been appropriated by the dty to provide
suitable trimming for the celebration. The
great structure is far from being completed.
however, and will have little effect In eas
ing the congestion of traffic between the
cities for half a year or more. Twenty
years ago last May the famous Brooklyn
bridge was dedicated to publio uses. Then
the president of the nation was Chester A.
Arthur of New Tork, who had succeeded
to the office from the vice presidency, and
he was the chief guest of honor at the
ceremony, as President Roosevelt may be
at the opening of the new bridge. Cleve
land was governor of New Tork, Franklin
Bdson was mayor of New Tork City and
Seth Low was mayor of Brooklyn. As
mayor of Greater New Tork Seth Low will
officiate at the ceremonies next Saturday.
"That the old bridge la far more graceful
than the new," says the Tribune, "anyone
can see at a glance. That the new Is much
stronger and suffer will be Immediately ap
parent to all visitors. It would be difficult
to imagine anything less graceful than
one of the new bridge towers as seen from
the roadway. The vertical part below the
superstructure Is entirely out of sight and
the taper inward seems to throw the tower
out of perpendicular with everything In,
upon and under or beside the bridge. The
drawing together of the cables of each pair
at the center of the main span doubtless
has a well ascertained engineering purpose,
but that feature also tends to create or
rather to confirm a feeling that the struc
ture Is completely out of harmony with all
the rest of the world. The angles at the
anchorages, where the footways come to
gether, also make things look twisted, and
the lover of artistic curves and pleasing
angles might as well resign himself to the
remaining tortures that are In store for
him at sight of the first. If he Is not proof
against an attack of "nerves" he should
content himself with a view broadside on
from some other point than a position on
the structure."
One of the most .delightful rambles In
New Tork City is Riverside drive, at the
time when the leaves have fallen and the
first touches of winter are in the air. The
great, bare limbs and the over-banging
branches, though not as beautiful as when
decked In their leafy draperies of mid
summer, do not obstruct the view and the
visitor, be he driving, wheeling or walking,
beholds a far-stretching panorama of river
and boulevard, with Orant'a tomb, . the
Soldiers' and Sailors' monument and all the
other attractions of that famous and popu
lar thoroughfare, unobstructed by . the
dense foliage of the summer time. It is one
of the resorts that does not lose Its charm
with the transformation of the season.
Chewing gum is to solve the problem of
rapid transit In Brooklyn. The hopes of
the officials of the Rapid Transit company
are now resting on the soothing qualities
of flavored gum and, If the experiments
now being made prove successful, a long
stride will have been made In modernising
ordinary trolley traffic
The company has placed in twenty-five
cars running in various parts of the bor
ough neat little penny slot machines for
the purpose of finding out If the complaints
of passengers may be stopped by Oiling
their mouths with gum. On some of the
lines the -gum. machine Is popular, al
though the test was Inaugurated only three
days ago.
The trouble In the past has been that.
when cars get stuck or blocked; or stood
still, because, there ,was no, power,, or for
some other reason didn't run, and a man
was In a hurry to get home, he naturally
growled and said unkind things about the
company, which were entirely undeserved.
Somebody has found out that if the kicker
only had the privileges of a. slot machine
he would naturally sit complacently In the
car, smile, nay nothing, and chew gum.
He would ba glad he was allowed to ride
on the car so long as he could get a fine
cud of gum to chew on, by dropping a cent
In the slot, and would not mind being late
for dinner, or having to stand up for an
hour" or so, with some one resting on his
feet.
It's all a very simple psychological prob
lem, the officials say,' and the wonder Is
that nobody ever found It out before.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet has sent to Police
Commissioner Green of New Tork a check
for $150 In acknowledgment of her appre
ciation of the police service on the occa
sion of her daughter's marriage to the duke
of Roxburghe. Mrs. Goelet wished that
the money should be given to the officers
who were on duty at the wedding, but the
police rules did not permit of this, so It
was turned over to the riot relief fund. It
Is understood that soma of the women who
were in the crush regard this as a proper
disposition of the money.
REPKIXIMO yAlf ASIATIC INVASION.
Remarkable Campaign Projected by
mm Baropeaa Eaglaeer.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Emlle Zuschlag, a Copenhagen engineer,
Is trying to organise an International cam-
cairn for the extermination of rats. As
the brown rat now found throughout
Europe and the Americas Is an Immigrant
from Asia, Mr. Zuschlag's effort is really
to repel an Asiatic Invasion.
Prior to the eighteenth century the black
rat was the only one known In Europe
About 1717, a time of famine In the Indies,
the brown or migratory rat began to ap
pear In large numbers. Larger and
stronger than his ' European cousin, he
speedily displaced him in all the best
feeding grounds.
The European black rat was a nuisance,
but the Asiatic brown rat la worse. - He Is
not only destructively devouring, . but.
owing to his migratory habits, he carries
disease to places previously - uninfected.
The appearance within the last few years
of the bubonic plague where It had never
before been known was due in most cases
to these migratory rats.
Owing to their destructive and disease
bearing tendencies, Mr. Zuschlag reached
the conclusion that rats ought to be sys
tematically exterminated. Last year, by
private subscription and publio appropria
tion, a systematic campaign was carried on
in Copenhagen and Fredericksburg. A
bounty of t cents each was offered for
dead rats delivered to the fire engine
houses. The campaign lasted from August
I to December V, and 103,788 rats were har
vested.
Although the Danee are a thrifty people,
with few scruples about using public agen
cies to attend to what other people are
wont to consider private affairs, they do
not seem to have been convinced that Mr.
Zuschlag's campaign was worth what It
cost. An act making ths destruction of
rats a charge on the national treasury was
dsfeated. Perhaps the Danes realise that
It was really useless for theni to make
extraordinary efforts to destroy rats, when
the vacancies in the rodent ranks would
certainly be filled by immigration from
the Adjacent countries.
Mr. Zuschlag seems to be convinced that
International action Is necessary, for ht
has organised an "International Associa
tion for Diffusion of Information About In
juries Caused by Rats." Thus he hopes
ia time to be able to exterminate these
Asiatic Invaders, who have overrun and
possessed the soil ef Europe and all other
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FIGHT AG.4.I59T ROOSEVELT.
Demur ratio View of Wall Street's Des
perate Charge.
Detroit Free Press (Ind. Dem.).
The last desperate effort of the presi
dent's personal enemies within the repub
lican party to cast off the Roosevelt yoke
has proved ineffectual, and hla nomination
now seems to be aasured. Within a few
days administration pressure has squeesed
Interviews from Senators Frye, Foraker,
Hale, Beverldge, Proctor, Allison, DolUver,
Piatt of New Tork and Piatt of Connecti
cut, In which Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy
was unqualifiedly Indorsed. Similar Inter
views have been obtained from Speaker
Cannon and prominent representatives In
congress, and the Insurrection seems to be
at an end.
The last charge of the an '1-Roosevelt
guard was magnificent, even If It was not
war. Mr. Walter Wellman, one of the
most trustworthy of the Washington cor
respondents, has written an Interesting ac
count of it for the Chicago Record-Herald.
By means of letters sent out by E. H. Har-
rlman, president of the Union Pacific Rail
way company, and by others, it was deter
mined that the president's popularity was
waning In the west. Mr. Roosevelt was
approached by a representative of the
Rockefeller - Morgan - Gould - Hill-Harrlman
crowd, and asked to give assurances In re
gard to his policies in the event of his elec
tion. The president would give, no hos
tages, and frankly declared that If pledges
were necessary that he would not destroy
the country's business prosperity,' he was
not fit to be chief executive.
Following this rebuff, the financial al
liance undertook to bring out Senator
Hanna as a candidate. Mr. Hanna went to
New York and held conferences with sev
eral of the leading financiers of the metro
polls. He was urged to be a candidate for
president, but declined on the ground that
he did not think much of a candidacy that
would depend for its chief support upon
Wall street and the colored delegates from
the south. In the meantime every effort
had been made to consolidate the antl
Roosevelt sentiment snd make It effective.
New York bankers Intimated to their west
ern customers that business was likely to
be uncertain as long aa Roosevelt was In
the White House. The anti-Roosevelt
newspapers redoubled their attacks on the
administration. The Cincinnati - Commercial-Tribune,
which was formerly edited by
Perry Heath, began to warn republicans to
stop, look and listen. They mlgtt nominate
Roosevelt, but could they elect him? Why
dinar to . an uncertainty, while Mr.
Hanna was a certainty? While Foraker,
Allison, Fairbanks and other good men
were certainties The word was passed
down the line to "hit Roosevelt." and for
three weeks or more the president has
been under fire every minute of the day.
Many of his friends have grown anxious;
but Mr. Hanna's refusal to accept the over
tures of Wall street has left the opposition
rlthout a candidate.
While the attack was In progress, the ad
ministration was strengthening Its political
fort locations, and the large number of
pledges that have been secured from re
publican leaders make It Improbable that
there will be another concerted effort to
prevent Mr. Roosevelt's nomination, unless
he commits a blunder that costs him the
confidence of the rank and file of the party.
One of the Fine Arts.
Four Track News.
Advertising has become one of the fine
arts. More real genius Is employed In pro
ducing "winning" advertisements than In
any other of the branches of commerce.
Vast sums of money are expended annually
sums reaching way up Into the millions
In Informing the public of the wares that
are on the market. In putting this Infor
mation before the readers, live business
firms employ the best talent available, for
an advertisement can be made doubly ef
fective when written by one who under
stands the eloquence of type. Bo It has
come to be a part of the intelligent read
er's duty, as well as his pleasure, to read
the magazine advertisements, not only for
their artistic worth, but for the fund of
valuable fact they contain, especially along
the line of domestic economy. A good ad
vertisement is good reading.
"ttothlnsr New Tader the So a."
Philadelphia North American.
Experiments are being made In Omaha
to prove that ths American soldier can
fight bard on IS cents' worth ef food a
day. Experiments made In this vicinity
along about 177S demonstrated that he
could do It on less.
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PERSONAL HOTE9. -' '
King Edward's counsels to naval' officers
and friends about drinking water 'Instead
of wine bespeak the seal of a recent con
vert. "'' '"
Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulua, president ot
Armour Institute In Chicago, has formally
declined the presidency of Boston Univer
sity. Harry Ziegler. a resident of Philadelphia
and a member of the life saving guard at
Atlantic City, saved fifty-two lives during
six weeks of the season at that resort.
Congressman Vespasian Warner of Illi
nois Is a candidate for governor' on the -republican
ticket. As he has had to carry
that name through life he ought to get it.
Blise McLaren, daughter of 811 Charles
MclAren, and Margaret Hunter, daughter
of Sir Robert Hunter, both of England,
who are now an, a tour of this, country,
were presented to President Roosevelt on
Tuesday.
The king of Italy's recent visit to FrSnct
and England, accompanied by his' mastei
of ceremonies, Count Glonottl, brought into,
prominence the husband of an . Amoricau
woman, who well-nigh reigns etipreme al
the Italian court. Count Glonottl Is one pi
the most intimate friends of the Italtnfl
king and the countess, formerly Miss Kin
ney of New Tork, has one ef the most en
viable positions in Italy. ! '
A familiar figure In Toronto Is' Gold-win
Smith. Every fine day he. takes his car
riage drive and one sees a shrunken old
man, as thin as he is tall, silent and grave
of demeanor, preoccupied, It would, seem,
with his own thoughts.. "One might tnaka
the mistake of supposing," said an ob
server, "that the agedj cltlsen he has cele
brated his eightieth birthday was a dys
peptlo pessimist, that life had lost its charm
for him and that time had forgotten. him
in its merciless march toward a future that
Is never overtaken. Such 'Is one picture of
the old professor a mental snap shot taken
from a curbstone." , .. .- . ,
LINES TO A LAUGH.
, j ,
"I have seen some men,'' said Uncle
Eben, "dat would lose any amount o sleep
serenadin' a gal, an' den refuse to git up
early enough to staht de Are aftuh deys
married." Washington Star. '
"The Rev. Mr. Smoothly doesn't -preach '
'Are and brimstone' aa much from his new
pulpit aa he did when he was your pastor."
"No, he's getting .-more ' salary Trow."
Philadelphia Press. - - -
"My ancestors," he ssld, "were landed
froprletors and always the leading family
n the neighborhood."
"Yes," said the other, man, "and what
sort of neighborhood was ItT" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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The glutton In the restaurant, waa. fairly
throwing peaa Into hla mouth, with the
result that they spilled in all "directions
from an overloaded spoon.
"Pardon me," said the man next tq him,
politely, "but this Is no game ot table
tennis.'' Chicago Post.
' "Well, well," exclaimed the bachelor
friend, .seeing the baby for the first time,
"Jack, he's ths dead Image of you."
"Don't you believe It," replied Jack, who
had been up half the night; "he's ths liv
ing Image if he's anything." Indianapolis
News. t .
"How did you eatch that eoldr" asked
the soubrette.
"Sudden change In temperature," v heesed
Big. Pshucks, the eminent tragedian. "Don't
you remember we were roasted where we
played the day before yesterday, and struck
a frost here last night T" Chicago Tribune.
Teas If you don't care for him. why
don't you tell him so and get rid of him?
Jess Oh) I don't like to at this ssason
of gladness.
Teas That's so. It would spoil his Christy
maa.i wouldn't itt . .
Jess Yes, and he er Is so fond of giving
handsome presents Philadelphia Press.
A girl In the conservatory Is worth two
under the mistletoe. Town Topics.
THE OLD DATS. J .
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James Whltcomb Riley In Christmas .
Collier's. . ;
Th old days! the far days! .
The over-dear and fair I
The wild days the lost dsys
How lovely they werel .
The old days of morning,
With the dew-di ench on the flowers -And
apple buds and blossoms . ,
Of those old days of ours. :
Then was the real gold
Hpendthrlft Bummer flung; .
Then wss the real song " 1 '
Thrush and robin sung! ' ' ,
There was never censure then,-'
Only honest praise
And all things were worthy of It ' '
In the old days. - ( - ,
There bide the true friends '
The first and the best; !..'
There cllnse the green grass , '
Close where they rest: . ..'
Would they were her.T No
Would we were there!....
The old days the lost days ;
How lovely they were! y
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